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VOLUME XXIX. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, HAY 19, 1904. NUMBER 47 1 CN TOU 5 "We are going to sell out our entire sttick 50 cents on the dollar, regardless of manufacturing cost, to make rsom for new stock. Must be sold in 30 days. Come quick and get your Bargains. Sale commences $L.l^ 1.10 1.15 1.15 1.98 2.19 1.89 1.59 89c 1.10 Ladies Dress Shoes, worth $2.25 for Ladies Everyday Shoes, worth 1.75, for Men's Buckle Shoes, worth 1.75, for best grain leather. Men'^.Everyday Shoes, worth 1.85, special Men's patent leather Shoes, worth 3.50, specl Men's dress Shoes, kid tops, worth 3.50, specl Men's Shoes, worth 2.75, for - / - Men's low Shoes, worth 2.50, special Men's Canvas Shoes, worth 1.50, @ Boys Shoes, 1 to 5£, very best, 1.75 value for Very best young Ladies Kangaroo Calf Shoes, 13 to 2, worth $1.75, special - - 1.10 Little Gents Shoes, 8^ to 12|, worth 1.25, fop 82c Little Girls Shoes, 8^ to 12, best, worth $1.25; @ 79c Infants' Shoes, 1 to 5, worth 50c, special - 32c Children's Shoes, 4 to 8, nice finish, worth $1 54c Men's Rubbers, worth 65c, special - 46c Ladies Rubbers, worth 65c, special - 43c Children's Rubbers, worth 45c, special - 28c Men's Rubber Boots, worth $3.00, special $2.45 Tennis Flannel, worth 10c per yard, special 6c Shaker Flannel, worth 6c per yard, special 4£c All wool Flannel, white, worth 60c per yd, at 28c Plain Black Lawn, worth 29c per yard, special 9c Black Sateen, worth 25c per yard, special - 14c Demities, wor^h 25c per yard, for - - 'lie Lawns, ten colors, worth 12|c yd, spcl - 7c Calicoes, 18 colors, worth 8c per yard, @ - 5c Ginghams, worth 7c yard, special - - 5c German Blue Calico, extra wide, worth 12c, @ Percales, worth 10c per yard, at Linings, worth 6c per yard, special - J Bleached Muslin, very best, worth 10c, @ Very best SliirtUig, worth 12£c, @ Unbleached Muslin, worth 8c, @ - Bed Spreads, worth $1.25, @ Toweling, worth 6c per yard, @ All Linen Toweling, worth 12c per yard, special Ladies Night Dresses, worth $1.00, special Next Grade, worth 75c, special Underskirts, worth $1.00, special Next Grade, worth 75c, special Corset Waivts, 25 cents value, for Ladies Mackintoshes, worth $4.50, special Next Grade, worth $3.50, special Men's everyday Shirts, very best, douBle and back, worth 55c, special Boys Shirts, worth 35c, special Men's Dress Shirts, worth 50c and 75c, special Men's Balbriggan Underwear, worth 50c to 60c Men's Balbriggan Underwear, worth 35c, spcl Ladies Underwear, worth 18c to 25c, at Boys Underwear, 24 to 32, worth 25c, special Ladies Bonnetts, worth 25c, special Girls Hats, well trimmed, worth 35c, special Ladies Dress Sirirts, finest wool, $2.50-$3.00, Window Shades, worth 35c, special Men's Rockford Socks, 4 pair for Next grade, per pair 8c 6£c 4£c 7£c 8|c 6c 8§c 4c 8c - 55c 39c 55c 39c 11c $2.98 $1.98 front 35c 21c 37c 35c v19c *10c 18c 18c 20c $1.29 20c 25c 4c Child's Hose, very best, worth 25c, special Next Grade, worth 15c, special Blue Overalls, with bib, worth 60c, special Jackets, worth 60c. special Gingham Jackets, worth 40c, special Men's Everyday Hats, worth 60c, special Men's dress Hats, soft and stiff, worth $2.00, @ Men's dress Hats, soft and stiff, worth $3.0) Men's Caps, worth 20c, for Straw Hats, worth 20c to 35c, for Knee Pants, 3 colors, worth 30c, special Boys Suits, 2 piece, 5 to 15, worth $2.50, for - Boys Cassimer Suits, worth $2.25, special Youths Suits, all sizes, long pants, all wool, worth $6.00, special Men's fine Suits, worth $12.00, special Men's fine Suits, worth 8.00, special Dress Pants, worth $4.00, special Dress Pants, worth 3.00, special Dress Pants, worth 2.50, special Pants, worth $1.75, special Men's heavy.Suspenders, worth 35c, special Ladies Corset Steels, worth 10c, special Ladies Corsets, worth 60c, special Ladies Shirt Waist Sets, worth 25c, special Pillow Case Lace, worth 5c, special Rickrack, worth lc per yard, special Fine Lace, worth 5c, special Cream color Lace, worth 10c, special Fine Insertion, worth 8c, special 12c He 39c 39c 20c 3Hc $1.19 $1.98 18c 18c 18c $1.29 $1.69 $3.98 6.98 4.98 2.59 1.98 1.48 1.24 19c 4c 35c 9c 2c ic lie 6*c .5c Embroidery, worth 11c, for Men's and Boys Bow Ties, worth 15c, special Ladies Hand Bags, worth 35c, special - 1 Men's Umbrellas, self opening, worth $1.25, @ Turkey Rod Table Cloth, worth 60c, special White Table Cloth, worth 60c, special Braid, white and colors, worth 5c, special Mending Cotton, worth 5c, special Baby Ribbon, 7 yards for Floor Rugs, regular price $2.00, special Scrubbing Brushes, worth 15c, for Laundry Soap, 1*2 bars for Horse Shoe and Spear Head Tobacco, per lb Dukes Mixture worth 5c per package, spcl Garden Seed, worth 5c, special Very best Ink, worth 5c, special Very best Machine Thread, worth 5c, special Pearl Buttons, all sizes, worth 15c, special Fancy box paper and envelopes, worth 10c, spcl C o m m o n P i n s . . . . Nickel Combs, very best, worth 10c, spcl Gold eye Needles, worth 5c, special Little Brushes, worth 5c, spcl Pencils, worth 5c, special Shoe Polish, worth 5c, special Hooks and eyes, worth 5, special Scissors, worth 50c, special Shoe Strings, worth 10c, special Sil-K-Nit, worth 5c, special WEST ricHENRY, •* « « ILLINOIS. 