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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-03-12
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This railroad Is furnished with twenty
locomotives, four for passenger trains,
,hree Tor switches, and four for freight.
- has SIX passenger coaches, three nail,
Daegage ahu express cars. four freight
accommodation cars, eight or ten Ca
ooosee' anu Tour hundred freight cars.
Care has been taken TO build Inc road
In a solid and substantial manner ' Tba
iron rails were principally imported from
Europe, and the remainder We're made ar
the Wyandotte rolling mills. Detroit
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THE DAILY BULLETIN.

THE BULLETIN is published every morning
Except Monday in the Bulletin Building COR
ner Washington avenue and Twelfth street
Tm BULLErIN is served to city subscribers by
faithful carriers AT Twenty-Five Cents Il Week
payable weekly. by Mail lin advance, $40 per
annum; six months, SO; three months, 81; one
month, 81 %.
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Onward the car of progres. sweeps
along, thought we. looking from the
window of the luxurious coach on TO the
fields and woods, but without knowing
what was awaiting Us. The party was
now about five miles from Joncsboro.
the county seat of Union county. and had
TO pass through tunnel, cut in an clcva-
ted piece OF ground that forms contnu-
alton of the Ozark Mountains, in South
east Missouri. 1t was found that the
earth had given way near the approach to
the tunnel, doubtless washed down by the
heavy rain of the preceding night. An
aU'mpt was made TO push through the
tunnel, but without success. Several Ia
borers commenced To move the loose
earth and water nom the rails, but the
work was too great for them, II soon
became evident that the progress of The
train would be delayed for al least one
night, and the travellers prepared to spend
the evening in the ear. 4 messenger WAS
sent 10 some OF the neighboring houses
ana an abundant supper was obtained.
Inc nam aud eggs. bread and butter and
warm coffee brought good cheer To the
hearts OF the way-laid travellers. The
lamps In the car were lit, aud the coal
put IN the stove. Things began 10 have
a cheerful aspect, and conversation and
good hlllnor became general. Stories of
adventures IN the woods, stories of the
war, and anecdotes ofmirth and fun went
round freely. A. the night grew late,
the gentlemen began to arrange the seats
In the shape best adapted for comfort
and they gradually dropped asleep,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-03-12
OUR IRON BANDS.
. TRIP OVER THE CAIRO AND ST. LOUIS
NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
The Theory Of the Three-Foot Gauge, and the
Way 1t is Worked Out in Illinois

Aoac Account Of an Important Intci-
prise-IgOv the Excursionists EraV-
cIcd under Dinicuittes. aud spent ~
Night I'm the Woods
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Notice.

OFFICE OF TIE CAIRO a ST. LOUIS
RAIL ROAD Co, CAIRO, LII,
March 9Th, ls75.
4 meeting of the Directors Of this Company
will be held on Friday. the l9th day of March,
inst, A ID, 1878, at 10 O'Clock A NJ at the
ONCE offs, ) Taylor in the City of Cairo, Illi-
nois ( sTAATS TAYLOR,
d-dtd, President
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PARTICULAR NOTICE.

We have repenished our job Printing Office with
many fonts Of new type and have orders out for other
fonts Of the latest popular styles We determined
to establish the reputation of off for irst-class
work, aud make prices so low that the most enthu
sastic patrons of foreign cities will be compelled to adj
flee in the country. Mr. Oberly, admitted to be one of
the best practical job printers West and South, has
assumed personal supervision of the job printing de-
many patrons.
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ADVERTISING RATES.
ID A | l. Y
W T. f. x l. Y .

One square, one insertion, ...".."..-.si 90
Each subsequent insertion, .".""""..-" 10
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11
Health I! Beauty +!
The Great Blood Purifier

