<? <• - *-:Jy Ipersoaally request young gentlemen who appreciate smartly designed Peg Top Trousers--to ask my represqitfttiyg Jor trousers beating my marie*' - 1 From die way my Trousers fit you lAtaji that tbey are bom ooi made My JOS. w Imperial", Model and Peg Top Troutera bear niy mark--you will find then labeled on inade of waistband, just ask - \ v .For the Warm Weather- YOU NEED A GASOLINE STOVE! C. OF H. SLAUGHTERED ••I When you purchase one, be sure that you are getting something that is reliable, safe, and an economical user of fuel. I am handling for the twelfth season the "QUICK MEAL." You know of it--it can't be beat. I have them in a variety of styles and at corresponding prices. I have added the "JEWEL" line to my stock this season, and am in much better shape to meet the demands of the trade than ever be fore. You certainly Can save money by buying your stove The West Side Hardware. P. L. McOmber PROPRIETOR. Slaughter Sale STILL IN PROGRESS WITH STILL GREATER BARGAINS in all LINES. BE IN TIME AND SECURE YOUR CHOICE WHILE THEY LAST. : : W.C. EVANSON WEST HcHENRY, ILL. ^ Gl O'Neill Co., J. A. Beierwalter, Mgr., Chicago Undertaking and Embalming! McHS,S. JACOB MEN. BENDING PITCHES A MOST EX CELLENT GAME, Jtleln Court of Honof Te*to F«II to Score K «imI arc Shut Out 15 to O--Kljflti Ort» Olio HitOfr »<••><! I tig. One hundred fans stood and watched the Greens trounce the Elgin Court of Honor team in the deciding game of a series of three last Sunday Afternoon daring a continuous downpour of rain. The day was anything but a good-one for baseball but nevertheless the Greens succeeded in wiimiug the most decisive victory .of the. season by shutting out the visitors by the one-sided score of 15 to 0. The visitors had come prepared for a good, hard battle, bringing with them two of Elgin's greatest slab artists, ;C%ptaiij Jack" Thurlwell and "Holly" Oil] is, both of whom are classed as the best Elgin has, aside from Manager Gleason's pitchers. Wht® the teams lined np\for the game it looked as if the chances of winning the contest were eveiily divided, but after the first in ning had been played the taps felt satis- feed that the Greens had started out for another victory. The way the locals landed on "Captain Jack" was some thing awful and at the end of the third inning he was put to the. bad. lie, see ing that there was no use of remaining* very willingly gave way to "Holly" who just thought he had the Greens' measure taken, but to his great surprise he was pounded all over the green field of the ball park. The Elgins had but one chance to score, this coining in the fourth inning. Whitman started off the inning by be ing given free transportation to the sack which is looked after by Gibbs, he stole second and was safe at third when Bending threw the ball wild to Davis after nicely fielding Ansel's bunt, but the runner in trying to make home on the play was nipped at the plate, thus finishing their one and only chance to score during the entire contest. Al though being knocked out of the box, Thurlwell had the honor of making Elgin's lonely hit, a little single over second. McHenry started to score right from the beginning, forcing three runs over home plate in the first inning. Davis, the first batter up for McHenry, waited until four bad ones had gone by and walked to first, he immediately stole second by making a pretty slide. Gibbs could not connect. Pfanmiller was hit by pitched ball and went to first. Evanson flew out to third but Bending came in with a timely single scoring Davis and advancing Pfanmill er to third, the latter coming in when Schroeder let Heimer's grounder go through him. Bending crossed the home plate with the third rnn of the inning after F. Thurlwell had pushed the bi*H safely. Schreiner ended the inning by striking out. No scoring was done in the second round but in the third the Greens land ed another pair of tallies, this coming through a base on balls, a single by Bending and a double by F. Thurlwell. The fourth ended with nothing doing. The fifth round is what took the life out of Elgin, who in this inning fell sound to sleep and never woke up until nine locals had registered on the score sheet. The scores came through from hits, two bases on balls and five errors. After this the locals could do wo more scoring. The following is 'the official score: THE BCOHE AB B H PO A E •ft 8 2 4 2 0 ...» 