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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18
GLEANINGS.

nA dl1SCOCl dC1C NC" IOrkcr, on De.
ing requested by rich young fellsw
for permission to marry lone of
his girls, gave the reply: "Certain.
ly.. Which would you prefer, the
housemaid or the cook 2"
1t was a year ago that a pretty
young bride began to follow the occa-
sional recipes for cooking that have
appeared in this paper, and with
such success that she has just married
her second husband.
Here are two head lines in order in
which they appear in a contemporary,
we only reducing the type from start
ling black letter to plain Roman
''The death of Queen Victoria an,
nounced on the New York Cotton Ex-
CHANGE"
"A meeting to be held expressive of
the indignation of citizens.''
That is about equa! to Governor
Dennison's telegram on the night of
the Presidential election in 1860. There
was big fire in Colum bus, Ohio. which
consumed the Neil House of that city.
The Governor wanted to announce two
important facts to the Mayor of Gin
cinnati: and he did it in this way:
''The Neil House is ON fire. Lincoln
carried the State by $4,000 majority.
Send two steam fire-engines to put it
OUT
"Your face seems familiar to me
slr,' said one man to another on a
railway train the other day sean ]
have met you before? Was it at the
Centennial? or did see you at St. Louis
last fall :" eft may have been either,
SIR courteously responded the I'M
known "for was Turkish pasha in
the cake and coffee business at Phila-
delphia, and subsequently filled brief
engagement at St. Louis as a cannibal.
| am now on my way to California, to
become a gorilla, if native talent meets
with airy encouragement; but if bus
mess is bad l shall either let my hair
grow and enter the lecture field or get
a chuck-a.luck board and follow The
country fairs t'Life," said the other
man, musingly, sis full of vicissi-
tLdes.''
Life Saved by Subscribing for
Newspaper.-Near the Golden Gate
Park, San Francisco, lives one Hughes,
a bachelor, who raises hogs for the
market. One Monday afternoon, Mr..
Hughes fell into his we'll, and, being
unable to get out, was obliged to wait
patiently for help, meanwhile standing
up to his waist in water. AS no one
passed near the place he shouted until
hoarse in hopes of making some one in
the park hear him. On Tuesday morn
ing, the carrier Of the Call left paper
at the house, and the man in the well,
hearing footsteps, called loudly, but
the carrier was in hurry, and, though
he heard some one, he did not know
where the sound came from, and had
no time to investigate. On Wednes.
day morning, the carrier noticed the
paper of the preceding day on the
steps, and, hearing at the sar1e time
voice, he thought something must be
wrong, so he got off from his horse
and finally found Hughes in the we'll
He Immediately procured assistance,
and the man was taken out alive. al
though, of course, in an exhausted
condition. AS he is man of sood
constitution, he will pro badly recover.
He continues to take the Call.
L.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18
The Ant.

