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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Laws No Favors Win us and no Pear Shall Awe." M'HENRY. ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1898. Dr. waiter c Besiay, Sole Agency for the Celebrated POLAR STAR Fancy Flour! GREENWOOD. Wm. Stewart, of Woodstock, waa a caller last week Tuesday. Mr. Brown, of Ringwood, was calliig in our burg last wept Wednesday. Do you know yhy Uncle Sam will not fight Spain? Because he wants Spain to go get a reputation first. ('has. Guerin and wife, of McHenry. were Greenwood visitors last week Tuesday. , ; Willie Brown, of Ringwood, a recent graduate, of the Elgin Academy, is clerk­ ing in the store of G. A. Lumley. Messers Wire and Ruehton were shak­ ing hands with Greenwood friends last week Tuesday. N. J. Garrison and wife and Jas. - Westorman, of ltidgefield, spent the Sab­ bath in our village. ' The many friends of Mrs. Chas. Har­ rington will be pleased to learn that she is couvalesing. Dick Thompson and wife, of McHenry, -pent the Sabbath with his brother ChaV. in this village. A large delegation of our young people attended the Woodman Easter dance, at McHenry. Ray Wilson stepped on a rusty nail one day last week, consequently he is a;oing without one shor.J School election passed off very quietlv, there heing only ten rotes polled, O. Garrison being reelected. ,Ias. B. Perry, of Mctlenr.v, was repair­ ing fences in our township last week Tuesday. -^Mr. Rudd was quite severely hurt, while seeding, last week Wednesday, by being run over with the seeder. For­ tunately no bones were broken. Don't forget that it is this week Sat­ urday night that Rev. Hardin will de­ liver his lecture "Army Reminisences at the M. E. Church. Admission 20 cents. Dr. Henson has sent word that it will be impossible to fill his appointment here May Gfh, so the lecture will be postponed indefinitely. Have in stock 2,000 Norway Spruce and Scotch Pine, running from 3 to 7 feet, all first-class stock, two to three times trans­ planted and well footed. They Ire just the thing for wind-breaks, hedges, screens, etc. I will sell the above at greatly reduced prices, as they •; v 1 ~ Must Go at Some Price, " Come and see stock for your­ self and get prices, or write for special prices, Also have a good stock in Fruit Trees, Shade Trees Grape Vines, Roses, Hardy Flowering Shrubs, etc. Price List sent on application. Address, K: J. V. BUCKLAND, Nurseryman. Rln«wood, llt> WEST McHENttv, Office at Geo. W. Tiealey's | Drag Store, | Examinations free Will be at tfunda Office Wednesday a d Thursday o» each week. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. enufactured at New Prague, ;,i i., ills, are located in 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 STOFFELj WEST^eHENRY, ILL. Always in stock at Volo, 111., by E. RICHARDSON, JOHN ROSING JOHN RICHABDSON, MILO J. L. HOWE, PIANO & ORGAN ) M -- \ McHenry. Tuner & Repairer. ) -- AUOrders Promptly Attended to. OFFICE IN THE NICHOLS BLOCK Two Doors North Owen & Chapelf's Store, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year (inadvance) ,.-tl 60 If Not Paid within Three Mouths 2 00 Subscriptions received for three or six months in the same proportion. DR. BAECHLER. DENTIST, RATES OF ADVERTISING: We annoanoe liberal rates for advertising in the PLAINDBALER, and endeavor to state them so plainly that they will bo readily un­ derstood. They are as follows: 1 Inoh one year - • - \o 00 2 IncheB one year - - 10 00 3 Inches one year - - - 1& 00 Column one year - • - - - 30 00 V Column one year- .... 6000 1 Oolumn one year 100 00 One , incn means the measurement of one inoh down the colnmn, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at thoaoove rates, have the privilege of ohanging as often as they choose, without extra oharge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having standing cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rat# of 6 cents per line caoh week. All others will be charged 10 eents per line the first week, and 6 cents per ine for eaoh subsequent week. transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 oents per line, (nonpareil iype, same as this is set in) the first issue, and 5 oents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, an inoh advertisement will oost $1.00 for one week, $1.60 for two weeks, «8.