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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26

ABOUT this time of year look out for
thrilling articles on the mad dog and his
bite. Not that the mad dog is more
prevalent at this seas on than in December,
or that he ever prevails to any dangerous
extent, but for some unknown cause this
is the season for alarming stories about
him. A London doctor announces mag
isterially that the bite of healthy dog
cannot cause hydrophobia, but supplies
ments this assuring statement by the re-
mark that as it is difficult to determine
the state of the health of a dog at the
time be bites, the wound should be treated
as if the beast was rabid. Then follow
directions for treatment of which hot
water lamentations, lgatures, bleeding,
burning with hot iron, and applications
of nitric, sulphuric, acetic or carbOlic
acids form an important part. These rem
edies are to be applied either by the vic
tim himself or his next friend, after
which he is instructed to visit the nearest
man who viii dose him within and with
out as may seem necessary. The dog is to
be carefully watched for fourteen days in
order to determine whether he is healthy
or not What is to be done with him at
the end of that time the physician does
not state, but inasmuch as, whether
healthy or mad, he is liable to cause much
inconvenience, it would seem profitable
to kill him, say at the beginning of the
fifteenth day, or before he has perpetrat
ed the bite. This method, if promptly
followed, would not only prevent much
narrowing hydrophobia literature, but q
kindness would be done to the animals
by thus removing them at the beginning
of the season.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26

TIE republican, In figuring up the
states necessary to be carried in order to
elect their nominees, class Connecticut,
Massachusetts, and New Jersay as all
thoroughly reliable republican states but
this calculation appears more doubtful
day by day. Nowhere has the republican
bolt been more marked than in the
cradle of republicanism, old Massach-
usetts. New Jersey is almost sure to 60
the same way as New York, and New
York will certainly go democratic. AT
the last presidential election Connecticut
had so small republican plurality as to
give good grounds for believing that the
disaffection now existing in the republi>
can ranks that state is at all events
doubtful. The republican press, we are
inclined to think, are counting chickens a
little too previously.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26
Passage of the Pension Bill.

WASHINGTON CITY, June 26-The debate
on the Mexican pension bill closed at 3 D. m
Tuesday, and the vote was taken on its pas
sage, resnlting-yeas, 81; nays, %. Butler,
Lamar, Ransom and George, Democrats, and
Riddleberger and Malone voted yea; and
Edmunds and Hawley, nay. The bill as
passed will entail an annual increase in the
pension pay of s12, 100000 The bill gives the
Mexican pensioners who actually served four
teen days in Mexico or on its coasts or from
tier, pension, and gives pensions to all
Union soldiers suffering from disability who
served three months in the Union army, be-
sides making more liberal provisions for
widows
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26
A Successful Strike.

