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Yearly advert isers, at the above rates, have the privilege of ohanging as o/ten as they choose, without extra charge. Regular advert isers (meaning tho^e having standing cards) will be enti t led to insert ion of local notices at the rate of 6 cents per l ine each week. All others will be charged 10 cents per l ine the first week, and 6 cents per l ine for each subsequent week. Transient advert isements will be charged at"the rate of 10 cents pe l ine, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and 5 oents per l ine for subsequent issues. Thus, an inoh advertisement will cost $1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, $2.00 for three weeks, and so 011. The PLAINDBALKH will be liberal in giving eiitorial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS CAKDS. FRANK L. SHEPARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Suite 514--3P.La Salle St . , Chicago. C. H. FEGERS, M, D- AN AND SURGE Office at Residence. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MoHenry Il ls . JOS, L. ART, M, D. PHYSICIAN SURGEON AND OOD LIST, Offi^<MiLNichols Block, over Plaix.dealer *" Office. McHenry Telephone No 4. DR. A. E AURINGER, PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON. Office in the Stroner building, one door wea of A. P. Bier 's store, West McHenty,IH. Rosidence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional calls promptly at­ tended to, O B HOWE, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Resil ience, Hotel Woodstock. Ofllce hours 1 to 2 r . M daily, ( jai ls promptly at­ tended to. Deserving poor troa ' ted tree ot charge at office, including meuicine Monday and Friday. F. C. COLBY, D, D. S. DENTIST. Woodstock; 111. Special aten-tlon paid to regulating children's teeth, Part ies coming from a distance, will do well to give t imely notice by mail . Office, Kendal block corner Main street and PublioSq arc O. P. BARNES, A TTORNEY, Solici tor, andi Counselor, Xz_ ' lol lectlonsia specialty. WOODSTOCK, -ILLINOIS. KNIGHT & BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT L A W . U. S. Express co. 's Building, 87 and 89 Washington St . CHICAGO, ILL. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker & Jeweler MCHENRY, ILLINOIS . A FINE stoc'k of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special at tention given to repairing-fi i i 'e watohes. Give me a oall . „ JOHN P- SMITH. H. C. BWEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent Jncluding Accident < and Life Insurance. OFFICE WITH B. GILBERT, NEAB DEJ»OT, WEST MCUEHRY. III. W. P. ST. GLAIR, Justice of the Peace.ancTmNotary Public Heal Estate and Insurance, U N OA,TLLI A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler No 12G State Street., Chicago. Special at tention given to repairing Fine Watches an 1 Chronometers. A Full Assortment of Goods in his l ine. JOEL H. JOHNSON, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Special Agent for the IN orthwestern Mutual I_ile Insurance Co. llyl Of Milwaukee, Wis. C. F. BOLEY, Prortor of McHenry Brewery, McHENRY, II.L -- Always on Hand with the Best. Beer, A.C.SPURLING Veterinary Surgeon, McHenry. , Makes a specialty, CASTRATION.' 4®" Office st Hanly 'a Livery Stable. West, McHenry, 111, * . R E V © 5J8K- RESTOHES VITALITY. 1 K K TF*- 'Made-'a Man 1st Day. 15thDay. Cf Me. THE GREAT 30th Day. PIIENCK: produces the above results in .'50 days. It n- 1 powerfully and <iuickly. Cures \vlu*r. 'al l otlu-rs f ;n: young nat 'U will regain- ' the:r lost manhood and oh men will recover their youthful viyor l .y us:ir RKVIVO. It quickly and surely re.--t . ires Neivoin ness. Lout Vitali ty, Impoteucy. Nightly ^ntmsjoc Lost Power. Fail ing Vo-mbry, Wastine p.-warn-s ai all effects of self-abuse or excess and indiscr. t ;o: which unfits one tor s-udy. business or man 1 not only cures by start ing at the si-at ot diseas '- b isagreat nerve tonic and blood builder, brin; ing ba«b the pink glow to pale elioi l<? r ' d r s t o r i n g t h e t i r e o f y o u t h . I t w a r d s o i l I n s a n i t aud Consumption. Insist on having RKVlVtl, i other. I t can be carried.in vest pocket. By in::! S1.00 per package, or six tor S5.00, with a po: t ive wr i t t en guaran tee to cure or re fu . the money. Circular tree, Address ROYAL MEDICINE CO., 62 River St., CHICAGO. !L FOR SALE 1JY G. W. BESLEY, WEST MCHENRY , III. AYINGS. IDLE MONET Rnd surplus fuDdt received and loaned on carefully se­ lected real estate securities andJLiie interest colleipt»dT \ and remitted without-L/Vy 2 \ ± ' O# charge. Loans maoeoi tjnwinanrqit to unit borrower J. W. JttAiSi3l il I in fntro HrwL Klmn. Illinois. The Coal you bought last fall ? You can get more of me at Bottom Prices. All the Lapt Car ol Fee<l ? Get my [trices before buying more. W. A. CR1STY, WEST McHENRY, ILL HEADQUARTERS FOR ^weet Reas . 