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VOL. 14. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1888. IV 1 ' ]£e$(eirj JHinlealM. PKBLianao KVRST WBDSBSDAT BT -4. VAN 8LYKE,- , BOlTOtt;A.KD JPttOPBIETOR. 4-Onosraa ram i*8 Block, OWCW'S TERM* OF 9(JB)OAIPTION. )M Tear (in .vtvaaoe) $1.50 CflUt Paid within Thre« Months *.00 ^iiDsoriptions received for three or lit aenthi in the same proportion. Rates of Advertising:. Wt announce liberal rates for advertising tn the PI.AINDKAT.KR, and en.leavor to state thus so plainly that they wilt be readily an. fertteoa. They are aa follows: . 1 iflkh ene year - . • 5 0® 2 Inches «ne year * • • 10 oo 8 Inches one year - •* - 15 no < Oolnmnone year - . sooo 4 Oolnmn one year- •' * • - - fin 00 Column one year 100 00 •ne inch means the measurement of one nch down tho column,single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they thoose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (moaning those having (tending cards) will be entitled to insertion •f local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line Bach week. All others will be charged 10 cents per Hne the first week, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first Issue, and least* per line for subsequent issues. Thus, an Inch advertisement will cost tl.OOforone week, $1.50 for two weeks, 92.00 for three «re«ks, and so on. Tho PI.AIKDKAI.BR will be liberal in giving •dltorial notices, but, as a business rulo, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use sf its columns for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. tt. T. BROWN. M.D. AIT AND SURGE Residence, Mcilen'ry, III. pBVSlOIAN AND SURGEON. OJIce at O. H. FEGERS, M, D- nHTSIOlAN A.ND SURGEON, MoHenry, I tlia offlce at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, McBenry. III. Ofllce at Residence, one door West •f M. E. Ohurch. BARBIAJ4 BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McHenry, 111. Or. dors solicited. Shop, In Old McHenry, tn Kelter Block, third door west of Riverside House. Livery Stable. K. WIGHT MAN, First aprietOL. . olass rigs, with or without drivers stsksftat v*MM>a*ble rate*. Teaminf of ! iff kinds**is «• sawfmottes. I. SCiliSSLE, NEAR THE DEPOT, IVE8T MoHENBY, ILL' Keepe open for the accosnnodattog of the Public a rirst-Olass SiUon and Restaurant, BUSINESS CARDS. WH, OSBORNE, M. I). PHTlOllN AND U UGEOX. Office at the Parker House. West McHenry. Calls promp.ly attended to day and night. PAUL BROWN, TTORNEY AT LAW. U. S. Express Oo.'s L Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. M. F. ELLSWORTH, TTORNEY at Law, and Solioitor in Chan L iery, Nunda, III. ASA W. SMITH, TTORNEY AT LAW and Bolieltor] tn L Chancery.--Woodstock, III. J09LYN A CASEY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WOODSTOCK HL All business will receive prompt atten­ tion. MARY G. BARBIAN. HAIR WORKER. All kinds of Hair Work done in flrst class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms at residence, north, east corner of Public Square, McHenry, IlL DBS. C. E. WILLIAMS A DAHLIN. DEN TISTS Residence Dundee. Will be at MoHenrv, at Parker House, the 10th 11th 25th and 26th of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday I make my visits on the following Monday, and the flrst day of such visit occurs on Friday, I will stay but one day. UiM States War Claim Apcj OF WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock, • - Illinois. Prosecutes all claa»#iit: kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Sold'.ers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All commnn(nations promptly answered if Postage Stamps are enclosed for replv. WM, H. COWLIN Ofllce at Residence, Madison St., Woodstock, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MCHENRY, III., April 1st, 1888, I would respectfully invite the Public to call and examine m 7 stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No bust, nesa doao oo.3u.uda7. " Hit 8. COLBY K'HBNBT ILL R. AUSTIN, At Parker House Barn. FIRST CLASS RIGS, with or without Drivers, Furnished at Reasonable Rates. Bus and Hacks run to and fr>m all Trains.