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I hoar in one brcr.vn sparrow; AtUnt of sudden sunshino brines ® ; ; The dream of many colored wings. A . All, gift divine! what sorrow curbs, ' f TiYhat Litter fate can flout you? Better with you a meal of herbs Than ike stajud ox wi;huut you; ] For eyes that -you anoiat can see .' All nature's beaut y i u onu t ree, v ' ; . --Sunday School Time#, i OLD HORNUS. i#higlo French regiment, on an trn- ;; jiheltered railroad biin&, stood like a tar- get for the : Prussian army, massed in '"Vfiie woods some SO yards away. As the bujlets fell thick about them, the French officers ordered their men to lie flown, but not one would obey. All xemained proudly standing about their lag. y-l In that broad expanse of green pas- 'glares and waving cornfields illumined vy||y the setting sun, that body of tor­ mented men, enveloped in a cloud of Imoke, looked like a flock surprised in ttie open fields by the first gust of a terrible tempest. It did indeed rain rl on that hillside! Nothing could heard but the crackling discharge l»f musketry, the heavy rumbling of •hells and the ceaseless vibration of balls all over the battlefield. Again and again the flag fell, but Jvery time a clear, bold voice rang out llbove the din of the musketry, the Oaths of the wounded, the death rattle Hi the dying; "To the flag, boys! To fee flag!" \ . And instantly, like a vague shadow •'* that fiery fog, an officer would spring forward, and the dauntless ensign, as if restored to life, would look down ,||gain upon the battle. Twenty-two times it fell. Twenty- Wo times its staff, still warm as it slip­ ped from a dying hand, was caught and faised again, and when at sunset the lemnant of the regiment, a little hand­ ful of men, slowly retreated the flag Was but a tattered rag in the hands of Sergeant Hornus, the twenty-third en­ sign of the day. ; This Sergeant Hornus, an old fellow Who could scarcely sign his name, had ieen 20 years in gaining the rank of f| noncommissioned officer. The mis- iries of the foundling and the brutality <§f the barracks had left their impress 111 his low, obstinate brow, his back bent fl»y the knapsack and that unscrupu­ lous air of the trooper in the ranks. He hammered a little, too, but eloquence is not essential in an ensign. That fame evening of the battle his colonel •aid to him, " You have the flag, my gallant fellow--well, keep it." And on his shabby army coat, worn ®t»d faded by rain and powder, the sut­ ler placed at once the golden badge of fie ensign. This was the one glory of is life. From this time the old troop-#r held up his head. The poor soul, Who heretofore had walked with bent . l>ack and downcast glance, henceforth Stood proudly erect, with eyes ever _ Jfcfted to watch that scrap of cloth flut­ tering in the breeze, and to hold it very |J|igh, very upright, above death, de­ feat and treachery. mu^AA Never was there a man so happy as Hornus when he stood on the battle­ field, lis hands clasped about his flag- In its leathern sheath. Silent, ' motionless, grave as a priest, one would ,, |tave said that he was holding some- ^ ilhlag sacred. His whole life, his whole $eiag, centered in the fingers gripped the beautiful golden rag upon Which the balls seemed to hurl them­ selves, and his defiant eyes looked the Prussians straight in the face as if to f.y,"Just trvnowto take it from me!" o one did try--not even death. After tose deadly battles of Borny ravelotte, the flag left the field cut to Sieces, literally riddled with bullet-oles, but it was still old Hornus who ? bore it. Then came September, the army at Metz, the siege, and that long encampment in the mud till the cannon .^Justed, and the finest troops in the -World, demoralized by inaction, by pack of provisions and of news, died in he trenches of fever and despair and eadly weariness. Leaders and men „ - wlilike lost confidence. Hornus alone still t fiad faith. His tricolor rag was all the World to him, and as long as he kept .