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Pronipi. an A careful attention tu&llmat vers ieft in my hands, Money to loan, Office in Hoy Block, Wiousiock, ltl. Telephone office, 66, residence. 69. 35>'1 O. II GILLMORE, AT TQRNLY. Piobate work a specialty. Office in kenual Llotk, Vvooustutk, 111. KNIGHT & BROWN, A TTORNJllS AT LAW. 100 "Washington iV. Bur ' rest, CHICAGO. ILL. tfKANK L. SHEPARD, Suite 804--132 COUNSELLOR AT LAW Oiaik St., onicago. O. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, Solicitor, andi Counselor, Collectionsia specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOII. L. N. WOOD, M. D. PHYSICIAN ANDSUtoGEON, Office at G. W. Besiey'o Drug Stoie. Office touri, 9 to 11 A. M , and 2 to 4 P.M. Residence over Barbian Bros, MeHenry 111. , O. H. JTEGEE8, Ma D- __ _,1AN AND SURGE* 'ills. Office at Reaidence. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MeHenry JOS, L. ABT, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCL'LIST, Office in Nichols Block, over Ilaindealer Office. MoHenry Telephone No 4 DB. BAECHLER, DENTIST. (Pi -ate Work, and everything per­ ta ining to Dent is try . Parties Irom a distance should drop a card a cay or two beiore coming. Oil ice . MeHenry. DR. A. E. AURINGEll, PHYSICIAN ANDSURGEON. Office in the Stroner building, one door weet of A. P. Baer'e store, Wes t MeHenry ,111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional calls promptly at­ tended to. jOHtt P. SMITH, Watchmaker «Sc Jeweler McHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stook of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to ropainng fine watehei. Give me a call. JOHN J?- SMITH. W, A; CRI8TY, Justice ol tlie Peace. WEST MCHENRY, ILL. Special Attention paid to Collections. H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent. Jnoluding Accident and Life Insurance. West McHenkt , III. W. P- ST. CLAIR, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public heal Fdtate and Insurance. NUNDA. ill- A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler No 126 State Street, Chicago. Special attention given to repairing Fin6 Watches an t chronometers. 48" A Full Assortment of Goods in his line. A PROMINENT LAWYER, Of Greenville, 111., Mr. C. E. Cook, writes, "I have been troubled with billiousness, sick headache, sour stomach, constipa­ tion, etc.', for several years. I sought long and tried inany remedies, but,was disappointed until I tried Syrup Pepsin, lean cheerfully recommend it to any suf­ fering from above complaints." J. A. Story, MeHenry. DR, WALTER C. BESLEY, DENTIST WEST McHENRY. Office a* Geo. W. BePl$yvs I Drug Store, | Examinations free MILO J. L, HOWE, PIANO & ORGAN Tuner & Repairer. All^Orders Promptly Attended to, MeHenry C. F. BOLEY, McHENRY, ILL. Always on Band with the Best. Beer.. A. C. SPURLING, Veterinary - Surgeen, West MeHeury, 111. Special attention given to the treat menc of Cows. Officii at residence on Waukegan street, one door east of hotel Park. West Side Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES. E. J. HANLY, Prop'r. WEST McHENRY, ILL. First class tigs, with or without drivers, furnished at reasenable rates- Parties taken t" and from the Lakes in Easy Rigs, and prompt connection made with all trains Our Rigs will be kept in first class shape, and we shall spare no pains to please our cus tomers at all times. Give us a call, E J. HANLY, West MeHenry, 111,, Aug. 15, 1896. United States War Claim ipcy OF W. H. COWLINi WOODSTOCK ILL. Prosecutes all classes and kinds of claims against the United Stttes* for ex-noldierc, their wives. dependent relatives, or heirs A specialty is made in nrosecutlng old an i re­ jected claims, All communications promptly answered it postage stamps are enclosed for reply. WM. H COWLIN, Office at residence Madison St., Woodstocfe. Telephone No 2S. JOHN J. BUCH, J^estaurant"----- ^Boarding House> Kear the Iron linage, Mchenry, Soard by the Pay or Week at Reasonab'e rates, A Nice Line of Row Boats at my Landing, for rent by the hour or day, at reasonable rates, Pure Wines, Liquors and Choice Cigars always on hand. •^FreshLaerer Beer constantly on draught Good Stabling for Horses. Of Chicago, have sent to E. I.AWLUS, TAiLOR, The Handsomest Line of Ever seen- in the county to take orders from, at their WONDERFUL LQN PRICES. 