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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
ST. 1884. INC. ls74.
ALLAN HAY Co.,
Perfu1nerS,
INC. 1874.
ST. 1884
Soap & Candle ManufactureTs
FULL LINE or E4
TOILET FANCY SOAPS

ITS orOAQWay. s.s... So. NEW 1OhA-
Among the most beautiful OF the British pro-
auctions In the departments OF Wax and Candle
Works OF the Great Exhibition are the Ozokerit
Candles OF j. G. q Z. Field, London They include
o large variety of colorr and Sizes for the parlor
the boudoir and the banquet, but their puritp and
briliancy are wonderful, commanding universal
admiration. One kind lie marked 80 as to indicate
the hours of the night, certain length being burn
ed in certain time These beautiful candles may
be seen ut the Allan Hay Company Depot. 11ss
roadway, who are sole agents for the Uuited
ytAtaa.-tNew York Observer
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An undsniable Truth.

Use Elixir of Honey for Asthma and
Bronchitis. jyld&w
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HARRISON PAINTER,
Ia

Price $500. Address Specific Medicine
Co., st, Louis, Mo.
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ROCK ISLAND d MERCER CO., 2. 3.
Leave Rock Island at 90 .. m and $40 p. m. Ar
irving ct Gable ct 1850 q. m, and $3.50 p. m.
Leave Cable at $50 q. m, and 1915 p. Arriving
at Rock Island at Sis q. m, and 2:20 p. m.
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Railroad Time Table.
CHICAGO. socK ISLAND J PACIFIC !.
wrsTxRs UNION RAILROAD.

FOR RACINE q MILWAUKEE,.
5es4f a LEAVE ARRIVE
Oay Express and Mail sos An $50 Pm
Night Express. ............1O:1b p n sos An
The night express leaving Rock Island every
Sunday night at 015 connects with the train arri
wing in Chicago early Monday morning. No lay
over checks given on through tickets from Rock
STAND to Chicago. Through tickets only good on
this tram. s-..'Fes
G., B, q q. 3. z.
st. Louis Mail. 500 AN. s:45 A. n.
St. Louis Express. ........7:00 p N. $40 p. NJ.
Sterling Accommodation. $50 P. N. $50 A. NJ.
Mendoza Accom- on. ......6:45 A. n. 500 r. N
LEAVE. ARRIVE
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RocR ISLAND D PEORIA RAILWAY.
SHORTEST ROUTE TO IHE EAST AND SOUTH
LEAVE ARRIVE.
Thro'h F'ht 8 90 g. m Galva Ac s:55 a, m.
Nail q Ex. I'55 p. m. Mail q Ex. 100 D. m.
Galva Ac. sos D. m. Thro'h F'ht 4:45 D. m.
The 1850 p m train makes close connection at
Galva with G BSS @ for points west; arriving at
Galesburg at 500 p m; at Burlington 7:15 m; at
Keokuk 9:25 m; and at Quincy $40 p m also
making close connection at Peoria with B & W
and T P & W roads for all points east and south.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

Z n MIXED CARDS. with name, by mail, fAr%o
~ ST ARCHER, Troy, N IVOkS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-12

CosT OF FENCEs-Mr. Thomas j. Edge
Secretary Of the Pennsylvania State Board OF
Agriculture, has been looking into the fence
question as affecting the interests of farmers in
that old settled State. He says: The average
of the whole farm land Of our State shows that
the fences cost at IA rate Of 81, 12425 to each
hundred acres OF 9j2 rods, at Sl15 per rod
making the total cost of the fences of the State
$119,S34, 404 enclosing an area Of ID, 134, 641
acres. 1t is estimated that the repairs cost
$6.32 per hundred rods or $9,SS3, 0lS annually
BY the same data it would seem that our ma
tiona fences cost the country 81 ,549,93l
and that in round numbers the value of our
national live stock, the cost of our fences, and
our Understanding national debt may be rep
resented by nearly the same figures; or in 9th
er words, it requires one dollars worth of fence
to keep one dollars worth Of farm stock IN
place.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-12

