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West OF MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. Capital Stock, $25,000. sm EDWIN L. WAGNER, President. S. WEBSTER, SIMON STOFFEL, Vice-President W. STENGER, Cashier. v'i.'.-V CHECKING ACCOUNTS. SAVINQS AC­ COUNTS, CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, DOHESTlt AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE, COLLECTIONS, NOTARY PUBLIC. : : paid on Savings Ac­ counts and Time Cer­ tificates of Deposit. y~' i> ' * • mmm • Ml OUR LINE OF HOUSE­ HOLD FURNITURE IS MORE COMPLETE THAN EVER BBFORE AND IS AT ALll TinES REAbY FOR YOUR INSPECTION. LET US OIVE YOU OUR PRICES. THEY PLEASE. Jacob Justen * r VvVv"1 W V V f V TIPWWWV A Happy * .p* > • J t.* \ A". » And don't forget that dtir* j * » . ing the coming year w» will strive harder th«n ever to please our custom m e r s . ' V " r JOHN STOFFEL THE WEST SIDE QROCERMAN £ I1 ̂ W lV ^ *V *V *V 'X1 lV *V *4*' y >'V >* y^* >r Evanson's 'i' jr^ViV •, V v- ^or your support antf pat foliage ex­ tended to the "Little Store" accept thanks and deserted appreciation. : y;"\ Your continued efforts in this be&rif * J are very much desired and to this end ? we respectfully solicit your good will. ? ; ' l ' ' f • , The reduction sale is o*tock«e^t ifidifljerent lines. • ' "I. < VjVS •. l£? t± NMIlMllNMNNlNMHMMWIHMMHMNMUHMMtHIHtHMMHnKtMtMHMMNMIHMMNM NEIGHBORING NEWS AS CHRONICLED BY OUR ABLE CORPS < CORRESPONDENTS JOBKSHUKOH: Miss Delia Nieeen spent Sunday with Susie Freuad. l>r. N. J. Nye wh a businses victor in Chicago Saturday. Frank Niesen of McHenry was a call­ er here on Christmas. Miss Elizabeth May was a Pistafcee Bay visitor Saturday. Miss Bftw-garet Adams was a Chicago caller onM^ay last wfeek. Stephen H. Schmitt celebrated his namesday last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Brown of , Vol* were visitors here on Christmas. * Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Thelen visited Mr. and Mrs. John Mertes Christmas. ^ Miss Iva Hoffman d'roye through here from Holcombville on Wednesday. Petor May, who has been spending the winter in Iowa, spent Christmas here. \ Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller of Zenda, Wis., spent Monday with Mrs. Susan Frennd. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Rothermel of Mc­ Henry spent Christmas with the lat- ter's mother, Mrs. Kate May. Misses Emma and Maggie Freund are spending the Christmas vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Nick 8. Freund. Mr., and Mrs. Hubert Frennd and children visited the latter's mother, Mrs. Anton Meyers, on Christmas. Messrs. and Mesdames Frank Miller, Joseph Miller and Joseph Michels spent Christmas with McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Oeffiing are re­ joicing over the arrival of a baby boy. The yonng gentleman arrived Satnrday. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Weber of McHen­ ry visited with the latter *s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Williams, last Tues­ day. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Skifans and Miss Susie Thiel and gentleman friend of Chicago spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Mi Ke Thiel. If "taken at the Sneeze Stage" {Se­ venties--a toothsome candy Tablet- will sorely and qnickly check an ap­ proaching cold or Lagrippe. When yon first catch cold--or feel it coming on take Dr. Shoop's Preventics, and the prompt effect will certainly surprise Mid please you. Preveqtics surely sup ply the proverbial "ounce of preven­ tion." Sold in 5 cent and 25 cent boxes by N. H. Poteeoh. •oioi*"'- C. G. Hnson of Libertyville was in Volo Tuesday. M Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Russell were re­ cent McHenry callers. Rev. Ball of Wauconda made several calls in Volo Satnrday. Wm. Ciough of Wauconda transacted business here recently. Carl North of Wauconda made a trip to the Cash store recently. Mrs. Stadtfield and son, Henry, ware recent Wauconda visitors. "Charles Dunnill is visiting with bis sister, Miss Bessie, in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nicholls