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VOL. 23. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY -J. V AW SLY K E,- EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK Two Doore North of Perry & Owon'e Store, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year (in advance)............. .... 50 If Not Paifl within Three Months... ... 2 (ill Subscriptiono recolvcri for three or iix months in the same proportion. Dr. Walter C. Beslty, DENTIST WEST McHENBY. Office a* Geo. W. Bef ley's 1 Drugstore, | Examinations free ! butto Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe.' M'HENRY. ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1897. NO. 19. McHenry. RATES OF ADVERTISING: We announoe liberal rates for advertising In the PLAINDEALER, and endeavor to state them so plainly that they will be readily un­ derstood. 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Thus, an inoh advertisement will oost $1.00 for one week, |1.50 for two weeks, $3.00 for three weeks, and so on: The PLAIVDRALEB will be liberal in giving ad torial notloes, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary gain. All Foreign Advertising payable quarterly, in advance, These terms will be stiictly adhered to. BUSINESS CARDS. O. H. GILLMOUE, TTORNEY. Piobate work a speciHlty. L Office in Kenoal Llock. \Aoodstock. 111. KNIGHT & BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. IOO washingtor Street, CHICAGO. ILL. , FRANK L. SHEPAUD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Clark St.. Chicago. Suite 80--13-2 C. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, Solicitor, and Counselor, Collections ia specialty. WOOD8TOOK, ILLINOIS. FRANK R. JACEMAN, ATTORNEY AKD COUNBELOB AT LAW. Prompt an 1 careful attention t >t>llmat ters left in my hands, Money to loan, Offioe in Hoy Biork, W ousiock, 111. Telephone- office, 55, residence, 59. 35yl <. C. H. TEGERS, M, D- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MeHsnry IllB. Office at Resldenoe. JOS, L. ABT, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCC LIST, Office in Nichols Block, over Plaiudealer Office. McHenry TolephoneNo4 United £taKjffar_CIai Aiency W. H. COWLIN, WOODSTOCK. II L. Prosecutes all clashes and kinds of claims against the United St tea tor ex-soWiers, th'lr wives, depei dent reUiivee, < r heirs A specialty is mane in nrosecutiog old nn I re­ jected claims, All cdminiinications prompt1} answerea li postage slumps are enclosed for ,EPY' WM. H COLLIN, Office at residence Madison.St., Woodstock. Telephone No. 23. DR. A. E. At^RINOEH, PHYSICIAN ANDSURGEON. Office in the Stroner building, one door wett of A. P Baer's store, West McHenry, III. Residence, house formerly occupied by Or Osborne, All professional calls promptly at­ tended to JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker 4c Jeweler MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew -elry alway&on l^and. Special attentions given to repairing fine watehea. Give mf a call. JOHN P- HM1TE. W. A. CRISTY, Justice of the Peace. WEST McHENRY, ILL. Special Attention paid to Collections. H. C0 MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent. Including Accident and Life Insurance. WEST MCHENBT, TLL. W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public lieal Estate and Insurance. NUNDA, III. A. M. CHURCH, Watojimaker and Jeweler No. 126 State Street, Chicago. attention given to repairing Fine Watches an Chronometers. £ ynii Assortment of Goods in his line. A PROMINENT LAWYER. Of Greenville, III, Mr. C. E. Cook, writes.. "I have been troubled with billioueneas, sick headache, sour stomach, constipa turn, etc., for several years. I sought long and tried many teraedies, but was disappointed until I tried Syrup Pepsin. I can cheerfully recommend it to any suf­ fering from above complaints." J. A. Story, McHenry < Attend the Shoe Clearing Sale at Owen & Chapell'8. WILO J. L, HOWE, PIANO & ORGAN | Tuner & Repairer All Orders Promptly Attended to, DR. BAECHLER. DENTIST. Briip Plate Wortf , and everything pei- talnlng to Dentistry. Parties from a distance should drop a