1 0 8 0 1 ..2 8 1 .1 1 0 .. 4 1 0 8 1 0 ...6 8 4 2 « 1 .. 5 1 2 1 8 0 ..5 1 4 1 0 0 t . ..Ji 1 0 1 0 1 ...5 1 1 1 0 1 ...41 15 14 27 13 4 AB R H PO A E . ,.4 0 0 1 0 1 ...4 * 0 0 8 0 0 ...8 0 0 2 0 0 . . A • 0 0 1 2 1 .. .4 0 0 8 1 3 . .2 0 0 1 0 <) b. ...8 0 1 1 2 0 b. . ..3 0 0 4 0 2 ...2 0 0 8 1 0 ..28 0 1 24 6 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 x--15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-- 0 Ulindow Screens | Awnings! t We are putting up a great number of ^ Window Screens and Awnings these days andif you are in need of anything *** in this line call us up, or let us know, % and we will promptty fill your order. & We handle nothing but the best goods and always ̂ do satisfactory work ^ in this line. 4* ....... locals a good game. It is unnecessary to state that the Greens are now in the best of Qpndition and jn order to win the game the visitors* will be forced to play the hardest kind of ball. Game called at two thirty p. -.Hit, 'sharp. Everybody turn out. 1 < Oslcml ItffciltwK The Ostend baseball team journeyed to Genoft Junction last Sunday after noon where they were given an awful trouncing at the hand* of the Hebron boys. The score at the end of the ninth inning stood l^to'3 in favor of Hebron, but Ostend has a good excuse that on account of the constant downpour of t-ain the grounds were unfit- to play on, being covered with mud and water. Had it been a uice dry day the Ostend boys would.have given them a good run for their money, which they are capa ble of doing. ! •}' (xHine T.»f»or l>«y. On next Monday afternoon, labor day, the Greens will have for their oppon ents the Ostends. The latter team has lost bnt two games this season, and judging from the kind of ball they h^ve been playing, will give the Greens a hard tussel. Game called,->t two thirty, p. in. ' .V'.i. Public lis Around.' » The public is aroused to a knowledge of the curative merits of that great med icinal tonic, Electric Bitters, for sick stomach, liver and kidneys. Mary H. Walters, of 546 St; Clair Ave., Colum bus, O., writes: "For several months I was given up to die. I had fever and ague, my n&rves were wrecked; I could not sleep, my stomach was so weak from useless doctors' drugs that I could not eat. Soon after beginning to take Electric Bitters I obtained relief, and in a short time I was entirely cured." Guaranteed at N. H. Petesch's and Julia A. Story's, McHenry, G. W. Bes- ley's, West McHenry, drug stores; price 50 cento. Very 1 ow Excuralon Rates to San FranclMco, L<» Angele*, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Etc., Via the North-Western Line. Excur- si n tickets will be sold from all sta tions to Portland, Tacoma and Seattle daily and to California points August 29, 80 and 31. September 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, }4, 26, 27, and 28, with favorable rer turn limits, on account of various meet ings. Two fast trains to the Pacific Coast daily. "The Overland Limited" (electric lighted throughout less than three days enroute. Another fast train is "The California Express" with draw ing room and tourist sleeping cars. The best of everything. For rates, tickets, etc., apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. 8-7t. Given Up to Die. B.Spiegel, 1204 N. Virginia street, Evansville, Ind., writes: "Forover five years I was troubled with kidney and bladder affections which caused me much pain and worry. I lost flesh and was all run down, and a year ago bad to abandon work entirely. I had three of the best physicians who did me no good and I was practically given up to die. Foley's Kidney Cure was recom mended and the first bottle gave me great relief, and after taking the sec ond bottle I was entirely cured." G. W. Besley. Very Low Rate* to Chattanooga, Tenn. Via the-North-Western Line. Excur sion tickets will be sold Sept. 14 to 16, inclusive, with favorable return limits, on account of Anniversary of Battle - of Chicamauga. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. 8-5t Don't forget the "want ad "column I W.C. T. U. PRESS DEPARTMENT I [The Platndeator does not- hold itself respon sible for the opiuious expressed in this col umn.-- Ed.] Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing. Judges 18-4. We may boast that no navy eould de feat ours, no country make us slaves, but we are already fighting a losing fight against the enemy whose artillery is the bung bole of the whiskey barrel, the spigot^of the beer keg, and the drugged smoke of the deadly cigaret Those of us who see the peril need to be Isaiahs. Our "line u] o.i line and frecept upon precept" will not be in vain. Al ready temperance education in our schools is telling, and the liquor sellers keenly feel it. Already economic argu ments have aronsed employers to make prohibition laws of their own, and to fight the saloon with warm lunches and reading rooms. Let ufi at it un c e a s i n g l y . J . ' • When theresolutions fill temperance were read at the Methodist Episcopal annual conference at Pasadena, con siderable excitement was aroused over the vote to adopt the report of the tern- perence committee, a clause 6f which bound every member of the conference to vote the prohibition ticket. After a sharp discussion, the conference voted by a standing vote of 52 to 50 not to ex- pearge this portion of the report. The paragraph is as follows: "We believe the statement made by our general superintendent in the Episcopal address to the last general conference is true, viz: That the trafic in intoxicating liquor cannot be legalized without sin, hence we as members of that body, will not support any person for public office who is in sympiathy with the liquor trafic, nor will be affiliated with any political party which is not opposed to the license system. If the preachers had fought the devil as bard over whiskey as they have one another over water the world would be a good deal nearer Heaven. Prohibition is clearly gaining ground in Canada. In December last a poll taken in Ontario, the largest province, gave the enormns majority of 100,000. With the exception of Quebec every province has now declared prohibition by an immense majority. God sends every man to shine in some sphere. Tfye torch of man's creed must be lighted by Christ. A great Christian is a light to Christendom. ' A great states man is a light to the state. A great citizen is a light to the citgt. A great scholar is a light to the school. . A Touching Story is the saving from death, of the baby girl of Geo. A. Eyler, Cumberland, Md. He writes: "At the age of 11 months, our little girl was in declining health, with serious Throat Trouble, and two physicians gave her up. We were al most in dispair, when we resolved to try Dr* King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds. The first bottle gave relief; after taking four bottles she was cured, and is now in per fect health." Never fails to relieve and cure a cough or cold. At N. H. Pet esch's and Julia A. Story's, McHenry, G. W. Besley's', West McHenry, drug stores; 50c and $1.00 guaranteed. Trial bottle free. Baud concert afternoon and evening by "The Winning Hand" band, Sun day, Sept. 3 at Central opera house. McHENRY. Davis, 3rd b.. Ciibbs, 1st b Pfaumiller, ss Evanson, c UvndinK, P Ilelmer. 2nd b... F. Thurlwell, ef.. !' Schreiner, if.. J .Thurlwell, e f.. Totals .. 1'ierkf, If Thompson, cf ... Whitman, rf.. Ansel, 2nd b .. . Shroeder. 3rd b.. Mann, ss E. Thurlwell, p, 1 Glllis, 1st b, p... l-'rans, e. Totals McHenry Elgin Earned runs. McHenry 0. First base on balls, off Bending 2; off Thurlwell 1; off Oillis 2. Left on bases McHenry 5. Elgin 4. First Ijiise on errors, Elgin 4, fth-llenry 5. Two- base hits, l'fannnller, F. Thurlwell. Struck out by Iti nding 7: by Thurlwell 4; by Oillls 3. Time of game, two hours. Umpires, Spurling and Matthews. Attendance 100. BATTING AVERAGE OF PLAYERS. F. Thurlwell... Pfanmiller Bending Evanson. Heimer Voeltz. Davis....... ..... Hunter....". 