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P: lire. Bert Dowell and daughte Slocum Lake visited Mrs. Harry I field Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bacon and family of Crystal Lake spent Sunday here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiser. Mrs. M. E. Smith, Mrs. Anna Case : of Wauconda, Mrs. Leslie Davis and •daughter of Slocum Lake visited Mr. and Mrs. Esse Fisher Wednesday. Mrs. Charles Rushing of Eldora, i spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Vasey. Mrs. Lloyd Eddy of Grayslake visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hairy Passfield Friday. Mr. and Mrs. William Dowell and daughter of Dundee speftt Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Dowell. Miss Alma Grabble of Crystal Lake ; spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Airs. G. A. Vasey. I Mr. and Mrs. Earl Walker of Chicago called on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pass- ; "field Sunday. Frank Hironimus is numbered with the sick. A large crowd attended Community night at the Vdlo school Friday evening. Mjr.and Mrs. Paul Kovar, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sunduski and son of Berwyn called on Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Martini and faipijy of Chicago spent the week-er.d here with Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Rossduetscher. Mrs. Roy Passfield, Mrs. Joseph Passfield were Waukegan callers on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Rossduestche* and son spent Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul 0'- Learv in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. John Farley of Chicago spent Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs- Russell Gibbs. Mrs. Joseph Lenzen, Mrs. Earl Donley, Mrs. Joseph Wagner visited relatives and friends at Kenosha on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gibbs and son spent Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gibbs at Ringwood Mrs. Bud Ford of Wauconda called on her mother, Mrs. Catherine Frost Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of Ingleeide called on Mr. and Mrs. H. Stoffel Sunday. M3ss Carmel Wiser of Denver, Col., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wiser. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maypole of Kings Island, Fox Lake, Mr. and Mrs. William Hansen of Madison, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Michalson of Volo attended' a party in honor of Fred Casper Monday evening. John Pitzen of Johnsburg spent Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stoffel. Miss Edna Fisher and Arthur Wackerow attended A Century of Progress Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kautenberg of Waukegan spent Friday here at the home of John Walton. * Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stoffel and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Obenauf at Waukegan Sunday. DISCOVER HABITAT RHINOCEROS MEN Highest Point in Iron mountain In Poly county, 324 feet above sea level, Is the highest point In Florida. MOTHER, he needs plenty HfSk i> • ERHAPS his eyes won't complain for years even though he now reads under poor light. Buteventualiy tasting damage will be done. Be sure there is plenty of light wherever your children read or study. Be sure their books are not blurred by shadows. Be sure ao glare reaches their eyes. Notice how the lamp above is placed a little behind the chair. Its direct light shines on the book page but none of it shines in the boy's eyes. A table lamp will do just as well if the shade is large enough to spiead shadow-free light on the book and Uw enough to keep glare! away from the boy's eyes. THE LAMP picmred above gives two kinds of light -- direct light for reading --indirect reflected 1 ight for general i llumination. The pleated silk shade comes in pastel colors. The base is fin- aa.. isbed ia bronze. Special at . We pay the lilimots tax •* the sale this merchandise. PUBLIC SERVICI STORE V Other local Umf> dsal- V ers are also featurt^m ~ specials this month. V Found in Hill of Mystery in Transvaal. Cape Town.--Sensational (tads of golden ornaments and other relics of a vanished, native race have just been made In the northern Transvaal »t-a place called Mapungubwe--the Hill of Mystery. The natives, it appears, long have known of the Hill of Mystery*; but the.v fwared the place and never ex plored It. Thirty yttars ago » white hermit named Bernard Lotrie lived near the spot. He had accom{tanled L>octor Livingstone on the famous Journey to I*ake Xgamf; and Lotri^ undoubtedly climbed the almost inaccessible Hill of Mystery, Bnt »t that time there was no suspicion that- a prehistoric settlement existed south of the Limpopo river, ami Lotrie's stories of'strange discoveries attracted no attention. Now that vaiuablerelies have been unearthed, men who remember Lotrie have recalled hish story of a rich "treasure chamber" In the