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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02
BOOK OF NATURE,
ITTERs.
I14GRas
A Aemeely without a Rival
Maguire's
Cundurango Bitters.

SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMEL.
Contains alcohol, an excellent purgative or
the bowels, relieving and curing ali compla ss
of the Liver, Blood, Kidneys and Stomach. Read
me foilowlng testimonial from prominent New
I ork editor:
Office of Geo. H. Sweets ..Texas New Yorker,"l
Nos. %, 30 aud 80 Centre Street.
New York City Sept. 8, 1874.
Messrs, j. & C. Maguire,s St. Louis: Gents -
Yours Of the 31st ut, with of dozen Cund-
urango Liver and Blood Bitters came duly to hand
You will please accept my thanks for your gener-
crosby. will try to put the medicine where it
will do the most good.'' have given one bottle to
a friend of mine who resides in Brooklyn. both
himself and wife have taken it. and their testimony
Ii the same mine. first met with ii in Houston.
Texas afterwards returned to my home in Austin.
where have the Texas branch Office Of my paper.
My Houston bottle was used up, and found on
trial that could not obtain single bottle in all
Austin, for went to every druggist in the place
and there are some fve but each house told me
they intended to order Hon the strength of my
ommendation. Ere coming to New York was in
Galveston, and bought bottle of Robir6s. an old
friend and good house. had no idea then that
I could not obtain IL in New York; but after my
Galveston bottle was used up. started to find
more:and was much surprised to find none aftervist-
lug fully dozen different establishments gave up
the search here and wrote to you, Now gents so
good medicine as yours is ought to be placed at
the command of the whole world. 1t will not only
prove great fortune to yourselves, but lasting
blessing TO the whole human family. As remedy
In my own case have never met with its equal
1t squeezes my liver better than Calome, of which
have taken not little. am hard worker and
constant thinker and consequently for the last ten
to twelve years my body has found it difficult keep
up with my brain. There 81 millions of American
people just like myself and they need some simple
herb medicine to keep them from sinking into dys-
peptic graves, until they can apply. brakes and
cut of part of the steam and where they are.
You have the medicine and you have great fortune
in it If you will but let the world know 1t. In my
search after your Cundurango IN this market
found a preparation of Quadrangle sold at 81 per
bottle but no more like yours than is black man
ike white. OF course did not buy it. This let
ter is only write to thankI you and to give you
my experience win cundurango Wishing youlthe
success you deservetham
VERY Respectfully &c, Ono. j. SWxa
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02

Saturday. when big English" saw that
bootblacks, he set his head to work to de-
wise something to break the monotony.
About 10 o'clock he got number of boys
into the alley behind the post-office and
organized the ''Forty-6fth Congress. "
big English" is regular reader of the
daily papers, and he is great organizer
1t took him but fifteen minutes to get the
House" and Senate running so smooth
ly that lawyers and others looked down
from their windows with great interest
Who's liar2" yelled white headed
boy as he jumped up.
.'Oh, dry upl" shouted sixth Ward
Tom
"Put him out-he was in tie rebel
armyl" called boy from Grand River
avenue.
Some one dubbed my dog fifteen years
ago, and | can never forgive him" howled
Strawberry Bob.
"Out with the records, and less see who
was loyul," put in Kinks boy.
Big English raped on his box to restore
order, but King Tommy threw up his hat
and yelled;
81 move for the aizes and nozes."
"He cant gag me, shouted lathy boy
| from Windsor.
LESS have a salary grab" piped Con-
gress street boy.
1.-THE peepul won't stand it" whooped
another.
''Hain't we the peepul2" demanded a
boy on the railing.
Are we one country?" asked the Speak
er, as he rose up.
Il are, but you haiutl" yelped "Nicky
Nick"
Doesn't one flag float for us ALL" con
tinued the Speaker.
1T does about tax time!'' screamed &
cross eyed youth from Springwells,
Somebody kicked the honorable Speak
er. He then struck the honorable gentle
man from Wisconsin. The honorable
gentleman from Wisconsin smashed at The
honorable gentleman from Georgia, anG
hair stood up and coat tails stood out
When the row had Quoted down, the hon
orable Speaker remarked:
1T was pretty good for the fust time
though you didn't abuse each othel
| enough
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02
The Fashion of Failing.