! an address before the Royal Institution,
London, on the subject of the ant.
Mcncure D. Conway, in letter to the
Cinci nnati Commercial, gives the fol-
lowing sketch of Sir Johns story:
There are 700 known species Of ants,
of which there are thirty in this coun.
try, and Sir John has based his re-.
searches on twenty species, which are
now sharers of his hospitality. For a
liberal and moral man, Sir John does
not seem to observe rigid principles
with! these tiny creatures; he sets some
as slaves to others; and on one occasion
gave an ant company of thirty so much
to drink that they were reduced to
hopeless intoxication. On this occa-
sionIthe sober ants pitched five of the
inebciates into the water, and took
twenty-five into the nest to recover
But TO similar party of strangers IL.
O., n pt belonging to their nest) the
sober ants pitched twenty-five into the
| water, and took five into the nest,
but they presently brought four Of
these out and pitched them into the
wattr too.
Tie ants know their comrades after
long separation. Sir John separated
one from his nest for year, then
brought him back, and with. HIM a
sstrsnger' of the same species, mark
ing them with paint for recognition.
! The ants treated the stranger nefari-
ously, but welcomed their long-lost
| brother, and wiped the paint off him.
There is a little yellow ant in England
which regularly raises poultry it
stores up through winter the eggs of
aphides, which, being Matched in the
spring, gives them a good supply of
provisions. The differentiation of Ia
Dor among them is remarkable, some
being developed into soldiers, others
of the same nest as labOrers, and
others as commissariat agents. Sir
John found that two particular ants
were invariably sent out to bring in
food placed at the door, and, when
these were removed by him, two
others were appointed, who came just
as invariably, and so on so often as the
special officials were removed. The
ants keep "a more various stock of ami
mails for their provisions than English
men do; and there are two tiny crea.
tures-an aphis and a beetle-always
found in their nests, but never eaten
or used, apparently their cat and dog.
Slavery prevails, and there is no
Anti-SlaYery Society. But Sir John re-
marked the evil effects of the system.
The mos determined STAKEHOLDER is
called 'Pelvergus,' queer misnomer,
since the bloated creature doesn t work
at all. By employing slaves (Which
are very black :his big red ant has
lost all cleverness, all strength, and
even his mandibles he is perhaps the
only animal in nature that cannot even
feed himself, but will die amid plenty
unless Sir John sends in slaves every
day to cram the food down his throat.
It is the great middle class, who hold
no slaves, who develop the marvellous
intelligence and enterprise displayed
by ants. After the lecture I asked
Sir John if he had heard of the Texan
species said to SOW and reap; he said
he had, and could we'll believe the re-
port, which however, American OBJ.
servers should investigate.
| u Grant as an Author.
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laughed and nodded as be went out,
and said they should think had pick
ed up raven. o"'JI ..Ie> ~. ) -.
All that long, bright day,I was busy
and happy in the flower. garden, or
sewing, or reading; and when the
girls left, looking very cheerful at
their half holiday, 1 wished them a
merry time. and told them not to has.
ten home, for Thomas should come for
them. expected my father and mo.
Their soon after 8 O'Clock, and I told
Thomas that he might go about that
time, as they would soon be at home,
and it looked little like rain. Heavy
clouds were gathering in the west land
the thunder rumbled sullenly. He
took the covered wagon and old gray,
and, before he stepped in, said:
''Miss Ann, think you had better
fasten the doors, as you may be all
alone for short time if I go so soon.
Would you not rather that I should
wait until your father comes - ~.
tsOh, no, Thomas, don't mind be.
ing alone in the least, and you ought
to 20, lest it should rain hard, for It is
more than two miles to ride, and they
may not wish to leave you in minute.
expect father and mother every mo.
ment. Don't watt
So Thomas left. and the wagon rat.
tied merrily up the lane. I bolted the
doors, because he had told me to, fol
otherwise would have not thought Of
it. It grew dark rapidly, and the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
Illinois Sunday school Association.

PEORIA, May l5.-Tke Illinois State
Sunday School Convention assembled this
morning at the Academy of Music, H, &.
Reeves, of Bloomington, occupied the
chair, in the absence of the president.
The statistics presented to the convention
snow the following facts: Total number
of counties in the state, organized for
Sunday-school work, lO2; Districts report
ing. 73; total number of Sunday schools,
1913; schools open all the year, 6,23l;
total increase within the year, 3,943;
number of schools using the Interna
tional series of lessons. 1922; total nun
ber of officers aud teachers, 63, 1854; total
number of scholars, 464,63l; total mem
bership, 52S, S,585; increase during the year,
| l24,7 ,765; number of Sunday school papers
distributed, 4,092, $50: volumes in library,
ACC. 635; members Joined churches. ! 9, ,645 /;
money expended in Sunday schools,
1852. BENEVOLENT and missionary
contributions, $50. .944,69.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
SPECIAL NOTICES,
The most extraordinary discovery IN the World a
tie Great arabian Remedy for Man and Beast
H.G. FARRELLS
CELEBRATED ARABIAN LINIMENT,

