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Offlce at Residence, West McHenry, 111. Calls promptly attended to day and night. Liverv Stable. '•^TOrw*Nmhout E. wrouT class rtu:*, * furnished at reason^l*l.O drivers XeimfrS o* NEAR THE DEPOT moHENBV; ILL Keeps open tor the accommodation of the* Public a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant, uoi'8 and Cigars all times keep the beat qu lobe found'in the market. ffltere he will at brands of Wiues, Li Also Agent l"or l^ttANZ FALK*W B»«r, ililwaulws Lajw Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al- • (fays on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Otdtri by mail promptly attended to. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. 8®e «»• . ^f Robert 83hle»slo. West McHenry, III. A. Blnglea'a SALOON AND RESTAURANT. ^cHEWRY, ILLINOIS. BUSINESS CARDS. V-.t KNIGHT ft BROWN, A *%>HNKYS VT J, AW. cr. S. Rxpresa bo.»a a. Building, s7aint 83 Washington "St CHICAGO, II,L. M. K. ELLSWORTH, ATTORNEY at l.nw, and Solicitor IB Chan­cery, Nunda, III. ASA W SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW and soiMtrn la Chancery.--Woodstock, 111. JOSLYN * CASEY, ^TfORWBYS AT LAW, Wrotstook tion. in. All business will receive prompt alien* O. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, Solicitor, ami Oovinltr, Collections a specialty, WOODSTOCK, aunon. V. *. LlTMLEY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Solicitor in Chanoerv, Ty. WOODS TOOK, ILL. .S Office In Park House, tlrst floor, ,| H'H .1 ' A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker aud Jeweler NO. One Hundre'lTwenty-Five State Rt Chi­cago, 111. Special attention given tore- pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. *STA Full Assortment of Goods in his Una United States War Claim Am --OF WM- II. COWLIN, Woodstock - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected ciaims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. C0W1.1X Office at Resldenea, Madison St., Woodstoca, Illinois. Attention Itorsemen! UollBKRr, III , April 1st, WW, I would respectfully invite the Public to call and examine :n j stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No bust* nets done ou Sun lay. 'H -Kb a OOLBY* H'HIRST ILL D. NEKDHAM'S IONI 116-11' Dearborn Street, CHICAGO Red OtTtr Bttuns, HOW PI Cures OANWF'(SUTFRIRFF ' Rheumatism, Dys| Hoadaohe, Const , Whooping- Opixirh, _ Send for ci*" on paper. Whooping1 Cou WOOD BISEASIS. CUlar, Mention MEN WANTE0. To represent our well-known nursery in this county, tor town and oountry trade. Good pay weekly. A steady position with a nur­ sery of over thirty years' stamiinv. and a know.i responsibility. We want good, lively workers, and will nay well Good references required. Apply quick, stating use. UHASlfi tttiOTHKKS COMPANY. S7 mS Chicago, III. The Police Gazette. % * Is the nly illustrate I paper In the world containing ail the latest sensational and sporting news. No Sum n Keeper, Barber, or Oluo ttoom can afford to t»e without it. It alwayo makes frieuds wliurever It goes. M illed to any address in the United States securely wrapped, 13 weeks tor ti, oeati Fivu Ueiils.tof sample copy. &ICHAKD X. FOX, rWAWKLiir SQWAHK, Vow York ATTENTION! Farmers and Dairyman. (t ITtll pay thos« looking for i CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call at otT premises before purchasing. I can furnish suoh by the car load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFBUM, ChbmlhQ. Pann about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Matchmaker & Jeweler, MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. AriNE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew-elrv always on hand. Special attention watches. Give ma given to ttMMUring fine a call. eouHtv court* |Hne Kentucky Liquors Ij Freaoli Bitters, ^.^IcHaiiry Lager Beer, - -akd- J, Mliti ffiilwaate Bottle Beer, In any Quantity from a Snitz Q-lass to lOO barrels. WHOLESALE OE RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as oneap as the cheapest. We buy none bnt the best and Mi! at Reason*ble Prices. Call aad see me and I will use 'm$mmtU. , ANTONY ENOELN. IUe« 1888. JOHN P- SMITH. BIBLE STORIES, Agents Wanted! LIBBRALUI1,TBK1IB will be given to introduce our new book Bible Brilliants: M0 CHER'S HOME The greatest success of the year, and some­ thing entirely new in the booa line. Royal Quart.)", Size, 9?i'xll3A'; finest of paper; large ivpe; 320 illustrations. t>8 full page, two of them printed in nine coi>rs; retail price only {2.50 Thousands will be sold for Holiday Presents. Those first in the tteld will reap a harvest, Act quick or yoa will miss it. FORSHEE & MACMAKIN, CmcinQ&ti, O. iff V. h Barbiaa» J. J. Barlus* BAR8IAN BROS. Vila Bile and EeUil DEALBKFL IM FINES. CIGARS, McBESRY ILLINOIS, Having leased the briek building one door Houthot itic p^at oflice. we have opened a retail store, where, at all times can be found 0ne cigirs oi :>ur owu manufacture, together with smoking anl cbewing tobacco of the b^st brauUs. SDMI? STOFFEL, | Phoenix of. Brooklyn. Roctcford Insur'ceCo fire, Tjightmnir ml Tirnato Insurance placed safelv and with despatch in either of above companies. Policies corrected, changes and I transfers made. Call on or address Simon. Stoffel. West McHenry, Illinois. WAVERLY HOUSE, WM. H. ROTNOCK, Prop., WOODSTOCK, - - ILL, Room on First Floor. Quintette Orchestra, McIJENRY. ILL. Are prepared to furnish first Class Mutin to the Dancing 1'ublic at Seasonable Bates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt, Madden. Clarionet, C, Curtis, Comet. L, Owen, Trombone, K, In gal Is, Basso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith, McHenry. NEW YORK HOUSE. 239 tc 243 E Randolph St. Between^Franklin and Market Streets, CHICAGO. r Seat Accorrttmxlation to lYaveler* and Boarder ,r E. G. K0EPPE, Prop. tlJSVlR DAY. OOOU SAMPLE ROOM. A tirtt-elauu Homte. 2he Boy* AU Stop There, THE Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Livery, Good Sample Room. TO AND TRAINS FOR PA TRON& OF TUE MOUSE. I run a line of carriages to Twin Lakes from Ulchinond, three-fourths of a mile nearer than any other road, and more level and pleasant by far. If von intend going to Twin Lakes, stop at Kiciiuioud and inquire for CULVER'S Bl'S. It i.i Hiwr.ys there,- rain or shine, itound trip prices as usuii.. C. N. CULVER, Prop. WM . STOFFEL. frAgkni for-- FIRE, 4 LIGHTNING, • u Aeo<djnUi Insurance. Atso loxva, Minnea»( i, Nebraska, Alabama, aud California Lands. Call on or address WM. S150FPEL, McHenry, ill: s WANTED. Local or 'J *ru vcliunf. To cell our Nnraory Moek. >H»lary, Expense* and Steady Kmpl .viiwiit guaranteed. CS&SE BBOTKIKS COMPANY, i Hochester, V. T. AGENTS WANTED. Furntshes the B sarance for t^tal a liquors Its a beverage,,* ing after 20 years, terms as men. and CHEAPEST In. iners from alcoholle Policies self-support- VTotnen insured on same C. W, OH THANK, OeMi»l4«eatr< Harvard,ItU, Count j, deposit*, buy* •Domestic Business, PERRY AOWfN, Bankers, MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. This Bank recetom* and sells fbreign a&at change, and does a General Banking We endeavor to c0 all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon tenns entirely satisfactory to our customers, and respectfully nalicU public patronage. x MONEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and other flr«t class security. Special attention given to col'• lectiem, f Pomp Baptiring, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersigned is prepared to do all lobe la the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps, Cementing Wells, or vlll put tu XToct Pumps OnHhort notice and warrant satisfaotlon. Is abort will do all work IU this line. Can famish TOU a new Pump, either wood or Iron, warranted, as oheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump lie paired or a new Pump, give me a call. MTOrders by mall promptly attended to. Post OlBce, Jonnsburgh, 111. L. BANTE8. JohnaDurgh, 111., May SSth, IMS. -BUS £ DBS 23 MORGAN HORSES. Short Horn, Bid Palled Angu, And Jersey Cattle. Sillside Farm, West McHenry, III. Our Morgan Stock la all pare bred, and originated from the best Morgan stoik lathe United States. Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the head 3f our Stock, is one of the best bred Morgan horses in the country, and can show more and better all purpose oolts than any other horse in the West. We invite the inspection ef oar atook by horsemen and all lovers of lae animals, A few fall blood Morgan Oolts and yonna torses for sale, Also one matched team, fall tloods. In Cattle we have the full blood Short Horn Ttiichweare crossing with the Red Polled ingus and therefore instead of sawing off the tome ve are breeding them off and with (ood success, A tew Heifers aad Balla, both pare bred 4hort Horns and the orosa above mentioned for sale. J* R* taylor A Sons, Wist MeHenrv, 11L. Feta. S7th. 1888. L. W. NICHOLS, JR. ^in WvycHBi- We have VVerv large assorttnon» »•«. sou* very handa # V AND t»SB U8. ' BAKB1AV *#». ; . MeBeary, Noveesber_lit v NK, _ JEWELER AND I8GRATER, RICHMOND ILLINOIS. AH work In my Una neatly and. tptty In First Clots ftonip'inict ett the Lowest Rates. . • Yoiirs^expectfuffyi THE CHICAGO AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY* Affords unrivaled facilities for transit be tween the most imnortnnt cities and towns in Illinois, Iowa, Wiso.insln. Northern Mich­ igan, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming. The train service is carefully adjusted to meet the requirements of through and local travel, and Includes FAST VESTIBULED TRAINS SOLDUBS' BEPASTUIHT, Edltad by WM. H. COWLIN, WOODSTOCK, It,!*- "7b oare for Mm who ha* borne the battle, and for hi* widow and orjjhans."--L.INOOLN, "friendship. Charity. Loyally-- Wurthy\$on* of Patriot FWhers." C. A. R, Direbtory. M'RBMBT POBT NO. 644. Meet* the First Thursday evening of tiacn aontk. L. E. BBMWCTT, Oom. WOOPFTOOK POST, KO M Meets flrii Hvl third Monday evenlnn of ach month. W. H. MORBOC, Oom. HDNDA FO»T, MO 228, Meets the second and fourth faesday evenings of each month. C. F. DIKB, Oom. HA*VAW>VO8T,* NO 255. Meeta the second ana toartn Monday-even tags of each month. - JOHN MARSHALL, Oom. MAMireo POST, NO. MB, Meeta every Second and fourth Friday evenings of each month. E. tt. MOBBIS, Oom. VAUOORDI POST, WO. 868. Poet meets every second and fourth Satur­ day evening In a. A. B. Hall, Main Bt. ABTBUB COOKB. Oom, The Empty Kleeve. BT ^LORKKOB IARLB, Tou talk about the pathos In the hardships of the war, Tou may talk about the glory Of the cause that you fought ft#( But there's nothing so pathetift As the lesson we reoeive, ~ ' Prom the quiet, idle flapping, Of the useless empty sleeve. Tou may talk about the marches*^ - The scant rations and "hardtack"; Of "the last drop in the cantee^'V And "the empty haversack" ;r ' There's nothing so convincing |fe The impressions that you leaf|f As the mute and speechless record. Of the useless empty sleeve.