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r -,m mmm KWvK ? »r**r*w Rv?? K - - . T. <6- * ' "" X\.,&>,r-" >>***\ „ ' *?*V ••} V 1 _ * • •%, ^ M Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law| VOL. 6. • * " V ». ' • ' '» ' ' i! 1 H; RFI. 111! -- M M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, Wj Favors Win us and no Pear Shall Awe.' Published Every Wednesday by JT. VAN SLYKE BDITOK AKD PUBLISHER. Office in Old P. O. Block, --OrroMra Rtrimioi Horn-- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One Year, (In Advance,) 00 If not Paid within Three Months 8 00 labaarlplionsreceivedforthreeor six month the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BROWN, M. I). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office over rthe Post Office, opposite Perry ft Martin's tore up St nr?, McHenry, 111. C. H. FEGERS, M. D- >WYSICtAX AND SURGEON. Johnibnrg IlSft.--Office hours 8 to 10 A, M, O. J. HOWARD, M I>. >HYSICTAN AND SURGEON. Office at. mv residence, opposite M. E. Church, Icflenry. III. R. V. ANDERSON. M. D. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon.' Office at Besley's Drn» Store, Opposite Parker Jousc, McHehry, Illinois. PRATT HOUSE. T A, PRATT, Proprietor. First class ac- 'I -nmo litions. Good Barn in connection ffaucwsda, III. F. J. BARB I AN. piIGAtt Manufacturer McHenry, 111. Or- L' clers solicited. Shop, North East Cor­ ner Public Square. RICHARD COMPTON. TU^TlCRof the Peacetnd Conveyancer.-- 'I Will-ittsnl promntly to the collection of ebts. Volo, Lake County, III. E. E. RICHARDS. fT AS a complete Abstractor Titles to land T In M Henrv County, Illinois. Office with tonnty ( lerk, Woodstock, III. ROBT. WRIGHT, kjf an affect ttrer of Custom Maite Boots and VI Shon^ None but the best1 of materal se«l and all work warranted. Shop North- rest corn r Public S<iuire, MtcIIenry III. E. M. OWEN. ENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers JT Agent in Leading Farm Machinery.-- 'rices low and Terms favorable. McHenry. N. S. COLBY. LfcHENRY, McHenry Co.. 111. B eedcr of »1 Spanish Merino Sheep, Berk; hire and 'otand China Swine. A choice lot -f young tuck stock for sate. Please call and examine efore buying elsewhere. GEO. SOHltEINER. JALOON ami Restaurant. Nearly opposite 3 the Parker House, McHenry, "111 JK^First class Billiard and Pool Tables. JOHN HENDRICKS. BLIVIN'S MILLS, ILL. Is now prepared to sell a«<t repair any kind of a Sewing lachine as cheap as the cheapest. Will also asure yonr life and property at reasonable »te». Pleaso give ine a cal'. I*KT Hit LUICKEM. REPAIRS Watcl»e3,Clocks and Jewelrv of X til kinds. Also Repairs Violins iulhebett ossible inauuer, on sh:>rt notice and at rea­ lm I>1« rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop rstdoor North of Riverside Block, McHenrj J. A. SHERWOOD A.UCTIONE ISR AND APJPKAISEB, Algonquin, III. J AX ICS of Stock, Fanning Tools and Goods j of all kinds promptly attended to. Farm ilee a specialty. Terms reasonable. Post thee address Algonquin III. W. H. SANFORD, (Vlercliant 'JTailoi*. In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of ublicSquare, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A good Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al- NVKon hand. Suitsmado-to order and a lit arranttod- Give me a call. W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock III.,Sept. 27th, 1875. Scott & Co., 'Hatters to the Great Northwest." (os. 135 aiA 137! Madison St., NEAR CLARK ST. Have a larger stock and Tgreater variety of :ylcs for you to choose from, than can be •and in any other establishment in Chicago • the West. It will pay you to call and sec V'm. Price* the lowest in the land forQgood 00fis« BRANCH STORES t E, Cor. Clark & Lake sts & S. E. Cor. Hal8ted and Harrison 8ts., CHICAGO. M A R C U S ' CERMAN Manufactured by F. MARCUS ---DEALER IN-- URE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Woodstock, III. Uhe best Tonic in the world. sPntC<ipVn -tit a ad Quart Bottles. | Ff MARCUS Patentee, BUSINESS CARDS. VETERINARY Illinois. C. 8. GREEN. SURGEON. Richmond JESSE A. BALDWIN,;, ATTORNEY at Law and Solicitor in Chan­cery. Will practice in State and in Fed, eral Courts. Office, 3d Floor. New Custom* House, Chicago. OH AS. 11. DONNKLUT. ATTORNEY AT LAW *nd Notary Pnblic Woo I stock, Illinois. Office oyer Stone's Drug Store. . • * C. H. TRUAX. CARPENTER and Builder, Xnnda, 111.