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.-•. ' . . " •; : " • • ;" , t ' • ; . '* • /• ' . . . . • - ' " • - i '"*-" - ' ' '>*• ' ' - •• ~Y"'- • * - - >L ' )••• ' , ^5v>:v; . . ' . ' . . . ! -*»- ••*.* -- ••.•• , . •• \V--4 •-- Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; Mo Favors Win u"> and no Foar Shall Awe." VOL. 6. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1680. NO. 21. > - PublUhed ltvefy Wednesday by J. VAN SLYKE JSDITOa AND PUBLISHES. OiHce in Old P. O. Block, ' --OPPOSITE RIVERSIDE HOUSE.-- TERMS OF* SUBSCRIPTION On* Tear, (in Advance,) ....fl AO Root Paid within Throe Months 2 00 be«riptionsrec«lve<lforthreear six month the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BROWN, M. IX PHTSICIAN AND 8UKGEOX. Office over the Post Offlcc, opposite Perry & Martin's (tore up 9 urs, Mr/Henry, 111. C. H. FEGERS, M, D- PWTSIClAN AND SURGEON, Johnsburg Ills.--Office htftirs 8 to 10 A. M. O. J. HOWARD, M D. f>MYSICIAN V SfD SUlKiEON. my residence, opposite M. MeHenry. 111. Office atfli E. Church, R- V,. ANDERSON. M. I». PHYSICIAN and Sui-proon.; Office at Besley'ti Dm? Stiye, Opposite Parker House, McHehry, Illinois. PRATT HOUSE. TA. PRATT, Proprietor. First class ac-co amoilatii " " ~ Waaeonda, III. F.J. BARBIAN. CIGAR nrar MeHenry. 111. de»-» sollcitnd. Shop, North East •er Public Square.t Or- Cor- RICHARD COMl'TON. TIHTICE of the Peacean I Conveyancer.-^ Will attaint ur'>'ni»tly to tho collection of l«bts. Volo, Lake County, 111. E. K. RICHARDS. Sr V3 a -.oraplete Abstractor Titles to land L in M Hearv County, Ill 'nois. Office with unty ( lerk, Woodstock, 111. M' JIOBT. Wit 1G HT Shoos None but; the best of materal ased and all work warranted. Shop North­ west corn r Public Square, .MeHenry III. E. M. OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Leading Farm Machinery.-- Prleeslow and Terms favorable. MeHenry J^CflENRT, MeHenry Co.. III. N. S. COLBT. B ceder of Spanish Merino Sheep, ISerki hire and Poland China s wine. Acn;>icelot -f young Auok stock for.aale. Please call and examine before buying elsewhere. GEO. SCHREINER. SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker lloase, MeHenry,"111 ••"First class Billiard and Pool Table*. " JOHN HENDRICKS. IJLIVIN'S MILLS, ILL. Isnow prepared t3 to sell and repair any kind of a Sewing Machine a# clioau as the cheapest. Will ateo tas«re jMnr tttfe f** t*o »*£>-'»« ? ***•». Pleaao >?ive me a cal'. " ~ PEriilt LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watche3, Clocks and Jewelry o' all kind*. Also Keputrs Violins in the beat possible manner, on short notice and at rek- Sonible rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop irat «loor-Vortli of Riverside Block, M<'IIenr\ II. J. A. SHERWOOD AUCTIO^K I:K AND APPRAISER, Algonquin, III. SALES of Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all ktiuls promptly attended to -••lea a specialty. Terms reasonable Office address Algonquin 111. Farm Post W. H. SANrORD, Mereliaut Tailor. In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A food Stock of Fiue Cloths for Suitings al- iraysoB hand. Suits made to order and a fit warranted- Give me a call. W. II. SANFORD. Woodstock III..Sept. 27tli, 1875. Scott <fe Co., "Haitsrs to the Great Northwest." Nos. 135 anil 137 Malison St., NEAR CLARK ST. Ilave a larger stock and greater variety of fltyles for you to choose from, than can be found in any other establishment in Chicago or the West. It will nny yon to call anil see th$m. Price* the low'es'ti 'n the land for£good goods. BRANCH STORES S/E, Cor. Clark & Lake sts & S. E. Cor. Halsted and Harrison sts., CHICAOO. M A R C U S ' GERMAN HOOT BIT! Manufactured by F. MARCUS --dealer IN- PURE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Woodstock. III. Wis bast Tonic in the*world. Put npfln . ̂Pintand Quart Bottles. MARCUS Patentee. BUSINESS CARDS. VETERINARY Illinois. C. S. GREEN. SURGEON, Richmond JESSE A. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY at Law and Solicitor in Chan, cefy. Will practice in State and in Fed eral Courts. Office, 3d Floor. New Custom* House, Chicago. . CKAS.1I. DONNELLY. ATTORNEY AT LAW *n«t Notary Public, Woodstock, Illinois. Office over Stone's Drug Store. C. II. TRUAX. CARPF.NTIifR and Builder, Nunda, til .-*-Will put up buildings by theJobor day. and guarantee satisfaction. JOSEPH N. FREUND. SALOON AND REST VUKANT o'd stand, opposite Bishop's Bonslett's Mill, Me­ Henry, HI. The C ioi:-est Wines. Liquors and Oigars to be f -und in the county. Fresh Oysters in their season served up in any shape desired or for sale by the Can. GOODS^ABLING FOR HORSES. SIDNEY DISBROW, NOTARY PUBLICand Conveyancer. A1 den, III. MCHENRY BAKERY, --AND-- RESTAURANT* OPPOSITE the Bridge, MeHenry, III.-- Warm meals a: all hours. Farmers Lunch served on short notice. Ovsters by the Can or Dish. R. PATTERSON, MeHenry, III. Full Plates made of -the l>est material and fully warranted, $8,00. Fillingona-half usual rates. Special attention paid to regulating bad shaped teeth." Teeth extracted without pain and free of charge where Artiilcial Teeth are in­ serted bv him. All Work fully warranted. Pure Nitrous Oxide Gas nlwavs on and for the p tuilcM-t ex traction of teeth. ~ M. ENGELNv UU IV- SM I TH! Scale Repairing, Grinding and Pol­ ishing Razors and Shears ami Table Cutlery a speciali­ ty. Repairing of all kinds done in Steel or Brass.-- All work warrant­ ed. JJL Also dealer in The Celebrated Stallion "Red Cross" Can be found-the talane* the aeason at the stable of A. R. Boomet, Marengo, where those who wish his services can eee him. For style and speed, and in fact for every point that constitutes a fire blooded horse. Red Cross ha« no superior. Farmers and others fcvho .wish to improve their breed of horses should ivot fail tosee him. For Pedigree and other particulars apply at the stable or to Kl,MAH Bt'CK. Crystal Lake. Dated sept. 23d, 1S30. Village Property For Sale. For sale, iS^this village, the following pro­ perty. si* acres of land, more or loss, on the town fdot, in the village, of MeHenry. Is fincly ocated and will be sold cheap, Also one House and Lot. Is in a pleasant localitv, has a goo I Well and Cistern, Barn, and other conveniences. Also one Block containing two Stores, and a fine lot adjoining. • . For further particulars Inquire at thiai of, flee. >i H. E. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First with or without drivers, nunished at reasons hie rules. Teaming ot all kinds done on tbort notice. ir Os'ean. ION. • T. J. CLIFTON Practical Hora - Shoer. --AND GENERAL -- Shop Opposite the Parker House, MeHenry, - . - Illinois. Outcry,Gun I ' .KI Fishing .Material, Pip^s, Cigars, Tobacco, Violin Strings, Ac. Shop iml store near the Post Office, Me. Henry, 111. HIRAM WIER, aad Shoe Wauconda, III, I would inform the public that I am now preoared to make Boots ami Shoes to order, of the best material, warrant a lit, and at LOWER I'RIC'ES then any other shop in the county. Call and be Convinced. II. WIER, Wauconda, Nov, 30th, 1880, f lav ins , -vn cxpe- r ienre of mar .v years in th is i>usf - ness I f la t te r my se l f tha t in the l ine of Horse-Shoe i t s I ran p lease a l l .vhoin j ty g ive me a ca l l . I respect , fu l ly ask a l l who have lame horses G r horses wi th bad feet, no mallei' what the cause, to give me cull, and 1 am coniident I cau he'u then not entireiy cure them. KEPAlRiNC. it From the In A RIGHTEOUS RKXRlBC A peculiar retribution cam#to Eng­ land on the 2<1 of November! through the determining foree of Hie tarifl question in the Presidential campaign. It involves a fragment history. When the South plunged Into reces­ sion and civil war, the aishtocratic circles of England indulged |ft a glee of exultation, and the Lontlfn Times, typically nameilthe ,• '^nmdferer, , - , put its trumpet to it); l ips to anlhuuce to the world that the great r«f|iblic be­ tween