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9> • VOLUME XXXVI. MoHENKY, ILLINOIS, THl'RSDAV, I»Kl K M H K R J ' 2 . 11)10. NUMBER 27. STENOGRAPHERS IN OLD ROME THERE'S NONE Even Poets Had Them In the Early Days, but They Were Slaves. CARVING SAID TO BE ONE THOU­ SAND YEARS OLD. makes an excellent Christmas Gift ^j|ji iff!? «Q BEX THERE ' S a treat in store for you if you have not met Big Ben. You may have read his Ads in the big magazines, but these are not half strong enough. I don't think they begin to do him justice. In fact, no Ad can, so I won't attempt to write one about him. This announce­ ment is simply an invitation for you to walk by my store and meet him. $2.50 to suit every taste. Price to suit every purse. The only house in McHenry where you can see and hear all these different instruments tested and demon­ strated. We can be of great service to you in choosing a Piano or Phonograph. Come in and let us tell you all about these instruments and give you our prices. It will pay you to do so. Positively the largest and, best selected line of Jewelry ever exhibited in flc- henry. We have something to please every member of the family and at so reasonable a price that you cannot resist buying. Come early and get the best. A. Htiemann, WEST McHBNRY, ILLINOIS. DR. N. J. NYK MC H E N R Y , I I . M N O I - PHYK1C1AN ANT) SI RGEON Oih . t,.-. * at Johmtburffb. III., from7:30 a. n. i > n a. m. Wedmeday and Sunday <>r w 'PHOHI. MCIIENHY in "\J 4 W | Trlrphone No h Office over M. J. W«l»h" lil'FFF.T ;,.l Wiliwvv .M . i-oriier Utrhartl street, one block north of North Ave. FINE WINES I.IQVORS AN1> CIGARS Fine I.nn<-h. Dr . Arno ld Mt e l l k r . Physician and Surgeon WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS Wondrous Scene Engraved on Piece of _ Sandalwccc! Dep'ict* Combat at Sea--Confiscated by a British Soldier. Nearly one thousand years ago a Jay. crafty with such knives and tools as extated at that Ume, carved a wou drous scene from a solid piece of san dalwood four feet long ar.d a foot square. Today that carving stands in the office ^ Albert V. Huth, county t&i assessor. It belongs to Krnest Fel'.le. A history, written Is quaint Japanese character*, twisted topsy-turvy on a, sheet of equally curious rice paper, goes with the carving. This sheet is still in possession of the party from whom young Peille bought the antique. Even If it were in his possession, a linguist mould be needed to translate it. This, however. Is going to be dona in the near future, when the real his­ tory of the old carving will be known. Mauy have puzzled to say exactly what is sought to be shown. There Is a Bight of a turbulent sea, with waves mountain high, two high prowed sam­ pans locked together and the crew a fighting in grim style. A man is over­ board. but the combatants are paying no heed. One sampan is almost rail deep in the sea, but the sturdy de­ fenders are fighting as though ou terra firm a Traditional history says the carving waa done In the year 954. During the Boxer uprising, when the strong arm of Britain was needed to subjugate malcontents bent on destruction of life ! and property, the qu&lnt old relic i saved a human life. A British soldier, sent on a inlBBlon whose end was death to anyone he found within a certain house, entered, but found all absent except one. This one he placed under arrest, but In the act of putting on the irons his attention was caught by the old carving Stopping for a moment to examine It, he was sur­ prised upon turning toward his captive to discover that he had flown. Had the man been taken to headquarters he would have been shot. The soldier confiscated the relic and carried It with him. Later he pre­ sented it to a commanding offloer and the latter sent it to a friend to the American army at Manila. Then It wos finally brought to the United 8ta.tes when the Philippine Insurrec­ tion was subdued. It went from 8an Francisco to New York and then drift­ ed south, reaching San Antonio sev­ eral years ago as the property of an American offloer. Recently there waa an auction of old things and this went with the balance.