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h1m further. He recovered, was promoted
to the rank of sergeant, and discharged
With q good pension.
The inner passengers escaped, raised
the alarm, and police and soldiers hurried
to the spot. What followed is thus told 8
On our arrival at the spot, dreadful
sight presented itself We found the driver
still lying across the ootboard, holding
on the best he could, and evidently suffer.
ing great agony. One of the dragons
| lying dead, the other and the guard see.
mingly lifeless, covered with blood the
unfortunate outside passenger dead on the
ground, having fallen from the roof after
receiving the shot; the wounded horse was
also dead, the two leaders having fallen at
the barrier before the first shot was fred,
escaped without further injury, and drew
the shattered coach back to Cashel. The
arms of the Dragons and guard were car
rled off by the aSsailant, the mail-bags
rlted, and alarge sum ofmoney distracted
The country was secured in all directions,
patrols told of, and every man met with
was immediately arrested. 1t may appear
strange, but a man who was met by the
patrol coming towards the scene of the
outrage, looking quite simple, singing and
whlsthng occasionally, as if he had nothing
to trouble him, overdid his part SO much
in the eyes of the chief constable, that
forthwith he arrested him; his notes were
changed the moment he found himself
really in the clutches of the law, and before
the escort reached Cashel, as he said af:
terwards, he had his mind made up to
turn kings evidence" and make '.clean
breast of it. On his testimony, corroborat-
ed strongly by circumstances, five of the
party were condemned and executed ;and
he accurately described the individual
who arranged everything about the attack,
and gave most particular directions about
placing the distractions at a particular
point-al 50 tailed with the description
Of our fellow traveller from Cork, that we
became convinced Of his identity. 4 large
reward was offered for his arrest He, how
ever, as we afterwards learned, escaped to
America. Five Of the assaiIants were
severely wounded-two ofthem died short
y afterwards the other three were arrest
ID, taken to Cashel, and when sufficiently
,ecovered,. transported for life. This it.
aek was about the last ofany consequence
made on mail coaches in Ireland =
Dublin Uairersity Magazine.
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friend, just make out brigadier generals
commission, and put in my name, and l
won't ask you for any bounty. / haven't
been horse-car conductor for nothing,
and blast me if don't live on Turkey, as
well as in it,
"Empossible ! Monsieur, you must 90
as prifate."
What Do yeu mean to insult me
What would Mrs. Gundy say The brother.
in-laW Of General Sherman private in
the Turkish army? The descendant of
Gen. Putnam in servile position Perish
the thoughtI' And Blinks waved his
arms dramatically.
"Fet ees all We can do, monsieur"
"And have lived for this !? Have |
served my time in the old Chelsea O. only
to be insnlted BY frog-eating Frenchman
and lubberly Mormon? ? Wasit Tor this
that studied metaphysics? Sir, this
insult must be wiped out in blood.
wouldn't join your cursed army now, if
you would make me major general of six
tails, and give me wife for every State
in the Union.;'
And IN less time than it takes to relate
it, the interpreter and his master we're
projected through the window, allighting
on the roof of an omnibus. 'Ah," said
Blnks, that is the first stage of the
conflict the second will be the Ru~ slams
taking cars" He was mistaken-it was
policeman taking Blinks--to the station
house. The latter threatens to join the
Russians, when he gets ont.
The recruiting Office is temporarily
closed.
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from the New York Times.]
The Brownsville Scandal.

The First Reformed Methodist church o
Brownsville, I'll. ~, had been painted
with strawberry festival, carpeted with &
fair and lighted with concert. It thus
happened that, when it was desired to sup
ply the Sunday-school with library, ne
method of raising the necessary funds sug
gested itself to the congregation. The
idea ofsubcribing money was so directly
at variance with modern ecclesiastical
practice that it was obviously not to be
thought Of. In this emergency the pupils
| Of the Sunday-school undertook themselves
to secure the needed money by giving an
entertainment of the sort known in West
ern circles as "tabblows." There was a
novelty in the proposal of an entertain
ment originated and managed entirely by
children, and its, financial success seemed
so probable that the children were unani-
mously thanked and urged to go on in
their good work.
Even now, after the affair in all over, no
one doubts that the children meant we'll.
The theory indignantly broached by an
irascible deacon that some wicked person
attached to the opposition Baptist church
had fendishly lured the children into
path certain to end in disaster, is no longer
credited. When the leading small boys of
the Sunday y-school promised the pastor
that their tableaux would be confined ex-
TO Old Testament subjects it was
felt that the entertainment could not fail
to be entirely unobjectionable, and, though
The boys judgment in the end proved to
be at fault, of the rectitude of their inten
lions there can be no honest doubt.
When the audience assembled, and
earned from the programme that the
would begin with incidents
n the Lie Of Joseph there was general
ceiling Of delight and satisfaction. The
'tory of Joseph has such fine gypsy,
flavor that it has always com
handed the admiration Of the young.
Those children who took no part IN the
ableau1 were charmed with the prospect
f seeing Joseph hast into the pit :and the
.rown people among The audience were
.uite touched by the thought that the
haracter Of Joseph commanded 50 much
aspect in the Sunday school that his name
,as placed at the head Of the programme.
o, after the choir had sung the opening
horns, the lifting or rather the pulling
side, Of the curtain was awaited with
leased impatience.
The frstseene represented Joseph in the
ct Of going 70 school clad in his coat Of
lany colors. With happy combination
patriotism and realism, the coat was
lade out Of an American flag, and, II
oint Of color and general gorgeousness.
as all that the most exacting admirer OF !
oseph could ask. The small boy who
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LACONTCs.

