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m*- u Pledged 1>ut toTruth, to Liberty and Law) He FBVOFS Of in us and no Fsaf Shaii AM,' :i VOL. 20. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1894. jpltiitoler. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY V A N 8 L T K B , EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS SLOCK. W1B«r# Doors North of Ferry A Owen's Stora, S TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year (in advance) tl #® If Mot Paid within Three Months * «0 Subscriptions reeeiTM for three or fix . .,n. t. ... . „ ' • c. F. BOLEY, Prourielor of McHenry Brever}. McHENRY, ILL. Always on Band with the Best. Beer, too. IOC. RATES OF ADVERTISING: We announce liberal rates for advertising la the PLAIHDEALEB, an<i endeavor to state them 80 plainly that they will be readily un 4srstood. They are as follows: 1 Inch one year - • #&J t Inches one year , . - ,, . WW 8 Inches one year • * > , , if Column one yeaf « # -*- »"J * H Ooinmn one year. • • - < * , 60 00 • Ooinmn one yea* - » 100 00 On* nob means the meajurentent of one neb down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of ohanging as often as they •boose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having standing cards) will toe entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 eents per line the first week, and 6 cents per tine for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 1ft cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is Bet in) the first issue, and 5 cents per line for subsequent issuer Thus, an iuoh advertisement willeost $1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, W.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PLAIKDRALB* will beUtofiftlJ editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from •vsrybody seeking the use of its columns for psouniary gain. Does amok# frown yonr «igar curiae Like incense in the air? w Or does it only cause a smudge And make your neighbor swear? Why will yon stick to cabbage leaves And drive your friends afar, When yon can purchase for a dime "Our Monogram" cigar? IOc. IOc BARBIAN BROS. MAKERS OF| Choice Cigars. We can sell JOB oSe or a thousand--retail or wholesale. •>i i West Sid© Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES, GIFTS'JT. HANLY, Prop»r. WEST MeHUNttY, ILL. ^ First class rigs, with or without drivers, furn'slied'at reasonable rates- Parties taken f> an'l from the Lakes in Easy Rigs, and prompt connection m:u)e with rU trains. Cur BigA t*i be kept is first ciass sfcsps. and we shall spare no pains to please our CUB tomers at all times, Give ns a call, E. J. HANLY, West MoHearjr, 111,, Aug. 15, 1894. • money BUSINESS CARDS. FRANK L. 9BEPARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. 8uite 514--36 La Salle 8t., Ublcago. ; v Office JOS. L. ABT. M. D. HY 8101 AN AND SURGEON, McMenrv, 111, B in Nichols Bloc" ' Telephone No. 4. P Office in Nichols Block, over Plaladealer 0.H. FEG1ERS, X. D- PHY9IOXAN AND 8UBOSON, MeHenry Ilia. Office at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. DBYS10IAN AND BURGEON. Office at JL the ersldence of R. A, Howard, Weet MeHenry, 111. DR. A. K. AURINGEQ, PHYSICIAN AXI>SURGEON. Office in Dr. OhlKis building, West McHenry, 111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional calls promptly at­ tended to. F.O.OOLBY, D, D.R. DENTIST. Woodstock. 111. Special aten-tion paid to regulating children's teeth, Parties coming from a distancewo d dowel 1 to give timely notice by mail, Office, Kendal block corner Main street and PuolioSq are a P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, SOLICITOR, AUDI Oollectlonsia specialty. WRIOOX, lLLIMOIIb Counselor, fe..":* KNIGHT A BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. U. 8. Express On.'* Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. • „ CHICAGO, ILL. • *<k!l (n o i nnr»iiiiV'i 11 iij. .'Sfe.'l 1; 7,8. LUMLST.' r ATTORNEY AT LAW, and felleltor la 0b""»boD.TOOK, ILL. OAee in Park House, first flooiy . H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent Jnoluding Accident ^ and Life Insurance. §irvioa WITH B. GILBERT, HIAB Dnor, t=-4p; * WEST MCHBNBY. III. T - W. P. ST. GLAIR. Justice of the Peace and Notary Public , Seal Eatate and Insurance , ' • RIf NDAf III* A. M. CHURCH, and JTeweler NO.On < HuadredTwenty-Five State St Chi­cago, 111. Special attention given to re­ pairing? tne watohes and chronometer*. •OTA Full Assortment of Goods in hie line JOHN P. SMITH, Watohmaker <&. Jeweler MeHENRY. ILLINOIS. >:ji FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew- a elry always on hand. Special attention elry_ . given to repairing 4ne aoalL watehes. Give me JO HA P. BMJTM. Westerman & Son, HOUSE, BICN AND CARRIAOi PAINTERS. MORKWIIT, . . . Ir.t.Tnoia. Wfs are prepared to do all work in our llae 0* Short notice and guarantee satisfaction. PAPER HANGING A SPECIALTF. Prioes reasonable and work promptly d0n®' WESTERMAN ft SON. McHenry, J tnuary 30. 1894. , , JOHN J. BUCH, 1REST*URAI||^ BOARDING Houm, Near the Iron Bridge, MeHenry, •t tfi« 0»» or Hfeefc Reasonable rates* A Eton LINE onRo^ BOATS AT mt LAVQIHO. Pure Wines, Liquora and Choice Cigars sv-tfi. *'• • always on hand YOUR MONEY SHOULD OBTAIN FO& TOO ^ The Best Goods in the Hartal Thatls what we are sat> isfled to make, *» Th © Bestf w and think we oan no demonstrate to you if you will si-re nw tl&e opportunity. Call In and sea the Goods and be oonvlnoed. CARL80N. MeHenry, HI., 1894. Wm. . D Agricultural DEALER IN Machinery! CHBNRY, ILL We have the most complete line of Pumps to be found iu the county, and if you are in need of one it will pay you to caU and see us We have THE MYERS FORCE POMP, WITH WIND MILL REGULATOR, Buggies & Carriages Our entire stock of Buggies and Carriages will be sold COST for the next 30 days, WM* BACON AT A. Eagela's SALOON AND RESTAURANT MeHENRY, ILLINOIS. m Wholesale and Retail"*ganf for SCIJLITZ illis BrewiDE Co's ... ;-*WE BEST MADE. In any quantity from a Snit* Glass to 1C0 barrels. Orders by mail promptly attended to. ALSO. ALWAYS ON HAND (Fine Kentucky Llquorsa French Bitters, choice AleSt Wines, Cigars, Etc. I bwy none but the best and seli at reasonable prices. (Tall and see me and I will ue« use you well. ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, 111, 1894. A G R A N D Q F F E R I MME. A. RUPPERT'S FACE BLEACH Hme. A. Rnppertsay« . tpprecittje iho fcUiiv there are unny tliouaantls ol ladles in tlieUntted (states that w-Mild like to try my World Kenowned Faco Bleach, Imt have been kert from doing so on account ct nrico. Which is $2.09 per bot- Ue. or 3 "oattlcs, tak'n to- jreth©r,}5.(i0. Ir.ordpri i'at all piny bav6 an opportunity. * wlllsell lo every cailcr Mobottlefor 25o,and to tlu.se Jiving outside of citv, in any part of tSie world, I will Bend it safely packed, plain Vrapp«r.ancharges prep»ld,Ioi ' : !. silver or eiampi In e*erycaseoifre«kle«. pimples, moths M. OW. BSM. blackheads, acne, ecsenui, uiUoess or ro..t.i; ness, or any discoloration or disease of theskin. ana Agents Wanted Agretom5kfm ? IT £ - 2 £ 512 S S nc TUC VIAV Political Bevnlation of ur I nc I/M 1 . »,-2, CrU Is of *93 and *91 Battles for breaa. C«XBT!BM, ^triifee!1, the Unemployed. GRKAT LABOR WRITES of the present and the future Tariff ],egiilation The 63 ilver Questions What Protection does for th® American Workmen. What Free Trade does f. r him. A bo k for the hour- Everybody waiits it, Pri •* on'y #1 50. Sella ./at pight. Most liberal terms to agents, send "for rirculsrsor send "O eenM tor agent's out »<• uuce. r. W Zit&bia • OO , 525 markui istreet, gt, Louis, Mo. NEAR THE DEPOT, MOHEN^Y, ILL. Keeps open for the aooo&uaodatlon of tbe Public a Flrat-OUM Saloon and Restanrant. * Where he will at all times keep the Mat , , bc&nda of Wines. Liquors and Quatf#- to be found in the mwrketi.' . ' PABST*8 t MUvaskH ' Lt£W Bmt " H« Wholesale and Retail. Hard « and • Soft WILBUR LUMBER CO. ; TikKDS XX * • •M" -IN 1ST MbHENR Wave no^r on band Hotb hard and soft Coal, which thev will sell at prices ae low as the lowest; e are handling the celebrated Cross Creek Lehigh Hard Coal, which we guarantee nnequakd - - • |̂ "Delivery made to suit par- chaser. Peed of