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.a t ror B««T on draught Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors WIn us and no Fear Shall Awe, had no artistic merit bo Enduring Heat. The human skin' can endure beat of; 212 degrees, the boiling point of water, ; because the skin is a badconductor, awl j because theperspira'tionoools thabody.i Men have withstood without injury a. beat of 300 degrees for several minutes*! VOL. 21. M'LTENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1896. PUBLISHED EVEE» WEDNESDAY BY - J . V A N ' S L Y K E , - EDITOK AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK. Two Doors North of ferry & Owen's Stor*, T E R M S O F S U B S C R I P T I O N : One year ( in a i lvaoce) . . . . . ; . . . . . . . 50 I t Not Paul within Three Months. * Subscr ipt iOno receiyfd for three or BIS months in the same proport ion. RATES OF ADVERTISING: r«du, « . derstood. They are as fol lows- . ^ 1 Inch one yei i r > - _ " iooo 2 Inches one year . - - «• ^ 15 Ott 3 Inches one year - - * " . 30 oc Vf Column on* year - « - " g„ Q i i Column one year- • 100 On Column one year - - - - 100 00 One ncn means the measurement of one laoh down the column,Bingle column widt l j j Yearly advert isers , a t the above rates , have the pr ivi lege of ohanging us of ten as they ohooso, without extra oharge. Regular advert iser# (meaning tbopc having atandlne cards) wil l be ent i t led to inser t ion of local not ices a t the ra te of 5 cents per l ine «ach week. All othors wil l be charged 10 cents per f ine the f i rs t week and 5 cents per l ine for eaoh subsequent week. Transient advert isements wil l be charged aTthe rate of 10 cents pe l ine, (nonparei l type, same as this is se t in) the f i rs t i ssue, and 5 oents Der l ino for subsequent issues . Inufc, a n i^oh advert isement wil l cost 11 .^^ week, $1.50 for two weeks, *--00 tor thret W ' ! 'he PLAIHDEALBK will be l iberal in 8 5J l n ls edi tor ia l not ices , but , as a business rule , i t wil l require a "sui table fee from everybody seeklug thauee of I ts colninna for pecuniary gain. C BUSINESS CAKDS. FRANK L. SHEPAUD, O UNR EL LOR AT LAW. Sui te 804--13- Cla k St . , (Jhicago. O. H. FEGERS, M, D- PI1YSIOIAN AND SUROEON, MeHenr> I l ls . Oil lce a t l iealdence. JOS. L. ABT, M, D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCULIST, Ofi ice in Nichols Bl< ck, over Ptai i idealei Ofl lce . McUonry Telephone Not W . C B E S L E V c D . D . S . , Surgjeou Dent is t , , WEST MCIIKNRY , I I I . Ofl ice in rear of G. W. Besley 's Drug Store . All wcrk guaranteed. DR. A. E. AUIUNGER, " PHYSICIAN A S I> SURG EON. Ofl lce in the Stroner bul i<l ing, one door vret t of A. P. Bier ' s s tore , West McHenry , 111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr Osborne, All professional eal ls promptly a t tended to, J . B. HOWE, M. l>, I -JUYSICIAN AND SUHGKON. Oll i teand I Resi l ience, Hotel Woodstock. Oll ice hours 1 to '2 1*. M. dai ly , Uai ls promptly a t ­ tended toi Deserving poor t reated t ree ol charge a t oi l lce , Including medicine Monday and Fridty. F . C. COLBY, D, D. S. DENTIST. Woodstock. 111. Special a ten-t ion paid to regulat ing chi ldren 's teeth. P a r t i e s coming from a dis tance wil l do wel l to give t imely not ice by mail . Oil lce , Kendal block corner Main s t reet and I 'ubl icSq are C. P . BARNES, A TTORNEY, Sol ic i tor , andi Counselor , A. Collect ions a special ty . W O O D S T O C K , I L L I N O I S . KNIGHT & BROWN, TTORNEYS AT LAW. U. S. Express Oo. 's L Bui lding, 87 and 89 Washington St . CHICAGO, ILL. JQHW P. SRfllTH, Watchmaker & Jeweler MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE slock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special a t tent ion • • • - -- G i v e m e g iven to repair ing f ine watohes a cal l JOHN P. SMITH. W. A. CRISTY, Just ice of ( l ie Peace. WEST MCHENRY, ILL. S p e c i a l A t t e n t i o n p * i d t o C o l l e c t i o n s . H. C, IVSEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent. Jncluding Accident and Life Insurance. W E S T MC I IE N H Y . I I I . When Looking for Bargains in Or anything pertaining to the Gents' Furnishing Goods Line, it win pay you to call at the West McHenry Shoe and Clothing Store, Fine Light Suits, Straw Hats, Fine Shoes, Fine Shirts, Neckiies, * ollar!?. Ladies* Fine Shoes Ladies' Oxfords, Black and