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iivjtrv mm i jr PabUshed Every Wednesday tjr JT* l^-A-TV SIA'Iiti Editor ftml Publisher. - ce In Old P. O. Block, --OPPOSITE RIVERSIDE HOCAB^^I 1 TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION: / O n e Y e a r , ( i n A d v a n c e , 5 0 If not Paid Within T?hrec.jaontha yn».., 8 00 Kahscripltons received fi/r tttree or six months In the same proportion. BUSINESS CAKDS, H. T. mtmVK.M. I>. , IpttYSIClAN and Surgeon. Office in Brick 1 Block over F. <1. Marcs Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry 111. ' E. A. BEERS M. D, TJHTSLCIAN and Surgeon. Office atresidence, IT two doora west of Post Oracc, M>Henry O. J. HO\?AUD, M 0. PHTSlCfAW and Surgeon. Office At the store Of Howard & Son, Mo.Menry, III. W. II. BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PhVtician and Surjreon.-- Office Ksist Side Public. Square, Wood- Itock, III. Ofllce hours ll to 12 A. M.t and 2 I04 P. M. * ? ' ; -** P.J. BARBIAN, v /^ilOABfMannfacturor, Mnllcfcrt'v TH. Or. V, ders solicitci. Shop North East corner Public Square. E. 1* Kit ICINS-. VlTAGON Maker. Mcllcnrv, JT Jobbing jirom Square. ... til. General -- Jobbing promptly attended •to. Shop. West of the Pubiic "" W. II. I'EKIvlNS, photofrraplier. <i;*ll<>ry over Perry & Mar- X tin's Store, Mellenry, 111. Pictures taken in the latest style of the Art and satis­ faction guaranteed. ; K« V. ANDERSON. M. I>. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office at hurt's Drux Store, opposite House, Sir llenry» Illimtii. -•/ Gil the Parker E. BENNETT, St. D.,' / SURGEON and Ac-oucher. Diseases of Women a Specialty. OtBre.lnd ReaMttiioe on Gluy Street Woodstock, III. 1 : 1 : - >• r" .""I" " : DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. >* DENTIST, Algotfijuinj III. All work; war-ranted. Teeth extracted in a ireful and skillful manner. > s; v - Dlfc. C. W. COX, ' * DENTIST, ouice bvet smrtli, AWrteu « Hay thorn's Store. Richmond."' IlTf'^ SIDMCV BlshliOW, VOTARY PlillLlC and Corileyan^er. den. 111. Al- N. S. COLBY. 111. Breeder of 5p.-imsit Merino siieep, Berkshire and Poland China Swine. .V choice lot of voung Buck stock for sale, Please call and examine before buying elsewhere. MOUKXRY, McHenry CO., I Spanish Merino Sheep, THE Nntvii OF THIS SOBTM. Tjj,; trouble with the South is, as we have a lways contended, that her pop­ ulation have no real appreciation of the principles on which our institutions rest. They know no more of true Re- publieahistn than the Hottentots do of the Christian religion. One 'health KXKUCWK THK f.UNC.S. of the conditions cif perfect is physiciui exercise) In its ab­ sence the tvii^le system sifters deter­ ioration, antl Wlls short of that devel­ opment which is necessary to the vig* orous action of the different organs.-- More than any other rri . , - , 1 - j organ, however. i here has been no tiring like equal j do the lunirs snfleri and it l« not dlfli- f'f;!8T°n whk* our Republic was j cult to explain why. In order that an ouiit m any portion o( the Southern i organ should be well nourished, it is Mates. 1 here were slave owuers there j n •ceesary that it slto and non-slaveholders and slaves--three, classes as distinct as lij^M and dark­ ness--and having no ptO'n^Rlfluity than oil and water. / i 4 1 he slaveholders were a landed aris-j tocracy, and comprised the wealth, the j respectability, the education and the I should be abundantly supplied wi th blood, and one of the agencies whieh plays att important part in propelling the blood through arteries and yetas !s muscular contrac- tWii. The alternate contraction and dilation of the muscles forces the . . blood along the vessels. When a per- imelligeiiccof that section of country,] son is exercising vigorously, the re* "®"*«l*vehoM«N» i,n^Mtn«ri spiratory movements become greatly nou*sla ve hosiers to have beet* of no RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, McHenry, Ilk , t RICIIABD COMPTOK. .' JUSTICE of the Peace and Conveyancer.