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THOR SALE "A No. / FRESH $500
4 mich Cow. Apply to L. II. FAS- ssS
SET, at No. 1000 X street. m ~
iI1.Jwt --zz1EznnGE.
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THOR SALE-LOT No. S, CORNER OF O.
Twenty eighth and streets, with the E,;.I
house thereon will sell cheap and on easy ~
terms. II you want it, call on CARL STROBEL,
your Broker 32I street. jl3-1wt
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BOY FOR GRocERY-oNE
w who has had some experience preferred APP
ply at Grocery corner Seventh and streets i12-3t
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YTyO LET-SuITE OF FRONT ROOMS, NEATLY
furnished, and also three rooms furnished,
suitable for housekeeping also s:ogle rooms APP
ply at 224 street, between Second and Third,
south side. jl0-lws
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FRUIT cANNERY FOR SALT.

NSHAT NEW FRUIT CANNING ESTABLISH
4 ment situated in Vscavile, in the midst of
great fruit growing country The Cannery is In
complete working order, and must be sold to close
estate. This is a opportunity to get into
lucrative business. Apply to w. w. MONTAGUE
& co 1l2 Battery street, San Francisco. j1l-5t
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MONEY TOLOAN

AN REAL ESTATE, AT A LOW RATE OF IN
I terest by PETER BOIL s25 street. n17-h
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ARTISTS
House " SE:a-optician and Photographer, No. IL
Montgomery street. Established in 1851.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Business Directory

Baker d HamiIfon--Importers Of Agricultural
Implements and Hardware Agents Of the Benicia
Hgr Works. Junction Market, Pine and Davis SITS
George A. PAWS q C0.-Manuiscturers Agents,
S27 and S2o Market street.
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ORLEANS HOTEL FIRST CLASS FUR
" nished and unfinished rooms to let to gentle
men or families by the day, week or month, l01s
Second street, between and 4. MRS. II. w. OGG,
Proprietress nett
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HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, ETC.

G, KsTrEranH d CO.-Manufac.urers and I'm.
porters. No. 336 Kearny St, near Pine. The finest
hats at the lowest prices. Factory: IL Belden st.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-26

is nutritious and very wholesome; chill
dren to whom it is distasteful are en-
couraged TO eat it, and have seen tea
made of it for infants as q medicine.
St. John children spend their cents for
dulse as others win for bananas and
candy. No schoolgirl can pass day
comfortably without cent 5 worth of
dulse in her pocket, but it has the disad-
vantage of betrayal, for the sea-air
about it is very pungcnt and never
passes of. 1t sells for ten or twelve
cents pound during the winter bat is
cheaper when in season, which is any
time in spring or summer. A pound
would be about half a peck if tossed
! lightly in, and ''cent's worth is what
YOU could grasp in your hand. think
the time is not very distant when some
one with enterprise and philanthropy
will expor, dulse to the West, and
| thereby transmit a taste Of the sea. A
small amount is already sold in Boston,
and | knew. of little once reaching
| Toronto. There is no chance Of it
spelling, it is self-pre5eryative and will
| keep moist and retain its inyi@orating
taste and scent for ycars-tbat breath
of the sea which once known and loved
you never forget; the sea weed, the
/ beach stones, the splash OF the waves,
the salt mist on your lips, and in your
heart freedom and eXultation nothing
inland can ever inspire - Cor. Detroit
/ Past
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-26
Fifteen Weeks on an Island.