Tan, Silk Parasols, Fans, Handkerchiefs Near the Depot, West McHenry. JOHH J , 2S£iXaX.Bit. COOKING HOE BASH Inquire of F. L. McOWsBER, Who i* in a position to explain it in a thorough manner. He is also in a position to sell you a summer stove, either oil or gasoline at pjices lower than ever and stoves far better than ever. Quick Meal., New* Pro cess Gasoline Stove. Blue f lame j Oil Stove. The so stoves have no rivals on the mirket. They are from three to five years ahead of any other stove in now and valuable im­ provement. The main advantage of Quiok Moal Gasoline Stoves over all ethers, is the simplicity and ease with which it can be opeued. closed and regulated . The New Process Blue Flame Oil Stovo. is one. in the operation of which there cannot he the slightest fear ol accident. It works Without the slightest smoke or odor. Call and see those stoves, thov are a handsome piece of goods aud will be on exhibition constantly. F. L. McOMREIi, West McHenry, JULIA A. STORY, DEALER IN DRUGS and MEDICINES. A F U L L L I N E O F CHEMICALS, M DYE STUFFS, Paints, Oils and Colors C O N S T A N T L Y ON H A N D . FULL LINE OF P A T E N T . M E D I C I N E S , T O I L E T A R T I C L E S , Stat ionery and Druggists ' Sundries . I Physicians' Prescriptions compounded by a Regis tered Pharmacis t . Your Patronage Is respectful ly sol ic i ted. a**-*----JULlA A, &TORY One Door West of Riverside House, McHenry, lil A.C. SPURLING Veterinary Surgeon, McHenry. Makes a special t y CASTRATION. Office a t Hanly 's Livery Stable . West McHenry, 111, West Side Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES. Ei J". HaKLY , Prop'r, WEST MCHENRY, ILL. Firs t c las^ r igs , wi th or without , dr ivers , furnished a t reasenai j lo ra tes- Par t ies , taken t'"> a r id f rom the Lakes in Easy .Rigs , and prompt connect ion made with a l l tvrwir is . Our Rigs wi. i l be kept in f i rs t c lass , shape, i iuvl we shal l spare nopi ins to please our bus tTnier is a t a l l t i i r ies , Give us a cal l , E J. HAKLY, West McHenry, 111, , .Aug. IS, I t&l . , C. F. BOLEY, Prosriel or of McHenry Brewery, McHENRY, ILL. Always on Hand with the Best Beer. JOHN J. BUCH, J^estaurant---- ^ Boarding H ouse, Near the Iron Bridge, McHenry, 9oard by the Day or Week at Reasonable rates, \ NTOE LINE OF ROW BOATS AT MY LANDING. for reut by the hour or day, a t reasonable ra tes . Pure Wines, Liquors and Choice Oigars a lways on bnnd. «»- Good Stabl ing for Horses . Floral Company McHENRY, ILL. C, T. ESKILSOIV. - MANAGER. All kind* of Cut Flowers , and Funeral De­ s igns to be had a t a l l t imes a t Leasonable Rates . Carnat ions in bud and other pot ted plants for sale . Orders taken now for bedding plants de. s i red ln_the f ip!ing. Wil l have a l l kinds of plants for fancv bedding. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address, ROSEDALE FLORAL COMPANY, MCHENRY, 111. MURPHY & PHILLIPS, Howe Block,.Water Street, HEALERS IN Choice Family Groceries, Kerosene, Gasoline, Potatoes, Fresh Hread, Tablets, Pencils, new Teas, new Coffees. Qur Bakery Supplies, Received from the Rock ford Bakery are absolutely fresh every day. Bread, Huns, IMccuit, Cookies, etc, always on hand, Canned Goods and all kinds of Fruits in their season can be found at our store, which will be offered to the buying public at the Lowest Living Prices, ior Cash. Our goods are all fresh, new and clean, and we hope by fair dealing and good goods to merit and receive a fair of publiospatronage, A fine new Delivery Wagon will run to the Lakes daily, Goods delivered in the Corporation free of charge, EVIURPHY & PHILLIPS. McHenry, April 7, 1890. The Coaljyon [bought last la II ? You can gellmore ofime at Bottom Prices. All tlitjLaet CailoiUFeecl ? Grct my prices before bu^iog more. W. A. CRISTY, WESl I McHENB Y^ILL The handsomest Flower Pots ever seen in this section, and at abont half the usual price at Geo. W. Besley's, West McHenry. FEBRY & OWED, Banners . MoHENRY, - - SILLINOIS This Bank receives deposits, buy 1 and sells Foreign dftd Domestic Ez< change, and doen a Ganeral Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to out care in a manner ana upon te:ms entirely satisfactory to our custort\ers, and respectfully solicit tht public patronage, MONEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and other first c GSI security. Special attention given t o co- lections, INbURANCE in Urst Class Companies at the Lowest B^ces Your a Be ipectfulii. PERRY A OWEV ^JJOTiRY »U«LIC. THOS. BURKE: Meat Market. 