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KNIGaT & BROWN, ATTORNSI'S AT LAW. 100 Washington Street, CHICAGO. ILL. FRANK L. SHEPARD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Suite 80--132 Glaik St., Chicago. C. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, Solicitor, and Counselor, rJollectlonsia specialty. WOODSTOCK, 1LLINOIB. FRANK R. JACRMAN, ATTORNEY AND COUN8ELOB AT LAW. Prompt ani careful attention toallmat­ ters toft in my hands, Money to loan, OlBoe in Hoy Block, Woodstock, 111. Telephone- office, 55, residence, 59. 85yl C. H. JTEGERS, M, D- PHYSIC1AN AND SURGEON, M®H*nry Ills. Office at Resldenoe. JOS, L. ABT, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCD LIST, Office in Nichols Block, over Plamdealer Office. McHenry Telephone No 4 DR. BAECHLER, DENTIST. Ptate Work, and everything per­ taining tojDentistry. Parties from a distance should drop a card a day or two beiore coming. Office* McHenry. DR. A. E. AURINGER, »»ii.-»OJAN AND SURGEON. Office in the j*. Strober building, one door west of A, P. Baer'e store, West ftlcHenry, 111. Residence, house formerly occupied by Dr. Osborne, All professional ealls promptly at- ^ tended to JOHN P. SMITH, W atchmaker & Jeweler MeHENRYi ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watohes. Give me * °*11, JOHN P- SMITH. W. A. CRISTY, Justice of the Peace. WEST McHENRY, ILL. Special Attention paid to Collections. H. C. MEAD*, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent. Jnaluding Accident and Life Insurance. WEST MCHENRY, IM» W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public Real Estate and Insurance. KUNDA. Illi! A. M. CHURCH, VTntohmaker and Jeweler No. 126 Slate Street, Chicago. fttxxtial attention given to repairing Ftye Watches an i Chronometers. *9- A Fill Assortment of Goods in his line. A PROMINENT LAWYER, <Of Greenville, 111., Mr.'C. E. Cook, writes, "I have been troubled with billiousness, fljck headache, eour stomach, constipa­ tion, etc., for several years. I sought •iongand tried many lemedies, but was disappointed until I tried Syrup Pepsin. I can cheerfully recommend it to any suf­ fering from above complaints." J. A. 'Story, McHenrv. Attend the Shoe Clearing Sale at Owen & Chapell's. A. P. BAER, PropT West McHenry, IK, Easiest Way to Make Money. Is not »»y digging out of the frozen soil of the Klondike, but by buviaor your DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC., At the Farmers Store, WHERE PRICES ARE PEERLESS AND VALUES SURE. A dollar saved ia a dollar made, and time is ripe lor such money saving, money making investments. We have a large stock of goods on hand propose to dispose of them at reductions that have never been equalled anywhere. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY. FLOUR. FLOUR. If you bake your own bread or cake you are fully aware of the importance of having the. ingredients fresh and pure. Flour, of course, being the basis of both cake and bread, should be absolutely the best procurable. We have the old reliable Sleepy-Eye Flour that will just suit your wants. Goods delivered to any part of McHenry. a. P. B4LER. West McHenry, Illinois. STOVES! STOVES. You must come to it. Get the old stove cleaned and set up, or buy a new one. Don't put it off until the last minute and then complain because your neighbor always gets his put up early and is ready for a cold morning, but you must always wait. W e are prepared to clean, repair, and set up any kind of stove, range or furnace, and do it promptly and and at reasonable rates. We can show you the finest line of Strictly First Class Stoves That was ever shown in this county and will make you prices that will surprise you, It costs you much less to be contented than it docs to be unhappy. Buy a PENINSULAR Stove and you are contented and happy. See my display of Stoves and get my prices. Yours Truly, F, L. MCOMBER. West S'de Hardware St ore 0 TO CASH PAYING TRADE. The Shoe stock has been replenished. School shoes for the boy and the girl. New Fall styles for ladies. New shoes for men. Shoes for little tots also; but you must see the variety and then judge. A few odds and ends in low shoes, small sizes, to close out quick, 50c for your choice. New Dress Goods are here; wool mixtures and all wool. Black