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.. . Wedg«d but to truth, to lUlbortr Mi Uw 1 No Favors Win us and no Shall Awe." - _-r- : viifr ^mi •• ;!•?•».! ' • VOL. 20, M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1894. NO. 10. piakdeaier. PUBLISHED EVEBY WEDNESDAY BY -J. VAN SLTKEr- ED1TOR AND PBOPBIETO*. t OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS SLOCK. Xw» Doors North of i*eriy & Owen's 9tor4, ^ TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: bne year (In advance) WM iff not Paid within Three Months 8 JW Subscription. receivfd for three or tlx iiioullis in the same pn>i>oitlon- RATES OF ADVERTISING: f'.r We announce liberal rates for advertising '- Xin the PLAINDEALER, and endeavor to state ^hem so plainly that they will be readily un- f * |l srstood. They are *s follows: t :, ,1 Ineh one year • • • - • ' .*2 Inches one year. - - ' !? xS 3 Inches one year - - - ' * . 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Thns, 'in inch advertisement will cost $1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, $*.00 for three weeks, and so on; , The PLAivDRiin will be liberal In giving k Editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it 1 I ,will require a suitable.fee from everybody •: I; Jieeking the use ofltsoolnmns for pecuniary - " fain. BUSINESS CARDS. FRANK L. SHEPABD, * y S v^a^OUNSELLOR AT LAW. 8nite 5H-«1 La Salie St., Uhicago. JO?. L ABT. M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURG EON, McHenrv, IH, Office In Nichols Bl ck, over tlaiudeaier Office. Telephoue No. 4. O. H. VKGBKS, M. D- »HY8IOlAN AND SURGEON, MoHenry Ills. Office at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, It. D. rjinrsiOIAN AND 8URGEON. Office at Jr the erslaenoe of R. A., Howard, West jpoHenry, 111. DR. A. E. AITRINOER, PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON. Office in Dr. Child* building, West McHenry, III. '•ifl? Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at. (fended to, ' 4 -- -- F. O. COLBY, D, D. 8. ENTIHT. Woodstock. 111. Speeial atten­ tion paid to regulating chi eth, arties coming from a distance would do well > give timely notice by mail. Office, Kendal lock, corner Mam street and PuolioSq uare U. P. BABNB8, ATTORNEY, Solicitor, audi Counselor, Collections :a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. KNIGHT & BROWN, TTORNBYS AT LAW. U. S. Express Oo.'s L Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. V. 9. LUkLET. ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Solicitor In Chancery, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Offioe in Park House, first floor. *ti. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent including Accident and Life Insurance. OFFICE WITH B. GILBERT, HUI DIPOTI WBHT MCHENKT. III. W. P. ST. CLAIR. Justice of the Peace and Notary Public heal Estate and Insurance. NUN DA, III* A. M. CHURCH, Watohmaker a.u<l Jeweler NO.On i HumlredTwenty-Five State 8t Chi­cago, III. Special attention given to re- pairingF (ne watches and Chronometers. MTAFall Assortment of Goods in his line JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker .Jeweler MCHENRY . ILLINOIS. A FINE slock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Specia. ^Mention given to repairing line watehes. Give ms *°*lh JOHN P. SMITH. Horsemen, Look Here. I have a fine stock of H -rses, among which •re "Young Green Mountain Mormn, ' "Mor­ rill Charles,"and others. Call and see these Hordes before making arrangements else­ where. jy £ QOLBY. McHenry, 111.. May 10.1802. JOHN J. BUCH, RESTAURANT -AMD- BOARDING HOUSE, Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, t Board by the Day or Woek at Reasonable rates, A Nic* LIKB OF,Row BOATS AT HT LAKDIWG. Pnre Wines, Liquors and Choice Cigars always on hand. Wfnsh Lager Beer constantly on G. F. BOLEY, Of McllENBY, ILL. Always on Band ivith the Best Beer, United States Var Claii Ape; --or-- WM- H. COWLIN, Woodstock - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classes and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex*Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejec ted claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H . COWL1S Office at Reskleaee. Madlson St. Woodstoea 10c. Does smoke from your cigar aii(Nfc . Like ir.cense in the air? Or does it only cause a smudge And make your neighbor swear? Why will you stick to cabbage leaves And drive your friends afar, When you can purchase for a dime "Our Monogram" cigar? IOc. IOC. BARBIAN BROS. MAKBBS OF| 'V- WFL Choice Cigars. We can sell you one or a thousand--retail or wholesale. DO YOU KNOW WHO SELLS- |6 00 Pan •. |4 25 G 00 Harris Cassimere