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* - * • «• Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and U«i Mo Favors Win us *n<l no Fear Shall Awe.'1 VOL. 19. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1894. NO. 29. jllllMIVi PUBLISHED EVBKY WEDNESDAY BY V A N I L Y K B • - EDITOR AND PBOPBIETOB. OFFICC IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK. r, Doora North of Perry ft Ovn'i Star*, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Ou jlkr (in advance) $1M IX iroft Paid Within Three Months... % 00 Subscription* receive for three or tlx swaths la the ansae proporikm. r RATES or ADVERTISING: T» aaasunoo liberal rates for sdvarttslaf tathe PLAINDEALEB, ana endeavor to atate them to plainly that they will he readily un­ derstood. They are *• folio we: 1 Inehone year - • *52 S Inches one year - - . Mfi '8 Inches one year - r, V "» 1500 »Column one year . 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The PiAnrraAUB will be liberal la giving editorial notiees, but, as a business rule, (I " from everybody lumns lor pecuniary will require a suitaiilej^e from everybody seeking the use of its eoium gain. BUSINESS CARDS. F. O. COLBY, D, D. ». DEKTI8T. Woodstock, III. 8peeial atten-tion paid to regulating children's teeth Parties coming from a distance would do weL to give timely notice by mail. Omce, Kendar blook, corner Mam street and Publiodquare w*'jm r HI II. '* a J. HOWARD, M.H> jbfeltflOXAH AND SUSGBON. (Mice St r the ersidenoe of E. A, Howard, West MeHenry, 111. , ,: - .,'jV.i 1 O.H. VSOEBS, M, D- FCHYSLOLAH AKD SURGEOH, Ilia. Ofilce at Residence. XeHeary DR. A. E AtTRINGEE, n Dr _ ohlids building. West MeHenry, 111. Besidenoe, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at- tended to, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, em Office Building, 80 LaSalis Street . •. SH1PABD. g. L, IH1MID 8HEPARD A SHKPARD, Suite 512, North _ 8tre< Ohiosgo, 111. 46- ly ,;fg : • V KNIGHT * BROWN, A TTORNEYS AT LAW. U. 8. Expreaa Oe.'« A Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. T, 9. LUMLBY. '*•!, !,1 . .*TTOBNIT AT LAW, and BoUeiOor In A """"'^boDS C. F. BOLBY, Of MeHBSRY, ILL. Aboayeon Band with the Best. Biter, IOC. IOC. • £'•}% '•iH VOWB BU1UA0 1IUIU JVIUI UI^AT Like incense in the air ? Or does it only cause a smudge And make your neighbor swear? Why will you stick to cabbage leavss And drive your friends afar, When you can purchase for a dim* "Our Monogram" cigar? 10c. ! BARBIAN BROS. MAKBRS OF . Choice Cigars^ We can sell you one or a thousand--retail or wholesale. WW* BACOlfi DEALER IN Ajpfeulturat Implements ' 0* ALL KINDS, V ' , . ...... ^ • V..- . *. •. McHENRT, i '£ I have no Children's Holiday Goods, but if you want* FIRST '-?*< -t' 'd-x- A FINE Or 8LEIGII Now i& the time to call and nee me, as I can give you bottom prices on anything in the Agri­ cultural line. WM. BACON, 3TOOK, ILL. Olttoe in Park House, first floor. tioa. JOSLYN * OASBY, nwrfBTS AT,LAW. Woodstock I1L an business will receive prompt attsa» - " ' -?/** O. P. BARNES, TTORNE1, Solicitor, and| Counselor, I Collections ta specialty. WOODSTOCK, lixmoto. JOHN P. SMITH, • V Watohmaker JSc Jeweler MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew* A elry always on hand. Special attention flvea to rspalrlaf fine watehee. Give me 8*ll> ' JOOir J». SMITH. Norsemen. Look Hero. I have a fine stock of Horses, among whlcfh are " Young Green Mountain aiorcan," "Mor- fill Charles," and others. Call and see these Hornea before making arrangementa else* JV. «. COLBY. |«cHenry,ni.,Mayl0.18M. ^ H. c. MEAD, • ;f; it 1: . „ - WiMee vfthe Peace and Qener*t** , ' turance Agent Jnoluding Accident «£•; 1 . ana Life Insurance. -v5 j ' Orrnm WITH B. GILB*KT, mi Dnor, T-'--, WaeT MCHBHBT. III. ^ - h*. ; . W. P. ST. CLAIR, of the Peace, Insurance and Cottecting Agency. OIMOB O* BAILBOAD IT,, LLUITJ|;. V. KUNDA, Ills ~ ' ' 1/ •' A. M. CHUROH, h?j, • ffatohmaker and Jeweler &•' *' wro«Oiti HuadredTwenty-Flve State St Chi- g|v. Jn| ease, 111. Special attention given to P?" aalrlngF tae watches and Chronometers. crAFull Assortment of Goods In his llae ti. . . F. E.FILCHER, fV-'k- • X>ental - Surgeon. • - • v; *' pmirilli Dr. A*ring«r, Wat MeHmrtf, ttt. 1 Grown, Vlate and Bridge Work artistically ^ = tilxeouted at reasonable prices. Special attea :; jifn to the care ofDhildtea^s Teeth. ' » . " * OOKSULTATLOH FSHB, MeHenry House, MeHEKBY. ILL. >0& MBIMBR. Pnprt % SeiM sltuabsd on the banks of the Fox JfctveiMb the VilUgeef McHeary, special at Will be given to the entertainment cf . jfeatere, Flshensea and Pleasure 8eek< geaeiaUy, SH^tle< wltn Oom i ;v BEST IN THE WORLl^ COAL & FEED f In Good Supply, -- For Spot Cash Only. itn'i minriirSaa. Prices Reduced Accordingly. CHARLES CL BERNER, Boot and Shoe Maker, Over Reman Bros Jewelry Store, op- posite Bishop'« Mill. MeHenry, Boots and Shoes manufactured^ &be heet material and a fit guaranteed. BEPAIBING ^Sv Promptly attended to. Pine Boots and Shoes a specialty. Call and see me. DHARI.P-8 G. BERVKB. MeHenry, I1L, Aug, 15,1893. DO YOU KNOW -WHO SELL8- Boys cap« Overcoat*.. ..