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 The Tribune's attempt to correct the pop ular pronunciation of the word dynamite has exposed 1t to broadside of questions from readers on mooted points of similar nature. One of the first words mentioned by controversial correspondents is "apron" and au earnest demand is made for Set t4ement of the case between "aprnn" and .'apnrn." One reader assures us that Q discussion has arisen in & large household over the pronunciation of this word which threatens to end in the dissolution of fam ily ties. The old folks in the circle drop the "r" as their fathers did before them, and the young people restore it with affect ed drawl and disrespectfnlly flaunt "aprun" in the faces of their elders. It is needless to tell the contesting delegations in this divided household that the American die tionaries Webster's and Worces;er's, sane tion both accommodations, for they already know this, and are unwilling to call it drawn game. We shall have to add, therefore, that the two newest English dictionaries, the Imperial and Stormonth, give only. one form-"aprun. The list of authorities, however, that can be cited for the other form is very strong, and the American photographers have ordinarily accorded to it slight preference, although as Smart has explained it was originaiiy n colloqnial nse.-N. y. Tribune.
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 Exactly; and the next step is to issue need of railroad having debt hanging over it than there is of employees being paid once a month."
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 In these days of mental excitement we would re- mind our readers that there ia no finer food for the nervous system than Dr. R. c. Flowers Nerve Pills.
 There is not particle of Iron Strychnine, Quinine or Arsenic in their composition.
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Gen. Sherman "Grant is not apprr- c;ated yet. The critics of Europe arc too ignorant of Americ ul geography to apprr- ciatc the conditions of his campaigns.
 What is 1t to march an army from Berlin to Paris Look at the shortness of the distance. Look at the multitude of roads. Look at the facilities of transportation. Consider how many times the same ground has been fought over by successive commanders. Is not every point of vantage known What commander can blunder where all the con- dtions lie open to his eye? But have seen Grant plan campaigns for 5G0, 900 troops along front line 2,500 miles in length, and send them marching to their objective polnts through sections where the surveyors chain was never drawn and where the commissariat necessities alone would have broken dowu any transporta- ton system of Europe, and three months later have seen those. armies standing where he said they shonld be, and what he and planned accomplished And give it as my military opinion that General Grant is the greatest commander of mod ern times, and with him ouly three others can Napoleon, Wellington and Moltke."
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

{ fctl. E.. tktDt;KW El.l., Real Estate N and Business Broker, stafford Springs, Conn.
 Always at home Mondays and evenings
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Two illustrations of how men will not
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth2 If 30,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one of
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents per bottle.
feb-2S-m-w-s m 1-y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11

~ support, it owes to the country the
duty of reforming the civil service. The
Pendleton law relates simply to clerks
ships. and only to them. in directing how
they shall be filed, not how they shall be
vacated. No democrat is in favor of max
ing, all at once, "a clean sweep" of the
subordinates, but every patriotic and sins
cere democrat does favor the reform
which will remove the present partisan
incumbents from positions of trust and i'm
portance. Public Office is public trust,
and the democracy, after being entrusted
with it at the polls, cannot afford, for its
own or for the countrys sake. to share
the trust with those whose acts the couns
try repudiated And as Mr.. White is a
college president and a linguist, we SUBJ
nit to him that reform means reform.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11

