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VOL. 12. " Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favor* Win us and no Poar Shall AM.1 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1886. NO. 5. K4[eirj Jltiiietlw. ^aBLISHBD Kflir WCDWB8DAT • r^n> VAN 8LYK EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ' V.. Office in Bishop's Block* --OPPOSITE PBUT Jb Owten's TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. JIM Tear (In .vivaace) $1.M If Not Paid within Three.Months...... 1(( Subscription^ receive! for three or six •oaths in the same proportion. Kates of Advertising. Wo announce liberal rates for advertising m the PLAINDEALBB, and en leavor to state them so plainly thatthev will be remiilf un- fterstood. They are as follows: 1 Inch one year t Inches one year S Inches one year . If Column one yea!1 H Column one yeaf. Column one yeai SN 10 Oft 15 00 SO 00 64 OA 100 One Inch means the mea?iir£rft$nt; of one nch down the column, single column width. yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they •hoose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having Standing cards) will be entitled to insertion •f local notices at the rate of ft cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 cents per Mne the flTst week, and S oents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set In) the first issue, and I cents per line for subsequent issues. Th'is, tn inch advertisement will cost #1.00 for one Week, $1.50 for two weeks, 92.00 for three we«.ks, and so on. Ihe PLAINDRALBE will be liberal in giving td.torial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary fain. BUSINESS CARDS. BUSINESS CARDS. M. F. ELLSWORTH, ATTORNEY at Law, and Solicitor in (Htm • oery, Nunda, III. ASA W. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR] IN Chancery.--Woodstock, I1L > S. F. BENNETT, M.D. PHTSICIAN AND RU'-tiEON. AlsotThit* States Examining Surgeon. Richmond, Illinois. DR. C. R. WELLS. PHYSICIAN AND SUR«EON, Wauconda, LakeCo., III. All calls promptly attend­ ed. day or night. Office on Main St., oast of Barker's harness (hop. MARY ft. BARBIAN. HAIR WORKER. All kinds of Hair Work done in first class stvie and al reasonable prices. Rooms st residence, north­ east corner of Public Square, McHenry, I1L DRI C. E. WILLIAMS. DEHTTST. Residence Dundee. Will he at McHenrv. at Parker House, the 10th 11th 25th and 26th 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 stav but one dav. United States War Claim Apcy Woodstock, Prosecutes all cU«s>s and kinds of claims against the United State* tor ex-Soldiors, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims All communications promptlv answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WAf, H. COWLm, Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodstock, Illinois. H. T. BROWN. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Ofloe at Residence, McHenry, 111. C. H. FEGERS, M, D- OHYSIOIAN AND SCJRGEON, McHenry, I Ilia. Office at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. f>HTSICIAS AND SURGEON, McHenry, I 111. Office one door West of FltBsimmons A Evanson's store, up Stairs. BARBIAN BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McHenry, 111. Or­ders solicited. Shop, la Old McHenry, in Keiter Block, third door weat of Riverside Bouse. Attention Horsemen! I would call the attentfion of the public to my Stable of Stock ioraes, four in number: two Morgans, one 3-4Percherdn, and one Imported Horse. They are all £ood representatives of their breed. Also a few Merino Sheep r sale. The public are cordially invited to call and examine stock, get prices, etc. No business done on Sunday. N, S. COLBY. Livery Stable. •jri E. WIGHT MAN, Proprietor, first XI. class rigs, with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming ot •11 kinds done on short notice. ROBT 8CHIESSLE Having purchased the old stand of Joseph Wiedemann, .^ear, THE DEPOT, McHENRY, ILLINOIS, Keeps open for the accommodation Jof the Public a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the|best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars te he found tn the market. ' Also Agent For FRANZ FALK'8 MILWAUKEE LAGER BIER. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al. ways on hand, cheaper than any other, quail. If considered. Orders by mail promptly attended to, GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. JVOall and see us. Robert Sohlessle. McHenry, I1L. May 15th, 1888. C. G. ANDREWS. GENERAL JUHIiBl, SPRING GROVE ILL, Sales ot Stock, Farrainsr Tool* and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most mSOHABU RB2IS, AND Satisfaction Guaranteed. SAL00X and KKSTAUBAXX Buck's Old Stand, MoHKNRV, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, faDrf Milwaukss 8M. -AND-- J. ScUltz lilwartee Bottle Beer By the Bottle or Case. We buy none but the best and •oil at Reasonable Prices. Call and see me and I will use you well. ANTONY ENGELN. Mcflenry, III., I886« Agents Wanted! FOB THE OS BAT HBW BOOK, 'The World's Wonders By J. W.Boel. The most successsul subscription book ever published. Over half a million copies were toid the past aighi tnemths, and it is selling three times as mat now as ever before. Regular eanvassers clear from tl5 to fSB, #40 mxi fM per da<-. Nothing like it was ever known in the historv of book publishing. Pro ft went free on application. No experience needed to Insure success. We help persona without deans to do a lsr<e business; no capital need­ ed. Write (tor ^particulars Salaries ffvaran- teed to person* who da not uish to canvcut on coiw- liulm We mean business, and want live •gents in every township. It will cost you ••thing to write for terms and full descrlp ttons of our plans of doing business. We also mice away standard books to persons who send ••name* of book agents, Write for our list m free standam books.- , H IBTORICAB PC BLiaHTVO Co. Mi A 411N. Tuird dueet, St. Louls,Mo. *4Wa . -OF- . H. COWLILFE Illinois. 10 7-tf MoHKNRY. ILL {Jail on or Address C. C. Andrews, Spring Grove, 111. i<rlng }reve, Sept. Both, ls8S. U-llSm PUMP REPAIRING, CEMENTINQ, ETC. The undersigned is prepared to do all lobs in the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps, Cementing Wells, or will put in XTaOT Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In abort will do all work in this line. Can furnish you a new Pump, either wood or Iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a •ew Pump, give me a call. Poet 'Orders by mall promptly Office, Jonnsburgh, 111. attended to. L. BANTE3. Johnsourgh, 111., May 25th, wss. I OR BABQAISS K E. R. BBJNNETT, M. B., Late Honse Surgeon Cook County Hospital, RICHMOND, ILLINOI8, Special attention given to difficult Surgical cases. DEVT&CH GESPROCHEN. Office at Residence of Dr. S. P. Bennett. 81 for 13 Weeks. The POMCE GAZETTE will be mailed, •eeurely wrapped, to auy address In the Jnitedsta es tor three months on receipt of. ONE DOLLAR. - Liberal discount allowed to postmasters, agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed free Address all orders to SICHABS K. FOX, FRANKLIN SQUARE, New York. A. M. CHURCH, Vvatchmakor and Jeweler VTO. 56 FIFTH AVE., (Brlggs House), Chi- iY cagOj 111. Special attention given to re- pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. C^A Full Assortment of Goods in his line JOHN J. WINKLES. CARPENTER AND JOINER, Is prepared to do all work in his line on short notice and guar- entee sati faction. Will work by the job or day as desired, and do as good work as any man in the business. Orders left at his residence, Southeast corner opposite the Public School House, will receive prompt attention. Best of References given if de­ sired, JOHN J. WINKLES. McHENRY, ILL., March 3Mht 1886. J. P, SMITH, WATCHMAKER S JEWELER, McHenry, - Ulinoin. As Fine a Stock of Walches, Clocks and Jewelry As can be found in the County, which I offer at prices that can not be beat. A Fine Stock ol CHOICE CIGARS Calland examine goods aud learn prices, J. P. SMITH. McHnnrv, 111.. March 1st. 188ft. SMITH'S BEANS <9 URE Biliousness: Sick Headache In Four heart. One dose relieves Neuralgia. They curs an# prevent Chills • Fever, Sour Stomach ** Bad Breath. Clear the SMn, Tone the Nerves, and lift Life <r» Vigor to the system. Dose: ONE BEAN. Try them once and you will never be without them. Price, 25 cents per bottle. Sold by Druggists and Medicine Dealers generally. Sent on receipt ef price la stamps, postpaid, to any addres*. J. Fe SMITH & CO., Manufacturers and Sole Props.. ST. LOUIS. ML John Helm, Algonquin, III., DIAUB IN H&rdwut, StovM, Ytaw&N, In short, we keep everything m the above mentioned lines, which we are offe in£ to the buy­ ing public as cheap as any other bouse in this section. Oa.ll and See us. JOBBNG ft REPAIRING, PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. JOrtN HELM. Algonquin. Feb. 18.1885, JOHNSBURGH For Coal and Wood --CALL ON E. M. HOWE, Opposite Blahop'a Mill, fto has a complete line of the best stoves'ui the market, as well as a large stock