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Year: 1876

Peter w. January, a brother of ID.
A. January, and one of the Oldest
citizens of st. Louis, was found by
officer Mcmahon at III o'clock Friday
night, lying dead on the doorstep Of
No. III North Eighth street. He
wore only pants and shirt, and it was
evident that he had arisen from bed
and come down to the street for some
purpose, and died when he reached
the doorstep. He was about seventy
five years old, and death was in all
probability the result of age. Mr..
January was very eccentric man.
1t is said that he never, in all his life,
took drop of any intoxicating drink,
and that he was most abstemious man
in every other respect. He never was
married, and has always manifested
the characteristics of hermit. In
his late years he has lived entirely
alone most of the time, occupying a
house on Walnut street between Sixth
and Seventh, then one on Washington
avenue between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth, and then the one in which he
died. His relatives provided for his
wants, and did for him that he would
permit them to do, but such was his
peculiar disposition that he had no in.
innate associates, and would allow
neither friend or relative to visit him,
nor would he permit the presence of q
servant, although he occupied an en-


tire two story house. He was great
lover of literature, devoted nearly al


of his time to it, and was well verset
in classical lore.--S. Louis Republican
Year: 1876

1t is said they live longest who
have moderate ambitions. The man
who quits work and commences to
whlttlc in front of a grocery store at
the age of thirty is likely to whittlc
and be blessing to his family for
fifty years.
Year: 1876

Even Brownlow admits in his
Knoxville paper that "the very name
Republican has become odious with
thousands of the adherents of the
party" and that there is no possible
chance for the Republican party in
Tennessee He should have added,
"or in the country ut large"
Year: 1876

-THE EVENING ARGUS, with afternoon
news and markets, delivered
to subscribers in Rock Island and Moline
Now is the time to subscriber Leave
orders at the Phoenix Hotel in Moline, or
at the Office in This city.
Year: 1876

The energy which some children mani
fest in mischievous pranks may be made
to subserve useful and instructive purpo-
ses. Little odds and ends of employment
may be given them-work suited to their
small capabilities may be assigned them
and under judicious direction and consid-
crate encouragement their little heads and
hands can accomplish much, and that
gladly. The bright little ones who would
"help mamma" should not be compelled
with harsh word, but some simple task
should be devised for their occupation,
and some triaing thing-so very great to
them-should be the reward Of its perform
ance.


As general rule, give your children
something to do. A daily employment of
some sort will exercise their minds health
fully, and develop elements Of usefulness
and selfreliance which may prove meal
culably valuable to their manhood and
womanhood. Miserable is the plea urged
by some that they shave not the time" to
look after their children. No such pre-
text can divest them Of the grave respon-
sibility which the having of children
imposes. The laws of God and of hu-
manity demand of parents the best care
and training for their children they can
bring into exercise. How many poor
wretches there are, taxing society with
their maintenance, who owe their worth
lessuess and sins to the negligence Of their
parents in developing and directing good
natural endowments for lives of industry
and independence.
Year: 1876

The recent action of Congress in MAX
ing, for the first time, the twenty
of February, being the anniversary of
Washingtons birthday, public holiday
in the government offices, brings into
notice the question of national holidays.
Speaking strictly, it may be asserted that
we have no national holiday in this
country, with the single exception of the
Fourth of July; and even this day, so
universally observed, is not a holiday
throughout the country by act of con-
gress. In fact congress has no power
over the subject Of social and religious
observances generally. These are mat
ters which, under our peculiar form of
government, are reserved to the States
and to the people.