The ship St. Clair, of Thomaston.
Maine, sailed from New York on Deem
ber1S, 1882. She was commanded by
Captain Riyes and had q company of
twenty souls. including her first and
second officers and the crew of sixteen
men. She carried an assorted cargo
and was bound for Nagasaki, Japan.
On the first of May she struck on the
shoaling shores OF one of the Sunda Is
lands and became a total wreck The
weather was stormy and the waves.
which were running very high, rendered
futile all possible efforts to save any
thing. A ship can not with any safety
go nearer than two or three miles to tn
shores of those islands because of the
shallowness and rocky nature of the
bottom, on which, if she should strike.
she would be almost certainly lost. The
Captain knowing that the island upon
which he was wrecked was uninhabited
and only visited by japanese fishermen
at a certain season. determined to en-
deavor to reach another island, and so
did not 90 on shr- on the nearest land
at all The -lrWag !, named Felix A.
! Wohl, Of German nationality, deter
mined to land. as he saw that the boats
were leafy and had TO be bailed out
with vigor. and be. moreover, doubted
| their seaworthiness in other respects, as
they had Ia aboard Of the ship unused
for long time. The Captain consented
to let him take a very small boat and
land, rs Re wished, and two bows, one
! French and the other Portuguese,
agreed 10 accompany him.
| This they did, but on touching the
shore and seeing its desolate and unin,
viting appearance they changed then
minds and hurried to overtake tbs
/ larger boats. which they could still see
on their course for the more distant is
| handsome twenty-five miles away
which the Captain wished to reach OF
account Of its being adapted to furnish
his people with the means of living un
til they might chance to be rescued
From his place on the shore the steward
watched the little boat asst chased afte
the larger boats as long as they re
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-26
Slight Odds.
A Latte Story with Large Moral, -One
Man. who Knew his own Business.

No, my dear, said the venerable keeper of a
country store TO timid little girl whose he@d
scarcely came up 10 the counter, NO. my dear,
haven't any req flannel but we have some first
rate New Orleans m0lasses 9" softly limiting that
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite well the child went AZ Ry in search Of the
artici~ she wanted
Have you BEFSoN.S CAPCINE PLAsTERS. s.
asked a gentleman of a certain drcggist whose
name could be given were ii desired. i am trou-
bled inst now with toUch of my old friend, the
nmhago, aqd the Benson's Plaster seems To GO
tee spot almost as soon as it touches the skin
Not at present, replied the druggist, genialy
but we have lots Of pasters just as good, There
is Allcock's. the Capsicum and others--won't one
Of them do Just as well:~
"My dear sir, rctorted the gentleman, with q
slight show OF tcmp,r. I say nothing against
those articles, but / am Il business man. and al
ways ask for precisely what want and for moth
ing else. may cnlightcu you, however, when
say thst sometime ago, for another disease.
which the Capcine has since cured me | tried al
those gou mention, with no appr' ciable benefit
Theyare neli ,icui. every one of them, the mean
est act Of the propretors Of some of them being
this: that they make plcs;eTs with similar souna
ing names to deceive the mlwary into belevin.
they ere the same thing. Experience taught mt
the difference III go to the next man in your line
Coed day"
BE on your guard against limitations. The gen
1.iuc has the word C.NPCIEE cut cleauly in ;ht
middle Of tie plaster. Al others are inlu-itions
Seabury II johnson, Cneusts. New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-26
i)ulSe.

On the shores of the Bay OF Fundy,
near its mouth at the islands of Camp
bclo and Grand Manan and as far up
the coast as the mouth of the St John
River, grows an edible sea weed called
dulse. This is the Scotch and Blucnose
name for it; the Irish call it diilesk. 1t
grows on the coasts of Scotland and Ire
land, the bleaker and more rocky parts,
rs at the Giants Causeway in the latter,
and is found, | believe, in the south of
Iceland as well. In New Brunswick il
IS gathered from rocks that at low tide
are exposed only partially to the air
and sunshine, and the best, pulled from
beneath the water and ut the cbb of the
tide, is that not exposed at all. Dulse
is lillc-but it is like nothing else ever
saw; il is when wet and freshly gath=
cred somewhat thick for sea weed,
and somewhat tough-the nearest an
alogy | can give is a strip of wet, thin
rubber. It's Of II reddish-purple color,
and if held to the sun appears a dark
green. Long, tanglY masses like rib
bOnS and bannerets float from the rocks.
rising and falling with the waves, and
in places great beds of it grow so long
and 50 thick that at ebb tide YOU can
gather it up in your arms to your neck
and not detach its roots. / do not know
if it is OF mushroom growth, but Judge
so, for the supply each tide in the most
freqUcntcd places seems never to have
been despoiled. On the Carleton shore
opposite st. John, at each ''low water"
children and women gather astonishing
Quantities Of this dulse, wading out in
water from six inches deep to as far as
they can keep footing, carrying baskets
which never return empty. it is a capi-
tai amusement for non-professionaIs,
and many young people gather their own
dulse and prepare it for use Themselves,
for the drying process can be very
careless one, and its sudden recollection
has spoiled for me many n good handful
of dnlse. After being gathered in the
blacklist Of old baskets and rinsed in sea
water if the wind was fresh enough
to disturb the sand, it is tossed on boards
along the shore to dry or spread on old
sails or other canvas in the fisherman s
wards or fields When dry it is dark
garnet in color and busted all over with
delicate sprinkling of sea salt 1t
dries in layers somewhat like the
pressed leaves of tobacco, and can be
separated into little strips as thin as
gauze. but quite tough, though it meits
quickly when put in the mouth. After
days exposure to wind and sun it is
ready for sale and finds a good local
market. Ten miles inland no native
will touch it, but to those who are born
within sight of the sea the familiar
dulse is agreeable to smell and pleasant
! to taste, and it is eaten out of hand witt
relish, particularly by the young i
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-26

