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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-24
From the Albany Argus.
Value of Advertising.

few years ago q man in Hartford was
keeping u modest shoe store in state street,
and in the old fashioned way would probably
have got along and made a fair living. A
day or two ago, one of the Hartford papers
published list of real estate purch ased with
In few weeks by this shoe dealer, the pur
chase money amounting in the aggregate TO
over SSO, 900. We know from items of his
previous purchases that he was already a
real estate owner TO u large amount We be-
neye he still keeps that unpretendIng shoe
store. How has he made his fortune? Ad-
vertising! That is the whole secret He has
advertised far and wide advertised by the
column, and by his own or borrowed brains
ne made his advertisements 80 readable, that
often they were the most meritrious literary
productions In the paper. He has kept his
name before the people, the people have
bought his goods, and ne is now a wealthy
man The New Haven Register says: I'VE
have similar example In a different line of
trade IN this city. A gentleman, who 10 still
u young man, came here with a few hundred
dollars. and opened store I7x16 feet, but
brought with MIN what was more valuable
thorough knowledge OF his business and of
the value of advertising. He now lives in
one of the finest houses In the city, owns
largely in real estate. is sound, for we don't
know how many thousands, and is still en-
larglng his business anu carrying il on with
an energy and success which cannot fail to
place him hlgh on the scroll of the income
tax list. True, his advertising expenses for
the past year were some 500, 900, but no one
can visit his establishment without seeing
tina. it pays"
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TRYING TO DODGE THE ISSUE.

In advance of any act whatever. of tho
German fremen, the Union grossly insuiseo
them by stating that they were to nave
drunken frolic on Sunday; hoped such
bacanalian scenes" would not be permitted ;
said il ..sbouId regret to see the customs and
habits of Davenport transferred to our city,
ibid not wonder at the frequent robberies in
that city," said it was "not safe tor person
TO be out after dark" and used every art and
ingenuity twas capable of to prejudice the
public against these people, in advance OF
any act whatever, on their part, and called on
the authorities to arrest them. And now,
when the Germans all rise up and condemn
she course of that paper, the Union says II
is ''because it sustains the holiness Oh
the Sabbath and asks people to be sober"
This is wholly false. The Germans
wish the editor of the onion would al
ways Sustain holiness and keep sober"
and not hypocritically denounce them for
the same thing it defends its party pets
for doing. They don't care how much he
s'sustains holiness" or how much he "keeps
sober" They are willing to compare their
morals with his, any day, drunk or sober
They are willing to compare the morals OF
their countrymen with the morals OF any
other equal number Of people in the country.
They believe in morality, temperance and
honesty,-not in Maine-lawism, stealing gov
eminent blankets, or crawling into the tent
of soldiers wife, when drunk, and attempt
ing to violate her person. They believe that
temperance means the temperate and lawful
use of anything which contributes to their
happiness Their customs and education diff
fer somewhat from the Puritans, but they
think them altogether preferable. Are they
TO be censured on this account? For this,
shall opprobrious epithets be heaped upon
them and they be classed among the vilest of
the land? No, no,--their indignation to-
wards the Union newspaper is not because
it sustains the holiness of the Sabbath and
asks people to be ober,"-but it is because
that paper villainously sisuders and grossly
insults them. This they resent, indignantly,
and they would be less than men if they did
not resent it.
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From the New Orleans Picayune
All Must Work.

The idea entertained and acted upon nv
many persons, that they can subsist and
flourish without labor in this country ia thu
greatest fallacy-which it ought to be the
ann OF all our political and Legislative poli-
eles, ana ell our social arrangements and
opinions, to eradicate. Among the MANY
other evils OF our war, has been the genera.
ton aud encouragement of this idea The
expenditure OF such immense sums of nonav
the employment of such an army of ofie;als
and contractors, has bred large band or
placement and contractors, who have MAJ
aged. by the smallest modicum of labor and
skill, to earn, or rather TO obtain, good sal
aries, or large profits, out of which thav
have fare sumptuously. This class will soon
be abolished, or so reduced as to throw them
on their own resources of industry and skill.
They must go to work, and support them
selves by honest labor. The resources of the
government, extracted from the labor of the
people, can no longer be appropriated for
their enrichment and support. They must
cease to be consumers, and become produ-
GERS.
A great many people have lost everything
by this war. From millionaires they have
become bankrupts. They must not and
ought not to be paupers. The same talents
ana industry by which they acquired for
tunes' must be set to work to repair the raw
ages Oh THIS war. 1t is inconsistent with the
enelgy, sen rehance, and perseverance
s ~n.on .ney nave oispiayed in their former
and like the fatalistic orientals r,oLa NJ 81
tort 70 redeem their fortunes W. y.
.le isa san 'hat TINS class of sufferers =, .hs
war VIII De behind hand inlthe e.n. ~ sne
VI kess'kssaon and recuperation. NJ r roEA
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Care of the Ewes.