the oceans was no molgL- Anon, the Anglo-Rebel cruisers--tftyj Alabama and tlie Shenandoah--built h- Rrltisli workmen on British soil^were. let loose from British ports. In violation o f t l i e l a w o f n a t i o n ^ , t o u p o n the shipping and com me of the United States, and to driv?jJ|h«m from the Ocean, which wnf ab^roiplished. There were intrigues lookiib|; eyen to foreign intervention in tlkif 'American war, to clo$e it with o disruption of tlie Union ; but thl? conspf^^ died of tlie dry rot of prow-aatiiiatm*'Induced by tlie belief that the Ualpd would become untied States In tK«^{niil event at any rate, and that the bellig­ erents would be so exhnw<§nil)y their prolonged and enervatUp struggle, that neither would lie' « to resist any designs which the KijMpeftn pow­ ers might entertain |foBnjN«ir own spoils-taking and aggrandmment. It was taken for granted thal htlhe end, the Republic would break |ip into a number of petty, feeble »iat<e#, aiiima- tetPby a Kilkenny-cat iiltUnation to devour one another, whereupon Eng­ land. as the original motWeri'conntry, miglit seize her opporttiu^y to claim her own again, and rene v tho colonial relations which had been broken by the treaty of peace and independence in 1783. But it was not to be en. Appomattox buried thet* ̂ expecta­ tions in the grave of ^iappointed hopes. ^ , * Now for the adftgictrij£' ' ' course of retribution. When «ecef«iOrt began tlie free traders' tariff of iSB'^Jfcgrea tly advantageous to England^-as in force. Had the South peacefully ftnbmftted to the election of Lincoln, it Is more tlian likely that the* existing tariff would not have been repealed. It was the rapid withdrawal of the ^Seuators and Representatives froiii^J.lielr seats In ( 'ougress,as f»*t, as several States seceded, and tha converted the Repn'>?%( tabTe* anT^Pocket^" ii gS,« which %rship, | igLJn a an'ithing donefproruj:tly auii iu like manner. My Slotto will he Prices Low and work 'lone promptly aad in good shape. Give mea Call. t j. CLIFTON. MeHenry, Nov.23.1, 1880. Notice. THE BEST OFfER YET MADE. FOUR OK Kl tWK LESLIE 'S 1THI.TCA- TIONS, ONE YE A I t KOK ONI.V t '2 .5n . T lx? Frank Les l ie ' s Publ i sh ing Co. , 15 | )ey St., New York, will send Fr'i'ik Luslie'-i Fam­ i ly Fr iend , a a> p : i | fe i i l i i s t ra led paper , lor onlv $1.00 por year . J^mnk Yoking Folk*, devoted to the in teres t of young people , and conta in ing much to in teres t those of a more mature age . This paper conta ins 1<> pages of i l lus t ra t ions and valuable reading mat ter . Jus t the pa- per for young chi ldreu , Pr ice , per year , 50 cents . F.<i>k Ijeilie's \>Uional Ayricult'irist and Woi-k iny Farmer , a 10 p" .ge i l lus t ra ted paper , only #1.1)0. Frank Leslie's Pulpit n? the Day, a 1" pa i re i l ­ lus t ra ted pnper . J l i s t the paper lor Sunday readiner . Pr ice only 75 cents per year . Or all four of the above publiealions for $! .50 per year. Any person des i r ing to ac t as our ager t t , on sent i 'ng us$l 5(1 , wi l l rece ive pos t pa id , sem- pie copies of the above publ ica t ions , togeth­ er wi t l i a <"om.ple te agents out f i t of 12 beaul i - fu l premium chroinos , a l«o a copy of our Hook of Valuable Informat ion , of over 500 pa­ ges , conta in ing an I l lus t ra ted Dic t ionary of every usefu l word to be found in the Engl ish Language , Medica l and Household rece ip ts , Legal advicc and forms, a r t ic les on e t iquet te and le t te r wr i t ing , advice 10 merchants , c le rks , mechanics and farmers . Samples of a l l of our I 'ob l iga t ions and I l ­ lus t ra ted Cata logue (wi thout , premiums) tor 1 5 c e n t s . All des i r ing s teady and prof i tab le employment should send a t once l ie f 'u re the i r te r r i tory i s taken. Address , FRANK LES­ LIE PUBLISUING CO. , J5 Dey St ree t , New York. Grandmother'i Chair | FULL SIZE Popular--Words d| .Vu.iioj pfar to Music- 'On the Tramp," March Very insjnritiny. Twickenham Ferry Splendid- U ordu it; Mutic Adelp^iian Galop Sprightly and pleating. AM. 4 FIECF9 Mailed on rece ip tor Four 8 cent Stamps , Ji M- Stoddart ft Co. Philadelphia. 