* that it seemed to him that nothing was j lost. 11» ' Unfortunately, as there was no more ; -fighting, the colonel kept the flag at his r * quarters in one of the suburbs of Metz, • iuid honest Hornus was very like a ' Another whose child is out at nurse. fee thought of it continually, and when r s his longing for it became unendurable J ^« lie would rush off to the colonel's house, Where the mere sight of his flag, rest­ ing tranquilly in its riace against the wall. Would send him** u-k with cour­ age renewed, to dream under his eoak- ; ? Ing tent of marches, of battles, of the flag floating gayly down there on the Prussian trenches. * An order of Marshal Bazaine destroy- , *.. «d these illusions. One morning Hor- nus awoke to find the camp in an uj>- • roar, the soldiers in excited groupa ^ • ,/fhouting and talking angrily and ges- ticulating toward one part of the town. }t '• "Off with him! Shoot him!" they fe» cried, and the officers, walking apart fe, ,v/ '1 with heads bowed in shame before the 4 men, let them talk on unheeded, fc?. It was indeed shameful! To 150,000 % - WeU armed, abtebodied m«a had just m been read ah order surrendering them to the enemy without a blow. ** And the flags"--demanded Hornus. "The flags were surrendered with the rest--the guns, the remains of the wagon trains--everything." " Th-th-thunder!' 'stammered the poor fellow, "they shan't keep mine." And he set off on the run toward that side of the town. There, too, all was confusion. National guards, civilians and gardes mobiles were walking about. Deputations passed, trembling, on their way to the marshal's house. Hornus saw nothing, heard nothing. He hurried up the street, muttering to himself: "To take my flag from me! Come now, Can this be possible? Let him give the Prussians what is his own--his silver plate and his gilded coaches--but this is mine. It is my honor. I forbid any one to touch it." His sentences were broken up by his hurried pace and his stammering tongue; but, after all, the old fellow had a plan, a clear and fixed purpose to take his flag, to carry it into the midst of the regiment, and with any who would follow him to fall upon the Prus­ sians and destroy them utterly. When he reached the colonel's house, he was not even allowed to enter. The colonel too, Was furious and would admit no one, but Hornus did not understand this. He wept, he swore, he tried to push past the orderly. "My flag! I want my fl&g!*? ho shouted. Finally a window was thrown open. "It is you, Hornus?" "Yes," colonel--I" "All the flags are at the arsenal. Ton have only to go therefor a ver ceipt." "A receipt--for what?" ( "It is the marshal's order.-' "But, colonel" , *! *'GH--m--peace 1" and down ;1i(Nliil! the window. Old Mornns staggered like a drunken man. "A receipt. A receipt," he repeated mechanically. Finally he went bff with bit one clear idea in his head--- that his flag was at the arsenal, and that, come what would, he must see it •gain. The arsenal gates were opened wide for the passage of the Prussian wagons which were ranged in the yard. A chill passed over Hornus as he entered. All the other ensigns were there and 50 or 60 officers, silent and heartbroken. With the somber wagons standing in the rain and the groups of men with bared heads, it was like a funeral. All the flags of Bazaine's army were lying in a heap on one corner of the muddy pavement. Nothing could be sadder than those strips of bright hued silk, that debris of golden fringe and carved sticks, all that glorious paraphernalia thrown on the ground, soiled with mud and rain. An officer picked them np, one by one, and as his regiment was called each ensign went forward to get a re­ ceipt. Hard and unsympathetic, two Prussian officers watched the registra­ tion. 'yAnd yon are going away thus!--O, sacred, glorious tatters--displaying your rents, trailing sadly over the pave­ ment, like birds with broken wings! You are going away with the shame of beautiful things soiled, and each of you will carry away a little of France. In your worn folds the sunshine of• the long marches still lingers. In your bullet holes you preserve the memory of the unknown dead, fallen perchance beneath the banner, struck" "Hornus, you--they are calling you. Go get your receipt." ~ . . .. There was the flag before him. It was really his, the most beautiful^ the most mutilated of them all, and seeing it once more he seemed to be standing again on the railroad bank. He heard the balls sing, the shells burst and the colonel's voice, " To the flag, boyB!" His 22 comrades lay there on the ground, and he, the twenty-third, was springing forward in his turn to seiie it, to lift the poor Sag, tottering for want of a sustaining arm. Ah! he swore that day to defend it, to guard it till death. And now--the thought of pll this sent every drop of blood in his body to his head. Maddened, desperate, he sprang upon the Prussian officer, tore from his grasp his beloved ensign and tried to lift it very high, very upright, crying, "To the fl"-- but his voice died in his throat. The staff trembled and slipped from his fingers. In that weary air, that deadly air that weighed so heavily on the surrendered town, np flag could wave, no pride could live, and old Hor­ nus fell, crushed.