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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14
What Woula Havs nesu.

The Republican very pertinently asks,
suppose silver had not been practically
demonetized; suppose the coinage of silver
dollars had not been prohibited by the
traudulently passed act of l873-what
would have been the rssult2 Demonstra-
bly,, the same as would follow the passage
Of the Bland bill. The Bland bill merely
proposes to undo the act of 1873 and
place matters where they were then; il
proposes to allow the coinage of silver dol
lars which the act of 1873 prohibited. It
does not invent new and cheaper silver
coin for the payment Of debts; it recog-
nizes the old one of 4l22 grains silver and
permits it to be coined. The opponents Of
silver tell us this is reputation; that il is
fraud on the public creditor; that it is
clipping the coin; that it is paying debts at
% cents on the dollar; that it will feod the
country with debased silver, expel gold
from the country, make exchanges difficult
and bring about great many more
dreadful things. But if this be
true that these events will follow
the reconciliation of silver, they
would also have come to pass if silver had
not been demonetized. If undoing this
act of 1873 will be attended by such dis
asters, the failure to pass the act of 1873
would have been attended by the same
disasters But the pretended calamities
now held before our eyes as sure to follow
RECOMMENDATION were never urged as an
argument for characterization. The coun-
try was not told in 1873 that it would be
repudiation to pay the public debt in silver,
and that dishonor and disaster would come
upon us if silver dollars were not outlawed
Nothing was said on these subjects. In
fact, nothing was said about dropping
silver dollars from the coinage at all. Tht
trick was done with as few words as pos
sibIe, The people did not know that the
silver dollar aooS dropped from the coinage
by the act of 1873 till three years aftel
that act was passed-so skilfully did thu
gold schemers and their agents in congress
perform their work.
| What will take place, then, after thu
passage of the Bland bill will simply b.
what would already have come to pass i
the act of 1873 had not been passed. Blu
for the passage of that act, resumption il
silver would have been reached yea
ago, silver dollars would be coined to tn
utmost capacity of the mints, and tn
country, reboundiug from its prostration
would now be on the road to prosperity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14
Sufferers from Headache,

constipated bowels, inward piles, cos
tiveness, fevers, torpid liver, yellow
ness ofthe skin and eyes, indigestion,
dyspepsia, and all arrangements Of the
internal viscera, ARE cured by"Swayne, s
Tar and Sarsaparilla pills" Unlike
many other purgatives, they do not ir-
ritate the stomach and bowels by fire.
quent use. They keep the system in
the healthy condition by arousing the
torpid liver to healthy action and ex.
pelling by the bowels and kidneys the
matter that poisons the foundation of
life. Be particular to obtain 'Swayne,
pills" price rs cents box, st all lea
dings druggists, and in Rock Island by
John Bengston.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14

Speaking of the undue severity with
which the witnesses against Rande are
huddled by the lawyers for the defense
the State Register says:-It would be vel
for the Judge to administer lesson tc
these serviceable defenders of criminals,
by cutting short their drivel in favor o
crime, The courts of this State are eithel
to punish criminals or they are not. /
they are established for that purpose the,
should execute it; if not, the sooner the!
are abolished the better.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14

frinntlng' Binding aud Blank Book work
sp?clalCies At The ARGUS OFFICE. No
pans will be spared to please customers.
Satisfaction guaranteed ~00 0u''0u .T
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-10-17
OUR CHOIR.

There's Jane Sophia,
And Anna Maria, s-AAa
With Obadiah,
And Zedekiah K
In our choir.
And Jane Sophia sopranosings
So high you'd think her voice had wings
To soar above all earthly things, e
When she leads Off on Sunday;
While Ann Maria's alto choice,
Rings out in such harmoniousyoice,
That sinners in the church rejoice,
And wish she'd sing till Monday.
Then Obediah's tenor high
Is unsurpassed beneath the sky;
Just hear him sing I" Sweet by-and bye"
And you will sit in wonder;
While Zedekiah's bass profound -r.4 J
Goes down so low it jars the ground
And wakes the echoes miles around,
Like distant rolling thunder.
Talk not to us of PATHS fame, .-.,. ,
Or NicolfniS tenor tame,
Or Carey g contralto-but name
Or Whitney's pondfous bassO!
They sing no more like Jane Sophia,
And Anna Maria, Obadiah,
And Zedekiah in our choir, '5 t. IS
Than cats sing like Tomassol 7.7 =
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MISS ASHBELL.

