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iMBmriftfei For the next 30 days we will give an extra discount for cash of 20 per cent on all Winter Suits and Overcoats, to those asking for it. Any one in need of either, Overcoat or Suit, can not afford to overlook this offer. Our cloth - ing stock is very complete, having al­ ways tried to give good values at for­ mer price. We are making this special offer to reduce stock and make room for Spring purchases. Will have another car Flour in about a week, of the two winners JERSEY LILY and HARD TO BEAT. Yours for Trade, West meRoffv, Tlliiiois. J A N U A R Y CLEARING SALE! In the next 10 days will close out our stock of Winter Skirts at actual cost, in black, navy, gray, oxford and flake effects, newest. style Dress and Walking Skirts. Ladies' Flannelette Wrappers in all sizes and colors, are to be closed out at cost from 75c up. Call early and get first choice. It is a big saving to you. N. J. WALSH dAl Mild SALE! Never before have such bargains been offered in McHenry as the prices qnoted below will show. This store is filled with Winter Goods of all kinds which mnst be cloeed out now to make loom for Spring Goods. Without doubt this store is always the bargain center of the county, but during the next two weeks, com­ mencing Jan. 6, we wiD offer some extraordinary inducements to buyers, which will -positively be • saving to you of 50 cents on the dollar. $i© worth of Goods for $5 Bead the quotations below and be convinced that the bargains are here: Men't very beet Working Shoes $1.25 very best every day Shoes 1.29 Boys Shoes, 8 to lify, very beat 98c Youth's Shoes, 2 to 5^, yery best 1,19 Men's dress Shoes, regular |8.60 Shoe, <a .!...!. 2!25 Ladies' Rubbera @ 49c Men's Rubbers @ * [ 59c Children's Rubbers @ *. .".". . V. ,..................... 85c Men's canvas Mittens @ 6c Boy'o MiitauH, very beet. 25c Children's Mittens, double, all sizes, @ 9c Men'8 woolen Socks, best, @ 17c Bockford Socks, 8 pair for 20c Ladies' fleeced lined Stockings, special 10c Children'8 Rockford Hose, 2 pair for 5c Fleisher'u Knitting Yarn, per pound 79c Dress Goode, regular price, 05c, per yard 12|c Flannelette, special, per yard yc Tennis Flannel, regular 12ic Goods, @ . . ." 7^c Shaker Flannel, special, per yard ... 4c German blue Calico, per yard 4 51c Ginghams, very best, per yard . . . ."..5c Boy's Leggins, Jersey Knit, regular price $1.00, special price . 59c Children s Gloves, fancy, special '. 19c Ladies' Gloves, fancy knit, (ct> i<w. Ladies' Mittens @ 7.V.Y. .7.7... .7.7 7.7.7.7 . . . . 25c Children's Caps, with Tossels, @ 19c Mens white, blue and red Handkerchiefs 8ic Ladies' Petticoats, each 25c Embroidery, cloaing out at per yard........................ " 2*c Men's Sweaters, regular price, $2.00, & 1 1 5 Men's Neckties, Bows, 2 for 2Sr Men's Work Shirts (3 7!!! 7 7 7.7 7.. .7 7 7 7 7 7 35c Men's Dress Shirts @ 7.777.7. .7 39. Boy's eyeryday Shirts, regular price 85c, .......... 20c Stove Blacking, very best, <a 4c Yfry best ink 4e Men's Duck Coats, closing out ( d . . . . . . 1.15 Children's fleeced lined Underwear, 16 to 20, @ i2Jc QiilfllWi's fleeced lined Underwear, 24 to 28, special closing price 21c Menwoeeced lined Underwear, very best 85c J®*?/* ̂ Underwear, regular $1.50 Goods, special 7 7 7.7 7 89c I Anise Underwear, best all wool, (g> 79c lAdhe' fleeced lined Underwear, best, @ \, 85c Men's Overcoats, very stylish, regular price $15.00, special 7.79 Men s Overcoats, regular $12.00 Coat, special price 5 40 Men's Overcoats, regular $8.00, special 8 48 Menf* all wool Suits, special -6 49 Men'* work Pants, regular price $1.00, special.'. 777.7.7.7.7.7.7." 59c Cordtmoy Pants @ 135 Men's t»b Overalls, @ " ... . Youth's Overalls @ .77777. 1. * 7 85c Boy's Corduroy knee Pants, best, @. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7.7.7. gfte Menfc Mittens closing out at very lowest prices. Towsiilig, per yard 0 1 . ,T<rth|f.faney Handkerchiefs, each... ..............' 