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She was crossing the street opposite the
Tim" Office, Dressed in the heighth of fash.
ion, with skirt drawn tightly about Ecr form.
Il was with Some difficulty that she could move
her limbs sufficiently 10 walk. When AT
about the middle of the crosswa,k. she drop.
ped a well.hlled wallet from her hand. Then
the trouble began in earnest. She STONED
over in front to pick IL mp, but her fingers
could 10, reach the wallet by at least eighteen
Inches. She charged her parasol into her
night hand, tried 10 reach sideways for the
wallet. twas no 90, however, for her hnrers
did not reach anywhere near the coveted ar.
ticle. Then she tried 10 get down on her
knees, but she might as we'll have endeavored
10 pick up drop " water with her ear She
reached backwards, bat her hand only ex
tended downward on a level with her hips
She appeared % be much embarrassed. We
could almost hear her regret that she had no,
her "soop-ove-" dress on. The wallet, no
eoub,, contaissd considerable money, for
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The Paw Paw True NoWhener gives this
illustration of the "irredeemaben
This doctrine of initiating the currency by
| issuing al unlimited amount of green
backs reminds us of one Moses Hawks, who
used to 1--we over in Allcgan and run Il news
paper and single shanty. The newspaper
was run during the period of publishing the
tax lists, and Moses shaving shingles the
rest of the year. Hawks was a great man
in that burg, and as currency was scarce in
the community because no one had anything
to purchase it with, a bright idea struck him.
He went into his Office one morning and
printed large batch Of promises to pay
quarters, halves, and dollars-and occupied
himself several days in afiiying the autograph
of Moses Hawks to every one of them.
Hawks, that is Moses, was now a wealthy
man and possessed of unlimited resources.
He bought everything offered for sale; and
paid his currency and loaned it To his neigh
bors The thing worked like Il charm until
tax time when something better was required
Every body had sold their truck" and taken
Hawks currency in payment. The people
flocked to Hawks and demanded redemption
He redeemed by issuing new batch of scrip
and more of it. Prior to this the scrip and
passed currently among the people, brt the
new issue had SO inflated the currency that
it having become so plentiful rs to be worth
less. Merchants and dealers had sold their
goods for the stuff, but could not buy more
with l.. Hawks was bankrupt and could not
redeem, and the people were in II bad plight.
One morning stranger presented himself
to Hawks and demanded that he should re-,
deem some that he tkc stranger)had recciv.
ed AT Sagatuck, where he had been 10 look
after some business matters. Hawks declin-
ed the accommodations The stranger then
asked: This is good, is itnot, Mr.. Hawks
Good thunder" replied Hawks. at
ought 10 be, for every man, woman, or child
within fifty miles of this place has from a
peck to u half bushel OF it.
al But, Mr.. Hawks, you redeem it, don't
you?"
REDEEM hell !" exclaimed Hawks at
wasn't made TO redeem; it was made TO cir.
culatew
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Kapidiiy of Thought.

Sir Henry Holland, in his recently.rub
lished "Fragmenlary Papers" touches upon
some minor, but very interesting, question:
of psychology. In one of these dispositions
he treats of mental operations in relation &c
time. He says: within minute | have
been able to coerce the mind, so to speak
into more than a dozen acts OF states OF
thought, so incongruous that no natural as
ISOLATION could possibly bring them into sue
cession. In illustration | note here certain
objects which with a watch before me,
have Just succeeded in COMPRISING, distinct
" and successfully, within thirty seconds OF
time-thc pyramids of Ghizeh, the Ornitho
rhyncus, Julius Caesar, the Ottawa Falls, the
rings of Saturn, the Apollo Bclvidcre. This
is an experiment have often made on my
self, and with the same general result II
would be hard 10 name or describe the opcr
alton of mind by which these successive OBJ
jects have been thus suddenly evoked and
dismissed. There is the voltion to change
but how must we define that effort by which
the mind without any principle Of selection
or association, can grasp so rapidly asucccs-
sion Of images thus incongruous, drawn
seemingly at random from past thoughts and
memories? ! call it an effort because 1t is
felt as such and cannot be long continued
without fatigue
In commenting upon this writer IN Ma.
tire says: This is curious subject, which
easily admits of experiment, but it will be
can be made to succeed each other depends
entirely upon the degree of similarity or con.