e z ~
CONSERVATION was depicted on the
faces of the family group assembled to
hear it, when | finished reading the lee
ter I had just received from aunt. .a...s,
The group consisted of myself Mary,
eldest daughter of the house and hearth
brown, dark-eyed, tall, and 10; Helen,
not quite as brown, hazel eyed, almost
as tall, and 16; Will, browner, darker
eyed, q head shorter, and 10; and Car-
rol, towering above us all, blue-eyed,
fair-haired, golden lnnstached, and 81.
Aunt was, in fact, our great-aunt,
sister of our fathers m0ther, but the
only aunt, great or little, that we had
ever known. We had met her but two
or three times during our lives, as she
lived in PARKWAY Illinois, and was too
much occupied with grains and herds to
think OF frequent visiting, and we-well,
we were too poorly provided with gold
and silver to be able to take long and
expensive journeys. So what little WIS.,
iting there had been had been on aunt's
side, with one exception, and then z
was the visitor. It was when / was
about Is this short and memorable visit
took place. Yielding to aunt's repeated
solicitations was her namesake-I
started from home with the intention of
spending the summer months on the
Illinois farms / arrived there safely.
was welcomed heartily, and entertained
right royalty; but before q week had
passed away had grown so tired of the,
seeming boundless1ess of every rEif6;
and longed so for the little. cottage and
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The ForgetfulHess Of Pain.

tits wonderfully easy to forget pain.
We often thought there was sort. Of
witness to Immortality in the strange
fact that while emotion remembered is,
to some extent, emotion experienced,
sensation is never really remembered at
all. Whatever belongs to the body
seems to bear the stamp of mortality
itpasses at once into the region Of OBJ
1ivion when we are delivered from its
pressure. How different is the relation
of memory to the maladies of the soul!
Place the unkindness of long years ago
side by side in your recollection Of the
toothache OF last week, and you feel at
once that you are comparing living
thing and dead thing. The unkind-
ness, whether remembered by him who
felt or inflicted it, is living reality, po-
tent to reopen and envenom the wound
it had made q The toothache is gone. as
If it had never been. To this fact, we
are convinced, must be traced the COM
mon assumption that any degree OF
bodily suffering would be chosen rather
than severe pain Of mind. What PEG
pie mean in saying this is,n no doubt,
that they would rather remember phys.
ical than mental pain, and, of course, a
short experience Of the pain which leaves
20 trace is to be preferred to an equally
short experience of the pain which
leaves q profound trace But we are
considering the case of one who knows
that this fierce companion will not quit
his side till the clay which gives it its
power is laid in the grave, and no sui.
ferer, we think, is to be set by his side.
The deadliest mental anguish allows
some respite, when the body claims its
due; an undying grief does not prevent
some faint CLEANS of pleasure when
4sleepcomeson after fatigue or hunger
and thirst are relieved. But there is no
converse to the picture. An uninter-
mittent pain of body, when very severe,
leaves room for nothing but itself
Spectator.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-10-17

