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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-06

Money may be tight. but it is nothing to
SPAULDING's GLUE. That's the tightest
thing out.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-06
ENGLAND

LONDON, Aug Gu the house of com
mons William Henry Smith, the admiralty,
said the movements of the British fleet 10
Besika Bay are destitute of political signi.
fcance.
The channel squadron, in the Mediter-
ranian the past eighteen months, has re-
turned to Plymouth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-06

Manufactured by HENRY McGRAw.
No. Z Fort Street East, DETROIT, MICH.
Ewerded Diploma and First Premium by Michi-
bSh state Agricultural qocety of Detroit, 1878.
n me cheapest and best Cups in use. Ny loose
ruuey oilers are the most perfect working Oilers
i9 the market. Ny Cups are ali warranted to give
sne pest OF satisfaction when properly put on and
regulated All orders or inquiries promptly attend
S1 70. A liberal discount TO the trade. Send for
Illustrated catalogue and price list.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-06

Col. TheO, Hyatt, President of the Pennsylvania
Military Academy. will be at the Harper House, in
Rock Island, on Wednesday, Aug. ID, from 10 a.
M. to 70 M and will be happy to see patrons of the
Academy or Others on official business
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-06
KE ENTUCKY .

LOUISVILLE. Aug. 5.-The Courier
journal has unofficial and definite returns
from about so counties, which show about
one-third falling off in the aggregate vote,
but about the usual democratic majority.
Tie republicans have made legislative
gains, but the general assembly, that two
years ago was ia democratic on Joint
ballot, continues democratic by over 100.
Blackburn's majority for governor is vari-
ously estimated at from 10000 to 10000.
The vote recommending a call for q
constitutional convention, though support
ed by both parties, has undoubtedly failed
of the required constitutional majority.
The election was unusually quiet all over
the state, no serious difficulty being report
ed. The greenbackers have certainly
elected two members of the lower house
of the legislature, but their aggregate vote
is insignificant, La this county Blackbur
gets 6,96l; Evans. 4,O49. At the last
gubernatorial race McCrary, democrat,
received 9,706; Harlan, republican 1850.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-06
Milwaukee Market.

PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY ACADEMY.
CHESTER, PA, "Opens Sept. 10.1
Thorough instruction in Civil Engineering,
Chemistry, the Classics, and English. Degrees
conferred.
For Circulars apply to Rev. Henry c. Westwood,
ID, D.. trustee of the Academy, at Rock Island,
Illinois, or 10 Col. THEO. HYATT, President
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-06
New York MarIket.

New York Marxet.
N.wYoRK, An ust 6.
FINANCIAL.
Gold 90
Money-3G3H
Governmente-SteadY.
@. s. Bonds SO cent S0's 1881 OAK
u S- 1O.4Os- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. LOIS
NEW os .1UESs
COMMERCIAL.
Wheat-spring dull and nominal; winter shade
stronger: quiet; No 2 red Aug 10.
Rye-Dull; So.
Corn-Stronger; western mixed 44l45A.
Barley-Dull and nominal.
Oats-Weak; mixed western 33G35; white 34&
GAO.
Pork-Dull; s 80
Lard-Dull; 82k
Butter-Unchanged.
Whisky OF.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-06
Rock Island Market.

Rock ISLAND, August 6.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-06

BY an immense practice at the Worlds Dispen-
eHrY aud Invalids' Hotel having treated many thou
sand cases OF those diseases peculiar 20 woman,
have been enabled to perfect most potent and posi-
tive remedy for these diseases.
TO designate this natural specific, have named Il
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
Yes. He Conld-

