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Prosecutes all e1asf&tr*ts<f ktnrlB of claims mgainat the United 8tatea tor ex-Soldiers, ?tneir Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made In proseeuung old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enolosed for reply. WM, H. COWLIN Offlce at Residence, Madison St., Woodstoec, Illinois. V. J. Barbian. J- Barbiaa BARBIAN BROS. Wholesale and Betail DBAIERS IN Kates of Advertising. p We announce libera! rates for advertising ,C.n the PLAINDKALBB, and endeavor to state hom so pTatnly that they wilt be readily un- erstooii. They are as -follows: 1 Inch one year . . . 5 00 2 Inches one year . 10 00 3 Inches one year - - . 15 00 i£ Column one year 30 00 M Column one year. . . . . 6 0 0 0 Column one year - . - . - 100 00 One inch means the measurement of one Inch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they chooRe, without extra oharge. Regular advertisers (meaning thSse having ttanaing cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notioes at the rate of 5 cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 f.ontfl jinft th« ^ pQf line for eaoh 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 ft cents per line for subsequent lssuea. Thus, an inch advertisement willoost |L00 for one week, 91.50 for two weeks, ft.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PLAIKDRALBR will be liberal in giving editorial notioes, but, as a business rule, it Will require a suitable fee from everybody •eeklng the use of its columns for peonmiary gain. SEORT HORN BULLS 9 For Sale at Living Prices by tin under­ signed. Call on or address " s FRANK COLE, SPRING QBOTB, ILL Spring Grove, DL , HOT 12. 1890. ATTENTION I Farmers and Dairymen. "It Will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers 01; springers, to call at nry premises before purchasing. I can furnish suoh by the car-load or single eow. PORTER H. WOLFBUM. OHBM02TO. . runt about four miles northwest of Harvard. Illinois. BUSINESS CARDS. O F. O. COLBY, D. D. S, FF1CE In Hoy's Block, over Eekert A Young's store, Woodstook, III. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SUROEO , McHenry, 111. Offlce at residence, one door west ol J. A. Story's Drug Storp. O. H. FEGERS, M, D- PHYSIOIAN AND SURGEON, McHenry IJls. Office at Residence. WM. OSBORNE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Offlce at Residence, West McHenry, IlL Calls promptly attended to day and night., Liverv Stable. f-T E. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First Cle olass rigs with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notlee. H V. BIIEPART). F. L, BHBPABD. 8HEPARD A8HEPARD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. suite 512, North, em Office -Building, 86 La8alle Street Ohioago, III. 46 ly KNIGHT ft BROWN,V ATTORNEYS AT LAW. U. S. Express 00. Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. JOSLYN * CASEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Woodstock in. All business will receive prompt atten­ tion. C. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, solicitor, audi Counselor, Collections a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. V. S. LUMLEY. ATTORNEY AT LAW,, and solicitor in Chancery, WOODSTOOK, ILL. Office in Park House, first floor, • -- MI SS MYRTLE BRILL. Teacher oi Piano ana Organ. Visits Mc Henry every week, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and is prepared to tahe scholars at any time. Terms reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed Can be s&en at the Parker House on any of above named days. V__ A. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler "VTO. Or 1 H odredTwenty-Five State St Ohi- J.1 cag ,11. Special attention given to re­ quiring t ine watches and Chronometers. WA F 11 Assortment of Goods in his line THE POLICE GAZETTE Is the only illustrated paper in the world Containing all the latest sensational and sporting news. No Siloon Keeper, Barber or tilun Room can fcff^rd to be without it. It always u akes frienUs wherever it goes Mailed to any address^in the United States, Securely wrapped, 13 weeks for $1 *25, dead i'vve oen ts lor sample copy. B1CHABD K. FOX J BABBLIX SQUABK, New York JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker <Sc Jeweler MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew. elry always on hand. Special attention -•ijhes. Give me /V P. SMITH. wmTstoe 1E] " --Agent for-- ^' FIRE, - LICHTHINC, And incidental Insnranoe. Also Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, •nd Oalifornia Lands. Call on or address WM.STOFFEL.McHenry.il]: elry always on hand. liven to repairing line ' a call. * I>. McCLAIN, Contractor and Builder. Does all kinds of work In his line. Satisfaction guaranteed. »Shop at ^itd«nce one block east of Ifauconda [III, (Faooonda, 111, American Clover Blossom Go. 351 Clark St. CHICAGO, ILL, The Great Blood Purifier. Cures all Blood Diseases that arise from the effect of Bad Blood. A sure cure for Cancer. Catarrah, Piles, Sick Headache, Ovs. pepsia, Whooping Cough, (Rheumatism, Con stipation, etc. BLOSSOMS, per pound - f0.B0 FLUID EXTKACT, per bottle . - . 1.00 SOLID EXTRACT, per pound • • - 2.50 Both the Solid and Fluid Extracts are made from the same stook of Blossoms, and are eq ually as good and efficacious as the Blos­ soms. JULIA A; STORY, Agent; ~ McHenry. Illinois. FINE CIGARS, Me HENRY ILLINOIS, Having leased the brick building one door South of the post office, we have opened a retail store, where, at all times can bit found flne cigars of our own manufacture, together with smoking and ehewing tobacco of the best brands. Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment and some •etf hacdsoius pat terns . • •• i ' " CALL AND SIS US. ; ; BABBMS^WOt ' McHenry. NftTewNMiMfc. iff« SIMON STOFFEL, AGENT FOR Fhotniz, of Btookljs, V. Y. Capital, 5,098,315. Rockford, of Rockford, 111 Capital, 802,448, National, of Hartford, Conn. Capital 1 $2,620 213. Inst)ranee carefully and safely plaoed^Sn all classes of property against fire, lightning, and tornado, either tor cash or on long time, without interest. Fire policies on live stock cover oame in building or on farm against loss or damage by fire or lightning and against lightning anywhere. Hay, straw, stalks and fodder are covered by one policy, in building or stacks on farm. Grain, seeds and mill feed are covered under ore sum in building or on farm. Insurance transferred to other locali­ ties free of caige. Gasoline or oil stove and steam thrcsUei permits granted in policies free of charge Household goods of every description, including coal, wood and provf- siono all coveted under one item. Complete records kept of all policies, condition^ assign­ ments and transfers made. Call for list of over 700 policy holders in above companies., Simon Stoffel. McHENRY NEAR THE DEPOT, WEST MoIIENRY, ILL Keeps open for the accommodation of the Public a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant, psm j. schoiwib, General Blacksmith --AMD-- ' WAGON MAKER. • Having fitter! np a new shop, 0|ji|»0> site lbe City Rail, McHenry, l|l. I am now prepared, with good mater- Is!, to do all kiuds Of Blacksmlthing and ^ttgon-Mafcfhg. On short notice atfd at reasonable prices. I will do your work in the best manntr ard with the least possible de­ lay. Horse Shoeing A specialty. Repairing of all kinds promptly attend d to. Call and see for yourself. Bgjlu Remember the place, opposite the City Hall. PETER J. 8CHOEWER. McHenry, Uay 10. 1892. •^UAEES HENS LAY AND KEEPS THEM HEALTHY Try It. FOE SAL* BT JOHN BVANSON & CO. West McHenry, 111. CHA9, KUHNERT. Johrsburgb. 111. J W. CRISTY & SON, Rngwqodlll. FRANK ROKB, Hebron, 111. Where he will at all times keep the best Liquors and C in the market. jep brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars Cto be found r " Also Agent For FRANZ FALK« HilwsakM Lsgw Bur. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand, cheaper than any other, quail, ty considered. Orders by:mall promptly attended to. GOOD 8TABL1NGZFOR HOR&F8 WCall andjsee us. Robert Schiessle. West lie Henry. IlL A. £iugien's SALOON AND RESTAURANT. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, --AND-- J. ScUitz Milwaukee Bottle Beer, tn any quantity from a Snitz Qlass to ICO barrels. AT WHOLESALE on RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as cheap as the cheapest . W"e buy none but'the best and sell at Seasonable Prices. all and see me an<l I will use you w#ll. ANTOHY BKG1EN. ¥c£titty. 