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^-...r -*"y-„-"«"*'" •£,'"" '*7*"*"'••'*} '*V.;/'"^'&V,Y?- •-•', •'•• "^Y-:^t-r. ' '"Vv.-L-v •'•• %*.'•. a*...:?. '•>.:.Vv.' msm .i-r.-W >: ' vt,;- Cover 8 Johnsburgh, Ring wood, Solon, - - Barreville, Ostend, !/r^ Spring Grove, Terra I \ *•> Cotta and Wauconda V •4mr VOLUME XXVIII. SSte3S? .v _*:• ;' f TJg * A < ' V~ ^ ^ trc 11 tic •).'V".'! .1' ' in • U*I•»! ui*mjut 1 '" " *M" •»• \»i i 1 I{•?']..; |; ifcii J 1I;| y - wrf/irn»>;i>i;",. R • ^ G » . . ' I I L > . I ^ » U , . ^ < » • - • " T -- . . . . , + - , - A - . . • > * . . ~ . • • ;Msi» (*. V.J» .'V# &MW. • I Covert Volo, Ridgt~ , 5 V /leid, Greenwood, Fd0;^\0 Lake, Dighton, Pit* ̂ taqua Bay and tribu- ,f-v t o r y r v r a i d f a t r i n U , f ?%! McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEnBER n, 190a. NUMBER if ^ DIRECTORY DAVID G. WELLS, M. D. AND _ . - 16 Green streets, Mclienry. PHY8ICIAN, SURGEON Office and residence corner OCULIST Elin and 0. H. FEGERS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. McHenry. *- 111. Office at Residence, corner Court and Elm streets. Telephone 333. KNIGHT & BKOWN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 100 Washington «• street, Chicago, 111. O. P. BARNES. - 'Jl TTORNEY, solicitor, and Counselor. **• lections a specialty. n»m»m snit Cot alty. Damage Suits; etc Office at Woodstock, 111. D. T. SMILEY, ATTORNEY, Counselor, Solicitor,and No- " tary Public. Will give prompt and Im mediate attention to all Uusinessintrusted to his care. Office in Hoy's Block. Woodstock, H Tnc NKW DENTIST ON THE WEST SIM DR. R. G CHAMBERLIN Office over Hours from Besley's Drug Store. 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m CONWAY & RAINEY RINGWOOD, ILL. qte*in Fittings, Wind Mills, Steel and Wood Tanks, Farm Machinery. WELL WORK A SPECIALTY. Jails from out of town promptly attended to. A. C. SPURLING, ' Veterinary Surgeon and Qentist. West McHenry, Office »t residence first uu_ _j „ door went of Methodlut church Illinois Geo. Meyers General Teaming of all kinds. Excavating and Grading. TcHENRY ----- ILLINOIS. Telephone, Market 451, LAHBERT Q. SENG BUFFET Headquarters for McHenry and McHenry • county visitors. John Scharres, SB fifth Ave.. Chicago. Bar Tender. REAL ESTATE Farms, Houses, Lots, Etc., sold and rented on lowest commission. Also North and South Dakota farms located in Red River Valley for sale. For terms, prices, etc., apply to C. R. THURLWELL, Over Chapell's Store. McHenry, 111. H. c. MEAD; Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent, including Accident and Life Insurance. Agent for Continental Casualty Co. Insure with home agents, smootli-tonghe strangers sometimes lead people astray. WEST MCHENRY, - - Iix. C. R. THURLWELL Attorney, Counselor and Solicitor, Col­ lections, Real Estate, Etc. Office over Chapell's store. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. F. C. ROSS, D. D. 5. McHenry Illinois Over Peteseh's I)rug Store, next to Bank. SOCIETIES. MASONIC. MCHENRY LODGE, No. 156, A. F.and A. M.-- Regular Communication^ the second and fourth Mondays in each month. 8. S. CHAPELL, W. M. JOHN EVANSON. secy. W. C. O. F. 8t. Patrick's Court, No. 187, W. C. O. F., meet the First Saturday and Third Wednesday evenings of each month, at Forester Hall. MRS. MARY COBB, Chief Ranger. MRS. KATH.«VN ADAMS, Secretary. M. W. A. Regular Meetings every Second and Fourth Wednesday evenings of each month, at their Hall, over Evanson's store. W. P. STEVENS, Consul. H. 0. MEAD. Clerk. C. O. F. each Meet First and Third Sundays of month in Forester Hall. ANTON ENOEI.IT, Chief Banger. JOHN NEISS, Recording Secretary. Loo 18 OKRTEU Financial Secretary. JOHN J. BARBIAN, Treasurer. Trustees- John Heimer, Anton Engeln. Ben Lauer. C. O. F. St. Patrick Court No. 746, C. O. F. Meetings held the Second and Fourth Monday evenings of each month In Forester Hall. John Fleming, O. R. Walter Bolger, R. S. Chicago & North-Western. Effective June 15, 1902 WEEK DAY TRAINS. NORTHBOUND <$SS& ' NORTHBOUND McHenry. 7.86 ata Via Elgin 11.34 am 8.45 am Via Des l'laines 10.10 a m 3.30pm,.......Via I>es l'laines 4.40 p m 4.00 p m. 5.01 p m. -..Via Elgin ....Via Des Pfalnes.. SUNDAY TRAIN8. 8:00 am .Via l>cs IMatnes.. .6.54 p m ..