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jg|§djW<t but t© Truth, to Libert yard Law* No Favors Win us and no rear Shall Hwcy^ M'HENRY,'ILLIN018, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1894. NO. 21 , PUBLISHED EVEBY WEDNESDAY BY | & - J R . V A N I L T X B ^ -£W EDITOR AND PROPRIETOB. jr.; f . OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK. p.»"" v T*» Dwn North of ferry ft 0*n'i8(or«, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year (in advance) |1N IX Hot Paid within Three Mouth*... ... I M Subscription# receiver for THREE Of TLX months in the same proportion. RATES OF ADVERTISING: , ;ffe kumnse liberal rate* for advertising la the Pi.AiNiiEaLBB, and endeavor to state them so plainly that they will be readily am tfuitood. They are *e follows: 50n m- M ' 1 Inch one year 9 Inohea one year t Inches one year - SK COluiuii Oiic J W™ X Oolnmn one year- Oolamti one year % «r- *<-4--*- . 10 GO 1500 • = 8990 6000 • 10000 ,• One ncn means the meamreKent of one mth down the column, single oolnmn width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they •noose, withoutfcxtra oharge. •acta week. AH others will be charged 10 eenta per line the first week, and ft cents per :|ae for each subsequent week. "Transient advertisements Will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonparsll type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and S oents per line for subsequent iesnes. Thus, •a Inch advertisement will cost f 00 for one week, #1.50 lOf iwa- weeks, $5.00 for three weeks, and so on. , The PLAiNDRALaa will be liberal in giving editorial notions, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary f»in. BUSINESS CARDS. L * "P "" #KaMK L. 8BBPABD, "^OXJKSEjLLOB AT LAW. Suite 8H-W La ^ %J Salle St., Ohioago. JOS. L. ABT. U. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, McHenrv, 111, Office in Nicholo Block, over tlaiudeaier P < OttUas. Zeiephoue F - ~f| ; |X' o.a nam, *. D» * PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MeHenry Ills. Office at Besidence. a J. HOWARD, M.. 1). PHTSIOIAN AND SURGEON. Office At the ersldenee of R. A, Howard, West MeHenry, III. JVR. A. E. ATTItlWGER, PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON Office In Dr. Obllds building, West McH.enry, III. Residence, house formerly occupied bv Dr. Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at­ tended to, ^ P. O. COLBY, D. D.S. - f\KNTl^T, Woodstock. 111. Special aten- 1/ tion paid to regulating children's teeth, Parties coming from ft distance*" d dowel 1 to give timely notice by mail. Office, Kendal block corner Mam street and PuolioSq are O. P. BARNES, A TTORNEY, Solicitor, a*d> Oouaselor, Jn, Collections'* specialty. WOODSTOCK, LTXIHOIS. KNIGHT A BROWN, ! Jk TTORNBYS AT LAW. U. S. Express 0#.*s Building, 87 and 89 Washington lit. OHIOAGO, ILL, Y.S. LUMLBT. •"T* ATTORNEY AT LAW, *nd BoUelter la ^"""^'OODSTOOK, ILL. , : Offiee la Park House, first floor. H. C. MEAD, Justice oj the Peace and General In * eurance Agent, including Accident and Life Insurance Owrica WITH B. GILBKRT, KBAB DWOT, WBST MOHBMBT, IU. W. P. ST. CLAIR, JuaUceof the Peace and Notary Public Meal Estate and h KUNDA, III. • •HI JU UI»' 1 A. M. CHURCH, Watohiuaker AND Jeweler NO.On i HundredTwenty-Pive 8tate St Ohi-nio, III. Special attention given to re- fftiriagK tne watches and Chronometers. JHTACull Assortment of Good# in his line u 1 " " • • • .