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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06
ITTERs.
A Remedy without a Rival
Maguire's
Cundurango Bitters.

SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMEL.
Contains no alcohol, an excellent purgatlve or
the bowels, relieving and curing ali compla t.
of the Liver, Blood. Kidneys. and Stomach. Read
the following testimonial from prominent New
York editor:
Office Of Geo H. Sweets Texas New Yorker,")
Nos Is 30 and 30 Centre Street
New Yerk City Sept s, 1874. J
Messrs & c. Maguires st. Louis: Gents =
Yours of the 3ist ut with case Of one 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
is the same mine. | first met with it in Houston,
Texas afterwards returned TO my home in Austin,
where have the Texas branch Uffice of my paper.
My Houston bottle was used up, and l found on
trial that could not obtain single bottle in all
Austin, for went to every druggist in the place
and there are some five, but each house told me
they intended to order t.on the strength of my
ommendation. Ere coming to New York / was in
Galveston, and bought bottle of Robirds, an old
friend and good house. had no idea then that
/ could not obtain ii in New York; but after my
Galveston bottle was used up. | started to find
moreand was much surprised to find none aftervsit
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 al
the command Of the whole world, 1t will not only
prove great fortune TO yourselves, but a lasting
blessing to the whole human family. As a remedy
In my own case have never met with its equal.
IL squeezes my liver better than Calomel of which
have taken not little. / am a hard worker and
constant thinker and consequently for the last len
to twelve years my body has found it dfcultto keep
up with my BRAIN. There "a 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 eau iapply, brakes and
cut off part of the steam and see where they are
You have the medicine and you have great fortune
in it If you will but let the world know it. In my
search after your Cindurango IN this market
found preparation OF Quadrangle sold at 81 pei
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 you the
success you deservetham
Very Respectfully &c. Gzo. II. sws1
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06

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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06
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DR.. WHITTIER,
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BOOK OF NATURE,

Containing 14S and number? of fue engravings
Every both and especially those contempat
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Address. DIR. Jacques, Central Medical Institute,
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06

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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06

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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06
SPECIAL NOTICES.
MASTA'S
PULOMNIC BALSAM

IL a speedy and certain remedy for Coughs, Ca
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Influenza, Hopping Cough, Aathms and the vari
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Thousands have been speedily aud eHectuaily
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colds, protracted coughs, and with various other
forms of LUNG DISEASE. 1t is prepared from
vegetable balsams and the medicinal properties OF
roots al herbs, containing no minerals or poison
GUS drugs. 1t can be taken with perfect safety at
all times.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06

do not claim that these Bitters possess any gu
perhuman virtue, but what do claim, is that when
relief be had in the specified, or in fact
any case which arises from an impure state of the
Blood. deranged condition Of the Stomach, Liver
or kidneys the of these Btters will iusure such
relief and il is upon this frank and fair condition
thai offer this reward in candor and good faith.
JOHN ROOTS, Manufacturer, No. 1872 Seneca
Street Buffalo, n. Y; VAN SCHAACK, STEVEN
SON & REID, Agents for John Roots Bitters, 90 &
81 Lake Street, Chicago.
For sale by all DruggistsEinE Rock Island and VI
ciuitys
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06

@S . con per day at home. Samples
W WkU worth 81 free. STINsON & Co.
Portland, Maine.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06
JOHN ROOTS
Bit Err 5.
500 REWARD

will pay one hundred dollars to any person who
will make proof that John Roots Bi.ters fail to i'm
prove the condition of such person if suffering from
the effects of either ofthe 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-
panying each bottle of the same.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10
STATESMEN AND LiLIPU-
 THAN POLITICIANS.

