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K^Jevy !*laii3etier. PKBLISHSO EVMT] WBDXB8DA..r BT V A N 8 L Y K E , - |EDITOR*4HO PROPRIETOR. Office in Bishop's Block,! ; ̂ OITOIIII PEKKT ft OWKM'S IERMS OP SUBSORIPTIOHV V* . j>u« T«ar (In Advance) ..$1.60 >-,",|fNet Paid'within Three Months...... .. 8.00 " Subscriptions received for (three ' or nix , ' • .Irathi in the Mine proportion. II 09 00 no SO 00 60 00 100 00 Kates of Advertising. • We anneunca liberal rate* for advertising tthe PLJUNDBALER, and endeavor to state em so plainly that they w iU be readily, un-rstood. They are as follows*. , ' Inch one year - ... ? 9 Inches one year . .. . " •% :M Inches one year - - . * •'.® Column one rear .... if Column one year. . - " Column one year - • - . .One inch means the moamreThent of one Jfich down the column,single colnmn width. ^Tearly advertisers, at the above rates, have privilege of changing as often as they noose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having anding cards) will be entitled to insertion ' local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line *ch week. All others will be charged 10 snts per Mne the first week, and 5 cents per lie for each subsequent week, v ;Transient advertisements will be charged "t the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil rpe, same as this is set In) the first issue, and 3s»ts per line for subsequent issues. Thus, > inch advertisement will cost 11.00 for one leek, $1.60 for two weeks, f2.00 for three (•iks, and so on. - The PLAINDF.ALBR will bo liberal in giving .torial notices, but, as a basiness rule, it Will reqnire a suitable fee from everybody Seekiag the use of its columns for pecuniary BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BROWN. M. D. mrsiCIA-N AND SURGEON. Ollce at Residence, McHenry, Ul. C. H. FEGER9, M, D- HirslOlAN AND SURGEON. McHenry, Ills. Ofllee at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. JHT1IOIA.N AND SURGEON, MeQenry, 111. Ottce at Residence, one door West ' M. E. Church. BARBIAN BROS. DIVATt Mana facturers, Mc Henry, 111. Or­ders solicited. Shop, la Old McHenry, IB Keiter Block, third door west of Riverside House. H Livery Stable. E. WIGHT MAN, Proprietor. First . class rigs, with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming ot §11 kinds done on short notice. itOBT SCHIESSLE Haying purchased the old stand of Joseph Wiedemann, NEAR THE DEPOT, McHENBY, ILLINOIS, Keeps open for the accommodation 'of the Public a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant, ' Where he will r* all times keep the|best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars (to be found in the market. Also Agent For FRANZ FALK'S IIILWAUKEE LAGER BEER. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ lays en hand, cheaper than any other, qr--" ;y considered. . Orders by mail promptly attended to. QOQD^TABLING FOR HORSES. SVCalland Me «s. Robert Sohlessle. MsBenry, 111., May 15th, 1MB. ENGLEN'S SALOON and RESTAURANT Buck's Old Stand, MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, ftJU ViWrskis BMI, --AND-- J. Sclilitz Hilvankee Bottle Beer. |, By the Bottle or Case. We buy none but the best and «ell at Reasonable Prices. Call and see me and I will use you well. ANTONY ENGEliN. McHenry, III., 1886. Agents Wanted rOB THE QBEAT NSW BOOK, 'The W rld's Wndcrt.' ly J. W. Busl. The most seocesssul subscription book ever published. Over half a million copies were sold the past eight months, and it is selling three limes as fast now n ever before. Regular Canvassers c leAT from ^15 to 025^ (40 ftn^l T»S per dav. Nothing like it was ever known tn the historv of book publishing. Pro ,fs sent (re* on application. No experience needed to Insure success, We help persons without •teans to do a lar<e business; no capital need- Od. Write f«r ^particulars. Salaries guaran­ tied to persons who do nol wish to canvas* on com­ mission. We mean business, and want live agents in every township. It will cost you •othing to write for terms and full descrlp. Hens of our plans of doing business. We also fiwstray standard book* to persons who send M names of book agents, Write torour|Ust ef free standard books. HISTORICAL PUBLISHIITO CO. -- m 4|lll N. Third Street, St. Louis,M«i PAUL BROWN, A TTOBNKT AT LAW. 88 LaSaPe 8treet 11. CHICAGO, ILL. M. F. ELLS WORTH,| TTORNRY at Law.