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: Jjegeirj jlanbikr, - * PUBLI HBO KVMT WBDSSSDAY BT ,$A. O. BUPP,- EDITOtt AND PEO£1tI*TO* the Nichols Block, v Two Doiri North of Peijy ft Owen's 8Wr» ;INESXS OR BUBSOHIPTIO*. " ?rii» year (in advaaao) . ®J f Not pain within Three Months... t {» Sn!iierlptioa> reedvM for throe or tlx months in the MM proportion. Bates of Advertising. V We announce liberal rates for advertising In the PI.AIRDEAI.KB, nnd endeayor TO state " "• k- «i"m VT v niylouuviv iivviw* •»»»- 'In the FLA.IKDBAI.BB, and enJevor to s c:*P 800 » 10 00 15 00 . >0 00 •- wo oo J Inch one year , ?£ Inches one year finches one year -Column one year fcs's Oolumn one year- » Oolumn one year % One inch means the meaturentent of one Inch down the colnmnt single column wmtn. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of ohanging as often as they Choose, without extra ofearge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having Standing cards) will be entitled |o insertion mf local notloes at the rate of 5 cents per line -fetch week. Ail others will be charged 10 tents per line the first week, and 6 cents per jine for each subsequent week. r Transient advertisements will be charged i the rate of 10 cent* pe line, (nonpareil ype, same as this is set in) the first issue, and oents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, An inohadvertisement willoost >L00forone treek, tl.JH) for two weeks, ffcOO for three Weeks, and BO on. * The PLAINDBAXBR will be liberal In Editorial notioes, but, as a business rule, it : will require, a suitable fee from everybody iseklng the use of Its columns forpeennlary *»*»• . . BUSINESS CARDS. r. O. COLBY, D.D.S. BKTWT. Woodstock, 111. Special atten- _ tlon paid to regulating children s testb artles coming from a distance would do wel a give timely notice by mail. Office, Kendal lock, corner Mam street and PubUeiSquare p# • , a J. HOWARD, M. D. !&*' f^ttT-lCIAH A3lt> 8UBGKON. »* I the ersldeaee of R. A, Howard, West MeHenry, 111. a H. rEG EES. M.JD- OHrslOiAN AND 8UBGBOH, MeHenry 1.111b. Office at Restttenoe. DB. A. B. AURIHQEE, %£&>• OHYSIOIAN ASnSURGEON. Ofljcei n Dr Ohltds building, West MeHenry, 1111 = Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professionai ealls promptly at­ tended to. |L T. BHEPABD. F. I, BHBRABO 8HEPARD A SHEPARO, TTORNBYb AT LAW. Suite SIS, North- _ ern Office Balldiag, » LaSalie Street hicago, 111. KNIGHT A BROWN, i TTORNRYS AT LAW. U. 8. Express Oo.'S L Building, 87 and » Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. V. S. LUMLKY. TTORNCY A* LAW, and SoUeltor 1b L <»»"«;f[M)D3TOOIC> Oflee In Park House, first floor. -u- JOSLYN A CASEY, A TTORNETS AT LAW, Woortstook lll. A. All business will receive prompt atten­ tion. •; C. P. BARWW, , ' ATTORWBt. Solicitor, andl Oi>njfa»¥)t. Oollectionsa specialty. s ^ WOODSTOCK, lUUDVBMb : ,f e' "• : ' . *,:> JOHN P. SMITH, IfUlohmaker t8c .Jeweler * , , MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. I'ftWB stock of Olockfl, tf»t«tt«a MM Jew* elry always on hand. Special attention jglven to repairing fine watohes. Give me « °*lL ' JOBN F. SMITH. F. l.PILCHER '* <* Dental - Surgeoils » -- Offiet tcilh Dr. Auringrer, Wet Mclfekry, Itl. Crown, Plate an4 BHdge Work art'stlcally executed at reasonable prices. Special aiten tlon given to the care of Children's Teeth. CONSULTATION FRBS, A. M, CHURCH, ^VMolimalcer and Jeweler NO-On i HundredTwenty-Five State St Ota-oafto. III. Special attention given to re. pairing'8' une watches and Chronometers. V A Pall Assortment of Qoods in his line , '/ : 'MK' " W' eM Horsemen, Look Here. I have a fine stock of H -rses, among which are •• Young Green Mountain Morcan, "Mor­ rill Charles." and others. Cal I and see these Horses before making arrangements else. -where. ^ & COLBY. \ MeHenry, III., May 