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life's Motivating Forces By LEONARD A. BARRETT Old Timers' Club ' One morning as a young husband ^ was leaving home for his work, his wife kissed hinft -^and remarked. "Yoa are a mode l h u s b a n d , dear." The exub e r a n c e t h e s e words gave him caused his friend to sugges. that "the young husband consult the dictionary for a definition of word model. : v ii--- "••• • -HANK" (As told by Hank, Himself.) . Northwestern Hotel, West McHenry, Oct, 3, 1936. A man of about the age of sixty, sat in an hour, Hank stood in the field of a near distant neighbor. <. "I tell you Mr. , it's just waiting and praying for you to come after it. Don't belong to the drovers $nd on 'the platform in front of the Howe j the real owner will never see it. Do.n tt block, just after the close of the Civil know nothing about it, so you just go War." The late October sun mellowed the chill and the long, lank, unkept figure leaned back and chuckled, as he thought upon the frailities of his fellowmen. Too old to enlist in his country's service, he had stayed home and eagerly the 1 boosted for his friend, Lincoln, and the In i Boys in Blue. . • down there, acting kinda wild and hunt out the foremarhand give him my description of the critter. Raise hell if you have to, but get the cow." "Hank your logic is sure conscienceeasing," admired Mr. Blank. "I'll be back in an hour but how we going to settle this steer betwixt you and me, when I get it home?" the evening," he ! A vagrant fly settled upon a stain "Half and half," says Hank. "We carried , out the .on the pant-leg of the sun-basker, was will butcher it and split it in two and suggestion and immediately shooed, again lighting you tan have the head and insides," his ,dismay, found the definition to [about ten feet away. Its reflections, f no." snorted Blank, "you be "a small imitation of the real i jf any, were immediately squelched by (don't mea® that do you?, thing."• pt Course, the affectionate, • accurate.spurt of tobacco. "Mean what?" sriys Hank innocentwife meant a, perfect, husband,. out^ . "\Vell, I'll be. gawd dammed, mused' jy an imitation of the, ."rear ' never: paiik, for cur hero was none other but I "That you get the Svhole critter and suggests perfection, VV e, can"°] he, "Old Abe sure had a hard time of J j only get the guts," replied Mr. happy, or useful lives. * hen • fte • £,j.it an(j he did win out. Never could ex- j no. Ybu did not wholly' endei> motivated only by lhe desire tn^ ^ ,! at^ly understand why he didn't send |stand me> you get the heart, liver 5 H advise him on ** fonduqt ind- the fat besides:" . !, i S bill 5 the majority M cases ! »'• the What he needed was some ..Just so we understand about the £ »Si as a directing force & •» strategy. I » t to ,plit cow," urg, strovs originality add paralyzes .re- >d*w» him .some short cuts that would |„t Mr • [.have ended the war a year or two This is an age of machinery. The ; sooner. Now, I find that where brains machine has displaced manual la- rand force meet, the old skull comes bor" on a large scale. Some ma- ,out tops. chines are so operated that they j Hank locked up and down the street appear almost like human beings, ^nd awakened to interest when he driving themselves by the force of j discovered a drove of turkeys being intelligence and reason, and yet we jjherded down the street on their way know this is not true. Every ma- Chicago. chine, however perfectly it works, j "By Gawd," says he to himself, must be started, directed, and -Mighty fine looking birds and all fat stopped by some person. Some phi- j and pretty for Thanksgiving day. losophers argue that we are not un-1 pretty hard tQ grow them through like machines: This mechanistic their earjy j|fe> but plenty tough to kill if they don't get chilled." ' A big stray gobbler approached, investigating^ stretching his neck* as he looked for stray bugs. A quick' a candle at the dwindling coals of the glance up and down the street lent j delapidated cook stove and shielding courage to the quick flash of the cane j the flame with his hand stepped out iess"force°is necessary if we' woufd S that smote the extended head and the , into the shed and again inspected, not be leveled with mere animals lightning pull with the crook of the . The front and hind quarters of the fat, where instinct and not reason de-! stick, as the turk, without audible pro- tender steer, crisp in the biting chill, termines action. No, the motivat- test, turned sommer-salts, well under Returning to the kicthen, he stowed a the platform. huge pinch of home grown tobacco in »As I "was saying," mused Hsjik,"fltis cheek and polked the fire and add theory of life advances the idea that motion and force are the driving impulses and that all the events in life can be accounted for by mechanical forces. But. we' know that something higher and more impelling than a blind and meaning- Twilight had deepened into dusk before