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 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. WT'Cash paid for Hides, Tallow, Yeal, Poultry, etc. A share of the public patronage is re- spectfvlly solicited. rrMGWAS BURKE. McHenry, 111., Oct. 1. 1805.. .......... NEW ! New Summer Shirts , New SummerTies , New Styles of Col lars . LARGE SALE On New Neckties. Within 24 Hours I can supply you with any size in Shifts that I have not got in the store. Complete Stock Of Gents' Furnishing Goods. Biggest Run On Merchant Tailoring since I have been in McHenry. Latest style and best goods, at prices never before offered in McHenry. Come and be convinced. Thanking you for past patronage, I am Yours Truly, J. D. LODTZ, Jr. McHenry, 111., May 12, 1806. J. P. SMITH, The Jeweler, Has just received the finest line of Clocks 1 to be found in McHenry County, to which be invites the attentiop of the buying public. Eeplalors. Bronze Clocis, Alarm CLOCKS, And in short Clocks of all kinds in endless variety, and at Prices that will astonish the Natives. CALX, AND BE CONVINCED that .he can sell you a better Clock for LESS MONEY than any other house in McHenry Co. I ALSO HAVE A FINE LINE OF WATCHES AND JEWELRY, Which will be sold 50 per cent below former prices. REPAIRING Promptly done and in a workmanlike •' :•----manner. -- JOIIN r\ smfe. t McHenry, April 28, 189G. DOGS AS CHURCH-GOERS. They Were Regular Attendants In Old Colonial Days. The principal disturbers of worship in the colonial meeting-house were dogs, says William Root Bliss, in "Side Glimpses from the Colonial Meeting-' House." They seem to have been regu­ lar attendants at the Sundays services, ai\d of necessity were placed under dis­ cipline. At New London (1G62) one of the duties of the sexton was "to order youth' in the meeting-house and beat ,out dogs." At Charlestown (16G6) a man was hired at four-pounds a year "to ring the bell to meeings and to keep out dogs in meeting time." At Dedllam (1074) a man was paid eight shillings a year "for keeping dogs out in meeting time and shutting the dooi\"- Andover did not object to dogs,, but made them pay for the privilege of com­ ing to meeting. The law of this town (1072) said-: "Whatsoever dogs shall be-in the meeting-house on the Sabbath day the owner thereof shall pay six­ pence for every time." The dog law of Redding (1002) was peculiar. It runs thus: "Every dog that comes to the meeting, either of Lord's day or lecture day-, except it be their dogs that pays for a dog- wliipper, the owner of those dogs shall pay sixpence for every time they come to the meeting that doth not pay the dog-whipper." Twenty-six men wrote their names, or made their marks, in the Eedding records, agreeing to "pay the dog- whipper" to whip other people's dogs out of meeting, while their dogs re­ mained and were recognized as mem­ bers of the congregation in regular standing. DOG AND COW. A Remarkable Instance of Affection Be­ tween Animals. A remarkable instance of affection between a dog,and a cow is. related by a by a well-known suburbanite. His lit­ tle black Scotch terrier became infatu­ ated with a small Jersey cow iu his neighborhood, and every morning he would run Off to the pasture where his bovine sweetheart was kept. He would slip out the side way aud walk along with the cow. He often missed his breakfast aaad often did not taste a mouthful all day. Wheu. she munched grass by the roadside, I10 patiently sat on his haunches until she moved along. Sometimes he was confined at home to break up the l;abit, but as soon as he was released, off he would go at a full run for the pasture, singling out his love from the herd of cattle and following close at her heels. He would jump up and kiss her in the mouth, lick her feet, and show signs of greatest joy when he came to her. While-lhe cow on her part did not appear to appreciate his atten­ tions, she did not hook him away*. Final­ ly, the family grew tired of keeping a dog that remained away during the day and only came home for his supper anil to spend the night, and gave him to per­ sons living some distance in the coun­ try. The cow, who had never seemecT to notice any of his demonstrations of affection, missed his companionship when he was gone. For she would come