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fifS ,'lr F- ^ -i: * * ' • * ? • ' ->v: •", . >h , • V",V • s- eif j ̂ laiilMler. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21, 1898. Railway Time Table. ^TAKING effect "unday, Oct, 30, 1808, AT FT ffolook A., M„ (rains will pass Mr,Henry aa m liliows; • Paesenrer. ratfcht..... asenger.. i'maengor.. 4>OIK« TOBTH. All Ha. J; * * Passenger . f Passenger . PaMengar.. k f Freight OJIHO BOOTH, ....*> U» A. M. A M. «:'# P. * r. M. 7:32 A,M 8 & A. M. 3;25 P. Mi 9:25 P. M» EXPLAIWATIOH. i fDiify'axoept Sunday. w B1TS8. Agent. Mogenry. 111. M. W. A. ttegolar Meetings every Second and Fourth Wednesday evenings of each month; at tbair Hall, over Evanson 4. Co.'s store. " C.VI, BOBT, B. HOWABD, Consul. R KIMBALL, Olerk. W. 0. O. F. <8t Patricia Coart, No. 187, W. O.O.V. meet the First Saturday and Third Wednesday evenings of eafth month, at Forest Hail. JMKB. MART COBB, Chief Ranger. OHAKLOTTB MADDBM secretary. 8?. MASOHin. MOHSOTT LODOI, No. 158, A. F. and A. M.-- tnlar Oossmumcattons the aaoond and "h >° --•vrcJiWr.«.«. Methodist Ipl,copal Church.I ftav.; W. L. Whipple Pastor, ^reaching Sunday, 10:30 A. M. Sunday Bohool, 12 m. Dr. A, E. Aurlnger, ...Superintendent Prayer Meeting. Wednesday, 7:3o p. M. Ladies' Aid ;*ooiety each alternate week •ITS., Dr. Aurlnger, President, Miss Cora Wilson, Sac'y, ,JM"A Cordial invitation la extended to all tfnlversallat Church Directory. *. J. Walsh, President R. IJ. Mead ...Clerk James b. Perry.... Treasurer Rev. J. Straab, D. D Pastor The Willing Workers (the ladlea organ- aatlon.) Mrs. Jas. B. Perry Mrs, J. Van Plyke Mrs W. A. Qrlsty Bnpt, of Sunday Sohool, Assistant....... President Secretary Treasurer A. E. Baechler W. A. Cristy -The pastor's Ohleago.Talegraph Address • Grand Crossing, Preaching services at 10:80 A. it. and at 7^0 A cordial invitation to all. Hew Advertisements This Week. Owen & Cfaapell, McHenry. The Crown Piano, 0. W. Owen, Agt. John Evanson & Co., West McHenry. M.J. Walsh, " •» Chicago A Northwestern Railroad. Quaker Valley Manufacturing Co.. Chicago. HEMAN & SCBJTEIOKR have justreceivpd a lot of Thomas Fountain Pea loir, which Is made on par pose for Fountain Pens. It is,, a very fine article. Those who use Fountain Pens should call at their store and get a bol tie, ' WATER WORKS are being put into the new German Church, the residence of Dr C. H- Fagers and the livery barn of Harry Wightman. Other applications have been made and they .will be put in t.aa soon as workmen can get to them. TBE entertainment by the First Pri­ mary Department of the Public School, at the City Hall on Friday evening last, was a success in every particular. The hall was well filled aud all done the Dart assigned to them on the programme in splendid shape. The proceeds of the evening were $19. MASONIC NOTICE -- McHenry Lodge, NR. 158, A. F. and A. M., will hold a regular Communication on Monday evening Dec. 26th, at 8 o'clock. The election of officers for the ensuing year and other important business will come before the Lodge. A full attendance ie desired. BY OBPER OF THE W- M. .WE WHH OUtl READERS, ONE &KD ALL, "V WERKY CHRISTMAS." m THE P^AINDEALE8, from now until January 1,1900, for $1.50. JQUITE a number of the Masonic Frater nity attended Lodge at Woodstock on Tuesday evening. OOB Public School will close on Friday Bight for the holidays and will open aftaio aftrr New Year's. H.T. BoswELLis putting upanewiue bouse in the rear of the Capper Wirfs ^ building, on the West Side. J BAEBSJSTIEN'S Orchestra, of Chicngo, at the New Tear's Party at Stoffel's , Ball, Dec.M *•,' • THE Chicago Newspaper Union will ac­ cept our thanks for a handsome paper knife, just received by mail. HEMAN & PCHNEIDER have a stock of "Holiday Goods in their line that cannot ^ fail to please you. Call and see them. / JAC>B HINE«, of Johnsburgh, an old f citizen of that place, died on Sunday last. I His funeral was held from the Johns­ burgh Church on Tuesday morning. WHAT more suitable Christmas Pre- jgant for your smoker friend than one of those Christmas Boxes of Cigars at Bar- trian Broi>. THE staunch Republican Weeklies, the Chicago Weekly Inter-Ocean and the Mc- Henry PL.AINDEAL.ER, until Jan. 1, 1900, for $1.75. 