New bonnet, new bonnet-tweIve
dollars for a new bonnetp exclaimed
MIR. Slick the other evening as his wife
suggested a change from the winter
styles.
Yes, onlytwelye dollars, she humbly
replied.
Twelve dollars for a bonnet is a O n
founded outrage and I know il + he went
on. Why, / can buy two silk hats for
that money and have some strawberry
change left It's q dead swindle to ask
sl2 for a bonnet
We'll, / can't do any better, Mr..
Slick. That's the price, and l must pay
or go without
You don't know how TO buy-that's
what ails your he Prowled. Ill bet
money / can buy q $40 bonnet for SO.
It's all in knowing how TO handle the
salesmen.'
Il wish you'd try it, she suggested.
Il wildly George | ] will I'll bring
you up a new bonnet in tho morning,
and I'll get il ten dollars cheaper than
you dare 10.
MI. Slick was as good as his word.
He went into amillinery store next fore
moor with his eye-teeth all sharpened,
and with the idea in his mind that every
bonnet in the store was priced exactly
twelve dollars. He looked around a lit
tie, selected a bonnet that pleased him,
and pointing his cane at it and calling
up his deepest voice, he inquired:
Are you asking twelve dollars for
that bonnet? 2
The woman flushed, looked from the
bonnet TO the man, and was trying TO
reply, when he said
These are not the times for outra-
geous prices, and all buyers realize it.
I'll give you eight dollars for that bon
net, and not q cent more
'That-that, bonnet
Eight dollars, and no more I he in
teIrupted and she put the article in a
box and took his money.
'What'd l tell my wife, eh p he whis-
pered, as he went out. L tell you il
takes a man to buy goods, no matter
whether its fence.posts or paper cam
brici
When he sat down at home and took
the cover off the box and held up the
bonnet, Mrs. Slick inquired
How much did she charge youP'
Eight dollars madam while you
would have paid twelve 7
Richard 7 she said, as she tried to
laugh all over at once, Il was with the
lady next door when she ordered that
bonnet for her cook, and the price wal
to be four dollars -
He held up his finger, counted three
hves out Of hrs wallet and left them on
O chair for her.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
Big Rird.C age.

Mr.. Ellis, who resides in Ithaca, N. Y,
has, in the southwest corner of the sec.
ond story, 100 clnary birds of every
tone and hue. The floor is carpeted
with sawdust and furnished with two
small ~lea1ess trees, a bamboo pole from
which hoops suspend, a large dish OF
water, egg shells and bird seed ad H6i.
tam. There are many little boxes and
cages, all with doors open or covers off.
The windows are removed in warm
weather and gauze or wire screens sub
stituted. The only door opening into
the room has also a wire screen in lieu
OF glass, insuring ventilation and a proper
temperature. In the winter a furnace
register furnishes the required degree of
warmth. The birds in their quest for
lime have pecked patches of plaster
from the wall larger than the open hand.
Some Of the birds are %gorgeously beauti-
ful in their contrast Of rich %colors, and
many magnificent singers are of the
number. Mr.. Ellis said that two years
ago his wife had temporarily placed a
pair of canary birds in the room; soon
there were eight, then sixteen, and so
on, until the astonishing sight before US
had been reached. 1T is no more diff
cult to care for the hundred than one
bird, in this manner added he; the
birds enjoy themselves and appreciate
their freedom, aud it is more enjoyable
to us to see them thus. Mrs. Ellis can
identify nearly every bird of the entire
number, tell its age, whether Oh not o
good singer, mated or single
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
The RniIronds AM Issue of the Future.

The Boston transcript, commenting
on the recent extensive railroad combi-
nations, says: So long as public ave.
nue. are private property, and the pub
lie interests involved demand one thing
and the private interests involved an
other, the contest must necessarily con-
tinue. The question grows with the
country's growth and spreads with the
d evelopment of business and capital.
There are those who foresee its entrance
into national politics and its assumption
of a commanding overriding import
ancethere owing to the future supremacy
Of the West in national politics. A year
ago last summe il was the occasion Of
the most formidable demonstration Of
mob power, short of actual revolution,
that has been seen in q civilized country
in modern times. This year it has re-
duced California to a position where
anarchy impends and is probable next
fall.
The United States supreme court has
undoubtedly not been unmindful Of
large considerations of public policy in
its recent decisions, reversing its pre-
vious opinions and requiring the Pacific
railroads to enter into the new arrange.
ment toward reimbursing the loans
advanced by the government, known RS
the Thurman act. In the State OF New
York, Vanderbilt is threatening one of
the great inland towns (Rochester) with
leaving it high and dry off the route OF
his railroad unless it accedes to his
terms in a dispute over the cost OF sink
ing the tracks through the city, and
thus bringing home to the public afresh
how precarious is public control over
roads that are essentially as much pub
lie highways as rivers, and so reckoned
in the building and growing of the cities
upon them. In the East, the great Oh
ties Of the seaboard are becoming very
FESTIVE under the operation of railroad
contracts that are surely making them
way stations, and upsetting all condi-
lions of locll business. In short, the
railroads form an issue for the future,
compared with which our present poll
tics are ell fudge.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
Painting Walls.

