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Kates of Advertising. imanct libera! rates tor advertising PLA.nrbRAr,KR, and en leaver to state , »e plainly that they will be readily un- IVlMd. They are as follows: llnnh en* year . .. • ^4 >*mr BOft J Inches one year , % ' , • . 10 00 3 •n* yea* - ~ -•••> » no 4Celun&u one year . •<+1. ;w-„ . sooo «Oelumn en* year- .... s* OA Oelumn one year 100 00 •ne inch means the measurement of one down the oolnmn, single column width. Tearly advertisers, at the above.rates. have the privilege of changing as often as they •MM*, without extra charge. Secular advertisers (meaning those having I tending cards) wilt be entitled to insertion Sf local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line •aeh week. All others will be charged 10 Mats per line the first week, and S cents per line for each subsequent week.. Transient advertisements will be charged M the rate of 10 cents pa line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and toents per line for subsequent issues. Th-is, S> laoh advertisement will cost (11.00 for one week, $1.60 for two weeks, $2.00 for three we*.ks, and so on. The PLAINDKAUM will be liberal In giving •rt'.terlal notices, but, as a business rule, it Will require a suitable fee from everybody •Mklng the use of its columns for peouniary lain. WW. OSBORVB, M. D. PHYIOI W AXO IT RllKOX. Offlce at the Parker House. West McBeary. Calls promp.ly attended to day and night. PAUL BROWK, ATTORNEY" AT LAW. IT. S. Bxpfets Oo.'s Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. M. P. ELL WORTH, ATTORNEY at Law, and Solicitor in Oban eery, Kuoda, 111. ASA W. SMITH, >' TTORXEY AT LAW and «olteltor] -to L Chancery.--Woodstock, 111. H ATR MART O. BARBIAX. WORKER. All kinds of Hair BUSINESS CARDS. M* * B. T. BROWN. M.D. PHTfllOIAK AMD 3ITRQBON. Ofllce at Residence, McHenry, 111. C. H. FBGER3, M, D- IT8IC1 AX AND STTRGEON, MeHenry, Ilia. Office at Re«idence. i. 0. J. HOWARD, M. D. JMY^IOIAN AND SURGEON, MeHenry. I III. Office at Residence, one door West •ff M. B. Church. BARBIAN BROS. DIOAR Manufacturers, McHenry, 111. Or­ders solicited. Shop, la Old McHenrv, Keiter Block, third door west of Riverside Livery Stable. . St. WIGHT MAN, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drivers bad at reasonable rates. . Teaming ol done eh abort notioe. I NEAR THE DEPOT\ WEST MoHENBY, ILL' Keeps open for the accommodation of the public a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant, ^7' - • 1. ¥ he wilL *t All times keeji the best ~ "iqu to be found'in the market. Where he will at all times keep t brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars t.* X Also Agent For FRANZ PALE'S HLTAUKEI LAGER BEER, Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al-i ways en hand, oheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended to. QOOD MTABLimt FOR HOR&B8. ,11 and sea as. Work done in first class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms s t residence, north- east corner of Public Square, MclIeDry, 111. DRS. a E. WILLIAM3 & DAHLIN. DENTISTS Residence Dundee. Will be at McHenrr. at Parker House, the 10th 11th 25th and 26th"of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday I make my visits on the following Monday, and the first day of such visit occurs on Friday, I will stay bat one day. J09LYN * CASEr. A TTORNETS AT LAW, Woodstock III. xa. All business will receive prompt atten­ tion. JOHN KLE1FCEW. HOUSE Pninter, Gralner, Oalciminer and Paper Hanjter. Reeidonce one Block West of RivorMde House. Work attended to GOD BLESS YOU." A Boston Paper-Hanger's Trouble and how he got out of it-Plain Wordsfrom the Sunny South. promptly and on reasonable terms. A. M. CHURCH, Watohmaker and •Jeweler NO. 112 SOUTH CLARK STREET, Chi­cago. 111. special attentiou given to re­ pairing Fine watches^nd Chronometers. WA Full Assortment of Goods in his lino SI for 13 Weeks. The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any address in the United States for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmasters, agents and clubb. Sample copies mailed froe Addreas all orders to BICHABD K. FOX, FRAHKLTN SQUARE, New York. RobertScM«pfle- Wait McHenry, I1L v-^ • 1 , . .nil .Wnj#'#1. 