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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-02

This powCer never varies. marvel of
purity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds. and
cannot be sold in competition with the null
titude of low test, short weight, alum or
phosT hate powders. Sold only in cans.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., LOG Wall
street, New York.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-02

France of all European countries has
the largest percentage of electors to the
population, 2G.Sj to every 100 inhabi
tants; Switzerland, with 22.55, stands
second; Germany third, with zoos, Den
mark fourth, with 1916; England fifth,
with s. So
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-02

A ''frontier settlement is frequently
made with a shotgun.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14

CoRREsPoNDENCE.-Locai news of general in
terest solicited from every town in Rock ISLAND
and adjoining counties. Letters must reach the
office not later than Wednesday to insure insertion
the same week in the Weekly. All news of spec
ial Importance should be sent as soon as received
by special dispatch or by telephone.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14

ance of friends and clerks, DR.. Toner,
whose tastes are strongly in the direction
of facts and statistics, is just making an
extensive collection, arranged on slips in
alphabetical order, ready to be bound into
volumes. At the end of few years he
expects to place these in the government
library, for general reference. His ex-
ample might be initiated in other cities,
with advantage to literary men and histo-
rians. In spite of the presence OF this
immense library of congress, as it is
called, The citizens of Washington have
been obliged to take steps towards rails
ing money for public library of their
own. 1t is fact that this city is worse
provided with library accommodations
than any of its size in the country. The
library at the capitol is monopolized by
congress. although it is mainly fed by the
supply of copyright publications from
authors and publishers; and it is, more
over, open only from a. IN. until p. m.
daily except Sundays and all holidays,
when it is not open at all. Half its books
and periodicals. are inaccessible from want
of shelf room. By liberal construction
OF law, little circulating library is kept
open in some of the departments, for the
use of the clerks, but this, of course, has
no general utility. So the people here
are taxing themselves by subscription lists,
on which, no doubt, Mr.. Corcoran's gen
erous hand will appear. to found an in
stitution that will be at least somewhat
like the lublic library of Boston. or the
Mercantile and Apprentices, of Philadel-
phia. PH0No
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14
Doctors AND Doctrines.
Whataver Cruel Creeds may say, Truth
il ALWAYS Orthodox.

Whataver Cruel Creeds may say, Truth
is Always Orthodox.
''You know the old saying, Doctor, Fbi Ire,
gaedic3 dao athei, where there are three DOCTOR
there are two atheists" laughed Rev. Apollo
Creamcheese, the other day, to ais friend, DIR
SIENNA, who had dropped in for bit Of talk.
Yes, I've heard it, and I'll bet box of pill.
against your dry inkstand that priest said it
They always pattered bad Latin when they had a
the doctor, lighting his gipe. Il tell you, Dominic
you're way Oh when you think our profession is
not doing as good work in this world as yours is
They we both been more half barbarous for cen
turtles, but we're several lengths ahead of you or
the home stretch"
But, Doctor, 4" said Mr.. Creamcheese, don't
yon think yosr fraternity shows tendency to
materialistjc ~
BAH 7" interrupted DR.. SIENNA, I'VE show ten
fences are all down Why, within the past week
I've had letter from my old friend, DR.. W. v
Haddox. of Pine Hin, Alabama, saying that be is
using, with great success, PARKER'S TONIC ir
his practice, and finds il the best thing for Coughs
Lung. Kidney and Liver troubles. Dyspepsia.
Rheumatism and so on. he ever struck; and an
other friend of mine, DR.. j j. oatman, Of Carroll
town, Pa. says substantially the same thing. He's
big specialist, too, in chronic diseases, and he
knows what he is talking about every time
DIR. Senna's statements as to PARKERS Tonic
are supported by genuine testimonials from Drs
Haddo1 and 0atman, who write to Messrs Hsco1
& Co., of New iork-the proprietors-in terms of
the highest commendation concerning this great
restorative remedy; and letters from the profess
ion generally confirm the opinion of these physi
clans. Price. 50 cents and III per bottle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14

Austin will be a busy city this week.
About two hundred cattle men have al
ready arrived, and it may be presumed
that these are only the advance guard of
the small army that will act as the third
house during the extra session of the
Texas legislature. The session was called
mainly to consider the fence cutting war,
which has for some time past been the
uppermost topic in the Lone Star state,
and feeling on both sides is likely to be
intensified when thousand or more of
the large ranchmen and small farmers
meet in their capital city to tell their leg
islators what must be done.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. l2
Wheat-Weak and active; 9l1sc No 2
and January 9l%c February, 925ac c March,
$3.50 May. COrn-Dull and weaker: 55c
No cash. Oats-Easier; 33c No. q Rye
Lower; 6ltac No l, 5s1Sc No 2 Barley
Steady; 5s5sc No. 2, 0Oc February, 5lIsc ex-
ira No =
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