From the Boston Ad0eTttsef,
The list of commercial failures is increas-
ing daily, and each week seems to bring
larger number than the last. There is no
doubt that large majority Of these bank
ruptcies have been inevitable for a long
time, and the houses that now succumb to
their and fate are acting wisely in declin-
ing longer to continue struggle which
could at last terminate in only one way
by suspension. But there is growing
impression that not all the recent failures
can be thus accounted for. There is room
for more than suspicion that the expenses
Of a legal bankruptcy process have
made creditors too willing to accept less
than fair percentage of the debts due
them by suspended concerns, and this I'M
usually favorable disposition on the part of
creditors has in turn led many who might
haye continued to meet their obligations,
to take advantage of the times and scale
down their debts. 1t is becoming common
for houses that have enjoyed fair credit
and that for all anybody has been able to
ascertain, are still solvent, to permit their
paper to go to protest. and call a meeting
of their creditors. So far as such bank
ruptcies are merely schemes to evade the
payment of just obligations, which might
be met ii there was proper disposition on
the part of the debtor firms, they are an
evidence of sad Generalization in the bust
ness community, and a sign of the times
that should excite the most serious alarm
on the part of those who believe that COM
nercial integrity is quite as important a
necessity of the time as financial sound
ness, There is but one way that we know
of to prevent this fashion of falling if we
may so speak, from becoming still more
general, and still more injurious to the
good name of American merchants as q
body. That is, by making the penalty OF
unnecessary bankruptcies much more
severe. This remedy is, off course, to bt
applied only by creditors themselves, fol
we already have a sufliciency of law on thu
subject. Creditors must see to it that the!
protect their own interests and the gooC
reputation of American merchants, which
fortunately, 10 this case concur in indica
ting the proper course to be pursued
Bankruptcy proceedings are no more t
the taste of debtors than of creditors, AM
committees of the latter should be boil
more careful and thorough in examining
tie state of the accounts they are set +
investigate, and more resolute requiring
every firm to pay as large percentage @
its debts as the result of the examinatio
shows to be possible. This, not for tn
purpose of securing the pound of fesh
but to destroy the temptation to fail whe
it is possible to avoid the final catastrophe
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02
JOHN ROOTS
BIT I 4 S.
500 REWARD

i will pay one hundred dollars to any person who
viii make proof that John Roots Biters fail to i'm
prove the condition of such person If suffering from
the effects of either of the following diseases, viz
Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague,
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver or Kid.
ney Complaint, Loss of Appetite
Headache, Bilious Attacks, Brain,
Scarlet, Typhoid, Remittent or In
termittent Fevers, when taken ac-
cording to the directions accom-
panving each bottle of the same.
do not claim that these Bitters possess any su.
perhuman virtue, but what do claim is that when
relief can be had in the specified, or In fact
any which arises from an impure state of the
Blood. deranged condition of the Stomach, Liver
Kidneys, the of these Bitters will Insure such
relief and ii is upon this frank and fair condition
that offer this reward in candor and good faith.
JOHN ROOTS, Manufacturer, NO. 292 Seneca
Street, Buffalo, N. Y; VAN Setback, STEVEN
SON q REID, Agents for John Roots Bitters, sac
81 Lake Street, Chicago.A
kEor sale By al Druggists in Rock island and VI.
o3Dity1
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02
.n!lI,Z||,I EEllLl

Read what Prot. L. s. Wayne Chemist, and Pres,
ident of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy says in
relation to this valuable Pharmaceutical prepare
ton:
Cincinnati, Al.i. /, 1875.
Messrs, Richardson & Tpllidge.
Gents: Having been made acquainted with the
composition of your r. & IT. Tonic Elixir and Lii
quid Extract OF Beef, wond say that it possesses val
uahle medicinal properties As all the ingredients
entering into its composition have we'll known and
positive medicinal value. which combined together
must form an excellent tonic. stimuant and nutri-
tive medicine. and one suited to relieve many com.
plants incident to our climate
Respectfully yours, E. S. WAY.IE, Chemist.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE,

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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02

ssDSYCHOMANCY OR SOUL CHARMING =
L How either may fescinate End gain the
love and affections of any person they choose, in
stanty This art all can possess, free, by mail, for
scents together it'll a Marriage Guide, Egyptian
Oracle, Dreams, nts to Ladies, etc. 1000000 sold.
A queer book. Adde'S T. WILLIAM & CO, Pub
fishers. Philadelphia
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02

@H . Con per day at home. Samples
Vv < &sU worth 81 free. STINsoN & Co.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-30
No sucI, word as Fail.

