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u Pledgees but to Truth, to Liberty antf Uw| No Favors Win us and no rear Shall Awe.'* M'HENBY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1894. , PUBLMUKD EVBBY WEDNESDAY mr -- - J " • V A S I I L T K S , '* EDITOR AND PROPBIETOB.* orricc IN THE NICHOLS SLOCK. Doors Korth of Perry A OVn'iStWi TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Subscription* reeelvM tlW i Months. S 00 lertpUOB* reeetvM lor three or six mon ths In the mm proportion. *i j,-, tfif \ * >!J n-n&. & : j;*-' RATES OP ADVEriTISINO: , W« MBoaasa liberal rates for advertising la tlrt PLUibiiLnt, ap<l endeavor to state them bo plainly that they will be readily on dsr stood. Thtjrtn as follows: 1&&SS3* 'K-;48 shesoneyear , - j, •- p. 19 00 R S « ; * » > 8 8 >Mr loooo One inehateaas the mesiarenvent of one t noh down the column, single eolnu width. Yearly advertisers, st the shore rates, have the privilege of changing ss often as they ehoose, without, extra marge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having standing cards) will be entitled to insertion of local aotioes at the rate of 5 eents per line each week. All others will he eharged 10 •eats per line the first week, and 6 eents per Use for eaeh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will he eharged at the rate of 10 eents pa liae, (nonpareil Ifpe, eaae aa this is set In) the first issue, and fonts per liae fOr sn bsequent issues. Time, aa ineh advertisement will oost #1.00 for one week, ILfiO for two weeks, •*.«> for three weeks, aad so on. The PLAIWDKAXSIS will be liberal In giving editorial notiees, but, aa a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary ; »»»«• _____ BUSINESS CARDS. S? , r. 0» OOLBY, D. D, a. T\EWTI«T. Woodstock. 111. Special atten- i.v, ±J sioa paid to regulating children's teeth •\ ' 'S. Partiea coming from s distance would do wel ,T „ to give timely notice by mail. Office, Kendal > block, corner Main street and t'ublic^quare f\- a J. HOWARD, M. D. & p," OHY^IOIAN ASD SURGEON, office st I the ersiaeaee of B. A, Howard, West gi , MoHenry, 111. <**• WWM. *. D- - DHYSIOlAN AND 3UROSON, MeBenry L Ills, office at Residence. . ' DR. A. S AURING EE, PHY8IOIAN ASD8UROEON. Ofliee a Dr Ohilds building, West MoHenry, 111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, Alt professional ealls promptly at­ tended to, ; |L F. IBBPAKD. I.H SH«rA*D SHEMRD * SHKMRD, ATTORNKYb AT LAW. Suite 512, North­ern Office Building, M LaSalle Street OMea«o(UL 1/ KNIGHT * BROWN, TTORNRYS AT LAW, U. 8. Express Oo.'s L Building, 87 sn«i8» Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. ' " i 1 ""' V, 3. LUMLET. A iMBHtT AT LAW, and °h*Boe^J30DST00K, ILL. Offioe in Park House, first floor. »' . *: JOSLTH A OASEY, A T TOftSBTS AT LAW. Woortstwik lll. A. Alt business will reoelve prompt atten­ tion. C. P. BARNKS, Solicitor, and I la specialty. I TOOK, ILLINOIS. mr. & P. SMITH, WRtohmaltff' 3c «J ©weler MeHfcNltY, ILLINOIS. (NnB Jloek ofOioek^%atehes and Jew- alary always oa bead.' Special attention a to repauing flnO wstobas. Give ma given a call. wstohes. JOHN P. SMITH. h « • Horsemen, Here. I have a fine steak of Hrses, among whleh are •' Young Green Mountain Mornn/' "Mor- rill Charles." and others. Call aad see these Horses before making arrangements else- Wh6r*' N. 8. COLBY. McHeary, 111 , Msy lO^lflM. ' ' -m »n» •! ' i."v M. C. MBAP« Jtutice of the Peace and General In- sM't twance Agent ncluding Accident Iff and XAfe Inmrance .•?..* OnriOB WITH B. GILBBRT, KKAB DWOT, WB8T MOHB5BT. ILL. , W. P. ST. CLAIR, %&0C6 of the Peace and Notary PubKe* Jkeal JSdtate and Insurance 'V: BUN DA, III* . C.F.BOLEY, Priirelir if IcHesry Brererf, McHKNRY, ILL. /';*) . Atoay* on Band with fit*"{ • B<*tt Beer. ̂ ;- .*» •iPiiP' lOCa IOC. Dose amok^ from your dgar arise Like incense in the air? j Or does it. only cause a smudge And make your neighbor swear? J Why will you stick to cabbage leaves And drive your friends afar, When you can purchase for a dime "Our Monogram" cigar? lOc- toe. BARBIAN BROS. KAKBBS or Choice Cigars. We ean sell you one or a thousand--retail or wholesale. WMe BACON) ' DEALER M ^ ^ , , Agricultural ~ 4 lmplemanta > • - & . , . , OF ALL KINDS, % 1 ILOHVNBT. |LL. ' *,»r " • * ; < ? V - - : ' < „.f '.IV? ' ^ I have vao CjbildreQV Holiday Goods, but if ^ou want a FIRST CLASS PUMI*, A PINE CUTTSII Or SLEICHy . Now !a the time to call ttftiS me, as I can give you bottom prices on anything in the Agri­ cultural line. .mm BACON, A. is. vHunOlt, Watohiuaker and Jeweler NO.On i HuadredTwenty-Five state St Ohi-oaae, 111. Special attention given to re pairlafr lae watches and Qhroaometers. j^Afull Assortment of Goods in his line P. I. PILCHEH. • Dental - Surgeon. - - Qflttvith Dr. Awrfngtr, WeM MeHtmry, JU. Oxown. Plate and Bridge Work artistically •*eeated at reasonable prices. Special aiUn tl^ gtru to the care or Children's Teeth. COMSULTATIOK FU1, MoHenry House, McHENRY. ILL. BJS1MEK. Prop**#, Betas situated oa the baatai of the Fox LiveMatfce VilHgeof MeHenry, epecialat «tm «tll be civen to the entertainment of Fishermea aad Pleasure Seekers MSX IN THE rtORJUD. GOAL & FEED 'In Good Supply, fpr Spot Cp$|§jy. m' •4*'< Prices Reduced Accordingly. ^'V'Wi" 11111 ~ -»Vi)»y von to • w. A. GUSTY, WEST SicBENBY, lit,. '•-•IT, -1 itwfS WcHENRY iii nm •r-i H. Miller & Son, -DEALERS Of- MARBLE ft GRANITE, n Supplied with Com m r. Monuments, Headstones Tablets, Eto. Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. 8*tlsfeetioa Cfauuttid. Shups at McHenry and Johns- burgh, III, where at all times can fee iound a good .assortment of finished work. Westerman & Son, HOUSE, SIGN AND CARRIAQB PAINTERS, MCHSJTBT, Icxntota. We are prepared to do all work la our liae On short notice and guarantee satisfaction PAPI|t HANGING A 9PKOIALTJT. Prices reasonable and work promptly done. WESTERMAN * OOK. KcBenry. January to, 1894. YOU KNOW WHO SKLLS- Boys cape Overcoats Men'p ebin Overcoats 450 Men's wool Baits 4 50 Boy's Suite... |l 26 and 2 50 Men's wool Shirt* and Drawers 50 f 1.5o Buck gloves only. .......l/IO Heavy lined gloves and mitts...«.... 55 8 pairs handsome socks 25 Beet beaver can 75 UuiiUieOsoIgoodB at thess prioes. E. LAWLUS. r V; •• Opposite Riverside House. Unite! States VarClni Apity WM- H. COWLIN, Woodstook - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classes and kinds of claims •gainst the United States tor ex-Solditrs, Iheir Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered if Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM. H. COWLM pftoeat Resideaee, lUuison St. Woodstoea mo has been unfortunate enough nev­ er to have visited our store should take the first opportunity to do so. Here he Will find ANYTHING He wants in the way of a watch, a clock, ©r jewelry of all kinds. The great variety to select from stands in strong contrast fvith our unvarying principle of selling at the bottom-most margin. n doings this there is scarcely ANY PROFIT On one article; bat a little profit on each of many sales suits ns better than a big per cent on a few. In this way we have the pleasure both of success in business and of benefitting the many instead of the few. Can we not benefit YoiJStu,; " Repairing of all kinds Promptly Attended to. IS THI TIMS TO Sewing Machine! Only $5 a month until paid, HEAMAN BROS. I^IIC 1)1 lll'llM II'IIII II|H1| mi'i'lnii ll)i(Tlill U.I I I I III Uliimiil I| I YOUR MONEY ~ - ' %t • SHOULD OBTADt FOB Ktl fte M M k tke Market. That la what we are sat* iatied to make* •» The Seat; " und think we ean *o demonstrate to you if you will givQ iiM the opportunity. >' ^ Osill In »nd «m the Goods and be convinced. CU8 CARLSON. I M W , . ' 4 ^ . % SOLK' DEPiBTMENT. BY AH OI4> SOUHBR. The democratic party has Ions Agi­ tated a "tariff for revalue only." Nov taey are cutting off the pensions of old soldiers "ott suspicion only.** At the present death fate pensions will drop off in 1895 upward of $30,000,000. The enemies of the old veterans won't be worried a decade hence. The posts aad corps of Illinois up to January 8 had contributed to the fund for the relief of the late Dr. Stephenson's family, in token of their regard for him as the founder of the G. A. R., |2Q2. Thomas Squires has been restored to the pension roll and is again receiving a pension. Who complained of him will probably never be known. The demo­ cratic plan being on the star chamber order the department refuses to tell who the person was that caused him all ol his trouble.