-- Will attend promptly to the collection of debts. Volo, Lake County, 111. GEO. A. BUCKLIX NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In­surance Agent. OJlice at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, 111 E. E. RICHARDS. TTAS a complete Abstract ot Titles to land #TJL in McHenfv Conntv, Illinois; Olllce With County Clerk* Woodstock, 111. ROBTT WItIGHl\ Manufacturer of Custom Ma;le Boots and Shoest None hat the best of material Ltted aAd all work warranted. Shop Northwest Pablic Square, McHenry, 111. G E. M. OWEN. ENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Leading Farm- Machinery Agent In Prices low and Terms favorable. MCHENRY. • - ILLINOIS; s GEO. SCIlltEINEU. ALOON and Restaurint. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenry 111. **»J?Jrst,Class Billiard and Pool Tables. j, and H«st^urant, yearly opnoajfe Owen's tyil), Mclj;oijiy, 111, Fitt#hOv?tur.s lerved up in any sliape desired, or for «al(3 by ^e Can. 4WUQQD STABLING FOR HOTiSES.^* W. W. ELLSWORTH. T)jree4?F°f l'10 Celebrated Poland China Hog D AUQ Litfht .\nd Dark Brahma Fowls. Pigs (hipped to all points by express. P. O. Ad- Jiess, W«^dstock( IU,, B PETElt LEICKEM, EPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of _ all kinds. Also itepalrs Violins in the best possible manner, on short uotice and ait rea­ son Able rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop ^st door North of Riverside Block, McHenry Poland China Swine /^l OOD Pigs for sale that was sired by Boars VT that took Fir^t Prcuiinin ami Sweep­ stakes at State an*) County Fairs; from 910 to ii5aniece. Wo are shipping to some of the >.fjest i)roedcrsin the countrv ^ppiy to •For particulars ,0. STREET & SON, Hebron, III. ELECTROPATHY. Dr. Samuel Sherman, jLnd Wife will be at their residence 13£ Wiles West of the Depot, on the Woodstock road, three d»vS in each week, Tuesdnv.«, Thursdays and" Suturlavs, .for the purpose of treating all curable diseases. Consult.i tion and Examinatiohs Free. Office liours from 9 A. M., to 1 1*. M. REFEIlKNCKSt--John Dorari, Richard Bish­ op, Martin Welsh, Arthur Wbitingv Leouard Bonslet, James Sutton, John M. Smith. F; K. Granger, Geo. Gage, Hen. Gilbert, Horace Dwelly, B.F.l'eck, Win. Ilutson, Geo. Gilbert. ̂ J. A. SHERWOOD AUCTION 13 KR AND APPUAISEU, Algonquin, III. SALESV>f Stock, Farming Tools and G,ood» o£al! kinds,pro>nptly attended to. Parm sales a/specialty. Ternis reasonable. Jflice adtlresis «vlgomiuin 111. Post In the store of C. H. Dickinson, EAst Public Square, W. N. SANFORD, Merchant Tailor. side of • WOODSTOCK, ILL. 'A good Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al­ ways 011 hand. Suits made to order and a lit warranted. Give me a call, 0 ' , • W. H. SANFORD. Wopistofck 111.,Sept. 27tli, 1S7«. ii iil'rit.i *f * *' . M. ENCEUN. » f . S 3 I I T H ; , j. 11 -i-ap- Sc-alo Repairing, Grinding and 1'olr j|' ^ ishing Ifazova and '"""jP Shears and T;iMe Wi.<'«U*-ry » speHaUr V f v- Repairing of f • '4^«5SfflKa 1 i kiltds •!one ju 1 s»Steel or Brnss.-- All work warrant-' i "^r ' Also dealer in Gijns, Revolvers Table and Pock«t Cntlsry, Gi»n and Fiahtnjr Mat(/-lal, Pipes, Ciirars, Tolwirco, Violin strintrs, ftc. Shop an I store near ilie Po«t <)slice, Mc­ Henry, II I. WANTED Slergyman having leisure, or a Bilil to introduce in Mcllenvy Countv, : l»lt<VTED i^'EW Centennial Edi IIOLY BIBLE. For description, permanent with a Bible Reader, the CELE- dition ot the notice edi­ torial in last week's issno of'tliis paper. Ad­ dress at once F; L. IKJRTON A CO., Pnblish- prs and Bookbinders, tiO £. Afaiket St.. Indian­ apolis, Ind. A. A. RICE D E N T I S T Has (.lie permanently loeat«d his office at Riverside House, McHenry ill. Where he would l>e pleased to wait on all (tfose needing his services. Full sets of Artificial Teeth inserted for $8. Ttye price of which lias been fifteen an4 fwenty. None but the bust of material used ^nd satisfaction [guaranteed. Partial plates reasonably low iigures. Gold and Silver llllings and No Fancy Prices. Special attention paid to the treatment of disoased and spongy gunjs, ulcerated and irregular teeth. Would be glad to see persons that have teeth that are not satisfactory. Call and h^ve your tueth examined. Teeth extracted in a careful aftd skillful manner. Ton years practice in Chicago where he has met with some very difficult cases. Gold llllings inserted by an entirely new method, by using gold wire anchors which tiass partially through the tooth making it impossible for tlje. tilling ever to lu»s»n.