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Prompt, Efficient and Reliable. They are the
only Medicine perfectly adapted to popular use,
40 simple that mistakes cannot be- made in
using them 90 harmless as to be free from dan
ger, and 50 efficient as to be always reliable
They have raised the highest commentator
from all, and will always render satisfaction:
Nos. Cents.
l Cures Fevers, Congestion, InAammAtion...2j
Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colio.....25
3 Crying Collie or Tecthng Of lntantS.25
1 Diarrhma Of Children or Adults....2j
Dysentery, Dripping Bilious Colic......2j
6 " Cholera -MOrbus, Vomiting ............. 70
Coughs, Colds, Brunch Is
Neuralgia, TOothaohe, Faceache ..n 25
Headaches, Siok Headache, Vertigo. rs
10 Dyspepsia, CiliOus Stomach ............ rs
II Suppressed, or Painful Periods"...25
II Whites, too proiuse periods ,.,... rs
- " Group, Cough, Difficult Breathing ..."25
II Salt kheum, Erysipelas, Erup'Ions.25
Is rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains..,,.2j
IL Fever and Ague, Chill Foyer, Agues.5O
II Piles, blind or bleeding ......".,,......j0
IS 0pthGlmy, and Sore or Weak Eyes".5O
~ " Catarrh, acute or chronic, IuhuensA.d0
90 WhoOping Cough, violent coush s..a.. so
q Asthma, oppressed breathing .o."".jO
% Ear Discharges, oppressed hearing 80
% Sorofua enlarged glands, swellings"50
"a General Debility, physical weNN nesS"50
rs DTopsy, aud scanty secretons ."."."bO
20 Sea Sickness, sickness from riding...5O
27 Kidney Disease, Gravol.....,....."...5O
rs Nervous Debility, Seminal Ennis
sions, Involuntary Discharges.
20 Sore Mouth, CAM r.................,'.''SU
80 Urinary Weakness, wettiug bet......0O
81 Painful Periods, with spasms, ......'.3V
80 suferings at change of life ........,l'oO
50 Epilepsy, Spasms, ST. Nitus Dance 100
"a Diptheria, liberated sore throat"."'5O
FAMILY CASES,
OF IS to 10 large vinls morocco or rosewood
case, containing specific for every ordinary
disease family is subject to, and books Of d.
rcctions, from $40 to SIS.
Smaller Family and Travelling Cases, with 20
20 Is walls, from S. to 49,
Speoihcs for all private diseases, both for cur
ing and for preventive treatment, in vlals and
pocket caseS, from 50 to S..
PONDS EXTRACT,
Cures Burns, Bruises, 44ameness, Soreness, Sore
Throat Sprains, Toothache, Earaobe, Neural gia,
Rheumstism, Lumbago, Piles, Sore Eyes, BoiIs,
Stings Bleeding Of the Lungs, Nose, Stomach,
or Of Piles, Oorns, Ulcers, Old Sores. Price 90
cents to $l.75.
va These Remedies, except Ponds Extract,
by the case or single box are sent to any yart
Of tho country, by mail or express, free Of
charge, on receipt Of the price,
Address Humphreys Specific Homeopathic
Medicine Co., Office and Depot, No 5o2 Broad
way, New York.
Dr. Humphreys is consulted daily at his Office,
personally or by letter, as above forall forms OF
disease,
A full and fresh assortment Of these medicines
always at
BURNHAM Il VAN setback, Wholesale
c. A. BENsER's,
dtune2g Rock Island.
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SOLICITORS AND ATTORNEYS.
VIM. 4. CHANDLER, Washington, D. c.
GEORGE HARDING, Philadelphia, Pa.

