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r-s-- -•"a",." T ' . i , . , :i» V 1 Ml . ' r 1 i ' j " Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Uwj No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Aw»." C- ' \ VOL. 18. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1893. NO, 28 ^ t st Jfleflewj fkUealer. Pdiuibid EriiT WiomoiT bt . - -- - -- "LYKB,-Y API ^ v BOITCMkAJffD MUMPKIBTOa "t\£ g In Pekovskj's OM dof South of the Post OfiM • I l,; ' N* sp*. #r; fxsMs or guBSoaiPTiolt* Otic t ear (in &.Qvfriica) .... .. .... • • If Not Paid within TUrae Moatfes •••.... M» ' fiub«.oriotloi!i8 raoei^od tor ttM# er six p>B(bi ia the aam« propcrtlo* m BOO 10 00 1(00 to 00 SOW IOOOO Kates oi Advertising. --^3 sbjsuscs iihantl rtfti for advertising - fcthe PtA-iHUBALBB, and endeavor to^ ww hem so p^inly that they will to* readUyaa- ttfstood. They are »s follows; 1 Inch one year 1 Inches one year t Inches one year 8Column one year • Column one year- Oolnmn one year - • - %Kt)ne inch means the meaiurercent of one ' ^B|ch down the column, single column width. Tsarly.advertisera, at the above rates, bave the privilege of o hanging as often as tbey •fcoose, without extra oharge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having Standing cards) will be entitled to inisrtion Of ~GtiCCS St til* Of 5 p6T line Hch week. All othere wni '^o ^ oents per line the utnl »?eek, and 6 oents per tine for each subsequent week. ' Transient; advertiiements will be •I the rate of 10 cents pe Hue, (nonparsu type, same as this is set In) the first *BBU£,» 9 oents per line for subsequent issues, xnu . an inch advertisement will oost •l,S® * JL®-. week, $1.50 for two weeks, W.00 for three . weeks, and so on. The Fi,A.twD*AMre Will bo liberal 1» givln* editorial notices, but, as a business rule." • require «. suitable fee from every boa? poking the us* of its columns for p**uniary iftin- BUSINESS CARDS. P.O. COLBY, D. D.S. BtfTI^T. Woodstock. Ill Speclsl atten - U tlon piid to regulating children s parties coming from a distance would do woll to g've tim«ly notice by mail Office, Kendall block, corner Mam street and Public Square ftflPPtP ' • • --- . ~ a J. HOWARD, M. D. r>HT-101 \ U AN D SURQKON Offlce at 1 th- ersloonce of R. A, Howard, west McHenry, III. O. H. PBOBBS, M, D- OHTSIOIAH AND 8Uaa*OM, IttHearj | I1U, uaoe at Besldenoe. I DR. A. B. AURIWfilift, (HTSIOIAH ASD«UB«KON OMooi a Dr 'bi ds building, W-st ^. Hsnryjl»- 1 Residence, house formerly ooouplod bv Dr isbome, a\i professional sails promptly *t Lnde<l So ______ •. V. IBKFABD. *• 8HEPARD * 8HEPARD, jl TTORNKTSs AT LAW. Suite 512, North- A eru Offle Building, 88 uaSalls 8troet fjhioago, III. KNIGHT * BBOWH, TTORNBT3 AT LAW. IT. 3. ExprelS O0.'S Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. V. S. LUMLKT. ATTORNBY AT LAW, and Sottoitor la 0ton°e^boDSTOOK, ILL. Ofloe in Park House, first floor, % JOSLYN * OASBT, ATTORHBTS AT LAW, Woodstock Ill-All business will receive prou>pt at tea* tion. ________ O. P. BARNES,. TTORNET, Solicitor, andl Oounsolor, Oolieotlons a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. JOHN P. SMITH, Watts lasia sM® sr 4c «J ewrfe' MOHENRY, 1LLIIIOIS. A PINK slock of Clocks, Watches and Jew- A elry always on hand. Special artenttaa given to repairing lino watches. Give ®* •#,u* JOHN P- SMITH. WASTED. h&iTlK* Wl3L*a Per nwnth to S?nfhfl^n Apjly quicksufing H*. L. LMAYAOO. Sins' Ei Foil M V « 0 • A. M. CHURCH, Watohmaker and Jeweler NO.Or i H odretlTwenty-Pive 8tate RtOhi- c*g . II . Speciai attention given to re­ pairing Ine watches and Ohronome tere. V&f 11 Assortment of Goods In hisltn «P* j| UMflf. AGENTS, local an«f trav- W A IV I W« 11 eling *t once, to sell Orna- ' neiita! Sisru hs, Roses, Tsees and fruits- Experience unnecessary, Malaryand expenses paSd weekly. Perma­ nent positions No security required, Must fornUh references ->s to good eharaeter, • CHA9 H OH ASK, Rochester, n . T. (Mention ihis paper.) ATTENTION I ^ Farmer* and Dairyma. ' It Will j>ay those looking for Tl)HOICB oows Presh milkers oi springers, u» call at n premises boforo