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. -•-• ' •-- --- "••-'~TMhJBB^TIhtfU»gM,lM». ' ' ""'?"' .?'7 SLOOUM'S LAKE ."'• 'ft ft tk: } • Mldnd Hoffman spent Monday in Chicapo. W. E. Brooks and son, Chesney, •Jhere callers at Algonquin last Tues- Jack Geary was a businiss caller , «l McHenry last Friday. . Harry Matthews was a business taller at McHenry last Thoraday af- (•rnoon. » Wayne Bacon and Leslie Davis attinded the farm sale of Will Whiting ,* at McHenry last Thursday. Willard Darrell attended an agency Meeting of the Life and Casualty Co. Ill Chicago Monday. Page Smith spent from last Tues- 4|y until last Friday in Chicago in ti|e employ of Edwin Turk. O. W. Grantham and son, Richard, •sent Sunday with relatives at Wau- , kcgan. Oatis Phillips visited at the home rf his sister, Mrs. Ella Parks, at Park JGIdge Sunday. George Roesslein, who has been employed on "the Mulholland farm, is now employed by Louis A. Mills, near Mund^lein. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winkler of Barrington spent last Thursday af- Wmoon at the home of the former's parents at Ardelou farms. j I ; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon and family were Sunday dinner and afternoon guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. | Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Geary and • son, Forrest, of Wauconda were Monday evening visitors at the home of the former's parents here. j Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and con, Robert, and Mr. and Mxs. Willard| Darrell visited at the home of MrJ ,#nd Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews at Crys-' ial Lake Sunday afternoon. j P. Baumbach of Chicago was a| business caller at the Mullholland farm last Friday. Mrs. Leslie Davis and children via* ited the home of Mrs. Wayne Bacon JmI Thursday afternoon. * I John Blomgren, Mrs. Sigrid Blomjerren and Mrs. Raymond Lusk of near JJound Lake called at the Darrell and j ifitthews homes last Wednesday aftemoon. I Iner Groth wu a btttifleS* tatter at McHenry last Wednesday aftsr-l aeon. feiomgrett and Mrs. Sigrid Womgren were business callers at; Gray slake Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer and, children and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk of near Round Lake were Sunday evening guests at the Blomgren tame. Mir. and Mm. J. D. Williams and Vftn, James Howard, of Crystal Lake spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Clara Smith. WSllard Darrell and 6. D. Stroker of Wauconda spent last Wednesday in Chicago on business. Mrs. Duncan of Mylith Park visited at the home or Mrs. Clara Smith last Monday afternoon. Miss Hazel Hoffey of Wauconda was an over-night guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell Saturday. Pay your taxes at tha Citizens State flank, McHenry. ,, 42tf f .'r VOLO Mr. and Mrs. Esse Fisher spent the week-end in Waukegan with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Passfield spent Sunday afternoon at the Roy Passfield home. Miss Rose Hahnn of Dundee spent the week-end in the George Dowell home. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher are th« parents of a daughter, born March 16. Mrs. Cora Dowell is taking care of her new granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powers, Mr. and Mrs. George Seheid and daughter were Saturday evening callers in the Lloyd Fisher home. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eddy of Grayslake spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Passfield. [ There will be services at the Volo M. E. church Sunday evening, March 24, as quarterly conference takes place that evening. All the officers of the church and Aid society are requested to be there. A full report of the church work is to be given that evening and everyone is invited to be j*re^£nt. Let's make the coming year ^ gre*(t success in our church work t>y attending services whenever possible. Time, T:80 p, m. Little Harry Case h»8 been quite ill the last few days. Mr. Berg spent Saturday, and Sunday in Chicago. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Dowell and daughter spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Dowell. Scraping the dirt roads and pulling cars and trucks out of the mud seems to be the latest fadi. Pay your taxes at the Citizens State Bank, McHenry, 42tf fbrjees°f/nc//a TERRA GOTTA AIB MAIL ENVELOPES The Plaindealer has air mail envelopes on sale for the accommodation of those who wish to use this branch of the postal service. For letters routed long distances across the country this service is the quickest and under the new postal regulartions the cost is five cents for the first ounce and ten cents for each ad-, ditional ounce. The envelopes have the necessary markings and may be purchased in any quantity from one up. »" fp-tf GUARANTEED Permanent Wave LARCE. fifTEP MARCEL PERMANENT, WlTH OR :: ^ WITHOUT RINGLET ENDS; ALSO ROUND CURL OR SWIRL WAVE -r - . 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Their Social position, peculiar customs and manners are impressively striking to a stranger on his yijlt to Bombay, ftelr story is k romannotale of a people whose ancestry appeared at the very dawn of history, and who occupied Persia when Abraham was a nomadic wanderer, tending his flocks on the gandy gluing bej;oi\<l the Euphrates. They claim that their abcestfal race was the forgmost Asiatic nation o? their flme, wn&s& gran-, deur, magnificence and glory Wevt iftisurpassed; that their kings were the most powerful and wisest of monachs, whose armies weft renowned for courage and military prowess; that they were valorous and energetic, bringing up tlieir youth to "ride, draw t h e b o w a n d s p e a k f i i e t r u t h t h a t their heroes wei'e as humane as they wore courageous; that their women were as brave as they were fair, on.1 as celebrated for the freedom allowed them as for their modesty. The Parsees are of Persian origin, of the Iranic race, and are supposed to have had a common ancestry somewhere in west-Central Asia, where man, as we now know him, is said to have had his birth. More than 3,000 years ago their forefathers left the uplands of that mysterious Aryan home from which our own ancestors had already gone forth, and were in all probability the first of the Indo- European family to embrace a purely monotheistic faith. In religion they are followers of Zoroaster, who was a religious reformer and founder of this ancient Persian religion at a period probably prior to the Assyrian conquest of Bactrla, his native country, which Is said to have taken place 1,200 years before the Christian era. At all events, the religion of Zoroaster can certainly claim a hoary antiquity which unquestionably challenges our deep respect. The scripture of this faith, the Parsec Bible, is called the "Zend-Avesta," or more properly, simply "Avesta." They Are Not Flre-Worshlpers. Tl»e Avesta proper Is one of tbe most interesting documents -coming to cut from the early history and religion of the Indo-European family It Is made up of several distinct parts, many of which are fragmentary and of different ages, some of which must be many centuries older than our era. This religious system is a monotheism. It recognises the dual principle of good or light. and evil or darkness. Fire is ftg principal emblem, as being the purest of all elements; hence the misconception that its adherents are fire-worshipers. The common charge of worshiping fire, the sun, water and air, brought against the Parsees, is not well founded. The Parsees emphatically deny the charge, and history gives several accounts of acts of hatred shown by the Parsers toward Idolatry. God, according to the Parsee faith Is the creator, preserver and ruler of the universe. He is the emblem of glory and light In view of this a Parsee while engaged in prayer is directed to stand before tire or turn his face toward the sun, because they appear to be the most proper symbols of the Almighty. Such is still the present practice among their descendants in India. Zoroaster, the Parsee Moses, appears as a being of supernatural endowments and as receiving from the supreme divinity, by personal interviews, by questions and answers, the truths which he is to communicate In men. The Idea of a future life and the immortality of the soul pervade# the vhole of Avesta literature. Went From Persia to India. When the Persian empire of Sasss- Bides wflj destroyed by the Saracen* in 651 A. D., the great mass of the nation was forced to adopt the faith of Islamisrn, the religion of their Mohammedan conquerors; but a small numher clung to the old Zoroastrian faith and tool: refuge in the wilderness of the Persian province of Khorasan. After much wandering and enduring great persecution and hardship, they, in the Eighth century, emigrated to India and made a settlement at Sanjan, in the neighborhood of Surat. Here t* ey lived in the Sanjan country for some seven hundred years in tranquillity and In full enjoyment of their religious rites, under the government of the Hindu rajahs of Sanjan, Guzerat. They chiefly occupied themselves in agriculture and industrial pursuits. It is said that they not only turned the face of the territory they occupied from a dreary Jungle into a fruitful garden snd made <t blossom as the rose, but th&r fllso enjoyed consider p^lirrTtj, About the time of llig discovery or Americ^ the Hindu rajah's govfernmen£ under which they lived, was overthrown by a Mohammedan-Afgan conqueror. The Parsees, with a high character for fidelity, were loyal to the Indian tings, who <had given them and their ancestors a welcome when they had been driven from their own Persian homes by the same foe. They gathered their forces to the standard of the rajahs, and proved themselves of great valor. The result of the campaign was, however, one < f disaster. The.v were finally dispersed from the Sanjan country and compelled to seek new homes in other parts of Guzerat. It was probably some time after this event, though there does not seem to exist any authoritative record of the exact date when the Parsees arrived in Bombay. It may, however, be safely spld that their settlement in that Island was some ti' e before Bombay was ceded to the British, in 1669, by the king-of Portugal, as a dowry of Catherine, princess of Braganza, who became the wife of Charles the Second of England. As a sect in Persia they have disappeared under religious persecutions, and nave sunk into ignorance and poverty. though still preserving a reputation for honesty, industry, and obedience to law superior to that of other Persians. Nsvsr Absorbed ly ths Hindus. There seems to be no authoritative information as to tbe number composing the first exodus to India, or if the Parsee colony was ever materially increased by early additions from Perate. For some 1,200 years they have lived among the all-absorbent Hindus, yet this mere handful of people have not,, been absorbed. During the last 300 years the transmisslve influence of an Anglo-Saxon civilization has been rejected upon them, yet they remain Parsees still. The Parsees of India have been exceedingly prosperous and have steadily Increased in number, now being variously estimated at about 100,000 ..ouls. They are most numerous in Bombay. A few have settled in China and remote places in India for the purpose of trade, but these outlying settlements do not contain more than perhaps 4,000 people. It Is calculated that about 85 per cent of the Parsees In India reside In the Bombay presidency. On the spread of Mohammedanism to India they became again the subject of persecution. Since the occupation of India by the British they have fared better, and now form a peaceful. intelligent, wealthy and Influential community. Physically they are tall and erect, having remarkably small hands and feet, with facial features resembling the Europeans. They have a quickness of action bordering on nervousness. Their hair is Jet black and their eyes are dark. They are exceedingly polite, kind and hospitable, often putting .themselves to great Inconvenience to accommodate a stranger. The Parsees have many customs that differ markedly from those of other peoples. That which marks theiu most strongly, perhaps, is their method of disposal of their dead. Since they hold fire, earth and water as sacred elements, they are unwilling to burn or bury the dead or to cast them Into the sea or rivers. Instead they, expose them to vultures In jrreat round stone structures called "Towers of Silence." Five such towers rise on Mala- I bar hill In the outskirts of Bombay. *A. H. Henderson of Chicago i#Kbl the week-end at the home of P. A. Huffman. Mil's. M. Knox tand son, Robert, and three daughters called on relatives in Woodstock Sunday. Merton L. Gracy of St. Charles visited at his home here over the week-end. ' Mrs. Edward J. Knox and daughter Patricia, of Harvard visited relatives here Friday evening and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilcox of Chicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Huffman and daughters Sunday. Mrs. Merton Gracy and family visited relatives in Spring Grove Sunday. Loraine and Shirley Anne Green have returned to their home in Woodstock after spending three weeks with relatives here. Mrs. George B. 'Frisby has been spending several days in Elgin earing for her daughter, Mary, who is ill. Mrs. Nels Pearson is spending the week with relatives in Chicago. Henry Shales of Silver visited his daughter, Marion, here Tuesday. George B. Frisby attended the funeral of Stephen Walsh in Elgin one day last week. 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That purpose was, by mass production, to build the best refrigerator ever produced and offer it to the smell families of America at a price within their reach. Never before a single refrigerator model been in such large quantities or by efficient or economical methods. * Proper preservation of perishable^ foods is vital to the health of the nation," they said. "This first all-steel refrigerator makes such refrigeration possible in every home, both by its efficiency and its price. "Mkny tests were made to deter*" mine the sturdiness of all-steel cabv inets. One of special interest was having the door of one of the cabinets opened and closed by machinery. It was slammed shut 300,000 times with-? out injury to the d&or, the hinges or the latch. The doors on these cabinets close tightly with a slight push by» arm or knee. It is not necessary to use the hands to make sure that it ia closed. All of the hardware is ma- . chine bolted right into the steel body. 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