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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-10
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Douy, frequent headache dizziness, bad taste In
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-10
W orkingmen's Caucus.

The workingmen held Their ward caucus
last evening and nominated an alderman
for each ward and appointed delegates tt
city caucus to be held at the Reese Hous
to morrow evening, as follows:
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06
adjournment was amended to take place on
the 18th of June and adopted.

In the Senate, May 81, the debate was
opened upon the question of appropriating
five and half million dollars to satisfy the
claim of Great Britain on account of the
fisheries award. Although the award is re-
garded as exorbitant, the general sentiment
in the Senate is that it ought to be paid
promptly. Notice was given by Senator
Matthews that on Tuesday next, after the
morning hour, he will call up the Texas
Pacific Railroad Bill, and press it to final
vete, to the exclusion of all other business.
......... In the House, the Democrats expected
that the Republicans would throw as many
obstacles as possible in the way of the dop-
tion of The joint resolution appr priating
twenty thousand dollars to defray the e1-
penses of the Potter Investigating Com
mittee, but the resolution went through
smoothly this afternoon, Messrs. Hale and
Garfield advocating its adoption. Mr.. Sapp,
fir m the Committee ON Public Lands, re-
ported back the Senate bill for the relief of
settlers ON the public lands under the pre-
emption laws, in reference to computation
of time for perfectig title, and it passei.
Mr.. Springer was appointed on the invest :
eating Committee in the place Gf Mr.. Cobb,
who resigned.
In the Senate, June l, the bill to provide
freproof building for the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing and the mechanical
branches of the Treasury and other depart
ments, passed. 1t limits the cost to $500, 600.
and the cost of the site to S27 ,536. After
discussion the amendment of the House,
fixing June II as the day for final adjourn
ment, was concurred in--yeas, 3S; nays, II.
The concurrent resolu ion on the fishery
award was passed, authorizing the President
to pay the award after further correspOn-
dence with Great Britain, if he shall deem
that the National honor demands it.........
In the House, the following bills were
passed: A bill authorizing the Solicitor of
the Treasury, with the consent of the Secre.
tary of W ar, to cancel certain contracts for
the sa of land made at Harper's Ferry in
1869, to resell the same, and to sell or lease
all other real estate or riparian rights
owned by the United States at Harper's
Ferry; a bill changing the time for holding
the District Court for the Western Dis.
trict of Virginia; a bill to provide for hold
ing the United States District and Circuit
Courts at Kansas City (the bill divides the
Western District of Missouri into two judi.
| cial districts, the courts for the Western
division to be held at Kansas City,; bill
| dividing Colorado into three judicial dis.
tricts; a bill reorganizing the judicial dis
tricts of Michigan; bill for holding terms
of the United States District Court for the
district of West Virginia at Martinsburg.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06
NecrOmancers.

A Montreal detective has arrested two
" necromancers," Jean Sudan and Paul
Boone, under very singular circum-
stances. He found them at midnightin
gentleman's orchard heavily laden
down with beads and crosses, walking
round and round tree, the leader read
ing spells from an ancient Latin book by
the light of taper, while the other, hold
ing the leaders, coat-tail with one hand,
with the other cut and slashed at imag-
mary demons with sword. At last
they fell on their knees, and, beating
their breasts, called on Satan to deliver
up the gold.
When they were brought before the
police Justice it was found that they had
with them hammers and cold chisels
wherewith to break open the iron casket
of gold they were to receive from the
guardian demon at 1890 o'clock Friday
night, and pleaded piteously to be re.
leased in time to 60 through the final
COMPUTATIONS. They were released, but
were warned not to trespass on the
premises again.
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The Ice Monopoly.
Detroit Free Press. ]

