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f £ ' U s K * ' $h,-s V/ \:\f: • "' '.', iVj,"'-*': v '-fsVi «sf'-. VWttt* ~"Si 'Vt >'*/•#"'# " ^'*;V GUARANTEED EQUAL t° ANY TAILOR-MADE GARMENT, AT HtseMerey aj&rms eor^iMi r *907 t%y Kirn-NATHAN ftinscitut ca - i $p* 8 LESS THAN YOU WILL PAY FOR SAME WHEN YOU SELECT THEM FROM A SAMPLE, AND CHANCE IT, WHETHER IT WILL FIT YOU. Come see the garment, try it on and, if satisfactory, buy it, hence no disappointment. We have an assortment ranging in price from $7.50 to $19.00 3. SI. Freund, - lUesf lUcfienry. f*: • /yT- -SPECIAL- Christmas Offer Until Christmas^ _^FOR<^_ $5.00 we will make la of our best Photo­ graphs and one i6x ao WATER COLOI? HILLE PHOTO STUDIO West McHenry, III. 'Phone 493. 4 OF A PERSONAL NATURE ®c P H I L I P J A E G E R GENERAL COriMISSION MERCHANT SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THK SALE OF Dressed Beef, riutton, llogs. Veal, Poultry, Hides, Etc., Butter and Eggs This is the oldest house on the street. Tags and price lists furnished on application. COLD STORAQE FREE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SWI 1 A 3, Pattern St. Wholesale Market. my mi Centra!0pera House MoHENRY. ILL. SUNDAY NT, December 1. FRANK t lOlft'S BK COMPANY : Vretenttni the frul 4-aot Kural Comedy Drtma The Little Homestedd A Greit Pliy - Ele^tat Costumes VAUDEVILLE HEADLINERS MOCK'SAO-ALLl» Hindoo ManloUn ERIN LACY. > Popvilar Songs. jMwI-ORENZ STERLIMC, »./A. . Comedian. ^Ml Prices: 25c, 35c, 50c Seats Now on Salo at Gilberts. Miss Phoebe Barts.. day. Phone 761. by 304t How to Core a Cold. Be as careful aa yon can you will occa­ sionally take cold, and when yon do/get a medicine of known reliability, one that has an established reputation and is cer­ tain to effect a qnick care. Such a medicine is Chamberlain's Cough Rem­ edy. It has gained a world wide repu tation by its remarkable cares of this most common ailment, and can always be depended upon. It acts on nature's plan, relieves the lungs, aids expectora­ tion, opens the secretions and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. During the many years in which it has been in general nse we have yet to learn of a single case of cold or attack of the grip having resulted in pneumonia when this rem edy was used, which shows conclusively that it is a certain preventive of that dangerous disease. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy contains no opium or other nar cotic and may be given as confidently to a baby as to an adult. For sale by all druggists. Notice t To insure publication in The Plain dealer copy must be in the office no later than Wednesday noon of each week. Advertisers, especially, are asked to take particular notice to this effect. We have arranged with The Weekly Inter-Ocean so that our patrons can se cure that sterling paper, together with our own, at the exceedingly low rate of $1.75 for one year. This is a rare op portunity and should be taken advant­ age erf. -• : Bny your Christmas gifts at VyoHal's and save money. - tf EDUCATIONAL NOTES. Out Information 1 •H t,'W' PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW AND WHERE THEY GO. A Grist of Personal News Gathered ITp by the Wayside by The Plalndealer Repre­ sentatives. , Jacob Justen attended to business in Chicago yesterday. Mrs. F. A. Bohlander was a Chicago passenger Tuesday. Bernard Mueser had business in the windy city Tuesday. A. 0. Matthews was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. G. H, Hanly boarded the Chicago train Tuesday morning. Henry Miller is spending this Week with Kenosha, Wis., friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. Cfmbaroff were coun­ ty seat visitors last Sunday afternoon. G. W. Besley attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Frett of Chicago spent Wednesday with Johnsbnrgh rel­ atives. GUB Carlson of Chicago Heights was shaking hands with friends in town Tuesday. L. F. Block attended to matters of a business natnre in the metropolitan city Tuesday. Michael Justen and Miss Katie Frennd attended the funeral of Mrs. George Hagen at Waukegan last Friday. W. R. Marshall of Monae, {11., spent Sunday with his wife here, who has been caring for