84L00N AND RESTAUR ANT. MeHKNRV, ILLINOIS. Fins Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, ' KcHenry Lager Beei, -AKSN»." In any quantity from a Snitz Glass to 5C0 barrels. AT VVHOELSALEOR RETAIL Bear in bottles, ke«:s ar<MWM»aa aliaap at the cheapest. ---- We buy none but the best and "tell at Reasonable Prices. Gall aad aee in* And I ipiU use I« well. V , ANTONY EmEm- "•IKsflenry, III., 1886, Unitefl States War Claim km OF WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock, • - Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States for ex Soldiers, their 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 rent?. Br.V, H. COWLiy« Office at Residence, Btadison St., WOodstocs, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MCHENRT, III , April 1st, 138S, T would resneotfully invite the Public to call and examine m 7 stock of Horses befom making arrangements elsewhere. No bust, ness done on Sun lav. N. S. OOLRY M'HRNRY LUT SMITH & ROGERS' Quintette Orchestra, flTNQWOOD ILL. Ai*<t>r«frtrfl(t to furbish First Cla«s MtiM* to the Untieing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Sm'th, 1st Violin. M. Rogers, 2d Violin and Prompter, Robt. Madden. Clarionet, O. Ourlis, Cornet. K. Ingalls, Basso. Address all communications to Jerry Smith, Ring wood, Illinois, or Mort Rogers, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, U 0 Hi* woria 101 K.». prices.- A hi»n<l»omp and Stron'tfly B01111J Photo- _ g;-aj-h" A'luint, sl2 x 10;-_ inches, gilt siiioK ami eilcrop, boliiin r 22 pBPt'n '>f Csb- aCsrd Jticturfs S"Mt for 60'-'-HIH, rt inil price, A RmI PIIIHII I'hotORraph Ailram, AGENTS •net an •1.2ft. xlot^ EmtHwsed i«a«l«?d- #fbM r»d<N», Ka^PoshUfc clasp, liolciina .12 pages of ('abiw! ami Card r sent for «I ,i«t, r<-tnil« for $2 EQEC 1110 above and rncc FiNrn Stvi.es 01 FomhiH1 * MeNshln, Cincinnati. Ohio, and Card pi<'lur«s . lllusiratecl circtilar* ALBUMS ATTENTION t ' FtiMers and Dairytnen. " It will pay those looking for ' OHOIfJE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call at i*y premises before purchasing. I can furnitli snoh by tit* oar load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, CH is mum. Farm about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. When we are in t ronhle wo cry for heln When we are relieved oftsn forget to be thankful. Rut not aivravs, Mr W W (irif&n, of Trout Creek St. rnnjr <3,^ Ala ' writes: "I had a i>ad attack of chills sad fever. My system was full of malaria. For two years I wa« scarcely able to wo-fc at all Sometimes mv heart would palpitate for two hours at a time. Mr legs would (ret cold to the knees, and I fully expected to die. In September, 1981.1 bought a bottle ol Shaker Extract of R'voto, or ^iniMl's Curative Svrnn, of your agent, Mr R. Jj|, Kinc, and before I had taken the llrst bowe l felt hotter, and in a short thne was ablo to go to work. May God bless you for the jjood vou have d«ne " Mr Win. .1. McCann,ftS R-in lalt st, Riston writes: "Six months ago I began to throw up my food after eating. 