-- Orders for Baggage Promptly Attended to. West McHenry, III. Where he will at all times keep the beet brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found in the market. Also Agent For FRANZ FALK^ > IlLliUKSI LAGSH BEER. Beer In Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways en hand, oheaper than any other, quali­ ty oonsldered. Orders by mail promptly attended to. QOOD HTABLimt FOR HOR&K& • ^4VOatl and see us. Robert Sohlessle. West MoHenry, IlL IN AND RESTAUR INT. 4«aHKNRY, ILLINOIS| GENERAL AUCTIONEER, SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Farming Tools and G.oods of all kinds attended to on the most mSOIABLX TMHIS. O. C. Andrews, Spring Crove, 111 Spring 3rove, Sept. 3th, 1885. U-ll-Sm SMITH & ROGERS' Quintette Orchestra RINQWOOD ILL. Are prepared to furnish F irst Claw MuM« to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. M, Rogers, 2d Violin and Prompter, Robt. Madden. Clarionet, C, Curtis, Cornet. K, Ingalls, Basso. Address all communications to Jerry Smith, Ringsrootl, Illinois, or Mort Borers, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, SI for 13 Weeks. The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any address In the United Stales for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. IlHarai discount allowed to postmasters agent*and clubs. Sample copies mailed free Address all orders to SICHABD X. FOX, FSAHKLIK SQUARE, X«W York Fins Kentucky liquors, Trench Bitters, HcHenry Lager Beer, 'ATTENTION I "farmers and Dairymen. It^iMill pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or Bpringers, to call at n?T premises before purchasing. I can furnish such by the car load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, CHBMCHO. farm aboutjfour miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. . In any quantity from a;$nitz Glass to 5C0 barrels. AT VTHOELSALEOE RETAIL Beer in battles, kegs or caaeas efceap as the cheapest. We buy none but the best a»d tell at Reasonable Prices. Call and tee me and I will nee eli well. 585 ANTONY" ENGELN. lojfenty* IUH 18«6. JOHN P. SMITH, fTotohmaker 4c Jeweler, MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew. elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watches. Give me aealL . JOELS P. BMITB. JOHN KLEIFCEN. HOUSE Painter, Gralner, Calcimlner and Paper Hanger. Residence one Blook West of Riverside House. Work attended to promptly and on reasonable terms. A. M. CHURCH, Watclimaker and Jeweler NO. 112 SOUTH CLARK STREET, Chi­cago. 111. Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. 49*A Pull Assortment of Goods in his line WESTERN LANDS. J. G. McGregor &, Co., fof Elgin, ^Illinois, have for sale in the Great Pipsstone Co , Minn. 50,000 Aorss of Land. Whleh they offer'at Low Prices and Easy Terms. See bills giving date of onr neat Excursion, and for full particulars apply to J. VAN SLYKE. MiHenry, 111. M FOR 8.\LR at H. V. Store, McHenry. D. NCEDHAM*e SONS 116-lir DaarboraCttwt OHIOAOO 111 Qirtr And Uissk pas® Uucer,T3uuHi^T(%keoB, Rheanuttlnm, DjqiCMiiJSIck He^taehp. ConBtipatlun,PllML Wiooplnit Couph, nnd au L: -- s e n d f o r nuun [Aper. . , SHRPaRD'R Hardware Practical Painter AND DECO RATER. HEBRON, ILL ^BesTfrttag, f^in Nawfiw, QALCntmiNG, &&AINING, 4e OoMMaelMrt aoUee and satUfKetlosi , .*P4.;. f|Kll e«i «r address,; # p. FISH. CEMENTING, ETC. The nndersiftned is prepared to do all jobs In the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps, Cementing wells, #r vlllputin On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in this line. Caw furnish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a new Pump, give me a call. WOrders by mall promptly attended to. Post offlce, Jonnsburgh, III. L. BANTES. Johnsourgh, III., May 25th, ltMB. -t--BREEDERS OF- iiWMiiain Mint MORGAN HORSES, Short Horn. Bid Polled Asgos, And Jersey Cattle. Hillside Farm, West McHenry* III. Our Morgan Stock is all pure bred, and arlglnated from the best Morgan sto )k in the United States. Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the Head if our Stock, is one ot the best bred Morgan horses in the country, and can show more and 'tetter all purpose colts than any other horse In the West. We Invite the inspection of our stock by horsemen and all lovers of line animals. A few full blood Morgan Colts and yotltft norses for sale. Also one matched team, full •»lood8. In Oittle we have the full blood Short Horn <vtu<'h we are crossing with the Red Polled Angus and therefore instead of sawing offvthe norns we are breeding them off and with food success. A few Heifers and Bulls, both pnre bred 4bort Horns and the cross above mentioned for sale. J. (?. taylor A Sons. Wont MoHenrv. III.. Feb, 27th. 18*8. SIBLEY'S Illustrated Catalog SEND":™' VegetHble, Flower, Field