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; 3f *-t' *?**,? '? .7?" n1^; ~-fV~^- ^*^;yyr$jr ^ 1- ----At CBnCOWOWHHMHKMtWHKHMHWOOBBOOOOOWOBOOOOOf •• •tr.V V4' FOR HIRED MEN. The -fint of March a great many changee take % - place, the hired help not excepted, and a great <$•;" many want to lay in a supply of Working Cloth­ ing. We have made a special provision for thin occasion by patting in a very large line of the above goods of the «*<?• WARRANTED NOT TO RIP KIND. A targe Assortment of Leitfcer art Rotter Boots for Sprig Weir! We expect our invoice of Spring and Snmmer Clothing for Men, Boys and Children this week. The Goods are sold nnder a guarantee as to perfect workmanship and fit Oiir line was never so large. We save all discounts by paying cash for all Goods, and it will be to your interest to see our line before buying or placing an order for your Spring Suit. * Another Car of Jersey Lily Flour just in, try a Sack. FISH FOR LENT. Yours for Spring Trade, item* West McHenry, Ulinoi JOHN J. MILLER lOtHMMMNMMMMl I Sold by All Newsdealers Monthly to all lovers of Song tnd Mnsic a vast volume of Ntw, Cholcc lopyrlght Compoaltlona t>y the most pop- ililar authors. 64 Pages of Piano Music, ^all Vocal, half Instrumental--a 1 Complete .'".flten for Plane--Once a Mouth for 10 J£*nta. Yearly Subscription, $I.OO. Ifroo Jrill •end us the name and address of FTV* iPlano or Organ Player*, we will send you a v»opy of the Magazine Free. t.:<r V^L. J-*• rubllahar, y. a Locust St... Philadelphia, Pa. 60 YEAR8' EXPERIENCE PATENTS IADE MAIM Desjgns COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone Bending a sketch and description may >"ijulckiy ascertain our opinion freo whether an . •>Invention 1* probably patentable. Conininnlca- , . v'-'tlona strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents i -4*;; 'ient free. Oldert agency for securing patents. ' Patents taken taronsh Mnnn & Co. receive o}' .kpecial notice, without charge. In the Scientific Jimericaii. A handsomely Illustrated week]; , largest clr- eulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a "Toll*" £6$ ; four months, $L Sold by all newBdealers. HHIN £ Co.ae,B~*-" New York Bniidi Offioe. <95 F St, W»abiDtfton0 D. C. I have all the new styles and colors in Gents' Spring Hats. About 25 different shapes and colors at „ all Get your nets of me, Boys, and get the proper style. 4 prices. Easter Bon- S. S. CHAPELL .U-' --v v,..;4 ' to , * / ' .S> "Also fine line of Gents' up-to-date Shoes just in --all the latest shapes also* Just received fine line of Dress Shirts, collars, Neckties, Etc. Would be pleased tb have you call in and see the new goods. CePT- nrtr NOTHING TO WEAR BU CLOTHES, and if these are not right one might an well not try to be in it. OUR MADE-TO-ORDER CLOTHING is the kind that a man will wear with pleasure and satisfaction. The gar­ ments reflect credit upon the wearer's good taste. We are showing a new line of Imported and Domestic Snmmer Suitings. Perfect fitting suits to order from these at $17 50. J. D. L0DTZ. l)ew Spring merchandise We have an ele­ gant line of Dress Goods for Spring Trade in all the new weaves and shades for Tailor Suits or Dresses. New Silks for Waists or Skirts in all the popular shades at ex­ tremely low prices Dress Trimmings of all kinds. Our line of Cloth­ ing Samples are now ready for in spection, a per­ fect fit guaran­ teed and a saving of about 20 per cent. Fine Ginghams, Zephyrs, Percales and Wash Dress Goods Novelties. • New Silks for Waists or Skirts in all the popular shades at ex­ tremely low prices Dress Trimmings of all kinds. Our line of Cloth­ ing Samples are now ready for in spection, a per­ fect fit guaran­ teed and a saving of about 20 per cent. Fine Ginghams, Zephyrs, Percales and Wash Dress Goods Novelties. • An elegant line of Shoes for Spring and Summer. Groceries, Canned Goods, Pickles, Flour, Etc. of the best quality. Oeed* Delivered Promptly. Lane distance 'phone No. 363. Yours Truly, M. J. WALSH m m m m m s m m m m m « m m m m m * m m m i m m m m t * m m m m m m m m m m » * * m m m m m m m m m m m * m s »»€-.! MMNK • . r*m i TV THE TEST OF TIME J^OR many years the people of Mc- • Henry have been purchasing good reliable goods at this store, and in­ variably have all wrongs been made right when any complaint has been made. My stock of drugs and patent medicines is just as complete as ever and in notions everything imaginable can be found on my counters and shelves. I have an exceptionally fine line of stationary and