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: rA**gv{< 1 * 4 tv w ** v 'tfp- #- <i» **3W» t. - HlMMMHM :• .*w, as*. «*; * »;v^ 'J V .. 1 •" ••• •, . • vs • » \ -; - . *\ v t' 1 1 if1" {?- • ,v ' < * . . r" 4 WlJ^i . '.nvll. W',t4 'I fHE LADY IN WHITE. **&' DOCUMENT RELATING TO HOHENZOLLERN GHOST. THE i t: Wm In the fonwUon of Iht Ztoattta family ud WM Presented to PrlaM Frederick--Prince Ferdinand Saw the i VThite tady Before Saalfeld. < • In one of the last issues of The Rtis- Item Archives, a well known magazine of the czar's country, appears the trans­ lation of a document which WHS r.dded to the family archives of *fc«* iiohenzol- lerns by Emperor Frederick in 1670. It was sent to the emperor, at that time crown prince, at his request, by Count Nostitz, son of Count George Nostitz, a Prussian by birth, who entered the serv­ ice of the czar and died a major general in 1838. The document relates to the "White Lady," the famous ghost of the Hohenzollems, who is supposed to make her appearance just before the death of a member of the family. Count Nostitz, Jr., was sent to Berlin in 1869, at the time of the centennial celebration of the order of St. George, to present King William, later Emperor William, the grand cross of the order. While the count was in the German capital Crown Prince Frederick learned of the possession of documents in the Nostitz family relating to the "White Lady." As everything in reference to the woman who has played an impor­ tant part in the history of the Hohenzol­ lems deeply interested the subsequent emperor he begged the count to send him a transcript of the document. It read, according to The Russian Arch­ ives, as follows: "In the year 1806 Count Nostitz, Sr., '•Was adjutant of Prince Louis of Prussia. On the day before the battle of Saalfeld, the prince, with his officers, was at the castle .of the Prince of Schwarzburg- Budolstadt. In the evening the guests were gathered in a large room of the pal­ ace. The prince was charmed at the idea of a coming contest with the troops of Napoleon. As the clock struck 12, the prince turned to Count Nostitz and said: 'How happy I feel today! Our ship is at last on the high seas. The wind is favorable.' "He had hardly spoken when the count, to his great astonishment, saw the prince grow pale, spring up suddenly, draw his hands across his eyes, catch hold of the chandelier and a moment later rush into the hallway leading into the guardroom. Count Nostitz went after him and saw that the prince was following a white apparition, which sud­ denly disappeared through the wall. The prince examined the wall--there was no opening. As the prince heard steps be­ hind him in the hallway, he turned and said to the count: " 'Did you see it, Nostitz? " 'Yes, your highness, I saw it,' was "IW® answer. J" 'Then,' continued the prince, 'it was neither a dream nor a ghost of the brain.' "There was a third witness present-- tiie guard--who declared that a figure wrapped in white had passed him. He had allowed it to do so because he had believed it to be a Saxon cavalry officer. The hallway had only two outlets--into the guardroom and the salon where the prince and his officers were gathered. "The apparition made a deep impres­ sion on the prince. He said that he looked upon it as a bad omen, for the 'White Lady' only appeared to announce the violent death of a Hohenzollern. "On the following day the battle of Saalfeld was fought. When the Prus­ sian troops had been put to flight, Prince Ferdinand and Count Nostitz again saw the 'White Lady,' who stood on a hill and wrung her hands as if in despair. Count Nostitz put spurs to his horse and rushed up the hill, but the apparition cuddenly disappeared. A few minutes later Prince Ferdinand received a mor­ tal wound in an attack of the French cavalry. Count Nostitz tried to carry the prince to a place of safety, but was also wounded and sank senseless to the .ground. "Count Nostitz never spoke in all his lifetime of this occurrence save to his •on, and to him he commanded secrecy. Count Nostitz was not superstitious." Emperor Frederick sent a hearty let- -Ttor of thanks to Count Nostitz, Jr., for the copy of the document, declaring that the family would always preserve it as • relic.--New York Tribune. ENGLAND'S UNEMPLOYED. a^MuniMW Adopted Which, If Is Thought, \J Will Gin 1,000,000 Persons Belief. The English government has at last determined to deal with the more than ever vital question of th© unemployed, and their experiments will be watched with interest by all the world. Sir John Gorst has pronounced himself in favor of a plan for dealing with the question in the rural districts which has received the sympathetic consideration of the government. The proposal is to em­ power the local authorities to buy or lease waste or unoccupied land, and to turn the surplus labor upon it. By this means it is believed that tens of thousands of acres now useless could be made fertile by spade labor and at the same time an effective check be put upon the persistent migration of unem­ ployed agricultural laborers into the towns, an evil which is the despair of many economists. It is asserted that this is almost the only way profitably to employ the idle without bringing them into subsidized competition with actual workers. Meanwhile that energetic and remark­ ably practical socialist member of par­ liament, John Burns, after many inter­ views and much correspondence with Mr. Fowler, president of the local gov­ ernment board, has persuaded that gen­ tleman to issue a circular to the local authorities giving them permission to institute relief works for unemployed ablebodied men, and urging them to take full advantage of the novel power thus conferred. There is nothing to prevent relief works from taking the form of the reclamation of waste land, and some authorities will probably utilize the men's labor in that manner. John Burns tells me there are 14,000 statutory local authorities, so that if each finds employment for only 10 men a total of 140,000 will receive work this winter. But it is more likely that work will be found for 250,000 of the great army of the unemployed, and that no fewer than 1,000,000 persons will benefit therefrom.--New York Son's London Letter. 1 'i > DUEL IN A GRAVEYARD. 1 Grasscntters In Famous Greenwood Cem­ etery Do Bloody Battle With Sickles. There was a vicious fight between two laborers in Greenwood cemetery late Saturday afternoon, and one of them, John Redmond, 28 years old, of Twenty- first street near Fifth avenue, is laid up in the Norwegian hospital suffering from ugly wounds on the chest, shoulders and face, and what the doctors think may be a fracture of the skull. It is a question of whether he can recover, and the hos­ pital physicians were very much in donbt about the case. Michael Yester, 21 years old, is locked up in the Fourth avenue police station, charged with the assault. The men are relatives and had been employed for some time as laborers in the cemetery. Satur­ day afternoon they were engaged cut­ ting grass on adjoining plots in the grave­ yard when a dispute arose between them. The police say that the quarrel was about some family matter, but the exact char­ acter of the disagreement is unknown. Both men were using sickles, and sudden­ ly they assaulted each other with the weapons. The attack came first from Vester, it is said, and he soon succeeded in render­ ing his opponent hors de combat with his weapon of peace. The cemetery po­ lice got wind of the dispute, and Cap­ tain Lask, with Officer BaChrus. l urried to the assistance of the wounded man. Redmond was taken care of until the arrival of the ambulance, and then he was removed to the hospital. His as­ sailant was arrested and taken around to the Eighteenth precinct police station. He was reticent concerning the cause of the quarrel and said he was not respon­ sible for the fight.--Brooklyn Eagle, ADAM'S N MVETE. Electricity In a Fruit Tree. The peculiar action of the electric cur­ rent is sometimes very interesting as well as amusing. Mrs. M. E. Thomp­ son, who resides on Williams avenue, Upper Albina, went into her yard the other day to gather some plums. The first one she touched gave her an electric * shock. Again she tried to gather the plums, and every time she touched one she received a strong shock. Unable to account for the occurence, she called in a neighbor, and she went through the same experience, and not a plum could they get. Mr. Menfee was called, and he started toward the place where the ladies were standing and came in contact with a clothesline full b.of clothes. In attempting to separate the clothes so he could pass, his hands came into contact with the line, and he received a shock that knocked him down. This led to investigation--made with great caution--and it was discovered that the electric light wire connected with the house was broken and had fall­ en across the clothesline, one end of which was attached to the plum tree. The line and clothes were damp and formed a good conductor. Also when ; ̂ ^ plum was touched a circuit was com- lS'• < jpleted and a shock received.--Portland JOregonian. • A Ridiculous Motion. f Patient--Doctor, when I bend my body forward, stretch out my arms horizon­ tally and impart to them a circular mo­ tion, I always feel such a pain in my left shoulder. Doctor--But what need is there for yyou to perform such ridiculous antics? $ Patient--Do you know any other way, idoctor, of getting ojiyour topcoat?--Am- uteH fTm M X War Relics at the FaUfc.,-.: ~»y Among the many thousands <6£ ex- hibits at the World's fair, none attracts more enthusiastic attention than that of the army, writes a newspaper man. That of the ordnance department is of special interest, especially the relief maps showing the great coast defenses, the models of the modern forts and the old time blockhouses. The small arms, including the old flintlock muskets of 400 years ago and the rifles of the pres­ ent day, the magazine guns, machine guns, mountain howitzers and the 12 inch siege guns, are also shown. Then there is the gun that fired the first shot in the civil war, the first bullet fired at Fort Sumter and the various machines for making rifles, ammunition and great guns. He Ought to Tlsit at Home* The German emperor is no doubt a model of most of the domestic virtues, but he certainly is wanting in one of them--a fondness for home. Not long ago his imperial majesty happened to mention to his brother, Prince Henry of Prussia, that he was out of health, and that his doctors had advised at least month of complete change of air. On this Prince Henry suggested that the best way of following the advice would be to spend a month in Berlin!--London Tit-Bits. A Woman Defends the First Man fVpu Charges o( Cowardice. ' And the Lord said, "Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee thou shouldst not eat?" The man said, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me -she gave me of the tree -and I",' did eat." This, it has been held for cen­ turies, was Adam's great sin, for which he was driven out of the garden and his descendants, even to the present gen­ eration, compelled to work for a living. In addition to bearing the ionsequencei of his error Adam has been" denounced through all succeeding centuries for his cowardice and lack of gallantry in try­ ing to throw the blame upon the woman who had been given to be with him--* "God's first, best gift to man." We are glad, therefore, that even after 6,000 years of unmerited condemnation which the memory of our great pro* genitor has had to bear there has arisen one person who dares to speak for him. And it is all the more fortunate that that person is a woman--a member of the sex whom Adam's words, by a wrong interpretation, were held to have maligned. This person is Mrs. Caroline F. Corbin, a distinguished authoress. In her latest book she says of Adam's plea: "This is not the expression of cow­ ardice, but of the innocent and native belief that anything which this lovely being, fresh from God's hand, proposed must be right, and right or wrong must be done. It is a trait which has come down in unbroken continuity of inheritance to the latest born of Adam's sons." The thought is a new one, but there is not a man alive and capable of appreci­ ating Mrs. Corbin's argument who will not indorse it. Where is there a man to­ day, barring a few crusty old bachelors, who would not have done the same thing under like circumstances? The woman was beautiful, the apple was good, and Adam was an unsophisticated, ingenious young man unaccustomed to the little social arts and deceptions that the daughters of Mother Eve have learned from her example. We insist that Adam is vindicated^ and that Mark Twain's tears over his grave were a deserved tribute. Now|; let the building of his monument prof, ceed. And let it be recorded thereoii that "he was a kind, loving and obedient husband."--Troy Times. Stuttering German Children. ̂ A late census shows that ther»-a» 80,000 stuttering children in the schools of Germany. The habit is said to be in-* creasing, owing to children mimicking one another. The school authorities have taken steps to lessen the number of children thus afflicted.--New York Tribune. Professor Gamer is getting on well with his study of monkey language. A letter dated from his steel cage, which he has named Fort Gorilla, has been re­ ceived in England from Fernandez Varz, Africa.. He writes that he has made a large collection of curiosities and ani- mals. Conway village, in Massachusetts, miles from the well known summer re­ sort of Ashfield, is to be converted into bustling manufacturing town and; market center, if an ambitions water powes scheme now on foot is consum­ mated. The city of Albany has been beautified by the unveiling of the King Memorial fountain. The statue, which is the work of J. Massey Rhind, is illustrative of childhood, youth, manhood and age gathered about the rock of Horeb. CLOTHED -- AND IN HIS BIQHr MIND. ' ^ - No mm can be said to be thoroughly in possession ot h>* MBM* who dees »mt pr-v«d<* pro ectloa against atmos­ pheric changes in t'-e form of toll ami winter clot bin*. This Is the season when you are most likely to take cold, nd ft little care now mav prevent » ^'Itong tit of illness. Wonderful ii >w cheaply we can fit TOO out with a pr per suit of c'othes, » nice «oat, an 6'egant vest, a handsome pair of pants, ^or a sty 1 ish overcoat i Our price3, which are lower than %Tcr before, defy competition. Corns and ste us, and let us take your measure, AUGUST BUCHROLZ, MoHKNRY, ILL. County Fail- affords an excellent opportunity for the pick-pocket to get your watch. If you would be proof against his skill, be sure »t ths bow, (0E rigg) is * ,.xtu i;i .:i UroK^JS WILLIS* JRT When in need of a set of Harness, or anything to be found in a first ela/ts har­ ness shop, give me a call. Good WOPS- m^nship and low prices always the rule. CUS CARLSON. McHenry, 111., 1893. £ & l Harness - Maker ADD DBAtiKR 111 HARNESS. SADDLERY. Blanket*, GUTTERS, «ce*' 5 & ALL GOODS AT COST! Stock must be closed out in ten days from date. Singrle and light dioubJe har­ ness at 30 per cent off Heavy double harness 25 per cent off Several sets of second-hand double and single harness at al­ most nothing. All goods must go ^ of a life-tim*. G. L. KIIBBARD. Nuadn. Ill*, 1803. There has been considerable discussion! i to who invented spectacles and who, had the pleasure of wearing the firsts - pair. The honor is generally awarded ) to an Italian named Salvia® Arrn&ti, who died in 1817. JALOCH AND RESTAURANT. ILLINOIS. McHBNRY, All coins minted at Charlotte, 17. C., bear in addition to all other marks the letter C; those at Dahlonega the letter D; those at New Orleans the letter O; those at Carson City, C C; those at San Francisco, S. A western geologist states after care* ful observation that rich beds of gold, copper, coal, cement, marble, aluminium and silicate clay pbound in large quan­ tities in Wyoming. Terpsichore In Texas. The Texas dance is becoming almost as fatal as the unloaded gun. Nearly every night one or more of these pleas­ ure parties wind up with a tragedy. It may yet become necessary as a police precaution to abolish terpsichore and confine our sultry tempered young peo­ ple to prayer meetings and pink teas.-- San Antonio Express. Death at the Railway Crossing. BUFFALO, Oct. 23.--A distressing acci­ dent occurred at the Acedia crossing of the Lake Shore railway, by which Super intendent A. J. Porter of Buffalo lost bis life and his wife and child were injured* Mrs. Porter's arm was broken and the child slightly injured. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, --AND-- J, Scilitz IMes Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Snitz Globs to 1C0 barrels. AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or ca3e as cheap as the cheapest. to e buy none but the beet and sell at Reasonable Prices. H I t %ud see **«#» and I will use U. ANTONY - • l.i,. Preferred Death to Siberia. A dispatch from Warsaw says: Cap­ tain Tomassevicz of the Bussian artil­ lery was arraigned before a court marr tial to answer charges of ill treating a sentinel and forging documents. The evidence was overwhelming against him, and the court speedily found him guilty and sentenced him to exile in Si­ beria. As soon as the sentence was an­ nounced Captain Tomassevicz drew a revolver and shot himself dead. California Argonauts. A San Francisco letter says that an ex­ tension of the prosperous and widely known Association of California Pioneers has been formed under the name of Ar­ gonauts of California. The Pioneers ad­ mit no person who came to the state after 1849. The new order will let in any white man who has been in Califor­ nia for 25 years. Its purpose will be in effect the same as that of the Pioneers. /WWWW^WWWiWVWWWWVWWiWWftW/W| BALD HEADS! What Is the condition of yours? Is your hair dry, S harsh, brittle? Does It split at the ends? Has it a J lifeless appearance ? Does it fall out when combed or % brushed ? Is it full of dandruff? Does your scalp itch ? > Is it dry or hi a heated condition ? If these are some of i your symptoms be warned in time or you will become bald. SkookumRoot Hair Grower is what you need. Its production is not an accident, but the rc-snlt of scientific research. Knowledge of the diseases of the hair and scalp led to the discor- _ 1 ery of how to treat them. "Skookum " contains neither minerals nor oils. It ^ is not a Dye. but a delightfully cooling and refreshing Tonic. By stimulating J» the follicles, it stops falling hair, cures dandruff and grow* hair on bald heaar KeeD tbe scalp cl#an, bealthy, and free from Irritating eruptions, by 5 the use of Skookum Skin Soap. It destroys parasitic inatott, whiok feed on «C on4^«tn^»he awyplyyoo sead dirce® to tit, and we will forward prepaid, on receipt of price. Grower, ftUN per ; ti fur tS-OQ. Site, .per jar t* for 92.80. I THE SKOOKUrt ROOT HAIR GROWER CO., i ***** tf Bssth fifth New Y«rk, M. Y. TMfs wonderful bow is now fitted to the Jas. Boss Filled Watch Cases, Which are made of two plates of gold soldered to a plate of composition metal. Look equally as well as solid gold cases, and cost about half as much. Guaranteed to wear 20 years. Always look for this trade mark. None genuine without it. Sold only through watch dealers. Ask any jeweler for pampUeUat-scBd to the manufacturers. Keystone Watch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. Executor's If otic e ESTATE of Aaron Hofltaan deceased. The u r <ierstcn«d having been appelated Kx«entor» mt tbe UWi WU1 and IMISMBI Aaron Hoffman, deceased, lata of tli* Oooaty ol MeHaary and State of Illinois, hereby give aetlee that they will appear be­ fore the County Court of MeHeary Ooaair.at tbe Ooart Bouse at W'odstoek. at Cm Oc­ tober term, on the first M aday in Octo­ ber aext, at whieh time ah persons h*vtoir alalia* against said estate are notified aad requested to attead for tbe purpose of bavin* the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make Immediate paymeattto the undersigned. Dated this 16th day of October, A. D. IMS. MABK HOFFMAV. .. < • • • ' i iiOs-rttAir, lowe- " Executors. IN THE * GRL$U '"J1*v.. ' COAL & FEED ' * to Good Supply, » , t * 3hl ; . . . . J . . .... „ R I P A N S ABULES - - For Spot Cash Only. " •••' V-• -.y 1 - Prices Reduced Accordingly. (minifimniniiiirij* ^ , V"' ill pay you to investigate, . £. CRIST*, WEST McBENRY\ ILL. REGULATE THE STOMACH, LIVER AND BOWELS AND PURIFY THE BLOOD. RIPANS TABULE8 are the beat Medl. eta* known for Indigestion, BlllonineM, Ueadaehe, CoastlpatfoB, Dyspepsia, Okiwlt Llrer Trembles, IHsslness, Bad Complexion, llysenterj-, Offensive Breath, aad aU din* orders of the Stoaiaeh, liver and Bewels. Rip&ns Tabnlea contain nothing injurious to the moot delicate constitution. Are pleasant to take, safe, effectual, and give immediate relief. Price--Box (t rials), 76 cents; Package (4 boxes), IS. Hay be ordered through nearest dragt or by maiL Sample tree by mall. Address THE RIPANS CHEMICAL CO., 10 SPRUCE STREET, NETW 10RK OT. JUSTEN m ith two stores, one on the West side and one on the K&.ii .side, '(McHenry), they prt sent to the buying public A Larger Stock of all kinds ol N1TURE ^Than ev«r before, whloh wt.---- • are oflerlrjr at greativ W IS THE TIME TO BUY. REDUCED PRICES. B@uWe also keep in stock a full Hue of samples of CABPBTS, and w« can give voh anything from the cheapest to the finest Brussels at lower prices tbao aoj other house In the county. We have taken great palos In selecting our U N D E R T A K I N G - : - S U P P L I E S , Coffins. Cnsket« sod Trimming* ot tbe latest designs. Everything new and elegant. We keep nothing but the best. Do not fall to call and see as when to w a n t o f a n j t b j n g i n o u r l i n e , - * , 0 - A SPJLBNDID NEW HEARSE, ID connection, which will be furHsbeda* Reasonable Rates. ^ £ JUSTEN BROS. Wa wish to announce to all wiio-have public auctions in plation that the PLAINDEALEB Office is headquarters tor Sale Bills, Our facilities are such that we are able to do the best ot work, A.9 ffe employ only first cla^s workmen, all jobs turned out by u* are artistically printed Can furnish any size or AUCTIOH sum The undersigned will sell at Public Auction, at the PLAINDEALER office, in the village of McHenry, from now until color of Sale Bills* on cloth, card-board or paper, in the most approved stvlee. g^T'Our prices are most reasonable. A iiee notice inserted in the PLAINDEAL- ER, McHenry County's leading paper, for all who have theii bills printed at muuuuijt UVUi U«VH V tuesday, March 31, 1894, ' Between the hours o! 7 A. M. and 6 P. M., each day except Sundays, the following property: • 10,000 SALE BILLS 10,000, - tions in McHenry and Lake Counties. These bills will offer lor sale ^/n /nHORSES !"""-- ) RAnrtiiz in atrs from one to 24 years, and lnolndlM nmdsters, racers and drafts of the best breeds known to man. C A T T L E . - -- , Ofsnoh celebrated breeds as Durbams, Hols was,.. Jerseys, etc, and in condition euch as to receive the praise of the best judges, _ -- -- Sheep snd Hogs. AH A# vhich are HANDSO^ein appearance aad nearly ready for butchering purposes or for the markets. ' ' FARM IMPLEMENTS, In Krcat abundance, comprising corn Planters. Reiwere Mowers, hay Rakes. Harness, Wagons, Buggies ana Sleighs; also a large amount of House- hoi • <tfoods. and many other articles too numerous to mention ••isssssr~ TERM4 All sums of ten dollars and under cash in hand. A free notice will be given to each person whose sale bills are printed in this cilice. A. O. RCPP, AUCTIONEER. THE PLAINDEAyig? nvrci? ' L-'d. *0 this office. Of course we would be pleated to do your work, are here for that purpo|». Tou>ill consult your own interests by giving -1wmamu us a call." Very Truly Your?, \ sK.< ? 1