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•wr K'HZRT PUHTDUU&, THUKSDAT, ' r*BRU±*y»H«M I# 1 y-; 'W Told '• Item* of Interest Taken Proa the Pile* of the Plaindeakr Yeere lfe» &ij& ifeST' fs4Jv- a T rS\ _ FIFTY YEARS AGO P. Murray, who lives south of this j village, lost a child aged about seven months on Sunday last. _ -- News has just been received of the death in Germany of the mother of Joseph and Frank Weideman of this "tillage. We lean that a man by the name of Good hand committed • suicide near Bichmond on Monday last by •booting himself with a pistol. Captain Hill informs us that another steambo&t will be pat upon Fox j Ttiver as early as possible this spring. Mrs. F. A. Hebard, who is spending the winter in the east, was unfortunate to be in a bad railroad smash-op. Matthews' cheese factory near Barreville was burned on Tuesday night about eight o'clock. ps«... ' " <vfe £ pprw : : - ;:i5 "/i'll FORTY YEARS AGO . ^ "" John B. Blake will move to CMeago next week where we understand he •will be interested in a meat market. John J. Bishop h&s been painting and papering the interior of his barter shop. This section was visited on Tuesday evening with a regular old-, fashioned thunder storm, something unusual for this time of the year. Eighty-six eouples attended the Washington birthday party at the Hiverside on Friday last. At the present we are enjoying mild, spring-like weather in this section. Married--At Chicago JFeb. 19, 1891, by Rev. H. W. Thomas, Mr. Frank T. Sully of Rockford, 111., and Mrs. Lor- 4tta J. Ward of Nunda. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Xt St. John's church at Johnsburg Wednesday morning, Rev. H. Mehring spoke the words which made Mr. Joseph Michels and Miss Mary Miller man and wife, the ceremony being witnessed by a large number of relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dalxid of Fox Lake are the proud parents of a boy born Feb. 15. W. C. Evanson has purchased a four-passenger Cadillac automobile which is due to arrive in McHenry as soon as the roads will permit the canning of autos. A son of Chris Thompson of Fremont Center underwent an operation on his foot last Friday, his foot being previously injured by a buzz saw. Martin Wagner, who will have charge of the Ottawa Brewing Co.'s local depot at W. McHenry, has taioved from the McHenry brewery to the rooms over the N. J. Justen furniture store. The annual village election will be held in the same old way according to ^n opinion given out ta AttjkGen. Win. H. Stead. ' 'aW S' ..v* |®j£ The Darbar Sahib or Golden Tempi* of the Sikh* la Amrftaar. -til TWENTY YEARS AGO ~ One "of the biggest and most disastrous farm fires that has ever visited this vicinity occurred on the J. R. Jackman farm in Nunda township last Saturday night, when the 120x42 foot barn, together with seventy-five head of cattle, farm machinery, hay, grain and corn, were totally destroyed by fire, the loss amounting to about 910,000. At nine o'clock ofi Wednesday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows church, Chicago, was solemnized the marriage of Miss Marion Logne of Chicago and Michael A. Sutton of this place. Mrs. Carl Magoon passed away at the Hinsdale hospital at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning of this week. On Sunday of this week Mrs. Amelia Walsh, mother of T. J. Walsh, passed her ninetieth milestone of her life's journey at the home of her son. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Freund are the parents of a daughter, born Tuesday «f last week, Feb. 14. A few fanners in this vicinity are contemplating the erection of new barns this spring. Martin J. Stoffel will this week resign his position with the Koerber Packing company of Elgin and will work for his father, Wm. Stoffel, the progressive implement dealeK. TEN YEARS AGO ' Ed Lusk, who has successfully conducted a general store at Volo, recently disposed of the building he occupied and today is living in retirement, having sold out his entire stock of goods during the past two weeks. Robert Patzke is temporarily employed in the M. A. Thelen shop while the latter is superintending the work of razing the Schneider building on Main street. John Unti, brother of C. Unti, the local ice cream manufacturer, will be accompanied home by a bride when he returns to this village from a trip *t® his old home in Italy. The marriMe topk place on Jan. SO. Rev. father Duer, who during past several years has lived in retirement^ at Spring Grove passed away at'his home in that village last evening. He was temporary pastor at St. Mary's church here for a while, and is well remembered by many. A small amount of damage was done at the Math M. Blake farm house, west of town, oh Monday when fire was discovered in an upstairs bed room. The McHenry basketball team lost ttlfame at Hebron Saturday * ^ Gold-Standard Law Congress passed the act making grid the single standard c• currency on - - " •- ' ; • {Preperefl by tin NaHoml f}«oc~ra.pt>ta Society, Washington. D. C.) ./• HEN, at the round table m London, considering a new governmental status for India, Hindus and Moslems •fcached an agreement, the demand of the Sikhs for special consideration raised a new problem that must yet be solved. What is a Sikh? There has been coafusioB j* many minds as to whether the word means a religion or a nationality. While it Is a religion, it has placed Its mark strongly on Its adherents who inhabit northwest India. At one time It made them into an Important nation, and even today when the Sikh commonwealth