of Rarivare, Machanic's Tools, riN, COPPER & SHEET IRON WARE, A mil, intftct. everythintfln the hardware «teve and tin line. UK WILL HOT BM UNDERSOLD. Call at his store before buying elsewhere lobbing and repairing promptly attended to VTBemember, eitn *<>o<l targatoa oan al- vara be obtained at Howe'a. MeBearr, Dee. h 1888. HENRY MILLER, --DEALS* IN-- E. LAWLUS, FORT A8 rfe makes Suits to? order of the owt Cloths, Foreign or Domes­ tic - AT TEE LOWEST PRICES Ifeat good Goods can be sold h « 4 Cleans and Repairs Clothes Neatly and on short notice. i *ive M.e a Oall E. LAWLU8. McHenry, Jan. 19th, Foreip and American Martin. Scotch and American Granite MO A UMENTS, TABLETS, HEAD8TOREB CEMETERY COP ISO, ETC. JOHNSBURGH, ILL. Orders Solicited. Good Work Guaranteed. Post Office Addrectfl McHENRY. ILL. m THE OLD STAND, JACOB BONSLKTT, £ALOON AND RESTAURANT, at the old j stand, opposite Bishop's mill, McHenry, 111. The choicest Winea, Liquors and Cigars to he found in the county. Warm or cokl meals on short notice on application. PHIL REST'S MILWAUKEE BBKBbythe Bottle or C»»e, always on hand. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. ^ tocufte '* RHEUMATISM. This remedy has a specific notion upon the fluldt Of the body, supplying moisture to the tissues am: lubricating the joints nlTecte<! by the disense. N> Distorted remain after a cure b> this speclflc. A trial of » t-itiyle bottle will conTlnci the most sceptical that wo have not told half it» vir­ tues. Price Vl.OO per bottle. For sale by all druggists. Manufactured only by LENNEY MEDICINE CO., i': CVSNOA. ILLINOIS' THJt ffaniefll Every iayi of Liacolo. --BT-- THOSE WHO KNEW HIM from the obscurity of his boyhood to the dateoi his trnftle d<*ath, A new Htocrapln o* iheirrfiit American Pre»ident, 1r»ma ne« stand.|ioint--accurate and exhaustive In t*ci nnd ln<'ident, replete with anecdote, profiinc and elegant In illustration (100 engraving from original d«s*igii» illustrating incident*, aneciioiea, persons, Ac., Including It Steei Portrait*.) Ananffi U/antoil *en'1 fnr fnU iwrt,<"n-Mycins If CIIIIDU lars and for evidence that 'lm i* the mo<t salalde and prolluiule book publUhe'i; nr. u> nave time, send #1.25 at once for CanvKeslitg Book, anil «tato your choice of totrnships. Address N. D. Thump, SON PUBLISHING CO., Pubs., St. Louis, Mo„ or Now York Oity. GOLD! | M4s an sesrss, hat thoss tiBi Is I RtlMoa k C*., r*filaad. Mats*, win raesiva I fm, fall informMloa about work which I thsy csa do, sad ll*est home,that will pay ' th«B from 96 to p«r day. Some bars wraad otw f.VI ha a day. EHW «I, yoonjor old. Capital MS isntrsd. Tsa arsstaMl ftsa. The* who start at ones >SslnWy --wsfs--ghttlsfwteaMk AUIsam. DOWNS' 'SSSiSm C0BS1T [IMPROVED.] (•lb*only perfect fitting, truly comfnrtible «n<l healln preserving Corset made. Hasan Elastic Section above and below a Corded Centerpiece. Entirely liferent from any »tber. Kverv Corset is stamped and absolute iv Guaranteed tn everv particular. Be sure to get the Downs Patent. Manufactured only •y the Oage-Doinu Corset Ce., Chieafo, and for sale o/Ural-class dry.gooas stores every* •here Price 11 .BO. SODA Boot in the Wo r I J. If you waul to learn how to Paint your Buggy for One Dollar, call at Mealey's Drug Store, West Ead. Soldiers' Department. OOKTBTBOTSD BT WH, H. COWLIN. County Cs A R. Directory. BI0HM0ND(rO8T KO 286. Meets the second Frioaj evening of «a«li ownth. DBJB. F,;BBKMBTT, Com. (WOODSTOCK FOST, MO 108. Meets first and third Monday evenings of ach month. OBOBOB ECKBKT, Com. HUM roeT, NO . Meets the second and fourth Wednesday eventnga of each month. WM. BUTLKB, Com. HAKVAKD POST, KO 9S5. Meet* the second ana tourtn Monday even i m t s o t e a c h m o n t h . , < * ' • ' DB. H. T. WOODBURR^ Com. MABBNOO POST, NO. 189, Meets eve-y Second and fourth frlday evenings of each month. A. J. BOTIKOTOK, Com, The G. A. R. Post* ID Missouri are passing resolutions calling upon Con­ gressman "to vindicate Comrade Harris against the cruel flings m*de against his character and bodly afflic­ tions by passing his private pension bill oTtr the President Cleveland's veto."--National Tribune. The case of Wilson, of New York, whose bill the President vetoed and which the Rouse refused to pass over the veto, seems a particularly hard on*. The Government forced him Into the service against his earnest protest that he was physically disqualified for a soldier's life, and he broke dow i under the hards dps of the service. Now he is refused a pMslon for his disabilities on the'ground that they existed at the time of his entry Into the armv. This seems to be as mean and small a business as a great Nation ever engaged in.