8« nd in your subrcriptions. Miss EIXA PABKER will lead the Y. P. C. U. devotional meeting at tbe Univer- •alist Church on Sunday evening n^xt. Subject: "Christmas, Past and Present. All are cordially invited. THEBB will be Christmas tree* at both ihe Universalist and Methodist Churches On Saturday evening, and interesting programmes are being prepared at both Vjjlaces. FOUND, near the Iron Bridge, in this tillage, a pair of spectacles, which tbe Owner can have by calling at this office, proving property and paying for this < jfcotice. i « BARDIAN BROS, have just put up a very ; Une Cigar, in Boxes of Twenty-fivf, Specially for a Christmas Present. If jrour husband or best feller smokes, you fhonld call and buy a box. :i - MRS E. W. HOWE is nop showing the finest line of Millinery to be found in the I'ounty. Her styles will always be found vf. correct, practical and original. Call and ; «ee. No trouble to show goods, H - Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is unequaled for bronchitis, loss of voice, hoarseness and other throat and lung affections It $ures more quickly than any other modi- cine. I Von;MS one, No. one, of the Palatine Register, a new paper jnst Btar^ed by H. C. Paddock, has made its appearance on our desk. It is a handsome six column quarto, and under the management of a veteran in the newspaper business is sure of success. We wieb Brother Paddock «q<i£ce98 in his new anterprise. STATEMENT ot the McHenry Creamery Co, for Nov. 8. Amount Milk received, 244,577. Amount Butter made, 11,541. Vmount Money m*ived, $2541.10. Average price received for butter 22c. Werfige Oil Test of factory, 4 04. Aver­ age cost of manufacturing, 2c. Over run, 168. Average price for 100 lba. of Milk .951 SOME subscriber to the Barrington Review has Itft him two c its on sub­ scription. Now the editor wants him to either bring him milk to feed them or a ohot gun, and in case be gets the latter he is undecided which he will use it on, tbe cats or tbe one who It ft them. Some people think "any old thing" is good enough f jr newspaper man. THE members of Company G, Third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, who reside in this vicidifcy, were called to Woodstock on Tuesduy to sign the Pay Roll, draw two months pay, and de'iver over guns and other Government property. On January 12th, the expiration of their furlough, they will be mustered out and then receive the balance of their pay. A PROSPECTIVE subscriber to the West Newton, Pa., San, recently sent iu a letter inquiring whether theedit< r would take his pay in chickens and he replied: Yee--and wood and meal, meat and corn, and potatoes and peaches aud billy goats, and pigs apd horses, and hay, and land, and mules, and calves, and rabbits, and wheat, and turnips and any old thing you've got. We have on rare occasions even taken in money on sub­ scriptions." CHICAGO Methodist ministers are be­ ginning to agitate the question of length of stay in one charge. They think it will came up as one of the issues before the general conference in 1900. Thfc rule of the itinerancy permitting men to re­ main at one church for five years has been found too binding on some of the ministers who have large, devoted churches. They want a ten year limit, and it beems probable that the question will be taken up. A DAUGHTER of Mr. Krambeer, aged about nine years, who lives On the Greenwood road, was severely bitten by a dog one day last week. It appears she was at fchuol and the Teacher sent her with another girl, to E. Merchants, a short distance away, and while the other girl was in the house tbe dog attacked the Krambeer girl, lacerating her leg quite severely. Dr. Fegers was immedi­ ately called, and dressed the injured limb, and we learn no fears are felt a» to tbe result of the bite. THE Jovial Social Club are sparing no pains to make their New Year's Party at Stoffel's Hall, on the eveniug of D*c. 30, a grand success, and one tha' will be re­ membered with pleasure by all who at­ tend. They have made arrangements to accommodate all who may come, and to this end have engaged an extra room as a sitting room, where those who choose can rest, between dances and all have plenty of room to enjoy themselves to the fullest extent. The dancing pub­ lic can rest assured that this will be the Party of the season. Good music, a good Supper and a general good time are on the programme. THE DeKalb Review has tbe following: --"There was a sensation in high lite in DeKalb a few days ago. One '.if the la­ dies banded her husband a sealed letter as he was leaving for his office down town, with instructions not to read it until he reached his place of business. When at his desk he tore it open and commenced to read; '"I am forced to tell, you something that will trouble you,/Wt I think it is my duty to let you knovy it, let the result be what it may. I can keep it no longer. You must not censure me L hope it will