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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-05-26
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We do not wish to inform ysu. reader, that
DR.. Wonderful or auy other man, has discovered
remedy that cures Csnsumpti"n, when the
lung, are half consumed. IN short, will cure all
die. ases whetber Of mind, body or estate make
men live f-reser, and leave death 20 play for
want f work, and is designed TO make our sub
lpnary sphere g bIi,sful paradise, to which
Heaven itself shall be bat side show lou
have heard enough of that kind Of humbuggery,
ana we do not wonder that you have by this time
become di,s usted Nth it But when | tell you
that DR. Sage. Cxtnrrh Remedy will posIn ely
cure the worst cares Of Catarrh. ! only assert
that which thousands can testify to Try ~,
and you will be convinced l will pay $500 Re
ward for . case Of Catarrh that cannot cure.
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LADIES,
whose delicate health make Il

whose
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-, MS Preventive against having chill
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mr. Rsphael. fo-t Once Box
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THIRD WIDTH.
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Nervous Debility,

With its gloc ny attendants, low spirits, de-
preston, involuntary emissions, loss of semen
sperm.tor-bns, loss of power, dizzy head, loss o!
memory and threatened impotence and imbecihty,
find a sovereign cure in Humphreys Homeo
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strike at ouce at the root of the matter, tone up
the system. arrest the discharges, and impsrt
vigor and energy, life aut vitality to the entire
man. They have cured thousands Of cases
Price IS per package of FIVE boxes and vial o:
powder worth 81, which is very important in
obstinate or old csses, or 81 per single box.
Sold by all druggists and sent by mail on receipt
of price. Address all letters, Humphrey
Specific Homeopathic Medicine Co., 662 Broad
v.y. New York IjuIylly.
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Where il in Used7

ETerywherzi There Is not g elvI.iIed settle
ment oct ween Alask. and Patagonia where 1t 10
not appreciated. Well may II be called . Pene-
trnting preparation n a commercial as vel, as .
medical sense, 'or, with lis potent ally, Holo-
way's Pills, il ha, reached the centre Of Chins
and the heart Of Japan, and 10 advertised at Pc
kin and Jeddo. over three hundred millions Of
the human that have never heard Of any
other for,i ign medicine have teen made aequaint
ed through their own papers, and many thous-
aBds of them by scIual experience, with the
properties of HoIlowAy's Ointment aud HOllo-
way's Pills
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-05-26

To Whom II May Concern Have you evel
befouled your grey hair With the viscid dyes o.
wOr.e pr pArs'ions offered as sue-ntnte,; II 80
they d sgu-t you Of course, but let not thst pre-
vent Won from using PHAL0S's N1TALiA OK
SALVATION FOR THE hair, ~hl-h 10 clear
and ha n les. as water, in all respects agreeable
and effects the desired object thoroughly and sat
lsf.ctorilv.
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The Whole Worlds BaISam.
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT
Whv does il Cure z

Because it 10 composed solely Of rare, disin-
fectant. PARTING and tonic vegetable rubstan-
ces; because il psns'rAtss the intsmed OF uloe r
ated flesh through and through; because IL
cools, sOothes sud tones the Irrit.ted surface +;
because II is the specific Antidote Of the aerid
poison which produces vIrulent sOres. boils, tu
mors and all external eIcressnees; because IL
eradics;ss instead Of sEPPressIng eruPtiVe aud
N, dlre.Ees
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Ken orrhoids, Pulmonary dis rders

Obstinate cases Of pilss that have dehsd ell
other treatment are often cured very rapidly ~
the frequent application of the Ointment 70 the
isHsmsi membrane. IL must be used Hith such
gentle friction - the patient csn bear "hen
rubbed bri,.ly over the throat and chest, IN lad
coughs and colds, asthma. Inflammation Of ths
luug., bronchitis, liberated sore throat 40 II
imp.rts wonderful relief and prevents the com
plsiut. rom cuImin-tiug in Consumption Ihe
Pill may be given nigh and morning DARN z me
continuance Of . cough or cold TO carry OF the
hgm ars
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Open Sores and Unhealed Wounds.

