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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22
LLRKRATLNG TIE MINIS.

The Legislature has under consideration
bill to protect the rights of women confined
in nunneries, which provides that twice in
every year all converts in the State shall be
visited by the judges Cor board of three ex-
aminers by them appointed) of each judicial
district, when every nun is to be interrogated
in regard to her willingness to remain in these
institutions, and if she desires to regain her
liberty she is to be set free, and all the
moneys received on her behalf by the autho-
rites of the convent are to be restored. The
principle underlying this bill is correct, as no
sane adult unconvicted of crime should be
involuntarily confined in a nunnery or else
where, but it is doubtful whether Legislation
of the character contemplated is necessary to
insure the natural rights already guar
anteed by existing laws, as we'll
as the Constitution. Few or no properly
constituted courts in this State would refuse
to inquire into any case of forcible detention
if formal complaint was made, or to open
he doors of converts in which nuns were un-
willingly detained. We are not aware, how
ever, that the wrong the bill proposes to cor
rect has assumed proportions which would
demand or justify the appointment Of special
examiners or the visitations of judges. If 1t
is practised at all, the Legislature should take
into consideration the expediency of sup
pressing every institution where such an out
rage is perpetrated At all events, if the
Solons at Harrisburg are determined to pass
the bill (and it is impossible to say what they
will not pass), we hope they will at least lop
off the preamble. 1t is entirely too fine
piece of writing to go upon the statute-books.
1t laments too pathetically the woes of
young women who have gone into nunneries
''perchance from disappointed love roman
ces and it is too emphatic in its declaration
that life in convent ''is an unnatural condi-
ton or relation to society, never SO intended
by the Creator, as woman was made for man
and is the germ of society" This may be all
very true, but it is not exactly the proper
matter to put into law books, and the phrase
would answer far better as q rhetorical
flourish of a speech-making member than as
a portion of an act of Assembly. Besides,
what will the women rightists say to the doc
trine? Will they admit that they were made
for man, and designed merely to be ''the
germ of society" instead of its rulsrs9 Have
care, Messieurs Legislators, that in lberating
the nuns, you do not tread on the corns of the
Dickinsonites and Anthonytonians
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OBITUARY.
Hon. william Wills. LII. ID.


The Hon. William Willis of Portland, Maine
died at his residence in that city on Thursday
last. Mr.. Willis was noted particularly as a
historian of the section of country in which he
resided. He published complete history of
Portland in 1882, and in 1868 a history of the
Maine Bar. Besides these he edited the collec-
tions of the State Historical Society, and was
the author of several addresses on the indi-
genous Indian tribes of Maine, on the immigra-
tion of Scotch Presbyterians, on numismatics,
and various other subjects in all of which de-
partments he showed rare knowledge. Mr..
Willis was born in 1894 and graduated at Har-
ward in 1913. For twenty years he was law
partner of the late Secretary Fessenden. He
married daughter of the late Chief Justice
Whitman. He has been State Senator, Mayor
of Portland, and Member of the Electoral Col
lege. In 1868 he received the title of LII. d.
from Bowdoin College. On the occasion of the
funeral of the late Mr.. Peabody, Mr.. Willis
acted as one of the pall-bearers, which was his
last public service.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22
THE EXPULSION OF CORRUPT REP
RESENTdTIVE,S

WE are glad to see Congress SO strongly dis
posed in the matter of the cadetships, to adopt
the principle that every member whose official
action is Influenced by bribery should be ex-
PEELED. We hope the doctrine will be carried
to its logical conclusion, and enforced against
experienced old members as well as the green
horns of the Capitol If, in civil or cri-
minal suit, where the property or liberty of a
single citizen was at stake, the jury should be
influenced in its decision by bribery, such a
wrong would be universally condemned; and
it is far more iniquitous for men entrusted
with the welfare of millions to suffer their
action to be influenced by sinister motives
Congressman and Senators who are capable
of receiving bribes are manifestly unfit to
direct the destinies of great nation, and
they should not only be expelled, but, if pos
sible, forever disqualified from holding Office
The State Legislature, also, should be purged
of its corrupt ingredients But if the good
work of expulsion is fairly begun and vigor-
ously continued at Harrisburg, how many
vacant seats would be left at the end of the
session -
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22

