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' ft " Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe," ; T- 7 VOL. 21. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1896. mini ami \ i NO. 39. eipy JWiWepe PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY --J. VAN 8 L Y K E 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'a Stori, " TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year (in advatice).«..vv . . . . ^ :Jt *<rt Paid within Three Months,., •.. . a w Snbs&riptionn recciv^n for three or «ix months in the eame proportion. RATES OF ADVERTISfNG i T .« t--srus™"® S.r.« -deratood. They are follows. ^ ^ ilnoh one year - * . " - lOOo 4 Inches one year - - _ 15 oo 3 Inches one year - - ^ 80 00 Column one year - • " _ go oo X Column one year- - - * . 100 Oo Column one year - one ncn means the measurement of one Inch down the column,single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above J®1®®- the privilege of ohanging as often as they choose, without extra oharge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having standing cards) will be f^L^ents pe^i ne of local notices at the rate of 6 cents per une each week.. All others will ̂ fi cants Dor oents per lino the ilrst week, and 5 cents per line for eaoh subsequent weefc. Transient advertisements will be charged M the rate of 10 cents pe line, nonpare type, same as this is set in) the ilrst issue, ind 5 oents per line for subsequent issues Thu^ an inch advertisement will cost * week, 11.50 for two woeks, 18.00 for tnree weekB, and so on. The PLAINDBALEK will he liberal in giving editorial notioeB, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for peouniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. FRANK L. SHEPARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Suite 514--SO.La Salle St., Chicago. O. H. FEGEUS, M, D- IAN AND SURGE* Ills. Office at Residence. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MoHonry ' " JOS. L. ABT, H. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCULIST, Office in Nichols Block, over Plaindeaier Office. McHenry Telephone No 4. DR. A. E AURINGER, J)HYSICI AN AND SURGEON. Office in the Stroner building, one door west of A. P. ler'g store, West McHenry,111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, Alt professional-ealls promptly at­ tended to, O. B HOWE, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Offi-ie and Residence, Hotel Woodstock. Office hours 1 to 2 y. M. daily, Uaits promptly at­ tended to. Deserving poor treated tree ot charge at offico, Including medicine Monday and Fridiy. F. C. COLBY, D, D. S. DENTIST. Woodstock. 111. Special aten-tion paid to regulating children's teeth, Parties coming from a distance; will do well to give timely notioe by mail. Office, Kendal block corner Mam street and PublioSq are O. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, Solicitor, andi Counselor, Oollectlonsia specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. KNIGHT BROWN, ATTORN KYS AT LAW. U. S. Express Co.'s Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. P, SMITH, Watchmaker Ac Jeweler MCHENRY , ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watches. Give me JOHN P. SMITH. H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent Including Accident and Life Insurance. OFFICE WITH B. GILBERT, NEAK DKroT, WEST MCUENKY, III. WB P. ST. CLAIR, Jwticdpf the Peaceland[Notary Public Leal Estate and Insurance, UNDA.III* A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and" Jeweler No 126 State Street, Chicago. Special attention given to repairing Fine Watchea an i Chronometers. tidS* A Full Assortment of Goods in his line. JOEL H. JOHNSON, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Special Agent for the N orthwestern Mutual Lite Insurance Co. llyl Of Milwaukee, Wis. 1 . Westerman & Son, HOUSE, SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAINTERS, MCHENET, - - - - ILLINOI8. We are prepared to do all work in our Use on short notice and guarantee satisfaction. PAPER HANGING A SPECIALTY. Prices reasonable and work promptly done. WESTERMAN & SON. Mc Henry, J *nnary 30, 1894. JOHN J. BUCH, RESTAURANT Boarding House Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, Board by the Day or Week at Reasonable rates, A NJOE LINE OF|ROW BOATS AT MT LANDING. Pure Wines, Liquors and Choice Cigars always on hand. * WFreehLager Beer ootantly on draught THE FlIMS'S STDBE! WHY NOT? Trade where you can get the most'good goods for the money. We are making every endeavor to please cur customers and give them what they want. , v.." Dry