"Gem'len," said Brother Gardner, of
the Lime-Kiln Club, some of de men,
bers hev bin inquarin' round if de club
tended have lump of ice in de water
pail dis summer. Dat bizness kin be
settled at dis meetin'. We see de
gorgeous ice-waging rollin' frew de
streets; we am reused up at daylight by
de yells of de drivers as dey slam de
frozen elment against folks front gates;
we see de noesepapers bilin' full of pic
lures representa- refrigerators full of
custard pies and cold chickun. We
read of ice panics an high prices an so
on, an by an by every common darkey
in town begins to feel dat he must hev
ice or perish. Gem'len was dere anv ice
in de Garden of Eden? When de null
titude was fed on de loaves an fishes,
was dere any ice water aroun' der? Who
in dis crowd am bigger man dan
Adam was2 If he got along without
ice, an sung songs of joy all day long,
am we poor folks gwine ter buck de
track? All dere is about ice am its
coldness. Am we gwine to spend ten
dollars for wood to heat de stove in win
ter, and eight dollars to cool de water
pail in summerT' No-neverp came
in thunder tones from the crowd.
"Dat settles it-dat knocks de co'ners
off de queshun," replied the president,
as he bowed his acknowledgements.
"We am now on de pint of separatin'
ourselves apart. We am all very busy
at dis sezun of de var, an work seems
to hole out fine. l want to say to all
you'uns dat honest, squar' talk am what
dc public hez right to expect of us
when we take job. What / mean by
dat is, if you am called upon to white
wash parlor, an de lady sweetly axes
if you kin whitewash ober de carpet
doan' go back on de teachins of dis club
STAN right up like man an reply dat
you kin not only whitewash ober de car
pet, but you kin whitewash de carpet
all ober, an dat you won't make any
extra chargel We will now leave d.
janitor to efface de footprints an loci
de doahs."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06
An Owl Imprisoned by Martins.

The owner of large farm not far
from Lancaster, Pa, had an opportur-
ity few days ago of witnessing how an
interloper is punished by the martin
species of birds. A pair of martins had
taken possession of small box, and
were building their nest. One day,
while they were absent, screech owl
took possession of the box, and when
the martins came home at night would
not allow them to enter. The smaller
birds were nonplused for awhile, and
in a short time flew away, seemingly
giving Up the fight. But if the owl
was of this opinion he was sadly mis-
taken, for in short time the little ones
returned, bringing with them a whole
army of their companions, who immedi-
ately set to work and procuring mud,
plastered the enterance to the box shut.
They then all flew away. In a few days
the box. was examined and the owl was
found dead.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06
Did He Tell a Lie ?

A good story is told of ship-owner Of
Liverpool which will bear repeating
Our merchant was a Quaker, named
Jacob. who prided himself on his
honesty. He would not have t,ld a
downright falsehood to save the value OF
his best ship. Jacob suffered one of his
ships to set sail from Calcutta for home
without any insurance upon either vessel
or cargo. At length he became uneasy.
He was confident his ship had encoun-
tered bad weather, and he feared for her
safety. In that strait he went to his
friend Isaac. He called him Friend,
though we are under the impression that
Isaac was one of the children of Israel.
Friend Isaac he said, :" would like
for thee to insure my ship, which is at
sea. / should have done it before, but
have carelessly neglected it. If thee
canst have the policy signed, all ready
for delivery, at three o'clock on the af-
ternoon of the morrow, will send and
get it and send thee the money in full. d
Isaac did not seem to be anxious TO in
sure the ship; but, being assured that
no unfavorable intelli gence had been
heard from her, he said he would have
the policy made out, to take effect on
and after three o'clock of the following
day, but to cover the ship and cargo
from the date of her leaving India
Early on the following morning Jacot
received message by the hand of a
captain just arrived, to the effect that
his ship was stranded and her carge
lost. This was very unfortunate. Should
Friend Isaac happen to hear the news
before the policy was made out he would
not make it at all; or, if it was made
and not signed, he would not sign it
What should he do? He wanted to act
honestly. 1t would not be right to lei
Isaac go ON and make out the policy
under such circumstances. Finally he
hit upon plan. He summoned hi:
confidential clerk and sent him with
this message: "Tell Friend Isaac thai
I have heard from my ship, and if the
policy is not signed he need not sigr
it." The clock was close upon the
stroke of three when the clerk arrived
Friend Jacobs message was delivered
The ship had been heard from, and il
the policy was not signed he need no
sign it. ~ think l am in season to save
itF' the clerk said. "No, sirW answered
Isaac, promptly and emphatically. Now
in truth, the policy of insurance hac
not been signed-for the insurer hat
been in doubt. When he heard the mes
sage he judged at once that the ship wa
safe, and that Jacob sought to save th'
heavy item of premium he had agreet
to pay. "No, STRIP he said, "you ar
not in time. 1t is past three O'Clock
The policy is signed. / Twill go and ge
it." He slipped out and hastily
finished and signed the policy, and, hay
ing dried the ink, he brought it to tn
clerk, demanding in return the sun
which had been agreed upon. The none,
was paid, and the policy was take
home to Friend Jacob, who received j
very gladly. The end we can readil
imagine; and it is not difficult to judg
which of the two felt most sore owe
the matter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06
WHERE HUNGER AND THIRST LIE.

