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Solomon, an Extensive Farmer.

In our western States, and especially in
California, immense tracts of land of many
thousand acres each, and miles in extent,
are farmed by their own individual own
ers. We lately also observed an account
of Major Beale's great ranch in California,
we forget how many miles long, where
something like eastern hospitality was dis
pensed, and all travellers invited and ex.
pected to partake freely, sometimes as
many as 100 in day. In the list Book of
Kings is given an account of king Solomon,
who would have been considered even in
these times an extensive operator, and it
may serve to illustrate the remark "that
there is nothing new under the sum-" His
family provision for one day was "thirty
measures or fine flour, and three score
measures of meal, ten fat oxen and twenty
oxen out of the pastures, and hundred
sheep, besides harris and roe bucks and
fallow deer and fatted fowl" This is
rather luxurious supply,
"He has also had 10000 stalls for horses
for his chariots, and twelve thousand horse
men, and those officers provided victual
for King Solomon and for all that came
unto king Solomon's table, every man in
his month. They lacked nothing. Barley
also and straw for the horses and drome-
diaries, brought they unto the place, where
the officers were every man according to
his charge"
"He was wiser than all men; than Ethan
the Ezraite, and Hemar and Chacol and
Darda, the sons of Mahol and, his fame was
in all nations round about"
"He spake three thousand proverbe and
his songs were thousand and ive," show
ing decided literary taste, as we under
stand it now days. We take it also
that Solomon was an accomplished natu-
ralist and botanist, for it cannot be con-
ceived that he would "speak of" anything
he did not understand. The text says,
land he spake of trees, from the cedar that
is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop, that
springeth out of the wall" "He spake
q q t 9fthe beast s and of fowl and Of Creep
wen for more OF our farmers to initiate
king Solomon, and make themselves famil
liar with these branches of the natural sci
ences, necessarily connected with their
profession. There is no one of the learned
professions, and perhaps not any business
pursuit among men, in which so wide q
range of human knowledge is required, as
that of griculture.-PracticaIF Farmer.
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the increase in value of the diamonds is
vastly greater in proportion than its in
crease in weight. A stone weighing one
carat for instance, might be worth fifty
dollars; but one weighing five carats
would be worth two thousand. Imagine,
then, the value of one as big as lemon,
and weighing three quarters of a pound.
Such one is said to have been found in
Australia. Its discovery has been tcle-
graphed to England. 1t was placed in the
hands ola trustworthy man. He was sur.
rounded by strong Gordon of military,
and was marched in this way from the
mines to Sydney, where the magnificent
gem was deposited in the mint. 1t
has not yet been thoroughly tested. Geol-
ogists are at work upon it now; but if it
really proves to be what is supposed, its
value will be almost fabulous. its weight
is 300 carats The great English diamond,
that pride of the British Empire, the Koh-
i-noor, weighs but 1856 carats, and its CON-
puted value is ten r'illiens in gold. But
of course, this value would in any event
be imaginary, since no purchaser could be
found with hundred millions to spare
for diamond, even if it was as big as a
lemon.
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The Great Diamond Discoveries.

The news from Europe gives accounts OF
marvellous discoveries of diamonds in
South Africa. They had been found for
miles along the banks of the Orange and
Vaal Rivers. They were not only album
dant, but they were, many of them, of
great size. Some were found of the pan
dialogue shape and fthe first water, weigh
ing upward of eighty carats; others of the
octahedron, or four-pointed, that weighed
thirty carats; and Of the smaller varieties
immense numbers had been picked up on
the surface of the ground. Naturally
South Africa was in q terment Elephants
tusks were forgotten, and every one was
hunting for precious stones. The infection
had ever extended to this city, and DR..
Hall was organizing colony to go dia-
mond-gathering. But now comes reports
from Australia of discoveries there which
far eclipse those in South Africa. Tele-
grams have come flying from the Austria
Ian mines to England big enough to make
the diamond merchants hold their breath
with establishment. The glittering stones
have been picked up in such quantities
that, says the London Times in leading
article on the subject, "the colonists are all
dreaming of precious stones. At every ia
BILE and in every railway carriage the talk
is of diamonds and rubies, opals and EN-
eralds, pearls and topazes, and people of
all ranks are rushing to the mines. Gen
uine diamonds are on sale by women and
children at every cottage, and there can
hardly be mistake, we should think,
about the nature of the stones"
This is marvellous enough in all con-
I. Al =. - Iii L
rest of it smacks of the Arabian Nights
Entertainments, and Sinbad the Sailors
adventures in the great diamond valley to
which he flew on the back of mighty
bird. And this latter and wonderful half
we must preface with the statement famil-
liar doubtless to many of our readers, that
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The judgments Of Women.