--National Tribune. A Sample Case. Indianapolis Journal: The Presi­ dent's last veto of a pension bill was that of Duncan Forbes, of Illinois, who served three years and was twice wounded, though he plucklly remained with his regiment etch time, and «erved the ftill term of liis enlistment The President's objection to Increas­ ing Mr Duncan's pension Is that there Is no official mention of his first wound, i hough the evidence is beyond dispute, as be still carries a large scar on his breast, and-sufiera f«o«a . ii. riw«icst9 eran is now In the enjoyment of a pension off! a month--(if ty c<nts a week! This the 'President deems enough. The treatment peceiv -d by General Hunter's widow at MIH hands of t »e President Is shameful, mean and-on tempta'de. The brave and loyal G«>n eral served in the army of the United States nearly a litlf a century an1 participated in several w«ra. AH eflort was made to Increase Mrs, nun ter's pension fro a thirty te Sfiy dollars per mouth. The bill passed both houses without any ohf -eilons worthy of totloe and (tin Pr»*i«|<l»Mit •*ald no. Tbls it seems to u« a <}ti»-er •leclslon just after sUnlng the i»lll lo n instate Kl's John Porter, who will draw about three thousand a vear. Also Gen Hancock's widow, WHO wan <iven two thousand five hundred per uuinm by a special act. and which the President santloned and in our opinion was right and just. Yet why on** just as deserving so >nuch less? Not a fourth ol what Is allowed ibrother. There appears to be a mistaken opinion in regard to the condition of the Mexlctn war pension bill, and many papers throughout the country have stated that It had passed, but such is not a fact. The bill passed the House and was amended in the Senate. This necessi­ tated the return of the bill to tne House for action upon the Senate amendments. And the Committee on Pensions, to whom the bill was refer red, recommended to the House that he Seuate amendments be non-concur red ID, The bill Is on the calendar and has not yet come up for action, nor cats we say that we believe It will during this session. Possibly at tne next session the bill may be acted upon lo some shape, but eveo in the eveot that favorable action is bad on the bill there seems to be a settled conviction that the President will veto it, If he Is «iven an opportunity to do so. aod that may be a reason *hy the friends of the bill wese not anxious to it through this session. It is another case ot "hope deferred,'* -National Tribune. m. Pntaaan's Departure Car Banker fill Dr. Frederick A. Putman, a grand nephew of General Isreal Putman, of Revolntieuary fame, tells this story about the Gereral which baa never before been made public: The General wvs about sitting down to dinner in my grndfather's. his brother's house, when the frst news reached him that the British had marched from Boston to attack the Americans. There was roast chicken smoking hot on the table when the pounding of a big drum was heard out of doors All hurried out, and a darkey was seen coming down the street crying, "The British have left Boston to 'tack the Americans.'* General Putmtii s horse, a big black fellow. that would tot BO one ride him bat his . < '<4 master, was ordered to the front of house. Putman was urged to stay and eat his dinner, but lie replied that he couldn* wait, he was ofl to Boston. Then he grabbed one of the " roast chickens from the table, pulled It apart by the legs, and mounted his horse, gnawing the bones as he rode ol) tor Bunker Hill. The only penslou bill passed in the closing day of the last Congress wa* the following, and the second'general bill of Its nature put through during the entire session of about eight months. A bill to amend the pensions laws by lncre islng the pension of Soldiers and sailors who have lost an «rm or leg lu the service. Be it enacted Ac., That from and after the passage of this'act all per sons on the pension roils, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who. whllo In the military or naval service of the United States and In line of duty, shall have lost one hand or one toot, or been totally or per •naneiitly disabled In the same, shall receive a pension of 830 per month; that all persons now on the pension rolls, and ail persons hereafter granted a pension, who in like manner bhall have lost an arm at or above the elbow or a leg at or aboye the knee, or been totally or permanently disabled In the same, shall receive a pension of •36 per month; and that all person* now on the pension rolls, and all per sons hereafter cran ed, a pension who In like manner shall hsve lost either an arm at the shoulder joint or a leg at the hi o j'»lnt or so uear the joint an to pr'vent the u^e ol an artificial limb shall receive a pension at t*)e rate >>f $46 per month: Provided, That noth­ ing contained in the act shnii be con­ strued to repeal Section 4669 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. «»r to change thera-es ot ti8 per month therein mentioned* to he proportion atelv divided for any degree of disability established, for which Sec- lion 4695 maket no provMon, The hill was p issed by vets 166, nays 51, not voting 165. The votes against ths bill were all from the Southern states except one--A. J. Warner, of Ohio. Those entitled tu Inc ease by the passage of this bill need employ n«»* attorney or agent to secure such In­ crease. Neither do they have to write to the commissioners of pensions Tne araoun4. will be added to their next quarterly payme«t or the pav ment in December at the fartherest. I'he increase dates from the passage thereof. HOW TrtKY GKT PENSIONS. 0»n. Shakespeare Explain th* Prsettve Before the Pension Department. [Khlawaxoo Daily Megraph.] The general subject of pensions Is always one of consider .ble Interest, and additional attention has been drawn to the subject of late by th" President's veto of a lar<e number ot private pension bills passed by Con gress. The alleged frauds of the Pension Department and the drawing of Government money by persons noi entitled to It Is-also a matter •nuch <li»ciiM"d. and the abuses wh'eh are cMin*d re exist In the Pension Bure iu f rna a perrennial souice of ••ditori tl liowilug and oratorical out­ cry In convention with a telegraph r»-por er this morning Gen. Slink*** a re, in response to Inquiries, gav* ntterenoe <o some remarks whic*- .nav be interesting as explaining the mode of getting a pension and th« practice before this Department of the National Government: "The people know little of t'ae diffi­ culty of estahliHhing a claim before the Pension Department," said th<' Grneral. "If they knew more there would be less of this wholesale orv about fraudulent pensions claims. I* would b« strange indeed If out of th*> many claims that are presented some of tuem were not Improperly allowed, but 1 venture the assertion that not n claim bss been allowed that did not have sufficient evidence to establish It before any court if law in the c untry either with or without a jury. The Pension Department is nothing more or less than a court of claims for ihe adjudication of a certain class of claims against the Government. There Is not another court tn existence thai requires the same am -unl of evldenoe • o establish a claim as does the Pen sion Court or Department. There IK not another court In existence where the claimant or his attorney Is refused the right to see the flies in the court in his own case. ID the practice be lore the Pension Deptrtm»*nt, the pre­ sumption is that every claimant Is a fraud, and that every attorney en­ gaged In the business of prosecuting claims in that Department is aiding some one to defraud the Government It is a star chamber court. Let our circuit courts establish similar rules for its cond'ict and there would be a revo­ lution immediately. Tb*re Is no reason why a claim lor a pension against the Government should not be tr\ted exactly the same as * claim for ordnance or commissary stores, i'hey are both regulated by law. It requires ten times the evidence to pfQvo the one tbat it does to prove the pttier. In the one case the records are open to the inspection of every body that is Interested. In the other the Governmeni may have an immense amount of false and Incorrect evidence furnished by the enemy of the claim­ ant, and he is not permitted eveo to know or see it. let alone an opportunity to refute*or contradict it. In every ca*e the Department dictates what testimony the claimant shall furnish, sad then orders him before a medical board consisting of three competent physicians, whose report in nearly every case it fl isi, provided It Is agaiost the claimant, bnt If favorable may be set aside by the star chamber Examiner of the department, "Pretty strict aren't they "The public have no just ressoa to complain that their interests are Bdfc fully guarded. Bnt the claimant has very great reason to compi&in of the