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SiPi^PWiiW * ' • 1 #/ » % V--* » ..• ' '.*v 4 «• .• V* , -• '""% ,h! j ix> -»i » ,"••! - . ;i / sjui ^ ' 5 * * *v «>1 * J^W* ,"*. .--•- ^Nt^.ksS » t; jjfjwrj JHusJealer ^*>0I..; A«MWW»^»I I • MI ---- ""*" ^ FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1899. • : ' ~~ T " ' 5 : P UBLISHED E VERY F RIDAY BY ft t ..*•-**. WL GRANGER. - i'.H , __ 1 V ' -- *#riCK IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK DOOM North Owen ft ChapeUVstor*, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! OM year (in ad vance) .. .. U » Btimcrlptiona received for three or »ix manths in the same proportion. Ex SENATOR PEFFER, of Kansas, has consented to write ten articles on the rise and fall of Populism for the Chic> go Tribune. Mr. Peffer holds that the ; Popoliet party has gone out of busi­ ness. He further says that the Middle-of the-road Populists will make no better showing in the campaign of 1900 than would a show man with a garter snake for an anaconda. Good times never agreed with the Populist party. THE McHenry County High School As­ sociation meet is becoming a popular event. The organization was born by the holding of a meet at Marengo in 1897. There were but tyo schools rep­ resented, namely: Harvard and Ma­ rengo. At the field day last Saturday Marly all of the high schools in the coonty were represented. They were: Marengo, McHenry, Woodstock, Har­ vard, Nunda, Huntley and Richmond. HEATS IRON WITH WATER- ASTONISHING DEVELOPMENT IN ELECTRICITY. UNCLE SAM printed just a few postage Stamps during the year 1898. The num­ ber of 2-cent stamps issued during the year was about 2,500,000,000. Such a number obviously is bej ond the grasp of the human mind, but perhaps the matter may be made more clear by putting it otherwise. An ordinary 2-cent stamp is exactly one inch long. From this fact, by a little calculation, it is easy to discover that the number of stamps of this de­ nomination issued in 1898, placed end to end, would extend a distance consider­ ably exceeding 39,000 miles. In other words, they would make a continuous strip of stamps, each one adorned with the head of the Father of his Country, •tretching in a belt more than once and a half around the equator. Of course though the 2-cent stamps are those principal'y used, there are others. Enough 1-cent postage stamps have been issued during the year 1898 to streteh from New York city, by way of Europe and Asia, to Bombay, India, if similarly arranged in one strip. All other stamps, as to production and sales, are of minor importance compara­ tively speaking, but it is interesting to know that almost exactly one mile cf $1 stamps were manufactured for the de­ mand of 1898. Of $ 5 stamps the pro­ duction was equivalent to a little more than a halt furlong, or about one- fifteenth of a mile. Now, if all the postage stamps printed by the United States government in 1898 were placed one on top another, as nearly as might be without putting them tinder pressure, how high do you suppose the pile of them would be? There is no use guessing. You would never get it nearly fight, unless you went to work to cal­ culate it for yourself. The 3,500,000,000 stamps of all denominations printed the current year--the statement of course is approximate--would tower to an ele­ vation of twenty-one miles. This is •more than three times the height of the highest mountain in the world--Mount Everest, in the Himalayas. If the same number cf Gtarcps ««re piled up in the form of the ordinary sheets of one hun­ dred each, it follows that the stack would be over a fifth of a mile high. During the year 1898 the number of special delivery stamps sold was about 5,200,000. It is only reasonable to suppose that the average journey of the 4>ecial delivery messenger is half a mile Indeed, that is an absurd underestim­ ate, but let it go at that. On this assumption the total distance traveled for special delivery in 1898 was about 2.625,000 milcs.That is a very consider­ able space to traverse, as may be real­ ized when it is considered that a messen