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* > f-zt" *!.:*r<yx ~ &-&»& » *- Jfc-* . 5' v;« v>^ * - r^ , v * VOL. 17. BUSINESS CARDS efjiir? flauistler PmilHtn KVKRT WEDHMDAT BY --J : V A3* SLYK By, EDITOR AND FKOPR1ETOE. Pladgod but to Truth.to Liberty and L>w| Wo Fa»or» Win u» end no >wr 8halT*Awe." M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1892 r3t=5- ' $ . 3 5 " - ; ! « •, BHEPARD. f. 8HEPARD Jb SHEPARD, A TTOHKKYb AT LAW. »e #W, North- crn Building, W LaSalle Street Ohkago, III. 46 iy HOWS, OJSct ta Bfahop** BJwilt ' -OHostn Pmr A O/wmtmli:: • > * --rt- . . OF (9UB90RIPTIOW v KNIGHT 4 A TTORNSYS AT LAST. u.s. Szp-ssttto.*» ** Building, 87 and 80 Washington 8t, CHICAGO, ILL. i JOSLYN * UASBT X J?l dm U M?fi X | • • -- -•..-••• j A'tfififfttoYS AT LAW, WaodBtock III. J.%. Ail business will receive prompt aiten- i Year (In 'Advance) Tot Paid within Three Months. ... Sw tsgcriivtfon reneivad for thrM or norths tw th« same pT0Tt0rtl0B. • ^ - '^L : Ht» lee Bis Kates of Advertising. We announce liberal rates for advertising • the PLAIWDBM.kr; and endeavor to state hem so' plainly that they will be readily un- ef stood. Thoy a«e *s follows? I Inch one year • Inches one year 8 Inches one yea? • it Column one' votf If Oolumn one ye?|>. Column one yetjifr an -if-:' 500 io no 1500 80 00 tf0«l 100 00 _V,v" Ono inch means tKe mea?uremehT of one Inoh down the column, single column width. ' Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of ohanging as often as they Choose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those haying •tending cards) will be entitled to insertion of local "notices at the rate of 5 cents per line each. wouk. Aii ut'uvio Vv"ill be chirgsd ln cents per'ine the first week, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent week. TfrnidCut orUI VtA Ahfk.rffArl at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and 5 oents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, in inoh advertisement willoost fl.00 for one week, 11.90 for two weeks, IS.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PLAINDHALBK will be liberal In giving MifftAvioi nnH««|. hiit aaa business rale, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary BUSINESS CARDS < - < O J HOWARD, M. D. r>DY<10IMl AND SURGEON. McHenry, I 111 Office at residence, one block east of, public School Building O. H. FEGEBS, M.©- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, McHenry Ills, office at Residence. , ? WM. OSBORNE, M. 0. 'viBYdlOlAN AND 8UROEOJI. Oflice at P Residence, West McHenry, III. Oalls promptly attended to day and night. Liverv Stable. E. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor.. fbtt . class rigs with or without drivers wished at reasonable rates. Teaming of fcll kinds done on short notice. a P. BARNES, , ATTORNEY, Solicitor; and' /*. Oolloctlons a specialty. ' • WOODSTOCK/ lLLllTOt# • t, j V. 9. LUMLEY. • - >j • • ATTORNEY AT LAW , and Soiieiter in Chancery, WOODS TOOK, ILL. Office in Park House, flrst floor. A. IM. CHURCH, . Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. One HundredTwenty-Pive State At Chi­cago. ill. special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. Full Assortment of Goods in his line Attention Horsemen! McllEifRT, III., April 1st, 18*98. I would rtiapsoifiiliy invite the Public to call and examine m 7 stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No busi ne«« done on Sunday. •' » N. 8. COLBY , • , , V*H«NVT IU The Police Gazette, ' Is the nly illustrate-) paper in the world containing r)I the !&!esi pesgp.t'.nnr.! S&d sporting news No Safo/in Keep^r.Barber, orCluO Room can afford to be without it. It always makes friends wherever it goes. Mailed to any address in the United States securely wraoped, 13 weeks for fl, Send Five Cents for sample copy. BICHARD X. FOX rmAKKLTK ftqi7A.BE, New York United States War Claim Apcy OF--: WM- H. COWLIN, Woodstook - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldi«rs, 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, EL COW Lilt Offlee at Resldenee, Madison St., Woodstock, Illinois. ~ HEAR THE DEPOT, WBMT MoHENBY,' ILL Keeps open for the accommodation of the Public a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the bes' -'i >* brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigar# '( (to be found In tne market. " • _ . - Also Agent For FKANZ FALK«v miwaske# Lager Bier. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al ways on hand, cheaper than any othety<«tt*U- ty considered. j > - ... . Orders by mall promptly attended to. " GOOD 8TABLlNQ~mR HORSm X- * ' 'IpTCall an»" Jjee «s. Robert SohieMle. McHenry, 111. i.t«^ • 'i|---- « ;--, I. Shiglen's JiLOOH AND RESTAURANT ; , MoHBNRYf ILLINOIS. *•; rKV?: •"'*A > Cures all Blood Diseases ihit frise.from the »ffect of Fad Blood. A snr'e cure for Cancer, ratfirrah, Piles, Si'k HeHdach*, i»y«. pepxia, Whoopmg • ougb, Rheumatism, Con stipation, etc^ BLOSBOHS, per pound - 00.50 FLUID EXTRACT, per bottle • - 1.00 SOLID EXTRACT, per pound . • 2.50 Both the Solid and Fluid Extracts ere made from the same stock of Blossoms and are equally as good and efficacious <<s the Blos­ soms. JULIA A. STORY, Agent. McHenry, Illinois. m- kV. • 2 fi&fr Kentucky Liquors French Bitters, IfcHenry Lager Beer, t£, ' --AN D-- J. ScUitz Milwaokee Bottle Beer, la any quantity from ft'Snitz Sass to ICO barrel^ ; AT W HOLESALE OB RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or ca«e af ||eapa«t|ie ch^apeet. • * "We buy none but'the b^st and ^ Mil at Reasonable Prices. r { y Gall ^nd see me and I will use well. AfcTQNY KNGIEN WtBmi *tt. ATTENTION! Farmers and Dairymen. tt will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call at nry premises before purrliasin^. I ran furnlsn such by the car load or single cow. PORTER li. WOLFRUM. Cbhiito. Farm about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. Airicas ninver B'tssci Bo. 351 M. Clark St. CHICACO. ILL'. The Great flood Purifier. CIDAB LAWS STOK FARM, | HEBRON, ILL. Phillips & Kicbardson, BREEDERS OF High Grade Jersey Cattle, REGISTERED POLAND CHINA HOGS. AND PURE BRED POULTRY. Silver Laced Wyandottes, Light Bramat, Ply mouth Rocks, S. C. White aud 8, C. tfrown i.eghorns, Patrtdge Cochins, *nd other Varieties Mammoth B onze and White Holland Ti rkevs. Pekln Ducks and White Guineas. We have a lew hl/h Grade Jersey Cattle Ibr sale from choice selected stock. Our Poland China Hotrs are of the best anil choicest strains. We have some very choice spring Pigs for sale at very reasonable prices. An inspection of them is invited, or write us your wants and we will quote you prices. All pigs eligible,to any register. Poultry for siie Rt reasonable prices. Ergs during season. We h"*ve some very ehoice Poultry oi all kind6 at Fall prices. All orders for Pigs, Birds or Eggs receive prompt at.ention. Our stock has been carefully selected and is strictly pure, and we Guarantee it • s such. Our customers may rest issured that we shall ship only such stock as will reflect credit upon our.elves an i them al.°o. Correspond- ence cheertul'y and promptly attended to and respectfully solicited. Visitors welcome any day bat Sunday, and we extend an Invi­ tation to all to call and see our stock. Hoping to receive a share of jour patronage, and assuring our fi iends t hat we will labor io please you, we await your favors, Yours Reipectfully. PH*LLIP8 * RICHARDSON. September, ltgO. F. K. GRANGER, Ceneral Auctioneer. Sales of Real Estate, Stock, Farming Topis, Household Furniture, and Goods pi all kinds attended to on the mostreas- Qnable terms. Ordera by mail will receive prompt at- " ' f . 