-- Will pnt up buildings by theJobor day and guarantee satisfaction. JOSEPH N. FREUND. SALOON AND RESTAUR ANT oM stind, Bonslett*s opposite Bishop's Mill. Me- Henrv. III. The c »oj.cest Winos, Liqcnrs and 3i?ars to be found in the county. Fresh Oysters in their oson served up in any shape desired or for sale by'the'Cm. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. SIDNEY DISBROW, NOTARY PUBLICand Conveyancer, den. 111. Al MCHENRY BAKERY, --AMD-- RESTAURANT. OPPOSITE the Bridge, MoHcnry, III.-- Warm meals a: .all hours. Farmers Lunch served on short notice. Ovsters by the Can or Dish. R. PATTERSON. F. J. CROSS, B EITTIS T. McHenry, III. Full Plates made of the best material and fully warranted, $8.00. Filling on 9*half usual rates. Special attention paid to regulating bad shaped teeth. Teeth extracted without pain and free of charge where Artificial Teet.h are in­ serted hv him. All Work fully warranted. Pure Nitrous Oxide Gas always on and fjr tlio ox traction of tocth.' M. EflSELIi. UUN- S3X I rJT II! Scale Repairing, Grinding anil Pol­ ishing Razors and Shears and Table Cutlery a speciali­ ty. Repairing of all kinds done in Steel or Brass.-- All work warrant, ©d. Also dealer In Guns. Revolvers. Table a nd Pocket Cntlcry.Gun an! Flshin-jr .Material. Pipes, Cigars,Tobacco Violin Strings, Ac, shop wt store near the Post Ottce. He. Henry,111. HIRAM WIER, Boat and Shos Maker, Wauconda, III, I would Inform the public thnt I am now prewired to make Hoots :uv1 shoes to order, of the best material, warraat a fit. and at LOWEit PRICED then any^ther shop in the county. Call and be Wauconda, Nov. 30th, 1SS*», Convinced. 11. WIER, Harper 1881 's Ifftsaitas. Illustrated. {< "Studyinir the subjcct objectively anfl from the educational point of view -- seekiiwr to provide that which, taken altogether, « m be of the most service to the larsrest number -- I long ago concluded that, if I could have but one work tor a public library, I would se'cct a complete set of Iftrwrs Monthly."-- CHARI.KS FRANCIS ADAMS. Jit. Its contents are contrit.uied bv the most eminent authors and artists of Europe and America, while the long experience of its publishers hits made them throughly conver­ sant with the desires of the public, which they will spare no effort to gratify. Harper's Periodicals. HARPER'S MAGAZINE, One Year $4 oc HARPER'S WEEKLY, One Year 4 00 HARPER'S BA/.AIt, One Year 4 00 The THEE above publications, One Y®ar l« (0 Anv TWO above na ned. One Year 7 00 HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. One Year 1 50 Poilaye Free V, all subucrtbers in the United State* and Canada, The volumes of the Migtgine begins with the Numbers for June nnd December of each year. When no time is specllled.it will be understood that the subscril>er wishes to be­ gin with the current Number. A Complete Set of IIARPKR '8 MAGAZTNK, -comprising Al Volumes, in neat cloth binding, will be sent by express, freight by expense of purchaser, on receipt of $2.25 per volume.-- fkmjle mlume*, by mail, port pairl, 3.On. Cloth cases, for binding, 33 cents, by mail, postpaid. Remittances should l>e made by Post-Ofllce Or leror Drafs to avoid chance of loss. JVVu'.t/xi/wr* are not to copy thi* wlvprtiawnt Without the er.prest order of HARPER ft BKOB. Address HARPER ft BROTHERS, Vew York. Administrator's Nolice. INSTATE of Thomas Diedrick dcceasod.