Some interesting experiments have re-
Gently been made by the medical faculty
of Michigan University, in order to de-
termine the seat of hunger aud thirst in
the animal system. A dog was chloro-
formed after having been fed hearty
meal, and, while the musculo-membrane-
GUS reservoir for food was largely dis
tended, an incision was made through
the abdomen, over the large curvature
of the stomach, into that organ. Then
silver tube, quarter of an inch in dia-
meter and an inch and half long, was
inserted in the cut, the other end of
which was then corked up. The tube
has half-inch fanges at both ends, the
inner fange serving to keep the tube in
place while theouter fange closely shuts
the exterior. The dog still lives with
his stomach permanently on tap; in fact
the operation in no way effects the health
of the mastiff, although in undergoing
the severe ordeal to which he is now al
times subjectedin in the interest of science
hunger compels him to eat about six
times as much as formerly. The result
of the experiment proves that the seal
of hunger is not in the stomach, neither
is the seat of thirst the throat, but they
both reside in the system at large. Tht
dog was permitted to eat hearty meal
which was Immediately taken from hin
via the tube. In few minutes, aftel
recovering from his fright, he would ca
an equally large quantity of food, and
so on to any extent. Again, he has no
been permitted to have anything to ca
for say twenty-four hours. Food woult
then be injected into his stomach through
the tube. Notwithstanding his stomach
was already full, the animal would a
once gulp down more food; but, if sui
fcient time was given for the injecte,
, food to enter the system, he would the
refuse all that was set before him. Tn
conclusions arrived at from these ex
periments and confirmation is the fact
, which has often been observed, that pei
sons suffering from thirst, although tn
! parching sensation is apparently Unite
to the throat, find immediate relief upo
, entering bath, or even from immersin
, the feet in water.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06

Is IN that great avenue, two shots were
fired at him from secend-story window.
As soon as the first report was heard,
chasseur, who was sitting on the box with
the coachman, sprang into the vehicle and
threw himself over the Emperor, SO that the
slugs from the second shot touched only the
arm of the Emperor. His Majesty was
badly wounded by the first fire, thirty small
slugs entering his body, chiefly l,dging
in his arms and face. The most dangerous
wound of all is in the wrist, and from it the
the E Dperor lost much blood. The car
riage containing the Emperor was turned
Immediately and was driven to the Palace,
the chasseur who had SO gallantly risked
his life for his sovereign supporting the
wounded Emperor in his arms. Having
entered the courtyard, the carriage stopped
before the main entrance, and the Emperor
was then conveyed to his apartments and
to bed. Herr Wilmens, an eminent sur
geon, was at once summoned, and, after
consulting with several other physicians,
declared that the slug wound on the wrist
was very serious, and that the great loss of
blood had already rendered the Emperor's
condition very dangerous. The surgeons
extracted The shot and slugs from the EN-
peror's body. He was in great pain, but did
not lose consciousness at any time. After the
wounds had been dressed, the Emperor was
ordered to be kept very quiet. Meanwhile
terrible scenes were taking place in Unter
Den Linden. Immediately after the shots
were fired, a great crowd gathered before
the house, No. is, and a desperate assault
upon the building took place. The people
folio ed the police into the house and up
the stairs, to the door of the room in which
was the assassin. The man had barricaded
the door, and when it was beaten down he
defended himself with a revolver, shooting
the proprietor of the house, and then, see-
ing that resistance was useless, he attempted
suicide by placing the pistol to his head.
The ball inflicted painful but not mortal
scalp-wound, and he was overpowered and
conveyed to the nearest police hospital.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

