VOLUME XXIX. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ia, i$>o3. NUMBER *r PURELY PERSONAL Miss Agnes Perry WAS a Chit-ago vis itor Saturday. „ . v^S. Reynolds transacted Isesinees in >>|piicago Friday. Eugene Matthews of Elgin WMI vis itor here Sunday. • . Peter Thelen spent Snnday^wlth MB • Children at Elgin. • , i'Ben J. Adams spent Sunday with '; spends in Chicago. ^ » 2 f ^Mrs. P. J. Freund was a Chicago ris- ;;^6pr the first of the week. I ' .Edwin Walsh of Chicago spent a few Vitoya with relatives here. - * Wm.Bonslett transacted bnainpM in Hie windy city Tuesday. Wallie Woodburn of Woodstock visit ed his parents Saturday. . Mrs. Ben Laures and daughter, Katie, uqpent Saturday in Chicago. George Bass spent Saturday and'Sun- "\.^y with Relatives in Chicago. , " Dr. Armstrong of Richmond made a u^ofessional call here Tuesday. /"Mrs. Nicholas Barbian, Sr., is visiting - illlatives in Chicago this week. Mrs. Robert Schiessle and MiV Der- ttyont were in the city Taesday. J)r. and Mrs. B. T. Brown spent last ffipek with relatives in Chicago. ":;:;,'"*^Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hoy of Woodstock -'Wrens visitors in McHenry Sunday. |1< -Mr. and Mrs. Clande Hntson spent t '^isyeral days in Chicago last week. ^ "Jay Gilbert and Jos. Barbian were "'$|hicago visitors the first of the week. ' .-Mrs. Wm. Mead of Nunda spent a :L"'|fw days last week with relatives here, r Mrs. E. Lamphere and daughter, Hattie, visited Wauoonda friends Sat- ' njrdayj 'Paul Brown of Glencoe spent Sunday /with hie parents, Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Iferown. - 1 Mr. Ochtree and son of Chicago are > finding a week with C. H. Parks and WSmily. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McOmber visited relatives in Oak Park Saturday and f ; Sunday. N Everett Sherman, Carl Mead and Papl v Wooster of Woodstock visited McHenry friends Sunday. Mrs. G. W. Besley and daughter, J)ora, spent Saturday and Sunday with IriendB in Chicago. John Schreiner, the efficient clerk at -m. c. Evan sou's store, was in the city the first of the week. J. S. Brown of Ringwood went to - Chicago Taesday, boarding the fast Y< vltain at this station. Miss Maude Bennett of Elgin has k been spending a few days with her sis ter, Mrs. D. F. Hanly. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Lamphere have • feturned to Chicago, after a week's Tie- it with relatives here. • ijMiss Lillie Heimer went to the city $iiesday for a few days' visit with Mrs. Stta Creech, nee Colby. John Drahn of Chicago came out last Spnday to visit his mother, who has 'lifeen very ill for some ^time. *|Mrs. Winnifred Shoemaker and two Children of South Bend, Ind., are visit - .fog her mother, Mrs. Dermont. Mrs. FredBoger of Chicago, who has been spending a few weeks with her parents, returned to the city Monday. ' "Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Justen and Mr. m& Mrs. J. H. Miller drove to Cary Siinday, visiting at the home of T. W. Mr. and Mrs. 8. Covell and Mrs. Wm. Opvell left on Tuesday morning for Portland, Ore., where they will spend Hie winter. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schoewer at tended the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Newmann in Chicago last week. WILL BE OF AGE., Ifodern Woodmen Founded Twanty-oae Years Ago. . HELENA KRAUSE. On January 5 next will occur the twenty-first anniversary of the founding .0 the Modern Woodmen of America. / \^Head Consul Talbott has issued a cir cular to ythe uembers requesting that each of the 11,000 local camps with t&eir 700,000 membership meet on the • evening of that day in their separate halls and duly observe the "ooming of me" •' It is suggested that the event be pub lic and literary and musical programs ^ and refreshments be provided. V _ - >y s Attorney J. K. Ortl*. vi Attorney J. K. Or vis, well known by ft- '||ke people of Spring Grove and vicinity, )jas been retained by John Stnrm in a Mtit for $25,000 damages against the city ot Waukwgan. Mr. Sturm alleges to Ipve been injured by a cave in while forking on a sewer on Sheridan lt»d. It promises to be an interesting ipit and the large sum asked for will . pause the city to put up a good fight. J|r. Oivis is a young attorney of ability «bd