As soon as folks begin to arrive at
the course-which is any suitable strip
OF ground in the wide eXpansc o. level
prairie previously agreed upon-the
women folks hop out of their boxes and
sit together in little groups, with their
heads conTcrglng to a common center,
which arrangement, together with 4
continuous chattering, they keep up un-
til the proceedings are terminated. the
race apparently having little or no in
terest for them The men also gather
into groups or ride around offering or
taking bets, process entailin~ an
amount of shouting and gesticulating
and galloping about which to the more
phlegmatic foreigner seems very super
fluouS.
After about an hour or more OF this
sort of business the spectators range
themselves along each side of the course
and the starting begins. In the Rio
Grande campos, two horses only are
raced at time and rs rule only one
or two races take place at meeting.
The horses are ridden bare-baCked, and
the riders divest themselves of poncho,
sombrero and boots, tying q handker-
chief around the forehead to keep their
long black hair out of their eyes. They
60 some distance back of the actual
starting point, up TO which they canter
slowly. When abreast of it, if either
rider thinks that he is in q good posi-
ton for starting, he says to the other:
''Vamos?' '-" Shall we go?' If the
FL, t.,A ba
answers: ''Eamos" let rs go!"
And they 90 forthwith. In nineteen
cases ont of twenty, however, one or
both riders are net satisfied with tho
start. and they then wheel, canter back
to where they set out from, and the
whole performance is gone through
again. In this way twenty or thirty
false starts will often be made and
much time consumed. The spectators
meantime keep on laying and taking
odds at the top of their voices. the pro
ceedings being every now and then en-
livened by the appearance on the
course of the inevitable dog. who is
promptly rolled over with the bolas
amid the laughter of the unfeeling mul-
tilude.
At last they get off and come yelling
down the track, the crowd closing up
behind them and galioping and yelling
close on their heels Woe to the luck
| less man who should happen at this mo-
ment to be off his horse Unless be
mounts like lightning, his animal will
infallibly get away from him. and he
himself be trampled under foot and
perhaps killed. = Cor. Philadelphia
| 4AneTlcaa.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-26
TIE DAILY ARGUS.
The NEWSPAPER ENGLISH OF
THE FUTURE.

Picked up paper here to-day,
And, by my conscience, | must say
That they do write in the funniest way.
Some time ago, over my cup,
Went sound asieep-just woke up;
Must have been-well, let me see
Eighteen hundred sixty-three,
Cows came alOng-bells would tinkle-
Reused me up-a second old Wrinkle;
Fell asleep by their say-so, IA
Nine and thirty years ago.
About that paper? l was struck
All in heap, sir; just my luck;
Miss Susan Smiler will elOctHC
Next Thursday evening | stood mute:
Never, in all my life, had heard
OF such an Outlandish, barbarous word.
ElocuteI ElOcutei | declare!
] bit my whiskers and pulled my hair;
Looked In my Webster. it wasn't there.
Gave the thing up in wild despair
Said to mysclf-"Its mighty QUAR-"
Pretty near ehoked myself with rage;
Paper set forth on another page
Wonderful piece of local news
People up town are going to enfhuSe."
And then this thing gets worse and worse
Tomorrow the citizens dnniUsFSG."
July Fourth, happy to state
Folks are all going to decldrate."
Think I'D better shut up shop
. Mr.. A. Il. is Il pltildnthfOpt"
And then, look here, why bless my eyes.
What In the world is "bismGTckizey
Eyes of mine, can you be trusted2
"COal-Oil factory all cOmbt'S'ed,"
"CTctuntFsnch your favorite fruits"
Mexican Empire reC0lWeS'"
Anl since the days ! went to school,
What sort of things Il perpendicular
Reading along, why, bless my fate,
Here's man who is going 10 0rfte.
Why, what on earth's this paper about2
III go stark mad if | don't find out.
Must be French, and yet vow
never heard of the word till now.
Folding the paper, undecided,
Bless me, some ones homicide
Oh, my coevals, show to me
The good old English of 'G3.
Laid down the paper right away,
For, by my conscience. / must say
That they do write In the funnie4 way
"A y fTyYgY1lltF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-26

