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.. 17. PUBLISHED EVEKT WIDIHDAT BT -j. vain slyke,- £ pi TOE AND PROPRIETOR. ^ , Office In Bishop's Block, --OROBXT9 PlUT *Owm*s TERMS 08" StJ B3GEI PTIOK. One Year (in Ativaiaeie) tl.50 If Not Paid within Three Month#.. . 2.00 Subscription? received for three or six months in the ansae proportion. Kates of Advertising. We annsunfle liberal rates for advertising n the PLA.rNt>n^LKR', and en.le&vor to state hem ao plainly that they will be readily on­ er stocxi. They are follows: 1 Inch one year . . . 5 00 8 Inches one year» - - • 10 00 8Inchesoneye.tr- - . 15 00 V Column one year 3000 H Column one year- ... 60 00 Column one year . - . - 100 00 One inch meMis the measurement of one inch down the column, single column width. yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often aa they choose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having standing carls, will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate of B cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 cents per Jine the first week, and 5 cants per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (uokipareil type, same as tliis is eel In) the first issue, and 5 cents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, an inch advertisement will cost 11.00 for one week, 11.50 for two weeks, ft.00 for three weoks, and so on. The PLAINDRALBK will be liberal In giving editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of Its columns for peouniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. O J HOWARD, 11. D. pHY-IOIVN AND SURGEON. McHenry, L 111 Office vt residence, one block east of Public School Building O. H FltGERS, M, D- PHtSlOlAN AND SURGEON, McHenry Ills. Office at Residence. WM, OSBORNE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office at Residence, West McHenry, 111. Calls promp.ly attended to day and night. Liverv Stable. HE. WIGITMAN, Proprietor. First • class rigH with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of fcll kinds done oa short notioe. I. NEAR THE DEPOT. WEST MoHENRY, ILL Keeps open for the accommodation of the Public a rirst-Olaes Saloon, and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the beat brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars th< i to be found in the market. Also Agent Tor FRANZ FALK'8 Lagn Bin. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al- ways on hund, cheaper than any other, qaall. ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended to. GOOD STARLING FOR HORJSFS 'JKTCall anrij-t^e us. Robert 8ohlessle. Wast Mcl'eu-y, 111. A. Englen's Mm AND RESTAURANT' McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, MeHenry Lager Beer, -AND- J. ScMiiz MiMee Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Snitz Glass to 1G0 barrels. AT WHOLESALE OB RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or caee as cheap as the cheapest. We buy none but'the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. ^ Call and- ree m- and I will U9e son well. AJVTOlpr ENOLEN. h III Ut&Miayt 1888. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1892 BUSINESS CARDS. HA V. BHKPAHD. r. L. SHKPABD. SHEPARD A SHEPARD, ATTORNKYS> AT LAW. Suite 512, North­ern Office Bu^ldiUg, 96 LaSalle Street unioago, 111. 45 iy KNIGHT A BROWN, A TTORNBYS AT LAW. U. 8. Express Cfr^e £\. Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, Il.L. J09LYN * OASKY, A TTORNBYS AT LAW, Woodstock 111. x*. All business will receive prompt atten­ tion. O *. BARNES, A TTOBNKT, Solicitor, and Counselor, XX Collections a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. V. S LUMLEY. * ATTORNEY AT LAW, and soUeitor in Chancery, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Office in Park House, first floor. A. Ml. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. One HundredTwenty-Pive State fit Chi­cago, 111. Special Attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. Full Assortment of Goods in his line Attention Horsemen! MOHEKRT, III., April 1st, 1838, I would respectfully invite the Public to oalland examine m 7 stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No busi ness dona on Sunday. N. 8. COLBY K'HlirRT TTX The Police Gazette, Is the nly illustrate^ paper In the world containing all the iatest sensational and sporting news No Salo>n Keeper, Barber, or Club Room can afford to be without It It always makes friends wherever it goes. Mailed to anj- address in the United States securely wrapped, 13 weeks for 91, Send Five Cents 'or sample copy. BICHABD I. VOX t BAKKLiir SQUABS, Nflw York United States War Glai Apcy ---OF--- WM- H- COWLIN, Woodstock - Illinois. Prosecutes all clasBss and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A spenalty is taads ii: prosecutiug old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. cowny Office at Residence, Madison St., Wo6detoca, Illinois. SIMON STOFFEL, AGKNT FOR---- Phcsniz, of Btoaklyn, J. Y. Capital,;5098,315» Rockfcrd, cf Sockfcrd, III Capital, 802,448, Natwl, of MM, Cora. Capital, $2,620*213 In an ranee carefully and safely placed on all classed of propf-rty against; lire, I gbtnmg, ani> t!»rtiado, either tor cash of on lonst time, without interest. Fire policies on live stock eover "nine in buil ing or on larm igainst loss or damaare by fire or lightning anii against llchtmrsr »nywhero May, straw, stalks and fodder are covered bv one policy in building or stacks on farm. Grain, seeds and mill fee5 are covered under o e sum n building or on fBrm Insurance transferred to other locali­ ties frae of rnrge. Gasoline oroi' stove and stertm thresher permits granted in policies free of charge Household goods of every description, including coil, wood and provl- si >n« a 1 coveieit under one item Complete records kept of all policies, condition., assign­ ments and transfers made. Oall for list of over 700 policy holders in above companies. Simon &toffel. West McHenry, Illinois. V- J. Barbian- J. 3 Barbian BROS. Wholesale and Retail DBABSKS IN PINE CIGARS, McHENRY ILLINOIS. Having leased the b4ck building one door ^outh cf the post office, we have opened a retail f tore, w here, at till times can be found tine cignrii of our own manufacture, together with stroking and ehewing tobaoeo of the beet V'r'inda. Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment andi som- very!hB;jd»ocae patterns. call and sek us. BJLaHi on naoa W«IA»»IT'». W«>REJRIT«TL3TH. 18RS ATTENTI0irr^\ Farmers and Dairymen. It will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call at DT premises before purchasing. I can furniao such by the car load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, GHKMCKQ. Farm about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. American Clover Bios sen Co. 351 H. Clark StJ CHICAGO, ILL. The Great Blood Purifier. Curts all Blood Diseases tint «rise from the effect of Bad Blood. A sure cure for Cancer. Ca tarrah, Piles, Sick Headache, iiv*. pepxia, Whooping Cough, iRheumatism, Con atipaiion, etc. Will open* lt» iPennd yenr on W>d n-sday, Sopt. 16. 1891, and will oftor special prlvll<jTP8 to the light cIhsh of s'udf-n's. The i»6litution will be con­ ducted as a Home School for Boys Where thoy will rPC' Ive th«? benefits of a t»'oroi gh prt^taration in all ol t he oon moi) branches of atudy. GEEM iN AND MUSTC. Weolsfm for our school a pleasant and heal hv situation a' d the past year boars us out In the Assertion. TEEMS AND DESCBIFTlVE CIECULAE Sent to any address on arpHcatlon. The school is nl-usued at R:ng»oo^, Mc'eisrv f'o.. Ill, on the C. # N W. R. R„ 59 Milt-s from ('Wcage. 15 miles frotu Lake Gen« va. and 6 miles Iroui Fox L k'^. No saloon, billiard hall, or other loafing place in town. Addr< ss Oak LaWD Academy, 8rf RINGWOOD, III. BLOSSOMS, per pound FLUID EXTRACT, per bottle SOLID EXTRACT, per pound f0.50 1.00 2.50 Bot > the Solid and ITltild Extracts are made from the same stock of Btofttomt*, and are equally as good and efficacious as the Blor- Boms. JULIA A. STOftY, Agent. McHenry, Illinois. EDAR im STOCK FARM, ; HEBRON, ILL. Phillips & Richardson, BREEDERS OF High. Grade Jersey Cattle, REGISTERED POLAND CHINA MOOS,. AND PUBE BRED POULTRY. Silver La^ed Wyandotte*, Light Bramas, Ply mouth Rockb, S. C. White and S, O. Brown Leghorns, Patrldge Cochins, *nd other Varieties. Mammoth B