will take good care of his clienjt's Interests. If he wins the spit it fflll Qtean a good, fat fee. , • The McHenry camp M. W. A. will • #ve a dance at their hall (Staffers) on Thanksgiving evening, which promises to be the best event of the season. Will Reed's orchestra of Chicago will fur nish the music, and N. H. Petesch, the Centerville druggist, will act as chief floor manager. Dance tickets are $1.00 each; supper, thirty-five cents per plate. Horses and bmtgage <J»Wd' 'or free. Died at Her Home In This Village ThWf* day, November fi# ' k HeUfta, daughter of Mr. '"isti9'"*,TO8r John Krause, was born in McHenry January 1, 1882, and died November 5, 1908, making her age at the .time of death 21 years, 10 months and four days. She leaves to mourn, father, mother, five brothers and five sisters. / The brothers are Julius, Genoa Junc tion, Wis.; Gustave, Albert Lea, Minn.; John. Pittsburg, Pa.; Will and Walter, McHenry. The sisters are Mrs. . Elmer Stewart, Ray, Mrs. Will Feltz, Emma and Laura, all residing in McHenry. The funeral was held at the M. E. church Sunday afternoon at i :80 o'clock, services being conducted by Rev. J. M. Cormack, who preached a beautiful and practical sermon. The pall bearers were Albert Parks, Walter Wright, Frank Spurling, Will Thurlwell, Rob ert Matthews and Newell Colby. Mrs. W. F. Gallaher, Miss Etta Slmes, Em ery Kimball and C. D. Schoonmaker furnished the music. Thru all pain at times she'd smile,. A smile of Heavenly birth; And when the angels called her She smiled farewell to earth. Heaven retaineth now our treasure, Earth the lonely casket keeps; * And the sunbeams love to linger Where our sainted daughter sleeps. Following is a list of those from a dis tance who attended the funeral: Messrs. and Mesdames Herman Schuel- ter, Fred Glasshagle, John Kruse, and Fred Glasshagle, Jr., of West Chicago; Mr. and Mrs Henry Bucholtz, Mrs. Ella Kumle, Chicago; J. R. Glasshagle, El gin; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Blank, Mrs. Rover and daughters, Emma, Lizzie and Mata, Nunda; Mrs. Fred Cherke and daughter, Lizzie, Frank and Albert Cherke, Terra Cotta; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ohlrich and Mrs. Chas. Holt* freter, Woodstock. - LARGE BOAT HOU8E. Everett Hunter Will Build on His Blm i Property. - Everett Hunter has let the contract to M. Weber & Son for the construction of a boat house and repair shop .36x80 feet on bis lot at Rosedale. The building will be used mostly for storing launches and other boats. How ever, Mr. Hunter has contracted to re pair several launches this winter and will use a portion of the building for that purpose. Expert workmen will be sent out from the Chicago shop to do the work. Mn Hunter is still desirous of start ing a boat factory on the river here and indications point to the ultimate success of his project. He is manufacturing a boat that will be and is being recognized as the best adapted for shallow and weedy wateis. Mr. Hunter's company has done no particular advertising, but even now their Chicago factory is taxed to its utmoet capacity. McHenry is an ideal spot for such an industry and Mr. Han ter is aware of this. From this .point hit? boats can be delivered to many of the Wisconsin lakes with very little overland journey. Even to supply the demand on the Fox Lake chain wonld keep a factory busy some time, to say nothing of the many places down the river toward Elgin. 8AYS PROPHET LIES. Bowie's. Aged Father Crashed by the At* tack of His UnfraWhil Son. John Murray Dowie, of Essex, Iowa, crushed by the attack made upon him by his son, John Alexander Dowie, says of it: "The statement that I an) not the father of John Alexander Dowie is the greatest myth ever uttered by the mouth of man. It is scandalous that my son should repudiate me after I have done so mnch for him. He is my SOQ> and was born in lawfui wedlock. No one can deny it. The records can be had at the great register offices, Princess street, Edinburg, Scotland. I have al ways lived a quiet, peaceable, Christian life and it breaks my heart to have this trouble come toward the end." Judge Dowie, who is respected by the whole community, lives in Essex in his little cottage. The resemblance be tween John Murray Dowie and John Alexander