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WEDNESDAY. JAN. 8, 1896. J* VAN SLYKE, Editor. t®*"Butter on the Elgin Board of Trade Monday was active. Offerings, 43,080 pounds, all sold. .23,700 pounds, at 23 dents, 2,400 pounds at 2 3X cents, 16,980 pounds at 23% cenfa. Last week, 23 cents. Year ago 25 cf,nts. {©"Our Canadian neighbors are talb- -ing "mighty biggoty" as v Brer Rabbit would Bay about what they would do in case of a war between the United States ^nd England. Bless their dear little „ hearts. , ^"Chairman Jamieson has issued a call for the Republican State Central Committee to meet in Springfield, Jan. 28, the date agreed upon by the.,execu­ tive committee for the Republican love SSg^ Ron; I. IjT. Pearson will be a candi­ date for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State, a position he filled in the. last Republican administration of Illinois, with honor to the- party and the State. Mfc. Pearson! if? Very popular . throughout the State and . will make a strong canvaes for the nomination. • teg" The. invasion of Transvaal, South Africa, by the the English, has aroused the German press, which loudly calls for action by the Emperor. In its com­ ments one Berlin paper says: "Every­ where the same greed and bad faith. To day it is Africa, yesterday it was South America." -- • R I N G W O O D - W. Hv ICelley is home from Chicago at. present. f „ Ringwood was blessed with commercial travelers Monday evening. Will Dwelly was calling on Ringwood friends last week. Miss Mable Whitely, of Big Foot Prai­ rie has been visiting friends in Ringwood since New Year's. ' F. E. Fay had an extra week for play, owing to repairing inside, the school building in the shapeof newslateooards. Oliver South wick was transacting bus­ iness in our village last week; The past week has given us some choice cuts oi Arctic- weather: 12 deg: below zero on Friday. • The Woodmen of the McHenry and Ringwood Camps gave Mr. and Mrs. B; Harrison a surprise on W«dneSHay eve- ningiast. A1 I repo r t "a pleasanl~ti me. While at. the mill on Saturday we noticed two large loads of grain, one from the town of Burton, the other from the southwest part Of the town of Mc­ Henry. Bring on your corn. Ed. will give yoii a square deal every time. A. C. Matthews is buying hogs for the Elgin market. Several' loads were ship­ ped last month. Those haying fat hogs would do well to see Mr.-Mathews before selling. • • .• • . : _ -. Mrs. Barnard and Ruth are reported on the gain. - Owing to home sickness Ruth has given, up her school at Barre- yille, Flora Sherburne, of McHenry. tak- j ing her place. m japm' W O O D S T O C K , Tyi e- JST1 President Cleveland has named Da­ vid J. Brewer, of Kansas; R. H. Avery, of Maryland; A. D. White, of New York; F. R. Coudert, of New York and D. C. Oilman, of Maryland, as the Venezuela boundry commission. Two are Demo­ crats, two Republicans and the fifth is said to have no politics, but is a well known authority on international law. tST" If a Republican president had writ­ ten the Venezuela message, would a Democratic congress have acted as promptly or would the Democrat press have shown the same spirit which ani- mates the Republican papers? Let us hope that such would have been the case. There should be no question of party when the honor of the country is at stake. tST" Statistics furnished bv the Railway Age show that only 1782 miles of new railroad were built in the United States during 1895. This is the lowest point in any of the last twenty-five years, and only twice since 1865 has so small a milage been constructed, while the total is but about 100 miles in excess of the record for 1855, which is forty years ago. The decline in activity of new con­ struction has been great and continuous since 1887, when 12,983 miles of new track wese laid. The railroads of the United States aggregate a trifle over 181,000 miles at the close of 1895. While less than 1,800 miles of new lines have been constructed this year, yet sev­ eral thousand miles of renewal rails, tak­ ing the place of worn out ones, and for additional sidings have been put down in«1895. The roads are.in line 6hape. . Next horse sale Feb. 12. Woodstock got it--the Olive writer factory. Now is the time'to settle up