An eminent minister of the church once
made this fine observation "We will say
nothing of the way in which that sex
usually conduct arguments but the intui-
tive judgments of women are often more
to be relied upon than conclusions which
we reach by elaborate process of reason
ing. No man that has an intelligent wife
or is accustomed to the society of educated
women, will dispute this. Times without
number you must have known them to de-
eide questions on the instant, and with I'M
erring accuracy, which you had been por-
ing over for hours, perhaps with no other
result than to find yourself getting deeper
tangled into the maze of difficulties. 1t
were hardly generous to allege that they
achieved these feats less by reasoning than
a sort of sagacity that approximates to the
sure instincts of the animal races; and yet
there seems to be some ground for the re-
mark of a witty French writer, that when
man has toiled step by step, up flight
of stairs, he will be sure to find a woman
at the top; but she will not be able to tell
how she got there. How she got there,
however, is Of little moment If the con-
illusions woman has reached are sound,
that is all concerns us. And that they are
very apt to be sound on the practical mat
tiers ofdomestic and secular life, nothing
but prejudice and selfconceit can prevent
us from acknowledging. !The inference
therefore, is unavoidable, that the man who
thinks it beneath his dignity to take coun-
sci with an intelligent wife stands in his
own light, and betrays that lack Of judg-
ment which he tacitly attributes to her."
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THE OLD LINES OF
SF q G. 90 =
- - -

Tie undersigned takes this method of informing his
frieis and the travelling public that he continues &c
the old and well established lines of Mail Stages be
tween Bel Air and Baltimore, and Bel Air. Magnolia and
Edgewood Stations. The Stage direct for Baltimore via
Hartford Turnpike leaves Mrs Ashons Hotel every Mon
day. Wednesday and Friday morning at o'clock, arriy
ing in Baltimore at O'clock p. NJ Returning leaves
Browns Hotel High street, Baltimore, every Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday morning at oclock-arriying
in Bel Air at 2. NJ.
TO BALTIMORE, VIA EDGEW0oD.
No leaves Bel Air at A. NJ. connecting at Edgewood
with Port Deposit Accommodation Train for Baltimore
at 730 A. NJ, and Morning Mail train for Philadelphia
at $50. Returning, leaves Edgewood at G, PM on
rival of Port Deposit accommodation train from Balt.
more, arriving in Bel Air at s, PM
TO BALTIMORE, VIA MAGNOLIA.
No. leaves Bel Air at sis A. NJ, connecting at Mag
nolia with 1915 p NJ train for Baltimore Returning
leaves Magnolia at 320P NJ arrival of 225 PM, train
from Baltimore.
Passengers procure tickets. for Abingdon, En-
morton and Bel Air by either line at the President
Street depot
Way passengers will be accommodated Mt any point
either route. Intending to devote careful and
attention to the wants and convenience o. travellers and
to permit these well known lines of STAG es to lose
Of their former popularity, solicit continuance Ct
the very liberal patronage heretofore generally ex.
tended to its former prOprietors.
WM. ANDERSON
juhe5 Proprietor.
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WHAT AN UNRULY HORSE MIGHT HAVE
DoNE.-The Emperor of the French had
narrow escape from death short time ago
while walking in the streets ofCompeigne.
An unruly horse carrying cabriolet flu
riously behind him ran so close to the En-
peror that he had barely time to jump
aside in order to save his life. What
trouble that unruly horse, with the bit in
his teeth, might have brought about all
over Europe! How he could have dis
turbed dynasties, and changed diploma
tic plans, and altered maps of bounda-
ried, and turned France tselfupside down.
But he didn't, for the Emperor, despite
his "twinges of rheumatism" was nimble
enough to get out of his way. The Fates
were not ready to clip the thread of life
lust them Herald.
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Byron's heart was begged by the Greeks
at the time of his death, and was kept at
Missolonghi, enclosed in silver case.
Four years after his death, when that town
was besieged, sallying party, carrying
the relics with them, cut their way with
great sacrifice of life, through the Turks,
but the heart was lost in crossing the
marshes ,--Monteal Gazette,
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Dickens says; 1 have known vast guam
titles of nonsense talked about bad men
not looking you in the face. Don't trust
that conventional idea. Dishonesty will
stare honesty out of countenance any day
in the week, if there is anything to be got
Inv II -
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THE ENS AND INTELLIGENCER
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
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One Dollar and Fifty Cents Per Annum, in Advance,
OTHERWISE
TWO DOLLARS WILL BE CHARGED.

