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The PtiAiNDRALBlt will be liberal in giving editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody •eeking the use of its columns for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. m H. T. BROWN. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office over the Post Office, opposite Perry ft Martin's •tore up stairs, McHenry, 111. C. H. FEGERS, M, D- OlfTSIClAN AND SURGEON. McHenry, I Ills. Office at Residence, on the Corner, Opposite Blake's Furniture Store. -/yV/'.:-, O. J. HOWARD, M. D. |>HYSIOIAN AND SURGEON. Office a'£ I my residence, opposite M. E. Church, icHenry. 111. BARBIAN BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McHenry, ill. Or­ders solicited. Shop, la Old McHenry, .ji Kelter Block, two doors west of PLAIN- MALES Office. The popular palace hotel of the National Capital. Conveniently located and accessible to all the street ear lines of the city. Open all S#yW' O.G.STAPLE8, PROPRIETOR. Late of the Thousand Island House. OPENED ACAIW! Robert Schieaele Haying purchased the eld stand of Joseph Wiedemann, , NEAR THE DEPOT, |loHENRY, ILLINOIS, Has opened the same as a first-class Saloon and Restaurant I Wfcere he will at all times keep the'.hest brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars ..to be found In the market. •lae Agent For fRANZ FALK« KLVAUIR LAGER DEER, Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended t<v OOOD STABLING FOR HOKJS$tL SVCall and see us. ^ Robert Schleeele. UpBenryt III., Sept. 1st, 1884. • H A R C t i GERMAN n' BUSINESS CARDS i Manufactured t»| F. MAROtTS, -DEALER IN- CIGARS. Woodstock III. lie best Tonic in the world. Pu| itj> :|n it and (Juart Bottles. P. MARCUS, Patentee. ASA W. SMITH, TTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in l Chancery.--Woodstock, III. JESSE A. BALDWIN, TTORNEY AT LAW. Law business in A attention, cago, 111. Every part of the State receives prompt Room 24, 99 Washington St., Chi- S. F. BENNETT, M. B. * PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. AlsoETnlted States Examining Surgeon. Richmond, Illinois. A. S. CHILDS, M D., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUR­GEON, West McHenry, 111. Cal«? promptly attended to, day or night, •DR. C. R. iHTELLS. PHYSICIAN AXD SURGEON, Lakt Co., III. All calls prom . ed, day or night. Office on Msiins>t., east of Barker's harness shop. Waucohda, All calls promptly attend- MAItY G. BARBIAN. HAIR WORKER. All kinds of Hair Work done in first class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms st residence, north­ east corner of Public Square, McHenry, III. DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST. Resilience Dundee. Will be at McHenry, at Parker House, the 10th 11th 25th and iifith of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday I make my visits on the following Monday, and the first day of such visit occurs on Friday, I will stay but one day. W. *T. CUTTERIDGE, TEACHER OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. Terms reasonable, and satisfaction guar­ anteed. Rooms at Mrs. L. A. Clark's, Mc­ Henry, III. A. Ml. CHURCH, Watchmaker uiitl .Jeweler NO. 35 FIFTH AVE., Chicago, 111. Special attention given to repairing Fine watch esand Chronometers. E^A Full Assortment of Goods in his line AT THE OLD STAND, JACOB BONSLETT, ^ALOON AMD RESTAURANT, at the Old J stand, opposite Bishop's mill, McHenry, III. The choicest Wines, Liquors an'i Cigars to be found in the county. Warm or cold meals on short notice on application. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. J. PEKOVSKY, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer. HANDLES nnre but his own make, and will compare his Brands with the best rnadi in the Stale. Store and Manufactory next door to 'he Post Office, Mcllenry, III. I ••• ESTOPPED FREE • • Marvelous success. • H Insane Persons Kestored • • fUDr.KLINE'S GREAT • • NERVERESTORER "-OWBIIAIN&NKRVB DISKASKS. Onlysvrt Curt /or Nerve Ajfeeti9ns. Fits* l:.pi!<-psyy etc, INFALLIBLK if taken as directed. A'j Fits after first day*s use. 