all kind9 constantly on hand. Car Lota a Specialty. Lime, Cement^ etc. always oni hand. 3k ' * V t "?d ' Wilbur Lumber Co. Beer In Largo or Small Kega or Bottles al- jraya on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. GOOD STABLING FOR HOSSn •VOalland see us. Rebert 8ohlessle. REIUS German GOUGH CROUP- A N D . - O f f K I D N E Y e U r \ E - (^]rtsJns no Poison. Hold's German Pills curs Constipation and Malaria. Sylvan Gum purifies the breath. II I • 11--i• wm MWBII iinn iM11 A.HILL- JEWELER i 0PTICI4N. Finest Lenses, fye-GIa® aid SPECTACLE& «o Charge for Testing the Eyes. PERFECT FI R GUARANTEED. Will be at O. T, Daniel's Drag Store, Algon quln, every Wednesday, commercing July 11. Also, at a Severn8'a Drug Store, Cary. every Thursday, commencing July 2tith. \ OSMUN BLOCK. 38tf N.ONDA,.Il<li. ? • DR 'Helf • Friday. Dee. 28. WOODSTOOKi IL.» At the Hotel Woodstock. FWR P Bleach rmsoraa absolutely. Itdoeanot cover ar, asoosmettoa do, bnt" SWiS."»S8l^MKam-.-wY.-rk cu» All my preparation*, samples, bottles. A< ^datragularprlosamnQiiir Jocai a«ent. a cure. MME. . treet» N aamples, bottles. Ac., caa be Jrfla Aa R . 'lieBemy, DISPENSARY DRt FRUTH, after years of experience baa perfected the most Infallible method of cur. mg Nervous debility, decay of body and miDd, eel'-di&trust, poor memory, weak eyes, stunted development, lack of memory, im-.lij r-ovlo hoij Jaw pjto lity^ o«H 5ti ! G ^OQtS ot abuses, excesses, improper life, etc., which renders marriage unbappy and life miserable. SPECIALTIES--Catarrh, Skin Diseases, Sores Pi nples, Scrofula, Biond Taint, Eczema, Oan- cer, Piles, and Dieeaeea of Women We Guarantee to Forfeit SSOO for a case of SEXUAL DISEASE Jure, Question list FRBK. < ne personal interview solicited. Cousultation free DR. D. O, FRU fJft» 3B32 Lake Ave.; Chicago; AVINGS • and surplus funds ivctnved and loaned on carefully se­ lected real estate nfcuritios Bod th® interest collectpdT / \ \ "VTO •irid iemitt*d,withiiutJLiV/^i.l-~ O# charge. Loans ui&ue 01; time and t(THIS to amt bonowar J. M* 81 Uupage street, JClnn. IUinaMb• The Ssiekubeeker SpwSal A K$E»r t>AlL* TBAIN BBTWCBIT ST. LOUIS. PEORIA. f Indianspolis, CinelDnati, New York and Boston. Through the Beautiful Mohawk Valley and down the Hudsem. Lv. 8t. Lojaie, 12 00 Noon. Lv. Peoria 12 30 p. m. i Lv. Indianapolis,.... 7 00 p.m. Ar. Cincinnati, 10 45 p. m. Ar. Cleveland....* 2 10 a. m. Ar. Buffalo 6 50 a. m. Ar. New York......... 6 30 p. m. Ar. Boston 9 05 f Superb Equipment,' Warner Sleeping and Dining Cars, VIA BIG FOUR ROUTE Lake Shore, New York Central * and Boston and Albany R R. M. E. TNGALLS, President. E. O, McCOKMIOK D. B. MART'N, FassenKer Trsffie M'gr. wen. Pas. X'k't Agt ClNOI RKATI O, SOLDIERS' DEPARTMENT. BY AN OLD SOLDIER, ^ C. A R. -t---- McHenry P6st Sn. 6t3 holds regular Meet, lnifs the first and third Thursdays of each month at the City Hall. H. C. MEAD, Commander, •HOw, Aujuta&t. • --: AL&BST Major G«b. 8 Roper has presented th© national headquarters of the G. A. R., at Rockford, with a handsome flag. The large official seal of the Grand Army of the Republic has been received at .National Headquarters at Rock ford. There is a good deal of talk in Phila­ delphia about erecting a statute of Ad­ miral John A. Dahlgren, who was a native of that city, and a number of naval societies are moving in the matter. The widow of Stonewall Jackson Bays that when he was courting her he made it a rule never to read one of her letters on Sunday, or send one to her so that it would be likely to be carried through the mails on that day. ( AlonzoHowe, of Marinette, Wis., an old soldier, died while sitting in a chair at the home of his brother, M. E. Howe, at Hampshire, on Saturday. He was a member of Co. B, 15th Illinois Infantry during the war. Commander Lawlef will attempt to secure legislation in every state to pro­ vide better care for the insane veterans than is given them in the asylums. He thinks their pensions should be ttsed &t building cottages for'them. X Massachusetts is having prepared an index to all literature relating to tbe ser­ vice of its soldiers