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Spring Clothing Wfc have called your attention, to dor line of Clothing bought for Spring before. The Goods are here yonr inspection, in all binds and sizes from the little M n's 8*ut, (8 years old) np to the largest sizes in Men's wear ^hey -n of the warranted kind, the prices are guaranteed to be absolutely correct A look at our stock is all we ask, we trust to r Qoods and Prices to do the rest Hats! Hats! Hats! Our Spring Invoice of the latest shapes and colors in Men's and Boys' Hats are in, see them. A fine line of Patent Leather Shoes how here. A large as­ sortment of Grain and Plow Shoes. Overalls, Shirta and Jackets, $1.00 a Suit and up. Garden and Field Seeds, Clover, Timothy, Cane Seed, Etc. Pure Groceries and the Best of Flour. Youre for Spring Trade, West McHenry, Illinois. JOHN J. MILLER ntn$i i$n|n$> i$> i$n$» i$n$n|n$ii3) i|» t$ i$h|i i$nfn$n$n$* No Outing Suit? * Must have one. The business Suit won't do. Neither will the Dress Suit or the Prince Albert. The addi­ tion of an Outing Suit to the ward­ robe is not an extravagance, but an economy. It will lengthen the lives or all the others. Suits to Order o o from any of the fine homespun flannels, cheviots, (etc.) are made up at right prices. The most fashionable materials in Scotch, black and white tweeds and cheviots, plain silk mixed and fancy worsted. Strictly hand made throughout this is the last chance for the $17.50 SUITS. JOHN D. LODTZ tttttlftllllllllllllllltfeltllllltllHIti I ANIAL OPENING SALE THIS WEEK • We New Our Fancy win line line Mercerized offer of of Cham brays many. Men's Ladies' and lines of Shirt Shirt Ginghams Shoes at Waists Waists for exceedingly and is the cool Waists, low Soft finest all colorB. prices Shirts ever to close ' for shown in Men's ont quickly Summer Town. Hats as we Wear Prices and Neckwear need the just to suit • . shelf received all Groceries, room purses Flour, Etc. Yours Truly, * r $ Goods Deliver**! Promptly. Long distance 'phone No. j6f. M. J. WALSH Cbe Independent j It is conceded on all sides that the cele- - brated and popular Beers brewed and bottled on improved- and hygienic princi­ ples and known as Prima and Burg BrauJ are unequalled as the finest table Beers. ^ Prima Tonic, produced by The Indepen- f dent Brewing Association, possesses a \ fine flavor and taste and is especially rich ? in nourishing constituents and invigorat- i ing qualities. 4 The Best Beer ] and nothing but the best is made by this f Brewery. Try it and be convinced. ( Purity, strength and rich flavor are its J qualifications, Delivered in barrels, hal- i ves, quarters, eights and cases by i JOS. HEIMER, McHENRY, ILLINOIS. i ' ^ P-'-j /•{ 'jY**"; iA'&-' i Dress Goods •Wi*- We would be pleased to have you call and see, the line of wash­ able Dress Goods in all the new colors, patterns and designs. {£he assortment is the largest and best ever in. See the Toile Du Nords Ginghams, A. F. C. Dress Ginghams, Crawford Percales, Minorca Percales, Franciase Picretines, Madras Cloth in all colors, Zephyr Ginghams, Cotton Challies and Burmahs, Amoskeag Seersuckers, Lawns and Dimities in all shades, Batiste, Applique Nouveate the new novelty in Summer Dress Goods and several other#. ;<Come and see the New Goods .. . Sherman S. Chapel 1 4* Ntfr Bills For Old Obm. Not every one is aware of Just what the United States subtreasury will do for a person With soiled currency. If any one has such bills, in no matter how small quantity, and wishes to get brand new bills, all he has to do is to go down to the subtreasury and hand the old currency over the counter. The government will hand him In return new bills of any desired denomination. Perhaps under a strict interpretation of the law the government clerk might refuse certain bills ou the plea that they were still fit for circulation, but in practice the government is Inclined to be very obliging, and, unless the sup­ ply of clean money on hand should happen to be temporarily short, the clerk will without hesitation hand over perfectly new and unfolded bills In re­ turn for money which has been folded possibly only a very few times.^ As a matter of fact a vast amount of money is turned in which could not have circulated among more than half a dozen hands. But it is all redeemed and the new currency issued in ex­ change. The subtreasury supplies the new cash, too, without any expense, no matter if millions are to be ex­ changed.