&54 p m ..0:37 a m .11.14 a m . 11.14 a m . 5.00 pm 8.45am Via Elgin.. 9.10a m Via I>es l'laines... MS p m Via Elgin WEEK DAY TRAINS. SATURDAY ONLY. Via Elgin 3:00 p m SOUTHBOUND. Ch"igO. Via Elgin 10.10 a m ... Via 1 >es IM aines aines ...Via Elgin 5,45 p m ....Via Des l'laines ~ .0.50 a TO .5,45 p m .7:46 p m 1:90 p m. .. Leave McHenry. 7.32 am-- 8.33 am 3.00 p m. •:03 p m. MONDAY ONLY. 7:1*am Via Des l'laines.. :...t8:asam SUNDAY TRAINS. 7.8£am Via Elgin 10.30 am 7:08 p m Via l>es l'laines 8:&> p m 7:42 pm Via Elgin 10:30 pm Passengers taking 7:32 train from stations north of Crystal Lake can change at Crystal Lake and arrive In Chicago attf:26 a. m. INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS. Items Concerning Local Alhin Picked Up by the Way. -- N«w Ads This Week. M. J. Walsh--Clothing, Shoes. John J. Miller--Fall Announcement. J. Hurwitz--Fall Bargains. J. D. Lodtz--Made-to-order Clothing. Osinun Bros.--Stoves. Gilbert Bros.--Salmon. F. L. McOmber--Stoves. Elgin Batter Market. On the Elgin board of trade Monday the quotation committee reported the market firm at 20 cents. The sales of the week aggregated 615,000 ponnds. Geo. H. O 'Brien and Michael Umb- denstock, proprietors of the Mineral Springs hotel have dissolved partnership. Long & Wattles shipped a car load of cattle to Chicago Tuesday night. Mr, Wattles will ship a car of hogs tonight. A tar sidewalk will be constructed on the west side of River street from N. E. Barbian s corner to Geo. Rothermel's lots. Chas. Stephensotrfof Ringwood has traded his road hojfee, a well known animal, for "Lord Francis," a fine English Shire. The board of supervisors of McHenry county are holding the annual Septem­ ber meeting this week at the court house in Woodstock. D. G. Nellis is building a small shop on C. T. Eldredge's land on Wankegan street near the Park Hotel, whereip he will engage in blacksmithing. * Theo. Hurwitz, of Hammond, Ind., will enter into partnership with his brother, J. Hurwitz, in the mercantile business in this city, the latter gentle­ man finding it impossible to attend to the business alone. James A. Dufield, father of James A. Dufield, editor of the McHenry County Democrat, died at his home in Wood­ stock, Tuesday afternoon, aged 72 years. He had been a resident of McHenry oounty for sixty-three years. The Plaindealer ljas just received a fine line of domestic calenders for 1903 A solicitor will soon call on you and show the goods. We guarantee our prices to be lower than the lowest. Wait and see our samples before plac­ ing your order. Last week reveral farmers commenced cutting corn. For the next month the indispensable corn harvester and the man with a corn knife in his hana will rule this part of the state. All hobos not looking for work haa better steer clear of the farmers. W. C. Evanson is having city water put in at his store building. The mains have been tapped many times this sum mer. The more the water is used the better it will be. Everyone who can afford it should give the plumber and city tapper a job--all for the good of the city. The McHenry merchants are getting ready for fall and winter,, trade. Some are selling out their summer goods at bargain prices, making room for heavy goods. Read all the ads in the paper every week. Lend the advertisers your eyes and ears and profit thereby. It's the man that advertises that wants your trade Perhaps no quality is more character­ istic of the work of Booker T. Wash­ ington than the sanity of his point of view. His article "Problems in Educa­ tion" in the September Cosmopolitan deals not only with the work of Tuske- gee Institute but with the educational needs of the entire colored population of the United States. The race-problem is not one which can be left to settle itself, and every thinking man or wo man should read this valuable con- tri bution to a discussion whose import­ ance will increase rather than decrease in the years to come. BUILDING GLASS HOUSE. New Structure for Storage Bottles. of Broken A glass house is being bnilt at the Borden factory. This house will not be constructed of glass like the ones de­ scribed in fairy tales, but of common pine lumber, a place where broken bottles are stored. It is surprising the number of bottles that are broken