^and Solicitoifin Chang L eery, Nnnda, 111. : I j ASA W. SMITH; TTORNKT AT LAW and Solicitor] In L Chancery.--Woodstock, IlL S. F. BESVETT, M. D. OHTSICIAN AND SURQEON. AlsoUnlted JL States Examining Surgeon. TUinois. Richmond, MAftY O. BARBIAN. ' HAIR "WORKER. All kinds of Hair Work done in flrst class stvle and at reasonable prices. Rooms s t reside'nee, north east corner of Public Square, Mc Henry, III. DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST. Residence Dundee. Will be at McHenry, at Parker House, the 10th 11th 26th ami 26 th 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. E. R. BEHNETT, M. Late House Surgeon Cook County Hospital RICHMOND, ILLINOIS, Special attention given to difficult Surgical cases. DEVTSCH OESPROCHEN. Office at Residence of Dr. S. F. Bennett. Mil States ffar Claim Ape; -OF- WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock, Illinois. Prosecutes all class as and kinds of claims agninst the United States tor ex Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. „ WM, H. COWLTN, Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodstocc. Illinois. AT THE OLD STAND, JACOB BONSLETT, Jt ALOON AND RESTAURANT, at the Old J stand, opposite Bishop's mill, McHenry, 111. The choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found in the county. Warm or cold meals on short notice on application. PHIL BEST'S MILWAUKEE BEER by the Bottle or Case, always on hand. GOOD StABLINU FOR HORSES. K DDK, PUMP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersigned is prepared to do all iobs in the line of Digging Welis, Repairing Pumps, Cementing Wells, or will put in New Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short 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 new Pump, give me a call. WOrdors by mail promptly attended to. Post office, Johnsburgn, 111. L. BANTES. Johnsburgh, 111,, May 26th, 1885. C. G. ANDREWS. GENERA^ SPRING GK0VE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds attended to oil the most BlASfflTABLl THBIS, AND atisfa ction Guaranteed. "Call on or Address C. C. Anredws, . Spring Grove, 111; spring Jrove, S6pt,230th, 1885. U-ll-Sm JOB BABBAIHS IV For Coal and Wood -i--OALL ON E. M. HOWE, Opposite BUihop'n Mill, <Vho has a complete line of the best stoves'tn the market, as well as a large stock of Hardware, Mechanic: riN, COPPER & SHEET IRON WARE, And, in fact, everything IK the hardware 4tore and |tn line. HE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. Call at his store before buying elsewhere. Jobbing and repairing promptly attended to. tTRemember. extra good bargains can at* w* ys be obtained at Howe's. j^He nry, Dec. 1,1«H. ALBERT E. BOURNE., ATTORNEY, SOLICITOR AND COUX SELOR. WOODSTOCK, ILL. Business attended to promptly, with can, skill and integrity. 1 ' i ' 1 | ' ^ J. F. CASEY, ATTORNEY and Counselor at La.w, over Zimploman's store entrusted to mv care will receive promi tent ion. Woodstock, III. ... Office All business in at- A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker aud Jeweler NO. 66 FIFTH AVE., (Briggs House), Chi­cago, 111. Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. 4^A Full Assortment Of Goods in his line SI for 13 Weeks. The POT.ICE GAZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to- any address In the United Sta es for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmasters, agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed free Address all orders to RICHARD K. FOX, FRANKLIN SQUARE, New York. JOHN J. WINKLES. Carpenter and Joiner, Is prepared to do all work in his line on short notice and guar* entee satifaction. 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- uit*An ** JOHN J. WINKLES. McHENR Y, ILL., March 50/A, 1886. Attention Horsemen! I would call the attentfion of the public to my Stable of Stock Horses, four in number: two Morgans, one 3-4Percheron, and one Imported Horse. They are all good representatives of their breed. Also a few Merino Sheep tor sale. The public are cordially invited to call and examine stock, get prices, etc. No business done on Sunday. N. S. COLBY. 