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Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11
SAYINGS OF THE sAGEs.

A Kentucky company insurss whiskey, but declines to take fire risks on the consumers. The publication of the revised New Testa- ment has been postponed until May. There is no telling what will become of the unfor- tunate people who die before the correct edi- ton comes Philadelphia Neaos.
 M. Prudhomme lauds the advantages of gymnastics ''There is nothing like it for the health, :" he says "it increases a mans strength, prolongs his days-'' But our an- cestors did not practice gymnastics, and yet-'' ''They did not and what is the consequence They are dead, every man of them. ."-P07fs Figaro
 4 New Hampshire farmer recently agreed to sell his farm for $2 ,0O0, but when the day came he told the expectant purchaser that his wife was in mysteries about the trade, and he "guessed he'd have to back out" - The pur- chaser complained, and finally asked how much more would induce him to sell. ''Well," replied the thrifty son of the Gran ite State, ''give me $250 more, and we'll let her cry."
 Society Note: Miss Duffenbach, the &C., complished and beautiful cantatrice of West Hill, slapped her old mother over the head with the dish-rag last Tuesday evening be- cause the old lady wouldn't let her go down and sing in a Dutch chorus at the masquer- ade in Bogus Hollow. Miss Diffenbach has the true temper of lyric artist. and our city will yet be proud of her.-BwSington HGankeye.
 One of the completest little social events occurred near Fort Wingate, in Texas, the other day. A party of four gamblers en- tered saloon, and business being little dull that morning, the proprietor joined them in a friendly game. In the difficulty that en- sued no partiality was shown whatever, all five of them being killed. It was decidedly the most recherche affair of the season. The toilets were gray ribbed undershirts, with overtrain of blue woolen-old iron jewelry. -Peck's Sun.
 Senator Malone is very thin. He was wounded during the war, while in command of division of Confederates and when Col. Jones called at his home in Richmond to re- lieve his wife's anxiety. he found her in tears, having received the news by telegraph. The officer attempted to reassure her by say ing that the general would be on duty again in a few days, but without avail "Why, madam, he expostulated, ''you ought not to give yourself so much concern. He received only flesh wound no bones were injured" 'Ah, colonel" she sobbed, ''you-don't know th'-the general as well as IT do, or you wouldn't tell m'-me he could be-be wounded without strik-striking bone !'
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11
Friday Morning, March II, 1881.
IS AN EXTRA SESSION NEEDED

IS AN EXTRA SESSION NEEDED.
 It is reported that President Garfield does
 not see any necessity for an extra session of
 the Forty-seventh Congress, and that he will
 not call one unless something occurs to make
 such 8 call imperative. The chief argument
 for extra session is that provision should
 be made for refunding the five per cent.
 bonds redeemable after May 1 of this year,
 and the sizes, redeemable after June 30,
 about $462, 1000, ,O0O of the former and $265,-
 COG, ,00o of the latter. The saving that would
 be effected in one year by refunding this
 amount at three per cent. would be about
 seventeen millions, or at three and a half
 per cent. thirteen and half millions. If an
 extra session now would only bring about
 refunding six months earlier than it could be
 accomplished by waiting for the regular
 session next winter. the saving of half 8
 years interest would pay the cost of the
 session two or three times over. But part of this saving can be made without the aid of Congress. The secretary of the treasury can spare from the surplus income and the balame in the treasury fifty millions or more to pay so much of the maturing debt out flR4G, ana ne mas uHCoE tuo 1dsG dC1 authority to issue two hundred and fifty mil lions we believe, of four per cents. He could thus fully dispose of the maturing sixes and reduce the amount of the fives to about $42O, COG, ,OOO, on which half years saving by new three per cent. bond would be less than four and a quarter millions, against which might be-offset the expense and the political inconvenience of an extra session.
 Another reason urged in favor of an textra | session is the desire for investigations by congressional committees of the methods whereby several Bourbon congressman were returned elected in the face of overwhelming majorities against them. It is argued that if l the inquiries in the southern contested-elee ton cases could begin in May decisions might | be hoped for before adjournment, and | Lowe, of Alabama; Lynch and Buchanan, of 1 Lee, of South Carolina; Stovall, | of Virginia, and other Liberals like them | would have their seats, in place of the men | they defeated at the polls. This, it is urged, is most essential to the safety of the organ ization of the House. On the other hand, it f is argued that an extra session would not en- able the Republicans to forward the matter of investigating the southern election frauds, | and that nothing substantial could be accom- plished by them. One thing is certain, and | that is that the people are not anxious for an | extra session.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11
Price Four Cents.
ut getting within gunshot of theI limit

