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Some Reasons Why You Should Insist on Having EUREKA HARNESS OIL y iK-quak-d by any other. fjwk-r:; hard leather soft. Especially prepared. Kwps out water. i A heavy bodied oil. HARNESS An excellent preservative. Reduces cost of vou*- harness. Never burns the'leather; its Efociency is increased. Secures best service. *> Stitches kept from breaking. OIL l;s sold in all Localities Manufactured by Standard Oil ('onpRiif. Abstracts of Title. McHenry County ..ABSICAa COMPANY.. WOODSTOCK, ILL. f F. F. Axtell. Harvard. ' R. M. Pat rick. Marengo. " Director* •! .1 <>1111 J. Murphy, Woodstock. I W. C. EiclielbeVger. Woodstock [Geo. L. Murphy. Woodstock Real Estate Bought and Sold. Insurance and Loans Abstracts of Title and Conveyancing. H. fl. Jensen FLORIST Cut Flowers in all Varieties. Funeral Designs on short notice and at ' reasonable prices. Potted Plants Potted Plants of all kinds constantly on hand. We wo v. Id be greatly pleased o have the public give us a call McHENRY, ILLINOIS. It Touches the Spot BI'SA t tVf For Cuts, Burns Bruises, Sores, Pimples, Chapped Hands and Lips, Etc. Etc. end for sample. Large box, 25c DOBBIN flFG. CO. Station S, Chicago, 111. --Don't wait for the Casualty!-- Be Prepared! F. WATTLES (Successor to R. R. Howard) All kinds of Fresh and salt Meats always on hand Vegetables and Canned Goods. Bakery Goods a Specialty All Kinds of Salt Fish. Highest market Prices paid for Hogs. Cattle, Sheep, Hides and Tallow Fat Cattle a specialty Fresh Vegetables and Fruits received fresh daily. Orders from Pistakee Bay will receive prompt and careful attention. Call on me I will do the right thing with you. F. WATTLES, West McHenry, 111. Long distance telephone, "02 Citizens' telephone 17 This Bank receives deposits, buys , and sells Foreign and Do­ mestic Exchange, and does a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. We endeavor to do all busi­ ness entrusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entire­ ly satisfactory to our custom­ ers and respectftflly solicit the public patronage Honey to Loan on real estate and other first class se­ curity. Spec- ial attention given to collections, and promptly at­ tended to INSURANCE in First Class Companies, at the Low­ est rates. Yours Respectfully PERRY & OWEN, Notary Public. Banker*. item* s wt 'laterMt From . , World., --4^--' . Evanston citizens oppose consolidat­ ing with Chicago. Chas. Loom is was killed by lightning near Adrian, Mich. Peace has betn officially proclaimed throughout Venezuela. Chicago had two suicides due to idle­ ness caused by the strike. Important ruins of an ancient time have been found in N. Mexico. The Chicago clerks at the soda-water fountains talk of forming a union. Joana Lamb was appointed fonrth class p<fetmaster at Annawan, 111. Wealthy citizens of Racine have been summoned to explain their tax dodging. Five persons were drowned while bathing in Wiley lake, near Ventura, Cal. • In New York 4,000 trouser-makers went on a strike on account of the task system. The Illinois naval militia went into camp oi instruction this week at South Chicago. President Zelava has been renominat­ ed for the fonrth term as president of Nicaragua. * H. H. Evans, ^commissioner of pen­ sions, may be made first assistant post­ master general. Seven horses were destroyed in the barn of Moses Carron, near Pana, 111., set by lightning. , Mrs. Alfred Geist shot and killed her­ self at Nokomis, HI., on account of do­ mestic troubles. The Illinois Southern railway com­ pany has paid to Washington county $9,158 back taxes. Both cabmen were injured in a train wreck near Eureka, 111., due to a broken flange on the engine. A party of four m,en were nearly drowned when the yacht Fox was driven ashore near Miller, Ind. Mrs. Elisha H. Rupel, aged 68, was killed at South Bend, Ind., by being thrown from a carriage. Advices from Dawson report four deaths among miners who went to the lead waters of Stewart river. The torpedo boat destroyer, Dale, was launched at the yards of the Triegg company at Richmond Tuesday. You will never find any other pills so prompt and so pleasant as DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Julia