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tHX H'HBNST PL&IKDKALER, THURSDAY, HOT. 21,1928 ' V . ooooooooooooooooooooooooco His Year c Freedom 5 * "•* ^ / * SSIPPSi M & kz ^ri.% >ii. '3 m Twice Told Tales Intonating Btta of News Takn _ FN>m the Columns of th* iMaindealer Fifty n| ( Twpnty-fiT«Ye»ni A«* THE^ll p*y Fjfty Years Ago • •ilt becomes oar painful duty to chronide this week the death of another of our prominent citizens. Dr. A. E. Beers died this Wednesday Morning, after a severe and painful Illness of about four weeks. F. A. Hebard has left at this office ft sample brick, such as are made and used in Kansas. It is sawed from •tone kind of stone found in the state sew} we should judg* would make a •try handsome and durable wall. We leam that the Methodist society contemplates having an oyster •8pper and bazaar in sj few weeks, . -She proceeds to be used for paying off tHe debt on the parsonage. At the Central Market of R. Wait ire saw qne day last week, the finest beef that has been seen in this section for many a day. It was a sixyear- old cow and weighed 755 pounds, dresser. { The funeral of Ormus Bishop, on Wednesday of last week, was one of the largest ever held in this village, which shows the higfi regard in which lie is held by the citizens of this village and the surrounding country. Twenty-five Tears Ago A new corn crib, with the capacity of about 1,500 bushels, has been built on the Hanley farm occupied by J. W. Lee. A new sidewalk has been built from •the corner of Waukegan street and Jlailroad avenue to the Borden factory, a fact which is much appreciated by the Borden employees. A little daughter came to gladden ike home of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Freund, who reside on the Sherman farm, west of town, Monday morning. ----<• John P. Lay, who for the past twenty-six years has been engaged tjt the mercantile business at Johnsfcurg, has sold out to John Karls of 8pring Grove, who takes possession H>e first of December. Chas. Heimer, who is employed as a railway postal clerk, has been given A new run. He now goes between Chicago and Portage, Wis. His salary is $900 per annum, but he will likely be given a raise soon. Charles to one of McHenry's brightest young IBen and his friends here wish him HicceBS. \ - Changes are being made in and around the Reynolds mill in preparation for installing the electric light plant. The work will be rushed from now on and we predict that it will not lie many months before we will walk fat the light. Pjmdwl«m Cl*| A pendulum clock gained, owing to A Ijbe increase of gravity with latitude, ^ ' Ibout one minute and twenty seconds j| day when taken from Ottawa to the mouth of Mackenzie river. Northwest '/V- Territories, by the. Dominion observatory in connection with its gravity Work. Taken about five thousand feet --a mountain aide )a British Columbia it lost about thirteen tally. RUNNING RAPIDS A*ton Fryk, grizzled old WaHonian of Northern Wisconsin and pioneer of the days when Jump River was the scene of lumbering activities, took a deep draw at his pipe, blew several smoke rings sky-ward, then settled deeper into his chair. "Yes Sir, runnin' rapids sure is exc:* in' and plenty thrillm' for anybody," he said, with a squint of his eye and a nod of his head to emphasize the point more strongly to his listeners. "But, by Gar, it's dangerous to a degree and the wonder is that so few accidents happen. "Last yeaT, as bow paddle, I ran a nasty rapids in the Jump River durin' high water time, with a first rate canoeman in the stern. In the middle of the rapids, while we were seething down the white, foaming waters lickety split, my partner had the misfortune to get his paddle caught between two stones while trying to throw the bow a little to the left. "The paddle was caught in sich a manner that it was either break it or let 'er go, and as it was his favorite paddle he chose the latter alternative wisely or not. "Jist as he called out to me above the roar of the dashing waters, 'Look out I've lost my paddle!' the "very same thing happened to me. My paddle was whipped out of my hand before I could make up my mind to let 'er go or hang on fer dear life. The next moment a hplpless and frail craft with two men, provisions and duffle went shootin' down the last half of one of the most precipitate and rocky Tapids in northern Wisconsin. . "I had an indistinct consciousness of sticking out one foot over the side of the canoe and shootin' my heel with all my might at one particular dangerous, jagged point as we tore by. The next minute we sat high and dry on a flat rock at the foot of the boiling waters. "Yes , Sir," concluded the old pioneer, "ye can talk about auto speedin', iceboatin' or loopin' the loop in an airplane--they have nothin' on shooting a boiling, bubbling, roaring rapids without paddles. You yell with excitement and exhiliration, but your hair stands on end at the same time. Try it and see." Gothic Leader Interred Under Calabrian River Most regions have their buried treasure stories. Cosenza, chief city of Calabria, has one of the oldest and best, according to a writer in the Washington Star. It is at Cosensa that Alaric, first Gothic leader to conquer Imperial Rome, was buried along with priceless treasures captured in Rome. Laden with the riches of the dying empire, Alaric and his barbarian hosts marched south to conquer Africa and the grain which abounded there. In Calabria Alaric died of the fever. His followers buried bis treasure with hira in the fashion of the day, but they made sure that the dead chieftain's repose would not be disturbed, either by avenging enemies or covetous treasure hunters. They diverted the course of the River Busento and buried Alaric far below the river bed. Then they restored the river to its channel. For security's sake they put to death every one of the prisoners who had helped bury Alaric, and marched on. The grave has never been discovered, though Alaric died l.oQ® years ago. Legend has it that the grave is near the confluences of the Cratl and the Busento rivers at Cosenza. When I saw this spot it was mostly a dry gravel bed with a narrow stream at which the village women washed their clothes. During the rainy seaeon it is a large river. Its secret holds the same fascination for Calabria that the Nemi galleys hold for Romans. Recreation Time Must Be Used to Advantage Work is healthful but It must not have depressing associations. Pauses or changes in monotonous work will cut down boredom and monotony. Rest periods should not necessarily be used for rest, but for relaxations in diversion and recreation. But unless our play actually gives us relaxation, there is no benefit. American life at present is so arranged that play is not relaxation. but hard work, says Dr. Lauren II. Sinljh In H.vgela Magazine. •'Evening used to fnll with a hush and tired men came home to rest In contentment. Evening now falls like a ton of-brk-ks. if the house is quiet before midnight the evening is considered a failure. Are we going to give ourselves piny, or Is it to be frenzy?" he asks. '"In order to gain play and rest we must use our timesavers to get ourselves more peaceful leisure than more excitement" Bidder! Set Own Piters on Rare First Editions There is a recent story of a man who took his old copy, of "Alice in Wonderland" to a Boston bookstore to be rebound. The bookstore clerk, who recognized the book as a first edition, is reported to have told the customer that the book was worth $6,500. The value of first editions fluctuates with the condition of the copy, and in particular with the person bidding for the volume. The first edition of "Alice in Wonderland," London, 1865, is very rare and consequently much sought by collectors.- Its value Is approximately $3,500; a presentation copy might be worth more. This is because the author withdrew the book from circulation shortly after It was published, as he did not think the illustrations came out well. They were by John Tenniel, who was also reported to be dissatisfied with them. The next edition came out in London in 1806 and is worth about $360 to $500. The third valuable edition la the American, imprinted in New York, 1866, and brought out by Appleton and company. This edition was bound up from the English sheets of the 1865 edition. Its valSe is about $200. Nation's Sweat To*th IW United States consumes omts 20 par cent of the world's ease §fc; j i A - Vi > \ found in this week's classified column. It's a home oil a corner lot. A bargain. Be sure to look it up.* A'? (W ?ft" •• ' .*V• j-jf; « . Method ia It ' -At Hm dinner party one man caused a mild sensation. He was seen to be smoking cigarettes with a silk handkerchief tied tightly around his eyes. One of the guests found the sight more than his curiosity could stand, and asked another diner the meaning of the phenomenon. "Oh, haven't you seen Mm before?" exclaimed his fellow guest. "That's old Tightwad. I thought everybody knew him." "But I still don't understand," said the othed. "Well," exclaimed the knowing one, •Tie's rather an artful sort of chap. He tells people he can name any cigar e t t e j u s t b y s m o k i n g i t , a b e never has to buy any." Ants* Skyscrapers Compared with the structure built by the termite ant the great skyscrapers of our cities are Insignificant achievements. Man, who Is five or six feet tall, has built or plans to build to a height of 1,208 feet. The termite, only three-sixteenths of aa inch from end to end, erects apartments rising twenty feet into the air. Therefore man's buildings are only about one-seventh as high as the dwellings of the ant, relatively--that Is considering the great difference in their respective sizes. The cubic space in an ant hall will contain a million times more inhabitants than the largest human habitation.--Pathfinder Magazine. Highest Capital La Paz, Bolivia, is the loftiest capital in the world, for It stands on a mountain top 12,470 feet above sealevel. This is 2,000 feet higher than Quito, in Ecuador, and 5,000 feet higher than Mexico City, Its nearest rival for height is the far distant Lhasa, which stands at an altitude of 11.830 feet. The mean temperature of La Paz is 50 degrees Fahrenheit. But the cold nights are unrelieved by fireside comforts, as the folk have nothing to burn, there being neither coal nor trees In the desolate mountainous regions around the city. Plant Heart Beat Doubled Plants have no beating pulse that propels the sap upward, and such pulsations as have been recorded are due to the trembling of improperly adjusted instruments and not to the beating of the plant, experiments recently performed by several American and European plant physiologists Indicate. The findings are directly in conflict with those of Sir Jagadls Chunder Bose. who announced some time ago the "beating heart" theory In regard to pi--Popular Jtfechanics Magasins. - .... . •' ^ ; - Fair Enough Phil Falkins joshed Sam Sellers fotber day for wearin' gray pants with his dinner Jacket at Mrs. Olsen's reception. "The pants," grinned Phil, -la what you might call breeches of etiquette."--Farm and Fireside. life Is So Complicated I JBJvery time we get thoroughly sold on the importance of staying on the jnh, flomebody comes around and tells us we ought to "play more."--Ft Wayne News-Sentinel. And a Good Crop ^Beauty,"- said Mark Twain, Is the leed of spirit from which we grow the flowers that shall endure."--American Magazine. ( | By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD oooooooooooooooooooooooood {Copyright.) WHEN young Philip Alnsworth was graduated from college his father suggested that he start In immediately with Alnsworth and Cowles, dealers in lumber, and prepare for a possible future junior partnership. But Phil had acquired strange ideas which were destined to cause his parents considerable anxiety, very nearly drive Lesbia Craves, who loved him, into marrying another man, and put Phil himself In some rather difficult situations for a youngster spoiled from birth. "I want one year;of absolute freedom," he announced, "before settling down. 1 want to see the world." "Very well, Phil," said his father. I will give you as a stake a sum of money with just one stipulation. If it is gone before the end of the year, do not call on me for more. At the end of the year, I shall expect, of course, that you will promptly get into harness." Philip accepted his father's offer exactly as he had accepted all other things in his carefree young life, with a casual, graceful, "Thanks, dad." Later, his father tried to comfort Pidl's mother. "I did it on purpose to set a limit to the boy's wanderings. At least, he won't try to stage any such stunt as a voyage around the world." How could his father foresee that his son, who had had no training in the actual spending of a comparatively large slum of money, would run through what he had given him in six months' time? And. furthermore, that he would actually abide by his father's condition through every possible vicissitude? Phil was out in Vancouver when he went broke. He had seen It coming and had looked around for a job with little success. He worked a few days for a land development company that went bankrupt He drove a truck untn the regular driver returned to the Job, And then he fell <n with the Stone Brothers' Greatest Carnival on E&rth which was working Its way east and needed extra hands.- Now It happened that one of Its most popular side shows--the one where the superlatively beautiful girl Is bound to a post and made the victim of a knife-throwing maniac--required a piano player as part of its patter and when the man who had been holding down the job deserted at one of the Dakota hamlets, Phil was promoted to the vacancy. In his brief letters home Phil mentioned neither his need nor his present occupation. He made no Inquiries for Lesbia who was beginning to wonder if, after all, slw had not better marry Henry Butler, who was making love to her every evening, than to wait patiently for a young man who had never during their acquaintance made love to her at all. Philip had planned to leave the carnival before it arrived in New England. He had saved enough money to see him through the rest of the way home and the nightly knlfe-throwlng stunt was boring him to tears. It seemed, however, that the youth who was to take his place could not join up until the show reached Springfield and Phil, who had taken a liking to the rough but not unkindly manager, agreed to stay on until then. He was pounding away at the piano keys in a small town in western Massachusetts when a casual-glance toward the audience sent his heart into his throat. Over the head* of the crowd immediately below him tie looked straight into the eyes of Lesbia Graves who was sitting beside Henry Butler In Henry's roadster. What was Lesbia doing in that part of the country with Henry unless they were married, perhaps on their honeymoon? The next day Philip sauntered as casually into his home as he had left It nearly a year ago but his mother knew that a man had returned in place of the boy who had gone. Taking him into her arms, she cried a little. His father, telephoned to at the office, came home immediately. "I'm ready, dad," Philip told him soberly, "to go into business any time you say." Then he braced himself. "How--how is Lesbia?" "Lesbia?" satd his mother eagerly. "Why, she's fine. She's visiting Henry- Butler's sister at their new summer /home Hip in the Berkshires. She--" And there stood Lesbia herself, having let herself in with the freedom of an old family friend. She held out both hands in welcome to Philip but not until some time later when they were alone together did she say what had brought her home so suddenly. "It was the oddest thing, Phil! Last night Henry drove me tyto town on an errand for his mother and ye pulled In to watch one of those traveling carnivals for a moment. And I declare, Phil, there was a chap playing the piano who looked enough like you to be your twin! It affe^led me *o queerly that, when Henry on the way home masked m£ to tell him definitely whether 1 would marry him or not, I just up and said 'No!'" "Because?" prompted Philip gently, not daring to anticipate what She might say. Leshla's sweet eyes fell before his, but first they had told Ub all he Wanted to know. "KONJOLA WENT RIGHT TO SOURCE 1 OF MY TROUBLES" Lady Tells How New Master Medicine Quickly Relieved Kidney Trouble, Rheumatism and Other Ills Health Hint Avoid drafts while automobile 4ttv» tag, especially from a narrow current of air coming through the windshield. Such drafts have been known to cause S facial paralysis. Ton can fool all the people part of the time, and part of the people all of the time, but you cant fool an older sister any time.--San Prandsco Chronicle. MRS. A. E. IBBOTSON "I had been unable to do my housework for three years," said Mrs. A. E. Ibbotson, 513 Broadway, Joliett 111. "I was troubled with rheumatism, kidney disorders, constipation; also fluttering of the heart caused by gas forming in my stomach. The kidney trouble and constipation brought on the rheumatism. My ankles and arms were badly swollen and I became very nervous. "Konjola was recommended to me and I decided to try it. This new medicine went right to the source of my troubles. My arms and ankles no longer are swollen and I can get about with ease to do my housework. The pains in and around my kidneys have left. My nerves again are steady. I am no longer bothered by gas on the stomach or heart palpitations. Konjola is surely a wonderful medicine and I praise it highly." Konjola is sold in McHenry, 111., at Thomas P. Bolger's drug store, and by all the best druggists in all towns throughout this entire section. BACKACHE If functional Bladder Irritation disturbs your sleep, or causes Burning or Itching Sensation, Backache, Leg Pains, or muscular aches, making you feel tired, depressed, and discouraged, why not try the Cystex 48' Hour Test? Don't give up. Get Cystex today. Put it to the test. See for yourself how quickly it workB and what it does. Money back if it doesn't bring quick improvement, and satisfy you completely. Try Cystex today. Only 60c. ..Thomas P. Bolger, The McHenry Druggist. Plaindealers at WatfUs. McHenry TO CHICAGO *I-40 Ride the Msrigold Coaches through the popular resort centers direct to Chicago or Lake Geneva. Low fares, fast, frequest service. Experienced drivers. Finest • "Pullmans of the Highways." SOUTHBOUND McHenry T# LILY LAKE $.10 mt way, VOLO $.15 one way WAUCONDA $.25o* wsj LAKE CORNERS $.30 one wag, LAKE ZURICH $.40 one waft MT. PROSPECT - $.70 one way, DESPLAINES $.80 one waf, DEMPSTER & MILWAUKEE AVE., $.90 one wajr NILBS CENTER $1.00 one waft NORTHBOUND McHenry To GENOA CITY $ .35 (metooy. LAKE QENEVA $ .55 one way s' Save tfane by transferring to Rapid Transit "L" trains at Niles Center--soar above the street traffic to the heart of Chicago. Save money by using the special Marigold Coupon Book-- $10 worth of rides for $8 • '• •' t w e n t y p e r c e n t r e d u c t i o n sT For all information * McHenry Ticket Office, Justen's Hotel, Phone 16. METROPOLITAN MOTOR COACH COMPANY Hewant P. Savage, General Manager ^ EVERY DAIRY MAN OR WOMAN ON THE FARM, HOUSEHOLD IN McHENRY COUNTY, EVERY BAJfK, EVERY STORE, | ^ v |* ;\ OFFICE OR SHOP / V . NEEDS ' ' -A <s ID 0 2 . NET FULLY REFINED SMakesBivt I v f NO GRIT NO SCRATCH • srn '• 10 ox. Package, 10 Gnti WE RECOMMEND PSRSOLBNl fO WASH DISHES--Add & level teaspoonful totBe dish water. TO WASH PAINTED SURFACES--Dissolve a level teaspoonful of PERSOLENE in a quart of water, warm or cold. Wash all surfaces well and rinse with, clean water. If dirty spots remain, sprinkle a few crystals on the cloth or sponge and rub, then rinse well. TO WASH TILE, PORCBLAIN, MARBLE--Dissolve two level teaspoonsfull of PERSOLENE in a quart of vater. Handle as on PAINTED SURFACES (above). TO CLEAN THE LAVATORY AND BATH TUB-- --Sprinkle a little PERSOLENE on the soiled parts and wipe off with a damp cloth. Rinse with fresh water. CLEAN EVERYTHING IN THE BATHROOM WITH PERSOLENE. * TO CLEAN CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, PORCHES OR GARAGE FLOORS--Sprinkle PERSOLENE pn the soiled spots and scrub with a stiff broom or brush. TO SOFTEN WATER FOR THE LAUNDRY--Add PERSOLENE to the water as it is heating. Remove scum before the water boils. It will save soap, and make your clothes whiter and easier to rinse. TO WASH CLOTHES--Add V2 package of PERSOLENE to the first washerful of clothes, then add the hot soap-suds. It will save soap and not only wash the clothes more quickly, but makes them whiter and easier to rinse. TO CLEAN SILVER--Put the silver in an aluminum pan, cover with water, and add a teaspoonful of PERSOLENE and a teaspoonful of table salt. Bring to a boil, rinse with fresh water and dry. Tarnish is readily removed in this manner from otherwise inaccessible places. ^ ' r • Sold In Woodstock by praheim'8 Grocery IMnHthats A Saha Mrs. Harold Ostium Royal Blue StiMgft | H. J. Jensen Sahs Bras. Eckert & Bemfing Riley & Riley Woodstock ImpK. Co. SouysUe Giwmy iold in McHenry by ft Market John Stoffel Albert Barbiaa PlagelAKeA National Tea Storea (iarry R. Austin RohlotTs Grocery A. ft' P. Ten Oa. Schaefer's Grocery Louis A. Ericlcsoa Peter W. Frett Sold in Crystal Lake by J. J. Jaster Sold in Ridgefield by W. D. Cat* . gold in Hebron by -OrW. Hart F. C. Bachte E. P. fichaefer ft Harrison's Cash Store Clark ft Housholder Sold in Greenwood by Harrison & Sons J. J. Schalx Sold in Ringwood ty Matt L. Welter * DISPLAY AwtftTinrc a. » . ^gHL -.at