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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18
The Case Was Not Asiatie Cholera

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Is. Coroner Beale,
of Camden, and jury made "A thorough
Investigation into the case of Margaret
Kealey, who died at kirkwood on the 1Ith,
and they declare that it was not case of
Asiatic cholera, as was supposed, but that
she died of cholera morbuS, caused by eat.
ing green apples
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18
Sold His Yacht for a Cruiser.

New YORK, Aug. IS Washington L
Conner has sold his steam yacht Utowana
to agents of the Colombian government for
$4,000 She will be turned into a cruiser
at once AMI armed with Hotchkiss and CAT
ling guns. The crew is in the city and will
sail for Cartagena as soon As the necessary
changes ara made
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18
CoIer,dge would Like to Have Peae

LONDON, Aug Is Lord Chief Justice
Coleridge, who was married on Saturday to
Miss Lawford, says in letter to the papers
that he cannot why the details of his
private life should interest the public. The
father of Lord Coleridge's bride was
formerly Judge in Bengal. The lady is 50
VaupS old
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18
Convention Of Golfers Cai,ed,

PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 1S.-The miners
officials have called Il convention of river
diggers, to be held in this city on Aug %.
The object OF the convention is to determine
rate for mining, and secure connected
action in ma intaing tie same
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18
The slav Party Grows Impatient

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. lS-The Slav
party of Russia have petiTioned the car.
urging grand Slavonic alliance for the pur-
pose of regaining Russian supremacy in the
east, and deprecating further ptrieyiug with
Austria, which they declare TO he Useless a.
means of obtaining amelioratiou
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18
The Gem of the Tnllat

the world says is SOZODONT. 1t rem
ders the teeth pearly white, gives to the
breat of fragrant odor, exhnguishing the
i'll humors which usually flow from bad
and neglected set of teeth. SOZODONT
is so convenient, and produces a sensaS
ton at once so delightful that it II axes it
a pleasure to use it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

CHAUTAuQUA, N. Y, Aug. Is Rev
Charles F. Deems. d. D., of New York.
lectured Monday morning to a large audi
ence on evolution under the title uf A
Scotch Verdict" He considered all the cnr-
rent theories and arguments, and concluded
simply that the general doctrine was mot
proven"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

Albany. N. Y, Aug. Is. The New York
Central and Nav York, West Shore & Buff
falo railroads, Saturday, raisel thsir rates
of passenger fare from | to , cents mile.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

A man who lives on Indian farm, Lew
is county. West Virginia, is but seventeen
years old. and his bare feet measures
thirteen and half inches in length.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18
Another Place to Ell.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. IS Henry j.
Armstrong, agent for the Crow Indians in
Montana, has resigned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18
HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE
Makes a Cooling Drink.

Into half a tumbler of ice water put u
teaspoonful of Acid Phosphate; add sugar
to the taste.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

Disordered liver and kidneys will pro-
Once rheumatism and neuralgia. All liver
and kidney diseases are cured by Hunts
Remedy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

The report that George Wilkes is dying is
denied by the man himself and also his
physician. He reads thu papers and etts
three meals "a day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

The Adventists have ,ettted it. The end
OF the world h now positively fixed taT
May IA. 1886
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

Henry Clay bestowed the name Queen
City of the West" upon Cincinnati in
1928.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

1t Is curious fact that since the dark
ages Lord Salisbury is the first bearded
prime minister.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

A fairy lost precious charm.
TO keep the rosy gums from harm,
To keep from teeth decay and death,
To sweeten and purify the breath
This charm the fairy lost mortal found,
And SOZODONT, 'tis called on earthly
ground
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18

HarbOr Hill, at the head of Hampstead
bay, is the highest point on Long island
1t is 3S4 feet above the water
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-07

