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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty an<i| Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 13. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1888. NO. 27. ish tfft&ftlTT fllllilialii •tllWf P liilWWft VnuniD BTBST wunwir vx -*f. v;jkis SLTKli,* *»ITOR;AND {PROPRIETOR. ice in Bishop's Block,! --OmiIIi PBKRT ft OWEN'I * FKRMS «S(TB90BIPT10W. ' #i»'1r«*r (In MYmaee) tUfrntPn -- Paid within Three Month*..... Snescriptioa* reoeive.1 for three •oaths ia the same proportion. ... IN or ill Bates of Advertising. W« anaounc* liberal rates for advertising l* tfc* PT-MKORALER, ami enlearor to state lk«M •• plainly that the? will b« readily un- (•ratood. They arras folkawai s-,-. , -- 1 Iaek one year 5 •• t Tacfce* on* year . . .. M» t Iactea one year - ... 15 M Oilnnione yehr • - > > SAM V Colnan oao year. . - . • 60 M Oolamn on* year . . . * > 0» •no Inch meann w»#a§»ti"®nMWrtof one •Ah down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, ha*0 Mo privilege of ehanicing as often as they •o, with* •hi Soot extra rbarge. Refill *r advertiser* (meaning those having •taailag eards) will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate of 5 cento per line weh week. All others will be charged IS •eats for line the first week, and! cents per llao fl»r oaoh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged *t the rfeto of M cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and f eeats per line for subsequent issues. Time, •a iaeb advertisement will cost $1,00 for one treek, 61.50 for two weeks, fLM for three Weeks, and so on. The PI-ATHDRALM will be liberal in giving tutorial notieos, but, as a business rule, It mil requtre a suitable fee from everybody •eeklng the use of its columns tor peouniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. ft. T. BROWN, M. D. PBYSIOIAN ANT) SURG EOS. 0«ce at Residence, Mcttenry, 111. O. H. ritGERS, M, D- PH^STOiAN AND SURGEON, MeHenry, 111*. Ofllce at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. PBYHIOIAS AND SURGEON, MeHenry, 111. Office at Residence, one door West M M. B. Church. BARBIAN BROS. .. Of- ^ dors solicited. Shop, la Old MeHenry, a Keiter Block, third door west of Riverside fftGAR Manufacturers, MeHenry, 111. \J " ' VfK' •ease. Livery Stable. E. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First _ clteserigs, with or without drivers ratshed at reasonable rates. Teaming of klads done on short notice. NEAR THE DEPOT, WEST MolIENBY, ILL. Reepa open for the accommodation of the Fubli-- a rirst-fllasB * Balssa aai BrtsturaSt* W>*r* ho wiHl at all limes keep n ' koF Wlucs, Liquors and Ol« • •tr l imes keep i-lio IJOS?. quo' he fonmt'ln the market. % AIM» Agent For FUANZ' FALK'8 9ILWAQKEE LAGER BEER Boor ia Largs or Small Kegs or Bottles al- trays on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. • triers by promptly attended to. mOUD »TABLlN<a FOR HORSED iftroall and see as. Robert ftchies*le. West MeHenry, III. JL. England mOOS AND ES3TAURANT. MUHBNVtY, ILLINOIS. *?; i f f ) - tjri $ , Fbu Kintuckj; Liquors, : ; Frinch Bitters, " ICcHtaty Lajsr Bser, frlki'UilwukH 8M, --AND-- % BUSINESS CARDS. PAUL BROWN, TTORNBT AT LAW. 88 LaSatU Street L CHICAGO. ILL. M T. ELLSWORTH, ATTORNEY at Law, and Solicitor ia Oban eery, Nunda, III. ASA W. SMITH, TTORNET AT LAW and Bolleitoif(la k. Chancery.--Woodstoek, I1L MARY G. BARBIAN. HAIR WORKER. AH kinds of Hair Work done in first class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms st residence, north, east corner of Public Square, MeHenry, I1L D1 D1W. C. E. WILLIAMS ft DAHLIN. EN TIST5. Residence Dundee. Will be at MeHenry, at Parker House, the 10th 11th 28th and 26th of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday I make my visits on the following Monday, and the firnt day of such visit occurs oa Friday, I will stav but one day. Unite! States War Cljiii Apnci --or-- WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock, * Illinois. Prosecutes all cla##^ fcffete of claims against the United States for ex Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A speriitUv is made In prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enoiosed for reply. WM, H. CO WLJX, Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodstock, Illinois. John Neison, -PHACTICAIi-. -A»Dr Blacksmith Shop at Bishops Old Warehouse neat* the Iron Bridge. MeHenry, - Illinois. Having ftn experience of many years in the business I flatter myself that I can please all who may give me a call. REPAIRING. Ironing, and all kinds of General Black- smithlng done promptly and in a workman­ like manner. My motto will be low prices, good work and done promptly. Givemeacali. JOHN NEISON. MeHenry, No^. 