*+ JOHN P. SMITH, ffatOhmaker JK. Jeweter MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew-elry always on hand. 8pecial attention given to repairing fine watohes. Give ma * ®*U* JOHN P. SMITH. ( We8terman & Son, : RFTMSCI SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAINTERS, MCHRNHY ILLISOU. We are prepared to do all work in onr line *n short r.otice and guarantee satisfaction.' ' PAPER HANGING A BPEClALTK Prices reasonable and w«-rk promptly WESTERMAN 4 SOJS. - ^ MeHenry. J tauary M, 1804. ; ; ; JOHN J. B0CH, RESTAURANT "> * * • p. •f > I 1 KV' V ' II « > 'I - by the Day or HVOSK M* Reasonable rates. / -T .A HOT LIBB orIRow BOATS AT MT LABDIBO. Pare Wines, Llquorsand Choice Cigars , always on hand. |p*f rask La«er Baer ooastaatly <m draught. P#- C. F. BOLEY, PriDrfclor if McHeiry Breierj, McHEXRY, ILL. « on Hand with the ^ v Best. Beer. " I»MYNI».< w- 40c. IDc. • Does smoke from your cigar ariaift * > Like ircense in the air? Or does it only cause a smudge " And make your neighbor sw< Why will you stick to cabbage lea ves ,I,U4 -U11 V ^ J U ut IT J - NIJ.J MUIJI When you can purchase FOR & DIME "Onr Monogram" cigar^ 10c. toe. BARBIAN BROS. MAKBKS OR| Choice Cigars. We can sell you one or a thousand--retail or wholesale. YOUR MONEY SHOULD OBTAIN FOB YOU The Best Goods in the Market. •j I'LL at 1H what weare sat- iwfleU TI» nake, *;TH© BESTI " and tliinlc we oan HO demonstrate to YOU if YAU wi'<1 give UM tine opportunity. Call In ff|f the «M(|| ftnH |N>nvlnoed. m.: -ft CUS CARLSON. McHeni^, 111., 1894. NWIT|JIFIII Wi. DEALER IN Agricultural Machinery! MOBENRY, ILL We have the mast complete line of Pumps to be found in tho county, and if you are in need of one it will pay you to caU and sec us We have , THE MYERS FOBCI MP, WITH WIND MILL BEGLKW^||I A. Bngeln SALOON AND RESTAURANT Buggies & Carriages Our entire , stock of Buggies and Carriage^ wilt be sold AT COST for the next 30 days, •' ; WM. BACON. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. Wholesale and Retail Agent for SCIJLITZ IMee Brewiii Co's Beer. THE BEST MADE. In any quantiry from a Snitz Glass to 1C0 barrels. Orders by mall promptly attended to. .ALSO- ALWAYS ON HAND fifte Kentucky Liquors* French Bitters, choice Ales, Wines, Cigars, Bjc.||^ VJVFI I b )Y none but the best ATLD sell at reasonab e price?. _ Call and see me and I will IM use you well. ANTON^ ENGEUff. MeHenry, 111 , 1894. A O R A W P O F F E R T MME. A. RUPPERT'8 FACEBLEACH Dime. A. RAPPERTEATS; *•1 appreciate tiia fact tu AT there FT u niny tho«rai3ds Of ladles In tlie United States that WUID like TA TRY my World Renowned Face Bleach? but have been KERF; *: from doitif! so ON account oc * r>rici>. which I8 $2.00 per bot» lla, or 3 bottles, taiton 10- gether, FO.OO. In order (hat nu MAY have an opportunity, f. wilfselito every ealiar asam- rtebottlefor 25c, and to thosa _ Jtvlna outside of city. IN ANY r- part of tiia world, I wi.L safely packed, p.A'n Vrapper.anetuurgas pr»pa»D.for25c, aUvor or »: a mps. In everreas«of freckle*, pfmples, moths .-sal low. netu, blaokbeads, acne, eexema, olliuess ot; rougn-_ -- 'ORATION or dt»aasa of thesiin. AN! HMlS, NEA»; or any disoijl •wrinkle* (not IQOruiscttva ujmcoiu iced by facial expression) * tu'« Bleach NOOTM abaolatelr. Itdoes not coyer ascoemetlc* do, but ta »CIM Addrew AIL EORO- SoniciUlonsor call on M,11E« A« LFUPPEHT* o. TT East 14th »treet,»TW IS ork City. All my preparations, TAMPL**, bottles. k<\, can be "LAD AT regular prices from my local ageat, . Mrs. 8. A. ROBBINS, lie Henry, SI. West Side Livery, • FEED AND SALE STABLES. E. J. HANLY, ProptjP. WEST M^HENltY, ILT,. K ^ First clasa rlge, with or without <lriv«r«, tnrn'slied at rtas-natiie rates- l'arties taken t^ and from the Lukes in Easy Rig», and prompt connection made with all trains. Our Rig*> will he kept in first ctaes shape. an<t we shall suare no pains to pleaae our caa tomers at all times. Give us a call, IS. J. HAK&T» .Weit MeHenry, lll„ Aug. 1ft, 18M. Agents Wanted V I T A L O U X S T I O S S NC TUC niV Political Revolution of Ur IIIC UWT.'J, Crtf la of "93 anil *94 B*ttle» for hreau, FVXKR<8M, STRIKES, the Unemployed. VJRKAT LAUOK ISSUES of the present and tne future Ta. iff hesitation 'I'he u ilvcr Questions What Protection does lor tfce Atmri'-au Workmen. 