--Ban Antonio IJght and Gazette. Most ( f us are accustomed to think of the stenographer as a product of ver\ modern conditions. As a matter of laci however, the profession was follow as long ago as the days of the Human empire. Poets, who are laugh* d at nowadays for having pri- \att- J ttMinxraphera, had them In the fourth c*<niury of our era, and Profes­ sor Cole of Columbia university, In a paper on "T.ater Roman Education," now tran si a i PS into English for the flift tutu- the very complimentary ad dress of i he poet Ausonlus to his stenographic assistant Many a mod­ ern business man might say the same thing, although in less poetic diction. Slave says Ausonius. "skilful mas ter of swift notea, coma hither. Open the double page of thy tablets, where a great number of words, each ex pressed by different polnta. is written like a single word. I go through great volumes; and like dense hail the words are hurled from my noisy Hps, but thine ear* art not troubled, nor is thy page Oiled. Thy hand, scarcely moving, flies over the surface of the wax. "I wish my mind had as swift a flight as thy right h&nd v.'hen It an tlcipates my words. Who. pray, haa betrayed me? Who haa tofci you what I was JuBt meditating about saying? How does your winged right hand steal the secrets of my lnmoat thoughts?" If *• rem ember that In the fourth century people wrote with sharp polnta on wax instead of with pans on paper, the picture aoggwtad ^7 Auaonlua and his stenographer la surprisingly like that of the businaaa man iii his office dictating a letter. The greatest differ­ ence Is that Ausonius' stenographer was a slave, and the modern stenog rapher an Independent young woman who earns her own liring.--Youth's Companion. thanj the photo­ graphs that we produce, and you s h o u I d h e a s proud of your pic- ture> if we take them. :\> the tur- ke\ is that will •Trace your Christ­ mas table. Our PORTRAITS are true. They are artistic and graceful in jnise. Wh\ not allow u» to make a dozen f o r y o u " ? T h e y in .ike very accept­ able jrifts. and the cost will not he great. F. SCHNABEL, (Successor to J. J. Hille) West McHenry, III. - Phone 971 W-t V «* -V Thirty New Species of Flah. The wilds of Africa are just begin­ ning to be accessible to the naturalist. Th« country Is sufficiently broken In the Interior now to allow a man to study at his leisure without the con­ stant horror of the unknown hanging over him. The latest expedition into fho Anfola country of West Africa j has brought forth 30 new species of 1 fish hitherto entirely unknown to the scientific world. Dr. W. J Ansorger brought back to the British museum moro than 1,000 specimens of aii, and, | of course, the vast irhthyologlcal world •till unexplored lies as a tempting halt to other students Bluoe the pos albillties of the dark continent are Just beginning to be appreciated. When It becomes possible to ex­ plore methodically every corner of the great Interior the biologists. mlneral- oglata, and all the others in the field of science will doubtless make finds that will supply material for voi- An Execution In the South. Hall stood aa motionless aa the trunk of an oak. A man will ahow nervousness with a twitch of the lip#,, a roll of the eyes, or, if in no other way, with his hands; but I was Just behlad hini, and not a finger of iii* bound hands moved. The sheriff was a very tender hearted man and a very nervous one, and the arrangements for the execution were awkward. Two upright beams had to be knocked from under the trap-door, so that It would rest on the Bhort rope nooee that had to be cut before the door would fall As each of theae waa knocked out the door sank an Inch and the suspense was terrible. The poor wretch must have thought that each waa the one that was to send him to eternity Hut not a muscle moved. All was ready, at last, and the sheriff cried, In a 16ud voice: "May Qod have mercy on this poor man's soul!" and struok the rope with a common hatchet The blaek-capped apparition shot down and the sheriff ran, weeping, out of the door of the box--From "Blue-Oraaa and Rhodo dendron ' by John FV>x, Jr. Another Theory Knocked Out. **Tou say there's nothing In en rlronment?" "Tea, air. 1 Insist that It's the in­ dividual, and not hla surroundings. If a man Is going to be great he'll be great in aplte of ereythlng." "Well, now, wait a minute. You need to be considered quite an fro porant figure down In the little old home town, didn't you?" "I am proud to say that everybody thought well of mo there.** "You're juat aa great now as you were then, aren't you?" "I hope I'm a good deal g r e a t e r than I waa then." "Well, you see It all depends on environment, as I satd. There you were aomebody; here you have to get some one to identify you when you want to caah a check for $6." "Now, there's where you're dead wrong, old man. I know a bartender who always cashes my checks with­ out a kick." Unhealthy Spot for Grave. Whitelaw Retd tells a atory about two friends of his who removed from New York and purchaaed a home In a Massachusetts village. One of their first visits "TL: to the ees>efcery "We must select a burial lot," the husband remarked. "Ufa la uncertain, and we had better attend to It at dnce." The wife agreed, and chose a site on A hill overlooking a beautiful lake. But the husband objected. "No, Ann; It's too much of a hill to climb, loot's look down toward the lake." Theae lota pleased Ann even better than those more elevated Here, Frederick," she said, let's decide upon one of these." Frederick looked at her in some surprise. "Why, Ann," he re plied, "1 did think you had bettei Judgment 1 shouldn't think of beini buried in this low, marshy place, it * the unhealthiept spot in the wltol* cemetery .NORTHERN LIFE OF ILLLNoI.v NORTHERN LIFE OF ILLINOIS. NORTHERN LIFE OF_ ILLINOIS- ^ Wanted Epitaph to Endure. Bdmond de Goncourt, the French | inovellst, admitted that he worked | with an eye to hla epitaph, and he ! wanted the epitaph to endure for a j long time. He records in his Journal that "the thought that the world may perish, may not last forever, is one which occasionally fills my mind with tgloom. 1 should be defrauded by the destruction of this planet, for I have written only In the hope of eternal 'fame. A reputation lasting 10,000. 20,000, even 100,000 years, would be a poor return for the pains 1 have I taken, the privations I have suffered. Under theae conditions It would hrve been better to lounge aimlessly I through life, dreaming and smoking pqr time avajr." She Knew Her Own Father. There is a dainty five-year-old gir! who is the delight of a faahlonabU apartment hotel In West Philadelphia Murh association with grown peopl« has given her many serious lltth ways which contrast strongly wltl her tender years. Of late she baa been saving hei pennies to buy a birthday preaent fo> her father, and as the time drawl near she lias been much In doubt at to what she should get. Recently she waa In a street cai with her mother when an insplratioi came "1 know what I'll buy father foi his birthday," she aaid. All the passengers smiled at bei eagerness and listened Indulgently t< hear what she might say. lx>oking a her mother she said, so audibly aa U be embarrassing: "I'll buy him a bottle of beer " Highest market p r i c e s p a i d t o r furs of every de­ scription. Brinj; them to us. Tel­ ephone No. 222. CS.Iiowid&Son M c H E N R Y . ILLINOIS ry>«ri t ru* mthmmtwf HULLM mm AND Delicious Pastries »• tk* Inevitable remit lt>ye« sa* White 5wan ...Flour... EI ' T TTff if few.*** jrli EUJ.MS& FOR SALE BY Wilbur Lumber Co. W>il ricHeery N. P. Steilen & Son ricHeary John Richardson Ve|A William Althoff Johnsbarrh v: Candies, Nuts, Nov­ elties, Post Cards and F r u i ts . The freshest line to be found in town. Call in and see if we are not rij^ht. M. H. NIESEN TELEPHONE NO. 694 flcHenry, - Illinois. J Bank of McHen ry R5TABLISHGO <8M Thin Bank receives depoaita, pays :i per cent interest on tisse depos­ it*, extends all ronrTeaiea constat- ent with good traaaeaa prtaeiplw and does a tfllHMl BAIIKIIK BllSffltSS respectfully miltcting pohlic p»t« ronagtv - floney to LoAn on real eetate and other Drat < security. RBAL ESTATE Farm lands, residences and vil­ lage property for sala. It jou want to boy or sell, call oa na. A 1m tracts ordered. INSURANCE in '"irat Clam Companies, at the loweet rates Perry & Owen, Notary Public. - Banker*. •C.are.S •iH W * "$ * 1 1., f * WHEN IN CHICAGO IKm't forget to c a l l O D Umbert Q. sen$ 91 Fifth Ave. 'here you will I ways be treated ourteously an<l pceivti the best i the market In 1 he line of Wines, 1.i<l nor" A rivals I'AKChLS CHhCKr l) f ki h .Centerville.. Grwnr&Hrtet Always a fresh and complete l i n e o f t h e choicest of gro- c e r i e s a n d Meats. Phone, S52. :: :• :• C. G. Frett, Proprietor. McHENRY. ILLINOIS. Professional, Society V and Business Cards One of the Real D. A. R. Mrs Mary Brlgga Mitchell of Nortl Scituatc. Mass., la now ninety-eever years of age and la one of the fe* surviving real Daughters of the Revo lution She has 14 groat -grand chil dren, which shows protty conclusivel) that she has seen a great deal of life A Temporary Truce. Still agitating for the avltraga, mj dear ?" • Well, juat at preaaat rm trying ti get my husband to tay mo a HA VI I) <.i WKLL> M. I). PHYSICIAN, SI K(.K<»N A N I> lU'l'LIST Ofllcr iind r»*sideoOf corner Elm and Green streets, McHenrv. Tcl«'i)lione No. 311 D l i . K . ( i . C H A M B E H L I N llKNTIHT Olficc over Bethy'i Urus Sire. Mours: 8:00 to 5:30. W KMT Mrll KNMl'. iLU Blue Kw k Shnnl. A hint1 rock shoot will take place at Ringwood on Saturday, December 21. Shoot nx will begin at 10:30 a. m . and again at 1:30 p. in. Pontes will be divided to »nit nhootens. All are ir.vit- ed. _ _ Old plntnee made into willows and plnmea cleaned, onrled and dye<^. Mrs. E. D. Fischer, 616 North Mst Court, Austin, 111. Jan. 10 You will find tbe biggest and beet line of Christmas candies and nuts at M. M. Nieaen s. J I OI K MEATS are M I good that to simply place thai be> fore you Kives you an awful appetite. They »rv trader, juicy and full of goodaess. Pl'KITY AND QUALITY ar« the two main essentials that we iasitt upon when buying our meats. Try a toast or steak and see how much better our im>ats are. If yon think we charge extra for t-hoicenefis you are mistaken. E. F. Matthews WEiT McttENRV TBLEWIWFFL J NORTHERN LIFE OF