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* ' ^ ^ '* * • --^^Ttwiwltiiiiiniiai'i?T *i*mrfuM&ifiirfTA . ^.:if 4 Waintoler PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY ntNdHRY PUHMAlfR COMPANY. -X. ftoam CMS. ;"* Omi. D. knonian, Mttoi, W. A. CRIBTT, 8ec. J. B. PKRBT, fMu. i&\ ife '"Hfloe la Bank Building Telephone, No. in. | TKHMtt OP •UBSORIPTION: One year $1-50 Mix months, 75ctft. Three months. 40cts Thursday, January aa, 1903. «&» A JkKK smx ON STRXKK. . The January term of the McHenry . OSunty circuit ooart convened at Wood­ stock Monday, Judge Donnelly presid­ ing. Not mnch business has been done tills week and the prospects are that very little will be done this term. The law* yifers' trust composed of six attorneys or­ ganised last November, are still on a strike, and not fully satisfied with the "fcoop" they hold on the mill of justice they have increased their grip by taking fitmuges of venne in several more cases, u'; •: ^Harvard Herald. / ^•'C'y^The Plaindealer has no desire to enter into the political fight which is going on at the oonnty seat, bat when the owners ")• td the McHenry County Republican will employsuchoontemptible means man , andeavor to belittle a political opponent la the eyes of the public, it is time that N their methods should be aired. It is Well known to the syndicate of lawyers that Judge Donnelly is a favorite with tike people In this circuit, that he has performed his duties thoroughly, fair and impartially. But they are a bunch of "shelved" politicians, shelved by the vote of the people and they nat­ urally feel sore. By their united efforts ' la trying to down Judge Donnelly they acknowledge that he is a favorite with the masses and that it will be necessary to get him out of the way before C. P. Barnes can be declared the Repub­ lican leader. For the past five years these lawyers have been trying their oases before Judge Donnelly and have Jast discovered that he Bhows partiality. What rotl They have a candidate for circuit judge (and all the county offices at well) and intend to defeat C. H. Don- " aelly by fair means or foul, mostly fouL Their methods are creating the desired affects with some people, but those who know Judge Donnelly and the lawyers la question strongly repudiate the ac­ tions of the latter. The Rockford Star ; lias been misled by the false claims of the lawyers' trust, but the chances are y_-, tbat the scales will fall from the eyes ^ * ajT the editor of that paper in due time. The time approaches when circuit judges will be elected to fill positions v. now held by C. H. Donnelly of McHenry county, Chas. E. Fuller of Boone and Frost of Winnebago. Judges Donnelly aad Frost, Chas. Whitney of Wankegan and Robt. Wright of Belvidere will probably be candidates, the two former being up for re-nomination. •k tWill the intelligent voters of this esunty judge C. H. Donnelly by his re- cord of the past six years or will their ' opinion be moulded by the actions of o. P. Barnes et al? The simple fact tbat the people ARE intelligent answers Hie question. The people put C. H. ^ . Donnelly where he is and the lawyen' . trust makes a direct slap at the people ^transfusing to try cases in his court. _____ SKHATOR HOPKINS. THe Illinois legislature has decided by '•% unanimous vote that Albert J. Hop­ kins, of Aurora, shall succeed Hon. Wm EL Mason as United States senator. Mr. Hopkins has made a hard fight .against a doughty opponent and comes out of the fray with flying colors as The Plain dealer has always predicted. We have nothing against Mr. Mason as a man and citizen but like Mr. Hopkins better as a politician and senator. Everyone knows Senator Hopkins. He has represented as in the lower house of congress for aaora than sixteen years, has been , Weighed in the balance and not found wanting. That he will serve his constit­ uents equally as well in the senate is all that could be asked of him. As , member of several important committees | be has proven bis ability to oope with ! great questions. CONTAGIOUS diseases of eyery in­ scription are prevalent throughout the country, although McHenry and vicin­ ity thus far has escaped. These dis­ eases are liable to enter any home, but it would behoove all persons to see that perfect sanitary conditions exist about their homes, keep their bodies clean and thus reduce the chances of an epidem­ ic gaining headway in the oominunity should a disease appear. We are all li­ able to become a little careless in the winter months in the matter of sanitary conditions. WHILE the game commission is en­ deavoring to get a bill through the legis­ lature prohibiting the killing of game for the market, why not ask for a re­ peal of the law that prevents a farmer catching a mess of fish through the ioe but allows sportsmen to catch all the fish they want during the spawning sea­ son? It is a queer law that prevents one man from catching a few fish in winter, and gives another the privilege of destroying