her mother, Mrs. Geo. Meyers, who has been quite seriously ill daring the past few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Carr and little son, whb came here to attend the funeral of Mrs. Wm, Bonslett, returned to their home in Dead wood, S. D., the first of the week. Drs. R. G. Chamberlin and D. G. Wells and C. L. page attended a big meeting of the Masonic order at Har­ vard recently. He Fought at Gettysburg. David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y., who lost a foot at Gettysburg, writes: "Elec­ tric Bitters have done me more good than any medicine 1 ever took. For several years I bad stomach trouble and paid out much money to little purpose, nntil I began taking Electric Bitters. I wonld not take $500 for what they have done for me." Grand tonic for the aged and for female weaknesses. Great alter­ ative and body builder; best of all for lame back and weak kidneys. Guaran­ teed by N. H. Peteach, Frank Masque- let, McHenry, Geo. W. Besley, West McHenrv, druggists. 60c. Agency for Ford AntonsUls. The undersigned take pleasure in an­ nouncing the McHenry county agency for the Ford line of automobiles for the season of 1908. These Ford cars have become world famous, and phenomenal as it may seem, on all the Ford cars we have pnt out this year wehave not fnr- nished a single repair. We extend you a cordial invitation to call and inspect this line at the Ford headquarters dur­ ing the show. Their special feature for 1906 is a four-cylinder, five passen­ ger touring car for $950. We will also continue the agency for the Jackson line, their special feature for 1908 being • beautiful two cylinder, shaft drive runabout for $850. A postal will make an appointment. Six good second hand cans on hand. THREE MANL,EY B$os., Harvard, 111. Phones; Office, No. 15; E. B. Manley, Ho. 064; A. C. Manley, No. 618. ________ How to Treat a Sprain. Sprains, swellings and lameness are promptly relieved by Chamberlain's Pain Balm. This liniment reduces in­ flammation and soreness so that a sprain may be cured in about one-»;hird the time required by the usual treatment. 25 and 50c sizes for sale by all druggists. Bead Tfca Plalndealer "want" ada. The Fosdick school, district Seventh- on*", held a social recently. It was re ported to bave been a success. Miss A vice Wright is teacher. Miss Wright is one of the few teachers who have made nse of the Babcock^milk tester in the practical woi-Jp of the school room This is a step in the right direction and should be encouraged by fsll the direct ors in the country districts. The country schools of McHenry county give evidence of more material improvements dnring the past year than in the three proceeding years. That is, more buildings have been painted, re­ paired* and the yards fenced and cleaned than in many years past. The admin­ istrative officers of the country schools as well as the town and city schools are coming to a realization of the educative valne of clean, and beautiful surround­ ings. Let the good work go on. The good people of the town of Riley have shown a progressive spirit in the organization of a local country club. Two successful meetings have been held and a third on^ is being planned, which will be held at the chnrcb at Riley Cen­ ter on Friday, November 39. Frank H. Hall has been secured as one of the speakers at this meeting, and this is a guarantee of a large attendance and an excellent meeting. The officers encour­ age the teachers of the public schools to join forces with them and it is probable that many, if not all of them, will dis­ miss on Friday afternoop in order to at­ tend the institute. Mr. C. W. Colton of Riley is president and John DeYar- mond is the secretary of the club. Great good should come from an organization of this kind, and the other towns Qf the county wonld do well to take the bint from Riley. Supt. Rice of McHenry is making good use of bis evenings by promoting a thriving night school for the benefit of some of the older boys and girls of the community. He takes a sane view of education who does not believe that the four walls of a building or the age limit set by a state statute sets up an impas­ sable bar to intellectual growth. The total number