10-7-tf . MCHENRY, ILL u Obtained, and nil I'A 7'A'A' T i> I nt- teiuUul to for MolU'llA TE l l.E* Our office is opposite the r S. I'ntcnt Otlioo, and wo I'tui ob­ tain Patents in less time titan those remote from WASlilSGTOS. Send HO I) HI., DltA WISH or PHOTO of invention. We advise as to patent­ ability free of eliartie and we make AO CllAliijE L'XI.kaS I'A TEXT IS >7.V 7 7,'/7> For circular, advice, terms and references to actual clients in your own state. County, City or Town, write to C A SNOW a CO Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D G J AND Iiuaoii Room. JOS. PEKOVSKY. Having opened a Restaurant and Lunch Room, in his block, two doors South of the Post Office, is now prepared to serve a goou Lunch, with ot Coffee or Tea «.t all houra ot the day or evening, and on short notice. FRESH OYSTERS, By the Can, Quart or Di»h, always on hand. Give Us a Call. *T. I* EKOVSKY. McHenry, Oct. 13. 1886. J.P.SMITH, WATCHMAKER § JEWELER, McHenry, - Illinois. •s Fine i Stock of Walches, Clocks and Jewelry As can be found in the County, which I offer at prices that can not be beat. J. P. SMITH. V McHenry. IU.. Marsh 1st. 186ft. UMKOTi'S • • LIPPINCOto- LIFPISIMT8 A New Departpris 25 OtS. IjCrtds nil other Magazines «• Tn Tales of Fiction ' ™ Poems of Interest M pleasing Short Stories Interesting Miscellany •" Jfotes of Progress : NEARLY Choice Selections •MO 0"g'nal Contribution! PACKS IN EACH issuE ~ X°P'CS *LLE Time* •" Xer'e Gem» A Complete New Novel ~ ' Superlative Metit Bj ton» fatoriu antiior in etch No. ~ . Giving a library of 12 new and valuable works, worth from ^15.00 to I18.00 annually, at the nominal sum of 25 cents per month Subscription, $3.00 yearly. • Stories by John Habberton, Frances Hodgson Bur­ nett, Julian Hawthorne, Lucy C. Liliie, etc., etc., will appear in early issues Circulars, giving details, etc., mailed on application J. B. UPPINCOTT COMPANY , 713 and 717 Market 8t^ PUI«M|Ws STANDARD STALLION QEORO& O. Record 2:33. I No. 5730- "Georjfe O." Is a Golden Ohesmit with star white spots on leit shnuMep, HISO little hKcb spot« on body, denoting a back strain of Arabian Blood. Foaled Jnfile 5th 13$0. ^ I 'KiHRKEK:--"Georsre O'" wis sired by Lakelaiui AlKlalmh (:)9i) nwti brother to Har­ old, tue sire of Maud S, (Queen of the turf) t:08;V; Noontide,; Mattie Graham, 2:2l,V llcCurilv's llaaibletonian, 2:2".. '$; Decinna, ; Hermes 2:27X; Good Morning, 2:28yV; Temple 2:3(); and others: ^ Lakeland Alxlallah TqPadykes Hamblo toman (with 37 in the 1:30 Hit or better) he by Alxlallah, by Mambrino, by^ltiip. Messenger; Dam the Clm.». Kent Marc, by Imp. BeilteuDd- kr. etc. . f Lakeland Alxlaliali's DaniVras Knchantress, by Alxlallah, bv Mambrino;jetc, as above, "(Jeoryre O s" Dam was i the fast Pacing Mare "Fannie It" (WHO p«*ed the Chicago Track at Seventeen year»*3nge in 2;27, with, outanv urepar ition). sirc.t'ov Autocrat by Geo, M. Palchen, (record by Oassius M. Clay, by Andrew Jatfeou, by Bashaw, etc. f Dam ef Fannie B. by "Ipung Rowlin, by Sen. Gifford, her Dam I y rKsou of Imported Messenger. " ^ , "George O." is a very sing voun^ horse aud the record he life attained "is no measure of his speed as h«I has trotted pri- vate trials very much bel-fw that, and can do the lame in a race at Stiy opportunity. His colts are very fast considering he has never bred a Standard BiJd Mare yet, and his Celts are bringing froid f."W tip, at two years old. He can't help bn, l»u a fasj one. as he combines the bloods of vfd Uvadvke Ham. bletonian, the f xinder of out Trotting Family of to-dav, Mambrino, Messoager, BellloundeV Gee. M. 'Patchea, the Clays,cvashaws, etc. Terms, $2S Cash, AT TIME OF SSII VICE. Mares not proving in Foalare entitled to a return season Free, Accidents and Escapes atflwners risk. Marcs cared fer, lix-ludiiip |>asture, trying, etc., at fi.OO per month, in simmer. For further particulars address, Geo. W. Owen,.' McHenry f». MclIEXRY, ITJL. POULTRY R SAL! CEO. W. PRATT, WAUCOXOA, ILL. Has for sale oi l and voutig slock, of the following breeds, of thorough bred Poultry, which I will sell tor one half the usual price. Black B. R. Games, Blue Games, Black Tarter Games, Black Cochins, Langshans, Wy- andotts, Gold Lace Sebri gbt Bantams, Light Bralnuns, R. (J. B. Leghorns, 1 Wild Turkey Gobbler, 5G Pekin Ducks, GEO. W. PRATT* Wauconda. T I fields ara trire#, %nt tlmse mh* write to | Stiuson AC<>.,Portiiiid, Maine,will receive free, full inforraaUon al>ont work which they can do. * h^me,that will pay ' them have Mroed over $.'»