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THE JACOB JUSTEN iMcHgtW. t-V-j; W, i. WHEN YOU THINK OF HARDWARE STOVES OR PAINTS, THINK OF - McOmber's Hardware Store THEN CALL AND SEE WHAT YOU FIND IN THESE LINES AND GET OUR PRICES. Respectfully Yours, F. L . . McOMBER, West Side Hardware* • } . -Utr. Mid lira. Geo. Hi Wanconda visitors, Frank Roney of town Sunday afternoon. Miss Fanny Sexton of town one day last week. " Wellie Moore of Waukegan was at home Friday and Saturday. Miss tteha Hnson visited relatives near Wanconda Satnrday and Snnday. Miss Lucy Dunnill was the guest of friends at day. Mi?aes Kate Frost and A dentscher were McBenry callers Satur­ day. Mi*a Ella Moore was the gueat of friends at Wanconda Friday and Satur­ day . Miss E'aie Smith has been visiting rel­ atives in Mendota for the past two •weeks. Mr and Mrs. Joe Piemen and Mi*. Rreustmirk of Qrayslake passed thru town Hunday. Mesdames Arthnr Cook and Gone Gilbert of Wnuconda visited friends at VoJo Snnday. Mr and Mrs. Frank Zueisdorf and daughter, Mildred, spent Snnday at the Nicholle home. Mrs. John Sable ai&d son of Chieago were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Sable this week. \ Mrs. Bnrnett and daughter, Gertrude, of GMswold Lake spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. George Huson A. J. Raymond was called to Rock City last week by the death of his sister, Mrs. Warren Dart, formerly Miss Mary Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Wagner and daughters of Fremont and Mrs. 13d. Snyder and sons. Hat old and Earle, of Fox Lake spent Snnday with Mr. and Mrs. G. Sable. PARK. R. Smith spent Monday a| Crystal wMftNoi&mltsr Sat- visited at E. Knox's M urday last. R. E Sutton of at his Jas. Gibbs spent relatives in Chicago. Mrs. M. Gilies and P. Walsh's Sunday.4 Miss Mary Gibbs visited et Ward at McHenry Friday Misses May Welch and Edith visited the Misses Knox Sunday. Martin Knox was a business caller at Wanconda Tnesday evening last. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Sohns went to Chicago Tuesday for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Givena spent Saturday with friends at Graysl&ke. Miss Hattie Welch of Woodstock apent Sunday at her home at Griawold Lake. Messrs. W. K. Bums and son, Will, Jas. Haston and son. Will, were at the Park Sunday. John Gibbs returned to Chicago Tues­ day after spending a week's vacation at his home here. Miss Mary Sutton went to Elgin Wed­ nesday; she was accompanied by her niece, Miss Eleanor Larkir. Messrs. C. Whiting, W. Howard and Floyd Thompson of Woodstock were callers in this vicinity Sunday. Misses Mayme and Katie Knox, May Welch and Margaret Ward have closed their schools for the spring vacation and are attending the aunnal teachers' insti­ tute at Harvard. Sy ClearingOut Odds and Ends of stock and all Winter Goods Js our aim for the next 30 days. We will offer some tempting Bargains in all lines of goods. Our Ladies' Dress Skirts must go. We will close them out'at £ the former price. Come, early and get you r choice. The $5.00 quality for only .... .. $2.50 We are offering some very low prices in the International Clothes, 68 styles, i educed from $1.50 to $8 per Suit Don't fail „to see the samples. All goods made to your measure and a perfect fit guar­ anteed. Fresh stock of Flour, Graham, Buckwheat and Corn Meal. Groceries, Tea, Coffee, Etc* Goods delivered. 