Dowie is so close that the father has often been taken for the son. The old man is growing feeble and the recent trouble has aged him greatly. Market Wauted. "Wanconda needs a meat market, "says the Leader, "W. W. Welch having quit the business here to better himself, he hopes. We should have a market, only one, and the proprietor, to succeed, must buy his meats on foot around home. If he buys of the packer he must pay two freights and of course the consumer, as in every other matter, must pay the tariff. Now, who will open a market, buy his goods as much as possible' at home, and sell so low that people will be able to use more meatt" ~ What to do thin Month. As the cold weather approaches per sons with weak lungs are in danger of having lung disease being fastened up on them. To prevent this they should early commence the use of Foley's Hon ey and Tar. It soothes and heals the lungs and strengthens them against ser ious attacks. Persons who have once suffered from la grippe should not fail to use this remedy. Be sure that you get Foley 's Honey and Tar when you ask for it. Sold by Gte Wi Beeley, McHenry.* , REPUBLICAN VICTORIES. ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT INDORSED. P«f an "Off Tear" the Pluralities Returned in the Republican States are Kxtremeiy Satisfactory to the Dominant Party. .. Republican policies and the adminis tration of President Roosevelt received a substantial indorsement at the state elections held last week, and the gen eral result is taken by skilled politicians to presage an overwhelming victory for Mr. Roosevelt next year. For an "off year," the pluralities returned in the Republicanstates are extremely satis factory to the members of the dominant party, while in Ohio, where a spirited campaign was waged by the opposition, the figures are record breakers. Aside from the success of Tammany in the city election in New York, there is noth ing in the returns to indicate any re action in. public sentiment against the Republican party or to afford any en couragement to the discordant and de moralized Democracy. Tammany's tri umph was due more to the reaction against the restrictions imposed upon the people by the reform administration and the desire for a "wide open town" than to any issue involved in national politics, and it is a very serious question whether that local victory will not prove more of a detriment to the De mocracy of the nation in the next pres idential contest than an aid. By secur ing oomplete control of New York city, Tammany will dominate absolutely the Democratic party of the entire state and will become a potential factor in the Democratic national convention next year, but, if the nominee of that con vention is chosen at the dictation of Tammany Hall, the most corrupt politi cal organization in the world, he will lose the support of many thousands of honest and self-respecting Democrat* throughout the United States. For this reason the Republican party of the na tion is likely to be a gainer and the Democratic party the loser by Tam many's triumph. In Ohio the result is ^especially grati fying to intelligent men of all parties because it deals a body blow to Bryan- ism and all that it implies. In that state the Democratic candidite for gov ernor was a devoted follower of Mr. Bryan and an arrant demagogue who went to extremes in advocating radical policies and the wildest vagaries. It is a comfort to thoughtful and conserva tive men of all parties to-know that his extremism and demogogy have been rebuked emphatically by the voters of Ohio, Who have buried him under the greatest plurality ever returned against a Democratic candidate for governor in that state He did not expect to be elected governor, but did hope to defeat Mark Hanna for the United States sen ate, and the result of his efforts in that direction is the largest Republican ma jority on joint ballot ever »nown in an Ohio legislature and the assured re election of Senator Hanna. Upon the whole, says the Illinois State Journal, the general results of the voting attest the satisfaction of the peo pie of the nation with the politics and the administration of the Republican party, and must be accepted as arr ex pression of their renewed confidence in the leaders of that