A. Story. The attorney general of Nebraska will attack the"' starch combination which has one factory in their state. A Racine alderman, Albert Linck, is missing, with financial and domestic troubles given as the probable occasion In trial for insurance frauds in Chi cago, Robt. O'Grady was present to confront those who declared him dead The strike at the canneries near Van­ couver, B. C., at the mouth of the Frazer river led to the calling out of the mili­ tia. Mrs. Newbury, of Chicago, held jur ies at bay with a revolver, refusing to allow an inqtifest on the body of her hus band. F. P. Dunne, the writer of the Dooley observations in the papers, has signed contracts for their adaption to the stage. Bryan and McKinley will both attend the G. A. R. encampment in Chicago, the former arriving after the latter de­ parts. r In a lecture at Midland Chautauqua, near Des Moines, Dr. Hillis declared Ruskin the greatest reformer of modern times. The collier Brutus of ,the American navy went on a reef at the island of Guam but the crew escaped and saved the vessel. A cloudburst at Solomon City, Kan., flooded one section from one to eight -feet deep, ruining, .xjuantities of goods in basements. Jack Hillsman, a negro farm hand, was lynched near Knoxville, Ga., after having his examination for assault on a white girl. The American navy collier Scindia. under rush orders for China, met with a mishap at Gibraltar which will delay her two weeks. The court at Chillicothe, O., gave the death sentence to Richard Gardner, who narrowly escaped lynching on account of a murder. A man named Peterson, near Glencoe, Ok. T., was killed by a 3-year-old son, who playfully hacked him with a butch­ er knife while he slept. The summer school of the Iowa state Normal at Cedar Falls closed. Eight hundred students were enrolled and de­ grees conferred on thirty two. John Murphy, of Cambridge, Mich., fell under a self-binder while cutting oats, death resulting almost instantly fr m the wounds of the knivts. The big steamer, the Renssalaer, building at the Globe yards, Cleveland, O., for the ,Pittsburg Steamship com­ pany, was sticcessfuly launched. It will surprise you to experience the benefit obtained by using the dainty and famous little pills known as DeWitts Little Early Risers. Julia A. Story. It was reported at Milford, Mass , that Gen. W. S. Lraper has resigned as minister to Italy, but the state depart­ ment has no such information. Miss Ida Clark, of Stamford^ Conn., whose skull was fractured by a golf stick while playing Saturday, is said to have good prospects of recovery. The financial committee of the Chica­ go council has reorganized the estimates for the coming year with reductions of $3, UK),000, principally in public works. Mothers endorse it, children like it, old folks use it. We refer to One Min­ ute Cough Cure. It will quickly cure all throat and lung troubles. Julia A. Story. The great steamer Deutschland broke the maiden east-bound record on her re­ turn from New York, her best days run being 58fi miles, with 85,369 horsepower developed. Perfect womanhood depends on per feet health. Nature's rarest gift oi physical Vjeauty comes to all who us* Rocky Mountain Tea. 85c. Ask youi druggist. ' " The trouble between Nicaragua and Costa Ri?&, settled by arbitration b\ the American government, was former­ ly closed with ceremonies at the capita. Nicaragua. The protest of American, miners in the Porcupine district over the Alaska l>oundary cannot be taken under ad­ visement at present, as the boundary i* only temporary. *rtie wedding is reported at Manila o' Elizabeth Gordon Egbert to Lieutenan' Chas. Kilbourne. The bride is a daugh ter of the late Cot H. Egbert, wh< fought in thre« wars. J. J. Axtell, the fighting parson who was frozen out of his church on accoun of a five-round match, was arrested a" Royal Oak, Mich., for doing business a> a barber without a license. Louis B. Scott, a law student at Ham ilton, Ont., two years ago at Atlantit- City saved from drowning Miss Ners- chovle, of Los Angeles, Cal. She died recently and left Scott $7,000. Professed land buyers swindled John Frank, a farmer of Noble .townshi] near Portland, Ind., out of $2,500, re­ quiring him to put up that