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Jr nUAiiX imIOmJBiURnAvr lav and Mrs. Nick Freund of Spring , Grove visited at the home of Mr. and * Mrs. Martin H. Freund Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Pitzen, Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Freund motored to a Chicago Saturday to spend a few days . * with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nell and chil- << dren, Mrs. Christina Nell and son, Frank, and Agn«yi Weingart left on 3 Tuesday for Effingham, 111., to visit " Thanksgiving Day with Rev. George Ne,L Don't forget to eat your Thanksgiving dinner a.t the St. John s church fair, Nov. 24. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Freund and family of McHenry visited with Mr. and M!rs. Martin Freund Sunday. Mrs. Joe J. Miller of McHenry visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Lay one day last week. Arthur Wegner of Roupd Lake was a Johnsburp caller Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Miller left . Thursday morning for Florida, where they wiil visit all interesting points and intend to say about a month. Joe Hettermann and Guy Hook motored to Beardstown, where they enjoyed a few days of duck hunting. The Girls' club met at the home of Miss Amelia Weber Thursday. The afternoon was spent in playing five " hundred. High honors were awarded : to Catherine Frett, first; Agnes Hettermann, second and Mildred Schaefer, consolation. , Mr. and Mrs. Heitry W. Hettermann and son, Donald, and daughter, Agnes, and Anthony Freund motored to Kenosha Sunday, where they visited with Mrs. Katie Althoff and daughters and Mr, and Mrs. Ray Carney. The Jolly Eight club met at the home of Mrs. William Meyers Wednesday. The evening was spent in plaving five hundred. The lucky ones being Mrs. H. W. Hettermann, first and Mjr^ Joe Thelen, second. Mr. and Mrs. John Pitzen visited with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pitzen on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Obenauf were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schaefer Thursday evening. The Merry five: Misses Angela and Marie Miller. Helen Schaefer, --• Helen Smith and Martha Hettermann "xf motored to Woodstock Saturday, where they did some shopping and attended the show. Mrs1. George Miller and Mrs. Ben Schaefer visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Pitzen Thursday. Miss, Esther May visited with Miss Helen Schaefer Sunday afternoon. Mi£s Marie Miller visited with Helen Smith Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Horick of Woofi stock and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Regner and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund of Chicago visited with Mr. and Mrs. Steve King Sunday. Wedding bells will soon be ringing in Johnsburg. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Pitzen and Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Freund motored to Chicago Friday where they spent a few days with relative* and friends.^' Miss Angela Miller spent Sunday with friends in Chicago. Do your shopping for Thanksgiving dinner at Erickson Dept. Store. Horn Heralded Coming of Early Locomotive The earliest locomotives had nothing more In the nature of a warning of the engine's approach than a tin horn blown by the engineer at more or less frequent Intervals, but under some circumstances this proved inadequate. The resulting volume of sound depended largely upon the lung power of the engineer and the direction and force of wind. On a spring morning of the year 1833 a farmer was driving to market with a load of butter and eggs and, being unfamiliar with locomotives, he loitered on the track too long and failed to hear the warning signal from the tin horn, whereupon the whole outfit was scattered over the landscape. The bill which the company had to pay was regarded as staggering and Ashland Baxter, who was director of the company concerned, paid a visit to George Stephenson at Alton Grange to confer with the great inventor to ascertain if something In the nature of an adequate warning cojild not, txj Invented to Jteep people on the track. The result was that Stephenson made the steam whistle which was immediately adopted for all locomotives then in, use and has continued as a permanent feature of all locomotives built In the meantime. Comments on Britontf Lack of Individuality Among the visitors to this country Just arrived from the West is a man who left England 35 years ago. He has prospered abroad and now comes to take his case in his "aln eountree." What are the differences he notices chiefly In our national make-up from the people he left a generation and more ago? He tells you frankly: "You're all alike, as like as two chips. There is a similarity of faces and expression, of occupation and Idling. I -find less individuality among people here at home now, less character, less sharply defined natures. ^ think the fact that so many of you play some sort of game is responsible for a general lack of character. .Games don't develop anything but your muscles. They cramp the character, I'm sure. "In times gone by I can recall nine out of ten of my father's friends who were real characters, individuals. They had a zest in life and blazed their own trail, whether it was footpath or high road. It was their own way of living. They had a definite reading of life. Then every person you niet was a new experience. Today everybody's cut and dried, an economical factor, eh?" And his cheery laugh mitigated ?the sting.--London, Chronicle. This Our f CHL V ROL F T vEiHttot vlUar Axle • lgnrtloo V Battery vTlrw vW> vTop vFi USED CARS •with an that counts Buy Used Chevrolet** from Chevrolet Dealers! As Chevrolet dealers, we sons why it payB to buy are particularly interested used Chevrolets from in Chevrolet performance. Chevrolet dealers! An- We do our utmost to make other safety factor is the every used Chevrolet de- red "?• K\" **8 which we liver the dependable attach to the radiator cap transportation for which of each reconditioned car. Chevrolet is famous the world over. That's one of the big rea- Look for it on the car you buy--and KNOW that you are getting superior value. HETTERMANN MOTOR SALES Phone 191 West McHenry, 111 Q U A L I T Y A T L O W C O S T \ mr M home, be sure of lifetime, service-- and economy. We install a General Electric wirii^ system throughout, and guarantee the entire installation to be free from flaws, and of ; highest quality -- both mate* rials and workmanship. • riRiNG System ~for lifetime service Competently installed by O\ CAREY ELECTRIC SHOP McHENRY, ILLINOIS REFUSING TO VOTE, WOMEN QUOTE They Nearly Stump Judge, but Are Fined. j Brussels.--From the little town of Zeist In Holland, not far from Doom, comes a story of forty women who would not vote. Not only did they neglect to vote, but they refused to do so on conscientious grounds, and the courtroom scene which followed taxed the Scriptural knowledge of the judge. All forty were summoned to appear before the local magistrate of Zelst to explain their delinquency. But thirtyeight of these wise women decided not to lower their dignity, so they sent a man delegate to present a 'written pleading to the effect that their consciences would not permit them to go to the polls. Excuse Astonishes Judge. •True Puritan women cannot do unwomanly things just because the pope and the Socialist leaders would be pleased at this," wrote the nonvoting thirty-eight. That In Itself sufficiently astonished the good jutfge. Then, on behalf of the women the delegate quotefl a verse from Proverbs: "Her Husband lsTcnown Tn the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the lajad." Thj women added that nothing was said in the Bible about a woman sitting In the gates.. MIt Is not a fit place for her and she has nothing to debate with the elders of the land." The judge was searching his memory for a suitable quotation from the Scriptures which would show why women should sit with the elders when a woman appeared before the bench carrying .a huge family Bible. "This man has been pleading on behalf of thirty-eight of us," she declared to the judge. MI will plead myself for the two remaining women who didn't vote." * She opened her Bible and began to quote, first one verse from one book, then another from a different book. The Judge tried to Intervene, but the woman who would not vote had no trouble at all with her speaking faculties. She repeatedly silenced the judge and proceeded with the next quotation. Unquestionably she had her case well prepared. 1 "Let your women keep silence befor the community," she read from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. "For It is not permitted unto them to speak . . . and If they will learn anything let them ask their husbands at home, for It Is a shame for women to speak before the community." Court Quotes Bible. But the judge had now recovered to parry quotation for quotation. "You have quoted Proverbs 31:23," he stated with dignity. "Will you allow me to quote Proverbs 31:26?" The Dutch woman was still In the middle of Corinthians and tried hurriedly to get relocated. But the judge had already started. "She openeth her mouth with wisdom," he read solemnly, "and her tongue Is the law of kindness." ' Quite uninfluenced by the judge's come-back, the defendant picked a verbal missile from Genesis. "And thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee," she declared emphatically, only to follow that up with half-a dozen flirtations so rapidly that the judge found it Impossible to speak a word. . But courts have ways of their own. Seeing he couldn't hope to outquote his antagonist, especially since she betrayed no great aptitude for standing by her plea that women should keep silence before the community, the Judge finally found an opportunity to announce he would deliver his verdict by writing. His decree stated that each of the forty women who would not vote should pay a fine to the state--fifteen or twenty florins each. But the judge Included no Biblical quotations. THE WORLD'S GREATJLVENTS ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE R< Blackbirds Enrage New York'Village Olean, N. Y.--Four and plenty blackbirds are making a most unpalatable dish for the villagers of Gowanda. No one can sleep since thousands of the birds descended on the hamlet in northwestern Cattaragus county. And now their chattering is being punctuated by the firing of shotgun shells, ^especially devised to make the most rfoise possible. The exasperated villagers appealed to the local officials who in turn appealed to the bureau of biological survey In Washington. The prescription it furnished was to this effect: Take shotguns, load with shells making loud reports, and open fire when the birds first appear in the evening. They are then most easily frightened. Repeat dose every night antil the birds move ouv The onslaught is now on, with no one, it seems, objecting to the lack of faith in the aim of the Gowanda gunners, which the prescription shows Killed Wrong Woman Tokyo.--Intending to hill his wife. tr" 60-year-old resident of Otomachl, a village near Tokyo, sharpened up his knife and waited at his gateway for the woman to return home. A neightor's wife, who happened to drop In, got the knife instead. The wouldbe wife slayer explained to the police that he had simply made a mistake, taking the other woman for his wife, but, according to the vernacular press, "the police deemed this excuse insufficient" and put the man under arrest fNot Fast Color Human nature Is likely to becon* somewhat over-enthusiastic as It Dtoises on In some worthy undertaking and we Imagine some of the Red® now awaiting the sailing of the next ark aren't much more tbaa Ohio State Journal. (0 W Dodd, Mead * Company.) Robert Brucm OBERT BRUCE, of Scotland--a man without a home, a king without a throne, a ruler without subject* --lay hidden in a tumble-down hut one day early In the Fourteenth cen tury, while the soldiers of King Edward I of England scoured the surrounding country under orders to capture the fugitive monarch dead or alive. As the luckless Bruce gazed Idly about him he noticed a spiAer swinging from a strand of web that It was trying to affix to- the opposite wall. Six times tjje spider swung and failed. The king grew interested. He had been half minded to give up his own useless struggle against England's mighty power. But, noting the Insect's perseverance, he took heart. He resolved that If the spider should win In Its task of fixing the web to the op poslte wall, he himself would once morq attempt to resist England's invasion. On the seventh trial the spider succeeded; and Bruce, true, to bis pledge, set forth to renew his own hopeless^warfare. > North Britain, the country later known as Scotland, had never wholly been conquered in the Roman invasion. Its Inhabitants, savages known as Plcts and Scots, had for centuries resisted all attempts to'crush them as other savage tribes had been crushed. But at last Scotland had fallen under English Influence and had become a mere Anglo-Norman feudal monarchy. A question arose In 1292 as to succession to the throne. Edward I, king of England, was asked to decide the matter; and, through his Influence, a puppet of his own, John Ballol, was chosen. This strengthened England's power In Scotland, t, and the unhappy northern kingdom was almost passive under the English yoke. Ballol, urged, on by malcontents, sought alliance with France and took up arms against England, but Edward speedily captured him, routed his armies and took Edinburgh and other Scotch strongholds. Then, In the hour of Scotland's sorest need, when all her nobles were cringing at Edward's feet, a hero arose-^-a man of the people, William Wallace. Wallace raised a rabble of peasants and townsfolk, molded them into a well-trained, organized band, and In 1297 captured town after town from the English. The nobles held aloof from him, but the common people followed him devotedly. Edward sent a strong army to put Wallace down, deeming the revolt too petty for his own personal attention. Wallace, with a force many thousands Inferior to the Invaders, met this English army near Stirling. Wallace's men were light-armed and ill-equipped and had less than 200 horses in all. The well-mounted English, in their heavy armor, looked for an easy victory. But, after a fierce battle, Wallace's peasants put them to flight It was the first time In history that a disciplined feudal army was routed by a force recruited from the plain people. It was the beginning of the end. Having repulsed the English, Wallace set to work reorganizing Scotland and reviving her shattered commerce. Pressing his conquests he even Invaded the north of England, thus carrying the war into the enemy's country. But, alarmed at the extent of the revolution, Edward sent a new army of 00,000 men against him. The nobles refused to help Wallace and his resources were only such as he himself copld muster. Yet he won two battles against the stronger Invader before the superior force overwhelmed and crushed his little army. Wallace was captured, sent to London and there, after a mock trial, the gallant patriot was hanged as a traitor. Edward, as an example to future revolutionists, devastated Scotland, Inflicting terrible penalty for England's former defeats. But the result was exactly opposite to what he had planned. A nobleman, Lord Robert de Bruce (or Robert Bruce) revolted, drawing about him the Scottish nobility. He was crowned King of Scotland In 1306. Edward at once attacked him, driving him from the throne, and again ravaging the strick en country. It was during this perjod that Bruce took his life lesson from the spider in the hut whither he had fled for refuge. Almost at once, upon Bruce's resolve to try once more to save Scotland, the turn of fortune came. Edward I died and was succeeded bv his weak, dissolute son, Edward II. Tak lng advantage of the letter's indolence, Bruce raised a strong army, and by 1313 had won back nearly all of Scot land. The next year the last and most decisive battle of the war was fought at Bannockburn (Bannock Creek) Bruce, by better knowledge of the marshy, uneven ground and by su perior generalship, won the day. His Scottish spearmen fought on foot in a circular formation somewhat like th< modern military "square," and through this circle f steel the English knights could not break. Again It was proven that the flower of chivalry could make no headway against well generale*! private soldiers. The English were utterly routed. Never again, though many other Con diets arose, did England wholly suit due Scotland. At lift. In 1603. the two nnr'iHi* he came one. under .Tnw« f «>' fc>'Jf"nd who cliirawfl'tftVnatural heir fu iwrtt thronev ' „ Thing a Never Wasted tfo honest work is was tad. fti never lost. You may not see the results you expect but there are al ways results when there is effort Never let yourself think that any thing you have done has been done In vain. Effort and achievement Inseparable. & ELMO SCOTT WATSON II. Blackboard Takes to Piracy IN 1716 a certain Captain Teach, who had served an apprenticeship In lawlessness &s a privateer out of Jamaica, "went on account." He was put In command of a sloop by the pirate, Benjamin Hornigold, and the two leaders set out from Providence for the American coast. In the West Indies they took their first prises, then continued on to the coast of Virginia, where they captured a fine French vessel engaged In the Guinea trade.. On this Teach mounted 40 guns and renamed it the Queen Anne's Revenge. His first capture was a big ship named the Great Allen, which be plundered and burned. Attacked by H. M. S. Scarborough, the pirate drove off the man-of-war after a sharp engagement and continued on his way. His next victim was the sloop of the pirate leader, Maj. Stede Bonnet, whom Teach, In a high-handed manner, deprived of his vessel and put one of hlf ow|i meg In command. Blackbeard's captures were numberless. One of them was a ship bearing the curious name of the Protestant Caesar which Teach burned, not because of her name but because she was from Boston where a number of pirates had lately been hanged. He now turned to the Carolina coast which had just been suffering from ravages of Capt. Charles Yane. He capped the climax by sailing his fleet--he had three ships by this time-- outside the port of Charleston, S. C., and capturing every vessel that tried to enter or leave port. On one of these were several prominent citizens of the colony, wholn Blackbeard held as hostages. Then he sent word to the governor of South Carolina that he was In need' of medicines, and unless they were sent forthwith, everyone of his prisoners would be killed. There was some delay in acceding to his demands, and the pirate set about to put his threat into execution. Fortunately, however, the medicine chest arrived in time to save their lives. Despite his many successes, Teach's life was not a bed of roses. He had unruly men for his crews, and he had to rule them with an Iron hand. There has been preserved from his journal (he was a somewhat literary pirate, too, it seems!) .the following entries: "1718--Such a Day. Rum all out--Our Company somewhat sober --A d--d Confusion amongst us!-- Rogues a-plottlng--great Talk of Separation-- so I look'd Sharp for a Prize. 1718--Such, a Day. Took one with a Great deal of Liquor on Board; so kept the Company hot, d--d hot, then all Things went well again." Such a day, indeed! And these only two of many in his Infamous career. (40. 1916, WMt«rn N«w«p*p«r Union.) Jiu-jitsu Not Japanese . Jiu-jitsu is supposed to come from Japan, but an art of self-defense virtually identical with It was taught la Europe during the Seventeenth century. Its principles are expounded In a book by one Nicholas Peters, published at Amsterdam In 1674, which bears the long explanatory title: "The Art of Wrestling, and how one can protect oneself In all kinds of quarrels that may occur; how one can with agility and rapidity repel all unfair attacks and meet one's adversary with science." HIGH SCHOOL CALENDAR Dec. 2.--Basketball, Huntley. at Huntley. De<S. 8--Junior play. Dec. 9--Basketball, Woodstock frt MfcHenry. -- Dec. 16.--Basketball, Belvidere at Belvidere. Dec. 23.--School closes for Christmas vacation. Dec. 28.--Basketball, alumni. Dec. SO.--Basketball, Hebron at Hebronl Jan. 3.--School opens alter T»m vacation. Jan. 6.--Basketball, Hebron at McHenry. \ , . Jan. 13.--Basketball, Crystal Lake' at Crystal Lake. x Jan. 19-20.--Basketball, Belvidere at McHSnry. Jan. 21.--Basketball, Richmond at McHenry. Feb. 3.--Basketball, Harvard at Harvard. Feb. 4.--Basketball, Huntley at McHenry. - Feb. 9-10-11.--County tournament at Woodstock. ^ Feb. 17.--Basketball Woodstock at Woodstock. Feb. 23--Grade-all school fntertainment. * Feb. 24.--Basketball, Harvard at McHenry. Mar. 3.--Basketball, Crystal Lake at McHenry. Mar. 8-10.--District tournament. Mar. 15.--Athletic banquet. Mar. 22-23.--Third quarter examinations. Apr. 6.--Good Friday. VsM^fZ^ Apr. 19-20--Senior play. May 10.--Band concert. - May 12.--Junior prom. May 27.--Baccalaureate address ••'!> ' " May 29.--Fourth quarter examtnations. May 30.--Decoration Day--program^ school takes part. May 29.--Fourth quarter examfatations. May 31.--Senior class day exercises. June 1.--Grade school graduation* exercises. ,??*V1 June 1.--High school graduation^/iifc Miscellaneous Shower Miss Floribel $assett en' several friends and former schoolmates at a miscellaneous shower in honbr of Miss Lillian Buss on Thursday evening of last week. After following a cobweb of strings about the rooms for some time the guest of* honor finally found many beautiful gifts from the girls present and as she opened each gift she was asked a question. Bunco was played duringthe evening and prizes were won by Miss Dorothy LaSalle and Miss Marjorie Whiting. At the close of the games a delicious luncheon was served with decorations being carried out in pink and white. Guests of the evening were: Misses Olive Vasey, Dorothy Matthews, Ella Harrison, Marjorie Whiting, Lillian Buss and Dorothy LaSalle. . v •. /• mnnnnrii ifirm 11 n mm inn»iru iiiiimiiihui • For this kind of going yov ~ xd ™ MONOPUL » fMONOPUL means ONE-PULLl LOne-Pull~If SIides Open. One-Pull--It Siidei'ShutJ fT^HEY'RE good looking and stylish - JL enough to complete the finest winter outfit. They^ §re easy to put on or take off--one pull to open or shut. The slide fastener is durable and dependable. The cloth top fits snug and looks neat--without sag or wrinkle. And. best of all, they're BALL-BAND quality^™ which means More Days Wean Special Six 4'Door Sedan NOW * 4m* ikt in Motor Gar Wu* If* Cheng* fci Dmtigm JMh nteits hate been made on ft> fi 4esft«n for 1000 Dotty Thought . Affection Is the broadest food In tttar-Oeorge BUet ' BALlljlBAND MONOPUL <Swv ARCTICS Erickson Dept. Store Tel. 154 West McHenry Easiest to in cold When Zero is the forecast, you'll' be glad you bought a Nash. For even though you keep a Nash in an unheated garage, here's one car that starts immediately,, and then warms up to smooth operating efficiency in no time at all. Nash has a big heavy-duty starter, an improved carburetor with auto* matte heat control and then thermostatic control of the water circulation which combine to produce almost magical results whefc you press the starter. Nash is a great cold weather car in other ways, too. The big, 2-tvayf 4-wheel brakes of Nash surround 'ou with safety over every imagable condition underfoot. 'The Nash crankcase ventilator. Iteeps the car's interior absolutely free of engine fumes, and at the same time prevents the usual coldweather dilution of lubricating oil. |lnd the great Nash 7-bearin jnotor, now newly refined, is smoo and quiet every day in the year. This is the best time in the year t(> trade your present car on a new Nash. Come in and let us show you how much more enjoyable winter and winter driving can be, when you drive a N«4jjk / George A. Stilling Garage MeHearjr, mitttis