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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08

AIANTED-Everybody to call at Stewart s. Mont.
w gomerys, and see the Rock Island Hay Fork
The best fork made, for handling hay in barns and
stacking.
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TO LOAN

S600 to Loan real estate security. 5000 to
poUV loan on farm property. Quincy Mcneil.
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MIANTED-A live man to sell the Double Duplex
w Spring Bed and Rotary Washer. Best two
articles IN the market. Call at 422 Brady street,
Davenport, Iowa.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08

WANTED-Situation wanted by an experienced
w dry-goods and groceries salesman First.cIs.s
references given. Inquire at this Office
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08

WANTED.-Reliabl women to circulate the in
w formation OF the new deal in prices Of Dress
Goods for cash, at Mitchell & Parsons
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WANTED Immediately, frst-c ass cook al
w Fred Krell's restaurant, on 2nd avenue be-
tween 10th and 18th streets.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08

WANTED. "A situation in country or town TO do
w general homework. Understands all classes
of farm or city homework. Address Y D. ibls
Office.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08
Health Of Body is Wealth Of Mind
49, RADW AVS
Sarsaparilllab Rcsolvent,

Pure blood makes sound flesh, strong bone and
clear skin. Il you would have yonr flesh firm
vour bones sound without carries, and your COM
oiexion fair use RAILWAYS SARSAPARiLLIAS
RESULVENT..
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WANTED want everybody 70 call and see my
w stock OF fine leather for Boots & Shoes, includ-
ing Kangaroo, CovduyAn. etc. A splendid 1T and
me Workmanship guarantee. J. A. johnson, p.
O block
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WANTED-To find the man, woman or child,
w who not be fitted or suited in boots shoes
and slippers, to call at on Carse & Reticker
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08

WANTED.-All in need OF stylish summer suite
w TO call on 7. A. Bloom, under the Opera House.
His fits are perfect.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08

w Regnesburger.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08
FALsr AND TRUE.

We extract from br. Railways "Treatise on Dis
ease and Its Cure. y as follows:
LIST OF DISEASES CURED BIZ
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08

WANTED-The citizens OF Rock Island to know
w that the Boston Fancy Steam Dye House will
open a store in this city in few days They make
speciality of fine work. Iqu
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08

MfANTED-Two good boys from IL TO 16. FL,
w Information apply at Argus Counting room.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08
MINUTE REMEDY.

Only requires MINUTES, not HOURS, to relieve
pain and cure acute disease.
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LOST.

/ OST-A memorandum book, with the name "D
IL Hamilton on side. Finder please RETURN 10
the Argus Counting Room.
/ OST-A slide Of b Flat Cornet, supposed 10
Ia have been lost near Harper House. Any per
son leaving the same at this Office Prof Behl's
cigar store, Will be literally rewarded.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-08

MfANTED-One good Agent to sell a new Bed
" Spring. Apply at once at No. 119 Main street,
DayenD0rt
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08
Personal.

Major John Hamilton has been promoted to
be Lieutenant Colonel 9TH Artillery.
Hon. Joseph H. Martin of Camden has been
chosen chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee.
Prof. Gireaud, the old French professor, who
at one time was teacher of that language in
Bath public schools, died Tuesday morning.
lie had been in poor health for some time
though he was not supposed to be dangerously
ill.
Hon. Llewellyn Powers has returned from
the.South much improved in health.
Rev. Mr.. Whitney, pastor Of the Universal
ist church, Augusta, has recently had another
hemorrhage, and lies quite low at his home.
Undeterred by the dismal failure in Phila-
delphia, friends in Troy of Francis Murphy,
the temperance lecturer, are endeavoring to
raise money with which to buy him house.
1t is pleasant in these "reconstructed'' days
to observe the intimate friendship that has OBJ
liberated party differences and now exists be-
tween Senator Hamlin'and the gentleman who
was "vice-president' contemporaneously upon
the other side of the line. Habitues of the
National Hotel have a habit, from frequent
invitation and long custom, of visiting Hon.
Alexander 81. Stephens in his apartments dur
ing the winter evenings for social games of
whist, in which the sage of Georgia delights
1t is no uncommon sight to see the stalwart
from Maine sitting, Gamialel-like, at the feet
SO to speak, of the invalid, engaged in earnest
discussion on matters of ;State, past, present
and prospective, or enjoying social rubber
on the arm of the invalid's chair. Senator
Hamlin's political convictions are as strong as
they were quarter sof a century ago, and
though he may bury the hatchet he will nev er
forget where it lies, and will resurrect it on
provocation; but those of Alex. H. Stephe ms
are fast melting away Washington RepubH.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08
LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION.
A Tritling Step Aside from the Beaten
Track.