1 * O B A n e n t ' Weet MoOeuy *. J Barbian. J. j Barbies BAMSIAN EROS. Who rule and Retail D1ALBK8 OI FINE CIGARS, McHEJSRY ILLINOIS, Having leased the brick building one door South of the post oflice, we have opened a retail store, where, at all times can be found flsc cigr.rc afonr own manufacture, together with smoking and chewing tobaooo of the best brands. ' Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment and; some •{gry handiATnA natterns. ®_i_ ..ill CALL AND ^SS US.' •MDUIBrfll WrMnrt. ^ QAK LAWS ACA01UT Will open Pa #'^ndyenr"»» w nesday, Sept. 16 1891. and will ft special prlvll^fr<>o to the right (-Use of eturit'n'g. The loBtitotion will be con- ductrd as a Home School for Boys Where th^y will roc IveEthe benefit* of a <•> in all of tbe common branches of study. GERMAN AND MUSIC. •We claim for nnr «rh o! a pleasant and heal he situation and the paftt year ^ears us out in the Mnertion. TEEMS AHB DESGEIPTiYS ClSGI?il.E Sent to any address on application. The school is situated At Ringwood, McHenry Co., Ul., oil the C. * N. W. H. R..69 MIIf8 from CMcnge, 15 miles trom Lake Gpn»-va, and 6 nallps from F<»x Lak^. No saloon, billiard hall, or other lo flng place in town. Address Oak Lawn Academy, 8tf RINGWOOD, III. SIMON STOFFEL, -AGENT FOR- Phonix, of Btoaklya, J, Y. Capital, 5,098,31 5. Rockford, of Rockford, III Capital, 802,448, National, oflartM, Conn. Capital, 82,620 213. In in ranee carefully and safely placed on all classee of property against fire, 1 ghtn>ng, ami tornado, either tor cash or on long time, without interest. Fire policies oh live stock cover *atue in buil ung or on farm igainst loss or damage by lire or lightning an<t against lightning itnywhere Hay, straw, stalks and forider are covered bv oue policy, in building orstackson farm. Girain. Reed6 and mill feed are covered under o e sum -n building or on farm insurance iransturred to other locali­ ties free of carge. Gasoline oroi1 stove and Ftchin threshei permits granted In t>ol:cies free of chtrge Household goods of everv description, including coal, wood and provf- si >n- ail coveted under on*> item Complete records kept of all ^olirirs,conditions, as ign- mects and transfers insde. Call for list of over 700 policy holders in above companies. Him on Stoflel. West Hollenry, Illinois. J. &. SAYLOR i. SON, BREEDERS OF Morgan:: Horses, E'ubraclng the celebrated General Giflord, Green Mountain and Morrill blood. STOCK FOR SALB. Stallions and Fillips., Sendfor pedi­ grees. Reeex and Registered Poland China =-SWINE.~ . Choice Merino Sheep, Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. High Grade Jersey Cattle. For sale Come and Insppc stock or feddrt es J. R. SAYLIUB & SON. This Trade Mark la on Tie Bat ^SB SbIMH " Coat In the world. PEN IONS ! Tbe Disability Bill |s a Law Soldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled* Dependent widows and pare' ts nsw d» penaect whose suns died from tte effects o* »r«ny peryi.es are irc'ydfd If you *isfc yourAlain) Speedily and successfully pmsc- cuted, addre a JAMES TANNER, WASHINGTON 1>. O. •• • -• , WASHING Lcm Ommb listener of Pensions. JUrtft I*. aMIVHy W ttohmtker Jk .leweier MeHENRY, ILLINOIS. ' A iTTKE stock of Olooks, Watches ana Jew. i\ e)ry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing line watches. Give me a call. JOifA P. SMJTB. > 1 •--^hsiie^iiji>js<sii>^». STOFFEL. for-- • LICHTNINC, And Aeefdeatal lantraaee. Alaa Iowa,'Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, tart California Lauds. Call on or address WM. STOFFEL, McHenry, itl; Quintette Orchestra, MeHENRY ILL. Are mrepared; to famish First Class Mustn to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden. Clarionet, C, Curtis, Cornet. L, Owen, Trombone, E, Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, ' Addreas all communications to Jerry Smith, McHenry. SHORT HORN BULLS For Sale at Living Prices by the under-, signed. Ctul on or address / FRANK COLE, SPRING OROVB. 11L gpring Grove, III t No*. 13. Ititti, *nnn salary and OommisMon to VwwUs " t">nrs> ^en an ' Women,*T ^ach ers an t «>lerg men to introduce a n«u> and popular standard book, MARVELS sf the NEW WEST A new Agent soid 70 in one week. Ag nft profits, J13« 50. Over 35<> original engravings 10,400 copies sold in <>nc week. Exclusive territory. Endorsed by the greatest men of our country. Apply to THE HENRY BILL PUB. CO., ISortcich, Cbr.r. a. s, ctrsTi? & son, Gralner, Paper Hangers, Kaisominers, Decorators. MeHENRY, ILLINOIS All" work promptly done an' sat'sfaetion guaranteed. Country work a specialty. Call on oradorass C. 8. Curtis A Son McBBNil ¥. ILLINOIS McHENRV H. Miller & Son, --DEALERS IN-- MARBLE & GRANITE, - Monvmenis, Headstone s Tablets, Eto. Cemetery Work of every de- scriptioi neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. SatiifwUon Sauaatiid. Shops at McHenry and Johns- burgh, III, where at .all times can te lound a good assortment of finished work. Respectfully, Henry Miller & Soil. WANTPflf Salesmen tn seU our ¥» Mil l CUI choice Mursery Stock ail KOO !s guaranteed to he first class uoo i salaries and expens^i1, or a liberal commls ion paid. No experience necessary Write tor terms giving age, and secure vonr choice of territory. «. L. KNIGHT A CO , 100 Park Avenue. Rochescr N. Y* OR NO A 43- page book free. Addre\* IT. F1TZ GERALD. Attorney at fjaw. gr 8.»h and F Sts , Washington, D O and receive free me a . 200 Solid Leather Ad- sber*, the best and cheap- •st,"or 8'J cents for 100; 15 cents for 20. M.H. SAUNDERS, Wellington. Ohio, (c ^ O Aa^B1* Wanted! ^ CiP.fi'^KS Fnm , Siiftny Hcin lluldsn -.Iron u> isi-.rmluwtbem. E*«ry i,ir»o <»n»r liun fri'U) I to ©.»»» In« •vcr umif; boraea' feet, tteod Scents i to wt i cst^K* and Basking t Nickel Elated 8amBl«thstaulsteW cia. anwster SeUi.Mtoh. SOLDHIS' DSPAE'kiht, Cdlted by WM. H. COWLltt, ^->5 WOODSTOCK, Ok ' "Tb care for him who hcu bdme the battle, and for his HfUote and Orpham." --LlHOOUf. 55F "FHendship, Charily. Lay- ally-- Worthy ton* of Patriot MUhsr* " G a. R, Directory. V'GIHtY #OST HO. ttt Meets the First aad Third T* ur^laf ew». lngs of each mo&th. H. C Mrao, O^m moDSTOOXfOIT, ROKH. Meets first and third Monday evenings of eaoh month. S, S. RICHARDS, Com. •"itp*DA voar, wo m, Meets the second and four.h Tuesday evenings of eacn mon^h WK R. ST. CLAT*. Com. •ABTABD POST, WO 368. Meets the second ana fourth Monday even lngs of each month. J, D. CLAWK, Oom. MAKAWEO POST, NO vn>. Meets every Second and Fourth Friday evenings of ea h n-onth. E. R MORHIS, Ootbu WAFCOWDA rosr. NO 3«S. Post meets ever? second and fourth Satur­ day evening In G. A, R Hall, Main St. A L Paica. Oom. Pa a Veteran's Soa< Tis my boa t that my father was one ef the men. Who offered their lives our RepnMictso save, And to make It In fact what feigned to be then The Land of the Free and the Home of the Biave. And the lessons ihey reught as were written in blood. Ineffaceable ever and solemn as death; "This flag whloh was rescued from Tyraay's flood You must raise and defend to year life's latest breath, Aht these lesaons we'll heed of owr patriot sites, And Freedom we'll champion with saber and gun; Our alters shall blase wUh bet Liberty's ures. And our watchword shall be, a Veter an's son!" Along the ffkirash Line Forsyth Post, Toledo, Ohio, has a membership of 700. The number of claims for pension dis­ posed of under the act of June 27, 1890, to date are 350,072. 9 The oldest man now living who was en­ listed in the United States military ser­ vice in the war of 1812, is thought to be Benjamin Poor, of Raymond, N. H. He is in his 77th year. The retirement of Gens. John M. Scho- fleld and 0. O. Howard will take out of the active service, it is said, every regular army officer who commanded a corps during the civil war. An entertainment was given at the Opera House at Hot Springs, Ark., Tues­ day evening, Feb. 23, under the auspices o,f Canby Post, G. A. R., Pateey Dugan, Commander. The proceeds of the enter­ tainment will form a fund for the care of indigent veterans sent to the springs for treatment. Comrade P. L. McKinnie, the present Assistant Adjutant General of thelllinois Department, G. A. R., has been named as a candidate for Department Commander by the Moline, post of which he is a mem­ ber. Comrade McKinnie has served on the department staff as Medical Director and Assistant Adjutant General with credit to himself and honor to the de­ partment. Comrade McKinnie's support­ ers are making a lively campaign. Work of the Pension Offioe During the week 6,729 claims were re­ ceived, of which 394 were original invalid; 365 widows; 7 bounty land; 26 navy; ,31 old war; 0 on account of Mexican service, 297 accrued pension and 1,873 applications for increase. Number of re­ jected claims reopened 332; act of June 27, 1890, 3,015 original invalid, 612 widows, and 0 prior applications under prior applications. Number of claims received to date un­ der act of June 27, 1890, 773,166. Claims disposed of to date under said act, 359,450. The names and postofficeAddresses of 5,734 officers and comrades were furnished for the use of claimants. There were 120,112 pieces of mail mat­ ter received; 61,127 letters and blanks sent out. The number of cases derailed to special examiners were 427; 257 reports and cases from special examiners ;<?