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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30

When Mrs. Langtry returned to New
York, after her five months tour of the
country, the interviewers got after her to
learn how she liked it as far as she had
got. She expressed herself freely, and
generally favorably in regard to her treat.
ment ION the road. Her rough recep-
ton by the press in some places were for
gotten in the general cordiality of the
people. She gained more valuable ex-
perience than in all her previous profes-
sIonai life, and the cost was not too
great In the matter of business her tour
was splendid success, and she gathered
substantial fruits of American IiberaIity.
She met fair and square dealing at the
| hands of the public, except in one New
England town, where Yankee trick was
successfully played. They wanted to see
the Jersey Lily. but did not want to pay
the price. The men about town formed
clubs OF tens and twentIes and bought
one ticket for the club. They went in by
turns and peeped at the Langtry, and
were checked out each one transferring
the check to the next. Thus. nearly all
Tue town went to the theatre, and the
mousse was never more than half full
n1ls. Aangtry's reception of her return to
Ine metropolis was full and cordial at the
| rlI1n avenue theatre last Monday evening.
Inc papers generally changed their tone
and style OF treatment They note i'm
| provement, and give the actress credit for
some good dramatic work-uneven Int
/ promising much better with added ex-
perience.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30
Household Hints.

Small doses of salt will check hemor-
rhage of the lungs or stomach.
Tainted salt meat. is the result of
sailing carchsses while in a frozen con-
dition.
Nails may be driven into hard wood
if the points are first dipped in lard oil
or tallow.
A teaspoonful of charcoal taken in
half glass of water is often effeetual in
curing sick headache.
Liver should be placed in hot water
before cooking, after being sliced thin,
and then broi1ed or fried.
1t is we'll to brush the under crust. of
pies with the white of an egg before FL
ling with fruit, to prevent sogginess.
Do not neglect to put on a pair of
gloves before beginning to sweep, if
you wish to keep the hands soft and
A small heated bar of iron applied to
the head of a rrlsted screw will render
its withdrawal as easy as one just in
serted.
Rubber cushions on the feet of chairs
make their moving comparatively noise
less ON wooden, stone or tiled floors.
1t is said that handful of hay in
bucket of water placed in a room re-
Gently painted is effectual in removing
the disagreeable odor of the. paint.
! A mixture Of three parts linseed oil
and one of spirits of turpentine is excel
lent for restoring married furniture.
Apply with a wooden cloth and polish
with a clean piece of wooden when
dry.
It is stated that half cup of vinegar
in the water will make an old fowl cook
nearly as quickly as young one and
does not injure the flavor The vessel
in which it is cooked should be of ma
terial that vinegar will not effect
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30

A baroer said. Ever thing depends
upon the shape Of the face and the stiff
ness of The beard Why, sir, you give
me a young ministerial looking chap
with a long, smooth. lantern jaw and a
recediag chin. and II fix him out right
away. A down stroke for each cheek,
few flourishes around the chin and
mouth, a little bay rum, and you've got
him. But when an old, wrinkle-faced
coal HEAVIER comes in [ make up my
mind for a long and hard job. 1t is
like moving in rocky pasture that is
full of cradle knobs; keep your razor as
sharp rs you can, YOU We got hard
task and one that makes YOU earn your
money. M of it,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30
Educating Pigeons.


a numbered zinc tag Is wound around
the right leg of each bird just before
leaving the nest, and a corresponding
number stamped on the outside feather
of each wing. On leaving the nest the
young birds are placed in an open wire
work loft with other youngsters, where
they can watch the old bird flying about
outside When habitnated to the seem
cry from their open-work prison the
young birds are allowed to go out and
join the flock. At three months they are
given their first fly of perhaps an eighth
of a mile. Few are lost on the first
trial, although occasionally a very TO-
norant one fails to return. The distance
Is doubled on the second trial, given a
few days later, and so until each young
bird has flown from all the intermediate
stations up to- 100 miles. All those do
ing the even hundred are considered
good birds, and the zine tag is replaced
by brass tag, the birds REMEMBERED
and the numbers entered in the stock
book.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30
PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS IN 1884


