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e 8, 1001. t full b(»»rd. *a«©fciug read ttind with Mi© following addition: of the marshalls shall receive rs per month salary. owing bills were approved and. Wa. Bdl, for concrete walks--$25411 A. Btafttln acct P. Thelen, clean- *: S 10 00 era, connections and 897 40 00 530 ft*> :• •• Us-' M. M. mesen, police service Gilbert Bros., oils, etc Geo. Meyers, Sprinkling and gravel .,.. s 27 90 John Walsh, police service 40 00 A. Engelnacct. Geo. Smith, labor 1 65 Wilbnr Lumber Co., lumber.... . 41 69 Wm. Felta, labor. 1195 J. 3. Miller, oil. ..... 3 00 The bond of F. X. GranWgbr with Jos. Heimer and F. H. Herd rick as sureties was approved on motion by Frennd seconded by Stoffel. The repairing of the Park walks and seats was referred to the committee on public property. The committee on fire apparatus re­ ported that they thought about $100 would buy sufficient clothing for present On motion the board adjourned. • • C. G. FRBTT, P*BS. 0-YFCM STOFFEL, Clerk, y • / v, -\ Stops the Cough . and works off the Cold. ' j£axative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a oold in one day. No Cure, no Pay: Price 25 cents. m bone and poor look- tatHtnua is the wont kind of » com- Eureka Harness Oil not only makes tbe harness and the bone look better, but makes the leather soft and pliable, puts It in con­ dition ordinarily would STANDARD Give Your Horsea, Chancel h '1 . . Dr. E. A. Foley, first a«fcistant superin­ tendent. Dr. G. N. Lnctfs, secopd assistant superintendent. Drs. C. E. Sif«on, N. F Clark and Fred Gillett, the last named of Spring Valley, assistants to the superintendent: Harry H. Hilton, Elgin, maater me­ chanic. Ernest Zanders, Elgin, mason, Harry Clasen, Elgin, and John Smed- berg, of DeKalb county, painters. 'Geo. Y.VanNo&trand,Elgin,carpenter. Robt. Stewart, Lake Co., storekeeper. , <3. W. Ward, Lake Co., apothecary* 0. E. Wood, Elgin, treasurer. Dyspepsia cannot be long lived be­ cause to live requires nourishment. Food is not nourishing until it is digested. A disordered stomach cannot digest food, it must have assistance. Kodol Dyspep­ sia Cure digests all kinds of food with­ out aid from the stomach/allowing it to rest and regain its natural functions. Itb elements are exactly the same as tbe natural digestive fluids and it simply can't help but' do you good. Julia A. Story and G. W. Besley. • y Old Settlers' i'icoic. ' • The Thirty-fifth. Annual picaic of the early settlers of Fox River Valley and vicinity will be held at Lord's Park, Elgin, Illinois, Saturday, June 15, 1901. Short reminiscenes of "ye olden times," interspersed "with instrumental and vocal music, will be entertaining features. A caterer will be in attendance to furnish supplies to such as are nuproyided with lunches. • ' A Terrible Explosion. "Of a gasoline stove burned a lady here frightfully," writes N. E. Palmer, of Kirkman, la. "The best doctors couldn't heal the running sore that fol­ lowed, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve en­ tirely cured her." Infallible for Cuts, Corns, Sores, Boils, Bruises, Skin Dis­ eases and Piles. 25c at Julia A. Story's. We have a large stock of plain and fancy silks for waists and skirts. M. J. Walsh. , My little son had an attack of whoop­ ing cough and was threatened with pneumonia; but for Chamberlain'sCough Remedy we would have had a serious time of it. It also saved him from sev­ eral severe attacks of croup.--H. J. Strickfaden, editor World-Herald,^ Fab- Haven, Wash. For sale by Julia A. Story and G. W. Besley. Call and see our elegant line of men's neck ties, new shapes, attractive designs at M. J. Walsh's. I have about 6o WRAPPERS ttuNt ha ins at $i.oo, $1.35 and $1.50 r , • I to close oat in about three days at go ct V ;> for choice of the bunch. Qet in early on this they wjl.1 tiotlarflonjE. , * ' * i SSsewyk iSi'V v P WW , • iw-3 &, i , ik . 'P-tA . » ** / * J, sMt ,..2t .A ... . t £ -1*' • " ' '7_V." 'Js.*iu£ • v "The Doctors told me tty oongh incurable One Minute Cough Cure made me a well man." Norris Silver, North Stratford, N. H.