(» in a day. Either ncx, ymnp or eld. Capital •o4 required. You are started free. Those who ftart at OBC# «• ftbaolut«ij sore of vnng Iictio fortanea. All is new. GOLD SMITHS BEANS /"VURE Biliousness; Sick Headache In Four hours. V£) One dose relieves Neuralgia. They cure and prevent Chills Fever, Sour Stomach Bad Breath. Clear the Skin, Tone the Nerves, and give Life Vigor to the system. Dose i ONE BEAN. Try them once and you will never be without them. Price, 25 cents per bottle. Seld by Druggists and Medicine Dealers generally. Sent on receipt ot price In stamps, postpaid, to My address, J. F. SMITH St CO., Manufacturers and Sole Props.* ST. LOUIS, WXk John Helm, Algonquin, III., DKALEB III Btrdwus, StoTM, Sfanrui In short, we keep everything in the above mentioned lines, which we are offe ing to the buy­ ing public as cheap as any other house in this section. JOBBNG & REPAIRING, PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. JOrtN HELM. Algonquin, Feb. 18,1886, DONT YOU FORGET IT! ASA H. SMITH, -or-- Woodstock. - - Illinois. Backed by Millions ot money oflei you INDEMNITY against damage by Fire, Lightning, Wind Storms, CYCLONES AND TORNADOES. "V Drop me a postal card and I will visit you; call on me ami I will write you a policy, ana waen either or any of these destructive ele aients devastates your property, happy will you be if yon hold one of my policies, for I will surety visit you, and minister unto,you. will not forsake you. ASA W. SMI1H, Umi'l Inswmce A g $100 A WEEK- Ladies or Gentlemen desiring pleasant, profitable employment write at once. We want yoa to handle an artiulv of domestic use that reoommends itself to evervone at sight. Staple as Flour- Sells like het cakes. ProflTs See per cent. families wishing to praotise eoonomy should for their own bene- nt write for pp.niculars. Used every day the year rotind in every household. Price within reaeb of all. Circalars free. Agents receive Sample Free Address Domestic Man­ ufacturing Co,. Marlon, Ohio Soldiers' Department. OOWTRIBCIBD BT WM. H. OOWLIN. County C« A- R. Directory. BTCHMOKD POST NO 3K. Meets the soon I Friuj evening of •Mil Sionth. DK.S. F.BsirifBTT, Com. " WOODSTOCK POST, no MR. Meets «rst mi thirdJMoaday evenings of •aeh month. 'I W*. AriKT. Com. NCNDA POST, MO V Meets the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month. WH.BDTi.KK.Oom. JUKTAKD POST, KO 858. . Meets the secant and rourtn Monday area Rgsot each month. i I. W, SEATIKM, Com. MaKBxoo POST. NO. 1W, Meets every Secon<! and Fourth Friday evenings of each month. A. J. BOYIKOTOK. Com. SLERP, OOXRADKS, (SLKBP. I. Sleep, comrades, sleep 1 The clinging rust Lies thick upon the bla<Mh And valor is obscured by lust Of money and of trade; The fife is mute; no more the drum The drowsy camp alarms; The piping times of peace have come, . And Pleasure spreads her charms. IL Sleep, comrades, sleep! The eanaea's roar No longer fills the air; The rifle volley routs no more The rebel from his lair. Where once th e beacon brightly sliOM. The sontry walked his round, The crumbling hearthstone marks alone The consecrated ground. III. Sleep, comrades, sleepl The battle-Hag Is rotting on the staff. And soon, perchance, the tattered rag Will waken but a laugh; The peaceful plowshare cleaves the sod, Once wet with War's red stain, And fields that mighty armies trod Are starred with flowers again. t IV. Sleep, comrades, sleep! Tho' soon fergot By some thy valor be, Forget the Veterans will not To keep their tryst with thee; The general muster of the dead, Whate'er on earth betide, * Shall Hwdthem still by Glory led And mailing by thy side, Comrads John Cliurch hM had au- otber soriou* attack of hit old keart trouble. Ue U bettor at this writing. Nunda Post has received tfie history of the different Illiuois regiments in the last war. It comprises seven largfa volumes, and U a v&lmbJe acquisition