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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-16

George Z. Eckles, a young man Of
Quimby, Michigan, had Just come out of
an insane asylum at Kalamazoo, pro-
nounced cured, and went to live with his
mother. The other morning his mother
was found dead in her room with pistol
ball hole 10 the back of her head, and he
was found dead in the other room with a
pistol ball hole behind his ear, and pistol
with two barrels empty at his side. A
dagger and another pistol unused formed
part of the furniture of the room. There
seemed to have been method 10 his mad
ness. He had gone the evening before to
a MISUNDERSTANDING man-and asked him
to come over next day and attend to the
house, as he and his mother we're going on
a visit to Ohio. He then went to the house
of Mr.. Hanchett, his mothers brother,
and asked him to accompany him home to
see his mother, who had been taken very
sick. Hanchett went along, but seeing
th.t Eckles acted strangely did not go into
the house. He returned home. The
neigh Dor came 10 the morning according
to engagement, and found the corpses.
Eckles left letter stating his design to
commit the crimes revealed in the house,
and also to murder Hancbett, in which he
was foiled. His intention was to make an
end OF the whole family in a heap. The
laborer was doubtless engaged to come to
the house in the morning in order to make
the bloody discovery.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-16
RAILROAD VS.. RIVER.
The Proposed Advance in Railroad
Freights.

A statement was recently published out
lining a combination among the great rail-
roads to advance freight rates between the
east aHd west, toward the end of the pres
ent month, to an extraordinarily high fig
ure by way of indemDliying themselves for
the losses they sustained in the rivalry Of
a couple Of years ago. 1t is of course,
generally expected that railroads at the
opening of winter and the closing of the
water ways Of traffic, advance their freight
charges twenty per cent, but from the ru-
mors prevalent in the railroad circles, it is
said the farmers of the west have become
seriously alarmed at the formidable char
acter of the movement, and intend, should
it prove to be what it is apprehended, to
hold hack their crops until spring, when
water communication will be open again,
and make, in the meantime, an appeal 10
congress for protection. 1t is said that
freight rates are not as high by fifty per
cent. now as they were some years ago.
The freight on barrel of -four from Chi
cago to New York, according to the sched-
ue now in force is so cents, and 40 cents a
hundred pounds for grain. Four or five
years ago the rates were as high as 81 50
Tor holr, and 65 cents for grain. The
railroad men say that so cents is very
reasonable price for carrying barrel OF
Hour nearly a thousand miles, when you
come TO think it would cost you % cents to
transport it from Rock Island to Daven-
port. There is general anticipation of a
heavy movement of freight to the east this
winter, owing to tue enormous harvests
that have been garnered; but this antici.
patton may prove fallacious, as farmers
understand that if they rush large quaint
ties Of produce on the market. prices viii
decline, while by keeping the supply on 1
level with the demand prices may be sus-
tanned all the way up to spring. Knowing
this the farmers will not trouble them
selves greatly about the railroad advance
in freight, for they can keep back very
large quantities Of produce till navigation
opens again in the spring. unless some ex
traordinary demand comes from abroad
The railroads, too, understand that it il
not to their interest to put up rates to al
exhorbitant figure, for by so doing tn,
farmers will take their revenge when navi
cation is resumed next year. 1t is report
ed, though, that grain will probably be ad
Vanced to As cents, and -four to 81 from
Chicago TO the sea board.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-16
Two Indian Policies,
From the ST. Louis Republican.