-- J The undersigned having been appointed Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Diedrick, lnte of the County of McHenry, and State of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that she will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House, in Woodstock, at the January Term on the third Monday in J.inuary next, at wh'.ch time all-persons having c'nims against said Estate, are notiiied and reouested to at­ tend for the purpose of hating trie same ad­ justed. All nersons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this SUth dav of November A. P. 1990 MARY DIKDRICK, Administratrix. Village Property For Sale. For sale, in this village, the following pro­ perty. Mix acres of land, more or less, on the town filot, in the village, of McHenry. Is finely ocated and will be sold cheap, Also one House and Lot. Is in a pleasant localitv, has a good Well and Cistern, Barn, and other conveniences. >i Also one Block containing two Stores, ir id a line lot adjoining. ^For further particulars inquire at this of Sr*Sf,F Administrator's Notice. INSTATE ot Michael Sutton, deceased. The Id undersigned having been appointed ad- ministtatoi of the Estate of Michael .Sutton, late of the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the County Court of Mc.llenry County, at the Court House, in Woodstock, at the February Term, on the third Monday in February next, at which lin:e all persons having chiims against said Estate, are notiiied anil requested'to attend, for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said Estate are re­ quested to make immediate payment to {the undersigned. Dated aoth^day of December, A. D., 1880. JOHN POWERS, Administrator. E. WTGHTMAX, Proprietor. First class rigs, wi th, or without drivers, fujnished at reasonable rates. Teaming ot all kinds done on short notice. T. J. CLIFTON Practical Horse - Shoer. --AND GENERAL-- BLACKSMITH. Shop Opposite the Parker House, McHenry, - - - Illinois. Having an expe­ rience of many years in this bust- ness I flatter tity • self that in the line of Horse-Shoe nig I cau please all «'lio may give me a call. I respect­ fully ask all who have lame horses or horses with bad feet, no matter what the cause, to give me a call, and lam confident I can help them if not eutireiy cure them. REPAIRING- Ironing and all kinds'gor General Black- smithing done promptly and in a workman­ like manner. My Motto will be Prices Low and work <lone promptly and in good shape. tJive mea Call. T- J. CLIFTON- McHenry, Nov.22d, 1880. C. Henry, Nunda, - - - Illinois Agricultural Machinery, Of All Kind*. Aarent for the towns of Algonquin, Nanda and McHenry for the celebrated Macormick Machines, All kinds of machinery sold as cheap as anv other dealer in the County. Uive me a call. ^ . C. HEMRY. Nunda, Jnne 15th, 1880. - V I A - CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY 2,380 Miles of Road WEST FOR Cedar Rapids, Deliver, Marshal I tow n, Leadville, Des Moines tjalt Lake, Sioux City, San Francisco Yankton, The Black llills, Omaha, Colorado, Council Blull's California Columbus, the Territories EASTJJFOR Ohlcago New York, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Monreal, Toronto, New England, Canadas, Buffalo, aud all Points East! SOUTH FOR Cincinnati, Nashville, Louisville, tfew Orleans, St. Loris, Jacksonville, olumbus, and all Points South, --THE-- "North-Western," la the most DIRRCT ROrTE, offering the traveling public Greater Facilitiesand More Advantages than any road in the West. It is the only line running PDlliai Hotel aid Sleeps Cars, Between Chicago and Council Hluffs. , Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars are run on all night trains. This is the great Pullman Line of the Northwest. Palace Par or Cars run between Chicago and Milwaukee. First-Clas" Meals onlv 50 cents at the Eat ihg Stations on the North-Wcstcrn. Sure and clofe connections at Chicago with all Railroads, and at all Junction Points with all roads that cross its Lines. All Ticket Agfenta can sell you Through Tickets and check your Baggage JBEE by this Itoad. * For information, folder*, maps, eV... not ob­ tainable at Home Ticket Office, address any agent of the Company, or • r:;.' t:frs- • -rv;--:4'r* t- • •••* ~*.V- V 