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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-27
NEW BRICK YARD.
Good Brick at Low Prices.

TNHE subscriber has established new brick
i yard on the bluff, beyond the old grave yard
near Mr.. Boyer's place, where he will manuiac-
ture the most superior building brick and sell
them as low or lower than the lowest. People
who contemplate building had better give him a
call before contracting.
| he has the best clay to be found anywhere in
this vicinity, and will make brick equal if not
better than any other yard; and his workmen are
of the first class, JOHN B. LONG.
Rock Island April 19. d2m
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i - Ist, now Chicago that can be en-
f ~ tirely relied upon. Go to him. and
not suffer that horrible disease to
remain in your system, disfgu uring
\ your face and -bodv, besides des-
ts+->Y,,ea troying your happiness aud future
w ''A" prospects of lie. He has made
Private Diseases and Nervous Debility his study
for the past twsnty years, and is therefore the
person whom all afflicted should consult No one
ever heard oka9 pat Mt Of hi not beng cured
rince he has been IN TINS city. His reputation has
vouchers IN all the city papers, his patients and
the medical profession both here and abroad as
ough master OF all sexual diseases. If all others
fail, don't despair, give him call 1t ia only a
common occurrence with him TO cure such cases
His rooms separate for ladies' and gentlemen
and the most complete in the'city.
YcUNG MEN, TAKE PARTIcrLAR NorIcE-Dr
Bigelow devotes much of his time to the treat
ment of those caused BY secret habit
which ruins both body and mind, uniting the
unfortunate individual for either business or so
ciety. The sad effect OF these early habits, or
the excess of ripper ears, is to wes ken and ebi
tate the constitution, destroy the physical and
mental powers diminish and enfeebe the natura
feelings, and exhaust the mental energies of man
hood the pleasures of life are marred, the OBJ
iect of marriage frustrated, and existence itsel
rendered term of uHSeasing misery and regret.
Such persons, especially those contemplating
marriage, should lose no time in making immedi- :
ate application, as DIR. b., by his new treatment,
Is enabled to insure a speedy and permanent
cure. ..,
Consultations free and confidential. Office, No
l79 South Clark Street, corner OF Monroe, halt a
block from the Post Office. p. o. box l54, Chca-
60, Ill. Office hours from 9 A. NJ. to 8 P. VI.
Send for his ''Guide to HEALTH published
monthly, tree of charge.
N. B.-Ladies send for descriptive circular
OF Pessarie Remedie, the best preventive of con
ception known. Sent to any address free OF
charge. apl5dwly.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. l5, j..
0E OLE hrnh Ntrool
lOH. hICDdru dtet,
U. S. Senator, Washinpton.sD. c.

UHlce 80 ATCh Stree !.
Hon. Ricbsr rd Yates,
U. S. Senator, Washington,.D.C ID. c. 4
Dear Sir: : Accompanying this please fI
original reports and testimonials from HID
Surgeons, Presidents and Delegates Of Coz
sions, Mercha nts, and private individuals. :
tive to the efficacy of "Paschall's Fever and
MIxture,'' prepared By me, and which
extensively used during the late war. Yo
observe that these reports, &C., were sub :
to the Medical Bureau by President Line
his own hand writing. If, after you havS
these, you can feel free, in any way, to cory
this Ague cure to the favorable considersf
your fellow citizens of Illinois, you viii
persuaded, render them an important s. !:
and do me a distinguished kindness.
Ever yours gratefully, a
EDWARD S. MOI
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FOR SALE.

