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OF well H CL • d John fr uc h J J Bell TekplMM are the names an of the McHenry "«ns •OSf*. STOFffFjL, Manager, r. A, E. *833 Nieaen M M * 383 OwaH L H r «! Otfih 0 W r 3 8 1 O w e n O S r 314 Owen & Chapjrfl JWlUurke Tho*. ' " ' f, g. w. 343 Besloy #M;ln Anton geln M sin M r ^rs I)r OB • 204 Frett Bros & Witt 3® Glib. 252 O'Neill Rev. 241 Pag»C L r 263 Hi a indMii i' f : KosefKle M r 262 284llo8sWFO . 202 Bess ftrFC T'^^%. •2M Uapp A o r m 342 glotniuers Geo t 321 Spurting l>r A C r H72dtoffelt« r 304 Stoffel S postofBce .tbert Bros 5 Stoffel Simon ' " llbert, Itros toll sta273 Story J I r 282 8l<ory Julia 323 Stafford K W *%'?'%••• 231 Villagcof MoHonry pumpinjr station 261 Village of McHenry president's res 534 Village of Me Henry public school 3QES Wattles F H 311 Wells Dr D G _ 7 Western U Tel Co 344 Me lien rv Cre'm'ry 371 Wiijrhtman Harry Company. 214 Wightraan Jlarry r 234 McHenry Journal 222 VY heeler E 8 r . 361 McOmber F L 242 W hiting W E r TOLL STAxIONS. Ben Stilling M H w l E . J.r 243 Hanly Geo A r 338 Hertz H Lf 208 Hoitz & Stilling 204 Howe A L r 3.i2 Howell M A r 31H ,1 usteii* Jacob r 344 Justen N J 223 Lamphere O. E. r 312 Lamphere Ray r :i">l Lorimer Wm r 2 rin*s, Pistaktn? Bay 4 3 rings, Jolmsburg, John !• Lay 4 4 rings, Solon, W H Davis. 10c toll , {firings, Spring Grove, A Neish, lQctolt Citizen*' Telephone. •ptip following are the names and nOBrtWi* of the patrons of the MeHenry and West Mc­ Henry exchanges of the Citizens' Telephone Co. Residences only are specified. All others are business houses. F. E. BELL, Manager. It Auringer Dr A E 16 McOmber F L -iv/*- 13 Auringer Dr. A E r 21 Meyer CJ«o r , 33 Adams, C M, Johns-23 Mertes Joseph, Pis- burg. toll station Bay 100 Bell F E. Central 23 Mineral Spring, Pis- 30 Buch J J tftkee Bay 42 McHenry Laundry 43 Magueson G L Rose- dale 10 Miller John 23 Nell George, Johns- burg 24 Owen & Chapell 24 Perry & Owen 37 Pumping Station 36 Dermont Mrs 8arah38 Postoftice. McHenry 40 Depot C NWRy Co36 Park Hotel, W Me- S» Bacon Wmf^ m Boley G IT * 45 Rarbian BWS 4 C r i s t y W M r 32Cristy W A 15 Chapell S 8 r 55 Clemens H B 55 Clemens J C 49 City School SoaA Carolina BoiiMx the Only ButwbUilk- ment on the Continent. 23 Dighton Station 6 Evanson W C 8 Evanson John r 11 Fegers Dr C H 11 Fegers Dr C H r 23 Erickson H 18 Friedly A C SI Granger F K r 12 Granger Chas 22 Heimer Joe 31 Heimer John 3 Holtz & Stilling Henry i Plaindealer 41 Summer George 50 Spurling Dr A O 28 Simes Henry 47 Schiessle Robt 14 Story Miss Jullft A 34 Smith HC 27 Schneider Joe 23 Simes, Dighton SfcA"-' /tion 2 Wells Dr D , 23 Heman Joe, Johns- 2 Wells I>r D r ^ burg 55 Whting Will • v V 19 Hazel E J 7 Wilbur Lumtil#f». 48 Hetzel J 9 Wightman Harry 35 Justen Nifitf- ;30 Walsh M J 44 Justen J a tip . 1? Wattles Frank 43 Jensen H NT Go. Phone No. ft. XlW 'mr-- MLdUft ®i*t. Phon* T^No.8«L GEO SOMMERS limbing Gas Fitting fc*» fftctory in thtftJaited States is fcoaied at Hnehiusfc, neat Summer ville, S. C The picking of the leaf requires care and discrimination. The growing tea plant throws out from its branches tender, bright shoots fre­ quently daring the season. These new shoots constitute a ' 'flush" and trained pickers must be at hand at each suc­ cessive flash who are practiced in the art of nipping off the leaves. Only the tip of the shoot and the most tender leaves are taken. If only the tender, unexpanded leaf bud at the end of the shoot is picked the tea is called "flowery pekoe." If the first leaf, almost as tender as the bad, is added, it; makes "orange pekoe. " If the second leaf, slightly firmer, goes in, it becomes simply "pekoe" tea. The addition of the next two leaves on the stem makes "first" and "second" "souchong." Alter the leaves are weighed th»y are carried to the lofts, where tht«y are spread over the clean, polished floor to be wilted. As soon as the leaves are withered to the right degree, which occurs in about six hours, they are put into the tea roller. This machine is run by steam and works with an oscillatory motion. It is of glistening copper, burnished inside and out until it shines like gold. During the rolling, which lasts about thirty minutes** the sap es­ capes and is spread all over the sur­ face of the rolled leaf in a way favor­ able to the action of oxygen in the next stage--oxidation. When the leaf is re­ leased from the rolling machine it is found that a good deal of it is formed into balls varying from two to four inches in diameter, which must be broken np. After being broken the leaf is spread on trays well moistened and is then left to oxidize or ferment. The most important chemical trans­ formation is that which takes place duriTig the process of fermentation. It is absolutely necessary to check the fer­ mentation at its first stage, which is done oy firing. After fermentation the leaf , is subjected to hot blast by being put through a drying or firing machine. This action arrests the oxidation at just the right stage. The tea is dried at the same time and turns black. As soon as it is cool the tea is sorted, weighed and packed in air-tight boxes. iiJ m-'$% Also Agent for Eagle Acctylene Gas flachine ̂- Gas fittings, Gas Fixtures and Carbide - for sale-- ̂ - , gp klndg BnuJS valvesafad j ' iron Pipe alway* aafcand. WEST M'HENRY, ILLINOI& F. WATTLES •o {Successor to B. B. How*«# M n i proprietor of the *v ' * • 4 t ' " ' ' J*"- 'A />«. Ih West SMe Hut ##?## r •?< U >j ' < . •- •>' " kinds of Fresh and salt Meats always on hand Liberal Offer. * The large and increasing circulation of The Iowa Homestead in this county is a matter for congratulation to the publishers and to good farming, for, of all the papers of its class in the country, it is easily the best and most helpful. Its Special Farmers' Institute editions, issued with the regular edition the first weekin each month, have been for years the admiration of all practical farmers. Written wholly by farmers, they are fall of actual experience and smell of the soil. We ha^e been fortunate enough this season to secure terms for The Homestead and its Spe­ cial Farmers' Institute Editions, to­ gether with The Poultry Farmer and The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Journal, four, of the most valuable farm publi­ cations in the country, that enable us to offer the four in connection with our own paper for $3.00 for the entire five, one year. This is emphatically a good thing, and no farmer in this country should fail to take advantage of the offer. For a large line of thoroughly practical farm reading nothing has ever been offered before that eqnals it. A county paper, a farm paper, a poultry paper, a farm insurance paper and the Special Farmers' Institute, all for f&OO. Come in and order them. tf in their season. Vegetables and Canned Goods. Come and give me a trial F. WATTLES. West UoUtmfi FV' f*f >p4*i> >4 U' » ..X'; ments W'L •ij». 'V , t v ,,v. r/rr.?f .* And eyerythira that pertalnsrf iftilusk. I. ^U- ( i -*>j - ^ - - f e l ­ onry, {1L •' ,?^*j£i- ••'SSSSL IC; • A Cu4. I, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 50 cent bottle of Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded, tf Julia A. Story. Oar Army and N»vy. Not until the close of the S American war, which proved such brilliant success for our Army and Na­ vy, uid foreign powers appreciate the strength and stability of our engines of war. Not only did foreign countries watch the movements of our troops and ships with amusement, but our own people, right here at home, were sur­ prised to find that the United States possessed an army and navy of such strength and proportions. In one of the latest books to appear, entitled "The United States Army and Navy, 1776-1899," a grapic description of the operations of both branches of the service, from their inception to the close of the late war, is to be found. It is a beautiful art edition, and no book so complete, both from a literary ar­ tistic point of view, has lever been pub­ lished. The text is by eminent authorities in both branches, and was compiled after a careful research of all government re­ cords. The illustrations and there are 43 of them, full-page size, are the finest specimens of art ever placed in a book. The volume is published by the Wer­ ner Company, of Akron, Ohio, who are making a special offer to introduce it to the reading public. In another part of this issue will be found a more detailed description of the book and how it can be secured. fcf. ls!«wt from All Parti of th« • WsrfcS. UktVmvm BRIEFLY NjKftAim All the Latett Good Mom, Foreign Bveata Which Are or U«uer»l interest. DtMM» ten. Crimes and Other Subjects Chro*l« fled in Coadeosed Perm for Om Biwy Reader. WARHlWoioW NEWS. William McDermott testified before the senate committee on privileges and elections, stating that he had riiwsived $5,000 as a present from Senator C^ark of Montana after the latter's election. Tue senate substitute for the house currency bill was passed by the sen­ ate by the decisive majority of 40 to 29. Although President McKinley favors free trade with Puerto Rico, he will not antagonize the bill fixing a tariff on imports from that island. The house committee on election of president and vice president has sub­ mitted a report In favor of a joint res­ olution for a constitutional amend­ ment disqualifying polygamists fqjr election as members of congress. The Loud bill, relating to second- class mall matter, as finally agreed upon by the house committee, fixes a uniform rate of 1 cent per pound, the rate of 2 cents in case of extreme dis­ tance being omitted. The debate on the Porto Rican tar­ iff bill has opened in the house- Dem­ ocrats clai m congress: has Ho right to enact such leglslatiog. A sub-committee Of the industrial commission will visit Chicago to ques­ tion workmen, as to the effect of trusts upon them. * f TUK ORIIll.XAt JftKCOHf*. The increasing number of btirlfifltles and the alleged poor police protection In Chicago are given as the causes tor an advance of 50 per cent. In burglary Insurance rates. Roland B. Molineux has been sen> tenced to die in the electrical chair during the week beginning March 26. Masked train robbers were routed by an express messenger at Fairbanks. Arl. » Charles Hamilton was arrested at Chicago charged with stealiug over­ coats from restaurants and boarding houses. Frank 6. Simmons, a Nebraska post­ master and editor, Is under arrest for embezzlement of $3,000 of government funds. Burglars entered the Lenham Hard­ ware company's store at Chicago and took $1,000 worth of stock. In the Kehr murder trial at La Crosse, Wis., the jury returned a ver­ dict finding John C. Miller giiilty of manuslaughter and acquitting the oth­ er defendants. » Because he was unable to secure employment for the support of his young wife Walter Belz, a plumber, of Chicago, committed suicide. John Mead 12 years old, was shot In the ankle at Chicago by two small boys who attempted to hold him a|». BVSINKMS NOTKH. Adrian C. Anson-has been chosen president of the New American Base­ ball association. Board of trade men from several cit­ ies conferred In Chicago to establish a uniform commission rule. The Union Broomcorn company, oth­ erwise knawn as the broomcorn trust, has voted down a proposition to ad­ vance prices $20 a ton. The contract firm of Marcuse & RennneIs at San Francisco, has failed for $140,000. Forty-one merchant tailoring firms of Chicago have signed an agreement tc fight to a finish the demands of the journeymen. Chicago contractors have issued a statement declaring permanent war and "no compromise" with the Build ing Trades council. The money market conditions In Wall street improve, call loans being made at 2 per cent State bank reports show a slight de crease in deposits, while national bank reports show a large increase. MISHAPS AND DISASTERS. John Anderson, a railway employa at Abbotsford, Wis., had bis leg crushed In the yards there. Hugh. Clark, am old settler of Thorpe, Wis., was killed by a train. Emanuel Reimer, a workman at the Calloway Glass company, Chicago, was family injured by being wound around a moving shaft, in which his clothing had become entangled. Four persons were injured, but not seriously, by the fall of the elevator In the Caxton building. Chicago. The elevator fell from the ninth floor tq the basement. Carl L. Slade, who was burned dur­ ing a fire In a Chicago boarding house, has since died. Three men were drowned and much damage done to property by a freshet along the Hudson river. John B. Oltman, a New York bro­ ker, was killed at the New York Ath­ letic club by falling down the marble stairs leading to the main floor. The Corn Exchange bank, which al­ ready had four branches In New York, has absorbed the Home bank In West Forty-second street. Toefil Wagner, 50 years old, a labor­ er, was killed and four others were overcome by gas while working In a sewer at Chicago. • A sleigh in which Henry