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FteSUttfMtom the WorM rorCm- i«t liMfe. H •The Ik M '<-u* 1 not onr desire to oarry Iwr a stock of ho*se blsiit- kete and to prevent this we |ea?e put the prices down to |$te lowest possible notch. »5o cents to f.i.oo V r; - ; Wohave agood assortment all prices from 50 cents to fg.OO.^Horse owners should tfcke advantage of ttiis 4^- jwrtnnity at once- ' •> WM. MERZ,«McHenry. MoKbkby, lit., •. * v&.f, Cut Flowers' - alt Varieties. £ Designs on short notice and at reasonable prices. sPotted Flante af *11 kinds constantly (pi hand. We would be greatly pleased ^ have the public give as a call rfcjh;'- V * • , • 'i H. M. JENSEN, Manager. » Touches the Spot For Cuts Bruises, Sores, Pimples, Chapped Hands and Mpth Etc. Etc. ' • for sample. ; Large I©*, dobbin rtPQ. co. Station S, Chicago, 111. Don't wait for the Casualty!' Be Prepared! 25e Where do you ship your essed Beef, Calves, Hoi Sheep, also \ Poultry, Hides, TiHow. ftme, . > Butter,.Etc., Etc L Do you get Satisfactory and Prompt Returns for your shipments? If not, why hot ship to a strictly Reliable House, where you not only secure the best prices but gel HONEST and PROMPT returns? Write for tags and jsjarket quotations. ^ &HAS. A. DANZ, »»• Cttfliniission Mer har.t No. 6 futton Market, (Hk̂ o, ill. This Bank receives deposits, buys and sells Foreign and Do­ mestic Exchange, and does a mm. BANKING BUSINESS. * We endeavor to do all busi­ ness entrusted to our care in % manner and upon terms entire­ ly satisfactory to our custom­ ers and respectfully solicit the public patronage- Honey to Loan on real estate and other first class .se­ curity. Spec­ ial attention given to collections, and promptly at­ tended tO INSURANCE in First Class Companies, at the IjOW- uit rates. Yours Respectfully, PERRY & OWEN, N&m-WNJ#» « vht:f~ Mm. anthropological Mummim of Nat*tml Wnwhtiigton. It is lfcothlxig less e diaeoWry, on a lonely isbrnd in of a lost tribe of Eskimo-- •a commimtty which had been without intercourse with other representatives of the human species for centuries, and whose members never saw a white mai oatR* few montlk*ft0p>. They are still in Ifee stone age, knowing no metals: they grow no plants, and their house* Are built from the skulls of whales. ; The h< m<j of this strange tribe, which iimaaB to have been cut off in some un­ known manner froija the rest of th< . world ever so long ago, is on Southamp­ ton Island--a piece of water-girt terra firma nearly ss big as the State of JMMtate, situated at the north end of Hudson Bay. Apparently the people have dwelt there ever since pre-Colum­ bian times, and today live and subsist in [ exactly the same way as they did then. I Having been isolated for so long a period it is natural that they should ex­ hibit many peculiarities most interest­ ing to the student of ethnology, and these are illustrated by a superb collec ­ tion of utensils, weapons of the chase, and other objects, which, through the agency of Dr. Franz Boas, has been brought to New York in a whaling ves­ sel and deposited in the Museum of Nat­ ural History, Washington. The houses of skulls above mentioned, more properly described as huts, are built by putting together the great jaws jbf right whales, which are covered over with skins. In the middle of this prim­ itive dwelling is an elevated place on which stands the inevitable stone lamp-- .chief essential of every Eskimo house­ hold. Indeed, the whole life of the fam­ ily may be said to revolve about this lamp, the inmates depending upon it for their existence' Without it they would be unable to occupy so frigid and otherwise uninhabitable a region. It is jemployed for lighting,'heating, cooking, melting snow, drying clothes, afid in certain arts. Yet it is nothing more than an open dish of whale oil or seal oil, with a wick of dry moss (waked in fat The whale is the chief means of sub­ sistence of* these strange people, who hunt the mighty cetacean in skin boats MRS. A. B. AURINOERj snob young men probably will not read much like those used by other Eskimo. Kthem, let their fathers or mothers give It is front the right whale that the whale bone of commerce is obtained, land this material they use in a variety of surprising ways, making even their cups aud buckets of it by bending it in­ to rounded shapes and sewing on the bot­ toms. Many of their implements are of whalebone, and from the same stuff they manufacture tobogganlike sleds. ^ They make sledges with pairs of wal­ rus tusks for runners and deer antlers lor cross pieces. It would be hard to find more daring hunters than they are, Ithe seal, the walrus, and the wary cari­ bou contributing to their game hags. The tribe comprises only fifty-eight individuals, about equally divided as to sexes. Its members speak a dialect pe­ culiar to themselves, and quite unlike that employed by any other Eskimo. A strait about thirty miles broad separates Southampton Island from the western shore of Hudson Bay, where there is a colony of Eskimo, and once in * long while it freezes clear across. This happened, it is said, seven- ty-five years ago, and then a few' hunt­ ers came over from the island to the *nainland, where they were much sur­ prised to meet other human beings like themselves, having doubtless imagined that they were the only people in exis­ tence. This is now a tradition with the ^natives on the mainland, who say that the strangers brought two sledges with them, but went away again and never returned. Neither before nor since has any news come from the lost tribe. On Southampton Island there is no soap-stone, which among the Eskimo elsewhere is the favorite material for pots and kettles. Hence the people of 'the lost tribe are obliged to make such receptacles in rectangular shape out of slabs of limestone glued together with a mixture of deer blood and grease. In the same way they manufacture thdir lamps, and this fact is another evidence of the prolonged isolation of the com­ munity, inasmuch as Eskimo, when they can obtain no soap-stone in their own neighborhood, will pay any price to get it from some other more fortu­ nate tribe. Sometimes they will make trips lasting several years in quest of this material, which is of rare occur­ rence, and not often discovered in pieces large enough for lamps or pots. =. The hunters of Southampton Island arm their harpoons with flint points, and their arrows likewise. They make these points by clipping the flint with bone instruments. In their hunting pouches they always carry a number of fresh arrow heads and spear Meads to provide for emergencies. They are not acquainted with tobacco---a weed of which the Eskimo in general are ex­ ceedingly fond--neither do they possess any article whatever that has been in­ troduced into America since the land­ ing of Columbus. Fire they obtain by means of the faimiliar bow drill, which is such an old contrivance that it was jer doe* not hoi A Itoelt mspon opinions expressed In this col- Eoys who have pledged themselves not to smoke e&arets attended a rally given under auspices of the Auti- Cigaret league at Willard Hall, Chfca- go, last Saturday. Miss Lucy Page Gaston, general super­ intendent of the league, announced that George B. Swift had given $500 to the 'eague, and that ten other business-men had given |100 each, making a total of <1,500. The members were told they would be expected to carry on their wttti-cigaret crusades at a rate sufficient to spend the gift. The boys cheered en­ thusiastically the announcements. Colonel Jonathan Merriam, United states pension agent, who is President •>t the league, "presided at the rally and made a speech to the boys, in which to said: "The boy is the hope of the race. If •>ve lose the* boy we lose all the hopes we lave for the future greatness of our be­ loved land. Every patriotic woman must be interosted in all that pertains to the welfare of those who are soon to take their places in the great contes which is to settle the problems of the ages. The boy with the cigaret habit is on the high road to ruin. He may be saved, but not with a cigaret in his mouth to deaden his best purposes and weaken both brain and heart" A mong the speakers were Dr. Frank W. Baker, Secretary of the league; Treasurer Charles S. Roberts, J. C. Vaughan, Carl Stroever, the Rev Wallace R. Struble, Willis Brown, Colonel J. M. Emery, Lucy Page Gas­ ton, and Helen L. Hood. / The work in which the league is en gaged most actively at present is the or­ ganization of the members into district leagues. This provides for the exten sion of membership among the boys in different parts of tike city. It also aims to make a division of the city into districts, Which shall be watched by certain members for the violation of the cigaret laws. Miss Gaston told the boys that in ten years the Anti-Cigaret league would be the biggest thing in Chicago. _____ V The To««t Mam's Bnsineu Cluuiee. Let the young man who is beginning to think it smart to take an occasional glass of wine read the significant words of David Thompson below. Or, since them the facts. They should be trump­ eted into the ear, and ground into the memory, of every young man who wish­ es to make a success of life, even qq the low plane of business. Business men are not only refusing to sign bonds themselves, but they are re­ quiring employes of all classes to give bonds. The manager of a leading bond company told me that in Chicago aloihe there are not leas than 50,000 employes who have been obliged to give bonds. Some establishments require even cash girls to give a bond. This is done ijot simply to protect the firms from dishon­ esty, but to secure a^ higher grade of em­ ployes. One of the questions asked con­ cerning every applicant for a bond is: "Is he of sober and correct habits?" It ii- a matter of pure business with the bond company, and if it be ascertained that the applicant, whether millionaire or cash girl, be the victim of occasional drunkeness, or in the habit of daily drinking, they are liable to be reject, and they certainly will be, if the posi­ tion is an important one requiring self- control. Many young men have failed to secure positions because they began to use liquor in boyhood. Such habit?- will count against young men in the future more than in the past; for, as business becomes more concentrated and the number of employes under one man­ agement increases, the number of bond­ ed employes will increase. This will not onli$i*rgely decrease the number of non-drinkers directly in order that they may secure a bond, but it will deter a much larger number of boys from be­ coming drinkers when they realize that their chances of employment will large­ ly depend upon their total abstinence habits. It can readily be seen that such busi­ ness demands will in time greatly di- inish the sale of liquor, and the liquor traffic will be helpless to prevent it Business men cannot be intimidated as can politicians. Indeed the distillers' trust and Brewers' trust will require bonds of employes where it is to their interest to do so. And as it is the bond company and not the employer who de­ cides the question, the manufacturer