party and of their determination to keep them in control of the affairs of the country. Is Now a Voter. Starr Brink is now a voter, being en dowed with all the powers of full- fledged citizenship. He was twenty-one years old Thursday and on the same evening was delightfully reminded of the fact. Several people took him by surprise at his home and made merry until both hands of the clock pointed straight up. The game of cinch was one of the chief diversions of the even ing. An excellent supper was Berved by Mrs. Brink. The following were present: Messrs. and Mesdames-- D. F. Hanly. Wm. Phalin A. C. Matthews Eli Brink » Mrs. Johr t i i.b ill Misses-- i Bernice Kimball Cassie Eldredge Carrie Niesen Messrs.-- E. C. Joslyn L. E. Traver F. G. 8chreiner Emma Matthews Bell Gallaher Rosa Justen Fred Eldredge Peter Justen Starr Brink Barara Class. The Baraca class of the M. E. church nieete every Sunday morning at 11:45, joining with the Sun day school in the opening exer- uses, after which the class re- tires to its own room fcjr the study of the lesson. A cordial invitation is ex tended to all young men to meet with the class. A hearty welcome awaits you. ' WHITING-BALDWIN. IB TheO. U. C. club enjoyed a very pleasant S. G. at Miss Zue Gallaher's on Friday evening. After a short pro gram and lots of fun refreshments were served, and all went home happy. The nextB. G. will be held at Miss Irene McOmber's immediately after school on Friday afternoon of this week. Bronchitis for Twenty Y Mrs. Minerva Suiith, of Danville, HI., writes: "I had bronchitis for twenty years and never got relief until I used Foley's Hoaey and Tar, which is a sure cure." There is no other medicine so popular. Contains no opiates or poisons and never fails to cure roughs and colds. Sold by G. W. Besley, W. McHenry. Edwta C. WhUing and Mint Bertha »ald- wia Married Last Wedaesday. Mr. Edwin C. Whiting and Miss Ber tha Baldwin were married last Wednes day evening, Nov. 4, at 6:30 p. m., at the parsonage of St. Patrick's church, Rev. P. M. O'Neill officiating Mr. Ed win Walsh and Miss Edith Whiting, sister of the grooin, were the attendants. Immediately after the ceremony a wedding supper was served at the home of the groom, near Ringwood. The en tire affair was conducted in a quiet manner and many of the intimate friends did not know of the wedding until several days after. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Whiting, who reside near Ringwood. He is a young man of ex cellent character and possesses all the qualifications of an upright and valu able citizen. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. S. D. Baldwin of Nunda and a sister of Mrs. T. P. Walsh of Grayslake. She has taught scoool in Ringwood for some time and by her sweet disposition has won many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Whiting will reside on the farm belonging to the groom's grand- fahter, Free.uan Whiting, adjoining his father's farm. They are a worthy couple and deserve the congratulations and best wishes of all. LARCESTRUCTURE FALLS THREE MEN 8ERIOUSLY IF FATALLY INJURED. NOT lee Home Being Raised at Plstakea Lake Collapses Wednesday Morning--Leg* and Arms Broken. A large ice house which was being raised at Pistakee Lake Wednesday morning by the Morthern Lakes Ice Co. fell to the ground, seriously if not fatal ly injuring three workmen. The building will be a mammoth structure, similar to the bne which was burned last spring. The posts are thirty-six feet high. One can imagine the immense weight of the sections to be raised. Just before th£ accident yes terday one of the sections, had been raised and the men were at yvork placing the supports. One man was 'on the plate at the top o£ :the structure yrhil,e two others -were on ladderp. per feet gale was blowing at the time, probably' causing the timbers to topple to the ground before the proper fastenings could be made. It looked at first as tho the three injured workmen had been tailed outright Dr. D, G. Wells was called and soon arrived on the scene. With the assistance of S. S. Chapell, who accompanied him, the three pa tients were soon bandaged and made as comfortable as possible. The injured were: August Lindqnist--Internal injuries and injury of the spine. John Walsh--Arm and hand broken, face badly cut, requiring nine stitches, internal injuries. John D.