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CfiuiMtD EVERY WBDWBSDAT Vir VAN '•E-TTIC®, SOtTOtt AKO PttOPttlRTOa. hi Bishop's Blo«k, -Ononti ?nsr * Ow«*'» aoBsonraiM. > ' ' OMfwr(lfe A»tvaa»ej ..ei.BO * , If Wet PaMwirtiln *hree Months..8.00 ,rt i <toM6ftfrtiMM NMtrid «br three or aix ^ la IM MOM proportion. ft / Hates of Adrerttsing. ":2 «nn*unc.« liberal rates for advertislag >:*!« thft PI^UWDRAXKR, and endeavor to state v«*ea ee alalalv that they will be readily an. iSeeNtewL *liey are »• follows: pttttetaad. tk*y i 1 lanltoae year V ifHWmM'ywr U* v» * " "--ihes«H»a year - ^ - %«<*•<.* smoatywr ^, »• wasaeae year. * Otlama ens year - -. * "•< I . . One inch means the meainrement of one , *4 itch dewn the eotmu, alncle eolnmn width, jv Nearly advertisers, at the above rates, have !•*& UM privilege of ehanpins: as often as they "• j • ehoese, without extra charge, BOO i^.ao oo : 35 06 So oo 'jipo 00 - 10000 Dh we^k. All other* will he charged 10 ibents per Hne the first week, and 5 cents per r'*r • 51*8 for each subsequent week. ' . * " Transient advertisements will be charged w the rate of 10 cents pa line, (nonpareil ype, same as this is set In) the first Issue, and :V-' , eeate per line for subsequent issues. Thus, •« inoh advertisement will cost <1.00 for one %L. V • wefk, $1.00 for two weeks, (2.00 for three ' Twetks, and so on. • VV'St!' The Plaindkat,hr will be liberal in Riving .• iKUtorlal notices, but, as a business rule, It " iflirill require a suitable fee from everybody tekliiK the use of its columns for pecuniary BUSINESS CARDS. aH FBGEES, M. D- tJXfrslOlA.K AND 9UUU BON. MoHsnry, 1 Ills. Oflice at Residence. M. D. O. J. HOWAKV jIAS AND StJlU*«w.. III, OAoe at Besideaeu, one door West tWTOlOIAH AND ST7UGBOW, MclHenry III. OAo< f M. R. Church. f:'-Y WW. O^B'ORSTE, M. n. €' * ^OHTSIOIAN' AND SUiiGKOtf. Ofloe at Resilience, "west Mctienry, I1L Oalls i4 ' ^lomp.ly attended to day and night. BARBIAN BROS. rilOAR Manufacturers, McHsnry, 111. Or- \j tors solicited. Shop, la Old McHenfT, la Keiter Block, third door west of Riverside House. Livery 8table. Jatreaeowible rates. "Teaming of iflkiadadoM oa Aort notice. te"?\ mw. rauio 3 NEAR THE DEPOSE ' «TE»T McHENRY, ILL Keeps open for the accommodation of the' 'ablio a rlret-Olaee •t'fi : HV^I v- Saloon and lUstiumt, When he will at all times keep the beet brands of Wines, Liquors and ulgars to be foand in the market. Also Agent for FALBW rmViUKEE LifilB BEER. Beer In Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al. ways en hand, cheaper than any other, quail- ty considered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. OOOD HTABLllTU VQR SOHAW8 WOall and eee ae. ftotert Sohlwwta. W^et McHenry. III. 1^{"C A. Singlon'a SIlLOQN m RESTAUR iHT. | JjloHEIIIIY, ILMMOIS. Kentucky Liquors, • French Bitters, , XcHenry Lager Beer, - -AND- PAUL BROWN, ATTORNKT AT l, \W. , U. S. Express Co.'S Building, 87 an>l 89 Washington St. - CHICAGO, ILL. M. F. KLT.8WORTH, • j^TTOUNEV at Law, and Solicitor ta Ohan. eery, Numia, IM. ^TTORNKY AT LAW ASA W SMITH. and BoHeitar .111. Fir*. Li<'»tnin« awl T»rnilo In*uranoc placed safalv and with despatch In either of above companies. Policies cor. eete<1, changes itsfers made, Chancery.--Woodstoe k la . £ C. ATTORNKTS AT LAW, w^istock m. All basiaeee will reoeive prompt atten- tion. (ZP.Bame* / D. T Smiley. BAHNBfl * SMILKT, A WOttMRIS, Rorioitors and Ooaaselora, 1\. GOtleettons a specialty. WOODSTOCK, lLLlKOTS. aaditraes West McHenry, Gallon or address^; Simon Stoffel, IIUiKds. Waverly House, WJl. H. ROTVO0B, Prop., •yvvTf.a,, V:~; •mr 9 9 WOODSTOCK,; -" i"» ' • I I v. a LUMLET. -• ATTORNBT AT LAW, and SoHeltoC la Ohancerv, WOODS TOOK, IILL. Oflce In Park House, first floor. Sample Room on First Flotfr. Sega tar advertisers (meaning those having taadtng cards) will be entitled to insertion leeal notices at the rate of 5 cents per line A, M. CHURCH,: Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. One HundreiiTwenty-Five State St Chi­cago, 111. special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Ohronometere. Full