were McHenry visitors one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Shultes of High' wood spent Thursday at Raught Bros. * Two days' treatment free. Ring's Dyspepsia Tablets for impaired indi­ gestion, impure breath, perfect assimi lat^on of food, increased appetite. Do not fail to avail yourself of the above offer. Soldi by N. H. Petesch, druggist. Last Friday morning, at his home near Volo, occurred the death of Albert Raught, the elder of the two well known Raught brothers. He had been ailing for some time, but until the past three weeks it was thought he would recover. The fnneral services were held from the home last Sunday afternoon at one o'clock; Rev. Ball of Wauconda officiat­ ing. Burial took place at Wanke^an. KHEBALD PARK. ! John Aylward spent Christmas at, El­ gin. R. BL Sutton of Chicago spent Christ­ mas at his home. John Sutton is spending a few days in Elgin this week. 0 Mrs. B. Hayes of Harvard visited Mrs. E. Knox Sunday last. Miss Mary Sutton of Chicago spent Tuesday at her home. Miss May me Knox is visiting friends at McHenry this week. Miss Margaret Ward and friend call­ ed in this vicinity Tuesday. Mr Lou Comisky spent last week with his uncle, E. Comisky. Misses Margaret and Alice Sutton of Elgin spent Christmas at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Oibbs of Chicago spent Christmas at the former's home. John Gibbs, Jr., spent last week with relatives and friends in Chicag6 and Elgin. Miss Ethel Harbaugh went to Chicago Fridajr to spend the holidays at her home. Mr. and. Mrs. E. L<arkin and family of Elgin spent Wednesday at R. J. Sutton's. Mrs. Frank O'Flarity of Elgin visited a few days recently with her mother, Mi*. Frisby. Misses Anna Frisby and Mabel Granger visited a day recently with Miss May Welch. Pine Salve Carbolized acta like a poul­ tice; highly antiseptic, extensively used tor Eczema, chapped hands and lips, cuts, burns Sold by K. H. Petesch, druggist. Miss Mary Gibbs entertained twenty- three of her friends at a house warming last Saturday evening. Refreshments were served. Dancing was the order of the evening and a general good time was enjoyed. Mrs. Ed Anderson of Chicago was the guest of her parents here Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Marshall of Mo- nee, 111., spent Christmas with the let­ ter's parents, Mr.and Mas. George Meyers. ; loroaitrlan Bcllc^l The Zoroastrian faith acknowledges Ormazd, Ahura Mazda, "Lord Wis­ dom," as the supreme god, with six archangels, Amesha Spenta, and a company of angels, Yazata, about him to rule and guide the world. The in­ fernal host of fiends and archfiends who war against heaven and strive to destroy the future life of man is led by Aura Mainyu, the evil spirit m dis­ cussing with these Zoroastrians the subject of the origin of evil I found that they look upon the supreme being, Ahura Mazda, as comprising within himself the two powers of good and evil--namely, Spenta Mainyu, the holy spirit, and Anra Mainyu, the evil spir­ it. This is similar to the monotheistic view held by the Parsls of India in opposition to the statement frequently made that Zoroastrianism is pure dual Ism. They believe also in the#resurrec tion of the dead, which their faith has taught them since early times, and this doctrine is connected with the belief that there will come a saviour or mes- siah, called the Saoshyant.--A. V. Wil­ liams Jackson in Century, f mind From Birth. It would be of great interest to know how mueh^IIelen Keller, losing her sight at nineteen months, really retain­ ed of the sense of sight. With Laura Bridgpian, a woman of much less in­ tellect, there was evidently little or nothing left, even as a memory*? With her taste and smell were very feeble, so that communication with the world was, Indeed, through' a narrow pas­ sage. Her sensitiveness to vibration was so fine that without any trace of the sense of hearing she was aware of the tolling of a bell. But her biogra­ pher, giving us in detail the record of" the slow steps of her education, tells us little of what idea she was able to form of things. It is Schopenhauer wtoo gives one hint of what we all want to know of the born blind. He says that a man blind from birth to whom sight was given by an operation put his hand to his eye to grasp thsce and not in their place the things he saw.