The beautiful and fertile region skirtng the des-
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Gus woods, whence procured those aromatic
gums and balsams of which this Liniment is com
posed, and by whose stimulating, unctous and
penetrating properties 1t is when applied, ditfused
through the whole nervous system, alaying the
most intense pain in few minutes. Try it, when
yOu will be convinced that preparation possesses
in SO high degree, its perfect anodyne qualities
Its action is prompt and effective. Itpenetrates the
flesh to the bone, relaxes contracted cords restoring
use to limbs paralysed for years, and where the
flesh has wasted away, leaving nothing but skin
and bone, excites a healthy action, causing new
flesh to grow out and NIL up the shrvelled parts Ii
restores the synovial fluid or joint water and this
is the reason why has been successful in dis
cases Of the joints. In affections of the Spine,
Liver, Lungs and Kidneys this great remedy stands
before any other ever produced. For ague cake or
enlargement OF the Spleen it is specific, For any
Internal Inflammation. you will find it gives great
relief. It has no equal in the world for Rheuma
tsm-alsO, cramps. swelling, numbness, weak
joints, Spine and Chest pains, wounds, chibans,
burns. throat, bites of insects and reptiles salt
rheum, warts, corns, mango, and indeed nearly all
diseases which require external application, and
many others greatly benefited by it. 1t is used
extern al with great success in goitre, swelled
neck, Scrotula or Kings EVIL, Liver Complaint
nervous diseases sc. Fog Horses or Cattle, 1t is as
etfectual i'll diseases Of man. VIII cure Sny case
of Sweeney in existence; ALSO SPAWN, Spint, Ring
bone, Bghead, Fistula, ,Farcy. Poll Evil, Windgalls
Strains, Bruises, &C.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
zeecner on the chinese Problem

New York, May l4,-Beecher 10 Civ
ing notice yesterday OF lecture by Prem
tic9 MuIsord upon the Chinese in Calitor-
MIA, said "We are 10 danger of repeating
toward the Chinese those errors. and mis-
takes, and cruelties we we've guilty Of
toward the African 1t is the spirit of the
lion aud the bear, that will not suffer any
thing to come near them without putting
upon it their paw, and it is the animal,
blooG-loving, tearing animal, among na-
tions that rends the weak and poor in their
neighborhood. Ii this great civilized and
Christian people cannot endure the con
tact and presence of the Mongolian race,
it is right they should lose their religion
and their civilization, and their vaunted
christianity is soap-bubble the sooner
pricLed and burst the better. But if it
be the wisdom of God and the power of
God unto salvation. we ought to abhor q
coWardice that attempts by violence tc
ward off from our shores heather nations
of every kind. We are very fond of ex-
porting the gospel to heather nations
but we do not seem to like to import
heather where the gospel ought to exist
in all its vigor. am not sure but that il
would be aIgood plan if We should export
some of our own heather and bring il
their place some of the heather of Other
lands
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
From The Nese York R0rtd. 18tA.
NO ENMITY BETWEEN THEM.
How MIR. Tilden and Mr.. Cooper Shool
Hands Heartily Together.

Mr. Samuel J, Tllden sat In box at
Booths theatre, Friday night. giving close
attention and cordial applause to Ole Bulls
familiar triumphs and tricks on the violin.
which was the principal object of interest
to the three thousand people who were
participating in the Norwegian's most
recent farewell to America. At the close
of the first part, when Ole had responded
to his pristine encore, Mr.. Tiiden stepped
to the front of the box and handed the
white haired Paganini a laurel wreath,
which proceeding gave great pleasure to
Mr.. Bull, Mr.. Tilden and the audience.
During the iutermission the venerable
Peter Cooper stepped from the stage to
the box where his rival sat, aud the audi
ence was treated to the unwonted and
agreeable spectacle of two presidential
candidates shaking hands as cordially as
though one had not rightfully received l9f
electoral votes aud the other none at all
Then Ole Bull joined the merry group
and, laPishing his ostentatious greetings
upon the philanthropist, who sat in the
front of the box, retired to back seat fol
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
TO ALL; PARTICULARLY INvALIDs.

Spring is a trying Indications Of sick
ness should at once be attended to- Fatal diseases
may be caused by allowing the bowels to become
constipated and the system to remain in disor-
dered condition Until the disorder has time to de-
velop itself. An ounce of prevention is worth q
pound Of cure, is an Old and truthful saying
Therefore, we advise all who troubled with The
complaints now very prevalent headache, indiges-
ton, disordered liver want of appetite nausea, OF
feverish skin, to. take, without delay, Schenck's
Mandrake Pills We know of no remedy so harm
less and decisive in its action. II at strikes
at the root OF the disease and produces healthy
tone to the system. People never need suffer from
any disease arising from a disordered condition OF
the liver If they would take this eXcellant medicine
when they feel the first indications of the maady.
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three four boxes of these pills with
them. They have an almost instane0us effect
They VIII relieve the patient Of headache in one OF
two hours, and will rapidly cleanse the liver oi
surrounding bile, and will efectuAlly prevent q
bilious attack. They are sold by all Druggist.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
Trouble in MiningI District in Colorado