--Because you've not found relief from a stubborn cough, don't despair. One Minute Cough Cure has cured thousands and it will ctire you. Safe and sure. Julia A. Story and a W. Besley. The women claim that the men can never find anything that is lost about a house; how about finding the tacks? DESCRIPTION: Colonel Breckenridge I is a beautiful brown, with white nose and bel­ ly. .He was foaled Jane 20, 1*92. He is 16 bands high, weighs 1150 pounds, large bone, flue length a ' 1 and good movement. WCDIGKEE: Colonel Brecken ir5- «A Jiridnvas •lred by Dandy Jim, 16H hands high. He by Limber Jlm^tne fine large Jack of Dole Oamp, Missouri. He by the big Hickman Jack of county. Missouri. He by old Black it of Maniteau county, Missouri. Col. enridge's dam was sired by John Quincy who was imported from Spain by J. W. Bon- ner. Of Quiney, III. His first dam by Reuben. Second dam by Barcelona. Third dam by Jennet. Ill be at Smith Bros.* barn, one mile south of Ringwood, every day. " _ VERMS; 210.00 to insure a colt; the money due and payable or secured by note as .soon M the fact Is ascertained or tiie mare parted Witt). All accidents and escapes at the risk of owners of mares. Mares from a distance pastured at 45 cents per week. Managed by SMITH BROS. te^\v£bm * ̂ R,n«w<MHti m- IN CUBA where it is hot all the year round [Scott's Emulsion! sells better than any where else inthewarkl. So don't stop taking it in summer, or you will leie1 what you have gained. , Send for a free sample. ' SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist*. 409-415 Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and fi.oo; all druggists. &' Builder of first-class CONCRETE, COriPOSITIOI or ASPHALT GRAVEL Guaranteed for Fiv Require no Pain M. & flanufacturers of ' m, $($&•/ ROOFS, REPAIRS t ' , W)NE IN FIRST-CLASS SHAPE A Newly-Prepared Top Dressing r ; 4'v < used that makes old walks, ^ 1 nearly as good as new. r always REASONABLE. Best of references. Sixteen years experience. Factory and residence, No. 509 Hill Avenue. Offlee, room 8, McBrlde block, Douglas Are. ELGIN, ILLINOIS. Kodol ia M?. Stock Watering GALVAN Milk Cnriing IZED Tower storage STEEL uxKisten . f TANKS We can maMe TOese yiiks in any size or shape in short order. Every tank guaran­ teed. These tanks will not rot or shrink, swell or leak. Call and inspect out work. Prices Reasonable. McHeary, Illinois. N. Abstracts of T»tle. SCHOOL DAYS ARE OVER (Continued from page one) the Almighty. Sir William Hamilton used to Bay "There is nothing great in the world but man." It would seem from the price paid by nature, for man, that man only is truly great. As far as science can go it tells with no uncertain sound that na­ ture, from the beginning, has been pre­ paring itself for the advent of man as a t>ride adorns herself for her husband. Every cataclysm of nature, every one of the creative Epochs looked beyond itself to the coming of man. Volcanic fires, bursting earthquakes, depressions and upheavals of vast continents, the silting of unwearied waters, the erosion of tor­ rents, the march of glaciers, the storms of electricity, the unimagi able ages, the bounds of waters which define con­ tinents and islands, the disposition of oceans, lakes, rivers, mountains and valleys, the distribution of fruits cereals and animals, all seem to have had re­ ference to the coming of man, and to have said during the ages: "Prepare ye the way of the Lord--man." It should be remembered that the basis of this life is physical. Man is the "paregon of animals." Animal life which in fish and serpent begins in hori­ zontal position, lifts its head gradually, and more and more, in bird and beast and ape, until in man, the head is erect and man, the dominion haver, stands erect before God and takes his orders at first hand from Him. Some one has argued, Aggassiz,I think that man being erect, at last, is thrm shown to be the last product of the process of eyolution, or improvement, physically, and that now, man being upright in stature, so straight that he can be no straighter, the next process of evolution is to make him upright in character, so straight that he can be no straighter. One great need of the world today is for men and women who are gooi animals. Juvenal long ago taught that sound mind in a sound body is the ideal condition. Voltaire taught truly that the body of an athlete as well as the soul of a sage is requisite to happi- ;s. Animal life is a luxury when the pulse bounds through the body and life throbs in every limb as they do in net­ tled war teeds or dogs scouring the fields, or in boys on the ice contending together, then life is roseate. In the long run, and to the great majority, of men and women, health is probably the most important of all the elements of