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GRAIN TNapECTrNN.

HUN %AS tAAA"uAIeEb II yca1 ,lBV.
GRAIN INSPECTION.
The effort now being mado to obtain
change In tho law regulating tho inspection
OF grain IN this city Is boing worry widely
discussed In commercial circlos; and sur
prisingly wide differences Of opinion are met
with In regard to IT. Tho general express
sion, however, Is decidedly in favor Of
radical change from present conditions. Tho
inspection Of grain In Chicago Is ono Of tho
moss important trusts In the United States.
About fifty million dollars worth Of grain
pass through this city each year, or nearly
one million dollars worth per woek and
the selling valuo Of great proportion Of all
thls properly is deternaned lot tho owner
py servants OF tho stoto. ssrange AZ It may
seem, anoe 1875 there has not been at tho
head OF this department a man who claimed
% be good Judge OF tho value Of grim.
the chief inspector Is confessodly unable to
critically pass upon the acts Of bis suhor-
nnatea, anu, even II ho should Ind fault,
he is powerless to remove them. And
the men who own tue property, and ought
to havo something to Hay about Its value, are
rowesleas aa tho Chief inspector, however
great may DO their knowledge. 1t In true TINT
there as right OF appenl on general princl-
pies to n triumvirate having their heatlqunr-
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CuhtnCEeEf LOOKING 10 1uttt8 emergencies, Ia
going on In Germany, and has commenced
to attract tho attention Of the other European
Powers. The military authorities want moro
troops, and propose TO add 600 men to
the ! 200, 900 now subject to call, by adding
a fourth battalion to each regiment, which
vou1d give an ins.allmcnt Of about 5a0, 600
men each year with the colora, and /, ,O50, 600
men subject 10 calf. In dcfense Of this ex-
traordinary demand, tho military authorities
contend that they havs two enemies in
Europe, France on the west, which In rap
idly recuporating from its losses In tho
Franco German campaign, and ia painting for
revenge, and tho vast Russian Empire on the
east. The alliance between Germany aud
1lussia they look upon ns only concerning
the Eastern question. Meanwhile Denmark
has hnd no special friendship for Germany
since the days of Sohleswig- -Holstein,
and Austria ia by no means In active sYmpa.
thy with her, although not inimica1. They
are afraid, therefore, that in an emergency
shey have not men enough to cope with
France aud 1sussia combined against them.
Although afraid Of neither Bingly, they ara
afraid Of Franco-Russlan alliance, and fear
that they will not DO able to have war with
ono ut time, but that when war comes thoy
will bo assaulted By both, and most likely
at time when Germany ia unprepared.
Tie movement, however, meets with tho
most violent opposition upon the pnrt of tho
people. They are already burtlenod down
to the earth with the depression Of finnuco
or3 fr1u.&.,r .,.1 ..n ,I-.u.t,.. Iii =
, 1877-03-31

An exchange remarks that "tho only Jokes
Momen like to read are those which roaeet ridl-
cule on tho men." II adds that tl.cy llku to read
marriage notices. THIS would follow from tbs
asst statement, for few jokes reflect more zidi-
cule on the men than-mat.imouy,
, 1877-03-31

pcop'c who arc tl,Irsty-for news. will De.
light to read what the Governor Of South Caro-
lima said to the other Governor Of South Caro-
lima
, 1877-03-31

Tha Goa4-D Democrat reads 4 lecture to tho
army On It's "moEalc-" Il says "Therc Is not
4 siugle point In which one Of our artillery
, 1877-03-31

The HEATH rcformcr 10 one Of sM1rf1ts cor.
ruption1sta: "Thy monoy PERRY.sl with
thec.n
, 1877-03-31

WENDELL PutLL1rs Ia not an "9-to-7" man,
He Is "1-by.0" :" tnan.
, 1877-03-31
AN1USIcNIENTS,


IInveF1ysa Th6atre,
Randolph street, between Clark aud LAss{te.
EnRaRement 81 Charlotte Thompsoa. "I!sa MaIton.
Afternoon sud evening.
, 1877-03-31

