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THE PLAINDBALER, M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 25,'L902 " V !3pi'Ws»" f " • • A FEW gS8S888S88aSS3SS85S3S8S8S8S8S888gS88S8SB£SSS8Sg88 ̂ ^ ' Bjsr:'---.. ^ . - _ '"1 KS n r W* y0^ 1m. Ti ^ W W^X, if *S W A fJS I ' u m m " ' : M m m I m . I m I I m l ^ 1 • • f i t ! I - -;'-i"5' • m. .B ™ • I ™ • ™ • WW The completeness of our stock Fall and Winter Merchandise, embracing a large variety of fashions latest creations in all lines, now offered at moderate prices, affords a remarkable opportunity for practical economy. It is our earnest desire and purpose to conduct this business so that every customer shall be satisfied with every purchase, and shall become a regular patron of this store. If well assorted stocks, if careful management, if cautious selection of goods, if a sincere endeavor to please in every transaction, and if assurance and proof that the prices are the lowest--if these and many other important factors are considered, we shall feel certain of your continued patronage and constant good will. mm 8 if S3 IF YOU ARE IN WANT OF ANYTHING IN THE LINE OF DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES \ RUBBERS It will be to your interest to call and get our prices, as they will always be the lowest, and consistent with the quality of goods. We do not handle the mail order quality. - - - - - - - - - - <• . . . . . MEN'S HATS at your own price. We carry a good sensible line of Shoes for Men, Women and Children. We understand the Shoe business and buy accord­ ing to our knowledge. - FJ. Successor to Simon Stoffel WEST MCHENRY, mm TELEPHONE NO. 291. WE ARE OFFERING PER ([IT. DMIT ON ALL Men's Pants and Ladies' Wrappers! Kle take your order for Clothing and Guarantee a Perfect Fit. Carge Cine of new FaiS and wiiirer Samples to select from, lowest price. »ilfi y*i*i A A i «•« «•« *^1 A »*i*« »*ts «*i% « r w lX4 VL' lJ»' lli IAJ 1*1 1*1 11J w If i 1*1 1*1 1*1 I* J 111 111 1*1 If J 1*1 1*1 111 1 FVANSON'S j store hints: We Are Ready! Are You? At no time in the Store's History has such complete­ ness of all sorts been presented for your inspection. The Dress Goods section has been enlarged, better and more stylish goods have been added in popular shades and prices, but you must see them to judge their excellence. The staple and dainty shades in Tennis Flannels for fall wear, heavy and medium weights. Top Skirts, $2.50 and up. Underwear at special bargains, 25c for heavy fall weights. The heavy Fleeced Underwear we offer this fall for all ages should engage your immediate attention. More than 50 dozen fall styles of Shoes to select from. The Grocery Stock is very complete. A new car Pills- burys Best Flour just in. We bid you welcome. W. C. EVANSON. ; "t1 $ $ tl't1 'I1 'I1 't1 'I1 $' «|« «|«^*|« t|< »t» ifr «$<i imiiHinimmnnMifinminiMMmnni It is with condiderable pride that we call your attention to the line of STOVES we have on our floor for the coming season. Railroad Time Tables. The genius to arrange a railroad tim« card, or time table, so that It may be readily, easily and accurately under­ stood by the occasional traveler is not yet born. Perhaps he will have to be made. But no matter how much the patrons of a road may be mystified "Washington's Birthday. Washington's birthday was made a 'legal holiday by vote of the Massachu- i setts legislature April 15, 1850; there- j fore Feb. 22, 1857, was first a legal | holiday. For many years previous j Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis held a recep- ^ A : tion at her home on Feb. 22, to which the management takes particular pains | all the people of the city of Bogton j were invited. Her bouse was open to to supply a special card "for the gov­ ernment and information of employees only." This table is so simple that a child can understand it. The second page usually contains a table showing the rate of speed required per mile for a train to travel a given number of miles in an hour. It starts at fifteen miles an hour, which is four minutes to the mile, and goes as high as 100 miles an hour, or a mile in thirty-six seconds, and shows 200 subdivisions. This card gives locations of regular water stations, yard limits, situations of standard clocks, maximum speed of freight trains between different towns, what days are holidays, speeds at which trains may cross bridges at the public on that