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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-21

REMARks.-O On the 18th, 14th, 18th, 10th, 18th and
18th insts., rain; total for week 81 inches.
j. MCILyAIN, II. S. T. s A
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-21
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Rock ISLAND ARSENAL ILL.
Week ending July 20, Up. III.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS,

Fluid Lightning leaves no scars.
Legal Blanks, of all kinds for sale at
THE ARGUS OFFICE.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-21
Friday. july q. 1876.
Railroad Time Table.
PEORIA q ROCK ISLAND RAILWAY.
,aIcAao ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC 4. 4.

GOING EAST TRAINS LEAVE
At 30 a. m. 80 p, M; and 1000 p. IN. Trains
arrive from west as above.
GOING WEST TRAINS LEAVE
At 6:25 a. m. ; 955 a. m, and 600 p. m. Train
arrive from the east rs above.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

The HIDDEN TORTURE. is
nothing so remarkable in man as his
power Of concealing mental torture.
What is unsaid is ever earnest and
greatest. The soul is beset by some
hideous consuming care
warnings Of disease-fear of death
rejected love-vile pecuniary di.tress-
or the anguish OF anticipated shame.
The dark thing is not merely in the
background its presence never with.
drawn, It's grasp never wholly relaxed,
ii occupies the citadel Of thoughts and
feelings; and all that is beyond its
sway is but outlying and unconsidered
precincts. Meanwhile, the man plays
his part in society as other men do I;
is polite, gay, afable; and, if he is
really a strong and able person, is as
much like his ordinary self, himself
before this dark thing had any hold
upon him as it is possible to be.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

At the camp.meeting held by the
Evangelical Association. in Jenner
township, serious accident happened,
whereby II is feared that Mr.. Heiple
will lose his wife. One Of the minis
tiers in charge became-what is termed
ic religious phraseology-"happy,"
and. willie giving vent to his exuberant
feelings in shouis aud other demonstra-
tions. he suddenly sprang from the
stand over the pulpit to the ground
beneath, and landed upon the person
Of Heiple, crushing in all the ribs on
the one side Of his body, and seriously
injuring him internally. The wounded
gentleman was Immediately removed
to his home, and since that time, has
been under treatment Of physicians.
-[Somerset md. Democrat.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

Here is story about Tom Marshall
which We have never seen in print:
During the days of the Bob Breck.
ge-Wicklife debate, the elder
Breckinriige was holding forth on the
short comings of wicklifie in an ex.
ceedingly bitter manner. In closing
his philippe. he said, with great solem.
nifty. and in manner to create con-
siderable effect:
But in spite Of all he has done,
and all he has said, | pray that God
may forgive this hoary-headed old
slanderer as do
Marshall was listening with the 9th.
ers, and knowing Breckinridge's feel
ings toward wickliffe, the devil took
possession Of him, and while the crowd
was still under the spell OF the splen.
did peroration he cried out:
"well, Bob, if the Lord measures
out forgiveness to Wicklifle to the
same extent that you do, won't the
old man catch h--llr
A roar Of laughter from the crowd
showed that the point had not been
lost.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13
A Prolific Csssple.

The Atchison (Kansas) Champion
tells the following:
While Major Howrigau, the ever
active and watchful manager in the
depot shed at Kansas City. was direct
ing the Eastern arrivals to the train,
Friday morning, his wstchful eye
alighted upon a basket. 1t was a
common clothes basket, carried BY
two men. Howrigan stopped them
and inquired:
whats that in your basket Take
il to the baggage car"
"It's basket of ba bies."
"Twinsi"
"No; two boys and girl; all that
are left out Of four"
GOOD Lord deliver US! You can
pass on" said the Major. almost dumb
founded at the sight of three healthy
looking infants nesting down asleep
in the center of the basket.
Then the mother came up-a bright
rosy-cheeked woman, as pretty as
peach. She blushiugly smiled upon
the dum5-founded Major as she re-
marked:
"Yes, sir; those are mine; am
their mother. There were four of
them, but one is dead"
The happy couple had been married
five years and have had nine children
during that period; eight of them are
alive and healthy. They came from
Granville, Lacking county, Ohio
one Of the best counties in Central
Ohio. The proud father has sold
enough photographs of his triplets 20
pay his family expenses out to Kan
sas.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