onze and White Holland T rkeys. Pekin Ducks and White Guineas. We have a lew high Grade Jersey Cattle for eale from choice selected stock. Our Poland China Hogs are of the best anu choicest strains We have some very choice spring Pigs for eale at very reasonable pries. An inspection of them is invited, or write us your wants and we wi'l quote you prices. Ail pigs eligible to any register. Poultry for stle at -eaeonable^prices. Eegs during season. We htve som'e very choice Poultrv of alt kinds at Fall prices. All orders for Pigs, Birds or Eggs receive prompt attention. Our stock has been carefullv selected and is strictly pure, and we Guarantee it ^s such. Our customers may rest iS9ured that we shall ship only such stock *s will reflect credit upon ourselves an i them also. Correspond, ence cheerful<y and promptly attended to and respectfully solicited. Visit' rs welcome any day but Sunday, and we extend an invi­ tation to all to call and see our stock. Hoping to receive a share of jour patronage, and assuring our fiiends that we will labor to please you, we await your favors. YouVs Respectfully, PHfLLIPS A RICHARDSON. Heptember, 1880. F. K. QRANC General Auei leer. Sales oi Reai Estate, Stock, Farming Tools, Household Furniture, and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most reas­ onable terms. Orders by mail will receive prompt at- iddraN. F. K QB1MB Wilt MeBnij J. R. SAYLOK & SON, -BREEDERS OR- Morgan:: Horses, En bracing tb* celebrated General Glflord, Green Mountain and Morrill blood. STOCK FOR SALE. Stallions.ati .d Fi111*s. r iendfor pedi­ grees. F and Registered Poland China --SWINE.-- Choice Merino Sheep, Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. High Crade Jersey Cattle. For snle Come and Inep^C' Block or ad dri es J. R. SAYLOR & SON. 0\v This Trade Mark Is on •The Best Waterproof Coat In th« world. PENSIONS! The Disability Bill Is a Law Soldiers Disabled Since «the War are Entitled* Dependent w;:Vxs S-b J j ars- te now df- peroent whoee bone died from the effects of army pervicea Ere irclurted If yon wish your claim .speedily and successfully prose­ cuted, addresa JAMES TANNER. e WASHINGTON D. O. Late OommUsioner of Pensions. 4S JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker «Sc Jeweler ' McHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINK stork of Clocks, Watches afad Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention riven, to repairing line watohos. Give nit a call. --. --' JOHN P. SMITH. WM. STOFFEL. --Afftnt for-- FIRE, - LIGHTNING, And Ae«?d«atal Iniaranoe. Also Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, and California Lands. Call on or address WM. STOrrEL, McHenry, ill: Quintette stra, McHENRY. ILL. Are preparerti «o furnish First Class Mueit> to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt, Madden, Clarionet, O, Onrlis, Comet. L, Owen, Trombone, B, Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith, McHenry. SALARY and Com "i8«ton to Agents, Men an < Women, Ttacb ers an i r^lerg men to introduce a rwu and popular ttandard book^ MARVELS of the NEW WEST A new Agent sold 70 in one week. Agmft projtu, #136 50 Over 35*> original engravings 10.4UU copies sold in "ne *eok, Exclus've territory. Endorsed by the greatest men of our country. Apply to THE HEXR Y BILL PUB. CO., Norwich, Conn SHORT PORN BULLS For Sale at Living Prices by the under­ signed. Call on or address FRANK COLE, SPRING OKOVK. ILL spring Grove, t'l , Nov. 12. 1890. U. S. CVSTH & SOS, Grainer. Paper Hargere, Kalsominersi Decorators. McHENRY; ILLINOIS All work promptly done an^ satisfaction guaranteed. Oouatry work a spBcialt*. Call on or address C. S. Curtis A Son* McHENRY. ILLINOIS McHENRY ler & Son, -DEALERS IN- MARBLE & GRANGE; Bfonnments, Headstones Tablets, Etc. Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. Satisfaction Susraatwd. Shops at McHenry and Johns- burgh, III, where at all times can be found a good assortment of finished work. Respectfully, frenry Miller & Son. WlNTPni Salesmen t~ sell our ffMiiicui choice Nursery 8tock all goo's guaranteed to be Oral claeB Uoo<i salaries and expenses, or a liberal commission paid. No experience necessary Write lor terms giving age, and secure your choice of territory. «. L. KNIGHT &CO., ' 100 Part AVIAUO. Bocheser N. 1* NO FEE A 48- page book free. Addres* IT. T. F1TZ GERALD, Attorney at Law. or 8.