--Sjcamore Republican. Dushane Post No. 3, G. A. R, of Balti­ more, takes a practical way of refuting Mr. Cleveland's statement that" thou­ sands of neighborhoods still have their well known fraudulent pensioners," by offering a reward of $25 for the first arrest and conviction of a resident ex- Union soldier on the charge of obtaining or attempting to obtain a pension by fraudulent means. That's business. John A. Dix Post, Sweedeeboro, N. J., answers the president's assertion about "thousands of neighborhoods having their well known fraudulent pensioners," by depositing $100 in bank as a reward to any one who shall secure the convic­ tion of any fraudulent pensioner in Gloucester county, N. J. At last ac­ counts the pension haters were not fall­ ing over each other in their haste to secure the reward, and yet $100 in cash is just as big in New Jersey as elsewbere at this tins. Robert L. Anderson, Zanftrntte, Fla., is a son of a veteran. He asks: "Did you ever hear a public school teacher, while instilling loyalty to the flag to a school-room full of pupils, trying to fill the minds of them with the idea that one of the boys in blue was entitled to as much respect and loyal reverence as the flag itself? 1 am afraid you will have to answer no. I hope that we will hear of some teacher who has thought .of this. Every time I hear of the teaching of loy alty to our country, to our flag, etc., I just want to jump up and Bhout, "And to their preservers 1' Why not? Did not the blood of those who bore the bat­ tle's brunt fairly boil when those who as­ sailed the Union tried to trail our beloved flag in the dust? Did not many who went to the front, and bared their breasts to the stern realities of war, nev­ er return? Are most of our veterans battle-scarred, maimed and crippled for life? Tes. What was their object? Was it not to 'preserve the Union and give to this country one flag and one point of the compass?9 Did they not accomplish their purpose ? Then why not teach the rising generation to point with pride to the boys in blue? "J Hew Fenaloa Bill*. Senator Allen (Neb. P.) is the author of th lateste pension bill introduced in the Senate. It provides that any pension granted to any person shall be conclusive against the government of the right to such pension, and it can only be canceled when made to appear to a court of com­ petent jurisdiction that the pension was obtained by fraud or perjury. The bill explicitly provides that neither the Secre­ tary of the Interior nor the Commission­ er of Pensions shall have the right to suspend or cancel a pension. In the Senate Mr. Cullom (111., R.) sub­ mitted a proposition to pension ex-slaves over 40 years of age, at rates ranging from $8 to $15 per month according to age. In the House Mr. looses (Ga. D.) intro­ duced a bell to repeal the law prohibiting the payment of pensions to the abettors of the confederacy or their heirs. Mr. Waugh (Ind. R.) is the author of a bill restoring to the rolls all suspended pensioners, and prohibiting the applica­ tion of new rules of evidence in cases already passed. great help. I afterward sent a little of it home, but our best judges of liquors coald not tell what it was.--H. G. B., Co. D, 66th 111. I f ' NEAR THE DEPOT. WWST MoHENRY, TT.T. Keept open for the eeeommodetloa of (be public s rtrat-Olaae Saloon and Restaurant, (Vhere be will st all times keep the beet i .ibta1"1" of Wines, Liquors end Ctes# t o b e f o u n d i n t h e m a r k e t ^ 1 . FAJSgOTC '. Uilw&okn Lagir Bmt. At Wholesale and Retail. Beer In Large or Smell Kegs or Bottles si- were on hnnd, cheeper then any other* Q,UAli- ty considered. Orders by meU promptly attended t* GOOD BTABUNB WOM HOIUWB WGailMd see ns. Robert SohMfti t . . . . . Pithy, Pointed and Pertinent. There is no truth in the report that Dick Crocker was Rex at the Mardi Gras festival at New Orleans. The man who is king of New York would not care to play king for a day at a carnival. That Chairman Wilson, of the House Ways and Means committee, is a cuckoo is of course true, but it was very bad taste for the New Yorkers who had in­ vited him to a banquet to publicly taunt him about it. Congressman Newiands, of Nevada, in* dignantly resents being classed as a pop­ ulist, and says he (belongs to the silver party, of Nevada. A Georgia paper calls the members of the legal fraternity who stir up strife in order to increase litigation "rator-back lawyers." As the razor-back hog is the most worthless in existence the name seems well applied to the shysters. Ex-Speaker Reed thinks the bane of, the democratic party is now, as it has always been, the domination of the South. Congressman Rayner, of Maryland, ought to have had sense enough to know that he couldn't make any friends for Mr. Cleveland's Hawaiian policy by sneering at "Old glory," but he didn't. Secretary Carlisle may find that Wail street copartnership a troublesome sa> tanglement before he gets through. Dan Yoorhees as a trust-smasher, re­ minds one of the time when he was a gold-bug killer. Dan is versatile, he is. Representative McCreary, of Kentucky, must have had a very poor opinion of American intelligence when he stood up in the House and declared that Mr. Cleveland had never decided to restore the Hawaiian monarchy. Distance lends exaggeration as well as enchantment. Two musket shots from Admiral Benham's flagship in the har­ bor of Rio Janeiro grew to be a broad­ side by the time the sound reached the United States. It may be just as toell $0 remark that Henri Watterson's new lecture on "The Compromises of Life," is not an inside history of the tariff plank of the Chicago convention. Some of the democrats in Congress seem to assume that a lie well stack to is as goad as the truth. They will dis­ cover their error when tike people get a whack at them again. In asking that the investigation of the New York police be secret Dr. Parkhurst was acting in the interests of health. He evidently believes the filth uncovered will be too rank for the public stomach. Secretary Carlisle's idea of a popular bond issue appears to be to sell nine- tenths of them to Wall street. Clark Howell, of the Atlantic Constitu­ tion, says: "Shylock has spoken for-the bonds, and Shylock will get them." Well, what elBe did you expect? Shy- look didn't put a democratic adminis­ tration in power for fun. Democratic good times are coming. Suppose wages are from 20 to 50 per cent lower, there will be plenty of work and the wage-earner will be humbled. Isn't that what democratic success was intended to bring about? It will be another one of Mr. Cleveland's "object lessons," intended to teach the working- man that he has been too haughty under a protective tariff. H® How They Got As I have not seen anything in the papers from the old 66th Illinois, I want to relate how Co. D got a good supper. About the last of November 1861, one regiment was doing duty in North Mis­ souri, at a place called Rennick, and a company of Gen. Price's command was at Centralia, but we did not know that fact, and to guard against surprise, sent Co. D to that place. Not having an en­ gine we put our baggage in a box car and shoved the car ourselves. As we ar rived at the station we saw the hotel was all astir. So we charged on it, but as we ebarged in at the front door Price's men went out of the back door. They were just sitting down to aw sup­ per of roast pig and turkey, so Co. D sat down and ate the supper intended for birds of another color. After supper some of ns reported to the hotel eellar where we found about twenty casks marked "old rye." We looked them over, found one fifteen years old and drew out about twenty canteens full. I tell you it was grand. I kept my share until the ot Mi. I tkm U>,aad it * AUCTION SALE. ^ The undersigned will sell at public auc­ tion, on his farm, two and one-half miles northeast of Ringwood, on Thursday, Feb. 15, 1894, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m., the following property: 11 good cows, coming in soon, 1 two- year-old heifer, coming in soon, 2 year­ ling heifers, 4 sheep, 1 bay mare, weight about 1200 pounds, 6 shoats, 2 sets double harness, I road cart, 1 pony corn shelier, 1 lumber wagon, 1 truck wagon, 1 double buggy, 1 Champion mower, 1 broadcast seeder, 1 harrow, 2 hay racks, 1 Thompson corn cultivator, 1 Thomp­ son hay rake, 2 plows, 1 roller, Milwau kee, Jr. binder, Ross feod cutter, horse power grinder, 2 pulverizers, 1 fanning mill, 6 milk cans, 1 scales, 1 stotieboat, 15 tons timothy hay, 1 stack corn stalks, and other articles. Free lunch atnoon. TERMS.