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Published ET»»T Wednesdav *"V J. VAM NLTKB EDITOl AND PUBLISHES. Qjflice in Bishop's Blp^k, ' "-OPPOSITB PBS&T O * »**•*«-" - TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Tear (in Aarance),. .... .fLM IT Not Paid within Three Months 2.00 Subscriptions received for three t>or six Bonths in the same proportion. 6". Bates of Advertising. We announce liberal rates for advertising M the PLACNDKALBR, and endeavor to state them so plainly that ther will be readily un­ derstood. They are as follows: 1 Inch one year ;. 5 09 1 Inches «ne year - - • 10 00 i Inches one year • • • 15 00 If Column one year 30 no U Column one year. - - - 60 00 Column one year - ° - - - 100 00 •One inch means the measurement of one •ch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have te privilege of changing as often as they oose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having Handing cards) will be entitled to insertion §f local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line ilich week. All others will be charged 10 Qents per Mne the first week, and S cents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged it the rate of 10 cents pd line, (nonpareil rrpe, same as this is set in) the first Issue, and cents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, fun inch advertisement will cost tl.OOforone Week, (1.50 for two weeks, #*2.00 for three iHeeks, and so on. " The PLAINDRALBB will be liberal in giving ' •tutorial notices, but, as a business rule, it #ill require a suitable fee from evetybody Seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary fain. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BROWN, M. D. PHVSIOIAN AND SURGEON. Olllce at Residence, McHenry, 111. O. H. FEtiERS, M, D- •>HYSICIAN AND SURGEON. McHenry, 1 Ills. Office at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. i>HYSlOIAN AND SURGEON, McHenry, 111. Office one door West of CItzsimmons Evan'son's store, up Stairs. BARBIAN BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McHenry, 111. Or-dera solicited. Shop, la Old McHenry, Hi Kettcr Block, third door west of Riverside House. Livery Stable. *T E. WIGHT MAN, l'rojtrictoe. First |1. class rigs, with or without drivers "ftrnlshetl at reasonable rate#. • all kinds done on short notice. ROBT SCHIESSLE Having purchased the old stand of Joseph Wiedemann, NEAR THE DEPOT, MeHENKY, ILLINOIS, Keeps open for the accommodation ®f the #ubllc a Hirst-Class *«" """ Saloon siiid Rcstauranti •mere be -will at all times keen the best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found In the market. Also Agent For FRANZ FALK'S HILWAUIEE LAGER BEER. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or BoUles al- *ays on hand, cheaper than any-other, quali- ' |Jr considered. Orders by mail promptly attended to. GOOD /STABLING FOR H0R8B& WCall and aee.ua. - Robert Schiessle. McHenry. X1L. May 15th, 1885. I"- SALOON and RESTAURANT Buck's Old Stand, McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fins Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, Talks' ILlwaukw Bwr, By the Bottle or Case. "We buy none l?ut the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. *' Call and see me and I will use you well. ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, 111., 1884. M. F. ELLSWORTH, ATTORNEY at I,»w, and Solicitor ia Oban eery, Nunda, III. ASAfiW. SMITH, A TTORNET AT LAW and Solicitor! in A Chancery.--Woodstock, I1L " 8. F. BENNETT, M. D. F , , PHTSICIAN AND RU ITU EON. Alsotfnlted States Examining Surgeon. Richmond, Illinois. DR. C. R. WELLS. PHTSICIAN AND SURGEON, Wauconda, Lake Co., III. All calls promptly attend­ ed, day or night. Office on Main St., east of Barker's harness ehop. MART G. BARBIAN. HAIR WORKER. All kn.ds of Hair Work done in drat class stvle and at reasona ble prices. Rooms st residence, north­ east corner of Public Square, McHenry, 111. DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST. Residence Dundeje. Will be at Me Henry, at Parker House, the 10th 11th 25 th and 26 th of each month. When dates occur Saturdav or Sunday I make my visits on the following Monday, and the llrst day of such visit occurs on Friday, I will stay but one dav. United States War Claim Agency --OK WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock, - • Illinois. Prosecutes all classes and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex Solrti.rs, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is matle In prosecuting old and rejected claims All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, IT. COWLIN, Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodstock, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! I would call the attention ot the public to my Stable of Stock Horses, four in number: two Morgans, one 3-4Percheron, and one Imported Horse. They are all <*ood representatives of their breed. Also a few Merino Sheep i r sale. The public, are cordially invited to call and examine stock, get prices, etc. No business done on Sunday. N. S. COLBY. 