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twKtf: CHRt8TMM AGAIN. s 1 ? ','• V,*. ' • . u«n "•"•-•'v. ' IN HROW away OUH, and *11 LIV* to the present; Youngsters »r« flirting *tth l»agltt«r and y. QOiSK ., jfthrtetiuM indoors i« teaaarkabiy .. pleasant-- k Danoea and game* . • for tlM girls and • the boys. .. wntslde the shad- • • owe are colder-- *tis snowing. Soft Bake* whirl downward and drift on th* pane. Round the w«ro hearth, where the flrs Is glowing. Old folks draw oloser at Christmas egai&l The head of the house, tlr the glow of the em­ bers. Stands straight as an arrow, smiling, bat grand. ere 1b his wife, and some fifty Decembers Leave her as lightly as waives on the sand. he is to him still as fair as he thought her When in her teens his allegiance he swore, any a son, now, and blossom cheeked daugh­ ter Gather about them for Christmas once morel Then there are neighbors and cousins and lor* Wj ers; ;d Bertie, from oollege, and stroke of his crew; IPportsmen who eome with an eye on the oov« ers; 4; Maidens of beamy whose charms are not few. |B>atnty Dianas of favors Quite chary; - - Reginald, fresh from the ranch on the plaint Learned girl graduates, Sallie and Mary, Meeting and greeting at Christmas again. Still, to my fancy, the fairest of faces Yonder is shining In silvery curls. Framed in soft wrappers and delicate laeea. Grandmother sits in a cluster of girls. Watching the dancers with eyes growing ten* der. Clearer and dearer for long ago pain; Holding the loving hands near to defend her. Safe with her ohildren at Christmas again. I can remember when beaux by the dozen Toasted her beauty in wit and in wine; I, too. adored her--though I was a cousin-- 1 Many a sword tried its mettle with mine, h, gallant company, vanished to hades! Swept with the years till we only remain, he is for me still the sweetest of ladies-- I, her old suitor, at Christmas again! Madam, your hand.' Though the dancers be plenty. Let us, too, stand--not in waits or in reel. This was "the made," eighteen hundred and twenty. When it was voted as "mighty genteel.•* Ah, that was dancing. Then "stepe" were "de riprueur*" (Not a wild scramble, absurd and Insane). You will remember that elegant figure- Let us wall: through it at Christmas againl Tee, that fa welll Strike a statelier measure. Fitting the snows and the honor of rears. Bay, does it bring to you visions of pleasure. Or has the music a tremor of tears? Here let us stay. Why this laughter, yonng misses? i "Under the mistletoeI" Zoundal then, tia plain, Grandmother, blushing, moat bring ont those kisses She has-been keeping for Christmas again! --Launce.Lee. 1 u BEAD MAN'S FIND." BY M. QUA*, Copyright. 1808, by American Press Associa­ tion.] It was along in November that Tom isipand I discovered "indications" at a spot *||in the Pinyon mountains of Nevada and "^ristarted a drift. We didn't intend to put in more than a week's work--just enough to develop the "find" and load up with specimens for assay--bnt after four or five days Tom was taken sick. Winter was already at hand, with a foot of snow on the ground. If you have never been among the western mountains, I may tell you that at about the middle of December, after winter has seemingly shut fl-own. there comes what is called a " "-"--a warm wind off the Pacific--which melts the snow and stands the season off for a week, as it were. We had calculated to take advantage of this break to get om of the mountains, but fate willed it oth­ erwise. Tom was a New Englander, rough and ragged. He hadn't been sick a day since he could remember, and his • r sudden breakdown was a complete sur­ prise to both of ns. He was attacked , !4;.Iate in the afternoon with a violent twitching of his muscles, and by mid­ night was in a profound stupor, which lasted with btft few intermissions until the end. I knew that he was is | dangerous condition, bnt I could not leave him, helpless as he was, and make my way down into the valley for help, nor could I take him down. In bis weak and help­ less state there was but one thing to do. and that was to get a shelter ready and take the best care of him possible, found a sheltered spot and in a day and wat» vlgtit&i ught. it hard for Tom to be bowled over just at this time and harder still to know that the chances were all against him. The only hope I had was that hia< robust con­ stitution would pull him through this mysterious illness, bnt as he loet strength and grew weaker day by day •veu this hope died away. The "chinook" lasted nine days. It seemed as if summer had come back. I nursed Tom, gathered a lot more wood, made the shanty more comfortable and dug a grave for Tom on a knoll 30 feet hack of the cabin. If he palled through, he would never know it; if he died, I could not leave his body above ground to be eaten by the wild beasts. He had hardly spoken since his