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Pledged but to Truth, f« Libert? and L»w | No Favors Win u* fcmf no Fear Shall Awe." f VOL. 18,! M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1893. NO. JftflMrj phUniM PDV.I UBD KVBKT WtDKMDAT BT V A N 8 L Y K E , - JfOlXOB AKD P&OP&UXO^ Office in Pekovskj'g Block, One do*>r South of the Post Office. ';4EBMS or BUBsoaiPTio*, no year (in advance) .. 91 <W t Mot Pain within fnree Months... ... 5 «KS Subscriptions recrlv*" for three or atx months in 4tae Dime proportion. Kates ol Advertising. We announce liberal rates for advertising In the PLAINDKALKR, and endeavor to state fiem so plainly that they will be readily un erstood. They are *• follows: I Inch one year -3 Inches one year 8 Inches on'e year - JM Column one year • • Oolumn one year- Oolumn one year - One inch means the measurement of one Inch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege or changing as often as they ehooae, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having ' Standing cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line each week. Al! others will be charged 10 eents per line tho first week, and 6 cents per line for each subsequent week. ^Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as thin is set in) the first last e, and ft corns pur due for subsequent isauei*. Tii'tiU, Iii inch advertisement will cost fLOO for one Week, $1.50 for two weeks, #3.00 for three - 'Weeks, and so on The Pr.AiNDRAi.aB will be liberal in giving •dltorial notices, but, as a business rule, it (rill require a ? uftable fee from everybody lacking the use of its colnmns for pecuniary BUSEVESS CARDS P.O. OOLBY, D, D.«. Woodstock III Special attep mJ tion paid to regulating children's teeth PafLies coming f om <nii*tHnce would <io wel fo g'Ve timely no'ice by mail. Office, Kendal olock, corner Mnin street and Publicdqua re a J. HOWABD, u. i».- ' nilT^IOIAN AND SURGEON. Offlee at I th« ersldence of B. A. Howard, West MoHenry,IU. • 0. H. FEGERS, M. D- IAN AND SUBGE< Ills. Office at Residence. PHY8I01AN AND SURGEON, MeHenry DR. A. E. AURIWQER, i Dr PHYSICIAN ASD9URGEON omcei Ohiids building, W*8t MeHenry, 111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne. All professional ealls promptly at­ tended to. g, y, gHEFiBD. r. L, IHIFABD 8HEPARD * SHEPARO, ATTORN KYb AT LAW. Suite 61«, North em Office Building, 86 i<a8alle Street Chicago, 111. *5- ly tfNIGQT A BROWN, TTORNEYS AT LAW. U. 8. Express Oo.'s L Balldlng, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. V. S. LUMLEY. A TTOBNEY AT LAW, and Solioitor in t\. Chancery, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Office in Park tionse. first floor. JOSLYN * OASEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Woodstock IIL All business will receive prompt atten­ tion. O. P. BABNBS, TTORNEY, Solicitor, and | Counselor, L Collections a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLIKOie. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker & Jeweler McHENRY. ILLINOIS. AriNE stook of Clocks, Watches and Jew-tlry alwayaon hand. Special attention given to repairing tine watches. Give me *°*U' JOHN P. SMITH Horsemen, took Here. I have a fine st'ick of H rses, among which are •• Ymmg Green Mountain Morgan," "Mor­ rill Oharies," and others. Call and see these Hordes before making arrangements else- M. S COLBY. MeHenry, 111.. May 10,18M. * - United States War Clara Am -or- WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock Illinois. F. E. PILCHER ^ - * lt>e*ita.l - • - Office with Dr. Auringtr, We*t MeHenry, 1U. Crown, Vlate and Bridge Work art'atleally executed at reasonable prices, Special aiten tion given to the ore of Children's Teeth. COHSULTAXION FBBE, A. M. CHURCH, Watohmaker and Jeweler NO.Oe v^IundredTwenty-Five State St Chi­cago, 111. Special attention given to re- palrlngF ine watches and Chronometers. Wi Full Assortment of Goods In his line Prosecutes all elassss 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 claims. All communicitions promptly answered if Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. CGWL1X Office at Besidenee, Madison St., Woodstock, Illinois. FREE.