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Pledged but to Truth,-to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us &nd no Fei^r Shall Awe, M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1895, WATER THVyT EXPLODED. A Bartender's Experience Cader Fire of a ' Fusillade of Seltzer. "Do yon know," said Billy Clark, of the Grand hotel, to a Cincinnati Times- Star reporter, as a big seltzer bottle fizzed and two or three men on the out­ side elevated a foot each on the railing and looked on, "that these seltzer water, bottles wiil explode easily?" And the three men each put a foot down on the floor and moved slightly away. "Sometimes jvist the temperature of the hand will do it, the warm hand, placed, against it while -bringing it from a cold rooija, or sometimes while lifting it one willj strike it against' the counter and it will .explode and the metal top will be driven- with great force bv the ga.«r. One time, while at the Gibson-, I refused to give a man a drink, lie took it very much to heart and went- away vowing he would get even with me. I had turned..about»as he .went out and • had my back to him. Suddenly there earner a sound like a pistol shot. I tried to turn around and couldn't, and I was sure the man had carried his threat into effect and had shot me. Directly following that explosion came another and another, and there was a rapid suc­ cession of explosions. Then 1 knew the man had opened a regular fusillade on me. and yet I was riveted to the spot. I could not stir. I thought I had been paralyzed by a bullet. Come to find out., one of these seltzer water bottles in the far end of the counter had exploded and the concussion had started the other.*, until all had exploded that, were on that shelf. And the man had gone away and I never saw him again. But I never will forget my experience of that night, when I was sure I had been shot." RULE'S OF THE ROAD. Bometliin&oT^Iriter es t to All Wheelman-- Compliance Insures Safety. The rules of the road" should be rig­ idly observed, alike byCcyclists and rid"- ers and drivers of all kinds. Outside of the matter of safety, the most vital one connected with these rules of the road, there is the elemeht of courtesy, of: course, but for the consideration of safety of life and limb, now with the! advent of the bicycle and the horseless carriage, the rules of the road oug^t to' receive strict attention at the handg of, and be rigidly observed by all liiiera. and drivers, says Cycling.. r'-- -V °K- The law in many stateg clearly de- ' fihes -; that carriages, wagons,, c'arti, sleighs, sjeds,- bicycles, tricycles-anil all Other vehicles musx,. when in motion, keep to the right, fi person driving'f,s • very properly required to have she left .wheels of his vehicle oh the right of the center of the street. In other words,? this law is an authoritative adoption of! t h e o l d m o t t o : " P a i r p l a y a n d h a ' f the road." While bicycles are included as enjoying this privilege, and horse­ men are required to extend to them the same courtesy fbnw would another ve­ hicle drawn by horses, a similar re­ striction is put upon wheelmen ar-i wheelwomen. They, too, must turn to the right. If they fail to do so, and x collision occurs, they have no one but t hemselves to hold legally accountable. PEOIAL ATTRACTION PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, O F F I C E I N T H E ? N I C H O L S B L O C K Two Doors North of Perry & Owen's Stoiri , ELGIN, ILL umrmsm, protber, " originator' of low During the Month of December, '94, ^Ve wo re so en w led for spa re that ful y one hall ot our custom­ ers could not bepropeily waited on. FOE DECEMBER 1895 THE NAME OF MURPHY. An Irish Clergyman Repudiates It In Favor of tlie «• O'Morchoe." England has done many wrongs to Ireland, but one of the worst Of them has only just come to light. It seems,; says London Truth, that we have stolen from the Irish the ancient name of O'^Iorchoe and substituted for it a base English counterfeit in the shape of "Murphy." At ljast one of the family, Rev. Thomas Arthur MacMurroughi Murphy, rector of Kilternan, has deter­ mined to have back the ancient family property. He now advertises through the press lie has for and on behalf of himself, his children and descendants renounced, relinquished and abandoned "my said newer or Anglicized, but' hitherto always by me used, name of Murphy, and that instead thereof he revives his ancient and true name of O'Morchce. Long-may he live to re­ joice in the recovery of his lost prop­ erty! Probably when once they real­ ize. that they are only Anglicized 0'Mor-: choes we shall have the whole of the great Murphy family throughout the United Kingdom, to say nothing of the colonies and the United