"A fat and awkward billiard player
is acue-cumbersome specimen. - Csnoin-
natl TrareLer.
Good bye" in the telephone re-
minds one Of autumn; it is the yell O
leave. - Boston BuHetin.
What do you think Of Fielding?"
she asked young Mr.. Tawmus. "Oh,
it's important. OF course, but it won't
avail anything without good battingr'-
Boston Post
"A horse baked with man in Buffalo
the other day, and he sat there in his
buggy for nine hours before the animal
moved on. He was house painter,
working by the day, aud would have
put in another hour ii necessary.
troit Free Press.
Cam understand this at all, y said
young Hyson; cant understand it at
all. " We'll, tell it, said his partner
why. whale goes down below, doesn't
it?' ''Oh, YES. And this magazine
says it comes up to blow, too. Now
that's nonsense" But nobody would
listen to him.-Otl city Derrick.
-Idiocy Of the weather topic: "Well,
how do you like this weathergn inquired
old man Barnstable of Mrs. McBaker,
vino always looks on the dark side of
things. Don't like it at all, snapped
that amiable viraeo. ..Ah, don't, ehe''
mildly replied old Barnstable, ''er-er
how doyOu think you would like it if it
suited you?" Teras SJtings.
Mamie, having been helped twice
to everything on the table, Slid down,
when the coffee came in, from her chair
with sigh. There, now," said her
mamma, | suppose you have eaten so
much that YOU feel uncomfortable. :"
Don tn' replied Mamie quickly. with a
toss of her little head. Il just feel nice
and smooth. -. Chicago Tribune.
What did you get out of that
case?' asked the old lawyer. 4 got
my client out of it, replied the young
one. And what did he get out of it?h
Satisfaction, reckon. I didn't leave
anything else for him to get" Young
man, said the senior, proudly, you'll
never be Judge There is not enough
money on the bench for you" "-E1-
| change
The wrong girl
Girl in hammock
Reading book
Catches man
By hook or crook.
Girl in kitchen
.Scrubbing pan
Cannot gobble
Any man.
Ten years later,
Head in whirl,
Wished he'd taken
Kitchen girl.
oil City Blizzard.
Good morning, Farmer Furrow, !"
said the old deacon, as he leaned over
the fence to have a friendly chat
'Mornin' deacon, " nodded the farmer
How is that sick pig this morning?"
30, that's gittin along right smart, |
reckon, cheerfully replied the granger
And how is the rest OF your folksP" CON
tinued the deacon. The farmer said
nothing, but reached down, picked up
an overripe melon and fired it right at
the deacon's head "Therer' he ex-
claimed; by the time yer git them ere
seeds out O. yer ha'r you'll find out how
my folks is. N. Y. Dairy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14

SUBSCRIPTION RATES,
DAILY-12R cents per week, or 50 cents pei
month, delivered by curriers' to any part of The
city
WEEKLY-S2,00 per year postage paid
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14

ROCK ISLAND DAILY ARGUS.
ROCK ISLAND WEEKLY ARGUS.
Argus Block, Opp. Post Office
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Jan. IL,

