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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

The Washington monument is rising
steadily, and has now reached height Of
900 feet. The Washington Post says that
modern science proposes to utilize it fol
the public benefit. The signal office ex-
poets to have permanent station at its
summit, and its officers say that observa-
tons of the air and atmospheric move
ments taken at an attitude of $50 feet will
be of great value. The present generation
however, may not have the benefit OF
weather predictions made from that elevat-
ed locality. But it seems quite probable
that the monument may be completed
before Washington is forgotten. and this
fact should diminish the ridicule to which
the work has beenssubjected.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
An Unheliavar.

''Dar's no use oh talkin', sar." ssid
Brother Washington, slamming his hat
down on a chair in front of him. iii
yer spirit business am all prostrus non.
sense. sar.n
''Well, rs not so sure bout DAT -
said Brother johnson. tipping his chair
back against the wall, and feelin,
around in his overeoat-pocket for fresh
chew. Il jus tell you, chill, / has saw
some queer tings in my day. Yes. sar
some queer tings."
go way, niggerr said Brother
Washington. Oars nothin' in de uD.
ADVERSE what amt 'cordin' to nature
sar. All DIES Stories bout spirits am ds
'ventioDs oh wickid posters, sar; but ds
can't scar dis niger for cent, no sar
rs tearalist, | am. Don't believe in
muffin L don't see, sar. Honest, now
Mr.. Jonsin, hab you ebber seen spiritg'
Yes, sar," said Brother johnson.
"MisterJohnson, if wasent a CENT?.
man. | should call you liar, said Broth.
er Washington.
Its berry lucky for you, Mister Wash.
ington, dat YOU am gen rman,n said
Brother johnson. But let dat pass
Oar am such things as spirits, for hab
seen 'em, sar. Yes, an hear EN- talk,
too
Look yer. niger" said Brother
Washington. gazing around him uneasi-
ly, you incident tink you'er goin' to
skare dis chill. Go an tell dem lies to
de white trash. Da is too dephafanus'
for educated colored pussons."
Cant helpit, said Brother Johnson.
81 tell you, sar, JUS after nay uncle died
| seen him jus plains see you now
sar. Yes, sar, dar he was at de foot OF
de bed
''Shut up" cried Brother Washington
half rising from his chair, and looking
toward the door. Il say dar am no such
ting as spirits, and what you see was
jus Inflammation. Don't you try to
scare dis niger, sar. You jus waste
you'er time
Yes, an dat am not de only spirit
ebber see,'' said Brother johnson. Zone
time / was sitting up with corpse. and
de fus ting knowed dar was de fellows
spirit lookin' at me from cross his OWL
body"
Stop cried Brother Washington.
suddenly behind him. Don't You tell
ME no more oh dem lies, eos | won't
stand it, st .-..
Dem amt lies, said Brother John
son. What / tell you, chill, am de truf
And dar was annudder time after q MIC
ger was murdered dat l seen de poor
fellow face all covered with blood an
great lash" But Brother Washing
ton bolted through the door. and cut his
friends acquaintance for an entire week.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24


Up in New Hampshire is well known
eccentric Individual, seif-constituted
euTer of all ills; sort of universal pan
acea, '.body and soul, head, heart. and
conscience doctor" who, with all his &C.
centricities, has fund of actual wit that
is hard to beat Not long ago the s'doc-
tor was called upon the witness-stand.
The opposing counsel, who is said some
times toindulge in '.liquor-pizen," know
ing the doetor's peculiarities, ventured,
III cross examining him. To show him up
4 bit The result will be appreciated.
sWhat is your business?' pompously
inquired the counsel.
My business is to do what little good
/ can do TO my fellow-fnen, modestly
replied the doctor.
But that doesn't answer my ques-
tion.'a grutiiy remarked the counsel.
How 90 you spend your timer
why. squire. it takes about all my
time TO Go what | said .
but want something more definite,"
stoutly demanded the counsel. ''How
do you go about your business?"
THAT depends upon circumstances.
according to the nature of the case" ex-
planned the doctor. For instance, if
were going to begin on goa, the first
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

It's reported in official circles that the
government has determined to express
willingness to join with Russia and Ger
many in protesting against the protection
of the Suez canal being confided to the
British The desire is for Spain to be adj
mitted. under the protection of the eastern
powers, to the conference when the pow
ers again discuss the subject of the canal.
The majority of Spaniards. however, are
indifferent to foreign politics, feeling more
concern at the terrible drouth which has
destroyed greater part of the harvest and
seriously threatens the vintage
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
Romance of Arithmetic.