Prescott, the historian, In consequence Of
disorder Of a nerve of the eye. wrote every
word of his historicals without pen or ink as
he could not see when the pen was out Of
ink, or from any other cause failed TO make
a mark. He used an agate stylus on arbon-
ated paper, the lines and edges of the paper
being indicated by brass wires in wooden
frame,
Crawford, the sculptor, the habit of whose
life had been TO read in reclining position,
lost one eye, and soon died from the forma-
ton of a malignant oancerous tumOr behind
the ball, which pushed it out on the cheek.
There are many affections of the eyes
which are radically incurable. Persons of
scrotulous constitutions, without any special
local manifestation of IL, often determine the
disease Of the eye by some erroneous habit
or practice, aud it remains there for life. 1t
is useful. therefore, to know some of the
causes which, by debiltating the eye, invite
disease to it. or render il incapable Of resist
ing adverse Influences.
Avoid reading by candle or any other art
fclsl light.
Reading by twilight ought never to be in
dulged in.
A safe rule is, never read after shutdown
or before sunrise.
Do not allow yourself to read moment in
ANY reclining position, whether In bed or on
a sofa
The practice of reading while on horse
back, on In any vehicle in motion by Wheels
is most pernloIous
Reading on steam sail vessels should
not be largely INDUCED in, because the
slightest motion of the page or your body
alters the focal point, and requires a painful
straining effort to readjust it.
Never attempt 10 look at the sun while
shining unless through colored glass OF
some kind even bright moon should not
long be gazed at.
The glare OF the sur on water is very in
furious to the sight.
sudden change between bright light and
darkness is always pernicious.
In looking Mt minute objects relieve the
eye frequently by turning them to something
10 the distance.
Let the light, whether ma ural or artificial,
fall on the page from behind, a little to one
side.
Every parent should peremptorily forbid
all sewing by candle gas light, especially
of dark material
If she eyes are matted together after sleep
ing, the most instantaneous and agreeable
solvent In nature is the application off the
saliva with the finger before opening the eye.
Never pick it of with the finger nail, but
wash it of with the ball of the fingers in
quIte warm water.
Never battle OF open the eyes in cold wat
er. 1t always is safest. best, and most agree
able to use warm water for that purpose, over
seventy degrees.-RaHs journal of Health
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FREIGHT FROM CHICAGO To BosToN WITHOUT
BREAKING BuLK.-The Boston Post of the
18th has the following:
"a freight car arrived here yesterday, Fri
day, morning, loaded with wool, consigned
to Messrs. William Hilton & Co., which left
Chicago on Saturday last, and has discharg-
ed it's load without having broken bulk be-
tween Chicago and Boston. making the pass.
age in four working days. It's route was
over the Michigan Southern, Cleveland and
Toledo. Cleveland and Erie, Buffalo and Erie
forming the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern railroad line) the New York Central, the
Western. of Massachusetts,. and Boston and
Worcester railroads. and is the pioneer of the
Red Line" established to run between Bos-
ton and Chicago, over the above railroads.
ana which will be in full operation by the
hrst OF September next The cars have
compromise" truck adapted to the dlfferen.
gauges OF the several roads. This line will
give to Boston such facilities OF communioa.
tion with the Great West as no other oitv
possesses. Its value to the business inter-
ests of our city can hardly be estimated
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BLACKSMITH'S STAND F0R SALE.

account of poor health I offer my house
" and lot and blscksmiih's shop and tool. for
sale. The lot is large, has a good garden, plenty
OF eholce iralt, good well, stable and other out
buildings
The stand IL very good one, with a large run
of local cash custom "
The property is situated in Watertowp on the
iah'oad from Rock Island to Port Byron, and will
be sold at great bargain for cash.
sug22w3w
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SCOTT COUNTY FAIR,

he Twelfth Annual Fair Of the Sco,,
i County Agricultural Society will be held a,
Davenport, Iowa, OF 18th, 18Th, 10th. 2Ist ana
zzd Of September, 1865. 5000 offered in Pyem;-
ums. Open to the World.
The usual arrangements with the R,ilro,d.
Steamboats, have been made 1
ror premium lists, or any information coneern-
ing the Far, apply personally or BY letter to
VIM: X HAlGHT, Secretary.
90 Perry St, Davenport, low.
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HORSE STOLEN.