Why repent second time of an action
Of which We have already repented? !?
4 beautiful woman pleases the eye, a
good woman satisfies the heart-the one
is a jewel, the other treasure.
To man If delicate aud sensitive
mind, nothing is SO truly revolving as the
discovery or an offensive habit in the
woman he respects.
Some mems only stock-in-trade are
t'eir lnisfortunes. The. e they are always
trying to force upon the market, but they
rarely ever find a purchaser.
A passionate andreyengefuI temper rem
ders man unfit for advice, deprives him
Of his reason, and robs him of all that is
great and noble in his nature,
Weakness Of whatever nature has ever
hankerlng after power and there is no
weakness which result in greater mortifca
tions than that which is bred of egotism.
Nothing can be more unfounded than
tbs notion that love Of reading, or Of
science, or ofany kind Of knowledge units
a man for his daily occupation, or makes
him discontinued With it.
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Mixed Metaphors.

The following collection OF mixed meta
plors from the German il not only anus
ing bnt instructive No one should use a
rhetorical figure until it has been clearly
defined il his mind, and then he should
keep strictly within its limits.
I'VE will,,'' cried an inspired Democrat,
fbnrn all our ships, and with every sail
unfurled, steer boldly out into the ocean
Of freedom
Justice Minister HYe, ii 1s4a, ii U
speech to the Vienna students, impress
sively declared, aThe chariot ofthe Revolu-
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Contentious PEorLE.-I never lore
those salalnanders who are never well but
when they are in the fire of contentious. /
will rather suffer thousand wrongs than
offer one. ! have always found that to
strive with superior is injurious with an
equal, doubtful !; with an inferior, sordid
and base; with any, full Of unquietness.-
Bishop Hall
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Watches :

3. 4, and o. eases. All watches fdlv warranted
for one year.
All kinds of Watch Repairing done in ssoykmsnllks
manner and warranted for one year
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ADVERTISING RATES.
Poetry.


mARY's LITTLE DOG.
Mary had little dog
Ita hair was white as snow;
But Nary ma was ell agog
For fear ofhydropho.
She tied the dog up with string
That measured four feet long
The Law required this cruel thing,
Though Mary thought it wrong.
When Mary took her daily walk,
A-leading Of the pup,
1t made the neighbors laugh and talk
To see him trip her up.
ae ran around peanut stand
Thet happened to be near,
and Mary took tumble, aud
Her stockings did appear.
What makes the young men laugh 80 much?'
The neighbors did inquire
Because puppy's natures such ~
Said Mary, red as fire.
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"That the main design of Lycurgus, in the
establishment of his laws, and especially
of that which prohibited the use of gold
and silver, was to curb and restrain the
ambition of his citizens, to disable them.
from making conquests, and in manner
to force them to con6ne themselves within
the narrow bounds of their own country"
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him further. He recovered, was promoted
to the rank of sergeant, and discharged
With good pension.
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4 man died last week leaving consider
able property, one half Of which he left to
three needy and deserving young lawyers,
to enable them to get the other halt.
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JEW EY,R.

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-02
German in the Common Schools.