This Company, National In it's character oforI.
by reason ofits large capital, low rates Of Premium,
and New Tables, the most desirable means Of in
curing life yet presented 10 the public.
The rates Of premium being largely tiucod,
are made A. favorable 10 the insurers ~ those Of
the best Mutual Companies, and avoid all the
complications and uncertainties Of Notes, Divi-
denis, and the Misunderstanding which the lot.
Tor are % apt 70 cause the Policy Holders.
Several new and atuhctiAe tables are now pre-.
sentcd, which need only 20 be understood 20
prove acceptable to the public, such 40 the IN
COMI-PRODuCIkG POLICE and RE-
TURN PREMIUA POLICY. In the fer
mer, the policy holder not only secures ife-in-
surancs, payable at death, but will receive, II
living after period " few years, AZ annual
income equal 10 ten pcV cent. 40 per cent Of the
! par Of his policy. r. ae latter, tho Company
| agrees 10 return 10 the assured the total amount
Of money be has paid in, in addition to the
amount Of bis policy.
The attention Of persons oontemI latlug insuI-
ing their lives or Increasing the amount Of insur.
ance they already have is called 10 tbs special
advantages offered by the National Life IusUr.
anoe Company.
Circulars, Pamphlets, and full particulars Civ
On on application 10 the Branch Office Of the
Company in this city, or to its General Agents.
aS- LOCAL AGENTS ARE WANTED In
every City and Town. aud applications from
competent parties for ruch agencies, with suita-
BILE endorsements, should he addressed TO the
| COMPANY'S GENERAL AGENTS ONLY, 10
! their respective districts.
GENERAL Agents OF THE CON.
PANi,
JAY COOKE CO., New York. for New York
State and Northern New Jersey.
u. W. CLARK & CO., for Pennsylvania and
Southern New Jersey
JAY COOKE 4 CO., Washington D. c. Tor
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, District 90.
lumDa, and West Virginia.
J. A. ELLIS & Co., Chicago, H., for IllInols,
Wisconsin md Iowa.
HON. STEPHEN MILLER, st, Paul, for Min
neEGta,
ssptldood6m.
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WINDOW GLASS WAREHOUSE.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.

I OFFER my place On Orleans street, IN the
| lower part Of the city, near the new school
closure, good house, barn, she eds, etc, and sv-
grything convenieut-s good well, cIstern, cellar,
a groat variety Of fruit trees, &c. &c, For fur
ther particulars enquire of the subscriber.
LIZ. sAULPAUGH.
Rock L,laad, JsD'y ls, 1869, diff
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Dailp argus.

DIR. A. J. Bellows, in his work cnutIe d
chow not to be Sick, gives the following
account Of the muscular strength Of insects,
which he insists is principally obtained from
their diet,
The leap Of a lea is as great, in proper
ton to size Of muscle, as If man should
jump over the Atlantic ocean, from Boston
10 London and beetle, not weighing
scrup.e, wi, ltt aud move a junk bottle
with contents, weighing pound-a weight
more than Que hundred times as great, IN
proportion as DR.. Windship could If land
the beetle wears no yoke. Being wanted
for sc.auuhc purposes, beetle was placed
for safe keeping under bottle filed with
liquid, in the inverted cup made in the bot
tie. Immediately the plucky little insect
was seen walking Off with the bottle on his
back-As the strong doctor, being shut up N
his own Office in the basement Of Park
Street Church, with steeple two hundred
feet high, should hoist the old thing, steePle
and all over into the cemetery.
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THE PEMBROKE LEGACY.

It will be oopOu'Iy illustrated by Stephens,
and ulll run through several numbers The
genius Of Mrs. Davis, in It's intensity and som.
brenoss, strongly resembles that Of Jane Eyre
and Tho Pembroke Legacy will be found to
possess the highest interest
No. 5 isA number Of unusual richness, and Ue
ask the lovers Of good reading and hne engrav-
ingS to buy and examine Il. BEAD the
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The Success
OF our One Dollar Sale has caused such
a O o M p z u T u
R VOLUTION
In Trade
TWICE VUE AHOIrET
The Success

10 any other way.
The best Of Boston and New York references
given as to the reliability of our house, and that
our business is conducted n the fairest and most
legitimate manner possible, aud that We give
greater value for the money than can be obtained
in any other way.
All Goods damaged or broken in trsnsporta-
tion replaced without charge.
Checks describing articles sold sent 20 Agents
in club at rates mentioned below. We guarantee
every article to cost less than if bought at any
Boston or New York Wholesale house.
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MEDICAL ADVISORY uoARD.

j. r. BARNES, SuTgeon-GenetA L. $. A.
Washington.
p. J. HORWITz, Chief Medical DspGrwsE
L. $. n, Washington.
D. W. BLISS, NJ. D., Washington.
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STERLING SILVER-WARE
ASD
IND FINE ELECTRO-PLATED WARE