^ Gilbert--Both bones in left leg broken," siilflU 4MIJ|<IIII internal in juries. GREAT EVENT. International Live Stock Expoalttea* Chi. eago, 1003. The entire west is interested in the occasion of the Live Stock Exposition from the fact that such an enterprise is in the nature of a fitting recognition of the work done by the breeder and feed er of live stock and gives well deserved encouragement to their efforts. The International Exposition has be come a permanent feature in the pro gress of live stock exhibits and is, in the language of Prof. Ligget, Dean of the Minnesota Agricultural Expe: iment Sta tion, "The great tribunal where the leading herds an<i£flocks are brought for final judgment. It is the annual round up for breed improvement, where the interested breeder can mark the pro gress and the changes made in the pub lic standard of such breeds. It is of more than passing interest and more importance than other shows for the reason that it is the only place where •11 prominent breeders meet in the show ring." The attendance from the west has in the past been exoellent, but the man agement anticipate for 1903 an outponr of stockmen and others interested in the improvement of western herds such as has never been equalled in the history of the exposition. The North-Western Line announces that special low rates will be in effect November 29th and 30th and December 1st for this occasion, from all points west, with ample train service for the accommodation and convenience of all those who attend. With Vs Again. Miss Emmert, the expert optician of Chicago, will be at the office of Dr. Roes, McHenry, next Monday, Nov. 16, giving free examinations of eyes by the celebrated fogging system. She will make regular monthly trips to McHenry and will change any lenses fitted by her free any time within two yean from date of purchase. Never Ask Advto*. When you have a cough or eofcl 4ofe't ask what is good for it and get some medicine with little or no merit and perhaps dangerous. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar, the greatest throat and lung remedy, it cures coughs and colds quickly, McHenry. 1 ' EXCHANGE CLEANING HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY ADJACENT COUNTIES. AND A Miscellaneous Assortment of Items In Condensed Form For Conven ience of Busy People. There are 250 telephone users in Dundee. The biographical history of MctHeTy county, by A. L. Coburn, will be ready' some time in November. The Chemung Condensing factory is receiving about 25,000 pounds of milk daily, and forty hands are employed. Forty persons killed by railways in Chicago during the month of October: steam roads, 26; electric, 10; cable, 4 Sixty-three bushels of apples were gathered from a single tree at Sycamore owned by Mrs. R. S. Davis. The tree is a late rain bo variety. The Nunda Poultry association has been revived, and it is probable that an exhibition will be held in Nunda some time during December or January. The enrolment in' the Woodstock schools for October was 575, against 528 for the same month last year. The seat ing capacity of the school house is less than 550. The largest photograph in the world, 39 feet by 4 feet, 10 inches, is on exhibi tion at Berlin. It represents a panora ma of the bay of Naples and was on six plates, but has been printed so cleverly that the sharpest eye cannot detect the joinings. Rev. W. A. Sunday closed a series of levival meetings at Carthage, 111., last week. There were oyer 500 conversions reported. He was the recipient of a freewill offering of $2,100, the largest he ever received. He- is now holding meetings at Carrolton. Charles Sawyer was found in Potta watomie Park, near St. Charles, dead, with a half emptied Dottle of whiskey anil a box of rough on rats beside him. Strange some people will take A double dose of poison when one would be suf ficient, but perhaps not as quick as two. Nunda Herald: A. L. Weaver of Cary was the chief figure in a peculiar runaway at his farm place «ear that village lkst week. His team ran away, threw him against a'windmill post, the post was loysened/ahd the wit>()uiiU fell on,t6e tiarn, causing more or less dam age to, both