st. Louis Republican: In an estimate
of the strength of parties in the next
electoral college. based upon present
data, the Chicago Inter Ocean gives the
Republicans 154 votes certain. the demo
Gratis $50, aud sets down 81 as doubtful.
The states which it regards as certain to
each OF the parties are probably correctly
estimated But of those set down as
doubtful Virginia may be asserted to be
improperly cataiogued. The debt Ques-
ton in Virginia is not involved. Malone
may go over to the republican party but
he cannot carry that element of the old
democratic party with him, u = g;;,sp<rs
rHr 49,, v.h;l sza----e-sg4ll IN SufncIent
hufnbsfssss @-eh has made him formida-
bic. 1t was asa readjuster he was able
to hold them. but as republican ia a
national contest he would not be able to
carry enough of the disaffected democrats
to lose the state to the democracy. In
1880, when he supported Hancock. he
was able to carry off only 31.527. In the
gubernatorial election in 1891, nearly all
these went with Malone for Cameron
against Daniel because the state
debt issue was the. real question in the
canvass. Thus it was Cameron received
11.47S votes and, Daniel 80, 757. In the
Presidential contest in 1880 Garfield, who
got all the republican vote, re
ceived $4,000. while Hancock got
fFrI,t Il 80,
ticket 96,449 There is. therefore
no tenable ground for putting Virginia,
which gave Hancock 49, 900 majority over
Garfield, in the doubtful column There
are about 30 900 democrats in that state
who can be carried by the read busters il |
a contest involving debt issues, but prob
ably not 10, 900 who can be carried over |
to the republican parts in a presidential
election, even with Malone for their |
leader. With Virginia in the democratic /
column the figures would stand Demo |
cratic, 161; republican, 154, and doubtful, |
SO. This rates California with 8 votes,
Indiana IS, Nevada 3. New York SO and
OHIO % as doubtful The democrats
ought not to lose either one of the five.
New York, Ohio and California each went
democratic last fall. Nevada has shown
no slgns-of going pack to the republican
ranks, and there is abundant reason to
believe that Indiana is ready to take its
place permanently in the democratic col
unn Taking, therefore, even a republi-
can estimate OF the present status, with
the modification we have pointed out,
the chances In 1884 appear to he greatly
in favor of the democratic party.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30

An Hihernian lady complains seriously
in court of her husband He was too
Quick, and knocked me down wild the
bottle cuttin' my ear off He then
eboked me an as thrue as We live, yer
wortchip. my tongue protruded yard.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30

Mrs Louisa B. Stephens has been
elected to succeed her husband ass presi-
dent of the First National Bank OF Mari
on, Iowa She is the first woman who
ever held !. like position
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30

How is your brother?' asked Mr..
Grumper OF friend
''Oh, $3.50. His health is not any too
good, and he has been bothered a great
deal of late with spinal meningitis
Spinal who?''
meningitis
well, why d,Sn't he shoot the Italian
son OF a gun?' '- Htilta9asport Breakfast
Table
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30
PAT ENTS.

Z. a Lehman, Solicitor of American and For
elgn Falents, Washington, d. C. All business
coanecIed with patents, whether before the Patent
S , or the Courts, promptly attended to. No
circular. anl-e7tf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30
New Advertisements

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Rolling BY, song; ''Trifet's March'1 1AAl
piano; .sIolaHthe'' Potpourri piano. IL pieces
e.pages. fnll size music post free, so cents for
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30
Moniay April so, 1888.

). W. porrEn. EOrron AND PunLrsnrn.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16
THE FLOWERY KINGDOM
Orders for IrOnclads-The War OF
American Manufacturers.