without getting within gunshot of thel limit
 Of their capital know of one such house
 that has . customer who not only keeps up
 stiff margin, but lends the firm his cheeks for
 million or two whenever they want to even
 up their heavy stock account at the close of a
 trying days business.
 ''Phen. too, every member of the board is
 good for $1O, 900 worth of life insurance if
 he IS in good standing in the exchange at h:s
 death. That means simply if he is a mem-
 Der, for we don't try to avoid life insurance
 down here as they do in some palatiaI strue.
 lures in Broadway, where the uncontested
 payments to the survivors of policy-holders
 are the least item in the enormous aggregate
 of receipts and expenses, upon any technical
 1ty. Upon the death of member every liy- ing member is assessed $1O. That pays $1O,- 900 cash and no fooling, and leaves a margin that goes into surplus insurance fund that has already got to respectable proportions
 The money is paid over by special commit. tee to the widow, or nearest of kin, ordinari ly, within three days after the death of the member. So, you see, membership in the exchange, with the sense of partnership in a great number of millions of dollars worth of property and daily business, the splen- did opportunities, granting the possession Of clear and well-balanced head and steady nerve, of making a large income, and the certainty of the payment of a snug sum to ones heirs after one's death, is a neat thng. Judging from my own experience and that of my friends, there is nothing heater, for with skillful management, a broker may get along with very little money besides that which his customers put up as margin. The profits of turning over 5OO, ,OOO shares day are, of course not equally divi- ded among the brokers. But the small fry have better show in Wall street, probably. than anywhere else in the world, because the rate of profit for the brokers services is fixed, and the broker who makes $1OO, ,OoO B = year gets no more for handling 100 shares than the broker whose income is only S1O,- 900. All depends upon customers They are allured, though they are men, as a rule, by attractive surroundings as well as agreed ble manners. This is getting to be well un- derstood now. and an era of luxury in office furnishing has begun in Wall street. Very few customers dealing in 100 shares at a time suffice to pay expenses and to assure handsome profit. Why, a young friend of mine, who had an obscure little office in a 1ingy building, and half dozen customers, cleared $500 day in commissions for ninety lays at the beginning of last year. That was just $27, 900. It enabled him to branch put, and bring about him better class of customers, and to-day he is on the high road % wealth. You can judge from this how much money the big fellows make: Why, if brokers didn't speculate they'd get rich in very few years.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11

reading has been introduced in the schools,
 and with excellent effect. In their efforts to
 discourage shams and cramming, the author
 ities have abolished daily marking in all the schools, have reduced the written tests one
 half, and have encouraged teachers to deter
 mine the value of their instruction by the ability of the pupils to master principles rather than to repeat definitions or solve puzzles Altogether the record of the past year in Portland is good one, and is com mended to the consideration of other cities.
 A Washington correspondent of the Bos- ton AdUertiser assures us that there need be no apprehension in the public mind about the present mistress of the White House. He says of her: Although natu- rally a most modest and retiring woman she has risen to the occasion, as all who know her best have been sure she would do, and more courteous, high-bred woman would be hard to find, and one so simple and unaffected in manner. She is an intellectual woman who has kept abreast with the world wife whose opinions her bus band regards with respect mother who is the friend, confdant and helper to her chil- dren and loyal friend. She comes into her public life with the determination to make herself the friend Of the people, and she pro- poses that the White House shall lose none of it's attractiveness under her reign. When asked if she should keep open house, as Mrs. Hayes had done, or whether she should re- serve certain time for herself, she said she should give herself, as far as her strength would permit, to the public; that as she be- longed to them she must consider their wish es first, and her own inclinations last. She
 is as quiet in her dress as was her predeces- sor, and she wears literally no jewelry. She wears her brown hair waved off her forehead and coiIed low at the back
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11

The owners of horses in Brooklyn, New York, are forcibly complaining about the use of salt on horse railroad tracks There are, it is stated, over one thousand horses in that city now afflicted with frosted heels, the direct result of travel in snow water and slush mixed with salt. The disease begins at the fetlock, the leg swells and cracks open, discharging foul matter, and in many cases the blood is poisoned, and the horse dies.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11
Why Q Lot Was Never Built Upon.

lfrom the NeWpuryport (hass) Herald
 Passers by the junction of Berry and Titss comb streets for many years have often wons dered why the lot on the eastern corner has never been improved. There is, among a few of the knowing ones, a romantic expla- nation which, whether true |or not is implicit ly believed by them. They say that over half a century ago young Herald office apprentice undertook to deliver an address on Brown square near by, and upon an unpopular sub ject, causing himself to be mobbed by the populace and forbidden to speak by the authorities; and that the owner of the lot in question, being stubborn advocate of free speech, invited the youth to use his land, and the speech was then delivered; after which the land-owne vowed that the land should never be built on as long as he could help it. and he managed to entail it down to our time, though this entail is understood to be nearly over, there being no such eternal fa- cilities for such work in America as in England. There is some talk of erecting a statue to that young apprentice, and, whether the story is strictly true or not, no more fitting spot could be found to set it. His name was William Lloyd Garrison, and his unpopular subject WAS nepro slavery
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11
Fish with an Ovarium i'm the Head.
 


