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^ - "Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win u* and no Fear Shall Awe.'* M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1878. •' V/--t'V*. V-Ht NO. 17. V. Published Every Wednesday by jr, vjltv .tor And Pabltah* » .,,.,,1, . . ' Office in Old I». O. hlo^fc, I \ . --OPPOSITE RTVEBSIDE HOC«E.--" I*" * •' TWBMllt J<MT 8UBSCHHPTIOH: : .-<* •: f>- ' jlf not Paid within Three Months .w..r.,... * 00 \ "^uhsoripiion.s rocait tid for three or six months r jio the same proportion, , t i HlpiHESS CARD So' H. T. RttOWN, M. v.7'777" > PHYSICIAN and Swrg eon.^.. Qiflt^e V 4. ?*l~. over S^® p<>8t Offic e opposite- Per ry Martins 3tore. up stairs McHenry 111. ' E. A. SEEKS M. D I /' ?t>HTSictAWa»d Surgedii. Office atresidence, ^ ]^j Post Oflce, McHenry O. J. HOWARD, M P. PHTSICTAM and Surgeon. Office at tne. store of Howard ft Sera; Mcltenr.v, HI.' W. rif. BtJCik*. M. D., HOMROPJLTHIC Phytiriim and Hnrgeon.-- Ofllce East Side Public .Square, Weod- Jtock. lit. OIBee hdurs ll td li A. M., audi to4 P. If. i • , i, F . J . RAKUIAX. CIGAft Mann factum"-, Mc Hoary III. Or­ders solicited. Shop North East corner Fablle Square. ; , ,ti ,i ' "•• B. PBltKINS..!.r»vi-ni.r5t WAGON M%ker. McHenry, 111,, General Jobbing promptly attended to. 3hop, West of the Pubiic Square. ItlCliAKD BISHOP, h u. ATTORNEY ANDOOUNSKLOBAT LAW HcHenrv, III. L! , r t - - i - i i ! RICH Alt 1> COM I'TON. , . t. TUSTIOE of the Peace and Conveyanccr.i- •••<1 Will attend promptly to the collection of debts. Volo,*l<ake County, 111. GEO. A. BUCKIIN NOTARY PUBLIC. Conveyancer and In-surance Agent. Office at Bucklin A Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, 111. H fi. K. RICHARDS. AS ft complete Abstract ot Titles to land in McHenrv County, Iil:noia. Qficewith H o n n t y C l e r k , W o o d s t o c k . 1 1 1 . » • i TOTT ROBT. WRIGHT. Manufacturer of Custoija Made Boots atid Shoes. None but the best of material ased and all work warranted. Shop Northwest corner Public Square, Milleury, 111. E. M. OWK.N. O.ENERAL Dealer and Manufacturer,* VJ Agent in Leading "Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable.: MCHENRY ILLINOIS. ~~ GOTTLEiB ItOLKY. sOALpON and Tew Pin Ailey* kaiMlHgs O Bldck/ntar the Depot, McHenry, III,-- Choice Brandstof Liquors and Cigars Always on hand, ' GEO. SCliKEIXEK. SALOON and Restaur int. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenry 111. *^*Fivat-Class Billiard ajid Pool Tables. V . . - • , J. BONSLETT, ~ • • i,. fiJAL,OON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite O Qwen's Mill, McHenry, 111. PreshOysteirs served u p in any shape desired, or tor sale by the Can. «»-GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES.JP* " W. W. ELLSWORTH. Breeder of the CeleM-ated Poland China Hnfc Also Light And Dark Brahma Fowls. Pigs shipped to all points by express. P. O. Au- iress, Woodstock, IlL, PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Wa^chta, Clocks and Jewelrr of all kinds. Also Bep tlrs Violins in the best possible Manner, on short notice and at rea- •ionAble Ates. Also Violins for Sale, fthon first door North of Riverside Block, McHenrv 111. > . •. •• ,L\ Poland China Swine &OOD Pigs for sale that was sired by Boars that took First Premium and Sweep- stakes at State and County Fairs, from #10 to f 15 apiece. W«s are shipping to some .of the .test wreeders in the eonntrv. For particulars jpply to C. STREET & SOX. Hebron, 111. »; l-L- « WT A XTT^OR* To make a permanent W iV IN JL MJJ \J engagteinent with a clergyman havinf leisure, or a Bible Reader, to introduce in McHenry County, the CELE­ BRATED NEW Centennial Edition ol the HOLY BliiLE. For description, notice edi­ torial in last week's issue of this paper. Ad­ dress at once F. L. HORTON A CO., Publish­ ers and Bookbinders, 60 E. Market St.. Indian, spoils, Ind. Blivins' Mills or Spring Grove SieJersieliei, Tfonfletors. Having