0. Henry, Nunda,.- - - Illinois --DEALER 1»-- Agricultural Machinery, Of All Kinds. Agent for the towns of Algonquin, Nunda and MeHenry for the celebrated Macormick Machines, „ sol other dealer in the County. Nunda, June 15th, ISM. All k inds of machinery so ld as cheap as anv Give me a ca l l C- HENRY. ' FITZSIMMONSA EVANSON hare se­ cured a number of Oases Boys and Mea* Boots at extremely low prices in heavy and light Kip, which will be sold with our usual small margin ad­ ded, Cash tells. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN R A I L W A Y 2,330 Miles of Road WEST FOR Cedar Rnjmls, Denver, Marshal I tow n, Leadville, Des Moines S:iit Lake, Sioux City, San .Francisco Yank ton, The Black iiilU, Omaha, Colorado, Council Bluff's California Columbus, the Territories' EAST? FOR Ohicago New York, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Monreal, Toronto, New England, Canadas, Buffalo, and all Points East! SOUTH FOR Cincinnati, ^Xashvillc, Louisville, IN'OTV Orleans, St. Loris, Jacksonville, Columbus, and all Points South, --THE-- "North-Western," Is the most DIRECT ROUTE, offering the traveling public (ireHter Kiir.ilitiesand More Advantages thun any roitd in the West. It is the only line running Mian Hotel and Sleeping Cars, Between Chicago and Council Bluffs. Pullman Palace sleeping Cars nre run on all night train#. This is the great Pullman Lyie of the Northwest. I\ilace ParW Cars run between Cliicngo and Milwaukee. First.Class Meals only B0 cents at the Eat ing Stations on the North-Western. 8nre and cloee connections at Chicago with all Railroads, and at all Junction Points with all roads that cross its Lines. All Ticket Agents can sell yon Through Tickets and checK your Baggage FREE by this Road. For information, folders, maps, e^c.. not oh. talnable at Home Ticket Office, address any agent of the Company, or VABVIN HUGHITT W. H. BTIfHETT, GoneralSupt. Gev'l I>asse;*SerA£on with their DemotU^"^ great etnergeflcy. fulv> an majority, enabling ft to passage and approval of the MorreU tariff In the last days of Buchanan's administration. ItwaMlie prodigious e*penses of tho war which drove the Government to the enactment of higher and still higher duties on iui- poits to obtain liullepensible revenue. It was the prodigious total of the pub­ lic debt, after the arrival of peace, wlij j/li argued potently against all the appeal* of the anti-protectionists lor a radical change In our taritl system; for it was plain that the imperative requirements of the national credit could not endure tlie possibility of a deficit in receipts from customs. It «a« the stimulating influence upon home production of the Government's enormous demand for supplies during tlie war. an ! of the protective policy iu subsequent years which developed our manufacturing industries to their NATIONAL UKBT KKOUCTION,. If any argument was neetled to show the fitness of the present Incumbent for the position of Secretary of tlie United States Treasury, it lias been furnished by the recently published plan for the reduction of the national debt. Of the amount now outstanding •689,000.000, or more than one-third of the entire debt, tvill heconoe payable in 18S1. Ten years will intervene be­ fore another installment becomes due. and it is proposed to pay the odd eighty-nine millions during the year, and to refund the remaining six bun­ dled millions Vitli bonds bearing three per cent, interest, and running from one to ten years. This programme will commit the Government to the policy of paying the national debt at the rate of not less than sixty millions of dollars per year for the next, ten years, and we have no doubt that with little appre­ ciable eflort this could be accomplished. Having originated this programme, no man could be more interested in its success than Secretary Sherman. During the agitation which preceded the Chicago Convention the greatest objection wMehwas urged to the Pres­ idential aspirations of Secretary Sher­ man was that "He is doing well where he isand lie ought to be kept there.