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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-17

Some Important Statements Of well-Known
People Wholly Verified.

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announce be ignored.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-17

Sailmaker Isaiah E. Crowell. United
States navy. attached to the Wabash at
the Boston navy yard, was recently
tried by court-martial for enticing
young girls into his quarters for inn
moral purposes. The court sentenced
him to be imprisoned for i've years. and
then dismissed the service. 1t was
found, however, that the young women
in the case were willing victims, and
the secretary of the navy reduced the
imprisonment to six months. at the end
of which time he was dismissed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-17

The iron furnace ut Lowmoor, Va.
built few years ago by northern and
western capital. has. like al simiiar en-.
terprises, when conducted by men OF
experience and ability. turned out to
be q great success Lowmoor IS des-
tined 10 be place of no small lmpor,
lance on tile Chesapeake aud Ohio ana
the Richmond and Allegheny railroads.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-17

Mrs. Effie Barmore, of Rockland Lake,
N. z, short time ago celebrated her
1921 birthday. In 1903 she was married
TO Nathaniel Barmore, who died in 1870.
She has had Tiff y-one grandchildren and
sixty-tIree great-grant.children. AT
present there are living of her descend
ants, and those united to them in
marriage, 120 persons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-17
Bulls from German Papers.

s.After the door was closed. q soft
female foot slipped into the room. and
with her own hand extinguished the
taper"
1.-The chariot of revolution is rolling
onward, and gnashing its teeth as it
rolls
..Tnc Ladies' Benevolent Association
has distributed twenty pair of shoes.
which, will dry up many a tear"
II was sitting ut the table enjoying n
cup of coffee. when a gentle voice
tap,,csi me ON the shoulder. | looked
around aud saw my old friend.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-17

The London Pail lIaH Gazette says
the United States is the mist powerful
nation in the world The editor Of
the Gazette has evidently had a glimpss
at our navy. We thought it would
strike terror to the British SOUL Nor
s.istoscn Herald.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-17
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-17

powder. The next morning, hearing
an explosion at the house of neigh
Dor, he ran in and found the fire blown
out of the stove and the griddle-cakes,
which the woman was cooking, plas-
tered on the ceiling,
A bow named Nichols, of OSsian, Liv-
ingston county, n. Y, killed a snake
while out hunting, and forced the reptile
into the barrel of his gun. intending to
fire at q mark with it. When the gun
was discharged it burst and flew from
his hand, and was found on the ground
some distance behind him. The boy
was not injured, but he is prejudiced
against snakes for gunwadding.
Some time ago a valuable dog disap-
peared from Lower Hill. Placer county.
Cal, and during forty-one DAYS next
ensuing the owner mourned his pet as
dead or stolen, At the conclusion of
that long time the pup was found in an
abandoned shaft, still alive, but starved
almost to shadow. With the constant
care Of devoted physician it viii prob
ably recover.
Wise county. West GVirginia- is un-
derlaid with rich mines of coal and
iron, lying side by side, without inter-
vening barriers. This is the report OF
q competent geologist who has made a
careful examination of the strata in
that region. On this assurance of what
has long been believed. Pittsburg cap
italists have bought 10000 acres Of
land in the heart of the mining region,
and railroads will be built 50 as 10
bring this new natural wealth Within
reach of the commercial world. The
coal, which is abundantly distributed is
said to yield the purest coke Cor car
bonl that has been produced in this
country. The locality of these great
mines is near the frontiers of Kentucky
and Tennessee, outside the line of ex-
isting railroads. They will not long
remain isolated.
Wilmington probably has the largest
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-07

floods. Mrs. Durbin, Miss Durbin, and Miss
Buck were drowned. Mr.. Durbin got out by
his own effort, and Mr.. James Shellenbarger.
rescued the children s#&A s
A ferry-boat from the Isle of Hope to
skidaway island, off the Georgia coast, sprung
a leak about 200 yards from the shore. The
boat sunk in few minutes. OF the eighteen
persons on board twelve persisted.
Two thousand veterans Of the Confed-
crate army held reunion at Moberly, Mo.
Gen. Marmaduke was elected President.
Nearly one hundred citizens of Tex
arkana, Ark, quietly organized vigilance
committee, and drove from the town every sus-
picious character,
The perpetrators of the Arkansas train
robbery have been lodged in jail at Hope, Ark,
and have been fully identified One was cap.
tured near Sulphur Bluff, Tex, and the other
two in the Indian nation.
Capt. Henry Mccormack, of the
steamer Caddo Belle, which plies between Co
luUlDu5, Od., anu nOUll0J hlos, IoA4LLAtIC0
suicide by shooting himself through the heart
with pistol because he miscalculated the float
ing capacity of his vessel and did not wish to
be laughed at for his miscalculation.
There is no truth in the rumor that
Senator Ben Hill, Of Georgia, has lost large
part Of lis tongue.
B. w. Hicks, white man, was hanged
at spartansburg, S. g., for the murder Of his
wife last May, under exceptionally brutal cir
cumstances.
A lad of 9 years, residing at Gray's
Mills, Miss, had quarrel with girl Of 2years,
and blindfolded her and threw her into well,
where she persisted. #
An attempt to wreck a passenger
train was made near Hope, Ark. the scene of
the recent robbery. The spikes were drawn
and the fshbars removed alta point only fifteen
feet from long trestlework. The result was
the ditching of freight train.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-07
Official Renort of the AntonsY.,

