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/X- £*%# ' <& * %-;s- . iP*\ ^ ^ • • • « ' . V ' ' \ •" 'v H; , *?®W ̂̂ jsswsr#̂ - - - " ' * r f - » ' $&&&&&&&* <* t\« .•» «fr*\ *V'.'gp. • - .ji 'i^V £ # iJmft V \ •! ; y iH3 i Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; avors Win ui and no Fear Shaft Awe.'* VOL. 3. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, ESDAY, JUNE 12, 1878. NO. 46. BUSINESS CARDS. BP S'S^SJ Published Every Wednesday by a:.,l£-A-]X S3U3PSieB .'*' * Editor and Publisher. ' « h Office in Riverside Block, 7 Over Smith, Aid rich & Hay thorn's Store. i \rERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: O s f i r i r e a r , ( 4 a A d w u l e e , ) . . . . . . . : . . . . e If not Paid within Three Months. 2 00 ,* 8 .inscriptions received for threeor six months •i irt the same proportion. BUSINESS CAHDS. H. T. BROWS, M. I>. * DHYSICIAK and Surgeon. Office in Brick ,* JT Block over P. G. Mayes Oiothing Store s water Street, Mclfenry III. E. A. IIEEIM M. D. ~~ PHYSTCUCN and Burgeon. Office atresidence, two dtoors west of Post Office, McHenry .lli. O. J. HOWAltl), M D. PHTSICIAIC and Snrpteon. Office at the store of Howard A Son, McHenry, III. W. H. BUCK, *t. D„ HOMROPATHIC Phvttcian and Surgeon.-- Office East 8lde Public Square, Wood- stock, 111. Office hours 11 to 13 A. M., and 2 to 4 P; M. F. J. BARBIAX. CIGAR'MantifActu!*'"*, McHonrr III. Or­ders solicited. Shop North £ast comer Public Square. E. PERKINS. * WAGON Maker. McHenry, 111. General Jobbing promptly attended to. Shop, West of the I'ubiic Square. RICHARD BISHOP, v A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. _tvA McHenry, Hi. GEO. A. BUCKLIX 1 "VTOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer andi In- 'J.1 surance Agent. Office at Bucklln A ,i Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenrv, 111. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract ot Titles to land in McHenrv County, IlPnois. Office with Oounty Clerk, Woodstock, 111. ROBT. WRIGHT. Manufacturer of Custom Made Boots and Shoes. None but the best of material used and all work warranted. Shop Northwest •orner Public Square, McHenry, 111. E. M. OWEN. Dealer and Manufacturers in Loading Farm Machiuery. Prices low and Terms favorable. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. GENERAL Agent GEO. SCHRE1NER. SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker 1 Ion so, McHenry 111. 49*First-Clas8 Billiard and Pool Tables. J. BONSLETT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, McHcnry, 111. Fresh Oysters served up in any shape desired, or tor sale by tlvtf'Can. WGOOD STABLING FO& HORSES. W. W. 'ELLSWORTH. Breederof the Celebrated Poland China Hog Also Light .ind Dark Brahma Fowls. Pigs shipped to ail points by express. P. O. Ad­ dress, Wporlstock, III., ' PETER LEICKEM. REP AIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins in the best possible manner, on short notice and at rea­ son Able rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop flrsc door North of Riverside Block, McHenry III. F. KLEIFGEN & SON. CARRIAGE, Wavon and House Painting done on Short Notice. All work war­ ranted. McHenry III., South of the Public Square. Poland China Swine GOOD Pigs for sale that was sired by Boars that took First Premium and Sweep­ stakes at State and County Fairs, from $10 to >15 apiece. W«s are shipping tit some of the best orecdcrs in the conntr*. For particulars ; apply to C. STREET A SON. Hebron, 111. ~\XT A TV^ri^r* To make a permanent VV iVi> JL l j IJ engagement with a clergyman having leisure, -or a Bible Reader, to Introduce in Mcllenry County, the C E L E - BRATED NEW Centennial Edition ot the HOLY 111BLE. For description, notice edi­ torial in last week's issue of this paper. Ad­ dress at once F. L. HORTON A CO., Publish­ ers and Bookbinders, SO E. Market St.. Indian- apolis, Ind. A. A. RICE D E N T I S T Hair permanently located bit).' office at McHenry III. the Riverside House, pie those needing his service*. Fall sets of Artificial Teeth inserted for The price of which has been flfteon and twenty. None bnt the best of material used and satisfaction guaranteed. Partial plates at reasonably low figures. Gold and Silver tilling* and No Fancy Prices. Special attention paid to the treatment of diseased and spongy gums, ulcerated and irregular teeth. Would be glad to see persons that have teeth that are not satisfactory. Call and have your te«th examined. Teeth extracted in a careful and ^illful manner. Ten years practice in Chicago where he has met with some very difficult cases. Gold tiliings inserted by an entirely new method, by using gold wire anchors which ftass partially thronuh the tooth making it mpossible for the tilling ever to loosen.-- Samples of work seen at the Post Office, Uc. Henry. JOS. WIEDEMANN --PROPRIETOR OF THE-- Restaurant anil Boarding; House, Near , tilt Depot, McHENRY, - ILLINOIS. The Choieest Brands of Wines for Medicinal and Family use always on hand. All Uio nc. commodations of a first.class Boarding House. Charges Reasonable. 4^Good Stabling for Horses. W. H. PERKINS, Dhotographer. Gallery over Perry & Mar- J tin's Store, McHenry, 111. Pictures taken in the latest style of the Art and satis* faction guaranteed. 7 "' E- V. ANDERSON". Jf. ^ PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office aC <311 bert's Drug Store, opposite the Parker Hduse, McHenry, Illinois. E. BENNETT, M. D., QURGEOX and Acooucher. Diseases of O Women a Specially. Oflicei on Clay Street ^Woodstock, 111. DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST, Algonquin, 111. All work war- ranted. Teeth extracted in a careful and skillful manner. DR. C. W. COX, DENTIST, office over smith, Aidrich A Haythorn's Store. Richmond. IU. N. 8. COLBY. MCITENRY, M.-nenry Co., HI. Breeder of Spanish Merino Sheep, Berkshire and Poland China Swine. A choice lot of young Buck stock for sale. Please call and examine before buying elsewhere. ELECTROPATHY. Dr. Samuel Sherman, And Wife will be at their residence 1% miles West of the Depot, on the Woodstock road, three days in each Week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and" Saturdays, for the purpose of treating all curable diseases. Consultation and Examinations Free. Office hours from 9 A. M., to i v. M. REFERENCES:--John Doran, Richard Bish­ op, Martin Welsh, Arthur Whiting, Leonard Bonslet, James Sutton, John M. Smith. F, K. Granger, Geo. Gage, Hen. Gilbert, Horace Dwelly, B.F.Peck, Win. Hutson, Geo. Gilbert. J. A. SHERWOOD AUCTIOINE ER AND APPRAISER, Algonquin, III. SALE9of Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds promptly attended to. Farm sales a specialty.' Terms reasonable, post Dffice address Algonquin 111. . W. N. SANFORD, Merchant Tailor. In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East sitjLe of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A good Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al­ ways on hand. Suits made to order and a lit warranted. Give me a call. W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock 111., Sept. 27th, XS75. M. ENCELN- Gt7>- S31 I TII. Scale Repairing, Grinding and Pol­ ishing Razors and Shears ami Table Cutlery a speciali­ ty. Repairing of 'ill kinds done in steel or Bra*s.-- All work warrant­ ed. Also dealer in Guns, Revolver-, Table and Pockut Cutlery, Gun and Fishing Material, Pipes, Cigars) Tobacco, Violin Strings, &c. shop and store near the Post Office, Me­ llenrv, III. tftfcYSTAfrt st class tO. IT i<; IITMAX, Proprietor. •igs, with or without sdriv<ei;s, furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds !anc mi sliort notice. . O. W. OWEU, * WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds ot American and Swiss .Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, platedware, Silver Spoons, Ac., t* ALSO AG EXT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Organ ! Which we believe to lie the best Organ in the market. We think we know that by experi­ ence, and we believe it, for it Is backed up bv the * ' Besl Musicians in the World. I also sell other Organs at less prices than the Estey, but can't reccommend them* to be as good. _ O. W. OWEN. July 33. Scott & Co., HATS CAPS & STRAW GOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 192 MADISON STREET COR. FIFTH AVE. And 123 Lake St., Cor. Clark CHICAGO. A Larger Stock of MEDIUM and FINE GOODS and LOWER PRICES than any other house in the trade. PIMPLES. I will mail (Free) the receipt for a simple Vegetable Balm that will remove Tan. Freckles, Ptmples and blotches, leaving the skin soft, clear