Goods and Notions - In Dry Goods and Notions we have some gtod bargains that won't last long. Ot me soon or you witi be too late. BOOTS AND SHOMS, : Never euch an opportunity to get what you waai at very little more than they cost £>till making a leader of Rubber goods. Crockery and Glassware. Lamps and Lamp Fixtures, anything you may want at State street prices. Grocries are necessaries of life, and why not buy where you can get the treshest and host in the market. We have a full line and fresh goods arriving daily. Remember "Baer's Choice" Syiup is the best Syrup in market. A8S kinds of Fish for Lqnt, At wholesale prices to close out. STILL THE OLD STANDARD Every household will sing our praise after they -have tried Old Sleepy Eye Flour. It beats every other Flour, as it goes further, makes whiter bread, and is healthtul, Cost nothing to try a.sack. SLEEPY °<0®TEEPYE><FCI Ss- PAi\-KA-KO, The great self-rising pancake Flour. Helps digestion, and no distressed feeling after you have ate it. Goods delivered to any part of the city. M.. 3?. B&.I West McHenry, Illinois. EASTER CLOTHING! Why you should buy your Clothing of us: We carry tne 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, $3.75. Men's Good Wool Suits, $5 to $20. Cur Shoe stock wil? interest You. prices right. Style quality and 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, Timotby and all kinds of Field and Garden Seeds. JOHN J. MILLER, West McHenry. And all owners of Horses, Cattle and Hogs A T T E N T I O N ! The following property having been left in my possession as se­ curity, I now offer for sale a limited amount of HAMPTON'S CONDITION POWDERS F' -- AKD , Hampton's : Electric - Liniment, The world renowned curc for ^ RHEUMATISM, Together with Ropes for casting horses, Chains, ete. Also one - NEW CHAMPION LUMBER WAGON, And two 16 ft. Drags, manufactured by the Dekalb Drag Co. The above medicine should be ip the hands of1 every farmer, as it is certainly one of the finest medicines for what it is reeommended? now on the market. Call at the McHenry House and see for yourself. JOS. HEIMER. McHenry, March 11, 1896. FEBRY & 0WEH, Bankers. MCHENRY; - - BSLLINOIS. This Bank tecetves deposits, buyt and sells Foreign and Domestic Etc' change, and does a General Banking Business W6 endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon terms entirely satisfactory to our customers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. •MONEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and other first c a.s« security .^Special attention given t o co* lections, " INteURANCE In first Class Companies at thi Lowest Bates. Tours Be»pecttulli, P E R R Y * O W E D •*» VOTARY PUBLIC. C. F. BOLEY, Purielor of McHenry Brewery, McUEXRV, ILL. Always on Hand urith the Best Beer. A.C. SPURLING Veterinary Surgeon, MoHenry. Makes a special CASTRATION. £3" Office at Hanly's Livery Stnble, West McHenry; 111. •« eclalty SAVINGS • and surplus fuudi reoeived and loaned on carefully «e-leoted real estate securities and the interest collected"!" /""i A "VT C a n d r e m i t t e d w i t h o a t _ L i V / v l > O # oharge. Loans made on time and term* to suit borrower. J. W. RANtlTliAl), il LluP&ee street. Klein. Illinois. lis- The Coal you bought last fall ? You can get more of me at Bottom Prices. A11 the Lapt Car of Feed ? Get my prices before buying more.] W. A. CR1STY, WEST McllLNR Y, ILL WANTED SALESMEN VT GOOD MEN In eaoh County t We want one or two to take or dera for a choice line of Nursery Stock and Seed Potatoes, Stock and Seed guaranteed, We can ffive you steady employment with Kood pay. It cost you nothing to give it a trial. State when writing which you prefer to sell. Address. THE HAWKES NURSERY CO., Hm6 MILWAUKEE, WIS. To represent us in cities and towns, solici ing orders tor our high grstde 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 oece. stating age. L. L. MAY & CO , Nurserymen, Florists and Seedsmen, ST. PAUL, MINN. We Want A Few Men RQSEB&LE Floral Company McHENRY, ILL C, T. ESKILSON, - MANAGER. All kinds of Cut Flowers, and Funeral De­ signs to be had at all times at lieasonable Rates. Carnations in bud and other potted •plants for sale. Orders taken now for bedding plants de­ sired in the spring. Will I) bedding. ive all kinds of plants for fancy Orders by mail promptly attended to. AddreBS, ROSEDALE FLORAL COMPANY, MCHENRY, III. . FOR SALE.