10-7-tf MCHENRY, ILL C- G. ANDREWS. GENERAL SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Farming1 Tools and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most BSAS01ABL1 TEB2IS, A N D -- Satisfaction Guaranteed. Call on or Address C. C. Andrews, Spring Grove, 111. during Jrave, Sept. 30th, 1885. 11-ll-3m ft. &• DOWNS' TEMT CORSET [IMPROVED.] Is the only perfect fitting, truly comfortible and health.preserving Corset made. Has an Elastic Section above and below a Corded Centerpiece. Entirely iliffereut from any »tber. Every Corset is stamped and absolute- Iv Guaranteed in everv particular. Be sure to get the Downs Patent. Manufactured only by the Gage-Dowas Corset Co.. Cbicago, an for sale oy drst-class dry-goo is stores ever where. Price S I .so. A GIFT ^end 10 rents p.>staire and we will mail you free a royal, valnabfe, samplg box of goods that will put you in the w.iy of making more monry nt once, than -•nything else in America. Roth sexes of all ages can live at home and work in spare time, or all the time. Capital not required. We will start yon. immense pay Mire tor those who start at once. STINSON * Co., Una 'M-.'Z llilil PUMP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. JXbe undersigned is prepared to do all jobs in the line of Digjrinj? Wel'.s, Repairing Pumps. Cementing Wells, or will put in On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in this litio. Can furnish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap aa any other man. feood references furnished If desired. If you want a Well l>ug, a Puinp Repaired or a new Pump, give me a call. «9"OrderB by mail promptly attended to. Post Office, Johnsburgn, 111. L. BANTES. JohMDurgh, III., May 25th, WS5. FOB BABBAIHS IH For Coal and Wood LT, ON- E. M. HOWE Opposite Biashop's Mill, Vho has a complete line of the best stoves'in the market, as well as a large stock of Hardware, Mechanic's Tools, fin, COPPER & SHEET IRON WARE, And, ln*f»ct, everything ia the hardware 'ove and'tin line. MS WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. OS 11 hi« store before buying elsewhere lolillin? and repairing promptly attended to WReinember, extrv good bargains can al­ ways be obtained at llowe's. Mclieary, Dec. 1* 1883. E. R. BENNETT, M. »., Late House Surgeon Cook County Hospital, RICHMOND, ILLINOIS, Special attention given to difficult Surglca! eases." DKVT&CJr GESPROCHEN. Office at Residence of Dr. S. F. Bennett. ; SI for 13 Weeks. The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, •acutely wrapped, to any address In the JaltedSta:es for three moiiths on receiptor ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postnAtst^ira, agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed tree Address all orders to RICHA&D K. FOX, FRANKLIN SQI ARK, New York. A. M. CHURCH, Watohtnakor and Jewelei* NO. 55 FIFTH AVE., (Briggs House), Chi­cago, 111. Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers, asr*A Full Assortment of Goods in his line AT THE OLD STAND, JAOOB BONSLETT, OALOON AND RESTAURANT, at the Old J stand, oppocite Bishop's mill, McHenry, III. The choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found in the county. Warm or cold meals on short notice on application. PHIL BEST'S MILWAUKEE BEER by the Bottle or Case, always on hand. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. MONEY LOANED On McHenry County Farms, on time, terms, and in amounts to suit borrowers, by J. W. RANSTEAD. ii-i7-6ra Elgin, Illinois. j. p. SMITH, WATCHMAKER I JEWELER, McHenry, - Illinois. As Fine a Stoek of Walches, Clocks and Jewelry As can be found in the County, whi«*h I offer at prices that enn not be be:it. A Fine Stock ol CHOICE CIGARS Call and examine goods ai.d Jearn prices. J.P.SMITH. Mc.JI^nrv. Til.. March 1st. lHflfi . ATTENTION LADIES. ^ j N gEXTON, • ?or the past ten yevirs one ol the leading Dressnuikcrs in El«jin, las moved to McHenry where she is ready to do Dressmakinof in all the latest stales. Satisfac­ tion guaranteed. Cutting- and Fitting a specialty. Also agent for the I. X L., Tailor system of Cutting and Fitting. Full instructions given* Rooms two doors West of the 'Kiverside Mouse. 