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VOL. 18. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APKIL 19, 1893. tH j,*,${.,» |j[^|[rarj {taninkik JPVBLI HBD ETtttT WlDHIDAT BT k . -- ^ . V A N 8 L Y K E , - ^ KOITOB A*D PROPRirfO* w -* liy If >«V Office In Pekovsk] *s Block, .tin* dow South of the Post Qttee. ~ TERMS Of STJBSOEIPTJOir One year (in advance) ....... II 60 If Mot Pain within Three Months... ... 3 <10 9ub»cr1pllono reciypd for three or six months in the stme proportion. i f , ~ . Y?;* Kates of Advertising. - z,i^r,T announce liberal rates for advertising .. .. i < the PLAiwDt albr, and endeavor to state - "rfsiim so plainly that they will be readily in c"*-\ "d'.istood. They are *s follows: ; 1 Inoh one year • #00 ' 2 Inches one year . . 10 00 . 3 Inches one year - • - . . 15 00 f" Ooiuinn one year . 30 00 H Column one year-! . 60 00 s' Column one year ... - 100 00 One inch means the measurement of one (. v-'lach down the column, single ooiamn width. \f' Yearly advertisers, at tho above rates, have JL the privilege of changing as often as they ™ choose, without extra charge. > Regular advertisers (meaning those having " Standing cards) will be entitled to insertion Vf local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line , .(teach week. All others will be charged 10 hi, • conts per Mne the first week, and 5 coats per line for eaoh subsequent week. - < Transient advertisements will be charged :at the rate of 10 cents po line, (nonpareil 'iyps, same »o iiiis is set in) the first issue, and 5 coats per line for subsequent issues. Thus, inch advertisement will eoet fl.OOfor one week, fl.50 for two weeks, |2.00 for three ; ~ -;"'<veck8, and so on. H The PLATNDHALBR will be liberal in giving .^editorial notices, but, as a business rale, it will require a suitable fee from everybody sseklcgthe nse of its oolumns for peeuniary gain. P. E-PILCHER - - Dental - 8ur((oon. - - OffieeuUJt Dr Aurinffer, Weti McHenry, IU. Crown, Plate and Bridge Work artistically executed at reasonable price-*. Special mien tion giv»n to the csre of Children's Tceth.j OON8ULTATION FKKE, v : A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. On » HutuIredTwenty-Five State Rt Chi­cago, 111. special attention given to r»J pairing IT ine watches and Chronometers. j WAFull Assortment of Goods in his lir e M eH enrjf :H ouse, " McHENRY. ILL. / . JOS HEJ.VEH. Proprietor/-'; - Being situated on the banks of the Fox Elver, In the Vrill tge of MeBenry, special at t»ntion will be given to. the entertainmentcf Barters, Fishermen and Pleasure Seekers g»rernlly. Sportsmen Supplied with pl«t» Outfit* Cem BUSINESS CARDS. P. C. COLBY, D. D. S. DENTIST. Woodstock. 111. Spenial atten­tion paid to regulating children's teeth Parties coming from a distance would do wel to give timely notice by mail. Office, Kendal biocA^ corner Mam street and Publiciqua re 1X J. HOWARD. M. 1>. |>UY-«10IAN AND SURGEON. Office at 1 tha ersldence of R. A, Howard, West MoHenry.lil. O. H. fRGERS, K. D. nHrsiOlAN AND SURG RON, Mo deary I Ills, office at Revidenee. DR. A, E. AURINGER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Officei n Dr Obllds building, West McHenry, III. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at­ tended to. P ' F Hr> ffev, fii I • •. •. SHEPARD. F. L, SHBFABD SHEPARO ASHEPARD, A TTORNKYb AT LAW. Suite 612, North- JA. em office Building, 36 LaSalie Street Chicago, ill. 46- ly KNIGHT A BROWN, A TTORNBF3 AT LAW. U. S. Express Co.'s ifV Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. wf CHICAGO, ILL. V. S. LUMLEY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Solioltor in Chanoei^, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Office in Park House, first floor. JOSLYN * OASEY, 7 A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Woodstock I1L J\. All business will receive proirpt atten­ tion. O. P. BARNES, TTORNET, Solicitor, and I Ooanseior, L Oollectionsia specialty, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOTB. ^ JOHN P. SMITH, Watehmaker ^ Jeweler McHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Cloeks, Watches and Jew. elry always on hand. Special attention tivw to repairing line watehes. Give me B oall. JOHN P- SMITH. Horsemen, Look Here. I have a fine stock of Horses, among which are "'Young Green Mountain Bforran," "Mor- . rill Charles," and others. Oall