practice of the Department and tbe unjust insinuations of the newspapers, public, and the Department itself," A Confederate Private. _ Me Does s Little In the Kemtnlseenee Uas. Those people on the other side shoft well with their cannon. I saw them at Petersburg at 2000 yards, just for pratice, burst five shells out of seven In a barn behind our works, and send ihe other two through it, bursting just beyond. At the same place, at 1500 y%r<fi, I «aw them hit with the first shell tfeie first shovelful of fresh earth ju«t piti­ ed in running a second line on our side. I knew oue shell there to skin the p trapet and go between the two logs which formed the w»ll of the only ' superstructure to our underground - winter quarters and burst on the breast of a man standing with his back against the far vail I knew one en* flladlng round shot to boun 1 tnd hit * tree and fall back ami break both legs of a man on the safe side of a traverse ~ built as a protection against enflla- d'ng--the safest place he could have found a vwhere within range. At dam No. l,at Yorktowu, I saw a man sitting with his back to the para* pet, with a Mississippi rifle leaning on his shoulder, struck so bard by a piece of shell rebounding from a tree ^ that bis rifle was bent and his shoulder broken. Again, at Petershur I saw a man ' arise from behind the works after a , conical shell had explode i to froot nnd < he frag uents had goue chorusing ' over, and the j igged butt of the shell evld ntly retarded by the explosloo, came straggling along and took a piece out of his arm. But they did not always shoot hard onough with their camion balls. For instance. there wai Lieutenant Bran- d'r of the Richmond battery, who was | hit in the middle of the back by a li- ooutid solid shot at Fredericksburg on the 13th of December, and was so little •iurt tha: that he couldn't fl ie excuse io slay at home till Christ as. And !aptaln Jo Desh t, now livinzjtt Cyn- liUna, was hit In the back of the head <vlth the sunn sort of mlssil* ?at Mur- ireesboro. I never heard what became >. the fragment ot that solid shot. O.iee on a *ti»ne 1 detected mvself filing a be of. climbin; a grape vine on i tall pine tree near Y<»rktown to get vlld grapes, a id h*arln ; the awful die- ~ ••ord of a shell crashing Into tne solemn nnsic of the pine*. Before I got tiiroug i wi ll it I remembered tb%t we •vere there In April and that wild {rapes didn't ripen until the trost i^ame, bu atlll I have the vague lm- ,»r«--8l-Hi th at I did climb a pine tree tor something, but whether for pine« tpples or what, I have no idea. These things (and the Century M'tgatine articles) convince me that truth is/fmposslb e In war reminls- cenc^s --Cincinnati E iquirer. " Savage Fnncy. The group of Minds known as t*ts >Ticobars. situated about one hundred nid fifty miles south of the Anidt nans* •las been but little explored, though the tn tnners aod cuuo ns of the loiiab* itants of these Isltodi offer very Inter­ esting peculiarities to the notice of • he ethnologist. One of the most noticeable ot these, •nd one which seriously effects the trade and of tbe islands. Is the passion for old hats *hich without exception, perv >dee the whole framework of society. No one is exempt from it. Young and old. chief and subject, alike endeavor to outvie each other In the singularity of nhape no less than In the numbsr of old hats they can icqulre In their life- tine. & One fl'ie morning at the Nlcobars It is no unusual thing to see the surface of the ocean In the vicinity of the islands dotted over ,w th canoes, lo each of which the noble savage, with nothing whatever ou but the convea* tional slip of clothvaod a tal: w ilte hat wlthabUck bin I, m iy be watohed standing up and oatc'ilog fish for bis daily meal. Secon l-'i n 1 hats are most In request, new hats being tookeJ upon with suspicion and disfavor. This curiou* passion is so well knowo I tried the sample of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, when suffering from that unpleasant complaint, and found Im­ mediate relief. I have recommended it toothers, who have fou'td^he stme rei ef.--Henry BotlUrord, battle, Bog- 1 tnd. that traders from Calcutta make annual excursions lo the Nleobars with car­ goes of old hats, which they barter for cocoanuts, the only project of these Islands, a good tall white hat with a black band fetching from fifty to sixty i(ood cocoanu s. lnten-e excitement pervades the Islands while the trade is goiug on, and fancy pricos ate of«eu asked and obtained- 1