Every drop of the sarsaparllian Resolvent com,
municates through the blood, sweat, urine and
other fluids and juices Of the system, the vigor OF
life for it repairs the wastes of the body with
and sound material. Scrofula, syphilis. Consump-
tion, glandular disease, ulcers in the throat,
mouth, Tumors, Nodes in the glands and
other parts OF the system, sore eyes, strumorous
discharges from the ears, and the worst forms OF
skin diseases, eruptions, fever Sores scald head
ringworm, salt rheum, erysipelas, acno black spots
worms in the flesh, tumors, cancers in the womb
and all weakening and painful discharges, nigh
sweats loss of sperm and all wastes OF the life prin
ciple are within the curative range OF this wonder
of modern chemistry, and few days use will
prove to any person using 1t for either OF disease
Its potent power to cure them.
II the patent, daily becoming reduced by the
wastes and decomposition what is continually pro
crossing, succeeds in arresting these wastes. anC
repairs the same with new material made from
healthy blood-and this the Sarsaparillian will anC
does secure-a cure IL certain; for when once this
remedy commences 1t work Of publication, and sue
ceeds in diminishing the loss of wastes, its repair
will be rapid, and every day the patent will fec
himself growing better and stronger, the food di
gesting better. appetite improving and flesh ant
weight increasing.
Not only does the Sarsaparillian Resolvent exec
all known remedcal agents in the cure OF Chronic
Scrofulous, Constitutional and Skin diseases; bu
It is the only positive cure for.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11
PRICE 81 PER BOTTLE
AN IMPoRTANr LETTER

from prominent gentleman and residCE OF Gin
cinnati, Ohio for the past forty years we I known
to the newspaper publishers throughout The
United States
NEW YORK. Oct. II, 1870.
DIR. DADwAY.-Dear Sir.-I am induced by o
OF duty to the suffering to make brief state
mcnt of the working OF your medicine on myself.
For several years | had been affected wi b some
trouble In the bladder and urinary organs which
some twelve months ago eliminated In most ter
riby affecting disease, whicE the physicians all
said was prostate structure In he ureIha, also
Inflammation Of the kidneys and bladder, and
gave 1t as their opinion that my age-73 years
would prevent my ever getting radi. ally cured.
had tried number OF physicians, and had taken
large quantity uf medicine, botn allopathic and
homeopathic; hut had got no relief | had read
OF astonishing cures having been made by your re-
medies, aud soule four months ago read notice in
the Philadc.phia Saturday Evening Post of cure
having been effected person who had long
been suffering Us had been. went right off and
got some OF each--your Sarsaparillian Sesolvent,
Ready Relief, and Regulating Pllls-and commen
ced taking them, In three days l was greatly re-
jieved, and now feel as we'll as ever.
c. w. JAMES, Cincinnati, Ohio
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11
THE B. sHoNINGER ORGAN.

HORACE WATERS s. SON, 4s1 Broadway, N
Y have obtained the Agency of this well-knowI
Organ and are prepared TO supply the trade on the
most liberal terms. Agents wanted in every COun
ty in the U. s. and Canada, Catalogues mailed.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11

ScHENcK's PULMoNIC SYRUP, FOR THE CURE OF
CONSUMPTION. CoUGHs AND COLDS.
The great virtue of this medicine is that 1t ripens
the matter and throws it out of the SYSTEM purihes
the blood, and TINS effects q cure,
ScHENcK's SEA WEED Tonic, FOR THE CURE OF
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, &c.
The Tonic produces healthy action of the stom-
ach creating appetite, forming chye, and curing
the most obstinate cases of Indigestion.
ScHENcK's MANDRAKE PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF
LIVER COMPLAINT, &C.
These Pills are Alternative, and produce healthy
action Of the liver without the least danger they
are free from CO! a!omel, and yet more etfaciOus in
restoring healthy action to the liver.
These remedies are q certain cure for COnsump-
tion, as the PulmOnic Syrup rpens the matter and
puriles the blood. The Mand, axe Pills act upon
the liver create healthy bile, and remove all dis
eases of the liver, otten cause of Consumption.
The Sea Weed Tonic gives tone and strength TO the
stomach, makes good digestion, and enables the
organs to form good blood; and thus creates a
healthy circulate II of healthy blood. The COM
bined action of these medicines thus explain
ed, will cure every of Consumption, If taken
in time and the use of the medicines preserved in.
Dr. Schenck is professionally at his principal Of
fee corner Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia,
every Monday, where all letters for advice must be
addressed. Schenck's medicines for sale by all
Druggists
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11
DIR. Radway's
REGULATING PILLS

perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet
gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse and strength
en-. Railways Pills, for the cure of all disorders OF
the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder
Nervous Diseases, Headache, Constipation Costive-
ness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Bilious
Fever, Inflammation OF the BOwelg, Piles, and all
arrangements OF the Internal Viscera. Warranted
to effect positive cure. Purely Vegetable, con-
tanning mercury, minerals, or deleterious drugs
H0bserve the following symptoms resulting
from Disorders OF the Digestiyr organs. 4
Constipation, Inward Plies, FGiness OF the Blood
in the Head, Acidity Of the stomach, Nausea,
Heartburn, Disgust OF Food Fullnees of Weight
in the stomach, Sour fruptons Sinking or Flutter-
ings in the Pit of the Stomach Swimming of the
Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing, Flutterngs
at the Heart. Choking Suhocntng Sensation
when iu Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots
or Webs before the sight. Fever and Dull Pain in
the Head Deficiency Of Persptration, Yellowness of
the skin and Eyes, Pain In the Side. Chest Limbs,
and sudden Flushcs of Heat, Burning in the Flesh.
A few doses OF RADWAYS PILLS will free the
eYetenl from all the above named disorders. Price
rs cents per box. Sold by druggists.
Read "FALSE AND TRUE"
Send one letter-stamp to RADwAY.& CO., No 80
Warren S., New York. Informsti0n worth thoui
sands WILL ilabeisent you Wv
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11
Tumor of Twelve Years Growth Cured
by Railways Resolvent.
REvrrLY. Mass. Jnly 1s. 1s6

BEVERLY, Mass, July 1S, 1869.
DIR. RADwAY II have had ovarian tumor in the
ovaries and bowels. All the doctors said 'there
was no help e- It," l tried everything that was
recommended but nothing helped me- I saw your
Resolvent, ana thought wonld try it; but had no
faith in II, because had suffered for twelve years.
took six bottles of the Resolvent and one box Of
Railways Pills, and two bottles of your Ready Re-
lief and there is not sign OF tumor to be seen or
felt, and feel better, smarter and happier than
have for twelve years. The worst tumOr was in the
left side OF the bowels, over the groin write this
to you for the benefit of others. Iou can publish
II II you choose. -
HANNAH P. KNAPP.
N u InIH Al DID u n IlHII IL
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11
"It Works like a Charm"
RENNE'S NlATSeM RAIN MAGIC OIL

This Is a remedy every family should have IN the
house to use in case of emergency. IL is purely
vegetable, and may be used internally or exter-
naly. 1t is not an oily, sticky substance but clean
delicious and safe to use, even in inexperienced
hands. AS an external remedy, when freely used,
1t penetrates through the absorbents to the seat of
pain causing free circulation, and giving to weak
ened and oyerstrained cords and muscles, new life
and elasticity; 1t sheaths infamed and bruised
faces, and cures pain as water quenches fire. Try
il for
WOUNDS, SPRAINs, NEURALGIA
SORES, CRICK IN THE BACK, RHEUMATISM.
BURNS, HEADACHE, STIFF JOINTS
or any other kind OF pain or lameness. AS an in.
ternal remedy it operates kind, difusive seda-
tve it tones and corrects the stomach aids diges.
ion and readily cures
CoLIC, CRAMPS, CoUGHs,
CHOLERA MORBUs, INDIGESTION, SORE THROAT
and in fact all aches and pains that flesh is heir to
The immediate and faithful use Of Renne's Pam
Killing Magic Oil In case of emergency, will OTTER
save life, or long and tedious sickness. The
genuine Rennes Magic Oil Is put up only in pane
bottles, with the name blown in the glass, and up
on the bottle finely engraved steel plate label
upon whicn is the likeness OF VIM. Renne. AL
other Magic Oils are counterfeit, worthless imi
tstions. Call for Renne's Magic Oil, where yot
usually trade 1t is put up in three sizes: Trial,
Medium" and Large" size. WILLIAM RENNt
& SONS, Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers
Pittsfeld Mass. 10-13d&w1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11

