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232ZT Pledgee! but to Truth, to Liberty and Law J No Favors Win as and no Fear Shall Av*e." VOL. 6. i> •»? •» tt* !> M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2. 1881. 1 tw w--f NO. 32. ejewy Jl.iin3e«]er, Pahlialied Every Wednesday by VAA SLYKE r §«DITO&?AND PUBUSHHR. t ; '{fir--- . t Office in O d P. O. Block, --OPPOBITt RlvaiM!^ Hot'8E.-- TERMS OrjftlTBSCRIPTION. C#ieYeero*i Advance). If Not PaW within Three Mouths.100 Subscriptions receded for three or six J^^*B 'n *^e "'> 'no proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BROWS, M. PKTSICT ANAXD - tter* i HfTSICIAN-AJfD HURGEOX. Office the Post Oittce, opposite Porrf{& Mai ere up Si. tir«, McHenry ,£111. over *8 O. H. F KG KIW, M, D- fVTYSIOtAN ANO SURtiEUN, Johnshurg 1 Ills.--Office hours 8 to 10 x, U, o. J. HOW vrtr>. M D. | iMY8ICIAN AND SURUEOH. Office at * 'WIT residence, opposite M. E. Church, If* Henry. 111. E- V. ANDERSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and Surneon. Office at Be«l«y'» Dratr Store, Opposite Parker Keuee, McHehry, 'Illinois. Pit ATT HOUSE. ' PRATT, Proprietor. First; class ac. U oommodations. Vaueonda, I1L <io<>it Biru in connection F. J. RAHMAN. CIGAR Manufacturer McHenry, <te>-8 solicited. ; Shop, North net Public 8<iuare. 111. Bant Or- Oor- ItlGilAKl) COMPtON. JtHTICEofthe Peace:ind Conveyancer.-- Will Attend promptly to the collection of Volo, Lake County, 111. tebta E. IE. RICHARDS. HA§ * complete Abstract ot Titles to land im M newrv County, Illinois. Office with 9e*aty ( lerk, Woodstock, III. ROBT. WRIGHT, Manufacture! of O'tstom'JM.vTe Hoots and Shoms Noun but tlie' best of niateial •Mil and All work warranted. »Shop Xorih- W*»»corn r Public Square, McHenry III. E. M. OWEN. jflKNKRAL Dealer and Manufacturers rent in Lead in. u Ag Farm Machinery.-- L?€ Frieeslow and Terms favorable. McHenry 9. COLBY. Bi coder of hire and ' lyoung Book stock for sale. Please call and examine before buying elsewhere. MCHENRY, McHenry Co., 111. Bi ee< Sjpanish Merino Sheep, Merki hit Poland China c wine. X choice lot • f i S l!EO SCllREINER. ALOON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker House, Mcflor.i-y, 111 j-JTirst class Billiard^jjlid I'ool Tables. JOHN HENDRICKS. BTLVLX 'S MILLS, ILL. Is now prepared to sell and repair any kind of a Sewing1 Machine as chejip an the. cheapest. Will also tre vour life and property-at reasonable; "" PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watched, Clocks and Jewelry o' all kinds. Alao Repairs Violins in thehect possible manner, on short notice and at rea- teaable rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop jMt door North of Riverside Block, McHenrj II. J. A. SHERWOOD AUOTIO1311 AND AFlUtAISEB, Algonquin, III. SALES of stock, Fannin# Tools and Goods of all kinds promptly attended to. Farm tales a specialty. Terms reasonable. Post specialty. DMceaddress Algonquin 111. W. H. SANFORD, Alcrcliaut Tailor 'la the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of Fafclic Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A good Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings AL­ WAYS on hand. Suits made to order and a ilt tratraoted- Give me a call. W. 1L SANFORD. Woodstock III.,Sept. 37th, 1875. Scott & Co., "Hatters to the Great Northwest." His. 135 anil 137 Madison St., NEAR CLARK ST. llave a larger stoek and g r e a t e r variety of styles for you to choose from, than can be found in any other establishment in Chicago or the West. It will pav you to call and see them. Price a the lowest;in the land forfigood goods. BRANCH STORES 8. E, Go. Clark & Lake 8t® & S. E. Cor. Halsted and Harrison sts., CHICAGO. M A R C U S ' GERMAN 100T HIT Manufactured by F. MARCUS, -DEiLEHjIS- • •„» PURE WINES, LlduOBS AN& CIGARS. ; J Woodstock . • m l f -f «> 'H.» BUSINESS CARDS. C. S-i.GREEN. . ^ETERINARY SURG EON . , Wdimond JESSE A. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY at Law and Solicitor in Chan- i eiry. W ilf tiraetice in State and in Fed i eral Courts. Oft^e, Sd _ " ~ House, Chicago. Floor. Mew Oaatom • CHAS. 111. DONNELLY. A TTORNKY -\1T LAW *nd Notary Public Woodstock.Jllinois. Office Over Sto«e'< Drng store. > C. II. TRUAX. riARPF-NTER and Bnilder, Nnnda, IIL-- \J Will pnt np bnildinrs by"th"eJobir day. and guarantee satisfaction. SIDNEY DISBROW, * ROT ARY PUBLICand OonTeyaHfl^, A A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. 1«7 R VNDOL PIT STREET. (Brisrgs House,) Chicago, 111. Formerly witli^E R. P. Shurly. Special attention given to Re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. *^A Full Assortment of (ioods in his line. T I S T . M «n M • RIcHonry, III. Full Plates made of-the best (material and fully warranted, $8.00. Filliuir'ono-half nsnnl rntPB. • Special attention paid to regulating bad Shaped teeth. Teeth extracted without pain land free of charge where Artiiicisl TeeUi are in­ serted bv bi;n. All Work fully warranted. Pure Nitrpus Cxlds Cna alwnva on and for the p*mie.is :• , traol ion of tooth. M. rv au 'p^t> > '..i-.-. i.SrvT EnCEL!^. I TH! Scale Repairing, fcirimiiug and Pol- i^hijig Razors and Shears and Table Cutlery a speciali­ ty. Repairing of all kinds done in Steel or. Brass.-- All work warrant­ ed. Also dealer in tiuns. Revolver*, Table and I'ockat Cutlery,<? 11 n and Fishinir Material, Pipes, Cigars, Tol>acco Violin Strings, Ac. Shop aivl -Hore near the Post Offloe, Mo. Henry,111. HIRAM WIER, Wauconda, ill-,' i I would inform the p u b l i c that I am now pro«ared to niaV:e Roots and Sh-ies tn oriler, of the l»esi tnstcrinl. warrant a lit, >and at LOWER PRICES thin any other ohop in the c o u n t v . Call and be Wauconda, Nov. 30th, 1880, Convinced. II. WIER, ~~T~ For Strength, Flavor Purity --THE '---<X»7c-X> Eds not its Epal k.kmm It is sold in Pound and Half-Pound Puck- ages ONLY --NEVER IN Bi 'LK. Sec that the seals Are unbroken and bear the signa- turo C. JEVNE. FOR SALE BY Fitzsimmons & Eyanson SOLE AGENTS FOR VrHENRY, ILL. JOS. WIEDEMANN, Agent Franz Falk's HILWAUKEE LAGER BEER, (ttcHeory, III. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al ays on hand cheaper than any other, quali. ; considered. This Reer has a world wide reputation, and good judges acknowledge it cannot oe sur- passed in the world. Orders by mall promptly attended to. SOS. WIEDEMANN. McHenry. III. May 5th. 1H80. Shorthand TAUGHT BT MAIL III 12 LESBOlfS FOB, 81.50 The (trowinrr interest in Phonography has created a demand for a Periodical to teach the art, in n series of Lessons, comprehensive, detailed and thorough. ^ The American taking the initiative, is.the only Magaeine in the world that teaches phonography. A Full Course gfren evci y year, qne complete lesson each month, and the Exercises of all learners CORRECTED THROUGH THE MAIL Free of C'hnrve Those who^»ref»'r to lapm tn a briefer time t ian one year, mayjuin our CorresTximleftr t (Tlnssftii ! ku t)iroug"h™ii'en­ tire Course ill either 10or it"Jrceks. j SuB?cripW0N^ to the- SHUR^IAND .WKITEB, ySE - | -* - ?• •«» S'i«gl2 Copv. 'containing First Lesson, mftilM tnanv k ldri ss tor 13 cent*.. AnvtfVn^ wishing, t'o.^eatw this *i«ielnating, and vaiu*We «<-ienfce requested to write once"for Free n.wriptive circular: ^ io » " *IS4I^SIVN i. 1*r4wt»entioti tk«ap»^er te w|hr«ih you JOSEPIIJN.JFREUN D. SAI OON" AND RESTAURANT Bonslett's old stand, opposite Btshop's Mill, Mc- *' *" -- Wines, Liquors Frosh Henry. III. The c loioest and Cigars tube found in the county. Oysters in their seison served lip io shape desired or for sale by the Can. GOOD STABLING FOR IIoRSES. any Established in 1855. JOHN STERBA, Formerly of Woodstock and Chicago, has again returned to McHenry Oounty, and has on hand the largest stock of READY MADE HARNESSES. COLLARS, WHIPS, &c., to lie foond in the County, ami has everything made of the BEST MATERIAL. Call and see me. JOHN STERBA. Near the Depot, McHenry. 