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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-20
Attachment Notice.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, lee
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
In the Circuit Court of Rock Islafd County. H.,
January term, 1879.
Topeka National Bank vs Robert / Lee.-In at
tachment-Demand, s., 2S5 T6.
Notice is hereby gwen to you, the said Robert I.
Lee, that writ of attachment has been sued out Of
the Office of the Clerk Of the Circuit Count Of said
county of Rock Island at the suit of the said To-
peka National Bank, and against the estate of YOU
the said Robert /. Lee, for three thousand two
hundred and eightyfve s6.100 dollars, besides in
terest directed to the Sheriff of said county to
cute, which said writ has been returned by said
Sheriff executed. Now, unless you, the said Rob
ert /. Lee, shall personally be and appear before
the Circuit Court of said county the first day OF
the next term thereof, to be holden at Rock Island
in said county. on the first Monday in the month
of January next give special bail and plead to SAID
action, judgment will be entered against You in
favor of the said plaintiff and the property attached
cold to satisfy the same with costs.
L. F. LARSON, Clerk.
Rock Island, Ills, Nov 14th. 1873.
CoNNELLy 81 MCNEAL, Plaintiff Attsys.
J-14d3w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-20
Benefactors.

When board of eminent physicians and
chemist announced the discovery that by
combining some we'll known valuable rem
edies, the most wonderful medicine was
produced, which would cure such wide
range of diseases that most all other rem.
edies could be dispenses with, many were
sceptieal; but proof of its merits by aetna
trial has dispelled all doubt, and to-day
the discovers of that great medicine, Hor
Bitters, are honored and blessed by all al
benefactors.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-20
Assignae's Notice.

l al! persons that William Fl. Lundy, lately doing
business in this city, has made an assignment to
the undersigned Of all his real and personal estate,
in trust. for the benefit of his creditors.
All the creditors of the said William Fl. Lundy
are hereby notified TO present their claims under
oath or affirmation to me within three months from
date.
All persons indebted to the said Lundy are re-
Quested to call Immediately anu settle such ndebt-
edness with me.
Rock Island. Ill.,, Nov. 9Th, 1878.
CHARLES A JARVIS,
1-Sd6w Assignee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-20

THE ARGUS JOB PRINTING Rooms
turn out Cards, Circulars, Note Heads
Bill Heads, Law Briefs, and all other
kinds of Printing, in the highest style OF
the art, aDd on the most reasonable terms.
And The ARGUS Book BINDERY is doing
all kinds Of work in that line, neat, quick
and cheap. The friends of the paper and
the public generally are invited to give our
work trial, dwt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-20
"a Widow and her Child"

A singular instance of superstition
came to light not long since, which is
thus related: Going into neighoor' S
house. one day last week, | found one
Of the children suffering from severe
cough, and expressed my opinion that
it was a case in which medical assis
lance should be obtained. The moth
er of the boy agreed that it was very
bad, but before calling in a doctor
she intended to try a cure that she had
long used i'll similar cases, and never
found to fail. On being pressed to
communicate the prescription, she
gravely informed me that the charm
consisted in Hale's Honey of Hore-
hound and Tar, and that it could be
obtained of all the druggists, Price
so cents and 81. Great saving By pur-
chasing large size. Sold by all drug
rists.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31
An Unexpected Ghost.

There was real dead man at Paris
clearinghouse, and after he had been
taken to his last lodging, it got about
that he was in the unseemly habit of
paying nightly visits to the room in
which he dit d, and for long time re-
NAMED tenantless in consequence. At
last it was taken by a student, who
laughed at the idea of the place being
haunted. Annoyed at his incredulity,
two of the lodgers arrayed themselves
in sheets, and glided into the room one
night at that witching hour when grave
yards are supposed to yawn. With
silent step, and slow they stalked
around the bed, until happening to
glance behind them, they bsheld a
sheeted figure watching their move
ments. This was more than they had
bargained for, and they were out Of the
room almost before they knew it. Next
morning they settled with the landlord
and departed, never thinking their IL
tended victim had OWNED their inten.
tions, and paid them in their own coin.
They were not quite equal to the occa-
sion,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31
A Reasonable Niagara at Last.
Letter in Baltimore American. j

