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" Fledged but to Truth, te Liberty and Law I Ho Favors Win ua and no Poar Shall Awe." VOL. 24. M'HENRY. ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1899. NO. 34. Jhiaiealer. Published Every WsrotBSBAfli -F, K. GRANGER- ^rFICE tN THE NICHOLS BLOCK "Jgrno Doors Morth Ow«n A Chapalt's Store, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: OM year (in ad vaace) 9160 If Mot Fitid within Three Months 8 00 Subscription* receivoU for tbree or six noatha in the same proportion. RATES OF ADVERTISING: ^H'e ftnnoance l»b«r<*t rates f >r advertising 'lii^be PLAi^DnALKHi ana eme*ror to state them so plainly itt<u tiiey witi be teadu? aa- tisrstioa. Taey are as follows: 1 In«a one year 9 lBche»une yaar, . * g inches one year .. X Column one je»r )t column one year. 1 Ooturan one year . ...• • 8 00 10 00 15 DO ikt (JO 60 00 lUu 00 One inch means the measurement of one lnoii Jown the column, single eoluinn width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have ttos privilege < f changing as often as they «hoose, witbout extra charge. Hegular advertisers (meaning those having Stanaiug cards) will be entitled to insertion Ot local notices at the rate ot S cents per line «Mt> week. All others »Ui he charged It) eents per line the first week, and 5 cents per line tor each subsequ-'m week, Transient advertisements will be charged •t the rttie of 10 cents per line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set iu) the drst issue, and 6 eents per tine tor subsequent issues. Tnus, an InoDi advertisement wui tost #1.0o for one week, fl.&n for two weeks, e»,«u fjr three WMki, and so oa. The Plainuisalir will be liberal in giving editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it Will require a suitable fee trom everybody •king the use of Us columns tor pecuniary 'AH roreign Advertising payable q«ar- tarty. In aayauoe. These terms will be strictly adhered to. BUSINESS GAUDS. W. C. ANNERS. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER. WEST MoHENRY. ILL. •MLSY'S DRUB STORB. • o, h.;gillmors, ATTORNEY Probate work a specialty. Office in Kendall Biock. Woodstock ill. J. f. CASK I, A TTOBKBT and Uoun.elot at Law. Ottoe J\ m Joslyn's Block, Woodstock, I.L epeo>: tfc|°atiention given to trial oases. KNlGtlT A BUOWN. A 1TOBNEY \T LaW, HO Washing.oil A atreet, Chicago, M. MiVNK Li. d BMKI> COUJiSSLLi H AT L\WT, suite SO--138 C'latk ' trset, Ouiaago, 111. O. P. BA.BNE4, AtTOBNEY, Solicitor, and Oowntelor Ooile < kioiis a specialty. Woods to k, ill. FRANK B. JACKMAN, ATTORNEY ant Counselor a v, L*w< from pi and eareful attention to all mat­ ters left in my hands. Money to loan. uM«8 in Hoy block, Y»ooastoek, 111. iele^hrnt-- ottce, 66, residence, 69. vftyl >. DAVID G. WELLS, M. D, KjHYSlOlAK AND 8URGEOV, Office and • re i eoce in ftichols Block,"Huver the Plainoealer office. Mctienry, Tw Oi>hOriO m a O. a. FKGBRY, M. D. tW AMD a U KG EOS, McHenry, ill. Odlce at K-sidence. B WEST MCHENRY a* i. DRUGS MEDICI PAINTS, .TOILET ARTICLE: s. •Byre Wines and Liquors for Medical Pur* ;i' poses, also Bottled Ale and Porter. neeesew nie>ee>e»si $|w be»t brands of Cigars and Smoking and CheWing^ * : V Tobacco always on haml. , , " Prescriptions Carefully Compounded C. W. BESLEY* ystclans' i McHenry, Jan. 6, 1899. »ri JACOB ^ ' The 'Reliable Furniture Dealer . v Clan still be found at his old stand, four doors north of the Bank of McHenry, with a full stock of furniture of all kinds, to which ho invites the attention of the buying public. S'-'\ Parlor and Bed Robm Sets. » . Lower than the same goods can be bought anywhere in the county. In short, I WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD on . any clase of Furniture, quality of goods considered. Call and see m€ W* CABBY A FULL LINK Off when in want ot aay^l^ jai my M i M HII iliy • . B A E. AURlNOEtt, •' "t>HT?ICIAN AN t) *UKG BOii. Office 1n X Sirouer buiMiiv, one door wesio' A. P. Baer s store, W»8t McHenry, ill. tteaidenoe, h<nsn 'trm-rlv occupied by Dr. Usootne. professional calis promptly attrnded to. W. P. ST. CLAIR. the J*t>uct> and, Notary ixubita Rftal E*tatc and. Insurance, NUNO«, III* JOHN P. SMITH, Watohmaher « Jeweler MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. A fIMB stock of Olooks, Watcnes and Jew* A. elxy alwayb on hand. Special attention Ira w repalnag