Hank saw his partner in strategy approach with the coveted beef. "Well, I'll be gawd dammed," says he, as Mr. ---- stood before him. "You did it and now for a quick kill." Deft hands soon had the two sides swinging from an oak limb. , "What we going to do with the hide?" asked Mr. Blank. "That goes with the innards," graciously replied Hank. "It's yours." "Now hitch-up to the stoneboat and help me home with a half of the beef. I've been generous with you." Long about 2 a. m. Tank awakened, pulled on his shoes; lit.the stump of ing force in life is something more than mechanistic *eTOf'gy: * --~ A father advised his son who was beginning a business career "to .get rich and never mind how ed wood. "Honest Abe,' he grunted, as he "Strategy is sure to win. "Let's see, now, seems to me I heard there is quite a herd of cattle ; sat down on a three-legged chair he got the Tiches." The implication ; fading toward town up west of Mc-' propped against the wall and spat was that the most important moti- j £0NUMS' T <»WA and that gives me an' with unerring accuracy into a box vating forces are material values. i idea that l had be around there. J near the table. Man must live by bread and hel ajj0Uts»>» "Honest Abe or Grant would call it cannot live without it. True, but ^ meant but Httle to Hank, so » day \nd rest upon his hard-earned when the physical and material ne- haJf hoQr - ed ^fore he peeked laurels. That's where they made miscessities d0tnin&t6t lncvits* , » • .* tQlroc Maw lat'c fimira fliic f Vii ri or nut bly follows. Here is the sourceg | under the platform and with little dif- takes, be- tfv-'ulty raked out his prize, which dis- ri^h^' Now let's figure this thing out as it should be. Blank is a our suicides and mental breaks, be- " " r&eeed over- neighbor and should be accomodating,' cause no restraining force is left appealed unper his long ragge mused. after the collapse of the material, coat. The human being is of far greater! When he again straightened up, value than a mere object to be fed j turk and man, to the casual passerby, and clothed. "Eat, drink, and be , seemfed but one long, lank familiar figmerry" has long since ceased to be an adequate life motto. Experience easily proves that "Not by ure, wending his way homeward. "Grant cquld have used some of my brains at Shilo," he mused. "Guess bread alone is manhood nourished I x'd better get along home and get the to its supreme estate." Something far more permanent and valuable is needed. Life Is not measured in gold bat In character. Character is developed by great and commanding spiritual forces. Character is not Imitation: it is too real for that. cannot be created mechanically i as yon would build a house or make an engine. Forces vibrate in character which ^rio mechanist can manufacture. Neither is character dependent upon food, nor shelter, nor raiment. The true and real motivating forces in life are spiritual--the power to think, to will, to love, and to obey. These forces do not come to us from without. We already have them within. It is a question of whether or ndt we choose to use them in our daily life. These ":$Bt'ces within us sound tH'is cautici^": "Be not like' dumb driven cattle; Be a hero in the strife." • © Western Newspaper Union,• 0\iy cNgighbor - S a y s i Half an hour is ample time to allow for baking of medium-sized apples. • • Spade in bone meal around newly set-out shrubs and trees. Fall • rains will send it deep into the soil &nd< fertilize it. • Before putting away spare silver Clean it thoroughly. Wrap it up in a dark blue paper with a few camphor balls, and when the silver is jinwrapped, even months afterward, ";'i; it will be found to be as bright as X wlien placed away. Filigree orr.a- ' , ments should always be kept in dark blue, soft paper. * wife to prepare for a pre-Thanksgiving repast. The Lord said, "Ask and ye shall receive." Trouble with folks is that they don't realize that they have to help the Lprd to answer prayer.". . ' By mid-afternoon Hank discovered that a stray steer had been reported among the herd and by clever sluething, obtained a good description, weight, markings and all. Now, says he to himself, "Sherman, Grant and Lee, I'll show how to conduct a successful campaign." "Love thy neightem Ss thy self." Good advice. Blank miuld never have known about the steer if it hadn't been for my brains. I didn't promise hirr. half. Said he could have the liver, head, hide and innards thrown in. He threw them in his woodshed, so that settles that." Soon the old overcoat draped the lean form of Hank and a sleepy horse dragging a stoneboat was on the way to his friend's home. The day dawned and Mr. Blank drew on his trousers and shoes; poked the fire and stretching himself, opened the door leading into his woodshed. "What the hell," he yelled, as all his eyes could discern in the dim light was a lump in the corner, where he had put the hide. A skinless skull with big sad eyes gazed at him out of the shadows. "God a mighty; the damned old crook," he whispered admiringly. ASaid he'd let me have the offal, did he? Ill see about that and taking his gun from the rack, raced cross lots toward Hank's humble log house and justice. Hank saw him coming and a sardonic grin crept over his honest face. "Ain't losing no time, is he?" he grinned. Mr. B- 's anger rose higher, as a whiff of juicy porter house wafted toward him on a curl of smoke from the shack. The door burst open, as he poked the gun into the room. * "There you be, you damned old buzzard," he shouted. "Give- me my beef or I'll, I'll "Sit down," says Hank calmly, I was expecting you to breakfast. Pull up a chair; lets eat and talk this over." 