put this Mill in flrst class order, we are »©w prepared to do > ' Custom Grinding On Short Notice and Warrant Satisfaction. MM M Goistantlyimlianil And Sold as Low as any other Mill in t.hd Countv. a9~The Highest Market Price in Cash Paid for Good Milling Wheat. Give us a call and we will give you satis­ faction, BliTint* HtlU, 5rA&,^7W'"K,• 1000 BOY S &. GIRLS for the best Bov's and Girl's paper published in the West. Beautiful presents to subscrib- ers and agents. Every boy and girl can earn lots of motley canvassing during leisure hours. Don't fail to send for it at once. To introduce it we will send to anv address on trial three months, for 10 Cents In cash or at-acTA flNmiK. SlimnlA nf nn riAf BUSINESS CARDS. C. H. TRUAX. CARPENTER and Builder, Nunda. Ill.-Will put up buildings by the Job or day, and guarantee satisfaction. Mar W. 11. PEUKIN9, Okotograpber. Gallery over Perry A M XT tin's Store, McHenry, I1|.V; Picture® taken in the lateat style of the Art and satis­ faction guaranteed. • J5- V. ANDEKSON. M. fpr. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office at Gil­bert's1 Drug Store, opposite the Parker House, McHenry, IUjnoif. , ,. £.. BENNKTX, M. O-URGEON and Accoucher. Diseases of O Womcffi a Specialty. Ofllce and Reaidenoe ow CfU> Street Woodstock, £11. I)R. C. E. WILklAMS. * TVENSTIST, Algonquin, 111. All wo«k war JLJ ranted. Teeth extracted in a careful and skillful manner. r-': DR. C. w. COX, ^ DENTIST. Office Over fimlth,< Aldrtefc A Hay thorn *s Store. Richmond. Al-n jJ- , SIDNEY D IS BROW, NOTARY PUBLIC and Conveyaneer. dlen, III. '.fc-'-v- >' N;^iCOLBt. M«/HKNRV,lttcHdflry Co., Ilt.' lh-CieftCT of Spanish Merino Sheep, Berkshire and Poland Cliina Swine. A choice lot of young Buck stock for sale. Please call and.examine before buying elsewhere. ELECTROPATHY. Dr. Samuel Sherman, And Wife will be at th^'ir residence miles West of the Dopot, tar the Woodstock road, three .days in each week, Tuesdays, Thursday* «ndr Saturdays, for the purpose of tre.atinjiaU,pi»iaUlu dlse^esi Coifsiiltation and Exaimnatihhs Fl'ee. Ollice holirs fi'oin 9 A. M., to I p. M. ,i!; f.ni REFEUKNOK^:--John Doran, Richard Bish- Op, Mai'tin Welsh, Arthur Wtilting, Leonard Bouslet, James Sutton, Joliu M. Smith. F, K. Granger, Geo. Gage, Tien. Gilbert, Horace Dweiiy, B. if .Peck, Win. Hkltson, Geo. Gifaart. J. A. SHERWOOD AUGTIONllEH ANB APPRAISER, Algonquin, III. SXT.Efeot" Stock, Farming Tools nrftt of all kinds proinptly.afctendcd to. Farin sales a specialtv. Terms reasonable. Post Jflice adtirese Algonquin 111. •;;l W. N. SANFQRO, Merchant Tailor. Sn the store of C. H. Dickinson, £ut «4a of blto Square, . WOODSTOCK, IlL A ffood Stock of Fine Cloths fbt Suiting* al­ ways on Itand. Sa its made to ovdefe and a At warranted- Give me a call. . . W. H. SAN FORD. Wno4efco«iiUi.,t^»k«7th. 1«7A H. E. WlttHTMAN, Proprietor. ' r»Sf> \vitJi or ,wU)iout lii'ivera, tur# st rcasrihawe raiils. Teaming of all 'klni rigfi, witli or done on short|p*tMc* M. ENCELN. Gtrw- SM I TH! Scale Repairing, Grinding and Pol­ ishing Razors and Shears and Titbit Cutlery a speciali­ ty., Repairing of air Kinds'done in SteW or Brase.'-t- All wwi'k warrant, ed. A'so dealer in Guns. Revolvers _ _ ^ T«Me and Pocket Cutlery, Gun and Fislung Material, Pipes Cigars, Tobadoo, Violin Strlngdi; shop and store noar the Post Office, Mc- Henry, 111. '*»..• O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds ot American and Sw'ss Watches, Clocks from the host factories in the country. ^Uver, platedwsre, Silver Spoony, AC., * . ' ALSQ AGENT FOB THE < • -IR.,. Weber and Bradbury Piano» AND THE Estey Organ ! Which we believe to be the best Organ in the market. We think we know that by expert, ence, and we believe it, for it is backed up bv the Besl Musicians in the World1 I also sell other Organs at less prices than the Estey, but can't reccommend them to he as good. O. W. OWEN. July *8. postage stamps, Simple of paper and Particulars FREE- Address l D r C [oaiehold Gem. Cleveland, O* • " tt "-iM l i •v<4r . . 6 A j rvf\ MONTHLY MADE. Atrents wanted ?5) 1111/ Countv rights given grati® f.,r the sale of seven well-known standard Medicines needed in everv family; reputation world- wide;established many years; made bv a celebrated physician; proofs of evidence given. An inlustrious, energetic person can make snug permanent income and vervliboral terns, by addressing with reference, MS Chestnut Str6et,Phliadelpbia. Scott & Co., WfiOIiBSALE AND RETAIL HATTERS! S. *. Cor Flfll lit ( Haiisn BRANCH STORES S. E, Cor. Clark & Lake St's., & S. E. Cor. Halsted and Harrison Sts., ^ CHICAGO. PIMPLES. iHlCAGOFAt STOCK SHOW. The near approach of this exhibitloit makes it desirable to furnish the {read­ ers of the Journal an extended notice of the, forthcoming show of fat fttock to he held in the Exposition building, Chicago, the flrst week in Pecember, 1878, under the auspices of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture. The show, as the name implies. Is tuily for fat stotfk, and the awards will %e made to such animalsas ^present the greatest weight In the omallest super- flces, taking into feons!Oration age. the quality of^flesh mid lt« distribution in the ino«t valuable portions of the ear-5 cass. Fancy r^M^gief-,fu?!-iursrtble col- or^orthe favorable reputation of Ui» breeder will not be considered In muk ing the award. The practical test of the butcher? eye and hand will decide the matter, and the animal which will return from1 the shambles the greatest percentage of first class juicy steake. leasts, etc., with the least quantity of Inferior cheap cuts antf oftal in propor- tlon to the gross- Weight Willj receive the prise. The premiums are liberal and compe­ tition U ojHru to the world, which s^iould bring out A most creditable ex- bibition of extra well led Hock, This sl^ow ia held entirely,for the benefit of feeders, whose lute rests have not or V'oujd not be properly considered at pur agricultural fairs where only b re idl­ ing Hiiiui;Us should be represented. The commehdablfi rivaliy existing among feeders to establish a high rep­ utation for marketing the best and highest priced fat stock la so great that few if ahy of tour ambitious feed­ ers will lose such a gratid opportunity for making a record on both sides of the Ailautic, as ia«ftorded by the win­ ning of a prise - at the Chicago Fat S t o c k S h o w w ? , , ( i i - ; This exhi bitioh will attraot the best foreign buyers; as well ar the fancy purchasers from the Eastern States, who wil! cheerfully pay extravagant prices for the prize animals for Christ­ mas meats. No better opportunity could be offered feeders for disposing of creditable stock at t&e very highest prices, tMjd the low rates, for ralhroted transportation make it possible to ob­ tain the very best pecuniary results witlj little e^i>euse, .t^ say nothing of the prizes, which uiay aggregate #350 for a single beef animal, $140 for a single pig, $85 for a pen of sheep, and fJWU for *4 car load of teu lieittl 'oifcut- tie. --4 i " The prizes are distributed as follows: Cattle. $2,350; 8heep, $725 ; Swine, $800; Fat Poultry and Wild Game,$170. Ill addition to litis the National live Stock Journal% of Chicago, otters chal­ lenge cups its'follows: Best Beef ani­ mal, $100; Best t at Sheep, $50; Best Fut ll«g. $50. !j The large amount of $4,045 thus of­ fered should crowd the Exposition Building with the finest specimens of fat stock to be found iu the United St atea and Canada;?. 4s reported iu previous issues. Secretary Fisher has received a sufficient nuiliber of entries of stock from Canada, Kentpcky, Indi­ ana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and other States to make a very respectable show, and the near approach of cite Show will doubtless bring in to light hundreds more who have b^en making preparations to taltte the heavy prize oflereif. The excursion rates over?the Chi­ cago & Alton and the Illinois Central will induce many Sangamon county men to visit this interesting and in­ structive show.