The October number of the american J0ss<
nal Of Medical Science contains the official rSs
portof the autopsy of President Garfield. This
report is by the surgeons in charge, and is
quite full and comprehensive. The appear
ance Of the body before the autopsy is told,
the manner in which the autopsy was made
is detailed, and all the pus cavities,
at full length. 1t appears, as here
tofore stated by the physicians, that the ball,
after fraeturing the right eleventh RIB three and
half inches to the right of the vertebral
spine, went obliquely forward, passing through
the body Of the first lumbar vertebra, and
lodging in the adipose connective tissue
Immediately below the lower border of
lac pancreas, and about two inches and
half to the left of the spinal column.
Here, the doctors again declare, the ball was
completely encysted. The track of the ball
between the point at which it had fractured
the rib and the point where it had entered the
yertebra was considerably diiated, and pus from
it burrowed downward through the adipose It's
sue behind the right kidney, and thence found
its way between the peritoneum and the
right lilac fossa, making a channel
which extended almost to the groin.
The doctors again declare that the
immediate cause of death was secondary hem
orrhage, which proceeded from rent nearly
four-tenths of an inch long III the main trunk
Of the splenic artery. The doctors declare that
this rent must have been made several days
before the death of the patient. The physi-
clans also describe the condition of the vital
organs, which were more or less diseased.
I his last official statement of President Gar
feld's physicians further proves how false were
the official bulletins and how completely the
physicians were at fault as to the location of
the ball and the direction which it took after
entering. 1t is really surprising that Gen.
Garfield lived so long as he did, considering
the multitude of alterations, pus cavities, ETC.,
which the fatal bullet had generated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-07
Mortality in Different Pursuits.

The report of the British Registrar
General shows that the annual death
rate il the United Kingdom is about
cae in forty-tiye of the entire popula.
ton. The larger, but not the largest,
cities lead In the rate of mortality, and
the rural mainland districts occupy an
Intermediate place between them and
the insular districts, the extremes
varying by about 80 per cent. As be-
tween the three great classes into which
the population may be divided--the la
boring, the trading and professional
classes and the gentry and titled-the
chances of life are very nearly equal, al
though q slight advantage appears to be
shown in favor of the first class. The
trades most unfavorable to long life are,
as rule, those which tend to expose
the operative to an atmosphere loaded
with dust, or compel him to deal in one
way or another with poisons. Dry
grinding, as praeticed on needles and
forks at Sheffield, is the worst work
ing in coal mines is next In deadliness.
elders and silverers of glass are ex-
posed to yapors of mercury; workers In
brass are liable to diseases produced by
exposure to volatilized oxide of lead all
who work. In paints are subject to
great risks soldiers and sailors have
their lives shortened by the exposure
they have to undergo, or by disease
brought on by their habits of living.
Bakers, tailors and milliners are liable
to consumption; compositors peculiarly
SO. Freshmen fare better than compos-
itors, probably because their work is
more active. In the country, farming
appears to be the most healthy of occu-
pations, while that of the innkeeper is
tie most FATAL Butchers die compare
lively early, as also do brewers, dray-
men, and generally those who have much
to do with establishments for eating and
drinking. The over-exertion of those
who follow athletic pursuits appears to
conduce quite as much to short life as
does the sedentary strain of the student.
1t seems to make but little difference
in the expectation of ife' of indoor
workers whether their labor is hard or
not; but those who are employed out OF
doors have chance of living six years
longer, if their work keeps them busy
and active, than if it is a mere matter
of routine and standing around; and a
comparison of the table leads us to the
conclusion that the life of the outdoor
worker with little exercise is worse than
that of the sedentary indoor worker,
whether with little or great exercise. %
The most curious fact brought out is
that the scavengers, dustmen and clean
els Of sewers in London are reckoned
among the healthiest of the population.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-07
Measuring by the Eye.

A correspondent of the Boston Tram
script suggests that children should be
exercised in measuring by the eye. He
says that years ago, when he went to
school in q little weather beaten school
house, the scholars had most exciting
contests over the teachers favorite ex-
ercise of having them estimate with the
eye the size and weight of different OBJ
jects in the room.
He would hold up his cane and have
each scholar tell how long he thought it
was, and it was a lucky child that could
come within half foot Of the right
length.
He would measure an urchin and then
have the scholars try to reproduce the
measure on the wall. He would mark
off an inch, or a foot, or a yard, in some
conspicuous place, and then see how
near anybody could come to chalking
the same length upon the blackboard.
And it was astonishing how wide
astray one would go. The fact is, cur
eyes deceived us ridiculously, even upon
the commonest things.
At first thought which would you say
was the taller, 3-year- old child or
barrel of flour? And could anything
but actual measurement convince you
that the same child is half as high as
six-footer?
There is an old saying that a child 2
years old is half as tall as he ever will
be, and after a few experiments in meas
uring one can easily believe it, but not
before.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-07
Horses That Stumble.