10.1898. United Stale: ffar Claia Aiencj •Mr- WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock Illinois. iJ; Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims #Kv ;a«r*inst the United States for ex-Soldiers, W-i their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. • A. speoialty is made in prosecuung old and • irejeoted claims. • . ? All oommunicatlons promptly answered I* ^ , Postage Stamps art enclosed for reply. WM, a. COWLI* Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodstosa, Illinois. m- J-" b':- 'r *%-»£ • W. P. 8T. CLAIR, Justice of the Peace. Insurance and Collecting Agency. „ ,<t atohou Of RAILROAD ST., mil r. A ' KUNOA, nn H.C.MEAD, Jits/ice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent including Accident and Life Insurance. OnriOB WITH B. GILBRRT, >UI DUfOT, WEST MCHKMRY, III. MeHen-ry House, McHENRt. ILL. JOS. HB1SLBR. Proprietor, Being situated on the banks of the Fox River, In the Villtgeof MeHenry, speelalat tention will be given to the entertainment <*f Hunters, Fishermen and Pleasure seekers g*T>erally. Sportsmen Supplied with Oem plate outfits e. "t" r'"- in California Free, ; ywThat can grow, if irrigat&d, Oranges, Grapes, or any fiuit in ^ California that will grow by ir­ rigation. This land has no mar- ! ket value without irrigation - W«#ill tluTrMi frma, . Take care and cultivate them for 5 years , for half the profit, pay the taxes, labor : add other charges, will pav you back the ' first yeeur after irrigation* one-third trf ; ; your investment if you will help get irri- f gation. . * j Price $25 for 5 years, payable $5 per month till 925 a paid. FREE DEED to % the land, no charges to you for taxes or ia,bor or trees. Address California Land and Wat*r Ejtchaiigo. * NEAR THE DEPOT* WEST MoHENBY, HX Keeps open for the aooommodatton of tfee Public a Flrst-Olass Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the beet brands of Wines, Liquors and cigars to be found in the market. V PABST'S lUlmnku Lagpr Bnt, At Wholesale and Retail. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand, oheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended to. GOOD STALLING FVM HORSFfS «T€laUaBd>see us. % Robert 8ohlessle. West MoHenrr. III. J. R. SAYLOR & S0NS, ^AYipij^rTOnW"-- OP 'organ:: Horses, Embracing th#> oelebralei General GiUord, Green Mountain and Motrin blood. STOCK FOR 8ALI. Stallions and Fllllet- dendfor pedi­ grees. Cpaex and Regielered Poland China truSWIJSE.--z: Choice Nlerlno'Shee. Mammoth Bronze T High Grade Jersey Cattle. For sale. Command ioipeci stock or address. J. B. BAYLOR & SONS West MeHenry 111 eeeee#e>e>> 01 R I P A N S A B U L E S REGULATE THE STOMACH, LIVER ANO B0WEL8 ' AND* PURIFY THE BLOOD. KiPANS TABCLES are the beat Jte41- tlu for Iadlceatlea, BlUanacH, Huluke, OcaattpaUm, Dyapepala, Cboli Urer Tr*ahlc«, DIuIin*, Bad Complexln, Djra^ntcrf, SCeiilie Breath, and aU dla. •rdera *f the Stoueh, liver nl B.welfc Ripana Tabalea .contain nothing the moat delicate conatitution. '" thing iaiariona to i. Are TMeaaant to take, safe, effectual, and give immediate relief. Price--Box (I Till*), 75 cents t Package (4 boxeal ordered through neareai druggist. orby^njf SamplebeebymaU. Addresa THE RtPANS CHEMICAL CO. 16 8PECCB STREET, NEW tOKK CITT. J PATENTS ! Caveats, and Trade-Marts obtained, and all Pat* i ent business conducted for MonenaTt Fees. SOwn OFFICE IS OM»OSITC U. ». PATCNT OFTICC < and we can secure patent in less tune than those iremote from Washington. Send model, drawing or ptiota, with descrip­ tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of chaise. Our fee not cue till patent is secured. a amrHLrr. "How to Obtain Patents," with coat of same in the U. S. and foreig a countries sent firee. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. CHARLES a Bcniint. Boot and %hoe Maker, Cver JIfman Bros. Jewelry Store, op­ posite Bishop's MM, McHenry. Boots and 8ho»s manufactured of the beat material and a It guaranteed. &EPAIMING Promptly attended to. Fine Boots and Bines a specialty. Call and see me. OHAWLtm G. BEBNBE. MeHenry, 111., Aug, 15,18W P I O N E E R HEROES A«» THKTII D A R I N G DEEDS! The thrilling exnloits of -Amerioan border heroes and heroines, with Indians, outlaws <n<l wild besets, fr^m the earliest times to now Lives and fa none dee-»s of Dedotoi Stamlisb, Koore, Kenton. Brauy, Crockett, Carson, Caster, Oomstork, Wild Bill, Bnflhle Bill, Gens. Orook and Miles, Geronimo, 3il- tine Bull, and other great Indian Chiefs, etc; History of the War with the Ghost-Dancers, and all. 250 Eugrav.ags. Young boys not answered. lo« ed agflMDte short of Agents Wanted funds PLANBT PUBLI8HIS3 CO. , _ Box 5001, at. Loais, Mo, Think Deeply When you are purchase of anything In the lin* of -Jewelry, no mailer how small may be thewaj^at lulled,. Act Wisely By coming to Took o#T «i * and well assorted stock of all that ie new and eeH8oiiab>. Decide Quickly To buy of us. After •••lair the prices andexamlnlogthe quality of oar (roods TOU can't resist rbem. It Is Impossible better elsewhere. No Better Values - A CAD be found. We get none but the choicest o| tbe best foods on the market. Prices Wonderfully Lowj^ We are always ready to tee you and show you oar astonishing bargains. Repairing of all klodi Promptly Attended to* row a TH» TIME TO varm Sewing Machine! Only $5 a month until paid.' H E A M A N B R O S . <u V * vH : U CLh V o p 0 A h Ei 0 fri/, "• W - ; I King of MeHenry and Lake Counties Has tbe fastest record of any Stallion In Northern Illinois. Has won more races than any Stallion In McHetiry or Lake Co. And Aan go a %, X, X. a mile or a race 3 In ft faster than any other stalilaa in the two •owntles. lie h*s won 85 races in 8 seasons. Started against ani staid in race with storm, i; Aimont Bashnw, 1:1 X; won two racoa from Ethel B. 2HsM; started 12 times in mi, won 11 races Below you will find a few that are recorded in year b ok As an individual MO hone can outshow bitn. As fine and as game a head as ever wore a b-idle. Kind in and out of harness; is no jumping jack when speeding, in fact never makes any mistakes, »e is a natural pacer, and a race horee thai no man can find fault with; good bone, and the boat muscled horse I ever saw. Color bUek; stands 15V hands higb; weighs 1075 IDS, He was never hitched to a byke, and always had aarlver that weighed 210 lbs. Midnight paced an exhibition mile at Mason city, Iowa last fall, in 2;14; last half in 1;M; last quarter in 31 seconds. I will .Match htm against any pacing or trotting atallion, marc or gelding la MeHenry Coaaty. I also have in my barn • two.yaar old pacta* fillv sired by Midnight, oat of a common mare. P. J, BARB*A.K, J jr. BAABIAH BARBIAN BROS. : Wholeiale and Betail DKAL1RKI nr -T;' mi m m mrriA*DQ MeHENBY ILLINOIS. ' Belat BOW pleasantly located In oa# 1*% store, formerly occupied by Aithoff Bros , we are now prepared to offer to the smoking pub lie a fine line >>f CUrars Of onr own manutac-. wwnswiafuse^ "a "w?- Pipes a Specialty. We have a very Urge assortment and Sept Terr Jups|§oitte patterns. CALL AND 8KR Uft. aaaauv •Jm VWIHDUTPAIN, that i will eliow against any two-year old for - - § tie ?1 P° home I booked 3d mares, I think Midnight's AH a proof that pointso( speed. _ .. r like lilm, thirty day ^ from the day I got bim i public service fees less than any h.rse in.the ^tate with a record of 2;17^, or any better than 8 ;20 FEE. 120. Look for speed where speed has been foun S, Midnight will start tb s fall to lower bis rec­ ord, and those who have seen him in his races b-ay that he will take a mark better than S;l& BBRBIMMG OF MIDMIOHT. 