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•" Pledged but to Truth, toLiberty and Law; lio Favors Win us and no Pear Shall Am," ]fef[©Mj Jlaiiletlw. Published Every Wednesday by . "Van S ly ke Editor and Publisher. Office in Riverside Block, Over Smith Bros. & Co.'a Store. TERM* OF SUBSCRIPTION: ne Yertr, (In Advance,) .ft 50 If not Paid within Three Months,-...... 2 00 Subscriptions received for three or six months ji the same proportion. ' BUSINESS CARDS. T. UROWN, M. D. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. OS*e in Brick Block over F. G. Mayes Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry I1L E. A. BEERS M. D. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office at residence, two doors west of Post Office, M*Henry III. O. J. HOWARD. M D. >HTSICIAN and Surgeon. Office at the store of Howard & Son, McHenry, III; F. O. MAYES. MERCHANT Tailor, and dealer in Ready Made Clothing, Cloths, Cassimores, Vestihc Ac., One door north of Colby's Drugstore MeHcnrr 111, H. C. IRISH, TTOBNEY AT LAW, McHenry, III. RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office in rear of Murphv & Bishop's Bank North Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BUCK LIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In­surance Agent. Office at Bucklin A Steven's Store, near the Depot, JIcHenrv, 111. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract of Titles to land in McHenrv County, Ill'iois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, 111. D. A. POTTER, RICHMOND, IT,I,., Notary Public and Con* veyancer, U. S. Claim, Insurance a Collecting Agent. G. A. CANklELD. HOUSE, Sign and Carriage Painting, Paper Hanging, Calcimining, Ac., Mixed Paints ©fall kinds constantly on hand. All orders promptly attended to. McHenrv III. H FR. IIECHTLE. OU8E, Sign and Carriage Painter, McHen­ ry 111. Will do all work promptly and at 0---rates. «. M. OWEN. /">ENKRAT. Dealer and Manufacturers VT Agent in Leading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. V MCHENRY IT LINOIS. GEO. SCHREINER. 2AT.OON am itestmir.u'it. N":i>-lv opposite 5 th£ P»rker House, MuIIenrv 111. WFirat-Ciass Billiard and I'ool Tables. J. UONSLETT, SAI-OON and Restaurant. Nearlv Owen's Mill, McHenry, 111. FreshOvater nerved i.u> In any *ha]to desired, or tor sale by the Can. WOOQD STABI.ING FOR HOUSES.,## JOS. WIEDEM ANN. SAT.OON ami Restaumnt. Near the Depot McHenry 111. Boarders by the day or week at reasonable rates. Warm and cold 3i«als at all hours. K^Good Stabling fov ITnrsct. _<*jr McH EN It V LIVEIIY STABLE. H. E. WIG HTM AN, Proprietor, First class rigs, with <»r without drivers, furnished St reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. w. w. ELLSWORTH. BUEEDEK « the Celebrate! Ma,'io Hoar. Also I.i^rlit .tnd Dirk Brahma Fowls, piits shipped to all points by express, P. O. Ad­ dress, Woodstock, III.. WarraiHe ROBERT MURFITT, \ W ATCII-M AK ERof vears experience, has located at X'inda, and will give his atten­ tion to the Repairing of Clcks. Watchps, Ac. Shop In W >tson A Co.'sXDrug Store. All Work flSTER LEICKEM. REP AIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelrv of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins inttioliest possible manner, on short notice and at rea; sonable rates. Also Violins for Sale. S'lop first door North of Riverside Block, Mcllenr\ 111. M. ENGEI.N, GUN AND LOCKSMITH. Scale Reiwirlng done promptly at short nott^fe. Keep on tiand a good stock of Guns, Revolvers, Pow. der, Shot, Gun Material, Fishing Tackle, Meerchaum and Wooden Pipes. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. RICHMOND HOUSE. ICHMONI) ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro. IV prietor. Good accommodations for all parties. Samplerooms for Salesmen, Livery Stable attached. Public Hall for Lectures, Shows Ac., R FRED. RENICH, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, --AND-- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILL INOIS. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1876. BUSINESS CARDS. E. BENNETT, M. IX. SURGEON and Accoucher. Diseases of Women a Specialtv. .Officeand Residence •on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. W. H. BUCK, M. A, HOMEOPATHIC Phvticlan and Surircon.-- Office East Side "Public Square, Wood- stock, III. Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 P. M. MCHENRY. HOUSE. McHenrv, 111. John Karges Proprietor. Centrally located and the best of accom­ modations furnished. Charges reasonable. O.W.OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds ot American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country.' Silver, plaledware, Silver Spoons, Ac., • ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Organ ! Which we believe to be the best Organ in the market. We think we know that by experi­ ence, and we believe it, for it is backed up by the Best Musicians in the World. I also sell other Organs at less prices than the Estcy, but cuu't leccoiumend tlieui to be as good. O. W. OWEN. July 23. MURPHY & BISHOP. BA.NKKR3. Office North Side of? Public Square, WOODSTOCK ILLINOIS. Waukegan Cigar Manufactory, E. M. DENNIS, Proprietor. Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer IU CIGARS, TOBACCO, ••AN D--* Pipes of Every Description. 5o GEXESEE STREET, WAUKEGAN, ILL. THE McHENRY B A K E R Y , --AUD-- RESTAURANT. F. BEST, - - Proprietor. Having opened a New Bakery and Restau­ rant in the Village of McHenry, the subscriber would inform the public that he is now pre­ pared to furnish them witb Fresh Brcfeid, Cakes, Pies, Ac. Of the best quality and at the lowest rates. We also keep a fine Stock of Confectionery#" Fancy Groceries, Canned Goods, Ac., to which we invite the attention of the public tfS" FRESH OYSTERS constantly on hand and for sale by the Can or Dish. flS®"Bakery in Howe's Block, opposite the McHenry House. F. BEST. McHenry, Oct. 5t<f. 1875. 1875. 1870. TRANSACTS a General Banking and Ex-change Business. Deposits Received.-- Interest allowed on Special Deix»slts. Buy and sell United States Bonds, Gold, Gold'Exchange, etc.. Exchange on all principal cities in Europe for sale. Woodstock, 111. THK OWJOINS* Fox River Valley Hills. H. D. LUFF, Proprietor. McHenry - Illinois. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. CI STOM GRINDING Done iTomptlv, and satisfaction guarantee ! Thankful for past favors a continuance of patronage is respectfully solicited. *:i"The IIi<r'ic«t M.irket Price in Cash foi good Milling Wheat. H. D. LUFF, Successor to Owen Bros. W. H. SANFORD, Moroliiial Tai loc. In the -ton' of r. 11. 0 < klnson, K:tst side of Public Squ ire, WOODS'TQ< K, ILL. A srood •jlock <>rKititJ0 >tiu» for i'- way-on han I. vui! "to. t i« l'> ord.-r an i a ; warranted- tii% o inc a call. w. if. - \Xi o::i>. Woodstock 111..-Sept. 2:111. 10. L. O. RICE. A. A. BICE, Jj. C. RICE & SON, P E N T I S T S , NUNDA, ILL. Satisf ac,tt«n Guaranteed on all work. Teetln Cleaned, filled and Extracted in -a careful and skillful manner. Artificial Teeth inserted In full or partial plates, on all the basesknown to the profession. Call and have your teeth examined. OFFICE of L, C. Rice, West Madison St., Chicago. Office of A. A. Rice, second door Korth of the M. E. Church, Nunda, 111. REFERENCES. -- WM. Archdeacon, Nunda; Rev. Frank Burr, Green' St., Chicago, 111, SS*WilJ vjsit McHenry every Saturday.*-- Boom? at the Parker House. MOUNFF ROOT B I T T E R S . THIS BITTEit^, IV»r its iutWnsic pf'iportles, is known as one of the Best Tonics of the Age. A" a laxative Liver (.V-aning, Uloo i Purif*-. .ng Mo licine, it has not its superior. It shoul. i be taken in ouantities from a Tablespoon full to a small wine glass full three times a day. accor ling to the strength an l age of the Inva. id .or the degree of sicknessv For Sale by the Casa or Bottle, -BY- L. IvAPPLEU, Patentee, Wood8tooki 111. New Goods ! Fall and Winter Styles. Very Cheap for Cash! Dry Goods, Hats artd CJaps, Teis, Groceries, Flour, Hardware,. Patent Medicines, Provi­ sions of all KindN, and in short, a First Class Stock of General Merchandise, I am constantly receiving New Goods of all kinds, an l buying theiu l<>r Cash Down are en­ abled to offer special bargains in all classes of goods, I know that talk is "cheap, but i#>one can sell cheaper than I can. I pay no Bent, consequently uiy claim Is not untoundud. My Millinery Stock Is Complete with the I.atest Styles, and con­ sists ot Fall and Win,er tl'its and Bonnets, Flowcvs, silks, Velvets, Riohous, Embroide­ ries, Ties, Laces, &e., Ac. Particular attention given toj Conveyancing anl Collectiug. Also Justice,of the Peace and Notary Public. JUST ARRIVED. MRS. c. HTMOIIEY, Wishes inform tho public that she has HH| receive I a splen lid assortment of Consisting of the I.atest Stylos of Hats. Ilon- r.cts, Klfiwers, ^ilks, Velvets, |{il>hi>us, l aces, hin'oroi-leriex. Ties, &>-„ in ftc$ every. ' "nig in the Millinery line. Don't fail to rail •1 ;i< (V\ainine Prices! stvles and Qnalitv of which DEFY COMPETITION, IJlocI , 2(1 Door North of f ijby's Drug St;»re, IM^ENRY - - ILLINOIS. M A R K U S ' GERMAN JUST RECEIVED. Aifull Stock of Boots & Sloes Rubber Goods, &cfor the Fall and Winter trade whicli I can aqtl will sell at prices that DEFY Competition. FOF"ALL GOODS Warranted as repre­ sented. CALL and C. At P. W. BLAKE'S, OPPOSI I E PEHRY & MARTIN'S STORE IMCoHenrjr, 111. The MsHenry Brewery. King Herbes, Proprietors, TIIE best of Beer Shipped to any part of the country and warranted as represented.