'What Free Trade <ioe8 f r him. A ho k lor tbe hour- Every boa v wants if, Pri « on'y^lSO. Sella at right Most liberal terms to agents. Send for< trcul*rs or send 0 cent) for agent'a out fltjtgji.. P. W ZiiGLEE £ Co 523 Market Street, *1. Louia, 3Lq, '-V"A 8 MMAR THE DEPOTi WEST MoHENRY, IXX.. PubUoaF^at-OlaM18 *oy)"'linn>IMM^ Saloon and Restaurant, Wiioro he will at 'all times keep UutbsaL, brande of Wl&ea, Liquors and Olgapl - to be found in the market, f PABST»8 tfihraakM Ltgtt Bmt / At Wholesale and Retail. Beer in Large or Small Kega or Bottle* al vaya on hand, cheaper than any other, «at«U* $ y ooneldered. Ordara by mall promptly attended to. GOOD 8TABL1NQ FOB BORSm , 4VOall and see as. Robert Sohlessle. REIDS German 0UGH KIDNEYCURE. (^nt&ins no Poisen, Reid's Cerman Pills cure Constipation and Malaria. Sylvan Cum j»urlfles the breath* ^ - Soft -•to WILBUR ivm& CO. AT THEIR YARDS IHI ' WIIT MCHENRY, UUYO HOTT 033 '10*51 LLILTD soft Coal, which they wilt sell at prices as low as the lowest. 1mm m WIFTI, >I IN ;• > We are handling the celebrated Cross Creek Lehigh Surd Ck»l, which we guarantee uncqualed Delivery made to suit pu r- CHUSER •: "^:r% H !I!'EED! Feed of all kinda constantly on hand. Car Lots a {Specialty. it| etc Tile. Lime, (»< always on hand. Wilbur Lumber Co. The Kaicknbjek'r SpicliI A KC* i»A!L* TRAIN BKTWEEK A. HII JEWELER --«r OPTICIAN. Ficest L^es, Fye-Gkas and SPECTACLES. No Charge for Testing the Eyes. FBBFECT FI V GUARANTEED. Will be at 6. T. Daniel's Drag Store, Algon qttln, every Wednesday, commercing July 11. Also, at a Severna's Drug Store, Cary. every Thursday, commencing July 88th. OSMUN BLOCK, 36tf NUNDA, ILL. D8 FEDTH'S W©*T VI»lt . Friday. Nov. 30. WOODSTOCK. IL » AT th© Hotol Woodstock. wv, DISPENSARY DR FBUTH, after years of experience haa perfected tfce most infilHble method ofcnr- ing Nervous debility, decay of body and mind, eel -distrust, poor memory, weak eyes, stunted development, lacK of memory, im­ poverished blood, low vitality,and all ettoota ot abuses, excesses, improper life, etc., wbich renders mar-iage unhappy and life miserable. SPECIALTXK8-Catarrh, Skin Disea ee, SoTes Pi-nples, Scrofula, Bio<>d Taint, Eczema, Can­ cer, Piles, and Diaeaeea of Women We Goarantee to Forfeit asudnr a case ot SEXUAL DISEASE Jure. Quest ion l int FBEK. t ne personal interview sol lc i te Couauitat ion free DR. D O. FRUTH, 3832 Lake Ave.< CHICAGO; AVINGS. .SSrpiJI'fS'.S received and loaned on carefully »e- lectcd real estate Bfcuritiea nnd the interest collected!" A A \IC and ifmittpd withnnt-Lvv/xxi^l O. cl.nrge. Ijnana mado C»i time and terma . to suit bortower. J. W. BANdiKAl), 21 iiui'afiB street, Ki"m. Jllinoia. S ST. ; ' 1 - it' t < . 1 ^ku'JUN^itu JU ml i^i#L Mt-m iL ' lllaualipSai, unralmSQ« New York and Boston. Through the Beautiful Mohawk Vallfy and down the Hudson. tv. St. Lonip, .'... 12 00 Noon. Lv. Peoria 12 30 p. M. . Lv. Indianapolis,.... 7 00 p. m. AR. Cincinnati,.......40 45 p. in. Ar . Cleveland. . 2 1 0 a. M. ,! Ar. Buffalo 6 50 a. tn. Ar. New York. T 6 30 p. M. Ar. Boston 9 05 p. M. Superb Equipment* Wagner Sleeping Cars and Dining Care, BIC FOUR ROUTE Lake Shore, New York Central and Boston andlAlbany R R. M. E. TNGALLS, Presl ent. E. O, McCORMIOK D B MART N, Passenger Truffle M'gr. uen, Paa. T'k't Agt OlWOIKWATI O, SOLDIERS' DEPARTMENT. BY AM OLD 8OLDIEB. C. A R. . MeWenry Post N •. 