to their records. Comrades Col. Wm. Avery, Bell Wright and M. F. Ellsworth were the only delegates to the Department En- camp.nent at Rock Island from this couaty who attended the same. They had a splendid time, and are ioud in their praises of the Rock Islaad peo­ ple. C'ol. Avery was elected Junior Vice Department Commander. There were fifteen hundred delegates in attend­ ance. Nunda Post, G. A. R. and Relief Corps gave one of their enjoyable open meetings last Wednesday evening. The programme consisted of recita­ tions, songs, stories of army life, etc M. F. Ellsworth was appointed a com­ mittee to organize a Camp of "Sons of Veterans." Our collector, D. D, bar­ ney has the necessary papers, and any son of a soldier or saiior of the past war who desires to become a charter member will do well to see hla. In a little while the political cam­ paign will open again, and then the papers whleh are now talking so ciously about skulkers, camp-follow­ ers, mercenaries, pension sharpers, will teem with praises ef the valor and constancy, the patriotism and self-sao- rlflce of our citizen soldiery. It would be Well for our comrades to paste a few of these rabid editorials against the Dependent Pension Bill in their hats for reference when the season comes tor fulsome editorials to catch the soldier vote.--National Tribune. "It is very amusing," said a clerk In the United States pension offloe, "to look over the list of name* of old sol­ diers on the pension boolgs. I am more than ever convinsed that there isn't anything in a name, for here we have, tn name, nearly every great man who has ever lived. Here at one point is Daniel Webster, at another, George Washington, and further down the list I And Oliver Cromwell, Julius Caesar, John Wesley, Henry Clay, and even Jell Davis is on our list. Theii there aro the odd names, such as Ham. Coon, Rate, Sugarfoot, and others. One hard­ ly knows what a variety of names there is in the world until he begins to deal with them by the thousand." Lincoln's Substitute in the Field. "President Lincoln had a substitute ia the warn said Mr. Noble D. Lamer <vhile talking over old times in Wash­ ington, "and be was credited to the Third ward of this eity. It was in the winter of 1864-65 that Gen. Fry, then provost marshal here, sent for me and told me that the president wauted a substitute to go to war for him. At that time I was connected with the Third Ward Draft Club, the principal object of wbicR was to secure substi­ tutes for members who might be draft­ ed. There lived in oar ward a son ef a clergyman who bore th» usual repu­ tation given to mlBlslten? aona, sad he was naturally *a ne'er do well.' This fellow desired to represent the president, and a cheok from the White House for 1800, payable atQRiggs' Bank was the consideration. Nothing was ever heard of the young man after ward, but It was generally believed that he was killed during the wilder- nesss campaign. Out draft dub gave a concert for the benefit of their fund at Ford's Opera House on Tenth street the evening that the president re­ ceived his exemption paper, which I re member was enclosed in a gilt frame and exhibited from the stage during the performance. Although I had served three months in the army and I was honorably discharged, I was draft­ ed and had to lookout for a substitute, too. He was a raw-boned, gigantic specimen ot an Irishman, and 1 kept track of him for seme time after he joined the army. One day after the war doted I thought I would look up my man> record, and upon inquiring at the War Department concerning him I found the word 'deserted' mark- op pes ite his name."--Washington Critic. Balls that Hit Ita Battle. The question has often been raised. What proportion of balls exchanged by hostile armies will hit the mark and kill? Difficult as it is to solve it ex­ actly some approximate result may be arrived at from the number of balls- estimated at 20,000,000--which were fired by the Germans in the war of 1870-71. The French army lest, In dead and wounded, about 140.000 men^ According to this, only one ball out of 143 fired, hit its man, and assuming that on an average only one man out of seven hit was actually killed, It would seem that only one rifle ball In 858 proved fatal. If it is further considered that the number of men wounded and killed by the guns of the artillery are included in the above estimate, It may be safely said that not over one rifle ball in 1^000 fired proves to be fatal. A Parting Benefaction. Hitherto such relief has been grant­ ed to surviving soldiers, few in num­ ber, venerable in age, alter a long lapse of time slnoe their military ser­ vice, aad as a parting benefaction ten­ dered by a grateful people.