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Residence over Barbian Bros., MeHenry. 111. O. H. FJSGERS, M, D- PHYSICIAN AND SURUEON, McHonr) Ills. Office at Residence. *JOS, L. ABT, M, D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCULIST, Office in Nichols Block, over iMaiuUeaiei Office. MeHenry Telephone No-4 DR. BAECHLER, DENTIST. Plate Work* and everything per­ taining to Dentistry. Parties from a distance should drcp a card a r ay or two before coining. Oiliee. MeHenry. DR. A. E. AUR1NUER. JJHYSIOIAN ANDSUliGEON. Office in the JL Stroner building, one door west of A. P. Baei-'e store, West MeHenry, 111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional calls promptly at­ tended to, ' J . B HOWE, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFICE AMI Residence, Hotel Woodstock Office hours 1 to 2 P. M. uaily, uuila promptly at­ tended to. Deserving poor tre-iteu tree ot charge at office, including medicine Monday and Kridiy. F. C. COLBY. D, D. S. DENTIST. Woodstock. 111. Special ai.cn-tion paid to regulating children's teeth, Parties coming from a distance will do well to give timely notice by mail. Office, Ivendal block corner Main street and 1'uulioSq are KNIGHT & BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. IOO Washington Street, CHICAGO. ILL. FRANK L. SHEPARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Suite 804--132 Claik St., Chicago. C. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, Solicitor, and| Oounsolor, Collectionsia specialty. WOOD8TOOK, ILLINOIS. JOHii P. SMITH, Watcb.iiin.lcer & Jeweler McHENRY, ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Olcoke, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention g iven to repa i r ing f ine wa tches . Give me a call. JOHN P. SMITH. W. A. CRISTY, Justice of tlie Peace. WEST McHENRY, ILL. Special Attention Tiairt to Collections. W©8t Sid© Livery> FEED AND WALE STABLES Ei J. HANLY, Prop'r. •; WEST McHENRY, ILL. First class rigs t with cr without drivers, furnished at reasonable rates- Parties taken to, and froiii the Lakes in Easy Rigs, and prompt connection made with all |faihe. Our Rigs will be kep>- in first MP.SS shape, and we shall spare no pains, to please our CUB tomers at all tunes, Give usacall,. ; , E J. HANLY, West MeHenry, 111,, Aug. 15, 1894. ELGIN,ILL. Floral Company ^McHENRY, ILL. C, T. ESHILSON, - MANAGER. All kinds of Cut Flowers, ai;d Funeral ' 'e. signs to be had at all times at Keasonabie Rates. Carnations in bud and other potted plants for sale. Orders taken now for bedding plants de­ sired in the spring. Will have all kinds of plants for fancv bedding. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address, ROSEDALE FLORAL COMPANY, MCHENRY, 111. FEERY & OWEN, Bankers. McHENRY, BLLINOIS Thiu Bank receives deposits, buy and sella Foreign and Domestic Ex change, and does a General Banking Business We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner anc upon te:ms entirely satisfactory to out customers and respectfully solicit th public patronage. ftSGRSEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and other first c as security Special attention given t cr> lections, INSURANCE In Hirst Clc.ss Companies at th Lowest Rites. Yours Re tpectfullt PERRY & OWEN. Notary Public. C- WIEAD, Justice ot the Peace and General In­ surance Agent 'nctuding Accident aad Life insurance. \ WEST MCHENRY, I II. A Money Saver! FOR "YOU. CUS CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, has now in stock the finest as­ sortment of Robes, Blankets and Whips To be found in McHenry County. I can Bell you a Blanket from 75c to $5. And guaranteed as represented. If yoa 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. REPAIRING Promptly Attended to* Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of our bargains. CUS CARLSON. McHenry, 111., Sept. 30, 189G. ST PRICES. Our recent immense purchase of J -SILVERWARE- IS NOW OX. We feel safe in stating that this is the largest and best assortment O O ever offered to the public. The Quality is High Grade, The Designs the Very Latest. And our usual Low Prices for Desirable Goods will prevail. 4-piece Tea Set, quadruple plate, on hard white metal, guar­ anteed, handsomely engraved, sold everywhere at §25, for $15.98 4-piece Tea Set, fancy engraving, worth $12, for 7.98 Cake Baskets, quadruple plate, beautiful engraving, Avorth $4 for $2.69; worth $5 for 2.98 3-piece Water Set, Pitcher, Goblet and 10-in Tray, quadruple plate, satin finish, engraved, well worth $12, for 7.98 Berry Dishes, imitation Cut Glass Bowls, worth $4 for $2,49; worth*$5 for ...... 2.98 Nut Bowls, gold lined, very latest designs, Knely engraved, worth $8 for .. 