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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-13

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
~ Office in Bengstons Block, Illinois ST., Rock i
and, Illinois. 3-13d&w6m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-13
The 9ailg Argas,
No Moarning for Mr. Tilaen.

That respectable aud respected journal,
the Boston Erening Transcript, fails to
apprehend the essence of the situation. 1t
thinks MIR. Hayes will make decent ad-
ministration. and that the possibility Of his
doing SO blots out all legal and moral
enormities of his official origin:
Nor is there less of desolatIon or beWildermept
among the Democratic chieftans. At this rate
where will their grievance be by the next election?
been SO infatuated with Mr. Tilden personally
that they will persist in mourning for him, they
obtain all and more of the substance OF his promise
reforms than he could ever have compassed.'
The grievance cannot be removed by any
good conduct on the part of Mr., Hayes. A
thief may make a benevolent use of stolen
property, but he is thief nevertheless.
Mr.. Tilden was elected president. He and
the people have been cheated out of the
election. To all honest men this is an in-
tolerable grievance, not only because they
believe Mr.. Tilden would really have
reformed the federal government, but
still more because the inauguration of a
president through fraud, bribery, and the
violation of the constitution is calamity
that threatens to produce the most PERM
cious consequences hereafter.
We do not mourn for Mr.. Tilden; he
needs nobody to mourn for him. Being
cheated out Of the election does not hurt
him All the lies and the malignity that
have been poured out upon him have not
left spot upon his character. What he
has done for the state of New York in
the reformation of It's government forms
bis enduring monument; and the fact that
out of the intelligent white citizens Of the
United States q majority Of one million
have voted to make him president. is
something which ought to silence every
liar and slanderer in the land. For him,
then, no regret is necessary.
What we mourn for is the incompatible.
the Incredible disaster and disgrace which
have been brought upon our country in
the Inauguration OF president who was
aot elected IN 7, San.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-13

Mail and Express has Through Coach from Gales
burgh and Reclining Chair Sleeping Car from Pc
oria to Indianapolis without change.
Atlantic Express arrives in Philadelphia T:2Ol
m; New York 1920 p. M, and all Eastern and
Southern cities in The morning; But ONE NIGHT
out end one train in advance of Chicago lines
COMPARE TIME TABLES.
Eastern and Southern Express has Reclining
Chair Sleeping Car with State Rooms
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-13
THOMAS YATES.

is PREPARED TO DO PLUMBING IN ALL ITS
! branches, also, Gas and Steam Fitting
Call and have estimates made before ordering your
work dore by other parties.
THOMAS YATES. (Levee Brock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-13
HAIR DYE.
HAIR DYE.

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-13
No Peace Till the Right is on Top.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Hayes talks about the permanent pa
cifcation of the country" No people will
ever be permanently pacifed until the
right is on top. How has he contributed
TO that end2 When people can choose
their rulers without the interference of re-
turning boards and unjust tribunals. the y
will be more pacific.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-13
O1'eINO-V' IUJIAN ADAMb
STURGEON IL ADAMS.

ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORs AT LAW.
~ Once in Mitchell & Lynde's block, Rock Island
III. Have complete set of Books of Abstracts
Title OF Lands in Rock Island County.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-13

Hon. Frank W. Bird, the eminent
Liberal Republican of Massachusetts,,
gives the following counsel:
lwould say to every Democrat: Never
recognize politically, officially or judicially,
the president who comes into power by
such manifest fraud. Never accept an
office under the incoming administration,
from the cabinet downward. Never let
a Democrat darken the doors of the White
House. Support the government de facto
so far as is necessary to its successful ad-
ministration, but never, indirectly, admit
that it has legal or constitutional right to
power. If | could get the ear of our
southern brethren, l would pray them
beware Of the Greeks bearing presents;
distrust the honeyed promises of the party
which, for II years, has heaped upon you
every indignity and every outrage and whose
present professions are prompted only by
the purpose to divide and conquer. Be
ware, as John Randolph once said, be
ware of the gilded sting that turks beneath
the gaudy pinions of the butterfly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-13
BUSINESS CARDS.
MI mi. CORBETT.
JOHN 3. HAWLEY,