^ Tou may speak of Southern prisons, But ttieir horrors could not last; Of the roar and din of batt le, But, thank <iod, that, too, has past. But we see a grim reminler, IfiVery morn and noon and eve, It the living, speaking presenoe Of the useless, empty sleeve. Soldiers deck the grave* of cooiiadea With the laurel that thev won; Poets sing of gallant heroes, . And of deeds of great renowttt But there's naught in poet's anthems . &he ehaple »» «ha4 «hey wmsv*a That can beat the touching atiir^ u ' Oi the useless etni»ty sleevei.; Dining Can. Sleeping Cars ft Day Coaches Bunnlng Solid between Ohieagoand; ST. PA tJL. MINNEAPOLIS, COUNCIL BLUFFS* OMAHA. DENVER AND* PORTLAND, ORE. PULLMAN & WAQKER SLEEPERS Chicago to San Francisco WITHOUT OHAKGE. COLONISTS SLEEPERS, Chicago to Portland Ore, AND SAN FRAbCISCO. Free Reclining Chair Oars CHICAGO TO DENVER AND PORTLAND, ORE, •la Counoil Bluffs aad Omaha. For the time of trains, tickets snd all Infor­ mation, apply to Station Agents of Ohicago A North-western ltai I way, or to the Usneral Passenger Agent, at Chicago. W. H. NEWMAN, J M. WHITMAN 3d Vice PrttL Gen'I Manager. K. P. WILSON, B. SUSS. Gen'I Pa--. AgL Agtnt, McHenry, III HANLY BROS, BBEBDEBS OF Roadster, Praft, AND GRADE HORSES- We having the following stallioi*S in servioe for the season of 1890. VON LEER* Young Hambletoniau Stallion. Foaled June 1st, 188S. Stands 15* hands high, weight UU0 pounds. Is bright bay. black points. Has one sty le and good actiOD. As a representa­ tive for getting good roadsters is hard to "Von Leer" was sired by George O. (9701), by Lakeland Abdallah (351). First dam by Patchen, by Autocrat, Second dam Dolly by Gilford Morgan. CHANCELLOR, JR. •Having purchased a very fine imported Clydesdale -.tailion, Chancellor Jr., tor our own use. will breed a limited number of mares out tide. Ohaucellor Jr. is 9 years old this spring; is a Cherry Bay with black points; IB\ hauds high and weighs about 1700 pounds; strong, clean limbs, line aJtion, mild disposi­ tion. He was sired by Chancellor, (1310;, he by Drew Piince of Wales, (673) Oain by Lofty, '460); graud-dam by Duke of Welling­ ton. (151>); great-grand-dam by Sir William Wallace, (S91). He combines in his breeding the best blood Scotland ever had, and has proven his ability to get uniform colts, of great size, fine form, strong and rugged. CHAMPION, JR. The Perchon Morgan Horse. Ufrhas proven himself a line stock »retier for general pur­ poses, aud cannot be .>eaten in the Northwest. Parties who intend breeding the cominr season, will Und it -o their advantage to call and see our stock and get oar terms twhich will be reasonable. Accidents and escapes at owner's risk. Blares from a distance well cored lor, at mod erate rates, ^ ; OaU and see us HANLY BROS, Aloarthe Skirmish Lin$j^";!vo.? Tho hotels have agreed to aceept regu­ lar rates. The railroadi* are willing to accept one fare for the round trip. " * The "Ladies of the G. A. It." headquar­ ters will be at the Tremont House. It is estimated that 100,000 men will take part in. the coming National En­ campment parade. Boston has commenced her prepara­ tions for the National Encampment. A committee of 150 prominent citizens has been organized, sub-committees ap­ pointed and at work. There are eighty-two National ceme­ teries iu the United States. A Grand Army reunion will be held at Bangor, Mich., Aug. 20, 21 and 22. The First Colored Relief Corps in Mich­ igan was organized May 21 at Detroit and will be knowu as John Brown Corpp, No. 198. The first colored command of the U. V. U. was mastered recently at Washing­ ton. Colonel Fred Taylor Post, of Philadel­ phia, realized f2,200 from a recent con­ cert. The Department of Wisconsin G. A. R. is divided into sixty-two inspection dis­ tricts. The headquarters of the Department of Minnesota G. A. R. are located at Minne­ apolis. C. K. Pier Camp, Sons of Veterans, Mil­ waukee, has organized a Ladies' Aid So­ ciety. J. L. Hey wood Post, No. 83, Northfleld, Minn., has one of the finest Grand Army halls in the Northwest. Forty-four camps of Sons of Veterans, with a membership of 805, were organ­ ized during the month of April. The seventh annual encampment of the Iowa Division, SonB of Veterans, will be held at Washington, Iowa, June 11, 12 and 13. The headquarters of the W. R. C. of Minnesota at Boston during