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I # >••"* Subscription* received for three, or •»* •"months in the same proportion. &•• «* V &£•& 5 10 15 >0 6U 100 RATES OF ADVERTISING: : ' We announce liberal rates for advertising .i In the PLAIISDHALHS, and endeavor to state /'-.them so plainly thai they will be readily i»n -tMerstjou. They are as follows: " jl Inch one year *• J2 Inoheaone yaar. f, ® Inches one year ... .. - • X Oolumn one year i.\)i Column one year ', 'ij Column one year 'i One inch means the measurement of one :pHnch down the oolumn, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of cbanfcmg as often as they choose, without extracharge. . Regular advertisers (meaning those having standing cards) will be entitled to insertion Ot local notices at ibe rate of 6 cents per line «aon week. All otliers vili be charged U» bests per line th^, first week, and 5 cents per line for each subseauenf week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rave of 10 cents per line, ^nonpareil iy pe, same aB this is set in) the hr«t issue, anO ft cents per line tor subsequent issues. Thus, an inch advertisement win cosi fcl.Oo for one Vreek, #1.50 tor two weekB, fS.oo for three 'Greeks, and so on. The PLAINUKAL»B will be liberal in giving Hdicoriai notices, but, as a business rule, it %rill require a suitable fee irom everybody teeking the use ot its columns lor pecuniary gain *«»- All Foreign Advertising payable quar­ terly, in auyauo*. These terms will be strictly adhered to. BUSINESS CARDS. W. C. ANNERS. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER. '^WEST'MOHENRY. ILL. •••LBY'S DRUG STOnB. O. EL.G1LILM.OR®, ATTOBSEY Probate wprk a specialty. Ofllce in Kendall Block, HowUtock ill. J. R. CASK Y , ATTOBNEY and Oounneloi at Lflfw. Office in Joslyu's Block. Woodstock, 1.1. spec- l«i attention given to trial oases. KNIGHT & BBOWK. A1TOBNEY AT LAW, ltO Washington street, Uaicago, lii, FRANK L. 8 EPABD COUNSELLOR AT LAW, suite 80--182 Clark e treec, Unioago, 111. O. P. BARHE5, ATTOBNET, 8olicit>r, and Counselor Ooiieo uons a specially. Woodstock, 111, FBANK R. JACKMAN, ATl'OitNEY anl Counselor a: Law. Prompt and careful attention to all mat-ers lett in my hand6. Money to loan. Olhoe Hoy block, Woodstoek, 111. telephone-- *fflce, 55, residence, t». a6yl DAVID G. WELLS, M. D. 1DHYH1CIAN AND 8URGEOS, Office in f i»lchols Block, over IMainuealer office. jlcHenry. Telephone Wo- a 4 O. H. FEGERi, H. D. PHYSICI %N AND SURGEON, McHscry, I1L Offlce at IMsidenoe. • <R. A. E. AUR1NGER, jpHYSICIAN ANl)SURGEO«. Offlce in the 3L atroner building, one door west o* A. P. L^jJaer's store. West McHenry, 111. Residence, Jiousa formtrly occupied by Dr. Osborne. All professional calls promptly attended to. W. P. ST. CLAIR, JutUeeof the Peace and, Notary Public Iteal Eitate and Insurance* IKUHDA. Illil JOHN P. SMITH, Watohmaker Jeweler MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clooks, Watohes and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention Ires to repalnng line watches. Give me call. JOHN P- SMITH. W. A. eitiSTY, Jiurtioe of tlie Peace. WEST MoHENBY, ILL. Speeial Attention paid to Collections. Will be in my Offlce over Evtnson's Store, every ia1 urday and Monday, until further notice. H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent, including Accident and Life insurance. WBBT MOHSNKT, III. if#?* • k".- A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and •Jeweler No. 126 State Street, Chicago. * Speeial attention given to repairing Fine Watches anx Chronometers. 49T • Fill Assortment of Goods in his line. AUCTIONEER! having had several yesrs experience fell­ ing farm and other sales. I now call attention to the fact th%t l fee) Mke getting a GREAT "HUMP" On mvself and sell yur farm sales in McHenry as well as Lake Oo with a great DETERMINATION > Necessary to obtain *oo>1 results these close tiroes, 1 am satisfied that it requires the isame IGOR AND PUSH 'V To sell Farm sales and be successful as it dees to chop wood or sell you a farm in Ar '^kansas. either of which I am willing to do 'when calHd. M^St of vou will know that I have had and still have m"ch experience neHing just sueh gcods and stoek a» you will r tttr at public auct on thH spring. I bere f >re I shoul i know their value and how to' get at selHng the ewe for the most money, Urnpping the article with the one that some, r. t'mes p%ys bis note, I am quite a rood bid , (der »n<1 "m slvvavg looking for bargai s. I • believe I can do more for you than can the '^others for the ean.e or less eost, t - If I did not feel suie of the above and wsa ,'not in dead earnest and willing to try. o*1 j "ishort notice, I would not be so well equipped As alarm turned iu by postal may reveal ^unexpected resu Its. Try Us a Couple of Times I'oar obedient and unsystematic friend ^ T. V. 8LOCUM, Wtuoontfa, ill PERRY k OWEN, Bankers, McHENRY, - - ILLINOIS, This Bank receives deposits, bays and sells Foreign and Domestic Exchange, and does a General Banking Business We endeavor to do all bueioeHS en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entirely satisfactory to our cus­ tomers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. MOBkk Or- Walter C. Besley DENTIST WEST McHENUT. Offlce over Besley** I Woodst >ck Qffice Drag Store, | Kendall Dental l'arlore. Will be at McHenry office Mondays and Tuesdays. At Woodstock office Wednesdays, Thurs­ days, Fridays and Snturdays, KX A MIX AT lOSS FREE, MILO J. 1^. HOWE, PIANO & ORGAN Tuner & Repairer. MoHonry, All Orders Promptly Attended to, DR. BAECHLER DENflST ,vfirri <*lHte Work arid everything per­ taining to Dentistry. Parties from a distance should drop a cud p day or two before coming. Office* McHenry. Cm F« E£OILEiY| Proirielor of McHenry Bpiery, McHENBV, ILL. Ahoaj/8 on Hand with the Best Beer SMOKERS I ill Want of a Good Cigar CALL AT Cigar and* Tobacco Dealers. THE OLD RELIABLE " V . . OTTR SPECIALTIES: Dur Monogram, 10c. 3arbian's Best hand made 5c The best cigars made. Sold by all local dealers. If, MONEY TO LOAN On _ Real Estate and other first claso security. Special attention given to collections. INSURANCE In First Class Companies at the Lowest Rates. Yours Respectfully, PERRY & OWEN. Notary J?ul>lio. A Money Saver! FOR YOU. CU8 CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, has now in stock the finest as­ sortment of Robss, Blankets and Whips To be found in McHenry County. I have something new in the Robe line that wae never before offered in McHenry County. Call and see them. It is something MEAT, DURABLE AN<L CHEAP If you want to save money call and see me. Also on band a fine stock SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS Which will be HOIU cheaper than the same goods can be bought elsewhere and war­ ranted as represented. REPAIRING Promptly Attended to Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of oar bargains. CU8 CARLSON. McHenry, 111., Oct. 10. 1898. NEW HOTEL AND---- Boarding House Water Street. McHenry. ANTON ENGLEN, Proprietor. Having completed my new building I am now prepared to take Boardsrs by the Day or Week, Give them the best accommo­ dations, and at KEASONABLE RATES. My Rooms are all, newly fur­ nished, well ventilated, and the building is practically Fire Proof. No pains will be spared to please all who may favor me with their patronage. ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, 111., 1897. FOR THE HOLIDAYS, j ; SANTA ©LiAUg . Has Again Opened His Headquarters at j GEORGE W: BESLEY'S, j WEST MCHENRY, ILL.. In making our annual bow to the buying public we would inform them that we are better than ever prepared this season to meet their wants in HOLIDAY In every variety. GOODS Finest line of Lamps, Books for Young, Books for Old, Blocks, Etc. In short if you want a present for your wife, daughter, son or .my one else, you cannot fail of finding what you want by calling at our store. Come and take first pick! C. W. BESLEY. | West McHenry, Dec. 6, 1898. FVANSON'S In the closing days of the old year wc desire to express appre­ ciation for generous patronage bestowed on the store. You have been told of our doings through the paper every week. You have responded. You have brought us good will and cash. \s e thank you for both. A few fancy articles suitable for New Year's Presents at reduced prices to which your attention is invited. WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. JOHN EVANSON & CO. West SIcHenry. Illinois. t Furniture and Undertaking THE West Side Furniture and Undertaking Store is the place to buy, as they have the largest and most complete stock in the county. They have the largest assortment in Carpets, Chamber Suits and Extension Tables Of all kinds^asd at ali prices. A complete stock of ali goods as is usually kept in a furniture store. Undertaking a Specialty. As we have Caskets and Shrouds, from the cheapest to the very best, in stock at all times to select from. You can see what you get. A N. J. JUSTEN. 