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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-16
ALMOST A MIRACLE
TESTIMONIAL
Office and Re- iGence No. "A Daup' Inc ST.,
NEW ORR ANS Sept. %. ,i3
CAPT. TRYON J, " OODWARD

NEW ORR ANS Sept. -. L '3.
CAPT. TRYON J, " OODWARD
Agent Ma.uir : Medicines.
No 3S Augaz nv St eet
ESTEEMED SIR: -FIona ceiling of heartfe graf
itude. general sense of duty, am pr mptea
to address you and respectfully be. to give .C~
voluntary aud brief statement o. my past II pres
ent STATE of he Iih. UNDRA LIVER AND BLOOD
BITTERs AND SARsAPAiILLA T"\lc MY ne. ith 10
y.nfr has been bad. bat IRON the commencement d
this wear | rapidly decline forcing me I" ana DIR
ali chara t. of h Isihcss: md upon Incoming cor
piclely paraiyzcd in my nght arm ana WI my
whole righl side thrvate ed, became helpless ai'o
hopeless indeed. lh0dgi att, nded upon ny the mos
skiInuI physici of hir and her states aho
cities with no bencit and, in facI, my own uiedi
cal knowledge furces me To rcaIr III" 1aci thai VI
A. some change and impro> ement took place soon
wi M | would shortly die, and mad" my every
earthly arrangement accordingly When ~ mo- s
proy DENTAL cir umstancr | was directed 10 an"
met you about il III nth ago, and, from yonr gen
erous sympa H., was indu ed Ito 81 my you, "u
wit no hope OF confidence of hrh"nt 10 myeeh
onIv try the undurangu: and to my ut n''sf astob
ishmenf and .ra iiicatiOn. am now ailhost ei'Hret
! restored to perfect health and thai ny tht Use
but on hottie of tn CUNDuRA >Gn LIVER .N''
BLOOD BITTERs aud SARsAPt lila T"S'~ ieei
| in iced renewed and r. urrec'ed n.a". anu VII
| even nv dear -Ir, - teiut "a my reinemhranct
OF for the kind interest anu Generous sym N.Y. VI.
| C nvince'' that to the us, of Cunderango ana ~
vine Pruvi through you, Il am md bted Tor
new lease OF lie. ,,;o.
zion of my case b. made and by my TIA ply "xpeir
encc none need desp ir. aud that throu%n y"u' Ut;
the use nf Cundur:ht o. they h.ay a.s" nm i,saI
has fled. Witt respee. and gra itude, rsinall
yours Iruly. etc. TIOS 10 AN JR. %.
N W URL, Ans, pt -. 1873
We the undersigned. bling rersonai acqua nue.
with DR.. Logan. cheerfully certify that nt oo'
stateme"t lie tru, and correct N ttry ar
C McCALllSTER
Pm GOODWIN
nAN'L HICEAR
Sold hv Cen..r& Thumas. ho"S I'-ana'
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-16
ANOTH q
OPPORTUNITY

TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS, WITH POSI-
BE RETURN Of THOUSAN s, S o. FkRED
BY He PO>TPONEMENT Or PUBLIC IL
BaARY OF KY, TO THE 9th OF FEBR AIRY
NEXT, OF THEIR FIFTH AND LAST CON
GER. AND DRAINING. THE MANAGE ENT
ARE PLEDGED TO THE RETURN OF THE
Monty IF THE DRAW & SHOUL NOT
c. ME OFF AT THE DAY NOW APP INTED
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-16
SPECIAL NOTICES,
E||IIH[5i;l5SIl

WARRANT ONE BOTTLE A PERFECT CURE IN
TIE WORST FORMS Of Piles, two to i've bottles fr
LEPRosY, eCRoFULA, RHEUMxTIsM, SALT kHEUM,
CANCER, CATARBH, KIDEEY DISEASES, and all dis
eases of the skin, Fad the greatest Blood Purifier
ever discovered Entirely vegetable. l request al
to send O me and take back their money iu al,
cases of failure. None for Is years II. D.FOWLE
chemist, Boston, and Montreal. Sold throughout
me worlt 81 bottle. Send for Circulars of aston
ishinr cures 7 Ha
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-16