not crush you, but"-- By thi9 time be was sweating blood and turned the page and continued: "The meat is out Please go to the Market im­ mediately and order up a choice, boiling piec1) for dinner. I use this method so that you will not forget it." HENRY MADDEN, DIED --At his home, in this village, on Wednesday morning, DCC 14th, 1898, HENRY MADHEN, in the 78th year of bis age. While of late years Mr. Madden had not been iu robust health, he did not complain, aud up to within a few weeks of his death was around and on our streets nearly every day, and but few knew he bad been sick when bis death was announced. He was a man whom to know wae to honor and respect. Naturally retiring in his disposition, be was seldom fouudonly where duty called, home having the greatest attraction for bim. Of Mr. Madden it could truly be said be was an honest, upright man, and one who detested hypocricy is any form. His friends wi re legion, and in our long residence in this viliage we never hea^d one word spoken agaiust him. Troly a good man has gone. Henry Madden was born at Clones, County Mouaban, Ireland, May 31, 1821. He J«-ft home when about 14 years of ag& nnd went to England, where be remained several years and then mov­ ed to Canada, He came to Illinois in 1842, landing iu what is now the great city oi Chicago, where he remained a few years and then came to McHenry, which place, and its near vicinity, hew been his home ever since, over 50 years. He leaves «ix children to moarn his loss, viz: B"i jamin J., Edward A., Charlotte J., George H., Robert F. and Mary G. Madden, Charlotte, Robert and Mary only beiug in attendance at the funeral. The funeral was held from the Uuiver- saliet ehi'rch on Friday forenoon last, Rev. J. .*>tranb, the Pastor, officiating, and his remains were followed to Wood­ land Cemetery by a large concourse of neighbors and sympathizing friends. BECAUSE, in making them, as the World's Fair j<i1ges said in their award to the "CroM»" piano, "bast" mater­ ials and workmanship arel employed." That little "Lest'1 was not used in the award given any other piano at the World's Fair. Of ccurse the "best" award was giv^n to the "best" piano be­ cause in it the judges found the "best" materials and workmanship." Tbe "Crown" was used in thirty-two of the state and foreign buildings at the World's Fair, aud for the entire term of the fair, and it was most highly com­ mended at the close of the fair by tbe fficials in charge of those buildings. A piano good ei o igh for such people and places.should ba good enough for any- iody--and it is. O W. Owen, Agent for McHenry County. Read his advertise­ ment in another column. A SMALL boy was compelled by his toacher to wrile an essay on tbe mouth, says an exchange, and this is what he wrote: "Tbe mouth is the front door of thefacr; it is the aperature to. the cola storage of your anatomy. The montf* is the hot-bed for toothache and the bunghole of oratory. The mouth is a crimson aisle to this.liver; it is tbe foun­ dation of patriotism and the tool chest for pie. Without the month the poli- tition would be a wanderer on the face of the earth and go down to an unhonored i?rave. It is the grocer's friend, the orator's pride, the dentist's hope. It is the temptation lunch counter when at­ tached to a maiden and tobacco's friend when to a man. It puts some men in the rostrum and some in jail. It is the home of thnt unrully member, the tongue. Without it married life would l)e a summer dream and a duue would ose half his attraction." --j The Scctta a ad Surrloka. Tn a letter received by Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Scott, from their daughter Mabel, who with her husband, G. L. Surnck, is starring in Stt venson, Winnebago and Boone Counties, she says that after their programme was ended at Marengo old friends by the^ score flocked around to congratulate her, and invite another eutertainment with tbe addition of her father :>nd mother. They guaranteed a packed house if Prof. Scott would do no more than stand on the corner of the Htreet for half ttn hour on the day of the concert. Later Mabel again writes that at Freeport their single entertainment netted them over $100. A BIG blast north of this village, on Friday night last, startled our citirms for a short time as it looked as though pome large building was on fire, but on investigation it proved to be only Bloagh that was being burned off. lives Annual Pool try Show at Bockford. The premium list of the Tenth Exhi­ bition of Poultry and Pet Stock at Rock- ford, December 26 to 31, has been issued A large number of