amount of money to show his responsibility. Intestinal infection, appendicitis ant1 all affections of the bowels, liver ant kidneys prevented by taking genuint Rocky Mountain Tea. made by Madison Medicine Co. Ask your druggist. Fourteen minor ice companies hav< joined with the Knickerbocker com pany of Chicago to maintain price?. The city has little recourse except to sharply use it's power with regard to full weight. The Philippine natives run pell-mell, At the sound of our Yankee yell, But, oh, what a gait they'll have, maybe, After taking Rocky Mountain Tea. Ask your druggist. If you have a baby in the house yon will wish to know the best way to check any unusual looseness of the bowels, or diarrhoea so common in small children O. P. M. Holliday, of Deming, Ind., who has an eleven months old child, says: "Through the months of Junt and July our baby was teething ant! took a running off of the bowels and and sickness of the stomach. His bow­ els would move from five to eight times a day. I had a bottle of Chamberlain Y Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house and gave him four drops in a teaspoonful of water and he gol better at once." For sale by Julia A. Story % A PoBtman'ii Bljf Burlen of Magazlnen. A Washington postman has been made weary of his job by The Ladies' Home Journal. The reason is that on the twenty-fifth of each month he is compelled to make a special round over his route to deliver that magazine to subscribers. He is almost completely submerged by Journals, their aggregate weight exceeding forty pounds. The bulky burden precludes his carrying any other mail matter. The Washington post-office reports that the monthly con­ signment of Journal's to subscribers in that city is "the biggest lot of one pub­ lication ever sent from our post-office. " A SO-Pound Baby can take Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with as much safety and beneficial re­ sults as an adult. It is a mild liquid laxative and children thrive upon it. Syrup Pepsin assists nature in cleansing the system, and its use is not attended with any of the unpleasant gripings and nauseating effects caused by the use of pill or so-called cathartics. Try a 10c size bottle (10 doses 10 cents.) Also sold in 50c and $1 sizes by Julia A. Story. Poorly Paid Police. The mounted police in Italy, whose duty it is to prevent the illegal felling of trees, get only $8 a month, ont of which they have to maintain their horses. The result is that many of them wink at the unauthorized felling of trees and share the profits Personal. If yoWre constipated and tmttiled witK^ad digestion, nausea, \ill h^aache, dizziness or foul breat we recommend as the best remedy we know of a little pill called Green Mountain Pearls, "y We ranteethat they will reWfe you, andStar won't gripe. sell a box of fortWor 25 centa^^ The flfwrtwt Monumftnt EMr ItkiM bj» . , Human Hands. Built by the great Chung, or Shih Hwang-ti, as he was better known, who reigned B. C. 24H-221, this wall still stands, the greatest monument ever raised by human hands, a triumph, of human industry. Beginning at Shan- hai-kwan (the sea and mountain gate), about 200 miles east of Pekin, where the mountains come down to the sea, it fol­ lows the range westerly, circling the plain about Pekin until it reaches a point about thirty-five miles north of the capital. Here it branches, one line of the wall running north-west an^ west along the northern borders of Shansi and Shensi, crossing the upper stretches of the Hoangho into Kansuh, a distance of 1,000 miles as *he crow flies. The other line runs southwest around Pekin until it reaches the western boun­ dary of therprovince of Pechili, then fol­ lows the boundary line south over 300 rniiles until it reaches the valley of the Yellow river, making, all told, a contin­ uous line for over 2,000 miles. It'was made'by the, great emperor as i protection from the raids of the fierce vlongol trilies of the north, who would •ome down through the mountain passes »n their swift ponies, with their trains jf camels, make a sudden attack upoii he rich cities in the plain below, burn- ng, killing and pillaging, until their v-amels were loaded with plunder, and hen retire as quickly