Pants 4 25 20 00 Riverside Mills Stfit 16 50 5 00 Suit 3 50 Fancy Good Pants $ 1 50 to 1 75 2 00 Boys Congress Shoes 125 2 50 Men's Fine Shoes 1 75 Also Groceries and Canned Goods fresh every two weeks. E. LAWLUS. Opposite Riverside House. T H E SECURITY LIGHTNltffi ROD CO. BURLIN MANUFACTURER* . . . OF • • • IMPROVES 'ON, WIS: • • AND • 0EALER5 IM COPPER ig Reds FOR CATALOGUE WRITE PRICES A DRINK M O X I E THE FAMOUS HEEVE FOOD BEVERAGE. CHICAGO CONSOLIDATED BOTTLING CO. 14 TO 18 CHARLES PLACE, CHICAGO. III. TIUPHONI, MAIN 32T. SOLE ftOCNTS. BEWARE OF POOR IMITATIONS. Sold by WROLE8JLLB DRUGGISTS A GBOCEBS. -TO THE- Moitaios, Lates aid More VIA BIG FOUR ROUTE THE FAVORITE TOURIST LINK TO Put-in-Bay and all Lake Erie Islands via Sandusky. Lake Chautauqua. Niagara Falls, St Lawrence River, Thousand Islands, Lake Champlain Adirondacks, Oreen <i While Mountains, NEW ENGLAND RESORTS Xew York and Boston ' VIA CLEVELAND, LAKE SHORE, NEW YORK CBKTBAL AMD BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILWAYS. TO THE COOL RESORTS OF MICHIGAN VIA BENTOX„ HARBOR. When yon go on your summer vacation see that your th ket reads Tia the Big Four Route. ° JS. O, McOORMICK D. B. MARTIN. Passenger Traffic M'gr. Gen, Pas. T'k't Agt CLNCLMFATI O, P A T E N T S . FOR PROTECTION, NOT FOR ORNAMENT. trite DUBOIS ft DUBOIS, Patent Attorneys Inventive Age Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. YOUR MONEY SHOULD OBTAIN FOB TOU Tie Best Goods in the Market. , That LB what we are «a.t* isfiied to make, ** The I Best," and think we i can siodemonstrate toyoti if you wi*I give UM the opportunity:',/. ;• C«IM«»»nd see convinced* CU8 CARLSON. McHenry, 01., 1894. SALOON AND RESTAURANT McHENRY, ILLINOIS. ctlBtalc and Retail Agent f»r 8C1ILITZ Bilwaelee Brsilsi Co.'s THE BEST MADC. In any quantity from a Snits Glass to 1C0 barrels. Orders by mail promptly attended to. ALSO ALWAYS ON HAND Fine Kentucky Liquors* French^ Bitters, choice Ales, Wines, Cigars, Etc. I buy none but the best and sell at reasonable prices. Call and see me and I will us* use you well. ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, 111., 1894. Hard - and - Soft CO All J WILBUR LUHBES CO. AT THEIB YARDS IN WEST JMoHENRY, Have now on band both hard and soft Coal, which they will sell at prices ae low as the lowest. We are handling the celebrated Cross Creek Lehigh Hard Coal, which we guarantee unequaled by any. (^"Delivery made to suit pur­ chaser . We do not advocate that C< a> will be lower than last season, but whether lower or higher we guarantee to meet all prices and satisfy purcha ers, Wilbur Lumber Co. ISCH1ESSLE NEAR THE DEPOT. VTEST MoHENBY, ILL. Keeps open for the acooamodatlom of tke Public a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant, tfhere he will at all times keep the beat brands of Wines, Llquore and uigara to be found in the market. PABST'S lOhrauku Lagu Bitr At Wholesale and Retail. Beer in Large or Small Keg* or Bottles al­ ways on hand, oheaper than amy other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. GOOD STABLINOjFOR HOBan OTOall and see ns. Robert Sohiessle. DEALER IN Agricultural Machinery! McHENRY, ILL. (limn 1 ^ The beet made, and at •w inu niLViOi the Lowest Prices, We make a specialty of Repairing Punip", both wood and iron. Iron Pipes and Wood Tat. tag always on hand. CARRIAGES BUGGIES «V SURREYS We keep a full stock always on band, and cad fit you out with anything you want In this line aod for lees money (ban you can get tta^m for any dealer outside of town. of A New Line of Bicyclef| Just Received We flleo have the Babcock Cream Testers AND ARE AGENTS KOR THE De LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. and respectfully lnvfte Dairymen and Farmers to call and see us when in want of anything In this line. We keep on hand a fine lot of garden Hose, cheap, Honest Prices and Fair dealing is our Motto. WM. BACON. McHenry. July »d -1894 A. HILL, JEWELER & OPTICIAN. Finest Lenses, lie-Glasses and SPECTACLES. No CHarare for Testing the Eyes. PERFECT FIfGUARANTEED. Will be at O. T. Daniel's Drug Store, Algon­ quin, every Wednesday, commencing July 11. Also, at a Seyerns's Drug store, Cary. every Thursdaytcomineoclng July 20th. OSMUN BLOCK, RUNDA, ILL 36tt MflBTTfll'Q visit.