26 its and not one misfit. People here know it ia first class Tailori ng in every respect, E. L»WtUS. Nearly opposite the Riverside House. E. B. RAINT and WALL PAPER HOUSE PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES," WALL PAPER. Paper Hanging. HOUSE, SIGN and CARRIAGE PAINTING Done on short notice and satis­ faction guaranteed. E. B. PERKINS. MeHenry, jFeb, 1,1897. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1897. NO. 47. SMOKERS! fta in Want of a Good Cipr! THE OLD RELIABLE CALL AT Cigar and Tobacco Dealers OtJR SPECIALTIES: Our Monogram, 10c. Barbian's Best hand made 5c The beet cigars made. Sold by all local dealers. •" 4;. Floral Company McHENRY, ILL. C, T. ESKIL80N, - MANAGER. All kinds of Cut Floweref, and Funeral >'e- signa to be had at all times at Keasonable Kates. Carnations in bud and other potted plants for sale. Orders taken now for beddm'g plants de­ sired in the spring. Will have all kinds of plants for fancy bedding. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address, ROSEDALE FLORAL COMPANY, McHENBY, 111. JOHN P.SMITH, The Jeweler, Is still at the old stand with a NEW STOCK OF GOODS! And New Prices. And if there is anything in his line you want do not fail to call and see him. If he does not have it stock he will send and get it for you you on short notice, REPAIRING Promptly attended to. A first class Main Sprinn, warranted, put in for 50c. CALL AND SEE ME. JOHN P. SMITH. MeHenry, May 4,1897. HORSE GOODS. ^If you are looking for anything in the noree Goods line do not fail to call on CUS CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, who will make to order, or if you choose, sell you a ready-made single or double Harness FOR LESS MONEY Than any other shop in the county, quality of work considered. All Work Warranted as Represented REPAIRING Promptly Attended to. Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of our bargains. CUS CARLSON. MeHenry, 111., April 20, 1897. Go South! The South has n'iore to offer than any other section A superior soil; a mild climate; good water; cheap fuel and lumber, » nd a market for all produfee. Tak« ad vantageot the HOME SEEKERS' EXCURSIONS over the Mobile and Ohio ttailroad, on Jan. 5 and 19, Feb. 2aod 16, "March 2 and 16, Aprilti and20, May 4 und 18, to varioun points in Ten. nessee, Mississippi nnd Alabama, at one fare plus Two Dollar« for the round trip, Plenty of time to s»e every p-rtion of the country. For full info'mation regarding rates, tickets, lime, etc, call or write to W. B MILLER, 329 Marq'-ette Building, 204 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. 31m4 MRS. C. B. MURPHY, DKALKK IN Fruits, Confectionery, Bakery Supplies, etc. Kelter Block* - - IWcHE^RY. Having opened the above named store I am now prepared to show to the buy­ ing public a clean, fresh stock of goods in my line and respectfully ask for a share of their patronage. All kinds of Fruits, in their season. Bakery Supplies, fresh every day. KaT" Choice Confectionery, etc., always on hand. I can also show you a fine of LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS, Such as Laces, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, etc. Prices Reasonable. Call and look over my stock. MRS. C. B. MURPHY, MeHenry, 111,, April 14, 1897. :PEKKY & OWES, Banker*. MoHENRY, - - 6ILUNOI8 This Bank receives deposits, buyt and sells Foreign and Domestic Ex change, and does a General Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon te:ms entirely satisfactory to our customers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. MONEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and other first class security. Special attention given to to- lections. . INSURANCE f In Urst Class Companies at tht Lowest Bates- 1 Your b Respectful y PERRY & OWEN. Notary Public Standard Under Rule O. This line young Stallion is four years old in June, color bay, with black points, is 16.2 hands high and weighs 1050 poudns. ED. DOWNING Wns sired by Pat Downing, No. 18205. Record 2;J3. One-half mile trial. 