school supplies. /V JULIA A. STORY •aaasaaaaaaaaaatflasaaasasaessasssesMasasasasesaeee U the Street* of Ciatro. One of the most picturesque places in the world is undoubtedly the Egyptian City of Cairo, and not the least of its attractions are the varied and often musical street cries which assail the ears on all sides. Not only the street musicians who tap their tambourines to the admiring "Allahs" of the crowd, but the merchants and peddlers, con­ tribute to the chorus. A fruit seller, basket on head, with grapes and figs, will saunter by singing in a quaint minor: "Oh, grapes, oh, sweet grapes, that are larger than doves' eggs and sweeter than new cream! Oh, angels' food, delicious figs, bursting with honey, restorers of health!" Another street cry which may be heard in the main street of Abbassleh, a suburb, contains the following entic­ ing announcement: "Tomorrow, O peo­ ple, I am going to kill a camel. The doctor says it is young and healthy. Oh, its flesh will be tender as the quail and juicy as lamb. Its price is but lMt plasters (7% cents) the pound. Do you love the sweet flesh of a camel? Then come early and be satisfied!" Not the least picturesque figures in the streets are the city police in their neat white and red uniforms in sum­ mer and blue serge In winter.--Detroit Free Press. The Bank HeiseDge^. "Hello, Willie!" exclaimed the mes­ senger boy as he met his old time friend in Nassau street the other day. "Who yer workin' fer now, Willie?" Workin' for a bank," replied Wil­ lie. "Got a good job." 'Watcher got in the satchel?" asked the messenger boy, scrutinizing a little handbag that Willie carried. Hist! Don't say a word! I'm scared to death." What is it--dynamite?" asked the messenger boy in alarm. "Naw; it's money." "Gee! Money! How much?" "Two thou. I'm carryin' it down to another bank, and I'm scared." Say, Jiow does a feller feel when he has so much money?" Scared," whispered the bank mes­ senger, and he continued on his way.rr New York Tribune. At the Throttle. Far, far down the track is a dark spot, over which hovers a great cloud. The engineer sees It, hauls out his watch, glances at it, then resumes the business of looking out of the window. He was to meet an eastbound freight at that point He did not know if the switches were in place; he did not know but the passenger train would dash into that freight and the death of many people follow. There was no way for him to know except that it was the duty of his fellow employees to see that the switches were right He did not slacken his speed. Rapidly the huge mogul on the sidetrack loom­ ed up. A roar and a dash, and No. 57 flew past the waiting freight, passing within three feet Glacier lee. Glacier ice is not like the solid blue Ice on the surface of the water, but consists of granules Joined together by an intricate network of capillary wa­ ter filled fissures. In exposed sections and upon the surface of the ice can be observed "veined" or "banded" structure veins of a denser blue color alternating with those of a lighter shade containing air bubbles. The cause of this peculiar structure has been the subject of much theorizing among Investigators, but hitherto the greatest authorities consider that the explanation of the phenomenon is yet wanting. ( Scorpions la Jamaica. In Jamaica the negroes believe that :orplons know their name, so they never call out "See, a scorpion!" when they meet with one on the ground or wall for fear of his escaping. They thus Indirectly recognize the scorpion's delicate appreciation of sound. But if you wish to stop a scorpion in his flight blow air on him from the mouth, and he at once coils himself up. I have repeatedly done this, but with a spider it has a contrary effect--London Spec­ tator. 1 WUllag to Help. "John," she whispered, "there's a burglar in the parlor. He Just bumped against the piano and struck several keys." "You don't say I I'll go right down," said be. "Oh, John, don't do anything rash!" "Rash? Why, I'm going to help him. You don't suppose be can remove that piano from the house without assist aiice, do you?"