4c f|j-JiURWlTZ. CARRIED MAIL FORTY YEAR8. IWIs Position to Lincoln Appointed Him. After having served Uncle Sam faith­ fully for over forty years as mail carrier between the Richmond station and the postoffice, Felix Hugg has tendered his resignation. Mr. Hugg was born in Loraine, France, February 7, 1828, and arrived in America in 1851. He" came west and settled at Richmond August 2, 1856. He was appointed to his pres­ ent position during President Lincoln's term of office, September 15, 1862, at a salary of $25 a year. He had to make the trip morning and evening. There, being no tele­ graphic communication in that* part of the country, he frequently had to re­ main all night at the depot, waiting for the mail to arrive. At present he is re­ quired to make five trips, at $180 a year. During the war times he sold the Chicago Journal, receiving ae high as 50 cents per copy. r SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTE (Continued from page one)£ Finds Way to Live Long* The startling announcement of a dis­ covery that will surely lengthen life is made by editor O. H. Downey, of Chu- rubhsco.Ind. "I wish to state, he writes, "that Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption is the most infallible rem­ edy that I have ever known for Coughs, L'olds and Grip. It's invaluable to peo­ ple with weak lungs. Having this won­ derful medicine no one need dread Pneu­ monia or Consumption. ' Its relief is in­ stant and cure certain." Julia A. Story guarantees wvry 50c and $1.00 bottle, and gives trial bottles free. Are Yuii Interested In This? The label at thr tup of the first page (or on the wrapper) by which The Plain- dealer is addressed, shows the date to which the subscription has been paid. You can readily find out by looking at the date on the label how your account stands. If it reads "Jan 1 01, " it shows that your subscription is paid to Jan. 1, 1901; if it reads "Jan 1 04, "it means that you have paid arrearages {if any) and a year in advance. But, whatever the figures, they show the date to which you have been paid and if you are in ar­ rears remittance is desired and will be much appreciated. If you will please observe the dates you will know just how your account stands with the print­ er. We invite your special attention to these figures. Mrs. Johanna Soderbolm, of Fergus Falls, Minn., fell and dislocated her shoulder. She had a surgeon get it back in place as soon as possible, but it was quite sore and pained her very much. Her son mentioned that he had seen Chamberlain's Pain Balm adver­ tised for sprains and soreness, and she tiokod liiiu to buy her a bottle, of it, which he did. It quickly relieved her and enabled her to sleep which she had not done for several day?. The son was so much pleased with the relief it gave his mother that he has since recommend­ ed it to many others. For sale by all druggists. Buzz Saw Severs Foot. Mr. Percy Dibble, a well known young man of Antioch. met with a ter­ rible accident Tuesday afte noflfi, which cost him one of his feet. He was operating a wood sawing machine at the Lnx Hotel when a piece of wood lodged just under the circular saw. Dibble thought to displace it, and stoop­ ing, attempted by a vigorous kick to shove it to one side. Instead his leg came in contact with the rapidly re­ volving saw, which completely severed his foot at the ankle, it dropping on the ground at his side. The shock was aw­ ful, not because of the pain as he at the time did not experience any, but the sight of his foot dropping to the ground, which sickened him. Heads Should Never Ache. Never endure this trouble. Use at once the remedy that stopped it for Mrs N. A. Webster, of Winne, tVa. She writes "Dr. Ling's New Life Pills whol­ ly cured She of sick headaches I had suf­ fered from for two years." Cure head­ ache, constipation, biliousness. 25c at Julia A. Story's drug store O A B T O R I A . Bun tb« /j Ih# Kind You Have Always Bought Signature o f Miss Idsk, M. Snyder* Treasurer of tlte Brooklyn £aat Xnd Art Otak. 1 If women would pay more attention to their health we would have more happy wives, mothers and daughters, and if they would observe results they would find that the doctors' prescriptions do not perform the many cures they arc given credit for. " In consulting with my druggist he ad­ vised McElree's Wine of Cardufand Thed- ford's Black-Draught, and so 1 took it and have every reason to thank him for a new life opened up to me with restored health, •and It only took three months to cure me." Wine of Cardui is a regulator of the menstrual functions and is a most as­ tonishing tonic for women. It cures scanty, suppressed, too frequent, irreg­ ular and painful menstruation, falling of the womb, whites and flooding, ft is helpful when approaching woman­ hood, during