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PLAIKDBALEB will be liberal In giving eiitoriai notloes, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its oolamns for pecuniary gain. 83-All Foreign Advertising payable quarterly, in advance, These terms will be strictly adhered to. Plate Worif, and everything per­ taining to Dentistry. Parties from a distance should drop a card a day or two before coming. Office. McHenry. MILO L. HOWE McHENRY, ILL. Always on Band with the Best Beer. HEIMER'8 BLOCK. Opposite J. A Story's Druz Store. -- MCHENRY. ILLINOIS DEALER IH PIANOS, ORGANS, Musical Merchandise. Of all Kinds and 8heet Muslo. West McHenry, • Illinois The underpinnedf having leaeed the store at the abo.e location has opened therein a 'V FIRST-CLASS BAKERY Where he will b-ep on hand at all times fresh baked Naturallj\ A growing girl who has no Piano misses a great deal or enjoyment, and day by day becomes at a great disadvantage, socially. We make a specialty of good, honestly-built Pianos, at low prices. Our stock is all-- embracing--we exhibit the finest Pianos ever shown in this village, but we take equal satisfaction in extremely low-priced instruments. A Visit of Inspection Will Surprise You Pianos Tuned and Rep ireJ. On short notice and satista - tion guaranteed. MSLO L HOWE. THE OLD RELIABLE Tobacco Dealers. RINGWOOD. Our school is taking a two weeks va­ cation on account of sickness. Miss Nora Bacon was a Cherry Valley caller Sunday. Frank Reeder and wife were callers Sunday. P. S. Harrison visited with friends in Greenwood on Sunday. T. Thompson and wife, of Barreville, visited here on Sunday. Mrs, C. W. Randall spent Monday with friends at Solon. Jas McDonald and wife were callers here the first of the week. Warren POPS, of Harvard, spent Sun­ day with friends here. The W. C. T. U. spent a pleasant after­ noon with Miss Anna Waterman last Saturday, C. W. Harrison was elected school director at the meeting Saturday evening. A largo crowd attended the Masque­ rade Ball given by the Dancing Club at Grimoldby's Hall on Friday evening. J. Y. Buckland, proprietor of the Ring- wood Nurser.v, is doing a rushing busi­ ness this Spring. There were no services in the M. E. Church on Sunday as Rev Clark attend­ ed the dedication of the M. E. Church at Nunda. BUSINESS CARDS With a practical experience in the business I am confl.tent i can please all who will favor ine with their patronage. OUR SPECIALTIES: Our Monogram, !0c. Barbian's Best hand made 5c The best cigars made. Sold by all local dealers. W. C. ANNERS, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, MADE To ORDER. The patronage of the public is Jrespec.tful! SdlicHe-i. JOHN HAUPRiSCH, McHenry, Feb. 15, lf9S. Oi H. GILLMORE, TTORNEY. Probate work a specialty. . Office in Kemtal block, Woodstock, III. PEBRY & OWED, Banker*. WONDERFUL miTEITTIOXT, Gen. Lee estimates that probably 200,000 of the rural population in the Cuban provinces of Pinar del Rio, Ha­ vana, M atanzas and Santa Clara have died from starvation. Gen. Lee says: "Four hundred and sixty women and children, thrown on the ground, heaped pell-mell as animals, some in dying con­ dition, others sick, others dead, without the slightest cleanliness or the least hel[i; not even able to give water to the thirsty; without either religious or social help--all dying wherever chance laid them. 4mong the many deaths we saw there was one impossible to forget. There is still alive the only witness, a young girl of 18, whom we found Seem­ ingly lifeless on the ground. On her right side was the body of a young mother, cold and rigid, but with her young child, still alive, clinging to her breast. On her left side was the corpse of a dying woman, having in her arms a daughter of 14, crazy with pain, who, after twelve orfourteen days, died in spite of the care she received." Who can inihjudge the rectitude of the iutention of the nation which proposes to put a stop to this