'Phone 368. Yours Truly, fl. J. Walsh. TERRA CORA. Mrs. M. Knox was a M^sHenry caller Monday. Miiw Alice Leisner spent a recent day with friends in Nunda. James Courtney of Wnnconda called at M. Knox's Thursday. J. R Knox of McHenry was the guest of relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. Lockwood and son spent Sunday iu Barreville. Agnes Conway and Marjorie Phalin are quite sick at this writing. Misses Eleanor Pbalin and Annie Bush spent Saturday in McHenry. Mrs. W. H. Grant and Miss Basel Lockwood were visitors in Nunda Mon­ day. Misses Florence and Frances Knox were guests of McHenry relatives Sat­ nrday. <" Mr. and Mrs. W. Bolger and daugh­ ter, Mary, of Emerald Park were call- era in this vicinity Sunday. Read The Plaindealer "want" *d«. JORNSBDIOB. . Mrs. Joe Kattner of Spring Grove was in town Tuesday. Mrs. Jos. Frett of Chicago Attended church here Sunday. Mrs. Anton May of Spring Grove was a caller in town Friday. Ptoter Oiedrich visited with Mr. (and Mrs. John P. Lay Friday. Miss Aunie Oeffting visited Snnday with Miss Eva Hnemann. Mrs. Jacob May visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Meyers Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. May of Ring wood were callers here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs., Peter Miller of Volo were callers here Sunday. Miss Mary Pitsen of Volovislted a few days last week with Miss Mary Schaef- er. Misses Mamie Stilling and Tena Jus- ten visited with Miss Tena Meyers Fri­ day. John Freund, Ed Jacobs and Will Weber of -McHenry were in town Mon­ day. * Mr. and Mrs Jacob Weingart of Volo visited with Mr. and Mrs. Math Steffes Sunday. Frank Tonyan, Peter May and Math Young of Spring Grove were callers here Sunday. Wednesday. Miss Tekta Petersofi Johnson's Saturday. Willie French syent Sunday with his parents in Ridgefield, Miss Grace Doherty spent Tuesday evening at D. Powers'. Mrs. C. Knoblauch waa a Nanda vis­ itor one day last week. 4 Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McOmber visited at W. Gilbert's Monday. Mr. and Mrs. D. Powers visited at Wm. Doherty's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schroeder and sons Nunda visitors Sunday. Mike Weidner of Marengo spent Thursday evening in this vicinity. Miss Mary Doherty of McHenry spent Thursday evening at Jay Doherty'a. Mi&s Minnie Johnson of Barreville is spending a few days at A. Johnson's. Thoe. Laughlin of McHenry spent, several days last week at W. Doherty 'a. Mr. and Mrs. W. Whiting and chil­ dren visited relatives in Nunda Sunday. Miss Vera Doherty speut Tuesday evening with her cousins on Sherman's Hill. Mrs. Geo. Weidner and daughter. Ha Baa, of Marengo visited at W. Zenk's Friday and Saturday of last week. March 26. M. Zenk of Elgin visited at W. Zenk's Friday. Jay Vasey of Wanconda spent Snnday at J. Vasey's. Mr. and Mrs. D. Powers visited at Fred Powers' Sunday. Miss Minnie Johnson returned to her home in Barreville Sunday, Miss Nellie Johnson of Barreville vis­ ited at A. Johnson's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Zenk and children were Chicago passengers Mouday. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Powers and daugh­ ter visited at John Powers' Sunday. Misses Nellie and Vera Doherty spent Snnday afternoon with the Misses Da- voll. Mrs. C. Hutson and Miss Maud Har­ rison were Suuday callers at Mrs. E. Noonan's. Mark and Phil Hoffman of Spring Grove were callers at Mrs. B. F. Peck's Saturday. Miss Agnes Biglow of ttingwood spent Friday and -Saturday at Chas. Harrison's, Misses Mary Doherty and Etta Pow­ ers, teachers of the Clemens and Hoi couibville schools, are attending the in­ stitute at Harvard this week. The Lucky Quarter Is the one you pay out for a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. They bring you the health that's more precious than jewels. Try tbem for headache, bilious­ ness, constipation and malaria. If they disappoint you the price will be cheer­ fully refunded at N. H. Petesch'a drug store. Doctors and the general public, we think, will agree that we provide most excellent service as well as drugs of unquestionable quality . :r... Right quality has bttilt onr bttsinef^pi^ will most assuredly be maintained. ' M > Undoubtedly you will be a We to find what you want here at all times as our stock is complete in f 11 apartments. :: all goods we ha»dle aattf \ et our prices on see if you can beat them elsewhere. G felling good goods at '!©# 4^^thing for which we are noted. iMM N. H. Petesch, 'PflOiie 374. Druggist. McHenry.lif. SPECIAL PRICES All next week from Monday until day. n. A. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Our stock of Food Specialties for the Lenten season consisting of SMOKED AND SALT FISH, CANNED VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND FISH is still complete. A fresh supply arrives this week. :: :: :: :: Here'Arc a Few of Our Offerings: 5 A R & I N E S --Imported smoked Sardines in olive oil, best brands, . 13c--15c BEANS--C h o i ce hand- picked White4favy Beans per quart.. 10c PEAS--Choice marrowfat Peas, fancy cookers, per pound .... . .5c PEAS--Most fancy qual­ ity Green Peas, lb 5c TEA--Sun-cured Japan Tea, extra value,_lb. .50c FISH--Nb. Whitefish, One per .. 17c Cali- . .35c WHITE Family pound A PRICOTS--Fancy fornia, per pound. COFFEF--Our popular blend of aged Coffee, 4i lbs. $1.00; per pound, age TOMATOES--Extra stan dard quality, solid pack, p e r c a n . . . . * . . . . • * SALMON--Red ^Alaska Salmon, lb. can^v .̂. 15c JOHNSBUKQH CREAMERY BUTTER SE-.1S. JOHN STOFFEC -if & Look at Both Sides of the Ledger. (The Only Fair Way.) TH* Salaan P*opl* Contend ̂ Th» Anll-StJMn l*«i»U Aimwmi 1.--'The saIooub pay m part of our taxes. 2.--If the ftaloona were suppree- aed, an enormous number of peo­ ple (now engaged in the manufac­ ture of intoxicants) would be thrown out of employment. 8 --The liquor traffic consumes iWge quantities of corn, etc. If fcbe saloons were put out of busi- dmi the farmers' market for ((rain would be severely iiynred. *•'-'a v*4.T--DiattCelii which have gone for local option aria suffering from financial depression. 1.--Wherever a saloon pays one dollar of our taxes it produces the necessity for the levying of a couaiderably larger amount. What causes the astoundiug expense of the most of our criminal trials? What is at the bottom of the majority of divorce suita? What produces physic­ al and mental deterioration as nothing elsa^does, 811s poorhouses, reform schools and insane asylums? The saloon! Do not these things"coet money? Do they not increase our taxes much more than the revenue from the saloon can poasibly diminish them? 2.--The people who would be thrown out of employment as a result of the suppression of saloons would soon be engaged in making and selling the furniture,'the carpets, the clothing, the boots and shoes, the groceries of all sorts, the barns and houses, and the tfaousand-and one other useful and beneficial things that the families of drunkards (as well as of some of the more "moderate" drinkers), would theu have money to buy. Does anyone for a moment imag­ ine that the millions of dollars spent annually for drink would not be spent for something elae if the saloons were put out of business? Would the owners of this money destroy it just be­ cause they could no longer spend it in saloons? On the contrary such a stimulation of trade in other lines would follow as can scarcely be conceived of; for $100 spent for drink gives far less employment to labor thaa doee an equal sum when spent for furniture, dothing, groceries, etc. . ' Of $100 spent for hardware $24.17 goes to labor. Of $100 spent for furniture $23.77 goes to labor. Of $100 spent for clothing $17.42 goes to labor. Of $100 spent for liqnor $1.28 goes to labor. 8.--Only broHel of oorn in exactly 148 is used in the inannfaefcttre of spirits, anyway. If saloons were put down much of this "liquor corn" would still be used in making liquor for use in the inanufacutree and arts and for export purposes. The rest could easily be used up in the shape of more pork, more corn bread, more beef, etc., by the families of drunkards, who wojjld then have more money to buy pork, corn bread, beef, etc., with. Similarly with other grains. 4 --There is now on hand in all parts of this country, and of other countries, one of thoM waves of financial depression which have struck the world periodically ever since money was made. This present wave began in New York City, and is still felt most severely the^e. Surely no one would say that New York is without ualoons, or ever has been. The truth is, local option districts are as a rale withstanding the depression better than the saloon districts. j* ^ 1 The above arguments are made on a purely business basis. Should we consider the want and the woe, the suffering and the crime, the disgrace, the humiliation, the idleness, the inefficiency, the shame, the mental and physical deterioration and wreckage caused by intoxicants and of which each one of u& has seen many in­ stances, so much the stronger, beyond the possibility of language to express it, would be the argument against * A * - - ' St w? • : J HIDUEFIKLU A. Hanson was in Chicago Thursday. J. G. Button waa in Woodstock Satur­ day. No school this week, it being institate week. • n: - F. Wills WM A Woodstock cal&r «** day last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. Goofwr ware Nunda callers Saturday. Mrs. P. Benson visited friends at Weak Chicago last week. Mrs. A. Jacoba was an Elgin visiter last week Wednesday. Mrs. Walkup made a business trip to Woodstock Saturday. Mrs. Frank Fay of Ringwood visited relatives here Saturday. Harold and Ralph WuUrap and Hngh Parks are on the sick list. Mrs. Nelson and daughter, Brum,. went to the city Saturday. Miss Jane Ash ton was a pleasant aijl» er at Woodstock Saturday. • Mr. and Mrs. Kimball were in Elgin ' part of Friday and Saturday. "*:J Arthur Skinner and Charles Bollock \<\ - drove to Woodstock Saturday. ^Jf Mrs. Hesselgrave and children visiting at Richmond this week. , \l>4 | Mrs. C. Whitson visited relativas te.. ~ Woodstock Saturday and Suuday. Charles Ambler and wife of Chemung visited over Sunday at C. H. Dufield's. Rev. Dickey made his usual trip out from the city Saturday, returning Mon­ day. Mrs. J. H. Parks visited her father, Mr. Phillips, at Slocum's Lake Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. J. B. Lynoh and daughter, lfab <f Mabel Merchant, made a business tripttf * Woodstock Monday. Mrs. Senne of Palatine and Mra. | Wagner of Algonquin sprat last Thpff^ | day with Mrs. Senne. |l Sherman Irish of Chicago and broth­ er, Herman, of Harvard were visiting their parents here recently. Mrs. L. A. Walkup and Mrs. Moms entertained the Ladies' Aid society at the Walkup home Thursday. 5 fe Mr. aw| Mrs. Gus Carlson of Wood- Stock Air. and Mrs. Alteram of .-" fNundji visited at Mr. Benson's Snnday. f R1KGWOOD. " Mrs. Ben Tonyan and Mrs. Will Toft- yan and Joe Miller have just returned from a three weeks' visit with relatival and friends at Minneapolis, St. Michela and Little Falls, Minn. * y \ / ' / - A •ytm t?»ss;s:a;sd sis a Cars for Crss^. "Besides being an excellent remedy for colds and throat troubles, Chamber­ lain's Cough Remedy is unequaled aa * «ure for croup," says Harry Wilson of Waynetown, lud. When given as soon *s the croupy cough appears, this re«n- «»dy will prevent the attack. It is used •successfully iu many thousands of homee. For sale by all druggists. If you are as office seeker, let yc friends and the public know about thru the oolumne of The Plaindealer. n;*- ^ H I