CHiCAGO, Jan. IS.
Rodiger & Mc1ntyres circular OF
this evening gives the following state of the
markets ON Tie board of trade. Wheat
weak; February, opened 93c, closed 92c;
March, opened 9394c, closed 93c; May, opened
SlOO, closed 99c. Corn - weak;
January, opened 55Ac, closed 535sc; Febru.
ary, opened 544c, closed 541}4c; May, opened
5S4c, closed 5S12c. Oats-Steady; May,
opened and closed 81 &c. Pork-Suong; May,
opened $500, closed sI5.1714. Lard
Strong; May, opened $9.171z, closed SO. 221k.
Live Stock-The Union stock yards reports
the following range Of prices: HOgs-Mar
ket l5c lower; skItp and culls, S4 75G500;
common light, s.. 1905. IS; mixej packing
and shipping, S5.20@5. 75; assorted shipping,
s. S0@6l5. Cattle-QGlet; good catt.e,
held $500; So. IS bid.
P1oduce-Butter-Fan creamery, S5G1
SIC; do dairy, 30@33c; good dairy, 20@25c;
good to choice roll, lag lSc; packing, Slgl0c.
Eggs--In good request fresh laid, 23}2eg26c;
ice house, 231z@gsc; picked, 20322c. Po-
tatoes - Neglected and dull; good bright
stock, 40c; no sale for poor.
New York.
New YORK, Jan. II
Wheat lower; unsettled and very much de-
pressed on account Of the failure Of two grain
firms; active speculative trading: No.
white nominal; No. = rel January, 81 0U
@106sl February, SL07L @L0Sh; March,
81 09x al. l015; April, 81 llis@ll2H; May,
81, lS% @1l41s. Coln-Lower: fairly active;
mixed western spot, 62@65c; futures, 53@
6G54c. Oats-1s@Sc lower; western, 4o@
45c Provisons-beef quiet and unchang god; ;
pork dull and heavy; spot new mess, Sl450
(a1s 90. Lard, dull and easier; steam rem
dered, S9l5
st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. H.
Wheat-Lower and slow except for MAY
which, was active; No. red Sl02@t 033s
cash, $l03 February, SL047s March, Sl.0715
dl0S May, No. red, 95c. Corn-Lower
and dull except for May which was active;
4s@4911ac cash, 4Sc January, 4Skc February,
$3.50 March, 52@52]4c May. Oats-Lower
and dull; 24]Sc@35c cash, sac February,
3sAc March, 369s 03614c May. Rye-Slow;
5516c. Barley-Dull and unchanged; 50GS0.
Whisky-Steady; Sl.l5. Provisions-Very
slow and only small job trade.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, Jan H.
Wheat-Dull and lower; No. / white, 81 03;
No. 2 do Gee; No red cash, 9S1+ (9Sl 03;
January, 9s1lc; February, $3.50 March,
slo2; May, SLo55s; June, Sl0634. Corn
Lower and quiet; No, cash or January,
5Sc; February, $3.50; May, 5Sc; rejected,
5O5Sc; Lo grade, 47c. Oats-DulI No. 2casb
or January, s415c; May, 375fc. Clover
Easier and quiet prime cash or January, SC
bid; February, ST. IN; No. 9, S575.
Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 12
Wheat-Weak and active; 9l1sc No 2
and January, 9l@c February, 9254c March,
$3.50 May. Corn-Dull and weaker: DOC
No. 2 cash. Oats-Easier; s3c No. 2 Rye
Lower; 6l>ac No. l, 5s11c No. 2 Barley
Steady; 5s'sc No. :, oOc February, 5l>Sc ex-
fFR
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Jan, II.
LIVE STOCK.
HoGS-Estimated receipts to-day, are Il, ,0O'
light s. zoos 90 mixed packing, S. l0G5 So
choice heavy, S. $4,000. car lots
WHEAT-S0 81 Jan SO ss1S Feb: so seA4 Na,
CoRN-55h JAN; 5s9s Feb; 5SIs May.
OATS-ssx Jan. S1t Feb; 8sa May
PORK-$l4 60 Feb: $15 10 May.
LARD-SS IS Jan: S. % Feb, 50 % May
RIBS 81 so Feb; 81 Il May
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14

1t is predicted that Washington will
be gayer than ever the coming winter.
The session of Congress is the long one.
Chicago Journal
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-10

Huntsville Cor. Detroit Free Press.
In this section of Alabama a farmer can
raise anything which will grow in the north,
and in much greater abundance. Wheat
natures spendidly. One field OF 100 acres
last year yielded an average of twenty-five
and one-half bushels to the acre. Oats will
run from sixty to seventy-five bushels, and
are very heavy. Clover makes an excellent
crop. A farmer told me that he last year
cut 100 tons from fifty acres, selling it read
lily at $15 per ton, and the second crop
brought him five bushels of seed per acre,
and the seed sold at $6 per bushel That 100
acres brought in the gross sum of $4,5O0 in
one season, or at least So, 900 above all ex-
penses Do we do any better in the north?
Is not the southern farmer getting his eyes
open very wides If you doubt it let me add
that there are over 500 mowers and reapers
in the county in which Huntsville is sit
uated.
Corn will yield forty bushels to the acre
without much care. Irish potatoes yield an
average of 400 bushels to the acre, and sweet
potatoes, flung into the earth and the field
scarcely looked at again, pour out 500 bush.
els to the acre as a reward. Apples, peaches,
plums and all other fruits do splendidly here,
and if any of the figures above seem exag-
gerated, I ask that at least 10 per cent be
added to them in case northern farmer were
to work the ground with white labor.
Spring opens here from four to six weeks
earlier than in the north, and white men can
work in the fields the year round. Taxes are
low, school privileges abundant. and law
and order everywhere prevail. have been
in Alabama two weeks and yet have not
heard dispute, seen one drunken man, noi
read of serious crime in the state. There
are drinking places in plenty, but men rarely
get drunk. There is enough TO quarrel about,
but everybody seems good natured.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-10
Bob TOombs Ready to Die.

