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m v ' - . •• Ifiancy Groceries. Always best Goods : H 1 - ||| lowest possible prices. Seeds, Plants and Bulbs. Now time to plant your Onion Sets and Early Ohio Potatoes. GIVE US A TRIAL. tt * * m : m * # : s * : * i * JF u Urn 9 >» m r m Nervous Headache Cured Glasses Fitted Dr. G. C. Tallerday, Jr. will be at ttye RIVERSIDE HOUSE EVERY SUNDAY Lenses changed at any time Office hours from 9 to within three years free of chaise. v 12; 1 to 4; 7 to 8. m v; « en a n> Q. f* j SMITH'S HONE BAKEKT Just, opened in the Knox Building iioar tin; park. Nome Mide Bread, Rolls, Calces, Douflinutt. Cookies, Etc. At popular prices. If you like strictly home made Goods, a trial is respectfully solicited. It is our aim to supply good Goods to tjiose who prefer home baking. We also have for sale home m^de ftiquid Hop Yeast which gives very satisfact­ ory results; rises quickly. We think our Goods will suit you, drop in and see. Yours Very Respectfully. McHenry, in. Mrs. Frank W. Smith 1902 Crop 50 Cents a Bushel, (ash with Every Loml Pickles Be sure and contract your pickles with Stafford & Gold­ smith Co., as they were the first parties that paid 50c a bushel. Contract at once as we will take only a limited number of acres. Make your contracts with, and get your seeds from John Buss, or at the following places: Bank of McHenry, McHenry, 111., Simon Stof- fil, West McHenry, 111., M. J. Walsh, West, McHenry, III., John P. Lay, Johnsburgh, III. ~ " jfienry, 111., Jr* * „ . 'risty, 1 wood, 111., C. M. Adams, Johnsburgh, 111. W. C. Evanson, West McDenry, 111., John J- Miller. West McHenry, 111.. J. E. Oristy, Rlng- STAFFORD & GOLDSMITH . West McHenry, 111. CO. VOLO. Mr. Brockway of Waukegan was a Volo caller Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Huson spent Thursday in Chicago. Mrs. L. Gale of Elgin called on friends in our village Saturday. Jonathan Richardson is painting his carriage. Look out girls! Robt. Paddock of Oak Park visited relatives here the past week. Mrs. James McCabe returned from her visit in Chicago Saturday. Miss Elsie Smith returned home Tues­ day from Waukegan and Chicago. Elam Converse of Chicago Sundayed with his sister, Mrs. John Walton. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Wagner and Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Sable spent Sunday in McHenry. Mrs. Bryon Shultis and daughter, Mildred, of. Highwood are visiting at Raught Bros. Misses Edith and Isabel Geary of Wauconda visited their sister, Mrs. Joseph Miller, the past week. Mrs. Bird Com ptou of Woodstock and Nell Kir wan of Wauconda visited at James Kirwan's the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Raught, Mes- darnes Fred Dunnill, Albert Raught, attended the Quarterly Conference at Wauconda Friday. A Card. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 60 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. May 21. Have sold the Alston Paint for the past 17 years. What better recommend ? G. W. Besley. if Tie May HOSIERY SALE At (Vinson's begins this week Saturday morning. Our very best efforts to secure for you high grade stuff has been put forth and if it pleases you, we will feel highly compensated. They are in black, brown, fancy stripes and figures and all of a Uniform Special Price of ~ 10 cents. We have new things to offer in Lace Curtains, Chenille Curtains, Window Shades, Stand Covers, Towels, Crashes, Ladies Wrappers, Lawns, Dimities, Underwear, Shoes, Laces, Trimmings, in fact we offer you the most complete line of General Merchandise outside of large cities and res­ pectfully solicit your patronage. Fresh Bakery Goods on Our Shirts at 59 Cents Hand Through the Summer are "WONDERS" 1 W. C. EVANSON. I RICHARDSON'S R ICH ARE UGS These Rugs are the most popular Rugs on the Market. Also Lace Curtains, Portieres, Window Shades, Mattings, Linoleums and Art Squares. The largest line of Carpets in McHenry. I have samples of the bes t made Carpets on the Market. Call and look them over b efore placing your order. The qualities are right, the patterns are newest, assortment largest and prices low- test. Jacob Justen. immm&ssaB&MaPi NEIGHBORING NEWS AS CHRONICLED BY OUR ABLE CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS We want a correspondent in Terra Cotta, Solon and Johnsburgh. Can any of our readers in these places suggest some person who would be witting to take np the work. RING WOOD Chas. Harrison was in Chicago Wed­ nesday. Simon Kelley was a Chicago passen­ ger Tuesday. J. E. Cristy made a business trip to Chicago Tuesday. . Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Conway visited in Elgin Wednesday. Mrs. Holcomb of Harvard was in Ringwood on business Thursday of last week. Mrs. E. J. HOS kin of Canada gave an illustrated talk to the ladies of Ring- wood in the Woodman hall last Thurs­ day. The W. C. T U. ladies will give a silver-grey silver medal contest at the home ot Mrs. Dwelley Saturday after­ noon, May 10. All are cordially invited. The blacksmith firm of Pint & Hagen displved partnership May 1. Mr. Hagen having purchased the baildipg occupied by Cal Coats will start in business for himself. The war drama entitled "In ^ the Web" will be given in the Woddman hall Saturday evening, May 10, by the Premier Dramatic Club of McHenry. The proceeds will be for the benefit of the Woodman Camp. All should at­ tend . . The Mont Common Ailment. More people suffer from rheumatism than fi 0111 any other ailment. This is wholly unnecessary too, for a cure may be effected at a very small cost. G. W. Wescott, of Meadowdale, N. Y., says: "I have been afflicted with rheumatism for some time and it has caused me much suffering. I concluded to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm and am pleased to say tbat it has cured me. For sale by all druggists. BARRKVILLK. F. Davoll of Holcombville was a call­ er here Sunday. W. F. Geer of Nanda was a caller here Wednesday. C. W. Starritt of Evanston called on friends here Sunday. J. D. Fleming was in Chicago Tries- day and Wednesday. Mrs. Robt. Baxter of Chicago called on friends here recently.' E. H. Wollenberg of Nunda was seen on our streets Wednesday. Ernest Hill of Prairie Grove Bpent Sunday with friends here. T. W. Ames of Terra Cotta was a caller here the first of the week. Miss Clara Thompson accompanied by a friend spent Friday in Chicago. Mrs. H. B. Wilcox of Nunda called on Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter Saturday. Misses Clara Thompson and Lena Church called on friends at Terra Cotta Monday afternoon. J. Hunter Morrison of Creston, Iowa, attended the funeral of his uncle, J. J. Hunter, last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Matthews went to Libertyville Wednesday to attend the wedding of Miss Ida Harrington. J. H. Gracy went to Chicago Monday from there he will go to Springfield as a delegate to the state convention. Miss Florence Pettibone of Chicago who has been spending the past week with relatives here returned home Tues­ day. Wants Other* to Know. "I have used DeWitt's Little Early Risers for constipation and torpid liver and they are all right. I am glad to indorse them for I think when we find a good thing we ought to let others know it," writes Alfred Heinze, Quincy, 111. They never gripe or distress. Sure safe pills. Julia A. Story, McHenry; G. W. Besley, West McHenry. BIDGEFiXLD. A. Levey was in Nunda Friday. Mrs. M. W. Ward was in Nunda Sat­ urday. Roy Skinner visited his mother over Sunday. F. S. Morse visited his sister at Oak Park Sunday. Miss D. Lyons of Chicago is visiting her parents this week. Mrs. Dufield and son, Roy, were at Prairie Grove Monday. Elston Hunt of Elgin visited at F. Thayer's Sunday and Monday. Mrs. R. L. Dufield visited Mr. and Mrs. Skinner at Nunda Saturday. Erie Ormsby came out from Chicago and spent Sunday with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and children of Austin visited at Father Button's over Sunday. Miss Clara Ward was quite pleasant ly surprised last Friday evening by about twenty-five of her friends. Numerous games were indulged in un­ til a lite hour. Light refreshments were served. All enjoyed themselves until a very late or rather early hour, when they departed for their respective homes. What Thin Folks Need Is a greater power of digesting and assimilating food. For them Dr. King's New Life Pills work wonders. They tone and regulate the digestive organs, gently expel all poisons from the sys­ tem. enrich the blood, improve appetite, make healthy flesh. Only 26c at Julia A. Story's. We give you the news of the town and county, and give it to you good, while The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean prints the telegraphic news of America and the cabled happenings of all the world. $1.75 for both papers per year. Don't waste your money on worthless imitations of Rocky Mountain Tea. Get the genuine made only by the Madison Medicine Co. A great fainily-Twipedy. 