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H^h . * "f'W: •' . ..V '•v. s " Pledged but to Truth,to Liberty and Law) No Favor* Win u» and no Fear Shall Awe." p-; VOL.16. M'FTENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1891, NO. 48 ibMer. EVBBT »«D*MDAT BT . VAN SLYKE,- SDtttfe ASD PBOPBIBSOK. , Office in Bishop's Block, " - --OFPOBITK PlSRT * OVSH'S * I*4 :v..' > •' " ?#: V' TBRSW. Of* SUBSCRIPTION. * V One Tear (In Aitvaace) $1.50 If Not Paid within Three Months. 2.00 Subscriptions received for three or six months in the same proportion. Kates of Advertising. We announce liberal rates for advertising « the Pi,\fNi>KALK!t, and endeavor to state hem so plainly that they Will be readily an. j erscoo.l. They are follows: 1 Inch one year - • * ,59? 2 Inches one year » ~IS, ! 3 Inches one year -, .. -; ,*»«- t * v, IS 00 H Column one year £,-* i * ' S- '5X , X Column one year- • . -* t*- Column one year "•* *°® 00 Ono inch means the measurement of one Inch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they choose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having • standing cards) will be entitled to Insertion of local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 i cents per Mne the first week, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged • at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and 8 5 cents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, an inch advertisement willooBt $1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, W.00 for three ;; weeks, and so on. The PLAINDRAXER will be liberal in giving i editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it f will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary >B"- 'V • BUSINESS CARDS. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. PlIY-^IOI\N AMD SURGEON. McHenry, III. Office at residence, one block east of Public School Building. . O. C. FEGERS, M. D- PHYSIOIAN AND SURG BON, MeHonry, Ills. Office at Residence. ; , 03BORNE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEOX. Office at Resilience, West MoHenry, III. OaHs promp.ly attended to day and night. Li verv Stable. all kinds done on short notice. I - . NEAR THE DEPOT, WEST MoHENRY, ILL, Keep* open for the aooommodatton of the public a Plrst-Class Saloon and Rcstanrant > • ctobe found In the mark*. Also Agent for ! FRANZ FALK»S XllirukH l»gw Bur. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or ^ttles al- vrays on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. OOOD STABLINGMOB HORSES. 40rOall andjsee us. Robert SohU i ff#»t McHenry, 111. 1 * j| " « " • m b 51L00N AND RESTADROT. f ; McHENftY, ILLINOIS. BUSINESS CARDS. H. V. 811 El'AKI). *. T.. RHKPAKD. SHEPARO ASHEPARO, A TTORNKYis AT LAW. Suite 512, North- i\ em Offi1*.* Building, 36 UaSalie street Chicago, 111. 45- ly KNIGHT A! BROWN, TTORNBYS AT LAW. U. 9. Expressjco-'s L Building, 87 and 90 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. JO^LYN A CASEY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, W<WFCME* 4III All business will receive prompt atten­ tion. * C. P. BARNB8? TTORNKY, Solicitor, »nd ' Counselor, L Oollectlons a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ltttWOt*. V. S. LUMLKT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Solicitor la Chancery, ^ ^ . .• WOODSTOCK, ILL. * Office in Park House, first floor. A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and .JQweleir NO. One HundredTwenty-Five State St Chi­cago, III. Special attention given to re- pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. 