ed Brequet Hair Springs Full Ruby Jewelled, ana
combine Hall modern improvements IN Watch
making.
These Watches were awarded the Grand Prize d.
the Paris Exposition of 1867 for the best perform
ancc and greatest accuracy in adjustment; and as
further guarantee that they equal to the best
annex names of some of the most respectable deal
in the trade wno have tested them for years
will vouch for the accuracy of our statements;
Benedict Bros. n; Y, W. I. Weeks, Bangor.
e. Marks, Troy, N. Y, Me.
j. Smith Saratoga sp's H. W strang, Elmira,
E. B. Booth 6 Son. Roch- Haskins & Isber, oswe
ester, N. Y. go, N Y.
II. Botchkiss, Buffalo, N. Hyde s. Bettys, Auburn
B. K. Chase & Co, Rut, j. A. Clark, Batavia, N
J. u Grant, Troy, Pa. H cccowen & Co., cleve
G. w. Luce, Xenia Ohio. land, o.
A. Lowell, Portland, Me- o. II. Ford, New Hoven
Ohio. Nichols & Isentha To
ter, Mass. Geo. Embry, Morrow, O.
W. s. Taylor, Utica, New G. Bills, Canandaigua N.
York. Y. LIE Grys & Worth
Evans & Manning, Bing- Cambridge, n. Y.
hamton, n. Y. d. B. Buell. & Co, Hart
Dunlap & Baker, Man ford, CT.
chester, N. II. &c. Wyman, st. Albans
T. E. Dickinson, Buffalo, VT.
George W. Dickinson, '" Ct. CT "-H'''0
AshtabCla, o. John B. Morriss Cincn
Weld Bros, Lockport, n. natl, o.
Baillette s. Weld, Water Pa.
loo, Iowa. l. II. Grant, Troy, n. Y
Carpenter g. Bro, Bnr-t N. ?. Kilburn, Cory
1ington, Iowa. Pa.
Ferguson & Clapp, Indianapolis, Ind.
And large number of others throughout the
United States. For further particulars. ask you
matchmaker to see them, or address
Wholesale Agents in the United States, Salesroom
Is Maiden Lane. New York,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11

Ine purchase Oi
Watches to the su-
periority OF the
Nickel Movement
Watches, made by
the Messrs. POBEL
g. COTRvoI3TER,o of
Switzerland. Gents
and Ladies' sizes
in Stem aud Key
Winders.
Those Watches
have Equilibrium
Escapem'ts. Chro-
nOmeter balance,
Ruby Pallet, TEN
pered and harden.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11

B9 The Daily Argus Is delivered IN any
part Of the City, at taoentV cents per aoeek
or eighty cents q month. By mail $40 a
gear.
Weekly argus So year IN adu.ece
No paper sent beyond the time paid for.
AU business transacted at the Arqu
Counting Room, opposite the Post Office
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11
Kidney & Bladder Complaints

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel. Diabetes,
Dropsy, stoppage OF water, incontinence of urine,
Bright's disease, albuminuria, and in all cases
where there are brickdust deposits, the water IL
thick cloudy, mixed with substances like the white
of egg, threads like white silk, or there Is
morbid, dark, bilious appearance, and white bone
dust deposits, and when there Is pricking, burn
ing sensation when passing water, and pain In the
small Of the back and along the loins.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11
Waters New Scale Pianos
re the BEST MADE: The Touch ELASTIC, and f
INGNe TONE, POWERFUL, PURE and EVEN.
WATERS Concerto ORGANS

cannot be ExcELLED In TONE or BEAUTY they DEFY
COMPETITION. The CONCERTO STOP is FINE IMI-
TATIoN of the HUMAN VOICE.
PRICES EXTREMELY Low for CASH DURING
THIS MONTH. MONTHLY INsTALMENTs RECEIVED:
OH PIANOS $40 to $40; ORGANS 81 to SO; MONTHLY
AFTER FIRST DEPosIT. AGENTS WANTED. A
LIBERAL DISCOUNT to Teachers, Ministers, Churches
Schools, Lodges, etc. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO
THE TRADE. Illustrated Catalogues Mailed. HOR-
ACE WATERS & SON, 4s1 Broadway, N. Y.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-11
J. M, REYNOLDS, Ag't.
BUYERS ATTENTION

The undersigned respectfully directs the after
lion of parties contemplating the purchase Q
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-21
| 4 40 pERfop.


ltis vain to cling 10 the youth which
is past, be our unbclief Of tie fact ever
50 stubborn. should il he giaccfclly re.
signed for the cheerful acceptance OF
the duties which mature life is SIRE to
bring. Why, for example, should a
single woman Of forty cling TO the
dress and manners Of a girl, instead Of
owning TO herself and others that she
has fully reached middle agcY Count
less advertisements show but too plain.
ly how many have horror Of growing
old, and snatch credulously at every
device for hiding the unwclcomo fact.
Success in such arts means walking
deception and where there is falsehood
on the surface, there is not much hope
of truth beneath; failure means an ab-
surd anomoly-bright hair does not
harmonic with a faded cheek, or rouge
with furrowed brow. Beside, as
lovely az is the bloom Of youth, II is
hardly missed when the beauty of ex.
preston beams forth in its stead. In
mourning over, and magnifying what
is past there Is always danger OF neg
lecting, il not losing, the treasures
which remain Yet IN middle age
often the brighter aspects OF youth
are recalled @My good days are done"
we can Imagine one musing in melan-
choly womanhood how different it
was al twenty, sheltered by the tender
est love, nee irom care and anxiety,
and happy IN what | had and, what
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-21
SHIFTLESSNESS.