The most that congress can do OF has
ever assumed to do is to legislate with
regard to what days may be treated as
holidays in the departments at Wash
ington and in the offices of pubic busi-
ness throughout the country. Even the
recent joint resolution which led to the
observance of the twenty-second of Feb
ruary in the public offices of the govern
ment was confined by its terms to the
present year, as the centennial year of
American independence. Subsequently
to the twenty-second of February Sena-
tor Edmunds introduced bill to make
the anniversary of Washington's birth
day holiday in theDistrict of Columbia,
and Senator Conkling, on occa-
sion of the joint resolution which
adjourned both houses of congress over
the twenty second of February, took oc-
casion to intimate his belief that the
time would soon come, if it had not al
ready arrived, when it would become
congress to take the same official notice
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, by
setting it apart as a holiday for congress
and the departments. Cincinnati Cons-
y11e,ci1L
Year: 1876

Three innocent-looking men were wait
ing at the central depot the other even
ing for western train to go out. They
were meek and lowly in general appear
ance, and as they walked around they
became known tc each other, and find
ing that they had whole hour to spare,
one of them proposed to go across the
street and get some lemonade. While
en- route O second moved to make it
lager beer. When they got over the
third intimated that whisky would suit
him, and all took whisky straight. This
broke the ice and they decided to play a
little game of cut-throat euchre. After
playing game or two it was decided to
Increase tho interest by putting up a
little money.


"I can spare that much," said the
first, as he threw down a counterfeit five
dollar bill.


"I'll see that and say nothing about
the premium" said the second, as he
took out bill from broken Canadian
bank.


"I'll put this Jurguson down as secur-
ity," gravely added the third, as he
pulled out the gold-washed cases of a
watch which answered him for a tobacco
box.


A peaceful smile stole over each face
as the strangers scrutinized each other.
They went IN and got some more bever-
age and returned to the depot, wonder
ing how IL was that human nature is so
rehable.-Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1876

Never use anything but light blankets
as q covering for the sick. The heavy
impervious cotton counterpane is bad
for the reason that it keeps in the ex-
halations from the pores of the sick per-
son, while the blankets allow them to
pass through. Weak persons are invari-
ably distressed by a great weight of bed
clothes, which often prevents them from
getting any sound sleep whatever. 1t is
better to sleep in q cool room and dress
in one that is well warmed, than the OPP
posite. If it is necessary to heat the
bedroom, let it be by means of an open
CRATE fire, rather than by register or
tlue. In view Of the fact that most
people pass one-third of the twenty-four
hours in bed, the importance of having
only the best bedding needs no argu-
ment. There is no wisdom, therefore,
in buying cheap or second-class articles
for the sleeping room; but true prudence
directs to get the very best bedding that
your means will command first-class
hair mattress will outlast two of inferior
quality. The same difference will also
be found in respect to feathers, and with
the latter, as with hair, the best is always
cheapest. Too many young house
keepers neglect to follow this rule, and
pursue a penDy-wise and pound-foolish
policy, where they might just as well
have adopted the opposite practice.
Year: 1876

Let the person whose A D n Q
name you wish to know tell G CELL
you in which of the upright EFF J s
columns the first letter of G G G s
his name is found. If it be I'LL T
found in but one column x MMU
it is the top letter; if it oc- M NNNv
ours in more than one col O 90 OOw
umnit is found by adding Q Rrx x
the alphabetical numbers svz
of the top letters of these U WYE
columns, and the sum will w WV
be the number of the letter Yz


sought. BY taking one letter at time
in this way the whole number can be
ascertained. For example, take the
word Jane. is found in two columns
commencing with B and H, which ara
the second and eighth letters down the
alphabet; their sum is ten, and the
tenth letter down the alphabet is j, the
letter sought. The next letter, A, ap-
pears in but one column, where it
stands at the top. N is seen in the col
umns headed B, D, and H; these are
the second, fourth, and eighth letters
OF the alphabet, which added give the
fourteenth or N, and so on. The usa
of this table will excite no little cutios-
ity among those unacquaiAted with tho
foregoing explanation.-AgriculturGl-
ist.
Year: 1876

shape of sodawater Is responsible. Ana
the worst of II is that the victims of the wa
ter-habit, are the very men who form our
temperance societies aud who fancy them
selves temperate because they never drink
anything but water.


The deadly effects Of icc-waier arc par
tlcularly noticeable just at present. When
an overheated man desires an attack OF
congestion Of the brain, there is no plan
which he could devise which would bo bet
ter adapted 10 secure the end desired than
that of drinking water Of, or below, the
temperature OF 32o. Yet this Is precisely
what scores of so-called temperate men are
continually doing. 1t is sufficiently IRA
tional and dangerous for men 10 drink
brandy and whisky in hot weather, but 1t
is a question whether ardent spirits are re-
ally more Immediately dangerous to health
than arc the ice cold beverages which even
the most earnest "teetotaers" pour into
their astonished and indignant stomachs.


