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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 21. •( M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1896. JjeJeipy ^lainiealeF. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY - J . V A N S L Y K E , - BDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK. Two Doors North of Perry & Owon'sStoM, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: On« year (in advance)..............$4 50 II Not Paid •within Three Months... 2 00 Subscriptions reccivpn for three or six months in th© same proportion- RATES OF ADVERTISING We aim©uno© libera-! rates for ftdvertiBlrig In the PLAINDEALBH, and fendeavot ^ STATE thorn, BO plainly that they will be readily un­ derstood. They are as follows: .. . c 1 Inohone year - • 6 00 2 Inches one yoar - - - j»^0 8 Inches one year - - - M Column one year - . - - »°"0 X Column dne year ™ uo Column one year "0 One ncn means the measurement of one iach down the column, single column widtn. Yearly advertisers, at the above rate®, have the privilege of ohanging as often as they choose, without extra oharge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having •tending cards) will be entitled to insertiftB of local notioeB at the rate of 6 cents per line each week. Ail others will be charged 10 oents per line the first week, and 5 cents per line fo~r eaoh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged a«~thc rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and 5 oeats per lino foy subsequent issues. Thus, an lnoh advertisement willoost >1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, $5.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PiiAiNDBALBB will be liberal in giving editorial notioes, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody •eeking the use of its columns for pecuniary gain. \ C BUSINESS CARDS. FRANK L. SHEPAItD, OUNSELLOR AT LAW. Suite 514--80 La Salle St., Uhicago. o. H. TEG EES, M, D- PHYSIOIAN AND SURGEON, MoHenry Ills. Office at Residence. .JOS, L. ABT, M. D. PKY3I01AN, SURGEON AND OOCI.IST, Office in Nichols Bicck, over Plaindealer Office. McHenry Telephone No 4. NO. 35. DR. A. E AURINGEll, PHYSICIAN ANDSURG-EON. Office in the Stroner building, one door we«t of A. P. Baer'e store, West alcHenry, 111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at­ tended to, O B HOWE, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Offi-ie and Residence, Hotel Woodstock. Office hours 1 to 2 i'. M. daily, calls promptly at­ tended to. Deserving poor treated tree ot eharge at office, including medicine Monday and Friday. F. C. COLBY, D. D. S. DENTIST. Woodstock, 111. Special aton-tion paid to regulating children's teeth, Parties coming from a distance, will do well to give timely notice by mail. Office, Kendal block corner Mam street and PuulloSq are C. P. BARNES, TTORNEY, Solicitor, andi Counselor, _ Oollectlonsia specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. KNIGHT &r BROWN, TTORNBYS AT LAW. U. S. Exprei l Building, 87 and 89 Washington £i CHICAGO, ILL. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker «8t Jeweler MCHENRY , ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention ({Ten to repairing fine watohes. Give me a call. JOHN P. SMITH. H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent Including Accident and Life Insurance. Orvioa WITH B. GILBERT, NEAR DEFOT, WEST MCHENRY, III. W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justieepf the Peace[and{ Notary Public Leal Eatate and Insurance. UNDA,t l l i A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler No 126 State Street, Chicago. Special attention given to repairing Fine Watohes an i Chronometers. A B'nll Assortment of Goods in his line JOEL H. JOHNSON, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Special Agent for the Northwestern Mutual Liie Insurance Co. llyi . Of Milwaukee, Wis. Westerman & Son, HOUSE, SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAINTERS, .MCHENRT - ILLINOIS. We are prepared to do all .work in our line on short notice and guarantee satisfaction PAPER HANGING A SPECIALTY. Prices reasonable and wurk promptly done. WESTERMAN & SON-. Mc Henry. Jtnuary 30. 