47*A Pull Assortment of Goods In his line United States War Claim Ape; --or-- WM. H- COWLIN, Woodstock - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor 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 reply. WM, H. COW LIS ^ Offloe at Residence, Madison St., WoodstocK, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MOHKWRT, ILL., April 1st, 1888, ! #mld respectfully Invite the Pnblie to call and examiue mj stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No busi­ ness done on Sunday. _ N. S. COLBY M'HINIT 1IA A HtM-oIoms, Houte. IhtCBoyt All Stop There. THE Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Livery, Good.Sample Room. FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS FOR FATSO AS OF THE HOUSE. I run a lino of carriages to Twin Lakes from uichmomt, three«fourths of a mile nearer than any oth§r roadr^tnd more level and pleasant by far. If yqn UUodm going to Twin Lakes, stop at Richmond ana inquire for CULVER'S BUS. It i» always there, ram or shine. Kound trip prices as usuai. p. N. CULVER, Prop. MEN WANTED. To represent our well-known nursery in this county, for town and country trade. Good pay weekly. A steady position with a nur­ sery of over thirty years' standing, and a known responsibility. We want good, lively workers, and will pay well. Good references required. Apply quick, stating ugo. CHASK J}ttOXU£&a COMPANY. 87.mS Chicago III. The Police Gazette, Is tho»nly Illustrated paper In the world containing all the latest sensational and sporting news. No Salo.-n Keeper, Barber, or Club Room can afford to be without it. It always makes friends wherever it goes. Mailed to any address in the United states jMcurely wrapped, 18 weeks for fl, : Send rive Cents for sample copy. * KXCHA&S I rex J FTAHKUIT SQUABS, New York ifeV : ATTENTION I § farmers and Dairymen. It Will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS fresh milkers or springers, to call at py premises before purchasing. I can furnish ljt«h by the Gar load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLPRUM, OHBMUira. farm about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Watohmakor Ac «J eweler t MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watohes. Give m« * °*lL JOHN P. SMITH. & -V ^ . .K ICAN jMSENCYior A pamphlet of information and ab­ stract of the laws, showing How to Obtain Patents, Caveat», Trude Marks, Copyrights, sent inc. Address NIUNN & GO. 361 Broadway, New Turk. Fine Kentucky Liquors, Freacli Bitters, JfcHeiuy Lager Beer, -AND- J. Schlitz Milvaaiee Bottle Beer, In any 'quantity from $ Suit* Q-laos to 1C0 barrels. AT WHOLESALE OK RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as heap as the cheapest. We buy none but the best*and ttfU at Reasonable Price?* Call and see me and/1 will use you well. ANTONY ENGLEN. Hefienry, H1M 1W8. ,; V, J. BtrMaa* J. J- Barbiaa BARBIAN BROS. Wholeiale and Betail DIALERS IN FINE CIGARS, MoHENRY ILLINOIS, Saving leased the brisk building one door South of the post office, wo have opened a retail store, where, at all tiiuee can be found fine ciK'vr* of our own manufacture, together with smoking and chewing tobacco of |hfi beet brands. Pipes a Specialty. WO have a very large assortment *nd| soma Ynj ii^niimna patterns. CALL AND SBE US. BABMUUV HMSi j K«B«vy, lorwmiitt. vn. fANTIB! w WW A good chancel Don't mlos it! You WW need no capital to represent a reliable " • firm that warrants Nursery Stock first class and true to name, Work.all the year and good par weekly to energetlo men. Ap­ ply qniek, stating age. L. L. MAY Jt CO. •. St. Paul. Minn. florist a and 8eeUsmen. (This house is responsible) Quintette Orchestra, Mc HENRY, ILL. Are prepared; to furnish First Olass Mufif to the Dancing Public at Reasonable ltates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden, Clarionet, ?!. Curtis, Cornet. L, Owen, Trombone, K, ngalls. Basso and Prompter, Address all commntiications n> Jerry Smith, llcHenry. PALESMEM 0 WANTED. 11 Traveling and local, to sell our choice Nur- sery Stock. Fast-selling specialties in hardy Vrults, etc. nplendid Oatttt Wtw. Steady employment guaranteed. Your pfty weekly Write for terms. G*rmanla Nursery Co* Rochester, N. T. ...... ii .i' .L '. i ' ... .... O. XV, : ALBRECHtf. DENTIST. Al>l»WEW AND APPROVUD RentalOper. . atlons performed at Heasonable Prices. Crown and Bridge Work, And the preservation of the natural teeth a specialty. Gas and ether £iven for painless extraction. All work warrantei. Office over Kvaneon & Co.'ts store. Wast lie Henry, 111, l>e», ii, ttSW. . ~ . Bay Colt; 15 3-4 hands high C foaled May lit WEIGHT, 1150 POUNDS. SIRErALROY 5715, The sire of AHsid Atlas [8 vears 2.28#; Allspice, 2:28^; Alzip|ia. 2:40; Alziaa, »ad,i)tbergoodoay*. .... 