#! 60 Men's chin Overcoats 4 50 Men's wool Suits 4 50 Boy's Suite fi 25 and 2 50 Men's wool Shirts and Drawers 50 $ 1.5o Buck gloves only 1.00 Heavy lined gloves and mitts 55 3 pairs handsome socks 35 Best beaver can 75 Hundreds of goods at th ese prices. E. LAWLUI.- Opposite Riverside House. United States War CMi Aieicy WM. H- COWLIN, Woodstock " - Illinois. Prosecutes all classes and kinds of claims against the United States for ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty ie made in prosecuting old and rejeoted claims, All communications promptly answered if Postage Stamps are eaeloeed for reply. WM, SL COWLM Olftee at Resldease, Madisoa at. Woodstock It will pay you to investigate, W. A. CRIST?, - , . W E S T M & M M N M . Y , I L L . McHENRY ite j fi^ Miller & _D.XAi.EB8 IK-- UARBLE & GRANITE, Momnnenta, Headstones Tabletof Ete. Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. S*tlfl&ctl(m Bnaimlftftd. '. ••iwpwiifB vwnwvfwi Shops at MeHenry and Johns- burgh, 111, where at all times can ce found a good assortment of finished work. - i Uonry Miller & Son* ANYBODY Who has been unfortunate enough nev­ er to have visited our store should take the first opportunity to do so. Here he wiilflnd ANYTHING Ute wants in the way of a watch, a cloct, or jewelry of all kinds. The great variety to select from stands in strong contrast with our unvarying principle of selling everything at the bottom-most margin. In doing this there is scarcely ANY PROFIT On one article ; bat a little profit, on each of many sales snits us better than a big per cent on a fewVA In this way we have the pleasure both of success in business and of benefitting the many instead ol the few. Can we not benefit Tou? Repairing of all kinds Promptly Attended to. MOW IS THE TIME TO MTF AL^ASS Sewing Machine I Only $5 a month until paid. HEAWLAN BROS. YOUR MONEY SHOULD OBTAIN FOR TOU . Tie M tJOfo ta the Market. That to what -we arcsat- t o l l e d t o m a k e , ' * T h e Best, " and think -we eaa emo nsixate to you if you will give mm the 'y' '• opportunity. Call In and ••• the Ooods ann be convinced. CUS CAPUMWL MeHenry, Dl., 1894. SOLDEHS' DEPARTMENT. BY AN OLD SOLDIER. R. of Wines, Liquors &iid dlgars found in tne market. J NEAR THE DEPOT, fTEST MoHGNBY, HX Keeps open for the totooaoditim of tae Public & FirstOlsss Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the best of -- be X PAB8T'§ llllw&akii Lagtr Bm. At Wholesale and Retail. • Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles, al­ ways on hand, cheaper than aay other, quali­ ty considered. ; 1 Orders by,atall promptly atteaded toi^7 QOOD BTABLimt FOM HOIW#|r*' 4WOall and see as. It is reported that there have been 80,000 claims aent to the board of final review to be passed upon within the next two months. ^ Rockford hae been chosen as the place for holding the next State encampment for the Department of lllinow Grand Army of the Republic. The session will be from May 15 to 17. James D. Fox, Lieutenant, 16th III. Car., Aurora, 111, declares that the Com­ missioner of Pensions has no right to de­ prive any one of his pension onoe it has been given him after doe consideration and the required proof of his qualifica tion for the same. A pension is a vested right. M. A. Smith, Rowena, Pa., laments the fact that hundreds of brave boys who stood as a breastwork between their country and dissolution, and suffered, and were rendered unfit to fight the bat­ tle for daily bread afterward, are being stricken from the roll of honor; addition­ al evidence cannot be gotten so easily now as a few years ago, and this is not lost sight of by the men who ace (Uirinif the old soldiers to the wall Department Commander Joseph F. Sinclair, of Washington and Alaska, in a recent general order said: "The Sons of Veterans are our natural successors. They are bone of our boae and flesh ot our flesh. They are chips of the old block. They are onr reserves. We should encourage them now while we are strong and they are weak. As we grow weaker they will grow stronger. As we diminish they will increase. Every comrade is en­ titled to the countersign to enter their camp, and should often take advantage of the privilege." John Hillis, Co. K. 10th Ky\ Sears, Me., tells a sad story of how after the surrender of Wilmington, N. C., he learned of