card a oay or two betore coming. Office. MfeHenry. Sttlf Igency for the Celebrated POLAR STAR Fancy Flour! Manufactured at New Prague, Minn., *• SMOKERS! When infant of a God Ciiar! CALL AT A. C. SPURLING, Veterinary - Surgeon, West MoIIenry, III. Special attention given to the treat menc of Cows. Office at residence on Waukegan street, one 'loor oast ot t olel Park. C. F. BOLEY, Piwielor of McHenry Brewery. McHENRY, ILL. Always on Band with the Best Beer. West Sid© Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES. E. »J. HANLY, Prop'r. WEST McHENRY, ILL. First class rigs, with or without drivers, turn shed at reasonable rates. Parties taken t" and from the Lakes In Easy Rigs, am) prompt connection made with all trains Our Rigs will be kept, in lirst class shape and we shall syare no pains to please our cus tomers at all times. Give us a call, E J. HANLY, West McHenry, 111,, Aug. 15. 1896. iPEBEY & OWED, Banners. MOHENRY, ILLINOIS This Bank receives deposits, buyt and sells Foreign and Domestic Ex change, and does a General Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner ana upon te:ms entirely satisfactory to our customers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. MONEY TO LOAM; On Real Estate and other first class security. Special attention given to co- lectiont, lIVfeXJUAlVCJE In Sirst Glass Companies at the Lowest R-Mes. Your i Reioectfully PERRY & OWEN, Notary Public H U M P H R E Y S ' No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 1 Cures Fever. 2 " Worms. 3 " Infants' Diseases. 4 " Diarrhea. 7 " Coughs. 8 Cures Neuralgia. 9 " Headache. No. lO " Dyspepsia. No. 11 " Deiayed Periods. No. 12 Leuchorrea. No. 13 Cures Croup. No. 14 *' Skin Diseases. No. 13 " Rheumatism. No- 16 " Malaria. No. 19 " Catarrh. No. 20 Cures Whooping Cough No. 21 " Asthma. No. 2 4 " General Debility. No. 26 " Sea-Sickness. No. 27 " Kidney Diseases. No. 28 Cures Nervous Debility. No. 30 " Urinary Diseases No. 32 " Heart Disease. No. 34 " Sore Throat. No. 77 " Colds and Grip. DR. HUMPHREYS' HOMEOPATHIC MANUAL or DISEASES MAILED FREE. Small bottles of pleasant pellets, fit the vest pocket. Sold by druggists, or sent prepaid receipt of price. 25 cents, except Nos. 28,-and 82 are made $100 size only. Humphreys' Medi- cine Company. Ill William St., New York. H U M P H R E Y S ' WITCH HAZEL OIL "THE PILE OINTMENT." For Piles--External or Internal, Blind or Bleeding: Fistula in Ano; Itching or Bleeding of the Kectunu The relief is immediate--the cure certain. PRICE, 60 CTS. TRIAL SIZE. 25 CT3. Sold by Druggists, of »ent poat-paid on receipt of price. HUXPUKKTS* A£D«CO.. Ill A118 tYUiUm 6L» SEW 10UK Gomplexion Preserved DR. HEBRA'S VIOLA CREAM Removes Freckles, Pimples, Liver-Moles, Blackheads, Sunburn and Tan, and re­ stores the skin to its origi­ nal freshness, producing a i clear and healthy torn fi plexion. Superior to All face* preparations and perfectly harmless. At all druggists, or mailed for 50ets. Send for circular. VIOLA SKIN SOAP is riislplj IncMpuible u • skin purifying Soap, unf-jo&lM for ihe toilet, and without a rival for the naracrr. Abwlutelr pure and delic&talj awdi* »ted. At draggists. Price 25 Cents. The Q. C. BITTNER CO., Toledo, O. Mills, are located :n the finest hard wheat country. Are.supplied with most' modern machinery, The Fancy" fs fully warranted and guaranteed The choicest in the marVet. Bought in car lots only and sold on lowest pos­ sible terms by SIK0H STOFFEL, WEST MeHENltY, ILI . Always in stock at Volo, 111., by E. RICHARDSON, JOHN ROSING JOHN RICHARDSON, Monty Mis Money Eariei J.D.LODTZjr. Merchant Tailor. Has just reeewd his fall samples, direci from the manufacturers, and can Save you from $2.50 to $4.00 On every suit. In short will save you the profit usually paid to middlemen Every suit he turns out is first class and a fit warranted. Suits, $ 16 00 and upwards. Pants, from $3.50 to $4. Strictly hand made and guaranteed ii> every particular. Gents' Furnishing Goods,r Am now offering: my entire stock oi Gents' Furnishing Goods, consisting ol Netktios, Collars, Cuffs, and Shirts of the very latest styles. At from 10 to 40 per cent below cost, as I wish to close them out. Come and inspeet my goods. 