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Published Every Friday by ttl NdHttY H/UHMAIK COMMIT. PUMuler FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1899. Dffloe in the Justen Block, two doors j|S North of Owen and Cbapell's Store. TERMS or M»«cmmoH: iJne year ilJSO !' v Subscriptions received for three or six "'4, , •HiinHw in the same proportion. - ̂ Pardons and Paroles. \ Hon. E. A. Snively, Clerk of the State Board of Pardons, favors The Plain- OEAL.ER with a copy of his address be­ fore the State Bar Association, delivered & Chicago, July 7. In it he defines the workings of the board and its capabili­ ties to faithfully discharge the responsi­ bilities intrusted to it. Two years ago the law providing for the Board of Pardons went into effect Mid since then the board has been carry- Jag out its provisions and demonstraing its merits. The law prescribes the du­ ties of the board and requires it to ex­ amine all applications for pardons or , commutation, and make recommenda­ tion to the Governor, who alone can take $nal action. The law most wisely pre­ cludes the hoard from acting as a court review, but it does not prevent them examining the records of the trial courts With a view of ascertaining therefrom, in connection with other evidence, if the prisoner is a proper snbject for clem­ ency. The board is organized on the same fines, and follows very much the prac­ tice, prescribed by the Supreme and Appellate courts. The rules provide for the filing of the petitions, accom­ panied by a statement from the trial judge and the state's attorney at least ton days before the first day of the tenh at which the application is to be heard. This rule is made in order to enable the clerk of the board to send to the various newspapers in the county- where the dime was committed a notice of the fact that application is pending for the pardon of the prisoner. In addition to this, the three weeks' notice required by the statute must also be given, unless, •for proper reasons shown, the board waives the notice. Twenty cases each day are called, and oral arguments are Hot only permitted but are encouraged. The board exercises the right, when it ms it necessary, to make investiga­ te lion of the previous character of the ' prisoner, and also to secure any infor­ mation in regard to the crime that may •id in a proper recommendation to the i - Governor. The notices sent to the news- W. papers by the clerk are, in nearly every ibstance published, and there is no rea­ son, therefore, why the community in which the crime was committed should not have full knowledge of the applica­ tion, and enter protest against the same if it is desired. During the two years of the board's existence it has considered more appli­ cations than have ever before been Considered in the same length of time, S and a smaller per cent of pardons have > •' been granted than has ever been known ill the history of the State. More cases liave been heard because the public understand it is the duty of the board to investigate all applications presented. The reduced number of pardons can be Attributed to the more thorough inves­ tigation which is given to all applica­ tions and the fact that the board is removed from all special obligations, Snd can devote more time than has * heretofore been given to the consider- ".: Ution of such matters. While some of the ablest lawyers of the State have appeared before the board, the fact is - that the majority of applications have been presented by people who have no money to employ counsel. The rules of the board have enabled this class of people to present their applications and place before it their claims, as they Could not do under the old system. ( • Another nice feature of the law is the power it gives the board to equalize *• * Sentences. It formerly was a common occurence for a jury to give one man a Sentence of one year, ancf* another, ^ tried at the same term of court, a sen­ tence of five years, for practically the - flame offence. Again, in one county , Hie state's attorney is an able lawyer - *nd a vigorous prosecutor; the jurors 1 S®t to believe he will not ask for the conviction of a" prisoner unless he is guilty. In the adjoining county, the State's attorney is a young, but recently 1'j, admitted to the bar, with all the timid­ ity *so characteristic of the ybung and • inexperienced man ii^ any profession • The one attorney makes a vigorous . prosecution and secures a term of five ; - • #r ten years for the prisoner. The ether accepts a plea of guilty with the « Understanding that the sentence is to > be only one year. An Kpldemic of Diarrhoea Mr. A. Sanders, writing from Ooco- nnt Grove, Fla.. says there has been quite an epidemic of