f@on gemagt genug, einem Manue ge=
9eniber, Der getpobnt mar, iebe Mdbi=
gung als S6md6e auf5ufaiien; aber
8erfDtp I6ien li6 gerabe bier ni1t ber=
re6net 5u baben. 3tpar anttpprtete
l1lri6 ni6t; er berrietb au6 feline 9ta6z
siebigfeit, aber fiir eine 9fatur ipie Bic
feinige NOR es f9on genug, baB 6as
@ebotene ili9t iofort nit finiterm MiBz
trauen 5uriidgeitoBen muroe.
8ertrauen freilib babe i6 bisber berz
gebens BON gu6 9eforbert, fubr Nrtbur
fort. Sbr babt es mir big auf bteie
@tunbe pertpeigert. Sd bin fremb
bier eingetreten; tpenn audi ni6t benz
Srte ielbit, meinen Werfen un6 @u6
NOR i'd Elm Sremoer. Sbr ieio mir
nit einer &riegserfldrung entgegenge=
fommen, Dbne au9 nur su fragen, mas
i6 freipillig dnoern ober beKern lpolle;
Sbr babt mid als Sein6 empfangen
uno beban6elt unb tpuBtet np9 ni9t einz
mol, ob i6 guer Geinb iein tpollte.
Wir iino i'm &riegel fagte lllri6 furs.
Sa gilt ieber gprtbeil.
Mrtbur bob Das DDrbtn TO blane Unit
lib, oas iebt iiberf flutbet mar BON bem
fammenben purpur bes Mbenbrotbes,
beien Wieberfdein iie 8eibe umleu6tete.
MuB benn &rieg fein slpii6en uns2
SD meine ni9t ben iebigen @treit, Ser
friiber ooer fpdter fein @n6e errei6en
tpirb; i'd meine ben gebeimen erbitters
ten &rieg, ben 9drte uno 3wana BON
Der eineit Seite unb @roa unb SAB bon
Der anoern enblos f6iiren unb enolos
fortipinnen. So lit es geweien al Die
Sabre lang, i6 tpeiB es, unb 10 tpir6 es
lpieber fein, tpenn ber 3pang allein
Gu6 niebermirft. gDir iollten Grieben
MAIDEN, ebe iib beioe Sbeile baran pers
bluten; nod f0nnen mir es, nod 1T
ni9ts gei6eben, mas BEN &iB unbeil=
bar ertpeitert; in tuenig Sogen 1T es
biellei6t gu fpdt.
(Gortiebuns folst.)
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-07

Der Nlte, Sic f6nnen bas ni9t berfez
ben. Sic foQten nur einmal stpei
Stun6en nit bieier tpaubelnben Softer
gefabren iein.
9as bin i1 iebr pit, mar Die fible
9(ntiport, benn i6 bin - iein 8ater.
Soa beriebte Der @labfopf s6gernb,
bann baben Sic mein aufri6tiges Beis
leio.
Ser @ater idpieg - er tuuBte tpobL
tparunt.
= Mit Dem Griibling erlebt bic Sea-
tur cine guferlfebung ibrer berborgenen
&rdfte. Wie Die Welt Tim bid, 10 1ou=
teit aud bl bein 9lusIeben erneuern,
bi6 frdftigen unb Die 2ebensfrDme rei=
nigen. 9aau 1T ni6ts beKer ais NDer's
Sariapariua.
= 9as int 9uslan6e geborene Bes
b0lferunss Clement Ser Ser. @taaten
1T befdnbig i'm Wa6ien; es betrug i'm
Sabre 1850 ni9t gang ben sebnten She'll
ber @efammt6eb6lferung aebn Sabre
fpdter bate es ii6 TIM 4 pro3ent ber=
1nebrt, i'm Sabre 1870 betrug es 14.44
proSent. Sas Si1tfen nm LIZ pro3ent
in BEN iiebensiger Sabren beutet aber
bur1aus feline Nbnabme Der gintpanbe=
rung at, bic befanntlid in ben iieben5i>
gerSabren gr0Ber mar, als in ber le9fen
Defabe, ionber bic 8eb0lferung bes
2anoes mar i'm 8erbaltniB sur gintpans
berung einfa6 gr6Ber geuor6en. 9ie
beiben 9aupt= @inmanberungssg
iinb Deuti6e uno Srldnoer; beren 5tdr=
fe mar iebob in Den lebten breiBig Sab
ren groBen S6manfungen untertporfen.
Sm Sabre 1850 bilbeten }. 9. bic ST.
ldnber fat bic 9dlfte ber @ingetpanber=
ten, i'm Sabre 1880 bilbeten iie faum
mebr, als ben Dierter She'll. Dagegen
bat fi6 bas 8erbdltniB Der 9eutl9en
in glei9er Weiie bermebrt. Sie ber=
bdltniBmdBig fdrfite i'm 9uslanbe sez
bDrene 8eb6lferung bat bic Staot SEEM
OOrf. Was Die gei6dftigung Der I'M
Nuslanbe geborenen Nmerifaner angebt,
10 fommen iie auf ie 1913 beuti6e Gar=
mer, 140 irifde Sarmer unb auf ie 415
irii9e 9ienitboten 21S beutI6e DienF=
boten. Sn Bet Weberei unb Spinnerei
iinb iebr tuenige 9euti6e, 6agegen biele
Srldnber uno Ganabier tbdtig. Muf
ie 6 in Mmerifa geborene 8epobner Der
Ser. Staaten fummt ein i'm Muslanbe
geborener. 8on ben i'm Sabre 1880
in @efdngnillen nnb 8efierungsanifal=
ten untergebra6ten 10000 perionen
tuaren $1,000 barunter $1,000 Neger)
i'm Snlanoe un6 $4,000 i'm Nuslanbe
geboren. Sn bieiem Sabre mobnen in
oen Ser. Staaten iiberbaupt 6,559, ,679
i'm Quslanoe geborene peripnen, tpdb=
renb Il ,922, 744 Berlonen bon i'm Nusz
lanbe geborenen @ltern pber einem i'm
Nusldnoe ge6orenen 8ater pber elmer
i'm 9luslanoe geborenen Msutter ab=
itammem. SIN Sabre 1870 CAB es nur
5,567,229 i'm 9luslanoe geborene Be=
mobner in ben 8er. @taaten un6 1O,s
S92, 015 perionen, beren beibe Gltern
ober 8ater ooer Mutter i'm Muslanbe
geboren paren.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-07
~ Gin Ir,eias ssse s..