A n ~TiHE : h. i'.l'hrater Maker OF NEW
lUR1. uae in i nt.,ufactGr! fh'cr i.rG' wafe-
rooms ,-i l1 ~ ftct long by 20 e " dr. h!lta
wlth All FL ANT escorted Stock IL the 4"west 'ild
In - designs
tomprisihg and top wag -is GA fall sprlags
aid I'D, har ph;rtuus for ant i per uHs Win idl
or half tops .itit,r husg ga platform or ptrch
gear 20. XIV y W IN cat Il OF pan / quart ~
on perch "cariug-VoupG ro kawayr on pit IN
gear fl4 pAysi iau7 baEsi AM phtetons -
phat.u s--d " carts several st. les NeVi.o. " :
Ms for W til, or without iop-jomp seat bag - =
the mot complete wagon of tn, kind in Use can be
chang, in u trw seconds from p 1t0H for r
sons to a buggy for : person.. &C., &C.
Skeleton wagons ami -:ilkeys always N Stock
samples of my work can h seen at
C. NJ CLARK, 10 g. 81 Sixtcent;. Street,
HlCAGU,
He will give Full PARrI ULARS TO any per
sons call ne on or q dressing him.
| MAJ ufactory, and = areroons o. ff4- i4o, lao
$50 and 49,.
EAST 31ST IT.. NEW YORK
Established 1850.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-16

Grant runs the party. Grant Is the
party. His heel is on Louisiana. his
thumb Is on congress- He holds the par
ty in his grip, and not man of all his fol
mwing can muster courage to protest.
And yet the organs, Timber jninted and
supple kneed. are deprecating any attemrt
tn make party capital out of the Louisiana
business. Party capital, indeed For no
other purpose than to perpetuate the power
nf the party in Louisiana was this crime
commiteed, and the Presidents party in
congress seem determined to make party
question of sustaining him. In this state
OF things, what nonsense to deprecate
par,isanship and the attempt TO max.
PARTY capital. Let some administration
Republican in the senate or house come
out and denounce the crime and its insti
gators, aud there will be some sense il
this kind # talk. Till then it must be
party questin, for these men make it 81
themselves N y Tribune.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-16
Remedy,

az rhe attention Of those afflicted with colds
coughs, and with any disease # the lungs, is d.
rected to this va liable remedy. The season + the
year has already come when on account of the sud
den changes in the weather, colds and coughs Are
easily taken, and neglected may lead to disease
Of the lungs. What is needed under such rcum-
stances is reliable remedy--speedy in afording
relief and efectua In arresling further progress of
disease.
70 To arrest the existing irritation of the air
passages ana the lungs, eediy and etectually,
lhe seat anu cause VI congh, is an important step
galhtd toward relief and cure in the fret stages of
the disease MAsTA's PULMoNIC BAlsaM Possesses
this important power, and while il PROMPTLY and
eectually all existing irrita ion and rapidly
relieves cough il renders the lungs further relief
| by promoting free disch rye oil the cnmuatpd
mucue in the air passages, imparting healthy &C.
| ton and vigor at the same time.
| ~ T. ose suffering with cough and the first sta
ger of lung disease, will Their fore find in This
| Even those whose condition is beyond recovery.
| will deriyt from use great beneht as well as
comfort For the class OF diseases 1t l. designed to
relieve, the gent raj CONNIE da ion II has received
has pr we'd its great efficacy beyond question. For
tie past twe' ty years thousands have been speedily
| and efectually cured by its timey while snf-
feiing from severe colds, prutracted coughs, and
from vegetable balsame and the medicinal proper
ties of roots and herbs, with minerals poison.
Gus acids. Simple and afe in the materials used
| Ii eau be taken at any time.
/ ~ Sold by a. Dru. gists and Dealers in Meci-
cines throughout the eoupt-v. 2-Id&wtf
| For sale In Ruck Island by C. Speid elh,J
| 3rnenerl Benser q Thomas. Emil KRhlu-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-21
Natural History of the Potato Bug.

The beetle hibernates either beneath
the ground or beneath any other shelter
that Il can obtain. Early in spring it
issues from lis winter quarters, and may
be seen flying about on sunny days long
before there are any pOtatO-tops for IL
10 devour. In flight it presents a very
pretty appearance, its gauzy, rose-col-
orcd rnder-wings contrasting a9reeaDly
with the striped yellow and black elytra
or winp-covers. The sexes pair, and,
as soon as the potatO-haulms push out
of the ground, these beetles break their
LONG winter fast, sometimes even work
inr their wav down toward the sprout
before it is fairly out of the earth. The
eggs, orauge-yellow, are laid in small
clusters on the under sides OF the leaves,
and the same female continues thus to
Law at short intervals fora period of over
40 days, until the number laid by sin
Ole specimen may aggregate from 9OO
to 900. There are, in the latitude OF
ST. Louis, three broods each year; but,
from the fact that single female con-
tiuues to deposit as above described,
and from the irregularity of larval de-
velopment, the insect may be found IN
all stages throughout the summer
months. In from 80 to 40 days from the
time the egg is deposited, the insect
hatching from it goes through all the
transformations and becomes a beetle,
the pupa state being assumed under
ground. The prolifcacy of the species
NAV be imagined when it is remem-
bered that the progeny of single fe-
male may exceed hundred millions IN
the course of single season.-Prot.
| PiIplJ
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-21
A Rcminiscence of Mrs. Washington.

