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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-01

pies the face lost manhood positively be cured Ladies
wanting the delicate attention call write. Pleasant
home for patients. book for the mlionMarriage Guide
which tells diseases who should why
not 10 cents postage Dr. James has ffy and
pArors the Doctor. Office hours,
p.m; Sunday, 10 to IL. DR.. James is go of age
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-01
DIR WHITTIER.
6i7 St. Charles Street, ST. Louis, Mo.
OPINIONS OF PRESS

From ST. Louis Globe Democrat
DR.. WHITTIER, SIT St. Charles street, reg.
ular graduate of medicine, has been longer
engaged in the treatment of chronic diseases
than any other physician in the city. Nervous
debility, blood diseases, all impediments to
marriage. Cali or write. Circular free. Safe
medicines; moderate charges.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-01
Petition to Sell Real Estate,

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
COUNTY OF Rock ISLAND So
To the January term A. D. 1878, of the County
Court of said County.
Eeonore Wendt, Administrative of the estate OF
Mary Wressell, deceased, petitioner va Thomas
Wreeseli, Mary Ann Wilson, George Wilson George
Kelsey Maria Kelsey, Emily Lewis, - Lewis
whose given name il unknown, Ellen Cool. Rnhert
Cool, Charles Wesley. and Rose wressell. defend
ants Petition to sell real estate 10 paw debts
Affidavit of the non-resideaee of the above nsmea
defendants, Thomas Wressell, Emily Lewis and
- Lewis. whoee gwen name lie Unknown hay-
ing been filed in the Office of the Clerk of said
Court notice is hereby given to said Thomas Wres-
cell Emily Lewis, and - Lewis, whose given
name rs unknown, that the petitioner has a1ed
her petition in the above entitled canse ra
turnabIe to the January term. A. d. 1874 of sais
Court, to be begun and holden in the Conatv
clerks Office in the city Of Rock island in saiS
county, on the third Monday Of January next nav.
ing for an ordsr of said Court to sell the footvino
described real estate. to pay debts to-wit.~Tg,s
north half OF lot seven ~ and al of LOT eieht
ls1 in block twenty nine (29), in s. Brigham,s aa5
ton to the town of Cordoya in the county Of KacL
| island and state of Illinois. =
| When land where you can be and appear and
plead, answer or demur to said petition. "--
| Dated January 5sh. 1873
| JOHN ". COOK, County c1erar
/ PARMENrER q HAAS, Petitioners Solicitor.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-01
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-09-26

So tar as the national bank problem is con-
cerned, the position of the Republ can party
is this: We propose to reduce the rate of inter
est on the bonds held by the banks from 6 per
cent. to A per cent. That is the object of the
funding bill. We have already taken up $780,
100000 Of these bonds, and by 1880 will have
taken up the entire bonded indebtedness Of the
United States. The banks bonds amount to
$346, 100000. At per cent this would give
year they paid the States of the Union $4,000
O0J taxes With this funding bill ali actual
fact, the national banks will be a source of
revenue to Us. The Is per cent. interest howl
against these bonds is pure demagogery. No
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-09-26
HARD TIMES.
Their Cause and the Remedy.
Speech Of Hon. Daniel p. Baldwin, Can.
diaate for Attorney General
Delivered at New Castle. Indiana, Thursday
Evening, September rs

rsHow-citizens-For the sake of the argument,
1 admit tho truth of the following figures, which
the Democrats are so fond Of rolling like a
Avn eer morsel under their tongues:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-09-26
SO, 600. 1000
$3, 600, OOO,O 600
s.ooo,ooo,oos
200, 900. 600
1.1oo,ooo,ooo
1.2OO,OO0.O0O
100000 600
1000, 1000 ou
ga, 600, 600. 600
$45.OOO.OOO.OOo