THE Gorham Manufacturing Co., Of Proyi-
4 denoe, II. l., having the largest manufac-
tory Of solid silver ware ID the world, with the
most improved machinery, and employing the
most skilled labor, are enabled to offer an une'
QuaIled variety Of new and beautiful designs In
dinner services tea services, and every article
specially adapted for holiday and bridal gIits.
They oncr nso their veil known and unriyai'
Ind silver sIe,tyoplatei ware, IN which they have
introduced new patterns ut rare elegance Inc
solid silyeris guaranteed to be Of sterling purity
by Y. z. Mint assay. The olectro-pIate is guar
anteoI to be superior to the finest Sheffield ware.
Orders received from the trade only, but these
goods may bo obtained from responsible dealers
every whore.
7',' +: Marx 15y0 Z q J. s IL:
Silver. cCBBIM Mig r., Electro.
Plate.
GORHAM MANUFACTURING CO.,
salesroom No. 3. Maiden Lane, MY.
nov3dw44m.
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vYcR's
FLORAL GUIDE FOR 1869.

Tho drst edition Of One Hundred Thousand
Of Vicks Illustrated Catalogue Of Seeds and
Guide in the Flower GardNu Is now published.
II makes work Of 100 pages, beautifully illus-
trNted, with about 1850 Fine Wood EngrGvingI Of
Flowers and Vegetables, aud al elegant cOlOrsd
plato,
BOQCEr or FLOWERS.
II is the most beautiful, "a we'll AS the most
Instructive Floral Guidc published, giving plain
and thorough directions Tor tao
CuLTuREOF FLOWERS and VEGETABLES.
The Floral Cadet Ia published for the beneht
OF my customers. to whom 1t ia sent free without
application, but will be Forwarded 10 all who
apply by m.il, for Ten Cents, which T. not half
the cpsL Address
JAMES WICK, Rochester, NY.
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NOVELTY CORN MEAL MILLS

TN CONNECTION with his Planning MIL, tbs
L subscriber is stiii conducting the NovelQ
Corn Meal Mills, and has constantly on hsn9
Superior quality Of white and yellow kiln dried
meal, BY The barrel or hundred pounds. Highest
market price paid for Corn. The patronage Of
b public 10 respectfully solicited. v,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-26

There is no member y society by whom the
book will not be found useful, whether such per-
son hold the relation Of ara: Preceptor, "r
Clergyman. Sun.
CURTIS on MASHooD.-This ia really q vslua'
bic work for pointing out the diseases resulting
from e1oesses, the evils Of which are manifest in
every insane asylum, no less than in the shat
tered constitution Of those INDUCING. II will do
much to prevent the vice, which, by its prevA-
lenoe among the young, has SO much influence
on the present, as on the future well-b being Of
msny.-HeTsid.
address all communications,
DR.. L. De F. CURTIS
No. IS NORTH CRARLEs STREET,
IpTl3tl J. Baltimore, Nd.
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va These celebrated Goods have taken prem.
iums wherever exhibited both 10 FTapco aud the
United States
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VI.
MRS. HUNNIBEE's DIARY.
Laura Z. Lyman.
VII
LETTERS TO COUNTRY BOYS. MOL.
Col. T. W. HigginIon.
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HOW A GIANT MANAGED MATTERS.
(Conoludsd) Frank X. Stockton.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01
for Friendlegs Females

The following synopsis Of a bill
introduced into the Ohio House Of
Representatives, we clip from the
| Columbus correspondence Of the
Cincinnati Commercial:
"Homes for friendless females is
Ianother subject that has called forth
many petitions, and they are still
coming in. To meet this want Mr.
Belts has introduced a bill author.
izing County Commissioners, when
the public interest requires it, to
provide homes for friendless fe.
males, whereih they may receive the
benefit of home influences, be fur
nished with employment suitable to
their age and condition, and bp IN
stracted in the various branches Of
domestic industry.
"Section 2 ofthe bill provides the
manner in which the home may be
established.
"SectiOn 3 provides for the sup
port ofthe home, when established,
making the Commissioners person
ally and officially responsible tor
the proper execution of all trusts
created in its behalf, and also au-
thorizes them to provide, by taxa
tion, for the funds necessary for its
support, in addition to its private
revenue.
"Section 4 provides for the man.
of the home, vesting pow
ers for such purpose in a Board Of
Trustees; providing the mode of
appointment, qualifications, terms
of office, and manner of removal,
and giving to the Probate Judge
and Commissioners authority in
such matters.
Section 5 provides for the guar.
dianship, indenture and adoption of
minors lntrusted to the care of the
home, and generally dennes the
powers of the Trustee as to admis-
sion to membership, their govern
ment and discipline, their employ
ment, and their discharge. and for
the management of revenue.
Section 6 defines the duties of
the Board as to official records and
reports, and provides for the pub
lication Of information relative to
the affairs Of the institution.
This bill was prepared by Mr.
Belts, as a local bill for Clinton /
County, but at the solicitation Of
other members its provisions were
made general. 1t has been care
fully prepared with a view to eff
cheney of management, giving to
the Trustees almost unlimited pow
er in matters Of government and
discipline, but holding them to
strict accountability for abuses, and
for the judieious expenditure of
revenues Wilmington Journal.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01