--London Chronicle. wear The Crumpet Story4 Oliver Wendell Holmes professed to have a profound respect for the Dutch, possibly ou account of what he uggd to call "the European aborigines of America" being Dutch. He gave an aspect of slyness to his respect which Inspired the idea that it was not un- tempered by humor, but he maintained that the Dutch, in spite of their stolidi­ ty, had a great deal of humor them­ selves. "For instance," he would say, "the crumpet story has a Dutch ori­ gin." "What is the crumpet story?" people would ask. And he,would tell them that it had many variants, but the one with which he was familiar was about a man who-was going to be hanged and was asked whether he had any last request to make and said he would like to have a dozen hot crum­ pets, very buttery, because he had nev­ er dared to eat more'than one before. Mechanism of the Hnmu Body. Hie human body is an epitome in na­ ture of all mechanics, all hydraulics, all architecture, all machinery of every kind. There are more than 310 mechan­ ical movements known to mechanics today, and all of these are but modifi­ cations of those found in the human body. Here are found all the bars, levers, joints, pulleys, pumps, pipes, wheels and axles, ball and socket movements, beams, girders, trusses, buffers, arches, columns, cables and supports known tosclence. At every point man's best'mechanical work can be shown to be but adaptations of processes of the human body, a revela tlon of llrst principles used in;nature. v The Trnnkflih. The trunkflBh is one of the ̂ peculiar inhabitants of the -ocean. It 1a called the trunkfish because its back is com­ pletely covered with bony plates of a regular shape, forming a aomplete coat of mall. It is protected so completely tfyit it can move only Its tail, mouth and a small part of its/gills, which pass through the armor. It Is quite a small fish and is -found only, in the warm waters of the southern ( tropical seas. Aa IaaoM>t Dim "Poor woman!" sighed.the prtoon«v1s- itor to the convicted murderess. "Does not the thought of your impending doom cause your mind to revert to-the days of your innocent childhood? Do you not wish you could be playing again as you did then"-- "Why, yes," replied the poor*woman. "I would like to-skip the delpbia Press. Hli Retort. K Laird--Well, Sandy, you are|gett|ng very bent. Why don't you: stand straight up like me, man? Sandy-- Eh, mon, do you see that field o* ^orn over there? Laird--I do. Sandy-- Weel, ye'll notice that the full heids hang down and the empty fonesfstand up.--Glasgow News. ; w Beoaomlesl. "Mother said she thought yb: extravagant, Tom^ but I prov were not." "You darling! thatV "Told her you»*were with hours last nigfctVand o^ly once." - re you How did yon| do J Very; Tboos^tfal. *Just before poor old Poojey^dled be* made his Avifo promise*that diet would not marry again." "Poor old chap--lie (always* wa^kind to his fellow men!'*-- Tit-Bits. Kowatoyi Be Wnta tka jVsttt. ! Times have^ changed -since *the poet wrote "Man waijts but̂ little^here be- low."--Chicago Tribune. Wins » Prise. Little Julia, the elevem-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe. W. Frennd, received word that she was among the prize winners in the draw­ ing contest recently conducted by the Chicago Evening Journal. Miss Freund's prize will be a handsomo silyer mirror. » e "BROCKLEY," overcoat* to 52 a slightly form ^fitting with deep center Copyright IQ06-07 ftfe $hM. Kaufman! & Bm, s. •" Chicago * e illu s tr a tion shows attractively this overcoat is made; if you wear one of them you will find fpu| how warm and; Comfortable they are. \ < The style--fit--workmanship and the durability are all | guaranteed; that's why it will payjyou to always wear the Kaufman Garment. •NLY $12.00 to $25.00. ' * "This garment made and guaranteed hv Chas. Kaufman & Bros., Chicago," is lii the label that should foe on the clothes Myou wear. It will mean you are a well dressed man; it %%-ill mean clothes satis­ faction and economy* - #| RJngwood, Illinois* N 1 1 1 Jacob & Company, McHENRY, ILLINOIS. PHONE, SCHOOL NOTES. •f the BualneM This Week. China Week The teachers are all enjoying holidays at their homes. Basket ball at the city hall Satnrday evening, against- the Genoa Junction boys. The Metropolitan Business college at Elgin loaned us some work for exam­ ination last week. On account of the basket ball games at Dundee the business practice class will not meet this week, but will meet at the usual time nest Thursday even­ ing. The first of a series of illustrated lec­ tures on physiographic processes will be given by Mr. Rice before the whole high school in the laboratory next Wednesday at one o'clock. Any of our friends interested are invited to be pres­ ent. This is a part of the regular phys­ iography work of the tenth year. The contest of last Week was not a great financial success, but otherwise it was highly enjoyable in every way. The judges were unusually well agreed in their decisions, all three giving first place to Miss Lillian Wheeler and sec­ ond place to Agnes,Dodge. Will Galla- her won third place over Alford Pouse by one-third of one per oebt The Sheep* Drive* the Wolf. The wolf will perish, eaten up by the sheep. The sheep Is not what a vain­ glorious folk have Imagined. The sheep presses forward, irresistible, driving before him lioosj and tigers, driving before him man. Man? Yes, man. Ask those thousands of English, those thousands of Scotch, those thousands of Irish, who have been driven back Into the sea by flocks •f sheep, urged forward by certain no- ble lords and large proprietors.--Elie Beclus' "Primitive Folk." We are selling all China at Cost. Is many cases selling prices are Below Cost. Jfothing reserved, everything is reduced. KIM'S DM(i 3 The First Astronomy. The beginnings of astronomy were on tile tops of towers of Babylon and the pyramids of Egypt. It is believed by many writers that both classes of structure were erected for astronomical purposes. As early as the time of Job, nearly 2,000 years before Christ, most t of the stars had been divided into con- stellations. The writer of Job men­ tions Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades as being familiar. The modern science dates from the labors of Copernicus, Tjcho Brahe and Newton. Bmptr I*o*srevity. «ya, Methuselah lived to be very old, didn't he?" "Yes, my son, aoout 960 years, I be­ lieve; but, then, as fsr as I can learn, there was Just about as much doing per year in those days as there is in five minutes now."--Watson's Maga­ zine. „ Appreciation. Dear Doctor--Inclosed find check for professional services rendered by you to my late uncle. I thank you for your zeal in the matter and shall not fail to recommend you to all my other wealthy relatives.--Meggendorfer Blatter. In families well ordered there is al­ ways one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate, rhe Greeks represented persuasion as crowned--Bulwer. C Sweet to Eat ACMiylawriUuiin. Lax-ets5 Sphil ip jaege! | GENERAL COHMISSION MERCHANT !)j SPBCXAi* ATTENTION GIVKN TO THE SAUE OF | Dressed Beef, flutton, Hogs, Veal, Poultry* f Hides, Etc., Butter and Eggs | This is the oldest house on the street. Tags and price lists furnished | application. COLD STORAGE FREE ! CHICAGO, ILLINOIS si Wholesale Market. I l l I T ] Jos. H. Huemann Johns burgh Illinois. sells the McVi-ker Gasoline Engine, Duple* Grinding Mills, Bock Island Plows, Wagons, Carriages, Buggi» «-., "Wind Mills, Well Supplies, Harness Oil, Paint Oil and , , Machine OU a Spectaft^. fNttlk U0M4 M Wtts 1 am agent tor the above. V b put the Rods on your Build- texs and should they be struck by UghtuiuK we pay damages it BO more thau 1500. Oall wd get full particulars. Prices ilwiys PRINTING JOB OF EVERY DESCRIPTION NEATLY EMfD AT THIS OffKL • £ •V.' ** Vil m. ^K-4' I: > ' •£* - ( Mi- "US?*.. .*• .&J4 ft-v.'-'j0s