the arrival of some Federal prisoners, just released from Anderson- ville. Among these men he inquired for a friend, an orphan boy, who had been his school mate and bedfellow, living at the writer's house for 12 years. Finally one poor fellow, who lay on a stretcher, told of the young man's fate. It was at Andersonville, he said, that a few of them had dog a hole not far from the dead line for shelter. Charley Donnelly, the young man in question, was very ill with scurvy. He crawled out of the hole one afternoon, and accidently fell over the dead line. Up in the guard-box nearest them was a boy of 16. Heturned around, and seeing Donnelly over the dead line, shot him. His body now- lies among the unknown dead at Anderson- vilie. Through the well-directed efforts of such reliable friends of the veteran as Representatives Martin, Holman and Waugh, of Indiana; Pickler, of South Dakota and others, the following clause was made a part of the Pension Defi­ ciency bill which passed both Houses and has been signed by the President: "That any pension heretofore or that may hereafter be granted to any appli­ cant therefor under any law of the United State* authorizing the gran ting and pay­ ment of pensions, on application made and adjudicated upon, shall be deemed and held by all officers of the United State® to be a vested right in the grantee to that extent that payment thereof shall not be withheld or suspended until, after due notice to the grantee of not less than thirty days, the Commissioner .of pensions, after hearing all the evidence, shall decide to annul, vacate, modify or set asside the decisions upon which such pension was granted. Such notice to grantee must contain a full and true statement of any chaises or allegations upon which such decisions granting such pension shall be sought to be in any man­ ner disturbed or modified." This provides a security for the pen­ sioner that he has not heretofore had. At least hie pension cannot be taken away from him without due notice and an opportunity to be heard on his own behalf. A Quarrel over Baoonu In 1862 while on a raid in Mississippi, our government supplies were entirely cut off for several weeks, and we had to subsist entirely on the surrounding country. After going into eamp one evening, several of us started for a plant er's house near by. Refore reaching it we saw several of our boys rushing out of one of the negro huts, one of them carrying in his hand a steaming pot of cooked meat. The other fellow was in elose pursuit, loudly demanding a por­ tion of its contents. I ran into the hut, which was occupied by several of the of the boys. The first thing I saw was a pan of genuine old Mississippi bacon fry­ ing on the fire. I asked no questions but at once helped myself to a piece of bacon. Then Comrade Patterson flew into a rage saying the bacon belonged to him, and squared off at me for a fight. I con­ fronted him. As the bacon was blister­ ing my fingers, I threw it back into the pan. I had now become somewhat en­ raged rfyself, largely on account of hav­ ing burned my fingers. The orderly sergeant, a six-footer, who was greedily gulping down some of the bacon, now sprang at me, muttering through his clenched teeth as he clinched me by the collar: "Now,I will make an example of you." We had not been on the best "Tou will, will you!" Clutched him by the throat and ran him«back ward on the double-quick across the room until he struck a bed, and over he went, I still re­ taining my hold on him. Then up came Patterson, who was naturally a real good fellow, and now laughing said to me: Johnnie, dont hurt him. I guess we all*were a little to blame." The next day our company and Co. M got into a fight with the rebs and Co. M was badly cut up.--J. P. Stoffen, Co. L, 326 Mich. "Jag" Versus "Load" - One tendency ofthe times is to enlarge the vocabulary of society and literature by incorporating into it the cream of slang. From this source many of our most expressive words and phrases have come, and it must be said in their behalf that they have to no small degree con­ tributed to the compactness and force of utterance. One word which has shown a disposition to cast off the humble habili­ ments of slang and take on a garb suited to polite circles'is "jag." It. has already progressed so far in the gratification of its ambition as to secure recognition by the Century Dictionary, which defines it thus: "As much liquor as one can carry; as, to have a jag on; hence, a drunken condition." But "jag" has gone further than this. It has become the subject of a serious discussion as to its true meaning--an honor that conld not possibly be accorded to a purely dis­ reputable word, or one without hope of attaining