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y*v W^1 •HSfwr. fe.. ,1 -. ^r >:, to per cent discount ^'f' . 1 ' ...^ " < 1 ' 1 jjjfe on Winter Under-| wear d u r i ng October* "CTTy fcv. •*>V«.' %X> •; o induce early Duymg and help to unload for cash, when we are not so busy, as later in the season aH linfcs will keep us hustling to g**il hence: * • * v - - $2M tJi iderwear $1.75 < < $1.50 it $1.25 4t *im ' i* 5?5e ' H ,t:u ..$1.80 ..$1.58 ..$1.35 ..$1.13 . . . .90c . . . .68c . . . .45c W. FREUim WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS. " • ^Mll WW William Stoffel CENTERVlLLti, McHENRY, ILLINOIS. ---- FOR •#r «<&!$ ijj-'. *i1rt < *? * ? V - t '. w fies, Wagons. Corn Harvesters, Manure Spreaders, Gasoline Engines, Gang, Sulky and Walking Plows, Twine, Wheelbarrows, Milk Carts and everything pertaining to a first-class Implement Shop. Special Attention Given * to Repair Work TWO PER CENT DISCOUNT on all llills if paid within thirty days from 4ate of purchase (excepting labor). It pleases us to please you. We invite you to talk shop with us. You are al­ ways welcome. P H I L I P J A E G E R m GENERAL COflMISSION MERCHANT VV SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SALE OF Pressed Beef, riutton. Hogs, Veal, Poultry, Hides, Etc., Butter and Eg|s fll. \ I lh« old--t booM on the street. Tags and price lists furnished on applioatfou. Stall • * |, Piito* St. WfcatoMl* Market. COLD STORAOe FREE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Orch^Lrd Beach Sanatorium McJl#firy, Illinois For the treatment of curable Chronic Diseases (nervous afflictions, diseases of tbe stomach, bowels and llyer, gout, rheumatism, obesity, catarrh, anemia, general debility, etc) Oaljr (tetard Methods Arc Ewpfciy«d. Dr. Carl Strueh, Prop. too State Street. Suite 1409. CHICAGO, ILL •f Bank of Mchenry This Bank receives, deposits, bays and sells Foreign and Domestic Exchange, and does a tfMRAL MRKIK BUSIIIEJS. We endeavor to do*\ll business intmeted to our care in a manner and upon terms entirely aatigfact- ory to our customers and respect- fully solicit tbe public patronage. floney to Loan on real estate and other first class security. Special attention given to -collections INSURANCE in First Class Companies, at the lowest rates. Yours Respectfully Perry & Owen, Notary Public. - Bankers. of every description is what we deal in. Every­ thing that goes to make up a first-class Harness Establishment may be had here. When you get ready for that new work or driv­ ing harness, if you appre­ ciate quality and good workmanship we will be pleased to give you our prices. : : : : : ^ M. A. Thelen I llama >tMl*ttm«r v Hr«llnn»l Institution*. jcONCCKNlNU COUNTY SCMQ0US. | Eeaditt*, writing and arithmetic nhonld u. b&J not ** and must not be over- ^?| looked, but there is no valid "tinder the Him GOODS!! • *--•, ' , 4$ : • '\*J '% %r Miss Einma Witwen, the teacher of languages in the Woodstock high school, has been obliged to absent herself from school for several days owing to illness. Supt. C. E. Douglass of Woodstock will attend the Rocfeford meeting. He will be entertained while in that city by some friends with whom he travelled while in Europe. Every teacher who draws pnbli money for his teaching service must hold a county or state certificate. This includes all special teachers, such as teachers of drawing, music, etc. Many teachers have signified their in­ tention of observing corn carnival day, Nov. 6, in an attractive and thoro manner. Their best exhibits will be seut to tbe office of the county superin­ tendent for corn exhibit day, Nov. 13. Mr. D. J. Gaston of Eldorado, 111., has been secured for the vacancy in the Cary schools. Mr. Gaston astnuutul the duties of principal of the schools on Monday. Mr. Booth will begin his work as assistant to the county superin­ tended on Nov. I. The meeting of the western section of the Northern Illinois Teachers' associa­ tion will be held at Rockford on Friday and Saturday of this week, Oct 80-31 The eastern section meets at Joliet on Friday and Saturday of next week, Nov. 6 7. It is rumored that many M.C- Henry county teachers will attend one or the other of these meetings. The Crystal Lake teachera will spend Thurs­ day, Nov. 5, visiting schools in Chicago and vicinity and will go to the Joliet meeting on Friday. It would be an excellent plan for all the schools of the county to hold an %lection on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Teachers should take advantage of every oppor­ tunity of this kind to inculcate practical citizenship. The rational use of the ballot is one of the safeguards of our government and tbe school ia one of the greatest powers for teaching this