Assortment of Goods in hla line Ujitei States War Cliiim Apnej OF WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock, - - lllioios. Prosecutes all elassss and kinds of claima against the United states tor ez-SoldUre, their Wulows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made In prosecuung old and rejected claims. Air communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reptv. WM, H. CO WHb Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodatocc, Illinois, AttentlonHorsefhen! MOHBNRT, III , April 1st, 1899, I would resnectfully Invite the Public to Mil and examine m 7 stor.k of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No busl. aess dene on Sundajr. , ' , - It. * COLBT / i " N'HINVT lit. E. R. AUSTIN Livery, Boarflino: aid Sale Stable. At Parker House Barn* WISST CLASS BIGS, with or without C Drivers, Furalshed at Reasonable Rates. Bo* aad Hacks run to and fr <m all Trains.-- Qglm for Baggags Promptly Attended to. 81 for 13 Weeks. The POLIOS GAZETTE will be mailed, eeeurely wrapped, to any address in the United Stales for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmaster* agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed free Addreee alt orders to BICHA&D X. FOX, FsAirKLitc SQUARE, New York . iff rostl initKCtQ ur opiIUQOI ^premises belore purchasing, suoh by the ear load or single p. Mliti Silianto Bottle Beer, 'In any quantity from s Snite Q-ltiss to fcO barrels. ^ AT WflOLESALE os RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or rose as cheap as the cheapest. We buy none but the best and •all at Reasonable Prices. wilt ' Call and see me and I •sou w«U. I AMTONY ENGELN use Me«WT» iuh 188», Quintette Orchestra, Me HEN BY. ILL. Are prepared | to fitruish First Olasa Matin tu the Dancing Public at Reasonable* Rates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden. Clarionet, O, Curtis, Cornet. L, Oven, Trombone, K, In gal is, Basse and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith, McHenry.' ATTENTION I - ' c. farmers and Dairymlw. It Will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to eall at WJ I can furalafc e cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM*. CHIKUITO. Farm aboat four miles aorthweat of Harvard, Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker Sc Jeweler, McHENRY. ILLINOIS. AFlWK Stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew. elry always on hand. Special attention " watohea. Give mo JOHN P. SMITH, given to repairing line a call, C. G. ANDREWS. GENERAL I SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock:, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most SBASQHABL1 TIBXS. ; C. C. Andrews, •j . r.ltfT" Spring. Grove, 111 4wriac Jt*M#e< Sevt $th, 1885. ll-ll->m FieHy : JPriE€?tioal liter AND DBCO RATER. HEBRON ILL. atinfl, Paper-Hanflinfi, CALCIMINIXQ, G&AININQ. *« H. FISH. NEW YORK HOUSE. 239 tc 243 E Randolph St. Between Franklin and Market Street** CHICAGO. B«d Accommodation to lYawsfafa imd " B o a r d e r s . - S E. G, K0EPPE, Prop. •1.60 PSB DAT, GOOD SAMPLE ROOM. A tint-doss IImue. 1 he Soy* All Sop There. fH Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Livery. Good Samplo Room. FREE; BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS FOR PA TRON& OF THE HOUSE. t raa A line of oarriatres to Twin I^ikes from TTchmond, three-funrths ofamlle nearer than any other rmd, and more level a^d pleasant'l>v far. If you intend sroincr to Twin Lakes, ctop at Richmond and inqnirn for OTILVGR'S BU^ It i~ ftl wavs there, rain or shln^. ttound trip prlees as usuai. C. N. CULVER. /V«p. romp Bepaitlsg, CEMENTING, ETC. Tlsa undersigned is prepared to do all ioba Is the llne of Dlggins; Wells, Reitainag Pamps, Cementing Walla, or in McHENRV HOUSE, JsaL<5S.i©r*i:.r s UiiuoiH. JOHN THELEN, . 5.»