-- Orders solicited promptly atteuded to. These bitters are manufactured by the - pro^ prietor from GERMAN ROOTS, Imported by him, The receipt of these Bitters was obtained by the proprietor in 1*45 , from an old-and.experienced physician (then a phy­ sician in the Prussian armv), and a graduate of the highest medical colleges of Germany. These Bitters are Guaranteed to enre the se verest cases of DIARllHtEA, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, and are a certain preventative of FEMALE SICKNESS, CHILLS AND FEVER, AX I> AGCE. Diarrhoea is a disease characterized by no increased discharge from the Bowels, usually iu a very liquid state, and sometimes contain­ ing a larjere quantity of Bile, Besides the vari­ ous purjrativp medicines, undresseil or indi- gostable food, or vegetables, a«-id fruits, oily or putrid substances frequently cause Diarr- lnea, Physicians distinguish various kinds of Diarrhoea, as (cniiuilosa) when the Purees pass oflfordinary quality; ••bil'osa" when the bile is more abumlant than natural; "mucosa" when the excrements contain a quantity of mucus; "sorosy" in which they are almost entirely liquid and watery; and* "licuteria" when the ft>od (Kisses through the body in an almost 1111 altered state. There are frequently, also nausea and vomiting, a bitter taste in the mouth, a furred anil yellow tongue, dry and harsh skin, a full or sallow countenance, and if speodlv checked, great emaciation. This is one of tqoso diseases by means of which na­ ture strives to get rid of impurities, and re­ store the system to its natural condition. Hence, when it is not verv violent, and the patient is strong, it is best to let it take its course for a short time, and bv taking only two wine glasses full of the Bitters for the first ten hours. For violent cases five wine glasses full per day, one before each meal and two between meal's. In.any case grent care should be taken not to stop' it too suddenly. The treatment thus in all cases depends ui>on the cause from which it sprang. For Indiges­ tion and Dyspepsia take one wine glass full of the Bitters lie fore each meal. No fiunlly should be without a bottle, J^ice oer bottle, largo so cts,, small SOcts, fljanufactureu bv F, MARKUS, WUQDSTOCK, ILL LIGHT IX THE SKY. TO^ave had two years of hard.time* •aid &iv in the midst of a third winter which will try the souls of many. The wise tell us it is a good discipline, which most|>f us need, and we shall be better off in.the end to have had. We shall pay oiir debts, and be more careful how we contract new ones. We shall learn to live more wisely,and shall build more st&f>|§ if less magnificent fortunes.] Thia|s true, and in view of it those of w vtrlb thought we were pinching be- tor*,«an afford, if need be, to pinch still ttarder. It Is even more true of the country *t Swge, we shall probably be ragreed, than it is of us. For while in the old flu^Wiimes we do not remember that we #fcre especially extravagant., it is plalftt enough that, people generally were» As a nation, we were in a bad overmuch to speculation, •lid to speculation which was becoming Increasingly dishonest * getting rich fastj|lnd getting fast as we got rich; in h w0d, going down hill at a steady ^pleasant, if we must pinch, to bumble to feel that we are members of as high moral-reform society, and are bringing the whole nation up to the right standard, namely, the habit of prtulent and wise living. But we commenced with a different purpose, which was to try to comfort by AjComparison, some who may think the times for them especially hard Foi Stealth and poverty are relative terns. A man, as we all know, may be poor^in some fashionable city circle, who,In another more intelligent and r e f l n f d c i r c l e , ( i f h e c o u l d g e t i n t o i t ) would lie rich. A man may he poor in the flty, who would be rich if he were format® enough to have'the same in the country. Everything depends on the point of view; and we know of noth­ ing more comforting for those who may thiu| they are greatly straightened, thnufto compare their case and the tiiiion which we count so hard, with wha^rueubave had to suffer in some othtHf sges of the world. -m historian, Miclielet, quotes auth­ ority for the statement, that in France, in ttf| course of seventy-three years, beginning A. D. 987, there were no feftcr tiian forty-eight famines and epitpmic disorders. Many of these pi-^vti^ed also over the neighboring c°»y Slave.