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eirj |Huiie«leF. PVBUSBBD BVBBY WBDWBSDAY BT -J* VAN S,LTKEt« BDITOS AHD P80PEIBT0»» Office In Pekovsky's Block* (m dov Boiiih oftke Pott dflfti TBRM4 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ode Tear (in Advaace) 11-50 If v«t »*«<« Three Months ... 3tS0 Sttbocriptions received for thrM or six months In t&e same proportion. m Kates of Advertising. . We ann©iraca "Sbsrft? rfitoo for advertising1 a the PuixbiiAi.KR, and endeavor to state hem so plainly that they will be readily on. erstooi. They are *s follows: 1 Inch OBC year ' 1 > 1500 2 Inches one yea*-., S Inches one year - If Column one year - • W . SO 00 * Col unm one year- .... 8000 Column one year - - . - . 10000 One inch means the meaiurement of one Inch down the column, single column width. fearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing sis often aa they eboose, 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 cents par line the first week, and 5 cents per line for eaoh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareu type, same as this is set In) the first issue, and 5 oents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, an inch advertisement will oost >1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, #a.oo for three weeks, and so on. The PLAINDKALBB will be liberal in giving editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of Us oolumns for peouniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. P. O.OOLBY, D. D.S. DB»Tl<*T. Woodstock. 111. Special atten* tion paid to regulating children's teeth- Parties coming from a distance would do wel* to give timely notice by mail. Office, Kendal blo^k, corner Main street and Public dquara- O. J.JHOWARD, M. D. PnY"»10IAN ASD SUBGEO . McHenry, 111. Office at residence, one door *«H of J. A. Story's Drug Store. a a. rsGBRs, M. D- NNRSIOIAN AND SCROBOK, KOB«UT I Ilia. Office at Resldenoe. DR. A. E AURINGER, PHTSIOIAN ANDSURGEON. Office in Dr. tibilds building, West McHenry, 111. Residence, house ioraierly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional calls promptly at­ tended to. Stable. HK. WIGIITMAN, Proprietor, .--iMIfiBt • class rigs with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. H V. SHEPABD. F. L. SHBPARD 8HEPARD * SHEPARD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Suite 512, North-em Office Building, 86 LaSalie Street Chioago, 111. « iy KNIGHT * BROWN, ATTOBNBYS AT LAW. U. S. Express Co.'s Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. ; CHICAGO, ILL. JOSLYN A CASEY, AftTOKNBTS AT LAW, Woodstock 111. All business will reoeive prompt alten- tion. C. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY. Solicitor, aadt Counselor, Collections a specialty. » WOODSTOCK, LLLIMOM. • jiltJii ' . . . ^ V. 9. LUMLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Solicitor in •"""""WboDSTOOK. ILL. Office in Park House, first floor. MISS MYRTLE SKILL. Teacher ot Piano and Organ. Visits Mc Henry every week, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and is prepured to tahe scholars at any time. Terms reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed Can be seen at he Parker House on any of above named p»y»- A. M. CHURCH, VPfttoh malcer and Jeweler NO. Oil H odredTwenty-Five State St Ohi-oag , II . Special attention given to re- , pairing ine watches and Chronomatera. ITAF 11 Assortment ot floods in hie lime JOHN P. 8«IITH, fî atohmaker 4c Jeweler McHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew. elry always on hand. Special attention [given to repairing fine watohos. Give me I a MIL t •• *» ir wxr-|V • JOHN P- SMITH. PENSIONS! The Disability Bill Is a Law. i Soldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled* • Dependent widows and parents now de [ pendent whose sons died from the efleets of army services are included If you wish your claim speedily and successfully _ _ _ prose- I ented, address " . - JAM18 TANNER. WASHINGTON