and see these Horses before making arrangements else­ where. N. 8 COLBY. MeHenry, 111., May 10, ISM. Med States Var Claim Apcy --or-- WM- H. COWLIN, ^^Wooidstook • - Illinois. Prosecutes all elassss and kinds of claims . fcg%iast the United States tor ex-Soldlsrs, - their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is mads In prosecuting old and • fejected claims. V All oouununications promptly answered if Postage Stamps are enelosed for reply. WM, H. COWHh Office at Residence, Madison 8t^ Woodstock, Illinois. Land in CaHfcrnia Free, ®"That can grow, if irrigated, Oranges, Grapes, or any fruit in California that will grow by ir- * rigation Tbis land has no mar- Ket value without irrigation We will Plant the Trees Free, i Take care and cultivate them for 5 years lor half the profit, pay the taxes, labor ; and other charges, will pav you back the first year after irrigation one-third of ^=qyour investment if you will help get irri- i Mjgation. 4 \ Price $25 for 5 years, payable $5 per jnonth till |25 is pud. FREE DEED to the land, no charges to yoa for taxes or labor or trees. Address AT THE UffLE STORE ABQtJSD TBI COKNSB, And see those fine Diamonds, some of them an inch across, or less, and many of them will weigh a pound. Also we still have on hand - a tew more of those fine. Gold and Silver Watches joC oin buy at your Which own price JOHN P, SMITH, The Jeweler. r. 3, J J. HA BUI A* BAR3IAN BROS. ) Wholesale and Retail DBAX.EBB TK FINE CIGARS, MeHENRY ILLINOIS Beinc: now pleasantly tocated in ouf^n^w Store, former y occupied by Altlioff Bros , we are now prepared to offer to the smoking pub lie a fine line "f Cigars of our own manufac­ ture, together with dmoking and Chewing Tobacco oi the' best brands, i Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment and som very handsome patterns. OALLAND8HEU8. ' BI.XBTJ»V *IME. McHenrv. III.'. Jane 30. 1893. •" in the cases made. It is the" trade mark of the Keystone Watch Case Company, of Philadelphia, the oldest, largest and best- known factory in the world-- 1500 employees, capacity 2000 cases daily. Its products are sold by all jewelers. It makes the celebrated yas. Boss Filled Watch Cases, now fitted with the only bow (ring) which can­ not be pulled off the case--the JOHN HAUPRISH'ft Steam Laundry McHenry, 111. Having just|put in a new Irofclft£ and rolishing Machine, aho STEAM APPLIANCES I «m now prepared to do all work In Mie Laundrv line ion • .1 otloe. and guarantee ; Mtfslaetlon. ( 9®;o Mt w<>rk left wltti me will be promptly done. as f>e • ew maciiinerv pat (n enables nu> ro do my work much faster and better tbku liereroforo. All Laundry will bn oalHd for and dellTered wii«o done, If word is sent me. JOHN HAUPRl$Ha McHENRY Ask your jewelerfor pamphlet BLA NE! Bright Agents Wanted to Sell CRAWFORD'S --LIPB OF-- Written 'J>y Mr, Blaine*t most intimate literary Friend, «>-THE OFFICIAL EDITION «r* The ONLT work endorsed bv T", P, Mot ton, Att'i/ General Miller, Prtv Sec HcUford, See Foster, and a host of oth*r of Mr. Bla ne's Co ieagues, Cabinet office• 8 Sen- • torsr ^c- • litiioe will outsell anv and all others--five to one. Demand Is Sirn* ply Immense. Send at, once for outfit and save time. Don't waste time on cheap Jonn catch penny books. Get the official work and best terms by * rit ing quickly to North American Pub. Go. 214-220 Clark St.. Chicago. California Land and Water Exchange. 288 Main St., Dayton,>& NEAR TEE DEPOT, WiZ&T MoH ENBY, ILL Keeps open fbr the aoeommodaUM ef «ne Public a Flrst-Olass Saloon and Restaurant, (There he will at all. times keep the beat brands of Wine% Liquors and Cigars Cto be found In the market.4 Also Agent For , FRANZ FALKff llilwavkn Lagw Bnt, Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. QOQDlBTABLlNGnPOB HOR9F8 WOalland>ee us. Robert Sphlessle. West McHenry. I1L x A. Unglen's SALOON AND RESTAURANT. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French. Bitters, UeHenry Lager Beer, -- A N D - ~ ' J. Scklitz Milvankee Bottle Beer, In any quantity from # &nitz Q-lass to 100 barrels. A.T WHOLESALE OR RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or cafe aa cheap as the cheapest. We buy none but the best and sell at Rea&onahie Prices. all and ^ »e 'U-s '.n l I will ?ouweH. ANTONY BNGLEN , MoHenr^, III.; WE TELL YOU nothing new when wc state that it pays to engage in a permanent, most healthy and pleasant busi­ ness, that returns a profit for every day's work. Such is the business we offer the working class. We teach thein how to make money rapidly, and guarantee every one wlio follows our instructions faithfully the making of $300.00 n month. Every one who takes hold now and works will surely and speedily increase their earnings; there can be no quest ion about it; others now at work are doing it, and you, reader, can do the same. This is the best paying business that vou have ever had the chance to secure. Vou will make a frave mistake if you fail to give it a trial at once, f you grasp the" situation, and act quickly, you Will directly find yourself in a most prosperous business, at which"you can surely make and save large sums of money. The results of only a few hours' work will often equal a week's "wages. Whether you are old or voting, man or woman, it makes no difference, -- do as we tell you, and suc­ cess will meet you at the very start. Neither experience or capital necessary. Those who work tor us are rewarded. Why not write to-day for fell particulars, dree ? E. c. ALLEN a CO., Box No. 420, Augusta, Me. J. R. SAILOR i SONS, Uiiuiltu H. Miller & Son, -DEALEBS IN- MARBLE & GRANITE, Moniimcnt*, II on <l.^t OMOMI Tablets, ISto. Cemetery Work of every de­ scription nea'ly executed at the Lowest Price* SaUef&etloa QatiuUsd. Sh.'ps at McHenry and Johne- burgh, III, where at all times can be tound a good assortment < f fi lished work itanry Miller & Hon. SOLDUBS' D2FAHTXHT, "lb aare for ton who ha* borne the battle, and for hit Iffcfow and Orphan*." --Lnroour. "Miendehtp, Charity. Lou- ally-- Worth]/ sons of Patriot Father*." Along the 8ktrmieh Line. Gen. Grant was born on April 27th, 1822. If living he would be 71 yean of age Thursday, April 27th next. Judge Wm. Lockren, the new Commis­ sioner of Pensions, is from Minnesota, tie has an excellent army record and is a member of the G. A. R. Illinois sent 156 regiments of infantry into the field. Also 17 regiments of cav­ alry, two regiments of artillery and nine independent batteries. , Miss May McClellan, daughter of Gem. G. B. McClellan, turned Roman Catholic in Paris and married Paul Desprez of the French legation at Washington. Mrs. Custer attended her husband in his camp life for 20 years, moving from fort to fort, but she says he never fided his military plans to her. Think of it. The pension rolls show less than 10,000 men who had but three months service. Yet the pension-haters would make the country believe that the pension roll is crowded with this class of men. A large portion of these 10,000. were wounded or disabled in their first battle, before they had fairly gotten used to their new uniforms. It must be kept in mind that the Government did not usually let men wait long after enlisting before giving them a sharp taste of fight ing, and this was particularly true of the latter years of the war, when a man was likely to make the acquaintance of the rebels before his first month was up. a. L HUBBARD, Harness - Maker A WD DKALKR IN HARNESS. SADDLERY. Bridles, Blankets, Whips, cwa.rris2K«, BREEDERS OW Morgan Horses, Embracing the celebrated Gaceral Giflord, Green Mountain and Morrill taiood. STOCK FOR 8ALB. Bullion* and Fillies tieadfor pedi­ grees. JCeaex and Registered Poland Chtna ==SWINE.=- Choice Merino Sheep, Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. High Grade Jersey Cattle. For sale. Com^ind Inspect stock or address, J. R. BAYLOR & SONS West McHenry 111 6o to HE AM AN BROS. FOR FINE Jewelry, - Silver PLATED WARE. New Watches and Chains. (I won't move a peg until you get me one of thoss fine single Harness, at Hubbard's ) 12 8ets Double Harness all ready 7 Sets Single Harness all ready DOUBLE HARNESS COMPLETE,....|28 00 SIKOLK HARNESS, NICKI? OR RUB­ BER TRIM 10 00 HAMB STRAPS 7 8 IN 10 H PA EAD STRAPS ... ...... 10 BREAST STRAPS. 11-2 IN........ 60 MARTINGALES, 11-2 LA.......... SO AXLE GRRASH. 