Cae watehes. Oive me eall- JOHN p. SMITH. W. A. CRI8TY, Jiurttae of tlie Pea<M> WEST MoHEHKY, ILL. _ flpeolal Attention paid to Collections. Will be in my once over Evansot's Store, f,"' iifffry 8a urday and Moudav, until futther •etiee. H. C. MEAfft Jutlice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent- Including Accident and XAfe Insurance. ; ~W ft NT MCHKNHY, TLL. *' A. M. CHURCH, Ifatohmaker and Jeweler No 126 State Street, Chicago. •peoisl attention given to repalriag Fine Watches an t Chronometers. ear A Fill Assortment of Goods la his line. , Hi • _ l*avlng had mtsiM jrmti »xverien*e sell Mg farm and other sales. I now eall atteatiea the fact that 1 feel like getting a GREAT "HUMP On mvself ard sell y>ur HeUenry as well as Lake O ; DETERMINATION i f f farm sales la Oo with a great imae ssary to obtain rood results these close I am satisfied that it require* the VIGOR AND PUSH fV> sen Farm Sale# and be succescful as It 4e*s to 011 op wood or sell you a farm in Ar kansas. either of which I am witling to do irh«n eallsd. M«St of vou will know that I kave had snd still liav* m" ch experience •s'ltng just such gro'ts and slo»k as you will rff^r at public auct on tbii spricg, a'here 'Cure I shoul 1 mow their vsiue and h"w to Set at seliing the sa^e tor ibe must mor-ey, ripping ihe art'ele with the one 4 bat some. t<mes p«ys bis note, I am qul'e a food bid 4er and «m always looking for uargai s. L believe I can do more for you than ean the •there for the rau.e or less cost, If 1 did n«t feel sure of the above and wss in «ead ea cest and willing to try. o* Short notioe, I would not i>sso weileqnlpped An alarm turned in by postal may reveal •nexpected results. fry Us a Couple of Times ^ ^ Tear obedient and unsystemstio friend ^ f ^ - T. V. #tOCW«lf ii. I. JSi. . .Jf J,.>« ,*r Gaskets, Coffins, Burial Robes, Etc ) We guarantee first class work in every respect. Call anil see me before purchasing. JACOB JUSTBN.̂ McHenry, 111., Sept. 7, 1898. • 4iftia a, mmm& • DUUtt XK DRUGS and MEDICINES A VVU LlllOf! CHEMICALS, DYE STUFFS, **rrwrr Paints, Oils and. Colors aoa*TA«TLi oa hawk' z Wat,h txmm OF PATCNT MCDICINE8, TOILKT ARTICLES. Stationery and Druggists' Sundrlos.l Oarefmlly compounded toy a Begistered Phatmacist. • S»0ll' Tevr Patzonace la respectfully solielted. mm -- JULIA At ? W **tof B * 0rH & 1 «»h, trj t*try,Ill it 3 a p Ainy Or. Walter C. Besley, 1)ENTIST % WEST McHKNBT, Office over Besley's ] Woodstiek Office Drug Store, I Kendall Dental Parlors. Will bo at MoHenry office Mondays and Tuesdays. At Woodstock office Wedaesdaya, Mars days, Fiidays and Saturdays. HXAMINA.T10XS FBKE. OR. BAECHL^R DENTIST w. *l»t» Work and evnrythlvtK per­ taining to Dentistry. Parties from a distance should drop a eard « day or two beiore coming. Office* MoHenry. C.P. BOLEY, PwariHor ef McHenry BrriBry, MoBBNBT, ILL. C'; Ahacy* on Band with Mk "5": Best Beer ^v. , "i'lV," SMOKERS! a JCALL-AT fiAkBIAN &R0S, Clirar and TUB OLD ULUBU GAVE HIMSELF AWAY. | Tobacco Dealers. OUB SPRClALTira: Our Monogram, 10c. Barbian'sBest hand made 5c The best ;eare made. Sold t>j ^ ... dealers. Was Mot Used to BejgUteriac 1st Km Than One. Re came into the Russell House Saturday evening with a jroung woman clinging to his arm. He ushered her Into the little waiting room at the end of the first floor corridor and walked over to the clerk's desk. The official behind the counter reversed the regis­ ter, and, dipping the pen into the ink­ well, offered it to the young man. He. "wrote "Reginald Witherbee, Toledo, O.," and, landing back the pen, an­ swered the clerk's "A room, Mr. With­ erbee?" with a bashful, "Yes, please.* The bell was rung, and to the boy the clerk said. "Show Mr. Witherbee to 143." At the elevator entrance the young man with the fair cheeks and blue eyes blushed and said to the "buttons," "Wait Just a minute." Then he dodged into the little wait­ ing room, and when he came out the young woman came with him. She clung to his arm and the pair were shown to the room mentioned. The clerk saw the little performance at the elevator entrance and smiled--that was all. In about fifteen minutes the rosy- cheeked youth came flying down the marble stairway and rushing over to the desk, exclaimed, "Give me a pen, please. I--I--I--I-- believe I've made a a--a--mistake." And he wrote "and wife" after the signature he had placed on