SBeneath the levity and jests of which
that iron and indomitable enemy OF our
people. Sitting Bull, is the subject, there
lies serious fact that no amount Of levity
aud TESTING can dispose Of. There is no
joke in this implacable aud dangerous saw
age. He means business 10 his dealings
with us, as the tragical affair at Rosebud
creek proves. He and his warriors are bat
a handful, bat the slaughter of Clusters
command by them, the three hundred men
whose lives were sacrificed in the capture
of the forty-six Modocs, and the slaughter
of settlers by the Nez Perces, remind us
that even haDdfuls of desperate Indians
are capable Of fearful vengeance on our
people. Sitting Bull aud his baud are be-
yond our reach for the present. They
have taken refuge In the British dominions,
and we dare not pursue them thither. In
those bleak and stern Businesses he bids
US defiance. He treats our ENJOYS with
contempt; he accuses them ofspeakiDg lies
to their face, and the government they
represent of repeated treachery and bad
faith. You drive US to war and then
punish US for fighting" is the unanswera-
BILE declaration Of the defiant chief; and in
this lie sums up four hundred years his
tory of our Indian treatment.
Sitting Bull and his band are as tracta-
BILE on British soil as they were implacable
on ours. They pledge submission and
obedience to the Canadian government il
the same breath in which they VOW indy
ing hatred to us, II will not make any
trouble or annoy you, he said to the Cana.
dian authorities; II will be quiet; / viii
never fight on your soil, unless you ask me
to help you; then l will fight, Place me-
where you like; will be at peace in Cana
d." There is no doubt that he will be al
good as his word. All Indian tribes ar,
peaceful and docile on Canadian soil; it il
only when they come incontact with Ameri
cans on American soil, once their own b!
the highest title knownEto human laws, tina
they rebel aud fight. 1t is strange that al
Imaginary line should separate two sucl
different policies-the one peace and safety
the other rapine and blood, The fact is
proper subject for reflection. flour Indi
an method yields only massacre and tor
ture on one side and determination on tn
other. while the British method yields ab
solutely pacific relations, it would be wis
either to substitute the latter system 70
our own or reorganizs ours on BritisI
basis at least.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-16
A Perfect Toilet Soap.

First among the requisites of the toilet Is good
article of Soap, but to procure it is not always an
easy matter. Many Of the most expensive Soaps in
the market are made from coarse and deleteriOus
materials and their delicate colorIng and fragrant
perfume too often conceal the most repulsive Inn
purities. The disclosures recently made public
regarding this subject are positively startling and
deserve serious consideration. Scented Soaps are
now known to be extremely Objectionable, especial
ly If applied to the head injuring the hair, irrita
ting the scalp, and inducing headaches. The
character of the ingredients may be inferred from
the statement of gentlemen who makes the scent
ing of Soaps his business he recently declared that
pers ons engaged in this employment were short
lived; from seven TO ten years being the longest
period during which the occupation could be fol-
lowed.
The difficulty of procuring a perfectly pure arti-
Gle of toilet soap Is at last Obviated, however,
thanks to the enterprise and chemical skill of Mr.
B. T. Babbitt of New York, the world-renOwned
Soap Manufacturer, whose immense establishment
Is by lar the greatest Of the kind in the United
States. The renOwn of Mr.. Babbitts various pro-
auctions has for many years been widely dissem-
mated, but this latest success is the appropriate
crown to the numerous victories already achieved.
After years of patient labor and scientific expert
ment, Mr.. Babbitt has succeeded in perfeetinL the
composition of the frest toilet soap ever intro
0uced. The principal ingredients are the purest
vegetable oils; the manufacturing processes are
entirely and original, and the result is simply
unparalleled in this departmental industry
''B. T. Babbitt's Toilet Soap" is the trade mark
and for applications to the delicate skin of infants
children and ladies' it is altogether unequaled in its
euOlnenl properties. his SOdp 10 not peEluIneu,
the Ingredients being of such absolute purity
require aid from chemistry to disguise inferior
materials. The most refined taste considers the
absence of artificial perfume the perfection of
sweetness, and this peculiar characteristic OF u.
Rabbits Toilet Soap renders it the most heathful
! and agreeable article of the kind ever maLufac-
tured.
Though specially desirable for the use of ladies
and children, this Soap equally appropriate for
| gentlemen's toilet and as IL makes heavy lather
It is also of the finest soaps for BARRIERS
II is just being placed upon the marker, hut the
demand for it will soon become geDeral.-N. Y,
Tribune
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-16

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-16

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-16
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-16
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-20
An Excited Town.

A correspondent of the San Francisco
Chronicle, writing from Rocklin, Placer
county, CAL, says The recent horrible
murders committed by the Chinese at
Sargent's ranch have thrown the citizens
of this vicinity into such state OF excite
ment that some of them seem to mistake
their own shadow for Celestial with an
AK and pistol ready to commit murder
most horrible. AS a protection against
a repetition of these crimes, the citizens
of this place have sent the Chinese off,
and to encourage them and convince
them that they meant business they
have taken down their cabins and piled
the lumber in heaps. A report reached
lis last night that body of 300 Chinese
were going to attack and burn our town.
Quite number of volunteers with shot
guns soon presented thumselves, and
formed a picket line around the town,
while all who remained at home armed
themselves to the teeth, determined that,
should tho Chinese come, they would
give them warm reception. One of the
men on picket (named Smith) had not
been gone long when he met the enemy,
and thinking his time had come, and
that he must sell his life as dearly as
possible, he discharged both barrels of
his shotgun, and turning his back on
the enemy, made the best time that has
ever been made over this course. 1t was
some minutes before he could speak, and
quite crowd had collected around him,
when he explained that he had seen
about 1000 Cinnamon, had shot their
leader, and if he only had Henry rifle
he could have killed dozen more, but
could not reload his shotgun. A party
wss formed in few minutes to attack
the advancing enemy, and after consid-
able persuasion the frightened picket
plotting them to the place where he
had shot the Celestial. Instead of dead
Cinnamon they found an old stump with
thirteen buckshot in it, showing that the
picket had not missed his mark when hs
shot his gur ef
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-20
Leaps from a Dizzy Height.