THE ALPINE HoRN-T'he Alpine
horn is an instrument made of the
bark of a cherry tree, and like
speaking trumpet is used to convey
sounds to a great distance. I have
heard that when the last rays Of the
sun gild the summit of the Alps,
the shepherd who inhabits the high
est peak of these mountains takes
his horn and cries, "Praised be the
Lord" As soon as the neighbor-
ing shepherds hear him they leave
their huts and repeat these words.
The sounds are prolonged many
minutes, while the echoes of the
mountains and grottoes ofthe rocks
repeat the name Of God.
Imagination cannot picture any
thing more solemn or sublime than
such scene. During the silence
that ensues, the shepherds bend
their knees and pray in the open
air, then repair to their huts to rest.
The sunlight gliding the tops of
these stupendous mountains upon
which the vault of heaven seems to
rest, the magnificent scenery
around, and the voices of shepherds
sounding from rock to rock the
praise of the Almighty, FIJI the mind
of every traveller with enthusiasm
and awe.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01
Vulcanized Rubber-W heel
Tires.

If we may give full credit to the
Edinburgh Scotsman, Mr.. r. w,
Thompson, OF that city has at
length solved the riddle how to
make steam locomotives available
on common carriage roads. He has
invented a tire for the wheels,
which willie pliable and yielding, is
yet so tough that not even sharp
stones, such as are used for macad.
amizing roads, will cut or tear it.
The steamer can run up hill AID
down, over pavements, or soft
plowed ground, and even grass land
leaving on the grass and soft earth
but slight mark, though the ma
chine weighs about eight tons! 1t
can be driven through crowded
theroughfares, and turned whittier
soevcr the governor listeth, with as
much ease and certainty as horse
would be.
1t will 60 up steep grades-l to
II or 20 feet with perfect ease,
drawing a dozen tons weight after
it. And all this hard service its
tires done without showing the
slightest marks of wear. The tires
are about twelve inches wide and
five inches thick, and offer to the
road a tough elastic cushion not
very dissimilar to an elephants
foot.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01

sat before table to atiiX her royal
signature to a document that lay be-
fore her. Her eyes wandered un-
easily over it, and her bosom rose
and fell with emotion. The docu-
ment before her was the death war
rant Of Essex. lie had been drawn
into a plot by some notall2s by his
rashness, and was now laying in
prison.
Why did she not sign the death
warrant? She was thinking Of the
ring she had given Essex, and every
moment she expected to see the
royal talisman brought to her.
The mobiles grew impatient, and one
asked
"Why does the queen not sign 2"
That broke the stiffness, aroused
the queen, and with an unsteady
hand she signed the death warrant
The deed was done-her lover must
die.
After the execution of Essex,
the queen grew peeyish and retiring,
and was often heard sobbing 10 her
apartments. The missing ring was
mystery She had dispatched a
trusty person to examine the body
of Essex, but the ring was not
found thereon. But at last it came
to light.
One day messenger arrived, in
great haste, at the palace, with the
tidings that the countess of Noting
ham was dying, and desired to see
the queen. The queen hastened to
her, and as she approached the
death couch, the countess drew a
ring from her bosom and held it
up. The queen sprang forward,
tore the well-known bauble from
the trembling hand, and in a loud
voice demanded to know how it
came into the possession Of the
countess.
Then the dying woman told her.
Poor Essex, when arrested, remem-
bering the injunction of his royal
love, gave the ring to the countess,
begging her to convey it to the
queen. But her husband, a bitter
enemy of the Earl's. persuaded her
to keep it. Had she obeyed the
imprisoned Earl, in all probability
he would have been saved.
The countess implored the queen
to forgive her, but with the fury of
an enraged tigress, thequeen sprang
forward, and violently grasped the
dying woman, saying: MAY God
forgive you, l never can," and im-
mediately left the room. From that
moment the queen sank rapidly, and
died at Richmond, in 1903, just two
years after Essex.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01