Mr.. EDITOR: I see by the report of the Or
es have chosen chaplains. This is as it should
be- The chaplain is a recognized officer as
much as the secretary of the Senate or clerk of
the House, but they can have only one such Of
ficer in each branch. 1t is lowering the digni-
ty Of legislative body to oblige its recording
officer (as has been the custom) to send mes
senger up and down the Kennebec to hunt up
clergyman to officiate the next day, as is
done for pauper's funeral, and then to be
often disappointed of one. Nothing was saved
by this to the treasury, as all drew their pay
at the making up Of the payroll. This step IS
in the right direction.
1 hope the present presiding officers will dis
continue the old formula of preparing their
houses to join with the chaplains in devotional
exercises. Forty-ive years ago, as general
rule, all worshipping assemblies except the
Episcopalians and Roman Catholics stood in
prayer time, and most of them turned their
backs to him who led in the service; and this
custom has been retained until now in our leg
islature. 1t has been the rule in ethe morning
when the presiding officer has called to order
by one rap, to say the Senate or House will
now attend to prayers by Rev. Mr.. Blank of
Hallowell, Augusta or Gardiner" After turn
ing his house over to the officiating clergyman
in these words, it would seem that the presid-
ing officers duties ceased luntil the "Amen."
But not so; he gives three sharp raps with the
gavel which being interpreted means ''stand
up" and instead OF choosing their usual atti-
tude of supplication before the Most High,
like drilled school boys, the members feel
bound to obey the earthly power and spring to
their feet. Now do not object to attitude
OF standing by those who choose it, but the
rapping into any position.
think this practice should be abandoned
by the legislature who, without consulting
the journals of past years for precedent, have
chosen chaplains for the session. VIC.
Windham, January Z. r
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08
The Escaned MN

Miss Edith O'Gorman, known to the world
as "The Escaped Num-" who has been convert
ed to Professionalism and was for six years an
inmate of st. Joseph's Convent, Jersey City,
is coming to Portland next Thursday evening,
January 13, at City Hall, and will deliver her
lecture, entitled Life in Convent" which
she says is world in itself. She has recently
been lecturing in other cities, and is the first
and only nun who has ever appeared before
the public as speaker. The Boston Journal
says: 'She has had a personal experience of
mostithrilling character, some chapters of
which she will relate. She has great talent
and power as speaker, and we can only urge
our readers to attend and hear for themselves.
Her appeals to Protestant parents are power
full and convincing. Few ladies in the lecture
field to-day are her equal as speaker, and
none her superior. She speaks of various
points in the preliminary ceremonies of takin 2
the veil, the order of daily life in Nunnery,
the requirements of Confession, the want of
Bibles in the Schools. The truth will never
be given. to the public, except by those W ho
can speak as she can, from personal exper ri
ence. One-half of her audience are compos ed
of ladies. This is one of the most interesting
and instructive lectures ever given to the pub.
lic" She will be sure to have crowded
house,
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08
Mr.. Goss and the Senatorshin


Mr. Guy C. Goss, Representative from Bath,
in the following letter to the Advertiser, gives
his reasons for preferring Mr.. Hale for Sena-
tor to Mr.. Frye:
To the Editor of the Advertiser.
Dear Sir-You have asked me if am will
ing TO give my reasons for supporting Mr.. Hale
for Senator. They are, briefly, these:
First-I believe it would be for the best in
terests OF our State and country. 1t seems to
me that we need at this time to strengthen our
delegation in Congress rather than weaken it.
MI Hale has national reputation and would,
II elected, at once take a prominent position in
the Senate.
important questions that affect the interests
OF our State, will come before Congress. Our
navigation laws need to be revised; our consul
lar system is defective; and it is well known
that desperate efforts are being made to have
free ship bill pass Congress. And it is well
known that Mr.. Hale represented in Congress
adistrict that was largely interested in ship
ping, and is thoroughly conversant with its re-
qulrements The ship owners of Philadelphia,
New York and Boston will bear testimony to
his valuable services rendered them when they
called upon him in relation to their business
before Congress.
Second 1T would be misfortune to the
State to lose Mr.. Frye's valuable services in
tne House OF Representatives at this juncture.
lie is one OF the acknowledged leaders of the
House, and will probably be the next Speaker,
with an influence in the councils of the nation
second only to that of the President; and, with
Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Hale in the Senate, no
State would stand higher in Congress- in point
OF the ability and influence of its delegation
Third-There are several aspirants for Mr..
Frye's place, and there are score of men in
the District who would be no discredit to
themselves, their constituents or the State
With SO many aspirants, the contest would be
heated one, as all political contests are, and
it is my opinion that if the voters of the dis
trict should express their feelings, unbiased,
they would say they have had enough of elec-
tions for one year. sflf
Fourth-When took my oath of office as
member of the present Legislature, 1 swore to
do my duty to the best of my ability, and after
carefully weighing the subject as to what was
|, the best for the State and the nation, have
decided it was my duty to vote for Mr.. Hale
Yours truly, sap4d 3
Augusta, JAN g. 1881 .s-.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08
Those Problems,

