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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06
EXAMINING THE SITUATION CRITICALLY
From the New York World.

If there are among our republican fell
low-citizens any deluded souls who dream
that Hubben or the local boss in any state
is to be trified with impunity. let them con-
template the case of Postoffice Clerk
Owings, of Pittsburg, who, having treated
Mr.. Cameron's henchman's reiterated re
quest for voluntarily subscription with
silent contempt. was promptly discharged.
The Postmaster testified of Mr.. Owings
that $50 far as the performance of his
duties was concerned there was no fault TO
find with him" which makes one wonder
all the more why the Postmaster should
have removed him. 1t is only necessary to
add that General Beaver, in whose interest
this decapitation has been ordered, is run
ming on platform which demands civil
service reform and denounces matchmaking
assessments. We suppose, too, that if
any one were to say to General Beaver,
Sir, you are liar, fraud and black
mailer in comparison with whom the dead
"beat who lives on the earnings of his wife
cor his paramour is gentleman" the
General would be irritated. Yet, when we
come to examine the situation critically,
that is what it comes down to.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06
HALO. is ARTHUR TO BE AssAssrNArED,


Between the Republican party and the
realiZations of its noble ambitions one OBJ
stacle, stands. A coterie of small men,
with mental horizons not wider than the
field Onward primaries, and impudent am
billions as broad as the possibilities of the
purse, have usurped the management of
the party. These men are not in sympa-
thy with Republicanism. They are not in
sympathy with anything or anybody but
themselves. Their effrontery, their un-
scrupulousness their seifishness, disgust
all thinking men. Their leadership deters
thousands upon thousands of young men
from joining the Republican party. Their
lightweight paralyzes Republican energy.
dismays Republican hopes. Their utter
ances make US ridiculous in the eyes of
intelligent people. Their actions compel
blush on every cheek. These men, I'M
der Hayes and Garfield, We're an embar-
rassment. Under, and because of, Ar
thur they are positive obstacle in the
path of Republication. That obstacle
must be removed. Persuasion, warning
menace-these have failed Very WELL
then force must beapplied.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06
Too MANY Generals.

During the recent Army reunion at
Detroit. says the Free Press of that city,
s. saloon keeper who spent considerable
money for decorations and worked his
patriotism up to the top round. was
heard wondering if any of the Generals
would be around to see him, and this
gave one of his acquaintance clue to
work on. He went off and put upa job
with friend, and yesterday morning
walked him into the saloon and said:
''Allow me to introduce Gen. Alpaca
Smith, the hero of three wars and eighty
four batties''
'Sheneral, vhas glad TO see you,"
said the saloonist. and he set 'em up for
the three.
In the course of twenty minutes the
deceiver returned with another stranger
on his arm and said:
'tAllow me to introduce Gen. Com
missary Jones, the man who fired the
first gun in the war;
''Sheneral, Was pleased to shake
hands NIT you," said the man of beer,
and he set 'em up again.
Then the friend went'out and returned
with Gen. Hard Tack, and after him
came Gems. Debility and Back Paw.
The last enc received rather cool
greeting, and the beer glasses were not
quite fsill, and after he addeparted the
saloonist turned to his friend and said
my trent. vhas mooch pleased to
see all dose great shenerals in mine
saloon, but you needn't bring any more
to-day From now until night we'll let
der shenerals go and look out for the
fighting man. Dose men always bay
cash for beeri''
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06
TIE STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

Long" JoHess chairman of the republi-
can state committee, in an interview with
a correspondent of the Peoria Saturday
EUening CAL, gave the following reasons
for the rejection of Slade and the nomin-
alton of Stratton:
tfThe fact is,kSlade isn't enough of a
politician for the place. We want poll
,tician in that Office. The schools of Hi
nois owe all they are to the republican
party, and all there is in the office of state
superintendent ought to go to the republi-
can party Now, there is no officer in the
state that can use SO strong a political in
fiuence as the superintendent of schools.
II he has a mind to he can control county
superintendents, who can control the
teachers. who can just get right into the
school districts and organize them better
than any sort of men, and beat the demo-
Gratis before they know what struck EN-.
There isn't man in the state that could
bogin to do that like state superintend
emit, and we ought to have it. But Slade
can't do it. All he cares for is his schools
and school teachers, and to be elected
again when the time comes round. That's
the good thing about Stratton, though.
He'd work this school business up for the
party. and that's going to make min strong
in the convention.
Slade was not nominated and Stratton
was. Stratton is not an educator. He is
a lawyer and low, managing politician.
Now if the people of the state want a
man like Stratton to occupy the position of
public school superintendent, all they have
to do is to vote for him. But the ARGUS
is-ef- the opinion that if the people thor
oughly understood that Stratton is nothing
but ward pelitician of the lower grade,
they womb not think of putting that kind
of man in SO responsible a position. We
are of the opinion that the people are not
yet prepared to turn their schools into a
political machine.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06

Medical Opinion of Fourth of July Cases.

The fact that there have been thirteen
deaths of boys between the ages of 10
and Is years recently from lockjaw (te-
tanus), and nearly all from wounds in
the left hand from the toy blank cart
ridge pistol, has attracted general
attention to the subject. The toy
pistol most generally in use by boys
this Summer is about four inches
in length, and explodes a blank cart
ridge in metallic case, with q
pasteboard or other thick paper wad.
but carries no ball or shot in the cart
ridge In order to insert the cartridge
the breach of the barrel is raised by
pressing on the finger-piece forward of
the trigger, but to do this the boy takes
hold of the barrel with his left hand,
the muzzle pressing against the palm of
the hand, near the ball of the thumb
frequently, and raises the hammer with
his right hand. In loading, however,
unless the utmost care is exercised, the
hammer slips from the finger and ex-
plodes the cartridge, while the barrel is
held against the palm of the left hand.
The Illuminated powder, the wad, or the
metallic case of the cartridge, infiicts
the wound, which is often so slight that
a physician is not called in, even il the
boy does not, Spartan-like conceal his
wounds from his parents until he is past
relief. Many physicians say that it is
not any special pungency or acridness
in the Eliminating powder which causes
lockiaw, but that lacerated or Jagged
wound in the palm of the hand is more
likely to result in locFjaw, because of
the network of nerves and the numerous
blood-vessels which concenter there and
radiate from that point. One of the
largest of these nerves, near the thumb,
connects with the muscles of the back
of the meek, and susceptibility to lock-
jaw follows an injury to the nerve near
the bali of the thumb especially, rs well
as to the other nerves in the palm. Some
physicians also suspect that the fulni-
mating powder used in the manufacture
of these cartridges has a poisonous prop
erty which, injecting the blood, incites
lockjaw. One at least of the fatal cases
from the use of the toy pistol came from
ahurt so slight at first that the skin was
hardly grazed. One physician is of
opinion that there is an epidemic con-
dition in the atmosphere which causes
lockjaw to follow SO repeatedly such
wounds as are produced by the toy pis-
tol. The toy cartridge pistol referred
to sells at retail for about 20 cents
piece. There is a smaller make of toy
pistol selling from l to 5 cents, which
has no barrel, and, instead of q cartridge,
a small wafer-shaped chemical explo-
siye is laid on a round plate on which
the hammer falls Mysterious accidents
have been reported from these, though
sometimes when carelessly held too close
to the face the illuminate has inflicted
slight singing. In reference to the
n
igent merchant says that as long as
they can be bought boys viii have them.
For his part he would be glad if the sale
could be stopped everywhere, but, per-
haps, the only way tc effect that pur-
pose viii be TO prohibit the manufacture
efthe pistol by severe penalties. Batti-
more Sam
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06
How TO Hatch Full Broods.

A little care with sitting hens win en-
able the farmer to get full broods, If he
Will only take the trouble to select eggs
that are fertile. Thee better method is
to endeavor to place the eggs under two
or three hens on the same day. as there
are nearly always two or three inclined
to sit about the same time when the
tiocks are large. Put not over dozen
eggs under each hen; in cold weather it
is best not to give them over eight each.
When the eggs have been i'm the nest
about ten days or two weeks. 90 to all
three of the nests and carry the eggs to
the house. Then, by holding an egg in
the left hand, aud shading It with the
right, between the eye and good light
Ia coaloil lamp will answer) the posi-
ton of the air chamber at the top of the
large end may be observed. Ifthis has
become enlarged and the egg is very
dark from the air chamber to the small
end, the egg contains a chick. If the
egg is clear or transparent IL contains
no life. After selecting the dark eggs
shake each one gently, and If the fluid
strikes loosely against the shell it is
rotten, but if no motion in the egg is
experienced by the hand place them
back in the nest, and boil the clear ones
for feeding young chickens already
Matched. BY using this plan the good
eggs that were formerly under three
hens can be placed under two. or one,
as the EFFICIENCY demands. and the third
aen may be given another hatch along
with fresh trio. With a little iudg-
ment and experience one can know
almost to certainty how many chicks
Q hen viii bring of,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06

James r. Grant. the owner of the Lead
vile Smelling works and the democratic
nominee for governor of Colorado, is
nephew of Judge Grant, of Davenport,
who furnished the $500, 900 with which the
Leadville works were started. He was
born in Alabama, and is only 81 years of
age. He received q splendid education
was a student of the Iowa Agricultural.
college for three years, then student in
Cornell university at Itiica, and then q
student at the Freiburg school of mines in
Germany
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06
WAS roLaER HONESTLY DOMINATED !

This question the Union of this city
answers in the affirmative. 1t does this
with the full knowledge that it is admitted
by almost every republican newspaper in
New York state tina. the nomination of
Folger was brought about by fraudulent
means Only one construction can be
placed on the statement of the Unao1 and
that is not to its credit 1t attempts to
befog and mystify its readers by a contra
diction Chowever weak and silly
of the admitted facts. But FORUM
ately the case against Folger
is SO clear that those who run may read.
The Utica Herald of October ga republi
can journal-puts the following pertinent
query:
How is it possible for you, Mr.. Folger,
to surrender your instincts as Judge, your
reputation as a citizen, and accept a nom
nation won for you by fraud and forgery?
You must consider that the grand jury of
the electors is to sit on this case. You
know how quick the people are to discover
the crucial points in a controversy. They
believe in fair play. They do not say that
either of your opponents in the convention
was nominated. But they do insist that
you have no mere title to the nomination
than man has to a horse given to him by
one who stole it, to a house conveyed to
You by a forgedAdeed, to an article obtain
eddy fraud and forgery. No difficulty
ought to be equal. Mr.. Folger, to that
which arises from seeking to take advan-
tage of crime and asking the people to con
done that crime by their votes.
This, we take it, is very plain language
and not readily misunderstood. The In
ION, if it would have It's readers place any
confidenceini it's future political utterances
had better revise its article of October 4th.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06

day Sept 9, and failed to appear at the
supports This was nothing unusual
and she was not particularly missed until
about 1G 80 o'clock in the evening, when
her mother became anxious took the family
carriage and her eldest son and started
down town. calling on the way at the
houses of two OF her friends. One girl
said that she had seen the young lady at
the Exposition about o'clock. When
questioned, she said that she had seen
her in the gallery with Jim" Jim proved
to be an ex-dealer in bank in Calhoun
place, and the son directed the driver to
the Central Station A detective was there
taken up and search began. Along state
street the carriage was driven slowly, maxi
ing frequent stops at the dives and resorts
of such people. The b, other accompanied
the detective each time he alighted, while
the frightened mother looked from the car
riage window with a pale face which grew
paler each time the two returned, unac-
companied by the object of their search.
The journey was long one, so often had
they to stop and hunt cautiously for clues,
and at last the street cars all disappeared,
and the lights had long since ceased to
burn in the homes on the cross streets.
The scene on State street, became brighter
than ever, and carriages rolled past in
scores. The stone pavement sent back the
slick of hundreds of feet hurrying to and
fro, and the street resounded with the
squalling of voices from dives which open
ed upon the pavement, or from the shrieks
of ribald laughter that came down from
many red curtained window. AT last the
carriage drew up before house where
private suppers were given to the higher
toned class of customers. This time the
feA
sons arm, as the detective parleyed with
the people of the house. After some delay
the trio were admitted, and the two men,
leaving the woman on a hallway seat,
assembled to the second story. The detect
i've, closely followed by the son, entered
one room after another without
success. until on the right side
near the rear, the door was
found closed tightly. A knock brought a
man TO the inside of the door, who after
great reluctance and many oaths, opened
it. The detective forced his way in, the SOC
followed al this heels. The gas was turned
down low, and as twas raised by the officer
the son swept the room with his eye, and
then with a cry of rage seized the man by
the throat and threw him into corner of
the room There half on chair and half
on the table, lay the young girl her dress
IN disorder, her hair upon her shoulders
and her face flushed with wine. She
was in stupid condition from the liquor,
and the son raised her in his arms and
carried her out of the room, while the de-
tective attended to the wretch in the cor
ner, who was curing broken wrist. The
party met halt way up the stairs by the
mother, who catching sight of her I'M
conscious daughter, uttered cry. turned
around and fell to the bottom
of the stairs.
This is no romance, no overdrawn pic
ture, but a drama in real life, with the
world for stage, living people for actors,
and the devil in the box-office taking the
tickets
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
baltimore American (RepO October
tickets.