PRUSSIA has what is said Q a y
exterminator of the Colo esao -
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glishMsss@~.fa NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
what pse D vino ut Rsrs pTp ~ q
start in business, teokstlM et@aT fingered a
few months and died leaving, Heaven knows
why, his only child, d daughter, who will
eventually be mt to- be-snifed at airess,
to my care. Having been delfcateiy reared
in the midst of devotion and tenderness,
this place, only suited to bold, strong ma
lures, is little too rough for her. II So she
desires-at least desire for ber-a home in
the North, and wish that home to be with
you. ~ a.esesfft'.a 'tas esssasa -sessta3f,'
My niece Mary, who inherits the DISPOSE.
ton of her father to great degree-and he
would have gone out Of his way any day to
give even dumb brute pleasure-will, I am
sure, be kind to her. Carol will love her
for her beAuty, il for nothinka Else, and tie
rest OF You viii love her beeatlsN she f. most
ioyable. Her maid will secoaneany her.
At present her affairs are Id fangle, but
l hope to unravel them in the course of a
few months, and then eyyu will. be. recon-
pensed for whatever extra expense she may
cause you. ], would inclose q check at mes
emit writing, but all my funds are invested in
speculation from Eeth I expect to reap
much profit. Do the best you can until you
hear from mesagaih ,mhenh via farther i'm.
fold my plans in regard to Miss Ashbell,
who, by-the-bye, starts Tomorrow.
sYv.ex e1 .a1SwafI AINT.3.q7
No wonder con sternation and dismay
weredepieted fevery codntenance when
I ceased reading this letter. NJ wonder
we looked gaspingly at each other.
What In the world were we to do with
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before the bureau, and we turned an old
table-cloth into napkins, and bought q
newnapkintring and two or three cut
fglass goblets and a lovely china cup and
saucer, and when all was done, waited
with anxious hearts for our unwelcome
guest. ar17 tt f,is =
Mother had shut herself up ia her
Efoom early in the morning of the day
we expected her,, and had remained
there; and the rest Of us were all as un-
comfortable as poor, proud, shy, sensi-
tive people could be at the thought of q
perfect strangers ingress into the very
heart Of their hnnae, and wishing audi
bly, and inaudibly that Miss Ashbell's
father had never broug ht her from Eng
land, when, as the sun sank in the west,
and a cool summer: breeze, fragrant
with the breath of the roses, lifted the
curtains Of our coy bay window, car
riage stopped at our door.
"She's come, and I'm gone" said
Will, flinging down his book and rush
ing out into the garden.
Carol rose from his chair, ran his
fingers through his golden hair, and
sRlanced in the mirror at his new blue
+ silk neck tie. Helen sank back on the
lounge with a sort of groan; and l
opened the parlor door as Betty went
muttering through the entry in answer
to the bell. ..'.--a
Z els it Mrs. Carmody's?" asked a
pleasant voice, with yes, it was slight
brogue.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
AcaEfnrnfa Mfninn Sforn.

Not many miles from Shasta City, says
the San Francisco Bulletin, is the gulch
OF which the following mining story is
told. 1t is a pretty deep ravine, with
rocks showing all the way up the sides.
Gold in paying quantities had been
found along the stream, but it seemed to
disappear few feet from the channel.
One day, while gang of busy men were
toiIIng IN the stream. q stranger, eVl:
IDENTITY green at mining, came along and
leaned on ragged elbows to watch, with
protruding eyes, the results of their toll.
The miner nearest him took out i've
dollar nugget, and anxiety overcame the
greenhorn. "S-a-a.y," he asked, "where
can go to diggin' to find it like that p
The hardy miner stopped his work,
and, giving The wink to oil the boys, 80
that the Joke should not be lost, pointed
up on the barren rocks where no gold
had ever been found. aye see that
rough lookin' placer "Yes, yes" said
the new hand. !"Well, thar it is rich.
Jes ye stake out claim, an go Ter work,
an when we finish here we'll come up,
too" Then the new hand thanked the
honest miner, and the boys all grinned
appreciation of the joke. That after
noon there was a solitary figure picking
away on the slope, and every time the
miners looked up they roaTed with
laughter. But about the next day the
greenhorn struck q pocket, and took ont
something like $4,000 in few minutes.
Then innocent to the last, he treated
all around, and thanked the miner who
sent him up there, and took his money
and went down into the valley and
bought him farm. Then the unhappy
miners arose, leaving their old claims,
and dotted that hillside for days But
there were no more pockets anywhere.
The whole thing reads just Ike the
traditional fairy story. But then ] saw
the gulch. Much more unbelievable
things have happened in the mines.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Strs1otb Of Insects,

