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' • ! Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law | No Favora Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1897 HARVEST OF HAIR, SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES, PIANO TUNER And REPAIRER, All Orders Promptly Attended to, McHenry. HOW THE COUPEURS GATHERED IT FROM THE HEADS OF THE POOR. PUBLISHED EVEBT WEDNESDAY BY r . V A N S L T K E EDITOR AND FBOPBIETOB. A. C. SPURLING, Veterinary - Surgeon, W©«t McHenry, III. I am in Chicago this wintev taking s special course on >he diseases of c&itle9 and will return' here about March 1st, better than ever prepared to treat til diseases of Cattle, Horses, etc. > Any one needing my FervicCs before that tine can wire me at 16?9, WaUash Avenue. Chicago. All such calls promptly attended to. UNIVERSAL PROVIDER West Side Uvery, FEED AND SALE STABLES ORIGINATOR OF LOWEST PRICES WEST McHiiNBY, ILL. First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished at reasonable rates- Parties taken t"> and from the Lakes in Easy Rigs, and prompt connection made with all trains. Our Riga will be kept, in first class shape, and we shall spare no pains to please our cus tomers at all times. Give us a call, E J. HANLY, West McHenry, 111,, Aug. 15, 1896. DO YOU THINK It is a hard matter for us to find something special fcr you each Monday? It isn't> We have such an unlimited number of good thing* that the only difficulty lies ifl selecting the best for you. THE OLD RELIABLE Next Monday we make these offerings--each one a remarkably good value: Tobacco Dealers »- »- ' ' • " V ' ' • • ' " OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK Two Door a North of Perry & Owen's Store, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year (in advance);............ 60 It Not Paid within Three Months... .... 2 Ob Subecrlptioria received for three or six- months in the some proportion. RATES OF ADVERTISING: We anneunae liberal rates for advertising in the PLAINDBALBB, an4 endeavor to state them so plainly that they will be readily un­ derstood. They are as follows: llnoh one year * • BOO i Inches one year •' - .1000 8 Inches one year - - 15 00 V Oolumn one year - • - - 30 00 V Oolumn one year- - - - - 60 00 1 Oolumn one year - - - - - 100 00 One inon means the measurement of one lnoh down the column,single column width. Yearly advertisers, at theabove rates, have the privilege of ohanging as often aa they ehoose, without extra oharge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having •tanuing cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate of 6 cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 eents per line the first week, and 6 cents per line for eaoh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 oents per jj.ne, (.nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, ana 6 oents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, an lnoh advertisement will cost 11.00 for one week, 41.50 for two weeks, $2.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PLAIHDBALBB will be liberal In giving editorial notioes, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for peouniary gain. 49" All Foreign Advertising payable Quarterly, in advance, « These terms will be strictly adhered to. BUSINESS CARDS. FRANK R. JACEMAN, ATTORNEY AND COCNSELOB AT LAW. Prompt an 1 careful attention t < &11 mat ters left in my hands, Money to loan, Offioe in Hoy Block, Wooasiock, 111. Telephone-- offl :e, 55, residence. 59. , 35yl O H GILLMORE, ATTORNEY. Probate wort a specialty. Office in Kendal olock, Woodstock, 111. KNIGHT * BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ioo Washington Street, CHICAGO. FRANK L. SHEPARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. suite 804--is2 Ola.k St., umcago. O. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, solicitor, andi Counselor, 'Collections :a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS). * L. N. WOOD, M. D. HYSiCI AN ANDSUBGEON. Office at G. W. Beslej's Drug Stoie. Office hours, 9 to 11 A M , and 2 to 4 r. M. Residence over Barbian Bros McHenry III O. H. FEGER8, M, D- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MoHenry Ills. Office at Reeidenoe. JOS. L. ABT, M. D, PHV3I01AN, SURGEON AND OOOLI8T, Office.in Nichols lilick, over IMaiudeaier Office. McHenry Telephone No 4 DR. BAECHLER, DENTIST. Mp Ml Plate Work, and everything per­ taining toOent.siry. Parties from a distance should drop a card A oay or two beioie coming. •• Office, McHenry. DR. A. E. AURINGER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in the Stroner building, one door wen of A. P. Baer'e store, West McHenry, 111. Residonce, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at­ tended to. O. B. HOWE, M. D, •TJHYSICIAN AND SI? KG EON. Office and JL Re eicence, Hotel Wood6toe k, Woodstock. iliL W ill make visits only in consultation. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker <Sc Jeweler MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Olooks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watehes. Give me JOHN P. SMITH. W. A. CRISTY, Justice of the Peace. WEST McHENRY, ILL. Special Attention paid to Collections. H. C. IWEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agtnt Jneluding Accident and Life Insurance. ' WEST MOHENBT. III. W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public heal Estate and Insurance KUNDA. Ill* A. M. CHURCH, "Watchmaker and Jeweler No 126 State Street, Chicago. a Special attention given to repairing Fine 'Watches ant Chronometers. . 40* A Full Assortment of Goods in his line. F.O. COLBY. D. D.S. Y"\®NTIST. Woodstock, 111. Special aten- U tion paid to .regulating children's teeth, 'Parties coming from a distance will do well ... ->•->•< j|j 111 Nainsooks. 2,000 Nainsook, checks and stripes, yd. Brilliantine Skirts. Extra quality Black Brilliantine Skirts, full width, satin stripe ornamentation, exceptionally well made and furnished, and worth $1.75. '• " ! 98° Ladies' Gloves. Reindeer and Mocha Gloves, newest styles, two large buttons, tans and browns, worth $1,50,* Knives and Forks. Genuine 1847 Rogers silver plated knives and forks, the world's best flat goods, tet of six. - * - $1,79 Wash Tubsand Brushes. Good Wash Tubs, 25c. Palmeto Scrubbing Brush, large size, 11c White Lead and Oil. Best St Louis White Lead, 100 lbs, Best Boiled Lihseed Oil, gallon, Wall Paper. Latest Patterns Wall Paper, per roll, upward from Wire Nails. Wire Nails, per pound, Barbed Wire. DeKalb Glidden galvanized Barb Wire, thick set, per 100lbs, $2.09 Ladies' Underwear. Ladies' half-wool Jersey Ribbed Underwear, ...... era ff. SWAN. • i STORE ILL, OUR SPECIALTIES: Our Monogram, 10c; Barbian's Best hand made 5c „ The best cigars made. Sold by ali local dealers. JOHN J. BUCH, J^estaurant------ ^Boarding Housei Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, Board by the Day or Week a* Reasonable rates, A. NTOE LINK OF Row BOATS AT MY LANDING. for rent by the hour or day, at reasonable rates. Pure Wines, Liquors and Choice Cigars always on hand •^•FreahLasrer Beer constantly on draugh1 Good Stabling for Horses. RQSEBALE Floral Company MCHENRY, ILL. C, T. E8HILSON, - MANAGER. All kinds of Cut Flowers, and Funeral <)e. signs to be had at all times at l.easonable Rates. Carnations in bud ami other potted plants for salOt . . --. , -- Orders taken now for bedding plants de­ sired in the spring. Will have all kindB of plants for fancv bedding. v.- Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address, FIOSEDALE FLORAL COMPANY, MCHENRY, 111. A Money Saver ! FOR YOtJ. CUS CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge^ has now in stock the finest as­ sortment of Robes, Blankets and Whips To be found in McHenry County, I can sell you a Blanket from 75c to $5. And guaranteed as represented. If you want to save money call and see me. Also a fine stock of SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS Which will be sold cheaper than the same goods can be bought elsewhere and war: ranted as represented. REPAIRING Promptly Attended to. Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of our bargains. CUS CARLSON. McHenry, 111., Sept. 30, 1896. IFEB&T & OWEN. Bankers. McHENRY, - - BILLINOie This Bank receives deposits, buyt aid sells Foreign and Domestic Ex ehange, and does a •* General Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner ana upon te:ms entirely satisfactory to our customers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. MONEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and other first class security. Special attention giver- to < o- lections. » INbUBANCB In first Class Comfanies at ti e Lowest R*tes. Yours Respectful y PERRY & OWET. Notary Public Wiles Employed to G*t a Woman to Part With Her "Chief Glory"--There Was Al­ ways a Snre Market, For False Hair Was Worn by All Fashionable Ladies. History Tecords the fact, that in 1682, in England, long, flaxen hair was pur­ chased from the head at 10 shillings an ounce, while other fine hair fetched from 5 to 7 shillings for the same quan­ tity, taud within the present century the heads of Whole families in Devonshire were let out by the year at so much per poll, a periwig maker of Exeter going round at certain periods to cut the locks, afterward oiling the skull of each bereft person. That the use of false hair as an aid to feminine beauty was not unknown to. the ancients is well proved. The Greeks, Romans and Egyptians, long before the dawn of the Christian era, resorted to the wearing of tresses ob­ tained from other persons' heads. They even went so far as to paint, bald heads so as to represent them as covered with short hair, also marble caps so painted were worn. A valuable merchandise in the blond hair of German women is mentioned in ancient Roman history. A question that has doubtless often presented itself is, Where did all-this hair come from? This question I will endeavor to answer. With the coming of spring in the midlands and west of France appeared what may fitly be termed a singular class of nomadic indi­ viduals, armed with long, iron tipped staves and