elegant prizes are offered. Cash premiums are paid on all varieties of land and water fowls. They have secured two of the ujost noted judges in the country to score the birds, B. N. Pierce, of Indiana, and D. T. Heimlich, of Illinois. Entries of poultry close December 24. Tbe show will open to the general public Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock and continue throughout the week. A banquet will be tendered visiting exhibitors by the Rockford mem­ bers on Thursday evening. Excursion rates on railroads. FBED DEUITCHMAN, who ^about one mite north of Mudgett's Lake, aged 34 years, died on Monday last Her funeral will be held to-day, Wednes •day, from the Lutheran Church, in this village, and her remains laid" at rest in ^Woodland Cemetery. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup has been in use for half a century. Some families have used it for three generations, and it is to-day the standard cough remedy ot this country. SA CARD] ^ We, the undersigned, to hereby agree to refund tbe money on a 50-cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. JULIA A. STORY, 210m C. 8. GRAVES. Janesville, W is., is selling land for only $10 per acre, on long time and easy payments. There is no better chance offered for the young farmer to buy good land cheap and secure tbe benefit of the increase in valuation. See advertisement in this paper and write him if yon want a farm in a good country. l,9od Inveatlg-ation- The Board of Trustees of tbe Universi­ ty of Illinois have authorized the depart­ ment oi chemistry to cooperate with the United States. Department of Agricul­ tural in a thorough investigation into the nutritive qualities of food. FIBSOHAb MRS. C. H. FEUEBS was a Chicago vis­ itor on Tuesday. JAB. A. DUFIELD, of Woodstoek, was on oar streets a few days since. . 8. S. CHAPELL and wife were Chicago visitors ons day last week. 0. N. OWEN and daughter Ethel, were Chicago visitors on Saturday last. Miss COOPER, Mrs, Cobb, Mise Osborne, Mies Baldwin and Miss Howe, of our Public School, attended the Teachers In­ stitute, at Nunda, on Saturday. T. BACON, of Iloseville, was a passenger for Chicago on Saturday morning. W. A. CRISTY was a Nunda visitor on Monday afternoon. MRS. E. H. WALKER is Visiting with friends in Elgin this week. M„ D. TAYLOB, of Union Grove, Wis , is visiting with friends here this week. MB*. HENRY MILLTCR was a passenger for Chicago on Tuesday. > REV. FATHER KIRSCH was & Chicago visitor the first of the week. A HON. t\ K. GRANGER was a Chicago visitor on Tuesday. CHET HOWARD attended to business in Chicago the first of the week. JOHN P. LAY, of Johnsburg, passed through here for Chicago on Tuesday. MRS. T. J. WALSH was a Chicago vis­ itor on Tuesday. MIKE THELEN and Peter B.Fround were Elgin visitors on Sunday. - T. .1. WALSH was a Chicago visitor on Monday. Miss MARY L. RAYMOND, of Yolo, was calling on friends here on Tuesday. Miss CLARA THOMPSON, was a McHenry caller on Tuesday, ADAM MILLER, of Johnsburgh, is re­ ported as quite sick. LEW LAWRENCE, of Chicago, has been calling on old friends here this week. N. A. HEMAN is replenishing Christmas stock in Chicago to-day. L. H. OWEN is attending to business in Chicago to-day Wednesday. M.A.HOWELL took the train for the big city this 'A ednesday morning. JACOB BARBIAN, of Woodstock, is here to spend Christmas with relatives and friends. . ....» Miss ELLA KITTLE, of Moreland, is the guest of G. W. Beslsy and family in this village this we. k. A. P. BAEH and G. W. Besley were at­ tending to business io Chicago on Tues­ day. MRS. W. A. CRISTY, and son Harold, were Ringwood visitors the first oi tbe week. HERMAN FELTZ, John Krouse, Ray Lamphere and Lon Howard, were Elgin visitors on Sunday. Miss LOBBTTA WALSH,, attended the Teachers Institute at Nunda, on Satur­ day last. D. T. SMILEY, of Woodstock, waa at­ tending to business here one day last week. JOHN BOLGER, City Marohjall, of Wood­ stock, was over last week, instructing our men how to Tap Water Mains. MBS. F. K. GRANGER was viewing the Christmas sights in Chicago on Satur­ day last. F. L. CARR, editor of the Wauconda Leader, made our sanctum a fraternal call this Wednesday morning. C. M. ADAM*, of Johnsburgh, was a (^hicago passenger this Wedneday morning. H. ERICKSON and wife, of Pistaqua Bay, were Chicago visitors tbe last oi the week. Miss MARy MADDEN, who was called here by the sickness and death of her father, returned to Chicago on Monday. MRS. M. NEISEN and daughter and Mrs. B. Buss were Chicago passengers on Tuesday morning. Miss CHARLOTTE MADDEN accompanied her