The following story about Mohammed
Ali and the camels is not new, but it is
interesting:
A Persian died. leaving seventeen
camels to be divided among his three
sons in the following proportions: the
eldest to have half, the second a third,
and the youngest ninth. OF course
camels can't be divided into fractions,
so, in despair, the brothers submitted
their difficulty to Mohammed Ali.
"rll lend you another camel to make
eighteen, and now divide them your
Selves. The consequence was, eseh
brother got from one-eighth TO one-haif
of a camel more than he was entitled to,
and Ali received his camel back again;
the eldest brother getting nine camels,
the second six, and the third two.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

heads of the war department, steadily re-
fused the remedy which was within his
reach. Even when Warren got out his
court of inquiry, the judge advocate, EVIL
IDENTITY under the inspiration of influence
from above and without. appeared as the
prosecutor in the interest of Sheridan, and
Sheridan on the stand showed bitter
ness that was quite irreconcil;.ble
with the calm, impartial position of
a witness to the truth. Thus, after wears
of waiting, Warren, in seeking his own
vindication, was also working for the best
interests of the service and the country
Whatever the result, whether in his favor
or against him, he is far beyond the reach
of any further interest in the issue. There
still reman those who were nearest and
dearest, to whom all that affects the de
parted hero for such he was in their eyes
is important, and there remain the large
circle of those who had served with and
under him, who are still sensibly affected
by all that interested their gallant leader.
The consciousness that such life was pre-
maturely shortened by neglect to do him
prompt and full justice cannot fail to touch
the heart of the people, still alive to the
debt due every soldier; but it is not likely
to stir the hearts or disturb the rest of
those who are mainly responsible for such
a result. 1t is the want of an acute sense
of sympathy, of a nice notion of honor, of
real love of justice, of a full and free
recognition of what is due to right and
truth, and of responsibility in those high
in Office, that makes the possibility of a
recurrence of Warren's case, unless the
lesson it teaches is taken to heart alike by
the people and by all who serve them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
Jumping from the BROOKLYN Bridge.

Robert Donaldson, a Scotchman in
New York, wants to bet that he can
jump from the East River bridge with
out harm. He told San reporter how
he performed such a feat. Il crouch
with Bonded knees" he says, land hop
off with my elbows nearly foot from
my sides, with my forearms and the
palms of my hands fiat in front of my
breast. | work my hands a little like
the tiutter of birds wings. The first
fifteen feet l drop like shot, then the
air catches me under my hands, my
arms, arm-pits. chin and even my ears.
1t takes four seconds to drop 100 feet
| breathe while l am descending, and
clap my hands over my chest and press
my elbows to my sides just as strike
the water. All my vital parts are pro-
tected. My knees guard my stomach
| believe | could drop safely distance
of / 200 feet if could be sure of strik-
ing feet first in my crouehed position"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

The Hon. G. A. Tucker, an English
gentleman from New South Wales, on
Wednesday visited the Utah insane asylum,
near Salt Lake, permission being granted
by Gov hurry. He describes the condi-
ton of the inmates as the most
filthy and ill-kept he has ever
witnessed during years of experience in
the line. Some of the patients were per-
fectly sane. One of these, named Sher-
man, had been robbed of his wife by a
Mormon polygamist, and has been confined
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
THE MISSING MARINER.
IInter Ocean, Ang. n

The following dispatch was receiv ed
yesterday from member of the family of
Mr.. C. s. Davis, the owner of ihe schoon-
er Australia, the master of which, Captain
Daniel Green, also of Muskegon, is miss
ing here in Chicago:
s'MUsKEGoN, Mich, Aug. 81 Nothing
is known of Captain Green. He is not
supposed to have run away Mr. Davis,
(the owner of the Australia) is away from
home. See Captain Barnes, of the schoon-
er Lyman M. Davis, for further particu-
lars"
The Lyman Davis is also the property
of Mr.. Davis, and Captain Barnes had
been instructed to inquire into the mystic
rious disappearance, and to also investi-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

thing L should do would be to aJy;sa
you to sign temperance pledger'
The court roared. and the. COUNSEL =.
if convinced the doctor was pursuino
legitimate and respectable vocation n,o
ceeded with the regular cross-examinS
ton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

A pretty Philadelphia girl, on being
asked why her engagement had been
broken off, replied, You see, he came
to me one day with an album in his
pocket, and proudly displayed the auto
graph of Charles j. Guiteau, which he
went to Washington on purpose to get.
| was not anxious to marry a born fool.
so we parted
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

Gov. Cullom has written letter to the
authorities of Logan and Cass counties to
take strenuous measures to suppress the
lawlessness prevalent there, referring par
ticularly to the triple murder near Mt.
Pulaski, last Sunday, in Cass county.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

ia this place evef since. He was formerly
from the east and gentleman of culture.
The place is kept by DR.. S. B. Young, a
nephew of Brigham Young, and three
Mormon commissioners.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

According to the school census just tax
en-. there are at present 1917, 600 children
of school age between 6 and 81 years of
age) in Cook county, including the city of
Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

The swimming contest at Boston on
Wednesday, for 81 900 and the champion
ship of the world, between Captain Webb
and Thomas Rile. champion short distance
swimmer of America, was won by Webb.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTsIcT.
Democratic Congressional Convention at Mon
mouth, Wednesday, Sept, Is, 1852.