mill and barn. . Herald: A cpftnmittfee of Huntley cit izens .Was -in Nunda Tuesday examin ing the water works system. They, were highly pleased with it, as in fact everyone is who inspects it. The Hunt ley people are putting up a steel tower and tank, and sinking a well at present, and later, when more funds are in sight, expect to lay mains and complete the system. They have a splendid well, 60 feet deep, with water rising within 18 feet of the top. The largest mortgage, with one ex ception, ever filed in the recorder's of fice of McHenry county, was filed there last week by the? Chicago Title and Trust Co. It was given by the Knicker bocker Ice Co., which owns and operates the large houses at Crystal Lake, and was for $2,223,000. The largest mort gage ever recorded was that of the Chicago & North-Western railway, in the amount of $88,000,000.-- McHenry County Republican. Nunda Herald: Ed Stevenson of Woodstock.was placed nuder arrest one day last week, charged with an assault with deadly weapon with intent to com mit murder. He was bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $500. Steven son drank deep of dark red liquor on Wednesday evening, and came down town with a shot gun. He fired two shots at one citizen and later shot at another resident of Woodstock. This was a little too strenuous for the people and he was placed nnder arrest. Dealers fesr that there will be a great decrease in the number of oysters this year and they are prophesying freely that the supply will be inadequate to meet the demands of the thousands of persons who consame an enormous amount annoally. Everywhere it is said that an attempt will be made to sell oysters at the regular price, which is from 40 to 50 cents a quart, but it is admitted that it will be impossible to do this should the market become alarm ingly scarce since it would not pay the dealers to handle oysters at a small profit The work of organizing Prohibition al liances is being pushed throughout Mc Henry county by County Chairman Wilbur H. Levey, who has secured the aMii.ttam-e of Evangelist and Mrs J. H. Loukett of Chicago, the wonderful musical entertainers and gospel temper ance workers. An effort will be made to organize an alliance in every town in the county. Snccess has been achieved so far. Woodstock has organized sn alliance with thirty-two charter mem bers. Ridgefield starts out with eight een charter members. They were at Marengo Thursday, Friday and Satur day evenings last week, at,Franklin- ville Sunday a f ternqon. Union; Sunday and Monday evenings. They had the hearty hupport of the Methodist pastor, F. S. Freeman, and the church people at Union. It is evident that success must surely follow the efforts of these wonderful workers. PLEASANT WORDS. Part With Harvard People Loath to Father Foley. _____ ' "v : Tfife Harvard Independent prints the following, showing the high esteem in which is held Father Foley, who has re cently gone to Elgin to be second as sistant pastor of St. Mary's church: . "Before leaving us for Elgin, Father Foley was waited on at ^ Joseph's rec- iory by the Misses Lilli^i Waters and Lizzie Nolan, who invited him to the Foreeters' hall to meet the children of the Parish Christian Doctrine school. Having reached there he was Bnrprised, iudeed, by the laughing, happy faces of the children, who presented him with a splendid gold watch, in addition to a little purse to buy a suitable watch- guard, if he so desires. The surprise of all was the address the spokesman made: 'Father, indeed we are all very sorry to see you go; but you lovingly watched -over, UB while you were with us, and now we place a watch over you.' Father Foley responded in a few words, which the occasion called forth. He did not attempt to conceal his pleas ure and his gratitude for so unexpected "a token," and for such thoughtful, in nocent, generous young hearts. He said he could not well see how in three tnonths he could have deserved such distinction as to gain the affections of the children, which he prized more than gold or silver." THE CORH HU8KER. The Time Approaches for Annaal Anno tation Bee. L O C A L B R I E F S New Ads This Week. J. Hurwitz > , * 3| --If; M. J. Walsh:'.