• cases on hand for special examination, 4,868. Report of certificates issued: Original, 6,865; of which -- were under act of June 27, 1990; increase, 845; accrued, 136; reissue, 0; restoration, 0; dupli­ cate 35; act of March 4,1890, 0; total, 7,881. Total number of claims pending, 871,991. , . Relating to Fenaioas. Congressmen from the southern states are very geaeralfy against liberal pension measures to Uaion soldiers and their de­ pendants, else their votes in such mat­ ters belie them. Yet their constituents readily appropriate large sums for relief of the men, who fought valiently to destroy this government. Among other pension measures pend­ ing in the legislature of Virginia, a bill to grant a pension of $100 per month to soldiers who have lost both eyes, or both hands or both feet. Those who aie otherwise totally disabled are to receive f 50 per month, and another class f25 per month; soldiers' widows are to re­ ceive $50 per month. This is all right! No reasonable man should protest. But if a reb'8 widow is entitled to $30 per month, why should a southerner kick againBt a Union soldier's widow's allow­ ance of from $8 to $12 per moflth. GRAND ARMY men are advised to be­ ware of a man calling himself Charles Moore, commander of William T. Sher­ man Post No. 37, Shepley, Tenn., who has been, it is reported, obtaining aid throughout Illinois. He has thecounter- sign and the grip and wears the button, but there is no such post or town in Ten­ nessee, and this imposter should be brought in wherever apprehended. In ine Eigai. ' General Palmer, Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, has written another letter defining his position re­ garding Confederate flags, and stating very clearly why he issued the order rela­ ting to the participation of G. A. R. men in the Grady procession at Atlanta, Ga., last summer. Gen. Palmer says: "I be­ lieve that the display of the rebel flag on any occasion or under any pretext what­ ever, ought to be regarded by any Amer­ ican citizen--I don't care whether he fought for or against the Union--an in­ sult to the National government." In justification of his position he quotes the Sangusge of Attorney QmiotrI Speed who replied |o General Grant as follows: "A rebel officer has no right to wear a rebel uniform in any loyal city. It is simply addinir inniilt to in'ur". He has as inuch right to bear a traitor's flag through the streets of a loyal city as he has to wear the traitor's garb. It is againBt the terms of surrender and an act of hostility against the government of the United States." This is strong language, but if the Southern men are now so loyal to the flag that they would have no other, they should agree with Gen. Palmer, that no other flag tint is hostile to the National colors should be carried in parade where patriotism is the idea to b« conveyed by the demonstration. •M;. Young Ken. Stop and Think. Young men of America, those in whom the destinies of this country now rest, did you ever stop to consider what the result would have been if the young men of 1861, all over this loyal North, had list­ ened to the peace-at-any-price advisers, who said, "Let the erring sisters depart in peace," or that other cowardly cry, "You can't whip such chivalry," or the still meaner taunt, "Come home, and quit fighting for the niggers." Picture to yourself the result of a failure to stand at Gettysburgh, or to persevere and toil on through the bloody years until the last armed foe surrendered. Had they not, regardless of party ties, stood by the old flag, and each other, we qgpuld have had a number of hostile nations on this con­ tinent, each with its standing army, its great lines of fortifications and its horde of tax gatherers, eating out the substance of the people, the* same as Europe has to­ day. The vast sums now paid for pen­ sions would only be a trifle to the enor­ mous expense of maintaining a standing army. Think of these things and when you hear the services of the Union soldier spoken of lightly resent it as men should who are proud of their country.