Henriettas and Brilliantines 25 to 50c. New Lace Curtains that are sure to please you, by yard or pair, as you wish. New Fall Hats for men and boys, 50c to $2.25; also two or three baskets full of odds and ends, half price. i--i The grocery stock is very complete. Here are a few hints to cash buyers: 2 pks. log cabin condensed mince nieat, 10c; 10 lbs. best rolled oats, 25c; 5 lbs green peas, 10c; 3 pks perfection oats, 25c; 1 lb pic nick baking powder, 10c; magnolia brand condensed milk, 10c per can. You may have heard about the Boy's Buckskin HOBP, made at St. Joseph, Mich. A good supply just received. They always sell at 25c, but bv way of intro­ duction we arrange SPECIAL SALE on them for "FRIDAY aud SATURDAY, when you may have them at 18c, or two pairs for 35c. We also arrange another 5c sale for this week, Saturday. A whole coiinter full of different kinds of cloth. Your choice at 50c per yard. 50c Leather Suspenders for 39c., JOHN Sole Agency for the Celebrated POLAR STAR Fancy Flour! Manufactured at New Prague, Minn., Mills, are located :n the finest hard wheat country. Are supplied with most modern machinery. The Fancy" is fully warranted and guaranteed • The choicest in the market. Bought in' car lots only and sold on lowest pos­ sible terms by SIMON STOFFEL, WKST McIIENUY, ILL. Always in stock at Volo, 111., by E. RICHARDSON, JOHN ROSINO JOHN RICHARDSON, Or. Walter C. Besley, DENTIST WEST McHENliV, Office a'Geo. W. Besley's I " Drug Store, | Examinations free „ " I MILO J. L, HOWE, PIANO & ORGAN Tuner & Repairer. McHenry. All Orders Promptly Attended to', SMOKERS! When ia Wait of a Goo4 Cigar CALL AT B&Rfil&N BROS, Cigar and THE OLD REL1AULE Tobacco Dealers. OUR SPECIALTIES: Our Monogram, 10c. Barbian's Best hand made 5c The best cigars made. Sold by all local dealers. Money SavMjs Money Earned. J.D.LODTZJr. Merchant Tailor. Has just received hie fall samples, direct from the manufacturers, and can Save you from $2.50 to $4.00 On every suit. In short will save you the profit usually paid to middlemen Every suit he turns out is first class and a fit warranted. Suits, $16 00 ?nd upwards, Pants, from $3.50 to $4. Strictly hand made and guaranteed in every particular. Gents' Furnishing Goods. Am now offming my entire stock of Gents' Furnishing Goods, consisting of Neckties, Collars, Cuffs, and Shirts of the very latest styles. At from 10 to -40 per cent below cost, as I wish to close them out. . Come and inspect my goods. I can save you dollars and cents, Very Respectfully, J. D. LODTZ, Jr. Rarbian Rro.'s Block, McHenry. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES,; Artists' Materials. PAINTING, GRAINING, KALSOMINING SIGN WRITING, ETC. Done on short notice, and cheap as good work can be done. WALL PAPER! At greatly Reduced Rates, to close out Spring stock . E. B. PERKINS. McHenry, Tune 30,1807. SUMMER Horse Goods! CUS CARLSON, At his Harness Shop, near the Red Bridge, has just received a fine line of Summer Horse Goods, consisting of Ply Nets, Lap Robes, Summer Blankets, &c. To which he invites the attention of the public. He will guarantee to please you in quality, price and style. ALSO, A FINK STOCK OF SINGLE & DOUBLE ARNESS 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. CMS CARLSON. McHenry, III., Jane 27, 1897. Heaflparters for Choice Goods, UNCLE BEN GILBERT'S Who wants at wholesale market quo­ tations to piit away for winter use, 500 BUSHELS Choice Table Potatoes^ On delivery of which cash, in gold, silver, or greenbacks will be paid, but to accommodate, will allow a part to be paid in ' CHOICE and FANCY JJ AT REDUCED MARKET PRICES. Likewise your old Uncle would invite vour attention to a consignment of Herkimer County full Cream White Chedder Cheese. Now on to p at headquarters, which never fails to plfetiise purchasers. DST" Also, just in stock, the celebrated Sisal Tarred Fodder Twine, for binding stalks and other uses. BES\3. GILBERT. West McHenry, Sept. 7, 1897. MRS. C. B. MURPHY, I>KALKR IN FRUITS,: CONFECTIONERY, Bakery Supplies. Etc. Kelter Block* - - McHENRY. All kinds of Fruits, in their season, Bakery Supplies, fresh every day. t©!