and beautiful; also instruc­ tions for producing a luxuriant growth of hair on a bald head or smooth face. Address, inclosing 3 ct. stamp, Ben Vandelf & Co., 20 Ann St., New York. [For the VI.AINDKAI.KK.J J'^"%IIA1? ARK WE COMING TO? fill with the most serious appre­ hensions that thoughtful people riew the present and future prospects of Our beloved country. The picture is indeed dark and gloomy. The fitian ctal schemes, forced upon the nation by the mouied power, is ruiniius to the masses; and, while the people suf­ fer, the aristocracy of wealth look on .with perfect composure, and smile at the misfortunes of their countrymen. We attribute the widespread de­ struction in the values of property and the ruin it is entailinglipon the indus­ tries ofthenation and the people, to the premature scheme of resuming specie payments before the country is' prepared for it. Had these mouied schemers prudently waited, until the government could have acquired a sufficiency of the precious metals, by the natural laws of commerce and trade, (which are n«w operating in onr faver and brfuging gold into the coun­ try,) the resumption of specie pay­ ments could have been accomplished without the great loss and suffering which the people of this land are now so severely experiencing. On this rock of Specie Resumption is the great Republican party of this country bro­ ken into fragments, and Its once m!ghty power lost forever. The masses of the people were satis­ fied yitli our currency as it was, and only desired that it be not tampered with by our representatives at Wash­ ington, who have, by Wall Street influ­ ence and bad legislation, brought the whole country to the very brink of ruin, and subjected the business of this fair land and the great laboring classes to endure intense sufferings. Who is profited thereby? No one except the few who are living on the interest of their money, or salaried officers, whose compensations have not been reduced. To such 'the cost of living, by the shrinkage of values, is greatly lessened. But, while the few monied aristocrats are enabled to save more of their income the great masses of *the people are being crushed to death. Ta^e for Instance tlie farnringj^a||n| who compose one-half of our who]** population, mid see how this contrac­ tion scheme has operated upon them. It has"brought down the price of farm products so one-half their former'val­ ue. Look to-d;»y at the range of prices now prevalent for the products of our own vicinity, and no one can wonder that money is scarce and times are hard with the agricultnrahcominunity. As all other kinds of business in this section are more or less dependent upon the success of the farmer, it nec­ essarily follows that business men and those dependent upon th©ir lalfbr are experiencing pinching limes, and all brought upon us by a foolish whim of a few leaders in the government, who without any good reason have at- tempted to force specie resumption on the country before it was prepared for it, and while.the people were enjoying unprecedented prosperity and hap pi# ness. Never did ihis country increase sti rnpidly in wealth and population and all that makes a nation great, as when the people were furnished with a sufficiency of money and means, by which to push forward our diversified industries, and develope the vast re- rources of the land. But now, how changed! And all brought about by our rulers through the contraction of our circulating medium to one-fourth its former volume, and one-fourth tlie quantity granted by the Manarchies of Europe to their own people! But let us cheer up, a brighter day is dawning upon us. The people are awakening and speaking in thunder tones to their Representatives at Washiugtou. IOLA. Mrs. Partington on Education. "For my part I can't deceive what on airth edication is coming to. When 1 was young, if a gal understood the rules of distraction, provision, multi­ plying and replenishing, and the com­ mon denominator and knew all about the rivers and their obituaries, the provinces and the umpires, they had edication enough. But now they have to study bottomy, algebay, and haye to demonstrate suppositions about the sycophanta or circumstangents and di­ agnosis of parallel-grams, to say noth­ ing of oxhides, asheads, cowseicks and obstruce