With two such nominees, the Re-
publican party can listen to no such
word as fail. The strife at Cincin-
natl has left no sore which a little
time will not heal the defeated can
dldates cherish no grudges which
can impair either the unity or the
efficiency of the campaign. The
candidate who came SO near the
nomination has given another ex-
ample of the warmth of heart and
manliness which have won for him
many friends, by frankly pledging
himself to throw all the influence
which remains to him on the side
of his successful rival. Let the
friends of all the candidates make
up their minds to do likewise. The
time for dispute and struggle with
in the party is over. The time has
come for presenting q united front
to the common enemy, and he is no
true Republican who will seek to
keep alive division and discord,
or nurse his wrath in suIlen iso-
lation because the convention did
not go his way.-New York Times.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-30
mr. RInineh nenIaI,

Almost the strongest man to
stand the stream of public life has
broken down in the late political
conflict. A telegram to the Globe
Democrat says:
WASHINGTON, D. C.,June 24.-Mr.
Blalne's condition is the subject. of 8
good deal of anxiety to his friends.
While he has not had relapse, he
has nevertheless suffered greatly /:
no doubt from want of care of him
self and oVer-exertionton the day
of the nomination at Cincinnati,
and his speech to the immense
crowd that gathered about his house
on Monday. To day he did not
feel well enough to leave his bed.
His mental condition, while by no
means threatening, lie not as good az
his friends had hoped it would be,
and physically he has little of the
strength and activity which have
characterized him for the past twen-
ty years. He says that he has lost
the snap and vim that he had be-
fore his attack, and that he has new
er had so light an appetite. He neg
lects his private correspondence, and
seems TO have no concern about bu-
siness. He consented to obey the
physicians Instructions, SO far as to
leave at once for q change of eli
mate and new scenes. On Monday
or Tuesday he will take a special
car for his home in Augusta, and
VIII impose upon Himself absolute
and undisturbed rest for several
weeks, free from papers, telegraphs,
politics and visitors. On the way
ne Will respond 10 no calls, and will
make the trip as quickly and quiet
~ as possible. He will not return
to Washington during the present
session
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-30
NEosHORAPTDs

9Three cheers for Hayes and Wheeler
and congratulations to the old Buck
eye State. Our banner reads thus ::
"whom we elect we do defend.
Our school closed last Saturday,
June oath. The school has been well
attended all through the term and the
pupils all speak highly of their teacher,
The Union sabbath school meets reou-
larly st half-past nine O'Clock sabbath
morning, which is well attended and
quite an interest taken.
Rev. Mr. Barnett preached here last
sabbath and the meeting was well at
tended taking into consideration the
uncertainty of the weather. Mr. Bar
nett viii preach here regularly every
four weeks. Come out citizens and
near him it will do you good as he is
very interesting speaker. Wish he
might be with as oftener.
The mechanics are putting on the
finishing touch this week to Mr.. Rob
erts' new house, and it will soon be rea-
dy TO move into; the house is large and
commodious and better than the one
that was burned last spring, and there
is no use talking, it has the incest and
most attractive bay window of any
house in town, so there now, and viii
stick to it.
James Davis has built an addition tC
his house recently which adds much tC
the appearance and convenience
James Is bound to have a nice home il
ne keeps on. We glory in your well
doing, James, and wish you success
wish there were more of the same
stripe here.
Old settlers here say that it rained
harder than they ever saw it rain be-
fore in Kansas. Mr.. O'Tool, informs
me that the hail broke Some glass Out
of his windows and cut his corn badly
although not enough to damage it ma
terially.
There seems to be slight discord in
our singing class on account of too ma
ny sharp, can't we work cut a rec
onciliation; let us at least try.
BUCKEYE.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-30
The bankers are finding out that
its hard times:

The bankers are finding out that
its hard times:
WASHINGTON, June 2I.-At the
Bankers Convention to-day the
following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, The present stagnation
of trade and commerce, together
with the depressed industries of the
country are making the present
bank taxes absolutely unbearable,
AMI which, if not promptly repeal
ed must end in the dissolution of a
large number of banking institu-
lions and the withdrawal of bank
ing capital as an investment
throughout the land therefore, re-
solved,
1. That the members of this con-
vention proceed in q body before
the committee on banking and cur
rency, tomorrow, and each MEM
Der so far as possible, present his
views and those whom he repres-
ents, aud so facilitate the same.
We move the taxes be also taken
off from printing Offices.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-30
SOUTHWEST.