O. Jensen was riding was struck by an electric car at Chicago and Jensen was In­ jured, probably fatally. t Advertise in Tfte Plaindealer. Bmt« the , m v € > The Kind You Haw Always Bot«|A THE BOER WAR. After two days of hard fighting near Colesberg the British forces have withdrawn to Rensburg. Buller's losses, 1,100 In first ad­ vance, 280 in second, and 367 In third. Refugees declared Boers lost 200 men at Brown's farm. The Boers drove in the British out­ posts on the western flank. All Brit­ ish outposts at Bastard's Nek, Hob- kirk's and other points, retired to Maeder's farm. Tbt British army, for the first time since the war begaa, is Inside the Boer frontier. Lord Roberts, with at least 40,000 Infantry, 7.000 cavalry and t90 guns, has turned the Magersf ostein lines, before which the British force* have been encamped for ten weeks, ' and with half of his corps is already operating on Free State territory. General French, with a force of ar­ tillery, cavalry and mounted infantry has reached Kimberly. * It is reported huiip' t|it the . have evacuated Kensourg and retired to Arundel. General Cronje is in full retreat and General Kelly-Kenny is close after him. The Commercial Cable Company has •eut out the following notice: "We •re advised that telegrams can now be accepted for Klmberley. South Af­ rica at sender's risk, and not exceeding twelve words. Lord Roberts report# that General Kelly-Kenny captured seventy-eight wagons of stores and ammunition from General Cronje and Is still harrasslng Boer retreat. The Boers captured a large convoy Thursday at Reit river. Early Saturday morning the Boers be­ gan an artillery attack on General Gataere at Molteno. - The British house of commons has passed supplementary army estimates calling for £13,000.000. It is said ai the war office that General Cronje has been hopelessly surrounded by the British. Buller captured Boer positions at Monte Cristo and Mount lllangwanl. and drove the Boers across the Tu- gela. General Brabant has recaptured Dordrecht. The Transvaal government, has placed an order In Berlin for 2,000 uni­ forms. , • The report cabled from Paris that Secretary Hay had sounded Ambassa­ dor Pauncefote on the subject of Inter­ vention In the South African Tfar is said to be untrue. , , NOTAKtK DEATH* OV/en G. Lovejoy, a leading attorney and son of the famous Abolitionist. U dead at Princeton, Ills. Charles A. Chlckering, representa­ tive In congress from the Twenty- fourth New York district, was found dead outside the Grand Union hotel, New York. Probable suicide. Mary Keith Shaw, wife of A. Shaw, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R.. is dead at Watertown, X. Y. Mrs. Henry Malllard. wife of the chocolate manufacturer, is dead In Paris. Azno White, better known as Hank White, once a well-known negro min­ strel, Is dead at Windsor, Vt., aged 68 years. ' «• Andrew Coats, famous thread maker. Is dead in London, aged 85. Judge Richard A. Buckner, One of the most noted lawyers of the Ken­ tucky bar, died at Lexington, aged 87 years. He was an intense yuion man during the eivll war. Joseph Co wen, editor of the New­ castle (England) Chronicle, Is dead. THK KIKfc KKCOKl*. Trinity Methodist church at Chicago burned with a loss of $100,000. Fire did $50,000 damage at 231 Mer­ cer street. New York. The losses are divided among fur and clothing firms. Fire destroyed the Gallaudet Home for Deaf Mutes In Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ' ODDS AND K2VDS. Eastern railroad presidents will seek a remedy, it is said, for weak freight rates. -x\ • Soldiers fired-e«i strikers at Francois, Martinique, killing eight, mortally wounding five and injuring eleven. Kentucky Democrats considered a bill offering $100,000 reward for the tiscovery of Goebel's assassin. In the circuit court of the United States Judge W. H. Taft has denied the motion for a preliminary injunc­ tion in botn of the cases from Ken­ tucky. The salt of Beckham vs. Taylor,, for the possession of the office of govern­ or, was filed In the circuit court at Frankfort. John Bell Hatcher, curator of pa­ leontology In Princeton university, has resigned to accept the curatorship at Carnegie museum. Pittsburg, Pa. J. B. Lonsdale was elected represen­ tative in the British parliament for the middle Armagh district. The anti-trust