Niagara is revolutionzed. 1t is no
longer the same place. Not that the
scenery is at all changed, of course,
for beyond doubt the Falls are here, as
grand and awe-inspiring as ever, but in
the practical, unsentimental and un-
romantic, but still all-important item
of costs and expenses, it is no longer
Niagara. All those who are intere-ted,
pecuniarily or otherwise, in the welfare
and prosperity of the place, discovered
that gouging," inside or outside, d.
rect or indirect, was shortsighted policy,
unremunerative and suicidal. The
Mayor and trustees of the town took
the matter in hand, and, with the i'm
portant and valuable aid of the hotel
proprietors, arranged code of rules and
regulations that promises to restore the
place to it's old position of popularity
and prosperity. All prices are i'm
mensely lower, and upon all sides one
who has been here in past years sees
evidences of desire and well directed
intention to attract custom by polite
ness, attention and reasonable charges.
Itseems almost incredible, blu, it is a
fact. We actually to-day rode mile
seven persons-in two elegant barouches
for fifty cents for the party of seven,
and a hackman offered this evening
to drive us two miles in any direction
for fifty cents apiece. The whited sep
ulchres known as the bazars, have
also come down in prices, and the very
bootblacks are shining up" at five
cents a job. the only man in Niagara
who holds ont ia the barber who Wnn't
shave for less than twenty-five cents.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31
Grains OF Gold.

Diligence is a fair fortune, and in
dusrry good estate.
If you act with view to praise only,
you deserve none.
1t is astonishing how keen stupid peo-
pie are in discovering afronts.
Good will, like good name, is got by
many actions and lost by none.
Books are embalmed minds. Fame is
flower upon a dead mans heart.
A man who can be fiattered is not ne
cessarily fool, but you can always make
one of him.
Whoever is honorable and candid,
honest and courteous, is true gentle
man, rich or poor.
The human heart, like we'll, if.utterly
closed in from the world, is sure to gen.
crate an air of death.
There is nothing so easy as to be wise
for others; species of prodigality, for
such wisdom is wasted.
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls
the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper
it sinks into the mind.
If you are not satisfied with the neces-
saries of life, see if you can satisfy your.
self by repining for Injuries.
All the blows we strike should be fol
a purpose every nail driven should BE-
a rivet in the machine of the universe.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

WoNG SAM-YEE, a fine-looking China
man, dressed in Mandarin garb, has
been arrested in Canton, together with
his wives, family and suit, twenty.one
souls in all, for having ventured to lay
claim to the Imperial throne, and for
asserting that he alone was the rightful
son of Heann, and Emperor of all the
Celestials. As the prevalence of the
famine is inclining the people to believe
the real Emperor is under the Divine
displeasure, few such upstairs may be
expected. According to Chinese Gus
tom, the Emperor believes the famine
is punishment from heaven for the
sins of himself and his dynasty, and
edicts of establishment, couched in pen
itential language, frequently appear.
Meat is forbidden in the palace, the
slaughter of animal life being supposed
to be offensive to heaven, and the daily
meals of the household are curtailed ~
one-half The British Consul at Wubu
traces the present drought to reckle- 8
tree destruction. In China there are
Provinces with population of six hun
dred to the square mile, and ground is SO
valuable that not even garden nor a
tree can be allowed TO grow. The neglect
Of the Government to d velop the coal.
mines compels the people to cut down
their forests for fuel
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

Europe has capital of Oslo, 500, 000,-
0O0) invested in railways, against &c.
600, 100000 for America and all the rest
of the world. The railways of Europe,
in 1876, carried |, 140, 600, 900 passengers
and 5,400,0U0,000 tons of freight, and
about 40 passengers to every 100 tons
of freight. 1t is estimated that 4,000,-
600 tons of rails are required every year
to renew the worn-out stock on the roads
already in operation, besides what is
needed to lay down new roads The
average wear of rail is ten years. The
rolling mills of the United States have a
capacity of nearly 10000 tons, though
our consumption of rails, including i'm
ports, is not half that number. Mr.. Bodie,
an Italian compiler of general railway
statistics, asserts that everywhere rail
ways under State management are more
costly than those under private man
agement. The difference is in favor of
the latter nearly twelve per cent. in gross
receipts in Belgium, nine per cent. in
Prussia, and eight per cent. in all the
rest of Germany. The cost of the con-
struction of railways, owing to the adj
vance in wages of labor and the depre-
citation in the purchasing power of
money, rose from $685. to $65, 900 be.
tween 1850 and 1873 in Germany, and in
a corresponding ratio in most other Eu
ropean countries. In France in 1855 it
cost an average of $4,000 per mile, and
in 1875, 1872, 900 per mile. In order that
the carrying of freight on English rail-
ways may be as profitable as the pas
senger traffic, it is required that two
and three-quarter times as much shall
be charged per mile for ton of freight
as for single passenger. The like law
is applicable to most American railways,
and to all that have as much freight as
they can carry. 1t is therefore a manifest
extortion on passengers when the Cali
fornia monopoly charges them five and
six and seven cents per mile, while TAX
ing ton Of freight to the same distance
over the same sections of their roads for
the same price or very small fraction
| more.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