D. a lirteComalsaioiwr ot Peasfefcf* lorsemen, Look Here. I have a fine stock of H >rses, among which are •* Young Green Mountain rtorvan, "Mor- liLOharies." and others. Call and see theie Xor*es before making arrangements else. jr. & COLBY. McHenry, HI., May I* United States War Claia Apkj ftP|ON stowf^, OF ' • |WM. H- COWLIN, Woodstock - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims •£*?n»t the United states tor ex-Soldiers, their widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made tn prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered if Poet&gs Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, EL COW LIB ;/ Office at Residenee, Madison St., Woodsioca, Illinois. % , -IQIXT FOB PhtBsis, of Brooklyn, f. Y. Capital, 5,006,31̂ Rockford, of Rockford, III SHORT mm BULLS • - . I'll i " ' For Sale at Living Prices by the under­ signed. Call on or address i^sfBANK COLE, : ̂ SPRING QROVB, ILL gprlng Grove. IU, Nov lit. m ATTENTION I I Farmers and Dairymen. It will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to oall at vv premises before purchasing. I can furnisa snob by the oar load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRU M. OHBMCWO. Farm about tour miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. Capital, 802,448, I, of EartM, CaDital, 3. Insurance carefully and safely p1*«f<d esi all elaeae* of property against fire, i glitn'ng, and tornado, either lor rash or on long, time, without interest. Fire policies oa 3sv# stock cover name in buiMing or on farm igainst loss or datn»xe by tire or lightning an<i against lightning anywhere. Hay, straw, stalks and fodder are covered by on© policy, in building or stacks on farm. Grain, eerds and mill feed are covered under c e sum <n hnu^ing or on farm Insurance transferred to other locali­ ties free of carge. Gasoline orol' stove and eteam threstee* permits grantnd In i>olirles free of charge Household goods of every description, including coil, wood and provi­ sion" ail coveied under one item Complete records kept of all policies, condition., assign­ ments- and transfers made. Call for list of over 700 poliC7 holders in above companies. Simon StoffeU fncHENKY V, J. Barbian* J- J- SarblM BARBIAN BROS. Wholesale and Betdl DaAz.su m FINE CIGARS, Me HENRY ILLINOIS Being now pleasantly located in our n»w store, former <y occupied by Althcff Bros , we are now prepared to offer to the smoking pub lie a line line • f Cit-irs of our own manufac. ture, together with smoking and Chewing Tobacco ot the best brands, ^ Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment and some very handsome patterns. CALL AND 8KB US. "O" BUBUB noa MeHenrr. 111.'. Jane 90.1892 WANTEU SALESWIEIi. *» •••" * Local and traveling to represent onr well known honee. You need n » capital t > rppresent a firm tbat warrants nursery stock iirst.cl*ss and true IO name. WOBKALLTBS YEAS. #t0 per month to the right man. Appi> quickstating age, L L M A Y A O O . UU A Uftn Wide awake worters every. ~ #111 I tU where for "^nepp's Photo­ graphs of the World," the greitteNt book on in eonh; lostinir #ltH).()00; retail for \(3 9, cash or installments; mam "moth iliiia rated rirculars aud terms free; daily output over 1500 volumes. Agents wild wit auroesv Mr, Thonms L. ^£5'P80TfiCMFHfei!si: Woo«ter, O , i'W in 40 minutfs; Rev, J. How­ ard • arti on, l.vou* X, Y., f 101 iswfeouis; a '"mu'oVI "iT"'K';"i'»0F THE W(1 on credit, freight paid. A^aress " « UI/>BB HIBLBI'CBI.TSMIAA O , 7£t Chestnut Ht, Phlla,, l'a, "r 8>8 ixarborn St,. Chicago. 16 * 98. SOLDBBS' 01FABTU1ST. Cdltad by WM. H. COWLIN, ---WOODSTOCK, OX.