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He McNenry Pbiriuln PUBLISHED l.VKUY THURSDAY BY j Tfl[ MdltHRY PUINDEALER COMPANY. GBASO**, W. A. CRISTY, J. B. PBRBY, Pres. Sec. Treas. E. J. HAZKI^ Manager. Office In Justen Block, t»o doon nortk of ;Owen & Ohapell's store. > . • TELEPHOWM: Long Distance, No. 202; - CitiEens', No. 1 V TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: year . .01.50 Subscriptions received for three Of 8lx toont hs in the same proportion. Thursday, riarrh i, 1900. NOTICE. The figures on the label after your nvne tell the date to wliieh your subscription is paid. For instance, if the label on your paper reads Sept. 1. '9!). it means your subscription is paid to Sept. 1, '99. If you do not understand that the figures on your paper represent the date to which you think you are paid, notify us, giving date and amount of your last payment, and we will try and adjust the same. • IT appears to be the custom in China to kill reformers, and> this country would not suffer if some of the profes­ sional reformers were treated in the same way. PARIS possesses 80,000 trees in the streets and public places. There are 26,000 plane trees; 17,000 chestnut trees and 15,000 elms, the remainder consist­ ing of sycamores, maples, lindens, etc. terurban railways hauling farm pro­ duce to town, and the continued exten­ sion and .betterment of railway service. This may be the case, though the de­ crease is comparatively small ronsider- ing the great revolution which has taken place in the street railway business. The reduction in the number of beef cattle may be ascribed to better prices and a groat foreign demand, and the increase in milch cows is said to be due to the natural increase of the dairy business. The decrease in the number of horses and mules is accompanied by an in­ crease in the prices, there being an in­ crease in value during the year aver­ aging $7,21 per head in the instance of mules, and $8.60 per head in the case of horses. The milch cows have increased an average of $1.94 per head in value, the beef cattle $2.18 per head, and the sheep 18 cents per head. This makes a total increase in value during the year of $216,000,000. „ This report (Joes not indicate that the Republican party is driving the farm animals to starvation, nor that the au­ tomobile is retiring all of the horses to the barn. IN New York, the other day, two men d*ew lots for a wife, but they are not the only ones who consider marriage a lottery, and perhaps their manner of choosing was as wise as that of some others. "MAMMA," asked the daughter of a Republican who had been listening to a conversation on the general deprav­ ity of the Democratic party, "are Dem­ ocrats born wicked, or do they grow wicked afterwards?" The mother, true to her party colors, replied: ' They are born wicked and grow worse." MORE than $100,000,000, worth of paper is produced in the United States annually. A third of this is used by the newspapers, and the wrapping paper used amount# to two-thirds as much as that consumed by the newspapers. About half as much is used to manu­ facture books as to print newspapers. Paper boards amount to 300,000 tons a year. Builders-use 60,000 tons of paper and 45,000 tons of wall paper is produced annually. THE pine needles of South Chregon are being utilized. The needles are first boiled and then run between horizontal wooden roller?, which extracts the juice. This is called pine needle oil and is supposed to possess medical properties. The pulp is. used as a medicated mate­ rial for upholstering, and is also said to be a good substitute for horsehair. It Is said that insect pests will not live in furniture that has been upholstered with j?|pe needles. ^ A BILL creating a new cabinet office bas been favorably acted upon by the House Committee of Mines and Mining. It provides for a cabinet officer to be known as the Secretary of Mines and Mining. He is to have entire charge of affairs relating to mines, • and the Geo­ logical Survey will be placed under his care. The Secretary is to have the same rank and salary as other cabinet officers, and he is to have an assistant, who will have the same relative rank as the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Another mining measure which was acted upon favorably was for the estab­ lishment of mining experimental sta­ tions in each of the mining states some­ what similar to the agricultural exper­ imental stations, and provides for a government geologist at $3,500 per annum in the mining states. These officers are to furnish assays, conduct explorations of mining regions and issue bulletins for the public. REPORTS CORN CROP SHORT. Consul Canada, at Vera Cruz has re­ ported to the state department that owing'to lack of rain the corn crop has boon short in his district and corn will A Good 8uggentlon. EDITOR OF PLAIN DEALER: Boone county being so wedded to Tanner, why not give Mr. Fuller, their