An issue that was laid to sleep for sew
eral years has been aroused and is now oc
cupying the attention Of the good people Of
the city of Rochester. We aIlude to the
CONTROVERSY in regard to making the Ger
man language part of the regular course
OF instruction in the common schools. The
board of education had injectedi this for
eign language into the school system of the
city shortly after the Franco German war,
and finding upon due trial that it was work
ing serious damage, they elected it. The
German population of Rochester, or rather
those whose interests were effected in
some measure by the change, Immediately
made an indignant protest and organized
a movement to force the board of educa.
ton to reinstate the language. At present
the result of the struggle is in doubt, but
Its occurrence suggests free expression of
opinion.
We confess we cannot see the force of
single argument, theoretical or practical.
which has been brought forward to Justify
teaching foreign language in our public
schools atthe public expense. The system
slntended simply to furnish the means d
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-02
MEDICAL.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE countenance is pale and leaden-
colored, with occasional f1ushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull ); the pupils
dilate; an azure semicircle runs along
the lower eye-lid the nose is irritated,
swells, and sometimes bleeds; swell
ing of the upper lip; occasional head
ache, with humming or throbbing of
the ears; an unusual secretion of saliva;
Shiny or furred tongue; breath very
foul, particularly in the morning; ap-
petite variable, sometimes voracfouS,
witha gnawing sensation ofthe stomach,
at others, entirely gone fleeting pains
in the stomach 4; occasional nausea and
vomiting violent pains throughout the
abdomen; bowels irregular, at times
costive stools Shiny; not unfrequently
tinged with blood; belly swollen and
hard urine turbid; respiration occa-
sionally difficult, and accompanied by
hiccough cough sometimes dry and
convulsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding of the teeth; temper
variable, but generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
Will certainly effect cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepa-
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fnju,y 10 the NEST tenaer Infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's VERNn-
FUGE bears the signatures ofC. McLANE
and FLEMING Bros. on the wrapper.
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Or. c. McLANE'S
T TVFR PILLS,

These Pills are not recommended as
a remedy for all the ills that flesh is
heir to-" but in affections of the Liver,
and in all Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia
and Sick Headache, or diseases of that
character, they -tlnd without rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better c,.thartic can be used pre-
paratory to, or after taking Quinine.
AS simple purgative they are un-
equaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DR.. McLANE's
LIVER PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of
C.. MCLANE and FLEMING Bros.
Sold by all respectable druggists and
country storekeepers generally
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-02

MOTHERS can secure health for their
children and rest for themselves by the
use of Castoria, a peafect substitute for
Castoria Oil. 1t is absolutely harmless,
and is as pleasant to take as honey. For
Wind Collie. Sour Stomach, Worms or
Constipation, for young or old, there is
nothing in existence like it. 1t is certain,
it is speedy.
CAKED BREASTS Rheumatism, Sciatica,
Swelling, Sprains, Stiff Joints, Burns,
Scalds, oisonous Bites, and allfesh, bone
and mus Gle ailments, can be absolutely
cured by the Centaur Liniments. What
the White Liniment is for the human
family, the Yellow Linimentis for spawned
CALLED, and lame horses and animals.
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IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEW
YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in 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 trial.
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"A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and in
discretions of youth, nervous weakness, early de-
cay, loss of manhood &C., will send recipe that
will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send self-addressed envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH t. lNMAN Station d, Bible House
New YOrk City,
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A lady writes US: suffered intensly
from an attack of pleurisy. My nurse
obtained bottle of Renne's Pain-Ki ing
Magic Oil, applied it as directed; in thr c
hours was entirely cured. | would
recommend to ladies the use of Renne' S
Magic Oil as invaluable to relieve pain and
suffering, and as being neat and delicate
to use and worthy of your confidence.
Keep it in the house for use.
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MEDICAL
S. O. DUNBAR'S
FLUID
N AG N {: STA