-- Samples of work seeu at the Post Oflloe, Mc- Heury. 4 1000 BOYS & GIRlSar^ .K for the best Bov's and Girl's paner published In the West. Beautiful presents to subsrrib. ers and agents. Every boy and girl can earn lots of money canvassing during leisiire hours. Don't fail to send l'ur it at once. To introduce it we will seipl to any address on (rinl three months, for 10 Cents in cash or postage stamps. Simple of paper sind p a r t i c u l a r s F R E E - A d d r e s s j . P G G i ouaehold Gem, Cleveland, <>• STA ĵr. H. E. WiiiilTAMN, Proprietor. First class ^ ttli <iv without dvtvorflr, fnrtii^Iien »t reasonable rates, iloneoh Short notica;. ers, fnriiishe*. Teaming of all kinds O. W. OWESy, WATCH MAKER " MCHENRY ILL.,,.* • Dealer Jn all kinds ot Ameriig^and Swf^s Watches, Clocks from the best Bietories in tlie country. Silver, platedwi-ra; Silver Spoons. Ac... - AT.RO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianoa AND THE , , . Estey Orj^ait J if « ' "t .. « ' Which we believe to be the liesl Organ in the market. We think v e know that T»v experi­ ence, arid we believe It, for it Is backed uu "or the Best Musicians in the World. I also sell other Organs ht less , prices than the Estey, but can't reeconimend them to be as good. July SW. O. W. OWEN. Scott & Co., HATS CAPS & STRAW GOODS * WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 192 MADISON STREET COS. FIFTH AVE. Aftd 183 Lake St., Cor. Clark • CHIC AC JO. A'Larger Stock of MEDIUM and FINE GOODS and LOWER PRICES than any other hoilse in the trade. are understood account, Tliey were styled ̂ poor wliite3.'v:tu<l it has been said that, they wore more lazy Hud thriftless than tlie meanest darky at tlie Soutli. The slaves performed the labor and wei%> therefore an im­ portant element in the resources of our Southern brethren, if not the chief one. Kut the tact that the1 blacks belong­ ed to an interior race and did all the work* rendered labor any thing but re­ spectable. No well-bred man could soiliiis hands with manual labor, No real Southern lady was allowed to pei«» form the smallest , amount of work a b o u t h e r p r e m i s e ^ f t t o t i & t ^ e r - fon^fed bj* servantR. * • . We are not finding fault with this &tate ol things. Those who now in- flabit the Southern States are not < to blame tor it. it is older than they are --older than the government. Never- the less it needs to be changed. Labor ttnist be made respectable. Labor lias made the North what it island it will revolutionieethe Southi 1 he aristocracy of the South waut to learn that the wealth they have en* joyed ami the advantages they have possessed, are no longer of especial consequence. They want to karn that one man fe no better than another, ex­ cept as he behave s better, or performs some act to make him so. 'I^'hey waut to learn what Democracy is--the gov­ ernment of all, by all and for all--and l»e their influence to make it practical They wfcnt to learn lliat "all ineu are created free and equal nnd endowed by Jbeir Creator tvith certain imtlien- able rights, among which are 11 le. lib» er^v iimj tho pinftiir. of happlMess.*1-- Tliey want to make tJieiriselveg famij. iilf with tlie cardinal principles on which the government stands!. Tift y want to encourage general education. They want to labor for the elevation of the human race. The educated want to hejp {he ignorant-help them to be­ come gpod citizens and intelligent vo­ ters--help them to provide for their own W4uts--in short, to be full grown men and women, their peers and equals, Tlie Matk man must be pro­ tected in his rights the same as if he .wiere white.' His right to vote, and as he ,pl crises, must not be inter (Vied with The billot must be as sacred at the S«uth &s it is at the North. We wish it cuuhr be even more sol No section of the oounirv, nor any party can af­ ford to j>erp^trate or countenance election frauds. It wjll never do to Undertake to override the will of the people. The voice of the major it 3* must control--if the government is to be maintained and popular liberty »ur- vf've» Southern politicians must stop threatening to carry elections by force stoj) talking of counting in peep}e who arc not chosen. They must apquaiiit themselves with tlie true character of the goveruineiit, apd Ut^e their intlu* elice to uphold it. In so doing tliey will promote their own welfare, and do credit to the true men from whom they have descended. increased, the air vesicles become dil­ ated, the blood is propelled through the minute capillaries, which consti­ tute a large portion of their structure* and the lung tissue receives the nour­ ishment which it requires, and which is necessary to its integrity and effi­ cient action. From insnflk-ient bodily exercise, the lungs suffer iu two ways --for want of suilicient blood to nour­ ish them, and for Want of uecessary expansion. The result is -tint the lungs, more frequently than any other organ, become affected in' those who lead inactive lives. This fact makes it incumbent on all, and especially on those who have weak lungs, to spend a portion of each day- in vigorous phj*- sical exercise. We mean bj' thi?, ex­ ercise which calls into vigorous action all the muscles of the body--exercise which causes the skin# to glow, the perspiratioti to start. Two hours of this kind of exercise each day. is not too much, ami it should be performed, when possible, in the opehulr. A cel­ ebrated French physician says that a person, to be healthy and strong should exercise to the poiut of perspir­ ing every day. PIMPLES. ALL tho Daily antl Weekly Papers, Magazines, etc.. cat) be found at the Plaxqeal^B News Ro^m. will mail (Free) the rereint for a simple Vegetable lVtlin thut will remove Tan, a, leaving the also instruc­ tions lor produrinjr a luxuriant growth of hair on a bald bead or smooth race. Address, inclosing a <- t. stamu, Ben Vaudelf & Co., 20 4sa$»<> Sew Tork, *- » r«vktti»u nuiii lieu n 111 Kr<peklen, lUmples and blotches, skin soft, clear and beautiful: i^TThe telegraph tells us that souie Standing Kock agency Indians under- took 10 inlliet snmiuary vengeance on a swindling ollieial. Tliey would have succeeded in disposing of one of these rascals forever by drow.iiug but for tht» iuterpoMtiton of the military com-, niander iirthe neighborhood. It is on the wliole to be regretted that there was an Interruption ol this rude inftiction^ of poetic justice. '1 Ijese pirates have too long been tolcf.ited in their schemes of robbery of both the Gov­ ernment tind the red uiau, and an ex­ ample of retributive punislimoht ad­ equate to the occasion in terror and sev^ritj;, uvigiit bq of saving intluence hcreatter, We haye been exposing gallant sutlers* to the infuriate ven­ geance' of phmdered and victimised Indians, wl}(*se complaints have been preierrwd in vain, and whose wrongs have gone unredressed. The thing that, ought to done .is to pdt the guilty authors in the vvay1 of t!ie avenging hand thej' p:ovoke to iiiercileGS war­ fare. STEAM ON COMMON HO.4ML A prize of 010,000 was oftered, two years ago, by the Legislature of Wis- cousin, for a successful road niotor, to be propelled by steam or othei wise, to be used as a substitute for draught cat­ tle on common roads, and for ordinary agricultural work, EUCII as plowing, threshing, ete. The test of success was to be the performance of a journey of not less than two hundred miles on the c o m m o n r o a d s o f t h e s t a t e , a t a n a v e r - i age rate of five miles an hour, working ' time. A board of three commissioners was appointed to witness the pre sci ibed test and to add suoh others as they saw fit. At a competitive