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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11
The Senate.

The st. Louis ReDu6lican says the re.
publican leaders are in a new trouble.
They begin to fear that all is lost. The
house of the next congress is democratic,
the executive is not republican according
to the accepted standard. and now there is
chance that the senate will slip out Of
their hands. The senate is very close at
the best, or worst, and the new dis
coveries in South Carolina OF evidences of
bribery on the part of Senator Patterson
will, 1t is thought, make it necessary for
that body to expel him. This, together
with the election of democrat in his
place, would make a change of two votes.
Then. there is the probability that the re-
publican senators will be divided on the
question of supporting the Hayes policy
and administration; and it the democrats
should, as they ought to, and probably
will support them, in a. body, in every
test vote, they may become the controlling
power in the senate. 1t is a very un-
promising outlook from a republican point
OF view; it strengthens the suspicion that
the republican party has been overtbrown,
aud mus consent to yield place to its old
antagonist
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11
Tuesday. September Il. Is77.
Good Firnes Come Again once NO,

tood Times Come again once More.
All the signs of the times indicate that
the hopes INDUCED in BY che merchants Of
the land-hopes which have been deferred
from season 70 season-are about to be
realized, and that prosperity after long
absence has at last come to stay" Lead
ing merchants from all parts of the country
tell the same story Of encouragement.
The opinion generally obtains that the fall
season Of 1877 will be the most prosperous
since that Of 1872. We have abundant
faith in the various prophecies for good
that reach us from all sections; we believe
that the recovery from stagnation of all
the interests of the country will be slow
but sure. The most encouraging sign of
the times is that the farmer is getting a
good price for his crops, which have been
more than usually abundant this year.
Notwithstanding all the appearances,
however, of an early return of prosperity
throughout the country, we would advise
caution in all business. If there is to be
a profitable trade this fall it will come to
the merchants without their seeking for it
by unusual MEANS Let them beware Of
OVERRIDING" trade and of forcing business;
let them becontent with the bird in the
hand" and remember that, although at
present every prospect pleases," lone
swallow does not make summer"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11
Who is Mr.. Bun, Anyhow

Just now it seems that the identity of a
public character is a matter not to be
easily ascertained. There is not single
Turkish pssha who mas not turned out to
be three gentlemen at once. Sometimes
the general victorious 10 the last battle is
a French exile, sometimes he is an ad.
venturer from Tennessee and sometimes
he is German emigrant. 1t is agreed on
all hands, however, that he is not all that
his name implies-a turbaned aud malig-
nant Turk. In the same way all our To.
dian chiefs as soon as they succeed 10 get
ting more than fair share of scalps are
found to De graduates of eastern colleges,
or quondam ministers charmed with the
attractions Of savage life. Thus Sitting
Bull, is, according to our special cores
nondent, merely a half breed named
Charlie Jacobs, a graduate of st. Johns
college, at Fort Garry. 1t is a pleasing
tale, until Sitting Bull proves to be some
body else let us solace ourselves with the
idea of bachelor of arts on the war
path.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11
The so-called. wheat-Root Disease in
Virginia.


