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MMMM DAIRY CONVENTION AT MARENGO DO YOU EM OT SHU, QUALITY, fU GUARANTEED EQUAL TO ANY TAILOR-MADE GARHENT, AT fOO LESS THAN YOU WILL PAY FOR SAME WHEN YOU SELECT THEM FROM A SAMPLE, AND CHANCE IT, WHETHER IT WILL FIT YOU. Come see the garment, tryit on and, if satisfactory, buy it, hence no disappointment. We have an assortment ranging in price from $7.50 to $19.00 3.13J. Freund, = West IticBenry* •SPECIAL- Christmas Offer Until Christmas _^FOR^_ $5*00 we will nial^e 12 of our best Photo­ graphs and one i6x ao WATER COLOR HILLE PHOTO STUDIO West McHenry, III. 'Phone 493. AMONG THE BOWLERS. Local Lmgue Seanon Is Opened Monday Night--Alley Record Beaten, PHILIP JAEGER GENERAL COHMISSION MERCHANT SPECIAL. ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SALE OF Dressed Beef, riutton, Hogs, Veal, Poultry, Hides, Etc., Butter and Eggs This 1B the oldest house on the street. Tags and price lists furnished on application. COLD STORAQE FREE SUOI 1 * J, Fnltoa St. WtMteMktMarket. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Humor In Journalism. Next to a million dollars a hearty laagh is aboat as pleasant a thing as one can have. Everyone really wants to laagh. No man and no newspaper can be really great withont a sense of humor. The Chicago Record-Herald regards the promoting of smiles and langhter as a part of the legitimate mission of the press. For years the "Alternating Currents" column of S. B. Kiser in that paper has been a daily source of delight to its readers. The cartoons of Ralpb Wilder on the first page also are designed to make people laagh--and to make them think as well. In fact, the humor of the Record-Her­ ald, like its news columns, is always clean and kindly as well as amasing and entertaining. It affords a striking ex­ ample of the right way to "tell the truth laughing." Famous humorists contribute to the Sunday Magazine of the Record Herald, with the popular novelists and celebrated writers on time­ ly questions. Both text and illustra­ tions are of the highest standard of periodical literature--the new idea in Sunday journalism perfected. Christmas books for the children at Petesch's. ir you are contemplating an auction sale this fall F. O. Gans is the right man to cry your sale. Orders may be left with either M. J. Walsh or J. W. Freund at West McHenry, where they will receive prompt attention. Mr. Gans may also be reached at Woodstock by letter, 'phone or telegraph. "-'Bifti The Pttndaaler "mat"ads. Beware of Frequent Colds. A succession of colds or a protracted cold is almost certain to end in chronic catarrh, from which few persons ever wholly recover. Give every cold the attention it deserves and you may avoid this disagreeable disease. How can you cure a cold? Why not try Chamber­ lain's Cough Remedy? It is highly rec­ ommended. Mrs. M. White of Butler, Tenn., says: "Several years ago I was bothered with my throat and lungs. Someone told me of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I began UBing it and it relieved me at onoe. I used it for some time aud it enred me. Now my throat and lungs are sonnd Mid well." For sale by all druggists. Christmas tree ornaments and can­ dles at Petesch's. The McHenry Bowling league opened the season at Yager's alleys Monday evening with teams NOB. I and II con­ testing for honors. The contest was won by team No. I, they rolling a total of 1224 pins in the three games to their opponents' 1204, winning the contest by the small mar­ gin of 20 pips. The ofticial score fol­ lows: Tf AM NO. r. 1st ted 3rd Geo. Yager, sub, 178 150 159 -John Freund, capt. 180 124 164 Carle Ross 74 145 115 Total pins, 1824 867 419 488 Team average, 136. IE AM NO. ii. 1st 2nd 8rd Will Weber 91 107 137 Mat Rothermel 156 127 144 John Weber, capt. 164 145 188 Total pins, 1204 411 379 414 Team average, 184. The McHenry team went to Wood­ stock last night where they were ad­ ministered a most decisive defeat, the county seaters overwhelming them by 284 pins. This (Thursday) evening teams No. V aud VI bowl. On Monday evening Capt. Bickler of team No. VI succeeded in setting a new alley record, putting up a mark of 254. Up to that night the Hon. A. Dud­ ley Meyers had the distinction of hold­ ing the alley record with a score of 253. The prizes for the month of Novem­ ber for the two highest individual scores went to John and Will Weber, who bowled 230 and 216 respectively. On Tuesday night teams No. Ill and IV bowlad, team IV winning out by 7 pins. The score follows: TEAM NO. (If. 1st A. Yager J12 Yule lis Moritz, capt. 182 2nd 158 167 158 3rd 120 IIP 188 Total pins, 1247 857 463 427 Team average, 188 TEA EM NO. IV. 1st 2nd 3rd Barbian, capt. 157 188 180 G. Bishop 108 186 100 W. Heimer 166 111 154 Total pins 1254, Team average, 189 426 485 898 Manicure sets at Petesch's. 'iv r STii • Place Jour Order Now. The government postal authorities hare caused to be posted in every post* office in the country a circular letter to the public, urging everyone to use en­ velopes with a return card printed thereon. Every business man, farmer or person of any occupation should have his name and address printed on his envelopes, thus injuring their return to the sender if anv mistake iB made in the address. Call at-The Plaindealer office and leave orders for this stationery and it will be put up in first-class manner. Nothing like knowing what's going on. We keep you posted locally, but The Weekly Inter-Ocean gives the news of all the world. By our special ar­ rangement von can secure both papers f°r °n«fohywrfor low rate of $1.75. • J0>. Badly rtlxed Up. Abraham Brown of Winterton, N, Y., had a very remarkable experience; he says, "Doctors got badly mixed up over me; one said heart disease; two said kidney trouble; the fourth, blood poi­ son, and the fifth, stomach and liver trouble; but none of them helped me, so my wife advised trying Kieetric Bitters, which are restoring me to perfect health One bottle did me more good than all the five doctors prescribed." Guaran­ teed for blood poison, weakness and all stomach, liver and kidney complaints by N. H. Petesch, Frank Masqnelet, McHenry, G. W. Besley, West McHen­ ry, druggists. 50c. N Fountain pens at Petesch's. Here's Good Advice. O. S. Woolever, one of the best known merchants of Le Raysvllie, N. Y., says: "If you are ever troubled with piles, ap­ ply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It cured me of them for good 20 years ago." Guar­ anteed for sores, wounds, burns or abra­ sions. 25c at N. H. Petesch's,'F. Mas- quelet's, McHenry, G. W. Besley's, W. McHenry, drug stores. One dollar a year tor The Weekly In ter-Ocean; $1.50 a year for The Plain- dealer. Or both by' oar recent special arrangement, $1.75-for fifty-two weeks of genuine news from far and near. ^ IJfttrdis State Dairymen's at Marengo Jan. 14, 15 and 16, will have several distinctive features. One of these will be a milk contest to be conducted by C. B. Lane, assistant chief of the dairy division, department of agriculture, Washington, D. C. The scoring in this test will be conducted by Mr, Lane fuesday morning, the opening day of the convention, aud in an address at the afternoon session Mr. Lane will show to the audience samples of good, bad and indifferent milk and give an address on "Lessons From the Contest. " Mr. Lane is giylng his attention particularly to the milk sup­ ply and iB conducting testa in all parts of the country. There will be two classes in this milk contest, namely: Market milk and mar­ ket cream. The scoring is done on the points of flavor, composition, bacteria, aicidity and appearance of package. The association will give satisfactory cash | prizes in both classes and urges dairy­ men supplying city trade, who wish to kiiow how their milk would score Hand to learn its defects if any and how to remedy them, to send their names to Secretary Geo. Caven, 154 Laice street, Chicago, for entry blanks. Another feature, and one particularly interesting to the butter makers, will be a scoring contest Tuesday morning, Jan. 14. The butter entered in the ex­ hibit will be scored that morning in the presence of buttermakers present, after which the buttermakers who have but­ ter in the exhibit will be permitted to contest for a tryer offered as a prize, the winner to be the one whose scores on five tubs of butter show the smallest variation from the scores of the judge. Only buttermakera who send butter to the convention can enter this test. The convention proper will open Tues­ day afternoon, Jan. 14, at 1:80 o'qjock, and a