The New York World, in speaking of
the recent death of an old man named
Cooper, who jumped from the top of
High Bridge into the Harlem Rivera
distance of 156 feet-says:
Although this is the first suicide
known to have been committed from
High Bridge, it is not The first instance
of person leaping from it into the Har.
lem river. The famous Sam Patch,
who afterward lost his life at Genesee
Falls, jumped from High Bridge about
twenty years ago, watched by thousands
of admiring spectators. He was dressed
in tights, dainty pair of slippers and a
little red skull cap. A platform project
ing out several feet beyond the side of
the bridge had been erected, and from
this, after standing for few moments
to receive the deafening cheers of the
multitudes assembled on the opposite
banks of the river, the reckless man
jumped off. In falling he maintained
an erect position, striking the water with
his feet first. He disappeared under
the water, but soon rose and was tender
ly picked up by his friends, who were
waiting near by in boats. Again, about
six years ago, man named Peter Fran
els jumped from the bridge while under
the influence of liquor, and he is to-day
alive and probably fishing in the river
not far from where Cooper committed
suicide. Francis had several brothers,
all of whom spent good deal of their
time on or in the water. They had q
sort of mania for jumping off from high
places into the water. Their daily sport
was in jumping from the old Macomb's
Dam Bridge, which was about forty feet
high. Peter was about six feet three
inches tall and thin as rail. He was in
the army during the war, and when he
came home he was more reckless than
ever. One time, having drawn his pen
sion money-he had been wounded dur
ing the war-he went off on a prolonged
spree. 1t was while he was recovering
from it that he went one day up to High
Bridge, where friend of his, Billy Ken
nard, was on duty as policeman. He
passed Kennard near the end OF the
bridge, and in moving on toward the
middle he said "Billy, you've heard q
good deal about what my brothers have
done. Now, if you will come along
will show you what leap l can take.
Kennard, who thought Francis was jok'
ing, followed along slowly. When Fran
els reached the middle of the bridge ht
suddenly mounted the coping and Jump
ed over. His feet struck the water first
but he was 80 far on his right side tina
he received terrible shock, from which
he has never fully recovered. For {
long time he was laid up, his right sid,
being paralyzed. He is now making
living by fishing around Mscemb's Dan
Bridge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-20
photographing the Heart. Beat.

One of the most remarkable applica-
tions of photography is that by which it
is now made to register, and in the most
accurate manner, the mechanical motion
of the heart. The device by which this
result is attained is, indeed, triumph
of inventive skill. 1t consists of thin
india-rubber bag, to which short glass
tube is attached, sufficient mercury is
poured into the apparatus to fill the bag
and portion of the tube, and the in
strument is then placed over the heart
of the person to be examined. Arranged
in this manner, every pulsation OF the
heart is indicated by corresponding
movement of the mercury in the tube,
and, by suitable Photographic appar-
atus, provided with moving Sensitive
slip of paper, perfect registration OF
the extent and rate of the pulsations is
obtained. The interesting fact is made
known by this process, that the fall OF
the pulse sometimes takes place in sue.
cessful horizontal lines, and sometimes
in ascendant lines, the column reasceud'
Ing two or three times before falling
altogether,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-20
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