purchasina. I can fknlH anoh bv the car load or single cow. rouxasH. WOLFRUM, nasMtisa. rarm about Soar milos northwest of Harvard. Illinois. i~©©k Here- I have a fine stoek of H rses, among which are '"Young Green Mountain alor*an," "Mor­ rill Charles." and others. Oall and see thes* Horses before making arrangements els*. *h*"' N. S COLBY. MoHenrf, 111May 10,18W. lUSUTpn Wide awake workers every- ™ Win 1 Cat# whnrft for "Simun's Photo. graphs of the World," the greatest book on CITTDTin'll earth; costing tlOO.OOO; retail for \H Err N 25, cash or installments; mam UUill • w moth illus rated circulars and terms free; daily output over 1500 volumes. Agents wild wit success. Mr, Thomas L. ^PHOTOGRAPHS™ Wooster, O.,(23 in 40minutes; Rev, J. How­ ard sdigon, Lyons N, V.,9101 in?hours; a 5S?»To*n;„m,r'KSl,.0F THE VflRI,!) on credit Freight paid. Address " " Globe Bible Pcbusriho o , 72S Chestnut *t, Fhila., Pa, or 338 Dearborn St,. Chicago. 18 #26. v, J. Barbian. J. J.BarMaa BARB!AN BROS. Wholesale and Retail DiAini in FINE CIGARS, MoHENRY ILLINOIS, Being now pleasantly located in our n»w store, former y occupied by Althoff Bros , we are now prepared to offer to the smoking pub lie a fine line f Ciears of our own manufac. tore, together with smoking and Chewing Tobacco of the best brands. Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment M lott­ ery handsome patterns. CALL AND SIB US. MoHenrr. 111.'. June 20.1892. R. NEAR THE DEPOT, fTEST >£o UfclNBY, ILL Keeps open for the aooonuaooatioa of tM Pnbllo a First-Olasa Saloon and Restanrant, Whero ho will at all times keep the best brands of Wines, Liquors and 0l|HI (to be fonnd in the market. , Also Agent For JTBANZ rALHW Milwaokti Lagw Bmt. Boer in Large or Smell Kegs or Bottles al- irays on hand, oheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. *Q00D18TABL1NQG*0* BOaSfBk * WOall andjsee as. Robert SohleMle. West MoHeuqrflli. A. Bbxglen's iALOON AND RESTAURANT. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. A k HENS LAY AND KEEPS THEM BEALTBY Try It, For **alr by JOHN EVANHON ft CO. Wett MoHeory, HI. OHA3. KUHNKBT. Joh'tbargb. Ill, J W. CBIflrY A SON. BtngwoodPlL CRANK BOWS, ITshmn. 111. Me Henry House, Me HENRY. ILL. turn-) «,«• situate ) On the ^anks of the Pox River. In the v III ge«f .o^enTy* 8.H®°l* ,a » tentionwillbe rivr . k . the entertainnieat "t • liters. Fishermen and Pleasure Seekers ^nerally. •ptftsniMi «wpp»fd wltfc OMT |Pl«t« outfits* Fins Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, KciSspy Lager Beer, --AHD-- McHENRY Me & Granite H. Miller 9b Son, --DBALKBS IN- 1CARBLE ft QUAKITE, Monnm ent», Headatonea Tablets, Etc. Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. SatlafkcUoa &mnnt«M& Shops at McHenry and Johns- burffh. 111, where at all times can ce iound a good assortment of finished work. Respectfully, Henry Miller ft Son. FREE.- Land in California Frea, l^gThat can grow, if irrigated, Oranges, Urapes. or any fiuit in California that will grow by ir­ rigation. This land has no mar­ ket value witnout irrigation. We will Plant the Trees Frati Take care and cultivate them for 5 years for half the profit, pay the taxes, labor and other charges, will par you back the first year alter irrigation one-third ot your investment if you will help get irri­ gation. t # Price $25 for 5 years, payable $5 per month till $25 is paid. FREE DEED to the land, no charges to yon for taxes or labor or trees. Address California Land and Watiri Exchange. 288 Main St., Dayton, O. Wauoonda HntlaH@iM Thief §k sbiivt •k-jx.