10-38 John Helm, Algonquin, III., DEALER IN. Budwtut, StOTK, Ti&wwe, In short, we keep .everything in the above mentioned lines, which we are offe ing to the buy­ ing public as cheap as any other house in this section. Call and See us. J0BBNG & REPAIRING, PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. JOlIN HELM. Algonquin. Feb. IB. 1885. JOHNSBURGH HENRY MILLER, --DKALEB IN-- Foreip M American Marble, Scotch and American Granite MOR UMKNTS. tA TtLBTS, BE A DSTOXKS - CRMETKKY COPING, ETC. JOHNSBURGH, ILT* Orders Solicited. Good Work G uaranteed. Pos t Office Address McHEXRY, ILL. Pure Bred W $2 per 13. White Leghorn Eggs, $1.00 per 13.. • Satisfaction (iilaraiiteed. '• A few Lanorshan, Black "Span­ ish and White Leghorn .Fowls For Sale. SMf W. H. DWICHT, Woodstock, III. JOHN J. WpKLES, CARPENTER AID JOINER, Is prepared to O all work in his line on short n itice and guar- entee sati faction. , \Vrill work liy th s job or day as desired, and do asjgood work as any man in the business. Orders left at ibis residence, Southeast corner . opposite the Public School Houle. will receive prompt attention.I Best of Referen*»s given if de­ sired. I| JOHN J. WINKLE ft* MellENR V, ILL., Mardh Wth, 1886. *E. LAWLUS, Tfl HOLD THE FORT AS He makes Suits tl) ordes of the best < 'loths, Foreign or Domes­ tic. -v* - • " That good G-oods can be sold at. H E ' A L a t ) . Cleans and Repairs Clothes Neatly and on short notice. Give Mo a Call. E. LAWLU8. McHenry, Jan. 19th, lw#6» . imEY 'S RIP VAN WINKLE SPECIFIC This is not a Cure All. But a Sure and Permanent Cure for RHEUMATISM. This remertv In (narantrcd to pive Immediate rel ief, and pVrfonn « pcrmiineiit euro if IIS<h1 af directed; it acts upon an entirely new principle, (li(». covered af ter yearn of patient study and experiment. Its effect* are Irnly miir»clou«. We claim that our remedy has a speei t ic act ion upon the t tuidi of the bodv, nupplvinu moisture to the t iPHues and Inbrieat ini i the joints affected by the diweaKe. Nd StllTor IlUtarted Llrnha remain after a cure by this specific. A trial of a niiijzle bottle wjll convince the most sceptical that we have not told half IM virtues. I'rice. IS1 OO per bottle. For sale by all A Manufactured oi i ly by . L E N N E Y M E D I C I N E C O . . CHENOA, ILLINOIS. 49*We do not forget that our claims f~>r the Sped l ie are contrary to all past experi­ ence in the treatment of Rheumatism. In tact it was long before we ou p selves became con vinccl that it could be possible that a single remedy could perform radical cures, where the mont eminent physicians had failed. Not­ withstanding all this we are now convinced, and we luivc also convinced everv one who has used it, that it is a Wonderful Medicine. We invite and ur»;u theafflicted to correspond with those who have griven their voluntary testimonials furnished on application aa to its effects in their cases, jet SMITH'S BEANS 'URE Biliousness; Sick Headache In Four hour*. iui One dose relieves Neuralgia. .They cure and prevent Chilis ^ Fever, Sour Stomach Btd Breath. Clear the Skin, Tone the Nerves, and Jjlve Life > Vigor to the system. Dose« ONE BEAN. Try them once and you will never be wlthoutthem. Price, 26 cents per bottle. Sold by Druggists and Medicine Dealer* generally. Sent on reeetpi ol price in stamps, postpaid, to any address, J. F. SMITH & CO., •tudactunrs and SotoPrapw ST. LOUS* Ma. TUB 8TRIKR. The present strike Is one of the un­ fortunate tilings of the times. The account for It is one of the difficult undertakings, and to predict the'result is but dealing in the field of specula­ tion. 4- "Philadelphia lawyer does not possess the knowledge to explain the full cause, nor the wisdom to sug« gest an effectual remedy. It is a question deep down in the mysteries of unsolved problems, and needs a Moses to lead it out of the wilderness. It is easily traced to misunderstand­ ings of a general nature, at which point the employee became dissatis­ fied, resulting ia a feeling of resent­ ment on the part of the employer which required but little breeze to fan a flame that soon Assumed immense proportions. Business was thrown into a chaotic state. Statements from both sides seem to have a certain amount of fairuess that enlist sympa­ thy, and apparently there is uot such a great difference but that It might soon be settled, especially when all parties cancerned are suffering as the result of the situation; but soon the mystery deepened, the cloud of dlssat- fhction huug heavy and to>day we have a revolution that would