Shiftlessness and lazyness arc often
coniounded, but thare " really much
odds between them w N
Lazy folks hate TO work, but when
they do set about a thing, they oiten
40 u better than any one eiso kan,
while shiftless person " az often
bizzy doing things 80 slovingly that u
disgnsts everybody
J have seen lazy wimmih VINO were
az neat and az klean az 9 nu cent
piece, AND have seen shiitiess ones
who waz az bizzy as a hanny pee IN a
sugar oarreil ana az badly dauocu up
Shiitless people make almost az much
trouble in this world az wicked ones
do, They never do ennything entireiy
right, and perhaps not entirely wrong,
and .yu kant git good average on ono
ov them, emmy more than yn kan on
tho fuss and hurry Of pissmirc. on
! nave sratc 'nenhy iaAy ones Oh o,'
my N l,s' ov acqualn,ances, nap e'.l' ~
irienus, put never nav enny .h'nB =.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-21
A DARING FEAT.

A kind of dare flevil .Iersev coast
divcr named paul Rovton has Created
some sensations in dis county by his
divine and swimino feata and last
Wool, ho convulsed ali Furone in III
Mold attemnt 10 swim across tbc British
channel from Dover to Calais France
The distance is IA miles which he mDde
in Il bonrs wv
Rovton ON his nassogo from Now
york 10 Enrone abandoned thc vessel
when within ten miles nr tbe Irish coast
md made Tho landing ahead Of tLe
vessel
Tbe oenerol nress dcsnotcbcs from
I ondon dosc,;n,iyo =, ~ fsat arc IN
substance as follows. lie started nj
4 9o N recommended bv n steamer
from which n telegranb cable was laid
,hronoL which r,om timc 40 time was
,oIoS,snhad IL nrnoroes ono toIe-
,,ro,, atz1S ecatnrdovo sa;d.
7pon,on i ',o;no, olono snlsrd;ily liz
i ~ ~ ~" son,,oa5 % SS nHe r,;Iss on, ue L in
oood sn;,;,s and smoL;ng cono Girls,
So So i n s;ah,S T'otsr IN III dav a
despatch was received from Boulogne,
which reported that the captain OF the
Folkeston packet spoke Boyton at i.2o
P, NJ, ten miles from Boulogne. In
answer to an inquiry as to how be was
getting on, he responded, "All right.
Shortly after six P. NJ he was taken
on board the press steamer, against
his own wish, within miles Of the
coast. The weather had become bols-
ferrous night was closing in, and the
pilot declined the responsibility of guid-
ing him after dark. The sea was so
rough that nearly all on board the
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-21
KATE CHASE sPRAGUE.


- " @<<ss
plimcnt TO q deserving lady:
"If ever . woman was born " en-.
bcllish public station that woman h
Catherine Chase SpIugue. Ncverthe-
less she is an exile from it---a wander
or to-day IN Europe. The house in
which she reigncd 80 long hss passed
iito the hands oi creditors, nnd'is nl.
ready boariing l,onsc! Ab.ut every
other abode in Washington is /, board.
ing or dwelling house, but this ono
even the demon OF necessity should
have spared SUED. a fate. To-day
boardcrs about tho salon where The
queen of grace once stood point aloit
and tell You to behold the hayoc she
made with those slender hands before
she departed. tq QEgfaafgT
e'But in this capital thcn is no
woman loft who can I'LL her place, or
approach her in her own type oi -res-
snnni loNclMess and giptc.l YPcrhaps
il was bccause OF lhis'iact that there
have hecn 50 many 10 criiicisc and so
few TO praise her. They We're pcrllet.
ually finding FAULT with everything
about her--irom the tip Of her nose
to her "lack Of heart and above all
with her supreme indifference to thom-
selves. In her utter devotion TO her
children she proved at least that she
had at least a mothers heart which
no call of fashion or prompting Of am
bition ever tempted from its loving
cares. To any student or lover of
human nature she, must, while she
lives, be an object Of the deepest inter
est, not only because Of her superlative
grace, the rare spell Of her face, her
social firmness, but because of the rare
capacities and possibilities Of her ma.
tulp.p