1st dam, AKTHEM, the dtm of Choral, one of Waters' finest brood mares. Anthem, Dy Cuyler 100, sire of Elvtaa 2:18^, Chanter, Edwin C, 2:31 M, Day Dream, 2:21X, also Bire of dams ot Patron, 2:143< and others. 2nd dam, AUGUSTA, dam of Chanter 2-20J( Rballcross, trial, 2 23 [half in 1:10]; Augusta, An ..hem and others. Augusta by Kysdyke's BellfoBnder, sire of the dam of Kingsley, 2:2i;v, son of ilambletonian 10 [sire ct Dexter 2:11%, Nettle 2:18, Orange 3irl. 2:20, and 38 others in the 2:30 list, a ad grandsire of 825 performers]. ACCIDENTAL, •will make the season *t my stables in the village of Richmond, at •» to Insure. Season begins Feb. 1st. OitU and" see him before breeding yonr mares. 32 - ; H . H E C K , --DRKEDKRS or-- MORGAN HORSES! Embracing the celebrated Gen­ eral Gifford. Green Mountain and Morrill bloud. STOCK FOR 8ALC. Stallions and Fillies. Send for pedigrees. Essex and Registered Poland China =SWXJBCJS.= Olioice MERINO SH^EP MAMMOTH Bronze Turkeys, ---- HIUH GRADE JERSEY CATTLE, For sale. Come and inspect stock, or address J. R- Saylor* Sons, " w«st MoHwrv. m., ^ HOTEL WOODSTOCK SITUATED OPPOSITE The Mineral Spring , W, N. R0TN0UR, - Prop. f WE BEST 01 SAMPLE ROOMS IN CONNECTION. WOODSTOCK, ILL. ..ai^ass^^ 9 SHORT HORN BULLS For Sale at Living trices by the under­ signed. Call on or address , s < • F»ANK COLE, ya i"at' ^ SPRING QROTB. 1U, , . 4 . ; . SIMON STOFFEL, -AGKNT FOR- Fhtsais, of Etocklya, I, T. Capital, C,Oll^i»315. ^ lldckford, ofRafckford, Ili Capital. 803^*48, NatioDdl, of Hariri, Cm. Capital, t213. Lnsnmnee carefully and alt classes of property agAti end tornado, either lortMtf Without mtereat. Fire poll cover same in huiWing or oi or damajta by lirei. or llgli' lightning anywhere. li%y, fodder t»'ra covfrert bv on* [ or etacka <»n fnrm. Grain. » are coverert uinter c e sum fiarin. Insnranee trnnsffr ties free of cat ge. GasnlJne^or oil stove and •team threshei permits KQf&ted in policies free of charge. Housetiol< dencrlption. incluriiiig e 8ion» all coveied un«lcr on fcfely pli [fire, lightning, t on long time, LEA <HI live B toe it irmigftlnst loss 9g »n<( against iraw, etalkt and lliey. in bulldinf ' rte and mill feed . building or on ' to other locali lis. of everj? raod and prov ^iu-iii. (Complete )n<titionB,anign-records kept of al! policies, tnenta and transfers Call for list of ofsr 700 policy holders in aticive companies. Simon Stolfol. Vfest MeHenry, Illlaois. »'• m- SHOBTHAND Ii.; Youjjbai earn f7fi per mom hi as a shorthand writer Learn at home. Employment Guaranteed As soon as vou thoroughly complete the study. Do not delay the matter, but write at once. It will pay yon. For full jiarttou- lare, address. >'• STENOOEAfHIC INSTITUTE, 38w7 ANN A^BBOE, MIOH. HOWARD STEVENS. DEALER HT' Elsctpic Makes a pprcialty of Door Bnllo, Window and IHJT Connections and a'ltlndsot Burglar Alarms. Satlsfnotion Guaranteed. Call on or address HOWARD fTEVMB^& West Itcilenry, IlHnois. | , ' 1 STOFFEL, *#Agtotf for-- FIRE, • LIGHTNING, And Aco!do&Ul Intoranos. Also Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, and California Lands. -Call on or address WM. 8TOFFKL, MoHenry, ill: SOLDHBB' DIPABTMXHT. Edited by WM. H, COWLIN, WOODSTOCK, ax.-- "lb ear* for him who ha* borne the battle, and for hit Widow and Orphans." --LINCOLK. "fHendehtp, {CftarKy. Lot/- all}/-- Worthy tome of MW ftUhert'» C A. R. Directory. - M'HCMTT POST KO. 848. Meet* the Pint Thursday evening of each month. - L- X. BiMiBTl, On. WOODSTOCK ros-r. wo MS. Meets first and third Monday evenings of A. s. Witan, COB. . , • VCItDA KMX* MO -- Meets the second and fourth Taeeday ••ealags of eaeh month F. K. Cox, Ooa. BARTAWB KWT, SO Wk Meets the second and fourth Monday «aen Inge of eaoh month. B. N. AUBTIH, Oonu MAUMo POM, NO. 1W, Meets every Seonnd and Tonrth Friday evenings of eaoh month. E. B. Moma, Oom. WADOOKDA rO«T, MO. 308, Post meets every second and fourth Satnr* day evening In O, A, B. Hall, Main St. A. L. PmiOB, Oom. The^Oisabillty Bill is a Law *• Soldiers Disabled Sinoe the War are Entitled- Dependent widows nnd psrents now de­ pendent whoee sons died from the efieStS of army eervlces are Inc'nded If you Wish your claim speedily and successfully prose­ cuted, address JAMES TANNER. W ASHINGTON D. O., Late Oomailfsior.er of Pensions. 