Parties 10 Northumberland county w
having written to the commissioner OF
agriculture in regard to a partial faiInre
in their wheat crops, which was attributed
to diseased condition of the roots oF tho
plant, Mr.. Thos. Taylor, the microscon;st
OF the department, was directed TO On m
the county named and investigate the
matter. After spending some DAYS there,
Mr.. Taylor has returned, and reports that
there Is no such disease as has been sun.
posed to exist About three years ago a
farmer observing barren spots in his wheat
nelus' examined the roots of the wheat at
such points, and discovered what seemed
20 nun peculiar web-like appearance,
Wnlch ne supposed to be of fungoid charac-
ter; and this explanation of the presence
OF SUCH barren spots appears to have been
accepted without question by SO MANY
others that the root disease" came to be
talked about as an established fact.
Upon examining this supposed fungoid
matter with a microscope, Mr.. Taylor
hnds It to consist OF minute rootlets of the
plant ITSELF aud on comparing the wheat
taken from the barren spots referred TO
with that which attained more vigorous
growth, he found that the abundance of the
rootlets was proportional to the viRor of
the plant
Under these circumstances Mr.. TAYLOR
is convinced that the barren SPOTS referred
to are solely due to the lack of nutritive
elements in the soil, and that the failure
OF the wheat in such places, which really
has formed the only ground Of complaint,
may easily be remedied by the use of fer.
illlzers and by proper treatment of the
land. How much may be Accomplished
by such means is illustrated by the fact
that land which has been properly MANFRED
Is found yielding as much as ara bushels
to the acre, while adjacent fields. having a
SOIL OF the same general Character NAV
produce but 1--WE or six bushels.
The correction Of an erroneous reDorA
which tended to retard che improven,snt
OF this portion of Virginia, by Keeping ont
Immigration and capital, will be Of ereat
benefit to the section interested. and the
farmers with whom Mr.. Taylor conyersed
GU the subject expressed their qualification
at the prompt action taken by Gen. lie
Duo In giving the matter the desired in.
Vestigation. Daily Critic.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEW
YoRK.-One of the best kept aud most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when 10 New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro.
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is first class,
and prices moderate. adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter of the Hotel,
your baggage will be delivered IN your
rooms, ffteens minutes after the arrival
of the cars, free of expense. We advise
you to give the Grand Union a trial.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11

How IT is DoNE.-The first object in
life with the American people is to "geI
rich the second how to get good health
The FIRST can be obtained by energy,
honesty and saving; the second, (good
health by using GREENS AUGUST Flow.
Err. Should you bea Respondent sufferer
from any of the effects Of Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaint, Indigestion, &C., such as Sick
Headache, Palpitation of the Heart. Sour
Stomach, Habitual Costiveness, Dizziness
of the Head. Nervous Prostitution, Low
Spirits, &C., you need not suffer another
day. Two doses OF AUGUST FLOWER will
relieve you at once. Sample bottles 10
cents. Regular size rs cents. Positively
sold by all frst-class druggists in the
United States.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11

There is nothing to be astonished at in
any such seeming Inconsistency on the part
OF Mr. Evarts. Settled principles and
positive convictions form no part of his
intellectual baggage. His mind is not
made up upon logical considerations re.
specting the truth or !alsehood of ideas.
He looks to see how the cat will jump be-
fore he tries to take hold of her. Thus he
has never decidedly belonged to any party,
aud it was only week before the last presi-
dental election that he really began to de-
or Hayes. o"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11
Aecording 70 = rsner ,,h;oh o.,no, al

According to paper which cannot tell
lie, Brigham Youngs death was directly
attributable to his partaking of corn in a
green condition. How many more fatal
lessons are needed to impress upon the
great American mind the dangers of green
eorn2 If Brigham had only had the CON-
mon sense to take his corn in matured
condition, and out of jug, there would
have been seventeen fewer disconsolate
widows and forty-six less fearful orphans
in this centennial year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11

New Jersey elects this fall governor,
the entire assembly and third Of the
senate. It is intimated that ex-Governor
William A. Newell win be the republican,
candidate, and Leon Abbott the demo
cratic candidate. Newell was elected gov.
ernor in 1856, although the state went
$4,000 plurality for Buchanan. He was
the first republican governor of the state.
The republican convention will be held
Sept. % and the democratic Sept. 10.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11
Excursions to the Rocky Mountain,

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
road has arranged with the various rail
road lines in the country for special round
trip rates to the Rocky Mountains, and
has secured the following rates to Denver.
Colorado Springs, Canon City, Pueblo and
return: from Kansas City and Atchison.
$45; St Louis, $50; Chicago, $65; Quincy,
$50; Cincinnati, $65; Buffalo, $75, and
CORRESPONDENCE low rates from all points
east, north aud south. These tickets are
good for 80 days, and to stop at all stations
west of the Missouri river. Tickets are on
sale at all principal stations throughout
the country. This is the new route to
Denver through the garden of Kansas and
Colorado. Send for maps, circulars. time
tables, ETC., to T. J. ANDERSON,
Gen. Pass. Agent,
Topeka, Kan.
, 1877-09-15

