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The Rock Island Argus., 1877-08-25
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|, allcases ofprivate, chronic and
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he million-Marriage Guide
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Is Is 60 years Of age.
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The Rock Island Argus., 1877-08-25

WHHEFME M LEARN IELEGRAPHX
V0Wu vi Z 70 with US, and you will be
placed in charge of salaried Western Union
u office. Main telegraph wires in school, Pro-
mnIlon certain. Address, with stamp. WESSERN
SCHOOL OF TELEG RAPH, Englewood, MS.
, 1877-11-24

The action taken by the Sen
ate Finance Committee On the
silver bill, on the Goth inst,
clearly foreshadows that it will
be reported with recommends
tions for passage and in a shape
which while obviating one of
the most general criticisms on
the house measure, will at the
same time not ALLEVIATE its sup
porters. One practical effect of
Allison's amendments, if enact
ed, will be to enable bullion hold
ers to sell their stock Of metal
for cash instead of awaiting the
slow process of coinage, and
there is also reason to believe
tnat the assured purchase By the
government of at least S2,OO0,-
900 worth Of silver each month,
for an unlimited future time, will
soon enable large producers and
capitilists to control the market
sufficiently to advance the price
of silver bullion. The amend
, 1877-11-24
Atlanta. (Ga..) COnstjfufiOn

Atlanta, (Ga.,) ConstitMtoN:-
" Never had president greater
opportunities tor promoting the
public good and winning 4 last
ing and enviable fame for him
self than Mr.. Hayes. He has
inaugurated his administration
with policy that has the popu-
lar heart of all sections-the
policy of peace and reconcilia-
ton after a long and disastrous
war. The good men Of all par
ties are standing by bin and
holding up his arms. He is free
to work out his own patriotic
views andpurposes, and can con-
fidently look to the country to
sustain him. The great heart Of
the American peoplels with him,
and if he is only brave enough
for the occasion he will not fail
to triumph" ;" 4
, 1877-11-24
a. :
The Turkish Outlook.

The war between Russia and
Turkey still diags its slow
length along. rWe'must confess
to a belief that with the close of
the year the prospects of the
Turks are growing much darker
than appearances seemed to indi-
cate few months since. The
great numerical superiority of
the Russians is telling at last,
and although the bravery Of the
Turks is unquestioned, it is but
too patent that their generals
are as incapable ofplanning cam.
paigns or of outstanding their
resources, or Of doing anything
energetically or Systematically,
as they have always been. 1t is
also true that the Russian gen
erals have shown themselves
almost as much incompetent, and
we believe that if the two ma
tons We're on anything like
equal terms as regarded the
size of their armies, Russia could
never conquer the Turks. But
as the case stands the Cross is
decidedly in the ascendant. The
fall of Kars and consequent loss
of 10000 men, is fatal blow to
Turkey; which taken together
with the fact that the Ottoman
exchequer is and has been for
some time in hopelessly bank
rupt condition, renders the
speedy termination Of the une-
quail contest almost certain. 1t
must be conceded, however, that
the Turks have fought gallantly
and we'll, and with "a desperation
truly marvellous, heightened and
inflamed by their fanatical relig-
ious zeal and undying devotion
to the creed of Mahomet.-
Whether the overthrow of Turk
ey will benefit civi .ization or not
is a question which time alone
will solve. 1t is possible that
mediation may be proposed by
some Of the Powers. and thus
end the struggle without further
bloodshed.
, 1877-11-24

ment seems to the.advantage of
mine owners, by reason also. of
the fact that under it's workings
the silver would go directly into
general circulation from the
hands of the government as paid
out for current expenses, etc.,
instead ofbeing, perhaps, shipped
to Oriental countries, with the
effect oflessening the demand for
and price Of silver in the Lon
don market.
Senator Jones, and some other
prominent friends of the bill,
predict that it will be passed by
the senate without any amend
ment, as it came from the house.
The general opinion, however, is
that the senate will ratify the
amendment which has been made
today by the finance committee,
and that the house will alsoFcon-
cur in it. No doubt seems to be
entertained that in this shape
it will certainly secure the Pres
ident's approval. ....
, 1877-11-24
Strikes and Strikers,