In the matter of stumbling, Capt.
Hayes Gin his book "Riding on the Flat
and Across the Country'') goes into its
theory, drawing distinctions that may
be very serviceable. He explains that
there are two kinds of stumbling. Ono
is really dangerous, when the horse Is
either weak in the forelegs, or c1anped
in the action, or with the physical de-
feet of two straight shoulders. But
when stumbling arises from the knee
being insuficiently bent, or the toe I'M
duly depressed, thereby catching upon
any inequality in the ground, it may be
safely disregarded, unless the animal is
intended for show rather than use. We
may add, for ourselves, that we have
ridden excellent horses with this fail
ing that, frequently as they might trip
or stumble, experience told us that
they were absolutely sure-footed but
that what we chiefly object to was, that
in cases when they were nervous, each
trip led almost invariably to success
ion of others. That such stumbling
comes of sloveniy manner of going
there can be no doubt.
It happens comparatively seldom in
exhilarating weather, or when the horse
has been brought fresh out of the sta
bic but when listIess and languid, or
when fatigue begins to tell, then you
are quickly made aware of his condi-
ton by his laundering. Capt. Hayes
chapter on fat-racing, and steeple-
chasing and training will be read with
interest, even by amateurs. He backs
up his own opinions and experiences on
these subjects by communications from
well-known trainers and jockeys. AS to
giving "orders' in a race, his ideas seem
to us very sensible. With young hand
instruction may be necessary, but if
the jockey be fairly good one, the rid
ing should be left to his discretion.
It is impossible to foresee all possible
circumstances, and decisions must be
taken on the spur of the moment. AS
for starting, he calls attention for "get-
ting off" as quickly as possible mat
ter in which, though it is obviously of
paramount Importance, some people
would appear to be strangely indiffer-
ent. AS he says, whatever distance is
lost at the start must be made up when
the horses are galloping, at which time
the effort to regain the lost lengths may
very possibly be equivalent to throwing
away an advantage of as many pounds"
London SATURDAY ReUjeoO.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-07
Obscurity, Not PrOfundity.

A reader, WHO'S disciple of the ''pro-
found" is studying book written by an
author who is a great philosopher He
does not understand single sentence
in the book, but still he reads on with
out WEAKNESS or Impotence to the end.
AS a specimen, will quote a single
passage:
"The cognitive functions have their
peculiar idiosyncrasies, and when we as
cribe to one the characters of another,
and obiectivize what has not yet been
subiectlv1zed to the sensibility of the
ideal consciousness, we find ourselves
suddenly involved in materialistic
abyss of neither absolutism.
He raises his eyes, Sin fine frenzy
rolling" and ex laims to a friend who
is present. "ThIs is the work of the
most profound thinker of the present
ageI
His friend replies, "I have tried to
understand it.
ST do not profess to understand it :
but in my opinion the best books, or
those which contain the most wisdom,
are Ineligible only to the rare compre-
hension of those who write them"
This fallacy is founded on modesty.
The reader has no faith in his own I'M
derstanding, and a great reverence for
all "profound" authors.
Pride is generally considered the
great failing of the majority Of men
but this is mistake. The majority of
men wonld consider it an act of the
greatest audacity for any one to deny
that passage has any meaning, be-
cause he himself cannot understand it.
On the contrary, intelligent readers
are not inferior to authors, and are per-
fectly right in calling a thing nonsense
if they cannot understand it.-Bo8ton
transcript.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-07
Business Failures.

The commercial failures for nine months
ending Sept. so, 1881, are reported by Dan,
Wiman & Co. as $3.50, as compared with 3,476
for the corresponding period of 1880. The
liabilities for three quarters of the present
year were $5l, 900, 900, as compared with S45-
OO0 600 for the same period of 1880. The fail
ures for the last three months have been 1.024,
with liabilities of 3d. ,000 while in the third
quarter of 1880 they were 979, with liabilities Of
$l2,00O,000. The geo graphical distribution OF
failures shows that the Southern States suf-
tered somewhat inasmuch as the figures indi-
cate their liabilities for the first three months
OF 1889 were only $848000, as against ST, 054, 900
for the present quarter. On the other hand,
for the Western States the liabilities show de-
cline of nearly $780, 000 in favor of this quarter.
In the Middle States the liabilities are about ST.
$1,000 less in amount than in the correspond
ing period of 1880. In the Eastern and Pacific
States the liabilities are but little different
from those of last year. In Canada an keep
tionally good condition of affairs has prevailed,
the failures for the last three months having
leen but $50, with liabilities of $7S7, 600.
This is better showing than has been made
in the Dominion for any quarter in the past
six wears