IT APPEARS that the magnificent Mikado of
Japan recently listened, for the first time in
his life, to the strains of piano, which had
just been presented to him by the Emperor
of Austria. He was so charmed that he in
stantly resolved that his wife should be in
structed in the use of the instrument, and the
wife of the British Ambassador at Jeddo is to
give lessons to the Mikadoess. We hope that
the favorable impressions produced by the
touch of skilful performer will not be OBJ
liberated by the sounds the Mikado is likely
to hear while his better half is mastering the
difficulties of the scale, and we hope he will
bear patiently the discordant and confused
noises which, under similar circumstances,
make many civilized households hideous. If
he does not, the gift of the Emperor Of Aus
tria may depreciate SO fearfully in his estima-
ton that he will regard it as the device of an
inveterate enemy rather than the offering of
a sincere friend.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22
TOO BAD.
A Postscript TO the TeleGraPhic Strike-How
Western Union Operator Was Sold.

A Postscript to the TeleRraPhic Strike-HOw
Western Union Operator Was Sold.
The Pittsburg Commercial of the 21st says:--
An old and experienced telegraphed operator
was badly sold day or two ago. Two of the
wires became crossed on Smith6eld street, and
A,iwho first ascertained the state of affairs de-
termined to sell b. Owing to the position of
the wires any messages he might send would
come back to B, who was sitting at table on
the opposite side of the room, and who had
stood by the telegraph company during its late
difficulty with its employees. Mr.. A. sent a long
despatch to B, dated Smithville, Pa stating that
the telegraph operators, reinforced by large
number of members of variohs trades unions
were parading the streets with q banner, on
which was inscribed death to all interlopers,"
and that they would soon take the train for
Pittsburg, where they intended to ''clean out
the Western Union Office, and force all the Ope-
rators to join them. There was moreover to be
grand rendezvous of all the strikers in the
country at Pittsburg, and they were then to
proceed west to Cleveland. Similar dispatches
were also sent purporting to come from Oil
City, Harrisburg, Cincinnati, and various other
points, stating that hundreds of operators were
en- route to this city. Mr.. B. copied away at
them vigorously, not knowing that they came
from across the room. When the frat one was
received he gave signs of nervousness and as
the startling news came pouring in he became
very excited. Finally he jumped ND from the
table, took the dispatches to the manager. read
them In husky voice, and then INQUIRED anxi-
ously about the Office for a revolver. One was
procured for him and he remained in the tele-
graph Office all night, with q most wo-begone
countenance, and in the morning made his way
10 ms boarding house by dodging about back
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22

The municipal expenditures of the city and
county of New York during recent year
reached the enormous sum of $23, ,920, 295'32,
which is much more than twice the amount
of the annual expenditures of Philadelphia,
and within few thousand dollars of the total
cost of the civillist of the United States Gov
ernment. We do not wonder that the W0rLd,
with this fearful illustration of the extraya-
eance of its own party staring it in the
, face, has commenced a war against !. the
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22

Now York Ring as partisan necessity. Th
people may we'll dread the result of Demo
cratic ascendancy in the nation whom they
look at the burdens it has imposed upon the
unhappy tax payers of the Democratic strong
hold
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22

BSs% AT A REGULAR STATED MEETING
- of OASSIA LODGE No. 273, A. Y. M. held at
Athensviiie Montgomery county Pa Feb TO- 1870 it
unanimously
Resolved, That the thanks of this Lodge be rendered
to Brother j. HENRY ASKIN, of Solomon's Lodge No.
ia for his donation to the Lodge of Heaters
and Range and for services and attention in decorating
the Hall the occasion of the Fair during the
Festivities. '--
By order of the Lodge. - p
- j. L. STADELMAN,
1T Secretary,
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streets, looking about anxiOusly for strikers.
The true state of affairs had TO be made known
10 him before he could be induced to go on duty
the next night
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22