2:17%. -- Blaek Hawk UcKtty pacer, i , 3d dam oy Btban Alien. Midnight will mike the season of MS stabiesof the undersigned,at Maada. Teeth Extracted WHSM PLATES ARB OBDKBEDB, BT DR. F.C. COLBY, •took, III. • .r» 1 WILL BKAT RIVERSIDE HOTEL McHen At the Morton House, ~ ALGONQUIN! • . • .. j. t\ At date* to be named hereaft̂ . < Yocas RBSFBOTFOLCT, P.C.OOLBT, D. tti ir JOHN HATTPEISH'S z-'wrj « " • . M e H e n r y , I I I * jlaving just'put in a new Ironing and Polishing Machine, also. STEAM APPLIANCES I am now prepsred lo do all work In tbe Laundry line on sbort rotloe. and guarantee satlslactlon. 1S. All work left with me will be promptly done. ss the tew machinery put In enables me to do my work much faster aud better tbau heretofore. All Laundry will be called for an0 delivered wben done, If word Is sent me«; JOHN HAUPRlSHf FRED. M * BOV&E, SIGH AND Carriage Painter, MeHKNBT. ILL. Having leased the shop of P. Hauprlsb, In the village of MpHenry, I in now prepared to do all itndsoil PainUug on shart mtlOB sad gnaraatee sati»t«ction. ) Carriage Painting a Specialty. ST4II work done promptly and prices reasonably, Ulve me s call, PBKD. M. BTDCB. MsBcnry, AMX-1< WM. 0. L. HUBBARD, Harnem - Maker AID Dlilll nr HARNESS. SADDLERY. Bridles, Blankets, Whi UTTERS, Sco I at the (I won't move a peg nntll yon get me one of those fine single Harness, at Hubbard s) 12 Sets Double Harness ail ready 7 Sets Single Harness all ready. DOUBLE HARNESS, complete #28 00 SINGLE BABNESS, nickle or rub­ ber trio* 10 00 BAHB STRAPS. 7 8 In..'........... 10 SPREAD STRAPS 10 BREASTSTEAPS. 11-f In-...,,.,. 60 MARTINOALES, 11-I Is 50 AxtE GREASE FT BOSTON COACH OIL............. SB COMMON C. P. BITS...;.......... IS ROPE TIES . ...... SO BUTE PLUSH PLUSH LINED FUR ROBES. 94 00 INCH LINES, wltb Snap* 1 50 Two HNAPS 5 HARNESS or ALL KINDS IN STOCK. C. L. HUSBARD. Own Gol4 Mines bat Lsek Money. Prospecting for gold has received a great impetus through, recent events which have thrown so many men out of employment. Not only have silver min­ ers and smelter men gone to prospecting, but mechanics and laborers who have had mining experience in former years now find their knowledge of minerals of utility in the change of occupation forced upon them by the closing down of mills and factories. Whatever else may be the result of the additional labor devoted to gold prospecting, it is sure to be the means of the discovery of valuable gold leads and the enrichment of individual prospectors. As an evidence that old fields supposed to have been thoroughly explored are yet capable of further development, there were yesterday shown samples of ore and assay of some taken from Boul­ der county in the old Jimtown district which showed fine free gold on 20 differ­ ent specimens and gave an average assay from average samples of over $50 per ton. The owners of this property are poor men without means necessary to get out their ore and have applied to Labor Commissioner Brentlinger of this state in the hope that he might know some one willing to buy an interest and advance money enough to enable them to get their first carload of ore on the market.--Colorado Sun. Cost of-Seeing the Great Fair. The attendance at the World's fair now exceeds 100,000 a day, and it is likely to increase rather than fall off now that the conditions are known to be so favorable. There has been a popular impression that a trip to the fair must involve a great expense. In fact it ap­ pears to be quite as cheap as any other outing. The following table has been compiled to show the actual cost of a journey from New York to Chicago and return, with a six days' stay: Railroad fare (round trip) $8 Sleeping car berths (both waya) 10 Meals en route (both ways) A Room in Chicago (six days) 0 Breakfast and dinner (sixdays)............. ft Lunches (six days) 8 Admission (six days). 