&&F&B This is the of the year that your harness should be over hauled aiid oil«i.jSt- poor oil, however, if worse thai)|v none, so be. sure to get the best. Eureka Harness Oil hai j. beenjised for years and is conceded to be the best on the , market today* Sold in gallon cans at 75 cents. 3S*y it:% a ••••' '-«».* ••. : *"?-£•": "& i > - . \ , > -- -r -•v------, , I also catrry in* stock the verĵ best Harnes S(̂ 5 ^Prices are always rig^7 :::,Giye"V :̂'̂ cal %re«*a^9BEgagĵ «yapqsa<MS^«a?î «a« ̂ «fe r'3»« V'&&t K. G. DEKKER West McHeory^jyH, ^ f RUITsi& J ~>..vV. " f%ANTS fanqr^OroceHes and Delicacies!* ' 'iMi-i Our motto: "Tbe best quality of everything *V reasonable price," as beet 1*' "fgoods are always cheapest In the end. Specialties: Jiva& Mocha coffee mixed, Sae boiled ham, canned and smoked fish, Llmburger, brick, lunch cheese etc. Im- ,- • ported; Edam & Swiss cheese. Gray peas, pickled beans and genuine Holland her- 'x * " ring. For sicu and delicate people our imported cocoa and toast is very highly re- > VT commended everywhere. We also sell tickets to and from Europe at lowest rates. •. .•!{•- - -and exchange farms for Chicago property. Produce bought and enchanged. f v": ^ W's: « '.>?• •- ' yS:/v' • Ai ftirrw: TT "V i< i - *&>• *"fe. i: :'r4 5 •'fg; -;V.;S^; "i; , 4y~ stiff fe'Kf^* \ *. ~ 3J:T .£" ' l i i w i i t : fetvi? lit >*•#< $2.50 per barrel. WM. BELL. ^Factory and residence, No. 809 Hill A-venue Of]fce,ruOB) 2, McBride block, Douglas Ave # X 1: ELQIN, ILLINOIS ms* s T» Jadse an Opel, Anexpert on opal mining baa recent ly explained bow tbe opal' is judged as < to quality and desirability. First, he says, color Is of tbe greatest impor tance. Bed fire, or red in combination ;fr with yellow, bine and green, are the best BSue by Itself Is quite c lueless, and the green opal Is not of great value unless the color is very vivid and the pattern very good. The eoior must be true--that is to say, it must not run in streaks or patches, alternating with a colorless or inferior quality. Pattern is described as being an im portant factor, the several varieties be- known as "pin Are" when the grain is very small, "harlequin" when the color is all in small squares, the more reg- ,ular the better, and the "flash fire" or "flash opal" when the color shows as a single flash or in very large pattern. Harlequin is the most common and Is also popularly considered the most beautiful. When the squares of color are regular and show as distinct, mi nute checks of red, yellow, blue and green, it is considered magnificent Some stones show better on edge than on top. •. Vl-'X. dlARlfS d m - *t" 1 -V. >' J. ^ ^ sT** -- 5 ^ ^ A- "•r"';^ • •*><* < :;.c ^ smm •'C0®^erin - • IiatatiM Markit V««'- • Po«it»*r' (Knat • caH - ' ' .'ll" k Smoked Metis, Sausage McHenry - Illinois *tr; £?**)} : -•% • f , :• •. ' -5Tv» •> . " SUlMeaw and mind mm* f r; ii'i i'l.'. ir Steel «Hd Olo«4 CMks and Farm machinery . A full line in every department !inravepreB^M' ^ s-1 to do /•-. v -A Work of all Kinds • >-r-; ••,• as ir.'. =7,a: >-;••,• If. ' "'I' 4'jf * •!;? , ,,r - Conway & Raifley Ringwood, 111. This Bank receives deposits, buys and sells Foreign and Do mestic Exchange, and does a <EHML lUKM WIWI^S We endeavor to do all busi ness entrusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entire ly satisfactory to our custom ers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. Honey to Loafi on real estate and other first class se enrity. Spec ial attention givvn to collections. INSURANCE in First Class Companies, at the Low- «$ rates. Yours Respectfully " PERRY & OWEN, Banker*. '• Notary Public, OONT Be FOOLED! Take th« g<a«lB», ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA Imps yai ml. wr tfli Man cat am CSi£ Am Objeet LeifM «• ompt. This story is told of the first time Grant ever had charge of a large body of men sent out to give battle. He was colonel In the early part of 1862, de- ' tailed to go to the relief of an Illinois regiment, supposed to be surrounded .by Confederates at Palpiyra, Mo., but when he arrived the regiment had re lieved Itself by retiring. Grant theu <went out to Florida, in the same state, and as the regiment toiled over the hill beyond which the enemy was supposed to be In waiting Grant says he would have "given anythlng to be back again in Illinois?" At the top of the hill, instead of troops drawn up In battle array, Grant saw a deserted camp. "It occurred to ; me at once that Harris had been as 'much afraid of me -as I had been of ; him," said Grant "From that event to the close of the war 1 never experienc ed trepidation upon confronting an en- ; emy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he bad much reason te fear my forces as had hl».M--Syracuse Post-Standard. NEIGHBORING NEWS AS CHRONICLED BY CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS &A Seeoad Haai. A Highland laird who could not af ford to keep his own piper was accus tomed to employ the village piper when he had company. On one occasion, through some over sight, Donald bad not been given his preliminary glass of whisky before he began his performance. Accordingly, he found his bagpipe in a most refrac tory temper. The laird asked him what i^was the matter with It and Donald re plied that the leather was so hard that he could do nothing with It "What will soften It?" asked the anx ious laird "Och, just whiisky!" said Donald. A tumbler of whisky was at once ^brought, which .Donald immediately drank. "You rascal!" said the laird. "Did you not say it was for the bagpipes?" "Och, yesB, yess," said Donald, "but she will be a ferry peculiar pipes this. IShe aye likes It blawed In.*--Highland Bagoioe. Subjects for Thought is the . ideal rapid transit. The cost of transportation by tjus method is less than by any other. It makes you ^ ' a, neighbor to all prominent business houses and families ^U* 'everywhere. Inlaw Rates,f%c.perArfaaiqt fesMeace Rates, 5c. psrtfayaatfa* Chicago Telephone Company. •*Geo. neyen- •• ^•-T( GENERAL, • TEAMING o( all kind*. M. Excavating and Grading. * - OSTEND. , Chas. Davis was at Wauconda Tues day. V Guy Harrieon was at McHenry Satur day. Robert Richardson waS at MoHenry Tuesday. Iternard Harrison was at McHenry Tuesday. '• Ray L. Thomas was * McHenry vim- tor Tuesday. Miss Anna Harrison spent Sunday with her puranta here. R. H. Richtirdson was hauling lumber from Woodstock Monday. Misses Maad Seward and Manda Ibsh spent Tuesday at Ostend. Don Hall and Louis Whiting are assisting Whiting Bros, this week. • W. F. Bassett and K E. Bassett went to Woodstock Monday with cattle. Mrs. P. S. Martin, Mrs. Eber Bassett and Belle Harnish were at McHenry Monday. Mrs. Arthur Seevere, of McHenry, was assisting' Mrs. B. Harrison last Saturday. Mesdatnes Wm. and Warren Thomas and Bernard H.irrison were at McHenry Tuesday afternoon. H. N. Thompson sold a flock of Mammouth White Holland turkeys to A. B. Pratt, of Woodstock, Monday. The flock numbered 44. Mrs. Hopper, district president of the W. C. T. U., will deliver an address on temperance at the school house on Sun day evening, Dec. 1. We hope she will be greeted by a large audienoe. « Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thomas were pleasantly and completely surprised by near relatives last Saturday, it being the twentieth anniversary of their wed ding. They were presented with a superb china tea set In spite of the disagreeable weather there were a good ly number present, among whom were: John Dwelly and family, Warren Thomas and family, Geo. Thomas and family, Jos. Draper and family, Mrs. Lucy Thomas and son, Warren, Mrs. Frank Wattles and daughter. Myrtle, and Grandmas Thomas and Grimofclby. WAUCONDA. Elmer Golding spent this week with his parents. Peter Nisaskern and John Mullen each had the misfortune to lose a horse. C, W. Sowlea, of. Chicago, spent Thanksgiving with t&P motber ai»d sisters. E. E. Gilbert, who has been sick for some time with malaria fever, is not much improved. Mrs. C. E. Jenks, Helen Bryan and Nina Pratt came out from Chicago Saturday evening. ^ Miss Delia Hammond who is now em ployed at Marshall Field's, Chicago, spent Thursday with her parents. Will Harris moved his household goods and farm implements