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u - V*"* S\ - * J - 1 /J T^f, '*» -<<- • \ -•» ft.i Sfg;%V l\k *-A. ,&$$ THt M'6*J^T #ijilW6*AtlES, THtrfesDA^ Jtrtds isI • •• .-»••' *•. - "' .-II : ^rgr, %•&%$ «*f. /*?? •rtf**?#*. (M' V 1 ' ' ~ " 'i • ' '* • - -" ••••** '•• ' 'v •-'>• \ " * ^ A- .*• • ' :** ,^«#wfeKj VOLO ^ttrhns Hfeyes is on the Jfet Iftst, V Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker and gins spent Sunday with friends at iStyptal Lake. Mrs. Pete Stadfield was a Saturday ifeitor at the Emmett Geary home in ft-emont. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser of " Waukegan spent Sunday at the Lloyd JRsher home. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wilson and fam- Jl* attended the show at Miller theater m Woodstock Wednesday even- \ tag. * / Lester Wallis spent Sunday with parents in Fremont. ;* ..J Miss Dorothy Dillion of Champaign SPRING GROVE k spending this week at the G. A. 'SSfrsey home. * > Mrs. Esse Fisber spent Monday . with Mrs. Loretta Seymour at Waueonda. Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid and daughter spent Sunday evening at the IJcwel] Bros." home. Walter Vasey is numbered with,the this week. . . ' Mrs. Richard Dowell and son, '&mes, were Woodstock business ' afeoppers Monday. •' Mr. Mills of Grayslake was a busipi tsjitss caller in this locality Thursday. ••ihjf: Mrs. Bacon and daughter, Vinnie, .frere Grayslake cailm Tuesday evens " Mg. V * Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid and f - daughter, Lillian, spent Thursday evening at the Lloyd Fisher home. Miss Mary Vogt and brother, Frank . ,%ent Sunday evening at the Herman . > J&unker home. John Walton and Mrs. Henry i Kruger, son, Kenneth, spent the past %eek «t tbe William Dillon hoi*©- in £hampaigll. Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Fisher were Iftound Lake callers Wednesday after V . noon. J > Ed Bacon is giving- his building a v coat of paint. Mr. and Mrs. Laurel of Elgin spent r ilunday at the Alvin Case home. r£. -r.. • Mrs. Esse Fisher spent Friday with ® • ller daughter. Mrs. Richard Dowell. Thomas Fisher was a McHenry caller Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher were Grayslake callers Wednesday evening. Miss Hazel Town send is employed ]|t the Abbott Laboratories at North ,-|^££hicagj>, _ _ " fc. ' Jjf. find Mrs. Roy Passfield and Ions were callers at the Joe Passfield home Friday evening. Lester Wallis and brother, Edtoard, » ' were Mundelein callers Sunday; Miss Lorraine Dickson of Libertyville spent Sunday at the Lloyd Fisher home. Commencement exercises were held ' at the Gurnee high school Friday eve- *•". ninp. Those graduating from here 1 • were Misses" Esther Lusk, Mary Eva -Pierce, Hazel Townsend. Many from here attended the daiice 5at Lily Lake Saturday night. j;- Misses Hazel Townsend and Be* ^atrice Wilson visited at the Martin V", * ^Wagner home- Friday. Mrs. Lloyd Fisher visited at the In " home of her , aunt, Mrs. Adeline Irn, Maggie Feltes, Miss Julia Hoff, Mrs. Vincent Feltes and mother enjoyed a fishing trip Thursday to the bay, returning with, thirteen bluegills and having a real treat. Silas Pierce and granddaughter. Miss Elimy Pierce, retuned from their trip to Marshfield, Wis., Saturday right where they motored with the former's daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Colby of Waukegan. Mr. and Mrs. Weber atfjd family spent Monday evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kattner. Mr. and Mrs. John Lay and family, Mr. and Mrs. Math Lay and son, Leo, spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Stephen Schmitt, at Johnsburg. Other guests in the mother's home were Father Schmitt, Mrs. Fred Schmitt and daughter of Oklahoma. Mr. -and Mrs. Ernest Peacock and Mr. and Mrs. Reed Carr were Sunday dinner guests of their sister, Mrs. Frank Sanders of Hebron. Mr. and Mrs. Math Nimsgern and family were Thursday evening callers at the Keefe Bros. home. Miss Kate May was a Friday guest of her sister, Mrs. John Weber. Mjrs. D&vey returned to the city Friday evening after having spent the. past week with friends. Ed Bell of Ringwood spent Monday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bertha Esh. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Retterath left Monday for their home in Staceyville. Iowa, by the way of the Dells in company with Ralph Hugott, a nephew, ' of the forme#, who expects to spend a week or two with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Antone Meyer and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles May and son and Miss Frances May wera Sunday dinner guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antone May. Joseph Rauen and P. G. Hofftnart motored to Kenosha, Wis., Zion City and Waukegan Saturday. They were dinner guests of. Mr. Rauen's brother, Jake, and wife at Kenosha. Chinese Elm One of Hardiest of Ti The Chinese elm, sometimes known as the desert elm, te one of the most valuable contributions to the Imported flora of the United States made by the late Frank Meyer of the bureau of plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, pays the American Forests and Forest Life Magazine, official organ of the American Forestry association. Mr. Meyer found the tree growing Jn the vicinity of Peking, China, and waa so Impressed with its graceful form and general hardiness that he Included seeds In his shipments of new plants from the Celestial Kingdom about the year 1914. "The seeds," the writer continues, "were, propagated at* several of the plant introduction gardens of the Department of Agriculture® and soon proved thslr adaptability to a wide range of~.condltlons In America. One bf the original trees growing near. Chlco, Calif- is now about forty feet high and Its. small leaves and the density and weeping character of Its foliage combine to niuke * specimen of great gtfice and beauty." Two-Thirds Majority Doesn't Mean That 'A "two-ttyrds majority" Is merely a popular way of saying that a candidate received two-ihirds of all' the votes cast In an election. Suppose, for instance, 8,000 votes are cast, and one candidate revives 1,000 and.the other 2,000. The latter receiver a two-thirds majority I namely, two-thirds of all the votes cast In this case the actual majority over the other caadi-s date Is only one-third of all the votes, and literally "two-thirds majority" should mean that the difference between ..he two figures is two-thirds of llie total number of vote* For instance, If one candidate had received 500 and the other 2,500, the difference Prouty, Friday evening. ?fT Miss Vera Vasey is spending this |.^.s..jjweek here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A, Vasey. Miss Vera will ;return to Urbana Saturday, where she will attend summer school. Thomas Fisher motored to McHen- "-MP • • ry Friday. 'v-V There is going to be a meeting at •' £ the Volo M. E. church ne*t Sunday -:fr y.. evening, June 16. A good crowd will *"* L * be welcomed. Mr. and Mis. Lloyd Eddy spent Sunday * evening at the Henry Passfield home. Mr. and Mrs. Raylfiond Lusk are the parents of a daughter, born June 6. The little lady was named Betty Lou. Walter Burg is now employed at the F. E. Wilson home. Mrs. Le^ of Chicago is operating the Joe Lenzen stand for the summer months. t > Chester Hironimus of Waukegar. and Miss Anna Britz of that city spent Sunday at the Frank Hironimus home. _ ,« «r2,COO--S"ould £q»u\) twy-thlrcTS of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Behmes an£ j tj,e j0^ai Bu| tin; term is generally daughter, Dorothy, motored\to Racine uged (o express the idea of two-thirds Sunday and ate dinner with a brother i aI| tjie VOfes regardless of the numof Mrs. Behmes, Mr. Steinke, and fam- ^ received by ottoer candidates,-- ity- /., -•%*' yhe ' F. L. Hatch is very low at this writing and his many friends hope for hts recovery soon. MTS. Margrette Franklin aftd Vwo children are spending a few (lays with her sister and* father, Mrs. Mollie Hann, and James Madden. Mrs. Peter Weber entertained her euchre and five hundred club in her home Thursday. Two tables of euchre were played. Prizes were: First, Mrs. William Britz; second, Miss Kate Keefe; third, Mrs. Edmond Keefe and consolation Mrs. F. J. Wagner. One table of bunco was played and prizes were won by Mrs. Alfred Kattner, first; Miss Veronica Britz, second; Miss Marsella Engles third. At the close