30th, 1887 SALESMEN WANTED. We are in want of a few more good men to canvaas for the sale of choice varieties of N ur&erv Stock . To men who can make a sue- cess of the business we san pay f?'»o<l salaries or ••>>minis«ien »"<1 K've permanent employ­ ment We h-ive ranny new »• d «-hoice »pe- '•if«lt'C«, in ihe fruit and or^amenta1 (me, *vht' ,'i r>t'ter« il<> >'Oi h-indle *end for oiirne-v «••'»•«loi'u-- of re'nhiiisp, bulb ami brd<!in(f !»' I 'M * 'I frw r»-i a >)>l'>Mlinn \ " O: -'e, vit i reforen ••«, L L MAT ft CO . Jfu"-«erTmem aad 71oriata, We beat the world for tow nrioes. A handsome and JOSLTN ft OASET, Woodstock 111. receive prompt atten- ATTORNETS AT LAW, A "All business #ill recOi< JOHN KLIIPCKN. HOUSE Painter, Gralner, Oalcimlner and Paper Hanger. Residence one Block West of Riverside House. Work attended to promptly and on reaeonable terms. '•AY 6QD BLESS YOU." A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler | NO. lit SOUTH CLARK STREET, Chi­cago, III. Special attention given to re­ pairing fine watcheswid Chronometers. IVA full Assortment cf Goods in hie line 81 for 13 Weeks. The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any address In the Uilted States for throe month* on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmasters, agetittand clubs. Sample copies mailed free Address all order* to KICHABD K. FOX, FKAHKLIK S<JBARK, New Tork. AT THE OLD STAND, JAOOB BONSLKTT SALOON AND RESTAURANT, at the Old 1 Stand, opposite Bishop's mill, MeHenry, III. The choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars to ho found in the county. Warm or oold meals on short netieo on application. PHIL BET'S MILWAUKEE BKBRbythe Bottle or Case, always on hand. GOOB STABLING FOR HORSES. ATTENTION I farmers and Dairyman It will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS ;Fresh milkers or springers, premises before purchasing. •ucb ^ C»r load or single PORTER H. WOLFBUM, -, chimum. iNi'm Ibur ssiles northwest of Harvard, lUineia. cull at 9j I can farnlah cow. PUMP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersigned is prepared to do all lob* ia the line of Digging Wells, Repairing " Pumps, Cementing Wells, or will put in 2T«OT Pumps. On short notiee and warrant satisfaction. Ia short will do tcil work in this line. Can famish you a new Pump, either wood olr iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a aew Pump, give me a call. dVOrders by mail promptly Post Office, Jonnsburgh, III. attended to. L. BANTES. Johnsnnrgh, 111., lfay 25th, IMS, W -DEAIKU IN'- trongly Bound Photo­ graph Album, 8H * 10H " • of Cab- AGENTS Indus, tilt sidss and edges", holdingOlMpi of Cab­ inet and Card picture, sent for 60 cent*, wtall pric., tl.K. AMPIsA PhMsnaph AUast.lX *10X Embossed padded sides, gold edges, extension CU.P, holding of^in.ts^rd^ictum ALBUMS •> VMwmy, uviuuv "J P*|PJ "• ssnt for *1.00, retails for KM. ••Kof the above and -- fncfi FiK*a8TTi*s or Fetshee A neHskla, Madaastl, Olilo. C. Q. ANDREWS, GENERAL SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most mmisa ims. , C. C. Anredws, Spring; Grove, 111. •••ring irove. Sept. 8th, 18SB. 11-11-Sm E. LA arms, J. Scklilz Milfute Bottle Beer, Ia any quantity from a Snitfc GlMt to 5C0 barrels. AT WHOELSALE o» RETAIL Be«r in bottles, ke^s 'er we a» •k«mp m the cheapest. r« bay noae bat the beet a>d at Keaa«iu:ble Prices. Call and see me aad I will a«e yaawell. * ANTONY ENGELN. %I11., 1886, Warrants a Fit or We make Suits to order of the oeet Cloths,^ Foreign or Homes- tic 11 THE LOWEST PRICES 1'hat good Goods can be sold HK ALSO Claans and Repairs Clothes Neatly aad on short notice. a Call LAWLU8. 