1:04^ ana was said, to have as much speed as any horse living. His dam was May First, standard tinder Rule 7. Registered in Volume 10 Of Wallace's Am­ erican Trotting Register. ED. DOWNING will stand for the seaSOtt of 1S97, for h limited number of Mare» at my bams, in-West MeHenry." Terms. $10 for the Season. Do not.fail to call and see. Shis promising youngiUalHon. - • E. J. MANLY. West MeHenry» Aptil, 21, 1897. ATTENTION, 93895. Sirea by Knlghtmont 18709; record 2.$4 at two yeata old. He is a direct descendant of Hambletonian 10, on both dam and sire's side, making him one of the best Stallions in ser- vice. He is a« fine individual, having good size, fine action, of mild disposition and sure producer of good carriage horses and road- sters, which are always in demand in market at high figures. To those who intend breed­ ing it will be for their interest to call and look him over beiore engaging for the season of 1897. SENATOR HOPKINS Can be seen at the Staples of Hanly Bros., 1& miles south of MeHenry Brick Mill, Terms of Service, «IO To Insure, with return privilege to all mares not proving in foal. Monoy due as soon as mare proves in foal. H&NLY BROS. 42 2m West McHknky , Il t , Tie tot Producing Stallion, 0 9701. Standard under both trotting and pacing rules. Sired by Lakeland Abdallah 351 (full brother to Harold, Bire of Maud S), by tiambletonian 10. Dam Fanny B, a fast pacing roare by a eon of Geo. M. Jfatchen, 2:23%. Geo. 0, 2:21%, i8 a chestnut horse, a sure foal getter, and is bred as near like Geo. Wilkes the sire of trotters, as it is possible to get them. Geo. 0 is the sire of 8 in the list, a grandson 2:19%, and others, as follows: Ethel B 2:18& Henry O 2:20^ Mary Lee 2;22j<; Algonquin 2:27^ J. P. B ?:26K Prince T • 2;29>s; Harry D 2:30 And algreat many lotherjveryfpromislng ones. I will stand Geo, O at mv place in MeHenry, 111., at $25 00 per mare, payable m cashordiie bill at time of service. Marcs not proving in foal will be entitled to a return season or money refunded, at mv option A live colt guaranteed. The a^ovo price is final. Breed to ahorse that IMP proven himself both a trotter and a proaucer. Xu H. OWEN. MeHenry, 111. Vera... ,2:28Sf Volney, G. S 2;l9l4 Centreville, 2:3lX Smithsonsian 2,31 Chfcadee (3 yrs) 2:3i% Ben. H 2:2*K JD.tODT2.Jr Merchant Tailor. MY SPRING AND SUMMER Suitings are ^now >>11 in, and I am prepared to give yon some gieit Bargains. Pants, $3 50 and upwards. Suits, $ I 7 00 and upwards, Strictly hand made and guaranteed in every particular._ New Stock Of Gent1 burnishing Goods, Neckties, Collars, Cuffs, and Shirts of the very latest styles. Come and inspect my goods, can save you dollars and cents. Very Respectfully, J. D LODTZ. Jr. Barbian Bro.'s Block, MeHenry. A. ENGELNS I Safoon ^ AND / 1 Restaurant, McHEVBY, ILL. Wholesaloi and iRetall Agent for SCULITZ fiiliantes Brewin Co.'s Beer, THE BEST WADE. In any quantity, trom aSnitz Glass to a huni-"id barrels. Orders by a. u promptly attended to. ALSO, ALWAYS ON HAND Fine Kentucky Liquors, FrencfpBitters. choice Alesi Wines, Cigars, Etc. •I buy none but the best and sell at reasonable prices. N, B. BOBINSON & GO'S Ale &, Porter, by thejKeff and on Draught, Call and see me and I will use vou well. ANTONY ENGELN. MeHenry, 111., 1896, MannfTuli and Distin Leave the Capital City. MUST AWAIT CALHGUX'S RETURN. President Promises'Him to Withhold His Decision in the United States Marshal- Snip for the Southerii District of Illinois --Postmaster Gordon lias a Host of Prleijds in Washington--Protest' Ex­ pected from Cahnoia. Washington, May 25--The candidates for United- States ̂ marshal for the south­ ern district of Illinois have .all gone to their homes arid hostilities have ceased. Before .leaving for Cuba to investigate the Ruiz ^ase Judge Calhoun requested the president to withhold his. decision in "the riiarshalship matter and the presi­ dent agreed to do so until Judge Cal­ houn returns to this country. When this fact was anounced the candidates-- Mann, Tull and Distin. went back to their respective homes. They will find it much cheaper to take their bed and board under their own roofs than in Washington hotels or boarding houses. Billy Distin $£ Quincy is not an active candidate for the marshalship, but stands ready to take the place as a com­ promise candidate. His name has also been mentioned in connection with the position of commissioner of railroad^, and his indorsements are such that his