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WEDNESDAY, OCT. ft, ISSt. J. VAN SLYKlJ, BtHtor. •QTA New York exchange says: "PrwuMent Arthur liaa asserted that the whole year's salary of the Presi­ dent's office shall go to Mrs. Garfield. .He will thus serve the government for *!x months without pay. His gift is the largest and nohlest that has yet teen contributed to the fund. We learned from a tourist who I*a9 vfsited both sections that while Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massa­ chusetts have been blessed with an abundance of rain, and vegetation tliere looks green And vigorous, like the spring, Central and Western New York Is terribly parched up by the lie at. Along the Central Railroad the grass is ajl dried up and the cattle are tempt to restpre fed as in winter. Corn and potatoes" 'are almost a failure. Sparks from the engines have set Are to the grass and many acres have been burned over. ^ 8@"For more than two yean there has been a law in force In this State, requiring, under a penalty of 9200 a year, the owners of dams to erect and mfciutain suitable fish ways. It is time that the law be complied with. Those who arc best informed upon the sub­ ject assert that with the in at all dams on the river, the stream within a year would be nearly as full of fish as when the country was first Settled. Until this summer little of their construc­ tion was known, which furnished a fairly good .excuse to the dam owners. But now the Fish Commissioners have Mttled upon a plan invented by Mr. Shaw,the Fish Commissioner of the State of Iowa, which is both cheap and efficient. The same plan has been adopted in the State of Michigan.-- There is no longer any excuse for the non-enforcement of the law. We hope our water power owners all al«t)g Fox River will promptly obey It. On the Bock River they are now being put in at Rockford and Sterling; the State is building them at Dayton, Henry and Copperas Creek; the St. Charles and Geneva mill men are about to com­ mence their erection at those places.-- The Governor has instructed the Fish Commissioners to promptly enforce the law. and public sentiment will sus­ tain them in doing so. -"fS^There is a demand for utrained journalists" to manage religious pa­ pers. It is coming to be seen that ministers arc not generally fitted for editorial work; that they cannot get beyond the position of amateurs; that they do not say what the people want to read and hence are' left without dlfeer readers than those who thought­ lessly regard reading such papers as a sort of duty. But when they ssek to get trained journalists to manage their religious papers another obstacle will rise before them: few trained journal­ ists are so narrow as to think in the one groove that is now considered re­ ligious. The trained journalist may be A Baptist or it Unitarian, but in his necessary joggling against other minds he becomes too liberal in thought to make a paper satisfactory to the narrower mind that wants it all denomination instead of ail religion. It seems to us there shonld be no such thing as a distinct religious paper. That is, religion 6hottld be mixed with Instead of held aloof from that which is called secular. A secular religion is just what is needed. Not one Sabbath In each week but seven. Not one pa­ per for the good side of man and ten for the bad side. If people would get away from this double dealing with themselves, it seems to us there would be more goodness, though perhaps less display of piety. And if people would read the Bible iu the same state of mind that they read any other history there wou}d be less dispute about its author.--Aurora Newt. Emtor Pi.atnpkai.er;--A« there has been considerable controversy for sonie time on tlie prayer question, I will submit a few more words for your reader* and then quit, at lea6t for a time, »s I am intending to visit the scenes of my youth in York State, au<J shall probably be gone a month or two Not, however, will I write in answer to "Fejo de So" from whom I have as yet seen nothing really to answer. The fellow has pitched into nearly every one who has written for the Pi.ain- oealek thus far, and as your Wood­ stock correspondent suggests, we fear he will become what liis nom-de-plume translated means, a suioide. His cor­ respondence thus far has been suicidal, f. e. he has killec^his ideas if any lie had and 110 one can wonder if he next attacks himself. Friends, the late ver­ dict rendered by the great judge of the universe, as to the efficacy of pray­ er in the case of Garfield, will cause every °ane person to refrain from at­ tempting this treatment. Tl\e doc­ tors were equally fagged in their at- or even locat| the' TRAIN ItOBBHRIIML • ' The frequency of train robberies in . the country Is becoming alarming. In - View of this fact a Chicago newspaper appeals for come measure