Water is undoubtedly the most whole
some beverage which we can use, but there
Is a vast difference between water at safe
and natural temperature and the ico-waier
which aloue satisfies the abnormal crav-
ings of the American throat. Let us by all
means drink water, but let us decline TO
endanger our health and degrade ourselves
below the level of The beasts by drinking
inordinate quantities of iee-water. There
Is not single animal-except man-which
ever dreams of conta ninating wholesome
water with ice. The ordinary water of the
hydrant and the faucet satisfies the thirst Of
the wild elephant and the domestic cat.
Poor fallen human nature, on the contrary,
longs for ice, and grstfes its corrupt crav-
ings at the cost of outraged stomachs and
ruined leeth.-N. Y. Times.
Year: 1876

SOAR AND DIsEAsR.-The complaints
that have been mado for some time past
relative 10 the impurities OF soap have a.
last taken definite shape, and II is averred
by Philadelphia paper, on the authority
of an ''eminent physician" whose name Is
not given, however, that these impurities
are the principal cause OF the growing prev
alence of diphtheria. If tho soap made to-
day does not tend 10 produce diphtheria, II
is strange II it is not the cause Of some
kinds of disorders. 1t is manufactured from
all kinds of vile stuff, the only aim being
to perfume 1t well. It Is hawked about the
streets In most attractive shapes, and sold
for a song. 1t has long been claimed that
the most pungent Of the sO-called French
soaps are the most dangerous, and looking
at the price at which the greater part Is sold.
there seems 10 be no question OF It, Soaps
that once sold for twenty-five cents and
over, can now be had for one-thlrd and less
that sum. Clearly such goods cannot be
trusted. Everybody should be careful OF
the article of this description he uses. Soap
made from the refuse OF a diseased animal,
or from refuse that has been permitted to
decay, cannot be safe, aud the probability
is that vast proportion OF that used to-day
is thus made up. Our people have become
so fastldious that none but the humblest
will use anything but scented soap. The
good old pure article that was once used
by rich and poor alike, is now too harsh
and offensive for the delicate senses OF this
age. People would rather use the delicate
perfumed stuff that Is full Of danger, which
rubbed over an abraded skin may produce
a foul sore. than return 10 the habits OF 9TH
o. ya.-OONsassSIa .AdOsEsiSsE.
Year: 1876

The only safe and always reliable remedy for the i'm
mediate relief and permanent cure of every symptom
and stage of Catarrh. 1t is medicine pure as dis
titled water and is obtained entirely by dlstation Of
certain herbs and plants whereby the essential mod
cinal principle is alone obtained, while every particle
of woody fibre is rejected, 1t is entirely unlike every
other before the public, and those who have tried all
other remedies arc assured the honor Of the gen.
eral agents that this medicine has and will accomplish
all that is claimed for IL.
Year: 1876

what remedy does the writer of the
above article propose! The reader, we
think, will be surprised to know it is
only the Remembering Of Siiuer-mak-
ing it, equally with gold, legal tender;
which the writer thinks is the most
important financial question of the year.
If this scheme relied upon the making
of siver interchangeable Nth interest
bearing bonds Of the GOrsrnmsnt TO
give it staple value, we should say
that it proposed needlessly expensive,
inconyenient, easily -counterfeited sub
stance for its money token; but, relying
on the intrinsic value OF the silver, it
could give us nothing more uncertain
as a standard of value. The price OF
silver has fallen from God. to 81 SD.
per OF. within a comparatively recent
period, and there are those entitled to
confidence in their forecast of the future
who look for its continued rapid decline
to Esd. of sod. per OF. This may or
may not come. The writer we have
quoted above and Senator Jones sayi will
not, but how shall we know? We GER
tainly do not want our bushel meas
ures liable to diminish half within three
or five years. The people need meas
ures enough-too many would not help
but they need them f.red measures,
and they cannot afford to have them
otherwise. II will hardly pay to make
them of material subject to expand or
contract, even to accommodate the mine
owners.
Year: 1876

Among the many witty effusions in
the Boston Labor Convention was the
following, read by Benz. Skinner:


"Overproduction is the cause of hard
times; therefore, if the people produced
lessy the would have more. Laughter
and applause. This i3 in accordance
with the well known law, the more you
put down the less you take up-'ante
up and look pleasant Loud laughter
If the farmer grows an abundance OF
wheat, corn, cucumbers and cabbage,
according to the political economy of
rice and molasses, we must suffer for
the want of corn, cucumbers and cab
bage, but if there is scarcity of these
commodities we shall have plenty of
them. Laughter This comes through
the philosophy OF deduction from the
law Of supply and demand. Applause
and laughter. There are SO many
boots and shoes in the market that we
cannot be well shod-but burn mp the
present stock and everybody could be
well supplied in that direction. The
great mass of the people to-day are des-
titute OF money, and that is because IN
terest is so low and the money lies idle
in the banks. Now raise the rate OF
interest by contracting the currency,
then business would revive and every
body would be flush. God bless the
idiots. Renewed and long-contiuued
laughter. Business being dull because
of overproduction, stop production and
all would be- actively employed ! Men
are idle to-day because OF overwork last
year thus more id!eness more work.
Laughter This truth cannot be ap-
piled to the farmer, who works all sum
mer to fill his barn with hay, for Ill his
case he must work in the winter to feed
out the hay but what l am presenting
is only a sort of eight-hour philosophy
for those who want situation in the
Custom House. Business men fail be-
cause of over-trading Remedy Loss
OF trade! [Boisterous laughter. The
factory operative should not strike for
higher wages, because if he succeeds in
obtaining them it would initiate the cur
rency and bring about speculation aud
extravaganza. The workingmen should
have no money on Saturday night, be-
cause he is apt to get drunk, for it is q
fact that poorly paid workers are more
temperate, pay their bills, support the
gospel, the newspapers, ETC., better
than those who get few surplus dol
lars beyond bare subsistence. Laugh
ter. The remainder of this essay can
be found in the editorial columns of the
daily newspapers" Laughter and ap-
plause.
Year: 1876

NOta Dye; makes harsh hair soft and silky cleanseS
the scalp from all impurities causing the hair to grow
where it has fallen off or become thin.


Can be applied by the hand it does not stain the
skin or soil the finest linen As Hair Dressing it is
the most perfect the world has ever produced The
hair renovated and strengthened and natural color
restored without the application Ofminer substances


Since the introduction of this truly valuable prepa
ration into this country it has been the wonder and
admiration of all classes it has proved to be the
only article that will absolutely without deception,
restore gray hair to its original color health sones
lustre and beauty and produce hair bald heads of
its original growth and color.


This beautiful and fragrantly perfumed article is
complete within itself washing preparation be-
fore or after its use. accompaniment of any kind
being required to obtain these desirable results.
Year: 1876

The Reading Eagle says that Philadel-
phia firm is sending Autographed letters
to village girls inviting them to leave home
quietly and accept position in the Centen-
NAL The meaning of this villainous invita-
ton will be apparent to people OF the
world.
Year: 1876

The RECIPROCITY SHIRT.-People who, for
the sake of economizing, have always had
their shirts made at home, will be pleased
TO learn that they can now buy ready-made
shirts at the same price it costs to get the
material. J. P. Doughten has introduced
into this market the Reciprocity shirt,
which is manufactured of Wamsutta mus
lin and 2lOO heavy linen, and which is all
finished except the buttonholes. 1t will
readily be seen from this that you can be
still more economical by buying these
shirts, as you have in them the same
material you would get to make up and
will save time that would otherwise be spent
in making the shirt in fact, by buying &
Reciprocity shirt you get just as good an
article for the same money and save the
time and trouble of making the shirt. !
is worth your while to call at Mr. Dough
TOMS 4l0 Market street, Wilmington, and
examine them.
Year: 1876