--Alphonse Daudet. Horse Cures Horu. 'Of course horses cannot talk, bnt CURACOA, A QUEER ISLAND. Dependent Upon Rain For tW Water Bap- ply--Some Odd Cust/ms. rest littlo is- a. It lies 60 is about 60 le, and it has 50.000. •ocuring fresh pt by saving A number of irent places, each ^ te result. A few to a lesser depth [.ant tasting water Curacoa is one of the q lands of the Caribbean miles north of Venezuel miles long and 12 or 14 a population of more tha There is no means of water on the island e rainwater in reservoirs/ wells have been bored uj der the super­ vision of the Dutch govef lment, to which it belongs, but each endjkl in failure. | A curious statement/ regarding these borings is made by tl)<" inhabitants of the island. They say lbat in each and every case after a certain depth was reached the tools drotoed out of sight, indicating that there f no solid founda­ tion to the island. The^, borings were made in low places fid through hills, and in about 80 di with the same ulti: wells have been du and brackish, unpl is obtained from theitr fit only for mail' ufacturing purposes/ The approach of /'he rainy season is always an interestijjtf time there. The water in the rese^oir is low at this time, and the liativ.s eagerly await the opportunity to gsf iet a fresh supply. Clothing is never n/ashed there in fresh Water, but at all! IOUIH of the day the beach is alive with women beating the clothes with clubion the rocks. The houses are all built in the Dutch style, and are mo-tly of stone, with tile roofs. The streets are very narrow, in some places so narrow that it is possible to shake hands with the occupant of a room across the street simply by leaning out of the window. There is a scarcity of young women in the island, but an overplenty of old and wrinkled dames. It is said the young women leave home as soon as they are of marriageable age and seek husbands In Caracas, Venezuela, or some other South American city. Yet there are some of the prettiest girls there a traveler ever set eyes upon. They are the daughters of Dntch fathers and Spanish mother*, and the mingling of the two bloods has produced a beautiful race, which is grow­ ing quite nnmerous there. Three-quarters of the population is of African descent, or mixed African, Span­ ish, Dutch and Indian. A few Indians, paid to be descendants of the Caribs, are still to be found on the island living in huts of straw. Their sole business in these days seems to be the peddling of lottery tickets. Ev­ erybody invests in the lottery there, and as there are drawings each day the ped-' dling of tickets forma quite a paying business. Some of the Africans there are mag­ nificently formed, especially those em­ ployed along the lagoon in loading and unloading steamers and sljipfc* They are at home in the„water and w^jft dive un­ der a steamer for a "realtor 10 cent piece. Of late years they are forced to wear suits while sporting in the lagoon near the- battlements, but as the lagoon ex­ tends in the center of the island several miles each way they may be seen every evening making their way in punts to a point beyond observation where they can, enjoy themselves untrammeled by clothing. The Maca prnen, or monkey plnm, is thq favorite fruit, and the parrot is the favorite bird. For $1 a young parrot that can talk in Spanish may be pur­ chased, and^jfrpeking bird can be had for 50 cents. None of the liquor which obtains its name from theisland is made there now. The Dutch have taken hold of the manu­ facture of the liquor and have trans* ferred the business to Holland.