plants, B'llh-, Implem'te. by mai l on appl i ca t ion . SEEDS Don't nogieet writing for it S1BLS7 & CO. Rochester, N. Y. Chicago, ill. 329-826 S. Main St. 1*14 IT. Clark St s W4lI>TED I f'To canvass for the sale of Nursery Stock. teadv employment guaranteed. Salary and expenses paid. Apply at once staling age. Reter to this paper. SJIEX.L £ HOWL AND, Rochester, a. T. ^ Parker's \ SPAVIN CURE 10 VllEaVALE]) ^ as an applloatton to hocus for the cure of Spavin, Khss< •MMIBM, B»llnt» Ravletlsv Jsliti, and all severs Urns- •ess, else te traek nse mbm Prlee V1.M *w ksttlsT^ •otdhydngglsts. Wrong >em aoalalson npptloatSon. S. W. BAKXB^^ VBHFVOPNMLI MMBII KT BB IkadesappUedhy/aA-E-Oavie •Oow Dssmt, Wdkt rmtm Tea MhhI ft COM, OHMn DLt Kerosene, th« beak qnalily, U Story's Hon. T. D. Murphy** V. 8, Lumletf MURPHT A LUMLET. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, and solicitors in Chanuerv, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Office in the rear of Park House, flrst floor. T«E CHICAGO a«° H- ESTERN RAILWAY. I»«n«tratet ths!Centers «fl Po|>ulatlon; in ^ MMiian, Ms, Dakota, NeMt ni Wjomiii. Its train serving is carefully arranged to moet requlrementfof local travel, as well as to furnish the fiftst attractive routes for through travel between important Trade! Centres. lay and parlor cars, din. ig oars is without rival. ~»otion. of stone ballast- Is the favorite route for eler, tho tourist and the homes in the golden Its equipment oi ing and place alee Its road-bed is ed steel. The Northwest the commercial ti seekers after no Northwest. 3 Detailed infornruptlon cheerfully furnished D BUSS. Agent, McHenry, III. Manager. H. C. wrc KB, TYafftc Memae*r. wiLwy, iena«r i. " ' " 'SM Howe's Block,. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS, CHAS. 8ARBEE, Prop. We take . eTMc, that we koep on of ail kinds of nouncinx to the eitt- eeaTall stoe BAKER'S SUPPLIES, And hope by a close attention to business to merit the patronage of the Public. From a long experience In the business we are confi­ dent that we can please ail, 8BS&D, PUS, CAKES, And in short everything In the Bakery line will be kept on hand Itresh Every Day. A FULL STOCK OF Confectionery and Cigars, Canned Goods, Etc. All of the best qualitv and at the lowost prtepe. Call and see ns. I CHAS. A. BARBEE. McHenry. March 37th, 1888. a Sold lor til lttoty. Bwft *< vstcb latbt worl<L Per-1 feet tlme-L ^KEEPER. WarnQM. BUT* poJid Oold Hunting CiMft *le«ent and magnificent. 1 ^W/JM Both Udies'and gents'atsafl | with works and caaes at •qo&l TalnaOKC PERHORI L tn eacb locality can seenre on# FMEC. Bow Is tblspoaalbtaV | Wo snswer--we want one per* SOB tn esch locality, to keep la Aefr homes, and »liow to those who cell, a complota line of oar vmlaable and very usefal HOUSEHOLD DIMPLES. Iteessmples^es well as the watch.we sen'i free,and after yon ka^re kept them In your home for W months and shown tbefli to those who may h&<r«3 cail^drthey become your own property! fll la poeslble to make this great offer, sending the HOLIO COLD watch and COSTY samples five, as the showing of fee samples m any locality, always reeolte in a large trade for tM; after onr Bamplea have been In a locality ford month or two We usually get from $tOOO to $S<K>0 !n trade from tha •nrToandlng country. Tbla, ti»e most wouierful offer ever fenownvts made in order that onr samples may be placed at ones Where they c&m be all over America, Write at once, and Mak^snre of the chance. Header It Will be hardly any trouble yon to show the samples to those who m ay call at your boms and yoor reward will be most satlstactory. A postal card on Which to write ns oonts but 1 cent and after you know all,If yo« So not care to go further, why no harm Is done. Bat if yoado BMi< your address at once, yon can secure FR£E one of tha Nft solid gold watches in tba world and our large line of COSTLY SAMPLES. We pay all express, freight, sto. Aa*we*kroxeo* Aoa,Bas«ut postlaitd, mm PATENTS Caveats, and Trade-Msrks obtained, and all Patent business conducted for Moderate Fees. Oar Oflce Is Op poslte V. S. Patent Of- flce. We have no enb-agendes, all btuiness direct, hence can transact patent hnsiness tn less time and at lese cost than those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing, or pnoto., with descrip­ tion. We advise if Datentable or not, free ot Chaise. Onr fee not aue till patent Is secured. • nook, " How to Obtain Patents," with refse •nose to actual clients in