19th, im. Rye aad Kill Feed. Prices as Low ASTHELOWEST Call f nd get figures before buy­ ing elsewhere. Will guarantee you satinet ttioa in particu­ lar. • Don't Pay AnyOh© To Buy YeuFtid For YOB. Large new Wurehouae at the Pickle Factory in West McHenr), Illinois. W. A. CK1STY. -BRKBDBB8 MORGAN HORSES, ltd Pellsd Aagui, ' And Jersey Cattle. Hillside Farm, West MeHenry, Ills bred, and oh In the Onr Mernn Stack is all Ipnrs originated from the best Morgan ilotk United SUtos. Old Gilford Morgan, who stands at the head •four Stock. Is one ot the best breed MorgaYt iiorses In the country, ami can show more and •tetter all purpose colts than any other hone t the West. We Invite the Inspection ef onr stock t>r torsemen and all lovors ol line animals. A few fall blood Morgan Oelta and yoana nerses for tale, Also (me matched team, foil •loedn. In O&ttle we have the fnll bleod Short Born vbiehweare crossing with the He<l Polled Angus and therefore instead •f'lia wing off the noras we are breeding ttsmMC and with ipd snaoess. A few Heifera and <ihert Horns aad the for sale. J, R. taylor Bulls, cross ab A Boston Paper-Hanger's Trouble •nd how he got out of It-Plain Words from the Sunny South. When we are In trouble <ve cry for help. Whrrf we are relieved vre often forget to he thankful. But not always, Mr. W. W. Griffin, ot Trout Creak St. Olair Co., Ala,, writes: "I had A oad ntiark of .chills HK<1 fover. My system was full of malaria, for i wo years I wa< scarcelT able to work at all. Sometimes m? heart would palpitate for two heurs at a time. My legs wouia got c»»id to the knees, ami I fully expected to die. In September, lWl. I *x>ught n imttie of ^htiker Extract "f R'Wts, or Seieel'e Curative Svrun, of Tour agent, Mr R. M. King, and betece I had taken the first bottle I lelt better, and In a short lime w<s« able to go »o work. May tfo'l bless vou for the go<vi yon have done." Mr Win J. MeCann;99 Randall st, Boston, writes: "Six months ago I began to tl>h»w np my food hfter eating I thought 1 was go ing into consumption (soon begin to have pain In the chest, stomach and sides. I got little sleep an<i awoke al> tired out. I once lost five pounds in four day s. I began using Shaker Extract of Hoots, or Seigel's Svrup, and when I bad finished the sixth bottle I conld eat three square meals a day, and go to sleep the oninute 1 struct the bed. I am a paper hanger by trade, and have worked •very day since I took the second bottle, and rdned 18 pounds I ou*ht to be thankful and am " This remedy opens all the natural passages •f the body, expels tits poison froin the blood and enables nature to rebuild what dl- sense has destroyed. Shaker Extract of Roots, or Seigel's Svrup \* sold by all druggist*,'or send to the proprl- •tor, A. J. >^hite, H Warren st, New York. CHICAGO^ ,-YGX)IAEGE OF COMMERCE, I I O M o n r o e S t r e e t . Bdnrate for Wlsincss at tKt# Practical Institution, students cab enter at any time. -to* P F, JUDO, Principal. JOHN P.SMITH, #Atphmaker <& JBWNM*, MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. ArTKB stock of Clooky, Watches snd Jew. elryalwavson hand. Special attention given te repairing fine watchos. Give m« a oall. ^ JOHN P- SMITH CHICAGO*"0 NORTH- WESTERN • • RAILWAY. finfltrttei the ContresI'ofC v Population In i Iowa, Wisconsio, Soldier Department. OOKTBtBUTBD BT «X, H. COWLIN. C- A. R« Directory. M'NKKRT POST KO. <US. "Meetfc the First and Third Friday evenings of each month. L, E. BKKKBTT, Ooa. BICHKOND FOST HO 388. the second Fridij evening of ICaata eachmc nth. Wti. PBAOodK, COM. . WOODSTOCK ROST. HO MS, Meete drat and thftit Monday evenings of each month. WM. ATBBT, OOM. HUHDA FOST, Meets the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month. WH. BVTLBB, Oom. lUIViBD POST, HO 196. Meets the second ana toartn Monday even Inga ot «ach month. .1. W. SKATBBHB, Oom. MAKKHQO POST, NO. MO, Meets every Second and Fourth Friday •venlnga of each month. B. A MOKKIB, OOM. WAtTOONDA POST, HO. 36ft. Post meets everv second and fonrth»Satnr- day evening in G. A. K Hal I. Main St. WABBBH