SIoLEN from the premises of DIR. Huye,t.
~ on the Camden bottoms, on Tuesday night
,he ION inst, sorrel horse, about y years. 4
iiuIe knee sprung. hat In hoofs and shoes ON fore
feet, a few hairs white in the forehead slim Ioro
tail. ' 4oAs
twenty-five dollars reward will be paid for In.
recovery 1t 's supposed he was taken by w.y
VI Deneseo: THOMAS KANE
Camden Mills, Aug. %, w3w
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Auction 2

VA ILL De sold, on the premises. at public
w saie' on Saturday, August Goth, at o.
clock r; NJ, the house and lot lately occ1pies n,
the andersgned, on Orleans street .boxe G
street. The Improvements CONSIST of 80
comfortable frame dwelling, good cellar, pe,er.
failing well off good water, large ci.tetn tI
wood shed, coal house, new fencs. "a oSih,
stock of choice fruit anu INC
Also, AT the same time and place, the y,c.n,
Io' IN tne rear OF the above -s0rI5O Cons;,;o..
ms S xaown al the time OF sale. Sale posit,,e
Job Ross, Auctioneer. A'oEk-
Rock Island, Aug. 81 d4t
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ARTICLE XIII.

ARTICLE XIII.
SEC. i. Neither slavery nor involuntary servi.
tude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof
the party shall have been duly convicted sha Al
exist within the United States, or any place sub
ject to their Jurisdiction.
SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce
this article BY appropriate Legislation
Approved February |, 1866.
Under this says Forney, "the destiny
of the freed people is entirely in the hands
of congress-" We suppose there are MANY
who will have no compunctions as to constru-
ing the second section as opening the whole
negro question, we'll as the slavery cues.
ton, TO the management of congress So
loosely has our constitution been interpreted
within the past five years, that we shall not
be surprised 10 hear radical politicians con-
tending that section of the thirteer tn arri.
Gle gives congress full power co admit me-
groes TO the right of suffrage, to partition the
south OF for the benefit of the freedmen, and
In general 60 become the guardian of and dis
penser OF support 10 those people-St Louis
Republican
we understand shat the principal objection
to the constitutional amendment, by the peo-
pie OF Kentucky, is 70 the second section, as
they believe that, under that section the con.
seltutIon will be construed so loosely as to
permit congress to legislate the negro into
the right TO vote. hold Office &C., g.. They
did not care for the Adjustment of slavery.
but they could not approve of section which
fanatlcal congress might construe as auth
orlzlng them to do anything they pleased, on
the niger business, and political court
would sustain them in it, We think the
people OF Kentucky are mistaken In suppos-
ing that any congress can ever be found to
attempt anything else under section two than
to see to it that slavery does not exist They
think differently, and they must Judge for
themselves, as far as their state is concerned.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-24

The democrats of Minnesota, following
the example of their brethren in Maine, have
adopted platform to sustain the reorganIzs
ton policy of President johnson and the
Monroe doctrine, and opposing a protective
beas corpus
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-24

To-day, 1.-THE 24th) the democ racy of Penn.
sylvanis will assemble at Harrishnro
through its representatives, for the nurnoss
of expressing its opinions on the condition nj
the country making state nominations and
taking into consideration the best means for
thorough organization in the several coun.
ties of Pennsylvania.
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TAX NOTICE.

accordance with an ordinance of the c;,x
4 OF Rock Island l hereby give notice that tbs
ta1 warrant Tor the year 1865 has been placed in
my hands. All persons are hereby requested tn
an ~ my once and pay their taxes, within thirty
GEO. W. cOPP, Collector.
Ofice in Charles Buford,s Block
Rock Island, Aug. Is, 1850, dot.
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SEWING MACHINES.