to prevent ikes') occurances in the future. Puring the course of an editorial the subject vfi»e following language is used: "It is not hard to throw a whole train load of passengers into a panic. All be- taken by surprise, each thinks that if he oflers resistance he will be shot. All are exceedingly anxious to get their bands up first; and before there can be •By organization by the passengers and the train hands the robbers are througl Wid off. The haul on the train is Usually a large one, and this fact oflers •.strong temptation to the highway pen. The business of robbing a train te reduced to a fine system, and as many . Of our roads run through trackless k *"^erue88e8' *',e chanu®9 of escape are good. We may as well settle down to ! the conclusion that train robberies will s vf ,W°w be common unless extraordinary if (Measures are taken to prevent them Jluch might be done by having signals ff"I^tween the engineer and the passen- / . ®ers. so thai those 011 the engine who ) apprised of an assault can give the ">> to tl,e Passengers. The pass. ; lingers 'being in <the cars woufd practi- r cally be In a fortified place, while the , : . jobbers are unprotected assailants. A Jnindred people oti^lit not to be robbed *>.V three, and need not be if there is a precaution. hidden messenger of death,and we can hardly look to them for counsel.-- What then? Friends and suicide, we must be plain, it is our firm belief that nature has the advantage of us from the beginning. He, suicide, was born so. We much dislike this method of Indian warfare. , We cannot tell wheth­ er we are storming a Garrison or touching a Hart. Let us and the bal­ ance of the people know who you are. It is apparent to all that the President died in spite of the myriad of public and private prayers fired at the throne of grace.* God could have saved hin». We must believe this, for holy men tell us so. God could thus have made the hearts of almost all civilized peo­ ple rejoice. God i» a merciful God.-- Holy men tell us this and they know what thev say to be true. But God didn't exhibit mercy this time. It looks to all but christians as terrible cruelty instead of mercy to let the President die when he could have saved him just as easily, in answe r to the object petitions of the christian world. God doeth all things well.-- The priests giv« us this information. Yet he didn't conduct the President's case as they wanted him to. It hence follows that they wanted it conducted badly, and prayed God so to conduct it. God let the President die when he had the power to let him live. God doeth all things well. Yet God was constantly petitioned to do ill, and save the President. If he had saved the President it would not have been doing things well, seeing that In let­ ting him die he did well. Were there enough prayers to fairly test the mat­ ter whether prayer is answered? Was there faith as prescribed? Or has the priests themselves lost faith? Does the President's case offer a fair test of the value of prayer, and with its signal failure shall there be an eternal cessa­ tion of prayer. It i s possible that this is another case like that of Sodom and Gomorrow. It is said Chat prayers of the righteous shall prevail. Was there not one righteous one amongst the multitude. We feel certain there were very many hypocrites. Will people now settle down to the affairs of earth and let those of an alleged heaven alone? Will they cease to attribute their own blunders to God? Will they be content to let God run the un­ iverse and not bother him? But as we write they are holding pieetings of submission and contrition. They are thanking God (or killing the Preyi- dent, because it was his holy will that he should die. They are excusing themselves to God for having asked him to spare the President when it was his pleasure that he should die.-- They are kissing the rod that smote them. Love of God makes them do this. They do love God so. He made a hell for them, and tlwy love him for that. He made a heaven for them, and they love him for that. He raised up an assassin for the President, and they love him for that, and he let the Pres­ ident die and they love him for that, though thev implored bim not to do it. W hat a world of absurd, ridiculous nonsense does the God idea involve and plunge men into. J, CQMJPTON. Volo. Oct. 1st, 1881. Notice* ^ ALL persons ar« hereby notified nol to harbor or trust my wife on my account, after this date, as I will j>ay 110 debts of hoi I have offered her ch she has refused. contracting. hi WIU JMI.V 1HJ tltMJta 01 UtMf I have offered her a home ana 8uppo> t w NICHOLAS BLAKE. McHenrv. % OH. 8% mi s • -y!He Ft%ill payyou to call at Would respectfully invite an examination of their stock of DRESS GOODS, YANKEE NOTIONS, U, Whichare bein;sr offered at. very low prices. Our stock is replete in all the variety of Goods for the season, and we feel satisfied we can offer Goods at .'