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,v:t •'ff V^.^X5' • .,rV PIIMnKI JPTJBLISHEU EVERY THURSDAY BY IHtHHIY PUffiMAtQt (OMMHY. KR, W. A. RMSTT, J. B. PRRRT, Sec, Treas. XL $. Haxki* Manager. ' T f oik in Jturten Block, two )wea & Chapell's store. TKI,EPHOH*8: uong Distance, No. 908; TERMS of CItiiens*; Kb. 1 OP SUBSCRIPTION: 3ne year b.., ...,.**0 Subscriptions received for three Ofr i six (Qonths in the same proportion. Thursday, February aa, 1900. XOTICB. The flgores'twi the label aft«r yonr name tell the date to which your subscription is paid. For instance, if t he label on your paper reads Sept. 1. '99, it means your subscription is paid to Sept. 1, '89. If you do not understand that the figures on your paper represent the date to -which you think you are paid, notify us, giving date and amount of your last payment, and we will try and adjust the same. " 1 .•jjii" ' " • REPUBLICAN CAUCUa The Republican voters of the town of McHenry are requested to meet in town caucus, at the city hall, in the village of : McHenry, on Saturday Feb. 24, 1900, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of choos­ ing seventeen (17) delegates to represent said town in the County Convention, to be held at Woodstock March 5, and to transact such other business as may properly.come before the meeting. J. VAN SLYKE, II, \ \ . J. I. STORY, -aL* W. A. CRISTY. Republican Town Committee. • ^PODAY--February 22--George Wash­ ington's birthday. "IN times of peace prepare applies to advertising. PRO&A TE NEWS REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Albert L Howe and w to Lucjr Helen | Film, lots 63. 64. IS, m and 67 in Orch~ . # • •vWl wflph, :»nd niece 1« wM of •«c as, McHenry Xdoiph Muntzenberger et al, per mas­ ter. to Vircil M Brand et al, execu­ tors of Michael Brand, deceased, lots 1. 2 and 8, blk 25, Harvard.;,.......... 180000 Same to same, same property..... ..... 1500 00 Robert Campltell to Emily Copeland. It 6, blk fl. Hart's thlrd.ado. Harvard... 500 00 Martin THrrenbertrer & w to Fred C Iteadel. new of nei* sec 19 and s«}< of .1) ,W0 00 ttdg« .. .Nunda Union Union . .Hebron . .Hebron . Hartlaud se>4 sec IS. I>orr Catherine Coughlin et al. per master, ..to Anna E Baker et al, It 1. blk 5», Harvard ...... ....Cm W -.j'- •' t -fa, MARRIAGE LICENSES, • George J. Buss * ,f 4... .Terra Cotta •lice M. Merritt. %».. .Terra Cotta Fred Rosenthal.. .t.,v;^*|*Ridgefield Minnie Rover Hermann F., Batunann v;.... Matilda Dorow... ̂ , Alfred Hawthorne A Helene C. M. Roan.'.. James Walsh %'•<?.... Catherine Gegan.. »..t Hartlftnd PROBATE NEWS. ' Fstate of Solomon Hamilton. Proof of heirship and final report approved, estate declared settled and administrat­ or discharged. Estate of Geo. Harris. Inventory and appraisement bill and petition to sell personal property at public and private sale filed. § Estate of Michael Lenzen. Petition to sell personal property at private sale filed. Estate of Dorotha Sopder. Appraise­ ment bill, .widow's relinquishment and selection filed. Estate of Andrew W Thomas. Inven­ tory, appraisement bill and widow's re­ linquishment and selection filed. Estate of Louis Kammin. Proof of death, petition for letters of administra­ tion filed, bond $600. • ; ^ ' " AMERICAN windmills are being intro­ duced in Syria and Palestine for irriga­ tion purposes. MAN'S home paper is worth more to than any other because it gives him more facts and local news, besides always working for the best interests of the home community. When you subscribe for your home paper and pay for it, you increase the editor's ability to work for the development of jour own community. \ PARTY PLEDGE FUL By the passage by both branches of Hie present congress of the bill estab- | fishing permanently the gold standard I as the basis of our financial system the | Republican party has redeemed the I most important pledge it made to the I voters of the nation in the last prpsi- I dential campaign. There is nothing re- | markable in this, perhaps, because the I record of that party proves that it I makes no pledges to the people which | it does not intend to redeem, and that it redeems all of its pledges as soon as it is given the power to do so. So far ae the pledge in question was concerned, | it was necessary to wait until the free ^ silver majority in the United States | senate was overthrown before it could be redeemed, and not until the present congress met was there an opportunity secure affirmative action upon finan­ cial legislation by a Republican majori- ri - Ijy in both branches of congress. As the ^present congress did not convene until Ifest December, it will be seen that the Republicans in that body have lost no time in fulfilling the promise of their : ' party as soon as they were in a position jo act successfully. * Under all the circumstances, es- "• "pecially in view of the strong opposing Influences at work at the time within and without the party, and of the sup- .*> .posed popular sentiment in favor of the and unlimited coinage of silver, the financial plank adopted by the Repub­ lican national convention at St Louis rjfrj|ii 1896 was an exhibition of greater Inoral courage and of more steadfast adherence to honest convictions and to ; j tight principles than any party in this | : country has given in many years. This | is the pledge then made, which the Re­ publicans in congress are now redeem- r ."log fully: r_^-- "The Republican party isunreservedv ! ly for sound money. It caused the en- i . jfctment at the law providing for the | 1 rffesumption of specie payments in 1879; 1 , Since then every dollar lias been as good as gold. We are unalterably opposed *0 every measure calculated to debase ;<pur currency or impair the credit of our . national agreement with the leading t^lifommercial nations of the world, which >tve pledge ourselves to promote, and un- 1: 3s^§il such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be pre- #erved. All our silver and paper cur- • " lency must be maintained at parity 1 ' /With gold, and we favor all measures designed to maintain inviolably the ob­ ligations of the United Stales, and all . aur money at the present standard, the Standard of the most enlightened na- / tions of the world." I By placing upon the statute books a f formal enactment making gold the fixed ; "and unalterable standard of value for all the money of this country, the Re- grablican party raises immeasurably the • AM^jredit of the United States among the Inflations of the world and at the same time wins for itself enduring honor for its complete fulfillment of its pledges *- to the advocates of sound money and an Free Complexion ,' We want every lady reader of the (in­ sert full name of paper) to try Dwight's Complexion Beautifier, the most ex­ quisite toilet preparation. It is pure and harmless, makes the face smooth as vel­ vet and fair as alabaster. To induce a fair trial of it we will for SHORT TIME ONLY SEND FREE a full size, Fifty Cent box to every lady who will send us her post office address and SILVER DIME to pay for packing and postage. Only one FREE box to each address, but ladies may order for her friends. Each box mailed separately. Send this no­ tice and your order AT ONCE to D. W. CUSTER & Co., Huntington, W. Va» Feb. 22, 4 y. / : ' t Vermont Maple Sugar. More Vermont maple sugkr is made every year in Davenport, Iowa, from cheap yellow sugar flavored with vege­ table extracts than can be produced from all the maple trees in the whole state of Vermont. Currant jelly is manufactured from the cores and par­ ings of apples utilized after they have been evaporated; glucose, sugar, a vegetable acid and some coloring and flavoring matter complete the delicacy, " LIBERTY, IND., Jan. 10, 1898. Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, 111. GENTLEMEN;--For about 10 years was affected with Constipation, Indigest tion and Stomach and Bowel trouble, tried Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and soon found relief. After using one fifty- cent bottle I am n<Jw well and can (Bat anything that comes on the table with­ out suffering pain and distress in my stomach and I can cheerfully recommend it to anyone that has any bowel or stom ach trouble. If yon are afflicted try it and you will be convinced. ^ Very truly yours, i C. K SLONN One Who Controls. "Who is the head of yonr house?" The benedict gave a fe# minutes to tlje consideration of the question before answering. "No one," he said finally. "My wife and I started tour married life on perfect equality. As you might say, we trot in double harness--" ' ' ' "Well?" / "Well, I guess, perhaps, thq baby drives the team". Excursion Rates to the Mardl Or as and 18 Winter Resorts, Via the North-Western Line. On ac­ count of the Mardi Gras at New Orleans and Mobile, excursion tickets will be sold February 19 to 25, inclusive, at very low rates, limited -for return pas­ sage until March 15. Excursion tickets are also on sale daily, at reduced rates, to the principal winter resorts in the United States and Mexico. For full in­ formation apply to ticket Chi­ cago & North-Western R'y; v 4 it Rlection of Officers. At a meeting of the McHenry Cream­ ery Co., Saturday, Feb. 17,the following officers tfere elected: President, T. Thompson; Secretary, H. C. Mead; Treasurer, J. B Perry;" Directors, T. Thompson, B. Harrison, Simeon Covell, JUL 8. Wheeler ana Charles Durkiett, ^ . ' v; 7 ~ »'• '4.1*P- Odd Epitaph. ' In the churchyard at Salem, Mass.,' fisf an epitaph bearing the date of 17^ of which the following is a copy: Here lies poor Peck, which some men suf* Was first of all a Pock of Clay. W,'""' This, wrought with skill divine wMMiWpC1' Boon became a peck of flesb. v Cun These Things be Trt*< T > following was handed us by one of our citizens who is interested in educational work, and is an open let ter to Edward Bok, editor of the Ladies' Home Journal: Can these things the exclamation that rose to my lips as I read the first paragraph of your fierce attack upon the public schools in the current number of the Ladies' Home Journal. Is it possible that so many have been ruined in health and con­ sequently injured in mental power by "the most unintelligent and cruel of a'l our American institution?" These are your words, and Mrs. Lew Wallace, a few months ago characterized the treat­ ment of children in the public school, as the "modern murder of the inno­ cents." As a teacher of many years' experi­ ence, and a parent whose Children are all attending the same "faulty insti­ tute, " I am doubly interested, so per­ haps it will not be wholly presumptuous Tor me to enter a protest. Though you disclaim any intention of attacking the teachers, your terrible arraignment of the schools makes us particeps crirqinis, for if we were riot cowards, if we did not think more of our bread and butter than we do of the health and happiness of the innocent children in our case, we would rebel and put an end to such reckless cruelty. This is a plain deduction from your language, and when I remember that teachers are about the most poorly paid erf all professional workers, it makes our crime (?) seem all the blacker; For twenty-five years I have beeif a teacher in the public school, and for forty years I have been in school, either as teacher or pupil, and in all that time I have never been afraid to speak my sentiments on any question that en­ gaged the attention of my/fellow citizens. : Never once have I received any com­ mands as to what or how much I should teach. Indeed I am persuaded that, in this part of the country at least, the teachers are the leaders in matters of education, and that those "crowds of ignorant politicians" have simply car­ ried out the ideas of their teachers and superintendents of schools whenever the matter of the kind and quantity of schoolwork has been considered. Might there not be some other causes at work to shatter the health of the "sixteen'5 or "fifty thousand" who have been ruined by the cruelty of the school? If parents are so criminally negligent in regard to the cramming process at school, might it not be possible that they might permit cramming at the dinner table? is not one about as hurt­ ful to the child as the other? Are chil­ dren never allowed to eat improper food ? Is their clothing always of the proper kind? Do they always retire at the proper time, even when not in school? Is there no other cause for "drowsiness in the morning" except over study Are not those who never study as hard to rouse as those who study the hardest? Is it not sometimes easier for a "con servative physician" to blame the school for the suffering of a child, than to risk losing a profitable patron by telling the truth? If children had three-fourths of every week day for play would it sen­ sibly improve their chances for long life and useful education ? Do children nev­ er fall into bad company when at liberty? Do boys who are out of school ever hear language and see sights that ought nev­ er to be heard and seen by any one, much less by boys? Are girls in any danger of contracting dangerous habits if left much to themselves? Does not the dictum of fashion impose many un necessary burdens upon growing girls? Is it not possible that the "great crime" which lies at the feet of American par­ ents is not connected with the demands of social life and the license allowed the school children outside of school hours? Permit me to say that, while I have all my life heard the cry that the chil dren were being ruined by overstudy, ] have yet to know of a single case where, a healthy boy or girl has been seriously injured by too much study alone, have known many a robust lad and many a promising girl injured in health and morals, by their indulgence in vi­ cious habits which they never learned from their teachers. - ™ I am persuaded that my observation will be confirmed by tens of thousands of teachers everywhere. - After reading your article I went in­ to the fifth year grade to witness a reci­ tation. As I looked into the alert coun­ tenances of the pupils, and saw them spring out of their seats ea«?er for a chance to answer a question, I found it hard to believe there was any cruelty in it. If there is any truth in appear- cious, nor have any special pains been taken with her. She is the product of the public school. She is the first one of the five children of the family to go to sleep in the evening, and the first one up in the morning. About the only thing her parents do for her is to clothe 'her comfortably and feed her sensibly. The teacher does the rest. Then I thought of our senior class, many of whose members live in the country, and leave their books at' their boarding places when they go home on Friday evening They should come back rested and refreshed, and Monday should be the best day of the week. The reverse is true, When they arrive in school on Monday they are so ex­ hausted ny the "enjoyments" they have had "over Sunday," that it 'is usually the middle of the week before they are able to do any effective work, and by Friday they are in good^ working trim. This is not peculiar to any one' school. I have observed the same thing con­ tinually for twenty years. 1 I grant you the work to be done, in school is often laborious, and sometimes taxes the strength of the'child, but if there is one lesson that the history of humanity has emphasized it is this: 'There is no excellence without great labor." The tendency of modem methods of education is to remove the difficulties from the path of the child and place all the burdens upon the teachers. Abun­ dance of material comforts has induced habits of softness* and lessened the desire for effort, until our people are voicing too freely the Mexican cry, **Give us a banana and a bull-fight." In conclusion permit me to sAy that, while it may well be that "a great crime lies at the feet of American parents," I do not believe that it is in connection with the schools so much as in the lax parental discipline, the ever-in-creasing demands of our social life, the struggle for wealth, and the ceaseless demand for amusement. Our children are being sacrificed, not pn the altar of education but on the altar of fashion and folly. •• PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. The! School Journal. Skating Carnival. A (5rand Masquerade Skatin^ CkWii- val will be held on Wednesday evening, Feb. 28. at the Armory, Woodstock. Brubaker'B band, of ten pieces, will fur­ nish music. This will be the last skate of the season. A costumer from Chi­ cago will be in attendance. Those con templating going should send in orders for skates so that they may be reserved for them. A good time is promised all who attend. Syrup of lly good •Tig Not. True *We do not sell Dr. Caldwell's 8 Pepsin for every disease; it is only g! for Constipation, Indigestion, Sick Headache and Stomach Troubles and we guarantee it to cnire. At Julia A. Story's. • Pearl Fishers of Geylon. The pearl fishing season in Ceylon only lasts twenty-two days, and during that period 11,000,000 oysters are brought to the surface by fifty divers. Dormant American Volcanoes. Scientists make the assertion that there are undoubtedly dormant vol­ canoes in the United States which will some day become active. TO CURE A COLD* IN ONE DAY, Take LAXATIVE Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's sig- nature is on each box. 25c. A Telephone Daigaia, **l recently heard," said the* inquisi­ tive man who had the faculty of being able to be in two places, at once, "the following conversation over ttia tele­ phone : ^ i«- " 'Who are you, please JV " 'Watt.' ' \ " 'What's your name, please? *' 'Watt's my name.' " 'Yes, what's your name?' "'I say my name is Watt. Jones?' " *' 'No, I'm Knott.' " 'Will you tell me your '"Will Knott.' " 'Why won't youT ' • "'I say my name"Is Wfinam *' 'Oh, I beg your pardon.' " 'Then you'll be in th|s Jift^nofln If I come around, Watt?