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mmm The from inim, ft* of British India ftfcv* in 1848 e imports from f41,H4», The revenue haa fak* NEWS NEWS. inventory and ttiers T» January 4» 1900 s'lL. ' ' L. **' - ,*A.R ' '" ..\AsSi Thursday, '«,• PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE McHDBtT PUHMAIH1 COWAKT. P. K. GRANOWR, W. A.CWSTf. J. B. P<RKY. Sec. 'm JT. HA«KI* Naohger. H . *.' * ^IfcJjOIHce In Jnsten Block, ••Ar*pen & Chapelt's store. two doors north of TELEPHONES! No. *8; GlUtens', No.l TEAMS or ^u^cWiPTio*: :|Sne year H.S0 Subscript ions received tor th: e s or si* months ill the same proportion. • IT is a waste of time to argue with a man who declines to admit that times liave improved, CHARACTER is the stamp on our souls the freft choice that we t^f^piade rough life of good and evil. You will not be sorry for hearing judging, for thinking before j|>eaking, for holding an angry tongue, for stopping the ear to a tale bearer, for disbelieving most of the ill reports, for Wing kind to the distressed, for doing good to all men, for asking pardon for all wrongs, for sneaking evil of DO one, for being courteous to all." | WORLD'S CORN CROP FOR 1899. Jf The World's corn crop for 1899 is 611,000,000 bushels, of which the nited States furnishes 2,200,000,000 bushels, Austria-Hungary furnisher |8,000,000 bushels, a serious falling off the 153,000,000 bushels of last year. Argentine comes next with 72,000,001! bushels, then comes Italy with 68,000,000 |>ushels. The crop is about 111,000,000 jbushels more than the averagj^pop of last fouy years. creased froin 320,000, rupees in to 904,420, rupees, and the land tit is lower than then. India costs the British taxpayer not one farthing. Not only is the country many times richer, but wealth is ware generally distributed, than when British control began. In every detail of mate­ rial prosperity British rule has been of great benefit to the country. The United States requires increasing supplies of tropical materials. Onr im­ ports of fibers, largely from the tropics, for the year ending June 10, 1899, were over $20,000,000, as against $12, 0,000 for the fiscal year 1897. Rubber imports increased from less than $18,000,000 in 1897 to nearly $82,000, in 1899; raw silk, from less than $19,000,000 to more than $32,000,000. The demand for other raw materials of tropical production shows corresponding gains. The im­ ports of foodstuffs of tropical growth, such act sugar, coffee, and cocoa, have practically d tabled in the last decade. All, or nearly all, of these articles are produced by the, tropical islands which have recently come under American controL On the other hand, these islands now purchase about $100,000,000 annually of the foodstuffs and manufactures which we produce and desire to sell. Orderly and progressive government and im-H proved means of transportation will de­ velop in these islands new areas of pro­ duction and consumption and double or treble their present demands. As in the case of India and Great Britain, the colonial relations between the United States and these tropical islands will benefit both. f r WALKING. ],» As sensible men and women give more and more time and thought to the care $f their health, walking steadily grows favor. There is only one way to keep Well and that is to exercise rationally. And of all the forms of exercise, walking £ives the best results with the least in­ terference with those mental activities %hich are or ought to be the chief occu­ pation of every civilized being. , 1 To spend hours in the gymnasium, to end days in playing outdoor games, from the standpoint of those who realize that one has only a single life find that brief, a sheer waste of time. Any kind of exercise that builds up feuge bunches of muscles for which brain-workers have no possible use is l|ot only foolish but also detrimental. Itar unless these great excrescences are Jjtept up by hard daily "training" they .PSenarate into unlovely and impeding tat, swathing and stupefying the brain and the nerves. It is fortunate that the cheapest form of exercise should be also the best. No one can beg off from walking on any , jplea except the invalid one of utter phy •ical laziness. Nature intended us to | walk a great deal and to walk on all fours. As the habit of walking on all ji^ours seems to have been permanently ^abandoned by the human animal, it Is idle to discuss its merits as compared T* with the two-legged form of walking : now in vogue. A man who eats two meals a day, go­ ing out at midday not for luncheon, but for a walk, will not have a "family phy- sieian."