I. 81. Bonsall has corn Gin the silk
and will have ''roasting ears' next
Sunday Arkansas City Traveller
June 81.
Greenwood has 5,526 inhabitants
against {, 4S3 last year, but it is evil
dent that the assessors have blundered
It has 39,O15 acres of crops, but OF
corn there are 5,493 acres less than
last year. The entire valuation OF
of property all kinds for taxation is
$2,O69, 1858, which is about one-third
the actual value.
a little girl, living near Eureka,
while playing in haarest field, was
bitten on the ankle by prairie rattle
snake. A young Swede, who was
working in the field at the time, got
some milk from q COW standing near
by, and inserted small straw In each
of the holes made by the fangs of the
snake, and poured some milk in the
straws, which counteracCed the poison,
and within an hour the child was
playing around AS usua This occur
renee was related to US by an eye wit
ness.-Wichita Eagle.
From the Chase County Courant:
Last Monday night, Mrs. Dan. Allen,
living near hatfield Green, Will Q
sleeping with her two children, aged
two and a half years and six months,
respectively, rolled upon the younger,
causing its death. Mrs. Allen had be-
come completely Frustrated from
watching and attending the elder
child in a severe spell OF sickness, and
fell into deep slumber, from which
she awoke TO this sa state of affairs.
A tornado has visited Reno county,
destroying houses and crops, and do
Tag immense damage. A substantial
stone school house was completely lev
eled with the ground. Many per-
sons are badly hurt, and one child
will probably die.
The Chase County Courant records a
fatal disease among cattle 'earound
Cedar Point" It acts on the cattle
like some kind of poison, and they die
in short time after being attacked.
Although several have died from its
effects, some have been saved by being
with lard and castor oil with
cayenne pepper and laudanum mixed
into the drench.
Hutchinson has voted bonds to build
bridges oyer the water power canal,
By vote of 20 to 10.
On Wednesday morning, shortly af- |
Ter sun up, the country on the head of |
Turkey Creek was visited by q terrific |
hail storm that left desolaIion in its /
path. We have been unable TO learn
he extent of the damage done, but |
rom accounts the country for several
niles square suffered irreparable dam
Iges.
Hailstones larger than hens eggs
ell, beating the uncut wheat, oats,
,orn aud ali growing crops into the
round; fruit trees were stripped of
heir young fruit, leaves and smaller
limbs; stock were pelted with the
jumps of ice till their backs were
'ruised and bleeding; chickens and
mailer animals were killed outright,
nd the shingles on houses splintered
nd broken.-EIdoradt Times.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-30

Despite the efforts to set aside
the Financial Question, the people
are too hard pressed to forget it,
and it is bound to become an impor-
tant feature of this and successive
political campaigns. The NEWS,
which of course stands on the Re-
publican platform, has given more
space to communications in regard
to this question than any other pa
per in Kansas, and herein has
promptly recognized aud met the
forthcoming demand of popular
sentiment. Its readers are not
kept in total ignorance of financial
facts and figures, as the readers of
most the metropolitan journals GER
tainly are. There is not one paper
in twenty in the United States
which has yet contained one iota's
supply of information on the finan-
clal affairs of the country, and such
papers as the New York Tribune,
Globe Democrat, &C., have not fro m
one years end TO another contained
any real information upon either
side of this. important subject.
Their financial reports contain moth
ing except the mere husk of mar
ket quotations, and their editorials
simply fling an epithet or two at
financial agitation, aud inform us
that the banks are loaded down
with money that nobody wants.
The student of finance could learn
more about the subject from an old
than from nineteen out of
twenty of the newspapers, big or
little. republican or democratic. 1t
is therefore not surprising that the
great majority of the most intelli-
gent citizens are much in need of
upon this important
question, and that SO many men of |
acknowledged alb ility and judgment |
frankly confess that they do not |
the financial problem
well enough to express any definite |
opinions in regard to it
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-30
70 tI,e Knn.as Press.

About one hundred Kansas news
papers are on file in the reading
room of our building in Fairmount
Park.
You were requested to send your
papers there, principally for the
convenience of visitors from this
state.
The avidity with whice these pa
pers are read by thousands of peo-
pie from; other states and nations,
and the fact that the board of man
ayers have excluded ali strictly ad-
Vertising sheets, leads ine to make
THE suggestion.
Let every paper in TIE state pub
lish in each issue for the entire seas
on one or more short articles On
subjects which most interest per-
sons intending to 'tgo west" Such
persons wish 10 know the price Of
the different qualities of land,
price Of stock, tools, furniture and
provisions, the face of the country.
kinds and quality of native TIMBER,
and building stone, price of pine
lumber, price of freights from
prominent eastern points, and any
other information by which the i'm
migrant can determine what to
bring with him, and what 10 buy
here. Give the facts In regard 10
schools, churches. society aid NOR
ais. In short, furnish all kinds of
information valuable to the strang-
or, in q short, concise, attractive
form.
In this manner you can be OF in
calculable service to the state in
promoting the objects of the great
exhibition. The bo6rd of mans
gers would have gladly performed
this labor, had not their hands been
tied by the legislature. The book
provided for distribution is too
large for the general reader, and
the number entirely inadequate for
the purposes desired.
The urgent demands which have
been felt by every one that been in
attendance at our building, for this
class of matter, is my only apology,
if one were needed, for asking your
immediate and constant attention
to thisisubject. Respectfully,
E. p. BANCROFT.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-30
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