°' Choice Confectionery, etc., always on hand. I can also show you a fine of Ladies' Furnishing Goods, Such ns Laces, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, etc. Prices Reasonable. Call aud look over my stock. MRS. C. B. MURPHY. McHenry, 111 , August, 1897. CONSOLIDATED Field Fencing Is made in 1G different styles, and is guaranteed to turn all kinds of stock. Nothing but Large, Galvanized Wire, of the Best Bessemer Steel used in its construction. A FENCE THAT ALWAYS KEEPS IT'S SHAPE. Crimp and Joint Tho hinge joint ftt encb intersection of tho wire* makes an udjiu table fence and prevents stay wire1) from bend in p The crimp in tho strand wireprovi es f>r expati- i«ion and contriction and prevents stay w re from moving out of place. Consolidated Steel and Wire Co., Chioago. Those wishing a fence will do well to see this fence and get our prices before buying elsewhere. t all on or address E. H. THOMPSON, WEST MCHENIIY, III. Agent for McHenry and West Half of akeCouuty. The Great Matins; Stalin, 0 9701. 2:21%. Standard under both trotting and pacing rules. Sired by Lakeland Abdallah 351 (ful brother to Harold, sire of MaudS), by Hambletonia 10. Dam Fanny B, a fast pacincr raare by a son of Geo. lit, Patchen, 2:23%. Geo. O, 2:21%, is a chestnut horse, a sure foal getter, and is bred as near like Geo. Wilkes, the sire of trotters, as it is possible to get them. Geo. 0 is the sire of 8 in the list, a grandson 2:19%, and others* as follows: Vera ...2:28# Volney, « S On trey i lie, ... 2,3U£ ^mithaonsian 2:2i Ciiicadeo (3 yra) 2 31 % Ben H 2.22^ Ethel "B .2JW Hrnry O .2:2fl!« Mary Lee 2:21k Altroenuia 2:27>tf J. P. 15 .?:2FIJJ Prince T * 2 Harry D .... . .. 2:30 And a creat many other very pritriisintr ones. I will stand Geo, O at my place in M>Renrv a* #25 per raare, payable In cash or duo bill at time of service. Marts' not. proving in foal will be entitled to a return season or monev refun fTed, at my option A live colt guaranteed. The above nrice is final Breed fo a horse that h B pruveu hima»lf both a trotter aud a producer. 1>, II. OWEN, McHenry. 111. SOME FAMOUS GARDENS, Spots of Beauty and Recreation from f the Earliest Age. In Babylon, a crowded city built on a flcCt plain, the queens had thfeir gar­ dens in the air, hanging, or roof-gar­ dens, whence they could look .far away to the distant sky-line. Here rich and rare blossoms grew and lovely' foilage gave shade arid a cooler air refreshed the brow than that of the heated streets far below. The rich also-had high, terraced gar- gardens, oa land, and, sweetest of all, floating gardens on tho lakes. These were ma'de on rafts, and in the rich soil and abundant moisture the flowers bloomed marveiously, while in the wa­ ters another gardeit--counterpart of the first--bloomed in a fair shadow-world. In such a garden as this one might have the enjoyment of movement, glid­ ing slowly over the waves, or rest at will, moored on the bank. Another fairy-like garden was the desert garden in which the royal ladies of Persia and of Egypt delighted. Sur­ rounded by burning sands, they yet contrived, by artificial mea^ps, to extend the waters of some spring in an oasis, and rear beautiful shrubs and a pro­ fusion of flowers and tender grass, sprinkling the air continually with fountains that laughed and played in the sun. Think of the delight of en­ tering such a retreat after a toilsome journey on camel's back in the hot glare and across the parched sands of some desert route. In the great tanks were cultivated aquatic plants, the lo­ tus, or water lily, of the Egyptian river, with coiling stems and cool, veined leaves. The Romans and the Greeks delight­ ed in gardens, and those of Pompeii, the city destroyed so many centurie's ago by a volcano, were very gay. The houses were in perfect accord with the gardens, and opened upon them. The halls almost seemed in imitation of a flower-bed, so brilliant were the mosaic pictures on the floors. It is true, the walls of the houses within were black, but this was only as a background to throw into stronger relief the bright- colored decorations upon them. There wrere white tablets with in­ scriptions, and there were pictures that told some pleasing story--pictures of bright and cheerful colors in which the red cinnabar predominated. The Pom- peiians loved red; they sometimes painted the lower part of the columns in their graceful peristyles or porticos