was negotiated with the Union Mutual Life
Insurance company, it having previously
bought up the bonds evidencing the
prior Indebtedness, and a new trust
deed was given for the whole
amount In August, 1866, $685. 200 more was
borrowed, and in July, 1869, another SIS, 900
OF the same company, and a new trust deed
given. Finally, in 1873. all these loans,
together with accrued interest, were
consolidated. and new trust deed for
$4,000 given. To foreclose this mortgage
suit was brought before Judge Blodgett,
and decision rendered in favor of the in
surance company on Tuesday, Jan. o. The
bill for foreclosure was filed about three
years ago. The total amount due for
principal. interest, in urance, ETC., was more
than $4,000, and of this the university
claims that one-half was made up largely of
interest on interest, usuriously compounded.
Friday the heirs Of Stephen A. Douglas,
Mrs. Douglas-Willianis AMI her two sons,
Robert and Stephen, filed bill
in the superior court against the
university, charging that by
mortgaging the property, the
terms on which the land was donated were
forfeited and asking TO have the property
revert to them The bill was really filed to
give the purchasers of the property notice
of the claim of the Doug.ai heirs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11
The Work of the Elements.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, May ll.-At Z O'Clock
last Wednesday evening a wind and rain
storm visited Newmarket in Madison
county, about seventeen miles north
east Of Huntsville, which destroyed
houses and fences 1t had been
raining about fifteen minutes, when hurri-
cane swept down upSn the town, striking
the Cumberland Presby terrain church
and demolishing it, carrying some of
the timbers over $50 yards This
church was brick and two stories, high, the
upper story being the Masonic lodge-room.
The storm then struck the frame store
house occapied by Thomas Nichols, be-
longing to Dr. Hall, destroying it
and scattering the goods over the
country for distance of two miles. The
front wall of J. b. Powers store was blown
out, doing no further damage than badly
frightening him When he saw the front
of bis store 60 out he suddenly ran
back to his residence in the rear, and,
going into his room, shut the door. About
an hour afterwarj his wife, hearing his
voice in fervent prayer, and being unable to
make him hear her, broke in and found him
praying to God for salvation. A number of
ether buildings were wrecked and partly
wrecked, and the damage mounts up to
over $4,000
GADsEN, Ala, May IL A heavy hailstorm,
which passed along this East Tennessee, Vir-
GINA Il Georgia road. was productive of
great damage. Hail as large as hens eggs
fell. Harrison's mill was blown down, do
molishing the machinery. Loss about So
OOO Several persons were seriously hurt,
three of whom viii die. Five houses near
Dixie were destroyed Loss, $1,000. The
cottQRall along the line was beaten into the
ground The storm was about two miles in
width
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11
Wheat in Illinois,

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, May 11-Late reports
to the department Of agriculture show that
in the northern division of the state the
prospects for wheat are encouraging for
about three-fourths of an average yield per
acre. The division contains but s., 0SS acres
of winter wheat In the central division
nearly three-fourths Of the wheat
is reported winter killed, and the aver
age condition of the growing wheat gives
encouragement for only about half an aver
age yield per acre. The late seeding of win
ter wheat exceeds 100000 acres. The late
seeding of winter wheat in the southern
counties amounted to 12o3, 55l acres Nearly
two thirds of the area OF whoat in the south
ern division is reported winter-killed. The
prospect is for a little over half an average
yield, with favorable weather until harvest,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11

WHATEVER may be said as to General
j. Ruffino Barrios, the late president of
Guatemala, and the violent character of
the recent disastrous effort to force the
organization OF the Central American Re
public, it is quite certain, as the facts de-
velop, that his confrcres and opponents
in the other states do not appear to good
advantage. 1t seems that in 1875, being
invited By Barrios to celebrate treaty of
union, they all responded enthusiastical-
ly, Costa RIGA, Salvador and Nicaragua
being especially pronounced in approval.
Again, in later years they repeated the
assurances. After 1875 a war occurred,
and Barrios was the victor. He took no
undue advantages, but caused the instals
ment of De Rafael Zulvidar as president
of Salvador. A congress Of the five states
was agreed to, and when 1t was about 10
convene Costa Rica backed out. 1t was
this that induced Barrios to take the
course which resulted in his death. Znl
vidar of Salvador appears to have been
doing his best to lead Barrios, telegraph
ing adhesion only five days before Bar
rios issued the decree, of February IS.
The interesting point in all this to the
United States is to watch the influence of
Mexico. General Diaz has long been
credited with strong desire to extend
the MEXICAN confederation to Central
America. Barrios desired a separate fed,
Grafton. He is now out of the way What
will be the next move?
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11
Death of Queen En- ma.

San FRANCISCO, Cal, May % Ieer
Dowager Emma, of thu Sand ich islands
died suddenly at Honolulu April % On the
day preceding her death sic complained oil
headache, which was followed the next
morning by commissions Physicians were
hastily summoned, but within an hour after
their arrival she diei.
Emma Rocker, queen dowager of the
Sandwich islands. was born in England
Jan. ., 1856, and was the daughter of a dis
tinguished English physician. she married
King kamehameha, having met him Will
on his travels through Europe, and gave
birth to son in 1858. Great excitement
was occaslonei throughout the islands in
1859 by the kings attempt. in a fit of jeal-
ousy, to murder his secretary. On the
death of kamehameha V in 1872 Emma set
up claim to the throne. but was defeated,
the assembly choosing Kalakaua.l
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11