diarrhoea there. He had a severe attack and was cured by four doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he also recommended it to others and they say. it is the best medicine they ever used. For sale by J. A. Story. Druggist. Temperance Work. Mini. Plorehce Perrine Mansell had become President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of India. Speaking of new duties coming upon her in connection with the work, Mrs. Mansell says: ~ "The work is new to me in ex ,ent, but not in kind, for I have .been much engaged in temperance work almost ever since I came ' to India--the land which needs temperance legislation and temperance sentiment most sadly. Will you not see to it that the ladies in our beloved school, year by year, are taught that temperance work is part of mission work? That it does not pay to save a soul^ from idolatry that it may be lost through drink? Social life in India among high officials is almost entirely in favor of social drinking, which makes our work specially hard". Prohibition in Kansas. Win. E. Curtis gives emphatic testi­ mony as to the influence of prohipition in the following excerpt from the Chicago Record. The prohibition law still prevails in Kansas, but its enforcement is a matter of local option. Towns are "wet" or "dry" according to the demands of pub­ lic sentiment as to the closing of the saloons. In the large cities, generally speaking, there are breweries and distill­ eries, and the drinking places are wide open night and day, as in States that have no prohibition law. There are, however, exceptions. Very little liquor is publicly sold in Topeka, for example, and in Lawerence, Leaven­ worth and a large majority of the second-class cities and towns none is sold except on the sly. Prohibition is not a dead letter nor a failure by any means and I am told by Almost every­ body I ask that any proposition to repeal the law would be defeated by an over­ whelming vote. In some of the cities are singular exhibitions of inconstancy. In Pitts­ burg, a mining town in Southeastern Kansas, for example, the city govern­ ment licenses a number of saloons in direct defiance of the State statute that prohibits their existence, and the pro­ ceeds, upward of $1,300 a month, are devoted to the support of the schools. At the same time Pittsburg furnishes an unanswerable argument for the en­ forcement of the prohibition law, for its police expences and the dockets of its police courts are larger than those of any other town of similar size in the State. That is a universal rule. Wherever there is a dry town the police force is idle and the police court sits but once a week. In the "wet" towns it sits every morning and has plenty to do. A temperance argument of equal force can' be found in the poorhouses. In some of the "dry" counties none is needed. In all the "wet" counties they are found well filled. For an IS IT RIGHT Editor to Recommend Medicine ? Patent A . Change of l»»ues. OoL W. J. Bryan, the apostle of "16 to 1", has about abandoned the silver qnestion and devotes nearly all of his time now to speaking on the "trusts" tod "Imperialism". . It is possible that . the colonel is following the adage that ; "new occasions teach new duties " and at the safhe time retaining a repu­ tation of being' the last to discard a dead issue and the first to take up with a new one. Mr. Bryan is a great lam­ pooner and a self appointed champion pt evil, but in all he has not been able to point out a single remedy for any of the so called evils which he has raised im voice against. gv In this year's assessment there will H be property listed which has hereto- •fU fore been exempt, and this is the proper- •'$k- °f churches, such as parsonages. ~ -• Under previous assessments church parsonages, and all other property owned and controlled by churches were »ot assessed. But the new revenue law Implicitly defines what shall be exempt, £od holds as such, places that are used t y-,.: !*'( i : .-ISA" A,. From Sylvan Valley News, Brevrad, N. C. It may be a question whether the editor of a newspaper has the right to publicly recommend any of the various proprietary medicines which flood the market, yet as a preventive of suffering we feel it a duty to say a good word for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. We have known and used this medicine in our family for twenty years and have always found it reliable. In many cases a dose of this remedy would save hours of suffering while a physician is awaited. We do not believe in depend­ ing implicitly on any medicine for a cure, but we do believe that if a bottle of -Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy were kept on hand and administered at the inception of an attack much