ger boy, in order to accomplish the total distance, would have to go about eleven hundred timSi around the world, or five times to the moon and back. It appear3, from figures furnished by the Postofflce Department, that the av erage person in Massachusetts, including men, women, and children, spends $2 30 on postage per annum. New York comes second, with an expenditure of $2.27, and the District of Columbia, third, with |2.16. Colorado is fourth, with $1.93, and Connecticut is fifth, with $1.80. The states ranking lowest in this regard are South Carolina, with 25 cents per capita; Mississippi, with 34 cents; Alabama, with 35 cents; Arkan­ sas, with 37 cents, and North Carolina, with 41 cents-- Washington Star. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. <ET*TE OF HENRY MADDEN, DE- i « KA ED. The undereiirne't havlDjr aPP°lntRrl Administratrix ot the Eat-te •#r Henry Madden, deceased, late of the County oi McHenry ami State of Illinois iiereby give- rotice that she will appear t>e' fore the County Court of MoH nry County, ; #t the Court House in Woodstock, at the Julv ierm.onthe first Monday in July next at *vhieh time all persons hav'ng claims aioinst ! aid estate are noiiticd nnd requested to at end for the pu-pobe of havin« the same ad- nated. All persons indebted to said estate re requested to make immediate payment to Mhe undersigned, • Dated this 12th day of May, A. D, isgy. 't. CHARLOTTE J, MADDEN, Administratrix. Preserves • j--fruits. Jellies, pickles or rataup fire HA more easily, more quickly, more healthfully sealed with Refiised 1'iimlline Wax than by any other method. Dozens of other uses will be '""'"Refined Paraffins Wax In every household. It is clean, tast<'l<*hH arid clorless--air, water Bud sold proof. Get a pound cake of It with a J 1st of its many uses from your druggist or grocer. Hold everywhere. Made by STAXVABD OIL CO. Kay RevolationlM the Bn»lneil of FofS* , . lux in Factories Where tlwjta" j.!" - dttktry u Conductedoifcxlk •> • p •. . Large Scale. One of the astonishing things flerel- op«»d through the introduction of elec­ tricity Into every-d;»y affairs is a forge made for bench use. for the heating of soldering irons or light pieces of metal for working on the anvil, where the lieating is accomplished by plung­ ing the article to be heated into a tray of water. Nothing could be imagined more contradictory of one's precon­ ceived ideas than this procedure, and yet to the electrician It is perfectly simple. He makes the proper connections, plunges his iron into the water, and pretty soon the iron will begin to glow under water and then to turn red or white hot, just as he desires It for working. When lie gets through work­ ing the iron he may plunge it into the water again aiid cool it witli a "siss" as expeditiously as he could tn any other tank of water. This curious forge is made as follows:. The tank is of wood or of any other substance which will hold water and not form ail electrical conductor. One wire of the electric circuit passes to the bot­ tom of the tank, where it Is connected to a plate of metal which /lies there. Over tills plate Water, preferably sat­ urated with salt, tills the tank nearly to the top and serves to conduct the current to whatever object is to ba heated. Nothing could be better for this purpose, for the water naturally closes all about the object and fits it on every side. The other end of the current-conducting wire is fastened to the tongs or led to a metal frame work at the edge of the tank on which the tongs or the shank of a soldering iron lie when it is to be iieated. The mo­ ment the object to be heated is pluuged into the water a current pass­ es from the water through the object, and at the same moment some of the water is decomposed by electrolytic action. The nitrogen of the water be­ comes electrified and adheres to the object to be heated and forms a film of gas, which separates the Object completely from tae water, while at the same time this gas forms an ob­ struction to the passage of the elec­ tric current that the energy of the cur­ rent is