-- "7b core for hm uto hat borne the battle, and for Ait iWttotp and Urjihant." --LIHOOL«r. "friendship. Charity. Lou. <iUy~ Worthy mmt of Patriot fhthert" McHenry House, McHENRY. ILL. J01HKIKEK. - - Fnprleter. Being situated on the hanks of the Fox River, in the V111 tge of McHenry, special at tention will be given to the entertainment <-f Hunters, Fishermen and Pleasure seekers generally. Sportsman Supplied with Com­ plete Outfits. A FINE BAR IN CONNECTION NEAR THE DEPOT. WEST MoHGNRY, JUL* Keeps open for the aooommodation of the Public a First-Olass Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the beat brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars Cto be found in the market. - Also Agent For FRANZ FALK'S JGlirwht* lt£M Bin. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al. rays on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. OOOD'JSTABLL NO 'FOR HOR8FB WOall andjBee us. Robert 8ohlessle. West McHenry. I1L H. Miller & 9on, -DEALERS IN-- MARBLE * GRANITE, Monuments, . Headstones Tablets, • Eto.s ^Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. SatUiketin BmiutMii Shops at Mc Henry and Johns- burgh,-. Ill, where at all times can be tound a good assortment of finished Work. Respectfully, * • - „ Henry Miller 4k Bon. JL. Bhagloa's iALOON AND RESTAURANT MoHENRV, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky liquors, French Bitters, UcHenry Lager Beer, --AND- I. Scllitz Milvasles Bottle Beer,: tn any quantity from a Snitz Glass to 1G0 barrels. A.T VV ROLESAllB OB RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as oheap as the cheapest. We buy none/but the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. all and see me and I, will me you well. ANTONY ENGLEN JToBtsry, III.. Wauoonda Anti-Horse Thief Association. OrriOEKS. ABTBDB COOK, Pres. KDOAR GHEKM, Sec'y. JAB. M IT BEAT, V. •• E. E. QILBEBT, Treas DIKEOTOBS. J F Roney. Edgar Oreen. Frank'Thomas. BIDBBS. Henry Werden, H F Hughes, Morris For*, A J Raymond, , Frank Thomas. MBHBCBS. AOook. Mirth; Morse A O Bangs ...... Plutarch Houghton .. E E Oilbert Geo Dtrrell RU Hill E T Harris .... H F Hughes S H Harris J F Rone? Edwin Oook Frink Thomas Edgar Green... A J ttayraond .. Geo Pratt Moses Beach. .. James Murray. J D McCat* Henry Werden. J E Glynch Ira Smith Delos Ainea ... Geo Jones T Bacon Bl Paddock. ... M O 9m lth Mot Ford ..Seth Turner W M Ulough . Stebbms Ford ......... P A Nimskey .... ..BF Johnston Warren Poweis ..... Geo Bates Jas Monaghan, Jr .... Robert Harrison John Spencer, OW Dunklee Charles Jttvlin ;. ...MlcbaelSlaven ...... GUB Siaxon Golding Bros T V Slocum PHILIP McGRATH, AOXRT FOB THE Vootak - Brefiu - Company, DEALER IM rmmrtJCKY - - LAGER BEER By keg or case, at wholesale or retail Choice Brands of Cigars, Bfe. W$ST McHENRY, ILL. We kee^«H kinds of Bottle <3#e#g such ai Pop, Gioger Ale, etc., and de­ liver to the boat or any part of the vll lage. Our team will make trips to the Lakes, and all orders will receive prompt attention. Headquarters in Casper WirPsblock. West McHenry. where all are invited ,to call and see as and we will use |oa "westllcHeir?, Juse T, MSI. He Stood Rooted to the Spot On being told that we <*ould sell him such an elegant wafe h at fig­ ures so extremely low. By the way, have >ou seen our new line (if ladies' and gents' gold chains, breast pins, rings, ear-rings. If not, why not. They are certain­ ty the tiue8t of the kind in these parts. W undertul va riety, hand­ some and shapely. f We wls'» to announce 'hnt we srr now ready to *h'»w the pubsie a larger and a new stock of JEWELRY Bracelets, N»'cklac s, ; Brooches* Hairpins, Lace pins. Rings. &>art pins, Oufi pins. Cuff but tons, fi*rrlrg8, Oaators. Pickle and celery (ilfics, KnlvfS and Forks. 