Die OraderpreiTe 1T nd0tiaer als Der
Drummer. gS foftet nid)t negr, TreiS. .@irtu.
lore ON 100 faufeute gu ienoeli, ais einem elm.
,iaen Wanne Froben gu seisen.
Sd pa6Ie bieia Netbobe, I'M Die @eldafts>
Ieute auf einen @e9enffanb gu lenfen, Der jeoen
fpariameii sfaufer interefiiren inuB. SD babe
feiuen gartner, init Dem id ben @etuinn tbeile.
SD be3able feinen tbeureu &eiienben unb feline
Sotel. Bill, um meine @aaren einsufiibren. SD
bcrfaufe before @aaren unb billiser, als cine
Sirma fann, tpelde ibrem geipinn bic enormen
slussaben binausufiisen bat, pelde @eiddfts'
9ieiienbc beruriaden.
Sim. Hart, @9olefale sabatbanOIer
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-07

= Ser @el6dftsfiibrer bes Great
gaitern 9otel Nr. 3 Mibbleton= Str.
Calcutta, Snbien. 0err @alter 6. Qils
Tier, fdreibt: sd be5euge biermit bic
ausge5ei6neten beilenben @igeni6aften
6es groBen G6mer5enbeilmittels ct.
Safobs Del. 56on feit ldngerer 3eit
bate i6 an beftigen rbeumatii6en
@9mer5en in Der 59ulter gelitten. Sd
manbte balelbe 5tpeimal an unb Die
S6mer5en paren beri6munben."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-07
Tegas 8.