--- Land in California Free, fcWThat can grow. if irrigated, Oranges, Grapes. or any fruit in California that will grow by ir­ rigation- This land has no Mar­ ket value without irrigation. We will Plant the Trees Free. Take care and cultivate them for 5 years for half the profit, pay the taxes, labor and other charges, will pav you back the first year after irrigation one-third ol your investment if you will help get irri­ gation. Price $ 25 for 5 years, payable $5 per month till $25 is paid. FREE DEED to the land, no charges to you for taxes or labor or trees. Address California I^and Exchange. r'--- 388 W. P* ST. CLAIR* Justice of the Peace, Insurance and Coiieeting Agency. «FVLCB ON BA1LROAD ST., KUNDAV 11 - H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent nefvding ACCIDENT and Life Insurance. OFFICK WITH B. GII IIKHT, HFAB D«POI, WEST MCHENRY, 'III MeHenry House, McHENRY. ILL. JOS. HSIMBR. Proprietor, Being situated on the banks of the Fox River, in the Vill <ge of MeHenry, special at t ntion will be triven to the entertainment <*f Hunters Fishermen and Pleasure Seekers g M erally. Sportsmen Supplied with Com piAt* outfit* 8 NEAR THE DEPOT» WEST MoIIEIVRY, ILL Keeps open for the acoommodation of the Public a First-class Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at aii timer-Iceejp the beat brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars (to be found in the market. Also Agent For FRANZ FALK'S lUhraokM L&gir Ban. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand, oheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Order* by mail promptly attended to. QOODlBTABLlirCnFVB HOR8RB ITOall andjsee us. Robert Sohleasle. West MeHenry, IIL 3. R. SAYLOR & SONS, ^Yipi^irFwwM--- 4«j •BRBBDCRS OF- SSSSSSSSSMSSSSSSSSSStSM ^1 R I P A N S A B U L E S REGULATE THE STilJtiHs, LIVER AND BOWELS AND POSIFY THE BLOOD. WPAX8 TABI LE8 are the beat Matt* elne known for Iadlcestlon, BIUonuieM, Headache. Constipation, Dyspepaia, Ohroale Uver Troafclea, DUxlneaa, Bad Complexion, Dysentery, Offensive Breath, and all dl*. orders of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels. Ripasis Tabules contain nothing injurious to the most delicate constitution. Are pleasant to take, safe, effectual, and give immediate relief. Price--l5ox (fi viol * |t May be ordere J or by mail. Samp! I THE RIPANS • M SPRUCE STREET, PATENTS and Watfi | Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all PaU I ent business conducted for MODERATE Fees. TOUH OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U.S. PATENT OFFICE I and we can secure patent in less time than those • remote from Washington | Scut! model ) tion. We adi [charge. Our fee not due till patent E A PAMPHLET, "How to Obtain Patents," will [cost of same in the U. S. sad foreign countries [sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CQ4 OPP PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. im Washington. _ £ jiiel, uiuwiiie or photo., Utth d£scrip~ \ advise, if patentable or not, free of't, >ur fee not due till patent is secured. (i 0-i Morgan:: Horses, EnabraqloK th* celebrated Genera) 6ifiord, Green Mountain and Morrill blood. STOCK FOR SALE. Stallions and Fillies iSendfor pedi­ grees. Bfliez and Registered Poland China --RWINE.-= Choice Merino Sheep, Mammoth Bronze TurkeySa High Grade Jersey Cattle. For sale. Come>ad Inspect stock or addrow, J. R. BAYLOR & SONS West MeHenry 111 '• J. BARBTA.N, J J, HAS BUS BARBIAN BROS. WholMale and Betail X • .n " DIAUPI m FINE CIGABS. MeHENBY ILLINOIS Beinar now pleasantly loeated in onr n»w. store, former y occupied by JkUhoff Bros., we are now prepared to offer to lha smoking: pub lie a fine line - f CI Kara of our own m&aufae* ture, together with smoking and Chewing Tobacco of the best brands. Pipes t. Specialty, We have a verf large aasortmwi _,34„aos»e vary handsome sastem. • M - GALL AND SIX UB. •aaBts*>Boa MoHenrr. 111.'