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riw r» ^ > * -*«» _ V: "'•j % t V Y>' t„ v \ . t^/*v W * * *- • - i " ̂ « »* * <q C •' 4UW*f- * PUBLISHED EVERY THtTRSDAY BY m mtm Ptmwm cmm. F. K. Ouwn, W. A.^Cmwrr, V ' ^ t \ 'Jl^ V .. _-**i V V_-, " "~». * ^|S*P y.3, ^ »«<* ^ ^ J. B. PEBBT, Treas, M Vs, A- T < f, * Pm> U.Bafil^. \ ' ;'.< 17' *V^ 'W> - 'A «/•', ' y" " *' < v. * * , ^ tf fc-.* Block, two doom north of 1 store. <•' -r 'ff 4 OUiasDS', Ro. 1 lMiMimRo.ni TOWN, INCLUDING VARIETY CLOVER, TIMOTHY Tt««« «P SUBSCRIPT!**! •JFSS» 9 bscriptlons received for three or feontbs in the same proportion. Thursday, Harch sS, 1901. .V^t- CORPORATION CAUCUS. The legal voters of the village of Mc­ Henry are requested to meet in caucus i'in the city hall, on Saturday afternoon, |March 30th,at 2 o'clock,for the purpose |of placing in nomination candidates for • village president, three trustees and vil­ lage clerk and to transact such other .business as may properly come before the caucus. John Stoffel, 98-8t Chairman Corporation Com. »' r . It ©TICK OF ELECTION. | Notice is hereby given to the voters of I, , -the town of McHenry, county of Mc- I* 4,1 ' Henry and state of Illinois, that the an- ^ ^ nual town election for officers of the "' u said town will take place Tuesday, the , „ . second day of April, 1901, being the first v * Tuesday in that month to elect the fol- r* •>* - lowing officers: One supervisor, one j 5 town clerk, one assessor, one collector, ^ * one commissioner of highways, two jus- ^ tices of the peace. 2 constables. Eleet- ion will be held at the following places: fv Election district No. 1, Woodman hall, 1 Bingwood, El.; election district No. 2, ' village hall, McHenry, I1L Polls will '% open at seven o'clock a. m. and close at * five o'clock p. m. The annual town % meeting for the town of McHenry, will p be held the same day at the village hall, /i McHenry, HI., and will open at 2 o'clock ? p.m. to transact such business that may, M pursuant to law, oome before the meet- i ing- Given under my hand this 19th day of , March, A. D. 1901. • CHAS. B. HABMSKN, 3 88-2t Town Clerk. §§ Senator McLaurin, of South Caro­ lina has abandoned the Democratic party and joined the Republicans, show­ ing that negro disfranchisement is like­ ly to work out in a way totally unex­ pected by its authors. Now that this incubus of black domination has been removed, theSouth can divide on political lines--and it shows a strong tendency to do it, too. The Younger brothers, who, about twenty-five years ago, were implicated in the robbery of the Northfield, Minn., bank, and imprisoned for the crime,, are now to be released by an act of the Min­ nesota Legislature. These brothers em braced the principle that the "world owed them a living." Minnesota, at least, agreed with them for twenty-five years of their lives, but the state now thinks it will be cheaper for the people to let them go earn their own living. crease, the decrease imports and the vast preponderance in favor of this country in the balance of trade carried on with other parts of the world. When in 1896 the Republicans ap­ pealed to the people and asked that their party be restored to the control of ttie government, they made the 'promise with confidence that prosperity would follow the change, but the most san­ guine Republican did not dream that in four years' time there would result such an amazing revolution. By the year 1899 the exports from thia country had begun to assume propor­ tions that surprised as much as they pleased the people. It was thought that the record showed a condition too good to last, but, gratifying as that record was, it was greatly surpassed last year. Now it surely was believed that the acme of prosperity had been reached and that a reaction would follow. The political economists and even the politicions in making their campaign speeches gave warning that it would be dangerous to further inflate the bubble; that a collapse of the "boom" was imminent, and that unless caution was speedily applied disaster would be the fate of the heedless. But, in spite of all precedents and of the fears that were felt and the warnings given, pros- peri tiy's procession has moved steadily forward and with such astounding in­ crease in dimensions that the eyes of all the world are upon it, and Americans view it with wonder and deliglft. In