Ade1rhI Thcntre.
Monroe fttret, corner Dearborn. Vef1cty eutef
fatnment- Afternoon nnd evening.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
Is Fresh Air Necessary for sieepq

DR.. Delbruck, an eminent French ply.
siologist, has been experimenting to prove
that fresh air is not absolutely necessary
for sleep. He seems to have proved it to
his own satisfaction, but not to the salts
faction of such as desire healthful rest
which fresh air always give to the sound
sleeper, provided the fresh air be taken
into the lungs through the nostrils only,
and never through the mouth. DR.. Del
bruck first appeals to animals.
The lion, bear or tiger, retires into his
lair to sleep, quitting the open air, and
excluding it as much as possible; the dog
seeks his kennel or corner, curls himself
up, and buries his head beneath his paws
or body; even birds. those aerial creatures
who perish so speedily when confined uu
der bell.glass, and therefore seem pecu-
liarly dependent upon fresh air, when
sleep approaches hide their heads IN
der their wings, the beak covered with
the soft down; alternating animals, too
only pass into their long sleep when shell
tered from air. Applying this to the genus
homo Delbruck argues that, acting upon
instinct, man does as do the animals, but
upon science, he acts the very reverse;
thus, the schoolboy, if be is cold or ii be
cannot sleep, hides his head under the
bedclothes much as the bird hides its head
under a wing-so, too, the unenlightened
man or woman carefully draws the cur.
taiDs round the bed but which the en-.
lightened physician or nurse as invariably
tears down; soldiers aud travellers, camp.
ing out, cover their heads if they wish tC
sleep, aud railway passengers at night
finish by closing the windows. These,
and other facts of similar significance, are
relied upon by DIR. Delbruck in advocating
his singular theory, the acceptance oil
which, it may be safely assumed, is moi
likely TO be very general, even among the
"unenlightened
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
Tuesday. October q. 1877.
The Ohio Clerks.

First the Ohio clerks were assessed for
the Ohio campaign, and then were forced
to sign paper agreeing to 60 home and
vote the republican ticket under penalty of
being put on the "black list" All this
was done while Hayes was down south
telling the ex-confederates that with no
discredit to them or special credit to US
the war ended as it did" There was a
howl over so fragrant violation of execu-
tive order No. l, and Hayes telegraphs to
his northern supporters that it is all a lie
about these poor Ohio clerks being bull
dozed in any such manner. And then all
his supporters at once commence telling
how absurd the idea is that these clerks
are thus misused aud contemptuously say
there is only $50 Of them altogether. 1t
now turns out that the charge as first
made is most certainly true, executive or
der No. ] to the contrary notwithstanding,
as a special dispat:h from Washington now
says: There is no longer any concealment
that the Ohio treasury clerks are to go
home to vote, for the papers this morning
contain an advertisement in which half-ratC
tickets are offered for sale at the rooms Of
the third auditor in the treasury depart
ment ITSELF" What more could be ex
pected of Fraud?
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
A Republican Opinion of conklin,


Since Senator Conkling tosted his glove
in front of Hayes at the Rochester conven-
ton, the Chicago Tribune has evinced a
dislike for that great leader of the republi-
can party, and either lies about him or let's
out some Of the secrets of the party, which
will DO interesting at this time as showing
the cause Of that eminent senator's silence
pending the discussion of the electoral
commission bill The Tribune says as fol-
lows:
Last winter, along about February, Sen
ator Conkling sent mis- tool, Platt, on a
pilgrimage to Columbus to make bargain
with Hayes. He wanted the latter to
pledge himself to appoint Platt post
master general, and TO give him lConklingl
free control of the ,465 federal appoint
ments of New York. and in consideration
thereof he (Conkling) would use his in
fluence to have Hayes counted 10" for
president! Mr.. Hayes repealed the dis
honorable proposals, and gave Mr.. Platt
to understand that he was not engaged 10
the bargain and sale business. Platt re-
turned To his master crestfallen and full oil
malice. TheDceforth Conkling not only
had the sulks but plotted with his political
opponents to compass Hayes defeat in
congress. He had an elaborate speech
prepared against confirming the award of
the electoral commission, but at the last
moment, to the chagrin of his co-conspir
ators, he had not the courage to deliver it.
but he has nursed his wrath to keep il
warm, packed the state convention, and
then played the bully and coward.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
Missouri'a New Senator.

