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•Ji: V " Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us-and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 21. M'HENEY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1896. . . : NO. 45. K#»J fMeder. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY - J . V A N 8 L Y K E , - EDITOB AND PBOPBIETOB. OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS SLOCK, Twe Doors North of Ferry & Owen's Stow, - TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year (in advaiuce) ..,.....$1 50 l£ UofcPftid witfein Throe Months 2 00 Snbaci'Iptiona recctvert for three or six months in the same proportion.- . • - " RATES OF ADVERTISING.: W* annaunoe llberkl rates foy advertising in the PLAIN DEALER, ftnrt endeavor to state them so plainly that thoy will b© readily un- derstoodi They are as follows: BOO - 10 Go 1 Inch one year 8 Inches one year 3 Inches one year ii Column one year, - X Column one year- Column one year - 15 00 30 00 60 0o 100 Oo One ncti means the measurement of one inch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they choose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having •landing cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate of 6 cents per line •aoh week. All others will be oharged 10 cents per line the first week, and 5 cents per line for eaoh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged ai the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this Is set In) the flrat Issue, and 5 cento per line for subsequent Issues. Thus, an inoh advertisement wllloost $1.00 for one week, 11.50 for two weeks, 12.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PLAINDEALBB will be liberal in giving •dltorial notices, but, as a business rule, It will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of Its columns for peounlary gain. 17 BUSINESS CARDS. FRANK L. SHEPARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Suite 514--30.La Salle 8t., Chicago. C. H. TEGER8, M, D- PHYSIOIAN A"ND SURGEON, MoHonry Ills. Office at Residence. JOS, L. ABT, M. D, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCD LIST, Officeln Nicholn-Bloct, ov^r-Plaindealer Office. McHenry Telephone No 4. DR. A. E AURINGER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in the Stroner building, one door weit of A. P. Baer'e store, West McHenry,111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr< Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at- tended to, O. B. HOWE, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Residence, Hotel Woodstock. Office hours 1 to 2 F. M. daily, (Jails promptly at­ tended to. Deserving poor treated free of charge at office, Including medicine Monday and FrUUy. 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 notice by mail. Office, Kendal block corner Mam street and FublioSq are O. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, Solicitor, and| Counselor, Oollectlonsla specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. KNIGHT & BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. U. S. Express Co.'s Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker Sc Jeweler McHENRY. ILLINOSS. A FINE stook of Clocks, Watohes and Jew elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watehes. Give me * °al1' JOHN P. SMITH. W. A.CRISTY, Justice ot the Peace. WEST MCHENRY, ILL. Special Attention paid to Collections. H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent Including Accident and Life Insurance. WEST MCHENRY, III. W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public Real Estate and Insurance. KUNDA. Ill« A. M. CHURCH, Watohmaker and Jeweler No. 126 State Street, Chicago. Special attention given to impairing Fine Watches an i Chronometers. A F'lll Assortment of Goods in his line. NOTICE. All you men and boys that want to Save from $2 to $5 on Pants OK IStJITS. Don't jMiss this Cliance On any kind of goods sold in my store, at Chicago's lowest prices, E. LAWLUS. Opposite Riverside Hotel, McHenry» THE PAIMEI'S STORE WHY HOT? • ^Crade where you can get the most good goods for the money. We are making every endeavor 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 soori or you will be too late. % AOT SHO'MiU Never such an opportunity to get what you wan , at very little more than they cost- Still making a leader of Rubber goods. PERRY & 0WEH, Bankers. MoHENRY, - % BILLINOI8. This Bank toceivea deposits, buyt and sells Fbreign and Domestic Ex­ change, and does a Genera! Banking Business •" C , ' We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon texnsentirely satisfactory to out customers and respectfully solicit the public patronage. MONEY TO LOAN; On Real E»tate and other first e ast security. Special attention given t < oo lections, ' IKfeUJELAIVCK In First Class Companies at th< Lowest Rites. Yours Retpecifulli, PERRY A OWEN' ** notary PUBLIC. 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 freshest and best in the market. We have a full line and fresh goods arriving daily. Remember "Baer's Choice".Syrup is the best Syrup in market. 