of the games refreshments were served. Henry Jacksoji is numbered with the sick this' week. Paul Weber and Mr. Hettermann of Johnsburg motored to Janesville Friday returning with a new Chevrolet sedans. , Mrs. John Kattner has been numbered with the sick but is some better at this writing. Miss Hettermann, a niece of Mrs. Al Pepping, is assisting in their home during the absence of their daughter Helen, who is employed at Pistakee Bay. Mrs. William J us ten and two children called on her parent*, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rauen, enroute to Kennqsha Satufday. Mass Frances Jung and two sisters and brothers of Ringwood were • Friday callers here. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Richardson and son, Robert, spent Sunday with Tela* tives at McHenrf. Plitnt Thini an U|» ^ '•The fastest thing on -legs" is the title deserved by the whippet, the featherweight, long-legged rjfcing dog that Is rapidly becoming, popular In America. Over a 200-yard course the dogs will outdistance a race horse, reaching the finish in from 10 to 12 seconds. That Is half Mie time the fastest man would require) In the Farm Journal. Werner P. Meyer tells how the whippet original ed In England. "The breed was built up," he relates, "chiefly by mixing the blood of the greyhound with the terrfer family. The result of this in terbreeding was a dog resembling the greyhound in physical features, but smaller'and lighter of build; and to the speed and stamina of the grey hound were added the daring gameness of the terrier faintly." Nersr Take Medieine, Pharmacist* 84, Urgfljf In one of the oldest parts of Rome (one of the oldest cities In the wortd) Is to be found the oldest'pharmacy In Italy, presided over by the oldest pharmacist of Italy. Founded In the Sixteenth century by moilks, It was operated under religious auspices until 1730, when it Aiue into the possession of the Prato family, which has conducted the pharmacy from that day to this--200 years In a single family. The store furniture and all the equipment are centuries old. Presiding over this venerable establishment In the Piazza della Maddnlena is Dr. Ilecole Scaletta, who at eighty-four years of age is rounding out his sixty-second year of service there. Doctor Scaler ta works 14 hours daily, as he has for three-score years. So vigorous is Doc tor Scaletta that one would think him twenty years younger than his actual age. Asked for his formula for long evlty and good health, Doctor Scaletta genially replied that his first principle is never to take medicine! He drinks a haif liter of wine ang emokes two cigars daily. "Eat heartiij and take a hath dally" Is another of the counsels of this veteran pill dispenser In an establishment which ^night well be one of the fights of the Eternal 1 Giupiifi tW OppertmaHy fierce ho<v my memory Is weakening; it'« getting worse every; diijfc Tomorrow morning I won't bs able to remember what I've been dating today." "Is that ao? It's really too Mii. Say, listen/c*n you let me have 60 bueka fo^fcbout live dayar ^ - No Um for U" The Saleslady--That's a pretty llttte things you're looking at It's an engagement book to keep track of your engagement®. Miss Flyter^I, dent heed It. m really engaged to only one map., Iks others don't matter much. Wini* . x Gelgera--They say Billy Speedmors drives Ills new flivver seventy miles an h o u r . * . V 4" Simpson--Don't aay "drives," say "drove." The paper this morning said his funeral will be tomorrow.--Pathfinder. i . • PtshMjealers at Wattles. l f \ f •j&: ' vl .jT;«v£ Secret of Silk Was - ' Long Kept Hi China Although silkworms are now cultivated in many parts of the world in order-, 10 obtain the lovely product t which they make, at one time the secret of producing this cloth was known . only in China, where it was jealouslyguarded. Raising .silkworms was a great Industry in China* as many as 2.000 'years before the Christian era. Try 3s they might, other nations were unable to learn-the secret of making the fine cloth. But, according to the story, a faithless Chinese princess finally| £etra\e<J Jjer country by carrying with her to India sfoite of fhe eggs of the siik-niOtJi anjl the seeds of the mulberry