thousands in the spring. HON. E, D. SHTTRTLEFF, of Marengo, has failed to fall into line with the law­ yers' trust at Woodstock and as a con­ sequence a handful of mud has been hurled at him. It was Mr. Shurtleff who pushed the bill through the legisla­ ture, re-imbursing the farmers whose cattle were slaughtered by the state some years ago. Not a bad fellow, is he? CHAS. SCHOFIELD, editor of the Ma­ rengo News, has just been appointed postmaster in that city. Brother Scho­ field has long been an ardent worker for the Republican party and has earned the plum. The Plaindealer extends congratulations. THE Waukegan Sun will soon install a Merganthaler linotype machine in its composing room. This will be the first machine in Waukegan and will give The Sun a great advantage. For a nov­ ice, Editor Fowler beats the record. - Children Poisoned. Many children are poisoned and made, nervous and weak, if not killed outright by mothers giving them cough syrupe containing opiates. ̂ Foley's Honey and Tar is a safe and certain remedy for coughs, croup and lung trouble, and it is the only prominent cough medicine that contains no opiates or other pois­ ons. N. H Peteech. Hair Splits "I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for thirty years. It is elegant lor a bsir dressing and for keeping the hair from splitting at the ends."-- J. A. Gruenenfelder, Grantfork, 111. Hair-splitting splits friendships. If the hair­ splitting is done on your own head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head is a friend. Ayer's Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the splitting. If the splitting nks begun, it will stop it. tl.M • bottle. All tfruffict*. tt yov droMriat cannot supply you, SSai US on dollar and we will express gaabottto. Be sure and give the name __ t express oraoe. Address. J. C. AYER CO., Lowell," • Miracle is Ctil mi. Actors in China are very well paid, but are much despised. No actor or son of an actor, says the Chicago News, can compete at the public examina­ tions for the literary degree which is the doorway to public office, and con­ sequently the actor's profession, when once adopted. Is vital to those who fol­ low It An English doctor was called to at­ tend a young actor whose leg was In a bad condition from careless treatment. The foot had been amputated as a re­ sult of compound fracture caused by a fall on the stage. Filth and neglect had done the rest, and there was very little chance of the man's recovery. Still the doctor felt justified in taking that chance and therefore amputated the man's leg. To the surprise of the doctor, the leg healed by first inten­ tion, and In a few weeks the actor was ready to resume work. The doctor fitted him with an artificial leg, and his good fortune began. JSs at once undertook a part where his leg was knocked off, to the horror of the audience. After the apparent accident he was carried off the stage and presently reappeared, walking as well as before. The Chinese are unfamiliar with ar­ tificial legs, and each time the dramat­ ic incident occurred they r^arded It as a miracle. Arosicd HI* Csrloaitr. The agitated young man began: "Mr. Brockman, you may have no­ ticed that I have been a frequent caller at your house for the last year or more." "Yes, " replied the busy merchant, "1 have seen you there now and thai, I remember." "You will not be surprised therefore when I tell you that I want to marry your daughter." "But"-- "Let me anticipate any objections you might have, Mr. Brockman. I am of good family, I am not dissipated, I have a good business and am abundantly able to support a wife. Ail I ask is"-- "But, yuuug man"-- "I can bring testimonials to prove all I say. I have never wanted any other girl, and"-- "But"-- "And never shall want any other girl. From the fllst it has been a case of"~ vT "Look here, Jrojing man, let me get in a word, which one of my four daughters is it you want?"--Chicago Tribune. Dstlss mt tke "Pet" ihec*. Out at the abattoir the "pets" among the sheep may be distinguished by their superior height and shapeliness and by the intelligence of their expres­ sion. The pets are murderers. In the other pens sheep come and go by thou­ sands to the slaughter, but the pets re­ main. They are trained to lead their fellows to death, and they do this work well, for they have by reason of their strength, intelligence and beauty a great influence. When the butchers of the abattoir wish to slaughter a flock of sheep word Is passed to the pets, and they Indifferently, calmly, saunter in among the flock, gain their confi­ dence and esteem and then take their places at their head and lead them to the slaughter house. -- Philadelphia Record. waits Pins Cough Syrup |"iu- WOODSTOCK. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Riohardt wsrs Chicago visitors last Friday. Miss Edyth Johnston visited with friends at Harvard last Snnday. Paul Wooster passed Sunday with his mother and friends at Capron. • Detective L. Benthusen of Nunda bad his eagle eye out here last Saturday. Harry Ford has become baggageman at the depot, succeeding H. L. Eddy. Mr- and Mrs. L. W. Richards passed Sunday at the former home of the lat ter. James R. Jackman and O. M. Hale of STunda had business in this city last Friday. N. J. Garrison, the Ridgefield mer­ chant, was attending to business here Saturday. Mrs. C. F. Ellsworth of Chicago vis­ ited with relatives and friends here last Saturday. 1. Geo. W. Eldredge of Richmond was shaking hands with friends here last Saturday. W. E. Wire and A J. Cole of Hebron were shaking hands with friends here Saturday. Attorney and Mrs. C. P. Barnes vis­ ited with friends at McHenry last week Thursday. F. W. Miller of Crystal Lake was visiting at the home of Miohael Schaaf over Snnday. Mrs. L Holieh of Chicago visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Han- ley, last Friday. Rev. H. Benzing of Chicago preached for the German Presbyterians in this city last Sunday. Mrs. L. M. Knight went to Ringwood last Saturday evening to spend Sunday at the home of J. W. Cristy. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Lemmers and daughter, Dorothy, passed Sunday at the home of Geo. Moure iu Hartland. Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Davis and son went to Genoa Junction last Sunday, where Mrs. Davis' mother was reported quite ill. Miss Bessie Anderson was home from Elgin over Sunday. She holds a good position in the laundry of the hospital for the insane. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilber of Crystal Lake snd Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilber of Nunda were guests in the home of Geo. F. Eckert over Sunday. Mrs. L. D. Lemmers left on Saturday for Chicago, where she will spend a couple of months at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. F. Ellsworth. , Dr. J. W. Groesbeck of Harvard was calling on friends here last Saturday, having been at Cary to call on Capt. James Nish, who is in feeble health. Al. Briggs of Nunda has accepted the position of blacksmith in the shop of Abbot & Hollister where he is now pre­ pared to serve all customers of the firm. Walter Dufield, who is attending the agricultural college of the Wisconsin state university at Madison spent Sun day at the home of E. S. McFadden. Henry Hacker came out from Chicago last Saturday evening and Mrs. Hack­ er, who had been visiting with her brother, Geo. F. Eckert, for ten days, returned home with him Sunday. Want Column. Ads. In this column 86 cents per week for Ave lines or less* over Ave lines, 5c per line per week. Special ratos by the month. "C^ORSALE--A new seven-room house and two lots, woodshed and chicken coop, young orchard of all different kinds of fruit and shrubbery. Will be sold very cheap. Call at l'lalndealer. Marfch 1. Heads Should Never Ache. Never endure this trouble. Use at once the remedy that stopped it for Mrs N. A. Webster, of Winne, Va. She writes "Dr. Ling's New Life Pills whol ly cured me of sick headaches 1 had suf fered from for two years." Cure head­ ache, constipation, biliousness. 26c at Julia A. Story's drug store. NUNDA. -J Wm. E Mead entertained his uncle, Dorr Kennedy, Wednesday. lV'iss Etta Simee of McHenry was the guest of Mrs. Timothy Kimball last week. A. M. Johnston has moved from the Aylesworth honse on Minnie street to the Vermilya cottage. Mrs. W. H. Mead attended the funer­ al of an uncle in Chicago last week and spent a couple of days with relatives. The meetings at the Christian church are continuing this week and much in­ terest is aroused in our co uu unity. There has been a n imber of cot vers­ ions and six of the converts were bap­ tised in the church Tuesday and there are more who expect to receive the bap­ tismal rite Saturday. Three sleigh loads of R. N. of A. drove to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gracey at Terra Cotta last Saturday ev­ ening and had a genuine surprise party. Games were played, refreshments served and a delightful evening passed. The party returned to their homes in Nunda about midnight James Faulkenberry, official surveyor of Reynolds Co., Lesterville, Mo., writes as follows: "Your Mother's Salve is the best I ever saw. I used two jars on my scalp.for a kind of Eczema which has annoyed me for twenty years, and it has done more good than all else I ev­ er tried. Easy to use. Quick to act Price 25c. For sale by N. H. Petesch A Fair Proposition. : "Oh, give us a rest!" suid the impa­ tient young father, whose firstborn had been busy for ten minutes plying him with questions. The little fellow looked at him a moment and then, with the utmost in­ nocence, said: "Well, you-rest and I'll talk." ^ Protecting the Tosag, "It Is appalling to think of the temp­ tations to which young men are ex­ posed. We women should do what we can to lessen them." "I do my share. For the last live years I have made it an Inflexible rule never to flirt except with married men." --Town