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' ' '-V •::if^~,l :'; v 4- "•$$?':' >. " ̂ . "* ' " . '•;e^ TT'. \; *.' ^ ' .--a k "Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL# 6. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1881. NO. 29. Published Every Wednesday by J. VAW SLYKE tEDITOR AND PUBLISHER. Oifice in Old P. O.jBlock, --OPPOSITE KIVERSIDE HOCBB.-- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One Year, (In Vlvance,)...; fl 50 If n'»t Pail within Tiiree Months ... . . . . .2-00 la >s'jripti<ms rec -ivs tforthreeor stxjmonth ' the •»* no ;>ro()(>rti )ii. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T.BBOWX.M.l). PHYSICIAN AND StTROEOK. Office over the Poet Office, opposite Perry A Martin s $tore up 8Mir*,«AlcIli5iiry, 111. D. H. FK(iBR*, M. D- >IIY^ICl\N WD sum;ROM, Johnsburg Ills.-- Office hours 8 to tl A, u, -4--- O. J. HOWARD, M D. |> HYSICIAX AND SURGEON. Office at " mr residence, opposite M. E. Church, llcHenry. 111. R. V. ANDERSON. M. I). PHYSICIAN and Surpeon. Office at Beuley'R Dm * Store, Opposite Parker House, MnHehry, Illinois. i PRATT HOUSE. A. PRATT, Proprietor. First class ac- e .«v*m<vt*tions. Goo:l Barn in connection inennda. III. F. J. BARBIAN. CIGAR Manufacturer McIIenrv, III. Or-iters solicited. Shop, North East Cor- 4t9t Public Square. RICHARD COMPTON. JUSTICE of the Peice-ind Conveyancer.-- Will tttsml promptly to the collection of lebts. Volo, Luke County, 111. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a -.oniplete Abstractor Titles to land in M Henrv County, lll 'nois. Office with 9*u.nty ( lerk, Woodstock, 111. ROBT. WRIGHT, Manufacturer of Custom lMa<ie Boots and Shoes. None but the best of matoral aseil and all work warranted. Shop North- wast corn r Public Square, Me Henry 111. E. M. OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Leading Farm Machinery.-- Prise slow and Terms favorable* McHenry. N.S.COLBY. MOQRNRT, McHenry C%r, III. Breeder of Spanish Merino Sheup, Berki hire and Poland Clilua !• wine. A choice lot *f young Ruck stock for sale. I 'leflae call and examine before buying elsewhere. BUSINESS CARDS. VETERINARY Illinois. C. 8. GREEN. SURGEON, Richmond JESSE A. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY at Law and Solicitor in Chan, eery. Will practice in State and in Fed eral Courts. Office, 3d Floor. New Custom House, Ctiica ... CHAS. II. DONNELLY. ATTORNEY AT LAW *nrt Notary Public Woodstock, Illinois. Office over Stone's Drug Store, C. H. TRITAX. CARPENTER and Builder, Nunda, 111.-- Will put up buil 'lincrs by thejobor day. and guarantee sat afaction. : : .. JP. - SIDNEY DISBROW, "VTOTARY PUBLICand Conveyancer. A i\ den, Ili. V McHENRY BAKERY, -AND- RESTAURANT. OPPOSITE the Bridge, McHenry. 111.-- W;ir<n mortis ai Til hours. Farmers Lunch served on short notice. Ovslersl bv the Can or Dish. R- PATTERSON. F. CROSS, . • ^ - GEO. SCHliEINER. SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker HOUKC, McHenry, 111 4VFirat class Billiard and Pool Tables. *6! JOHN HENDrtlCKS. ' - 6LIVIN'S MILLS, ILL. Isnow prepared to sell and repair any kind of a Sewing Machiae as cheap as the Cheapest. Will also insure your life and property at reasonable rate*. Pleaso give me a cal'. PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watche i, Clocks and Jewelry o' ill kinds. Also Repairs Violins in the best poss ib l e manner, on short notice and at rea- ?>n«liie rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop rat door North of Riverside Block, McHenrj 11. J. A. SHERWOOD AUCTION E KR AND AlM'KAISKK, Algonquin,111. SALES of Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds promptly attended to. Farm •ales a specialty. Terms reasonable. Post D«ceaddress Algonquin 111. W. H. SANFORD, Merelmnt Tailor. In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A good Stock of Fiue Cloths for Suitings al­ ways ou hand. Suits made to order and a fit warranted- Give me a call. W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock III.,Sept. 27th. 1*76. Scott -& Co., "Hatters to the Great Northwest." Nos. 135 and 137 Maflison St.