1 can save you dollars and cents. Very Respectfully, J. D. LODTZ, Jr. Barbian Bro.'s Block, McHenry. Ciarar and THE OL.D RELIABLE TobQfpco Dealers OTTR SPECIALTIES? Our Monogram, 10c. Barbian's Best hand made 5c The best cigars made. Sold by all local dealers. . JOHN J. BUUH, Restaurant" ^B°ardi"g H ouse, Near th« Iron Bridge, McHenrj', «oard by ' the Day or tVeck a ' Reasonable rr . tcs, V NIOF LINK OF ROW BOATS AT MY 1-ANOING. for rent by ihe hour or day, at reasonaolf rates. Pure Wlneg, Liquors and Choice Oigar8 always ou hund. ap-er eonstantly on draugli Good Stabling for Morse*. New Restaurant. ids. C. B, MURPHY, UKAI.KR IN FRUITS,: CONFECTIONERY, Bakery Supplies Etc ostrander Biock< West McHenry WariacrCo'i Meals at all Honrs; All kinds of Fruits, in their season. Bakery Supplies, fresh every day. Choice Confectionery, etc., alwa\> on hand. MRS- C B. MU«FHY. HVsf McHpnrv, (>ct. -<>, IS!)7. E. B. PERKINS PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES,: Artists' Materials. PAINTING, GRAINING, I KALS0MINING9 SIGN WRITING, ETC. Done 011 short notice. an<l clieaj as work ran be done. - r WALL PAPER!! At erre-1 y Pe InceHjjRatPs, to close out Soring stock. E. K. PERKINS. McHenry, June 30. 1897. Fie Great PrcflacM Stallion, 9701 2:21%. Standard under both trotting and pacing rules. Sired by Lakeland Abdallah 351 (ful brother to Harold, sire of Maud S), by Hambletonia 10. Dam Fannv B. a fast pacine mare by a son of Geo. M Patchen, 2:23%. Geo. O, 2:21J4r-is a chestnut horse, b •<ure toal getter, and is bred as near like Geo. Wilkes, the sire of trotters, as it is possible to get them. Geo. O is the sire of 8 in the list, a grandson 2:19%, and other#, as follows: Kthel B ....2:18* H«<nry <» 2:'2i»3s Mary Lee 2:22.5s Al(FOI.Q UJQ 2:27)t J. P. B :20M Pr.nce Harry D 2:30 \n<1 a fireat many other very pr^misinsr ones I will stana Geo. Oat my place in MoHenr a $25perhiare, payable In cash or due bill time of service, alareg not proving in foal will be entitled to a return aeueon or mcftiey refun'leil, at my option. A live colt guaranteed. The above price is final. Breed to a horse that h-» proven himstlf both a trotter aud a producer. L.H.OWEN, M' Henry. Til. Vera . ...2:28)< Volney, (i. S 2.19* Centreville, ... 2,31.5$ -'mithoonsian 2:24 Chicadee (3 yrs).2.3ix Ben. B.- . 2.22>s Savings, reoeived and loaned on earofoily ••• looted real wtato »curiti* a*d th» AN S. chare*. LaoauMad*ontiaaaaad_ to Kit borrow, i. It DILPW* atzM^ * All desiring Jardineers Vases, and all varieties "Of Flower Pots, call and s*e the large assortment at Jnlia A. Story's. Inspect our new fall and winter Under­ wear. b. STOFFEL. Another Street Car HOLD UP IN ICHICAGO. We are held up every morning anr evening by our customers where goof workuianskip mid up to date stock tun out the best Harness iu the couuty. We have the finest assortment of Rcbes, Blankets and Whips To be found in M-* .Henry County , Can so i l you a Blanket from 75c to 8«> And guarantee as repre.eened. . If you want to save money call aui see mo. Alap a Hoe flock <.f SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS Which will be sold cheaper than the sarii' goods can be bought elcewhere and war ranted as represented. UEPAIRI NO Promptly Attended to, bo not fail to call at oi.ee and get th- benefit of our bargains. CUS CARL SOW MclTonry, 111., Oct 12, 1H97. NEW HOTEL AND Boarding House Water Street. liflcHe My ANTON ENGLEN, Proprietor. Having completed my new building I am now prepared to take Boarders by the Day or Week, Give them the best accommo­ dations, and at KEASONABLE KATE*. My Rooms are all newly fur­ nished, well ventilated, and the building is practically Fire Proof. No pains will be spared to please all who may favor me with their patronage. ANTONY ENGEIJV. ' MeHflnrv. Tn.,J8P7. RINGWOOD. C E Fay and daughter spent Satur day at Elgin. N. I). Stevens. G. A. Stevpus, and Bert Bell were at Genoa Saturday.' £. P. Harrison occupies the rooms over the Farmer's factory. Mrs. 11. D.velly is eiitertaining htr brothers. ' > : Edwin Johonnott spent Sunday with triends here.' Jas. Ladd spent last Wednesday jn Chicago, . 