The election in Walnut Grove was no fail ure as far as liquids went. Shooting oil the mouth commenced early in the action and shooting with pistols ensued with kind of free iiSt-tight for a change. Six men were fioored at one time. Our tall friend DonlSan, who stands fees 9 inches in his stockings. shot twice at an undcrSized rooster and over shot him but tumbled to little dose of lead which struck him just above the left nipple and followed a rib round under his shoulder: Pack and Hogle survived the fray, and brouoht in the election returns from that precinct which will be shown in another col unn,
Year: 1876

We printed 300 copies of our Daily yes.er- day, and people were growling because there were none for sale at the newspaper stands after o'clock, which shall not be charged to neglect of this office hereafter.
Year: 1876

The returns from the Territorial Election indicate the election of Hardy bya small majority. The Little Colorado and Clifton will not be heard from for several days, and may possibly change the result, but It Is supposed that Hardy will hold his own in the extreme East and that it will cleo; him.
Year: 1876

FALL RIVER, MAss., September 25.-
Every body in this vicinity is anxiously IooE-
ting forward 10 the first of October, and 1t is
frrvently hoped that strike will be pre-
vented. The mill operatives are determined
TO strike unless the null owners keep their
word and give them back the reduction
which went into effect August 9TH.
Since the latter date the price of
print goods has advanced from three
aud q quarter to 1our and half
cents per va d, with the market very brisk for
That kind of goods. None have found out
this fact more readily than the operatives,
who, to say the least, since the memorable
strike OF last fall have conducted themselves
in a manner to win the approval of their en-
plOyers and the public in general. Accord
ingly, in the ea:ly part OF the present month
a mass meeting OF the operatives was held at
the operahouse to consider a memorial to be
adopted for presentation to the mill agents
asking the return of he ten per cs Mt. Ieduc-
ton TO " hich they were subjected, as above
stated. About fifteen hundred were present,
and before the adoption Of the memorial Mr..
Eeavey, editor of the Labor Journal, gave
them some good advice and cautioned discre-
ton. He told them that the New York Her.
aid and the New York Sun were the only pa
pers that mad ever given their (the operatives)
side OF the sll-lmpOrtant question. 1he meet
ing was very orderly. 1t was voted that the
memorial be sent to the mill agent. and that
a committee of two wait upon Them for their
reply, and report at mass meeting to be
held Wednesday, September 9th.
Year: 1876

GENERAL NKwToN did bis work on
Hell Gate thoroughly. An examination
OF 1t by divers reveals the fact that the
reef was thoroughly broken up, and In At
there are no rocks that cannot readily
be removed. All New York is delighted
with the j ID, and it is proposed by iDfiu,
ential gentlemen to give the great eDgi
neer q complimentary reception at GIL
more's garden. The compliment could
not be better DE- served.
Year: 1876

WE learn from the New York World
that tbs erection Of the much-taIked-o of
statue Of Liberty In the hArbor, at Bsd-
loss island, seems liksly to be deferred
After raising, by individual effort and
without any government aid, over two
hundred thousand francs, with which
the cost Of q great part OF the work has
been betrayed, the French people are
waiting to see what the Americans pro-
pose to do toward aiding the project,
aud meanwhile the work is temporarily
eusoa0ded
Year: 1876

into an excess Of senmentaty but aboundns with az
mrnble descriptive passages Mr. Patt IN his suecuoh
biographical notice, doubtless goes TOO iar I'D cop
ing him with Bryant writer Of blank verse, but IL Is
no more than Justice to affirm that he offers suggestion
Of ilustrous poet in his genuine love OF Nature.
The personal character OF Mr. Prentice Is presented
In an attractive light by the editor He was man OF
irritable temperament but Of warm and generous I'M
pulses II he quick to take ofense, he was essen
TALLY placable In his disposition, and his hottest wrath
was free from malice His hImness Of mind was shown
in his devotion to the Union during the civil war;
although the sympathies Of his family, and OF many OF
his ancient friends with the Southern cause and
his eldest killed in battle soldier In the Con-
feGerate army. The present volume forms an appro
pirate memorial Of of gifts and Will serve 10
extend his reputation and protect his name from the
oblivion which awaits the mere writer temporary
politics.