Trouble in ainingI District in Colorado.
EDENvER, Col, May l6.-A serious OUT
break among miners in California Gulch,
near Orc City, Col, is reported. The
report says riot arose from the failure
of w II. Stevens aud other Detroit capi-
talists to meet the demands of miners for
pay due them. The miners seized Stevens
and two others named Wood and Northrup
and put them under strong guard. They
demanded of Stevens check for $4,000 or
enough to take the entire body of IS home
to Detroit. Stevens issued the check
which the detachment of men took to a
bank at Fairplay with Stevenss clerk
The bank paid the check and a second
check for the same amount was then
forced from Stevens. Subsequently a
programme for the lynching OF Stevens
was prepared and its execution announced
for last Sunday. The latter report says il
was delayed until Monday night, the 14th,
| but current belief is that no further vio'
lence has or will be done. Nearly all en-
gagged in the riot are from Detroit, Mich
At present it is impossible to determin,
who are responsible for the riot.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
PACKARD lNsUBoRD1NATE.
He Declares Five of the Tilden Elector.
Chosen in Louisiana.
Special to tie ST. louis Republican.

Special 10 tie st. Louis Republican.
New ORLEANS: May l3.-Packard' s
letter to the New York Tribune, showing
that five Of the eight Tilden electors we're
legally elected, has created the greatest
imaginable commotiOn among the Repub-
hcans here, even though the Tribune, con-
tanning the letter, only arrived this morn
ing Packard's intimate friends claim
that he has documentary proof that will
establish Tilden's claim to the presidency,
aud that he will produce it should Tilden
so desire. The returning boards members
are in high dudgeon over Packard's expo
sure of their feats at ground and lofty
mathematical tumbling, and they swear
vengeance upon him if he carries out his
intlmated threats. Some of the custom
house clique who have been opposed to
Packard's recommendations for federal
offices claim that Packard is wrothy be-
cause Hayes is about to remove United
States Marshal Pitkin and one or two
more of Packard's adherents, and that
this course is taken to bulldoze Hayes.
whip Hayes into the traces. But be it as
it may, it has created a huge smell iu
Republican circles here. Those holding
federal Offices know they will go overheard
if Tilden should take the bull by the horns
and secure the presidency, and the expec
tants know they will, in that case, get
nothing, and fo1 these reasons all but :
precious few have suddenly soured or
Packard. Now Warmoth, Dibble, Sher
idan, Cartier, and the entire returning
board, vii, all put their heads together t.
run Packard out, and when the conteS
ends he will find himself 10 the grea
minOritv
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
Friday Evening, May 1s. "out of Bond
age

Colored musical drama, by the Hyers
Sisters and nine other talented artists.
Admission so cents. Reserved seats IS
cents, three days in advance, at Morris's
drug store. l6d3t
BsAe The streets are receiving some
attention, and now is the time for citizens
of the First and Second wards TO see that
their interests are not neglected For
years they have been without any protec-
ton from fire, with the exception of a
small eistern, Every one knows or should
know by this time, that there is not an
accessible approach to the river, for the
fire engines. west of Lynde street. The
First and Second wards helped pay for that
engine, help support the fire department,
and are entitled to all the protection it
affords as much as the Third ward; then
let them have it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
TELEGRAPHIC.
Photographed to the Rock Island Arous. |
FOREIGN NEWS.

ROME. May l6.-The Pope replying to
the Scotch pilgrims promised to recon.
struct the hierarchy Of Scotland. when the
number of Catholics was sufficient,
LONDON, May l6.-Fredk. Hanhurv
Tracy, Liberal, Is elected to parliament,
from the Montgomery district, Wales.
LONDON, May l6.-A dispatch from
Rutschuk says: A great movement has
commenced among Russian troops on the
opposite bank at GuirgeYo. Eight battal-
lions of Russian infantry, several batteries
of artillery and squadrous of cavalry
passed through Guirgevo following the
road to Simitza. They have considerable
force at KOrnana Desultory firing is
going on. The Turkish troops are enthu
siastic
A Pera dispatch says: The Rus
SLAMS are apparently attempting to force
the Danube or by maneuvre draw away
the Turks from other points. Up to
Monday night however they were not
successful. A Hungarian legion is being
formed here. Nicsics has been re
victualled
A dispatch from Batoum Mon
day night says the Russians are mov-
lng III Iloh' VI our POSITION, evidently pre-
pairing for vigorous attack. A great
battle is believed to be imminent
LONDON, May l6.-The telegraph s
special from Bucharest says the campaign
will now proceed according to the ori ginal
programme, the Roumanian army remain
ing on the defensive within its own ter
rtory, The Russians are crossing the
Danube at eight points simultaneously and
pressing forward towards the Balkans with
all possible rapidity.
BUCHAREST, May l6,-There was two
hours cannonade between Totxrokan and
Ottennitza yesterday. The Russians
heavy batteries at 1brail throw shells into
the Turkish defenses at Matohen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16