Superior to any English or American. DIPLO-
MA was awarded to this Magnesia, by the American
Institute in 1882.
This very useful and elegant preparation is used
aperient antic acid in dyspepsia complaints
attended with acldlty with very Great nenent IL
dissolved, and therefore not being liable to accu-
mulate in the bowels. II is decidedly superior 10
Carbonate of Soda or Potash, on account of Its
sperient quality.
This solution of Magnesia is found particularly
beneficial as pleasing sedatve and aperient, In all
cases of irritation, acidty of the stomach febte
complaints, infantie disorders, or sea-sickness.
An ounce or two of this solution speedily removes
heartburn acrid eructations and sourness or irreg
ular digestion.
The solution is of itself an aperient but its laxa
tive properties can be much augmented by taking
with Ii, or directly after It, little lemon juice mix
ed with sugar and water, even with cream OF tar
tar; in this manner q very agreeable eferyescent
draught can be safely taken at any time during
The antisceptic qualities of this solution, OWN '
to the presence OF much carbonic acid have been
found very valuable in putrid and other fever. AS
lotion for the mouth, IT sweetens the breath, and
the Magnesia cleans the teeth from tartar.
The solution has almost invariably succeeded In
removing fits, spasms and headaches to when dell,
cate persons are subject from acids and crudites of
| the stomach and bowels.
The attention of the public is particularly direct
ed to the following certificates OF physicians and
NEW HAVEN, Feb %, 1862
| s o DUNBAR, Esq.-Dear Sir: most cheerfuily
| accord my testimony in favor oil your Fluid Mag
| nesia." have never found anything pleasant
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and curying headache arising therefrom. 1t is re
sorted to by several members of my family when
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| isfaction andk instantaneous relief.
| Yours truly, JOHN A. BLAKE.
| The subscriber having used the above article il
his family for years, is happy to endorse tbs
| testimony OF Mr.. Blake In its favor.
| Hartford, Conn. REV JOHN ORCUTT.
| PROVIDENCE, Nov. 6, 1913.
Mr.. o. S. rUNBAR,-Dear Sir: L am happy Il
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1 coming general use. While eCOQOm
ical than other preparations of Fluid Magnes.a,
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for the bowel arrangement which often affiiCt
young children, and for females OF debilitated anC
sour stomachs, particularly those enciente, it i
invaluable Being a scientific preparation snC
open to the profession, 1t needs only an aequaint
snce to become with them favorite medicine
WIN. GRosyENoR, NJ. D.
S. o. DUNBAR.-Dear Sir: have been some tim
In the habit OF prescribing the Fluid Magnesia pre-
pared by you and prefer 1t to the Eng sh prepare
ton on account of its cheapness and its superio
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MARK THESE FACTS !
The testimony of the whole World.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.

II had no appetite; Holloways Pills gave me a
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81 send for another box and keep them in the
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II gave one OF your pills to my babe for cholera
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MY nausea of morning is now cured
"Your bottle of Holloway's Ointment cured me
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"Send me two boxes; want one for a poor fam
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have over 200 such testimonials as these, but
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penetrates with the most searching effects to the
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IMPORTANT CAUTION.

None genuine unless the signature of j. Hay
dock, agent for the United states, surrounds
each box OF Pills, and Ointment A handsome re-
ward will be given to any rendering such in
formation as may lead to the detection of any par
ty or parties counterfeiting the medicines vend.
ing the same, knowing them to be spurious.
***SOld at the mandatory of Prof. Holloway &
Co., New York. and by all respectable druggists
and dealers in medicine throughout the civilized
world, in boxes at Is cents, 60 cents and 81 each
gB There is considerable saving by taking the
largersi size.
N. B. Directions for the guidance of patients in
every disorder are affixed to each box
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The following correspondence took place
a few days since between young Baltimore
lady contemplating matrimony and lady
friend in San Francisco whose father is
now visiting the Monumental City:
Dear -, have your fathers consent
to your serving as bridesmaid Will you
come?
To which the following laconic answer
was received in few hours
Dear -, You bet What is the color
Of your dress?
The following concise response was sent:
Dear -, Navy blue, hurry up.
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TTrmTMc OF Self Abuse or Indiscretlon
~ 4A6 send stamp for "CRLEBRATEp
WORK" on Nervous and Private Diseases. Address
Chicago ''
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Real Estate Sales.

Henry Daebellihu to John w. Wake, lot
10 block in Daebellihu's add to Moline,
dated Oct. z. 1876, for $500.
Susan and James Bellows to Ellen Beard,
lot 4, block 2, in Bailey & Boyle's I'd add
to r. dated March l, 1875, for $1,000.
Carl A. Deer to Carl G. Thulin, the e
40 feet of lot 8, block 2, in John Deere s
add to Moline, dated April ~, 1877, for
$1,000.
Casper Maurer to Geo. Marifold, IL,
block I, in Rapids City, dated April 10,
1876, for 800
VIM. Giles to Daniel Haines, indefinite
description, in sec Is, township II, range
w-Moline-dated April %. 1877, for
$500
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BkSK
BASKETS.

DEALERS WILL FIND 1T TO THEIR INTER
" est to patronize the Burlington Basket Factory.
We manufacture all kinds, styles and sizes of bas-
kets, and at figures that will DEFY competition. Or
ders and correspondence solicited. Both will re-
ceiye prompt and careful attention:
J. D. MILLER & CO.,
Burlington, Iowa.
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Remedy that is rapidly taking the place of ALI
other Preparations for the
Cure Of all Female Weaknesses

This Compound, which is purely vegetable. has
entirely cured the most stubborn cases that have
bafied the skill of best physicians and thous-
ands of persons who considered as incurahle
before this remedy was discovered have been re-
stol ed 20 perfect health by its use