nection between them. Judging from my
own experience and that of three students
well qualified to test the matter, find that
where the objects thought of are rs ncongru
Gus AZ possible, the number which the mind
can suggest to itself in minute varies from
twelve-the result of Sir Henry Holland
up to about twenty. Anyone who tries the
experiment, however, will find that there is
an almost insupcrable temptation to go oil
on lines Of association. To avoid these, and
yet to think rapidly, requires very disagree
able effort, becoming more ana more painful
by repetition. When the thoughts are re
stricted within certain grooves, rs it were
the result is more rapid succession. Thus
one student was able to think in Il minte OF
thirty different kinds of actions, forty.siX ami
mails, nifty places or fifty persons. | can my.
self think without much effort OF thirty.two
animals or forty persons or places in a min
ute. Even In these cases. however, it will
be found that the rapidly greatly depends
upon the degree in which the objects have
been associated. When thoughts have been
very closely and frequently linked together
the number which may be compressed with
in minute is much greater. | find that
can count about ninety.siX in half II minute
which, without allowing for the two places
OF figures, gives 1872 thoughts per minute.
can think of every letter in the alphabet in
five seconds at most, which is at the rate OF
rate of more than 300 per minute. Finally
by counting the first ten numbers over and
over again, | have compressed nearly 400
changes of idea within the minute
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)ur fashionable readers will remember lht
beautiful Mrs. Hicks, whose wealth and at
friction caused so much gossip mt the nation
alcapital one winter. She was the widow o.
gentleman who did two good things through
witch to remember him: He accumulated
al immense fortune and then died, There
wire some rather captious people in Wash
| inton, who regarded the lovely widow will
Colness, as one who carried matters with toe
mich of II cOup Well this lady is today {
distinguished feature in the fashinable worlC
OF London, and is followed, tlattered, sought
and sued in q way to startle one, for It is
sddom an American lady, however accom-
pished, rich and beautiful, wins such sue
cGs
| II happened in this way: Mrs. Hicks ar
rved in London few days in advance of Tho
Qleen of the Netherlands. She took for her
sdf all the best rooms, did Mrs. Hicks, at thu
Carrldge hotel, the arstOcratic resort of thl
geat social center Shortly after, the COY
eminent notified the landlord that these same
apartments had been selected for the queen
The landlord Informed Mrs. Hicks that III
mus have the rooms for royalty. Mrs. Ilicll
RESPECTFULLY but firmly declined. She hat
engaged the rooms; she was in them; they
made her castle, and rs an American woman
she, too, was sovereign. Inc VcNed lanu
lord was disturbed, he was excited, llewould
have torn his hair had he possessed any. AS
he was quite banked lie appealed to the
government Mrs. Hicks appealed TO our
minister, her cousin. The veXed question
became question Of state, and no end OF
diplomatic correspondence passed before a
compromise vas effected. 1t was arranged
at last that he queen should occupy the
rooms as the guest Of Mrs. Hicks. The queen
did so, and sh, was delighted with our fair
countrywOmal. Mrs. H. received with her
guests was united 10 court and court balls
with her royalvlsitor; and now she is dlned
and wlned and entertained in way To en-
danger her constitution, and many male
member of The nobility with IN income and
acres somewha, embarrassed looks longingly
at the beautiful accomplished and wealthy
American widow. When the female bald
eagle spreads and scars, our patriotic heart
SwcllS with pride.
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\ Michigan Geyser.

! Ir Joseph Hahn, who lives some three Oh
/ -four miles west of Marine City, has been tOI
scnc time engaged in sinking an artesian
wei On Monday night the augur haG pcnc
traed to Il depth of l25 feet, and the next
mdning an air or gas chamber was reached
Tlen occurred a phenomenon which the by
s,aldcrs will not be likely soon to forget In
the twinkling of an eye, upon the removal OF
til, augcr, the wooden tubing shot out of the
wei like a stone driven from catapult, fol.
