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IE & - *% s fiiccerity < 'u tt. We can save you $5.00 f Clothe PREOICTS AN EARLY SPRING, On an Overcoat we guarantee than or Suit, and them better Tailor-made Garments. Call and see the new Fall Line! 01. Freund, • Ulest lUcfienry . You might wanf Belfing, Belt Lacing, Belt Hooks; Machine Set Screws or Machine Bolts; or Busking Pins for your Milwaukee or McCormick Husker; or a Litter (Jarrier or Wheelbarrow to clean your barn; or a large wood Stock Pump; or an End Gate for your Wagon; or a Tank Heater; or a Corn Sheller; or a Manure Spreader; or a Buggy or Wagon; or Twine to tie your stalks; or Fire, Lightning or Tornado Insurance. If you do, we have them all in stock. CALL AND William Stoffei CENTERV1LLE, McHENRY, ILLINOIS. & fr i P H I L I P J A E G E R GENERAL COHMISSION MERCHANT SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SALE OF Stall 1 A 3, Fulton St. WkoteMlc Market. Dressed Beef, Hutton, Hogs, Veal, Poultry, Hides, Etc., Butter and Eggs Tags and price lists furnished on COLD STORAUE FREE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. This is the oldest honse on the atreet. application. ^fii PROf. LEAfll'S PROOF OF CURE LIBERAL FREE TREATMENT OFFER RECEIVES READY RESPONSE. Cont iuuea Unt i l J anuary 1 . 4 Bank of McHenry This Bank receives, deposits, trays and sells Foreign and Domestic Exchange, and does a ttltlRAl BANKIHa BUSINESS. We endeavor to do all busirifefts intrusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entirely hatihfact- ory to onr customers and respect. - fully solicit the public patronage. floney to Loan ^on real estate and ot her fi™t class security. Special attention given to ooiiections INSURANCE in First Glass Companies, at the lowest rates. Yours Respectfully Perry & Owen, Notary Public. - Bankers. Blankets and Robes I point with great pride to the elegant line of Blankets and Robes that I now have on exhibition at my estab lishment and respectfully invite your inspection. If you are the possessor of a Fur and wish to have same made into a coat, leave your order with us and have it done right and at reasonable figures. M. A. Thelen McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Since Prof. F. A. Leach, of Elgin, made the announcement several weeks previous that he would give free diag­ nosis and one free treatment to all who called before January 1st he has made many believers in his power to relieve pain and cure disease by vital magne tisin--a gift of healing born in him. Those who have beeu treated now real­ ize his extraordinary power. Many from this section of the country called. His free offer will be continued until the new year. If you are ailirig take advantage of his proposition and see if he can relieve yon at all. If you Bbonld write to bim for information address No. 2 Spurling Building. "Never Again." The sardine box isn't in it for being crowded when it comes to the water wagon along about January 1. Every­ body gets on the wagon. "Never again!" is the slogan. With some this resolve is kept, but the great majority fall by the wayside, some during the first week, others in the glad spring time and still others along about July 4. When the wagon rolls into the holi­ days of the year, it is almost empty. Alas! Alack! That it should be so! On page of this issue yon will find a story entitled "Never Again." It is one of the big features, we are printing reg- nlarly, and is as interesting as a.new bride. "Never Again" deals, too, with men in the public eye and comments on their "neyer agains." Be sure and read what they say and tell your friends about the fine grade of literature The Plaindealer is giving its leaders these days. If you appreciate what we are trying to do in the upbuilding of this newspaper, drop in and tell us so. Medicine That Is Medicine. "I have suffered a good deal with ma­ laria and stomach complaints, but I have now found a remedy that keeps me well, and that remedy is Electric Bittern, a medicine that is medicine for stomach and liver troubles, aud for run down conditions, " says W C. Kiestler, of Halliday, Ark. Electric Bitters puri­ fy artd enrich the blood, tone up the nerves, and impart vigor and energy to the weak. Your money will be refund­ ed if it fails to help yd& 50c. at K. H. Petesch's drug store. The raphe* Who VVatohM fteptoemlMr Wto** Koittlft .tli* 81 gnu. Richmond Gazette: John T. Roberta, a well-known Pennsylvania weather forecaster, who has correctly forecast the winters for years by an infallible sign. <1 blares that we are to have a mild winter, followed by an early spring. Mr. Roberts has been a close observer of the weather for forty years and in all that time claims to have never gone wrong in forecasting the winter months. Tie takes his observations on the three days of the fall equinox Sept.. 20, 21 and 22 --and bases his calculations on the direction of the wind for those three days. The first day, Sept. 20, gives the weather for December, the second day. Sept. 21, gives the January weather aud the third day, Sept. 22, gives the condi­ tions for February. According to the observations this year, taken on those three days, the winter will ,be somewhat severe in the early part, with possibly severe snow storms; but January will be warm, with rains the first half of the month, torn ing to mild and clear weather the last half. February also will be a mild winter month anil March will. In? mild also; with an early spring. ()u Sept. 20 the wind was northeast, from which we get the cold and bad weather, north being the direction of the cold winds and from the east we get the storms. The winds on Sept. 21, which give us the indications for Janu­ ary, were in the southeasterly quarter in the morning and from the south in the afternoon, from which we learn that the weather in the early part of the month will be warm, with rains the first half of the month and mild and clear the last half. Sept. 22 the wind was southwest by west, giving us a mild February with generally clear weather. Mr. Roberts claims to have made these observations for years an*d never yet knew them to fail. We trust that the weather will not go back on Mr. Roberts and that his forecast will again make good, but we would not advise our farmer friends to start their corn planting much before the first of Feb­ ruary. Did it ever occur to you that you can buy envelopes with your return address printed 011 them just as cheap as yon can buy the blank envelopes at the The Cause of Many .1 U JSudden Deaths. There" is a disease preyailing in this country un»st dangerous because so decep- » i l l II i'Lil YVIj, tive. Manv sudden Ay deaths are caused - jjy --iieart (Jig. ease, pneumonia, heart failure or - apoplexy are often store ? Harked For Death. "Three years ago I was marked for death. A grave yard cough was tear­ ing my lungs to pieces. Doc-tors failed to help me, and hope had fled, when my husband got Dr. King's New Discov­ ery," says Mrs, A. C. Williams, of .Bac, Ky. "The first dose helped me and im­ provement kept on until I hail gained r»8 pounds 4n weight and my health was fully restored." This medicine holds the world's healing record for con ghs and colds and long and throat diseases. It prevents pneumonia. Sold -under guarantee at N. H. Peteseh 's drug store. 50c and |1.00. Trial bottle free. v. Plan Your Trip to California Now. Where yon can enjoy outdoor life amidst a wealth of flowers and foliage, with sunny skies and balmy air and where there are many opportunities awaiting the prospective settler in this garden spot of America. The best train service and most direct and in­ teresting route is via the Chicago, Union Pacific & North Western Line. Choice of routes. For particulars and full in­ formation apply to Ticket Agents, Chi cago & North Western Ry. Dec. 31 A Dangerous Operation is the removal of the appendix by a sur­ geon. No one who takes Dr. King's New Life Pills is ever subjected to this frightful ordeal. They work so qnietly you don t feel them. They enre consti­ pation, headache, biliousness and mala­ ria. 25e at N. H. Petesch's drug store. If you have entertained company from a distance, gone on a visit yourself, met with an accident, have sickness or death in the family, entertained at a party, had a marriage in the family or any other bit of news that may be of general interest, hand or mail it to this office for publication. All items will be thankfully received. Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes, this week 74c at Gilberts'. the result of kid ney disease. If kidney trouble ie L* allowed to advance the kidney-poison- ed blood will at­ tack ̂ \he viu"f organs, icausing 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 badlv you qan 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 $0011 realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is sold by all druggists in fifty-c$nt 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 rememberthe name,Swamp- Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y.,, on every bottle. l>ance at .1ohiiHburgli. Landlord S. H. Smith of Johnslburgh announces a New -Year dance to be held at his place on Monday evening,. Jan. 4. Mr. Smith is striving hard to make this event just a trifle more enjoyable than all previons efforts, if such a thing is possible. However, all who attend will be welcome to enjoy the excellent hos­ pitality that characterizes the popular proprietor of this resort. The floor committee will be made tip of the fol lowing gentlemen: Johnsbnrgh, Joe Adams; Pistakee Bay, John Pitzen; Dighton, Henry Stilling; Volo, Henry Stadfeld: McHenry, Will Heimer and Nick Kennebeck; Ringwood, John Freund; Solon, Martin Young; Spring Groye, Joe Miller. Wood's orchestra of Ringwood will furnish the music. Dance tickets only 50 cents. Choice perfumes at Petesch's. School Kutertalnmeiit. Instead of the usual exercises in each room for Christmas, this year it is ar ranged to have a Christmas play by the school, with a tree and a cantata ren­ dered by the high school. These exer­ cises will be held at the Central opera honse on Wednesday evening, Dec 28 positively beginning at 8 o'clock. A charge for admission of 15c for adults and 10c for children will be made to de­ fray expenses, any Excess to be tnrned to the use of the school. Admission in­ cludes reserved seats, on sale Tuesday at Petesch's. &3- The Weekly Inter-Ocean and this paper delivered for one year at onr "special deal" price of $1.75 for the two Fllftf Filhf IUIU to Highest market prices paid for furs of every de­ scription. Bring them to us. Tel­ ephone No. 222. (.S.IM&Son McHENRY, - ILLINOIS. CHRISTMA wisfe is a,rea^y beginning to think Of ^ _j.^ what to get for the many rel­ atives and friends for Christ­ mas, which, by the way, is not far off. As a reminder we would ask, What would make a. more pleasing gut than some sort of wearing apparel? We have an elegant line of the ser­ viceable gifts and want the public to- see the assortment. We have suitable gifts for all. F. A. BOHLANDER WEST McHKNRY, ILLINOIS. (F PROSPERITY COMES TO ALL Young People who learn to save early in life. The in­ centive to saving is a Sank Book! Why not deposit with Our Savings Department a sum of money as a Christmas g'ft to your son or daughter and hand them the Hank Book Christmas day? As an incentive for further saving, 3 per cent interest will start from January 1st. Every parent in and about McHenry is invited to act on this suggestion. WEST McHENRY STATE BANK & Carpenter 911111^9 when he sees our wagon back up with A LOAD OF LUMBER for he knows he can do a good job and do it quickly. A good Carpenter is as much pleased with such a job as you would be. It means]! reputation for him, money saved for you. The moral, of course, is to buy your Lumber here and get the BEST. YOURS TRULY, ttlilbur Cumber Co. Jf Place Your Order Now. government postal authorities have cauHed to be posted in every posi- office in the country circular let ter to the public, urging everyone to use en­ velopes with a return card printed thereon. Every businewi man, farmer or person of any occupation nhould have his name and address printed on hi« envelopes, thus injuring their return to the sender if any mistake is made in the address. Call at The Plaindealer office and leave orders for this stationery and it will be put up in first-class manner. This Is Worth Reading. Leo F. Zelinski, of tiW Gibson St., Buffalo, N. Y., says: "I cared the most annoying cold sore 1 ever hail, with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. I applied this salve once a day for two dayH, when every trace of the sore was gone." Heals all sores. Sold under guarantee at N. H. Petesch's drug store. 2fw. The Plaindealer will be sent to any address on trial three months for twenty- five cents, aud will be discontinued at the expiration of that time unless other­ wise ordered, Try it, HEADQUARTERS FOR HOLIDAY GOODS! Toys! Toys! Toys! BLOCK & BETHKE H c H E N R Y , . . . I L L I N O I S . Telephone, 541. FOR RIGHT GOODS AT RIGHT PRICES TRY THIS STORE 25c--DOLLS--25c Full kid body doll, full 12 inches long, closing eyes, jointed. Choice.. 25c DOLL SUPPLIES Doll Wigs 25c, 50c Doll Slippers, pr 10c Doll Gloves, pr... ... 25c Doll Nurse Set 25c Doll Fur Sets 25c, 50c Sweaters, Caps and Shirts GAMES--BOOKS Horn's Scroll Saws, Magic Lanterns, Doll Hammocks, Rubber Balls, Tree Orna­ ments, Bags, Wagons and Buggies. .1 :: :: PETTICOATS Ladies' Underskirts in Sateen at..98c, $1.29 Heatherbloom at $1.98,-$2.50, 2.75 50c VALUE Full fine kid body doll, long flowing hair, joint­ ed, full 15 inches long, a snap, only 50c TOtf HORSES --Full Harnessed Horses-- 9x10 inches, each ..25c 13x15 inches, each 50c 16x16 inches, each ... .$1.00 Pony and Qart--a large as­ sortment--choice. ..25c, 50c - FUR VALUES We are showing a large variety of all skins at prices that look good to us • •69c, $1.00 to $12 SUIT CASES in all sizes at $1,29 $1.50, $1.75 up to all leather at $5. Trav- eling bags at unheard of prices. See them. Nothing Better Large, full 22 in. long, fine kid body doll, move­ able eyes, long flowing hair, blonde or brunette. While they last..«|>1.00 Mechanical Toys Daiucing Lady, Auto­ mobiles, Elevators, Hill Climbing Toys, Trains, Steam Engines, Chutes, in fact, a regular White City in Toyland is here. $2.50 Value for $1.00 Our entire line of Lawn, Mull and heavier Ladies' Waists have been placed in one lot to close at..$1 Fancy China Vases Tea Sets, Smoker Sets, in fact, everything to make a suitable gift for anyone.