--Philadelphia Press. Crtpfle* Held the Stage. A. very remarkable theatrical fad raged in Paris sixty or seventy years ago. The journals of the period show that the writers of plays had an espe­ cial fondness for the representation of bodily deformities and Infirmities. It was well known, of course, that Victor Hugo made a hunchback the hero of a tragedy and that one of Scribe's heroes stuttered. But the many forgotten plays by the forgotten au­ thors of the period also swarm with hunchbacks, stutterers, the lame, the halt, the blind and the deaf and dumb. Sometimes as many as a dozen of these cripple plays were performed on the same evening in the theaters of Paris. In one year eighteen plays with blind characters were produced and probably three or four times as many were writ­ ten. The first of the "blind" plays was Ancelot's "Un Regard," which later furnished the book of an opera for which Halevy, the composer of "The Jewess," wrote the music.--New York Herald. La Grippe Quickly Cured. "In the winter of 1898 and 1890 I was taken down with a severe attack of what is called La Grippe," »ays F. L. Hewitt, a prominent druggist of Win- field, 111. "The only medicine I used was two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold and stopped the conghing like magic, and I have never since been troubled with Grippe." Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can always be depended upon to break np a cold and ward off any threatened attack of pheumonia. It is pleasant to ta >e, too, which makes it the most de­ sirable and one of the most popnlar preparations in nsd for these ailments. For sale by Julia A. Story and G. W. Besley. The Slae of SoTomon'a Temple. Solomon's temple, as described in the Scriptures, would not be regarded as a very Imposing structure In this day and age of the world. Its length was 107 feet, breadth 36 feet, and it was 64 feet in height, with a portico or veranda 36 feet long and 18 feet wide. We have private houses that overshad­ ow such an unpretending structure. 0 - The Raimen ot Qsofg*. "George can be very rude at times. He Interrupted me just as I was going to speak last evening." "How did it happen ?' "Why, he asked me if he couldn't kiss me, and just as 1 was about to remonstrate be stopped me. "How did he stop you?" "The usual way."--Cleveland Plain Dealer. o' Bean the Biguatan JlTC > The Kind You Have Always BugM Ark Admlialos. "Yes," said the Sunday school teach er, "Noah had two of every animal, bird and creeping thing in the ark." "Please, ma'am," piped a voice at the lower end of the class, "how much did he charge ter git in?" --Ohio State Journal. Danger of Colds and La Grippe The greatest possible danger from colds and la grippe is their resulting in pheumonia. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoid­ ed. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for these diseas­ es, we have yet to learn of a single case having resnlted in phneumonia, which shows conclucively that it is a certain preventive of that dangerous malady. It will cure a cold or an attack of la grippe in less time than any other treat­ ment. It is pleasant and safe to take. For Sale by Julia A. Story, and G. W. Besley. ; Her Explanation. "Do you mean to say such a physical wreck as he Is gave you that black eye?" asked the magistrate. Sure, your honor, be wasn't a phys­ ical wreck till after he gave me the black eye," replied the complaining wife.--Exchange. <fcnlte Technical. "The reason he is so irritably is be­ cause he is teething," explained the fond mother. 'Indeed!" remarked Mr. Oldbatch. wishing to appear learned. "And when will it be hairing?"--St Louis Republic. Didn't Get the Credit. 1 was sorry I sent Bllen such an expensive wedding present" Why were you?" Why, she went and placed them on exhibition without the donor's cards." Philadelphia Bulletin. The Vice of Nagging Clouds the happiness of the home bnt a nagging woman often needs help. She may be so nervous and ran-down in health that trifles annoy her. If she is melahcholy, excitable, troubled with loss of appetite, headache, sleeplessness, constipation or fainting and dizzy spells, she needs Electric Bitters, the most wonderful remedy for ailing women. Thousands of sufferers from female troubles, nervous troubles, backache and weak kidneys have used it, and be come healthy and happy. Try it. Only 00c. Julia A. Story guarantees satis­ faction. CASTOR IA for lafants and Children. Tfes Kind Yss Have Always Boagkt Bears the of Her Advantasre. "Papa," said a Hyde Park preacher's little daughter the other day, "when I grow up I'm never going to marry Cither a minister or a doctor that gives pedple medicine." "Why, dear?" he asked. "Don't you like preachers and doctors? You know preachers and doctors ought to be the most useful men there are. Doctors try to save people in this world, and preachers do their best to save them in the nevt. Isn't that- pretty good busi­ ness?" "Yes," replied little Caroline, "but Dr. Pelletier's wife was here calling on mamma today, and they got to talking about things, and Mrs. Pelletier said when she was sick it was always just terrible to think of taking any of her husband's medicine, and then mamma said: 'Oh, but you're an awfully great deal more lucky than if you were a preacher's wife. You only have to re­ fuse to take the medicine when you're^ sick, but a preacher preaches every Sunday.'"