joy. Without it the best gifts of for­ tune are almost worthless. With it the best gifts of fortune are not necessary. To raise the level of health is a sure way to raise the level of joy. We have a great deal about this "vile body;" but it is only vile to those who will have it so. The body, as God made it, is as pure as the soul. The human body is a great poem of the Great Author. It is called in Holy Writ, "the temple of the Holy Ghost." I am not here to exhort that yon study the laws of health, but to say that the Joy of Life is not gathered by those who despise such common things, and per­ haps there is no form of undividual edu­ cation which is more really valuable than that which teaches the main con­ ditions of a healthy life and the habits of temperance and self-restraint which conduce to health. With its great recuperative powers youth can do with comparative impunity many things which in later life bring a speedy nemesis; and youth, by that much, seems to be an advantage. But on the other hand it is in that same Digests what you eat. preparation contains all of the Agprtoats and digests all kinds of fCm. It gives instant relief and never falls to enrc. It allows you to eat all tbe food yum want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been 4Wnd after everything else failed. It Is unequalled for all stomach troubles. Ifteaa't help birt it yon good l only by E. O. DEVVitt & Co., Chicago bottle -- - -- • McHenry County ..ABSTRACT (OMPJIL WOODSTOCK, ILL. ! P. P. Axtcll. narvaT#?r/>,'^;';' R. M. Patrick, Marengo. John J. Murpliy, Woodstock..- W. C. Ki«:heit>crgcr. Woodstock Geo. L. Murphy, Woodtrtoclf Abstract* of Title and Conveyancing. Money to loan 011 Kcul Estate in sums of hundred to ten thousand dollars. Time and payments to suit borrower. Doim't Be Fo o l e d i Take the genuine, original ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA .econtainstimes the-50c. size, Julia A, Story and G. W. IksSley. «. ;•/- • .if pf i;. •*, .3 Made only by cine Co., Madison, Wl«. M keeps you well. Oar trail mark cat on etcfa padtHW. Price, 35 cents. Novw *>M in bulk. Accept w •outh that the habits are formed which In after years become a crushing weight, and by this much youth is a time of se­ rious moment as regards health. It is indeed sad to observe how large a proportion of the failures of life may be ultimately traced to the most in­ significant causes. ^ It is sad to see thousands of students graduate every "rear from grand institutions, whose ob- ect is to make stalwart independent, self-supporting men and women, turned into the world sappiings instead of stal­ wart oaks. "Memory Glands" instead of brainy men* and women, helpless in­ stead of self-supporting, weak instead of Strong, leaning instead of erect. Some one has called them "So many promis­ ing youths and never a finished man Physical man-timber is a pre-requisite to Joy of Life. Physical depression is a Joy-killer. An anaemic population, habitually at a low level of health with depressed spirits and feeble capacity of enjoyment is not the product of oar great school system and it should not seem out of place if I spend these few minutes in deprecation of the movement toward city life, the habits of intemperance and glutony, the enormous consumption of narcotics, the silly habits of uncomfort­ able dress on the part of women. It is time for us to remember that the coun­ try is God's, that an abundance of exer cise, fresh air and cold water are God's medicines. The man who must pick his way through the world trembling at every step will nevw know the full Joy of Life. No stuntOT ascetic will ever know the fullness of life and fire which makes this world so glorious. The rela tion of improper habit# in yonth to de 4pre*sion in mid-life tend disease in old |a«e is intimate and inevitable. The young woman may distort her body for the silly fashion, but if she does as sure as the law of gravitation nature will remove the roses from her cheek ano put pallor there, will take away the lustre of the eye and the elasticity of her step. Whenever nature is out­ raged she will exact a penalty although it take a life. These considerations lead naturally to the truth that the Joy of Life is found in sensuous pleasures, like eating and drinking as truly as in those other spiritual satisfactions which every one approves. Taken in moderation those bodily satisfactions which are often des­ cribed as animal, are