suffering might be avoided and in very many cases the presence of a physician would not be required. At least this has been our exj>erience during the past twenty years. For sale by J. A. Story, druggist. "We have sold many differnt cough remedies, but none has given better satisfaction than Chamberlain's" says Mr. Charles Holtzhauer, Druggist, Newark, N. J. "It is perfectly safe and can be relied upou in all cases of coughs, colds or hoarness. Sold by J. A. Story, Druggist. PROBATE COURT NEWS for public worship only. This will, tak- JXXXXDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO | ing the county over, add considerable to Hie taxable property of the opun Not Like Hi* Father. Albert R. Parsons, the only son of the Chicago anarchist, who was executed Nov. 11, 1897, is going to enlist in the United States army for service in the Philippinea He is now 20 years of age and he volunteered for service in Cuba a year ago but was rejected on account of defective eyesight. Mrs. Parsons, the mother of the patriotic youth, is in favor of the Philippinos but has no objections to her son being a soldier. Who are the two most notorious characters in the world today?. This is an easy question to answer. One is Aguinaldo, the big bug in the Philip­ pines, and the other is "Melanolestes Picipes", the "kissing bug". Both are bugs of frightful mein. MEN Kidney trouble preys Ai\jrk upon the minds, discour- AiN U ages and lessens am- WOMEN blt,ion\ *2anuty: vi«or and cheerfulness soon , .. disappear when the kidneys are out of order or diseased For pleasing results use Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy. At druggists. Sample bottle by mail free, also jjamphlet. Address, N. Y. ilmer Co., Bingham ton, O Basra th* TP O H. I A • The Kind You Have Always fought PROBATE NEWS. Estate of Christian Binnewies. Ap­ praisement bill filed and approved. Estate of Martin Boyle. Appraise­ ment bill filed and approved. Estate of Martin Boyle. Report and resignation of executor filed. Estate of Sullivan S Shepard. Ap­ praisement bill filed. Estate of Martin Boyle. Widow's re­ linquishment. and selection, proof of death, petition for appointment of ad­ ministrator, bond #2,000. Estate of Joseph N Sehafcr. Ap­ praisers appointed. Estate of Anna M Kennebeck. Proof of death, petition for appointment of administrator, bond $1,000. marriaok licenses. John 0 A Peters Marengo Mrs. Mary E. Campbell.......Marengo George Thompson ...... .Harmony Bertha Yarnall.. .South Olive, Ohio REAL ESVATE TRANSFERS. Harah Reed & h to Johnaf han S Brown It 3, Siruons add to liltitfwood §000 00 Johnuthan S Brown to Jus Kemeritng, eV4 It 3, Simmons ad to Ringwood 250 00 ("has (Junderson & wf to Liney Mentch It 1. blk 4. Cary 500 00 Catharine Renieh et al to LuclndaDacy pt neM of sek sec 6, Dorr. 100 P A England & wf to Edwin Morse, Its 9 & 10, blk 3. Wooster, Toby & Cook's add to Chemung. 125 00 Hughey Crossen to Sarah J Allen, It 14, : Arkill's add to Richmond 150 09 Sherman A Crissey & wf et alto Ida A DeYarmond, u!4 of nw'4 sec 20, Riley. 30000 Silas E Olmsted & wf to L H S Barrows, Its a & S. blk 15, Spring City add to Woodstock 25 00 Gilbert L Hubbard & wf to Ellsha Hub­ bard. lt», blk 2, Xunda 200 CO Philip Haupriohs & wf to Elmer W Howe, it H, blk 10, Mc Henry, w side of Fox river 225 00 M D Hoy & wf to Loraine E Church, pt It 3. blk 15, Woodstock 1 CO Cyrus L Mead & wf to Chas W Weter, It In Hebron 25000 Thomas Darling & wf to Homer Darling eH of s^t of swM of nw1^, sec 4, and pt se1* sec 6, known as It 23. Coral 1 00 E.\ of last- will and testament of Orrin W Moon, deed to Lawrence P Ryan, se^4 sec 30. and ne^ sec 31, and of sen sec 31. and nwjif of nv^ sec 32, Green wood 20000 Harry B Moon, hr of O W Moon, dee'd, to same, same ' 2 00 Lawrence Ryan to Peter Farney, same 400 00 L D Lowell, Mas In Chan, to Jennie Pauline McGee. It 7, Treats subdit of It. 44. assrs pit. sec 38, Marengo, also It 57, blk 1, Marengo 100 GENERALLY SUPERIOR.. Tfcat Is What la Said ot the Woan Who Reaiir Hefaac to Marry. Generally speaking women who be­ long to this class are the best of their sex. Some people think they prefer single blessedness because they have a "mission" which calls them to some useful work or other. No dcubt many of them do employ their time with great benefit to their fellow-creatures; still, we think they would have been willing to marry had they met one whom they could love. Either they are faithful to the memory of the past or the man whom they could have married has never crossed their path. And being women of the utmost honor and recti­ tude, they prefer "ol(| maidism" to mar­ ry for the sake of marrying. Says a dear old lady of this type: "No! 1 never had a love story," she said to us. "One