illness, his men­ tal faculties seeming to be benumbed, and I was therefore greatly surprised when I came in from my grave digging to find him looking better than for days before. I took it as a sign that ho had passed the crisis and would now mend, and I was trying to cheer him up when he said: "Sam, I heard you at work. You have done right. You know you could have depended on me to do the same." "Why, Tom, old man, you are much better today! You are surely going to pull through! I was digging a bit to ran the water off If it came on to rain." But he was net deceived. After a bit he told me of his old mother and a sister in the east and asked that his share of the find might be sent them in things turned out right. That night the "Chinook" vanished as swiftly as a shad­ ow moves, and winter came howling down on us. It was the 20th of Decem­ ber. Before morning it was far below zero, and a heavy snowstorm was raging, and Tom had relapsed into his former lethargic state. I was in for it now for sure--snowed up on the mountains with a dying man for companion. From the morning of the 20th to the afternoon of the 54th the man never uttered a word; sometimes he would open his eyes as I moistened his lips or forced a little soup down his throat, but he neither knew nor saw me. I knew by the look of his eyes that he was stone blind. About 8 O'clock on the afternoon of the date giv­ en, as I returned from the spring with a kettle of water, Tom quietly asked: "Sam, is it near Christmas day?" "Within a few hours." 'And you have got the grave ready?" 'Why, man, you wont need a grave for years to come. Come, now, I want to try you with a bite to eat, and I'll warrant you'll feel better for it." But before I could get around to it he had again become unconscious, and the next and the last time I heard his voice was late that night; I don't know but it was Christmas morn, for it was mid­ night or after when he moved an arm and broke my sleep. By this time I had ef course given up all hope and realized a: One of thw bright Hewnham college Pfirls. though she has not com# ont a senior wrangler, scored a getting tri­ umph over a male competitor recently. She had arranged to read with one of the tutors for a particular examination, and it chanced that a yonng man was in exactly the same position, and the pro­ fessor naturally thinking of the conveni­ ence it would be to him to take the two together appealed to the young man. "Well, you know I do not want to be kept back. I want to make the most of my time,** the man objected, but he waa prevailed upon to try it for a time, and the lady willingly agreed to the proposal. At the first lesson the young man waa light and easy in conversation and some­ what discursive in his remarks to the tutor. The lady said nothing. At the next meeting the lady had a mass of in­ formation which she brought forward in a systematic, businesslike way, and the man was rather left out of the game. He did not like his position of inferiority, and very soon the arrangement came to an end, but not because the lady did not keep up with the work.--Exchange. Women as Inventors. . The list of things patented recen#jrt»y women show how they are devoting their thoughts to the problem of lighten­ ing household labor. Occasionally some­ thing intended for the beautifying of womankind creeps in, but for the most case -~part the inventions, are daily household necessities. During the last two months, for in­ stance, Mary A. Marks of Toledo pat­ ented a washing machine; Nellie D. Waters of Kansas City, a vapor burner; Elizabeth Macintosh of Little Bock, a dough raiser; Hattie Merrill of West­ phalia, Kan., a clothespin; Theresa Fischer of Baltimore, a skewer«for clos­ ing fowls; Annie Bodin of San Francis­ co, an invalid bed, and Alva Hollander of Mellis, Mass., a dustman. Another fact as interesting as the kind of things patented is to be noted in this connection. It is that almdst all of the patentees are western women. It is said that the World's fair has proved a great incentive to inventive genius, and that the number of women inventors has increased since the exposition.-- Cincinnati Enquirer. Women With Hysterical Knees* I read somewhere the other day that this winter's new gowns will have a wadded lining, reaching a foot or more above the hem, to prevent cold or rheu­ matism, which is today a general com­ plaint among my sex. Very many wom­ en are unquestionably victims to aching limbs, but BOW I learn the physicians call this trouble hysterical knees, or that it is an affection of the nerves centered at that joint. Certain it is that in this cold climate women do go about insuf­ ficiently protected, just as children did before their long leggings were intro­ duced. Again and again, with shoul­ ders weighted under furs, with heavy Coat, muff, boa and veil, they will go out in a small blizzard having nothing stout­ er than a silk stocking guarding ankle to knee. It may be one of those pretty in­ consistencies that make women so charm­ ing, but I am satisfied one thickness of flannel would rout all the hysteria in all the knees now causing the owners so much discomfort.--American Woman's Illustrated Journal. 1,-'; «• MW-:- ;-TC' % ^ Vr.. .. 5 * i? ? : :%llgp ma/T 1 MOISTENED HIS UPS. a half had knocked together a pretty comfortable shanty. Then 1 gathered a great heap of firewood and was as ready as I could be for a change of weather. For some days Tom neither grew better nor worse. When I insisted on it, he would take a bit of rabbit soup, but his appetite was gone, and he lay for the most part n a deep stupor, neither speaking nor moving. For three years we had knocked about the Silver State together in hopes of a "find." It had been a hard life and a rough one.4 We were more often hun­ gry than not, and up to the time of "YOU WILL GET WELL." that it was only a question of a few hours more. His long fast had reduced him to a mere skeleton, and during the last two days I could hardly get the beat­ ing of his pulse or heart. By the time I was awake, he said: ^"Sam, where are you? I cannot see!" I took his hands in mine and bent over him as I said: "Here I am, old fellow. Do you feel better?" "I'm most gone, Samt And it's Christmas day, ain't it?" "Yes," I answered, greatly surprised that he had kept the run of time so ac­ curately. "But you are not going, Tom; you are better!" "Christmas day in the old home, Sam!" he went on. "It is years since I was there. They'll remember me and ' speak of me, though--father and mel Father's grave is there, near the old home. Mine they will never see!" "But Tom, Tom, you are better. Yon will get well!" I cried, as I lighted a candle and bent over him to lift his head. "No, Sam. I've been dreaming, dreaming of my mother and sister--of father--of the old home--of-- Good- by, Sam! I know you dug the grave days ago! Mark it„ Sam. Mark it so that mother may know it if she ever-- Mother! Moth" And it was all over with poor Tom. I sat beside him till the day came, the day of prayer and feasting and rejoic­ ing among millions, and then I wrapped him in his blankets and carried him out and gave him burial and uttered the prayer which I knew was on his moth­ er's lips, and shed the tears which I felt were welling up as she thought of the absent one. He asked me to mark his grave. I did so, and then 1 waited for weeks before I could get down into the valley. Thfc next summer when the snow had melted away from the moun­ tains I went back to the lonely shanty with laborers enough to develop the mine, which we called "Dead Man's Fincl," and before another Christmas day his mother sat by his grave while I told her the story of his illness and how her name had been the last on his lips on that dark Christmas morning when his soul went out into the great unknown. The Female SkulL Dr. Manonvrier, professor of ifoe School of Anthropology in Paris, by a great number of experiments made on male and female skulls, of which 100 each were taken from the Paris cata­ combs, demonstrates not only that the female forehead is as capacious as man's, but that woman possesses a higher type of head. The curve of the forehead, foand only in the human race, is sharp­ er, and the parietal development is less than in man. The coronal suture is in woman less oblique than in man, as that of man is less oblique than in monkeys. An Unseasonable Hat. The woman who attempts to wear her spring hat in November and finds satis­ faction in the attempt is a phenomenon in that she can forget herself entirely. A spring hat doing fall duty furnishes an incongruity as glaring as that of the young fellow who so far forgot himself as to walk Main street the other day in a long, heavy overcoat topped by a white straw hat. There is a suggestion of flow­ ers, June and leafy trees about the spring hat that goes ill with frost and falling leaves.--Springfield Graphic. (4 a i »nyhof: \ ' A Household Central Station* Miss Mary Richardson, an English woman of wealth, is a trader of note, being the principal shareholder and the manager of the stores connected with the aesthetic settlement at Bradford park, London. Household supplies of all sorts, including meats, flowers, wines, etc., are furnished in these stores, there being in all 14 departments, besides a post of­ fice managed by girls. Miss Richardson proposes to teach woman pupils the management of a large retail business. • wri;. . / • It is the only bdw (ring) which cannot be pulled from the watch. To be had only with Jas. Boss Filled and other watch cases stamped with this trade mark. Ask your jeweler for pamphlet JCcvstonc Wfitch C&sc Co», PHILADELPHIA. . Hdrse and Hula jewelry, ,7." 1' - A ' * * ' H , fikJS .\Vr . ' - f ' • J" j," ' mrs Respectfully, a,/' " 7 • .. M c O M B E R West MoHenry, 111. Our n«»r ' and designs patrons to ILES BROS Me • ois Block,! an all is a«4 •< tpriM i«V inTitatiem is axtaiM H mmr irl«a4s and steak. Take advantage of low prices and boy your Harness, Blankets and Whips now. Blanket jour horse and save oats. A very flee lot of Rabes just received. cue CARLMH. 18»3. BROS., Satchels, Shoulder straps. Harness, Whips & Collars. The Principle at Slake. It may be that some wom en would not care to use the franchise if they had it That is their concern, not ours. Voters who do not care to vote may be counted by thousands among men. Be that as it may, we are no more justified in re­ fusing a human being a right, because he may not choose to exercise it, than we are in refusing to pay him his due because he may hoard tba money.-- Charles Kingsley. Mrs. Brown--That's a nice turkey, but I expected you'd have brought some- Tom's illness we had found nothing of thing to wash it down with, any consequence, but now--well, if in- { Brown--My dear, that's a raffle tur- dications amounted to anything, we had key, and he's been washed down al- ready. iW A Broad Ceuncil. In Quincy, Ills., a woman's council was lately organized, which includes all the philanthropic, educational and liter­ ary clubs and association! in the city. Mrs. Helen Bristol is president. --Quincy Dispatch. Why Not? Many of our city churches have wom­ an organists. Some of our largest con­ cerns have woman accountants. The best proofreader I ever knew was a woman ;h two stores, on# side, (McHenry) PRICES. RBIHTOED Mft-Ws also keep In stock a full line give ?oh anything fram the eheapssi to any other houss 1b the oeualy. aide and one da the 1 to the buying public Larger all kinds of n ever before, whleb #• oflerUg at -greatly E TIME TO BUY, f CARPKTS, and we oatt ^-•«els at lewer prices than G. f . HUIBARD. Harness King. Maada, IlL, lSOS. We have lakes great pains In seleoiiug ear U N D E R T A K I N G S U P P L I E S , Coflos. Caskets and Trlnmlags ot the latest designs. Iverytklof aew aad elegant. W« keep nethlag but the teat. De not fall te call and see us wkea la want of any tiiiug In eur line „_„r m? & nov A 8PLBNWD NIW HE &R&B, Ii eenseotlea. which will be furrlsbed a» Reasonable Rata*. AUCTION BILLS. '••0m mme& OIKTir jvftiMmt MX ittnd \BMdiciMt e*r*t tot- i tor, WMHI, itch, M iptiom on th« B«., > nuii ®oWi S*.,ha»ijs -- lb*akin oUtr,whit*MdjMaltfc; Uirw D«. HAM ir •nrnisis, or KDI DT VHI ,7 SwlwaaSi.. rDii»deipi»i». F*. Art year dtaqW ULQOH 1ND RESTAURANT MoHBNRY, lUINill. • v ' "• 11 „ wish1 to Announce to all who have public auctions in CSuteia- ;,v plation that the PLAISDEALRB Office is headquarters lor Sale Bills. Pine Stotudcy Lifatn, Trtneh Bitim, UcEinry U|tr -AND-- J. Schlitz HMee Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Snits Glass to 100 barrels. AT WHOLESALE or RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as cheap as the cheapest. to e buy none but the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. all e n d ere roe a i d 1 will use •sou well. ANTONY ENOELM. Our facilities are such that we are able to do the best ot 'work, Ai employ only first cla-s Workmen, all jobs turned out by us are artistically printed Can ffurnish any size or color of Sale Bills, on cloth.,card-board or paper, in the most approved styles. IsSfOur prices are most reasonable* A hee notice inserted in the PLAINDEAL- ER, WcBentf County's leading paper, for all who hare then bills printed at AUCTION SHE! The undersigned vrill sell at Public Auction, at the PLAINDKALKB office, in the village of McHenry, from now until Tuesday, March 31, 1894, Betwean the hours of 7 A. M. and 6 p. M., each day except Sundays, the following property: - 10,000 SALE BILLS 10,000, • ' Or *onx*where In tl>* nrighVorbo« <1 that number which will announce eome.taing lika 100 pjihlic aoo- tlons to McHenry and Lake Counties. These bills wilt offer lor sale -v yvyNHOBSES Ranging in age from one to 24 year*, and including roadsters, racers and drafts of tbe best breeds known to man. CAT f LE« Of such celebrated breeds as Pnrt-sms. Bols'elpi Jerseys, etc, and in condition such as to receive the praise of the best judges, -- -- -- Sheep and Hoge. -- -- -- All of which are handsome in appearance and nearly ready for bntcheririg purposes or for the maiketn , FARM IMPLEMENTS, « In great abundance, comprising cora PlanteTC, Re* per a, Uowitrt, hay Rakes. Harness, Wagons, Buggies ana Sleighs; also a large amount of House­ hold Goods, and many other articles too numerous to mention. I TKRMS,--All sums of ten dollars avd under cash In hand. A free notice will be given to each person whose sale bills are printed in this i ffice. A. O. RUPP, / rCTlONEER. this office. Of course we would be pleased to do your work. We Yoifwill are here lor that purpose. giving us a call* ," , •, Very Truly Yours, •A ' ^ ¥'% f, <*? i\