*' Only suggestions cau be made as General Gar lie Id reserves the right to appoint his own cabinet; but politi­ cians rarely care to oppose public opin­ ion and public opinion is couwno'nly judged from the utterances of the press. Already this subject lias been so much agitated as to bring to the surface the fac' that the precedents, especially in the earlier history of this nation, favor tho retention of some portions of the cabinet from one administration to another, especially the Secretary ot the Treasury. Sec­ retary Sherman has announced himself a candidate for the Ohio Senatorship but a word from Gen. Garfield might check his aspirations In that direction. It has already been anvonnced that President Garfield will favor civil scrvice reform by retaining iu office ail those especially adapted to the positions they occupy, and we are sat­ isfied that the people will be especial­ ly pleased it the present Secretary of the Treasury shall be among the num­ ber retained. cintious vows, Rev..T. Jlyatt Smith, the Baptist prestiilier who defeated S. B. Chitten- don. Iti the Congressional canvass, in Brooklyn, had an ambition of this kind in boyhood. He and Anson Burlingame were at that time Intimate compan­ ions. and on osie occa«io\i they took a' solemn oath that each would become a member rtf Congress. The late Edward O, Delevan, well known for his efforts in behalf of Temperance, blacked hoots in lijs early days in the streets of Albany, The young boot­ black silently determined that he would build a honste of grand dimen­ sion?. and this determination was ful­ filled in the !>Hevan House. Another instance is found In the history of Commodore Starin, whqv\vhen a youth noticed with admiration the, flne prospect afforded by a farm iu the vi­ cinity of Fultonville. He saw . how It might be improved, and even *t that early day determined that he would be its owner and would derelop^itj advantages. This purpose he has ful­ filled in the most admirable manner, and he not only owns the tarui re­ ferred to, hut he lias added to it a half dozen others. On the brow of that hill which affords so lovely a prospect, stands his palatial dwelling, surround­ ed by conservatories, trout ponds, deer park and ail other appointments of taste, being unequaled iu point of varied attraction by anything in the State. Reader, learn froin this to cul­ tivate noble ambition. It may be ful­ filled in a manner to astonish yourself. present extent in the East and West. 1c was t ' lis rapid growth spread of the reproductive arts in country, without a parallel in historj* of nations, which created public sentiment, or that state iinnd and those conditions of occupa­ tion favorable to the reception of tarift arguments, which culminated in the remarkable victory for tariff protec­ tion on tho 2d of November. It was that victory which disclosed to Eng­ land the .unwelcome fact that her attempt to regain control of our mar­ ket, as she had it inlSGO, for the sale of her vast surplus of manufactures, had utterly miscarried, much to her astonishment, and inns: be deferred to a more opportune occasion. The very events with which she sympathized, and the very tendencies which she helped to set in motion have been in­ strumental in defeating a purpose :i:;d an object very near to her heart and very near tq her prosperity. Thus lias retribution visited our ancient enetnv. MIGRATION TO ANUFKOtt CAN Alt I . Taking advantage of the distress in Ireland, Canada is seeking to obtain opl-Htff-flg'j* 1"*--dasa of agricultural secure the laborers.' A te^r^TlS^o -- ̂ announces that the Minister of Agri­ culture has submitted to the homo government a plan the main points of which are