CHIUA6O. May 70.
Wheat-Unsettled closed firm; ! 6414 June; l
654 July.
Corn--Hesvy; 5e14 each; 511z June,
Oats-Lswer; ii cash.
. Rye-Lower; 83llS4.
Barley-Unchauged.
Pork-Dall; weak and lower; Il 90 cash; IA sc
Jude,~
fEIard-weak and lower; 9 20 cash; BIZ July
Whisky-Lower; l o.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Receipts 1000; market dull; light 5 059'
10: common to choice heavy to packers coos 20
common 10 cqoice 2505 80.
Cattle Quiet; receipts !, 200.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
Weather Probabiltr1es.

WASHINGTON, May l6-The Signal Ser
vice observations taken at 10 o'clock this
forenoon indicate the following weather
probabilities for this aftesuooa and to-
night:
Indications for the northwest: Winds
variable but mostly from southeast to
southwest, partially cloudy weather With
rain areas.stationary or rising temperature
and falling barometer,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
Rock Island, Illinois. Wednesday. MAY 49, 1877

less conspicuous but more mysterious con-
verse with the statesman. At last Cyrus
W. Field entered the charmed circle, and
watched Ole Bull, who was back on the
stage, with an intentness that showed he
was thinking Of the fact that he only
lacked one Of having as many strings
across the Atlantic as spanned the bridge
of the Violinists cremona.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16

FASCINATING When the face is anima.
ted with the emotions of the mind-when
the eyes are instinct with noble feeling,
and the lirs approvingly smile-when the
language of the tongue is accompanied
with corresponding modulation of the
features. and when delightful odor sur.
rounds the person. by the use of DR.. Prices
Exquisite Perfumes, then it is that the
utmost fascination of beauty come in play
and captivates its admirers. DR.. Price s
american Perfumes are appreciated for
their peculiar delicate fragrance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
Alarming Forest Fires in the wisconsin
Rinerias

CHICAGO, May Il 5-A special from the
vicinity OF Greene Bay reports that spring
fires IN the woods north Of that point are
raging trightfully along the line of the
Northwestern railroad and there is now
almost one continuous blaze from Mar
meth. Wis, to Ishpenring, a distance of
l29 miles, the fire extending back at
some places in the forest distance of IL
to Is miles. The Northwestern railway
company lost l30 cords of wood yesterday
ana the Quincy mine lost 500 cords, Sew
eral small houses have been burned. The
loss on pine timber is heavy. Rain alone will
stop the flames and prevent losses which
even now aggregate hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
IT CAN Be CURED,

1T can be cured. There is no doubt about it. The
! immediate relief afforded by SANFoRD's RADICAL
CURE FOR CATARRH is but slight evidence of
what may follow persistent of this remedy.
The hard, incrusted matter that has lodged in the
nasal passages is removed with few applications
the liberation and Inflammation subdued and
hcaied; the entire membranous Innings of the head
are cleansed and purified. Constitutionaly its
action is that Of powerful purifying agent, de-
stroying in its course through the system the dcd
DOlSOn the deaLructiYe AGENT Catarrhal liseases
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16

COMMERCIAL.
Wheat-Dull; nominally lower; no sales.
Rye-Steady.
Corn-2@5c lower; heavy; new western mixed
6106S; old do 6s071.
Barley-Quet.
Oats Dull and declining; mixed western 41042;
white 47(G66
Pork-LoweF.
Whisky-l 10Gl1 IA
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
Five Children Burned to Death

BINGHAMToN, N. Y, May l6.-Five
children of Frank Dunnigal, were burned
to death at Little Hook, Cortland county,
yesterday, being in house which took fire
during the absence of their parents. The
Oldest was wears