0&• * * : ^ \ 1 ' . v , , - , , . : * 4 . - . ; • > • « . " ' • ' v . . ' / * * p; * - a ESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1880. TIKG.J ~T le kmagiiie ill the r. A man at i«i * titl- :*4y freoly »;• time or by anybody 10 poet, thing or or crea- I avow li'« p«r. On Wllltfl! «*». No long loine* IfARVIN HUOHITT QwMWlSiipt, W. H. STINNETT, Q««'l y*e*engerAsee MK.WSPAPKO The majority of that it is the simp' world to edit a ne may have grave dou' ent for public admit that he cannot recognise one When else; may confess that rot much of a scholar a' an artist; but there ture so poor spirited Incapacity to edit a the contrary, this i« a every mat) has a m.tni matter whatjhia actutU';^tiitll»e.«s may be--preacher,lawyer, plijyfalan, butoli- er, biker or candlestick flfifciff--he has ia secret fanny that if" hilWnlj had a chance lie *ould rnakeM innyspaper a 1!ttlo bit spicier and apveli^r than anything)ln the shape ofJppub'ic jour­ nal that has ever •cornern liia way. This is one of the most Mnufting and universal weaknesses of findem times. The number of people in|KHtrd by it is known onlyjto puhlislHra. just as th« extent to which opium enang is' prac­ ticed is known only to} #Ag£ist* »iud physicians. Tlie*drawers^tu<l "waste- ha^kcts of every loadii^ newspaper office in tiie country is overflow with the evidences of ambition aiM] harmless vanity of the vast publioS\|hofscribble by stealth and patiently toll over reams of composition wltlch> nobody can be induced to print. ^ It must be admitted th^ there is Hometiiing cnticing and •«)viable In editorial life, as it appears to the out­ side world. The delight jof getting into print for the first time rs one of the keenest enjoyments. \V£t*e, -there­ fore, both men and womeuvtfiason to themselves, must be the r^asure of that happy man, who daily Wsts the public with, his wisdom, ^pd whos* smallest scribblii>g finds lt» .^ay into type witliout criticism or delay? But tiiis reasoning is altogether unsound. The editor does not look at tilings exactly in the same rose; The bright colors seen by have become to his fa lltti The freshness, the exquisiua seeing his reflections ioj>rlf since vanished.") Ho wrt times painfully and un<i*r] often liarrassed by a thorn vexations, and not nnfrer>H f. work is. of hfl work, the ni«»r. wenrv- li:ff, the most exliatisting both to body aiHl.mind.IiThe.VaU for copy lis inex­ orable and cannot be lefnsod. He must write; lie must also endure tli** most contemptible and continued jcrlc- icisms, but bear patiently, "to be es­ teemed dull when lie cannot be wilt}", and to be applauded for wit when he knows he lias been dull." Every block­ head who buys his paper feels that he has purchased a right to dictate the manner in which it shall be conducted, to criticise sharply everything that app«ars in ii, and to "elevate its rone" with his own carping lucubrations, fairly written out and enclosed in a uote for immediate iwblication, signed "A {Subscriber." "An Old Patron," or "An Earnest Well Wisher." If you were to ask this modest friend to cut you a coat, or measure you for a pair of boots, lie would indignantly reply that that was not his trade; that he knew nothing about it and would not attempt ft. But the diffidcnce which shrinks from the shears and coyly draws back from the awl and the lap- fctoue, boldly grasps the pen and so undertakes to illuminate and Instruct the world. Breeches and shoes re­ quire art, experience, reflection, in their making; political essays flow spontaneous from the most addled pate, or can be*pumped out of it by sheer hand labor, witliout the vulgar appliances of study, thought and knowledge. Such is life.