South Carolina elected a colored mau as
Associate Justice OF its Supreme Court only for
an unexpired term, which ends on the SOth of
June next. ..
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22

my THE WESTERN SAVING FUND
SOCIETY, office Southwest corner of WALNUT
and TENTH Streets. Incorporated February 3, lS47.
Open for deposs and payments daily between the hours
of 9 A. n. and p. M. and Monday and Thursday
from TO O'Clock Interest five
annum from January l., 1870
President-JOHN WIEGAND
MANAGERS.
Charles Humphreys, John O. Oresson,
Samuel V. Merriok, John o. Davis,
William w. Keen. Joseph Il. Townsend,
Peter Williamson, E. j. Lewis, NJ D.,
r. Rumble Smith, Jacob p Jones,
A. j. Lewis William NJ. Tilghman,
Robert Toland, Charles Wheeler,
Isaac +. Baker, Saunders lewis
John Ashhurst, John r. Cope,
Frederick Fraley, Henry l.. Cav,
ID. Il. Cummins, Henry Winsor,
Joseph g. Lewis, John Welsh.
WILLIAM B. ROGERS, JR., Treasurer.
SPECIAL DEPOSITS REOEIVkD. g tus st
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22

Hesn PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL-
ROAD CO.. Office, No. 2s7 s. FOURTH Street.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. q, 1859.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed on
FRIDAY, the 3lst instant. and reopened on TUESDAY
January II, 1870. ID
dividend Of FIVE PER GENT. has been declared on
the Preferred and Common Stock clear OF National and
State taxes payable in CASH. and after January IT,
1870 to the holders thereof they shall stand registered
on the books Of the Company the 3st instant. All
payable at this Office. All orders for dividend be
witnessed and stamped. s. BRADFORD,
II % GOT Traas,nar
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10
English Female Bitters,

Tho only acknowledged Uterine Tonic AID Fe-
male Regulator known, will cure all those COM
plants above mentiond in incredibly short
time. The Bitters at once arouses, strengthens
and restores the womb to its natural condition,
removing obstructions, relieving pain and reg
ulsting the monthly period. Yonder stands a
pale, feeble and isnguid girl, just bursting into
womanhood; she is the pride of all, but bark
she silently steals pickle, oats chalk, OF q slate
pencil; no appetite for food; she turns with a
dull eye and seeks solitude; her eye no longer
sparkles; her merry laugh is no longer heard
ringing through the air she mopes about with
bloodless lips and gums, with hesdschs, palpa-
tation, ccnstip stion, swimming Of the head, cold
feet and hands, melancholy; she has Q coated
tongue, offensive breath, and 9 host of other
evils too numerous TO men ton.
When neglected all these symptoms become
aggravated, there is sick stomach, heartburn, a
dark line settles under the eyes, the legs and
kles are swollen the hair loses its gloss and falls
of, there is brittleness and splitting of the finger
nails, swollen abdomen. extreme nervousness,
fretfuiness, pains and aches, dry cough, Hyster.
lcsl Fits, rapid prostration, epilepsy and death
If you, any of your friends. are thus afflicted
send at onoe for bottle of English Female Bit.
ters and be cured. Its effects are gcal In such
complaints Surely no mother viii postpone and
delay this duty until
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10
Death is at the Door.

In all these complaints the system evidently
shows = want of red blood, and Mr.. Churchill, In
his work on Diseases of Females, says: ''Bear-
ing in mind that the blood is remarkably def
cient in red corpuscles, and the known property
of iron to correct this condition, theory suggests
1t IS the most to be relied on, the best of which
is tho Citrate" Citra.e of Iron enters largely
into the composition of English Female Bitters.
combined with powerful vegetable tonics of rare
qualities.
Among the mountains OF Tennessee and the
piney woods of Mississippi, is found certain
hard and finty root, which has been in secret use
by some old midwives for many ears, possessing
magic powers in regulating and restoring all
females suffering with any affection of the womb.
This root we have obtained, ave it fair test in
our practice and Ii is now one of the principle
ingredients in these Bitters. Other powerful
uterine and general tonics also enter into its
competition. We slso add Leptsndra OF Black
root, sufficient to act upon the liver and keep the
bo wells open.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10
Sickness, Pain and Death,

