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THE TRIBUNE'S financial columns never mislead the public. Its facilities for gathering news, both local and foreign, are far superior to those of any other newspaper in the West. It presents the news in as fair a way as pos­ sible, and lets its readers form their opinions. While it publishes the most comprehensive articles on all news features, if you are busy the "Summary of THE DAILY TRIBUNE" published daily on the first page gives you briefly all the news of the day within one col­ umn. ' Its sporting news Is always the best, and its Sunday Pink Sporting Section is better than any sporting papier in the country. It is the "cleanest" daily printed in the West. No Use Fighting Against Fate. H A boy about 18 yetri old, was Satur­ day afternoon, dragging a big sneakish- looking car along High street. to find an* owner for the canine. Ringing a door­ bell he said to the housemaid who answered it: 4 tt "I've brought your dorg home." "My dog!" she exclaimed, as she looked down on the embarassed dog. "Yes; yon gimme two shillings and I'll tie him np in the back yard. 'V "I'll give you a broom-sticking if you don't leave!" she screamed, as she grabbed for him. He dragged the dog across the street to where a girl was scrubbing the front steps, and, bringing a smile to his face, he said: "Your feller in Chicago sent you this dorg by express to put in your Christ­ mas stocking. The charges are fifty cents. Where shall I tie him up?" "Git out with ye--I'm no greenhorn!" she said, as s|ie raised the brush to hit him. The boy pulled on the rope with both hands and got the reluctant dog half a block farther, when he'met a boy carry­ ing home ten pounds of buckwheat flour. He blocked the way and said: "Bub, yer father told me to bring this dorg up to you and collect thirty cents." "I hain't got no father,"' answered the lad. "Who said you had--I was only fool­ ing. Say, bub, this 'ere is the beauti- fulest dorg you ever sot eyes on. He kin sing, dance, clean off the snow from the walk, and bring in rabbits from the country. I'll take a quarter for him." "1 hain't got no moneys" replied the boy. "I'll trade him for a knife." ' 'I hain't got no knife." "Any old skates V" "No," answered the boy with the flour, as he dodged around the dog and hurried on. The other looked down( on the canine with mingled sadness and indignation. The dog braced back in an acute angle, his eyes shut and his tail lying on the walk, waiting for the boy to say: "Oh you dog! I kept you hid away for a week, and I've hauled you all over town, and you ain't even a three- cent dog. I've fit fate for more'n a month to get some chink for Christmas, and here I am, dead broke and no assets but you, you old sole leather colored skulk! I've got desperate." He slackened on the rope to adminis­ ter a kick, and the dog made a jump and gained his liberty. He ran oft around the corner, and the boy leaned against a tree-box and mused: "There's only one plan left. I'll take paregoric enough to make me sleep from Monday night to W ednesday morn­ ing, and I won't know nothin' 'bout Christmas nor nothin' !" Neglect is the short step so many take from a cough or cold to consumption. The early use of One Minute Cough Cure prevents consumption. It is the only harmless remedy that gives imme­ diate results. It cures all throat and lung troubles Children all like it and mothers endorse it. Julia A. Story. The Inanlt. The Instructor' in Music--His life I 6hall have! His Friend--Well, you ought to have known you would get thrown out. He is too rich to allow his daughter to marry a musician. "Ah. yes, I know! I know! But does that justify his kicking me down the steps in rag time?"--Indianapolis Press. MILES OF RAILROACk Interesting Official Facts Regarding Ball- road Statistics. 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Some people may linve wondered why Lj'sander John Appleton never tells any jokes when his wife is around. This is the reason: In telling' a favor­ ite joke about a brown hen, she always interrupts, and says the hea was white. --Atchison Globe. Railroading Sixty Years Ago. Among the curiosities in the new rail­ road museum at Dresden is a proclama­ tion printed in 1S39 warning passengers that trunks cannot be forwarded un­ less they are brought to the station at least an hour before the departure of the train. Now Then! Mr. Robin--What kind of a nest shall we build this year, dear? Mrs. Robin--Well, if you don't build a prettier one than Mrs. Bluejay's over in the apple tree, I'll not set. So there! --Ohio State Journal. ®ri/ >r» & Quite True at a Rale. She--People do not often marry their first loves, as no doubt you have noticed. He--No, I guess they don't often. At least, not more than once.