A Jefferson City correspondent the
other day wrote that the governor, without
designating any particular person, had indi.
Gated his appointee for the senatOrship
should be tried and true Old-fsshioned
democrat. 10 addition to this, it was only
needed to be known that the appointment
would be given to st. Louis, to turn the
eyes of the public pretty generally to Col.
David Ii. Armstrong. We do not say that
Arsmtrongw was the only conspicuous aspir-
ant who filled the requirements of Gov
Phelps as to democracy; but, certainly,
among those who have stood steadfastly by
that party IN times past, Col. Armstrong
is recognized all over the state as a
leading and battle-scarred veteran. He
was chairman of the democratic central
committee during the whole time when
prescription and ostracism we're rife In
this state, and when the radicals held high
carnival through their measures disfran-
chsiDg many thousands of people. This
position he held when Phelps made his
first canvass for governor, and when Blair
took his life upon, his sleeve and went out
to battle with the proscriptionists. More
important still, he was chairman of the
state committee when the passive policy
WAC 0NVpkSAt 601O UdCk 10
the democracy and paved the way for the
return of peace and prosperity to the state,
Col Armstrong earnestly cooperating with
the originatOrs of that policy. He has, in.
deed, been long and intimately identified
with the organization of the dem
ocratlc party Of this state, and Of
the union. Twenty years ago he
held the position of postmaster here,
under Buchanan. he precededIthe pres
ent member from Missouri in the national
democratic executive committee. In for
mer years he was almost invariably a mem
Der Of the'sdemocratic state conventions,
aud as such hadSnuch to do with shaping
the nominations and pslRttorms Of his party.
ne lie was vas one of the tliiSssen treeholderss
wnO b Ird%ed the present cit charter, and
tSe b %oius the place of acting PRESIDENT OF
"T Tf O U;iS OF police commission 7s
Arms WITHOUT congressional exper ence, Col.
m nnS1; is amaDIwhose fsmii;a ll.y with
With lgnC can affairs las would have been nc case
VIII men like BrOadhead and GII vii
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02

soon accustom MIN to the routine of SEN
atorial duties. He will not be brilliant
speaker. perhaps. but his views of public
affairs corresponds aud coincide with those
Of the majority Of our people on the main
questions; and his energy and will, ia the
pursuit of objects in which he feels concern
or interest, viii without doubt make his
influence felt. Some might have prefer
red man of more engaging address in
speech, or one who has paid more atten-
ton than he to the legal or constitutional
aspects of politics; but in Col. Armstrong
we think it will be agreed we have sena-
tor who can be relied upon to vote right
upon every question relating to this great
valley, who will bring no scandal on the
state, and who will devote his attention to
making himself a useful representative
81. Louis Republican.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
Enjoy Life.

What a truly beautiful world we live in
Nature gives us grandeur of mountains,
glens and oceans. and thousands of means
for enjoyment. We can desire no better
when in perfect health; but how often d.
the majority of people feel like giving i
up disheartened, discouraged and worried
out with disease, when there is no occasion
for this feeling, as every sufferer can easily
obtain satisfactory proof that Green's Au
gust Flower will make them as free frou
disease as when born. Dyspepsia anC
Liver Complaint is the direct cause of sew
enty-fye per cent of such maladies al
Biiousness, Indigestion. Sick Headache
Costiveness, Nervous Prostitution, Dizzi
ness of the Head, Palpitation of the Heart
and other distressing symptoms. Three
doses of August Flower will prove its won
derful effect Sample bottles, 10 cents
Try it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02

Candidates for the penitentiary are be-
coming quite numerous. The Carthage
Gazette reports Sheriff Cannon, of Han
cock county, Illinois, as saying there is
more horse stealing going on just now in
the west than at any former period since
he has been in Office. Every day he re-
ceives through the mails from two to six
bills or printed postals, announcing the
theft of horse or horses, and offering
rewards.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
The influence of valleys on Health