--West­ ern Veteran. Two Soldiers Try to Outdo Baron Mun­ chausen. "I saw a fellow shot clean through the body by a shell within an inch of his heart," ha said. "The shell came out be­ hind and killed a mule, but the poor fel­ low that was struck only gasped a little for air, and then kept on fighting just as fresh as ever." The room became very quiet and several looked toward Tangle, who was present. Tangle arose and looked medatively aroufidjs. "I saw something of the same kind as tjhat," he began. "It was at one of the first engagements we had when we went to the front. There was a soldier who stood right beside me struck square in the head with a 12-pound cannon-ball, and gentlemen, he never knew it." The oj.d soldier who had told tha first story looked a little sheepish, and several laughed a little. * "But," someone thought to inquire, "didn't it kill him ? " Tangle looked up, a little bit surprised. "Oh, yes; certainly it killed him," he replied. "But then, maybe it was all for the best. He might have lived to tell the story. It's proba­ bly just as well/' he added, looking at the old soldier.--Milwa ukee Sentinel. . ELECTRIC BITTERS. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric sing the same song of praise.--A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaran­ teed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver and kidneys, will remove pimples, boils, salt rheum and other affections caused by impure blood, Will drive malaria from the system ant! prevent as well as cure all malarial fevers. For cure of headache, constipation and indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Price 50 cents and $1 per bottle at €>. W. Bes- ley's drug store. BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALTE. The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, Tetter, chapped bands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi­ tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Geo. W. Besley. Pillsbury's Best seldom equalled never excelled. Try it only $1.35. A Bear Busily Cufht A party of hunters on the Florida came suddenly upon a bear prowl­ ing about the wreckage on the beach. Bruin would first look at an article, fben smell it, touch it with his paw and final­ ly, after deliberately seating himself, with his hind legs projecting is front, turn his head on one side and try to crack his new acquisition with his teeth. The burlesque gravity of Ms was indescribable. He threw away a cocoannt, as being too hard to chew, ate an orange with great satisfaction a,r..l y.v.wr..i.l v ered a small cask, which he endeavored to open. By dint of much biting he at- larged the bnnghole so that he couM in­ sert a paw; then he held the ca&k on ace arm and kept the other paw busy ia s rapid journeys thence to his mouth. > ^ Bnt tbis method of getting at the eflBt- ! tents did not satisfy him, and presently, standing erect on his hind feet, ho In- I serted his nose in the barrel, and then his head. Now, a bear's nose is so sharp' that it goes through a small place very easily, but owing to the heavy folds of skin about the neck, and the fact that; the hair and ears are set backward, it does not possess the same facility far coming out. Bruin was fast He began to pull back, but as he pulled the barrel came with him, and as he rolled on his bade, pawing ineffectually at its convex sides, it merely revolved about his head it were on a pivot. Then, alarmed by the sound of our laughter, he cook fright and ran, wearing the cask an his head uk@ a helmet. Up the hill he rushed, lost all sense of direction and rolled head over heels squarely among us. Picking himself np he reared and began growling waving his paws, but was speedily re­ leased by one of the negroes, who broke the barrel with a blow from his club and scattered the mackerel with which it had been filled. The bear rewarded him for this serv- ice with a blow of the paw which laid him on the sands, and in another second was himself stretched there by the dis­ charge of two rifles.