pure, honorable and wholesome. It is impossible to draw & sharp distinction betwesn bodily and mental or spiritual satisfactions. Are the pleasures bodily or are they mental ¥ Is delight in harmony of sight or sound a pleasure of sense or of the imagination? What sort of a joy is a thing of beauty? Is it an animal or a spiritual joy ? Is the delight of a mother fondling her smiling babe a physical or a moral delight? But, suppose, that we admit that there are higher satisfactions and moire Joy of Life than can be found ill eating and drinking, yet may we not agree that three meals a day all one's life not only give the necessary foundation for all other satisfaction, but are in themselves a constantly, renewed innocent enjoy­ ment. Taking food Mid drink is a great enjoyment for healthy people, and those who have not this enjoyment seldom have capacity for any kind. Under or­ dinary circumstances it is not purely a bodily enjoyment. Ordinarily we do not eat alone, but in families or sets of friends and comrades, and tbe table is the best center of friendships and family affec­ tions. When, therefore, a man says that he has worked all his life to procure only food for himself and family, he may or he may not see that besides food he has secured some of the great fundamental satisfactions as well--especially family life. In this matter Of food and drink the enjoyment of the hardy and the luxur­ ious is about equal. Some have the appe­ tite and not very delicate food. Some have the delicate food but also a delicate appetite. Which is better may not be so easily decided. The Scotch grppe ; Some can eat, but ha'e nae meat Some ha'e meat but canna eat; - ; But we can eat and we ha'e meat, :a v- And sae, the Laird be thank it. is not far wrong. The conclusion of this matter is that we should take good care, right at the beginning of life, of physical habit and manners--should take good care of food and stomachs and be ashamed, not of enjoying food, but if at all, of not en­ joying it. There is a good deal of sound human nature in the unexpected reply of a dying old woman who was atiked by her minister, which of the Lord's mer­ cies at the end of her long life she was most thankful for; her eye brightened as she answered,after a moment's consider­ ation 'My victuals.' Rftrrmmher^ <1«- spise it as" you will that in physical con­ dition are wrapped up our hopes or Our fears, our courage or our cowardice, our energy or our lassitude, our success or our failure. The time will come,' said Frances Willard, 'when it will be told as a relic of our primitive barbarism that children were taught the list of prepositions and the names of the rivers of Thibet, but weie not taught the laws on which their own bodily happiness is based, and the humanities with which they could live in peace and good-will with those about them. Akm to these considerations is that of the Joy of the Life through the senses of of sight and hearing. The Joy of Life is very fergely in your eye. The eye, the soul's glass, is always at work ex­ cept when we sleep. It is the chief source of childhood's joys, and in all life it is the guide to almost all pleasur­ able activities. It gives us all the ideas of grace, symmetry, infinity and splen­ dor. Two of you wait together in this beautiful little city of yours, this glo­ rious springtime and one has eyes to see and his lite is full of glory--blue sky depths and floating cloud palaces, deli­ cate, swaying foliage with cool, dark, depths, emerald grass carpet, figured with violet and anemone. The other fcas eyes but sees not. The earth is nearly as dead as a cinder to him. The one enjoys a pleasure which is unspeakable; tne other loses a joy that is as free as the air. The whole out­ ward world is the kingdom of the obser­ vant eye. and he who enters into any part of the kingdom to possess it has found a Joy of Life which is simply in­ exhaustible and immeasurable. I have been through a good many art galleries in Europe and America, but let me tell you that all the sketches of nature ever painted by Turner and Cropsey never had so much, glory as I have seen in a single bush 'In a back yard. No artist that ever lived could possibly stick as much gorgeousness in a whole forest as I have seen in a single stunted tree. God has upturned His whole urn of colors into the swamps where the blue flag waves in the spring and the lilies float in the summer ana the ducks swim