--The World. DAIRYMEN AND STOCK BFTEEOTFM : J action of Tnberealln is What They Oh- Jwt to--Resolution)* Sent to Springfield. 0 Two hundred of the large dairymen and stock breeders of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin held an indignation meet­ ing at the Briggs house Chicago, Tues­ day, in an attempt to do away with the law requiring all cattle to, be subjected to an examination for tuberculosis, during which tuberculin it injected into the cattle. It is claimed by the cattlemen that tuberculin is injurious to the cattle, and many cases were cited in which cattle that were in the best of health became sick and died after the injection. The indignation among the dairymen and breeders has raised to a high pitch and they are clamoring loudly to have the law nnllified. Dr. C. P. Lovejoy, state veterinary surgeon, was present and looked after the interests of the state. The law which the cattlemen claim is antag­ onistic to their interests is included in the law providing for the prevention of the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic cattle. A com­ mittee was appointed to draw up resolu­ tions which were forwarded to Spring field. , HOW COLONIES PAY Facts and figures in answer to the question whether colonies pay are given by O. P. Austin, chief of the national bureau of statistics, in the current issue of the Forum. In 1897 Great Britain's exports were valued at $1,135,970,000, of which $391,- 274,000, or 34.4 per cent, went to her col­ onies. Objectors to the colonial system may say that Great Britain would have ®old the same amount to these countries even if the colonial relation had not ex­ isted, especially since the colonial tariff laws made no discrimination in favor of British products. But what are the facts? The total imports of the non- British world in 1897 were $7,210,000,000, of which Great Britain supplied $1,005. - 000,000, or 14 per cent. The total im­ ports of the British colonies were $962,- 000,000, of which Great Britain supplied $391,274,000. or 41 per The total exports of the non-British world in 1897 were $8,246,000,000, of which Great Britain took $1,726,500,000, or 21 per cent, while of the $800,250,000 exports from the British colonies she took $457,000,000, or 57 per cent. Thus it will be seen that Great Britain is able to sell her colonies 41 per cent of the r imports as against 14 per cent to non- British countries, and that the colonies are able to sell to Great Britain 57 per cent of their exports, as against 21 per cent from non-British countries. When a person considers also the returns on some $2,000,000,000 of British capital invested in colonies and the < profits on the ocean carrying trade, which is al­ most exclusively in the hands of British vessel owners, it is clear to him that Great Britain must find her colonies very profitable. But the profits on colonial relations are not confined to the mother country. India affords a striking example of the benefits of stable and orderly govern­ ment to a colonial people. The wars wfetefcoWMtated the land have ceased h ? > • , /,*.* 4- ? * k- w • - * - ".-'i;' Ai: •; f-VV ; Christmas Present of Half a Million. The hearts of Col. L L. Ell wood's five children were made exceeding glad on Christmas day by receiving from their father, as a slight token of his paternal regard, the magnificent gift of $100,000 each, in preferred stock of the American Wire and Steel company. The children sharing in the' munifi­ cent Christmas present are: Mrs. E. L. Mayor, Mrs. J. H. Lewis, Mr. W. L. Ellwood, and Mr. E. P. Ellwood of this city, and Mrs. B. F. Ray of Denver, Colo., now passing the winter months in Arizona. There was a family gathering, we understand, at the paternal home in this city on Christmas day, and the occasion was embraced by the Colonel to spring the surprise on his unsus­ pecting children. Of course, there is no use talking, the Ellwood children are the happiest, mor­ tals in DeKalb county today, if we may except the youngest-of the family--the Colonel himself:--for doth n<jt the good book say, "It is more blessed to give than to receive?"---DeKalb Review. Pi Estate of Et it i BrfiKbt «!**» Estate of John P. Zimpleman inven­ tory approved. Estate of Matthew Conerty proof of death petition for appointment of Wm. Conerty refused and Win, Desmond ap­ pointed administrator. Appeal prayed and allowed. v Estate of Susan E. O. Code proof of death, petition for letters of adminis­ tration bond $200.00 filed. Estate of S. L. Newman inventory and appraisment bill, petition for public sale of personal property, filed. Estate of Harry P. Bourne inventory filed and approved. Estate of Augusta Peterson petition for letters of administration with will annexed bond $800, filed. Estate ol Jennette Heaney proof of death petition for letters of adminis­ tration bond $3800 filed. Estate of Lucretia Green inventory filed and approved^ ' Estate of Henry Weniaufer decree for sale of real estate. Estate of Irma A. Sylvester, Minor, same. • i<:; Estate of George Burton, i Estate of Michael Clark, final report approved and administrator discharged. Estate of Dan R. Frary, same. Estate of Alonzo Frary, same. Estate of Henry Keller, final report approved. Estate of Charles Dehn, final report approved and administrator discharged. Estate of Anna S. ^Wicker, same. Estate of Jennie Whyte, same. Claim day was had in the following estates; John P. Zimpleman, John Dunn, Fred Feilhaber, Jacob Talbott, Emily White, Israel C. StClair, William Thomas, Lucretia Green, Franz Biv- hard Schmidt, Frederick Collison, An drew Hunter and Patrick Corr. > MARRIAGE LICENSES ' Charles N. Thompson...., i». Big Foot Mrs. Esther Hildreth.....Big Foot Judson L. Davis...; ».Harvard Lena H. Vierck iv*....Harvard Albert Bottlemy ... . .Alden Lucretia Hoy. Alden REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. John Lamke & w to Ernest Lamke wH of ne« & ne}<( of nex of Sec. 7iAlgon- quin 4 1 <# Ernest Lamke unmarried to Mary Lamke same 1 00 Elmer E. Bagley & w tt> John N. Mac Kay It No. 4 Pistakee Island 1200 00 Sumner J. Stearns & w to Hiram J. Stearns sVi of n'/i of sw« of Sec. 31 Dunham and 40 acres in Boon Co 800*00 Harrison C. Smith & w to Envll and Mike Snyder pt-s of It #, 6,14 and 15 in bik a West McHenry $500 qo William H. Off bin unmarried to Charles Ogbin et al s 00 acres of swM of Sec. 22 and s 30 acres of e!4 of seji of Sec. 21 Algonquin j 00 Inez Keller a widow to William Geer Us 8 & 11 bik 12 ex piece 32 ft by 100 ft 2825 00 Margaret E. McCabe and B et al John W. McCabt eVtot se(4 Sec. 20 & nwK ! ' of nwk of Sec. 21 ex from 1st piece '!? ~i'x strip M ft. wide off entire send tnore* of all in Dunham ] Fred Selchow & w to A. D. Anderson Dt of It 1 bik 14 Union John A. Renie and w to Ira R. Curtiss sub it- N and 9 of it 46 of the assessor's plat of Sec. 36 Marengo 0. P. Barnes & w to Elizabeth King it 8 and 4 bik 12 Blackman's add to Har­ vard Sarah Hitchcock & H to A. J. Olson all Interest right and title as heir at law of Jacob P. Stafford or otherwise to It 3 of the assessor's plat in IIWU of Sec. 4 Dorr John McConnell&w to Carrie L. Manor part of the sw}i of sw* of Sec. 4 and part of the sH of se* of Sec. 5. 78.04 acres Richmond ; James Kemerling & w to J, W. Grand Excursion to Old Mexico Via. Chicago & North-Western Railway, to leave Chicago ^Tuesday, Jan. 30. 1900, under personal direction of Mr. J. Craf- excursion manager Entire trip in special train with dining car. . Tour is arranged to include Mardi Gras at New Orleans and all principal points of interest in old Mexiooand tick­ et covers all expenses. Only limited number can be accom­ modated ; secure space early. For de­ scriptive pamphlets and information, call on, or write agents Chicago & North­ western By. 26 5t Mr. and Mrs. Jensen Entertain. A New Year's dinner was given at ! the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Jensen, i*>t Rose lale. The guests were: Mr. and j Mrs. T. L. Fiisby, Chicago, Mioses ! Katie, Delo, a id Nellie Knox, Elgin, Misses Katie, Alice anl Mwy McHenry. ; .*• jf Wrote "No lapse cflf yea»$giined friendships, *' wiri Piokard, who contribute* installment of a series of between GaU poet, in the January Ladies' Journal. One of the letters that WhlV tier wrote to Gail HamiQtoB is September, 1887, when the poet was in his eightieth year. ' 'I was gladdened last evening by the sight of % handwriting. If I do not see my dear old friends often I never for­ get them. In these fonely latter days I love to recall thy pleasant visits to onr home when Elizabeth was witfewe. lain getting to be an an- tiquity. I seem to have pretty much outlived the world. The last year has gone hard with me. I have as usual spent some weeks in New Hampshire, but have returned without the usual benefit. Why will thee not drive over here [to DanversJ; or, better still, come to Amesbury, and spend a night as m the old time i I expect to be there the first week in October. God bless thee! Think of me always as thy affectionate friend." £van«on'x tttoro Hints. Every careful and economical house­ keeper's thought centers on the every­ day necessities for the family, chief among these are flour and butter. If the flour don't raise quickly and the butter is strong, woe be to the store­ keeper who sold it. At the present time, however, nearly all mills engaged in the flour milling industry most make a first class article of flour or quit the business, hence not much danger of getting stnek whenever yon buy a stand­ ard make. Of course yon know there is more than one kind made in every mill, but only one kind of best quality. For mbre than ten years the "Best on Record" flour has been sold in this com­ munity and every sack has seemingly been satisfactory to the housekeeper, and with this assurance of its continued good qualities we feel justified in urg­ ing all customers to use the "Best on Record" and to open the new year we will sell you a trial sack on Saturday Jan. 6, pt 90 cents that you may be sure of an assertion before you buy any more. Now about butterine. We have tak­ en out government license to handle it, but only the fine grades on sale here at eighteen to twenty-four cents. Shonld yon want a cheaper quality we take your order for that also. Any student of dairy interests are familiar with ingre­ dients entering into butterine, in<fact it is very simple, as only the finest odor­ less and tastless oil is used, manufact­ ured from pure leaf lard. This oil is churned in sweet-milk and finest cream­ ery batter, surely this is wholesome food. Besides this, first claw butterine factories are as clean as a polished kitchen table, much more BQ than any butter factory. You are invited to ex­ amine the creamery butterine we offer for sale. All in the interest of economy for the patrons of this store. All cash business. WALTER C. EVANSON. f lo order to reduce oar stock of winter , ̂ /'! % , TOODS we will give libetai dfeeoonte for CM|I * ^ ^ * ' "111 ,̂Jl. hI Buck Coats worth $1.00 for 75 cents--other grades for 90 cents, $1.35. $1.75 and £2.00* worth from $1.25 to $2.5o: - * l' - * ' -- (x>l Pants, Gloves, Mittens, • * -* 1 Caps, Underwear, Etc. .tb&ite*:Fiottr, ML^ttdlpifeer.^:'.V;i t--" /> ̂ •' Tfours trulm * t ̂t r;.- ,, ; West McHenry, Hi. - n. J. WALSH, 1800 00 400 00 000 00 100 00 lfiO 00 part It 4 and eHltSSimmdns addition to "" lit IIK wood. J. W. Cristy & w Kemerling same to Mrs. Enrma J. ft 00 500 James D. Ford & w to George D Will­ iams a acres off north side It 21 bik 19 In Piersous addition to Crystal Lake A Prominent Lawyer Of Greenville, I1L, Mr. C. & Cook, writes: "I have been troubled with bil ionsness, -sick headache, sour stomach, constipation, etc., for several years, sought long and tried many remedies, but was disappointed until I tried Dr Caldwell's S^rup Pepsin. I can cheer­ fully recommend it to any suffering from above CUB plaints." For. sale by Julia A. Story. ' Current Event Club. The Current Event Club Drill meet with the leader, Miss Julia A. Story, next Tuesday evening. It is hoped there will be a large number in attendance. O Be&rg th* Bignatus of . 8TOI - The Kind You Haw Always WE.SELL THEM! thx* *' .. "lif s" 4 ' *•*' f 'iv' i Pure Drugs and Medicines f! ^ Finest Perfumes llm. r*; . .. Extra Fine Potatoes ̂ V at 8fic per tm. 1 * y: -• • • ' :-- • 1 j^ii sr? , < » . Toilet Articles *A Paints * ,,'V .• West McHenry, HI; - ̂ H. pf. •• h "ifi'.fi. ""inf.:: '-4'; j">: %l-: ' i itl rtl itl itl ftl til ftl itl itiiti tti fti rti fl'l iti itl iti itl iti itl iti lis I ' + • • * ' " + • V ' 4 - 1 ' + ' ' V * V V ' V ̂ l V T V ' I ' ' V 1 tiT ^ ft'Zi ' ** e ^ 1 t « 4"> " 1 i * Clearing Sale; < pi Odds and E(i4s is now iA V,-' , '̂ C " = f* ' . t ^ V . . . xr- ,4 . > . .V'. A.?.,**:* ;J- Quite a Tair' assortment of lftandkerchiers, fdi^ty mud' bn '̂yon will never know them from the Xmas presents when they are ; washed, only in price. Odds and ends of Corsets, such as Balls, Coraline, Jackson Waists, etc. Your choice for 8o cents. Good - ^Ibeavy all wool Beaver Velvet Shaws reduced to $3.00."* Under- , / ^ear,(((75CWte per suit, of lhe $1.00 kind, if your size is among a • Khem. Will you look them over when yon come in? Too many j , • |elt boots with overs makes it necessary to .lowpr the prices some* w ' ,what. Keep your feet warm, it may save a doctor's bill perhaps. • "% fair sprinkling of Boys Overcoats from 5 tj 11 years, at greatly 4$} ,J' deduced prices--they are of good quality, .hsavy and just the thing A "•-'"^"^or cold weather, even if a little out of style. Bed Blankets of ^ all wool, a o per cent, discount if you take them quick. CREAMERY BUTTERINE will be on sale here Friday or Saturday. :We have taken out a government license, «M> we can famish yon at fi"« WALTER C. EVANSON. X y JOHN J MILLED. fr:: Cit- "" r' fJ~" L: bk:' stock of Winter Goods will be ; \ ̂ w 3 J,*' u - - - - 1 . COATS, PLUSH ROBES, * WINTER WEIGHT SUITS, FUR ROBES, WOOL BLANKETS, DUCK COATS, HEAVY WOOL PANTS, UNDERWEAR, MITTEiNS AND CAPS, - r * 1 • < i "Hard"to ~ •» •if.• % | -'"Hard to-Beat^x, , 1 4 r , n " f , ; ' . ' , ; i a n d ~ ^ ̂ ^ J \ Ix.-r I > 4 ' ' J " M a r v e l " F l o u r \ - r r > I I ^ates' pure BucMprlaeftt iFlmw 'W0: ' # , Corn Meal. * " " JOHNsJ-MILLER, West McHenry, HL GEO. W. BESLEY nrmy ana C l / c ' . - r v W ' v ' V /fa Hi the era of tin \ Bimmwi Dwm to tk% . y« Cfuht spjimsH- *mmcAN\ \-i'\ iw. r - $̂4 FIT, JSTTLISH FIGURE, LONG TIME SERTICE. No Better Corset fTCan Be for the Price. ^ Take BEST MATERIALS, cut by BEST PATTERNS, boned with finest RUST PROOF STAYS, finished in LATEST STYLES, with SLLK EDGING an< and rau proauce a good article. Every part of P. N. Corset is _ Vision of experienced inspectors, and packing into box. <k have P. N. Corsets with cork "• A Pleasant Gathering. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McOmber pleas­ antly entertained a number of .friends and will be pleased to have you try them, and and relatives on New Year's day. The -- -- guests were: Mr. and Mrs. B. Gilbert, Messrs. George, Jay and Orton Gilbert, fthre. Gregory and Mrs. Emma Phillips. RECOMMENDED AND GUARANTEED BY .,n. J. WALSH) - West McHenry -A/'h' W&h-'-mm® A beauti fti! art edition, magulfl- cwtiir lUnalcftted, " " * nd, in fket a Bandar <* the moat . lnt«r«*tiiig Itaaaetibps graph! call/ the operation* or the Arm/ and RaTjr from im down to r. how u«fed, as opportnsatr tJbiat will nn« again be ai^ded bf if ftSMIb iTli. iddNMUHdWlO K«BM m buahint 'f . - '• •• ; ...-t . ..«»• • v.-i _ . 'jWSSfc#.".. ,a.A* by experienced employees, under soper- Corset is thoroughly tested before rust proof clasps from 75c to fi.50 " refund money if not satisfactsory. 0L i ' A1