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Office in Park House, first floor, iiniiii'i .it. -- In A M. CHURGH, Watca,lcei" mncl «Tc»w®ie-r NO. One Hundred Twenty-Five State SI Chi­cago. III. Special attention given to re pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. 4GVA Full Aaaortmeat of Oooda In his line Attention Horsemen! Mo HENRY, 111., April 1st, 18S8, I would respectfully invite the Public to call and examine m j stock of Horses befora making arrangements elsewhere. No bust, ness dona on Sunday. K. & COLBY «*nm fix The Police Gazette, Is the **nly illustrated paper In the world containing all the latest sensational and sporting news. No Salo.-n Keeper, Barber, or Club Room can afford to be without it. It always makes friends wherever it goes. Mailed to any address in the United States securely wrapped, 13 weeks for tl, Send Five Cents for sample copy. i BI0HASD X. T0K •SQUABB, New York United States War Gluim Apcj ----OF WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock • • Illinois. Prosecutes all AlaasssAnd kfnda of olaima against the United States tor ex-Soldiers, their Wnlow^s, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly anawerad lf Postage Stamps are anolosed for reply. WM, a. COW Lib Ofllce at Resldenee, Madison St., Woodatoca, Illinois. ATTENTIOlU^ armers and Dairymen. It will pay those looking for / ' CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call al mj premises before purchasing. I can furnish auoh by the oar load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, OHHMCrwo. ram about Jon alias northwest of Harvard, Illinois. American Clover Blossom Co. 361 N. Clark St. OHICACO. ILL. The Groat - Blood Purifier, Cures all Blood Diseases that »rise from the rffect of Bad Blood. A sure cure for Cancer, Catarrah, Piles, Sick Headache, Oys. pepsia, Whooping Cough* ijthamwitMim. Con atipation, ate. v BLOSSOMS, per pound . * - v • FLUID EXTRACT, per bottle . . SOLID EXTBACT, per pound . • 1.00 3.50 Both the Solid and Fluid Extracts are made from the same stook of Blossoms, and ar* equally as good and efficacious aa the Bios, soma. < JULIA A. STORY, Agent. MoHenry, Illinois. CEDAR LAWN STOCK FAEB, HEBRON, ILL. Philips & BichardscMB* •J »SRKDEBS;OF High Grade Jersey Cattle, REGISTERED POLAND OHIKA HOQS, AND PURE BRED POULTRY. Silver Laced Wyandotte*, Light Bnunae, Ply month Rocks, S. O. White and 8, C. Brown v Leghorns, PatrMge Cochins, *nd other Varieties. Mammoth B onze and vWhite Holland Turkeys. Pekin • Ducks bnd White Guineas. We have a Sew high Grade Jersey Cattle for sale from choice selected stock. Our Poland China HOSTS are of the best and eho'cest strains. We have some very choice spring Pigs for sale at very reasonable prices. An inspection of them is invited, or write ua your wants and we will quote you prices. Alt pigs eligible to any register. Poultry for sile at reasonable prices. Eggs during season. We hive some very choice Poultry of all kinds at Fall prices. All orilsrs for Pigs, Birds or Eggs receive prompt attention. <• Our stock has been carefullv selected and la strictly pure, and we Guarantee it «s such. Onr customers may rest tssured that we shall ship only such stock as will reflect credit upon ocrselves ant them also. Correspond, ence cheerfully and promptly attended to and respectfully solicited. Visitors welcome any day but Sunday, and we extend an invi­ tation to all to call and see our stock. Hoping to receive a share of your patronage, and assuring our friends that we will labor to please you,-we await your tavor,. Yours Respectfully, PHILIPS & RICHJCUMQM. September, ltSO. • F. K. GRANGER, General Auctioneer. Bales of Real Estate, Stock, Fanning Tools, Household Furniture, and Goods of all kinds attended to on the moet reas onable terms. Orders by mail will receive prompt at* tsntion. Address. SIMON STOFFEL, " --AonrT Ftanlx, of BtooUja, V. T. Capital, 5,00@t31{S. Rockford, ofRockford, III Capital, 802,448, NaM, of Hartford, Cm. Capital, 82,6204213. Inavranae carefully and safely placed on all classes of property against fire, lightning, and tornado, either lor cash or on long time, without interest. Fire policies on live stock cover same in buiMing or on farm tgainst loaa or damage hy Are or lightning an<i againat lightning any wher* hay, straw, stalka and fodder ara covered by on* policy, in building or a tacks on Earm. Grain, serds and mill feed are covered under o- e sum 'n building or on farm Insurance transferred to other local), ties free of cargo. Gasoline or oO atove and steam thraahai parmits granted in nollelaa free of charge Household goou* of every description, tnelndlng coal, wood and provf. slon® all coveted under one Item. Complete records kept of all policies, condition », assign­ ments and transfers made. Call for Hat of ovef TOO policy holders in above companies. Simon Btoflnl Waal ICaHaary, Illlnola, *.!• Barbla». *J. J.BarMaa BARBIAN BR08. Wholesale and Retail DCAI.WU nr FINE CIGARS, MtHENBY ILLINOIS, Having laaaed the brick building ona door South 01the post ofllce, we have opened a retail atore, whore, at all times oan be found flne cigars of our own manufacture, together with smoking and chewing tobaoso of the teat brands. -frA Pipes a Specialty! j- : W« have a vary large asaortment aad| aoasa •ary!handaoana patterns. GALL AND 81S UB. BABBU* nidi' MeHanry. Wovsn>h«i*18ih, l"l 1 'I W"fl * LAWS' ACADUCT Will open lfa aeoond year on Wed­ nesday, 16, 1891, and will offer special privltegpa to the right clasa of taudents. The Institution wlU be con­ ducted as a Home School for Boyd Where they will receive the benelts of a thorough preparation in all ef tb« common branches of stady. GERMAN AND MUSIC. We claim for our school a pleasant and heat'hr situation, ard the past year bears us out in the assertion. TEAMS ABB DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAB Sent to any address on application. The school Is situated at Ring»ood, McRenrv Co., Ill,, on the C. A N. W. R, R,, 59 Miles from Chtcage, 15 miles trom Lake Geneva, and 6 miles from Fox Lake. No saloon, billiard hall, or other loafing place in town. Address Oak JL&WD Academy, 8tr RINQWOOD III. JOHN Pi UHiTH, Watohmaker A Jeweler MoHCMRYi' ILLINOIS. A FINK stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew. airy always on hand. Speoial attention given to repairing fine watehaa. Qive ma a call. ^ . jobn p. wns WM. STOtfFEIi^ t --Agtnt for-- - K.ICHT Aad Aea<4»ntai lanuaass. Also Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, aad California Lauds. Gall on or address WM.STOFfKL, M'lHsary, til; Quintette Orchestra, Mc HENRY, ILL. Ara preparedi to furnlah f irst Olaaa Mnsie lo ihe Dancing I'ubllc at Seasonable Raten. J, Smith, 1st Vlolfn. Hobt. Madden. Clarionet, O, Curtis, Cornet, h. Own, Trombone, E, Ingalla, Basso and prompter. Address all oommunioations to Jerry Smith, McHenry. *QAA 8ALARY_ and Commission to SBUUS Agents, acea Mi<i Women, Taaoh ers ani filerg men to introduce a new and popular tfandatit book, MARVELS sf IhB NEW WEST A nttc Agent soW TO In one week. AgmFt profits, S186 50, Over 880 original engravings, 10,4tio copies soid \n one week, Exclusive errltory. Endorsed by the greatest men of our country, Apply to THE HENRY BILL PUB. CO., Honeieh, Cbmi 9 SHORT BORN BULLS For Sale at Living Prices by the under­ signed. Gall on or address FRANK COLE, ,t /' 8FRWO QROYK. ILL spring OMtS, Hi, McHENRY IT NOW 18 THE TIME TO BUY YOUR Robes & Blankets --»i 11111 r-- HUBBAB D, THE * BOSS" HARNESS 1CAESR! • KUNDA, *Mg;V -r5't Ola save you money if you will call on him, A Large Size, No. 1 Fur Robe, only $2.50 to clow out. The Largest Size $quare Blanket made. 75 cents.' * Ton can afford to keep yoanelf acd yoor h rse warm at *th«se prioes, Call and se ̂me. ̂ « Nord*. Ill„ Dec. 1,1891. B. L. HUBBABB. Y • DeiBaiS265tia8tisc&ibL ThiaTtoade Mark Is on Tbe Best Isuwwotw. PENSIONS! The Disability Bill Is a Law. o ldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled* Dependent widows and parents nair da- pendent whose sons died from the effests of army services are included if you wish your claim speedily and successfully prose* cuted. a(i<i.rcss 1AME8 TANNER. r. K EAAIRAAA I _ WASHINGTON D. OL . - Wsat Ma&eaiy I<at« Ooamisaioner ef Faaaloaa. V - # Edited by WM. H. COWUPI. f ----WOODeTOOK, lit • # "7b oorw for him who hot borne the baUte, and for Ms Widow and Ofjihant." --LINCOLN. Friendship, *Charily. Ltm- If-- Worthy sons af PaMat alii/ JtoMera. a A. R. Directory. X*HBNKT POST NO. S48. Meats tha rirat and Third T*nr«day even, lnga of aaeh month. L-1. Bimiit, Oon. *••• WOODSTOOK TOST, NO 108. Meeta Srat aad third Monday evenings of eaoh month. b A.B. WB'OHT, Com. WOTOA *OST, WO 998, Meets the second and fourth' Tueaday evenings of eaen month F.B.Cox.Ooa. HABTAKD TOST, *0 TTFT. Meeta the second and tonistn Monday eaen lnga of eaoh month. B. N. AUSTIN, Oom. MABBNOO POBT, No. MS, Maeta every Second and Fourth Friday evenlnga of earh month. B. a. MOBBIS, oom. WACOONDA POBT. NO. 368. Peat meeta everv second and fourth Satur­ day evening In Q. A, ik Hall, Main at. A.l«. PBIOB, Oom. Colonel^ Thomas 6. Lawler, ol Rock- ford, has for the 24th time been elected commander of the Q. A. R. post in that city. The Colonel has more friends in Illinois than could be counted in a week, and he Is everywhere popular. The Logan Monument. If every veteran in the country should devote 10 minutes of his time and a dime of his money to the increase of the Logan monument fund, where John A.. Logan gave dollars and hours for the benefit of the veterans, there could be a memorial raised to him which would overtop the Washington monument. Every veteran, every son and relative of a veteran, Hhould be glad to have a •hare in the monument which is to be erected in Washington to the greatest volunteer soldier in the war of the re­ bellion. He should have the finest monu­ ment in the national capital, and he will have, if the comrades will only wake up to the importance of doing something at once. Send all contributions to the Trifmm, W aehfagtaftr !>*-€. and they will be acknowledged through the paper. * H. Miller & Son, . -- DEAL BBS' mm iMi MARBLE. It GRANITE, Monuments, Headstones, Tablets, Ete. Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. Satisfaction Baaiaatmd. Shop* at McHenry And Johns- burgh, III, where at all times can be found a good assortment of finished work. Respectfully r Henry Miller &r «on. J. R. SAYLOR i -BRBBDBB8 OS1---.v>V Embracing th* celebrated General Giflord, Green Mouotaln and Motrlll blood. , STOCK FOR 8A1,E. Stallions and Fillies, cjendfor pedi­ grees. Essex and Registered Poland China =SWINE.= Choice Merino Sheep, Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. High Grade Jersey Cattle. For sale. Come and iosp^C. stock. oraddreFs J. R. BAYLDR & SON. V / -N S AMS ABOUT THIBET. STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN AN i MOST UNKNOWN COUNTRY. Aa Unrepentant Babel- The tens of thousands of loyal men^ Tennessee--and there are no more loy men under the Bhadow of the flag than there are in Tennessee--are deeply stirred to righteous anger by the utterances of Chief-Justice Turney, at a recent re-union of ex-Confederates at Knoxville. The Verbatim report of his speech, which was published in the daily papers in that city, shows that he said: , 1 believed that I was right In 1861 when I went into the Confederate army, and now, on the third day of November, 1891, 1 know I was right. And now, gentlemen, if 1 should be taken suddenly sick in my room, and after a consulta­ tion of doctors 1 should be told that, my end was near, and if you, gentlemen, should hear of it, and should come and say to me, "We have decided to erect a monument over your grave and we wish to ask what you would inscribe," would say, "Gentlemen, on that marble in deep characters, engrave the single word, 'Secession.'" Justice Turney is a leading candidate for Governor of Tennessee, and he made this speech designedly to capture the ul­ tra-rebel element of his State. Such an utterance by a high officer of State is simply monstrous. It is giving an offi­ cial sanction to rank treason. If he be­ lieves what he says, then he constantly lives a lie, for in his great office he is con­ stantly called upon to expound and ap ply laws framed upon the basis that re bellion is wrong and the authority of the United States iB supreme. If he believes in the righteousness of rebellion and se­ cession, then he must believe that every law asserting the authority of the gov­ ernment is a gross violation of right, If, therefore, he interprets those laws ac­ cording to their letter and spirit, he must regard fyiinself as an accomplice in doing great wrongs to those who are affected by them. If, on the other hand, be does not apply those laws according to their intent and meaning, he is false to his official oath and duties. As a con­ scientious man he Bhould at once resign his seat on the Supreme Bench; If the people of Tennessee are true to their du­ ties as citizens of the United States, they will at once impeach this unworthy pub­ lic servant and remove him from the po­ sition where, if he tries to carry out his convictions, he can do as incalculable harm to them as Isham G. Harris did in 1861, when, in opposition to the wishes of the majority of the people, be dragged the State into the woful vortex of seces­ sion.--National Tribune. IT SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOUSE J. B. Wilson, 371 Clay street, Sharps- burg, Pa., says he will not be without Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, that it cured his wife, who was threatened with pneumonia after an attack of la grippe, when vari­ ous other remedies and several physi­ cians had done her no good. Robert Barber, of Cooksport, Pa., claims Dr. King's New Discovery has done him more good than anything he ever used for lung trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free trial bottles at G. W. Beelev's Large bottles, 50c snd; fl. A Section or Middle Ada That KM At- traetod lteajr Abte CUhm Story T»lt- •" -- 8OB>« Remarkable Accounts off Strang* Doings In ClUneae Writings. A curious collection of facts respect­ ing Thibet, as represented by vari­ ous Chinese authors and travelers, has been made by Mr. Woodville Rockhill, who has himself explored that mysteri­ ous country of middle Asia. On New Year's day at the capital city, Lh'asa. there begins a season of festivity. One of the entertainments is called the "Spectacle of the Flying Spirits." The performers stretch an enormously large rope made of hide all the way from the top to the bottom of Mount Potala; then they fasten grooved blocks of wood to their chests and sail down the line like so many swallows. On top of this same mountain dwells the pope of the Budd­ hist religion, who is called the tale !«»», He is also the incarnation of the god which chiefly protects mankind. On the 80th of the month there is an­ other great sport when the king of the devils is driven away. A priest is chosen to play the part of the tale lama, and a layman, selected for his wit and activity, takes the role of the demon. The latter smears his face with black and white paint, and goes before the pretended tale lama for the purpose of mocking him. The two have an argument on religion, the issue of which is finally referred by mutual agreement to a cast of dice. These dice are very big ones, about the sise of apples, but the poor fiend has no show at all in the gamble, for his die is blank on every side, while the lama's has the highest number on each of its faces. In Thibet, as in Christian coun­ tries, it is always laudable to defraud the devil. Being beaten, the king of the devils is frightened and runs away, with all the people after him, firing guns and cannon, so that he is obliged to hide at length in a hole in the mountain, where provisions have previously been placed to feed him for a few days while he remains in con­ cealment. There are nearly as many demons in Thibet as there are human inhabitants, and the priests or "lamas" are kept very busy exorcising them, be­ cause otherwise they would swarm every­ where and do no end of mischief. POWER OF THE PRIESTS. If any one is sick or annoyed in any way the devils are responsible, and the only sensible thing is to go and hire a .priesfc tp fEijmtea, Far this purpose the lama reads aloud from the sacred writings, blows a horn made from a human thigh bone, beats a drum manufactured out of two human skulls, rings a bell and tells over a rosary of disk shaped beads cut out of human skulls. The lamas also do a la^ge business In fortune telling. Sometimes they ascer­ tain the fates with barleycorns; at others they burn sheep bones for the same purpose or gaze into bowls of water. According to one author there is a very astonishing curiosity in Thibet in the shape of a plant that flies. It re­ sembles a dog in shape, is the color of a tortoise shell and is very tame. If lions or elephants see it they are frightened, "hence it is thin king of beasts." There is a kind of black donkey which fan cope in fight with the tiger. On the icy peaks of the Himalayas, says this imagi­ native writer, there is a "snow maggot," resembling the silkworm in appearance and weighing nearly a pound. It is ex­ cellent to eat, but too much of it-will make one bleed at the iftwe. Seventy li from Lh'asa is a convent on top of a hill, and a great hole full of white clay that is good to eat. As fast as the clay is eaten more takes its place. Behind the oonvent is a largo lake, and evildoers who go near always tumble into it The Thibetans used to cast Buddhas in copper, and the smaller they were the more they were worth. POLITENESS IN THIBET. Chinese philosophers say that manners differ every hundred li of distance, and customs are no longer the same every thousand li. Thus the way3 of the Thibetans vary, but in most parts it is usual for a woman going to see a priest to smear her face with molasses. If this is not done it is said that she is try­ ing to captivate the lama by her comeli­ ness--an unpardonable crime. A sign of politeness on meeting a person is to hold up the clasped hands and stick out the tongue. When a man dies one-half of his property goes to charity and the other half to the lamas. His family gets nothing. One of the writers quoted observes that in case of death the oorpse is tied up with the head between the knees, and suspended in a rawhide bag from the rafters. A few days later it is taken to the corpse cutter's place, where it is tied to a post. The flesh is then cut off and given to dogs and the bones crushed in a stone mortar and made up with grain into balls, which are also thrown to dogs and vultures. Both these meth­ ods of burial are considered highly de­ sirable. For small misdemeanors men and women are stripped and beaten in the market place. Great criminals are bound with ropes and whipped with raw­ hide lashes. If this does not persuade them to avow their guilt boiling butter is poured on their chests. Supposing that they still protest their innocence, they are suffocated with water or splint­ ers are driven under their naila.--Wash­ ington Star. Machinery Has Affected the Shoe-- nker A man called a shoemaker thirty years ago made shoes; today, except in rare cases, he makes only a part of a shoe as he labors in some factory guiding one or the other of the numerous labor saving machines, and is known as a beater, binder, eyeleter, heeler, laster, pegger. stitcher, trimmer, filler, cutter or dresser. What is true of the shoemaking trade is tern of other tndea.--St Loois Beutb- He. Mm#, tinrtlititdf, The late Mm«», DtHiil4| nary person, and on hwf tMm day she looked mi fat) nf ttfc 1 so with siwntai vt||nf mi<t In I wonder she did tint |(vm |h She was left a wMnw «*#)», herself to the tdui'aUMH «f 1 the stewardship of tMr ertias, whieh «l»U<r Jt**r mij were incrsaesd to fttHtttim well endowed with tho inn faculty, she vral a pnvcit . f disposition and gtvfn fee* In youth rite waa iwnuUti somest girl In Abacf! M\ she was mors than tvir lanme. TIM MMI outlines remained, aa4 Um |f» elMM kindest, quickest a&d flMWt IflHl Btli of eyes imaginable was MftV so long as life remained. Tht (MM Mil have had her in his toed, a* he NM» bered her in her younger days, whn he was sketching the design of the statue of "Liberty Enlightening the Werld.' It was her idea that Liberty should not be en pate de guimauve, but of a grave and severe aspect. Liberty was the best of all conditions, she used to say, those who were severe Upon and the worst for the self indulgent. One never saw a trace of self righteous harshness in the old lady. She was very indulgent toward the erring; but that grace, she said, came with the wide ex­ perience of old age. It was a source of enjoyment to her to drive to the Me of Swans, in the Seine, and look at the re­ duced copy which was set up there a few years ago of the famous statue which now stands at the entrance of New York harbor. One of her sayings was, "Do not repress badness; crowd it oat With good ideas."--London Truth. •9 ly-i * VTi, IS A Paris Candle Story. "Every traveler who stops at a Paris lodging house," laughed a woman the other day, "has a candle story, and hero is mine: We were served with two candles every morning, which we never half used up; these would be taken oat, however,,and fresh ones appear in their places. Knowing that we wore being charged for every candle we determined at least to enjoy added illumination ̂and my husband looked around'for a place to hide them during the daily doing of the apartment. On the top shelf of a cabinet arrangement in a corner stood a large Japanese vase, wide and deep. Up to this Mr. climbed, to discover that we had been forestalled, for in its capa­ cious hollow we found seventeen can­ dles, every one burned down perhaps an inch. "Some former lodger had mnrmtrid the candle swindle like ourselves, and had pot his daily allowanoe whore it tfrr jirnprlTlmr lit pwfl "tTml night a brilliant illumination of nliwfwi candles, each set in its own gieaas on the marble top table, gave ua something like light. During our stay we hid and accumulated candles, so that we had always enough to reed by, and whan we left we de]KMit«>t! our ovfintuek in the vase for the Iwneflt of notiie Mtreling snooessor."--New York Titmn, / . A , , Tfce Religions of Chin|^;._ > The tliive great religions of China are Confucianism, Buddhism and Taonism. The bulk of the people are Bnddhiate rather than Gmfucianists, and there are millions of infidels. The tomb of Con­ fucius is at Mecca, for many of the Chi­ nese, and they make pilgrimages to ik Confucianism is more a philosophy than a religion. It contains many of the beau­ ties which we suppose to be exclusively the properties of Christianity. The golden rule in a negative form was an­ nunciated by Confucius, and as a system of morality it is beautiful. The Taouista have more superstitions than the Oon- fucianists. They began about the same time as Confucius, their preacher being one Laou-Tsze. The state religion, in connection with which all these religions come in, is the worship of the emperor, who is the son of heaven and the prophet, priest and king of the "people. He worships for them in the temples at Pekin. When the great Temple of Heaven was burned down a shudder ran down the 300,000,000 spines of the great Chinese nation. It waa thought that this was a warning from heaven that the ei iperor should be de­ posed.--Frank G. Carpenter in National Tribune. • . Begging Letters from T.wJss. "Ever since I was abroad," said a wrfi known New Yorker, "I have been pos­ tered with all sorts of begging letters. They are mostly from the managers of English charitable institutions of rati* ous descriptions, though some are from private individuals. The former inclose a variety of printed matter illustrating the purposes and work of the institution. The latter are abject appeals of appar­ ently professional begging letter writers* with which London abounds. I was talking with* a friend about it and he said he had the same experience for about two years after he had built a fine house here, a description of which and his wealth got into the local papers. Ha was deluged with begging letters tram. almost every capital in Europe and **• pecially from London. » "Those people are the worst and most persistent beggars in the world. Ffcnejr an American mailing begging letters to Londoners! I suppose there must he money in it or they wouldn't do it.*-- New York Herald. "Biw*" The intelligent foreigner Is amused at the indiscriminate way Sa which English audiences use this word, regardless of the number and ssoc of the performers whom they wish to apphwft. A tenor is, of course, bravo; ImcI * prima donna is brava. More than one male artist can only be bravi, ani it there are more ladks than one on the stage, and no man is to be indad**lft the applause, they should be brave--at least according to grammar.--Notes and Queries. The art of longevity, all the over, is a regular life, temperate in all things, with abundance of pure air ami water, and freedom from aauoe^f, eapHt and worry. Wi 9:m l i