the jage a few minutes before. | The clerk smiled again, and, with a deeper blush, the young man said, "You see, it was--was--was only this morning that--that--that it happened, fou know." • MSB* It OUSS, Bankers, MoHEN&Y. i. . ILLINOIS This Bank receives deposits, bays and sells Foieign and Domestic Exchange, and does a General Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entirely satisfactory to our cus­ tomers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. MONEY TO LOAM ? On Real Estate and other first class security. Special attention given to collections. IN8UHANCH] In First Class Companies at the Lowest Rates. Yours Respectfully, FEiiJUT &.OWEN. Notary Public BARGAINS IN ROSES AND BLAKKETS. rod THE NEXT SO DAYS CU8 CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Bed Bridge, will sell his entire stock of Rebjs and Blankets at Cost fur Cash. We have the finest stock in this line to be found in McHenry County, and we must close t hem out. They are all big b irgains and I mean just what I say. Also on hand^a fine line o! SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS L Which will be sold cheagj BEPAIBING Promptly Attended to Do not fail to call at once andjget the benefit of onr bargain?. CU8 CARLSON. McHenry, llL.Jan. 18. 1899. |» r* PAY IP YOU'RB PLEASED jo DAYS \ K AFTER SHIPMENT; IP NOT, RETURN. -1**1 W«NTCI> (M ilWiNCP *§r\jr Through first class and Tourist Sleeping Cars to points in California and Oregon every day in the year via the Chicago, Union Pacific and North-western Line Personally Conducted Excursions Every Thursday. LOWEST RATES \ * SHORTEST TIME ON THE ROAD FINEST SCENERY. Oaiy itrata by which yon can leave borne any day in the Week and trnvel In tourist cars on fastest trains all the way. For pamphlets and information inquire of nearest agent. . Wbo can think or some sanpls thing to patent? Kj-r'cn {M AUViNrP iitaker , Kitchen Cabinet we send, free, a copy of "The Ev­ ery- Day Coo* ) Book," containing 315 pages of the most practical re­ el pes ever com­ piled, substantially bound in cloth. The top of cabinet Is 37 inches by it _ Inches: height, 30 Inches; has two metal-bottom blna, one holding St) lbs.: the other partitioned for corn-meal, Krabain, sugar, etc.; one large drawer; one bread board, which slides Into frame. Price, complete, only $5, on board cars Sn Chi­ cago. with the cook book free. Pay in 30 days if yon fluu the Cabinet the moat useful, labor-saving piece ot kitchen furniture you ever saw; if not entirely pleased, return at our expense. No deposit, no guaranty re­ quired froia any reliable person. In ordering be sure to say you're a reader of this paper--this Is very Import­ ant--and that you accept our Kitchen Cabinet Offer No. 8 Order to-dav; or. send for illustrated circular No. 8. QUAKER VALLEY MFtJ. CO., 355 W. Harrison St., Ckittge. p s --Genuine Quaker Valley furniture Is never sold through retailers--always from factory to flre^de at wholesale prices. Don't accepts worthless imitation. Newspapers by the Oases, Now, for instance, in Australia, a country that follows American cus­ toms very closely, the people have a great desire for American newspapers. Every steamer that arrives from this country brings its full quota of Amer­ ican journal*, which are immediately put on sale. One day I was in Ade> laide, South Australia, and I went into a store to buy the Sunday edition of a New York paper. The dealer took one, placed it on a scales, which he scanned very carefully, and then said "Eighteen pence!" (30 cents). "That costs about one-eighth a« much in New Yo^k," I said. "Cawn't 'elp that," answered the dealer. "These 'ere papers is massive. They contain lots of good paper, and we got to sell 'em by weight." "Have you any cheaper?" I asked. "Yes," he said again. "I've got some cheaper; this one is only lOd; it weighs much less; it has no pictures, you see," and he picked up a Chicago journal of a mid-week date. "But I want a New York Sunday newspaper," I said. "Well, those will cost you from 18d to 20d (36 to 40 cent#) each, according to weight, but I can sell you a Kansas City Sunday paper for 6d (12 cents) if you must have a cheap Sunday edi­ tion." Then I found that the dealer would sell separate sections of a Sunday edi­ tion If the customer didn't want the whole, and while I was in his store three men came in and bought differ­ ent parts of a journal, paying ap much as 4 cents a section. Of course, wliea 4he "want ad" part was put on the scales and sold to the fourth customer he didn't know how interesting New York news was until he got home.