Topics. ANTED--Faithful person to travel for * » well established house in a few counties, calling on retail merchants and agents. Lo­ cal territory. Salary $1024 a year and expen­ ses, payable $19.70 a week in cash and expen­ ses advanced. Position permanent. Busi­ ness successful and rushing. Standard House, 334 Dearborn St.. Chicago. *23 - 18t tfieire Is a use of Many Sudden Deaths. disease prevailing In this country most dangerous because so decep- tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by it -- heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result SALE--Three short horn bulls. For -1- further particulars address Cole Bros., 28-*4t . Spring Grove, III. Pretty Cold Weather. Tiro boatmen on the Ohio river were talklhg about cold weatLer and of a certain severe winter. "It was Just awful," said one of them. "At Cincin­ nati the river was froze tight, and the thermometer went down to 20 degrees below Cairo." "Below which?" asked his puzzled companion. "Below Cairo, you blubberhead! You see, when it freezes at Cairo it must be pretty cold, so they say so many degrees below Cairo." But light was bursting In upon the other. "No, they do not," he ex­ claimed eagerly. "You've got it ail wrong. Ifs so many degrees below Nero. I do not know what it means, but that's what they say when it's dreadful cold." The Svn on fivcfi Side. Jtjftexas citizen, days an exchange; is worried because the sun shines on each of the four sides of his house at some time of the day. The structure faces due north and south and is situated on parallel 29% of latitude, or prac­ tically 6 degrees north of the tropic of Cancer, where the sun is vertical in summer. He is carrying the problem about the country, offering prizes for its solution among school children. Why," he asks, "should the sun pene­ trate my front door in the morning, de­ sert it for the greater part of the day and again penetrate it. in the after­ noon?" Stelnlta and Epateln. When Steinitz, the chess player, lived In Vienna, one of his pupils in the game was Gustave Epstein, among the rich­ est bankers of the Austrian capital. One day the teacher puzzled over a position so long that Epstein said im­ patiently, "Well?" But soon the banker himself was in a hole and his too pro­ longed meditations were interrupted with a disrespectful "Well?" "Sir," don't forget who you are and what I am," said Epstein angrily, but Steinitz retorted: "On the bourse you are Ep­ stein and 1 am Steinitz; over the board I am Epstein and you are Steinitz." Tlsaot Corrected. • visitor asked the late James Tissot one day whether the picture he was at work on was Intended to illustrate the time of Christ. The artist replied in the affirmative. "Then," said the vis­ itor, "permit me to call your attention to an error. Aloes, such as you have In your picture, did not exist in the Mediterranean region till after the con­ quest of Mexico by Spain." Tissot promptly took his brush and altered his picture. He Had Seen One. "Hiram," queried Mrs. Meddergrass, did you ever see one o' them air casv ties?" I 'low I hev, mother," replied the old man. "I seed one o' tb' taraal things last time I wuz tew th' city." - What air they built out uv. Hi -am?" asked Mrs. M. Gold bricks, mother." -- Chicago News. A Life at Stake. If you but knew the splendid merit-of Foley's Honey and Tar yon would never be without it. A doBe or two will pre­ vent an attack of pneumonia or la grippe. It may save your life. N. "H. Petescb- Many of the ills from which women suffer can be completely cured with Rocky Mountain Tea. Rich, red blood, good digestion and health follow its use. 86 cents. G. W. Besley. O Buntk Blgntw tt ToniA, Kind You Haw Always tagdt RUTS The walking sick, what a crowd of them there are: Persons who are thin and weak but not sick enough to go to bed. " Chronic cases" that's what the doctors call them, which in common English means--long sickness. To stop the continued loss of flesh they. need Scott's Emulsion. For the feeling of weakness they need Scott's Emulsion. It makes new flesh and gives new life to the weak system. Scott's Emulsion gets thin and weak persons out of the rut. It makes new, rich blood, strengthens the nerves and gives appetite for ordinary food. " Scott's Emulsion can be taken as long as sickness lasts and do good all the time. . v There'5 fiew strength and flesh in every dose. We will be glad to send you a lew doses free. B« sure that thW picture in the form of • label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist*, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. sod «U druggfetfc of kidney disease. If kidney trouble is al­ lowed to advance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs or the kidneys themselves break down and wast? away coll by cell. Bladder troubles most always result from a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer's 5wamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy. (,ijt corrects inability to hold urine and scald­ ing pain in passing It, and overcomes that Unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root Is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won­ derful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sized bottles. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful new dis­ covery and a book that tells all about it, both Home of Swamp-Root, sent free by mall. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper, Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp lioot, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Boot and the address, BiDKbamton, N. Y., on every bottle. - "IF YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD, ITS SO.' SSSSSSSSSSSSSBSSSSSSSSBXKWFFLSLLDSSSPSI SSSSBSSSSSBBSSSSSSSSSSSSSBBSSSSOOBSOSSSSSOSW > • ' AUCTION! mam JANUARY 27 ftt 10 a . »y ' - . i. ' V ' ' *•' v •' m., we Tjvill sell at Public Auction the following: * • • • ' • • • < • • • ffl. MEN'S PANTS § WINDOW SHADE8 HORSE BLANKETS CROCKERY AND GI^SSWAR^ ^ - 'Z1;} Also a lot of Dry Goods in remnants; broken lines of Underwear, SKoe^jm|Wft yonr own paridip^^: FREE LTJNCH AT NOON© . Mark Twain a* a Bowler. When Mark Twain was an editor in Hartford he was considered a formida­ ble opponent at skittles. His favorite report was a bowling alley In a ^cellar on State street, not far from the steam­ boat dock. While the celebrated hu­ morist was under Major Pond's man­ agement he was billed as one of the features for an evening's entertainment at the Young Men's Christian associa­ tion hall at Newark. There was a bowling alley immediately underneath the lecture room. As Mark Twain was on his way upstairs with the major he caught a glimpse of it. "What's going on in there--bowling?" "Yes," replied the major, who knew his weakness, "but never mind that now. You're due on the platform." "Run in somebody else for ten or fif­ teen minutes," said Max*k Twain. "I shall do ever so much better after a little exercise."' And he did. Stop It. A neglected 6ongh or cold may lead to S&rions bronchial or lung troubles. Don't take chances when Foley's Honey and Tar affords perfect security from serious effects of a cold. N. H. Petesch. -- Smart Dressers Will find our Spring Suit­ ings and Overooatings ab- : solntely correct in style and quality. Pricsfl extremely low. Tailoring Unexcelled. JOHN D. LODTZ. tffcM. S# gUftt »U txVca SUfaltat*. Das ^mitfjfoman" rucfybatib Suoo«ssor to 8. StaffeK McH«nry- iBSBiiBSBBBBMBBBB A. Rohlander . 'f NOTE THIS! The Great Clearing and Combination Sale of Evanson and Peacock is held at Evansorv's Store tbis week THREE DAYS and MONDAY NEXT. This Sale should .be of mnch importance to our community as nearly all kinds of Merohandise is represented, including newest styles Cloaks, Skirts, Underwear, Shoes, Dress Goods, in fact all lines at less prices than original cost to makers. In this Sale are also included Staples, such as Standard Prints at {tyc per yaid. Best Ginghams, 6c per yard. Bed Blankets, 45c. Yard wide Sheeting, 4}c. Men and Boy's laundered Shirts, fancy stripes, 89c. Boy's Suits and Overcoats, in fact, anj thing needed to eat-or wear will be in* eluded in this Sale and your presence then 1s respectfully solicited. " ^ "Mi W. C. Evanson. •- •-1 Jtf: ~'%&k ' -~--k .\r-~ V?' . • I :"V\ A »T» ^ tfra A A A A »T> A JV «T» A A A A A sTii A A A A Ja A A It is Essential N. H. PETESCH, Druggist, McHenry. HARPER WHISKY Physicians prescribe it for their most delicate patients. • . ^ v * OLD and PUR& For sale by ; • All Trading Dealer* Y that > a Furniture Dealer should have v what his customers want at»d also that he Y should place the prices within the reach of jg all. That has been our motto always and Y . it has proven to be right. This Store is ^ always filled with staple articles in House Y Furnishings' an<^~ ia never lacking in a few extra fine pieces;-^ Our prices must be about right or we would not have done such a big business last year. It will be Y the same in 1903. Plenty of ..Goods to j select from at right prices. | In Undertaking and Embalming my work has always- T v proven satisfactory. Years of practical $ experience and study in this branch of the business has enabled me to go about the Swork intelligently. Satisfaction is guar-anteed in all, cases. f McHenry. 111. J&COb Justel\. / Hay and Grain E D Having recently purchased the Elevator ind Vinegar Factory formerly owned by W. A. Cristy I am now prepared to sell all kinds of F E in large or Small quantities AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES will buy your C O R N A N D O A T S for cash, or will take same in exchange for other feed. 1 now have on hand a large stock of Bran* Middlings, Corn, Oats, Oil Meal and Salt I have coming a large and complete stock of Farm Hachinery, Wagons, Buggies, Etc. call and examine my stocjt and^get jprices before W u y i n . g e V w • h . i ; . - * -- • * ? . - . - - $5*1 t j Wm S? IT* ... J* - . . . ' Y'\ <.\-a ^ 1 .v/