Here, then, IS nearly One-third of our entire
property sunk What individual or nation
could sustain such loss and not suffer as we
have sufferedi Why lay upon the government
that for which we have no one to blame but
Ourselvess There is but one reason, and that Is
the desire of the Democrats for Office.
3. This is not all. The multiplication of our
currency fOurfOld begot mania for speculation
and an extravaganza in living the like which
pray God we shall never see again. From 1865
to 1870 trade became betting and commerce
gambling. In proof of this witness the Wall
street Old-gambling board, where thousands of
millions were made and lost. Every dollar that
was thus made was lost by some one other than
the winner so with the shameless produce
gambling of Chicago, Cincinnati and st. Louis
In 1866 had occasion to notice the habits Of
my own profession, and found all the
lawyers of Northern Indiana specializing in
gold and wheat And with our habits when
o farmer could get fifty cents pound for his
butter and So bushel for his wheat it was
human nature for him to buy pianos for his daugh-
ters and cothe his SONS in broadcioth. The
recent developments have shown how all our
great corporations became infected with this
fever of extravaganza and speculation. Insur-
ance companies paid shoddy presidents $50 600
or $l0O, 900 per year salaries. Empty bags stood
upright and were recognized as pillars of state
and society. The Spencers mOnOpOlized savings
banks, the James Fisks absorbed great rail
roads, and the William NJ. Tweeds gobbled up
splendid cities. Every village in Indiana wit
messed the strange spectacle of moneyless, reck-
less Adventures corrupting the youth and even
the men OF experience, by scouting the Old max
i'm of getting rich by earning more than we
spend and substituting in its place the
new creed of getting rich by running
in debt. From 1865 to 1870 debt for any
kind OF property was the surest way of
making money. The result was a sickening
crop of frauds, populations and bankruptcies.
Thousands of our best men gave way to the
strain like overbent bows. Church aud state
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-09-26

The average of these prices for 1865 is $1098,
and for 1868, 1881. But if the currency had
Ahrmk one-half, the prices for 1868 should be
$3.50 This Is irresistible proof that the charge
Is untrue.
J. The panic of 1873 set in upon rising cur
sabey. Our currency reached It's lowest point
N 1869, and was then $693. 900.
surrs ss OF 1859 .-...-......$ 1000. 900
currency RE, Of 1859 .....-..........-- 25Ooo. 900
currency Of 1869. ....-.--.-.......-. 45,ooo. 900
enrrsnoy of 1879 ---....- $1,000 900
We had IN 1874. and above the
currency of 1869 . 5000 600
Now, will some one please explain, if the
shrsnkage Of the currency caused the hard
times, why this natural increase took place
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-09-26

by inc emancipation VI Tic SldScS
We lO5C-
The national debt at the close of
the war represented a destruction
o.
The Chicago, Boston. and Portland
fires represent destruction Of
We imported into the country from
abroad from 1S65.75 In foreign
silks, wines, diamonds cigars,
and luxuries.
We have paid in interest upon our
war debt
We have sunk in railroads that do
not aud never will pay cent Of
interest or principal, and which
were bubbles begot In the fever
or lnnation- ------.--.---.---
And in improving our cities and
building public works other than
railroads. and from which we are
realizing no returns
1Ot8l-
The entire taxables of the United
States amount to, say.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-09-26


