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yi-vWA:/;*; • • • I 1 .* » -rQs- • ' s; •- .?v" I ifi+xk&i iV ': limuu ' 111.11.4ft* til£v\%& Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Pa^rs Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." wi»I •; »i) VOL. 1. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESlmY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1875 eary f liiiieder. ..£jj£li*hB<l Every Tf ulnesclay by $ . V a n S l y k o Editor and Publisher. Pr ;• Office in Riverside Block, Iu Over Smith Bros. A Ca's Stora. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: OM Year, (in Advance , ) 50 If not Paid within Three Months,.. *.:•'.... -2 00 Subscr? jitions received for three or six months in the same proportion.,; BUSINESS cJkliDS/ Fr i H. T. BROWN.M. D. [T8ICI AN and Surgeon. Office in Brick * Block over ¥. (». Ma.v'es Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry I1L E. A. BEERS, Si* P. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office at residence, two doors west of l'os^ Office, McHenry III. O. J. HOWARD M. I> lHTt*iriA\ and Surgeon." Office at the stors »(Howard^ So»^ McHenry, III . ' F. U. MAYES. EBoiiANT Tailor, and dealer in Ready Made Clothing, Cloths, Casuimeres, Vestine &c„ One door north of Colby's-DrngStore McHenry III. M H. C. IRISH, J^TTORNEY AT LAW, McHenry, 111. RICH All 1) JlHIlOI», ATTORNEY AXl» COUNSELOR AT T AW. Office in rear of Muryhv & Bishop's Bank Jforth Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BUCK LIN, XTOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and fn- i\ is lira use Agent. Office at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, III. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Attract, of Titles to );»»<! in McIIenrv County, Illinois., Office with County Clerk,- Woodstock, 111. n D. A POTTEIt, RICHMOND, ILL.. Notary Public and Con­veyancer, U. S. Claini, Insurance a (Collecting; Agent. 1 ~ O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKES & JEWELER, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds of American Md Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories In the country. Silver, platedware, Silver Spoons, ALSO AGENT FOR THE ,Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Organ I Which we believe to be the best Organ in the market. We think we know that by experi­ ence, and we believe it, far it Is backed up by the Best Musicians in the World. : I also soil other Orjians at less prices than the K.stey,. but can't recconiinend them to be asgood. ' \ O. W. OWEN. July St KURPHY & BISHOP, BANKERS. Office North Sida of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, . ...... ILLINOIS. TRANSACTS a General Banking and Ex-change Business. Deposits Received.-- Interest allowed on Special 'Deposits. Buy anil sell United States Bonds, Gold, GoM'Exchanfte, etc. Exchange on all principal cities in Europe for sale. Woodstock. III. OWENS MILLS, McHenr" - - - - - Illinois. &FEED. G. A. CAN FIELD. HOUSE, «i;;n and Carriage Painltng,. Pap^r Hanging, Calcimining, »tc.. Mixed Paints of all kinds constantly. on hand;: All onMIrs promptly attended to". McHenry III./ FR. IIEC1ITLE. HOUSE, Sisr-n and ©nrriafffc -painter, Mdlen-ry 111. Will do all work woiautly and at reasonable rates.. GEO. SCIIREINKR. .T.OON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite tjxe parVer McHenry 111. JOS, VIEDKMAKX 'CT3VT OON and ltestanranfc Ne tr the 'Depot C* McHenry 111. JJoaHers by the day <>v week at reasonable rates. Warm and cold meals at all bouis*. •*»,- • '•«' » 49-(Jood Stabling for JIorses,.«sr McIIKNHY l.IVEirY ST AIM. E. H. E. WIG HTM AN, Proprietor. First cln«s rigs, wilh or without, drivers, furnished at reas<>n»rates. .Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. W. W. KI,.I,SWC)HTH. BREEDER O the Celeb-tfo I ^asrie Hoar. Also Light and Dark Itrahma Fowls. Pi«rs *>hlpiieil to all points l»y express. P.O. Ad­ dress, WwJstock, Hi., II. D. HOLMES. BILLTARD Rooms, in Howe's Block. McITcn-rv 111. New Billiard and Pool Tables of th* latest stvle just put in, and rooms newly refitted. Call and see. II. D. Holmes Propri­ etor. PETER THICKEN!; REPAIRS Watches. Clocks and .lewelrv of all kinds. Also Repairs VI.dins in llie host possible manner, on short, notice ami at rea­ sonable rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop first door North of Riverside Block,. McHenry 11L M. ENGKLN, GUN AND LOCKSMITH. Sirate Rejmrinsr done promptly at short tvottae. Keep on hand a good stock of Guns, Revolvers, Pow­ der, Shot, Gun Material. Fishing Tackle,' Mecrchauin and Wooden Pipes* MrllENRY ILLINOIS. RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro­prietor. Good accommodations for all iiarties. Sampleroonis for s^ic'smeii, 1 iv^ry •table attached. Public 'Ilall for Lectures, Shows &c., KIVEUSIDE HOUSE. MCHENRY, 111., II. Wheeler Proprietor. Newly furnished and reiitted. Splendid hunting and fishing on Pistaqua and Fox Lakes, a short distance above. Boats and Oarsmen furnished at reasonable rales. Liv­ ery in connection with the House. Free bus to'and from thecars. Larjje and airv apart­ ments for families during the summer. The splendid side-wheel Steamer will make trips to and,,from the Lakes during the Summer months. No pains spared to promote the com­ fort ofgueiits. Terms, ifr'.OO per da v. FRED, RENICII, CIGAR MANUFACTURER. --AND- CONSTANTLVON HAND. CISTOM G1«^DI]\G Done pr^mptlv, and satisf;\( :io* guaranteed Tliankful for put favors ;i contiuiiince of patronage is respect l'ully solicited. Owen Bros. MoIIenry Aug., 2 1875. Waukegan Cigar Manufactory, E. M. DEKN IS, Proprietor. Manufacturer and Wi;>>lesale Dealer in . tl&lTCSfTtfBICCIOt: --AN D-- 0? Pipes of Every Description 55 G EXES EE STIJEET. ) WAUKEGAN, IIX. MUST ARRIVED. MRS. C. H. M0REY, Wishes to inform the public that she has just received a splendid assortment of Fall and Winter Millinery, Consisting of the Latest Styles of-Hats, Boir- nets, J-'lttwers, silks, Velv ets, Kibtjons, J.aces, Embroideries, Ties, &<•., &c., In fact everv- thing in the Millinery line. Iton't fail to call and examine Priced stvle* and Quality of Goods, wlHch DEFY COMPETITION. Brick Block, 2<l Door Xortb of Colby's Drug Store, McHE^RY, - - ILLINOIS. 2 M R K U S ' GERMAN WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. AYOODSTOCK, IT.T.INOIS. L. C. UICE. A- A. RICE. Lu C. RICE & SON, D E N T I S T S , NUNDA, I LI.. Satisfaction Guaranteed on all work.. Teeth ^Cleaned, Filled and Extracted in a careful And skillful manner. Artificial Teeth .inserted In full or partial-plates, on all the hasesknown .to the profession. Call and have your teeth examined. OFFICE of L. C. Rice, We^t Madison St., Chicago. Office of A. A. Rice; second door 'North of the M. E. Church, Nunda, III. r REFERENCES. -- Wm. Archdeacon, Nunda; Rev. Frank Burr, Green St., Ch^'-ago,.1.11,. aarWill visit McIIenrv every Saturday.-- Booms at.the Itiverside House. For Sale, a Good Farm. Of Eighfy Acres within one hundred and sixty rods of Crystal Lake Crossings, on easy terms. For further information apply to R- BISHOP, Attorney, At Murphy & Biskeu'eJhM** Woodstock, I1L Dated July 23d, r These bitters are manufactured by the pro­ prietor from GERMAN BOOTS, imported bv him. The receipt of these Bitters was obtained bv the proprietor in 1S45 , from an old and experienced phvsiciah (then a phy­ sician in the Prussian army), and a graduate of the highest medical colleges of Germany. These Bitters are Guaranteed to cure the se­ verest cases of DIARRIHEA, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, and are a certain preventative of FEMALE SICXNEss, ("HILLS AND FEVER, AND AGUE, Diarrha-aisa ili-ease characterized bv an increased disx-hartre from the Bowels, usually in a very liquid state, and sometimes contain­ ing a large (juautity of Bile. Besides the vari­ ous purgativfr medicines, undressed or imli- gestable food, or vcuetaliles. ycid fruits, oily or putrid substances fre<iuently cause Diarr­ hea. Physicians distinguish various kinds ot Diarrhtea, as (crapulosa) \vli*n the forces pass off ordinary quality, "biliosa" when the bile is more abundant than natural; "mucosa" when the excrements contain a quantity of mucus; "serosy" in which they are almost entirely liquid and watery ; and* "licuteria" when the food passes through tlia IKMIV in an almost un­ altered ttate. There are' frequently, also nausea and vomiting, a bitter taste in the month, a furred and yellow tonsrue, dry and harsh >kin. a full or sallow ciV\iiiti'ii;in<'e, and if spee 11 y checked, great emaciation. This is one of ti|o*e diseases by means of which na­ ture stri\es to -ret rid of impurities, and "-re­ store the system to its natural condition. Hence, when it is not vcrv violent, ami the patient is strong, jt is lK*st to let it take its course for a short time, and bv taking only two wine idasses full of the Bitters for the tirst ten hours. For violent cases live wine glasses full per .lav, one before each meal and two bet ween meals, In any case great care sboul I be taken not to stop" it too suddenly,, The treatment thus iii all cases depends upon the cause from which it sprang, tor Indiges­ tion and Dyspepsia take one wine glass full of the Bitters before each meal. No fan)Uv ' should be without a bottle, Price per bottle, lartre so Cts., small 50cts, Manufactured bv 4 f, MARK US, WOODSTTKJK, ILL, , TilK.EN'I) OF A HVML1IUQ. William^C. Kalston, w)io committed suicide in California a slipj-t time slnc«, wa« the latest humbug that the present rage of sh^ddyiem, ga« and Impudence has produced. lie started iu life with­ out education or knowledge of business, aud because he happened to be success­ ful in a speculation or two, he conc-ieved that he was cut out for a banker, enter­ ing a banking house in California as clerk. He subsequently crganized the Bank of California, became Un cashier and Anally |t« chief manager. Soon he had great wealtlt ni and, and used i t Javiehly. He built a house at BelmontfValley that coat a million dollars, and supported it at an annual outlay of $350,000. It is stated that it would accommodate one hun­ dred aud fifty guests, and occasions were frequent when that number ac­ cepted his hospitality. He had parlors on Commercial street, San Francisco, that were not unlike those of Tweed in Albany, X. Y., during the golden days of the Tammany ring. He was looked upon as a wonderful man, as no doubt he was in some regards, Tweed was a wonderful man in his way. Ho was about flie coolest villain the world ever knew... We d© not say that Ralstou was villain, but he was a bold, daring, reck­ less operator, and therefore not much better than a villain, for he was liable any day to go under and to carry with him all those having faith in his finan­ cial sagacity. He has failed for about fourteen millions, we believe, or rather his bank has, and we suppose the batik and its -manager were one and the same thing, or substantially so. Of course, there is a good many lame ducks among his friends. Now it is plain to m that lialston was a humbug, a sham, a cheat. He never was worthy of the reputation lie has enjoyed--never the extraordinary business mau he Avas considered to be, never a safe man at all, and never pos­ sessed hj^Jf t he wealth he was -credited with having. He was greatly overrat­ ed. lie-made a great show,, but lacked in substance. There was lirrlo solidity about him. He was a matt of immense assurance--made'up after the Jim Fi>k Bill Tweed pattern--like them iu sev­ eral regards and tuijike them iu others as those notorious charters dillered . I'lv-HM, each < COUI;KSI*ONI»KN'CK. nu FtKi.D, Ii,u, Sept., llth W71V, EDITO^I^LAIXDEALBR :--Having been bom afidgaised iu McHenry, I hailed the announcement that you was going to start a Jifewspaper with Joy. Every­ body likeif (to hear from his old home fr°m t^tn^lo time, no matter in what shape theijiews reach him. Everything that goeft'ipji there is of more or less im­ portance 4o him. For that