613 hoida regular Meet. Ings the first and third Thursdays of each tnonth at the City Hall. H. C. MKAD, Commander. ALBBST Swow, Adjutant. Comrades voted almost TIO A MAN as they shot, this year. . Richard Yates, a 8on of Illinois' old WAR governor, URAS elected county jndge in Morgan county, AlthQugh a Demo- COTITSTJ, Mr. Yutcs T?U3 olcctcd BY a majority of 531. Commander Lawler was again nomi­ nated for commander of Nevius Post, ut their last meeting. The post was in­ spected by Maj. 0. B. Loop, he having been detailed to perform the duty by Dept. Com. McDowell. HE found that very efficient work had been done by the officers and members of the post. - Presiding Elder Yanhorne, of theDixon district, some time ago purchased a workbench on which Gen. Grant used to work at his trade of tanning at Galena, before the war. From this relic he has tnade a number of gavels which will be presented to distinguished men. One has niready been given to Bishop Yincent. Others will be presented to Congressman Hitt, Governor McKinley andCommand- er-in-chief Lawler. ,-'"S T CF THT KITCHEN I With one h\nd yru can drain the water from ooiling vegetables and it ia impossible to burn yourself. Anv • hlld that can earry the vesnel can operate it with ease simply by preeaing the two bails together io the hand A Blessing to Housek pers. Saves Time, Vegetables and Pain from Scalds and Burns. WILL SELL AT SIGHT. MRS. C W. SL AFTER Agent for Mdletry and Vicinity. Da You Want "VTrnrTr ? A steady payingjob Vf V/X • with lar. eat house in the west, 80 years es'abllahed. 'With our fa­ cilities we can make n good salesman in two weeks from raw material. Nnraery stock that is warranted to grow. 35 be»t varletiea teed pntat"e» in the wor'd.etc. If you want tuon#y weii#, atating age. h JL MAT ft CO. Bt.PaQl.MUia. JInwerymen, Florists and Heeds men. ' • (This house Is responsible) The HOLIDAYS ABE AIMO8T HEBE, SMITH, TEE JEWELER, I • prepared to m^at you half way iu anything you may need in his LINE. IT he has it not in F-TO ck will order it, and at 25 per cenfc iesa than you caii get It of otber dealers. -::W Call inland see U4,.aci we know we can do you good* j. p. sntith. ,*«Bpnrv, Oct. 30 1894 ,t . ^ ( .. . ,,A: > Z'*** f ... v m j L ~ & £ z ' , ± t \ *1! FSWRY * •* * 11 *"W ' A"'" Y*T "} ft . ItiJ.i . .» *s ELECTRIC TELEPHONE Sold outright, no rent, no royalty. Adapted to City, Village or Country. Seeded in evmrr home, shop, store and office. Greatest conven­ ience and best seller onenrth. Agents iiiitkr from 9FT lo fe50 per dar. One in B resilience means a sale to all tho neighbors. l ine instruments, no toys, works anywhere, any distance. Complete, ready for use when shinned. Can be pot np by any one. never out of order, no rep&irine, lasts a life time. Wnrmnted. A money miiker Writ* w. P. Harrison & Co., Clerk 10, Coluaibut.Q. ?"A ' ,* f-'i-' ."H H • k' -f J»i s"l A story IS told ot GEC BFCTRTFE ttiat daring the war he happened to spend a Sunday in New York and went to Grace church, on Broadway, wearing a huge white coat, as the day was somewhat chilly. The "unctuous Brown," the ush­ er of fashionable society, long the sextcn of that church, with a kean eye for dip- Hity, missed the mark on* that occasion, and seated the general near the door in a very unpleasant position. Later Gen. Banks threw open his coat. The mo­ ment Brown caught sight of the epaulets of a major-general he hastened to the pew, and in his most obsequious tones said: "I can give you, general, a much better seat." But the general answered in his wonderful voice: "The seat that is good enough for the white coat is good enoughfor t|e, L^^'^AL»D;|LAV^)|^4^TO changed . , ; v, Mrs. Fib Jamleson MilleTvine new de­ partment commander (of the Illinois Woman's Kelief Corps, has juBt issued a general order, in which she asks the Woman's Belief Corps, of Illinois, in their Thanksgiving offering, to remember the £00 soMiers' orphans at Normal; the old soldiers at the Home, at Quincy, and the army nurses and needy soldiers in their midst. A large number of appointments have been made. Mre. Minnie Kyle, of Chicago, is senior aid and chief of staff Martha Jamison, of Monticello; Minerva Ryder, of Marengo; Henrietta Norton of Rockford; Sarah Hannon, Cairo; Me- linda Horner, Olney; Sue Simpson Peoria; Mamie Barnes,Monticello; Sallie Howard, Decatur; Nellie Blanson, Feoria, and Lou Parks, Monticello, are aids to department commandef-, Anna Smith, of Chicago, and Effie Kennedy, Decatur, f re the press committee. The depart­ ment relief committee are Sophia Line- cott, Chicago; Clara Harral, Aurora, Mrs. Delia Liveston, Palestine. Nine neqr corps have been organized the last month. Edmund N. Morrill, the Bepubticlin governor-elect, of Kansas, was born in Maine Feb. 12, 1834. He moved TO Kansas some time before the war. He represented the First district of Kansas in the Forty-Eighth, Forty-Ninth, Fif­ tieth and Fifty-First Congresses. He has also been in the Kansas state senate and took an active part in the organization and admission of the new state into the Union. He served in the Union army during the civil war, and is a member of the national board of managers of the soldiers' homes. He has been very suc­ cessful as a business man, being largely interested in several banking institutions as well as farming and stock raising. His residence, at Hiawatha, is one of the finest in the state. His family consists of a wife, two daughters and a son, the latter being a sophomore in Harvard. He is a Grand Army man, a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion and of the Union Veteran Union. He is also a prominent Mason and $ Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is esteemed by everyone, and is perhaps the most popu­ lar man in the sta te. •ItilJL Jliil. , T FUB SALE. ^ , The farm known as the John Fitzsim- mous farm, situated three miles north­ east of Nunda and six miles south of MeHenry, containing 317% acres. This is one of the beet stock farms in MeHenry couuty. HAS the finest farm house and barn in the county and all improvements are first class. Is in a good state of cul­ tivation. Will be sold cheap. For fur­ ther particulars inquire at the farm, or at 6i) Qgden Avenue, Chicago. JOSEPH FITZSIMMONS, = : J AMES FITZSIMMONS, 19M0J£V^-~ Administrators. DO NOT WAIT. If yon are troubled' with constipation or piles, which are usually a result of this disorder, go at once to your druggist and get a 10 cent bdttle of Dr. Caldwell'S Syrup Pepsin. And for indigestion noth­ ing can equal it. Large sises 50 cents and f 1. At J. A. Story's. 18ml MUD! MIDI Every scholar going to scboofe^needs a pair of good school shoes and the best rubbers. We have the best and the cheapest. PKBBY & OWEN. TWO KINDS OF BAGGAGE FIEND One Ttllmln TRAVEL* with the Train, U M Other Remains IN the Depot. There are two ot them, the one who flits from station to station and damps your poor dumb trunk with force enough to drive piles in a government breakwater, and the one who loiters around the depot watching for his chance to shatter your baggage, says Texas Sittings. The depot baggage­ man is the most culpable of the two species. In his long and dark career of smashing trunks he has knocked the hoops off his conscience, and there is no remorse brave, foolhardy and reck­ less enough to tackle his heart-string* iutd play ou Liitiut. line cowboy ropes the Texas steer for fnn, but the bag­ gageman ropes