In the United States Service Museum,
Whitehall Yard, London, England, are
exhibited the jaws of shark, wide
open, and inclosing tin box. The his
tory of this strange exhibition is as fol-
lows: A ship on her way to the West
Indies fell in with and chased sus-
picious looking craft, which had all the
appearances of SLAYER. During the
pursuit, the chase threw something
overheard. She was subsequently cap
tured and taken into Port Royal to be
tried as a SLAYER. In the absence of the
ships papers and other proofs, the SLAYER
was not only in fair way to escape
condemnation, but her captain was an
ticipating the recovery of pscuniary
damages against his captor for illegal
detention. While the subject was un-
der discussion vessel came into port,
which had followed closely in the track
of the chase just described. She had
caught shark, and in its stomach
was found box, which contained the
slaver's papers. Upon the strength of
this evidence the SLAYER was condemned
The written account is attached to the
how
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

A CURIOUS parasitic affection of the
hair issaid to occur in the province of
La Canca, Columbia. The hairs affected
by itpresent series of small, very hard
nodosities of Knots. invisible to the
naked eye, at regular intervals Of their
length When a ecmb is passed through
the hair it produces a peculiar crepitat-
ing noise, whence the disease is called
" la piedra" (the stone). The disease
is not contagious. 1t can be cured by
greasing the head well. NJ Desenne has
made "a mieroseepical, examination of
those knots, which are resolved into q
number Of polygonaf elements, etc., and
appear to be the product of some cryp-
logan. ~
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

BY far the most valuable of precious
stones-far exceeding in value even the
diamonds the true Oriental ruby.
We now learn that method of making
artificial rubies has been discovered in
France-rubies not merely in imitation
of the real stone, but made of the same
material, and to all appearances exactly
like the priceless gem. The similarity
between the natural and artificial stone
appears indeed complete, as they are
both of the same hardness and weight,
both crystalline hexagonally, and lose
color when heated, and gain it when
cooled. As there seems to be no diff
Guilty in their manufacture, it is proba-
BILE that there will be thrown into the
smarket a number of artificial rubies al
comparatively moderate charge, and
that they will be largely used in orna-
mental jewelry and art decoration
Whether this new manufactured article
is, however, likely to be priced as the
natural product, is question on which
many will probably at present have
their doubts.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

furniture from the start. Next it begins
to cut of fine clothes and jewelry, and
then it's getting pretty tight. Put on
another screw, and tea and coffee suffer /;
then all the fine groceries; and then the
incest kind of produce. If the screw
still tightens, when the worst comes to
worst, and there is no help from God or
man, the whisky and tobacco begin to be
cut off. But the dogs about dead when
il comes to that.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31
THERE is nothing new under tn

+a+ .
"THERE is nothing new under the
sun" 1t is now stated that the phono-
graph, or a similar instrument, was
known to the pagan Irish Druids and
the Tuatha-de-danans before the second
arrival of st. Patrick. He found them
at Tara and at various other places on
his mission. He couldn't understand
the mechanical construction of them,
but, regarding them as objects of pagan
worship, destroyed them whenever
found. The pagan Irish also had some
system of telegraphy, or other means of
rapid communication, which was sub
sequently known to the Danes, who ac-
quired the art during their four hun
bred years sojourn on the island.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

some one gives the following table of
the order in which men give up their
luxuries under the pressure of hard
times: Books go frst-the book trade
flattens under panic; illustrated papers
next, and then daily papers If the
pressure continues, the trade in pianos
and fine furniture falls off; but the
laboring classes begin to contract on the
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

The grave of George D. Prentice, in
Cave Hill Cemetery near ouisville, is
without menumeft. THE inventor of
patent stone has offered to put over
the grave of Kentucky's great poet, pol
itician, and paragrapher, monument
made of his material. The sensitive
mind of the citizens was shocked, and
they at once indignantly rejected the
mercenary proposal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

The English residents of San Fran
cisco have beec talking about sending
Lord Beaconsfeld some token of their
admiration ever since the beginning of
the controversy over the San Stefano
treaty, and now that England's triumph
is an assured fact, their deliberations
have taken practical shape in the form
of costly casket, richly ornamented
with choice specimens of Californian
quartz in various colors, and bearing
the British coat of arms and several bias
reliefs in gold. One of these represents
an English and an Indian soldier clasp
ing hands, underneath being the words,
Defense, not defiance"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

LADY.-"I bought piano Of you
about three months ago; do you ,emem-
Der it?'' Piano Agent" UNI ali VIII It
of itT" Lady" can't make out what's
wrong with it. Half the keys won't
sound, TIE top is all warped, and the
bottom has come out" Agent Keys
won't sound? Bottom has come out !?
Why, you must have been playing On
itY'
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