yoor State, connty, at town, sent free. Address, C. A. SNOW & CO. t evteelts Patent Oftes, WMhligtoa, Dw C> GENTS WANTED! II II To canvas for one of the largest, oldest 11 established. BEST KNOWN NU&S£BI£S the-wuntry. Most liborai terms Un- equale<1 ftciUties. GENEVA XUBSEBY, FstaO'isbeil 1846. W. fcT.SMITff,Geneva,N. Y. COCKlf&S.PILL$ Till eM KfHrt Family Medicine iu ue for years, all ever 'the world, for Bile, hdifwtiMb liYtr, Ac. Of Pure Vegetable iBgredieots. THE ART or KISSINQ. Whst Anthors Have to Say Aboat It How It Is Defined. Kissing is an ecstacy, an insolvable problem. It goes by favor, we are told, says The Saturday Review, and goes through favored and favorite with that electrifying subtlety that no lan­ guage can express. It is a science as old as creation. Eve learned it in Par­ adise from an angel with a white fur collar and wings of light, who taught her all its beauties, virtues, and vari­ eties. t A kiss has as many definitions as the world has people. In every grade of society there is kissing; go where you will, to what country, or among what people, and you are tolerably sure of tindmg some facilities for kissing. A kiss is the seal of affection. 'Byron valued a kiss by its strength, and measured its strength by its length, but the mensuration of kisses went out of use long ago. Sydney Smith found much virtue in a well delivered kiss, and the earl of Chesterfield looked the world over for cool, caressing kisses. Harriet Mar- tiueau, who never had any one to kiss but vagrant blue-stockings and neigh­ bors1 babies, wrote about "the kiss of the mouth that touched not the mouth," and dear little Meta Comstock would not take a second time kisses that were not quick, crisp, and elastic. Kisses have been called the heart's tongue, and, though a lover be never so great an orator, one kiss on the lips of his idolatress is often more elo­ quent than a library of words or a canto of verse. A gift returned is the voice of displeasure, but a returned kiss betokens esteem. Dickens valued a kiss above a thousand kicks. Sir Sidney Garth lived to learn that a kiss might prove a traitor in an angel's dress. Walter Savage Landor seems to have had a passion for kissing cry­ ing women, for he thought it delight­ ful to kiss the eyelashes of love with fresh tears on them. Poor John Keats wrote one evening as he sat with his knee in his arms toasting his toes in front of Jennie Welch Carlvle's hearth- tire: "I came to f«el how far above all fancy pride and liekle maidenhood, all earthly pleasure, all imagined good was the warm tremble of a devout kiss." De Levis calls a kiss the door that opens the citadel ot the heart, aud the poets and people of all ages have found mysterious virtue, bitter-sweet, magic, and elixir, and lotions of great­ er or less potency, but the acme of hu­ man happiness, wrote a poetess, is that we may kiss whom we please and please whom we kiss. A kiss to be a success must have mu­ tual interest; there must be reciprocity in the operation, or somebody suffers tne punislmient of disgust. Kissing an unwilling pair of lips is as mean a vice as robbing a bird's nest, and kissing too willing ones is about as unfragrant a pastime as making bouquets out of dandelions. At the start the average man makes a botch of kissing. The beauty of a kiss lies in its impulsiveness and its impressibility, nor is it possible to make the first one too brief. There is danger in the attempt to make the ini­ tial kiss complete. The girl won't have it. There is too much audacious avar­ ice about it. The thing to do is to go at the fair creature's lips slowly so as not to frighten her. It is to be expect­ ed that she will draw them away from the point of attack, but instead of re­ treat the thing for heroism to do is to kiss her on some spot--on the cheek, on the temple, behind the ear, on the hair. A woman's fancies are as branch­ ing as the trees of a forest, and how­ ever unsatisfactory to the swain the misplaced kiss may have -been, it will, if left to itself, make the recipient wondrous indulgent next time. She will caress the spot where your lips have been, look at the place through a hand-glass, and dream of the one who placed it there. When sufficient progress has been made in the love- making to warrant the ideal kiss, take it methodically, with both hands, and "the gentle touch that love can teach." Let the left arm go about--not her neck, to wrinkle a crepe-lisse ruche-- but about her