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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-18
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treatment and the show of ;ntaras,
IN their welfare; but leaves them to the
control of their own messmates, removed
from them not by education and superior
worth, but only by higher pay and exemp
ton from certain duties, And in this neg
leet of the soldier by his commander, and
the brutality of the corporals and ser
geants, we get at the secret of the aston
ishing desertion from the army of the
United States, which for years averaged
10000 a year.
The people, through congress and Of
their own patient vigor, have Tor over five
years been struggling with the mischiefs
generated ay the great civil war and left in
their political and social life after it ended.
The wars necessary Imitation of the cur
rency, Its inevitable expansion of the credit
system, its teverish stimulus to industrial
production, have each and all borne their
oread fruits; and the nation has by reason
OF them been brought to sore distress and
humiliation, but not to disbursement
The tremendous process of readiusting
values Is nearly completed throughout the
republic. The meeting on level Of the
worth OF the governments promise to paw
dollar, and dollar in gold, Is almost
come. The harmony between supply and
demand is already established in our man
ufactures. Economy in family exnendi-
ture is a reestablished responsibility
throughout the land. The nation has
nearly corrected all the ills of its
terrible civil war. An army of oyerpaid
othcers, however, obstinately remains, and
an utterly useless navy to give necessity to
a crowd of commanders and sinecurists |
survives as plague. 1t is monstrous that
1t should require a greater effort and |
longer struggle to reduce the army towhat |
the nation needs, than it does to restore
specie payments after perfect thraIdoln
of paper money issued In a flood of thous |
ands OF millions Of dollars, But it has got
to be done. And we say again to the house
committee on military affairs, the people |
require you forthwith to put an end to the
national scandal of an army composed of
officers; of an army of eight combatant
soldiers to one officer; of an army estab-
llshment that, in fact, is almost wholly a
civil pension list; of an army that is the
costliest in proportion to its numbers of
any in the world; of an army that is not
needed beyond ten thousand men; Of an
army that, beyond that number, oppres
sively and wickedly taxes the resources of
an impoverished people, Again We urge
you to do your duty. Reduce this army
to 10000 men, and muster out of service
every officer not strictly necessary to that
military establishment!-N Y
San.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-18
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in Short every possible form and variety of Sexual
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Medical Treatise price 80 cents; the Vado Meeum
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-18
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OPINIONS OF PRESS

ASAAA5S
N'ona S. Louis Globe DemocTGs1
Or. WHITTIER, GIT Sc. Charles street, req
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engaged in the treatment of chronic diseases
than any ether physician in the city. Nervous
debility, blood diseases, all in1pediments to
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-18
A Perfect Toilet SOAP.


First among the requisites Of the toilet Is a good
article OF Soap, but to procure it ia always an
easy matter. Many of the most expensive Soaps in
the market are made from coarse and deleterious
materials and their delicate Colong and fragrant
perfume too often conceal the most repulsive I'M
purities. The disclosures recently made pubic
regardlhg TINS SUBJECT are positively startling, and
deserve serious consideration. Scented Soaps are
now known to be extremely Objectionable, especial
y If applied to the head injuring the hair, irrita
ting the scalp, and inducing severe headaches The
character of the ingredients may be inferred from
the statement of a gentlemen who makes the scent
ing of Soaps his business he recently declared that
persons engaged in this employment were short
lived; from seven to ten years being the longest
period during which the occupation could be fol-
lowed.
The difficulty of procuring perfectly pure arti-
Gle of toilet soap is at last obvated, however,
thanks to the enterprise and chemical skill of Mr..
D. L. Rabbit, of New York, the worid-renowned
soap Manufacturer, whose immense establishment
ls by lar the greatest of the kind in the United
States. The renoWn of Mr.. Rabbits various pro-
auctions has for many years been widely dissem-
mated, but this latest is the appropriate
crown to the numerous victories already achieved.
After years of patient labor and scientific expert
ment, Mr.. Babbitt has succeeded in perfecting the
composition of the firest toilet soap intro
ouced. The principal ingredients are the purest
vegetable oils; the manufacturing processes are
entirely new and original, and the result is simply
unpara, leled in this department of industry.
q" B. T. Rabbits Toilet Soap is the @rade mark
by which this elegant toilet luxury is designated,
and for applications to the delicate skin of infants
children and ladies it is altogether unequaled in its
emollient properties. This Soap is not perfumed,
the ingredients being of such absolute purity to
require aid from chemistry to disguise inferior
materials. The most refined taste considers the
absence of artificial perfume the perfection of
sweetness, and this peculiar characteristic of B. 7.
Rabbits Toilet Soap renders it the most healthful
and agreeable article of the kind ever manufac-
tured.
Though specially desirable for the use of ladies
and children, this Soap equally appropriate for
gentemen's toilet, and as it makes heavy lathcr
it is also of the finest soaps for BARRIERS use.
II is just being placed upon the market, but the
demand for it will soon become general.-N. Y,
Tribune.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09