TX GOOD BUILDING LOTS, in !.
lO Davenport's addition 10 the city j
Island. Price from 5000 to $3.50. &
Ten Acre Out Lots, situated on The
road, half mile from the city of Roc
well situated for gardening and residene,
Terms halt cash and balance on time. ,
20 Acres known as the Gushing Tract.
on the Camden road, two miles from /.
Rock Island, and is beautifully situatedL
dences, Gardening, Fruit uitraising-has go
SC, and is about half mile from tn.
River Water Power.n Price, per acre;
cash and the balance on time.
Also number OF lots in Davenport, u
and LeClaire, and Farming Lands in I,
Nebraska Territory. so !.
Apply to aH GEO. L. DAyFNpdi
rnch97dwtf esas atDavenport. n /
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PASCHALIea
Fever and ID. Ague
-1stzz1 so 10 ge5Es5ts ialszs2 eaG0 8 ~
70 'Nixture.

jaw Cooke the celebrated Banker; Jas. POLLOCK,
EI-Gov. of Penna.-now President of the U. >.
Mint, at Philadelphia; Geo. H. Stuart, the emi-
nent phianthropist Prof. James {. boofn' Ana
lytical Chemist, and by --.af III. -4s.-..a. f
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DIR. BIGaLOW

is the only Ply sleian, as Special
ist, now in Chicago that can be en-
tirely relied upon. Go to him, and
not suffer that horrible disease to
remain In your system, dsfguring
your face and 'bodv, besides des-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-05-12

Eg Young man, run your arm into
an adder's den, place rattlesnake in
your bosom, chew the berries of Helle-
bore, but leave that bottle alone.--
Though the liquor may glowlike mol
ten rubies, though its. beads sparkle
like diamonds, or amber, though the
gods may have drunk it, and poets
have embalmed itin immortal verse,
though its aroma may be as pleasant
as tke spice-kiss;ng breezes of ''Araby
the Blest," yet avoid it as you would
the spotted d'leprosy. Its ruby and dia-
mond and amber hEes are the false
lights Of the souls wreckers, and its
sweet aroma is the breath of syren
showiil surely allure you to destruo-
lion. Each drop contains devil. and
in drinking ye qnaff the fires Of hell.
Avoid the bowl, if ye would not perish.
II Exchange.
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The Fenians.