The announcement that Judge Folger
will stick" aad not decline the republi
can nomination in New York, is not re
ceived with cheerfulness by the republican
press of that state There is a sullen
acceptance of the inevitable, and a cold,
bitter humor in the way the nomination is
supported that has little of hope in it..
There are some papers that seem to find in
it blessing in disguise. belief that the
republican party in New York needs the
clustering of defeat IN order to fit it for
victory in 1884.
philadelphia Record 1nd) October 2.
There is hardly a candidate for Congress
in Pennsylvania, with perhaps the excep-
ton of Judge Kelley, who, if you go with
him behind the door, will not admit that
tariff revision or revenue reform is the ur-
gent political question of the day. Judge
Kelley practically admits as much by his
consuming desire tie repeal the internal
revenue taxes. in the hope thereby to post
pone the evil day of tariff reduction. But
which of these honorable gentlemen will
dare TO say on the stump what he is free
to admit in private conversation? Per
haps there is a legitimate excuse for Re
publican abstinence in this behalf; but the
Democrats have no excuse. We should
not be at all surprised, after the report of
the Tariff Commission, to see the Repub-
liean party taking advanced ground on
the question of revenue reform, thus neat
ly turning the flank of their cowardly OPP
punents.
Cincinnati Commercial (Rep.) Oct. /.
There are many persons saying that
Judge Folger must withdraw, but he an
swers the suggestion by saying: How can
II" We have never known a respectable
man to be placed in a more embarrassing
situation than that i'll which Judge Folger
finds himself.
st. Paul Pioneer (Rep) Sept. 20.
Like almost all persons or parties who
are greedy of their power to the last degree,
the pfotectionists have over reached them
selves The advocates of revenue reform
are in infinitely better position for their
future fight by reason of the lamentable
failure of the packed commission. There
are few arguments more effective than rid
icule; and the common saying is that when
you turn the laugh upon a man he is al
ready beaten. The whole country is hold
ing its sides over this investigation, con-
Guiding worthily with the admissions of one.
of the noble band; and at the same time, the
attempt to cram protection platitndes down
the threats of the people is at war with
the American love of fair play. When
congress takes up this subject again, as it
cannot appeal to the report of this body
without exciting contempt and laughter.
The question win be opened de noUo with
the advantage of months of discussion
and of commission antics On the side of
the refermers. For the result, which is.
perhaps the very best thing that could
have happened from the appointment of
commission at alt the responsible parties
are, first, the proteetionistsin congress. who
devised the scheme; second, representatives
of leading interests who insisted that they
should be allowed to select the judges;
third, the president, who stultifed his
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06

How Chicago Girls Tread the Broad Highway
That Leads to Destru ction
TCSh;catr,t I4araid
[Chicago Heraid.l