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THE DEAD LANGUAGES.

The Harvard faculty, which has been
struggling with the movement to which
Mr.. Adams lately added momemtum-tbe
disposition to subordinate, if not exclude,
the study Of the classics has received
great aid from Chief Justice Coleridge, who
takes a strong position in favor of thorough
study of the dead languages. The Justice
being an OxoniAn, and cultured man, 3
classical scholar, and at the head of the
chief profession in England, could scarcely
be expected to take any other position.
But this support will not at all check the
drift of the times, which unquestionaoly
tends to making the study of the classics a
non.essential in collegiate courses. That it
will be abandoned is not to be thought
Of. We must have classical scholars, aud
give opportunity for full classical courses
but within twenty years next to come, it
is safe to predict, the oonferment degrees
will depend in any department upon a
knowledge Of the dead languages. The
age is practical one its needs call for
men thoroughly and well educated in the
English branches, and the colleges cannot
make headway, or keep abreast with the
spirit of the times, and insist upon a cur
riculum that will demand Of the student
study of the old tongues. There will be
always, and should be, distinctive recogni-
tion by the college of the classical student,
but that the study itself will be made a
prerequisite to admission, for many years
Longer, is not at all likely.
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ITS FINANCIAL FAILURE.

In 1865 the debt of these United States
amounted to the sum of 81, 756, ,43l, ,57l.
The interest was about Sl5l, ,0O0,O each
year, By 1869 we had paid off 1923, ,65s,-
69S. By 1867 we paid off S4I3, 496, AL
more. Up to 1880 there was discharged
Sl99, 625, ,277 additional. Up to this time
since then we have paid on the debt about
S2Sl, ,060, coo more. Thus since the war
we have paid Sl,2l7, ,649, 746, or more than
half the debt Yet Democratic statesmen
tell us that Republican administration has
been financial failure. This occasions
the Inter. ocean with some heat to exclaim :
"While paying the debt the people of
the land have scarcely felt the burden.
Nay more, they have prospered as no
other people on the face of the earth have
prospered. 1t is to-day the land flowing
with milk and honey upon whose fair
and fertile acres and upon whose busy
cities the eyes Of the world are looking
with longing admiration. While the ma
ton has been paying its honest debts
with such rapidity it has remembered it's
crippled heroes, and poured out millions
in pensions, carrying on its rolls 3O4, 600
disabled heroes. In view of such facts,
the men who would inaugurate change
of system, and place in power the men
and the party which principally caused
the great debt and the threatened disaster
will assume large responsibility" The
Inter. ocean dees not state, as it might,
that in the period embraced we have not
only paid such sums to the soldiers of the
war, but vastly extended our postal sys-
TEN, enlarged our customs service, multi.
piled our Government buildings, carried
on a vast signal service system born of
the war, made extensive internal improve.
ments, and so on, to the end of longer
chapter,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-11-01