enough,-tbe cleared ground is exposed TO the
action of a vertical sun at its ~solstice and q
heated stream of air ascends from it, convert
ing The rain into vapour, which is carried off
by the p%revailing winds. and falls into the Bay
of Bengal. The desolation Of a great part Of
the East, Palestine, Edom, Assyria, &c may,
I thiOk, be traced to the causes which are row
in operation in India, and which I wish to neu.
tralise.''
With an Indian experience of nearly forty
years, | have never known the time when our
difficulties and dangers, whether political or
material, were other than internal, while we
have been spending the resources and best
blood OF the country in fighting against dangers
which were either visionary or of our own Gre.
a'ing. They say, cit is never too late to
mend though this [ doubt. for I doubt our
long tenure Of India. The duty to max the en-
deavou is not the less imperative. A beginning
might be made in the direction of planting. The
Australian blue gum tree (Euca2ypius g1ob0aus)
Is asserted to b. the fastest-growing tree in tho
world. 1t attains tn height of frJm sixty to
seventy feet in about fourteen years, drains
maiarloNS marshes 10 and about which it is
planted aud both by leaf evaporation and by
attraction u moisture molerateS both heat aud
%d'ought, and It's timber is Of a us faI quality.
There are no doubt many Of the more temper.
ate paris ofIodia wh2re il might be ben icialIy
cultivated withou. difficulty, for it grows readi.
~ aud rapidly from Tie seel.-RoBGnr SHAW,
Major Conceal.
, 1877-09-15
RECKLESS DESTRUCTION OF
FORESTS.
"a letter 10 tie SPECTATOR

There can be ~ A9ult that tae reckless des-
troctiyn Of forests. wi hout any appreciable re.
planting has had much to do with the fre,
q1entIY recurring famine in India. Under ma
tive rule. the demand for teak timber was tri.
ht0g to what il became under The Honorable
East India COmpany's Government. There
was also a WIde-sI read HindoO be litve thar
planting was a Precipitation for sins, and hence
the numel0as old mangos and tamariud tops
scattered over the low country, and having q
beneficial effect on the climate. but which arc
dying out, without others 10 succeed them.
Between tLir y and forty years back Ito the
boSt OF NY recollec ioNJ a Forest C0nservancy
Department or q smait scale was organised,
TO prevent the wasleiui destruction of timber,
and some slight induo> ments were held out to
the R}otS - plant en- tn il field boundaries /;
bat nothing was done which could materially
aItecs the rlmfdl!, and our remis>ness in regard
to Natures Welt.knoNu laws has brought The
pIedIcable IetriEuti n. extract the following
from "Farie:ie5 IF Vi@eregaI Lj'e,'' an interest
ing and Instructive book: by The late Sir Wa.
liam DtnlSOn, some Zine Governor Of Madras -
II have been discussing a question relative
to the action Of forests upon the rainfall, with
reference to the very dry character of a great
part of our plain country, and have arrived at
The conclusion that the Government ought 10
take energetic action to remeY ~ a state Of things
which has a most injurious feet upon our agri-
culture. link L must have mentioned to
you the curious fac: that the south west mon
sNon.-that is, the rainy p,rt Of it.-stopy at a
specific line in the middle of plain, which
line is marked by the exist cnco Of a Jungle on
the rainy side. while the dry side il bare Of
trees. l at first attributed the presence Of
trees to the rain, but l am now disposed to
look upon the jungle as The cause of the rain,
not the effect oft, for l have been told that
just in proportion as the belt of jungle is cut
away, SO dose the lide Of rain retreat. When
one comes to consider this, the geason is PLAZA
, 1877-09-15