40c. a . . . H a l f p o u n d . . . 2 5 c . Varieties (Quarter pound . . 15c. THE ONLY DOUBLE SWEET PEA, =•§ BRIDE OF NIAGARA. « (True to Name.) Q Price--Packet 25C. Half packet 15C T H E W O N D E R F U L CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE, O n l y 1 5 C e n t s . Vim FLORAL GUIDE, 1896, The Pioneer Seed Catalogue. Tried and True Novelties.-- Fuchsias, Roses, Blackberry, The "Pearl Gooseberry, Potatoes, Earliest Tomato Known, ctc. Lithographs of Double Sweet Pea, Ror.cs, Fuchsias, Blackberries, Raspberries, -New Leader Tomato, Vegetables. F illed with good things, old and new. Full list of Flowers, Vegetables, Small Fruits, etc., with descrip­ tion and prices. Mailed on reccipt of 10 cts., which may be deducted from first order--really Free,--or free with an order for any of the above. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Westerns & Son, JftMES VJCK'S SONS HOUSE, SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAINTERS, M CH ENRY, - - - - - I LLINOIS. We &re prepared to do al l work in our l ine on short notice and guarantee satisfaction PAPER HANGING A SPKCIALTK Prices reasonable and work promptly done. WE8TERMAN & SON. MoHenry, J \nnary 30. 1894. JOHN J. BUCH, Boarding MOUSE Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, Board by the Day or Week at Reasonable ra tes , A NXBE LINE OF|RO\V BOATS AT MY LANDING. Pure Wines, Liquors and Choice Cigars Always on hand. •STFresULager Beer ootantly on draught \ . A LAND OF - PROMISE .<*•'•1 £ooa» ,r lAND t .. rAFU""S.aST 1/ M f" rU S>s . . W A N T E D ^ to toy Farms is> CENTRAL Land is on tho North­ western line i^tf. >1 it O. H'y. about 200 miles from Milwau­ kee and a little £Jorth. in Clark County. This .--r is one of thebostcoun- ties in the State, havius a population of over 25.000. Land lies adj"inlns railroad, and does not extend over six miles from it at any point, and is froftj four to ton miles from the County Seat, -waich hns neariy 8.000 inhabitants and isquiteamanufacturingcenter. Well supplied with excellent, water and best of Good schools. Why rent a farm or buy_9n improved one? Buy one unimproved' and make the profit. CDCC CTC BP to ?20 allowed- purchasers rntfc I llslvc I 5 Of 80 acres or more of land; acre. $2 per acre cash, balance five year» time. We want 25 families from th js place! Will you help .us?- BiK inducements totlSgse moving before May 1, lS'lo Write for partiiWrars^Apents, surveyors ana teams on hand to show th#torpperty free ofcost. nuy your tickets to ColumbilfcWis., via Merrillan junction. IS, . _. The C. S , CBATES LASD CO. , B . 31J , 56- t i f i l i Are . , Ch icago , I1L FEREY & 0WEK, Bankers. ryjcHE^ftY, - - EIL.LENOI8. This Bank receives deposits, buye and sells Eoreign and Do7nestic Ex­ change, and dotis a Genera! Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entirely satisfactory to our custo?n<sr8 and, respectfully solicit the public patronage. «*••• ^ MONEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and other first e ass security . Special attention given i < co- lec tion s -, - . • I^isUBANCE In Ural Class Camp anies at the Lowest Rues. Yourt Respectfully, PERRY * OWE* **" KftTiPV IC- Groceries at Cost. MUBFHY & PHILLIPS, Howe Block, Water StreetJ DEALERS IK WILL, FOR THE >EXT THIRTY DAYS Otler their' entire Btack ot clean, fresh Groceries ACTUAL COST FOR CASH. Call and SEE UR, we can save you money. I F@^HOT Oyeter Stews served on short notice. The finest brand of Oysters by the can or quart. WIURPHY& PHILLIPS. McHenry, .Tan. 21, 1896. Wefet Side Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES E. .J. IlANLY, Prop'r. WEIT MCHENRY , ILL . Fi r s t c l a s s r igs , w i th o r wi thou t d r ive r s , lu rn i s l i ed a t r easonab le r a t e s - Pa r t i e s t aken to and f rom the Lakes In Easy Rigs , and p rompt connec t ion made wi th a l l t r a ins Our Rigs wi l l be kep t in f i r s t c l a s s shape , and we sha l l spa re no j i a ' n s to p lease our cue tomersa ta l i t imes , Give us a ca l l , E.J. HANLY, Wes t McHenry , 111 , , Aug . 