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i. Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Lawj No Favors Winus and no Tear Shall Awe." M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1897 MILO .J , L, HOWE, PIANO TUNER And REPAIRER, All Orders Promptly Attended to, McHenry. PUBLISHED EVEBV WEDNESDAY BT --J. VAN 8LTKE EDITOR AND PKOPBIETOB. . A. C. SPURLING Veterinary Surge OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK Two Doors North of Perry & Owen's Store, West McHenry, 111. . «SS~ I am in Chicago this winter taking a special course on ihe diabases, of cattle, and will return here about March 1st, t»?iter than ever prepared to treat-*11 diseases of Cattle, Horses,etc. . • ' Any one nwediig my services, before that; tin e can wire me at 1639, Wabash Avenue. Chicago, All such calls promptly attended to TOIYERS&L PROVIDER, ' ORIGINATOR OF LOWEST PRICES TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year (in ad vance)........... v.. $1 60 If Not Paid within Threo Months... 2 (XI Subscription* receive for three or nix months in.the same proportion• YOU REMEMBER West Side Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES. . ' v C . " • • • : ' . . . . • v , : ' i ' f x * E. J.HANLY, Prbp'r. WEST MoHKNRY, ILL. First class rigs, with or without driver*, famished at reasonable rates- Parties taker t and from the Lakes In Easy Rigs, anti prompt connection made With all trains Our Ri«s will be kept in first class shape, and we shall spare no pains to plcasaourcus tomers at all times, Give us a call, FJ J HA.NLY West McHenry, 111,, Aug 15, 1896. Our Monday sales because it pays you to do so. We continue them because they pay us. The articles advertised don't pay for the money ̂ expended to tell about them, but they serve as an introduc. tion to other values Upon which we make a very small profit. Let us introduce you to these for Monday. p--| , ] Poultry Netting Table Oilcloth, 45 in wide per yard, Long and short Cashmere cloaks, for babies, embroid­ ered, new style collar, up­ ward from §1 THE OLD RELIABLE Tobacco Dealers All Styls* Supplied, '•I want a poster got out, " said the commercial gentleman. "Certainly," said the artist. "I get them up oii three systems--the opium, the lpbster and ice -cream supper and the Welsh rabbit. Which will you have?"--Indianapolis Journal. RATES OF ADVERTISING: We announce liberal rites for advertising in the PLAIKBBALEB, an# endeavor to state them so plainly that they will be readily an ders.ood. They are as follows: 1 Iq.oh one year - - 000 S Inches one year - - e - 8 Inches one year- - • ]o00 H Column one year sow V Column one year- - - - - 6000 1 Column one year - - - - - 100 oo One inch means the measurement of one iach down the column,single column width Yearly advertisers, at theabove rates, have the privilege of ohanging as often as they enoose, without extra oharge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having standing cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate of 6 cents per line eaoh week. All others will be charged It oents per line the first week, and 6 cents per line for eaoh subsequent Week. transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents per line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set In) the first Issue, and 5 cents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, an Inoh advertisement will cost $ 1.00 for onf weak, 11.50 for two weeks, #*.oo for three weeks, and so on. The PLAIHDBALEH will be liberal in giving editorial notloes, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybodj seeking the use of its columns for peouniar; gain. 1ST All Foreigrn Advertising payable quarterly, in advance, These terms wilt be strictly adhered to. BUSINESS CARDS. FRANK R. JACH.MAN, LAW. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT Prompt anl careful attention-t >fcll mat ters left in my hands, Money to loan,, Office in Hoy Block, Woustock, 1:1. Telephone-- office, 55, residence, 59. 