11).. IMS. H. Miller & Son, -DEALERS IN- ICARBLE & GRANITE, Momunents,, Heiidstones Tablets, Etc. Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. Satisfaction Oauaatud. Shops at McHenry and Johns- burgh, III, where at all times can be tound a good assortment of finished work. Respectfully, Henry Miller & Hon. Wauconda Anti-Horse Thief Association. oFFicEBs. ARTHUR COOK, Pres. EDOAR GREEN, Sec'y. JAS. MURRAY, V. " E. E. GILBERT, Treas DIRECTORS. J F Boney. Edgar Green. Frana'Thomas. RIDERS. Henry Werden, H F Hughes, Morris For*. A J Raymond, Frank Thomas. M E M B E R S . A Cook. Mirttr Morse A C Bangs Plutarch Houghton .. EE Gilbert Geo D/»rrell ... R<> Hill E T Ha iris H F Hughes 8 II Harris J F Rouey Edwin Cook Frmk Thomas 8eth Turner Ed«ar Green W M (jlongh . A J itaymond Stebbins Ford Geo Pratt P \ Niraskey Moses Beach .R F Johnston James Murray Warr«n Poweis J 1> McOabe ...Geo Bates Henry Werden Jas Monaghsn, Jr .... J E Glynoh Robert Ha r:son Ira Smith John Spencer. Deloa Ames O W Dunklee .. .; ... Geo Jones Charles l»avlin T Bacon Michael Slaven ...... RtPaddock . ....... ....Gus 9taxon If C Smith Golding Bros Mot Ford . ,.'1' V Slocum PENSIONS! The Disability Bill Is a Law. Soldiers Disabled Since the "War are Entitled* Dependent widows and parents now de pendent whose sons died from the effects of srmy services are included If you nish your claim epeedily and successfully prose­ cuted, ado a £ JAMESTANNER/ Late Coi WASHINGTON D. A ilssioner of Pensloi>s. it :.J O E* M n Rrul receive free me a OCLIlU 91 «00 Solid Leather Ad- ustable Boggy Washers, the best and cheap­ est, or60 cents for 100; 15 cents for 20. H.H. SAUNDERS, "Wellington. O * OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S FAIR A N D CHICAGO, Now ready. Over 400 pngss, size, 7x42 inches. Elegantly printed. Handeomely bound in silk clotli, embossed in go d. 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Will make the season ot l§OS at Woodstock. DESCRIPTION,--Dark brown, 16 har ds, weight 1200; sire of Loafer, trial 2:20} at 4 years, the fastest colc ever rale d In McH*tiry Co., Gee Z Dee 2:25, Fona 2:33 at 4 years. Modesty 2:40. Typhoon 16790, by Nsrraganset 167S9. let dam by Swl?f rt 650, the dam 01 Vic B, record 2:13J; Typhoon, 2:28J; Valentine SvSgeit. 2:26}. 2d dam by Goldsmith's Abdallah 2:30, the dam of Alary Sprsgue 2:21. TKRUS--925 to insure a mare In foal. payablM when known to be in foal, Alt^r Nor. 1,1892, he will be advanced to #50, Pasture lurnished, Call and get tabulsted pedigree. E. W. HOWE, Woodstock, 111. CHARLES STRAIGHT, Chicago. WANTmi Salesmen se'l our nnniLi/i choice Mursery Stock sala goo i guaranteed to tn? flret class Goou pai riesand expenses- or a liberal commis--ion ieyd. No experience necessary. Write for rms giving age, and secure your choice of e ritory. G. L. KNIGHT & CO., 100 Park Avenue. Rocheser N T JULIA A. STOBY, President. MRS.G. G.SMITH, secretary. OR NO A 48- page book free. Address W. T. F1TZ GERALD, Attorney at Law, Cor. 8' h and F Sts., Washington, D. O. $3000 Tear in their the situation Ko money fo learned. I desire but bare already taujrht number, who are iMmng ovur ê VEkS.sii-i", A TEAR! 1 unflertfikfe to brfsfly teach any fairly iutrllifeiit of eithsr sex, w ho can read and vnit«, and who, after inati u< tion, wUJ work indu#triou»Jy, ow to earn Three Thousand Dollar* # \ ti localitiestwhert*ver they Hre.l will aitofurnlah emplcvinent.at wliiih you can earn that amount. •ucffssfu!at above. Easilvand quickly .ne worker rVoui each dlairict or county. I provided with employment a largra aje making ovt»r HMOO a lin FKEE* Addma at oaee. «M. AMSNMS, Mslsfc POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS. On Wednesday, June 15, at 13 o'clock tn., the new Illinois republican state central committee will meet at the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago, for the purpose of organisation and also to- make plans for the campaign^ Labor is the main element of cost In the manufactured articles that demo­ cratic orators are most clamorous to have admitted to our markets free of duty, a fact that wage-earn- era should and will remember next November. In the good old democratic days the fanner had to take "store pay" for his