RATES OF ADVERTISING.
TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS One square,
two insertions, 81 co. Each subsequent iuser-
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makes square.
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gnetieal.

MADONNA.
0 stay, Madonna, stay!
u is not the dawn ofday
That marks the skies with yonder opal streak:
The stars in silence shne
Then press thy lips to mine,
And rest upon my neck thy (eryid cheek.
sleep, Madonna, sleepl
Leave me to watch and weep
Der the sad memories of departed joys;
Der hopes extinguished beam,
Der fancys vanished dream
Der all that nature gives and man destroys
wake, Madonna, wakel
Even now the purple lake
Is dapplcd DER with amber flakes oflight;
glow is on the hill
And every tricking rill
In golden threads leaps down from yondcr height.
o fly, Madonna, fly
Let day aud envy spy
What only love and night may safely know:
Fly, and tread softly, dear!
Lest those who hate us hear
The sounds of thy light footsteps as they go.
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its business with safety and certainty. The
road bed is generally of good width, both
in cuts and embankments but few points
were noticed where the entertainments were
narrow, and an estimate has been made of
the costs of widening them.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-25

NEWSPAPER LAw.--Any person vino
takes out paper regularly from the post
Office, whether directed TO his name or
another or whether he has subscribed or
not--is responsible tor the pay
fla person orders his paper discontinued,
he must pay all srrearages, or the publisher
may continue to send it until payment is
made, and collect the whole amount,
whether it is taken out of the office or not.
When paper remains dead in the Office
four consecutive week it ia thes duty Of the
postmaster to send the publisher of the pa
per written notice of the fact-stating the
reason why the paper is not taken. The re.
turning to the publisher Of paper marked
mot TAKEN" "refused" or "uncsled for"
is not legal notice Postmasters who fail
to comply with the law in this respect are
liable for the time said papers remain dead
in their Office.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-25

IN NUMBERS their is safety, it was upon
this principle that the formula Of Judson s
Mountain Herb Pills was prepared. 1t was
not the result Of one mans knowledge. DR..
Judson intending to spend fortune in ad.
vertising his pills consulted the most ntelli.
gent and learned physicians of the age, and
the result was the production of simple
but eficaceous medicine the Judson's Noun.
tain Herb Pills. These pills cure Bilious
ness, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint lndiges-
ton, Female Irregularities, &c They have
now been used many years by the public
and thousands of testimonials bear witness
to their virtues. AS family medicine they
are unrivaled. Give the Mountain Herb
Pills trial Sold by all dealers.
June l5dUlm.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-25

ARGUS Jon OFFIcE.-So flattering has
been the public appreciation Of the charac
ter of work produced in the ARGUS Jot
Office, and so liberal has been the patron
age bestowed by discriminating public
that we deem it only necessary to advert to
the fact that our facilities are unequaled for
doing any and all kinds of job printing
from a. delicate visiting card to large
poster. Theatre managers, travelling show
men, railroad agents, hotel keepers steam
boat agents, and all those who have job
printing to do, will find it to their interest to
send US their orders, which shall receive
prompt attention.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-25

The best article to dress the Hair is Lyon a
Kathairon.
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Beware OF ACRID TEETH.BLEACHNG
PREPARATroNs that destroys thu enamel
SozoDoNT is a delicious vegetable com.
pound, wholesome as spring water that
simply removes their impurities, protect
them from decay, lends fragrance to the
breath, and keeps the gums elastic fresh
and rosy. je2h
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NOVELTY CORN NEAL MILLS

IN CONNECTION with his Planning Min, the
l. subscriber is still conducting the Novelty
Corn Meal Mills, and has constantly on hand 8
Superior quality Of white and yellow kiln dried
meal, by the barrel or hundred pounds. Highest
market price paid for Corn. The patronage ot
b public is respectfully solicited.
IA BTDDTsoE
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ROUND OVER,