--All sums of $10 and under cash. Over that sum a credit of one year on approved notes at 6 per cent interest. Two per oent off for cash. M. S. FKEUHD. F. K. GBANGEB, Auctioneer. ^ l | TREES! TREES 1 ° H. J. Poile has secured the agency for the New England Nurseribs, owned and operated by Chase Brothers Company of Rochester, N Y. These nurseries were established in 1857, and have attained a world wide reputation for fine quality of stock. Mr. Poile will call upon the people of McHenry and vicinity at his earliest convenience, and will offer for sale trees, flowers and shrubs. In prices he will defy competition, while his qual­ ity will be superb. He is well known here, and what he Bays may be accepted asfpMift./." > ^ : OCEAN TICKET^ & * To or from any part of Europe at lowest possible rates, over the White Star and North German Lloyd Steamship Com­ panies. Money sent at trifling coat to any part of the world. SIMON STOFFKL. This lump salt business should be in­ vestigated by ail. Anybody keeping a horse or cow should try it. It goes four times as far as the common salt. You put a lump in the manger and the stock A NAIL IN HER BRAlNjf ; Pantehes What Is Said to- ffa tlM Most Bcnutrkable Case on Record. For six weeks Mrs. Frank Roadson of Abilene lived with a sixpenny nadl in her skull. Remarkable as this story may seem, it is nevertheless true, and Mrs. Roadson, who is in her fifty-ninth year, will recover from this terrible ordeal. About eight weeks ago a physician was called to see her, she being apparently suffering from paralysis or some kindred trouble. One side seemed deadened, and no amount of will power on her part could cause normal action. Electric bat­ teries were applied repeatedly, and ef­ forts were made to induce the paralyzed nerves to act once more, but with little avail, until the physician, thinking per­ haps better results might be attained, or­ dered her thick hair cut off„ She objected, but it was done, and on examination a sore spot was discovered with the head of a nail imbedded there­ in upon the very crown of her head. All operation Was performed, and to the surprise of the physicians present a six­ penny nail 2 inches long was removed. It had penetrated straight into the brain Its full length, and an abscess had formed upon the brain because of its presence there. Two days later another operation was performed, the abscess was removed, and the patient is getting along well, apparently about to regain full control of her muscles. The most remarkable part of this strange story was the discovery of the cause of its being there. At first she stoutly denied any knowledge of it bein there, but at last admitted that she ha herself driven the nail into her skull, pounding it down with a stone, for the express purpose of ending her life. Phy­ sicians say this is the most remarkable case on record.--Topeka Special to St. Louis Republic. CANT GET MARRIED AT HOME. A Situation Which Is CMHIH; Oonples Considerable Annojunce. ~ A young man and a young woman , came over the line from New Brunswicl: the other day and were married says a Calais correspondent of tha'Baa* ; -A: ton Herald. They had no diffiettMy la r*} finding a minister to unite than, <&• . k though they very frankly explains* fear • ,V;%] they couldn't have got married in thwqf , t*- '/|'1 native place in New Brunswick. 1, \ '4 The reason for this seeming anomaly ' sj lies in the fact that Governor Boyd «f' | Few Brunswick is dead, and that •Ofay marriage license must be signed by tlia governor to be legal. It is true that it ?"1 was Governor Boyd's custom, as by ^ statute he was authorised to do, to sign , "•] quantities of these licenses in blank aad f • to distribute them to the various »l1ln«p';^ throughout the province whose busineai it is to attend to such things, to be filled v./ in as circumstances required. ' " *& Now, there is a very fine legal point , ^ j involved. The question is whether, du*» A ^ t ing the interregnum caused by Governor - \ Boyd's death and until the Doodnkn • government appoints his successor, HMN - marriage licenses signed by Governor Boyd are good. Can they be used imt& a new governor is sent down, or are ttuj . ,j useless as not bearing the signature <K the actual governor of the province? . j This is what is agitating the minds of ;'"- j the New Brunswick lawyers, and ea- < pecially of the betrothed cooples. They ^ J may indeed adopt the old fashioned method of calling the banns, bat that takes time, and time counts what the wedding day is set and the invitations are out. Perhaps they had best do aa the afor* mentioned couple did--go to Calais, aad thus make assurance doubly sura. EXHIBITS HIS HEART. This X* Vhst the Sabjeet of a Inaallaf Surgical Operation Does. Physicians of this city are receiving visits from an unfortunate citizen of Bnf* falo who has had a peculiar experience. Recently he called on a professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, who explained to a reporter yesterday the com dition of his visitor as follows: "The man had a disease of the chest some time ago and was operated upon by a physician in Buffalo, who found it nec­ essary to remove a part of the chest on the left side, exposing the heart. The wound healed, but the opening remained, so that now there is a considerable hole in his chest. There is of course some covering of skin over the heart, otherwise the man could not have survived, but the action of the heart is observable, and one can put his hand through the opening in the chest and feel the heart at work." The professor was unwilling to say much about the case, which he said was of special interest only to medical men. He said it was an extraordinary case and was worthy of being made the sub­ ject of a medical treatise. He under­ stood that the man was traveling about the country exhibiting himself to physi­ cians for a small consideration. "He came to me," he added, "and I examined him and gave him a small sum. He then went away, and I do not know where he is now." Another physician said that the hole was about 3 inches square and that three ribs had been cut in the operation. He said also that an opening similar to the one in the chest existed in the man's back, under the heart.--New York Sun. A Chinese Bzodos. Prominent Chinamen on the Pacific coast are predicting a big exodus of their countrymen from this continent and all other lands to the Celestial empire within a year or two. They will go to be pres­ ent at the big fair which occurs there once in 60 years and at which every sub­ ject of the great emperor tries to be pres­ ent. "Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of Chinese from all parts of the empire and the world will be there," says Interpreter Pon Se of San Francisco. "All nations will be invited and every­ body ought to go, for it will be the sight of a lifetime." The fair, he says, was founded many centuries ago and has been held regularly since. He«is not sure of the exact date, but it is within two years. Great preparations are being made for it all over the empire, and announcement of it will soon be made to the world.-- San Francisco Examiner. What Was It? A dispatch says a curious phenomenon was seen in the heavens by citizens of Wilmington, N. C., from 6:30to 7 o'clock the other morning. It made a grand Bight, but no one seems able to deter­ mine just what it was. Some describe it as a meteor and others as a comet. One eyewitness says it had £he appear­ ance of a large star with a tail, which to the naked eye seemed about 100 yards long. The end of it finally burst, leav­ ing a trail of fire of many beautiful colors. A colored astronomer says he saw the letters "W. W. W." distinctly outlined, while another avers that the word "Pre­ pare" was there as plain as day. Business Depression In Berlin. The Berliner Zeitung enlarges upon the present condition of starvation in German industries. Workshops which usually furnish employment to 30 men have been obliged to reduce their forces to two. The depression is felt most se­ verely in the building trades, including carpenters and cabinetmakers, but it also extends to others. The Christmas sales are reported by the shopkeepers to be small beyond parallel, only thfi clieapest goods finding buyers. •--• > Fall of the White Cttjft. Fifty carloads a day are now being moved from Jackson park by various lines, and at this rate three months more will be required to remove the World's fair exhibits. The railroads derive no revenue from this traffic, having agreed that exhibits brought to Chicago at full • BIMETALLISM IN ENGLAND. It IS ' _ *' -• -Eeri Salisbury*# Reeent Speech and What r s -if It Is Thought to Forecast. ' J • || Lord Salisbury's speech in the upper -\ 'J % house during the debate on Indian finanoe is regarded as a definite pronouncement in favor of international bimetallism. It is possibly destined to have momentous consequences. Sanguine bitnetalliHtspre­ dict the early inclusion of their currency scheme as a plank of thp orthodox Tory platform, but that is scarcely probaibie ' J until the numerous Tory moooinetallista , have been converted. The subject acquired considerable ,• W; prominence in the Acerington election rj contests, but that is scarcely to be won- > | dered at, because Lancashire has long - ' - J been the stronghold of bimetalBao. Even the Liberal newspapers of county are compelled, owing to the i sure of local opinion, to keep an open mind on currency matters, and some of them at present are giving considerable space to the discussion of the silver prob­ lem. The Liverpool Post, an influential Lib- eral organ, gave prominence the other day to a letter advocating the adoption by England and her dependencies and the United States- of a second, or silver, in­ ternational standard, without relation to the first, or gold, standard, "'all contracts made through gold currency being set­ tled by gold currency and all contracts made by the international dollar cur­ rency being settled by the international dollar currency, the latter being the s®v ver dollar divisible into 100 cents."--New York Sun's London Letter. Drained a Lake bjr Boring Helea. hi Florida Life is an article from pen of B. W. Partridge of MontioeUo with the above title. In it he describes the effect of the drought of 1891 on Lite Miccosukie, one of the largest lakes In middle Florida, when about 6,()00 acres of water became dry land for a spell* The rainy season of 1893 filled it wMt water again. Mr. Partridge conceived the ids* that the lake could be drained by boring hole* in its bottom and organised a company to try it. Experts were engsged to examine au$ report on the plan, and the result waif that the company has bored a number of holes in the bottom of Lake Miccosukie, and the water is rushing down through them via a subterranean passage to tfcto gulf. In a few months they expect to ith»: permanently drain the lake and cover 10,000 acres of valuable land. Mis'. An Artist In Snow. A young artist of Boston, after then* cent snowstorm in that city, made S Snow model in one of the public squares that attracted much attention. It rep­ resented a girl dressed in the height of fashion, standing with her arms folded. At her feet crouched a bulldog. The im­ age was modeled in elaborate detail, and though the thaw destroyed some of the fine lines succeeding cold weather preserved the figure. A young Swede, John Jepson, was the sculptor; hesGPOli about three hours on the work. hoping for another snowstorm to Him to put up a snow statue af ^SQU&e prominent Bostonian on the CtaoaMpk^;: Boston Correspondent. ; ^ Mixed the BEMM. While two wedding processions wevs fighting for the road at (me of the gates of Hankow the chairs holding the brides got mixed and each lady was takm to the wrong bridegroom. Th© genttemea never having seen their brides before ̂ according to Chinese custom, knew mo mistake until the mothers of the brides came to call upon them. Then it was found that one of the brides, who was rich and intended for arich husband, bail fallen into the hands of a very poor map. The problem remains unsolved.--Han­ kow Correspondent. * . -- . | . John J. lm«lh -• ;r, Ingalls looked more at ever when he made hisaddreasi City the other day. His long frock < olosely buttoned, accentuated the gamfc*? ness of his figure, and this, witb tibS streaks of white in his hair, mads T appea%to be "a compromise betweoil illuminated spook and aa srilMl moonbeam." The ex-statesman i* M ̂ also on this occasion to! lijil %• 1 " fe&L, s*dlt.r