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It has been said that a newspaper represents a t city and with this it can be said that ad ' (fercisers niAke the city whatever it is from a business stand point. > ^ Hi in on Stoffsl has been one of the bust- Hug merchants of Mctleury for years. He uses a coliima of spaca in THE PUAIV- BKALKH and is a clever advertiser. Mr. P V . flto^fdi conducts a general store and be- des carrying oa affairs of his store he evotes considerable time to the writing Of tire insurance. - \ A. P. Baer is another of the energetic McHenry merchants who is an advertis­ er of TUB PL.AINOEAL.ER and his ad can &e found on the second page in this Week's issue. Mr. Baer has only been in HcHenry six years, still during that time by bis shrewd business methods he has built up a large business. J. J. Miller, one of McHenry's enter- • prising merchants and business men is I ANOTHER of THE PI>AINDKALEB'S patrons. ^lr. Miller was born and spent his boy- Hood days near McHenry so that he is . '"Jfrell known to all readers of THE PLAIN-r«>*- • £ /"• .^EALEE, and besides be is ah up-to-date business man and thorough in all the de- taiis of his business and enjoys a large patronage. M. J. Walsh has been in business here 7 but a year and during'that time his trade I" kas increased to such an exteut that his efforts have been more than crowned He is in every respect a thorough gentle man and gives close attention to busi­ ness. Beoi les this he givis some of bis time to the tire insurance business and : represents the Continental Fire Insur­ ance Co. Jolin Eraiso 1 & OJ. a e oni of the old marjautila establidiununis of Military a id the genial proprietors areas popular '•>'" fa' day as the.first day they-totn^arned iu ftusiaoss They has b>«en advertising a 7 Special shoe « lie in the last issue, and in &7, preseat issue of THIS PJ-AINDEALER. I :' Geo. W- Besley the druggist and apath 4< • bleary, has been for many years a con- :: 1 atant advertiser in the columns of the PLAINDEALER. Mr. Bealey has been, in . McHenry for years and has always done jjV'7- k good business. He has a double quarter column advertisement in ^ ' |bis issue. Jacob Justen, the reliable furniture dealer, is another one of the PLAINDBAL- r . JIR'S. family of advertisers and occupies H * "1, quarter column of space. He has been In business here about ten years and has iu all cases bandied an uptodate line of furi.iture. JuliaA.Stoy, dealer in drugs and iredicines. is one of the - leading druggists of McHenry. She has been a btliever in the adage that it co*te money to get trade and money judici­ ously spent in advertising pays 20 per cent on the investment. Her ad. appears on the last page and the attention of the readers are called to it. F. L. McOaibHr, the hardware man, uses a half column of space in presentiue his bargains to the public. Mr. Mc Oruber wai bora and raised in McHenry BO that the PL.AINDEAL.RR need not in~ troduce him to the people as be has a well established record for treating hi? Customers right and giving reasonable bargain aad he is in every respect a thorough buKinestt man., J. H. Miller is t e proprietor of th» McHenry marble and granite works and he advertises his business in the PLAIN- DEALER. A city iR incomplete without a dealer in monuments, a man who can prepare artistic monuments for the bor.- ored dead, and certainly Mr. Miller is ca- jjable in this line. Henry is one of the sound business es­ tablish ment« of the county and being under such good management as the present proprietors, Messrs Perry AO wen, it has every reason for being such a success. Mr. Perry has been a life long resident of McHenry and saw it de­ velop from a pioneer corner stone to -the present thriving village. (Jus f'arlson, the harness dealer, is another of McHenry'i reliable mer­ chants and has ever been found a true! mnn to deal with. This is the season of the year when farmer* need more or less in the harness line and Mr. Carlson nd- vertises bargains in single and double harnoss and also a specialty in