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'• * :i -- ^ ^ -- - " Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law ; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 21.' . ' v M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MA^CH , 1896. NO. 38. JMjpJ PUBLISHED EVEHY WEDNESDAY BY -J. VAN SLYKE,- EDIXOR AND PROPKIETOK. OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK. Two Doors Northof Perry & Owen's Stort, S TTRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One y ear (in advance) • -$1 6® i t .Hot Paid within Three Months.. . ' -- ^ ( l" SnhsariptionB receivfo for three or six months in the same proportion. ' KSTES OF ADVERTISING: We announce Ut-erai rate-. for advertising . In . tho PLAiNDiiAWBH, a nVnfhfl rendilv ul tham so plainly that they wilj .be readily un- dcrstood. Thsj1 a r e *8 follows. ^• - . l lnoh one year - * " in On 8 Inches one year - - - * on 1 Incheo one year - - - HO On Column one yes.r - t - - « Column one year ™ ^ Column one year "V One net} means the measurement of one Inch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of ohanging as often aa they choose, without extra charge. Rezular advertisers (meaning those having standing cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate oi 5 cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 cents per ttno the llrst weelL and 5 cents per line for each subsequent weet. transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set In) the llret Issue, and 5 oents tier l ine for subsequen t issues. Thus, an inch advertisement will cost «11.0o f o r week, 11.50 for two weeks, #2.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PLAIXDBALBB will be liberal in giving editorial notioes, but, as a business rule, i t will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of i ts columns for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. iTKANK h. 3UKPAKD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Sui te 514--3fi La Sal le St. , Chicago. C. H. i'EGERS, M, D- PHY3IC1 --. Ills. Olllco at Residence. JOS, L. AP.T, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON ANI) OCULIST,. Office in-Nichols Block, over Plaiudealer Office. JSlcHenry Telephone No 4. DR. A. E AURINGKR, PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON. Office in the Stroner building, one door west of A. P. Bier 's store. West Mcllenry, 111. Residence,House TormorTy occupied by Dr. Osborne, Alt professional ealls promptly at­ tended to, 3. B. HOWE, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Residence, Hotel Woodstock. Office hours 1 to '2 v. M. daily, (Jails promptly at­ tended to. Deserving poor treated tree ot charge at office, including meaicine Monday and Frid ly. F. C. COLBY, D. D. S. DENTIST. Woodstock, 111. Special alen-trompaid to regulating children's teeth, Parties coming from a distance, will do well to give timely notice by mail. Office; Kendal block corner Mam street and I 'ublioSq arc A O. P. BARNES, TTORNEY, Solicitor, andi Counselor, L Collections:a specially. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. KNIGHT & BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. U. S. Express Oo.'s Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. JOHSU P. SRrilTH, WatcJimaker & Jeweler RficKENRYi ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry alwnys on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watohes. Give me a cadi. JOHN P- SMITE. H. C. ftlEAD, Juttice of the Peace and General In­ surance .Agent Including Accident and Life Insurance. OFFICE WITH B. GILBERT, NEAK DEroT, WEST MCHENRY, III. W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justice,of the Peace'jand^ Notary Public Leal Estate and Insurance. U NDA,ill. A. SV5. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler No 126 State Street, Chicago. Special attention given to repairing Fine Watches an i Chronometers. A Full Assortment of Goods in his line. TIE (AIM'S STOKE I WHIT t Trade where you can got the most good »oods for the money. We are making every fendeuvof to please our customers and give them what they want. - * . Dry Goods and Notions In Dry Goods and Notions, we have some good bargains that won't last long! Come soon or you will be top late, BOOTS MB tiNBOflfii* Never such au opportunity to get what you want, at very little more than they cost. Still making a leader of Rubber goods. Crockery and Glassware. Lamps and Lamp Fixtures, anything you may want at State street prices. JOEL H. JOHKSSOM, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Special Agent for the Northwestern Mutual I.i 1 e Iiisuraiice Co. l lyl Of Milwaukee,; Wis. Grocries are necessaries of life, and why not buy where you can get the freshost and best IU the m irket. We have a full line and fresh goods arriving