6 BOSTON T'OACH OIL ..V.... COMMON O. P.4JRRS 16 ROPE I'IKS.... 20 RUBY PLCSH PLUSH LINED FUR ROBES 94 00 INCH LINES, WITH SNAPE 2 60 TWO SNAPS 6 HARNESS OF ALL KINDS IN STOCK. C. L. HUBBARD NUNDA,LLL. 1893. ' Administrator's Notice. ESTATE of Dr. Benjamin F. Norton, de­ceased the undersigned having been appointed Ad- m nifiralrlx of the Estate of Dr. Benjamin F. Norton, deceased, late r>f the Couniy of Mc­ Henry and Siateof Illinois, hereby gives notice that she will appear before the County Court of M Henry, Co , at the Court House in Woodntock, at the May Term, on tbe first Monday in May next, at which time all persons having claims against said estate are notified and requested to attend lor the pur­ pose of having the same adjusted. All per­ sons inilebteil to said estate are requested to make immediate pavmnnt to theunUers'gned. Dated this Stb day of March, A. D. 1893. MRS AUOUSTA N'OBTOM, Admlnistatrix, C. P. BARNBS, Solicitor. STATE OF ILLINOIS, j McHenry Cointy ) Circuit Oonrt of McHenry eounty, May Be sure and see our New Dia­ mond Set Ladies' Neck Chains. X# THE TIME TO BUY A Sewing Machine! a month until pud. HEAMAN BROS. term, A D 1883, William Clark, Mary Galagber and Katie Nealin vs. Mary Clark Eilen O'Brien. Jennie Alexander, Maggie Knox and James F. Casey Rxecutor of 'he lad will and testament of Michael Clark, deceased, in chancery. Affidavit of the non-re°idence of and of the unknown residence of Ellen O'Brien, Jennie Alexander and Maggie Knox, defendants above named, having b en filed in the office of the Clerk of eaid Circuit Court of McHenry Count', notice is hereby ghen to the ?aid non-restdent defendants that the complain­ ants tiled their bill of complaint in said Court on the Chancery side thereof on the 11th rtay of April, A D. 1 *!).'!, an it that a summons there upon lsi-ued out "f said Court against said de rendsnts returnable on t e 23d day of May, A. D. 1S93, ns is by law required. Now, thereiore, unless yon the said Ellen O'Brien, Jennie Alexander and Maggie Knox, sball personally be and appear before the said Circuit C 'urt of McHenry O^iinty on the flrat day of the next Term thereof, to be hold- enat the Court House, in tbe Citv of Wood­ stock in said County, on the 22d daytf Mav, A. D 1893, and pleait answer or demur to the said com pi unants' bill of complaint, the 9am« and the matters anl things tnerein charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered agamat you according to the prayer rf said bill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed tne seal of said Court, at my office, in Woo.tstock, this 11th day of April, A. D. 1S93. W. P MOBSK, Clerk. CL P. IAUM, Complainants' Solicitor. Tbe Portland Oregoaioa, which has daily spasms over the pension question, is having a very severe fit over the pas­ sage by the Oregon legislature o! a bill appropriating $15,000 for the establish­ ment of a.State Soldier's Home. It de- n6unces this as the establishment of "a pauper aristocracy;" that the proper place for an indigent veteran is with the other paupers in the county poorhouses, etc. This is a fine way to educate the rising generation into being public spirit­ ed citizens ready to do their duty to the country in an emergency--to make them understand that if they receive any phys­ ical injury in that service a grateful country will make no distinction between them and paupers who have become so by vice or indolence. What an ungrate­ ful viper the editor of the Oregonian must be to sting with insults the men who made it possible for him to hare and enjoy all that he has and enjoys. Father and Son Reconciled. The reconcUiation of King Oscar of Sweden and his favorite son, Prince Os­ car, has at length taken place. The king and the prince have hardly ever met since the latter's morganatic mar­ riage to Miss Ebba Mnnk, who was one of his mo|her'8 maids of honor. Migg Hunk was not particularly pretty, bnt had somehow or other succeeded in win­ ning the affections of Prince Oscar, who was infatuated with her to such a degree that, notwithstanding the opposition of his father and of all his relatives except his mother, he carried his way and mar­ ried her, the ceremony taking place at Bournemouth in England. Before this, however, Prince Oscar had to renounce his claims tc the suc­ cession to the throne, as well as all his privileges and prerogatives as a son of tha king. He was deprived of the title of royal highness, of all precedence save that which he enjoyed as an officer in the navy, and was reduced in every par­ ticular to the rank of a mere nobleman. Moreover, he was practically banished to Carlskrona, the great naval arsenal of Sweden, where he lived qnietly and un­ ostentatiously in a small villa looking out onto the *port, winning universal popularity by his unaffected and modest demeanor. While there, on one occa­ sion, he greatly distinguished himself by saving from drowning a sailor during a terrible hurricane. Quite recently a reconciliation between father and son has taken place, and at the request of King Oscar the Count and Countess of Torbey have now left Carls­ krona and taken up their abode at Stock­ holm, greatly to the satisfaction of the queen, who has all along endeavored to bring about a more pleasant state of affairs between her husband and her fa­ vorite son.