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Each number contains fac- simile reporting notes of eminent stenographers in the various systems of Isaac and Ben Pitman, Graham, Munson, Takgrafy, etc., and all the news in­ teresting to the profession. Contributed (o by leading stenographers. SUB8C1PTION SI.00 A VBAR. Single Numbers, 15 Cents. Row ELL A HICKCOX, Boston, Mass. DO YOU KNOW THAT TBI CmCAQO MEAT MM Having recently fitted up our snop near the bridge, we ar« now prepared to furnish our customers with Fresh and Salt Meats, OF ALL HINDS, Sausage, Smoked Meas, &c., -AT THE-- Lowest Liylng T»rioe». We buy none but the best of Meats, and flatter ourselves that we can offer our cus­ tomers meats in better shape than any other shop in this Section, Thankful for past favors we solicit a con­ tinuance of the same, and we will guarantM to satisfv you both in quality and price. A- M- PRKTT. McHenry, IU., March 17tb, 1884. PUMP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersigned Is prepared to do all job« in the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Puinpi, Cementing WelU, or will put in New Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work iu this line. Can furnish you a new Pump, cither wool or iron, warranted, as cheap as anyotherman. Good references furnished if desired. If you want-it Well Dug, a Pump Repaired era new Pump, give me a call. WOrders by mall promptly attended to. Post Office, Johnsburgh, 111. L. BANTES. Johnsburgh, 111., May 25th, 1884. HE. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First • class rigs, with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming ot all kinds done on short notice. SALOON and RESTAURANT Buck's Old Stand, MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, : French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, . Best's Ifilvaslna Bm t By the Bottle or Case. We buy none but the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. Call aud see me and I will use you well. ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, III., 1884. Plug Tobacco, With Red Tin Tag; Rose Leaf Fine Cut Chew ing; Navy Clippings, auil Black, Brown aud Yellow SnHffs ure the best and the choicest quality considered. DON'T YOU FORGET IT! . ASA W.SMITH, --or-- Woodcock, . . Illinois. Backed by Millions or money. offer yon XfuBMMITT against damage by flrts Wind Storms, " CYCLONES AND TORNADOK& j>rop me a postal card and I will visit yon; -#•11 on me and I will write you a policy, «nd waen either or any of these destructive ele­ ments devastates your property, happy will yon lie if yon hold one of my policies, for I 11 anroiy visit you, and minister unto you. Toraakojron. will nor W. SMITH, OmCl Jntucmet Agi We oarrj tbt lur|<8t line of Cloth |a kh« narkit, »nd •ar prices are ' go*ds can be aold Henrj Colby. Attention Horsemen! I would call the attentfion of the public to my Stable ot Stock Horses, four m number: two Morgans, one 3-4 Percheron, and one Imported Horse. They are all good representatives of their breed. Also a few Merino Sheep n r sale. The public are cordially invited to call and examine stock, get prices, eW», ^o business done on Sunday. ^! ^N. S. COLBY. 10-7-tf McllEXKY, ILL Culver House, RICHMOND. U.L. C.N.CULVER, - #BOpRi®TOB. HAVIN3 recently purchased the above House, I have put it in thorough repair, with new furniture throughout, and would respectfully invite the patronage of the irav. ellng p.iltlic and others. The tables will al- wavs oe provided with the best tint ran he procured, and . polite and attentive waiters will be in readiness at all limes to attend to the wants Of guests. No pains will be spared to make tins a First Class House. Large and commodious barns on the premises. Free Omnibus to and from all trains. Sampie Rooms on first floor. BID Q. NEAR THB DEPOT, West McHenry You Will Again Find, " Uncle Ben At all hours ready to showjjold caMsmers and new ones a choice line of SB0CXSH8 ABU BQBEBT C. 3XBB1TT, BREEDER FOW^S ^CICHMON^, ILL. 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Woootitrt, O^m. m BMJiwi The Death ot To Meertniii «nemjr were in ll Devens. with tl Regiment, Ball's Blufl. OR f BALL1 Bl.tirr. neral K. D. Baker, •t troops of the neighborhood, Cob 18th Massachusetts the Potomac at 2®th >f October, 1861, at midnight to make a reconnois* sance. He left Hkrrigon's Island with three hundred naeii, with the ioteurion of capturing the t|bel camp, and wait* ing untifmore tl£»ps crossed. There were but three Imata, in a miserable condition, and foi|f hoars were spent in crossing. Having Crossed, the high blufl could not bo reaObed except by a nar­ row path, and » troops marcbed in the deepest sikme, and at the top of the blufl awalted^ajligkt. Should the tunate the troops event prove on sa* at a glance must be the re under Col. Lee, setts, joined the and an advance Ko enemy w scow, capable having been « tlon facilities, mined to wait stead of returnii twecn Captain and a com pa when a body Col. Devens which the tnai being attack# joined Col. L ceiviug order# be was joi regiment, six Strong. The i left, and th« men matntali enemy him. Col. Devens death or capture A hundred men, the 20th Mas?achu- ie force at daylight made on Leeshurg. view, and a large tainlng sixty men, to the transports- commander deter- inforoetnents, in- i brisk action be- (brick's company rlflemeu ensued, ry appeared, aud to the woods in were lying. Not in half an hour ie bluff, and re- t reinforcements balance of his and twenty Ave as in force on his an at noon. The position, but the "efforts to outflank retired to an open space and tie skirmishers were re­ called. Not being followed up |t« felL back to the blufis, and found reinforce­ ments and Colonel Bajcer. of the 71st (California) Regiment of Philadelphia, in command, by Gen. Stone's orders. It was an unwise plan to send more rein­ forcements with such poor facilities of transportation as the bad boats and miserable scow afforded, and why it was done was a mystery. Col. Baker now advanced; on the right were the 15th Mansachusetts and part of the Tammany (42d) Regiment of New York; the left and center were held by the 20th Massachusetts and the California Regiment. On the front were three guns, a slx pounder In the center, and two howitzers on the wings. The enemy advanced with dreadful yells and made the chief at* tack on the left and center. They had greater numbers, bat the guns made the contest nearly equal. They opened a deadly fire at the gunners. Soon, of those who served the eix-ponnder, not one remained, and the lanyard and pouch being lost, the gun was of no use. These were found, however, and the gun was put In position by Baker, and men called from the infantry and again shelled the enemy. A fierce contest now raged, and grew yet more and more violent, and Captain Bramhall, of the Rhode Island Battery, to which the gun belonged, had but a single man to help him at the guns, but he did his duty well; The artillery, however, was not effective, and the enemy had meanwhile redoubled their efforts, but •were met at every point by the troops who battled In hopes of tho promised assistance. Oen. Gorman had crossed a few miles lower down with a part of his brigade, and Gen. Stone promised that reinforcements would soon be pres ent. But they did not come, and the brave Colonel Baker, in this crisis, fell at the head of his troops. Col. Lee, upon whom the command seemed to devolve, decided on a retreat but Col. Coggswell galloping up, being senior col.>nel, assumed command and it-hanged the line of battle, with the resolution to cut his way through the enemy to Edward's Ferry, some dis­ tance below. A rebel officer, on a white horse, now rode up to the Tammany Regiment, and pointing to the woods, gave the order, "charge." The regi­ ment aud the 15th Massachusetts rush- led forward, believing the order to be from their own officers. t A destructive volley met them, and they were driven back in disord r, w.iich it was now too late to correct, while the exultant enemy pressed on with shouts. The troops now fell back to the bluff. The foe could not be btaten back, and they made a furious attack on the brave men, unable to fight or retire. The one old scow ladened with the wounded and those who were escaping, being crowd­ ed was raked by the thick shower of balls from the enemy. The motion of sized the boat, and with her unhappy freight she sank. The rapid stream and precipitous banks wore witnesses of a fearful scene. Groans and shrieks rent the air, as some cast themselyes Into the swift current while the yells of the pursuing foe were heard on every side. And yet this little for<e with ahravery not surpassed, stood firm, and no white flag told of surrender to the foe. Officers commanded men to escape, and the men, in many Instances, thought only of tlie safety of their offlfcera. - Colonel Devens ordered his men to throw their muskets into the river and escspe. About eighty who could not iwlm, were led by Captain Bartlett up the river. They found a sunken boat, which could convey but five at a time, and Captains Bartlett and Tremlett, and Lieut. Abbott waited until all were over, and then crossed over themselves. Many who swam were shot In the head and perished. Soldiers would not leave the side of their wounded officers, but swam slowly to save them. The lugl- lives made for Harrison's Island. The bloody disaster was ended. The stream bore lifeless bodies of brave men down over tbe craggy rocks. The sad survivors sat down In silent rage to think that bravery had been of no use, and manhood of no avail; but a useless butchery had resulted from m Ism an fig­ ment. The whole nation mourned, and gloom overspread the people like a pall. The gallant Baker wns generally lamented, and his remains lay honored in state iu Independence Hall, in Phila­ delphia. Thegr«at«st blam# of this movement was attached to Gen. Stone,and he was relieved of his command and several months afterwards imprisoned, Gen, Gorman, from Banks' Division, crossed at Edward's Ferry in the meanwhile, and General McClellan appeared on the field, and ordered the troops back to Maryland. ' Tbe Confederate forcts were Evans' Brigade, the 8th Virginia. 