--Daily State Journal. VANUKKBILT. very evident that It Is very evident that W». H. Vauderbilt is gradually obtaining con­ trol of all the railways leading from the East to the West. He has outgen­ eraled Jay Gould in nearly every point, and remains master of the' sit­ uation. The pooling system has been reduced to a science by Vanderbilt and his pnrty, and by thia means every road of which he cannot coutrol the stock is forced to> pay tribute to bis great trunk lines. The question arises, where Is this great monopoly to end. Is there to be no check upon the power of the great monopolist?-- At the present rate, an English writer estimates that In teu years he will actually own a majority of all the railroad stock In the country.--Ex. A VKAR OP TKOUBLK& ' An nilmanac-maker in London p*-e- dflCtsthat the year 1879 will «iaW!» on scenes of violence, bloodshed; acci­ dent, and explosions. In-January there ,wlll be strife and bloodshed in Spain; affairs will go wrong in this country, dnd public disputes will be embittered; In England the imprisonment and dis­ grace of some great personage connect­ ed with the government may be looked for. In February, Saturn arid Mars will combine to stir up trouble in Europe, Mexico, and India. In March many deeds ot vengeance will be perpetra­ ted in Russia; danger will lurk in the path of the Emperor ot Germany March 11; a great clerical scandal will be developed in England; there will be war and famine in India and China, and In this country discord between President and people, trouble with the Indians, and religious disputes, leading to scenes of violence. Iu April the religious world will he greatly agitated. In May r-tilway companies will experience gr^at ad­ verse fluctuations of their securities. In June there will be war In Austria, Turkey and Greece; and In this country cruel epidemic fever, cattle disease, a high birth rate, a prosperous dramat­ ic season, and good fortune to the ad­ vocates of wolnan suffrage. And so on. until December, when more ttiahone dynasty in Europe will tremble, and Socialists become a terrdr to society, and the uprising of the Greek and Slave races.fhake Eastern. Europe to its foundation. ' ,r , These predictions are birised on the conjunctions and aspects of the planets, aud are made, the author declare?. In accordance with "the simple and nat­ ural rules of astral science, as first collected by Claudius Ptolemy, and illustrated by Dldacus. Placldus de Titus." This almanac has been published for nearly fifty years, aud , hasMflways abounded in predictions in characters like those above. In 1£63 It waS pre­ dicted that earthquakes would occur n^ar Carthagena, about July 30. On the 15th there was an earthquake at Cumana, near Carshagena, In whlsh 4.000 lost their lives. Iu 1876 it was tuties on American railroa<Js ,nn<i a great catastrophe. The Aslitabula liorror occurred Dec. 28. For July 1878, it w.-ts predicted that there would be "m-Miy violent. Sudden and terrible deaths by sunstroke." Having made several good gues)$es In the course of fifty years, the almanac astrologer points with pride to his pre­ dictions for the future, and asks the people to believe is his system. The predictions grade with th6se made by other almanac prophets, and are curi­ ous, to say the least.--Inter-Ocean. A female writer says that sew­ ing prevents vacancy of mind. She probably has some Hamlet in her eye, and remembers, Seams, madam--I know not seams," and yet a want of seams has a tendency to promote a vacancy in the husband department. tQT A bout this time Prince Bismark steps around to his tailor's and re­ marks: "Say, Schneider, just put* copper lining to dem goat and bants, vill you? I dinks ve have another . . . . . . . „ , , s c b u t z e n f e s t p o o t y e u d d e a InclosiugS ct. Stamp, Ben Vaadelf * Co* SO . „ r ' Ann St., New York 1 m»ybe.w I will mail (Kree) the receipt fora simple Vegetable Balm that will remove Tan, Freckles, Phnples and blotches, leaving the skin soft, clear and beautiful; also instruc. tions for producing a luxuriant growth of hair on a bald head or smooth face. Adrtress, j Zocialist i#. Total..........