repairing J. W. Bonslett is McHenry's plumber. His ppsce in the PI.AINI>EALER is de­ voted to the advertising of all kinds of sanitary pluu.bit g and etrict attention given to steam and hot water heating In turning to our professional cards we find the namee of six attorneys. Jndge 0. fl. Gillmore, the present county judge, J F. Casey, one of the county's most pro mising attorneys, C. P. Barnes, whose reputation extends throughout the circuit, Kuight& Brown and Ffonk Shepard, of Chicago, and A . TO THE LADIES: The Plaindealer Co wishes to announce to the ladies of Mc­ Henry and vicinity that they have all the facilities for turn­ ing out up-to-date callingcards We ui«« nothing but, the best of material and guarantee that our work will ^ive eritfre satis­ faction. Call and inspect our stock and get prices m McHenry has a tailor who U q<i*lifi>d and uptoiate in overy respect and the gentleman is-J D L >dte Mr. L>dtz is now advertising new spring /iuits H* carries a choici st'»ck and is both thor­ ough aid reliable in all of the details of his business. Milj Ho*e, McHenry's mueic dealer, has a complete stwsk in ibn* line. Mr Howe is a McHenry man atu^this is bin first business veutjnva*; He is a thor­ ough gtHitfetnim, lionet and reliabln and is entitled to a good pa.tron.agw He ad­ vertise* the latent standard !nusicsh»,e,tj, instruments wc. R. Schiessle, 4ho runs the Wp«t Mo- Henry restaurant, own the advertising cnlams of the PLAINDSALKR. Mr Schi^s jgle kse >s ope i for th«» acs »m > iation o? '^th^ public a first cia$s re^t'iurant and *a jlooo . Lunches are served at moderate rfites. To those who wish to nmc^ a nio< , fresh cigar the PL%I.VDEALKR will recom- ; mend its adverti-ers, th« Harhinn Bros JTnesn ge'itleraen h# 'e b*n in b'lsi'ieuH bere for a great many yeani, and, con - .sidering the opposition that there IH ir< this line of bn<mie«s nowa«1ays, the.r have - a patronage that is flittering. They 1^- nc^w employ eight first class cigar makers and t'. ree boys and ar * more than kept - rushed to fill orders. "0u A bank is a buniness facile tor in any v.*jcity and an institution that is of invalu- The Bauk of Mc MS,": ii. Matter man, who recently moved here from Sycdmore. I i the qmdical professional line the uames Drs. Wells, Fegers and AurinRor appear. I)? Welh has riot been in Mc- Heary as yet a yea*v coming here from Chicago, bat iu thatcourseof time be has worked into an encouraging practice and it is beiug added to eacb da v. He is in every respest a pleasaut gentleman. The practice of l)r. Fegers is well known-by the physicians in all parts of tbe county who are free to say that no other physician in the county has a larger one. He has beeu for many years a resi­ dent of McHenry and is personally known to every one. v Dr. AurLiger has b?en practicing medi­ cine here for about s?x years an^l so suc­ cessful has his practice been that it has constantly iu"rea«£d year by year until at the present time he has a practice in McHenry and the surrounding country that keeps him going, all the _tuue to attend to i t. W. A Criatv, justice Qf the peace. West McHenrv III., gives careful attention to collections Mr. Cristy's card appears fn THE PLAINDEALER each week. H. C. Mead also lias a cird advertising as justice of the peace and general insur­ ance agent, including accident and life. Dr Walter C. Besley, dentist, West McHenry, advertises in his card his den­ tal parlors over the Besley drug store. Dr. Beslt y is a young man and has in the tima he has practiced deutistry given universal satisfaction. " T. V. Slocu.n, of Wauconda, 111, advertises a« a general auctioneer. Mr Slocum has built up a reputation in thi* line which is both broad and substan tial. G. F. Boley,.pro{ rietor of the McHenry brewery, h&s a small advertising card relative to his business. Sultan's Private Life. Some details of the private life of the sultan of Turkey are given in the Leisure Hour. The sultan rises at 8 o'clock, we are told. He does not get into uniform at once, like his friend, the kaiser, satisfying himself with a dark-colored dressing gown. It is only when he expects an early state visit that lie puts on his "stambulin," or gold-embroidered coat. As soon as his prayers' are ended he has an early breakfast. The officer nf tbo ti.iv then approaches-with papers which the first secretary has prepared. These usual­ ly relate to appointments, dismissals, decorations, and promotions of various Ottoman officials throughout the em­ pire. Then come the telegrams from the embassies in various lands, and 'ie secret dispatches from the at­ taches, who are spies on the actions of the ambassadors. At the second breakfast, the chief meal of the ijay. Abdul Ilamid appears in some state. There is a curious cere- money observed at this meal. The dishes appear on the table sealed. The senls are broken in the presence of the sultan, and a specially appointed officer tastes each dish before it is presented to his majesty. Hitherto AIKIUI Hamid by these precautions has avoided poisoning. After dinner he has coffee and a cigarette, made out of tobacco specially grown and sorted for his own imperial use. This is fol­ lowed by a siesta of two hours. Late in the afternoon the secret reports of his spies and police agents in Constan­ tinople are brought to him, and when nothing of moment presses he occupies bis evening listening to French bal^ let music on the piano. Marin Stanton's Oeaih. Martin Stanton, an old resident of Volo, Lake county, died at his home at ;that place lopt week Thursday and the •burial service was held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in tfiis place Saturday, Rev. Father CV>leil officiating, aud the burial in the cemetery here. SPEED! BOSSES ffl M1EHRI. LOVERS 0#THC SPORT AUC EX­ PECTING SOME RACING Dadwibt. In Several of Oar Horse men Will edly Pat Their Trotting Training ThU Samtner. /The present outlook in fast horsery in McHenry this season Indicates a very active one and it certainly will onles" ^il eigaa fail. Just now there are sev­ eral candidates for honors oa the track and as sooa as things are favorable they will be pat into active training. McHenry has had in its day a great many speedy horses and animals that won honor* at county fairs all over northern Uliaois. With the exception ol Richmond McHenry can lay claim to the fact that she has no equal for her tin id the raising of fast horses. j C. T. Eidredge will start E J ward ii this season under the most favorable circumstances. E l ward D is certainly a wouder and Dr. F. 8, Whitman, of Bel- videre, superintendent of the Northern Illinois Hospital for the Insane, said, on seeing him trot at the Boons Coun y Fair, that he was the moot promising horse for the length of time ou the track that he bad ever seen. He comes from the George O stock and was entered at the McHenry County Fair last Septem- b *r and was then taken to the Boone County Fair at Belvidere, where be won in three straight heats, making the mile in 2:30%, This Was on Sept. 7, and a week later, Sept. 16 and 17. he won two races in three straight heats each at the Lake Coanty Fair at Liberty ville, mak­ ing a record of 2:25%. At the Walworth County Fair at Elkhorn he won in three straight heats, and did it it 2:30, and practically had things his own way. He will beat bis 2.25% record all to pieces before this season mioses as dir. Kldredge expects to enter him in all the races in northern Illinois and southern Wiscon­ sin. E. P. Granger will probably train his horse, "Sunshine,*' for the first time A" ^r.iek Boola' Affaire. j Miss Belle Gallaher gave a party last, iek Wednesday evening in honor of her I 13 th birthday. Th* hours of entertaii - Vjnent were from 7 o'clock otfllt 10. Those present wtrf: Mioses:-- Edna Story ki'l;* - Mamie Grang^ Earl Waite Duke Holmes , #illie Gallahef? Hue Gallaher . Oora Stoffel Hattie Lamphere Zae Gallaher Masters:-** Carl Mead Fred Kldredge Peter J ust-m Archie Aaringer A small party of young people enjoyed /a very pleasant evening at W. A, Cristy's on Witurday evening of lest The Willing Workers social was held at the residence of Win. Whiticg last Friday evening, where a very enjoyable evening was spent. The evenings enter­ tainment consisted of a short musical program. v •• M The Twenty-five Club will give a mas­ querade party Friday evening of this week at 8 toff el's hall. Annual Town Ktitllf.' Notice is hereby given to the citizens leg*l voters of the town of McHenry, in the county of McHenry and state of Illi­ nois, that the annual town meeting for said town will be held at village hall, McHenry, Ills., in said town on Tuesday the 4th day of April next, being the first Tuesday of the month, for the purpose following, vis; to elect one supervisor (who will be ex-afficio overseer of the poor,) one town clerk, one assessor, one collector, one commissioner of highways. Also to transact the miscellaneous busi­ ness of the town and to/ act upon any additional subj^ts which may in pur­ suance of law come bt fore said meeting when convened. Polls will be opened at seven o'clock in the forenoon, and closed at five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. Given under my hand at West McHenry, III, this 15th day of March A. D., 1899. M. J. WALSH, Town Cierk. TOWNSHIPCfCUSES ABE HELD MCHENRY CAUCUS WAS A VERY £ QUIET AFFAIR. ^ The Plaindealers Qffer' THE PLAINDEALER mikes the following offer to the b>y or girl who will Land in the largest number of news items from now until April 15 : We will give one year's subscription to either the Youth's Compani n, Go'den Diys Golden Hours, Harper's Round Table, or the winner may select auy magazine or periodical desired of the same ex­ pense and such belection will be accepted Sign your nf<me to the item* and they will be preserved each week. Place your items in the (iitem box" in front of the«ffice. -- -- -- -- -- v-- -- this season. "Sunshine" is a promising colt and was sired by George 0 and the mother was the celebrated"Midnight." S. 8 Chapell has a very promising horse that he contemplate developing this season. Tue horse was sired by George 0 and a dam from Alaaiutiru Hecom^s from a speedy ancestry and has the best of prospects before him. llauly Bros, will have four horses in the track this season. Hanly Bros, are no new men in the horse and sulkv world, but are known to have been t*te owners of many a goxf horse. The following is a list of the horses that Hanly Bros, will enter this season: George H. a six years old horse, whue record is 2:35 Ha wa* sired by dffigert and .from George 0. Perly G, sired by Giorye • >, aid a dam from Typhon. She is a five year old and h is a record of 3:40 and better. Ben H, a colt of four years, will be trained this year for the first titneoq the track. He is a promising horse and was sired by Fanghburg. Loafer, a five year old colt that will be entered for the first time this season. He was eired by Wilkes. They have secured the services of ffm Summers, of Chicago, who will be their horse trainer and drive them during the season. Their horees wili be entered at the Woodstock aad Richmond race and will make the circuit during <the county fairs next fall. How to Live Cheaply. Government experts say that a man can be. well fed for 35 cents a day. This, however, means feeding men In mass, ihere is a man in Philadelphia, however, who laughs at this lavish ex­ penditure, inasmuch as his bill of fare lor the entire week only costs that amount Twenty years ago he made up his mind that Americans ate too much. His staple meal is in the mid­ dle of the day. and it always consists of soup--good, rich soup--and a baked potato. Some days Instead of tiie baked potato he has what southerners call cow peas, which are extremely cheap and 1 wholesome. They cost 5 cents a pound and swell very much to cooking. He cooks tfaem with a 'btt of salt pork. Rice is alsc> one of bis staple foods, and occasionally a little milk. He buys two loates of stale bread a week, which cost cents a loaf. These are always toasted. Cab­ bage is another article of diet, cheap and of great value. He has an ar­ rangement with his grocer by which he bnys the scraps of cheese left over from the large cuttings at 2 cerffs i'&r. a day's scraps. Saturday night he treats himself to a drink of beer. He is in sound health and has not hod Indigestion for 20 years. PlcklA Factory May Open. R W Stafford, the man who owns several pickle fectorits in Northern Illi­ nois, was in McHenry Wedoettday look­ ing t$e field over with the v ew of start­ ing a factory here. He waa favorably impressed with the field and will be ont next week to look further into the de­ tails. v -- Lose Their Child. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Harripon, of Ring- wood, had the misfortune to loeo their little son, James, whose death occured Tufiflday evening. The burial service' was held Thursday at Ringwood, Rev. Whipple, of this place, officiating, and the interment in Ringwood cemetery. Queer Damage Salt. A woman has brought suit in the Municipal Court of Boston to recover $300 damages from a baking company, because while passing along the street she "was struck by an egg, dropped or thrown from the building of the de­ fendant. and had her garments de­ stroyed." She further alleges that the egg was set ih motion by the negli­ gence of the defendant's servants en­ gaged in the discharge oC its busi­ ness." The Board of Auditors Mnetln-r. The board of auditors of the town of McHenry and state oi Illinois, will hold their regular meeting et the town clerk's office. West McHenry, III , on Tuesday, the 28th day of march, A. D. 1899, at the hour of two o'clock p iu. This meet­ ing is for the purpose of examining and auditing all town accounts which may properly come before them. All persons interested will take due notice. Signed the 20th day of march, 1899. M, J. WALSH, Town Clerk. •very ' %(Hirnshlp in the Nominated a Good Ticket --About the Candidates. / < In less thau thirty minutes Saturday the Republicans i t McHenry met, nomi- in a ted, a township ticket and adjourned. •Jay Van Sljke, chairman of the Republi- c m townchip committee, called the meet 4ng to order and H. C. Mead was nomi­ nated chairman and Jay Van Slyke was chosen secretarj*. The caucus was held in the city hall 'u McHenry and a more harmonious caucus never was convened in this place. The following tickot was chosen: W. A. Cristy, supervisor; ^Charles Harmsen, town clerk; 3. W. Smith, asses­ sor; Peter Rothermel, collector; Bernard Harrison, highway commissipner. .The old town committee, W. A. Cristy, Jay Van Slyke and John 1. Story, were retained for another year. On motion the meeting odjourned. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. The Democratic caucus was held at the city halt Thursday afternoon. The meet­ ing was called to order by T. J. Walsh, chairman of the town committee, and Wm. Stoffel was chosen chairman and Frank J. Barbian was made secretary. The following ticket was nominated and the old committee, consisting of T. J. Walsh, H. W. Allen and Frank Barbian, was retained: Wm. Str ffell, supervisor; N L. Freund, assessor; M. J. Freund, collector; J. W. Bonslett. town clerk; James R. Cleary, highway commissioner. THE CANNINATES. W. Cristy, Republicau nominee, is .the present supervisor and is the chair­ man of the county board, a most respon- position of trust, and will, if elected, be retained as such chairman. The chairman of the board of supervisors is a member of the county board cf review and this will certainly be a great lever- Hge for this township. He has given a clean administration and is a most com­ petent officer. S. WfJ Smith, a farmer living near Ringwood, is a thoroughly competent roung man and a good judge of prop- ery. He was unfortunate in having lost his left hand & little over a year ago. The office of assessor under the new rev­ enue law is a most important one. but Mr. Smith i* capable of attending to all the duties of the same. Peter Rothermal, a carpenter of Johns burgh, held the offlne of collector some years ago and demonstrated the fact th*>t he is a hustler and thoroughly fitted for the office. He wa* once elected asses­ sor but owing to mi*f jrtune in having a barn, on which he was working, blown down, was unable to perform the work aod resigned in favor of John Huemann, the present assessor. Charles Flarmsan has for several years been employed by the Wilbur Lumber Co., and is capable and well known as a worthy, industrious man. He is a Ger­ man Lutheran and is the first represent­ ative those people have had on a town- Bhip ticket for several years. Bernard Hnrrison, a thrif*y farmer, was born ih this township, and is one of the directors of the McHenry Creamery Co. A man of excellent judgment, while always open to conviction, he has the judgment necessary to subserve the best interests of his town in the capacity of highway commissioner, for which office he has been nominated. Wm. Stoffel, the Domoractic nominee, ha* resided in McHenry for a^rr-at many years. He is in every sense of the word a Read This! THE PLAIN DEALER will soon make an t.ff«r througb its col­ umns that will undoubtedly plwiH the young people and "perhans t he oldi*7r cinesT Tt ls our intention to give away a vuluabio prize to the person bringing in the largest num­ ber of names aw ensh subscrib­ ers Full particulern concern­ ing the coutwt will be given out about April 1. Watch for it, thorough gentlemrn and stands well in his party. N. R. Freund, nominee for assessor, is a competent gentleman and has a large following of friends in the township. M J. Frf-und, nominee T>r collector, has served th3 township in this capacity for three years and "has made an excep­ tionally good record. JohnJ. Bonslett, the candidate for town clerk, is one cf VfcHenry's business men and is a man that commands the bnst of respect. James R Cleary, nominee for commis­ sioner of high ways,, is one of McHenry's prosperous farmers and stands well in the township, where he has been a resi­ dent for a great inuuy yea^s. "RICHMOND. Republican--F. E. Holmes, town clerk; H. J. Christion, assessor; A. S. Wright, collector; Major Moore, highway .com­ missioner; John Summer, school trustee. Democratic by petitfon--J. T. Bower, town clerk; W. H. Thomas, assessor; Joljn Summer, highway commissioner. BURTON, Republican by petition--F. W. Hatch, supervisor; A. Neish, town clerk; B. A. Stevens, assessor; Frank Orvis, collector; Wm. Shotliff, commissioner of highways. Peoples by petition--Robert Esh, town clerk; Wm. Carey, assessor; Chester Stev­ ens, collector; Willard Colby, commis­ sioner of highways; Wm. Lichty, con­ stable. HARTLAKD. J. H. Haley, town clerk; C. Nolan, assessor; Philip King, collector; J. C. Hollisey, commissioner of highways. DOKB. L. T. Hoy, supervisor; Theo. Hoiner, town clerk; C. J. Judd, assessor; W. H. Schenck, collector; S. Mc Simmons, com­ missioner of highways; W. P. Walkup, school trustee.' Democratic--D. R, Joslyn, supervisor; J. L. Flemming, toton clerk; J. W. Kolley, assessor; F. N. Blakeslee, collector; A. J. Kingman, school trustee. HEBRON. H. M. Turner, supervisor; M. S. Good- sell, town clerk; C. A. Wilbon, collector; Louis Vogel, commissioner of highways; D. M. Water, trustee. ALGONQUIN. L. E. Mentch, supervisor; V. N. Ford, town clerk; C. F. Dike, assessor; Henry Hubert, collector. Democratic--F. E. Cox, supervisor; Joseph Kroeger, assessor; Andrew J. Doig, collector; Robert Rodke, commis­ sioner of highways. By petition--Ernest Miller, collector; B. K. Sporawk, commissioner of high- waya. GRAFTON. Republican--J. R. Ellis, town clerk; B. F. Ellis, assessor; Albert Gibbs, collector Democratic--J. R, Brook man. town clerk; B. F. Ellis, assessor; Henry Hener, collector; George Kreutzer, highway commissioner; 0. K. Griffith, school trus­ tee. NUNDA. R< publican--H. B. Wilcox, town clerk; Frank Smith, assessor; M. V. Miller, col­ lector; T. Thompson, highway commis­ sioner. Democratic--W. A. Van Auken, asses­ sor; E. G. McCollum, collector. CORAL. Republican--J. A. Crandall, to*nclerk; F. A. Fisher, assessor; A. 8. Peak, col­ lector; Joseph Snyder, highway commis­ sioner; Henry Heath, school trustee. Democratic--Homer Darling, town clerk; John Bliss, collector; Thos. O'Roarke, highway commigsisoner; C. L. Kremer, school trustee. ALDEN. Wi D. Cornue, supervisor; W. D Thompson, to*n clerk; H. F. Manley, assessor; J. H. -^cott, collector; D. Sulli van, commissioner of highway*; W. D. Cornue, school trustee. DUNHAM. R. J. Beck, supervisor; D. A. Bprrows, town clerk; W. A. Maxon, assessor; J. E. Wells, Collector; J. Dona van, commis sioner of highways; J. E. Cunningham and David Lee, school trustees. CBEMUNG. Richard Da Lee, town clerk; S. H. Cal­ ender, assessor; A. L. Senger, collector; F. C. Haggles, commissioner of high­ ways. RILEY. N. Brotztnan, supervisor; Ellery Mac- key, town clerk: J. Brotzman, assessor; W. Dimon, collector; F. S. Fellows, com­ missioner of highways; H. H. Barber, School Trustee. SENECA. J. S. Wills, supervisor; W. G. Flanders, clerk; Frank Silliman, collector. MARENGO. T. J. Beldin, town clerk; Geo. Beldin, assessor; Will Woodruff, collector; B. J. Alcott, commissioner of highways; M. W. Poyer< school trusted. "NIGKDM PERPETUAL U8HT £ i '/ f i f ] A Washington aa a Sentinel. William Perrine gives a graphic pic­ ture of Washington'* memorable win­ ter of suffering at Valley Forge in the Ladies' Home Journal. "Sentinels pacing took off their caps and stood in them to save their feet from freezing," be writes. "Here and there could be found even officers in a sort of dress­ ing gown Biade of old woolen bed­ covers. The stout-hearted women of New Jersey sent their quilted clothes as Christmas presents, with the pa­ triotic jest that as women were said sometimes to wear the trousers, so now there would be an excuse for men who might wear the petticoats. Washington, who never exagger­ ated, said that few men had more than one shirt, many only half a one, and some none at all. Nearly 3.000 men were bare-footed, and occasional­ ly might be seen a soldier who was all but naked. Sometimes there was nothing to eat in the camp but rotten salted herrings. Men were known to snatch at the dough of half-baked cakes in the kitchens of the farmers' wives. The contractors and the com­ missary agents and the continental congress had brought 12.000 men to the verge of starvation, and the blood of General Wayne ran hot with rage as he looked on his poor fellows, weak with hunger. Indeed there was but one horn tumble!- and also but one wooden dish for ever mess. "Washington himself dined one day on potatoes and hickory nuts. ' My good man.' he said to the sentinel in front of his headquarters, pacing up and down in the bitterness of a cold morning, 'have you had anything to eat?' 'No, sir,' was the reply. *Give me your musket, then, and go inside and get some breakfast' And the tall commander gravely walked up aad down as guard over his own housa.* O N E O P T H E TIONS OF THE DAY. MARVELOUS INVKM* - ' - -Att ftktkibiUon of The WonderftiX ° WU1 Boon be Given Hsre.-A Uehft , / That Lasts Forever. If W. A. Dean, of Liberty ville, carafe* * r out his scheme McHenry will have thNr the best and cheapest process for light* \ ̂ Ing purposes the world ever knew. 1% ^ '»fl will not be the hanging arc> the incao*- t'1 - M descent nor gas. Not one of them. I# w 11 be something new, and besides baing 4.. 2 bran new it is also one of the greatent £ discoveries of the age. -t .*, f J The new lighting process is known a# "Nickum Perpetual Light." Owen it rJ f r*/| Chapell were the receivers of a letter- - ^ from Mr. Dean the early part of tfaa \ week in which he states that he has puv* , ^ chased the agency right of county, but the lamps are not asyef ready and just as soon as they are thi® ,"V,f? will be the first place in the county im y i C, which the new lights will be exhibited. ' The "Nickum Perpetual Light" ib: -y'fy composed of a chemical lamp and H . contained in a glass bulb. The lamp# J vary in cost from $1.50 to $9. This at course depends on the candle power cf ., ;f< the lamp. ^ "If this lamp is what it it is said to b»',"**' ^ and from all accounts it is," said one at ' ' -'M our leading citizens on hearing of tits new scheme, "there is .no reason why the inventor of this shouldn't make a fj fortune." . q Mr. Dean has the exclusive agency ot this county and will make an active can* vass as soon as the lamps are ready use. Watch McHenry lead the other cities of the county in this. . .i, "\i ; ~ f * % ' 4-V,] The Murder of lnnocenta* \ ' V • * <•_' *';v' "Bethlehem was little amoif ™'/ "' thousands of Judah," writes Mrs. Lelf » ^ Wallace in the February Ladies' Horn# Journal. "We are told that probably not over thirty children fell under th§ order of Herod. The murder of the innocents of the nineteenth century tt a march to untimely graves, not by or­ der of a wrathful king, but under what' is claimed to be the finest free school system in the world. Go into any pub­ lic school aud you will see girls pallid as day lilies, and boys with flat chests and the waxen skin that has been the school complexion. Every incep­ tive and stimulus is held out* dread blame, love of praise, prizes, medals, 'badges, the coveted flourish in the newspapers--the strain never slackened > pupil carrying books--three, four, five Watch the long lines filing past, eactt •--to be studied at night in hot roomflk ?>y fierce, siglit-destroying lights. TinflT was when spectacles went with age. They are no sign of age now. Manyv - , - must woar glas'ses to help eyes worn ^ < "* prematurely old by night work. ... "Said a thoughtful father, 'My chft» t dren have no child life. They ars. :3- straining up a grade, talking about ex- ' > " ̂ ̂ aminations. When is their playtime tt * !>j' not now, and what has become of tha light-hearted boys? School is never * out. Even in the fields the butterfly ;r /Jp and tlio tree-toad are turned into ot>» *' . • '*>; jeet lessons, aud the grasshopper is torn to pieces In order to be instruct- lve. When I was a boy, and school lot " out, we were gay and free. We stud­ ied in schooltime, and ia playtimes there was no thought of anything but play.' I do not undervalue education; it is greatly to be desired, but ove*v education is slaying its thousands. Tha burden is books. The tasks imposed on the young are fearful. The effort ^ seems to be to make textbooks a* V ^ difficult as possible, instead of smooth- J ^ ing the hill so high and hard todiaatj^: " vsm A 71; ? ' m '.Vis; •3 if is Flies Took the Ship. ' -v .. sl| A most remarkable tale of th sea li- " that related by Capt. Languill of thif British steamer Kensington, whieh aK ; rived in port yesterday from Soura^ baya, Java, with a heavy cargo oi| sugar. *" The Kensington sailed for this port -J over two months ago. The weather was extremely hot even for a tropical T er passed through a vast area of sea. * weed, the home of millions of dragott. -i: "y flies. Hardly had the vessel's prow \ t o u c h e d t h e s e a w e e d w h e n t h e f l i e s , ? , r ^ attracted by the savory fumes of the ,%7: cargo, began to swarm about the deck." t/ , ^ They gathered in great numbers. They k*;" - \|| penetrated the wicker sugar l>aga» They attacked the crew, stinging men about the face and hands in • <"<; frightful manner. For five days the ^ ^ dragon flies continued their onslaught , ' 4 J driving the meu to desperation. ' i ^ Then there came an unexpected rea- ' cue. A flock of boatswain birds, the foe of the dragon fly, circled and ^ ^ heeled above the unfortunate steam- er, then swooped down upon it. In % ,J*| short time the birds had cleared the ^ Kensington of the pests. V* * . ^ Combinations in Domfnoo«2. ^ M"", A German arithmetician has calculating the aggregate number of ^ combinations in the game of do*ninoe% ' and has shown them to be 2S4.52S.211^» 7 810. Two players, playing four gamef " ' """ a minute, would only exhaust th«j»i combinations In 118,000,000 / BeporteJ by the Doctor*. \. Martin Boyle, who resides weetof this , 7^. place, is dangerously ill. Mr. Boyle Well advanced in years and hie illness a0TH this period makes his condition eriticalgv'7II The tifteen-montbs old girl oi 0. N. . Owen was quite seriously sick the early ' part of the week, bat is improving v health at present. / T" t' Mrs. Wallaco Colby's conditkM It wy' #