- NEAR CLARIv ST. nave a larger stoek and greater variety of etvles for you to dioose froin, than can be found in any other est il>li*hinent in Chicago or the West. It will pay von to call and see them. Prices the lowesl.in the land for£good goods. BRANCH STORES S. E, Co. Clark & Lake sts & S. E. Cor. Halsted and Harrison sts., CHICAGO. M A R C U S ' GERMAN Manufactured F. MARCUS --DEALER IN- PURE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Woodstock III. The best Tonic in the world. .PntCup'Jin Past and Quart Bottles. P. MARCUS Patentee. D E 1 T T I S T . liMcHenry, III. Fnll Plates-made of-the best material end fully warranted, $8.00. Fillins one-half usual rates. Special attention paid to regulating bad shaped teeth. "Teeth extracted without* pain and free of charge where Ariiiicial Teeth are in­ serted bv him. All Work fully warranted. Pure Nitrous Oxide Gas alwavs on anil for the painless m traction of teeth. ~ M E N G E L . N ' . OU TV- SMI TH! Scale Repairing, Grinding and Pol- ishing Razors and Shears and Table Cutlery a speciali­ ty. Repairing of .SsWall kinds done in "--^•stcel or Brass.-- e" W°*k wa"*n t- Also dealer in Guns, Revolver*, Table and Poc.k«t Cutlery,Gun and Fishing Material, Pipes, Cigars,Tobacco Violin Strings, &c. Shop ana store near che Post Office, Mc. Henry,111. HIRAM WIER, and Shoe Maker, Wauconda, ill, I »ronl<l inform the public tint I am now prenared to nnkc Ri>'>ts ;in I Shoes to order, of the best material, warrant a tit, and at LOWER PRICES then any other shop in the •ounty. Call and be Convinced. Wauconda, Nov. 30th, 1S30, II. WIER, For Strength, Flavor Purity -THE- MANj?AR!fl Has not its Epal in America It it sold in Pound and Malf-Pound Pack- ages ON LV-N ICVKK IN IM'LK. See that the seals are unbroken and l>ear the signa­ ture of C. JLV N K. FOR SALE RY Flizsimmons & Evanson ROLE AGENTS FOR Mf'IIENRV, ILL. Administrator's Notice. F,STATE ot Michael smt<>n, deceased. The 'j undersigned having be on a ppoinlt d a<i- ministialoi of the E-*t-ite <>f .Michael <'.itton, late of the Conn I v of M c Henry an«l Slate of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the Cniinly Court of McHenry County, at t 'ie Court llonse, in Woodstock, at the February Term, on the third Monday in February ' next, at which linr e all persons bavins cb.ims against saiij Estate, are notilien and requested to attend, for the purpose of having the satne adjusted. All persons indebted to "sa!d Estate are re­ quested to make immediate payment to Hlio undersigned. Dated 20th?day of December, A. D., 1880. JOHN POWERS, Administrator. JOS. WIEDEMANN, •Agent Franz Falk's MILWAUKEE LAGER BEER, McHenry, 111. Reerin Large or Small Kegs or Bottles *1 > ays on hand cheaper than any other, quali. y considered. Ttiis Beer has a world wide reputation, and pwd judges acknowledge it cannot oe sur- |,»seed in the world. Orders by mail promptly attended to. JOS.: WIEDEMANN. McHenry. 111. Mav 5th, 1880. For Childreni THE i NURSERY | FUteentb Year. ; This Magazine will begin the yeir 1881 with a new and ele­ gant Cover and other improvements. It will continue to «nr- pass all imitators.-- The January number will prove this.-- *1.50 a venr. in ad- ance. Sew Subscrib rs get an extra num­ ber by subscribing now JOSEFH X.SFREUND. SALOOS ANI) RESTAURANT Bonslett 's old stand, opposite Itishop's Mill. Mc- Henrv, III. The c loicest Wines, Liouors and Cigars to be found in the county. Iresh Oysters in their season served up in any shape desired or for sale by the On. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. / Village Property Fqir Sale. For sale, in this village, the following pro­ perty. six acre* of land, more or less, on the town fd«t, in the village, of McHenry. Is linely ocated and will be sold cheap, Alao one House and Lot. Is in a pleasant localitv, has a good Well and Cistern, Barn, and other conveniences. Also one Block containing two Stores, and a fine lot adjoining. For further particulars inquire at thi* .of flee. STA&tp HE. WIuHTM AN, Proprietor. First . class rigs, with or without drivers, fiuni^hed at rensonable rates. Teaming ot all kinds done on short notice. EstaMisM Over a Quarter oi a Century. F. C. MAYES, --AND DEALER IN -- Ready-Made Clothing. Cloths, Cassimere and Worsteds to sell ' bj the yard. The latest st vies of Goods on hand at all times. My stock of RKADY-MADll CLOTHING is now complete and I Will not be undersold Store in Old McHenry, licui tlie Bridge. F. C. MAYES. McHenry, 111., Nor, 12th,S187<>. C. Henry, i i•/ Nunda, - - - Illinois *--DKALF.K 1S- Agricultural Machinery, Of All Kinds. Agent for the towns of Algonquin, Nunda and McHenry for the celebrated Macomiick 3Iachinc.sf All kinds of machinery sold as cheap as anv other dealer in the Coiintr. Give me a call Nunda, June ISth, 1880. c. HENRY- A. WENDELL, CARPENTER AID JQI1IEB McHenry, III. Will take oontracts for putting