day, and before and after the day became a legal holiday all the military companies of Boston would parade past her house on the 22d. Probably the first occasion of Washington's birthday being recog­ nized was Feb. 12, 1781. That was by the French troops at Newport, It. I. As the 11th fell on Sunday, the celebra­ tion was held on the 12tli. This was according to the old style of reckoning. Cheeking: a Hemorrhagre. Even a very slight hemorrhage Is al­ ways startling, but it does not neces­ sarily mean anything dangerous. It may be caused by a slight disarrange- various hours and a list of all stations?ment of the stomach as well as by a and trains. It is likely, of course, that were similar cards furnished to the traveling public there would be no abatement of fool questions. Besides, it is not to the interest of a railroad company to take the public too entire­ ly into Its confidence.--New York Press. They represent the best manufacturers in the world-- THE PENINSULAR, THE JEWEL, THE ACORN, THE RIVERSIDE, THE ELMHERST and THE QUICK MEAL. Although Stoves have advanced in price considerably in the last year we are in a position to sell for last year's prices in some cases, tod for less money in many cases. We will take your old Stoves in trade, allow you their value. We make it a part of our business to repair, clean and set up Stoves and can do yours for you on short notice. We have some bargains in second hand Heaters for all kinds of fuel. Come and see them. P. L. W E S T I Y CO M B E R . I D E H A R D W A R E . Who Executed Charles I.T In the burial register of Whitechapel under the year 1049 is the following entry: "June 21st. Richard Brandon, a man out of Rosemary lane. This Brandon is held to be the man who beheaded Charles the First." A less distinguished candidate for the infamy was one William Howlett, actually condemned to death after the restoration for a part he never played and only saved from the gallows by the urgent efforts of a few citizens who swore that Brandon did the deed. Brandon Was not available for retribu­ tion. He had died in his bed six months after Charles was beheaded and had been hurried ignomlniously into his grave In Whitgchapel church­ yard. As public executioner of London he could hardly escape his destiny, but It is said that remorse and horror shortened his days. In his supposed "Confession," a tract widely circulated at the time, he claims that he was "fetched out of bed by a troop of horse" and carried against his will to the scaffold; also that he was paid £30, all in half crowns, for the work and had "an orange stuck full of cloves and a handkerchief out of the king's pocket." The orange he sold for 10 shillings In Rosemary lane.--Harper 's Magazine. disease of the lungs or heart. No one but an experienced physician should decide this question, however. Let the patient lie quietly and give him cold drinks until a physician comes. A lit­ tle salted water is a simple, familiar household remedy for such cases. Quiet and rest are positively essential If the cause is a serious one. Turkish Cemeteries. Upon the graves of the dead In the Turkish cemeteries little vessels of water are placed for the benefit of the birds, and some of the marble tombs have basins chiseled out for the same purpose, the superstition being that birds carry messages about the living to the dead and, like everybody else lq Turkey, are suspected of being spiteful unless something is done to curry their favor. A Parson's Noble Act. "I want all the world to know," writes Rev. C. J. Budlong, of Ashaway, R. I., ?'what a thoroughly good and re­ liable medicine I found in Electric Bit­ ters. They cared me of jaundice and liver troublee that had caused me great suffering for many vears. For a gen­ uine, all-aronnd cur® they excel any­ thing I ever saw." Electric Bitter# are the surprise of all in their wonderful work in Liver, Kidney and Stomach troubles. Don't fail to try them. Only r»0 eta. Satisfaction guaranteed by Jul- •MMMNNMMMMMiii* A. Stoij. Period of Deepest Sleep. The period of deepest sleep varies from 3 o'clock to 5. An hour or two after going to bed you sleep very soundly; then your slumber grows gradually lighter, and it is easy enough to waken you at 1 or 2 o'clock, but when 4 o'clock comes you are in such a state of somnolence that It would take a great deal to waken you. V*«th. Truth is always consistent with It­ self