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•v„, ',u, .... v S..>. -'-rf' •/••v..-, • • • * p " ̂ Vi , ^ "Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Lewi No Favors Win us and no Pear Shall Awe." --'...i,', r*Tf VOL. 20. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1894. NO. 12. J|e{[eiry Jiaialealw. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY V • | ; i , T A ' N S L T K B r - % s XDITOB AND PBOPBIETOB. " -'7 OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK. Two Doors North of ferry & Owen's 8 tori. JERM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: r.OM year (in advance) .. 80 It JSot Paid within Three Months... .... 8 J*> Subscriptions receive" for three or six months in the same proportion. RATES OF ADVERTISING: We announce liberal rateB for advertising In the i'LAiNOEALER, and endeavor to state them so plainly that thoy wili be readily un- datstoocl. They are *s follows: 1 Inch one year , 8 Inches one yea#, - S Inches one yeaf - H Column one yew Ji Column one year. Column one year ..... 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FRANK L. 9HEPABD, COUNSELtiOtt AT LAW. Suite 514--3(! La Salle St., Chicago. JOS. L. ABT. M.D. T1HTS1CIAN AND SURG EON, McHenrv, HI, X Office in Nichols Blnok. over klaiudeaier Office. Telephone No. 4 O. H. FSGERS, M, D- PHY8I01AN AND SURGEON, MeHenry yii#. office at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office at the ersldence of R. A. Howard, West HoHenry, 111. DR. A. E. AURINGER, PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON. Office In Dr. Ohitds building, West MeHenry, III. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at­ tended to. 1 a i F. O. COLBY, D.D.S. T^ENTI^T. Woodstock. 111. Special atten- JJ tion paid to regulating chi eth. Parties coming from a distance would do well to give timely notice by mail. Office, Kendal block corner Alain street and Publio Sq uire U. P. BARNES, • ATTORNEY, solicitor, andi Counselor, Collections a specialty. WOODSTOCK, 1IAIKOM. KNIGHT ft BROWN, A TTORNBYS AT LAW. U. S. Express Co.'a A. 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Call and see these Hordes before making arrangements else­ where. , ^ s COLBY. b ; MeHenry.Ill., May 10,18B2. ; JOHS J. BCCH, RESTAURANT BOARDING iiousB, Kjar the Iron Bridge, MeHenry •eard toy the Day or Weak »• i -jv Reasonable rates, * !'* NIOI LIKE OF; BOW BOATS AT MY LANDIHG. * .< Pare Wines, Liquors and Choice Cigars always on hand. ;< WFresh Lager Beer eonsUatly on draught. V' / C. F. BOLEY, ProBrielor of MeHenry Brewery, MoHENRY, ILL. , Ahvays on Band with the Best Beer. Unites States War Clam Ageitcy OF-- WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classes and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enelosed for reply. WM, JET. COW LIS Office at Realdenee, Madison Bt. Woodstock 10c. 10c. t Does smoke from your cigar arise Like incense in the air? Or does it only cause a smudge And make your neighbor swear? Why trill you stick to cabbage leaves And drive your friends afar, When you can purchase for a dime "Our Monogram" cigar? iOc- IOC. BARBIAN BROS. MAKERS OF| ' Choice Cigars* We can sail you one oi& or wholesale. DO YOU KNOW; - W H O S E L L S - |6 00 Pan s . $4 25 6 00 Harris Casnimere Pants 4 25 20 00 Riverside Mills Suit 16 50 5 00 Suit 3 50 Fancy Good Pants $ 1 50 to 1 75 2 00 Boys Congress Shoes 1 25 2 50 Men's Fine Shoes 1 75 Also Groceries and Canned Goods fresh very two weeks. E. LAWLUS. Opposite Riverside House. •t h e SECURITY LIGHTNING ROD CO. BURLIN MANUFACTURER' • • OP • • « IMPROVED Lightn TON, WIS) ,• > ANQ . .y DEALERS^. IN ig Rods WRITE FOR PRICES A ) CATALOGUE © M O X I E THE FAMOUS NEEVE FOOD BEVEKAOE. CHICAGO CONSOLIDATED BOTTLING CO. 14 TO IS CHARLES PLACE, CHICAGO, III. TILIMONE, MAIN 32T. ' SOLC AGENTS BEWARE OR POOR IMITATIONS. 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Complete, ready for use when »hiw>ed. Can be j)at up by any <me0 never out of m der6 no repairing, hists a life time. Warranted. A monay muker. Write ^ JL' YOUR MONEY SHOULD OBTAIN FOR YOU Best Gooffs in M Market. Thatla vhatweareiat- isiied to make* " The Beat| "' and tlitnk we oaneiOd^tboiuitarate to you if you will give UM the opportuntty. ;• Call In and see the Goods and bo convinced. GU8 CARLSON. MeHenry, ilL, 1894. JL Sngeln's SALOON AND RESTAURANT Mchenry, Illinois. Wholesale and Retail Agent tor SCUL1TZ fiiiwaojee fireviot Go's Beer, THE BEST MADK. In any quantity from a Snitz Q-lass to 1C0 barrels. i Orders by mall promptly attended to. fALSO ALWAYS ON HAND Fine Kentucky Liquors* French Hitters, choice Aleii Wfnesg Cigars, Etc. I buy none but the best and sell at reasona^e prices. Call and see me and I will us. use you well. ANTONY ENGELN. MeHenry, 111., 1894.] Hard - and - Soft OOAli 1 WILBUR LUMBER CO. •T THEIR YARDS IN WEST i McHENRYy Have now on hand both hard and soft Coal, which the? wilt sell at prices as low as the lowest. We are handling the oelebrated Cross Creek Lehigh Hard Coal, which we guarantee unequaled by any. f^gf Delivery made to salt pur­ chaser . We do not advocate that Coal will be lower than last season, hut whether lower or higher we guarantee to meet all prices band satisfy purchasers, Wilhur Lumber Co. K NEAR THE DEPOT, VTKST MoHENBY, ILL. Keeps open for the Public a rint-OlaM oftae Saloon and Restaurant, VThere he will at all times keep the best brands of Wines, Liquors and Oigars to be found in the market. PAB8T« Kilwudnt Lag*r Bm At Wholesale and Retail. Beer In Large or Small Kega or Bottles al­ ways on hand, eheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. \ Orders by nail promptly attended to. GOOD aTABLimrjfOM Hosam kll and-see us. WM. 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Daniel's Drug Store, Algon­ quin, every Wednesday, commencing July 11. Also, at a Severns's Drug Store, Cary. every Thursday, commencing July Mth. Osmun Block. KUNDA, ILL 36tf Next Visit, Friday. Oct. Oth. WOOD8TOOK# ILL# At the Hotel Woodstock. DISPENSARY DR. FRUTH, after years of experience has perfected the most infallible method of cur­ ing Nervous debility, decay of body and miml, sel1 -<i intrust, poor memory, weak eyes, stunted development, lack of memory, im­ poverished blood, low vitality, and all eflccts of abutes, excesses, improper life, etc., which renders marriage unhappy and life miserable. SPECIALTIES--Oatarrh, Skin Diseases, Sores Pi-nples, Scrofula, Btood Taint, Eczema, Can­ cer, Piles, and Diseases of Women s We Guarantee to Forfeit S500 for a case of SEXUAL DISEASE Cure. Que&iion list FR£K. <>ne personal interview solicited. Coueultation free DR. D. O. FRU TH, 3832 Lake Ave.* Chicago: QUBEN OF THE 1 An American Flay Has Always Waved Ovmr It. "While in Paris a short while ago, said a traveler recently, according to the Washington Post, "it occurred to me that it was a fitting act to make a pilgrimage to the tomb of that illustri­ ous Frenchman dear to the hearts of all American patriots, Marquis de La Fayette. I asked a number of peo­ ple before I could find anyone to en­ lighten me as to the spot, but after re­ peated inquiry ascertained its location. The grave is situated in old Paris, within the-grojinds of a convent that ther Ancestors oY"La Fayette founded, and where repose the remains of many of the French nobility. "The first thing that attracted my attention in connection with the hero's tomb was that above it floated a silken flag, bearing the Stars and Stripes. It seems that a good many years ago an American gentleman left in his will a sum of money to be used for the special purpose of keeping an American flag forever flying above the grave of La Fayette. It has done so without inter­ mission from the day the will went into effect, and whenever through the wear of the elements one flag becomes unserviceable, a new one straightway ^akes its place. Through untold cen­ turies the emblem of the country which in its early struggles for liberty had his beneficent aid will wave above hisashes." Misunderstood., A young man, who looked every inch the bridegroom, stood in the rotunda of the Great Northern the other day, says the Chicago Times, telling a friend of the manner of his proposal to his bride. She had known of his wild ways and fondly hoped to reform him through marriage. "After I had popped the question and she had accepted me," he said, "I at once began to talk about the wedding. 'We will go away some­ where by ourselves, my dear,' I said; 'there will be no flourish, no cards, no ceremony'--here she interrupted me, and, with a dignified sweep of her arm, declared: 'Mr. , I shall certainly in­ sist upon a ceremony.'" a The Horse's Ears. When the horse sleeps it is said that one ear is directed forward, why is not known. A writer in the English Me­ chanic thinks this is to j?uard against danger, being a survival of their orig­ inally wild habits. He says: Watch a horse asleep through the window of his stable and make a faint noise to the front. That ear will be all atten­ tion, and probably the other will fly round sharply to assist. Now let him go to sleep again, and make the same noise to the left. The forward ear still will keep his guard, with possibly a lightning fliok round, oqly to resume its former position. KITCHEN! With one hind you can drain the water from boiling vegetables and it is Impossible t<> burn yourself. Anv thild that can carry the vessel can operate it with ease simply by pressing the two bails together in the hand. A Blessing to Housekeepers. Saves Time, Vegetables and Pain from Scalds and Burns. WILL SELL AT SIGHT. MRS. C. W. 8L AFT Eft- Agent for MeHenry and Vicinity, V {Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat- \ »ent business conducted for MODERATE FEES, {OUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. S. PATENT OFFICE [ and we can secure patent in less time than those j • remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip- ! tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of J i charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. | ^ PAMPHLET, "HOW to Obtain Patents," with 'cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries! > sent free. Address, < > C.A.SNOW&OO. OPR. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, O. C. A TrTXTne IDLE MONEY , A. V 11> VTand surplus funds received and loaned on carefully se­ lected real eetste securities and ths interest collected"!" |H| \ "VTQ 1 a n d r e m i t t e d w i t h o u t J O # f charge. Loans made on time and terms to eutt borrower. J. W. BAMBIKAI), i OuPagg street, J£Unn. Illinois. . DISLIKE THE TELEGRAPH. The ChineM Regard It as an Instrument of Evil. Two American bicyclers, Allen and Sachtleben, tell in the Century of their meeting with a Chinaman in the *ieart of the flowery kingdom who electrified them by addressing them in the purest English. "He was one of that party of mandarins' sons whicji had been sent over' to our country some years ago, as an experiment by the Chinese government, to receive a thorough American training. We cannot here give the history of that experiment, as Mr. Woo related it--how they were iubsequently accused of cutting off their queues and becoming denational­ ized, how, in consequence, they -were recalled to their native land, and de­ graded rather than elevated, both by the people and the government, be­ cause they were foreign, in their senti­ ments and habits; and how, at last, they gradually began to force recogni­ tion through the power of merit alone. He had now been sent out by the gov­ ernment to engineer the extension of the telegraph line from Su-chou to Urumtsi, for it was feared by the gov­ ernment that the employment of a for­ eigner in this capacity would only in­ crease the power for evil which the na­ tives already attributed to this foreign innovation. The similarity in the phrases telegraph pole and dry heaven had inspired the common belief that the line of poles then stretching across the country was responsible for the long-existing drought. In one night several miles of poles were sawed short off, by the secret order of a banded conspiracy. After several decapita­ tions, the poles were now being re­ stored, and labeled with the words: 'Put up by order of the emperor.'" PARIS SEWER BOOTS. FULL DRESS. Bow They Are Utilised In Making Fine Shoes for Ladles. Speaking of the fashions brings us to an odd discovery which has recently been made. There is a small shop on the other side of the Seine, in the Rue des Ecoles, which deals exclusively with the second-hand boots of the men who work in sewers. These boots, says a Paris letter, are furnished by the state, and come half way up to the thigh, and each man is allowed a new pair every six months. When new they cost nine dollars; when sold second­ hand they realize the modest sum of fifty cents; but as at least six thousand pairs per annum are sent to the Rue des Ecoles it makes quite a 'booming industry. The leather of these boots is, so to epeak, tanned by the alkaline and greasy water in which the sewer-clean­ ers so perpetually paddle, and they are eagerly sought for by the great Parisian bootmakers; for this leather, being at once tough and light, serves to sustain the curve of the Louis XV, heel. At first this was done by a piece of iron; but that was heavy and clum- By, so finally the ingenious dealer hit upon this substitute, to the delight of the sewer-cleaners, who realized a modest sum, and the content of the fashionable bootmaker, whose shoes profited by the change; but the great lady whose satin-shod feet glide over the earth with such majesty of gait little knows that one of the component parts of her dainty footgear has risen from a sewer to reach her. THE GRAVE OF LAFAYETTE. A Siberian Traveler's Frotestta *f»~« y*' the Cold. The Author of "On Sledge and Horse­ back to the Siberian Lepers" was de­ termined not to freeze to death. She had a whole outfit of woolen under­ wear, then a loose kind of waist lined with flannel, a very thickly-wadded eider-down ulster, with sleeves long enough to cover the hands entirely, and a fur collar reaching high enough to cover the head and face. Over all this she had a sheepskin reaching to the feet, andf furnished with a collar which came dver the fur one. Then over the sheepskin she wore a dacha, which is a fur coat of reindeer skin. But this was only the beginning. On my feet were stockings made of long hair; over them a pair of gentle­ man's thickest hunting stockings; over them a pair of Russian boots made of felt, coming high up over the knee; and over them a pair of brown felt valenkies. Then I was provided with a large fur bag or sack, into which I could step. My head-covering was a fur-lined cap, and the etceteras consisted of shawls, rugs and wraps. The sledge--one of the elevated kind --had to be mounted. I stood beside it trying to solve the knotty problem of how to get in. There was no step to to help me; and there was a crowd of men, women and children gazing at me. Three muscular policemen attempted to lift me gently into the sledge; but their combined strength was futile under the load. So they had to set me on the ground again. Then I attempted, in a kind of majes* tic, contemptuous way to mount with­ out assistance; but alas! my knees would not bend. My pride had to sniy cumb; I was helpless. Two policemen came and essayed another manoeuvre. They took me by the arms, and then, at their signal, I made one desperate, frantic effort, and I Was in. I was in, but 1 had to be packed and stowed away. The men pushed and pulled and dragged and coaxed, and at last, I and my clothes were ready for starting. As to bowing and thanking my assistants, that was impossible; I just sat, and fairly gasped, and longed to get away. A LANDLUBBER SURPRISED. Quickness ot British Tars In Clearing a Battleship for Action. At the words: "Clear for action" there is a commotion which a landsman might mistake for a panic, as men rush from point to point. A bluejacket, Bays the London Daily News, never walks when an order is given, but does everything at the double. Everyone knows his station, and goes to it by the quickest and shortest way. With a rapidity that seems wonderful, com­ panion ladders, with their ponderous gangways, are unshipped and stowed away; railings around the low decks, fore and aft, are lowered; the ventilat­ ing cowls and chimney stacks disap­ pear, to be replaced by covers flush with the deck; hatches are battened down, water-tight doors closed, and tackle rigged for hoisting ammunition from the magazine. Between decks everywhere something of the same kind is being done as quickly and as quietly, and then the men stand to their guns. When the bugles sound for firing to commence, the great barbette turntables revolve slowly, trained by unseen power, and the quick-firing guns in maindeck batteries are worked with surprising celerity by detach­ ments of royal marine artillery. At a prize shooting recently a de­ tachment fired sixteen shots in three minutes from one of the repulse guns, scoring nine direct hits and planting all the other seven shots so close to the target that they would have rictdled the hull of a very small ship. The seventeenth round was in this gun when the "cease fire" sounded, so that one gunner, who was loading, must have lifted seventeen hundred pounds in three minutes. This incident gives a vivid idea of the work that would have to be done in action by crews of these quick-firing guns, as well as of the smartness with which the "blue ma­ rines" set about their task. Fire dis­ cipline will be a potent factor in any future battle at sea,-and there can be no better means of acquiring it than by such exercise as one has seen at general quarters during the maneu­ vers. ' . CURED BY LAUGHTER. OF HUMAN KIND. Cases Where Health Was Through Fits of BClrthfnlnesa. The remedial effects of laughter are really wonderfuL Cases have been known where a hearty laugh has ban ished disease and preserved life by a sudden effort of nature. We are told that the great Erasmus, the eminent theologian, laughed BO heartily at a satirical remark that he broke a tumor and recovered his health. In a singu­ lar treatise on "Laughter" Joubert gives two similar instances. A patient being very low, the physician, who had ordered a dose of rhubarb, counter­ manded the medicine, which was left on the table. A monkey in the room jumped up, discovered the goblet, and, having tasted, made a terrible grimace. Again putting his tongue to it, he per­ ceived some sweetness in the dissolved manna, while the rhubarb had sunk to the bottom. Thus emboldened, he swallowed the whole, but found it such a nauseous potion that, after many strange and fantastic grimaces, he ground his teeth in agony, and in a violent fury threw the goblet on the floor. The whole affair was so ludi­ crous that the sick man burst into re­ peated peals of laughter, and the re­ covery of cheerfulness led to health. tli Cm* Itflry of m ftsaA Cewrieft alt Toulon. No criminal is altogether hardened; springs of kindness and feeling for hia fellow-beings still exist within his nature, if one could but find them. Tho author of "Secrets of the Prison-llouse** tells a true story of a French convict at Toulon. Among the free laborers, who work side by side with the prisoners, waa an Italian who always treated them witli great kindness, and became in conse­ quence very much beloved. One day, however, the Italian seemed to be much depressed, and he confided to his fel­ low-laborers the fact that he was ter­ ribly in want of money. Not many days after, one of the.tebnvicts escaped, •ought the Italian ouLat his home, 'M said to him: \ "Now I give myself ntft«to yon. My capture will bring you the reward of a hundred francs, and that will help yott out of your difficulties." For a long time the Italian refused to take advantage of the fugitive's self- sacrifice, but at length he yielded andi led back the prisoner. The wife of a well-known journalist was roused one night, when she waa alone in the house, by sounds which! convinced her that burglars must bo below. The courageous old lady rosei and went downstairs into the dining-­ room, where she found a man in tho act of rifling the sideboard. Ho promptly knocked her down, but u soon as she could recover herself got up and quietly took a seat. Thsa she addressed the burglar. "I suppose you have been driven to ithese evil courses by want," she said^ "but why add cowardly violence taj your crime? Von SP« T am on nlA woman--old enough to be your mother- Is your mother still alive? Do you n* member her? What would you say or! do to a man who struck her in the face and knocked her down?" Her words had a marked effect on the housebreaker. He was evidently moved to the heart. "I'm sorry, ma'am," he said, "and I'm ashamed of what I'm doing. | won't take anything belonging to youf except this flve-pound note. But I really am in desperate straits, and £ want money badly." He emptied his pockets of the silver he had taken, but with the full con­ sent of the old lady made off with tho five pounds. Some time afterward ani envelope reached her, addressed in % strange hand, aad in it waa • pound note. MAKING POETRY. t - ' i -1 1 There U Often Hard Work aa WM| Inspiration. There are yet some persons left whq fancy that poetry is the product of a| fine frenzy; that the poet of genius awakes from a sublimated cataleptidj trance to fill page after page with ef-j fortless beatitudes. A number of man-j uscript sheets of Longfellow's "EJM celsior," which may be found in Har«j vard, should not only explode tM«| theory, writes a Boston correspondent but give hope to many a discouraged amateur. As Longfellow first con* structed the first verse of this poem Hf ran: /""V The shades of night were falling faat ' > {' As through an Alpine village passed A youth who. as the peasants sung, '3 Responded In an unknown tongue. Exoelslfl«v \ This was manifestly weak, as tho only obvious reason why the Alpiwp peasants sung was that they might af» ford a rhyme for the youth's response in an unknown tongue. A second trial at the verse, however, not only failed to improve it, but arranged it in such form that it is difficult to believe Long­ fellow guilty of the fault. The two last lines of the verse were made to rwifaj A youth who bore a pearl of price, A banner with the strange device. There are not many, even among the magazine poets of to-day, who would consent to refer to a banner aa a "pearl -of price." But the poet had by this time three lines to his liking* and the substitution of "a youth who bore 'mid snow and ice" completed tho verse as it has been read and spoken throughout the length and breadth ox the land. All of which goes to show that the genius of the poet is in tho conception, and that the production of the poem, being quite another matter, lies solely in the direction of patios* labor. ' ; TOLD BY THEIR DRESS. !; A Facer. Apropos of the fact that those who "came over in the Mayflower" mostly bore such surnames as Winthrop, Hay- throp, Lothrop and Lathrop, the Corn- hill Magazine tells of a New York parvenu who loudly proclaimed to a Plymouth Winthrop: "My people came over in the Mayflower." "Indeed!" was the crushing answer. "I didn't know the Mayflower took steerage nnptitt- gwa." • ^ , \ ^ ' , ' 7 . T ' - V ̂ The Women of Different Ifs Easily Distinguished. Ton can tell at a glance the Frenol^ woman from the American, the latter from the English woman, and yet, says the Paris-New York Herald, each wom­ an is a perfect type. The well-dressed Frenchwoman wears a very large hat or exquisitaj toque; her chiffon blouse has shor^ sleeves, and is made with turndowqj collar; her gloves are very long-, reach* ing far above the elbow, and, although) white, are perfectly clean and fresh. t She has a waist at whatever siieriflqe* also hips. She wears a white vail, which she never puts on, under her hat, ' and when she walks, which is it is on the tips of her toesL * The well-dressed English wooaa wears in the morning a man's colored! shirt, with white collar, a man's neck* tie, a tailor-made white drill or holland jacket and skirt, a pretty hat with flow* ers, with veil plastered over the faee toi keep the fringe in curl. , She has a good figure and is vejy tall^ does not wear high heels and usee fcev whole foot when walking. The American woman is a combinsn tion of these twq. With great acute* ness she selects the best points of eaeh* but you would never take her for any* body but herself. She is rather inclined to the enormous hats of the French^ but she does not wear short sleeves and low necks with them. She is always appropriately dresasi and has a costume for every occasion! which always seems the very be* thing that she could have chosen. seems to have calculated all weathtiSI and all occurrences with an to stfl -Hi pi 1 ** IS V....AV