--A brand new "Crusader" Bicycle. Will be sold cheap. Can be Been at this office. MEW The undersigned having leased the store in the 8chnorr block, WEST McHENRY, Has opened' the same with a full line of In fact everything usually kept in a first class store of this kind, I append below a few prices. Ladies* fine calfskin shoes, worth §1.75 for $1.10. Ladies' fine kid shoe, hand sewed and latest style, worth §4 for §2.50. Ladies' fine shoes, satin finish, warrant­ ed, worth $5 for §3. Men's Kangaroo calf, worth §3 for §2. Above are but a few of the samples, many more equally good bargains. Call and examine my stock and be con vinced that I have bargains never before offered here. It will surprise you. F. COKN. West McHenry, March 11, 1S9G. GENESIS OF A "CRANK." Now is The Time TO BUY ROBES AND BLANKETS CHEAP. GUS CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, has now in stock the finest as­ sort ment of Robes, Blankets ard Whips Which for the next 30 days he will sell at 1 t ot 15 per cent From former prices. We have the finest stock of these goods to be found in this section and guaranteed as reprenented. If you want to save money call and see me. Also a fine stock of SINGLE & DOUBLE HARNESS Which will be sold cheaper than the same goods can be bought elsewhere and war ranted as represented. KEPAI11ING Promptly Atteii<le<l to,J Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of our bargains. CUS CARLSON. McHenfy, I]]., Feb. 11, 189(1. Groceries at Cost. MURPHY & PHILLIPS, Howe Block, Water Street, DEALERS IJf CMce Family Qroctries, WILL, FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS Oiler their entire stack of clean, fresh Groceries ACTUAL COST FOR CASH. Call and see us, we can save you money. IST'Hot Oyster Stews served on short notice. The finest brand of Oysters by the can or quart. SYiURPH Y&.PHILLIP8. McHenry, .Tan. 21, 1896. Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, 111. THOS. BURKE, flip Meat Market. V 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 th6 best quality and at Living Prices^ I shall 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.., KaT'Cash paid for Hides, Tallow, Veal, Poultry, etc. A share of the public patronage is re­ spectively solicited. THOMAS BURKE. McHenry, HI., Oct. 1. 1895. West Side Livery* FEED AND SALE STABLES. Ei J. HANLY, Prop'r. WEST McHENRY, JLL. First class rigs, with or without drivers, lurnished'at reasenable rates- Parties taken t« and from the Lakes in Easy Rigs, and prompt connection made with ail trains. Our Rigs will be kept in first class shape, and we shall spare no pains to please ourcua tomers at all times, Give us a call, E J. HANLY, West McHenry, 111,, Aug. 15, 1894. The Effect of Largo Ideas Upon Small Minds. One of the- most interesting of psy­ chological studies, says the Century, is the effect of a large idea upon a small mind. A large idea entering a large mind balances and dignifies it.; its ef­ fect upoii a small mind is often com­ pletely upsetting. Tihe man becomes intellectually top-heavy and unsteady. - When one becomes observant of this phenomenon he fi.nds much to amuse "and again much to deplore, j He is amused, for instance, to notice the re­ sult of. this overloading throughout a long career. Where a subject is thus acted upon by a succession of idtms, catih. embodying an important truth which thie man is incapable of Carrying, his receptivity to impression proves to be his bane. The sudden realization for the first time of a fundamental prin­ ciple makes a monomaniac of him. An­ other sudden realization of still another fundamental principle and he is spin­ ning off at a new. tangent. But there are times when this effect of large ideas upon little minds is most mischievous and deplorable. Thus i3 bred the race of incurable cranks in philosophy, theology, art and politics. The word "crank" has been maliciously misused for purposes^of cynical ridi­ cule, but it is too descriptive a name to be set aside. The congenial crank is always started on his career of in­ utility by this application of a big idea to a small brain. The most tiring thing about him is his self-compla­ cency, owing to his knowledge of the ftrct that better men have been mis­ called by his own accurately descriptive cognomen. APPLICATION OF A FABLE. A Sheep's Skin Hides the Form of a Hu­ man Wolf. The story of the ass who clothed him­ self in a lion's skin in order to pass himself off as the king of beasts is well known, but the tale of the thief who got inside a sheep's skin to be better able to carry on his nefarious trade has yet to be told, says the London Telegraph. Early one morning two policemen, who Were on duty at the slaughter houses of Paris, were aston­ ished to see a sheep endeavoring to effect an entrance into the