triangles." And here the old lady was so confused with the techni­ cal names that she was forced to stop. DECORATION DAY, 187». Atp Poem by DR. R F. BENNETT, rend by himxrff at Itichnumtt, on Thurt- Muy Mth, isTS. IT •O ye bells of memory, ( i l | £ • . " * * " le to martial tread 1 iy our offerings we brine,, ' f honor of our dead-- btriotde&d, who round us my a grassy grave-- irns that sacred treasures keep, bivouac of the brave! ! O bells, from steeple fcMkt-,/ ^ j•/, al not all sad and slow, * Iten with tear, and moah, and sigh, .W our loved below 1 J proudly, for the proudest heads "|1l our native cliine, pillowed here In narrow bed*, ltd claim a peal sublime! [.proudly, for the proudest deeds, It poet ever sung, |tfa>n gave its proudest meeds, > (fctriot dead'have done) II Died they not on bloody fields, ifTand, the trne, the brave, 'faithful breasts the priceless shields, f glorious land to save? i the flag 'neath which they stood ipand battle.Held, the tide of Treason's flood, but not to yieldl iny eyes, that now are closed, r watched it in the light! »ny dying heads reposed i Its bars of light! maidens, with your hearts of snow I tender matronhood! youthful swains, wIth hearts that glew I C|pie, manhood's noble blood! fume, tottering age. with silver half! Cjgpne, prattling infancy! To iionor those, the gifts you bear, ' Who died for Liberty 1 Bring all your blooms of white, to strew Above each lowly bed! More fitting tribute is their snow Than all the tears we shed! Bring llllies with their hearts of gold. Bring roses steeped in red! Bring all the flowers of May--Behold, They wither like onr dead! A£Mpward from this saerod sod Their perfumes sweet arise. Like incense from an alter, God Hath blessed in sacrillce, So from our hearts the earnest prayer .• I* watted to His gates; God. keep our heroes waiting there, And each that here awaits! Not here alone their forms repose! In marsh, and swamp, and fen, .Atmorn, at noon, at daylight's close, fjnknelted, fell noble men! NegnMmjkpuHu-.d to mark the plaoe m ' sacrifice, J with i Uplifted towards the skies! N'o grief the heart can feel, no gift Tlie witling hand can give, No offered sacrifice, can lift The veil, thit we who live May look across to where they stand Upon the silver shore. Or win to earth that mar'ial band. To march with us once more! U pon these graves, dear Freedom's shrine, We pledge ourselves anew To live for Freedom's cause divine, To loyal be, and true, To love the flag whose starry (bids Have led our buried band, And sacred keep the spot, that holds The dead, who saved our Land! BOTTOMLESS ABYSS. [Ashville (N. C.)Special Telegram.] Two years ago the people In the setion of the famous Bald Mountain in this State, were thrown Into great consternation by certain rumblings and inexplicable noises heard in tije bow­ els of tlie immense mountain. Th« mountain attracted the attention of scientists In ail parts of the country.-- The rumbling lasted for about two weeks, and then <4pased. The phenom­ ena had the effect of rendering real estate in the neighborhood that had beeu valuable almost worthless, and people hastened to move from the vi­ cinity of the mysterious mountain.-- Friday night the noise commenced again; the mountain shook as in the threes of an earthquake, immense trees and rocks being stricken from their craggy base, and hurled down the mountain side, and wild, horrible sounds, liko intermittent thunder, were heard during the night. Thi6 morning those who ventured near found the mountain literally split in twain, leaving a chasatn of 300 feet in length and from eight to ten feet in width. So far as has been ascertained the chasm is a bottomless abyss. As yet no smoke or lava has been thrown from the crater, but early in the morn­ ing there was a strong stench of sul plior about the place. rl®"A Jersey widower, who h'ad ta­ ken another partner, was serenaded on his wedding night. The parties brought a phonograph, in which was preserved some of the objurgations of his first wife, and when they set it go­ ing under his window the happy bride­ groom broke out into a cold sweat and crawled up the chimney ou a bridal tour. fQTA stupid-looking countryman halted before a blacksmith shop, the proprietor of which was forging a shoe and eyed the performance with much interest. The brawny smith, dissatis­ fied with the man's curiosity, held the red-hot iron suddenly under his nose, hoping to make him beat a hasty re­ treat. "If you will give me a sixpence I will lick it,'* said the c«untryman.