PHILADELPHIA, June 26-The shoe manu-
facturers have made terms with the striking
employees, A committee from the executive
board of the district assembly conferred with
the executive committee of the Manufac-
turers' association at Laird, Schober &,
Mitchells factory. The manufacturers com
mittee decided to sign the revised schedule of
wages, with some notifications. The shoe
makers committ.e then carried the bill to all
tie manufacturers, and obtained their sigma
lures, and the men returned to work
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO, June %
Allan Mcintyre &, Co.'S circular of this
evening says The markets ON the board of
trade to-day opened higher than last
nights close, but sold off and be-
came weaker. Wheat-July. opened SIC,
closed S6$4c; August, opened ss3lc,
closed sS19c; September opened s954c,
closed size; August, opened 56ssc, closed
5519c. oats-July, opened 3l1sc, closed Sic.
Pork-July, opened Si9 10, closed $40 Lard
July, opened S7.35, closed s7.2756
Live Stock-The Union Stock yards re-
ports the following range of prices: Hogs
Market fairly active and firm at an advance
of 5@l0c; both packers and shippers buying
freely; light grades, 81 so@5-S5; heavy pack
ing. 81 9e@5.25; fair to choice, S5.35@g5 40;
heavy shipping, SIS 25@55O.
Produce: Butter-Fme creamery, 1S(120c;
good to choice diary, 12@15c; packing stock,
7g9c. Eggs-ln better demand; fresh-laid,
15@l514c. Potatoes-No sale for old stock !;
new, lower Tennessee early rose, S250 per
Dbl. Berries-In abundant supply and dull !;
Strawberries, poor, 25@60c per l6-qt case;
good to fine, 75c@ 81. 25 ;raspberries, red g. 75@
200 per APT case; black, $500 per 4qt
case.
New York.
NEW YORK, June %
" hchi--opSneu "A W19C HiSHti, dlttfNdFu
lost most of the advance; very quiet trad
ing; No. white, nominal; No 2 red,
July, 9sH@99bc; August, si.0l@1 013s !;
September, sl.0l 4 @LG2%; October, 81 034 /;
December, Sl14 Corn. Q1Sc lower;
mixed western spot 56@6215c; future, 611z0
0I6415c Oats-Dull; western, 337@44c. Pro-
visions-Beef unchanged Pork dull; mess
$500. Lard dull; steam, 1915.
st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, June p
Wheat-Fairiy firm with slight fluctuations
closing shade below yesterday; No 2 red
$L05@1054 cash; 921S@92Tc, closing at
929c July; 903S@9054c closing $3.50 August;
I15@9lszc, closing 91Ac September; y21sc
October: No. 3 red, &c Corn-Lower and
weak; 52@52Ac cash; 5215c June; 51A@
81 &c July; 51X@52c August; seize Septem-
Der. Oats-Very slow; 321Sc cash; 29szc
July; 255gc August. Rye-Lower to sell;
561c bid Barley-No market. Whisky
Steady; S10S Provisions-Dull; only small
job trade. Pork, s15.25@1530 Bulk meats
Long clear, s7.55; short ribs, $3.50; short
clear. ss.15. Lard, nominal
Toledo.
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 25
Wheat-Quiet and steady; No 2 red cash,
92@9Sc: June, &c asked: July &c; August,
9314c; September, 94Ac; No soft, 95d99c |:
No. 3 red, S4@9O1<c. Corn-Dull and firm /:
high mixed, Sc; new do, 551Sc; No. 2 cash.
June or July, SIC; August, 571kc; Sep
tember, 5Skc; rejected, 55c; no grade,
45c. Oats-DuIl; No 2 white 35c;
No. 2 cash or June, 32s@c, July, 331kc
asked; August, 2S14c bid; September, IS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26
sENAroR1AL CONVENTION

The counties of Rock Island and Henry, com
prsing tue twenty first Senatorial District, re
uuesteI TO send delegates 10 convention to be
held at the coart house in the city of Rock Island
on Tuesday, July p, 1884, al O'Clock p. m, for
the purpose of dominating candidate for repre-,
sentative, appointing senatorial committee and
transacting such other business as may properly
come before the convention.
The basis of representation will be one delegate
for every two hundred votes cast for orendorH for
state treasurer in 1882 and delegate for every
fraction of one hundred votes, az follows:
Rock Island county. :. 213S votes-1I delegates.
Henry county 49,. 1885 votes 6 delegates
JAMES K. JOHNSTON,
SAMUEL II. MCNAY,
Rock Island H., JuLe 8, 1884 Committee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26

New YORK june Brighton Beach races
First race, q mile; Fellowplaw first, King
Lion second, Ten Strike third. Time, 1:1515
Second race, l Is miles; Monk first, Mana,
toha second, Wave O'Light third. Time
1:57.
Third race, Il miles; Luton, first; Wan
dering, second; Telemachus, third time,
2:10K.
Fourth race, | 4 miles; King Fan, first:
Mikes Pride, second; Little Buttefcup, third;
time, 5t@5
CHIcA,U, JuEo b. - Races at Chicago
Driving park rocloaed Tor the daJ on &C.
count vi 1il.,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26
A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c,
l will send recipe that will cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send self addressed envelope
to the Rev. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station d,
New York City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression
Of Spirits and General Debility, in their
various forms; also as preventive a
gainst Fever and Ague, and other Inter
mittent Fevers, the Zero Phosphorated
Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswen, Ha-
zard & Co, New York, and sold by all
Druggists. is the best tonic; and for pa
tients recovering from Fever or other
sickness, il has no equal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26

A New book entitled Times Of Lin
nseus," is issued by 2. Topelius, the an-
thor of the Surgeons Stories, of which
series the book is part. Jansen, Nc
Clurg & Co., Chicago, are the publishers.
Sold by Champion & Co.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26
The Cholera In France.