The line of distinction between statesmen and Liliputian politi
 cians who with their demagog
 uery seize upon every temporary issue to get up an excitement which will bring their names to the surface, is pretty fairly drawn in the following article which we take from the New York Tribune. The Tribune, although not gener- ally regarded as very appropriate mouthpiece for giving lectures on public virtue, has struck the right note here, and if the public taste can be brought to make the proper distinction between the statesman-the true man, who has his country's good first and foremost in vlew, and the Lilipu- tian politician who floats with the current and never looses an op- portunity to make himself con spicuous, the country will be the gainer. We can also commend the observations made in tue Tribune article to the careful pc rusal of those journalists who ought to be moulders of correct public sentiment, but who. not unfrequently, by their biased views and distortion of minor issues, bring unjust censure upon public men and measures:
 Small politicians waste their time in trying to make capital out of temporary settlements. Con tinually striving to catch the changing phases ofpublic opinion, they are sure to fail, sooner or later, aud then drop out of sight forever. Statesmen de otc them selves to large and lasting public
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10
ILLE ARK, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1876

The regiment npon arriving at Philadelphia will come in compe- tition with some of the most thoroughly instructed and exer- cised military organizations in the country, and Col. Mills pro poses to have the following OK tract from his instructions upon the matter, lived up to:
 "No man will be enlisted who is not willing to pledge himself, up- on honor faithfully to conform to the orders of the commanding of ficer in thls regard; and these or ders will require . drill ofnot less than two hours, on at least three days of each week intervening be- tween the muster-in of the com spany and the assembly of the battalion at Little Rock, in camp of instruction, as well as the. maintenance, in camp, of strict discipline." ~ 2 There are too many men who imagine that when they have a gun upon their shoulder that they are soldiers; and companies not complying with the above regula tions will not be accepted, nor, if accepted, continued in Service. The regiment will be concentrated in this city about the 1st of June, and go into camp and be exercis- ed at battalion drill for one month without expense to themselves. When in the field at Philadelphia they will come in competition with troops whose every movement is like clock work, q precision which can only be attained by constant, patient, steady drilly with this one view in minel.--Little Rock Herald. fi
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10
Arkansas.

The State of Arkansas took it's name from the Arkansas river, which divides the state into nearly two equal parts. It is 240 miles in length, by PA miles breadth, and contains 52,l9S square miles, or 33, ,406, ,720 acres of land surface. It may be said that Arkansas was celonized by the French in l6S5, yet in 1903, when as portion of Louisinia it was purched by the United States governmenti 1t was still a wilderness.
 In 1919 Arkansas was organised as a territory and in 1886, forty years ago, admitted into the union as a state. In 1920 the population Il, ,273; in 1880, population of 1888; in 1S40, . population of 97, ,574, in 1850, a population ol 209, SIT, and in 1860, population 435, ,450, divided as follows; whites 324, l43; free coIored, l44, slaves, llL,ll3, and AS Indians. From 1860 to 1870, ani during the civil war, but little increase in popula- tion was had, and at the present time it probably does not much exceed 800, ,000. Ef
 In climate and natural wealth Arkansas is not excelled by any state in the union, and in every thing that makes a country desira ble to the cul.ivator of the soil and manufacturer of those articles nee essarily used on the farm and con sumed by the producer, she offers many inducements not to Dc found in any other state or terri tory. H#N
 Rich in almost every kind oi mineral resource, coal in abund ance, and of the best qualities, tim Der to supply every want, and tC spare, with soil capable of pro ducing the vegetables and grains produced in all the northern states besids cotton and other southern productions, Ark. needs but enter prising labor and with an hones and faithful administration 0 state affairs, such as she now has will soon become one of the fore most states of the federal union.- = Little Rock Herald.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A Deckhand and Two Rail-
 road LabOrers Drowned.

Last Sunday Morning the steam. CT Ella Hughes took on forty-nine railroad laborers for Van Buren, 2 large number of whom were in. toxicated. Between Ozark and Van Buren . deckhand named Pat Conley, and two Of the labor CTS, whose names were unknown, fell overheard and were drowned. Intoxication was the cause of their death. Every effort was made to recover the unfortunates. but in vain.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10
What an Illin0isan Thinks of
 Arkansas.
From the Spirit of Arkansas.