41 . B. 8. Cf BUS & sov, Cralner, Paper Hangers, Kalsominers, Deporatorm McHENRY, ILLINOIS, All work promptly done and sat'sfaction guaranteed. Country work a specialt/. Call on or address O. 8. Curtis Jk Son. McHBN&Y. ILLINOIS. CEDAR LiWN STOCK, PI, HEBBON, ILL. Phillips & Richardson, BBEEDEBS OF High Grade Jersey Cattle, (REGISTERED POLAND CHINA HOGS, AND PURE BBED PQOT/TR*^ Silver Laoed "WvandotteR, T-ightEramfig, 1»Jy| ' mouth ltocks, S. O. White and S, G. Brown l-eghorns, Patrldge Cochins, and other Varieties. Mammoth Bronze and White Holland Turkeys. Pekin Ducks and White Guineas, We have a lew hifch Grade Jersey Cattle for sale, from choice aelccied stock. Our Poland China Hofts are of the best and choicest strains. We have some very choice spring Pigs for sale at very reasonable prices. An inspection of them is invited, or write us yonr wants and we will quote you prices. All pigs eligible to anv register. Poultry for stle at reasonable prices. Er«s during season. We h>»ve some very'choice Poultry of all kinds nt Pall prices. All orders for Pigs, Birds or Eggs receive prompt attention. Our stock has been carefully Selected and is strictly pure, and we Guarantee it *6 such. Our customers may rest issured that we shall ship only 6uch stock as will reflect oredit upon ourselves an i thein also. Correspond- ence cheerfnlly and promptly attended to and respectfully solicited, visitors welcome any day but Sunday, and we extend an invi­ tation to all to call ami see our stock. Hoping to receive a share of your patronage, and assnringour friends that we will labor to please you, we await your favors, Yours Reapeotfnlly. PHILLIPS & RICHARDSON. September, 1&0. Aleag tfae Sldrmiah Line. A new Q. A. R. Hall has reoently been dedicated in Denver, Col. A tent of Daughters of Veterans has been organized at Kalamaioo, Mich. The tomb of Gen. Winfield S. Hancock wan decorated on Memorial Day by a delegation from the Qancook Legion of Philadelphia. The annual encampment of the Ne­ braska Division, Sons of Veterans, will be held at Geneva, Neb., June 9, 1Q and 11. In the eyes of the New York papers nothing in a veteran's life so becomes him as leaving it. It has been suggested that the Nation­ al Encampment of the G. A. H., to be held at Detroit, be oalled the "Silver En­ campment," and that the badges be made of pure silver. E. D. Winans, governor of Michigan, has vetoed the bill passed by the Legisla­ ture of that State appropriating |30,000 .. .toward the expenses of the National En- osolutelu pment G. A. R., to be held in Detroit Tto4.ugust. ~ ' ""T~ - - The Society of the Army of the Potomac is to hold its twenty-fourth an­ nual reunion at Buffalo, N. Y., Friday and Saturday, July .1 and 4. Orator, Major General Henry W. Stomal; poet, Col. George A. Marden. One day in the year the soldier-hating papers, yielding to the display of popular feeling admit that there was an immense amount of fighting, bloodshed, suffering and death during the war, and that the men who wore the blue displayed amaz­ ing courage and endurance. On Memorial Day the New York papers filled their pages with tributes to "the brave men who saved the nation." The next day the usual grind of pension lies was resumed. They are like the man who robbed and stole all the week and went to church on Sunday. So Gen. Raum estimates that the pen­ sion expenditures this year will only reach $116,000,000, and that there will be a surplus of #9,000,000 over the ap­ propriations. Where, now, are these in< dustrious liars who have been claiming that the expenditure would be between 1150,000,000 and |200,000 aad hope- fessly swamp the^treasury? Gen. James Longstreet, who com­ manded the First Corps in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, is in very feeble health. He has been so ill for the past month that he had to give up work on his his­ tory of the war of the rebellion. The book, however is nearly finished, and is said to contain much matter that no his­ tory of the war has yet published. The Confederate monument unveiled at Jackson, Miss., last Wednesday is of no mean dimensions and design. It is over sixty feet high, and is surmounted by the figure of