produce. Now he gets the cash for all ne has to sell, buys more goods than he could ever get in trade; in fact, buys more for each dollar than he ever oould before. Let it not be forgotten that tt requires something over a million dollars «. dav to maintain this government and that this immense amount is now collected with so little friction that the average man can feel all over himself without finding a spot made sore by the of the existing tariff lawa. The New York demoeratto conven­ tion flippantly pronounced reciprocity a humbug, but the treasury figures show it to be a success, and trade is rapidly Increasing with the countries where ne­ gotiations looking to the carrying out of this principle have been concluded. This opens up new and rapidly-expand­ ing markets for th® products of the American farm and factory, and ts proving vastly beneficial to our people. Recent statistics give unmistakable proof that the wages of meolianics and farm laborers are higher in those por­ tions of the country where there are numerous factories than in the regions where there is little manufacturing. Protection tends to build up factories, and factories near by enable the farmer to pay better wages. Hence the laborer, the farmer and the manufacturer are all benefited by pirotection and should be its champion. Trade at home. Buy the goods the merchant and the shopkeeper In your own city or village has to sell, thus helping to build up and make prosper­ ous your local tradesmen. Carry the principle a little farther and patronize American manufacturers as against for­ eign importers, thus helping to make American producers prosperous. It will make a protectionist and a republican of you, to be sure, but no matter; It is the wise course to pursue looking to the more or less remote future. Few people have any conception of the rapid strides made by the post o Aoe department in the three years since the republicans resumed control of affairs. The number of mails has been increased, the speed accelerated, the free deliv­ ery system-extended and the money or­ der system doubled in magnitude. At the same time there are fewer letters finding their way to the dead letter of­ fice. and the revenues of the department have more than kept pace with the in­ creased expenditures. In fact the peo­ ple have been given a first-olass busi­ ness administration of the postal de­ partment. Germany, with a population only two- thirds as great as ours and with a vast­ ly smaller territory, maintains standing army of a million men. and every other first-class power in Europe keeps ap a similar establishment, while the United States has oaiy twenty-five thousand soldiers, most of them being in the neighborhood of the fmWfp res­ ervations. The people of the United States may congratulate themselves not alone upon the saving to industrial pur­ suits of almost the entire able-bodied male population of the country, and upon the fact that these men are pro­ ducers rather than mere consumers, but also upon the further fact that millions of dollars are saved every month from the expenses of this government that other countries feel forced to pay. Not many months ago the democrats were howling about the extravaganoe of the "billion dollar congress" and wildly shouting for retrenchment and reform. All appropriation bills must originate in the house of representa­ tives, which is now largely democratic. The bills already passed indicate that the appropriations of the present con­ gress will exceed those of the muchr discussed billion dollar oongress of two years ago. At the same time the demo­ crats are trying to cut off the revenues by passing bills for free wool, free binding twine and free cotton ties, even though to do so might reduce the rev­ enues to an extent that would leave the treasury empty. But the whole pro­ gramme is one of insincerity, and its aim is to catch the votes of gullible f>eo- ple. ^ In 1800 almost every merchant «.n«l drummer in the country were unwit­ tingly and unintentionally the agents and recruiting officers of the democratic party. In their anxiety to sell goods they told their customers--what doubt­ less many then believed---that all classes of merchandise were sure to be higher because of the passage of the