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This unparalleled SPECIFIC is compounded in
Natures laboratory, and, from its magic power a d
Unprecedented achievem nts the eminent
men in this country have. after thorough and Sc
we're test, pronounce" it the only sovereign Remedy
for
BRIGHT'S DISEASE AND DIABETES;
Also, all Urinary, Bladder and Liver Affections,
with Dropsy. SC.
7" the minds of many our claim may seem pre-
poster Us TO accomplish Ia Bethesda Water that
hich has 80 NJ ana Il ii continues to file med
lea rCien c. We ask but u test do not row our
skcptr cism t. be ur per II Bethesda don't
cure y Il, 1t Cal not, certainly, do you any injury;
tn 'refO avail yours IF of the most pleas mt d
eficacious curative agent offered TO suffering
humanity.
w claim Bethesda to be specific in all cases of
iabetes. Inf mmatior of the kim .ys, Infiamma-
iiOI Of Neck the Bladd r aud U, thr, Inflam-
nation Of the Bidder, Dropsy. equity Swcllmgs
st1ppag OF Urine, Albumenuria, Ropy Cloudy
Urine, b lex Dust ID posit Think, Morbid, Bilious
md dafk app airing Urine, wi Bone Dust Dep s
its; Bu ming Sensation with Sharp rams when vol
amy trnr; iCm0tofage Ui the Kid cEs.Iai. III the
Kidneys and I.oins, Torpid Liver Indigestion, Cal
culus, and Female Weakness
COL. ri II NRD DUNBAR
4-@'h%wl"i DIR cgoF and G III Manager
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29
Grant and Porter

A great many good people seem to be
puzzled to account Tor the Indifference with
which President Grant has thus far treat
ed the case Of his brother soldier General
Et2-J ohm Porter. There was time. scy-
eral years ago, when it was believed that
IN matters affecting the rights and the hon
or OF military men President Grant might
De relied upon to show the chlvalric in e
stncts OF professional soldier Yet those
instincts have been appealed to in vain in
MN over and over again on behalf of Gen
eral forter by the press of all parties, by
the Legislatures OF sovereign States, and
by associations OF military men. Those
VINO thlnk TINS strange may get little light
perhaps on the meaning of the President s
conduct when they learn that General
and Mrs. Pope" were among the few per-
sons especially invited by President Grant
to attend the wedding OF his daughter In
tins case probably, as in most other cases.
the motives Of President Grants public
conduct are to be sought for exclusively in
ms private relations. And it ought not to
Nc forgotten that President Grants obliga-
:ions 70 GENERAL Pope, though indirect, are
ipe'meen them mad not broken up McClel-
Ian campaign of 1862 and hronrb+ L.
VIGOROUSLY into the North, Richmond
would pretty certainly have fallen two
years before it actually fell, and = o wi
many things which now are would p SUr
have been. What may be called ''conso
quentlal obligations to a blockhead fo,.
Dement'S resulting but never intended NV
nun to result from his blockheadism ongL,
not Oh course to outweigh in the mind Of
an honorable man the demands of s;mnIa
justice and duty. What we say we saw
only by way of explanation, and not at nj
way OF Justification, of the course al
seS'uent Grant-M y. World. u
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29

To these three medicines DR.. j. II. Schenck Of
Philadelphia owes his unrivalled success in the
monte Syrup ripens the morbid matter In the lungs
nature throws 1t OF BY an easy ozpectoration, for
when the phlegm or matter is ripe slight cough
will throw it of, and tn patient has rest. and the
lungs begin TO heal.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29

Speaking of the establishment of anew
post-oflice somewhere in Maine at the re-
quest of Mr. Blaine, the Portland Star says
that down in his district the people have
become so much impressed 10y the con
slant repetition of the phrase, at the re-
quest of Mr.. Blaine, that they have al
most regarded themselves as dependent on
him for the ordinary blessings of lite. If
there comes timely shower, the pious
farmer rejoices in his mind and presumes
that it was sent lat the request of Mr..
Blaine Nay, the new style of obituar-
les in Central Maine is, Admitted to
heaven by request of Speaker Blaine -
- Springfield Republican.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29