1...... Buss. ^iirlWell ttibbs .... t rtchreiner Waite NOTES FOR FANS. Our percentage .666. Three Kings next Sunday. Pfanmiller played a nice game at short. He also has a good batting eye. Whitman made a nice running catch in the eighth inning, capturing Davis sky scraper. Bending and F. Thurlwell each got four hits out of five times at bat last Sunday. That's hitting the ball some, The Woodstock Reds defeated the Unions last Saturday afternoon, the scofe being 9 to 8. The Reds play here September 10, one week from next Snn- day. The Greens won the game last Sun day but lost out in the finance depart ment. They lost about twenty dollars on the Sunday's game, due to the rainy condition of the weather. Three Kluca Next Sunday. The Three Kings of Chicago come to McHenry next Sunday for the second game of the season. Thw Chicago boys were defeated in the last game here by a score of 5 to 2 and are just dying to get re\enge on the Greens. They will be here next Sunday with the best team within fcbgif Aitfi -SViU We Work Hard! to serve our customers in the best possible way every time they come into pur store. No matter how little or how much they buy, or even if they do not buy anything but simply want to ask for some information, we do our very best to please them. We invite you to do your drug store trading with us and assure you that you will be satisfied with any purchases you may make in our drug store. N. H. Petesch, 5 McHenry. i Sale! In order to make room for Winter Goods we will fi sell all Summer Goods at COST AND BELOW.;, ti 1 ( ^ i i f "f; 1 ,'i5 Lawns that sold at It), 12, 15, and 30 cents, selling at from 1 J J, • Ginghams that sold pt 12c and 15c, now A* •:iH v;t ; + !, W'J.'. , . . » . - v * v y . . . 9 c a n d 1 2 c . - j , ; ^ ' ' ' Vh I Ladies* Skirts that sold at $2.98, $3.98 and ; now.. y$2,O0, $3.00, $4.00 Ladies' Vests that sold at 25c, now.. 18c ,'v i1 Badies> black Stockings that sold at 15c, ; ' ^ | •' • V-_ 1 npw .v . i | F. A. BOH LANDER on all SUMMER GOODS t;o close out quickl|jf; The prices have been cut down to COST on ill Shirt Waists and Embroidered Shirt Waist Patterns, Summer Dress Goods and Wrappers, Muslin and Knit Underwear, Straw Hats, Sum- >s, Etc' : : : : : : : : : : Ladies' fine India Lineji . Shirt Waists, nicely tucked and embroidered, worth $1.40 and $1.50, ^now- oi|ly ..... //rv '; ? .., • ' " i ' n . -- • • -- -- . ' . u f 1 life; . 1 < _, '• l^dies^ ^hite Embroidered Shirt Waist Patterns, pretty designs, worth $1.15 and $1.50, now only ;-f^C aud • •• i •-- ' *"«r fine Dress ttats^ worth $1.25 Chiidren's fine Straw Hats, worth 55c. . 4 3o i- . 'J ..1 i, 1 1 •- p 1 1 *1 ) it '1 ",111 n i. 1 1 ti, 1 1 , 4 .'%i, , , 1 1 Children's fine Straw Hats, wortfc 25 and 30c, now 19c Ladies' Wrappers* black and white, grayi ued, blue and wine, sizes 32 and 34, former prices $1.00 to $1.40, special . . . . . . . Clotmng Samples for Full and Winter'05-1 are now ready for you. Call and look them over FRESH STOCK OP GrdceHes, Flour, ETC. .J.Walsh who's rn This is the question we want to afek yon. and a^e you satisfied? If not, try our system of making clothes. Remember one thing, a fit guaranteed or the clothes are ours. We can save you at least 25 per cent, of what you pay else where. These facts are proven by the large business we have done in this line during the past six months. We have just received our fall and winter line of samples consisting of over 500 patterns from which yon can select a suit or overcoat at a reasonable low price. REMEMBER one thing, if we make your clothes they will look right as they are made to fit you correctly. * Try Chase & Sanborn C O F F E E S the best on earth 15, to, S, 30.35.40c per* After you have used this brand once you will use do other. PATENT LUIIIHt BELTS! the kind you pay 50c fS» Otn-price to all 39c . • - / MEN*,/' fill tl«ts ind (loves l^dy for yonr inspection at 4fc, 98c. SUf,SL4f, &£5 Stylish and Attractive. Don't forget we handle Colli Ncldl flour 1 The Beet Flour Money can boy. Fall Dress Goods are arriving every day in Mohair, colored and black, all wool Canvas Cloth with silk figures, Cheviots, New Danish Cloth and Serges. Come in at your earliest convenience and look over our line. We are sure to please you. 'Phone 541. SLOCK BETHKE. McHenry, 111. : ' -v • •' " .• • : ^ *