reason I knew tha|i the Ipcal columns of the PLAIXDEJULKU would every week bring .1 of interesting news to me. Jvi"g a copy, which was a friend, I not only read ;t1uiii£|witti/gWat, satisfac­ tion, but #k-ery lil of the wiiole paper proved tQ' be full of interest to me. I was :a lit^-surprised for I had hardly expectediich an amount of general liew^ antffnlt.ahle reading matter from a county! nsper o» its first etartout McHenrj| nay well be proud of its new paper, at every citizen ought to do his duty d Mtpport it in every possi- a great But. oii sent me the local ble mat ing to « much as State < "a teren ttt But at For my ptirt 1 am will- •IIrage- your enterprise as Jan. If a few notes trom the tal should prove of any in- »ur readers, I ain willing to drop a f«! linos from time to time. resent there is not much to •••us c:iarazors mneretl | be repor d. Since the adjournment of the l^egjl ature last spring our city has quite a < iet appearance--a striking contrasf > the excitement and jioliti- cal uproaipf last winter. Politicians have dispiped to all partsTiif tlie State, and jx<ljt|p have ceased to be the top­ is of the lay. , \ The ^s«est excitement here was aboyt thwlocation of the new Feeble- Minded ^yliini. It was the unmis­ takable Intention of tlie 29tl^~TTeiieral ^ssemblj|to have it here. Their aim was to concentrate the public cliarita- ble instltji^ious, that are to be built hereaue«f|it tlie State Capital. Their reasons so doing arcTery plain. It w<»uid «4ve the State thousands of dollars e^*y year if these institutions were loc^dherc. They could be in- vestigntet| by the" legislature every session wf|h little trouble anil less ex- peu&e.* ttltiiies that, they would be under dird'et supervision of the gover- 4vur ai»ij tlie State pllieers. But, being :i^ It is, th*4 ^rst weeks of every session this sort of creature^--these gigantic operators who do business on a mag­ nificent scale^sometimes on capital ac­ quired i« a lucky speculation, some­ times with money that has beetiftolen. and sometimes vvitljoht meansj in Tact money is no particular consequence. The tiling required is cheek, hnjmdm'J' brass. I'ut on airs, assume to i4ch. give spteu.iid dinners, fobl away a quar­ ter or half a million a year, and it is just as weli as though the individual pursuing this course were a millionaire. He will obtain credit for being a won­ derful shrewd operator, for possessing extraordinary business talents,when he is only a mosjtebank, simply a gtnpen* dotis humbug. Probably the best thing Ralston ever did was to take himself out of the world, though he might have done a better one had he pie formed the act earlier. Of what use are such people? None whatever. They are a curse to the business world. They Mo immense mischief. And yet we cannot say that the men they defraud are entitled to particular sympathy. When men build .houses that cost a million of dollars, and live at the rate of 8350,000 a year, it is safe to assume that those who are doing it are swind.ers, for in ninety- nine eases out of a hundred it will turn out that they are so. J^gT"You must fight me,*' said the Mayor of Ilarrisburgh, Tex., to one Captain Harry Eddins, reccently. "But I won't do it," replied Harry. "Then you are a coward and I'll shoot you down like a dog," continued the pom­ pous Mayor. So the latter started out one day with a big gun to annihilate ^jthe cowradly Captain. He met "him, and what did tlie coward do? What, but just "go for" that Mayor. He snatched the gun out of his hands. He larruped him over the pate with the same. He churned him with the butt. He tickled him with the ramrod. Then he sat down on the Mayor, and kind of spread him out on the ground, as it were, and when the cowardly Captain got through the brave Mayo'r had got enough. He has quit the challenging business now. ASP""'Andrew Johnson is the sixth member of the Forty-fourth Congress who has died before the first regular session of that body. The vacant chairs in the blouse are those