The death has been announced In the
Ledger of Mrs. Elizabeth Stout
Vaughan, at the advanced age of nine
tv-seven. She died on Saturday, Sep
tember %, and a relative has sent us
letter communicating some interesting
facts in reference 10 this venerable lady.
He writes:
"As one of the connecting links be-
tween the period OF President Washing
ton and the present, Mrs. Vaughan's s
death deserves more than a passing no.
tice. Her father was employed in one
of the Government departments, both
in this city and New York The writer
of this has often listened to the interest
ing andintelligent description of events
as related by Mrs. Vaughan, which oc-
Cured in the days first succeeding the
nations birth. Size was then only q
child, but having well disciplined and
retentive memory, her relation OF incl
dents was clear and instructive. One
reminiscence concerning the domestic
life of Washington and his wife inter,
ested me greatly, and she spoke OF II
with pride and animation. She had oc
casion to visit Mrs. Washington, theI
residing on High Street, near Sixth, OF
la business errand. Being admitted by
the servant, she was requested to wait
few moments and Mrs. Washington
would see her. Directly the door OF al
apartment was opened, and the Presl
dent passed out, bestowing some KIND
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-21
A Simple Fruit-Dryer.

For driving fruit and vegetables in
considerable quantities, says the An1ert-
ran AdricuIt1friSt, a regular dryer, or
drvino-house is necessary, but thoie
who have no REGULAR apparatus can dry
quite large supply by using the heat
from the stove when that is moi other
wise occupied En- open oven, or the
warm closet with which the better stoves
are furnished, may be turned TO good
account, and by the use OF a frame the
drying capacity of stove may be grca. :
" increased. The size of the frame viii
be governed by that of the stove, per-
baps about four feet square will meet
most cases; it should be OF ID inch
stuff: the LEGS four feet long, or suf-
licient to lift the frame we'll above the
stove. and so arranged that they may
be folded up and put away when out OF
use. The frame may be covered by
stretching common wool tWfue from
side to side 10 make network to hold
;be fruit, but it is much better TO cover
tbe bottom of the frame with a piece OF
wire cloth, which may be had at most
hardware stores. The capacity OF the
DIVER may be increased by suspending
second and smaller frame below the
first. The fruit or other material TO be
dried should be so far above the stove,
or the fire should be so low, that there
is no danger of cooking or scorching;
With a very slight fire the drying will
90 on with surprising rapidity. Fruit
| dried by artificial heat is much better
than when dried by the sun, as there Is
no risk of partial fermentation, and II
is kept out of the way of flies and Other
| insects.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-21
A BridegrOOm's Suicide.

On Wednesday morning the bridge
tender of the Paterson and Newark
Railway bridge, at Newark, found float
iug in the Passaic River, between the
bridge piles, the body of an unknown
man. From some marks discovered on
his face and head it was at first sup
posed that he had been the victim OF
foul play, which suspicion was increased
from the fact that a man arrested IN
East Newark had stated that he saw a
MAJ thrown overheard from barge II
the river near the bridge named. lnyes-
tioation by the authorities, however mas
di2 ,osed of this theory, and 1t Is now
cersain that deceased committed suicide
under very peculiar circumstances. On
he body was found slip of paper with
ne name canton WueIsch, No. 8, Bel
-,ont Avenue 1t was found that An
on. who was carpet-bag make, n
been missing for a week. Four VIC *
AGO he married widow, who had sey.
eral children, but it appears his wedde6
life became unbearable, so that he tlnai
ly drowned himself. The evening n,
| left home he had serious quarrel witt
his wife.-N Y. Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-21
pryGENr PARAGRAPHS.