tree upon which it fed, concealed in her headdress. From India the secret gradually spread to the;! west, although it did not reach Euvfpe pntil the Sixth century. ;• -Jt Old Records in DaBger . ' | ^HERE is more to telephone service than X the mere putting up |ihd taking down of ,m4ephone connections! , # *• 'Bell service is a personal service, not onlV in the job of making connections hut in all of our dealings with the people we serve. When you enter a Bell business office you receive personal attention. Your telephones ane installed--ror repaired when in trouble-- by a workman with the spirit of personal service. The operator who answers your call OS a form but because she likes to do her iP&rk that way. : Every Bell employee, no matter what his part of the job of supplying your service may be--is trying tor give you the kind of service you would iike to have. *; A" ;• kV-i ,,f :.» s-'sk t *! •' ' .; M X * "'Jif** • wV* .••••**?&•» v!- and CHICHESTER S PILLS TUB V1A1IONO CEiHIH A lC«fcdt-lerha--l A tosrk «: Pllb li ~ " boxes. TDarnkreH «t-a tAkeUrr. «CHUotU o:rr itk»8 .TEKfl l»!AiH>Nn r.UAND PILLS, for m years kno*a as liu.t, Safest, Always RelUtM SOU) BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE ItOBMrt'Winbll Beif'buoys are principally of* f#© types--those In whicb the bell Is struck continuously by clappers aet In motion by the swaying of the buoy due to the action of the elements and those In whicb the bell is strtick~hy a clapper through the agencj of a spring Set in tension by the rise and fall of the buoy on ihe waves. There Is another tyi>e, not largely in use. In which the bell is struck continuously by a tapper set in motioa by compressed gases. . Get* His, R«wnf« * A .contractor received an Inquiry from a, surgeon who wanted preliminary bids on several different sketches, with alternates for all kinds of materials and finishes, relates a contributor Architectonics Magazine. The contractor, wrote back: "Am in the market for one operation for appendMtis. one, two. or five-Inch Incision with or without ethet; also with or without nurse. Quotations must include putting appendix back and canceling the order If found sound. Successful bidder Is expected to hold Incision open for 60 days, as I expect to be In the market for an operation for gall stones, and I want to save the extra cost of cutting."• The parish churches of England.; long |Jie hunting grounds of persons^ > interested In genealogy, and their agents, have suffered so niuch from such hands that steps are being taken to s|ve their records. Thesel church records go back to the reign, of Henry VIII, and until 1840 they, were the only records of births, marriages, baptisms and deaths. Con^ „ stant handling of these records, say*a^- The Pathfinder Magazine, has dam«: aged them. Not only that, but un' scrupulous genealogists have not hesitated to tamper with them, makinji alterations to suit their desires.. Church officials declare that most of the persons conjing to examine the parish records are money seekers. large proportion of them are Americans. Phone McHenry 94«R FOR ICE McHenry Ice Co. Oldest Road ia America fie «ld Spanish road, built across Mexico In the Sixteenth century. Is believed to be the oldest road In North America. It was built In the f4»rm of a letter "Y" with the loWer point starting at Vera fru« on the gulf The northern prong touches the Pacific at San Bias and the southern tiff at Acapntco. Because of this road the, west-bound convoy lines from the Philippines were spared the danger^ ous navigation around f'ape Horn,, There still Is evld"nco that this ol<f trail was nsed h.v the Indians before the Spaniards broadened it. from a pack-mule pa'h to a highway. Speed Hog ' Armed with pem il niid notebook, a reporter attended a certain meeting and1 took up a position below the plat* form. ™ He" worked very quickly, and occasionally the speaker glanced at hiift rather nervously, afterwards speaking at greater and greater speed Bnt the faster he spoke the quicker the reporter's |»encll glided over the -paper. Finally, the orator could stand it no longer. "Not so fast," he shouted; "not so faatl I eas't keep up with ye." . London Mayor Busy Man \ lord