-y iteeif, in this^'hge^ 'to* cei ter to ̂ ell one's self and family to the neighboring baron than to starve to­ gether. Vory significant of the gener­ al misery is the following: "A council of the prelates of the cities of Gaul, be­ ing summoned to devise some remedy for these woes, it was agreed that, since there was not food enough for all, the stoutest should be assisted as much as possible, for fear of the lands being left uncultivated." Think of this long continued wretchedness,--in repeated instances, from five to seven consecu­ tive years of famine; the dead lying in souie cjtses, unburied, the wohes com­ ing down to feed upon them, and cai- rjitig off the living; children enticed away and murdered for their flesh. This, surely, was io eup full of hor­ rors," Jf our friend will dwell long enough in thought, upon that old age, to get it ftijjy before their minds, they will per­ haps, be in better cape to co ine back and take a good look at our own mis­ eries, The times are sick. Isn't it a pretty comfortable sickness, after all? Wouldn't they have been .times of heavenly comfort a few centuries ago? There comes the rumor to 11s of a good deal of distress; but, in practice, we find that for every family in extreme poverty there are two ready to relieve it, Surely, our case is not so bad. There is much light in the sky, still. Let us pluck up heart and find some­ body to help, if we can, and be cheerful among our own, if for nothing else, in order to 6how our thankfulness that we are out of the dark ages. figgr Latterly Boston seems to carry off the palm in turning out the biggest hypocritical scoundrels in the country, Her latest specimen is one E. D. Wins- low, mlni«ter and publisher, and prom­ inent in social, religious and business circles, who suddenly "lit out" for Holland, al ter having borrowed all he could, and forged notes and endorse- meiits to a very large aaount. His total stealings is placed at about $600,* 000. His victims have no remedy. man iu Pekinby the ,namex)f Cho-Cho was last month brought to trial lor stealiug tea out of the imper rial teapots and pouriug it down a rat hole to scald rats with. The Emperor ordered his head to be cut oft at qnce, and stood by to see it done, China needs the telegraph sorely. Henry Rogers, of Yolo, has atvEstey Organ, and all those who contemplate buying should £t>t (ail to ask him bow he likes it. GKN. HUK1BUT ON TOST POINT. Gen. S. A. Hurl but, Representative in Congress, from this District, made a speech last week on the bill, intro­ duced by the Democrats, cutting down to starvation rate the allowances for West Point Military Academy. The telegraph furnishes the following synop­ sis of his speech: Mr. Hurlbut opposed the economic features of the bill, and suggested, in reply to Mr. Hamilton, that at the time when his (Hamilton's) brother was a West Poiut Cadet receiving $28 a month, members of Congress only* re­ ceived $8 a day, and that It might be economic for him/Hamilton) to remit to the Treasury the surplus pay which he now received. [Laughter.] In his jiidgment this bill struck deliberate^', willfully, and ignorantly,--all three of them [laughter,]--at the well-being of a great national institution whose record was clear to every man iii the House, Even gentlemen from the South on the other side of the House had attested to the advantages of the great training and high teaching of that institution in Lee, and Longstreet, and Stonewall Jackson, so that no sectional question could be made out of this National Academy. The question di­ rectly was whether this academy should be maintained on that pure, liberal,be­ nign footing which its importance de­ manded, and which the dignity of the nation required. He had been aston­ ished at some of the propositions in that bill--propositions whi<*h,he should like to demonstrate, could