1894. JOHN J. BIJOH, kfiSTfttJR&NT AND -- BOARDING HOUSE Near the Iron Bridge, McHehry, Board by the Day or Week at Reasonable rates, A NICE LINE OF|ROW BOATS AT MY LANDING. Pure Wines., Liquors and Choice Cigars always on hand. . KTFrcshLager Beer eotantly on draught 40»f C. F. BOLEY, Purielor of McHenry Brewery, McHENRY, ILL. » Always on Hand with the Best Beer, A.C. SPTJRLING Veterinary Surgeon, r McHenry. Makes a specialty CASTRATION, V 4®" Office at Hanly's Livery Stable, West McHenry, 111. m ecialty itEVIVO RESTORES VITALITY. Made a Well Man of Me. 1st Day. ff 15th Day. THE GREAT 30th l)av. S?"2r8.S32XrOX3C 3=fJES3Vi:35:3Z>-!ir |>ro<luces the above results in SO days. It a< t:- powerfully aud quickly. Cures ,\vhen all others fail i'oung men will regain their lost manhood and ok •neu will recover their youthful vigor hy usini itKVXVO. It quickly and surely restores'Nervoiv- nes6. Lost Vitality, Impoteucy. Nightly Ktuiseiont Lost Power, Failing Memory, Wasting Diseases an. all effects of self-abuse or excess and indiscrctior which unfits one for study, business or marriage, i: not only cures by starting at the seat p£ disease, bil­ ls a great nerve tonic and blood builder, bring­ ing back the pink plow to pale cheeks and r* storing the fire of youth. It wards off Jnsanit. and Consumption. Insist on having RKVIVO, 11 other. It can bo carried in vest pocket. By inai S1.00 per package, or six for (SS.OO, with a pos tive written guarantee to cure or refun the money. Circular frS'e. Address ROYAL MEDICINE CO., 62 River St., CHICAGO, IL! FOR SALE BY G. W. BESLEY, WEST MCHENRY, III. ATrTTVTf^C IDLE MONET x\. V J. IN \JT O . and surplus fnndii recoived and loaned on oarefully lecved 'real estate securities and the interest collected T A "?J" CL irid -fimittrdjritboutJLj\J-i\ O* b"Mn» ttiRUrt o- tisoe (Mi.-i mrtni to ami bar iwtr J. W- li\>SiiKA) i- The Coal jo 11 bonglit last fall ? You can get more of me at Bottom Prices. All the La^t Oar of Feed ? Get my prices before buying more." W. A, CR1STY, WEST McHENRY, ILL HEADQUARTERS FOR li SWEET PEASI Si Mixed Varieties Per pound . . Half pound . , Quarter pound .40c. .25c. . 15c. THE ONLY DOUBLE SWEET PEA, BRIDE OF NIABARA. (True to Name.) Price--Packet 25c. Half packet 15C« THE WONDERFUL S CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE, 0 Only 15 Cents. VM'S FLORAL GUIDE, 1896, The Pioneer Seed Catalogue. Tried and True Novelties.--Fuchsias, Roses, Blackberry, The Pearl Gooseberry, Potatoes, Earliest Tomato Known, etc. Lithographs of Double Sweet Pea, Roses, Fuchsias, Blackberries, Raspberries, New Leader Tomato. Vegetables. Filled with good things, old and new. Full list of Flowers, Vegetables, Small Fruits, etc., with descrip­ tion and prices. Mailed on receipt of 10 cts., which maybe deducted from first order--really Free,--or free with an order for any of the above. ROCHESTER, N. Y. JAMES VICK'S SONS •Ar LAND OF " PROMISE CSRMERC 1 WANTED W to buy Farms to CENTRAL WiSGORSIH. Land is on the North­ western line C. StP. M & O. K'y, about 200 miles from Milwau­ kee and a little North, in Clark County. This . . is one of the best coun­ ties in the State, having a population of over 25 000. Land lies adjoining railroad, and does not extendi oversix miles from itatany point, and is from four to ten miles from the County Seat, which has nearly 3.000 inhabitants and isquiteamanufaeturingcenter. Well supplied with excellent water and best of fuel. Good schools. Why rent a farm or buy an improved ohe? Buy one unimproved and make tne propt. CDEC TIP IF ETC up to $20 allowed purchasers tntc I IwlvC 1 d of 80 acres or more of land; one-half fare to those buying 40 acres, if K.H.tickets are bought of us or you have a receipt showing amount paid* OVER fi,000 ACKES SOEI> TO ACTUAL SETTEEKS. Only $5 to SlO per acre. $2 per acre cash, balance five years' time. , We wan 125 families from this place 1 Will youhelp us? Big inducemenU to those moving before May 1, 1895. Write for particulars. Agents, surveyors and teams on hand to show the property free of cost. Buy your tickets to Columbia, Wis., via Merrillan junction. ... Hit C. 3. GRAIES LAID CO., E. 311,56 Fifth in., Chicago, I1L PERKY & OWES, Bankers. MoHCNRY, - - {ILLINOIS. This Bank teceivea deposits, buj/t and sells Foreign and Domestic Ex­ change, and does a \ > General Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon te:ms entirely satisfactory to OUT customers and respectfully solicit the public patronage„ - ~ . MONEY TO LOAN; On Meal Estate and other first c as$ security. Special attention given t • co. lections, .4 • INSURANCE In Urst Class Companies at th* Lowest liMes. Fours lie specif titty, P E R R Y A O W E N ^fOTABY PURLIC. Groceries at Cost. MURPHY & PHILLIPS, Howe Block, Water Street,£ DEALERS IN Chole# Family Groctnss, MILL, FOB THHgg":-1-! **- Is EXT THIRTY DAYS Uffer their entire Btack ofclean, fresh