appointment to that important office might prove to be more satisfactory to his host of railroad friends than his ap­ pointment to the marshalship would b^T Gordon Has Many Friends. The illness of Postmaster Gordon of Chicago has developed the fact that he has a host of friends in Chicago. His sudden attack of scarlet fever surprised everybody, because he was in compara­ tively good health when the first symp­ toms appealed. His popularity in Chi­ cago was attested by the fact that the Marquette club, of which he was for­ merly president, sent a special envoy here in the person of William A. Lamp- son to look after Gordon and see that every needful attention was paid him. However, while he was in Providence hospital 'he was well taken care of by Sister Louise, for that splendjd nurse has the reputation of having saved hun­ dreds of lives by her unremitting atten­ tion to the afflicted. The candidates for postoffices who And that their cases are hanging lire can un­ derstand the situation better when they know that Senator Mason and Senator Cullom are opposed to having appoint­ ments made at. this time. They do not believe that appointments should be made until after the judicial elections in June, because discord would certainly ensue in some cases, and they" want party harmony during the pending cam­ paign. After that is over the appoint­ ments of postmasters may be made, and the disappointed fellows become dis­ gruntled as they please. They will have plenty of time to cool off before another election day comes around. Another Ilow Brewing. There is another row brewing. When the Fifty-fourth congress began Speak­ er Reed appointed Congressmon Joe Cannon of Danville to be chairman of the committee on appropriations. In so doing he lifted Cannon over the head of Colonel Henderson of Iowa, for Hen­ derson was senior Republican member of the committee. Then, during the clos­ ing hours of the Fifty-fourth congress, Cannon antagonized Speaker Reed on several important propositions. That made Reed mad, but he didn't say any thing. Now it is understod that when Reed appoints the committees for the Fifty-fifth congress he will' appoint the Iowa man to be chairman of the great committee on appropriations and give Cannon a small and unimportant chair­ manship. There is no doubt that this matter is practically settled, and when Reed announces his committees we may be sure that Cannon will lift up his voice; also his pugnacious left arm, and his protests will be heard from Dan to Beer-^Sheba and back again to Dian- ville. Hon. Clark J. Tisdel of Evanston, who led the fight for Billy Mason from the beginning to the end of the long sena­ torial contest, was here several days last week, visiting his uncles, Senator Clark of Wyoming and Senator Mason of Illinois. The senators took Tisdel under their political wings and intro­ duced him to all the big men in the Cap­ itol building. He was well entertained, and enjoyed every moment of his visit here. Would Go to Nicaragua. George R. Allen, a prominent Chica­ go attorney, has been here seeking the position of minister to Nicaragua. He has the indorsement-of the Chicago con­ gressmen and both of the senators, and his ca^se looks hopeful. His friends won-, der, however, why Allen should want to go to a country where the principle crops are alligators, malaria, and earthquakes. Nicaragua is the country where it is proposed to build a canal to eonnect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It will be an important diplomatic point in the near future. Dr. William R. Kerr, late health ,com- rnissioner of Chicago, spent several days here last week. He said: "I am fa­ miliar with the topography of Washing­ ton and also with its underground sys­ tem of sewage. The natural drainage is excellent, and I regard the national cap­ ital as one of the most healthful cities in the world. I have seen in your alleys, however, human beings dwelling in houses not fit > for thoroughbred dogs. The alleys of all cities are pestilence breeders unless they are kept clean and constantly watched. But, as compared with other cities, Washington stands well from a sanitary point of view." Showering Honors Upon Calhoun. - "I see they are showering honors upon Judge William J. Calhouri," said Sena­ tor Cullom today. "The mayor of Ha­ vana and the leading Spaniards of Ha­ vana have called upon him, and have given him breakfasts, djinners, suppers, and all sorts of good things. That is good diplomacy, but Judge Calhoun can not be fooled-nor hoodwinked by "flat­ tery. He'is in Havana to find out the facts concerning the murder of Dr. Ruiz In a Spanish^-prison, and that Is what he .