np Buililiii};s and TFIIHRANTEE HJV work will compim* with any man in tin? State. I can and will do work from 15 fo per cent cheaper than other carpenters, as I have two of my boys who work with me. which makes it possible for me to do so. All Job« in the Carpenter line promptly attended to. (live mo a call. A. WENDELL. McHenry. Dec. 29th. 1SS0. CLOTHING GENTLEMEN, You are invited to call at Mai man's CLOTHING HOXJSS, AT WAICONUA, and IK* fitted for cold weather. I have the large>t FALL and WINTER stock ever shown in Wauconda. • O VElitOA rs. 8-2.0^ O VEP.VOA TS, 83.75 O VERCOA TS. 84.75 OVEJiC'SATS.97.00 O VhlU'OA TS, A J ALL PRICES Ready-made'Clothing more numerous than ever and at prices suited for every purse.-- Fof anything made to order, whether a single garment or a full suit. Maiman's Is the place to bur. Also a full line of (JEST'*' FITRXISIIINO GOOD«, Hats and Caps. Ac, Ladies Cloaks, both Ready-made and Made to order. Soldiera' Department. CONDUCTED BY DR. S. F. BENNETT. Having purchased a Full stuckjoi Millinery Goods invites the ladies of Wauconda and vi. cinity to call and see her stock of MILLINERY- Hats and Bonnet s trimmed in the latest Btvles and at reasonable prices. MISS GlESELER is ready to sec. ladies who desire her serv'ces as Dress Maker. The best of work guaranteed, Room with Mrs. Maiman, Wauconda. NT Magnitude of tlie Iin*tne»s--\ Krnmii for the Delay.in Idjutttas Peuaion Clalara. Soldiers who have waited for years for a settlement of their claims for pension naturally grow impatient and feel like entering strong complaint for what may seona to tlietn a wanton injustice. But when we conre to know the vast magnitude or the business before the Pen«ibfc» Department, we cannot wonder that a large nnnjber have to wait. According to the ^statement of the Commissioner of P£*iei<»ns the number of names on the pension rolls at the commencement of tiie Rebellion was only 10.500, and that number was rap­ idly diminishing hy detth. while tlie number of new clahfis filed was very insignificant. B«t llie war wrought a vast, cliange In th«^b respects. The Rebellion brought llfcito the field alto get her not less thai* 2,200,009 men, and of this number over'800,000 were killed or died in'the servhjK while tlie num­ ber treated In the. virions hospitals for wounds and diaeaso^fraclied a total of 1,200,000. Commencing with the Act of July 14. 18.72, ^)ii<iress began to make provision ftsr pensioning the disabled or the widows and orphans of those who -bad dietfrpr were killed: anil supplementing act#%ere passed from time to time to mWce provision for classes that were nof* covered by the, original act. Under these laws the vast number of G8S ,S39 claims wore filed up to June 1st, IfiSO. Of this num­ ber 362,350 »vere adn^tted to the pen­ sion rolls between Jkily 14, 1862 and June 1st, 1880, leaving at the latter date. 286,509 claiim.y$t unsettled. Since the Act of JAly 14, 1862. Qon- gress has added Siinensely to the above aggregate of business by fram­ ing not less than fulty-seven statutes pensioning penM)ns<Mi account of ser­ vices in the War of'MSI 2, and tlie Rev­ olution, increasing the rate of pen­ sions to certain spesitled classes, re­ pealing orcxteiulittg limitations, and granting arrears, so that not less than 457,148 additional elaims were- filed, and are to be addedlo the 280,509 above mentioned. Precedence in settlement had to be (or was) "given these latter claims because nios^|,of them apper­ tained to cases wliicf^lmd already been ,ttom had been settled up fo"t lie liist day of July, 1880. But while these cSaims were being settled the yet unsettled original claims had to wait. During the first six or seven years after 1S62, a greater number of original claims were settled, proportionally, than within the next ten years, for the rea­ son that a very larjre number of the first claims presented were for death or wounds of which there was record or parole testimony easy of access But the later claims presented as a rule, the greater the difficulty of pro­ curing evidence, as witnesses were either dying or removing to unknown part** where the claimant could not find them. Of course delays in the settlement of clai"os for these reasons could not be .justly chargeable to the pension department but rather to the claimants themselves or their attor­ neys. Besides, sucli claims greatly in­ crease tlie amount of correspondence. neces«ary. and thus obstructed, more or less, the business of the pension ofHce. There