--Indian* apolis Press. Kept Her Word. Bess--So Jeannette married, a farm­ er! I thought she said she would mar* ry only a man of culture? Nell--And so she did--a man of agri­ culture.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The statistical report of the interstate commerce commission for the year end­ ed June 80, lts9», shows that the num­ ber of railways in the hands of receiv­ ers on that date was seventy-one, a net decrease of twenty-three, as com­ pared with June 30, 1898. The number of roads placed in the hands of recei­ vers during the year was sixteen, and the number removed from their manage­ ment was thirty-nine. On June 80, 1899, the total single track mileage in the United States was 189,294, an increase for the year oi 2,988. This increase is greater than for any year since 1898. The aggregation of mileage^ including tracks all kinds, was 22,364. There were 36,703 locomo­ tives in service at the end of the year, or 469 more than for the year ended June 30, 1898. The total number oi cars of ail classes in the service was 1, 375,916, an increase of 49,742. The number of persons employed on railroads was 928,824, an increase for ttie year of 54,466. The amount of railway capital out­ standing was $11,038,954,898, or a cap­ italization of $60.56 per mile of line. The amount of capital stock paying no dividend was !j&,275,509,181, or 59.39 per cent of the total amount outstanding, and the amount of funded debt, exclud­ ing equipment trust obligations whici, paid no interest was $572,410,746. The number of passengers carrier during tlie.year was 528,176,508, an iu crease for the year of 22,109,8^7. Tht number of tons of freignt carried wa 959,763,^83, an increase of 80,757,£76. « The gross earnings of the roads wer* $1,813,310,618, an increase over the pre vious year of $662,844,497. The operal ing expenses are shown to have beei $856,968,999, an increase of $38,995,723. The amount of dividends' declai*e< during the year was $11,089,986. The total number of casualties tt persons on account of railway accident was 51,748', the number of persons killet being 7,123 and the number injured 44, 620. The number of passengers killet. during the year was 289, an increase oi 18, and the number injured 3,442, at. increase of 497. One passenger wat killed for every 2.18&028 carried, ant. one injured for every jlil, 798 carried. Ol railrood employes 2,210 were killed ant 34,928 were injured during the year. The Real Victim. "Your husband seems to be a victim of the tobacco habit." "Jfo; I'm the* victim. He thoroughly enjoys It.**--Whafc-to-Eat. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tit Kind You Han Always Bought Bears the Signature of Unless food is digested quickly it wil. ferment and irritate the stomach. After each meal take a spoonful Oi Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests whai you eat and will allow you to eat all you need of what you like. It nevei tails to cure the worst cases of dyspepsia it is pleasant to take. Julia A. Story. Soliitlarships <;iveil Away at the Fair. Dixon college will grant a one yearV scholarship, value $40, to the competitoi who "receives the prize granted by tht McHenry County Fair for the besi declamation. Dixon college will grant one yearV scholarship, value-$40, to the competitoi who receives the prize granted by tht McMenry County Fair for the best ora­ tion. The oration must be original ant. not less than five minutes in length. Wheaton college offers a two yearV scholarship for the best oration de­ livered at the great McHenry County Fair. Conditions: The oration shall be the competitor's own composition, and not less than five nor more than fifteen minutes in length. To those interested in the above, wt will state that on Wednesday, Aug. 29, they will be given the opportunity ol competing for the same. „ Entries will close, Aug. 15. Foi further particulars address, A. S. WRIGHT, Secretary McHenry County Fair. TO THE DEAF.