turned into heat. Electric forges of various designs are coming into use in place of fires for many of the blacksmith's opera­ tors. One of the new ones offered to the trade is arranged with one of its electrodes mounted at the end of an ordinary anvil, while the other elec­ trode is swung above, where it can be drawn down by the pressure of a foot upon the pedal. The arm above has a wheel-like revolving head, and at the end of the spokes of this wheel are blocks of metal of various forms adapted to fit the objects to be heated. The blacksmith turns down the form that suits his work, presses his foot on the pedal and watches until he has a projK'r heat, and then, replacing the arm. forgei and finishes his work on the very anvil where it was heated. Such clever tools cannot, of course, take the place of the old bellows and fire for isolated shops, but in facto­ ries they are rapidly being introduced. PROBATE COURT NEWS 8 CfcXXXXXXXXlOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOw PRORATE NKW8. Estate of Jane S Wilcox. Inventory. Estate of Alexander A Irvine. Bond $200. Estate of Hannah IrvL-e. Bond $200. Estate (f Prudence Irvine. Bond $200 Estate < f Gertrude Bell. Broof of death and will, petition for tottefatmta- mentary. Estate of Theopholis L Parsons. Proof of death and will, potition for let­ ters testamentary, proof of heirship. E -tate of ThomaB Whittaker. Final repo.t. Estate of Thomas Smith. Final re­ port. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Hogh Henry Hurlefy Tremont, HI. Mabel Clare Medlar Woodstock Snrauel E. Anderson,. Harvard Ethsiyn L Thomas...... Hebron HEAL E8VATE TRANSFERS. For week en'isg ¥»y 2"», 1999. Alt* ASt'ndlsh to E B Stsndith, land in sees 17,18 am 20, Seneot $ 450 00 FrodG -ta dish to cam", same prop .. tSOtti Heirs of Gilbert Brainar<* to I/lzi'e A Fred O Pendel', lot 7, blk 1, G Brain- ard'saddto Harvard 800 00 Alice and Add e L Brslnard i er gdn to same, same property .... 200 00 H nry Kiasen A w 'o Henry Albright Jr faaa in sec 33, Algonquin *85 00 John Kirk* to Christian K ob, lrt 4, blk 11, Plnnileifh's ad**, Alpocqnin.. 650 00 Same to Frank if Korb, lot 3, Ulk ll, Piumleit ha add, Algor.ilmn <5000 Henry W Kittinirer A wf to Erail H Kgert, lot 3 blk 3, Union ....... ..... 10100 Ada n W Deiterlng A w t-> Klraar O Wilmington, land in sec 35, Motienrv 900 00 Chas H Pake to Geor fl H Dake, «WM sec', Marengo ... . 500000 Win Kli zsrei to B'rney Meyrlng, lot 10 blk 1. Patkadd, Marengo 125 00 Grace V Cross et al to C irn A Gray, t jf It 7 A 8. blk 4, Richmond. 100 Mary Sheldon to Silas O Stevens, It 2, blk 4. RR add, Richmond 800 03 Cora A Gray to J H Richardson, s)tf It 7 A 8, blk <, Richmond 1325 00 Fr*d C Smith A wf to Lucy A llenn'tt nK lot 6, blk 10, Ayers add, tii-vard rf O 10 Gust M-yer A w to Herbert RPta^onk Us 1.2, 3, 4, 5, fl, 7. blk 1*. R B add, Richmond 450 01 Heirs of Lurret'a Pierce to J D D ro vhp, it 5, >lk i6, SprligC ty add and It 19, b!k 9, Hobkrt's a id, Woojstock 100 J I) Donovan A w to Eva L Pierce Brown, san e propei ty 45 00 Marga et Muoshaw to Margaret Jsm.s lani in eo- 9 *nd 4 uraftoa 20(000 Thos Oonley Jrto Uhas Couley, land in sec 10, Grafton 10# TALE ,;v ."fev; CHEAP. .Q '• A Talking Machine, a Bilging Machrne and a Musical Instrument, (Sohinjbia grapl&plioQe lor $10 This is the most perfect Talking Machine on the market. Come and see for yourself at ^ MILO Wast McHenry DEALERl« The artistic standard, the favorite Ludwig" agniflcent Piato at a rea­ sonable price. The world renown "Lyon & Healy" Parlor and Church Organ. The cremona tone "Washburn" Mando­ lin, Guitar and Zither, the standard of the world. Theworld-wide famed "Do­ mestic" Hewing Machine without an eqaa 1 for simplicity, durability^ light running and cheapness. Eceptionaily Low Rates to Buffalo, W T Via the North-Western line. Excursion tickets will be sold at greatly reduced rates from all stations, on account of annual meeting A. A. O Nobes of Mystic Shrine, to be held June 14 and 15. For dates of sale and limits of tickets apnly to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. 