loveG by volHmc Of gas, water, gravel and
mud that rose full 200 feet into the air, whole
The trembling earth, the roaring torrent and
IL, descending debris made Mr. Hahn and
hi. co-laborers think they had struck the re-
giOns internal. Stones weighing from ten 10
twenty pounds were projected into the air,
anl some of them fell crashing through the
rsd Of Mr.. HAHN house near by; in fact,
III, family were obliged to seek shelter al Il
pr ghbOrs, for human life was not safe IA mo-
mmt in the farmhouse. In the neighbor-
hood of Mr.. lIahn's farm n stone, large or
snail, was rarely found, but now they can be
taicn away by the CARLOAD. The heavy log
CLAIM binding the derrick was cut by the fly
I'M missiles Into dozens of pieces, and one OF
tn ,imbers was blown away as by the breath
ola cyclone. The discharge OF mud and wa
,el soon began TO overflow the fields and bear
run upon the poor mans crops it was as if
a waterspout had burst and the floods OF
Haven let loose For eight or ten hours this
extraordinary well kept emitting mud, water,
gs and stones all around, on held, barn and
house had settled "A eaden hue; the corn was
bpken off and uprootcd by the food; the
house and barn were riddled by falling stoses;
destruction was visible on every side. 1t was
thn noticed that the subterranean monster
WIS pretty well blown, and although 1t still
keot up furious bowling, its force was spent.
is estimated that some eight hundred
CUBIC yards of clay and boulders were cast
gu of the well. Hundreds have been out to
SCI it, and hundreds more will probably go.
Tie damage to Mr.. Hahn's propcrtyis very
graf. -NdriRe CHy (Mich.) Gdzette.
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he has travelled So different roads, climbed III
fences, sampled Is distinct watermelon patches,
Jumped 81 muddy ditchos stopped 10 hotels and
exchanged greetings with people in seven coun-
ties, without meeting anybody who voted the
Republican ticket.
None but the wealthy suffer from oyerwork. II
poor devil gets sick it is because he smokes
too much, or neglects his business TO run about
in the evenings. EdStoR Free Press.
The school days are here again, and the small
boy returns from his vacation rcgrcttng that he
missed such glorious opportunity to run oil
and become buccaneer,-B rOOE1gH .ijg,S,
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Rapid work-An Incident of the Late Wa

Rapid WOrk--An Incident 0f the Late w ar
Our northern army in the late war was large
! ~ made up of mechanics and practical men
who knew how 10 turn their hand TO any
kind of work, and to do it quickly and well
The following instance, which is related in
Sherman's Memoirs, was known to us and
many soldiers in Shermans command, al
most Immediately after II occurred. We re-
member distinctly when the train referred TO
in tie following came into camp, and, after
de'aching it from the train, the locomotive
was run nearly out 10 our picket line, The
whistle being blown To ITS utmost capacity
in order to inform the "Jonnies' that our
"cracker line' was sll right. The rebels saw
the engine and opened on it with artillery,
but she was soon back out OF range of their
guns and received no injury. But read the
incident as related by Gen. Sherman:
After the war the rebel Gen. Joe Johnston
expressed 10 Gen. Sherman his admiration OF
the rapid manner in which Gen. Sherman
railroad builders repaired the breaks made
by Wheeler's cavalry in the Chattanooga
railroad along which Sberman's troops were
getting their supplies in the summer OF 1864.
Johnston said that on one occasion, when
both armies we're employed in the deadly
struggle near Kenesaw mountain an officer
Of Wheeler's cavalry came To him with the
official report that Wheeler had just broken
up the railroad so badly at Tutlle's station "a
long distance in the rear OF Shcrmsr'S camp,
that ii would take two weeks TO repair the
break, and that Sherman's troops could get
no supplies during that length OF time. II
was fact that Wheeler hae broken the rail
road; but Johnston said that while Wheeler :
aid was in the act of telling him, Johnston
this important piece of news, they both saw
iron the high ground they occupied, IL long
rain of cars running Into camp, and that
tram had just passed over the break which il
waste take fortnight To repair. The inter.
ruption had lasted just long enough 10 en-
able Wheeler's aid To ride over tn Johnston
and tell the story.
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stood there pale to his lips, or flushed to the
roets Of his hair, with his mouth open, look
Ing the picture of convicted guilt, of craven
ilnbecilty, of conquered cowardlce' Not he !
Adivc, alert armed at all points, alive to the
cXgcncics Of the moment, and seeing all the
awnues Of escap., he would have defended
himself manfully, and would have given
back with interest all that he received This
kind of ready selfdeiense is more to the pur-
pose than celebrating exhaustive replies in
solitude, ana sending them by post when the
Whole thing is at an end, and the time for
mixing an effective defense gone for ever.
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had it been triilng sum she would have
stepped over and passed on, " hat could she
do? No one seemed to be passing at the
moment who could assist her. All! a
thought struck her suddenly. Quickly turn
ing her parasol with the top on the ground,
she ghdcd II pretty little foot odt from be.
meath snow.whlte skirts, and with a gentle
kick the wallet lay IN the concave parachute.