bearing heavy packs of mer­ chandise upon their backs. At first glance one M ould have taken them to be ordinary hawkers, yet merchandise was but an accessory to their strange industry. They were the coupeurs, the reapers of a hirsute harvest. Armed with long, keen shears, they went their way seeking the tresses of willing victims dwelling in outlying hamlets and villages of peasant France, and a laborious business it was. From ;'dewy morn" until the shadows of uight gathered thickly they did their 10 or 15 miles a day--often fruitlessly and with empty stomachs, their only bed the wayside. In Auvergne these seekers after hair were known as chinmeurs. The .Bretons called them margoulius. These terms have not fit English paral­ lels. Theso curious journeymen exerted every effort to gain their ends--a good head of hair--the former preferring the local fairs as a workroom, the latter choosing to visit the dwellings of theii possible clients. In summer i he Brittany margoulin was often seen going through the streets, carrying his long staff, from which hung twists of hair, while ho cried in doleful tones the well known "Piau, piau!" at the sound of which the cottagers, with an itching desire to possess some of his gewgaws, attracted the wanderer's attention. He was only too pleaded to dazzle their eyes with his many colored-wares, and_the bargaining, was not slow to begin. While the women fingered his goods the margoulin weigh­ ed her tresses with his hand, a proceed­ ing at which he was adept through long practice. The bargain ended, the woman yielded her abundant locks in return for a few yards of cotton stuff or a gay pet= ticoat, to which, thanks to the progress of civilization, the coupeur had to add a small sum of money. Sometimes the transaction was not completed without much discussion on both sides. Very often the coupeur had to return to the charge owing to female indecision, and he was more than happy when sure that a tardy remorse would not rob him of half his coveted trophy. Until the authorities intervened, cut­ ting was conducted in public as an amusement for onlookers, it being con­ sidered highly entertaining to hear 10 Or 12 rival coupeurs eulogizing their wares, each protesting his to be far su­ perior to his fellow's. The prohibition of this custom drove the hair harvesters to erect tents, rent for the day unoccu­ pied shops, cellars, stables or any corner they could find wherein to establish themselves. Sticks Were then stuck up, from them being suspended petticoats as a lure, as an indication of what could be had in exchange for tresses; to the petticoats were attached twists of hair as trademarks. The ruse succeeded, peasants halted, casting envious glances at the multicolored garments. They were handled and even tried on, thus affording an opportunity to the coupeurs to flatter their fair customers--who did not long rest-^and victory rewarded the cute buyers. In Auvergne--where the coupeurs were most numerous -- the greatest harvest was reaped on St. John's day. The ingathering extended from April to September, during which month the butchers, bakers, locksmiths, etc., forsook their ordinary avocations for that of the coupeur, returning to their legitimate trades with the conpng of the dead season. The hair of different countries was distinguished by certain qualities.. For instance, that of Au­ vergne was the coarsest; the finest and most flaxen from Belgium; the blackest and longest from Italy, while that pro­ cured in Brittany was the most beauti­ ful, though least well cared for.-- Hearth auck-Scm^, ' Classical Boston. s General Horace Porter in the course of a recent speech said, "Boston is not a city; it is a state of mind." This dec­ laration was greeted with laughter by unthinking New Yorkers, who failed to see General Porter's point. He meant that as much mind is found in Boston as in an average state. We thank Gen­ eral Porter.--Boston Transcript. Palmistry ha« tfeen practioed in the east . from time immemorial. The palmisters claim that several allusions in the book of Job indicate a knowledge of this art. a , 1 1 Some kinds of wasp honey are ex­ tremely poisonous, a few grains causing a kind of delirium. CHURCHGOING IN ICELAND. Back Country Folk Who Travel Many Miles to Divine Worship. Jessie Ackennan,. in her articles on "Three Women In Iceland," in The Woman's Home Companion, tells how she attended a country church in the northern part of the island. "The Sabbath day was full of inter­ est, for we had not attended service in the rural districts. In the early morning we betook ourselves to the front of the house to watch the country folk assem­ ble. I& the distance we saw them ford­ ing the river in a long line, and in an­ other direction men, women and chil­ dren rode slowly over the mountains down to the farm. What the Sabbath day means to these people few can re­ alize. Some of them never see a face be­ sides those of the members of the family from one church day until the other. What wonder, then; that they began to assemble fully two hours before church time? A peculiar form of salutation pre­ vails outside of the cities. With this we had hot yet been made familiar, and our astonishment can well be imagined when we saw the men dismount, em­ brace and kiss each other. I learned later that this is the usual form of salu­ tation among men in the inland dis­ tricts. "The hour of service arrived, and, in company with the preacher, who wore a high silk hat, a loose, flowing gown buttoned from chin to hem and a great white Elizabeth ruff around his neck, we entered the church. From the back seat we had full view of the congrega­ tion, and, not being familiar with the language, tbe time was passed in medi­ tation on the situation. "In the pulpit the pastor was assisted into a long white robe, which fell over the black one, and down his back hung a large surplice of bright velvet, upon which a golden cross was wrought. On the altar two great, candles about a yard long and three inches thick shed a dim light. These wefe the especial charge of an official who gave out the hymns and between times snuffed the candles with an old time pair of snuffers. After church the worshipers dispersed, and many of them did not reach their homes until night." HANK WAS ALL RIGHT. Bnt the Sqnirc Was Doubtful About His Integrity Being Unassailable. "I never took to a man as I did to Hank Stuffer. He moved in here with­ out makin no noise about it, and they hain't no better neighbor in th' county." It was Farmer Waddy that was doing the talking, and the squire of the town­ ship only interrupted to ask whether the fanner had ever missed any chickens or shotes before Hank settled in the vicin­ ity. "No, I never did," admitted Waddy, "but I never lost nuthin of th' kind afore you got that new man of yours. I'd trust Hank Stuffer with my life, squire." "Don't be too confidin," insisted the squire. "Many's th' apple I've seen that looked per fee'on th' outside, but--was rotten at th' core. Hank seems all right, but I wouldn't be surprised no day to see him fetched up afore me. Things hain't right in this communerty since he jined it." "That's so, but there's a million things happened outside of Hank's comin. His folks couldn't eat all th' things what's stole, an he don't sell nuthin." "Watch him," insisted the squire. And he took his leave with a fine imi­ tation of the man who looks after the morals of the entire neighborhood. Farmer Waddy did watch, and he hired others to help him watch. If this were fiction, it would be the squire or his new man who was trapped. But truth is an exacting mistress. It was a worthless fellow -living in a log hermi­ tage that was doing all the stealing. It hasn't the .slightest bearing on the case that he was selling all the plunder to the squire at half price.--Detroit Free Press. "Hard Bread" Barely Sent Back. "Now, if the baker sends us a loaf of stale bread," said the old soldier, "we send it back. But, dear me, we didn't often do anything of that sort in the army. We didn't get very much soft bread anyway--that is, regular bread. What we had mostly was hard bread, sometimes called hard tack--a kind of cracker, like soda cracker in shape, and not unlike it in appearance, but thicker. And hard bread of good quality and not more than a month old wasn't bad. In fact, it was very good. It was only when we got some that was very old, and that had foreign creatures boring in it, so that you had to knock it against something before eating it, that anybody growled, and even 4hen we rarely sent it back. Sometimes if it was very bad the regimental quartermaster would send back the whole lot and draw new if he could. But oftener we kept it, and you could throw it away if you wanted to, but that was all. "Still, our outdoor life was conducive to good appetites, and after all one could have a poorer breakfast than moldy, hard bread ana coffee. For instance, nothing."--New York Sun. A Limited Monarchy. Mr. Bluff (host at a little dinner of male friends)--Yes, gentlemen, I hold that every man should be master of his own house. There is no other way. Well, as you are all through, gentlemen, suppose we adjourn to the library for a smoke? --Waggish Guest--Why not smoke here in this grand old dining hall? "Um! Mrs. Bluff won't let us."-- New York Weekly. Uncle Allen's Advice. "If you hare any tears to shed over the sufferings of the destitute," ob­ served Uncle Allen Sparks, "don't shed them until you have sent a bundle of food and clothing to the sufferers. And then," added Uncle Allen, as the idea grew upon him, "you won't need to shed them."--Chicago Tribune. Many of the Books an Insult to the In­ telligence of Young People. Edward W. ftok has been making a careful and comprehensive examination of Sunday school libraries, and in The Ladies' Home Journal he confesses him­ self disgusted with the literature thus placed in the hands of our boys and girls. A less coinplete' investigation, Mr. Boksays, would not have made it possible for him to believe that the li­ braries of our Sunday schools were stocked with such piles of rubbish-- "wishy washy literature," as he terms it. He quotes the titles and gives the themes of a number of books he obtained from Sunday school libraries, and these seem to completely warrant his conclu­ sions. "Such books," he contends, "are an insult to the intelligence of the young people and have a pernicious in­ fluence. Instead of being healthy boobs they are decidedly unhealthy in tone and teaching. Surely we are Cultivating; a dangerous taste for reading in the young when we feed them On such rub­ bish." • ,• •. * * ' -*=53^ „ Mr. Bok unhesitatingly lays a part of the blame upon the publication boards and societies, which are influenced by a denominational spirit that narrows their choice of books. Then, again, it is shown that the most mediocre sort of "talent" is employed to write these books, and that beggarly prices--less than $80 per book--are paid. A share of responsibility, Mr. Bok asserts, rests upon the men who purchase Sunday school libarries, who, as is most fre­ quently the case, are not qualified for the task and whose object is to secure a library as cheap as possible. Mr. Bok warmly urges that the selection of Sun­ day school books be left to women, who "instinctively know and feel the kind of a book which a boy or girl will read and enjoy." He insists that women should be given carte blanche to make the selections so far as the prescribed amount of money will go. "A hundred good books," Mr. Bok concludes, "are far better than 500 books of indifferent interest," which are bought simply be­ cause they are cheap. "A Sunday school library cannot be created in, a day, and no discouragement should be felt if the financial means of the church, are con­ tracted and necessitate the purchase of only a few books at a time." Helpless as to Bread. Captain Bliss was like all seamen, a strict disciplinarian, and his crew re­ spected him beyond measure. Not one of them would have dreamed of inter­ preting a command otherwise than ac­ cording to the strict letter of the law. Things must be done shipshape under his rule. > One day, while the ship was in a cer­ tain port, the captain gave a dinner to some town acquaintances, and as the resources of the ship were not great some of the sailors were deputed to wait on the table to re-enforce the insufficient number of stewards. As'these men were not used to such work each one was told exactly what service would fall to his sharer The hour came, and the dinner went merrily on. Presently, however, one of the ladies wanted a piece of bread. There was none very near her, and the finely disciplined stewards seemed to be quite oblivious to her need. She turned her head and spoke very softly to the man at her elbow. "Bread, please," she said. He looked regretfully at the bread and then at her. It was evident that he would fain have helped her if it had been in his power. He saluted in fine naval style. "Can't do it, ma'am," saidlie. "I'm told off for taters." -- London Tele­ graph. il Lord Nelson's Spirit. Captain Alfred T. Malum writes an account of "Nelson In the Battle of Copenhagen" for The Century. Captain Mahan quotes the following from tbe account of the engagement written by Colonel Stewart of the British forces: "Lord Nelson was at this time, as he had been during the whole action, walk­ ing the starboard, side of the quarter deck, sometimes much animated and at Others heroically fine in his observa­ tions. A shot through the mainmast knocked a few splinters about us. He observed to me with a smile, 'It is warm work, and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment, ' and then, stop­ ping short at the gangway, he used an expression never to be erased from my ." memory and said with emotion, 'But, mark you, I would not be elsewhere for thousands.'" "With this spirit may be compared his rebuke some days after the battle to a lieutenant, who during the action had made a hopeless report about the grounded ships, "At such a moment the delivery of anything like a despond­ ing opinion, uniiilked, was highly repre­ hensible and deserved much more cen­ sure than Captain Foley gave you." 5'Ss® i Brains Bigger Than Man's. „ . According to Professor Max Weber of Amsterdam, the only animals which surpass man in the absolute weight at their brains are elephants and whales, but there are several that rank ahead of him in the ratio of the brain weight to the total weight of the body. All of these, however, are comparatively small animals. Among them are many mon­ keys and certain members of the squir- rel and mouse families. No animal*of greater bodily size than man has a brain which is relatively as large as his. Up­ on the whole, it seems that man's mett-y tal superiority is due rather to the qual­ ity and organization than to the size of his brain. , -1 Why have we memory sufficient to retain the minutest circumstances that have happened to us and yet not enough to remember how often we have related them to the same person?--La Roche­ foucauld. * W Darwin and Tyndall proved what nat­ uralists before their time suspected, that the air is literally full of plant geiiim and seois. i • • V J