2-w Vary Low Bates to Columbus, Ohio, Via the North-Western Line. Excursion ticket* will be sold at greatly reduced rate*, from all stations, for trains arriv­ ing Chicag • June 2, 3 or 5. limited to in­ clude June 13 account of meeting Ameri­ can Mediqal Aroociation. Apply to gents Chicago & North-Western Ry. 2-w WHO IS Women as well as men are TA made miserable by kidney ' ̂ and bladder trouble. Dr. BLAME? Kilmerg's Swamp-Root the kidney remedy promptly cures. At druggists in fifty ceiits and dollar sizes. You may have a sample by mail tree, also pamphlet telling all about it. Addrens, Dr. Ki'mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Advertise in Tae PLAINDEAT EB. Bohemians In London. The word "bohemian," in the sense of being careless in manner, habit and dross, can scarcely be applied to the modern Englislrartist who has arrlred. Take Alina-Tadema, for instance. His hair may perhaps be sometimes too Ions, his collar TOO low and his tie neg­ ligently worn, but there is always har­ mony in his design of dress. lie would not appear in fashionable London in June wearing anything that would at­ tract attention. But though he rarely wears the conventional silk hat or frock coat, his is a figure so adaptive to the attire that he is noticeable only as a pleasing figure from bohemia. Other artists are bohemians only at home and in their own studios. Mr. Orchardson is irreproachable in the matter of dress. When he should do so, he wears the correct attire of an ordinary gentleman. In the studio he works in the artist's loose coat and low collar. Sir Edward Poynter is another who is precise in his habits of dress abroad in the city, but is artistically lax at home or in holiday time. In London there is another class of boliemlans who are perhaps worse of­ fenders. Mr. Bryce, too, is a parlia­ mentary bohemian, who prefers to in­ dulge in the greater luxury of comfort rather than be conventional., In litera­ ture, perhaps, bohemianism thrives as well as, if not better than, elsewhere. The novelist usually lives in the coun­ try and is siway from the restraint of cities, so that he may be as uncouth in his dress as he pleases. Ride? Haggard and Grant Allen recognize lio conven­ tional laws 'n tM« T!ipy nnd others well known to fame prefer to wear the simple dress of country gen­ tlemen, and when they ">ay their rare visits to town a touch of literary style becomes thein well. Dr. Conan Doyle and William Black are bohemians of recognized standing. If Dr. Doyle's appearance Is more unconventional than the eye is accus­ tomed to, he has not an enemy in the world to make remark. Mr. Burnand, the editor of Punch, is another. His dress is happy in its negligence--the flowing tie, the turn-down collar and the slightly tilted hat. Mr. Quiller- Couch is a hater of cities, and in his Cornish home his attire goes unre­ marked among his friends. It is usually one of striking colors. The Nichols-Shepard Separator The essential points in a Separator are capacity, thoroughness of separation, and simplicity and durability of construction. On each of these points the Nichols-Shepard Separator has great advantage over all other threshing machines. Any one of the nine sizes will threch more and save more grain than the corresponding size of any other separator. The Nichols-Shepard Separator is as strongly, sim­ ply, yet perfectly made as a separator can be. The work: of separation is done without the aid of pickers, raddles, forks, or other complicated parts that in other machines cause ' continual bother and expense by breaking o*- wearing out. Write for large free catalogue that pictures and explains every part of the Nichols-Shepard Sepa­ rator and the Nichols-Shepard TRACTION EMML NICHOLS & 3HEPARD CO.. Th<> nhowa the NicholB-gfaeparil Bclf-feeder loaded and ready i»r lh« road* Branch House at BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, with fall stock of machine* *nd extras. Reliable Reliable Reliable Reliable tkei ii Want of a Good Cljar! CALL AT BARBIAN BROS THB OLD »WM.» Cigar and Tobacco Dealers. ::Y SPECIALTIES: Our