-r- "l'll stop the braggart's jaw," thought the smith, as he took from his pocket a sixpence, and held it out. The coun­ tryman quickly grabbed the coin, licked it, and walked away whistling. "Did you ever catch a weasel asleep?" Dr. Jaque's German Worm Cakes are an infaliahie remedy for worms. They will not only destroy but also remove them from the system. They are pleasant to take and perfectly harm­ less. Sold by all Druggists. "SIGNS OF TLLE TJMKS." [Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on Scep­ ticism and Infidelity.] Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached a notable sermon ou the M Signs of the Times." The effort was a brilliant one, and seemed to produce much effect up­ on tlie immenso congregation which had been drawn to Plymouth Church by the beauty of the day. Mr. Beecher took for his text a part of the third verse of Matthew, xvi.:--"O ye hypo­ crites. ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of tlie times?" " The community to which Christ spake, the preacher bpgan, rep­ resented at that time the highest form of religious faith--a faith which was clodded by no shadow of infidelity to the forms and doctrines of the Jewish Church. TJiey held to the Scriptures and to the Temple with a hold which nothing could release. But there were influences at work which were to sup- plant the Temple, to subvert the ritual,' to change the whole religious ecouo-' my of the Hebrew faith; to give it a broader expression, a purer flow and a larger power in the individual and in the race. There were signs of the coming change in the air. But those who clung to the Temple did not dis­ cern it, or if they did they sought, to conceal it and to trample it under foot. Therefore Christ rebuked them. They were bound to discern the signs of the times, and so are we. There Is a grow­ ing impression that Christianity is losing its hold ou men. that the Church is a waning power, and all this causes widespread alarm among devout relig­ ious people. The sermoos and dis­ courses on scepticism show this, and the age is often called an age of infi­ delity. Many persons are trying to get back on the foundations from which they have slid. I think there is a change abroad in the air, and men are everywhere conscious of it--some re­ joicing and others mourning over it. Tlie time is a momentous one. I pro­ pose aow in a general view to show what cause there is for alarm, and to­ night to show that there is enough to inspire the hope and confidence of uaen in spiritual religion. The drift of educated thought In science, art. and philosophy is away from church life, and if it is true that religion and the Church life are iden­ tical the a it must be admitted that the general teudeucy is away from religion But I do not think they are identical. The Church no longer holds the power which heretofore was in its grasp. In educated circles lu England, France Italy, Germany and to a less extent in our owu country, thare has been a change In the habits of thought on religious subjects, and though tiiere are millions who regard the Church wlUiJUUerf|.itton, vet even this is pas »ing away. TTer6"w a w|d« and preva­ lent feeling that all the teachers ot tlie past with relation to worship are vain. It is doubted whe|l|er the minister Is other than a man fitting liitnself to be a moral teacher, with no special call or inspiration from on high. .There is a doubt as to the divine inspiration of the form and structure of the Church and all its services, hut it is agreed that if they are beneficial they shall he regarded as divine, and it not benefi­ cial then as human. These doubts ark, felt not only by educated thinkers out of the Church, but by meu within who are educated thinkers; not only by those who enjoy the doubt, but by those who protest agtfinst it as well.-- We are drifting away from theology-- that i*. formulated religious truth.