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3p5^»p*pi|p5I *|ipgiii5 > ."i «« ttm Pled egad but to Truth, to No F«w« Wit* up And no ^e»f Shalt Awe^' . " tj! ' ...'• l'?fS r VOL. 20. 4. M'HENEY, ILLINOIS, WEDiVEbDAY, JANUARY 30, 1895. NO. 30. 4 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY V A N S L T K S , -EDITOR AND PBOPHOCTOB. ^MCI IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK. 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Begnlar advertisers (meaning those having Standing cards) will be entitled to insertion Eftocal notices *t the rate of 5 eents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 lints per line the first week, and 6 cents per ifne for each aubse<iuent wee*. • transient advertisements will be charged ^ the rate of » cents pe line, (nonpareil •ype, same as this is set in) the first issne, and i eents ner line for subsequent issuea. -Thus, an iVoh advertisenaent w\ll cost • MS ITor one ^eek, *1.60 for two weeks. IS.0Q for three Weeks, and so on. JxhePt-AiKDSAtB* will ̂ editorial notices, but, as a business rale. 1* rsauire a suitable fee from geehing'the use of its columns for pecuniary BUSINESS OAKD8. FRANK L. SHEPABD, ' l^OUNSELLOB AT LAW. Suite 5M--M La ;V Salle MM Uhioago. Sjjj ' JOS L. ABT, M, D. foHYSlOIAN *&D SITRPEON, McMenrv, III, X Offlce in Nichols Block, over Plaibdeaier Office. Telephone No. 4. O.H. rSOKBS, M. D- BtSlOlAN AND SURGIBOBI, MsHwry lilt. Office at Beildenoe. O. J. HOWARD, H. D. iHY^IOIAN AND SURGEON. OSce at •the ersioence of B. A, Howard, West o Henry, 111. i' v T ~ * ~ -- K»t DR. A. E. AURINQER, TJHYSIOIAK ANDSURttlBON. Offin Dr. jr Ohiids building. West McHenry, 111. Besldence, house formerly occupied fey Dr. Osborne, Alt professional ealls promptly at- jindedto. F. C. COLBY, P, 0. ft. v fAENTloT. Woodstock. 111. Special aten- :IJ tion paid to regulating children's teeth, Startles coming from a distance, wUI do well ..jar give tlmelj notice by mall. Office, Kendal bloca comer Main street and PublieSq are O. P. BARNES, TTOBNEY, Solicitor, audi OouBMlor, Oolleotlons'a specialty. WOODS TOOK, UHOU. ' KNIGHT ft BROWN, ^ TTORNBYS AT LAW. U. 8. Express Oo.*S Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. • CHICAGO, ILL. • •; ' *>• • f'Mfi " V, 3. LUMLET. TTOBNEY AT LAW, and Betteltor la ™*°0e«bOD9IOOT. XLL. JftliS-; Offioe tn Park Mouse, first fioor, K. V : • V&j. i [0. . H. C. MBADy ' , Justice oj the Peace and General In- , •' - murance Agent •ncluding Accident < ana Life Insurance. % , , ^ . • L'. « OrVIOB WITH B. QILBSKT, HIA1 DBOT, t*; wbst MOHBHKT. iu. " ' fc- -••• s . - , - r . - W . P . S T . C L A I R , JutHceof the Peace and Notary PubUe X' * "i'jheal £atat0 and •M& KUNDA, Ills ; A. M. CHURCH, ^fatohi<-iaker and Jeweler sairiugF (ne watches and Chronometers. ^^vAFall Assortment of Goods in his llM JOHN P. SMITH, W Btchm a ker A J ewoter !| MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. ^ A FINE stock of Oloeka, Watches and J«W- elry always on hand. Special attaellon rven to repairing fine ~ call. w^tehes. Give JOBM B. mirm -- V ; Westerman & Son, HOUSE, SIGN AND OARRIAOK PAINTERS, MCHENBT, . . . . . I L L I M O I B . Weare prepared to do aA work In onr line iN on short rotice and guarcntee satisfaction i PAPER HANGING A 8PEClA.LTK. ^ Prices reasonable and w<-rk promptly ||>|done. WESTERMAN & SO», . « M o H e n r y . J t n u a r y 30.18M. JOHN J. BUOB| : RESTAURANT Boarding House, ~t|Tear the Iron Bridge, McHenry# bf; «#!•v ©«f •» -«rssk s* >f»on»b'e r«*««t A Hum Lm OFIROW BOATS AT MY LAavm Fure W*nes, Liquors and CkeleaOtgase always on hand. Wm. Bacon DEALKB IN Agricultural IOC. IOC. Does snioketrom your oigar , Like incense in the air? H ^ Or does it. only cause a stnadgs -• And make your neighbor swear? Why will yon stick to cabbage led res And drive yonr friends alar, \ When yon can purchase for a dime ] "Onr Monogram" cigupt lOo- V°c- BARBIAN BROS. ? MAKBMS C3FI Choice Cigars. We can sell yon one or a or wholesale. thousand--retau moneiy SHOULD OBTAIN FOB YO0 The M Goods i tbe Market Thalia what we areaat- l u l l e d t o m a k e , * * T h e Beat* *' and tfulnlc we eanaodlemoiiatarate to you if jou wi l give usl ther opportunity. Osll In and the Goods and be convinced. W CARLSON- McHenry, HI., 1894. Machinery! MOHENBT, ILL. We have the most complete line of Pumps to be found in the county, and if you are in need of one it will pay you to caU and see us We have THE MYIBS FORCE POMP. WITH WIND MILL REGULATOR, Buggies & Carriages Our entire stock of Buggries and Carriages will be soW AT COST for the next 30 days* SALOON AND RESTAUR SSI M c H E N R Y j I L L I N O I S . llholMal* and lt*«all Agant if»r mf lilvaitffi Brewiii Ci 'i ^ THE BEST MADE. uanthy fron a Snits CO barrels. - i Order* by mall promptly atie ALSO. ALWAYSjON HAND Fine Kentuoky Liquors, French Bitters, choice Ales* Wlnesi Cigars, Etc I bvy none but the best and seU at reasonab'e prices. Call end see me and I will us. use you wel " ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, 111 , 1894. Vf A O R A W P O F F E R ! MME. A. RUPPERT'8 FACE BLEACH flaw* A. Bswert nys appreciate the fact that (bare ace anaojr thonaands of ladlesin theuntted States would like to try mr lenowned Face •t imthave been kert 1 on aoeoont oe xsr bot- ken to- , tnurdar that all i opportunity, I ' caller a »«m- I to those _ y. in any _ - rr_r,«neStMSprepa>d,for1So,tiiTerorsLamp8. City! West Side Livery^ I FEED AND SALE STABLES JBL JT. HANLY, Prop*#. WEST McHENHY, ILL. First claaa rigs, with or without drivers, furn'shedf.at reasonable ratea> Farties taken and from the Lakes fn Easjr Rigs, audi prompt connection made with all trains Our Bigs will be kept in flrat class shape, and we shall spare no pains to please onr ens tomers at ail times, Give us a eali, £. J. HANLY, West MeHenry, 111M Aug. 16, 1804. A crea* ekaaM to make M«MT* Agents Wanted V I T A t . Q U X S T I 0 V 8 IIP Tlir r&AV Political HcTnintioa et llr I nt U*T , > s. Cririe of TO end's* I OXKTIMI. strikes, the GKEAT LABOS Isiost of the Battles for^ breaa, Uncaaployeit, &ES. present and the future Tariff Regulation The " il ver Questions What Protection does for the American Workmeu. What Free Trade does frr him. A bo k for the hour* Everybody wants it, Pri • only #150. Sells at sight Most liberal terms to agents, send for«ircul»ta?olr send ">0 cents for agent's ont lit at once P. W ZIKOLBB * CO., ID Market Street, t,t, Louis, Mo. NEAR THE DEPOT, atoHENRY, ILL. Keeps open for the aoooauMdatMMi of the Public a Flrst-Olass Saloon and Restatirant, Where he will at an times keen brands of Wlnee, Liquors and Ol all times keep the best . quorsand O to be found in tne markat. PABST'S ICilwackc* lagi* ' Bsw At Wholesale and Retail* ' Beer in Large or Small Kags or Bottles al­ ways on hand, cheaper than any other, quail* ty considered. f Orders by maU promptly attended t(4,/ GOOD STABLING tVM UOHatlk Wall and-jee as. Robert •oh lessle. German 0UGH K I D N E Y e U R E . {^ont^ins no Poison. Reid's German Pills cur® Constipation and Malaria. Sylvan Cum purifies the breath. JEWELER & OPTICIAN. ais IipniK, Fye-Glarses SPECTACLES Ho O halve for Testfng the Eyes. ^EFFECT FI V GUARANTEED. Will be at O. T. Daniel's Drug "tore, Algoa qnln, every Wdne^day, commencing July 11 Also, at a Severns's Dmg Store, Cary. Thursdayrcommeneing July 96th. - - OSMTTN BLOCK, 38lt NUNDA, ILL. X DB. FBUTH'S Next Vialt.-^ Friday. Jan, Sd. P WOODSTOCK* IL.S At the Hotel Woodstock. FR«!? In DISPENSARY DR. FRUTH, after years of experience has perfected the most infallible method of cur­ ing Nervous deo.lUy, decay of body and mind, seP-distrust, poor memory, weak eyes, p tun ted clevelooment, lack of memory, im- poveriBhed blooil, low vitality,and all eOoots of Abuses, excesses, improper life, etc., which renders marnage unhappy and life miserable. SPECIALTIES-Catarrh, 8kin Disea es, Korea Pi nplcs, sjcn.fula, B»c»'xl Taint, Eczema, Can­ cer, and D'se" °e« of" Won-en We tiuarantee to Forfeit 8500for a ease of S E X U A L D I ^ E A s E Jure. Que»ti>»n list FKEK. ne personal kSlsrTiew solieite<«. Consultation tree OR O p«F»UCN. 3B33 Lake AveJ, Chlcagoi •AVINGS. ui surplna tnnds received and loaned on carefally se­ lected real estate securities and the interest coll«ct«iT /\ A "W"C •-aid without-L^y/xa.!