in the civil war. The index will include memoranda of all news­ paper and magazine articles, no matter how slight, and every scrap of relevant printed matter that can be discovered. The Pecatonica Journal $a*ys of the re­ cent camp fire at Rockford: The boys in blue were royally entertained and report nine of the best camp fires they ever at­ tended. Hoi. Smith in particular came home happy. He» had the pleasure of meeting his old friend Jas. Jorey, who was fife major during the war in Co. G, 44th 111. Regt., the same company in which Hoi. was adjutant, and whom he had not seen since the close of the war. OF TH8 KITCHEN I With one hud you can draln tbe water Prom boiling vegetables and it is Impossible to born yourself. Any Hiiin that can carry the vessel can operate it wi*.h ease simply by preesing the two bails together in tbe band. A Blessing to Housek pers. Saves Time, Vegetables and Pain from Scalds and Burns. WILL SELL AT SIGHT. MRS. C. W, SlAFTER. •gent for McHenry and Vicinity, Do You Want Wn-V ? A steady payingjob || V/X JUL • with lir est house in the west, 20 years es'abllsbed. With our fa­ cilities we can make a good salesman in two weeks from raw material. Nursery stock that is warranted to grow. 36 be»t varietiea «eed potatoe» in the world, etc. If you want money write, stating age. L L. HAT ft CO. 8t> Paul, Mian* Hart?ryatea, florlite and Seedsmen* (This house is responsible) The HOLIDAYS ALMOST HEBE, AND SMITH, THE JEWELER, I* prepared to meet you half way m anythiDg you may need in his lioe. Ii he li9S it not in fetock he will order it, and at 25 per cent less than you can get it of ^ther dealers. Idgr" Call in and see ut, as we know we can do you good. j. p. smith: McBcnrv, Oct. 30.1894 Secretary Holman comes out emphati­ cally for a service pension. We certainly should have it, and we certainly should have the pension laws already on thd statute-book properly executed. Let Congress when it meets this month, be­ gin business by an emphatic declaration that the pension laws now in force must be promptly and justly administered, and then follow this up by the passage of a service pension bill. This is what tbe veterans of the country require. And This ia How it Game About That Ban Butler Lost a Horse. While in front of Petersburg the gen­ eral received information that his favor­ ite horse, Almond Eye, had been acci­ dentally killed by falling into a ravine. Upon the departure of his informant, he ordered an Irish servant to go and skin him. "What! Is AlmondEye dead ?" asked Pat. "What's that to yon" Do as I bid you and ask no questions." ; Pat went about his business, and In an hour or two returned. "Well, Pat, where have yon been all this time?" Bternly demanded the gen- eral. 'Skiniiing the horse, yer honor." 'Does it take nearly two hotira to; per* form such an operation ? " "No, yer honor, but then you see it tuck 'bout half «n,hour to catch him," innocently replied Pat." Gen. Butler cast upoq his servant such a ferocious look that Pat thought he meditated skinning an Irishman in re­ venge for the death of his horse. •wRWIO toman* Gcneiat or local A marIs t7V todies or rnt>. AfleniS. W tweek. Exclusive territory. Tks Itftpiit DiabWttbtaer. Wasbesallihl dishes for a family in one minute. Washes, riuses ami dries tbeoi Without WvHtiug tin; hands. Yott Ilrkbt, polished diibee, aud cheerful wives. No scalded fh j g-j r. u o «o i i cd hau d s or clothio (. N broken di>he-8,uo most* Cheapt ourabte,warrauted. Circniaraftvt. SittlMS fG». «>••* «•> «. C.I-->•» * " ' 1 C • The Dead at Vickabargr A newspaper correspondent of the time writes of tbe dead who had fallen in one of the most desperate of tbe Union as­ saults on Vicksburg. "They lay in afl positions, some with muskets grasped as though still contend­ ing; others with the cartridges in tbe fingers just ready to put the deadly charge where it might meet the foe. All ferocity had gone. (A remarkably sweet and youthful face was that of a rebel boy. Scarce 18, and as fair as a maiden, with quite small hands. He had long hair of the pale golden hue that auburn changes to when much