4 # H. E. WI<;HTMAN, '.Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drivers. fuaniHhed at reasomible rates. Teaming of all kindc done on short notice. Establish Over a Quarter el a Century. F. c. MAYES, Meal Tier! --AND DEALER IN-- Ready-Made Clothing. Cloths, Cassimere snd Wor-teds to «ell ; bj the yard. The latest stvlee of (foods on hand at all times. My stoofc of READY-M AI>K CLOTHING is now complete and I Will not be undersold Store in Old McHeury, now the Bridge. F, C. MAYES. MftHenry, 111., Nov. Itth, I87'l. Soldiers' l>epartmeut. CONDUCTED B^ DR. S. F. BENNETT. C. Henry, Nunda, - r - Illinois -nliAtmis- Agricultural Machinery, Of All KlrnK ' Agent foi1 tho towns of AI>ronqnln, Nnnda and MffWenry for the cole bra ted Macormtck Machines, All kinds of machinery sold as cheap ax anr other dealer In the County. Give me a call xprnife of Pension Agcuta. When Jlr. Dours, of lllinjii!., moved a ptiFp^iTSion of the ruin# of the House, in order to pass a bill iut o<luc«<t by him In relation 1o conipiMteatlon of pension Ajrents, it ap^earpil that a quo­ rum wa% not pro-Bent, and it, oT coun>c was deferred. The bill had heen re­ ported bjr hi in from the committee on iuvalid peuslouB, an^eomiuHtei! to the coinniittee of the n-fcoie House. Mr. Davishaa prepared ,p. report on the bill explaining: Ite p|r>visioiis. and giv- ingrwasona why It j^liould become a law. The report stdtaa that the sala­ ries of the patinlon f||etits ar^ fixed by thia bill at 64,000 p«®*uuuni--Uie ame as at prewtit. « r( COMPKNStVTION • for preparing and puling vouch em U flxed at fourteen ceuis for eacli vouch­ er prepared and |>a^t. The existing law authorlae* • compensation of fif­ teen cents for ench Voucher prepared and paid In excefs "||f four thousand vouchor* per annuni^ The bill further provides for thet.p*jfljbent of actual and necessary expenses ftr rent, fuel light* and other Incidental oxpennea. The v now authorises^ the pr.yment <»f necessary expenses rent, ftie.l. llfrhts. and postage on 'ofl§eial mall matter, directed-to the «le fitments and bu­ reaus at Washtjigfto^ It extends to j>enslou agents the provisions of so^ tlnti? 5 and 6 of " A^| not establlshlnir post routes and for ap7>roved March 3d bother purposes/" T7, making ssld to all oltlola] an)* <»f the pen- |!neptijjatioii the !.»,ry nt present ?xi»ss|ye. The five Ids personal to his aflieo. ion» of dollar* provisions appllca 'mail mutter sent fr si<in olfioes. Upon committee And the authorized Is not agent is required to and constant disbursing man per annum, for HE IS KBSpfrsslBLK He is required to gi#e ;t good and suf­ ficient bond to the ^p>ver«imoot, In the sum of from 9ir»0,00^<i MfiO.OOO, sure- tics to said bond .-to ipiallfv in double the amount. The rtginit Is also rc<juir- ed to make all oomii&tiulous for p^y- iu«tiit of pensions nii(|er the ls\v,\id^ is Honda, Jnno 15th. 1H80. C HENRY A. WENDELL, CAEPIKTEE AND JQIHSS Wcflenry, III. Will take contracts f».r putting up Ruildiiigs and guarantee inv work will compare w ith any man in the State. I can and will do work from IS to per cent cheaper than other carpenters, as I have two of my boys who work with me. which makes it possible for tue to do so. All .Tolm in the Carpenter line promptly attended to. Give me a call. ~ A. WENDELL. \McIIenry, Dec. 29th. l.So0. CLOTHING. GENTLEMEN, You arc invited to call at Maiman ' s AT WAUCONDA, and be fitted for cold woather. I have the largest'FALL and WINTER stock ever shown in Wauconda. O VERLOATS. 