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ient answer to imports ^:a.jcr«ty, J. K. 1. HA«Ktif5»ana*er. _ j in l»rten Block, ,tw<flfla*s «orthr dtl i * Chapeli's storey'. V'.v j terms or SUMCRIPrion: Btions"received for three of mix i the same proportion. i < ' 11 i • V fiftWMKAT) of taking the plaoeof the fam- , the antoiMobil© to be ' taking the place of the bucking broncho, jading from the way it treatB new be­ ginners. v,;; Pkb&APS the summer class in Mental •!% Jot&n&etic can figure oat how a man caui hire a high priced I the board of review Mgdlniorm tltttn of the fact % business connections of a fam- 'fey In Kirwin, Kan., are racier suggest­ ive. One son is a doctor, another is an undertaker, a third makes tombstones, 1110 tho wife of the latter is a druggist. «v%Ybr>IONT has in anticipation the big- geet Deception ever held in the state urbm it welcomes home Admiral Dfrwtsy. The celebration will be held in ^ .-admiral's native town, Mont- pelier, 4 «%2. last several deys. Rftoif Eighteen Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska papers we learn that farmers arc nnable to obtain the help they need. No army of the unemployed can march ia these times without finding scoses of opportunities thrust at them. THISIH are but two small areas in Michigan where a full crop of peaches be harvested. These are in the vicinity of Benton Harbor andl&rand Haven. Elsewhere in the gtat^most of the buds and a good sbare of the trees were killed last winter. New Jersey and California will furnish a fall crop. Elsewhere in the country peaches are a failure. HERE are some of the terrible things Which, according to a county ex­ change, are likely to befall a declin- qtient Last week a delinquent sub­ scriber said that he would pay up Saturday if he lived. He's dead. An­ other, "111 see yon tomorrow." He's Iri&til Still another said: "I hope to pay you this week or go to the devil" He's gone. There are hundreds who aagbt to take warning by these pro- crartinatore and pay np their sob- now. W m CALAMITY wailing may not become a lost art in this century, bat calamity wailers no longer find listeners to their of woe. The marked contrast be- the conditions in the United States and Europe wereadmirably sum­ med np by Archbishop Ireland when he returned from Europe, in these words: "Nowhere did I find the people so well off as they are in America today. The condition of the poor here is in strong contrast with those yon in Europe. THAT automobile which started aetfMss the continent has met with numerous accidents and many delays. Already many of the principal parts of the ma­ chine have been renewed, and it will be a completely new machine before it Completes half of its trip. Bat this ex­ perience does not prove that anto- WoWles are not a success. It only ribowt, that this par ticular om w*_> but for transcontinental travel, and Wry few ever will be, needed for that nt of tfi| high- U»e country is gratifying, work should be continued. Stone, director of road in- •departement of agriculture, activity is being display­ ed ia road improvement than has been shown for years, not only in the con­ struction of new roads and in the gen­ eral «gtl*ti on for their construction, but in the betterment of old established highftrays. There are, he Bays, about forty road conventions dated for this antomn, mostly in the northwest, nnder the auspices of the Interstate Road Improvement Association. In the southwest there is similar activity, arrangements being made for the con­ struction of a number of "object lesson roads" at various agricultural colleges. The bureau of which General Stone is the head is overrun with applications for advice on road legislation, for in­ formation regarding road building ma­ chinery and for assistance in road con­ struction. All this is pleasing evidence that the people are becoming alive to the necessity of good roada « .-,1 man SECRETARY BOOT is showing his good i by patting in all his time familiar­ izing himself with the workings of the < mammoth business machine known as { the "War Department, leaving the rou­ tine affairs of the department in the hands of his capable subordinates until he goto all the information he desires. v&Wsr j 4*y since he was sworn in he has spent consulting with the heads of the ^ firidOB bureaus of the department and l»e is already beginning to get hold of ^toe numerous threads of the depart- ? mental system. The talk of the probable changes that he will make is idle at ^Iptotfine. As he put it, "Better wait )-,.:imtil I know what is being done before ^ ^talking about making changes." % ggg • . In a Hudson river town near New v .