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You Need Clothirig, Shoes, fiats, Shirts, Gloves, Underwear We deal entirely in Men's and Boys' wear and can save you money in these lines and show you a larger assortment to select from than you can find in McHenry County Call and see our line and convince yourself of our statement. :: :: :: JOS. W. FREL'ND WEST McHENRY, - - PHONE 303 J It pays. When you buy a cement that is always uni­ form, you know EXACTLY how to mix it. If you buy a brand of uncertain quality, you always "put in a little more cement to be on the safe side." Which is the cheapest in the endy You all know the answer. Order CHICAGO AA Cement from us and get THE BEST. Every sack guaranteed. You take no chances. WILBUR LUMBER CO. 'PHONE 651. WEST M9HENRY, ILL. V^. Che ¥1' * f J '̂'%T ̂ C i 3 m i New Stock just in. This is the stove with a reputation and we stand back of each and every one that we sell. Ask those who purchased Stoves of last season what they think of "THE PER­ FECTION." Plain Sto ves, without closets from . .. $7 TO $9 Ovens from.. .$2 TO $3 Closets....$5.00 EXTRA obit Uycital j We are pi t-pared to show you the finest l ine of Shoes in the town in fine dress, medium and heavy work Shoes :: Men s fine Dress Shoes in lace, hlucher and oxford at per* pair $2.25, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, 4.00 AND $4 50 Me#s Work Shoes from, $2.00 TO $4.50 See our $3.00 l ine in black ^an and viseol oil finish. Ladies' Shoes, velour, kid, patent leather, velvet, etc. , from $2.00 TO $3.50 Ladies comfort Shoe, t u r n sole, button and common sense rubber heel, plump vici at $2 75 Ladies' Juliet style rubber lit el comfort or nurse Shoe at- $1.50 DRESS GOODS, GINGHAMS, POPLINS, KLAXON, PF.RCALES IN ALL GRADES AND COLORS. Our spring line of silks in plain and fancy coloi-s, up from. 39£ GROCERIES: Try our 50c Tea, none bi tter. i Coffee, at per pound L>.>, .$Oc and 35« Extra fancy New York full cream Cheese, October make. FISH FOR LENT: Cod Elsh, White Fish, Mackerel, Herring, Canned Salmon, Sardines, Shrimp and Lolmter. Goods delivered promptly. Thorn- . '543. M. J. WALSH. PASSES TSiKIY YEARS ® €£££ GEORGE ODETTE OTCURNEE HAS FAtSE» THUtTY TEAM IN CASE. Her Hps hushed in death, her hands no longer able to guard the secret that consumed the last thirty years of her life, the story of a mother and her mother-love, that reads stranger than fiction, came to light last week in Waukegan, when a petition was filed in the Lake county court to have George Odette declared insane and sent to an asylum. The mother, Mrs. Anna Odette, for the last thirty years had isolated her­ self, night and day, in the garret of a little farm house two miles west of Gurnee, where she sat by the cage that restrained her son, a raving maniac. So heroic had been her sacrifice that only the oldest neighbors know the secret of the mysterious farm house with the barred upper windows and the half closed blinds. A few days ago the remains of the faithful mother were borne from the strange house and soon, it is expected, another carriage, closed and dark, will carry away the unfortunate man who has spent the greater part of his life there. When George Odette was a boy of eighteen he went one day to the coun­ ty fair at Waukegan. At that time the electric battery was a new and a great curiosity. Young Odette watched for an opportunity when the operator of the battery was absent. He turned a lever, seized thejwujdles to the coils and was soon writhing on7 the ground in agony. When released he seemed blinded. He fought with everybody around him. He tore his clothes from his body. He sank his teeth into the hands of men who sought to restrain him, and then it was discovered that his sanity was gone. After weeks of treatment he was re moved to the Elgin state hospital His mother, however, pleaded for him day and night. At last--to save her life--relatives agreed that the garret of the little farm house should be made into a pris­ on. The windows were heavily barred. A small cage was built in one end and a stove and living quarters arranged in the other. The young man was brought from the hospital and placed in the cell. That was thirty years ago. He has not been out of it since. Mrs. Odette gave over her household to her oldest son and daughter-in-law and moved in­ to the garret with the maniac. His beard grew and his hair grew and his nails remained untrimmed. He wore no clothes. At times he seized the bars of the cell and screamed. A week of such existence might drive the average nurse herself de­ mented. But the mother*kept on, al­ ways hoping that some day she would be rewarded by a gleam of reason from the unfortunate man's eyes. The months dragged by. Then they became years--a score of years. Her own eyes were losing their sight in the dim shadows of the garret. Her hands were becoming feeble. She passed her eightieth year and still her hope had not been rewarded. More years came and she was ninety. On Tuesday morning of this week was held a hearing before a lunacy commission. The jury returned a ver­ dict that Odette was insane and he will be committed to the state insane asylum at Elgin in a few days. His case is said to be hopeless. The case was one of the most unique imaginable, being held in a room ad­ joining the steel barred cage in which Odette has been kept for over thirty years. With the cunning leer of the maniac Odette pressed his face close to the bars of his cage, gripping the cro^s bars in his claw-like hands. His beady eyes took in everything and while he did not rave while the case was being heard he mumbled incessantly. The evidence brought out at the hearing showed that Odette's insanity had been caused by an electric shock which he received at a county fair thirty years ago. Since that time he had been confined in a steel barred room in his mother's home where he had been cared for carefully. It was shown that his tendencies were homi­ cidal rather than suicidal and that he ibsolutely refused to wear any cloth­ ing. It was shown also that he never had rational moments and that he raved wildly both night and day. Odette was an object for pity rather than anythiny else when seen in his cage Tuesday. His long years of con­ finement had given him a strange pal­ lor and his features and body were greatly emaciated. His unkempt ap­ pearance made him look more like an animal than a human being. He is fifty-six years old at the present time. Monday evening several of his rela­ tives entered his cage when he ap­ peared to be quite passive and suc­ ceeded in cutting off a large part of his beard, which before reached lower than his shoulders. He will be re­ moved to Elgin in a few days and, al- tho he does not appear to be strong, he will have a strong guard. HAS MILLIONS OF PM1ENDS. How would you like to number your friends by millions as Bucklen's Arnica Salve does? Its astounding cures in the past forty years made them. It's the best Salve in the world for sores, ulcers, eczema, burns, boils scalds, cuts, corns, sore eyes, sprains, swell­ ings, bruises, cold sores. Has no equal for piles. 25c at N. H. Petesch's and F. Masquelet's. Men and women, sell guaranteed hose. 70 per cent profit. Make 810 daily. Full or part time. Beginners investigate. Wear Proof, 3038 Chest­ nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 33-8t Pstesob's for drags. •- '* * ̂ v- • • Is Standard N Ct ff im» HO ALPAf COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Council Rooms, March G, 1911. The board of trustees met in regular meeting with President Wattles pre­ siding. Trustees present: Chamberlin, Stof- fel, Freund, Meyers, Nickels and Web­ er. The minutes of last meeting wCVe read and approved. The following bills were read and approved by finance committee: Victor Oil Co., oils $11.77 Albert Etten, coal 38.86 Wilbur Lumber Co., lumber 13.40 John Walsh, police service 50.00 Stephen Justen, police service... 50.10 Wm. P. Kinns, lbr on st 2.00 Valvoline Oil Co., gasoline 21.70 Chas. G. Frett, gasoline 1.40 N. S. Elec. Co., lighting st 95.00 On motion by Stoffel, seconded by Nickels, the bills were ordered paid. On motion by Meyers, seconded by Nickels, the meeting was continued until called by president.^ March 13, 1911. The board of trustees met pursuant to the call of the president. Village Attorney Lumley being pres­ ent the matter of opening Third street from John street to James was dis­ cussed and by advice of village attor­ ney said street will not be opened by the village. On motion by Meyers, seconded by Nickels, the meeting adjourned. F. H. WATTLES, President. H. E. PRICE, Clerk. DONT TURN YOUR BACK ON A GOOD THING The Northern Life Insuranne com­ pany's contracts are guaranteed by the state of Illinois. That protects your family, your estate, your old age. DON'T look for something for NOTH­ ING. Cheap fraternal insurance has been sold. SOMEONE HAD TO PAY THE COST. Are you old or young, and are you the ONE who paid the cost? See the agent of THE NORTH­ ERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. YOU CANNOT CARRY YOUR OWN IN­ SURANCE, the Northern Life Insur­ ance company of Illinois can and WILL protect you and YOURS, and the agent is entitled to a hearing. If he is a gentleman and represents a respect­ able business, don't turn your back on a good thing. ATTACKS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. A severe attack on school principal, Chas. B. Allen, of Sylvania, Ga., is thus told by him: "For more than three years," he writes, "I suffered in­ describable torture from rheumatism, liver and stomach trouble and diseased kidneys. All remedies failed till I used Electric Bitters, but four bottles of this wonderful remedy cured me completely." Such results are com­ mon. Thousands bless them for curing stomach trouble, female complaints, kidney disorders, biliousness, and for new health and vigor. Try them. Only 50c at N. H. Petesch's and F. Masquelet's. FOR SALE. Clean seed wheat at cost, the kind that makes good dour. McHenry Mills. Petesch's for drugs. CATTLE FEEDERS' CONVENTION. A special meeting of the Illinois Cattle Feeders' association will be held in Morrow hall, Agricultural College, University of Illinois, Urbana, at 10 a. m., Friday, March 31, 1911. This meeting is called in response to an in­ vitation extended by the Animal Hus­ bandry Department of the University to cattle feeders to visit the experi­ ment station feed lots and inspect the steers used in the cattle feeding ex periment just closing. One of the features of the program will be a dis­ cussion nf the objects of this experi­ ment, the methods used and the results obtained. This experiment is of par­ ticular interest to cattle feeders be­ cause it throws much light upon the much discussed and timely question of feeding corn silage to fattening steers. Corn silage is being fed in various combinations witli and without other roughages. The other rough­ ages used were clover and alfalfa hay and corn stover, all of which are pro­ ducts of corn belt farms. The program will include a visit to the feed lots where the results of the experiment may be studied first hand. Another feature of the program will be a gen­ eral discussion on the feeding of corn silage to beef cattle and on silo con­ struction. These discussions will be led by men of recognized authority. J. T. Alexander of Chicago will value the cattle on the basis of the Chicago market and will be asked to give the association a talk on the market situa­ tion. A FIERCE NIGHT ALARM is the hoarse, startling cough of a child suddenly attacked by croup. Often it aroused Lewis Chamblin of Manchester, O., [R. R.'No. 2] forthtlr four children were greatly 'subject to croup. "Sometimes in severe attacks," he wrote, "we were afraid they would die, but since we proved what a certain remedy, Dr. King's New Disoovery, is, we have no fear. We rely on it for croup and for coughs, colds or any throat or lung trouble." So do thou­ sands of others. So may you. Asthma, Hay Fever, La Grippe, Whooping Cough, Hemorrhages fly before it. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Sold by N. H. Petesch and F. Masquelet. LOW COLONIST RATES TO PACIFIC COAST Daily From March 10 to April 10. For daily and personally conducted tours, via the Chicago, Union Pacific &, North Western Line. Personally conducted California tours in Pullman tourist sleeping cars leave Chicago every Tuesday and Thursday. Double berth Chicago to the Coast costs less than ever before. For full particulars write S. A. Hutchinson, Mgr. Tours Dept., 212 Clark St., Chicago, or apply to ticket agents North Western Line. 39-2t Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets invariably bring relief to women suffering from chronic consti­ pation, headache, biliousness, dizziness, sallowness of tho skin and dyspepsia. Sold by all dealers. N E W G O O D S are arriving every day--Dress Goods, Ginghams, Percales, Lawns, EJtc. Call and make your selection early. ;• A Few Snaps For Next Week Lenox, Santa Qlaus, Lighthouse, Swift's ' Pride Soap 7 for .35c Galvanic, Feis Naphtha and Brag Soap, 6 for 35c Swift's Pride Cleanser, 4 for jgc Lump Starch, 8 pounds for 25c IL F. A. Roh'ander West McHenry Telephone 391 J 0"™ Capital Stock, $25,000. > Cash in hand has a way of melting away for little things that you would not buy if you had to draw a check to pay for. Cash In This Bank has a knack of grow­ ing becaifse of the dis­ couragement of small unnecessary spendings. Open an account and you'll save money in spite of yourself. :: :: .. .Safety Deposit Boxes, $3.00 Per Year.... Edwin L. Wagner, Pres. -OFFICERS: C. H. Fegers, Sr., Vice Pres. Carl W. Stenger, Cashier. Simon Stoffel, Vice Pres. Get Out of the Rut by calling at our shop for spring requirements. We have provided for your wants handsomely. You can see a carload of the finest and best selected vehicles in McHenry. We have Bug­ gies, Surreys, Pony Carts in steel, cushion and V. tires, twin, semi-twin and panel auto seats, regular and auto tops, with all the latest ideas in vehicle construction, and they are our pride. Also a carload of Sulky, Gang and Walking Plows, Cultivators, Disc Harrows, Drills, Seed- ei'rs. (V>rn PLvntt-rw Pnmnino- T^ncrinfs. Ssani-- - _ r --^ --•--r> ' -- tarv Chicken Coops, Drinking Fountains, Bol­ ster Springs, Wagon Boxes, Rtc. Last, but not least, we sell the best Silo built anywhere or by anybody, and we are here to make good. Always at your service, WM STOFFEL Phones: office-77*. RESIDBNCK-701 cHENRY, ILL. TELEPHONE 54' CORSET TALK Do you ktfew, ladies, that when buying a corset you must look for a corset that not only we^rs well but one that is made to fit you correctly? Hence a wrongly fitted corset means a badly fitted dress. Our corset department offers you corsets that will wear uuder a guarantee and will fit correct­ ly. We carry a complete line of sizes in the perfect fitting Nemo, W. B. and Parisiana. :: : : :: :: SHOES AND OXFORDS We invite each and every one, young and old, to come in and look ovei our spring and summer styles of shoes and oxfords, by far the most up to date in style and make. We guarantee our ladies' line to be better in style, workmanship and wear and cheaper than any line sold. Ladies' Kid and Gun Metal Shoes in lace and button..$2.00, $£.• 0 Ladies' Gun Metal and Patent Shoes. - t2.60, $3.00 Ladies' Oxfords in Kid, Gun Metal and Patent Colt $2.00 up to $3.00 Ladies' black Suede Pumps and Oxfords $3..>0 Men's Shoes, the None Better Thompson Shoe, known for quality and stvle. We have them in all the latest styles at $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, $5 ITEMS TO CLOSE OUT Here is your chance to get real merchandise at a big saving, a good line left of all. Don't delay as they will be taken quickly. :: :: Children's 35c ril>l>»*d fleeced Shirts and Pants . 25c Men's 50c fleece lined Underwear now . .. 38c Men's $1.00 and $1.25 Wool Underwear now. . 7$1.Iq0 One lot of 50c and 75c Silk, choice jk r yard. _. _ __ 30c One lot of 39c and 50c Silk, choice i>er yard. ... 15c One lot of 12ic and 15o tiingham and Flannelette, to close, j>er yd 8c Children's $1.50 Wool Sweater Coats, choice $1.00 OUR GROCERY STOCK is always fresh and prices you will find low.