--Boston Globe. General order No. 1, Department of Illinois, Q. A. R , aeries of 1U93, is as fol­ lows: Having been elected Commander of the department by the representatives to the twenty-seventh encampment of the De­ partment of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic, held at Springfield, March 10 and 17, 1893,1 improve this opportun­ ity to thank the comrades, to express my very high appreciation of the honor conferred, to assure them of my realizing sense of the duties and responsibilities of the office, and in assuming command hereby announce the following appoint­ ments on my staff: Assistant Adjutant General, Fred W. Spink, Post No. 40, Chicago, 111. Assistant Quartermaster General, Isaac Taylor, Post No. 67, Peoria, 111. 2. The headquarters oi the depart­ ment and office of the Assistant Adjutant General are hereby established at Rooms 506 and 507, No. 87 and 89 Washing­ ton street. All official communications should be addressed and all money orders, etc., made payable to Fred W. Spink, Assis­ tant Adjutant General, Rooms 506 and 507, 87 and 89 Washington/ street, United States Express Company's Build ing. Chicago. March 1 the Commander-in-chief, G. A R., issued General Orders No. 7, aB fol­ lows: • The Grand Army of the Republic orig­ inated, and one of its highest preroga­ tives is to perpetuate the proper observ­ ance of Memorial Day. Ancient civilization instituted games and costly pageants in commemoration of those who fell in defense of the country. More recentlv monuments have been erected in honor of such; but how vastly more ten­ der and appropriate is our modern way of strewing the graves of our nation's defenders annually by the hands of lov­ ing women and innocent children with the first flowers of spring, and planting on the low green mound of each the flag of our nation, under the folds of which they "Nobly fighting fell I" Keeping in mind that Memorial Day and its ceremonies are to be conducted under the direction of the Grand Army of the Republic, department commanders are requested to call the attention of post commanders to the propriety of making early preparations for May 30, 1893. It is especially appropriate and desira­ ble that the Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans, and children of the public schools should be active participants on Memorial Day and the Sunday services preceding it. While the recent desecration of soldiers' graves in some localities of southern In­ diana and Illinois com pells us to confess with shame that there are yet living some beings unworthy the rich heritage of this glorious nation which they would sooner betray than defend, let us and all good citizens, by a general attendance upon the solemn services of Memorial Day. demonstrate that the great heart of the American people is in full sympa­ thy with those who gave their lives for nationality and freedom. Let all flags hoisted on Memorial Day be at half mast as directed by resolution of encampment^ June 4,1878. ° : v . ' , Small Boys' Game*. "A sure sign of returning spring!" said a leading citizen in a contemplative mood to a reporter, as they watched a party of street urchins "plucking tops" near one of the big down town buildings. "I often wonder how these 'kids' man­ age to change their games simultaneous­ ly with the season. Just as the birds be- &in to coo and twitter and mate for the nesting season, so the season of tops, marbles, stilts and kite flying are inau­ gurated among the young Americans of the male persuasion. Girls' skipping ropes and hoops are nothing to them. "The epidemic of taking up a game when its season rolls around is as con­ tagious as we are told the cholera mi­ crobes Will be next summer. One day the 'kids' all over the city may be doing just anything for amusement, and the next day every mother's son of them will have an old pecked up top and a piece of cord plucking away for dear life. It is instinct, I think, and nothing else that prompts them to take up certain games at certain seasons. Regarding the imi-1 tation theory, there never was a person who saw the first boy spin his top in any season, and, furthermore, no boy could start the epidemic by spinning his top in the fall of the year."