the Nation­ al Encampment have been established at the Congregational -building on Beacon street, near the famous Boston Common. The Attorney General of Michigan, has made a construction of the State bounty law which will give $100 each to about 1,500 veterans, who enlisted in the Mich­ igan regiments after February 5, 18G4. The soldiers and sailors' monument at Newport, R. I., was dedicated Ftidtiy, May 23d. General R. A. Alger, Governor Ladd, and many prominent citizens and soldiers took an active part in the cere­ monies. • In the House, May 23d, Mr. Catcheon, of Michigan, introduced H. R. 10,251 making an appropriation for the decora­ tion of the public buildings in Boston during the National encampment of the G. A. R. General Lee at one time WM very much bored by a Georgia man who had made fnvjucnt personal applications for a fur­ lough. One day the General asked his tormentor if he understood the position of a soldier. The fatter said he did. He was ordered to assume it. General Lee then gave the command, "Right about face; forward, march." As he never gave the command to "halt," the Georgian kept on marching until he'fjjoi' ? He did not get his furlough. , " "The bill to pension ex-prisoners of war will pass without doubt, and dis­ tribute some $7,000,000 to that very deserving class of veterans. It is likely that it wilbbe amended to include onJy those who were captured in the line of duty, which will be satisfactory to all honorable soldiers. It gives $2 & dtiy for every day of imprisonment so that those who were unfortunate enough to fall into the enemy's hands at Gettys­ burg or Chicatnauga, and lucky enough to live through the hell of Andersonville, Florence and Salisbury will receive a very substantial sum, but which, large as it may l)e, will be a small compensation for all that they endured there. The man who gets the most would not be willing to go through a single month of his im­ prisonment for all that he receives." Mother Bickerdyke's Dairy. I® IB62 Mother Bickcrdyke, thefamous Union nurse, found great difficulty in supplying her immense hospital at Mem- gphis with milk, butter and eggs. She paid 40 cents a<piart for milk, poor at .that, and was obliged to give whole iboxes of clothing sent by Northern peo- |ple, in pay for a few fresh eggs for her suffering boys. So one day she informed flen. Sherman that she was going "to ^Het up a dairy for herself;" that she had foraged all she could, and her boys must hove milk or die. Off she started for her home in Illinois In just ten days she had 200 good cows and 1,000 fine hens en-route for the jSouth. , Every former gave all he could spare of |iis choicest Jerseys for the "poor boys," While all day long across the streets of prairie towns and villages, boys and ^irls, little and big, carried in their arms Home nice "Old Speckle" cackling and scolding along, and whole broods of pet "pullet*" for the "poor soldiers." Such a boxing up! All the country turned Into a carpenter's shop; while the farmer i>oys led their pretty-faced Jerseys to th< plii.s. ; Some of the families of that city com­ plained to Gen. Sherman that "this old Woman with her cackling hens and low­ ing cows" disturbed their peace, so the General quietly gave her an island in the Mississippi river for her animals, just op­ posite the hospital, and there her gener­ ous dairy was established, aud soon the "poor boys" had full supplies daily of delicious milk and butter an^jL .