A TT0RNEY AT LAW. Office in Mitchell &
n Lynde's Block, Rock Island, Ills.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28

T1FL1s. the capital of the Transcauca-
sian provinces of Russia, which the
Russo Turkish war has brought promi-
nently into notice, stands on the two
banks of the Kur, and the stranger finds
it, as Byron found Lisbon, a very impos.
ing place, distance lending a great deal
of enchantment to the view of it. The
city dates originally from 4S9, and in the
ninth century it was one of the most i'm
portant of commercial centers. In 1876
the Turks built the citadel which re,
mains. Tifis was destroyed by Aga
Mohammed in 1895, and when rebuilt
was on smaller scale. Russia has owned
it only since 1901. The streets are mar.
row and dirty, but in the newer portion
are fine Government buildings. Tifis
means warm town, and its warm sulphur
baths, as well as considerable commerce
draw many from a distance. Tifis suf
fered terribly from the cholera in 1880
which reduced its population to sbou
ten thousand, and it is estimated that i
contains to-day nearly six times tina
number.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28
Look at the Bright Side.

Let US consider a few of the many
ways in which we waste the stuff that
life is made of. 1t has been well said
that /" the habit of looking on the bright
side of things is worth far more than a
thousand pounds year," and certainly
it is habit that must add many years
to the lives of those who acquire it.
Really, every fit of dependency and
every rage takes SO much out of us, that
any one who indulges in either without
great struggle to prevent himself do.
ing so should be characterized as little
less than-to use an American expires.
sion-"a fearful fool" How silly il
seems even to ourselves, after cooling, to
have acquired nervous headache and
to have become generally done up,
stamping round the room, and showing
other signs of foolish anger, because the
dinner was five minutes late, or because
some ones respect for US did not quite
rise to the high standard measured by
our egotism! AS if it were not fal
more important that we should save oul
vital energy, and not get into rage
than that the dinner should be served
exactly to the moment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28
Fashion Hints.

Straw trimmings are in great favor.
"No silk for morning toilet" is the
rule in Paris.
Chemisettes of various styles are very
fashionable.
Cardinal red is a faint memory-a
thing of the past.
Linen lawn and percale costumes are
in great demand.
Yoke slips are worn by little girls from
two to six years of age.
Pique is on the wane as dress fabric
for little children.
White is the most fashionable evening
dress at the moment.
A tasteless fashion of the moment is
the revival of tinsel braid.
Brown and ecru linen slip, are shown
for little girls country wear.
Manila straw hats will be worn at the
seaside and in the country.
Walking hats for city wear have mar
row brims and high, square crowns.
Jdrdiniere effects are sought for in
flower garnitures for summer hats.
Heavy cords and tassels are in vogue
for the trimming of summer silk.
Black lace scarfs make handsome trim
mings for white chip shade hats.
Spanish founces are seen on nearly all
summer dresses for little girls.
The unbleached straw bonnets are SO
common the elite will not wear them.
Lisle thread gloves and black net nit
tens are in demand all of a sudden.
Silk, as an obstinate material, which
will not cling or drape, is at discount.
Scotch gingham is revived for summer
dresses under the name of "zephyr
cloth"
Twelve or fifteen silver bangles are
sometimes worn over the long gloves of
evening toilets.
A new fancy in gloves is to button on
the outside of the wrist, avoiding the
ugly gap in the palm.
Comic silk handkerchiefs are the fash
ionable philopena presents from young
ladies to gentlemen.
Frames for line engravings are now
made of polished oak. They resemble a
lightly-gilded frame.
The most stylish hat for ladies is the
Panama, wide brimmed and trimmed
with velvet and long feather.
Chip shade hats, light as feather, are
trimmed with puffs of organdy instead of
ruches this summer.
Fashionable chemises are lavishly
trimmed with lace insertions and edg-
ings, and tucks, but not with puffs.
Wild roses and buttercups, nasturtiums
and forget-me-nots, are favorite flowers
for trimming summer shade hats.
Children's sashes are still worn very
wide, low down, and loosely around the
figure, with deep loops in the back.
Suits have been made for watering
places of handsome blue and white and
yellow checked linen, trimmed with
torch onlace.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28
GIhGEH,
BY II. c. BUSNER.