a Confederate soldier, the original of which was Mississippi's Secretary of State, the Hon. George M. Govan. The monument's tapering shaft rests upon a die representing castle walls, and within the die is a vaulted chamber containing a life-siae statue of Jefferson Davis, by an Italian sculptor in Italian marble. Inscriptions upon the monu­ ment convey the impression only too well that the Lost Cause was not the Wrong Cause. For instanceance here is one; God aed onr conscience s alone Give n< measures of right and wrong; c The race may fall unto the swift. And the battie to the strong; $ut the truth will shine in history A»d blossom into song. it to her. Early in January she wrote the post master of Lincolnton, N. C. an explanation of the incident, and asked his assistance in finding the owner of the book or his relatives. Mrs. Beeler has received an answer to her inquiry from Boston. It was written by Mrs. Fannie D. Britton, No. 1 Circuit Square, Boston Highlands. Mrs. Britton wrote under the date of April 28: "The testament of which you speak belonged to my brother; who was killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. We never recovered his body or anything belong­ ing to him. He must have had on his person when killed a silver watch, a ring, and a set of shirt studs, which he always wore even after he went to the war. The testament being of the least value, was no doubt thrown away." t Mrs. Beeler has forwarded the relic. Lett to Bight. .General Sheridan was not a tall man, though he had a commanding presence. While he was an under officer he was one day drilling a company, and was annoyed by the unsoldiery appearance of a tall, round-shouldered Irish recruit. "Don't stand in that way!" Sheridan finally exclaimed. "You look like a Chinaman doubled over a washtub. Straighten up --form erect, chest out and chin elevated. Like this!" Then the officer gave the man a superb example of the perfect sol­ dier in parade movement, his eyes fixed unalterably away from earthly things. "An' it's straight ahid I'll be after look- in' all the toime?" asked the recruit, glancing down at his superior officer with a twinkle in his eye. "Yes if you mean to be a respectable soldier, certainly.', The Irishman puffed himself out like a pigeon, and, stepping off to the meas­ ured "Right!" "Left!" he exclaimed: "Well, Good-boi to ye, leftenant: I'll niver see ye agin."-- Youth's Companion. H.Hallettifc « Ann* lHtle fortumhawbHQ Mlltl work for us, by A mm Fage, Austin* I exftR, and Juo. Bonn, Toledo, Ohio. ie cut. Othrraaredolncnswell. Why >t you? Some ram over f 500.00 a oiirli. Ton can do the work and live , home, v herevvr you are. Uvea be- rinnerA are eiiaily earning from •& to " $10 a day. All a?«#. \Ycaliow vou how and Btiirt vou. Can work In «pnrc tima all ilie'time. Big money for work­ er*. Fuilure unknown among them. NEW ami wonderful. Particulars free. 8 80 Fortlund, MaUiO Save $36.50 Tichetio California. J. C. JUDSON k CO.'S personally conducted Cali­ fornia Excursions in Immd pauue Pullman Tourist Sleeping C;«rs, via l>enver k Kio Grande K. It., (the tcenic line of tho world) leave Ohiciujo via Chicapo t Alton K. K. 12:00 noon Saturday at every week, each exourslon in charge of an efficient ar\a gentle- manlrexcui'Biou manager. Pullman tourist sleeping cars th.oim'i from Boston and ChicatrotoSan Fran- Cisco ana I,ng Anueles. For rales, rrfsprvation of berths* etc., cull 011 or addreaa- J. t. *UBSON& CC- Work of Fennon Offio* During the week ouding May 30,1891, 5,207 claims were received, of which 120 were original invalid; 833 widows; 0 war of 1812; 9 bounty land; 15 navy; 2G old war; 0 on account of Mexican service, 181 accrued pension and 1,671 applications for increase. Number of re­ jected claims reopened 849; act of March 4, 1890, --. Act of Jnne 27, 1890, 2,306 original, 546 widows. The names and postoffice addresses of 2,958 officers and comrades were furnished for the use of claimants. Total claims received under act June ' J ?i 27,1890, 026,623. Claims disposed of before the Treasury is richer by fl," to date under said act* 118,325. There were 119,6^6 pieces of mail mat­ ter received; 85,118 letters and blanks sent