wholesale murder by the barbarians of| Spain ? The dogs of war could not be let slip in a more holy cause. MoHENSTY, - - CSLLiNOIS, This Bank receives deposits, buyt and sells 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 ana upon terms entirely satisfactory to our customers *and respectfully solicit the public patronage. MONEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and • ther first class security. Special attention giver> to co- lections, INSURANCE In Urst Glass Companies at the Louest Rates. Your8 Re<mr.tfu( y , PERRY & OWEN. Notary Public KNIGHT A BROWN, TTOBNKYS AT. LAW. 100 Washington . Street, CHICAGO. ILL. FRANK L. SHEPAUD, IOUNSELLOR AT LAW. Suite 80--132 > Clark St., Chicago.- C. P. BARNES, TTORNEY, Solicitor, andi Counselor, . Collections .a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS And It tall} Tails Cents. JOHNITSMITH, THE JEWELER, Agents Will Get Rich, FRANK R. JACRMAN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOB AT LAW. Prompt an i careful attention to all mat ters left in my hands, Money to loan, Office in Hoy Block, Woodstock, 111. Telephone-- office, 66, residence, 69. 36; 1 Seientiflally speaking, this is a stereo- sf-ore; and yet it is very unlike the ordinary instrumentcalied by that name. The stereo­ scope, heretofore in common use, although a pleasing instrument and givinga "bolid view" as its name indicates, does not (rive a correct perspective, the depth of the view being much exagerated; bu t the new Instrament. which is called the PERSPECTOSCOPE, not only gives the "solid view," but the true perspec­ tive. r r This 1° no doubt the most brilliant discovery in this line ot optics since Prof. Wheatstone's time, 70 years ago. The inventor of the Per- sbectoscope began investigations and opera, tionsor. the theory of obtaining a perfect per- spective from two reflected images of a'slng!« picture. The Perspectoscopo ts a binocular Instrument which uses in its construction two ground glass lenses and two mirrors of oertect reflectin ' surface, and Is constructed on scientific principals just dicoovered by its inventor, Its use is the same as the orlinary stereo­ scope, but;*vith the following differences an>1 advantages: 1st. As above noted, it gives a true perspec­ tive, An you look at a picture through the Perepectnscop* you behold a scene, in every respect precisely llko the one compassed by the camera which took the picture. 2nd* A Perspijctoscope requires but a single picture and that of any size The numerous Kodak pictures and other photographs to be found in almoft any home, and which would be useless with a stereoscope, are already adapted to use with the Perspectoscope. 3d. In viewing the pictures with the Per- spectoscope the eyes assume the natural position, as they look forward in parallel lines: there is, therefore, no pain attending1 the effort, as in the stereoscope, which requires the beholder to cross the vision at a point which, to pome eyes, is unbearable. Everybody that is interested in the Kodak, will w;ant a Perspectoscope. Anybody possessing views taken by a cam- era or other photographic instrument will want a Perspectoscope. We guarantee the article ;to be exactly as we describe it, and if you Ifind it in anywise different, you ran return it within 30aays and the money will be refunded. It is Che°p We sell It to purchasers direct or through an agent, for#2.00, free of express or.other charges, Full particular* In regard to the instrument or its sale will be sent free on application. Drafts, money orders, etc., should bo made payable to the order of Henry H Hill. Remittances in currency will be {at sender's risk. The manufacturers lexpect to sell several million of these tilings, and a good agent would do well to write them for agents terms, SPRING GROVE. A Ilia Hastings will make her home near Hebron this summer. Mrs. Westlake has boen on the sick list lor some time but is now better. Mrs. Emma Imerson is quite sick. Her many friends hope to see her well soon. Mrs. Wood has charge of our school again. > 1 Mr. Wood and father have moved to Nunda, Mrs. Wood spending Saturday and Sunday of each week with them. Mrs. John