were 245,000 persons receiv­ ing pensions tlie first day of last June. Add to these the number of claims unsettled to that date, and we h*ve 525,000 pensioners and pension claim ants. Thousands more" have been filed since then. The pensions now paid average about §10.1 to each pensioner. If the claims now on file were to be al­ lowed and the average to each pen­ sioner remain thc-same. it- would take ovar 855.000.000 every year to meet the obligation--a sum snfiicieut to pay the interest oil ®1,400,000.000 of 4 per cent, bonds. It seem* to the writer that soldiers who take into consideration the vast magnitude of the business, done and to be done, will wonder, rather that so much has been accomplished, rather than that more should have been done. I;i passing the act giving arrears. Congress has so fixed it that tire sol­ dier doef not lose iu the long run for his havitg to waft. In many cases it has been better lor tlie soldier to have, waited, >ecause receiving his money all at once, it gives him a capital wirh which D commence in business that will turt him a living, whereas, had it been received in driblets, from year to year, it'would have been dissipated in providing for present wjjnts. Mr. Jngalls lately expressed his be­ lief in the United States Senate that the pension and claim agents In YVash- Ingtoi are intending, by every means lu their power to defeat the passage of any measure designed to reform the pensi»n laws. The Times thinks these "cornorants" will find ample support amor^g person* of th^ir class through­ out llie country, and by "unworthy beneficiaries of the prefcent sj'stem.* There is, undoubtedly, some fraud per­ petrated ^under the present system, and so there would be under any sys­ tem. Mr. Bentley, our Commissioner of Tensions, estimates that 05,000,000 are fraudulently drawu fcQo# the pen­ sion fund annually. It is also claimed that large numbers of pensioners are drawing a larger sum than their disa­ bility entitled them to. Tlie biennial examinations acted as a check on this, but a Democratic Congress abolished those examinations on the plea of gar* lug expense, when every member of Congress, net an Idiot, knew that the amount saved by those examinations in the cut ting oft of such as had re­ covered and the cutting down of those •vhose physical condition had improved, would, over and over and over again, re-imburse the Government for tlie expense of the examination*. My When, last fall, the people voted upon the amendment of the constitu­ tion, to make the term of Cdunty Treasurer'aiid Sheriff four years each and have the election for the first of these long terms in 18S2, at which time should also be elected the County Clerk, etc.. it w.Vt hoped we would not be compelled to go through the form of an election this ensuing tall--hut t9iat officers whose frrms expired would "hold over." That hereafter we should have county elections only every other year, thus doing away with half ttie ordinary election ex­ penses, and half the worry, vexation of spirit and acrimony which such elec­ tions produce--without in any way impairing the noble privilege of the American citizen to hold office. But now comes a report which says: Attorney General McCartney decid­ es that county treasurers, county clerks and county judges go out of of­ f ice exactly as titey would have done had no constitutional amendment, been adopted; that is. tlie first Monday of December, 1881; that these offices will he tilled by election as usual next fall and that tlie officers so elected will con­ tinue to hold till the first Monday in December, 1882. at. which time the of­ ficer# elected .on the " Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 18§2," as provided by tlie constitutional amend­ ment. will "assume tlie Unties of tliyii- respective offices. But Mr. McCartney is a n'ew man iu office, and the Judiciary Committee of the Illinois House ol Representatives take issue with him in this position.