• ^ork a blacksmith has given a new idea . > i'to the rich and fashionable, and it is . . gaining srreat popularity because of the "impression of luxury it creates. He is •' • lequipphitg their horses with silver shoes, "flkeee, kept by the grooms and stable- of the various country seats in a ;h state of polish, flash, shimmer and I?" *hrow reflections in the sunlight as the and nettloaome riding horses or gallop along. Silver by itself |s not sufficiently durable for the ^purpose, and the shoes are ^really of a |gpy heavy plate. The news of the n spread quickly among the and it was not long before nearly Of the wealthy neighbors of the had one, two or more of horses shod in silver. the discussion of the nihge 4}«e*tion now going on in Chicago and |& , fdsewhere the public gathers two things S " of interest : One is the meagreness of ;f : ;; Hie wages paid to girls, "sales ladies" J1'*t*d clerks by the big stores; the other *p J»the utter recklessness of these getting K married on a combined salary of $8 to $12 a week. This income holds only so long as the yoting wife 'can keep her /*?!!' '.place. It cannot be that they marry for > IIm comforts of home or the joys of do Witir life, for their can be none under the circumstances. It resolves itself in to duly toil with the haunting dread of want. It is true that the old id pioneer merchants tell of A BILLION -DOLLAR YEAR., , From the Saturday Evening Post,' one of the leading weekly papers of the country, we glean the following facts: "The statistics of our foreign com­ merce are gathered by the collectors of customs at the one hundred and fifty ports of the country and forwarded to the Bureau of Statistics at Washington for tabulation. These data include such an enormous mass of figures and require such detailed tabulation that it is. of course, impossible to obtain the statistics in their final form within six weeks of the close of the fiscal year. It is practicable, however, to consider in outline the business of th$ year which closed June 80. "Each collector is required, the moment he obtains the total imports and exports of his port, omitting details, to mail or telegraph his statement of totals to the Bureau of Statistics. Through this process total figures for the twelve months are now available. They show that the exports of the year have been largest in our history, with the single exception of 1898, in which year conditions were unusual by reason of the fact that the whole world, except the United States, was short of bread- stuffs, and our own supply was at the same time unusually large. "In 1899 the world's supply of bread- stuffs was normal and as a consequence the demands upon the United States and the prices paid were much below those of the phenomenal year of 1898. The fact that we have, in the fiscal year 1899, in which the average export price of wheat was but 74.77 cents per bushel, against an average of 98.3 cents in the preceding year, kept our exports up to within $4,000,000 of those of last year makes the year a mere re­ markable one in the history of our ex­ port trade than even the one which preceded it. ' 'The total exports of the year were $1,227,443,425, against $1,231,482,330, last year, the loss therefore being but $4,038,905. Only two years, besides 1898, show exports of as much as a billion dollars. We first crossed the billion-dollar line in the phenomenal year 1892 when our exports were $1,030,- 278,148, and again In 1897, when they were f1,050, 53?. "An especially gratifying feature in the export trade of 1899 is the tribute which it pays to American industry. That the exports of 1898, with the adnormal foreign demand for bread- stuffs and the consequent high prices, combined with an unusually large pro­ duction at home, should have given the highest record to our export trade was not surprising, but that with cH^ly a normal foreign demand and prices we should have continued above thebillion- and-a-quarter line shows that other industries than agriculture have been contributing materially to the large export figures of the year, "The exportation of manufactures during the year 1899 will probably exceed by $45,000,000 that of 1898, which was larger than that of any preceding year. The total exporation of manufactures during the year just ended will be more than double that of 1893, and fifty per cent, larger than that of 1896. 