From the Splrit or Arkansas.
 We do not often interview any. body, prefering to publish what ever may be voluntarily written in the ordinary course of our cor. respondence; but to day MT. Will liam Saunders, a citizen of Hi nois, happening in our office, il occurred to us that his friends might like to hear what he said and what his impressions were After having spent a time here returning to Illinois for a few weeks, and again coming back tc Arkansas, lie, by this means, is better able to institute compar- ison between the lands and eli mate of the two sections; and, in answer to the question "What dc you think of the relative merits of the two countriesY" he said
 "There is no comparison. We work up there five or six months to keep ourselves and our stock from starving the rest of the year Arkansas, prairie lands are nc richer, and probably not as rich as those in Illinois, but the eli mate is so much milder that land of the same fertility will produce mucn more. 1. bought l2S0 acres of prairie land this fall, and I esti
 mate that there were over 1906 tons of hay upon it. Ifany farm CT in Illinois has farm worth $5C per acre it would be to his interest to sell, even If he only got S25 pel acre for it, and come down here and get farm for from $2 to $J per acre. He will make money bv it. We bought, up in my old country some years ago, for $2 per acre, and it is now worth from $50 to 5000, and this land here is bound to increase as rapidly in value, if not more so. Five of my neighbors came down with me, and we have altogether negotiated for about 24,000 acres. Nothing in the ordinary course of events would induce me to go back to Illinois. My wife says the same thing, and that the very thought of it makes her shiver. There are a great many coming down, and no good, sensible farmer, after yising Arkansas and taking . good look, will ever be satisfied thereafter to farm in Illinois. !" These are plain words from a plain, honest, long headed farmer, who knows what he is talking about; and many of our readers are awell acquainted with him, We could give plenty of corrob orative testimony, but it is not necessary. It is now winter. ul with you. You have leisure. You are compelled to Ee idle, so far as any outside farming operations go; so come down and see oui farmers here, with their coats off getting early gardens started, and prepai ing for their spring crops
 sec eSstock still enjoying the greer grass in the open fields, and ther go back to your bleak country, tC your land frozen three feet deep to your shivering stock, and ask yourselves whether or not you are standing in your own light by staying in such an inhospita ble climate. FtF6$
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10
FRUIT GROWING.

We do not know if we have not given our farmers jolt on this subject before, but even ii we have we deem it of sufficient impor- tance to call their attention to it again. It is one of the most in excusable defects of our County \ that we have not a bountiful sup ply of good fruit-cspecially ap- pies, which we regard as the best and the staple fruit for human food. The value of the apple as an article of good, healthy food is surely not appreciated by our peo plc. Although 1t does not contain quite so large proportion of nu- triment as some other articles of food, the value of the apple as q sanatary diet and as a luxury, both raw and in it's many prfpar- ed forms, ought to give it an inn portant place as an article of sub sistcnce, and should secure for it a share of the attention and care of our farmers. At the price which good winter apple now commands it. would even be very profitable crop for sale. There is no reason why we should not have an abundance of this dell cious fruit. It grows and produ- ces well in our county and ma lures to perfection. While the trees may not be as hardy and have as great longevity of life as they do in Washington county - the apple region, par excellence, of Arkansas-they produce well and the flavor and the quality of the yield is equal to any. We hope more attention will be given to the apple orchard by our farm CTS, so that in a few more years we will have an abul d mt supply of this most delicious and heal thy of all fraits. The idea of there not being ten bushels of na- tive apples in Pope county which we do not suppose there is when we could have thousands, is,-provoking to say the least. Only last week Nebraska gen tleman who visited our town and county with a view to becoming a citizen and locatlnga dozen or more families among us, asked us where he could see or procure a specimen of Pope county apples. We went with him to the only farmer whom we knew of that gives any attention to fruit but got no specimen. We did, now ever, get the assurance that the efforts of that farmer had been successful and that it would pay to have good orchards here. So our Nebraska friend went away without being able to see a speci- men of Pope county apples. We hope this will not be the case with any one who may call for a specimen four or five years from now.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10

Lee Phillips was in town this week and exhibited a sheep, ofthe ram species, with four large sized, fully developed horns growing on it's head. Two of the horns formed . semicircla, pointing forward, and the other two vice versaed rear ward. This specimen of the sheep family bears striking resem- blance to Old Nick, and we insist that he be forward to the Ccnten- Iuial,
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10
SUPREME COURT DECIS-
 IONS.
Abstracts Prepared by Chan
 ccllor John R. EalSin.
NO 7.