-- It is said they reason uppn the matter in tills way: In 1877 the Legislature passed at. act providing how amendments should be submitted and their adoption legally ascertained, and by that, act an amend­ ment is declared to be iu force from and after tlie declaration of the State Board of Canvassers, that the amend- meutimd xemflved tlie necessary tim­ ber of votes, From this ft would ap­ pear questionable,whether the Attor ney General's views that It would not go into force- until 1882 cohid he ac­ cepted. Another more serious objec­ tion to his view is that iu the article of the constitution in relation to counts, a cl*use is found which says that county judges, clerks and and treasurers shall he elected for four years. This lias not been changed by tlie recent amend­ ment. and it is difficult to see how the Legislature can in any way piovide by law for the election ot such officers for one year only. The difficulty of hav­ ing these vacancies tilled by the Governor and the County Boards is that the vacancies are really for one year au 1 one day. whereas the word­ ing of the constitution is that vacan­ cies may be filled by appointment when they do not. exceed one year.-- The time from the first Monday of December; 18S1, to the first Moudey iu 1S82. is one year and a day. The outcome of this conflict of opin­ ion will be watched with much inter­ est, both by present incumbents of the County Clerk's and Treasurer's offices; also by the workers in elections who see a harvest in every contest for office. To the tax-payers it means a thousand dollars, more or less, in general elec­ tion expenses, is the Attorney General's opinion obtains.--Aurora Beacon • AN ASTONISHING STOKY FUOH ALASK A. A letter from Sitka. Alaska, under date of De ». 22, 1SS0. written by R. P. Stiurfurt.li, states that everybody there has been seized with the gold fever.-- The writer says that about two months previous to the date of com­ munication a report reached Sitka to tlie efleet that gold had been discover­ ed iu i'ahon, an* Ind'an possession ahou; 150 miles northeast of Sitka.-- The people were at first incredulous, because the old mines In the locality named had often been, examined and nothing rich enough to pay the neces­ sarily enormous cost of working had been found. But the flattering minors continued to come, and finally a party of small capitalists left Sirka for Tahon, with the intention of learning tlie true prospects there. After lieiivg gone twenty-four days they returned, and according to the statement of tin- writer, declared that nothing like tbe Tahon mines was ever^ see i before.as a proof of their assertion producing several pieces of ore aggregating 300 pounds weight, which"yielded upon as­ say nearly 8200 pure gold. On this showing t l ie people of Sitka are said to have commenced a wholesale migra­ tion. Commander Glass sent a small part}', headed by an officer,| and on their return Siinrfurth asserts that these men continued the first report. Captain Vanderhilt of the tug Favor­ ite w ent t o the diggings with eighty miners. Locations were being made with feverish haste, and preparations are being made to commence work in earnest next spring. For tlie past two years I have been troubled with leueorrhnea and female weakness, which at times has been so freat that I could neither eat norsleep. wore one of Prof. Guilmette's Kidney Pads It cured ME. MRS, U. JEUOMK, Toledo .O, HOW COXQRKSS PASSKH A HIIX. In reply to a correspondent, who asks for information on the subject, the New York Journaloj Commerce says: "One branch of Congress passes a bill and sends it to tlie other. If the latter ndopts it presisely* a^it is passed, it then goes to fhe President for his ai»- prbval. But if the bill is amended or changed on its passage in the other branch, it is sent back with such changes to the House In which it orig­ inated. If these amandmeuts are there adopted it then goes to the President, but if not adopted, or adopted only In part, it again comes back to tlie second branch, where the vote is to recede from the amendments or to insist up­ on therii. If the body insists, then a eommittee of conferaiice is appoint­ ed, and notice being given to the other House, a like committee is ap­ pointed. and those two committees meet. If they agree on a report, then tlie bill as reported is voted on again iu each House. If they disagree, each reports, and sometimes a new committee is appointed and some­ times the bill fails. But if it passes both Houses, then tlie President signs it. if he approves; if he disanproves . he returns it within ten days to the House iu which it originated, with his objec­ tions. It that House passes it again by a two-third vote, it goes to the other branch of Congress, ai?d If it passes there by a two-third vote it be^ comes a law. There Is no arbiter be­ tween any of the parties. GAVE 'EM AWAY. A certain fashionable lady tn San Francisco, whose lovely daughters are regarded as the most elegant belles of of the city, having become disgusted