82.65 O VFRVOA TS, 83.*5 O VEli CO A TS. *4 .7S V VE f CO A TS. 97.00 OVERCOATS. Al ALL PRICES Ready-mado Clothing more numerous than ever and at price? suited for every purse.-- Foranythwi* made to order, whether a single garment or a full suit. Maiman's . _ to buv. Also a full line of tiENT^' FURNISIflXO tiOODS, Hats snd Cap', Ar,, Ladies Cloaks, both Ready-made and Made to order. Is the |>lace Having pnrr-liased a Fnll M;i Unerv Goods invites'the ladie* of Wauconda fcnd.vi- cmi^v ui call and sec hor stock of MILLINERY- % - ' Hats ai>d Bonnets trim tried in tlie latest styles and at reasonable orice*. MISS <ilESEL|-'R4s f«#I' to »ce latiies who desire her serv'ci « as Dress* .Maker. .The of work guaranteed, Room with Mrs,, Ma man, Wnueonda. the only bonded oilier wtinected with the bureau. The c'laugn In tin; law relating to the nmonni' allowed foi». preparation and ^>f vouchers is siiglitly lit favorjHwi Hgent. It is •,^ejc.»t-Uy,ti^sa|iU45i;jp|p^^-y,'.naxing sixty thousand vouchers per anuuin. Sections 4,781 and 4.782 of the Kcvisod Statutes provide for the payment to jXMision agents of an allowance of not exceeding 94,000 per aiuitiin as salary and an ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION for preparing, paying aind transmitting vouchers, Including postage, of thirty cents for each voucher so prepared and paid. By the act of Congress approv­ ed Jnne 20, 1874, eomoensati an for the preparation, transmission and pay­ ment of vouchers was reduced to twen­ ty-live cents each. By act of Congres* approved June 14, 1878. a further re­ duction was made, allowing only fif­ teen cents for each voucher prepared and paid, in excess of f«Air thousand vouchers JHT annum. It is understood that the prevision <>f this act exempt­ ing tour thousand vouchors was de­ clared necessary at the time, to pre­ vent a small agency frotn receiving a greater sum In proportion to Its work than larger agencies, the cause for which Is now removed. It further ap­ pears that the pension agent should h<- :»I lowed necessary stationery tor hir- office and the committee so recommend the word*"necessary stationery" to be substituted for the word* '"other Inci­ dental expenses iu this bill. The com­ mittee also find that it Is necessary for (tension agents, iu order to Keep their agencies up to the required standard of elllcienty. to pay out some consid­ erable portion of their salaries for postage and clerk hire; that the re­ ceipts of their offices are NOT Ml FFICIKNT TO PAY POSTAGE upou official mail matter, and for em­ ployment of necessary clerks required in their offices. The law granting com­ pensation for pre|Mtring, transmitting, and paying vouchers, particularly specifies that this compensation shnll cover the'item of postage in transmit­ ting vouchers and checks to pensioners; therefore the pension agent is de­ barred fr<'in the provision* ®< sections 5 and G of the act approved Ifareh 1877 providing for the free transportation of ail official matter from all depart­ ments- and their subordinate offices. The law providing for tlie payment of- vouchers should eover the Item of post­ age allowed thirty cents for each voucher paid, and although Congress has, hy subsequent act#- reduced this compensation more than one half, it has not changed the law requiring the agent to pay from the receipts of his office postage upon all official mail matter 'HI riffle d't<V pensioners. It is believed by the committed that free, transportation of all oOTcial mall mat­ ter, which Is granted to every depart­ ment aVt subordinate office of gov­ ernment. i except pension agencies should be extended to these, oflioes, as provided for in this bill, * o vnriELirs K toy UK In an argument delivered by G«n- ffki 'Oarfleuj