shoulders. Take her chin in the right hand, allowing the three fingers to touch the pretty white throat, holding the face with the thumb and forefinger, which will form a sort of vise for love's conquest. Move her head to one side and a' little back­ ward, and, approaching so as to make the quartette of lips describe the di­ ameter of an imaginary square, kiss her twice--the second double the length of its very short predecessor. This double kiss is a clue to a man's culture. Only the uncouth, ill-bred lover kisses as he learned to count-- by units. The gentleman who has had the good fortune to be born in an at­ mosphere of refinement makes a duet of his first and final salutation, what­ ever may be the numerical value of the intermediates. The well-bred girl wants short, sharp, snapping kisses that pop inaudibty*, but still pop. A kiss on the hair is the kiss of a poet. Tenderness is. implied when the lips press the eyelids. Reverence is spoken when the brow is pressed, and protect­ ing love when the cheek is impearled. Nothing can sanctify a kiss but love, without which the sweetest lips are un­ savory and unwholesome. A Dutiful Son. A young man thoughtlessly drew a revolver, cocked it, and pointed it at his mother. The old lady, with a hol­ low groan fell dead at his feet. "Good land, mother," exclaimed the young man, "you make me tired. Get up; this revolver has seven loads in it." The mother sprang lightly to her feet. "Heaven bless you, my son," she cried, warmly, "I thought it was empty. How could I think so meanly of you, who have ever been thoughtful and considerate."--Burdette in Brooklyn Eagie, ; , ; Xi •" • "if-.i.y, 1 j'l: . ' Photograph's of* the fntel'fdr tit J>16t- ty rooms are a popular present among friends, and in taking views of the cozy corner or the most attractive nook of the house the amateur photographer is well occu] * The Naval Academy at Annapolis. The length of the course at the Na­ val Academy is fou£ years. A candi date for admission must first obtain permission from home to enter the lists in a competitive examination for an appointment to be given by the Con­ gressman from his district. If success­ ful in this examination, he receives a permit to appear before the examining board at Annapolis, and this board de­ termines upon his qualifications for an appointment as naval cadet. If the board pronounces him physically sound, and if he is able to pass a satisfactory examination as to mental attainments, he receives his appointment and be­ comes a naval cadet. This exami nation takes place in Jnne, and as the older cadets are all absent from the academy on "leave," the suc­ cessful candidates or "plebs," as they are termed, feel their self-importance more strongly than they ever can again. In fact, however, their appearance is anything but imposing. They strut about in a consequential but evidently uneasy manner, struggling to appear at ease, and certainly not succeeding. The plebs, or "youngsters" (as they are also called), are at once quartered on board a large, old-fashioned wood­ en frigate, which always lies alongside the dock, aud does duty during the school-sessions as a gunnery ship. This vessel becomes the residence of the plebs during the summer months; here they have their first experience of sailor life; and here, among other things, they first acquire the art of sleeping in a hammock. It is truly an edifying sight to see these lads on their first night, struggling with their ham­ mocks. The hammocks used in the navy, you must bear in mind, are very unlike those in which people swing un­ der the trees in the country. The navy hammocks are made of heavy canvas, and are slung from the beams of the ship. They are usually hung quite high from the deck, so that it is not easy for a beginner to climb into one with any degree of grace,--even if he manages to get in at all. Usually the novice struggles in from one side, and goes head over heels out at the other- mattress, pillows, and bed-clothes, all accompanying him. After two or three unsuccessful attempts of this sort, how­ ever, the greenest begins to improve, and one or two weeks of practice is sufficient to make any one an adept in the art. Iu September another set of cadets is appointed. These form the remainder of the fourth class, and al­ though both the June and September new-comers are members of the same class, the June arrivals are rather in­ clined to make much of their seniority over the "Seps," as the later comers are termed. During the latter part of September the older cadets return from their summer cruises, and the regular academic year commences.--B. Abert Johnson, tn St. Nicholas. .Underground Baths In Yucatan. At Matual is a cenote in which the water can be seen only by looking down into a deep well, and yet this mysterious well is actually a public bathing place. There is an entrance by a larger hole, through which you reach a great chamber, very dark and gloomy, swarming with bats and liz­ ards. Here you undress and grope about in total darkness toward a dis­ tant glimmer of water. Plunging into the subterranean stream you swim to­ ward the light, aud by diving under a ledge that falls from the roof nearly to the surface you find yourself in the cir­ cular opening or well, sixty feet be­ neath the earth's surface. Not a ant bathing place, truly, but much patronized because of its refreshing coolness' in contrast to the heat ana glare without.--Philadelphia Rccord. Col. Yerger--I wonder why bovs are called the rising generation? Judge Peterby--Don't you think the term ap­ propriate? "No, I don't. I broke the handle off the hairbrush this mprning trying to makq my boy rise.--Texas Si/tings. £ Japanese Babies. The babies of Japan have sparkling eyes and funny little tufts of hair; they look so quaint and old-fashioned, ex­ actly like those doll-babies that are sent over here to America. Now, in our country very young babies are apt to put everything into their mouths; a button or a pin, or anything, goes straight to the little rosy wide-open mouth, and the nurse or mamma must always watch and take great care that baby does not swallow something dan­ gerous. But in Japan they put the small babies right down in the sand by the door of the house, or on the floor, but I never saw them attempt to put anything in their mouths unless they were told to do so, and no one seemed to be anxious about them. When little boys or girls in Japan are naughty or disobedient, they must be punished, of course; but the punishment is very strange. There are very small pieces of rice-paper called moxa, and these are lighted with a match, and then put upon the finger, or hand or arm of the naughty child, and they burn a spot on the tender skiu that hurts very, very much. The child screams with the pain and the red-hot moxa sticks to the skin for a moment or two and then goes out; but the smarting burn reminds the little child of his fault. I do not like these rnoxas. I think it is a cruel punishment. But perhaps it is better than whipping. Only I wish little children never had to be punished.-- St. Nicholas. No use fbr a Father* 1 A man who is said to have been ab­ sent from his family 19 years returned to Newburg and called upon his wife and daughter tlu\other day. The wife seemed to be quite glad to see her long- lost husband, but the daughter gave her father something more than a fri­ gid reception. She told .him that she and her mother had got along very nicely, without any help from him, and that she didn't want him hanging a- round the house. The father is said to have assured his daughter that he would not trouble theui, and to have at once left town--ifaefcary, (A 7,) Jmrnai* Safeguards Against Poison. In his recent address before the j uating class of the National Ct Pharmacy Dr. E. M. Schaeffer ^ the following advice about the twe medicines: Medicines, like guns, are very when they go off at the right tune and hit the proper mark, but veryb&d when they are misdirected. The danger apt to arise from tools in the hands of children is verbial, but if a child is seen playing with a razor to snatch the instruiQent from its hands is the natural of whoever sees it with the plaything. So let me, in imitation of Mr. Punch's lecture "to those contemplating "matri­ mony," give you a few domestic "Don'ts" that may be of effect to pre* vent harm some day. Don't get up in the night and fake yourself or give another a dose of med­ icine without first turning up the light to see the bottle or powder plainly; Don't pour out the contents of a bot­ tle of medicine and refill with anotli4& fluid without at once erasing the old label and writing the hew one. Don't "rive a new medicine without first smelling and tasting. A good plan is for the attendant to take a full dose before giving a very young child a dose of a new medicine (i. e., the first out of a bottle of a new prescrip­ tion or an old one