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Overcoats, Felt Boots and Overs, only a few left for selection. Also all lines of Dry Goods which must be closed out at once.: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : OSMUN BROS., - flcHENRY. j IIIHIBIIMHWH Jos. H. Huemann m WMks! Johnsburgh, Illinois. Corn Shelters and Tread 'Powers, Duplex Grinding Mills, Bock Island Plows, Wagons, Carriages, Buggies. Wind Mills, -• Well Supplies, .Harness Oil, - Paint Oil and Machine Smmwwm a S|>ecialty. I am agent for the above. We pot the Rods on your Build­ ings and should they be struck by ligtitnhiK we pay damages it no more than $60. Call and full particulars. Gnertl BtocksmitMni Prices iiwivs J * = j V A R I YOU SEEN THE LAI ESI? WE HAVE IT IN BEAUTIFUL ROOKWOOD AND PEARL CHI^A. ! 5 ! t * t R E . j ANNOUNCEMENTS ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. The Illinois Central maintains Double Dully Service, and operut' S tho best trains, with Dining Cars. Buffet-Library Cars, Chair Cars and Sleeping Cars, from Chicago. St. Louis. Cincinnati and Louisville $owth to New Orleans. The best road for reaching the Winter Tourist resorts of the South, in­ cluding MsliiirS HiVaild, (UlM Colon, PdlMIM Oulfport. Miss. Hammond, Id. Mardi Gras at New Orleans March 7. (iulf- port is a Mexican U+ilf Coast resort having the new. fine "Great Southern" Hotel. Steam­ ships leave New Orleans every Saturday afternoon for Havana; every Wednesday morning for Colon, Panama. Regular ocean Steamship sailings from New Orleans for Mexico, Central America, Panama, West Indies and Europe. Semtor call for descrip­ tive matter in regard to U»e aliove. Hot Springs, Ark., Florida Caily Sleeping Car wit hout change Chicago to Hot Springs, with connect ions at Memphis from Cincinnati and Louisville. Through " Dixie Flyer" Sleeping Car Line St. Louis to .Jacksonville via Nashville, Chat­ tanooga and Atlanta, Mexico, California Tour of all M<xico. via I itinois C ntral R.R. under escort ol Ueau Campbell, General Man­ ager the American Tourist Association, Quincy Building, MIS Adams St., Chicago, leaves Chicago January 31. Select clientele. Limited. All exclusive privihyres, indepen­ dent travel. Special Pullman Vestibule Train, Drawing-Rooms. Compartments, Li­ brary and Mivsic Room, with the largest Din­ ing Car in the world, and the famous Open- Top Observation Car, ChililitlL Special Bag­ gage Car. Tickets include all expenses everywhere. Special Tonrs of Mexico and California via the Illinois Central and New Orleans under the auspices of Raymond & Whitcomb, will leave Cnicago Friday, Jan. 20 and Feb. 10, for Mexico and California, and Friday March 3, for California; this last to include a stop­ over at New Orleans for the Mardi Gras. Entire trips made in special private vestibule trains of finest Pullmans, with dining car service. Fascinating trips, complete In every detail. Illinois Central Weekly Excursions to Cali­ fornia. Kxcurslon cars through to Los Ange­ les and San Francisco as follows;. Via New Orleans and the Southern Uoute every Fri­ day frirtn Chicago; every Tuesday from Cin­ cinnati. Via Omaha and the Scenic Route Wednesday from-Chicago. particulars concerning all of the above Pianos! IMd yon say Piano? Why, of coarse, we handle them. Not only that, but we handle the beet known makes and give with each and every one of them a guarantee of which we feel prond. If yon are contemplating putting a Piano in­ to yonr home don't forget ns. We can and will give you figures which defy all competition for high class Instruments. Remem­ ber "The Housekeeper" offer still stands good. Call at our store and we will tell yon all abont it. Leave yo\ir"orders here fer Piano Tuning. Work done by Wm. Ar- ney of Shulz Piano Co , Chicago. West HeHenry, 111. CHARLES 6. fRETT Wholesale and retail dealer la every Wednesday from-Chicago. Fun particulars concerning all can be bad of the agents of the Illinois Cen­ tral, or by addressing th^j nearest of the un­ dersigned representatives of the "Central." A. H. HANSON. G. P. A.. Chicago. III. J. F. MERRY, A. G. P. A., Dubuque. Iowa. April 1 This%ank receives deposits, bays and sells Foreign and Do­ mestic Exchange, and does a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. We endeavor to do all busi­ ness entrusted to our eare in a manner and upon terms entire­ ly satisfactory to our custom" ers and respectfully solicit the p u b l i c p a t r o n a g e . . . . . . floney to Loan on real estate a n d o t h e r first class se- * curity. Spec­ ial attention I mb in lb* Market For Betf VMI button Hop and Poultry Give are • call Smoked Keats, Sausage McHenry Illinois! meats! given to collections.. INSURANCE in First Class Conijpanies. at the Low est rates. Yours Respectfully PERRY & OWEN, Notary Public. Bankers me McHenry Plioto^pbtr flAKES PHOTOS PERMANENT ARTISTIC rAVLTLESS a at popular prices. Always some f attraction given away with, every k dozen. In order to more fully iu- \ trodnce my work in this comuiun- r'ity 1 have decided to make thereg- i nlar cabinet size photo at Sli.OO per dozen, for a short time only. Waukegan St,, near theStan lpipe (WEST McHENRY, ILL. FRESH, SALT a SMOKED MEATS Vegetables and Fruit ia Season, It Is my intention to give all customers the best service pos­ sible. 1 pay spot cash f ir hides, poultry and stock of all kinds, thus paying the lowest prices, and will sell on the same basis. We also buy Hogs for Kerber Packing Co. of Elgin, paying highest market prices. Drop us a card when ready to sell. { A, C. MATTHEWS, 'WFST M'HF.XRY, IKL. # if A Symptom. - Tomdix--What reason hare you for thinking you have hay fever? Hojax-- Because every time I meet a, grass widow I sneeze--Chicago Journal Enthusiastic mediocrity often passe* fbr talent.' A hot jsnrssnpe is not more, nutritious than a cold sausage, but It is more jygUE ibeiiglit of.--Puck. NEIGHBORING NEWS AS CHRONICLED BY j OUR ABLE CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS i SPRING GROVE. . - / [People of Spring Grove and vicinity desiring to subscribe for The Plaindeal- er may leave their order and money with Raymond Moss, our correspond­ ent. 1 he subscription price is $1.50 a year or 75 cents for six months. ED. | Oliver Neish is bome from Springfield, Wis. Martin Thelen of Round Lake, was up Sunday. Geo. Dahl of Richmond was down Saturday. Mike Rauen has been worse the past few days. - Silas Pierce has rented his shop to Henry Sweet. Geo. Westlake of Iowa is visiting his parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are viBiting at Wm. Seaver's. •* Dr. Foster of Richmond was a caller here Saturday night. Elmer Fuller of Chicago visited with his family over Sunday. Mrs. Schum'acber has the grip and is in a very serious conditionl Jake'Frennd entertained friends at a card party the first of the week Ben French, who is now one of the Salvation Army lads, was here Sunday. Chas. Anderson expects to return to Arkansas soon and make that place his home. Henry Sweet and family have moved into Anton Schaefer's house reoently vacated by Mr. Martin. Ed French was badly burned on his hand Saturday evening by an explosion of alcohol while lighting a lamp. Mr. and Mrs. Colby have been to Mc­ Henry the past week, called there by the sickness and death of Page Colby. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Richardson and Mr. and Mrs. Hopper atteuded the fu* neral of Mrs. Richard Lawson at Ring- wood Thursday. Wm. Seaver met with a very serious accident at the Fox Lake ice house last Wednesday evening, falling several feet and breaking his left arm near the shoulder, aud nearly severing one ear from his head. He was brought home Thursday morning and is doing as well as might lie expected. The death of Robert Spear occurred at eleven o'clock Saturday night, Jan. 21, after seventeen months of sickness. Mr. Spear is known to all as a kind husband and father, and his friends were legion. He was one of those who were always ready to grant a favor, and it has been very bard to see him suffer so terribly. The funeral took place Monday, interment being at Wilmot. The Czar is being called a weak man at the present time by many, Perhaps few could do better in his place, but when it comes to real heroism we think we have a small boy who is showipg what kind material soldiers are made of whether battling at home or in the bat­ tle field. Master Harold Watts, , just nine yea*s old, who was hurt by a dyna­ mite cap December 21, losing two fingers and a part of another, is now in school again doing his work better than most of his class. Is'nt it a pity that a little of such eagerness to gain an education could not be felt by some older ones who have the best of opportunities. Not Hi* OHn. "Is tbe house you now live In your own?" "Not now." "You have sold It?" **No; got married." Burdens may be the ballast that saves the ship.