E. POWERS, Oem, Dakota, letrash M Vyomiai. Its train service is carefully arranged to a»eet. requirements ol IO<-H| travel, as well as tr> furnish the mosr sttn«".ttve routes for firough travel lietween Itnportant Trads Cezxtrea. : Its equipment of day and parlor cars, dtn- tog and place sleeping can» is wtthoi)> itv^l. Its ro:»d bed is perfe ction, of stone ballast-- erl steel. The Northwestern is the fsvorlte route for the commercial tiaveler, the tourist and the seekers after new homes lu the golden 'Northwest. Detailed information cheerfully furnished by BERNARD BUSS. Agent, MeHenry, III- J. M. WHITMAN, , Manager. H. C. WICKER, Traffic Manager. R P. WILSON, General Pasienger Age,iL D. NCCDHAM'8 SONS 116-11' Dearborn Street CHICACMI Cores ^mr,'C^iuThTB'TnUMum. Rlieitmstism, Dynpcpsla, Stok Hc*d«che. Constipation, Pllss. Wbooplns Counh, and all UN send for cir­ cular. Mention paper. FOB SAL.K at H. V. *H»FAttD'8 Hardware Store, MeHenry. For Sala Cheap ABMICBMCE li toe a Good Mm Location. {(I offer for sale my store buildings, situated n ithe village of "MeHenry. They are of brick, two stories high, and suitable for any kind oi busings, with goon residence rooms in second story. Also good barn and out. houses. Centrally located, nearly opposite Bishop's Mill and next door to the post office Also offer for sale my Cigar and Tobacco business. Will sell building either wltb or without business to suit purchaser _ J, PEKOV5KT, MeHenry, III., May 11, 1887. ARBUCKLES' Mtns on a package of GOFFEE is a guarantee of excellence- ARIOSA COFFEE Is kept In all flrst-olass from the Atlantic to the COFFEE Is never good when exposed to the air. Always buy this brand in hermetically sealed ONE POUND PACKAGES. SEEP Sen Wonders exist in thous­ands of forms, but are surpassed by the marvels f invention Those who tre in need of proOtable work that can be done whi'.o living at home, should at oaee send their address to Hallett & Do., Portland, Maine, and receive free full mfbr mation how either sex, of all ages, can earn from « to fla per day and upwards, where- evei they live. You are started free Cu Ital not required Some have mar ia a alngt* day at this work. All ( Along the Skirmiih Lino - Pott No. 2, Philadelphia, Pa., ha»650 comrades In good standing. The increase In membership oi tbe Union Veteran Legion for the past year is nearly 2,800. Tbe Grand Army Posts of Minneap­ olis and St. Paul combined'and gave the veterans al the Soldiers'1 Home » sumptuous Christmas banquet. ^ At the close of the last fl>cal y«*r there were 406,<>07 pensioners on the pension, roll of the government. Ex- President Rutherford B. Hayes has been appointed an aide-de-camp on the stall of the Commander-in- Chief John P, Re a. Bucks county, Pa., has 443 pension­ ers en the rolls. They receive #18,- 866 26 annually^ Lancaster coonty. Pa., Is a depart­ ment within itself, having more posu> and members than either of tbe de- partmente of Rhode Island 9r Dela­ ware. ;j ,B' » Since Oct. 1, 1887. Levi Butler Re­ lief Corps, Minneapolis, Minn., has ex­ pended over 950 in charity, and fur­ nished clothing te.the amount of 926. The corps has about f!50 in the treas ury. subscribed in various amounts by the friends ef General Hancock toward a fund to be uted In purchasing a res I dence for tbe widow of tbe late Gen eral. The American Dragoons, known in tlie service as the Filth Pennsylvania 1 avalry, will hold their annual meet­ ing on the aftcrneon of Washington'* blrilid'V, 1888, in the Cavalry Post llall, Philadelphia. W. A. Babcock Post No. 416. Onarga. gave to each of thf wt lows of late •-omrades, residing within the jutlsdic* tlin of tbe Post, a turkey. One hun­ dred and flfty pounds ware dlstribut- *»d. Dt>e. 26 about 150 members of John Wood Post, No, 96, were royally en­ tertained at tbe HMneU Soldiers and Sailors1 Home. Qulocy. After doing justice to an excellent dinner speeches were made by comrades W. L. Distin S. V. C. of the Illinois Department G. A. R ; General M- M. Bane, Snpt. Rowland, and Commander Osborn "tongs were sung lhe band also playing several patriotic selections. Pay the arrears of pensions now. It >s true that tliis will not repair the great wrong aire «dy done by with­ holding tkem. so rnnny years, but it will prevent any aggravation ef that wrong io withholding them for more vears. It will not atone for the cruel ty of allowing so many veterans to go to their graves without receiving jus ties, but u will save those who are to die froBi that cruelty. Work of the Pension Ofios. The last six months of 1887. from Joly 1 te December 31, as compared with tbe corresponding period in 1886, •bows an Increase In the amount of mail matter in the pensioo office of 239.