trial of machines for this prize, Jnlv 15th, ult., two ma. chines were in the field, the "Oshkosh" and the "Green Bay." The latter started well but broke dowu so often that, it was rtded out. The former, weighing, with water and fuel, 6,COO pounds, and drawing a wagon weigh- Jng 3*500.pounds, ran from Fort How­ ard to Madison, 331 miles, in thirty- three hours and twenty-seven minutes, thus beating the prescribed time by more than si?c and a half hOure. Some part of the distance it ran nearlv ten miles r.u hour. Most, of the ' distance traveled is said to have been through heavy sand and gravel, The engineers reported no breakages on the trip, no scaring of teams, and no injury to bridges. , ' ' . Nevertheless, as the msichlne costs $1,000, aud requires a daily expendi­ ture of from two to.slx dollars to run it. the commissioners were not satis- tied that it is k,a ciieap and practical substitute for the .use of Jiorses and far has,"as designated by the law, and declined to' give it the #10.000 prize, though th^v proposed that the Legist bvture should make a proper award for whatjnts been accomplished. Nearly three years yet remain before tlie time of the legislative oiler expires, and as the inventors of the state have had their energies remarkably stimu­ lated and turned in the direction of such a motor as is required, somebody may yet secure the prize. Uncle Sau.1'4 Nerve and Bone Lini­ ment. is for man acd beast and is a balm lor every wuund. Sold by all Drtig- ' gists. • B^rTlie sweetest little fish story .of the season is Cold* by Frank Abbott, of Burlington, Iowa, At Clear Lake dwells a little*girl who fakes aride every day in a small skiff drawn by two pickerel. They are regularly har­ nessed, and by means of lines she is enabled to guide them in any direction The lisli are about three feet in length weight betweensevenand eight pounds each, and are very powerful. When the girl has tired of riding, she drives the pickerel to a boat house, where they are unharnessed, taken into a com­ modious glass aquarium made express­ ly for them, and fed. When she goes A TKIt* TO XBK IILACIi HRLH. DEADWOOD, D. T. August lOth, 1878. EDITRU PLAINDEALRR We left Ring- wood, III., August 8th, 1878, and ar­ rived at St. Paul at six thirty on the morniug of the sixth and at Minneap* oils at eight, by way of the Elroy route. The principal towns on this road are Belolt, Madison. Baraboo. Elroy, Eau Clare and Hudson. Mad­ ison is very beautifully situate^, and as the train glides fceross Foortk Lake oyer a trusscl worts the place" presents a very beautiful spectcale indeed. Tlie country till you get to Lodi Is similar to McHenry Co. The remainder Of the distance till yon get nearly to St. Paul the road passes through a very romantic country, unless for agricul­ tural purposes and only of value as a lumbering district. Immense bould* ers seem ready to- precipitate them­ selves from high rocks on the track, stunted elders grow out of the crev­ ices of the rocks quite to the top. As this country till 3'ou get out of the States is well known 1 intend to speak but a word of it. St. Paul is a thriv­ ing town and claims fifty thousand in­ habitants, probably has about thirty- five thousand, It has a large whole­ sale business. Minneapolis (formely known as St. Anthouy)is the same size as St. Paul. The lumber and the flour­ ing business and the wheat crop is the main support of the town. The falls in the river is the force wliich called the city into 'existauce. The suspension bridge across the Missisippl In a mon­ ument ol engineering skill. We visit­ ed the State Industrial College at East Minneapolis. We have not a very high opinion of that institution. In comparison with our own Industrial University it does not ca^ta shadow. The wheat in Minnesota was almost all In the chock and the hum of the threshers was heard throughout the State* The yielc is about half a crop, the long and continued lorrld being the cause of its failure. It will turn out from six to ten bushels pet- acre. We left Minneapolis on