Bister Mary to Chicago on Monday where she will visit with friends for the next few weeks. MRS DORA LONG, of Hebron, attended the Teachers institute at Nunda, on Sat­ urday and vibited with her parents here over Sunday. FRED SHERBURNE who we reported sick two weeks ago, is still very low and but little hopes are entertained oi his recovery. ANTON BARBIAN was setting-up tbe cigar* on Tuesday morning. Cause, a ten pound girl arrived at his home tie night beforS. H. CHASE and wife, of South Dakota, are the guests of the families of H, E. Wightman and R. Waite in this village. Mrs. Chase is a niece of Mrs. Wigbtman and Mrs. Waite. FRANK J. BARBIAN, of the firm of Bar­ bian Bros., started on Monday evening for a business trip to Kenosha, Wauke- gan and Chicago. He experts to begone most of the week. MRS. COOPER, of Palatine, mother of Miss Deborah Cooper, Teacher in the Grammar Department of the Public School, is stopping with her daughter here, and we understand contemplates remaining during the winter. N K W Y E A R ' S P A R T Y . The Jovial Social Club are making arrangements to give a grand New Year's Party, at Stoffel's Call, on Fri day evening, Dec. 30. This is made necessary by the fact that New Years Qomes on Sunday. They have secured Baernstein'8 Orchestra, of Kimball Hall, Chicago, and tbe committee propose to leave nothing undone that will tend to the comfort aud pleasure of those who attend. The following have been selected as FLOOR MANAGERS. McHenry, Chas. Frett; West McHenry, Geo. W. Besley; Richmond, H. F. Greeley; Wauconda, W. E. Monahan; Ringwood, Ed. Whiting; Barreville, '«->ene Matthews; Terra Cotta, Gao. Buss; Volo, James Murray; Lake Villa, W. Farrier; Cary, Thos. Daily; Johnsburgh, Mat Rauen; Nunda, Thos. Leonard; GreeriWood, Lee Gilmore; Ostend, Edgar Thomas. Music, Baernstein's Orchestra Of Chi­ cago. Tickets, including supper, $1.50. Horses taken care of free of charge. Invitations will be issued in the nettr future, and in the mean time the dancing public caa rest assured that this will be the Party of the season. Bear in mind tbe place and date. Stoffel's Hall, Fri­ day evening, Dec. 30th. HOW TO FIND OUT, Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours: a sediment or settling indicates an unhealthy condition of the kidneys: if it stains your linen it is evident of kidney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in tbe back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the sreat kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It. corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effect, following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, to (ret up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-ltoot i« soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the beet,. At druggist fifty cents or one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and a book that tflls more about it, both sent absolutely free bv mail, if you send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co , Bingham- ton. N. Y. When writing be sura and mention that you read this generous offer in the MCBENRY PLAINDEALEB. To California. Attention fa called to the excellent services of the Northwestern Line to California and the favorable rates which have been made for single and ronnd trip ticketp for this season's travel. Best accommodations in tirat-class or tourist sleeping cars, which run through every day in the year. Peronally conducted tourist car parties every week to Cali­ fornia and Oregon. Choice of a large number of different routes without extra charge. Particulars cheerfully given upon ap­ plication to agents Chicago & North­ western R'y, or connecting lines. 19-6w HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS. Excursion tickets will be sold at all stations on tbe Northwestern line (C. A N. W. R'y, c. St P. M. & O, R'y, S. C. & P. R'y and F. E & M. V. R. R ) to all other points on this system, within 200 miles of the selling station, at greatly reduced r .tes, Docember 24, 25, 26 and 31, 1898, and January 1 and 2, 1899, good until Jaunary 4,1899. Apply to agents Chicago & Northwestern R'y for full particulars. 