4 'An especially interesting feature of this growth in our export of manufact­ ures is the fact thst the increase is very largely or articles in the value of which labor forms a large percentage. Manu­ factures of iron and steel, for instance, show an increase of $£ 1 000,000 in the eleven months, the complete records of which are now at hand, this being an increase of thirty-three per cent, over the corresponding months of last year. In such high-grade articles as steam engines, steel rails and builders' hard­ ware the growth is especially marked. "The imports of the year naturally show a considerable increase, being "^$697,077,888, against $616,049,654 of last year. That there should be an increase in imports is not surprising; indeed, the surprise is that the increase is not greater. The excessive importations of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, which immediately preceded the enactment of the Dingley Law brought into the country such enormous stocks of sugar, wool and many other articles that were thought likely to be affected by the tariff, that the imports of the y«jar 1898 were abnormally low, in fact, less than those of any year since 1879, with a single exception. In sugar alone there is an increase of $32,000,000 in the first eleven months of the fiscal year 1899 over the same months of 1898. "In addition to this demand of our jq£ fnyful n>n tbe in i la *w*»nu- assisal^fjraes, etc., the increase is in hides, over $4,000.- use of tinplate ; in chemicals, cabinet woods there is also an inertose. This state­ ment, it should betmderstood. relates to the eleven months whose figures are already completed and compared with the corresponding months of the pre­ ceding fiscal yew. "Altogether, the year's record of our foreign commerce is extremely gratify­ ing. The total of imports and exports combined is the largest in our history. The exports are but $4,000,000 belpw the record made under peculiar con­ ditions last year, and far above those of any earlier year; the imports are less than in any year since 1887, with the exceptions of 1894 and 1898, when ex­ ceptional conditions caused adnormally low importations. The growth of our foreign trade is shown in the following figures, which give the total exports of the past quarter of a century; 1878,. $522,470,922; 1874, 1875, $513,442,711; ;§;S| $586,288,040; $540,384,671; 1877, $694,865,766; 1879, $835,688,658; 1881, $750,542,257; 1883, $740,513,609; 1885, $789,524,830; 1887, $695,954,507; 1889, $857,828,684; 1891, $1,030,278,148; 1898, $892,140,572; 1895 $882,606,938; 1897 $1,231,482,330." $602,475,220; $710,439,441; $902,377,346; $823,839,402; $743,189,755, $716,183,211; $742,401,375; $884,480,810; $847,665,194; $807,538,165; 1876, 1878, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, $1,050,993,556: 1898, QOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) PROBATE COURT NEWS § Report PROBATE NBWS. Estate of Walter Cooney. filed and approved. Estate of James McDermont. Inven­ tory and appraisement bill filled and approved. Estate of Wm. B. Austin. Proof of death. Petition for probate of will and let of adminisitrstion witjh will an­ nexed. Estate of Elara M. Lamb. Petition to sell real estate to pay debts. Filed. Estate of Franz Richard Schmidt. Proof of death. Petition for probate of will. • y MARRIAGE L1CBSMB*. George J. Hoag..........Delevan, Wis. Adelene E. Hand... .Lake Geneva Wis. Minor Lockwood .JtidgeSeld Frances M. Dufielft. ,i,.... .^Woodstock S. S. Tucketiv; ,4.'i , . Marengo Anna Eolls...f. .Hebron Henry Russell'. J, Rockford Lillian S. Tracy. .».. .> /.Woodstock REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Theodore Hamer & w to Anna E Wal­ ters, s mi ft It 4 and n 40 ft It 5, blk I Wickers add to Woodstock .