-- Washington Star. L«sp Tear In 1904. Tbe f a miliar rule that leap yea* is every calendar year with a number di­ visible by four will be broken in 1900, which fact need not be regarded as aa Indication that even then it will be time for a change. This i«e of the al­ manac may account for the proverbial activity of the new woman at the close of every century. Then there Is* no leap year for eight years. February, 1900, will have but 28 days, the extra day not appearing from 1896 to 1904. Centenary years are not leap years. That year will be broken in the lap year 2000, when the interruption may be regarded as an indication that it is time for a change. Centenary years divisible by four hundred are leap years, consequently there were 29 days in February, 1000, and the same num­ ber of days will be given to February, 2000, and again to 2400. The object of this rule is to make the calendar year coincide with the solar year. ISLAND OF MADAGASCAB. Twaa tlkis'Isle That Homer Viiltsi «S His Wftjr to OdjrtMjr. Everybody knows that a mystery hangs over the origin of the Hova race of Madagascar, that up to the French conquest ruled the several other races of the island, and that there are many postulates concerning it. The matter may now be considered settled; a Frenchman has discovered that they are descended from the ancient Greek's and that the deposed queen has a line­ age direct from Ulysses and a Phaea- clan princess! This Is interesting. It appears that the voyage of Ulysses re­ counted in the Odyssey was not made in the Mediterranean at all, but in the Indian ocean--we must suppose the isthmus of Sues already canaled, or that the boat was dragged across--and that the term of it was Madagascar. It was at the wells of Aden that Ulysses met the perfidious daughter of the Les- trygons, and It was at Java that Circe held her magic court. The land of the Chimera and the Sirens are but the poetised hallucinations of the ship­ wrecked. Escaping these dangers, Ulysses fell between the jaws of Scyl- la and Charybdis, not in the straits of Messina, but on the north coast of Madagascar, where In her fragrant bowers he met Calypso. Arrived at the court of Madagascar, what was the stupefaction of Ulysses to find that he had been preceded there by men of his race, the Phaeacians, whose king, Antinous, was father of the fair Nausicaa. This last received him with the easy manners that pre­ vail among Malagasche girls even to­ day. There is no need to insist. If we agree to the rest we may very well ad­ mit the persistence of the royal race, and that the fair Nausicaa is the an­ cestress of the black Ranavalo, the accident of climate accounting for the change of tint. Beside this genealogy another Frenchman puts another equally ingenious one, that traces the old kings of France back also to the Hellade. "It Is a certain fact that the kings of France descend from the noble line of Troy," say the "Chron­ icles of St. Denis," and make the line remount to Francus, the grandson of Priam. Thus, in some manner, the taking of Madagascar by the French may be considered the revenge of Priam's children for the defeat . of Troy. Genealogy has Its gay side. Wanted-An Idea The Heart's ***** Love Is so beautiful. What chords of harmony strete strong between two hearts that beat in rhythmic cadence to each other's time no human mind may comprehend, no human soul may fathom, no hu­ man tongue may tell. They are the Infinite music of heav­ en, the songs of the angels The Man and the Woman stood hand in hand where the evening shadows fell and the fragrance of rose bloom filled the soft air about them. "I am so unworthy of you^f said to her almost in a whisper.. "Nay, nay," she pleaded, "it is I; I am the unworthy one." He put his arm about her shoulders caressingly, defensively. "All that I mpy offer you is so lit­ tle," he insisted. "Nay, not so," she contended, lay­ ing her hands npon his arm and look­ ing into his face. "All that you have is beautiful and good and sufficient. It is what no other Is--it is yours. It Is enough for me that it is yours; that you possess it makes it the best in the world to me; the