<h and F Sts , Washin gton, D O 30LB1SRS1 0XF45TH1IT. Kdltsd by WM. H« OOWLI, --WOCDSTOCK, nx.-- "7b oare for him who has borne the battle, and far Mt Widow and Orphans." --LinCuLH. "lftimdthip,-Charity. Loy­ alty-- WortAy mu of Patriot Father* » 12 Aa R, Directory. M'HBITRT POST HO. 643. Meets the First and Third t^ur day even­ ings of each month It C M*A», Oon. WOODSTOCK POST. WO 106. Meets flrst and third Monday evenings of ascb month. S. E. SiCHABDS, com. rurrn your, uo wi. Meets the tecond and fourth Tassdar •veuirgs cif etch moT>th WN, R. ST CLA'R, Com. RAHTAltD POST, KO 9W. Meets the second ana rourtn Monday even lngs of each month. J, D CLABK, Oom. MAMVOO POST. NO. W». Meets every Second and Fourth Friday evenings of each month. E R. MOBBIB, Com. WARCOBDA POST. HO 868. Poet meets every seeond and fourth Satur­ day evening in G. A, &. Hall, Main St. A 1. PRICE. Com. ASfBLitPti i£l*4 and receive free men C. Ill U 91 ?OG solid Leather Ad- lustsbls Buggy Washers, the best and cheap­ est, or 6u cents for 100L 15 cente for 20. H.H. 8AUNDER8, Weliln&ton. Ohio. aT0.S 101151 55 .jf-'iVn'a Wanted! • I •• Col-Son .'--••ft A •1 I.. vrtJt„T '.-I- H i te -- -M e\ rr no ier NrtHH)' i«-t. -emi i "i i-cr and packing .11 :-.i56d sfcttiLilt bhMsallsfnrH os* inmiu Aloni the Bkirmsh LIBS- Thus far 762,433 claims for pension have been made under act June 27, 1890. The last census report shows 1,600,000 Union Soldiers still living. The Pension Bureau estimates the number 1,250,000. Of the $2,300,000 disbursed at the Pension Office, the last payment went in various spniB to 75,400 homes. Who is there dares put his name on paper as be­ grudging it to the maimed old veterans who threw life on the altar of country. The last quarterly payment at the To- peka (Kan.) agency was nearly three million dollars. Thus this vast sum, in amounts varying from $6 upwards, finds its way directly to the people. If there had been no pensioners where would this money have gone? Thet.s Gu Cigilotvcff- iS 5S per 1000, oi which 15 cents goes to the pen­ sion fund. A dude has to smoke three of these a day for nearly a year and pay the tobacconist f 10 for them before he con­ tributes 15 cents to the support of the broken down veterans of the war. This is the way "the people are taxed to death to pay pensions." ' It is actually proposed in Virginia to build a monument to a rebel who did not gain his chief notori( ty in trying to de­ stroy the government. The Legislature has asked Congress to erect a monument to Commodore Matthew F. Maury, the author of "The Physical Geography of the Sea," and other hydrographic works of great value. Maury resigned his posi­ tion in the Navy in 1861 and joined the rebels, but as he had incurred Jeff Davis' ill-will, he was never allowed to attain any prominence in the Confederacy." °0 Work of the Penaion one* ° During the week .6,738 claims were re­ ceived, of which 330 were original invalid; 254 widows; 0 bounty land; 26 navy; 22 old war; 0 on account of Mexican service, 170 accrued pension and 1,385 applications for increase. Number of re­ jected claims reopened 281; act of June 27, 1890, 1,808 original invalid, 443 widows, and 1.079 prior applications under prior applications. Number of claims received to date un­ der act of June 27, 1890, 756,617 Claims disposed of to date under said act, 324,246. The names and postoflice addresses of 2,103 officers and comrades were furnished for the use of claimants. There were 96,332 pieces of mail mat­ ter received; 66,176 letters and blanks sent out. The number of cases de.ailed to special examiners were 362; 235 reports and cases from special examiners; cases on hand for special examination, 4,688. Report of certificates issued: Original, 3,578; of which --- were under act of June 27,1890; increase, 1,402; accrued, 115; reissue, 0; restoration, 0; dupli­ cate 12; act of March 4,1890, 0; total, 5,107. Total number of claims pending, 889,824. Assistant Secretary