--New York Times. Don't Start Wrong. Don't start the summer with a linger­ ing cough or cold. We all know what a "summer cold" is. It's the hardest kind "to cure. Often it "hangs on" through the entire season. Take it in hand right now. A few doses of One Minute Cough Cure will set you right. Sure cure for coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis, all throat and lung troubles. Absolutely safe. Acts at once. Chil­ dren like it "One Minute Cough Cure is the best cough medicine I ever used," says J. H. Bowles, Groveton, N. H. "I never found anything else that acted so safely and quickly." Julia A. Story, McHenry; G. W. Besley, West McHenry. Didn't Few His Dead Patients. There is a doctor of the old school In one of the New England villages near Randolph, Mass., whose house is sur­ rounded by a cemetery. The cemetery is behind the house and comes up flush with the road on either side, running off to east and west for an eighth of a mile. Some people might find such a bouse lot doleful, and surely the neigh­ bors are not lively. But that thought never troubled the villagers so much as the prospect of going home at night. In the country towns of New England the graveyard at night is still a thing of terror, an inherited terror. There are still towns where all the graves are dug on a line running due east and west, with the footstones toward the east so that the dead may rise face to face with the Judge on the last day So the doctor is often asked the question, Are you not afraid to go home some­ times at night?" And his answer is always the same: No. My neighbors will never trouble me. They all owe me money."--New York Tribune. The Flaws In the Rose. When a garden first becomes a joyful j.ossIbility. most people turn at once to the thought of roses. Now, roses have no place In landscape gardening. As a rule they do not belong in the front yard. This may sound shocking and heretical, but it Is true at least so far as the common double flowered roses are concerned. The place for roses is in the flower garden, and the place for the flower garden is in the rear or off at one side by itself. Roses have too many insect enemies. Their foliage is always being destroyed. For the ordi­ nary person it Is not worth while to Bpray them. Probably half the plants of all kinds sold in America by nurserymen are roses. Everybody loves roses, but in practice no one takes good care of them except the rose specialist. Personally 1 prefer peonies to roses for my garden. They have larger flowers which last longer than roses. They make a more compact and shapely bush, have an abundance of rich, dark green foliage, come Into bearing earlier, are hardier and longer lived than most roses, and they are remarkably free from insects and disease. All they lack is poetry, perfume, thorns and bugs. But I shall not quarrel with any one who prefers roses. If you really want roses,, you would better have them even If you fail.--Wilhelm Miller in Pilgrim. Reveals a Great Secret. It is often asked how such startling cures, that puzzle the best physicians, are effected by Dr. King's New Discov­ ery for consumption. Here's the secret. It cuts out the phlegm and germ-infect­ ed mucus, and lets the life-giving oxy­ gen enrich and vitalize the blood. It heals the inflamed, cough-worn throat and lungs. Hard colds and stubborn coughs soon yield to Dr. King's New Discovery, the most infallible remedy for all Throat and Lung diseases. Guar­ anteed bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial bot­ tles free at Julia A. Story's, The Obedient Child. There was once a little girl who found It very hard to wash her hands Just before dinner. She meant to be clean for the table, but there was so many things to think of that it was impossible to remember. „ Her (nother reproved her very severely one day, and she promised to do better. That day at dinner her mother asked the usual question, "Have you washed your hands, dear?" "Yes," came the satisfied reply. Her mother looked smilingly down at the little one's hands, and then she ut­ tered an exclamation, for there was no sign that soap or water had been used on them. "Why, your hands are black," she said. "Didn't you say you washed them?" "Well, I just did, mamma, but I was afraid I'd forget, so I washed them right after breakfast."