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~ T " * J ' " t ^SJY; O* TWO EVI 1.8, ETC. Tic McHenry Plaindcaler k . -&W-X Evidently Had Hie ee to the Choice. lished by F. G. 8CHREINEK. InlTENRy, iHAROLO BURNS, LON<f SOUGHT CAPTUHED IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS. ong the laboring: classes in Ger* meat once a week Is the rule^; A medical "expert * Advises women t* smoke. Anything to get your name the papers. The German emperor is probably t^ftdy to join the party whose platform "Let ns alone;" ate' ^England, which was 200 years !b pissing the deceased wife's sister bill, la not likely to grant women the ballot tills year. ^London did not have an adequate water supply till 1906. Two-thirds of it erases from the Thames, the rest from artesian wells. % The Panama canal is one-third com- pleted. Evidently there is more work going on than talk in the enterprise miter Its present management. Overcrowding in Scotland is not aa bad as it nsed to be. The proportion Ihring more than four per room fell from 1*67 per cent in 1861 to ».« la 19M. Wr •>1 0 ** 4'; * v * V * "We would be deeply interested in Mme. Melba's statement if she meant that the women we know are to be more beautiful 100 years hence than they aire now. gettWebem. Some young Chinese women are re­ ported en route to this country to study housekeeping. Can we teach Item anything on that subject, or are they probably better capable of teach' i»f as? A British medical investigator ad­ vances the theory that high speeding checks the tuberculosis germ in chauf­ feurs. It is, however, also conducive to sudden deaths for the intersecting part of the population. Hereafter men will think twice be­ fore they spend a half-di^e, for the other day a half-dime of thd issue of 1802 sold for $715. But aftek they have thought twice they will spend it, for there are not any more coins like that in circulation. Of the 1,125,000 persons in Berlin who support themselves or themselves and families only 58,611, or less than 6% per cent have incomes of $714 or more a year. About 1,066,000 have less than that amount and more than half of these even less than 9214 a year. A distinguished Methodist preacher. iJRev. Charles Goodell, expresses a somewhat prevalent notion when he j rises to remark that if the superfluous I money of Mr. Carnegie and of Mr. | • Rockefeller is really tainted it is in­ cumbent on the churches to take It, and. relieve it of its taint Ptoot Goodwin of New York, who thinks that the organization of the j public schools of the largest cities' must be revolutionized, says that he i would form the pupils into groups, one j for learning trades, another for prepa- ; tion for commercial life, and a third for the college and university. It is so easy for a ten-year-old boy to de­ cide whether he is going Am fa# a haberdasher or a minister! A Japanese lady of rank, "Who has been traveling in this country, saya American women are unhappy and dis contented, and she ascribes this to the fact that they are so well taken care of that they miss in their lives the stimulating influence of a little neg­ lect The inference Is that If their husbands beat them now and then they would be more in a position to appreciate their happiness. An election board chairman in New .York made trouble for a woman suf­ fragist when she tried to register late­ ly. She camped on his trail, found out he had a home in New Jersey, lay in wait for him to vote, and had him ar­ rested and deprived of his vote and his Job on the ground that he was a non­ resident So much for what a woman can do, even in politics, when she makes up her mind to get even. "5> 4 Why should the merits of the pro­ posed model husband contest in Chi­ cago be based solely on their com­ parative speed in buttoning up the backs of the embroidered shirt waists of their respective wives? Has the good temper displayed by them while performing the task and their ready compliance in undertaking it as often as requested nothing to do with It? rather! "While the southern states suffer the stigma of night riders we cannot justly point the finger of scorn at any nation on earth," says the Pilot And while there is so much crime and law­ lessness here in the north - none of us can afford to point the finger of scorn at the southern states. Pointing the finger of scorn is poor business, any­ way, remarks the Boston Globe. It is a great deal better to be charitable to oar neighbor's shortcomings and to do *11 in our power to correct our own. / r 'ir: Every American girl is a queen, ac­ cording to the old song, but they can­ not all have warships to accompany them on their journeys back to the homes of their husbands, like some Hiat might be mentioned. 