Bussey has made an important decision as to when the war began. Heretofore all Departments have iollowed the Supreme Court's deci­ sion that the war began April 19, 1861. Under this rule a pension was refused to the widow of Chas. Pearson who enlisted in the District of Columbia militia April 13,1861, and served 90 days from that date. Secretary Bussey has directed the pension to issue, and has made the rule that for pensionable questions the war began March 4,1861. Our soldiers and sailors stood side by side with their leaders in all the qualities that made good citizens and patriots. In the old years, kings and heroes led their serfs and clansmen to battle. In our civil war, kings and heroes made up the rank and file that constituted the armies and navy. They were kings and princes in their own right, and they were fighting for that Government which crowns every man who is a citizen with kingly power. They were not unthinking hirelings, but substantial patriots who had the same grand interests at stake as did the offi­ cers who led them and the people of the epublic, of the latter of which they are e representatives. Such an army was invincible. THE MAN WITH FAILING. 81a Efforts to Relieve the Intense *»»*• •ty Were Not Appreciated. It was 10:30 o'clock at night, and the rain and wind and darkness made it a wild one, when the train suddenly MIBH to a halt. Some one had swung a lan­ tern on the track about a quarter of a mile from the bridge spanning Shady creek. Those of us who turned out to learn what was up saw a farmer-looking man come back to the smoking car with the conductor, and when in out of the storm the latter asked: "Now, then, you say there's trouble ahead. What is it? Talk fast, for I now twelve minutes behind time." The man was about forty years old, dressed in coarse clothing and was wet to the skin. The lantern was n old fashioned one, made of tin, and the light was furnished by a piece of candle about three inches long. "Look a-here, gmeral," he replied to the conductor in a nervous, way, "go sorter slow on ine or 1 can't tell yo' the story.*1 . "" "What do you mean?" "I've--I've got a failin. If yo* git me excited Til Btut-stut-stutter till yo' cant understand a word 1 say." "Very well; you stopped us?" "Yes; I felt called to do it. Hold an, nowl Don't push me!n 'Til give you time. Ton live near here, don't you?" "Right up by the branch thar*. Lived thar' goin on twenty years. Keep cool, ginerai, and dont git me narvous. Tm a-doin all right so fur." "Well, you felt called upon to stop us?" "I did. It's been rainin party steady fur about a week." "Yes." "The branch has jest been a-humpin of herself fur the last two days." "Yes, the water has been rising." "Hold on, ginerai! Dou't chip in too fasi, I'm a-holdin of myself as hard as 1 kin, bat 1 feel my tongue wobblin around. This noon 1 seen the water risin mighty fast and I felt it my duty to watch it. i went up agin about dark and then agin an hour ago. I knowed when you was due here, and" "And you stopped us. Good heavens, man! but the bridge is gone!" "Hold on, ginerai! You are goin too fast! 1 t-t-told yon if yon g-g-got me ex-ex" "Take it easy," replied the conductor. "Just think what yon want to say and then speak very slow. Great lands! but what an escape!" "Ginerai, i reckoned yo'd worry about the bridge." "Yes, I've been very anxious about it* "Yo' knowed the water was risin way up." "Yes." "1 told the old women you'd worry about it, and that I'd best git the lantern and stop the t-t-train a-a-and t-t-tell-- tell"--- "Take it easy, man, there's no hurry. You got your lantern and stopped the train to tell us that the bridge had been floated off by the freshet. 