[Chicago Hersid.l
A wealthy business man, who has his
office not far from Haverly's Theatre, has
in his family two daughters, one now mar
ried and the other a beautiful girl just
bounding into womanhood. Both have q
reputation in their circle of FAST" that is,
they like to do and say things which other
girls of their age shrink from. Their pa
rents are of good standing and of such
wealth as to enable them to keep up an
elegantly appointed home, where the girls
could have many of the pleasures which
are denied to their less wealthy compan-
ions. The family discipline, however,
has been lax, and in society the daughters
had contracted acquaintance and acquir-
ed habits bordering on those possessed by
their sisters of the ''Levee. Wines and
table beer were allowed at the table, and
the girls both formed the habit of drink
ing pretty much all of whatever they liked.
In society they had the reputation of be-
ing very free and easy and fond of pleas
ures not INDUCED in generally or counted
in good form" The elder married and
left the city, and it was then hoped tkat
the younger would mend her ways, but on
the contrary she fell into late hours and
loeser habits, and last winter got herself
into positive disgrace by drinking too
much wine at avoiding, aud trying to
take off her shoes and stockings at the
table.
This summer but little was heard of her
until the exposition commenced, when she
began attending it. She was the pet of
the Washers, and had her dinners by the
dozen. She went to the Exposition Satur-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06
The Ultra etyle IF Hotel CLERK.

The hotel clerk is young man who
was originally created to fill anmEmper-
or's throne or adorn Dukedom, but
when he grew mp. there being fewer
thrones and doms than there were En-
perors and Dukes, he was temporarily
forced to take position behind a hotel
register. His chief characteristics are
dignity of bearing, radiant gorgeousness
of apparel, haughtiness of manner, and
jewelry. His principal duties consist in
hammering on the call bell, in handing
guests the wrong keys to their rooms,
and in keeping a supply of toothpicks
on the end of the desk When all his
time is not taken up in the performance
OF these ardueus duties, he will conde-
scend to explain to a guest that he does
not know whether the north-bound train
leaves at p. m. or not, and if the guest
insists on enticing further information
out of him. he will probably hand him a
last years official railroad timetable.
When stranger comes in on late
train, Jams his valise down on the coun-
ter, and approaches the register, the
hotel clerk, in a preoccupied and aus
tere manner, turns the register and
hands the stranger a pen-a pen that
has an impeachment on its legs, catches
in the paper, and splutters fragments of
the guests name all over yesterdays
arrivals The clerk, after turning
around the register and examining the
signature to see if it is genuine, express
SEES some doubt as to their being avacant
room in the house. The stranger says
he is bound to have a room. The clerk
retires back of the desk, and after con-
sulting pigeon-holes, concludes. that the
gentleman may have No. 1892. He
writes some hieroglyphics on the regis
ter, and then he talks for half an hour
with the porter and the baggageman
about the trunk of the gentleman in No.
46, having got mixed up with the bag
gage belonging to the gentleman in No.
"a. When he gets that matter arranged
he sits down to polish and admire the
long nail that he is cultivating on his
little finger, and forgets the gentleman
who has rented No. 1892 until he is
made aware of his existence by an inn
patient tap on the counter. With the
air of a martyr and sigh, he says:
''Ah! would you like to go to your
roomP"
Then John shows the gentleman to
No. 1892.
No matter how crowded q hotel is,
the hotel clerk always finds one room
left for the late arrival. When the lat
ter kicks about it, when he is leaving
next day, because it was on the fifth
floor, and was furnished with nothing
but bed, bar of soap, and crack in
the ceiling, the clerk tells him that if he
had only been staying another day. he
could have had an excellent room, in
fact, the best room in the house, which
would be vacated after breakfast, by
gentleman who was leaving on the
noon train. To our certain knowledge,
the gentleman has been leaving that
excellent-that ''boet room in the house,"
every tomorrow for the last twenty
years
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06

It is an open secret that large number
of the Republicans of Rock Island are OPP
posed to ''bossisrnso and consequently are
going to vote against Marsh and Boss
Morris. The Republican candidate for
county treasurer is not considered a
'sboss, but he was nominated, it is claim
ed, ''out of sympathy" Sympathy for
what? VIII the Union please answer?