'I 'M I THE BETTER THE GRADE k I the better the trade. We have found this to be true and bave built up h good trade by selling only the b«Bt grade in groceries. It in false economy to bay cheap goods. A trial order will convince yon that onr Groceries are fresh and of the bes^. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES | There £ Telephone No. 301. Qlve u« • Trial. We have them all as they appear on the market. is little profit in this class of goods, bnt we haudle then) for the benefit of our customers. JOHNSTOFFEL t (Itl****** ****** i * /• WW » I Harper 5 | R-ye I | "On Every Tongue." | o» m Oil #** * Pure, Old« Rich, Mellow; the acme of excellence in whiskey product* f Ion. Best as a beverage. Safest and mott satisfactory for all uses. £ * * % SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS $ 44*444444444444444444444^ ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * •I* * * Time for good work We do repairing up to date a£ prices that will please you. Ring 522. H - - RLUIVIQIISJG. : The Plaindealer Trial Subscription, 3 months for 25c Thing* Japan, Haa Hot. In a book on Japan Douglas Stadea recounts the things that the Japanese hav« not They have no bread, no beds, no boots and shoes, no trousers for the men, no petticoats for the wo­ men. This sounds alarming, but both sexes wear instead several dressing gowus, one over the other--the kimo­ nos of commerce In their houses they have no windows, no doors, no walls, no ceilings, no chests of drawers, not even a washing stand, and the ward­ robe is onlj' a lot of boxes piled one on top of another. In the kitchens they have no range, no pots, no puns, no flour bins, no dour, no kitchen tables. But, then, they have no tables or chairs In the druwing room, and In the real native house the druwing room It­ self Is only a lot of bedrooms with their_ walls taken down. There Is no reason why you should find anything In a Japanese house except muts and a charcoal stove for warming your fin­ gers and the teapot and committing suicide. Japan is full of cherry trees and plum trees, but they do without fruit. The cherries are used for tlie blossoms and the plums for hanging poems on. "The Oldest Loadoa Kitekea," Perhaps the oldest relic In London of a medieval kitchen is at Westminster abbey, though little remains to Indicate it save the rubble tiooring, the buttery hatch and an adjoining cellar, now the handsome dining hall of Canon Wilber- foree. The monk who acted as kitchen­ er or refectorian had a responsibility as great as any hotel manager or, chef in these days, for among his fellow monks, to say nothing of the pension- em, were critics as keeu as any among the world famed diners of today. Yet the abbey kitchen was scarcely more elat>oratc than any one of those which linger on in the remote cottages of the rough Cornish coast or ou the York­ shire moors, where the entire cooking of the family is done on a fiat hearth, with no other fuel than turf or peat or twigs. The "broth pot" hangs from a era nc or stands on a tripod and Is most accommodating in its uses. Would you make bread? I^ay the dough on a clean Iron plate and invert the broth pot over it, then heap up all round It your lighted turf or wood.--Windsor Magazine. A Mourner. Mike--Did ye attlnd Casey's foneralT Pat--Oi did. Mike--Was ye wan av th' mourners? Pat--Oi was; somebody stole me bat. Bead The Plaindealer advertisements. They are interesting. Men *nd Animal* In Water. The animal has no advantage in any way In water over man, and yet the man drowns, while the animal swims. The dog, the horse, the cow and even the cat all take to the water and are able to walk as they do when out of water. Throw a dog Into the Btream, and at once he begins to walk just as he does on dry land. Why should a man, woman or child act differently un­ der like circumstunces? It seems strange that people have to be told to do what the animuls do in­ stinctively and iustantly. Man's igno­ rance of so simple a thing as treading water is remarkable. It Is without rea­ son or excuse. There is a popular no­ tion afloat that in some way the dog and other animals bave an advantage over man