- '•. . . . > - • I. ScUitz lilf auh Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Snits llass to 1C0 barrels. IT WHOLESALE oa RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as aheap as the cheapest. We buy none but'the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. all and see me and I will use vom well. ANTONY SNOLEN ,ni., iaaa. OFflCKM. AbthcbOook, Pres. Edgar Gnnwr, 8ee*y. JAM. avBUT, V. e. b. gubibt, Txeas S1BBOTOSS. J r Botey. Bdfar.Oreen. FrsnKfThomss. UD1BS. Frank Thomas. •••BBSS. Mftrtic Morse" Plutarch Hoagbtoa... Geo Darrell m T Harris S H Harris Edwin Oook 8eth Turner W II Uloagh Stebbins Ford Geo Pratt PA Klmskey Mosea Beaoh B F Johnston .. James Murray Warren Powers J D MeOabe Geo Bates ... Henrr Werden Jas Monagban, Jr .... A Oook. ....... A O Bangs BE Gilbert.... RO Hill ....... H F Hughe*.... J F Boney Prink Thomas Edgar Green... A J uaymond J E ry Gli noh 71 Ira Smith.... Delos Ames Geo Jones .. T Bacon ...., Bl Paddock. M OSmith... Mot Ford. . ..Bobert Harrison John Spencer,.... O W Dunklee .. Obarles I»avlin.. MlobaelSlaven GusStaxon Golding Bros... . T V Slocnm WE TELL YOB 5 •ethlng new when we state that it pays to engage in a permanent, most healthy and pleasant ouit. nets, that returns a profit for every day s work. Such Is the business we offer the workinc class. We teach them how to make money rapidly, ana guarantee every one who follows our instructions faithfully the making of ®300.0© a month. Every one who takes hold now and works will sorely and speedilv increase their earnings; there . . i* • ..ihura nntv At WOrK BUCCllllV illtirosu " ' . mb |>e no question about it; others now at work yt You will make a Qucaituu ttuvui "» ~ --- doing It, and you, reader, can do the same This is the best paying business that *iu. »• ub ou have erer had the chance to secure. grave mistake if you fail to give it a trial at once. If yon crasp the situation, and act quickly, you will directly find yourself in a most prosperous business, at which you can surely make and save large sums of money. The results of o"ly a few hours' work will often equal a week s wages. Whether you are old or voung, man or woman, it makes no difference, -- ao as we tell you, an a slc- eess will meet you at the very start. Jmtner experience or capita! necessary. I hose who work for as are rewarded. Why not write to-day for ft.ll particulars, free ? E. C. ALLKS & CO., Was K«- 4SO, Ausustt* We. MISS MYRTLE BRILL. Teacher ot Piano and Organ. Visits Mc Henry every week, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and is prepared to tahe scholars at any time Terms reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed Oan be seen at the Parker Bmm i nay*. » OB aay of awe named United States far daii An OF WM. H- COWLIN, Woodstock • - Illinois. ProRec\itnsall classes and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relative* or Heirs. A specialty ie made In prosecuiing old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered if Postage Stamps are eaofased for reply. WM, H. VOWU.S Oflce at Besideaee, Madison St., WoodstoeK, tlHwl*. "f PENSIONS! TheDiubliltyBillllia law, Soldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled* Dependent widows sou sow ds pendent whose eons died from tbe offsets of army services are Included If tou wish yonrolaim speedily and successfully prose- onted, address ilAiiEo TArJfail̂ . WASHINGTON D. a Late OomaaUsioner ot Pensions. T I E C H A N G E OF YOUR LIFE! I A L Ladies call and look over new goods before purchasing jour Hotidaj Prw- Mil. JOHN P. SMITE At the "Little Store Around the Corner," Has a fine Udo oi Gold and Silver Watches now in stock, and being desirous of turning them into cash in the shortest possible time, in order to fill in with his Holi­ day $ viU aeii you& # '• (fold or Slver Wateb Cheaper lhan the Cheapest GOLD FILLED CASES Almost 0i7»& Airaj. 1 u If you want a Watch do not fail to call, as I can suit you both in style aud price, and warrant them to be just as represented., Oall and See Me. Also a fine stock of Clocks, Jewelry! And in fact everything usually kept in a first class jewelry store, which will be sold cheap for cash JOHN P. SMITH. McHenry. Sept. 27,1892. fnti tO*|7» vtoas failures In this or MT.iwiM' mpAMMUT .ItfllMI by WM. H, OOWLIMy --woodotook. at*,-!