4.49 Bon-bon Dishes, gold lined, elegant finish at $1.79, $1.98 and and $2.19, worth double. Butter Dishes, every one a beauty at 98c, $1.98, $2.49, 2.98, 3.49 Round Trays, 6 to 15 in.. .$1.29, $1.39' and 1.49 Together with a varried assortment of Bread Trays, Olive Dishes, Baking Dishes, Syrup Mugs, Pickle Castors, Cracker Jars, Knives, Forks and Spoons. P. S.--Any selection made now will be laid aside with a deposit. THEO. F. SWAN,. GBEAT DEPARTMENT STORE ELGIN, ILL, A D 12 A CO prop'r West McHenry, III. NEW ! W. p. ST. CL&8B, Justice ot the Peace and Notary Public K eal Eilate and Insurance. KUNDA Hi. 4. HI.-UHUHUH, * Ht^h afeer aad .few«ler No 126 Sfate Street, Chicago. 4pec.ial titleuU<n givtirr to repairing F'n»* batches Rn t'hron<"<ni«ters. «#- 4 K'viO tVs»or:,ininl of Cl-norls in bis t'n*. C F. BOi EY, ProBiilnrnf icHfiiiff tew?. MI-HENRY, HI. »..• Always on Band with tfu BriSt liter roots and or no p i'y .. s««.| i«.< >> «t v. tor ton sample trcatm«nt9, U<>LV>UAI>O MED ' ICINE Co., DENVER, uol. . ' , . • a New Summer Shirts New SummerTies, New Styles of Collars. LARGE SALE On New Neckties., Within 24 Hours I can supply yon with any size in Shirts that JLJiave nqt got in the store. Complete Stock Of Gents' Furnishing Goods. Biggest Run On Nfprchnnt Tailoring since I have bfen 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 Trulv, J. D. LOOT Z, Jr. i McHenry, 111., May 12,1896. Some people will not sec that it is to their advantage to Trade at the Farmers Store. If all people 'were like that we" would have to quit business. But we are doing more business than ever, considering the times. There are .a gt^at many people with good eyesight, it seems, that are taking advantage of the AlfT HAM u . African Mahogany. Mahogany, cnt from the forests dis­ covered by Stanley in his expedition for the rescue of Emin Pasha, now reaches this country. These forests are said to be inexhaustible and are probably of equal, perhaps of greater, value than the richest gold or diamond mines of the dark continent. Capitalists were interested in Stanley's account, and a flourishing trade in the timber has re­ sulted. Prices of mahogany products were in a fair way to rise to excessive figures until the cutting began in Africa. This has only been within the past year, but prices have already fallen 20 per cent. A carload was recently delivered at Louisville at a net cost of §80 per 1,000 feet, whereas it has been a com­ mon thing fqr mahogany to sell at auc­ tion in Liverpool for $100 per 1,000. Heretofore the principal sources of sup­ ply have been the forests of Central America, Cuba, San Domingo and Bra­ zil. Already' 12,000,000 feet have been cut and exported from Africa, and the trade promises to -yield an immense rev­ enue to the British and French colonists, who have seized the mahogany terri­ tory. This African mahogany has a pinkish tinge in contrast to the reddish yellow color of the American varieties. The trees are very large, and logs re ceived in the shipment mentioned were 2 feet to 8^ feet in size. They are squared before being exported.--Wood­ worker. Grim Humor of Germany. A Berlin journal recalls the fact that the brilliance of German humor remain­ ed quite undimmed during the trying times of 25 years ago. In the autumn oi 1870 the German humorist naturally drew much of his inspiration from the political events of the clay. Among the pleasantries related by our contempo­ rary is the reply of a Berlin photog­ rapher to a firm in a frontier town which had asked for a supply of photographs of German generals as soon as the war was declared. "Wo have no more copies left," the answer ran, "but we are send­ ing you the originals." On Aug. 8, 1870, the following telegram appeared in a Berlin paper under the heading ol "Latest News:" "St. Helena, Aug. 7. --Have finished sweeping; the apart­ ments are ready." In sending from France 2 ltpuis d'or to the King William Aid society a German wrote: "I glad­ ly send these 2 .louis to the King Wil­ liam Aid society. It will be William We are offering this Fall. Call and be convinced, that is the best way, to know what we are doings We handle everything in the line of General Merchandise. FLOUR, FLOUR. Remember " Baer's Choice S^rap." Pankako for Pancakes is what you want now. ~ _. • _ Goods delivered to any part of McHenry. A.P.B41B. West McHenry, Illinois. •%' He "Tell# His Tale." Everybody remembers the lines ia Milton's "Allegro:" And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. • What kind of tale do shepherds tell beneath the shade in summer dell? Of love, be sure, the shepherd sings," and lovely ways and lovely things; of maid­ en coy and wooer