McKinley bill. There are always moce buyers than sellers, and so persistently was this statement adhered to and so often was it repeated that people believed it true. In Illinois more than 75^000 per­ sons who voted tn 1888 remained away from the polla, a large percentage of them because of the fact that they did not want to change their politics bat were unwilling to give their endorse ment to a measure that they feared would injure them financially, and which had been enacted by the repre­ sentatives of the political with which they had hitherto been allied. Others who had voted th® republican ticket in 1888 were captured by the democratic outcry against the new tariff law and voted with the- oppo­ sition, But the political sides have cleared since 1690. Goods are no higher, and, as a rule, are lower, than before the enactment of the new tariff act. The scare over the McKinley bill has proved to be groundless. The men who absented themselves from the polls in 1890 will all be out to vote in 189&, and. satisfied with the existing tariff law and the admirable and business-like ad» ministration of affairs under the Har­ rison administration, will help to grand republican victory. POLITICAL# PARAGRAPHS. It was a republican congress thai made it possible for the people of Amer­ ica to buy sugar at the rate of twenty odd pounds for a dollar, and every dem­ ocratic representative voted against the legislation by which this result was ac­ complished. In twenty years the debt of the United States has shrunk so that it is less one-fourth per capita what it was then. And yet the democratic party has op­ posed every financial proposition of the republicans and resisted every - step by which this happy reduction of the debt has been accomplished. Protection encourages the develop­ ment of the resources of a nation, and diversifies the pursuits of its people. The greater the number of industries carried on by any country the more en­ terprising and energetic will be its in­ habitants. Thrift uniformly follows industry, and experience shows that both thrift and industry are the natural outgrowth of protection. Without any change in the revenue or custom laws there was an actual in­ crease in treasury receipts in the first full year of President Harrison's admin­ istration over the preceding year of more than eleven million dollars, and an actual decrease in the cost of collec­ tion of more than eighty-five thousand dollars. At least a part of thin increased amount of revenue was due to the great­ er diligence and better service of re­ publican officials. In the United States there are cus­ toms houses and customs .officers at every port of entry, and certain classes of foreign goods cannot be removed from the vessels that bring them with­ out first paying a duty, or toll, to Uncle Sam for the privilege of competing with American merchants in American mar­ kets. In this way the revenues neces­ sary for the support of the government are raised with little friction and with­ out imposing a burden upon our own people. Protection encourages the manufac­ turing of America's natural or raw ma­ terial by our home people, upon our own soil or in our own factories, to be sold to and used by our own citizens. Blot out this system and it would inev­ itably result that many of our factories would be obliged to greatly reduce the wages of their operatives or close their deors, for the wages of the mechanic or operative are a large factor in the cost of almost any article and wages are uniformly higher in thU country than in the old world. A few months since democrats gen­ erally expected to make the "little tin dinner pail" and the "billion dollar congress" their dual battle cry in the campaign of 1892. But American tin- plate factories are proving a success, so that tinware is as cheap as ever, and democratic house is appropriating money at a rate that promises to leave the Fifty-first congress in the shade. As a consequence it may be fairly ex­ pected that instead of a new battle cry this year, there will come up the an dent minor wail which declares that "the tariff is a tax." The young republicans of Illinois ought to feel that they are well repre­ sented on the state ticket. Take the candidates for congressman at