3D-A.IX.r5r E3XOURSIONS Through first claw and Tourist Sleeping Cars to points in California and Oregon every day in the year via the Chicago, Union Pacific and Norlti-western Line Personally Conducted Excursions Every Thursday. LOWEST RATES SHORTEST TIME ON THE ROAD FINEST SCENERY. Only roat< by which yon can leave home any day in the week and tr v^l in tourist cars on fastest trains all the way. For pamphlets and information inquire of nearest agent. [Fr m the Wo'xlstoi-k Sentinel.] TOOK HER OWN LIFE MBS. O. P. BARNES f&KBS POI90N WITH FATAL BFF^OT.; Act ot Self-Destruction Committed at Her Home on Kadlaon Street. Wednes­ day Forenoon. A keen shack wae experienced by every resident of the city when the news flashed over the telephone wires yester­ day noon that Mrs. C. P.' Barnes was dead, and that her death was caused by poison, self-administered. The fatal dose was taken at about 10 o'clock, and at 12:15 the vital spark of life had pass­ ed out. Mrs. Barnes ha l planned a trip to Chi­ cago yesterday, and came down to her husband's office in the nforning, expect­ ing him to accompany her. When she reached the office she was told by Mr. Barnes that business oi importance would keep him at home, but that she could go to the city, ample funds having been provided her. She kissed her hus­ band good-bye and left the office, and at 10:30 a telephone messag *, announcing her dangerous illQess, summoned him home. She informe 1 him that she had taken rat poison because she wanted to die, and Drs. Doolittle and W indmueller were speedily called. The former re­ sponded, the latter being out of town, and antidotes were administered, bat the deadly drug had obtained the mastery, and she died as above stated. The servant girl stated that when Mrs. Barnes came home from town she went to her room, changed her clothing, wrote some letters, and soon complained of feeling ill, telling her that she had taken poison, and ask­ ing for warm water, of wh ch she drank freely, after which she requested that her husband be sent for, so that the purpose of suicide wae plainly evident. After her death letters were found, ad­ dressed to Mr. Barnes and his son Percy, and to her mother, Mrs. Stoner, of Belvi- dere. In these letters she assigned no reason for her act and blatned no one for it, only asking that she be forgiven and requesting Percy to always remember her. The letters were as follows: MY HEAR LOVED OKES: Forgive the wrong I have done and pray God may forgive me. There is no one to blame. There is too little ii life Tell I'erc.v I tried to do right, and for him to remember only the good things. .r wiish my picture to be givan to my moth nr. I ask forgiveness for the wrong things I have done, and forget, OLLIE. Good-bye. I want to be buried juat as I am. MY I)EAK MOTHER: Forget the pain 1 ha<re caused you to suffer and think only of the love of Ollie. [ want to be buried from grandpa's house. My own mother pray tfod to forgive me. Your own little girl, OLLIE. Coroner Wernham was notified of the tragedy, and, after arriving on the scene, empanellod a jury consisting of Dr. J. W. Groenbeck, Dr. Ernil Windmueller, Henry A. Stone, Burton Wright, F. W. Streets and George Burger. The witnesses sworn ali testified that the deceased had ex^ pressed no reason for the commission of the act, and that she had appeared in a cheerful mood that morning and the evening before. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that she came to her death at her own hands as the result of arseuical or strychnine poisoning. Mrs. Barnes, whose maiden name was Olive Green, was married to C. P. Barnes about three years ago. She was a beau tiful brunette, with black eyes and a striking personalty, and had gained many friends during her residence here, all of whorr. regret exceedingly the act that so suddenly ended her existence. Her mother, Mrs. Stoner, arrived on an afternoon train. , Unit rm Same Law. Special representatives from the north­ western game and fish states were pres­ ent last week at the meeting of the Northwestern Game Warden's Associa­ tion held in the Great Northern hotel in Chicago. Delegates were present from Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, North Dakota and South Dakota for the purpose of ratifying the uniform game law resolutions which were presented at the meeting held last Feb­ ruary and which it is !