#ropriftor^r • •. TMs House is situ*! and opposite the has been newly «•< Insideand out,, an ;accommodate th» boarders, by dav 1 k-«nsoeable tenae. give satisfaction vlted m giv* «He a thcCHI NORT the Tron Bridge mltoat Laniinn, a ted and immted, uow prepared to veling- public, or tek, on 1 lie most I pit 1 ran tee to jjubiic is In- will put 1 New Oa short notice and warrant satisfaction. la ahort will do all work in this line, Caa furnish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If yoa waat a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a new Pump, give me a call. 4VOrders by mail attended to, ty mail promptly Post Office, Johnsburgh, III. L. BANTES. Joknaeargh, III., May 28th, l«0. BttBRDBRS .Or-K--. ^ MORGAN HORSES, Short Horn, Bed Foiled Aegsi, Jersey Cattle. Hillside Farm, West Mo Henry, III. Our Morgan Stock ia all pare bred, and originated from the beat Morgan sto ik lathe United States. Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the head >fonr Stock, in one of the best bred Morgan horses in the country, and can show more and better all purpose colts than aay other horse la the West. We invite the Inspection of our stock by kwiemen and all lovera of line animate. A few fall blood Morgan Oolts and young eorsea for sale. Also oae matohed team, fall '•lOOd In U%ttle we have the full blood Short IXorn which we are crossing with the Red Polled Angus and therefore instead of sawing off the eoriis we are breeding them off and with COnd suoeeaa. A few Heifers and Bulls, both pure bred •Jhort Horns aad the cross above mentioned for sale. J. R. Saylor A Sons, W-«» M>.H«nrv. 111.. Fell. «7th. 18*8. FOR HORSES RAILWAY. Centers of Penetrates it Popula Mieiii H Beat intUcVfadi Its train service is carefully arranged to meet requirements »1 local travel, as well as to furnish tlie raost attrsntiro routes for through travel between Important Trade Oentrea. Its equipment of day and parlor cars, din. ingand place sleeping carets without rival. Its raad*bed is peeii&iaiS* of stone ballast- ed "fitji JBMaSh,... The K0W1 westeifflP^WiCTieJWHl'i'tfijte f(>r the commercial ti aveler, the tourist and the seekers after new homes la the golden Northwest. Detailed Information cheerfully furnished bT BERKARD BUSS, Agent, iMcHenry, III. /. M.I WHITMAN, ^ Gen. Manager. |>«S«Ml a WICKER, i Traffic Manager. WtLtOlf, M "GEORGE,, -O. No. .701. RMMrd, Will be limited to Twentv, Mares W Kit spring, season. He has left the best Oolte ever raised in this county. CEO. W. OWEN, Prop. Mellenry. February 5th, USA, L, W, NICHOLS, JR. jp^in V/Afcqca. M \8m ivi m JEWSLIB AND ENGRAVER, RICHMOND ILLINOIS. All work in my line aeatly and promptly doae. Fine waich.repatrtng a specialty. f 1 1 CON^MPt^ It has permanently cured THOUSANDS of cases pronounced by doctors hope­ less. If you have premonitory symp­ toms, such as Cough, Difficulty of Breathing, Ac., donrt delay, but use PISO'S CURE FOB CONSUMPTION immediately. By Druggists. 25 cents. s WAITED N Teeanvass for the sale of Nursery Stock. Steady employment guaranteed. Salary and expenses paid. Apply at once stating age. Befer to this paper. '7b ear* for him who ha* borne the battle, and for his widow and orphans."--LlKCOWC, "fHmdship,\Charity. Loyally-- Worthy tone of Patrioi' Wither*," . C- M'UKMRT POST SO. 618. • Meet* the First Saturday eveoiag of eaeh ..month,;:.;'.:.'. ~ L. E. BBMNBTT, Om. WOOIMTOOK rOST. WO KM, Meets flrst aad third Monday evenlnga of tch month. V W. H, Mojtaos, Com. MUMOA FOOT, KO 22fi, Meets the second and fourth (Tuesday evenings of each month M- F. ELLSWORTH, Oom. RtmmraTiHow. Meets the secona ana tourtn Moaday evea lags ot each month. O. W. OHTBA.WK, OMa. MAKBWOO POST, NO. n». Meets every Seooad aad Fourth Friday evening* of each month. B. B Moaats, Oom. WAU00KDA.rO8T,*NO. 368, Post meets every second and fourth Satur> •lay eveningInU. A. It. Hall, Main St. AarHuaOooica, Oom, Along the Bkimiih Lins. New York City is reported a* hairing flfty-two Grand Army posts. The Per Diem Rate Service Pension Hill is acknowledged to be the fairest ever offered. There is no such a thing as an honor­ ary membership in the Grand Army of the Republie. General Lucius Fail-child h& been assigned to duty on the National G. A. R., pension committpp. Vice Corpora.! James Tanner, resigned. The annual encampments of the Daughters of Veterans and Sons of Veter­ ans of the Iowa division will be held at Iowa City, Iowa, June 19 and 20. The Michigan Department headquar­ ters at Milwaukee during the National Encampment will be in the Probate Court room. The State of Kansas proposes to pur­ chase the Fort Dodge Reservation and use the same for soluier^home purposes. The annual encampment of the Wis­ consin Division of Sous of Veterans, U. 8. A., will be held at Neenah, Wis., June 17. June 12 the representatives of the Michigan regiment, dedicated thirteen monuments in honor oi Michigan's honored dead who sleep at Gettysburg. J. C. McCoy Post, No. 1, Columbus, Ohio, made a gain of 146 comrades dur­ ing tlie past year. The total member- uliip of the post ,i» XG4*. George Thomas Post, No. 13, Cincinnati, 724 comrades. The New York society of Sons of the Revolution has a membership of 460, and has also a fund of $8,500 to be used in the erection of the proposed monu­ ment in New York City in memory of Nathan Hale. Garfield Post, No. 25, Wichita, Kan., is said to own real estate valued at $60,- 000. The Post also owns a plot of ground in maple Grove Cemetery consist­ ing of eighty-seven lots. The Post pro­ poses to erect a $5Q,000 monument. The Grand Army is a powerful, well- disciplined, aggressive, enthusiastic, en­ ergetic and pushing organization. It proposes to make its influence felt more and more. It will show its detainers that there is a God in Israel.--Picket Guard. Postmaster E. S. Jamison, of Ash­ bourne, Pa., a veteran and member of the G. A. R., has not forgotten how to shoot. A burglar tried to rob the post office one night last month, but he won't do so any more. The bullet struck him fairly in the forehead. The action of the old soldier is universally commended in the neighborhood. With nearly 400,000 veterans enrolled, standing shoulder to shoulder and hfeart to heart, the republic has its own Grand Army, whose valor and sacrifices it should never forget. Each year thins the rank. Each month the old veterans are passing away. But as long as there remains any survivors of the splendid host who went forth to save the Union, it will still be the Grand Army, whatever its number. John G. Parke, the gallant youth who at imminent risk to himself dashed down the valley through Johnstown on a fleet horse to warn the people of their danger, and barely escaped with his own life, is a nephew and namesake of Gen. John G. Parke, at one tiine commander of the Ninth corps, and now Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point. He graduated in civil engineering from the University Of Pennsylvania three years ago. » VALUABLE INFORMATION FOB COM­ RADES.--There te no provision of law under which any pension can be obtained on account of service in the Florida, Black Hawk, or any Indian war. It iB perhaps not generally known, but nevertheless it is a fact that the law for bids any pensioner bargaining or selling his quarterly pension before it becomes due, and all persons are forbidden to ac­ cept the same in any manner, as a secur­ ity or otherwise. The fine is fixed at $100 for any violation of the act, and is equal upon the soldier and dealer. The act of Congress approved June 1, 1888 allowing widows of soldiers whose cl&iins were filed after 30th of June 1880, to draw pensions from death of husband instead of from the date of filing the claim, does not apply to widows whose husbands served in the war of 1812, or in the Mexican war, nor does it include dependent relatives. Grand Army men who do not use voice and pen and influence toward pushing the Sons of Veterans to the front are making a mistake. No soldier can visit their encampment and not feel the old thrill of pride warm up his heart as it was heated a quarter of a century ago It takes his mind back to his young days when he was about, their age, and com­ pels a feeling of admiration for their work now. The tramp, tramp, tramp of a voiceless multitude of old companions in arms is heard in memory, and the battle front of dead and wounded heroes comes like a vision before him, to teach him to love the ideas the Sons express, and glory in the military spirit they adorn. ^ ^ ̂ .J, A STORY OF CAPTIVE BOYS IN BLUE .