Oliver, sheriff and collector, vs
 Memphis and Little Rock Rail
 road company, Appeal from
 Pulaski chancery court.
 Bill to enjoin the collector iron collecting q tax on the road, work shops, manufactured cars, etc. alleging irrepayable injury iron stoppage of business, etc De murrer oyerruled, and the collect or appealed. Opinion by Iari son, J,
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10

We don't expect to hear any more complaint hereafter about the scarcity of hogs in this ceun try as we are told that the whole country is alive with young pigs. Fayetteville Democrat
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10
To Smoke or Not to Smoke.

To smoke or not to smoke---that k
 the question. Whether lis better to abjure thu
 habit, And trust the warnings of q scrib-
 bling doctor, y Or buy at once a box of best Havanas And ten a day consume them? TC
 smoke, to puff, m n Nay, more, to waste the tender fabric
 of the lungs And risk consumption and its thous- at and ills The practice leads to---'tis a consum-
 nation Discreetly to be shupned. To smoke,
 to puff To puff, perhaps to doze--aye there's
 the rub; For in that dozing state we thirsty
 grow, And, having burned the tube up to
 stump, We must have drink, and that's one
 cause s We modern youth are destined to
 short life; For who can bear to feel his mouth
 parehed up, His throat like whalebone and his
 chest exhausted, { His head turn giddy and his nerves
 unstrung. When he himself might drench these
 ills away With wine or brandy? Who could
 live in smoke, And pine and sicken with secret
 poison; But that the dread of breaking o'er
 rule Prescribed by Fashion, whose con-
 trolling will None disobey, puzzles ambitious
 youth, And makes us rather bear the ills we
 feel Than others that the doctor warns
 us of. Thus custom does make specters of
 us all, And thus the native hue of our com
 plexion Is sicklied o'er with consumptiye
 cast; The appetite, a loss of greater mo-
 ment, fF44 t5s.e Failed by the weed, and the diges-
 tive powers e Lose all. their action. On Guard.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10

Crudup ct als. vs. Franklin coun-
 ty ct al. Appeal from Frank
 lin county.
 This was a bill by the com plainants, for themselves and the tax payers, against the county and the sheriff, to enjoin the col lection of illegal taxes. Demur- Ter sustained, and complainants appealed. The abstracts shew the nature of the case. Opinion by Walker, J. f
 ABSTRACT.
 Under the law, in 1871, coun ty could only levy tax of five mills for ordinary county purpos- es; and levy in addition of one eighth of one per cent. for sala- ries and fees of the county court was illegal They belong to the list of ordinary county purposes.
 Also q levy of 2 of l per cent. to pay county indebtedness was illegal, where 1t appears m 1act, { from bill and exhibits, that there was no outstanding county indebtedness.
 Where the illegality of levy does not appear om the record, hut must be shown by matters dehors, the remedy by certiorari is inadequate, and injunction may issue.
 And so, where some aXpaycrs applied to the county court to cor rect the error, and the court re- fused to allow their application to appear of record, thus defeat ing the right of appeal, injunction will lie. The action of the court amounted to q fraud.
 Decree reversed and case re- handed.
 ER~The court basing it's judg- ment on the foregoing grounds, intimates further that in all cases of illegal taxes. an equity juris- diction may arise to sustain a bill in behalf of tho taxpayers on the ground of preventing multiplicity of suits.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-02-10
Warning.
Ha!--dash to the earth the poison
 bowl, q

Ha !--dash to the earth the poison
 bowl,
 And seek it not again It hath madness for the soul-N A scorching for the bIain. The curses and the plaques of hell Arc flashing to its brinl--- Wo--for the victim of it's spell, There is no hope for himl Nor go thou to the banquet hall--- The festal light may shine, And love and beauty gladden. all The revelry and wine; But go thou not t--fcr death is there- He cometh not in vain-- His ghastly arnlis raised and bare. Above each reeling brain! Away !-7-in Gods own strength,
 away !---
 Cast off the evil thing Turn from the temptcr's smile, and
 pray TsvnVsv < For your delivering; So shall loftier strength be given Above the wine@cup's spell; And thou, that art an lieii. to Heaven, Escape the fears of Hell.