: 9r. gbarles Sing, Ser felt brei
Sabren in ct. Baul, Collin County,
tpobnt, tpurbe pl6bli9 auf cine &equi=
iition bes @ouberneurs bon Nrfanias
bin berbaftet. gs liest baielbft eine
Mntlage auf Moro gegen ibn bor, ben
ct i'm Sabre 1880 beging.
= Gin Ser. Staaten=Marfbal berz
baftete in Meribian ben bafelbft mob
nenben %. 8. Start tpegen eines in
Sopefa, Ranias, ausgeiibten 8etrugs.
= Mit auBerprbentli9er @trenge bat
man ben Garbigen 9enrp Sbonas in
9ongbiem beitraft. Derielbe mar BON
elmer farbigen S96ren beleibigt tporoen
unb nadte nun feinem 3orn bur9
S9impfen auf biefelbe 2uft, nobel ct
in f6redIider @eiie fu6te. 9aflr
batte ct $3.50 Strafe gu 5ablen.
= Gin Geue1, bas am 5. in Sort
Wortb ausbra9, aerit6rte mebrere b6ls
serne @ebdube unb bei9dbigte Gaiiers
SalDn.
Sn Der l1ugegenb bon McGinnep
fiel am 5. itarfer 9agel, Der bic @etrei-
be- un0 Sbfternte f6mer be19dbigte.
= 9ie Se1as Weiteru @iienbabn i1t
in 9ouiton fir $40, 800 perfauft ipor=
ben. Sie S6ulbforberuns Der Grau
Marp s. Gentrp betragt inbeB allein
$248, 900, obne Die anbern 6orberun=
gen, bic erboben peroen.
= Walter $. Miles, Der in glsin
einen Mor6 begangen bat, tpurbe int
Difriftgeri6t gu 8aitrop gu 5 Sabren
3u6tbaus berurtbeilt. Das Mppellas
tionsgeri9t bat inoeB bas urtbeil pers
norfen unter bsm 8ortpanoe, bob bic
Snitruttionen, tpel6e Der &i9ter ben
8ei9tporenen ertbeilte, gu bel6rdnft
iparen.
= 9ie &bf9dBIng beg teuerbaren
gigentbums in Maberid County ergab
bic Summe bon $1,738,83O. Ser
S9ulcenlus meiit 447 f6ulfdbige &inber
auf.
- Gin i6maraer gdr, Der aus MaD=
ers @arten in Salas ausgebro6en mar,
bat ni6t menig Nufregung berurIa9t,
als er pl0bli6 i'm beipobnten Sbeile Der
Stabt eri9ien. Webrer Mdnner ma6s
! ten Sasb auf bas ungetbiim uno tpur=
ben ieiner enblib babbaft. Gin Mann
Namens Sgoen lit iebo9 babel berpun=
bet poiben; ber 8dr bib i'm in bic
Sanb uno bic @unoe lit 10 i9limm,
baB cine Mmputation fir nOtbig gebal=
ten miro.
-. Gin fiibner Diebfabl ereignete
F1 in Nbilene. 9lus Der penn Der
5tras paeilic 8abn uurbe cine 9anst
Seerbe 8ieb geitoblen unb mad BEN
noianer=Serritorium getrleben. gDel.
DE 6iiriorge man Dem elngeIperrteu
8ieb pibmet, erbellt am belten aug BEN
llmtanbe, baB man ben Diebitabl erf
12 Stunben nod ieiner 9lusfii9runl
| gemabr uurbe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-07
europa uno Teras.

europa un6 SeraS.
i Jebt iif bic 3eit mad Guropa
du reiien ober 8ermanbte nod
Seras fommen gu laijen. Durd.
billets i'm 9Dii@enbed gu folsenben Yrei,en:
aatperpea, 8remen, San,burs.
Bon San Mntonio .. $4o35
Sa9 Gan Nntpnio $34. .l5
Direfte Dur9billets bon europa nod iebem
plase in 9eras iino Serbdltnibmabis biIlig au
baben bel %. 8. Dotttt8, asent,
U. @eblert. Yahase- glerf,
AIT 12 @ei. .@ommereefr., Gan Antonio.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-07
G6 wirh huge9eben

pom 9faudern unp bettl Yublitum aber,
baupt, bab mtine Yreiie niebrissr uno
lneine Waaren belier lino uno bab lettere
mebr Beiriepisuns semabren, als biejsnt
gen, bic man ron Sdnblern fault, welde
nah sroBem Yrofit itrebea.
Meinen @rfols i'm @eidaft idreibe idl
einsis benz 11rnt gu, baB ieber ben pols
len Wertb ieines @eloes in Wuaren erhdlt.
SIM HART,
Gde Wain pta3a uno 5olsoab .StraBe.
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Sadims9am's 8arts8ei,e Oys)

~ saHer Der pi9tisften unb beIiebteten ToiIettens
@"a. .ss !ur perm seworben. ger einem sraueu
uas. oeTat, oser einem. beHex natiirIi@e Sasbe
a. s'sassassm u, BEN wirb Sudins a ms garts
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-07
MDer's
Sarsaparil1a