^ O. charge. Loans maue u time and itrms suit borrower J. W. BAM6IIUU1 Hard - and - Soft % ̂ WILBUR LUMBER 0 AT THBIK TARDS IN *0 ' • ,,, ̂ " ;7HWlST McHENRY, ^ Have now on band »jotb hard and Hoft Coal, which they will sell at prices ae low as tbe lowest. We aiSe" handling tie Cross Creek Lehigh Hard Coal, which we guarantee nneqoaled by»ny. "*? f • t3rDellr«tymldetoW»itpiir- chaser F e e d ! F e e d ! Feed of all kinds constantly on hand Car Lots a {Specialty far Tile. Lime, Cement, etc always on hand. Wilbur Lumber Co. DeYss Want WnrV? A steady paying job f f V/I XJL • with lar est bouse 1« the west, 90 years established. With our fa­ cilities we ean make a good salesman in two weeks from raw material. Nnrsery stock ihat is warranted to grow. IB best varieties eetl potatoes in the world, eto. If you want money write, stating age. L- L. MAY k CO. St. Paul. MtaB Muresrymen, Floristaand Hec<ismen. (TMi honte.is responslbio) til AIITCn 8 or 10 men to solicit orders W Mil * vll for Hardy Nursery stock fruit end Ornamentals ; also new and vaiu abie varieties fSee > Potatr»e8. Permaneni p sltioni; g> od salary, ranging fr »m ITS t •NB per month. Apply quick with reterences, L. L. WAY & CO., St OBU>, OAinn. Kurserymen, Florists and seedmen. \M States_warCl!iiB Apcj WM- H- COWLIN, Woodstook - - Illinois ProsooutMallelassssand kinds of claims .gainst the United States for ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. ,de m prosecuting old and mad specialty is rsieeted claims. All communications promptly answered if Postage Stamps are enolosed for reply. WM. •& COWJJti •ee at BeaMeaee. Madison At. WoOfist - S, RKJiARDSON, DKALBB IN • DBTQood^ GROCERIES. CLOTHING, Drugs, and pi*8 Flour, Notions, Hats, Caps, Boots & Shoes, Hardware, Etc. VOLO, TH»X-i- t wish to aiinoutice to my patrons anrt the public generally that I am now pre nared to fnrniah them with all goods in my line at the Lowest Living Fraces. |3g- FELT8 and KUBBER8 at prices that defy competition. A large stock of Bed Blankets, Horse Blankets, etc. UNDERWEAR, the finest stock to be found in this section. The finest stock of Shoes and Rubber Boots to be found in the Northwest. The beat 50c. Tea in market. 1^5 lbs. Arbuckle Coffee, $1. Oysters 30c. per quart. A No. 1 Fine Cut Tobacco, 26 eents per pound. In fact everything^at bottom prices and good goods guaranteed. E. RICHARDSON Yolo, IU., Dec. 10, 1894. lath Day THE QBE AT 30th WREVIVO iESTORES VITALITY. Made a Well Man of Me. prodsccs the above results In 30 days. It acts powerfully and quickly. Cures when all others fail youngnseu will regain their lost manhood, and old neu will recover their youthful vigor by usinr RKVIVO. It quickly and surely restores Nervout; uess. Lost Vitality, lm potency. Nightly Emissions <VostPswer, Failing Memory, Wasting Diseases, am- ill effects of sotf-abuse or excels and indiscretioi: which unfits one for s udy. bnnines* or marriage. I: not only cures by starting at the seat of disease, bi- • is a great nerve tonic ud blood builder, briny tng back tbe plnlc glow to pale cheeks and rr storing, tlie fire of joath. It wards off Insanit. and Consumptioa. Insistssi) having KEVIVO, ti other. It can be carried iSJSrt pocket. By mai Sl.M««rfHtaaor six fohrfwifit with m pot tlTs written ftirantee Utmmne or refozi the money. Oirculsr free. Aw.M ROYAL ME0I0INE CO.. S3 River St., 3HICA80, IL FOB8AUEBT With Jan. 24, 1881, was the date of Skobe- Powder and Jeff's great victory nvnfltnifp in the trei»ches of uynamue. Qeok-Tepa on the toad to Herat, in central Asia Forty thousand Turcomans with their fami­ lies and slaves made a stand at Geok- Tepe behind an immense clay wall 80 feet high and 20 feet wide, built after the fashion of Russian fieldworks. Artil­ lery produced no impression on it, so Skobeleff fought his way step by step ' mar enough to sink mines under the ' rampart ^ i Kouropatkin, the Skobeleff of Russia | that was to be after the death of the re- i nowned fighter, bore the brunt of the attack. At the firing of the mines, one of dynamite and another of powder, ; Kouropatkin ied his men, numbering; 1,000, to the breach. The Turcomans A Famous Deed of Arms. oious assault on Jan. 19, 1813, Wellington won tjhree new handles to his name by a brilliant and auda> tbe walls of Ciudad Kodrigo, in Portugal. The English bat- t3rio9 rained shot upon the French ram, parts 12 days, and when two breaches showed themselves on the afternoon of the 19th Wellington declared, "Ciudad Rodrigo must be stormed this evening." Standing upon the ruins of the con­ vent of Francisco, he pointed out to Ma­ jor Napier of the Light division the spot where he was to lead in 800 volun­ teer stormers. Having done this, he said, "Now do you understand exaotly the way you are to take so as to arrive at the breach without noise or oonfu- sion?" ^ . "Yes, perfectly," answered Napier bravely stood on the walls until out' an(* 8avo signal. One of Welling down. Eight thousand of them were killed in an hour of terrible hand to hand fighting. While the stormers were at work Skobeleff's cannon bombarded the walls between the mines and fired over them to demoralize their defenders. The Turcomans had no cannon and were poorly armed to cope with the Russian breechloaders. Yet they defended the ditches until they filled them with their bodies. The trenches and the mine craters were choked with corpses, and 4,000 were lying within the walled in- closure. One-half the ablebodied men in the Turkish army were killed. More than 400,000 missiles were hurled at; them during the assault and in the pursuit which followed the victory of Kouropatkin'8 stormers. Skobeleff's capture of Geok-Tepe opened the way for the columns of the czar to march upon the frontier of India. It put an and to those man stealing expeditions of the Turcomans which filled the north Persian countries with terror and supplied the slave markets of oentral GEORGE L. KILKEB. Heroes Jan. 24, 181*4, saw General Jaokson's of Jackson's last battle with the Ctrrlsr Wni* Creeks on his fa- VTCCK war. mous raid into the Indian country. Old Hickory made this campaign on purpose to give his idle Tennessee volunteers praotioe in real warfare. At the crossing of Enotachopo creek, when all but the rear guard and the Nashville" artillery company were safely over, the Indians rushed to the attack. The rear guard fled in panic, leaving the artillerymen alone with their soli­ tary gun. Jackson turned back instant­ ly, followed by his tried heroes, among ; 'them tbe brave general John toffee. Coffee, kaving been •grounded two •flays before, was borne on a litter. Springing up and mounting a horse he rode back OBNEKAL COFFKR. across the stream into tbe thickest danger. His reddened bandages became the oriflamb of bat­ tle. The artillerists, led by Lieutenant Robert Armstrong, dragged the cannon to a hilltop and swore to die before yielding. The Indians, thoroughly arm­ ed with rifles, made the men on the hill a target and immediately shot down eight of them out of a company of 25. Armstrong went down first, exclaiming with his last breath, "My brave fellows, you must save the cannon!" During the excitement of unlimbering the gun to drag it up the hill, the rammqr and pick bad been left behind. In tbe midst of the terrible fusillade, Private Craven Jackson primed the piece with musket powder, using his ramrod for a piok, and fired uhe shell at a crowd of savagea His comrade, Constantine Perkins, coolly unfixed his bayonet and used his musket barrel to ram the cannon charges home. These two men, almost alone, carried out Armstrong's dying request They saved the cannon and, still better, they saved the day, for the Indians oould not stand before "big guns." A half dozen of their wel) aimed