WELcKEpT FARMs.-A well ordered farm,
well chosen stock, comfortable buildings a
neally-kept garden, roadway or entrance way
gates well hung, fences well kept, shade trees,
ornamental shrubbery, paint withoutand white
wash within-all these are worth more to a
farmer i'll money value than few hundred
dollars carefully scraped together and jealous
ly boarded and loaned to needy neighbors at
interest. No investment pays so well IA money
judiciously spent in farm improvements.
Draining wet land will pay 80 to 100 per cent.
on its cost every year; good stock will pay
equally we'll GOOD roads will turn their cost
every year; Il gate will save its cost in u short
time; Il good fence may save its whole cost IN
one night a well-kept garden, a neat lawn,
orchard and shade trees, which need not cost
500, have added ten times that amount to the
value Of Il farm, and the comfort and sclfre-
spcct gained through the outlay for these and
from their possession are worth more than the
cost.--N. \. Times.
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ro,g,o,, ro;,or,ts,n nf thn many o1yontorns
of G,II nIn,y;n,, seems desirable toinducc farm.
ar, in Gnnor,i IN odon, il in their practicr The
most i,,nortnn, mart of all cultivation IS done
nv N,,rrn md If the farmer will but nlow his
Salds ~ ,ho ,,ii she will work nil winter mi
,,ori,in, ,,yce,cn,nc and nrcn,rin~ the soil
Co. r,,SS,o orono Win hor ,bocb.nicoI and
chon,ical fnrcrs She will do more in fnrming A
nronar "neJ' ned far the .nrinr nj,nting thon
baIff in1en ninwings wnmId earrt in snring.
,;,na VIII no, eyer f,rmor 10 his hrmhIe
mort i, assisting Naturs IN dcveIon the nro.
Effectiveness nf tlold and o.rd.ry
Subjected os we nre IN rim. h,n.ful effects of
severe drouobts evcrv vcor for nerlods of
longer ar shnrt.r duration and frenueptlv fol
Io,yinp Immediately unon a wet ,nring il il
desirable IN vet Tho crnns in a, the earliest nos
chic mnm.nt in the .nrin,, and tn cover tina
yronnI Mill v.,,,,n,i,n h.t0rc tho aims RAYS
hecomr ~ nnvrrrul in Mid of drought Uence
the NECESSITY Of fail nlowiny m advancing the
condition nnd nrrn,iu,iun of IN. soil 40 that
harrrnwIny and ni.n,iur may proceed AT AN
oorly L,tn Atpntimr !, # more convenient
for man and heast To i,r,,k mn sod land than in
tho ,utuu,n. and nm thr ,thrr hand no season
nY the vrsr i so tr,uyhl win pressing duties
nc Sn,i,r,im.
In nnuino WE sh,nId Aim =, quality rather
than ruantity since the nrime object IL the
omnl;aratinn of I'M. snil FIR the sncrcediny
crons-nlowipr az derp a, the soil will allow
without bringing nm over An inch or 80 of the
subsoIl ot n single onera,ion. holding small
furrovs and Isviny them mn at considerable
angle sn tbot the rain will not remain long at
the surface Nv such means We insure the
col, oil tbs honefts which The ch,nUes of tho
weather can nrnduce The stmosnbere will
nenntrotc becnu.. tho moisture can easilv 90
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-12

Next year we shall have not only cheap
bread, but also cheap cheese. The Americans,
who send us far finer cattle than we can breed
at home, and who are still improving their
herds by buying, at almost any price, the finest
of our breeding stock discover that they can
make cheese for the world, and they promise
us fine quality of Gruyere for threepence a
pound. They will beat Cheddar with better
Chediar; and as to Cheshire, the American
Cheshire will have no rival. They have not,
however, so far as | can understand, produced
an "old Stilton," but that is work of time
nor are they trying fancy chceses like Camcm-
bert and Rocquefort. These we shall have
when the plain English cheeses have all been
beaten out of the market. Good American
cheese at threepence pound, and more of it
than we want, is fine prospect.-LoHdon
Court JOuTltdi
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
Corrc.pOndence.