= The New Orleans Crescent, OF
recent date, is responsible for the
following: Last evening, short
ly before the hour of the departure
of the steamboats, up the coast, a
negro woman, at the foot of canal
street, near the landing of the fine
steamer Richmond, discovered a
copper -colored buck among the
'roustabouts' who were taking the
last Of the freight on the Wild
Wagner, and seeing him, the
aforesaid buck, raised her ire, and
she pitched in and wooled him to
her hearts content, amid the jeer-
ings Of the crowd. After the bel
ligerents we're separated, a darky
preacher said; is dat your hus-
band? ? When the wench replied: !:
'Afore God-no-my lawful hus-
band is gone and dead four years
ago, but dat internal Niger has got
me in an interesting condition, and
Use got no furder use for sich a
nigger, and I'll kill him yit, if he
don't look out The last seen of
the buck was on the bow of the
Wild Wagner, singing, 'Ah--ah-
bo-hC--h-o.o.'
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01

- The tea plant is in very sue
cessful cultivation some ten miles
from Knoxville, on the farm OF
Captain James Campbell, where it
has been grown for about 10 years
1t is said that East Tennessee tea
drinkers can easily raise their own
tea with very little cost OF trouble.
The plant is deep evergreen
shrub, and grows about five feet
high. 1t is hardy, and needs ne
protection from frosts. 1t bears
an abundant crop, with beautiful
fragrant flowers, in October. The
following season it natures Seed
somewhat resembling the seed oi
our native hazel, and grows up
readily. The vigor and hardness
of this plant, and its adaptation to
climate, have been tested, The tea
produced from the leaves of the
plant very much resembles in fla
vor the tea from the Young Hyson
plant.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01

WANTED AN EASY PLACE.-Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, some time
since received letter from a
young man, who recommended
himself very highly on being hon
est, etc, and closed with the re-
quest; Get me an easy situation
that honesty may be rewarded. -
To which Mr.. Beecher replied;
Don't be an editor if you
would be easy Do not try the
law. Avoid school keeping. Keer
out of the pulpit. Let alone all
ships, stores, shops and merchan'
disc. Abhor politics. Keep away
from lawyers. Don't practice med
icine. Be not a farmer nor a me
chanic; neither a soldier nor sail
or Don't study. Don't think
Don't work. None of them are
ease. Oh, my friend, you are in
very hard world! l know of but
one easy place in it. That is the
GRAVE!
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01
Paris

Monarchy has the bost governed
II not indeed the only governed
city In Christendom Paris ID clean
from one end Of the year 10 the
other and from one cud Of itself
to the other It's streets are nee
from beggar, Pauper, imbecile and
drunkard "A similar law Is on our
statute. book, too, you say. And
only ON the statute book, we re-
ply. Here II is on the street, and
at the counter Here law can be
executed. The mouths OF the
gainsayers win not be stopped un-
til "the people" show the same IA
cility in Obeying laws that that they
do in passing them.
Here honesty is compulsory
Redress in Paris is as easy de
swindliDg is difficult. The law 10
omnipresent The penalty for de.
ception in merchandise is precipi-
tate, merciless, irremediable.
just round the corner a crowd
staring on the inscription over the
door Of closed shop, which y to
the effect, imprisoned six months
for diluting wine" For deception
in jewelry, there Is six msnths i'm.
prisonment, the closing Of the shop
for u certain time, and a heavy fine.
Such a risk who will runf The
convicted shopkeepeF is ruined
man. Asi in these things, SO in all
things II you have been imposed
upon, inform the Commissioner of
police. The Paris police regula-
tions are consummate. The Paris
detectives are the most expert In
the world.
long after you are redressed and
gone, the culprit groans under the
terfors of the law. The law has
long since forgotten you. IT re-
members only itself. It is self de.
fensiye.--Parts Letter.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01

Cataract, it is said, has been
cured by a French physician with
out an operation. The newprocess
is to apply to the diseased eye a
phosphuretted collyrium, which
gradually restores the Transparency
Of the crystalline lens from the cir
conference to the center, which is
the last to yield Thirty grammes
of oil of sweet almonds and ten
centigrammes of phosphorus are
dissolved in water bath at 500
centigrade-176o Q Fahrenheit-in
full and closed vessel. -Four
grammes of the solution should be
instilled between the eyelids, three
or four times a day, for several
months, or until the cure is com
pleted.