truth. The patriotism of the ballot is not the "hollering" kind, but it is the con­ structive type. You cannot go far wrong by making the method of tbe school, life. One of the recommendations of the educational commission is the enlarge­ ment of the school district to embrace the school township. This seems to be a good move and should receive the hearty support of all people interested in the highest welfare of the public school. If you do not fully understand the movement, write to Supt. F. G. Blair for a copy of the bulletin on the township unit. Read it carefully and then come to the meeting of the di­ rectors at Woodstock on Nov. 14, and help in the discussions. The state superintendent of schools has decided that the high school tuition act applies alike to all the eighth grade graduates of the common schools. Any person of school age, who resides in a district where the school provides only for instruction in the first eight grades, shall have their tuition paid to the high school mutually agreed upon by the con­ tracting boards, by the district in which the pupil resides. The high school must be located in the state of Illinois and the charge for tuition must not exceed the actual ooet of the per capita mainte­ nance of the same. This|is a sweeping decision and the county superintendents must concur in it. Among the local speakers at tbe meet­ ing for school officials 'on Nov. 14, will appear such wen known persons as Ex- Supt. W. E. Wire of Hebron and Hon. Wm. Desmond of Hartland. Among the speakers from abroad will be Supt. John A. Long of Joliet. chairman of the auxiliary committee of one hundred, and probably State Supt. Blair of Spring­ field. Come and have a hand in tbe discussion and in the ultimate shaping of the proposed new school law. Don't wait until the proposed measure be­ comes a law before doing your protest­ ing. It is too late then. The time for that is now. We are facing a critical period in the school history of this state and we should be awake to its im­ portance. There is no question but that the preparation of the great body of our teachers overlook too much the value of practical knowledge. In other words, teachers do not know enough concern­ ing their immediate surroundings, and, what is still worse, they often have little sympathy for the common place things of life. There is nothing that wakes up the pupils of a school to the true appreciation of an education like the introduction of practical matters in­ to tbe work. In tbe hands of an intelli gent, sympathetic teacher, an ear of corn can do mors in rousing ibe genuine interests of country children than a score of lessons in formal language and composition work that assume for their working material a knowledge of ab stract and remote truths. Boys will write their thoughts willingly concern­ ing a pet colt, a favorite game and simple home duties, when he will look with despair on such subjects as "Ideals/' "Truth-telling," "Goodness," "Honesty," etc. Not but what these are all right as subjects for composition in their proper places, but it is not in the primary grades. Reserve these things for maturity. Teachers, if you want to make yourselves really service­ able, get close to the activities and in­ terest* not only of your pupils, but strive to feel the industrial and social life of your community as well. If you are teaching a country school and do not know tbe scientific principle under­ lying tbe "watering of a garden with the rake," the nature of Canada this­ tles, quack-grass, some of tbe chemical elements of milk, the use of the milk test, the dimensions of a typical ear of corn, and a few other common things of country environment, you should feel like informing yourself right away, or ©tee consider your mission to be some other field then the "country school" r * • no vaua reason why a country child may not learn these arts in the material of his daily life. An education of this Wtwl will not leave him "stranded. Mad a Close Call. Mrs. Ada L. (!room, the widely known proprietor of the Croom Hotel, Vaughn, Miss., says: "For several months I suf­ fered with a severe cough, and con­ sumption seemed to have its grip on me, when a friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery. I began taking it, aud three bottles effected a complete cure." The fame of this saving cough and cold remedy, and lung aud throat healer is world wide. Sold at N. H. Petesch's drug store. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free, QUARTER OF A CENTURY. ' Items Clipped from The Plaind«a!