'Talk over hell," roared Blank, "I want my beef." "Your beef?"' says Hank. "How come your beef? Just -listen to me, my good neighbor. . Who stole that critter? Yes, I said stole. Get that? Who stole the steer? Better go careful young fellow, I am a judge of the District Court hereabouts and I'd hate to report you and have them tdke you down to Springfield, where you .might stay for five year's minimum. Better' cool diff and draw up a chair. These chops are cooked just right and "to be neighborly, I'll give you a nice chunk to take home if you help "me cut it up for the barrel. Kinda early to keep fresh, you know, and corned beef is mighty fine eating in the cold months of winter. Sit down and I'll point but Shermans' mistakes on his march to the sea." • As ever,. l-*' FRANK BENNETT. (Not6^:=,Hie old, old timers know the real name, of Mr. Blank.) SPRING GROVE Republican Ladies met at the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon to form an organization of Republican Volunteers. . Mrs. Gertrude Parfrey was appointed acting chairman and the meeting was called to order. Election of officers was held and the following ladies received offices: Mrs. Gertrude Parfrey, chairman; Mrs. Emma Furlong, first vice-chairman; Mrs. Clara Brown,--second vice-chairman; Mrs. Myrtle Houck, secretary and Mrs. Tillie May, treasurer/The chairman then introduced Mrs. Brooks, county, chairman frcTm Hebron who gave an interesting and impressive talk. Following the meeting cards and bunco were enjoyed and prize winners in five hundred were Mrs. Tillie May, Mrs. Nellie Ehorn, and Mrs. Jennie Oxtoby while Mrs. Skedsmore received consolation and prizes in bunco were awarded to Mrs. Mary Smith and Winona Arp of Richmond received consolation. At the conclusion of cards refreshments were served and other prizes were presented to Mrs. Vincent Feltes and Mrs. Leo Karls of Richmond. Mrs. Anton Meyers underwent an operation at St. Therese's hospital on Friday following a severe attack of appendicitis. She is recovering nicely. A party of friends gathered at the home of Mrs. Kate Orvis Friday afternoon in observance of Mrs. Mollie Harms' birthday. Five hundred was the afternoon's past time and the lovely awards for high scores were received by Mrs. Vincent Feltes, and Mrs. Nick Freund while consolation went to Mrs. Jennie Oxtoby. A lovely lunch was served by the guests, after which the guest of honor was presented with several beautiful gifts. Misses Berniece and Lucille Nimsgern, Chicago, spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and, Mrs. Math Nimsgern. Mr. C. L. Stevens has been on jury duty in Woodstock all week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner motored to Elkhorn, Wis., on Sunday tb visit Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heinle. Mrs. Edith Cleveland has left St. Therese's hospital and is convalescing at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer. Edwin Hiergott, accompanied by two friends from Chicago spent the week end at his home here. This vicinity was grieved tb learn of the death of Eddie Kattner, who passed away at the Veteran's Hospital at Hines, 111., early Tuesday morning. Twice T old Tafes From tito Files of Platndsak* of Yeara Ag» - SIXTY YEARS AGO F. A. Hebard is treating his building, opposite the Riverside House, to a new coat of paint, which will much improve its appearance. Winter is coming. The leaves are reddening along their tips like a young woman's ears when she is proposed to by a man of sixty. Geo. S. Curtis will please accept thanks for three ducks left at our sanctum on Monday. We are under obligations to Ben Hanley and his estimable lady for a very nice sparerib, left at our residence one day last week. May their shadows never grow less is our heartfelt wishes. - FIFTY YEARS AGO We learn that a little girl of Cris Sobble, who 1 ives at Volo, aged about 11 years started, for school on Monday morning, since which time she has not been seen, and no trace of her can be found. Her dinner pail and books were found in the brush by the- side of the road. The Oratories of Esther, under the auspices of the McHenry Musical Union and direction of Prof. Danforth at Riverside Hall on Friday and Saturday evenings last, was a success in every particular. FORTY 'YEARS A©# McHenry Eighth Qrade, 1899 Chiffon is easiljr washed in wirm soapy water. Do not have the water hot, otherwise the color will Wash out. Rinse it well in clear warm water, fold smoothly and put through the clothes wringer. Avoid wringipg with the hands. Open the chiffon out flat and press it with a Warm iron on the wrong side. 1) -Anaociated Newspapers.