In consequence OF being cicsuiIed before the
virus Of Inflammation has been expelled, sores
supposed 10 have been cured often bre.k out
afIesh II 10 the same with old wounds. A thin
Gust that deceives the ey. Oyerlies the mOulder-
ing embers of disease. and they are sure to
break throGgb tie surface eventually ssa y0lca-
no 10 TO recoulmenc. it- throe- and cast up new
food. Of lava But be operation of the ONT
m.nt u fusl. All the irTi sting humOrs are DIS
PEELED, and n hen nature, thus relieved, closes up
the wound or vi, er. the cure Is prrfect.
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No. 5.-Adver.

Let the afflicted read. and learn thai peri Ct
AVID radical cure Is SGfrLHief ant Euafsiiteea 20
"a who arr. afflicted. DIX hfthAlL De- 9
mi IL ,.xpiGiu- IL au-e, and Enarantscr ne
=. end vhat ! better sIil be viii honestly and
-, h, ,lI yoi Whether st,s can - cured or not,
It'ih I'm 80 vf,t,r h..Iih sud life from wrung
t,,.,fmeD, II, cuTsz private and -scre, diseases.
ii,uf tlt. U-,. VI mercury hlncrance rom hasi'
- ~ fear o. discovery - etpo-ufs NJ q.
- r.r,sTii,.- restore msu'lOOd and Nlgor. and
- - barren fruitful and enable the slngle ~
'--A~N oct married with the s~-urancs
~ having contenied wife and
~ Fhlla0au-
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DE-. ERASMUS WIS>LGW's
Liver and Stomach L0zenge

I, the mos, Important medicinal novelty ,hs,
modern ehsmistry hs, produced. IL contains
two botanical eKus.ts, perfectly harmless II
th.uselv., but enboiy ing sIl the remedial prop
critic. Of mercury. and destined in lite pleasant
form To supersrde and Auist from general GO"
the pills and PCuoUs OF ~hieh thA'
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70 Hufering Mothers.

The agony thai some young mothers undergo
from the cAking Of milk in the breasts. ulcers
ton Of the niyp aud other painful Affections ..
the UsmillAry organs, Is extreme. And yet &
fe- spplicatIons Of the Ointment would remove
the difficulty and enable the sufferers 10 resume
the maternal functi0n and continue TO exercise II
without interruption or pain. A. the life Of thu
child as well a. The health Of the mother may
depend on her ability 10 IL. this fact hicf
10 verified by ample testimony. should be treas
ured in the memory q every wife and mstron.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-05-26

PURE B1ooD is essential to sound health and
long IKE. No chronic disease. sores ulcers. sam
erup,ions, & nndulous sweillng', discharges from
the ear sore ey-s, sores or cankers IN the mouth,
will ever appear II the bl cd is pure To secure
this great deslderstum. take Dr.. walkers Veg
eish G VINEGAR BTrrERs. Ii 10 the great Blood
Purifier. und lite giving principle, increasing th'
power of digestion, anu exciting the ahsorhant'
into healthy action, whereby all Impurities o
the system are carried of.
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MEDICAL
HEALTHY! BEAUTY!

Strong, Pure and Rich Eieod-ln-
crease of Flesh and Weisht-fiear
Skin and Beautiful Complexion,
SECURED TO ALL.
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aud experiences Of Eur-p-
sIs!4 ~ AMI Americzsre the 20
consult THIS i. the only Office IN the city Whers
/ a permanent cure Of Private Diseases n be Oh
tanned without the use Of mercury or change of
diet business.
We guarantee to cure GonOrhes, elect, syphi-
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Abuse, Diurnal Emissions. FemSls CO plants,
/ in short, every possible form and variety Of sex
uAl DI-e..e. Cure. rapid, thorough aud Perms-
nent, and fees moderate.
Great Medical Circular sent for two cent
stamps.
PGEs~H sAFEs.-A sure preventative 60 dis
ease. Price, 81 each, or three for -, or 81 per
dozen. sent BY mail.
3 DR.. b. Iuvigorating LiuiDeat. frlce - 8
bottle
Great rort on Private Diseases. the Guide 70
Heath IL beneficial t. al, msl- and feu1Fle. TIE
old aud young should read this hook Il vii
enlighten those who grope IN darkness Price,
soc, Nv mail
BIO TIE LaDIEs--So lady EAoGla be
without Mad Lozi-r's Female Monthly Pills
sale and e7ecfusl remedy for al irregula mites
and ob-tructious from whatever cSuse- Price 50
per box; extra 6ue IS. CommBlia alton. by
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answered NJ less they contain remittance or a
postage stamp. Call OF address.
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Contracted Limbs and 0ropsieal
8welliBgS.

The reputation acquired by the Ointment a.
mean, Of utiIiIing stia j,ints, by re erdoving
them With fe1ibility and aetiViiy,n as vice -
IN. r.n-s Of civilization. Persons Who have not
toue he'd the ground With one, or perhaps either
leg for YEAR,, bee me able to step out firmly
without any other help than Q cane, and 70 some
instances ~ithaut requiring even ths, sssi-tanee.
Dropsieal seedlings are reduced aud the d.p.si-
ton of IN the cellular tissue arrested by the
tonic .etioa of the Ointment. In all these Eases
il Is essen rial that the preparation be faithfully
and vigorously rubbed IN.
CAUri ~ The words "Hollov.y's Ne.
York and London" are vstermarked on each
leaf Of the directions in .bich the boxes and
pOts are folded. For information leading 10 the
detection Of c0antsrfeiters Of the medicines,
handsoms reward will be given. Sold OF the
msnufsetory. No so Maiden Lans, and y re
| speciAhle drusEists And dealers 10 meiieins'
| throughout the World. A considerable ssens =
Elected by p rehAsng the large siss'. ~, W.
Hsstiens with every boz % Sss.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-05-26

FAMILY CASES,
of IS to so large vials, morocco OF rosewood
case, containing q specific for-svery Ordinary
disease . family is subject to, and books Of di-
rections, from $40 to &S5.
Smaller Family and Travelling Cases, with 20
TO IS walls, from IS e. s..
Speeches ali private diseases, both for cur
ing and for preventive treatment, in walls and
pooKst oases, from - TO s..
PONDS EXTRACT,
Cures Burns, Bruises, ..amsness, soren ess, Sore
Throat, sprsins, Tooth ache, E.rache, Neural gia,
Rbeu una Il. IN, Lumbago. PlIes, Sore Eyes. Boils,
stiugs. Bleeding of the Luugs, Nose, Stomach,
OF Of Piles, CoTns, Ulcers, Old Sores. Price SO
cents to sl.75.
ea- These Remedies, except Ponds Extract
I by the case or single box, are sent 10 any part
Of the country, by mail or express, free OF
charge, on receipt of the price.
/ Addres, Humphreys Specific HomsopAthic
Medicine Co., oeSce and Depot, No. 5e7 Broad
/ .ay, New York.
DR.. Humphreys 10 consulted daily 81 bis ofhoe
personally or BY letter, above, for an forms Of
( disease.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
A full assortment Of the above for sale il
Ro~h Island by
iul,ldlv CA. BENsER.
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.BITTBRS

country and Introduced The Scdn-
dindpidn Blood Purifier since
,chich time thousands mare been
cured, BY its use, Of !Scrofltld and
other blood diseases. IN contains,
besides the Iodide Of Potdssd aud
Sy,1p Of .SiLingid, drugs import
ed from Sreden for its express
manufacture, ,mkno'rn and not
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Dailp argus.
R0SADaLIs

L, \ Specific in all cases Of Chronic Skin Dises-
SEES W. b. Jones, of Madison, Ga, writes
Mym Their, who has been sorely afflicted with
some kind of an eruption of the skin for twenty
years. being unable great portion If the time to
use her hands, on account of their soreness has
been entirely cured by the use of only two bot
ties Of your ''Rosadslis, after the disease had
obstinately refused TO yield to the treatment Of
many of the most eminent physicians of the
United States, none of whom were ever able even
TO assign . name or cause 10 the disease.
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CORN MFAL.
CORN NEAL MILLS