charges of grapeshot crashing among the trees where the sav­ ages were in hiding started them out of the forest like flushed partridges, and the Tennesseeans hunted them "across for miles. GEOBGK L. KTTJTER. A Hand to Hand 1 Jan. 27 is the an­ niversary of a des­ perate cavalry en- counter between 5aber Fight. B u r n s i d e's and Longstreet's men in east Tennessee, 1864. The dashing sabreur, Colonel Edward M. McCook, the Hotspur of that fighting family, rode at the head of a cavalry division to attack two divisions of Martin's cavalry corps led by Morgan and Armstrong, both valorous captains. The Confederate advance, having been driven back two miles step by steR united with the reserves and made a stand at the intersection of roads near Fair Garden. McCook led in his whole division on both sides of Fair Garden road, ending up with a galloping charge La Grange's demibrigade ran upon a superior force of Morgan's troopers around a battery which raked the Fair Garden road Calling up detachments of the Second and Fourth Indiana, La Grange beaded a magnificent and gal­ lant dash along the road and into the battery, sabering the gunners and their cavalry supporters. Two cannon and many prisoners were captured in the rush. At the same time Major J. P. Lesslie and a handful of men of the Fourth reg­ iment, with drawn swords, charged from the highway into tbe field on the left, McCook and his staff, yielding to tbe fury of the hour, at their bead. The op­ posing lines met on open ground with a fair field for ,a hand to hand combat The struggle was brief. Morgan's line was routed, his battleflag and escort captured, and Morgan himself barely escaped. In the height of the melee tbe gallant Lesslie was shot dead by a bullet which pieroed his left breast v .; - ton's aids then said to the major, "Why don't you load?" "No," he responded bluntly, "if we can't do it without loading, we shall not do it at alL " v "Leave him alone," emaiuted Wel­ lington. A company of sappfen had been order­ ed to precede the stormers with sacks of hay to fill in the ditoh, but when the great cathedral dock told the hour of 7 the for­ lorn hope set off without waiting, and Major Na­ pier led his little column forward close at their NAPIEB. heela The soldiers sprang quickly to their task, jumped into the ditoh, which was 11 feet deep, and scaled a perpen­ dicular wall, facing the low exterior rampart A terrible shower of grape «nd bullets struck them at the ditch and on the wall. Half way np they saw the breach barricaded and strongly man­ ned by the French. For personal defense each one of the stormers instinctively snapped his piece, although it was not loaded. Major Napier meanwhile had fallen with a terrible wound made by a grapeshot Lying on the .ground, he sboutod and gestured to the men to trust to their bayonets. Officers with stream­ ing wounds rushed ahead of the soldiers, who went furiously on and on and on until there stood along the rampart 52 out of the 800 who had begun the ascent The defenders were bayoneted at their guns, and the English supporting col­ umns, following, turned right and left down the wall. By this means the great breach waa flanked. GBOBOB L. Knjimt "Pememher ^an* KemeniDerKentucky volun- the River t e e r s of General ' D a i e l n » ' H a r r i s o n ' s a r m y ivaisiu. met with a surprise ending in massacre at the hands of the British and their Indian allies on the banks of tbe River Raisin, Michigan. Colonel Lewis' detachment lay in front, where the British turned their guns upon the sleeping camp. When the drummer boy sounded the notes of reveille they were echoed by the <jraok of the sentinels' rifles, and these again by the booming of cannon hurling grape and shells into the unprotected bivouaa Lewis' men formed a line of battle be­ hind some picket fences, and facing the foe in two directions shot down the British cannoneers at their pieces. But the fleet savages, led by the notorious Proctor, circled around the field, com pelling the