in Vhe SuprettU Court w.c find the following magnificent "piece of oratory: Your decision will mark nn er*1n American history. The Just and final settlement of this great question will take a high place Among the great achievements which 11 ve immortaliz­ ed t'lis decade. It will establish tor- ever this truth of Inestimable value to na and to mankind, that a republic can wield the vast enginery »f war with­ out breakirg down the safeguards of liberty ; can suppress Insurrection and put down rebellion, however formid­ able, without destroying the bulwarks of law; can by the might of its armed millions preserve and defend both nationality and liberty. Victories o« the field were of priceless value, for they plucked the life of the republ.icout of tlie hands of Its enemies; but "Pewe hath her victories No less renowned than war-" and If the protection of the law shall, by vour decision, be extended over every acre of our peaceful territory, yon tvlll hsvl rendered the great de- cl«lon of the century. When Pericles had made Greece Im­ mortal In arts and arms. In liberty and law, he invoked the genius of Phidias to devise a luomuuout which should symbolize the beauty and glory of Ath­ ens. That artists selected for his theme the tutelar divinity of Athens, the Jove-lxim goddess, protectress of of arts and arms, or Industry and law, typified tlie Gnrek conception of com­ posed, majestic, unrelenting force. Ho erected on the heights of the Acropolis a colossal statute of Minerva, armed with spear and helmet, which towered Ju awful majesty above the surrounding teinplon of tlie gods.-- Sailors ou far-ofl ships beheld the crest and spear of ttio goddess and bowed with reverent awe. To every Greek she wua the symbol of power and glory. But the Acropolis, with its temples aud status, is uow a heap o! ruins. The visible gods have vanished iu the desror light ol modern civiliga­ tion. Wo cannot restore the decayed emblems of ancient Greece ; but it Is i« your power. Oj«dg«s, to erect in ibis eitadel of our 11 Iter ties a monument responsible for their kcouracy. UstIng than brass; Invisible in- •3 <'*lf deed to the eye of fieah. but visible to the eye of the spirit as the awful form and figure of Justiee, crowning and adorning tlie republic; rising above tlie storms of )»>litica! strife, above the din of battle, above the earthquake •HWNf re!»eMiOf»$ seen from afar and bailed as protector by the opptrssej of all nations; dispeusing equal bless­ ings. and covering tvith tlie protecting *hield of law the weakest, the humblest the meanest, and. Until declared by solemn law unworthy of protection, the guiltiest of it« cltitons, - J. - ..M f^a^Chicago Is looking for a fnerfal epidemic of malarial disease when Spring warmth shall thaw her frozen river. The Int*ir Uce<in thus delecta- bly describes the situation ; "Think of a stream in the very cen­ ter >f a thickly populated region, *o thick, absolutely, with the reeking filth of vast stables along its banks, as te l>e of the consiu(t<i<<>y of mush. Think of dead auiuials that have lain frozen in. trie Ice for weeks, thawing out with tli* change In the weather, and slowly fioatiug out with tlie other mass"of putrescence toward the crib, whence the water for half a million of people Is supplied! Yet this con- lition actually exist* and has existed for weeks. The great stables attached to distilleries along the banks of the river dump Theif refuse into the river, where it not only poisons tlie water and the air, but has actually so changed the chemical properties of the fluid In that portion of tlie river, as to make it actually unfit for the use of the tan­ neries along its banks. Wise men may aver as much as they please that all this rottenness has no eflect U|H>II the lake two miles out where the supply of the city is found. We do not be­ lieve it." In rsgarrt to the minor evil of small pox tlie same paper say«: "There was another h<v>ni In small pox yesterday. *even new Cases being reported, making fourteen In two days with icvend suspected cases to hear from. There are now thirty-nine cases in the fest house, and about fif­ teen isolated cases scattered through­ out the city." 0©* The Government of France b'a« Invited the United States to an inter­ national monetary (Mufpram-e. In or­ der. if possible, to atf.