the twelfth Inst, on the Brainard branch of the St Paul and Pacific B. R. The^country along the road is covered with scrub oak timber with an occasional strip of prairie. Auoka is a large town en­ gaged la tlie lumber business. The stations are few and far between. Brainard is the headquarters of the Northern Pacific* road. The country about it is miserable. No one would like to live there if it was not tor the car shops and t he R. R. ofllce*. In fact from Duluth west on the liue of the road the country is ifoor, the soil being sandy and covered with gwamps lakes ant^piue forests, till you get . about seventy-five miles west of Btiriuard when the country gradually grows better till you get into the Red Kiver valley which is splendid, being unsurpassed iu fertility by any in the U.S. Is extends west nearly to Bis- tnnrk and north to the northern bound­ ary of the U. S. This great North­ west country has great resources capa­ ble of supporting mlJIfons of ,-inhabi­ tants. It is a great wheat country.-- The crop this year Is excellent, And is all harvested. It is also a good stook country. The surface of the country is an illiinitless prairie. vThe climate is milder than the same latitude at the East. The winters are not more se­ vere than those of Michigan or Wis.-- I believe that it is Warmer at the northern boundary thauou the lines of the Railroad. Wheu we were at Pembina last summer we noticed plants that we only saw south of the li. R. We arrived at Bismark on the morning of the 13th this is the tei> minus of the N. P. R. R. situated on the Missouri. The country about Bis- tnark is rather poor for agricultural purpbses, although it Is a good stock country. It Is supported by trade with the upper Missouri region and the Black Hills, We waited here one hour for the de parture of the stage ' to Deadwood, crossed the river at fort Abraham Lincoln, the boys In blue were on parade as we passed. A ride of two hundred miles over a broken rolling prairie, brought us to Crook City. It will be many years before the emigrant will And his way into this country. There is little to-cull him hither. Front Crook City ̂ rid© of ten uules over the uioujitajjis brought us to Deadwood. We made the trip from B ism ark to Deivlvxood in 40 houvs, ______ W* ^*- Much ha« been sung of thfc "MaW with Golden Hair," No song, however; has yet been able to make rha£ color a, popular one for any considerable length of time. Light red. f&deci.Qft samly hair are equally under the bau of public opinion. We are happy to, an­ nounce to onr readers who <lesi.re to change those colors, that three appli­ cations oi Ring's Vegetable Ambrosia^ . will give them beautiful anburn tressas tQ the tank to harness them for a ride, 'possessing ulk that soft, lustrous &p- the pickerel jump almost into her nrnis pearauce. &tx desirable in thi$ chie-jr so glad apparently are they to see her. 'JTI«e young tniss has be&n offered #1,000 for hcrt earn, ^ adorumeut of female beauty. GOODS at cost and beiow, to ctoa* out, at P. i>. Smith's, near the Depofc, WASHINGTON CORRKSPONDKNCKi WA«HIIM»TOW, T> O., An gust 19th, 1978, Webb Hayes the President's son, It* just now the object of" more interest than all the rest of the Execntive fam­ ily together. The secret of this pmbllc interest lies In the fact that the young ^ man is soon to be married. He is bat 23 years old, small, Stiiooth faced save a shadowy mustache, and wean eye­ glasses, He has been in Washington ^ much of the time since hfs fathers In- angiiratioti, assisting the President as ' his Secretary. Lately he and his older j brothel- Burchard have been at the old 5 home In Fremont, Ohio,superintending improvements that are being noado there. His lady-love lives in Fremont and ft is to be the future home of-the ' • young couple. Whether or not thft wedding will take place in the White I House does not yet appear, nor do Washington srossips yet even know tKe young Udy's name. Mrs. Hayes has a great inclination to keep personal mat­ ters in connection with her fatally prl-- vate, to keep them from the press and ' from the public, but of course she ne?