Groceries ACTUAL COST FOR CASH. Call and see UB, we can save you money. IfiT'Hot Oyster Stews served on short notice. The finest brand of Oysters by tbe can or quart. Rf»URPHY& PHILLIPS. McHenry, Jan. 21,189G. West Side Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES E. J. HANLY, Prop'r. WEST McnENRY, ILL. First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished at reasonable rates. Parties taken t" and from the Lakes in Easy Rigs, and prompt connection made with all trains. Our Rigs will be kept in first class shape, and we shall spare no pains to please our cue tomers at all times, Give us a call, _ E J. HANLY, West McHenry, 111,, Aug. 16, 1894. WANTED! A AT A "\T To sell Canadian grown Fruit -L»I xxTrees, Berry Plants, Roses, Shrubbery Seed Potatoes, etc , for the largest growers of high gpde stoek. Seven hundred acres hardy profitable varieties that succeed in the coldest climate. No experience requir­ ed and fair treatment guaranteed. Any one not earning $50 per month and expenses should write to us at once for particulars. Liberal Commissions paid part time men. Apply now and get choice of territory. LUKE BROTHERS COMPANY. I8m3 Stock Exchange Building, Chicago. Solentifio American CAVEATS, _ TRADE MARKS, DESIGN PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, eto. For information and free Handbook write to SIUNN & CO., 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ' Oldest bureau for securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by us is brought before the publio by a notice given free of charge In the fiettiiffo Jtoiejcfaan largest circulation of any scientific paper In the world. Splendidly Illustrated. No intelllr ild be wltl man should be without It, Weekl r, ex'K-year; $1.50 six months. Address, MUNN & OT PUBLISHERS, 361 Broadway JJew York City. oo„ WANTED SALESMEN GOOD MEIT ip eaoh County to take or ders for a choice line of Nursery 8took and Seed Potatoes, stock afid Seed guaranteed. Wo can give you steady Qtuiilofment with good pny It cost you notUmr to give it a trial. State »hon writing which, you prefer to sell. Address, THE HAWKES NURSERY CO., 11 m8 MILWAUKEE, WIS. M?? HOT NO AGENTS i vfc B B Jrl* ® but sell direct to the \V B PRATT. Secy, consumer at wholesale prices. Ship anywhere for examination beiore sale Everything warranted 1OO sty les of Carrluge*. OOstylesof Harne«». 41 styles Ktdlns Saddles* Write forjaiaTo^ue Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co. Elkhart, Jnd. * SELL, wye and muke money. Agents can make a handsome salary taking subscriptions and selling single copies of our musical monthly EV'RY r^oisl-rH, the handsomest, musical magazine inv the world KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC is NOT NECESSARY. Each number has $2.00 worth of tlie latest popular copy­ right music, besides being richly illus- tratedwilh elegant half tone engravings of famous persons and paintings, the latest Parisian fashions, aud other use­ ful liousehold literature. « WE PAY AGENTS the LARGEST C0MMIS- „ SI0N"S ever paid. Sample copy, with terms to agents, will be mailed post­ paid on receipt of 10 cents, stamps or silver. flowtey, Haviland 5 Co;, Publishers EV'RY MONTH, ' • 4 East 20th Street, New York. REFERENCE: AHY MUSIC HOUSE IH THE U. S. OR CANADA. DR. CORTH SLL OCULIST. Home Office, No. 67 Washington Street, Chicago. Will make a return visit to McHenry ' • - Every Thirty Days. Examination fee fl, except when glasses are ordered. Next Visit, "Saturday, Feb. 29. OFFICE ATf RIVERSIDE 'HOTEL Dr. Corthell is the only Oculist who ever; visited here having no glaases to sell, teliing the truth as to whether glass­ es or medical treatment only, are needed, free of charge. Never buy ready-made leaving visited Elgin and Lake Geneva monthly for the past two years there is no question as to integrity, while his medical references make his ability un­ questionable. t? Now is The Time TO BUY ROBES AND BLANKETS CHEAP. GUS CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, has now in stock the finest as­ sortment of Robes, Blankets ard Whips Which for the next 30 days he will sell at A t of 15 per cent From former prices. We have the finest stock of these goods to be found in this section and guaranteed as represented. If you want to save money call and see me. Also a fine stock of SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS Which will be sold 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 our bargains. CUS CARLSON. McHenry,Lll., Feb. 11, 189G J. D. LODTZ, Jr. jy^erchant Tailor, Barbian