-- m "To eore for htm mA» Kcu borne (As tattle, and for Ms WUtov and Orphan*." --Lmaour. "Friend*hip, Charity. Lay. ally-- Wvrthy ton* of Patriot ftithert" & A. R. Directory. M*HKT»7 TOST HO. 64S. , Meete the First and Third Thursday even­ ings of eaeh month. H. O Mud, Oom. woooatook Nil, ao toe. Meets first and third Monday evenings of eaeh month. | 1>. H. 8. Babrow*, Oobs. •OTBDiA MMT. VO M, Meet* the seooid and fourth Tuesda? evenings ef eaeh month IU lfiLUttT, OOB. •ABTASD rOST, RO 255. Meets the eecona ana toartn Monday even Inge ot eaeh month. H. M. s. Butts,Oom. makbhqo post. No. ue. Meets every Second and Fourth Friday evenings of each month. B. R, Mobbib, Ooa, WADOOHDA rOST, NO 368. Poet meets every seeond and fourth Satnr day evening In O. A, a. Hall, Main St. A. L. Pnion, Oom Wb use fllnnhnl pure alcohol to make Wolff's Acme Blackino. Alcohol is good for leather; it is good for the skin. Alcohol is the chief ingredient of Cologne, Florida Water, and Bay Rum the well known face washes. We think there is nothing too costly to use In a good leather preservative. ' Acme Blacking retails at 20c. and at that price sells readily. Many people are so accustomed to baying a dress­ ing or blacking at 5c. and 10c. a bottle that they cannot understand that a black­ ing can be cheap at 20c. We want to meet them with cheapness if we can, and to ao* eomplish this we offer a reward of $10,000 for a recipe which will enable us to make Wolff's Ackb Blacking at such a price that a retailer can profitably sell it at 10c. a bottle. We hold this offer open until Jan. 1st, 1888. Along th. Skirmish Use. Denver, December 24.--General Fred erick T. Dent, distinguished Union sol dier and brother-in-law of Genoral Grant, died yesterday afternoon. He was 72 years oi age. One hundred and sixty-five Confederate army generals yet survive. Twenty-nin> have died this year. From this timeoi the veterana of the old armies will disap pear rapidly. If the growlers over pen sions will be patient they will begratifier at the rapid reduction of the list. Examining Surgeons are permitted t< furnish affidavits or statements in | en sion claims of which they have profee sional or other knowledge, in the same manner as other physicians. And every time a farmer sells a bushel of wheat he can reflect that he and tb< other tax payers of the country are con tributing to keep up the pension list * sum equal to h«lf the price received fo< his and for every other bushel of wheat grown in th« coniHfery^St. Loais Re public. \ The Republic might hare truthfully added that had these»same "pensioi grabbers" failed thirty years ago, anr the editor of the Republic and his associ­ ate rebels succeeded there would be n< "United States" either to pay pensioni- or raise wheat. The ground, it is trne. would have been left, but who can im­ agine the disgrace of the disrupted anc> disorganized Nation ? John Williams, a veteran of Company B. Thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry, while temporarily insane made an attempt t commit suicide Thursday at Macon, te miles south of Decatur, 111. He used • oocket knife, severed his windpipe, am * tabbed himself over the hearts. He will probably die. Representative Antony of Texas, has introduced © bill in the House to suf«| ud the granting of pensions under hf Deuendeat law cnacted by the Fifty-fi st, or billion dollar Congress, and to stop paying those that have already bt>eD granted under that law.--McHenry County Democrat. Just so Mr. Democrat, but last fall just previous to election, if the count know's herself, you emphatically denied that the Cleveland party was opposed t< pensions, and claimed Cleveland and hi> party had done more (but offered n< proof in support of such claim,) for tb» old soldiers than had the Republicai party, and now before your Presiden • elect has taken the Presidential chairabill 'has been introduced which if it becomes a law will take away the pensions of ibout four-hundred and fifty old veter­ ans, their Widows, Minor children and dependent parents, and that bill is only icommencement of what wears to ex uect in the same line. The bill in questioi «ould look well as read from the paper above mentioned. Whatdo you say Mr Democrat, will you or will you not pub­ lish it? Work of the* Ftnslon Offiee During the week 4,817 claims were re­ ceived, of which 271 were original invalid; 295 widows; 1 bounty land; 58 navy; 0 old war; 0 on account of Mexican service, 258 