-ee upon a uni­ form system of gold ami silver coinage. The United States has accepted the invitation, and lias designated Consul General Walker, at Paris, as its re­ presentative in the eonfe ranee.-- France, has now extended invit»ri^'is to nil the Great Powers of Europe to participate in the conference, and it Is announced that Germany and Itaiy wni'send r^irepentatfriM, HJnglarif!'* response is doubtful, that Nation being ^o stronglv wedded to the si-nglo st*tt- dard of gold that it will now. as here- fore. probably rer'u«e even to consider any "s»ej> looking to a do«i>l« stand­ ard. The proposed conference will take i-lace in Pnrig^&tne time during : *fr «?MW» UlSlSiAK }c"?!?«*i<.i*4»npf* *7/ *•' iwutj ^ril ,4I»{||(V» ^U«K'-4Wrj>> rtm , i •n iul& %nui htoi 5 < Ree^Gilt Bdg«./rouic-;f^»)i|_ jfe-ver 4i.lid Agiiu -iji M. ItUrf •*' Writ i 1 A* TO JfllTpr.n Ml IPTU9*. It *a« for • long time pretty gener- ally nderstood by people vh<*» put their trust In Mother Shlpton that our planet would beconio | total wreck at some perjo dnrlng the j'ear upon upon which we have so prosperously entered. Now the rolling up of the heavens like a scroll, the general lique­ faction of matter under fervent beat and the disorganization of the uni­ verse Into a "wilderness of tempestti OIK combustion" Is not an event whicl the mass of mankind would bif. "likely to contemplate with serenity, provided it was set down for a date certain and near at hand, say Saturday week. According to. the theory of the unl verae proposed by Boaeovich, there may be It is true, uo ultimate chaos and confi*grntlon, hut Injtheir plaee r quiet and sudden vanishing of worlds lint granting the correctness of thb hypothesia, an instantaneon-" vanishing fnto nothingness, is not to be contem­ plated without emotion by persona of regular habits. Upon the whole, then, devout believers in the old lady are justified in taking comfort in the abun­ dantly establlalied fact that the fatuous j>rophecy, "To an snd tho World will come. In sighieen hundrsd and eighty-one," was never uttered by Mother Shipton. but is an Implotia forgery which no where appear* in the tex'as mcrpttw of her forebodings. Yet there arc persons qui te an famil lar with the future as Mother Shipton. and quite as competent !fo unroll the volume of destiny, who assert that during this fatal year the skies will be • blaze with portents of erll. The "Al­ manac of Zndkiel Tao Sie,*' and the "Phrophetic Sieaaenger of Raphael." are both works by recognized author­ ities in astrological acience. Their prophecies. It Is true, traverse each other lu-kminor detail; for Instance, when a certain aspect of the heavens is Interpreted by one to foretell a prevalent and |suflocatlt)g disease of the.human windpipe, and by the ofh « r, a devastating tidal wave; but they agree In pfodictinj,; that a great many unpleasank things will come to pass. The most mischievous planetary inflir- encc will come from the conjunction of Satili-u And .Jupiter. This event is set down by astrologers for April 18. which happens to be four days ahead of tlme\aud It la hoped that this error will vitiate some of their calculations. It'takes place In Taurus near the cusp of the£6th house. Xow Taurus, is a beastly aqd un healthy sign, and Baphael 