-- . rlfUln 0 Friday. Sept. 7th. WOODSTOCK* ILL., At the Hotel Woodstock. DISPENSARY DR. FRUTH, after years of experience has perfected the most infallible method of cur­ ing Nervous debility, decay of body and mind, self-distrust, poor memory, weak eyes, stunted rievelomnent, lack of memory, im­ poverished blooii, low vitality, and all edcets ot abutes, excesses, improper life, etc., which renders marriage unhappy and life miserable. SPKCiALTiBS-Oatarrh, Skin Diseases, Sores Pi-uples, Scrofula, Biood Taint, Eczema, Can­ cer, Piles, and Diseases of Women We Guarantee to Forfeit 9500 for * case of SEXUAL DISEASE ^aYd^ Jure, Question list FREE, cne personal interview solicited. Cousultation free DR. D. O. FRO Til, 3832 Lake Ave.f Chicago* QUEEN OF THE KITCHEN! With one htnd you can drain the water from boiling vegetables and it is Impossible to burn yourself. Anv rhild that can carry the vessel can operate it with ease simply by pressing the two bails together in the hand. A Blessing to Housekeepers. Saves Time, Vegetables and Fain from Scalds and Burns. WUUL SELL AT SIGHT. MRS. C. W. SLAFTER- Agent for McHenry and Vicinity, PATENTS CaT'eats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat-] ent business conducted for MODERATE FEES. OUR ©Fnce is OPPOSITE U. S. PATENT OFFICE J and we can secure patent iu less time Uiaa those! remote from Washington. ! Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip- J tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of J charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. J A PAMPHLET, "How to Obtain Patents," with J cost of same in the' U. S. and foreign countries J sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. AVNVRR'C IDLE MONKY X\. V 111 \JTlO. and surplus funds received and loaned on carefully ae- state •sSceuritiea and the o leoted real estate iiterest colleet&iT / \ A "\TQ . * and remitted without .1J V7xx O . L JV charge. Loans made on time And terms to sut borrower. J. W. UAHJiiiUU, fl Dnfagt straet, Ban. Illinoia. IN EUROPEAN SOCIETY. Rarely Succeed In Entering the Inner Circles. Americans, says Vogue, fail to real­ ize that Europeans recognize no social or class distinction in this country. Our people know that this is a repub­ lic, that it has been a republic for more than a century, and that the principal doctrine upon which the entire nation­ al fabric is founded is that of universal equality. They cannot, therefore, un­ derstand that there should be any kind ©f class distinction or gradations of so­ ciety. In their eyes all Americans are equal, and the question as to what co­ terie or clique their American acquaint­ ances belong to in this country weighs buttery little with the grand monde in Europe. It is utterly immaterial to them whethey their American acquaint­ ance has ever had a grandfather or not: or, if he had, who his grandfather was. They do not care one brass farthing whether he or she happens to be a "born millionaire" or a "made million­ aire," and they take their American friends purely and entirely on their merits, altogether irrespective of the sociel status and prestige they may enjoy on this side of the Atlantic. But once an American has succceeded in getting himself accepted by the best European society, his position is really a most delightful one, since he is re garded as beyond the pale of class dis­ tinction, and is allowed a freedom and a latitude which would never be ac corded to any native, no matter how high his or her rank. Notwithstand­ ing all that is claimed to the contrary, there are relatively very few Ameri­ cans who may really be said to have penetrated the inner circles of Euro­ pean society. NOT RECEIVING. A t«u« Widow's Too Aggressive Caller Neatly Rebuked. A man of the world was wont to call, not unfrequently, upon a young widow, says the Illustrated American. One day the pretty maid at the door an­ nounced that her mistress was out of town. On some pretext, however, the man entered. He also talked to the maid. Some days later, knowing that the lady had returned, he called again. He was a bit surprised when a strange maid met him at the door and showed him to the little reception-room. While she carried hts card up the stairs, he reflected that she was not so dainty as her predecessor, and she was not so pretty, though her uniform was sim­ ilar, and her cap was as stiff and her apron as spotless. He was realizing how much more woman is to the dress than the dress is to the woman, when the maid returned and announced promptly: "Mrs. -- is not receiving." The man of the world bit his lips--it was the first time he had ever been de­ nied admittance--and moved toward the door. The maid held it open for him and as he passed through it she blurted out: "And she says, if you please, sir, the maids receive In the kitchen, sir." THE WALLS OF SEOUL. Bow s Party of Travelers Scaled Them After Nightfall. Seoul, like Pekin, and, what is more, like all the cities of Corea and China, says a traveler, writing in the New York Herald, is surrounded by im­ mense walls; and the gates