--Chicago Herald. The Eye's Blind'Spot. The blind spot in the eye Is where the optic nerve comes through the reti­ na about one-tenth of an inch nearer the nose than the center. To test it close your fists with your thumbs out­ side and held against each other. Ex­ tend your arms. Shut your left eye and look fixedly with your right eye at your left thumb. Separate your hands, and when they are about six inches apart the right thumb will go out of business temporarily, for Its picture frill fall upon the blind spot Now, here's the curious part of it: Though men have tried all sorts of experiments on themselves for unknown thousands of years, this phenomenon was not dis­ covered until the time of Charles II. of England. The blind spot leaves no hole in the picture of the outside world, but, there being no stimulation on that spot there Is not consciousness of a lack, but a lack of consciousness.-- Harvey Sutherland in Ainslee's. She Waa Deaf. At a marriage service performed a few days ago in a little country church in England, when the minister said in a solemn tone, "Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband?" In­ stead of the woman answering for her­ self a gruff man's voice answered: "Oi will." The minister looked up, very much perplexed, and paused. He repeated the sentence, and again the same gruff voice answered: "OI will." Again the minister looked up, sur­ prised, not knowing what to make of it, when one of the groomsmen at the end of the row said: " 'Er be deaf. Oi be answerin' for 'er."--Pearson's Weekly. Odd Club Names. Theft are a number of societies in the world that bear strange names, but probably one of the most curious was a club founded In 1735 by an Eng­ lish actor. It was called the Sublime Society of Beefsteaks and had among its members the Prince of Wales and other royal personages. They met in the painting room of the Covent Gar­ den theater and dined upon beefsteaks. The club was in existence for more than a hundred years and became quite noted because of its odd cus­ toms. Another strange name was that of the Scriblerus club, which Swift founded in 1714 and to which Pope, Gay and other literary men belonged- Aa She Would Have Been. A gentleman in Paris paid a visit to a lady, in whose parlor he saw a por­ trait of a lovely woman of, say, five and twenty. Upon the entrance of the lady her visitor naturally asked her if the picture was a family portrait and was told that it represented her de­ ceased daughter. "Is it long since you lost her?" asked the gentleman. "Alas, Sir,!' replied the lady, "she died just after her birth, and I had a portrait painted to represent her as she would have appeared if she had lived until now!" How m Hladoo 17sea Cloclta. The Hindoo places a clock in his showrooms not because he ever desires to know what the hour is, but because a clock is a foreign curiosity. Instead, therefore, of contenting himself with one good clock he will perhaps have a dozen In one room. They are signs of his wealth, but they do not add to his comfort, for he is so indifferent to time that he measures it by the number of bamboo lengths the sun has traveled above the horizon.--Temple Bar. Would Smash the Club. If members of. the "Hay Fever As­ sociation" wonld use Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, the club j&fiUiJd go to pieces, for it always cures this malady,-and Asthma, the kind that baffles the dectors-it wholly drives from the system. Thousands of once hope­ less sufferers from Consumption, Pneu­ monia, Bronchitis owe their lives and health to it. It conquers Grip, saves little ones from Croup and Whooping Cough and is positively guaranteed for all Throat and Lung troubles. 50c,$1.00. Trial bottles free at Julia A. Story's. VUtafJae Cough Syrap csuNN» . <lapaae«e Choraanthemf.ma. The Japanese cite 269 color varieties of the chrysanthemum, of which 63 are yellow. 