24-2w HOMESEEKEUS' CHEAP EXCUR­ SIONS. On October 18, November 1, 15, De­ cember 6 to 20* the Northwestern Line will sell home seekers' excursion tickets, with favorable time limits, to numerous points in the west and South at excep­ tionally low rates. For tickets and infor­ mation apply to agents Chicago & Forth western R'y. 15-eow-6w A HOTABLE PUBLICATION. The Chicago Evening Post will issue on Dec. 24 one of the most valuable papers ever printed. It will contain complete histories of the Illinois military and na­ val organizations contributed by the state to the volunteer service in the war with Spain, from date of mustering in to the present time, with half-tone photo­ graphs of field, line and staff officers, and full mustei rolls of each command, together with the records and portraits of the brave boys who paid their lives for their patriotism. Included in the scope of this remarkable production are many scenes and incidents of camp life, reveal­ ing the fun and frolic which relieve the soldier's routine. A fine grade of paper will be used and the publication as a whole will be a s ouvenir that every res­ ident of Illinois will wish to preserve. Orders can be left in advance with news­ dealers or sent direct to The Evening Post, Chicago, III. Price 5 cents per copy. NUTS and candies and other Christmas goods in abundance at Simon Stoffel's. RELIABLE SALESMAN WANTED. We do not promise areat riches, but can make it an object to the right man to sell our Lubricatiuc Oils and Greases. Address at once. The Rnclid Oil Com­ pany, Cleveland, Ohio. ' Three pounds Fine Mixed Broken Cand.v for 20c. Single pound 7c. At Evauson's. Thre° pounds Candy for 20c. Evanson's. Fine Mixed Broken Single pound 7c. At Christmas Candies and Nuts at Owen & Chapell's. Soraething ne* in Mufflers at Owen ft Chapell's, They make a fine Christmas p rsent. Get ;<rar underwear ot Oweu k Chapell. I Simon Btoflel'i. WANTED! Reliable man wanted in this vicinity to open small office and handle my goods Position permanent and good pay. If your rfcord is O. K. and you want steady employment, here is an opening for you. Kindly mention this paper wh«n writing 17-12w A. T. MORRIS, Cincinnati, O SPEND your winter in Florida. Best of Hunting, Fishing and Boating on the famous Indian River. Get over your catarrh aud rheumatism I have spent 7 winters at Melburne. Write me for pamphlet and cost. J F. POW'FLL, Waukegan, Illinois.- Laying a Ghost la Siberia. Mr. George Kenuan veils a Siberian ghost story in St. Nicholas. After de­ scribing the first visitation of tbe mys­ terious ghost (it afterward proved to be a half starved dog) Mr. Kenuan says : For two or three days after this, Yegor took refuge at night in the house of a neighboring friend and left me to tackle the ghost alone, but neither in the gar­ ret nor in the kitchen did I hear the faintest sound to indicate that the mys­ terious somebody who walked in dark­ ness and left no tracks was abroad Meantime, however, the news that a ghost had appeared to Yegor in the barin's kitchen, and that even the skep­ tical barin himself had heard the "un­ clean spirit" pacing the floor of the gar­ ret at midnight, spread to every houss the-village, and the next Sunday aft­ ernoon who should appear at my door but a Russian priest, dressed in all his robes and followed by one of the church choir boys, with a basin of water and a small bundle of long, flexible twigs. The reverend father came in swinging a smoking censer and reciting sonorously a selection from the old Slavonic psalter. He marched solemnly around the entry, the kitchen and the sitting room, fumi­ gating every nook and corner where a ghost might lurk, and then took the basin and the brush of twigs and sprin­ kled the whole house with water after the manner of the Greek church. Hav­ ing thus performed his offici&l duty, ha greeted me courteously, apologized for the intrusion ancl said that it was bis custom to conduct a ceremony of that kind once a year in everjP bouse in the village. I was not, of course, a member of his church. But he had taken the lib­ erty, lie said, of coiniag to my house be­ cause there were reports in circulation that mysterious noises had been heard in it, and the minds of his parishioner* were disturbed. From the notebook of a recent trav­ eler in Alsace: "On my return from Belchen I looked upon the beautiful vil­ lages of the Lewen valley, and being a tourist who likes to poke his nose into everything I turned by chance into the church at Kirch berg. On coming out I took out my watch to regulate it by ths clock in the church tower. But there was no clock to be seen. Hence I went into the village inn, and there asked ths time. But mine host could not oblige ma 'You see,' he said, 'we have no use for clocks. In tbe morning we go by the smoke rising from the chimney at the parsonage upon the hilL The par­ sonage people are very regular. We dine when dinner is ready. At 4 p. m. tbe whistle of the train coming from Mass- munster tells us that the time has come for another meal, and at night we know that it is timd to go to bed when it il dark. On Sundays we go to church when the bell rings. Our parson is a very easy going man. He doesn't mind beginning half an hour sooner 0* later.' " Pains in the chest when a person has a cold indieate a tendency toward pneu monia. A piece of flannel dampened with' Chamberlain's Pain Balm aud bound on to the chest over the seat of pain will promptly relieve the pain and prevent the threatened attack of pneumonia, this same treatment will cure a lame back in a few houis. Sold by J. A. Story. Bed and Horse Blankets, the finest line to be found in tbe County, at Stoffel's. ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED everywhere for "The Story of the Philippines" by Murat Halstead, com­ missioned by the Government as Official Historian to the War Department. The book was written in army camps at Han Francisco, on the Pacific with General Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolulu, in Hong Kong, in the American treaches at Manila, in the insurgent camps with Agulnaldo, 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. Credit given. Drop all trashy unofficial war books. Outfit free. Addrcpp, F. T. Barber, Sec'y, Star Insur ance Bldg, Chicago. 17-4m Get your Xmas presents' o! Owen & Chapell's. Closing ont all Clothing at Owen Chapell's. & BuaineM Locals. FLASHLIGHT PICTURE3- L. E. Bennett has demonstrated, dur­ ing the past seventeen months, that arti­ ficial light is equal to daylight in making pictures. The atmospherical effects are superb and cannot be surpassed by the best daylight work. When expression is taken into account the flash is much superior for the reason the exact look can he gotten, providing, of course, if tbe subject has it. With all these ad­ vantages it will be seen that L. E. Ben­ nett is the man to make the pictures of tbe babies, fathei s, mothers, and all the rest of the family. Call at once. Get your shoes of Owen & Chapell Every pair of Pingree & Smith make guaranteed. All kinds of Xmas presents cheap at Owen Chapell's, Highest grades Ball Band Mishawauka Knit Boots, with Snag proof Rubbers are sold for. $2.65 to clear out at Evanson's. Fur Collaretts at Owen & Chapell's. For Sale. Feed warehouse and Coal sheds, situ­ ated at West McHenry, 111., together with a well established Feed and Coal trade. For further particulars apply at once to W. A. Cristy, West McHenry, or J. E. Cristy, Ringwood, 111. 33tf Mess's Duck Coats, all sizes and grades, at M. J. Walsh's. The celebrated Pillsbury Flour can be otind at Simon Stoffel's. ft i« un juestionably the most popular Flour over sold here. Extra low prices on Boy's Overcoats to close out stock. Be sure and call at Evanson's. WANTED--SEVKUAL TBUSTWOBTBY persona in this state t> m*n»gre our basineM in their own and nearby count^a It ia mainly office work conducted at home Salary atraight tf»00 a year and expenses-- iieflrite, bonmide, no moro, no less salary M' ntbly, #75. Heferencee. Enclose aeif ddreeseil stamped envelope, Herbert E ess, Prest, De» t., M, C hioago. 10 4m See the Neckties at Owen & UhapeO't - ^ Christmas Goods of all kinds and !• = endless variety at Simon Stoffel's. Cotton Bats, the best stock in to«l • At Simon Stoffel's. . Flannel Shirts and Sweaters almost •£ ': your own price at Simon Stoffel's, 'i. I Call and see our large stock of Gtafltk ' ware and Fancy China. A. P. BAER. : Hav^you seen the new line of Necktia j t * All the latest Styles just received at M. $ Walsh's. New Prints just received, Latest ; Paterns, and at prices lower^thaa ever before. Simon Stoffel. Our line of Shoes are like the AmeridH" navy, "Can't be Beat." M. J. WALSH. . ' Don't miss the Farmers Store whea * * looking for Holiday Goods. Our as­ sortment is complete, A. P. BAER. A large Btock of New Winter Dries Goods toSelect from at M. J. Walsh's. We save all cash discounts in bayi&ar Our clothing. Those getting their Over* coats or Suits of ns will get the cask benefits. JOHN J. MILLER. The celebrated Douglas Shoe, without question the most stylish and best we^r ing shoe on the market, can be found at Simon Stoffel's. Remember in buyiug your clothing at Miller's the price is made to fit the goods you select. JOHN J. MILLER. Cloaks and Overcoats at 20 per cent discount for cash. SIMON STOFFEL. Ba sure to leave your orders for Piljife bury's or Washburn's beet at Stoffersi Delivered promptly to any part of towa. A large line of samples to select a Suit or Overcoat from, and only a small profit charged at M. J. Walsh's. Bed Blankets from 42 cents