ToULoN, June 26.-Two civilians died of
cholera Tuesday, and twenty three were
taken to the Marine hospital The alarm is
abating. The government physician confirms
the sporadic character Of the malady.
MARsEILLEs, June 26.-There is no indica.
ton of cholera here.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26

ing their reasons for resorting to lynch law,
and dispersed. Their document is scathing
criticism of the laws delay and an earnest
support Of summary justice where the crimes
are of fiagrant nature
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26

MONTREAL, June 2i-The Bank of Mon
treal, by the failure Of Kershaw & Co, grain
dealers of Chicago expects to lose nearly
half a million. Other Canadian banks ara
laid to be involved. i;
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26

Emory's Little Cathauc is the best and
only reliable Liver Pill known, never fails
with the most obstinate cases, purly vege-
table -15 cents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26
THE DAILY ARGUs.

CoRREsPoNDgNcE.-Localn news of general IN
te;est solicited from every tOwn IN ROCK Island
and ad Joining 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, 1884-06-26
Sporting News.

fert and George Holly, of Chicago. Mr..
Schultz lies in a critical condition
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26
DEATH In THE AIR.
lightning and Tornado Work Death
and Havoc in Pennsylvania.
Several Lives Lost and Much Property
DesfrOyed-SIx Persons Killed
by Boiler Explosion
i'm Wisconsin.

PITTsBURG, Pa, June ga terrific thun-
der-storm passed over a portion of western
Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio Tuesday, dam
aging property and killing several persons
and large amount of live stock At Muir
raysville, Pa, boy named Wolf and four
horses were struck by lightning and
instantly killed. A younger brother of the
boy was badly burned AT Waynesburg,
Pa, Miss Josie Keener and William RAIDER
were seriously injured by lightning bolt,
and three horses were killed At Cory, Pa,
several head of blooded stock belonging to
Henry Case were killed At Salem, Ohio
Miss Minnie Westphor, aged 16, was standing
IN a doorway, when the lightning struck
the seranda, killing her instantly At
Youngstown, Ohio, lightning struck the resi-
dence of Abner Meadsker, killing his daughter
Minnie and seriously injuring several others
of the family. Three barns were also de-
stroyed near Youngstown At Newcomers
town, Ohio, the storm was accompanied by a
furious tornado. Trees were uprooted, fences
blown down and great damage done to grain
Terribly Fatal Roller Explosion.
WAUsAU, Wis, June 26.-The boiler in J.
C. Smiths planning mill exploded at a. M,
completely demolishing the mill and shaking
up the whole town Eleven men were at
work in the mill at the time of the disaster.
George Brown, the engineer and foreman,
was frightfully mangled; fragments of his
body were thrown in all directions
August Sterich the fireman, was thrown
fifty feet, and died before help reached him
John Kux was so badly injured that his
death resulted in a few minutes.
Mary Croker, who was standing on the
porch of her house, near the mill,
was struck by flying fragment
and instantly killed Her mother was also
mortaHy wounded
Mrs. John Marguson, an invalid, living
near by, will die from the effect of the shock.
dozen other persons were seriously in
jured.
Two houses near the mill were Quilted by
flying sections of the boiler
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-12
" Let Me Do 1t, Mother. -


A young man had declared love TO a
lady and asked her to be his wife. She
hesitated, and he allowed her her own
time to consider the matter. One even
ing, soon afterward, she had occasion to
visit an aged relative who resided in the
family Of which the young man was q
member. As she approached the door a
sudden impulse cauaed her to pause.
He might be at home, she thought, and
she might encounter him. And seeing
her there, he would probably imapine
che called on purpose to see him.
While she stood upon the doorstep med
itating, she heard the oven door of the
cook-stove open, then the rustic of pa.
per, as if it were thrown upon the table;
then firm, light step and the voice of
her admirer saying in gentle way,
"Let me do it, mother" Then she
knocked and was admitted just in tins
to see the young man taking some pies
from the oven. This little circumstance
aided the young lady in concluding what
answer to make to the all-important
question; and in married life she finds
the young man an excellent husband
and father.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-12
Spiders Not Insects.