13th, 17th and 18th Mississippi, numbering about three thousand, of w hom one hundred and filty-three were killed and about five hundred wounded. DBAINSVILLK. tM. IMssylniila Iteservea--'Their linl . Battle and First Victory. On the 20th of December, 1861, while the Army of the Potomac lay Iu front of Washington, General MeOall, com­ manding tbe division of Penosjto»nl*j<£tfa-#fcl^w^| Reserves, setit ou» a foraging? party in force, and having found that the rebels were In position at Drainsville, deter­ mined to attack them. General Ord received orders t» advance with his brigade, while General Reynolds marched to Difficult Creek, to assist him. Ord's Brigade consisted of the 6th, 0th, 10th and 12th Regiments of the Reserves, the Bucktail Rifles and Easton's Battery. Lieutenant-Colonel, afterwards General Kane, with the Bucktail Rifles and part of tho 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry and Saston's Battery, had the advance. The enemy was encountered m ar Draiusville, at half-past one o'clock* and the battle began. It took some time to find out the true position of the rebel force, which the thick woods concealed, and the woods were shelled by the artillery. An advance was then made by the enemy in order to turn the left, but this design was frustrated I y Genera] McCall, who was upon the field. He sent to Colonel McCalmont, of the 10th Regiment, which held the Federal left, to warn him of the ene­ my's attempt, and the troops were so disposed as to baffle the design, and the enemy thus foiled, returned to their position. On the right and centre of tlrt Union troops the battle raged until the 9th Regiment, commanded by Col. Jackson, charged and drove the enemy. Meanwhile, on the center,Colonel Rick- etts, with the ~6th Regiment, and the Bucktail Rifles, under Lieut. Colonel Kane, were charged by the enemy, who handsomely repulsed. The enemy then retreated and the Federal troops kept advancing, until the rout became gen­ eral, Two regiments were ordered In pursuit, but the retreating Confeder­ ates could not be overtaken. The Federal loss was seven killed and sixty wounded. The Confederate forces were the 11th Va., 6th South Carolina, 10th Alabama, 1st Kentucky and Sumpter Battery. They acknowledged a loss of two hun­ dred and forty. General Reynold's Brigade, of the Reserves did not arrive in tiine for the action. Written Jojr the Plalndealer. ; ^ jlkMBRB'S DROKXCWtfCH «• • '41' ,;«i No. 7. ' TBB |HtJ3BAKD,S SECRET. 4 BT L. L. D., ST. LOUIS, MO. ' DEAR 'BOB:--In sight of the Caiskfrl Mountains, and about thirty miles from the northern boundary of New York State, there is situated a pretty little town of not over one thousand inhabit­ ants. It is known as Meldon, and its broad streets are shaded by trees whose thick, green foliage Ie In charming con­ trast to the houses, and their beauty brings pleasure to the eye. Very near­ ly In the center of the town stands an old stone church whose tower rises high above its roof like some stern or scornful giant of old. Not far from this ehurch there stands; a little cottage that is conspicuous on aocount of its being painted red and having blinds or shutters of a yellowish hue. On a cheer ful night In August,' could one have peeped In through the shutters, he would have men a cosy little room In which a woman was busjing herself cooking supper, tfhile six children, whose Hgce ranged from six months to ten years, sat about the fire playing or reading. The eldest is a daughter, and her blue eyes glisten and her lips smile as she looks over a book in which she seems greatly Interested. Ah! how little does she guess those same bright eyes will be suffused with tears before the evening has flown away! Suddenly the cottage door i« opened and a man of medium size almost falls into the room. Instantly a chorus of "father!" fills the dwelling, and the children all rush forward, "The envied kiss to share." But instead of replying to their wel­ come endearments the wretched man made a dive for tho sofa, ^nd lay upon It, irroanlng 'Ike some wounded bird or animal. The good wife, with terror In her eye, rushed toward her stricken husband to ascertain the cause of his distress. In answer to her hurried in­ quiries he Bhrleked out "My nose has turned bluer* Oh, walling and weep­ ing disturb the air! The wife takes a strlnic and ties It around her husband's organ of smell, and, taking a fork she pricks the. organ fiercely and deeply. Oh, Gawd!'1 yelled the unfortunate victim, turning a hand-spring oft the sofa. "Do you take me for a roast--a roast of beef, raarmf Unlucky I, Oh, that I had never been born, which I am!" "But," remonstrated A man was sawing wood In a back yard. He severed two sticks as thick ts your wrist, and then went into the house. "Mary" said he to his wife, "my country needs me; there's no use talking, we've just got to slaughter all those [i)juns;HO true patriot can be ex­ pected to hang around a wood-pile these days." "John" saId his wife,"if you fight Injuns as well as you saw woed and support a family, it would take 118 like you to capture one squaw, and you'd have to catch her when she lud the ague, and throw pepper in her eyes." John went back to tbe wood­ pile, wondering who told his wife all about him. The snow has come and E. M. Owen A Son are bound to sell Cutters. Call and see them before buying elsewhere, as they can and will sell yoi* a better Cutter |Jian any one. my dear, to let out the bad blood, am sure that It Is that which has rushed up to your nose and turned It that dreadful blue. Shall I poultice you?" "No, my darling," said the sufferer, "you have already done quite enough for me. Hereafter when you intend to perform a surgical operation upon any portion of me, you will d6 well, I think, to consult me first, and gain my consent I ate a railroad pie to-day and I believe it was that which gave me the delirium tremens and so changod my sober and child-like visage. Give me some cab­ bage pie and let me t»y it as a counter irritant. It may change me to my normal condiHon!" The pie was brought and immediately eaten, and four minutes afterward the blue hus­ band commenced, like the chameleon, to change his color, changing from blue to pink, and from pink to a lasting white. In the excess of his joy the restored Invalid spilled the soup over the baby and climbed up on the roof to sit on the chimney and laugh like a hyena. He came down at l»st when some adventurous policeman, who bad mistaken him tor a burglar, commenced fariug j^ him from behind a tree. stead of baking powder, whlab, »a rule, is charged with some hurtful In­ gredient which poisons the Sjfiteil of man and renders life a ghostly night­ mare of misery and pain. As a narcotic their ." But here the fiemlbroke off abrbptiy, psreeivinf that his ghoulish work wsis complote, aad plac- ing the dismembered fragments of the late editor in a coarse sack, he started as rapidly as his rheumatic limb* Would earry him, toward the dearest ofcfaar- gerene factory, of which its t|r«||r Jfa« proprietor. SHOCTED TO DEATH. A Worn out editor sat musing at his desk, and it was evident from his care- lined brow that the world had bright ened his existence with but few smiles and that his life was a dresry Sahara of routine labor and drudgery. He was endeavoring to grind out an article on the Democracy, but the pen in bis nervous grasp was performing Its task slowly aqd unwillingly. He raised bis burning eyes to the ceiling, hoping to give a sudden boom to his inspiration, but the cohwebbed surface returned hist feverish gaze unmoved, except that It dropped an occasional flake upon his upturned face. After thus vainly en­ deavoring to boom, he threw down his pen in deep disgust and commenced swearing vehemently. Just as be arose to kick the office boy into eternity the door commenced slowly to open, and finally revealed te the astouished scribe a peculiar looking old person, whose appearance indicated bis height to be at least seven feet; his head was ex­ ceptionally small,so small in fact, as to be hardly visible to the casual obser­ ver. After roaring and sbaklng with laughter for some minutes, and wink­ ing continually st the cat, be suddenly seated himself upon the cuspldore and parting his lips in steam-whistle tones he delivered himself of the following words: "William Williams'liver pills should be classed as among tbe great e6t discoveries of the nineteenth cen­ tury, and should not be doomed to use less obscurity and inactivity. Their merit is conceded by all as remedies for rheumatism, scurvy, brouchitis, chapped hands, bottsi, blind staggers, and other diseases whose names I do not rightly remember, owing