Orders for IrOnclads-The War on
American Manufacturers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.-Mail advices
are at hand from Hong Kong to December
%. The FOOchaw arsenal is preparing
for the construction of ironclads on a
large scale. Ten ships of various dimen-
sions have been ordered by the govern
ment.
REPORTS from Peking indicate that the
relations between China and the foreign
powers are becoming unsatisfactory on
the question of the right of foreign mer-
chants to manufacture in open ports.
The United States Consul General at
Shanghai and the Minister at Pekinr
nave protested against the action
OF the Nankin Niceroy in Obstructing the
cotton yarn company of Mr.. Wetmore, the
manufacture of silk by Russell tG Co. and
electric light agencies, all American in
terests. The recent refusal of the United
States Minister to sanction the arrest of
Wetmore's clerk, ordered by the Viceroy,
has been followed by a proposal of the
Niceroy to withdraw the order of arrest.
provided WetmOre abandons his enter
prise. The result is awaited with consid-
cradle interest by the diplomatic body.
Herr Won Brandt, the German Envoy,
has given the Peking Government to un-
derstand that any attempt to carry out an
obstructive policy with his country will
be opposed by force. The other foreign
representatives are less concerned about
manufactures in China. The English
would not object to see them suppressed.
as England supplies large portion of the
cotton goods.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16
NASHVILLE.

Governor Bate Inaugurated-A Novel
Feature of the CeremOnies-SenatOr
Harris Chances for Reelection.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 15.-Gen. VIM. B..
Bate was inaugurated Governor at noon
to-day with imposing ceremonies. In his
inaugural address he referred approving
ly to the emphatic expression of the popu-
lar viii at the ballOt-boX to pay that
which the State acknowledges she Justly
owes, known as the State debt pro-
per, but not that part of
the debt known as contingent" her
liability for which was questioned by a
large portion of the intelligent voters and
tax payers, who claim equities as Just
and honorable offsets. The State by de-
cided vote, in a spirit of compromise,
made tender of terms of settlement to
her creditors of one-half of the principal
and interest, which he hoped and believed
would be met iii the spirit with which it
was rendered, and full, final and salts
factory settlement is effected.
After the Inauguration a live eagle was
set at liberty from Capitol Hill, bearing
medal on which was inscribed "For
President, Cleveland, of New York; for
Vice President, Bate, of Tennessee"
BallOting for United States Senator be-
gins tomorrow. Mr.. Harris, the present
incumbent, is the leading candidate, but,
if not elected on the first ballot, some
doubts are expressed of his election at all
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.


The South Georgia and Florida Rail-
road and the Atlantic and Gulf Tax
Appeals Decided i'm the Supreme Court
Savannah Out for Costs in the Latter
Suit.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 15.-The Supreme
Court to-day decided two Georgia cases,
The first was that of Thomas Branch ct
al. against Morris X. Jessup, surviving
trustee. This case was an appeal from
the United States Circuit Court for the
Southern District of Georgia, and the de-
cisiOn was rendered by Mr.. Justice Har-
Ian.
1t was upon the appeal of the stock
holders of the South Georgia and Florida
Railroad (ThOmasYille and Albany upon
the ground that their road could not be
included i'll the foreclosure of the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad because there was no
authority for its being consolidated with
the foreclosed Atlantic and Gulf.
Justice Harlan decided against the
stockholders of the Thomasville and Al
bany Road, sustaining the decision of the
court below with costs.
Mr.. Justice Bradley delivered the Opin-
ion in the cases of the Mayor and Alder
men of the city of Savannah against Nor
ris X. Jessup, surviving trustee. This was
also an appeal from the Circuit Court for
the Southern District of Georgia. Justice
Bradley decides against the plaintiff, and
holds that in the foreclosure of the ATTAIN
tic and Gulf Railroad the taxes levied by
the city of Savannah upon that road can
not be collected, and that the city had no
right to levy such taxes. The decision is
against the CITY. with costs.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16