MR.. GLADSTONE has created the i'm
preston that he is cautious without be
ing cowardly, and that he has now ambi-
ton to win for himself or his country the
kind of military glory that comes from
aggressiveness and the desire 10 fight
merely for the sake of fighting. Mr. Glad
stone accordingly has the whole English
nation at his back, and there is but one
party in England so far as Russia is con-
cerned. The Russians have forced the
impending fight, and the moral advantage
is with the English at the beginning of it,
whatever military advantage may have
resulted from the capture of Penjdeh and
Meruchuk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Brick Pomeroy has finally secured control
OF The United States Democrat at Washing
ton.
They have no fire insurance companies in
Japan. When there is fire the owner is
executed.
An eight ounce baby, fully developed and
less than nine inches long, was born in New
York the other day.
With favorable weather until harvest. il
Is estimated that the wheat crop of Michigan
win exceed "a, 743, 900 bushels.
The National Rubber works at Bristol, R.
l., were closed down. Friday, because of a
strike by employees for wages due.
The Central house and five business struc-
lures at Homer, HIS, were destroyed by fire
Thursday night, causing a loss of 1000,
with but 81, $40 insurance
League hall games Friday, resulted: Chi
cage Ii, Buffalo 4 Philadelphia &, Boston /;
St Louis 10, Detroit ) Rain prevented the
New York Providence contest
Editor N. c. Harris. who was expelled
from Hot Springs in 1884 by a citizens COM
mittce, was awarded 1880 damages Friday
in the federal court at Little Rock
The Germans in Boston are excited over
the applications of two colored men for
membership in the Turn Verein. 1t is the
fir,t in lance of the kind in the United
States.
1t is understood that Postmaster General
Villas will simultaneously institute a series
OF prosecutions against the lottery CON-
panies before the United States circuit courts
in a number of state
President Cleveland will hereafter receive
no callers Saturday. He finds it necessary
to devote at least one working one day OF
each week to the transaction of public bust
ness without Interruption.
Buffalo" Miller Friday succeeded in show
ing to the satisfaction of Chicago jury
that be had no property which could be at
tached as result of the executions issued
during the WHISPERING frauds.
Harvey w. Munsell, juror in the Phelan-
Short trial at New York, has been arrested
charged with perjury and contempt of court.
The district attorney claims that Munsell
visited Short in the tombs, and that he con.
suited VITA Pat Joyce and ODonovan Rosa
in the latter's Office.
The Hon. Arthur A. Leeper, the defeated
candidate in the Thirty fourth Illinois dis.
trict, stated Friday that he would not con-
test the election of Mr.. Weaver to the legis-
lature; and County Clerk Robinson of Cas-
county, says there will be no delay in the
official canvass Of the vote.
The Democrats on the Indiana board OF
health Friday elected Democrat to posi-
ton in which the election of Republican
was in contest, and elected other officers
BUSTING the Republicans, the latter, how.
ever, continuing in session by themselves.
The Democratic board will, of course, have
the support of the governor.
1t is said that the news of the Anglo Rus
sian peace arrangement has created dis
may at Calcutta. Peace SO obtained is con.
sidered dangerous and humiliating. The
reports which reach southern India from
the northwest provinces and from Afghan
istan agree in representing the conduct Of
the ministry as ruinous to British prestige.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11
Fall of a Heavy Cornioe.

DALLAS, Tex, May 1l.-At 10 O'Clock
Friday morning the heavy cornice on the
City National Bank building in Lamar
street fell with crash Mrs. B. E. Andrews
and Mrs B. B. Curtis were walking on the
sidewalk, and ], s. Thatcher, assistant city
engineer, was standing by the building.
They were all struck down, and their escape
from death seems miraculous Tons of brick
and mortar entirely covered the walk. Mr..
Thatcher sustained cuts and bruises which
are dangerous. Mrs. Curtis injuries, though
serious, are not fatal Mrs Andrews was
most seriously hurt and she is suffering
from conclusion Of the brain Mechanics
say the fall was caused by the weight of
electric wires fastened to the cornice.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11
M1ulNG SLOW PROGRESS.