of the spectators. But one body bore any
resemblance to a human form. and even
this was horribly distorted, with the head,
arms and legs burned to crisp or removed
and the trunk partially eaten away by the
terrific heat. This is believed to be that OF
John Boyer. Smaller fragments OF bodies
were ranged in close proximity to the lar
GER trunk above described. Seven were
deposited altogether, one of which was
brought in an elevator bucket. The search
was industriously continued all through
the afternoon. The estimates of the num-
Der of dead based upon the bodies recov-
cred and those known to be in the mill and
inquiries for the Missing, place it at l6.
The smaller casualties of burns, bruises.
and wounds are numerous, and further de-
velopments may increase or decrease the
number Of dead. 1t is not likely all the
bodies will be recovered. The only bodies
identified are those of Jacob Rhodes, John
Boyer and Charles Wilbur.
The following is the valuation of the
mills destroyed: Washburn. six-story
stone building, 100000; Humboldt. SGO.-
100; Diamond, $4,000; Galaxy, SS5,0N
Zenith. $4,000; Petit, Robinson & Co.,
$4,000.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
THE BANKRUPT LAW.

BY an overwhelming vc,,. the Senate re,
pealed the bankrupt law. An attempt was
made TO modify ii, bat nothing would sat
lsfy but IN unconditional repeal. against
which there were but six votes. The
following is the text of the bill as il
passed.:
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United States Of
dmertcn IN Congress assembled: That the
bankrupt law. approved March 3. 1867. and
all acts In amendment or supplementary
thereto. or in explanation thereof, be and
the same are hereby repealed; a,rorided,
however. that sue! repeal shall in DO man
ner inyalidate or affect any case in bank
ruptcy instituted and pending in any court
prior 10 The dry when this act shall take
effect. but rs 10 all such pending eases, and
ail future proceedings therein, the acts
hereby repealed shall .cOnbnVe in full force
and effect until the same shall be fully dis
pOsei Of in the same manner us il said acts
hal not been repealed.
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statement by saying that in view of OF
present record ON improvement and til
ruling prices of wool. II think sheep {
: ordinary quality would be more protitab
for u.s. When said this, did not advo
cate the raising of poor stock, for l b
lieve in raising the best quality of all kind
OF stock.
In regard to the comparison Of annua
revenue from cattle and sheep am salts
fed that the general opinion will agree
with what have previously said that Oh
steers of ordinary quality at present price
grow five dollars year per head OF bee
alone, saying nothing cf stock cattle
work cattle. and dairy cows. which pro
duce a great deal more. and believe l dc
not underestimate when l calculate the
annual revenue of sheep of ordinary quail
ty at one dollar per head.
1t cannot be disputed that piece Of pas
ture, capable of supporting steer long
time, will last five head of sheep for a short
time only. To offset the smooth state
ment Of Mr. Christian which Mr.. Edwards
quotes to show the enormous profits OF
sheep raising. need only refer him to a
statement published in the Rural Press. Of
California. year since, of a man offering
his entire herd. composed Of ten thousand
head of sheep, for one thousand dollars
just ten cents per head. This man and Mr..
Christian must have differed somewhat
when figuring up their profits.
In the case Of death which Mr. Edwards
makes appear on cattle as total loss. my
honest opinion Is that there !, little or 10
profit in dead animals, whether cattle or
sheep. Sheep are just as liable to die as
cattle. and a little more so. The profit de-
rived from dead sheep Will not amount 70
more than that derived from dead cattle, in
proportion to the number of deaths. and
especially is this the case when the scab
carries Off Tie sheep, leaving them very
poor and naked.
If we are demanding an improvement on
our present system Of stock growing, it is
not with the view of depriving
any speciality from its right to the advan-
tagcs offered lis by nature. My object in
writing is to help devise some system that
will help us in e,lr present condition. and
more so to avoid confusion and trouble in
the future; as our neiyhbors have had
trouble, we have good reason to apprehend
he same here. The sheep have certainly
rot some right to our ranges. and it is to
our interest to own rs many OF them us
We can fairly accommodate. but the idea
by some of our papers. that the
heep should remain unmelested by any ;
fher kird of stock, when they have got {
II the advantages and could turn all the
attic ont Of the country if they were per-
nittcd to- is like placing the plow before
he horse and trying to- make it work in ,
hat way. 1t should be the cattle that
hould remain unmolested by the sheep as
is everywhere else. We are lie mandng A
lis here in reasonable time SO it will NOS
.use any misunderstanding among stock
rowcrs and avoid provocation and con-
let as much as possible. e
CHARLES ANCENEY. q
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ma. They are supposed TO nilfhoer 'oo,
urder the direction OF Col. Muhozc' %
Escobedo's staff. 1t is the programme 10,
a party to cross near Rio Grande Clty anu
take Comargo, but it is not believed 'hey
will be able to do so. The garr1sons a'
Almier and Matamoras are expected to pro-
nounce against Diaz.
SAN ANroN1A, Texas. May Am ofnciai
telegram TO General Ord says that revoit'-
ton has broken out in the States OF Du-
range and Nervoon. General 1reVaho
was ordered to quell the garrisons at Ma
tamoras and Mier. and is said to be on the
point of pronouncing against Diaz. There
is great excitement on the lower no
Grande. EscObedO is there.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09