- Store before you buy your Fall and Wintlr goods. A large stock to select from, all new and choice and prices extremely low. We think- we cM^how as tine a stock of 1?orMen' and Boys both in suits and Overcoats as will be t& +k;D Sheetings, Shirtiugs, Prints, Ginghams, Flannels, Ta-this county. ble Linen, Out ton ana W orf$8«l tions, &c. To our Stock of jNo- Boots and Shoes t IT a fall line of the celebrated Graj fin* goo which for style and durability in this or any other county, j5 The finest Teas imported we have now on hand and we want to sell it Should it not suit money will be cheerftilly refunded. Butter AndEgg§ plated. Call and see. than can be found Our stock of elsewhere.-- Hats, Caps, READY-tylADE Boots, Shoes, Groceries Aco, Is full and complete, and we are confident we can please you both in quality and price. Call and be convinced that these are facts. PERRY & MARTIN. McHenry. March 22d, 1881. BOUG HT m x j EtiflcHenry CO TO E Lawlus, AM it Tailor, And get a fine Snit, as he has the finest and the largest. Stock of Clothing at Chicago Pri­ ces. He also keeps Foreign and Domestic Cloths, which he will make to,order at the lowest prices. E. LAWLUS. COLBY BROTHERS! RIVERSIDE BLOCK, McHENRY. LL. Invite an examination of their immerue stock of Goods, Dress Goods, Which are being offered at very low prices. Have^Jthe largest as­ sortment of READY MADE CLOTHING ever shown in McHenry which will be sold very cheap for cash HATS AND €APK ' BOOTS AND SH<|)ES, is complete and we are confident we can save you money Roomi Opposite $wl?y & Martin's h - x - r - * * * ' - - i " .V - r >, &El ? '!L 'l-Sk Store» il# it '-tf "N* ' 'k • »> :• ^ 'j-'i"J ^ ** *t| AGOB BONSLETl Having opened new Furniture Rooms, in the store lately occupied by Mrs. Searles, opposite Perry & Martin's Store, are now to ofter to the buying public the ? ^ ̂ ^1 Fixi@st Stock . T Of all kinds, ever brought to McHenry County, which they will sell at the LOWEST LIVINQ PRICES. •?, Anything from a common Chair to the finest Parlor Set can be found at thi» store, and of the best make and finish to be found in the market. >j> ; < Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to at reasonable rates $ First-class w^ork guaranteed^ * ' * ** .*4 5 M, l&.i ty - ' , - ***" 4 "* »• 1" V ^ v -1' '•c' • 1** \ ,• * f" a *""/ We have a large assortment of Burial Cases and Coffins always 04 hand and made to order on short notice. Our goods are first-class, and prices within the reach of all. • We invite all our firiends^to give us ft ' call, ' 5 e , JACOB BON8LET*. McHenry, March 15th, 1881. Stevens & Schnorr; Near th© Depot Our st Paints v Oils Dru; edicines. Crockery, Glassware, Wooden and Willowware, V AND THE LARGEST STOCK OF To be touud in McHenry. Prices always as low as good Goods can be sold. No trouble to show goods. Call and be convinced. • Summer of 1881. Can you afford to take a day or a half day and go to the l&~Thfe financial editor of an ex­ change eays that it has been supposed that the dollar mark in a union of the two letters U. S., butsu^h is not the fact. Tho two parallel lines represent the pillars of Hercules, which, accord­ ing to ancient stories, stands at the Straits of Gibraltar, one on the rock'ol Gibraltar, and the other on Abyla, or Centa, on the African coast. These mountains, which stand at the en­ trance of the Mediterranean, are still known to sailors as the "pillars."-- Charles I., of Spain, adopted these pil­ lars, held together by a scroll, as his device, and he had the mark placed up­ on the Spanish iollar. ami Dita M McHenry, Illinois^ Are bound for the front, a store jammed full of new Goods and more coming every day. Do you want good Dark Prints at 5 ceuts' per yard! Can you use some of the best cotton battings made? Don't you want a good, common sense pair of Shoeat or Boots for yourself, your husband or child for about the same price you would have to pay for cheap slop made goods? •-«? CLOTHING?, 'UTyt *• . -£ & *-trv John, Peter, Robert and Paul.--Stevens & Schnorr have suits for you all, and all brand new best and latest styles, as dressy in fit* and as good goods used in the making as can be fornd. Walic under tha Horseshoe, and pick you out a suit. > „ Coffee, Tobacco. Wear a good Ha*, the secret of your looks," Lies with the beaver in Canadian brOoks Virtue may flourish in an old cravat, But man and Nature scorn a, shocking hat. i . Tea, Sugar, Fish, Canned Goods, Starch. Salerattt - * STEVENS & S OF AGENTS I AGISTS! AGEXTS! JOHN B. COUGH'S bran' r.tv book, entitled I iCOW AfiU <04 5s the fest char c^ ofirrcil to you. Its Scer:es are dmra from tiis bright aiul ;>hui?y sides o£ i:fc, portrayed as only m •#m7 The following notlee by a Vlr- "%ittia blacksmith Indicates readju$ter stcHtinmntf on the part of Mose's *"Kot 5s-^Be eopaitnetgliip retofore resisting botwist me and 8ktinier is hereby resolved.