to the Morris Hill farm, which he will occupy this year. Rev. and Mrs. Lapham were in £hi- cago Tuesday. They were in to settle with the rail road company for the loss of their rugs and carpets. Frank Roney is shipping thousands of pounds of turkeys to Chicago and New York. He had one order of 8,000 pounds from New YoA apd was filling it Saturday. Wednesday evening. Miss Edith Turnbnll gave a basket social at her school in the Mullen district It was fairly well attended and all present had a good time. Friday evening abont half-past nine some one broke a window in Hughes' hardware store and secured a Colt's repeating rifle. Five dollars reward to: any one who finds it. Another meeting was held Monday evening of the paper pilgrimage to jfe^asalem. Papers were read on the different topics and Rev. Lapham re lated some of his own experiences while on the trip. There will be a Thanksgiving dance in Oakland hall, Thursday evening. Prof. Herm's orchestra, of Chicago, will furnish the music. Tickets fi.OO, sapper extra. Eyerybody come. . work Son BAKKKVILLK. Ed. Behn, of Ronson's Bridge, Sunday caller here. Thos. McMillan, of Terra Cotta, a caller here Monday. Leonard Smith has commenced for Chas. Matthews. Ed. Fleming, of Chicago, spent day at his home here. Frank Smith, of Nunda, was a busi ness caller here Monday. Fred Hill and Lou. Burton, of Nunda, were callers here Sunday. Misses Myrta Buck and Nettie Camp bell called .on Mrs. Chas. Wilmington recently. ' Mr. and Mrs. Mork Capple, of GrayB Lake, spent Sunday last at Cbas. Wil mington's. Misses Clara Thompson and Mnyme Knox called on Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh at McHenry Saturday afternoon. . Henry Wilmington and Miss' Nettie Campbell, Clyde Wingate and Walter Campbell spent last Thursday eyenW* at Chas. Wilmington's. f <• A thousand things by it are ddtae far .fetter than most things do one. We refer to Rocky Mountain Tea made by Madison Medicine Co. 85c. G. W. UUnoiiJiMl*. BI NO WOOD /' School entertainment soon. F: E. Fay, of Ridgefield, visited wift his mother Saturday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Amos Smiiti, Monday, Nov. 25, a daughter. Phil Harrison, of Greenwood, spent Saturday and Sunday with his mother. Miss Olive Stevens was numbered among the siok list, Wt is convales cent - Mr. Straton, of Hebron, has been en gaged to assist Mr. Reid with his black smith work. Dr. and Mrs. Nye, of Johnsburgh, called on friends in Ringwood Tuesday of l^st week. Y Y<ki ask, why James 'Conway wears that'oroad smile. It is just because a little baby girl came last week to make its home with them. Mother and cliild doing nicely. Ringwood is pleased to announce the golden wedding of Mr.' and Mrs, Levi Waterman, which was celebrated Mon day, Nov. 25, by a gathering of rela tives at tbe Waterman home. Fifty years of life and happiness report, well for the aged couple. Congratulations are in order. Mr. and Mrs. Waterman are enjoying good health in their old age. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Harrison were agreeably surprised by a number of neighbors and friends dropping in upon them last Tuesday evening, The thoughtful ladies did not forget the failings of man, so supplied themselves with a liberal amount of oysters, crack ers, cakes, eta Thus the evening was very pleasantly spent. VOLO. Mrs. John Rosing was in Chicago on business Thursday. Simon St off el, of McHenry, was a Voio caller Saturday. Mrs. L. V. Lask, of Freemont, spent Sunday with ner parents., Mrs. Jack Frost visited relatives in Chicago the latter part of the week, Bert Graves, of Chicago, visited , his parents at Cloverdale farm last week. Mat Miller presented his daughter, Millie, with an organ one day last weekv Messrs. John losing and Tom Wright were in the city on business the first of the week. Miss Naomi Vasey is the possessor of * new organ, wi^ich was brought from McHenry Saturday. Miss Natalie Sfcoxen, of Wauconda, spent Thursday night with her aunt, Mrs. A. J. Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Miller, of Silver Lake, Wisconsin, spent Saturday and Sunday with the former's mother. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Synder and sons, of Monaville, visited the latter's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sable, Satur day. William Huson was very pleasantly surprised at his home Wednesday even ing by about twenty-five of his friends. Euchre was played and a very enjoy able time was spent. - Refreshments were served. Excursion Kates to International Live Stock Kxpoftlton at Chicago, XII., - Via the North-Western Line. Excur sion tickets will be sold at reduced rates December 2. 8 and 4, limited to return until December 8, inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. Nov. 80 •rOHNSBURGH. Stephen H. Freund was an Elgin cal ler Monday. John Dowe, of Vok>, visited friends here Sunday. ~ Mrs. Peter J. Britz is visiting relatives in Chicago this week. Mrs. Michels is visiting relatives in Chicago at this writing. John Brown, of Volo, visited relatives and friends here Sunday. F. H. Herdrich, of Chicago, was a business caller here Friday. Joseph Michaels visited relatives in Chicago several days this week. Mrs. Mentzer, of Greenwood, visited relatives here one day last week. Math. Weber, of McHenry, visited relatives and friends here Sunday. Peter Engeln and Peter Rothermel, of MoHenry, were callers here Tuesday. Mr8. Benolken, of Minneapolis, Visited relatives and friends here several days this week. . Mrs Anna Freund entertained two of her daughters from St Louis several days last week. v Anton Thelen sold his horse last week which he bought from John Kennebeck several weeks ago. Many of the people from here at tended the church fair at McHenry and all reported a good time., , ' Mrs. Eva Niesen and Mrs. Anna Bng- ner and daughter, Emma, visited rela tives in McHenry Tuesday. Many of the ladies from here were en tertained by Mrs. M. J. Freund near McHenry one day recently. . Hubert Klapperich shot an eagle on Joseph Jus ten's farm. The bird meas ured 7 feet with outstretched wings. Martin Thelen had the misfortune of being kicked by a borae while trying to harness ii but is able to be around again. " 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. G W. Besley and Julia A. Stoty, • V" si WOODSTOCK. Miss Beseie Murphy was an Elgin visitor on Monday. W. J. Riebolt, of Chicago, spent Sun day witfi friends here. W. A. Boyington, of Chicago, spent Sunday with his parents in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Witt are visit ing with friends in Chicago this week. Will Beam, of Nunda, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Garrison over Sunday. Louis Kirchman and children were guests of friends at Crystal Lake on Sunday. Richard Friend returned to Chicago on Thutsday after a pleasant visit with friends here. William Desmond visited with rela tives and friends in Chicago the latter part of last week. Will Shipton, of Chicago, spent the first of the week with his family and friends in this city. Miss Opal Dufleld spent the latter part of last, week "with relatives and friendB in Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Crossman, of Greenwood township, spent Sunday at Thomas Garrison's. J. H. Floyd left on Tuesday for Elgin where he has secured a position as con ductor on a street car. D. Glazier, of Huntley, visited with his son, W. F. Glazier, and attended court here on Monday. Miss Georgia Montgomery spent the latter part of last week with relatives and friends in Chicago. Charles Wainwright was in Chicago and Benton Harbor, Mich., the first of tho week on business. E. C. Cook, Andrew Disbrow and Chas. Meyers were called to this city on court.business the first of the week. Mr&" James Lyons, of Seneca, was. called to Elgin last week Friday by the death of her sister, Mrs. Jane Duffield Guy C. Kirkland and son, Wi'lie, left on Friday evening for Preston, Minn., where they will make their future home. William McDowell left the latter part of last week for an extended visit with his sister, Mrs. Lanie Black, at Kearney, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Finerty, of Chicago, spent the latter part of