and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at band, sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out be­ fore we are aware. A lie is trouble­ some and sets a man's Invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a (reat many more to make it good. lie Left Them. On the afternoon of Winslow's de­ parture for Denver he was paying his bill, when he called Willie, hanging fascinatingly near. "I want you," he said slowly, glaring into the boys eyes, "to go upstairs and see if I left my toothbrush and comb In my room. Toothbrush and comb, topth- brush, toothbrush, toothbrush! Don't forget what I want, boy, and hurry, too. Got to get my train." "N-no, sir-r; y-yes, sir," chattered Willie. Winslow hung about Impatiently, watching the clock like a hawk. Only two minutes to spare. Just as he caught up his bag to depart Willie came on a dead run across the floor, his i'ace aglow with the sense of a lofty mission well performed. "Yes, sir," he cried eagerly, "you left 'em!" Winslow gazed at his empty handed emissary. His lips moved, but no words came forth. Then, with an inarticulate snarl, he stepped into the waiting car­ riage.--Kansas City Journal. V.v. A Stay at Home Traveler. 8tranger--What wonderful tales old Blinks relates! He must have been a great traveler in his day. Native--He was never outside the county In his life; but,' you see, his mind has wandered for years.--Ex­ change. Oae of Her Brothers. "Don't you know me? I'm your long lost brother." "How do you suppose I can remem­ ber all the men I've promised to be a stgUr4or<-fior York Herald. Fish Blowlnar Bait Up the Line, How on earth or in the water fish contrive to blow large baits three or four yards up the line has yet to be explained. It is a common thing to find large slabs of pilchard bait used for pollack blown right up the line by large fish. This happens only when the pollack is itself hooked. I have re­ cently found that large bass serve one the same trick, writes a correspondent, but In this case the bass, which is a more cunning fish than the pollack, sometimes gets away. To realize the Immense difficulty of such a feat let any one put even a piece of paper on a hook and endeavor tho blow It up the line with a bellows. Much more diffi­ cult It must be with the resistance of the water, and by what muscular ac­ tion the fish contrives it I know not. I have searched the textbooks In vain for some hint on the subject.--London Opinion. The Word "Picnic." Few people know the original mean­ ing of the word "picnic." It is to be found set out in the London Times of a hundred years ago. "A picnic sup­ per consists of a variety of dishes. The subscribers to this entertainment have a bill of fare presented to them, with a number against each dish. The lot which lie draws obliges him to furnish the dish marked against it, which lie either takes with him in his carriage or sends by a servant. The proper variety is preserved by the talents of the maitre d'hotel, who forms the bill of fare. As the cookery is furnished by. so many people of fashion each strives to excel, and thus a picnic supper not only gives rise to much pleasant mirth, but generally can boast of the refine­ ment of the art." Lingering Summer Colds. Don't let a cold run at this season Summer colds are the hardest kind to cure and if neglected may linger along for months. A long seige like this will pull down the strongest constitution. One Minute Cough Cure will break up the attack at once. Safe, sure, acts at once. Cures coughs, colds, croup, bron chitis. all throat and i lung troubles. The children like it. Julia A. Story, lloHaniy; Q. W. Botey, West JicHewy. Where He Rode. • schoolboy who was going to a par­ ty was cautioned by his father not to walk home if it rained and was given money for cab hire. It rained heavi­ ly, and great was the father's surprise when his son, in spite of the instruc­ tions he had received, arrived home drenched to the skin. "Did you not take a cab as I or­ dered you, Alfred?" the parent asked sternly. "Cm, yes; but when I ride with you you always make me ride inside. This time I rode on top with the driver. Say, dad, It was grand!"--Utica Ob­ server. A Wondarfnl Echo. At a watering place in the Pyrenees the conversation at table turned upon a wonderful echo to be heax*d some dis­ tance off on the Franco-Spanish fron­ tier. "It is astonishing," said an inhabit­ ant of the Garonne. "As soon as you have spoken you hear distinctly the voice leap from rock to rock, from precipice to precipice, and as soon as it has passed the frontier the echo assumes the Spanish accent."