at these factories in the course of a year, and it is still more marvelous that a greater number of employes are not laid up with slashed hands. As it is there is hardly a week passes that some one does not earry hie hand in a band­ age. Owing to the large number of bottlee that have to be washed daily the men have no time to pick up a bottle as gingerly as does the careful housewife, but they must be rushed through with great alacrity, regardless of loss by breakage, time being more valuable than bottles in a milk bottling factory. During the past year two and one-half car loads of bottles have been broken at the McHenry factory alone. The glass is shipped back to the bottle factory and melted over again. Two Girls Wanted. Two girls are wanted at The Plain- dealer office as compositors. Well ventilated, clean and pleasant room to work in. Anyone^ with a grammer school education «an learn to set type in short time. Inquire At once at this office. , Guy Colby is spending a few days with A. H. Bradley at Barryville, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. John Scherman haye closed their summer cottage at Inter­ national Village and returned to the city. 1 OF A PERSONAL NATURE. PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW. A Weekly Budget of Personal Matters Picked ITp Here and There by The Plaindealer Scribe. Jos. Blake was a Chicago visitor Fri­ day last. Scott Harrison, of Ringwood. called last Friday. Mrs. Phillips was in Chicago the first of the week. Mrs. John Walsh wafe a Chicago vis­ itor Monday. Will Groves was a recent Chicago and Elgin visitor. Miss Celia Frisby is spending a few weeks in Chicago. O. W. Owtn and wife were Chicago visitors last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Ralston were in Chicago this week. Mrs. John Bishop was a Chicago vis­ itor the first of the week. Miss Lizzie Buss, of Chicago, visited her parents here last week. Miss Rosina Reynolds is visiting friends in the city this week. Fred Wille, of Nunda, called on Mc­ Henry friends last Thursday. H. M. Jencen expects to move his family to Chicago next week. James Fitzsimmons, of Chicago, is visiting friends here this week. Mrs. H. M. Jensen and Miss Alice Frisby were in Chicago Tuesday. Miss Nan Kifiin, of Chicago, is visit­ ing her aunt, Mrs. John M. Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lodtz and son, Percy, were Chicago visitors Monday. Miss Kate Laughlin, of Springfield, Wis., is visiting home fo'.ks this week. Misses Emma and Lizzie Miller visited friends at German village on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. S. Covell returned from a two months' visit in the West last Fri­ day. Rev. Fr. Stacfcable returned this week after a several weeks' sojourn in the East. Ed. Long left Tuesday for Minnesota to purchase another car load of milk cows. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walters, of Wood­ stock, spent last Sunday at H. M. Jen­ sen's. Misses Mary, Annie and Katie Frennd visited Miss Anna Wegener at Volo Sunday. Math Weber and daughter, Mary, went to Chicago Saturday, returning Monday. Mrs. C. S. Thome, of Woodstock, was the guest of Mre. C. A. Gaerin last, Friday. Attorneys Frank Jackman and C. P. Barnes and wives, of Woodstock, were in town Monday. Mrs. Walker, of Lake Geneva, is here this week, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Cristy. Mike and John Thelen came out from Chicago last night to attend the funeral of their grandfather. Mr. and Mrs. J. Earle Wightmsfh, of Chenoa, were guests of Mrs. Wightman at the Bay this week. Lambert Q. Seng's family, of Chicago, has been spend spending the past two weeks at Stilling's hotel. * Mrs. Jas. Laughlin, of Lone Rock, Wis., has been visiting McHenry rela­ tives the past two weeks. Mrs. Adam Leitner and daughter, Mrs. Eothe, of Elgin, were guests of Mrs. Emil Schneider Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M. Jus ten spent the past week visiting friends at Libertyville, Waukegan and North Chicago. Ed. Cobb will leave tomorrow for a few days' trip and will arrive at Cincin­ nati on the 15th, where he attends col­ lege. Through error we stated that T. C. Bell and wife were entertained at G. W. Besley's last week. It should have read