85 cents. G. W. Besley. Our Alston Carriage .Paint cant be ' beat G. W. Besley. OSTKND. Mrs. Chas. Dates visited at Ringwood Monday. Quite a crowd attended the drama at McHenry Saturday. Vernie Abbott was quite ill Monday bnt is feeling better now. Mrs. T. A. Abbott and daughter, Maud, were at McHenry Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ware and family visited at Silas Grossman's Saturday. Mesdames Robert Richardson and Jacob Hauperish were at McHenry Fri­ day. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Sherman, Chas. Dates and Artie Whiting were at Mc­ Henry Tuesday. Mrs. John Dwelley and daughters of Woodstock were visiting at Thomas Bros.' Saturday. . Hazel Thomas gave a party to her young friends in honor of her tenth birthday. About seventeen gueete were present and all enjoyed themselves im­ mensely. We wish Hazel many more birthdays Mr. Pennington is building a new fence for Robert Richardson and is hauling away the rails. One by one the old rail fences are being hauled away and burned up. They were good fences but they take up too mnch room now. bnsi- WOOI) STOCK. Horse sale next Wednesday. P. E. Rose was in Chicago on ness Motfday. Thomas Jacobs was at Elgin on busi­ ness Saturday. Band concert at the opera honse on Friday evening. Dance at the Armory hall Tuesday evening, May 18. Daniel Sweeney spent- Sunday with friends in Chicago. Miss Gertie Short was at home from Chicago over Sunday. Miss Maggie Donnelly* was at home from Chicago over Sunday. C. A. Herrington of Greenwood was a Chicago visitor on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pierson spent Sun­ day with friends in Chicago. C. G. Jennings made a business trip to Chicago the first of the week. John Connor of Chicago was the guest of his brother here over Sunday. Tracy Forman of Chicago spent Sun­ day with his parents in this city. Michael Lehmann of Chicago was the guest of his mother here last week. Miss Louise Short spent the first of the week with relatives in Chicago. Jerry Quinlan of Chicago spent Sun day with relatives and friends in this city. Mrs. A. J. Austin attended the funeral of Mrs. D. Stroker at Palatine last Wed­ nesday. Mrs. C. W. Brown of Hartland was the guest of relatives in Chicago oyer Sunday. Clarence Woodard of Chicago spent Sunday with relatives and friends in this city. Rev. J. W. Moore attended the Sun­ day school convention at Ridgefield Sun­ day evening. Miss Effie McDowell of Chicago was the guest of relatives and friends here over Sunday. J. C. McCarthy of Hartland was the guest of relatives and friends in Chicago over Sunday. Prof. C. W. Hart attended the Sun­ day school convention at Ridgefield Sunday evening. Mrs. S. H. Flint and Mrs. F. A. Wood­ bury were Chicago visitors the latter part of last week. Born, on Sunday, May 4, 1902, to Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Burbridge south of this city, a daughter. Miss Jennie Schryver of Chicago spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. B. S. Austin, in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Josiah R. Forman are spending a few weeks with relatives and friends in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bonman of Chica­ go were guests at the home of A. J. Austin last week Thursday. Miss Blanche Winn returned to her home in Chicago Saturday after a pleas­ ant visit with relatives here. The Woodstock brewery and con­ tents were totally destroyed by fire at an early hour on Monday morning. Mrs. Johanna Masterson of Sycamore was the guest, of he£ -daughter, Mrs Thomas Jacobs, the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs* Herman Wendt and children of Barrmgton spent Sunday with relatives and friends in this city. Miss Agnes Murphy returned to her home in Chicago on Friday after a pleasant visit with relatives and friends in this city. Mrs. F. Beardsley spent the latter part of last week with relatives and friends in Chicago and accompanied her husband out from the city Satur­ day evening. Mrs. Herman Quass died at her home on the Pratt farm, northwest of this city on Friday of last week of pneu­ monia. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon and interment took place in Oakland cemetery. Her death is the third one in the family within two weeks from this disease. Newton James of Winnebago, 111., who traveled through the country sell­ ing patent medicine for the Pierce Medicine Company of Freeport, took an over-dose of laudnum Friday night at Austin's livery stable and died at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. The re­ mains werestsbipped to his relatives at Winnebogo* Monday morning. While/Frank Howell and his son were driving along the road near their home in Greenwood township last Mon­ day a r ana way team ran into their wagon aad in the collision Mr. Howell sustained a fractured collar bone and his son had his shoulder dislocated. Dr. Windinueller was called and at­ tended their injuries. . THE WRONG WAY 2Z3M5IAH to select harness is the way it is usually done. Price is generally the .first consideration. If that is. very low the goods seem attractive, regardless of quality. Judge our goods the other way about. Examine into the quality of this Harness first. Then it will be seen that it is worth almost any price. Bnt our prices are not high. Value con sidered they are remarkably low. --I McHenry and West McHenry. 0us» Carlson* Grief and Thrift Thomas Bailey Aldrich once received a pathetic letter in a feminine hand an­ nouncing the death of a little daughter and asking if he would not send in his own handwriting a verse or two from Babie Bell" to assuage the grief of the household. Aldrich sent the whole poem and not long after saw it displayed in the shop of an autograph dealer, with a good, round price attached thereto. Quite Proper. "I'm thinking of sending my little girl to the conservatory." said the wo­ man next door. "All those tunes you hear her playing she picked up by ear." "Then she ought to be," replied Mrs. Kostique. "Ought to be aent you mean?" "No; picked up by the ear."--Ex­ change. v A Commoa Dilemma. "How do you like your new cook?* "Ever so much, but I'm afraid to let her know it" "Why?" "She'd want more wages." "Then why don't you appear dissatis­ fied?" "Because then she'd leave."--Cleve­ land Plain Dealer. McHENRY COUNTY ABSTRACT COMPANY. OFFICE with McHenry County State Bank. Woodstock, 111. Abstracts of title and con­ veyancing. Money t<i loan 011 real estate in sums of $500 to 110,000, time and payment to suit uorrower. Chicago & North-Western. Leave Chicago. 7.J95 a in 8.00 am Effective September S®, WBBK DAT TBAINS. HORTHBOCND 1901. Via Elgin Via Des Plaines.... 3.25 pm Via Des I'laines... 4.00 pm Via Elgin 5.01 p m Via Des Plaiues... SUNDAY TRAIN8. 8.45 am -- Via Elgin 9.10am ..Via Des I'laines.. 2.02 p m Via Elgin WKKK DAY TRAINS. McHenry. southbound. 7.38am Via Des Pl&lnes... 7.38a m Via Elgin 8.33 a'm Via Des I'laines.. 3.07 p m Via Elgin SUNDAY TRAILS. 7.38 am Via Elgin 6.08 pm Via Elgin Arrive McHenry. ...10.00 a m ...10.00 am ... .5.00 p m .. .0.47 p 111 . ..6.47 p m ...11.14 a m . ..11.14 a ra ... 5.00 p m Arrive Chicago. 9.30 a m ... 10.10 a m .. .9.60 a m 5.45 p m .10.30 a m ..8.45 p m Dense. Wlgg--The population tn London Is very dense, Isn't it? Wagg--Dense Is no name for it They couldn't understand my jokes at alL-- Philadelphia Record. Some people go abroad to complete their education and some to begin it- Chicago News. Two Biyreuloai of Peel. Was there ever a more mordant and sardonic stroke of description than that O'Connell %ave of Peel's blood- lessness? "His smile was like the sil­ ver plate on a coffin." Less scathing, but less witty also, was his description of a lady of a sim­ ilar repellant temperament "She had all the characteristics of a poker, ex­ cept its occasional warmth." Hii Latin. "Why do you put so many Latin qu&»- tations into your speeches?" asked the friend. "I'm sure most of us don't un­ derstand them." "That's just the pOint. Misery loves company. 1 want to be sure there is some one besides myself who doesn't know precisely what I am talking about."--Washington Star. Robert Toombi' Advice. A lawyer sent to Robert Toombs once and asked what he should churge a client in a case to which Mr. Toombs had Just listened In the courthouse. "Well," said Toombs, "I should charge $1,000, but you ought to have $5,000, for you did a great many things that I would not have done."' This paper and The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean $1 .75 for one year. "Special deal." A novel feeling of leaping, bounding impulses goes through your body. Yon feel young, act young and are young after taking Rocky Mountain Tea. 85 cents. G. W. Besley. j It's the educational opportunity of your lifetime. The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and this paper $1.75 for one year. O A 0 T O R I A . Baaratha >»The Kind You Have Always Boqfr 55r Why not get in line? Yes, it is a special^ a very special rate. $1.75 for both this paper and The Chioago Week­ ly Inter Ocean for one full year. Don't let jt get away from you. Mother, yes