with the arrogance, lies and neglect of the "colored gemman1 ' who deigned lo wait upon theui,'suddenly discharg­ ed that personage and employed a Celestial, who had been strongly re" commended to her for his strict atten­ tion to his duties and perfect truthful­ ness. Soon.after his iiistallatiun his mistress determined to give an infor- ,mal "hop." and on the afternoon of the day on which the party was to take place told Lung lo say "Not at home" to ahy one wno called. As chance would I have it, one of the young ladies' most I fastidious beaus, and one on whom they all wished to make a favorable impression, came to ask permission to bring a friend with ciim in the eveu- Tnj», ladles mas told by the truthful Lung: 4 'They tell me say all going out, but old woman she iu kitchen washec dishce. the young misses they up stairs paintee faces." It is needless to say tlie young man did not put in his ap­ pearance that evening, and the truth­ ful Lung Is seeking another situation. The following arraignment of the Democratic party by a prominent Democrat, is just though scorching: When the mud-slinging campaign against Garfield began, 1 told our peo­ ple that it would surely elect him. But our precious National Executive Com.nlttee kept up the torrent of abuse and slander. They seemed to think that going about and marking "329" on men's doorsteps was a power­ ful political argument. That man Barnutn anil his companions perpetrat­ ed crime after crime--for such blun­ ders that they made were indeed crimes--until their disgrace culmina­ ted in an attempt to give currency to a villainous forgery. It made one almost ashamed of his party to see such wea|>ons used in its In-half. One ot those tac-similes of the Morey letter was sent to me. A single glance told me that it was a forgery, and 1 needed no denial from Gar fie id to convince me. How Hewitt a«id Randall could act. as they did is more than I can im- derstand. They both know Garfield as well as I do, and they must have known that he never would write such a letter.--Alex. If. Stevens. jJSjgrTlie Ilawkeye man writes from Hartford: " Von eait get insured here in any way ami for anything yon wish --mutual, endowment, tontine, acci­ dent, intentional n unadic, differential, protoplasmic. Baptist, Old School Presbyterian, Congregational. Bob Idgersoll, Renaissance. Gothic, Byzan­ tine, greenback, composite, Corin­ thian. Scotch, c-evoit, gossamer, seam­ less. new \VI*eeler &, Wilson, barbed wire, liver pad and hard finish. It is the central and distributing point for the entire Insnnuice business of America. No Insurance company is genuine iink^s "Hartford' Is blown upon tlie bottle." If tliere remain iu thfs eoimtrv any admirers of cheap iwoney, rhev should not tarry, bnt haste to P%ro.-- There one gold dollar equals eleven of paper, and shoes cost all the way from >25 to #70 per pair. Otbin passage from Callao to Few York is purclrased for <W.OOO in peruvian paper. Six of­ ficers from a United States vessel re­ cently got llieir dinners ai a IJma restaurant. Tbe bill therefore was #60, but the keeper gladly took $6 in gold and gave receipt in full. Peru is the place for inflation. The Latest Novelty. A patent separable sleeve button made of rolled gold equal in appear­ ance and wear to the most ex­ pensive goods, real stone settings. Onyx, Mus,* Agate. Blood Stone, etc.-- Sample pair sent on receipt of on* dollar. Goods warranted as represent­ ed or money refuuded. Ageuts warn­ ed everywhere. 6BGU A CO., 94 Church SI, Sew York. AN KLKCTK1C CLOCK. Augustus S. Crane, of Newatfc, N". J. has au electric clock of bis own Inven­ tion* His father, A. D, Crane, invent­ ed a year clock, aud he has made a life­ long study himself riff time-keepers of all kinds and has manufactured some of novel construction. In hit electric clock the only motive power is an electric current, and there Is therefore, no winding to be done. The electric part of the clock con­ sists of two pairs of electro-magnets, and a rocking armature, the latter acting directly on the eacape-wheel to drive the train. The entire method of applying the current to the magnet Mr. Ctane keeps a secret. The pendu­ lum is not In electric connection at any time^ It being a gravity pendulum. The main point of excellence claimed for the clock is the arrangement for controlling the course of the current, so that when the pendulum separates the contact points, no spark is called out. Herein a great difficulty is said to be obvhited, namely, the