Bros, Block, McHenry. In addition to my Custom Tailoring business I have just put in a new and stylish stock of BENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Consisting of shirts, collars, cuffs, neck ties, suspenders, etc., etc., which I can and will sell at the lowest figures, j Just received, a full lide of Puffs, Society Knots ' Joinville Scarfs,^ and FU|| Dress Bows, Of the latest styles and novelties in the market. Also a fine line of Colored Dress Shirts. Call and see them. and Low Prices is our motto. Good goods IST" I am now making a discount of 10 to 25 per cent on all winter Suitings. Come, in and we are^sure we can save you money. J. D. LODTZ, Jr. McHenry, 111., Dec. 4, 1S0Z. THOS. BURKE, Meat Market. Near the Iron BridgeJ McHenry, Ill.„ ^Having again taken possession of my Market, in this village, I am now pre­ pared to furnish my old customers and the public generally, with JFresh and Smoked * Of the best qt alt Meats, it, Sausage, etcs ffty and at Living Prices^ I shall keep constantly on hand Meats of all kinds, and leaving nothing undone to meet the wants of my customers. Vegetables of all kinds in their season. FRESH OYSTESS, By the quart or can. K^°Cash paid for Hides, Tallow, Veal, Poultry, etc. A share of the public patronage is re- spectfvlly solicited. THOMAS BURKE. McHenry,'111., Oct. 1.1895. NOTICE. All you men and boys that want to Save from $2 to $5 on Pants OR SUITS. Don't Miss this Chance On any kind of goods sold in my store, at Chicago's lowest prices, E. LAWLUS. Opposite Riverside Hctel, McHenry/ We have an elegant line of Dried Fruits such as Peaches, Prunes, Raisins, Apri- cote, Figs, Evaporated Apples, etc. THE QUEEN IS NO "DUMMY." Some of the Freroga Ives of the British Sovereign. People on this side of the water are apt to attach too much credence to the oft-repeated but somewhat falla­ cious assertion that the queen of Eng­ land has no power; is a mere figure­ head, in fact, and nothing but a consti­ tutional puppet in the hands of the ^•binet fo** the time being. It is often stated that the president of the United States is possessed of far more execu­ tive power and prerogatives than her British majesty. This is, according tb the New York World, a great mistake. The English sovereign has retained fair more power than people realize. For instances, she has the power to dismiss every soldier in the army, from the eominainder-in-chief down tx) the youngest drummer. She could disband the navy in the same way, and sell the ships, stores and arsenals to the first buyer that presented himself. Acting on her own responsibility, she could declare war against any foreign pow er or make a present of any sec­ tion of the empire over which she rules to any foreign power. Acting strictly within her prerogative, she could make every man, woman and child in tli& country a peer or peeress of the realm with the right in the case of males who are of age to a seat and a vote in the house of lords. With a single word or stroke of the pen she could dis­ miss any cabinet that was in power, and could, moreover, pardon and lib­ erate every criminal of any grade that is c6nflned in the British penitentiaries. These are only a few' of the things thai the queen could do if she desired. JUMBO AND THE LAW. A Deputy Sheriff Out After the Great Elephant. It was eight or nine years ago, and the cars containing the animals were unloaded near the Canal street freight house, says the Providence Journal. The animals were guided across Ex­ change place by attendants, and the elephants went along very peaceably. They hadn't gone a great distance, how-ever, when Jumbo's back began to itch. The big elephant tried to reach the place with his trunk, but didn't manage to. So he stepped from the Une and looked for some suitable place against which to rub his back. There were two objects in sight'--a big flag­ staff and Paddy Burns' shanty, which stood in the rear of the Three Ones' fire station. ,1 umbo picked out the shanty, and by the time he had re­ lieved his feelings things inside Mere ui>side down, and the building had nearly been removed from its founda­ tions and shoved into the water. Paddy Bums looked for a lawyer, and found the late Ambrose E. West. The attorney issued a writ and gave it to a deputy sheriff, with instructions to attach Jumbo. The officer present­ ed the paper to the treasurer of the circus and then took up a position near the elephant, but out of the reach of the swing of his trunk. The bill for damages was promptly settled, but the. officer