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TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. * B«lfTelephoii« l^iv fMVrwlntr ar»> t he names fell twwnlMMSj of the pat rons of t he McHenry aud West Mcllenry exchanges of the Chicago Telephone Co. Residences only are specified, All others are business houses. SIMON STOFFEL, Manager. ' 834 AurlitRer Dr. A. E. r233 Niesen M M r 38it Owen L H r a 221 Owen (> W r' ; 381 Owen O N r . 314 Owen & Chapeli 252 O'Neill Kev. PM 241 Pane C L r Plaindealer Rosedale 884 Uoss Or F O 802 Ross Dr F C T 254 Uupp A O r 342 Sonvniers Geo r "SB Barbian Bros 253 Rarbiau N E r ~ - y " " 301 Boswell H C 2(11 Brand Jcvbn F 212 Bnch J J 201 Burke Thos :WH Besley, (r. W. 211 Chapel! S S r 322 Dermont Mrs S 281 Engeln Anton 2H3 Engeln M 351 Engeln M r 333 Fegers DrC H . 264 Frett Bros & Witt 304 StotlVl S postoffiee :«Ki Gilbert Bros 5 StotTel Simon 381 Spurting I)r A C 372 Stoffwl r 3 GilbertItros toll sta273 Story J 1 r 13 llazel E. J. r 282 Story Julia A r ' ' 323 Stafford R W 293 243 Hanly Goo A r 353 Hertz H L r 303 Holtz & Stilling 204 Howe ALr 3)2 Howell M A r 313 Justen Jacob r s 344 Justen N J 223 Lamphere O. E. i 312 Lamphere Ray r 351 Lorimer Wm r 231 Village of Mr Henry pumping station 281 Village of Moll en president 's l. 234 Village of .McHenry public school 302 Wattles F H 311 Wells Dr D G 7 Western I' Tel Co 244 McHenry Cre'm'ry 371 Wight man Harry Company. 214 Wight man Harry r 224 McHenry Journal 222 Wheeler E S r 361 "McOniber F L 242 Whiting W E r TOLL STATIONS. 4 2 rln/s. Pistakee Bay, Ben Stilling 4 3 rings, Jolinsburg, John F Lay > 4 4 rings, Solon. W H Davis, 10c toll 4 5 rings, Spring Grove, A Neisli. 10c toll 1 . -- Citizens' Telephone. The following are the names and numbers of the patrons of the McHenry and W est Mc­ Henry exchanges of the Citizens' Telephone Co. Residences only are specified. All others are business houses. ** GEORGE F. BLETHEN. Manager. 13 Auringer Dr A E 43 Jensen H N 13 Auringer Dr. A E r 16 McOmber F L 23 Bropliy DrFoxLake21 Meyer Geo r 30 Buch J J 23 Mertes Joseph, Ws- 28 Bacon Wm r takee Bay • 48 Auckland J V, Ring-23 Mineral Spring. Pis- wood takee Bay 39 Boley G F 42 McHenry Laundry 45 Barbian Bros 43 Magueson G L Rose- 4 Cristy W A r " dale 15 Chapeli S 8 r 10 Miller John r 36 Clemens HE 23 Nell George, Johns- 36 Clemens J C burg 49 City School 23 Nye Dr 48 Conway & Rainey 24 Owen & Chapeli 36 Cristy \V A 26 Perry & Owen Ringwood 37 1'uniplug Station 40 Depot C N W Ry C'o38 Postofliee. McHenry 23 Dighton Station i Plaindealer 23 Erickson H 48 Smith Will r 6 Evanson W C 48 Smith E. A. r 8 Evanson John r 9 Summer George 11 Fegers Dr C H 50 Spurling Dr A C 11 Fegers Dr C H r 28 Sirnes Henry 18 Friedly AC 47 Schie,ssle liobt 13 Granger FKr 14 Story Miss Julia A 32 Granger Chas 34 Snyder Bros 22 Heimer Joe 27 Schneider Joe 31 Heimer John 23 Simes, Digtaton «ta- 3 Holtz & Stillihg tion 23 Heman Joe, Johns-48 Smith J. D. r burg 32 Tweed R G S3 Howard Ed C, Fox : "vells Dr D Lake " V\ ells Dr D r 19 Hazel E J 7 Wilbur Lumber Co. 35 Justen Nick 30 Walsh M J 44 Justen Jake 17 Watt les Frank 5 Wightman Harry Co. Phone No. 9. Long Dlst. Phone No. 342. GEO. SOHMERS Plumbing Gas Fitting »i Sewerage Also Agent for Eagle Acetylene Qas riachine Gag Fittings, Gas Fixtures and Carbide for sale A.U kinds Brass Valves and iron Pipe always on hand. WEST M'HEN^Y, ILLINOIS usical Instru­ ments And everything that pertains to flusic. MILO HOWE, - West McHenry, HL tfrOiOOOOOOOPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOl Ladies' Belt Buckles Watch Chains and Bracelets at Cost Price SOCIETY P I N S Woodmen Masonic Maccabee Foresters Beauty Pins First-class work only in1 watch and clock repair­ ing. All work guaran­ teed for one year. Sew­ ing machine repairs of all makes JOS. SCHNEIDER, • Memory. III. MMMOOOOOBOUOOa^ jAflfo MUSIC TO POLITICS. tltlnola Republican W»m«* Malt* lav I'lani for Campaign Work. If Mrs. Carrie Thoma* Alexander, one^ of the candidates on the repub­ lican ticket, fails of election as trustee of the state university, it will be be­ cause music hath losi its