. Jaae 90^ 18M. THE ~ CALL AT THE LITTLI 8T081 AB0VS9 TBI COBSXic And those fine Diamonds, some of them an inch across, or less, and many of them *ill weigh a pound. Also we still have on hand a few more of those fine. Gold and Silver Watches Which yon can buy at your own price. JOHN P. SMITH, The Jeweler. JOHN HAtTPBISH'S Steam Laundry MoHenry, III. Having just put in a new Ironlnp and Polishing Machine, also STEAM APPLIANCES I am now prepared to do all work In the Laundry line on abort notice, and sraarantee •atielacilon. All work left witb m« will be promptly done as the i ew machinery put in enables me to do my work much faster and better ttaau heretofore. All Laundry will be called for and delivered when done, If word is sent me* JOHN HAUPRlSHt Go to HEAHAN BROS. FOB FINE , • Site PLATED WARE. New Watches and Chains. Be sure and see our New Dia­ mond Set Ladiea'Neck Chains. *OW IS TUB TIME TO BUT A * * Sewing Machine! Only $5 a month until paid. For the spring of 1893 I am offering advantages in the way of prices and quality that are un­ equalled by any of ray competi­ tors. The steady growth of my trade is convincing proof to me that I am on the right track and th&t my efforts to give satisfac­ tion to my customers ace appre­ ciate*} I aim in every instance to give you the best value for your money. Is it not to your iuterest to give me a large share of your trade? SOLOIIBS' DIFABTMHTC. I carry a large stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, flats and Caps Crockery, Glassware, Tinware and Groceries. TEAS.--Hundreds of mer>h ants and thousands of consumers will tell you that I state the truth when I say that you will never have the Best Japan Tea until you buy th<v Bed Dragon Tea. The increaeed demand for this tea astonishes some oi my competitors1 and they wonder why it is they can't find a Japan Tea to equal it. Many have given it up, and its well they have tor its equaUs not to be tound. have a full line of these Teas from 25c, to 50c. per pound. Please call and see what I have to offer. A. P. BAER Weet MeHenry, HI. WE TELL YOB Bathing new when we state that it pays to engage in a permanent, most hvalthy and pleasant busi­ ness, that returns a profit for every day's work. 8nch is the business we oflVr the working class. Wc leach them how to make money rapidly, and narautee every one who follows our instructions faithfully the making of S300.00 a month. Every one who takes hold now and works will rarely and speedily increase their earnings; there can be no question about it; others now at work " 'ig Thin is Hie best paying business that vou have are doini and you, reader, can do the same. erer had the chance to secure. You will make «rmve mititake if you fail to give it a trial at once. If you grasp the situation, and act quickly, you will directly find yourself in a most prosperous buiiness, at which you can surely make and save large sums of money. The results of only a few hours® work will often equal a week's wages. Whether you are old or voung, man or woman, it makes no difference, -- do as we tell you, and sue- cess will meet you at the very start. Neither experience or capital necessary. Those who work for mi are rewarded. Why not write to-day for fall particulars, free ? E. C. ALLKN & CO., Box No. 420, Augusta, He. G . L H U B B A R D , - Maker AND DEALER IK HARNESS. SADDLERY. Bridles* Blankets, Whips, CUTTERS, Jk<Si mlm (I won't move a pci those fine single until you get me one of lame's, at Hubbard's ) 12 Sets Double Harness all ready. 7 Sets Single Harness all ready. DOUBLE HARNESS, complete $28 00 SINGLB HABNBSS. nickle or rub­ ber trim 10 00 HAMB STRAPS. 7 8 In 10 PPKEAD STBAPS 10 BREAST STRAPS. 11-2 ID. .^ 50 MARTINGALES, 1 1-2 LA 50 AXLK ORRA8K 6 BOSTON COACH OIL 26 COMMON O. F. BITS 16 ROPB TIES 20 BUST PLUSH FLUSH LINED FUB ROBBS 94 00 INCH LINKS, WITH SNAPS... 2 60 *I,"WO HNAPS 6 HARNESS OF ALL KINDS IM STOCK. G.L.HU3BARD. ^iun<la, 111*. 