1847. lfWer Bim Spoons. Na(tkli) ri»gt>. Albums. *Sbrap books, Opticil goods. »V*bool books. Crayons, P#-tells. Tablets. Slate*. Wa cbes, clocks! If you think of bnvlofr a new sewlny machine be Pure and call arid "xamln* rhe new Wheeler A Wilson No. 9, lh« standard Mnchia« of to day. Bcsidff- rhat, we hive the American.Domestic. Household, New White, atid several other leading machines, on which wt oao save you from five to ten dollars. Yours truly, Heaman Bros VC sHjory, HI., A >^^1894 YOUR BREAD A ill be of better quality and Coat Less, if you use Washburn's Cold Mf edal Flour, 81.30. Also quote White Swan, S1.25. Little Daisy, 1.90. In barrel lots 5 cents per sack less. All fully guaranteed. W. A. The Flour, Feed and Coal Dealer G» A. R* Directompi IVri M'HZHKT POST MO. 841. "even. the rt«-st and Third Tfur Ings ot e*ca mostb H. G. MEAD, C m. WOODSTOCK TOST. KO 108. Meets flrs* and third Monday evenings ot Mon mottio. S, B. RICHARDS, com. HCHDA POST. WO W«, Meets the •ecu.d and four.b Xnestlsi Sveninga of eacn mon t h W*. B. ST. CLAIB, OOB. BAKVARD POST, KO 90S. Meets the aeuouu ana tonrtn Monday even tags of eaoh month. J, D. CLASK, Oom. MABBHOO POST. NA LSE, "Sets ev%ry seond and ITuurth Fridav evenings of each month. KB. MOBBIS, Oom. XVKI38 HENS LAY AND KEEPS THEM HEALTHY Try It. FoRSuipr JOHN KVANSON A OO. West McHenry, 111. CHA9. KUHNXRT. Job sburgb.IlL j.w. cBiary A SON. R'ngweod. 111. FRANK ROW«, • f e ' - Hfttaoa. IU, Come all ye fcons ofSoldiers, Be lcyal and be true. Your childien and their ohlldren. Have a mighty claim on yoa. Dome join our noble order, Why stand ye in their light? Why rob them of the heritage, The honor that Is theirs by right, Ocnoe all ye Sons of Soldiers, And join our nob e class, •TIs a duty, loving brother, „ To the loyal, brave and true. And to the loyal Martyr, Wh9 died for bts flax and you. Along tha Skirmish Lins. Virginia established a Confederate home at Richmond, for the support of which the State expends $ 10,000 a year. Pensions to the amount of f5,000 an­ nually are paid. 9 Missouri pays no pension, but a move­ ment is on foot to raise $100,000 to en­ dow a home without the state aid, Mississippi is without a home but has made liberal provisions for indigent and disabled Confederates. Arkansas has a home at Little Rock, and a law passed at the last session of her legislature granting pensions. Florida has no home, but pays f3p,- 000 a year to disabled Confederates who have resided in the state fifteen years. The death of Dewitt C. Littlejohn oc­ curred at his home in Oawego, N. Y., aged 75 years. He was a member of the Thirty-eighth congress and took the One Hundred and Tenth Regiment to the front in the war of the rebellion as its colonel. The Sons of Veterans of the Illinois Di­ vision have promulgated in resolutions a very vigorous protest against the dis­ play upon public buildings and in public parades of any and all flags but the Stars and Stripes--ua flag made sacred by the blood of its brave and heroic de­ fenders, who gave all--friends, home, life --that the starry folds of their country's flag might forever wave over a free and happy people. New York Sons of Veterans, with head­ quarters at Mount Vernon for the E m- pire State Division, has a membership of 5,000. New camps are constantly being established throughout the state, and Commander Holmes and Adjutant Har­ rison are to be congratulated on the suc­ cess of their labors. There are now on the rolls of the G. A. R. 444,000 names. This does not in­ clude many thousands of old soldiers who have never joined the organization, but who retain as much of the old spirit of comradeship as though they wen- charter members of the order. The Q. A. R., as Gen. Veazay said in his address, has reached high water mark. Nearly 6000 members died during the year, and there are no new recruiting grounds. Two widows of Revolutionary soldiers are living in Pennsylvania and drawing pensions for service rendered in the field by their husbands. One, who was the third wife of a soldier of 75 summers and bore him three children, is now 97 yeart- old, hops up and down stairs with the liveliness of a cricket, and declared her willingness to marry again, pension or no pension, if the right sort of a man presents himself. « The silver anniversary of the Grand Army of the Republic marks the close ^>f the first quarter century under peace se­ cured by four years of war. The surviv­ ors among the men who fought the bat­ tles of the war have had twenty-five years of peaceful life. They have seen the