35yl OH GILLMORE, ATTORNEY. Probate work a spoci»Hy Office in Kenaal ilock, WooGStock, III. KNIGHT & BROWN, Street, CHICAGO. ILL. PRANK L. SHEPARD, COUNSEL!.OR AT LAW. Suite 804--132 Ola k hi., Chicago., ' O. P. BARNES, A TTORNEH, Solicitor, and; Counselor, 'Elections a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. L. N. WOOD, M. D. PHYSICIAN ANDSUHGEON, W Beslej's Drug to 11 A M , aud 2 to 4 I Barbian Bros. MiHenry III Office at G. Office tours, 9 Residence ovei O. H. I'EGERS, M, D- PHYSIOiAN AND SURGEON, MoHecr> Ilia. Office at Residence. JOS, L. ABT, M, D, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OOD LIST, Office in Nichols Block, over Plaii.dealer Office. McHenry Telephone No 4 DR. BAECHLER, DENTIST. Plate Work, and everything per­ taining to Dentistry. Parties from a distance should drcp a card a cay or two ueiOre coming; Office. McHenry. DR. A. E. AURINGER, FHYSICIAN ANDSURGEON. Office in the Stroner building, one door weit of A, P. Bier's store, West McHenry, 111. liesidenoe, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at tended to. O. B. HOWE, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Residence, Hotel Woodstock, Woodstock. 111. W ill make visitsonly in consultation. JOHN P. SMITH, W atehmaker & Jeweler MoHENRY. ILLIN Oil, A FINE stock of Clooks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watehes. Give me a oall. JOHN P- SMITH W. A. CRISTY, • ) Justice of tlie Peace. WEST McHENRY, ILL. Special Attention paid to Collections. H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent. Jhcluding Accident and Life Insurance. WBST MOHENKY, III. : W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public Real Estate and Insurance NUNDA. l i l t A. M. CHURCH, Watohtuaker and Jeweler No 126 State Street, Chicago. Special attention given to repairing Fine Watches ant Chronometers. 49" A Full Assortment of Goods in HLB line. F. C.OOLBY, D.D.S. DENTIHT. Woodstock, 111. Special aten-tion paid to regulating children's teeth, Parties coming.fmra a distance, will do Well to give timely notice by mail. Office, Kendal block corner Mam street and Puulio Sq arc 2 u $1.29 << 3 u 1.89 C< 4 < < 2.59 u 5 u 3.19 < 4 6 (I 3,79 n Telescopes, Bags, Etc. Canvas Telescopes, Oxford Bags, Alligator, Bags, etc. upward from 49c Window Shades. 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"JUDGE'S LIBRARY" is a monthly is a monthly magazine of fun, filled with illus­ trations in caricature and replete with with wit and humor. Its contributors are the best of American wits and illustrators. - - - " FUNNY PICTURESis auother humorous monthly; there is a laugh in every line of.it. . All three of these magazines are handsomely gotten up. You should not miss this chance to secure them. Cut here and return Coupon properly filled out. Demorest Publishing Co*,, no Fifth Avenue, New York. For the enclosed $2 00 please send Demorest's Family Magazine, Judge's Lib lary (a magazine ol fun), and R'uiiny Pictures for one year as per your offer. NAME....; POST-QFFICE STATE DATE.. Pennsylvania Goods! ALEONE OIL AND PEERLESS GASOLINE, Are each high gr.ide, Odorlei-s and smokeless, produced from the heart ol the best Penu. crude, and are the best goods on top of the earth. No deception, No such goods have ever been offered lor sale in this section of the country. •» ' This Oil and Gasoline WILL BE DELIVERED AT YOUR DOOR, at a less price than ioMior oils have tyecn sold tor. Guaranteed , to gire satisfaction. », f.'an be obtained only through C. A. DOUGLAS, West McHenry, OUR SPECIALTIES : Our Monogram, 10c. Barbian's Best hand made 5c The best cigars made. Sold by all local dealers. JOHN J. BUCH, J^estaurant""1--"--~ ^goarding JJouse, Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, 3oard by the Day or Week a? Reasonable rates, A NICE LINE OF ROW BOATS AT MY LANDING. for rent by the hour or day, at reasonable rates. Pure Wines, Liquorsard Choice Cigars alvi ays on hand. WFreshLairer Beer constantly on draught G.iod Stabling for Horses. RQSEB&LB Floral Company MoHENRY, ILL. C, T. EJs* LSON, - MANAGER. All kind* of Cut Flowers, and Funeral tie- signs to be had at. ail times at treasonable Itstr8. Carnations in bud and other potte<i plants for sale. , Ordors taken now for bedding plants de­ sired la the spring. Will have all kinds of plants for fancv bedding. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address, ROSEDALE FLORAL COMPANY, MCHENHY, 111. A Money Saver! FOR YOU. CUS CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, has now in stock the finest as­ sortment of Robes, Blankets and Whips To be found in McHeni'y County. I can sell you a Blanket from 75c to $5. And guaranteed as represented. If you want to save money call and see me. Also a fine stock of SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS Which will be sold cheaper than the same goods can be bought elsewhere and war­ ranted as represented. Rt^AlKING Promptly Attended to. Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of our bargains. CUS CARLgON. McHenry, 111., Sept. 30, 1896. •. vj. 7;.i ' iktl: ' . Mi ;P£BRT & OWED. Ban&ers. MoHEMS^V, - - BlLLiraOIS This Bank receives deposits, buys arid sells Foreign and Domestic Ex change, and does a General Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon te:ms entirely satisfactory to our customer* and respectfully solicit the public patronage. mm- EY TO LOAN; On -Real Estate and other first class security Special attention given to co- lections', „ INfeXJBtAPiTCK _ In first Class Companies at the Lowest Rates Yours Reivectfur y PERRY & GWEK. Notary Public IT AYE TAK'S TWA T' CA' THE KYE. Bonnie Bessie, scpsie lass, Thro* the heather as ye pass, „ fiie a kiss tae roe. Ilka day'll be fair an fine Gin thy smile upo'me shine. "Will ye, Bessie Lee? Foot eae lieht an face sae fair. Form sae graceful, past compare, Prood am 11' see. » Dinna luik aboon me, girl I Wad ye gie me sic a dirl? V ffilfu' Bessie Lee. Ca'tlie kyel The day is gana. \ ; - : Will ye follow them alane? There is nane t' see Gin thy jimp an tonnie walst Etac an airm aboot it placed. Is there, Bessie'Lee? --J. L. Hoaton in "'rhe Quilting Bee." DISAPPEARING GATES. Grade Crossing Protection Without. Any • Unalglitly Features. A disappearing gate for railroad cross­ ings has been recently patented by Fred­ erick Nichols of Lynn, Mass, The many advantages of suclV a gate will be readily understood. Its construction is very simple, there being no cogs or gears. It is made of sliding and jointing bars and angle irons and can be constructed with out great expense. A trench about four feet deep is dug on each side of the tracks ucross the street. The earth sides of this trench are. supported by plates of boiler iron, instead of expensive masonry, bolted to U shaped iron castings. To these ,castings is fastened the lower and sta­ tionary part of the gate. The slit opening through which the gate co up is, of course, protected from da, etc., by the top rail of the gate when it is down and when public travel is pass­ ing over it. When the gate is up, the opening or slit is protected, as public travel over it is stopped. The bottom of the trench is of gravel or concrete, and it is graded toward one end to allow water which does not soak up to run off into a sewer or blind drain. At the side of this opening, on the street level, are cast, iron plates covering manholes, which allow a man to go the entire length of trench to oil or adjust any of the movable working parts. The gate is counterbalanced with weights, and friction is reduced to minimum, thus making its operations-- easy. A bell signal is sounded before the gates are raised. At night incandes­ cent lamps are lighted by contact being automatically mad- as the gates are raised. Lanterns are used where elec­ tricity is not available. The gates are quick and easy in ac­ tion, can be operated by one man, when it often requires two by present meth­ ods. They can be operated from switch or signal tower in many instances. They will not interfere with trolley wires or electric car tracks. The gates are raised and lowered by the simple movement of a lever on which is a latch, securing the gate in any position.--Philadelphia Record. How an Owl Saved a Train. Owls are by common consent ad judged to be birds of ill omen, but En­ gineer Ned Burnett of the Santa Fe says he happens to know that they are anything but that and tells the follow­ ing story to prove his assertions: One morning as the east bound over land was pulling through the mountains west of here, Barnett's engine doing the work, a big horn beaked owl dash­ ed against the front window of the cab with such force as to break the win dow, the bird itself dropping dead at the engineer's feet. Though Barnett is not, generally speaking, a superstitious man, this seemed so singular an occur rence that he stopped the train and sent a brakeman ahead to see if the way was clear. Strange to relate, the brakeman soon returned, reporting a landslide across the track in the mountain pass about 100 yards ahead. Hands were sent at once to clear the track, and in removing the debris they found another owl, no doubt mate to the fiist, caught in the crotch of an uprooted tree, crush­ ed to death in the fall. Barnett had both owls stuffed, and the two now adorn his cab, always in­ suring him good luck, he says.--Phila­ delphia Times. Writing Leaders For the London Times. I dined with Mr. Walter and his son in Printing House square at 5 o'clock and found that I was expected to write an article there and then on one of the subjects of the day. I protested my in "ability, not supposing myself capable of doing such a thing in less than a week. This was poolipoohed. I tried, found it possible and found.also that I was ex­ pected to repeat the process next day, same hour, f^amo dinner, short conversa­ tion after dinner, then the subject was announced, and I was left-alone till tea time, when Mr. Waiter appeared, read aloud What phad done, with criticisms and, after correction, carried off the pa­ per to the printer. When the article was finished, the same process was repeated* and When I was disburdened of the whole article I went home to bed. Grad­ ually it appeared that I was expected (exceptis excipiendis) to do this every evening.-- Letters of Frederick Lord Blackford. Eating What We Know Nothing About. There is nothing so delicious as the first codfish caught off the 'Sconset shore; You never have them as we do. We eat the "tongues and sounds," and one does not know what codfish is until they have tasted these. Then the ' 'in­ wards" are sold af 25 cents a quart. What they are I will not explain. But fried in crumbs, there is nothing more palatable. "Britches" and' 'chittlings" are the names, given to the different va­ rieties found under the more general term of "inwards."--Nantucket Cor. Springfield Republican. Full Benefit. Watts--Let's walk along until a car overtakes us. Potts---No. Let's walk the other way until a car meets us. We will catch it sooner^ we will go down town just as quick, and we get. more rile for "ow money.--Indianapolis Journal FRENCH ARMY AND NAVY. England's Traditional Enemy Not Behind Her In Armament. The French navy ranks next to that of England in numbers, while in effi­ ciency and fighting qualities the French ships are fully equal to their English rivals. In fact, in naval architecture the French early took the lead, and many of the English types of ships were mod­ eled after the French designs, says The Cbautauquau, One of the chief differ­ ences between the English and the French armored ships today is in the disposition of the armor and the conse­ quent design of the hull. English de­ signers have striven to protect the men working the1 guns, and to do this they have reduced the length of the ship's armor. French and naval architects, On the other hand, have given little atten­ tion to the protection of men and a great deal to the protection of the water line. Therefore they have reduced the breadth of the ship's armor. -It is worthy of note that France is the only great power which levies a tax on such of her citizens as either do not enlist in the standing army or wh enlist for a shorter term than three years. Only those who are officially de­ clared "impecunious" are exempt from such a tax: It is payable annually as long as the liability to service lasts, and the revenue from this source amounts to about 30,000,000 francs, or $6,000,000, annually. T|te officers of the French army re­ ceive a very thorough education at the different military schools. At the head of these (although not exclusively mili­ tary) stands the Polytechnic school in Paris, which admits 150 pupils annually after a competitive examination. The course occupies nine months in the year for two years. As it is impossible to keep under arms for three years the entire annual contin­ gent of recruits, the law provides for the discharge of thoroughly trained men at the end of the first or second year of active service in such proportions as to bring down the peace strength of the army to the number annually determin­ ed upon by the general assembly. Pref­ erences in this connection are decided by lot. For this purpose every recruit at his enrollment draws a number, and only those having the highest numbers are entitled to consideration. Costumes of the Spreewald. Consul General De Kay writes a pa­ per entitled"An Inland Venice" for The Century. It is a description of life in the Serbian swamp, Vendland. Mr. Do Kay says: "School out" at the vil­ lage school of Burg is a pretty sight. The substantial brick building overlooks the ever murmuring highway, and the boys and girls, instead of stringing up a dusty road, tumble into punts and pole away for dear life--the boys much like other boys, but the girls reduced facsimiles of their mothers and elder sisters, clad in bright but short raiment aud visible afar off through their strange mob caps with wings. As one moves down stream from Burg by Leipe tc Lubbenau, these wings /grow smaller and collapse, while the skirts grow longer and more resemble the ordinary dress of women. At a dance the Spree- walder knows instantly, by the pecul­ iarities of her costume, from what vil­ lage a woman or girl lias come. At Leipe the multudinous skirts of alarm­ ing girth are no more. The gown reaches the ankles, and the cap fits close to the head instead of resting on a framework as in Burg. Thus the dress in Leipe is perhaps more graceful, but it is more commonplace. It no longer testifies to that pride of the peasant father or lius band which is shown by the number of yards in the skirts of his woman Polk and the variety of their caps, by the richness of their dress as well as their jewelry. Always Play Cards For Money. "England is termed puritanical," said a New Yorker who has been in London a good deal, "but English peo­ ple who consider themselves very prop­ er do things sometimes which would shock people of a similar sort in this country. For instance, even clergymen often play cards for money, and women do so as a matter of course. I never played a game at an English house at which there was "not a stake. "The stake was small if women were among the players, and possibly only a few shillings changed hands, but it never seemed to occur to any English people I ever met to play for fun. The people were of the middle class, which is anything but fast. . "Fancy an American clergyman play­ ing cards for money! He would be con­ sidered a bad lot by many if he played cards even for fun. And certainly a young woman who arose from a card table with a dollar, more or less, of a man's money in her possession would be considered fast, to say the least."-- New York Sun. GRANT AN D CON FEDERATE. *he Commander's Consideration For a Wounded Officer of the Enemy. > The following anecdote is related by General Horace Porter in his "Cam­ paigning Wit* Grant," in The Century: While riding about the field General Grant stopped at a house and expressed a desire to prepare some dispatches. A number Of wounded were lying u the porch and in the rooms. • They had made their way there in accordance with the usual custom of wounded men to seels a; house. It seems to be a natural instinct, as a house conveys the idea of shelter and of home. I walked with the general into a backroom to see whether there was a dry spot which he might take-possession of for a short time to write messages aud look over the maps. As we entered there was seen, sitting in the Only chair a Confederate lieuten­ ant of infantry who had been shot in the left cheek, the ball passing through his mouth and coming out near" the right ear. A mass of coagulated blood covered his face and neck, and he pre­ sented a shocking appearance. He arose th$ moment we entered, pushed his chair forward toward the general and' S said, with a bow and a smile, "Here, take my chair, sir." General Grant looked at him and replied: "Ah, you need that chair much more than L Keep your seat. I see you are badly hurt." The officer answered good na- turedly: "If you folks let me go back to our lines, I think I ought to be able to get a leave to go home and see my girl. But I reckon she wouldn't know me now." The general said, "I will see that one of our surgeons does all in his power for you," and then stepped out of the room. He told one of the surgeons who was dressing the wounds of our men to do what he could for the Con­ federate. We did not hear what became Qf him afterward. He probably never knew that he had been talking to the general in chief of the Yankee armies. The dispatches were afterward written in another room. CARPET PRINTING. When the First Experiments Were Hade by John Bright. The printing of tapestry and Velvet carpets, after being woven in the white, dates back 50 or more years ago. Old carpet men will at once recall the fabrio made by John Bright at Rochdale, Eng­ land, and how he flooded our country with his products. Their introduction, however, was difficult, as they came in conflict with the productions of , John Crossley & Sons, then the greatest pro­ ducers of the original tapestry and vel­ vets in the world. The difference, of course, between the two productions was that the Crossleys had the designs printed, as now, in colors on the warp before weaving, while that made by John Bright (tapestry) had its figures and colors stamped upon the fabric by hand after it was woven. The latter process, however, presented a drugget effect and lacked the style and accurate registration of the Crossley carpets. They had one thing to commend they were very durable. Bright's goods were first printed with blocks, and, be­ ing durable and cheap, their sale was large in many countries. Cylinders or rollers were afterward used by Bright, the cue being taken from calico and kindred printing, but they varied much in their construction. One of these, used by an English manu­ facturer, was a very elaborate and ex­ pensive affair. The engraving of the de­ sign upon the cylinder was very deep, and the colors placed in their proper pieces to correspond precisely with the fabric itself, a painted design, contain­ ing every color to be employed, being used as a guide. In fact, the exact col­ oring of the carpet was placed upon the cylinder and from it trausfered to the plain fabric.--American Carpet and Upholstery Journal. Burned Them. He is a Bath (Me.) clergyman, and, of course, somewhat unacquainted with new fangled forms of vice, to say the least. Accordingly, when he espied a nickel in the slot machine at a "seaside resort last summer his curiosity was aroused, and he dropped in a nickel. Luck was coming the clergyman's way that day, and, to his intense horror, ten nice cigars rolled out of the machine in response to the titillatious of its interior as the nickel rattled through it. In fact, the good man was so scandalized that he took those cigars away and burned them --one at a time.--Boston Herald. Forests In Europe. According to the Hon. F. Lawley, Russia in Europe has 527,500,000 acres of forests, Sweden coming next with 42,000,000. Germany has 84,000,000, Austria slightly over 24,000,000 and the British isles less than 3,000,000. There are 882 miles of distance be­ tween Atlanta aijd New York: city. A pound avoirdupois is equal to a lit­ tle less than half a kilogram. A Bridge 1 ept In Bepair by Mussels. The byssns, or silky beard, by which the mussel moors itself to the stone, is a familiar object of our sea rocks. It is in its nature like the silk of the silk­ worm and exudes in a glutinous thread from an organ at the base of the foot. The following is an instance in which the mooring of the mussel was useful to effect a purpose which human skill could not accomplish. A large bridge, with 20 arches, in the town of Biddeford, in Devonshire, crosses the Torridge river near the spot of its junction with the Taw. The tide flows so very rapidly here that it was found impossible to keep the bridge in repair by means of mortar. The corporation therefore keeps boats employed in bringing mussels to it, and the interstices of the bridge are filled by hand with these mussels. It is supported from being driven away by the tide entirely by the 6trong threads which these mussels fix to the stonework, and by an act or grant it is ' a crime liable to transportation for any person to remove the mussels unless in the presence and by the consent of the corporative trustees.--Scottish Nights. She Had Two. A young contralto at a Handel con­ cert which Sir Joseph Barnby was ^on- ducting at the end of a solo put in a high note instead of the less effective note usually sung. This innovation shocked the conductor, and he immedi­ ately asked whether Miss Singer thought she was right in trying to improve up­ on Handel. "Well, Sir Joseph,"said she, "I've got an E, and I don't see why I shouldn't show it off." "Miss Singer," rejoined Barnby, "I believe you have two knees, but I hope ypu won't show-them off here.' '--San Fran­ cisco Argonaut. ;.i'•,•&>•