1893. " To care for MM who ha* borne the battle, and for Mi Widow and Orphan*." --LINCOLN. "MMDMP, Charity. Lou- alty-- Worthy ton* ef Patriot Bather*." Along the Skirmish Line. . , Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy etarB ihall glitter o'er the brave. : ; Memorial day next Tuesday, and from all we can learn MeHenry coqnty throughout ite length and breadth will make it a point to honor it* dead, who died for love of country and flag* 7- The star Spangled .Banner, ^ ^ O! Song may it wave •/ ~ O'er the land of the free, And the home of the brave, Tte mounds are sinking level witb the plate. As If time's hurried footsteps gently pressed n ith tender memories wh*re our heroes rest Those moands above our country s buried si Un Tbe turf is thickening wtth the paseifeg years, Ana daisies n >w grow thicker in the sod, Where sleep the nations dead and thicker to Tbe lilies watered by a nation's tears. And all is calm beneath the grass to-day, Quie< and soft their peaceful slumbers prove Heedless alike of what goes on above Whether they lay down in blue or gray. We bring our offerings for those who stood For tome and country against all beside, Who, holding lo al to th&t servlee, died. Thus sealing their devotion with their blood And may the passing years weave closer yet The interlacing ties of hum*n kind, As in tbe sod the kno ted grasses bind And hold the spr nging daisies closer set, Hon. Win. Lochren has assumed the duties of Commissioner of Pensions. There are National eemeterias in no less than twenty-five states of the Union. Still the soldier hating papers keep up the wearisome lie about the great num­ ber of deserters on the pension roll. A man who will believe that a deserter can be pensioned will believe anything. It seems useless to argue with him. The pension office is only a bureau of the interior department, but is larger than the war, state and navy depart­ ments combined. It is the largest bureau in the United States government and the largest organized under any govern­ ment. The department of Illinois has secured the admission to the national home of a woman 72 years of age, who lost two sons in the army during the war. "I am so glad to have a home at last," was her exclamation as she seated herself in an easy chair in a w&l furnished room fitted ap especially for her. One hundred and fifty thousand dol­ lars has been raised in Indianapolis for the entertainment of visitors at the an­ nual encampment, 0. A. II., next Septem­ ber. The citizens of Indianapolis look forward to greet folly 3,000,000 visitors at that time. The state of Tennessee paid over f20,- 000 in pensions to ex-Confederates last year and the amount will be increased this year to $45,000, as it will be in other southern states. The principle of pensioning men whose disability was ac­ quired in fighting to destroy the govern' ment is not only wrong, but it is an in­ famous outrage that ex-Union soldiers in the south should be taxed to pay such pensions. It might be excused in a meas­ ure provided men who thought aa they did paid tbe money, but it is paid Out of the general tax fund, and all property holders in the south are compelled to pay their proportion to the men who sought their lives. When Gen. 0. O. Howard was in Chat- anooga the other day a beggar with a withered arm frbm which the fingers and part of the hand were missing came up to him and asked for alms. The General with a twinkle in his eye, held out his empty sleeve and said: "You're better off than I am, for you have your arm left while I have lost mine." The cripple gazed at the empty sleeve for a moment and then extracted 15 cents from the pocket of his tattered jean trousers. "Here," he said, turning to Gen. How­ ard, "this is all I have got, but you're welcom^o it." There was a general laugh at the expense of the distinguished commander of the Department of the East, and he made the man happy by giving him a silver dollar. Work of tbe Pension Offlee During the week 3,089 claims were re­ ceived, of which 123 were original invalid; 232 widows; 6 bounty land; 102 navy; 0 old war; 0 on account of Mexican service, 148 accrued pension and 1,971 applications for increase. Number of re­ jected claims reopened 385; act of June 27, 1890, 594 original