87 white, 32 purple, 30 red, 81 pale pink, 12 russet and 14 of mixed colors. A fancy prevails In the coun­ try that in this flower the same tint Is never exactly reproduced and that in this it resembles the endless variety of the human countenance. Look For the Key. Don't get angry at small things. Look at vexations now as you will view them thirty days from date. The angry man who gets the wrong key and push­ es and "rattles the door till he breaks the lock Joses more time than if he had quietly gone for the right key and pays for a new lock besides. A Warnlnf. Whatever be your talents, whatever be your prospects, never speculate away on a chance of a palace that which you may need as a provision against the workhouse.--Bulwer. Russian census returns reveal the presence of 640,000 idolators In a popu­ lation of 125,668,000, among which for every 121 men there are a hundred wo­ men. Practically Starving. "After using a few bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure my wife received per­ fect and permanent relief from a severe and chronic case qt stomach troublfe," says J. R. Helly, real estate, insurance and loan agent, of Macomb, 111. "Be­ fore using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure she could not eat an ordinary meal without intense suffering. She is now entirely cured. Several physicians and many remedies had failed to give relief." You don't have to diet. Eat any good food you want, but don't overload the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will always digest it for you. Julia A. Story, McHenry; G. W. Besley, West Mc­ Henry. Half Rates to Peoria, 111., Via the North-Western's New Line to Peoria. Excursion tickets will be sold at one fare for round trip, March 20 and 21, limited to return until March 23, inclus­ ive, on account of Central Illinois Teachers' Meeting. Apply to Agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. Pneumonia Can be Prevented. This disease always results from a cold or an attack of the grip and may be prevented by the timely use of Cham­ berlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy was extensively used during the epi­ demics of la grippe of the past , few years, and not a single case has ever been reported that did not recover or that resulted in pneumonia, which s h o w s i t t o b e a c e r t a i n p r e v e n t i v e o f , that dangerous disease. For sale by Julia A. Story and G. W. Besley. The latest shapes in shoes at Chapell's, 700 Dress Skirt*. We have just received a shipment of over 700 ladies' dress skirts, represent­ ing the whole stock of a Chicago manu­ facturer They are absolutely hew, of the latest styles and the very highest grade of t manufacture. The materials are all wool cheviots and Venetian cloth. The colors black, brown and blues. There are a variety of trim­ mings, in graduating flounces, and fancy stitchings. The manufacturers' cost of these garments is $3.75 to $9.00 each. Our prices are $1.98, $2.49 and $8.98 This is the skirt opppotunity of of the season. Remember that we re­ fund car fare where you trade a bill of $10 01 more and show round trip R. R. ticket. It will pay yon to come and SEE as. C. F. HALL. CO., Dundee, 111. OA. Bean the Signature of " "JL" €5 JB-K. I 1 The Kind You Have Alwar For that SPLITTING HEADACHE tflkc Instdnt Headache Mei • ' - « • They will give immediate v.. relief. Prepared from, harm- T less Drugs, dbntains noth­ ing injurious. This Head­ ache Cure is a boon to those who suffer. Allays pain and sooths the nerves. Restores vitality and gives renewed energy. Price 10 cents. Our stock of Drugs and Medicines contains every­ thing ordered by doctor or " required by patient. N. H. PETESCH, Justen Block, - - - McHenry, 111. - MORE LIVES ARE SAVED ...BY USING.,, Dr. King's New Discovery, Consumption, Coughs and Colds Than By All Other Throat And Lung Remedies Combined. This wonderful medicine positively Cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay Fever,Pleurisy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness, 8ore Throat, Croup and Whooping Cough. NO CURE. NO PAY. Price 50c. ft $1, Trial Bottle Free. The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been. • In us© for over 30 years, has borne the signntnre ot and. has been made under his per­ sonal supervision since its infancy# Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children--Experience against Experiment* What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare­ goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Pfmacear-1The Mother's Friend. CENUINS CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The KM You Hare Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TMC CC*T*U* OOMMltV, TV MURRAY «T*CCT. NEW YORK CITY.