of Mr. Buffington, of Massachusetts; Mr. Hersey, of Maine (Hepublican) ; Mr. Allen of Xew York; Mr. IJead, of Tennessee and Mr, LaDow of Oregon (Democrats.) If you want to get the latest style and best quality of Photographs call at Fords Fine Art Gallery, McHenry, 111, State, An investigating committee has to be sent to each place. That tIlls is expensive everybody will readi­ ly see. Besides -the direct expeuse for mileage, board etc , the whole legisla­ ture has to lay idle during the time of tin* investigation for want ofa-quorum, •causing an 'additional (indirect) ex­ pense of several thousand dollars dai­ ly, for which the State receives noth­ ing in jreturn. Thiseould all be avoid­ ed by locating .these asylums right here. Therefore Springfield "was quite confident of gel ting tlie new Feeble- Minded Asylum. But the committee which w^as appointed by the governor to settle'^the matter thought otherwise and gave St to Lincoln. Well, if State institutions are to be spread anyway, tlfeu Lincoln has as good a right to its share as anyothei. city in the State. Let other cities have their asylums, we are satisfied with what we have; the DC phututtra of ail tlie publiebuild- ingf in the State; the new State House. This grand magniticient building is something to be proud of. One can form no idea of its splendoi" who has not seen it. But it will take several! years yet before it is finished.' Swinging around from State matters to privtite business I cannot say much about it. - Everybody is complaining of hard times. The long expected bet­ ter times don't seem likely to put in an appearatu-e very soon yet. Everybody Is looking forward to the next elec­ tion wit ;> great expectations. Hard or soft money is tlie watchword. One sees the salvation of the country in the former, another in the latter. When the great crash of 1873 broke over our country, it was rag money that doue it. But what caused tlie failure of the Bank of California some weeks ago? Was it rag money? Or was it hard mon­ ey? I guess it was the want of either. Let tlie money be increased to meet the demands of our trade. That seems to be the best policy to me. Then our business will revive and complaints over hard times will„be heard no lon­ ger. , .. J. W. F, fiQrCaptain Richard King, the Tex­ as "Cattle King." has been visiting at Ilarrodslmrg, Ky. At his ranelie in Texas. Captain King has a field of 60, 000 acres within one fence. He receut- lv tilled an order by telegraph -for, 26, 000 beeves. 0SrA son of Brigham Young, with the wild name, Don Carlos Young, has entered the School of" Engineers in Troy. By the peculiar extent of his family circle, the old head Mormon is enabled to be represented in nearly every college of both pontineuts. MOTHBB; SHUTOS'» PROI-HECI. Every now and then, for these 400 years and more, says the Springfield Republican, some one lias brought to light the prophesy and memory of Mother Shipton. As event follows event in mechanical progress, her dog- geral verses fall in so pat that they must need* be quoted, One of the pre­ dictions thereof---"Fire and water shall wonders do"--has come to pass time and again, and the latest fulfillment is in the Keely metor. This Mother Shipton was one that would have taken high rank as a medium in our day; in here, the fifteenth century, she-was said* to have been begotten, l!ke the wizard Merlin, of the phantasm of Apollo, or some arial demon under that guise, and a iSeautiful orphan Yprkshire girl named Agatha. She hftd the weird, lonely girlhood that the child of shame is apt to have, avoided or persecuted by those who should have been her mates; she was christened Ursula by the Abbot of Beverly, and grew up so eccentric and unnaturally shrewd that by and by this tradition, in those su­ perstitious days, grew about her birth. She prophesied as she grew older, and even "persons of quality" commits tier. Shtf told the great Wojsey that he should never come to York, and, in­ deed, when within eight miles of it, he