your trunk for a quar­ ter of a dollar. No matter though your trunk be shod with half-inch strap iron and armed with solid steel cersets on the corners, and double- locked with a burglar-proof combina­ tion, the station baggage man wants to rope it all the same, and usually he terrifies all the passengers into letting him have his own way. He approaches you with a smile, goes away with twenty-five cents and ties your bruised and battered kister with a tow string. The strong, iron-bound chest of the drummer, and the aristocratic though fragile frame of the Saratoga, meet on a common level, and when they do meet the splinters fly, and while the owner of the Saratoga is wringing her lily white hands and tucking stray bits of lace, ruffling and bird's-eye linen into the fractured corners, the drum­ mer is using the most vigorous and spiritual language he can command, and a great deal of it, warding up with the eloquent brilliancy of his dis­ course. As the prayers of the wicked avail naught, so neither do the tears of the belle nor the curses of the commer­ cial gentleman. The time table of the railroad is not changed in the least, and the sympathetic passengers are obliged to go abroad. The wounded trunks are thrown into the ambulance --baggage car--and whirled away to the next slaughter house farther up the road. And the dear, sweet dude, and the starchy old deacon, and the grand and impressive member of the legislature are all alike powerless in the hands of the fiend of the check room. Tyre and Sidon have passed away, and so will our trunks. The Goths and Vandals swarmed down upon Rome and it fell. Verily, so do the Goths and Vandals of the modern railroad prey on our baggage and it ia all broken up. LONG-DISTANCE TALKING. How It Ia Practiced by Moaatata G«M<w In Albania. The people of Albania are said to practice long-distance talking without the help of the electric current. In their mountainous country they pass along the word from summit to summit by the unaided strength of their lungs. Regular relays are said to be estab­ lished for receiving and dispatching news. This is patterned after the use of couriers in more level countries. The author of "The Cruise of the R. Y. S. Eva" speaks of this habit of the Alba­ nians as a national peculiarity. They cannot say their say when they are near each other, but must always wait till they get to the top of two hills to begin to talk. You march along after your Albanian guide and meel another; they may perhaps kiss, clasp hands, mutter a few words and pass on, or, not unlikely, they pass without the slightest notice. On you go and forget that you,, met anybody, when suddenly, on arriving at the top of a hill, your guide turns round and sings out: "O Georgio, Georgio-o-o-o!' 'oi whatever his name may be, spinning out the last syllable to great length. The echo has hardly died away be fore you hear the answer. Talk has be gun, and you-had better sit down, unless you do not mind proceeding, alone, for move they will not until their say is over, and you may have to exercise youi patience for half an hour. There is no question that this long- talking propensity is a great bore, not only for the loss of time it occasions, but because the noise is enough to dis­ turb every heat* of game ia the onwjt- t Then They SpH*. "Women play odd tricks on one an­ other sometimes," said a smart Amer ican woman; "but the queerest I ever heard of was perpetrated by one social leader in a western city upon another. They were rivals, and hated each othex accordingly, though outwardly thej preserved the semblance of pleasant relations. Every chance that eithei got to give a dig at the other was eagerly seized, but the final and