disrupt auy iiition butjthe United Sta es and it cannot stand it long. To the observing eye the pending crisis can be seen. The hand writing en the wall!; and this troublesome question will not down until the eon tending elements get closer together and mutually agree upon what is right Capital must not stand alool and with folded arms, demand too much of labor, while labor cannot afford to be­ come too reckless and unreasonabi •». Neither can stand alone, and unless the great breach between the.u be closed up both must fall, and in the tali there will be a grc>ut destruction of property and life, This question may be brought into the courts and settled for a time, or there may be a "Missouri Compromise," hut the question will not be settled by either result, but will only be covered up for the time to break out at some future opportunity with greater force. The differences must be settled and not binothered. The one question is how? A committee of congressmen would fall to suggest a satisfactory basis of #<?ttl«me nt after wotnlw of the elemftt Invest igat ion and conference. I t seem* to par take of the nature of a nat ional disease, contagious and exceedingly dangerous. The country awaits with anxiety, the cooling of the physician with the successful reme-iy. He will l>u a statesman and a benefactor. The majority oi the people interested on either side, are willing to accept any plan that will restore order to chaos. People realize that something is the matter , but not being able to diagnose the case,It is difficult to prescribe a remedy that will cure. In the absence .a better remedy the strike lias been the method resorted to, which, whether riglu or wrong, has thus'far engendered hot blood that has Injected poison in o the t-ystem causing tern porary delirium and leading to acts ot almost unaccountabillty Iroui he re­ sult of which the Country generally awakens to mourn' a loss. Itxlian astronomer has dis­ covered that something or somebody on the plaoet Mars is signaling wiuNa view of attracting the notice of earth. This sounds like a stray paragraph from Jule* Vernes, but it is not. The astronomers are now busy try ing to discover who it la that is signaling and what they waut. Jf they simply desire to borrow a pinch of baking powder or a lit'le tea. why don't they say so? If Mars thinks our dear old mother Earth is going to flirt with him and wave a moutnln or an oak in recognition of his signals, Jie Is mis- tuken. We are busy now getting ready to plant onions, set lieus and clean house, and have no time to be coquettish. Besides, Mars Is a little too small lor us to bother with ..nd as lie doesn't move In our circle, we can't accept liis attentions. However, w ' have no obj> ctions to the astronomers pointing their telescope* at him, for if he is in jistress and Is simply sign naling for us to heave to and rescue the passengers, why, we will heave to and "no questions asked." tSTSomebody must have stuck a pin into the most-abused part of Gen­ eral Crook's anatomy and awakened him enough to show him how foolishly he ha* been acting on the Indian ques­ tion for the past decade; the pursuit of renegade Apaches has not been a source of very great annoyance to him and no mat er how horrible the crimes perpetrated on innocent settlers they have not stimulated him to any extra execrations and when the Indians be­ came tired of their little picnic they came in on a conditional surrender and were never in the least punished for their offenses. But the^people of the uulon have risen as one man and demand that Crook monkey no longer with the buzz-saw and demand an ut*> couuiiioual onrrender. The letter was earried out and the hostile Apaches are now under guard. Now is the time for the administration to ihow Its baod. CALL and see the new stock of 8pring Millinery at Mrs, H. H, Nichols, THK NKXT HOCSK. It is admitted that the conduct of the President since his inauguration has weakened and divided his party. Without the incentive of the spoils, there is no coheslv-^ness in the Demo­ cratic cohorts. The masses of the party are apparently animated more by greed than by principle. If there is to be nothing gained by It, the full strength oi the party does hot show itself. Hence It becomes a question whether, at the elections this fall for Representatives, the Democrats will be able to maintain a majority 1B tbe lower House of Congress. * It requires, if we mistake not, a change of but twenty-three Congress­ ional districts to wipe out the Bourbon supremacy in the House. There are quite a number of extremely elbse districts, and it is clearly possible, in the present disgruntled and demoral­ ized condition of the Democracy, for the Republicans, by active and ener­ getic work, to reverse these harrow majorities and return Republicans instead of Democrats. The following list of those debatable seats we quote from the Milwaukee Wisconsin. In the Congressional elections of 1884 the following narrow Democratic p'ur (titles for members of the House were obtained: For K!dredge, of Michigan. 64: Haliof Iowa'73; Warner, ol Ohio, 126; Seymour of • onnwcitcur, 123; Henley, of California, 145; Antler son. ot Ohio, 301; Scott, of Pennsyl­ vania, 662; Oeddes, of O ilo. 33; Neece. of Illinois, 55; Weaver, of Iowa. 67; Worthingron.of IllinoK92; Frederick, of Iowa, 102; Gibson of West Virginia 143; Lttndes, of Illin3ls, 243; and Lovering of Massxchusetts, 225. In eight other districts the major!t es were less than 1.000 in each, and in three between 1.000 and 1,400. Here are 26 close districts. If the Republicans hold the seats, th« v upw lioxsess, and carry these 26 lu addition­ al. the House of Representatives will have a clear working majority in that body, and consequently in Congress; as the Senate Is now Republican and can not possibly become Democratic under present conditions with n the remaining turee years of Cleveland's term of office. The RtpubliJans of the nation are active and united, the Democrats dispirited and dividod. The cry of-reform." their nost potent slogan for the last few years, will avail 'hem nothing. The executive d* part ma4}t»jirfl ijj ibeir handa^Mt) the 'Irauds" that were promised to be shown up when "the b<»oks were open" have not materialized; the years of Republican administration have been vindicated by the Democrats them selves. Then, the howl about the treasury surplus can no longer deceive the people; thirteen months of Demo­ cratic c Mitrol, and the surplus is greater than it ever was under a Re­ publican President! Lying will no longer avail the Bourbons, and they have no rallying c y th r. Is potent virh the people. Their humbugging pretenses, have been fullv exposed. Senator Culloin, of lllinnH has introducej into Congress |a bill, which will and sho\il'l p isd. appropriating 95OO.0OO for the erection of a tnonu incut to Abraham Lincoln in Witshing- ton city. Although there are now three monuments to the martyr President In that city, none Is an ad • quale memorial to his greatness. One of them stands in front of the Judiciary building, at the top of a tall shaft of mariile. and was erec<ed -oon after the war. The statue Is so small and so higii that it Can scircely be recognized, and is a very poor likeness The second is Vinnie Ream's mucli- dl^cu&sed -t i i tne, which stands in the old Hall <>l Representatives at the Capitol. The third is a bronze statue in Lincoln I'ark, represen lug Lincoln In the act ef striking the fetters from a slave. This was erected by the colored people of the country some years ago, and was designed by Harriet H ismer, the colored sculptress yflSi- An old English charm f-<r curing nose bleed is to kill a toi I, put It Into a bag. and wear it around neck till the stencil Pickens the wearer. It is said that the nose will never bleed again. Well, a nose with any common sense, after being thus insulted and misused would naturally think twice before making itself liable to sucn punish­ ment again. Any man who would play such a contemptible trick on a nose especially If that organ Is at all sensl tive, would not hesitate at rJie lowest, kind of a crime, A well bred nose would probably never got over such treatment, and in after years a remin­ der ot it would cause a blush of min­ gled shame and horror to mantle Its cheeks, thus giving its owner the ap­ pearance of being a drinking man,-- Peck's Sun. fgrSenator Logan expressed ex­ actly the feeling ofthe people when he advocated open executive sessions of the Senate upon the floor the other day, and the drift of opinion in the Senate seems to be in the same direc­ tion, In removing the injunction of secrecy in particular cases, as has been done several times lately, the Senate ha» fhown a significant willingness to vloi-ite the old precedents and tradi- lio- s, ind is not at all unlikely that the whoie grouud will be generally yielded, except as to matter* of foreign lutercourae which there may bo special reasons for coiulderlag A Sensible School Girl. |MI» Annie Larrabee, a young f«<|y of 17. last week wrote to her rather, Governor Larrabee, of Iowa; recom­ mending that General Grant's memoirs be adopted as a text book for the pub* lie schools. She