^xgs. -- Wide Awake. ; ; immediately set to work to secure appointment for Mrs. Eastwood in 0110 of the Capitol departments, and within a very short time had the satisfaction getting a position for the lady in tJw> » Census office at a salary of sixty dollars per month, thereby enabling her to pay for her home and support herself and. little girl. Congressman Hopkins de­ serves much credit for pushing his ea- ^ i deavors t o success for so worthy a person, and the Sentinel believes the old veterans ^ all over the country, whether they know ' Comrade Eastwood or not, will appreei- ; ate his kindness and promptness by his v*. action in this case. Comrade Eastwood has an excellent war record, having served full three years in active service with Battery A, Chicago Light Artillery. --Sentinel. SUsrman's Ma ch to the Sea. Th question, "Why didn't General Sherman go to Augusta instead of Sa­ vannah, when he made .his great march through Georgia?" has been so often asked and commented upon and without satisfactory solution, that P. A. Storell, editor of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, recently wrote General Sherman on the subject and received the following reply: MY DEAR SIR:-- * * * The "march to the sea" from Atlanta was resolved on after Hood had got well on his way to Nashville. I then detached to General Thomas a force sufficient to whip Hood, which he in December, 1H(>1, handsomely and conclusively did. Still 1 had left *a respectable army and resolved to join Grant at Richmond. The distance was 1,000 miles, and prudence dictated a base at Savannah or Port Royal. Our enemy had garrisons at Macon and Au­ gusta. I figured on both, but passed be­ tween. I didn't want to drive out 'their garrisons ahead of me at the crossings of Santee, Catawba, I'edee, Cape Fear, etc. The moment I passed Columbia, the factories, powder mills, and the old stuff accumulated at Augusta were lost to the only two Confederate armies left--I^ee's and Hood's. So, if you have a military mind you will see I made a better use of Augusta than if I had captured it, with all its stores, for which I had no use. I used Augusta twice as a buffer; its garri­ son was just where it helped me. If the people of Augusta think I slighted them in the winter of 1 by reason of per­ sonal friendship formed in 1844, they are mistaken; or if they think I made a mis­ take in strategy let them say so. and. with the President's consent, I think I can send a detachment of 100,000 or so of "Sherman's bummers" and their de­ scendants who will finish up the job with­ out charging Uncle Sam a cent. The truth is these incidents come back to me in a humorous vein. Of course the civil war should have ended with Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Every sensible man on earth must have then seen there could be but one result. The leaders of the South took good care not to "die in the last ditch," but left brave men like Walker Adams, Pat Clebourae,etc., to do that. Yours truly, W. T. SJIEKMAN. I ; ^'t;y l.ij t-:A Hon. A. J. Hopkins has again demon­ strated that he is the true friend of de­ serving ex-union soldiers and their depen­ dent ones. James G. Eastwood, formerly of this city, but for several years past a resident of Washington, D. C., and who is well known to most of our readess, has of late years.been loosing his health and for some months has been in the hospital for the insane, at Georgetown, 1>. C., for treatment. Comrade Eastwood has a wife and one child, whose circu instances, financially, demanded immediate attend tion in order that a home purchased on the installment plan, might be saved, and on which quite an amount had been paid. Mr. Hopkins had his attention called to the case not long since by % friend or two of Comrade Eastwood, aad A War Episode. The battle was on, and the bine and ;V the gray were at each other's throats. It was at Gainsville, and the Federal* ^ were getting the worst of the fight, writes ^ < ^ allace P. Reed. The heat of an August sun beat fiercely down upon the long lines of glittering steel melting away in the % fiercer heat of war. On the right the earth ,: trembled under thundering hosts of charge ing cavalry; on the left the men in