* tWr* S;£v iJtl Uy%' '-1 '.v* r. * '* X* V-' ? -':l ••F-'R' , r ';* f • lA-jV ! -4 Ml \ . * " if"4*1- At tho^e Sio Jackets \ at tile old price -si1- j ; I ;f'*• ' V * * i . / --V *'•••> - ~--v • v ' V.j ** J |4 or one more • ^ , 3 , 1 ' * • -1 j t f '••I** . $ v *vy'> ^ ^ •;1 ̂ We offer the entire stodb of all wool, Beaver Jackets, lined throughout yj •- ( Ti, ^ •« ^r< < 'i" •:;Ah.: a'A t' • -'v( /|W Jr m m . . •?&:&. " v k . 7 * J r ^ ^ • ;r-.: * . '"""I'"« Jusf tne thing lor spring OWEN & CHAPELL McHenry, - - Illinois, Thro' varicjuis forms Peek's makt»r ran ' honest financial system who supported 3111 adding brea,h-made Ptfck a man. ^ / *a. u.. . J rull sixty years Peek felt lifft'stwiiih W Its candidates in the campaign of >1^06,. Advertise in The Plaindea! P", • •2isas!x>- : •--•'.'•y -• \-V73MJKI xty years Peck felt life's troubltfc. Till death relieved a Peck of Troubles}";* Then fell poor Peck, as all things naus^f". And here he lies, a Peck of dust. « ' ' ' ' 4 " 'Certainly. Knott.*" T~% "Do you wonder they rang off in de­ spair and disgust?"--Kansas City In­ dependent. 4, ances they were about as happy a lot of sir. be pt^ed hoff like heve."--"That Reminds Edw#rd Itiwaell. children as one would wish to see. That same evening I saw in one of the homes of the city a rosy-cheeked girl of ten, who said proudly, "I have worked out all my problems for to-morrow. " The next instant she was dancing over the house, romping like any kitten. In a few minutes she picked up a book and tread Leigh Hunt's "Abou Ben Adhem" with so just and true a rendering that tho I had heard it read a hundred times, I listened with delight and begged her to repeat it for the pleasure of hearing her fresh, young voice. The next mo­ ment she was at the piano, Sending out a rippling melody, and expressing the joy of her young existence through the She is net Ifice Hangiit. Sfer idf t of th6 coloniMm&i was anxious to have executions in Malta carried out more humanely. So he consulted Marwood. Marwood strong­ ly advised, the "long drop" and ex­ plained his own process thus: "There was ^lr. Peace, a small man. I gave him a six foot drop, and, I hassure you, summer Me," by Sir Drawn, t?', "Yes, It was a drawn battle," he said in talking the matter over with his wife. The 6-year-old who was listening was silent for a moment. Then he asked: "What did they draw It with?"--Chi­ cago Post. Special Sale to Reduce Stock For one week only ii JH'jf^e will putrthe discount knife Into everything in the shoe line, for cash, to make room for our large spring line of shoes soon to arrive. All broken lines will be sold regardless of cost Some shoes worth $3.00 will go at $2.00; others worth $2.00 and $2.00, sjle price, $1.65. The $1.65 and $1.75 grades will be sold at $1.25. Other grades at same discounts^ffhey aj-e ill new styles and up to date nderwear, Duck Coats, Gloves, Mitten^ psr Heavy Pants a.nd all winter ,t reduced prices 1 -• -,<>• Wra'feuly, West McHenry, lll. V , % ' fl. J. WALSH, ,>. r; t ; ; * 'riM- WE HAVE TOLD ' • i ^ 0:, > about our gteat desire to serve you, and to serw the interest of economy; also about our anxiety to of a few odds and ends in Shoes* Underwear, Dress Stufffe and other miscellaneous items. Some are still here and await your coming.. - • • • VERY Hot an Optical Case, Optician--I cannot sell you spectacles Fancy Taffeta Linings in pink, red, green, drab and blacj with fancy figures--your choice,all next week at I a cen1 some are worth 2(f cents. Hundreds of yard§ new Ginj cents, on Saturday, nelets for 75 cents.. •'•a?'*:- hams, in 10 yards, for 4^ Also 10, yards best Fla>n? for your husband. _He must come for Needn't tell you about our fine Teas and Coffees if yo#^ them In person. What Is the nature * , . , have tried them ^ ,w * ^: M t'Vc of his visual defect? Woman--A 5 cent piece looks bigger to him than a $5 bank note to other people.--Jewetaw* Week||i - ̂ V ' . • •4*' f*;" f S C; EYAN50N^ im . i I-* >« • •' • fift .:a-•*9* I 'tc 1