-' w. a Brniwwd ̂̂ John Stoffel N. H. Petesch - ' F. A. BohlandeaB^Y Bleln Batter Market. Price of butter a pound was made cents by the quotation committee, Mon day, keeping the butter market firm. The output for this district is 551,600 , pounds. Forty tubs of butter were Of fered, but no sales made. The New- .:; York market is reported firm at with receipts of 5,355 tubs.. m m. Does yoar cistern pump wo{k right? If not, see Her bee and dqn't be bothered aay longf^r ^ In years past, when our grandparents were young men and women, husking bees were made events of considerable social importance in the rural districts and that the participants enjoyed those events no one can deny. But there has been a change in all this. We hear no more the merry laughter of the happy young people as they swarm about the stack of stalks and tug away at the husks, the young swains ever on the outlook for the red ear and the privi leges which it foretold. It is now the bhredding and husking machines, with too frequently a cry of dismay from sjuie poor victim who das lost a finger, hand or arm, and in many cases death results. There are today hundreds of young men in this state alone who have lost an arm in the terrible machines. We are pleased to note, however, that the manufacturers are now putting out machines that are constructed on bet ter lines, making it almost impossible for the feeder to get hiB fingers caught in the rollers, unless he climbs upon the feeding table, which is too often the case. Carelessness has had a great deal to do with the many accidents. The first victim this season is a farm hand working on Sheriff Jas. Lake's iarm at Harvard. He will only lose a finger, but the annual amputation bee will soon be on in earneet. , A Mammoth Holiday I--a. The December Delineator (Christmas number) represents the high-water dark of beauty and utility, and possibly of circulation also, in a woman's magazine, having a first edition of more than a million copies. It contains 240 pages. To produce this mammoth edition 728 tons of paper and 49 presses working 25 days were required, in addition to ex quisite color work, clever fiction and strikingly illustrated articles, the num ber includes a display of charming win ter fashions covering forty-two pages, letters from the foreign fashion centers and illustrated articles on the fashion able fabrics and trimmings, millinery, etc. Among the noted contributors are: Richard Le Gallienne, with a del icate romance, A Wedding Ring in the Garden, containing lyrics in the author's best vein; W. A. Frazer, with an Indian tale, The Net of Leo; Albert Bigelow Paine, with a delightful sketch founded on the foibles of the collector; Harriet Prescott Spofford, with a love story of unusual interest; Andrew Lang, with a clever travesty on the usual fairy tale; and Gustav Kobbe, with an interesting paper describing the life of Mine. Emma Eames,"in her Italian home, with her portrait in colors. There is also the third installment of the Evolution of a Club Woman, the piquant parrative of of clubdom by Agnes Surbridge, and a remarkable photographic article by J. C. Hemment There are many beauti ful art features, among them four pages in eolors representing Babyhood, Child hood, Girlhood and Motherhood--the work of Bernard J. Rosenmeyer. For the children there -are entertaining games and stories, and for the house wife many practical suggestions in cookery and other departments qI the home for the Christmas season. M. W. A. Mass Meeting. Ringwood camp No. 597, M. W. A., will hold a mass meeting for Woodmen at M. W. A. hall, Ringwood, on Wed nesday evening, Nov. 25. Several can didates will be initiated. Some of the head officials will be present. A good M >/ Herbes, plumber.' .. :< ^ Perfumery at Petesch *B; ^ ' " r • ^ Hot water bottles at Petesch Is* - }i See Herbes for your plumbing* .1 j*< Steam and hot water heating;--He*»vf:- bee, * /V A full line of plumbing goods at Her- bes'. \ir If your acetylene or gasoline lights \ do not work right see Herbes. •. Steam fittings, brass goods and pipei at rock bottom prioes.--Herbes. ^ v For superior dye work leave your goods with E. Lawlus. Satisfaction guarantee'.l. 20-tf - Mrs. M. A. 8earles will sell all ready- to-wear hats at greatly reduced prices on Saturday and Monday, the 14th and 16th. J. H. Miller's residence and barn are resplendent in a new ooat..of paint.,. John Neiss wss the artist In tibaxge the work. .