OfcOurse, says the american Builder,
everybody knows, or ought to know,
that walls and csilings are finished with
plaster. But everybody may not be
aware that plaster has tho property of
absorbing moisture. This, perhaps,
will not take place in rooms where q fire
ia kept steadily I; but in rooms left, as is
often the case, for weeks without a fire,
the walls will take up q considerable
quantity of damp. The effect will be
injurious to the health Of the inmates.
There are few persons who have not suf-
fered from a mysterious cold, caught
they know not how, though, perhaps,
damp in the plaster had something TO
do with it. The extent to which damp
is absorbed in a plastered wall may be
discovered by noticing what 80 often
takes place in rooms where the walls are
painted and have become chilled by a
eason of cold weather, As soon as the
temperature becomes warmer the atmos-
phere is condensed on the walls, and at
times in such quantities as to run Off in
streams. Now, had it not been for the
paint the greater portion of this moist
ure would have been absorbed by the
plastered walls. And as q consequence
the quality of the plaster would have
been impaired and the room made I'M
wholesome.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
What $500 a Year win DO.

A lady, greatly interested in the con-
~troversy going the rounds Of the press
on the possibility OF young people mar
rying and living comfortably ON $500 O
year. gives her experience OF subsisiing
on $500 a year, as follow:
premise that ] agree on the afima.
tive side OF the question. A young man
can marry, support himself and wife and
lay by money on a salary OF S60Oa year
that is, he can do 80 il he live in q vii
lage or small town where provisions are
cheap and temptations 10 spend money
few. / have kept house in a large
city, and must speak less positively Of
what could be done under such condi-
tions. Except in the item OF house
rent my opinion is, however, that there
would be very little difference indhe
sum total OF expenses, what is added in
n placs being probably decreased in
another.
But TO the facts and figures. Oar
family consists of a mother and two
daughters, aud we earn our living prin-
cipally by the needle. Onr united in
come seldom exceeds $500 a year; very
frequently falls below that sum. OF
this amount one.half is expended on the
following arbitrary claims, which vary
very little in amount from year 10 year:
We " the house We 1.-Two in, but pay
yearly taxes amounting to about q so 90
Fuel, inclusive. ......... ...,........ 90 W
Personal allowance, $50 a year to each
OF lou W
---
Total w
This leaves a balance Of $3.50 TO meet
all other expenses. NV weekly allow
ance for the house is "a, and 4 assure
you we live very comfortably On that.
and entertain our friends quite az fire.
quently as most folks do.
What we actually buy each week of
course varies greatly with the season
and with the circumstances; in winter
we buy in larger quantities than We do
in summer, and we often see proper to
indulge in fruits and other Injuries,
which cost more than our ordinary
bread, meat and potatoes diet; in such
cases these little extravagancies must be
atoned for by closer economy in other
places. / do not pretend that we can
live luxuriously on $500 a year. The
absolute necessities of life cost us, one
week with another, about in the follow
ing proportion:
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
Education I'm China,

We have been apt to consider China
as a heather country, and such it is
from our Christian standpoint, but il is
far from an ignorant land. 1t has,
without doubt, according to Barnes
Educational Monthly, over 400, 900, 600
Of people, OF which vast number there is
scarcely one who cannot read and write.
1t has 1000 colleges, and their libraries
outnumber ours ten to one. There are
in that land Of pig-tail Mongols 2,000,-
600 highly educated men, while there is
hardly a woman who is educated of all
the vast number of its people. and not
one who is thought to have soul. Flu
cation is principally a discipline of the
memory, and their schools are based
upon an entirely different idea from
ours. A live Yankee scoolmaster would
find little employment in China, even
though he understood the Chinese Ian
guage and literature perfectly.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
Equally Applicable Now,