-will do, if it is at all possible. In the meantime, if. they want to wine him and dine him, and furnish him with the •nest cigars in the WQrld, he will be able to stand it pretty well. His report ia anxiously awaited in the" senate, and also by the representatives. . President McKinley will undoubtedly act in ac­ cordance .-with the findings and recom­ mendations of Judge Calhoun. His' mis­ sion . isp of great importance." ^ •"The speech of Senator Mason on the Cuban situation was a powerful effort," says Senator Davis of Minnesota, the chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, and from such a man commendation is a high praise. Mason has made no pretenses as an interna­ tional lawyer, and yet Senator Davis says: "Your junior senator is a pro­ found thinker, a logical reasoner, arid is learned in the laws"of nations. His elo­ quence stirred the senate, not only be­ cause of his fervid oratorical genius, but because of. his information and knowledge of the subject. I predict for him a splendid career in the senate. He has already Won the high esteem of all of his colleagues." ' Prominent Ohio Men. *' "The fecundity of Ohio is simply phe­ nomenal," • says ex-Senator' Sanders of Montana! "Ohio gave to this^ country General Grant, General Sherman, Gen­ eral Sheridan, Senator Sherman, Presi­ dent Hayes, General Rosecrans, Presi­ dent Garfield, Chief Justice Chase, As­ sociate Justice Stanley Matthews, and President McKinley. Moreover, Ohio gave us Senatprs Allison of Iowa, Man- derson of Nebraska, Sanders of Mon­ tana, Squire of Washington, and many others whose names would fill a volume." Senator Sanders is one of the most remarkable of men; able, brilliant, and eloquent. Not the jmost sensational hero of dime fiction ever approached the wildness of his adventures, particularly uring his leadership of the vigilantes, landers' queer experiences date back t<| his very young manhood. In 1S61, hen Andrew Johnson was still in the senate, and the senators of the south­ ern Confederate states had left that body, there was a late night session drawing near to the close of congress. Thete'was so much noise that Charles Sumner demanded that the galleries should be cleared. Senator Johnson ob­ jected, but the galleries were cleared. Ni> Lack of Cheek. Ex-Senator CharlesF. Manderson and .ex-Senator Sanders, at that time young lawyers from Canton, O., were in the galleries, and of course they went out with the crowd. Later on the galleries were reopened, but Sanders said he didn't care to go back there--he meant to go on the floor of the senate. Man­ derson marveled at his cheek, and con­ tented- himself with arseat in the gal­ lery, while Sanders announced to the senate doorkeeper that he was "a sen­ ator of the southern Confederacy," and as such entitled to adinittance to the floor. The doorkeeper was so dum- founded that he let Sanders pass and ho seated himself coolly under the eye of his friend Manderson in the gallery. At the close of the session he beckoned Manderson to,come down, but that indi­ vidual did not respond, so that at length Sanders went up to the gallery to see what -the matter was. Boots with French Heels. Now, it so happened that Manderson had on a pair of the $7 boots with French heels which were at that time the joy of every unmitigated swell. They were awfully tight, of course, and he had taken them off to ease his feet While he sat in the gallery and watched with admiring eyes his < cheeky friend Sanders on the floor. He put his feet 'on the rail of the gallery in delicious comfort, while they swelled and swelled until, when Sanders came up to wake him, he could not get the boots on again at all. And it is an actual fact that he was obliged to walk down Cap­ itol hill and along Pennsylvania avenue to the Metropolitan hotel, where and Sanders were stopping, in his stocking feet. The most interesting point about this story is found in the circumstance that both of these poor Canton lawyers, thirty years afterwards became mem­ bers of the United States senate. Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota tells a good story concerning the admin­ istration of justice on the frontier. He says that when he went from Wiscon­ sin to Dakota territory twenty-nine years ago a tenderfoot judge was hold­ ing court at the extreme frontier in a town on the banks of the Missouri riv­ er, where it chanced that an indictment for murder was brought against three men who had hanged a horsethief to a telegraph pole. Motion Promptly Granted. The accused were released on their own bonds, and when the day came for their trial they came into court, unac­ companied by an attorney, and ad­ vanced toward the judge, each one of them with his hand on a brace of 44- caliber revolvers, and moved that the case be adjourned for a year, during which they should be released as before on their own personal bonds. The judge promptly granted the motion, remark­ ing subsequently that the argument in its behalf was the most powerful he had ever heard in a court of law. When the year was gone by no fur­ ther action was instituted, until it hap­ pened that one of the three men was elected to the legislature. His seat was contested and the contestant, wishing to throw odium upon his adversary, had him arrested upon the old indictment for murder and confined in jail, which was immediately beneath the room in the court house where the legislature met. The county was not willing to pay for the prisoner's board, nor would the town or territorial authorities, and so the contestant paid it. But he lost his case and thereupon announced that he would not pay for his opponent's sup­ port any loriger. So, inasmuch as no one else would become responsible for it, the man was liberated, walked upstairs, and took his seat in due form in the leg­ islative body. A Story of Dubois. When Senator Dubois was a candi­ date for congress in the territory of Idaho," says George. Biglow, "his oppo­ nent was old John Hailey. Old John used to say to the fellows at the min­ ing camps: "This man Dubois always W;ears biled shirts, and he drinks tea for his breakfast." This was a clinching argument against Dubois until it was heard by a man in the ifiines who had been at Yale college with Dubois. He immediately," took the stun^> and addressed the crowds as fQllows: "Gentlemen: * Fred Dubois ts-no dude, *but a man of the people. I went to col-" lege with him. He used to swear and fight and drink, and raise the devil all the time. He- can drink a pint of whisky before'breakfast, and he never tasted tea in his life." Dubois was elected to congress three times, and then elected .to the' senate. DUNBAR. Timothy Dexter. Whether" Lord" Timothy Dexter, that most grotesque figure in New England's annals, was a madman, an imbecile or simply a humorist who delighted ill ex­ citing the wonder and indignation of his staid Puritan neighbors is a ques­ tion that never received the attention ifc deserves. Most of the things which he did would pass well enough for jokeS nowadays, and perhaps they would have done so in his time had he lived in w, region where anybody who did not take, himself and^the world with deadly seri­ ousness was regarded as hardly entitled to be called human. - .. / \ Dexter had at least the money get-.; ting and money keeping faculty,, and it was developed to such an extent that even the shrewdest of his Yankee rivals could, not often, claim the glory of get- , ting the better of him in a business way. That he put hew names on the statues in Bis'dooryard.whenever thei fancy., tp • do so seized him may have been merely a veiled Criticism of New; England sculptors, and his book with; the punctuation marks all collected oni the last pages betrayed originality rath-; er than mania, if one looks at it in thaj right light. His exportation of warm­ ing pans to the West Indies turned out too profitably to have been prompted by sheer ignorance. It is at least .possible that Dexter was an early Pudd'nheadj Wilson who rather enjoyed the derision of his contemporaries. This theory would have stood better the test of ex-, animation if he had not drifted into scandalous ways in his later years, bufc perhaps that was due to exasperation! over the refusal of his fellow townmea to see the point of his jokes.