>oped will more effectually protect the fish and game in the states adjacent to the great lakes. With som.e revision th££tasolutions were adopted as originally drawn up and formulated into a bill which is to be presented to the next sessions of the legislatures in the various states. The bill provides for a closer union amoDg the stat's in the interstate ship­ ment of game and a uniform law for the s multaneous opening of the game season. A CTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED everywhere for "The Story of the Philippines" by Murat Halstead, com­ missioned hy the Government as Official Historian to the War Department. The book was written in army camps at San Francipco, on the Pacific with General M«rritt, in the hospitals at Honolulu, in Hong Kong, iu the American treaches at Manila, in the insurgent camps with Aguinaldo, on the deck of the Olimpia with Dewey, and in the roar of battle at the fall of Manila. Bonanza for agents. Brimful of original pictures taken by government photographers on the spot. Large book. Low prices. Big profits. Freight paid. Crfdit given. Drop all trashy unofficial war books. Outfit free. Address, F. T. Barber, Sec'y. 3tar Insur­ ance Bldg, Chicago. 174m TURTLES IN CAPTIVITY. flwjf Never Altogether Give Over Mbrti to Gain Freedom. The big five-foot loggerhead turtle at the Aquarium at intervals goes slowly round and round the brick-walled, por­ celain-lined, twenty-eight-foot pool in which it is kept, trying to get out. It 1s not in any hurry, not in the slightest degree. It sets its head gently against the wall, with its body extending out­ ward and backward into the pool, and, keeping its flippers moving just enough to keep itself afloat, it works its way slowly round the pool. In this the big loggerhead is like all the other turtles in the Aquarium; more than any other animals there, more persistently, the turtles seek free­ dom. There isn't a fish there, most comfortably quartered, well fed, and kindly cared for aa they are, that wouldn't be glad to get out if it could. There are fishes in tie Aquarium that have been there for years, that have doubled In size and weignlt in that time, and that are well Mid happy; but just give 'em a chance and they'd scoot so fast you couldn't see their tails. But most of the fishes that have been there any length of time have become so ac­ customed to their home and surround­ ings that they accept their condition of captivity with tranquility, If not with actual contentment The turtles, however, never altogeth­ er give up trying to get out. It Is the same with them all--the turtles from the streams and the turtles from the sea. Big snapping turtles that the Aquarium has had in tanks have al­ ways spent more or less of their time wandering around looking for a place to get out; never in a hurry, but al­ ways looking. Manuel, the hawksbill turtle from the China Sea, that has been in the Aquarium now for a year or two, spends lots of his time with his beak pressed to the glass. He wants to get out. Manuel did have one spell of comparative freedom. For a time before the turtle tanks were complet­ ed he had the run of the laboratory, a long room perhaips fifty by twenty feet, and he had a fine time there, roamtfPg up and down the big room at will, halt­ ing on cold days to warm himself on comfortable spots in the floor made warm by the heat from steam-pipes underneath, and being put away in a tank at nigl't to be set free again in the mornin- But when the. turtle tanks were completed Manuel had to take quarters with the rest, and now, like all the turtles, he wants to get out. Why the turtles are all so persistent in their efforts for freedom might be hard to say conclusively. Perhaps they have a higher order of intelligence than the fishes, and it may be due to their having a greater radius of action in nature. TTiere are turtles that range about on the land as well as in the wa­ ter. and sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs. Such turtles as the big log­ gerhead at the Aquarium may go a thousand miles to0 sea. They sleep there upon the water. The boundless ocean is their home. There are fishes, indeed, with a wide sea range, but there is nothing, perhaps, that floats or swims that is freer than the logger­ head turtle, and the instinctive desire for freedom thait animates It seems to animate all turtle-kind. A BRIDE COSTS $600. ChickHttwi Moat Pay This Amount for Their Wives. The squaw man in the Indian ter­ ritory hereafter will not be able to marry his Indian bride without pay­ ing for the privilege. The