RE CAUTIOUS when you are told by any
~ one that they have as good Sewing Machines
Tor SAFE 40 any one, etc. The Singer and the
original How are the Oldest and most reliable
machines and best now In use, will do all kinds
OF work from the finest TO the heaviest thai any
family ever wants done, and will last lIieime II
properly taken care Of 1 have been agent ior
other machines and have got rid of them Please
give NE a call and Examine tor yourselves.
Sewing neatly done to order.
also have machine twist and thread for sale.
Any one wishing TO purchase please give me a
call. W II SORRIS AGENT
next door TO Babeoek's new hall, up stars, on
Illinois street.
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commission to treat with the Indians on the
Upper Missouri, will meet at Council Bluffs on
the 9Th proximo -
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-24

The New Jersey democratic state conven
ton will meet at Trenton on the 30th inst
to nominate a candidate for governor.
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For SALE.

\ LOTS in the city of Moline, near Kea,o,,.
II Steam Saw Mill.
In the City OF Rock Island.
lot, 70 by $50 feet on Front street, near F.,,v
landing in the city OF RocA Island.
city OF Rock Island. '"e
In the City of Davenport, Iopa.
lots on Main street, near Cook & Drsr,,,
s6es. ''
lots on Sd street, between Main and B,,,,.
streets.
lots on corner OF Ripley and 9th street.,
lot on east corner OF Warren and Sd street.
In LeClaire.
as lots in the city of LeClAire, Iowa.
For Lease.
Also for lease for the term Of 20 years IL,
the city Of Rock Island, fronung 400 feet on ~
slough, east of the city bridge. In front OF ,h,s
losis the best harbor tor logs in the CITY. AZ
TO DAVENPORT '
augoolm. Rock Island
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PER MONTH.
$50

wv" LIN 4nVNIHs SlJv
A GENTS wanted in every County and
IA State, TO sell the Bartlett Sewing Machine
price s25, fully licensed under patents OF Howe,
Wheeler & Wilson, Grover & Baker, aud Singer
Co. We VIII pay monthly salary and Ell
Penses, or allow large commission on sales. For
particulars, illustrated catalogue, TERRITORY, &c.
enclose a stamp and address PAGE BROTHERS.
sole agents Tor United States, 22l Summit street
Toledo, ohio. aurl5u3n
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Congress and the Negroes.

Forney, III late Occasional" letter to the
Philadelphia Press, referring to the constitu-
tlonal amendment abolishing slavery, calls
attention to the second section of the propos-
ed new article. The whole article is as fol-
lows
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o. j. DlMlCk,
Real Estate and Land Agent.
OFFICE IN LIVERY BUILDING,
WASHINGTON Street
FOR SALE:

JoHNSON'S AMERICAN, corner OF iiiuo,,
and Washington streets. A complete hotel. 10.
ger with 4 good barn and out build Ings
A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE on MoIJn, Av.r
ne, with all kinds Of fruit and shrubbsry-ebe,p
DWELLING HOUSES and lot. in ali pan. q,
the city for sale.
Enquire OF o. J. DIMICb
Real Estate Agent.
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FOR SALE.

TX GOOD BUILDING LOTS, in Gso
IL Davenport's addition TO the CITY of D.,
Island. Price from 5000 to $3.50.
Ten Acre Out Lots, situated on the C,,oa..
road, half a mile from the city of Rock I,I,pd
well situated tor gardening and residence,
Terms half cash and balance on time.
20 Acres known as the Cushing Tract, s,tu,,s5
on the Camden road, two miles from the c,,y =,
Rock Island, and is beautifully situated for re-,
dences, Gardening, Fruit raising-hasa good .rr'n,
nc, and 10 about half mile from the kocs
River Water Power, Price, DER acr. $40 -,
cash and the balance on time --'
Also number OF lots in Davenport, Iowa I'm,
and LeClaire, and Farming Lands IN Ioss az
Nebraska Territory.
Apply to. GEO. L. DAVENPORT
mcn2'dwu. at Davenport, Iowa
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Women are employed altogether in the Royal
(London) Cigar factory. They take off their
hoops as they go to work, and 5000 are employ
ed, so 5000 crinolines hung upon hooks.-
There are also scattered around no fewer than
2,540 babies. r..-
"A boat race like this,'' quoth the Cynic,
gazing st the Harvard regatta, "always puts me
in mind of a wounded lion" "Ah pray how p"
asked Mary Jane, timidly. "By it's great row.
eres," replied the Cynic Mary Jane tainted
slightly. g. \
Stephen A. Douglas and his brother Robert
NJ, (sohs of the late Senator Douglas) are stu
dents at the Georgetown ID. c. College. The
former is said to be an original thinker and an
excellent speaker.
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800 Fe~ardI