large as an instance: Mr. Willits is but thirty- five years of age and Mr. Yates but thirty-one. Mr. Hertz, the candidate for treasurer, is still under forty-five and Mr. Pearson, the candidate for secretary of state, is still under fifty, Mr. Prince, the nominee for attorney general, is but thirty-eight. Gov. Fifer is only forty-seven. Surely the young men of Illinois should rally enthusi­ astically to the support of a ticket so admirably made up and so largely represented by the young men of the party. Year by year the number of people who ride in carriages and carry watches and have napkins on their tables and an extra suit of clothes in their ward robes and carpets on their floors and books and newspapers in their homes is increasing. There are fewer children in the workshops and more in the schools, fewer suits in the courts and more owners of homes, fewer windows with old hats in them and more plate glass fronts, and fewer oases of help­ less, hopeless poverty and more happy, hopeful .prosperous people than at any previous time in the history of our nation. And the wise, judicious, practical course of the republican party has had much to do with bringing about these changes. During the four years of the Cleve­ land administration there was a great outcry regarding the surplus in the treasury, and later the shouting has grown tumultuous over its disappear­ ance, the insinuation being given out that republicans must have squandered or stolen it. What are the facts? The Cleveland policy was to hoard the reve­ nues and make it appear that the gov­ ernment was collecting entirely too much from customs duties on imports. In response to the public demand a re­ publican congress passed the McKinley bill, which greatly added to the free list and reduced the tariff on many other articles. Nor did they stop at this, but they also devoted the surplus to a reduction of the national debt, pay­ ing off, with a reduced income, more bonds in three years than were parw*«l«d during Cleveland's entire term. The democratic administration from 1884 to 1888 is remembered for nothing that can be called a settlement of any question pending when it took control or arising during its term of power. Contrast it with the past four years and there "will be much found to the credit of the republican party. The tariff question, the silver question, the Behrlng sea matter, the Samoan diffi­ culty, the Italian matter, the Chilian question, the pension laws, the new navy--every question arising has had positive, intelligent and statesmanlike action. The position of this govern­ ment among the nations of the world has been strengthened and national honor has been maintained. The dem­ ocratic administration had but a single idea, that of tariff reform, and Subordi­ nated everything else to the one pur­ pose of enacting a tariff law along free trade linea. 0 Ai Itnsfe Story. ŝtrange story comes from a borhood about tea miles sootheaat'ef h&W. UUlVt Oct. 24, 1890, Alex Yohe, an aged farmer, committed suicide. Yohe% mind had been unbalanced for soma time, and he imagined that the discov­ ery of natural gas would prove the ruin- ation of the world. He was opposed to any search for the new fuel, and often pleaded with his neighbors to leave it alone. He also imagined tha* he ™ras a ^ ruined man, although he owned a good farm and He thought his family had been doomed. ;•$ to starvation, and he resolved to hia life, thus terminating his misery. ^ ;s Recently an Elwood company began <1 drilling for gas on the Starkey farm and * the work had proceeded nearly to eoia- * pletion. They were rushing the work '<? \ siid a day and night force of hands were ^ employed. The night force, however, is . no longer at work and the following «f the cause: A few nights since, while the ' J men were at work, they were startled 4 by a slight noise near the derrick, and- r" on looking around they beheld the f orm of old man Yohe walking from the en- gine to the derrick. One man approached ^ him and the form suddenly vanished. only to reapper in a few moments. " 5 This sort of thing was kept up for sev- - eral nights, the old man malring his api- pearance at the same spot each nighC I The men claimed the place was haunted and they refused to work any more after % night.