--Baltimore Gazette. CHALK VOUR HAT. The cant phrase, "Chalk your hat,'» which is still current in man)' parts of Union, is said to have had its origin in a literal illustration of the words "Ad- niirari Reeside was an owner of vari­ ous lines of stage coaches in the days before railroad*. He spent much of his time in Washington, where. In­ deed, he lived for several years. At the annual adjournment of Congress he would pass his friends of the House and Senate--he was well acquainted with all the prominent politicians of his era--over any stage line he con­ trolled. He would say to an Ohioan or Kentuckian. "I suppose you're going back to Cin­ cinnati or Louisville, and Til pass you through by stage." When lie was asked, "How?'1 he would reply. "Give me your hat.'" He would take the hat. make a cabilistic ehalk-mark on it impossible to counter­ feit, and return it with the remark: "That will servo your turn; any o( my agents will recognize that »ny- where, and won't|recieve a 3ent from the man whose hat is so marked." Beeside was right. All his agent* knew the mark at once. The thing became so common that some fellows tried to imitate it, but they were In­ variably detected and compelled to either to leave the stage or pay their fare. In the South and West "Chalk your hat" still stands for what the East ^ styles tfead-heading*;--'iYctf York Time*, TBE IKISU CKlSlS. T1M» present, crisis in Ireland Is a difficult subject for Americans fully to comprehend In all its bearings. The reports daily flashed by the cables to our shores, the more extended corres­ pondences copied Into ou^ papers from foreign .journals. th« narratives of the past aud the forecasts of the future-- all unfortunately have their origin from London offices, and present a biassed, partial and strictly.English view of the situation to their readers Resistance to unjust and oppressive tax collection i« magnified Into defi­ ance ot the law. Isolated instances of purely personal revenge against tyran- nlial. and sonlless plunderers of the poor arp distorted Into the outbreaks or an organized conspiracy, and the whole Irish people are painted in the most lnrid colors of journalistic Im­ agination as a band of rohber-cnt throats waging a senseless aud cruel war against the rights of^property and the persons of the Queen's lawful sub­ jects, i • The llglit'whlch several 0f the New York papers, and notably the Herald and 7W6tmehave recently been throw­ ing upon the question by means of tlieir own special correspondents. Is doing mticlt to disabuse onr peoplft fof the views they have unconsciously absorbed from the English journals.-- Llfti and property, as a rule, were never more safe than at the present time. The Land League which tins extended lis organization into every county aud liamlct has adopted a far more effectual mode of making the power of an indignant people felt than by destroying property or taking life. Every tyrannical landlord, every op­ pressive agent, every Irishman who prefers the company of his country's Impoverishes more than the welfare of his people is laid under the ban of non-intercourse. Shunned by his friends, deserted Sy Ids laborers and servants, even tradesmen refuse his patronage, and children escape from his presence at from that of a leper.-- The social condition of such a person can better be iuutglned than described and there Is little cause for surprise at the ai»MOimcem*nt of such numbers of ving .Ireland and cross-, to more congenial •. los1 • TMK NHW KORTHWKSTK8H DKPOT. In the Chicago later Ocean of Wednesday last, we fimrthe follow­ ing description of the new Depot just completed by the Chicago A North­ western Railroad; "Within a few days Chicago will receive another valuable addition to her large list of magnificent public buildings. Before the first of January the new depot of the Chicago attd Northwestern Road, at the corner of Wells and Kinzle Streets, will be opened to the public. It will in all respects be a palatial passenger and freight depot, elegant In design and useful in purpose. lis cost lias been about 9250,000. Mr. W. W. Boylngton designed the buildiug and superin­ tended Its construction. The main building lias its front on Wells Street, and Is 187 feet in width. It has three stories and a basement, the . latter be­ ing on a level with the tracks, which