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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-28

'sAgainst whAtr' asks the reader. Why,
az Ainst the PoISoEs, vile, maddening, and
deadly, advertised IS superior to ell Hair
Dyes." But, on second thoughts, the call ''to
arms :" 10 unnecessary. The wr.tched trash is
already being driven out Of the market. 1t has
received the coup de grace from
CriBtadOr0's Excelsior Hair Dye.
The popularity of this time tried article in
creas's every hour. Everybody Is talking Of the
natural shades" it imparts, and there is no con-
osiysbls reason Why it should not be used, being
las Professor Chiffon states in his certiscats)
PERFECTLY HARMLESS. IA q dressing after
dysing, use
cHRIsTADoRo's HAIR PREsERvATIvE
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-28

va DIR. BOHANNAN's "Tre.tise on Spec
al diseases" which fully explain the nature,
JAuses, sy mptoms, etc., of "SPermHtorrheA" OF
seminal Weakness" and all the evils resulting
from Self Abuse, and impediments to marriage
generally. Also, valuable information on other
Delicate subjects. Sent Free to address in q
plain scaled envelope.
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Office No. 619 North Fifth street, (betweeu
Washington Ave- and Green strsets),
SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI.
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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-28
DR. GALLAGHER'E
VEGETABLE RHEUMATIC
CURE

at once dissolves and carries off eli Rheumatic,
Neuralgia and unhsslthy matter from the sys-
tenn, and the patient must from necessity soon
get we'll. There IL no mistake aboutit. The
where no benefit has been received. A large
number Of unsolisited testimonials have been
received attesting Its great value.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-28

NURBs ALL oHhoNIo AND SPECIAL
~ Diseases in q short time, either in Male or
Female charges low fees; uses no Mercury.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-28

r.. tart of the graveyard covers the ssmsins
!, ,,.nx . hamAn being for whose death there
"a. no other reason than the neglect Of known
and indisputably proven means Of eurs Those
near and dear to family and friends are slseping
the dresmless slumber int which, had they
calmly adopted
nm JoaEpH n anuExCK,s SIMPLE
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21
FASHIONS Freaks and FOllies.

If the world will now cease to look to
Paris for fashions, if men and women
will cease to think that they must imi-
tate the Parisians in all that pertains
to dress, the fall of modern Babylon"
will not have been an unmixed evil.
Mankind have become more subject
every year to this tyranny of French
fashion and there is no limit to the
caprices and whims of dress which they
have been expected to pattern after.
Take the par,ater, for example. After
being ridiculed by the press, sneered at
by the people, and for long time the
target for merriment whenever seen. it
has overcome all opposition, and secur.
ed a place in the ladies' wardrobe. And
yet we are told that the pannier was
originally introduced to conceal a hump
on the back. The origin of many other
fashions has not been less amusing. It
may interest ladies who disfigure their
faces with patches to learn that foreign
lady, on visiting England during the
reign of Edward Sixth, ingeniously COW
cred wen on her neck by means of a
patch; and forthwith patches became
all the rage among English women.
Every few years since that time the
fashion has been revived. Charles
Seventh of France introduced long.tail
coats to conceal his ungainly shaped
legs, and swallow tails were soon to be
seen among both courtiers and common
people. Henry Plantagenet introduced
shoes with very long points, full two
feet in length, to conceal large ex-
crescence on one of his feet. A French
barber invented full.bottom wigs to
hide an elevation in the shoulder of the
Dauphin. Disraeli asserts that ''cush.
ions, ruffs, hoops, and other monstrous
devices" were originated to conceal
physical deformities. "If q reigninr
beauty CHANGED 10 have an UNEQUAL hin.
those who had very handsome hips
would load themselves with that false
rump which the other was compelled
by the unkindness of nature, to substi
tute." When Francis First was Obliged
TO wear his hair short on account of n
wound on his head it soon became the
prevailing fashion at court. Jean De-
causes, an old French moralist of the
seventeenth century, in alluding to the
absurd mania among all classes for
Partisan fashions, however ridiculous
their origin, said: at will not be long
before every citizens daughter, and
every female servant, will wear the
scandalous mirrors hanging about
the wrists of royal ladies, employing
their eyes in perpetual activity, and
securing their eternal DID," In
the introduction to Sartor Resartus, Car
lyle expresses surprise that so little has
been written on the subject of clothes.
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Railroad Building in California.