1® the presence of an ordinary crop failure one may remain unmoved, but It is grievous indeed to learn that the recent forest fires will cause a short­ age of Christmas trees. The least that Santa Claus can do in such circum­ stances is to permit good children to $SHg up more than one stocking. Everything comes in fashion if you ? only wait long enough. The latest #ews from New York is that it is no 'longer stylish to have one's letter- paper adorned with a monogram. It ,mnst be marked with a thumb print. The new style differs from the Old only In that the thumb print must be engraved aftd printed in gold or Sliver about half an inch from the top of the page. It would be much »ore distinctive and individual, thinks •Youth's Companion, if each person jBMfced his own pa»fr by *h« prist .of his. thwnfcp -- Sheltered within the hollow of hsr arm The Son of Man lay sleeping. On her cheek She felt his warm breath stirring, like the faint And fragrant breeze that fans the silver leaves Upon the slopes of Olivet. Her eyes, Still shadowed with the pains of moth* erhood, ' Dwelt tenderly upon the placid brow And cherub features of the Infant Christ, tin babe In swaddling clothes, whose: destiny tkd to Golgotha's summit, where the \ Cross 'Was yet to groan beneath the saored* weight Of his perfected manhood. Ail the cave Was luminous with starbeams, and her face, tike some pale Illy, drooping on Its ; stem, And washed with heaven^s > dews. gleamed pearly white In that strange radiance. Somewhat apart And leaning on his staff, the carpenter, Joseph of Nazareth, musing, stood: "Lord, who am If he marveled in his soul, •That thou shouldst deign ftonf thy exalted place To cast thine eyes upon me and to say 'Behold! he shall be warden to this pearl, litis pearl of perfect womanhod, more pure ^ Than any of the daughters of mankind From the beginning of the world and down Through all the ages that are yet to dawnl Lol shelter she shall find, and sus­ tenance And one round arm encircled ths fair child Aa if the newly-awakened mother love Lay listless, with transparent fingers curved Aa though she clasped some blossom - in her sleep-- Some rare, sweet flower the was fain to keep And cherish always. Joseph took the hand , And he id it in his rough, toil-hardened . i1' palm, Wondering at its softness, the blue veins That threaded aU its whiteness, aitd '>•' the bloom v « That made a sea-shell of each finger- ; tip. But he forebore, though sore his heart •&$•••- did yearn, V $* clasp the little sleeping new-born babe Whose golden head lay pillowed on her arm, Thinking: "it were not Weil for mer or him That he should waken suddenly.?* A •-1 sigh Heaved the eoft breast of Mary, and her eyes, Like heavenly blue flowers, opened wide. Meeting the gaze of Joseph, as ha knelt In reverent adoration. Her low tones Thrilled like asolian strains; her ten­ der smile Flooded hia aoul like sunshine as she , spoke: "Joseph, my husband, I have drssmsd : a dream! 9fce Angel of the iortf f»*tlr basn again, , , Saying: 'Behold! that whioh thou hast brought forth This night is the Redeemer of the World-- Even Messiah 1"* But a grave voice fried ' « : Aa she ceased speaking; "Peace to all withinl** And, lo, there stood upon the threeh- old one f lMHto bore much gold and frankincense and myrrh III hia two hands. And Joseph an* / ".'1 swered: "Sir, * be unto thee, new and eve* « • v; morel" Md, lo, there came two others beak -4 ing gold Aihd precloua spices, who llkewlss did say, *$eace and good will!" And Joseph »*»ade reply: t ,-'f#eace unto thee and thine forever- ? * 'J;** morel" * j|hen spake the foremost stranger: -,.,71 "Where la he, ffern King of this night in B«t|» i'J tehem? Three kings ar* we that come to wo* ahip hlnv For we have soon hia star In the Far East Beyond the deserts. We have Jour­ neyed far, Star-led, and, lo, It standeth o'er till* roof, A sign celestial!" Then Sach laid aside His mantle and .his sandals, bowing low Before the mother and the holy child,. Crying: "All hall, Redeemer of tha World! King of the Jews, all hail!" and they did break Boxes of precious ointments, and the sir Was heavy with the perfume of rare gums / And costly spicee, cinnamon myrrh, And sandalwood and cedar, and the' scents Distilled from blooms In gardena of the East, And ambergris and frankincense and nard, And they laid down their offerings of price, ̂ .« 8oft yellow bars and baga of ahlnlng dust, All intermixed with amethysts and pearla And carbuncles and dlamonde and the pale . • v.-. Lack-luster topaz. And tlio foremost guest Unclasped the heavy chain of bsaten gold That hung about his swarthy throat and ahowed Its curious pendant, fashioned In strange wles And hammered from a nugget, toft and pure, For uncouth semblance to a rugged croas, Speaking in awed, tow tonea of prophecy: *A voice cried In the desert wastes, iArisel Take of purf gold • nugget largo and bright And hammer It Into a massive cross Such as tha common criminal, con­ demned , ,' To die, yields i|£ Jifa shrinking spirit on, And hang Ft to ths chain about thy neck, And when thou comest to the jour­ ney's end Lay It within the motheCe hand, that ahe May read therein a sign.' J|*o» I hsve done According to the word!" And Mary's eyes Grew wide with terror, ss hsr fingers closed About the gleaming symbol, for she saw, Aa in a dream, three croaaea on a hill, And, nailed between two thieves of sspect vile, Upon the middle cross, a tortured form That moved her strangely with a sense of loss And woe unutterable, for multltudee Surged round the sufferer and aeoffed at him, Crying, In mocking tones: "Hall» King of Jewel" But he that hung cast downward pity­ ing eyes, Full of meek pardon and of tender love, Gaaping: "Forgive them, Father! Oh, forgive Thy children, for they know not what they dol" And In those dyln|g orbs compasaionsto She aaw a semblance of the holy light Th^t shone within the eyes of her Yair babe, And moaned: "Take it away--the cross of gold! I shudder at the phantsslee it brlngsl" At which the strangers out of the Fw East Arose and gavs their blessing to the child And passed into the night. And Ma^y •lept The sleep»sweet forgetfulnees, while he ;. Who stood in place of fsther to tha babe ' Watched tha awaet pair until the morn awoke The songbirds In the cluetering olive trees And tinged with light: tJN: -:;;;,,?#J!athlebetn, •*3 v: • •• t-!; • Iff JAIL AT AURORA ^i|letory ;• Swindle^ of Whicir l ^ ^f :'AoOMsect was Worked on " if ^ chants In Northern ill!. v n C1UM- f, ChloagO.--Harold Burns, « yearff old, for whom the police have sought for two years on a charge of promot­ ing a million-dollar business directory swindle, was captured In Chicago Sat­ urday afternoon. He was hurried out of the city by Frank Gibson, a private detective of Aurora, 111., landed In the Kane county jail, and: until Monday the story of his arrest did not come out The swindle in which Burns is ac­ cused of having been implicated haa been worked on merchants in Chi­ cago, Rockford, Joliet, Aurora, Kewa- aee, Streator and Peoria. It began 15 years ago, and so successful were the operators in covering up their tracks that the firat arrests in the ease were made two years ago. Edward Reeves and Emery Hartxig, said to have been employed by Burns, were captured In Kane county. They were sentenced to Jollet penitentiary, and are now serving indeterminate sentences. They are said to have implicated BurnB in their confessions at that time. The police have been searching for him since. 3; The detectives le4rn«& tkat Burns was carrying a large amount of money with him. It was said to be the spoils left from the gleanings of the direc­ tory promoters. He was io go to Eu­ rope, plant the money, and meet Reeves and Hartzig when their terms in prison expired, the police assert Burns and his wife, who is a beau­ tiful woman, left Chicago one month ago. They went to New York. They were to take a boat from that city to Liverpool. On the 'day that the two were to embark for England a message came to Burns that a friend, living in Thir­ ty-first street, in Chicago, and whose name the police of Aurora refuse to disclose, was ill. He was requested to return to Chicago at once. ' Mrs. Burns was left In New York and her husband took a flyer for Chicago. Burns arrived'at the La Salle street station and was hurried to the home of his ill friend. The Chicago* police had no knowledge of his arrival in the city. However, Detective Gibson of Aurora was tipped off as to the man's presence tore, and arretted j&tt after A chase. . ' '*«; f WARNS FLOCK OF tflS 'ftijtm" 3f y neighbor, writes a correspondent, has four young sons, whom be and bis wife duly lead to church every Sun­ day. Just as the sermon was about to begin last Sunday one of the boys was observed to look very uncomfort­ able, and, having explained the nature of his sufferings, was sent home. HUa younger brother, in an urgent whis­ per, demanded of his mother: "Where's Tom gone?" ; "|Ie*s gone home." c V* **?What forr "The mother got toothache." • And the lad, as he sat up to listen to \ * the preacher, muttered, In a> * ' v whisper: "Lucky dog!' AMONGST THE BOLL-RU8HE8. - ml Toledo Pastor Calmly Announces That .vjle Cannot Live Long. . m Toledo, O.--"I won't be with much longer. The doctors tell me that I may live a month, but not longer than six months." In a voice that showed no more emo­ tion than he might exhibit in one of hiB regular sermons Rev. John P. Mo- Closkey, assistant pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and one of the best loved of Toledo clergymen, told his congregation that his death is near. He informed his listeners that he was suffering with cancer of the esophagus, an in­ curable disease, and that his physi­ cians had told him an operation would be useless. He is 46 years was ordained 20 years ago., ; * Lasy Larry--Woof! Just to think, "With all this wasted effort, I could have won tho Marathon race! UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA PRAISES PE-RU-NA. MM k f; i • t- Ml Cx-Senator M. C. Butler. Dyspepsia Is Often Caused by Catmrrh Cf the Stomach--Per una Relieves Co- tarrh of the Stomach and Is Therefore a Remedy for Dyspepsia. +- Hon. M. C. Butler, U. 8. Senator from South. Carolina for two terms, in a letter from Washington, D. C., writes to the Peruna Medicine Co., ' as follows: "/ mn Peruam tor dyspepsia and atomacb trouble. I have been using your medicine for\ i a short period and f feel very much > 1 relieved, it Is indeed a wonderful \ medicine, besides a good tonic." DYING MAN AT THE THROTTLE. Engineer of Great Northern Ti>< Found with Cruehed Skull. - • • . < jjpmYJ Minneapolis, Minn.--^Unknown to passengers or trainmen, a dying man's hand controlled the throttle of the east-bound Great Northern coast pas­ senger train as it sped on its way from Robbinsdale to Clear Water Junc­ tion late Monday afternoon. The man was George P. Irwin, the engineer, who died a moment after he was taken from the train in Minneapolis. Irwin was found unconscious and leaning out of the cab window by hlB fireman, George Rldgeway. Pulling the limp form of his companion back into the cab, Ridgeway noticed the glneer's skull was fractured. CATARRH of the stomach is the cor- sia. Only an internal catarrh rpm* rect name for most cases of d ivspep- n rem- en* • . M' Canada Premier In Wreck. St Vincent, Minn.--Two cars on tho noon local of the Great Northern rail­ road from the Twin Cities were thrown into the ditch here Monday by a broken rail. In one of the cars was Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Can­ ada, who was among the passengers shaken up, although no one was seri­ ously injured. •&M/ 11 Bank Robbery in Portland? Ore. Portland, Ore.--The East Side bank was held up by three men and robbed of $15 ,000 Monday. edy, such as Peruna, is available. Peruna Tablets can now bo procured* Ask your Druggist for a Pree Parmam Almanac for 1909. 320 Acres "YXSS"^ , IN WESTERN CANADA WILL MAKE YOU RICH Fifty bushels per acre have been* grown. General ave rage greater than in any other part of the continent. Under new regulations it is possible to secure a homestead of 160 acres free, and additional 160 acres at $3 per acre. "The development of the country ha* made marvelous strides. It ia a revelation, a rae- ord of conquest by settlement that is remark-. able."--Extract from correspondence of m Natkmm Editor, tvho visited Canada in August last. I The grain crop of 1908 will net many farmers $20.00 to $25.00 per acre. Grain- raleing, mixed fanning and dairying are the principal industries. Climate is excel­ lent; social conditions the best; railway ad­ vantages unequalled; schools, churches and markets close at hand. Land may also be purchased from railway and land companiae. For "Laat Best West" pamphlets, maps and Infbriimtidsi bs to how to secure lowest rail* way rates, apply to Superintendent of Imvt* .tion, Ottawa, Canada, or the authorlsM «ra tit Cant diao Government Agent: C. I. BB0B8RT0N. Sown 43i W. H. MSE1S, third floor, io«UMMib. I*'-: « 1. o Milwaukee, Vis. f " ^ I ^ x - . ,*v<*3 m LILITA LpVER. ^ WHY CHILDREN ARE SPANKED .-n, k I , - :'J Z - >f c v v V ^ 4 : ' - v ' ' £.>•<* How tha Settler Prepared tha Young Ones for Christmas. On the morning of the day before Christmas I dismounted at the door of a North Dakota cabin to inquire the whereabouts of a man living in that neighborhood, and the sounds from witjhin told me that one of the child­ ren was being spanked. When the spanking had been concluded the set­ tler opened the door and Invited me in. I saw nine children standing up in a row, and the tenth one sitting down on the other side of the room. The man thought some explanation should be made, and he said: "It's the way I do every Christinas time, and I had just begun when you rode up. Can you wait till I have spanked the other nine?" "Of course, but may I ask why yon do it? They look to me to be nice, well-behaved children." "They are as good children as you will find In the state, sir; but the spanking must go on." "Yes, the spanking most go am,* added the wife. I couldn't say any more, of course, and I went out to the gate and waited. The nine were called up one after an­ other and put through the machine, and then the man, who was breathing hard from his sxertlops, 9X the gate and said: "There, the last one of 'em has been licked, and now I'll show you where Brown lives." "Thanks, but would yon take It amiss if I asked what your ten child­ ren had done to deserve punishment?" "You may ask, sir, and I will ex­ plain," he replied. "They hadn't done nothing. I was licking 'em so they wouldn't expect any Christmas pres­ ents In their stockings to-night!" Noted Architect Dies./ • New York.--William Martin Aiken, supervising architect of the treasury department, under the Cleveland ad­ ministration, and one of the foremost architects In the country, died at the New York hospital here Monday after Undergoing an operation. • f • " Bennett Gives Aviation Priaee*' Paris.--James Gordon Bennett has presented to the French Aero club an international aviator cup, valued at $2,500, as well as three sums of $1,090, to be added as prizes. AH life 1b music if we but touch the notes rightly and ia kin. Actress Is Freed from Debts. New York.--A discharge in bank­ ruptcy was granted Monday to Mrs. Caroline Leslie Carter Payne, ths actress. According to her schedules Mrs. Payne's liabilities amounted ta $194,418, and her assets to $57,926. Daniel i. Keefe Sworn in. Washington.--Daniel J. Keefe, presi­ dent of the Longshoremen and Trans­ port Workers' Union of America, was sworn in Monday as commissioner general of immigration. Secretary Straus witnessed the ceremony. A....*9!.. aSOt - iimk-xi m Zr, SICK HEADACHE Positively cared by these Little Plifau They also relieve Dis­ tress from Dyt»pefKda,l»* digestion and Too Heed}' Eating. A perfect nutt­ ed y for Dlulness, Nan* sea,, Drowsiness, B tdl Taste lu the Mouth, Ooct^ ed Tongue, Pain let tlM Sidle, TORPID UVK*. They rsgnlete the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL POSE. SMALL PBICE. Genuine Must Bear^ , FacSimileSignatur* 7 CARTERS CARTERS REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. Keep It on Hand! M -m ^ r ' f / y / j A, . ^ a-.l"'.. ,1. m, : W