Spiders are not insects, as most people
think. There is precisely the same re-
lationship between spider and an in
sect that there is between a COW and a
Goldfish. The COW and the fish are both
vertebrates, and the spider and the in
sect are both annulates, but there the
resemblance ceases. In every other
point of structure they differ widely
from each other. The spider has eight
legs, whereas an insect cannot have
more than six. The nervous system is
constructed on totally different princi-
pie, and SO are the circulation and res
piratioD. The eyes are different, the
insects having many compound eyes,
and the spider never having more than
eight, and all Of them simple. Then, q
spider has no separate head as is the
case with the insects, the head and
thorax being fused together. Neither
does the spider pass through series OF
developments which we call ''transfor-
nations" When the young spider is
hatched, it is O. spider, and retains the
same shape through its whole life.
Again, no insect that is at present
known can spin silken threads. Take
the silkworm as a familiar example,
The silk is spun by the caterpillar and
not by the moth. Now, the spider can
produce threads throughout the whole
Of its life. It possesses, moreover, the
faculty Of producing different kinds OF
silk, according to the object for which il
is needed. If we watch the first of these
creatures we may see all three silks pro.
duced. The web of the diadem spider
is made of radiating cables, like the
spokes of wheel, and having q slight
thread wound spirally over the spokes.
The whole web is suspended by cables
like those which form the epokes
and guy ropes of similar structure
support it on every side. A blue.
bottle fly now comes buzzing along
and blunders against one of the sup
porting cables. It is not arrested by The
cable, but falls upon the net, where it il
at once caught. If We examine the wei
with a tolerably powerful magnifyine
glass we shall see that the cables and
spokes are quite smooth, while the
spiral thread is covered with little
globules of a gummy character. There
are about ], 400 OF these giobules in each
inch of thread, and on an average a com.
plete web contains $1,000 of them.
These globules act just like bird lime,
and ths moment All insect touches one
of them with its leg or wing, it. is held
tightly by the gum.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-12
French Men of Letters.

IRON the London WOrld.1
The fact is that the French men of
letters OF to. day, unlike the literary
men of cid regime, do not frequent the
salons. Generally the literary men you
meet in the salons OF Paris in the winter
or in the chateaus in the autumn are
men who had social position before
they became writer's. But the men who
have sprung from nothing; the sons of
peasants, artisans, and middle class par
ents-in short, the vast majority of the
literary men of the present day who
have won their position simply by their
pen--avoid the meeting places of So
ciety, where the superiority of their in
telligence and the celebrity of their
name do not save them from feeling of
uneasiness. The youthful discussions
in the brawling cafes Of the Latin quar-
ter and of Montmartre, the refractory
spirit that generally animates the
French literary debutant, unfit man
for the refined intercourse of salon,
where he feels that in manners, ideas,
and habits of existence he is utterly out
OF harmony with the company in gen.
eral. In the salons I have mentioned
above, with the exception of that of
Nine. Aubernon, where the Institute
and the Academic palms reign too su-
premely, merit by right of conquest is
received on an equal footing with merit
by right of birth, to the great mutual
advantage Of the worldlings and of the
men of letters. If the literary men, who
nowadays no longer have the excuse of
poverty, who possess town house and
country house, and do their cooking with
butter at 4 francs pound-if the liter.
airy men only took greater advantage of
the hospitality of the salons, they might
observe and study, instead of writing
from chic, and produce some fine and
sincere fiction, instead of describing ex.
clusively the slums and dregs of con-
temporary French life.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-12
A Story for Critics.