Chickasaw legislature has passed a law whose ob­ ject is to put a stop to the practice of white men marrying Indian women. Usually the squaw man is a pretty poor lot. He takes Ills Indian bride knowing that he has a snug little bit of property as her share in the tribal lands. He is a loafer and an idler. The Indian lawmakers have now fixed up a law to tax every white man $600 when he marries an Indian woman. At the last tribal election, the full bloods, for the first time in twenty years, got in control or the council. Since then they have life a burden for the half-breeds and squaw men. Many laws have been passed detrimental to their interests, but the most effective action of all was taken when the price of a marriage license was raised from $50 to $600. This is only applicable to white men who would marry Indian women. Considering, however, that the average Chickasaw girl has tribal property to the value of $3,000, the price of a marriage license may not yet affect the shrewd white specu­ lators who have been marrying the Chickasaw belles for revenue only. Want Your Horse Colored? Here's a man who can color your horse to suit, and do it almost while you wait. He can literally make black white--in horses. He is George F. Richings. a professional horse painter, who says that there are great possi­ bilities in his method of changing a horse's color. How he discovered the process he describes as follows: 'I was treating a horse for a sore, and found the lotion had run into the hair and quickly changed its color. I started experiments, and have con­ tinued them ever since. I frequently bought old crowbaits for $5 or $10 to experiment on their hides, and final­ ly succeeded in getting the required results. 'I can make a chestnut-colored horse in 24 hours, no matter what the color of the animal brought to me. To make a black or brown horse requires from six to ten days." "Have you ever tried making a white horse out of a black one?" "Oh, yes, frequently; but it is an ex­ periment attended with danger to the horse. The lotions have a tendency to weaken the skin and are applied with danger to the more tender portions of the horse, more especially about the tendons. "A white spot three inches square can be produced in about six weeks. Of course we can create spots in differ- places at the same time but the en­ tire horse can not t» operated on at omu," THINKS HE'S UNLUCKY. •M "Mi ' J He used to call himself Unlock? Johnson, and declared that everything he touched" was dross. He believed that he had the worst luck of any ma||" living, and wherever he is now, lie M i; | doubt believes the same. , * . t*. Johnson said he had once been a cafl»? - l penter, and that he came near falling1 A " v from the roof of a tall building. He W'j was at work nailing on the shingles, h# said, when the support below him gave \* "-fl way and he began to slide toward th# *" ? ' ̂ edge of the roof. . w*" « i From the edge of the roof to th£ 11 * - ground the dictance was sufficient tft j have killed him instantly. Beneath th#. r T | spot where he was about to fall was fr"-- --pi pile of rough, jagged rocks, left ther# 4. $ after the foundation had been complete - ^ ed. He was slipping toward that pil* ^ y of rocks and certain death, while thft other workmen watched him in horror* *> • i unable to lift a hand to help him. ,: The doomed man still held In hi*' > % V hand the hatchet with which he had \ «j been driving nails into the roof, and a# > _ r ' * ,1^ he neared the edge he saw a spike ly» H- lng there. It had rolled down the roof * * ^4 a considerable distance, and one en<| *| being larger than the other and there- , fore rolling faster, had turned it > . 4®! around so that it stopped before it is ^ reached the edge. Johnson seized tb<| spike as he passed, and just as he wai going over the edge made one might]! effort to save his life. I ...j With a quick blow, Johnson drove ~ " J the large nail into the roof, and heldt1 4 - , to it with the hand that had gripped when the blow fell. He hung over th# - > " edge of the roof, but he was saved, and was hauled back to the roof itt/X * J safety. Any other man would have cocsld- 'S ^ ered himself lucky to escape with hi» ^ ^ life under such circumstances, but • Johnson said it was the worst luck ha ever had. He complained about It 4 long time, and could not see that ho had been favored in the slightest by Providence. ; "Why," he said, "it was terrible on my clothes to slide down the roof ii| that way. Besides, I hurt my hand when I drove the nail into the roof and held to it. If I could have had time to put a glove on, it would not have beeii so bad." Unlucky Johnson invested soma money in a mining scheme, but hit knew at the time, he said, that ii' would bring no returns. He drifted 1 along through life with indifferent sue-, cess, saving money at times and losing it again--all on account of his luck. . \ %. ; -» Every time Joftnson made a step fort- ward in a financial way, he slipped , ^ back again about two steps. He evefc " .j had trouble with the dog catcher^ which is proof of the worst luck &. man can have In the world. The im- v r| pounder had him arrested, and he paid ?1 a fine. _ _ f. After that Johnson started a 8hoot#%?'4' ;̂st; ing-gallery, and practiced every daj^* ySlJf himself. He said he wanted to be uf~' shape to get even with the dog catcher, Two or three unlicensed dogs wer# , kept about his place all the time, as a/ sort of inducement for the public im- . ^ pounder to come around. 1 v- As the dog catcher stayed away - -•jsf'. from the place, Johnson quit the shoot* ' *":'v i n g g a l l e r y a n d w e n t t o t r a v e l i n g f o r ; | | a brewery. That was the only time he -v Id ever had any luck, but it did not last long, of course. His traveling expenses J* were to heavy, and he was relieved QfF3 |P:|§^|| the position at the end of a few*, months. * A cyclone made a dash at Johnson. , y|c "A once, but missed him about a quarter , of a mile. He was in a farm house,>, V "I x. and was not injured in any way, but.? m SiSfiV 1 Ii he complained more than the farmer®; whose property was destroyed. He had' to walk nine miles over the devastated^ country and to get to a railroad sta~ tion, and that was unlucky. The next week a tree under which "t the unlucky man was standing waa^fip§^0 struck by lightning and torn to pieces, * but he was not injured. He was wet /v£ thoroughly by the rain, however, and complained about it He was on a train that went into the ditch and' killed several passengers, escaping •'•'}, ,/ without a bruise. He said that be waa< unlucky because he could not bring a lawsuit against the company. ' - « ! ^ 'ft If Johnson was never sick a day in hia life, but he thinks that was unlucky, because he is unable to appreciate good health as other people do. He has had employment all the time when not engaged in business for himself, but can not see anything resembling good luck in that--he thinks it is unfortuato' | v ^ that he should be compelled to work. vV^ After a good many years the money 1 Johnson had invested in a mine made -5«%'^ *1 him a handsome fortune. It Is per- haps the only case of the kind on rec- J •» ^. t / ord, but he said It ought to have made ^ 4^0 him twice as much. Then an old un- V '.V cle died and left him more money, and ^ he complained because it wag not ; •(£• twice as much. He quit work aad be- . 1 ,Tan to enjoy life as other rich men do, 1 6*1? - ? but has never ceased to believe him- self unlucky. f There are many unlucky men like; -JJA <) Johnson, and1 they complain more than" „ . those against whom the hand of IM> tune has always been turned. / * ^ Europe Respects fs. "There is no getting around the fact: that a nation is respected abroad for ?, its ability to put up a good fight,'* said Mr. W. C. Culbertson, of Baltimore. . Mr. Culbertson is buyer for a large SS Northern house and recently made a r visit to France, Germany and Eng- lit land. "I have been in Paris a dozen times before, "he continued, "and,while . ' i . the French are always courteous, I*' noticed an undercurrent of deference p'J in their attitude to Americans this trip that I never detected before. It was the same in Berlin, in Hamburg and in London. In former years it waa "jSujjt very common to hear sneering remarks .fJ| in reference to the helplessness of "ijg America and her inability to interfere .* V in international affairs, but I assure you there is none of that kind of talk at present. On the contrary, the offi- , , cers, whom one meets everywhere on the continent, speak of us in an awed , s sort of way, and I heard more than, /t ; one complain that we were % men- I'M i ace' 'to the powers. I don't care how , >J peaceable a man may be, it is very ' comforting to find one's country feaMd - as well as liked among other nattotth ' ̂ I know It gave me an added mvm at , security and made me stick out taj •» in Inph nr art mura thnn mwotlt ; - - r -ww. «•. MPte •m \ V '