in the fall. I have seen the common fields alternately waving with mingled gold, orange, crimson ana saffron, then sobering down into ma­ roon and drab, and anon flaming up here and there into solferins and scar­ let. I have seen the tips of the trees blossom into fire as the sun went down behind a bank of transplendency. I have seen the sun-set burst and scatter over wood and meadow jewels of light. And there is the Joy of Life made possible by the world of sound. Per­ haps, if you have never thought of it, ou have not realized what a large and Chas. Darwin, the great naturalist, said that with natural history and the domestic affections a man might be truly happy. The family life is the chief element of human happiness and well-being. The wise man said that the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the world. He meant, I suppose, that one is a fool for having his eyes there. Our best joys lie close at hand. A man who will not find joy in his home will never find it anywhere. He is unfitted for the joyous life who does not find it at home. The mutual loves of husband and wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters are the greatest source of joy and the chief springs of human action and the great­ est safe-guards against evil. Even heaven is likened to a happy home. How the memory of that spot, with its precious endearments, goes forth with the traveler, sails with the sailor, keeps vigil with the soldier in camp and battle, and sweetens his fever­ ish dreauw and softens his suffering in the hospital. How sacred are the very walls or home? In my work in life I am called to occupy different houses, and a few brief years to call them homes. One of the great trials of the minister is that he can know no permanent abiding place. Like the Son of Man he has too place to lay his head. And his children can never know the sweet saving mem­ ories of home. But as a boy I had a home, and ten thousand times I have thanked God for it, humble as it was. The house was not a mansion and the lawn was only a yard. The carpet was of rags. There was no wealth of plate on the table,and the fare there was often meager; but sir, that was my home, and don't yon laugh at it. There my mother lived. That place my fadbher built. There I was reared. That home has taken hold of my soul. It is a part of me and some­ times in my waking dreams at night I fancy that I hear the patter of the raiji on the shingled roof, arid I am a boy, again. I dream of the long evenings by the fireside, I hear the familiar voice of father as he sits and reads while mother sews. I hear the old dock tick on the mantle; no other tick like that in fl.11 fluo T liava ovai* -- - w v * v* uv««4U • comes to see me safe tucked in the old- fashioned posted bed. The Joy of Life! It is found as nearly perfect as this world knows it, in quiet­ ness, peace, assurance and strong confi­ dence . It is found in birds,flowers, pets, home, books, music, friends, star and moon, sunshine and cloud, the roll of sea, and the roar of the wind-dashed tree. It is found in trust and free-con­ science, In kind words, not epitaph writ­ ing, flowers for the table, not for the coffin. Blessed is the man who does his best and leaves the rest--that is, leaves']* lit­ tle for the Almighty to do. 1 * yo beautiful kingdom is the kingdom pos­ sessed by those who hear well. It may be that you have thought of hearing only as a means of, or convenience in, human intercourse, for arranging bargains, etc. But a thousand times better than such uses are those enjoyments that come to those who having ears to hear can hear the beloved voice, the merry laugh, the hum of the city, the distant bell, the song of the birds, the running brook, the rustling fereese in the tree-tops, the lap­ ping wavelets and the thundering beach The most familiar sounds may become sources of purest and most enduring de­ light. TBSre are mysteries in our natures and possible stirrings of the heart, and yearnings to be awakened and awful im­ pressions, we know not from whence, which can never be felt except through or by means of the sense of hearing. There are modes and emotions too sub­ tle for words, as profound as ocean depths,as serene as the sapphire of a June day's sky, as napturous as the song of angels on the tost Christmas morning, as fragrant as the breath of spring, as delicate as is maiden's grace, as pure as an angel's tear, as enduring as a mother's Idve, as soulful as a poet's pas sion, all for those who use their senses •r-j . % ,h ; / f/f ^ . "y * J k •WAU. i' < A Card. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 50 cent bottle of Green'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. . 27-26t A woman's sympathies are aroused when anyone else on earth except her dressmaker. Danger, disease and deafh follow neg­ lect of the bowels. Use DeWitt's Little Early Risers to regulate them and you will add years to your life and life to your years. Easy to take, never gripe. Julia A. Story and G. W. Besley. Some people say that strawberries, like some people, have been cultivated too much. If You were to bump your head against a brick wall yon conld not ieel worse than does anyone who suffers from stomach troubles. We have a positive cure in Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin; jfoU* 4 Story arid G. W. Resley. When a man has curly hair, the wo­ men think it is a lot of good luck wasted. "" B. F. Mouser, druggist of Chetopa, Kansas, says: "I have the best sale on Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin of any ar­ ticle in my store." So has Julia A. Story and G. W. Besley. It cures Con­ stipation, Indigestion, Sick Headache and Stomach Trouble. If you want a man to remember you always, cheat him; he will soon forget a favor; • Mr. James Brown, of Putsmouth, Va., over 90 years of age suffered for years with a bad sore on his face. Physicians could not help him. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured him permanently. Julia A. Story and G. W. Besley. Nothing occupies a woman's attention as much as the back of Her dress. Imitators have been many. Thought­ ful people have learned that true merit comes only with the genuine Bocky Mountain Tea made by Madison Medi­ cine Co. 85c. G. W. Besley. When a thing sells for 15 cents, you ought to get two for a quarter. TO CURB: a COLD IN ONE DAir Take LAXATIVE Bromo Quinine Tab­ lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to curs. S* W. Grove's sig­ nature is on each box. 95c. Gentlemen, call and see the beautiful samples for summer suitings, and save $5.00 to $8.00. A splendid fit or no sale. R, UyW Tailor. time is about at hand for the little folks tot rV^Vw; dress up, and we have made ample provision for :,f ^ke occasion. We have enough suits to fit them £ of the all Wool Black Clay Worsted kind.» < .^Buying them in large quantities enables us to of- \ > fer them at a price to suit you. Hats t& Pit the Boys and Hatch the Suit?. , You can find the right style of a hat here*' c,Ladies' and Gents' Summer Underwear in ?all r ; „ V sizes. ££diesv' Sbo& and Oxford^ Groceries r" every two weeks, • Flour and Corn Meal. Ydurs for r'"; ' -•. %• McHenry, M. f ! S'lks and Dress Qoods m - >.v *- ^ , j ' , * - p . t* i „ m n - ^ V * 2 • w ' ^ ' * * - -. t , 1 ' S * X(»- have just received direct from the mills a large # v stock of Silks for Waists or Skirts. Please call and $ I I I j^flook them over. New Dress Goods, Ginghams, Cham- S brays, Percales, Dimities, Organdies, Batistes, Etc. | ** ^ ' 'i Targe stock, *• ^ * ^2 a large stock, OP all grades and sizes ^ v m 1 ' "SHOES SLIPPERS and OXFORDS* . V;'aU new, ^p*to-date styles^ • • -:f, . J " * Summer Underwear I - • ' $ £ " * • " f i g ' ' W I -IHATS, FANCY SHIRT^i:"? ' M | ELEGANT NECKTIES. fy , 1; >1 jfi, Xf}.. ^<1 .J *• | Agent Continental Staple and Fancy1 - ' I Iaanrance Company. " ^ K',./' (lrOCer!e», FlOUr, Etc.* £ M t*T' - I ik&-S2a. Jjjf Lonf distance 'phone N«. j6j, Paints and Oils We have secured the agency for the celebrated 'Monarch" brand Paints which has stood the test of years. It has few equals and is excelled by none. You will always find here a liai stock-o* Hoar, House, Stw and. I>iuta» , ' , ^ V " >" ' * W Positively the largest line ever shown in McHenry. Every thing that the angler could desire from a little lead sinker to the finest jointed pole and nickel plated reel. It would do your eyes good to take a look at the display, consisting of all kinds of Hooks, Rpels, Lines, Floats, Sinkers, Jointed Poles at all prices, Ete. A large stock of Oars on hand. Bicycles and Bicycle Sundries | Don't buy a wheel until you have had a talk with us. We 1 may be able to save you a few dollars. A complete line of | sundries always on hand. Prices will be found right. | McHenry, III GEO. SOFIjTIERS, JR. WiW-iirrfrtirifftfy rg . .* !r " ./.£ 'VS.elkr.t.»*