pregnancv, after child­ birth and in change of life. It fre­ quently brings a dear baby to homes that have been barren for years. All druKtriats have $1.00 bottles of Wine of Cardui % WINEo'CARDUl thing. It helps to make live worth liv ing. It is a wonderful inspiration to better living. "I believe if I had not control of afoot of ground which I cOtild plant I would gather seeds of canondnla, rudbeckia asters, four o'clocks and marigolds ayd sow them upon the river banks. Yes could do even better "than that, I could plant elders and lilacs sumac and five leaved ivy. Once started they would come year after year, doing their modest share to make the world more beautiful asking no return but the privilege of being. "Who can tell how much pf joy could be brought into the hearts of weary, careladen human beings by cleaning up and planting the river banks through the hearts of cities; for what heart is so sordid that it is not thrilled with delight at the sight of a beautiful landscape or liefen grateful for the shade of a majestic tree, and at such times ai^id to himself God is good and the world is beautiful and only man is vile. But believe me, if you would see what others only look at, you must do the planting yourself. "In summer I spend a great deal of my time in our garden. Weeds are given short shrift there. Most of them are decapitated before they appear above ground. "Our tools are kept bright and sharp so that even a woman can use them The ground is.kfept rich with fine, well rotted barnyard manure and in good mechanical condition by late fall plow ing and frequent cultivation. Under such conditions hoeing is far easier than sweeping and is not to be compared with washing and ironing. In addition to the usual hoe and rake we have a wheel hoe and another hoe-shaped instrument, but instead of being a flat bladeV it has four shafp prongs, which for breaking up a crust after a rain is hard to beat. These tools I can and do use with per­ fect ease. I am also the sole proprietor of another little tool which I use tor dig­ ging plantain and dandelion out of the lawn. The tool is a sharp inch and a half chisel fastened into a fork handle. With this I can easily, quickly and without stooping rid our lawn of the unwelcome intruders. "We have just two acres of ground. One-half acre is occupied by house and lawn, barn and barnyard and we have demonstrated that with that amount of ground planted to yegetables and fruit on the outskirts of Dixon we can make a comfortable living. "Two years ago we had all the fruit and vegetables we could possibly con­ sume and sold $600 worth besides, ThiB was nearly all harvested from one acre, as one-half acre was newly planted to strawberries and raspberries. What vegetables we grew "between the rows of new raspberries was all we got from that half acre that year. "Last summer my husband was other­ wise engaged so we did not grow vege­ tables for market and sold our fruit on commission and yet our net income from this two acres was $400 and it was confessedly a bad season. The long con­ tinued rains following hard upon the ex­ cessive drought of the previousQsu miner pUyed sad havoc with much of out­ crop. This was especially true of grapes and Iiouden raspberries. They were so blighted as to be almout an entire fail ure. Strawberrios yielded about one- half of what they did the previous sea­ son. "Two years ago we had one-sixth of an acre of early vegetables, one row of Hsparagus 450 feet long, and a row of pieplant half as long. From these three sources we had taken in $100 before the strawberries w^re ripe. This vegetable ground was all made to yield another crop that season and some of it two of them. "Early potatoes were planted on the same ground and at the same time with radish and spinach. 