--NeWi York Times. i Mammals In the Water. Cats, which have an intense dislike" of wet, swim well, carrying the head high. Their distaste for aquatics does not extend to the larger cats. Tigers are fond of bathing, swim fast, and, in the case of the "river tigers" of theSunder- bunds and the tigers n(?ar the coast of the straits of Malacca are constantly; noticed in the water. Whether the trained Egyptian cats which were usedi to take waterfowl in the reed beds by the Nile ever , swam when stalking them does not appear from the ancient pictures. But the extent to which the dog voluntarily becomes aquatic entitles some breeds to bo considered amphibi­ ous. A dog belonging to a waterman living near one of the Thames ferries has been known to continue swimming: out in the stream for an hour without; coming to land. It did this for amuse­ ment on a fine Sunday morning. i Another riverside dog was taught to dive and fetch up stones thrown ia which sank to the bottom. This dog would pick out stones from the bottom of a bucket of water, selecting one which it had been shown before from a number of others. It had so far become amphibious that it could use its eyea under water. In France otter hound puppies are introduced to their aquatio life by settling their kettle.of Soup in a pond or stream so that they must go in deep to feed. Soon they become as fast swimmers on the surface as the otter itself, though the physical advantages of submarine motion give the otter the ad­ vantage when it is below the surface.-- London Spectator. >. Xhoreau and Emerson. With all his seclusion and stoicism," Thoreau was less impersonal ^ian Em­ erson--nay, his very retirement and hia paucity of friends made him cling the more firmly to the few he had. Emer­ son's range was wider; his'horizon was more ample, but he did not attach him­ self so closely to those things and thoughts in which he took an interest. Hence we find more form in the thought of Emerson, more color in that of Tho­ reau, and, so far as literary style is con­ cerned, the page of Thoreau often excels that of Emerson. Both are epigram­ matic. But the epigrams of Thoreau are the more keen and searching if not so elegant. Emerson dealt more with prin­ ciples, Thoreau with facts. He had the homely wisdom of Socrates, while Em-' erson rejoiced in the lofty sweep of Plato. ~ In their learning, which was great-- as Americans reckon the scope of learn­ ing--Thoreau was the more exact, Em­ erson the more Comprehensive and sug­ gestive. Both were masters of English, but in Emerson was more mannerism, in Thoreau more rhetorical art in hia best pages, more simplicity in his or­ dinary writing. Both will endure aa authors and1- will continue to attract and to instruct by .their deep, cheerful wisdom and their high moral purpose. --F. B. Sanborn in Forum. ; - ' ) Unpublished Letter of Nelson. The following characteristic letter of Nelson, believed t6 be unpublished, ia in my possession: ALBEMARLE, NEW YORK, NOV. 14, 1782. DEAR PILFORD--Since I saw you yesterday I have changed my mind about appointing Ed­ wards as boatswain,, but will ask. Lord Hood to give him the rating in some other ship. This, I hope, will do as well. I aru to din© with the admiral today and very likely shall not be on board till 9. Will you sup with m® at 10? 1 will speak with you about Ross and what can be done. My interest at home, you know, is next to nothing, the name of. Nelson . being little known. It miiy' be different one of these days. A good chance only is wanting to make it SQ. Yours sincerely, 1 . HOSATIO NELSON. --Notes and Queries. • i Curious National Custom. s "I was so mad," said the vivacions young American lady, "that. I could have eaten a pound of nails." The listening Englishman made a note in his commonplace book that; evening, "Anger is so well recognized as a nervous complaint in this country that the natives are in the habit of tak­ ing iron to counteract it."--Cincinnati Enquirer. Twenty-seven hundredweight, or nearly to®r©f gold plate was often placed on the tables of ancient Roman epicures. » Over 4,800 marriages take place in England weekly. • " : '"v.;.-'-.