j
The house of Gen. Robert Toombs, in
Washington, Ga, is a typical southern
home; beautiful flower garden Of an acre,
hanked with barley lots, fronts three-stary
wooden home with large chambers, wide
halls and roomy piazzas. The generals office
is in his dwelling, but he generally receives
his company in the cosy sitting-room of the
second story. He is alway cordial, and gives
all, friend or stranger, a kindly welcome.
Sitting in large armchair, with his books
within easy reach and the well-used Bible
among them, he sat the last Of the old
line. He is "A, and he is broken
considerably since the death of his wife, but
is still vigorous old man. The general has
long been a Methodist in convection, but
only recently has he become communicate
of the church. His determination to con
meet himself with the church was expressed
in his usual style. Meeting his old friend
Bishop Pierce, one day, he said: George
1 want you to baptize me. l have
no religion, but l am afraid some
of these young fools who pratt
about infidelity will say when l am dead
did not believe in Jesus Christ and wish tc
avow my faith" He is much beloved by hi.
neghbors, and especially by the children, tx
whom he is especially tender. He says life il
too short for aninosities, and that he has nc
foes and cherishes no resentments Hs has
made all things ready for both worlds and i
matters little with him how soon he Leaves
khia
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-10
A strange Institution.
rChafnbers' Journal


Among the oral traditions of the past
in Cambridge, there is handed down to
the modern undergraduate an account
Of secret society which was established
in the university at remote period of
time, and which was called the Lie
society. At the weekly meetings of the
members, an ingenious falsehood was
fabricated, which frequently referred
to some person locally known, and
which was probably not altogether free
from scandal. 1t was the duties of all
the members to propagate this invented
story as much as possible by relating it
to every one they met. Each member
had to make note of the altered form
in which the lie thus circulated came
round to him individually, and these
were read out at the next meeting with
all the copious additions and changes
the story had received passing from one
to the other, often to such an extent as
to leave but little of the original fabric
left. After time the society began to
languish, and soon after disappeared
a1tooathar
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-10
The Wonderful Electric Disk.

lDOSbOu DudSSLl
1t is rumored that syndicate representing
over S100, ,000, ,0o0 has been formed for the
purpose of developing and introducing an in
vention which is said to combine the useful
ness Of the telegraph and the telephone with
that of the electric light The plans of the
company, for some unexplained reason, are
kept very dark, and the possibilities of the
invention are somewhat indefinite; enough
30 to challenge doubt OF the reality Of the
whole thing, if the Claims put forward by
those who talk about it were not SO positive
and evidently serious. One gentleman
who said he was not at liberty to
state the names OF the inventors or
to go into particulars at present,
said: "rhe electric light will soon be thing
of the past The disk is an electric apparatus,
aad by it we, in the night time, can receive
sunlight from any point of the earth where
the sun is shining. Don't be incredulous, my
friend; sunlight has already been transmitted
to dark room over wire; / have seen it
myself" Then, too, scenes of any kind, in
action or in repose, however distant, which
can be focused on the disk at the transmit
ting end Of the wire, are registered with
Photographic accuracy on the disk at the
delivery end
These particulars are all given, with more
or less positiveness, by other persons, who
seemed able and willing to talk about the in
yention. None Of the parties interviewed,
however, would give the inventors name or
localize the invention in any way, except by
saying that "it originated in Boston"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-10
The Paris club scandal.
u,ondon Daily Teleeranh

lA1OhoOn 0oitJ ACACSi
1t appears that complaints have been made
of robberies at the club in the Rue Royale
for two years past, and this may to some ex-
tent account for SO large a sum as e4, 600 be-
ing found i'll the possession of the footman,
who has been arrested No letters or papers
were found in his lodgings of later date than
1878, when he entered the service of the club
If, therefore, he had any accomplices, especial
care has been taken to avoid compromising
them. Some stock brokers' accounts have,
however, been found, which may give clew
to the police. The man affirms that the So
curities found upon him belonged to his
friends, but he will not give the names of the
owners. Two bottles Of prepared gum have
been discovered, together with several pack
cts of needles, with which the cards were
pricked On careful investigation of the
marked cards it appears that the system
adopted was to raise slight scratch on the
face of the cards, and to apply small guam
tity of the solution OF gum arabic to it, dry
ing the spot at once, and thus enabling the
player to ascertain the nature of the card by
The slightest touch.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-10
German Invaders or Poland.
New York u5'.l