conference at Chicago adjourned after a stormy session caused by^the desire of middle-of-the- road Populists for political action. Dr. Max Sering, in a public address In Berlin, urges a European zollverein to prevent the crushing of Germany by other powers. Delegates to the L. A. W. national assembly are expected to vote against the future control of cycle racing. Osmond C. Howe, British vice con­ sul at Pensacola, Fla., is dead, aged 68 years. The Illinois Central probably will build a line from Mankato to St. Cloud to secure an outlet to Lake Su­ perior at Duluth. Protests by the farmers in France may defeat the ratification of the Fran­ co- Auit-iiciiu eoiiiiutivml treaty. M. Demblon, the socialist deputy who threatened violence to M. Wiart, an independent deputy/in the Belgian chamber, will be prosecuted for as­ sault. The 1,800 employes of G. B. Markle & Co., anthracite coal mine operators at Hazleton, Pa., have been notified of a 5 per cent. Increase in their wages. The Oregon Republican and Demo­ cratic state conventions will be held at Portland on April 12 next. Abner McKinley and family have arrived at Southern Pines, N. C., and will remain a week or ten days. The Ohio Republican state conven* tion will be held at Columbus on April 24 and 25. Delegates will be chosen by popular vote. The Arkansas Republican state con­ vention to elect delegates to the na­ tional convention will be held March 20. At their meeting at Springfield the Illinois United Mine Workers of Amer­ ica passed resolutions to recognize trades unions by buying only articles beating their labels. Austrian officials have discovered a plot to free Poland. It is claimed a simultaneous rebellion was plauued against the powers that, divided the former kingdom. faculty representatives of the "big nine" colleges have decided to manage track athletic meets, beginning uext season. Vesselmen predict danger to navi­ gation interests in the Chicago riser from the sanitary canal current, - A ' f , - x • < y , f . J T • p f C " j - m '! Ja - * * «' - * it • •5 PURE AND MEDICINES, NOTIONS - TOILET ARTICLES, STA TIONERY, SCHOOL SUP "'Vi 4 PLIES, BOOKS, FINE CHINA AND GLASS- • ; . J.r." - • "j.ltfr .!J-- WARE, ETC. CALL JULIA A. STORY M'HENRY, ILLINOIS ' r }ifi ' . y t ' 'frsa? £ -r ts\ - ** «/• \ P. N« Corset pvk enm Voir » ... PERFECT FIT, t STYLISn FIGURE, , No Better V •o"5 Cofljet ' r'yrom Be M«#: - LONG TIME SERTICE; S? V: si Take BEST MATERIALS, cut by BEST PATTERNS, boned with finest RUST PROOF STAYS, finished in LATEST STYLES, with SILK EDGING-and FLOSSING and you produce a good article. • Every part of P. N. Corset is matte by experienced employees, under super­ vision of experienced inspectors, and every Corset is thoroughly tested before packing into box. We have P. N. Corseta with cork protected rust proof clasps from 75c to $1.50 and will be pleased to have you try them, ^nd will refund money if not satisfactory. ' RECOMMENDED and GUARANTEED Bt n. J. WALSH,: ? West McHenry, III. ' I ' ' I ' ' ' ' ' • ' 1 1 -- /..'V " ,,vi r URN ITU RE \ Undertaking 1 i Specif b - 5 ; , , ~ ' IT is not necessary for «b to male mention ol all the articles in tha furniture line that constitute tha •: . v immense stock in our store. You Know all abont it. Furniture prices !|jave advanced during the past few , months, but we luckily had a good . supply on hand at the time prices % %ent op, and can still offer you bar- Come "Vj.V;,-- " ' " - J . ' • . . , t"i. . KoHenrj^ JACOB JUSTEN. MM i tg>: ...... • . - - - -1- - >-'U I e ^ ,-v*: 1 j f>$r - • ' ,«f U'M:. ROfKIIOI IHAl PROTECTS! /f:,i-1^ <1 h- In ill that IU mi Ulll is Good \m Alfords the Beit ) iiiib I t m r I 1 uuiuii Insurance Companyt muiuai I .3^.v5fw OaodbLocal Agents Nft values of fjl Polictoa deposited In . Approved Securities with the State of "g jowa, who acts as your Trustee. L A. CRISTY, District Afiit West Mdieary, HI. 'A Tk« Tallett Msrcsntlls Building in theWotM, Owned and Occupied Exdusivetji By lie. Wholesale Prices : to Users. ->•- Otir General Catalogue qaotes Ulem. Send 15c to partly pay postage or expressage and we'll send you one. It has 1100 pages, 17,000 illustrations and quotes prices on nearly 70,000 things that you eat and use and wear. We coi»t*!itly carry in stock all article! quoted. MONTGOMERY WARt> * OOn MAI--• It.* MIWmb •!. ' ' I