pay Oft the natlonal-bank bonds with addi-
tiOnal issue of greenbacks sufficient for that
purpose, and then bank upon this as currency.
The Indiana idea of giving the public relief uy
simply changing the color OF the bills land that
is ali thege is OF It'll is simple aud unadulterated
nonsense.
3. The Democratic party proposes to open up
and reverse the Judgment of the American peo-
pie as registered in the great popular election Of
1868, and embodied III the public credit act of
1869, and upon the faith of which ninety nine
out OF every hundred of our bonds have chang
ed hands; to repeal the resumption law and to
issue more greenbacks and pay off the bonds.
Of over 81, $50 900 of bonds once held abroad
all but $25O, 0O0, 600 have come home within the
last three years, and are now held by a repur-
chase of Europe by our people. Had not the peo-
pie decided ten years ago that these bonds
should be paid in coin, no such repurchase would
have been made. Does this fact weigh nothing
with the Democracyl Have they no respect for
the sacredness of laws and contractsl The plea
is that the kind OF money that bought the bonds
is good enough to pay them Such plea comes
too Late AS the lawyers say, we are estopped
from using 1t. This entirely ignores the new
rights that have accrued since the original pur-
chase, and also ignores the rights Of all the nom
bOndhOldng property-holders OF the United
States Our national estate amounts to S45, 000,-
100000 Of this 81 100000 900 belongs to the
off this 81 500 100000 of 0onds is virtual
soation of the remaining $I3 500 900 QUO Of prop
erty. 1t also, for the sake of punlshing a com
paratively few bOndholders, ruins untold private
creditors. The proposition is to make this new
issue a legal tender for all private as we'll as
public debts THIS is blow aimed at all the
creditor class of the United States other than
the bondholders. Why ruin theni What have
they done that deserves this treatment at Demo
cratic handsf OF course, 81 rs 0J0, 900, or even
onehalf of that sum, could not be issued without
sending up prices &c the old war and speculation
standards. Butter would again be fifty cents a
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-09-26


fiat But the nickel is redeemable in silver, and
the over valung of silver coins is simply device
resorted to by all nations to keep this kind of
money at home. Without this over valuation
silver would seek those countries where it
would sell as bullion for more than it circu-
lates here for as coin. am not surprised that
30 many men are led away by this tiat-mOney
theory. It'll the sick childs cry against taking
the physicians medicine. We as people have
been sick with the sickness of imitation. A wise
doctor cuts out diseased ulcer instead of de-
ferring the painful process until death shall
render it unnecessary. The Democratic party
is pandering to the convalescing pains of our
people, and is willing to remit us back again to
again purchase power. Fortunately the Green
back party are alive to their hypocrisy.
If the United States make money by SIM
ply printing and stamping few words on bits
OF colored paper, why not make In the same
way mules, guns, powder. or anything else that
the public necessities require9 Why not, instead
OF vexing the bowels OF the country for COAL
have the different Legislatures create coal mines
in the various countiesi Why not, instead of
securing the country for mules print upon bits
of paper This is mule" this is ten mules, !"
put the government stamp upon them and COM
pei the Secretary of the Treasury to sign them,
and set them to carting government wagOnsi
Why should not the government make life easy
to the people2 Why not have fiat corn and
wheat for the farmers fat boots and shoes for
the merchants, and fiat whisky for the Demo
cratic voters4 Why bother to build State
house at indianapolis! Why not print picture
of it and call it State-hOusei
"When you have good thing keep IL. keep it;
When you get o black cat, skin 1t the tail"
| NV friends, it is time we found out the fall
| lacy underlying this nonsense. The province
| of government is simply TO preserve order, in
| sure justice, and then lot tho citizen work out
| his own career. "Ih1 government is best that
| governs least" NoHinterference with the citi
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-11-22

q uetieal.
AFTER DARK.

When Twilight gathers in her sheaves,
And wheeling swallows skim the hume,
The ploughman, turning homeward, leaves
His plough mid-furrow in the broom,
And through the melancholy eyes
The orange drops its milk-white bloom.
The old delights that 60 and come
Through sorrow, in the falling dew,
Like waves that wore wreath of foam
The darker that the waters grew,
Flow round my solitary home
AT evening" when the stars are few.
So sad and sweet as bridal tears
For broken homes, to see withdraw
The child we love, have gone the years
We climbed the frosty hills, and saw
Descend on all the frozen meres
The sunlight breaking through the thaw.
Like one who in the driving snow,
When all the untrodden paths are dim,
Hears far-of voices, faint and low, -
Across the woodland calling him, NJ
hear the loved of long ago ~
Singing among the seraPhim.
And as the soft, assembling light
Falls, shadowing into dnsky red,
| think how beautiful the night
With gathering stars is overspread,
Like seeds of many an old delight
Through sbeaves of sorrow harvested.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-11-22
THE First Private"