--Kansas City Times. Anglomanlacs. The appearance of those cheap imita­ tions of the genus swell upon the fashion­ able thoroughfare on promenade is add­ ing offensiveness to that which had al­ ready aroused regret. These overdone parsonages were wear­ ing trousers too long and going without topcoats during the cold weather. Others wore abnormal overcoats reaching almost to their ankles. Some of them wear rus­ set shoes, giving rise to the suspicion that they have escaped from Boston. But all have a penchant for over large ill made boutonnieres and those dreadfnl low crowned, cone shaped, extra wide brimmed derby hats that are a sight to behold. They are the greatest set of guys ever let loose for the edification of an en­ lightened public. Where do they come from? They are like unto the English Johnnies that come over with the Gaiety skirt dancers--the first of their kind-- and perhaps they will disappear just as did their English prototypes.--Clothier and Furnisher. A Fish Story From Eels are cheap on Sandy JlQQk tula just now. On last ~ er a terrific gale, old Jo] clam digger of Navesink down to the beach to set : had been washed up. Aa high water mark he observed sand was fairly alive with ©els, varied in length from 3 to- and were silver eels. Scattered among tlwm fresh water perch. The- perch ^rat* bnt the eels were very much "* "* went back to the village and he had found, and the villi v down to the beach with baskste: and barrels. Alter they their receptacles the beach covered with eels. They went emptied their loads and returned more loads, but they didn't making any noticeable reduction number of the eels. A number got more than 100 pounds each. Seabright and other villages on Sandy Hook peninsula also got * number of the fish. People are at a loss to understand the eels and fish came to be on beach. Both the perch and the siiv< eels are fresh water fish and abound the Shrewsbury river. Never bef- have they been known to be found the seabeach.--New York Sun. ' - Concerning Crinoline. '* Concerning crinolinR tits following eS% tract from the Dundee (Scotland) Adver*" tiser, Jan. 5, 1709, has been un* earthed: "Mr. Isaac Bickerstaffe, cen* sor of Great Britain, sitting in the court of judicature, had crinoline brought in and hoisted by a pulley to the roof of the hall, where it formed a veiy splendid jand ample canopy over our heads and . ^covered the whole court of judicature |with a kind of silken rotunda, in itf form not unlike the cupola of St. PatilVL v On inquiring for the person belonging to the petticoat Mr. Bickerstaffe> to Mb great surprise, was directed to a very pretty young damsel. 4My pretty maid,* he said, 'do you own yourself to have ̂ been the inhabitant of the garment be* * fore us? , » "The young lady who wore this hoop confessed that she did not like it, wad that she kept out of it as long as she could and till she began to appear little in the eyes of all her acquaintances and said she would be very glad to seeja example made of it. History does not go on to relate in what manner the hoop, was censured, but the young lady, for her modesty and amfability and some? what for her good looks, received great praise." . African Slave Canvass. / The English cruisers may have chewed the slave trade on the eastern coast, but the caravan route from central Africa to the shores of the Mediterranean is still the scene of all the horrors of which Livingstone wrote. Mr. C. H. Allen, secretary of the Antislavery society, lasl summer reported that a caravan of 10,- 000 camels and 4,000 slaves left Timbuo- too for Morocco, and of this number 600 to 600 died of thirst in the desert, fit another caravan it is stated that out of 800 slaves 660 died, and the survivors * were worth little from the privation and hardships of the journey. Mr. Allen Kays "the desert route this year Hiuat have proved more than unusually fatal* but the atrocity of the trade cannot be ignored." Yet there are Englishmen who call for