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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-10
Tho City and Country Editor as q
Washingtonian Sight-Seer.
washington Cor. Chicago Times |

lNaSHilgtoH Sof SnicdgO llnles
The Henry Wattersons, Whitelaw
Reids, and Murat Halsteads stalk i'm
pressively into the Capitol, and strike
statuesquc attitudes in the lobby.
They affect Il Scotch unconcern in all
novelty; an Indian Indifference to
the remarkable. Congressman, they
imagine to be mere creatures of their
own handiwork; the President fel-
low of their own manufacture. They
listen, with supercilious glances at
one another, to few brief debates.
They are little astonishcd that the
Government machine runs right
along just as though they were not
in the city. They do not quite un-
derstand how it is that both houses
do not adjourn for week in honor
of their arrival, but they depart Sc
rene in the knowledge Of their indi-
vidual immensity. Like Octavius
Caesar the world belongs to them
and they know it.
The country editors bring their
wives, are delighted with all they
see, and, being honest Americans,
say so. They hold receptions and
enjoy themselves. They go every
where; see everybody; have happy
time, and are not ashamed to admit
the fact. Then they go home,
healthier, brighter, better.
Bless you forever, good country
editor. You may be enthusiastic,
but you are not a prig. There is
much of the salt of the earth about
you, and goodness knows You do
your full share toward sowing infor-
nation, and shaping an honest, pro-
gressive public sentiment. Worldly
success does not always tread close
at the heels Of merit, even in jour-
nalism. An editor may be a man of
brains and capacity, like many Of
you, toiling country scribes, and
yet not come into the ownership of
half u dozen busy eight-cylinder
presses. But he will make himself
felt and appreciated in some fashion,
you may be sure.
You are usually sure Of what you
have, saucy driver of the provincial
quill. You have not come into the
accidental possession of a controlling
share or two of stock, by which you
hold an uneasy rule ut the mercy of
u business manager. You are not
etcrnally quaking lest combinations
are being arranged by which you
will be dcposcd at the next annual
meeting of the stockholders. You
may not be stalled OK, but you can
eat your dinner of herbs in content
and independence. The obscurity
in which You labor is not half so
black as that in which many lucky
city editor lives in righteous fear of
being some day banished.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-10

possible, if desired, but the rule
should be observed. Flat crowns
are becoming to either tall or short,
thin persons. Stout women should
never wear the flat, but always the
low crown. The mistake women
make is filing hat under the eye Of
the milliner. 1t should be tried on
at home, and if it is not becoming it
ought not to be worn. There is no
woman SO homely that becoming
clothing will not improve her appear
ance, and there is such joy in be-
holding harmony and beauty that we
should all try hard to compass it.
Gradually, but all too gradually, are
women learning to see the dress ques-
ton in all it's varied aspects. Surely
if slowly they are recognizing the
fact that when once they outgrow it,
it will forever be their slave. The
class of people who have ruled the
world through this weakness of the
sex are terrified at the insubordina-
ton of the few Of the sex who have
already shown signs Of unmistakablc
rebellion. And concessions enough
have been made to them to convince
Them that enlightened womanhood
will one day overthrow the tyrant
fashion, and substitute in its stead
whatever is available, suitable, and
proper. The time will have arrived
when mistress and maid will 10 Ion
ger vie with each other in overload
ing their heads with excess of MILL
merry; when dresses cease to be the
mops for mclean sidewalks; when
lightmess and looseness shall be the
rule for every garment worn, and
when health and hygiene shall go
hand and hand with style and fash
ion, and be the arbiters, and not the
slaves of its caprice and whims.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-10
A French Hippodrome.

The Pail Nall Gazette says: 'Thc
hippodrome of Paris, which was
burned to the ground some wears ago,
lis about to rise from its ashes. The
restoration of this great circus will
be boon to the lower classes in
Paris, who delighted i'll the perform
ances at the old establishment.
These, indeed, amused everybody in
one way or another, since, although
on a large, nay, magnificent scale,
they resemble those Thespian efforts
at village fairs, which please by their
naivete and their incongruities as
much as more serious exhibitions Of
dramatic talent and effect. Among
the attractions of the hippodrome
was at one time series of bull-fghts,
at which the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals might
have taken reserved seats. The bulls
followed the toreadors about like pet
lambs, and were on terms of perfect
amity with the whole staff OF plea
dores, chulor, banderillcros, etc,
down to the matador, whose coup de
grace was innocuous. Spanish
visitors sometimes objected that the
spectacle was tame and deficient in
color, but no one needed them. This
primitive place of entertainment
would, on one occasion, have been
the scene of a fiightfll disaster but
for the presence of mind of the man.
ager, NJ. Arnault. An enormous
python escaped from it's cage in the
arena, during crowded performance,
and darted toward the audience, who
would soon have crushed each other
to death in their terror, had not NJ.
Arnault kept his head, and, sending
for a large can of milk, placed it in
the way of the monster, who stopped
to drink it, and was thus easily se-
cured.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-10
A Divers Peril.

Some time ago a canal boat laden
with steel rails was sunk off Tivoli,
Hudson River, and the services Of u
submarine diver was required. Dur
ing his operations he was watched
with the deepest interest by the yil'
layers and few days since the tcle
graph operator exprcsseda a desire to
don the submarine armor and go be-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-10
RAx1ra HAY.

oSA4oA4vS A418 = .sI.sel
Twas In the days Of moving
With honest arm and scythe;
When psighbn.s helped In nsighbors' helds
For me, grew striphhg-
They called me hall hand .
Among the stalwayt, sun Drowned men
Who titled the clover-land.
The rythmic swing Of sincws
Was regular and strong: 4ag
The even measured moving stroke
First set my soul to song,
Sweet music Of the whetsOnes,
Like morning bells in chime
Toned soothingly life's harsher sounds
My hearts still beating time.
Right bravely marched the mowers
Knee deep in towering grass;
They ranged according TO their skill
Like school-boys in class.
And strength was brought to trial,
And str0ve with wrestler's wrath
Who could the smoothest stubble cut
And who the widest swath!
How proudly strove the leader
The swiftest and the besti
He held his place cut or two I
Aiiowsd Asssa e oo q, on. re e Is Fss5i
The breadth Of brawny hand - aFa &c
master Of the moving craft,
He ruled the clOyer-land.
The morning beams came glancing
The fiuttering tree-t tops thro',
Like golden bills of birds that bent
To sip the sparkling dew.
And then, in soft mid-mOrning,
Began the harvest-day, -f .f
And all hands-girls and boys and men
Were merry making hay. gr
There came choice Of partners
Who could the best agree,
And lots were drawn by glances quick
Kate always fell to mel
Now turn thy glass, 0 Mem'ry,
Upon that harvest day,
Which poured its sunshine over me
And Katie making hay.
The morning call of luncheon
To grassy table laid
Assembled all the hay makers
Beneath a lone trees shade;
A bliss Of rest and breathing
By leafy fingers famed
And then another haying-heat
Raced DER the clover land.
We spread the swaths commingling
In beds of rustling brown,
And rich field odors tioated up
On wings of feather down.
Then rolled the ridgy windrows-
The triumphs Of the day;
l dreamed o'er triumphs Of life
With Katie raking hay.
She looked all over bonnet
OF gingham-blue and white
Her faces roses in the shade
Glanced out their own sweet light.
Her rake Voutd get entangled
Sometimes by locking mine,
And when she said: " Provoking thingi,
E'en quarreling was divine!
A spring of bubbling waters
Welled up in woodside cool.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-10
SWORD SWALLOWING.

Remarkable Exhibition at tho Boston
Theater--Sig. Carlo Benedetti
and his Performance with
Swords and Walking
Sticks.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-10

A Cincinnati professor has dcmonstrs.--
ted that man feels, just rs satisfied after
lunching on raM turnip alone rs If he
had f,ast.d at a kings table.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
How Charley Evarts Got over the Bridge.
S" ~Ny - WV WI tuo oiiuSes
From the GeHfst0 Nslss

from NE GeHfSt0 NeleS.
Capt Harrington, of Geneseo, and Con.
ductor Chas Everts. of the c., IMP.
railroad, bad provoking adventure at
Rock Island on Monday of this week, Ii
seems they were engaged 10 the pleasing
pastime OF a buggy ride when biz
storm arose, and they at once started for
Davenport. The horse they were driving
became unruly, and danced around pretty
lively on the bridge, which the guard view
ed with dubious eyes, as horses are not al
lowed to go faster than walk upon the
bridge. This suffering soul could not endure
the way that horse pranced anG he yelled
to Eyerts aud Harrington TO make him
walk, to which they responded that they
couldn't, and the guard said he muslin I
prance that way and Eyerts told him to
come and try himself if he wanted to, aud
then the guard ordered them off the
bridge, which command they had to obey.
Everts was in fix for his train was wait
ing for him in Davenport, and the rain, mind
you. was coming down in whole township
shipsfull all this time Everts grew des-
perate, and at last proceeded to climb up on
the railroad bridge and crawl on er to Day-
export on the rails. The Captain drove
about with the unruly nag awhile. and at
last chap got in with him, and he an
preached the bridge again. but was halted
by the guard who wanted to know If thar
was the same horse that had attempted to
cross a short time before. The Captain
whispered to his companion to say no
and the chap misunderstood him for he
sad ! don't know, upon which the guard
sareastlcaily remarked that that was too
zoe tnin' and ordered them back, aud the
over night
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
Personal,

There was an atfectionate meeting in
front of Mitchell & Lynde's bank at an
early hour this morning. 1t was touch
ing scene,-it always is when strong men
meet in loving embrace after an unyield
ing fight The gracious condescension of
the victor-thc glad, gentle aud happy de-
meanor of the vanquished Such was the
meeting between Tom Henderson and
Judge Lynde, as Lynde's man Friday
stumped along with his big cane and
brought the Judge out upon the sidewalk
that all the people might see the affecting
meeting. Meantime the defeated llawley
sat in the deputy congressman hardware
store gloomily reading his morning mail,
while George, the learned mixter,
was hanging around the Harper
House anxious to capture Henderson
and show him around ahead of Lynde'
man Friday, and thus be one ahead on
the post Office That affecting meeting
showed that if there was any one man
more than AM Their whom Judge
Lynde wanted to meet and shake
hands with, or for whom he had
more everlasting love, it was Tom Hen
derson who had graciously allowed him to
shelve Hawlcy, and then come in and
skunk them both, Mr.. Henderson, the
Republican candidate for congress in this
district, arrived at the Harper House last
evening and spent to-day in hunting up
constituents aud submitting to the toady-
ism of place hunters.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
e. r. Kunkels Bitter Wine of Iron

q. Z Auukels bltteE wine Oh 1rCu.
For the cure of weak stomach, genera
Debility, indigestion, diseases of the nerv-
Gus system, constipation, acidity of the
stomach, and all cases requiring a tonic.
The wine includes the most agreeable
and efficient Salt of Iron we possess; CT
trate of Magnetic Oxide, combined with
the most energetic of vegetable tonics--
Y elbow Peruvian Bark
The effect in many cases of debility, loss
of appetite, and general prostration, of an
efficient Salt of Iron, combined with our
valuable Nerve, is most happy. 1t aug
ments the appetite, raises the pulse, takes
off muscular flabbiness, removes the pallor
OF debility, and gives florid vigor to the
countenance.
Do you want something to strengthen
you? Do you want good appetite? Do
you want to build up your constitution?
Do you want to feel well? Do you want
to get rid OF nervousness? Do you want
emery? DO you want to sleep well Do
you want brisk and vigorous feelings? If
you do, try Kunkel's Wine of Iron.
This truly valuable tonic has been so
thoroughly tested by all classes of the com
munity that it is now deemed indispensa-
bic as Tonic medicine. 1t costs but lit.
tie, purifes the blood and give tone to the
stomach, renovates the system and pro-
longs life.
| now only ask trial of this valuable
Tonic.
Price 81 per bottle E. F. Kunkel Sole
Proprietor, No. 259 North Ninth St, Phil
adelphia, Pa,
Sold by all Druggists and dealers every
where
For sale by John Bengston.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
NOTES HERE AND THEIR.

Tom Saulpaugh says he always takes
room at the Sherman House when he
goes to Chicago.
We hear that Mr. S. NJ. Smith, Of
Kewanee, was badly injured about the
head by falling off the cars on last Satur-
day. We have no particulars. - Geneseo
Ne,cs.
The white plug hated fellow who was
put off the fair grounds at Peoria yester.
day has arrived in this city with his pal.
Look out for him ye innocent landlords.
he wears blonde mustache.
Mrs. Ann Clayton, of Davenport, was
killed last July by runaway team fright
ened by kite. Robert Clayton has sued
the city, in two suits, for $4,000 damages.
Grant Il Smith are his attorneys.
"A committee of mechanics examined
the ruins Of the Presbyterian church this
afternoon, in order to enable the church to
decide what is best to be done. The bull
ding is weak and rickety affair, and a
new one is much needed. But if the wreck
can be made tenantable and safe until a
new house can be built it will PROBABLY be
done.
A lot of graceless scamps got up a
cl.nrirari in front of the house of Mr..
Woods, on Rock River street, below Ex-
change, on Thursday evening, on the oc-
casion of the marriage of his daughter.
Mr. Woods should have dispersed them
with shot gun. That's the right way to
treat such mobs-and it is justifable un-
der the law. An ex-governor OF Ohio did
that, once, and for killing one of the crowd,
was acquitted.
"A colored man, named johnson, liv-
ing on an alley off Brady street, one or two
blocks lorth of Fifth street, Davenport.
became jealous of his wife, and threatened
razors, shot guns, etc., for her and speci
men of poor white trash, named Brooks.
Brooks got out warrant for johnson,
whereupon he and his wife made up. and,
the Democrat says, making bundle of
their bedclo.hes and three-legged stool
they left this cline for cot on the Rock
Island side of the Mississippi"
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
mot Very Well"

feeling of vague bodily discomfort, which does
not amount to positive Illness, and yet Is ncompat
ible with health, is often aptly described by the
phrase, Not very WE'LL This feeling usually
arises from deficiency of the nervous power
which is required to keep the vital machinery III
vigorous and healthful operation. Nervous weak
ness has too frequently turned out to be the pre-
lude of some serious malady to admit OF any doubt
in the matter. Inactivity OF the bodily functions
as surely begets their arrangement as cause pre-.
cedes effect
1t is therefore absolutely essential for the preser
walton of health perhaps of life itself, that this
warning should be promptly, needed. The case
does not admit of delay. Revitalize The system at
once and effectualy with Hostetter's Btters-that
peerless invigorant which, by infusng new health
and strength into the system. protects it against
h 5e ng q old
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19

BACCHANALIANs AND ToBACCoNALIANs.
The use of tobacco provokes expectora-
ton and creates thirst. Intoxicating Ii
quors are drunk to quench it, but it grows
by what it feeds upon. The brain and
nervous system become irritated, and then
tobacco, either as fumigant or as fodder,
is again employed, to sooth and deaden
the irritation. Thus the evil work goes
on--tobacco sometimes leading to the use
of strong drink, and sometimes strong
drink leading to the use of to-
bacco Certain it is that men of high
standing in society assert that VINEGAR
RrrTERs, the new Temperance Tonic, will
annihilate all desire for taLooco, and hirsl
for Intoxicating drinh. 1t is already
widely known that this Invigorant and
Restorative is etfecting wonders in dyspep-
STA, bliousness constipation, and all ner-
vous, muscular and glandular diseases but
if it will emancipate our Bacchanalians and
Tobacconalians from their bondage to alco-
hol and nicotine, money cannot measure its
value uor do Justice to its Importance.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
Death in Coal Valley.

We regret to learn of the death Of one
of the best men in Coal Valley Peter j.
Bratt, Esq'r-who died at 4 o'clock this
morning. Mr., Bratt was an extensive
business man, having stove and hard
ware in Coal Valley, and another in Orion,
and a good deal of real estate in other pla-
ces. lie way justice of peace, His loss
will be generally deplored. He was a man
about 80 years of age, aud leaves wife
and children
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
Is the most economical Baking Powder
for the Consumer In use.

Because it is full strength, consequently
fifty per cent. cheaper than any other Pow.
der sold.
1t requires less quantity.
Contains no injurious acids.
Is warranted chemically pure.
Will make better, lighter, and more nu-
tritious Biscuits, Rolls, Mullins, Pastry,
Puddings, &C., than made from fermented
yeast.
| The Champion, wherever introduced, has
aiken the lead with all lovers of pure and
economical articles, and has given univer-
sal satisfaction, as is being acknowledge
by ALL
You get what you pay for.
1t is put up full net weight in each size
package.
1t is uniform in quality.
1t is made of select and pure materials.
Persons with the most delicate and SEN
sitive stomachs can eat Biscuits, Bread,
&c, made with the Champion with impun-
ity, when Bread made from fermented
Yeast gives distress, and can not in many
cases be retained on the stomach.
FACTS FOR HOUsEKEEPERs.
HEDGES CHAMPION BAKING
POWDER will make twenty pounds more
bread from barrel of flour than can be
done by any other Baking Powder.
No time required for dough to rise, but
bake in hot, quick oven, as soon as mixed
HEDGES CHAMPION saves Eggs,
Shortening, Milk, &c. ......
The efficacy of its worth, in this respect,
can be tested by the following delicate cake
recipe:
Two coffee cups white sugar and one halt
cup butter, one coffee cup cold water,
three cups of -four, white of four eggs,
three teaspoons HEDGES CHAMPION
BAKING POWDER, one and half tea
spoonful Hedges Concentrated Extract
Vanilla. ................
1t is put up in neat packages of Quar-
tiers, Halves, and Pounds, for Family use.
And IN b, 10, ana 20 10. cans, tor con-
venience of Hotels.
Packed in barrels or boxes as desired.
| Manufactured at the Laboratory of
W. N. HEDGES & CO.,
Southeast cor of Main and Center sts.,
SPRINGFIELD ..... OHIO.
For sale by all Retail Dealers.
The following are our Wholesale Agents
in Cincinnati, and Indianapolis.
II. l.. STILES 4 Co., Cincinnati 0.
DAdGET 4 Co., indianapolis, Ind
The genuine Champion Baking Powder
is for sale by W. G. WEIGH, j. B. CAR
GILL, BLANCHARD & BAILEY, w. B.
SARGENT, HENRY SCHNITGER and VIM
SHEARER.
And wholesale by
9-23d-sat-lyl HENRY DARTS Sons.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
A family named Scip who reside no,

"A family named Scip, who reside near
Valley City. Scott county, Iowa, retired
Tuesday night, placing their smallest child
in a cradle. In the night, the parents
were awakened by the child becoming very
restless, and crying out on one or two oc-
casions very Justify. The mother did not
pay any more particular attention than TO
quiet the child, and get it to sleep again.
In the morning, the mother, on going to
the cradle, found the ehild's clothing com
pletely saturated with blood.its little hands
being completely covered with matted gore.
After an examination, it was found that
during the night a rat had been eating the
flesh from the palm of the hand, and also
several Of the fingers. The child was
taken to a doctor and the wounds dressed.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19

The citizens Of Davenport are making
another effort to get the d. K ST. Z, trains
into town. Two plans are proposed: one
by laying track into east Davenport To a
point just north of the north end of John
Hornby's trestle, where a side track and
temporary depot can be inaugurated; the
other and more sensible. TO resume the
conection with the e. r. |. 4 z. road at
the brow of the bluffs and run in over that
track until money can be rails
ed to come squarely into the city By the
proper route.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
Nervous Debility.

| depressed, irritable state of mind: weak, ner
| yous, exhausted feeling; energy or nimaiIon
| confused head, weak memory, often with debilita
ting, involuntary discharges. The consequence Of
excuses, mental overwork or indiscretlons. This
NERVOUS DEBILITY finds sovereign cure In HUM.
PnREY's HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No 2S. 1t tones
up the system, arrests discharges dlspels the
tai gloom and dependency, and reJuvenates the en-
tire system. 1t is perfectly harmless and always
efficient. Price s., for package Of five boxes and
a large - vial of powder, which is important in
Old. serious cases; or 81 per single box. Sold by
ALL Druggists or sent by mail On receipt of price.
Address HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC MEDICINE
CO., No 562, Broadway N, Y.
Fol Jale by Otto Grotjan IS Illinois Street Benser
& Thomas c Speidel and E Breunert, Rock Island
and Richards, Moline. 3-4dmwf&w1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
From "a, caIeaao Journal. 1s,a.
Tllton's Filth.

Theodore Tilton's promised "seconC
statement "a verbose outpouring of ma
lightly, and containing but little that i:
really new, was circulated on the streets Of
Chicago, to-day, to the public-published
as an advertisement in the TibHne's extra,
II fills four pages of the Tribune, and we
pity any man or woman who shall have the
taste or patience to read il all.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
Gard Of Thanks.

To the Editors Of the Rock Island Argus:
At meeting of the officers Of the Pres
byterian church of this city, held this day,
| was requested to thank the severa
churches, who so courtcously rendered us
the joint use of their houses of WORSHIP
in our houseless condition. occasioned BY
the storm of last evening.
ALEX. STEEL,
Chairman Board of Trustees
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19

NOTICE. j. Zimmerman, manufacturer
of pianos, will sell them at wholesale prices
to private persons. Also Taylor q Farley
organ with two sets Of reeds, the best in
| the market. for 500.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
The Weather---To-nay.

The following shows the temperature
at THE ARGUS OFFICE to-day, as in.
Dictated hv thermometer:
Z A. NJ. DC above zero. II NJ 623 above zero
y A. NJ, 81 up. NJ. 62~
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
Enrthe Argus,

UNION SERVICE. The members of the
Presbyterian church and congregation are
cordially invited to worship at the Metho-
dist church tomorrow. Rev.J X. Findley,
will occupy the pulpit morning and even
ing. The usual collection will be taken up.