--New York Press. Holds up a Congressman. "At the end of the campaign," writes Champ Clark, Missouri's brilliant con greseman, "from overwork, nervous tension, loss of sleep Mid constant speak­ ing I had about utterly collapsed. It seemed that all the organs in my body were out of order, but three bottles of Electric Bitters made me all right. It's the best all-round medicine ever sold over a druggist's counter." Over worked, run-down men and weak, sickly women gain splendid health and vitality from Electric Bitters. Try them. Only 50c. Guaranteed by Julia A. Story. Killing; a Bull Without a Weapon. Cayetano, a famous Spanish toreador, once was strolling across a meadow with a couple of friends when his at­ tention was attracted by an old and infuriated bull which was galloping to­ ward them with lowered head and erect tail. Cayetano had no weapon, not even a cane, but he seized a dust- coat whieh one of his friends was car­ rying over his arm. As soon as the bull got close to them Cayetano bade his companions make their escape while he engaged the animal's atten­ tion. Using the coat as a capa, he drove the bull crazy with fury, step­ ping aside with the deftest agility at each of the animal's charges. In this manner he caused the bull to turn sharply in the midst of its onward rushes until finally an ominous crack was heard, and the bull fell in a heap,' with its backbone broken by the Sud­ den wrench given by the animal's ab­ rupt swerve. His Own Medicine Chest. The surgeon of an English ship of war was noted for the monotony of his prescriptions. He apparently consid­ ered salt water taken externally or internally as a cure for all the ills that flesh is heir to, for he ordered his pa­ tients to take it, no matter what might be the malady presented to his notice. One day he went sailing with a par­ ty of friends, and in the course of a squall the boat was upset, and the surgeon came near being drowned. Well," said the captain of the ship when he was told of the narrow es­ cape. "I'm glad you were saved, but it hardly seems possible in any event that you could have really drowned in your own medicine chest, now does it, doctor?" juvenile Erudition. Here are a few extracts from compo­ sitions written by boys in a high school of Vienna: 'Many a man lies down in good health and gets up dead." 'In Rome the bones of the martyrs were collected and torn by wild beasts." 'Human beings ceased to walk on all four and walked on the hindmost." 'He sacrificed a rich woman and oth­ er priests." 'Hannibal stood with one foot in Spain, while with the other he beckon­ ed to the troops." 'God's punishment followed Imme­ diately after ten years." The Chimney Swift. Occasionally a bird is strong minded enough to break away from old tradi­ tions. Before this country was settled the swift nested in hollow trees, but after trees began to be cut down and chimneys arose above the roofs of houses everywhere the birds were quick to perceive that fires are general­ ly out by the time their nesting season arrives. Therefore why not take ad­ vantage of the innovation? So com­ pletely did they forsake their old nest­ ing sites to build in chimneys that the name chimney swift is now universally applied to them.--Ladles' Home Jour­ nal. , O Bwui the T O H I A . > The Kind You Have Always Btitgtt - A Troublesome Trio. "The most troublesome member of my flock." said the purson, "is a young woman who wants a husband." "My most troublesome client." said the lawyer "Is a middle aged woman who wants a divorce." "The most troublesome patient have," said the physician, "is a spinster of uncertain age who doesn't what she wants."--Chicago News. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tbt Kind Yen Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of 44 Alston No. 1 Floor Paint drys in one night G. W. Besley. Giant Hawaiian Eels. There are three well known varieties of eel found in Hawaiian waters. The largest is the big gray Yellow, which so closely resembles his cousin, the con­ ger. He is voracious and fearless, an<£ the natives tackle him with caution, for when cornered he fights viciously and can inflict a nasty wound with his powerful jaws, which briutle with nee­ dlelike teeth. The other species are fat, flabby look­ ing customers, with fantastic markings of black and brown and many shades of gray. On an eel of this sort the skin Appears to hang loose from the body, and when disturbed the head sweels like a puff adder's. These eels seldom attain a greater length than three feet and love to locate in the crevices of a stone breakwater, from which they dart out incessantly and make havoc among any school of small fry which may be innocently disporting them­ selves within striking distance. These hooded eels have been known to haunt a particular spot for over a year. They are good eating, despite their unpre­ possessing appearance. • Primitive Fire Fighters. As late as the end of the sixteenth century in London the sole method of extinguishing fires was by means of contrivances known as "hand squirts." These were usually made of brass, with d carrying capacity ranging from two to four quarts of water. The two quart "squirts" were two and a half feet in length, one and a half inches In diameter