was arrested by ..Northumberland at King Henry's order, and brought Leicester, where he died. Also she said to have foretold the great fire London, the execution of Charles and many notable events besides, of the Reformation and the .reigns of Elizabeth and .Tames, ^t the age of ,73 she foretold her death, and at the hour predicted1"'she died. Her name is a poptdar tradition in Yorkshire even to-day, and the tradition is founded iu part upon fact, Her famous prophecy was said to have been published in her life-time and again 200 years ago; it was certainly published 40 years ago, for we have seen it iu a book of that time, where it was said to be copied from an older book, Though most of the items are vague enough, some show a marked coincidence with remarkable events, such as the invention of steam, railway locomotives and, tunnels,, the telegraph, ironclads, and the admission of Jews into parliament (in 1858). •Without i'urtluir preface, these are the ('aiTiatfcs without horses shall pro, Aiul accidents 1111 the worlfj with woe. Aroum^the world thoughts shall tty Iu the twinkling of un eye. Water shall yet more wonders do Now strou^e, but yet tl»ey shall..be true; The world upsidedown shall be And £old be ioiiud at the riiot of a tree. Through hills man shall ride And horse nor ass bo,at his side; Under water men shall walk, ' Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk; In the "air shall men be seen In white, in black, in green; <-• Iron in tho water shall Hoar (iol<l shall be found tiu<i shown In land that's not now known; Fire and water shall wonders do,- Kii.ariand shall at la#t admit a Jew. The world to an end shall come 111 eighteen hundred eighty-one. (jood Prospects for Autumn Trade. -Notwithstanding these failures, the outlook in regard to the Autumn trade is far from discouraging, and merchants are hopeful. Both the South and the West have full crops, and the West has the advantage of high prices for its products. The new crop of cotton is estimated at from 4,250,000 to 4,500,000 bales; and in addition to this great ad­ vantage is the scarcely less important one that the political condition of the Southern States is more settled than for years. The stock of manufactured goods in the hands of distributors in the agricultural sections is not large, tnd with the need and means to replen­ ish, it is naturally expected that there will be a large distribution of goods. The manufacturing interests of the country can. of course, not be improved until after the present overstock of goods in their hands or those of their agents is removed; but, with the agri­ cultural interest flourishing, this is only a matter of time. The money market is becoming firmer, but the Xew York Banks begin the Autumn with a reserve of over §20,000.003, so that there is no reason to expect an.oppressive restric­ tion in bank facilities. IJgrTalk about adding inshlt to In­ jury! Wait till you have been treated as that bald headed man from Fort Wayne \yas out in Missouri, the other day. First they took away his watch and all his money, and then to come a joke on the night train, they rubbed his head with phophorus and tied him down on the track with a label attached to his coat, "Latest danger ei|fual--* patent applied for." HARVARD. -Two-thirds of the bridges in Che- muug, Dunham and Aldcn township# were carried away by the floods liSf week. ' --»T. Maxwell' and Megrnn, the two men injured by a falling scaffolding » few weeks ago. are improving aa fo&t. as could be expected. --The fireman and expressman 1q> jured on the train wrecked at Law* rence last Wednesday night are ge^ ting along finely tinder the care dfrBlt Wade, •;•; ' -C';. V • --They had a first-class ser,sati«u 4% Alden hist week--a genuine elope* . ment, The parties were Mr, Do*«| Porter, of Walworth, and Miss Vina® Cornue;, daughte r of Daniel Cornue, Alden. Somoteit.be. --During the severe thunderstorm of last Tuesday night the residence of Neil Jerome, about two miles south* east of Harvard, M as struck twice lightning, and strange to say. none of the inmates were injured. The roof ^ and two of the chimneys were ootik siderably damaged.