last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gaulke, in this city. r A J. Cannon, who is a traveling salesman for a large wall paper house in Chicago, spent the first of the week with his family in this city. Mrs. Beatrice Cowlin and Miss Mable Wilkins returned to Chicago on Friday after a pleasant visit with rela tives and friends in this city. Mrs. Minnie Shuell returned to her home in Chicago on Saturday after a pleasant visit with her brother, H. W. Roahm, northeast of this city. M. Houston, who has been working at the carpenter trade here the past summer, left on Friday for Chicago where he has secured a good position for the winter. Ernest Chappell, of Franklinville, called on relatives at Sharon, Wis., on Monday ond on Tuesday left for Chi cago for an extended visit with rela tives and friends. Mrs. Thomas Garrison and daugh ter, Eva, and grand-daughter, Goldie Mav, and her mother, Mrs. Harnish, left on Tuesday morning for their new home at Auburn Junction, Ind. Mr. Garrison will remain here for a few weeke to attend to business matters and then will join his family there. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison have many friends here who regret their depart ure but wiBh them abudant success in their new home and commend them to the good people of Auburn Junction, Indiana. Spreads Like Wildfire. When, things are "the best" they oeeome "the best selling." Abraham Hare, a leading druggist of Belleville, O., writes: "Electric Bitters are the best selling bitters I have handled in 20 years." You know why? Most dis eases begin in disorders of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, blood and nerves. Electric Bitters tones up the stomach, regulates liver, kidneys and bowels, purifies the blood, strengthens the nerves, hence cures multitudes of mala dies. It builds up the entire system. Puts new life and vigor into any weak, sickly, run-down man or woman. Price 50 cents. Sold by Julia A. Story drug gist ,r"||h(KRALD PARK. Phil Aylward visited Ringwood friends Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. lid, Sutton spent Wed nesday in Dundee. Mrs. P. Walsh spent last week with relatives in McHenry. Mrs. JohnKnox, of MoHenry, spent Monday atnW. Bolger's. Mr. and Mrs. E. Knox visited friends in Spring Grove Thursday. Thos. Kane, of Ringwood, visited friends bere^unday evening. _ \_ Ed Fleming, of Chicago, called on friends in this vicinity Sunday. Miss McDonald, of Ostend, called on friends here Thursday evening. M"* Kathryn Walsh spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Margaret Sutton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fay, of Ridge field, were guests at Wm. Bonslet's Snnday. Mrs. Hayes, of Harvard, ia visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, P. Sutton, this week. Miss Anna Frisby spent a tew days last week with her sister, lbs. Chas. To Dwarf Tree*. To dwarf trees as the Chinese do you must follow their methods. They take a youug plant say a seedling or a cut ting of cedar when two or three Inches high, cut off its taproot as Boon as it has enough other rootlets to live upon and replaut tt in a shallow pot or pan, allowing the end of the; taproot to rest Upon the bottom of the pan. Alluvial clay molded to the size of beans and just sufBcient In quantity to furnish a scanty nourishment is then put lnt$ the pot Water, heat and light are per mitted on the same basis. The Chinese also use various met chanical contrivances to promote sym metry of growth. As, owing to the shallow pots, both top and roots are easily accessible, the gardener uses the pruning knife and the searing iron freely, so that the little tree, hemmed on every side, eventuolly gives up the unequal struggle and, contenting Itself Vfith the little life left, grow^ enough to live and look welL k Great Memories. " Otf» Schultze, a stenographer, wrotfe In the Brandenburg Schulblatt that Bismarck had a wondprful memory. "When he had delivered a two hoursf speech and looked over our shorthand reports the next day, he remembered every expression he bad used exactly and did not forget them for years." The novelist