--Pear­ son's Weekly. Knls|tts of Old. The knights of the days of chivalry were so well protected by their armor that they were practically invincible to all ordinary weapons. Even when dismounted they could not be injured save by the misericordia, a thin dagger, which penetrated the chains of the ar­ mor. In more than one battle knights fallen from their horses could not be killed until their armor had been bro­ ken up with axes and hammers. Good Cooks. "If all sick people had good cooks," says the London Hospital, "how much greater might be the proportions of re­ coveries!" The value of the patent foods which are advertised so much lies largely, it says, In the ease with whteh they are prepared for the t&ble. A Half Partner. A.--That woman' who just went out is the partner of your joys and sor­ rows, I suppose. B.--She's partner to my joys all right, but when it comes to my sorrows she slips over to see her mother. Reversed. Rodrick--Say, old man, you have been through the ordeal of proposing. What does a fellow do after he pops the question? Van Albert--W{iy, he questions pop, of course.--C hica golsTews. In His Dreams. Hewitt--When I was on the boat the other night, I had a lower berth, but I dreamed I was sleeping in the upper berth. Jewett--Sort of overslept yourself, eh? Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we con­ verse. Whoever makes the fewest per­ sons uneasy is the best bred In the company. Avoid serious results of kidney or bladder disorder by taking Foley's Kid- aey Cure, JTor sale by If. JL Peteeeh. ILLINOIS (flMAL It. I!. OF INTEREST TO STOCKHOLDERS. Free Transportation to Attend the Special , and Annual Meetings at Chicago. Public notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Illinois Central .Railroad Company will be held at the Company's office in Chicago, Illinois, oil Fri­ day, August. 29. 1902, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon; tylso that the regular annual meet­ ing of the stockholders of the Company will be held at its offices in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday. October 15, 1902. at noon. To permit personal attendance at these meetings there will be issued to each holder of one or more shares of the capital stock of the Illinois Central Railroad Company as registered on the books of the Company at the close of business on Friday,August 1,1008, and to stockholders of record on Friday, Sep­ tember 10, 1902, a ticket enabling him, or her, to travel free over the Company's Lines from the station on, the Illinois Central Railroad nearest to his or her registered address to Chicago and return, such ticket to be good for the journey to Chicago only during the four days immediately proceeding, ana the day of t he meeting, ana for the return journey from Chicago only on the day of the meeting, and the four days immediately following, when properly countersigned and stumped during business hours--that Is to say. De- tween 9:00 A. M. and 5:00 p. M.--in the office of the Assistant Secretary, Mr. W. G. BRUKN, in Chicago. Such ticket mav.be obtained by any holder of stock registered as above, on appli­ cation. in writing, to the President of the Company in Chicago. Each application must state the full name and address of the stock­ holder exactly as given In his or her certifi­ cate of stock, together with the number and date of such certificate. No more than one person will be carried free in respect to any one holding of stock as registered on the books of the Company. A. G. HACKSTAFF, Secretary. THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & SI. PAUL RAILWAY. flKTRK IfcHlED TRAINS MIWEU Chicago, Des Moines, Sioux City, Omaha, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, riarquette, Houghton, Calumet. Equipment and Service Uneqnaled. Time tables, maps and information furnished on application to F. A. MILLER, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. REAL ESTATE AGENTS. A WORD TO YOU. Do you want to know whero the next great land boom will be, and where yon can make plenty of money? If so write the undersigned for a circular telling "All about it." ,J. F. MERRY, Ass't Gen'l Paas'r Agent, Illinois Central Railroad, Dubuque, to.;