the free transportation of emigrants from the afflicted districts at the expense of the imperial govern­ ment, and the grant to them by the Dominion of certain lands iu the northwest, together with enough Im­ plements and seeds to enable them to start ntrw hoires there and develop the cojnitry. Tls'e carrying out ol this plan would be a good thing for the the distressed Irish pesantry and not a bad one for our thinly-settled north­ western territory, for most of the new­ comers would be pretty sure to find their way thither before !ong. There are not more than two or, at most, three European countries from which the tide of immigration to the United State* is stronger than that Irom Cana­ da. The Records of tho Huron dis­ trict. the leading point for crossing tli« line, report a total of D4.375 emi­ grants from the Dominion to this coun­ try during tho year ending June SO last. Of these only J8,93t> came frcun various European countries, while 7o.- 435 were .Canadians. the a lid this the the of 5af' At Salt Lake City, Utah, recent­ ly, for eighteen days, Messrs. Moody and Sankey preached and sung the pure gospel under the shadow of the Mormon Temple, with their usual simplicity and boldness, 'and a Jarge portion of their audiences were Mor­ mons. The Salt Lake Tribune regards this as significant of the fact that there are many ol these deluded people who have begun to think, and have ceased to obeythe requests of their leaders. It contrasts their preaching with the foul doctrines of Brigham Young, ami says if they Could have continued for thirty days to preach the simple story ofthelifeof the Saviour, the leaders of the Mormon Church would have to eliminate itstwolaial doctrines of polygamy and denial of free thought. As it is. i t says, "Moody and Sankey in two weeks made a breach into their fortress which they can never close." There may be urgent need for these faithful men iu Utah after their work iu San Fraiicteo Uover, Virginia City is a most danger­ ous place to be out in of a dark night. Xot only tlie whole Coinstock lode, but every lamp post is liable to be highly chargsd with electricity. An unwary man, wandering'home with confused brain and unsteady gait, runs an awful risk of being blown as high as Frank-' liu's kite ; and if he ventures to take courage on hi* own doorstep and. play with his iron latch-key, he may be im­ mediately rt solved into his constitu­ ent elements. Such an unfortunate succeeded, a few nights ago, in ex­ tracting sparks from iron door frames, and from the tops ot the hydrants. On looking at the Iron tlagstall on the top of Mount Davidson he found that, about the top of it was visible a large and brilliant corona of light. In two or three places on the steel wire guys by which the tlagstall is stayed, were seen small but bright balls of light. These appeared to glide up and down and occasionally disappeared for sotuie seconds, but that at the top of the staff remained constantly in view, though it was observed to contract and expand* On brushing the sleeve of his coat with his hand the gentleman observed that sparks were produced similar to thoso&eeu in stroking the back of a cat. / Particular attention paid to tlie little folks at Miller/Studio. \ ' Toilet Sets. Lamps. Vases. Auto­ graph Albums, Wax iKdls, Doll 's Heads, cheap, at Besley's Drugstore, opposite tho Parker [louse. > A flue stock of n<|w WatdMMr, &c.,at Kobt, MurUtt's, Nnuda. Somebody got Mr. Brick's lilnch can, a while ago and cooked onions in it . and as lie cannot endure that vege. table, he got the notion that he never could get the taste out of the can, and so he threw it away. Mr. Brick is a baggage master on a train, and he had the can made for him and his address put on it . When he got back from work the day he threw the can away one of the neighbor's children had picked it up and returned it. lie ap­ preciated the kindness of the child but took the can and chucked It into another neighbor's