a bright red, leaving the upper part untouched. You looked through the portico across the hall and parlor and perhaps picture room, all open and cheery, into the little garden beyond with its trim flower-beds, its little fountain, its vases on pedestals and statues in the shrubbery. Illusions and fanciful devices were in great request. The garden walls were tinted and painted in perspective, trees, temples, etc., to produce an appearance of more space than really existed Bronze boys with silver eyes and nymphs scattering wreaths were favor­ ite orna%ients. Everything looked ready for a feast. In Italy, during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and even later, the greatest attention was bestowed on gar­ dens. These were full of fountains and little lakes, and winding walks and bor­ ders of flowers, of course, but their special feature was the resemblance to the old gardens of Rome. Their boun­ daries wrere marked by marble pillars with a sculptured head of Hermes; un­ der the stately stone-pines were little temples built in classic style, besides the streams were grottos with statues of water-nymphs and deities, in the groves you came suddenly upon a white marble Pan with his pipes or Apollo and Diana with their bows. _E. F. M. Boats Carried on the Heads of BEen. The achievement has often been re­ ferred to of tiie carrying of steamboats on the backs of men. The expression is not quite accurate, for the Congo natives are trained from infancy to carry burdens on their heads. When a European on the lower Congo sent his black boy to a store to buy some cig­ arettes, he was surprised to see the servant return with the tiny package on his head. When a Congo woman has smoked her much-loved pipe the treasure is likely to repose on her head until she again requires it; and if her husband, unfortunately, has been able to procure a bottle of rum, he walks home with it nicely balanced on his head, throwing stones at the stray dogs and cats in his way, without the slightest idea that he is really an ex­ pert equilibrist. Most of the many thousands of pieces of steamboats were carried on the heads and not on the backs of men. The 50,000 natives of the lower Congo who have been carrying these steam­ boats and all other freight around the cataracts are the very men who could not be induced, eighteen years ago, to give a helping hand to Mr. Stanley. He wished to carry 1,830 man-loads, and he had only 190 Zanzibar and Lo- ango porters for the work. Some of the natives would sell him a little of their time, but they would not carry his goods more than two or three miles beyond their homes. Stanley's failure to secure the carriers he needed along the river delayed his work on the up­ per Congo for more than a year, and the labor question was the most per­ plexing problem with which he had to deal. He brought his carriers thou­ sands of miles, from Zanzibar and oth­ er coasts of Africa.--Harper's Round Table. PERSONALS FROM ITALY. King Humbert of Italy is, like his late father Victor Emmanuel, a noted hunter. He delights in organizing large hunting parties in the mountains' of Piedmont, and not infrequently stays away for days when on the chase bent. It is narrated that on one occasion, when the monarch's party arrived at Cuneo, an Oldfashioned Piedmontese town, noted alike for the disingenuous- ness of its inhabitants and the quaint sayings and doings its mayor and town council, the king was received en fete by the townspeople and ban­ queted by the councilors. His majesty was obviously gratified at his reception, and, among other things, especially praised the wine set before him. Said the mayor, with a smile that was childlike and bland: "Sire, that is not the best wine we can boast of; we have something bet­ ter in the communal cellar. If your majesty would but taste that, then, in­ deed, you would be pleased." "Pos­ sibly," said the king, "but why did you/ not produce this special brew today^" "That wine," replied the municipal magnate, "we keep for none but great occasions." King Humbert's comment is not recorded. Signor Crispi, the former premier of Italy, a man whose name has been closely and painfully connected with the Bank of Naples scandals, iB one of the most superstitious men in a land where superstition