••• • - Andrew Neish of Spring throve has sold his stock of general merchandise to Frank Shoemacher who will take possr ession soon. ! It should be remembered that no OMM : has a right to stuff hand bills into the rural mail boxes. There is a clause In the postal laws which forbids it. Mrs. M. A. Searles wishes to call tike attention of all wanting dress hats to her beautiful new stock of all the latss^ designs in shapes and trimmings. About sixty couples attended tha dance given under the auspices of the Woodmen camp last Friday evening*. Everyone seemed to enjoy the event. ' - Newspapers don't make every mUtr'-: chant rich who uses their columns. But no merchant gets rich nowadays who doesn't advertise in newspapers. The men who work and gamble sap- - v! port those who don't work. And this applies equally well to the board of trade, stock exchange and poker tables Mr. Jacob R. Justen and Miss Rosa Meyer will be married at Johnsburgh on Thanksgiving day. Preparations >•; are being made for an elaborate wfdP* ̂ ding. • ' • M. Engeln & Son will soon issue some : neat circulars, setting forth the valua- ble points in their steel tanks and feed cookers, whiojtfcare of the beet on t!»» O market* , . The Apollo club will give a dance at Stoffel'8 hall Saturday evening of this week. Several new selections in waits* es and two-stepe have been secured *far the occasion. Jake Engels, who resides near Spring Grove, had to kill his best horse Mem- day. it having stepped on a rusty nail, which resulted in lock jaw. The hoisn was valued at $125 at the least. As in the past I am in the market tor all kinds of furs, paying the highest market price for same. Drop me card and I will call on you. J 30-tf C. S. HOWARD, McHenry* S The cement walk was laid in front of. Barbian Bros.' building this week, it being the last job to come under tfce year's contract with Wm. BelL Bar bian Bros, now have a neat looking; corner. On Halloween someone either state or, as a joke, hid a pair of oars that were in a boat near Dr. Fegers' ham. The guilty persons will do well to Mr- place the oars, as the "joke" has beep carried far enough? John Blake, son of Math. Blake, and . ^ . Miss Katie Klein were married at Johns* burgh yesterday. It was an elaborate V..^' wedding, about eighty families being . invited. Full particulars will be polk:. lished next week. Some miscreant stole a blanket froM i .f'k August Rossman's horse, which waa standing on Main street, last Friday \.V"| night. Perhaps the person thought it v% was Halloween, or it may be that ha needed the blanket More likely •*!>%, latter explanation will answer. ^ The Ladies' Aid society of the 1L jlL t%\ ' .«.*3 church will meet at the home of Mr». v- Wm. Hutson tomorrow (Friday) even* ^ ing. Supper will be served from five to ' - ̂ Seven o'clock at fifteen oents per platew ; or two from the same family will I* - ' B e r v e d f o r t w e n t y - f i v e c e n t s . > ^ . • There will be a social at the resident* ; > of James R Perry on Friday evening^' J Nov. 18, for the benefil of the W. W» , society. Mrs. and Mrs. Ross will , assist Mrs. Perry in serving light m -:;JN delegation from the McHenry camp ff" 'freshinenta The ladies extend a cor- looked for._ Cured of Piles after M Years. Mr. C. Haney, of Geneva, O., had the piles for 40 years. Doctors and dollars could do him no lasting good. DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Salve cured him perma nently. Iuvaluajble for cuts, burns,, braises, sprains, lacerations, eczema, tetter, salt rheum, and all other skin diseases. Look for the name DeWitt on the packages -all others are cheap, worthless druggists. Sgj(| by J4! McHenry merchants have an immense stock of winter goods--not the mail order quality. Read dial invitation to the friends of t4S>. church to add to the pleasure of the oa» easiou by their presence. J. D- Lodta and Dr. C. H. Fegers call no doubt lay claim to having bagged the finest lot ol ducks this fall. Qm Monday they shot fourteen fine, fat mallards. In years gone by these bird* were quite plentiful, bat now a.mallaitd is almost a curiosity to the average w. paper every weeic