1 thought I was go ing into consumption t»o,m begin to have pain in the chest, stomach and sides. I got litt le sleep ami a wofeo al. tired out. I once lost five pounds in four days. I began using Shaker Extract of Roofs, or Soisrel's Syrun and when I had flnistwi the sixth bottle "I could em three squarefffenls a day, and go to sleep the minute I strfRbk the bed. I am a |f paper hangor bv tradS, and have worked Soldiers' Department. OOSTRIBUTD BT W 31. H. 03WLIST. JOHN P. W atohmaker McHENRY. SMITH, & J eweler, ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches And Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to rooalring fine watches. Give ma a call. jany p. smith. D. NCCDHAM** AONS 116-11* Dearborn Street. CNIOAEO Bed Oircr HOSSOK. Rheumatism, OTspeuia^Stak Headache, ConeapatioiiJIliNu Whooplnff Oough, and AU Bend for otr paper. every day sineo I took the second bottle, and git to' I am gained 13 pounds. Iouga > be thankful and This remedy opens all the natural passages of the body, expels the poison from the blood and eonblus nature to rebuild what di­ sease has destrovod. Shaker Extract of Roots, or Seigel's Svrnp Is sold by all druggists, or send to the propri­ etor, A. J. dfhtte, 54 Warren St, New York. Howe's Block. -Sp ' M©HEJVRY,t ILLINOIS, FOR SALE at H. V. Store, Mcllonry. SHBFARO'8 Hardware CHA6. A. BAR8EE, Prop. We take pleasure <" announcing to the citi- «ene of McHenry and Murrouiviing countrv .hat we keep on bud at alt times a full stock of all kinds of Ji". Pomp Rep&iiiog, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersigned Is prepared to do all jobs in the Jine of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps. Oementinc *"ill put 1 Wells, or C. G. ANDREWS. CENERAL Onmtti, in all MM 9M«kU* Sloflf]*. latest styles, at 1 SPRING GB0VE ILL* Sales ot Stock, Farming; Tools and Goods of all "kinds attended to on the most BSAS0MBL3 TERMS. C. Andrews, 5pririg Grove, 1(1. swring 3rove, Sept. 3th, 1885. U-LL-SM E.MWLUS, Warrants a Fit or We make Suits to order of the w«t Cloths, Foreign or Domes­ tic. AT THE LOWEST PRICES i'hat good Goods can be sold m . HE AL»0 Cleans and Repairs Clothes Neatly and on short notice. CHT®|il© a Call McH«nrv, Jan LAWLUS. l»tb. l**K. SIBLEY'S -IlBstratefl Catalope SEND'°;e;vur •cgetabls, Flower, Field Plants, R'llbi, Impiem'ts. OKLKUd bv mail on application. Den'i neglect writing for it F<«EE BSUK SIBL5Y & CO. Rechiester, N. Y. Chicago, III. mwitana' uMtaorta Hew Pumps On sbort notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work tn this line. Can famish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished If desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a new Pump, give mo a call. ••"Orders by mail promptly attended to. Post Office, Jonnsburgh, III. L. Johnsburgh, III., May 25th, KM. T«s CHICAGO*"0 ORTHF WESTERN •• RAILWAY. Penetrates the Cent Populatlonlln Iowa, BAKER'S And hnpo bv a close attention to business to •nerlt the pati-onuge of ;lie Public. From a •ong exjMjrionco iu the bufine'ts we are eonfl dent that we oaa pleasoail, SB2&3, PIES, CAKES, And in short eveirtlHMr iftihs B»k«ry line wtli we kept on hand ;Freeh Every Day* A FULL STOCK OF , ' Confectionery.and Cigars Canned Goods! i2ic. All of the best quality and at the lowest prieos. Call ami see ns. CHAS. A. BARBEE. ' ' f -C-" < HoHenry. March 37th, 1888, ' ^ C* A. R. Directory. M'HESTRT POST HO. 643. Meets the First and Third Satnrdav evenings of each month. L. E. BENNETT, OAM. mtOHMOKD POST KO 286. Meets tho soooad Friday evening of each month. J" W*. PBAOOCK,Oom. C ^ ̂ WOOOSTOOK TOST, NO ]0& " ifssti first and third Monday eveningslof each month. ' Wif. AVKST, Oom. mTOt POST, NO 226, Meets the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month. W*. BVTLKX, Oom. HARVARD POST, NO 355. Meets the second and tourtn Mondaveven month. ; { 1 ^ R. J. WtllTTtSTON, Oosa. ; MABBNOO POST, NO. 189, Meets eve^y Second and Poarth Friday evenings of each month. Jornr W. GRRKN, Oom. WATFOONDA POST, NO. 368. Post meets every second and fourth Satftr- Jay evening in U. A. it. Hall, \Iain St. WAKKEN K. Powfius, Oom, >DBALBR IN- IcUp, Minnesota,: Dakota, Nebraska aii Vfomiii.: Corn, Oats, * Rye