in the sun, and curling at the ends. He had on a shirt of coarse white cotton and brown trousers, well worn, while up­ on his feet were women's shoes of about the size known as 'fours.' Too delicate was bis frame for war, perhaps some mother's idol. HIB left side was torn by a shell, his left shoulder shattered. "Two men who had caught at a fig tree to assist them uy a steep embank­ ment lay dead at its foot; the branch at which they caught was still in their grasp. "In one trench lay two, grasping the same weapon, friend and foe. On tbe faces of both was the calm that follows sleep. In some places the dead were piled lite*aHf JSke sacks of grain." , MUD! MUD! J , , Every scholar goiug to school needs a pair of good school shoes and tbe best rubbers. We have the best and the cheapest. ^ . V - PEBBY&OWB*. ' "I- "jVa •- - " v.. ..... . I, sir«- . .... . . s-. THE MARRIAGEABLE AGE. Woman's Period of Yonth Haa Adveeewi Ten Years. "The great trouble with this particu­ lar age," remarked a young woman on her twenty-seventh birthday, "is that people are so obviously wondering whether or not one intends to get mar- MUV4 WUOV U OVf UUC IIIW better be about it, lest she find herself in the predicament of Jacky, of nursery lore, of whom it is narrated that 'first he would, then he wouldn't, then he thought he would, and then he couldn't.' Or, as the#^Scotch gallantly put it, a girl at eighteen wonders: 'Who shall I mho choll T and at thirty who will take me?'" "You forget," remarked her listener, "that woman's period of youth has moved on a good ten years. In the old-fashioned novel the heroine was in­ variably sweet sixteen, never by any chance either more or less. This gave her two years in which to accomplish, the object of her being, since after the venerable age of eighteen all possible interest in her was supposed to cease. Now you seldom find a heroine of Ac­ tion who interests you under twenty- six, and in a large number of actual marriage statistics the bride is between twenty-five and thirty, and even older. How can a child of sixteen or eighteen form any just estimate of a man's char­ acter, or how it will accord with her own?" "But, don't you think," said the first speaker, "at that undeveloped age her own character can grow into conformi­ ty with his, and that perhaps there will be less conflict and greater happi- ne<& thereby?" "Oh, that is a medieval sort of view implying the subjection of women, who had better be out of the World since it is now out of the fashion, in these days of woman's suffrage meet­ ings among the four hundred and peti­ tions to the legislature." Then the two, says the Philadelphia Press, drifted into a discussion of the political status of women. ONLY FOOLED HER ONCE. Am Impeennious Husband Who Forgot the Trick He Played on His Wife. I have a friend who is comfortably well off, with a reasonable amount of good investments and a good salary, but he has a weakness for using money freely, says a writer in the Boston Journal. He has also a good wife with "a frugal mind," and by a domestic ar­ rangement she exerts a salutary check on the liberality of her spouse. Occa­ sionally he exceeds his allowance and indulges in tricks on his "banker" to secure a little pocket money, for which he does not desire to render a strict ac­ count. Not long ago he needed a new hat and bought it, reporting to his good wife that it cost him three dollars, and that sum was duly charged by her to his personal expenses, while in fact be paid but one dollar and fifty cents at a "mark-down" sale, and so had an equal amount to "blow in" without exposure. In a little time, however, the wife called his attention to the faot that his hat was looking shabby and suggested that he should get a new one, coupling the remark that the hat did not seem to have worn well, and he must exer­ cise more care in his next selection. Having forgotten his "little game," the husband replied hastily that he thought that the hat had done pretty good service for a cheap one. "You can't expect anything from a and fifty-cent hat." "How's that?" says the wife, and forthwith