The fair owner quickly drew up the parasol,
and recovered the wallet, when she immedi-
ately tripped of with the grace and agility OF
"A boy trying to skate with meal sack tied
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Should not fail to examine the nipple
mcnts made by the Sheridan Manutac-
turing Company, at the old Eagle
Works in this city.
Their Cultivators. both combined
Farmers Friend and Walking, their
Sulky Attachment for Stirring Flows,
their Hay Carriers and McEwen liar
vester, are among the leading attrac-
tons. Prices and verms as favorable
as can be obtained anywhere, and sat
istaction guaranteed in all cases.
Don't forget the place--near Madi
son Street Swing Bridge.
April 1d-u
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Improved Farm for Sale.

Having engaged in the hardware business vii. sell my
farm king about four miles southeast from SENECA az
harr1in and reasons able terms. said farm CONTAINS ~
scT,s 10 OF which lie timber schools and market conNe
uien Good hOnse good cellar and cisteIn. Good fences
49, NEWPORT 4 RAYMOND,
dccil-u Seneca, la sale Co., Ill
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'Benuful" "ChGrmng :" "0h, how lovely :" "What
are they worth ," &C. Such ordinations by those
who large elegant New tromos produced by the
European and American Chlomo PnOllshingCo They are
all perfect Gems No can resist the tempta
TO buy when seeing the Cromos ChHvasets Agents and
ladies and gentlemen of employment Will ind this the
best opening offered to make money For full partc
ulsrs. stamp confidential circular, address +.
GLEASON n Co. 49, Washington ST.. Boston, Mass.
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IF YOU WANT

To doctor yourself have al the Paint Msdcines ,nst
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i3ruffissnnal Cards.
A TT O r N { VS.,

" icW ELL IL. MOORE. Attorney at ,,y
y Office IN ClaBcys Block cor ner OF La sale and a
''"h SN'e'e' o''"""' i'' July2r,j
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pcM advertisements.
WtpaA
Young men and aCics know that the hest 20 obtain
business cAlon an al elettnt hlis fi,ng is Al the
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y. :. nvMrSSS -. NJ. T. MoLoSEY.
ID Counse.ors at Law, No. Court st win nrnn ntir
and diligently attend 10 all business entrusted to their
July 10Th, 1873. ''
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I r. COURT icy, Attorney at Law On,re
~ No. ~ La Sale street, west Ct The Court House
oltaWa, HIS luly3tJ
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4. RiCHoLsON. b. SNOW.
DICflSbI.SON 81 SNOW, Attorneys and
~ Counsclors at Law. WIN practice in the courts
sale and adjoining counties ohce oil Court House
Ottawa, Ills. MOVIE
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- T., LINZ, IN. Attorney AT Law. Office ove,
ID. No. ~ La sale street. west side o the Court House
Ottawa, Ills. jUly31j
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W. BUSHNELL. X. BULL. @. GILMAN.
DUSHN ELL, BULL 81 GlLM A n,
ID Attorneys Law. Office In Bushnell d Leland's
block, west oil Court House. Ottawa. III. auglsi
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r.. THOMPSON. Attorney at Law. once
D. in thai lancy Block Fredmans q ocery store.
La Sale street. Ottawa H. Careful attention given to the
collection claims. Fees to suit the times. Iunl3
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L. Y. (lf<IGGS, Druggist, Bookseller and Sta.
IL. TONER ottawa ILL., Second store In Nattngers block
south side OF Court House Square.
NJ EUSSL, German Druggist and Apothe
vi. cary (wholesale and retai Main street. ottawa. III
Importer of Drugs, Chemicals French Cognsc Brandies
Wines &C.