-- dftt.uiVe de firm will Fettle wi<l |»e. aii(I dem what de fimn owe* ytrili |ettie wtd Mose." ; k 8©* The Sycamore City Weekly says that George Churchill, the engineer, a quiet man of most sober visage, was lately in Chicago before a corps of practical engineers, and catechised thoroughly in matters pertaining to his calling. He was fully posted and successfully met every inquiry pro­ pounded. At!last seeing he wa? question proof, one of the corps, in order, we suppose, to have a little fun, asked him if he were running a freight engine down a grade of SO feet to the mile aud the bolt to the reverse lever got broken aiidltlie throttle valve became useless what lie wc>qld do. Promptly and without changing a muscl" of lii* countenance George replied, that If lie didn't get to hades before it could be done he would flood the engine with water, put the fires out M quickly a? possible aud look for vbe train to stop just as soon as it readied a Hopping place. Cm portray Thin grand wrk--n<m>for thefirtk time published--is t'1^ " l>ooin:ng " bockfor azcitis, and is outselling all tu'i cvs ten to one. The forty-ihiri thousand is now in I'r.rv.. lis iuunrriKe sale has been tnadecn'.ire'y by acllve ciT>vnrvrs. Noot!i«rbookcon»« pares with it for quick ami proiitnble TCturiis. We are starting more agents now tlwin cvtr before, and we bo» Bcve the f.iV of this Ijook wi!l fcach Ont Hutubtd 'Thousand Copies in the next few months. > We want i'*jo more ajr'.nu at once, to »tipplr thw nand bf«)k to the thotuands wlio are waiting for it. Kcmembcr the ;;u!e is only ncna commencing. The book Cs entirely new, and most cfthe territory is utntt clear. Agents, now it your time to make tmmey, and at the eametirrv?circuiaie a thoroughly first-cltss book. Ex­ clusive* Tt rri'1 .ry and very SjiecialTermapiven. Send foe our lar"t'.i:iri.u!ani cor.^ini'ig full particulars. Addreaa A. 0. NETTLETON 4C0<«2/ N. Clark St, Chicago. Itta. C. F. HALL, He is selling goods cheaper than any store in the Northwest, and his terms are CASH--ONE PRICE TO ALL. Money refunded if goods are not as represented. Our expenses ara light, j^ur .sales large. We do not sell a dollar on credit and our proit is more of a commission than a profit. We want you to c«me just once. It it don't pan out jubt as you read it here will pay your expenses, time, trouble aud all. Read over the Price List, cut it out and paste it in your hat, and see if your credit dealer will meet the prices lloHt print* Yard wide brown cotton. " " bleached' " Best " M " • " unbleached " • " 4o inch *' Good Cotton Flannel 5 to 6>ic. 6 c. 6 c. 10 c. 7tfc. ' I?*" M 8, 0, 10, 11, 12 c. c. 50 C. 26 to 30 c. .. 25, 50, and 75 c. B, 18,20, a il 25 o. . 8, ». 10, 11, 1-2 40 inch Cashmere, all wool.... Table Linen CorseiH Flannels Dress Goods..i.., Boya'Cam.. Mon's " ...i, 10ih l» it raistttB........ *1 00 Hfl> prunes 100 141b rice 100 61b baking powder.. 100 Best&Ce. tea , ..... * .. 44 20 bars best soap 1 00 4 boxes uxlo greaee 26 S. G. Starch J® Babbit's saloratus J® Common starch 06 " 8aloratus .... 06 Best Vinegar 15 Syrup R®t 20lb crackers 1 No. 1 fine out tobacco........... »0 " plntt " Lorillard s 60 Bankets-- 1% bushel........... 2# Bos( roasted coffee 18 Spiccs w ay down. Good broom* ™ »* CLOTHINO OUK GRKAT S^ECIAbXV. Boys' suits, from 7 to 10 2 00 >< » » 8 to 12 2 26 to 4 00 Men's suits Women's Shoes Hisses' " 3 00 to 18 00 1 00 76c. to 1 00 Magnetic Ointment. W A R R A K T K B To Cure Piles and Sores# Al«"i8ore^s, Hore throat, KurAviie. Hrisi^es, BurnsCiits, < orns Skla Dborders Hcpofuloss Mn all Sores. IV, tn Kiuiii y, Uverf -I! lung J!heuftj:i*KrA, Hack- fttbe. Inm^nen-H, Sprains hw) i*m- gAKi'- ! tjy ;i»t; i>o<t pi»ya-* s*ui|uy wonder- fill. F«»i p lOcent*. ». BftUboa, Sob&€o.f Holu Prop^., Buffalo, Bi .¥• Full stock of Rubber Goods, cash buys and cash only. Our prices draw trade forty miles. Come and see us, We give you more than your moLey's worth. Our prices hold trade. If you can't come sfend cash with order and goods will be shipped to you. We have two buyers in the market looking up bargains, ana they get them. Chicago office, 135 W abash A v. Store at Richmond, 111. Go to l>nndec and seev YOU&8 O. F. HALL. BOOTS AND SHOES. We have just received an immense Stock fox; the fall and winter trade, and can show you the finest line ot these goods ever brought td McHenry County. Remem­ ber we buy and sell for cash buy our goods at bottom prices, can and will give you such great bargains that it will pay you to come from any part of the county to trade with us, no matter how great the distance. "We keep a full line of the Selz celebrated ^ustonf t made goods constantly on hand, both fine and coarse tor men, women and children. W. H. DWIGHT, •B"yja T| • "i Woodstock,