My editor told me to bring,
When last ne net pse,
A poem but must ding
On the subject set me.
And my poor little muse, 'twould seem,
Is compelled to hinge her
Light rhymes on picking theme
he has chosen-Ginger.
l fain would sing Of maid
Than whom who's fairer7
Rose cheeks, too bright to fade,
B ue eyes and hair-er-
By Jove, will do it, too;
For god lights tinge her
Locks, which were else the shade
of-Jamaica Ginger.
Her face is like to the May
For sun ard shadow:
Her eyes drive wrath away
From the earth bali mad o.
Yer wounds made by lips all tso oSweet,s y
E'en when they SINCE her
Lovers wins lie at her feet
With touch of-Ginger.
Life lights in lip and eye
Defiant laughter;
II grief win half sigh,
Quick joy smiles after:
And whatever mischs Ice may hap,
What pang or twi bge, her
spirit will keep + = snap
She's full Of -Ginser.
In her eyeA II the CLEAN Joy
Were made more tender
BY y.some sweat grief's alloy,
Gonld I1hope to bend her7
Hns cloudsLn kiss divine
On clou is impinge, her
Lips ga, STONED with mine,
WoN6 she give me-Ginger.
All were Aphrodite's 90 sweet
AE my loves kisses
Ths e md wind flies to meet?
-r1s too much, this is?
You theme on my rights, Mr.. Ed,
Sh Ill not infringe ; her
AloI re will Ising to WOO, wed
Al Id wear her-by Ginger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28
on 4 NAUG RTY LITTLE BOY
SLEEPxEG.
BY BRET HARTE.

Just now missed from hall and stair
A joyful treble that had grown
As dear to US as that grave tone
That tells the world by older care.
And little footsteps on the floor
Were stayed. Iilaid aside my pen,
Forgot my theme and istened-then
Stole softly to the library door.
No sight7 no sound la moments freak
OF fancy filled my pulses through;
"H-no"-and yet that fancy drew
A fathers blood from heart and cheek.
And then-I found him There he lay,
Surprised by sleep, caught in the act,
The rosy vandal who had sacked
Hislittle town, and thought 1t play.
The shattered vase, the broken jar;
match still smoldering upon the floor
The inkstand's purple pool of gore,
The chessmen scattered near and far.
Strewn leaves of albums lightly pressed
This wicked &c Baby Of the Woods"
In fact, of half the household goods
This son and heir was seized-possessed.
Yet all in vain, for sleep had caught
The hand that reached, the feet that strayed
And fallen in that ambuscade
The victor was himself Ger wrought.
What though torn leaves and tattered book
Still testified his deep disgrace
stopped and kissed the inky face,
With its demure and calra outlook.
Then back 1 stole, and half beguiled
Ny guilt, in trust that when my sleep
Should come, there might be One who'd keep
An equal mercy fer His child.
-Harper's Mooazins.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28
A Hatr-Raising Scene at a Church
I'm Ernllnf.