treasure of all earth­ ly treasures. Not you, dear; not you," she coaxed, "but I am unworthy." He touched her fair, white forehead with his lips and smiled. "But you can not be unworthy," he said with mock gravity, yet it did not seem so to her, "you are more than everything; you are the treasure of all earthly treasures; you have said so yourself." "Nay, nay," she protested as If the words pained her. "But it is true," he persisted. "Have you not said that whatever is mine is all of these things?" "Truly," and she looked at him corl- ously, yet with Ineffable love and trust. "And are you not mine, dear?" he asked, holding her close to his heart. The color ot the roses came oat of the fragrance about them into her cheeks and face and neck and she laid her head on his breast and was silent. --Washington Star. He'd Live a Long Time. Sir Walter Scott, while traveling In Ireland, was one day accosted by a beggar. He felt in his pocket for a six­ pence, but finding that he had nothing smaller than a shilling about him, gave it to the woman, with the words: "You must give me the change next time we meet." "I will, sorr," replied the beg­ gar; "and may yer honor live till ye get It." *f>* v ' Gallant, If Poo*. It was a damp, chilly evening and the crowd of children who had gath­ ered about the door of the East Side mission house hugged themselves and snuffled. There was to be a Christ­ mas celebration. The children had come early and had been waiting near­ ly an hour for the doors to open. They were a ragged throng, blue and chat­ tering. One little girl was more blue and chattery than the rest. Her shoes were almost falling apart and her bare toes touched the cold sidewalk. She kept up a sort of d^nce, raising first one foot until it had got warm, then the other. One of the boys stood for some time with his hands In his pock­ ets watching her silently. Suddenly he snatched off his cap and threw it dowa on the pavement beside the little girl. "Say, Liz," he said, "youse kin stand on dis here if yer feets is cold!'* --New York; Commercial Advertiser. Mast Keep Him B»y. In the gentle art of changing clothea the. Prince of Wales is probably with­ out a peer. Among other things his royal highness is two princes, two dukes, two field marshals, an earl, a baron, eight knights, a great steward, a grand master, a colonel of guards, of horse, of foot, and of artillery, an ad­ miral, a Trinity brother, a barrister, a bencher, and an English gentleman. And he wears the costumes and ordera , have been filed by men who participate .•a!!SB^.3S«sa^ • -.s _ , , , . J, ...... , v . ,/u Trained Do(i In German A**»y» j -; l The German army dogs are so train­ ed that when they find a dead body they get up a prolonged howling. If no one comes, they take the dead man's cap or some small article, and with this in their teeth go on a hunt for their trainer, whom they lead to the spot. If the man is wounded he gives his cap to the dog, and the same object ls ae- compUshed. "" Too Mnch System. "There is too much system In this school business," growled Tommy. "Just because I snickered a little, the >• iii nvi- turned me over to the teacher, the teacher turned me over to the principal, and the principal turned me ov er to pa." "Was that all?" "No. Pa turned me over his knee.** Clslmsnto of Prise Mouejr. So far 1,580 claims for prise money MEW FOOT BALL PLAYER* And Bald-Headed the Game. . .. It has come at last. The bald-headed football player! / t One would have thought it Impossi­ ble a season past. The hirsute foot­ ball player has always been. Ever since the pigskin has been the fall fashion--the Thanksgiving day fadl Shocks of hair, brown, blonde, black, and even red, have thrown the people into spasms of delight and furnished the funy man, both those who wrote paragraphs and ihe ones who made caricatures, with a living throughout the football season. Shall football hair, like the blcye&v fall into disuse? * He who has been a stanch admirer of the game has looked upon long locks as important as any rule, or any line in the gridiron; as popular as college colors and yells; as Imperishable as the supper and evening at the theater af­ terward. What would he think of a bald-headed football player? Quite recently a bald-headed football player came upon the field. It was a cold November sun that sneaked through tiie gray clouds, and an