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The daily Argus., 1874-10-20

Hon. Ii. b. Payne of Cleveland, one Of
the newly elected Democratic congressman
from Ohio in a speech before the election
thus laid down one plank in his platform
IF you are content to take NE upon the
Independent platform which | have laid
down for my action, then whatever of
strength, whatever ofeXperience, whatever
of force OF capacity | may have will be at
your disposal but tell you as | have
told others, and | renew before you the
pledge | have renewed elsewhere, that
whatever do shall cause no blush to who
ever shall have voted for me. | will act
independently, So far AS can and before
my Maker | will act with upright and pure
motives. 1t is therefore for the people of
this district to say, | beg no mans vote.
| solicit no mans support | promise no
man Office or place. If you take me, take
me for what propose to be--a simple,
direct, straightforward representative OF
the honor of this district
The daily Argus., 1874-10-20
The 5]ailg Arsns.

Ex Gov. c. C. Washburn, of Wisconsin
who is said to be the favorite Of the anti
Carpenter Republicans of that state iol
! L. s. senator, has, at least, one quatica
ton which makes him preferable to the
desperately short senator. He is in ia
vor of honest money, and is not afraid tC
say so. In recent speech, after ridicul,
ing the efforts of the infationists to make
piece of paper money by calling it mon
ey, he said
Who is clamoring for more money?
can tell you who they are GENERALLY the
soldiers of fortune, the speculators,l gold
gamblers, wheat scalpers and the class OF
men who produce nothing and who obtain
their living upon the misfortunes of other
men, The interest of every branch OF in-
dustry, of every man who labors with his
hands, is to have good money. Your cur
rency to. day. though in one sense the best
YOU ever had, because it has uniform
value all oyer the country is, nevertheless,
not what it purports to be. | hold in my
hand greenback, Vow what is dollar
that is here promised to be paid? The
law defines it to be so many grains Of sill
yer, or its equivalent IN gold Then this
promise is to pay me 50 much silver or SO
much gold. Why, then, is this promise
daily violated? If you give your PROMISE
to pay money, and you do not perform it,
then the law takes you in hand, and sells
you out under the hammer, to satisfy your
obligations. No excuse of inability, or
that it will distress you, will serve you,
But with the best government on earth it
is quito otherwise. Instead OF paying our
long overdue and dishoDored promises, we
have in the last few years, paid out many
hundl ed millions in gold to shave our inter
est bearing debt, not pressing for payment,
and not due for many years. What would
be said of an individual that should prac
tice such course, using his money to buy
UP, at discount, his paper not due Tor Il
long time? You would say he was ras-
cal, aud an epithet to give it emphasis.
The daily Argus., 1874-10-20

FOR.INrERNALA AND EXTERNAL USE
We challenge the world to produce .
, remedy which will produce by actual test
more speedy, certain and ctfectual cure
for all Pains, OF whatever form, external
or Internal acute or chronic, deep seated
or otherwise. than
The daily Argus., 1874-10-20
Rl!g2SI|El

WARRANT ONE B0TTLEgA PERFECT CURE IN
TUE WORST Forms of Piles, two to 1--we b0t1le5 fr
lkPRosY, HcRoFuLA, RHEUMsTIsM, SALT hnEUM
CANCER, CATARRH, kIDEEY DISEASES, and all dis.
eases OF the SKIN, a2d the greatest Blood PdrideY
ever discovered Entirely vegetable / requestaf
TO send 10 me and take back their money iu al
cases Of failure. N one for Is years II d FOWLE
Chemist Boston, and Montreal. Sold throughout
the world. III BOTTLE. Send for Circulars of aston
ishing cures.
The daily Argus., 1874-10-20

DR.. ]. Walkers California Vin.
cgar. BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges OF
tie Sierra Nevada mountains Of Cal.or-
mia, the medicinal properties OF which
are extracted thercfrom W thout the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT.
TERs" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and 4 life giving principle,
4 perfect Renovator and lnvigoratoI
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities OF VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgative as well as u Tonic
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Nisceral Organs, N Bilious
Diseases.
GThe properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BiTrERS are Apericnt, Diaphoretic,
CarmiHatiyr Nutiitious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedativc, Counter Irlitant Sudoritic, Altera
tive. and A'tii BILIOUS.
The daily Argus., 1874-10-20
Nj "A. STA-'S .
PULMONIC BALSAM

possesses this rare combination. Prepared entirely
from vegetable Substances. with their balsamic
medicinal properties, it can be taken at any time
and under ali circumstances with perfect safety.
30 While II promptly and etfrCtuully arrests ir-
ritation of the air passages and the lungs. anu rap
idly relieves cough, l. ruHder item fur h. asss-
tance by promo ing froe discharge OF their accu-
mulated mnCus, and at the same TIM imparts
rircn@th and Nigor to the whole system. Thousands
have been speedily AID etiectually cured by lis
timely use while suffering with severe colds, pro.
trac coughs, and various other forms Of LUNG
DISEASE
sold by all Druggists and Apothecaries through
oul the country. d&weow
The daily Argus., 1874-10-20
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE. .

HAPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN from the effect
OF Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood re
stored. Impediments to Marriage removed. New
method of treatment. New and remarkable rene
dies. Books and Circulars sent free, in sealed
gelopes.
Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 South
Ninth Street Philadelphia, Pa.,-an Institution
having high reputation for honorable conduc
and professional skill. g-5dtS w3m
The daily Argus., 1874-10-20
ALMOST A MIRACLE! !
TESTIMONIAL

ONCE aud hcs lLt nee NO. ~ Daup Inc 49,
NEW ORL. Ans sept. ~, ,3
CAPT TRNON j, - OUDHAhD
Agent Ma- air, = Medicines.
No - Maguz ST eet:
ESTEEMED SIR FIom selling of heartfeI graf
itude. general selse oi duty, am pr mpted
to address YOU aud respectfully bes TO give AI-S
voluntary and brief statement U. my past AM pres
ent state of health. USDBANGn LIVER AND BLOOD
BITTERs ASD SARsAPAkILLA Tonic. My health TO-
year. has been bad bat IrOan the con.mencemen u
This wear rapidly declined, fur,inE me To- abaIoor
All clarattr OF business; ana upon becoming
pieseIy paraly zed in my Hsht arm ami w,tn my
whole iZhl eide tureatoneu, Oecame helpless aud
hopeless iuuyed, though attS nfcd upon 10y to mos
skiIuul physicians Vi t..is ana o,a,r states and
CITIES, with no benefit; and, IN fact. my own Hea'
cal knowledge forces he to realize the lact thal
!, - some change and improvement took place sOO-
win me would shorty die, aud made Hy e'ei!
earthly arrangement accordingly, when D! nus f
prov dental circumstance wac "irectVu ~ 20 -
met you, about a month ago, ana, rom 49, -,
erous sympaihi, was induced 10 ErilH! 80, -
witt hope OF confdenoc OF bspeht 10 - ~, s atom
only try the Cundurangu' ana - ~ ,,,t .,,Tir,-lv
ishmca; and graiinCaiiOn. AIN 70" ,, "a -. Il
r.sored to- D. rfvet kraltH- ana ia. ~ tuS ~ W
but on bottle OF tn C1Sp," "a ~ ~ Ls'sH 80
| m ooD BITTER, aua >AB-AfA.'lLLA 10 tSi;
/ Diog i - a. -,,,,,i anu rcsuIreu,vG u.@-, AMI NI'
-. r,x I-.r -Ir, sr .iclul in my rei"chorahS'
al y n, fr ga, kid luterv7i s.i1 utfous sym Aius
o. - ~ ~ iu az, trhld icipl--e I,sS, tltt AL
sAo -. f,taf % IbU Use OF Lunut ran-o ahd ~
,5,, Prs,i ,u-, through you, ana a. 'ted Tor
new l,a-t o4 Ne .....,..
tiof 81 my b. Raac aud by lny IA fpy rN''il
enc none ueet deep IT. sud that throdSh y'a' u
the nl Cunduran- %. they may aiso a'N a.
aud restoration 10 hea- When even ny. -
has fed. WITH respue, aud gta ltpde n.ah'
NV UKL ASs, ; pt, a, lss5
We the undersigned, httng ei-",sal } se4u-i.na 4.sv
with Dr. Logan. che, rai'S o'this tha, ',t sso
stat.Inert n sftss a4ss c. "a eNerS lar lcais
| GuOl'MiN.
BAN'L uh ran
Sod ~ Csn-,r & hon'a-. "-< i-'ana'
The daily Argus., 1874-10-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.
STANDARD toTIA susTtE.

DIPLOMA AWARDED
BY The AMERICAN IN
sTiruTE each year. A.
w. Thomas, PateDter
and Manufacturer, fod
fhe III -htest, StronS'
srs' ml musl. comfort
able Is nsti e--IT he
standard Loua-4that
can BE- W lrn. Sizes
to suit every style Of
sl White street, New
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16

TEE LONGEVITY OF IDLERs.--Dr. Hufe-
land in a work edited by DIR. Erasmus Will
son, F. r. 5. says: g He who eats without
labor will never thrive. We shall find that
no idler ever attained to a great age, and
that those who have been distinguished for
their longevity were all men whose lives had
been extremely active and laborious. But
mental idleness is hurtful as we'll as bodily
because it produces langour. What do we
remark in man who is subject to langour?
He begins to yawn this already betrays that
the passages Of the blood through the lungs
is interrupted. The power of the heart and
vessels suffers, Of course, and becomes too
torpid. Ifthe evil continues longer, accumu-
lations and stoppages of the blood take place.
The organs Of digestion acquire tendency to
weakness, all the functions are weakened, and
deranged. A state which disturbs the most
important functions of,the body, and which
enfeebles the noblcst powers, is a shortening
of life. rs sfse8k
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16
MISCELLANY.

THE MAMMOTH CAVE IN MExICo.-It is
said that the cave at Cacahuamilpa is the
largest cave in the world. Several persons
who have visited the Mammoth Cave of Ken
lucky and that Of Cacahuamilpa,- in Mexico,
pronounce the latter the larger. volcanic
mountain with a distinct crater covers this
cave. 1t ispot described inTguide books OF
books Of travel 1t has, in fact never been
adequately described. Mr. Porter G. Bliss
has twice examined it, the last time in Feb
ruary Of the present year. Six hundred per-
sons constitute the last exploring party; they
were provided with Bengal lights and scien-
tifc appliances. After reaching level at
perhaps SO feet depth, they proceeded ~
miles into the interior. The roof was so high
"a succession of hills--that rockets often ex-
ploded before striking it. Labyrinthine pas
sages leave the main hall in every direction.
Stalagmites and stalacites are abundant.
Below this cave at d great depth, are two
other immense caves, from each Of Which Is
sues branch of great river, uniting here.
These two rivers enter some i've miles distant
at the other side of the mountain, flow
parallel, and issue at last together. Vast
quantities of bats are the most numerous in
habitants of the ern.-Scientiac Anserican.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16

WHAT RELIGION Is.--Religion is not a
simple consciousness of God, but it is that
consciousness afterit has moulded life and
made the spirit great in its impulses, great in
its duties, great even in its pleasure. God is
the fnitiai p9int Of great life but from the
gateway the life flows out and widens to the
breath of the world. When you hold creed
in your hand and read and re-read it, you are,
perhaps, upat the spring of a river but you
can float no ship there and can find no station
or city in that dreamy place. Follow the
grand teachings of Jesus and his saint, and
strike religion far away from this first defini-
tion. Seek the Amazon not upon obscure
mountain springs, but down toward the sea-
where the ships of all the world may move
and rock upon its bosom, and where not far
away the great ocean rolls, with its music aud
mystery, sublime reminder Of the soul and
its God on both sides Of the tomb S,cing's
Last Sermon.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16