as they came. In- >tead of following the easy ways, the ^reat wall rises up the mountain sides, -limbs the steepest ways, runs along he sharpest ridges and seeks the high­ est peaks, proving itself a triumph of angineering skill, says Leslie's Weekly. The wall averages about thirty feet in height and about twenty-five feet in thickness and its top is paved with broad flags to afford an easy passage for troops to and from the fortified posts, which are built at frequent intervals along it's line. The outer edge of the top of the wall 1 is protected with einbattlements rising tiigher than a man, while along the .nner edge runs a lower guard wall. Troops could thus pass from post to post •long the top of the wall without being exposed in the least to an enemy. The embattlements are built with loop holts below, while above are spaces to which .he archers and cross-bow men could >tep to discharge their weapons after having prepared them behind shelter. Chinese tradition says that while the wall was being built the Mongols planned a raid near a spot where the wall was still uncompleted. The Mongols were near when the Chinese first learned of the threatened invasion. The wall was their only defense, but night interfered with their work, so the emperor, in his extremity, commanded the sun to stand still, which it did for seventy hours, while his men piled up brick and mortal until the wall was completed. Then, as the Chinese tell it, "he graciously per­ mitted it to set." The Mongols, comtttg up the next day and finding a finished wall across their path, gave up the ex­ pedition and turned back in disgust. It is said that the men became wear ied during the long stretch of Jay, and that the emperor, to keep them at their work, ordered that all who went to ^leep at their work should not be dis­ turbed but walled in where they slept. Whether the tale be true or not, the Chinese guards will show you peculiar cavities in the wall said to have been once occupied by those who fell asleep at their work during that long day. I>eal's Celebrated Antiseptic and Preventive. of all diseases. One of the greatest medical discoveries for women. We have thousands of testimonials to prove its great merit. An article that should be in every household. Cannot fail to bring the uesired result. Send at once for a box with full instructions. Sent tree--any part of the U. S. for $1. If once tried you will always use it. The only genuine antiseptic on the market. Address, Mme. Deal. 280 Jackson Boul., Chicago, 111. 51-ly Ladle**, Why Don't You. Editor Plaindealer: Is there anything at all that we can say or do to convince all your lady readers that we are actually giving to every married woman in the United States who writes for it an elegant ster­ ling silver-plated sugar shell like jewel­ ers sell at 75c each 1 There is no ' 'catch" about this offer. There is nothing to pay, nor any requirement to buy any­ thing in order to secure this beautiful gift. It is our way of advertising the merits of Quaker Valley silverware. A copy of the Home-Furnisher, our own publication, will also be sent free. Surely this beautiful sugar shell gift is worth asking for. Then it seems to us that we should hear from every married lady who reads your paper. Quaker Valley Mfg. Co., Morgan and Harrison Sts., Chicago. 51 -fit Chinese are dangerous enemies, for they are treacherous. Tnat's why all counterfeiters of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve are dangerous. They look like DeWitt's, but instead of the all-healing witch hazel they all contain ingredients liable to irritate the skin and cause blood po;s rning. For piles injuries and skin diseases use the original and gen­ uine DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. Julia A. Story. SHSffil AVegc table Preparation for As­ similating the Food andRcgula- ting the Stomachs aralBowels of IMAMS CHILDREN Promotes Digestion,Cheerful­ ness ami Rest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Reape tfOldlk-SAMUELPITCMR PumfJcm JW* Mx.Smna » Rtoktlh Salt* Anist Stwf *.. /kpmrmant , Si riYmrt We ' ffirm Seed - Apcrfect Remedy for Constipa­ tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, Worms Convulsions ,Feverish- aess and