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 waiter bread, and is healthtul. Cost nothing to try a sack. W t • CD ** «, PAN-KA-KO, Helps digestion, anJ no The great self-rising pancake Flour, distressed feeling after you have ate it. Goods delivered tp any part of the city. West McHenry, Illinois. JULIA A. STORY, DEALER IN DRUGS and MEDICINES. A FULL LINE OF CHEMICALS, DYE STUFFS, Paints, Oils and Colors CONSTANTLY ON HAND. rlWrfYrf ^rrTrrT FOLL LINE OF PATENT; MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES. Stationery and Druggists' Sundries. Physicians' Prescriptions J Carefully compounded by a Registered Pharmacist. Tour Patronage 1b respectfully •ollclted. ^ • 'JULIA A, STORY One \ Door West of Rivertide Bouse, Atc-Henrvftjll. THE NEW YORK LEDGER America's Greatest Story Paper. Always publishes the best and most^in- * teresting short stories, serial stories and special articles that can be procured, re­ gardless QI expense. The latest fashion notes and patterns can be found every - week on the Woman's World Page. ® There is always something in the New York Ledger that will interest every member of the family. 20 pages--price, 5 cents. For sale in this town by Charles Slimpin. SPUING CL0T1IIG! 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 ov<5T 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. A A. Our Shoe stock will interest You. Style quality and - prices right. To get the latest shapes of spring Hats look over our line. Men's Overalls and Shirts; largest essortmcnt, 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. C. F. BOLEY, ProDrielor of McHenry Brewery, MCHENRY, ILL. Always on Band with the Best Beer, A.C. SPURLING Veterinary Surgeon, * McHenry. Makes a specialty CASTRATION, Office at Hanly'e Livery Stable. West McHenry, ill. m ecialty AVINGS. JdsfrplKd. received and loaned on carefully *e- looted real estate spcurities and the interest collected"!" \ "M"C 1 nnd remitted withont-LiV/ ixi* O# s k * charge. Loans made on time and tenne (Xai/ to smt borrower. J. W. KA.NflI'liA.1), 11 Dul'age street, Klnn. Illinois. m- The Coal you bought last fall ? You can getlmore'of me at Bottom Prices. nrm' A11 the Lart (<ar ol^Feecl ? Get my prices beforej buying more. W. A. CR1STY, WEST, Udell EN R Y'ILL SMOKERS! When ii Waal of a Cool Ciaar CALL AT THE OLP RELIABLE Ciarar and Tobacco Dealers. OXJK SPECIALTIES: Our Monogram, 10c. Barbian's Best, hand made 5c The best cigars made. Sold by all local dealers. Floral Company McHENRY, ILL C, T. ESHILSON, - MANAGER. All kinds of Cut Flowers, and Funeral De­ signs to be bad at all times at Reasonable Rates. Carnations in bud anu 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, IIOSEDALE FLORAL COMPANY, MCHENRY, 111. That you should bu^ your Bicycle of us? We sell the host me­ dium grades'-' We sell the finest high i grades. We have 30 Bicycles now in stock, compris- seven makes."^ Easy to pick a winner. Prices defy competition. T. J. D^bfv\^r BIW ^ CLBS. WOODSTOCK, ILL. HARNESS! GUS CARLSON, At his .Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, has now in stock the finest as­ sortment of LIGHT SINGLE &. DOUBLE HARNESS Farm Harness, etc>, Ever shown in this county, which he is offering atidard Times Trices, and guar­ antees them as represented. These Harness are all,made of the best of material, by first class workmen, and if in want of anything in this line you will save money by giving him a call, Afull i ineof Dusters and Whips always on hand. REPAIRING Promptly Attended to. Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of our bargains.; CUS CARLSON. \ McHenry, 111., April 14, 189G. JOHN J.°:BUCH, Restaurant ™' --J ^Boarding House* Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, Soard by the Day or Week at Reasonable rates, A NTO E LINK OF ROW BOATS AT MY LANDING, for rent by the hour or day, at reasonable rates. Pure Wines, Liquorsand Choice Cigars always on hand. *»"FreshLa(rer oot&ntly on draught Good Stabling for Horses. W? HAVE NO ACENTS ® ® #•» Knt. call Hiront. tn t.hp m W. B PHATT. Secy. but sell direct to the consumer at wholesale prices. Ship anywhere for examination before sale Everything warranted. lOO stylesof Carriage*, OOstylesof Hariie««, 41 styles Jtldlntr Saddles. Write for caialOKue. ELKHART Carriage & Harness Mfg.Co, Elkhart, Ind. THOS. BURKE, m Meat Market. W Near the Iron Bridge, 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 PricesJ 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. te^Cash paid for Hides, Tallow, Yeal, Poultty, etc. A share of the public patronage is re- epectfvlly solicited. THOMAS BURKE. McHenry, 111., Oct. 1.1895. West Sid© Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES. E4 J. HANLY, Prop'r. :WKST McHENRY, ILL. First class rigs, with or without drivers, farnished'at reasonable rates- Parties taken to and from the Lakee'in Easy Rigs, and prompt connection made with all trains. Our Rigs will be kept in flrst class shape, and we shall spare no pains to please our cue tomers at all times, Give us a call, b E J. HANLT, West McHenry, ill,, Aug. 16, 1894. New styles in stiff and soft Hats and Golf CapB at S. Stoffel's. SHOES FROM THE MAYfLOWER. Footgear of 480 Years Ago Very Like the Modern Style. Mrs. Eliza A. Brown, of Brownsville, Me., has in her possession a pair of shoes which carue over on the May- llower. This particular pair of shoes, says the New York World, was made at Chatham, London, in 