16 , 181)4 . WANTED ! A A T \ IV To se l l Canad ian g rown Fru i t i i Trees , Ber ry P lan t s , Roses , sh rubbery Seed Po ta toes , e t c , fo r the l a rges t g rowers o f h igh g rade s tock . Seven hundred ac res ha rdy prof l t ab le va r i e t i e s tha t succeed in the co ldes t c l ima te . No exper ience requ i r ­ ed and fa i r t r ea tment guaran teed . Any one no t ea rn ing $60 pe r month and expenses shou ld wr l e to us a t once fo r pa r t i cu la r s . L ibe ra l Commiss ions pa id pa r t t ime men . Apply LOW and ge l cho ice o f t e r r i to ry . LUKE BROTHERS COMPANY. ]3m3 S tock Exchange Bui ld ing , Ch icago . Scientific American CAVEATS* TRADE MARK9* DESIGN PATENT8. COPYRIGHTS, eto. For information and free Handbook write to ML'NN" & CO., S61 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. Oldest bureau for securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by us is brought before t h e p u b l i c b y a n o t i c e g i v e n f r e e o f c h a r g e In the JFricutific J|wmcatt i_,finroBt circulation of any scientific paper fn tho world. Splendidly Illustrated. No intelligent mau should be without it. Weekly, ft.'LOO a year; $1.50 six months. Address, MUNN & CO,, PUULISUERS, 361 Broadway >iew York City, WANTED SALESMEN GOOD MEN in each Oou^ ty to t ake o r l e r s fo ra cho ice Mno o f Nufse ry S tock and Seed Po ta toes , S tock a l id Seed guaran teed , \V - c an g ive you s t eady employment wi th aood p^v I t cos t yo i j no th ing to g ive i t a t r iM 1 . S t a t e w hen wr i t ing which you p re fe r to se l l Address . THE H A W K E 3 KURSERY CO., 0ni6 MILWAUKEE, WIS . 7 13 PRATT. Secy y^VP NO AGENTS y w e»a |jUt se l | direct to the consumer at wholesale prices. Ship anywhere for examination before sale. Everything warranted. lOOstylesof CnrrliiKO, OOstylesoI Harnem, 41 stvles Kldlnir Saddles. VVrite for catalogue ELKHART Carriage & Harness Mfg.Co, Elkhart, Ind. ;EU ausic / IN DR. CORTH0LL OCULIST. Home Office, No. 67 Washington Street, Chicago. Will make a return visit to McHenTy Every Thirty Days. Next Visit, Saturday, Mar. 28. This is the last visit for froe exauiin- ation. After this date §1 examination fee will be charged. OFFICE AT RIVERSIDE. HOTEL Dr. Corthell is the only Oculist who EVER visited here having no glasses to sell, telling, the. truth as to whether glass­ es or- medical trej-itment only are needed, free of charge. NEVER buy ready-made glasses. ..... • . Having visited Elgin aud Lake Geneva monthly for the past twO years there is no question as to "integrity, while his medical references make his ability un­ questionable, Now is The Time TO BUY ROBES AND BLANKETS CHEAP. PLANTS AND A MEAT DIET. 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 Discount 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 f ine stock of SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS Which will be sold cheaper than the same goods can be bought elsewhere and war­ ranted as represented. REPAIRING J?i-oinptljr Attended to,; Do not fail to call a t once and get the benefit of our bargains. CUS CARLSON. McHenry, 111., Feb. 11, 1890. J. D. LODTZ, Jr. ^/Jerchant Tailor, ^ -W ami lii IKE mum v. Agents can make a imniNoine salary taking subscriptions and selling single"copies of our musical monthly EV'RY WJONTH.--^ the handsomest musical magazine in the world KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC is NOT NECESSARY. Each number has $2.00 worth of H e latest popular copy­ right music, besides being richly illus- tratedwith ilegant.half tone engravings .'Of famous persons and paintings,"the latest Parisian fashions, and other use- fi l l household literature. O WE PAY AGENTS the LARGEST COMMIS­ SIONS ever paid. Sample copy, with terms to agents, will be mailed post­ paid ou" receipt of 10 eeuts, stamps or silver. ^o^ley, Havilaiyd $ Co.,-- Publishers EV'RY MONTH, . i 4 East- 20th Street, New York. REFERENCE: ANY MUSIC HOUSE IN THE U.S. OR CANADA. Barbian Bros. Block, McHenry. |5!P In addition to my Custom Tailoring business I have just put in a now and stylish stock of GENTS' FURNISHING G00DS7 Consisting of shirts, collars* enffs, neck­ t i e s , suspenders , e t c . , e tc . , which lean and will sell at the lowest figures. Just received, a full l ide of Puffs, Society Knots Joinville Scarfs an(i Full Dress Bows, Of the latest styles and novelties in t h e market. Also a fine line of Colored Dress Shirts. Call and see them. Good goods and Low Prices is our motto. TFCAT I am now making a discount of 10 to 25 percent on all winter Suitings. Come in and we are sure we can save you money. J. D. LODTZ, Jr. McHenry, 111., Dec. 4, 1S!K~. THOS. BURKE Meat Market. Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, 111. 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 Fresh and Salt Meats. Smoked Meat, Sausage etc Of the best quality and at Living PricesJ 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 OY8TESS, By the quart or can. KayCash 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. lo $5 on Pauls OR SUITS. Don't Miss this Chance On any kipd of goods sold in my store, at Chicago's lowest prices, E. LAWLUS. Opposite Ri vc-ide H tel. McHenry. We have an elegant line of Dried Fruits such as Peached, Prunes, Raisins, Apri­ cots, Figs, Evaporated Apples, etc. OWEN & CUAPELI/. Darwin Makes a Daring statement and Supports It by Experiment. It has been proven time and again that the so-called "cannibal plants," of which the 'Venus 11} trap is the type, are much more healthy when allowed their insect food than they are when reared unaex- netting or m any other manner which excludes them from their regular meat itet. The above is an Oddity of itself, says the St. Louis Republic, especially when we consider the fact that there is a certain school orbotanists which teaches that cannibal plants make no use whatever of-the in­ sect prey captured: by them, but it is nothing compared with the bold as­ sertion made by; Francis Bimvin. That ivoted .scientific gejitlemail bravely meets the "vegetarian .botanists" with the- assert ion that all kinds and classes' of plants, whether known as "meat- eaters" or not, bear more of the heavier fruits and'seeds Wheii fed on meat than those that are not allowed a llesh diet, lie grew two lots, comprising various varieties of the different common plants. One lot was regularly fed (through their'root.*, of course) with pure-juices compressed from meat, tho other with water and the various fer­ tilizers. The final figures 011 this odd experiment proved that the. plants which were fed pure meat juice bore ICS fruits of the different kinds, while the unfed plants of the same number and original condition bore but 74. Also that the pampered plants bore 210 seeds to every jlOO borne, by the plants that were not given a chai;ce to gratify cannibalistic tastes. This is certainly a discovery worthy of much careful study and extensive experiment. THE DEVIL'S PUMP. Oild Combinations of Natural and Artl- lleial Curiosities. One of the greatest combinations of natural and artificial curiosities on the coast, of California is called the Devil's Pump, The pliolas, or shell miners, a species of mollusk which excavates immense caverns in the very haa-dest stone, have tunneled the entire coast in the vicinity of the pump. Water rushes into these caverns with each succeeding tide flow and, in this partic­ ular case, finds vent through a cylin­ drical opening some distance from the water's edge. It is est imated that this hole, which connects with the seu cavern, is 75 to 100 feet in depth. Every time the tide rushes into the cavern beneath the "pump" throws water to tlije height of a full 100 feet above the mouth of the ojK'ning. The Indians formerly called it by a name which signified "fairy water gun," but the irreverent white men have given it the title of the "Devil's Pump," and by thai name it will probably be known by fu­ ture generations. There is a similar curiosity near Horn Head, County Donegal, Ireland, where a hole in the rocks is called "Me- Swiney's tiun,"<says the St- Ixjuis Re­ public. Like the California oddity, it is on the seacoast and has connection with a submarine cavern. When the north wind blows and the sea is al "half ilo-od" the wind and waves entci the cavern and send up immense col­ umns of water through the "gun." Travelers say that each charge of wa­ ter sent from the "gun" is accompanied by an explosion that can be heard for miles. DID NOT HOLD HIS PEACE. WATCH THE THUMBS. They Are Telltale Signs of Healthy or Siok JS*er\'es. "When I went to a nerve specialist first," said a man who was once an in­ valid to a Boston Gazette reporter, "he told me that one w»y to judge ot the condition of a jierson's nerves was to watch his thumbs. Ever since that time I havo found the greatest fascina­ tion in looking at peS^le's thumbs. The doctor said that if they moved in­ voluntarily outward it w as a sign that the nerves of that man or woman were not in the best condition. 