dense bush near the hill. The golden treasures already found have whetted adven turous appetites, and the hunt is on. Meanwhile, the Hill of Mystery Is being guarded by [volice, while a party from the University of Pretoria carries out scientific research untroubled by intruders. A Powerful Tribe. The most valuable And was a small golden rhinoceros. A very small clan of natives whose ancestors worshiped the rhinoceros still lives In Rhodesia. It is regarded as practically certain that the people who inhabited the Hill of Mystery and smelted gold there, were "rhinoceros men." Discoveries have been made not only on the precipitous hilltop of Mapungubwe, but also in the surrounding country. The rhinoceros men were evidently a powerful tribe in their day, for the bush is impregnated with evidences of old human occupation. Pottery and beads, besides the gold and copper ornaments, have been found over a wide urea. A skeleton wearing a metal helmet was among the most interesting discoveries. It has been suggested that the Hill of Mystery Was the burying ground of the foreign Invaders who carried off the gold from the ancient "mines of Rhodesia. Some of the beads' and Ornaments appear to he of Egyptian origin. There is a tradition along the Limpopo that a small yellow people worked the gold and copper mines near the river, trading with travelers who wore white cloth around their heads and rode on camels. For the reason already mentioned, the scientists hayfe had great difti<4ilty in obnative guides. "Every one up that hill dies," say the "We don't know why;--but they die." A Formidable Fortress > The Hill of Mystery is a mass of hard sandstone rising out of the tropical bush of the Limpopo valley. I( Is the only hill in the neighborhood topped with grass, and it is now clear that the rhinoceros men carried hundreds of tons of earth to the summit of their secret place. The sides are rugged and overhanging, and the«scientists only climbed it with the aid of ropes and ladders. There is one great oblique cleft ih the rock, however, which offers the least difficult path to the summit. The entrance to the cleft Is hidden by trees and a stranger might never find it. Holes were cut In tlilB cleft by the ancients, and once, no doubt, there were wooden rungs forming a sort of ladder to the summit. At the top of the cleft were boulders, evidently placed In position so that they could be toppled over in the event of an Invasion. This same terrible form of defense was found at other pi where the cliffs might have climbed. The stronghold of the rhinoceros men was impregnable. No other walls were needed--indeed the only sign of building found on the Summit was a small stone enclosure --possibly once the chiefs now occupied by baboons. rs Geo. Shepard tained the Five Hundred club at their home Thursday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Leon Dodge and Clarence Pearson and Mrs. Clarence Pearson and Leon Dodges The Scotch Bridge eluh wa« entertained in the home of Mrs. Viola Low Wednesday; Prizes were won by Mrs. Charles Frey and Mrs. C. J. Jepson. Miss Virginia Jepson was pleasantly surprised at her home Saturday evening by the pupils and teacher of her school room. Hallowe'en games were played and lunch was served by her mother and sisters. The Ladies' Aid society held an all day meeting at the home of Mrs. C. Larson, Friday. A pot hick dinner There were twenty-one WHY= £ CM»' Eye. Braille Books Are No# Being Mailed to Blind Kew Orleans.--New Orleans blind people who love books will not have to risk the hazards of traffic to go to the public librar/ for their literature under a new system inaugurated for their convenience. Special cases for the fragile Braille editions have been prepared. The t>ooks will be mailed to sightless readers, who, when they have finished reading them, have only to hand them to a postman to have them returned to the library. No cost Is entailed to the reader. The address is on the wooden cover of the book, and the borrower Is not even required to ad dress the book before mailing It back. Pearl S. Buck's books, the librarian reported, are most popular witfc. sight less readers. Tourist Increase Shows Return of Prosperity Albuquerque, N. M.--Return to nor inal conditions of prosperity jras fore cist in anounceuiient here that tourist travel through Albuquerque is aimosi double for the last three months what it was for a like period a year ago. Many of the tourists are en route t«> Chicago for A Century of Progres* Wartd'a (air. Mr. and Mrs, Maxwell Beth, Mr and Mrs. Waiter LymArm of'Chicago and Mrs. Ruth Bigger of Alicfe, ft. D. spent Wednesday evening in the Ralph Simpson home, Mrs. Beth, Mrs. Lymann and Mrs. Bigger remained until Friday evening. Mrs. Simpson, who has been very ill is much improved. . •; .• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Doherty arid son, John, spent Friday and Saturday in Chicago and attended A Century of Progress. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peters were callers in Woodstock, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hein and son, lgene, of Jefferson Park spent Sunday in the George Shepard home- Adrian Thomas of Chicago spent Wednesday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Thomas. Miss Dorothy Peet of Crystal Lake spent Thursday afternoon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peet. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinze of Crystal Lake spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mann and son, Seymour, of Woodstock spent Saturday evening in the Edgar Thomas home. Mr. and Mrs. Alec Anderson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Felvy Davis of Woodstock attended the world's fair Sunday. Mrs. Ed Peet and daughter, Edna, were callers at Crystal Lake, Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs- George Shepard were visitors at Woodstock, Saturday evening. Mrs. N. J. Adams of McHenry spent Friday afternoon in the Ralph Simpson home. Miss Julia McLaughlin spent a few days the past week with friends at DeKalb. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Itauen of Kenosha, Ben Stevens of Spring Grove, Mr. and Mrs. James Bell and son, Harold, and Mary Gallagher of Lake Villa spent Sunday in the George Young home. Mrs. F. A. Hitchens underwent ar. operation at St. Theresa's hospital at "Waukegan, Tuesday morning of last week. Her many friends here will be pleased to hear that she is getting along nicely. James Thompson was operated upon at St. Theresa's hospital at Waukegan Saturday evening for appendix citis. He is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Schober returned home Saturday from a trip to Wisconsin Rapids. Mrs. John Freund spent Thursday morning at Richmond. Frank Dix spent a few days the past week with his parents at Salem, Wis. Miss Helen Harrison entertained her Sunday school class of boys And their parents at a Hallowe'en party at her home Friday evening. The Epworth League pleasantly prised Miss Ruth Klintworth at a pa ty at her home Thursday evening, k being in honor of her birthday. Mrs. Walter Harrison entertained the M. E. church choir at a party at her home, Tuesday evening. The P. T. A. held their second meeting of the year at- the school house, Wednesday evening. The Hungry Five of Woodstock played several selections. Charades and square dar.ces including the Virginia reel were enjoyed. Mesdames Edgar Thomas, Leon Dodge and Joseph McCannon were On the program committee. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey. and family spent Sunday in the George Frey home at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Butler and family spent the week-end at Gary, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson and Mrs. B. T. Butler visited Mrs. F. A. Hitchens at St. Theresa's hospital at Waukegan, Thursday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Roland McCannon and son and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson and family spent Sunday in the George Jepson home at Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Thomas and family spent Sunday afternoon at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Peek and sons of Elgin spent Saturday afternoon in the C. J. Jepson home. Miss Mildred Jepson spent from Wednesday until Saturday with relatives in Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Adams and Mr. and Mrs. 0. Adams of McHenry spent Wednesday evening in the R. Simpson home. Miss Alice Peet of Crystal Lake spent Sunday with her parents. Miss Loretta FVitz of Solon Mills spent a few days the past week with her cousin, Mrs. Clayton Bruce. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hawley and fam ily visited relatives at Crystal Lake Sunday. Are So Easily Seen on a Dark Night Have you ever wondered why, it Is you cau see the eyes of a cat gleaming In the dark, while the eyls of humans and certain other animals do not have this effect"; The "reason fj*r this phenomenon, says Pathtinder Magtt zine, is that cats and other nocturnal animals are equipped with a special Veliectiug membrane i» the back of-the eyet which makes the eye more sensitive in semi-darkness by focusing all the light possible upon the retina. It is this reflected light that we see when a eat watches us to the dark. Human eyes lacking ia pigment, and especially albinos* explains the better Vision bureait. ma^r alSo glisten ip the dark, but the pigment of normal eyes will absorb the light It was the eye of the eat that stir gested the invention of the signs you see on the roads to warm autoists "to stop. While these signs are not lighted, they reflect the light of any ttpprewehing auto v, h> >e lamps are lighted. The slgus are made »»p of a iitim ber of glass or metallic plates which are set at snch an angle thatthe tight is thrown hack. These signs of course are much cheaper than signs which require the use of electric current. Why Gibraltar Monkeys • v , Are Given Special Drt you know that there is an Officer In Charge of Apes at Gibraltar, and that a grant of money for looking after these mischievous animals Is included in the colony's official estimates every year? These apes, of which, since the ar rival of two babies the other day (there are ten now), are the last wild monkeys lu Europe. But that Isn't the only reason why they are preserved so carefully, or why It Is a crime to in jure or molest them, in spite of the damage they do. The animals are favored for a» very special reason. There ts a legend, .which says: "As long as the a|»es In habit Gibraltar. Britain will keep pos session of the Rock." *. Now, the British authorities aren't superstitious--hut they know that the legend is believed Implicit fy by the iwople of Gibraltar. So It Is good l*oliey that the apes should be pre- Answers Magazine. Mirrors Need Light's Aid ha relit# Why Big Ben It Faulty How many people know that the note of Big Ben is faulty? This fa inous bell cracked soon after it was placed in position, and was out of use for some years. Then It was partially turned around, so that the hammerstrokes-- It Is strm-k by a hammer, in »tead of. I>eing swung, to produce Its note--should fall on a different ex pause of metal. The result Is the note which we know--and which Britons all over the world have learned to love. Now however, a proposal has been made that the bell shottld be taken down and recast, so that it should get a "true" note instead of the one to which we have grown accustomed. • The ease for recasting Is plausible enough, and this is just the sort of thing that officialdom, careless of sen timent, very often does. Fortunately, to take down the bell would l>e an expensive business, and. as these are days of economy, it is probable that this will save the Big Ben we, know.--London Mall. as well tn» the face EDITOR'S NOTE: Protection and iservation of eyesight by right lighting in the home is a subject of increasing interest to the specialist, the lighting engineer, and every member of the family. Facts in the following article, last in a series of four On the proper use of light in the home, written for The McHenry Plaindealer, were gathered with the aid And have the approval of Dr. E. V. L. Brawn, head of the opthalmological department of the University of Chicago; Dr. W. A. Fisher, president of- the Chicago Eye, Ear and Noseband Throat hospital; Dr. Oscar B. Nugent, dean of the staff of the same hospital; Dr. Charles P. Small, former editor of the eye section of the Practical Medicine Series; E. D. Tillson, leading illuminating engineer and R G. Raymond, managing director of the Chicago Lljrhtinpr Institute- Next to our virility! we cherish by touching, learning a valuable lesson, which originated in- his doubt of what he saw." But seeing remains the first and most important sense. Students of human activity contend that onefourth of our strength is used In activities originating: ih vision. The percentage may be a matter of controversy. But is is doubtless high. No wonder we place high value *bn our sight. When not in trouble with'our eyesight, however, we are apt to be care- "Homes often put up with the rawest, crudest form of lighting, and many times in the name of art," said R. G. Raymond, managing director of the Chicago Lighting Institute. "Not long ago, an amateur decorator told me that wall brackets which simulate candles should not be shaded. They should, he said, follow the pattern of candle fixtures of a century ago, which had no shades. But the lamp used today may be forty times as our eyestight. It , is natural enough, bright as that candle of a hundred Vision is our most important and | years apo; And its raw light is hard valuable sense, providing more of" our-, on the eyes." impressions of it than all the other A leading eye specialist speaking. But tKe old crack about "seeing is believing" is just about as true as many another old saw. Which is to say, not at all. "We don't believe that which we see/'^said the specialist^ "On the contrary, we doubt it- So we test by feeling, smelling, and tasting. Our doubts are well-founded. It's easy to fool any of us, depending on vision alone. A trip to a magician's performance is sufficient demonstration. -"The child seea the fire and tests it Such light should be shaded or diffused, Raymond pointed out A splendid example of the use of diffusion in the protection of vision is afforded at A Century of Progress, many of whose lighting problems were solved by E- D. TUlson, leading illuminating engineer. On the thousands of lights in small commercial booths at the big fair. Tillson insisted that diffusing plates be used. These plates not only conceal the raw light source, bi/t bounce a portion of the light up at the sur-. rounding ceiling, thus reducing violent contrast. The result is light that is hot garish, glaring or uncomforV able on the eyes of the millions of fair visitors. Here and there around the hoaaa are many light problems. In the kitchen, where the house* wife spends half of her working time, light generally comes from a singfe lamjJ in the coning1, perhaps shaded but infrequenty providing the indirect lighting which illumines the whol* room. Working at the stove, or the sink, the housewife must improvise a waltz to dodge her own shadow. Washing dishes is not an easy vilt* ual task according to lighting ensrift^ eers'. The color of the dishes ard thffc food particles clinging to them is about the same. But the task is msu|» harder than it need be by lack of on it. An indirect light ov lighting the whole kitchen, or a above the sink, where the dish-wash^ ing is done, lightens the labor in a double sense. Lights in dark closets, on landings,, and in the attic are conveniencis-v which restilt in the saving of tempa®- and perhaps the avoiding of bad falls. ' The men of the household for shai* ing, need diffused light on both sidCVv of the mirror, for best results. A light overhead the mirror, the usual position, throws shadows tinder tl»; chin, territory which must be covered if the shaver doesn't want to carry odd tufts of beard on chin and neck to his business or to the bridge segfc sion. For the vanity tabl£, tamps either side should be high enough tor light the hair, as well as the face. And finally, but not least important for that pleasant luxury of reading bk bed, the light should come from ovef*» head ^and behind, no* from the side. ! • V , \ - Why Safe* Resist AcetyUn* Itodern safes which are constructed - to resist the oxy-acet.vlene eutjiug blow-pipe are made of ferrous// alloys which, although they can be heated by the gas flame to their melting point, cannot be cut. like steel, hy the ntv plication of a stream of pure oxygen, It Is essential that the walls and doors of such safes be of considerable thickness. Tlie walls, roof and floafc nre lined with steel and flame-resist- Ing alloy so that a self-contained sar« exists Inside the concrete shell. Why W« Ar. All Differ«a The question why every person on. earth is in some way different from every other, even twins and triplets," was answered by Dr. Dimitry Borodin; of New York. Doctor Borodin said he bad discovered a short form of ultraviolet light which was generated and radiated by every person and which was responsible for the "mutations" of heredity. But these "life" rays are far shorter than any visible light ray( and therefore Imperceptible to average scientific instruinentT "<i Why Bowie Knife So Called The bowie knife is named for Col: .Tames Bowie, who Introduced If in Texas. According to one account, Col; onel Bowie had occasion to flcht with a broken sword'and found It so effective that be eqtiip(>ed his men with long, dagger-shaped knives. They were, however, sharp on one edge only. Since knives quite similar In design were In use in Mexico It Is probable that the Idea was gained from them. Longest Undefended Boundary Tlie boundary between the United States and Canada extends over 5,500 miles, of which 3,100 miles are land and 2,400 miles are water. This ia the longest undefended boundary In the world. 7 V Ttiey lAe lt, To® "It looks," said Uncle Eben, "Ilk* one of de tests of a hero is de number of times h* kla stud No' phot*, graphed." ,;v ': j-W . •I Demand for TB Testing The demand for the tuberculin l»st by owners of cattle herds In 23, •tates Is greater than the veterlna rians. employed by the state and federal governments, have been ahfe meet. During 1083, there were nearly 2,000,000 cattle on the waiting list In those states. Five states --Iowa, Minnesota. Missouri. New York, nnd Yermont--each had more than 100,000 cattle on their waiting limits. The other 18 states had substantial though smaller numbers of cattle awaiting tests. Plaindealeri for sal* at Wattlas. Why It I* Called Bone China Bone china is the porcelain in which hone ash Iran Important constituent. Tt is made almost entirely In England. Bone ash Is a white friable substance obtained by burning bones, which are composed mai nly of ealciam ; phosphate. . • Why "Bitter End" Originally nautical, the expression hitter end refers to "bitts"--pieces of timber to which ships, riding at anchor. may be fastened. Paylhg out the rope to the bltt-er end meant 4hat there was no more to let go. LIBERAL ALLOWANC FOR YOUR OLD GAS RANGE ft atsn burner box. A T ishscr HE new Acorn Gas Range gives more cooking service and gas range value for the dollar than ever before. It is one of the many special values in our Fall sale of gas ranges. New features, tfew conveniences to delight any housewife. Beautiful lines, attractive colors to match kitchen decorations Now is the time to buy a modern gas range. As a special induce ment we are making a liberal allowance on your old gas range. Also deferred payment terms if desired. Come in today and see our new; : and complete line. GAS ELECTRIC