country grow from one torn by dis­ sension and in part devastated by war to one of the most powerful, most pros­ perous nations of the earth. It was foeet that they should celebrate such an aniversary as they did at Detroit. A Ptusky Barber. Barbers do not often have a chance to display their heroism or their capability of rising to the emergency. Nevertheless some time comes that opportunity. Then barbers are not slow or backward in demonstrating their ability. It was during the last days of the war that such an incident came under my personal supervision. We of the north, the boys in blue, had been fighting brave­ ly along the front. Indeed, the gray coats, when they made a truce for three month's didn't do it because they felt kindly to as and wanted to give ua a chance to regulate oureelves. It was att to their advantage that the truce was made. Well one day, I and several pards strolled into the parlor of a southern barber. He felt tender to the north and so we patronized him. It was my turn nest. Then along came a strapping big lieutenant, and squats himself plumb down into my chair. He was an ugly customer to deal with, and so, not feeling especially desirous for a fight, I said nothing. He did. "Say look here. They tell me you're one of them danged northerners. But, say, it don't make no difference to me, 'cause I'd just as soon shoot a rebel as a yank. But look here, I came here to get shaved. Now go ahead." * The barber said nothiilg. But I notic­ ed a strange kind of expression coming over his face. The lather was made and the brush about to be applied to the lieutenant's face when he blurted out: "Say, look here." Then he pulled out a Colt's six shooter. "I just got to .say this: I don't want to get cut instead of shaved. Now if you j >st cut me a little bit I'll put daylight through your car­ cass, see." Well to make this story short, I will now say that the shaving was success­ fully completed. But not word did the barber utter. He kept up a tremendous amount of thinking though. The blusterer soon began again: "Ah, I see that you were careful. Good for you that you were." The barber then spoke: "Don't think that I am a fool. This was my determi­ nation: If I had made a slip, slight though it were, I had determined to cut your throat from ear to ear." But these words were not heard by the lieutenant. He had fled. That's what I call pluck.--NJI tional Barber. BALLAD OF A JESTER. ~"~ When beards were brown that now are fPoi% Above the salt I used to sit; Now, at life's feast, I am no more' Tu&n you poor dog that turns the spit. I could go mad to think of it; Although forever in mine ears Rings an old rhyme that once was writ, " 'Twill matter naught in fifty yean." When fl a pons with Rhine wine ran o'er. And tongues wugged fast, and lamps were IM, t "set the table in a roar" With many a shaft of wanton wit; The king would cry in boist'rous fit. While walls and roof tree rang with 11i0WT>. " , "Good cousin, never heed the hit, "Twill matter naught in fifty years." I loved a maid in days of yore. And thought to win the saucy chit. Despite the "motley suit" I wore; (Alack, bow far my fancies htti) v. The damsel cared for me no whit. And I got naught but japes and jeers That chafed me like a jennet's bit. Twill matter nought in fifty years. Head weary am I and heartsore; I meet cold welcomes, and submit Like hitn that liath not paid his score. The tapster will no more admit. Life's raveled threads the fates unknit. And soon, with fardels and with tears. And cap and bells I shall be quit; Twill matter nought in fifty years. v Friends, though the grave gapes like a pit. And mirth takes wing when grief appears, Bear bravely what the heavens permit; Twill matter much in fifty years. --J. Redfearn Williamson in Temple Ban • Cold Water Injures Plants. Guard against the application of cold or hard water to the roots of plants, and especially in the winter months, when there has been a heavy fall of snow, hail