A good many years ago Tom Oorwin,
of blessed memory, when secretary OF
the treasury, gave some advice to q
young mar who came to him with an APP
plication for Office that deserves to be
written in letters Of gold and hung up
in the conspicuous places about Wash-
ington. MY dear boy said he, go to
the Northwest, buy n hundred and
sixty acres Of government land, or, if
you have not.got the money to purchase,
squat on it, get you al * and o mat
took, put mp a log cabin for your. hab.
itation and raise a little corn and pota-
toes; keep your conscience clear AMI
live like a freeman, your own master,
with no one to give you orders and with
out dependence upon anybody. Do
that, and you will be honored, respect
ed, influential and rich. Bnt accept o
clerkship here, and You sink at once all
independence; your energies become re-
Taxed, and you are untitled for any other
and more independent position. | may
give you a place to-day and turn you
out tomorrow; and there's another man
over at the White House who can turn
me ont, and the people by-and-by can
turn him out, and so we go. But il you
own an acre of land it is your kingdom,
and your cabin is your castle; you are a
sovereign, and you will feel it in every
throbbing of your pulse, and every day
of your lie will assure me Of your
thanks for having thus advised YOU
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
Who are the Gentry

The other evening, OF a little dinner
party up town, one Of the guests, the
younger brother Of an English noble
man, expressed, with commendable free
dom, his opinion Of America and its peo-
pie. Il do not altogether like the coun.
try said the young gentleman, for one
reason--because You have no gentry
here What do you mean by gentrya'
asked another OF the company. We'll,
you know replied the Englishman,
'well-oh, gentry are those who never
do any work themselves, and whose
fathers before them never did any,
'Ahi exclaimed his interlccutor, 'then
We have plenty Of gentry in America,
but we don't call them gentry; we cali
them tramps.' A laugh went round the
table, and the young Englishman turned
his conversation into another channel.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26

ules, add teaspooniul good butter, salt
and pepper to taste, heat to boiling and
serve hot.
To MAKE Stock PoR SoUP.-Take
FIVE or six pounds Of the top part Of the
leg OF beef, ito il with Irvine, put il into
cold water, and let it heat very gradual
ly, and stew for one hour, taking of the
scum; brown an onion, cut up some car
rots and turnips, a little celery, a bunch
Of herbs, q LEX, let all stew mot boil)
together from four 10 five hours. Pour
the soup into q %tureen, with vegetables
left in. The meat can be served as
bCulli in a dish with sauce piquante. A
few cloves stuck into the onion will i'm
prove the soup.
SPANISH CREAM Take half a box, or
a little more, Of gelatine; let it stand in
a pint of milk one hour; then putaauart
OF milk TO boil; beat the whites OF six
eggs TO q stiff froth and leave them in q
deep bowl; beat the six yelks very light,
with sugar TO taste; when the milk has
boiled stir in the yelks and sugar, milk
and gelatine; after il comes TO a boil the
second time, take it of and pour imme-
diately over the stiff whites in the bowl;
flavor with vanilla; wet your mold with
cold water; pour in and set away TO con-
geal. To be eaten with or without
cream.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
Tanning Horses hr ELECTRICITY.

The General Omnibus Company Of
Paris has for some time past made use
of electricity for subduing vicious
horses. BY the process adopted intract.
able animals given to biting, rearing
and kicking are rendered ~inoffensive,
and submit ~peaceably to be groomed
and harnessed. 10 obtain this result 6
weak current of electricity ispassed into
the mouth Of the horse each time it be-
comes FESTIVE. The will Of the animal
seems almost annihilated. The current
is produced by a small induction ma
chine Of the Clarke system, the wires OF
which communicate with the bit OF the
bride. The employment of electricity
is said to produce q sort Of uneasiness or
torpor rather than pain, and is much
less barbarous than many tanning meth
dds hitherto adopted.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
nenih pninlnss.

The rule is that unconsciousness, not
pain, attends the final act. To tho sub
iect of it death is no more painful than
birth. Painlessly we come; whence we
know not. Painlessly We go; whittier
we know not. Nature kindly provides
an anesthetic for the body when the
spirit leaves it. Previous TO that mo.
ment and in preparation for it, respira.
tion becomes feeble, generally slow and
short, often accomplished by long inspi-
ration and short, sudden e~xpirations, so
that the blood is steadily less and less
oxygenated. At the same time the heart
acts with corresponding debility, pro.
ducing q slow, feeble and often irregulOr
pulse. AS this process goes on, the
blood is not only driven to the head
with diminished force and in less quan.
tity, but what flows there is loaded more
and more with carbonic acid gas, q pow
erful anesthetic, the same as that de-
rived from charcoal Subject TO its in
Huence the nerve centers lose conscious
ness and sensibility, apparent sleep
creeps over the system; then comes stu
por, and then the end.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
MimesOta,s Ranid DereIopment.