be the result of nothing but a bastard and blunder­ ing economy. He ventured to say that members of the Committee on Appro­ priation*! did not know how many clerks there were in the institution to be provided for. They had undertaken to strike with one awkward, left-hand­ ed, cowardly blow at men whom the nation had sent there to be educated not for their own benefit, but for that of the nation, and with the other at men who by law were entitled to the advantages of their longevity pay which the gentlemen on the Committee on Appropriations f'id not appear to know the meaning of. He warned the gentlemen of that Committee that there was no single institution in this country which they had better be more careful in interfering with than the West Point Militury Academy. There had been a time when it might have been popular to interfere with, it, but that time was past. There had been a time when It was conslderedfpopular to attack the army, and he supposed that that"would"be the next step; but that time was, he oould tell the gen­ tlemen, also past. Both institutions were rooted and grounded in the faith and belief of the American people in their efficiency and fullness, and any attempt to cripple or diminish either would damn to eternal oblivion the men or party who undertook it. Ui€-/l8UUM>f the Point as the old dilapidated rookery, entirely unfit-for its purposes, and he intimated that the Committee on Ap­ propriations had thrown out the esti­ mate for the erection of a new Hospital or for furnishing it. Mr. Hamilton (X. J.) replied that the estimate had been referred to the Com­ mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Mr. Hurlbut--That Committee has nothing to do with It, and when the Committee 011 Appropriatioas struck It out it was guility of moral cowardice, which stamps with reprobation all pre­ tenses of reform. Mr. Hulburt went on to criticise the attempt of the Committee on Appro­ priations to„ dock JWest Point Profes­ sors of their longevity allowance. If he understood the chief principle of civil service reform, it was that a man having once acquired to position aud filled it honorably was entitled to re­ main there undisturbed «nd unembar­ rassed, and have his rank or pay in- creased according to the time of his service, That was the principle which .had prevailed-in the array as regards office's, One of the West Poiut Pro­ fessors had been there forty-seven years,--the Professor of Mathematics, a man admitted 011 all hands to be the very highest scientific authority, and to have the most singular faollity for communicating knowledge. That gentle man, by his long continuance in service and by his dilligence in well­ doing, was entitled to $4,500 a year, which the Committee on Appropria­ tions proposed to out down,, The Committee, which had the whole in­ terest of the Uulted States committed to its charge, could not possibly be expected to know direct the things that it was acting upou, [Laughter.] He (Hurlbkit) looked upon the law fixing the pay and emoluments of army officers as among the contracts of the natiou. When a man was induced to leave active service in the army, in which he was sure of promotion, and to settle down in life in the greater but more quiet task of educating youth, the nation had pledged its faitli to him and it was bad faith, unsound economy, and equally unsound policy, to attempt to violate that contract. He was glad that the proposition to do so came from where it had come, God forbid that *ny man who had borne arms 011 cither sjde should disgrace himself by upsetting the calculations of alifetlme. and disturbing the honorable dream which these gentlemen had the right to indulge in relying 011 the promise of the Government. He spoke of this tiling now because "coming events cast th 'ir shadows d f »re."* This little ill- considered, ignorant attack 011 West Point was but the skirmisher of the main movement to be directed against that great institution of which West Point, was the nursery, and of which the nation was proud. The people did not want to see the honor of the nation aud school of the soldier, juid dignity of the Professor, struck at as they were in tl^is bill. Without action on the bill the Com* mittee rose, and the House adjourned. NO. 28. THE UK7AX. EDITOR The following is borrowed, and it Is the best we ever had a local editor , loan us:14 If a man buys t iiew.jbvggy, or if his cow can bawl three times without winking, the local is expected to proclaim the fact with a grand flourish. If he starts a two-penny business, his first thought is to bribe the local with a five-cent cigar'to write up a five-dollar puff. Indeed he thinkn it Is the mission of the local to iwv** his fortune for him by 'free-blowing. • He will take the local to one side and point out the superior qualities of a rat terrier dog. and coolly ask htm to 'give the pup a hoist.' He didn't care anything about it, only Sprigging has a dog which he thinks is a buster, and some of 'em wanted his put in just to take the conceit out of Spriggfns.