$ 80000 Fred A Walters & w toN T Heaton, It II & e% of 12 and w 40 ft of It 10. & w 40 ft of It 9, blk 1. Hobarts add to Woodstock 870000 N T Heaton & wf to Theodore' Hamer, It 188 & 188 asra pit sec 8, Dorr ex n 60 ft of It 186 300000 James Gleason A w to Richard Glea- son, e 5 a of nw H of ne4S, swM of neM & e 30 ft a of nw X also sYt of 10a off w side se X of nw* sec 10, Alden 350000 Robert Shufpldt to Andrew Doig 24.88 a in wH ofne X sec 34, Algonquin.... 900000 William J Cru!ekshaiik to John Crook- shank and Vi of piece in ne% oi neM of hwx sec 11, Greenwood Fred Clow et al to Lizzie Rowland*, It 10, blk 1, Clows Crystal Lake Park A D Ixjomls & w to John Crulkshank, and 14 of pt Its 33 & 34, Greenwood 6 ne pt of nex of awX sec 11, Green­ wood 7 L Mead and wf to Fred I Barraaan. It 13, C L Meads, E O Leaches et ai - add to Hebron Fred Clow et al to W E & George H Prlckett, Its IS, lfl, A 17 blk 8 Clow's Crystal Lake Park Alois Vander Ane to' Caroline E 8pence. neV4 It 7, blk 4, Algonquin.... Woodstock, Cemetery Assn to Norman 1?rame. It 3 & n*i it 6, blk6 Woodstock Cem Assn 2nd add to Oaklatd cem... Same to Charles B Orawford, 8 H <Jf It ft, blk 5 same add Ben Bonslett to Will Bonslett, sew, of sex sec 3i, McHenay. also wH H 1 of nex see 2, sl/s of nwx sec 2, & neX of ne* sec 3 and ne* of nwH sec 18, Nunda...... Heirs of Alfred King deceased, to Georjte & Charles Stanford, nw!i Of HOC2, Ktley 70000 325 00 1000 00 19000 100000 •BrefuMiionfbrAs- * ~ landBegula-'! ^sfioivCiwrfufc "" .Contains neither OR NARCOTIC. m»mtfOldl>rSANCILjaiJ*R nMp&at vMf J A perfect liemcdv forConstipa lion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .Feverish- aess and LOSS OF SLEEP. fie Simile Signature of NEW YOHK. V ( b m < > it 11\ <» ol it r > » O S ! S - o > i s EXACT COPY OF WRARPE8 A Mother Tell* How She Saved Her Little Daughter's L.lfe. I am the mother of eight children and have had a great deal of experience with medicines. Last summer my Jittle daughter had the dysentery in the worst form. We thought she would die. I tried everything I could think of, but nothing seemed to do her any good. I saw by an advertisement in our paper that Chamberlin's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was highly recom­ mended and sent and got a bottle at once. It proved to be one of the very best medicines we ever had in the house. It saved my little daughter's life. I am anxious for every mother to know what an excellent medicine it is. Had I known it at first it would have saved mq.a great deal of anxiety and my little daughter much suffering.--Yours truly, Mrs. Geo. F. Burdick, Liberty, R. I. For sale by Julia A. Story, Druggist, McHenry 111. CASTORIA Jfor infants and Children. The Kind You Havi Always Bought B«n th> , yraZTST Signature of J'€itfcJu&£ IMS, ROPP & (0., r ^ .u * coriMISSION ~ J * *, HERCHANTS. " .707 W. 63d Street, Chicago^ HI;., V Being located in the center of the South Side district we are at all times able to receive highest market prices for your produce. Send us yottr mtxt ShlpiiMat • REFERENCES: Dun and Bradstreet Commercial Agencies, Metropolitan National Bank, Chicago, E. H. Ericson & Co., Bankers, CHICAGO^ v>v ^-v ' •• • . / r. >F"<r -- /, , t ~**t aiid are selling- them at Soloes that even the partment stores of ©lleago can not beat, r, o, .^iis may, seem a oroad assertion «? but am inspection of the, ,, v goods and prices ' V A r „ will convince you of its truthfulness *-<it i r JACOB JUSTENi JHcHeary, life MT EE»*Mtv. MW CM % u iv VI"- " 'ff ' ̂ t-jf ^ ^ - ... Stoves and ware Cutlery y tt s r ~y - 3x ^ j -t ' f. - Repairing Neatly Done* 1 I "" 5SI m - x m & y West McHenry, III* P L. McOflBER. Removalf It is with pleasur# that I ptoDnounce to the public that my stock of Goods has been gloved into more coramodi- OH8 quarters, in the Perkios building, three doors south of my former place of busi­ ness. I will now carry the cleanest, up-to-date Jewelry, Silver and Platedware stock ia McHenry Diamonds . Precious Stones. »ill be to your interest look at our stock before [pacing your order fdf aay- in this line. We have a large assort­ ment of Silver Novelties. McHenry, HI. 45 00 85 00 100 DIRECTORS F. f. Axtell, Harvard Geo, L. Murphy, Woodstock Woodstock aooooo rtEN .Sidney trouble preys up- jl on the mind, discourages AlNU and lessens ambition; u/AM p\j beauty, vigor and cheer- "* vl'ICl l fulness Hiaunnaam of order or diseased. soon disappears *v... uj .5. viio anuucjrs»rB uui ^ For pleasing re­ sults use Dr. Kilmer's Swap-Root, the great kidney remedy. At druggists. Sample bottle bv mail free, also pamph­ let. Address, Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing- hamton, N. Y. McHenry (ouflty Abstract Company, OFFICERS: . F. P. Axtell. Pres.J John J. Murphy, V|e«-Pre» Geo. L. Murnhy, Sdc. W. C. Eichelbergef, Treas. Real Estate Bought and Sold. . Insurance ana Loans. Wood­ stock, III. Abstracts of Title «nd Conveyancing. there Anything, f More Attractive v in the Hom$ *" 4 than a, ii^ »b FL.V -U<> '• - m "s'j f:y'- ; We have them in .