At no former period in the history OF
Minnesota has there been so large an
influx of emigrants 10 its borders as
during the last ten months. They are
pouring into the State by all lines of
railway and by Lake Superior. Reports
of the wonderful productiveness Of the
upper wheat district, opened up in the
last two years, are attracting the best
class of agricuIturists from the East and
from other Western States. Very
many OF the new settlers are farmers OF
other States, with more means than is
usually at the command of the foreign
emigrants, and with an experiences that
enables them to proceed at once to the
opening Of their farms. The facts are
best shewn by q few selections from q
mass of statistics in the three counties
of Morris, Todd and Ottertail. The
population increased from 1871 to 1879,
from 1879 to 90 800. The value of
farm property increased from 1854 SOB
to 81, 974, $50. In the counties OF Grow
Wing, Cass, Wadena, Becker and Clay,
opened for settlement in 1871, the pop.
ulation increased from 524 to H. 5 aud
the value of farm property from IS, COG
to 81, 033. $40.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
High Prices for Speed.

The following prices which hr. Bon
ner il said 10 have paid for the animals
in his possession are on the best su-
thority: For Pocahontas, s35. 900 and
another horse; for Dexter, s33, 600; Ell.
ward Everett, 500, 600: Startle, $40, 900;
i Twin Forest, GIG 900; Lady Stout,
S15, 900; Grafton, S15 600; Bruno, S15,-
900; Auburn horse, Sl3, 900; Wellesley
Boy, S12 600; Joe Elliott, $40, 900; Maud
Macy. $40, 900; Mambrino BERTHE, $40,
900; Dick Jamison, $40, coo; Maybird,
80, 500; Lantern and Light, 1000; Mu-
sic, IS, 800; three full sisters to Dexter,
Sc. $40. Lolsey, sc. 900. Peerless. 50. 500;
Lady Palmer, 50 000; Prince Imperial,
Flora's Temples son. 50 900; FAtbush
Maid, $4,000; Erie, "a. 0O0; John Tay-
Tor, 50 500; Lady Woodruff, $1,000;
Centennial, 50 coo; Lucy Cuyler, 49,
600; Walton, $1,000; the Canada roam
mare, 5000; Keen Jim, 81. 800; Major
Morton, 81, 800; the Carpenter horse,
81, goo; the Boston gray team, 50, 600;
Elsie Werner, 80, 1000; Ada Duroc, 81, 600;
Ella Sherwood, 81. 600; Hebe, 81. 600;
81, 200; Malice, 81, 200; Honest Peter
81, 200; dam Of the Morse colt. 1900;
Uncle SIM, $1,000; dam Of Clara g.,
81, 200; Princess, 81, 600. Total, $S4l,-
700. In addition to these, Mr.. Bonner
has q large number of Acknowledged
brood mares, and several young mares
and geldings of great speed that he
purchased at prices ranging below
81 0o0
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26
Under The Cloud.

Oh btauteous things on EARTH
cannot feel your worth
To day.
oh hind and constant friend
Our spirits cannot blend
To-day.
Oh Lord OF truth and grAcei
i cannot o Thy face.
To-day.
A shadow Oh my heart
Keeps me from all apart
To-day.
Yet something in me knows
How fair creation CLOVIS
To-day.
Aud something makes me sure
That love is not less pure
To-day;
And that tn Eternal Good
Minds nothing Of my mood
To-day;
For fed from hidden bowl,
A lamp burns in my soul
All daysl
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26

A lady offered q donation Of $40, OOO
to Harvard medical college il ladies were
permitted the same privileges as men in
the classes. The faculty declined the
gift on the plea that it would be unwise
for the two sexes to be mingled in some
OF the classes. They however propose
to have separate tuition for Indies.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26

A MAN EATEN BY SNAKEs.-Prof. Paine, by
tho aid Of his powerful microscope, had a
novel exhibition at his office, $50 s.. Ninth
Street, Philadelphia, Pa. A man presented
himself for examination, with a Cancer on his
lip. A small portion OF the discharge was
placed under the glass and was seen to be filed
with millions Of small parasites resembling
many Of the formso Of venomous reptiles. The
Professor cured this man with his Catarrh
Yapor and Anti-Septic Powder.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-26

A postofice has been opened at Pear
lette, Meade county, Kansas. The place
has sprung up during the past season,
has a population of 175 families, and a
newspaper, whose proprietor has had to
go twenty miles to mail his paper to
anhRcrihers-