accrued pension and $86 applications for increase. Number of re­ jected claims reopened 788; act of June 27, 1890, 1,212 original invalid, 302 widows, and none who had filed applications under former acts. Number of claims received to date un­ der act of June 27, 1890, 861,130. Claims disposed of to date under said act, 580,783. . The names and postoffice addresses of 4,938 officers and comrades were furnished for the use of claimants. There were 82,802 pieces of mail mat­ ter received; 52,905 letters and blanks sent out. The number of cases detailed to special examiners were 457; 314 reports and cases from special examiners; cases on Land for special examination, 6,903. Report of certificates issued: Original, 3,771; of which -- were under act of June 27,1890; increase, 1,590; accrued, 177; reissue, 0; restoration, 0; dupli­ cate 0; act of March 4,1890,0; total, 5,538. The lanrest stock of Overcoats in tdwn The Scientific Method In Polities. True intellectual manhood not been attained until men have learned to trust nature, to test all opinions and schemes by the touchstone of natural law, and as a necessary result to despise swaddling clothes and leading strings and all the paraphernalia of creeping childhood or timorous imbecility. We see before us, as we believe, a prospect of manhood for the American people-- such a manhood as they have never be­ fore attained to--one of the chief signs of which will be a proud confidence in themselves, and in connection and through harmony therewith a noble and generous bearing toward all other na­ tions. Heretofore men politically prominent among ourselves have not been ashamed to suggest that the best policy for us was the one that wrought most evil to other countries, and have thus fed and stimu­ lated all that was meanest and most ma­ lignant in the minds of those whom they addressed. There has thus been culti­ vated among a people which ought, from its advantages of position, to be the most cosmopolitan and broadly philanthropic of all nations a tone of feeling more petty and parochial than could perhaps be found in any other community of the modern world. The mark has, however, been overshot, and the better feeling and better sense of the American people are now, we may trust, about to assert them­ selves.--Popular Science Monthly. Perlodates mm » Cure for Cholera. The experiments now being made with crystals of periodate and periodate of iron for the treatment of cholera cases in the barracks of Hamburg have re­ sulted in a remarkable falling off in the death rate at those barracks as compared with other hospitals in that city. Dr. Weaver, who was the first to use the periodates, claims that this method is simply an application of the principles of sanitation to the body, and that it is at once preventive and curative as a sys­ tem of physical disinfection and cleans­ ing. The periodate appears to kill the disease germs instantly, yet it is per­ fectly harmless to the human system, even when introduced in large quanti­ ties. The periodate of iron has been used in cases in which an unusually strong nerve or heart stimulant has been deemed nec­ essary, or for severe neuralgic symptoms. The powdered crystals have been used to disinfect the alimentary canal and as a water solution to wash out the stomach in cases of severe vomiting. They have been employed also for transfusions un­ der the skin or into a vein in order to re­ store suspended circulation of the blood. In a case of collapse the patient has been given drafts of periodate sufficient to re­ store the pulse and cause the heart beats to return.--London Times. Negroes in Washington. There are 2,394 negroes employed in Washington by the government, and they draw from the treasury in salaries about $2,000,000 a year. Naturally the defeat of the Republican party was a severe blow to them, for, being Repub­ licans themselves, they expect to be re­ moved by the Cleveland administration ih so far as they are not protected by the civil service rules. A large number of them, however, may be happily dis­ appointed, although men like ex-Senator Bruce, who receives $18,000 a year as recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia, are very likely to be acceler­ ated into private life. In all there are between 75,000 and 80,000 negroes who live at the national capital, and their accumulation of wealth is now very large. Among them, too, are many of the best educated young men of the race, who ought to be scattered among their people in the south helping to elevate the general con­ dition of the negroes.