$m.ao What it Oo»t» to Pit Uf a Cm«h Fiaetorjr. This Is a question which comes up quite frequently from pereons contem­ plating In vesting In the dairy business. Mr. E. A.DavAsonto/Gilroy«Cal<forn>a, reports as below regaidlug the outlay lie recently made for a cheese factory at that place. Mr. ullroy'g calculations are based upo^T using the milk .of five hundred cows, and he says: I have recently fitted out a factory for about that number of cows, the cost of which foi ins the basis of the figures I give. The following; 1 think, will be found reliable. It will be observed that iu my list no provision has been made for englue or force pump for forcing water ^uto tanks which in some localities may be necessary. It will be fouud much wore desirable to have running water, either from spring or artesian well, where it can be procured without too great expense, as it will materially lessen the running expense, of the factory as well as prove at all times a safeguard from tainted or sour milk, both of which are very liable to occur where there is a lack of good, pure,running water. There are also cases of defect some times in the working of either pump or engine, and this causes much inconvenience, apd many times actual loss in handling the milk. The following is a list of nec­ essary a|>paritus, wltli present cost of each item: Three 609-gallon vatS.SSOeach (240.00 One press with capacity for80--SO ponad cheese 25.00 Ten press screws 70,00 Thirty telescope hoops SO,00 One 80 gallon weighing can........'....;. 15.00 One milk conductor.. 5.00 One curd sink with perforated bottom. 20.00 One 6 horse power boiler with injector and pipes complete to connect with vats -- S7S.OO Two baudagers or curd Alters.. 6,00 Two curd knives, one horizontal and one perpendicular 15,00 One pair of scales 900 pounds capacity.. 45.00 One pair of scales tor weighing salt flits. 10.00 Two rennet jars .... 5.00 T wo jars for coloring .v.... <. 2.50 One curd mill 30 00 One sink for washing and scaldlnjf dairy iixtures 10,00 One set or testing instruments .. 5.0C Pajlw, r|i ftflerfy card scoop, uto 6.00 WAMTrD TO ADOPT. The democratic "party is without an Issue. It has been without any legit­ imate Issue for a long time. Being Important, having no issue of its own, it has for many years pursued the practice qf adopting illegitimate bantling framsome political foundling 'asylum. •• v- ' " "7 Some time ago.It adopted a pdllti- cal bastard known as t^o rag-t)aby. By a shocking catastrophe 09 tiie flfth jjlay of the present inont|i, that bantling met frith a sudden death. The demise bf the frail little'tiling has left the democratic party without even a borrowed 'political oflspri^ It wants one. It wantr, one bad. It wants another political orphan ofsomd etort to-.adopt, Not seeing any other way to get one, It Inserts this ttdver- tisement ii the Timet. . ' Anybody knowing of a political foundling in want of a second-hand parent, Is requested to send word to the managers of the democratic party. They are not particular about the sex or age of the brat, and stipulate not to ask any questions about the parentage. They malve only one condition, tamely that the political Infant shall not be of a color likely to raise suspicion of Ethiopian ancestry. The solld-south- ern democrat* would not stand that. In no other respect will they be par­ ticular as to the style of the new pelItieal bastard they are ready'and more than willing to adopt. , 1 Thtey dp not feel that they art In a situktlon to Impose difficult conditions. They waut an .issue,--somebody's issue, they are not particular whose. They nuwt have one. They are quite oat of meat, and are williug to take crow, woodchttck, polecat or anything else. Any person knowing of a political orphan tor adoption, will please ad­ dress Mr. Thurniau, Mr. Peud)eton,&r. Hon d ricks. Mr. Voorhees.Gov. Palmer, or any of the other managers of the party.