destrnc- tionin time of the contact points bjr sparks. Any metal can be used for the points in place of mtplaum. The clock has been running two years and Mr. Crane is well satisfied that his invention is a thorough suc­ cess, He has also a gravity clock, which varies hardly a second in many mouths. In making the pendulum, which is the same as that in the etae* trie clock, lie aimed at making a pel- feet compensation. It consMsof two steel rods and one brass rod, and is theoretically, ami practically, h" think* a perfect pendulum. i f '8 'M j 1ST Be fore the last war, Hugh N. Page was a captain in the United States Navy, lie was au officer ondTer Commodore Perry in the famous bat­ tle of Lake Erie, and for meritorious services was presented with a sword by the Government. ..When Virginia broke away from the Union, at the opening of the civil war, Page re­ signed iii; commission, and though too old to tight, declared his adhesion to the cause afterwards lost. During the wur Congress passed an act declaring that all officers of the Government guilty of treason should forfeit all pay that might be due1 them. There waa ilue Capt. Page 9136.85. Page Is dead and his widow has presented a claim to Congress for the amount. It provoked a spirited discussion. Bragg of Wis­ consin made tlie speech of He declared that it was the Democrats who were quietly resurrecting these old war issues by the introduction of sucli.bills. He claimed that the widow had no right to the pay except through her husband and that he had forfeited it by Ills treason. fS?*"Yes, 1 ar.i going to skate," he answered as his teeth rattled together and his ears stood out like sheet iron medals. "They tried to stuff me with a story of a boy who froze to death ou the rink at the park, but I won't take it" "Did one freeze fco death?** "Naw. coma to find out about it, liu just froze his ears and nose aud fingers arid toes, aud the rest of his body wasn't touched at all! They cant scare me with any of their tales of horror,"--The Nation. By Universal Accord Ayer's cathartic pills are the best of all purgatives for family use. They are the product of long, laborious and successful chemical investigation, ami their extensive use by )>livsicians iw their practice, and by aU civilized na­ tions. proves them the best aud m«»t successful purgative fill that medir.tl science can devise. Being purely v« g- etable no harm can arise from their use. In intrinsic value and curative powers, no other pills c*u be compared with them, aud every person knowing their virtues will employ them wli -n needed. They keep tbe system in per­ fect order and maintain iu healthy ac­ tion the whole machinery of life. Mild searching and effectual, tliey aro specially adapted r»> the needs of the digestive apparatus, derangement* of which tbev preveiu and cure, if tun••!>- taken. They are the best and s.it-*>t physic to employ for children .ind" weakened constitutions, where a inibt but efiectual cathartic is required. For sale by all dealers. „ . . . . , Various Cause*-- Advancing years, care, sickness, dis­ appointment. and hereditary prvdis- |M>si:ion--all operate to turn the Karr gray, and either of them incline* it 'o shed. pretf>.vmelv. AYKB'S IIASU Vuioit will restore faded or gr '\. light r< d hair ton rich brown or I'erj* black, as may be desired. It sofseu* ami cleanses the scsilp. giving tr a healthy action. It removes attd rnre* • dandruff snd humors. By its use fall­ ing hair £ checked, and a new grotvtli will he produced in all cases where tbe follicles are not destroyed or the yia nils decayed. Its effects are beauti­ fully shown on bra«liy. weak, or sickly hair.on which a few applications will produce tlie gloss and freshness of youth. Harmless and sure in its ofter-* at ion, it is incomparable as a dressing,, and is especially valued for the soft, lustre and richness of tone it Imparts* It contains neither oil nor dye. ;•««! will no: soil nor color white caVitirie^ yet it lasts long on the hair, an*C keep* it fresh and vigorous. To I'ash Uuyer. Being desirous of reducing onr *&•»»*.> of winter goods we shall on T!u>*s«l-»«e Jan. 13th. commence- our anniiu'r of winter goods, consisting of Mr»$.att«| Boys Sui's and Overcoats, Fhirinefc^, Shawls, Scarfs. Nubias, lIontK, « Furs. Wool Lined Boots ami >9»»rs* Rubber goods &c. As we arv tkuHid r«» covert these into Cash wlthW »t«» next 30 days, prices will b» t*;*!.- H* warrant quick sales. Com*.- an^s* rIT XaiM MOK» & £ v &NM -Vs. ^ a#