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TMEN MRS. A. E micnren. •corfttive aiaii itmt or lhe ' Me in til co tints by DOILOt. oreriffh0Mb H £'*•'. • Cut -Flowers '>4-'$"". *« Varieties* on Rtorfc notkie •nt' at '• t,.- / J? f 4- i > V*" K , * Potted Plants of all kinds constantly i We would be greatly pleased r \ &> hare the public give us a call, ,•% *"r - . - • • | H? M. JENSEN, Manager. It Touches the Spot • r*y -jvV v -aaft' vV . s ||pA for sample. Large b6x, 25< DOBBIN nFO. CO. Station S, Chicago, HI. . iHDon't wait for the Casualty!-- ^cy" tep«pw*#: -si For Cuts, Burns Bruises, Sores, Pimples* Cbapped Hands and Lips, Etc. Etc. f :1 Where do you ship your Pressed Beef, alves, Hogs: * * 'Sheep , , also Mry, Hides, Tallow, tome, Butter, Etc., Etc. Do you get Satisfactory and Prompt Returns for your shipments? If not, why not ship ,to a strictly Reliable Bouse, where you not only sfecure the beat prices but get HONEST and PROMPT returns? Write for tags and «lBSrket quotations. /-• CHAS. A. DANZ, ^Commission Mer hant, f i Hs. t FmtBB MrkeKtik^o, HI. This Bank receives deposits, buys and sells Foreign and Do­ mestic Exchange, and does a *11; Of GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS, v 1 We endeavor to do all busi­ ness entrusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entire­ ly satisfactory to our custom­ ers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. Honey to Loan on real estate and other first class se­ curity. Spec­ ial attention giiren to collections, and promptly at­ tended to. INSURANCE _ First Class Companies, at the LoW- asirates. Yours Respectfully, « PERRY & OWEN, Notary Public. Bankers. WSK-i can be made in a hurry, poor i^s, material used and poor work- ' ~i' • j inen employed. The result is a . -, 4 * cheap harness in quality and In making a hMpgttpt we • *fwrice. „ -f,y * observe these mottos: '» &»•„ -i , ;.ss©ip r;. v.-r, ' »'V /Durabilili h ' /Style i s..;,fit / , J., , lit ^Promptness ?'<"" *"* Best Workmanship - " * ' 3t Material v ^Consistent Price# lita [The flaindealur j-espan-,. 81 »lefoptti« opinions expressed in this col- uuiu.--ED.1 * "Bruve Bill" aiidhl* EiH tiiy. "When the report of thtj IOKK of tlt- Maine reached this country , the accou« was given also oV thy datlhtlt^ 'courage with which the officers and sailors mel the disast-er. One man, v liile the thviii der of the explosion was still sounding in his ears, appeared at th® ^soor o Captain Si gsl>ee"s cabin, and touching his cap, said calmly: ' 'Excuse me, sir--I have to report tha he ship hat* blown up, and is sinking.' He had faced an almost certain deatl n oi-der to save the captain's Jife. "if When the story was told, the heart oi the nation responded with a proud thr >b. iSvery American felt honored by th< %>urage and coolness of his countryman. i?id rejoiced that by some happy chance >.e was among the few who were saved > His after story is br'ef, and as it ha b^en told in all the daily journals theiv ^an !»e no inde icacy in reciting it here :• I He was a marine orderly on the Maine. j| gallant, generous, friendly young ffeUow, who had but one enemy--hini- self. He drank to excess. After the lotion or the Maine he came t< his country, and was received with - rith praise and affection as a her >. Hi friends gathered around him; he mar •ied, and soon had another positioa. H« loved his work, his friehds and his wife: ftat not woxk nor friends nor hom< •'V-1 drag htm away from the fata habit. - J iSot t.wo yeaw' after that day when, a J sro among heroes, he trod the deck oi i|ie sinking ship, he sat alone in a public *tu*k in New York, a miserable outcast. > ho fof liquor had given up all that aade life dear. Mad with want and despair, he kissed the picture of hi* f hild, and put an end to his life--a life which God hnd fitted him" to make happy and noble. > We tell this true story to American •'oung men, as we would point out a jeast of prey hidden by the path along vhich they must walk. Of things eatable md drinkable, some ire used m building the body, and some for fuel--tissue builders and heat-pro­ ducers. Scores of things are made of larbon, hydrogen and oxygen, mixed together in different proportions. Baron t#iebig, the German chemist, finding «.rbon in alcohol, said it must be a heat- iroducer. People who liked liquor said ie must be right. People who liked ruth better than anything else, gave ixhaustive study to the subject, and found that alcohol is not a heat-pro- lucer, but a heat destroyer. Liebig was itnong this number, and &ud so. What s your position ? Wist\ men of tenchangie iheir minds,------neveH / Busliiesn Question. |* >• saloonists and their patterns: ' 1. Are the saloons "an aid to the home? 2. Are the saloons a help to the schools ? 3. In what way do the saloons help the morals of a community? 4. How do the saloons help the boys? 5. How do saloons help to pay farm mortgages? 6. Do saloons make taxes lighter for the people? 7. Do saloons lessen the police force in towns and cities? 8. What benefit are saloons to any .dace or community? 9. What goodfhave saloons ever done to any place or community? "Saloons make business," .^.^7j|i|9UL Make business for whom ? ^^ ̂« Business for the marshal. . Business for the police force. * , R Business for officers of the law. ' Business for lawyers, business for judges, business for courts, business for jurymen, business for almshouses," for keepers of jail and penitentiaries. Business, to be sure. Does it pay to tolerate a traffic which breeds crime, poverty, idleness, shame And death wherever it is allowed? Reader, will you vote to tax or to license the liquor traffic V--Exchange, TO CURE A COLD IN ONE I>AY. Take LAXATIVJS Bromo Quinine Tab­ lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Graved sig­ nature is on each box. 35c. 'Kmw ijfX. WM. MERZ. - McHenry. • •. . '• ' .. ViV" V V;.: Onr Array and Navy. Not until the close of the> Spanish- American war, which proved such a brilliant success for our Army and Na­ vy, did foreign powers appreciate the strength and stability of our engines of war. Not only did foreign countries watch the movements of our troops and ships with amusement, but our own people, right here at home, were sur­ prised to find that the United States possessed an army and navy of such Strength and proportions.. In one of the latest books to appear, on titled "The United States Armv and Navy, 1776-1899," a grapic description of the operations of both branches of the service, from their inception to the close of the late war, is to be found. It is a beautiful art edition, and no book so complete, both from a literary and ar­ tistic point of view, has ever been pub­ lished. The text is by eminent authorities in both branches, and was compiled after a careful research of all government re- idords. The illustrations and there are %8 of them, full-page size, are the finest Specimens of art ever placed in a bool, The volume is published by the Wei- ner Company, of Akron, Ohio, who a: e making a special offer to introduce it to the reading public. In another part < f this issue will be found a more detailed description of the book and how it can t ^ v"*V. .1 'WopBtwit Crime Eve*.*. , A youog uegress in mourning asked the magistrate for a warrant in the Jefferson Market court.# "There is a negro who has committed the worst est crime ever," she said. "It's so awful I can't hardly tell about it. My mother died a week ago, and he done took a pawn ticket from the corpse. Now he's done took out a dia­ mond ring on that ticket that was my mother's, and uow the ring should be mine, but he won't give It to me." "Well, that's rather bad." admitted the magistrate, signing a warrant for the offender. * The yourtg woman returned In the afternoon In company with a well dressed negro with whom she seemed to be on very friendly terms. He was the defendant. "What have you got to say to the charge?" the magistrate demanded of him.' : ^ "Why," the man replied smilingly, "the dead woman was my wife" "Is he your stepfather?" asked the magistrate, turning to the girl. ' -"Course be is," she answered. "And why didn't you tell me that be­ fore?"' !; •••.;••. ' " 'Cause I wanted that ' honor." ••Step out." said the magistrate, "Step out." echoed a half dozen po­ licemen. while the man and the girl walked out together without a sign of animosity.--New York Exchange. :/-r ' r" , jv" ienian whose word doubted and who is not easily deceived tells the following: • Very early one morning he saw a fox eying most wistfully a number of wild ducks feeding lu the rushy end of a highland lake. After awhile the fox. going to windward of^the ducks, put afloat in the la e several bunches of dead rushes or grass, which floated down anions the ducks without caus­ ing the-least alarm. After watching the effect of his pre­ liminary fleet for a short time the fox. taking a good sized mouthful of grass In his jaws, launched himself into the water as quietly as possible, having nothing but the tips of his ears and nose above water. In this way he drifted down among the ducks and caught a fine mallard. Though this story seems extraordi­ nary. it must be remembered that the fox manages to capture wild ducks, wood pigeons, hares and numberless other animals, sufficient to keep him­ self and family, and it is plain«to be seen that in doing so he must practice many a trick that would seem improb­ able If related and quite beyond the in­ stinct of animals.--Omaha World-Her­ ald. - ; _________ * '-V FTIIled Classical Quotations. In tracing the decline of the use of classical quotations in legislative bod­ ies the Boston Herald cites the case of Edward Everett, who once concluded a stately speech in congress with a long, sonorous and superbly modulated citation of a passage from Tacitus and then took his seat. No sooner was he through than up sprang a burly mem­ ber from what was then a frontier state of the west. He had once been an Indian agent, and no sooner was he on his legs than he began to pour out a vehement harangue In Choctaw. After awhile the speaker called him to order. ,, "I don't see why my freedom of speech should be abridged!" he cried, "You let the gentleman from Massa­ chusetts run on, and I didn't under­ stand the flrst^ word of his lingo any better than he does mine." The scene was described as very comical, but it struck the deathknell of further classical quotations dn a congress that had not the ray of an idea what the unintelligible lingo of Cicero and Tacitus was driving afe Hla Story "Goes" Until He D«N. There Is In Cowley county a big two fisted farmer who has the reputation of being the biggest liar in the town­ ship. But he will tight at the drop of the hat, and men are very chary of ac­ cusing him. The other day he went into Dexter and told that he had a 9-month-old calf that gave three quarts at a milking, and. after recounting this story. thc> local paper said, "Mr. Hor- rell Is still in town, and we are con­ vinced, that that calf is a wonder.**-- Kansas city Journal- . V . -/• --i ' , y : y ' * fit Harem a Prta®**- : The western boast that every man's house is his castle is as nothing to the sanctity of the eastern harem. No of­ ficer of the law may enter a harem, and therefore there is no safeguard for the life and liberty of Its Inhabitants. One day they may be slaves, the next prin­ cesses and the next strangled or poison­ ed.--An ill disposed man could carry iM an enemy to his harem and kill him. and none Would be the wise*. T t , •i • ;',Yy Getting; Advlce.#£?V The girl's father was rich, and the suitor for her hand was poor, but re- ; markably persistent. I "Papa." she said to the old gentle­ man, "if Frank asks me this evening to marry him what shall I say?" "Say whatever you think is best, my child." "How best, papa? Best for me or best for Frank?"--Detroit Free Press. On«< Quotation. Mr. Drone. I ate ed that you cannot remember any of the quotations called for In today's les­ son. Can you recollect any quotation of any kind? Student--Yes. sir; "Any fool cap aak qoeattons."--Boston Transcript. . H»»irts may be attracted by asrihttfed qualities, but the affections can only be fixed and retained by those that are real.--De Moy. *. T SPRING OHDVB. Wm. Imerson had a family dinner Tuesday. , ; Jas. Turner nd daughter, E\ elyn, wero visitors hoi, Friday. Chas. Haldeman and daughter were visitors here Thursday last. Hon. F. Hatch entertained ft tow friends last Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Peter "Nelson welcomed a baby girl Sunday morning. Otto Hesse and family contemplate moving to this village this spring. w urU has been received of the death of Otis Wilson's wife in Nebraska. Frank Cairnes has rented Mrs. Wm. Turner's farm for the present year. Miss Mollie Turner has returned trom a two weeks* stay at King wood. The majority of our young people attended the New Year's hall at Me- ilenry. Many farms are still for rent in this vicinity. Frank James and Harry Speara have een home from Elgin spending their acation. Miss Lizzie Turner accompanied by aer mother, spent the first of this week iu Hebron. W m. Campbell and Warren Pierce *ve secured position as engineers at Twin Lake ice houses. -All. and Mrs. J. W. Bell, Mro. S. <eish and Jas. Neish attended to busi- iees at Woodstock Saturday. Avery pleasant time was enjoyed by ixteen couples at the social party and ance given at the town hall Friday venmg. * Jonathan Imerson celebrated his inety-first birthday Thursday, Dec. 28. re-union of relatives and friends was eld at John Craine's, forty being pres- nt- One daughter, Alice, from Mis­ souri was here, besides friends from \ntioch and Mound Prairie. Mr. unerson heartily enjoys life and bids air to enjoy many more years. The large barn belonging to Andrew Neish was totally destroyed by fire last Wednesday afternoon. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Neish's dwelling house also caught fire and was only saved by prompt work. Pieces of ourned wood were blown all over the tillage and with the high wind that pre­ vailed it was fortunate more buildings vvere not burned. The insurance of 300 lollars will cover bat a small part of the -OSS. . • "Secrets of Success; or, Our Business k>ys" by the Rev. FranciB E. Clark, ounder of the Young People's Society or Christian Endeavor is a book of <ood and wholesome advice for boys. *ee the advertisement in another col- imn. The Werner Company, publish rs, are offering it at a special price, tf. You ma heard EMULSION i and have a vague notion j * that it is cod-liver oil with < its bad taste and smell and | all its other repulsive fea- ( 1 tures. It Is cod-liver oil, th \ purest and the best In the | i world, but made so palata 1 ble that almost everybody < can take it . Nearly al l ! > children like it ami ask for < ^SCOTTS ̂ EMULSION > looks like cream; it nour­ ishes the wasted body of \ the baby, child or adult \ better than cream or any < \ ] | other food in existence. It 1 i • bears about the same rela- < y < > tion to other emulsions that < • 11 cream does to milk. If you | [ (i have had any experienced < 1 with other so-ca l led "just as < 1 |! good " preparations, you ! 11 will find that this is a foci < > ] | The hypophasphites that are j j I combined with the cod-liver oil {, 11 g<ve additional value to it because {> 11 they tone up the nervous system < > (\ and impart strength to the whole 11 < > body. O ( I 50c. and $1.00. all druggists. I I { t SCOTTjk BOWNE, OMmkuTNsw ^ | 1 1 ASTO fV 'v The Kind Ton Have Always Bought* and which has ben ̂use for over 80 years, has borne the signature of , J and has been made under his per* «' sonal supervision since its Infancy* ̂ Allow no one to deceive you in this* is|' All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good ** are bu6 ""A Bxperiments that trifle with and endanger the health at V - Infinite and Children--[Experience against Experiments ,lv" 'V- What is CASTORIA Oastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, foric, Drop and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It r,V v̂ contains neither Opium, Blorphine nor other Narcotic """'.I substance. Its age is Its guarantee* It destroys Worms t| and allays Fererishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation mad Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the 4 J Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Paimcca -The Mother's Friend. CBNUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of ^ I •: I '• % ,t? In Use For Over 30 Yearsg rwe ESWTKUA BMWUH, TT M«IMWV mm, NEW WM err*. S k ' t t -v.-- ' k'i'*: ^ * . . * 1 i'i;, **• ^ ~i /' k: \*i v ' :>*>«%>< , 'i <. • > e s- ; y " R w • v \ ' RJ *; jf/ , V * '.;'S ^ ,t i"t'ii' '\r.. When prices hav» f reached bed rock " u i ? it means tha* *- Vv^ • , * / , have reached A.' J - M;,r *-•>; ;^I .. ^ « K ' . ' ' P"** :~y > 4 Hm I"** ^ '1 £ a the lowest notch*'4 ^ J ' '>4' _ *' >•* '«• • y. t* . - w* 5>", r ^ ^ j, . ; \ ^ ; ' 'v, _ . ji v i "f* "»• * It j> hf I " *>*"'• , V 4' " ~ .v. • •-k* ' t fy ^ /'y, $ * ' •; ; f $ <. ̂ t l'- ^ hyil * . ^ The holiday rush being over we have had time to look about us and in so doing fin4 that we hav« left on our hands a large number of dress goods rem­ nants and odds and ends in all kinds of merchandise. These goods must be sold regardless of cost and It I , , ' ' ',4- , r l {,v* ' s ^ " I 1 •', 'A: to Hi it SIHON STOFFKL West TlcHenry, , " ^'5.1'.-^ * - ':-K; „ % , * * • - Vil M i READ THIS advertisement of vottr's wm ~ * . <r> * * : s i * - L - * The Anest emeralds known are Mid to be those belonging to the Spanish crown, V ^ W'\- - * ;"*• V ' * ' * ' ' ^ v ; ) i Aug. Buchholz, Don't beflistaken ! »e ^ - J f« | | ^ If ftM vrant a stylish fitting Suit or pmk M pantkgo to 1 j • - • 1 • : ;Y'- i Buchholz,- 1 v i O 1: 'iJ-~ That is the Place, 'f ?."! i !;• tl ClIIUF* He makes no humbug fit and workmanship is the best. 1 [ West McHenry. 111. Made up right or no sale. I ' V "£\* (, v . & J , r' •" • .*'7.*' .. v ; "" ' '5 t