by algebra in this way:
(1OOO-x).12 equals 30O-x.
12O-.12x equals BOOK.
XIX equals $780, 1a M
SIX equals 1900. -
equals $204.544.
pupil of the Saccarappa High school thus
solves the cloth problem:
$56 divided by 16 equals $3.50, the cost of
ono yard. N s
$3.50 divided by 70 equals .O46s, the cost
when the wool is $O.01 pound.
.o46sx60 equals $3.50, the cost when it is go
per pound
$3.50 divided by equals $1.4O, the cost when
a man works at $1.00 day. a3se so 81
I.40x15 equals $2.1O, the cost when labor is
worth $1.50 per day.
$2.1Ox10 equals $21, the cost when a man
works one hour day. ig9 a sea e5-7s
$21 divided by s equals $2625, the cost when
he works eight hours day. n
$3.50 divided by 2625 equals 81 IT, the nu M
Der OF yards that can be bought for $3.50.
The following.is the solution of the OK prob
lem, sent by Bath correspondent:
Suppose each OK to eat 100 lbs of grass each
week, then by. the first condition 12x4x100
equals 1890 lbs, or the whole quantity on 81
acres for weeks. ~ AtF keA 80
$500 divided by 81 equals 144o lbs, the whole
quantity on one acre for one week. s8As2H
By the second condition 2lx9x100 equals
1880 lbs. the whole quantity on 10 acres for
nine weeks. sgs Ts 80
1880 divided by 10 equals 1890 lbs, or the
whole quantity on one acre for nine weeks.
109O-144O equals $50 lbs, or the quantit y
grown on an acre for 9 A or weeks
450 divided by 5 equals 80 lbs,or the quanti-
ty grown on each acre for one week..
y 9Ox35x4 equals 1900 lbs, or the quantity
grown on 81 acres for four weeks.
4SO0-12O0 equals $500 lbs, or the original
quantity Of grass on 81 acres. s f7feg
$500 divided by 81 equals 1850 lbs, the origi-
nal quantity of grass on one acre. .sas.a
(, By the last condition 24x10S0 equals 2592O
lbs, the original quantity on "a acres.
24x9Ox1S equals 1880 lbs., the original guam
tity which grows on "a acres in Is weeks.
2592O plus 3S880 equals 64S00 lbs, the whole
quantity on "a acres for IS weeks
64SOO divided by IS equals 5000 Ibis, the guam
tity to be eaten from "a acres each week.
$500 divided by 100 equals 36, the number of
oxen required to eat the whole
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08
Brief ,Jottinrs