T. C. Ballard. C. D. Schoonmaker is entertaining his mother, Mrs. Florence Seaman, of Marengo, and grand-mother, Mrs. F. Webb, of Chicago. Mrs. Will H. Errick and M. Elizabeth Colwell, of Chicago, are registered at the Riverside this week. They are both enthusiastic hunters. Miss.Tillie Meyers, who has been act­ ing as a "hello" girl in the central office of the Chicago Telephone Company in Chicago, is at home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schueneman, of Waukegan* aceompanisd by Mr, and Mrs. Frank Becker, were calling on old friends here Monday and Tuesday. Chas. Lasch returned to Chicago yesterday, having closed up the cottage at the International Village. He will attend business college this winter. H. C. Mead was at the county seat Monday squaring up accounts with the agricultural society. He states that the society will pull out just about even this year. Sam Wells, who has been in Montreal, Canada, this summer visiting his par­ ents, is the guest of Dr. D. G. Wells. He will resume his studies in dentistry sometime in October. The Hoepe and Krans families of the International Village were called to Chicago last Saturday by the serious illness of Mr. Hoepe, word being re­ ceived that he was dying. Harold Cristy left on Monday for Champaign, 111., where he will attend the state university. Harold has not fully made up his mind what profession he follow up, but is thinking seriously of taking up mining engineering. FROM EUROPE. Jim Knight Tells of His Travels Germany and Switzerland. In Paris, Aug. 25, 1902. Mr. Schoonmaker. Dear Sir:-- Hearing from my grandfather that you had expressed a desire to hear some­ thing atou* my Enropean trip, I will try to give you a short account of our journey through Germany and Switzer­ land as they were the most interesting countries. The first German town of any consequence at which we stopped was Dusseldirf where they are having a rather large exposition, the exhibits being mostly from the great iron found­ ries and coal mines of Germany. The most interesting exhibition in my opin­ ion was the one by the Krupp gun com­ pany. We arrived in Dusseldirf the same day "as the Kaiser but didn't see him, and again at Mainz we were in the town at the same time but missed him by a piece of hard luck. However we saw the Grand Duke of Hesse and the king of Sweden. From Dusseldirf we went to Cologne where we saw the famous cathedral, and from there to Coblenz. At Coblenz we took a boat up the Rhine. It was a magnificent trip and about the best for scenery of any that we have taken. W e saw a great many castles and other places of historic interest. We got off the boat at Mainz and took the train for Basel. From Basel we went to Lucerne where we had our first sight of real Switzerland scenery. At Lucerne we went up on Mount Rigi and also rowing on Lake Lucerne. From Lucerne we went to Geneva by way of Interlaken and Laussane. At first we thought we would not stop at Interlaken but finally decided to and we were very glad of it afterwards as we went from Interlaken on top of Mount Eiger. one of the highest moun­ tains in Switzerland that can be reached by a railroad. On the way to the top we saw a snow avalanche. It was a great sight and looked a great deal like a huge cataract We all went over onto one of the glaciers where we had an experience that was rather peculiar. Harmon and Harry, the two other fellows in our bunch, and myself had'a snow fight on the 21st of August We also went through an ice cave nearly a quarter of a mile long. From Interlaken wf went on to Geneva and spent a day there. Al­ though Geneva is more celebrated than any other town in Switzerland, I think I like Lucerne the best of any that we saw. We took a pight train from Geneva down to Paris. It was our first exper­ ience with European night trains and we all decided it would be the last, for eight of us were pushed into an ordinary sized American car section for ten hours. It was something fierce. Next Thursday we leave for America on the Pottsdam. Although our trip has been a great one and we have had a good time, we will all be glad to get back to the United States, for, as one of the Americans whom we met here said: ' 'It takes a trip to Europe to make one of us a real American, "and I think that statement is pretty nearly correct I guess this is about all the experience which we had in Germany and Switzer­ land so I will stop as I have probably kept you busy long enough, and I am sincerely yours, JIM KNIGHT. HORACE 0. HEDGE DEAD PASSES AWAY AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL, CHICAGO. 