or two men have asked me, but 1 never yet saw 'him' whom 1 could have loved." Dr. Talinage says: "Two cra­ dles, each with its tiny occupant, com­ mence rooking; one may be thousands of miles from the other. Through the long years those cradles are rocking toward each other; when they meet there is a marriage made in Heaven. But maybe one occupant dies, and then? Well! VVe have the woman who refuses to marry." Plagiarist and Snlcld*. Toulouse has been startled by an army officer committing suicide on ac­ count of plagiarism. Capt. CasBagnade sent in a poem to the Floral Games, which received a minor prize and was printed with the other priza pieces. A lycea professor accidentally opened the book and recognized the poem as an al­ ready published production of his own, with the exception of a dozen lines. He informed the prize committee of the plagiarism and the captain was asked for an explanation, whereupon he shot himself. The committee went so far as to stats that if it had not been for the captain's own addition the poem would have received the first prize. Victoria's Ryes. Queen Victoria's first trouble with her eyes came on long before she as­ cended the throne. As a girl she was quite nearsighted, and it was at one time feared she would have to Wear glasses all her life. r 1 Don't Stop taking Scott's Emulsion be­ cause it's warm weather. Keep taking it until you are cured. It will heal your lungs and give you rich blood in sum­ mer as in winter. It's cod liver oil made easy. 50c. id^I $ 1. All druggists. We'have them in great variety and at prices to suit all horse owners. Mow is the time to buy them while there is a large assortment to select from. A Complete Stock of summer goods for the Horse. WM. MERZ, MeM#„ry, III. AVegetable Preparationfor As - stmilating ibeToodandRegula- bngthcStofflflchsaalBowelsof Im a m s C h i l d k h n Promotes Digestion,Cheerful- oessahdRest.Contains neither Opmm,Moiphine nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. Kmv»^OUDrSM4Vn.m\jaM fampkm SM£~ Mx.fmtn* * Jtmik ifb Smht • A perfect Remedy for Constipa­ tion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions Jeverish- 0£ss and Loss OF SLEEP. be Simile Signature of NEW YORK. .VI to I U (> II I 1"V % old J 5 » O S I S - ] ) t ' EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. 'Wfflnrr 11 GASTORIA For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the , Signature of Use For Over Thirty Years CASTOMA THC CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW VCHK CITY. k i | I I I Registered in Percheron Stud Book of America as No. 20043. --OWNED BT== The McHenry Percheron Horse Co. OESrRlPTION --Color, blcfk; we ght, 1800 DOnnds; heinht, I7X hanop. PKDIUKKB;--FOR ed March 2?, 1895; bred bv Fatlermn.'o-O' . oi Huinr'f b, Ii inoi* «-Jot P'ulus 11-220, 2H'83, h« bv Bnuiant 1 I 111 6, J919, ho by freneiOn 3-S, e ry BriHiani 1271, 755. be bv Brilliant IbiW, 75', h« l>v Co'o II, 714, by V fnx O^as H 713, b* by Ooro712. by MUti' n 716, tie by J«an-!e-B and 7?9. Dam, Eunice s>2<«t bv Brilliant 1271, 755, h* Brill rim )8i>9, 75*5, he bv t'o«*o II. 714, h» bv Vleux Chanlin 713, he bv Toco 712 lie by Mig- ion 7lft, he by Je»n-le-Bianc 7HU. Second flam, Eloise 1216, 1427, by Vldorq 483. 732, Cbro 11, 714. he bv Vi'i-ux Chasiln 713. he y fioco 712. he by Mignon 715, ha by J««n Ie- Blanc 739. PRINOE NOIK wil' make t he season of 1899 in Wett McHenry and i.tighboriug towns. TFHMS:-- Cor one fervipe, $10 cash, p«yable *t th- time of a rvlre; tor thu aea*«n, §12 pay- lib e on or before J"ly I; to insure snare lo fo%l c»lt th»t will a'aiirt up and snck, |15 Due •are will be taitwi t« pre* em. accident*, but •ill not be reepontlble sbcu'd any cccu', WcHeiiPf Percheron Horse Go. HARRY WIGHT MAW. Manager. Standard and No. 23895. DESCRIPTIONBay horse, star, small •nip, right hind ankle white, Foaled April 25, 1893; stands 173* hands high and weighs over 1400 pound*. He la bred in direct line from Hambletonian 10 on both sire and ditm sl«le•, making htm one of the b« at bred stt'lions tn the list. PArtie* desiring to breed for roadsters and senerol purpose horses win Ai d it to their interest to •'.all and 'nvestigate befcr* placing their mares the coming season. His gets will show for themselves, TKBMM OP 1ERV ICE#10 00 to nau»e live colt; WO" for the season. Money to be p Id at end of season. SENATOR HOPKINS will <>e at Hanlry Bros', stables, M mite s^uth of the McHenry brick millr, the ccming season cf 181)9. Isiapes and accidents at owner's riejb HiNLlY BROS, Vest McHenry. R. NEAR THE DEPOT, WEST MoHfiMRY, ILL Keeps OTien for t he aoconr modatlon of tli Public a First-Class Saloon and Restaurant h» will at all tlm«>s keep the be* brands of Wines. Liquors ai d Cigar* to