of the city are closed each evening at set of sun. The latter had been replaced by the moon when we arrived at the foot of these great walls, which must be all of fifty feet in height. Not wishing to leave us to pass the night outside the city and exposed to numberless dan­ gers, the minister had had the happy idea to h ave us conveyed to a secluded spot where we were assisted to climb over the walls. A score of Coreans sat astride the top and lowered strong ropes. The ascent was perilous and very difficult. It took at least a half hour to hoist one of our friends, who being enormously stout, gave to the Coreans an immense deal of difficulty, and, besides, he, terrified to find himself swinging in space at the end of a rope, to our great delight, uttered howls of fright. Thus was our entry into Seoul something less than triumphant. UPROOTING ALPINE ROSES. What One Swiss Canton Protects Another ® Pays for Destroying. There is a reverse side to the beauty and popularity of the "Alpenrosen." A notice which has just run the round of the Swiss press states, says the West­ minster Gazette, that the Canton of Appeuzell Inner Rhodes has now fol­ lowed some of the other Cantonal gov­ ernments by prohibiting the plucking up of Alpenrosen by the roots. Here­ upon the Vaterland of Lucerne remarks that the government of Canton Grau- bunden has done the clean contrary. It gives money every year for the root­ ing out of "Alpine roses," because on many of the Graubunden mountains they cover extensive ranges of land, which are thus rendered useless for cultivation or pasture. The Cantonal Bau-department pays considerable at­ tention to, this form of reclamation, and the uprooters of , the romantic flower, who are regarded as barbarians in other Cantons, are there regarded as local patriots. At a Loss. Rev. T. Mozley says in his "Remin­ iscences" of Oxford life, that he one day made an innocent remark which exposed him to sudden reproof. He was listening to Samuel Wilberforee the younger and a friend, as they named alternately more than fifty species of pines and. Taxodia, and be­ coming impatient of that exercise, he threw in his word: J 'Yet," said^he, "tlie meanest grub that preys on tlibse/trees, is higher in the order of creation than all of them." Wretched man that he was, to have spoken! The bishop looked him in the face and returned, with severity: "So you think a bucket of Thames water a nobler object of contemplation than Windsor forest!" As Mr. Mozley said, in telling the in­ cident: 'I collapsed, for I never executed or «ven attempted a repartee in my life." INGRATITUDE OF NATIONS. An Instance of It Toward a Hero off tlM Franco-German War. A pathetic story of national ingrati­ tude has been going the rounds of the London papers, which is interesting enough to be repeated, especially as it concerns those days of intense interest daring Which Paris was last in siege. Publicity has been given it by the fact that the hero of the incident has just gone into a French hospital in poverty, there to die. The Pall Mall Gazette thus tells the tale: "When the Germ&n lines, in the au­ tumn of 1870, were gradually closing their boa-eon stridor grasp round the doomed capital, Durnof was the hero of the hour. An experienced aeronaut, who had three times been dashed into the sea and had run many other nar­ row escapes, he proposed with his old balloon Neptune to carry a mail out of Paris and to run the gauntlet of the beleaguering armies. At daybreak, on September 23, he set out on his adven­ turous journey, the director of the posts assuring him, as he handed in the dis­ patches and the pigeons, that his cour­ age and devotion would meet with a splendid reward. Durnof succeeded in his task, and landed safe and sound at Evreux, but the poor old Neptune was never fit for another ascent." "Twenty-two years elapsed, but the unhappy aeronaut never received a penny from successive governments. Even his claim for the value of his bal­ loon, which had been used until de­ stroyed by the military authorities, failed to obtain the slightest recogni­ tion. After a couple of decades he got the bronze medal accorded to all who carried dispatches by balloon, and last year a small monthly grant was made which pareiy sufficed to keep him from starvation. Swindlers and imposters of all kinds laid the foundations of future fame and fortune in the siege of Paris, but the first man who opened up communications between the imprison­ ed inhabitants and the outer world seems likely to die in dishonor and despair." DISCOVERER OF TOBACCO. A - Spaniard Named Pane Used It Before Either Nlcot or Raleigh. Though Sir Walter Raleigh was the