invalid, 367 widows, and none who had filed applications under former acts. Number of claims received to date un­ der act of June 27, 1890, 875,792. Claims disposed of to date under said act, 575,873 The names and postoffice addresses of 5,003 officers and comrades were furnished for the use of claimants. There were 86,088 pieces of mail mat­ ter received; 41,598 letters and blanks sent out. The number of cases detailed to special examiners were 360.; 360 reports and cases from special examiners; cases on Iiand for special examination, 9,118. Report of certificates issued: Original, 1,464; of which -- were under act of June 27, 1890; Increase, 895; accrued, 192; reissue, 0; restoration, 0; dupli­ cate 0; act of March 4,1890,0; total, 5218 Died In a Strange Lsnd, During the Barnnm & Bailey circus parade Saturday morning a pretty Ital* ian girl, Celeste Chiesa, appeared on one of the floats as a Chinese woman. She was dressed in rose colored tights, and very thin clothing covered the upper part of her body. Celeste was only 15 years old. She was much pleased with her exalted position and scattered smiles, all along the route until as the proces­ sion neared the close of its journey the chill wind began to pierce her frail form. She shivered like an aspen leaf. Return­ ing to the Garden she complained of se­ vere pains in her chest, but stuck brave­ ly to her work and filled her part as * ballet dancer in the spectableof "Cofrftft« bus and the Discovery of America." She grew wtsrse as the evening wore on and was taken home by Tody Ham­ ilton in a hack to the humble apartmen kl at 236 Thompson street, w&re shS roomed with several other members of the troop. She suffered intensely du*h ing the night and died next day of pnetJ monia before a physician could be sum<j moned. She came here three weeks ago on the Paris with Kiralfy's corps of dan­ cers. Her home was in Turin. She had no friends in this city.--New York Ad* vertiser. Forbidden to Swear by a Chlclton's Head. The trial of William Walsh, charged with robbery in tbe first degree, was be­ gun in the criminal court yesterday. The defendant was represented by Ben Clark. An amusing scene ensued when Clark demanded that Jeu Hon Yee, a Chinese interpreter, who was present to interpret TLI1? WITNESSES, BO SWORN IS THO Chinese fashion, and that the same rule be pursued in regard to all the other wit­ nesses. Judge Edmunds inquired what was the Chinese oath, and Clark replied that the head of a live chicken must be cut off in the Chinaman's presence while he uttered certain words, unintelligible to the American ear, which signified that he hoped he would be treated in the same way if he told a lie while giving his tes­ timony. Humane Agent Holmes here interposed and objected to any chicken decapitation on the ground of cruelty. Judge Edmunds stated that he could think of no precedent in the law books for such a proceeding, and did not think he would countenance it. Judge Ed­ munds, after explaining to the China­ men that they were liable to be sent to the penitentiary if they did not tell the truth, allowed the trial to proceed.--St. Louis Republic. A Fish Story From Sandy If eok. Eels are cheap on Sandy Hook sula just now. On last Wednesday, er a terrific gale, old Johnnie Collins, clam digger of Navesink Highlands, went down to the beach to see if any crabs ^ had been washed up. As he came high water mark he observed that tbi sand was fairly alive with eels. Thejf varied in length from 3 inches to 2 feel; and were silver eels. Scattered among them were young fresh water perch. The perch were dead, but the eels were very much alive. Be went back to the village and told what! he had found, and the villagers canif down to the beach with baskets and boxes and barrels. After they had filled all their receptacles the beach was still- covered with eels. They went back and emptied their loads and returned and got more loads, but they didn't succeed in making any noticeable reduction in tbe number of the eels. A number of men got more than 100 pounds each. Seabright and other villages on the Sandy Hook peninsula also got a large number of the fish. People are at a loss to understand hot* the eels and fish came to be on tlMr beach. Both the perch and the silver eels are fresh water fish and abound la the Shrewsbury river. Never befo|e have they been known to be found oa the seabeach.