8EINING CARP. Men . will be Kept Busy Forms on Lakes. Until lee Seining carp out of Fox Lake was started last week. Chas. W. Triggs, the Chicago fish dealer, has secured the contract from the state fiBh commis­ sioner. Mr. Triggs will use sein 40 feet long and 80 feet wide in thp center. It will have meshes two inches square, allow ing all the small fish to escape. The sein will be hauled by a force of eight or ten men. It will be dragged out by means of boats and hauled in by men at windlasses. It is expected that the work will keep the men busy until ice appears. The seining after Fox Lake, will take in the chain,, consisting of Pistakee, Nipper- sink, Grass, Marie and Channel, Long and Round lakes, which have water outlets into Fox Lake during stages of high water. The carp are threatening the extinc­ tion of the game fish in the Fox lake region by destroying their spawn and driving them from the lakes. Unlversallst Convention. The State Universalist Convention will be held in this city September 22, 28, 24 and 25. It is expected that many prominent and able speakers will be present to assist in the work. The Mc­ Henry parish was indeed fortunate in landing the convention. The program will probably reach us in time for pub­ lication next week. ---- « Did Not Grant License. Mention was made some time since that the village board of Genoa Junc­ tion had refused to grant a saloon license to Mr. Sund, arguing that two saloons were enough for the town. The citizens came to Mr. Sund's aid and over two-thirds of the voters signed a petition requesting the board to grant the license. The petition wps read, but BO action was taken. Was a Man of Excellent Journalistic Abilities--Fine Musician-- A Mason Near­ ly Fifty Years. Horace Olynthus Hedge was born in Midd'etown, Conn., June 2, 1829, and died in Chicago, Friday, September 5, 1902, at 9:30 a in., at the Baptist hospital with heart trouble. Soon after the birth of Horace the family moved to Vermont, settling in Brattleboro, and in the schools of that city the subject of this sketch fitted himself for college. Entering Trinity college at Hartford, Conn., hs pursue the regular course and graduated with honors. He was educated for the minis­ try, but preferring a mercantile life he went to the city of New York where he found employment as book-keeper. He spent a year or more in Mexico, during which time he became an &dept in the Spanish language. At the breaking out of the civil war Mr. Hedge received a commission from President Lincoln in the secret seryice of the United States. He was special war correspondent for the New York Tribune, Times, Sun and Herald. At the close of the war he came to Chicago and took charge of the organ depart­ ment of Lyon & Healey. In 1888 Mr. Hedge went to Chenoa and purchased the Gazette and Job Printing establishment. In April, 1889, his office was destroyed by fire, and he lost everything. Nothing daunted, he went to Chicago, purchased new ma­ terial and issued the Gazette on its regular publication day. In 1891 he assigned to his son an interest in the paper, and it was published by Hedge & Son. This relation continued but about one year, the son, Joseph, dying Friday, September 9, 1892. It is a sin­ gular coincidence that Mr. Hedge passed away just ten years after the death of his son. Both deaths occurring on Fri­ day, one September 9 at 9 o'clock and the other September 5 at 9.80 o'clock. He was a good latin scholar and a fine musician, as well as an exoellent journalist and poet. Under the nom de plume of "Olynthus" and "H. O.H." he has contributed some poems of rare merit. He has also written some songs and music which have had wide sale. Mr. Hedge has been an extensive traveler and had a large acquaintance among eminent men, especially authors, musicians and statesmen. He was at one time quite wealthy, but had been unfortunate, losing heavily in the early days of the oil development in Penn­ sylvania and in the great Chicago fire. On the 18th of March, 1899, Mr. Hedge suffered another great loss, by the destruction of his office by fire, the entire contents being burned, inoluding books and accounts, together with his subscription lists. As in the first in­ stance of the loss of his office, he lost no time in procnring^another outfit. About tWo years ago he came to Mc­ Henry, being in poor health most of the time while here. His three daughters by his first mar­ riage, Mrs. M. A. Howell, of McHenry; Mrs. A. S. Webb and Mrs. F. W. Sam mons, of Chicago, were with him during his last jllnees. His second wife and daughter, Grace, are living in Minnea­ polis. The funeral was held at the Univers­ alist church Saturday afternoon, Rev F. W. Miller officiating. The services at the grave were taken in charge by the Masons. Mr. Hedge was made a Mason at Patterson, N. J., in the early 50's, and has always been an enthusiastic member. THE LAND BEYOND. Far over some mist-hidden river, And under a wonderful sky, Where the rain never darkens the sunshine. And our loves ne'er grow weary or die; Where the flowers never fade, but in changing Their magical sweetness renew, Lies a gloriiied realm of enchantment. The land where our dreams all come true. By mystical symbols and tokens We learned of that beautiful land; But. alas! on the threshold of manhood. The frail clew slipt out of our hand, And the wild river .ripples between us, And the white gates are hidden from view; And only in sleep we remember The land where our dreams all come true. We shall find the loved treasures we seek for Revealed In that wonderful sphere; The aims and the dreams of the by-gone, All the good that eluded us here; The Inuocent faith of our childhood. The one only friendship we knew, Arrayedjn our vanished Illusions, In the land where our dreams all oome true. We know, in dearest fulfillment, Our fond hopes are gathered at home; The jewels we niorun are here hoarded Where the moth and the rust cannot come; But oft, when the sunset is fairest We see, through a rift in the blue, A far-away glimpse of the glories Of that land where our dreams all come true. There are garnered the prayers of our mothers And the lullaby songs that they sung; There they mourn in the midst with white garments, And with faces immortally young, And out of the mist of the river Their sweet voices will give us the clew, That leads, through the valley of shadow, ; To the land where our dreams all come true.: HENRY THELEN. Died at His Home In Johngbarfta Tnm- day Morning. Henry Thelen died at his home in Johnsburgh Tuesday morning, Sept. 9, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. Last Sunday evening he fell down the cellar stairs at his home and hurt himself severely. Although he battled bravely with the grim reaper and received the best of care that lov­ ing friends could bestow, the weight of years on his shoulders counted against their efforts. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thelen came to America in 1842,- locating on a farm near Johnsburgh. The latter died about five years ago at a ripe old age. There were several children born to them, all but two dying in infancy, The only one living now is Peter Thelen of this city. Mr. Thelen was one of the few hardy frontiersmen who braved the ocean voyage, fought their Way to the state of Illinois and became instrumental in making this state the greatest agricul­ tural center in the world. 'The funeral was held this morning at nine o'clock at St. John church, Johnsburgh, Rev. Fr. Mehring officiat­ ing, being attended by a large ooncourse of friends and relatives. Resolutions of Rcspect. At a regular meeting of McHenry Lodge, No. 158, held on Monday even­ ing, September 8, 1902, the following preamble and resolutions were unani­ mously adopted: WHEREAS, it has pleased the All- wise Dispenser of events to call from the scenes and duties of earth, our worthy and esteemed brother, Horace O. Hedge, whose mortal remains were borne to their last sad resting place on Saturday, September 6, 1902. WHEREAS, the sudden call from life unto death forcibly reminds us that the great Human Leveler is busy, and thereby admonishes us to have our lamps trimmed and burning, therefore be it Resolyed, that in the death of Horace O. Hedge, our Order has sustained the loss ot a faithful member, society has been deprived of an industrious and useful citizen, and a bereaved family have been called upon to mourn the departure of a devoted husband and father. Resolyed, that we deeply sympathize with his family and tender to them our heartfelt condolence in their great and irreparable loss. Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon the records of our Lodge, a copy transmitted to the family of the deceased, and that the same be pub­ lished in the McHenry Plaindealer. JOHN EVANSON, i C. R. THURLWELL, [-Committee. W. F. GALLAHER, ) Alfalfa. An exchange says that alfalfa oan be g-own profinably in Illinois, despite the experience of many farmers to the con­ trary, has been proved by the University of Illinois' agricultural experiment sta­ tion after exhaustim research extend­ ing over a period djBveral yeark The real secret has beelpKmnd in the bac­ teria whioh live upon the roots of the alfalfa and draw nitrogen from the atmosphere upon which the plant thrives. That alfalfa can be grown successfully in Illinois has been practically demon­ strated in this vicinity as well as at the experiment station. Smith Brothers, near Ringwood, planted a small piece this spring, have reaped two crops and will get a third crop. They say it pays and when two such successful farmers pass an opinion there is certainly some­ thing in it. Lake County Democrats. The Democrats of Lake county last Thursday at Libertyville selected a full county ticket and also instructed the same delegates who went to the last Senatorial Convention to again vote for McDermott at the coming senatorial convention. The convention met in the town hall at 10 o'clock with chairman D. A. Grady presiding. It took but a short time to place the following ticket in the field: For Judge--J. C. James, Antioch. For Clerk--Albert Saner, Vernon. For Treasurer--Henry Seip, Lake Zurich. For Sheriff--John Shean, Highland Park. For Supt of Schools-- George T. Rogers, Waukegan. EXCHANGE GLEANINGS. HAPPENING8 IN M'HENRY AMiH ADJACENT COUNTIE8. it •c SivV W;. v.-; ;# :-y&- •M.. A Miscellaneous Assortment mt Items In Condensed Forna For rpBin. lence of Bnsy People. The state auditor recently ^ permit to organize the Merchants' anl Farmers'bank at Grayslake to P. A. Robinson, W. M. Emmons, E. B.Nevill# and P. B. Fischer. Capital, $25,000. Charles J. Janes, aged, 69 years, ooff of the early settlers of McHenry countjf ,, shot himself through the head at Elgiji Saturday. Heavy losses to his bani and crops by wind and rain prompted the deed. Algonquin Citizen: The foiu; salooft ' keepers who were fined for keeping . open on Sunday and selling liquor coifc*; trary to the ordinances of the village of? Algonqnin, have appealed their owe tft.... the county court at Woodstock. V Nunda Herald: J. F. Wisner at Of'"" Rockford secured the contract from thft ,• village of Crystal Lake for laying tha new concrete walk in that village. Tha award was made at a regular meeting of the board held Tuesday evening. There were several bids. Wisner's bi(l was <H cents per square foot He be» gins work next it eek. Wood county, Wisconsin, is going drain and make good farming land ou| of about 450,000 acres of old cranberry swamp. Once the cranberries were ari^- valuable as any crops that could "Mi- raised, but now the swamps are mostljr too dry for cranberries, bnt too wet fof general agriculture. The decision t*c spend a large amount of money in dramm­ ing these swamps furnishes another evi» dence of the growing scarcity of nn* occupied farming lands in the west. The meeting of Illinois Woodmen iat, | session at Peoria last Thursday was a most enthusiastic and harmonious one,, '• j The meeting was for organization of^'is/:!' the state forces of Woodcraft in opposi* • tion to the proposed readjustment oi 4,: assessment rates, and such organisation. was effected with C. T. Heydecker, of - iy®! Waukegan, at its head as President, ^ This means a great feater for er in his candidacy for the office ol Head Consul. ,4 ^ Nunda Herald: John' I. Starr* family moved to McHenry the first ot t ' ; the week, Mr.