1h probabty c»>rre«t when ce isyn tluit lMWNMl ,«»k. tie will be allllctefl with murrain be fote mankind Is wasted by the plague. No one will hare the hardihood to question Zadklei's assertion that the "Bull rules Ireland" and therefore he holds that the conjunction in ^Taurus prcsiguifiee sedition and rioting In that island. But Taurus i-uh-s Asia Minor as well, and It Is to be boted thai the last great conjunction lu this sign, which happened In 1146, was fol­ lowed by the bloodiest'of the crusades, and a violent brandishing of the shll lelah. lint this conjunction is only one of the threatening aspects of the skies. It will be quickly followed by the conjunction of Jupiter aad Nep­ tune ; then Mars wilt join Neptune, iktid soon sftur Jupiter and Mars will meet. All these conjunctions will take place iu Taurus and pretsage woes untold. --Yurk Tn'mne. A Cold Winter at OrlMM. The present winter uiay have been, until quite recently, tlie colde-st with­ in the memory of the oldest Inhabitant In tliom- parts, but that U because the oldest inhabitant cannot carry his roc- ollttctlou back to 17W lute use c^ii.l set in as early as the" 16th of Xoveiu- ber. 1783, uud continued till the 5th of March. Gavarre, in his* hUtory of Louisiana, say*: "On the 12lh of Fehrunry, 1784, the whole bed of the river in front of New Orleans wasyfilic.n HP with fragments of ice, the *ize of most of which \v,is from twenty to thirty feet with a thickness of two or three feet. This ma»* of ico was so compact that it formed a (1«M of 400 yards in width, so that all communication was inter­ rupted for five day* between the two b^ik* of the Mississippi." According to the same authority from which the aboye extract is given. t)ie 17tU and ISik of January, 17lk>, were the two coldest days known' to Louisiana. In ft out of Kew (^rieatis the rivor was frozen on both sides out to thirty or forty f«*l troni its banks. --St.Louu (fl'the-Iteni'tcrtU. tn 8TOIH.N 8>;KltON. An exchange tells thi(-sermon steal* Infe story of a young man who stood before a presbytery in Scotland, ask* ing ordination. Principal Roblneun was moderator. The young man wa» rigidly examined, and asked to preach The examination and the sermon were both satisfactory. The candidate re­ tired, and the moderator laid: "Ifeel compelled to say that the *ermon which the young man preached 1« not his own. It is taken from an old vol­ ume of sermons, long out of print*-- Where he found it I do not know. I;. supposed the only copy of the volume to be found was in my library, and the candidate has had no access to that.** The young man waR called In and aefced If the sermon he had preached was hlv own. '"No," he frankly said: *"f wMf prestad for time, and could not, make a s e r m o n I n s e a s o n . T h e s e r m o n I .preached was one which I heard PtliK cipal IJobinson preach some time age. I took notes of It, and liked It «o well that I wrote it out from memory, and have preaehed It to-day. The* moder­ ator was caught in hie own trap, and there was nothing more to be said. 0$yThe late Henry Wilson It quoted S hy Mr. Z. L. White as saying thtU nil- " til he was twenty-one years old he never had a dollar In money to spend for anything. During hit whole apprenticeship his ma«ter|never gmr0 him a penny btinkmce : that lie pre­ sented the boy wllh three cents, and allowed him to spend it at a muster.