Numerous noblemen of Russian
Poland have joined in publishing an in
teresting address to their countrymen
in the Polish journals of the city of
Posen. They call upon the Poles of
every stat on and of both sexes to alb
stain from all extravagant expenditure
at the coming cardinal festivities, es-
pecially in costly dinners and balls, and
above all to avoid the ruinous games of
hazard to which they are SO strongly
addicted. They also urge the practice
of self-denial and economy in the future
on all occasions, and assert that reck-
less and prodigal habits, Indifference to
money, and lavish and extravagant dis
play, are turned toadvantage by greedy
foreigners, who absorb the wealth that
the natives of the country so foolishly
throw ava, and thereby gradually be-
come possessed of the estates of the no.
bility and crowl them out of their
anc :stral homes.
The Kurier Poznanski, in urging this
address upon the attention of the
readers, states that the amount of land
in the province OF Posen that is now in
the possession and ownership of the
German invaders exceeds that held by
the native Poles by nearly 80 per cent
German landowners have acquired
title to 3,9SS, 400 acres, while in the
lands Of the former masters of the
country there remain only 1872, ,6UC
acres. The struggle of the Poles,
however, for the mastery of their ma
tive land is a hopeless one. They are
unable to resist the steady habits, per-
severance, industry, and energy of the
Germans. They have been losing the
control of their family estates year by
year, and the entire province is rapidly
slipping out of their possession.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-10
THE cHRoMo AN EDUCATOR.
Relleving in the influence OF Llth
ographs, a Vender Is Eloquent.
New York Su

New York SUM-
"Ihese things are nuisance, and should
be abated," gentleman remarked emphat-
ically after stumbling against a street
vender's cart loaded with many bright litho-
gTaphs
us that truen bystander asked, address
ing the vender.
mo. We are public benefactors-at least
am. Chromos are not in so good repute as
they were years ago, but not every one
knows what good chromos have done for the
CITY,"
"For instancel"
3They have cultivated taste for better
things. They are bright, and generally
cheerful. Hoods Song OF the Shirt is no
longer true picture in detail The seam
stress gets chrome at the tea store to take
the place of the shallow she used to thank for
falling on the bare wall. A chrome is much
more exhilarating than shadow. People
who go into the rooms occupied by the
very poor find the walls less repulsive than
formerly. Especially is this true In rooms
occupied by the thousands who have known
better days"
"But how can an unreal picture cultivate
taste?"
"Let US see. Are chromos less true to
nature than paintingsi Are they not fre-
quently copies of famous paintingsf Suppose
they are unreall They are bits of bright
color. The housewife and the children ar
range them on the wall Pretty soon some
one notices that the color Of one does not
match well with its neighbor. rearrang
ing follows with an improved effect. That
has been lesson in art to the wife or
daughter or son, or all three, of hod-car-
rer, perhaps. Cultivation has begun at the
roots. You will see the result in the next
generation. From free tea store advertise
ments the housekeeper comes to me- For IS
or so cents l furnish her with enough
to adorn a wall beautifully. You may
not call it adorning, but chromos
that sell for o5 cents retailed for s. twelve
years ago. From my cart the woman
will go to my neighbor there and buy, for s
or 10 or 25 cents each, plaster OF Paris
plaques and figures. I'll wager now that she
had never heard the word plaque ten years
ago. At that time plaster of Paris was used
for making angels and saints, and gaudily
painted dogs, cats, and awkward figures.
Now we have copies in plaster, some of them
bronzed at that, of very famous works of
art. You can find them on the nantels of
men of nsiderable property. Their chief
mission is among the poor. The wife having
in her newspaper that she formerly skipped.
The man, even if he is an art critic, who de-
cries ow-priced copies, and even limitations
of works Of art, succeeds In showing thai
frail humanity is liable to err"