mayor of London presides over one square mlie of territory, for that is the extent of the "city." Within Its boundaries are situated the bank of England and oher great financial Institutions. There are some 1.800 p<V licemen detailed to guard the district, so criminals give it a wide herth. The lord mayor receives as much pay as the President of the United Sthtes and is the highest-salaried magistrate In the world. In one year he attended 130 public dinners, 85 receptions, 96 meetings and delivered 1,100 speeebe V Birds Endanger Airplanes Tbe United States War department once more has called attention to the danger of collision with birdfc b? night-tlylng airplanes. In recent ma neuverlng In the dark a formation of observation tbachines encountered a flock of wtld ducks. One bird hit Ihe. wheel of Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, spinning It violently. Had one or more of the birds struck a propeller the conse quences might World's Work. have been Krioair* WEST SIDE GARAGE Adanui Bros., Preps. General Automobile Repairing ;K. TeL 185 Res. Phone, 639-R-2 Central Garage JOHNSBUBG .. ; FRED J. SMITH, Proprietor " . . IhivnM Sales. General Automotive Repair Work Give US a call when in trouble 1 EXPEET WELDING AMD CYLINDER REBOR1NG I>ay Phone 200-J Night Phone 640-J-2 t : White Ant Lumber's Enmy ' here is one insect that takes heavy annual toll in lumber, says the Amer lean Tree association. This Is tj»e termite, or white ant. These Insects penetrate Into the wood of floorings and walls and foundations. They eat their way through the wood, honeycombing it, and weakening It --- Preparations Un, Jones--Mother writes that the will be here tomorrow for7a long visit Mr. Jones (to yrfung son)--Tommy, didn't you ask me the other day to buy you an air gun, a trumpet and a drum? " T o m m y -- d a d . Mr. Jones--Well. I shall brlng tbem tonight.--Tlt-BltS. Get y° Count on us for Kodak Film Eaptrt Finishing BELL'S Y S T E M Otae Policy - fencem- * Uai«6wl Service M0^ASl.iS0LGER The McHenry Druggist Pliohe 40 McHenry^ ID. ••••?• *4-' "rt"' ' % '1' i - u-j' : J .. ••V '•••& \ • ^ ^ V' ,l>" " ' *•- • -i:"" ^ , - r . - • V ; p't ? INSERT MX»? AD in oar W/ANT AD COLUMNS* Let" ihe job hunt TJOXJL- •Phonftuoot- Allb oar office. REHILTS ARC CERTAIN t €-2* -fry mt+Ai* '-tff • • -Jit m. 1 * f, "^8^^ i' few ' ' - 'UMJi m' r- ^ mm lympttlntie Tree A tree that died with its owner la" the subject of a strange story told at La Grange. Mo. When William Qulnn was born on a farm 71 years ago his father, Benjamin Qulnn, planted a hard maple sapling. The tree thrived as the boy grew. William Qulnn was devoted to It; When Qulnn died a few months ago so did the tree. To keep alive the memory of the spot the family left a six-foot stump in cutting the giant maple. A vine waa planted at Its base. ; - Begin Advertising-""".;. Ah Atchison merchant, aftCT Thinking about it for 22 years, is about to r>egin advertising. The advertisements will by signed by tbe sberttL--At eh ison Globe. t ' Godd Manners Lota of opportunity to display good manners are passed up every day by the average American motorist.--At' chisoo Globe. COMPARISON PROVES IT. ' Cesstitntionalist iin you a constitutional lawyerT" "1 am." answered Senator 8orghum. ••You thoroughly understand that noble document.". •( won't say I precisely comprehend all lt» details. But the parts I don't understand 1 am perfectly willing to Ugnd my assistance-In rewriting.* j v have created the or j at& taitefdlneaa tuoallj czckui«« rtmiors Local Color "There are most terrible ,i float about you. Edna." "Tell me what they anfc-l #ant to write my memoirs.** ^kildron Like Brnnettes TMhi wMh dark hair are preferred iSy children, four tlmea 'aa many of this type being sold as the lighthaired doll - i. Avoid Mi»nndowtaadings Pale famine and frightful pestl lence cannot equal tbe evils and the diversity of troubles which mlaunder standings scatter throughout the on! verse.--T>e Ruthlerea. atkVw '.W -J"'. / NASH engineers greatest motor car erer built in to expensive caw. Ae $900 field. its jeatmres pfv* k. Jfuat enfl^iae eU «|ie outstanding coMlrcw tmaiom Ait car offers. 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