8 Expenses on grounds (six daya) 6 Incidentals (six days) 6 Incidentals en route (both ways)............ S Total |J6 A closely economical person can re­ duce the expense to a considerably lower figure than this, while the man or wom­ an who can afford a total outlay of $100 need give no more attention to economy than is given at home. It is a great fair, and everybody ought to see it. Trains Racing Through the Pin* Wooda. Passengers to Atlantic City ion the 4 o'clock trains of the Reading and Penn­ sylvania railroads have enjoyed many a race this summer between the two rivals, The Beading has the shorter line across New Jersey, but the "Pennsy" has the advantage of a much quicker ferry trip, and so the two roads stand pretty much on an equality. The tracks come to­ gether near Win slow Junction and from that point run side by side for almost the entire 80 miles to Atlantic City. Both trains are due at Atlantic City at 5:15 and go rushing across the Jersey pines at a rate that delights the passengers1 hearts. The engineers, it is said, have been quietly given the tip that it is not absolutely necessary to wait until 5:15 before reaching the Atlantic City station, and so it has come to pass after some particularly lively races that the trains have landed their passengers in the city by the sea three, four and even five minutes ahead of time.-Philadelphia Record. • The Basehall Season. The remarkable interest in baseball this year is causing universal comment. In spite of tbe fact that the financial condition of the country is in a deplor­ able state, the attendance at the ball gameQ increases rather than diminishes. It may be that our weary merchants, politicians, doctors, lawyers, schoolboys and clerks rush to the games to get away from business, mental or school worry. Az a money broke!" a»id yester­ day, the only places where cash seems plentiful are at the ball games and the dry goods stores. Most of the clubs in the major and minor leagues will make money this year, and the chances are that there will be no changes in the cir­ cuit next season. So it looks as if the 13 club league had come to stay for an­ other year at least.--New York Tribune A Great Savins. The duplex and quadruplex systems of telegraphy begun by Mr. Edisoti in 1809 and finished after six .years of work have saved in America alone the enor- mbuB ^um of $15,000,000. By the duplex system two currents of different degrees of strength were sent over the same wire in the same direction, thus doubling its efficiency, while" the quadruplex ar­ rangement became possible when it was discovered that these two currents could be sent in opposite directions at the same time, thus enabling one wire to transmit four simultaneous messages. Not satis­ fied with this, Mr. Edison is confident of attaining sextuplex and octuple* sys­ tems.--Baltimore Times. Seeing the Fair In Two Days. A young man of this city who arrived home from the Columbian exposition last Wednesday announced that he "did" the fair in two days, finding "considerable that was worth seeing." The remaining six days of his visit, he said, were spent in sightseeing around Chicago- Asked how he liked the Mid­ way plaisance, he replied: "Midway plaisance? By Jove, I didn't find it at all P'--Springfield Homestead. A Fine Old Fighter. There is a sort of Bummer school of temperance reformers at Point of Pines in Massachusetts, and the wittiest and liveliest man in it is General Neal Dow. General Dow is in his ninetieth year ac­ cording to the books,#but he has the pug­ nacity and the gayety of 19. "The rum- sellers are not so many as we are," he said in his speech Tuesday, "but they pull together, while we go like a team of Kamchatka dogs." He attacked the vot­ ers of Massachusetts and the. church members. "The liquor traffic," he said, exists by the permission of the mem­ bership of the churches." Altogether he seems to have been in the very best of form. We wish to compliment General Dow upon his condition, not to find fault with theories which he has honeatly bred and advocated vigorously for so many years. Here is a man who has always enjoyed himself and enjoys himself at 90. Al­ though of Quaker blood, he has always been a fighter, and his service in the war was only an incident in a life of soldier­ ing. Extreme in opinion, strong of 'speech, he has been in motion and activity constantly and has taken labor like an exercise. Some persons live an inert and cabbagelike existence to extreme old ag». The oil lasts long because the wick uses so little. General Dow has always been in the thick of things, and it agrees with him.--New York Sun. • Hot Bay Kpisode. "Met old Dryley on the street tother day," said Oldboy, "an I says: 'Hello, sport, where hev you been for the last while? Haven't seen you for quite a pe­ riod of space.' * " 'Been under the weather,' says Dry- ley. " 'Well, why dont yon get ont from under?* say I. 'It's high enough now.' '"Can't do it,' says he; •it's got the drop on me,' and he mopped a few large ones off his brow. " 'Talking 'bout drops,' says I, 'come on.' "We went into Spieler's and called for two full grown men's doses of beer. Spieler can push more wind into a schooner than any other man on earth. An old chap,in there, with a seersuck­ er coat an a back number plug hat, held his glass of lather up on a level with his eye, squinted critically at the scant half inch of amber color that lay beneath the foam and declaimed as follows : J •"Well, gents, I ain't no fool, , ' ^ Nor yit I ain't no scholar, „ But I'd like to know how beer keeps cool With such a darned high collar.' "Then we all got rabid and began frothing at the mouth--at Spieler's ex­ pense."--Pittsburg Post. -as?-- Peach Baskets. Peach baskets in a few weeks will be­ come a nuisance to be got rid of as quick­ ly as possible. Just now they are in great demand, and huge trees are being gnawed up by; the insatiable machine? that are being run to their full capacity in the making of them. The wood used is poplar, gum and sycamore, and occa­ sionally birch, and costs $1 a cord stand­ ing in the forest. The tree is cut down and sawed into short lengths, and the logs are then plunged into a hot water bath, where they stay 24 hours. Then they are taken out, the bark stripped off, and the wood split by curious machines into veneering thicknesses, which are then run through various other compli­ cated machines until they emerge com­ pleted fruit baskets. The men who make them are paid a cent a basket, and if expert they turn out 250 a day. When the basket is finished, it is still damp from its hot bath, and it is dried thor­ oughly before shipping to preveat fail- dew.--New York Times. A Capsize Brill Record. ' In just 25 seconds from the time they were plunged into the water and their boat lay keel up the crew of the Evans- ton life saving station was seated again at the oars. Yesterday morning the crew gave its annual exhibition capsize drill off the Evanston station, and about 800 spectators upon the piers and breakwa­ ters an i along tho shore watched the men as they overturned the boat and lighted it again. Four times was It cap­ sized at intervals of several minutes, and the time of righting it again varied not more than three or four seconds. The boat used was 18 feet long, with an eight foot beam, and weighs 1,500 pounds. It is a surfboat and is a self bailer. It took jabout 65 seconds to right the boat when the crew first learned. Tbe crew is composed of students of Northwesterr university.