daily. Remember "Baer's Choice" Syi up is the best Syrup in market. .1-- •••••••••I i i y AIS kinds of Fish for Lent, At wholesale prices to close put. STILL THE OLD STANDARD Lvery household will sing our praise after thev have tried Old Sleepy Eye Flour. It beats every other Flour, as it goes further, makes whiter biead, and is healthful. Cost nothing to try a sack, i0 SLUPY PAN-K A-KO, The great self-rising pancake P'lour. Help? digestion, and no distressed telling after you have ate it. Goods delivered to any part of the city. Jkm P. West MeUenry. Illiuois. EASTER CLOTHING! Why you should buy your Clothing of us: We carry the best assortment. Buy of the largest and best manufacturers. Our prices are always the lowest. In dressing up for spring investigate our prices, look over our mammoth stock of new'Clothing just put on our counters. Men's Good Cotton Suits, 33.75. Men's Good Wool Suits, $5 to *$20. Cur Shoe stock wiSS interest You. Style quality and prints right. To get the latest shapes of spring Hats look over our line. . Men's Overalls and Shirts; largest essortment, lowest prices. Just received, another car of Jersey Lily Flour. Quatity the highest, prices the lowest. FRESH GROCERIES, Apples, Oranges and Lemons. Clover, Timet by and all kinds of Field and Garden Seeds. JOHN J. MILLER, West McHenry. ill owners of ] A T T E N T I O N ! w mm » And all owners of Horses, Cattle and Hogs Westerman & Son, HOUSE, SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAINTERS, MCHENRY, - - - - - ILLINOIS. We are prepareTto do all work in our llae on short notice and guarantee satisfaction. PAPER HANGING A SPECIALTY • Prices reasonable and work promptly done. WESTERMAN & SON. McHenry. Jin.nary so,.>1894. JOHN J. BUOH, BOARDING HOUSE Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, Board by the Day or Week a* Reasonable rates, A NTOE LINK orjRow BOATS AT MY LANDING, Pure Wines, Eiqaiorsand Choice Cigars always on hand. WFrcehLager Beer cotantly on dranpht PEBRY & OWES, Banners. MoHENRY, - - SIL.LINOI8. This Bank receives deposits, buyi and sells Fbreign and Domestic Ex> change, and does a Ssneral Banking Business 1̂ 6 endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon ietms entirety satisfactory to our customers and respectfully solicit ihi public patronage. " V MONEY TO LOAN; On Ileal Estate and other first o ast security. Special attention given t > co- lections, . INfesUBANCE In tirst Class Companies at th? Lowest Rates. Fours Respectfully, PERRY * OWEK - «*• WOTABY puauio C. F. BOLEY, ProDrielor of McHenry Brewery, McHENRT, ILL. Always on Hand with the Bast Beer, A.C.SPURLING Veterinary Surgeon MoHenry. Makes a speclalt CASTRATION, «3- Ofllce at Hanly's Livery Stable. West McHenry, 111, m eclalt y SAVING S.Sp:^ received and loaned on o:n .fuily a>~. lected real «stnt« wonritms i<a<l tlif interest eollootodT ( \ \ "V ^ and remitted without JLiyy 11 k - •. charRd. Loans made 01 time and teruit to tuit borrower: J. W. liANCilKA 1) il IJUPwr» otrortt. Klain. Dh The Coal you bought last lall ? You can set more of me at Bottom Prices. The following property having been left in my possession as se­ curity, I now offer for sale a limited amount of HAMPTON'S CwNQITION POWDERS £KD Hampton's - Electric - Liniment, The world renowned cure for RHEUMATISM, Together with Ropes for casting horses, Chains, ete. Also one NEW CHAMPION LUMBER WAGON, ' And two 10 ft. Drags, manufactured by the Dekalb Drag Co. The above medicine should be in the hands of every farmer, as it is certainly one of the lincst medicines for what it is recommended} now on the market. .> Call at the McHenry House and see for yourself. ; JOS. HEIMER. McHenry, March 11, 1896. „ , A11 the Laet Car ol Feed ? Get my prices before buying more.) W. A. CR1STY, WEh7 McBENEY, ILL RANTED SALESMENo^oTtwo ** -GOOD MEN in eaeh County to take or ders for a choice line of Nursery Stock and Seed Potatoes, stoek and seed guaranteed. We can Rive you steady employment with eood pny. It cost you nothing to give it a triaL State when writing which you prefer to sell . Address. THE HAWKES NURSERY CO., Hm8 MILWAUKEE. WIS. We Want A Few Men To representee in cities and towns, soiici ing orders tor our high grade an<i complete line of Ornamental Shrubs, Trees. Hardy Roses, etc. etc. Also, men to work country trade on sale of our famous NORTHERN GROWN SEED POTATOES, and full line of Nursery Stock. Apply at osce. stating age. L. L- MAY & CO , Nurserymen, Florists and Seedsmen, ST. PAUL, MINN. RQS3 Floral Company McHENRY, ILL. ' C, T. ESKILHON. • MANAGER. All kinds of Cut Flowers, and Funeral He- signs to be had at all times at Keasonable Rates. Carnations In bu^t and other potted plants for sale. Orders taken now for bedding plants de- sired in the spring. Will have all kinds of plants for fancy bedding. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address, ROSEDALE FLORAL COMPANY, MCHENRY, 111. We h|kve an elegant line of DrieSTKruitH such as Peaches, Prunes, .Raisins, Apri­ cots, Figs, Evaporated Apples, etc# OWEN & CHAPELL. DR. CORTHSLL OCULIST. Home Office, No. 67 Washington Street, Chicago. Will make a return visit to Mcllenry , .. „ Every Thirty Days. Next Visit. Saturday, Mar. 28. This is the last visit for fr*e examin­ ation. After this date §1 examination fee will be charged. OFFICE AT "RIVERSIDE HOTEL Dr. Corthejl is the'only Oculist whd over visited here having no glasses to sell, telling the truth as to whether giass- PS or medical treatn^ent only -are needed,, jree-of-. charge. <> Never, buy. ready-made glasses. Having visited Elgin and Lake Geneva monthly for the past two"years there is no question as to integrity, while his medical references make his ability un­ questionable, Now is The Time • TO BUY ROBES AND BLANKETS CHEAP. GUS CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, has now iB stock the finest as­ sortment of Robes, Blankets and Whips Which for the next 30 days he will sell at A Discount of 15 per cent From former prices. We have the finest stock of these goods to be found in this section and guaranteed as represented. IS you want to save money call and see. me. Also a fine stock of SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS Which will be sold cheaperthan the same goods can be bought elsewhere and war­ ranted as represented. REPAIRING Promptly Attended to,; Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of our bargains. CUS CARLSON. McHenry, III.. Feb. 11, 1890. Groceries at Cast. MURPHY & PHILLIPS, Howe Block, Water Street,' DEALERS IN Choice Family Srue&rfes, WILL, FOU THE NEXT; THIKTVDAYSC Oiler their^ entire stack ot cloan, fresh Groceries ACTUAL COST FOR CASH. Call and see us, we can save you money. WHot Oyster Stews served on short notice. The finest brand of Oysters by the can or quart. MIJRPH Y& PH3LLIP&. McHenry, Jan. 21, 189G. THOS. burke:, Meat Market. » Near the Iron Bridge, s" McHenry, 111. Having again taken possession of my Market, in this village, I am now pre­ pared to furnish my old customers and the public generally, with Fresh and Salt Meats. Smoked Meat, Sausage etc Of the best quality and at Living Prices® 1 nhall keep constantly on hand Meats of all kinds, and leaving nothing undone to meet the wants of my customers. Vegetables of all kinds in their season. FRESH OYSTESS, By the quart or can. tta^Cash paid for Hides, Tallow, Yeal, Poultry, etc. A share of the public patronage is re- epectfvlly solicited. THOMAS BURKE. McHenry, 111., Oct. 1. 1895. NOTICE. All you men and boys that want to Sa?e from $2 lo $5 on Pants Oii "SUITS. Don't Miss this Chance On any kind of woods sold in my store, at Chicago's lowest prices, E. LAWLUS. Opposite Riverside Hotel, McHenry. West Side Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES. E» J. HANLYj Prop'r. 4 . WEST McHENRT, ILL. First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished at reasenabie rates- Parties taken to and from the Lakes In Easy Rigs, and prompt connection maile with ail trains, « Our Rigs will be kept in first class shape, and we shall spare no p*:ns to please our cue tomers at all t imes, Give .us a c^ll, ~ E J. HANLY, West MoHenry, 111,, Aug. 15, 1891. COYOTES AMONG THE CATTLE. the Western Ranchers Wrestling with Problem of Extermination. A novel scheme for saving his cattle from the droves of coyotes that infest the region has been hit upon by a rancher of Glen Rock, Wash. He has placed a number of bells on the necks of a great number of cattle in his herds, and the result has been to scare the coyotes away. In the two months since ho belled his herds 'he has not lost a single animal, while previously his losi averaged at least one steer a day. Co­ yotes are becoming more Of a pest every sea-son in many parts of Washington and Oregon, despite all the efforts of the cattlemen and farmers to exterminate them. Thousands of dollars, are spent every year in waging war on the beasts but with little result? Poison availed for a time, but now the coyotes refuse to touch the. poisoned carcasses of steers strewn about foi* their consump­ tion. The only way of killing them is by shooting them, and this is a feeble and wholly inadequate means. Oc­ casionally the residents of a district combine and have a grand round-up hunt, driving the coyotes toward the center of a circle and slaughtering them there, and this is the only means of appreciably thinning them out oc­ casionally. In some regions the packs °f gray wolves are as numerous and troublesome as, the coyotes. The coyotes are particularly adept chicken thieves, and, indeed, are a general