inc .Iosnrft where creatures of its kind were dou­ bled when a man's hand protruded from beneath the stolen fleece. Their curi­ osity became intensified and they care­ fully followed fclie sham animal, who stopped at the pen which inclosed the real article, and with great coolness chose the two largest and fattest of the flock. St ill observed by the watchful guard­ ians of the law, this plagiarist of an ancient fable proceeded to kill and cut his capture, and was on the point of making1 off with his booty when he found himself in turn the spoil of the law and was quickly marched off to the police station, where he gave his name as Eugene Lassot. From his ac­ count he made a good living out of his occupation by selling the meat to vari­ ous butchers. For some time, at least, it is to be hoped, that the animals at the abattoirs will cease to be sent to an earlier death by the depredations of this latest wolf in sheep's clothing. THE LETTER "T." A French Graphologist Says That It In­ dicates the Writer's Character. A French graphologist has discovered that character can be read from the letter "t" alone. He claims that the vertical line represents the fatality of life, and the horizontal bar the influ­ ence human will exercises upon this fatality. In addition, he claims that the. higher part of the vertical line--that project­ ing above the horizontal bar--has indi­ cations of the amount of ideality con­ tained in the make-up of the writer, and that, the inferior part of this line corre­ sponds to the practical and material part of the man's charteter. For instance, the optimist crosses his t's with a line that slopes upward from the earth to the sky, as it were. The poet often crosses his t's quite above the vertical line; in other words, in the sky. The pessimist crosses his t's with a downward sloping stroke The line, which commences at the ideal portion of the letter, descends little by little un­ til it is lost among the sad realities of earthly existence. The practical man, it appears, always steers a middle course, and crosses his t's neither in the ideal nor in the ma­ terial, but exactly midway between the two. Snowballs Rolled by the Wind. Passengers on the Flint River divi­ sion of the Flint & Pere Marquette rail­ road who came to Flint, Mich., recently reported observing a strange phenom­ enon in large, level fields not far from the city, says the Chicago Tribune. Hundreds of snowballs, some of them of colossal size, have been rolled to­ gether, it is thought, by the action of the wind. The fields were covered with them, and nature accomplished in one night what it would take a large force of boys several days to do. New styles in stiff and soft Hats and Golf Caps at S. Stoffel'e. , He Never Drank. Old Mr. B , who lived in Bangor several years ago, was called "very close," but grasping as he was he never would accept intoxicating liquor of any kind. One day he was asked to drink by several of the neighbors at the vil­ lage store, where drinks were sold at ten cents each. "No, I thank ye," he replied; "I never drink, gentlemen. But if it's all the ssame to you I'll take a gimlet instead." A Dogr with Artificial Teeth. ^ It is said that a dog in Mulliken, Mich., possesses and- uses daily a full set of artificial teeth. The dog i - vtiry old, and is a family pet. When h lost its teeth recently its ^wner, according to the story,, had the local dentist/make the animal a full set of teeth, and they ate said to be a jperfect working success. EARTHLY PARADISES. Portions of the Earth That Approach v . Climatic Perfection# For an inhabitant of the north tem­ perate zone the most nearly correct climate would probably be the island of Tasmania, which enjoys warmth without heat and freshness without cold, and moreover possesses a climate- so equable that the average tempera- ' ture, ranges from -14 to 03 degree's, giv- . ing*. a mean of about 52. In addition to this, car possibly in consequence of'it» r and the purifying effect of the sea breezes, .there is practically no disease^ save what the inhabitants are responsi­ ble for. There are many groups of is* |stads in. the South. Pacific which folly deserve the name of earthly- paradise, but they have the fault iof being too much like paradise. The valley of Cash­ mere in northern India and of Quito in Ecquader possess climates which are almost perfect, but they suffer the disadvantage of a great distance from the sea, Australia is too dry and New Zealand too damp to approach perfec­ tion ; but Tasmania possesses the happy mean which affords health and comfort without the danger