particular feature will be a ban­ quet to be given on Wednesday even­ ing. The dinner will be served at 6 p. m. and immediately after the ban­ quet there will he a program of address- as and musical numbers, The associa­ tion hopes to have several prominent speakers present on that evening. The convention will oloae with the Thursday afternoon program. The officers of the association are^ar- ticularly anxious to make the milk con­ test a success and will give a cash prize of $5 to the dairyman scoring first, $3 to the second, $2 to the third and $1 to the fourth if a half dozen dairymen en­ ter. If a large number enter, the num­ ber and size of the prizes will he in­ creased. All dairymen supplying milk or cream to city trade should be inter este^ iq this contest If there are any defects they will he discovered and the remedy will be pointed out by the rep­ resentative of the dairy division, who will writ® a ltettw t« each exhibitor, giving his criticisms, a«d wtfl fcnower any questions or give any information that an exhibitor may desire. is the •i Almost everybody who reads the news­ papers is sure to know of the wonderful by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root, the great kid­ ney, liver and blad­ der remedy. It is the great med­ ical triumph of the nineteenth century discovered after years of scientific research by Dr. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and bladder specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, uric acid, catarrh- of the bladder and Bright's Disease, which form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec­ ommended for everything but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work and in private practice, and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made lTv which all readers of this paper, who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book tell­ ing more about. Swamp-Root, and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder t rou­ ble. When wi itiu^ mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, i N. Y. The regular j fifty-cent and 6ne- dollar size bottles are Hom* of swamp-Root, sold by all good druggists. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y.f on every bottle. Don't make any mistake, but remem­ ber the name. Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Bingham­ ton, N. Y., on every bottle. QUARTER OF A CENTQRY. Items Clipped from The Plalndeatfr ot December 6, 188%. Our enormous stock of FaH and Winter Goods is arriving and being placed on our shelves almost daily and we believe we have one of the most complete lines ever brought to town. If you are looking for style, fit, quality and honest pri­ ces we invite your inspect­ ion of our stock* - - - WKST McHENRY, ILL. • : # OP WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Hand painted china at Petesch-'s. A Real Wonderland. South Dakota, with its rich silver mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges and strange natural formations, is a veri­ table wonderland. At Mound City, in the home of Mrs. E. D. Clapp, a wonder­ ful case of healing has lately ocourred. Her son seemed near death with lung and throat trouble. "Exhausting cough­ ing spells occurred every five minutes," writes Mrs. Clapp, "when I began using Dr. King's New Piscovaj^, the great medicine that saved bis life and com­ pletely cured him." Guaranteed for coughs and colds, throat and lung tr-on- bles, by N. H, Petesch, F. Masqnelet, McHenry, G. W. Besley, West McHen­ ry, druggists. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Box stationery at Petesch's. Muscular Palna Cared. "During th» summer of 1903 I was troubled with muscular pains in the in­ step of my foot," says Mr. S. Pedlar of Toronto, Ont. "At times it was so painful J could hardly wqlk. Chamber­ lain's Pain Balm was recommended to me so I tried it and was completely cured by one small bottle. I have since recommehded it to several of my friends all of whom spe»k higitfy of it." For sale by all druggists. John Evanson, of the firm of Fitzsiin- mons & Evanson, is at Milwaukee this, week attending the National Dairy ex­ position. Ben Buss, Jr., is now the regular tele­ graph operator at this-station, a position which has been filled by his father for several years. Frank Going had the misfortune to cut his hand quite severely on a broken bottle in the bottling department of the pickle factory. -•*' Died--In Ring wood, McHenry county, on the 27th inst.. after a lingering ill­ ness, Mrs. Duer, wife of B. K. Doer, merchaut of that place. Smith & Snyder's lumber and coal wagon is now drawn by a pair of mules and driven by an American gentleman of African descent, a late importation from Iowa or Kansas. There will be a raffle for a gold watch at Thos. Knox's on Friday next at 10 o'cfock a. m., for the benefit of the ped­ dler who wflfc so. unfortunate as to lose his horse on our streets one day last weak. The Thanksgiving party at the Parker House was attended by about sixty couples. The music was A No. 1, the sapper excellent and all went home well pleased with the evening's enter­ tainment- The McHenry social club will give a calico party at the Parker House on Friday evening of next week, the 15tb, invitations of which are already issued. The mnsic will be by the Janesville Light Guard hand. Tickets $1.00. Re­ member that this is a calico party and prepare your best calico bib and tucker. Toys of all kinds at Petesch's. A Dangerous Deadlock, that sometimes terminates fatally, is the stoppage of liver and bowel func­ tions. To quickly end this condition without disagreeable sensations, Dr. King's New Life Pills should always be your remedy. Guaranteed absolute­ ly satisfactory in every case or money back, at N. H. Petesch's, F. Masque- let's, McHenry, G. W. Besley's. West McHenry, drug stores. 25c. Holiday goods at Peteseh's. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Aids Nat ure .Medicines that aid nature are always most successful. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts on this plan, {t allays the cough, aids expectoration, relieves the lungs, opens the secretions, thereby aid­ ing nature in throwing off a cold and restoring the system to a healthy condi­ tion. For sale hy all druggiets. Capital Stock, $25,pOO. •OFFICERS:! EDWIN L. WAGNER, President. PARKER S. WEBSTER, Vice-Preaideat-i • SIMON STOFFEL, Vice-President. CARL W. STENGER, Cashier. CHECKING ACCOUNTS. SAVINOS AC­ COUNTS, CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, DOriESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE, COLLECTIONS, NOTARY PUBLIC. : : 3 percent paid on Savings Ac­ counts and Time Cer tificates of Deposit THAT THIS IS THE PROPER TIME TO LAY IN YOUR £oa1 Supply? Wilbur Lumber Co. J) 39 CENTS buys Ladies' full-cut Petticoat made of good weight Outing Flannel 39c 25 Cents Lot! We fcave taken all our odd lots of Men's and Boys' Caps that formerly sold at 49c, 75c and $1 00 and made on* lot of them, now at .....35c B O N N E T S 1 Baby Bonnets, made of Bear Skin and Astrakan Cloth, all neatly trimmed, selling now at 49C. 7BC and 98c Stork Pant at 49c Boys' Leather Mittens.... .35c For OhiMdr'n Children's Bear Skins and oth­ er Coats on hand at all times. See them and get our prices. -T lifts' (M Vies In this line we have some exceptionally fine and stylish Garments, made of Kersey, fine Meltons anc! SatUi«Finished Broadcloths. $9.98 VALUE: See this Coat we are offering, made of fine Kersey ma­ terial, Waist lined with best Skinner's Satin,. trimmed with straps of same material, Velvet Collar, full 50-in. long, a bargain at 1.00 VALUE: Here Is just what you have been looking for, a full 50- inch Coat of fine quality Kersey Cloth with large Pur Storm Collar, half lined, a big value at $10.00 1.50 VALUE: This Coat is the leader of the styles, is made upon a half-fitted effect with straps erf Silk Braid forming a Plait effect, Velvet Collar with braid-trimmed front, see this Coat-, comes in blue only, now at $10.50 Other lines at.... $6.00, $8.50, $14.00, $1750 *nd $'9"$o BLOCK & BETHKE. Underskirts Ladies' fuli-cnt, four-ruffled flounce, mercerised Underskirt at 98c ladies' Waists! We have them in all the latest styles and patterns and we call alia bargain. We are show- ' ing some of the hand embroi­ dered effects in nearly all sha­ des, made of fine Mohair- Nun's Veiling, Silks and Hen­ riettas at fa.oo, $3.49, $3.9(1, $3.39, $3*5© Up to $4.98. . Ladies' Flannel Gowns, fall­ out, at 98c Pur Scarfs! Ladies' Fur Scarfs in Sable and Blended Muskrat, at ... $3.00 and $3.98 2K* Am 3L • Hi r ,