We shall he glad to receive, for publication
in tins department, short and pointed commu'
uicationS from farmers, gardeners, stock-iais-
$50 and others, ON any topic of general inter
ers to agriculursts. The name and postoihce
address should accompany each letter. not
necessarily for publication, but as II guaranty
of good faith 1t Is our purpose To open TINS
column to free exchange of experience and
opinions between its readers.
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Professional earns.
At ToRNEYS.

II a LII, Successor 10 Cameron & NJ
~. DOugall,) Attorney and Counselor ut Law ONCE ii
Glover Il Cooks Block, OTTAWA, III. Also United state
Commissioner. dcc2',6
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-12

Gen. Grant when in Moscow, attended a
.fete in a park where some acrobats performed
extraordinary feats. One of them placed tour
bottles on a high table and on top of these a
chair, which he balanced sideways while he
stood on his head on one corner of It. He
kept repeating this, adding one chair at a time,
until he got five on top of each other, and still
showed no signs of stopping. At length, Gen.
Grant got up and walked away, saying he
would rather read the death in the paper than
TO witness il.
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l.. THOMPSON, Attorney and Counselor
IL. Law. Office east of the Court House Square, Ottav
IllnoIs fchjI'
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ID r. LINCOLN, Attorney at Law. Office or
Ottawa III. juy3I;
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L. r. BULL, Attorney at Law. ONCE over CT
Il. Drug Store northwest of La Sale and Maids
streets, OTTAWA III. mayaU1'
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VISITING CARDS Shell Pearl 1pd Les .ss'ss
Oman & Hapemsn's, west OF Court House square.
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Proposals for Court House
and Jail Lot.

Persons Ottawa owning property which might b.
sercd and economical for the erection Of
Court House and Jail than the present Site Will please hand
10 County Clerk before the day OF November
next In sealed envelope description Of such property
with ne terms Of sale. MARTIN FLAHEETN.
Chairman IF Committee.
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BUSHNELL, GILMAN 81 COOK, Attor
ID neys Law. ONCE In Bushnells building, OF TIT
Court House. Ottawa, III. may2iI6-ly'
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-14

Mr.. Porter, of Chicago, read last Wednes-
day before the American Social Science Asso-
citation, sitting in Boston, paper ON "The
Monster of Debt" wherein he showed the ter
rible increase of debt, State and municipal,
in this country during the past ten years.
The municipal debts Of the cities Of The United
States are increasing, he showed, ut the rate
of $42, 900. 900 year, and now amount to about
81 ,O0o. OOO, 900, one-haH of the national debt.
The total expenses of these municipal gov
ernments are S220,000,00O annually, nearly as
much as the expenses of the federal govern
ment. The amount paid in interest on their
debts Is $60O000 900, and this interest Is in
creasing at the rate of 1000, 900 year.
Mr.. Porter deduces from this that when we
add to these municipal impositions the bur
den Of national and State taxation, the resi-
dents of cities are rapidly consuming their
capital, and that such q course WILL within q
short period of time, lead them to bankruptcy
and ruin. Here Is sufficient explanation, he
thinks of the difficulty our merchants expe-
rience In overcoming the existing financial
and Industrial depression, as compared with
the rapid power Of recuperation they exhib-
tied In the past, after a financial crisis.
The total assessed valuation of the cities
Of the United States Is $1,000, 100000, SO
that the property of their taxpayers
has been mortgaged for Is per cent of It's
value. At the present increase in municipal
indebtedness, this property will be mortgaged
for over 25 per cent. within the next decade
The municipal taxation per capita is highest
In Boston, but even in the lowest taxed city it
is far higher than in any country of Europe.
Geographically, the bulk of municipal in
debtedness is located in the Eastern States,
municipalities of the four Eastern States of
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Maine are indebted no less than S409, 100000
or nearly one-half the whole city Indebtedness
Of the Union. AS for State debts, the Western
States owe SO 80 per capita, the Eastern
States So, and the Southern States S22.
The showing is melancholy indeed, particu-
larly the fact that, although times are not inn
proving debts are steadily growing. Mr.. Por-
ter's remedy may sound somewhat strange to
some. Heproposes to remedy the evil by pol
tiles. He wants the merchants, shOp-keepers
and taxpayers to 60 into politics, to form
clubs, to vote at the primaries, and to carry
the elections. This, he declares, is the
only remedy for this growing evil OF
city debt and city expenses are he says
now the chief Issue in politics in every city,
and it behooves the merchant to make mis- influ-
ence felt in an issue that concerns him fully as
much as his own business relations. -,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-14
TO THE PUBLIC.