An Indiana man sald to Bible agent
I'm a Christian, but III be blamed if
/ don't have 10 grit my teeth when the
Ohio River is on level with the Top oi
my. corn" l--
SINGER, the sewing-machine man.
died worth S19, 900, coo, but how nlueh
better II is to live on and be worth TWO
or three Thousand. the silent deau
never hold any strawberry festivals
Detroit Free Press.
An Indiana rhapsodist exclaims: al
have seen swayiug, hly-hke, above the
churn, q beauty more perfect than that
which bloomed full-grown from the
bright focus of the seas ecstatie ira
vail. D" He ought not to love any but her.
A srALwARr and industrious son of
the forest is engaged in ehopping the Re
relies winter supply of wood, and on
SATURDAY. he was asked the question:
=. Work Tomorrow, JIM" "No," he
replied; d" me no work to-morrow-to-
morrow Sunday" "What do you do
on SundayP'' - Hap play poker" )" Who
saws the Indian needs evangehzatlon?-
dustin Rereiiis.
John HENRY had a guest at dinner
the other day, and during pause IN
the conversation the entdHt terribte
smoke up: al wish | was you" :" DO
YOU. my little boy; and why do you
wish Won were me?n ''Cos YOU don't
get your ear pinched when you eat VII
ties with your knife" How touching
is boys dream of manly independ-
eace. ..4t....
A RETURNED Enoch Arden was. tear
ing around and railing at a Christian
community that would allow woman
to starve nearly to death in the absence
of her husband. The truth is, he left
her in the DAYS of hoOp-skirts looking
like this o, and on his return found her
pinned back and looking like this /;
The impression that she had starved
was Mil'Cakee Sentinel.
A BOoTBLACK, whose sister was sick
with cholera morbus, was sent IN haste
for doctor Rushing up to an Office on
Pennsvlvania Street, he cried out ''Say,
old piil-bags, the old lady sent me for
v5u' Sis has got it,-'bout to kertium-
max-down fiat. Rattle over our way,
the old girls waiting on you" ''N hat
is the matterP don't understand.
..Too much green corn. Sis has tumbled
toit. Come, shuttle off," 81 am still un-
able to comprehend. You say tumble'
Has any one fallen and dislocated any
thino?'> ssWhat kind o. racket YOU Civ
in, mep Sis's sick" s'Ah! now lunder-
stand. Your sister is sick" eyes, and
YOU want to humble your pins. Old
man; the gals gripin' awful" And the
boy warbled off IN the direction of the
Post-office loG>sng for ajob.-Isdtana-
pOis Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-21
SOME ADTICE TO TIE GIRLS.

BY JOHN C. SAKE.
A man is, in general, better. pleased when he
has good dinner upon his table than when his
wife speaks Greek.-SGm Jok'lsOR.
johnson was right. Idou't agree to all
The solemn d0gmas OF the rough old stager;
But very much approve what one may call -
The minor morals OF the "Ursa NaJOr."
johnson was right Although some men aiore
Wisdom in women, and with wI-dom cram
her,
There isn't one in ten but thinks far more
Of his own grub than his spOuse's grammar.
know it is the greatest shame in life;
But who among them (save, perhaps, myself) I,
Returning home, but asks his wife,
What beef-nOt books-she has upon the shelf.
Though Greek and Latin be the lady's boast,
1hey re little valued by their loving mate;
The kind of tongue that husbands relish most
Is modern, boiled and served upon plate.
Or il. as fond ambition may command,
Some home- made verse the happy matron show
him,
What mortal spouse but from her dainty hand
Would rather sec pudding than poem:
Young lady-decp in love with Tom or Harry
IT'S sad TO tell you such a tale this; III
But here is the moral Of il:
Donot marry;
Or marrying, take your lover az he is
A very Mars-with something Of the brute
Unless he proves sentimental noddy,
With passons strong and appetite TO boot,
A thirsty soul within a hungry body.
A very man-not one Of natures clods-
With human fBilings, whether SAINT or sinner
Endowed, perhaps, " it'll genius from the gods,
But apt TO take his temper from his dinner.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-21
How the Fly Eats.