Beautiful day yesterday. Mercury 800 at
sunrise, 4o0 at noon, 320 at sunset; wind south,
southeast. q 81
The Clinical Club had supper at the Preble
House last evening. stA
The Montgomery Guards have reelected
their old officers. EsEagr IA
A sub committee Of gentlemen from Bridg-
ton had an interview with the president and
officers of the Ogdensburg road in this j city
yesterday to get their views in ,regard to the
connection of the two roads at Hiram.
The prisoners at the Jail donned their new
uniforms yesterday. eILElEJ
We have received the Musical Herald for
January and it is an excellent number.
The regular monthly meeting of the Diet
Mission will be held at the Fraternity rooms
this afternoon at o'clock.
The annual contribution in aid of the Wild.
ows' Wood Society will be taken up at the
First Parish Church tomorrow. FH#
Mr.. Anderson will give the opening address
at the temperance meeting at Preble Chapel
tomorrow evening Efff9
''The Age of Queen Anne in England will
be the subject of Rev. Mr.. Dalton's lecture
this afternoon. ~-E fnNn
The class of '72, P. II. S.. will hold its ninth
annual reunion, at Rossini Hall, on Thursday
evening, Jan. 13.
The schooner Joseph P. Maeheca, with the
party for the Atratro river, South America
sailed yesterday for Bristol, r. L., Thence she
will sail direct for Carthagena. eaisl
The exports at this port for November and
December, 1879, were S1,466, ,326. For same
time $780, 81, 1886, ,232; increase from 1879, 1868,
906.
A party of about twenty-five ladies and gen.
tlemen from this city, known as the Portlan
Cribbage Club, had very pleasant ride las
evening to Pleasant Hill, Falmouth, where
they ''tripped the light &C., till the small
hours this morning They had an excel an
supper and delightful time generally
A sleigh cushion was found on Clark stree
last night The owner can find it at No. 16
Clark street.
Persons desirous of becoming members O
the Board of Trade, and all business men O
Portland (not now members) are cordially in
yited to hand their names to the secretary il
season to come before the annual meeting o,
Monday evening next.
The Ladies' Temperance Praying Band will
hold temperance meeting this evening at the
Gospel Mission, at 7.30 o'clock. All are in
yited.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08
Ballou's Salon Picture.

Y. +. DAVIS has placed on exhibition in his
art gallery A. F. Ballou's splendid water-color
painting which was exhibited in the Paris Sa-
lon IN 1878, and afterwards placed in the fair
held in New York, where the building fell in
which the art gallery was located, and so many
people and superb paintings injured In that
accident this famous picture had its frame
smashed to pieces. and the picture itself was
SCARED. It would have been totally DESTROYED
II another large picture had not fallen upon it
IN such way as to partially protect it.
The painting represents rural scene and is
27x3S inches in size. On the left is an old-fash-
ioned brick country mansion, with wooden out
buildings attached, just such residence as our
country magnates of Revolutionary times af
fected. The mansion, with its spacious
grounds, is separated from the broad high-road
py the usual stone fence, except in the imme-
diate front where the rail il-fence is substituted.
Along the line Of the stone-fen are the tall
hollyhocks and the low creeping vines SO COM
mon in New England. In the broad field that
sweeps from the house to the immediate fore
ground, some sheep are reclining, and COWS are
passing in through the open gate. On the high
road, close by the gate, a hale old farmer on
horse back is trying to turn rebellious heifer
in the same course the other COWS are pursu
ing. In the distance farm hand is driving
load OF produce. On the mid-right, there is
long sweep of turf supporting a line of three
magnificent elms, whose graceful foliage
throws its shade over the road in the extreme
right, and whose shadows flicker on the white
fence, and front of the mansion Just discerni
BILE on that side Of the picture. The mansion
previously spoken of, is also shaded by hand
some trees. In the distance the road curves
and RISES and is finally lost in the blue hills
beyond. In the immediate foreground little
brook meanders across the road, and wooden
railing guards the passer from accident. Lean
ing upon the rail a fisherman with rod on
shoulder gazes with evident amusement on the
efforts of the farmer to persuade the cow.
For breadth, admirable coloring, depth of
feeling, excellently managed perspective and
careful working out of detail, this picture was
was well worthy the prize it received at Paris.
The price is something handsome. 1t has not
been exhibited before since the accident in
New York.. The frame is beauty -
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
RENTZ's MINsTRELS.