The San Francisco Bulletin says that
with the opening of summer there is re-
newed activity in railroad building in
California. In the lower part of the
state, besides the Southern Pacific,
which is going ahead beyond Gilroy
work has been resumed on the San Joa
quin Valley, already completed twenty
miles beyond Stockton, and forty miles
additional will be finished during the
present season. The Copperopolis Rail
road, built for twenty eight miles from
Stockton, is also to be pushed forward.
Here we have two railroads, on nearly
parallel lines, now under way in the San
Joaquin Valley, pushing for the south.
ern extremity of the state; while on a
line nearer the coast of third road, the
Southern Pacific, is advancing in the
same direction. The commencement OF
the Texas Pacific from San Diego may
be reckoned as one of the certain
events of the season. What may be
done with the projects from one or two
branch lines to intermediate towns on
the coast remains to be seen.
North of San Francisco, a large force
is at work grading for the Sonoma
| bldilCD VI Tic VI
Railroad. A report is current that a
contract has also been let for l45 miles
of the Eastern Extension of this road,
reaching from Davisville, few miles
southeast of Sacramento, to a point in
the Upper Sacramento Valley, near
Shasta. The report is probably prema-
ture This section of the eastern ex-
tension will be entirely on the west
| bank of the Sacramento river. On the
east bank the Oregon branch of the
Central Pacific is already in operation
one hundred and twenty-seven miles
north Of the state capital, and is to he
extended to the Oregon border, about
two hundred miles further.
Altogether, there will be considerable
railroad building in California this sea.
son, widening the field for labor and
extending the facilities of cheap and
rapid communication A much larger
proportion of the agricultural region
than ever before will be accessible 10y
rail before another farming season
opens.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21

The most valuable thing in this world
IL lime, and yet people waste it as they
do water, most OF them letting it run
full head, and even the most prudent
let it drzzle.
The devil himself, with all hiz genius.
always travels under an alias-this
shows the power of truth and morality.
If dog falls in love with YOU at first
sight, it will do to trust him-not 50
with man.
One ov the hardest things to do is to
be good listner. Thoze who are stone
deaf succeed the best.
If you don't know how to die. cheat
and steal, turn your attenshun to polly
ticks, and learn how.
Thare are men who seem to be born
on purpose TO step into everything; they
kant set common rat trap without
getting ketched in it.
A sekret IL like an aling tooth, it
keeps us Uneasy until it IL out.
| hav larn't one thing, hi great expe-
rience, and that il, | want az much
watching az mi Majors do.
The only way to learn sum men how
to do ennything, is to do it yourself.
| don't reckoleckt now ov ever hear
ing ov two dogs titeing. unless thar was
q man or two around.
A VIE man is never so much alone az
when he IL in crowd. and never so
much in crowd as when he il alone.
| am satisfied that there is more weak
ness among men than malice.
Thare IL no man in the world so easy
TO cheat az ourselfs.
don't know ov ennything that will
kill man so quick as praize that he
he don't deserve.
Repentance should be the effekt ov
love-not fear.
The soul has more diseases than the
boldly haz.
Things that we kant do wouldn't be
ov emmy use TO Us, if we could do the IN.
Amongst animals the most ignorant
are the most stubborn, and wonder if
this aln't so amungst men.
A phool seems to be person who haz
more will than judgment, and more
vanity than either.
The first intimashun had that i was
getting old waz, found myself telling
the same story over again.
In repenting ov sins, men are apt tew
repent ov thoze they haint got, and
overlook thoze they hav.
a dandy never yet fell in love-only
with himself
Revenge sometimes sleeps, but vanity
always keeps one eye open.
Thoze folks who eXpekt to fail in an
enterprise, most generally do.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21

sing to each other, bow their heads, flap
their wings, fly down on the ground,
roll over and over in short, they acted
as if they were nearly crazy with happi-
ness. Two or three days after this
heard fiutter in the observatory and,
going to see what was the matter,
found my little pet lying in her feed
basin, in spasm. | took her up,
stroked and patted her; and, as the fit
passed off, she nestled down in my hand,
and turned her head up 10 look at me.
The bright eyes were swollen and blood
shot. Soon she had another spasm, and
another, and another. Then her little
feet flew out, and soon she lay dead in
my hand. How it all comes back to
me as | write! 1t seemed as if dear
little pet child had been suddenly
snatched from us; and as to the poor
little mate, anything more heartbroken
| never saw. There was no more dash
ing about through the house and out
among the trees no more gay songs ;
but, instead, he moped about, with now
and then little low wall, that seemed
more like "weep,' "weep" than any
thine else. In the fall he went away as
usual and we never saw him again to
know him.
. Bessie's conduct toward me was
often very amusing Traits of character
were manifested that instinct will not
explain. If in the morning | should
begin watering my plants, or other
work, before | had attended to her
wants, she would follow me about, scold
ing and darting down at me as if she
intended to peck my eyes out and thi,
would be continued until | would quit
all else and attend to her. But after
her breakfast she would come out to
where | was, perch on the nearest tree
or bush, and give me my pay in one o
her sweetest songs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21
In the Sunshine.
BY GEORGE HUNTINGTON.