Loss OF SLEEP. Tac Simile Signature of NEW YORK. Atb mouths o ld JJ DOSES-JJCE N T S EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. GASTORIA For Infants and Childreiw * The Kind You Have Always Bought For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CCNTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. BlANKfS EXPOSITION (OFftfS • Blanke's Exposition Coffees are superior to all others. They have a smooth, rich flavor and are now being used by the leading hotels and by the large; railroads. If you are looking for a good cup of coffOe, give tlitjm a trial. BLENDS/̂ l̂s ARE PURE VTEASfr AND WHOLE - SOME The C. F. Blanke Tea and Co agencies who will handle t ee Co. has secured the followin eir celebrated teas and coffees: GILBERT BROS., McHenfry CAK1,. Kockt'ft'lltr. .TORN l\ LAY, .lolinsburg EOWE BROS. Hebron li.MAN, (iiwnwood, \YK1 DXKH. BKOS.. Hult'itlo O C. \\ C. (i. WKSTI UOLIHNli KlxOS.. Waucnmlu ('. \V. KOIIL. Liilo- Zurich. Wis. WILLIAMS BliOS., Antloch PETERSON BKOS.. Salem Grove JOHN HOSING, Volo G. M. HOOKEK. Woodstock K. PANTALL, Mllburn .1. I\ THOMPSON, Wilmout. WIs.RAY B. DIXON, Gurnee M. Des Jardins. Harvard A. NEISH, Spring Grove siY.Kli BKOS, Russell, III. JOHN MEIK LE, I van hoe rsviile Al'G. BIX K KK. Twin Lakws FOOTE BROS.. Half Day W. H. SCHWARTZ, Carpenters GANSriiOW & KL'NKE, Gilberts, III. O. H. SCHMALZ, Huntley, 111. ••••••••••••••••• • • • • * • * • SAVE YOUR STAR TIN TAGS TAOS. 1 Match Box....... 25 2 Knife, one blade, Kood steel 85 • • "Star" tin tags (showing small stars printed on iinder side of tag), "HorseShoe," "J, T.," "Good Luck," "Cross Bow," and "Drummond" Natural Leaf Tin Tags are of equal value in securing presents mentioned below, and may be assorted. Every man, woman and ohild can find something on the list that they would like to have, and can have 3 Scissors, 4 M lnrhes 4 Child'-i Set, Knife, Fork and Spoon 2"> £ Sa't and Pepper Set, one each, quad­ ruple plate on white metal 60 6 French Briar Wood Pipe 2o 7 Razor, hollow ground, line English steel 50 8 Butter Knife, triple plate, best quality s. 60 9 Pillar Shell, triple pla'e, best qual.. 60 1(1 Rump Box. sterling silver 70 11 Knife, "Keen Kijttor," two blades.. 75 12 Butcher Knife, "Keen Kbtfpr," 8-in blade 75 13 Shears, "Keen Kutter," 8-tncu 76 14 Nut Set, Cracker and tj Picks, silver pl ited 80 15 Base Hall. "Association," best qual.lou 16 Alarm flock, nickel 15U 17 Six Genuine Kogers' Teaspoon.-*, best plated (joods 150 18 wa'ch, nickel, stem \vi ;d a:id set .. SiH' 19 Carvers, good steel, buokhoi'u handles 300 20 Sis Genuine Rogers' Table Spoons, best plated (roods 250 21 Six each. Knives and Forks, buck- horn bandies 260 22 Six each, Genuine Rogers' Knives and Forks, best plated goods 600 TAOS. i Clock, 8-day, Calendar, Thermom­ eter, Barometer 600 I Gun case, leather, no better made. 500 > Revolver, automatic, double action, 32 or 38 caliber. 600 > Tool Set, not playthings, but real tools ; 660 ? Toilet Set deco-ated porcelain, very handsome 800 I Remington Rifle No. 4. 32 or S3 cal. 800 t Watch, sterling silver,full jeweled 1000 I Dress Suit Case, leather, handsome aud durable 1000 Sewing Machine, first clasa, with all attachments 1600 ! Revolver, Colt's, 38-caliber, blued steel 1600 1 Rifle. Colt s, 16-shot, 32-caliber 1600 I Guitar (Washburn), rosewood, ta- laid MN > Mandolin, very handsome MOO Winchc-'i'er Iiepeating Shot Gun, ) j au e MOO •. • »... L.'Uble barrel, ham­ mer Shot Gau, 10 or 12 gatlge MOO Bicycle, standard make, ladies or gents M00 Shot Gun. Remington, double bar-_ rel, ham merles* .......3000 Regin:i Music Box. Id1* inch DlH.,M00 * • • • • • THE ABOVE OFFER EXPIRES NOVEMBER 30m. 1900. Qnoriol Nnf ir>o I Pltin " Star " Tin Tags (that is. Star tin tags with no small 0|Joliiai IvUlllsG . 8tars printe.i on under side of tag), are not good for presents, = but will be paid for in CASH on tbebMis Of t weuty cents per hundred, if received by on - r before Mn-ch 1st. 1WK'. t»"IJi;.Vli IN .>1 IND that a dime's worth ol STAR PLUG TOBACCO will last longer and afford more pleasure than a dime** WNtk if 09 other brand. MAKE THE T E S T I Send tags to (!0\TI\E\TiL TOBACCO CO., St LOUiS, • • * • • • • • • • • • • • *! * • i *, • i •! • !