+ ment of work at the Montana Wooler
; Company's mill in the Jefferson valley
f The company have an agent East, and the
e machinery will be shipped as soon as the
; arrangements for transportation can be
: completed. Everything at the works is
5 ready for its reception and erection, and ii
will be put in place Immediately upon its
arrival, when the company will at once en-
ter into the business of manufacturing
wooden goods for the home market.-Madi-
sonian.
Some impecunious person tapped the till
in Billy Wilson's saloon last Friday night
for about $50. The place where the mon
ey is kept during business hours is in a
drawer within easy reach OF person
standing on the outside of the bar, and it
is supposedit was taken while the barkeeper
was busy at some duty taking him from the
bar. Mr.. Wilson Immediately sent an Or
der to Helena for the patent combination
spring and bell money till, which will take
the place of tie common one now in use.
And this should be Il warning to others
who keep money in convenient tills during
business hours. The fellow who visited
Wilson may try the game somewhere else.
One Of those patent drawers is rs good as
a safe in a case of this kind. 1t is Il mere
scratch if the thief gets the drawer open
at all, and if he does happen to touch the
keys right an alarm is sounded that may |
be heard all over the premises. - Butte
Miner.
Mr.. Thomas Andrews. of Missoula. Wa
tornd lic team last Monday in a way that
he doubtless despised. The horses are
spirited and speedy, and Tom was sending
them down the road at Il rafting pace.
when they became frightened ut some In
dian lodges and SHED Oft so suddenly as
TO throw them down the cmbankment and
into the MissOula riIer-which at this
point is both deep and swift. The buggy
struck the wafer first. throwing a COM
plete sonersault over the horses. and it is
needless to remark that the driver got out.
rom held on to the lines till tie horses
began to sW i'm. when, not liking so much ,
water in his. he let go of the rlducr, and
watched their progress. The horses struck
,ut CALAMITY for the other shore. and only
stopped when thev forced the tongue into
he opposite bank. Mr.. Andrews hurried |
'ack to town. procured saddle horse. ;,
nd quickly rode to the landing place, :.
where he found the team awaiting him. ;.
he buggy looked az if it had attended a :,
Bitter Root wedding, one of the horses
nd received an ugly cut OH the shoulder, =
nd the other was comparatively uninjur-
i. 1t was mighty close call for both :.
ON and his m.-Nissouh,m. =
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
The Fasni inc in China.

New YORK, May "A correspondent OF
the Eccning Post, writing from Tokia under
date of April 9th, sends the following: The
famine in the north Of China RACES with in
creasing severity, and the most dreadful
reports come from the afflicted regions. In
one town a man opened Il shop for the sale
of human flesh. and did a good business in
cannibalistic joints and roasts till the local
Mandarin caused him to be arrested and
beheaded.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
Washington News.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-The Treasury has
not yet accepted tie offer of tire proprietor
OF the Bonanza silver mines to furnish all
the silver bullion that the govern mont may
need at the Carson City and San francisco
minis at London quotations. The matter
is still under consideration.
Orders have been sent to the Va, ious
mlnts and sub-treasurics to pay out the 90
cent silver pieces. There is S25O.O0O in
these coins outstanding.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
Mysterious killing of n Party OF
TrAEpera.

LINCOLN, Neb., May 3. Intelligence
reached here to-day that Luther Holbrook.
Herman Allen, and two brothers named
sutton, who were encamped some two
months ago on Dismal river for trapping
and hunting purposes, had been found
dead with bullet holes through their heads.
\ neighbor named Hargraves, who had
threatened them, is suspected of the
crime. Parties have gone out to inves,i-
gate.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
Eighty Thousand British Volunteers.

LONDON, April 29.-At Il meeting to-
night OF tie committee to promote the
organization Of the Active Service Volun-
ieer Army, two Generals, five Colonels ard
nany members of Parliament joined the
co. nmittee. Thirty officers and 800 men
yesterday significd Il willingness to join the
force. and many were enrolled to-day.
The otal number Of volunteers so far is
about $4,000.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
railroad EarninEs-Tse Cost OF the
AShtabNiN Disaster.