ST elm fsbr ronrsutrirtrr aus,ue Der Sariaparila.
anh annersr bIntreiuisenber @ur,eln nit 2alinm,
HnS eiiens Snhih bertunben, unS bas uni&dbIiffte,
5anerIdisfte unb biaisfte 8Iutreinisunss> >WitteI,
bas man annenben fam. Cbne 6ebl treibt es
aIes 9latgift aus bem a0rper, bereidert unb er.
neut bas 9lut unb felt been beIebenbe araft her
% 1T bas bette betannte @itteI sesen sfrob6eIn
itnb ale ifrppbHloien ttebei sesea @otblauf, Sit.
alas@sn, dlstttsm s@paren, 6sIdpire. I5leii@s
gsiua9ie anb 6aatausi@IGee; ebenfo sesen aue
aranfbeiten, bic bur1 Oiinnes unb perarmtes 8Iut
peritrfa6t perben, ruie @beumatismns, WeuraIaic,
r5enmatii6e Gidbt nllsemeine Gnttraftaua unb
iirspbuloisr aatarrb.
esiians bon fntjinbetem &9eumatismus.
nassr's SariaporiIra bot mid pOn .nte
;inattem &benmatiamus sebeiIt, an benz i'd pieIe
Sasre selttten bate. %. s. Moore."
DURHAM, Sa., 2. Mdra 1882.
Bnberettft RON
9r. 3. 6. &ber & g., 2niuelI, Maii.
Sn allen spotbeten gu baben: 81. Srai9en IS.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-07

pg- an3iise nad 9iab f0nnen i'm
sanaen Staate nidt beRer gema6t tpers
ben als BEL
M. YancoaIt & SObn.
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tHnIf,0 weaetabifii@er
etciliamii@er
ndrsGr,,e,tere1.. .

us- Sss.sa selosnnt Elm esiImtteI 70 entidiebenes
S.''aasa a': 0s.i' 9nbIitm ME saa's Saar.ern,u,
essf Sse 6due. tn benen CT cine poDissrs,as au;s.
osI9slHeaan9 Der Garbe bes Saorss ,,nS s;rs,,
selaneen oalta1e Der aopfbaut 5erporaerufen @ sinS
sn3dblig. alte aeute Ioben I'm u ,ei,sr NV
barren &raft wilien ibren pstspsrbeussn &c.,
beren uriprlnsIi9e Sarbe unb ea5nbsit n,,,ssr,. "
seben. eeite IN mtttEersn Sabrem ssbrou6en a.,
serne, neil ct bic sabIbeit psrbtet, eduppsn .,s
fernt bdIt unb BEN 5aare Elm trdftises @aastbuu,
ertbeiIt. Sunse Gamen finb ibm am ibrer aoilstte
miuen eewcgefb neil er BEN 6aare einem fdbSuen
wei9en gIanB enbeiIt. utb es ibnen nt5sii9 modt.
ibr 8aar In ieoer beIiebisen Gorm susiri9ten. So
III er BET allen beIietf utb siuar enfad aus ben,
@rnnbs, neil CT itets ibren eruartunsen entipri9t
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sSidtis fit auspanberer.
@rObe greissrmdbisuus in ber leberfabrt

Ser llnterseihnste iit errna9tist YaNase.
f9eine, freie 8efOfisuns einse1dlofen, BON 8re.
men mad Gan slntonio fir $S4.15 fir eripa9~
fene Yerfonen ousaufellen. Mtit 8ef0fiauna
bi8 Metp gorf $25. sfinber unter IL Sabren
sablen bic Sdlfte.
Ser Yreis fir bic @eiIe bon San antonio
mad Bremen betrdst nur nod einIaIiebIid
freier 8ef0ftisuns $4O.35.
Gerner 8iaetS au erniebristeu &reilen bon
Antmerpen, Sabre, 2iSerpool, Queenstoipn,
Sdtpeben, Danemarf unb sforpesen nod Gan
antonio unb suriid.
Mdberes gu erfabren bel
s. @riefenbed,
22,f, ,tnu @ailases gsent, San antonio.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-12-05
What the Farmer May Be.

From the address of p. M. Augur
at the Stafford, Conn, Fair
Of all others farmer may be the
independent man. He need have no
cringing servility. He may be, in
culture and knowledge, the peer of
any living man. 1t is his privilege
to be Natures nobleman. In society,
in church, in state, at home or
abroad, he may win the confidence
and admiration of all classes. His
wife may be cultured, refined, free
from the shams and cOnventionalities
of fashionable society, and be the
model genius for realizing the highest
ideal of home.
The farmers child, early in love
with Nature in her most attractive
surroundinbs, imbibing the pure
water and fresh air, trained to habits
of keen observation, close thought
and reflection, being in grand muse
UNI embracing the animal, vegetable
and mineral Kingdoms, ever around
them, why should they not have an
ever-abiding interest in all that is
noble, useful, grand and beautiful?
This is why the noble country girl
surpasses the fashinable city belle as
the diamond surpasses the schlst, or
as far as noble worth surpasses medi-
ocrity.
But country homes are not all such,
and here radical improvement can
and should be made. The farmer
can, by combining good taste and
Judgment, make his home doubly
beautiful, with only moderate out
lay. He can supply his table with
the choicest luXuries of his own grow
ing; he can treat friends and guests
with genuine politeness, instead of
sham; in short, he can make home
so delightful and his family so happy
that there will be no pining to leave
home to seek higher enjoyment else
where.
think farmers sons and daughters
should be encouraged to entertain
proper plans for future homes of their
own. The allowing of noble sons and
daughters to serve on year after year,
after maturity, without any conf
dental advice about future plans, is
not only unwise, but positively un-
just. In this respect let there be a
timely reform.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-12-05
Percentage.
journal of Commerce.

journal OF Commerce.
The reckoning of percentages, like
the minus sign in algebra, is a con-
slant stumbling block to the novice.
Even experienced newspaper writers
often become muddled when they
attempt to speak of it. The ascend
ing scaleis easy enough. Five added to
twenty is a gain of % per cent; given
any sum of figures, the doubling of it
is an addition of 100 per cent. But
the moment the change is decreas-
ing calculation, the inexperienced
mathematician betrays himself, and
even the expert is apt to stumble
or go astray. An advance from
twenty to twenty-five is an increase
of 25 per cent; but the reverse of this,
that is, decline from twenty-five to
twenty, is a decrease of only 20 per
cent. There are many persons, other
wise intelligent who cannot see why
the reduction of one hundred to fifty
is not a decrease of 100 per cent, if an
advance from fifty to one hundred is
an increase of 100 per cent. The
other day an article of merchandise
which had been purchased at ten
cents pound was resold at thirty
cents a pound, a profit of 200 per cent;
where upon writer, in chronicling
the sale, said that at the beginning
of the recent depression several
invoices of the same class of goods,
which had cost over thirty cents per
pound, had been finally sold at ten
cents per pound, loss of over 200
per cent. OF course there cannot be
a decrease or loss of more than loo
per cent, because this wipes out the
whole of the investment. An adj
vance from ten to thirty is gain OF
200 per cent, decline from thirty to
ten is a loss of only 66s per cent. The
New York Sun prides itself on the
exactness and purity of its style, and
INDUCES in frequent criticisms of its
contemporaries; but in its Thursday
mornings description of the great
orchid sale, it affirns, that "some OF
the highest priced plants brought l5C
per cent less than Mrs. Morgan paid
for them" OF course, if nothing
was realized from them, this would
only be 100 per cent less than they
cost.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-12-05
Teaching by Pictures Tested.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
A wan school teacher entered a
book store near Greenville, Miss, a
few days ago, dragging after her a
small, fat boy, who held in one little
hand a mutilated "First Reader"
and with the other wiped his weep
ing eyes and pug nose.
"Have you any first readers except
these?" asked the school teacher.
"Any except these ?' repeated the
book man. "Why, ma'am, these are
the nice little books l sold you the
other day surely you haven't any
objection to them?"
"They have pictures in them, and
the boys can't learn anything from
them," said the teacher.
"Not learn because of the pictures?
Impossible! Why, ma'am, the pic
lures were put there for the purpose
of helping the scolars to learn. AL
low me to give you a lesson in the
art" Then turning to the boy, he
said: "Come, sit in this chair, my
man, and let me see if you are not a
wise little fellow. Take your book,
and begin here on this page; now
look good at the pictures, then spell
the words"
The boy, having cleared away suffi-
cient tears and dirt to enable him to
see, sat upon a chair with his stumped-
toed boots hanging two feet from the
floor, and taking Textbook, began:
"D-o-g, dog"
"Ah," said the bookseller, "you
see now, ma'am. Now my man,"
he added, sitting down and closing
his eyes complacently; "now my
man, proceed"
"R-a-t, mouse, Pig, hog" pro-
ceeded the boy.
"No, no, not so fast" cried the
bookseller, much startled. "Why,
you see this fellow eating cheese is
too large to be a mouse, so we call
him rat and this animal, eating
potato parings, is too small to be a
hog, so we call him a pig. Do you
understand? Go on, then, and look
very attentively at the pictures"
pail, bucket. Ink, inkstand,' y
spelled the boy, gazing at the pic
lures.
$40, no." cried the bookseller, and