to liis former home at evening, put her head over the palings and low. She did this at intervals for several months. WHEN A TELEGRAM ARRIVES. Csual Routine Through Which Women Go on Snch Occasions. "What is it, Mary ?" | yit's a boy, mum, with a telegraf t." "A telegram! Oh, ask him if James is killed!" "He says he doesn't know, mum." "Ask him what he does know about it." "He says all he knows about it is that it's for you, rpum." "Oh, dear! Oh, dear! What shall I do? Oh, my poor James! I just knew something would happen to him before he went away this morning. Will they bring him home on a stretcher, Mary?" "I s'pose so, mum. Maybe you'd bet­ ter read the telegraft." "I can't, I can't! Oh, it serves me right for not kissing him three times when he left. And we've been married such a short time, too." "Why don't you read the telegraft, mum ?" "W%11, I suppose I must; but, oh, I can't tell you how I dread it." Reads telegram: "Will bring friend home to dinner.--James." Oh! the heartless wretch!" Utilizing Popular Airs. The Boston Post tells a story of a young man who is forbidden to call on or write to the girl with whom he is deeply in love, and by whom he is loved'. He manages to circumvent the vigilance of her parents by whistling popular airs, she answering on the piano. He walks by the bouse, for instance, piping Alice, Where Art Thou?" In good time he hears "Home, Sweet Home" played within. After a turn around the block he starts on "Oh, Nannie, Wilt Thou Gang wi' Me?" Perhaps the re­ turn will be "Where Are You Going To?" A few bars of "Come Into the Garden, Maud," convey to her the tip and the opening of "All's Well" on the piano tells him everyt^jng is under­ stood. FARM VILLAGES IN AMERICA. A Plan That Will Make Rnral Life More Attractive. Hon. John Bookwalter, of New York,1 a large land owner in Nebraska, Illinois and Ohio, proposes a plan to make life on the farm more attractive and per­ haps to make farm work more re­ munerative. His idea was obtained from observations in tha rural districts of France and Switzerland, and may be productive of much good. It is simply, say's the Pittsburgh .Dispatch, to con­ centrate the rural population in . vil­ lages of 500 to 5,000 persons, "to give them the advantages of social life and modern luxuries and amusements. Mf . ' Bookwalter will begin on a 00,00.0-acre,' tract he owns in Nebraska, and pro- ' pases to organize a town. which is to have a theater, music hall, library and other advantages for amusement and instruction. In France, as is well kno^vn, the rural population is grouped; in villages, the* farms radiating in narrow strips from the" towns in the yenter. Mr. Book- waiter claims nothing'new for his idea, • but thinks the French villages may be improved upon in this rich, new coun­ try, where large acreage may be laid out with the villag-e idea, instead of growing by subdivision. There is no doubt the centering of population in this way would add greatly to the at­ tractiveness of life on the farmr. The social contact is one of the chief at­ tractions of the city. Neither can there be much doubt that such community of the rural population would give it greater influence in state and national affairs, in legislation and administra­ tion. It would naturally lead to better sanitary conditions, to conveniences, to police and fire protection that are now lacking in the widely-separated farm­ houses, and all this without detracting from the advantages of rural surround­ ings, such as trees, flowers and the sup­ ply of the best and freshest that the garden, dairy, orchard and farm can produce. DANGEROUS BLUE HERON. Accommodating. The following is told of an old lady who had her hai^ cut off in a> severe illness, and wore a wig in its place. She was staying in a continental hotel, and one day noticed a gentleman looking suriously at her hair. Soon after, on some excuse, he crossed the room to behind where she; sat. She calmly got up, turned around, and, lifting her hair from her head, said: "Yes, sir; it is a wig." ^ How They Eat. The following is the daily ration of the animals at the Jardin des Plan teg in Paris: Ten pounds of flesh for each lion, tiger and bear; seven pounds for the panther, three pounds to six pounds for the hyena, one pound for the wild :at, and two pounds for the eagle. ... > Hunters Have IJeen Hurt Trying to Cap­ ture a Wounded Bird. "Some of these