garden. In half aft hour the neighbor sent it home. Then lie determined to get rid of it anyhdw* and lie took it to the depot the next day and threw into the freight yard. When he wgnt into the depot tor a minute, ai:d on returning to the car found that some one had nicked up the can and left it for him. Quite exas­ perated he chucked It into an empty that was just being hauled toward the next day, when it arrived In ah ex­ press package on which he had to pay 75 cents. Then ho swore prodigiously and tied it to a dog's tftil and the dog ran off with it and this was an unlucky move, for half an hour later the dog's owner brought the cau back and tried to thrash Mr. Brick for abusing his dog, the result being arrest and fines. Then Brick was throughly aroused and he took the can and sunk it off a dock.-- The next day when he entered his car there stood something done up in a paper that he know to be the can, and he kicked it sixty feet into the air, and he had to pay $30 for the valuable Canary in a cage. Then he felt sure he was rid «f the thing, but a diver happened ,to find it and got thumped on the head (or re­ turning it. Then Biicktook the cau home nt night, filletllt w'tli dynamite and exploded it The people in the neighborhood, who were violently hurled from their beds by the shock, were quite indignant, and when the)' found out what caused it they attempt­ ed to tar and feather Brick, and he had to pay a heap for windows wreck­ ed, And to add to his horror he found !ie|had taken, instead of the can he de­ tested. a new one. and he was about wild, and concluded he never should aret rid of the thing. But one day lie Induced some one to borrow it, And he has never seen it siucc.--From the Boston Pott 'i- 'f iVv - FOUR HITXOKKD X1I.KH AS HOT/H. In traveling eastward in a railroad car at the rate of forty miles an hour* the speed of the train added to the rate of the earth's revolution on its Axis makes the total speed with referanoe to the sun about 1,100 mites an hour.-- Upon this principle 4 ia comiuou sense engineer" proposes to transport pas­ sengers at the rate 490 miles an hour, and shorten the time between New York and san Francisco by ten hours. He would divide the distance of 3.000 miles into thirty paitu, and at tlie end of each 100 mifes place power­ ful stationary e»gw»<>* Rolling on the 100 mile track, he would place a ninety-mile .track, on the ninety an eighty mile, on the eighty a seventy, and so on, the upper track of all, on which the train is plat-fed, being omy ten miles long. One engine should draw the ninety-mile track \o the end of the 100-mile track; another should at the same time driw the eighty utile track to the end of the ninety-mile track, and so on. each smaller track be­ ing simultaneously dragged over Jhe. ten inllesof extra track belot* it , the last engine drawing tlie trains Its ten miles on the uppermost track. By tills means the train would be moved 100 miles in fifteen minutes, or 400 miles an A STORT or STXRL PERIL Few persons who use steel pen® o# which Is sta nped "Oillott*' have aiijf1 idea of the story of mfterlnf, nf In* (loin it able pluck an«l perefrtance* which belong to the placing of that name on this article. A long depression in trade In Efiy4 land threw thousand* of Sheffield me­ chanics out of work, among theni Joset/h Gillot, then, twenty-one years ot age. t> He left the clfr with bnt a afnTMngf^ In his pocket. Reaching Birmingham, lie Y*r>t Into an Inn anil sat down upont a wooden settle tn the tap-room. filar last penny was spent for a roll. H« «i^i liveafc, hungry and ill. He had not friend i i Birmingham, and there was',. little chance that he would And work. In his despondency he was teiupted , to give up and tnm beygarcr tramp.