--New York Herald. MURDER, ROBBERY AND ARSON. ^ CLOTHED**-- AND 1* HIS RIGHT MIN^ No m m can b* mid to bo thoronghly! in poRoeMion ot Ira senses who does tint pr vid« pro eoflon agatoet > tmoa* pheric chnn|<c>8 in t' e form of fill nnit w nter cloih rig, This is the sen sol* whei. yon *re most like'y to if.ke col<ls and ft iittle curt' now iha prevent a long fit of illness. Wonderful h w cneti|)ly we can fit TOO out with a pr jrer soil of c'othes. • nice coat, an , e egant To^t. i hand some pairof pants, or a sij li^h over«vat Our price , whict* are lower than evtr before, defy competition. Com* and ere us, and let ue take your meat u r<-, ' AUGUST BUCHHOLZ, McHENBY, ILL. Horse and Mule Jewelry, ' 1 "* * n#**" *• & * 1 J.V, m ' (JTi , 'At.'A SELLS '? if,a" *• u5 TAKES OLD STOVES IN EXCHANGE (-.s Vy . r ' » - it" '.2 .Ms -,vj •' M , , __ ,, ,, »"> >\) ' f- ^ ^.",1 : ffiuW-.'WMipectfully, 1 tjf M c O M B E R , '1 * e « West McHenry, 111. In Wbielx One of the Burglars Gets Ballet* In Him. OHIO AGO, Nov. 6.--Murder, robbery and arson has been committed at Wilmefeta. Frank Wheeler, a prominent citizen, caught a burglar in his house and killed him. r lie chased two others for half a block in vain and returned to find his home in flames. Mrs. Mary Cron, the mother of Mr. Wheeler's wife, was in the building and her body WHS burned. Noth­ ing but a few charred bones were found of her Lody, Underneath it and partly protected by a faiieo piece of iron was found a blood-stained knife. There are teeth marks on the hands of the dead robber and he bears evidence of a fight. Mr. Wheeler says he saw Mrs. Cron lying in her room covered with biood before he shot the burglar. Everything shows that Mrs. Cron was murdered by the man who now lies dead in Wilmette's jail. The dead robber'^ name is supposed to be Paul S. Logan, of Louisville. He had a testament in his pocket which an inves­ tigation shows was given him by his mother. There is no doubt that Mrs. they understand each other jijst the i Cron beard the burglars and they mur- same," remarked Peter Noell. jon© of the oldest and best known drivers on the Spring Grove avenue line of cars. '4 For a long time I have been driving a sturdy, solid old bay. Tliero is noth­ ing faBt about him, but wfcen it comes to pulling he can discount any other horse owned by the company. He knows, too, when he is lntclied up with a balky mate, and it is from bis actions on occasions of that kind that I am convinced that horses understand each other. When he in in harness with a balky partner, he will stand per­ fectly still and let the other do all the prancing and kicking. "When it quiets down a bit, he will rub its neck and puts his nose up to its ear, as if endeavoring to vhisper to it. When it becomes quiet, toe old fellow will make a move aa if to start. If the other takes the cue, well and good, but if there is one bit of rearing or jump­ ing he will settle back n his place and repeat the neck rubbing and supposed whispering operations. The second one is generally successful, end with a slight neigh, as if his efforts had proved suc­ cessful, the old fellow starts the car all by himself. I tell jou he can cure more balky horses of heir bad habits and in quicker time tiian all the train­ ers in Cincinnati put together."--Cia- cinnati C«nmeroial-<^zette. i dered her. Mr. Wheeler heard a noise, i and getting up and arming himself went out in the hall. He overtook Logan car­ rying a truuk away and shot him in the head. To make sure of him he lired six more balls iuto him, and in the meantime the other two burglars got such a start that he could not catch them. How the house took fire is not known, but the rob­ bers are supposed to have done it. Take advantage of low prices and buy your Harness, Blankets and Whips now. Blanket your horse and save oats. A very floe lot of Robes just received. CU8 CARLSON. McHenry, 111., 1893. 0. L HUBBARD, 1 Harness - Maker AMD DIAX.V1 IW HARNESS SADDLERY. Bridles, Blankets, Whips, 0UTTER8, Jfco* ALL GOODS AT COST! Stock must be closed out in ten days from date. Singrle and light double har­ ness at 30 per cent off. Heavy double harness 25 per cent off Several sets of second-hand double and single harness at al­ most nothing. All goods must go. A chance of a life-time, c. u HUBBARD. Nunda, 111*. 1893. SSngeln's UL001I AND RESTAURANT MoHENRV, ILLINOIS. Fixu Kentucky Liquori, French Bitters. McHenry Lager Beer, -AMD- J. Schlitz MMee Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Suits Glass to 1C0 barrels. AT WHOLESALE OB RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as cheap as the cheapest. We buy none but the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. all and see me and 1 will use ou well. ANTONY ENGELN. SMAILES BROS. Rooms 1, 3 and 4 DuBois Block, Our new Fall Goods are all in and comprise many new we* v& and designs. A cordial invitation i« extended *mr friend* and patrons to examine our stock. JUSTEN BROS., With two stores, one on the West side and one on the East side* (McHenry), they present to the buyiug public all kinds of FURNITURE Than ev»r before, whloh we »rp oflprlrjr »t greatlv . IS THE TTME TO BUT. REDUCED PRICES. |^.We also keep in stock a full lfne of samples of CARPBTf, snd we give yoh an.v tMtig from the cheapest to the finest Brussels at th§l»i any other house ID the county. , ^ We ha^e taken great pains In selecting our U f & t R T A K I N O - : - 8 U P r u . t « , Coffins. Oskets and Trimmings ot the latest designs. Everything new and elegant. We keep nothing but the best. Do not fall to call and see in whea la want of anything in onr lino A SPLENDID NEW BE ARSE, la connect!**, which will be furnished at Reasonable Rates. \ i. JUSTEN We wish to' announce to all who have pubiic auctions ill contemn plation that the PLAINDEALEB Office is headquarters tor Sale Bills* BALD HEADS! What is the condition of yours? Is your hair dry, harsh, brittle? Does it split at the ends? Has it a lifeless appearance? Does it fall out when combed or brushed ? Is it full of dandruff? Does your scalp itch ? Is it dry or in a heated condition ? If these are some of your symptoms be warned in time or you will become bald. SkookumRoot Hair Grower f is what you need. IU prod notion is not ani accident, but the result of scientific research. Knowledge of the diseases of the hair and scalp led to the discov­ ery of how to treat tbem. "Skookum " contains neither minerals nor oils. 11 i» not a Dye, but a delUrhtfulty cooling and refreshing Tonic. Hy cumulating the follicles, it ttopt failing hair» cure* dandruff and grows hair on bald Our facilities are such that we are able to do the best ot [work. &l we employ only first cla?s workmen, all jobs turned out by us are artistically printed Can [furnish any size or color of Sale Billflt on cloth ̂ card-board or paper, in the most approved styles* Our prices are most reasonable. A iree notice inserted in the PLAINDEAL- ER, McHenry ^unty's leading paper, for all who have theii bills printed at AUCTION SALE The undereigned will aell at Public Auction* : at the PLAINOEAL.ER office, in the village of J McHenry, from now until i Tuesday, March 31, 1894, j Between the hours of 7 A. M. and 6 P. M., eacb j dfty, except Sundays, the following proper^: ' j 10,000 SALE BILLS 10,1^ '•'f Or somewhere in the neighborhood o* that number which will announce some hing like 100 public a.up*: tions in McHenry and Lake Counties. These billd will offer tor sale p •vyvyNHOBSES Ranging in age from one to 24 years, and including , roadsters, racers and drafts of the best bieed«| known to man. CAT TLE. Of such celebrated breeds as burt'ams, Hois eins Jerseys, etc, and in condition sncb as to receive ther. praise of the best judges. -- -- -- Sheep and Hogs. -- -- -- All of which are handnon e in appearance and nearly, ready for butchering purposes or for the maiket*. FARM IMPLEMENTS, t % In great abundance, oomprisitg corn Planters,^ Re«pers, Mownrn, hav Kake< Harness, Wagons, j Buggies ami sietKhs; also a large amount of *-ouse- hol 1 Goods, and many other articles too numerous^, to mention TERMS,--All sums of ten dollars ard under casbfli In hand. A free notice will be given to each persons whuae sale bills are printed *n this i ffloe. • . it THE PUMNOCALEIK. O. RUPP, AUCTIONEER. G|S ~i" i' • T mm 5 ; this office. Of course we wi uld be pleated to do your worlc* Wo t , TB MfrM If ARK head*. UT Ke. thei use of _ (MM dftroy i If your dr prepaid, on r k per jar; 6 for I THE Soap. ©ft "j are here for that purpose^ ITou^will consult your own interests by| mlwansead dlmcttona. and nn«iiifnn»ni .s '• -t rapplyyou send dlr#ct to ns, and we will forward lice, wewer,*140p«r bottle; 6 for*5.0& Soaj.,50c. JN ROOT HAIR GROWER CO., Vtfth Avena*, Mew York, R. T. giving us a call. Very Truly Youre, ..jL/Jt kJi.l i§me "&r : i