deeper blue in the sky,
And softer winds are blowing;
The white clouds lift their SHOWS on high,
To greet the glad sun, blazing by,
And whiten and brighten and melt and die.
In the noon light warmly glowing.
Through meadows green the brooklets CLEAN,
The alders' gnared roots LAYING;
Daisies and buttercups nod and dream,
And moses creep from the gray rocks seam,
And tangling aud dangling the wild vines
stream
Their leafy meshes waving.
In the farm house porch. so cool and wide.
The dairy maid sings at her churning,
The cornfelds stripe the brown hillside,
Where the farmer chrrups and shouts to guide
The plodding horse, with boy astride,
His careful burrows turning.
Where the reddest clover springs
The red herd roams and grazes.
The bObolink on the hazel swings,
With shower of song and flutteI Of wings,
And every waysde thicket rings,
With music's widest mazes.
o, glad bright hours o, breath of balm!
q, heart, thy song uprising:
q, endless voice of the ceaselesS psalm,
That all things breathe through the summer
calm,
From mountain pine to tropic palm,
Gods love forever praising,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21
The Condition of the Wheat and Corn
Crops I'm June.

The monthly report of the Depart
fment of Agric culture for June says; The
meteorological popularity of the season
has been the recurrence Of severe trosts
in the interior areas, the Ohio and
Mississippi Valleys. In the former the
severest occurred April 10Th to 23d,
killing fruits and injuring grain crops;
and the absence of rain is noted through
out this region, in some places for
period of eight weeks together but
showers in the latter part of May have
been quite general, and exceedingly
timely and refreshing. West OF the
Mississippi heavy frosts occurred early
in April, one on the 18th destroying
much fruit in Kansas. In the Gulf
Coast States, on the contrary, rain was
abundant both in April and May, at
tended with low temperature as IN the
section north of them. While the plant
ing and terminating season was gener-
ally cool, it was commenced at an early
date being preceded by spell of genial
and sunny weather; the temperature on
the soil has not been reduced 10y evapo-
ration of heavy falls of rain; consequent
ly the crops OF all but the cotton States
are more advanced than usual, and the
grain harvests are commencing week,
in some places ten days, earlier than
their customary date.
Wharf.-The wheat acreage of the
country has been increased. The aver
age increase in acreage is estimated at
per cent, or about three fourths of
million acres. The condition of the crop
in Massachusetts, is placed at ii per
Io1 &
New York, .; Virginia, s North Caro-
lima, Is; South Carolina, 81; Georgia,
%; Alabama, %; Mississippi, 4 Texas,
IA Arkansas, l3; Tennessee, 26 ; Ken
lucky, %; Indiana, 3 California, ~.
The States reporting superior condition
are Delaware, . per cent above aver
age Maryland 2; West Virginia,
Ohio, I; Michigan, g. Wisconsin 6;
Minnesota, = ; Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, 4 Kansas, 9; Nebraska, 6 Ore
gon, 4.
CoRN.-The acreage o. corn will not
be reported until July. The tenor of
reports is favorable as to condition. The
corn -granary of the West, the State of
Illinois, is green with corn-felds. which
were planted early and grew vigorously.
In sod land, cut-worms have been very
troublesome, in many instances render
ing a replanting necessary. The De
Kalb correspondent says: "The corn
is looking splendid, and by the 18th of
July it will be as nigh as a horses back"
In some places the want of rain has
been felt
The reports from Iowa and Missouri
are mainly favorable. In Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky, and Tennessee an average
prospect is revealed, with some tendency
to drouth in light soils, and the preva-
lence of cut-worms in sod lanes. In the
Middle and Eastern States drouth and
cut-worms have been more injurious
than in the West. In southern reports
reference is frequently made to an in
crease of acreage. The crop is reported
in good condition, except where growth
has been retarded by cold rains. The
stand is more generally good than in
the Northern States. Corn is, in most
sections, later than usual, on account of
cold, wet weather, and the consequent
delay in wedding and cultivation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21