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lNIt A ~ IL \. Els III r. IL. Attorney and Coun
seior at Law. WI practice in La Sale and adoininy
counties, and in L. s. court. Room Posoilce Block. "a
tawA Ills. nOyl6
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COLES ~ I'ET~-TIT. Physicians and Sur
" geons Ottawa, III. Office over D:ckeys jewelry store
Dr. Coles residence Is Cass street Dr. Pets residence
u f. Pearl street. Office open day and night aeclS-y
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mrs. McAItI'HUR ~ HAIRY EH
~ ottawa. III. Ofce-Roonls5 and %. Block; Of.
from o'clock N. to O'Clock VI. DR.. Nc Arthurs II
dence on Benton ST., south OF Illinois Ave. Dr. Harvey
residence o. 3s Clinton st. junlg %
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EDWIN n. lie WIS. Attorney and CounseIC
IL ut Law, Glover Il Cooks Block, Ottawa, III. APIS
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nR. GILBERT D'EPISY, French Ply
~ scan years OF practice, the last ten years IN 81
Louis Mo- Once, La Sale St., X. Wolfe and d. Bern
ard Residence Washington ST., north OF Supreme Cour
Bock Oricc hours, from TO IL O'Clock A. M and ron
2to5P.M. may 40
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II Il. Nj FAD. Attorney and Counselor at Law
IL. Ottawa III. Office west Court House Square. apr
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-02
Y COUNTY ITEMS.

From the Belmont Courier of last week.
THE BELMONT MINE.-The large
body OF water encountered in the Bel
mont perpendicular shaft-Ot which
mention was. made in our last issue
fonnd to he more than tns ma
chinery now In use can manage, and
after a seventy hour severe tax on
pumps and machinery In the hope tn
lower it so as to sinking, it wa
decided to abandon the undertaking,
During the time, and then, the
water would recede a little, but ~ Il
general thing the pumps could but
hold 1t at about a given point.
ANOTHER FuRNAcE.-We under.
stand that the Typo Consolidated M.
Co. have commenced the ,rection OF
anoti, er furnace. A portion of the ma
terial was on the ground the fore part
OF the present week.
HOLDS UP.-Although the mines in
this imIneliate neighborhood have
not. for some time past, produced as
much bullion as n other districts,
tile general business OF the town con.
tinues very fair.
New CoURT-HoUsE.- Work on the
Court house is progressing finely. The
walls of the frat story will be up III
two or three days from this time, pro-
viding the weather continues favora'
BILE.
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L.

We were shown yesterday, says the
Phoebe Record 29th ult., what pro-
fessed to be an account of the longest
horse race on record, which does very
we'll for those who know no better.
The longest and one of the best races
on record came off at Deer Lodge,
Montana, in the year 1870, and was
won by Lizard, Russ SCOTS bay horse.
Russ has the horse yet and is willing
to put him against any horse to day on
the same conditions which the race
was won. Lizard carried rs pounds
that day 60 miles in foul hours and
% minutes. Jim McGovern, now in
Phoebe. was time-keeper, and is ready
to attest the race we'll and fairly won.
There are plenty of Montana boys
working in the Raymond IL Ely who
the race and are willing TO back
Lizard for any reasonable amount.
This lays over the Texas c which
was more of a scrubs than a race, of
forty EIGHT miles in five hours aud
a half.
On the morning of the fire in Nir-
GINA an old colored man ven to some
of his acquaintance and told them IT,
pack up and get out of town, as it was
about TO be destroyed by fire. He
said he knew the town was about to be
burned, because he could see "A blood
red woman standing over it i'm the
sky. Half an hour after the warning
had been given the fire bells were
Changing and smoke and fame rose
above the roofs in the v e>tern part OF
the city. The red woman had begun
her work.
The Board of Regents of the State
University met at Carson Monday and
accepted the dormority building.
Some few changes from the original
specifications we're made by the con
tractors, but Mr.. Helm, after examin-
ing the edifice here, found that the
change tended to strengthen it. The
salary of Professor Sessions was raised
to s 3 5000 per annuIn.
About midnight on Thursday a
miner in the Belcher, named Billy
Hoskins, was severely hurt. The cage
was in danger of being hoisted to the
sheaves, and he jumped out to escape
death. His leap cost him a broken
thigh bone. Job Thomas. tie pump
man, while repairing the sheaveS, suf-
fered a fall of twenty or more feet, and
received several evere cuts.
Friday morning a ON named
Mary King, living ON G. street near the
savage dump, was found dead in hel
bed by her husband on his return
from work. She was apparently in
good health yesterday, and her sud
den demise made al inquest necessary
The Gould & Curry Mining Company
has levied an assessment of 81 pei
share on their capital stock, payable
Immediately, and delinquent Novem
Der 9th.
Harry Mighels, editor-in-chief of the
Carson Appeal, has returned from his
Grip to the Bay City.
An assessment of s. per share |.
levied by the Peyton Gold and Silver
Mining Company, delinquent No
VEN Der 30th.