--Chicago Tribune. RING WOOD. C. H. Tattle was a rtoent visitor at McHenry. Mrs. Wm. Coatee is confined to her bed with the grip. • Clarence Tuttie was a Greenwood caller Sunday evening. Cal Coates spent Sunday at Harvard with James Kemerling aud family. Miss Myrtle Stevens of Elgin is home for a few days' visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Merchant of Bar- reville called on friends here Saturday. Warren Foes is again seen behind the counters after several days' tussle with the grip. J. S. Brown and Charlie Peet had the misfortune to lose theip driving hones last week, Joe McCannon and Miss Sadie Marble of Greenwood visited at Bert McCan­ non's Saturday. Mrs. W. A. Dodge and Misses Edith Tuttie and Lora Dodge called at Mc: Henry Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Thomas Walkington was called to the city Monday on aocount of the •serious illness of her father. Misses Emma McCannon and Sadie Marble of Greenwood are the guests of Mrs. Will McCannon this week. Duane Bell had the misfortune to get one of his feet quite badly crushed un­ der a cake of ice at the ice house at Mo Collum's lake the first of the week. The ladies of the Willing Workers so­ ciety will serve a dinner at the home of Mrs. H. P. Bucklaud, Thursday, Jan. 26* A cordial invitation is extended, to thfegeutlemen as well as the ladies. KMGRALD PARK. Jos. Aerns visited at John R. Smith's Sunday. Phil Aylward spent Sunday at his home here. D. W. Hill of Chicago spent Sunday at his cottage. Miss Lncy Sutton spent Sunday after-, noon with Miss Irene Frisby. Miss Nellie Frisby is-*Spending a lew days with her sister in McHenry. ' Miss Katie Knox- spent Sunday at Wm. Welch's at Griswold Lake. Geo, Peterson went to Chicago Tues­ day and will visit relatives a few days. Mrs. Jas. Hughes went to Chicago Tuesday to attend the funeral of an uncle. Miss Nellie Nopnan of Ringwood and L. E. Walmsley spent Snnday afternoon at J. B. Frisby's. On account of sickness Miss Margaret Sutton has been forced to olose her school this week. M. A. Sutton attended the funeral of a relative in Elgin Sunday and spent a few days with relatives there. Misses Margaret Aylward and Maytne Knox and Richard Aylward called on Ringwood friends Sunday afternoon. A few young men of Wanconda treat­ ed a number of our young ladies to a fine sleigh ride last Wednesday evening. The sleighing was good and was enjoyed by all tbe load. Tfcejr Were Harmleaa. In her book on the poet Whittier, Mrs. Claflin relates the following anec­ dote: An old Quaker friend visited Mr. Whittier. He was a bachelor, and when the hour for retiring came he was shown to his room. Soon after he was heard .calling from the top of tbe stairs In an excited tone: "I think thee hast made a mistake, Friend Whittier. I find female garments in my room!" At which Friend Whittier replied: "Tbee'd better go to bed, The female garments won't hurt thee." What does the Breakfast-Bell mean fa yoti* household i Light, whole-v some Biscuit s made with _ Some HARNESS is hard on a Horse and pocket. Doesn't fit animals of normal shape and it is of such poor quality that it Wears out before giving an adequate return for its cost. Our Harness is of the .other sort. Lasts longer than the horse will. Made of the best leather and trimmings and made to fit. Strain is equally divided and every part equal to the strain. Costs no more than "cheap" Gus. Carlson. - Harness. ss« as Dr. PRICE'S Baking Powde*? or unwholesome food made with alatn baking powder? Jt is worth yoarwMe to inquire. BA KKK VILLIS. H. Keenan made several calls in this vicinity last week. Ray Merchant was a Ringwood visit­ or Friday evening. Miss Bertha Wingate called on Miss Edna Colby Friday. Chas. Wilmington of Nunda spent Friday at his home here. 1 Floyd. Thompson spent Thursday evening at .Ed. Knox's.. v Mrs. Do well aud children were reoent visitors at M. D. Henise's. " Thos. Ames is quite ill with erysipelas at his home in Terra Cotta. Robt. Sutton of Emerald Park was a Snnday evening caller here. Bernie Wiugate spent Sunday after­ noon with Robert Thompson. Frank Wattles of West McHenry was a business caller here Friday. Thos. Thompson called at Geo. Ames at Terra Cotta Tuesday afternoon. Miss Ada Merchaut spent Monday visiting Miss May me Knox's school. Mrs. Burnett of Griswold Lake spent part of last week with her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. .uort Ritt of Nunda were Sunday visitors at Wm. Van Natta's. Misses Edna Colby and Lizzie Lembke were visitors at Wm. Lehman's Wed. nesday. Mr. aktd Mrs. Henry Wilmington called on the latter*s mother at Nunda last week. Joe McCannon and Miss Sadie Marble of Greenwood called at I. N. Merchant's Friday eveuing. Our school is closed this week on ac­ count of the illness of the teacher, Miss Margaret Sutton. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Merchant and daughter, Ada, spent Saturday' with friends at Ringwood. ^ crowd of young people from Prairie Grove spent Saturday evening very pleasantly at fain. Wingate's, Bruce Starritt and Miss Clara Thomp­ son spent Thursday evening with the Misses Katie and Mayiue Knox. Thos. Thompson and daughter, Clara, attended the funeral of Mrs. Richard Lawson at Ringwood last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L\>lby and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wingate attended tbe funeral of Page CQlby at McHenry Sun­ day. Bow to Shoot a 'Rattler. The writer once saw an Indian kill a rattlesnake In a very peculiar man­ ner. The rattler was about ten feet from the Indian, who wtfs resting the rifle on his knee, apparently taking aim. Whenever he moved the weapon a few inches the snake would, move around and get exactly in line with it. Then, to show how the thing was done, the Indian moved about the snake in a circle, and the reptile moved as if its tail were a pivot, always keeping its bead and body in line with the gun. The Indian then agreed to bandage his eyes and shoot the snake in the mouth. The writer bandaged the Indian's eyes, and, holding the gun by his side at arm's length, the latter pulled the trigger, and the ball entered the snake's mouth and passed the whole length of Its body. ^ , "How did you take aimV was the query. "Tbe snake he take aim,** was -the reply. We have talked with an old hunter Kt this proposition, and he claims that • rattlesnake will always range direct-' ly In line with a gun or stick pointed at It.--Exchange. Redeem Yoar Paat Failures. You may say that you have failed too vften, that there is no use in trying, that it is impossible for you to suc­ ceed and that you have fallen too of­ ten even to attempt to get on your feet again. Nonsense! There is no failure tor a man whose spirit is uncoriquered. No matter how late the hour or how many and repeated his failures suc­ cess is still possible. The evolution 9f Scrooge, the miser, in the closing j years of his life, from a, hard, narrow, j heartless money grubber, whose soul j was Imprisoned in his shining heap j of boarded gold, to a generous, geuial j lover of his kind, is no mere myth j of Dickens' brain. Time a,nd again, in j the history of our duily lives, chron- ' icjed in our newspapers, recorded in ; biographies or exhibited before our ; eyes, we see men and women redeem- • ing past failures, rising up out of the stupor of discouragement and boldly turning face forward once more.--O. i 8. Marden in Success. 1 A Reat rioted Rwuir. The puzzle department of London Truth called" for a competition in ac­ counts of a round of golf containing no letter "a" oc ••u." Here is a good specimen from the many replies re­ ceived . 'I know nothing of golf. Some peo­ ple do, or pretend to. However, I visit the links, for I like to look on. Slow work, yet good for the liver They hit some kind of sphere into holes on tbe green, then seek for it. Some tiud It in them, some do not. Men who win grin. Men who lose bless ever?'body, sotto voce, being too polite to do so before people. Women who lose despise the she winners. Their verdict is, ill dressed objects,' 'wizened things.' 'no chicken.' Men do differently, for when finished they drink together In good fellowship, then minle--to dine, not rspicsL" * * I JOHNSBURGH. Jake May is on the sick list. Martha Mertes visited Mrs. Jos,.Titer, len Friday. • Miss Lizsie May vi8itad Miss Delia Neisen Sunday. ' ; * Mrs. Wilhelmina Brefeld died Wed­ nesday after a long illness. , •;* Mr. and Mrs. Mike Freund visited Mrs. Susan Freund Sunday. Mrs. Jacob Meyers visited Mrs. Blake from SatnrdAy until Tuesday. Misses Eva, Maggie and Ella Huemattn visited Miss Lizzie May recently. Jos. May a&d family of Ringwood visited at Frank Miller's Sunday. Mrs. Jac. Freund of Spring Grove vis­ ited Mrs. Anna Freund Tuesday. Nick Weber and sister, Mary, of Mc- Benry visited Mrs. Susan Freund Satur­ day. Miss Josephine Pitzen of Volo visited at Wm. Oeffling's last week for a few days. Mrs. Peter