hENIZ 3 MINSTRELS.
Tonight City Hall will no doubt be packed
as the price of tickets has been placed at the
low figure of twenty-five cents. The Albany
Journal says the management give superb
performance of the higher type, possessed of
no feature that could shock the most sensitive
in their notions of propriety and decorum
While the entire programme is good some
parts are OF especial excellence. The Love
Sisters make a pretty appearance and sing
very nicely. Mr. Keen displays rare and versa
tlie talent as an eccentric commedian. Miss
Louise Linden plays wonderfully on the saxo-
phone. Lewis Parker is excellent in his aged
negro and other specialties. Ella and Kitttie
Love as dancers win hearty applause. The
entertainment concludes with picturesque
and laughable burlesque -''The Teutonic Tug
Tub Pinafore." julie Keen as Sir Joseph Gin.
gerber, s. P. Q. r., Lewis Parker as Dick
Badeye, Miss Ella Love as fresh Buttercup.
and "The Moon A Winker," win boundess
applause. All the other parts are excelIentlv
sustained. "es - =
NOTES.
1t is expected that Nine. Adelina Patti will
visit the United States next autumn. By
letter received from her manager Mr. Poljin;
through the kindness of Nine. Geistin ger. to
MI. Rudolf Bial the latter has beenlrecuested
10 take charge of the preliminary arrange
ments; Mr.. Bal, personal friend of the
great diva was her successful manager when
aICer an absence OF many years she again ap-
peared IN opera in Berlin in his Italian opera
there Mr.. Pollini is expected to come owe.
TO New York during the summer
=, Inc many friends and admirers of Signor
Campanini will be gratified to learn that he
intends to remain in this country for some
tlme after the conclusion of the opera season.
and that he has already made number of en-
gagements for important concerts to be given
during that period
The first appearance of the young violin vir-
tuoso, Mr. Maurice Dengremont, was post
.poned until tonight, at Roster & Biafs Hall,
New York. Much has been said about the
wonderful ability of this boy, some critics
having gone so far as to declare him second
only TO Joachim. His debut will, of course,
De an event OF importance in the musical seas
on, and unless he has been unduly praised,
wonderful performance may be expected,
The Sun says that Fraulein Geistinger who
made her debut at the Thalia Theatre, New
York, without actual beauty of feature, has
remarkably fine, stately, and imposing stage
presence, and prepossessing manner. Her
voice is soprano, not very noteworthy for
compass or warmth of color, but true, clear and
flexible. She sings with correctness and taste,
and her gesture and movement are majestic
and even statuesque. Her strong point is
clearly her acting. The striking feature of
her last nights performance was the strong
emphasis she lays on the really dramatic and
dlgnlhed elements of her role. In her hands,
the 1mpulsive, eccentric, and-not to put too
becomes something most pleasantly honest,
genuine and womanly. Her second act-the
iove.making with FrItz-was really bit of
admirable high comedy, in which she was ably
Schnelle.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08
A Ridiculous "Probleu, },

The following catch was propounded to the
lowest class in the Grammar schools of our
city at the last monthly examination, osten-
sibly to test the standing of the scholars in
arithmetic; at least that is the supposition, as
failure to see through it reduced the standing
of the scholar:
"f you have ten dollars on hand and but G
doZ. doZ. pencils at one cent apiece, and sell
J a doz. doz. of them at two cents apiece, how
many pencils will you have left, and how
much money!"
That is exactly as it was given to the class,
authorizations and all, and it is said to have
been furnished by the 'head centre" of our
schools. How he reconciles the use of "doz ),
in the manner given with Webster, or with
any arithmetic, or with any prac ical usage or
the grammar box" or with any fair test of
a students progress, is a problem suggested to
him. Is the above sample of these monthly
tests" PARENT.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-08

zs4 AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
The house of j. Whitney in Ashland was
destroyed by fire last Tuesday.
s Edwards, the fasting prisoner of Houlten
jail, was brought to Bangor, Tuesday, en-
route to the Insane Asylum at Augusta He
adheres to his determination to starve himself
to death. He began to fast Nov. Both, making
80 days up to Tuesday evening. During ali
this time he has taken only about half a pint of
port wine, and few spoonfuls of milk which
he was forced to swallow last Friday.
stsgs KENNEBEC COUNTY. stf1a
News was received Sunday announcing the
death of Capt Joseph Rowse, at Shanhai,.
Nov 10Th. He was a brother of Edward
Rowse of Augusta; he leaves wife and two
children. nut.l'tS@ st4-
Mrs. Young, an elderly lady living in Au-
gusta, took three teaspoonfuls of liniment con-
tanning belladonna and chloral hydrate by mis-
take for paregoric Thursday. She Immediately
became unconscious and it was with great diff
ficulty that physician saved her life.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
In Palmyra, recently, an alteration oc-
cbred between two of the larger scholars of the
school, when one made ferocious attack up
on theother, striking him upon the head with
asl6d stake, INJECTING injuries which are more
than likely to prove fatal.
YORK COUNTY.
George X. Shaw, an old resident of Bdde-
ford, and formerly editor Of of the Maine Dem
ocrats, died Thursday evening. Years ago he
was prominent Democratic politician in York
county