no longer exists. It sets them apart practically as a distinct people from the followers of the Hindu and Mohammedan religions who surround them. 8ikhlsm had Its origin in the important plains country of the Punjab in northwestern India, not far from the great Indus river and the mountains -which form the boundary between India and Afghanistan; and this has remained the region of its greatest strength. It arose later than has any other religion of Importance--toward the close of the Fifteenth century. Naneft, the "Guru" or teacher, who founded Sikhism struck out boldly against what he considered abuses In (he religions about him; So boldly that man j students Insist that the resultant Sikhism should be considered a to formation of either of the other two systems, but rather a distinct world religion--and one whose teachings are closer to those of Judaism and Christianity than are those of any other of the world's religious systems. He taught that there Is but one God, though be may be called by many names; that he is the all powerful and all loving creator who is to be approached with simplicity and sincerity ; that by believing on him and following his laws all can be saved irrespective of caste or s^x. Simplicity la Enjoined. Simplicity was emphasized and all elaboration was to be resisted. The first Guru and his successors stated that they recognized that ceremonies might be useful to sincerely religious persons, but that there was always the danger that they would lead to hypocrisy, and that it was therefore better to shun them. Both asceticism and worldly excess were to be avoided, and a temperate life was held up as an Ideal. Unlike Hindus, Sikhs could eat meat, though for some reason beef was excepted. A phase of Sikhism both Interesting from the point of view of modem sanitation, and far-reaching In Its results, was Its Insistence on the observance of rules of health. In addition to eating what most westerners regard as a more strengthening diet than the vegetarian fare of the Hindu, Sikhs were to ban alcoholic beverages and tobacco, were to bathe daily in cold water, and were not to make pilgrimages to Hindu holy places. The practice of making pilgrimages Is considered by western authorities on sanitation and public health to be an Important factor in the spreading of disease In India. The live groat virtnes ati wail by the Sikh teachers were contentment, compassion, piety, patience and morality. The five deadly sins to be shunned were lust, anger, covetousnesa, worldly love and pride. In addition to the five major virtues, the teachings Inculcated loyalty gratitude, philanthropy, justice, truth, honesty-- practically all the moral and domestic virtues recognized by the righteous of all lands. Every man's home was to be a temple in which God's praises were to be sung. The disciples were to meditate on God and tbe virtues. But the gurus wished to break away from the passivity which has been considered the curse of the East, and added that "without good works 00 one can be saved.** The Sikh (pith could almost bp condensed Into the Injunction: Love God and your fellow man; keep a pure heart; lead a temperate, wholesome, normal life. Because of these simple fundamentals It has been called the most occidental and the most pragmatic of eastern religions. Became a Militant Religion. At first Sikhism developed peacefully, drawing to itself both from the thoughtful who deplored the excesses of the other religions and from %e people of low caste who through it received hope and good treatment But after several generations the Mohamj medan Mogul emperors in control of northern India began to persecute the new sect. Under persecution the Sikhs were knitted more firmly together and finally about the close of the Seventeenth century after one of their gums was martyred their future was changed by a new leader from a peaceful to a miltant religion. The leader who brought about this change was the Guru Goblnd Singh, who Instituted the "baptism of the sword." All men who were willing to die for their religion were given this baptism, with holy water, sprinkled from a two-edged sword. These, the picked men of the Sikhs, were trained as soldiers, not for purposes of aggression or to extend their faith by force, but to protect their religion. After a while the Sikhs, In spite of their wonderful army, were driven from the Punjab plains by the Mohammedans; but hidden .-away In the hills and held together by their militant religion, they prospered. When the Mogul empire collapsed the Sikhs again took possession of the plains country and by about 1800 had built up a great Sikh commonwealth under the rule of a Sikh maharaja with his* capital at Lahore. They were decidedly in the minority among the Hindus and Mohammedans, but because of their incomparable military organization they had little difficulty In dominating practically all of the Punjab. In the early part of the Nineteenth contury, the Sikhs came into collision with the British. After two war which constituted the most serious military opposition which the British encountered in India, the Sklhs were defeated and their territory was made a part of British India. The Sikhs then became adherents of the British, and thanks to military ability, their most valuable supporters among the Indian peoples. They remained loyal and assisted with their armies during the Indian mutiny in 1857 and are credited with having saved India to Great Britain during that trying perloi. Three 8ects Developed. The Sikhs have not, of course, frejft