--Independent. J6^"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," is an old shift of financial miserdom. invenfed to screen stupidity from the criticism of enterprise, ftfc one point of view what we have, how* ever small in value, is worth to tw much more than the.very considerable amount which we have not. But to estimate that our dilapidated „wren, in the close grasp of fistic cowardice, Is of more value than a ,pair of unseen pheasants in the woods, is to put such a value up* on our ignorance as to render us co% temptible. It is to encourage lnd#* lence, by balancing a temporary mite in possession, against the possibility of a grand success, which we ignore be­ cause we have not grasped It. 1% slumber iu contentment, over the ma£» nlfled importance of a nickel, held cloaft to the eye. to the obscuration of fortune lying beyond. ; The man who made uold saws," how­ ever honorable hi9 occupation at the time, has, through the durability of his workmanship, descended to days where the repetition of his wisdom ^ insolence, A veritable Saucho Panzt, in stupidity, tlie result of his blunden has only been to fortify his brainiest tfdentg "tPfltr tffiftttsweWr able because incomprehensible. To stifle thrifty enterprise with klA bird in the-hand is worth two in the bush/* or tp presage misfortune after uumei* ous successes because 'fit is a.long lape that has no turn," is of that class oil wisdom, which confines its labors to favorable quarters of the Moon* changes. , , It is more -singular, that folly reason should exist in the face of th* reality of fact. In maxims like this, what we have Is a jewel, what we would have is dross. In fact we ignore pos­ sessions and piue for fancies. The good- lies not in that which we have, but In that we desire. Tlie butterfly we chase. valual his capture makes him an insignificant insect. The phantoms of wealth and distinction est-' bliss till won, and then only sorrow* No man appreciates his present at It* full value, or estimates his future at i ts actual worth. * To-day always wears clouds, to-morrow glitters in suit* shine. Our hands grasp , the dross of - life. others till with its treasures. Each envies the other, and when their post* tionsare reversed the thing abandoned* would be the object desire^. •As a husband,"says a West Side man, "I am ever willing to do my share about the house. My wife, for instance, puts up all the preserves in the Sunw nier--it is pleasant then; but when cold Winter comes, I don't ask her to do anything about them---I put them all dowu alone," • figg^The recent light between a sec­ tion of the Hayden surveying expedi­ tion and t he Indians in Colorado was In some respects a remarkable affair. Gordon reports a two days battle with the Indians; "severe fighting" the en* tire time; "splendid shooting" on the part of his men "at 1,000 yards;** bi|t the result of this desperate sagebrush encounter shows that nobody was kill* ed or wounded. A few mules were pierced by Indian bullets, but not a* Indian or white man was slain, Either Gordon's men must be very poor maike* men, for he says the Indians pressed him closely, or the alfair must have been greatly exaggerated. "Splendid shooting at 1,000 yards" as reasonably interpreted as meaning bloody work. Nobody seems to have been hurt, how* ever. "'Can the female blonde, or bro» pette, who will go around the country playing match games of base ball, hard* ly be the belle ideal of modesty ?" we asked an honest Teuton yesterday. And he sadly shook his head an^l sol* ernnly answered, "Xine." fi^The recent newspaper articles^ upon the sanity of Mrs. Lincoln^ have called out Dr. Patterson in a reply. ii^, which he states that her sanity hat never been declared, and insists thaff she is and has been insane during hefr stay at his hospital. But no mattety she's o ,sane or imam*