reigns. The ex-premier has a wholesome dread of the supposedly fatal influence of the "evil eye," and invariably carries about his person an amulet charm, made of ccral and horn-shaped. This peculiar product of art and superstition is sup­ posed by the vast majority of Italians to act as a specific against the "evil eye," and, consequently, Crispi never fails to clutch his amulet when threat­ ened by an enemy. , There was once witnessed a delicious episode in the Italian parliament bearing on these facts. In the course of a heated and somewhat virulent de­ bate, Signor Cavalotti, one of Crispi's most inveterate adversaries, rose from his seat with the apparent, intention of attacking the great rninister. The latter, however, was equal to the oc­ casion, and, crying, "Come on; I defy you!" waved the coral curio in the face of his speedily abashed adversary. Needless to say, an otherwise turbulent scene terminated in general hilarity. The Society Girl. Taste, grace, kindliness, the art of putting people at their ease, the ready jest, the quick repartee, belong to the outfit of the society girl. A certain dainty finish distinguishes her. She has savoir-faire. She is not readily thrown from her poise, her back­ ground is secure, and she has the im­ mense advantage of knowing that her world is at her feet. Her mother, al­ ways at her side, judicious, consider­ ate, affectionate, probably contentedly allows herself to be thrown into the shade by this second self, who seems to her the very crown and flower of her life. The father, the brother, the cousins of the slender sweet maiden are all intensely proud of her, and the first simply lives to serve her, to gratify her caprices,to furnish her with money, to wear her on his heart as one wears a white rosebud on his button-hole. But, being an American father, he would resent with scorn the allegation that his fair daughter is merely an ornament. He knows her underlying strength, her reserves of force, her pos­ sibilities. If the need comes, this father would tell you that his girl could and would dq just as his boys have done; she wofftd go Into business and make a fortune, or at least hold her own among fortune makers --Har­ per's Bazar. Violet Perfume. It would appear as if the cultivation of the violet for its perfume alone "Will shortly be limbered with the things of the past. Violet perfume is now pro­ duced by chemical means, and the re­ sult quite supersedes and surpasses, it is said, in quality arid persistency, the flower itself. This latest discov­ ery in chemistry has been made by two Germans in Leipzig, and the import­ ance of it may be measured by the fact that many thousands of pounds have been offered for the patent. Already this substance has been sold at a con­ siderable reduction upon the cost of the perfume made from real violets, and so intense is the odor in its con­ centration that the manufacturers sell only 10 per cent solutions of it, This 10 per cent solution has to be again di­ luted a hundredfold before it is fit for sale to the public. The perfume of vio­ lets is not, we are told, the only in­ stance in which chemical science as applied to perfumery has triumphed, and though some of the other chem­ ically made perfumes are not so re­ markable in their similitude to those actually extracted from flowers, they are of sufficient importance to greatly limit the ase of flowers they imitate. •spnnod uojuini xjs-^JU jo anpjA pn -o} •» ^uaseadej esaqj, -sxsejC uaajqSta 3SBi aqj Suunp spiag UBOIJJV q*nog uf paqixBaun uaeq aAHq spuoureip JO suo} WAO pê mnsQ S{ *1 V •TSAJJFV UIOJJ spaomvia An Unfortunate Omission. One of the most singular instances" of punishment for an oversight was that shown by the commitment of an alma­ nac maker to the bastile in 1717. It was made out by the order of the Duke of Orleans, regent during the mi­ nority of Louis XV. of France, .and reads as follows: "Laurence d'Henry, for disrespect to King George I., in not mentioning him in his almanac as Klrie of Great Brit­ ain." = ° v How long this unlucky almanac maker remained in prison is unknown. The register of the bastile, examined at the time of the revolution, failed to throw any light on the subject. M'HENRY. ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1897.