States, follow­ ing the lead of Rev. Thomas Arthur MacMurrough. There is an humble article of diet (also Anglicized) whichi 1 have heard spoken of as a 'murphy." Ought we to call that an O'Morchoe,! too? HOLIDAY GOODS! WIDOWS TAKE TO PARROTS. Folly IS a Great Favorite with the Lone Women. Parrots have never been suspected of having a mission in life but one has been discovered for them in Brooklyn. An attendant in a shop where animals and" birds are the stock in trade was asked if all the parrots that talked were trained by sailors, says the New York World. "»\'ot at all," he said. "If you should come in here during the week follow­ ing the arrival of a cargo of parrots you would soon find out that there are a lot of women in New York who make it almost a profession to train parrots. The best customer^ we have, however, are Brooklyn widows. There is one woman who comes in after almost every cargo we. receive and buys at least one or two parrots, sometimes more, which she intends to teach to talk. The women who do that are mostly widows. How do I know. Why, they tell us so. And why do you sup­ pose they want the parrots? It's for company, they say. They say they are lonely and the parrots are company, because after they talk to them enough the parrot talks back. "That is why Widows like parrots better than canaries, they say. One in Brooklyn keeps a little notion store and seTls candies. Tie children see the parrot there and the parrot is speedily sold and taken away as soon as it can say two or three things. Then the widow's loneliness comes over her again and she comes in search of another pupil in feathers. She gets three times as much as she paid for the bird and if it learns rapidly and has quite a num­ ber of words or sings a song- she gets even more." So after all even Polly has a mission. BUSINESS CARDS FRANK L. SHE PARI), iOUNSELI.Oll AT LAW. Suite i Salle St., Chicago. 0. II. FEGEB.8, M, D- iHTSlOiAN AND SURGEON, McHenry Ills. Office at Residence. The above will be sold at the lowest net cash prices. It will pay you to call andexamine our goods and prices. Every axe and handle bought of us will be hung free of charge. Having no expense, no rent or clerks to pay, we arc able to undersell any and all competitors. Thankful for past patronage, and hoping for a continuance, 1 remain Yours Truly, THEO. F. SWAN, GREAT DEPARTMENT STORE ilIJ, HOW TO LIVE LONG. Marriage "is the Prescription of a Distin­ guished Berlin Physician. Some curious figures have lately been made public by a celebrated Ber­ lin physician, which seem to point to the fact that if a man wants to live long and preserve his health and strength he ought to marry. Among unmarried men between the ages of 30 and 45, says Spare Moments, the death rate is 27 per cent.. Among married men be­ tween the same ages it is only IS per cent. For 41 bachelors who live to be 40 years of age, 73 married men tri­ umphantly arrive at the same period. The difference gets all the more marked) as time goes on. At 60 years of age there are only '22 bachelors to 48 mar­ ried men; at 70 there are 11 bachelors to 27 who were married, and by the time they reach 90 .the married men arei three to one, for there are nine of them, to every three bachelors! And yet, in t he face of facts like these, we still find! men daring to remain single! It really is as much as their lives are worth, if, they only come to think of it. Men may talk of their lives being shortened by domestic worries and anxieties and' cares. That is all rubbish. Statistics must tell the truth, and these statistics, of the Berlin doctor say that the man: who is a bachelor stands in far greater; risk of a shortened span. • TTORNEY, Solicitor,,! and! Counselor, Collections a specialty. •WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. KNIGET & BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. U. S. EXPRESS oo. 's Building, 87 and 39 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. AI-.F & 'ALF TOLD BY THE THUMBS. An Alleged Indication of Nervous De­ rangement That Is Observed Commonly. "When I went to a nerve specialist first," sail? a man who was once an in­ valid, "he told mc that one way to judge of the condition of a person's nerves was to watch his thumbs. Ever since that time I have found the greatest fascination in looking at people's thumbs. The doctor said that if they moved involuntarily outward it was a sign that the nerves of that man- or woman were not in the best condition. 