says: "I have just finished reading Grant's book, and is It not fine ? To me it 1«; wonderfnl; his language is so simple and clear that one does not need to ? study the dictionary in order to his meaning. Not once in the whole * book does he speak disrespectfully of a single rebel--not even Jeff Davis, and his language Is so decisive lhat ' there is not a single place where the reader is left to. imagine the meaning he chooses. Even though he had been through the rebellion and two Presi-. dential campaigns, he gives credit where credit is due, and Is not tbo least bit inclined to egotism. "I wish every boy and girl In the Union, old enough to read and under- , stand the causes of the rebellion, could and would read it; and hop* the day will come when it can in some way bo used In our public schools, for the histories now used are not much more than lists of ba> ties with the dates, which the scholars are expected to commit to memory, and I doubt If iSvo minutes after a recltatlou hair of lite • scholars remember what they have gone over. The case of the hnbiry ehtrget against tne m*.nojr*of tha Burd of Aldermen of N tw. Yorlc shows a bad situation In the politic* of the day. But it is the same In every large city: Politicians, knowing the material and what ctn be done with it, select In­ competent, corruptible men to turo the grindstone for their axes and thus the representative men of character and wealth have -io wotd in the ru i- nlng of the government they build up and support. Generally an obscure and ignorant man Is selected ta carry out the schemes o« political bosses and they generally learn their lessens well, doing as they are bid and Jumping when the strings are pulled. This po­ sition could be reversed if the Intelli­ gent voter would do his duty by going to the polls on election dav and not only to cast bis balUt for law abl and substantial citizens, hut to go thefiad^dWMltferthe those who wish to bui ld up the C< uionweal th . The scum of the cities are rujers. but a new era could be made to >ippear if the Intelligent and corupe- peut man would put the right vil|| out. '£'j j *5 ;v '.. M «jii .Judd Willis I-* one of the old soldiers who took a homaatead In Da-- ki ta in early days. It has been his "continuous residence'* in fact, as well as theory, until he l« fully entitled to a perfect title from Uncle Samuel. Ho was ill arranging with Register Mc- Fari ind for putting in lii« "final proof when Commissioner Sparks having somehow come under discussloia, the following colloquy occurred: Juddi,--"1 tell you Mac, you know Tin a »tock man."' McFarland,--Yes, Mr. W illls* I havo heartl of you In that line,** ' Judd,--"Well, now, y 'u see, one o' my cows this spring had the onaryost, meanest, contrayust, bull headed, calf I ever had on the homestead, so 1 Jest name It 'Sparks.' " Mac,--"Pretty bard on the old gent, was .'t you?" Judd,--"Well, I dunno, I jest got In­ to bigger trouble by It. Soou'i we begun to call the cair SparAv^he old cow wouldn't own it!" y Mac,--"The cow must be an^^old crank." Judd,--*'• Yes, 1, reckon you're right, or she couldn't have had any such call!"--Huron. Dxkota Paper. SQr"Hold on to the yoang man la front," said a young lady's escort, as they seated themselves on the tobog­ gan. "But I don't know him." "*Weii hold on and get acquainted." "Sir!" said the puritanical miss, with an offended look. Her escort chuckled and dropped the conversation. The tobaggan started. '*Oti my!'* squealed the nervous youug lady, taking a very light hold of the blouse of ihe man in front. The escort chuckled a little mare and the toboggan flew faster. As the sled struck the level the young lady bobBed into the air. She threw her a<ms around the neck ot the young man in front and clung to him like a well licked po«tage stampjto a letter. When the toboggan oame to a stand­ still, the young lady was still clasping the stranger. "Weil, did you get ac­ quainted?" Inquired her escort with a grin. "You horrid thing," was her only answer.--Exchange. •1T^ As the cattle ranges of the west are now ail occupied and cattlemen find little opportunity for expansion In their business, some of them are turning longing exes toward the is­ lands in the Pacific, along the coast of Alaska, which Lieutenant SohwaUa pronounce* the best cattle country l» the world. Others are studying the pampas couutries of South America, and still others tare attracted to Old Mexico. Some well-known cattle men of Texas have engaged In the business In Paraguay, and quite a number ef Colorado cattlemen have Invested tft Mexioo. . <4, - 1 ffiv :