of days' attendance in the schools of the county has been in­ creased 50,000 in the last two years. A considerable part of this increase can be credited to the nse of the perfect at­ tendance certificates now in nse in most of the schools of tbe country districts. The average monthly wages of lady teachers of McHenry county in 1903 was $34.32; the average in 1907 was $38.77. This is a change in the right direction, but it is far from being a just recom­ pense to an indispensable and invalnable class of public servants. The second series of meetings for the teachers of the county will be held as follows: Section 2 at Algonquin on De­ cember 7; section 3 at Union on Decem­ ber 14; section 4 at Alden op December 21; section 1 at Richmond on January 9. The meeting at Alden will be held in conjunction with the farmers. Prin, Harrison, Sea. Westphall of the County Farmers' institute are making thoro preparations for a record breaking meet­ ing. The meeting will be continued in­ to the evening. Tbe meeting at Rich­ mond will be held in conjunction with the County Farmers' institute and the board of directors will he asked to g^rant the day to all teachers who wish to at­ tend. The old fashioned spelling schools are being revived (they never should have been neglected) in many ppmmunities, and they are proving to be abont as at­ tractive as ever. As a rallying center for the social life they are unsurpassed. Would it not be well to reinstate them in McHenry county? Is this too old- fasbioned? G. W. CONN, JR., PP. Snpt. A Significant Prayer. "May the Lord help yon make Back- len's Arnica Salve known to all," writes J. G. Jenkins, of Chapel Hill, N. C. "It quickly took tbe pain ont of a felon for me and cured it in a wonderfully short time." Best on earth for sores, burns aind wounds. 25c at the N. H. Petescb, Frank Masquelet, McHenry, Geo. W. Besley, West McHenry, drag stores. Have yon seep The Plawdealer's pew line of 1908 calendars? If not, see them at once. Qor prices are tbe lowest ever. The Cause of Man? ** j Sudden Deaths. ip a disease prevailing in this country mpst dangerous because so decep- """ ~ ~ tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by it--heart dis­ ease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often I the result of kid- | ney disease. If j kidney trouble is allowed to advance the kidney-poison- m(«« ed blood will at­ tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of the bladder, or the kidneys themselves break down and -waste away cell by cell. Bladder troubles almost always result from a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel­ ing badly you can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, and over­ comes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often through the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful new dis­ covery and a book that tells all about it both sent free by mail. Address, Dr. Kil­ mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp- Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. Don't make any mistake, bnt remem bar the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Bingham ton, N. Y., on every bottle. Are Book Reviews News? There seems to be a difference of opin­ ion among editors as to whether the ap­ pearance of an important new book in an event deserving of any mention in a crowded newspaper. Is tbe review of a good novel or a great history a matter of real public interest? Tbe Chicago Record-Herald is one of the compara tively few newspapers tbat answers this question in tbe affirmative by printing reviews and news of the latest books every dky in the week. It believes that its readers are intelligent men and worn en, who wish to keep np witb the liter ary events of the world, as well as with other important news. Its literary de partment, under the editorship of Ed­ win L. Shaman, is generally acknowl edged to be the most ably conducted in the West- Mr. Sbuman's reviews are songht and quoted all over the country, and so are those of his brilliant corps of assistants. Walter Littlefield's letter from New York every Saturday .keeps The Record-Herald's readers informed on all the forthcoming books of impor tance, and a