1 understand and I can promise you" "Ginerai!" "Yes." "The bridge is all right! I reckoned yo'd worry over it, and so 1 got the lan tern and stopped the train to tell you that the water had gone down four feet and the bridge hadn't suffered a ha'rl" I don't remember all the conductor said when he got at the facts, nor how many passengers helped throw the man down among the bushes, but when the train moved on he was banging the old tin lantern around and calling: "G-G-Gineral, I'll be h-h-hanged if 1 don't see this old r-r-road in T-T-Texas before 1 ever do it another fa-fa-favor!" --New York World. NO. 31 BitsklMt Should Be the Hearty Meal. Our food is taken at the wrong time and too hastily. The morning is thef time for our principal meal, not the' evening. Some years ago. during thej? ; session of our annnal conference, 1 waa I the guest of a physician. He one day; | remarked to me, "You will live to be a„ i years old if no accident befalls you," ' J J'« J "Why do you think so?" 1 asked. "Be-* ^ cause 1 notice that your principal meal is your breakfast." Tip is true I rise ." " from my night'B repose hungry, and it is^ » j the only time in the day when I ba^er W^V j that sensation. "But," the reader will' • say, "I have no appetite in tbe morn- ing." I will tell you why. ^ You rise in the morning, quickly dressf.; Vourself, drop down at the table, swal-- low in haste a cup of coffee, hurriedly. ' % eat a hot roll, seize your hat and rash ta • > the cars or your place of business, driw«w through your morning work, run into aT V^|g restaurant, swallow something that an* • J alligator would find it difficult to digest. > : /c go back to your study, counting room of * * ^ mart of trade, where you are driven by the press and perplexities of business op * study until 5 o'clock, when yon hasten % v-J home faint and exhausted and sit down-- to your 6 o'clock dinner. " The same habit of hurry clings to you 5 at the meal, and yon bolt a mass of hot v ,3' meats and the usual et ceteras and go to f bed and toss and turn and wrestle wiShf' ^ horrid shapes. Your digestive organs are in no condition to receive thai ma&ot V 'J1 of matter, the business, the planning, the* ' brain work of the day has driven the [• blood to the brain and lung3, thus chock ^ ing the tiow of the gastric dissol vents, ^ and now all night, instead of quiet rest, nature has been at work to remove that' half digested mass of material from tbe . ^|| stomach. Do you wonder that you fcava- no appetite in the morning? Mow, the stomach, as^well as other organs, calls" for seasons of rest and recuperation or it ( J will fail in its functional duties. WouJd^Kxf'. you have length of days? Change all • this.--Christian Advocate. \'W Gladstone at s Picnic. Gladstone's daily life at home is a model of simplicity and regularity, and the great secret of the vast amount of work he accomplishes lies in the fact that every odd five minutes is occupied. No man ever had a deeper sense of the preciousness of time and the responsi­ bility which every one incurs by the use or misuse he makes of it. To such a length does he carry this that at a picnic to a favorite Welch mountain he has been seen to fling himself on the heather, and bury himself in some pamphlet upon a question of the day until called to lighter things by those who were re­ sponsible for the provision basket.-- Ynnnj Man. *-** Kinds of Toothache. For ordinary nervous toothache, which is caused by the nervous system being out of order or by excessive fatigue, a very hot bath will so soothe the nerves that sleep will naturally follow and upon getting up the patient will feel very much refreshed and the toothache will be a thing of the past. For what is known as "jumping toothache," hot dry flannel applied to the face and neck is very effective. For common toothache, which is caused by indigestion or by strong sweet, acid or anything very hot or cold in a decayed tooth, a little piece of cotton steeped in strong camphor or oil of cloves is the best remedy.--London Tit-Bits. The "Biff Dipper.** In astronomy the "Big Dipper," so called, is in the constellation of Ursa Major, or the Great Bear. The stars forming the tail of the bear also form the handle of the dipper. The first star in the handle is Benetnasch; the second, Mizar; the third, Alioth. The other four, which go to form the bowl of the dipper, are Megres, Phad, Mer&k and Dndhe. The two last named are called "The Pointers," because they point or guide the eye to the pole star, which is distant 39 degs. The top bowl stars are 10 degs. and the bottoni\pne8 8 degs. ipart.