The Democrats cannot be too par
ticular in selecting candidates for Con
gress. Men of character and culture
men of integrity and courage alone
should receive nominations.
Not only are the chances of electing
such candidates better, but they are
the only kind that will be of any use
in the next House Of Representatives.
Such men will constitute committees
of investigation who will penetrate to
The root of past rascalities and present
corruPtions, and thus efisctually aid 10
the great work of reform in which we
hope to see President Tilden take the
lead.- New York Sun.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

II was pretty big explosion, and
it is we'll over with; but, after all, il
was nothing to the explosion that I'm
Gle Sammy Tilden will touch off on
the 7th OF next November. On that
day the dangerous reef Of Grantisn
will be blown into smithereens, and
all Of the hidden corruption of the
Republican party sent sky high. Thi,
explosion will positively occur on the
day specified. There can be no post
ponement, for, as Gen. Newton says,
it is work of ':sheer necessity
New York Sun.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

The Railroad Gazette for September
8, states that 1888 miles of new rail
road had been completed in 1876 up
to that date. against 67S miles reported
for the same period in 1875, 9s4 mile.
in 1874, 2,40S miles in 1873. and
4,264 miles in 1872. The Los Angelo.
Division Of the Southern Pacific Rail,
road has been completed, and he
Cincinnati Southern is now the only
other long line in the country now
under way. 1t will be completed in
1877.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

The Philadelphia Ledger has this
"a sav about runnipg In deht.

Ihe Philadelphia Ledger has thi'
to say about running in debt:
lhe man who believes in debt, and
cites plenty of men Of genius who run
In debt. Is either silly enough to sup
pose himself q genius or TO mistak.
folly for genius. Men who write wise.
ly against running in debt may also,
like many other preachers, fail utter
ly To practice their own preaching
Thus, Lord Bacon wrote on the wis
dom Of business, and ran desperately
in debt. Men of genius are not al
ways ninnies in their expenditures,
though we can recall thousands who
are, from Bacon to Webster. Men Of
genius may always be able, like Pitt
and Webster. to have the most correct
ideas Of public finances. and yet fail
utterly in managing their own affairs
Pitt received never less than equal to
$4,000 a year, sometimes equal to
$4,000, and died equal to $500, 900
in debt. Sheridan was another spend
thrift. and spent all his first wife's for.
tune in six weeks. and the fortune Of
his second wife in a few months. Fox
was great gamester, and at one sit
ting of twenty hours lost equal to
s55, 600. II is just this kind of geni
US which should have no imitators,
and which has proved the misery Of
thousands Of families. and the dishon.
or of all the men who indulge in such
personal extravaganza and plupder of
other peoples property.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

A curious case Of hereditary birth
marks is reported from Spencer coun
ty. Ky. For several generations tn,
ancestors of Mr.. Alfred McCrocklin,
of Spencer county. have marked hog
with a cross and slit in the ear. The
same stock has remained in the family
through the lapse OF all these years,
and now the ear marks appear at the
birth of the pigliugs belonging to Mr..
McCrocklin. This saves him the trou
BILE Of re-marking his hogs.-[Ex.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

A short time since, a young lady,
wellknown iu this city, while visiting
. country town in Southern Penu.yl-
vania, attended . camp meeting, and
while there,in moment Of pleasantly,
proposed to q young minister, with an
immaculate white lie, that they get
married. He seemed to be equally
sportive inclined, and at once assented
to the proposition. A brother minister
standing by consented to perform the
ceremony, and, amid considerable
merriment on the part Of the spectators,
but with due decorum on the part Of
the principals in the matter, the two
were tied. Itturns out now that what
the young lady was inclined to regard
as a mere jest, was q dead earnest
thing for the minister, and, as no
license was necessary at the place
where the ceremony was performed,
she is, to all intents and purposes, his
wife. The father of the girl is furious,
and has threatened to cowhide his SON.
in.law If he comes around the house
he is visiting in the city. 1t is believed
y some friends of the lady that she is
not altogether averse to the impromptu
husband, but that she thinks his pres
ent call does not hold out any special
inducement to her to have him as a
fe.partner. Probably II he received
about 5000 year instead OF $500,
she would be better satisfied. As it is
divorce will, in all likelihood, be the
Chronicle.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

The baby show proved to be one Of
the most attractive features of the
Kansas City Industrial Exposition.
There were twenty-nine of them on
exhibition. and after the award,
twenty-eighi of the angriest mothers
10 the entire city and vicinity, The
judges were ladies. and after the decis.
ion, they fed to the police for protec,
ton from the fury of the tweniy-eighi
indignant mothers who failed 10 OBJ.
tain the recognition which they sought
for the babies. Omaha Herald.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13
Gsffias q Seat ln q street Car.