bind heard their bones crash under the leaden _ ^ rain like glass in a hailstorm. Over all' 5 J rose the sulphurous clouds belched forth by the deep throated guns whose terrible < roar shook the rock-ribbed hills. ,^| As the ranks of blue shattered andT shaken by the shower of shot and shelly* • pfty slowly rolled back, a Federal colonel waved his sword over his head in the vain < a attempt to rally his men, and then stag- , ;ifl gered and fell on the blood-stained grass*. The fallen officer was a man of striking appearance. His grand face and forni , caught the attention of the rushing le- ^ gions of gray, and the men unconsciously ' swerved aside to avoid trampling him. down. Desperately wounded, the colonel ^ painfully crawled to a tree, and reclined against it with the life current flowing ^ from the bullet hole in his breast. Hi£;: anxious eyes looked into the stern face® , ^ of the Confederates as they charged ou Sf'l past him. In andther moment his fare brightened. "Bob!" he shouted, "Bob don't yoa know me?" General Toombs, riding at the head of his brigade, heard Hie familiar voic teAhedann, r&laacedu speaker. " Good God I " exclaimed the gei "It is Fletcher Webster--Daniel Webster's son!" , In an instant Toombs was kneeling by '.VKf the colonel's side. He placed the helpless ' •? ' man iu a more comfortable position, and ' gave him water from a canteen. "He iii ̂ ̂ ff; my old friend," he said to a staff officer^ • ! "poor Fletch Webster--Daniel Webster's* son--shiy here with him--I must go oa ;'-J to the front." ^ 4 Cieneral Toombs mounted his horse, and „ 11 , i k charged on with his brigade to annilhil&te the rest of Webster's regiment. The first lull in the fray brought the'!' Georgian back to the tree. . "And so we meet as enemies," ^laidii fe§§!-: Webster, returning the other's sjnupathe- * ̂ tic hand presure. , ' "Never!" replied Toombs. "Daniel's j son must always be my friend. Just. '• • 'J uowwe must fight out our difference®, but there are happier days ahead for1';.̂ us both. "My wound is mortal," said Webster, ' sadly, "God bless you, old frjend, for your kindness. Gentlemen, I thank you. War is a bad thing." , / Again the general took leave of tho sufferer and returnied to the front, leaving a surgeon behind him. ' -y The Confederates cared for their captive > with brotherly tenderness, but it was of.. 3 no avail. Weater grew the dying man'^h pulse and more fitful his heart throbsJ^/ Quietly, and with a smile on his face, htF- '" passed away. He whispered a meiwa«B.' *:, ^ for his loved ones, and said:' , t- Ht, , "Tell Bob I loved him--God blesshim!'^ ^ :||S Fletcher Webster was dead--the hope, 'J and glory of a proud father--the ideal!, ° ^ soldier of New England--this was his end ' ~ -dead on the battle field with the sorrow-;« ful faces of his foeinen bending over him. "A true man aud a brave soldier," said * General Toombs that night its he wiped away a tear. "Let us send him through the lines with the honors of war." "v? It was done. Fletcher Webster's dead 'fip body was sent with an escort to the*' Federal camp. A°funeral cortege aoeom- panied it to Boston. It lay io state in old Faueuil Hall, and all New England mourned his loss. ,% War is a bad thing! '• Edward Silver, hicago, gives testi­ mony: "My wife had catarrh twenty-five years; suffered severely for six. years lie- fore she began to use your remedy. Un­ able to breathe except through the mouth. Iu a most critical condition. . J Tried everything without relief when Dr. Streeter advised her to buy I arke's Ex- tnvct of Flax (Papillon) atarrh ure. Relief followed immediately. She contin­ ued to use it until site is now entirely cured. Her health has not been so good in many years." Price, $1. Wash tho baby with Clarke's Flax Soap. 25 cents. Geo. 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