--Springfield Re­ publican. To Look for gynssnes' Hole. In response to an advertisement in a Cincinnati newspaper asking for volun­ teers to leave next June on an arctic ex­ pedition Lieutenant W. H. Bradbury, of the Champion City Guards, Springfield, O., received a note from A. Symmes, of Louisville, a relative of the late John Cleves Symmes, of Symmes* hole fame, stating that the expedition would be ab­ sent two years. "A vessel," Mr. Symmes says, "will take us to Greenland, and then we are to go in sleds with dogs as far as the snow lasts and then on foot. We go with no other purpose than to fol­ low the wild animals back to Symsonia, whence they come every spring and re­ turn every fall. No one has ever fol­ lowed them to their home, but we will. Where they go we can follow, and anew world is to be found that will'immortal­ ise the finders."--Cor. Chicago Times. Ornaments for Dodos. * Braoeleta and dudes are the latest cook bination. The bigger the bracelet tlis " bigger the dude--that is, the larger the circlet the dude can keep upon his wrist without assuming the attitude of a « i undergoing highway robbery the greater- tC/% his claim to distinction in dndedom.' j Twisted bands of silver wire, a haifjjf dozen, more or less, on each wrist, is proper thing, though bands of gold/ ^ studded with brilliants, are occasionally ^~i-S worn. It is exceedingly "vulgah" to ex-, J- pose these ornaments to public gase on & the streets. V*1 They are only visible fin the sochstcra of the drawing room or the dude's own apartments. On going out the bracelets by a slight twist of the wrists aretocked^ ' V£p up under the cuffs, which must be extra' '"v-'tig large. To execute this movement grace- fully is a test which seems to distinguish. the real from the spurious swell. (* "Oh, yes," said a State street jeweler ~ z&i in answer to a question, "bracelets tor men w a fod that is spreading rapidly. It struck Chicago a month ago, bst the '^4 swells have got it bad. We have done a rushing business in bracelets for the lastly ten days. Most of the 'fellahs' pretend: they are buying for their sisters, but the ^ solicitude they display in getting an ar- : tide that will just fit inside their cuffs V* gives them away. Dread of street ga- I mins, I suppose, prompts them to keep 1 their arm ornaments concealed when owt * walking."--Chicago News. » B Will Marry the Waif He Be»en«<t. A doctor of divinity of high personal integrity and much respected in the de-' nomination to which he belongs is about* 1 to marry a young lady to whom he has become attached under somewhat ro­ mantic circumstances. The reverend,,', gentleman, who is about sixty years of age, has devoted a great portion of his' life to the rescue of poor boys and girls.; Some twenty years ago or more he picked up a hungry, half clad, friendless but bright eyed little girl, and removed her to one of the homes of which he had oversight. The child was willing and eager to learn all that could be taught her. : She developed in the course of years J into an able and intelligent young wom­ an, and in her turn became an instruct­ ress in the home to which she had been •' brought so many years before. She isi$ still associated with the work, but she ig-. engaged to marry the man who picked:̂ her, so to speak, from the gutter. ' Many of the reverend gentleman's friends havet; tried to persuade him against the mar- v riage, but the doctor has the courage of his convictions as well as affections, and. will give his hand, as he has given his heart, to his old pupil. She is about thirty years of age.--London Chronkfa~ .