No session Of the Supreme Court was held
on Saturday in consequence of the iIinssa nel1 ~
Chief Justice Randall. That tribunal. how
ever, Is very rapidly transacting business. and
the legal gentlemen Of the State are arriying
and departing daily.
The fair opens on Tuesday So far as I have
been able to learn there will be an average
exhibition and attendance. There are to Be
some races, and few flyers are stabbed at the
gTounus, rms part OF the State can get up an
excellent agricultural display. A great deal
of fine stock is raised in this and the surround
ing counties, and the cattle and swine show
rapid improvement. Much of the butter used
IN Tallahassee is produced in the country
lying around the city. The grasses could be cui-
u ,ated here successfully and rendered profit
able. Governor Bloxham, Captain Houstoun
and Others own highly improved cattle.
The Big Four Minstrels," a troupe of
burnt cork performers, appear on Tuesday
Inc members of the lobby are increasing in
force and numbers " IT r
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16
THE GEORGIA OFFICES.

Wimberly Booked for Peasants Berth
Wade Applies for the Brunswick
llectorship-Farrow Under Hot
Fire.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-There seems to
be no doubt that j. Fl. Wimberly will be
the next Collector of Internal Revenue at
Savannah. Secretary FOlger told me to-
day that he was in favor of Wimberly,
and had recommended his appointment to
the President. AS the President generally
accepts Mr.. Folger's choice in selecting
officers under the Treasury Department,
the thing may be considered practically
settled.
Colonel Wade called at the Treasury
department. to-day to indOrse Wimberly.
As soon as he started out to talk in VIM
berly's favor Mr.. Folger said: 81 can
save you some time. l am glad you
are for Wimberly. My mind is made up
IN his favor"
Mr.. Wade to-day! filed his papers for
the CollectOrship of Customs at Bruins
wick. General Grant is backing him.
Folger is having facts in cOnnec-
ton with Farrow's neglect of his post at
Brunswick investigated. He says that if
they are such as they are said to be in the
petitions for FarrOws' removal, he will
certainly ''bounce" him. Folger got very
mad when he heard that Farrow had re-
ported that if he was absent from his
place of duty it was with his Folger's)
consent
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16
THE SUEZ CANAL.
Terms of the British Note.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The British note in
regard to Egypt proposes that, in order to
avoid any abuse of the freedom of the Suez
canal, it shall be enacted that in time of
war limitation shall be placed on the
time during which vessels of a belligerent
power are permitted to remain in the
canal, and that no troops or NUM-
tlons OF war shall be disem-
barked, and no hostilities shall be
permitted i'll the canal or its approaches.
or anywhere in the territorial waters of
Egypt, even in the event of Turkey being
one OF the helligerents. The recurrence
OF an emergency resembling the late re-
belliOn is provided for by a clause except
ing measures for the defense of Egvpt
nom the above restriction. Every power
shall be bound to bear the cost of
the immediate repair of any damages it's
vessels may cause in the canal. Egypt
snail take all measures in her power to
enforce the conditions imposed upon ships
OF belllgerent powers using the canal.
No fortlhcatIOnS are to be erected on
the canal or in its vicinity.
Nothing in The agreement shall be CON
strued as curtailing the territorial right
of Egypt further than is expressly stipu-
lated. Among other subjects the note he de-
clares the question of the suppression of
slavery and the slave trade to be one
which the British government has much
at heart, and that it will miss no Opportu-
nifty OF advising the Khedive to take steps
calculated to attain the end in view.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16
THE FLOODS IN EUROPE.
Keller Measures-Plunderers at Work
Attempt to Cut Dams.