HARDLY had the new Government
bonds been thrown upon the market,
when the opposition press began to cry
down the refund as a dead failure.
Whether the Secretary of the Treasury
expected them to sell more rapidly or
not, is more than we know, but the
home success has been quite as great as
there was any reason to expect 1T would
be, especially as the Northern Pacific
Railroad bonds are being negotiated in
this country, instead of Germany, as
originally anticipated.
No sooner had Assistant Secretary
Richardson set sail for Europe, than the
same cry was raised in regard to the sale
of our bonds abroad. AS matter of
fact it is only a few weeks since he left
Washington, and already London
dispatch announces "Assistant-Secre-
tary of the United States Treasury
Richardson, who is in London, reports
complete success in his negotiations for
the sale of the new American per
cent. bonds" This is fair specimen
of the way Democratic and 'sore-head'
croakings turn out nowadays.
SENATOR BRowNLow is nearly dead,
and quite speechless. so far as concerns
public speaking; but with the aid of the
press he can make his voice heard
| throughout the entire land. In reply
to Genera Forests conflicting testi-
mony before the Ku-KluX Investigation
Committee, thevenerable Senator writes
| to the Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle:
On account of the operations of the Ku-
Klux Khan, it is well known throughout
Tennessee that called the militia into the
| field, and called them under special act of
the Legislature. AS to their existence as an
organization, we had the testimony of this
same Forrest, who stated publicly that there
were 40 900 organized and well equipped in
Tennessee. This he gave to the world
| through the newspapers, and now shame
fully seeks to make the impression that no
such organization is eXtant.
This shows how much reliance can be
put upon the testimony of the " Chiv.
airy" Perhaps Forrest justifes his
virtual perjury on the ground that a
witness is not obliged to eliminate him
self. A
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21
4 Singular Incident.
From Ale Enndnlnh Nh Citize

FROM 'he hdHduIPH (ho.) titlEeH.
few days since, Mr.. Gideon HAYNES.
his wife and little boy went out to
gather some blue grass seed, and, while
engaged in gathering the seed swarm
OF bees alighted upon the boy, literally
covering him from head to foot They
hung from his ears, chin and nose in
great lunches, and chung in thick clus-
tiers to every part of his body. Mr.
Haynes, realizing the dangerous situa-
ton in which his child was placed, com.
manded him to stand perfectly still,
if possible, not 10 move a muscle. This
the brave little fellow did until the bees
had all settled. Mr.. Haynes then took
a stick, gently lifted the boys hat from
his head and placed it upon neighbor-
ing bush, when the entire swarm left
their extraordinary resting place and
took to the hat and bush. Strange to
relate, the boy received only one sting,
and that was caused by his Selling, with
his teeth, a bee that was trying to make
his way into his mouth If GOODNESS,
presence of mind, and unfinching
nerve in the presence of danger. entitle
one to the honors Of hero, then this
little boy should certainly be enrolled
in the calendar.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21
Income Tax TO be Collected.

Notice has been given that all per.
sons who failed to pay the tax assessed
upon their incomes within the time
prescribed by law, which expired June
30, will be held subject to the penalties.
Commissioner Pleasanton writes to Mi
ron Winslow, Secretary of the Anti
Income Tax Association of New York,
that if any person neglects to pay the
amount of income tax assessed against
him, within ten days of the time APP
pointed by law for its payment, the
Collector must then serve him with a
notice, demanding the payment of said
tax, together with fee of 20 cents for
each mile necessarily travelled in serving
the notice; if the person receiving this
neglects to pay the tax, with the fee
and mileage, within ten days from the
reception of such notice, the penalty of
five per cent. will then be added.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21

\ CITIZEN of Colusa, California, thus
details his grievances at the hands of
his backwoods neighbors 81 was de.
termined," says he, "to keep the Fourth
of July but these Pixies don't under.
stand anything about it. So last year
two or three of us took an old anvil
down to the river, loaded it up and be-
gan to blaze away, BY and by | saw a
lot of black objects bobbing up and
down on the river, always up stream.
thought they were ducks at first, but
presently discovered them to be lot of
Pixies, swimming the river, with their
rifles hell out of the water. Soon they
came along to us, and the head man, a
gaunt six-footer in butternut, sung out
TO me, Stranger, whar's the war p"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21

However this may be, whole volumes
could certainly be written on the extra
vagance and absurdities of dress pre-.
vailing at the present time. If we
repeat, the humiliation and exhaustion
of the French capital shall compel the
people TO turn their attention TO some
thing beside the follies OF this world,
their misfortunes may result in some
good to the world at large.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21

end, altogether and forever, the recon
struction issue. We are all weary of it,
and long for rest or change, but there
must be no disarmament until the bat
tie has been fought and won-in 1872.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21

MANY interesting articles are to be
found in Appleton'S journal for July.
The illustration of the different modes
of Chinese punishment is we'll given.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21

The woman that maketh good
pudding in silence, is better than one
that maketh q tart reply.