The death of Earl Russell is announced.
Beaconsfield, Salisbury and Odo Russell
will represent England at the Congress of
the Powers.
CORRESPONDENTS at Paris and Vienna
say the good Offices of Prince Bismarck
have been largely instrumental in bringing
about the Congress without humiliation to
Russia or risk to England.
A PARA correspondent states that the
Porte has informed England and Russia
that it has agreed that Thessaly, Epirus and
Crete shall be annexed to Greece, and that
all Turkish provinces shall be made autono-
nous.
In consequence of the failure of the
Porte's Commissioners to pacify the Mo-
hammedan insurgents, the. Russians and
Bulgarians have attacked their positions,
but have been everywhere repulsed, except
near Ortraken.
ANDRAssY claims that Austria emily pro-
poses to take defensive and preventive
measures. The treaty of San stefano con.
tains several articles affecting Austrian in.
terests. These, it is hoped, the Congress
will modify in a manner favorable to
Austria. Nevertheless, it is necessary that
she should prepare for all eventualities.
| 1t is stated in London Count Schouvalofl
had long interview with Lord Salisbury,
on the 28th May, at which he submitted Rus.
sia's answers to points raised by England
touching the CT ngress, and the final under.
standing reached during the weeks nego
tiations. The only unpleasant feature Of
the news is in the direction of Austria, fol
although Count Andrassy had been all along
persistently in favor of European settle
ment in a congress, his utterances now and
Austrian preparations are creating uneasi
ness.
THE German ironclad Grosser Kurfurs
was sunk by collision, on the morning O
May 81. The disaster occurred in tn,
British Channel, near Dover. The Crosse
Kurfurst came in collision with the iron
clad Koenig Wilhelm, at nine forty five
three miles off Folkestone. The forme
vessel sank almost Immediately, and he
boilers exploded when she went down. Th
weather was bright, and the sea calm at tn
time of the disaster. Boats went from tn
shore, and were sent from other vessels @
the German feet to the assistance of th
drowning people. About four hundre
lives we're lost.
THE New York Herald's special CORES
pondent at Berlin telegraphs that at tw
o'clock p. M, June 2, the Emperor Villa,
was driving down Unter Den Linden, t,
ward the Thiergarten. When opposite N,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06

REFERRING to the Edwards estate of
$50, 600, 900, to secure which a meeting
of supposed heirs was lately held at In
dianapolis, the property being said to
have been embraced in ninety-nine
year lease that expired in 1871, the New
York World says: Where the property
is located no one seems to know. One
rumor fixed it at Broadway and Canal
streets, or thereabouts, to the extent of
eight acres, but curious deed once
given for record by certain impatient
heirs says it lies to the east of broadway
toward the Battery, running along
Broadway and back for about thirty
acres At the Registers Office the old
searchers smile when the Edwards mil.
lions are mentioned, and point to the
record, which shows that the name of
Robert Edwards first appears either as
grantee or grantor, lessee or lessor, in
1845, and that whatever claims the
Western heirs may have on the soil Of
the metropolis, the Registers office will
give them only mute support"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06