at their largest part and but half an inch at the nozzle. On each side were handles, and three men were required to manipulate a "squirt." One man on each side grasped the handle in one hand and the nozzle In the other, while the third man worked the piston or plunger, drawing it out while the nozzle was Immersed in a supply of water which filled the cylin­ der. The beurers then elevated the nozzle when the other pushed in the plunger, the skill of the former being employed ih directing the stream of water upon the fire. Such primitive contrivances are said to have been used during the great fire of 1606. Dangerous If Neglected. Burns, cuts and other wounds often fail to heal properly if neglected and be­ come' troublesome sores. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve prevents such conse­ quences. Even where del-iy has aggra­ vated the injury DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve effects a cure. ' 'I had a running sore on Ay leg thirty years," says H. C. Hartly, Yankeetown, Ind. "After using many remedies, I tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes healed the sore." Cures all skin diseases. Piles yield to it at once. Beware of counter­ feits. Julia A. Story, McHenry; G. W. Besley, West McHenry. Extension of the Line to Weston, Wis. The Chicago & North-Western R'y Co. announces the opening to travel, May 1st, of the branch from Elmwood to Weston, Wis., on the C. St. P. M. & O. R'y, a distance of about nine miles. This branch now runs from Emerald to Weston, crossing the main Chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis line at Woodville. The North-Western System now com­ prises 8842 miles of the finest railway in the United States. C No Loss of Tin**, I have sold Chamberlain's Colic, Chol­ era and Diarrhoea Remedy for years, and would rather be out of coffee and sugar than it. I sold five bottles of it. sold five bottles of it yesterday to threshers that could go no farther, and they are at work again this morning. -- H. R. Phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma. As will be seen by the above the threshers were able to keep on with their work without losing a single day's time. You should keep a bottle of this Remedy in your home. For sale by all district. Settlers' Low Rates West. Via the North-Western Line. Colonial one-way tickets at very low rates every day during March and April to Colora­ do, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Washingtdn, California, Vic­ toria, Vancouver, New Westminster, Nelson, Rossland and other points in Kootenay District. Also special round- trip Homeseekers tickets on first and third Tuesdays in March, April and May. For full particulars apply to agents Chicago & North-Weetern R'y. Stand Like a Stone Wall Between your children and the tor­ tures of itching and burning eczema, scaldhead or other skin diseases. How? why, by using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, earth's greatest healer. Quickest cure for Ulcers, Fever Sores, Salt Rheum, Cuts, Burns or Bruisee. In­ fallible for Piles. 2fcat Julia A. Story '* drug store. Very Low Excursion Rates to * Barrlsburc, Pa., Via the North-Western Line. Exclu­ sion tickets will be sold May 14 to 1st, inclusive (but not arriving Chicago be fore May 15, nor later than May 20), with final return limit by extension until June 80, inclusive, account G<t man Baptist Brethren Conference. Ap­ ply to agents Chicago & North-Went lernB'y. Fielding and "Tom Jones." Notwithstanding the good prices be received for his books, Fielding was always more or less in difficulties from his reckless mode of living. "Tom Jones," however, was nearly being sac­ rificed in one of bis Impecunious fits for the sum of £25. The publisher for­ tunately asked for a day to consider if he could risk such a sum, and Fielding In the 'meantime uiet Thomson, the poet, to whom he told the transaction. Thomson scorned the idea of Fielding parting with his brains for such a sum and offered to get him better terms, but Fielding felt himself partly pledg­ ed. Never did author wait more anx­ iously on a publisher hoping to be ac­ cepted than did Fielding hoping to be refused. He was refused! Joyfully he carried his manuscript to Thomson to fulfill his promise. The poet introduced Fielding to Andrew Miller, who handed the book over to his wife to read. She discerned its merits and advised her husband to keep it Over a pleasant dinner given by Miller to Fielding and Thomson the bargain was made which secured Fielding, to his great delight, £200 for the story. Miller is said to have clear­ ed £18,000 by "Tom Jones," out of which he paid Fielding from time to time