--Presi­ dent" 8 Message. Why shall not those who are dying now or wiioln -ail human probability cannot live more than two or three years, have thls^garting benefaction" as well as those who may die 15 or 20 years hence ? Why should there be such a tremen­ dous desire to reduce this "parting benefaction" to lowest spot eash fig­ ures? If "a grateful people" are in the 'parting benefaction" business, why not do It up handsomely while they are about itP If it is a beautiful and appropriate thing to "tender a parting benefao- tlon" to 100 old soldiers, why is it not 10 times more beautiful and appropri­ ate to tender it to 1.000 old soldiers? "Parting benefaction" will be re­ membered by the veterans, perhaps, longer than "Innocuous desuetude" has been,--National Tribune. Then and Mow In his last annual messq^p^iftfdviit Cleveland said: Every patriotic heart responds to a tender consideration for those who, having served their country long and well, are reduced to destitution and dependence, not as an incident of tbeii service, but with advancing age, or through sickness or misfortune. We ire all tempted by the contemplation of such a condition to supply relief, and are often impatient of the limita> tiOns of public duty. Yielding to no one in the desire to Indulge this feel­ ing of consideration. I cannot rid my­ self of the conviction that if these ex- soldiers are to be relieved, they and their cause are entitled to the heueflt of an enactment under which relief may be claimed as a rieht, and that such relief should be granted ander the sanction of law, not in evasion of it; nor should such worthy objects ef care, all equally entitled, be remitted to the unequal operation of sympathy, or the tender mercies of social and political influence with their unjust discrimina­ tions. This was so well expressed that it might have been an extract from, an editorial In the National Tribune. It was bailed with daligbt by every sol­ dier and friend of soldiers from Maine to California, for it expressed precise­ ly what we had all hoped fer and stiuggled for. At last there seemed a prospect of rescuing our comrades from the poorbouses, and of carrying relief to thousands of homes where want and distress now reign. The bill which has just been vetoed was framed In harmony wlfi that rec­ ommendation of the president. It was drawn up by the man whose posi­ tion made him best fitted for that duty--the Chairman of the House Committee on Invalid Pensions--Col Matson, himself a soldier, and in close political accord with the president. No honest-minded man can read the bill and say that it does not exactly meet the requirements of the Presi­ dent's recommendation. An over^ whelming number of the President's friends in the House evidently thought go for they passed it by an uuusual ma­ jority. Th) dignified Senators evi­ dently thought so, for they passed It without croeslng a ul" or dotting an tt| W What, therefore^ tun all at caused him to torn upon, revile and ,'| rend the very men, whom a fow J months ago, he was lavishly annoint- | ing with the perfumed oil of praise? Jgj Why are the men whom he thea , thought so worthy of relief, now 41 shirks, bounty-jumpers, swindlers, and eager to swear to falsehoods?