or cold rains. The water in the tanks then becomes very much too cold. This may not be noticed in the ordinary course of things, and the plants are sure to suffer a check at the roots that, in the case of camellias, for instance, would be quite sufficient to cause bud dropping. I am always very careful that the water in our tanks is a few degrees warmer than the house in which the plants are growing. This is very important in suc­ cessful plant culture. We are apt to say sometimes on be­ holding a sickly plant--one mildewed or with rust on the foliage--that it must have been subjected to a draft er cur­ rent of cold air, whereas the probable cause was the us«of c61d water, which paralyzed the roots. Proof of this may easily be seen by giving one or two ap­ plications of cold water to winter cu­ cumbers or kidney beans when setting their pods.--Exchange. Ordering His Own Tombstone. A countryman called on a sculptor in Tilsit and ordered a tombstone in the shape of a cross, and gave full instruc­ tions as to the lettering and the date of the decease and promised to fetch it away himself. He failed, however, to turn up at the day appointed, and the sculptor wrote to remind him of his promise. The other day the man turned up at last, but said that he wanted the date erased. On being asked his reason for the strange request the countryman answered that a gypsy woman had told him that he would die on the day which he had ordered to be inscribed on the cross; the prophecy had not, however, come true, and he now wanted to take away the monument, but without the date.--Deutsche Warte. Paving Streets with Cork. A material which is being satisfac­ torily introduced for paving streets is composed of granulated cork and bitu­ men pressed into blocks, and which are laid like bricks or wood paving, the spe­ cial advantage secured being that of elasticity. In roadways it furnishes a fine foothold for horses, and at the same time does away to a great degree with the noise which commonly accompanies city traffic. In Australia this method has been resorted to with exceUaat f#. suits.--New York Sun. ysr lir. Jj; 'th' „ Your interests and ours are mutual. We put in our hardest work and use our beet judgment in buying goods that will give our customers the bt st service, for it is in the satisfaction rendered in present deals that we hope to increase oar latere trade. J.W. Cwti 4 Sen, Kagmod. THE MYSTERY UNRAVELEft A Clever Newspaper MM Divines Reason of m Tremendous "What is it?' •: f "Who is hurt?*, "Anybody beetf rtm Wttf* "Is it a man in a fit?" High above the ceaseless ramble loar of traffic rose human voices in anx­ ious inquiry, and the dense throng sit the intersection of St&te and Madison streets grew denser still. It was just before sunset, and the mighty heart of Chi­ cago's business center throbbed with the feverish energy that marked the closing hours of another day of toil, and the hurrying homeward of restless, eager thousands. The swiftly moving streams of humanity that are wont to meet in eddying whirls in this dizzy vortex and then diverge and move onward again, each in its destined course, had sudden­ ly become blocked and chaos reigned. Pushed toward the common center by the ever hurrying throngs afoot, in car­ riages and in street cars, and unable to extricate themselves, men, women av-i children gasped for breath, and »,i»e crowd in the streets and on the si .it- walks overflowed into alleys and sitr;-»-i hither and yon like the resistless and flow of a mighty sea. A policeman on the Outskirts o#-tjii dense throng climbed a lamppost, ut. i from his elevated position surveyed scene. s * "Give him air," he shouted stemiy, waving his club. "Give him airr --' "What's the matter?" inquired a hun­ dred voices as he climbed down. "I don't know," he answered, and with gloomy, lowering brow he strutted up the street, disappeared down a shore flight of stairs, from which a few mo°> ments later he emerged, wiping his