* Everybody wants to be 4put in,' they are the 'GREAT I AM,' but no one saya, 'Here, local, put yourself inside of this new suit of clothes, or throw yourself outside this oyster stew, or stuff this watch i n your pocket.' Oh, no, of course not, that would cost something. The shoe is on'the other foot you see. The local is supposed to know everything about other people's business, and Is ex­ pected to show up all the actors In ev­ ery family broil in town. If the Yl|e tongue of scandal finds a victim, people wonder why he don't run about with note book, and gather up the vitupera­ tive bits of slander for the paper. If he steps into a billiard saloon he it vt • quested to make a note of the astonish- ing fact that Bill Tomkins has made a run of eleven points. When the min­ strel troupe arrives in town, the agent immediately rushes for the printing office, and calling for the local, he slips three or four tickets in his hand, and whispers: 'Draw us a big house! Pnt It in strong P and patting him on th« shoulder iu a patronizing manner, th« agent admits the inferiority of the troupe but we are not to 'let on.' It la no sin for the k cal to lie. To please the lecturer the local is forced for two mortal hours to hear hint through an insipid discourse so that he can 'write him up.' And so It goes. All are anxioul to appear favorable In print, but few are willing to pay for it. The local's time is worth nothing but to bother his brain In writing pufft for ambitious persons. It doift cost lilm anything to live. He never eats or drinks, or travels, and money Is of no HARVARD. --Tickets will be issued this week fer a grand party at Ayer's Hall, fid, given by mine host of the Ayer House. Music by Smith & demon's quadrille band of Janesville--7 pietres. Every body is invited and a good time may be expected. Tickets fi including supper. --O Carpenter intends erecting M ice house on his grounds at the lake for the accommodation of the Harvard and JanesVille Clubs. Ice won't be quite so expensive up there hereafter. --The Boone Co., lawyers are not very favorably impressed with their success (!) in McHenry Co., at the last term of Court. One of their clients v, as sc ut to S t&tee prison and the other two to jail. --About a thousand tords of wood-- more or less--were brought to the Harvard market the latter part of last week, It went like hot cakes owing to the scarcity of the article for the past month. --The celebrated Hawyer case has been sent back to the circuit court for a new trial. The Supreme court judges so willed, probably to get rid of reading the abstract to the case and we don't blame them.--Independent 1ST The re is said to be a disciplina­ rian at Ipswich, Massachusetts, who la bound not to be burned alive. He Uvea in a house with only one pair of stalva* and every Tuesday ntght, according to a local paper, at tweive o'clock, he cries "Fire!" at which his wife and children quickly rise and dress. He then takes out L window saBh, puts a rope around his wife and lowers her to the ground, and then throws into her arms one child at a time. He puts his ftiroltnve into the street and removes it to a plaoe of safety. The whole time ocou* pied is less than fifteen minutes, and ht hopes to do It in ten. 50 pairs Horse Blanket* at price at Bucklin $ Steven's, ll^"lZacharinh," said Mrs. ChliuBafc "what smeU is that f" "Cloves." "But that other smell?" "Allspice," "But isn't there another?" *Yes--tfpples.* "And just one more ?" *Cider my deaf.'» "Well, Rachariah," said she, "If yerfd only drink a little/brandy now you'd make a good mlnde pie,** 19* A Chinaman in California, whose life was insured for a large tBMStr was seriously hurt by falling from a wagon. There was some doubt of bit ever getting better, aud at length one of his friends wrote to the Insurance company. "Charley half dead 5 like half pay." -