--WNU Service The telephone is completed between here and Ringwood, and in a few days will be in running order to Greenwood, where connection is made with Woodstock. Miss Agnes Perry returned to her school, at Madison, on Wednesday of this week. Peter J. Heimer is moving into the house lately vacated by J. D. Lodtz on Elm street. A. L. Howe will please accept the thanks of th^ 'editor and family for a basket of very fine eating apples left at our residence one day last week. THIRTY YEARS AGO jy. J. Holtz has moved into the Feger's)<£ottage on Green street, recently vacated by J. C. Parks. The grand opening of McHenry's new jewelry store was very well attended, a large crowd occupying the (entire floor space during the evening. Harry T. Filler's store at Volo has been broken into three times in the last month and twice in one'week. The culprits appear to be poor burglargs, as so far nothing of much value has been taken and the third tipie they made their entrance, they were seen. TWENTY YEARS AGO A report reached McHenry last week announcing the death of Jesse f/anSlyke at Lake Forest. - F. C. Feltz, who during the past several years has successfully conducted |r dray and transfer line in this village, has sold out, the purchasers being Frank J. and John E. Freund. M Peter Miller, father of oJs. N. Miller, the rural letter carrier, is confined to his home on Pearl street, suffering from the effects of a broken leg, sustained when he fell from the roof of his Home one d&y last week. io. POTPOURRI Chewing Gum The chewing gum 'industry is said to have started in 1860 with a capital outlay of $55. Once an exclusively American habit, it is today followed in practically every country. Resin from the black spruce was first used in the manufacture of gum but other forest trees are pow used, notably the sapodilla. G Western Newspaper Union. Fndm Things are not weifhad nor precious utter* tlMir - Miss Deborah Cooper was teacher of the eighth grade at the McHenry Public Grade School when this picture was° taken in 1899. Miss Cooper has recently died. Members of the class are: Standing-y-Nina Colby, Bessie Ma-1 son, Bertha Curtis, Anna Frisby, Liz.r. zie Bolton, Jessie Simpson, Edna Story, WIU BottSi I^ora Stoffel. Sitting--Ethel Owen, Miss Cooper, Belle Gallaher, Mabel Granger; boys, Archie Auringer, Sammy Zimmerman, Lynn Earl Waiter Terminal of Gota Canal Gothenburg is one of the terminals of the Gota canal, which winds over 240 miles through the heart of Sweden, sometimes following lakes, sometimes rivers, sometimes a canal so narrow that trees at the sides of the banks brush the small steamers on the water. All in all 56 miles of canal supplement the natural waterway. These various links were completed more than 300 years, after the project was first conceived and undertaken. Good Stock The ancestors of Governor AIf Landon, Republican candidate for president, were a combination of English, Scotch, Irish and Dutch. If you have Real Estate to sell or| If you wish to buy property, w will! appreciate a phone call or a visit to our office. PHONE 43. EARL R. WALSH. u-tf Fred B. Bennett, Attorney STATE OF ILLINOIS, McHENRY COUNTY, ss In the Circuit Court qf McHenry County. •' • J. V.' BUCKLAND, et «t vs.' CLAYTON C. HARRISON, et al In Equity, Gen. No. 27184. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree made and entered by the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois, in the ahove entitled cause on the 3rd day of August A. D. 1936, the undersigned will on Friday, the 16th day of October A. D. 1936, at the hour of teri o'clock in the forenoon of said day, Central Standard Time, at the east door of the courthouse in the city of Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, offer for sale ind sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, the 'following, to-wit: i , TRACT 1 -- A Mirt of lot jiumb^ r six (6) of theXssessor's Plat Of the-village of Ringwood as surveyed and platted by C. M. Prickett, Deputy County Surveyor of MpHenry County, Illinois, said plat being recorded in the Recorders' office McHenry County, Illinois, in book 62 of deeds at-page 504, described as follows, Begin^ „ning at a point on the southerly line of said lot number six (6) of said Assessor's plat at, the point of intersection found by producing the westerly wall of the Brick Bai}k Building as now located on said lot to the Southerly line of said lot; and running thence Northerly along said line so produced and along the Westerly wall of said brick bank building to a point 25 feet Northerly from the Northwesterly