The proboscis or elongated tongue OF
the fly is an object equally interesting
TO the anatomist and to the microScop-
iSt. 1t is capable of being entirely re-
tracted within cavity in the lower part
of the head, and of being prOtruded at
will 1t consists of hollow, tleShy
sort of tube, divided at the end into two
lobes, and capable of being tlattened
out beneath into a sucking disc. This
disc is furnished with pair OF
horny branches, which open out later
allv for the purpose of keeping 1t eN-
banded, and also contains two tubes
with a profusion of lateral branches.
These tubes seem incomplete upon their
under surface and Serrated ut the edges.
Their Office has not yet been determln-
ed. NV own idea-and | venture II
here with the greatest duhdence-S'
that only The elastic coating Is mcom-
plete, and that by forcing air into them,
bv means of organs in the thoraN, the
| tenseness and resistance of the disc Oh
the proboscis can be regulated at the
will of the insect, as the character OF
the food might require. In other
words, air here is made to perform the
same office which the blood executes Ia
the erectile tissues of the vertebrate an
imals. The average diameter OF the
| lateral branches of these tubes, aScer-
tanned by careful measurement, con-
Quoted by my friend bod, is the one
thousandth part of an inch. Through
the proboscis the fly imbibes its food,
which, of necessity, must be, To Ger
tain extent. liquid. If the article upon
which it feeds be dry, as lump OF sugar
or A crumb of bread, species OF saliva
is forced down through the organ and
the dissolved particles are then easily
sucked up. On each side of the probos-
els is a labial palpuS, or feeler, by
means of which the insect Is probably
enabled to gain more correct idea OF
its food and the surroundings than 1t
could otherwise acquire. y little
above the insertion of the probosciS,
and between the eyes, are the two deli
cate antennE, which are thought by
some naturalists to contain apparatus
for hearing. If time permitted, II
would be most interesting to note the
wonderful changes rung upon these
three organs-the probOscis, the palpl
and the antenna-in different species
for. in one shape or another, they are
common to great number OF Insects
T. ID Morse. an Pen and PiOlC.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-21
Hanged at Eighty.

Mr.. Lambdiu. who is just in from
Granburv, saws the Dallas CTeXas)
Commercial, gives us the par.itulars of
the hanging of old man Mi'@hej, and
the killing of JEFF. Mitchell while al
tempting to conveypoison to his father.
The readers of the Commercial are Ia
miliar with the particulars of the El'l-
ing of the Truitts, and the arrest and
conviction of Nelson Mitchell for mur-
der in the first degree. .-....... ...
Although every effort was made 10
secure the eommutation OF the SEN
tence, Gov. Coke was firm in his refu-
sal, and on Friday last the officers pro-
ceeded to put the sentence into eXecu-
ton. Mitchell, who is man of so
years of age, made several attempts TO
commit suicide on Wednesday night by
hanging himself with a chain that ne
had wrenched from the door, but his
heart failed him. He spent the night
in eursing the Sheriff and officers, and
on Thursday night guard was placed
in his cell to prevent self-destruction.
On Tuesday night the guard about the
iail discovered an armed man crawling
toward the Jail, and not knowing how
many others there might be, fired. The
next morning the Efeless body of JED.
Mitchell, Youngest son of the doomed
man, aged about 81, was found on the
ground, the whole top of his head
blown Off He was armed with a
double-barreled shotgun, and a brace
of Colts revolyers buckled around him
and all heavily loaded. In his pocket
was found large vial of laudanun
wrapped with ags, which he was evl-
IDENTITY conveying to his father. The
/ old man asked that the body be brought
into the jail that he might see his son,
and was much affected. Near by his
horse was hitched, his hat and shoes
tied TO the saddle.
The execution was attended by nearly
five thousand people. A little after
O'Clock the wagon containing the
doomed man, seated on his coffin, pro-
cecded to the gallows. The rope was
lied with the hangman'S knot, and The
AGED murderer arose to address the
crowd. His address was directed TO the
Young, and he took occasion TO assert
his innocence in the strongest terms. lie
denounced the fruits. said they haC
swindled him out of $1,000 and hac
caused all the trouble. The murder o
his son he denounced in the most bittel
terms.
During his speech a quarrel in The
crowd came near creating the creates
excitement, but was finally quelied
The old man spoke for near hall hour
said he was ready to Gie, and then o.
dered the Sheriff to proceed with The
execution. He was pluck to the last
and died without the least exhibition o
fear.
The Mitchell-Truitt tragedy ha'
created the utmost excitement in HooC
County,. The results may be Summa
rized as follows: The killing of the TIVE
Trui,ts. of JEFF. Mitchell while convey
inc poison to his father, the hanging o
the old man, two men (Snow and Owens
in the penten,idry for life. and VIM
Mitchell and Nit. Groves fu3itives from
Justice, with the band of every MAJ
against them and a price upon thei
heads. Truly, it is a terrible culm'na
ton of petty quarrel.
The confession of the executed ma
is in the hands of his attorneys, and vii
be printed in a few days.