--Chicago Tribune. The senate of Chili has under consid­ eration a bill for the conversion of paper currency of the republic. Under the bill in its present form paper money will cease to be legal tender currency from the 1st of January, 1897. ONLY.25 CENTS.? Choice selections of books bonnd in cloth, (Or 25 cents each, . OaB- and ex­ amine the assortment. V MileaofSilk. In honor of the celebration of the abrty- ninth birthday of the queen regent of China 1,200,000 pieces of red silk, each 40 feet long and 3 feet wide, were ordered to be made in the imperial mills of Nan- kiiig, Soo-Chow-Foo and Hang-Chow- Foo. With these the streets of Peking are to be decorated for a distance of 40 miles. The queen regent has also decreed that the customary birthday gifts annually presented by the provincial mandarins be omitted this year and the money de­ voted to the relief of the poor, who have suffered much from the unusually se- vere^winter season.--St. Louis P<^|-i^s- BUa CUM Bonk by A Sfcarftt ; A remarkable drowning accident hap­ pened in the Bay of Fundy, off Green Point, Digby county, Monday. An In­ dian, accompanied by a boy, was pad­ dling in a birch bark canoe when a large shark bit the bottom out of the canoe, and it /illed with water; The Indian sunk and was drowned. His body was afterward recovered. The boy was saved. --Halifax Cor. Boston Herald. A symposium recently consulted by a magazine upon the question as to wheth­ er" Shakespeare or Bacpri wrote Shake­ speare's plays has decided that neither is entitled to the credit, but that the plays wore written by a sya^cate. If you can afford to be annoyedbyjsck fceadaehe and constipation, 'don't bse De Witt's Little Early Risam for these little pills wiU cure them. $ Expensive It cost j|he people of the United , about *$25,000 in a cotipleof hoirotta other day to settle in the of officers of the ordnance bureau whitHeR; some armor plates made by the tfayrnsgto; and Bethlehem steel works respectively were as good as they ought to be. It was found that they were, and what that means can be imagined whe&^Mta of the plates was 17 inches thick, weigMft :' 31$ tons, and was attacked by alMliaV> : weighing 850 pounds each, the last ons»* ,V \ fired from a 12 inch gun at a distance at ' ' t. only 319 feet, strifing it with the forcer needed to move a mass of 21,600 tons, ot*', «f 43,000,000 pounds, thrdugh a foot of space. The projectile went through. Ml We take it that that did not sturpriw. even the experts, who are used to ainlr. ' ing about those inconceivable masses and velocities. But what did surprise .; tfiem was that the hole it made was, • f " nearly as clean as if it had been drilled, - J and that not a crack appeared about its edges. Though this particular projeo- ^ tile was lost--having been deflected «n&'"T y fallen into the Potomac--the otherjHPO^ v; ^ ! jectiles which penetrated the same plata'*• .?< were found in perfect condition fit • (', to be used again. That seem almost ~ more marvelons than the perfection ©f: the plate. ^ Meanwhile the people of New Yorkv may take some satisfaction in knowing that down at Sandy Hook the war de* partment has just mounted a gun that will throw a 1,000 pound projectile and V make a hole in the heaviest armorclad * ship now afloat at a distance of ^ s miles. If we must spend money on wha| we hope are purely peaceful experiments^ ^ >a" 1 it is a comfort to know what we get it.--Harper's Weekly. Illnatrated Journalism In England. A countryman who has been endeavor^ -"v ing to obtain some definite ideas about- ; the royal wedding functions from tho . • various illustrated papers applies to mo ^ for help and enlightenment. His be- •«*!•>; wilderxnent is natural. He finds in tho „ 4 first place that we seem to have a new v * qneen reigning over ns, for her rikajeatgftj^. ... features in the illustrated paper bear no • •"* ^ resemblance to the authorized portrait* ; of Queen Victoria. A still more re- markable fact is that in the course of „ * | the festivities her majesty seems to havar „ *>' ^ % continually changed her habiliments. ~ ; " One of the special artists shows hef . - • »-. with an ermine train. Another raptor . ^ sents her with no train at all. Another > .. 