UOUR clothing can be cleaned and bound, and
= pressed over, so that il will look as vel as
new, BY Z. WILCOX Taller,
Washington St, bet. Orleans and Rock River.
nohadtf
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HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS

:, I%U- hIuge avenue
For sale by John Bengston, Rock Island.
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HAVE PROvED, FROM THEMOST AMPLE
IL experience, an entire success: Simple.
Prompt, Efficient and Reliable They are the
only Medicine perfectly adapted to popular use,
$50 sTple that mistakes cannot be- made in
using them so harmless rs TO DO free from dan
ger, and 30 efficient as to be always reliable.
They have raised the highest communication
from oil. and will always render EatistSction;
Nos. Co,ts
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Beautiful women,-If you would b

DtduLIIuI W UIIIUAs IT JVu "Vu'U 10
beautiful, use Hagans Magnolia Balm.
1t gives pure Blooming Complexion and
restores Youthful Beauty.
Its effects are gradual, natural and per-
feet.
1t removes Redness, BIotches, and Pimples
cures Tan, Sunburn aud Freckles, and
makes Lady Of thirty appear but twenty.
The Magnolia Balm makes the Skin
Smooth and Pearly the Eye bright and
clear the Cheek glow with the Bloom of
Youth, and imparts fresh, plump appear.
ance to the conference. No Lady need
complain Of her complexion when IS cents
will purchase this delightful article.
The best article to dress the Hair is Lyon 8
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Ne. 5.Adver.
s,$SlsISl

The Stars and Planets reveal your destiny -
YOUR DESTINY! What isirf Good or En-
Rich orPoor- Exalted Or Debasedy Are you -
rise TO Eminencc Honor, Wealth and PowcrY Or,
are you to sink into ObsCurity and oblivion md
be forever UNKNOWN What are your future pro-
spects in liieg TO BE OR NOT TO BE ? That 9
The all absorbing question. WHO win solve il
DIR. RAPHAEL can solve II, All VINO are ia
trouble al WHO have been unfortunate, all who
have been seduced by false promise and deceit 90
to him and get advice aud satisfaction. He has the
secret Of winning the affections Of the opposite
sex. II Ladies' who have suffered from misplaced
confidence, consult him before they get married,
he viii restore their bloom. freshness. and yirOf
Of youth and enable them 10 en-
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FUTURE HUSBAND Or WIFE.