Kentuckians to retreat across River Raisin. The Indians hurried in pursuit, and no quarter was given at this, the last stand. After nearly 400 had been massacred, Colonel Winches­ ter, the companion of Lewis and superior in rank, surrendered to Chief Round­ head, who spared his life; also that of Levitts- Twenty men of Lieutenant Ga- net's company resisted fighting and retreating in Indian fashion and were out down ta< a man, all except their youthful leader. Colonel John Allen, the hero for whom Allen county i« named, was wounded in the thigh at the commencement of the attack, but con­ tinued urging on his men until the day was lost, then sank exhausted. Finally he surrendered to an Indian chief upon the promise that his life should be Bpared. At the same moment two other savages rushed toward him, hatchet in hand. With one blow of his sword he stretched the first one out lifeless. The other snatched up a pistol and shot the noble colonel dead. This battle gave the Kentuckians their famous warcry, "Remember the River Raisin!" G&obqe L. RTii.mmh. Dattiiriflr With Zulus. can be ' ' C ' ' : V : * ' ' *"'.V- '•J?' • '• •; Jan. 28,1879, was the date of the for­ lorn defense of Isandlhwana by the British soldiers in Znlnland. Next to the Custer fight at Little Big Horn, this was the most des­ perate encounter of modern times be­ tween civilized warriors and savages, when 20,000 of King Cetewayo's fiercest braves fell upon a band of 600 British and an equa number of natives guard­ ing the supply camp. The Zulu column spread itse. • out from each flank in crescent form until the camp was sur­ rounded. Then the slaughter began with assegais. Detachments of the British were cut off and massacred without quarter, but not until they showed the valor of he­ roes, fightin; in squares or back to back. Colonel Durnford, commander of the post, was killed outside the camp. The next in rai.k was Colonel Pulleine of the Twenty-^onrth, foot When his bat­ talion had been cut down to a handful, be gave the colors to Lieutenants Mel­ ville and Coghill to save if possible Then turning to his men he said, "As for the res of us, boys, here we stay, and here wt die." Melville and Cog- bill ran ten miles to the Jugela river, killed in tbe water. GaoRos L. ifpm *' THE SACRED CODFISH* Tkm Prago--1 to 2feke IftOot eftfc* bona* la The Worcester Chuntte says: Charles Francis AdainarecoTtTits "Tha • Story of the Cod" in the Spri: „leidJBfr> »re­ publican. In 1782 John Adams stefcftfe, from Great Britain an eminent dtpio- ,| matio victory after a wearisome OOBlMt. , j--the right of fishery--and «ti llanlk -M 17, 1754, John Rowe, a Boston *«««**»,' .& asked and received permifpion to hlag the historic codfish on the wall flf chamber of representatives in the house. Thirty years later another1 with Great Britain occurred. Qulncy Adams was called on this time • ; as a diplomat* and he, too, saved the - * • oodfish once more from Briti sh nnra--ah. meats. The statehouso cod, which the sacrilegious are now threatening tostoro * ~ in the garret, is emblematic of com- "i merce, war and diplomacy and tells at Massachusetts victories in all three / Tj fields. After the peace of 1788 John Adams quartered the codfish in his coat ' of arms, and it is there now. This must w have been the origin of the phrase "cod- J fish aristocracy," once in common usa ! It was commonly spoken in derision, ' bot the pride of the Adimses in the cod- ̂ fish would seem entirely worthy. ' - \ On this subject the New York Sun re- marks: i There is a proud and beautiful build- I. ing in Boston. Bulfinch did it It it mi Parthenon surmounted by a gilded gae-j,'- house, and to theme who love it it is the --ipreme architectural achievement of £ , \. • J the world. Even the limited or preju­ diced persons who deny its oharm oan> : not forget the joy of its aaaoctattaaa. >x To go to Boston, to view that dome. with an eager eye and to perspire the pulchritude of it and the deepef? thought that one doesn't have to live in Boston is not the least of pleasures ia .' a world that persons of fair digestion regard with a certain amount of attach­ ment. As a matter of fact, the dome i* a hollow fraud. Mr. Bulfinch, who has had the distinction of having an emi­ nently parochial street named after \ J was not lucky enough to have his d* '• . , signs carried out, and the statehouso, with its feeling Dutch name, is not all,. '->*!