CHICAGO, April 30.-!The annual report
OF the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad for the year 1877 shows: Freight
earnings, So,47G,GOS; passenger earnings,
203,l9G; other earnings, s525,35l; total.
Sl3,503,l oS. Increase in the net earnings
over last year, $4,000. President VAN
derbilt says that Of the 90 persons killed
by the Asiltabnla disaster, SO have been
settled for, and OF the 81 wounded, IS have
been settled for. This absorbed S453, 500
OF the earnings.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
Telegran1S.
Oncnins the Exposition.

PARIS, May mo accident was report
ed yesterday, although it is estimated that
5OO, 900 persons visited Champ de Mars and
Trocadero. 1t is computed that 800, 900
foreigners are now in the city.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
British Agent Murdered.

CALCUTTA, May Cooper, the British
political agent at Bhamo, in the kingdom
of Burmah. and two Sepoys, have been
murdered by the Sepoy guard. The assas-
sins have been arrested. There is no reason
to suppose that the assassination was the
result OLA native political plot.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
rcZ Perez Indians

CmcAGo. May 2.-Seyeral Nez Perez In
dians 1sss'd through here to-day en- route
to Canada. where they vii! have talk with
the indians who have left their rescrya-
tons and agel. cies, and will urge them to
return.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
New Russian Ambassador TO Turkey.

CoSsTANTINorLE May News of the
appointment Oh 'rince Labon otrto be Rus
sian EmbasSador to Turkey is confirmed.
Chalis P.lsha. not Isined Pas.la, is to be
Turkish ambassador to st. Petcrsburwil.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
Funeral Oh SC cretary Evarts' Son.

WINDSOR. fVtD srril 30.-rhe funeral
or WIN. Evarrs took place from st. rarI S
Church this forenoon. The Secretary and
Mrs. Evarts were bse.i. having been call
ed to New York by the dangerous illness
Of another son.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09

HAVANA, May 2. = Crcditable rumors
have prevailed since yesterday of the sur
render OF Maceo, the Cuban leader. 1t is
supposed that the government has such
intelligence, but defers its publication until
all the facts are known.
Cuban refugees continue to flock back
to the island. Over one hundred have lust
returned from Key West. The rl,mors of
the surrender of Maceo are received with
much qualification. An easier feeling pre-
walls among merchants and planters over
prospects OF complete pacification.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
Democratic Move ON Hayes Title.

CHICAGO, May 3.-The Journals Wash
ington special says: The Post says the
present arrangement is for Garrison N.
Potter to introduce in the House on Mon
day resolution Of investigation into the
Presidential election. The resolution will
be accompanied by the original documents
comprising the recent statements of McLn
and Dennis. 1t is proposed to have the
resolution so drawn as to cover the alleged
frauds in Louisiana, and in this connection
there will be submitted some afiilavits of
persons connected with the Returning
Board which have been recently PREPARED,
but have been withheld from the ,ublc
until the whole subject could be brought
before the House. Certain Democrats in
innate that these documents will create a
sensation, and not fall flat like the McLin
and Dennis statements.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
Another Revolutionary Party ON the
Rio Grande.

GALVESTON, TEXAS, May "A telegram
from General Sweitzer to General Ord
says the Mexican revolutionists crossed
from Texas into Mexico, OIL the night of
April Nth, at Petoma, Capote and La Pal
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09

anu slaves. Is that what we call The for
tune OF country? And even in Mexico.
where We should not 90 for Il pattern for
our civilization, libcral;ty and rights, some
who have been there. claim that they have
regulations even there. Sheep and goats
occupy tie poorest and toughest parts of
their ranges, while the cattle occupy the
best valleys and have easy access to water:
and that it is very easy to see more wealth
exists among cattle-growers than among
those who raise sheep alone.
An ancient writer says: "Shcep are the
most profitable cattle to keep Mr.. Ed
wards quotes this saying. Let us use this
same argument in regard to horses, and
we will then be left to depend on sheep
straight. As backward as some consider
us to be here in Montana we are not so
much behind as all that. and if we can only
keep the sheep in their proper place and be
able 10 guard against their accommodating
to too great an extent. we may never be
that bad of. We shall likely keep horses
and cattle to do our work. to help us in
marketing our products-yes, even mar
heting OUR wool for generations to come.
and perhaps be able TO teach our daughters
how to manufacture dairy produce with
scientific economy and care, SO they can
make rs good wives and mothers to the FL
ture generation rs their mothers have been
to the present, and teach all our children
that ali kinds of domestic animals are use
Iui and even necessary in their proper
place, especially for the complete success
Of agricultural pursuits, which are certain
ly the most valuable TO 4 country, being
the scul Of almost every industry.
In regard to sheep of an ordinary quail
ty being more profitable for us to keep, as
it read in my article in print, although Mr..
Edwards is right in making the assertion
appear as unreasonable. had qualified the