eight months of the present fiscal year the exports from the United States have reached the unprecedented figures of $1,015,185,374. This is an increase of more than fifty per cent in five years, and if the rate is maintained until the end of the fiscal year the figures will aggregate over one and a half billion dollars. But, more gratifying still, the rate of increase in the balance of trade in favor of this country has been even greater than that of the exports. The imports for February, 1901, were$5,000,- 000 less than for the same month a year ago, and for the eight months of the fiscal year the balance of trade was $492,224,904 over six dollars for every man, woman and child in the country. The ordinary mind cannot grasp the vast and varied benefits which have accrued to the American people in pro­ ducing this great volume of exports. It has given activity to every conceivable industry in the country; it has given employment to every one who wants it; it has given profit to husbandry and stock-raising; it has kept the furnaces and foundries in full blast; every spindle in the woolen, cotton and silk mills has been kept whirring; merchants have not sat longingly waiting for customers; every mill, factory and productive plant has been kept running on. full time with complete shifts of operatives. It has paid the mortgages on the farms and homes in the country and cities and towns; it has affected all for good and brought joy to a nation of people, and the best of it is that the prospects are bright for this unexampled prosperity to continue. The only ones who are doleful over the prospect are the money lenders, for the "debtor class" has been nearly wiped out of existence. The law known as the garnishment law, which is a great benefit to the country outside of Cook county, Illinois, but which by Cook county justices of the peace and constables, has been made so odious that all classes of business men and trades unions in the city of Chicago have petitioned and are working for the appeal of this law. This is the law that exempts $8 per week to the heads of families and the loan sharks have de­ vised methods and shamefully perse­ cuted their patrons in Cook county. It is reported that Speaker Sherman has Bald that he would assist in the repeal of this law, and as long as it so shamefully abused in Cook county, we shall be heartily in favor of , its repeal and the enactment of the old, giving $50 exemp­ tions. This is but another case that illustrates why Cook county should be governed by special laws which would apply to large municipalities, of which there is but one in this state. WE HAVE THE LARGEST LINE AND BEST AND ALL KINDS OF FIELD SEEDS. V T - v i V '< V * f ' , EVERYTHING IN NEW GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS. BUY THEM NOW. f.ff Ife*. m #91 Lf LITERAR Y NO ml PROBATE NEWS REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. John Pint et al per master to Bernard Tonnian, n 15 acres neH swM sec 14. McHenry 4 90000 Hastela Foss to Thompson L Morris, e% Its 10 & 13 exg &c blk 12, Nunda 10 00 Georpe Schaff per exrs to Timothy Kanaly, w% sH nK It 3 of swK sec 7, f«eneca Mary A Cole to Minard Arp, lot in He­ bron 400 00 100 I ABOUT THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY. like Roosevelts being the only new ^ family connected with the new adminis tration, are monopolizing the social at- : tentions which are usually divided among eight or ten families. But Washington life is no novelty to them as they have both lived in the city for extended periods and are both known to nearly everybody who is at all promi­ nent in Washington society. While the Vice-President and Mrs. Roosevelt have a wide circle of acquaintances, neither i of them have ever displayed any fond­ ness for the formal functions of society lbs. Roosevelt devotes nearly all of her time to the duties of wife and mother, and up to this time has shunned the publicity which so many public men's wives seek, as it were a pestilence. Although her husband has been promi nent for some years, it was not until after his nomination for the Vice-Presi­ dency that she consented to allow her photograph to be published, and then ; she did so under protest. Such retiring modesty is rare enough to be unique and • if she can retain it as the Vice-Presi­ dent's wife it will be a social wonder. Only those who have been through it know the insinuating adulation that is | laid at the feet of the wife of a public | man of prominence in Washington, very few of them there are who do not there­ by get their heads turned so completely that they go to the other extreme. / ,y , REMARKABLE PROSPERITY, Si a An individual who sells more than he bays is quite certain to accumulate. The same rule applies to an aggregation Of individuals and to a nation of people. Bearing this in mind, one can apprehend why it is that the people of this country Me just now enjoying such Wonderful prosperity, when, in the same connec Hon, the immense figures are contem Slated which represent the extent of WiLliam Thompson & w to Timothy Kanaly, ne34 nwM swM sec 17, Se­ neca ISO 00 Richard G Smith & w to Geo H Curler, I'iece in sec 18, Nnnda 100 Arthur F Miller & w et al to Mary J McLean pc in ne cor eK sett sec 8, Dorr MOO00 Jennie M Whiting & h to Lucy H Thomas, e% nwX sec 25, Greenwooh.. 990 00 Julia E Bishop et al to John Hueman, Its 9 & 12, blk 14, McHenry, west side Fox river... 1150 00 Oliver W Owen & w to same, same 100 Abraham L Beam to Irene Beam, eM se}i & e 30 a of sett sec 19, Dorr... 8100 50 Friederika May to Arthur Truax, It 9, blk 1, Paddocks add to Crystal Lake. 1550 00 ES Smith & w to Henry Lush. eV4 swtt & w!4 seH * swH nett sec 24, Alden.. .13000 00 Edgar S Smith & w to Ernest M Fink, all part of e!4 sw>< & wi4 se^ & swl-4 nel-4 sec 13, s of road leading from Alden to Hebron; also strip off w side e'/i sel-4 sec 13 lying s of sa highway. Alden .. 8000 00 Ed son G Howe & w to George H Coates, e% It 1 nwl-4 sec 6 & pt It 2 s of road sec 6, McHenry 1000 00 William May per admr de Bonis Non, to Frederika May, It % blk 1, Pad­ dock's addn to Crystal Lake 790 00 John R Kellogg & w to A VV Anderson, lot in Swartaout's addn to Woodstock 1060 00 John Weltzien & w to George Miller, Its 4, 5, 6 & 7, blk 5, Weltzien's 2nd addn to Huntley 575 00 Levi A Gardner & w to John J Stafford Jr, blk V, G Brainard's addn to Har­ vard .100 The Stafford Manufacturing Co to same same l 00 Geo W Field, master in chancery to Wm T Conersy, 28.73 a on s end of wH nel-4 St ntt sel-4 sec 15, ex right of way, Iiartland George W Field A w to same, a strip of 2 rds in sel-4 nel-4 sec 15, Hartlana... George Spragg Si w to Amy llendrick- son, ill, ! »lk 5, Marengo Improvement Syndicate addn Amy Hendrickson & h to Caroline Spragg, same It is said that the powers of either man or woman are developed five-fold by working with a life-companion who is in entire harmony. The ideal wife as a rule has it in her power to make the ideal husband. What constitutes the ideal wife is discussed in an extremely able article by Lavinia Hart in the April Cosmopolitan. The Way to Force Plant* to Bnuvrtf* There is only one way in which a plant can be forced to branch, and that is by cutting' off the stalk. The plant thus interfered with will make an effort to grow, and either a new shoot will be sent up to take the place of the lost top, or several shoots will be sent out along the stalk. If but one starts cut it back. Keep up this cutting-back pro­ cess until you have obliged as many branches as yon think are needed. Per­ sistency and patience will oblige the plant to do as you would like to h&ve it do.--April Ladies' Home Journal. Water-Lillea are Kuily Grown. All that is needed to grow water- lilies is a tub, sunlight from six to eight hours a day, some rich garden soil, and a little water. The easiest way to grow them is from seed, and the prettiest varieties are the African, or Zanzibar; they are purple, blue and red. To sow them take a common bowl and half fill with finely sifted soil packed down level and hard. On the surface scatter the seed evenly and cover with not over a quarter of an inch of fine sand; then very gently fill the bowl with water so as not to disturb nor wash away the sand. Place where the water will be kept at a temperature of about eighty degrees. In two weeks they will be ready for transplanting.--April Ladies' Home Journal. A Woman of BnslneM. Mrs. Hetty Green's daily life is more like that of a manual laborer than of ft merchant prince. She rises early in bet cheap little flat in Hoboken, N. J., spends a few minutes upon a light breakfast, and hurries to the ferry. She almost the first person to arrive at her office in the Chemical Bank, on Broadway. Here she labors until after dark. Her rise in the financial world was very swift, and yet it did not appear to attract public notice for several years. Before the public was aware of the fact, she had become a banker, railway direc­ tor, stock operator, real estate investor and capitalist Her success led many people to believe at first that she was but a figurehead for a shrewd, unfeated known speculator. Not until she had de­ feated many groups of hostile financiers and predatory promoters did the world realize that she was a new and potent factor in the banking community. Her greatest achievement so far aa the public is concerned took place in 18J9, when she lent over a million dollars in cash in a single operation. The money market was tight, the need of the bor­ rower great, and only one Wall street magnate, Russell Sage, was supposed to be in a position capable of furnishing the ready money. Imagine, therefore, the general surprise when the poorly dressed Mrs. Green came forward and took up the loan with the quickness of an auctioneer seizing a half-heard bid. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for April. in meeting the expenses attendant on the improvement of public places. We had but three officers, a president, sec­ retary, and treasurer. It was under­ stood that the president was to have supervision of 'all works ^ on public places, with the power of appointing such committees as might be deemed necessary whenever they were needed. At first we had not proposed to take women into membership, but it was suggested that they had as much right in the society as men had, and would, no doubt, take as much interest in it,--and quite likely a good deal more. Accordingly it was unanimously voted to admit them." T O Z I X A . >Tto Hind You Haw Always BwgB OEED OATS. We have 1,000 bushels choice ^ white seed Oats for sale. Free from foul seed, sweet and all right, early. 33-tf TTOUSE TO BENT--'The Chris, house. Apply to N. J. J us ten. " jM)R SALE--A good house and two lots will •E will be sold cheap. House one of the best built in McHenry. Apply to Peter J. Freund. 35tf T^OR SALE CHEAP-Orie 200 egg incu £ and a 200 chick brooder; Deside incubator some choice W. P. Bock ckls. Warranted to be up the standard in every respect. For terms H. E. Ckisty, apply to ,J--tf. 'OR SALE--The choicest building lots in McHenry and West McHenry for business and residences. All centrally located. Prices asonabie. Inquire of O. N. Owen, at the bank. 87-tf. " JV3B SALE--A good milk route together with wagon. Apply to L. Wbsdb. Wit 5400 82 100 100 100 PROBATE NEWS. Estate of Job Toles. Petition for appointment of conservator filed. Hearing set for March 22. Estate of James Williams. Final re­ port filed. Estate of Mary T. Green insane. In­ ventory filed. Estate of Caroline A. Clark. Report filed. Estate of Daniel Ercanbrace. Widow' relinquishment and selection filed. Estate of Ann Y. Palmer. Report filed. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Seth S. Welton. Monroe, Wis. Mrs. Elle Kern Big Foot Theodore M. Shearer .Huntley ... .Algonquin Emalina Knoba. Frank Conrad.. Anna Dieplow., Dundee .Crystal Lake Bearatht ngnatsn rliie Kind You H^Wways For Village Improvement. In discussing the method of man­ agement of our Village Improvement Society," says Eben E. Rexford in April "New" Lippincott, "we decided to have everything about it as simple as possible, for some of us recognized the fact that success in undertakings of this nature is largely dependent on simplicity and directness. In order to avoid friction and 'running-expenses, it is wise to have but little machinery in a society of this kind, and that of the simplest character consistent with effectiveness. We dispensed with formal and elaborate 'constitution and 'code of by-laws,' for we did not think either was needed. We simply drew up a paper setting* forth the ob­ ject of the society and the few rules we thought necessary*to formulate for its operation, and when we had sub­ scribed our names to it we were full' fledged active members. "In this paper it was stated that membership was conditional on an agreement on our part to devote at least one day's work, spring and foil to the improvement of the home grounds, and to give one day's work, spring and fall, to the improvement of public grounds and vacant plaoes belonging to non-residents if called on to do' so. "Each member pledged himself to the payment of one dollar semiannu ally, the money thus secured to con- attUtie a general toad to b* dtawn on Basntke ttgnstue of Want Column* Selling fast. Call Wilbur Lumber Co, Nichels 29-tf California The Gateway To the Orient Numerous profitable business openings in California. Make money in orange and lemon groves, vineyar$|r wineries, orchards. . f i Make money in cattle alii!! sheep ranches, wheat fields, beet sugar culture, varied form products. " > ^ Make money in mines, flQ wells, manufacturing, trading The California Limited daily, Chicago to Los Ajigeles and San Francisco. General Passenger Offlc« Tb* AftcMsoa, Topeka St Santa P* R'y CHICAGO v :bmm?wwuMHmwwfMwwrM»& W. Mcfaenry, 111. <Z>%~£ tills signature ia on every box of the geavlae Laxative Bromo-Quinine b* remedy that cures m mM la mmm day Some Reasons Why You Should Insist on Having EUREKA HARMESS OIL U"equaled by any other. genders hard leather soft. specially prepared. Keeps out water. A heavy bodied oil. HARNESS An excellent preservative. Reduces cost of your Viam*--, , Never burns the leather; its Efficiency is increased. Secures best service. Stitches kept from tweaking. OIL Js sold in all Localities OTsnnraciureu uy Staadard Oil Company. Do N'T BE FOOLEDI Take the genulas, original ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA Mads only by Madison Msdj" cine Co., Madison, WIsTlt you weU. Oar trad* @ Price, 35 cents, ilk. on each packago. tversoM Never In bulk. Accept no subtti' •mwomtmI*M tute. Ask your druggist. NO. 7; WHY DO YOU WAIT? YOU ARE convinced that you «an do better for yourself and your family in the state of Washington. Why do you hesitate? NOW is the best time to go--you may never have such a chance again. Good land is being rapidly taken up. You do not need much money to get a start. Read in our Bulletins what others have done. You can do as well. SETTLERSnLOW RATES Will be in effect during Spring of <901. Ask your Ticket Agent for the dates and fi|ll information. The railway that takes yot| to the finest lands in Wonderful Wash­ ington, " The ever-green state," in comfortable cars, fast time, and at LOW RATES, is the Qreat Northern Ry. Chicago to Seattle, moo $25.00 Equally Low Ratas trass other potato. St Paul or Mtnaoapolle to 5oattle, Write To»Oay--Ddh't Walt Till To-monow to MAX BASS, Gen. Im. Aft* 220 S. Clark 8t., CHICAOOiXIX. I. WHITNEY, 6. P. A T.A., St. Paul, Mnm. GREAT NORTHERN TICKETS ON SALE February 12th, 10th. 26th; March 5th, 19th, 10th, 26th: April 2d, 9th, 10th, 23d, 80th, 1901. PHILIP JAEGER General Commission merchant Stall 1 & 8, Fulton St. Wholesale Market Special atteailon given to the sale of Dressed Beef, rtuttcpk Hogs, Veal, Poultry v« Hides, Etc. Butter and Eggs This is tha oldest house -en the street \ Tags and price lists furnished on application COLD STORAGE FREE Chicago, THiitett »iiimmiiinmnnMnnim>mnm«iMm»«nnn"»'"<M«*n'"m,»""||t|" We have a large stock of fish for the Lenten season and can furnish your table with any of the staples or delicacies in the fish line*, •*. \ ^ Imported Holland Herrifig * Spiced and Smoked Herring 1 ~ i „ jsSalted Mackerel, White fish - Boneless Codfish • ^ fanned Salmon in all graded All kinds Canned Sardines Lobsters. Etc., B*e» Oysters direct from Baltimore i GILBERT BROS, cHenry iiniMaaaiHHBmwiiimnmimmmmmin D " ' i* * :.A PRESCRIPTIONS O A R E F U L L Y COMPOUNDED-t, N O T I O N S FEAINTS AND OILS . B O O K S FI^ TISLNA WAR® S T A T I O N E R Y BLKGAN^ LAMPS i -"31 14 -.1 ̂ 4 i •Ji JULIA A. STORY r t c H E N R Y J I L L I N O I S * M I L ^ I L A ^ I V E ^ ^ boW best to FRtt % When in Doubt W H V . 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S. :>SM isbssi iawi P U R I T Y is a very tial thing in a drug store and in buying drugs and patent med­ icines we bear this in mind. We guarantee our stock to be of the purest on the market.... - r- V7 few*! • '.WJeL A COftPLETE STOCK Not only is our stock complete--it is fresh and new in every department. 1i^ have secured the services of H. A. Goddard, a competent pharmacist, which \ insures accuracy in compounding prescriptions..... ft Fancy Goods, Notions, - Toilet Articles, Fancy Stationery ̂ School Supplies, Wall Paper, Paints and Oils Druggie's Sundries ̂ Bingwood, HI. J. S. BROWN & ' > ilSS V-- . • * < - • •