1ne 4nnuence OF Valleys on Asa4Vn.
Mr.. Alfred Haviland lately informed
the London Social Science association that
many diseases were induced by the COM
mon tendency to place houses in valleys
instead Of on hillsides. He says that val
leys do not get their full share of fresh
air. The wind blows over, not through
them, and the atmosphere within their
boundaries is comparatively stagnant.
His observations are therefore opposed to
the common belief that valleys are espe-
cial channals for atmospheric movement;
but his opinions are sustained by d. b. W.
Richardson, who is good authority. The
latter gentleman enumerated twenty-five
or thirty diseases which he thought might
be attributed to the propensity for valley
homes. Among them are Group, influenza,
scrofula, rheumatism, fistula, calculus, and
possibly some malformations. The list is
formidable, and, to put it mildly, it is al
most incredible that diseases of this char.
acter can be caused by living in the broad
and shallow valleys of England. Mr..
HaviIand's remarks were illustrated with
maps and models showing the geological
structure of the earth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
PROLAPSUS UTERI,
All Female Complaints
Remedy that is rapidly taking the place of all
other Preparations for the
Cure of all Female Weaknesses

This Compound, which IS purely vegetable, has
entirely cured the most stubborn cases that have
baf1ed the skill Of our best physicians and thous-
ands of persons who were considered as incurable
before this remedy was discovered have been re-
stored 20 perfect health by its use,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
$4,000 BOTTLES
Sold in 1875 of This Imminent.

Testimonials.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
Worth 81, 900 in a Single Case.

BURLINGTON, VT Dec 18th, 1876.
Mrs. LYDIA L. PINKdAM = it is with pleasure
that we able to say that in every reported
to us your VEGETABLE COMPOUND has given uni
versal satisfaction. One gentleman told us to-day
that 1t had done his wife a Thousand dollars worth
of good, as he expressed it. Our customers with
out single exception, speak of it in the highest
terms of praise. You at liberty TO make use of
this in advertising II You choose. Yours very re-
specially. II. B. STEAKNS & CO, Druggists.
~ The Pamphlet Guide TO Women" will be
sent free to any address by enclosing stamp to
LYDIA h, PINkHAM, Lynn, Mass.
Lydia E. Pinltham's Vegetable Compound
Is sold by all Druggists at 81 per bottle. Whole
sale Agents-George G. Goodwin & Co., No 3S
Hanover street, and Carter, Harris 8 Hawley, No.
$50 Washington street. Boston.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
Dooley's Patent Combination
TOE-CAIKS.

Put up In boxes containing % 1bs, each.
These Toe-Calks are made from Steel converted
from carefully selected brands of Norway and
SWedes Iron by special process which ensures the
durability in wear.
For sale by all iron, steel and hardware dealers
throughout New England Manufactured solely
By G. T. DEWICK & CO.,
$50 Dorchester Ave-, South Boeton, Mas.
Smyrna times., 1877-06-20
THE MARKETS.

A ME-HOYORED SPEcIFIc.-The leng and
successful career of DR.. Wishart's Pine Tree
Tar Cordial, as contrasted with the speedy
collapse of nostrums devoid of efficacy
which have from time to time been pulled
into brief notoriety during the twenty odd
years that this celebrated medicine has been
sold, affords a proof that the American
continues to repose its confidence in de-
serving articles only. The Pine Tree Tar
Cordial has long been recognized as the
leading specific for Consumption, Bronchi-
tis, Coughs, Coulds, Asthma, Diptheria, and
all other diseases of the breathing organs.
1t is, moreover, a certain, speedy, and safe
botanic remedy for Dyspepsia, Liver Disor-
ders, Scrofulous Affections, Urinary Trou.
bles, Gravel, Dropsy, Debility, Constipation,
and Female Complaints. Constantly ac-
cumulating evidence of an unimpeachable
character establishes the fact that it not
only entirely eradicates the diseases to
which it is adapted but also that its action
is remarkably prompt and thorough. The
crucial test of experience has demonstrated
its reliability in every particular. Sold by
all druggists. Principal Depot, No 9l6 Fill
bert Street, Philadelphia. nov1S-1y
Smyrna times., 1877-06-20