#r •> October 31,1883. Rev. Joel Wheeler and wife leave this week to fulfill engagements in Chi­ cago. Mr. and Mrs. P. Hauperisch celebrat­ ed the twentieth anniversary of their married life on Saturday last, and were the recipients of amuerous beautiful and valuable presents. We understand there will be a wrest­ ling tournament at the gymnasium on Saturday evening of this week, Nov. 3, for prizes. Several amateur wrest­ lers have signified their intention to enter the contest,. and some r«,re sport may be expected. Perry & Owen and John Blake have erected new street lamps in front of their places of business. We wish more of our business men would do likewise. And would it not be a good idea for tbe village board to put a few such lamps on the dark corners? Geo. McLean and wife of Champaign, 111., visited with his parents, Judge H. W. McLean and wife, in this village last week. They were married at Champaign on the 16th inst., and on his wedding trip stopped for a few days at his old home here. A merchant of Waukegan has offered a prize for the best poem that will bring in his name and business, the poems to be published between this and January in the Waukegan Republican. Our townsman, Judge H. W. McLean, has entered the list for the prize, aud we shall look anxiously for its appearance iu the Republican. Henry Colby of this village has built one of the finest barns to be found in this section. In short, it is a barn, carriage house, boat honse, wood shed, coal house, hen honse and out house all combined, and for convenience cannot l>0 surpassed. The whole building is 24x50. On the south end is a carriage room 22x£4, with a boat bouse in the basement tbe same size. Next comes the stable which is 14x24, containing three stalls, a harness room and oat bin, the latter being fed by'a spout running from the large bin above. In the north end is a wood shed 14x18 and a coal house 5x6, in the rear of which is a hen house 6x14, and a bafeement for the same purpose 24x14. Upper stoiy, with the exception of the space occupied by the oat bin, is. one large loft for hay. The floors below are all matched plank, and that above matched flooring, mak­ ing it perfectly tight. There ia a good stone foundation under the entire build­ ing, and no paius have beeu spared to finish it all up in first class Btyle. It is, without question, the model barn of this section. Where Bullets Plew. David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y., a veteran of the civil war, who lost a foot at Gettysburg, says: "Tbe good Elec­ tric Bitters have done is worth more than five hundred dollars to me. I spent much money doctoring for a bad case of stomach trouble, to little purpose. I then tried Electric Bitters, and they cured me. I now take them as a tonic, and they keep me strong and well." 50c. at N. H. Petesch's drug store. Genoa Republican-Journal: Fires along the Illinois Central right o£ way were reported every hour of the day last Thursday and Friday, every little Bpark from tbe locomotives being fanned to a blaze by the high wind. One fire reach­ ed from the Central tracks to East Main street, a distance of over one-half mile. Considerable corn was destroyed. Tkwsuiis Hate Kidney Tmble and Never Suspect It Pre valency of Kidney SitcHsc, Most people do not realize the alarm­ ing increase and remarkable prevalency of kidney disease. While kidney dis­ orders are the most common diseases that pre­ vail, they are almost the last recognized by "*"1 X^LPf patient and phy- sicians, who con­ tent themaelvet with doctoring the effects, while the orig­ inal diaeate undermines the system. "What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge SO often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy, fulfills eV'try wish in curing rheumatism, vpaininthe back, kidneys, liver, bladder land every part of the urinary passage. ;It corrects inability to hold water *and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or "beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne­ cessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most dis­ tressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by drug; gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle and & book that te l ls al l about it, both sent free by mail . Address I ) r . Kilmer & Co., Bing- haittton, N. Y. When Heme S»-amp-Root' writing mention this paper and don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y. LIVE 8TOCK SHOW To Take l'Uro at Onion Chicago. Ntock Yard*In The organization of tbe International Live Stock' Exposition at Chicago was one of the most important events in the history of the development of the live stock industry. In December, 1907, there were on ex­ hibition at this great show 7,528 of the finest meat and draft auimals iu the world, contributed by 22 states, one territory and four foreign countries. These animals