and turn over a new leaf. Circuit Court will convene on Mon­ day next. The Guards will give a Bazar in the City, Hall, Jan. 2.9, 30 and 31. The brewery lake is a great attraction now-a-days--the ice is in fine condition for skating. The lioyal Bell Ringers will appear at the City Hall, Jan 15th. The cold snap of last week was the severest of the winter, the thermometer registering 13 degrees below zero on Friday. Ed. Long has sold out his interest in the Main street livery to his partner, E. A. Knight, who will continue business at the old stand. V. S. Lumley spent the first of the week in Chicago with his father, who is very in­ states Attorney A. B. Coon, of Ma­ rengo, attended county court Monday. J. A. Gardner and wife, of Chicago, were visitors here last Friday. F. R. Jackman and wife attended the funeral of his mother, at Nunda, last Monday. E. H. Herrington, of Dubuque, Iowa, was a caller on iriends here a part of last week. D. Manny and wife, of Marengo, spent Sunday with her parents and other rela­ tives, in this city. G. C. Pratt returned to Chicago Mon­ day to resume his studies at Rush Medi­ cal College, after spending the Holidays with his parents here. Canute Lee attended a shooting match at Elgin New Year's day and carried pff two good purses. He entered four matches, winning first money in two, even though some of the best marksmen in the state were his opponents. Canute is a dead shot and but few men can distance him. 16?" The Rockford Daily Star, the Dem­ ocratic organ of Winnebago county thus airs its opinion of Governor Altgeld. Even the Democrats repudiate the man they elected goyernor Altgeld is a snake. Through the unan­ imous acclaim of the American people on the president's message is heard one little snarl. That snarl comes from the dyspeptic, man-hating, 'growling, Alt­ geld. tie stands alone as the one jnan in the Lnited States who lacked patriot­ ism enough to sustain the president of the United States in a matter which in­ volves our national self respect and honor. But it matters little what this croaking toad, this insignificant pee-wee says or does. The American people long since took his measurement, and found him so small that he could curl himself up in an exploded dynamite bomb and still have room to kick. He is a mere croaker who doesn't even reach the alti­ tude of a cynic. A snarling, quarreling, jawing and yet|harmless little anarchist, he has gathered the odium that reaches all of hisjlk. Hated by his own party, execrated by his opponents, he is the Vallandingham of the hour. He imag­ ines he speaks, but he merely hisses. Altgeld has reached the infamy he deserves. G R E E N W O O D . Mrs. E. T, Mansfield and Mrs. George Garrison are on the sick list. Carr was visiting her L. Roberts, a few days Strange Peculiarity. The following is related by one of our exchanges: "One of the'richest women in this country hoards matches as if they were so many wands studded with dia­ monds. She will give one or two, under protest, to a relative in need of them, but she buys them by the gross and lights and relights them until the last charred bit last charred bit falls off, leav­ ing her often with burned fingers and a regretful wish that "she could have used that one once more." When her chil­ dren become of age she gives each of them $200,000 with the greatest cheer­ fulness, but if they were to ask her for a wholetbox of matches she would feel that she was being impoverished and if they took six she was being robbed." In a Nutshell. The way to get business is to advertise --the only way to advertise is to adver­ tise right--the only way to advertite right is to study the needs of the people in your particular line of trade, and place the matter before them in an hon­ est, straightforward manner--pleasant­ ly stated, and giving due prominence to the good points of the article you wish to sell, prominently, persistently and in an attractive manner. Fortunes made "by judicious persistent consistent adver tisintic are not exceptional. The largest business houses have been the largest advertisers, and the success has been in keeping with" the amount of advertising. "Large oaks from little acorns grow." Keep your names before the people Keep your goods.before their eyes. The