'The potatoes had the ground as soon as they needed-it, because spinach and radishes had al­ ready been harvested. "Just before digging the potatoes we planted late cabbage between the rows. This particular piece of ground yielded us three full crops in one season. "Two varieties of late sweet corn were planted in rows 8J feet apart among the oqions (these were sets for green onions.) "Of course some of the corn was de­ stroyed in pulling the onions. This opened the way for replanting, and that gave us a succession of corn until frost "Tomatoes were planted between the rows of early cabbage. They grew har­ moniously together, neither seeming to -injure the other. Beets were made to succeed each other in such a way as to occupy the ground the entire season. ""Fifteen bushels of potatoes were growtikon the headlands, and aq second crop, after spinach and radish. Pole beans and brush pea$ were planted close enough to the woven wire fence so they conld utilize it for support. "We had one-sixth acre in straw­ berries. These were kept in matted rows, not allowed to get too thick and never weedy. A dust mulch protected them in summer and a light coyering of rye straw in winter. A sprinkling of wood ashes in spring gave the ber­ ries size and flavor and made Us and our customers bappy as we gazed on the well filled boxes of large, luscious berries. From this spot we sold 2,000 quarts of berries which netted us ten cents a quart. And we never had a pedigreed plant on the place, either. "I need not tell you last summer was a good one for ducks, but maybe yon do not all know b w good it was for cel­ ery. We grew 150 stalks of. the very finest celery on a »-p t 8x12 feet. Per­ haps if 1 tell you how easily we did it you will all add this very choice vege­ table to your list next year if yon have­ n't it already. I so seldom see it in people's gardens that I sometimes won der if there are not more people who tiujlk M • 0MB did I Mkld table/if he would have some celery, who said/ "Salarv? I supposed that was something no one had but the rich." "We sowed the seed in the hotbed about March 1st. (Of course you all have hotbeds). After we bad - trans­ planted the early cabbege into the gar­ den we transplanted the seedlings three inches apart in the row, and the rows six inches apart, into the now vacant hotbed. We took off the glass and made a partial shade, by laying on strips of board north and south with good sized openings between. The eel* ery tops were sheared three times to make them stalky. The last week in July we spaded up a lettuce bed and planted them into it (no ditch at all) in rows nearly a foot apart and six inches apart in the row. On the 15t1i of Sep­ tember we set a board a foot wide on each side of each row, driving a stake on each side to keep them in place. A month later we had splendid bleached celery to eat and will have all winter When freezing weather came we packed it back into the hotbed (which had been emptied by this tiqie ready for next spring) and put a covering of dirt over it. For awhile we had noth­ ing but a board roof over it but later we piled on mannre enough to keep out frost. "Now I hope you are not tired, for I do want to tellyou a little about onr flowers and then I am done. We get so much enjoyment from them with so little outlay of either labor or money. "First in the spring we had the blue flags with their wealth of royal purple flowers. The tulips were not far be­ hind. Into this tulip bed was scattered some portulacca seed, making it a con- tinuos rainbow of beauty from earliest spring until cold weather. No atten­ tion was paid to Jack Frost's hints of coming winter. They would not be suppressed until the ground froze. A bed of coleus bordered with sweet alys- sum was beautiful throughout the seas­ on. Chinese pinks, petunias, verbenas, stocks, zinnias and rudbeckias made a gorgeous display. These are all so com mon that anyone who cares to gather the seeds in the fall can get them with­ out money and without price. "A crimson rambler on the south side of the porch gave shade from the, sometimes too ardent rays of the sun and a veritable sea of roses in June. A clematis paniculata on the north cov­ ers the entire side with its fine green foliage, and finally, in September, with a perfect mass of snowy blossoms. A clump of handsome shrubs forms a back ground to the lawn and divides it from the garden. A bed of ferns in a shady nook is always fair to behold and re­ minds one constantly of the cool, quiet, leafy glen where they were gathered. '• A large circle of cannas, which tow*, ered high above our heads, were our special delight. But the one flower bed from which I got the most enjoyment was the so-called "wild flower bed." The bed was four feet wide and forty feet long. It was sown in drills one foot apart with one packet of mixed seed which I got from Farquhar, of Boston, for flftebn cents. I never got so much for fifteen cents in all my life. It contained every kind of low growing annual I