--A rich lady, cured oi her ieafness and noises in the head bj Dr. Nicholson's artificial ear drums, gave $10,000 to his institute, so thai deaf people, unable to procure the eai drums, may have them free. Address No. 18;823. The Nicholson Institute, 780, Eighth Avenue, New York. tf. It Saved his Leg. P. A. v Danforth, of LaGrange," Ga., sufferedi for six months with a frightful running sore on his leg: but writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For Ulcers, Wounds, Piles, it's the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25cts. Sold by Julia A. Story, druggist. Senseless Speck* i»* Skin. Most people have doubted their'eyes when at some conjuring performance they have seen a man run needles and pins through both cheeks, evincing no pain as he does so. In reality, every person has hundreds of senseless specks of skin all over his body, through which he could run-ins. or even cut them out, without feeling any pain, says the New York World. These dead spots are caused by the minute nerves which convey every sensation to the brain being either absent in these particular places or dead and senseless. But should anyone allow himself to be blind­ folded, and then get one of his friends to prod him very gently with a clean needle, say all on one arm, out of every hundred pricks he will feel only about 60 or 70 at the most. O Bears the Signature of i T O R X A . • The Kind You Have Always Bought O-rerladalgence la Coffee. Coffee is a powerful irritant of Ute cerebro spinal nervous system,. Re­ cent tests have shown that it increases mental and bodily waste rather than retards it, as has been claimed. Cof­ fee poisoning is sometimes mistaken for the troubles engendered by the use of alcohol. In both cases the stomach and nervous system are the sufferers. Caffeic and alcoholic gastritis are nearly identical as to their symptoms. The use of coffee by children has in several caSes caused^au arrest of de­ velopment. Cases have bet'n reported of delirium tremens brought on by the excessive use of coffee. It is related In a foreign medical journal that a man, in the absence of his wife, un­ dertook to make his owVloffee. Not knowing the correct proportions for use, he took about onA-qua iter of a pound of fresh roasted coffee for two cups. Two hours afterward he com­ plained of vertigo, headache and, at first, trembling of the legs only, which soon became general, followed by sev­ eral other distressing symptoms, some of which continued a day or two longer. By a busy physician it is stated that at least two-thirds of his practice comes from the excessive use of coffee. The excessive use of tea and coffee, as well as the use of alcoholic liquors, often almost wholly obliterates the sense of taste.--Health Culture. r I Hot Weather i | *hot Weather Suits from $3.00 up. The Hat and the Title. There Is an amusing English defini­ tion of "gentleman." It is "A rnau who wears a silk hat. and if he has uo other title insists upon haying 'Esq.' added to his name when letters are addressed to him." The west end Londoner of social pretensions accepts this definition In practice. Summer and winter, in rain or shine, he wears a high silk hat In the streets of Ixmdon and carries it Into the drawing room when he pays an afternoon call. It Is only when he takes a train for the provinces or for the continent that he ventures to use more comfortable headgear. He also expects to have the distinc­ tion of "esquire" when a letter is ad­ dressed to him and is highly offended If he finds on the envelope the prefix "Mr." As a matter of fact the num­ ber of English gentlemen who are le­ gally entitled to the mediaeval honors of "esquire" is iuslgniticaut. It is a self assumed title which signifies noth­ ing that Is substantial in rank or priv­ ilege. In common use in London "esquire" simply means that the person so ad­ dressed does not choose to be associ­ ated with tradesmen and ordinary working people and that he Is a "gen­ tleman" who Invariably wears a silk hat.