--New York Sun. \ Another Authentic Portrait of Columbus. An alleged discovery at Naples of a beautiful authentic portrait by Titian of Christopher Columbus has caused a great sensation there. Our correspond­ ent writes: The full length life size por­ trait was shown to me by Signor Canna- vina, the antiquarian, who purchased it from Count Aldobrandi at Bologna. The whole, with the exception of the face and hands, had been coarsely painted over. This extraneous coat being re­ moved, the figure in the uniform of a Spanish admiral was revealed. The pose and coloring are very quiet the face is that of a man with hair just turning gray; the eyesare blue, thoughtful and even sad; the mouth is firmly cut, and be wears a pointed, short blond beard and mustache. On the tapering fingers are three massive rings. The canvas is of a peculiar twilled kind. Signer Can navina possesses documents which vouch for the authenticity of the picture. It is to be sent for exhibition to Chicago.-- London News. Surprised While Stealing • Bide.. A man named Edward Fuller of Phila­ delphia tried to steal a ride on a Penn­ sylvania railroad passenger train from the Broad street station, intending to get off at a suburban station. Instead of getting on a local train he boarded the Cincinnati and St. Louis express, getting between the tender and baggage car. He could not jump off and was sitting on tho platform when the loco­ motive scooped up water from the tank between the rails. As the tank in the tender filled up it overflowed and almost drowned Fuller, who to escape opened the baggage car door and entered the car. The huge volume of water poured in after him and deluged the car, de­ stroying the contents of a number of trunks. Fuller was arrested when the train reached Hamsburg and is now in jail for malicious mischief.--Cor. Phila­ delphia Telegraph. Effect of m Popular Song. A shining light of the variety stage has really come to play a prominent part in the social life of New York city. Some time since a vaudeville songstress named Lottie Gilson caught the fancy of the metropolis with a song entitled "Daddy Won't Buy Me a Bowwow." The tune­ ful ditty is now heard in every drawing room and at every musicale in New York. The refrain has become a sort of catchword and points half the bits of repartee exchanged in the resorts and rendezvous of fashionable folk. A gloomy look or a somber air invariably brings forth the explanation that its cause is due to the circumstance that "daddy won't buy me a bowwow."-- Exchange. ^ Heady Tor the Eclipw. The total eclipse of the sun, to occur in April, will, it is generally supposed, be one of the longest in duration of the present century. Extensive preparations are being made all over the world for its observation. One English party goes to Bathurst, Africa, and one to Pernaxn- buco, Brazil; the Bureau des Longitudes, Paris, sends an expedition to Africa; Harvard college observatory will be rep­ resented at Arequipa. Peru, and the Lick observatory at a station in Chili. A number of other Americans will prob­ ably follow. Farmers in Marin county, Cal., are complaining of a weed which the cows eat and which gives a peculiar taste to the milk, so much so that in some dis­ tricts the milk is unpalatable. World's Fair Clothing at J. J. Milter's Wert Side. Concerning Crinoline. Concerning crinoline the following tract from the Dundee (Scotland) Adver* tiser, Jan. 5, 1709, has been un­ earthed: "Mr. Isaac Bickerstaffe, cen- cor of G-rcat Britain, sitting in the ccart of judicature, had crinoline brought in and hoisted by a pulley to the roof of the * hall, where it formed a very splendid and ample canopy over our heads and covered the whole court of judicature with a kind of silken rotunda, in its form not unlike the cupola of St. Paul's. On inquiring for the person belonging to the petticoat Mr. Bickerstaffe, to his great surprise, was directed to a vary pretty young damsel. 