The following are striking illustrations
of the superhuman strength with when
the commonest insects are endowed.
The common flea, as every one knows,
will, without much apparent eHorti Jump
two hundred times its own length, and
several grasshoppers and locusts are
said to be able to perform leaps quite as
wonderful. In the case Of the lnsecI
they scarcely excite our notice but II q
man were eoolly to take standing leap
Of three hundred and eighty odd yards,
which would be an equivalent exeruon
Of muscular power, perhaps our admir-
ers of athletic sports might De rather
startled at such performance.
Again. for a man to run ten miles
within the hour would be admitted to
be a tolerably good display of pedes-
trianism; but what are We to say to the
little fiy observed By Mr.. Delisle, $50
minute as almost to b. invisible" which
ran nearly six inches in q second, and
in that space was calculated to have
made one thousand and eighty steps?
This, according to calculation, is as if q
man whose steps measured only two teet,
should run ct the incredible rate OF
twenty miles in minute. Equally sur
prising are the instances Of insect
strength given by Mr.. Newport. The
great stag-beetle, which tears on the
bark from the roots and the branches Of
trees. has beer known to gnaw hole,
az inch in diameter, through the side of
an iron canister in which he was con-
fined. and on which the marks Of its
Jaws were distinctly visible, as proved
by Mr.. Stephens, who exhibl',d d the
canister at one Of the meetings Of the
chronological Society,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Ratki10 in Public.

As we were about to leave, says a Jap
anese correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times, lady of elegant attire and
attended by female servant bearing
her toilet apparatus, and another, with
other luxuries of bath, entered. Our
new arrival, after giving some directions,
with the assistance Of her maid began
TO arrange herself for the bath. With
her maid she neatly folded and laid
away on q cloth in q clean place each
particle of her apparel as It was re-
moved. First her silken robe, then the
flowing goWn-hke robe Of purple, then
the neither garments Of white, until We
reached natures own. As gently as q
zephyr playing upon the foliage Of the
trees she stepped along toward the
water. Her beautifnl-rounded form and
poetry of motion would have been
worthy Of the sculptoI's Chisel. A beau
tihll-rounded ankle and pretty foot.
vaguely visible beneath the larninated
folds Of dozen skirts would set the
whole community agog at home; while
e whole form, nude as nature and more
beautiful than an angel, would not 50
much as attract q passing glance in
Sepap,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Whole Number 1900.
4 Remarkable Lady Scientist.

| The most remarkable lady scientist IN
this country at the present time, is Mrs.
Simeon II. Smith, the wife of a gentle
man residing in jersey City. She was
educated at Mrs. Wizards famous Troy
seminary, and after her marriage resided
some wears in Chicago. Her taste for
abstruse studies early found expression
in a collection of shells and minerals,
which was the germ Of what is now one
of the finest private collections IN the
| United States and valued at $25, 900 or
more. 1t comprises, among other treas
ures, over one thousand choice miner
ais, as many fossils, and about one hun
dTed precious gems. Mrs. Smith was
nearly one year in the. school of mines
in Freiburg, Saxony, the most celebrated
institutions of the kind in Europe. where
she associated with many Of the learned
scientists of the day. In that vicinity
she procured numerous and rare yalu-
able specimens of silver ores, of arsenic.
spars, etc. Into some of the mines of
Europe she descended over one thou
sand eight hundred feet-in one in
stance went down in a bucket. She
obtained very rare specimens from the
Hartz mountains, and the least of which
is beautiful fsh-lizard-the Ichthy-
osaurus-some three feet long. She has
also large number of fossil fishes, col
lecteu from various localities. Her suit
Of coppers Is very complete; cobalt and
all metallic ores agates of every variety.
one specimen is foot in circumference: !:
onyx; malachite; lapis lazuli, and
rhodenite in exquisite forms. One curl
osity is a perfect lizard in amber.
Mrs. Smith is perfectly familiar with
every feature of her vast cabinet, and
imparts information in a clear and COM
prehensible manner. She possesses a
remarkable memory, and is highly cul-
tivated on all general topics. She has
contributed many valuable articles to
scientific publications. She is q fine
hnguist, has been exceptionally success
ful in tTanslatiOns from the French and
German, and is at present engaged on
the translation of work from the
French. She is q member of the Amer
lean association for the advancement Of
science, and she was the first lady mem
Der of the academy of sciences of New
York. She entertains generously in her
pleasant home on Pacific avenue In
Jersey City. During the past winter she
has given a series of literary and musical
entertainments which have drawn many
celebrities from New York as well as
New Jersey, her guests often numbering
as many as two or three hundred. She
has four promising sons, one of whom
is at present in Columbia college. She
is a lady in middle life, little above
the average height, with a pleasant
open countenance, agreeable mannersS
and is one of the most noble-hearted
and benevolent Of women.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Use, and Abusaa of the Bath.