Legsinately result pen AIties for violations of
natural laws, from which none escape.
The faded cheek, the pale and wen feseures'
the dull eye. the clouded intellect, the deep hea
wing sigh, the feeble and emaciated frame, the
detected brow, tho tottsring gait, all indicate
previous tr.nsgressisn Of law. Knowing that
''procrastination is the thief Of time all iuts.li
gent beings apply for some remedy as soon ~
act upon the principle that delays are danger
ous," generally linger, lose more time and pay
more money. -rs....
Thousands of mothers and daughters, in all
stations and copditions of lie suffering, lin
gering and dying from the effects of some dread
full
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10
Common Grog-shop Bitters.

Empty Bitter Bottles of various styles, can be
found around almost every dwelling and cabin
throughout the land. Their taste is pleasant
and are adcertised to cure almost every disease
while the manufacturers knou they possess nc
medicinal properties whatever. They are 90
many dsguises for exceedingly common beverages
which do not, nor cannot possibly cure any one.
Beware of thesepleasant bitters in quart bot
ties, they contain a sting for your vitaIs, and he
who buys them carries q "toper's" grog TITO his
house One man who knows nothing about med
icine, says his big bottles of common stuf will
cure chills and fever, rheumatism and consump-
tion an other, whose bottle is very fancy, cures
all impurities Of the blood makes old m en- young,
casts ont devils, restores sight to the blind, and
numerous other miracles while yet an Their, rho
presumes every man drunka-d, proposes to
cure collie, ingrowing nails, yellow fever, heart
disease and love-sick maidens!! We know they
make no suoh cures, We know the people at large
are deceived and ewindled, and as We desire to
ventilate these common humbugs, make the fol-
lowing challenge to one and all:
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10
Blooming ioung Girls,

Middle-eged matrons, those at the critical period
and the aged grandmother, are all CURED by the
use of our English Female Bitters, now prescri-
bed and used by physicians all over the country.
II you are troubled with falling of the womb,
attended with a sense eft weight and bearing
down pain in the back and side, and other at
tendant evils, English Female Bitters will give
entire relief.
Those at the "turn of life" mothers after con-
fnement, and all others (male or female) who are
convaescsnts from any rrotracted or debilitating
comp amt, who gain strength slowly, and whose
digestion il slow and imperfect, will find these
Bittsrs the very thing their system demands. 1t
gives powerful appetite, aids and assists d.
gestIon, srouses the liver, strengthens mentally
and ply sically, and fills the whole system with
pure crimson blood coursing throug its channels
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10

II you do not feel well you send for docto,
he calls upon You, looks wise, scrawls sons
hieroglyphies upon pioce of paper which you
take to drug store and there pay so cents ts
u 90, besides the dc ctor's fee, for a remedy
nine times out of ten not half so good as Dr.
Aorse'e Indian Root Pills, which costs but %
cents per box. Do you think the former the
best, because You pay the most for it? Ifyor
10, we advise You to use, just as an expert.
mint tn" horse's Indian Root Pills. They
are prepared from a formula, pronounced BIZ
the most learned physicians of our country, tc
be the best and most universal of family me
dicines- The Morse's Indian Root Pills cur,
Headache, Liver complaint Indigestion, Dys
Pepsia, Female Irregularities, &C., and are put
u. both sugar-coated and plain. Give them O
trial. Sold by all dealers.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10

Argus jon 0rrIoE.-So fatteriug has been
the public appreciation of the character of work
produced 10 the ARGUS Job Office, and so liberal
has been the patronage bestowed by q 6iscrim-
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squaled for doing any and all kinds Of Job
Printine-from delicate visiting card to a large
poster. Theatre managers. travelling showmen
railroad agents, hotel keepers, steamboat agsnts,
and all those who have job printing to do, viii
find it to their interest to send Us their orders,
which shall receive prompt attention.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10

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Female Complaint,
That claims its victims throughout the length