•J . ; , - w. L f\ JESSE HOWES, If. D.t " o&KBLarr, oo*-, 3 jromiEB&LT or 9th xxxnron OAT. INCREASED PKXSIOKS.--'The rote of Pension Office is, that six the date of the original : elapse before making an HH an increase on the same d which the pension was allowed* claims may be sworn to before! or notary. If a new disability ] the application can be mi " time. Such application must to before the Clerk or some other of a court of record having avthorH^ the seal of the court, the -ninr- original claims. t: • \V: \i 2888: :M %OPYRlGmK&. WM The legal education of Capt. Hanchette made him fuUy aware that the repudia­ tion of his military rank and the pretense of being a citizen was a violation of the most, firmly settled rules of war, and the fact of discovery would almost certainly lead his captors to inflict some form of punishment. But in extenuation and apology for this act of his, it should be remembered that decept ion within certain limit* is one of the arts of war. While it is probable that the authori­ ties of either army would feel compelled to publicly rebuke such a violation of the rules of war as was committed by Cap tain Hanchette, there is little doubt that personally they would consider such au act by a friend as hardly worthy of being called a "moral obliquity." Like many other deviations from what is right, the act is considered by the masses as "sharp practice,"' when it succeeds, and only be­ comes a crime when it falls short of suc­ cess. If the plan could be carried to a favorable termination it would earn for Hanchette a national fame. He would be the greatest hero of the war, and in thousands of homies the mention of his name would bring to eyes the tears of emotion and gratitude for his instrumen­ tality in restoring to wives and children and parents loved ones who for months j been mourned as though buried alive. He would justly be regarded as by far the most successful organizer and fortunate leader of such a plot known to the history of war, and, indeed, taking into account all the surroundings, his position would be unique in the annals of modern warfare. Having decided upon the course that should be pursued, he carefully selected as his assistants a few in whose fidelity, prudence, courage and good sense he could rely. Those who had been ior any !""igt!i of tnue confined in military prisons of the South had ob­ served that in every prison were confined some men who in every possible way courted the favor of their guards. These sycophants were sometimes rewarded by the prison officials for their fawning acts, and were always ready to, debase them­ selves, trusting to the possible rewards that might follow. They would even worm themselves into the confidences of their comrades that they might become possessed of inform*. jtesS <v.- <• tion. In many ealfe a long acquaint­ ance was necessary to discover their ser­ vility; so alter selecting two or three comrades, Hanchette was obliged to de­ pend upon their judgment in the choice of the few only to whom his purposes could be made known. One of his first confidants, after Spencer, was Sergeant Owens. This prisoner's record, which was easily learned from his companions and from the prison guards, at once pre­ possessed the Captain in his favor, and only a few days elapsed after his en­ trance into Castle Morgan ere he formed the acquaintance of the Sergeant. Cautiously broaching the subject in which he was so deeply interested, he found in Owens one fully in accord with his own ideas, and from him he received many valuable suggestions, the result of his own adventures, and his longer ex­ perience as a captive. Another young man in Castle Morgan, on whom Nature had placed her decoration which marked him a nobleman, was Mart Becker, a pri­ vate in some Wisconsin regiment. By his partner in Castle Morgan, George W. Culp, I am told that Becker was captured during an engagement, and at the time of his capture, perceiving that the colors