This is pre-eminently an age
of strikes. Never before has the
country witnessed so many om-
inous and depiorable uprisings
among the working classes as
have occurred since the begin
ming OF the present year. We
use the terms ominous and de-
plorable, advisedly, for these
discontented gatherings of over
worked and illy-paid laborers are
forerunners of something of a
more serious nature than the
casual observer may suspect,
caused, as they frequently are,
by a too rapid increase in popu-
lation without corresponding
increased in the avenues of labor
ultimately resulting in misery
and wretchedness to those impro-
vident ones, who, having neg
lected to provide for a rainy day
suddenly find themselves thrust
upon the cold charities of the
world. Out Of food and unable
to obtain remunerative employ
ment in the busy marts of labor,
where there are so many in like
circumstances, frantically striv-
ing for the means wherewith to
obtain the necessaries of life, it
is not to be wondered at that
they are eager for strikes and
revolutions; holding as they do
exaggerated prejudices against
capital, infiamed by the ill-ad-
vised harangues of their self
constituted and fanatical leaders.
who hesitate not to convert the
misery and wretchedness of their
frenzied followers to the gratifca-
tion of their own selfish purpos-
es. AS an instance of this, we
refer to the riotoas gatherings
that nightly assemble in the
streets Of San Francisco, to lis
ten to the incendiary appeals of
a score or more of raving dema-
gogues who seemingly would be
content with nothing short Of
the overthrow of the govern
ment and utter annihilation Of
capital. With the growing hos
tility to Chinese competition,
the confidence engendered by
increased Numbers and more per-
feet organization, and the in
creasing agitation of extreme
means by these ignorant and
hot-headed demagogues, it is not
impossible that a condition of
things may be brought about
needing only an exciting spark
to burst into flame.
The Importance Of prudent
and speedy legislation on this
subject is evident. In order to
accomplish this result it is first
necessary that these incendiary
leaders should be promptly ar
ested and punished as dangerous
enemies to society, and then that |
wise and lawful action should be
taken to remove the cause which |
renders them dangerous. Until
some such action is taken we
may expect from time to time to
be cursed with these demoraliz-
ing and distracting outbreaks
among workingmen.
, 1877-11-24

"Did you steal the complain
ants coat?" asked the magistrate
Of a seedy individual who was
arraigned before him. II de-
cline to crafty the morbid curl
osity Of the public by answering
that question:" responded the
seedy Individual, with a scornful
glance at the reporter.
, 1877-11-24


The bill introduced in the
House, by Mr.. Pacheco, of Cali
fornia, to regulate the survey
and sale Of timber lands, is a
copy of the bill Originally in
troduced by Mr. Sayler, Of Ohio, }
which was reported on the sub
ject from the Pubic Land Com
mittee last year. 1t provides for
sale or entry by land warrants
and agricultural college scrip Of
all unappropriated publiI lands
heretofore surveyed, which are
chiefly valuable for timber, the
price to be paid 81 50 per acre
and the limitation as to quantity
being 100 acres for any one pur-
chaser, and the scrip or warrants
to be reckoned at 81 25 per acre.
Timber lands hereafter surveyed
are to be classified and appraised
and then offered at public sale
for not less than their appraised
value, after which any remaining
unsold are to be subject to plvate
sale or entry. The bill al~e con-
tains many detailed provisions
designed to guard against com
binations to acquire such lands
for speculative purposes, &c. ~
, 1877-11-24
sponge who would live by
the labors of others
Istellacoom.

+ - RoS0ps&AOOSssse
/ Wescull the following Interesting
sketch, from Appletos's Journal for
November:
| Steilacoom, Washington Territory,
though unknown to general fame,
has some historical importance. It
was from it that General Harney dis
patched Lieutenant Pickett, since
famous as a Confederate command
er, to seize San Juan Island, which
the British Columbians claimed for
themselves.
Many stirring anecdotes of those
days are related by the enthusiastic
pioneers, and with honest pride they
dwell upon the integrity, spirit and
bravery of that fine type of the
American soldier, the veteran gen
eral, and the gallant nonchalance of
this young officer, who, when told
by the pompous British commander
that if he did not quit the island the
English fleet would land it's soldiers
and capture his miserable excuse of
fortifcation, replied thatthe threats
could in all probability be enforced,
but many red coat would deck its
bastion ere they were fulfilled. His
careless bearing, easy Indifference
and genial hospitality, prevented,
undoubtedly, the angry Britons from
overcoming a prudent inactivity,
and this led to our late quiet pos
session Of the place through the
gracious assent of his Germanic ma
iesty. When the island was occu-
pied conjointly by British and
American troops, and magistrates
were appointed by both nations to
mete out Justice to all, the Judicial
dignity of the Britons was so shock
ed by the action of the American
contemporaries on the bench that
they were compelled to retire from
association through fear of ridicule:
The English magistrate appointed
to the island circuit, being impress
ed with his own Importance, ap-
peared in court in faultless attire,
and wearing the most fashionable
gloves. His Yankee confrere,, who
was appointed apparently for the
special purpose of contrast, aps
peared in an old suit of rusty gray,
a collarless flannel SHIRT, and his
large and horny hands never knew
any covering other than a coat of
clay. British dignity could scarce
ly stand such company, and it was
only a severe sense of duty that
made the English justice bear with
the association. The last straw, how
ever, was heaped on one day, when
the American judicial came into
court with unkempt hair and beard
and the inevitable old suit, but ar
rayed, We gods! in brand-new pair
of glaring yellow kid gloves, through
which the hands seemed to have
sprawled. When he took his seat
on the bench, to the disgust of the
other, and held up his hands, with
fingers outstretched, the audience in
the court roared with laughter to
such an extent that no business
could be transacted. This attempt
at imitation or mockery was so evil
dent that even the Britons could not
their laughter; and the re-
suit was that the English magistrate
retreated from the bench in a fit Of
anger, aud vowed that he
would never again sit with such a
boor. He kept his word; so the
residents we're tried there
after before their rude but just and
fun-loying justice of the peace.
This was what they aimed at; so
diplomacy gained another
victory.
, 1877-11-24

A female justice of the peace,
in Wyoming territory, Was oblig-
ed to hear Il case Of scandalons
character, in which her husband
filled the unenviable position OF
defendant. She sentenced him
to be hanged by the neck until
dead, end was anxious to have
the sentence carried into effet at
once until the attorney explained
to her that she was sitting simply
as an examining court. She then
held him in bonds Of $4,000, 600
to await the action Of the grand
jury, and said she would shoot
the first man full of holes that
attempted to raise the surety.
, 1877-11-24

The bill introduced in the
House, by Representative Null
drow, Of Mississippi, TO promote
the establishment Of the metric
system of coinage in the gold
coins of the United States, pro
vides that the gold hereafter
coined by the United States con-
tain for each dollar of denomi-
national value one and one-half
grammes Of pure gold and shall
weigh for each dollar one and
two-thirds grammes, the proper
ton Of alloy to the entire wei ght
being thus kept as one to ten. 1t
further provides that such coins
shall be legal tenders in pay
ments arising from contracts
made at any time after the 4th
day Of July, 1878.
, 1877-11-24

IA memorial to Stanley's com
.panion through Africa, Edward
Pocock, who died when on the
march to the Victoria Nyanza,
will probably be erected at Ro-
chester, England, Pocock having
been born in a suburb Of that
city.
, 1877-11-24

Here is a Turkish fable: Alb
dalIah went to the residence Of
Nasereddin to borrow his mule.
Nasereddin, who was a ready
lender, said that the mule was
not at home. AT that moment
the mule brayed loud enough to
wake the echoes. What did
you say Nasereddin, that your
mule was not at home-but [
hear him?' "Go thy way, false
Abdallah," said his neighbor,
"you are not a true friend, for
you believe the mule and refuse
to take my word.'
, 1877-11-24

Milwaukee Sentinel - (Rep.):
When Stephens can talk right
before his constituents of the
s.outrageous folly of secession, !"
and Key can call his old coms
panions-in-arms' "elring breth-
ren," when a Republican Presi-
dent canfmeet. with the welcome
in the Southern States that
President Hayes lately received,
we can safely congratulate our
selves thatea stronger force than
that of arms now holds this
Union together. .oiiBaJ5c 3 3Il.t
, 1877-11-24

An exchange pertinently ask:
What is the difference between a
fool and man who leaves his
horse standing On the crosswalk?
, 1877-11-24