'My pretty maid,* he said, 'do you own yourself to have been the inhabitant of the garment be­ fore us? "The young lady who wore this hoop confessed that she did not like it, ana that she kept out of it as long as die could and till she began to appear little in the eyes of all her acquaintances and said she would be very glad to see an example made of it. History does not go on to relate in what manner the hoop was censured, but the young lady, for her modesty and amiability and some­ what for her good looks, received great praise." African Slave Caravan*. The English cruisers may have checked the slave trade on the eastern coast, but the caravan route from central Africa to the shores of the Mediterranean is still the scene of all the horrors of which Livingstone wrote. Mr. C. H. Allen* secretary of the Antislavery society, last summer reported that a caravan of 10,- 000 camels and 4,000 slaves left Timbuc too for Morocco, and of this number 500 to 600 died of thirst in the desert. Eft another caravan it is stated that outj of 800 slaves 660 died, and the survivors were worth little from the privation and hardships of tbe journey. Mr. Allen says "the desert route this year musk have proved more than unusually fatal, but the atrocity of the trade cannot be ignored." Yet there are Englishmen who call for the abandonment of Uganda and the region of Lake Nyanza, the re­ tention of which would give a splendid jyantage ground for the ultimate sup­ pression of the slave trade.--Londoi* Leisure Hour. " 5-V •• s " 4- ~i$jj Keeping the Bfouthe of Oysters Cloted.' If the plans of Messrs. Freeman, Hirst and Thurston, three gentlemen from the City of Brotherly Love who are now in Chicago, do not miscarry, the oyster business not only of Chicago, but of the - United States, will be revolutionized. Br a process invented by Mr. Freeman and controlled by these gentlemen it is pos- ;• ^ sible to ship oysters in the shell to any part of the country with the certainty that upon their arrival at destination they will be as fresh and delicious in flavor as on the day they were skipped. No chemical solutions or embalming preparations are used to secure this Je­ suit. The only thing aimed at is to pie* vent the oyster committing suicide, and a little clamp of lead that pre* ents the bivalve from opening his moutki»|h® whole secret.--Chicago Journal. i An Eiglit-hcrur Day In EnglmMt. >- The 8-hour day, which is the aspiw* tion of organized labor in this coun­ try, is to be made the subject of a prac­ tical experiment in the great iron works of Salford, near Manchester. The effort is to be made to reconcile the economic objections which have been held to ba> irreconcilable. That is, the workmen, who have been laboring 53 hours a week; are to endeavor to turn out an equal product by the labor of 48 hours. If punctuality, energy and increased activ­ ity they can show this to be possible, tan experiment will be a success, their wages will remain as now, and the 8-hour day p will be established.--Boston Common- ™w>-' ;-- ••• J4. An Old Settler Begin* to T»a*e».r It is hardly in the west one wouldlooli; for white people unacquainted with rail­ roads and telegraphs, but Parson Quina, the oldest settler in Qarfield county, Washington, who went there 83 yea# ago, saw a railroad and took a rMe on • train two weeks ago for the first time in his life. He has not been out of the statf^ since he entered it in a prairie schoonef. Two or three similar cases have noted in the northwest within the pa^ few months.--Chicago Herald. A Boston paper recently contained a* announcement that certain genHsoMR liau ; uitsd a remonstrance to tbe p3TCpOS®d widening of Chestnut Hill avenns with the Brook line sek tmenF' si 'IH • •=• 4 LOOK oat for baign&n Machine*, Old Machines taken payment. Wood also. I. JLiwws, in Srout Riverside House. In Hsu tug en In pan ' ! ' € • ;4> si M MI