GefffnS q seaf iw q street Car.
There is fellow in New York vic
invariably gets seat in a crowded
street car by carrying an old oyster
can, which he deposits with extreme
tenderness beneath the legs of the
most timid looking passenger, begging
him for Gods sake not to move his
feet around too much. for there is
enough nitro -glycerin 10 that can to
blow up thousand such cars. The
passengers who don't happen to sit in
the corner seats generally get through
the window, so that before throwing
the can away, the man has choice
Of seats on both sizes with the privi
lege, far as as the conductors con-
eerned. of putting both cushions on
one side. and lying down with his feet
cooked up on the indicator Another
pleasant and efficient method Is TO Ia.
bel small valise marked Savannah, -
and carry it with the labeled side out,
assuming meanwhile a distorted ex-
preston Of countenance, as though the
symptoms we're approaching a crisis.
This plan Is rather more genteel than
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13
vicksburg Herald:

Vicksburg Herald; MY wife.
Pink Alexander. lefl Newman, Ga, ,
about the lst Of April, with a compa.
ny Of emigrants in charge of a mu.
latto man named Pondoe. who hired
Ih IN To some person in the Yazoo
Valley. My wife had with her wo-
man named Mary. who had a girl
child by the name Of Rosa. OF her
own children. my wife had four. nam.
ed Richard, 23 years old; Alice 10;
Ellen, i3; aud Bill. II. II this is
read by any person who knows any
thing Of them. please address C. L.
Merrill, Esq, Greenwood. Miss. and
oblige one in deep distress. who has
walked 200 miles looking for his iami.
ly. They will be equally as happy to
learn Of my whereabouts.
WuLIs ALEXANDER, Colored.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

HOG CHOLERA RECIPE. Give the
hog a tablespoonful Of soda in some
meal, every morning, till relieved.
have known some very remarkable re-
suits from this simple treatment.
will give you one instance. After re-
lieving my hogs with it, a friend,
whose hogs were dying very fast, and
had lost seventeen out OF thirty-fve Of
his hogs, tried it, and did not lose an
other hog, although some Of them were
very bad of.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

The following is an extract from I
speech delivered by Hon. .. J. Rand
all in Philsdelphia few day. ago;
"what Is the reason Of prostratior
Of business throughout the country
Why is the mechanic idle and tn,
workshop closed, What party ha'
produced this result! You and | un
derstand this question rs well as tn,
ablest orator. II has resulted from
the maladministrstion inflicted upon
US by the Republican party. and il
must be held responsible for ir mis-
deeds. II is no answer to me 70
shake the bloody shirt in my face and
talk about n war that happened ten
years ago. ! have been in the South.
The Southern people are anxious for
peace and harmony. As well might
you expect man with one side
paralired to walk easily as to expect
the people to walk onward to prosperity
il the south is destitute; If the busi-
ness of one-hslf Of the country is par.
slired and il people impoverished.
When you meet . Republican citizen
who is Idle. ssk him why-it is. Tell
him it is because Of the outrageous
expenditures Of taxes drawn from q
prostrated people. The reduction of
the late Democratic House amounted
to thirty millions Of dollars, and | tell
you the Governments expenditures
could have been reduced twenty mill
ions more without any injury. and they
will he reduced, if the House has its
way during its two yean OF service.
eighty millions Of dollars. Mr.. Gar
field Of Ohio said on the floor Of the
House that the Democratic party could
make reductions in manner they. the
Republicans, could not, because, when
they turned around and reduced ex-
penses. they trod On some frieuds' toes.
The remedy is TO elect a Democratic
President, whsse past experience will
enable him to grapple with such sub
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