Too GENEROUs.-The late Charles A.
Arthur who shot himself at Bryn Mawr
near Philadelphia, on Wednesday on ac-
count of pecuniary troubles, was a victim of
his own liberality. His financial embarrass-
ments arose, his neighbors say, entirely
from his liberality and his efforts to assist
Others. Twenty years ago, when quite a
young man, he supported Is or 20 families
who were thrown out of employment in
consequence of the financial disasters of
1857. He had been reared among them,
and he pursued the liberal course then
that he has followed since with everybody
who needed his kind offices. He became
the owner of several valuable properties
near Bryn Mawr, one of which was the
Whitehall House, which he conducted
seven or eight years as Summer boarding
house. He formerly owned large tract Of
the land upon which the elegant dwellings
of Bryn Mawr now stand. He established
a store at his hotel and gave credit to every
body who asked it. The large sums that
were due him not being paid, involved him
in the temporary embarrassment which re-
suited in his disorder of mind He was
about so years of age.
Smyrna times., 1877-06-20

FRUIT DRYERs.-Last season an attempt
was made to send peaches fresh from the
trees to England. The experiment was a
failure, but although peaches in their
natural state are unfit for expectation, fruit
preserved by evaporation can be and has
been sent. in great quantities. For the
year ending June, 1879, dried fruits to the
value of six hundred thousand dollars we're
exported, while during the same period of
time, up to the first of the present month,
this amount was increased to two and one
half millions of dollars. For the past six
or seven years new process for curing ap-
pies and peaches has been introduced, and
the fruit is left in such a natural condition
that England is calling for it in vast guam
titles. France especially has found new
field for the consumption of apples The
fruit in its dried condition is exported in
large amounts from this country and made
into wine, and reshipped in that form to
the American market.
Smyrna times., 1877-06-20

They have been trying clergyman at
Dixon, ILL.,, for poisoning his wife, A great
crowd of ladies attended the proceedings,
and they all wanted front seats. One
night. when the court had adjourned, the
Sheriff couldn't get these ladies to leave
the room. They had brought blankets and
other comfortables with them, and expires
sed determination to stay all night, that
they might be on hand bright and early
next morning. The Sheriff, upon this, as
gently as possible put them out He then
locked the door and went home. Then it
was that the Dixon women showed that
they were equal to the emergency. OBJ
tanning 30-feet ladder, they climbed into
the courtroom windows, and when the
Sheriff opened the courtroom the next
morning there they were comfortably
on the front benchesl Womans wit was
too much for the whole law of Illinois in
the person of the Sheriff.--N. Y. Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1877-06-20

Inc CIass,day Grafton at Brown Univer-
S5ty last Friday was delivered by Inman E.
rage a coiored student, who chose as his
text intellectual Prospects in America" :"
Hls speech was an excellent one, and his
delivery was exceedingly graceful. Stronger
imam any OF the arguments which he in.
tro"uced to show that the intellectual
prospects OF the United States are brighten.
ing was his presence on that platform. 1t
proved that colored lad can hold his own
IN a large college class, and that the
students in one of the oldest American
universities are not ashamed to confer tho
highest honor upon negro classmate,
Inc appointments for Glass. Day at Brown
are not made by the Faculty, but by the
students, and the most popular man as we'll
as the ablest speaker generally has the
oration. Mr.. Page was admitted to be the
strongest man for the place; his color was
the only thing against him; his class
mates, who are evidently a manly set of
fellows, would not consent to have the
color line drawn in their class politics.
Smyrna times., 1877-06-20

LINCOLN UNIvERsTTY.--The commence
ment exercises of Lincoln University for
colOred students, miles from Oxford in
Chester county, Pa, took place last week.
There were l6 graduates who received the
degree Of A. B. The exercises reflected
great credit on the young men and on the
University. Since the institution was
started there have been over 500 students
and 1l6 graduates, out of which number
there are ministers in the Methodist,
Presbyterian, Congregational, Baptist and
Protestant Episcopal Churches, teachers,
lawyers, editors, principals of State schools,
merchants, representatives in States, &c
There is probably no other institution
which has done so much for this people
and which aims so high in its standard oi
training.