candidate for senator, the G. B., and seluct some other man who is in accord with three-quarters of the voters of these counties who are not for Tanner. The rotation vote is not binding on any one. CULLOM MAN. CLEANLINESS WITHOUT SOAP. Some People do not Require the Sapo­ naceous Cleanaer. British critics of the boers are fond of asserting that the sturdy Transvaalers use little soap. This may be true or not. Even if true, there is plenty of precedent. The Jap­ anese, the most cleanly people in the world, rarely use soap. The Russians use vapor baths for cleanliness' sake. Rough inside clothing cleanses the skin. There are doctors who have cured skin diseases by insisting upon their delicate patients abandoning silk underwear and using very course stuff instead. Louis' Napeolon, head of Europe's most luxurious and fashionable court until 1870, hardly ever soaped his hands until he went to England. A paper found in his desk at the Tuileries con­ tained the instructions of the king of Holland to the governor of his two eld­ er sons. Among the things forbidden was for the young princes' hands to be washed with soap. They were to use bran and a slice of lemon. The lemon was to remove ink stains and in sum­ mer to keep off gnats and mosquitoes. Napoleon, whose hands were good to model and beautifully white, also used bran and no soap, unless to sKkve, In England, on account of coal smoke and smut, soap is more needed than in countries with clear air. Many fashionable ladies of today, who would be much offended if they were called barbarous or uncivilized, never use soap. They grease them­ selves with vaseline and such stuff and, carefully rub it all off again. have to be brought from other parts of the country, as it is virtually the staff of life for a large majority of the in­ habitants. He suggests that United States exporters give the matter atten­ tion. Perfume Bags for Clothing. The excessive use of cologne is an abomination and by refined people con­ sidered a sure sign of vulgarity; but besides the delicious odor of cleanliness a suspicion of some perfume, faint but lasting, is a part of woman's toilet. Many women sew sachet bags in their bodices, sew them around the clothes hooks, and sew them in their corsets, as well as distributing them everywhere in clothes closets and dresser drawers, and the last has been found the best way. A large mat sachet may fit the bottom of each drawer, with tiny ones scattered all about. It is also a pretty conceit for one to select a certain ex­ tract and use it alone. Very many wom­ en by experimenting with various per­ fumes have discovered combinations which they use continually. One such has great merit claimed for it by its dis coverer. The ingredients are: One ounce each of cloves, nutmeg and tonya »«--»«»» WMWMIW MMHWMWMM ------» PROBA TE NEWS iiiiwiiiiiiiiiiimmiinnmn^',,1 PROBATE NEWS. Estate of Andrew W. Thomas, inven­ tory, appraisment bill, widow's relin­ quishment and widow's selection ap­ proved, petition filed and leave given to sell personal property at private sale. Estate of Patrick Corr, sale bill filed. Estate of Henry Meyer, insane, inven­ tory filed. Estate of minor heirs of Wm. H. Maher, inventory filed. Estate of Ellen L. - Brickley, final re­ port filed. Estate of Matthias Lay, final report and proof of heirship filed. Estate of Thomas J. O'Connor, cita­ tion issued. Estate of Catharine Harrison, report of private sale of personal property filed. Estate of Richard Bishop; final report filed. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Frank Winkles...... Johnsburgh, Minn. Mrs. Elizabeth Winkles.. McHenry, HI. W. Smith Ringwood. 111. Florence E. Brown ... . .Ringwood. 111. Judson H. Bannister......>. Woodstock Addie Whipple............... Hartland Robert M. Trestrail. Harvard Jessie E. Erickson.. Harvard REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Helen R Walters & h to Charles Kruse, • i, part of lots s & 1, blk 2, Richmond.... $ £00 00 Herbert I) Crutnbetal to Paulina ESie- bel. lots 7 & 8. blk 41. Harvard 1300 00 iirist Thesnow to l'atrick Barrett, se '4 of sw1* sec 5, Hartland, ex right of way of R R -- 110000 Henry C Ayer to A V Bingham et al, lots 2 & 3, blk (i. Ayer's add. Harvard 000 00 Peter Blake & w to Joseph Blake, 116.07 a off w side of se^ sec 23, McHenry.. 5000 Ac John D Morris to Johnson Brothers Co ne'/i of ne'4 sec 1. Dorr, n'4 of nw!i sec «. 11 !4 of sety of nwk* sec «. n'/s of wM of sw!4 of ne'i, sec 6. Nuuda 0800 00 Lathrop H S Barrows & w to George F Eckert, lot is. re-plat of E W Smith's add to Woodstock 875 00 REPORT ON FARM ANIMALS. _ A report issued by the national de­ partment of agriculture relative to the farm animals in the United States con­ tains statistics gathered from reports received from more than 50,000 corre­ spondents of the department, and it may safely be assumed that these figures are as nearly correct as such an unofficial census can be expected to be* It appears from this report that at the beginning of the present year there were on the farms in the United States 13,- 687,524 horses, 2,086,027 mules, 19,292,000 milch cows, 27,610,000 other cattle and 41,833,000 sheep. This is a decrease of 127,783 in the number of horses, 48,186 i» the number of mules, and 384,117 in the auiulim of cattle other than milch cows. On the other hand the compari­ son shows an increase of 302,245 iu the number of milch cows and 2,768,000 in the number of sheep. The decrease in the number of horses and mules is as­ cribed to the growing use of electricity |B the operation of street railways, in- beans, with three ounces of orris root, all very finely powdered and thorough ly well mixed. Put this into bags of thin china silk and lay among the cloth ing. We have saved many doctor bills since we began using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in our home. We keep a bot tie open all the time and whenever any of my family or myself begin to catch cold we begin to use the Cough Remedy, and as a result we never have to send away for a doctor and incur a large doctor bill, for Chamberlain'4 "Cough Remedy never fails to cure. It is cer­ tainly a medicine of great merit and worth.--D. S. MEARKLK, General M#R chant and Farmer, Mattie, Bedford county, Pa. For sale bv Julia A. Story. EXECUTORY NOTICE. STATE OF ILLINOIS, i MCHENRY COUNTY, 1 Estate of Mrs. Mary E. Howe, deceased. To the Heirs of said Estate: You are hereby no­ tified that on Monday, the fifth day of March, 1900. the Executor of the last Will'and Testa­ ment of said deceased will present to the County Court of McHenry County, at Wood­ stock. Illinois, the final report of nis acts and doings as such Executor and ask the Court to be discharged from any and all further duties and responsibilities with such estate and his administration thereof, at which time and place you may be present and resist such ap­ plication, if you choose s<* to do. ALBERT L. HOWE, EXECUTOR. For the Horses. Dip the bridle bits in water in winder weather before putting them in the horses' mouths. If you doubt the neces­ sity put your tongue to a frosty nail. Use oil on the wagon in winter. Axle- grease stiffens in cold weather--becomes dry and hard. Uncheck while standing, and blanket in cold weather. Horses like a kind voice, and are not deaf as a rule. Don't yell at them. Horses get tired and nervous and hungry and thirsty. Give them good beds to sleep on. Don't make the load too heavy. Sharpen their shoes in icy weather. Give them always a lunch at noon. A. R. De Fluent, editor of the Journ­ al, Doylestown, Ohio, suffered for a number ol years from rheumatism in his right shoulder and side. He said: "My right arm at times was entirely useless. I tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and was surprised to receive re­ lief almost immediately. The Pain Balm has been a constant companion of mine ever since and it never fails." For sale by Julia A. Story. • Elgin Butter Market. On the Elgin board of trade Monday, 250 tubs were offered, with no bids and no sales, official market steady at 24c, the same as last week. One year ago butter brought 21c. During the week the sales reported amounted to 10,170 tubs. Under the Coming; Dispensation. "Let me see. Brings, were you not once an officer of the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?" "1 was." "I notice you still wear the badge. For the sake of old times?" "Not at all. I am an officer of thp Society For the Proper Controlling of Thousands Hare Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your w^ter and let it stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or set­ tling indicates an unhealthy condi- ryf tion of the kid- } y neys; If It stains your linen it Is evidence of kid­ ney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and glad­ der are out of order. What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills eve°ry wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra­ ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won­ derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50cSnd $1. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that tells more about it, both sent absolutely free by mail, address Dr. Kilmer 8c Co., Binghamton, N. Y Home of Swamp-Root. When writing men­ tion reading this generous offer in this paper. Thraclsn Triumphal Car. A Thracian triumphal car has been dug up on the slope of Mount Rhodo- pus, near Philippopolis, in Bulgaria. All the metallic fittings of the chariot, including bronze decorative figures, were found, together with human re­ mains. The car belongs to the fourth century after Christ. McHenry Market. These markets are corrected weekly by our leading merchants: Butter, creamery, per lb .24c Butter, choice dairy, per lb /..32c Eggs fresh, per doz. . Cheese, peril) ;vl8c Potatoes, per bushel .50c Beans, per bushel |8.00 Oeese ..6Hc Ducks, Live, per lb 0@7c Hens. Live, per lb «!4c Spring Chickens, Live, per lb 7c Veal, Live, per lb 4@0c Veal, Dressed, per lb 5@9c Oats, per bushel 22@25e Corn, per bushel 30@3<$c Rye 50@52c Wheat, per bushel Barley, per bushel 3o@40c Timothy, per bushel 12.45 16.00 Clover, per pushel. Buckwheat, per bushel. Hay, per ton , I6.5O@I0.OO C. A N. W. R. R. TIME TABLE. McHKNRY. ILL. , GOING NORTH. •Williams Bay Passenger 10:00 A. M.--O * *• " Freight 11:30 A. M.-- Q * " " Passenger 4:55 p. M.--w +Lake Geneva Passenger 4:55 P. M. - Q * " " " . '6:51 P, M.-- O 00»N0 SOUTH. fLake Geneva Passenger 7:88 A. m.-- O •Williams Bay Express 8:25 A. M. W * " " Passenger .3:18 p. M.-- G * .. .. Freight 2U0P. M.--G tDaily. *Daily except Sunday. tSuuday only. G Galena Div sljn. w Wisconsin Di­ vision. ^"^lYIcHENRY POST OFFICE. Mails arrelv and depart from McHenry as follows: MAILS DEPART. Mail Closes. Leave Depot. South 7:00 A- M 7:32 A. M. South 8:00 A. M 8:25 A. M. South 3:00 p. M 3:18 p. M. North 6:30 p. M **• M- MAILS RECEIVED;-- North 7:32 A. M South 10:00 A. M. North 3:18 p. M South 4:55 p. M. South fl:60 p. M JOHNSBURG MAIL. Leaves McHenry 10:30 A. M. Arrives at Johnsburg 11:30 A. M. Leaves Johnsburg. 12:30 p. M. Arrives at McHenry 1:30 P.M. ROLLIN W^ITE, P. M. WB8T MoHKNRY POST OFPICB. Malls close ten minutes before departure of trains, and arrive at the same time of the McHenry mails. SIMON STOFFEL.P. M. Automobiles."--Chicago Tribune. A Trifle Short. "Here's $4," said the candidate to the colored'political worker; "now go til* work for me." The old man took the money, looked, at it dubiously and then said: "Marse William, hit's my hones' opin­ ion dar hit'll tek fo' dollars en a quar­ ter ter 'lect a man iak' you!"--Atlanta Con8tlution. Lapland Mewapaper. A novelty in the way of newspaper enterprise is announced from Lapland. The first paper in that country has ap­ peared, Jt is written upon a Kingle sheet of paper, and is published every | Sunday at a town with an unpronounce­ able name. Up to a few months ago ' the journal had only half a dogen sub­ scribers, and eyery insue is welcomed j with loud applause. --Golden Penny. For results, advertise in this ptfper. Applying; the Old Saw. "You talk too much," said the father. "You should cultivate the habit of lis­ tening." "Rut you told me the other day that listeners hear no good of themselves," replied the son.--Philadelphia North American. So Entered. "Shall 1 charge up the amount the cashier skipped with to profit and loss?" queried the bookkeeper. "No," replied the head of the firm. "Put It down under running expenses.** ---Philadelphia Record. - - „ Ten to One He Didn't. Mr. Bllklns--Tomorrow is your birth* day. my dear. Would you like a sur­ prise? Mrs. Bllkins--Certainly. I do wish you would get up and start the fire.-- Ohio State Journal. BARBIAN BROS. Makers of Fine Ciga<3, "Our Monogram" IO cent Cigar Leads Them All. Our Leading 5c Brands: 4 4Olivette" 4 4 Barbian Bros. Best" "Sliver" - 4«Bee Hive" . <trr! it •* ̂ ' t r . : - Almost o .« ,• *' •i-!. - 5r , * 1 '-t, ^ ' r - i t; in g :-'It would be difficult to quote you prices on anything in Dry Goods or Groceries that would seem bar­ gains to you, as almost everything : ill general merchandise is advanc­ ing in price. Many prices we have quoted you heretofore, the same quality of goods can not be bought for now. But we assure you that we mean to carry only the BEST of everything and will sell for as small an advance as we are com-, pelled to. It would be poor policy to get a cheaper grade of goods and sell at the old prices. We will in the future as in the past meet any­ one's prices on everything,, quality considered, and if everything is not as represented, we are here to rec­ tify it and are more than glad to do so. We will make you very low prices on anything in winter goods ANOTHER CAR OF "GOLD MEDAL" JUST ARRIVED OWEN & CHAPELL McHenry, - - Illinois. i* Z- & 1 s & 8 Fish for Lent During the Lenten Season we will have a complete stock of Salt Fish, White Fish, Spiced Herring, Sweedish Herring, Smoked Fish, Etc. at correct prkes "i " »: 8 1 I i ;•?! Goods delivered promptly :.*! --mm--mmrnm i 1 & West McHenry, 111. Another car of H Seal of Minnesota f and Fancy Flour | Try a sack--only $1.00. Per ^bl.", $3.90. j| Yours truly, n. J. WALSH, T •Empire Cuban' Jewelry Watches Clocks Rings Chains Bracelets Diamonds Scarf Pins Etc. ware JOS. SCHNEIDER, - McHenry, HJ Evanson's Store offers special inducements to parties buying in larger quantities for cash. We are quite anxious to secure a portion of the trade who habitually send their cash away, and in ad­ vance, to supply houses in Chicago, and in every instance will meet and better such prices, no matter whether it be a suit of clothes, a silk dress or a grind stone. We'll 'C* take pleasure in serving you with prompt­ ness and in the interests of economy. West McHenry, 111. WALTER C. EVANSON