Monogram, lOo. Barbian's Best hand made 5c ^ The best cigars made. Soli fay • all local dealers. Standard and -tfo. 23mz. DESCRIPTIONBay "horse, star, small anip, right hind snkls white. Foaled April 25, 1^93; stands 17Jf hands .high and weighs over 1400 pounds. He is bred in direct line frcm Hamb'etonlan 10 on both sire and (lam sktep, making him one of the best bred sti'lions on the list. Partiea desiring to breed for roadsters and treneral purpose horses will find ft to their interest to ^all and 'nvesligate be for* placing their mares the coming season. His gets will show for themselves, * TKRMH OF SERVICE:-- #10 00 to insnre live colt; 98 oo for the season. Money to be ptid at end of season. SENATOR HOPKINS will *>e at Hanley Bros*, stables, X mile s»nth of the McHenry brick millf, the ccming season of 1£R9. Fsiapes and a*ctdents at owner's rieg« 1ANLEY BROS, West McHenry. "i in Registered in Percheron Stud Book of America as No. 20043. OWNED BY--- The McHenry Percheron Horse Co. DESCRIPTION:--Color, blcck; weight, 1800 pounds; height, 11% hands. PEPIGIIEE;--Foa'ert March 22, 1896; bred bv Patterson «ro» , ol Humrirk, Illinois Hot bv Ppulus U220. 2K-83, he by Brilliant I > 111116, 2919, he by Feneion 26*2, 38, *e by Brilliant 1271, 786, he by Brilliant 1899, 75*, he by Coro 11, 714, be by V eux Chas ID 713, ho by Cooo7l2, !iu by Migci n 715, ho by Jean-le-B and 7?9. Dam, Eunice 22ffi, by Brilliant 1271, 765, he by Brill ant 1899, 7V5, he bv Coco 11, 714, he by Vieux Ch&slln 7i3, he by Coco 712, he by Mig- non 715, he by Jean-lc-Blanc 739. Stcond dam, Eloise 1216, 1427, by Vldorq 483. 732, Coco II, 714, he by Vleux Chaslln 713. he > y rioei 712. he by Mignon 715. he by Jean le- Blanc 739. PRINCE NOIR wiP make the season of 189d in West McHenry and neighboring towns. T1RMS:--For one service, $10 cash, payable at the time of 8M-vlc.e; tor the seanon, |12 pay- ab'e on or before July I; to insure mare to fo%l colt that will stand up and suck, >15. Due •are will be tanen to prevent accidents, but will not be respontlble should any cccur. HcHeeri Percheron Horse Co. HARRY WICHTMAR* Manager* f FBBB7 & OWEN, Bankers, McBENRY, * ILLINOIS, This Bank receive* d^pt6aits, bays and sells Foreign and Domestic Exchange, and does a General Banking Business We «ndeavor to do ell business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entirely satisfactory to our cus­ tomers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. MONEY TO LOAN On _ Real Estate and other first class security. Special attention given to collections. INSURANCE In First Class Companies at the Lowest Bates. Yonrs Respectfully, PERKY & OWEN. NOTARY Pubic MIOHEH Having had several yenrs •x-oerlen ,*e cell g farm and other sales. I now call attention the faet that 1 feel like getting*^ GREAT "HUMP" On myself ard sell y«nr farm sales in MeHenry as well aa Lake Oo with a great DETERMINATION Necessary to obtain rood results these clo«e times, i am satisfied that it requires the came VIGOR AND PUSH To Ml] farm Sales and b« «ucees*fal as It dees to onop wood or sell you a farm in Ar kansas. either of which I am willing to do wh»n c*)l#d. MrSt of vou will know that I have had and still have mv oh experience teilinp just euoh gro<ls and stock as you will offer at public auct on thi* spring. 1 here- fore I shoull know their value and h~w to get at selling the s&ire tor the most moivey, dropping the article with the one <hat some times pays his note, I am quite a sood bid der and fm always looking for bargaira. 1 believe I can do more for yoa thaa can the others for the *ao.e or less <-ost, If I did not fee) sure of the above and wss not in dead earnest and willing to try. «bort notice, I would not be so well equipped An alarm turned in by poatal may reveal unexpected results. H Us a Couple of Times. our obedient and unsystematic friend T. V. 8 LOCUM, Waucenda, ill 8. NEAB THE DEPOT, WEST McHENRY, ILL Keeps open for t he accooc modatlon of th Public a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant Where h? will at all times keep the bes brands of Wines. Liquors ai d Olgara to be found in the market PABST'S lfilimkM Ltgif Btw At Wholesai and Retail. Beer in large or small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand, cheaper than any otbsr, quality considered. Ordeis by mail promptly attended to. GOOD STABLING FOB HORSES W Oall and see us. Robt. 8ch1es8ie. West McHenry, May 2, 18B8, THE Bgsr OF- THEM ALL ft LIPPINCOTT'S 1 MONTHLYJ>\AGAZINE j " i ®omPI®te novel in every nam- i J/lt ill'/1 : l quantity of useful aud cutci tululug reading matter. I eo»Mn«ed tehtcH «r« mm | *>bJ»ctiottablm to IMM( rtsltrsi .cVio™ S3.