Foreign Flashes.
LONDON, ay1l.-The arbitration schena,
is not making progress toward consumma
tion. Although Russia has not receded iron
her agreement to submit the question il
dispute to arbitration, yet it is announce
that delay is likely TO occur in the prelimn
airy stages of the affair Before arbitration
is possible. it is necessary for both cabinet
to agree upon the specific details to be sih
mitted to the arbitration. This may coA
sumo considerable time
The Journal de St Petersbt urg, allu ling
to suggestion of the marquis o. Salisbury
that if Turkey shout lie placed under pres,
sure by any power, Elrlanl woul have E
right TO disregard the 81 sing OF the Darla
nelleS expresses the belief tlat no Other
signatory power would sanction snch an in
fraction of the treaty of Paris.
BosToN, May 9.-The Evening Record
London correspondent cables: Il have un
questionable authority for stating that Rus
STA has eategorically declined any treaty
binding her not TO advance on Herat"
LONDON, May 9.-Sensatonal stories re
garding Russia's arrogance have again re-
viyed war talk. 1t is rumored that St
Petersburg officials have declined to enter
into any agreement with Great Britain
pledging Russia to refrain from advancing
on Herat. The belief is spreading that the
Muscovite is outwitting Gladstone, and tina;
the car is fully beat, at any cost, on reach
ing out ami clutching "the key to India"
In official circles it is emphatcally denied
that there is any change whatever in the
situation, and the government seems conf
dent that there will be peaceful solution OF
the trouble.
The Times doubts the existence of any
documents or dispatches respecting the An
glo-Russan agreement of March III suffic
iently definite for the purpo of arbitra
ton. Referring to the report from vi
emma that Herat is not men
honed in the negotiations between England
and Russia, The Times says if the govern.
ment thinks the fate of Herat may be left
to the caprice of the ameer, the treachery
OF the local governor or the success of pre-
tender, the ministry had better tell the
country their opinion, and either give place
to others more far-seeing or abstain
from boasting of their money pres
tige and half-hearted measures, which
deceive nobody, and least of all, Rus
STA. The Standard says: "Herat is now
the main question No Russian pledge, how
ever binding, which would only relieve Us
from a diplomatic squabble, ought to pre-
vent us from taking action to forestall
eventualities."
The wsrlike rumors had little or no effect
upon the exchanges
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11
The Iowa Prohibition Law.

DIES MONIES, May 1.-THE prohibitionists
of this state are discon certed to learn that it
is possible that there is fatal defect in the
liquor injunction law. In the cases tried at
Carol last week the line of defense was
that the journal of the lower house Of the
legislature contains no record of the passage
of the law, which is held to be fatal de-
feet The principle involved is the same on
which the amendment was anulled. The
defense clearly proved the fatal omission by
the production of the journals Of both
houses. When the question was being dis
cursed in the general assembly, Senator
Bills plainly gave it out that there was a
fatal defect in the pas sage of the bill, which
would render it void. He refused to tell the
newspaper men what he meant by his re-
mark, and nobody has seen the point
until now.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11
WHEN President Andrew D. White oI

WHEN President Andrew D. White of
Cornell university says ''of course it is an
open secret that Mr.. Hendricks is heart
and soul against civil service reform" he
makes statement that it is scarcely nec>
essary to denounce as unqualifiedly false.
The fact that Mr.. White, being Blaine
republican, does not think it untrue, fails
to excuse it. AS republican, Mr.. White
holds, as do all republicans who pretend
to be civil service reformers, that its end
and aim is to keep in the offices the re-
publican partisans who now hold them.
The democratic view, and the only true
view, is that. while the party owes to the
democratic Pendleton reform laws a hear.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-11

New YORK, May HI. NJ. Munsell, one
Of the jurors who triel Dick Short for stab
bling Phelan has been arrested, charged with
perjury and with comforting with Rosa
and Joyce regarding the case. He denies
the charge, but was locked up.
New York, May 1.-THE dynamiters
are indignant over the arrest of Juror Mum
sell, who served in the Short trial, on a
charge of perjury. Both O'Donovan Rosa
and Pat Joyce denounce Mmselrs arrest as
an outrage. Joyce emphatically denies
ever having any conversation with Munsell
during the trial Of Short and characterized
his arrest as a contemptible piece of spite on
the part of District Attorney MARITIME.