TN CONNECTION with his Planning Mn. The
L s.hscriber 10 stin conducting the Novelty
Corn Meal Mills. and hAs constantly on hano
| Superior quality Of white and yellow kiin e,.''
usal, by The barrel or hundred pounds Highss
| aarkst pyics psid tr orr III. pesrenAge
| re pahiis = essDssaully col it'd.
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MADNESS PARALYSIS DEATH

may snsus from using preparations for colorin 9
the hair charged with acetate of lead and sul
Phur You may know them by the heavy me
tallic sediment which has to be shaken up before
the disgusting compound can be applied. The
Journal of Chemistry says there are thirty Of
them ia the market. There is bnt one dye in /.
lstence which contains no deleterious substance,
and th.t, -.
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THE LATEST DISCOVERY
MEDICATEON

Tie great disculty which physieisns have
been Iaboring FOR centuries 90 over ONE, - st
length been obviAtei- Vegetable C-fhsrtic
and Alternative more eEcIeuf thar any mineral
pre- Gra:ion Of the sane class, and - Agreeable
to tie taste a. ordinary candy. l. nov offered 70
tie rlck in TIE torsa u 3 l.a.enEc.
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| kept by dpohe-
carries in this
c on n try. A
single trial ,riU
! coHriHce the most
| skcpticdt Of Us
,ronLr6i rdhue.
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Cristadare's Excelsior Hair Dye

which hes been carefully analysed BY Prof Chill
ton, and declared by him to contain no lead or
any other hurtful ingredient. See his manu-
script certificate, at Christsdoros, 6 Aston House
New Yoik
CRIsTAD0Ro'S HAIR PREsRRyATIVE,
| ~ Dressing, acts like . charm on the Hair A.
ter Dyeng. Try it. aprledwlm.
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sflnlltIunt are
required. They
restore the ritdi
forces an a re-
pldrkdbie degree,
and gre tone TO
the syTem.
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B Id D D

DR.. ROJack's
Blood Pills are
unsurpassed by
any PHI manu-
.6ct,,red for a
sin'i!dr purpose.
(Itla fL.LIl Il.l.r-
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RAILWAYS
Resolvent

HAS MADE THE xosT AsruEIsIitN9I , g. :
- gJ-T-F so RAPID ARE Tue IhA. 49,, -
nm TnT,T TSDE.tiUEs UNDER Ti y II Z ! .
FNCE OF rms Truly WONDERFUL Af-i'--
CINE that
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.ROBACK'S

called, are merely tcishi,rashy stuff,
sold as Jererage. DR.. Roback's
BMers are not a bereage in any
sense of the ,cord, bit contain the
most expensive drugs knotrr' to
science for the radical cure Of
Indigestion and Dyspepsia, and
for all cases trhere q tonic and
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STOMACH

u is no,c eleven
Years since DR..
Robdek, The cel-
ebrdted .Slredish
physician, from
Stockholm, Sec
d.srl rLrrln 70 flsa
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MEDICAL.
slMILIA sIMlLIBUs CURANTUR.
HUMPaREY's
RoA6HoPATHIo 4P1OITI01

HAVE PRoVkD,FRoM THE MOST AMPLE
Il experience, an entire success; eimps,
Prompt, Effcivnt and Reliable. They ars the
only Medicine perfectly adapted to popular use,
so aGple that mistakes cannot be made IN
using them 90 harmless a. to be free from dan
ger, and % efficient as to be always relisols.
They have raised the nigkest eommendstion
from al, and will always reader satisisetion:
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PURIFIER

thew are RlIf9
Boh Srith and
JrIikOet sugar
coating, thus
adapting them 70
the use Of erery
. body: Because
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n6HDIoAL.