Splelhftgen once told Schultze that he could recall vividly every one of the thousands of persona he had met In his life and every word spoken by casual acquaintances, to- *ether-with their gesture* and the cut of their hair and clothes. A Hunting Story. Once Rogers was shooting where his host happened to have killed a boy and a keeper In tbe same season, and be asked a beater whether bis master felt the matter very much. The answer was: "Well, sir, be didn't care much about the b'y. He gie his mother five pounds. But he were wery wexed about tbe man. He didn't go out shoot- In' for a whole week." This In Norfolk was considered an evidence of tbe cli max of human emotion.--George Arch- dale in Temple Bar. KiiMUgi la itMkhttab Only two-thirds of the area of the lol can be covered in Stockholm except on Street corners, where three-fourths la allowed. The remainder oC the lot must be reserved for courts for light and ventilation. All chimney flues must be twelve or fifteen Inches and must be swept once a month from October to April by official chimney sweepers. Every If an to Hta Trad*. The Greeo^Bag tells of a lawyer who was about to furnish a bill of costs. "I hope," said his client who was a baker, "that you will make It as light as possible." "Ah," said the lawyer, "yon might perhaps say that to tbe foreman of your establishment but that ls not the way 1 make my breadl" We have made yon tt standing offer on $17.50 suits during the past - 5 month and many haveA taken advantage of the snap. We have & few suitings left at this price, _ but you must come al A^i once if you desire- ' make a selection. - „ ? Overcoats - - Bon't wait until c rush to order your over-2 <. coat, come now and seX%« 'i lect a pattern while the lot is unbroken. It paysfi ; to have your clothing^r; tailor made every time, a# JOHN Ik LODTZ ^ flEATS " Fresh I Salt and Smoked. Vegetables Fruit in Season Having varf'. purchased tS~v • vl * tbe West Side Market of F. Wat- "" ̂ • ties, it is my intention - Hp give all customers the Vest service possible. I pay s0:; Spot CTt?ll for prniHry . : and stock of all kinds, jpC thus paying the low-, r^ap"- est prices, and • *;••§£,- will seli on VliLl . ;•*?• - Y'thesame ' '|TJ basis. ' ":a ""'•rtATTHEWS.f VkltkiBS it Over. «t)o you think you will marry that titled gentleman from abroad?" "I haven't quite decided," answered the American heiress. "I am not sure I can support him In tbe style to which his ancestors were accustomed,"--Ex change. Great Luck Of An BdltcMT. "For two y«ars all efforts to cure Ec zema in the palms of my hands failed," writes Editor H. N. Lester, of Syracuse, Kan., "then I was wholly cured by Bucklen's Arnica Salve." It's the world s best for Eruptions, Sores and all skin diseases. Only 25c at Julia A. Story's. West McH Digests w| Thi - preparation digestauts and i food. It gives i nSTTnt rel ief; fails to cun. I t allows you to eat j the food you waut< The most sensil stomachs can take it. By its use mi thousands of dyspeptics have cured after everything else failed. Is unequalled for all stomach traublov»| It can't help but do you Prepared only by E. o. Ih;\\ itt >v Co., eh fSefl*bottIecoutuins2Vs timestbe50c. Julia A. Story and O. W. Beslej JOS. H. HUEnANN.:? !̂!*!!!* LC.\ W'n®18 Sells m? Appleton Corn Huskers Corn Shelters and Tread Powell . Gtivens, in McHenry. - . • •ViV- . -vV'.. - • <'5rk'^Y V-"'-*.7 GeDeril iKksmithto* Prices ilwayS Redsouble Duplex Grinding Mills, Bock Island Plows*. Wagons," Carriages, Buggies, ^Wind 3* Well Supplies. Harness Oil, Pair .*»ij e .ift. J Oils a -'ill** of /•.!': flachine • i on't bus! taverns. Hm W«W1M«9 o« priYfteg* I Furniture until you have inspectodwuejjJ my stock. Do not think that you c v Y i > can do better in Chicago. Compar* |§ city prices with prices I will quote" and, if quality is considered, yon- will give me your order. You can find here everything that is needed to beautify the home. 4fesign8 in Tables, Couches, Chairs, . i £>tands, Iron and, Wood Beds, Com' i. .. -4 The latest '§£ MX. ^•p^plete Parlor and Chamber Suits, H; Picture Frames, Side Boards, Etc. JACOB JUSTE