A rare specimen of soldierly humanity
once appeared at a Southern hotel. In
the large bar-room Of the house, during
the evening, discussion arose touching
certain events that transpired at the bat
tie Of Shiloh. The dispute waxed warm.
Many of those present had been in the
war-some engaged on the one side, and
some on the other-and, being military
men, and officers at that, they,were very
emphatic. At length modest gentle
man, who had been sitting in corner,
quietly listening, arose and came for
ward.
Gentlemen y said he, II happened
to be in that battle-was in at the be-
ginning. and came out at the end-and,
If you would like, | will tell you just
how il it was"
All were respectfully silent while he
spoke, and they could not be otherwise
than attentlve--for the mans description
of the battle was SO precise, so circum-
stantial, so eloquent, and so startingly
vivid, that those who had been there
seemed to be living the fiery scene over
again. When he had concluded, all
understood, and there was room for no
more dispute. On the following morn
ing. the soldier of Shiloh went to the
office to settle bis bill previous to de-
perture. and asked the amount Of his
Indebtedness. Said the landlord:
"You were in the army 2"
Eyes, sir !"
MAY ask what Office you held 2"
| held no commission, sir; was but
private soldier"
SIS it possible ? Well, sirl l aball
claim the privilege of celebrating this
rare event by making you a present of a
recipted bill without further cost to you.
OF the thousands of soldiers who have
stopped at my house since the close of
the war, you are the first private"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-11-22

excite fears in the minds of some. These
spring from narrow prejudiccs. All
phases of civilization give broader views
about social, religious and political ques-
tions. Men of loyal faith in our Gov
ernment feel that this mingling of Euro
pean races on this continent will give us
higher civilization, greater power and
prosperity. than have yet been seen in
the history of the world.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-11-22

AMMoYIA IN THE KITCHEN The pam
try shelves are getting grimy, or fDger
marks around the door latches and knobs
are looking dark and unsightly. For
lack of time they are left day after day,
for it is hard work to scour all the time
and it wears off the paint too. The hus-
band keeps his bottle of oil, or perhaps
large can holds it, for he never stints
in that. Now, suppose his wife has her
bottle of spirits of ammonia to use she
takes her basin of water and clean
cloth, just put on few drops Of the fluid
and wipes off all the dirt; it is worth
more than half days labor, and docs
not hurt the painteither She could put
few drops ia her disbwater, and SEQ
how easily the dishes could be cleaned
few drops on sponge would clean the
windows in the sitting room, making
them shine like chrystal. 1t would take
the stains OF the teaspoons, too, and
teaspoon in the mop pail would do more
toward washing up the kitchen floor than
ten pounds Of elbow grease applied to
the mop handle. A housewife has lust
as much right to make her work easy
and expeditions as her husband has. Ii
she does not do it, the fault is her own
in great measure.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-11-22

The LARGEST PLANT IN THE WoRLp -
We are accustomed to regard the great
trees Of California as the most gigantic
specimens Of vegetable growth known to
man, but such is not the case. There Is
submarine plant growing in the North
Pacific ocean, which, according to Pro-
fessor Reinsch, dwarfs all o. hers in vast
proportions. The Macrocrystis pyri-
fera, one Of the Melanospermn, has
been known TO grow to such an extent
as to cover vast areas Of the ocean bed.
One specimen by measurement was found
to cover three square miles, and the stem
from which the growth proceeded was
eight feet in diameter. 1t is almost i'm
possible to conceive of such a plant. or
how a system of nourishment can be
maintained through such extended chan
nels in the living organism. Mature
performs strange freaks, aud certainly
none can be stranger than the fact that
of this gigantic species there are some
specimens so small as to be microscopic,
or only to be seen by the aid of power
full detectives.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-11-22