to $4 par ; pair at Simon Stoffel's. ' Table Rugs, Fancy Table Covers, Table Linen, Napkins, etc., in great va­ riety and at the lowest prices, at Simon St..ffel's. Plush Lap Robes at Owea ft Chapsltft. If you want to see the finest stock ol Lamps to be found in McHenry conntj call at the Farmers Store West McHenry. A. P. BAER . Chamberlain's uouc, unolera and Disr> rohea Remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant and safe to take. Sold by J. A. Story. Clothing and Shoes are onr specialties, hence it is easy to see that we can do you more good on those lines than yip; get elsewhere, JOHN J. MILLEB. CLOTHING CLOTHING, CLOTHING. Buy your Suits and Overcoats where the stock is largest, clean and new. Yoa can suit yourself best. JOHN J. MILLER, W. McHenryv All goods fresh and new and Prices the Lowest, at the Farmer's Store. Call ia and learn our prices. No trouble to. show Goods, ^ i ^ p House to Rent. " A good house to rent on the West Side. Good barn, well, cistern and alt - ' modern conveniences. Inquire of v > aMOKSTorrn* Don't be deceived. The "Snag Pro©!* < Rubber Goods can only be bought at Owen & Chapell's. They are sole agents ~ " "^r for this town. All other Snag gatt&MUft *. ... imitations. -- FLANNEL WAISTS. 1 < If you want something warm, neat and ^ stylish in this line, call at Simoa Stoffel's. WANTED-«KVERAL TRUSTWORTHY ' person* in this state to manage oar !iu<iiaes>< in their own and nearbr countisa. It ii mainly office wo k conducts! at horns. - Salary straight fSMG a year and expensea-- t rieilrite, b maiide, DO more, no eas salary, Monthly, t<5. R«terenaes Enclose aeflt. addressed stamped envelope, Herbert M *, tleas, freat,. Dept. M, Chicago, - V Christmas Candles in all sizes at Owen & Chapell's. SEE the fine line of Christmas Goods at In Burma it Is the woman who does the wooing. Not only does she select her own husband, but when she tires of him she procures a divorce for £ e ask­ ing of it and mairies anew. It is declared that men in a savage state never have the toothache. We never have seen any one with the tooth- ache who was not in a savage state FLOOR OIL CLOTHS. In Patterns and by the Yard, at Btojh Stoffel's. ' s If you are looking for bargains do not fail to call at the Farmer's Store before you buy. We know we can surely save x ou money. A. P. BAKE, Poland China Boars fur Bale. Ths undersigned has a few fine Polaad China Boars for sale. B. A. STEVEN,8 Spring Grove, III. 2-m It is now an undisputed fact that we carry the Clothing Stock of McHenry. When in want of anything in that Hae - give us a look. JOHN J. MILLER. Ladies and Gents Night Gowns 50e at Evanson's. ______ A CTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED everywhere for "The Story of the Philipp:nes" by Murat Halstead, com­ missioned by the Government as official Historian to the War Department. The ck was ^rittsD ;s araij caiupa at Sao Francisco, on the Pacific with General Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolulu, ia= Bong KonK, in the American trenches at Manila, in the iuaurgen* camps with Aguinaldo, on the deck of the Olympia 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 Credit given. Drop all trashy unofficial war books. Outfit free. Address, F. T. Barber, Sec'y, Star Insurance Bldg., Chicago. 17-4m * M' Awarded Highest Honors---World's Fair* •DR. * CREAM BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant. 40 YEARS THB STANDARD. I.." Two Pointed Oaeations Answered What is the use of making a better ar­ ticle than your competitor if you caa not get a better price for it? Ans.-- As there is no difference in the price the public will buy only tbe better, so that while our profits may be smaOer on a single sale they will be moch greater in the aggregate. How can you get the public to know your make is the best? If both articles are brought prominent­ ly before the public both are certain to be tried and the public will very quickly pass judgment on them and use only the better one. This explains the large sale on Cham­ berlain's Cough Remedy. The people have been using it for y»ars and have found that it can always be depended upon. They may occasionally take up with some fashionable novelty put forth with exaggerated claims, but are certain to return to the one remedy that they know to be reliable, and for coughs, colds and croup there is nothing eooal to Chamberlain c Cough Remedy. For sale by J. A. Story, Br. Bull's Cough Syrup is sure to cure incipient consumption. The remarkable remedy will stop the wasting away of the patient, and ia a short time elect a etrf