--Times it1 * :1 t |»KCiriftKM(X« TULK Cli'lKIH. f j "IIow did vou hit 011 the key#?" ^Merely by experimenting and guess-work. The flrst key was discov­ ered simultaneously by tW^o men, work­ ings,separately," "Then you had copies, tal "O, yes; we kept the original,under lock and key, had them carefully copied and printed in slips. Then we ail tried a haud. When the boys ' went 69 for their vacation they topk proof of the 'ciphers, and worked 011 theu».w "And some got one key and some another?** t •Yes; we studied the cipher system, and bought all sorts of dictionaries, and the circle of Investigation widened, and kc' Ikst tho^e'ih the va& trefcri the game." **Have vou seeu any of,the partias implicated?". I asked. "No, I think not, recently. F'met Tllden, by the stray In August, up at Saratoga, and f told him 'that we had all the ctpher dispatches that went be­ tween his house and Florida, and asked him. laughingly, for the key. 1 told him we could not make head or tail to thousand wanted hi m to help us. He smiled and blushed innocent as a baby, and passed on; but the next morning Ire came around, and told me, seriously, that he knew nothing about any such dispatches." *'Do you know of any cipher dis­ patches incriminating Republicans?" "No, I don't believe there is ahy. There are Republican cipher dispatch­ es, but Chandler, who sent or received them, offered to transmit then) for Potter's committee, and the offer was declined. I believe every one Is cred­ ible to Reoulicans.--Interview with Whitelaw, Jidd in Indianoplig Journal. THE Eureka Tree and Post Hole Digger. Call at E. M. Owen's and See one. The best thlug k ike market, ' and soldcheap. -Wk^I -doii ' BOtLRD VOfSTONSttUmnriKD. The aftf of boiling potatoes with their "•jackets on," says the Cincinnati Commercial, so that they shatl becom e one of the most delicious esculents, be­ longs to the lost arts. That paper says: People who do not know what a boiled potatoe is, fu that high state when it appears smoking froqMbe pot, and bursting like a cotton pod, into mealy whiteness, neither too wet nor too dry. but always piping hot as it is stripped of Its skin and prepared for its garnish of salt and butter, with pepper accrding to taste--people who do not'know the boiled potato ill that stat£bf perfection, content themselves with the eSculent sliced and fried in grease, and think they know what po­ tatoes are. Ne^Xt to a potato baked, a potato boiled properly touches that gastronomic economy iu ita tenderest region, and does not pall upon the taste, though it be served at table 365 times a year. The Lord made the po­ tato with a Jacket on, that was not Intended to be taken oft until the pro­ cess of cooking Is completed, and all that is delicate and sweet in its flesh is preserved to tickle the palate of eater thereof*' If ASH INGTUN CORRESPONI>KN»r. 1 fWASBilfOTOSr, ©. O. WOT. 9th, 187% llany persons wonder If the lm|fc»ve-H , ments oh the Capital grounds will ever* J be completed. They probably hever^v,* ̂ will. Some one will doubtless seethe elaborate and costly, work now golngj on there raced in oontempt and sup-, planted by other - work, different In design and execution. It would seem that rest might sometimes be taken* * \ but It never will. Something In or,- * - about the grounds will always be IB an ^ \ unfinished state. We shall never be rid of the nauseous smell 4>f;: Anph^Uum and tar nor the sight of the rough boards which forever cover some finished work.' Just now atr air of btis* *' Iness^-or prepairatiou for 'btts4nes8?l':;'>7^^ rather--pervades the Capital Inside arid out. The Legislative Halls are £ *{g'. being put in order for occupation; tha . pavement on the East front is being newly concreted, and it would be hard ' 4* * to say how many Iron* are In the Are H; C{ or how long it will be before" any of them will »e pounded into anything like comely and perfect shape. Last year a stone wall or caplng was begun with tlie design of cxiending^ ̂ p it completely around llta Capital grounds, but a year or twp mare of- time will be necessary for tha com* pietion of It, for not a tMtd of it is *1^1 ik»w finished. It is low and ornamen- tal, of gray, black and red granite, : blue gneiss, and other colored stoues. nl j'! with high piers and lamp* at the car- ' i rlage entrances and lower piers of or- natnental stoue work at regular inter- vals between. The proposals for fur* -> ntshlng granite \ for this wall were M ^ opened last week. There were some from Maine. Mass., Penna., N. Y. and the District. Much of the granite of - V which the Government buildings are , constructed comes from Maiue, though - the Patent aiid Post Offices are of !» sandstone and marble. The Treasury y i" Department building aud the grand, -•{; | new State building, are of granite. stately, solid and massive. . There has been scarcely as nrodi e^ e; - Ay • cltement over election matters here this Fall as usual, strange to say. No ; particularly boisterous demontratlons were made, even on Tuesday nighty last. Tha CaWnet MI*tat*ts ara all •r" 1 several Departments. Last week's Cabiuet Meeting was the first since early Spring which haa been attended by all tha Members.--- When tha head of a Department is ab­ sent his Assistant represents him at Cabinet meetings. The Secretaries are now busy in the preparation of their annual reports as Is the'President £*7 *\ with his message to Congress, At tlie .$' • last Cabinet meeting but few matters , were discussed save tha President's t ^ measage and what It should contain.** ^; It was agreed that soma recommend a- / tlon for the enactment 6f legislation : T'SJ'i ili^iifd be made, either to Increiuie tha weight of the standard silver doftar or -S ' *"T % to diminish its coinage, or to adopt *,*„>' both of these means of preventing > j further depreciation of Its value. "'r'; ? | Sfcc'y Evarts was not present but tha • ^ State Department was represented by * ^ Assistant Secretary of State Seward, / who is noticeable wherever he goes on J (^4' j account of the little black skull cap j which he invariably wears to cover the , ./,*' • t scar of the scalp-wound he received ^ ^ while defending his father at tha tUaa of Lincoln's asaaslnation. ,« 1. : Republicans who feel sore over --Jy'": Representative Hale's defeat are com-, 3 fort Ing themselves as much as possible , ^ now over the the 'National Democratic ̂ \ 1 Committee's loss of its Chairman, \ j Baruum, which they say offsets the Republican Congressional Committee's loss of the < same officer. Honors are easy in the matter of Chairmanships. ouva * ^ 1 Hi*As the man was haranguing tha crowd on the opposition to the work* ing pooplc, an aged individual with a shovel on his shoulders stepped np and demanded: * -' ;J, ] "Let me take a look at your hands.** •' ; Then seizing the other's paw and ' > gating Intently Into his palm, the old man looked up as ita Shook h^S bead ' ^ V remarking:;" ; ",r «.*' ^ • **Not a blister--not a callous." / . V ^ The would-be leader of "labor 1 >v form" was not slow in departing from ' ^ the scene, while the venerable shove! | carrier chuckled as hesfti.'^O h*s ooiii«s£ panions: "Fellows, there's Where we'va got to " draw tlte line--at blisters and aaBnot- es." ' • $8^-Perry Mills and Frank Griffith met In Visalla, Cal., after long separ­ ation. They were very glad Indeed to see each other. MPve been looking for you more'n two years," said one.-- "This Is what I've been longing for,** said the other. Then they each drew a revolver and began to Arc. TIMI wounds AVfil&J.WMtmt?. but not WW .jAlk'jktfijti