pest around the farmyards. RESULT OF ENVIRONMENT. Three French Ducks That Had Come to Hate the Water. Hydrophobic ducks may seem a bit strange, but a writer in the Revue Scientifique tells of such. These were not mad ducks, but merely ducks that hated what people have come to con­ sider their natural dement. There were three of them, and they had lived some years in Paris, where they had a small basin and their daily bath. Their owner finally took them to the country to live beside a fine lake, thinkingitthe ideal place for the amphibious. What was his surprise on putting them into the lake to see them instantly scramble ashore, and waddle, Imlian-file, to a neighboring stable, whence they never came out save fov fee<h Never could they be induced to re­ main in the water save by force or fear, and there tliey always drew close together, so as to occupy no more space than that of their bath basin in Paris, lliey wore thoroughly afraid of the lake aiid they never became used to it. In Picardy, it seems, young ducks are often kept from the water in order to protect them from the water rats and prevent them front eating things that might injure their flavor when they appear upon the table. Ducks thus brought up until their full growth of feathers is acquired refuse to enter the water, and if forced in sometimes drown. SOLVED IN A DREAM. Ellas Ilowe and the Eye of the Sewing Machine Needle. Ellas Ilowe almost beggared himself before he discovered where the eye of the needle of a sewing machine should be located. His original idea was to follow the model of the eye at the heel. It never occurred to him that.it should be placed near the point, and he might have failed altogether, says the Phila­ delphia Times, if he had not dreamed he was buiiding a sewing machine for a savage king in a strange country. Just as in his actual waking experience, he was rather perplexed about the needle's eye. lie thought the king gave him 24 hours to complete a machine and make it sew. If not finished in that time, death was to be the punishment. Ilowe worked and worked and puzzled and puzzled, and finally gave it up. Then he thought he was taken out to be executed. lie noticed that the war­ riors carried spears that were pierced near tire head. Instantly came the so­ lution of the difficulty, and while the inventor was begging for time he [.woke. It was four o'clock in the morning. He jumped out of bed, ran to his workshop, and by nine "a needle with an eye at the pomt had been rudely modeled. After that it was easy. This is the true story of an important Inci­ dent in the invention of the sewing ma- chhv- y ^ When Kruger Knows English. A correspondent who met President Krueger when on a church" union mis­ sion to the Transvaal, gives some inter­ esting particulars concerning Oom Paul's linguistic abilities. During the interview Dr. Leyds interpreted and the correspondent was amazed to know how thoroughly au fait the president was with the ecclesiastical affairs of Europe. When outside the corre­ spondent fixed his eyes as searchingly as he could on Dr. Leyds, who had ac­ companied him, and asked: "Does President. Krueger really know no Eng­ lish ?" With a meaning loctk Dr. Leyds replied: "If you are praising him or speaking well of the Transvaal he knows no English, but if you are speak­ ing ill qji him or saying anything against the Transvaal lie knows every word you say." Found the Tarn Factory. In the town of B , Connecticut there is a factory where yarn is made. A stranger, approaching the town one day in a.buggy, pulled up his horse and accosted a farmer who was digging po­ tatoes on the other side of.the fence. "Can you tSl me where the yarn mill is?" inquired the stranger. "Certain­ ly," was the reply. "Keep straight on until..you come, to the drinking foun­ tain. Right opposite is a wooden block with, three doors. The middle door is the one you want. "Thank you." said the stranger, and drove on. In due time he came to "the fountain, and sought the middle door of the wooden block, and it let him upstairs to the office of the local newspaper. The other yarn factory, the one Which he was looking for, lay hall a mile begond. A KENTUCKY BELLE. Claims the Credit of Killing Four Hen- Other Little Irregularities. Sheriff Jarvis, of-Ivnox county, passed through the city late one afternoon having in charge five or six prisoners on the way to Frankfort. The prison­ ers were placed in the watch house un­ til the six o'clock train left Among the prisoners was a young" woman from Knox county, apparently about 25 years old; and a typical east­ ern Kentucky mountain, girl. Her hair was cut short and her dress was of cal­ ico, made, in mountain style. She Was going t*> Frankfort for housebreaking. She was placed in a cell by herself at the