A VERY PRAcTIcAL INrEREsT.--At a
meeting in London to receive a report from
the explorer sent to discover the lost tribes of
Israel, Lord H. was asked to take the
chair, 81 take, z he replied, " great interest
in your researches gentlemen. The fact is,
have borrowed money from all the Jews now
known, and if you can find new set shall
feel very much obliged"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16

If the times are hard stop your paper but
do not shorten your allowance for whiskey or
tobacco. Agood paper in q family, is great
comfort to the wife and children, but that is
no reason why you should provide them y it'll
weekly luxury at the expense Of daily ne
cessity.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16

A Scotch farmer was greatly exercised re-
garding the, safety of his hay crop. The
weather, though often threatening, favored
his efforts till ne succeeded in getting it safely
gathered IN, being in tins respect more
fortunate than several of his neighbors.
After seeing the last wisp of straw tied round
his stack, he exclaimed, with selfsatisfied
air -" Moo, sim hac gotten my hay a.
safely in, think the world be gre atty better
of guild. shower"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16

The strife with evil never ceases We are
afioat in leaky ship.a and must keep pumping
TO Keep from 60 y, down.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16

.fe
1t was in Harrodsburg Kentucky, the
other day, that a colored woman, gorgeous in
yellow calico and a favored Dolly Warden,
and evidently not familiar with the town,
came down the street, inquiring atevery store
if that was the place whore they kept letters
for the people, until finally, arriving at her
destination, the following dialogue occur
red: w
WOMAN. I" Has Sary Lewis sent anything
here for me from Lexingtonqo
Pm. "For whom 2"ii
WOMAN. "Men
r. NJ '4But what name !"
WOMAN. Swell, my names Nancy Scott
They sometimes call me Lucy Williams but
since got married last month I've changed
my name to Harriet Gray."C
Notwithstanding this explicit reply to his
interrogatoryr Mr.. Mailb. gs was unable to
ferret out the desiderated screed from "Sary
Lewis * 49,
5 i
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16

There are six George Washingtons in the
Pennsylvania State Prison.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-16
FIRE ENGINE FOR SALE,

yyOR SALE the apparatus of the Hibernia Fire Com
IL pany, consisting of one Hand Engine, Crane Neck
'tye' with folding brakes, built by L. Button Son
New York, also one HOSE CARRIAGE will
AIRY over 500 feet Of hose
For particulars In reference to price, terms &C..
Address JOHN URLEY, SRcy
HIBERSIA FIRE COMPANY, LAMBERTvILLE, N. J.
Aug 2sth, 1874 ~
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-03
Sad End Of a Strawberry Festival.

An appalling catastrophe occurred in SYRIA
cuse n. Y, on the night of the 23d of June,
the sad particulars of which are thus chroni-
cled by the telegraph: 4 strawberry festival
was being held at tho parlors Of the Central
Baptist Church, when, without any Fremont
ton, the floor gave way. precipitating the
roomful into the story below. The parlor
was on the second floor. and the room under
meath was also full A fire alarm was imrne-
diatey given. and the firemen hurried to the
scene. Soon 10000 people were there, and
tremendous excitement prevailed. The fol-
lowing were taken out dead DR.. o. W.
Wainwright, Mrs. Z. Austin Barnes, Mrs
James vi. Grow, Mrs. j. l.. Kari, Miss Gussie
Carpenter, Mrs. Abijah Vieder, OF Utica Miss
Oracle Holmes, Miss Winnie Collins, aged 10
to-day Hattie Leonard, 5 or 6 years old; John
Austin Ostrander, a boy about 8 years old ;
Miss Minnie Thomas frank Collins, aged ii :;
Lulu Horton. aged IL.
Mrs DR.. Wainwright will undoubtedly die
EX-Ad. Austrian Barnes is very seriously in
jured. The Rev. DIR. H. j. Eddy is slightly
injured. The bodies are supposed to be all
recovered now. II is impossible to get the
names of the injured tonight.
The city il filled with lamentations. The
scene in the streets around the church battles
description Thousands gathered there ask
ing after friends, waiting for the dead and
attending to the injured. The entire police
force and fire department Of the city were
called out, and took charge of the work of re-
covering the dead and wounded. The broken
timbers were hoisted up with difficulty The
walls of the church did not fall in, but are
seriously damaged. The church is compare
lively a new one. A few minutes before the
floor gave way, it trenbled so that many per-
sons left the room, fearing an accident. which
had been predicted by many The accident
was caused by the giving way Of a jost that
49,. tItff Nm ipi. hot u
sides Of the room to cross-striEger, the
middle of which was supported by iron rods
from the roof. The stringer gave way. pull
ing the ceiling and roof down upon the people
and precpitating them into the room below.
The work of recovery was exceedingly slow,
as it had to be done in the dark. and it was
feared every moment that the walls would
fall
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-03
The Mania for Relics.