We have endeavoreG, heretofore, to
keep our readars posted as we'll as our
means of information would enable us,
in regard to the plans and movements
of this rganization-not that we are
in favor of the movement they are
attempting to set on foot, or that we
have any idea that the Brotherhood
will ever accomplish anything. The
movement, growing out of the war be-
tween the North and South, begun to
assume proportions about the time the
war ceased, and the opportunity which
it afforded q set of restless plundPrers
to profit by such state of affairs no
longer existed. It would be unjust,
doubtless, to assert that there are no
honest, sincere lovers of old Ireland in
the organization, but it is at least re-
markable that it receives its chief aid
and countenance in the United States
from class of glory-seeking, liberty
loving, so called, individuals, who re-
duoed robbery and arson to system,
and legalized the most heinoGs crimes
known to criminal law. Some of the
leading men who are now SO anxious
to liberate poor enslaved Ireland, have
heretofore been identified with move
ments which had for their object the
crushing out of the last ray of hope in
the breast of once free and happy
people. Friends of Irish independence !
Such men have no concern above the
qualification Of their own ambitious
desires. We wish the Irish people a
better fate than will be likely to attend
| the efforts of the Fenian Brotherhood,
even if they have the pluck to cross
swords with the British Government.
But it is scarcely likely that they
will have the temerity to beard the lion
in his den. The great mass of the
people of Ireland are mfavorable TO
the movement, wisely concluding, per-
haps, that it is ''better. to bear the ills
they have than fee to others they know
not Of" Fenianism is now ''big
thing in the North. That filibuster-
ing, always clustering people are ever
ready fer an tenterprise. 1t will be
remembered with what remarkable
energy they engaged in the flibuster-
ing schemes of Walker in Nicaragua
But when the "groy-eyed man of des.
tiny" began to need something little
more substantial than big words and
pats on the back, they left him to his
fate. The Fenians, if they have the
boldness, will share the fate of Walker
and as in his case their Yankee ad
mirers und hissers on will be on tn,
safe side Of the water.
| We are glad to see that up to thii
time the movement has met with nj
favor in this section of the country
and we. are very sure that we feel quit
as little sympathy with the organiza
ton as with the British Government
and entertain about as much respec
for the head -centers and tail-eenter
as we do for Fred Douglass or Thad
Stevens. Were it not for those VIII
have real interest in the welfare o
ireland, we would say, go in. w
would like to see one fight in which W
felt no interest on either side.- Bas
trop Dispatch. ~
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FUTURE HoUsEKEEPERs.-- I'VE some
times catch ourselves wondering how
many of the young ladies whom we
meet with are to perform the part of
housekeepers, when the young men
who now eye them so admiringly have
persuaded them to become wives. We
listen to those young ladies of whom
we speak, and hear them not only ae-
knowledging, but boasting of their
ignorance of all household duties, as if
nothing would so lower them in the es-
timation of their friends, as the con-
fession Of an ability to bake bread and
pies, or cook piece of meat, or a dis
position to engage in any useful en-
ployment. Speaking from our own
youthful recollections, we are free to
say that taper fingers and lilly hands
are very pretty to look at with young
mans eyes, and sometimes we have
known the artless innocence of practi-
cal knowledge displayed by young
miss, to appear rather interesting than
otherwise. But we have lived long
enough to learn that life is full of rug
ged experiences, and that the most
loving, romantic, and delicate people
must live on cooked or otherwise food,
and the house be kept clean and tidy
by industrious hands. And for all the
practical purposes of married life, it is
generally found that for husband to
Sit and gaze at his wife's taper fingers
and lilly hands, or for wife to sit and
be looked at and admired. does not
make the pot boil, or put the smallest
piece of food therein, s.
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IS.
ILLEGrTIMAcY IN LONDON AND PAR
Is.-In the year 1864 more than one
out of'every five children born in Paris
were illegitimate. Assuming the
figures of the authorities to be correct
as is probably the case, Paris is thus
shown to be far ahead of every civilized
European city (except Munich pethaps)
in this unhappy feature of modern
civilization. And the reflections the
fact suggests, both with respect to Paris
life and to London life, are Of the
grayest kind. First Of all, we must not
plume ourselves upon any vast moral
yuperiority over Frenchmen and French
women simply because the proportion
of London children born out of wedlock
is less startling then in Paris. In Paris
there are far more men and women who
live quietly as husband and wife with
out the ceremony of q legal marriage
than is the case with us. Ofth causes
that produce this habit, the most eff
cient are the regulation of the French
laws which empower father, and after
his death a mother, to forbid the mar
riage of a son until he is twenty-five
years old, and which compel man to
show that no has means Of living be>
fore he can be married. Hence a vast
number Of connexions are formed
which are practically in all respects
save the legal sasetion, marriages.
The offspring of such unions are Of
course regarded as illegitimate, and
they grow up and continue to repro
duce that large class of half-respectable
people who exist to far larger extent il
Paris than in London.-[Pall Nal
! Gazette. II -
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Coon PRECEPTs.-Society may aid
in making the laborers virtuous and
happy by bringing children up to labor
with steadiness, with care, and with
skill; to show them how to do as many
useful things as possible; to do them all
in the best manner; to set them an ex-
ample in industry. sobriety, cleanli-
ness, and neatness; to make all these
habitual to them, so that they shall
never be liable to fall into the contra
ry; and to LET them always see q good
living proceeding from labor.
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Wedding Gifts,