days," said the 'long­ shore hunter to a New Yorl' Sun man, "I expect to open my daily paper and see a headline something like this: 'Killed by a Blue Heron,' and Fll tell you why. The blue heron is a big, powerful bird, which has already dis­ figured the faces of several men. The men have wounded a bird, and then, thinking to capture it alive, they went up to it. Why, I'd as soon try to kiss; a wounded grizzly. The birds grow as tall as six feet and have necksi like a fish rod and just the kind of muscles to move it quickest with the most strength. ' They could drive their bill points through a quarter-inch panel. "The hunter goes up to a bird aud sees it lying there looking as inno­ cent as a robin,with only a wing broken. 'What a fine pet it would make,' the fool hunter thinks. Then he picks the bird up and starts for home in a wagon or a boat, with the bird between hi3 knees. The bird's neck is drawn back like a letter 'S.' All of a sudden the bill shoots up and gives the man a gash alongside the eye three inches long. That is what always has happened. The wounded bird has, missed its aim, bhtr some time, and you want to remember it, this feathered spearman will drive its bill into an enemy's eye, and, like a steel umbrella stick, -the point of the bill will penetrate the man's brain. I guess the bird's aim hds always been spoiled by the pain of its wounds, and so'toany a human life has been saved. I don't monkey with wounded bitterns,or. cranes--well, scarcely." INGENIOUS WOOD RATS. Built a House of Railroad Spikes and " Lined It with Rags. The wood rat of the western slopes of the Cascade range is a curious creature that loves to steal so well that it is known to many as the camp robber. It carries off anything it can lay its lips to, and is besides a jolly, reck less fellow. It does things which rodents are not given to doing. Forest and Stream tells of some of its favorite spoils. It will take knives, forks and tin plates, cartridges, cups and anything it can handle in the line' of clothing, towels or gun rags, which make sqft linings for its nest It is re­ lated how a pair of these rata staked off a claim on top of a hunter's camp stove, and put up the most curious rat house anybody had ever heard of. About 200 yards away was a railroad shanty, where the section men kept their sup­ plies, and among other things was a keg of railroad spikes, such as are used to fasten the rails to the ties. The rats took some spikes to their claim, built up an iron wall, and lined the interior with soft stuff. It is a curious fact that all the points of the spikes were directed outward, and they were laid with great regularity and firmness. The habits of the rat are a study for a naturalist, and it makes things so in­ teresting for the natives that they kill it ou sight- Rats as Cotton Gins. Rats have been found very useful iBtt' cotton mills where the raw cotton has been imperfectly ginned. In a Span - i ish cotton mill the storeroom was invad-f. ed by swarms of rats, who pulled the! bales to pieces to get at the seeds left; in the cotton. They did the work thor­ oughly without injuring the fiber in any: way. • . f ----FF -- - -L' Where Criticism Is Dangerous. ( A Danzig upholsterer who Was re-), cently asked to appraise a plaster bust; of the German empress, and said it wass . worth 25 cents, was arrested at once for | tese majeste. As he was able to showj that the bust was released. W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public Real Estate and Insurance, K U N D A » U l i A. M. CHURCH, Watohntaker and Jewelor No 126 htate Street, Chicago. Special ' a t tent ion given to repair ing Fine Watches an i .Ohronoaietera ,„ , «®*ciA Ful l Assortment ,"crKySQda i ruUis l ine. NOTICE. All you men and boys that want to Safe from $2 to $5 on Pails ORKSUIT8. Don't Miss this Chance On any kind of »oods sold in my store, at Chicago's lowpst prices, E. LAWLUS. Opposite Riverside Hotel, McHenry. GEO. W. BESLEY, West McHenry. j Illinois, .DEALER IN. DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINS, OILS, TOILET ARTICLES. PURE WINES AND LIQOORS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. Also, Bottled Ale and Porter lor Medical Use, The best brands of Cigars and Smoking and ChewingsTo- bacco always on hand. Physicians- Prescriptions Carefully "compounded Give me call. f GEO. W. BESLEY. %i " West McHenry, Jan, 1, 1896. ^