A Paris letter says: The authorities
of Soudan, near Chateaubriant, recently
desired to remove the rusty cock that
surmounted the church steeple. A slater
was engaged to do the job. Hehad gone
two-thirds of the way up, when, losing
his balance as he threw the rope that
enabled him to climb higher, he began
to slip down the lightning rod with fear
full rapidity. He was ninety feet from
the ground when he began to lose hold.
He fell on the steeple's balustrade,
bounded on the church roof, rolled down
it, and fell on the ground. He got up
with no bones or skin broken, but SO
bruised and jostled he could not think of
again attempting to climb the lightning
rod. Another slater took his place. The
second slater, after trying in vain for
an hour to pull himself up to the cock,
in making more violent effort, broke
one of his stirrups or supports, and fell,
hanging head downward, one foot rest
ing in the stirrup which still held good.
He was a hundred and twenty feet from
the ground when this accident happened.
He could be seen making desperate efforts
to recover hold of the knotted rope;
arms and one leg made convulsive
gestures as he strove to release himself
from his painful and dangerous posi-
ton. To add to the horror of the
spectacle, the wind blew with great VIC.
lence, and the poor fellow swayed to and
fro, and was at times in danger of being
dashed to pieces against the steeple. At
length his strength became exhausted,
and he fell into a swoon. From the
ground he seemed lifeless. A third
slater went to his assistance. Time and
again the third slater seemed on the
eve of success, but time and again the
body of the second slater fell with all its
weight, fearfully straining the rope, and
swaying in the air with dreadful!oscilla-
tions. After striving for forty-fve min
utes the third slater was obliged to give
up in despair; his strength was COM
pletely exhausted. A fourth slater volun-
teered to attempt to rescue his comrade.
He climbed to the second slater, secured
block and tackle, fastened a rope
around the second slater's body, cut the
stirrup rope, and at last lowered the sec-
ond slater to theground. The latter had
been three hours in the air, dangling by
one foot, head downward.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28
RedntaIl's Corn.

We are surprised to read in an ex-
change, says the Philadelphia EUening
Bulletin, that the corn of Mr.. Redman,
of Lycoming County, is seven feet high" !"
We pity Redman. We cannot imagine
how he gets his boots on over such corn
as that, nor can we conceive how he con-
trives to walk even when barefooted. 1t
is hardly likely, we should think, that
Redman himself is more than six feet
high, and if that is the case that solitary
corn of his must tower above his head. 1t
might be a good thing to tie an umbrella
to, or he might carry flower-pot on his
foot and have ahoneysuckle climbing up
the csrn and blossoming under his nose.
Of course Redman cannot enjoy himself
in wet weather. Those of us who have
ordinary corns know how intense is the
suffering they cause on damp days. Now,
imagine seven feet of corn in one long
string, and an idea may be obtained Of
Redman's agony when the air is moist.
He would be very valuable man in the
Signal Service Bureau. A man with a
seven-foot corn in Washington ought to
detecta storm that is raging in Kansas.
BALTIMORE, to increase her water sup,
ply, is making tunnel which is to be
seven miles long and twelve feet in di
ameter. Five miles of rock have to be
drilled through in this great work.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28
Detroit Free Pressers.

A California Chinaman can pick more
berries in three hours than a white man
can in day. He doesn't stop to talk
politics.
A Vermont parish threatens to church
its minister if he does not sell his parrot.
The said parrot will swear in spite Of
all the clergyman's training.
Little Tom Thumb fell over drum,
and was made sightless and dumb, and
his head it did hum, and the doctor did
come, at Concord the other day.
The Presidency of life insurance
company has its SORROWS. 1t takes an
official SO long to count over his salary
that he has no time to 60 a-6shing.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is still
mad because most everybody puts three
"p's" in " "Culpeper." Stop your growl.
ing. Isn't this the season for peas?
A Boston family brags of having had
but one cook in ffty-four years. She's
seventy now, and when they find a salt.
cellar in the pudding there is no com.
plant.
1t mas been found that peanut-shucks
can be worked over into light, strong
goods, such as pals, measures, tubs, etc
Every boy should carry a coat-tail
pocket and save the shucks.
Blipkins says: "I amt much on prob
lens in Euclid, and don't care about
evolution, but when man sits down on
bumble-bee at picnic, I can tell him
how long it will take him to get up just
as we'll as any Professor at Yale"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28