shy, of whispered word and speaking eye, of songs and games at Christmastide, when mum­ mers mock and hobbies ride; of may­ pole mirth and Whitsun ale, of dark December's ghostly tale, and kisses snatched, love'u daring theft---the more, you take the more are left. Such things the poet saw and heard; such songs, such simple tale, such word: what time the hot sun Overhead made, welcome all the hawthorn shade, and" while tho swain in sunny June beguiled the sum­ mer afternoon. I believe the above represents accu' rately what we understand by those two lines. A friend, however, whom I call the Destroyer, because he takes a fiend­ ish pleasure in shattering these pretty looking visions of fantasy, tells me that Milton meant nothing of the kind. He simply alluded to a custom corrfthon in some parts of the country of driving the flock through a gap in the hedge on the other side of which the shepherd counts his sheep--i. e., "tells his tale." I hope the Destroyer is not right, but there i« his theory.--Walter Besant. Tennyson Gets Snabbed. He (Tennyson) desired to be intro­ duced to her, or perhaps--for his ways were somewhat regal--desired that she might be presented to him. In which­ ever way it was the ceremony was trans­ acted. and Tennyson's second remark was this question, "Oh, Lady , do I know Lord ?" The person about whom ho thus inquired was a peer, who, though young, had won much distinc­ tion in public life and was widely known in private. His wife, as it hap­ pened, was devoted to him, and jealous of any word which sounded like dis­ paragement of his position or indiffer­ ence to his renown. She looked Tennyson in the face and answered, with perfect composure of manner: "I am sure, Lord Tennyson, I can't say. I never heard him mention your name in my life." For a moment the poet was staggered by this straight hit from the shoulcler, but he had the good sense and good temper to take it d-|-well.--£mallev'i>'Studies of Men." A riddle written in French bj third. a German humorist asked the difference between Napoleon I and Napoleon IIL To this the answer was, "Napoleon I a en genie, Napoleon III a Eugenie."-- London News. Spiders That Cbange Colors. An interesting instance of color mim­ icry in spiders has been observed in the south of France. The spiders of that re­ gion when in search of prey hide in the convolvulus flowers. It has been noticed that a white variety of spider frequented the white flowers; a greenish colored variety made the green flowers his home and a pink one lived principally in the pink flowers. The cofors of the three varieties were at first supposed to be permanent, but it has recently been dis­ covered that the color of any one of these spiders changes within a few days if the insect be placed in the convolvulus of a different colored flower to that which he has been using as his home. Four spiders--pink, white, green and yellow in color--were all put in a bos together, and within three days all wore white.--St. Louis Bepublio. Tankage. "Do you know what tankage is?" asked one of the customs inspectors oi the reporter yesterday. "Something to do with a tank." "Guess again." / "Give it up. What is-it?" "Well, I didn't know before today," continued the inspector, "but I was down aboard of a vessel today, a coaster bound to the eastward, and was inform­ ed by the captain that he had 800 bags of tankage aboard. Then he explained that tankage is nothing more nor less than dried blood. It is procured at the abattoirs of Boston and other ports and taken to Boothbay, where it is used in the manufacture of fertilizers. "--East ern Argus. The Intrusive Tulip Tree. The tulip tree appears to be bettei able to reproduce itself and is evidently more hardy when young than any other of our native trees. Wherever there is a bare or neglected place in Brandy wine park this species of tree- immediately begins to grow. Within the limits of the park there are two or three aban­ doned quarters which have not been used for years. In these quarters there is already a rich and abundant growth of young trees, and the tulip appears to do better than any others.' This is true of every place in this section. Every abandoned road or bit of neglected ground soon has these tulips or poplar trees in abundauce.--Wilmington (Del.) News. Most Delicate of Instruments. Gas Inspector Westman has about completed a series of changes in his de­ partment which will end with the es­ tablishment for the first time in the city hall of a barphotometer. This apparatus, which is one for the measuring of the candle power of gaslight, will be estab­ lished in a vault to the right of the main offioe. So delicately must operations be conducted that the attendants in meas­ uring light will be compelled to wear slate coloredS44£ts, as a white garment would spoil the*?s^eflection.--Chicago Chronicle. - " ' BufTon's Chimpanzee. The English Illustrated Magazine says that "Buffon had a chimpanzee in 1740 which always walked upright, of­ fered people his arm, walked with them in an orderly manner, sat down to table iike a man, opened his napkin and wip- iSd his lips with it, made use of spoon aid fork, poured out wine and clinked Humors of Congress. During an exciting debate in the houst of representatives the members some­ times not only indulge in mixed meta­ phors but rival Sir Boyle Roche, the member of the Irish parliament most famous for his "bulls." The National Tribune prints these specimens: A member in referring to one of his aolleagues said: "The gentleman, like a mousing owl, is always putting in his oar where it i» not wanted." In another speech occurred this ex­ pression : "The iron heel of stern necessity darkens every hearthstone." And another member in a very forci­ ble and dramatic manner asked the house this startling question: "Would you stamp out the last flick­ ering embers of a life that is fast ebbing away?" ' • Electric rights For Tigers. A sportsman of Calcutta has employ­ ed the electric light with success in hunting tigers by night among the jun­ gles of the Sunderbuuds. It is usual to 6et a bait for the tiger--for instance, the body of a cow or other animal--and watch for him from a raised platform or manchan close by. Instead of the blue light hitherto burned to illuminate the tiger in order to aim well, the gen­ tleman in question has rigged up a 16 candle power electric lamp, fed by a portable battery of 80 capo farad cells, carried in his belt. The lamp, fitted with a reflector, is suspended from a tree over the bait. A switch beside the» hunter enables him to start the light when the tiger is engaged in devouring his prey.--London Globe. Baffled. The word baffled now has a meaning entirely different from that applied to it 800 years ago. It is now understood to mean thwarted, foiled or disappoint­ ed, but then it was applied to the proc ess of degradation by which a knight was disgraced. A baffled knight was one who had been pronounced guilty of conduct unbecoming one of his order and had accordingly been shorn of bis plumes, his sword was broken before his eyes, his knightly robe torn away, his spurs cut off with a cleaver, and after being publicly chastised he was declared to be baffled. The word is used in this sense by Shakespeare and other writers of that time. Sacrifice of Sight. Said a well known optician: "You have no idea how mapy people come in here daily who want cheap glasses. Af­ fection of the eyes, which require the niccst and most accurate adjustment to correct, and which cannot be done with­ out good glasses, are deemed of less mo­ ment than other so called human neces­ sities." While he was speaking a man entered who purchased a pair of spec­ tacles for 25 cents. /'There is an exam­ ple,". continued the optician. "That man's sight will probably become worse. But there's a large demand for cheap glasses, and we are forced to supply that demand. "--Cincinnati Tribune. Sir John Macdonald and the Kilts. Sir John Macdonald was at a recep­ tion in the west, and a bishop from Bel­ gium was present. As the party were being escorted by a body of men in high­ land costume the foreign bishop, seeing the bare legs and kiHs, asked why these men were without trousers. "It's just a local custom, "gravely replied Sir John. "In some places people take off their hats as a mark of honor to ditinguished guests. Here they take off their trou- ^ers.'1--Canadian Gazette. Sieving In Disguise. In a remote| country district a lady, locally described as "one of the" board­ ers," chanced to call at a most unpre­ tentious farmhouse. On the parlor wall, hanging in^the most conspicuous place, she saw the announcement: "Ici on parle Francais." She-was surprised, and no doubt her face betrayed her feelings. Why should French be spoken in this out of the way place? And, if spoken, why should the fact be published? The old farmer came to her relief. "Waal, yes, most1 folks looks kinder befuzzled at that," he said. "Some­ times they stares and stares at it an, don't dassent ask no questions. Mother bought it of a mau that brought things round to the door--not exactly a ped­ dler--a kind of a agent- he called his- self. And^fs soon "s mother set eyes on it and the agent told her what the words was, tfothin would do but she must hey it. She's kinder pious, mother is." As the visitor's mystification was only Increased, the old