ever saw and many that I bad never seen before. Every day brought forth some new blossom. It was a con­ tinual source of pleasure and surprise. We planted a small handful of tiny brown seeds--our harvest was thous^ auds of beautiful and fragrant flowers, from June until November." J. P. Mason of Elgin discussed farm ing as a business profit and a home, presenting new ideas and leaving food for thought in the minds of those pres­ ent. Wednesday S sessions were taken up by the following subjects: "Improve­ ment in Live Stock," by Fred H. Ran kin. Urbana, 111./'PracticalEducation," by C. C. Pervier; "Some Experiments with Soy Beans and Winter Vetch," by Dwigbt S. Dalby, Urbana, 111.; "Jpst Hog," by Fred H. Rankin; "Improve­ ment in Corn Growing," Dwight S Dalby; "Clover--its Value on the Farm," C. Pervier. Wednesday evening "The Sunny Side of Farm Life" was discussed by Mrs. H. P. Buckland of Ringwood. Her paper will be published in fall next week. "Domestic Science in Public Schools" was an interesting subject ably handled by Mrs. S. Noble King of Bloomington, 111. "DomesticScience in a General Way," ancther edifying paper, was read by Mrs. H. M. Dunlap of Savoy, 111. There was considerable discussion Fer the different subjects during the two days and in this manner many points were brought out and made clear. The manner in which the farmers of McHenry demonstrated their apprecia­ tion of the efforts of these educators was gratifying to the officers of the Institute, The music committee, Mr. and Mrs T. J. Walsh and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gallaher, did their work well, the pro­ gram being interspersed with some ex­ cellent music. Among those from a distance who at­ tended the institute this week were the following: Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hewes, C. L. Mead, Miss Evelyn Carr, of Hebron; C W. Thompson, Fred Thompson, G E. Burbank, S. E Clark, M. J. Wright, of Woodstock; L. K Co- yell, Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. M. Long, 'Greenwood; F. W. Hatch, Fred Hatch, B. A. Stevens, J. H. Cole, W. E. Colby, of Spring Grove; Robert Corlett, Law­ rence; Mr. and Mrs. Miles Hatch, Bur­ ton, Wash. P«ln* In th« Stomach. Like toothache, this is not m danger­ ous, but a decidedly unpleasant ailment. Persons who are subject to attacks of it will be pleased to know that prompt re­ lief may be had by taking a dose or two of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This remedy js equally valuable for children and when reduced with water and sweetened is pleasant to take. For sale by all drug- gift*. i&i-v Big f|Jaa\ua.ry Sale 'Hi-J still going* than ever. on With The People of McHenry and surrounding' country never had a better chance to, pick up good Goods at ,§o low a price. One Week more of the rush of trading that we enjoyed last week and our Winter Stock will look slim. Don't put it off but drop in while you have a good assortment of everything to pick from. If in need of a Fur Coat or anything in Wool Goods for winter wear we can fit you out with the best at prices which will surprise you. I will not carry any Winter Goods over Summer if low prices will sell them. Come and be convinced. S, S. CHAPELL. w E A S V it is to do a weeks' washing when you have Laundry Troys installed in your house. Hot and cold water constantly at hand, no carrying water in great heavy tubs, and every­ thing made ready for the work in m few minutes. It is a great saving of time, temper and health to women. Let me give you prices on Launday Troys. Agent for the Eagle Acety­ lene Gas Machine. I furnish the entire outfit complete. Chris Schmidt, flcHenry, Illinois. * f^TiTifTHT@ AY^getable Preparalionfor As­ similating live Food andReg ala- ling the StoioacJhs and Bowels of 1NFAN 1S/C H1LDKKN Promotes Digestion,Cheerful- ness and Rest.Contains neither Opium.Morplune nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought *" OU UrSAMUELPtTCHSR Seal- jttx.Sennn * Sa/4?* jkuse Seed Jtf&ermLHl - Bl CurfH/nnt" Ul < i Seed - Vitd .11 Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa lion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fevensh- ness and Loss OF SLEEP. FacSmile Signature of NEW YORK. V I b m o n t h s o l d ] j D o s > s - j ^ C i r EXACT copy OF WRAPPER. In Use For Over Thirty Years GASTORIA TMK CCNTAU* eOMMN\ NtW YOUR OITYc Attractive Auction Bills at is offin