said afterward that if the animal had decided to walk away he hadn't any idea how he could have proceeded to enforce the law by compelling him to remain. FRENCH JOURNALISM. THE SPOTS ON THE SUN. What the Scientists Think About Their Influence on Our Weather. The vexed question of the influence of sun-spots on the weather seems to be as far from settlement to-day as it Was ten or twenty years ago, says the Youth's Companion. So great an au­ thority as Lord Kelvin has recently ex­ pressed a doubt as to whether the1 co­ incidences noticed by, students of this' subject are not, after all, deceptive and misleading. Other investigators, how­ ever, • continue to think that a real"con­ nection exists between the spottedness of the sun and the condition, of the weather on the earth. Among the latest contributions to our knowledge on the subject are those made by Mr. W. L. Dallas, who has-in- vest iga ted the weather records kept from 1856 to 1879 on board ships in the Bay of Bengal, and by Dr. P. Polis, who has reviewed the records of 64 years at Aix-la-Chappelle. Mr. Dallas con­ cludes that, as far as the Bay of Bengal is concerned, the heat is greatest when sun-spots are most numerous. Dr. Polis, on the other hand, finds that, at Aix-la Chappelle the warmest seasons formerly coincided with the smallest number of sun-spots, but that since 1875L& change has apparently occurred ana now it is hottest when the sun is most spotted. Dr. Polis also finds that the number of thunder storms gener­ ally increases with a decrease of the sun-spots. These facts and inferences are partic­ ularly interesting just now, feecause from this time on wre are likely to sec the sun-spots rapidly decreasing in siz'.i and number for several years to come. TWO REASONS. The Fifty Daily Newspapers of Paris and Their Readers. The Paris press comprises nearly 50 daily newspapers, tbe aggregate not having varied greatly during the last ten years. Most of these are sold for one sou. An extremely' limited number is sold for two sous, and two or three only for three sous, or a little less than three halfpence. It is hardly neces­ sary to say, by way of preliminary comment, that a dozen real]}' able jour­ nals would be better supported and better serve the interests of the public. The French people, taken as a mass, have little money, says the National Re­ view. to pay for the gratification of the small amount of literary taste they pos­ sess. The novelist, Zola, declared in an interview a few months ago that re­ views and magazines like those of Eng­ land and America would not find in France a sufficient number of readers to justify their publication. The Eevue des Deux Mondes is sup­ ported by the professional literati, the learned profession^ and an aristocracy of birth and money. It is rarely seen outside these circles. Even the hand­ some and readable illustrated news­ papers, such as the Illustration and Monde Illustre, have only a small circulation, confined principally to the cafes, though the literary matter they contain is generally of an elevated char­ acter and especially adapted for family AN ABSENT-MINDED MAN. J OWEN & CHAPJELL. He Was Driving to Pasture a Cow StUl in the Stable. There have been a great many stories about absent-minded men, where one forgets his house address, another what business he is in, and where an­ other has to refer to the mark on his handkerchief before he can remember his own name, etc. There is a lawyer in#Fort Atkinson, Wis., by the name of liogers, who possessed a Jersey cow, which he used to drive, morning and evening, to and from the pasture, a few blocks distant from his home. One morning as one of his neighbors.wras passing along the street he met Mr. Rogers walking in the middle of the road, his mind apparently engrossed with some weighty question. The neigh­ bor called out: "Good morning, Mr. Rogers; where are you going?" „ "Why," said Mr. Rogers, in a sur­ prised way, "I'm driving the cow to pasture," and he waved his hand to­ ward where the cow ought to have been. "Well, where is the cow?" asked the friend.' • "1 guess I forgot to let her out of the barn," 'answered Sir. Rogers, humbly, as he- realized his position. And he bad; ... ., The Judge's Able Support of His Own De­ cision. At a circuit court held some years ago in a western state an action of ejectment was tried "by the court with­ out a jury." The decision rendered was couched in such a way that it caused considerable amusement. The suit was brought, says the Youth's Companion, by a religious so- c'iety