TIE Boy AND THE Brick. A boy
hearing his father say Twas a poor
rule that would not work both ways. "
said IF father applies this rule TO bis
work, ! will test il in my play"
So sitting up row Of bricks, three or
four inches apart, be tipped over tho FIRST
which striking the second, caused Il 10
fall on the third, and 50 on through tho
whole course, until all the bricks law
PROSTATE.
"Well," said tho boy, each brick
has knocked down bis ueghbor. will
see if raising one will raise all tho rest
lio looked in vain to sec them rise.
"IIerc father" said the boy, "is
poor rule twill not work both ways
They knocked each other down, but viii
not raise each other up"
my son." said tho father. "bricks
md mankind are alike, made Of CLAW
lctiye in knocking each other down. bgt
Till not raise each other up Whom
ncn fall they love company; but when
hey rise they love TO stand alone. like
'ondcr brick. aud see others prostate
,elow them"
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Never kick an umbrella IN the ribs;
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-02
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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Daily Republican., 1878-10-31
Spanish Assassination Plots.

A dispatch from Madrid, Oct. %,
says: The police have found eighteen
bottles of dynamite in chambers near
Madrid. Three arrests have been made
in connection with this discovery. The
trial of Juan Moncasi has commenced.
He refused legal assistance. and an AL
vocate was accordingly appointed by
the court to defend him. 1t is consid'
cd proved that he had no accomplices
1t is believed that the king will com
mute the sentence of death, which will
doubtless be- passed upon Moncasi, "a
penal servltude for lif'. The commit
tee OF The constitutional party has de.
cid-d to bring forward very shortly al
ter the meeting of the Cortes a test
question, defeat on which would com
pei the resignation Of the cabinet. The
government, however. is confident OF q
majority.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-31
Insanity Of u Political ms Wife.

The New York Times >tate that Mr..
Fields, the deserted wife Of Tom Fields,
at one time a prominent Tamnany poll
tician. who he to Canada, brcause Of
his connection with the Tweed ring,
was found Monday in tn" streets OF
ponghkrepsje, n. T., where she nos
lives, acting in a very strange manner.
Upon being addressed by policeman,
she threw her arm. wildly about, aud
cried out, " Keep him awaY, take him
away; hr will Kill me :" meaning her
husband. The right sleeve OF her dress
was torn badly, showing her aru GOV
cred with bIOod. Her hand wa, slightly
gashpd ag if 10y KIN e. She couId not
explain how It hrcane so. The woman
was evidently insane and was commit
ted to an sylum.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-31
The Fttx job q Porter Case.

In the Fita Jonn Porter case, at New
York, Yesterday, after strong opposi-
ton by the Judge aivoca t., the board
decci I'd to permit the counsel for Gen,
Porter to submit all letters and pub
lications fGen. Pope bearing on th.
question in controversy. The counsel
claimed that some OF these letters wer-
contradictory. Gen. Ferry, in statins
the G,cision. said the board were not
sitting as a court to try this. casr; and
were not, ther fore, called upon to ad-
here to the letter to the rules OF -rl-
dence Gen Schofield added that the
public utt-rances Of an officer OF the
army, whether written, Published or
spoken. werr just as binding on him as
his sworn statement, and the penalty
l falsehood in any class Of these utter
anc-s should he the sane. Whatever
Gen. Pope had writ or published
would he received az ofthe same weight
as his testimony at the court martial,
since the board were unable To get him
to appear for examination. The board
adjourned TO meet at West Point d..
cember Is.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-31
A FashOnabIe Cincinnati Wedding

A dispatch from Cincinnati, Oct. %,
says Jacob b. Perkins, a Cleveland
millionaire, was married this evening
at the second Presbyterian Church, to
Miss Salli- NJ. Wiltshire, daughter Of
the late William Wiltshire, Of Cincin.
matt. The wed 'ins was one of the most
notable social events that mas taken
place in the city. The church was
eaborately decorated With flowers and
palms. Ferns and rvergrrrn1, banked
up high above the pulpit, and in front
OF the organ pip :, formed a dark green
back ground which emphasized the
brilliant custum"- of the bridal party.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
DR.. Skinner, and was witnessed by
hundreds Of guests from leading Gin,
cinnati families.