The Democracy of the several counties in the
Eleventh Congressional district are requested 10
send delegates a Convention to be held at Mon
mouth, Warren County, on wednesday, Sept, IL,
1882 at O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of nominal
ing q candidate for Congress- and TO transact such
other business may be presented for the consid-
Grafton of the convention
The several counties in the Congressional district
will be entitled the following representation based
npOn the vote for Hancock and English in 1880:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
The pangera Of Careless surgerr.

It is related that one distinguished
surgeon lately left sponge, and another
a pair of forceps, in the cavity after an
abdominal operation. Yet another would
have left large seal ring in the same
place but for gentle reminder from
practitioner. 1t seems hard that
surgeons should run the awful risk OF
losing jewelry and instruments by sew
ing them up in the vitals of their pa
tients. 1t is due to them to say, how
ever, that the rule is to carefully count
the sponges and instruments during the
progress of such operations. This is
well. 1t would be a dreadful matter, for
instance, if man should have couple
of chairs or house and lot grated into
him while he was being treated for
gunshot wound.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
CALL FOR STATE DEMOCRATIC con-
VENTION.
Thursday, September Z, 1873

The Democracy of all the counties in the state OF
Illinois are requested to send delegates TO the state
convention, which viii be held at Springfield, on
Thursday, September 2, 1882,
at II O'Clock a. M, for the purpose of nominating
candidate for state treasurer one candidate for
state superintendent of public instruc ton, and to
transact such other business as may be proper for
it's consideration.
The several COMMITTEES in the state entitled to
one delegate for each 400 votes cast for Hancock and
English in 1880 and one delegate for each fraction
thereof of 200 votes and over. the countless votes
and delegates being as follows:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
DFMoCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.

For Sheriff:
JOHN NJ. RETICKER, of Rock Island.
For Treasurer:
DANIEL W. GOULD, of Moline.
For Superintendent of Public Schools:
MISS MARIA S. KENWORTHY, of Andalusia
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

Texas received $4,000 immigrants
last year.
A wire four hundred feet long can be
made from one grain of silver. Such
wire Ia finer than human hair.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

By order of the state democratic central commit
tee. ID. Il. GILLIAN, Chairman.
W. j. MIzE, Secretary.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24

By order of the Democratic Congressional Com
mittee 18th district. CHAs. H. WHITAKER,
MAcokB, Ills, August 1, 1882 Chairman.
Special arrangements have been made with the
c. B. & O., Railroad, that all those attending the
convention and pay full fare to Monmouth will be
returned for one-third fare presenting to ). G.
Dixon, ticket agent at Monmouth, the proper GER
tihcate from the officer Of the convention appointed
to Issue certificates 10 all who may attend
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CONVENTION

The Democrats of the Twenty First Legislative
District requested to send delegates to Legs-
latve Convention, TO be held at the Court House in
Cambridge on Monday, Sept 18th, 1892 at II O'Clock
A. M, for the purpose of nominating a candidate
for the Legislature, be voted for at the Novem-
Der election 1882 and transact such other business
as may PROPERLY come before said convention.
The basis of representation win be one delegate
for every 400 for Hancock for president.
Rock Island Co., win be entitled to II delegates.
Henry - = 10
Rock island, Aug, g. 1892
j. r. JOHNSTON,
LEVI WATERMAN, }Com.
EZRA SMITH,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-03

AT the meeting presided over by Car
dinal Manning at the London Mansion
House, for the relief of the Russo-Jew-
ish refugees, letter was read enclosing
a memorial signed by 1859 Oxford un-
dergraduates. 1t said: "We wish pub
licly to state our belief that it is only by
granting to all classes equal rights and
privileges before the law, and by frankly
laying aside prejudices of race and re-
ligion, that the common welfare OF
Europe can be advanced" Cardinal
Manning said that he knew of no more
unprecedented or gratifying outburst OF
feeling from Oxford undergraduates.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-03

JUMBo's long intercourse with human
ity has taught him, as it doubtless has
his new master, some innocent hypocri-
sy, and he carefully abstains from any
display of what his keeper calls his tan
trums so long as he is fattered, coaxed,
and praised by visitors to the gardens.
But the moment he is led back to his
house his company manners disappear
and he becomes the wild elephant of his
native woods once more. He tosses
about his litter and throws aloft his
trunk, seeking to reach the roof of his
house, then tugs and pulls with all his
might at the iron columns which sup
port the doorway, and his keeper de-
clares that he beholds from day to day
the lurking devil in his eye. The symp-
toms evinced by Jumbo are pronounced
by naturalists exactly to resemble those
displayed by Chung, the elephant al
Exeter Change, which had to be shot by
platoon of grenadiers after killing his
keeper; or another elephant in the Zoo
a few years back, who, cunning as
Jumbo, behaved herself with such pro-
prize ty in public that her keeper suffered
her to walk behind him one moonlight
night, when she rushed on hin with
fury and trampled him to death before
assistance could be had.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-03
The Campaign Of Detraction.