-- Compare the old systems of theology, covering all the grounds of thought known when they are prepared, with those of the present day. What a contrast! Shall we ever have another Dante, another Milton? The day seems to be passed. Men's thoughts iu every centre of intelligence are busy about things of which no account is given In any established system of the­ ology. : .. Even among tha Christian preachers of the day there has been a wandering, a drift, an uncertainty. The pulpit is changed, it shows unconscious sym­ pathy with the wants of men. New wants have come up; old thoughts have lost their relative cogency. Some insist that man is a sinful creature, fallen from grace, but finally to be re­ stored, whether in whole or in part, by God's mercy, and that all the rest is surplusage. Well, it may be so to them ; but that is not the position of the great hulk and body of intelligent men who believe in religion, and even in the Christian religion. Over tliem the old methods ot pleaching have lost their power, and a cry comes up that the old methods of statement are los­ ing their force before the new methods have taken their place. 1 am neither supporting nor condemning this. 1 am merely stating it as it has come under my observation. In the Protestant world there is a freat change in respect to the Bible, irst. with regard to its inspiration. It is disputed whether those who wrote it merely served as channels through which God injected His own thought or whether tlie inspiration extends to the translations. The whole question or inspiration is unfixed and wander­ ing in the minds of multitudes, /fhe scope and meaning of the miracles with regard to the relations of God to man have undergone the closest exam­ ination. All these questions break up the continuity and settleduess of thought which existed afore time. But there is a profounder change going on in our minds with regard to the exist­ ence and government of a supreme being. It was several years ago that Dr. Bacon said "It is not the question »>><»»£ !• syeh a thing a? inspiration, but whether or no there is a God to Inspire." There is a large and growing number of atheists, and they are not all weak-minded or vicious people. Many of them are pious per­ sons who have lost their faith without' becoming propagandists. Pantheism is common, that view of God which considers Him not as an individual be­ ing. but merely an essence pervading all the material universe* This belief is particularly attractive to persons of a misty, poetical temperament. There Is a Christian atheism on the fl'l those preachers who teach that God (R unknowable, illimitable, incompreheit# slble. illusive, and who claim that o ideas ©f G*D are SIM! not sc entiffc. Then there is a large clas§ who think that they are not called tip» on to consider the subject at all. They prefer to go right ou and attend ta their business, and if there is a God they will find it out and if there isn*| it. doesn't make much difteience. TliesA different forms of atheism are IncreaV ing tlie number of their disciples. They are not low, uncultivated* vicio |>eople, but men of tine character an philosophical reputation, and tve migi as well acknowledge It. The Catholic Church perceives flie changiH with that clearness of vision which hiti| always characterized It, a»;l Protest tants acknowledge it. y It is more widely diffused among th# laity than is generally supposed.--# Thousands of meu sit in church ami hear a sound -orthodox sermon every • Sunday tor twenty years and don't be» lieve a word of itl They go to churcHl from different motives; some becaus<| - they have been brought up t® do sciZil others because they like the mora| teaching, others again, because they want their children while young to gef. „ in the way of it for the sake of ill moral influences, and others, agaittf because it is respectable and prolitabl# and fashiouable. But the Church i#n: filled with men whose opinions are conf stantly fluctuating, never firmly' estab*, li«hed. Multitudes, more than of old| think they can settle the question foif themselves. The churches ar® slimlj^-' attended, and if one should be ttlwayi crowded. It is attributed to the clap# trap attitudinizing of the minister.