That claims its victims throughout the len q th
and breadth Of our land.
Many females suffer in some way at each
monthly period; some girls are in great peril at
the commencement Of menstruation, while older
ones dread its decline at the "turn OF life." Some
times the menstrual How is too much, or too lit
tie, or may be attended with pain; may be ir-
regular or entirely checked, or changed in sp-
pearsnce, attended with other distressing symp-
toms Leucorrhea, or the "Whitss," frequently
drains the sy tenn, or liberation Of the womb
may create pain aud oause rapid prostrstion.
Falling of the womb is an exceedingly COM
mon complaint, giving much trouble and distress
which, under ordinary treatment, is difficult to
cure.
Mysteries, Green Sickness, Irritability of the
Womb, and other serious and fatal complaints
follow the female SEES throughout life. Lives
there q medical gentleman who has or can re-
lieve the fair sex of the above troubles? Not
many. Il there no combination of remedial
agents that will come to her rescue? We an
swer, Yes.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10

In numbers there is safety. 1t was upon this
principle that the formula of JUDsoss Morn,
TAIN HERB Pills Was prepared. DR.. Judson
intending to spend q fortune in advertising hi.
pills, subm tied his recips TO the revision of the
most intelligent and learned physicians Of the
age, and the result is a simple but most efica-
cious NEE icine-the Jupsoss MOUNTAIN BERI
PILLS. They purify the blood, remove all OBJ
structions, cleanse the skin of all pimples and
b'otches, and are perfectly and safe IN thei,
operation. The JUDsoS's MOUNTAIN Hem
PILLS cure Billiousness, Female irregul aritie.
Headache, and many of the diseases arisin z
from impure blood and dersnged digestion,
Use the Judsons Mouctain Rorb Pills, and
when you have proved their virtue recommend
them to your friends. They are both sugar
coated and plain. For sale overy where
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10
One Hundred Dollars

That one tablespoonful of ENGLISH FEMALE
BITTERS contains as much medicinal proper
ties as one bottle of any Of the pleasantly tasted
common advertised bittere Of the day! The
medtssl profession to decide the question. Be il
understood that English Female Bitters is not Q
beverage, but is powerful Iron and Vegetable
Tonic com bined, curing long standing chronic
female complaints in every direction.
Put up in large bottles at $1.50 per bottle, or
six bottles for $500. and sold BY druggists and
merchants every where.
Up. DRoMGoOLE 4 CO., Props.
Memphis, Tenn.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10

Business men, born by care and sedentary
habits, often suffer from constipation Of the
| bowels until the evil consequences of such q
| condition are rea lied in extreme debility, ner-
vouoness and prcstration of the vital energie,
| of the system; and 1t may be safely asser cd
that majority Of the female sex are little bet
| ter than inva ids, from the same cause but BY
| simply using DIR. Walkers VINEGAR BrrrEBs,
this atural sperient and tonic brings back the
vigor and buoyaney of health.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-10
A bright, healthy

A bright, healthy chile is perennial spring
OF joy in every well-reguloted family, and where
Is that fstber, who after the strife and turmoil OF
business, retiring to his home, is not beguiled
of care by the innocent prattle of hi. chiIG
Perhaps this father is a worldly man, and makes
gold his idol, he ms y have been asuccessful man,
and amsssed riches. Yet place his child on the
sick bed, and all his gold is at the disposal of the
physician, and the only return he asks 10 the
torstion of health to his ehild- Fathers Moth
ors would you preserve your child in health
Then listen to US. There is one prevailing cause
of the disease in children and that c.u.e is
worms. If this cause of disease is not removed
your child will sicken and die, linger a suffer
ing Invalid for life. wepresent to you an infal-
hbie remedy for worms; IL i.
DR.. 'udson's Dead sho. Worm Candy.
and is put up in the form of q stick of CANDY md
so pleasant to the taste, that children greedii1
tease for it. 1t is purely vegetable, and cannot
hurt the smallest child. Ask for Dr. Judsod',
Dead Shot Worm Candy. For sale everywhsr.
at 20 cents per package. ". Il. OoMsTOCK,
does Sole Proprietor