CTOLEN from the subscriber on Mop6.z
~ evening, Aug. 18th, a sorrel mare. 10 ys,;,
old, one hind foot white, scar on the hin s;I.a.
tail, fifteen hands high, smooth built, no shoe.
on and giving milk.
Said mare was taken by man about % q, an
ears OF age, stout bsilt, about 5 feet 10 49,.
high, dark hair, dark eyes, with an imperial and
viii pay the above reward for the .ry.., -
delivery Of the mare ~ 'of me
Aaseatins, lows, August Isth, 1855.
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steam Boilers.

They will do all kinds Of sheet Iron Work,
steamboat Work and Blacksmithing, to order.
FROM their long experience in the manufacture
OF boIiers and Sheet Iron Work, they fee that
'hey can give satisfaction to all VINO favor then
with their patronage.
JAMES OTHICK,
CHRIS SCHILLINGER.
Rock Island, March l. dw6m
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STEAM BOILER MANUFACTORY.
augl7dwlm

'hE subscribers have formed co partner,
Il ship under the style and firm Of GthIcE s
Seniliinger, and have taken the Boiler Shop -s''
nuiofd's Foundry, where they will cauy vn .a.
ouslness Of MANUFACTURING
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-02-11

Wewould call special attention to the following
companies now being organized in this city, viz:
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sdCetarrk-Scrotula.

/, Mrs William Ellery, ,cff5 Central Avenue,
Oh isea, do certify that have en- great SUITE
all my life fir m Catarrh an Scrotu.a of t worst
kind. At the og Of two ye RS, the disease began to
assume vioieat form, All my life it ha, kept me
in bondage I have had hundreds of liberated
threats; woold have seveniha winter. i had great
pain anu dizziness in my head with many other al .
nents. Last wIneer the Scroiula broke out under
my chin and run to such an extent that thought
my LIE would run put % no doctor could cure me-
one told M it would take three years to STOP the
running. Icann TT II the suffering endured in body
and mind. Most proyidentially was advised to 60
and see Mrs. IL g. Brown. .Tdid SO In the begin.
ming of May last, obtained her Metaphysical Dis
coVsFg, end used it fa nily.s The happy Rad glo.
rou3 results are, that am delivered from all my dis.
eases. My Catarrh is gone, my dizziness and head.
ache are gone. feel as free from Scrofula and its
Effects rs any being in the world. In two weeks ST
ter began 20 the Medicine the running core un
denny chin had ceased in lesssean mon found
myself a cur woman II is now nearly six months
since, and fasehad return ofdiseass. My throat
viii always troubled me with alterations, Is. en-.
tirey cured Every ext Osure used to give me cold
now do rot take cold at all. Il feel strol ger and
bet.erth at any period OF my life had vino
my stomach; that is all gone. can feel the Dis.
covery searching through my sys EN-. NY circuia-
ton was always bad now It lie good. I am getting
much heavier and stronger ] am sixty i've years
old. want all the world to know oTmy great de.
liverance from Cstarrh md Scrofua, and also from
the grave where expected soon to go. $500
Mrs. WILLIAM ELLERY, 70, Central Avenue.
Chelsea, where can be seen. flUc,
a9f 10 hereof
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ckurIoN To vUEPUBLIC.

Every Intelligent and thinking person must know
that remedies handed cut 1or general use should
have their efficacy established by well tested eper-
fence in the hands OF regularly educated pnysl-
clan, whose preparatory stuoies fits him ior oil me
duties he must fulfill; ye thseounary is Hooded with
poor nostrums and cure-alls, purIoriipg 10 pc me
ways Injurious, The unfortunate should be PARTIo-
ULAE IN seecting his physician, al it is anentabe
yet incontroyettatle TACT that many syphiiitic
patients are made mse1s with ruined constitutions
by maltteolment from inexperienced physcian IN
general pzactce; for 1t Is point generally conceded
agement OF these complaints should engross tn
whole time of those VINO would bs competent and
successful in their treatment and cure. The mex
perienced general practitioner, having neither op-
portunity nor time TO make himself acquainted with
their pathology, commonly purspes one System Z
use of teat anfiqgated and dangerous weapon, her'
an