He can foreteli the rcsu; Of sll business trans
actions and speculalions Men who were unsuc
Ccssful in thrir husne men who worked hard
and WHO struggled against adger'y and nlisfor
tune all their lives, and found the more they tried
to get forward f. the world the more things went
against them these men consulted h!Ia, followed
hio advice. snd arc now rich. happy, and success
fol In al their undertakings He can tel the al
hlcted the cause 81 their disease and suffering -
His PREVENTIVE against having children is In
noCent safe and sure
tSy- Consultation hours from 10 N to 5P
NJ, at No. 2l3 EAST MADISON STR EFT,
Up stairs. Consultation fee Two DOLLAHx j.
terNiews confidential
Persons at a distance may communicate cnnfinei.
tally by letter II they enclose Two Dollars for d
consultation fee. send twenty-five cents Or lbs Box
entitled "bCTDE - IiEALTu AND I1,N6 LfE,' an
O. DO has Tor each Sex, sly whether f0r Lady ~
Gentleman. only oTi. viii b. hsBi 10 the EgHe
address iii. ciirlIlar, about Winning the Aftec.
tons d the opposite SEX and &" Important Hints o.
Business byllt aIl b. -sHt gratis with the book.
hijrrss no l.t...s. a follows;
Br. paDttnpl. Post Ctiice Box
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prompt, Ethcicnt and Reliable. They are the
only Medicine perfectly adapted to popular use,
$50 sTple that mistakes cannot be- made in
using them; so harmless ~ TO DO free from dan
ger, and 30 efficient as to be always reliable
| They have raised the highest oommendstiou
| from oil. and will always render Fatistsotion:
| Nos. Csnts
! Cures Fevers, Congestion, Inflammation. 20
| worms, Worm Fever, Worm COliO....25
| Trying Colo or Ieething Of Inlants.25
DiarrhGa Of Children or Adults.....25
| Dysentery, Gripping Bilious COc.....25
| Cholera Morbus, Vomiting ...........25
! 7 Coughs, Colds, Bronohitis."...........25
| Neuralgia, ToothNche Fsceacho....25
Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo.26
~ Dyspepsia, CiliOus Stomach. ...,.,....2b
II Suppressed, or Painful Periods...z5
~ WHITES, TOO protuse periods. 20
| IS Croup, Cough, Difficult Breathing
~ salt kheum, Erysipelas Eruptions25
10 rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains.....25
10 Fever and Aguo, Chill Fever, Agues 30
II Piles, blind or bleeding ........ .........5 so
IL Opthalmy, and Sore or Weak Eyes...5 so
" Catarrh, acute or chronic Iuhuensa.. 30
~ Whooping Cough, violent cOuS s...... so
~ Asthma oppressed breathir g.....,.50
~ Bar Discharges, oppressed heHring...50
- ScroiuIa, enlarged glands. swellingG.dO
"a General Debility, physical weak ne so
20 DTop5y, aud scanty secretious
~ " Sea sickness, sickness from rduR..50
" Kidney Disease, GraveI.................5O
rs Nervous Debility, Seminal Ennis
sions, Involuntary Dscharges....l.OO
" Sore Mouth, CanF er ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
30 Urinary Weakness, wetting bed. so
" 4" Painful Periods, with spasms......."5O
81 sufferinrs at change Of life .........l.00
81 T. Epilepsy, Spasms, st Vitus' Dance 90
% Dlpthcrla liberated sore thrOat.....50
FAMILY CASES,
Of 50 to 70 large vials, morocco or rosewood
case, containing specific for every ordinary
disease family il subject to- and books Of di-
rections, from $40 to S35.
Smaller Family and Travelling Cases, with 20
to rs walls, from So to S.
Speci hcs for all private diseases, both for cur
ing and for preventive treatment, in walls and
pocket CAGES, from 81 to 50.
PONDS EXTRACT,
Cures Burns, Bruises. uemeness, Soreness, Sore
Throat, Sprains, Toothache, Earache, Neural gia,
Rheumati'm, Lumbago, Piles, Sore Eyes, Boils,
sting, bleeding Of the Lungs, Nose, Stomach,
or of Piles Corns, Ulcers, Old Sores. Price so
cents TO $1.75.
~ These Remedies, except Ponds Extract,
by the case or single box, are sent to any yart
of the country, by mail or express, free Of
charge, on receipt Of the price.
Address Humphreys Specific Homeopathic
Medicine Co., oficc and Depot, No. 5s2 Broad
way, New York.
Dr. Hum hreys is consulted daily at his office,
personally or by letter, above, fol- all forms of
disease.
A full and fresh asso ~tment Of these medicines
always at r -..a
BUREHAM a VAN suHAcK, whnssAle
Agents, Chicago, his.
dGune2e. T Rock Island
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Nj L 5 & AL.
AGUADIENTE De MAGNEY.
TRADE MARK.
tARdURIOAW ALOE

'I'HlS delicious preparation, made from the
L root Of the American Aloe, (agavm, } is the
hVorlto and almost universal beverage Of the
inhabitants of the mountains Of Peru, Mexico,
aud Lower California, whero TIE plant grows Ia
Wild luIuriance Their physicians constantly
recommend It as Rstimulant, and diuretic, in all
diseases whore such remedy Is indicated. One
OF the proprtetors, in travelling through Mexico
And Lower California, several years ago, had
conhded to him by a Spanish Padre, the recipe
for its preparation. They now offer IL 10 the
public with the hope that It's high reputation as
remedy on the Pacific coast, will DO infinitely
enhanced by its success upon the Atlantic. It's
undoubtod efficacy in gravel, govt, chronic rheu-
matlsm, tnoipiont drOpsy, hstulence, collie pains
IN obstructiOns in the bladder, kidneys, and uri-
nay organs In dysPepsis, and genera debility,
anu IN exhausted vital euergy--tu unrivnlsd. =
1t L. considered by the Mexicaus TO be an ALSO
lute specific for scurvy.
An eminent writer says Of il: and really A
patient owes some thanks TO doctor who re
stores him With Nectar, smooth and snd fragrant
instead OF rAsping bis throat and aayinE hi
whole interior with the bitters sucked BY sour
tempered roots from viIeuigh soils" 81. 5Oa bot
tie six for $3.50. Homeopathic Pharmacy 10
sale, Open evenings.
BROWN KOLL0CK,
1902 Ridge Avenue.
For sale by John Bongston, Rock Island.