-"•Vfl Two Passengers on the Ocean. On a recent trip of the City of Paris a demure little person stitched on some plain sewing the way over. In another part of the ship a quiet gentlemanly young man occupied himself with "Lit­ tle Dorrit." The seamstress was Miss Maud Branscombe, whose photograph first revealed the possibility of photo­ graphic distinction. The gentlemanly reader was Burge, the lightweight prize fighter, who has come over here to try conclusions with Mr. McAuliffe.--New York Evening Sun. Only a Few oflksn Left. The sloop Wasp, now receiving repairs on Morgan's ways at New London, Conn., is probably one of the oldest boats afloat. In 1812 she gained a de­ cisive victory over the British brig Frolic, and lrvter in the war she captured the sloop-of-war Reindeer. There is some talk of exhibiting the Wasp at the World's fair. . Residents of the state of Washington are protesting against the use of Wash, as an abbreviation for the name of the state. Wn. is suggested as more dig­ nified and satisfactory. "INVITATIONS R If you desire to send any call »??•' a. Story's and get some of the beautiful in vitation cards. Latest styles and de Tbe Bride Het Him Half Way. A wedding took place in Cleveland Thursday noon under somewhat roman­ tic circumstances when Colonel Oliver ' P. Johnson, of Washington, was married to Miss Rachel Owen, of Racine, Wis. The ceremony was at the home of the ; ' bride's sister, Mrs. Mary Weal, Colonel Johnson is a fine looking man of about fifty, with a military bearing, the Cleve- ̂ land dispatches set forth, and the bride ; is a handsome woman of twenty-eight. When they went to the court house to­ gether to get the marriage license Colo-;"; nel Johnson remarked, "She is a brave little woman," and added: "This match is on the runaway order. She said she; would meet mo half way, so she traveled alone to Cleveland, and I came from Washington." Then Colonel Johnson wrote the names - ' and addresses of himself and his bride upon a piece of paper, beaded them with the declaration, "very romantic," »nd left the note for the reporters.--Wash­ ington Post. Their Good Grip Saved Tfcans. When the morning train from She--a doah was approaching the ninety feet high trestle of the Pennsylvania railroad ' a mile above St. Clair, at a high rate of speed, the engineer was horrified at dis­ covering two men ahead in the center of the structure. It was too late to stop the train, and as there is but a single track and no sidewalk the engineer after reversing his engine closed his eyes to shut out the sight of two human beings hurled into space. The train reached the west side of the trestle before it stopped, when the two men, supposed to have been thrown into tlie ravine below, were seen walking along the trestling. They escaped death by hanging from the spans over which the train passed.--Oqg. Philadelphia Record. Something Useful. lb. Suburb (on a cold day)--That back yard is one glare of ice, and I.aaaxly broke my neck. Who's been using the hose out there? Mrs. Suburb--Little Georgie asked permission to wash the carriage, and as it was such an unusual thing for him to want to do anything useful I told him he might. Mr. Suburb--Humph! He wanted a toboggan slide.--Good News* „ . .^V -1.1 A Mastodon's Tootl. While a resident of Portland. Or., was excavating for a well some time ago he claims to have found a remarkably v. ell preserved tooth of a mastodon. It is. he says, about ten inches high, and the face of the tooth is 9 by. 4i inches. He fur­ ther states that it is a fossil and weighs about fifteen pounds. l -*'i A Mkflt When a resident of Rolls couittjr* MOp*-; went to cast his vote on election day he found that he was several sizes larger than the voting booth. The sheriff was obliged to construct for him a acreon made of horae blankets. The governor of the electric light works in Sedalia, Mo., broke the otawr night and the engine jumped from 600 to 2,000 volts. The globes bant la 1ft» street cars and there was great ment for awhile.. Men's Felt Slippsra, &«•§ with t«i t*»» ml, 60 cents. Ladtee* hwty'eriiyAew a few pairs 6,7,8, $1 per ipiha ftgular |2 ehoe. ' - v , ,