first to introduce tobacco into this coun­ try. says the London Daily News, in­ quiries into the history of the weed are familiar with the fact that it had al­ ready been imported into Europe long before Italeigh was born. The facts are retold in an official summary by Sir George Bonham of the recent finan­ cial statement of the Spanish minister of finance. Naturally, the subjoct is of interest to the controller of the na­ tional finances of Spain, as the tobacco monopoly is an important one, and brings in large sums to the state cof­ fers. The first Eur«pean who became acquainted with the plant was a Span­ iard named Pane, who remained in San Domingo on Columbus' return to Spain after his second voyage. He found it used by the natives principally as a medicine. The first specimens of the plant were sent by him to Seville in 1490; but its use in Europe was mainly due to Jean Nicot, a Frenchman of Nimes, who was French ambassador in Portugal in 1560. Its introduction into England by Sir Walter Raleigh, who brought it from Virginia, dates from 1585. THE SWISS REPUBLIC. It Has an Executive Council. Bat Ho President. Under the Swiss system, says the North American Review, the executive power is vested, not in a president, but in a council or cabinet of seven, which holds office for three years. The coun­ cil apportions the departments of state among its own members, and "the members of the council have the right to speak and make proposals in either house of the federal legislature, but not to vote." When the measures pro­ posed by the Swiss ministers are de­ feated in the legislature, they simply return to their desks and go on with the business of their departments, form of procedure which has stood the test of experience. We have, there­ fore, a most satisfactory precedent upon the one vital point at which we must depart from the English model. The Swiss constitution, like our own, is federal; and its federal legislature consists of two chambers. The Swiss executive council or cabinet holds for three years instead of four; the Swiss ministers possess the right to sit in either house, to initiate legislation and debate, without the right to vote; and when the vote upon measures pro­ posed by them is adverse, they remain in office until the end of their terms. Washington's Pavements. "Washington to-day," says a corre­ spondent, "has more asphalt pavements than any city in the country with the exception of Buffalo. Of the 164 miles of improved streets in Washington 71 are paved with asphalt, making, 1,773,- 057 square yards. For the streets on which heavy hauling is done cobble­ stone is generally used. Of this pave­ ment 14}i miles have been laid. The heavy grades have been principally paved with granite blocks, of which 28% miles have been laid. In the northeast section of the city the asphalt block has been found to answer the purpose very satisfactorily, and over 13 miles have been put down within re­ cent years. There are still 25 miles of streets laid with coal tar and 11>£ of macadam." Law of Gravitation Reversed. A lawyer by the name of Mayne, who was a highly respected but de­ cidedly heavy person, had risen to a judgeship, while Jeffrey Keller, who had entered on his legal career at about the same time with Mayne, bnt was more noted as a wit than as a law­ yer, was still much in want of clients and fees. The latter was in a court­ room one day, when Mayne was sol­ emnly presiding, and he turned to a friend, who sat beside him, and plucked at his sleeve. "See there!" he whis­ pered: "there sits Mayne, risen by his gravity, and here sits Keller, sunk by his levity. Wh$t would Sir Isaac New­ ton aay to that, I'd like to know?" PETER MINUIT'S MISTAKE. . Bsloit Money When He Boaght hattan Island for Twenty-Foor DoEUu*. I ' History tells us that 268 years or in 1626, Peter Minuit bought MM*- * hattan island from the Indians anil. paid for it §24 in merchandise. V It has usually been thought thafciS Peter took advantage of the ignorance of the untutored savage and made an excellent bargain for himself. f No doubt but that Peter thought it a . good trade, particularly when he con­ sidered the value of lots after the- streets would be laid out, Central park improved, Brooklyn bridge built and the island had a population of two * millions; for Peter was a shrewd real estate speculator and looked a longr way ahead with a correct, prophetic ' eye. V Notwithstanding all of Peter's shrewdness and foresight he made the mistake of his life and lost millions of dollars by his purchase. He didn't stop to figure interest. Sinee 1626 the rate of interest in this country, where money has always been in