The undersigned have the honor to announce
that on or before the first day of February
1878, they will establish d twenty weight column
Democratic weekly newspaper in this city. to
be called the BATON ROUGE HERALD. the
subscription price to be 50 per year. in advance.
Our press and printing material are first class
In every particular, and are in position in the
office-rooms secured. Immediately opposite
the State House grounds, on North Boulevard
street. The mechanical work on the paper Is
already in process of execution.
In conclusion it may not be improper to add
that the HERALD will be devoted to the mate
rial, AGRICULTURAL educational social and po-
litical interests of the whole people. The peo-
pie demand q live newspaper, and we have re-
solved that they shall not ask In vain.
The political policy of the HERALD will be
marked by candor. justice and moderation. AS
a means of building up our waste places. we
will leave no leaf unturned to induce imnigra-
ton to our productive soil. too long idle and
blighted because of the presence Of the spoilers,
who, like the frogs of Egypt. have destroyed the
substance of noble people, who now, thank
Cod are fully restored to all their political
rights in that Union which will live after Radi-
cal vandalism has been forever banished from
the public memory. .s,..ar.. .--t.
We will thank our brethren Of the press for
prompt exchanges.
With great respect and kind wishes, the HER
AID will always be the public's friend and
obedient servant.
JOHN 81. STANARD.
Baton Rouge. La. Jan. 7, 1873. JAZZ At
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-14

The New York Tribune foresees a revival of
South Carolina Republicanism. A few months
ago it was thought that if there ever was a
dead party in the world, it was the Southern
Republican party, and particularly the South
ern Republican party Of South Carolina The
party was formed strictly on the color-lne; it
had been conducted on the worst principles of
theft and spoliation. The whole country had
just been treated, in the Carpenter and Car
dozo cases, to an expose of it's full inside work
ngs, and the fiercest Radicals Of the North
were compelled to admit every charge made
against their Southern allies.
These disclosures and the fact that they no
longer had their hands on the public treasury,
appeared to have completely disorganized the
Republicans of South Carolina They gave up
politics for some months and failed to vote or
to participate in any way in the elections.
Charleston county, although Boosting OFF large
negro majority, was carried by the Democrats
without opposition and half a dozen other
counties followed its example and returned
Democratic members to the Legislature in
stead of Republicans, as they had been in the
habit of doing since 1868 But a few weeks age
the paral yzed Republican party OF South Caro-
lima seemed to revive, and Beaufort county
was carried by 5000 majority for one of the
most impudent and extreme Radicals in the
State Two other elections within month in
Sumter and Georgetown counties produced
similar results, and every Republican candi-
date was elected by a large majority.
1t is true all these counties are negro coun
ties Georgetown and Beaufort by immense
majorities-and the Republicans therefore
might be reasonably expected to carry them
in any event, but the unpromising feature is
the fact that the elections were the regular ole
color-line elections of reconstruction. All the
candidates of the Republican party Were
negroes, and all the negroes voted solidly the
straight Republican ticket.
| 1t is this fact that makes tftsc elections lit
portant. Notwithstanding the efforts OF Presi
dent Hayes and of Gov. Hampton, the negroes
of Seuth Carolina are endeavoring. it appears
| to revive once again that color-line which they
equally with the whites have so much reason
to regret. The dangerous lethargy that always
comes after an exciting political contest is
seen in these elections. The white people OF
South Carolina, perhaps of Louisiana as we'll
have grown careless about politics, satisfied
with the victory Of last November, and by this
carelessness are apt to allow half the fruit
! then won to be seized from their hands. 1t is te
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-14
We direct attention to the communication in