1 A Ijttle child of Chas. Geske was "buried here list Friday. • Mr. Rich, of Elgin, spent Sunday in this village. •. - v .* M. \. 'Frisby, of C icago, called on friends here Sunday. Mrs. Jae. McDonald and Miss Lora spent Saturday with Mrs. C F. Harrison Mrs. Jas. Kemerling and Miss Hildn were Elgin visitors the latter part of lasi week. •fas. Kemerling has moved into tin house recently purchased of Chas. N Thompson. Our people aro preparing for anothes >ntertainpient to be «iven in the nea» future, for the side walk fund. Miss MatieHark and Mrs. .1. J. Brobk man. of-New York, called on friends hen Wednesday last. Chas. Stephenson while drawing stalk' fast Saturday met with an accident, th< load tipping over and he striking th< ground in such a way as to fracture his leg. Rl DGEFI ELD. The sick people are all on the gain. Chns Keeler was in Chicago Fridav. Miss Ida Crukshank is visiting at Prof r buyer's. N Garrison was iu Chicago on busines Tuesday. Mrs Fred Hartman was a Nunda call •r Wednesday. .l m Itobiuson was in Woodstock t.L< iirst of the week. Mrs. Carrie Hozelton and baby, ci Klgin, are visiting Mrs. Chas. Keeler. Emma Carlson is visiting friends in 'hicago. The Y. P. S. C. E. are talking abou get ting up an ice cream social. Mrs. Hunt and daughter. Lila, of Elgin visited at Doc Dufield's the middle of ti e veek. Amos Keeler, of Janesville, spent a f. w days last week with relatives and friendb here. Miss Dolly Jacobs and sister, Nina, •^pent Sunday with their grandma, Mrs. N. Jacobs. Frank Jackman aud wife, of Wood­ stock, called on the latter's parents Sunday. Mrs. Norman Jacobs is home fron Crystal Lake for a few days. She in end^ to spend the winter with her SOT t here. Mrs. M E (lilmore, G. S. J. T , of Chi •ago, spent; Saturday and Sunday i) Ridgefield. She will try to work up. »i luvenile Temple here. Later--Mrs. Gil- uore reorganized the Juvenile Temple Monday. The McHenry County Convention, I. O i. T., held at Cary on Saturday, Nov. (5 vas well attended by members of Car; irid llidgefield l.o<i»res. The McHenry. Crystal Lake and Chemung Lodures wen ported dead. We are very sorry fo< rhat as there now remains in McHenry ounty ouly two Good Templar Lodges SUICIDES SHUN IT. D«cliiiln); Popularity of Pruaalc Acl4 as an Agrency of Self Destruction. From New York Sun: Twenty years ago the most, familiar method of sui­ cide was poisoning by prussic acid. TEXAS SETS THE STYLES. A tone Star Newspaper Says It. and Mentions One Consplcnoas Instance. From the Port Lavacaen: The deni­ zens of the older states of the East love to rejoice in their own self-coh- Last year there were 384 Suicides in I stituted superiority aad conceit. These this city, 295 men and 89 women, and soft-shell '.creatures- lay back in. their of this number, as far as the official satisfaction, and it affords ;4hem su- records of the board of health go, not : Preme gratification to hear Texas pic- one used prustic acid. All the other poisons which are known to the science of medicine and can be easily procured turea as the. wild'and woolly outskirt of civilisation;,a,land dominated by the roaming cowboy "with the six-shooter were represented in the list--arsenic, i and the. rattlesnake hatband, aad"who muriatic acid, carbolic acid, cyanide of | prowls over the expansive prairies potassium, hydrate of'• chloral,' bichlor- I seeking some helpless human victim ide of mercury, paris green, the (avor-11° slaughter. It does uot occur 16 them ite with female suicides; carbon mpn- I the great Lone Star state is a land rf oxide, hydrocyanic acid, lime chloride, strychnine, morphine, nitric acid, opium, oxalic acid, and rough on rats, but no prussic acid by separate classi­ fication. The term prussic acid was first applied, chemists say, to the ses- quicyanide of iron, the acid of Prussian blue. It was subsequently applied to the protocyanide of iron, to the cyan- ohydric of iron, to the hydroguret of benzyle, the essential oil of bitter al­ monds and of the