RobocEs Ston-l
dch Bitters.'
unlike all other
Bitters in the
market, possess
intrinsic merit.
Mnst Rikfers- 80
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they can be pUr-
chased az ann
2rpg store al the
rTtremeiU i6r
price Of t5rsHtg-
tee csats pr
-
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COnddont1e1.

u ras.--lS eAGAT CO0QBk.
- e. bition Of professional talent
aud experience Of Eur-p-
sI-!4 & AMI Americzare the men 20
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-03
Escape of Pope Plus TX from AIatri.
mOny.


II ia we'll known that the present Pope
Plus TX, was never married, but it is moi
generally known how nesr he once came
to that blissful state. The Rome CORE
spondent of the Boston Traveller says
that he has the documentary proof and
the assertion of the relations of q certain
Miss Foster, which reveal the existence
of romantic incident in the early life OF
the Count Ferretti, in days when the
world had more charms for him than the
church. The reader will remember that
it was just fhv years ago last April that
the present Pope took the VOWS of q
priest; in 1882, as Archbishop, he was
transferred from Rome to the see of I'm
ola, and made a Cardinal in 1889. The
story is as follows:
The world at large does not know that
fifty or sixty years ago he was engaged
to be married to Miss Foster, the
daughter of an Irish bishop and the sis
ter of the Countess de Sails, famous at
that time in Italian society; and that the
young lady and her friend waited at the
altar of the church of St. Luigi de Fran.
cesi (nesr the present postoffice) for
Count Msstsi Ferretti to appear and
complete his marriage vows, and they
waited and waited in vain, because the
young count never came. Nor is the
world aware that the explanation given
to her before her death was that his
jesuit relations had forciby abducted him
and sent him abroad under oath of Sc
cresy, which he never divulged i'll after
be was Pope, and that this he caused to
be communicated to her, to ease his own
conscience and her broken heart.
This story will solve the mystery which
has existed concerning his taking the
vows of the priesthood.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-03

fourths of a mile from the water, al a
point where the ground is elevated about
thirty feet above it When lighted can
die was let down into the well it seemed
to encounter a current OF air at a depth
of about thirty feet, as the fame g ck-
cred and seemed carried in one direction.
In The Literary Journal, published at
Concord, N. H., in 1923, Mr.. Caleb
Emery, Of Lyman, Grafton county, pub
lished an account of his examination of
q we'll in the town in which he resided 10
1916, the year of the remarkably cold
summer. In June of that year this well
was frozen solid at depth of eight feet
below the surface Of the ground, so that
water could be obtained only by cutting
hole through the ice
The following month he again visited
the well, aud found that, although the
quantity Of ice had greatly diminished,
yet that mass Gs large as a wash-tub
was floating in the water.
M. Erman, the celebrated Siberian
traveller, describes well dug or blasted
through the frozen earth at Kskoetsk to
the depth of forty-two feet. He COM
puted that the frozen earth reached a
depth of six hundred and thirty feet.
Another explorer, M. Middendorf,
bored to depth of seventy feet, going
through frozen soil and ice until he
reached pure, transparent ice, in which
he excavated more than six feet without
aseertaining its thickness. He also OBJ
served that shaft which had been sunk
through clay, sand and Ignite mixed
with ice, did not reach through the frozen
crust, though carried to the depth of three
hundred and eighty-four feet. The tenn
persture in this case inc ressed from Q at
the surface to 26o g. at the bottom.
M. Helmerson, another observer, COM
pntes the frozen crust Il, be between 300
and 400 feet thick. In a pit he exam
ined, he found temp ersture of more
than 2l deg at q depth of IS feet, and
that this had increased 0 deg. at depth
OF 378 feet
Sir R j. Murchison, tl,e author of the
+" Geology of Russia" and favorably
known for his extensive geological re-
searches, speaks of shaft sunk at Ys-
koetsk, which passed through sixty feet
of alluvium, and the remaining depth of
290 feet through limestone, shale and
coal. The temperatur at the bottom
was l8 deg 8 min, far below the freezing
point. The thickness of the frozen crust
at Fort Simpson, on Mnkenzie's river, in
the same latitude as Y akootsk (62 deg }
has been found to be 26 feet.-Hours at
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