power to soothe the savage voter and there is no longer efficacy in poetry. The iMary A. Logan Republican club, of Chicago, has mapped out a programme of elocutionary and song efforts to aid Mrs. Alexander In her canvass. Glee clubs will be organized in every city, ward and country district, solo­ ists and elocutionists employed and then there will be a magnetic crusade for voters. The members of the state music committee, consisting of Mrs. J. Johnson, Mrs. Sarah Le Clere and Mrs. Clarenda Cope, all of Chicago, are preparing plans and material for the numerous glee clubs. Their head­ quarters are at the Great Northern hotel. They expect to be ready for work early in August. Miss Kate Campbell Sanders, of Chicago, has been secured as chief elocutionist, and with other women will stump the state for the party. Peter Grant, of Chicago, has been chosen by the wom­ en as their campaign song writer. Mr< Grant has been poet laureate of the British societies of he United States and Canada. Already he has written one song, to be sung to the music of "Yankee Doodle." It is as follows: When party bosses pay their court You do their bidding blindly, So when fair wffmen ask support We hope you'll give it kindly. A ladies' candidate we've got, And we are bound to land her; For all the handsome men will vote For Carrie Alexander. Although we're new in politics, The world, you know, s is movinff: Already we have learned some tricks And all the time improving. She'll give your sons and daughters fair The higher education That Makes them worthy to compare With any in the nation. ' She will not stand for party "pull," And all the ills attendant; For why, she owns no boss' rule. She's free and independent. Her nomination's no mistake, Her very rivals own it: She's business-like and wide awake. Her own affairs have shown it. And If you men of common sense Your manly votes accord her, She'll justify your confidence. And keep the men in order. 0 SIXTEEN TO ONE. This Ancient Bngbcar Consigned by Democrats to "Innocuous , Desuetude." Really it is not likely that our anti­ quated friend 16 to 1 will cut any prom­ inent figure in the coming campaign. The democrats themselves have con­ signed this ancient bugbear to what Mr. Cleveland used to call "a state of innocuous desuetude." It is true that Mr. Bryan compelled the delegates in Kansas Citj' assembled to reaffirm and indorse the legal ratio of 16 to 1, but this was in a spirit of mere wanton cruelty; it was a needless compulsion of such recalcitrants as Hill and Croker to pass under the heel of the conquer­ ing despot from Nebraska. The states in which the voting is to be done, and whose delegates, even in the democratic convention, dared to protest against the antique absurdity were 24 in number, and with one excep­ tion--that of Missouri--they comprised every commonwealth in whose borders there is a city of any considerable mag­ nitude. Among the rest, Illinois, In­ diana, Louisiana, Minnesota. Maryland, Michigan. New Jersey, New York, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. Wiscon­ sin and California lifted up their voices, though in vain. It is in these states that the great cities of Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapolis. Baltimore, New- York. Brooklyn. Cincinnati. Cleveland. Philadelphia, Newport. Milwaukee and San Francisco are found. On the other hand, we find Arizona, which is a wilderness sparsely dotted with hamlets; Arkansas, with neither man­ ufactories or commerce; the Indian territory, Nevada, with its sage brush wastes and its decayed capital; Okla­ homa. and our new territory of Hawaii. It is the states with thin populations, few towns and least enterprise that have Remained faithful to the short­ lived tradition of 16 to 1. What Altgeld Did. The Altgeld democracy found in the state treasury a net surplus of $1,068,906 and left the state $2 059.225 in debt. It proved its economical disposition by spending $17,087,526 in four years, against $12,506,061 spent in Fifer's four years, and by raising the average state tax from 34% cents to 42% cents per $luc It found the Btate