are 14j^feet below the street at the front. The first floor accommodates the ticket offices, passenger and wait­ ing rooms, news room nttd general package room. There is a general waiting room for first class passengers on this floor that is 144 feet long and 61 feet wide. Adjoining It* are toilet rooms and ladles private parlors. The Pullman l'alace Car Company are also accommodated on this floor, having a large ticket office. The basement is arranged so as to accommodate second class passengers. There is one large rootn with a lunch counter and bag­ gage-checking room, 20x40 In size. There are twenty-two rooms mi the second floor--eleven on both sides of a corridor thirteen feet In width. Each room is provided with a lavatory. Some of the principal offices of the company will be on this floor. There are five large rooms suitable for freight offices and mapping rooms, on the third floor. A tower twenty-two feet high surmounts this floor and will be used lor a clock tower. The first and sccond stories are finished in walnut, the third story and tower lit pine, and the basement in oak. The throe stories are reached by broad aud commodious stairways with easy steps, each finished In the \'ooda used in that *tj»ry. 6n&i*i$jf» floor Into consideration, tin curious position into which the English cry for coercion In Ireland has driven the cabinet c .n lie easily understood. Ireland is to be flooded with 20,000 troops, and for wli.tt purpose? To enforce the laws? It will be difficult to flnd a law or prec­ edent in ttie English reports which will compel a man to associate witli those distasteful to him, to work when he prefersjto be idle, to sell good8 when he chooses to let them remain on tils shelves. The law of the land league is now supreme and so far as it frowns down all open disorder, it is it­ self an aid to the law which as such cannot be assailed. The bugbear of an Irish insurrection, of murdered lauded proprietors, desolated towns, and law- defying bodies of arined men, aud an intimidated constabulary exists princi­ pally in the imagination of the govern­ ment. What actually does exist is a people throughly aroused to their wrongs, earnest in their eflorts to right them by lawful means if possi­ ble, and determined to hold every op- pouentof laud reform in Irelai.d as a social and political enemy, an outcast aud pari ail, with whom tliey will neither have intercourse nor permit to thwart the tide of feeling which is sweeping the British nation toward a radical solution of their just de- 111-III (l«. For seven eenturiesJEnglish rule In Ireland lias drained the vitality of the Irish nation, impoverished the soil aud developed in its people a hated of the English and Englishmen, which noth­ ing can for years to come eradicate.-- "Ireland for the Irish"' has become something more than a mere senti­ ment. It throbs through the pulses of the national life as a supreme desire which is one of the ver}' conditions of its existence. It can neither be check­ ed by argument nor dissipated by armed force. Well had it been for Great Britain if she had heeded, seven­ ty years ago, the words of Richard, B r i i i s l e v S h e r i d a n , h e r u n r i v a l l e d w i t h her most fascinating orator: "If they were to be ttie last words I should ever utter in this house, I should say: be just to Ireland as von value your own honor; he just to Ireland as you value your own peace." EKPOSK AFTKR MKAI.S. -Two emi­ nent professors once made an experi­ ment on the point whether it is pre­ ferable after a repast to remain in re­ pose or to move about. Two dogs of the same race.at»d strength were fed on the sai^e food, and one was allowed to rest while the other was made to move about. After the lapse of an hour the dogs were killed. The one which bad been allowed to repose wsi£ found <o have finished his digestion, while the one that h<td been kept on the move had only half digested his food. Flfzsimmons & Evauson are selling 20 lb«. Currants for 91. Raiseus, 5iig per box. 12 lbs. good Sugar 91. 5000 yards good Cotton KlanueJ at 9e yard. Call and see. con ». on the rear Is a building froutiinr on Kiuzie Street, it is 217 feet long, 25 feet cteep and contains three stories. On the first floor is Mt« baggage room. On the sccond are four offices, a dining room 60x23; a kitchen 2:1x23, witli all necessary pantries and closets. On the third floor is the general storage room for unclaimed baggage. Separated from the baggage buildiug\by a road­ way 20 feet in width, is an express building for the use of tiie diflereut express companies. It is one story high, 150 feet long and 15 feet wide. The main entrance to the depot is in the center of the Wells Street front, and is 12 feet wide. Above It the tower of brick aud stone rises to^ a height of 121 feet above the ground. The tower supports a frame spire 60 feet in height, aud covered with slate. Near the top of the spire is a light iron balcony, to be used iu raising or lowering a flag, the pole extending .35 feet above the top of the spire. A weather vane in tiie shape of a locomo­ tive, 7 feet long surmounts the pole. Two wingn flank the tower. There is a large s(one carving on each, one representing a buflalo witli a mounted Indian iu chase, tiie other a train of cars. The size of these carvings are 8x8 feet. Octagonal towers, 15 feet* in diameter, aud 100 feet above the side­ walk surmount the north and south cuds of the main buildiug. Between the main towers, on either side be tween the north and south towers, are dormers iu Queen Anne style. They have gable roofs-with large gro­ tesque animals carved iu stone at the eaves. A mansard roof, twenty-four feet in height, covers the main build- ing. All the buildings are constructed ot St. Louis pressed brick, triiuuiet with Lake Huron cut stone. The passenger shed, in tiie' rear of the main building, is 450x102 feet. It has an iron roof with a skylight on the ridge. It is supported by three rows ot iron columns. There are nine tracks in the shed, six for pesseuger cars, two for baggage, aud one for express." An Important AgrlctiWuwit * Everybody know* the value of gr#»»n grass in fattening stock and Increas­ ing the mlHv of cows. AIM! mo#t pen-' pie know that from on« to t«ro~third* of tlte substance and nutrition whieh the cattle find in tite r food comes direct from the atmosphere and rain, and not from the earth. *It I* also generally well known that drted fod­ der of every description is much light­ er in weight aud fess tn hulk than the green stuff, yet it is only within the last two years that it has occurred "to one in this country that if these three facts we re "pit together, the emirHiisioti would be reached that about one-half of all the food qualities of fodder are lost in the curing of it by the proems* of drying, and that if it were preserve ed iu a green state it would be twice as valuable for feeding in l!i» winter than when dry. This has led to £ fhr» 1 tlier investigation of the fodder qnea* * tion, and some of our agricultural pa­ pers have found that in France there ts * M a perfect system of preserving green fodder in general use, which had been ; introduced by tiie French army on its *§* return from Mexico in 1867. The MexU «' f; cans in turn acquired this :proc«?ss of ! treating fodder from the Spaniard*, "-f who had learned it from the Romans. As practiced by the French the pro-. % cess Is as follows; A cller With stono ^ or brick air tight walls Is constructed of capacity sufficient to hold as many tons as desired. This is called a silo, and it is filled with green corn-stalk fodder cut flue bjr chopping maeliiites run by horse or steam power. Over the top of tiie corn stalks is placed a tight layer of boards, on wli!(% are placed stones, logs or other heatry weights until the fodder beneath |a pressed into acompact mass, which being eutireiy preserved from the air remains for several month? In about the sam^ condition of freshness as when cut, and iuncalled epsiiage. When opened In the winter for the purpose of feeding stock, tiie ensilage is cut out with a hay knife and is fonn^Kta possess nearly all the good qualities of new grassi Dr. John M, Bailey, of;, Massachusestts, was the first in |ht#,r county to «aaiMS.andriexper|i»i^a 4 "i 3 -7 ept hi a silo and fed to stock. Is the equivalent of from twenty to thirty1* seven and one-half tons of the best timothy hay. He predicts that whaa . silos and ensilage feeding comes iut« general use "milk can be produced for one cent per quart, bntter for ten cents a pound, beef for fourcents per pound, and mutton for nothing, if wool be at thirty cents per pound.** Were Dr. Bailey not indorsed by the president of the Massachusetts agri­ cultural society and the bureau or agrib culture at Washington, we should n * have given so much space to hit wonderful claims.' As It is, the queift- tion ot silos and ensilage Is nf the veip greatest importance to such an exten­ sive cheese aud butter ^producing coun* try as we have in Northern Ohio.-- 0 Cleveland Leader. SiK The New York H"jrald says: Carlyle lent the manuscript of his "History of the French Revolution" to a friend, through whose negligence a servant used it to kindle a tire. Car­ lyle says for three day? aud nights lie cou'jl not sleep, but was like a daft inan. Then lie went into the country, aud for three month* did not do any­ thing but read Maryatt's novels. He says, "1 set to and wrote it all over again." And In a melancholy tone he adds, "1 dinna think it's the same." A flve-year-oi<] son of a family the other day stood watching his baby brother, who was making a great lioke over having his face washed. The little fellow at length lost his patience and stamping his foot said: " Vou think you have, lots of trouble but you don't know anything about it. Wait till yoij're big enough to get a per , lickiu\ aud then you'll seo--wouV he, luanima^ A MUTE MAN SPKAK9, The East Portland (Oregon) Tele*" gram gives the following account #f tiie manner in which one of the mute Inmates ot the insane asylum near that city suddenly recovered his speech: For years Mr. Anderson, a dumb in­ mate of the asylum, has piodded aloag attending to his duties as a trusty, faithful being, unable to speak a word,, He was always in readiness to the keepers in any way with in Id* power, iu a cheerful and contented manner. All eflorts to bring baMt t||e use of his vocal organs, which had be«a silent for many years, wef© in vain, and lie wastolJ that he could nevtf again speak. On Sunday last the ie^ mates were given a romp iu the han&> v some grove, which is surrounded by - high wall in orderto sun themselves.** One of t.he inmates, a rather wild in* , dividual, imagined he was a squirrel^ and awav he went scampering1 up one of the tall fir trees to its most topinoat ; branches, and would neither return to solid ground for pleadings or threat*.^ AS jusual Anderson was near at hand . :Uid volunteered to go up aud bring hint back. The poor unfortunates wh^ « were iu the yard at the time were greatly pleased, and laughed and shouted as Anderson climbed from branch to branch toward the top. Hie had climbed about thirty feet from the ground when a limb broke and down came Anderson bounciug atnoey the branches. tiually*sittiug dawn np» * on the ground like the hammer of & pile driver. The wardens expected to see Iiiin killed or kiu*-k<»d senseb'es, but they were doomed to acto^ishm**! as Anderson sprang to his foot aikd burst out in a volley of profauity that , < would have put a trooper to blush.-- He kept up swearing without tnte|i»* , mission for at least ten minutes, e v e r y b o d y w a s t r a n s f i x e d w i t h ishn^fut. He had r«-c<*vered hia «i| and to-day can talk a< well a Mfy son, and to say that he i* dettytyt4ft conseq'tencc of hi< fall 1% d£u mildly. * l'.' 1 W - " FITZSIMMOSS & RYASSOK bare Sc­ oured a number of Cases Boys etttl Mens Boots at' extremely low in heavy and tight Kip, which will he sold with our u*ml Small uiurgitt ded. Cash tells. w