of his regiment were likely to fall into the hands of the enemy he tore the flag from its staff and seereted it beneath his cloth­ ing. Embracing the first opportunity when darkness shielded him from the vis­ ion of his guards, he carefully wound the flag about his body, underneath his un­ dergarments, and thus conveyed it to Cahaba. Here the same vigilant care to keep his possession a secret was exer­ cised by Becker, and his devotion was re­ warded by success. Months after, while crossing the Black River, in the rear of Vicksburg, he had the pleasure of unfurl­ ing it, and under its folds marching into the line of h:s friends. Possessed of a powerful frame, a clear, intelligent blue eye, a lace that beamed with manliness and courage, he quickly arrested the at­ tention of Captain Hanchette, and a brief acquaintance strongly confirmed the opinion which the Illinois officer had instinctively formed. As early as was prudent after their brief acquaintance he suggested the pos­ sibility of a general prison delivery, and learned that Becker was willing to risk his life in any reasonable undertaking. In a later interview he laid before the Wisconsin comrade the project which he had proposed to Owens and others, and from that hour Becker became a trusted ally. Through Becker's recommenda­ tion, Culp also was admitted into the conspiracy. Vnother of Hanchette's party was Jacob W. Rush, a small, black-haired, bright-eyed, boyish soldier of the Third Ohio Cavalry. He had participated in the pursuit of Zollicoffer through Ken­ tucky, the battle of Pittsbug Landing, siege of Corinth, the battles of Iuka, Bardstown, Perryville, Stone River (near which he was wounded through the lung), and other engagements; at a later period he had been wounded in the knee, and later had served as a courier, during which service he had been captured, after a nine-mile chase, while bearing dis­ patches to General Rosseau. ' j (To be Continued.) . i @£^^ny person who lived in the No¥fTli1itrK ing the War of the Rebellion, and whose person and property was protected by the Union soldiers, w ho cheered and re­ joiced when these same Union soldiers met defeat, should be made to know and feel that his words and acts are remem­ bered, and until he is willing to acknowl­ edge his error, and cease trying to be­ little the services of the Union soldier, he should be treated with scorn and con­ tempt--no matter to which party he may i D«ad liasivMt'g Wamf. Commissioner Tanner, of the Bureau, with the approval of the tary of the Interior, has issued; following ruling: "Pursuant to the act of Congress ap­ proved March 1. 1889, whenever a pen­ sion certificate of any character, original, increase, arrears, restoration, or other­ wise, shall have been issued by the Bureau, and the beneficiary mentittMift^ therein is found to have died before {MiF-* ment, the amount due on said certiiieisfeB '* to the date of said pensioner's death ^ will be paid to the widow or the minor * child or children of said deseased pen- ; si oner: If there be neither widow nor minor children, then the amount due said pensioner will, in the discretion erf the Secretary of the Interior, be paid to the executor or administrator of his estate. Minor children, as contemplated by this act, are minors recognized such by the lex loci." , Memorial Bay at Anderaonville. The first Memorial exercises ever held at Anderson ville, Ga., took place on May 30. Comrade W. F. Morse, of Macon, Ga., sends us an interesting account of the ceremonies, which were in charge of E. J. Jones Post, No. 5, G. A. R., Depart­ ment, of Georgia, assisted by delegations from Post No. 3, of Augusta. Ga., and Kit Carson Post, of Washington, D. C. Flowers were used in profusion oa the graves of the noble dead. The exercises were opened by an address by the com­ mander of Jones Post, followed by an in­ vocation by the Chaplain, when a short address was made by W. W. DeHaven. Comrade W. W. Brown then delivered the Memorial address which was listened to with great interest by the crowd in attendance. The ceremonies were