most effective stroke, after which no call* were exchanged, was delivered by Mrs. L. She sent out cards for a grand en­ tertainment, and then took pains tc find out what Mrs. F., her competitor, was going to wear. A gorgeous bro­ caded satin was the material of Mrs. F.'sgown, it was ascertained. Accord­ ingly Mrs. L., whose husband was in the dry-goods business, obtained sev­ eral hundred yards of the same iden­ tical stuff and draped the walls of all the rooms on the lower floor of hei house with it. You may imagine the feelings of Mrs. F. on arriving in hex superb new frock, which she expected to make a sensation. Naturally she ordered her carriage knd drove awaj in tears." Perching: Seagalla. The captain of a steamer that plies along the New England coast and that was passing one of the rugged, lonely islands off the Maine shore, pointed tc an enormous flock of gulls that whitened the rocks, the surface of tht sea, and the branches of the cedars that cling to the hard soil. "There,* said he, "what do you think of that' And yet if you turn to a book on natur al history they'll tell you that gulls won't perch on trees. Some fool sailors believe that the petrels, or Mothen Carey's chickens, never alight even or the water, but are always on the wing They don't use their eyes. And some of those scientific fellows am ujwd Si the sailors." SNAKE s *m%. .-m' W3 S POISON. Dr. OHmette'i Interesting Experiment* HI' Inoculating Rabbits with Pure Vrnoo. "I have taken a lot of rabbits," said the doctor, "and inoculated them with, J one milligramme each of pure snake ; venom, the amount being several times more than a mortal dose. These I have •; treated with serum of varying strength, the lowest being from a rab- bit inoculated with four milligram™®* 1 and the highest from a rabbit inocu- ; lated with twenty-six milligrammoa of \ pure venom," quotes McClure's Hagflr zine. "Four milligrammes of venom Is s ; mortal dose for ten pounds of rabbits auu twenty-six milligrammes wornu . suffice to cause death among sixty. It gave me, consequently, a very power­ ful serum. The longer the time after c the inoculation the stronger was tho 3 grade of serum used upon the poi- j? soned subjects. Thus, after twenty 'ifeJi minutes, I successfully arrested the ac- ' " ^ tion of the poison with the weakest "r serum, while the strongest saved the ,$& rabbit after the lapse of an hour and ft ? . f i half. Those not treated therapeutical- - '^1 ly died in two hours. "I find, generally speaking, about" I five cubic centimeters of the serum from one milligramme are necessary to t \ make the animal proof against one < milligramme of pure venom. I also - find that I can use three distinct spe- •- 41*/- cifics in vaccinating a rabbit, and, by v all analogy, a man. against the hit* of the most poisonous snake or as an anti- , * dote after they have been bitten. \-k\ These are, first, the serum from an en- ̂ ' xfQ venomed animal by itself; secondly, * this serum mixed with chloride of gold C&- or the hypochlorite of sodium or of linfe, and, thirdly, either of these • L 3| chemicals, or, preferably, chloride of lime, used by themselves without serum. "I have not inoculated any - against snake-bites as yet. That is a - matter for the future. I must, of course, determine how long the im- im­ munity obtained by inoculation en­ dures in the system * before venturing to make any predictions in that direc­ tion. My sole aim thus far has been to devise some means of saving persona already bitten or in danger of being bitten and I have no reason to doubt the value of my results; and I hope and believe that the terrible death-roll of; twenty-two thousand persons per an-. ! num in India killed by the