- er succeeds In doing this. She tried to keep descriptions of Miss Piatt's wed-i ^ ding outfit from the newspapers, but the type was being set giving full de- | talis concerning it before Miss Piatt | had been Mrs. Hastings half au hour, Mrs. Hayes and her little children have been at Gape May for the pail week or two. Thus far the President^ house at Soldiers Home has out occupants this summer. -- / ' The hot season is supposed to It* - over, though we shall doubtless bar* 8ome very warm days yet. But after the middle of August we seldom see ^ uncomfortably warm nights and morn- || ings. Within the last fortnight we | have had two severe storms, short bat devastating, of wind, „ rain and hall, i by which great damage was done throughout the city in the way of up­ rooting trees, burstlug sewers, unroof­ ing houses and flooding basements sifd cellars. • * ,. m Among numerous other talked lif ^ nominations to Congress is President Lincoln's sou Robert, whoso chanceft, * as a Republican, are said * to be good, in the 1st Illinois District. Mr. Lif - coin's widow still lives, but is in * ' state of insauity, hopeless as harmless. She is melancholy, and has a mania fof ' purchasing all sorts of articles, whete 3 j ever she has an opportunity, for whiq|i she has no use nor meaua to pay. Slue. lives abroad. Capt. Ends, famous the worH in connection with his Jetties In tlie mouth of the Mississippi, has foun4 some crumbs of comfort lately, at Long Branch. While there he wtf" called upon by the Brazilian Minlstef ^ | with an autograph letter from Dont S Pedro, requesting advice relative t# ^ some contemplated improvements o|| V Brazilian Rivers. The Emperor waj| much Interested in EtuTs work. whe% he was here, and found time to visit , : 'A him nt the mcttthof the 'Mississippi. He expressed admiration for the get^ ins apparent in the plan, and refers ife ^ his letter to the pleasure and instrnd^ '3 tion the visit gave him. "He close!'. with a request to be remembered tf>;' ' the Captains companions^ aud sign§| - himself as Ead'a moat affectionate . ' friend, • . ; h-.S^ Yesterday our city wfcif' visited for'.,; : the.third time within-a fortnight, by a tremendous shower* The quantitj^ . of r&iu fivlliug in a short time and thffr . | fcrce of the wind during these storing* . is really amazing. The water falls it|^ ' perfect sheets. One caniu»<t see a fornt^ ^ a yard distant^ The sowers- oouJLcjT 1 scarcely carry off all the water, ami* the result is a flooding of oeMars arndc ^ basements which is often very dauaa-*^ r"' giug to property. OLIVK. * ----=3--=S ' ^ H^We notice several of the prom-^ •} inent eastern papers engaged In the^« ^ discussion of the question^ "How t»^ j-*; Get Drunk." It i6 easily settled.--Si ^ Some men get drunk oil a glass of beer^ .; /< and a five cent cigar, aud then again it|l 5 , takes twenty drinks of whisky toniake^ , others drunL, while others eonnotlt ,, , brush their coat tails over a> deoaye^f^ ' / J apple without feeling it ftsoessuwy "J rant and tear 'around, a<id raise tho|||•» ^ very old deviK. About the surest way* 'y J to get JruvM iato drink four glasses of*1- whisky, supplementedbj& two- glassed /•] of bae^ttiid' a Uttle Dutch cheese.--^ ,& ] This an economical drunk, as it lasta.."^ ^ from 4$ hours to two. week*. We-.;4 , know, of % tuun who knows all about it. j J He's a democratic newspaper man, too^f i Juliet Htm. , ^ ' . -«f 'kk : the Detroit Free iVo»we- ̂ ; | take a few figures respecting the in am-^ nioUioballoon at Paris uow in opera- ® tion,.and which may be of interest to ^ t l i « r e a d e r * I t t a k e s S 0 , 0 0 0 ? c u b i c f e e t ® eJF.gas to inflate it;.1 ts passenger cap- ^ aelty is fifty persons, it ascends 2,000. j, feet high; is held to the earth.by a car || 5»Je weighing three ton#,.and 5e drawn. ̂ * back to terra firma by a* thirty -horse power engine.. The- price foa thifr aerial flight towards tlu: heaMflufeislliA moderate sum of fouc doljUu^ . •$ j* 3^-1 ll