cable dispatch from London every Sunday gives the latest book news of the English capital. Thus by cover­ ing the literary events of the world as thoroly as those of every other field The Record-Herald has become tbe leading authority in that line west of New York. It is not stranga that people of a literary taste prefer it. A hard Debt to Pay. "J owe a debt of gratitude tbat can never be paid off," writes Q, S. Clark, of Westfield, Iowa, "for my rescne from death by Dr. King's New Discovery. Both lungs were so seriously affected tbat death seemed imminent, when I commenced taking New Discovery. Tbe ominous dry backing cough qnit before the first bottle was used, and two more bottles made a complete cure." Nothing has ever equaled New Discovery for coughs, colds and all throat and lung complaints. Guaranteed by N. H. Pe- tesch, Frank Masqnelet, McHenry, Geo. W. Besley, West McHenry. 60c and $1. Trial bottle free. Nothing like knowing wbat's going qn. We keep you posted locally, bnt The Weekly inter-Oceap gives tbe naws of all tbe world. By our special ar­ rangement von oan secure both papers for one full year for the very low rate of $1.78. ' Chamberlain's the Must Popular. "We have in stock many colic and diarrhoea medicines," says R. M. White a prominent merchant of Turtle Bayou, Texas, "bnt sell more of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy th*h *U others pot together ,n Far sals by all druggists Our enormous stock of Fall and Winter Goods is arriving and being placed on our shelves almost daily and we believe we have one of the most complete lines ever brought to town. If you are looking for style, 4it, quality and honest pri­ ces we invite your inspect - ion of our stock. * > - - WEST McHENRY, ILL. =5v OF WEST MCHENRY, ILLINOIS: C a p i t a l S t o c k , $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 , EOFFICERS:! as »:v. -•"fr> f- EDWIN L. WAGNER, President. PARKER S. WEBSTER, Vice-Preside^ | SIMON STOFFEL, Vice-President. CARL W. STENGER, Cashier. CHECKING ACCOUNTS. SAVINGS AC­ COUNTS, CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT^ DOHESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE, * COLLECTIONS, NOTARY PUBLIC. : : 3percent paid on Savings Ac­ counts and Time Cer^ tificates of Deposit Vti THAT THIS IS THE PROPER TIME TO LAY IN YOUR Coal Supply? Wilbur Lumber Co* X8 (r 39 CENTS buys Ladies' full cut Petticoat made of good weight Outing Flannel 39c 25 (cots Lot! We have taken all onr odd lots of Men's and Boys' Caps that formerly sold at 49c, 75c and U 00 and made one lot of them, now at. .C B O N N E T S ! Baby Bonnets, made of Bear Skin and Astrakan Cloth, all neatly trimmed, selling now at 49c, 75c >•<! 98c Stork Pant at, 49c Boys' Leather Mittens..... f 91 For Childr ' n • • 11111 irrip--a-- Children's Bear Skins and oth­ er Coats on hand at all times. See them and get oar prices. ies' (luk s In this line we have some exceptionally fine and stylish Garments, made qf Kersey, fine Meltons and $atin-Finished Broadcloths. #9,98 VALUEs Sep this Coat we aye offering, nlade of fine Kersey ma­ terial, Waist lined with best SfcinnerSs Satin, trimmed With straps of same material, Velvet Collar, full 50-in. Urog, bftrgftin at, -- -- ImI #10.00 VALUE= Here is just wl}at you have beep }Qo&wg faf, & full 50- inch Coat of fine quality Kersey Cloth with large Fur Storm Coljar, halt linecj, a big value at - .$10.00 $10.50 VALUE= This Coat is the leader of the styles, is made upon a h^lf-fitted effect with straps of Siljc Braid forming a Plait effect, Velvet Collar with hraid-triromed front, see this Coat, cqmes in blue only,, now at Other lines ftt-.. .|6t«o, $8,90, $14.00, $17.50 ®n ̂ BLOCK & BETHKE. U n d e r s k i r t 3 Ladies' full-cut, four ruffled flounce, mercerized Underskirt at ladies' Waists! We have them in all the latest etylee and patterns and we call all a bargain. We are show­ ing some of the band embroi­ dered efteots in nearly all sha­ des, made of fine Mohair- Nun's Veiling, Silks and Hen­ riettas at fa.«o, $3.39, fa.98, $a.«9, $3-3o up to $4.98, Ladies' Flannel Gowna, full- cut, at. ,, , 98c F u r S o a r f s ! Ladies' Far H<*arf» in Sable and Blended Muttkrat. at... I3.00 and $3.98 ' 0-J \ -1;