A Boston correspondent tells the fol-
lowing "Mark Twain, in one of his
articles, speaks of the lady who treasures
a precious slice of bread from which
Dickens had taken bite. This sounds
like the broadcast burlesque, but the
following anecdote, which is literally
true, aud illustrates many peoples fool
ish desire for relics, shows that Twain
was hardly burlesquing in his essay.
The last time that Mr.. Dickens was in
this country he happened one morning
to breakfast at the common table of the
hotel where he was stopping. When he
had eaten his egg, he dropped the empty
shell into his egg-cup, and, after flush
ing his breakfast, he left the table. As
soon as he had gone, a lady who had
sat next to him arose, and, taking up
the cup, went to the hotel proprietor
and offered to purchase it of him at any
price and the unwashed egg-cup, con-
tanning the broken shell, is now kept by
her as a souvenir of the great novelist. !"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-03

will here relate story, writes a
Paris correspondent, which was told to
me by a distinguished physician, and in
which one of his friends N his own
profession was the actor-a story of
theft undertaken in the cause OF science
and humanity, and justifiable, If ever
such deeds truly are so. The young
doctor was called in to attend an elderly
lady. who was suffering from curious
and complicated form of heart disease,
which bafiied all attempts at investiga-
ton or relief. After IA lingering illness
she died, and the doctor, whose profess
sional interest and curiosity had been
excited to the highest point by the
novel and mysterious features OF the
case, requested to make an examination
of the body. His request was refused,
and, on his becoming importunate, he
was given to understand that not only
would the family of the deceased never
consent to such thing, but he was sig
niticantly assured that every possible
precaution would be taken TO guard
against the possibility of the disinter-
ment of the remains. The physician
was, however, not only an ardent devo-
tee of his profession, but man OF un-
conquerable tenacity of purpose as well.
Having ascertained in what room the
corpse was laid out, he provided him
self with burglarious as well as surgical
implements, and one dark night he
scaled the wall, forced open window
of the room wherein the body lay, made
the wished.f for examination and depart
ed, bearing with him the diseased or
gan, the singular motions OF which dur
ing life had defied his Investigations and
excited his curiosity. OF course the
deed was discovered, but the perpetra-
tor was never brought to justice, owing
possibly to the difficulty of identifying
the stolen article, as nobody had ever
seen it before.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-03
Married Men and st. Peter.

Once upon a time there were two
friends who were greatly attached TO
each other, and who agreed that which,
ever OF them died first should appear to
the other and tell him how matters went
in the other world. They were both
married men, and the first who died full
filed his promise and appeared to his
friend.
Chow do you get on ?" asked the
latter.
Famously," replied the ghost.
"When presented myself at the gate
above, St. Peter said to me What
has been thy life?' Senior, l replied,
Il am poor man l was married.
Say no more, said his holiness pass
in, you have gone through purgatory,
and now you may enter into glory
Then the apparition vanished, leav-
ing his friend greatly satisfied and con-
soled.
In process of time his wife died and
he married again. When the hour ar
rived that he was carried out of his
house feet foremost, he presented him
self in high spirits to ST. Peter.
"What has been thy life ?" asked the
SAINT.
81 was married twice." replied the
newcomer, confidently taking a step
in advance.
Back, gossip, back y cried st. Peter,
locking the gate in his face "there is
no room in heaven for born idiots.