in its purity the religion of their gurus. Forced to fight for their lives afid that of their faith, they became at times cruel and relentless, forgetting injunctions to be knightly in battle and to inflict no needless pain. During tbe period in which they held political sway there was corruption comparable to that of Europe during the Dark ages. There has been thQ seemingly inevitable developments of sects. Now there are in general three groups of Sikhs: the zealots who have forgotten thj» Injunctions against escetisnf; the "livers at ease" who do not take the Sikh baptism, and some of whom show a tendency to gravitate to Hinduism; and the true Sikhs, who have taken the baptism and come nearest to following the old precepts. Altogther there are some three million Sikhs In India. Even though all of them do not follow in detail the teachings of the gurus they at least have before them constantly Ideals closer to those of tbe West than those Inculcated through the temples of the other religions of India. And the more conscientious followers of tbe gurus show In their high concepts of morality and loyalty and by their clean living; unmistakable fruits of their religion. Perhaps the greatest accomplishments of the Sikh religion are that It has given Its women a better position than that occupied by Hindu and Mohammedan women, and that it has raised down-trodden outcasts of India from creatures little better than animals to upstanding, self-respecting men. So valuable have the trae Sikhs proved themselves to be as soldiers that the British have made use of all they can enlist. This Is said to have been a factor In the growth of Sikhism in recent years. Even ttUpSlkhs who have come from the outcast peoples have proved to be so dependable and loyal that they are In great demand throughout the East as policemen, overseers and workmen. Almost wherever one may go throughout India or the adjacent countries--even In Chinese treaty ports--stalwart Sikhs will be found in positions of major or minor authority. The World'* Islaa* The total area of all the Islands In the world isNapproximately 4,000,000 square miles. This includes Australia, the largest island. Besides Australia, there are approximately 1,910,900 square miles of Islands In the seas. Many Aaeeriea* M«tee person in 8,000 In the United States is a "deaf-mute," that Is, these Individuals have never learned ts World's Debt to Faraday Tbe discovery of the laws of electromagnetic Induction by Michael Faraday (1791-1867) made possible the experiments resulting In the telephone; the dynamo and most of our modern electrical conveniences. • . Sitka's Mild Climate -IWtfca, Alaska, is never leefriaad. The city has a mlid temperature, the mean temperature for December being • sa- WILLIAM M. CARROU* Solicitor for Complainapt State of niinois McHenry County. ss. In the Circuit Court of McHenry County. January Term A. D. 1931. In Chancery CMta* Now MM. John B. Kelter. vs. Bruce Allister Stirling, et al, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree made and entered by the Circuit Court of McHenry County, niinois, in the above entitled cause on the 7th day of February A. D. 1931, I, Fred B. Bennett, Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois, will on Saturday, the 7th day of March A. D. 1931, at the hour of two 'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the East front door of the courthouse in the city of Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, offer for sale an^sell at public vendue to the highest bidder the following described real estate or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said decree, towit: Lot number forty of the re-plat of Howell's Villas Subdivision being a subdivision of that part of the South East quarter of section nnmber twenty-four in township number forty-five north of "range nnmber eight East of the Third principal meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at an iron post at the quarter corner on the East side of said section number twenty-four, and running thence South one degree and five minutes West, along the center line of the public highway nine hundred twelve and one tenth feet^ to an iron post; thence south eighty-nine degrees and twenty-six minutes west, two thousand eightythree and one-tenth feet to an iron post on the east bank of the Fox River, thence upstream with said river to an iron post on the east and west quarter line of said section nomber twenty-four, thence along said quarter line, north eighty-nine degrees and twenty-six minutes east one thousand two hundred eig^y-six feet to the place of beginning, the plat of said subdivision being recorded in the recorder's office of McHenry County, Illinois, in book three of plats on page sixty, and the plat of the said re-subdivision being recorded in the said recorder's office in book five of plats on page twenty-three, situated in the County of McHenry in the Sfcj&te of Illinois. TERMS OF SALE Cash on day of sale, at wMefe tfcne a certificate of sale will be issued in accordance with the said decree and the Statute. Dated this 17th da]r. of February A. D. 1931. FRED B. BENNETT, Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois. ,^18-3 Mr. and Mrs. Basil Steinhoff and daughter of Racine, Wis^ spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon and family were Woodstock callers Thursday night. Misses Margaret and Mario Steinsdoerfer were Crystal Lake callers Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Barnings and son were Monday callers at Crystal