--Tipton Cor. Indianapolis Sent!*' •'< neL , Spending Their Honeymoon in a Cable Cta $ It was pretty cold in the forward comr', ? partment of one of the Seventh and - s Ninth street cable cars last evening. Thtf short benches on each side of the grip- man were empty save for one figure-- «. that of a petite and pretty brunette in a ^ warm gray cape ulster, with a big fur % boa around her neck. . The conductor put his head through ' • vj the door for a moment and «"»« Wk chuckling. * "Love's a funny thing," he said, as ha' ; i got back on the rear platform and rung j} up two fares. "There's Jim's wife in ^ there with him. Jim's the gripman, yon know. They've been married pretty near - two weeks, and I'm blamed if she hasn't put in the best half of the time riding round with him in the car. They couldn't ^ afford to take a trip off, you see, and s« .. \ they're spending the honeymoon in , x way." ̂ "Yes, sur," said Jim, "we've been mar* ; ried two weeks tomorrow. May be yoa* - * | think it a funny way to spend the honey 1 moon, and so it is. But it's Mary's do* ing. Td saved up enough to take a week ̂ or so off, but she wouldn't have it. Sha ,• says, 'Well just lay that away for a j rainy day, and 111 come and ride on th» ' car with you.' Don't you put my name in the papers or maybe Td get titf bounce."--Philadelphia Press. . ̂ An Unlncky !Locomotlve. Engineer Knowblow, of the Erie, ha* finally agreed to preside at the tfirottto of Engine No. 670 of that road. This ia the machine that passed through tho two terrible wrecks on that road at R&- % venna on July 3 and at Kent, Sept. 80. ft When it came out of the Meadville shops recently none of the boys wanted to sit' at the right hand side of the cab in the unlucky engine, and it was only after . considerable persuasion that Engineer Knowblow was persuaded to take charge of the hoodoed locomotive. Railroaders are like sailors, they have their super-1 stitions, and an engineman no mora likes to run on an unlucky machine thsm does an old tar to sail on certain vnfor* 5 tunate vessels.--Pittsburg Poet ' The Spruoe Gum Season la On. The spruce gum season is on in ICaina and business is booming. One firm re- , vs ceived twenty-four barrels of about 2l£.\: 3 tons of gum in one day, and it will have 125 barrels or 25,000 pounds before the close of the season. The first grade of gum is clean and clear and ready for chewing. It sells at wholesale at sixty cents to (me dollar a pound. The dark colored gum, mixed with bark and pitch, is worth from six to eighteen cents a pound, and is purchased by refiners, who boil it, «Vitn off the dirt, add some other things and produce many varieties of spruce gum.--Maine Letter. . .* No Flowers at His rnaenL *" Owen Meredith's (Lord Lytton's) coffin was borne to the grave without a blos­ som to decorate its pall according to the direction of Lady Lytton, who said that her husband had requested that not so much "as the tiniest violet or the small­ est rosebud" should be used about his bier. "What, in heaven's name, have poor flowers done to be condemned to serve such a horrid purpose as being consigned to vaults and graves? I like a sad looking funeral," was a frequent Baying of the poet's, and his funeral ceremony was indeed a gloomy one.--- Exchange. "Pf'K Wong Chen's Cost of Wall. When a Chinese highbinder, named Wong Chee, who had been arrested for vagrancy, was stripped in the city prison recently, a coat of mail was found around his body. It was a tight fitting armor, made of a double thickness of interwoven steel links, and it weighed twenty-two pounds. Experts say thatnopktol bullet , ever made would jsenefrate the armor, and when tested th*>4inks turned & rifle ball from its course,^-Sau Francisco Ex- irctilj DaaagN, • A poor citi^eA of Nassau, §f. rich neighbor to recover damages for the attack of the latter's small dog* which he maintained was a ' snapping, snarling, vicious brute." In answer the defendant maintained that th* canine was a "great pet and of gentle nature." but he lost his case and must pay $1,000 damages--Philadelphia Ledger. . , . 1 taWtMra Word* ta ElMli It is forbidden to use the "hunger" or "famine" in , Nevertheless, the sights in weald draw tears tram th»nan2iMUpi>