--Youth's Companion. English Red Tape. At the present time, when the system of red tape Is being attacked and rid­ iculed, the following somewhat amus Ing methods of dealing with matters are still adopted in one of the great government departments. For instance, a hairbrush and comb must be purchased under the head of service "clothing," whereas a tooth­ brush is under "fuel" and spectacles under "medicines." A clothesbasket is "clothing." but clothes pegs are "In; cidentals." . The funniest of all, how­ ever, are guano and straw, they being purchased under "victualing." A good instance of red tape is told in connection with the excise. An officer had entered In the inquiry column of his return: "March 13. Dog dead." This did not satisfy his superior, who told him to inquire again, which the obedient officer did, recording: "April 10. Dog still dead."--London Stand­ ard. We have mentioned clothing to yot fore in these columns, and you c«tn rest assured that you can find the best as­ sortment here. It certainly is to aic advantage to name you prices right. ; ; . ' .• : „. ' ...... • •„ . . Should you want a new, pair 5f Shoes or Hat, we have them. , West McHenry, 111. JOHN J. MILLER ***** *** *** ***'*** *** r WVOVWANT ^.pestCaffee Encouraged to Hope. When the Empress Frederick, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, was a lit­ tle girl, her disposition, to the great grief of the queen, was haughty and arrogant. Once, when about to embark on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, she was lifted across to the deck of the boat by one of the sailors, who, as he was putting her down gently, said, "There you are, my little lady." "I am not a 'little lady;' I am a princess!" was the prompt and Indig­ nant reply. The queen, who had over­ heard the conversation, detained the man with gesture, and. turning to her spoiled little daughter,Vpaid: "Tell the kind sailor that you are much Indebted to him for his civility and that, although you are not a 'little lady* yet, you confidently hope to merit the title before long." Got Their Fees Anyway. McJlgger--Young Dr, Downs recent­ ly made $50 in a guessing contest. Thingumbob--The only one who guessed correctly, eh? McJlgger--Oh, no. Two other doc­ tors got the same, and all three of them guessed wrong. You see, they were called In consultation over a pa­ tient.--Philadelphia Press. A Particular Point. "In a case of this kind." said the law­ yer, "there are many things to be in­ vestigated. and before I take the case there Is ofte thing in particular that must be looked into." "I presume." said the client, "that you refer to my pocketbook."--Indian­ apolis Sun. Unwritten History. Giles--Columbus must have been the victim of a bunko game. Miles--Why do you think so? Giles--Because, he was the first to conceive the idea that the world wasn't square.--Chicago Post. Muffs were first used by doctors to keep their fingers soft and were adopt­ ed by ladies about 1550. Men marry because they are weary of liberty, women because they desire It--Chicago News. ^j^TABLISMCO Bananas, Apricotsa Pine apples Strawberries ' Oranges Lemons Dates "Apples, Plums Cherries, Peaches FRESH VEGETABLES Cabbage Lettuce Spinach Radishes Rhubarb Carrots Beets Turnips Tomatoes CONFECTIONERY, CIGARS, TOBACCO B A K E R Y G O O D S We Sell Strictly for Cash The CYCLONE GROCERY I West McHenry liOiig distance telephone 303 Citizens' telephone 'St Illinois Taney Groceries « « We carry as fintf a line of Fancy Groceries at any store in this vicinity, if not better. Our shelves are loaded with bottles, packages and cans bearing the labels of the best manufac­ turers. We have Blanke's celebrated Paust Blend Coffee, and all other grades. Fruit every day. GILBERT, BROS. McHenry, Illinois "V--1 E. LAWLUS Is taking orders for », PANTS §i VISIS For Gentlemen from Terra Cotta, and other places. His good Goods at Chicago's Lowest Prices save buying tickets to Chicago. > El. L A W l_ U S, M c H e n ry CHARLES 0. FRETI Wholesale and retail dealer iu I am In the Market For Beef Veal riutton Hogs and Poultry dive me a call F ad DO YOU OWN A HORSE If you do, just bear in mind that I have on hand a complete line of FLY NETS DUSTERS and all kinds of summer goods, at reasonable prices ^ WM. MERZ, - McHenry. DON'T BE FOOLEDI Take the ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA Smoked Meats, Sausage McHenry - Illinois © Made ealy by ciae CST. MJ keeoc yets « mark cut oa Price, la bulk. iz&te "si