out. The number of cases detailed to special examiners was 455; 331 reports and cases from special examiners; cases on hand for special examination, 3,590. Report of certificates issued: Original, 6,306; of which -- were under act of June 27, 1890; increase, 1,437; accrued, 164; reissue, 0; restoration, 0; dupli­ cate 25; act of March 4,1890, 0; total, 7,932. . . Total nune^cr of galnw pending, 1,124,284. I- - A Soldier's Testament. In the latter part of 1865, at the close of the war, when the Federal troops were passing through Baltimore to their Northern homes, John Worick found a knapsack on a vacant lot in East Balti­ more. In it was found a well worn copy of the New Testament, upon the fly leaf of which was written in a neat hand, "B. Taylor Jetten, Co. 1,11th N. C. Regi­ ment, Lincolnton, N. C. Froiq, tjb. V J. Hoyle." Mr. Worick carried the book home. Last Christmas, his daughter, Mrs. Chas. pereuadedMr.Worickto present; v Ktittered Out. Since last Memorial Day the following distinguished comrades have been mus­ tered out by that sternest of officers- Death : Gen. John C. Fremont, July 18, 1860. Gen. Wm. Worth Belknap, Oct. 13, 1890. Gen. John C. Starkweather, Nov. 15, 1890. Rear-Admiral Charles Steedman, Nov. 13,1890. Richard F. Tobin, Senion Vice Com­ mander-in-Chief, G. A. R., Nov. 22, 1890. Gen. Alfred H. Terry, Dec. 16,1890. Surg.-Gen. Jedebiah H. Baxter, Dec. 4, 1890. Gen. Harry A. Morrow, Jan. 8,1891. Gen. Richard F. O'Beirne, Feb. 24, 1891. Gen. James A. Ekin, March 27,1891. Gen. John W. Fuller. • V , . Gen. John C. Lee. ' t ; ; Gen. Charles Devens, ^OTfitttander- in-Chief, G. A. R., Jain. 7,1891. Gen. Hannibal Day, March 25,1891. Admiral D. D, Porter, Feb. 13,1891. Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, Feb. 14, 1891. Col. Lewis M. Dayton, May 18,1891. The Soldier's Legmey. Not only was General Sherman devoted to his friends, but he was particularly de­ voted to his family and his family to him. He bought the house on West Seventy- first street so that his wife, who was an invalid up to the day of her death, might be able to drive in the park without be­ ing rattled over the cobblestones, and, though it was inconvenient for him per sonally to live so far up town, he always insisted that he preferred that to any other part of the city. This little house in Seventy-first street, which he fSEi made historic, is like most of the other houses in that neighborhood. It faces the south, and consequently gets plenty of the sun that the old General loved. His office or study was the front room of the basement. There he had his desk and that of his secretary, who had charge of his enormous correspondence. It was not so very many weeks ago that Gen. Sherman took me down into this room, apd into a little vault opening off from it, where he kept his important papers and journals. This vault is almost a loom, as rooms in New York houses go, lying About 7x10 feet, and is lined from fop to bottom with shelvee, filled with journals, letters, maps, and of paper connected with the part that Gen. Sherman played in the late .civitv; war. All these records are kept in th#*(/\ j " most exact and systematic manner, be^f ; ing carefully indexed, so that he could. v turn to any letter or any paper or any * $ entry in his diaries at a moment's nofc-; '-fit .•« ice. He took down some of the volumes and brought them over to the front / while he turned the pages and explained to me the system upon which the book* 1 'Ji were kept. He even had telegrams pre* ^ \'f. served in this way. It would be difficultyp- to overestimate the historical value ot this collection. When I asked General *J|§ Sherman what he intended to do with ii^ he said it was his legacy to his children J .' S that not a line should be published dur- '4 ing his lifetime; and then he spoke about" his death, and said that he had every- l"^ thing arranged so tnat he was ready to ]. die at any time, so far as his affairs were concerned. I told him that he was good for another twenty years, and he must not talk about dying, at which he grimly and said, what difference did make, we had all got to die, and that we might as well be ready for death when ilk comes.--New York Letter Ut 'Boetou Transcript. How Kuoh The; Fay. For every 400 glasses of beer drank-- retail price, #20--there goes into the Treasury fl, of which about 30 Cents is applied to the payment of pensions, wt that every time a man pays a nickel for # glass of beer he pays about one-twelfth of a cent into the pension fund. He hak to drink 100 glasses, or three a day for a month, before he contributes 8 cents to the support of the old soldiers. For every 64 average drinks of whis&jr --average price 10 cents, or f 6.40 for the ^ •> gallon--90 cents is paid into the Treaa*' ' ury, of which 30 cents goes to the peo^ sion fund. Thus a man has to drink tw<i drinks a day before he pays the barkeeper $6.40--before he contributes as much a» many. pensioners receive for a week'a support. The tax on cigars is $8 per thousand. The man who smokes a 10-cent cigar contributes three-tenths of a cent the internal revenue, of which one-tenth goe# for pensions. Therefore, he has to smoke * , % { -I 8,000 cigars--selling price $800--or three - "H ^ a day for about seven years before he Contributes as much as would pay % $8-a-month pension for 30 days. The tax on smoking tobacco is 8 cem a pound. A man has to smoke 12$oi which but 30 cents goes to the pen sioners. The duty on Champagne is $3.50 & - - ' dozen. The retail price of the wine lies, $ 1.75 for pints, so that the high liver " pays the restaurant-keeper f20 before the Treasury is f 3.50 richer, of which ,.. I $2.16£ goes to the pension fund. ^ So we can go through the whole Ks%i The taxes and duties are but an insigf^ i. nificant fraction of the retail prices of thSSi ; articles. If the taxes were taken off no^ body would get the articles a bit cheaper^ : : The differafeae would only go to swell thf| J already enormous profits of the dealers^ ' : X A t k m u l T r i b u n e . . . . . ̂ '. Capturing Mesby, ̂j ̂̂ The truth of the following comical wair .r story is vouched for by its narratoi} - JohnEsten Cooke: A body of Federal cavalry had approached very near the 't: Confederate lines, and two or three of , ; them who had gone out to forage cam#; f},; to a cabin in the woods, and after careful reconnoitering rapped at the door. A ne- «S gro woman answered the knock, and* v* ' j seemed very much disturbed at the sight* :,| of the blue-coats. • ' ^ "We want some supper." A ̂ v ̂ "Yes, sir." > - js "But, first, is there anybody her*T" jg /-I "No, sir." 4-. '• . ' * " "Areyou sure?" . ' . " Oh, they ain't nobody here hut me-- f t j 'cept " ' "Except who?" . * - jj "Only Col. Mosby, air.-** * * * ' • "Colonel Mosby!!!" exclaimed the ^ speaker, with at least three exclamation ^ ^ points to his accent, and getting hastily ^ J into his saddle. -t:i Are you joking?" he added. "Yoo'dj <£ • better not. Is Col. Mosby here?" <" "Yes, sir," stammered the women itt > J great terror, and at the moment a low ;*s • ^ 4 i noise, like that produced by the foot* , r ^ steps of a man was heard inside. / ^ ^ No sooner did the men hear this than , ^ they turned their horses'heads and gal* Tl loped off to their command, where great' - t| excitement at once ensued. _ ^ It was necessary to act with caution,. ^ . /,|g Mosby's desperate courage was welf;^:: || known, and he would make all tha , v i stouter resistance because he was sure to 1*. f, ; be hanged to the first tree if he was eapf ?>; turetl as a "bushwhacker" and an outlaw. ,j Elaborate preparations were made, tha^ cabin was surrounded, and the door ^ suddenly burst open. Men rushed in » with cocked pistols. But no rebel wad to be found. , , .. 4 , % "Where is Mosby?" thundered the t ̂ J officer. ^ ^ "Oh, there he is, was the tMnhlmg - j replv oi the woman? ^ "Where?" " * "There;" and the womaa ported tm the cradle. ^ % "What do you mean? "Oh, sir! I don't mean--1 didn t meaa ^ nothiu'! I call him Mosbv, sir- Colonel | Mosbp." sir- that's his name, sir. f ^ AwLiughfr doom »be^o«;Jt«mbIi;g J. before the iutruders. They, on thwr . part, looked from the woman to the babv sucking away at ln^ thumb, wowl«l ;. then growled, took another look, saw , ^ that the old woman had told the truth, -)V then they burst out laughing, took to ^ their horses, aad were soon out of sight.; v