*92 pieces. The increase In the mail matter Fent eut during the list six months of 1887, as compared with the preceding year was 160(919. Tbe increase In tbe number of claims re­ ceived from July 1 to December 31. 1887, a* compared with the correspond- Ing period in 1886. was 5 840 original invalid; 16 051 widows, and 27,539 ap­ plications for increase. For tbe week ending December 31, 1887, there were received 5,01 S claims, of which 837 were original cases; 333 widows; 4 war of 1812; 3 bouoty land; 15 navy; 3 old war; III on account of Mexican service, and 3,712 applica­ tions (er Increase. The total receipts of mail matter during tbe week amounted to 44,910 pieces. There were sent ' ouV 26.801 letters and circulars. Cows at a Great Battle. - A prominent feature In the pano­ rama of the Battle ot Gettysburg Is a group of cows chewing their cud* be­ side a haystack, apparently oblivious of the fact that they are In the midst of the greatest confl.ct of modern times and wi'l be handed down to pes- ty, on 30,000 square feet of oanvasa, as non-combatant spectators of that battle. People who lodk at the pano­ rama wonder why the cows did not run away, and the opinion has been very freely expressed that they were evolved from the imagination of the artist. But nevertheless tbe cows were present at the battle of Gettys­ burg exac ly as they are portrayed. M. Phlloppoteaux beard about them when he visited the field to make his sketches, and reproduced them accord­ ing to a description furnished him by an old soldier who lay wounded beside the haystack and remembered ttysm distinctly. Their owner forgot to convey them te a place of safety; he was busy fighting the rebels on his own hook. Bret Harte Immortalized him as 'John Burns of Gettysburg.' ~N. T, Mail and Express. > Chicago Pension Offl.ee. Mrs. Marlon Mulligan, pension agent In Chicago, reports that the moneys disbursed during last year were dis­ tributed as follows: Army invalids ......14,515,832 2fi Army widows............. 1,880,|S|8.» Navy invalids 13t.035.8i) Navy widows ... 58,646 i»8 Mexican war survivors 64,651-15 Mexican war widows ! 11,807 21! Array snrKeons 65,002 51 Navy surgeons 2,989 20 Total d'sborsements 86,733,507 34 The number of pensions on the roll In 1887 was^36,590, as against 33.517 in 1886. Of this number 35 were surviv­ ors of the war ef 1812, and 452 widows ef the veterans of the war of 1812. Their death rate is indicated by the statistics of 1886. which shew that 59 survivors were en the rolls that year. Among the pensioners of this office are two wldowB of the revolutionary war. A HDE&SON Y1UX. Prison Pen whi&ii 18 259 or our Nation s Defenders gave up their Lives for their Country. [This article is most respectfully dedicates for the amusement of Young Bayonet Point in MeHenry County Democrat. ] The sufleriug bad assumed such awful dimensions by August, 1864 that the so called rebel government, crowd­ ed to it by other civilized nations, or­ dered an investigation. Surgeon Gen- oral Moere issuing the order August 6th. We now quote from the report which the rebel Surgeon Jones made to his superiors, he havlug been In­ trusted with tbe Investigation. The samejeport he testified to under oath Oct, 7tb, 1865, during tue trlal of die scoundrel Wirz. tie said: In August the prison was so crowded that each prisoner had an aver­ age of only thirty-three square feet «*u which to perform all the ofttoes of ol life--cooking, washing, tbo calls of nature, exercise and sleeping. T <e low grounds bordering the stream werr covered with human excrement *tid tilth of all kinds which in many places appeared