The Episcopalians have touched
very tenderly the matter of popular
amusements. DR.. Addison seems
willing to admit that square dances
are both healthy and innocent, but
complains that they can't be kept
square. but hrve such tendency to
round themselves off that before the
dancers know it they are whirling
about the room in that mutual em>
brace which the waltz allows. AS
for the theatre the Rev. Mr.. Newton
declared that there is certain dra-
matte interest in human nature
which has right to claim gratitica-
ton, and seemed to imply that if
the Church would boldly take hold
of the theatre and squeeze out its
immoral elements it might be made
a means of instruction as well as
amusement. All this has the smack
of common sense. The Church as
a body stands aloof from theatre,
and yet large proportion of its
members go there evening, and hon
estly feel that no harmis done there
by. There is a feeling in the COM
munity that in such dull, hard,
grinding times as these it does man
good to enjoy hearty laugh at a
farce. Let US hope it is not very
wrong, for it is certainly a great re-
freshment after the teasing and fret
TING care sof anxious DAYS work.
, 1877-11-24

The death Of the Rev. Ben W.
Johnston Of congestive chill,
after a brief illness Of twenty
four hours duration, at Bartlett,
Shelby county, Tennessee, on
the 2Sth day Of October, is an
nounced. The Rev. gentleman
was the father of George Pen
Johnston, one of the editors of
the San Francisco Examiner.
, 1877-11-24
One of the Indian chiefs VIII

One Of the Indian chiefs who
recently visited their Great Faith
er at Washington, on his return,
paid a visit to an Eastern peni-
tentlary, and among other things,
said to the keeper: "You have
people in here for all sorts of
crime?" The answer was, of
course, in the affirmative. "Well,
then" continued the untutored
savage, won't you show me
the cells Of those men who rob
and swlndle the Indians ?"
When told that the long row of
cells which had been set apart
for that purpose were at present
empty the red man gave grunt
which was more eloquent and
sarcastic than a two-hour speech
would have done. AS criticism
on our Indian policyit was brief
and conclusive. '
, 1877-11-24
Southern Battle Fields.

The plow- share and the prun-
ing -hookare turning over and
cutting down the barbarous beau
ties Of the old battle fields. A
correspondent says
The battle fields around Rich
mond are quiet meadows now,
reclaimed by nature, with few
signs of days of /" blood and
iron" At Cold Harbor, Fair
Oaks, Seven Pines and Malvern
Hill, one sees little to remind him
Of the terrible scenes enacted
there twelve or fifteen years ago.
In the woods and on hillsides
and river bluffs in the peninsula,
where no attempt has been made
to cultivate~th the land, sloping
earthworks are still to be seen,
but elsewhere the entertainments
have been leveled. Below Pc
tersburg there are few traces
even of such formidable fortifica-
tons as Steadman, He'll, and
Damnation. The Crater and the
fields around it are owned by Mr..
Grffiths, who was born close by,
and was in Petersburg when the
mine was fired. He has built a
house near the Crater, and now
has his fathers farm under eX-
cellent cultivation. The Crater
itself has been left almost un-
touched, and a thick underbrush
Of peach trees and sprouts has
sprung up from the pits thrown
away by the soldiers during the
siege. The ravinc where the
dead lay In great heaps on that
terrible morning has been
brought under the plow year
after year, until now only
slight depression in the field can
be pointed out. The visitor has
to pay 25 cents fora glimpse of
the Crater and the interior of
the shed stocked with battle rel
les.
, 1877-11-24

The excitement in Ophir continues
in San Francisco.
, 1877-11-24

The New York Herald says
Our most hearty sympathy has
at last been excited in behalf OF
Mr.. Henry Bergh. His long
life has been consecrated to the
amelioration of the condition of
the animal and vegetable world.
Such has been the singular fixed
ness of his purpose that he has
ottentimes passed by forlorn
and homeless baby and wept
tears of balm over the CALLED
shoulder Of a sick mule. When
the community asked if Mr..
Bergh was not a little fanatical
in this respect, every horse in
the country loudly erred, Neigh!
But now the catastrophe has
come. The very mule that he
has watched over with sleepless
eyes night after night, the mo-
ment it arrived at Il state of
hopeful convalescence has de-
liberately turned round and
kicked it's benefactor. Such in
gratitude is incredible and as
founding. 1t is now definitely
settled that mule is no better.
than man, which must so upset
the theories of the tender heart
ed philanthroplst that he will
mourn for many a long day.
Such malicious conduct it is very
hard to forgive.
, 1877-11-24