--1;:; Then a sudden flerv energy seized hltn. He brought his flst down on vtlte table, declaring to himself that be would try anil trust In God. corns <flut would. He found work that day in leaking belt buckles, which #«re then - . fashionable. ~ As soon as lie had saved a pound or ! two. he hired a garret In Broad street, ami there carrlet^on work for himself, bringing his taste and knowledge of tools into'constant use, ere® who* working at hand made goods. Thla i was the secret of Glllott's success.-- • :$• Other workmen drudged on passively , | In the old huts, lie was ^wide-awake, -f-- eager to Improve his work, or to short* ' r en the way of working. T 4 He fell in love with a pretty and . sensible gin named Mitchell, wtw with lifer brothers, was making steel pens. Each pen was then clipped * ^ punched, and polished by .hand, and f pens were sold consequently at enor- . inously high prices. . • Glllott at once brought his skill in tools to bear en the matter, And soon | l Invented a machine which turned tho points out by the tliousauds, .In tho time that a man'would require te make k TJ one. Ue married Miss Mitchell, . and .. ' f; they carried on the manufacture to- gether for years • On the morning of hft marriage tho ^ JC „ industrious young workman made a •: gross of pens, and sold them for thirty %\ , ^ six dollars to pay the weddiug fees.-- ; fn iiis old age h&viug then reaped an enormous fortune by hla shrewdness, * honesty and Industry. Mr. Gillott wool again to the old inn, bought tho settle, and had the square on which lie sat saw- ed out and made into a chair, which I to left as an heirloom to his family, to retudud them of the secret of his wEk*,-- A Jnd(« Who Relieves in uhoa The Ncwburyport (Mass.) Herald says: In the Police Court, Thursday morning. Isaac Hibbs, of West New­ bury was indicted for an assault aud discharged. The fact in tho case ap^ pears to be as follows: On the morning of the 5th a company of young mon thought it would he a good juke to throw a stone into tho chamber win* dow of one of the citizeus of that town. A member ot the family, bow* ever, overheard the young fellows plot- ting mischief, aud hurrying homo, in­ formed the old gentleman of the plan and he quickly donned a portiou of hit under garments euly, hastening ft* put himself in ambush. When tho young rioter* came along he sprang out aud all rau but one, who stood up aud knocked the old geutlemau down a couple of times. Whereupon a war­ rant for assault was issued, aud. when brought iuto Court, Hibbs pleaded that "he thought it'was^ a ghost, aud ho wasn't going to run from it." Accord­ ingly His Houer ruled that lf\vt)M- younff mau thought it was "a ghoat,** and was struck with that idea, he com­ mitted no assault, and, consequently should be discharged. Such a Judge that deserves amuck wider reputation than we are able to give him. / . . . |SfA Mrs. Wilson who has appointed a custom house Inspector, lias a remarkable history. She distln- guishe l herself in 1872 by taking com* maud of a disabled ship, and after bat­ tling with the elements twenty-ono days, arrived safely at St. Tliomaa. Her husband, the Captain, was disabled by injuries. She took command, and brought tiie vessel safely through, tho men obeying her implicitly. She Is a widow with one child. Some friends applied to General Arthur two yean ago, for a Custom l]ou*e .ipimintukent for her, but :is there was no vacancy, aud the Secretary of the Treasurer waa unwilling to increase the number of female inspectors, there wu nothing Ufttoher but to wait.' Wlien tho Secretary was lan in Xew Turk he was informed nf Mm, Wllsou's heroism In saving a ship, crew aud cargo, and her pending application. Ha said that while under ordinary uircumstnttcea the number of inspectors would not be increased. If Collector Merrill sent Mrs. WiUou's name to Washington, ho would make tlie appointment. Tho Collector did at*, *li" appointment waa - made, and Mrs. Wilson U discharging. her duties, , JI • T '-y •Jii "M " Two men wanted to canvaa Mi county for the Singer sewing ntachlaea They will-he paid a salary and IJIOVWh ed with a wajgoa. Apply to : n t, WiMdstoefc*