gentleman went o&, a twinkle in his eye: , „ "Ah, Isee yOu can'tread 'em nuthom. Neaw, I thought you city folks knowed furrin Words. Waal, I'll tell yer. Them word just means, 'Gold bless our home.' Thet's what the agent said. Now yer wouldn't 'a'thought it, would yer? And L dunno myself but it's kinder brought a blessin. Mother says it hes. "-- Youth's Companion. One Prejudice For Anothev. • The prejndice of the divine right of parliaments was substituted for the prej­ udice of the divine right of kings. Now parliaments, in accordance with the laws of collective psychology, like all human assemblages, are liable to sudden and unexpected impulses--im­ pulses such as may at times move a crowd to commit crimes, as was the case in the French revolution, or to practice some generonsact, as happened during the Italian risorgimento. That such was possible had been recognized already by Napoleon the Great ere tie modern Italian positivist school of phi­ losophy had reduced experience to a for­ mula, for when inditing his studies on the convention the emperor wrote, "Col­ lective crimes implicate no one." A deed or word may change the judg­ ment of all by the contagious emotion of a moment. Thus, besides lowering the intellectual level, an assembly is also liable to sudden mutations of view, yet another- danger and yetanotherrea- son why the judgments of these huge national talking shops should not be re­ garded as infallible or be treated with too much deference. John Stuart Mill dimly foresaw this modern positivist conclusion when he pleaded eloquently in favor of safeguarding the rights of the minority.--Blackwood's Magazine. A Winged General of the Seas. One of the most extraordinary speci­ mens of the fish family is the nam hai gnan" or great general of the south Bea, an animal of the whale specips, which has its home in the Indian ocean. A full grown nam is upward of 85 feei in length, pure black in color and has eyes as large as a saucer. Besides the above characteristic features, which may be said to be whalelike, With the ex­ ception of the eyes, the nam has two immense tusks, which resemble those of the elephant, both in size and color, and two queer winglike membranes ex­ tending along its sides from, the side fins almost to the tail. The old nams havo a curious habit of marshaling their kind to do battle with the whales and tha sharks, and old mariners say that they maneuver with so much intelligence and sagacity that they are known to all the islanders by names which signify wiqged generals, winged warriors or winged chiefs of the seas. The National mu­ seum at Berlin has a fine mounted speci­ men of this queer warlike fish.--St. Louis Republic. The Crown Prince's Pigeons. General von Verdy du Vernois tells a pleasant story about the war of 1870. At Villeneuve-le-Roi he was obliged, for want of time, to refuse an invitation to lunch. A brother officer rushed out of the house with a ragout, which Verdy ate with gusto. A few days later the old Emperor William said to him at dinner: "That is a pretty affair of yours. My son has told me all about it." "What affair does your majesty refer to?" asked Verdy. a It was this: The crown prince had received the news that two carrier pi­ geons had been caught, and he had or­ dered them to be sent, to Versailles, On returning home in the evening he found the following telegram: "Lieutenant Colonel Verdy has just eaten them." They had furnished forth tho ragout at Villeneuve-le-Roi.--Realm. Location of Eden. We are now informed that the trua location of the garden of Eden is in tha interior of Africa, somewhere near tho sources of the Nile. We are told that all the "conditions" favor this location. It is a sad fact that the friends of other locations are equally sanguine. For in­ stance, President Warren of Boston uni­ versity wrote a volume to prove that the true location of Eden was at the north pole. It will be noted that we have no mention of Eden anywhere in the Bible after the first chapter of Genesis.-- Hartford Religious Herald. Likes and Dislikes. Flossie was being urged to get up one cold morning and did not respond quick­ ly to her mother's suggestion of a bath. "You do as you like, mamma," she said, "and let me do as I like. Yon like to be cold and clean, and I like to be warm and dirty." -- New York Times. _______ Thooe Appropriate Gifts. To a silver wedding celebration „ re­ cently a pious old lady sent as a present a pair of flatirons, a rolling pin and a motto worked on a cardboard, reading "Fi^ht on!"--London Telegraph 14 Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear 8 all Awe." MJHENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1896.