^eriety-and at prices to suit r «.ll hckrse owners. Now is *|the time to buy them whilQ there is a large *8»ortinenfl ThlAfe ! , r Our Store is headquarters for ^ >,/• - ; musical instruments ' / we always have oiirJ hand a full stock of Pianos, Organs, Violins, Guitars, Mando- . lins, Banjos, Graphaphones, and if we • have not what you want we can '/ i get it fbr you on short notice. West ricHenry, 111 - M1LO HOWB. ft • "d 8elect from. A Stock Xxconlon Tickets to Des Moines. Via the North Western Line, will be sold at reduced rates from all stations August 21, and 22, and will be sold from stations within 200 miles, August 21, to 24, inclusive, all tickets to be limited to August 28, inclusive, on account of Union Veterans' Union Encampment. WM. MERZ. Apply to agents CMcago # $Fort£i Western Railway, M of summer goods for the Horse. McHenfid, III. I Ml J. H. DAN CI FT1 UUI1JLLII Plumttnij Cratrdctor. All Kinds of Sanitary Plumbing and repair work promptly attenden to; A complete stock of Plumbing Goods, Bath Tubs, Closets, Lavatories and Fix­ tures always on hand. 4 f ,1 Steam and Hot Watff • Heating. ,. ; Office and show rooips in Jacob B<m- slett's Building, McHenry, 111., o ̂ m v o m * Jk.. Bsantbs a ̂ KM Yw Haw Always BliWt ttsutnn Nireiig Hsthsre dread hot weather. They know how it weakens and how this affects the baby. All such mothers need Scott's Emulsion. It gives them strength and makes the baby's food richer and more abundant. fiOc.aodtL AlldraggisU. t • , We are pleased to inform the public that we will carry a com­ plete btock of School Books, Sup­ plies and Stationery. Before making purchases it will be to •'••foor intereetts? c»lt and see us. t. ^ | Prloil Bfi Right. ̂ < * -J,-5 '̂ ?\ > r> " ' r ' We have a Complete stock 'A A1%,' rand they are the finest that can be • procured. Try ;Ct ^ttle A Few Words I v ^ ' f s ' i ' J V ' Advice. ,v& •f :<* i % v? ill iiSjiit.iitiS.* t \ »-*> ' et.f > J « ' ** [ • Wit Drugs and Medicine# Are article* 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 g&e etopoutide& ^ care. i 1 Toilet Articles, Stationery, Dye Stuffs, Palnts, Oiis and Colors. ,« 4! V* ~'£- •K JULIA-'AV STORY. Having had several years' experience sell- 1«K farm and other sales. I'now call attention to the fact that I feel like getting a GREAT "HUriP" 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. I am satisfied that it requires the same VIOOR AND PUSH Oiir- m SODA mm IS Delicious. OEO. W. BBSLBY to sell farm sales and be successful aiiit doc® to chop wood or sell you » fi^i 'n elt lu r of which 1 am wiutof to <io whea called Most of yon will know tt»t I liiivc bM ana still have much experience ^selling just such Iwufaj And stock w you will offer at public thMt Tfcerefore I- should know their valueand how to St the nSb e one that uoweuiucs pftyK hi» note. 1 am aulte a good bidder and am always looking for baHiMiig. I believe 1 can do more for you than can the others for the same or less cost. It I did not feel sureof the above and was * * " rnest and willing to try, on would not be so well equipped. " In by postal mav reveal un- Try «» a Couple of Times. ^ Yours Respectfully WliifialWi HI This Bank recei^ deporiitB. buys sellsFiweignand «MMl BUKIK We endeavor to do all bttsi- '> ness entrusted to our care in ai, J , manner and tipon terms entire- ly satisfactory to our custom­ ers and respectfully solicit the^ . .public patronage /5 floney to Loan r; * cm realestatei and othei* first class se-v curity. Spec­ ial attentions given to collections, tended to ittd promptly at-rv INSURANCE in First C^Ms Companies, at the Z<o«r |̂ estr^tes. Youre Respectfully, ^ ; J PERRY & OWEN, ,|p L. r~~ mmh mmm . I ' Z s D l r k <