institutioi.s well managed and in excellent condition, made them hot­ beds of scandal and corruption, and stole $982,078 of their funds. It found Illinois solvent and left the state bankrupt. Greer Deserts Democracy. W. S. Greer, a prominent lawyer of Taylorville, has come out squarely for the republican platform, repudiating the democratic party, of which he has always been an adherent. Mr. Greer has been city attorney, collector for city revenue and has in several cam­ paigns stumped central Illinois in the interest- of democracy. Alschuler's Voting Record. Samuel Alschuler, democratic candi> date for governor, never voted for a republican for governor because he was a "good fellow," or for any other cauae. Sam sticks by his party ticket and republicans will do this very same thing this fall. Handicapped by His Name. The prohibition candidate for gov­ ernor is somewhat handicapped by his name--Hon. Viascher Yexe Barnes. LITERAR Y NO TES HHIIHHMMMMMMIIMMIIIHIII WHIH» The Ridiculous Chinese Army. There was much anxiety over „ the probable fate of Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, President of the Christian Endeav- orers, who was in China when the Box­ er troubles began, but he is safe. His experience lends additional interest to his article in this week's Saturday Evening Post on John Chinaman at Home: His Queer Beliefs: His Ridicu­ lous Army. Dr. Clark writes: "The army of China is the laughing: stock of the world, and no wonder. It id a synonym for cowardice and not for courage. It is a rabble picked up in the slums, ill-equipped, ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-paid or paid not at all. Even the Chinese laugh at their own soldiers. "At a recent public meeting the speaker, an American, urged Christian courage and fortitude, saying that his hearers must endure hardships and be brave like good soldiers; When his Chinese interpreter came to translate this passage he interpolated the remark: Of course he does not mean Chinese soldiers.' "Moreover the soldiers know that they are constantly starved in rations and cheated in arms and munitions of war Ly their superior officers. Tons and tons of gunpowder are filched every year from Chinese forts and magazines and sold to the firecracker makers. At the time of the Japanese war hundreds erf government rifles and even some can­ non were in the pawn-shops. "During the early 'Boxer' troubles a squad of Chinese soldiers was detailed from a fort to guard th6 premises of' fiBme friends of mine at Paoting-fu near Peking. Night after night the soldiers marched into my friends compound and camped in one of his outhouses. At last it occurred to him to request the soldiers to fire a salute, so that all ill-dis­ posed persons might know of their pres­ ence. To this they gravely replied that they would gladly do so had any powder been given them, but that before the next night they would get some powder and fire a salute at nine o'clock. There­ after, for a week or more, promptly at the appointed hour, the welkin rang with a tremendous discharge of small arms. But one night it was omitted, and my friend, inquiring the reason, was told that the soldiers were out of wadding. It was afterward discovered that when the soldiers had powder and wadding they had no bullets. " Infanta Eulalie on International Marriages. The number of international mar­ riages--that is, marriages between rich American girls and titled Europeans--is< annually increasing. Some oppose these marriages because, they say, Americans make better husdands than foreigners. They contend that American girls who marry foreign husbands thereby cast a slight upon American men. Others op­ pose these unions because they believe that divorce and desolation mark their progress. Yet another class discount­ enance such marriages upon the plea that they take too much money out of the country. Let me say that I do not disapprove of the marriages of American girls with titled foreigners. Theoretically, at all events, he should be the best husband whom the girl freely chooses. A girl may merely love a title. It is better to be in love