We direct attention to the communication IN
another column signed ga Member OF the Cen
eral Assembly The proposition OF the writer,
that we open the columns OF the DEMOCRAT to
communications upon measures OF reform and
the discussion Of constitutional amendments,
Is in accord with the policy OF the DEMOCRAT.
We invite communications on these topics, and
shall print them whether we agree with the
views presented or not. Indeed, we desire to
make the DEMOCRAT the medium of commu-
nication between the people and the Legisla-
ture during this important session. The com
munication in this issue explains many facts
mot familiar to the public, and may be the
means of clearing away several popular
arroHs. The communication should be gener-
ally read,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-14

away from the influence of politics and polit-
cal dernagogues, they can, as rule, be relied
upon to take sensible action on any subject
that may come under their consideration.
The latest evidence of this fact is to be found
In the very clear and forcible series of resolu-
tions In opposition to the Bland silver bill,
passed by the New Orleans Clearing House
Association. The organization represents most
OF the banking capital of the chief commercial
centre Of the South New York Times.
:, 1t IS probably true as the Times asserts, that
the New Orleans Clearing House Association
represents most of the banking capital of the
chief commercial centre Of the South" that
is, it represents the organized interest Of the
national banks, which is one and the same
thing all over the country, in it's sympathes
and objects There is nothing in the action of
the association, however, That indicates a
breaking away" OF the "clear- headed and re-
sponsible business men of the South from
the influence of political demagogues," for
the clear-headed and responsible classes OF
Louisiana have never subordinated their indie
pendence of action to the schemes of dena-
gogues neither are they represented to any
great extent by the Clearing House Associa-
ton 1t is consequently an unwa1rantable
piece OF presumption in the Times to interpret
q protest of the bankers against remonetiza-
ton as an expression of public sentiment The
money monopolists are not the people.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-14

The Mississippi Legislature met last Tues
day, the day after ours assembled, and or
ganized One of the first acts Of the
Legislature will be to canvass the vote for the
two constitutional amendments submitted to
the people at the late election. Nor is this
easy work, for the question has become com
pcated and tangled beyond belief. and 1t
seems scarcely possible that the Legislature
will be able to dsentanglt it. The Constitution
demands that for the adoption of an amend
ncnt it shall receive u number OF votes equal
to a majority of the votes cast for members OF
the Lower House. AS the first amendment
manifestly did not receive sufficient votes, al
Enough it was almost unanimously voted for,
IL will certainly be counted as lost.
The second amendment, however, is one
which will require all the mathematical talent
OF the Legislature to determine whether it is
carried or not as it is a mathematical conun-
drum that would puzzle the Returning Board
itself 1t has been announced as having been
carried score of times and declared defeated
equally as often. The Aberdeen Examiner
thinks that in view Of the doubt on the subject,
il is probable that the Legislature will decide
that it was defeated; as the amendment pro-
be in future biennial instead of annual, it is
possible the Legislature will lean that way
What is majority of the votes cast for
members of the Legislature? In county
where there are three members elected, is the
vote alluded to the total vote cast for all, or
the average vutc cast fer eaeh, or the highest
ar lowest vote cast for any one OF the three:
Suppose, also, there are ten candidates fo1
these three offices, what is the vote that the
constitution provides should determine
whether the amendment is carried or not!
The vote for Governor is usually u fair de-
termination of the vote for members OF the
Legislature, but in Mississippi, at the late
election, it was not, for the reason that while
there was no opposition to the Democratic
State ticket, there was to the Democratic
Legislative ticket in a number of counties, II
il gessssble, therefore, to know exactly no"
many persons voted, how many voted loi