of whiskey, beer, wine, or brandy, will to some extent aid this means of reducing the number of consumers of liquor. Employers generally are, however, giving more attention to the use of liq­ uor by employes. Not only is every one of the more than 800,000 railway em­ ployes in the United States almost cer­ tain to be discharged if found under the influence of liquor while on duty, but the employes of some roads are liable to be discharged if seen entering a saloon while off duty. In 1897 the commission­ er of labor, Hon. Carroll D. Wright conducted an investigation as to the economic aspects of the liquor problem, the results of which were given in a re port published in 1888. Banks contain­ ing a number of questions ae to the fltuilfi n if q£ ftiBmitovfli to Jll4 employers. Of these* 7,035, re­ presenting 1,745,938 employee, respond­ ed. T^he employers we re asked if in em­ ploying new men they were accustomed o give consideration to habits as to the use of intoxicating liquors. Out of 6,976 employers who answered this ques­ tion 5.868 reported that liquor habits were taken into consideration and means were taken to ascertain the fact, while only 1,618 reported that such habits were not taken into consideration. The replies showed that in some establish­ ments no one usin j intoxicating liquors was emoloyed; in other cases the pro­ hibition applied to certain occupations only, and in still other cases to enr l >yes only when on duty. The restriction, if not absolute prohibition of the use of liquor by employes, is sure to increase, and is one of the most hopeful signs of the coming of the day when the rei^ n of King Alcohol will end as did that of King Cotton. Liberal Off«r, The large and increasing circulation of The Iowa Homestead in this county is a matter for congratulation to the publishers and to good farming, for, of all the papers of its class in the country, it is easily the best and moat helpful. Its Special Farmers' Institute editioi s, issued with the regular edition the first week in each month, have been for years the admiratifdfi of all practical tanners. Written wholly by farmers, they are full of actual experience and Hinell of the soil. We have been fortunate enough this season to secure Terms for The Homestead and its Spe­ cial Farmers' Institute Editions, to­ gether with The Poultry Farmer and The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Journal four of the most valuable farm publi­ cations in the country, that enable us to >ffer the four in connection with our own paper for |3.« 0 for the entire five, <me year. This is emphatically a good thing, and no farmer in this country should Ml to take advantage of the offer. For a large line of thoroughly practical farm reading nothing has ever been offered before that equals it A county paper, a farm paper, a poultry paper, a farm insurance paper and the Special Farmers' Institute, all for $3.00. Come in and order them. tf A Prominent Lawyer Of Greenville, 111., Mr. C. E. Cook, writes- "I have been troubled with bil­ iousness, .sick headache, sour stomach, constipation, etc., for several years. I sought long and tried many remedies, but WHS disappointed until I tried Dr. Caldwell'* Syrup Pepsin. I can cheer­ fully recommend it to any suffering from above complaints. " For sale by Julia A. Story. "' Babies and children need proper food, rarely ever medi- cine. If they do not thrive on their food something b wrong. They need a little help to get their digestive machinery working properly. COD LIVER OIL will generally correct this difficulty. If you will put from one- fourth to half a teaspoonful in baby's bottle three or four times a day you will soon see a marked improvement For larger children, from half to a teaspoonful, according to age, dissolved in their milk, if you so desire, will very soon show its great nourish­ ing power. If the mother's milk does not nourish the baby, she needs the emul­ sion. It will show an effect at once both upon mother and child. 50c. and fi.oo, all druggift*. SCOTT & BOWNE, Ch«mhtt, Naw ffMfc I The Kind Ton Have Always Bought* and which In use for ever 80 years, has borne and ikas Its AI|owno one todeeeive you In All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Jost-as-good" are Experiments that trifle with and endanger the Inflants and Children--Experience What is CASTOR IA is a harmless substitute fbr Cas goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other substance. Its age 4s its guarantee. It and allays Feverishness. It cures Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and Children's Panacea--The Mother's Oil, It Minimi CASTORIA W'l - S7 ^ /A In Use For Over 30 Years. TMC emVMIR OOttMNV, n MWHNAV «TR , : \W. """V-r •'4:'i<' prices have reached bed rod$,(f :l§ & It means that tliW have reached , the lowest notch. r - A \\T;V ^ ; /rKf . A . 4 * - \ . r . 1 ;'4 * ««v i ' 1 ansnMBEP HOCKaMli i ~~vI -ft, V" holiday rmh fcerof* over we have had time to look about us and in so doing find that we have left on our hands a large number of dress goods rem­ nants and odds and ends in all kinds of merchandise. These goodrmust be sold regardless of cost and it will be to your advantage to call a;nd look them over. West flcHenity, Itt* m i, READ THIS And be assured that others will notice that well dispiayed advertisement of your's Aug. Buchholz, West MoHenry, 111. Don't beflistaken If you Want a stylish^tting Suit or pair of pattts£O to Buchholz, That is. the He makes no humbug fit ai*(l workmanship is the best. f Made up right or no sale. m-rn 4 . ' V ' , V, . . " , v " •