DIR. J. Walkers California tln-
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains Of CaIiior-
MIA, the medicinal properties OF which
are extracted therefrom without 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 life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and lnvigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in heafng the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, IN Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKER's
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Dlaphoretlc
Carminatve Nutritious. Laxative, OuretG
Sedauve Counter Iuitant, Sudortlc, Attera
tive. and Anti Rilious
r. II. MCDONALD ~ CO..
Druggists and Gen. A CTS. San Francisco California
| and cor of Washington and Charlton SITS. N Y.
Sold by all Druggists and d. alers.
1 d&w1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29

Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt, in his report as
United States Commissioner to the Paris
Exposition of 1867 upon the production OF
iron and steel in its economic and social re-
lations. said that in the United States the
cbeanest region for the manufacture of pig
iron. as vet extensively developed, is on
the Lehigh river in Pennsylvania. He
predicted, however, that when the iron
business should be established along the
great valley which extends from Virginia
to Alabama, the labor of bringing the coal
and ore together would be considerably
less than on the Lehigh river, and that it
would be possible to manufacture iron
there to any required quantity with as little
labor--a most important element of cost
as is required for the production of iron in
the Cleveland district in Great Britain.
The coal fields and iron ores of Alabama
are beginning to attract the attention of
capitalists, and a writer in the Courier
journal gives some interesting information
relating to the former. There are two dis
tinct, well-defned coal fields in the State,
differing alike in quantity and quality,
known as the Black Warrior and Cahaba
fields The first embraces about 5000
square miles, Yields bituminous coal
which burns freely, cokes we'll and makes
good gas. The Cahaba coal field for the
most part lies between the Selma Rome x
Dalton railroad and the Cohaba river, and
yields better coal for general use than
the other, though it is more expensive to
mine on account of troublesome bands of
shale About three-fourths of the Ala
bama coal used in the State comes from
two mines in the Cahaba field. The day
is not far distant when the coal fields OF
Alabama, besides supplying the home con-
sumption, which will be enormously in
creased by the development of iron mines,
will provide all the Gulf ports with the
greater portion of their fuel, it being only
a little more than 200 miles from the coal
regions to the seaboard at Pensacola. AL
ready shipments have been made to the
| West Indies
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29

Liver Complaint is one of the most prominent
causes of Consumption.
Schencks Seaweed Tonic is gentle stimulGnt
and Alternative and the alkali in The Seaweed which
this preparation Is made Of assists the stomach to
throw out the gastric juice to dissolve the food with
the Pulmonic Syrup, and ii is made good blood
without fermentation or souring in the stomach.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29

They are all three TO be taken at the same time.
They cleanse the stomach relax the liver and put it
to work; then the appetite becomes good; the food
grow in flesh; the diseased matter ripens in the
lungs and the patient outgrows the disease and gets
well. THIS is the only way to cure Consumption.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29
MOFFAT'S life PILLS
ana
PHOENIX BITTERS.

The Most Successful Medicines
in the World.
Established in 1885, by one Of
our Most Eminent Physicians.
and now used throughout North
and South America, with more
pleasing results than any other
Medicine in cases of diseased
Liver, Blood Or Skin, Indiges-
ton, COstiveness, Bilious Corr
plants, rheumatism, and Fever
and Ague.
Thousands Of certificates are
in our possession, giving detailed
accOuts Of perfect CURES effect
ed by these invaluable Medicines.
They regulate the System and
put all the functions of the body
in a healthy condition.
ty~ Sold by Druggists everywhere.
]. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
81 Liberty Street, New York.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29

Schcnck's Mandrake Pills act upon the liver, re
moving all distractions relax the ducts of the gall
bladder, the bile freely, and the liver is soon
relieved; the stools will show what the Pills do
nothing has ever boz }Jented except calomel "a
deadly poison winch Is very dangerous touse unless
with great care) that will unlock the gail BLADDER
and start the sccretons Of the liver like Schenk :
Mandrake Pills.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29
CLIMAX! CLIMAX +!
PAGES Climax SalYe. a Fami

RACES tllmax SalVe, a FANNY
blessing for % cents.
1t heals without a scar. No
family should be without it.
warrant it to cure ScrOfula
Sores, Salt Bheum, ChiIb!ains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and Sprains.
1t has been used over twenty
years, without one failure.
1t has no parallel-haying per-
fectly eradiCated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. 1t is a compound Of
Arnica with many other Extracts
and Balsams, and putupin larger
bOxesfOr the same price than any
other Ointment.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29

To do this, the Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills
must be freely used to cleanse the stomach and live
so that the Pulmonic Syrup and the food will make
good blood.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-02
Our NatiOssaI Wealth.

The statistics of the last census in regard
to the wealth Of the nation four years ago
contains interesting information pertaining
to that subject even at this late day. The
amassed wealth of the whole country, &C.
cording to these statistics, was, in 1870,
30,0GS, 4Ss, 507, against SIC, l59, Gl6,OGS in
1850, and s., 1856, 7SO, 22S in 1850. twill thus
be seen that notwithstanding the immense
waste and loss ofproperty during the exhaust
ing four years. war, together with the loss Of
$4,000 900 in slave property, the increment
Of national wealth during the past decade
reaches little over sc per cent, while, dur
ing the past two decades, the gain has been
a little more than three hundred and ten per
cent! The growth of real and personal
property in the leading States has no par
allel in the worlds history. New York
greatly exceeds in wealth any other State in
the Union-Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachu-
sets, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana ranking
next in the order written.
The entire valuation of the property of the
whole country was at that time little over
$50, 00O, 900, 900, against about G,0OO, OOO,-
900 in 1850, being an increase Of IS per cent.
in ten years embracing the period of the
rebellion. At the same ratio of increase,
the wealth Of the nation would now reach
about $40 1000, 100000, while our wealth
nearly doubles in each ten years, that Of
Great Britain doubles at the rate of once in
one hundred years, or only a tenth part as
FAST
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-02
Z lac NEakSaclSUSctt1 ScnatOUsEiEp.

The New York Times, becoming impatient
at the delay Of the Massachusetts LeSisla-
ture in choosing Mr.. Summers successor,
recommends the election of Charles Francis
Adams, and thinks it would be the most graft
flying choice that Md be made. To the
Democratic party it might possibly be ex-
ceedinsly gratifying, and to that portion Of
the Republican party which thinks it has full
filed its mission and outlived its usefulness.
And even to them we suspect the election Of
Mr.. Dawes would be quite as gratifying. We
shall he mistaken if the Democrats who are
now supporting Mr.. Curtis, don't drop him
and unite on Mr.. Dawes, should his friends
adhere to him. IL can make little difference
to the Republican party which Of these cam
didates prove successful. At any rate, it is
quite certain that Mr.. Adams has no sympa-
thy with the Republican party, and very lit
tie, if any, with the principles to which Mr..
Sumner devoted so many years of his life. 1t
would very strikingly illustrate the sincerity
of the Massachusetts, Legislature towards Mr..
Sumner since his death. to fill his vacant seat
in the Senate, by electing a man entertain
ing none Of his views upon the question of
civil rights of the colored race, and having
no feelings in common with the Republican
party upon hardly one Of the great questions
of the day.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-02

The passage of the bill by the House, linn
iting the greenback circulation at 500, OCO,-
600, has brought down upon the heads of its
members a flood Of abuse from the hard
money portion of the press. These financial
Solomons seem to imagine that all human
wisdom is embodied in their heads, and that
everybody who differs from them is a fool or
knave. Though the bill in question was
passed by vote of more than two to one in
the House, and its principle approved by
decided majority of the Senate, these immacu-
late editorial censors denounce them not
only as utterly ignorant of the wants of the
country, but as fagrantly false to the princi-
pies of the Republican party. The fact that
amongst the statesmen of the country as well
as those who have devoted their lives to the
study of finance, there are not two who agree
upon any single measure in all its details,
makes no difference with these newspaper
magnates. They havn't doubt but they
know all about it, and that there is some
thing radically wrong in the head or heart of
all who do not agree with them. So Con-
gress has to take the unnsparing abuse of
these modern Solons, for having decided that
the currency Of a country should increase in
proportion to its increase in wealth and pop
ulation,
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-02

Observation-Disclosures harder on the tax
PAYERS than on the criminal-stand ON the
statute book? We have decided notion
that they would not. Instead of putting their
criminals in Jail, and feeding them better
than they fare at home, they would adopt
mode of punishment that Furnishes. Instead
of falling at public expense, they would have
instruments of actual torture to the flesh,
such as the whipping post, pillory, stocks,
thumb screws, etc. Since these people are
mixed up with us in such way that they can
not make their own laws to fit their peculiar
natures, wise craftsmanship would seek to
adapt special laws to their race peculiarities.
Thirty days. to white man in Jail, with
the attendant disgrace Is punishment,
though you should feed him on all the deli
cacies and daintics the market Affords as
the hotel-keepers have it in their advertise
ments but what is it to the negro, who OBJ
tains an uncertain and often scant subsist-
ence by begging and thieving. 1t is rather
luxurious case. Under these circum-
stances, he would be wise law-givcr who
could rise above the folly of disregarding the
distinctions of race, and enact that ~ public
whipping post shall be erected in the public
square for the eXpiation of the smaller Of
fences by the race of people who can laugh
to scorn few days failing with good feed
ing, could be made to feel and to squirm un-
der the inlction of 40 save one well laid
on the bare back"
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family, he goes like man every year and
pays tax upon it, from 800 to $500, But
right before his eyes, rises n lofty and lnxu-
rious edilice, the property of few rich men,
which they only care TO use four hours a
week. 1t is worth half million dollars, and
if it were fairly taxed it would place in the
city treasury in the course of the year not
less than $4,000. But it will not pay in one
dollar, because it has two steeples upon it.
But mark: if a mob should burn it, the tax
payers would be expected to pay every dol
lar Of the damage. AT this moment a mum
Der of very worthy gentlemen, who stand
justly high in the community, are building in
the Fifth avenue an edifice for their Sunday
ediication, which is to cost about $500, 900.
The land alone cost s350,050. These gem
tlemen have perfect right to build this ele-
CANT and costly church if they can afford it.,
and if it accords with the principles of their
religion, of which they alone are to be judges;
but churches of this character may fairly be
classed as luxuries, and, as such, are peculi-
arly adapted to taxation. Many good Chris
tians deeply lament the expenditure OF so
much money upon ed,iices which minister to
the desires of so few, and to those few during
only few hours in every week. But those
lamenting Christians should be told that The
only way to keep within bounds the erection
of these costly churches-is to subject them to
lust and equal taxation.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-02
Excessive s1rinking--pis Beglnming
and End.

The Boston Commonwealth thus graphically
describes the rise, progress, and consequences
of excessive drinking. 1t is picture, 100,
true to life:
SIN all moral movements leaders are called
to their posts. Excessive drinking has puz-
zled the citizen and legislator. From time to
time Father Mathew appears who exerts
immense weight. Out of the stampede pro-
cess now in vogue it is to be trusted that per-
suasive souls may issue who are not only
replete with the divine aiilatus, but who are.
reasonable, philosophical, and physiological;
who will seize the dilemma by the horns and
trace 1T back to the roots who shall convince
as well as move. Extravaganza in measures
is not surprising when we consider the mag
nitude of the subject, and that it has come TO
be classed among the neutrality-suspicious. of
the age. No painter, however fertile in inn
aginaton, no sculptor of most enviable repu-
tation no rhetorician just from Parnassus.
has, or can justly describe the miseres which
grow out of this habit. Bows save their pen-
mics, and purchase Herewith the deadly bey.
erage; older lads go deeper, and through it
are lured to other vices; their comparative
seniors couple 1t with excessive smoking and
befOg intellect and body; the mddle-ared
man resorts to clubs and bars, is tem,itcd into
speculation which ends in forgery, and the
like; the pauper octogenarian clasps Jug or
bottle: sells his garments, if need be, and
sOaks his life away. He will condescend to
any device; fill his boot, hat, stockings.
handkerchief, suspend walls about his person
to possess himself of this consuming flame
He delies family and officers, and makes his
wits, sharpened to one point, serve his base
designs.
How, under its spell, pecuniary means
shrivcl up like a bit of leather upon red-hot
iron! The once-free abode is mortcared
more and more, the pictures are sold, the
instrument, if there is any; whatever Jewels
and plate remain !; then follow clothes, piece
by piece till decency is scarcely preserved.
The supporter becomes the drag; domestic
peace is destroyed; the wife's heart is bro
ken the anchor, for whom she had ventured
highest hopes, left parents, doating relatives.
sunny France, fails her entirely. Reduced
to beggary, unused to mental EMPLOYMENT
skilled only in accomplishments, she turns
to the right and left to see what she can do.
She undertakes bOarders refurnishes he
steals now chair, then table, and so con-
stantly annoys her. He is an offence, and
drives OIL those who would lend q plank to
the struggling partner. She cannot succeed.
SO tries sewing; does hard, tedious work,
and strives to sustain herself and little Ones
lie is obscene, filthy, dcmoralizing to the
last degree. The children run and hide from
him in terror.
What havoc is there! The angel of hap
pier times is a mere phantom now; the babes
he has tended so carefully are targets for
his arrows, the former well-stored larder is
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-02
Hrsints:C

THE current number OF 50. Nicholas opens
with an article ofthe invention Of printing, by
Donald G. Mitchell, and by large engraving
Of Guttenberg's statue at Strasburg. An ar
ticle, entitled ''Liie-Saving On Our Coast"
by William II. Rideing, gives useful and
highly interesting account, OF how poor ship
wrecked sailors and passengers are saved
when they are thrown upon our coast for it
appears, they are nearly always saved.
Four excellent illustrations accompany this
articles. Another useful paper is that upon
"Wood Carving" illustrated by working de-
signs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps contributes
short story called "Taken at His Word"
iinelyi'lustrated by Sheppard. T. d. Aldrich
has an account Of the infant violinist, James
Speaight, which is full Of pathetic interest;
there is The Church-C Cock" a translation,
from the Swedish Of Topelius "Mrs. Pome
roy's Page" by Mrs. Mary r. Bradley;
"The Wrong Bird" by Paul Fort, a story
Of the trouble little negro boy got into by
going after birds nests that were bigger than
himself; and the conclusion of that "real
boy" story "Wrecked at Home" by Noah
Brooks. The poems are by Celia ThaXter,
Margaret Eytnge and Mary A. Lathbury.
The latter illustrates per poem, which is
curious conceit, showing how old Mother
Moon goes about after her little stars who
stay up too late. The three serials are in
creasing in interest. In Fast Friends"
there are adventures at clearinghouse in
New York; in "Nimpoo's Troubles" the
children get into scrapes in a Western village,
and in "What Might Have Been EXpected,'
wonderful schemes are concocted in the
backwoods Of Virginia. "Jack-in thePul-
pit" is unusually good this month; he fairly
sparkles with fun, and everybody, old and
young, will be sure to have a jolly laugh
with Jack" for April. The Letter Box and
other departments are full and interesting
as usual
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-02

II is idle to suppose that the barbarism"
produced by the cruel curse of slavery will
be eradlcated from the hearts of the people
who were so long subjected to its terribly de-
moralizing and blightirg influences, by the
destruction Of the institution. The depravity
was too thoroughly ground into the system
and had taken too deep root in the whole
constitution Of slave holding society, to be
efiacedSrom this and scarcely from the sue
ceeding generations, by the removal of the
cause. There is as strong determination to
keep alive veneration for the institution Of
slavery, feeling of hatred for the govern
ment for ovcrthrowing the system, and of
bitter prejudice towards the class of citizens
from whom the manacles have been removed.
The following barbarous and brutal article
from the Meridian (Miss.) Mercury, is one Of
q thousand such exhibitions as might be Sc
lected in proof Of our statement:
IF the race to which those people belong
who are faring sumptuously every day on
hotel fare, at the expense of another race,
had to pay the hotel bill, do you think. as a
free and independent people, they would let
the law which prescribes this mode Of pun