she exhibited her account book with its charge of three dollars, and the husband was forced to confess his fraud and promise better conduct in future. There is peace just now in that family, but when he brings home a purchase the wife calmly but firmly asks him to turn in a receipted bill from the salesman. SELF-WILLED AND AMBITIOU8. Kx-Kmpress Frederick ot Germany » a Woman of Triumph* tad Defeats. Of all the daughters of Queen Vic­ toria ex-Empress Frederick was the naughtiest when a child. She was self-willed, a perfect tomboy and as full of pranks as her brother, the prince of Wales, says a writer in the New York Advertiser. On one occasion, when an old sailor had carried her on a yacht and setting her down on deck, said: "There you are, my little lady," the little girl replied: "I am not a lit­ tle lady; I am a princessi" whereupon her mother said: "You had better tell the kind sailor that you are not a little lady, but that you hope to be one some day." As Princess Victoria grew up her disposition did not alter. Self-' willed and ambitious, after her mar­ riage with Crown Princfe Frederick she antagonized Bismarck and shocked the German court by her independence. She often said that she would be em­ press of Germany, if only for a day. Her wish was gratified, and after her brief reign of a few months she was shamefully and disrespectfully treated by her son, who now calls her the most intelligent wotffen in Germany. Em­ press Frederick's life has been a singu­ larly sad one. She is wonderfully like her mother in appearance, and they are very devoted to one another.. She is exceedingly shrewd and clever, highly educated and the superior in intellect of most German matrons. SHRILLER THAN FOGHORN. How tts Twisting of a Pl*'s Tall Saved a CnsHlin Schooner from JDisMBfteKi, " A coasting schooner was becslaMiftfta a fog off Cutler somewhere, San Francisco Argonaut. It watifW'jjgfe&* uine Bay of Fundy fog, of the riety>that the man inadvertently ntflbtl »u eika course on to while sftingUng his house. Yon couldn't see tbfrsiftof the bowsprit fj-om the foremast, »»"> a man up aloft might have been from earth for all that he could BM. Kot a breath of wind was stirring and f-W sails only slatted lazily as the vesael rolled on the swell. The skipper was ^T!**RIRMT V. --R,--, - ? . * * 4 * -- -- " ---- •*» *** *>***• V of the ocean steamers, one of whielt was just about due. He commanded the lookout to keep the tin horn sound- ing vigorously. Alas, the man care­ lessly laid the horn down on the rail for a moment and it rolled overboard. The delinquent was treated to a liberal dose of profanity, but of what use was that? Presently the whistl« of ft steamer was heard through the fog and the noise of the paddles as they tax* np the water. She was evidently hear­ ing right down upon them. Skipper and crew shouted till their lungs wsca sore, beat on pans from the e»Uey, but to no purpose. Every instant they expected to't>e sunk by the on-rushing^ steamer. Suddenly the skipper's eye fell upon a lusty young pig, who was being transported in a temporary pen. Xn a trice that porker was out, » pov^. erful sailor gripped his tail with a pair of pincers and gave a twist with energy born of despair. Heavens! what a squeal rent the atmosphere. "Keep it up! Keep it up!" yelled thfr skipper, as he danced np and down, with excitement. The blasts of th* steamer's whistle redoubled in fre­ quency and her machinery stopped, la a few moments her outlines emerged from the mist right over the schooner- Half tbe crew and passengers were on the forward deck. The captain leaned over the rail and shouted: "Yon Waafc dashed son of a dfth blanked lubber, what in dash blank, blank to dash and return are you trying to do? I'm blanked if I didnt think I was going ashore right into the middle of a pig yard." _____________ SHORTHAND IN OLD TIMES, * m "r t.vsi The QreSks, the Romans and the Bngltifli of Qneen Bass' Time Had Ik. The art of ' 'brachygraphie," or short* hand, as we call it now, is by no mean* a modern invention, says the New York Post. Even the Greeks and Ro­ mans had their system of abbreviating language, using it to take down public speeches. By the time of the renaissance the art had grown to con­ siderable proportions. England has always cast a more favorable eye ou the system than any other country,! and in the days of Queen Bess stenog* raphers were plentiful. They were not, however, contented with reporting merely speeches and sermons, but copied down the dramas of the time and always got credit for their theft, owing to the miserable copyright laws. It is not surprising then that John Webster should make Sanitella in the court-room scene of the "Devil's Law Case," exclaim: ^"" - "JDo you bear, officers, 1 y"% ] You must take special oare that you Mia No braobygraphie men." : Surely the circumstances must'have been exasperating to thoee sturdy old dramatists if such lines as the following £1 of Thomas Heywood, in the prologue of < ">{ "Queen Elizabeth" are true. He Mjrs the play • "Did throng the seats, the tons sad the stage* - - ° - So much that some by stenography drew • plot, put it In print, scarce one wort true." The mangled condition of many ^ our finest Elizabethan dramas oaa largely be attributed to these "brachy­ graphie" men. Of the systems of this time we have knowledge of but two, those of Timothy Bright and Peter Bales, but considerable is known ' of the life of these men. PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF FEAIFC 3® & 8ugrar Growing In Jamaica. Work on a Jamaica sugar plantation sommences at six in the morning and lasts until dusk. The period of sugar- making extends from the beginning of December till the middle of June, the cane being planted so as to ripen in succession during those months, for if it all ripened at once it would be hp- possible to find either the labor or the machinery to deal with it. In an or­ dinary plantation, say of seven hun­ dred acres, the output will be about ten tons of sugar per day, or forty-five to fifty tons a week, but that is sugar enough to sweeten two million five hundred thousand cups pf tea. BABBIAN BROS, have just put in a new line of the fiuest pipes evor brought to this market. Smokers will do well to call ami see ttanu . **• >, V'"J ' ̂ -l ' .'»> \ ' .ly " • ' Influence Physical Parts. : A man connected with a traveling menagerie was sleeping on some blan­ kets on the floor of a tent, when some­ thing crawling over his breast roused him. Springing up, he threw off ths creature, which proved to be a huge rattlesnake. As he struck it, says the New York Ledger, he felt the prick of its fangs in his arm, and, with a howl of pain and terror, bounded from the tent and shouted for help, whisky, % doctor or some medicine. There chanced to be nothing available within reach, and his fellows stood around with scared faces, waiting for him to die, which he appeared likely to do in a very short time. The arm began to swell, and the poor victim* was soon gasping for breath and groaning, with almost intolerable pain. At last, just. as the breath seemed about to leanr* his body, some one among the wagons shouted out that one of the pet snakes had escaped. It was an enormopM|iaiiV tier, but harmless, as the " " ~ been removed. The reptile dead under one side of the ' the man had flung it. Hie MltWOWd to be the prick from a eharp teek iA the canvas of the tent. In an hoer the man was as well as ever, MVS weakness caused by the nervous 4 ment. It was the opinion «£ witnessed the incident that> baft ' the timely disabuse of the inan'a 1 he would have been dead withinaffew minutes, the victim of nervottt dread and terror . • o f ^ . A Hint foe Hutwa Seashore gunners hold that the wild goose can count two, but not ftrea Accordingly, it is customary in | ing to shoot wild geese from a' some detached ribbon of three men to row over to. UM statins together and far two Of thes&toretwra to the mainland. The geese* being JftK. able to count above twe* btBlvs they see two men enemy has been left and approach the spot' is asserted if only two *en i only one returns the I 1 ^ " -3 * v } * M ir-i ' * * ntuffw sr-i*, *<- aefawft .£^!bv*. v.u< y. ' .IV1