A oUICK-wITTED negro preacher had
elaborated new theory of the Exodus,
to wit, that the Red Sea got frozen over
and 80 afforded the Israelites safe pas.
sage but when Pharaoh with his heavy
iron chariot attempted it they broke
through and were drowned. A brother
rose and asked for an explanation of that
point. &c Pse been studyin' geography, and
de geography say dat be very warm coun-
try-where they have de tropics. And de
tropics too hot for freezin'. De pint to be
'splained is, bout breakin' through de
ice." The preacher Strengthened up and
said: Brudder, glad you axed dat
question. 1t give me 'casion to 'splain it.
You see dat was great while 'go-in de
ole times 'fo' dey had any gography-'fo'
dere was any tropics"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28

WORCESTER Press The farmer who
thought to demoralize field of potato
bugs by planting rows of onions be-
tween the rows of potatoes is not
feeling as smart as he was. When he saw
the bugs crawl off the onion tops and
chew cardamom seeds for their breath
before attacking the next row of potato
vines he went into the woodshed and
gave way to his feelings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28
The Champion Oyster Eater.

A curious case came before one of the
justices courts, in New York, few days
ago. A youns Englishman being on a
carouse and comfortably full of beer,
brought up in an oyster saloon and de-
manded some raw on the half shell. The
man in attendance began to open the
bivalves and continued until the English
man had swallowed fifty. At this point
the operator, being somewhat fatigued,
mildly suggested to his customer that
perhaps his appetite was satisfied, but
the latter remarked, "Oh! no; you keep
on hopening hoysters, and Pll tell yon
when to STOP" The man resumed
operations, and in very short time
another half a hundred Blue Points had
followed their predecessors down the
throat of the voracious Englishman. By
this time the novel spectacle had &C.
tracted a number of spectators, who
watched with keen interest the actions
of the young Britisher gorgins himself
with oysters. When one hundred had
been disposed Of, the opener was COM
PEELED to desist from sheer exhaustion,
and insinuated that his voracious GUS
toner had had enough, but the latter's
appetite did not seem appeased, and he
still clamored for more oysters. Again
the opener resumed operations, and con-
tinued until fifty more oysters had been
consumed, when, for the third time, he
threw down the knife and swore terri
BILE oath that not another oyster would
he open. The Englishman demanded
that he proceed, but he refused, declar-
ing that he would not be party to any
mans killing himself. At this the man
with the NAV grew angry and swore
that if he did not get all he wanted he
wouldn't pay for what he had eaten.
Words ensued and then a fight. The
Englishman was arrested and taken to
the station-house. The next morning
when he was brought before the justice
and the facts related, the judge fined him
ten dollars, and as he walked mournfully
back to his cell he was heard to mutter
"This is blarsted fine country, where a
feller can't get hall the hoysters he wants
without gettin' locked hup."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28

In Bath Able is to be seen the follow
ing epitaph-" Here lies Ann Mann; she
lived an old maid, and died an old
Manu."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28

New ORLEANS is one of the greatest
spple-eating cities in the Union, and its
people are loyal to the core.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28

NASHVILLE american: A queer-look-
ing insect was taken from Vine-street
hydrant yesterday. 1t was about an
inch in length, and of a light yellow
color. Along its back were two rows
of a substance resembling delicate fringe,
which it kept constantly in waving mo-
tion. The eyes were black and remark
ably keen in expression. What ap-
peared to be three tails were connected
with hardly perceptible membrane,
and when spread out resembled fan in
shape. This seemed to furnish the mo.
tive power in swimming, though in max
ing its way through the water it swan
more like snake than fish. 1t was ex
hibited to several scientific gentlemen
but none of them had ever seen anything
like it before,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28

A WHITE whale is an expensive pet.
He requires for his daily rations barrel
full of live eels.