various sums to the amount of £2,000, bequeathing him also a hand­ some legacy. The Most Common AlliQeDt. More people suffer from rheumatism than fi om any other ailment. This is wholly unnecessary too, for a cure may he effected at a very small cost. G. W. Wescott, of Meadowdale, N. Y., says: "I have been afflicted with rheumatism for some time and it has caused me much suffering. I concluded to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm and am pleased to say that it has cured me." For sale by all druggists. Very Low Rates to San Francisco and Return, Via the North-Western Line. Tickets will be sold May 27 to June 8, inclusive, limited to return within sixty (60) days, on account Imperial Council, Nobles of Mystic Shrine. Through Drawing Room and Observation Private Compartment Sleeping Cars and Tourist Sleeping Cars daily. Personally conducted t wice a week. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. 45-4t Whooping Cough. A woman who has had experience with this disease, tells how to prevent any dangerous consequences from it. She says: Our three children took whooping cough last summer, our baby boy being only three months old, and owing to our giving them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, they lost none of their plumpness and came out in much better health than other children whose parents did not use this remedy. Our oldest little girl would call lustily for cough syrup between whoops.--Jessie Pinkey Hall, Springville, Ala. This remedy is for sale by all druggists. Half Rates to G. A. R. Encampment at Rock Island, 111., Via the North-Western Line. Excur­ sion tickets will be sold at one 'fare for round trip May 19, 20 and 21 (also on May 22 from stations in Illinois within 100-mile radius), limited to return un­ til May 26, inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. 45-2t Have sold the Alston Paint for the past 17 years. What better recommend? G. W. Besley. O Bean the Signature of S T O R I A . r The Kind You Have Always Bought Pimples. A great many persons are troubled, with pimples on the face, which are un­ sightly at best, and especially annoying when they come, as they often do, on the nose. Of course they arise from some impurity of the blood and need constitutional treatment, but until this is obtained a safe and easy way of pre­ venting them is to" apply arnica to the skin. A pimple never comes without warning. A few hours before there is always a slight inflammation or swell­ ing, and if a drop of arnica be applied to the spot when the swelling begins half a dozen applications'in the course of a day will drive the pimple back, un­ der the skin. Uke a Drowning; Man. "Five years ago a disease the doctors called dyspepsia took such hold on me that I could scarcely go," writes Geo. S. Marsh, well-known attorney of Nocona, Tex. "I took quantities of pepsin and other, medicines but nothing helped me. As a drowning man grabs at a straw I grabbed at Kodol. I felt an improve­ ment at once and and after a few bottles am sound and well." Kodolis the only preparation which exactly reproduces the natural digestive juices and conse­ quently is the only one which digests any good food and cures any form of stomach trouble. Julia A. Story, Mc­ Henry; G. W. Besley. West McHenry. 4P------ Very Low Excursion Rates to Denver, Colo., Via the North-Western Line. Excur­ sion tickets will be sold June 22, 23 and 24, with final return limit until Oct. 81, inclusive, account International S. S. Convention. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. 4S-7t Are you thinking of painting? Re­ member the old reliable Alston Paint. G. W. Besley. O Basra the Signature of T O n i A . i The Kind You Have Always Bought A SAir SPRING TONICS \ Run Down It la to.be expected. There are few systems that do not require some tonic In the Spring. Better take something. It will be a brace for the Summer. Our Barsaparllla Is a good Spring Medicine to tuke. one that will put new life Into sluggish blood and drive out that tired feeling. fiOc a bottle. , N. H. PETESCH, Justen Block. - McHenry, 111. embroidery Bargains We have just received the finestTand largest line of Era- broidery ever shown in McHenry at prices that can not be duplicated anywhere, just look at these quotations: | Embroidery worth 8c per yd @ 2$c i «« « I2\c " @ 6$c ! «« «• 20c " " @ Large, new line of Lawns just received at the very lowest prices. Some very pretty patterns. Wrappers! ! Wrappers worth $1.75 are going @ 98c Men's Suits, worth $12.00 for..: $8.50 ! Window Shades @ ^| 23c Children's Hose, per pair. ... 3c THE SAVINGS BANK West McHenry. J. HURWITZ, Prop. MMMMNMNMMMMMNMHMMMMMNMMMiM ta.b-.fctevV.