BERLIN, Jan. 15--The Landtag has
adopted the bill to relieve the sufferers bv
the lnundations. 1t is estimated that the
losses by the floods in Germany will reach
SO,0O0,O0O marks. Six spectators of the
floods have been drowned near Open
helm. The total number of lives lost
by the floods in the vicinity of
LudWlg-Shafen is estimated at forty
one stringent military measures have
electually stopped the practice of bands
OF men going about in boats plunderino
the inundated houses. Two miscreants
We're captured near Frankenthal while
trying to cut the dams with the object of
creating fresh opportunities for its plum
der. The soldiers repaired the mischief,
tnus aVertIng a great disaster,
PESTH, Jan. 15.-The Danube has Sub-
sided everywhere above MOhars, on the
west arm of that river, but ftlgitiyes can
not return to their homes, as their houses
are destroyed or filed with ice. The sit
uation of Raab is unchanged. An epi-
demic is imminent, owing to the over
crowding OF dwellings and privation.
Six hundred houses in Mohacs have
been Hooded and half of them have fallen
in.
PARIS, Jan 15.-At a meeting to-day of
representatives of Paris newspapers. il
was resolved to organize a theatrical per-
formance for the benefit of the sufferers
by the floods in Alsace-Lorraine.
VIENNA, Jan. 15.-CroWn Prince Ru-
dolph has abandoned his proposed jour
ney to the East, and has resolved to de-
vote portion OF the sum the trip would
have cost to the relief of the distress pre-
Valllng III the flooded districts.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16
THE sPEAKERsHIP PRIZE.
MIR. Blackburn Making an Annoying
Contest for Mr. Carlisle.


Contest for Mr.. Carlisle.
A special dispatch from Washington.
d. c., says: The friends of Mr., Carlisle.
of Kentucky, are beginning to fear that
Mr.. Blackburn's candidacy for the Speak
ership will create an impression that
there is great contest in the Kentucky
delegation upon this subject, and that in
consequence of this impression both of
the gentlemen may be dropped from the
list of candidates, to the great satisfaction
of eX-Speaker Randall. Mr.. Carlisle does
not seem to have been blowing his own
trumpet in the matter, and he does not
! advertise himself as a candidate. On
the other hand, Mr.. Blackburn's
statements have placed him i'm a
prominent position before the House.
There is some misunderstanding about
several propositions for a settlement said
to have been made by Mr.. Blackburn for
the consideration of Mr.. Carlisle. Only
one of those was communicated to MI
Carlisle, and that gentleman promptly
accepted it. 1t is understood that il was
proposition to allow a majority of the
Kentucky Democrats recently reelected
to decide whether Mr.. Carlisle or Mr..
Blackburn should be put forward as
candidate by the State. If both gentle
men should abide by this proposition, Mr..
CtliioAC WOuAh uhuOhblcQAy ne the canU1-
date of Kentucky. Congressman Willis
presented the proposition to Mr.. Carlisle.
and says that it was the only one formally
submitted by Mr.. Blackburn TO him for
presentation,
Mr.. Blackburn thinks that certain
other propositions ought to have been
presented. Mr.. Carlisle is said to be
very naturally unwilling to enter into an
agreement that he will not be candidate
SQn1fnF fIhnrn m ho
to force him to do something or agree to
something, or issue proclamation upon
the subject, but he bides his time, finding
the contest thus far somewhat ANNOYING,
II the ways and Means Committee tariff
bill should ever be taken up in the House
for discussion, Mr.. CarlisleAs action and
remarks upon the floor will attract more
attention than ever, and probably have
some effect upon his strength as eandi-
date. In the meantime, Mr.. Randall is
not asleep, and other gentlemen do not
forget to look out for their own interests.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-16
THE FRENCH ANARCHISTS.

Bold Declarations of their Leader.
LYONS, Jan. 15.-At the trial of the
anarchists to-day, Prince Krapotkine, in
addressing the court in his own defense,
sought to show that the so-called Interna-
tiOnales did not exist, Anarchical ideas,
he declared, were spreading despite all
the efforts to suppress them. He said that
if he were condemned the result would be
to attract proselyte to the cause. He
had been arrested, he averred, because
he was foreigner, and because it was
thought desirable to gibbet an effigy of the
InternatiOnale. The eyes of workmen in
France and abroad were fixed upon this
trial, he said, but when they found that
the Internationale did not exist they
would recognize it as merely the prose-
cution Of one class by another, The
Prince concluded by predicting that ten
years would not elapse without the oc-
currence of social revolution. He con-
jured society to avert it by studying social
questions instead OF prosecuting anarch-
lists