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"LIVE AND LET LIVE." J W»G, T. U. PRESS DEPARTMENT 'StepThh Motto !u- 3JJud ttiol Vum Will Be t Benfflt to Your Town. H $5.00 and Upwards. Why can we sell CLOTHING cheaper than mall order houses? BECAUSE we do not spend % MILLION DOLLARS every year for advertising in magazines and Farm FIFTEEN PER CENT jot all sales js spent jhv advertising by the ; € MAIL ORDER HOUSE& | JOS. W. FRJEUND. .\PH(| MOlffll! km laics. \ ue Mixed P£tmt;-Vhich >„ thev^ry best b«^ids foifno more tbani is Our Spring stock of Paints, Oils and Var­ nishes, Wall Finishes, Etc., is much larger than ever otefore, and we are confident that you can fin®. here just what you \#int in these lines. \We still handle the CROWN fhicn is acknowledged one of is on the market, and sold thaty is generally asked for poor stuff. A very complete line of Japalac in all colors. • Brushes of all description, from §ve cents to five dollars. And we also have the nicest line of plated ware' in town--Serving Dishes, Baking Dishes, Chafing Dishes, Tea and Coffee Pots, Table ware and fancy pieces. A large line of Table and Pocket Cutlery. Call on 11s; Respectfully yours, F. L. McOmber. tan's of all kinds of Merchandise. The prices have to be quoted to you. Not much said about shoes that fit. You know most people under­ stand better about buying Shoes and Stockings that are suitable for their feet. A Shoe is se- lected primarily for its appearance and tried on . with the hope that it will fit. Sometimes it does fit, but more often it is absolutely unsuited to the foot. This is injno way the fault of the person who sells it, but rather due to inability on the part of the purchaser to know his or her particular need. The shape of the foot should" be studied carefully and attention given to the sort of Shoe that is found to be most comfort­ able. While it is true that every one's feet are different from everyone's else, there is enough general resemblance in feet to make it possible to find ready-made Shoes which are both com­ fortable and smart looking. We have them. $2.50 for men's patent leathers just now, regu­ lar price $3.50. But we must sell. Will tell you more about this when you come. W. C. EVANSON 4M> 1' 'I' 'I' 'I' >t> 't> '3' 'I' $ ! Furniture! I g<\ At our store can be found, at all times, the most complete line of Furniture to be found in the County. Besides' the large and complete line we constantly have on hand, we are always prepared to get, on very short notice, any ar­ ticle wanted wlikh we do not carry in stock. Our prices are always in the reach of everyone to which we contrib­ ute our success. All calls in the Under­ taking line are promptly attended to. The next time yon sit down to order something from a mail order house from a catalogue representation, says an exchange, just ask them if they will take yonr butter, eggs and other farm produce. Tell them you are repairing your church and would like a contribu­ tion of a few dollars. Tell them thete is a factory about to locate in the town and you would like a hundred-dollar subscription towards the enterprise to liven up your home town. Tell hiui there is a poor widow with a houseful of childreft down the street and ask them if th*y will send a load of coal, potatoes or some clothing for the chil­ dren, Tell them your church people are about to build a parsonage for the preacher and a subscription of $25 or $50 would be appreciated. If they re- >4K>ud, all right, send along your order; if not, please remember your home mer­ chant does all these things and much more. He helps to pay for local im­ provements--sidewalks, street lighting, public schools, caring for the poor, etc. He patronizes the chureh suppers, and numerous benefits given tbr charitable purposes. He advertises in the local papers and sends bis special sale bills all over the surrounding country. He sells his wares at the lowest Hying prices and keeps the best stock possible for the amount of business he is able to do, and would undoubtedly keep a still larger assortment if the trade that legit­ imately should be his bought their goods at home and believes in "Live and let live." A good live town in the.midst of a good farming community enhances the value of all the real estate in the neighborhood, both within the town limits and the surrounding country. The first question a prospective farm buyer asks is, "How far from a good live town, church and school house is your farm located?" And the answer has much to do with the price. The way to make a good live town is to boom your own town as offering the best possible inducements, and buy everything you possibly can at home. The way to kill off a town is to send away for everything you want and teil everybody you can't get anything you want in your home town. Holders .of town or farm property can greatly in­ crease the value of their holdings by making their natural trading point as important as possible, and this they can best do by concentrating their purchases at their natural oentral market. r * *'• Strkies Hidden Rocks. When your Bhip of health strikes the hidden rocks of Consumption, Pneu­ monia, etc., you are lost, if you don't get help from Dr. King's New Dis­ covery for Consumption. J. W. Mc- Kinnon, of Talladega Springs, Ala.,, writes: "I had been very ill with Pneu­ monia, under the care of two doctors, but was getting no better when I began to take Dr. King's New Discovery. The first dose gave relief, and one bot­ tle cured me." Sure cure for sore throat, bronchitis, coughs and colds. Guaranteed at N. H. Petesch's and Julia,A. Story'8, McHenry, and G. W. Besley's, West McHenry, drug stores, price 50c and f 1.00. Trial bottle free. Very Low Kxcurolun KHton to San Fran­ cisco and Loa Angeles, Via the North-Western Line, will be in effect from all stations April 10 to 14, inclusive, with favorable return limits, on account of Meeting Woodmen of the World. Two fast trains to California daily. "The Overland Limited," (electric lighted throughout;, less than three days en route. Another fast train is "The California Express" with drawing room and tourist sleeping cars.. For rates, tickets, etc., apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. Apr 14 A Chicago Alderman Owe* His Election to Chain berlal it's Cough ltemedy. "I can heartily and conscientiously recommend Chamberlain's Cough Reme­ dy for affections of the throat and lungs." says Hon. John Shenick, 320 So. Peoria St., Chicago. "Two years ago during a politicol campaign, I caught cold after being overheated, which ir­ ritated my throat and I was finally compelled to stop, as I could not speak aloud. In my extremity a friend ad­ vised me to use Chamberlaid'e Cough Remedy. I took two doses that after­ noon and could not believe my senseB when I found the next morning the inflammation had largely subsided. I took several doses that day, kept right on talking through the campaign, and I thank this medicine that I won my seat in the Council." This remedy is for sale by all druggists. The Plaindealer will be sent to any address on trial three months for twen­ ty-five cents, and will be discontinued at the expiration of time nnless other­ wise ordered. Try it. Champion Liniment for Rh»nm»M«iy. Chtts Drake, a mail carrier at Ooa- pinville, Conn., says: "Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the champion of all lini­ ments. The past year I was troubled a groat deal with rheumatism in my shoulder. After trying several cures the storekeeper here recommended this remedy and it completely cnred me." There is no use of anyone suffering from that painful ailment when*this liniment can be obtained for a small sum. One application gives prompt relief and its continued* use for a short time wih produce a permanent care. For sale by all druggists. [The Plainfloaler does hot hold itself respon­ sible for the opinions expressed In this col­ umn.--Eu.] The tippler's wine of gladness usually ends in the whine of sadness. It were better to do the truth and hear it not than to hear the troth and do it not. They also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way.--Isa. 38:7. An enlightened conscience awakens convictions, but no man was ever re­ deemed by regrets. No man who does not take an active part in political affairs to the best of his knowledge and in accordance to the dictates of his conscience can be classed as a true and worthy American citizen^ It is said that the artillery fire o£the*. Japanese in the attacks on Liaoyang were more terrific than anything ever known. But a more teirible artillery directed against thei United States makes applicable to our nation the warnings of Isaiah. It is the artiUery of the brewery bungholes and saloon spigots. They are furling at uS a more deadly fire than any foreign foe. ever has done. Th e statistics of the 100,000 deaths caused annually by drink are familiar erfough. So is the large per­ centage of crime (estimated by judges to be from 75 to 90 per cent.) caused by liquor, pauperism, insanity and divorce. In 1900 the city of Boston recceived $1,- 000,000 from the liquor traffic and paid $23,000,000 for courts, police and paup­ ers. The men whose fighting Bunker hill monument commemorates fought against a less terrible foe, and their de­ scendants, under the shadow of Bunker Hill, pay twenty-two millions annually as a stamp tax to Kin^ Alcohol and do not raise a band. Does not this nation need Isaiah? Sixty-nine out of seventy- one merchants in Detroit have agreed not to employ cigaret smokers Many a mother's son, who is looked upon as the future support of the home, is being | so maimed, by this Assyrian that when h« applies to Swift, the great meat-pack­ er, Montgomery Ward & Co., Hibbard Spencer, Bartlett & Co., and a number of other private firms he will be shut out by the sign, "No cigaret smokers employed." When he goes to the Rock Island Railroad for a job he wilt be told, ' Ywur blunders might wreck a train." If he goes on to the Union P» - citic railroad he will hear Mr. Harri- man's words echoing in his ears: "We might as Veil go to the lunatic asylum for employes as to hire cigaret smokere." If you cannot eat, sleep or work, feel mean, cross and ugly, take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea this month. A tonic for the sick. There is no remedy equal to it. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. G. W. Besley. Tho usiiy ftcmtor fnr two Utotnimi Among the sparse settlements along the bleak coasts of Labrador and New­ foundland, a young Englishman and Oxford man has given the people for thirteen years practically the only med­ ical comforts they have bad. By boat in sninmer and by dog-train through the snows, he reaches every harbor from Newfoundland to Hudson Strait >He is the comfort and hope ,of the fru­ gal, care-pinched people of the whole, long coast. In the April McClure's this young doctor has written the story of a winter's experience. He writes a simple,- 'direct account of a freely given, ardn- ous service. It has the tang .of the cold North about it, and it is a hopeful pict­ ure of a little-known people--the far­ thest outposts of the northern coasts. The Colonel's Waterloo. Colonel John M. Fuller, of Honey Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo, from Liver and Kidney trouble: In a recent letter, he,, says: "I was nearly dead, of these complaints, and although* I tried my family doctor, he did me no, good; so I got a 50c bottle of your great Electric Bitters, which cored me. I consider them the best medicine on earth, and thank. God who gave you the knowledge to make them." Sold, and guaranteed to cure Dyspepsia. Biliousness and Kidney Disease, by N H. Petesch and Julia A. Story, Mc­ Henry, and G. W, Bealey, West Mc­ Henry, druggists, at 50c a bottle. • CONTINUES All Winter Goods must be closed out to make room for Spring and Summer Goods which are 'arriving x every day. The following Goods will be sold at ' cost and below « . .,.' 'i -s £ - Men's Ladies' Underweaft C h i l d r e n ' s Stockings, Flanhelette, E£tc. > On Groceries our Prices c gre always the lowest. Buy Sleepy JOye Flour and get th^ BESTX W:. Having decided to quit the Implement Business I hereby offer for sale my en­ tire stock of Farm Imple­ ments at cost for Cash, con­ sisting of the following line ©f godds: The Janesville Reliance Gang and Sulky Plows, Budlong Disk Har­ rows, Grand Detour and Janesville Walking Plows, Spike Too tli Harrows, Prairie City Seeders, Shoe and Hoe Drills 6-blade Cul­ tivators,*' 5-tooth Lever Walking Cultivators, 2-row Cultivators, m .ouggies and • Surries we have a few of them, left in both Rubber and Steel Tires that will be closed out with the rest. One Phaeton and Trap which have both been used, but are in Excellent Condition. Also a few second-hand light Wagons and Bobs. This sale is bonafide and the goods will be sold as above stated. Sale: now on and will continue until closed out. . , . __ _ • ' T. J. WALSH. & i-mrn 1st and are offering the newest We are determined to close out our entire Stock before April and best selected Stock in town at absolutely wholesale cost $1.60 $2.25 Men's soft Hats, black, brown, metria and gray, new spring shapes, the $2.25 quality for Men's soft Hats, black, brown, pearl and tan, latest shapes, the $3.00 quality for.... Men's popular shaped Hats, ail colors, the $1 .50 quality now selling at. Men's and Boys'$1.25 Hats, latest spring n®^el- t i e s , s e l l i n g n o w a t . . . . . . . . , . . . . ' , . , . Men's and Boys' Hats, the knockabout sort, 50c and 60c quality, now Other grades at same reductions. Men's fine Kid Gloves, worth $1.00 and $1.50, are ' _ sy now selling at -- . $1.12i arid / $ ̂ 90c 45C Our enormous STOCK OF SHOES is still in fine shape. We can fit nearly every one, altho we have sold nearly ONE THOUSAND pairs Since the sale began. Come and bring everyone from Qrandpa to Baby. We can save you money. :YOU RS TRULY, M. J. Walsh, W. flcHenry mm MCHILLINOIS. JACOB MEN. ' ^ • • • • - The Plaindealer and Chicago Daily Chronicle both for one year for $8.50. It will bring rich, red blood, firm flesh and muscle. That's what Hollis­ ter's Rocky Mountain Tea will do Taken this month, keepfe you well all summer. 86 cents, Tea or Tablets. G. W. Besley. Don't forget the "wantad" column t •shf Shoes! Sboes! It has been our constant aim to give the Public the BEST QUALITY and Latest Styles in Footwear for the .'east money, but never before have we had such a complete line to show as we have for the coming season in PATENT COLT, VELOUR CALF, KIDS & TANS Children's Dongola Lace Shoes, spring heel,Cpatent leather sizes 8 to 6, only............. * Children's Dongola Lace Shoes, scroll edged with velvet spring heel, a very stylish shoe and one that will wear, sizes 6 to 8.. Children's Fine Kid Lace Shoes, spring heel, double sole, patent tip, one that you will buy at sight, sizes 8 to 1H, at......, Children's Heavy Box Calf Lace Shoes, strongly sewed,double sole, spring heel, sizes 18 to 2, at ••••«' Boys* Satin Calf Lace Shoes, good heavy doable sole, sizes 8 to 18i, at 49c 69c $1.29 98c $1.49 : $1.98 Here is a big value in Ladies' Shoes, made of a fine Wd, patent leather |ip, medium weight sole, for only-- Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes, that have both quality and style, medium heavy sole, Cuban heel, patent leather tip, for. . Ladies'extra fine kid lace Oxfords, made in the new Gibson styled? _ glove finished top, pat. tip, in black kid tan and pat. colt, allsizesH' * •W/O Bee^onr M?n> Fine Glaser Colt-Shoe, for dress, at..... QQ Men's Shoes in tan velour calf, boxcalf, vici kid and patent leather, in either lace or button at .. i. .$2.00, 2.69, 2.98, 3.29, 3.5(f, 3.98 • foil Una of Children's Tan and Patent Leathers in both Lace and Button. BLOCK & BETHKE, McHENRY,