to a respectable standing. A critic who writes for the Baltimore American contends that the Century Dic­ tionary's definition of "jag" is inaccurate and hence unsatisfactory. A man with a jag on, it explained, is not drunk. He has not taken more liquor than he can safely carry. His habitual serenity may have developed into a slight hilarity, but he is still on the right side of the danger line, and his legs have not become tangled. After this line is passed he is drunk, and, we are assured, it is then proper to say that he has a "load" on. That is to say, when he begins to stag­ ger his jag becomes a load. Having thus elucidated his point, the critic goes on to say: "The words are not attractive, but their universal use gives them import­ ance. This was recognized by Dr. Edward Eggleson, the eminent historian, who is lecturing at the Peabody Institute, and in his interesting address Tuesday evening he gave some new information on the history of the word. In the last century most of the inland transportation was done by pack horses. 'When he was visit­ ing England last year he was in a sec­ tion of the country where the pack-horse is still used. The local name for the transportation for this method is jag­ ging. A jag is a pack-horse load. So he found the same use of the word in the early history of this country. It is still heard in some sections, and it has come to mean a part of a load. For instance if a man brings to market a quarter or a half of a wagon loaditiscalledajag. The jagger wagon is a wagon that carries only a pack-horse's load. Thus it went on until some inspired genius applied it to a certain alcoholic condition, and finally we have the result that a jag is a small load, but that a real load is equal to several jags." All of which is highly interesting, as well aa an important contribution to the philological learning of the day. It is well that everybody should understand the difference between a jag and a load. We recommend, however, that the sub­ ject be studied objectively rather than subjectively. It is, in fact, a matter for regret that there should be any occasion for calling attention to the distinction that has been pointed out. Neither jags nor loads are nice things, and no person with a level head will have anything to do with either. Speed the day when both are abolished, and with them all interest in this bit of glossological hair-splitting. Bs Ought to be ImpeaohsA* Reeefrt interviews with friends of itie administration in Washington show that an attempt may be made to make Minister Willis bear all the odium of the impudent demand for the surrender of the Hawaiian government, a de­ mand pressed at the very time when Mr. Cleveland was pretending'to leave the whole Hawaiian affair to con­ gress. That the attempt will fail is clear from the emptiness of the excuses and apologies put forward by the president's defenders. Let us glance at some of the pleas on which we are invited to believe that Mr. Cleveland was displeased or even sur­ prised at the course tak.en by his envoy on December 19th, in announcing that the President of the United States had decided that Mrs. Dominis was the sole lawful ruler of Hawaii, and that the pro­ visional government, although formally recognized by the United Stages and other foreign powers, must at once abdi­ cate in her favor. It is not disputed that the announcement was made, and was backed by a threat of violent coercion, the American war ships at Honolulu having been prepared for action, and the fact that our constitution forbids onr minister to use force having been care­ fully concealed, and kept concealed until the arrival of the Alameda on December 33d. It is equally undisputed that the demand made under such circumstances for the abdication of a recognized de war, and, being unsanctioned by con­ gress, was therefore a violation of the constitution. For that act, as involving a usurpation on the part of theexecutive far more flagitious and more dangerous than any of the trangressions imputed to Andrew Johnson, there is no doubt that Grover Cleveland ought to be im­ peached by the house of representatives. AW York San, Tlthy, Pointed and Pertinents So it was by mistake that Secrotlay Morton's speeches were dead-headed through the mails as official business! There seems to have been several mis­ takes connected with Mr. Morton's official life, and the greatest one was made when he was selected for Secretary of Agricul­ ture. Nero fiddling while Rome burnsd wasn't "in it" with the indifference with which the wage-earners of the south see them­ selves degraded by those they have elect­ ed to Congress. Many of them realize that shackles will be placed upon them by the Cleveland tariff bill, but they lack the moral courage to publicly protest. If pledges of democratic Senators can be relied upon the Cleveland tariff bill can never pass the Senate in its present shape. No man is so blind as he that refused to see. That is the kind of blindness Mr. Cleveland is exhibiting in insisting that Congress shall carry out his policy of restoring queen Lii. The democrats in Congress decided to separate the income tax from the Cleve­ land tariff bill because of their fear that both would be defeated if they did not. Those having the welfare of the country at heart expect both to be defeated any way. Liliuokalini is now open to American dime Museum engagements. She guar­ antees to reproduce the cannibalistic stare at every performance which was on iier face when she informed minister Willis of her intention to behead the members of the provincial government. If you wish to get up the dander of a democratic Congressman, send him a cuckoo clock. President Dole's compliments to the ex-queen; The pen is mightier than the axe and chopping block. An exchange says "the democratic party is on the road to ruin." It would seem that it had already arrived, and that it had dragged the country along with it. Secretary Carlisle is quoted as saying that if Congress does not help him soon he must "do something." He has devel­ oped a faculty for "doing something" too late to do any good. A tariff that would s^ipe the stuffing out of Yourtown and put a high duty on everything turned out in Mytown repre­ sents the views of many democrats, and is about as near to practical common sence as the average democratic Con- gresman ever gets. Having gotten into public life by rea­ son of his lack of socks Jerry Simpson should not parade his surplus sJtoddy overcoats before the country. The tramp manufactory at Washing­ ton is working night and day to increase the output. It would not be quite so bad if the democrats in Congress knew what they wanted to do, and had ths courage to do it. Nearly every democratic Congressman of prominence who has spoken in favor of the Cleveland tariff bill has admitted that the bill would reduce wanes in this country and that it is intended to do that very thing. If they had only been as frank before the last Presidential elec­ tion the country wonld have much misery. There is but one American Hawaiian policy, and that is not the one that Mr. Cleveland WLS compelled to reluctantly abandon, The "gall" of the few democrats who have spun out fine theories on the bene* fits that are concealed in the Cleveland tariff bill, while ignoring the deplorable practical condition to which the country has been brougfft by even the prospect of such a bill becoming a law, has never been equalled on the floor of the House. It was like a man telling a lot of people suffering from the rigors of an artic win­ ter about a magic scheme to transport them in a moment to realms of eternal summer, and was quite as convincing. We could not improve the quality if paid double the price. I)eWitts Witch Hazel Salve is the best salve that exper­ ience can produce or that money can buy. Julia A. Story. If you can affort to be annoyed by Bick headache and constipation don't use De Witt's Little Early Risers for these Httfe pills will cure them. Julia A. Story. TREES! TREES! H. J. Poile has secured the agency for the New England Nurseries, owned and operated by Chase Brothers Company of Rochester, N. Y. _ These nurseries were established in 1857, and have attained a world wide reputation for fine quality of stock. Mr. Poile will call upon the people of MeHenry and vicinity at hia earliest convenienoe, and will offer for sale trees, flowers and shrubs. In prices he will defy competition, while his qual­ ity will be superb. He is well known here, and what he says may be aenptad Ms? S . JV • '* UltMTjtr \ .4.- t' i4, ' yfeip! Robert iQhliiiH. ; t^m PARIS' GIGANTIC HOAX. 'IaaVaat* L'hst Million Dollars For STM Story Exploded. A gigantic hoax wiA the longest ton on record is at last exposed in the Paris papers. In 1890 an adveraSRBMBt ap­ peared stating that a deceaaed BtMeiaa princess left a million francs to be given to the person who would remato one year and a day in the little chajm over her tomb in Pere la Chaise and infed!