™ household. Sub. Agents wanted J. W. BONSLETT, Plumbing Oontraotor. All linAs of Sanitary Miiii PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO Has just received a very com plete stock of Plumbing' t^ocis, ̂ atli Tubs* Closets, Lavatories and Fixtures. Steam and Hot Water Heating. Complete stock of all Hizes Galvanized and Black Pipe and Fittings on band. Office and Show Room in Jacob Bon* •lett's Agricultural Implement Building, McHENRY. ILL. UNITED STATES War Claim Agency -OF- W. Hi COLLIN, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. Prosecution of all kinds and classes of Claims Against tbe United States for ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or heirs. A specialty made in the prosecution of old and rejected claimp; alno in all claims of soldiers in tbe Late War with Spain. All communi­ cations promptly answered if postage stamps are enclosed.for reply. Wm. H. Cowlln, Office at residence, Madison St., Wood- tock, I II. Demand's "Gap Sheaf" >4 Brarid Soda. THE T H <D •8 o <D 3 03 *3 a> •i r-H o o CD P5 a simple word yet it means m great to yoa. Wbat the people d any community are constantly ont the outl )Qk for is a place where they can buy their Dry Good#, -Groceries, Eto. at Reasonable Prices and feel confident of obtaining Re­ liable Goods. The Goods and Pricos at THE FARMES' STORE are known to be Reliable at all times, and when we make a statement in our uad" we mean every word of it. When Summer Goods are in demand just keep an^ «y^ m this apae^i bearing in mind that you "can rely oil what you read as the absolute truth . in. TELEPHONE NO. 261 W CD i' p. BM s: Reliable Reliable Reliable Reliable SATISFACTION! We enj >yed .a very satisfactory Clothing Trade before Easter, but no doubt owing to the contin- u<d cold weather and latanets of spring, many put oft' buying their suits until alter Eister. To these we will say tbat our lines are still unbroken that we are in shape to do them the most good for the least monej in the clothing line. IT WILL DO YOU GOOD to see our Spiing line of Ladies' and Gent*' Shoes The styles are up to date, and the prices are way down. A ^ook at our l?ne of Hats is sufficient. We will risk the Styles, Quality and Price to do the rest. All kinds of Garden and Field Seeds, Choice Groceries, Flour Graham and Corn Meal. Yours for trade, West McHenry, 111. JOHN. J, MILLER. RUGS oooooooo Like all other goods must be fresh, and if you desire fresh goods in this line call on nut McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Now is the time of year that PAINTS, OILS «. COLORS are in demand. Remember we carry a brand of ready-mixeo paints that is equal to any and better than many so-called "best" brands A COMPLETE LINE OP Patent Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Stationery Toilet articles and Notions. R!3 CRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED OCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)CXXXXXXXX)OOOOOOCXXXj, WORLD! Script ion, S3.00 p< r j eur. Agent# wanted in ©very town to whom tbe most liberal inducement* will V»e offered. II UHKHOOTT COMPANY, PAUTIIMNL • - PHILADCLPHIA. _J TJAVIONAI. FLAGS. Set of thirty cards showing the nation 'al fla & of tbe principal nations of .the .world. One of these cards is packed In sach large package of CAP SHEAF SODA. [If a complete 3et is desired, we will mall ;ame on lccelpt of five on* pound Cap tSluaf wrappers. Give your name and 'postofflce olalnly written. SeLAHD & CO., ftbpnt, ». 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