The missing link has at length
been discovered. 1t mayrnow be
seen in the meat-stalls. s 81
1t is great deal better to car
ry your religion in your heart
than in your prayer book.
ii One way to keep your husband
at home is to make it pleasant
for him when he is there.
Many people are busy in this
world gathering together a
handful of thorns to sit upon.
, 1877-11-24

Benjamin Patten, of the firm
Of Barry Il Patten, one of the
best known of the argonauts of
San Francisco, died on the 9th
inst. Deceased was a native Of
Concord, Massachusetts, end 81
years of age. .a ls'4.'f. -. -
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-07
S. FRIEDMAN,
DEALgR IN
FAMILY GROCERIES, GROCERY AMI
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

CONSTANTLY ON HAND, A CHOICE
" lot of Family Groceries and Country
Produce.
Ladies, il you want your husbands to love
you, 90 to Friedman's for your groceries, us
tfe following will show:
On! say not | love you, because the molasses
You purchased at Friedman's was golden
and clear;
The syrup, the sugar. the Jelly in glasses,
The crackers, the mack'rel know were not
dear.
smoked salmon,
And showed NE his samples Of Limbergei
cheese,
felt that his claim to be cheap was not gam
mon.
l loved you. and said so. dear Jane. on my
knees. ta2@u
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-02-02

SENDING PoRrRAITs BY TELEGRAPH. -
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Standard writes: ut has Otter
been said that the science Of telegraphy
is as yet only in its infancy What il
will be when it reaches the age Of
maturity it would be. difficult to say
with certainty, but some idea may be
formed from an extraordinary tele.
graphic discovery just made in Paris
1t appears that some inventor has
found out the means of sending por-
traits by telegraph. The modus OPP
erandi has not yet been disclosed, but
experiments have been made, and-if
we are to believe the papers-with
complete success. The trial was
made by the police authorities of Par
is and Lyons. The portrait of Ly-
ons official was forwarded from
Paris by the new Geographic
apparatus, and at once rec
ognized. In return the Lyons police
telegraphed to Paris the portrait, ac-
companied by the usual description.
of clerk who had just ahsconded
with his masters money, and the po-
lice, thanks to the telegraphic portrait
were enabled to arrest the thief on his
alighting from the train at the Lyons
railway station. These facts are pub
lished on the best authority, and, in
credible as they may seem, are no
doubt authentic. So far, the ingeni-
Gus discovery is only being employed
for the detection of criminals, but it is
evident that the police authorities will
not be able to monopolice it and that
it will be turned to account by society
at large under the various trying cir
cumstances of life, and more especial
Iy in the cases of deserted wives and
husbands, missing heirs, disconsol ate
lovers and similar interesting beings"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-02-02

GENERAL WADE HAMPTON. Hon
Wade Hampton, who was recently in
augurated Governor Of South Carroll.
ma, was born in Columbia, S. c., in
1918. He is a grandson Of General
Wade Hampton, of Revolutionary
memory. He practiced law, serving
in the meantime in both branches OF
the Legislature of South Carolina un-
til the outbreak of the Rebellion, when
he recruited and took command of the
Hampton Legion, otherwise known as
the "Black Horse Cavalry" This
troop was at the battle of Bull Run,
where Hampton was wounded. He
was made Brigadier-General after
this engagement, and received other
wounds at the battle of Seven Pines
and at Gettysburg. He was made
Northumberland of the Confederate
army in 1864. At the close of the
war Hampton returned to his home
and professed, with the same temper
as Lee and Longstreet, to be interest
ed only in the reconciliation of the op
posing sections. He was as deter
mined foe in the field as any one ar
rayed against the government during
the Rebellion, but when the struggle
was shown to be useless he lost no
time in regrets, but gave all his ener.
gies to reconstruction. Hampton
was unanimously nominated Governor
on the 10th of August last. Since
that event he has been the center oil
the exciting affairs in South Carolina, |
and has had an immense influence
with the people.