with a title than with nothing. American girls who marry foreigners do so, not for the purpose of belittling their own countrymen, but in the exer­ cise of that liberty to which they are entitled by their birthright. The pro portion of these marriages which turn out badly is not as large as is generally supposed. Whenever a marriage of this kind does not go well, its failure is heralded all over the world. People like to unearth scandals in high life. Matrimonial misfits among those who are not socially conspicuous do not at­ tract so much attention. As to these marriagss taking large sums of money out of the country, I have only to re­ mark that the owners of money presum­ ably spend it where they please. Span­ iards do not find fault with me\because I spend my money outside of Spain. If rich American girls choose to spend their money in sustaining the ancient splendor of these European houses into which they marry, a country so conspic­ uous for its freedom as is the United States should not object --The Infanta Eulalie* in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for August. JUDGE YATES' CAMPAIGN. Republican Gubernatorial Nomllct Will Open It at Jarkson- <> vllle, Auarust J.U. - President McKluley an an Editor. One of the department heads at Wash­ ington recently wrote an article for The Ladies' Home Journal which required the President's approval for publication. The President asked the article to be given to him. At the end of a week the manuscript came back edited in a way which completely won editorial admira­ tion. The president was apparently thor­ oughly conversant with all the marks which editors use in making corrections. Every erasure and interlineation had its proper jsign, and each was in the Presi­ dent's own hand writing. A New Novel, Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward's new novel has been bought by The Ladies' Home Journal, in which period- it is about to be published serially. It is called "The Successors of Mary the First," and is one of the most humorous and yet real pieces of fiction, touching the servant-girl question, ever written. Chairman Rowe, of the republ&Kn atate central committee, has an­ nounced the plans for the gubernato­ rial campaign. From the time of the meeting in Judge Yates' congres­ sional district, which is billed to take place' at Jacksonville Thursday, Aug­ ust 16, the republican nominee will be a bm;y man until the close of the campaign October 27. Judge Yates will' make as thorough a canvass of the state during the campaign as the republican national committee ex­ pects Gov. Roosevelt to make through­ out the country. He will visit each congressional dis­ trict once every two weeks from the middle of the month until the elec­ tion, and expects to make six tours of the state during that period. With his record in the ante-convention can­ vass the state managers say that there is no question of the ability of the nominee to accomplish all that has been laid out for him. Judge Yates told the state com­ mittee he wanted his itinerary so ar­ ranged as t'> permit him to fulfill the promise made after his nomination at the state convention that he Would visit e ery county in the state, and also speak in every ward in Chicago at least once during the campaign. With this in view the committee has been hard at work mapping out his tour of the state, and arranging dates. The judge has had a good rest, and returns full of vigor and ready for the herculean task before him. "In arranging- theitinerary forjudge Yates the republican state central committee has deferred to the wishes oT the nominee," said Chairman Rowe. "The committee has completed a schedule of speaking assignments for . m. but we-are not yet ready to announce the places ard dates of the meetings, a3 they are subject to change. . "This itinerary beginsN^ith a con­ gressional district meeting at Jackson­ ville Thursday. August 16, and covers all the working days to October 27, in­ clusive. There #yvill be six trips, each covering two weeks. On each trip Judge Yates will address one meeting in each congressional district, not