Young bride,-a wreath for thee
OF sweet and gentle flowers;
For welded love was pure and free
In Eden's happy bowers
Young bride,--a song for thee
A song of joyous measure,
For thy cup of hope shall be
FilPd with honied pleasure.
Young BRIDE tear for theel
A tear in all thy gladness;
For thy young heart shall not see
Joy Jnmixd with sadness.
Young bride,-a smile for thee
To shine away thy sorrow,
For heaven is kind today, and we
VIII hope as well to morrow.
Young bride,-a prayer for thee!
That all thy hopes possessing,
Thy soul may praise her God, and he
May crown thee with his blessing.
NJ f. TUPPER
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Lr The desires of man increase
with his acquisitions. Every step
which he advances brings something
within hisview which be did not see
before, and which as soon as be sees it
he begins to want. When necessity
ends, curiosity begins, and no sooner
are we supplied with everything that
nature can demand, than we sit down
toicontrise artificial appetites. a.
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D The London Church Times
characterizes that portion of Mr.. Ban
croft's Grafton on President Lincoln, in
which he refers to foreign governments,
as ian insulting attack on the Euro
'pean powers generally" and "a piece
of characteristic Yankee brutality
OF Mr.. Bancroft's History of the Unl-
ted States, the Church Times states,
that ''for accuracy and modesty it
rivals the celebrated work of Baron
Munchausen. =
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The great American statesman,
Daniel Webster, was right when he
remarked of the press :: Small is the
sam reguited TO patrohizes a newspa-
per; amply rewarded its patrons, care
not how humble and unpretending the
gazette Ire takes. Its next TO impos-
sible to fill sheet without putting into
it something that is worth the sub
scription,"
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~ Gov. Weller, of Catalonia,
was wrecked on the Golden Rule, and
on arriving at St. Francisco he remarks
ed to friend sLost everything, sir;
everything but my reputation" @GoY-
ernor,' replied his friend, "you travel
with less baggage than any one ] ever
saw"
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H Happiness does not always
consist in gold and silver, houses and
landss carriages and horses, and all the
usual aecompaniments of luxurious
wealth. heavy heart may beat be-
meath a satin robe, tears may be shed
in "a palace, and sorrow rides in d
guided coach.
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~ Keep out of debt. Buy noth@
ing except the money is in your poek-
ct. Have no account current at the
groceries or butchers. Go without
new clothes till you can pay for them,
Give your note Of hand to nobody
Eschew credit. Deal for cash only.
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Description Of a Well Taxed
Country.