of degeneration which is the penalty of more luxurious, climes. Of places near home, the Isle of Man probably most nearly fulfills the conditions of the question. Al­ though so muoh farther north, its aver­ age temperature is almost as high and quite as equable as that of the Isle of Wight, but it possesses the additional advantage of freedom from the fogs, which are the greatest disadvantage of the shores of the English channel. TESTING CHRONOMETERS. The Interesting Process of Adjusting Watches for Temperature. Before a first-class watch is, sold it has to go through a variety of tests or "adjustments," and one of the most important, is the adjustment far tem­ perature. Chronometers are adjusted for tem­ peratures varying from 50 degrees to 90 degrees, as a rule, but some makers --especially in France--cool them down to zero, and often they are heated to 120 degrees. Beyond this point it is dangerous to heat them, asi the oil would be liable to injury, and even the works might suffer. --Pocket-Avatehes are adjusted for tern- peratures varying from 35 degrees to 95 degrees. The process consists in put­ ting the watch in a close-fitting case, and placing this in a cold room, or a refrigerator with ice, and leaving it there for some time, altering the works so as to make it keep regular time. Then it is very gradually heated, great care being taken not to let the moisture in the warm air condense upon it. Next it is put in a specially con­ structed oven, and heated to 90 or 100 or 120 degrees, the machinery being again adjusted to go regularly. Chron­ ometers ore usually kept a week in the cold chamber, then a week in the hot, and again a week in the cold chamber. After that they are ready to make voy­ ages to any port between the equator and the poles without losing or gaining a minute. CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOM. Calling to Mind the lilessing of Having Written Characters. In a work entitled "An Australian in China" occurs a description of the queer practice in China of honoring- waste paper by committing it to the flames. In the center of the green stands the hollow pillar, in which Chi­ nese waste paper is reverently burnt. "When letters were invented," the Chinese say, "Heaven rejoiced and hell trembled." "Reverence the charac­ ters," is an injunction of Confucius which no Chinaman neglects to follow. He remembers that "he who uses let­ tered paper to kindle the fire has ten. demerits, and will have itchy sores;" he remembers that "he who tosses lettered paper into dirty water, or burns it in a filthy place has 20 demer­ its, and will frequently have sore eyes or become blind;" whereas, "he who gets about and collects, washes and burns lettered paper has 5,000 merits, adds 12 years to his life, and will be­ come honored and healthy, and his chil­ dren and grandchildren will be virtuous and filial." But his reverence has strict limits, and while he reverences a piece of paper upon which a moral precept is written, he often thinks himself ab­ solved from reverencing the moral pre­ cept itself. Provoked a Speech. A good story is told of the way lis which a New England senator was once aroused to make a stirring speech. At the outset of his political career he had been known as a remarkably clever "orator of the stump," and later on, in. the lower house of the legislature, he made a brilliant name for himself. Butl when he became a senator he ceased; talking, much to tlie regret of his friends and admirers. Finally thej liquor law came up for discussion, and' the wife of a friend of the senator,, who was much interested in its passage, was greatly disappointed to see that < the brilliant man had no. apparent in­ tention of joining in the discussion. She sat down and wrote a few words on a sheet of paper, which she inclosed in an envelope and sent by a messenger to the senator. "Do speak! Even Ba­ laam's ass spoke once !>' This brought the senator to his feet and elicited one of the best speeches he ever made. A Tottering Spire. .: It is reported that thC spire of Salis­ bury cathedral, in the south of Eng­ land, is tottering. When the cathedral was begun, in 1220, there was no thought of erecting a spire on the cen« tral tower. That was an afterthought, anil the architect who designed the tower strained the strength of the orig­ inal substructure to the utmost- It has always had to be carefully watched, and the means taken to strengthen ii byjron bands and ties have only added to the weight- Of late the stonework has been decaying rapidly, so that the spire is ini great danger of collapsing, ,