The unreasoning abuse to which Mr..
George Hearst is being subjected in cer-
tain quarters is making that gentleman
friends right and left. While he is
merely one of the many able and pure
men who seek to be Governor of Cali
fornia, and while the choice may very
likely fall upon some other Democrat,
the unfair criticisms which have been
INDUCED in at his expense have outlined
the facts, with the vividness Of silhou-
cite, that he is an enterprising, honest
and popular man, staunch Democrat
and q noteworthy member of the guild
of self-made men. The same Republi-
can sheets, and their so-called inde-
pendent (?) allies, who had not only no
words of censure, but who stopped over
in praise of Miller, have abused Hearst
without stint, although Miller was the
representative of the most hoggish mo-
nopoly on the American continent-the
Alaska Fur Company-and poured his
corruption money out like water all
over this State. Nearly every WELL
informed politician knows to a dollar
the amount of the large sums
SO disbursed. Mr.. Hearst has not, so
far as we have been able to ascertain,
contemplated dividing the State into
districts, and allotted its corruption
fund to each, after Mr.. Miller's model.
All that can be said of him in deroga-
tory line is that he is both liberal and
rich. As matter of fact, if nominated
and elected, he would discharge the al
most purely ornamental duties of the
Governorship with grace and distinc-
ton. Should he be defeated at San
Jose, thing quite liable to happen, he
can resume his old habitudes with the
serene and gratifying conviction that
the utmost ingenuity of partizan malice
has been able to discover no blemish in
his career. In the card in which he an
nounced himself to be candidate, he
struck the most thorough Democratic
key-notes; and, ON the labor and Chi
nese questions, developed a line of
thoughtful sagacity which will commend
itself to all honest men. The campaign
of detraction of which he has been made
the = beneficiary, shall we say? has
availed his detractors nothing.
We shall simply add that, as Mr..
Hearst has been singled out by the ene-
mics of Democracy for special and ma
lgnant attack, we devote more space to
him than to the other distinguished gen
tlemen, any one Of whom may become
the Democratic nominee for Governor.
We have taken the trouble to inform
ourselves as to the character of them all,
and are happy to be able to say that, to
an unusual degree, they are unassaila-
BILE. As to the candidates, within the
Democratic ranks, Tyrian and Trojan
are alike to us.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-03

JOHN LOGAN, who takes liberties with
the Queens English, supposes himself to
be a candidate for the Presidency. he
is in dead earnest, and works like a
beaver, night and day, in the interest OF
this absorbing idea. Mr.. Logan is a
Stalwart by profession, but when the
lines became tightly drawn between the
late President and the New York Sena-
tors, his Stalwartism weakened visibly.
The more powerful attractions of the
Postoffices and the tide waiterships
shook his faith for the time being. Since
the advent of General Arthur to the
White House, Mr.. Logan's first love has
come back to him stronger thar it was
originally. Stalwartism and the Post
offices now go happily and conveniently
together. They keep company by a
natural affinity under the changed con-
ditions, and the Senator from Illinois
has looked forward hopefully to the
near future to crafty his noble ambi-
ton. 1t occurred to Mr.. Logan's aspir-
ing mind that if Grant and Conkling
could be retired permanently from poll
tics, there would be no big lion in his
path for 1884 in the Stalwart sect. In
the most disinterested manner he pro-
posed to bring Grant back into the army,
and to pension him for life as General.
The Pension Bill for Grant went through
the Senate easily, because of the convic-
ton that it would be killed stone dead
in the House whenever direct test
could be reached. And now comes the
sad news that chance is only wanted
to give this scheme a quietus, and to
keep the third -termer on the war path
against all comers in 1884, including
John Logan. And Conkling, too, is not
to be retired. The Senator from Illinois
ardently desired to see him put on the
bench of the Supreme Court, where he
might have a chance to die of dry rot,
and to renounce ambition in black
silk gown and ten thousand year.
But, though Arthur was willing, Conk-
ling was obstinate in practising law, in
stead of writing judicial opinions. Thus
the plans of Logan have come to grief,
and his experience, like that of others
before him, adds another example to
the long catalogue of disappointed ambi-
ton.