In Italy, says Professor Perkins, no
man or woman stays under . roof any
longer than is Necessary. They early
know what outdoor air is. They never
breathe an atmosphere. poisoned by
stoves or furnaces, but they grow up in
the sunlight and the breeze Both men
and women of all classes possess kind
of beauty derived from color alone. The
complexion is of rich, healthy yellow,
or olive, with glow upon it like that of
ripe nectarine; the eyes are of spark
ling blackor brown, the teeth white and
regular, and gthe luxuriant raven hair
shines ike piece OF freshly broken
anthracite COAX .-.-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Two years ago Wisconsin offered a
prize Of SIC, 900 for motor that would
prove in all respects desirable substitute
for draught cattle on roads and for or
binary agricultural work. Three COM
missioners have just reported against a
steam motor that answered all The re-
quirements except shat it was more ex-
pensive to run thar a pair Of horses.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

IT is not.often that immortality can
be purchased for so small sum as one
hundred francs. The opportunity to
live forever on marble tablet, with the
donors name thereon in letters of gold,
is offered to all Frenchmen by Monseig-
neur Dupanloup. The tablet is to rest
eternally in the Orleans cathedral. The
Bishops object is to raise one hundred
and fifty thousand francs, in order to
defray the expense of ten painted win
dows illustrative of the life of Joan of
Arc. The Bishop addresses most spirit
stirring appeal to the faithful, in which
he calls Joan warrior, victim, and a
saint. 1t is true that the Church burnt
her, but it was done by mistake, or else
in friendly way, in order to make her
martyr. 1890.
SETH GREEN declaration that he
would make the James River so full of
fish that the water would rise perma-
nently foot higher. has been seconded
by Professor Baird, who has invented
and put in operation a method of pro-
ducing fish by the million. 1t is pro-
posed to hatch cod in Southern waters
where they do not naturally belong, in
the hope of keeping them along the
shores, SO reducing the hardships of the
cod fshery-a business that is pretty
much all hardship and deprivation. 1t
is believed that Goldfish properly in
structed in International law and the
fishery question would be more likely to
stay at home, in their own waters, than
the uneducated, who make frequent
trips to foreign waters.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31
THE WORLDS RAIL WA Us.

A French writer has been carefully col
lecting the railway statistics of all
nations. At the close of 1876 the total
railway mileage in the world was 1873, 1882
miles, apportioneG as follows:
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

At this time the United States had
but "a, 095 miles of railway. But at the
close of 1867 the mileage was 1854,
and must now be about $4,000. Other
nations are credited as follows:
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

The Mayor of Jefferson, Texas, only
receives one dollar a year for his SER
vices, and some of the citizens growl
that he is overpaid.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

Mile. AIMEE is living quietly in her
hotel near til Pare Monceau, Paris.
She VOWS that her days of foreign travel
are over.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

The United States pay yearly to for
eign countries $100, 00O, 900 for sugar and
mOlasses.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

The Mormons are charged with selling
arms to hostile Indians.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-08-31

SAVANNAH isexercising most vigorous
quarantine measures.
The Portland daily press., 1878-12-12
MUSIC AND'THE DRAMA
HoMERD. COPE

HOMER y, COPE.
A very good-sized audience gathered at the
Portland Theatre, last evening, to listen to Mr..
Cope's Interpretation Of thevarious characters
in Bannin's well.known play Of Damon and
Pythias. Owing to the pressure on our columns
this morning, we are compelled to be brief. 1t is
no easy task to memorizs the whole of five
act play, and to vary he voice to suit each one
of the fourteen characters This, however, Mr.
Cope succeeded in doing, and to the evident
pleasure of his audience. But, after all, play
requires all the accessories of the stage, and
living actors, both male and female, to make it
really interesting. Mr.. Cope possesses fairly
flexible voice. of good compass. His stage
presence and gestures are rather amateurish,
but be will probably outgrow this. The usual
theatre orchestra furnished the music between
the acts.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
Prof. Gage will lecture at City Hall tonight
on 'Ths Electric Telegraph in the Grand
Army course. We have explicitly set forth the
attractions of this lecture from day to day
That there will be full house may bs conf
dently expected.
Madame Moretzeh, the celebrated harper,
was at one time fine vocalist. When Brig
nol made his debut as Edgardo, she was the
Lucia.
In the Daaites Company, which will appear
at Music Hall, are Mckee Rankin, Louis AL.
drich, Chas. Parsloe, Louis Mestayer, Misses
Kitty Blanchard, Arlington, Marble, and
others,