cobra may; be appreciably diminished when we get to work there." "What about scorpions, fawmfal** ' , and centipedes?" ' "I have not undertaken them as yet. but I see no reason why their venom, ̂ which is less important than that of1 - the snakes, should not yield to fbe M 6ame treatment." SOLDIERS ON BRIDGES* *h*y Art Ordered to Break Step to SSa-"' ; •ent a Braak-Dowa. The majority of readers have doubt- * J* less heard that it is possible to "fiddle " s* ^f: a bridge down," or in other words, ^ \ that music will materially injure such , & structures, says the St. Louis Republic, r <£/ * ^ Persons who really believe that mu&io will cause such vibrations in a bridge . Jf; as to throw it from its foundation ' piers, if kept up for a sufficient length :v$*; of time, cite the fact that when armies are marching, orders are given to stop ' " %iif, the music before the troops reach the bridge, especially if the structure be i one built on the suspension plan. But " this is not done because ihere is any danger to the bridge on account of the vibrations caused by the music, but be- fL cause the measured tread of a vast .-'OP number of men keeping step would -flf;" subject- the ' structure to a greater strain than an irregular agitation. The , reason of this is obvious: The bridge suffers least strain when at rest. When v in uniform motion throughout all its parts it acquires a momentum equal to \t the entire suspended weight multiplied Cits? by the velocity of such motion. This being the case it is clear that a uniform downward vibration will soon reach the breaking strain, while the same disturbing forces, acting irregularly, would counteract each other to a certain degree, and thus be far leaa PRINCE, NOT WAITER. Oil* * : Wendell Home* Hakes the 4**' qoalntanee of Royalty. <*' , 1 Another anecdote of Oliver Wendell Holmes. When he was in England in 1886 he found himself on one occasion at a "crush" in Loncfon among a great '.'l% mma of people, including several royal / :S|; personages. He sat qhietly in a corner, 5\1| but presently, feeling a little faint, _ and observing refreshments in the dia- ̂ tance, he turned to an elderly personage ' -vi|. standing near, whom he supposed to be a butler or something of that kind, 7 and asked for a harmless beverage. The supposed servant brought this with great alacrity, and remarked: "I am very glad to meet you, Dr. Holmes.'* The autocrat of the breakfast table was a little taken aback, and the stran­ ger added: "I am Prince Christian.* Dear me," said Holmes, alive at onoe to the joke. "I have not had much ac­ quaintance with princes, and. do yon know, I took you for the waiteri" " At this Prince Christian went off into a burst of merriment. "Where Is my wife!" he said; "I must tell her tl>k. She admires you immensely.™ ©If wenft Prince Christian to fetch the parinoaMt and the genial American ^Alln^l^ was soon the center of a oircle oI ragr> alty, greatly delighted by the incident. His Own F AULT. A Chicago gentleman, with a trouble­ some memory, had lately been taking a twenty-five-dollar course of mnemon­ ics from a professor who has a new and. according to his own account of the matter, a thoroughly effective system. Shortly afterward, says the Chicago Tribune, a neighbor intrusted a peek- age to this gentleman's care, which package the gentleman forgot to de­ liver. He made a handsome apology. His neighbor accepted It in good parti bnt could not forbear to ask, in a ban­ tering tone: "ifut howVjWbC'Jt tlai twenty-five-dollar system of mnemon­ ics?" "Oh, that's all right,*' was the reply. 4tThe system isn't to htama. only forgot to apply it, that's ali." ^ '• J'-W - . • > ' ̂ ^ " ' -•fc .Si .J,*L -Ji1 k l" ; * ' :