1 find" myself now sweeping the line that sits opposite me in a car, and if that doctor's test is a good one there is a surprising number of people in his town whose nerves need looking after. There are few among the women who do not involuntarily move the thumbs out­ ward at intervals of every few minutes, and when your attention has once been attracted to it the process of watching their gloved hands grows very interest­ ing. I have found the habit much less frequent among men; but take the av­ erage number of women in a cable car and it will be a surprise to you to see how many of them indulge unconscious­ ly in this little habit. I only^hope it does not mean anything as serious as it might indicate if that nerve special­ ist's diagnosis was a good one." w egive vvnau we promise. One of the f inest and most healthful drinks in the market P3TA11 $7.f»0 Box Coats of rou^h cheviot, ful! ripplebaek, largedraped sleeves, wide box front, high storm ^ collar, large inlaid pearl buttons, $'>. Fice I-'urs, in electric seal, black marten and astrachau, lit New York mamifa. tun-rn' prices. Here is a chance nor likely to be repeated, to r<ceiv«> ltrst class garments at a very low price. 1 keep the same on tap or sell 1 >y the Keg, Half Barrel or Barrel liing a pleasant, healthy drink should try a keg of 'AIf and All $15 coats of Roucle, wale di-& agonals, al! wool cheviot, the very latest style made by expert tailors. ^ down to $9.75. WB P. ST= CL&SR, Justice,of the Peace" an d\ Notary Public heal Eatate and Insurance. Holiday Goods.« - Vf © Immense stock at unquestionably ^ the most reasonable prices in the (5r city. foj A. ENGLEN DOES WEALTH DISPEL LOVE? All $18 coats of fine Kersey, best all wool beaver, fine mohair curl boucle cloth, copies from London coats, high storm collar, full draped fyj sleeves and ripple back, four large •Sf buttons, satin rhadame lined throughout, they go at $12.75. Albums, gloves and handkerchief cases, perlnme; stationery, necktie caste, leather goods, baskets, sofa pillows, head rests, fruit knives, cu'f and collar boxes, and thousands of other articles to select from. Toys in anrtes salesroom, enough *omake all the little ones in the c un rv happy. Girls' Jackets and Misses' coats. ^ $7.75 girls' heaver Jackets, draped sleeves, large buttans, down to $5, Westerman & Son $10 boucle Jackets, dark blue and brown, the very latest styles, ripple back, draped sleeves, reduced HOUSE) SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAIWTERS. MCHENRY ILLINOIS. 0 We are prepared to do all work in our l ine on abort notice and guarantee satisfaction PAPER HANGING A SPECIALTY: Prices reaaonablo and wrrk promptly WESTERMAN & SON. McHenry, January 30, 1S<H. 100 dozen of fine Vienna, Dresden and earlshad china, coffee and tea­ cups and saucers and plates; new shapes, neur. decorations, some worth up to 50 and 75 cents, choice of all for 20.', not over half dozen to one buyer. Holiday presents in endless varioty, substantial and ornamental, for both young and old We hive taken great pains in making our selection, and can please you in anything from a penny hand­ kerchief up. MiilH'U's. .Silk Handkerchiefs,.Neckties, Toilet Cases, Manicure sets, Glove and Handkerchief Case, Ciifr and Cellar Box­ es. Jewelry Cases, Work Boxes, Albums, Cuff Buttons, Breast Pins, Pocket Toilet Cases. Mirrors, Purses, wire Bouquet Baskets, Perfumery Stands. Tool Chests, Toilet Soaps Dominoes, Checkers and Boards Mouth Oigans, Books and Fancy writing Paper. Games ot all kinds, ladies' and men's fancy slippers, etc., all at the lowest Living prices. ° gUWWW • - , yules' Long Coats, sizos 0, S, 10. 2, 14, reduced to $4, $4.50, §4.75, Agents Wanted NOTICE All you men and boys that want to OUR OVERCOAT STOCK [s yet reasonably complete, the price is broken. We will aay right uere that we will save you money in the Overcoat line Fur Overcoats, heavy wool Suits, Kersey Pants, Diick ( 'oats, wool Shirts, Card gan Jackets, plush Caps, Fur Robes, Flush Robes, Horse Blankets, Kelt Boots, Kubber Overs, Over-shoes, Rubbers. Mittens, Wristlets, etc. Green Apples, 'Dried Fruits, fresh Groceries, Jersey Lily Floury Buckwheat and Graham Flour, Horn Meal, . Your a for the Holiday t rade, LIFE I^SUR^KCEGG. OF MILWAUKEE, Wia. The Ootupanv has *75.100.000 assets and $10,000,000 surplus; is 38 years old and pays larpr^r d ividerias than any oilier life compft-rry in ihis country. - 1 J For information apply to s J. H. JOHNSON, Special Agent, Woodstock, 11 f Or V. P. HfclL, * District Agent, Kockford, 111. lime Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, Doii't Miss this Clmnce On any kin d of gootls sold in my store, at Chicago's lowest prices, Board bV the Day or Week at Seasonable rates, A ITITB LIXTS OF.BO-SV BOATS AT nr LANDIKG, Pnre Wine#, Liq uors and Otaoioe Cigars „ alway? on hand. SWFreshljager Boer co*<Untly on draught E. LAWLUS SEE those handsome Banquet Lamps, at Geo. W. Beeley's. They are beauties. Opposite Kiverside Hotel, McHenry, JOHN J. MILLER, West McHenry