the abandonment of Uganda and the region of Lake Nyanza, fh© £6* tention of which would give a splendid vantage ground for the ultimate sup­ pression of the slave traded--London Leisure Hour. > 1 Kentucky's Unique Exhibit. The proprietors of one of the large Louisville distilleries have secured the privilege of erecting within the World's fair grounds a log cabin "stillhouse," after the fashion of those found in Ken­ tucky 50 years ago. The "stillhouse" will be 40 feet long, 35 feet wide and 40 feet high. A warehouse will also be built of logs, and between the two build­ ings will be an observation tower. The stills will be of highly polished brass, and five barrels wday will be produced. The distillery will be run on the old time plan by three graybeards from the mountains of Virginia. They are 80 years of age. All the metal work will be of highly polished brass, and the liquor will run through glass tubes, so that the process can be watched from beginning to end. Work has been begun already on the log cabins. It is said that the en­ terprise will require an outlay of $40,000. --Louisville Courier-Journal. Keeping the Months of Oysters Clowd. , If the plans of Messrs. Freeman, Hirst '.i *UU|,B«/VU, vmvv gvubAV-iucra UV1UI4I9 . ^ City of Brotherly Love who are now in- Chicago, do not miscarry, the oyster ^ business not only of Chicago, but of the United States, will be revolutionized. By '5 a process invented by Mr. Freeman and " H controlled by these gentlemen it is pos- i:"i sible to ship oysters in the shell to any :- part of the country with the certainty that upon their arrival at destination they will be as fresh and delicious in flavor as on the day they were shipped; No chemical solutions or embalming preparations are used to secure this re- 13 suit. The only thing aimed at is to pre- J j vent the oyster committing suicide, and- |; a little clamp of lead that prevents tha bivalve from opening his month is the whole secret.--Chicago Journal. A New Idea In Shipbuilding. . A new idea in shipbuilding has been developed at Belfast. There is an im­ mense vessel on the stocks there which has no keel for about 120 feet from the stern post, while six feet of the sternpost is cut away, the hull of the vessel slop­ ing from the horizontal for the 120 feet until level with the curtailed sternpost. The bottom of the sternpost and the actual stern of the vessel are not con­ nected in any way. The vessel is a twin screw, and the propellors will work through a small aperture, with nothing between them and the water beneath. They will therefore always be in un­ broken water.--Boston Journal. ""millixek y. Mrs. J. H. Spaulding and Daughter, now have a full stock of Spring Millinery, to which they wish to invite the atten­ tion of the ladies of McHenry and vicinity' Please call and we will be pleased to show our goods. MBS. J. H. SPAUUNWCI ft Dtocuem. An Eight-hour Day In England. ^ The 8-hour day, which is the aspira* tion of organized labor in this coun­ try, is to be made the subject of a prae*:, tical experiment in the great iron WQfks of Salford, near Manchester. The effort is to be made to reconcile the economi® ? objections which have been held to irreconcilable. That is, the workmen, * who have been laboring 53 hours a "week, are to endeavor to turn out an equal - product by the labor of 48 hours. If by punctuality, energy and increased activt' ' ity they can show this to be possible, thp ? experiment will be a success, their wages will remain as now, and the 8-hour day ; will be established.--Boeton Common­ wealth. . * An Old Settler Begins to Travel. , It is hardly in the west one would look for white people unacquainted with rail- I roads and telegraphs, but Parson Quinn, the oldest settler in Garfield county; Washington, who went there SS yeara\ c ago, saw a railroad and took a ride on a •. train two weeks ago for the first time in his life. He has not been out of the state r since he entered it in a prairie 6chcMcmer* *f Two or three similar cases have beenQfj noted in the northwest within tbe part , *; few months.--Chicago Herald. A Boston paper recently contained attj announcement that certain geatlsflM|t»i had ' 'filed a remonstrance to the proposal./ widening of Chestnut Hill avexnie W$t)k the Brookline sekvtmenF* If you want your elothee altered, fitw4y and cleaned, £. Job. Lawlua will do yo* £