JACK of all trades seldom succeeds in
making much money. To do one thing
extra well is about all man can do.
He may aim to be a prince in one line of
business. He cannot be a very great
merchant, contractor, manufacturer,
farmer, builder, railroad operator, spec
ulator and cattle-drover at one and the
same time. He must take some one of
these to his heart and head, and make a
speciality of that one. 1t is the only
way the great trade schemes are pushed
ahead and that millionaires are made.
This one-idea theory will hold good in
every calling of life; and no better ad-
vice can be given to youth than that
contained in these words: "Do some
one thing in life, and do it WELL"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06

A DISTURBANCE took place at mar
riage in Methodist Chapel at Hanley,
in England, the other day. An old
man Of seventy, with several grownup
children and grandchildren, had ar.
ranged to be married to girl eighteen
years old. On the party arriving at
the chapel they were attacked by mob
and their clothes were torn. Ten police.
men were present, but were over
powered, and the mob rushed into the
chapel, and kept up a continual noise
during the ceremony. A window wal
broken, and a great disturbance fol
lowed. The married pair escaped b,
different doors, and were escorted hom,
by eight constables.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06

IDLENEss is the mother of vice, and a
boy who is allowed to grow up in idle
ness is pretty sure to be vicious man.
The parents of such boys have fearful
responsibility resting upon them when
they let their sons run about late hours
of the night instead of keeping them at
home reading good newspapers and books,
and training them into moral habits so
as to become respectable men instead of
idlers, rum-drinkers, gamblers and loaf
ers, which is sure to be the case with the
night runners and day idlers, then the
responsibility is increased. Give the
boys plenty to do, and you will preserve
their morals. Better tired body than
vicious mind.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06

DIR. DARWIN, in his recent paper on
the analogy between animal and plant
life, says: There is one, but only a
fanciful resemblance between the sleep
ing Of plants and animals, namely, that
both have the power of dreaming.
have been sitting quietly in the hot
house at night waiting to make an
observation at given hour, when sud-
denly the leaf of sensitive plant has
been seen to drop rapidly to its fullest
extent and slowly rise to its old position.
Now in this action the plant is behaving
exactly as if it had been touched on its
sensitive joint; thus some internal pro-
cess produces the same impression on
the plant as real external stimulus.
In the same way dog dreaming by the
fire will yelp and move his legs as if he
were hunting real and not an imagin.
airy rabbit.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06

THERE is Socialist society in Syra-
cuse which is composed almost entirely
of members of trades unions. 1t was
formed year ago by an agent who acted
under instructions from the head
quarters of the national order" The
members are mainly Germans and
Frenchmen. The presiding officer is
Auton Anon, a carpenter. He states
that the organization is opposed to mon
oplies and capitalists, and its fund
amental principle is this: the laboring
man is justified in resorting to any law
full extremity to obtain his rights from
corporations, .monopolies and employers
generally. When asked if there is any
prospect of a general railroad strike this
Summer, he admits that he has received
advices which lead him to expect such
a demonstration late in June. If strike
occurs, the members of his society will
be in duty bound, he says, to extend to
the insurgents against capital all the aid
in their power.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06

FATHER CUvcI has made a clean re.
traction of all the passages in his book
about the temporal power which were
obnoxious to the church. His declara-
ton was submitted to the Pope, who made
some changes in it. Being returned to
Father Curci, he signed it without read
ing it, with the words, "The Pope
has written; it is not mine to con-
slider or even to read, but only to sign"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-06

The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Texas has declared war on the bull
fght-that Spanish inheritance which
is so precious to the Southwestern Texan.
Texas licenses bull-fghts just as Ken
lucky licenses lotteries, or Massachusetts,
dram-shops, and the tax laws of each in
clude the item of such tax on fights
between men and bulls, or dogs and
bulls" with an occasional extension to
lions and bulls. At the bishops instance
the convocation at San Antonio has in a
series Of resolutions asked the next Leg
islature to repeal the above item in the
tax laws of 1878, and appealed to the
other bodies of the Episcopal Church to
back up its request.