The following is an extract from DIR.
Reamy's lecture on the " Uses and Abuses
of the Bath" delivered before the Fac
ulty and students of the Ohio Medical
College:
Important as it is to keep these
millions of sudatory ducts open, it is
very questionable whether lavish use
of soap and scrubbing-brushes has a
tendency to do so. In fact. the contrary
may be presumed, for the application Of
soap to the outside cutiele, scrubbed
well into the pores with rough brush,
must rather block the capilIaries that
open them. The application of very
warm water surcharges the skin with
blood, while that of very cold water
drives back the blood, and contracts
the capillaries.
There are other reasons, however,
Why soap and scrubbing-brushe are
not only unnecessary to heae3h, but even
inimical to it. The outer cuticle, or
searfskin, of the body, is composed of
the same material as the nails, although
the fiber is ssomwhat differently arranged.
1t is, in fact, the enamel Of the skin,
and its proper preservation gives to the
skin of a beautiful woman the ivory
finish so much admired. It is the pro-
lection of the skin beneath. But, like
the substance Of the nails, it must be
painlessly scraped or rubbed off easily,
if one keeps scrubbing long enough.
Under the miscroseope it is scaly like
the skin of fish and these scales may
be easily scraped away. Nearly all soap
contains strong alkalies, which soften
the epithelium or scarfskin, and renders
it easily. removed by rough scrubbing.
A strong flesh brush, rough towel and
hot water, are all wonderfully efica-
cious in removing this protecting men,
brane, but are wholly unnecessary to
health and cleanliness. The only really
healthy and proper water bath costs
little or nothing, and can be taken at
home. Some say they have no time TO
take bath, but this only requires eight
minutes before breakfast, which every
one not inordiuately lazy can take. Go
to q timer and get him to make you a
tin tray about two inches deep and
eighteen inches square, This will cost
about sixty cents. Then buy q sponge,
which will cost you about q quarter.
With the tin-pan, the sponge, and gal
lon of water, you have all the require
ments for an excellent bath, and every
person should take such bath daily.
1t is only necessary to sponge yourself
thoroughly from head to foot, and wipe
dry with a soft towel. The exercise of
doing this ones self-no one else should
do tits excellent. The water should be
about the same temperature as the
atmosphers. If you are healthy and
strong. but If the weather is intensely
cold. tepid water may be substituted.
But the bath should not be taken with
the window open or in a current of air,
and the water shOuld be the same tenn
rernture as the atmosphere in the
room.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Sfoo a M,1vts.

Don't hurry so. Move slower; it may
be that you will go surer. Grind, grind,
grind, one everlasting grind, from five
o'clock in the morning till ten at night,
chasing the bubble of human riches.
What is the need, pray tell meP You
already have enough and even more
than you can use. You are heaping up
wealth for others to waste or quarrel
over when you are dead; and half your
heirs, instead of remembering you
gratefully, will contemplate your de-
parture from this huTrying scene with
infinite satisfaction. Do rest awhile.
You are wearing out the vital forces
faster than there is need, and IN this
way subtracting years from the total
sum Of your life. This rush and worry
day after day, this restless anxiety after
something you have not got IS like
pebble stones in machinery; they CRATE
and grind the life out of you. You have
useless burdens; throw them of. You
have great deal of needless care drop
it. Pull in the strings; compact your
business y Take time for thought OF
better things. Go out into the air and
enjoy the sunshine. Stop thinking of
business and profit. Stop grumbling at
adverse fortune. You will probably
never see much better times than these
in this doomed world. Your most OPP
perfume season is now; your happy DAY
is to-day. Calmly do your duty, and let
God take care of his own world. He is
still alive, and is the king. Do not
imagine that things will 60 to the ever
lasting smash when you disappear nom
this mortal stage. Don't fancy that the
curse of heaven, in the shape Of the
vain task of righting up a disointed
earth, is imposed on you. Cease tofnet
.an6 fume; cease to jump and Eorry
early and late. The good time is com.
ing, but you can never bring it; God
can, and will. Take breath, sir; sit
down and take long breath then GO
calmly to the tasks of lifeSand do your
work well.