As mans life, SO in his studies, it is
the most beautiful and humane thing i'll
the world so to mingle gravity with
pleasure, that the one may not sink into
melancholy nor the other rise up in
wantonness.
Refined policy ever has been the parent
of confusion, and ever will be as long as
the world endures. Plain good inten
tions, which is as easily discovered at
the first view as fraud is surely detected
ct nst ti il o qf No meeaap force in the gov
The noblest part of friend is an
honest boldness in the notifying OF
errors. He that tells me of fault aim
ing at my good, I must think him wise
and faithful-wise in spying that which
1 see not; faithful in plain admonish-
ment not tainted with fiattery.
In comparing men and books one must
always remember this important distinc-
tion-that one can put the books down
at any time. As Macauley says: Plato
is never sullen, Cervantes is never petu-
LIANT, Demosthenes never comes un-
seasonably, Dante never stays too long.
A father inquiries of his son whether
he can construe Homer, if he understands
Horace, and can taste Virgil; but seldom
| does he ask, or examine, or think
whether he can restrain his passions,
whether he is grateful, generous,
humane, compassionate, just and benevo-
lent.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which
springs from the soul; and the heart OF
man knoweth none more fragrant. While
it's opponent, ingratitude, is deadly
weed-not only poisonous in itself. but
impregnating the very atmosphere IN
which it grows with fetid vapors.
Virtue without the graces is like rich
diamond unpolished-it hardly looks
better than common pebble but
when the hand of the master rubs off the
roughness and forms the sides into
thousand brilliant surfaces, it is then
that we acknowledge its worth, admire
its beauty and long to wear it on our
| bOSOms
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-20
Who is He!

Fifteen years ago, says Jennie June,
a handsome and dashing student of Har-
ward attracted universal attention, not
only by his high style of living, but by
his brilliant scholarship and superb
manner. He was not only the admira
ton of the bellies, but the despair of all
the beaux, for without apparent effort
he surpassed the best of them in appear
ance, in style, in attainments, in gene
rosity which was princely, and in good
nature, which in its indifference was
never inconsiderate of the wants, wishes
or feelings of others. From a student
of Harvard, the splendid young Ameri-
can became fellow of Oxford, and even
among the luxurious and exclusive sons
of the finest aristocracy of the world
shone with almost as resplendent light
as in the more modest halls of Harvard.
He conversed, read and wrote in seven
different languages as easily as In his
own, and at the same time maintained a
brilliant social reputation, which was
enhanced by style of living with which
the descendants of line of titled ances-
tors and heirs of the honors of the great
est English families hardly dared to
compete. In this way, and in travelling
en- grdnde Seigneur all over Europe,
making acquaintances with royalty and
hobnobbing with the younger sons of
ducal houses, ,our Harvard man contrived
to get through the first ten years of re.
sponsible existence; and spend not only
his own fortune but that of several
doting relatives. He came to the end at
last, and, without any shock of his own
or other peoples nerves, settled down to
hard-pan aud the life of a newspaper wri-
ter. He is married now, and with his wife
and one child lives in cottage in re-
tired spot near New York. The genius
which distinguished him as a student
distinguishes him as writer. His fash
ing yet scholarly style marked him out
from among hundred ordinary con-
tributors, and gave him an acknowledged
place at once. He makes more money
as an outsider to-day than any writer
on the press. But few would recognize
in the quiet, somewhat reserved, yet
thoroughbred man who pays an occas-
sional visit to editorial sanctums the
dashing and fashionable young Ameri-
can who attracted the attention of the
most renowned circles by the splendor
of his tastes and the brilliancy OF his
attainments.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-20
Two Anple.TreeS.


II happened thus on one green afternoon,
When harvest fields were waiting for their
moon,
And fruit was ripe and good,
That two amid the orchard grasses strayed
While apricots and yellow peaches made
Bright stains on the warm wood.
And on branch that hung right overhead
Two golden apples grew, iecked through with
red
Grew perfect side by side.
"They are for us, sweetheart love made them
fair
With color of thy cheeks and of thy hair
Come, gather them, sweet bride"
She stood on tiptoe in the pleasant place;
The swaying leaves made shadows ON her face,
The apples touched her feet,
"Now this is mine, and this is thine, but we
Will make of them gracious memory
They are too fair to eat"
Then, half in loving earnest, half in mirth,
They hid the fruit within the rich, warm earth
And year by year there grew
Two trees InhI Lndue green SnauOWS Dy Inelr
door,
And bore of golden apples wealthy store
Gold fruit fecked rosy through;
Two kindly trees, that when the children
played
In autumn nights within their scented shade
Would freely drop their store,
Or shed with lavish grace their sweetest flowers
Upon our lovers in the spring time hours,
Telling the old tale DER;
Two trees that always thought one couple fair
One aged couple crowned with silver hair,
Who hold without sigh
Sweet sessions, where clear Memory sat content
Serenoly satisfied with life SPENT
And Immortality.
There are two graves beneath two appIe-trees-
Two happy graves, made by the sweet spring
breeze
With apple blossoms white;
Tapped in cool grasses when June roses blow
In autumns splendor, or in winters snow,
Always peaceful sight.
-HrperS Weekly.