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r.'jA > . „ ppflr; .*»f'"ffillfc"jllfiow mud. up from the sou th- ,* MWflieaat, bat did not njppear to be the ••>**& °i any unusual meteoroiog-ical "Wf*"5 '* \;§^§^btms6. The barometer did not /litolieete cyclonic condlttona and the mud vehicle which rolled across the ridge which separates English and rWMifcfcreasi creaks was unaccompanied •"by either wind, thunder or lightning. In some places in the county thin, sticky clay covered everything to the depth of about one-tenth of an inch, making a general cleaning up neces­ sary after the "shower" was over. The Knoxville Journal of April 6, two days after the mud shower, contained the following among its locals: "We had £4 99^- a regular mud shower here Monday I"* , • morning, the mud falling a few min- h utes only, but while it lasted it literally * "l- plastered the south side of buildings and covered the windows and the peo­ ple upon the streets with a ooatot thin, yellow elay.M Ancient Jewelry. . • Tfce jewelry found reeently lo an ex­ cavation near one of the pyramids of old Memphis, Egypt, exhibits about as much skill in working gold and precious stones as now exists, although three hundred years ago. The figures asp cut on amethyst and carnelian are de- ; scribed as exquisite and anatomically "a., correct. The gold is skillfully worked, v? * * asd precious stones are lot into it BO M to giy© the effect of enameling. MoN«r)ry <T Y(m. •IT FLOATS* IBEST FOR 5HIKT5. • i v :AJ ' 's FR -i ' ' ' - $ Sj' • -'V ! & ' , *• I can Save Yon a Big Mr mi anything in the Stove This is npt merely an as­ sertion, bat a positive fact.. The nrinSber of Stove* and Hinges sold bjp us thus, for this season, is ahead of any previous sale in the records of oar cityi, Tbe m iversal satisfaction given by the 1 ; Their superiority in style and finish, and above all tbe prices at which we sell them is giving ne THE STOVE TRADE • .... Qp TfiE C0UNTY< Wii#' V I HAVE AN EXOE^jlONAI^Y FINE LINE OF Skates from 40c. to $3,75. -< " -v v • v lin«:i>l'.8!e»|jQii*b!e Hardware, alw*y», • F . L . M c O M B E R . ;• j" BEST THE BABIES Cry for It. «Va ?:W ie ' at Wholesale The World's Best, and at -the right price* Daily capacity of millfi 1750C bbls, and the Flour used and pronounced the best all over the World, No other mill claims such an output, and who can doubt btttifeftt ifcis the beat with such a record. < y , if v- v:: wm The thumb is an unfailing iadOC of character. The Square Type in­ dicates a strong will, great energy and firmness. Closely allied i» tne Spatnlated Type, the thumb of those of advanced ideas and business ability Both of these types belong to the busy man or woman; and Deraorest'a Family Magazine pre­ pares especially for such persons a whole volume of new ideas, con­ densed in a small space, so that the „,.3~ <«-,.... I. record of the whole world's work • t " l | I f o r a m o n t h m a y b e r e a d i n h a l f a n hour. The Conical Type indicates refinement, culture, and a love of mnsic. poetry, and fiction. A person with this type of thumb will thor­ oughly enjoy the literary attractions of Demorest's Magazine. The Ar­ tistic Type indicates a love of beauty and art, which will find ran pleasure in the magnificent oil-pict- ure of roses, 11% x 21 inches, repro­ duced from the original painting by De Longprc, the most celebrated of living flower-painters, which will be pveu to every subscriber to ... „ Demorest's Magazine for 1895. The V 1 f\ cof' °f this superb work of art was j , V"V §850.00; and the reproduction /o'! cannot be distinguished from the ?fl original. Besides this, an exquisite *fl M oil or water-color picture is pnb- jC *P lighed in each number of the Maga- y~\ a sine, and the articles are so pro- ^ fusely and superbly illustrated that the Magazine is. in reality, a pzz, folio of art works of the highest \ \ order. The Philosophic Type is the thumb of tiie tliinker and inventor of ide*#, who will be deeply inter­ ested in those developed monthly in Demorest's Magazine, in every one of its numerous departments, which cover the entire artistic and scientific field, chronicling every fact, fancy, and fad of tne day. Demortst's in simply a perfect Family Magazine, and was long ago crowned Queen of the Monthlies. Send in your subscription; it will cost only <2.00, and you will have a dozen Magazines in one. Address W. Jennings Dkmobest, Publisher, 15 East 14th Street, New York. Though not a fashion magazine, its perfect fashion pages,and i ts articles on famiiy and domestic matters, will be of superlative interest to those possessing the Feminine Type of Thumb, which indicates in its small size, slenderness, soft nail, and smooth, rounded tip, those traits which belong essentially to the every one of whom sbouid subscribe to rest's Magazine. If yon are unacquainted with its merits, send for a specimen copy and Makes more Bread# Makes Better Breaqk Makes Whiter BreaS, Than any Flour in the world. Try a sack of either of these two brands and satisfy yourself that the above statement is true, and if true when in need of flour you will want I he best, and if you will at .he mill we will see that you get it. , McHENRY ROLLER MILL*. HOLIDAYS GOODS! s too extensive to enumerate here, but which will be fully shown with pleasure to ail who favor us with a call. Toilet, Odor and Jewelry Cases. Glove Boxes. Music Rolls, Smoking and 8baving sets. Handkerchief Boxes, Manicure sets. Cuff and Collar Boxes, ' Fancy Thermometers, Mirrors. See our elegant Silk Handkerchiefs & Mufflers A large stock of Linen and silk initial Handker­ chiefs for ladies and gouts. Colored and white Hankerchjeft in lace and solid , ' : d dreeaer covers,' Lihbn 9rra. Towels, searf*. napkin* aod table c)ota«. Inspect oar new china, ofockery and glassware. All of the latest makes decorated lea, dinner aod chamber salts. Cuspldores, mugs, Piano, stiod and battglog lamps, Fratt plate*, cup? and saucers. ; • Toy Sets. Dolts.;' • Toy dresses, toy cradles, et& ---V Fancy box paper. , v: \ Silver and triple plated tafttewar*. " Last but not least. Hcllday candles, , I r u l K o u u a u d b a k e r y g p t f t k for ladles at 30c, ibej are a bargain and will soon be gone. We h«ve a full line of tTnder#ear of all kinds &% i>rleeg that make thoni move, right.along. • ^ cSSfSEE?•' km*** - and Shoe»« ' Welhaodie tbe celebrated M. D. Wells ft Co. makes. Hone better anil iUmm are a perfect fitting shoe, ' mna lBt? « •• t *-,< K- » " . . . GROCERIES. 7 $ . (GrHEAT EKbtJCTIOKS W'ilH positively be made on all ladies', misses' and ©i W-,*4 l/ i Cloaks, Jackets. Capes. "liitsj Overcoats. Fur Coats • ' > f • , 4 Robes, Flavnels, Shawls, Blankets, Undebweab, Mittens, altjWarin goods, to reduce stock by,Jan, X. •' Hne'ef W. L, Douglas' and C. H. Fargo & Co ^s custom made fine ana medium Footwear, in all sizes, and such lasts as are iu demand. Our prices rstign from #3 to 16. and from split leather to tb« finest K»n- garoo as^rSole ageofB here for the famous Fargo box tip school shoe. Have you seen the fine line of DrkdFrnlts ire have, and the manv ueef^Tthln^ (or thl. time of year. ' y °lB*r ,. ^ Crockery and Classware,^ / J'e We have the largest stock of tho^e goods ever placed on sain in McBenrv < and our «RSortment ,s v«ry large. LAMPS--We hnv« them In endless varletv " 1 Get a 85 hanging lamp for noihEng. Come quick or tbey will be r, w * ^ g . r ! 3 p ; . ^ ^ ^ **" * _lf" Old Uleepy Bye Floor still holds the fort, C^rr petition can** budffa ft ' Try a sack and you mill as* no othes. ™ **' : f; " A. X*. BAKIL W«st MoHenrj XUlnolv. ? .*S • VCLL STOCK OF'S L. Candee's Rubber Goods, its and Hosiery Hats and Caps| Carpets, Oil Cloths. Pattern* Horse Blankets, Fur Robea, Stoneware, Woodenwail^ dioice Groceries AND FLOUR, A continuation of your trade ia respectfully solicited by pours very trul^ m SIMON • z.** ^ X B A V B •• " ' * . fj*>: fSaaort its merits, Bend for a specimen copy ana - yon will admit that aeeingthese THUMBS 1»»» pnt yon in the way of eaving money by finding in one ~ Jon >n the way of saving money by finding in o 1 ' Magazine ejer^thing to satisfy the literary waato wbole letter or portal card to CLAIM i Shorts, Middlings, Bran, il Meal, Oat% Ground Feed. You have got to U*e them. Get my prices on quantities, from a bag-full to a car load, be­ fore buying eleewbef»« W. A. CR1STY, WESl\McHENR YZILL. i .1 .'r yJiki*' o s v.'/eSfc ' S E C LIGKTNIHI ROD CO. BURLIN ON, WIS IWMlUFfCTURERi OF * AND • «v alers.m PRICES AM| CATALOGUE ^ I 8 F| A Slil (h ' £ V/:; -raunnsBoiosruDiT ^ < 1 *« coMPiirr, WIDOWS, f •: aoLoiEiroMraocL"'m CHILOREH, PARENTS. B°Mteni and Sailors disabled in the line of 8m .i™™* Armv or KavyjataMtbe war. 8E5VZ27 "le Indian war* of 1832 to 1842, and *Mlr widows, 11 «w entitled, nui-nd i1o!L0UKS<l8 envied to'"bitter"ratSu {̂| p."8* "ws. No charge for advice. Ha fee V1TALIS MMMvw A MM ' * raOTOQBAPHBD PROM UR, ^a4e & Well IA&D of tm \ I Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pal ient business conducted for Mooer.'.t* FEES. ,Oun Office is Opposrrc U. 8. Patent Office i and we can secure patent in less time than those I remote from Washington. J Send model, drawing: or photo., with descrip- ition. We advise, if patentable or not, free of J > charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. ] j A Pamphlet, "How to Obtain Patents," with« i cost of same in the U. S. and fbreicn e»untH»« i '•eat free. Address, " C.A.SNOW&CO, Oppi Patent Ornec. Washinqton, o. C. IronoN^' Boots and Show, M". ?Wi,- 11X, si % •.'# , From now _ im, I wiH sell 1st P«r VITALIS lOtb Day? THEOBBAT aothliay FRENCH REMEDY ia SO I»S n acts powertully and quickly. Cures when all others fall. Young men will regain their lost manhood, and old men will recover tbeir youthful vigor by MdBgVlTALIS. It quickly and surely re- a tog* Nervouaneaa, Lost Vitality, impotency, NighUy Emlaslons, Lost Power, Failing Mem- ory, Wutiog .Diseases, aad »ii effects of seH sbuas or excess and fodiseratioo. Wards on wad ooaBaAtpHotL. InsUi dn having ~, no other. Can be carried in vest mall, f 1.09 per package, or six for a positive Mttw faarsalM to cure Circular free. Address flUeafo, 11L ifae Story's Drug Store, McHeary. W. L .DOUCLAS $3 SHOEmk And other specialties Car Gentlemen, Ladles, Boys and Misses are the Best in the World* Bee descriptive advertise­ ment which appears ia thla paper. Tsks as MMttsts. Insist on having W. 1m DOUGLAS' SHOES. with name and prioe stamped on bottom. Sold by ^Stoffeb WHt aRoHenry. LADIES'SHOES Regardfess of Cost. I also have on band a full Hne of RUBBER BOOTS, Overshoes, Felts, Arties / and Rubbers, cneap as the cheapest. No. 1 goods. Call aud see me you good, . I. Ai BAKRUS. Toto, litke Oo, 111, Not, M. •Insukinis PROPERTY. In the beet and most liberal companies forms no small part of our business, and will be continued at the old stand on same business principles, by Yours truly > m < n m v S T O F F E L . M& ' '^'Sv l | JULIA A. STORY, DEALKR IN Bruges & Medicines. irv r , W7Pf --A FOIL UKB OF -- -- "* :• v- -y-f ' Oil* and Colors conttanlly 'on hemd. Alto a Ml [line of I, PATENT MEflfiCINE8, TOILET ARTICLES, /* r-^ ^ " ; '#^*UKD A OOKVLSTB •*«>*•<»*: ' ..? Stationery! Ac Drugg iMtst' eundrl<i)K PH7SICIAH8' FBE8CKIFTION8 •IT Carefully compounded by a Beglaterad Pharmacist. Your Fatronage ia respectfully solielted. mm m JULIA A. aTU*r. Door Weitof RivriUU Soute, McBenry, IU. •m >s»i mt DEALXB IN McHBWRY, ILL. - >r „>• :» Wmf-iz WEST McHENRY. them that we are better than ever prepared this season to meet their wants in From a Penny Whistle Up| tW Book# for YoHrg, Books for Old, Blocks, Ete. , if you want a present for your wife, daughter, son or your best girl, you cannot fail of finding what you want by ralliug at our store. Come and take your first pick. All must be sold before January 1st. ; ̂ GEO. W. BESLEY. West McHonry, Nov. 20, 1894, ..iasgsaiBgjiigpi G . R . H U B E R , AI the Bakery, HcHenry. Having eecured T!SBII8̂ GSNCY of t||| WASHBURXS. MEDALS ' r r rwrr* "v ' The Best in the World. Is now prepated to furnish customers the same, or barrel, at Low Prices, and GUARANTEE satisfaction. ^ ^ There is no better flour offered to the buying public, a trial of which will convince the most skeptical, convinced that what we say i* trud. 4^ ^ ^ T ~K Also, a full line ot Fresh Family Groceries and Bakery Supplies Y always on hand. ^ C. R. HUBER. ., 1891. ^ 4 v ' , r - 'Sfe'Sffl !?• 'VT-: V. =fis JUSTEN BROS., UEALKBS IN j.. y> STOVES. IffWABE, DAIRY ipip|y|g NdT YOU ARE WRONGt This roan is not complaining that he has A CORN on his toe, but is shouting We hfiTie tli© iar^elt'"sTodfe**^f; Stove in McHenry county, among: jip^ich are the World's Best, ^ j .Acorn Stoves.*-: F I N E r t l K N I T l ^ B E ppippw •Mfa; O F A L L K I N D S , C,\S ' With two stores, one on the West side and one on the Ea&tr sida, (Mf#caxy). they$$*nt to the buying public I A Larger Ntook oi " 3 •||||| . i-i '.""'1 you want a Oook or Heatfn|f: Sto ê, either Coal or Wood, be ||||e and see us before you buy. JTable and Pocket Gutleryi Of the beat makes, and warranted In ebort. In our store can be found any article usually kept In » first c'ass Hard ware store, and we will always make our prices right. Call and see us when Id want of soy tiling In our llae. Jobbing and Repalrlnjr Promptly Attended tee OIER 1,000,000 ACORN STOVES v jacob bonslett^ [,/" ; AND FOR SALE ®Y '/MoHenrj, X^' ; all KINDS oi Than ever before, whlclj we are oflerlng at greatly . it >> - > i t ! .̂ ftf A? Redneed Prioe*. IVow 1« the time to JJujrv IflUWe also keep in stock a full Hoe-of samples of CARPETS, and weetr i;tve yob anything from the cheapest to tbe finest Brussels at lower prices than aay other houee In the county. , ^ ; ^ ^ lo th* county. TRUNKS AT COST?., / j {r > ,[ \C£:\ •I " We have taken great pains In selecting our i': £ ' » Mr' •" 'C &, U N D E R T A K I N G - : - S U P P L I E S , \ Coffins. Caskets and Trimmings ot tbe late»t designs. Everything new and • O elegant. We keep nothing but the best. Do not fail to call and see us when Is want of any thing in our line. SPLENDID UEARiSE In connection, will be furbished a* Reasonable Pa^|f ' ^ ~ 4 '!>*> :,av *• tostbn SHOS. ; kv,.*. Ai j i - Si.v • ® ' , t «},•.: I,;