 In the piscatorial line I was fortunate enough to make very strange discovery. Noticing that the back-waters of the River Mangar and an adjacent brook contained quantities of fish, I set about capturing some, and obtained nine different species Among them was one which, was assured, did not deposit it's eggs. or even lay them at all. The ova I was told, were contained in the head of the fish, where they were incuba- ted, the young finding their exit through the mouth of the parent. To say that was skeptical of this fish with an ovarlum in It's head is but to feebly express my feelings; but, noticing strange development and dls- coIoration of the head in several specimens had obtained determined to investigate the matter thoroughly. Accordingly, I selected a living individual as favorably conditioned as possible, and confined it in glass vessel On the second day after the incarceration, surely enough, to my inexpressible delight, three tiny fish made their appearance, but from where it was impossible to say. The following day three more made their appear ance, and it was easy to see, from the troubled movements of the fish and it's con tinued gasping, that busy time was at hand. On the third day caused me to insti- tute watch. After no great length of time I was rewarded by seeing the fish commence gasping furiously, and I noticed, through the transparency of the lower jaw, some- thing that had the appearance of membrane but which might have been the young fish it. self working about inside After about 10 convulsive movements, out shot the newly born individual frem the exact centre of the mouth of the parent fish, thus solving the ques- tion. Altogether the number of young produc edwss about one hundred, of which some forty were dead. After the fourth day no more made their appearance, and the head of the fish was pitiable sight to behold, it being almost transparent and very much shrunk- The fish is very small one, not exceeding inches in length, which perhaps accounts for it's being overlooked by others. It has four or five black horizontal bands, which, while the fish is in whatI presume it is not incorrect to call the parturient state, are illuminated by tiny spots, having brilliant phosphores- cent appearance. Besides the ovarlum, the whole of it's organs are contained in the fore part of the body, the posterior portion being nothing but flesh and bone. The vent is situated as nearly as possible in the centre of the belly. Whether it is the female that in cubates the ova, or whether the case is re- peated of the Spanish batraehid, where the female deposits the spawn in the mouth of the male, there to be matched, I cannot say. I secured several specimens of the fish, which will be forwarded in due course from Bilton to England for thorough investigation, and am in hopes to being able, at some later period, of once more4observe the fish in it's living state. shall also endeavor to bring home some live specimens, as the fish seems to be pretty hardy.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11

Hon. Abram S. Hewitt offers help in the hunt of the rascal or rascals who constructed the Mercy letter. This is creditable to Mr. Hewitt. Now let Barnum come forward His assistance ought to be very valuable.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11
Farming on a Grand Scale.

The rancho of H. J. Glenn, in Colusa County, is one of the largest and most noted in the State, and perhaps presents the best H. lustration of extraordinary farming along the Sacramento On being asked recently why he raised wheat alone, his reply was as follows: People ask why raise all wheat. The answer is simple: It is the only crop that will bear transportation; it is the only crop not perlshable. I must not raise on my land what ruins me, but what is profitable" Dr. Glenn's rancho comprises about 60,000 acres of land, and the number of acres in wheat each year ranges between 10000 and 5O,O0O. Reckoing an average of from 20 to 25 bushels to the acre, the aggrevate crop each year amounts to something more than 100000 bushels. This enormous amount of grain requires vast appliances for planting and bringing it to market and the capital invested in machinery alone sums up considerable fortune.
 During the harvest time there are employed on the entire ranche some 800 men. Dr. Glenn is general-in- chief of his force, and the ranche is divided, for convenience of opera tions, into nine smaller ranches-eaeh with dwelling house, barns, blacksmith shop, and other necessary buildings. In charge Of these are seven foremen, under whom are sixteen blacksmiths fourteen carpenters, six engineers, six machinists, five commissaries, and numerous cooks and servants. The common workmen are divided into gangs, and detailed where they are needed. There are 13O gang blows 60 hearders, to which belong 18O wagons cleaners, 100 harrows, Is seeders, 6 thrashers, 6 engines. Besides, there are many smaller instruments and vehicles, which cannot be classified Cooper ating with their human brethren in the great labor are 1000 work horses and mules, with kinship of 1000 brood mares and younger stock which has not yet achieved the dignity of labor. There are 32 dwelling houses, P barns 14 black smith shops, and other structures sufficient to swell the aggregate to 100. The machinery could not be replaced for $125, ,000; the work horses and mules are worth $110,OO0: the brood mares and young stock $75,00O, and thes.buildings on the place $10O,000. The ranch is about twenty miles above the town of Co1usa
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-11