of great solemnity, impressing everybody present. Comrade Morse also says in his communication: "By all means let the men of Jones Post carry the thing on another season in a stronger way. This was a fairly good first trial; but, as they have only sixteen men in the Post, th^y can't do much. I saw the ground where the stockade was. It is grown ftp with brush, except a portion of dkMUwd and cultivated laud. The Providence Spring still runs, and a small part oi ths stock­ ade is still to be seen. The cemetety is ia line condition, but the govmornent ought to have better accommodations at the station and on the grounds. I have made many visits to Posts down here and interviewed many old Line oi Daty. The questions surrounding the proper construction of the term "lia#|f duty" in the consideration of penstG% claims have always been a bone of cowotiou. It is not always easy to d§$f*mine whether, at the moment of the tailoring of an injury, or the contracting ̂ £di.sa- bility, the soldier was actuary % the performance of a duty that waiTuuMpara- ble from his military career. The ferm, "line of duty" has always been more or less abused, and the rule has obtained for many years of construing the term to mean the performance of an act that merely and explicitly a milifeuy Under such a ruling there was ground for argument, and tfee who was unable to establish the_ ance of a specific military duty aasaifsp pelled to accept a rejection of hi« rfftim But it was not until the administration of Commissioner Black that the rigid rule was laid down, that the absence of pos­ itive evidence operated as a sufficient ground for the belief that the case was without merit, and that circumstantial evidence that an injury was incurred un­ der circumstances that were not purely military, was sufficient ground for decid­ ing that the legal construction of "line of duty" was absent from the case. It is against this "snap judgment" that the friends of the soldier have so strenuously protested; and it is therefore with QO un­ common gratification that they view the recent more liberal constructions of the Interior Department. Cases are fre­ quent where a soldier was injured white off duty; by the carelessness of a com­ rade; by becoming a victim of that species of "horse-play in which soldiers in camp are fond of indulging: by accidents not directly associated with the duty of a soldier. Such csises its these were al­ most invariably rejected by the late ad­ ministration. But says Assistant Secre­ tary Bussey: "The Government is bantid to protect the soldier from u: harm when in the line of duty in ice, and when it fails to protect Mia, soldier's remedy is iound in the j system;" and agaiu, "I am Ofiiie opinion that a soldier is in the duty, within the meaning of t|» laws, when he is not engaged i» any order, rule or regulation, Or ing any instruction of his superior offi­ cer." Instances might be cited ajftd mul­ tiplied where the presumption of taw in favor of the claimant, would have beea allowed him in any court of law in the land, but where precisely the contrary rule has defeated him in the pansion office. No friend of the soldier, M sup­ porter of the present admiuistrfpm, has any desire to widen the door ad­ mission of one single claim thriit Jjliterri the slightest taint of fraud. But ^Sphave a right to ask that where anyfiiiMNMtf# ble doubt exists, it be decided ift'ltirar the soldier and not again*# 4' as we understand it, is precisely . Interior Department is doing, slNMt^ be "opening the door of the tieai^ig^ thieves and their accomplices," as Democratic press are howling, the sooner it is opened and the longer it"m kept open the better. THEIR BUSINESS BOOMING Probably no one thing has canst a general revival of business at Besley's drug store as their giviag l to their customers free trial bottiMK Kings s New Discovery for Cos Their trade is simply euormo nrj valuable article from t cone and never fails. Cot asthma, bronchitis, croup, ami! and long diseases quickly cured* test its merits before buying, * a trial bottle free. Large