returning to that district until exactly two weeks from that time, except in those dis­ tricts which have more than six coun­ ties. He will hold invariably two meet­ ings per day. For example, a day meet­ ing at Cairo, in*the Twenty-second dis­ trict, and a night meeting in East St. Louis, in the Twenty-first. The six trips will take the candidate around the whole state once every two weeks and enable him to visit every county. The placie selected by the state com­ mittee in most cases is the county seat, on account of railroad connections: This, however," is subject to change after consultation with the local coun­ ty organization. "The dates of this itinerary when announced will be strictly adhered to. A competent man has figured out all connections for the trips. Judge Yates' ability to do this active campaign work has been proven by his remarkable en­ durance in the preliminary campaign. It is probable that the entire state ticket will accompany Judge Yates on the first trip. "This plan treats every county equita­ bly and slights none. It is desirable that a definite itinerary be made^*on account of the large number-of clubs already formed in every congressional district, and who will wish to know ahead the time of the Yates rally in their district, so that the desired ar­ rangements can be made. This itiner­ ary has been arranged after consulta­ tion with the Cook county committee. It gives three days in each two weeks for Cook county. Should it not be de­ sired to have meetings in Cook county, as much as indicated by this itinerary, the time will be given to conference and other matters in connection with the campaign. "This itinerary has the entire ap­ proval of Judge Yates and the state committee, and enables him to fulfill the promise made at and before the state convention, to speak in. every county of the state and every Chicago ward, and he is especially pleased at the regularity of the traveling arrange­ ments." Democrats for McKluley. " At Ashton. Lee county, a few d<aya ago a McKinley, Roosevelt and Yate« club was organized with over 300 charter members. Among those who signed the roll were two democrats who were delegates to the Lee county democratic convention at Amboy a few weeks ago. Many Lee couixty democrats, because of the free silver fallacy, voted far McKinley. in 1896 and now openly declare that they will do so again this fall. Where Democracy Dies. Because there are too many colleges, too much intelligence, too much thrift and too much patriotism in Gaiesburg to make it a good field for the publica­ tion of a journal advocating rottea money, abandonment of the home mar­ ket, hauling down of the flag, retreat and retrogression all along the ldn«*, the publication of the only democratic newspaper in Gaiesburg, the Specta­ tor, was recently discontinued. Stevenson as an l£xceutloncr. It was significant that Stevenson should be nominated for vice president on hangman's day. In the capacity of assistant postmaster general, under Cleveland's first administration, the Il­ linois man made a record as an execu­ tioner never before nor since equaled. Insures I*nre Food. A republican legislature gave to Illi­ nois the pure food law which has re­ cently gone into effect, insuring purrty in the thousand and one articles o i the market used a&food by the human fam­ ily. % & if: ^ ' ' $ ifssssfi': FOR PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, NOTIONS TOILET ARTICLES, STA­ TIONERY, SCHOOL SUP­ PLIES, BOOKS, foNE r - CHINA AND GLASS­ WARE, ETC. CALL ON - JULIA A. STORY M'HENRY, ILLINOIS - - - K p an easy problem II SOLVT? the question of Shoe Economy for Children, If Hen­ derson's Little Bed School House SHOES are always purchased. They wear the longest, fit more com­ fortably, and loolc better than any Other make. HENDERSON'S SHOES are the Substantial Kind. Henderson's "American Beauty" •nd "Empress" for women and their •'Quorum" and "Director" for men give the greatest satisfaction In wearing qualities, comfort and style. Always Ask Your Dealer for HENDERSON'S SHOES. Pre*. 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