to come slight and unaccountable defect in my memory. They may also be used la- ' WASHINGTON CUTTER, 'JPfOOi Oar Regular Correspondent, ^ 5 WASHINGTON . February S], SML Only a few days remain of this COB* gress, and none of the large appropria­ tion b!!ls have been passed. Hoses It is high tibie for Congress to bestir if its simple retine work Is to be ac­ complished. Nothing In the line of general legislation is now possible, except that here acd there an unim­ portant bill of this character may slip* through by shrewd management or good luck. That most important factor in the relief of the overcrowded vaults of of the Treasury--the river and harbor bill has made very little progress thus far, and its future is pot of the bright­ est. A determined opposition to the Eads-Galveston job Is developed, and the reasons are the customary humorous references to the trout streams with hard Indian names. The' bill Is de­ nounced as worso than that of the last Congress, vetoed by President Arthor, so that Its fate is doubtful, eren if It squeezes through Congress. The course of debate has brought out two or three interesting features.. One hs* been mentioned--the hostility to the£ads~ Galvesto:i scheme. Another Is the attempt to exclude civil e$jg|i>6irs from all work under the bill. A tbird item of Interest is tbe notlflcstltfii by Mr. Breckinridge that be intends, st the next session of Congress, to try to have create*! a separate and perman­ ent bureau of public works to havs charge of the subject of river and harbor improvements. The peculiar9 ities of the bill make members Irrita­ ble. Several squabbles have marked tb» debate, one or two being rather seriou*,and mors being t< ever useful If has |l to preveut actual is to he hoped tin Apropos of these squa^vm^'i^MBKer protetn. Black burn hap the schoolmaster to perfection during the debates upon the bill, and has rather overdonn his part, but the House quite enjoyed his haiihness." Disossssptde#» perate grown by desperate, appiiance are relieved or not at 'all," and thp disease of orankism is getting to be insuportable In the House'snd needs a rough master. The prospects for legislation at thia session, seems to grow darker with tho dawn of each day. By a close vote tho Senate has now agreed to adhere to its rule to strike legislative features off of appropriation bills. ThU'sctloa will add much to tho embarrasmenta of the session, as the House has inssrted In these bills about all the legislation which tbe party leaders are anxious to have passed. But the fundamental objection to this practice of legislation in appropriation bills is a wise and reasonable one. Under this usage, tho Important new legislation of a session is withheld from the Senate till tho last two or three weeks, and then dumped upon that body In a mass when all the time remaining is required to discuss the proper-objects ot appro* priations. Senator Palmer made his initial speech in the Senate last week, and it Is also noted as being the first set speech in Congress in fsver of tho cause of womans suffrage. His speech secured at least one convert to the cause, in this wise: Palmer, Pike,of New Hampshire; Manderson. of Ns* braska, aud Brown, of Colorado, sat la the four seats which form the outer row on the Republican side of tho Senate. This row is elevated above the others a trifle. Painter, Mander­ son and Browu have named It Pike's Peak, in honor of the New Hampshire Senator. Like the men who sat on the "mountain," in tbe first French As­ sembly, the denizens of Pike's Peak are leagued together, and vote alike on all questions--until the day of Palmer's eflort there was one exception. Piko would not vote for exten«iou of suflftge te women. He would vote tor anything else, but he could not voto for that. But after Palmer got through Pike was foremost in the group of Sens tors gathered about him, and was the first to congratulate him. with tho remark; "Well, Palmer, hereafter we'll vote solidly oa every proposition.1* To which Palmer replied: "That's right. 1 thought I would catch you. 1 was fishing for pike to-day." According to Senator Edmunds. Mr. Cleveland appears to be President* It was Aristotle, or some other sssNioot worthy of antiquity, who laid #»w» the law that what appears to atl tObs is. Mr. Cleveland's title, thsssfsre, seems to be ^ooi. Bat by his remarks Mr. Edmunds has remln<k>d U|o people that uo legal way is now JweaBrfSs* for settling a dispttto la tltt «MM.tad the attention of the ooostry Is esQsd ; sharply to tho doftet* la oar slsotosal [machinery, •Vr y * 4 W-A j-# x; ' • • •/*' •