1 find my- self^now line sweeping the line oppo­ site me In the car, and if the doctor's test is a good one, there is a surprising l umber of people in this town whose nerves need looking after. There iu-e few people among the women who do not involuntarily move the thumbs out­ ward at intervals of every few minutes, aud when your attention have been once attracted to it, the process of watching their gloved hands grows very interesting. I have found the habit much less frequent among men, but take t he average number of Women in a street car, and it will - be a sur­ prise to you to see how many of them indulge unconsciously in this little "habit. I only hope it does" not mean anything as serious as it might in­ dicate if that nerve specialist's diag­ nosis was a good one. The Judge's Musical Instrument. A new typewriter story comes from India. ltJ appears that one of the Eng­ lish judges in India was an expert on the machine, and it occurred to him to use it for the making of judicial notes. The machine was conveyed into court, when a certain novelty was imparted to the proceedings by the click of the keys and the tinkle of the bell which indicated that a line had been com­ pleted. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced. Promptly he appealed, on the ground that,'instead of listening to the evidence, the judge had whiled away his time by playing on a musi­ cal instrument. This was a. techni­ cal ity as well as a typewriter, and quite good enough reason for a bad man to net a new trial. „ Tho Great Lawyer Coke. Coke, who is frequently quoted as a high leg-al authority, was a lawyer born in the year 1550, and in 1592 was made attorney general, when his prose­ cution of Raleigh and Essex, and his forensic power afterward, on the oc­ casion of the gunpowder plot, raised him into favor._ He was elevated to the bench, and then sent to the Tower, but afterward framed the petition of rights. As a Result the 'Wedding Proceeded with Another Groom. "I attended a mountain wedding in McDowell county, W. Va.," said a writer in the Washington Star. "Everything went along smoothly at first. The cabin was brilliantly lighted with can­ dles and one of the best fiddlers in the country was present to furnish music for the dance to follow the wedding ceremony., - Nothing occurred to mar the proceedings until the minister- came to the point- where he invited anyone who had any tiling to say why the cou­ ple should not. enter the bonds of mat­ rimony to speak or thereafter Ikdd his peace, when a, rough-looking rndu\toin- eer arose and said: : ( *; • "--Anything ter say, parson? Wall,' I reckon I hev, I hev alius intended ter marry that gai myself, an' ther feller knowed it, so he jess kep' outen my way. I sent Mm word to prepare for a lick in", an' he lef' the country, but kep' a-writin ter the gai. Now, I'm here ter make my word good, an' 'fore this liyar event goes any farder. the taller-faced coward has me ter fight.' "In vain the preacher tried to restore order. A ring was soon squared in the center of the room and the men went at it. In about ten minutes thr> groom announced that he had enough, arid the victor, taking the arm of the blushing bride, deliberately changed the groom's name in the marriage li­ cense to his own, while the vanquished lover made his escape. Everybody ap­ peared to be satisfied, and the marriage took place as though nothing had oc­ curred to mar the solemnity of the occa­ sion." SAVED HER WHEN A BABY. And Thirty Years After He Met and-Mar- ried Her. A romantic marriage occurred at At­ lanta a few days ago, the parties to it being Mr. II. F. ISailey, of Jackson, Miss., and Miss Hodges, of Virginia Mr. Bailey is somewhat past 50 years of age and the bride is about 30, says an ex change. The couple first met during the war when Miss Hodges was a baby. It liap- [>ened when the northern soldiers ap­ proached Jackson, Miss. The parents of Miss Hodges resided there at the time, and when the grand rush to avoid the Yankees was made Mr. Bailey, then a confederate soldier, se­ cured a