% that it might have been. But it haai merits. There is or was in it the sacred codfish, u palladium that Ml from heav­ en plash into the Frog pond in the days when Boston was an eminent port This codfish was almost and quite superhuman. It oould wink. It had learned to say cultyur and liter* ature and leftenant, besides the other things that are said in Boston. There was a silver bathtub in which it used to tipple when the Boston nine got af game. It used to leap into the «ir when­ ever Governor Greenhalge appeared with blue knit thinking cap on. It was sprinkled with champagne whenever tbe Anoient and Honorable Artillery com­ pany had a feast All the thinkers in the legislature revered it It would wag its tail at a good thing and drop dead whenever a bore was up. They have been ' 'fixing up*' the state- * house. Evidently some idiot is in - charge. The sacred codfish is not to be^ included among the treasures of tbe re- ^ H stored statehouse. The Law and Order -U people say it drinks too much. The A. . ^ P. A. says it has a Hibernian count*- nanoe. All the same, it was the best iu ' ; the state. It was the most venerable in- s t a t i o n t h e r e , e x o e p t H a r v a r d c o l l e g e , f J j and George Marden of LowelL It is! V| gone. It has been torn down. < It is nil. V" ~t-rf So falls the codfish ariBtocxpoF; So fades „ ̂ a glory unmistakable. •v" .m NO FEED, NOTOOt. I Why the Maria® Band Old Not Flap aft Certain Holiday Reception, '7 Mrs. Calvin Brice has, vulgarly speak-^ ing, "put her foot in it," and not the ,, dazzling Trilby foot, which all who saw it, but the foot which rich ; v people are popularly supposed to reserve ' for the necks of their inferiors, Mm / Brice, like Mrs. Tymruyng, of humorous ' memory, sent out cards for a New< , ' 4^ Year's reception to be held at her Wash­ ington residenoeL Her "social secre­ tary" was sent to secure the Marine bend for the occasion. But the Marine band had played at Mrs. Brice's last and after its hard work and strains was not even asked, if it woajtd. • i-| have a glass of punch or a onp of tsk, ̂ The Marine band has a tenacious mem* T- ory. ,:i. ̂ Professor Fanciulli bowed to the so- t cial envoy of Mrs. Brice and asked if ; ̂ "after five hours of music will the mu- v ̂ sicians have some supper?" , The social envoy replied, "I would as ' soon ask the cook eat to supper as the < * band." SoI îofessor Fanciulli said the members of the Marine band were not - cooks, but m usicians of tbe nation. The '-i t commandant waved his baton, and the social secretary retired in confusion f-- || Washington Gossip in New York^Ld ̂ \ vertiser. ̂ /s,; • Am Otal Wttl FnMII. 1 A nuncupative will, the first filed in ̂ Pittsburg in 12 years, was accepted on ir Wednesday by the register. James Bres- -',"4^ nan was injured on the railroad on Deo. < 18 last and died a short time after on the operating table at th* West Penu , ,'r hospital. Before he died he stated to those around him that he wislnd his . 1 property to go to his yonnger children-- John, James and Mary--excluding his . oldest child because the latter was old || enough to take care of himself. He also 4 left #200 to the Rev. Thomas Bailey -M for manses --Philadelphia Ledges. , A K«w Thin* 1* Beaka It has been suggested that trast between the black and printed page would be less eye if the latter could rest on a bit of color. Boston publisher is that have margins of -tr Boston Letter. thecoJt- to the Bwdn Jaran' R»onlen. Van of the 12 jurors who aoqnittsd Lizxie Borden of the rnuidwi of >j(C fa<- ther and stepmother in their second annual mmlnn ii»f^ {ti?sr o®