Neisen and daughters, Del- la and Martha, visited Mrs. Jos, Hue­ mann Friday. Mrs. John Justen and Mrs. Stephen Freund visited their mother, Mrs. Klap- perich, Saturday. Peter Rothermel and Peter Engeln of McHenry atteuded the blue rock shoot at George Nell's Tuesday. Mrs. Martin Lay visited Mr. and Mrs. Win. Britz Friday. The latter are the happy parents of a baby girl. Mrs. Britz, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Mat Bauer, in Chicago, tor a time, returned home Saturday. There are quite a number of our citi­ zens sick with the grip. We hope they will all be out again in a short time. , / vo&o. 7 George Freund of McHenry spent Sunday in Volo. Wm. Huson returned from Des Moines Sunday afternoon. Mrs. J. Kirwan spent a few days the past week in Elgin. John Snnderland of Waukegan visit­ ed at Raught Bros.- Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Hurst of Canada is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Meyers, of this place. Mr. and Mrs. J. Dowe and family of Wanconda visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frost, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clongh, daughter, Bessie, and Miss Hattie Glynch of Wan­ conda and Miss Emma Smack of Bar- rington called at J. Raymond's -Sun­ day afternoon. ^ The. dedication of the new Methodist church of Volo, which was postponed on acconnt of the sickness of the pasti«r and many of the members, will be held Sunday, February 5. * • * New Officers. At the installation of officers of St Patrick's court'Kor 446 the following were installed: James Hughes, C. R. M., A. Sutton, V. C. R. Watter Bolger, R. S. and Treas. Geo. Frisby, F. S. John Phalen, Martin Conway, Cbaa Givens, trustees. B. J. Frisby, R. Givens, conductors. Ed. Frisby, John Fleming, sentinels John Neiss, Deputy H. C. R. Richard Givens, delegate. M. A. Sutton, alternate. Rev. P. M. O'Neill, spiritual adviser.. Dr. C. H. Fegers, medical examiner. | $26, $21, & $22 Suits | for . i B I L I O U S N E S S CONSTIPATION C U R E D B Y THEDFORDS BLACK DRAUGHT Because the liver is neglected people suffer with constipation, biliousness, eadachcs and fevers. Colds attack 1 |e luiigg and contagious diseases take hold of the system. It is safe to Bay that if the liver were always kept in proper working order, illness would be almost unknown. Thedford's Black-Draught is so successful in curing such sickness because it is without a rival as a liver regulator. This great family medicine is not a strong and drastic drug, bat a mild and healthful laxative that cures con­ stipation and maj be taken bv a mere child without possible harm. The healthful action on the liver cures biliousness. It has an in­ vigorating effect on the kidneys. Because the liver and kidneys "do not work regularly, the poisonous acids along with the waste from t^e bowels get back into the blood and virulent contagion results. Timely treatment with Thed­ ford's Black-Praught removes the dangers which lurk in constipation, liver ami kidney trouble*, and will positively forestall the inroads of Hright's i, for which dis ease in advanced stages there is no cure. Ask your dealer for a iv, package of Thedford's Blade-, Draught. #•*! 1 . H Prom now until February 1, §j 1905," we offer your choice of any $20, $21 and $22 Suits -at the very low price " f $ 1 7 . 5 0 . ; An offer which cannot be duplicated" by any Of our ^ competitors. An offer we |! cannot duplicate. An offer ^ which we will not duplicate |j after the time set. Come « at once and get first choice. I Why is our line of Samples i like a Drum riajor? | Because it always leads the | procession. I John D. Lodtz. 1 McHenry, Illinois. $ FANCY mm * • ' - We have 500 cases of the finest quality Syrup in full measure 1 gallon cans which we are offer­ ing this week and next at 4 gallons for $I.OO Guaranteed to keep for 60 days. This is high- grade goods and will give the best of satis­ faction. try our Of Most wholesome Flour* in town, at per sack. i . Victor Flour, x/% barw3 Sacks, 100 pounds, for $2.75 N. Y. State Buckwheat | the finest, 10 pounds for t Pure Maple Syrup, per gallon./.. .. $1.00 fAlter GBOOTS Tete|Hae ffl BO YEARS* EXPERIENCE PATENTS Anyou* »endiiitf « ^Otckiy in: t a * e n l I * tiou» strtotly ooiidJt'i tesit fr.'^, ' M DcaiGNS Co^l RIGHTS Ac,' stoa irw whetiW .r.taJ>'A ComarantaiR' nmrnm . ' ' 3fOur!E!,L ; Muim Til • •' - lit tb*» <•>: Sckntific Jfmertcan. - aSR1?',v J58* ILBUMHLTAV II Mips Co.'6' V*