wagon and moved the Hodges family. In the hurry and excitement the little girl was forgotten, and she was not missed untd the family had gone several miles. Mr. Bailey volunteered to go back and find her, which he did. The child was found in the road near, her home crying. Mr. Bailey carried her to her parents. Soon after that Mr Hodges moved with Ms family to Virginia, and Mr. Bailey saw .them no more for 30 years. Last year, says the Chicago News, his wife died, and it occurred to him to look up his old friends and see what had become of the little girl whom he had saved, from the invaders in the long ago. He went to Virginia and found her teaching school; They cor- resjx>nded and agreed to meet at At- ta during the fair and be married. TELEPHONES IN EUROPE. VALUABLE COLOR TEST. How tho Course of Water In German Klvers Was Determined. A color test on a large scale occurred recently near Geseke., Germany. The Volrned, the Waid and the Heder are three brooks which have their source near Geseke, and according to tradition their waters had subterranean connec­ tion with the Alme, a mountain stream whose bed is some five miles distant. Millers located on the lower Alme, says the Philadelphia Times, dumped refuse in certain eddies of the upper portion of the stream, and the millers on the Voi- mede, the Weid and the Heder claimed that by doing this the water supply of the latter streams was materially di­ minished. To determine the connec­ tion about four }>ounds of potassium fluorescinate was dumped into one of the Heder. This substance is marvei- ously powerful, and a solution contain­ ing one part in 10,000,000 shows a dir- tinct fluorescence in transmitted light. Twenty-five hours later the Heder took on a beautiful dark green color, show­ ing conclusively the connection between the two streams. An experiment at another point showed with equal clear ness that there was a subterranean con­ nection between the Waid and the Volmede, though in this case 44 hours elapsed between the depositing of the dye stuff in the Alme and the appear­ ance of the coloration in the other streams. HAD HIM FAST. A Yankee's Kemark at the Tomb of Lord Nelson. The English people will never under­ stand the humorous temper , of the American, which makes him ask such questions as that recorded by Mark Twain as having been asked by a friend of his in the British museum. A guide had exhibited an Egyptian mummy, and discoursel long upon the antiquity of it, and the Egyptian proc­ ess of embalming, and so forth; and at last the American asked: "Is he dead?" It was only, recently, according to a letter in an exchange, that in St. Paul's cathedral a London guide held forth thus to an American gentleman: "That, sir,' is the tomb of the great­ est naval 'ero Europe or the whole world ever knew!" "Yes?" f - "It is, sir, the tomb of Lord Nelson. This marble sarcophiggus weighs 42 tons. Hinside that is a steel receptacle weighing 12 tons, and hinside that is a leaden casket, 'ermetically sealed, weighing two tons. Hinside that is n ma'ogany coffin 'olding the ̂ ishes of the gret^t 'ero." "Well," said the Yankee, after reflect­ ing a moment, "I guess you've got him. If he ever gets out of that, telegraph me at my expense." Not So Extensively Used as In the United States. The world-w ide reputation of the American, not only for inventiveness, but for the quick and ready adoption and use of all the appliances of prac­ tical science, is well sustained by the statistics recently published concern- lnt> the use of telephones. It appears, says tho Youth's Companion, that in thb number of their telephones the-. United States are far in advance of any of the European nations. We have -some 636,000 telephones in use, while England and Germany together- have probably about half that number, and it ,is said that they exceed all the rest of Europe combined. But there are two small countries which, in proportion to their popula­ tion, use more telephones than the other European nations.; Switzerland, according to late statistics, has one telephone" to every 147 inhabitants, and Sweden one. to every IS4, while in Eng­ land and Germany there is only one telephone to every 260 inhabitants. A curious reason has been suggested for the extensive use of telephones in Sweden, namely, that they have proved particularly useful on account of the difficulties of locomotion there, and the great length