to recover possession of a ceme­ tery. The defendant wTas a physician in active practice, who, as one of a com­ mittee appointed by the church, had bought the ground for the \ise of the society. Afterward he severed his connection with the society, and it was found that he had taken the title in his own name, and intended to appropriate the prem ises for his private use. The defendant insisted that ha had bought the ground in his own right after his relations to the society had ceased. The court, after hearing the evidence and arguments, proceeded to state the grounds for his decision, and ordered judgment for the plaintiff. Whereupon the defendant's counsel arose, and asked the court to state more fully the reasons for the decision. "Certainly," said his honor, promptly "But as you have heard what I have said, I have only two additional reasons to give: Ohe is that the church seems to need a cemetery, and the other that the doctor has failed to show that his prac­ tice is sufficiently large to make it necessary for him to keep a burying ground of his own." hand, bats HARDWOOD FOR BATS. One Concern Consumes Two Million Feet of Lumber in This Way. The correspondent for the North­ western Lumberman at Grand Rapids, Mich., says there is a concern in that city that probably makes more bats than any other in the country. This year the output will be 288,000, a record that has not been broken since 1880, when 316,800 were turned out. The best bats are made of second ground white ash; ordinary ones of .common white aghj and very ordinary bats-- boys play out on the com- ith--of inape and basswood. r are run through an auto- at the rate of 1,400 a day, league bats are turned by small quantity of "willow" made of poplar. Twenty years ago about half the bats were poplar, but the style has changed. Some of the crack players will not con­ descend to use a stock bat, but go to the factory and have bats of the size and weight they desire made for them. If we figure it will be found that this Grand Rapids factory alone will con­ sume about 2,000,000 feet of hard wood a year in the manufacture of ball bats. The others all told will consume a good deal more than that. Therefore, when you see a baseball player with his fingers knocked askew you can reflect that the sport of which he is a victim calls for several hundred carloads of hardwood lumber annually. Phosphorescent Diamonds. An expert in gems has lately called attention to a property in the diamond which has not hitherto been fully ap­ preciated. Robert Boyle mentions a diamond that became phosphorescent simply by the heat of the hand, ab­ sorbed light on being held near a can­ dle, and emitted light on being briskly rubbed. Observations by Mr. Kunz, the gem expert, confirm Boyle's state­ ment that diamonds become phosphor­ escent in the dark after exposure to sunlight or electric light by being rubbed on wood, cloth or metal. This property is an important one, as it will help the non-expert to distinguish between the true diamond and other hard stones, as well as imitations, none of which is said to exhibit this phe­ nomenon. Beats » Good Wife. ' _ Courtship and marriage are irecog- nized targets for witticisms, of which Mr. Punch's famous "Don't" is un­ doubtedly the most brilliant example of a happy answer. Most of them are of the same cynical character. A care­ worn divine is reported to have said, in reply to the ecstatic declaration of an intending benedict that "nothing in the world beats a good wife." "Oh, yes;...arbad husband often does and-- vice versal" '< i < TWO FISH PROBLEMS. Observations and Reflections of a Back­ woods Sage. "Do fish feel pain ?" I dunno--I never was a fish, says a writer in Outing. Yet I have observed freshly-landed fish to execute certain movements whicli seemed to indicate that the fish felt something; mebbe 'twasn't pain. It may have been simply agony, or any old thing like that. Those S^ho used in their younger days to carry in their trousers pocket a cork stuck ftill of hooks may remember occasions when a hook worked free from the cork. Once I accidentally hooked a' pointer dog by the ear, and the language he used and the way he ran out of line convinced .me that he felt something., lie may have felt only a pleasant sen­ sation, but he didn't come within 50 fedt of me for two hours. The desperate sagging back and zigzag resistance of a hooked fish, the wild flipflaps and straining gasps of a freshly-landed fish may be evidences of pleasurable sen­ sations, but I am tempted to consider them as closely