demand, has ranged from six per . cent, up to highway robbery. It will be conservative to say that eight per ­ cent. is a fair average. Now, if Peter had loaned his $04 at eight per cent, compound interest, from then until this date, what would its value be, compared with the nine of r Manhattan island? '-f: At eight per cent, compound interest, money will double once in about nine ' years. Now, there have been twenty- nine times nine years, and seven years * more, since Peter made his purchase. Then, if he had loaned his $24 he would ' have had nearly 8400,000 at the end of the first one hundred years, and more than $200,000,000 at the close ot the sec­ ond century, while in 1894 his principal of $24 would have grown to be 820,000,- 000,000--the value of Manhattan 1 aland many times over. So, in fact the IndianB got the beat of the bargain, and no doubt thflf chuckled over the situation a* they walked through Baxter street with th«» (24 worth of merchandise in their OFFICIOUS FLOOR WALKERS. ! How Shoppers Are Annoyed and LtTM Ui Clerks Made Mlserablo. The officiousness of floor walkers hi ' certain dry goods stores--not often . found supplemented by the seal of ' young women behind the counter--is* sometimes embarrassing. Even if one projects large purchases one more often than not prefers small fuss; about it, but it is awkward and a trifle mortifying if you just want to look about to have some one insist ones- ? scoring you to some particular coun­ ter. A little of the superflons energy might needfully be absorbed by the shopwomen, who often find it too troublesome to listen attentively to what one wants. Entering a Sixth avenue store one day last week, a lady saw it was not , the one she had meant, and naming the store she wanted to an attendant, asked him how many doors away it was. She had not got out of earshot with her directions before the floor walker pounced on the attendant to know how it was he had let a possible p«ir»r chaser escape. "Could you not have told her she'd ; do better here? You're no business ^ man. Don't talk to me about simply answering a question. She was a cus­ tomer, and if you were worth your sal* ary you wouldn't have let her go." The lady in question heard aU this. It cost her an embarrassment in feel­ ing and threatened to cost the poor at­ tendant an embarrassment in fact, as phe left the floor walker plying the lash with a vigorous purpose which, might end in driving his victim oaL A SI THE IGUANA. A BnskeStory That Comes from tks May- South. ̂ In South America, says the St. Loois| Globe-Democrat, snakes are very ntun» • erous, but their enemies are numerous. Perhaps the most notable of these dhake killers is the large lizard known as the iguana. The iguana is no mean adversary, as may be judged from the fact that dogs which attack o: often come off with a broken leg. Thi lizard does not wait for the snake take the offensive, but goes swiftly pursuit, and being very rapid in its motions, rarely has any difficulty in overtaking its victim, which it dis­ patches with blows from its powerful tail. I remember a funny experience I had with one of these lizards which clearly illustrates its hatred for snakes. I was riding with a friend in search of cattle. My lasso was attached to the saddle and the end trailed a long the g round behind me. A big iguana lay in the sun apparently asleep. It paid no attention to my horse as it passed, but the next instant it raised its head and fixed its attention on the twenty feet of lasso slowly trailing by. Sud­ denly it rushed after the rope and dealt with its lasso, several yards of which had been pounded in vain, had been dragged by, the lizard with uplifted head continued to gaze after it with evident astonish­ ment. Never before had such a won­ derful snake crossed its path. it a succession of violent biowa its tail. /When the whole of the Another Yellow Jaekst The "Yellow Jacket" of which Lft Hung Chang was recently deprived is • the symbol of Chinese royal and impe­ rial favor, as well as of the highest power. It is a much-coveted and* therefore, little worn garment. The first Marqviis Tseng Kow-fan rose so high in his" opinion of the emperor ot his day that his majesty drew off his own coat and placed it upon the worthy subject's back. To show his •: appreciation of the gift, and the man­ ner of it, the marquis, who lived for many years, never allowed it to be re­ moved from his back. Years plater, 14 presented a local coating of Its own --grease and indescribable filth. II < had become from this cause as stiff > as a board. When the marquis died hit jellaw -ccat wis buried witi* _ ' '""^"3'.;':""" "" JjfU; •'i m. :*