- Story's lease of the Rich^^'i^: mond House expiring Sept. 1. For th# " year that Mr. Story was a resident of N u n d a a n d m a n a g e r o f t h e R i c h m o n c l ^ > House he enjoyed a good hotel patron* \J ^ age, and put the House on a high standr ard as a first-class hotel, this being dud to his popularity with the traveling^ public and genial disposition, as well as to his ability as a hotel man. Ho and his family gained the respect and . confidence of our people, who very ; ^ much regret their departure. In bnai*^, ness and social life they occupied at warm place in the hearts of their numerous friends. Mr. Story and-, family will make their home at McHen- ry, for the present at least, but he hast" not decided as to what business he will i follow. Editor C. F. Hodge of the Assttmp^ tion (111.) Independent is up against an injunction--one of the real kind1. Some months ago Bro. Hodge begun the pub­ lication of the Bible as a serial in hia paper, produoing a chapter more or less each issue. A Christian gentleman* went into the federal court and sworet out an injunction on the grounds that., v J. portions of the Scripture were unfit for \ ̂ 4 . publication and under the postal laws * , could not be admitted for transmission . '" '^3 through the mails. The injunction ' granted and the case will be argued, •'WM I Mi- School Motes. Onr board of education is ever watch­ ful for those things that help us in our work. This is evident from the appear­ ance of our new maps. Floyd Mudget, John Larsen and Eva Miller are new pupils enrolled in the fourth room this week. We are sorry to learn that the Stoffel girls are about to leave our school. A tennis court has been laid out on the west side of the school building. A pleasant and exhilarating game, one in which the older pupils will take much interest. It is also desired that one of the rooms in the basement be fitted up ' est of Miss Mae w eicn was It is a delicate point of law and the de­ cision of the court will be awaited with; interest. Bro. Hodge contends that if the Bible is the inspired word of God, and he has been brought up to believe it is, then not a line of it is unfit to be republished in a newspaper and read in the home. He is correct in his view of "^v*^ the question and if deprived of the use ' ;j.t& of the mails the American Bible society, * publishers, will have to suffer the same, . t r e a t m e n t " 1 i J j Hampshire Register: On aocount ef too much cold and wet weather earlier in the season, the yield of cucumber pickles has not been large enough to * supply the demand. Factories are bid- • , 1 d i n g u p p r i c e s a n d g r o w e r s a r e r e a p i n g • 80, weeping we lay down our idols, And bury our loves out of sight, Mrs. S. Yuths of Mattoon is visiting Though we know, in oar hearts we shall flndlth her gister, Mrs. Geo. Walmsley. siTdW I.th.mansion*olllrtt, °l«»n And the tears that fall on their ashes, te first of the week with MlSS U. lire- And blossom in pansy and rut;, .er Miss Alice Sutton o' r lgin spent Sun- Mr. Over there will be lilies Immortal, In the land where our dreams all come true.J OLTNTHOS. »y at the home of her parents, Willie Voeltz left last week for Fort1"1 Mra- R- J- Sutton. Wayne, ind., where he will attend Mrs- Frank Effenger of Colorado vis Concordia College, M the benefit. Up to three weeks ago the , vines yielded but few cucumbers and both growers and factory owners wen becoming discouraged. It was then that pickle factory men began making a Ind for more cucumbers. The contract price was 60 cents for vat-run encum­ bers. The factory at Union started the raise about ten days ago by offering 65 cents. This was promptly met by the Squire Dingee company of this plaoe* which prevented the Union factory from getting the desired increase, so ' the latter factory again put np the price ' by offering 75 cents <1 busheL The Hampshire factory also raised the price to 75 cents, where it remains at this Hj writing, but there id a possibility of th» 2 ^Atniv aftl l TKo WAAfkAM ve, price going still higher. The weather cof the past three weeks has been very favorable for cucumbers and more haye ,J already been received at the factory f 1 here than during the sntix* asaaoa lw* te» Avoid serious results of kidney or Bj bladder disorder by taking Foley's Kid* jneyOnxa. ^ " •Al