Sournal alto Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. 400 State Street, Courier Building.
 JOHN B. oARRnxaToN. EDWARD T. cARkINeroN. JOHN B. oARRNeToN, JR.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-13
WOMEN:

Lepeoifhga. Excessive FloH ing. Painfu.
Monthly Periods, Sappressione when from I'M
natural causes, Irregularities, Weak Back, Prolap-
sue Falling of the Uterus Ante rversion and
Retroyersion Bearing down Sensations, Interna
Heat, Nervous Depression, Debility, Despondeucy
Threatened Miscarriage, Chron Congestion, IDfa
nation and liberation OF the Uterus, Impo-
teney. Barrenness or Sterility, and Female, Weak
ness.
Added to these are the psnga, the troubles, the
wearing strain Of maternity, and which often do
more toward breaking her constitution and weak
enng hel for other efforts than all else OF her labor
and dutie> ssGsse. It Is in this direction that
one often discovers that which it must pitlful in
the life OF such woman. She iabors on through
tire period Of CESSATION TO the last poeeibe moment
often over eXerting herself, and often doing her
and her offspring irrcFarable injury. The result of
all this is that the mother at that period Of life
when she should pess he tnrcshola O. a vigorous
and cheerful old eye ID often broken down and.
after year Two OF intolerable suffering is hur-
ried of to the nearest ehurchyard
A bottle or two of Shorev's Investigator taken
during the year. will not only make woman's
life light and happy, but will cure permanently
most of hef complaints. Sold by Ell a&assists al
one dollar per lsrgs psesass. sold in Dee Mones
wkaies.3e aad Fefail by
c. Il. WARD e co and by drugrists generally
FULLER 6 FULLER,
Wholesale Agents, Chicago.
Depot, IS Cellar St, New York. 6-26Ewf&w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-13
BUSINESS or sPoILATEoN.
GuiItY of Wrong.

Some people have fashion Of confusing
excellent remedies with the large mass of
patent medicines and in this they are
guilty of wrong There are some adver
tised remedies fully Eorth ali that is asked
for them, and one at least Ee know Of
Hop Bitters. The writer has had occasion
TO use the Bitters in lust such climate
as We have most of the year IN Bay City,
aud has ALWAYS found them to be first
class and reliable. doing ali that is claimed
FOR them, - Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-13
MEDICAL.


JOHN HANNAS, being q Blacksmith by
IL trade, had often felt the want of some means
whereby could soften iron at the forge, go that
could work II at better advantage. This induced
me TO make many experiments with different sub
stances which offered the best prospect ceess.
the wonderful effects of Electro Silicon on the
Human System.
had defect In three of my fingers, which were
bent or shnt mp in my hand In such manner. by
the coSrRAcTIoS OF THE CORDS. that they were
very troublesome to me in my daily ayocauon. 1
could not handle my tools as wished. and often
thought would have my fingers cut of to get
them out OF the way, i have used everything that
offered any hope of relief, but all 10 effect.
Well, say was working with Electro Silicon at
the forge and OF course could net prevent its com
ing in contact with my hands.
took no notice of the effect it had produced.
until one day, wishing TO use heavy hammer /
grasped with my crooked hand, and much TO my
surprise l found my crooked fingers straighten
out. and had much of them as ever /
could hardly believe my eyes. | showed my
hands to my wife and family, ard general re-
ioicing was the result.
had neighbor living about mile from my
shop who had lame knee, caused by the cords
being contracted By rheumatism. / sent him
bottle OF Electro Silicon Liniment and told him to
three months he was able TO throw aside his cane
and walk to my shop apparently as well as ever.
Ii had worked just as it did in my producing
perfect cure gave it 10 Others OF my neighbors
and friends, for miles around, who were suffering
from Swelled Limbs, Rheumatism Neuralgia Stiff
any trouble. Finding that the Electro silicon Lin
iment would penetrate the skin OF man further
tnan any other substance, 1t occurred to me that
II must be good fer the horse, and il has proved
Itself one OF the very beet applications in all ex-
ternal diseases occurring to the noble animal,
PrpDzra6 nv he
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-13

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able In preserving youthful condition.. Greatest
remedy on earth for impotence, DEAFNESS. sexual
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Depot. IS Barclay street, New York, and for Rock
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