--JVatio** al Tribune. A huge, dry-land terrapin was cap­ tured on a mountain near Ringgold, Ga., a few days since, by a little boy ^ named Louis Healee. The following ' " was eut en his shell: "'Company K« Ohio Veteran Volunteers, March 16, 18G4." At one end of its shell the word "Union" was cot in large letten. --Chattanooga Times. An Incident of Sharpsbarg. Jell R. Ruffin. of Virginia, writes: As the Crenseaw battery of the Con* federate army was going into the bat- tie of Sharpsburg, Md., in 1862, some of ^ « the men met the members of Mackio- ; | tosh's South Carolina battery running, - out of the fight with the sponge staffs ' ̂ and other Implements used by the ar- tillerymen In their hands. The gums* 'f and horses were captured but the can­ noneers escaped. At this juncture /f some of A. P. Hill's infantry came up,: drove the enemy back, and re-estab4r lislilng the line enabled the flying can­ noneers to return to their guns. This happened so qnickly that the Federals did not have time to carry off the guns or horses. Had the first-named bat­ tery been a few minutes earlier In its arrival. It, too, would have been cap­ tured. This happened on the extreme right of Gen. Lee's line of battle, and but for the timely arrival of Hilft % troops his flank would have been ^ turned and his army utterly defeated, iJ, or, perhaps, annihilated. This has never before appeared in print." Near Bty City, Mtoh., lives like 1 hermit Henry Maione, a veteran sol­ dier, aged 66. His face is. covered- with a gray beard, and his hair ia near­ ly white. He stands erect and Is near-; ly six foet ia height. He is poorly clad, but complains of nothing. His ' home Is a shanty about ten feet long . and six feet wide. It is made of- - ^ boards, the sides being of si ngle thick- ,,; ness, anJ the roof is made of boards >*: one overlapping the other to keep out. the rain and snow. The interior is dark, smoky and dingy. There Is no - floor, no bed, table, chairs,* or dlshas.^*^ The only cooking utensils are two to­ mato cans. An old drum is utilized^ for a stove. In one end of the but is afl pile of boughs, leaves and dried grass, ' and upon this the old man sleeps with ' his dogs, of which he has three. In an- ^ other portion of his room is a pile of ' wood which he constantly replenishes, He has no blankets or pillows or bed- ding of any kind. What he does or lives upon is a mystery, except that he hunts a little and in season gathers' : - • berries. He was a soldier Iti the war of the rebellion. He entered at tber£i|| start, and served until discharged at I the close. He was one of the party Jl who captured Jeff Davis. He was>F ^ thrown from a horse and permanently' injured. Though entitled to a pension and bounty, he refuses to apply fbr them,saying he can get along witboat them. He appears to be pretty well posted, and there is no indication of insanity in bis conversation. He is shy of strangers, preferring to remain, unmolested by them. He does net want any one to know him and is reti­ cent about making acquaintances.: --National Tribune. t^Tne slaughter house aad stock yards or Raney & Son, just east of the village of Stillman Valley, has for some time been infested with rats until they became a perfect nuisance^ and it was no rare occurrence to kill fifty or more in a single day; but Tuesday beat all previous records In this direction, for the water from the , creek was so high that they were driven from their hiding places under the floors and sought refuge on the . fencegp and the loft of the slaughter house, in barrels and on the little islands in the yards being surrounded with water. Such sights of rats were15" never seen before. They hung about the sides of buildings in fas toons like holiday decorations. They were enough to supply a Chinese family a lifetime--old rats and young rats, large rats aad small rats. Rats, rats, rats! A party of 15 men and boys put in a half a day of rare spert killing rats. Two or three thousand rats were killed while probably twice as many more were drowned In their hiding places or washed away by the water.-- Bock/ord Register. g|gp>The terrible fatalities from cart " taking fire and burning passengers to death have drawn public attention to the practicability of heating without stoves; by the steam from the locooso- . tive. The steam might possibly do as much harm as the tire. A si upler de- , vice and more practicable would be a . tank of water, perhaps of thick glass, over the fire, which would be crushed : at the first blow of a oollisioo aad flowing on the heated coals would efc- tinguish them instantly, room for the ingenuity of chantas. • SBBSKSf Handkerchiefs, attatylea at Althoft Broa. Here .*i*r a**-