A story for critics is the one told by
Prof. Austen about Coleridge, who
himself related it to the professor. When
Coleridge first thought of literature as a
means of support he formed some con-
nection with one of the reviews. ''He
was at that time living somewhere in the
country, together with Wordsworth. A
parcel of books were sent down to be
reviewed, among the rest volume OF
poems. * He wrote a smart re-
view of the work; every sentence of his
article was, he said, an eplgram. When
he had concluded, he read his review
aloud to the ladies of the family. One
OF them, Wordsworth's sister, burst in
to tears and asked him how he could
write it. Il was thinking said she,
how must feel if I were to read such q
review of poem of yours or Williams.
And has not this poor man some sister
or wife to feel for himY Coleridge de-
scribed himself as so affected that he
never afterward wrote a review, and he
appeared to me to have even a morbid
feeling on the subject"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-12
CUsTER's LAST CHARGE.
BIZ WILLIAM LUDLOW.

By WILLIAM LUDLOW.
His name With age
On history's page u.
Shall shine With greater glory,
And bards shall tell
How Custer fell.
And sing his thrilling story,
0ar the billowy breast
OF the savage west
His bugle's echoes doated:
And the troopers ali
At the martial call,
Sprang light to the task denoted.
Meath the noontide heat
Went the trampling feet,
Nor darkness stayed the column,
To the valley deep
Where the redmen sleep
BY the Big Horn, wild and solemn.
With sudden clash
The sabers dash-
What though the foe outnumber.
So the field be won
By get of sun
And the night-o wi wake from slumber?
But the camp outspewed
Its savage brood
And the locust swarm, expanding.
Was blast from hell
That whitening fell,
The lives of oil demanding.
The ensanguined sun,
When the day was done,
Went down in crimson glory;
And the pale moons beams
Flung silvery CLEANS
In the eyes Of corpses CORY.
To the field Of death
Came the night winds breath
Der the silent prairie creeping,
And wailing loud
Drew the battle shroud
From the forms with Custer sleeping.
Like mighty shield
Lay the smitten field,
is bloody blazon bearing,
And the stars grew dim
At the legend grim
Stamped deep by human daring.
While soldiers fall
At his country's call
Shall on his name shed luster,
The tongues of men
And the poets pen
Shall tell the tale of Custer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-12
more determined than ever to 60 and 90

more determined than ever to 60 and go
he did.
s'Adele Storms?'' said the cashier at
Jones, Smith & Browns, when Jason
inquired about her. eyes, We have
e. girl Of that name working for us,
She works at home, 624 North $3.50
Street.
'Thank you!" said Jason, and he
went straight to the address given.
Adele Storms was very much sur
prised when she opened the door of her
little room in response to Jasonis vigor-
GUS knock, and came face to face with
the tall, bearded cowman, and she was
more astonished than ever, and blushed
profnsely when he preduced the little
paper, clumsily introduced himself, and
explained how it came into his possession.
'Oh, SIR" she said, II hope you
don't think I put that paper in the shirt
on purpose recollect how it occurred
now. 1 was very much discouraged that
day. and as live alone. and have no
copfidants, I sometimes scribble down
my thoughts on paper. I wrote that,
and when I packed the shirts to take
them to the factory it must have got into
| LAO Duuu1os
"I'm glad it did !" said Jason, honest
~, for he saw that Adele was a very
pretty and sensible girl, and he made up
his mind that she would just suit him
for a wife.
She invited him in, and during the
two hours that he spent in her company
! he learned her history, and from plying
her forlornness and admlring her beauty
and brightness, he was embcldened to
give her synopsis of his own eventful
life.
At his invitation she accompanied him
to the theater that night, and he came
to see her the next day, and the next,
and every day for two weeks.
1t was case of love at first sight.
and Tom Bently was very much aston.
ished one day when he was looking for
the return of his employer to receive, in .
stead, the following brief letter:
:'Dear Toni got married to-day to the
girl who wrote that letter found in the SHIRT
you made me put o.. Keep things booming
about the ranch. We're going on little we'd
ding trip, and won't get back to the ranch be-
fore the beginning of next month. Yours,
JAY"
"Well, I'll be hanged!" cried Bently.
dropping the letter. ''Who'd have
thought it?"