He understood the Significance of the
phasiZed words, and in a few hours return
ell with the announcement They are gone,
Sir" Then | retired, so utterly worn out
that | could not rest, but passed the night
rolling and tossing about, dreamily pur-
suing a phantom Russian Lieutenant. Gene
raj and tranticaIIy impIoring him to use a
glg9nlic Telegram 100 yards long. The
next morning we left for 1sIaz, a Rouma.
nian village on the Danube a few miles
above Turhu Magureile, where there are
some batteries. Here we found half-a-dozen
yourg Roumanian officers, who treated us
with the greatest hospitality, showed us
over the batteries, and related several in
teresting incidents connected with their
s%oiourn there. They showed US the track
Of the first shot fired from the Turkish
side. It came from a monitor, and passed
over the heads OF a group of officers and
entered a hut hrhind them. A sergeant.
major was looking out Of the door, but
when he heard the shot coming he stepped
back two PAGES, just far enough to receive
the shell as it came through the side of the
hut and exploded in his body, which was
cNdNtC' ~ At ~. CCo OfCI L4C luAeFIOT OF me
cabin. It was a fearful Illustration Of the
folly Of attempting to seek shelter behind
a fl nsy nud-pIastcred peasants cottage
f,om a b ayy shell from a ganboat. Those
officers insisted that two Engiishmen had
Commanded the Turks on the opposite
81 e. Ono Of them, they declared, Was
Kill d by the first she'll fred from tLeig
batteries. The other c3oIly sat upon the
p41epet ! oAing at The Russians through
his felJ glass. They fired at him rcreat-
eddy. until finally a she'll struck under him
il The parapet. He :hen carel2ssIv chang
ed his position to an embra8ure. where lie
squatted like a Turk, and continued lis
observations. A shell burst near him in
the earthwork and covered him with dirt
but he only roll d over and shook himself
and retook his place in tie embraSurc.
No one but an Englishman would do such
things" they sad. I remarked that their
interesting opponent acted much more like
o ravlng @Iaaatlc ttan an EnglIshman. But
nothing could shake their belief that the
individual, WHO apparently liked shells,
was English.
, 1877-09-15
Acknowledgements

van O R at fremme en- iurtig B s6rgels,
M at Breve, som med Dampskibe afSaae
herlra ill de torskjeIIige Havoc paa Puerto
Rico. vile fra 1ste September n@stkOm-
monde allie forudbetal'e BIeve bIive sor-
terede af st. Thom9 P%ostcOntOiri Post
sekke directe til de paagjeldende Ilavne,
iyorimod allie udbetalre Breve i<Nun
kunne forsendes Postsek III San Juan.
Hvi)kct heryed brings til o%Aeutlig
Kundskab.
Gouvernemeots Secretariatef, St Thomas
den 3O;e. August 1877.
CARL HATTENSEN..
, 1877-09-15
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Publication.

Y N order TO give quick despatch TO
a letters, conveyed by steamers from
here to the different ports of Porto Rico,
all prepaid letters will from thu lst, Sep
TENDER next be sorted by the Post Office
Of ST. Tbomas in mail-bags direct to the
said ports, whereas all unpaid letters can
only be forwarded in the mail bag for
San Juan.
Which is hcr.by brought to public
notice.
Government Secretary's Omca st.
Thomas, 3Oth august 1877.
CARL HATTENSEN.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-15
ARTESIAN WELLS.

TENHE UNDERSIGNED BEGS LEAVE
4 to inform the public that he is now
prepared, with the most approved machinery,
To sink Artesian Wells in any part oI the state
on the shortest notice.
All orders or communications On the sub
Ject address to Cahoon N Palmer, Battle
Mountain. will receive prompt attention.
CAHOON n PALMER.
Battle Mountain, October 9, 1876. Il
The silver state., 1877-01-24
IN FAVOR OF GOLD.

Senator Jones bill in favor of dou-
BILE standard is NEE ting with opposition
from an unexpected quarter. The San
Francisco Chamber OF Commerce has
resolved to memorialize Congress to in
crease The value Of the circulating sil-
We coin TO the trade dollar standard,
and to. continue gold as the standard Of
value. If this accommodates is car
ried into effeot by legislation. l6A
grains of silver 900 fine will be added
to the present weight of the half-dollar,
without increasing its power as legal
tender. This opposition to Senator
Jones views from the leading luer-
chants and business meneof his bone
will have a tendency to array the Cali
forpia Senators and Representatives
against bis proposed bill TO establish a
double standard and make silver coin
a lega, tender to the amount of fifty
dollars. This move on the part Of San
Francisco Is ungeueroas, to say the
least. Much OF its wealth and busi-
ness is derived from the silver mines of
Nevada, and instead of discouragipo
the development of the resources of
this State, by Recommending the depre
citation of the value ofits gYea, prod
net, it should assist by all the meansGin
its power to restore silver to its former
price aud standard.
The silver state., 1877-01-24
THE AMERICAN MINISTER no
LIBERIA.

J Milton Turner. the American Min
jster 10 Liberia, has brnught s.iit-for
damages against the propriete,s of the
Astor House, New York City, under
the Civil Rights Bill. The ca Sc came
up before referee last week, and Tur-
ner testified that be is consul ge neral
and minister resident to Liberia. He
says he knew he was a negro gentle
man and that prejudice weighe against
his presence at hotels and for these
reasons he telegraphed from Sandy
Hook, when the vessel which bore hin
across the Atlantic arrived at that
point, to secure rooms at the Astof
House. When he pnt in an appear
apce and claimed the rooms. he was ln-
formed shat the hotel wasfull, although
he found that one had been assigned
him on the register. The damages
claimed were reduced from 500 to 81,
which Turner said he paid porter for
carrying bis baggage from the Astor
House to another hotel The defence
is that the Civil Rights Bill, so lar as
1t aft, cts the rights of inn keepers. Is
unconstitutional.
The American Minister to iberia is
very indignant. He claims TO be
negro z, ntieman and the Representative
OF the United States to foreign coun-
try. He was prepared to pay IN ad-
vance for his rooms and give security
for bis good behavior. yet WAS refused
q room in public house beoause OF his
race and color, and that. too, by the
Republican proprieters of a New fork
hotel. He asks if this is equality. and
wants TO know If coiored gentItna
has no rights which X pnblicans. who
prof, SIS such love for his race. are
honnd to respect? Had Ii been Demo-
Gratis who insulted him, he wonid lave
attributed it to partisan prejndice, but
to be refused accommodations by Re
publicans because OF his color. took |
him completely by surprise. and opened |
his eyes to the fact that. while theoret-
ically opposed TO distinction on account
of race or color, Republicans irncti
cally treat negroes worse than Demo
Gratis. In the latter state menf, j. Mil |
on Turner, Consul General and Resi-
dent. Minister to Liberia, is abou,
right.
The silver state., 1877-01-24
SENATOR MoR roN's spec II.

Senator Morton delivered lengthy
speech in the United States Senate
yesterday against the electoral bill.
He does not believe in any compromise
that gives Congress power TO go behiud
the returns. He thinks. or at least
says he does. that Hayes has been
elected. aud Of course is opposed TO
any method Of ceunsi,g the votes thar
night result in shrewing oft the dis
pnssd States. he lo,ks with disfavor
on the proposition 10 submit disputed
questions to commissions composed
OF equal unnb,rs of Sei stoEs. Repre-
s@nsatives and Judges Of The Suprem me
CSun, but is perfectly wilIlog the
The silver state., 1877-01-24
T O r Il IG N
An meriean ship Lost

LONDON, Jan. 23.
Il is now Ltyond doubt that the
American ship, George Green, Captain
wilcox, has been lost With ali on board,
an inquest was held at Kingston
Deyoushirs on body that has been
identified as thnt Of the captain :
wife.
iussia Preparing for war.
A special from Vienna reports that
the officers Of Russian railroads have
been o,dered to bold their roads in
readiness from the end of the present
week for large Increase of military
transportation.
s.frs--gs s.zsl-a -sIrsaz,anzszs Erzxxzszzs~ns<
n. DELBANCo. y. REtNEARr
The silver state., 1877-01-24
FATAL WRESTLING

A wrestling match took place at Pyr-
amid Mining District, last Friday, be-
tween Chsrk Williams and Berry
Lackey. for S25 side. The first fall
was won BY Williams; the second by
Leckey, aid the contest for the third
resslted in Lackey throwing Williams
with such force as to break bis neck: