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f, October «#, 1899. I.SVBT -miaWDAY BY UM3CK, %, A. Carerr, J. B. P*HBT, Sec. Treas. K. J.HAEEU. Manager. la Justeo Block, twoftoom IMA of eelo J«M« }wen It Chapel I's store. >tMafta*ee, No. SOB; Ctti*ea»\ Mo. 1 I?) renins or •u»«c«irno*: |Sne year tt.!» HulMerlptlons received for three ,tor sis months ia th« sane propnrt !<m. IMu L-ii;.. • $ V -> \Ji W t - V NOTICE. The figures on the label after your name feeil the date to which your subscription Is a&l -- • • • - -, For Instance, if the label on your paper 8 Best, 1, W, It means your subscription is ; up to Septembe r 1, 1H06; Jan. 1.00. to and so on. If you do not wi­ per rep- you are fanawyA . <d«r«taad that the flnres on yoar paper rep- fesent tiw date to which you think you are M,notify us, giving date and amount of ar laM payment. and we will try and adjust ne. The date on your label of the fol- Issue will indicate that the remittance . #M rieelved. £& THE girls may be interested in know- fog that there will be 34 leap years in 4hfi twentieth century. : IT IB noticeable that late quotations of lueef are for cattle on the hoof; for the ffilMMWi. probably, that commodity can 1 higher and faster on the hoof . the carcass.. W$,i MILK will be dearer than evef inter, because of the increased price tj>f feed, and the fact that the people are 'becoming more particular about the Hind of water that is put ia it " V THE commissioner of internal rev- •A ' •>,.* «Due rules that merchants who, as t» >,* ' " ' -|»rt of their business, issue checks I, v;drafts or cash them for other parties "•» <*. Inust pay a special tax of$50.00ayear lea broker. ••uu Ik W7 ! f! • POSTOFFICE receipts are good indi­ cations of the prosperity of the country. fiscal year just ended will prove a tecord breaker for the department. In f|W8 the receipts were under $76,000,000; |la 1894, the same; in '95, a million more; In '96 and '97 they reached $82,000,000: ||ast year the total reached 189,000,000, while this year they will be $97,000,000. A STRAW showing the way the wind ' ^fbtowsis given by the Clinton Herald. A JDemocratic farmer was standing on the on Saturday, and the subject of jEiflffrri was mentioned. He cut the iMtter short by saying in substance: . j "You may say what you please, we ' - never had such times as we are now hav- ^ lug. I have forty head of steers and - ; they are worth $60 a head more than :'22P?f#uch cattle were worth three years ago. . *' I dont know whether it is the adminis- gwi tration that makes the price, or the 11 " Almighty, but to make sure I am going to stay by both the Almighty and the ^ ' administration." fpROSPERITY DECREASES CRIME. If- tfu It is a remarkable fact that this is ;X" Yf: the first time in the history of the \f Joliet penitentiary when a whole month sfi has passed and not a single new I" ;- , ^ prisoner has been received. The prison $ population has been decreasing during the last few years--in fact, ever since V'f piroaperous times began. In May, 1895, the prison contained 1,828 convicts, while today there are but 1,212 men and aixty-aix women in confinement, ' f,' llmarkaWe showing onal Review oon- oena followed in high school* ttftd artadesnieH. In the percent­ age of increase Latin heads the list. A few years ago there was a savage on- slaughter on the classics. Latin and Greek were threatened with banishment from the regular curriculum of some colleges. Nevertheless, Latin not only has held its own, but shows an increase between the two dates named of 174 per cant. In 1889-90 only 1(K), 144 of the high-school and academic students were studying Latin, but eight years later there were 274,298. This does ont look as if the "parent language" were suffer­ ing a decline Even Greek shows an in­ crease of 94 per cent. A classic revival seems thus to be foreshadowed. Next to Latin in recent increase of popularity stands history. Instead of 82,909 enrollments, as In 1889-90, history in the year 1897-98 sho wed 209,034 The modern languages, especially German, also have high places in the list of pop­ ularized studies. There could be no apter test of intel­ lectual progress in this country than that afforded by these statistics. They show that the boys and girls who are about to sustain the main burdens of life have a growing thirst for knowledge, and, better still, are satisfying that thirst in ever-increasing numbers. Minor report BARRKVII^K. Mr.a 8. S. Shepard and daughter, Olive, visited in Chicago last week. C. Grantham repairei his engine last Saturday. Several of our young people attended the dance at McHenry last Friday even­ ing ^Irs\ Collin Baird visited friends in Prairie Grove last Thursdayv Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bryant visited in Elgin last week. Walter Shepard transacted business in McHenry last Friday. Miss Inga Stenson is visiting friends in Chicago. John Power'8 of Hocunville called on friends here Sunday. . . . . . A l t o n .Woodstock ,ivj. .Janesville > . J a n e s v i l l e PROBATE Estate of Ines G<M3$8$9fe. Proof of heirship made. Final Nport approved and administrator diaeli&rged. Estate of Etn It Camb. Order amending decree for sale of real estate. Report of sale of real estate Estate of Ann Stever filed. Estate of W. B. Austin. Inventory filed. Order for sale of personal prop­ erty. Estate of Astiana Hart, proof of death. Petition for prolate of will and letter testamentary. Hearing set fori Nov. 6. Estate of Sulli van S. Shepard. Supple -; mental inventory filed. Estate of William Lockwo^ Bepo*t; of sale of real estata. Estate of Peter StilL Final report filed. Estate of John Raymond Goodrich. Minor inventory filed. [ ' MABRIAOB LLDBLFSIFR Albert E. Uehling.... Sophia Albrecht..... * John Maher Esther Richardson..., Matthew P. Evans.Woodstock Anna McCauley •.L* » . ̂ • « %*i 4- . ...Woodstock Samuel Allen Genoa Susie M. Myers.', Genoa REAL ESTJ^fe i'iASfePERS. •; Trustees of free Methodist ehurcli of Seneca to Fred Lloyd H acre in sec.: 18, iSeneca .#> Heirs of A Hen 'Hawley, Deed. t<J Albert > ,Shurhurne se'» section 19 and part I w1^ of swH sect ion 30 aiso w!4 of sV< of It. no. 1 of 11 wH sec. 19. also n% o; It. 1 of the swH set*. 19, Hebron tiOCO 00 Mary Ann.Thayer to Albert Sherburne se>t sec. lif, and pt wHsw'iliO, Hebron 1 00 J. O. Blake & w to Alary Ann l>es Jard- ens It 4 blk 25 Hart's4th addn to Har- ,• vard imttl Julius O. Clemens & wf to Marcellus L. , Joslyn pt SWH of sw^ sec. 6& ptnw^ sec. 7, Sunda Mary E. Vaughn & h to Frances M. Ixickwood, s G4 ft. of It ft, blk 1 & s 64 of e 10 ft It 9, blk 1 fw A E. W. Smiths addn to Woodstock 9000 00 Harriet E St John et al to Albert H. Penney, It 1 blk 11 S.jei c?',s 2nd addn to Marengo 2X60 00 Lucinda Dacy et al to J. R. Hyde It 26, blk 1 Dacy's addn to Wooflstock 350 00 Frank R. Jackman & w et al to Rlcbard T. Bean, ne'4 sec. 35 Dorr 0)0 00 Charles 1'. Barnes & W to Thomas P. 1 J cks pt ltsl &2blk 2Htrodesaddn to Woodstock 1300 00 Martha A. Smith to trustees of Evans- ville Seminary (Wisconsin) It 2 of A. B. CtKtnssulxlivi of It 4 & 5 blk 5 Safford's addn to Marengo _ WHO IS Women as well as men are I wish to express my th»nks to the TT made miserable by kidney manufactures of Chamnarlain s Colic, . 1 U and bladder trouble Dr cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, for hav- DIAMC Kilmer's Swamp-Root the ing put on the market such a wonderful great kidney remedy medicine," says W. W. Massmgill, of! promptlv cores. At druggists in fifty Beaumont, Texas. There are many I cent8 and dollar sizes. You may have thousands of mothers whose children : a sample bottle by mail free, also pamph have been saved from attacks of dysen-! iet telling all about it. tery and cholera infantum who must ~ ~ also fell thankfuL--For sale by Julia A. Story. On the 10th of December, 1897, Rev. S. A. Donahoe, pastor M. E. Church, South, Pt. Plesant W. Va,, contracted a severe cold which was attended from the beginning by violent coughing. He says: "After resorting to a number of so- called 'specifics,' usually kept in the house, to no purpose. I purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which acted like a charm. I most cheer­ fully recommend it to the public.".. -Ijor sale by Julia A. Story. ^ Beam the fignatu* of The Kind You Haw Always Bought Address, Dr. Kilmer & Co.' Bingham- ton, N. Y. Preserves 4 r--fruits, Jelllea, plcklaa or catnip an ia more easily, mora quickly, mora •k healthfully sealed with Refined • Paraffins Wax than by any other method. Dasena of other DMDWUI be •""""Refined ParaffiiN Wax hi every household. It la clean, tasteless and odorien--air, water and acid proof. Get a pound cake of It with a list of Its many aaM from yoar draggtetor grocer. Bold everywherei. Made by ITASBAia Oil. (Xk NEBRASKA'S CORN CR&&. A conservative estimate of N ebraska '& coin crop, which is now safe from frost, is 800,000,000 bushels. It is hard for ||\ the mind to grasp just what these fig- nres mean. Wj~ v':' . Counting 60 bushels, of shelled corn 3$V 5K" *° ^ 1°®^ it would fake five million ^ 5 teams to haul the crop to market, a caravan that would reach around the 'fs, world. It will take an army of 80,000 men over two months to husk it if they 60 bushels a day each. If loaded pu~" into cars of 80,000 capacity it would /i ' take 600,000 cars to haul the crop, a * %train over 4,000 miles long. HAWAII MUST BE HEALTHY. In taking the new census in Hawaii * eV' [ vfn't it,*. : ••• : $' • ^ • frit' i i Medicmet Perfumes" r Toilet Articles .Notions School Boots^r^:^ Stationery, Paints ' "r~"'»**:- and Oils S6>#w Chemical# Dye Stuff* ;'V j ^ ' in use fbr orer SO years, hM ]IM Ilium sonAlsoperrlrion since ito ;i| AH OdOBterfeits, Imitations and Experiments that trifle with and endanger the ot Infiats and Children--Experience against What is CASTORIA Oastorla is a harmless snbstttate fbr Castor OQ» -4- It goric, Drops and Soothing Symps. It Is contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys .- -r Had allays Feverishness. It cores Diarrhoea and Wind y'Jj Colic, It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation ̂ and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the •Vs •; Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sloep* ; ; j The Children's Panacea--The Mother's Friend. CCNUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bean the Signature of Use For Over 30 Year* THI OCNTMta OOMMItT, TT MVMMV mm, MM ««M 0»Tf, GILBERT BROS., BARBIAN BROS. m Makers of Fine Ciga<8f 44 ¥ ' * ? - r l Our Monogram IO cent Cigar Leads Them All. 9 9 Our Leading 5c Brands: "Olivette" "Barblan BroS.tteStft : "Silver" - "Bee Hive" f "Empire Cubai)" This Bank receives deposits, buys and sells Foreign and Do­ mestic Exchange, and does a Etc. '• -t -M ft i'v £ ^yv ' under the direction of the United States \ government some interesting discover- !!' , ies have been made. Several natives , have been found who claimed to be ^, / more than one hundred years old and succeeded in verifying their claims, but /. i jfej; - all of them are outclassed by a venerable 5,» resident of Honolulu named Kepoolele . Apau, who claims to have lived ] ye-rs. This seemed so improbable thai ^ i"h, the superintendent of the census, Alatua * T. Atkinson, personally investigated , . the case and tested the recollection of t the aged woman, with the result that A*1 ; she traced back her origin for 122 years l beyond all dispute, by reciting events a • which she remembered particip jting in * I " or witnessing. She satisfied the officials M that this new'possession of Uncle fUwi can boast of the oldest woman in the world, and probably of the oldest person. .'•WM, ( As she is by no means the only centen- ||p§|*: 1 arian found by the census taker*, 'the * conditions of life in Hawaii m*»yt to longevity. WHAT PUPILS ARE STUDYING. The Educational Review remarks a " if) " change in the high-school and academic education of the country--a change so ^= great as to be revolutionary. First, the number of pupils in high sfdiools and academies is increasing at I M **ate far in excess of the rate of in- %ereaaein population. During the last l| right yearn the growth was 86 per cent; § that is, from 2S7.894 in 1889-90 to 554,- ||> 814 in 1887-98. Such growth in what ia j technically called secondary education - 4hpWH that this country is making much wm* rapid strides in intelligence than in population. The percentage of boys / ' ' and girls who are not content with 1 elspnrntary education mounts up en- * e«inous]y. And this evidence of hitel- --J: GENERAL BAHKINC BUSINESS/ We endeavor to do sQi<. busi- liiRss ftntrnsted to m»t» CnM in a manner and upon terms entire­ ly satisfactory to our custom­ ers and respectfully solicit the public patronage Ifoney to Loafi % ) on real estate and other first class se­ curity. Spec- i&l attention given to collections, and promptly at- toaded to ̂ INSURANCE1 ; . 1 \ in First Class Companies, at the Low­ est rates. Yonrs Respectfully, PERRY A OWEN, Notary Public. Bankers. Robes v . It is with the greai . - .'"-that I announce to the people of V §5 ^this vicinity that my elegant line Robes and Blankets is now ?!* ready for inspection. H you - need anything in this line just -.'̂ 4 call and see my stoefe, slfo», cma i&'WJget what you wani' . ̂ harness, & 'it- i Now is the time to order that ̂ t harness. Thfe is the slack season ' ' *' and we can give your order the best of attention. Order it now. McHenry, 111. WM. MERZ. i £ . Is there Anything More Attraction fn the Home i < vhwu «L' It i l - " " * '̂/ '* j, ' ^ ^ V V ^ v, " %?> h **-• j tvA it We Rather Think Not l ,<sv: ^ Our Store is <-*' •'* headquarters for v IMXisical instrument#^ and we always have on ]iand a full stock of Pianos, 4 Ofeans, Violins, Guitars, Mando- r lins, Banjos, Graphaphones, and if we have not what you want we can get it for you on short notice. wm ncHMrf, M : »f;MILD HOWE. % V j'S/u/jf.. C" 'i /\0ff \ ""4, '5:%Sw "' : IgRSLysil mv x - Yo§^may not know it, but a ouf establishment will convince you. 1 " We ^ ? . v- • Organs, jewing riachines, •• Jewelry, J Sheet Music. We also have the celebrated wn Chapell Orpijt^ With Flute Attachment. This organ is one of the finest instruments on the market and it will pay the represent- ' atives of churches and schools to call and see it before purchasing elsewhere. -'•? CELEBRATED SHULTZ PIANO CASE OMAN. TWO in Use ill Mdleoy. Watch Repairing. N. A. HUEMANN, 1 West McHenry, 111. - : l€-. m ^iNever before has our s iso complete in all it's i«*"4 *. yi * •- *t's We are making a Specialty of our Ladte*' SlO I^Ckpt Al l wool Beaver , l imed ^ uaCKCl, with best Satin through­ out, sleeves and all. They are made in two ^hades of Brown and Blue, also Black and light / Tan, in the very latest style. It is without it r doubt the neatest Jacket ever shown in towru | Call and see them. • , :/ < ' • ' , ' .'7 V *•: -f, Underwear. MmV VmjlW Umb'8 Wool, per rate > ' * i A l l W o o l , H e a v y a n d M e d i o m w e % h t 5 J . O O \ i Foreign Wool, Heavy and Medium weight, per wit. . 'K iFleeced Lined Cotton, per suit v \ V-h -XIn Ivies'. Children's and Misses* we can «t you , 3-1 ' to all wool, Camel's Hair, Fleeced lined--Union, V tKs r Suits or anything you may wish at lowest J\ 4 sible prices for Cash / 20 00 sible prices for Cash :^A complete line of Mittens, Gloves, Hats,'Caps' Lhirts, Ties, Overcoats, Clothing, Boots, Shoes*-' Rubber Goods, Shawls, Fascinators, Fancy em­ broidered work, Hosiery, Overalls, Blankets, Plush Robes, Mackintoshes, Skirts, Wool Shirt Waist, Wrappers, Felt Boots, Snag Proof Rubber Goods! Carpets and a complete line of the purest and best Groceries that cak be bought Try our "Gold Medal" Flour. *1 ' > V $ - V / / ' ' v v * ̂ •*, i iU ** • ' 1 j*} < f:V • * -U i yyj: * li * 5. ,> «r All" On rionday iind TutssdjIy Next we will offer for Cash Only: A '*n 1 * 4 f , y * ' y - r i t " ' i\>' i\~ i * .' 1 #, \ atterns Toweling, per yd, :-V.'v •' ; ; . -S Several o- j - All Linen Stevens Crash, per yd.. . ... .•.'?)t f ̂ c Plaid Dress Goods, double width, per yd 6%c Red Table Linen, 60 in. wide, per yd.. . .. ,* ..\25c A Good Percale Wrapper, eacjt *;. Gold Medal Flour, per sack v i *' »,* i. • .$1.00 %• V • •w? > « % % * t & ^ » * S ̂ 44 i1 ̂ " V ̂ % 'T ^ OWEN & CHAPELL McHenry, III. . 'Si' 1 * f̂f- Keeping 'House • M , $£> ..... -Is a ,pleasure for . " - any woman when she' % . has the essentials at hand , that tend to make her home attractive and comfortable s 1 -:V • We Have the Essentials In Furniture ^ - * • 4 and are selling them at prices that even the de- jpartment stores of Chicago can not beat. ^ This may seem a broad assertion ^ \ * 1 \ « but an inspection of the goods and prices ' ^ w}ll convince you of its truthfulness K t1 + *i t- : - Undertaking a Specialty. - | JACOB JUSTEN, McHenry, HI. mtminiiiiiiHiwiiiiiiiiiimmininiim -s ~-f ' Y. 'J< L*:Z\. -Y %^y ~ r4 ifc. ty : " ̂ X H ^ » i Oar Ladies' Fleeced Lined at 30C * Oarment. Men's Fleeced Lined at 35c * Piece. / ear department is one* of the largest in our always take pains to secure the best values. :A l: IP? Petticoats A large line made up in good style, of good material and at low prices | ' < * n i ; f 1,09 and 41%. , r irt Patterns at *33 cents each Don't miss this Bargain. " ̂ The name will be sufficient to inform you that this department !* in " L, first-class shape. Flexibone Kalamazoo g^ove fitting, the, short hip corset in all fancy colors. . vv- X &•?/ Don't forget our line of $a.oo ShOM, , . . , . They are leaders . . y ***• "• Just receited a carload '-Be«tott ftecoBl" jlonr. W»t McHemy, HI. * t: -t"* -Jl WALTER C. EV ANSON. , f ^ f t - ' / 1 r*- sf* A ">• * ' r,^ 1ill •rlv: £ - ' Av ^ a.