--St, Louis Republic. PTpfjteei of Telegraphy. The progress in telegraphy, telephony, etc., is shown from the fact that by the multiplex system of working six mes­ sages can now be sent along a single wire instantaneously in each direction. Misunderstood. ; • Shortly after the attempt to blow up J- Russell Sage, a well dressed man, with • ( h i s h a t t i l t e d b a c k o n h i s r u f f l e d h a i r , , and an excited look in his eyes, entered . , a New York art store and stalked np to- *>7 the counter, behind which sever;.! clerks V - were standing. The man slapped his hand imperatively on the counter. "I. want a quarter V a million,** he cried, •;*? "and I want it quick!" The clerks turned pale and stared at the stranger. A porter slid quietly to the door to get a , policeman. The well dressed but ex- ' S'i cited stranger stared at the clerks in- ' it astonishment "What the dickens is thercr^AJ matter with you fellows, anyhow?* he 4 J cried "Can't 1 get a quarter V a mil­ lion without all of you having fits?" "Pray, sir, donlt get excited," said a clerk, patting the man on the arm; "the • p porter has just gone after it We cant .1 j«-| get so much money in a second, you . know." The stranger looked thoughtful a mo­ ment, then laughed, and the laugh gave the clerks another unpleasant shvk.... "Ha! ha!" said the stranger; "1 6*e. 1 lee. Don't get alarmed 1 merely want . • paint--paint, not cash. A quart of ver- milion paint" The clerks recovered ' • -i their self possession. "I beg your par- < % don," said one, "but you talked so fast that it sounded as if you had demanded , - "4 a quarter of a million. We thought you •-if meant dollars."--New York Sun. - .'1 . ;•/ The Oriental Btder. Nothing but the knowledge of our old time Indian enables us to credit the his­ torical accounts of the agility and skill of the oriental. When centuries later saddles came into use there grew up two Bchools of riding--that of the mailed warrior, whose iron armor well chimed In with his "tongues on the wall," seated in his packed saddle, and that of the oriental, whose nose and knees all but touched Why the eastern rider clings to his extremely short leathers it is hard to say. unless it be to place him the higher above his horse, and therefore make him the more imposing when he Btands up in his stirrups to brandish: Bcimiter or matchlock. Yet be is a wonderful rider, this same oriental, as Indeed is every man who from youth up - is the companion of the horse.--Western Sportsman. How aa Eskimo Secures a WUk An Eskimo youth is qualified to msrfj^ when he has succeeded in killing a polar bear unaided, for the courageous feat; proves him capable of providing for the , wants of a family. He starts forth at night to secure a wife, which he does by seizing the first giri he can surprise una­ wares. She naturally screams and draws the whole village population about her, who, by rainui* sealskin« scourges on his shoulders, aid the maiden ^ In escaping. He pursues, running the gantlet of kick and buffet, until he again catches his lady love. And should she once more escape and be retaken a third time by the amorous pursuer the maiden accepts her fate and becomes the young man's wife.--London Standard. • 'MM.-. Antidote for Snake and D«( Bite*. Dr. Engels has discovered in Africa a remedy for blood poisoning caused by the bites of snakes and rabid dogs. This remedy is the "wild growing black noble palm." It is stated that 500 ne­ groes bitten by poisonous snakes were treated with the extract of the palm and ty? were cured in five days. Of sixty- five fanners and negroes bitten by rabid dogs all but two were saved. The extract is injected under the skin md causes a moderate fever. On the third day the fever and inflammation disappear, and on the fifth or seventh day the patient is cured.--New Yoric Telegram. Two. Ways of Removing Uildew. To remove mildew moisten the spoil and rub well with soap, then scrape some chaik very fine and rub that in also: lay in the son, wetting the goods from time to time. Take equal parts cf lemon juice, salt, itarch and soft soap, rub on thickly and lay on the grass in the hot son. Be- new the application two or three tissM A