allied to that joyous thrill wrhich prompts a man to rise above the insiduous caress of a strong, well-bent pin. "Do fish feed tit night?" Well, well--do fish swim? Country boys, how about the big fire beside the water? How about the boy who got first to the big boom and thus secured the boss jplace? How about the spiky- finned channel cats and mud cats that came up two at a time; the goggle-eyed rock bass, special prizes; the hideous "mud puppies," which at once went into the fire along with a yard of line? How about the night lines ? How about everything connected with the sport that used to get better and better as midnight approached, until the glo­ rious fun and occasional profanity were interrupted by the sound of the "old man" falling foul of a wire fence or breaking a gad from the plum tree up the bank? Do fish feed at night? I dunno--they used to. DOG DETECTIVE. Does What Human Sleuths Had Worked Upon Three Months in Vain. The Cincinnati papers contain an al­ most incredible story, which, neverthe­ less, seems to be»well authenticated. In the early spring of 1895, n. hnsir>p«a man of Cincinnati, Charles Hermann by name, disappeared, and no trace of him could be found. For three months detectives worked u«on the. case with- 6ut avail. X. 1 / Soon after his disapp&wrance, Her­ mann's dog was found, badly poisoned, and near the point o"f death. The ani­ mal was sent to the hospital for dogs, and remained there two months under treatment, not being suffered to go out. But his life was saved. When at last the dog was liberated, . flre began to search for his master; and *after a good deal of running about, commenced digging on the banks of the Ohio river, opposite Cincinnati. There, after a time, he nuearthed the body of Charles Hermann. There arc indications that a murder was committed, and that poison was administered to the dog at the same time. Very likely it was thrown to him by malfactors who dared not shoot or touch him. The body was identifi^l, but un­ fortunately the sagacious dog could do no more. DIDN'T MAKE A CONTRACT. The Fact Brought Sorrow to an Ameri­ can Abroad A well-known Philadelphia lawyer. who has just returned from abroad, tells the Record a rather remarkable story of his experience with a doctor in Paris. "Over there," he remarked, "everything is done by contract--a fact which Idis- cevered to my sorrow. My wife caught a severe cqld and was taken quite ilL I called in a French physician who had been highly recommended by the pro­ prietor of the hotel at which I was stop­ ping, and he paid five visits to my wife, after which she was so much improved that his services were no longer re­ quired. The next day I received his bill for 2,500 francs, w hich is equivalent to $500. Thinking a mistake had been made, I went to his office, where he smilingly assured me that the bill was correct. To my remonstrances he re­ plied: 'But monsieur nntde no contract, with me.' When I told him "I wouldn't pay such an exhorbitant bill, he in­ formed me that it would then be im­ possible for me to leave France. In des­ peration I consulted a friend of mine who resides in Paris and _found that the frog-eating doctor had me where the hair was short, and in the end I had to pay it." Never Saw Himself Before. The London Globe relates a story of an old Hampshire peasant farmer who came to town to buy a hat, and was re­ quested to look in the glass to see if the hat suited his taste. The eustbmer stood before the glass as "though fas­ cinated by his reflected image. Pres­ ently he slowly inquired: "Wull--is --that--me ?" "Of course it is, guv*« nor," was the shopman's reply. "Why, don't you know yourself?" "1 be 60 years old," said the ancient, after an­ other pause, "and I dunno as ever I see ni3' face afore!" And when, his pur­ chase completed, he turned to depart, he walked up to the looking-glass again, saying: 'Til take just one more look at mesel', for I dunno as ever I shall ha' the chance again." White and Red. A white object of any size may be seen in sunlight at a distance of 17,250 times its diameter; that is to say, If it is a white ball a foot in diameter It can be perceived' at a distance 6f 17,250 feet. A red object .is not nearly -i so visible at a distance as one of white. A red globe a foot in diameter can be perceived clearly only at a distance of 8,000 feet, and a blue glob# a little further. Makes the Kim Oijly. A company producing^my one form, of one part of a bicycle, the jointfass rim, oovers two acrea of ground with U» works at Birmingham, England, j