1417 by John Hose, whose trade mark can still be ol> served. Mrs. Brown inherited the shoes from her mother, Mrs. Lydia Gilman, of ActonMe. ' . Mrs. Gilman had her choice between two pairs, the only authentic relics of this nature of the famous Puritan ex­ pedition. They aa-e of green brocade satin, with buckles, anTi tie over the in­ step. The heels are made of cork ami are very light. Between the soles and uppers, there is a piping-of white kid. The stitching, which is visible, is. done as neatly and exactly as in any speci­ men of latter-day machine work. ' The shoes are an interesting example of the rotation of fashions. Although 480 years old, they are exactly in the style of the fashionable indoor wom­ an's shoe for 1896. The toes are of the toothpick variety, as pointed as they can be, and turned up a little. The an­ cient shoes seem to be broader at the ball of the foot than is the vogue to­ day. The uppers are of a curious-loolung green brocade satin, the color of which has not been impaired in all these years. This rare old pair of shoes qould bo worn by a fashionable New York wom­ an Ho-day without exciting any com­ ment. HE WAS NO LAWYER. Mado Attorney-General Becauso of This Remarkable Fact. Gov. Culberson, of Texas, thus ex­ plains how he entered politics, and ob­ tained his first office, that of attorney- general, says the Washington Star: "I had been practicing law," he said, "and thought I had made about enough reputation to justify branching out. 1 did not expect to be nominated, but I thought it woul(' be a good introduc­ tion to start with a race for the attor­ ney-generalship. George Clark, one of the ablest lawyers in the country, was my opponent. He was placed in nom­ ination by a brilliant speech, while my friend who proposed my name neg- lentcd to mention my--legal--attain^ my ments. It looked dark for me, when a man from the panhandle arose and said: 'Mr. Speaker, they say Clark's a great lawyer. I come with proxies from my end of the state all in my pocket, an' I was notified to vote for Clark. But I know no one had any idee he was a lawyer. This state has been hog-swaggled by the lawyers till she's so pore she can't sell enough cotton to pay for the cattle the cactus kills, al! on account of the lawyers* and the railroads that keeps 'em up. I hope we won't put in any lawyer, and I'm for Culberson. Nobody ever accused him of being- a lawyer.' That speech result­ ed in my nomination." BEHIND THE BARS. How Mopsa W as Cared For While Its Owner Was Away. We know what we ask our friends to do for us, but. we seldom know all the deviations which are made from the original Instructions. In a fashiona­ ble Chicago flat a few months ago the society 4ame who was going to the sea­ shore left her beloved poodle, Mopsa, in charge of her nearest, dearest friend in the flat, who was not going away. Elaborate directions were conveyed as to what Mopsa was to be fed and how often--when she \wis to be bathed and combed--how carefully she must ba kept from roaming the streets, and so on. The faithful friend seemed de­ voted to the charge, and Mopsa's mis­ tress went away with a mind at ease. On her return Mopsa was delivered in good health and spirits, but--oh! frightfully gone off in her looks, tow- zled and ragged--not at all the aristo­ cratic dog of former days. One day her mistress said: "Maria, I can't stand it any longer-- do tell me what you did to Mopsa while I was gone ? She looks horrid." And Maria honestly replied: "Julia, she was such a nuisance, al­ ways running out when the doors were open, so I kept her in my old bird cage." TOOK THE WHIP HAND. Bismarck's Physician Would Not Yield to the Old ALan's Humors. Yon Paschinger's work oh Prince Bismarck, which has just appeared, contains several hitherto unpublished anecdotes. One of these relates how Dr. Schweninger became the chan­ cellor's private physician and sub­ jugated the great man to his will. Dr. Schweninger, who was indebted to Herr Doetz, deputy, for his introduc­ tion to Bismarck's household, recog­ nized the strong temperament with which he had to deal, and resolved to assume the whip hand at the very out­ set. Three days after his advent the chancellor fell ill. The doctor forbade him to partake of a certain dish of which he was particularly fond. Bis­ marck rebelled, and had it placed be­ fore him, notwithstanding. Hearing of what had been done Dr. Schwen­ inger entered the room, took the dish forcibly from the patient's hands, and flung it out of the window. The man of iron perceived that he had met his match and was ever afterward the most docile of patients under Dr;--Schwen­ inger's hands. Slaking the Gods Merry. Some of the superstitions of th<5 Chinese are charming. They have an impression that when there is a long drought it is because the gods are either angry or in a bad mood. So they dress a dog in a comical way ancL lead him through the streets. All the people laugh, aid it is supposed that the gods can't help laughing too. After that, no matter' how long after, it fcis sure to rain, and this proves that the Chinese theory is correct. . . BALLOONING WITH A LlOft. A Daring French Countess Will Do TMt to Benefit Sick Soldiers. A young and attractive woman in Paris, who is said to be a countess, proposes