station house. s She was quite talkative, and when asked her age and home by a Lexing-' ton Transcript correspondent said: "I am jus' 35 .and live in Knox county. My name- is Lizzie Harris. Used to live in Wee* Virginny, but. got in trouble and left there. Ise going to Frankfort now for a couple Of years, but I don't care." "Did you ever kill a man?" was asked. "Yes, Lord, killed four. I waylaid the highway one night in Wes' Vir­ ginny and dropped three men. I stayed in the pen in that state three years. I shot my sweetheart too, and killed him, but a lawyer named Black plead me out of it" "Did you ever commit any other crime?" "Guess I have. Broke into one or two houses, but have had luck and got out I think I will have a nice time at Frank­ fort. Some nice men there, I hear. My husband left me some time ago, and I am grieving over it." STATISTICS FOR WOMEN. Showing Her Representation In the Use­ ful Occupation. A recent census bulletin dealing with the occupations of the people of the United States shows that 48 per cent of the persons, male and female, more than ten years of age, are engaged in some gainful occupation. The total number of working people is 22,735,- 661, of which 18,820,950 are men and 3,914,711 women--a gain of 1,267,554 women since 18S0, a rate of increase nearly 3% times as great as the in- crease of-worldng men.--A study of the tables in the bulletin reveals some in­ teresting comparisons. In 1SS0 there was only one woman architect in the country; in 1890 there were 22. Then there were but five lawyers; ten years later there were 208. There were 67 women clergymen in 1880; in 1890,1,235. The number of actresses increased from 092 to 3,949; artists and teachers of art from 412 to 10,810; dentists from 24 to 337; designers, draughtsmen and in­ ventors from 13 to 306; journalists, 35 to 888; musicians and teachers of music, 5,753 to 34,519; government officials, 414 to 4,875; physicians and surgeons, 527 to 4,555; teachers, 84,047 to 245,965; theater managers, showmen, etc., 100 to 634; bookkeepers, accountants, clerks and copyists, from 8,011 to 92,- 825; stenographers and typewriters, from 7 to 21,185; saleswomen, from 2,775 to 58,449. There were two veterin­ ary surgeons and 46 chemists rnd as- sayers in 1S90, against none of either in 1880. SWAPPED AWAY HIS WIFE. A Little Family Complication Amicably Arranged. The very unusual story of swapping a daughter for a wife is reported from Toledo, Wash., says the New York World. A farmer named Thompson lost his wife a short time ago. She left him a little baby girl. The child he took to a neighbor by the name of Put­ nam to be cared for. Of course fre­ quent visits were made to see how the baby was getting along. Mrs. Putnam was quite a comely per­ son and very soon attracted the atten­ tion of the widowed farmer. Then he soon learned to love her and, worst of ell, his love was reciprocated. The hus­ band discovered the situation The lov­ ers naturally expected a scene but there was none. Instead of making the neighboring hills resound with jealous rage Putnam called upon Thompson and they dis­ cussed the matter in a business-like manner. Putnam professed to be tired of his wife and said he would as lief that some other fellow would take her away as not; but he wanted something in re­ turn. He wanted some one around the house to minister to his wants; son t one he could learn to love. Thompson had a daughter who suited him very well and, if it was just the same, he was willing to trade his wife for her. That suited Thompson and the girl, too. So a bargain was struck and the exchange- made. Thompson and Mrs Putnam went to Aberdeen and the girl to Castle Hock? Wonderful Surgery. Medical students who are engaged in the study of ophthalmology are still wondering at the feat- Dr. Fleming Carrow, professor of that branch in the University of Michigan, performed, upon a youug man last week. This patient had completely lost the sight of one eye through disease, and, in order to prevent the contagion from spreading, Dr. Carrow inserted a small, thin watch crystal beneath the lid of the other eye. So far the experiment seems to be very successful, and it is expected that the flesh wijl knit close­ ly around the watch crystal so as to permit no impurities to enter. Mean­ while the patient seems to be qui to well. Saw the Folnt. It is related that Baron de Boths- child, of Paris, once called Guzman Blanco the richest iuan in the world. • When the Venezuelan dictator protest- cd against. the compliment. Roths- child retorted: "You are surely the richest man in thtj world, for who else has estates comprising 600,000 square miles of territory? Who elfee has an income, of $37,000,000? Who else has 2,f00,000 slaves.?" /Guzman was sol slow in seeing the point. : v?v;-