to be alive with work­ ing maggots. An indescribably sick- •mng stench arose from this ferment­ ing tilth. I'here were Ave thousand seriously ill in the hoepita!, tbe deaths -xceeded <»ue hundred per day, and 1 housauds walked about in the stock- ide ill of incurable dysentery, diarrhoea, and scurvy, who were not ou he »ick list at all. The hospital had »een built outside the stockade, uear die southwestern wall in Biay. Here uie thousands of sick men lay, crowd •*d into tuis confined space, and but poerls supplied with old and ragged <ents. Large numbers of them lay up >*u the ground without any bunks and often without a blanket. No beds or traw appeared to,have beea famish­ ed. The tents extended to within a lew feet of the small stream, the pol­ lution ef which 1 have already de­ scribed. and I observed a large pile of v.orn bread, bones, and filth of all kinds thirty feet In diameter aand several feet high, swarming with myriads of files, in a vacant space near the pots used for cooking. Millions of flies »w-trined over everything, covering the faces of the sleeping patients crawled down their open mouths, de­ positing their maggots in the gan grenous wounds ol the living and In the mouths of the dead. During the «lx months ending Aug. 31, the re­ ports showed 42,686 cases of disease and wounds. The tick within the stockade lay under two long Rhed* which covered two floors aud were open on all sides, upon the bare boards or* upon such ragged blankets as they possessed, without, us far as I observ­ ed. any be<Ultng or straw. There were 2 000 of them and at this time only one medical officer was In attendance when there should have been twenty. Scurvy, diarrhoea, and gangrene were the prevailing d seases. The chief causes of death were scurvy and its results, and bowel affections, these complaints being due to the diet. I strongiy urged the preparation, of large quantities ot soup from the cows' and calves' heads with tbe brains and tetigueB, to which a liberal supply of sweet potatoes and vegetables might have been advantageously added. The material existed in abundance for preparation of such soup in large quantities with but little additional expense. * • * -Finally, this gigan­ tic mass of human an fie ring calls loud­ ly for relief. * * * To tbls testimony may be ad<|ed that of tbe rebel surgeon Stevenson who had medical charge of Anderson ville and who at the trial In defense of bis administration declared that '•scurvy, arising from sameness of food •nd Imperfect nutrition, caused di­ rect If or indirectly nine-tenths or the deaths at Andersonvllle," aad that "drugs exercised but little influence over tbe progress and termination of chronic diarrhoea and dysentery in the prison and hospital because tbe prop* er form of nourishment was not Is­ sued." Thus our brave comrades who oame forth to fight the banks of tbelr •tarred to tn tfe)* iniquitous den. TTnngnr rrftitf dreds and made them Id^Otl cankered by gangrlne foil emaciated victims. Many in stepped to the dead line aad death that was speedily as tbe vigilant and ready gm thas in one form of agony*r i 13,259 of of our brothers, sons bands who entered the gates Ponvllle, yielded up their lives^. thirteen months of its carte? erage number ef deaths H month, the ^reaiest of one Oft# on the 23d of August, wben 117 aitii, one in every 11 inmates, fon^ ipr* rom sorrow and suffering. % CTo be Continued.) * KWr-ri -L • THE SUN NOT INFftTXIBIiK. flomt Carious and UnexplaftMd AMfce the Camera. ^Though not yet arrived at (he nity of being an amateur phot er, I have provided myself elaborate outfit, and have praotiooA a good deal in order to have the means of securing better pictures t>f inter* esting places and people, when trav­ eling in out-of-the-way portion̂ of the globe, than I could get with ajpoMeQ only. Three times during thQ^Q|gtM of my practice in exposing and i" oping dry plates I nave made : tires that startled me, for, if not I natural, they at least bordered XWTJ closely upou the miraculous. Twice within the last month I hare endoav- ored to photograph a handsome collie dog, the household pet of a ffciend- whom I was visiting. In