to go from Marseilles to Paris in a. balloon with a lion as her compan­ ion. She. is what they call in France a "dompteuse," this translated Into Eng­ lish meaning a "lady lion-tamer," and , this extraordinary performance is to be for the benefit of the sick" soldiers who hav© survived the Madagascar expedi­ tion.; ;'•" It is by no means certain, however, Bays the New York World, that she wiH be ̂ ble to; inake-this unifjue -trip. A few nights ago she had a dangerous adventure in her wild beast cage. She had scarcely closed the door when Tzar, the most savage aiad; ferocious lion1' -of. the lot,, sprang her and clawed her in the breast and arms. A panic en-. sued in the menagerie, and a rush tvas. made for the entrance, but the brave countess stood her ground unterrified and managed to beat the lion off. Then she straightened herself up and made Tzar go through his usual perform­ ance. The panic was allaj-ed and the spectators began to wildly applaud the courageous woman. Undissuaded by this adventure she insists that she will give her balloon performance at an early date with the same lion that attacked her. Yet she is but a new hand at lion taming. She began to exhibit herself with wild ani­ mals in a Parisian music hall, and went from there to Lyons, thence tc Mar­ seilles. She is not appearing under her family name, WILD HOGS IN ARIZONA, Running at Large They Become Perfect­ ly Untamable. The wildest of wild hogs live both above and below the Yuma, on the Colorado river, says the Montana Farmer. When the late Thomas Ely the was trying to settle a colony at Lerdo, 45 miles below Yuma, on the Colorado, he sent down a large number of very fine full-blooded Berkshire and Poland- China pigs and turned them loose on the banks of the river near Lerdo, where they lived on roots, grass, weeds, tules and mesquite beans, bred and multiplied, kept fat and filled the low and tule lands with a large number of fine porkers. Never seeing a human being, except now and then a lone Indian, they soon, became wild, and wilder still, and scat­ tered until the woods and lowlands were full of them. Notwithstanding that the coyotes slaughtered the little ones in great numbers, they have in­ creased until at the present time it ia estimated that there are more than 10,- 000 of them roaming up and down the Colorado and Hardie rivers, from their mouths up as high as the tide runs, or from 65 to 75 miles from the gulf. Their range gives them the finest of feed--wild sweet potatoes, tules, stay fish, clams, dead turtles and seaweed along the river bank at low tide. They are unmolested except now and then by a hunter who finds his way down the river. BICYCLE SADDLE NEEDED. Physical Complaints Which the Present Style Inflict Upon Riders. A well-known physician, who has given some attention to the bicycle and has learned how to ride one, although not yet a regular rider, says, accord­ ing to the New York Tribune: "I don't mean to buy a bicycle until I am able to get a correct saddle. To get that I believe I shall have to invent one, and I am seriously thinking of setting about it as soon as I get the time. This is a matter to which I have been com­ pelled to pay attention, because many of my patients are bicycle riders. Tha wonder in my mind is that more injury is not caused by the use of improper saddles. Most saddles are constructed on a radically wrong principle and throw the weight <5f the body just where it ought not to be. TTxere is one saddle quite widely used for which the claim is made that it is constructed on correct physiological principles, but that is true to only a limited extent. Still, it is a start in the right direction. A bicycle saddle should be cut out in +he middle and provision should be made for the weight to rest on the sides. I am not sure but that soma contrivance whereby the two sides of the saddle might move up and down with the motion of the legs will nofc prove to be the correct solution of the problem." VERY GLAD OF IT. Pardonable Satisfaction of an Officer Over a Woman's Misfortune* A good story of a military officer is told in the New York Times. - It ap­ pears that in the crush at the diplo­ matic reception at the white house he was pushed violently against a formid­ able looking woman. She glared at him for an instant, and then said, in a menacing way: "Be good enough to give ine more room." "Pardon me, madam, but I cannot," answered the officer. Whereupon the lady detached a long pin from her bodice and plunged it in­ to the arm of the man. He braced himself and did not wince; and she drove it in again. After repeated at­ tacks she remarked: "I don't believe you can help it, after all, or you wouldn't allow yourself to be pricked in this way." "I to^d you, I believe, that I couldn't help ' myself," answered the officer. Later in the evening, when the officer was in the east room, the same lady made her way through the crowd and spoke to her enemy: "It was a diamond pin, and I havo lost it." The officer bowed very low and said: • "Allow me to say, madam, that I am very glad of it." England's Theatrical Censor, The lord chamberlain of England exercises authority over theatrical en­ tertainments, as »efore a play can bo performed it nuuft-1'undergo the sen*-, tiny of a dramatic censor. ^