month, and in the same stern, uncom­ promising way he walked a block. far­ ther and sent in a tire alarm. Meanwhile the surging multitude at State and Madison grew every moment more appalling and inextricable. Something must be done. Fiercely elbowing his way through the crowd, a newspaper reporter at last was seen bearing down toward the cen­ ter of the compact mass. His hat was off, his hair flying in the wind, and his face was deathly pale, but with set teeth and dilated nostrils he tore his way along, thrusting to the right and left every one who oppnx**! his progress. Reaching the eentt-r of the throng he ^seized two individual:, by their arms, and in the same resolute, fearless way opened a passage for them to the outside, and, as if by magic, thf vast concourse dis­ solved; the converging streams of hu­ manity whirled and eddied as before, and the business heart of the great city throbbed again. The reporter had conjectured rightly. The blockade w.is caused by two women who had met in the exact center of the street and stopped to tell each other the troubles they were having with their hired girls.--Chicago Tribune. "Very" with a Verb. "Pleased," in the expression "very pleased," is nothing more than the past participle passive of "please" used as an adjective. "Very," so far as I am aware, is never used with any other part of a verb, and then only when that part has become adjective by usage. The following quotation from Pope's "Dun- ciad" shows its use as an adjective: Thou triumph'st, Victor ot the high wrought day. And the pleas'd dame, soft lead's! away. A similar use of the word is when we say a person's face has "a pleased ex­ pression." This being the case it is as correct to say "very pleased" as to say very much pleased." Annandale's "Im­ perial Dictionary," Bubject "Very," has: 'Among old writers very was fre­ quently used alone to modify a past participle, and it is still to some extent so used; thus, Sir W. Jones has 'very concerned;' Gibbon, 'very unqualified;' Sydney Smith,'very altered,'etc." As there is no verb unqualify, un­ qualified can be nothing else but an ad­ jective, and concerned and altered come under the same part of speech. When we say, "I am very pleased," there is no action implied, but there is simply a description of the state or condition in which one is at the time of speaking.-- F. C. Birkbeck Teryy in Notes and Queries. Her Bole of Life. Mrs. Little was a woman greatl Bpected in the little neighborhood where she lived. Her friends and neighbors often spoke of her knowledge of Bible teachings, and few were the occasions when she did not remind them of her attainments by some apt quotation. "How is it, Mrs. Little," asked a neigh­ bor one day, "that you can always re­ member some suitable quotation for everything that happens?" "Oh, I don't know," responded the good woman with a pleased smile, "on- less 'tis because I always act on what 1 say. Now, whenever I see folks provoked I jest associate it with 'Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.' •Tve always acted on that myself. 1 made it a rule when I was young never to let the sun go down when I was mad. And so it is with other things, and 1 s'pose that's one reason I remember.**-- Youth's Companion. The Pottery Tree of The pottery tree, found in Braid* !* curious and useful. One would scarcely expect to find pots and jars and pitchers growing in if not on a tree, but the ma­ terial for them certainly grows in this tree. It is found in the form of sfliea, chiefly in the bark, although the vexy hard wood of the tree also yields it. To make this curious pottery the bark la burned, and what remains is ground to powder and mixed with clay. -- Har­ per's Young People. . • 1 •»C " i j * ' ^ri * .**? I 10NEY TO LOA^ J("J. F IV-- ^o tkouaaud dollars to loan on goocf:?-®| real estate security, tor a term of three ,Mf or five years, ta suit borrower, . Fas --£ partfc«lamiAq«k%afcMoflhifcv I ... k- t , . Mil •K&& I'AA1