--Wild Sports in t^®Sonth- ~ ^ - Durability of Aa«i«st Ielfc;: The labor required In airing (he man­ uscript books of ancient days was far beyond the understanding of the men of the present day who possess ail the modern adjuncts to that art. As these books were intended to last for many years, answering the same purpose as our printed tomes, the great desideratum in their preparation was durability. As a natural consequence, those who them not only selected the best quality of parchment or other material to writs upon, but also paid particular attention to the quality of the ink used in such work. That they were successful In wuJrfag the latter is evidenced by the fact thai in the majority of instances the char­ acters inscribed on the most ancient manuscript rolls now preserved in the Britism museum and elsewhere are very legible, the ink being bright and Hack and showing but little evidence of its great age. It is supposed that the su­ perior quality of lampblack, prepared in a manner now unknown, was the true cause of this beautiful and lasting color of the ink in question.--Detroit Inventor Davy sad Lov* Sir Humphry Davy, the inventor of the Davy lamp, found love something of a delusion, if not a snare. Writing to his mother, he said, "1 am the hap­ piest of men in the hope of a union with a woman equally distinguished for vir­ tues, talents and accomplishments.* And in a letter to his brother he express­ es his rapture thus: "Mrs. Apprece consented to marry me, and when the event takes place I shall not envy kings* princes or potentates." The widow must have been a persott possessed of great powers of fascination, for Sir Henry Holland makes mention of her as a lady who made such a sensa­ tion in Edinburgh society that even a regius professor did not think it beneatifc his scholarship to go down on his knees in tho street to fasten her shoe. The SCijuci llccu fiut utt uwviii iipuii further than to add that the marriage turned out to be altogether a tien's Magazine. -Vt: rkfif; W 'M \: M :#S • v; "i Balnmaklng by Faith. Some forty years ago, on a cloudless Sabbath morning, the president of Ober- lin college, Professor Phinney, walked briskly to the chapel--there had been a Stressing drought^-and began the ser­ vice with an extremely fervent prayer for rain. The prayer was "long, and be­ fore it was finished the skies b&g9h t% darken, and almost* before the congre­ gation was dismissed a copious rain be­ gan to fall. The suggestive fact in this relation is that President Phinney had been observed during the morning to give very watchful attention to the ha* • rometer.--£L Chandler in Science. -i, Sain Without Clouds. . ' - M : We have it on the authority of Sir J. ;! C. Boss that in the south Atlantic It rained on one occasion for over an hour when the sky was entirely free from ? clouds. In the Mauritius and other parts of the southern hemisphere this H not a rare occurrence; but in Europe II is, and the greatest known length of its duration was ten minutes at Constant!- | nopfe.--Ail the Year Round. Origin of Two Wellor Many of Dickens' stories lefetwd tor events much spoken of at the timfe. The story of the marbles was doubtleee founded on a tale then current, and the tragedy of the man who killed him--If after eatliig iuumua wtu wa clauiaitkiB of the account of the suicide of the Boo. Mr. Damer, who destroyed himself afttr a surfeit of crumpets, -- HofeM ip|. . / ^ • $ a ;'"s® Ms* AwaAyw Indulgent Aunty (after staffing;, nephew with doughnuts and firoit --What does your mamma give yon tween meals? Little Nephew---Orders M* to IM. J>... -5- ««i ^.. a.4,.. Vis. .--i-t. A<s. •' ' • • J ) " V * * " * * " }e' Vvi"' ^