and Mill Feed. Trices es LOT AS THE LOWEST Call f nd get figures betore buy­ ing elsewhere. Will gu irantee ou satisfy ».tioa iu every purticu- Its train service is carefully arranged to meet requirements of local travel, as well as to furnish the most attractive routes for through travel between importaui Trade Centres. Its equipment of day amHparlor cars, din­ ing and place sleeping oats* without rival. its road bed is perfection, of stone ballast­ ed steel. The Northwestern is the fevorite route for the commercial tiaveler, the tourist and the seekers after new homes in the golden Northwest. Detailed information eheerfally furnished by BERNARD BUSS. Agent, MoHenry» III. J. JC WHITMAN, Uen, Manager. B. C WICKER, Traffic Manager. S P. WILSON, General Patnenger Agent ' 14»%: H* Practical Piaiiter anil Dwalor, HEBRON, ILL. ' Decorating, Paper-HahgiAii, CAL CIMININO, Q&AINING, Ac Done on short notice and satisfaction goaran- 4 OiWOBorsddress, - J ' - - ; H . F I S H . HrtroaJIU.,M»y*»d. . Don't Pay Anyone to Bay Your Fs»d For Yon, Lirge uew Warehouse at the Vickie Factory iu West McHenry, Iliuoia. W, A, CRISTY. r« «-_BBEBDEBS or MORGAN HORSES, Sfeort Horn. a Ssd Polled ABSSS, and Jersey Cattle. Hillside Farm, West McHenry, III. Our Morgan Stock is all pure bred, and Originated from the best Morgan sto )k in the tlnlted States. Old Gilford Morgan, who stands at the head it our Stock, is one ot the best bred Morgan Horses in the country, and can show more and better all ourpo e colts than any other horte in the West. We invite the inspection of our stock by h >rsemen and all lovers ot fine animals. A few full blood Morgan Colt* and young lorsvs for sale, Also one matched team, full •lofK'n. in Oattle we have the full blood Short Horn jrlwhweare crossing with the Bed Polled angasand therefore instead of sawing off the turns we are breeding them off and with (ood suoeess. • few Heifers and Bulls, both pure bred ihort Horns and the cross above mentioned lor sale. J. R- Saylor A Sons, Along the Skirmish Lias. Gensral and Mrs. K, B. Safes it- tended th« Oalo encampment. The bell used as a prison signal at AndersonvUle prison during the war Is •ot the property of Heys brothers. Aoaerlcua, Ga. It is reported that the railroads have agreed oo a rate of 1 cent per mile to those attending the National Encaup- meat at Columbus. Seven new posts were clustered In the Department of Wisconsin during the quarter ending March 31. The gain tn membership is neatly 350, Mrs. General Logan has a beautiful flower gtrden, and routs a piece cf land of Senator John 8hermau for a vegetable garden, paying a rental of #15 a year. General f*. 8. Post has been renom­ inated for Congress. Comrade John P. Rea, Commander- in-chief of the Grand Army, will de­ liver the address on msmorial day at Rockford. Grant memorial services were held by B. B. Wolcott Post, Milwaukee, Wis., Friday evening, April 27. The ladles of E. B. Woleott Reliel Corps are busily engageJ in preparing tor their second annual June fair. roll'. at the last National Encampment 107 were Past Department commander* The difference between gold and greenbacks in the payment of thro* years' service is estimated to be #153. 40. The gain In the W. R. C. of Michigan daring the past year was 36 subordi nate corps aud 1,026 members. The enrolled membership uumbers 4,663 and #2,486 was expended in charity Jau. 1. 1818, certificates had been issued to 13, 412 Mexican pension clat mantf>. The Commissioner esti'nates that 15,00# more will be issued previ oustoJune 30. 1889, and that after that date no new claims will bo filed The largest pension ever passed wae granted March 22 by the Interior D« partment to Cyphert P. Gillette, ol I«wa, for total biindoess. He will re ceive about #16,000 In arrears and #72 ujonthly in the fat.ire. O. A Hamilton, Co. E,5th Ohio Cav. Rawlings, Vfyo.. has read a great many speeches delivered by rebels and rebel ympathlzers, which were more palu- tul than the sting of a rebel bullet, but he thinks the recent utterances ol tienatorvest lay over them all for bitter haired-and malice to the Union soldiers. _ 1 C. G. O'Deil, President Crippled Soldiers' Association, Eagle Bend, Minn., comes of a patriotic family. His (grandfather was a pensioner of the Hevolutionary war. Two uncles were pensioners of the war of 1812. His father died in the National Military Home at Milwauke having fought in he Florida war, Mexican war and the late rebellion. The writer hlmsell served In Berdan's Sharpshooters, and is new upon the pension-rolls. The ex-rebel, General Lengstreet. In a letter read at the Grant banquet In New York said: "I am more in­ debted to General Grant for personal kindness than to any friend living or dead." The entire South is under a debt of gratitude to General Grant and the Union soldiers, who saved them from accomplishing the crime of the age. They will see It In the time to come. European country oeuld prodaoe sach • gathering, yet he bad seen similar meetings all over this land from Maine to Puget's Bound, and even In New Orleans and In Atlanta. The lessons of patriotism and loyalty to the flag tnoulcated here he begged his compan* tons to carry home with them and teach them to their children and grandchild rea, and with this ke said rare well, asking the com man dory to join in singing "America," A Soldier's Pare well. CINCINNATI, May 3.--At the an­ nual dinner of tha Loyal L.eglon last night General Sherman, the Command or, presided and was toast-master He intimated In the beginning that brevity wae desirable, as qome of hie companions were growing old. His remarks were listened to with marked attention, especially when, at nearly 2 o'clock in the morning, be rose to say good-by. It wa3 felt by many that this would probably be bis last appearance, as he has declined a re­ election and bis residence la New York makes It Inconvenient for him to attend. An almost death like stillness prevailed. The General epoke with feeling. He said it was deligtful to see sueb a body of men together so strong physically and mentally, and to fcWHwk sp--ofcee. go was aur* wm Private ••Jos" Fifer. We take pleasure la reprinting what Is thought of the nomination of com- rede Ftfer by some ot the papers throughout the country. The press, generally speaking, have cothlng bar praise for him and without regard to their politics. New York World: The Republicans of Illinois have nominated Joe Fifer for Governor. He is a Virginian by birth, but ho was a good Union soldier. The big generals and Colonels hafe been reoognlzsd in politics for some time. It Is gratifying to note that the lifer and the drummer are to have chance. Genesee Republican: He oomet up from the log caoin and the - ranks of he private soldier. The smooth-faeed boy who walked from the humble, half-cleared farm home en the borders of McLean County in response to the first eal! for soldiers in 1861 and enlist­ ed in ths Thirty-third Illinois, carry­ ing a musket at the age ot 15 years, Is of the material from wbloh great men spring. He is still a young man, a ready speaker, a courageous and aggressive worker In whatever cause he thinks Is just. He is well calculated for a leader, and the State oampalgo will be aggressive and thorough under his leadership. Bloomlngton Pantograph: To Mr. Fifer personally, the nomination was a great triumph. Twenty-flve years ago a poor, sick, and wounded soldier, sent home en a cot, was lifted, more dead ban alive, from the tr^io at tho Cen­ tral depot *in this city. Set down among strangers, a sympathetic friend chanced to pass that way. and, like the good Samaritan, took him up, placed him in his buggy and tenderly con veyod him home. That old neighbor vas nursing a wasted form to rarne and power. The obscure private sol dler who made "that unheralded and *earyj«arney wae on yesterday met at the train by music and banners, a trlnmpbal prooes- ion of bis neighbors and friends or all parties, who welcomed the coming ruler of the fourth Sta^te in the Ameri can Union, Few such triumphs over advera* fortune and a sold world have been • ecordb-d to the credit of American uanhood. The man whose memory *ould hold the scene at the Centra) lepet twenty-five years ago and that to our streets yesterday and not be "tirred with a sense of ^rlde, would b« ess of a man than the next Governor at Illinois.4 Those who have long known Mr, Fifer are proud of his triumph, and heir one wish will be that his life and strength may be spared for the high lutlss to which he will certainly be called, and which he will, without a ioubt, faithfully, linneatlv. and gently discharge. ... , v- Commander-In-ehief Rea t«H such shameful action at trared by the man or men selves members of tfco G. A.& to traitors! Comrade Dr. O. A. P. Oarneei tieerge H. Thomas Post XO.S^gJ The National pension1 the G. A. R., has ncsnnsti present Congress the foUawtiJKl The Debility BIO, Pensions to all widowe of pensions A Veteran's Bigkteons Wrath. I read In last Monday's Issue of tho Inter Ocean that the Ed Baker Post A. R„ of Philadelphia, bad elected General Joseph E. Johnston, of the rebel armjr, to honorary membership, and of the protest of Springfield vet­ erans against so disloyal an act. Sach an act stirs my very blood high up to the boiling point In iiidigatlen that such an outrage against the Grand Army should be penetrated by any loyal member or post, for any purpose whatever, personal, political, financial, or otherwise. As well might the glorious old flag, the stars and stripes be pulled down at once and trampled la the mud and dust. Such an act undermiues *he very vitality, founda­ tion stone, and the principles of the life of the Grand Army of the Repub­ lic. No matter bow high may be the name, nor how repentant the heart of auy single member of the Confederate army, it Is disloyalty, actual treason, to admit into the Grand Army, under any circumstances whateyer, any per­ son" who has borne arms against the old flag and the United States Govern­ ment, and I lift up my voice In solemn protest against admitting, at any time any rebel, living or dead, Into the ranks of the loyal G, A. R.. while It has life and strength enough to stand In its Integrity aud honor as an organ­ ization which upheld the old flag and the eld government in Its hour of pgril* and the outrageous assault of Its enem* ies, and which at all times stamps the penalty of treason as death. May J go down to my grave friendless and for­ gotten rather than live to see a s >11- tary rebel, who fought against the best flag and government under heaven, proposed, much less elected, into the ranks of the loyal veterans that oom- poie the G. A. R., with possibly the sxceptiea of Ed Baker Post, whose action brings the blush of thaaae to the face of every loyal aatV honorable veteran of the Grand Army of the BipsUIOi and 1 solemnly oall npon 1. 2. ans. ct 3. Increase of severer disabilities. 4. Increase of the pensions i children from #2 to #5; re| limltatfen of the Aot of Jnno as to total helplessness; ma%il pensions of widows to begin of husband's death; Inoreaso for total deafness to #39, with mediste grades, aoeordlng to def disability; tbe correction of; ancles In the ratings for tMff; or limbs, and disabilities from said loss; the payment t<|| ans of the pension* of spniiit drunkards and lunatic*; and a generous law as to fixing the dependence of father and which Is now limited to actajll ence at the date of soldiettf The suggestions of this were In corperated by Ceokflfl Black in bis report tor 1887, 5. Pensions for prisoners of war. 6. Pension for the widow of GiUh oral Logan. 7. Re-enactment of th# law grant lng arrears of pensions. ^ 8. lacrosse to #8 of all Invalid sions granted. In addition to theie measures, gross bss also been asked, by signed by several hundred veterans and citizens, to ei sort of Service Pension law. members of Congress have Intredi a number of propositions to Service Pensions to fVetirana t early Indian war. Annmberof requests for pension legislation been received by Members sftd tors from associations and th| veterans. About 255 general bills have'been introduced, and thousand private pension Milt, private bills are being dtSpoaiN!' with eensiderable energy;-!*!#] tho Senate.--New York To Caro Bjdrsfhsito. A pbysican has receatly prttt|§f|| article entitled, "How to tell dog and bow to treat hydr*»Miit|i Now, that seems a very simple Matter. You should never have anything »a your mind that you want to tell a mad dog. We can tell a mad dog anything we have to communicate on a postal, or we could send him tbe InfomnStloit by a rabid telegraph messenger, the* young man who makes everybody mad with whom he comes in contact, bot never gets mad himself. In diagnee- Ing a case of hydrophobia, a dog With a wir<> muzzle Is the mqst senatble subject, but any dog will answer. To see if he is mad, pull hie tail. Pull hard. It is best to pull with both hands. If tbe dog| erks away and rune howling down tbe street, he is not He is only scared. But if he around and bites a piece out of jonr eg, and tries to bite out another lar­ ger piece before be swallows tbe flrat one, lie is mad. Then you have the hydrophobia. IJew follows the treat­ ment of hydrophobia. This peculiar form of madness originated with the camel. The oamel, you know, can go forty days without water. In treating the hydrophobia, ofier it anything bus waur. Hydrophobia in the North ie the sam» thlog as a soaks bite in Texas. It is believed by the best physicians, that hydrophobia rages as fearfully Is the dead of Winter as in the Summer. What a wise Providence is this! be­ cause when the saew is oa the gronnd all the snakes are dormant, and Iho thirstiest man in America could not Hven bite hi nself at the Zoological Garden. Hydrophobia Is contagion*. One man who has it bad can commitnl- cate it to a whole crowd of men. tit Is not always nor neeessarily fatal, al~ though the next morning tho vietim usually wishes that it "had henn ** Win 1888 Be A Year Of WocT The present year is the fifth ^ear of modern times In which the aggregate of tbe figures is twenty-flve, and there will be but five more years In wfcieh such a combination Is possible prior to the year 2598. Probably but few have ever heard of the old prophecy, wbleh runs as follows: In every future year of our I.ord, \\ hen the sum of the ligures is twenty-ftvak Some warlike kingdom will draw the i*W, But peaceful nations iu peace thrive^ Students of modern history will readily recall how faithfully this prophecy has been fulfilled In the tour previojs years to which It applied. In 1699 Russia, Denmark and Poland formed tbe coalition agalnet Sweden, which luagnrated tbe great war that ended in the disastrous defeat of Charles XII., at Pultewa. '£tO>.|roar 1789 will ev*»r be memorable -hi acceoot i of tbe breaking out of tbe fiwMt Revolution. The year 1798 witnessed the «H»- paign or Bonaparte is Egypt, and tbo forma'ion of the second Bnropoan ooalitiou against France. In Ittt. war broke out between England Wsd Afghanistan, followed by the lovnaloo of tho latter couhtry by Britllfe irnjipi In what manner the prediction io-*ol» verified in 1888 remains yet to freoMo, but the present condition ol seems to prom He an ment of the propheoy^ * ** •** „ . vr i i-n Y'** 1' IE fi'm.