Sidney Smiths terrible picture of his
own well-taxed country viii never be
forgotten. Whatwas then, and is still,
true of England has been made too true
of our country, by the wicked policy Of
sectional parties and by the robberies
and plundering which were permitted
in the prosecution of the war. Here is
the picture:
Taxes were piled on taxes, until they
reached every article which enters into
the mouth, or covers the back, or is
placed under foot; taxes upon every
thing which it is pleasant to see, hear,
feel, smell, or taste; taxes upon warmth,
light, and locomotion; taxes on every
thing on earth, and in the waters under
the earth; on everything that comes
from abroad or is grown at home; tax
es on raw material; taxes on fresh
value that is added TO it by the indus
try of man; taxes on the source which
pamper's mans appetite, and the drug
which restores him to health; on the
ermine which decorates the judge, and
the rope which hangs the criminal: on
the poor mans salt and the rich man. S
spice; on the brass nails of the coffin
and the ribbons of the bride. At bed
or board, couchant or leyant, we must
pay.
The school boy whips his taxed top;
the beardless youth manages his taxed
horse with taxed bride, on taxed
road; and the dying Englishman, pour
ing his medicine which has paid seven
per cent. into spoon that has paid
fifteen per cent. fings himself back
upon the chintz bed which has paid
twenty-five per cent, makes his will
on an eight pound stamp, and expires
in the arms of an apothecary, who has
paid a license Of a hundred pounds fol
the privilege of putting him to death
His whole property is then immediate
| ly taxed from two to ten per cent
Besides the probate, large fees. are
demanded for burying him in the chan
eel; his virtues are handed down tc
posterity on taxed marble; and he j:
then gathered to his fathers, to be taxed
no more. i-.. IA. ee5 tssatsf s..s i5i
England was hundreds Of years pilins
up the debt which compelled this tax
alton. We did an equal 'job" in tou
years. IF we shall prove as smart il
paying as in accommodating it, and thu
speedily relieve our people from it
great burdens, we shall much NOR
exhibit our superiority to our Englisl
ancestors, and in much more favora
BILE light Detroit Free Press.
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~ In Chicago a young girl and
boy were recently poisoned by care
lessly holding photograph in their
mouths. The boy died and the little
girl is SO seriously i'll that life is dis
paired of. The medical attendant
states that this melancholy event arose
from poison on the photograph, being
taken into the system of the children
whilst sucking the picture.
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~ Miss Thomas, in her new novel,
''Waltar Going,h says, women can
make one another miserable in such
enthusiastically small ways that a man
can rarely be brought to comprehend
how the business is managed"
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sey~ Never do a wrong thing to
make a friend or TO keep one. The
man who requires you to do so is dear.
" purchased, and at a sacrifice
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oGT Why are books the bestfriends
Because when they bore you you can
always shut them up without offence.
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~ Woman was sent into the world
on mission of mercy-to help and to
comfort man; and nobly and devotedIy
does she perform her allotted task.
Nay, she does more; for. by her assoc
citation, her example and her precepts,
she gradually molliies his hard, harsh
nature, and makes him better being.
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EE- Why are country girls cheeks
like good print dress? Because they
are warranted to wash and retain their
color. esk o H
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GT The slanderer--ones who tells
tales for the sake Of giving his enemies
an opportunity of proving him a liar.
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W There is many a man whose
tongue might govern mnltitudes, if he
could only govern his tongue. .a Z
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~ The heart-strings viii snap,
just like harp-stfihgs from excess Of
cold and neglect. 4,. 4
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A ttorneys and Counselors at Law,
IA Shreveport, La. Will practice
in the parishes of Caddo, DeSoto and
Bossier, and will attend to cases in the
District. Supreme and Federal Courts.
Office on Market street, near the
Bank. vi n31
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VOL. 5.
J. B. LEWIS, JR.,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
~ DEALER IN
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS,
Formerly Of No. 0 Teras street, has
Remored to the Corner Of IeraS
-..r. and Spring streets,
tWaters & Elders old stand
YNThere will be presented to the
w public, the largest and best
assorted stock ever offered in this city,
consisting of every variety and style oil
LADIES SHOES.
Ladies Fine and Heavy Shoes
varying in price from 81 SO to Sc.
GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS.
Gentlemen's fine and heavy Boots
from $5 to $15.
Gentlemen's Shoes-of every de-
scriptlon-in prices from 50 to SO.
MISSES BOOTS AND SHOES.
Misses Boots and shoes. of every
style and price.
Boys and Youths Boots and shoes.
Boys and Youths Boot and shoes
of all descriptions and prizes.
CHILDREN'S BOOTS AND SHOES.
Chill iren's Boots and shoes-in end
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n. 3. WATKINs.

A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Min
IA den, La. VIII practice in the
10th and l1th District Courts Prompt
attention given to all legal business en-
trusted TO his care. n23
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TO THE TRADE

To IE1E I hhDL
is offered unsurpassed inducements.
Receiving large invoices from the
Manufactures, most of my stock being
manufactured expressly for me, enables
me to sell at slight advance over
New Orleans prices. v4n36ly
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Pure W ines ann Brandles
for medicinal purposes.
Having purchased the house and
stock of the firm of Ball & Dashiell,
and stock Of Smith & Lewis, for the
purpose of doing permanent business
in the Drug line, persons visiting
Shreveport, will find it TO their interest
10 give usa call. Being determined to
conduct the business on larger scale
than it has been done heretofore in
North Louisiana, we feel confident of
being able to give satisfaction to all
who will give US a trial.
They will find T. G. Lewis, (late
Smith g. Lewis) ready to price or sell
goods; and P H. Kyes and s. a.
Alston (for 10 years in the business) TO
put up the bills in a neat and substan-
tial manner. r
All Medicines warranted pure.
Prescriptions prepared at all hours ;
day or night.
WHITE & co.
40 ]. W. SMITH, Agent.
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Il. M. FORT.

A ttorDey and Counselor at Law.
IN Bellevue, Bossier parish, La.
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BELLEVUE, LA, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1866.
R. =. FORT.

A ttorney at Law. Bellevue, Bos-
IA sier parish, La. Mo