inquis­ itive ray struck and was reflected from the shining scalp of the football player. The Nebraskas and the Medics were to play. The audience saw the bald head in the field and thought tt some new contrivance to elude the grasp of the opponents, and it yelled. It said among itself: "There is a fellow with a slippery cap over his long hair to elude the grasp of the tackierP* But it Was only scalp! Plain, shiny scalp! Out in the field the bald-headed play­ er was jeered by his fellows. But ha was a good player and they needed him, else he would have been put ant of the game for his criminal lack of hair. One player rubbed mud into hla scalp to make it a respectable and fit color, and to get him used to having it ground into the soil in a scrim­ mage. At the end of the game the bald- headed player's scalp was a sorry sight It was scratched, and mud had been ground into it. It had lost Its pink shine and was almost the color of the brown heads abont it--but tt con­ tinued bald. Is It possible that a man with a bald head can play football, after all? Ia long hair no longer absolutely neces­ sary? Dear delusions are being snatched from us every day. Pray leave na football hair! Once you could not per­ suade us that the bicycle would efer go. But It is going. • Imagine, if you can, a field full of %l- M bald-headed football players!--Kansas " ' City Star. " r ̂ H The lftttttt ofSptntoih,' v -J . i This Is the story of the unfortunate r s * error of the sparrows of Kansas City, ; ! ̂ a s r e l a t e d i n t h e s p r i g t h l y f a s h i o r o f ' ^ the Star, of that place: "Ifs the birds," exclaimed the unhappy electri- ^ sr,S cian to the superintendent For the fiftieth time a department of the great Swift packing house had been plunged J ^ into darkness by the failure of the - *j electric lights, and for the tenth time the superintendent had called the elec­ trician, Mr. Kobell, to time* "Birds-- bosh!" retorted the superintendent. "It's a fact!" protested the electrician. "The confounded birds take the fuses between the binding posts for threads and try to grab them off for their nests. Every time they pounce on a wire they break the current" "Bosh!" repeated the superintendent. The elec­ trician rushed out and returned with two limp sparrows. "Look at the blis­ ters on this one's feet" he cried; "and this one's bill is melted off!" Surely enough, the sparrows were burned and blistered. Under the eaves of the building the thin lead fuses had proved a charnel place for birds. At length It was decided that fuse covers have their advantages. , iii S '. The "Petit Bhtt." Many persons have but a vague Idea \f the nature of the "petit bleu" which crops up so frequently in the Piequart I branch of the Dreyfus case, says as exchange. It is really a form of cor­ respondence card, which can ho by means of pneumatic tubes from one end of Paris to another, covering the distance fin the comparatively short space of ope hour. It has something . of the expedition of a telegram, with thte advantage of being much cheaper. There is no open "petit bleu," which ; costs threepence, double that amount securing a prepaid reply. The dosed card is sold at flvepence, OT reply paid, one franc. This form of communica-. tlon Is becoming increasingly popular In Paris, the "petit bleu" belpg awept, ed at all telegraph offlcea. ; Cost of tlvlng Is High. I To live in Hawaii costs. It is said, more than to live in California, one reason being that few of the ordinary articles of Amercan diet are produced in the Islands. Most of the meat la imported; eggs cost sixty cents a dozen, and chickens a dollar and a quarter a piece; and the cheapest fish, the red mullet sells for twenty-five cents a pound. These facts explain the warnings which Hawaiian Masons and Odd Fellows have recently ad­ dressed to intending emigrants. Even in an earthly paradise men must eat, ! and a destitute stranger, set down be­ tween a crowded labor-market and a high-priced provision store, would Ibid t himself In no enviable position. ,j Quite a Vail, This. Ladislaus Mierswinski, once a graat Polish tenor who in his palmy days re­ fused to sing for less than (000 a night, is now a porter in the Hotel d' Angle* terre at Cannes. He is acfur(y 40 yearn old. but hale and hearty, thoagh hU voice Is gone. His downfall la said to be largely due to betting tat** ..v-*\