w nly way to do it is to advertise. The New.Wtoan Is largely, in Evidence ». til the flowery Kingdom. During a descripticm of the woman of Japan a correspondent of the St. Louis Dispatch says: The girls' middle schools are like our public, day schools. The education given,;is excellent and quite up to alj modern requirements, while at the same time the characteristic elements of, a Japanese lady-s education are pre­ s e r v e d ; / . . • i • . The traditional accomplishments of a Japanese lady were, however, not for­ gotten, and there were rooms set apart for giving instructions m the arrange­ ment of flowers, the details of the tea ceremon3', ana in playing the goto. Without proficiency in. these three ac- -Coatp11shmen-te--no--Japanese--lady__is- thought to be completely educated. The technical and the industrial schools for girls in Japan are admirable insti­ tutions. One of the most interesting girls' schools is undoubtedly tile school for peeresses at Tokio. In this the em­ press takes the keenest interest; she. visits the school every week, and knows all the girls by name. The students are daughters of the "daimios" and noble­ men.. If the empress had not herself taken the lead in the movement for the higher education of the women of the noble classes it is. doubtful if 3apanese noblemen would have consented to.send their girls, to a public day school;'that tljey.do so is proof of the earnestness' with which the Japanese have adopted modern western education. Mrs. Chas. mother, Mrs. since. Geo. Roberts spent his vacation with his sister at Ringwood. Revival meetings are being held in the M. E. Church this week. John Harrison and wife ate Christmas dinner with father Harrison's family. Mrs. Maud Wilson was called to Elgin by the very severe sickness of her cousin. A number of our youDg people attend­ ed the club dance at Ringwood Christ mas night. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins and Chase ate Christmas dinner with the latter'a par­ ents in Ringwood. Pose Peatt has fired up his engine, filed his buzz saw and is now ready to saw your wood on short notice. School began Monday morning after a vacation of two weeks, Co. Superintendent Wire was calling on Greenwood friends last Thursday. E. W. Robbins and N. J. Garrison' vis­ ited the Solon school one day last week. Mrs. Roberts was called to Ringwood, Tuesday of last week, on account of the sickness of her daughter, Mr. Chas. Carr. Willie Whiting and wife, of McHenry, ate New Year's dinner at Father Guer- iner's. Mike Dassow and wife spent spent New Year's day in Hebron, with the latters brother, CO. Superintendent Wire. Master Bennie Walkington has been visiting his father, in Wisconsin, the past two weeks. Our reading room was opened to the public the first of the New Year. There has been a fair attendance each evening. John Harrison and wife, Ed. Robbins and wife, and Chase, attended the sur­ prise given Ben. Harrison and wife, by the Woodmen of Ringwood and Mc­ Henry, in honor of their. 20th anniver­ sary. F. W. Barlow was born in 1817, at Lmsingburg, N. Y. At an early ago his parents removed to Worcester, Mass. At 17 years of age he went to Pittsfield, Mass., and later to Rensselaer county, N. Y., where, in 1836 he waB married to Laura Garrison. Mr. B. was converted at the age of twenty, under the preaching of Phinney and Nettleton and united with the Presbyterian church. He came to Illinois in the fall of 1843 and settled and remained in Greenwood until 1876, when ife removed to Minnesota. Two daughters, Mary and Alice, were born in Greenwood. Laura, his first wife, died in 1868. He was married in 1809 to Tabi- tharA. Garrison, who survives him. They removed from Minnesota to Woodstock in i878 and to Chicago in 1879. From there he went to Blue Rapids, Kansas, in 1881, where he died De~. 16, 1895. His remains were brought to this village and laid to rest in the Greenwood cemetery Dec. 21, Rev. Wetherell, of Woodstock, officiating at the grave. FRENCH VIOLINS ARE BEST. German and English Instruments Are Lacking Tone and Finish. • Probably there is no musical instru­ ment made in such infinite diversity of quality as the violin. The lowest grades come from Germany, and are sold at retail from $2 to $4. Even the' very cheapest, when proper­ ly played, says the Boston Globe, yield a very fair tone in skillful hands, though, of course, the "carrj-yig pow­ er" is small. These fiddles are made from woods stamped into the required shape under--great pressure, the backs from maple or>sycamore and the tops from pine, yftewhole being finished of! very rapidljl by some quick-drying spir­ it varnish. Very often a fancy label, bearing the name of some well-known malter now dead, is pasted inside, in or­ der to delude the unwary; while at times a semblance of antiquity is art­ fully imparted, the marks of wear being imitated remarkably well. Oc­ casionally it happens that people who have slight knowledge of violins are taken in by these ingenious frauds. France unquestionably holds the first position in producing high-class mode'rn violins. The English instru­ ments are usually heavy, both in sub­ stance and in tone, while those of the best French make are nearly always exquisite in model, workmanship and tone. The finest Strads, Amatis and all the glorious rest are copied with a fidelity little short of the marvelous. R A R E D O L L A R S O F 1 8 0 4 . Tbe Die Was Made But None Were Coined Till the Year 1856. I was talking to a well-known-numis­ matic the other day about the dollar of 1804, for good specimens of which such fabulous prices are paid by collectors, and he gave me some interesting infor­ mation, says a Washington correspon­ dent of the New York Commercial Ad­ vertiser. The reason the dollars of 1S04 are so scarce is that none were coined that year, there being an excess of coins of that denomination in circulntion. In 1803, as is always done, the dies were made for the succeeding year, but none were coined until 1S5C, when Director Pollock of the mint found the old die of 1804 at Philadelphia, and in order to complete his owu collection offered to exchange with numismatics. How many were struck off is not known, but one of these belonging to ex- Director Lindeman was sold at auction in New \ ork for $470. Upon the early dollars coined around the rim of the coin was cut the words: "Unit, one hundred cents." This is termed the "collar" by numismatics, and there is no collar upon these restrikes. Hence, it is useless to look among the old dol­ lars that were in circulation for one- bearing the date of 1804. UNCLE BEN'S. Protection t hat Protects. 18S6. GREETING. Having renewed my age, compromised with my creditors, quit drinking and failed to get a cash partner, will be obliged to continue my business at the old stand in the old way, at West McHenry, where as heretofose will sell at hard times prices for Cash or on credit by agreement, nothing but the Best qualities of Staple and Fancy Goods. Groceries, Fruits and Provisions, will be handled always of the best quality or no trade. Most heartily thankful for many years of generous patronage and trusting that my future good example may still en­ title me to a large share of public fav­ or, I will trust my case in the hands of a discerning public. Representing the only full and exclus­ ive Grocery, Fruit and Provision stock in town, 1 remain as always for green­ backs and 16 to 1. Uncle Ben Gilbert's West McHenry, 111,,. Jan., 1896. , FOR SALE. The brick block known as thePekovsky Block, opposite the'Bank of McHenry, in this village, is offered ior sale. It con­ tains one large store room and two rooms suitable for Dress-Maker or ofher business, in first story, and also fine liv­ ing rooms in second story. Is situated in center of village and is a first class lo­ cation for any business! Will be. sold cheap and on reasonable terms. Inquire of 4tf • II. C. Meac, West McHenry. Scientific American . CAVEATS* TRADE MARKS, DESIGN PATENTS. COPYRIGHTS, etc. For Information ana free Handbook write to MUNN & CO., 861 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Oldest bureau for securing patents la America. Every patent taken out by us la brought beforo the public by a notice given Iree of charge iu Uio Mnttfic |i«an •uargpst circulation of any scientific paper In the world. Splendidly illustrated. Ko intelligent man .should be without it. Weekly, «3,0Oa year; SU«U six months. Address, MUNN&OO-,. tuiiusuaas, 3GS liroaUway KewVortCHy, After making a complete study of the problem: " How can we best protect the interests of our customers," we have found a satis­ factory solution, and the result, will show that we have protected our friend.^-Tii a way. that, will assure them, of success and save money , by tradinjr^Kith'us. We are in a position now to name ^ PRICES UNEXCELLED, WheA quality is considered. On and after Jan. .8,.'96, we will give a discount for Cash on all our Woof Hosiery, Wool Shawls, Blankets,, \ Blankets and Children's Underwear. We want to make room for -. our Spring stock. Merchandise at Cost. 1 >0" , • Soots 3>!"1CJ Sha<33 Are in good demand now and our stock is complete, and -we can save you money on them, Remember we have -a full line of ^Rubbers and Felts at bed rock prices.' Our still heavy stock of high grade and stylish Ladies', Misses and Children's Jackets, Cloaks & Capes will and must be sold during Jan­ uary regardless of first cost, In fully warranted Fur Coats, Coon, Russian Dog, Siberian, Cat, etc. As usual we lead in fresh goods and low prices. Baer's choice Syrup is making new customers daily. Try a keg. . • A >r k tr CROCKERY & GLASSWARE Have some snap shots in lamps. If in need of any call and see our big -bargains before buying. Sure wo can please you. You can't see with your eyes shut. Open them to the facts that Old Sleepy Eye Flour is the most economical purest, best, aifd . goes farthest of any Hour on the ' market, and don't cost any more ^ , than inferior flour. Ask for Old Sleep$Eyc and use no other.' It costs nothing to try a sack. Goods delivered to any part of the city. l^-KA KO, For pancakes, self-raising, is a world beater. Try a package, 10c. West MeHeiiry, Illinois). HEAVY SUITS AND OVERCOATS. Now in stock, are all bargains and the goods are of the very best Underwear, Flannels, Yarn, Hos­ iery, Shawls, Mittens, Caps, Robes, etc., are all offered at prices to move them to our customers. NEW WALL PAPER And Shades now arriving. Choice Groceries, and only the best Flour in the market, SIMON STOFFEL. ImuRANon HraiifEgs W ill be kept \ip in future. W ill visit the city every Thursday an will fall all special orders of a reasonable nature. • SIMON STOFFEL. JANUARY BARGAINS. •V T OWEN & CHAPE LL ! (SUCCESSORS TO PERRY & OWEN.) W e have purchased tbe entire stoek of general merchandise Of Perry & Owen, at a reduced price, from the actual wholesale cost Of the goods, and will, until closed out, Sell all Wool Dress Goods, Under­ wear, Wool Skirts, Flannels, Yarns, Caps, Gloves and Mittens, lined Shoes, Clothing, Overcoats, Jackets and all Winter Goods at Cost, and a great many way below cost. In fact we can give you a bargain in anything in our line. All winter goods have got to go, and if you need anything in warm goods don t miss this chance. Felt Boots, Knit Boots, Socks and Overs are going at a greatly reduced price from the former one. We are selling Felt Boots and Overs for $2.15. Knit Boots and Overs for $2.25. Mishawaka Ball Band Knit Boot and best Overs for $2.50. Felt Boots -- .« ml '; -Sp.ag Proof "--Ovr-rs--for $2750~per~pair. -- Mishawaka Knit Boot and "Snag Proof" Overs, $2,75. We are offering our entire stock of Winter Clothing at greatly REDUCED PRICES. Overcoats at Cost. Fur Coats at Manufacturers' Prices. We have too many Gloves and Mittens. Prices will be made to reduce stock. Felt Boots and Overs, Overs- shoes, Rubbers, etc. ^WGROCERIES.--Choice fresh groceries will be sold at a trifle above cost to pay freights. Jersey Lily Flour has no superior. JOHIf J. MILLER, West McHenry. FRESH GROCERIES Received every day. Just received, a fresh supply of those famous CotFees and Teas. Call and see us, we will use you right. .Intend to sell goods on a cash basis and as cheap as cun be sold, quality considered- We will not be undersold. Yours Very Truly, OWEN & CHAPELL. • McHenry, 111., Jan. 1st, 1896. ^ GEO. W. BESLEY, West McHenry, 5 Illinois, . . . . D E A L E R I N . . . . DRUGS, -MEDICINES, PAINS, OILS, " TOILET ARTICLES. PURE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. Also, Bottled Ale and Porter lor Medical Use. The best brands of Cigars and Smoking and Chewing To- bacco always on hand. Physicians^ Prescriptions • . f Carefully compounded Give me call. GEO. W. BESLEY. Wept McHenry, Jan, 1, 1896.