renewed). A mis­ take which would only make an adult sick might prove fatal to an infant* Don't repeat a dose oftener than written directions indicate, and, if ver* bal, write them down for reference. Don't mind a little delay in order to consult the druggist or doctor if the slightest uncertainty exists as to the dose or mode of administration. Every doctor and druggist can relate amua* ing instances within his personal expe­ rience of mistakes about taking medi­ cines--often harmless, but too fre­ quently serious in their consequences. A safe rule, which I have long prac­ ticed, is to read the label every time you take a dose of medicine or give one to any on6 else, even if you have just set the bottle down. This may seem a trivial and even a childish pre­ caution. but a habit of this kind onco formed is an absolute protection against danger. There are persons now living who would give worlds if they had always acted on this rule, but not doing so, there came one little; moment, and it was forever too late. The sportsman who cultivates from the start the habit of never pointing a gun toward himself or any one (bete does not desire to shoot, even if he has just discharged the piece or sounded it with a ramrod aud known it to be un­ loaded, is a safe man to go hunting with. All others are apt to prove like the Pickwickian who let off his gun in such a manner that the entire charm passed over a small boy's head in the exact spot where the tall gamekeeper's brains would have been had that func­ tionary occupied the position he was in but a moment before! In like manner a few simple precau­ tions such as have been referred to would, if acted upon, greatly diminish if not entirelv do away with the so- called "acciffents" caused by mistakes in the use of drugs. Doctors and drug­ gists being human, are of course falli­ ble, and may make mistakes them­ selves, but all the mistakes of all the doctors and druggists in the country in a period of ten years combined would not do the damage, I believe, that is caused by the domestic mistakes of a single month. " $ At the Oata ?2 "May I have the pleasure of your company at a frog supper, dearestP" he asked tenderly as he lingered at the gate. "I believe the frogs are ripe now?" "And I am sure they are not," she an­ swered earnestly. "Why, dearest?" he inquired with aft approximate kiss. "Because frogs are always green," she responded in a lack-lustre voice that had a someother'd sound.--Detroit Free Press. Grasshopper Traps. 1 There are three principal methods of destroying the insects. Where the laud had been plowed for wheat none hatch­ ed out, as inverting the soil destroyed, the eggs, and no hoppers were found' in the fields of growing wheat. But from adjoining fields, especially where wheat was grown last year and then abandoned without plowing, they came in armies, sweeping the fields be­ fore them. In traveling this way & line of march is formed before which everv green thing disappears. When, Dr. "Lugger left on Thursday some fields were eaten into several rods. The method adopted prior to the ar­ rival of kerosene and tar was to dig a ditch two feet wide and two feet just in advance of the approaching host. A few inches of straw- is thipk? placed in the bottom and the are driven into it by wilking slowly behing them*. They caat jump out and are burned: or, if «ftaw is not to be had, they are killed by drawing a log through the ditch. tar is used by placing it in a shallow sheet-iron pan two feet wide and < _ feet long, with a wide board fasten to one side. This is drawn sidewise across the field, the hoppers jumping against the board and falling into the tar, where they perish. But the handier, mora rapid, and most complete method is to use kerosene on canvas, against which the pests jump. Strong muslin or can* vas a yard wide and fifteen feet long; is stretched on a frame and carried oil a sled-like arrangement pulled by a team. The canvas slants back, and is constantly saturated with kerosene^ Every one that hops against this <*ad touches his body against the oil die* instantly. One barrel of kerosene wfiV go over "about 120 acres, and will ldQl 200 bushels or more. Each farmer given one barrel of oil, aud proniMa to use it only for destitying insects.--- Minneapolis Tribune. "Things That never We" is tha of a magaziue poem. We have seawj^: ed in vain, however, for any ©f the man who sticks to the end of an open horse-car.--Heel aM( Ikwrtkr-. - ism