-- Probably most people of the yOonger generation of our time will read thle •tem with incredulity, or with the Idea that Wilson's experience was extra* ordinary and exceptional. But even la the West there aijg scores and hundred* now living can testify to similar caeea In tho country towns of the N^w Ker» gland States, half a century and more ago. Money was a scarce article and "a cash article" among the sturdy, hard-working Yankee farmers of th« olden time, and they were oompara* tlvely few who did not Audit neoee- sary to count svsry ccr.t and make every cent count to provide even pl:»in,W>me times scant.Yood and cloth­ ing, and a very economical amount of schooling for their families. The young people of the present day, even among the poorer classes, as a rule, have but a falut Idea, in tboir own more favor- able conditions of the severe frugality practiced, often from absolute neeestty. In the days when their grandparent* were young. . * M #M^Th»l6mporeryteiw>lae>in ewld t» have blasted during the winter of the Crimean war that the best two gener­ al* In bis army were Gens. Jahunajr and February. It te to these same veterans that Uncle Sam is likely to. owe the capture of that •agacioalr Sioux chief, Sitting Bull. Gen. Xlka and other experienced Indian latere itrc trusty office re, bat the/ would . hardly have been able to bring tn tho 700 followers of Sitting Bull who are now in captivity at Fort Buford, Da- kota.|e ithout the help of Gen. «fann> ary, and there would be no certainty of securing Sitting Bull, although h# 1s almost left alone, Were 11 not fog* thj co-operation ot Gen. Fehauary.-^ j That the greatest of living Indiana will soon surrender is almost certain.-*- Cold has conquered his brave*, and their desertion and his own suffering ire likeiy to conquer him. If it te true, as Chief Iron Dog alleges, that Maj. Croiler, the Canadian mounted poiit-e scrgent, is warning the Sioox to leave Canadian soil, his last hope of escape must be cut off. Let u< trust that, thanks to Gens. January and Fehruary, he Will bo a privo^er at Fort Buford within a fortnight, t POT Carlyle once asked an Edinburgh student--who tell* the *toryin Tlie Millwaukev Sentinel--what he w.-i» studying tor. The youth replied that he had not quite ma le up hi* tuind.-- There was a sudden lî htuliig lush of tlie old HtN>tchtoan*ceye, a million pig­ ling down of the shaggy eye brows ari l the stern face grew sterner a^ he *aid: "The man without a pltrpcWe is like a ship without k ruddef 'i a waif. 4 nothing, a no ntan. Have a purposif' lu life, if it is only to kill and divide and sell oxen well, hut have a purpose and having It throw such strength i»# mind and mtHel* Into your work :u God given you." J 6tf" We Hfrd In the Boston HerakH some talk about "ceasing to (fctrotiise a newspaper" and also about "new»* . [taper patronage." It Is a stupid phraaa ' ' We do not consider anybody patron* | ises a newspaper when he buys tt; or ^ that the newspaper is under any obit- ^ gations* to any one who either our* | chases a copy or inserts an advet* tisements. If it is a sensible news- * pai>er, the purchaser or advertise* - gets the value ot his money, and tha amount is eyen between them. Tii%v . only situation in which the word pa*. / ri>uage can be properly used. In such $ case, is where the newspaper Is men* and worthless J and the man pays bis oopy or for his advertisement mofp : than the thing is really wortiu In that * sort of circumstances there may hb / patninage in the base' sense ot tho. word--the sense io which the 7/eraAt. employs |t. The idea of patronaflO ,^ contaius in it something of sorvislty.--» It has' no. place in the Atberican r#i public. It ought to be repudiated and detested by every self-resjwetiaj' ' newspaper and every selfsWMtectli^^ ( citizcn.--Jfetc York San. ' Are you low-spirited, wdown'l ' mouth," and weak in the back? walking, lifting, or standi ag ca'rtse in the small of the back? If W have ki.iney disease, and Prof. aiette's French Kidney Pad is remedy which will cure you and permanently »nd without | your stomach wHh nauecatia^, «16e, • .. ' W. Howe's. ?(und:t, fi ,v>o.. JI ,».vi . 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