of the winter nights, which tends to increase those difficulties and perhaps to inspire, like the twilight of more genial climes, a desire for cioser human communion. The obstacles to locomotion in the Alps are thought to furnish a similar reason for the great development of the use of telephones in Switzerland, although the enormous influx of sum­ mer tourists is perhaps the most ef­ fective cause of their popularity in that country. PARISIAN BOARDING HOUSE. One Landlady Who flas Made a Fortune OfT of Americans. Few American women can afford to pay hotel prices for long stays in Eu­ rope, but are forced to live in boarding houses when they are abroad, a thing at which they turn up their noses when they are at home. The pension prices in Paris range from seven to fifteen francs a day. It is well to give up the idea of getting into a "swell private family." Swell private famiiies in Paris do not keep boarders. pension, however, in Paris which has many well-known Americans under its roof all the time. Among others Duchess dc la Rochefoucauld, when she was Miss Mattae Mitchell, of Ore­ gon, lived there with her mother. This boarding house is near the Arc de Triomphe, and the landlady has made a fortune out of her American boarders; she says her daughter's dot is 200,000 francs. The food is not any too good-- one gets rather too much veal there-- but the cooking is excellent. There is another large pension in the Champs- Elysees quarter where rooms the size cf a packing case are seven francs a day, more comfortable ones 12. Light, fuel, towels, etc., are extra. All the servants have to be tipped all the time, as the landlady pays them starvation wages. You will see at this pension at the table <tl'hote decayed Spanish grandees, Por­ tuguese marquises, Greek diplomats, Belgian barons, queer French counts and queerer French countesses, South American heiresses, Persian generals and any number of American mammas and daughters. At this place the food is good and well cooked. NO INDIAN WARS IN CANADA. The United States Contrasted with the Dominion--A British View. The great fact stands boldly forth that Canada has never fought the In­ dians, and she will not begin to do so now. Never has Canada had an Indian war; an Indian massacre is unknown in the annals of her history. She is too poor to seek glory by slaughtering the natives born of her soil and too proud to defame her character or stain her escutcheon, Contrast with this, says the Westminster Review, the policy of the United States, that is nearly al­ ways fighting its red men. Indian wars •are very expensive matters to deal with. The small episode of last year, beginning with the Messiah craze and ending with the tragedy at Pine Ridge agenc3r, covering but a few weeks, cost the United States government $2,000,- 000, besides the lives lost, and in ad­ dition unsettled the natives through­ out the country. It is to the credit, of the Canadian Indians that, although sorely tempted, the Messiah craze had no charms for them. There was in Canada, it is true, Riel's last rebellion, that cost Canada $7,000,000 and the lives of some of her noblest citizens. But that was not an Indian uprising. Nevertheless, it taught both the whit© men and the red men a lesson. It taught Canada that it would be cheaper to ration all the Indian tribes than to have another rebellion; and it taught the Indian the prowess of the authori­ ties, and this was emphasized by the trips given the Indian chiefs to On­ tario, where they beheld tokens of the power, wealth and glory of the white men. Equal to the Emergency. They are telling the story in London that the impossible American in Paris alighted at a hotel to find it absolutely full. "I have nothing," expostulated the host, almost tearfully, "nothing. The first floor is taken by the king of the Ostenders; the queen of Montegaria occupies the second; the duke of Cot­ tonopolis is sharing tha third floor with the caliph of Port Said, and the crown prince of Nova feperanza is sleeping on the billiard table. As for myself, I have to make up a bed in tho office, and there only remains tho chamber of my daughter. Of course--** "Is that your daughter?" interrupted! the American, pointing to the young- lady at the desk. "Yes, sir." "All right; I'll marry her after lunch.** And, giving his valise to the speechless bonifaee, he added: "Now, youcantaka my baggage up to our room."