laurel cherry, and to cyanogen, and it may be possible that persons suicidically inclined and who accepted "prussic acid" as a clear and sure cut to oblivion from all mundane cares and griefs became perplexed at the definition of some of the chemicals and turned their attention to other acids, the scientific status of which is more clearly defined. And to this reas­ on, perhaps, may be ascribed the grow­ ing indifference to prussic acid which is shown by suicides generally at least in the city of Newr York, for in Europe, as far as recent official figures go, prus­ sic acid retains its former popularity, so to speak, as a means of self-destruc­ tion by suicides. The figures of the New York board of health show that one of the suicides of 1S96 adopted a method of destruction which would scarcely entitle his case to the isolation which the board of health gives it--one suicide by the use of alcohol. One pe­ culiar circumstance about suicides ob­ servable in the last annual report which the board of health, as such, in the present city of New York will make, is the fact that though the number of male foreigners who committed sui­ cide during the year is three times greater than the number of native born male suicides, there was very little dif­ ference between the native born and foreign born female suicides. Of eigh­ ty-nine in all, forty were natives of this country and forty-nine were foreign born. The number of male suicides is usually about three times greater than the niimber of female suicides, but be­ tween the years of 16 and 26 the num­ ber of male and female suicides is sub­ stantially the same; after that the num­ ber of male suicides is, of course, much greater. Between the ages of 45 and 65 last year, of 122 suicides. 105 were men. imitless possibilities; and th&f a large percentage of the. brains and energy of the nation and of the world has camped within her borders seeking fame and fortune, and that we have an up-to- date civilization here that knocks out the Europeanized and congested arttelo they glorify. Such is the ease, how­ ever. and the Lavacaen further begs to inform the inhabitants of the corrosive East who so love to flatter their own superiority and snatch beams out of the eyes of the West that Texas leads the fashions in this country. The Texas dude (and suffice it to say that we have begun to breed this variety of the hu­ man species within our midst in great numbers) puts on the latest spring '.ouches long before his brother ia the East has craw-led out of winter quar­ ters and is ready for another immuta- able edict from the decaying monarch­ ies of the old world. M. E. Fowler, one of the most fashionably decked-out ; men who rambles over these parts* went to New Y'ork at the beginning of summer and had an experience which shows how we stand on the dress ques- tion. He went to mix with friends and relatives and take in the giddy sights. In addition to the latest style suit he tapered himself off with a gray hat with a black band. He found that the Gotham natives had not yet caught on, but moved around in eld foggy raiment and thought that he had just suffered a death in his family, it is so always, and the Texas lady who goes East arrayed in the latest for the sea­ son often suffers from the gaping cur­ iosity and inquisitiveness of the local folks who must still wear out-of-date styles. When it comes to keeping up with the fashions, it is a settled fact that the East is not in it with Texas. HANGED THAT HE MIGHT LIVE Wanted Immediately RELIABLE MAN .OR WOPdAN. ASSURED INCOME TO RIGHT PER­ SON. THE BEST PAY EVER OF­ FERED FOR SIMILAR SERVICE. The Cosmopolitan Magazine, edited by JOHN BRISBEN WALKER, wishes to add a quarter of a million tq its clientele, already the larg­ est, of intelligent thinking readers possessed by any periodical in the world. IT IS PREPARED TO PAY HAND­ SOMELY FOR ASSISTANCE REN­ DERED. It wishes the services of one reliable man or woman in every town, village, country^ district, or manufacturing establishment in every State. All that ia required , of any one ia reliability, earnestness and work. No matter on what other work you are engaged, it will pay you to examine into this offer. Apply, statin? position, capability and refer­ ences, to THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE, Irvington-on-the-Hudson, New Yotr GREENWOOD. Mr. Chas Herrington is on the sic' list. Dwight Smith, oi Itidg« fiold was ii >ur burg Saturday last. li. J D.vgert was a Hebron visitorlas^ *eek Wednesday aud Thursday. Walter (J Dvgprt returned to hishoui' near this village hist week Wednesday. Mesdaims Hobbins and Westeroia' vvfar led over io see Ilingwood frund Suudav afternoon. Fred Moore, of Michigan, is visiting friends and relatives in this vicinity." Among those from here who attend*1 the Horse Show were Mee>-rs Wesson Stratton, Geo. Hunt, Clarence auc Myron Uoddard. ... .. Miss Dewey returned to hrr home it Ohio Inst week, after a visit < f over b year with her sister Mrs. Dr. Hurt. 15. B. Marbl", our dusty miller, bar auf a new engine in the mill and now haf sufficient.power to ktep the wheel turn­ ing night and day. He will grind youi f.«d until further notice for Go per bag. N J Garrison and wife were welcom- visitors from RHgeflfld Sunday. The.' returned Mrs Porter, Mr. G's grand mother, who has been visiting at Ridge field the past two weeks, to her home at 0. Garri on's. Wj notice that Mr. Ed. Wesson luu bunt an addition to his barn, Levi Cowdry an addition and other improve rnents to his house. Wm. Walkington an addition to his house. J. X. Rarbe- a new separator house, also a new hep house 18x50 feet. Florence and Harvey Cowdry win have spent the past few mouths witl their grandparent* in this place, returned to Chicago with their father Herb Cowdry who came out after them or Saturday last. WANTED --TRUSTWORTHY ANI active gentlemen or ladies tc trinvel for respo i' l-. ablished house in Illinois. Monthly f65 and expenses. Position steady. Reference. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Th< Dominiou Company, Dept. Y, Chicago. L A GREAT DEAL Of unnecessary expenditure of time and money may be sa ved if you will only keep a bottle of Dr Caldwtll's Syrup Pepsin in the hpuse. Nine-tenths of all ordinary sickness is from the stomach; keep that onran in proper condition and all will be well. Syrnp Pepsui ia-^v-HfM^ific Trial sizf bottles 10c, large sizesSiQc and §1 00, of Julia A. Story. Smnll precautions often prevent great mischiefs. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are very small pills in size, but are most effective in preventing the most- serious forms of liver and stomach troubles. They cure constipation and headache and regulate the bowels. J. A. Story, McHenry, DEATH OF ELIZABETH. She Becamo Despondent All at Once and Pined Away, Of the efficacy of physic Queen Eliza­ beth had always been skeptical, says the Cornhill Magazine. Now ten or twelve physicians came to the palace, each promising "with all manner of as- servation," "her perfect and easy recov­ ery if she wrould follow a simple course of treatment." But they spoke in vain. Nor could the protests of councilors, divines and waiting women induce her to accept medical assistance. Her mel­ ancholy was "settled and irremovable," and she had no wish to prolong it by lengthening out her life. She only broke silence to murmur: "I am not sick, I feel no pain, and yet I pine away." She was asked whether she had any secret cause of grief. She re­ plied that she knew of nothing in the world worthy of troubling her. At length, by force (It is said) she was lifted from the cushions and put to bed. Her condition underwent no change. Gradually those about her re­ alized that "she might live if she would use means," but that she would not be persuaded, and princes, as they tear­ fully acknowledge, cannot be coerced. Nevertheless, until the third week,they looked forward to a renewal of her old vivacity and the dispersal of her leth­ argy. But during the week it was perceived that the ground she had lost could only be recovered by miracle. On Wednesday, March 23, her councilors entered her bedchamber to receive her last instructions. Sht& had none to give. The archbishop and bishops of­ fered up prayer at her bedside, and she derived some comfort from their min­ istrations. In the evening she sunk into a quiet sleep, such as she had sought without avail for nearly a month. She never woke again. About 3 o'clock in the morning of March £4 she departed this life, mildly like a lamb, easily like a rip£ apple from the tree." . When she was examined after death her physicians reported that "she had a body of firm and perfect constitution, likely to have lived many years." Death was, in fact, prepared to the last to bargain with her for a few more years of life, but his terms Implied an enfeeblement of those fac­ ulties on whose unrestricted exercise her queenly frame seemed to her to de-, pend. By refusing to be party to the truce she invited her overthrow, But she never acknowledged herself van­ quished; she made no will, she be­ stowed no gift on any of the faithful attendants who wept beside her death­ bed. and she declined to guide her council in the choice of a successor. Peculiar Sorgical Operation Successfully Performed iu a California Hospital. From the San Francisco Chronicle: A very delicate and extremely rare surgical operation has been performed successfully at the French hospital in this city upon C. Hoffman, a young German farmer. By it not only his lifa has been saved, but he is on the speedy way to the recovery of health. Hoff­ man was employed on a farm near Knight'? Ferry. During the latter part of July he fell backward off a wagon, striking the hard ground with the back of his head, and fractured the third cervical vertebrae, an injury which in nearly every case proved* fatal. An examination by the physi­ cians in the country disclosed the ser­ iousness of the injury-, and thev gave it as their opinion that not one in a thousand ever could survive it. The fracture prevented the moving of the injured man's head in any direction. •The slightest attempt to move the head caused violent vomiting, brought ou fainting spells, and impeded respira­ tion. The patient was given very lit­ tle nourishment with a spoon, and had to be kept constantly in one position. His frame wasted away, and yet he lingered, suffering great agony. On August 11 he was brought to the French hospital in this city, where the physicians decided upon an operation as the only possible means of saving the life of the parent. In the pres­ ence ot the hospital house staff and a number of consulting physicians the operation was performed August 15. An incision was made in the neck, expos­ ing the vertebrae, which showed the injury to the third process, the arch cf which was removed, as was a por­ tion of the second vertebrae, thus re­ moving the obstacle to the unrestrict­ ed motion of the head. The wound was closed and an extension apparatus applied. The patient rests ou an in­ clined plaice. The weight of his body acts as a counter extension to the weight applied to the extension appar­ atus, which is attached to the head, and the patient is virtually suspended by the neck until he shall be restored tc health. The wound has been dress­ ed four times since the operation waa performed, and the patient is doing well. At the last dressing Dr. Oscar J. Mayer, the operating sugeon, was very sanguine that his patient would soon be restored to perfect health. A Flexible Bicycle Seat. In a new bicycle saddle a fluid-tight cushion is filled with glycerine or sim­ ilar sirup and inclosed by a leather covering to make a flexible seat. G. W. BESLE\'S Condition Powders, for Horses, Cattle and Hogs, is the finest article of the kintVon the market. Eve-y horse owner should try a_ package. They never would be without it The "Bicyclist's Best Friend" is a fa- iliar name for D*Witt's Witch HazeP <a!ve, always read* for emergencies. While a specific for piles, it also instantly relieves and cures cuts, bruises, salt rbeQnvecz ma, and all affections of the skin. It never fails. J. A. Story, McHenry. The three year-old boy cf J. A. John­ son, of Lynn Cebter. PL. is subject to at­ tacks of croup. 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