-'" her body, which was in a glaa|t The watcher should see nobody the time he or she remained in the chapel and should not even speak to the servant that would be employed to supply the refreshments. Candidates were politely L requested to communicate with the su­ perintendent of the cemetery. The unfortunate functionary soon' found himself deluged with letters from fools in all parts of the world, including one journalist belonging to a news agency of Chicago, who declared hlwia»lf ready to take the job, as it seemed fair preferable to the "killing work of a newsgatherer." Paragraphs began to appear in the papers stating that several intrepid watchers had already abandoned the task on account of the uneasiness of the dead princess. In other words, she had a disagreeable habit of getting out of her glass coffin and walking about in her shroud. Then the wag of wags raised the ante. Five million was the sum next offered through the press. Letters poured with increased volume upon the unfor­ tunate superintendent, some of them from women. Nearly every town in the United States and Canada was ably rep­ resented among the many men of letters who contributed to this wondrous pile. It is almost too bad to clip the wings of a canvasback canard that flew so long and so far. But it has turned out, just in time to save the superintendent of Pere la Chaise from going crazy, that the Russian princess, the little glass cof­ fin and the generous bequest never ex­ isted, and that the tomb which was sup* posed to contain her interesting and rest­ less remains really belongs to a French family named De Beaujour.--Paris Cor­ respondent. WOULD MOVE HIS FATHER'S GRAVE. Iks Visa of s New York Mllllwslis ta Raise Iteadjr Money. "Too can't blame us for losing faith in 1 human nature," said a prosperous under­ taker the other evening. "We see how people, the majority of people, behave when death enters their homes. That is the crucial teat. That is the time to learn what people really are, If the public knew how many of the so called 'npper ten' act whoa a relative dies, the good people in this town would be shock­ ed. To mention an example, here is an experience I have just had with the meanest man in New York. This is wealthy, being worth more than a mil­ lion. His father died at the age of 80 a year ago after leaving this son, an only son, the bulk of his fortune. "I prepared the body for buriaL Well, this son, who shed tears at the funeral of his father, came to me the other day and said he required my services. Now, what do you suppose he wanted?" "Another death in the family?" sug­ gested a listener. "Not at all. He said he had an ex­ cellent opportunity to sell the family burial plot--a large one in a splendid lo­ cation at Evergreen, in which hia father, mother and sister were buried. He want­ ed me to move the bodies to a little plot off in a cheap corner of the cemetery be* cause the times were so hard and he needed the money the big plot east.*-* MMPSW* World. , ,,ri A Modern Sanson. ' { '-rl; „ ^ ' Cherokee county. Ala., has a muscular prodigy. His name is Joe Chaney, and he weighs only 150 pounds. He was ar­ rested recently and incarcerated in the jail at Centre charged with burglarizing a store at Leesburg, Ala. As soon as they put him in jail he broke the door open and came out. They then chained him supposedly fast to the floor, and a powerful chain was locked close about his neck and fastened to the floor, but before the jailer could arise to survey the job the prisoner had bursted the chains asunder and stoo(|erect also. Some of his feats of skill aim strength are burst­ ing dungeon locks, pulling chains apart, drawing iron spikes from the walls and breaking bars. It is said he can break the bars of the dungeon windows as easily as if they were toothpicks and can pull a heavy chain in twain with the ease that an ordinary man can a silken cord.--Atlanta Constitution. Dr. Halo on the Crash of IMS. In 1884 Dr. Edward Everett Hale's novel of "The Fortunes of Rachel" was first published. The novel runs to the end of the century, and in the year 1900 Tom Poore at Washington reviews the last 20 years of the nineteenth csainijr* He says in this review: "The again steadily for five years, when I sold again. The cra^h of 1893 came, and ev­ erybody supposed manufacturing was at an end. At ths lowest depresses I bought Stocking shares again. When the company wound up two years ago (in 1898), the shares yielded and here it is." We reprint the passage from the novel for the benefit of investors in "the craah ot 1898."--Boston Onawnwa* wealth. " • Big Political Tear ForTennsssss. During the present year every office within the gift of the people of Tennes­ see will be filled, except the election of a United States senator, which will he made by the general assembly chosen in November next. Judges of all our courts, from the supreme to the justice of the peace, clerks, sheriffs, tax assess­ ors, constables and members of ths gen­ eral assembly, governor and eangreas* men--all are to be eleciwd.--Naahvijte American, Of the SI hottest days of lug to Professor Snow** ; la September thslasthalfotJ 'i4te»A lisSa