'I? shows her with a crown on her head* '• Another appears to have seen her only 1 a few minutes later in a bonnet. One picture represents the queen and her guests all taking lunch at one ^tablet ^ Another places them*at different tables, . < • One paper surpasses itself by two viewt ,v; J of the route to the railway station, ia \ J each of which the royal couple are pro* vided with a totally different carriage - . j| and different horses and attendants. ^, -/ think I can explain how these diacrep- ^ ancies arise. Probably some of the spa#; - cial artists dispatched to sketch the wed% , ̂ "v ding made their sketches at Henley,--- /*-§ ̂ London Truth. Jp I -t * x Botalls of Chinese Registration. ' ; • , -SJ? , ^ According to the official statistics, there ^' * are in round numbers 110,000 Chinese in J"' - the United States. Of these 13,179 har^-, s , V complied with the provisions of the regis* if"? ; jj tration law and 96,821 have • refrained,' *, ^ The official returns show 43 registration# " I in Alabama, 13 in Arkansas, 4,891 hi, | California, 1,500 in Colorado, 146 in Oomp necticut, 44 in Florida, 63 in Georgia* 3 1,019 in Illinois, 59 in Indiana, 62 in Iowa* ^ ' 2, 20 in Kansas, 28 in Kentucky, 215 ia ^ M Louisiana, 187 in Maryland, 20 in Maaga £ chusetts, 103 in Michigan, 59 in Minna- v * ; sota, 400 in Montana, 833 in Missouri, 91 in Nebraska, 47 in New Hampshire, 41 I i* New Jersey, 446 in New Mexico, 077 ~'ZSit- in New York, 5 in North Carolina, 196 • in Ohio, 1,093 in Oregon, 713 in PtaOB- sylvania, 33 in South Carolina, 9 in Tsa- * / nessee, 725 in Texas, 27 in Virginia, *M / -L"* 1 in West Virginia and 107 in Wisconsin. A Banquet In the Bank t»f 1 Some favored guests took tea the other day with the oldest lady 4it rora&Q£U v Some American leaders may not know 7;l that the "Old Lady of Threadneedlf• «f Street" is the accepted English name for the great Bank of England, but so it Ifcf The governor of the bank lives in tfeife. building, and the other evening his gave a reception. There is a quiet little | " -j garden within the bank. It was once a J1*1 burying ground, but 'on the evening in, , $ question was gay with fountains, fio*K ers and illuminations. It is said thafc J some of the guests rather anticipated " . finding decorations of red tape and K. "* A- menu with bank note sandwiches aa<t • jars of golden ingots instead of sweet* , /• meats.--London Letter. ' --;--: -- I UghtBiag BaiSitd HOT 0«a|MiWi 'W * Jf H. B. THHOOPi Hands, III., April, MM, OP*, PATCNT OFFICE. WASHINGTON, D. C. ' - " r*.J 'A-...--* A streak of lightning from an almost cloudless sky struck the British gtdpanr; ship Oxford off Cap© Hatteras, whilo , bound from Santiago de Cuba to Phila- .'q;' delphia. The presence of a cargo of iron % ore is thought to hove served to attract. the lightning. The lightning spUntexeft r ^ , tiis vessel's forctruck, smcl sftcr down into the vessel's hold and csOai)% zigzagged through the decks and diM^, V peared in the water. The compasses wwfk^ rendered entirely Oseless. the main mm * being three points and the others aviiif f farther out of the way.--1**"* nflahiiiii tlffi© Record, * Btgreaalons of State*ns-- Two well known members of servative party in the house of < have entered upon a curious tion. They have arranged to, house tomorrow night fdr I there to embark on sailing proceed to cirennmavigato Wight. Whoever sails i the oftener between the t house tomorrow and tha Monday will receive a; third member.--London * wp yftW IS T To buy rammer goo# next 3© days,as we wiB at once, to make' All dress ftooda^ „ capes, shawls, hate greatly