--fl? It, is taken for granted that peopl don't want to go to church. The pul| pit is no longer the chief instructor. Thousands of magazines and period!! cals distribute knowledge throughout the world. Tl»e daily papers and ligious journals of the day distribute thoughts which they dealt not with # ,/ hundred years ago. Not many yeant J , ago Dr. Dickinson, when he wauted t*- publish religious matter in a daily pa* per in New York, had to pay for It a# V an advertisement. At the end of th^ ^ first year the editor found his reader! « liked It and gave Dr. Dickinson fre# ' . " use of a column. That was the begin# j ^ .nlng of the publication of destlnctlveis-feM:':-^ ly religious matter in secular paper.-* . ' •Now the New York Herald on Sundafti^^:^ morning contuius more religious ne wi ,-»1 than any exclusively religious paper ; in tlie country. It may be so of otheft, ' i dailv papers, but I know it's so of t!i§ Herald, because I read it. ' - Tlie pulpit is only one of a score of . tribunals, and not always the most iss*> fluential one at that. Men, apparently t<r of the sincerest beliof and orthodoxy** listeu to its teachings and say withi#^. . :V themselves, behind their respectably devout faces, "Maybe, maybe." But 7 that's as bad a« to say "No.** If voi| don't believe yau disbelieve. Thiis« - ', doubt, this wavering and uncertainty, tills change, of which I speak, is noi narrow, local or transient. It has alt the evidence of being a march, and tsA / J great a one as the spread of Judaisut ' over Medea, tha march of Romat|r' Christianity over Roman heathenism*. "? the conquest of the Reformation ove r. -*;V -the hierarchical governments of th0 VV Middle Ages. If we are merely put*1 : 'i ting away childish things and puttingfe | on manly things in their stead there i# • * no need to he alarmed. I am one of those who don't believe that theolo* gy is ever going to pass away. The new theology will be broader and bet­ ter. To satisfy the needs of niau it must eontain the revelatieus «f the present as well as these of the Prospects of the Wool Market. t The wool commission houses of Bos* ton are predicting low prices for wool. The Boston Advertiser says: From no sectiou are there any intimations that wool will open at anything liko last year's price", as the steady shrink­ age in values that has been going on since-last August has entailed losses tc# those who bought wool last season lu the country. Choice West "Virginia and Pennsylvania wool that cost 48 and 50c. in tlie country in August has been sold at 37 and 39c. Coinbiug and de­ laine that cost 50c has beeu carried nine mouths and sold at 38 and 40c., and there is combing woel to-da3* in the lofts of dealers that cost half a dollar a pound eight mouths ago, that could not be sold for 40c. Oregon wools have beeu sold this week at a ' loss to the buyer of six to eight cents per pound. Michigan and New York fleece have shrunk in abeut the same proportion, and a lot of New York State wool went into the mills this week from the lofts of a dealer at a price that loft a loss of nine cejits per pound to the buyer. With the general depressiou in all departments of trade,, and the slow sale of woolen goods, manufacturers must have a cheaper wool or ge to the wall, and there seems to be a general determination en the part of dealers and manufacturers to buy their wool at the prices ef 1876, or not to purchase at all. The buyer of one of the largest mills in the country cays he must 011 v his combing woel at 30 to 35c. A large buyer of Michigan fleece says that some one else can have the wool at anything over 26c. A De­ troit dealer says he has fixed his mark at 24 to 2Sc., and he shall not bndge a peg from these figures. A large ope­ rator in Ohio says he has put his foot square ht 30c. for the best wools, and another buyer fn the best wool sectlm* 1 of that State Axes his limits at 30 anrt 33c. All this is the talk of woel deaK - \ : ers and manufacturers, and is based on ,j§# th* losses nf last y««r -;;c* ? good? to-day; but what the growers ;1* v" * will think 1? a question not definitely^' *'< settled. None of them expect las'tfc - '< : year's prices, bat whether they wilj| V ; * sell their wool **s soon a* shorn, at figf. , V * u"es that buyers will oft«r. Is aiiotlm* v matter. The clip will be larger there, : V last year, and there will fee enough ttk ' supply the wants of ioanufaetiir*ssk especially If there Is no Improvement , In the demand for goods. •'M School Books and Writing part of-? Cheap, at O. W. Owen's^