be toiind in the market PAB&T'S VllwMkn Lsgir Bin At Wholesai ard Retail. Beer in large rr small Keg* or Ro'tlcs al- r ava on hind, cheaper than nny "lb. r,quality sonaidereil Ordcia by mail promptly attended to. OOOO STABI.INO FOR HOUSE- 0*11 «od see us. Robt. Schlesste VM McMeury, May 3, WW, Auctioneer I Having had several years' experience sell­ ing farm and other sales. I now call attention to the fact that I feel like getting a GREAT "HUflP" on myself and sell your farm sales in McHen­ ry as well as Lake county with a great DETERMINATION necessary to obtain good results these close times, lam satisfied that it requires the same VIGOR AND PUSH to sell farm sales and be successful as It does to chop wood or sell you a farm in Arkansas, either of which 1 am willing to do when called Most of you will know that I have had and still have much experience selling just such goods and stock as you will offer at public auction this fall. Therefore I should know their value and how to get at selling the same for the most money, dropping the article with the one that sometimes pays his note. I am quite a good bidder and am always looking for bargains. I believe I can do more for you than can the others for the same or less cost. If I did not feel sure of the above and was not in dead earnest and willing to try, on short notice, I would not be so well equipped. An alarm turned in by postal mav reveal un­ expected results. Try us a Couple of Times. Yours Respectfully. Wauconda, 111. T. V. SLOCUM J. W. BONSLETT, Plumbing ontracto r. 411 Kinds of Sanitary Miii PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO Has just received a very com plete stock of Plumbing Goods* Bath Tubs, Closets, Lavatories and Fixtures. Steam and Hot Water Heating. Complete atock of all Rises Galvanized and Black Pipe and Fittings on hand • Office and Show Room in Jacob Bfn- •lett's Agricultural Implement Building, MoMENRY. ILL. Demand's "Gap Sheaf" Brand Sedali •"•" in THE mm. •JATiONAI. FLAGS. Re1, of thirt y cards showing the nation ?^al flh :s of the principal nations of the' worlti. One of these cards is packed In |>each large package or cap shkaf soda. If a complete 3et is desired, we will mail aino on lccelpt of five one pound Cap toShsaf wrapper* Give your name and fw. office nlainly written. % SeLABl) & CU., Pairport, N. 7. & * t <$*$><§><§>< UNITED 8TATE8 War Claim Agency --OF-- W. H. COWLIN, WOOD8TOCK, ILLINOIS. Prosecution of all kinds and kIshs^ of Claims Against the United States for ex-S >Miens, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or heirs. A specialty made in •he prosecution of old and njected claim*; also in all claims of noldiers in the Late War with Spain. AH communi­ cations prompt!? answered if postage •tamps are enclosed for reply. Wu. H. Cowlln, Office at residence, Madiaon St., Wood- took, 111. »>.•' ,. -is W-r V * v* ^ • M & pleaswe fo# ;v. any woman when she i has the essentials at harid 2- *hat tend^ to make her home 1 ̂ #l|ract! '•X: f: nave the Essentials In Furniture and are selling them at prices that even the de­ partment stores of Chicago can not beat. This may seem a broad assertion but an inspection of the goods and prices * will convince you of its truthfulness - Undertaking a Specialty. - JACOB J LISTEN, McHenry, 111. **SSSSSS#SSSSS@ 9 6S#SSI9#S##SS0SSSSSSSSSMMMSS0SS =HARDWARE - Stoves and Ranges Tinware Cutlery ^ Bicycles Bicycle Repairs Roofing Spouting Repairing Neatly Done. F. L. McOHBER. >^jp< A Few Words of Advice. Drugs and Medicines are articles of daily use in the household, and it is of vital importance that the best and purest should be obtained. We handle noth­ ing but the best of patent medicines and drugs and prescriptions are compounded with the greatest ceire.. A Complete Line of Toilet Articles, Stationery, Dye Stuffs, Paints, Oils and Colors. McHenry, III. JULIA A. STORY. Painting in a Circle Are y(m satisfied to paint your property year after year with paint that soon looks shabby ana soon lets the rain and sun get into the grain of the wood and work decay? Do you paint without choosing the best paint ? Do you leave the choice of paint entirely with the painter? Don't do it. Look after your interests. Insist on having THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS They're better paints than any painter ran mix with white lead and oil. Not patent paints or chemical paints, but the best ingredients mixed by most accurate machinery. Write for a free copy of V Paint Points," telling some plain truths about paint. THE SHEB KM- WILLI A US Co., Paint and Color Maktn i Stewart Avenue. Chicago; alao Cleveland, New York, and Montreal. B. PERKINS, Agent, ftcHenry, III. -v.: .. ̂ '• . -... .... • y , * ( . „ 5 , . . . . .