corner of said brick building; thenqe Easterly on a line paralM-'with the Northerly wall of said building to the east line of said lot number six (6) of said Assessors' plat; thence Southeasterly along the Easterly line of said lot number six (6) to the Southeast corner thereof; thence Northwesterly along the Southerly line of said Ipt number six (6) to the place at beginning, situated in the township of McHenry in the County of McHenry in the State of Illinois. TRACT 2 -- Also, lot numbeffive (5) of the Reynolds Addition to the village of Ringwood, Illinois, adjoining lot number four (4) on the East, situated in tl\e village of Ringwood, in the County of McHenry in the State of Illinois. TRACT 3 -- Lots one (1) and two (2) in block three (3) of Edgewater subdivision, it being a re-subdivision of lots twentysix (26), forty-three (43) and part of forty-four (44) of Sunnyside, said Sunnyside being a subdivision of all that part of the Northeast quarter (%) of the Northeast quarter (M) of section number thirty-five (35) and the West - one half (%) of the Northeast quarter (V*) of section number thirty-six (36), lying on the Northeasterly-side of Fox River and also a piece of land <-in the Southeast quarter (%) of the Northwest quarter (Vi) of said section number thirty-six (36), all in Township number ^fortyfive (45) North of range number eight (8) East of the third principal meridian. The plat of said Edgewater Subdivision being filed for record in the recorder's office of McHenry County, Illinois, situated in the Township of McHenry, in the County of McHenry in the State of Illinois. Tract 1 to be sold subject to existing lease and the general taxes for 1936. Tracts 2 and 3 to be sold subject to the general taxes for 1936. Also, one certain certificate of sale issued by the Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois, on foreclosure proceedings known in said court as cause General Number 26946, bearing date of February 29th A. D. 1936, covering the following described premises, to-Wit: Lots 31 and 32 according to the Assessor's plat of Johns^urg as recorded in book 43 of deeds on page 300, in McHenry County . Records. Said lots being located in and being a part of the Northeast quarter of section thirteen (13) in township forty-five (4,5) North range eight (8) East of the third principal meridian, situate, lying and Wing in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois. Terms of Sale Twenty-five per cent of the purchase price to be paid to the undersigned at the, time of the making of said sale, the balance of the purchase price to be paid to the undersigned when the court has approved of said sale and ordered' a depd of conveyance to be made, and when said deed is ready f^r delivery to the purchaser. The above certificate to be assigned ana delivered upon payment of the purchase price. Dated this 19th day of September A. D, 1936. * VERNON J. KNOX, 18-3 Trustee. MONEY TO LOAN I have clients who have money to lend on first mortgages on real estate and others who want to borrow money on real estate. If interested either way, I will be glad to talk it over with you. j Joseph N. Sikes Waukegan National Bank Bldg. 4 S. Genesee St., Waukegan, I1L TEL. MAJESTIC 103 *100.00 REWARD - for the name of any man living or dead that has sold more McHenry County Ileal Estate than has Dan Quinlan--that's all he does. Farms for Sale and Rent in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Large ones and small ones. I sell farms. « PAN QUINLAN y M ? Woodstock, 111. ' ; Long distance private phones 50 Order your rubber stamps at th< Flahufoaler. „ DR. B. C. HUNT : VETERINARIAN / Crystal Lake, Illinois Telephone 452-M West Hillside Road FIRE AUTO INSURANCE r£SS EARL R. WALSH Presenting Reliable Gompaniett When you need insurance of any ldnd Phone 43 or 61-M - McHenry McHenry / Phone 43 f ERNON IINOX^ ATTORNEY AT LAW Pries Bldg. OFFICE HOURS Tuesdays and Fridays Other Days by Appointment - . Illinois Downs Motor Express The Pioneer Line Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago Phones: •. Wabash McHenry 7518 256 Telephone No. 300 Stoffel A Reihanipergtr laaaranee agents for all classes sf ' property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY - . ILLINOIS S. H. Frenod & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phoi^e 127-R McHenry Onr experience is at Your Service in building Your Wants A. P. Freund, Excavating Contractor rrucking, Hydraulic and Crane Service Road Building Tel 204-M McHenry, 111 Charlie's Repair Shop Just Esst of Old Bridge r , Over Fox River -.(Rear Schaefer's Tavern) , RADIATORS REPAIRED * "BODIES and FENDERS ' Straightened Sign Painting \ Truck Lettering Acetylene Welding CHARLES RIETESSL KENT ft COMPANY . AU Kinds of I N S U R A N C B Placed with the most reliable Companies ' Osato in sod talk it over nhaae MeHesiry S r H $TJCBi 'n X?IFE & CHARL-Ef SUGWtoE T\\E brute/ A WY WOT WAIT "TILt VAE DOES \X WHAT IF v oerw IT AGrAlM^