one package makes two quarts of baby medicine. See directions. There is nothing just as good for babies and children as Rocky Mountain Tea. 85 cents. G. W. Besley. Blood. We live by our blood, and on it. We thrive or starve, as our blood is rich or poor. There is nothing else to live on or by. When strength is full and spirits high, we are being re­ freshed, bone muscle and brain, in body and mind, with con­ tinual flow oL rich blood. This is health. When weak, in low spirits, no cheer, no spring, when rest is not rest and sleep is not sleep, we are starved ; ©ur blo^d is poor; there is little nutri­ ment in it. Back of the blood, is food, to keep the blood rich. When it fails, take Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. It sets the whole body going again---man woman and child. If you have not tried it, 9end for free sample, its agreeable taste will surprise you. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chernials 409415 Pearl Street, New York, ye. and liiOOj all dntggiat*. HEATS! Fresh Salt and • Smoked. Vegetables and Fruit in Season Having purchased the West Side Market of F. Wat­ tles, it is my intention to give all customers the best service possible. I pay spot ('-ash for hides, poultry and stock of all kinds, thus paying the low­ est prices, and will sell on the same basis. A. C. HATTHEWS, McHenry. West McHenry. Best Portland Cement Delivered at McHenry at $2.50 per barrel. WM. BELL. Factory and residence. Mo. 509 Hill Avenue Office, room 8, McBride block, Douglas Ave ELGIN, ILLINOIS ^ Fancy Groceries i and Fruits Henry, III. s ft This Week t 1 SUGAR I jifa $j Best Cane granulated Sugar, per » jy! hundred pounds $4.98 || 1 COFFEES I jyjj; Fancy Rio, a good drink, 8 flba. 0 g for $1.00 g j? Ex. fancy Golden Rio, per tt>. .30c & j| 6 lbs. for $1.00 p These Coffees are guaranteed to T V; give satisfaction. If they do not a please you, after a trial, money | y, refunded^' £ lyi Arbuckles coffee, 1 ft. package § 10c, 11 lbs. for $1.00 £ !»• Syrup and Holasses | ijsj Q Fancy Honey Syrup, per gaL. .86c jf j? Fancy Maple Syrup in 10, 30 and at and 25c glass bottles. [5 W; Genuine New Orleans open jg kettle Molasses, per gallon. .50c 2 If you find any trouble in get- ting the genuine N.O. Molasses for cooking purposes we ask you to g give this article a trial. It is the % pure N. O. Molasses. £ Porto Rico dark Molasses, per y gallon He % FISH Fancy largeJ^ackerel, per lb. 18fc M| " " White Fish, per ft. 10c H Imported Herring, per tt> 71c ^ New Holland Herrings the very % best pack, per keg. 85c S Boneless Codfish, per Ik, 10c I DRIED FRUITS j# Ring cut evap. Apples, per ft,.10c H Fancy Peaches, per lb lOo " Moorpark Apricots, per jg pound 15c P Extra large Italian Prunes, per * lb, 10c, 3 lbs. for Mo j CANNED PRUlTS ] ^ 8 lb. cans Apricots, Peaches, % $ Pears, Egg Plums and Green | S Gage Plums, per can 13*c; per | dozen cans $1.25 | EVERY CAN GUARANTEED! | Paint Pointers! Why do you paint your house? Not only to beautify it, but to protect and preserve it don't you? Why then buy au inferior paint just be­ cause it costs a few cents per gallon less than a well known first-class brand? That is folly, for a cheap paint is made of poor material and seldom lants more than a year, whereas a good one should wear for five years, at least. Our CROWD COTTAGE COLORS will not chalk, peel or scalt, and in covering capacity and durability is superior to all other brands, including white lead and oil. Consider­ ing these facts, why not buy the best and save money. GUARANTEE We guarantee that when properly applied on a surface in proper condi­ tion Crown Cottage Colors will give better results than any other pamt (including White Lead ond Oil) and in all cases where it does not and it is the fault of the material used we will do the work over again at our own expense. . , r G Cary a Line of FINE tlUffilS FOR DKORAUVt PURPOSES Furniture Coach and Floor Varnishes. Floor and Porch Paints, Mineral Paints, prepared and dry; Glue, Putty, Tinting Colors, Etc. A large as­ sortment ofbrushes of all kinds Respectfully Yours, West Side Hardware. F• L* McOMBER. Do You Paint? If you do, bear in mind that we carry the best brand of ready- mixed paints in the county. All colors and shades ready for the brush. The beauty of these paints is that anyone that knowB enough to ply the brush can use them. ^ e carry a full line of _ Oils, Varnishes, Etc. which are sold at the^lowest poeaible prices. If you want a Spring Tonic call on us! Ringwood, HI. J. S. BROWN & SON.