were entered in com­ petition for more tbau 2,400 premiums, aggregating over $75,000.00, offered iu upward of 600 classes'of cattle, horses, sheep and swiue, besides packiug house and other interesting exhibits, all of which were viewed by fully 400,000 vis­ itors from nearly every state in the Union and foreign countries. No such object lesson in eviery thing which partains to excellence in the breeding, feeding, marketing, manu­ facturing and distributing of auituais and animal products was ever previ­ ously placed before the producers aud consumers iu this or any other country. The success of this great annual show has awakened much iuterest both at homo and abroad, and a marked im­ provement in American flocks and herds has been the result. The object of this movement is to secure better animals far breeding marketing aud exporting, thus encour­ aging greater Consumption of American animals and meats at home and abroad. The "International" has been a tri­ umphant success from its very incep­ tion, and each of its series of exhibitions has been an improvement over all previ­ ous shows. # The next great annual exhibition will be held November 28 to December 10, 1908, in the International amphitheatre and about twenty adjoining buildings at the Union stock yards, Chicago. Official correspondence with promi­ nent breeders and feeders thruout the country demonstrates that the Lex.t show will undoubtedly be the most magnificent and successful one of the series, with a larger foreign representa­ tion than ever before. Competition bids fair to be most spirited in ail breeds, and new features and attrac­ tions will be added to tbe many here­ tofore inclnded. A Healthy Family. "Our whole family has enjoyed good health since we began using Dr. King's New Life Pills, three years ago," says L. A. Bartlet, of Rural Route 1, Gnil ford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the system in a gentle way that does you good. 25c. at N. H. Petesch's drug store. - A new assortment of elegant 10-cen goods at Vycital's hard ware store. ..W *- ic \most forcible argument we cast make for our handsome lineal fall and winter Dress Goods, Shoes and Men's Furnishings is, briefly, this; We have got it and we doa't want yon tp buy anything that is not right. F. BOH LANDER. ^2 >yBST McMKMRV, ILLINOIS. ---iih-kV. J J -3* 1 Kr* % OF WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Capital Stock, $25,000. EOFFICERS:: KDWIN L. WAGNER, President. PARKER S. WEBSTER, Vice-President. SIMON STOFFEL, Vice-President. CARL W. STENGER, Cashier. CHECKING ACCOUNTS. SAVINQS AC­ COUNTS, CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, DoriESTic AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE, COLLECTIONS, NOTARY PUBLIC. : : 3 percent paid on Savings Ac­counts and Time Cer. tificates of Deposit, vs) * Carpenter when he sees our wagon back up with A LOAD OF LUMBER for he knows he can do a good job and do it quickly. A good Carpenter is as much pleased with such a job as you would be. It means reputation for him, money- saved for you. The moral, of course, is to buy your Lumber here and get the BEST. YOURS TRULY, UJilbur Cumber €0. THIS STORE IS OPEN EVERY EVE- NINO EXCEPTING TUESDAY AND T H U R S D A Y BLOCK & BETHKE •TELEPHONE, NUMBER 54".' Best Quality Here Lowest Prices New Arrivals! Fancy Persian bordered flan­ nelette, 12c quality, all you want, per yard.......... 10c DRESS GOODS! In all wool material, colors, blue, wine, brown and black, new mannish stripes, per yard % ..45c, 75c, 98c BED BLANKETS! We are offering some real bar­ g a i n s ' i n b e d b l a n k e t s a t . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 c , 8 7 e , 9 8 c Extra sizes at.. -98c, $1.86,1.50,1.98 Blankets are graded by weight, not by size. Cloak Values!a Our "cloak department is offering all of the newest styles and best .qual­ ities to be found anywhere. We guarantee to save you money on all coats bought from us. Satisfaction guaranteed at this store or money cheerfully refunded. We mean what we say. To convince yourself call and look then! over. '• :: ~ . :: :: Ladies' semi-titting Coats, mad© of an all wool kersey and broadcloth, handsomely trimmed aryi perfect fitting, at * $5.95, 7, 8'50, 9.95,12,1*4 Children's and Misses' Cloalpr^ «^1* newest shades, weaves and styles at prices that se}l them. It will be to your advantage to look over our line even if you don't buy. See them at $1.50, 2.25, 2.98, 3.50, 4.25 tO 6,98 Children's Fleeced Underwear, all sizes, take + " - " ̂ ^ ^ r >1 meni.. > .-v>. • • .• *»»««• • *_?i .k.&'y Mist - J, ^ your pick jper gar- >.•* • 23c I, > y ' J , , ̂ & 'MA v ' f' jr - 'i \ f d. .M® k *.<• iKatfui i S.n v; •$0*1? !-& $% At firsts: 1.