Lake. Mrs. G. J. Burnett is spending a few days with her daughter at Round Lake. Charles Botz of Woodstock was a caller at the Henry Geary home one day recently. Mrs. Wayne Bacon and children and Clarence Heidner were callers at Crystal Lake Saturday. Sunday callers at the Nick Kennebeck home were Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., of Wauconda and Clara Kennebeck and Irvin Nester of Woodstock. • Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geary were Thursday callers at McHenry. Leslie Davis and Wayne Bacon at* tended a sale near Crlystal Lake Friday afternoon. Mrs, Richard Doweil and children of Roseville spent Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schaffer of McHenry were Friday callers at the Henry Geary home. Miss Myma Bacon accompanied Mrs. J. Harris and sons to Crystal Lake Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gazewske and sons of Chicago were Thursday callers at the John Barnings home. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Freund and son and daughter of McHenry spent Sunday at the George Scheid home. Capt. and Mrs. Wm. Leith of Chicago were Tuesday dinner and even- J ing guests at the John Barnings home. I Mrs. Wayne Bacon and sons ac- j companied her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | "Wm, Davis, to Woodstock Friday afj ternoon. I Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Maiman of Wauconda were Wednesday evening callers at the Henry Geary home. 8»Ra|i In the Martiln iFhe use of X-rays in the Industries Is quite extensive, the most notable of which Is for the examination of electric welds. If properly performed the electric weld is entirely satisfactory, but it is possible for a careless or Ignorant workman to make a weld that would be no stronger than putty. By the use of the X-ray such an operation may be examined and any defect is noticeable at once. It has also been found of great value In the examination of pipe for high-pressure steam lines. Distillation Distilled water is water which boiled and the steam condensed <• ft rstorL / And of Conrs* It Was • la 1457 tbe English parliament qrdained that golf be abolished. Stick to OpmlMfc. It carries too great aa fj^tsffilil of Ignorance, lightness or fol^ men to quit and renounce presently upon the offer of an ment which they cannot la ately answer.--Locke. mm iri' FRED B. BENNETT4 Solicitor For Complainant State of Illinois County of McHenry. ss In the Circuit Court of McHenry County, January Term, A. D. 193L In Chancery Gen. No. 24697. Amos W. Smith, vs. Irvin E. Walker, et •1, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby gfrfcn that in pursuance of a decree made and entered in the above entitled cause by the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois, on the 21st day of January, A. D. 1931, I, Maurice T. Johnson, Special Master in Chancery of said Court, will on Friday, the 27th day of February, A. D. 1931, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the east front door of the Court House in the city of Woodstock, County of McHenry, State of Illinois, offer for sale and sell at public vendue to the highest bidder the following described real estate, to-wit: The southeast quarter of Section No. 32, Township No. 46 North, of Range No, 8, East of the 3rd Principal Meridian, containing 160 acres of land, more or less, situated, in the County of McHenry in the state of Illinois. TERMS OF SALE Cash in hand on day of sale, at which time a Special Master's certificate of purchase will be issued in accordance with the statute and said decree. Dated this 5th day of February, A. D. 1931. MAURICE T. JOHNSON, Special Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois. Corgaa' Good Work After the completion of the Panama canal General Gorgas went to South Africa to fight pneumonia in tbe gold and diamond mining fields. Due to his efforts, the death rate dropped from 350 per 1,000 to 3 per 1,000, and the death rate from all diseases to 6 per 1,000. Oxford university bestowed upon him the degree of doctor of scl- •nce. The Chosen Bread for Those Who Entertain WHETHER it be afternoon tea with sand-, wiches or toast, or whether it be tha'1 usual evening meal--the Baker Boy brand bread has been selected to fill the need of the hostesses^ of the city. it &OOKS good, it TASTES good and IS good. We have lowered our prices to the following: either at bakery or at yonr grocery and market Whole Wheat . . . 9c White Bread . . . 13c * Rye Bread . . . 13c If your grocer doesn t handle Baker Boy Bread let us know Phone ll&J for Special Ordefa • v -• Marshall's^ _ McHenry Bakery JIM MARSHALL, Prop. »4ff*en Street a • • ' ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Estate of Bridget Relihan, Deceased. The undersigned, having been appointed Administrator of the Estate of Bridget Relihan deceased, late of the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, at the May Term, on the first Monday in May next, at which time all persons having claims against said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. AJ1 persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 26th day of January* A. D. 1931. JOHN M. PHALIN, 86-8 Administrator* fj (<l"•b' lK*,Nk CORNMEAL WAFFLES CORNHEU WAFFLES H i* T HV] tAUpooB Mda powder <> Ubl boiling 1 ••)> wui ub Vi cap cold waMT S «K>, KMnM< 14 a^t«M Add oonuneal to boiling water ani cook to a mush, stirring constantff for about 5 minute*. Beat yolka of egga, add sour milk, cold water, shortening and mush. 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