L vSsse a~sr ASo0s kN@es'
Az On evidence Of the fsct that Il il
Republicans who practice intimida.
tion In the South, and in proofof the
charge that all the troubles between
the races In the Southern States, are
brought about by designing Republi-
can politicians who use the negroes ss
their tools. the fbllowing account Of
the Charleston Riot, from the New
York Herald, is conclusive:
In every Southern State the colored
voters are joining Tillen and Hend-
ricks Clubs. In Alabama and Arkan.
sas they went pesceably to the polls
and voted the Democratic ticket by
thousands. Il is evident that the ne
grocs have learned, that under Demo
cratic rule, as in Georgia, Arkansas
and Alabama, their property is pro
tected, aud their rights guarded, while
in those States under Rsdical rule,
they are used by polite adventur.
ers for their own ends. They are
therefore joining the Democratic par
ty in large numbers, in every South
cru State.
The Republican leaders have be-
come alarmed at this detection, and
the order has gone forth to stop il, by
bloodlhed If necessary. Attorney
General Taft has issued an order in
tended to convince the negroes Of the
power Of the Administration to en-.
force its will. Twenty thousand stand
Of arms are sent to Charleston. The
late riot was is the 6rst result #
this policy. Every colored Democrat
is a marked man, and threatened with
death. The Natioral Democratic
Committee are in the daily receipt Of
letters from colored men in the South.
saying that they are even refused CON.
munion in their churches If they vote
the Democratic ticket. One colored
man writes: I'VE have to be very Sc
cret; IL it we're known that we were
Democrats, our wives would refuse to
live with u.s." Negro Democratic
speakers are threatened with assassina.
tiou. and reign Of terror is inaugura-
ted, with the deliberate purpose Of
the expression Of Democrat
ic sentiment among the negroes.
That there is no conflict between
the negro and white races in the South,
except such as is created and kept
alive by Republicans for political pur.
poses, is absolutely proven by the har-
mony existing between the races
wherever the Democracy is in the as
rendencv.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

A colored orator at q recent camp
meeting declared that he never would
sell his birthright for nest of part.
ridges. His allusion was to the sale
Esau made of his for pottage. Anoth'
er remarked in his sermon: II know
dat de good Lord do care for the least.
est ob de flock as well as de mos ri.
ganticuss, for me an my ole woman
hab just emerged from most disas-
trous state OBJ health. an are now en-.
joyin' a series Of convaloresence."
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

A WIDOW of my acquaintance a,
the Ocean was emphatic on the horri
BILE figure that the lovliest woman
must cut while bathing. l remarked
that the Queen Of Love and Beauty
was fabled to have sprung from the
foam Of the sea, and that she must
have been charming. "Oh, yes bu,
she had nothing on. ] should look
charming" Here her speech came
to sudden halt, and observing roses
blooming all over her face, l said, II
have no doubt of it," and walked
away Long Branch Letter.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

Mrs. Galpin. the squaw trader at
Standing Rock, says. that Sitting Bull
is not at all ,ducated as some have as.
serted. His intercourse with the
whites has been limited to a few ira.
ders. His looks, however, are pecu.
liar for an Indian, as he has light hair
and gray eyes. He is a savage in eve
ry other sense Of the word, aud is a
native Of the country in which he is
fighting.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

ExCLUsIvE.-Doctor: I'm pleased
to say, Mrs. Fitzbrown. that l shall be
able to vaocinate your baby from a
very healthy child Of your neighbor.
Mrs. Jones's." Mrs. Fitzbrown: "Oh,
dear doctor, ] could not permit that !
We do net care to be mixed up with
the Joueses in any way"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

An account is given Of q very re
marksble tree, the Csrnauba palm,
which grows in Brazil without any cul.
ture, and is 80 hardy q. to flourish in
the most prolonged drought, and has
often served at such times as the means
Of support to the population Of more
than one province. The top, when
young. is an appreciable and nutritious
article Of food, and from this tree also,
wine. vinegar, and sacchsrine matter
are extracted, as we'll as q kind Of gum
similar in its taste and properties to
sago. From the wood, musical instru.
ments are made, as also tubs and
pumps for water. The delicate fibrous
substances Of the pith of the stalk and
its leaves make good substitute for
cork. The roots have the same virtues
"A the sarsapsrills. The pulp of the
fruit is Of an agreeable taste, and the
nut, oily and emulsive, is roasted and
then used as coffee by many persons.
From the trunk sre obtained strong
fibres and also species of -four simi-
lar to miazena and liquid resembling
that Of the Bahia cocoanut. From the
dried straw are made mats. hats, bas-
kets and brooms. and large quantities
of the straw are exported to Europe
for the manufacture of fine hats.
Finally from the leaves is produced
the wax used in the manufacture of
candles; and the export of this wax
exceeds $4,000 a year in value.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

DIR. Slade, the American spirit
ualist." was detected in his tricks in
London recently and got himself ar
rested as vagrant. His slate writing
proved to have been purely the work
of the human mind and not the spirit
...l
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13
TnE New York Betting and Pack

IHE New fOrk BeItIng aud Pack
ing Company have recently made a
rubber belt, sSi feet long and four feet
wide, weighing two tons, for use in the
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad Company's elevator at foot Of
60th street, North river. in that city.
The driving power to be carried by
this belt, is estimated OF 500 horses. II
i believed to he the largest ever made.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

A little miss, writing to her father
on the first day of entrance at board
ing school, says: The first evening we
have had prayers, and then singing,
aud passing around OF bread. which
| did not take, because, not being con.
frmed. | thought ! had no right to
take communion. Afterward | learn
ed that | had lost my supper"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

Speaking OF shaving" said a prct.
ty girl to an obdurste old bachelor, II
should think that pair of handsome
eyes would be the best mirror TO shave
by YES, many poor fellow has
been shaved by them." replied the
wretch.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

Said a member of Congress from
Ohio to New Yorker who was try.
ing to tell him something about hog.
You can't tell me anything abou,
hogs, j know more about hogs than
you ever dreamt Of. l was brought
up am ng hogs"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

Jim Blaine has charged that the
Confederate Congress placed at the
head Of the Committee on Commerce
"a little rebel" namsd Hereford from
West Virginia. aud it turns out that
Hereford was fighting in the Union
army. while Blaine was sending sub
stitute and drawing dividends on his
Spencer rifle contract. Louis
Times.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

The Autumn woods have already '
begun to put on their many hued coats,
and. ere long, the sere and yellow
leaves will begin to fall. Jack Fros,'s
first icy touch turns to crimson and
gold the dull green leaves Of Summer.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

Sad news reaches us from England.
A sport fired at what he supposed wa.
a splendidly plumaged pheasant, and
lodged nearly two ounces OF shot in q
young lady's leg. She was out berry.
ing at the time and wore striped
stockings. Andrews Bazar.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

Learn to be pleased with everything;
with wealth. 50 far as il makes us ben.
efcial 10 others; with poverty. for not
having much TO care for; and with OBJ
scurity, for not being epvied.-[Plu.
tarch.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

N0reereU - S0@oser.
summes 10 ASisr; ~. tresd lesv-s that srs~
No freshly green vhen June v~ young are hii.
Ing
And all the ~hi.p.r-hsus,ed ssrc-t through
The rr.,ie~. birds In s.ddened tones .rc calling
Trsm russilsr bssei COPS aud tangled dell;
'fsseveli. sveet summer.
Fragrant. huit summer,
svsst isr-vsn r.. = r.sss =
rp- II. windy hsIl., IN sany sen, Il
The honey -,~es hum slcv sbcvs the clover.
8lesaiss the ls,e-t sweets its blooms may yield,
And, tso~ins that their hsrve-, time !. over.
sing. half lulishy and hsii tseii
Farewell, svess summer,
Hoaey-i,den summer
Sweet hrvelr''
The nth hscsh the, bubtlrs 'msd the Ferns. =
Der tvn,ed rcoss ssd s.sdy shsIlovs playing.
seems fsin to linses In IL sddi.d turns,
And .ith q pi.iative. parting voice is sayins,
ssdder ssd .-ee,sr than my song can tell;
"Fsreveli sweet sum.~r.
warm snd dreamy summer.
s~ee, fsre-ell''
with rold snS ermsoa leave. besbre u nyiaG
fe sus,y hush,es hss no sound cf pais.
Rs, IN the iuiFs u sints 10 gentle sishins
And mourns to summers early hrosen spell
"fsre~.li, sweet summer,
Rosy, hloomins summer,
sweet s.wv~ir' -a- 's-..
~ bird and b-eeze and hrvot and br-ese make
moan,
with mechanically -ong their los complaining.
I, tos, must jcin them % I YAH alone
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-13

A professor was expostulating with
a student for his id!eness, when the
latter said: "It's Of no use; | was
cut out for loater." "Well, whoev,
er cut you out understood his business, "
declared the professor.