Crane was able to ride out last Sunday for the first time in four months. Augustine Hubbard, of Elgin, accom­ panied by Mrs. Roy Hubbard, visited friends here last week. There will be a social at the large hall, for the benefit of Rev Cross, Thursday evening, April 28th. Come all and help a good cause along. A goodly number attended the school election Saturday night. Mrs. Cora Richardson was elected school director for three years, and Mrs. Robt. Spears for one year of the English Prairie school. Wm. Fierce and Warren Cole were elected in the Creek District and Jennie Moss in the Spring Grove District. In now offering you Bargains in C. H. FEGEE9, M, D- •HYSIC1AN AND SURGEON, Ills, office at Residence. JOS, L. ABT, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCD LI9T, Office In Nichols Bl '-k, over Plaindealer Office. McHenry Telephone No 4 IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY Call and see me. I have a very fine stock of Light and Hoavy SINGLE & DQJJBLE HARNESS Which will be sold cheaper than the same goods can be bought elsewhere and war­ ranted as represented. «»».»-- Do not fail to call at once and get the benefit of our bargains. Important to Township Assessors The township assessors elected through Illinois recently will hold the office until Jan. 1, 1900, and will make the assess­ ments for the years 1898 and 1899. Their successors elected i/t April, 1899, will not take their offices until Jan. 1, 1900, nine months after their election, and will hold the same for one year. After this year assessors elected at the April town meetings will take the offices the first of January following and hold them until the first of next January, or until their successors shall be qualified. The law is very akward and inconvenient in this respect, but assessments will after this year be begun on or before April 1, before the annual town meeting, and must be concluded by June L, instead ol July 1, as heretofore. Real estate will be assessed in 1900 and every fourth year hereafter. This is to be known as the general assess­ ment. Persoual property will be assess­ ed every year, and improvements, etc., on real estate, if any, on each of the three intervening years. The above facts are due to the new revenue law adopted at the recent special session of the Legislature. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker & Jeweler MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watohes and Jew-airy always on hand. Special attention \ven to repairing fine watches. Give mt ° ° JOHN P. SMITH. W. A. CRISTY, Justice ol the Peace. WEST McHENRY, ILL. Special Attention paid to Collections, And In a Work ma nike Manner. Yours Respectfully, CUS CARLSON H. C. MEAD, Justice oj the Peace and General In­ surance Agent. Jnoluding Accident and Life Insurance. WKST MCHENBY, ILI» McHenry, 111., Feb. 1. 1898, NEW HOTEL a WD--- Boarding House Water Street. McHenry. ANTON ENGLEN, Proprietor. Having completed my new building I am now prepared to take W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public Real Estate and Insurance. NUNDA. Ill* A. M. CHURCH, Watohmaker and Jeweler No 126 State Street, Chicago. Special attention given to repairing Fine Watches an i Chronometers. OW A Full Assortment of Goods in his line. ADDRESS THE Parliament PnMisliiig Co., 324 Dearbofn St., Chicago West Side Livery, FEED AND SALE STABLES. E. J. HANL^?, Prop'r. WEST McHENRY, ILL. First class rigs, with or without drivers, furn'shed at reasonable rates- Parties taken and from the Lakes in Easy Riga, and prompt connection made with all trains Onr Kigs will be kept in first class shape, nd we shall spare no pains to please our cus; omera at all times, Give us a call, • . E. J. HANLY, West McHenry, 111,, Aug. IS. 18»6. Give them the best accommo dations, and at 01 the Celebrated KEASONABLE RATES.| DOUGLAS SHOES My Rooms are all newly fur­ nished, well ventilated, and the building is practically Fire Proof. No pains will be spared to pleas.? all who may favor me with their patronage. r AJilO-VY ENGELN. McHenry,. 111., 1897, The most stylish and desirable Shoe on the market Just received SIMON STGFFEL-3 West McHenry