order to bring the dog more con­ spicuously in the field of vision I placed him upon a rustic seat on the lawn and, when a restful moment on his part arrived, exposed t&e plate. On de­ velopment I haa, indeed, a comi~ picture of the bedeh and tbo scape, but no sign whatever of dog, not even a haziness as if he: hare mored during the exposure. plate used was a No. 30 Cramer, 5x8, with a Wales lens of most lent quality. There were several peo- plc present at the time observing the operation or engaging the attentf^of the dog to keep him quiet. AU OOBld. with the clearest conscience, make legal affidavit that they saw tile dog on the bench all the time, and there is not the slightest trace of I to be found on the plate. Every P0T- tion of the bench is distinctly visible, notwithstanding that tne dogVbedy intervened between it and the camel*. While taking the plate-holder into,the house to develop the picture I • aoci* dentally moved the slide a litlie so that the very sensitive plate it li§§^ fogged, but I did not thinl been opened far enough to escape entirely. later, 1 had absolutely t perience in photographi same dog upon the same bench was completely delineated, but the dog gave no evidence of having been preseut. During last winter, while at York Factory, on Hudson Bay, my hosts of the Hudson Bay Company were' mueh interested in my camera, submitted themselves readily to the scrutiny of my portrait lent. One Sunday, just before my departure for Fort Churchill, I attempted to ptrtlo- graph the pretty little daughter of tne master of the factory. The child's mother, a strict Scotch Presbyterian, did not hesitate to express her d||ii proval of doinj' such work on the ! bath. The father, however, prai upon the mother to give her coit||ifet» as 1 was going away tiie next day^ and they were very anxious to avail $jh£Bk- selves of a privilege so unusual in tfeat part of the world to secure a portrait of the little family idol. The cidld was posed, standing upou the seat of an old-fashioned hi^h-back chair, stuffed and quilted and with black bat* tons to hide the stitehea that dented the haircloth covering. When ill Wat ready and the child stood motionless, leaning against the padded baok of the chair, I made the exposure and waited until night came to develop the plate, perfectly confident that I bad secured a good portrait at last. When the image came upon the.plate, under the action of the pyrogallic developer, there was a perfect picture of the chair, every button, aud, apparently, every hair of the covering being distinctly drawn, but no more sign of the child than if she had been made of thill air. 1 was greatly mystified, but the fatber was awe-stricken as well as disap­ pointed by the result, and wbjtpefed in an impressive but husky voieei "The good wife said no good iRNk^lld come of photographing on Sunday, as right. I am glad it it _ iefure that is lost."---Wl JL Gilder »» N*.w lorfc World. "Z- and she was jphriit. only the pic The li«ndofthe Midnight Bsa The inhabitant of a southern coun­ try can with difficulty comprehend how fully the shortness of the winter day in the far north is compe&St&ed by the extreme duration of daylight in summer. As we steamed up the har­ bor of Christiana at noon on a bright June day it seemed like the entrance into dreamland. The sensation ol seeing the sun low on the horizon at mid-day, and finding it scarcely lower at 7 in the evening, is far mora remembered thau described. towers of Christiana always caa shadows, and the dreamy fe only intensified when the sun for hours in staying above the! until,, at 10 o'clock, you can still the men and boys playing the fields. Bedtime is "a movable I to the native in the summer and comes not at all to the visitor less he darkens his windows aad snades himself that it ought to bei if it is not.--Scribner's Magmtim. A column and a half telej port of a foot-l*»ll. match was i yesterday by the ni«rt(t editor t*l room for a prise-tig ut, the detail of the latter having a k to disgust the average 1 phis A v< da ttche. 1 adies' Chemesdtt* «*vb at Kvansoa>K ;; , * r.'Wi-XJriL. :* 7tv'. H-. '.j. e „f3s±,:; , >£•;;; . '• • • « - •