VIRGINIA. October S1st = The office of County
Treasurer Denis Nevin, in the Courthouse, was
robbed last night of over $ 900 0-s7,500 of the
county's money and $3.50 deposited by private par
ties. Treasurer Nevin says he was in the office
writing at 9:30, when two men came in. One Of
these said, Hello, amt you working late Z Nevin,
who was seated with his back TO the door, then
turned round and saw two men with black masks
on, one Of whom had gun pointed at him. He
thought some men about the Courthouse were play.
ing joke on him, and said, who the hi are you,
anyway One of the men then approached with
large knife and said " You s. of a b., keep quiet
or / will cut YOU Open.' Neyn was then ordered TO
stand up. His lamp WAS then put out, and the men
produced and opened bulls eve lantern. The man
with the knife then said, . Don't say a word, but
open the doors Of the vault Ga reaching the door
OF the vault NeyIn said Il Is no use for me to open
the doors Of the vault there is a time lock on the
safe, and it can't be opened by anyone else" :"
One Of the men said, " You open the door Of the
vault, and take the combination of Of the safe We
will chance the time lock- Neyiu compiled, and
much 10 his surprise, found that the time lock,
which was set at o'clock in the evening,
not TO open till in the morning, already opened
The men made Nevin stand ba k in the vault and
the man with the knife stood guard over him while
the one who had gun took the coin from the trays
and put il into sacks. lie worked AZ this slowly and
cautiously till about o'clock in the morning being
careful to make no noise with the coin There was
over 81 900 in silver TO be handled the remainder
being gold, When the men had carried the coin
out of the vault they left Nevn inside locking the
two iron doors upon him. He shouted snd beat
upon the door Of the vault with piece Of board till
heard by ia lor Breen, who gave the alarm. 1t took
an hour to get Nevin out of the vault as they
had to cut the hinges off the iron doors Of the vault
10 release him. The Keys Of the vault were found
this morning in the yard OF the Courthouse, where
theY had been thrown. Altogether, it is mys-
terious affair. The men must have had a wagon or
pack animals to carry of the silver vet men
who passed along the street at 10 o'clock saw
nothing OF the kind The time.lock has been set
again by the county officials in order to see il II can
again be opened tonight at certain hour. 1t is
supposed that the stolen coin is buried near towp
and the parties who stole Il are still in the city AZ
the JOB must have been done by men 30 well.known
that they would be missed officers are at work
upon the affair.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-11-01

lam Curtis is not to be questioned, and yet
that shining light of his party has, within
the week, declared that municipal public
business should be conducted upon busi-
ness principles, and its offices not be made
the rewards for political service. The Re-
publicanism of the New York Post will
bear the fire test, and yet that journal,
within few days, recognizing the trend
of public sentiment, has laid, referring to
the failure of citizen reform movements IN
the past "The fanatical allegiance 20
party. which was a natural result OF the
war. under which the boss system grew up,
and which enabled party managers liter
ally to buy and sell the city for their own
purposes, has died out, or is greatly weak
ened. The central idea of good municipal
government, the diUorce of administration
from politics, has finally been embodied in
both Federal and State legislation. The
mere proposal of the Republican mai.
ayers in this city, whether sincerely made
or not, TO throw their district associations
open to all Republicans, is sign of the
times which cannot be mistaken, and
from which the promoters of che citi.
zens' movement may well draw encourag.
ment."
The New York Times is representative
Republican journal of the country, and its
allegiance and loyalty to party is not even
to be doubted. Still it says, in reference
to revolts against municipal bosses in New
York "The truth is, and every new re-
volt against political machines enforces it
anew, that municipal reform must begin
with charter reform. An extreme simpli-
tication of the whole business of munic-
ipal elections is sorely needed. That such
simp.ifcation of the municipal govern
ment of Brooklyn has worked, if not ideally
well, at least very much better than the
old system, will not be denied by anybody
but political machinist."
That same journal, which would postpone
the citizens movement in preference for
charter reform, nevertheless adds
1.-THE ordinary voter, whose time is taken
up with earning an honest living, cannot
be expected to investigate the characters
of the rival candidates for the minor mu-
nicipal offices, especially when he is pretty
well assured beforehand that there is not
much to choose between them" Tie
ward managers have crushed out one citi-
zens organization in New York another
in Brooklyn has risen superior to them.
In Philadelphia the power of the bosses to
dispense the "spoils has been paralyzsd
by the reform movement. There may be
failure here and there, and victory here
and there, but the principle announced by
Mr.. Ford in his recent work, that in the
chief functions of city government poll
tics have no place, must sooner or later
prevail. Partisans who may now believe
that the ascendancy of the principles OF
their parties depend upon Tom Jones being
made Poundmaster and Dick Smith H.
speotor, we trust will live to see the time
come here as everywhere else, as come it
will, when in cities the simple question re-
garding the administration will be bust
ness competency and business wisdom.