In water. Nothing could be further from the truth. The advantage lies with man, who Is provided with a paddle formed hand and knows enough to float when tired, something the ani­ mal rarely or never does. Ancient Sporta Anion* the Hebrew*. Pigeons as letter carriers, trudition tells us, were employed at the time when Joshua invaded Palestine as me­ diums of communication between bead- quarters and camps in lands far off on the other side of the Jordan. At the time of the Talmud they were used In amusing games. The Talmud tells us that betting was Indulged in at the pi­ geon play. The owner of the pigeon which reached first the point designat­ ed was" the winner. Another play connected with betting was the kubya. Kubya means a small" pot (Arabic kubeia, small glass). The kubya was fT little pot wherein dice were shaken and thrown upon the ta­ ble. The dice were numbered as our modern ones are. Against these two games the Talmud was in arms, and their players were not allowed to ap­ pear as witnesses before the bar. Colambaa and the Galf Stream. It is curious to note in the history of the gulf stream how great its influ­ ence has been on the fortunes of the new world. Before the discovery of America strange woods and fruits were frequently found on the shores of Europe and off lying islands. Some of these were seen and examined by Co­ lumbus, and to his thou^fif ful mind they were confirming evid» fact that strange lands to the westward. Tbes carried by the gulf strea prevailing winds from continent, so that in part stream is responsible for the o£ the new world. A Claaae In Napoleon'a Will. Peter the Great is said to have made a will In which lie exhorted his heirs to approach as nearly as possible to Constantinople and toward India, but the authenticity of this document has been disputed, and it is shrewdly sus­ pected to have been forged late in the eighteenth century by August von Kotzebue. Of the genuineness, how­ ever, of the last will and testament of Napoleon I. there can be no man­ ner of doubt. One of its clauses was as vindictive as the testamentary In­ junction of Queen Austrlgilda to her husband to have her two doctors killed and burled with her. The exile of Longwood absolutely bequeathed 10.000 francs to a fellow called Cantlllon, who bad been tried in Paris for an attempt to murder the Duke of Wellington. The man was still surviving in Brussels when Na­ poleon III. came to the throne, and Cantlllon was duly paid his legacy. The Panar aad the Butterfly. She was a pansy. There sue stood in the great garden of Japan, coquettish- ly fanning herself with a leaf. And he was a butterfly, a handsome fellow. Daily he flew to her to embrace her slender form and to kiss the tears away the night had left upon her brow. Wah Hu, the gardener, one day espied the beautiful flower, and soon the pansy found herself installed amid the most luxurious surroundings in the dressing room of the geisha. There she rested in the costly cloisonne vase. And she longed for her mother, the earth, and her father, the great sun, and her lov­ er, the butterfly. No more tears be­ dewed her eyes. Her soul left her, she pined away,3nd one day she died. And the butterfly who missed her--well, he found another pansy.--Chicago Record- Herald. He Died Cared. There used to live uear Dunbarton, in New Hampshire, a physician who had a reputatiou for pigheaded stupidity. A good story about this physician used to circulate in the town. Accord­ ing to it, an old woman stopped his gig one day and pointed toward a house with crape on the door. "So, doctor," she said maliciously, "Mr. Brown is dead, for all you prom­ ised to cure him, eh?" The doetor looked at her in his pom­ pous, stupid way. "You're mistaken," he said. "You didn't follow the progress*of the caw1. It's true Mr. Brown is jdead, but he died cured!" Try the "Want ad" otflumn. LUMBER! The building season is here and so are we with everything neccessary in building a house. Let us figure with you when you get ready to build, it will certainly pay you to do so. We carry a com­ plete stock of Lumbei, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Build* ing Paper, Cement, Lime, Brick, Etc. FEED DEPARTMENT; Our Feed Department is also complete in every detail, having been in the business so lopg as to f know the exact wants of the people. White Swan Flour is the kind we handle and the name speaks for itself. * WILBUR LUHBER CO. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. IWWWWWWMWWWWW/ MW.W MMWMWWtfMWWMMWMWWMMNWWWNWMWWli ! ' m « i :- At Your Finger Tips is th« instant control of your busin< Chicago Telephone IT REACHES EVERYWHERE BH otais m CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPACT