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^ I3? !hli -? %•?. noa. : :^r •. •" • affi'?**>"$ " •< i. t*>i* il 14: M.Av »M®S #£1 ..#$ . F, *A' ^ ' "j .BIISMIS® TOttJLsffl, 'mmmm v-<-:»->•' -• - ^ f fjStf' j«e UajMU- 3®# "9Mt mi* faiba a-t^sas .<atoi«i"f •'mxi'** • ,«-> v,; .•*^ ,.... 2s,§ i *"' j /.?•* 7 - *• 1 '* i T 4-- i * i . . •> : ' f Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty a*»d Law; No Favors Win us and nirFear Shall Awe.' *«!ii« -vm «>. JIM '". 1 '- ' "" . -i i %!Mi. *1 ifi i »t„ VOL. 1,- •qiS> <••• -;ui-'i»w34t UJ ft!i M'lIENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1876. .T*a:* *»* jMjwry fbidtdw. Published Every, Wednesday by .VA>' SLYKE Bditor and Publisher. .is#! .•r#s . t ^ . • ssHfe * • • * . _ -»1 >; Office in Riverside Block* Tfi 5T*, ."f^dver fcn&h Btoa. ft *»& Spor*'- r ** n ^^^^ ̂Tiirrms or srBsCEi**tOHr >, • Yenr, (In Advance,) .....,j..$l 90 iu -||f not paid within Three Months,;.. 2 00 ' - - Subscriptions received for three or six months |m the name proportion. * . • ;,% BUSINESS CARDS. ;\f? >xti H. T. BROWN, M. V. HYSTCIAN and Surgeon. Office in Brick Block over F. G. Moves Clothing Store ater Street, McHenry lit. * - R. A. BEERS M. D. .••ntAV and fltitgeon. Office at resKtenfce, tw« doors west Of Post Office, McHenry O. J. HOIVAim, M %}HTSTCTAN and Surgeon. oAiceat the ftare-.JtO*Mi »• j .fr of Howard ft Son, McHenry, IlL F. G. MAYES. •if •:«)#' " ' ^LrKRCHAKT Tfiilor, and dealer inReadvMftd^ " <| ill Clothing, ClotheVOaspimeres, Vostlnsc &o., 4<M>r aorth of Oo&y'a G»nir Store McHenry BIORARft B18f<OP, • 'ti-ltH, • xiunAiii' m?rnjr, _ w ]A WO*!TKT AND (ROTTNRKT.OK AT LAW. ,i.- i\ Office in rear of Murphv & Hitfaop's Bank Worth Side Pul>lic Square, Woodstock, 111. - nxq"-th i --.--: '•--;--~ -- --» Sf-'.l «EO.iA BUCKIvr??, : >J \rOTAR1T PUBLIC, Conveyancer and Ip- , surance. Agent.« Office at Bncktln ft •'ilt«Ten,fl Store, near the t>epot, McHenfy» ill* i.-.'i"# < •:. yy. ;vs! ;t; U,S i ;>r ^ i* •!' Vo BUSINESS €AIII>B, E. BENNETT, M. IX, CEOJT and Accoucher. Di«ea*e« «f _ a ftwelaMr. Offieeaqd Hetldvnee on City Street, Woodstock, 111. W. IL BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC Phyticiam and Pnreeon.-- ' Office Ea^t Side Public Square, Wood- stock, HU Ofilco hours tl to 13 A. 2UU«ad 3 U>4P.M.. «» ,Kt :t;,| Waukegan CtgifHSituractbry, HanufSctiirer anil hofe^nYl iCj«tal^f in CIGAES, TOBACCO, -And^ •••1 Pipes of Ev^ry Description. , 5A OEXjE^EE STREET,. liniJjWATJICKOA^i', ' • • * r-' cxI tei- 5J Q.M, BICHAttDS. AS n complete AWftiiwt of Titles t» lawfl1* in Mcllcurv County, Ill'nol^. Office wjtii nnty Olerk, Wowlstrtck, HI. B Col lectinf Ajrent, ^ A. fOTTlSR, LI S. (,'laim, ICHMOND, ILL,, Notary Pnblle and Con­ veyancer, 0, 13 * Inuumnee ii. , .. O. W. OWEN, . WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, ,! ^he*#Y r^,-, .JW«le«ii»^H kinds «f Art**rtc^l"'kn4r fiyiim WaM he«, Oloof ^ ti»m thc lueat faeCntries tit tlw- cpiintr^ (j>latmi\vare», ^ilv«r Spd«u9, f t c . , " 1 ALSO A^EtfT POTt THE We!>er and Bradbury i*iano» JEImlmy •••' Oi^nji^^.1 ?N(rKf^h rre believe to he tt\e ln!«t Ovgan 1nv>"¥?ie market. We think tv** kr^rtu thftt#bv experi- enoe, and beliove it^ forit is backed up by the Best Musicians in the World. less prices than theni io He 'M , f 1 Wt razCH*** •••' • •']•"'• ' 1 TTOXTSIE, Rism and'Cavrtaff* P«nt#fi MftWen. > . XI ry IlL. Will 4« all work promptly and at "-treasonable rates. • , -P f \ mm * • -xiisittt m'n, awT?*. av>sr>i icwttRAL Dealter and ManaVactnrera in Leading Faimi Machinery. •|^ ENERAL U Agent i Price^fow and Teian« &vqral>la. M C H E N R Y , . . . . . I L L I N O I S , -4 • -GEO. ftCHREIJf'ER. ' X^ALOON and Kestauouit. Nbarty opposite ip the Parker House, McHonry IlC , ' 4®"Firs^-Cflfl£ss Billiard and PoA\ Tables^ J. BONSLETT, BALOON and Restaurant. Nearlv o Owen's MiH, McHenry, 111. FreshOvsters •Prved up in any shape desired, or tor sale toy lfce< Can. Hi «"GOOD STABLINO FOR HORSE8..«r ;s|n-- , . ... & " JO% WIEDEMANN. * S A L O O N a n d R e s t a u r a n t , N e a r the Depot McHenry III. JiimnSers by the day or •reek at reasonable rates. Warm ami eold *"H#e«lt at all hours. »»"Good Stabllnjc for Horses.^jy MCHENRY LIVERY STABLE, •j H. E. WIOIITMAN,.Proprietor. rlRS, with or without 'drivers, I' ~ lone on short notice. First class furnished Teaming of all kinds W. W. JSILS WORTH. BREEDER o the Celebrated Masrie AJ • " - - - - - - - Jfreas, Woodstock, III." Alao Light and Dark Brahma Fowls, d to all points by express. Ho*. p. a *a?L Warranted, ROBERT MURFITT, A WATCH-MAKERof 18 years 1\ experience, has located at Nunda, and will give his atten. tion to the Repairing of Clocks, Watches, Ac. Shop In Wntson ft Co.'a Drug Store. AU Work PETER LEICKEM, , REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of • nil kinds. Also He pairs Violins in tlie ue.sfc . JosslWa manner, on short notice and at res- fcHKbie rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop Jrst door North of Riverside Block, McHenry ILL McHSNRY HOUSE. Vf cIIenry, 111 John Karges Proprietor. i»l Centrally located; modation8 furnished. and the best of accom. Charges reasonable. RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro-prietor. Good accommodations for all Ertles. Samplerooms for Salesmen, Livery ible attached. Public Hall for Lectures, •hows Ac., > The McHeniy Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors. THE best of Beer Shipped to any part of the country and warranted as. represented.-- Orders solicited and promptly attended to. FRED. RENICH, CI6AR MANUFACTURER, --AND-- T8QLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS, JI* 4 KICK A. A, SICK. luC. RICE & SON, ^ d e n t i s t ® / NUNDA, ILL, * ftatftaf^ction Guaranteed on all work, T«fth Cftetned. rilled and Extracted In a careful •nd skitifuj manner. Artificial Teeth Inserted Jn full or partial plates, on all the basesfcnowh I® ti»,e profession. Call and have your teeth "t examined. -i. OfFICE'of I4 d Rice, West Madisoa St,, ^Chicago. Offiee «(A. A. Rice, second d<K>r Jlfforth of the M. EL Church, Nunda, IlL RWEBKNCKS. -- Wm. Archdeacon, Nuadai Kev, Frank Burr, Green St., Chicago, IlL *1" Will visit McHenry every Saturday,-- iwii at (he Parker J^ise. I also sell other Organs at the Est^, buSttfci't rMM)«|nmend as troody, JnlyW. ii»'t -- Q. W, OWEN. MURPHY & BISHOP. Offlce Ndrth Side of Pnblie Square* WOODSTOCK; : ., w r ILLINOIS, - if* *if<RAW A.C$* General and Ex- JL change Business. Deposits Received.-- Interest allowed on Special Deposits. Buy and sell United States Bonds, Gold, Gold*Kxchange, etc. Exchange ou all priaoipal cities In Europe for sale, Woodstock,111.- " , i.:.;';: '« THE OWEiV« Fos River Valley Hills. Ji. D.UUFF, Proprietor. IVicHenrv • Illinois. FLOUR k IB, CONSTANTLY ON HAND, CUSTOM GRINMNG Dene promptly, and aatisfitetien guaranteed Thankful for past favors a continuance of patronage is respectfully solicite<L «TThe Highest Market Price in Ca»h for good Milling Wheat. ; D. LUFF, Soccefisor to Owen B*o«-. W. H. SANFORD, M^ercliaiit Tailor. In the store of C. II. Dickinson, East side of P*t£ic Square, WOODSTOCK^ ILL. "" A tood Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings *1. ways on hand. Suits made to order and a lit warranted-' Give me a ealL W. H. SANFORD. Woods toek HI, Sept. 27th, 1375. MOUNTT ROOT BITTERS. THIS BITTER?, for Its intrinsic properties, is knew* as one of the ' -' Best Tonics of the Age. As a laxative Liver Cleaning, Blood Pnrlfv- ing Medicine, it has not its superior. It should be taken in quantities from a Tablespoon full to a small wine glass full three times a day, according to the strength and age of the lnva. id or the degree ot sickness. F||| Sale by the Case or Bottle, - --BY-- h. KAPPLER, Patentee^ • ' i s ' * : ' Woodstock, HI. m?: Village Lot For Sale. Lot 1. Block L, West McHenry, containing one acre of land, which is well fenced and on which is an Orchard'of good fruit, is now offered for sale on reasonable terms. It is one of the most desirable building placcjs in the village. For further particulars, iuauire, at the Pt.AIWDBAl.ER Office. ' B McHenry, HI., March 1st, 1878. . >; ? : , House and Lot for Sale. fT OITUATED near the Nippersink Point, on lp the note<i Huntingand Fishing Grounds of Fox and Pintaqua l.akes. The House is well ouilt and capable of accommodating twenty persons, There is a good stable, two acres of choice land and one of the best spring of water in McHenry Oountv. Any parties con­ templating building a Club House will iind this a grand opportunity, Will be sold on the most reasonable terms. For Farther Parties, tors inquire at the Pt^upp&UrJtB Office. POST tltADBKS OF A PAST AGS. Butory repeats notuafr«queit^- ly. The Belknap affair and disgrao* are but a repetition of what has here­ tofore transpired iu other, couutHei Sf not In this, and there, as ^fell as hare, feminine participation has been dil- covered, to the surprise of the world. The N. Y. Sun revive# ah Instance from British records much resembling that which lately put Americans to shame. The British case transpired a long time ago, but its particulars become paia- fully interesting at Hill time, and tfee principal part taken by s^e women running the business, renders it all the more surprising, The guilty woman was the wife of the great soldier bat small politician, the Duke of Malbor- ough, and she played w?li fuir part stimulating the corruption ttiat brougiy; Inftmjy upon her husband's name. reeent English work which refers with great freedom to the women $f the last eenturr in ©reat Britain, ttaces the corruption that marked the dnke's career directly to the avaviciousne«8 of tlw» duohess, wt|o^as is alleged, j-an wild with the habits of power in that di­ rection. v; '*»•! •vri ^ l^n ittf#' oils woman of another age .gratified her greed at the oxi>ense of her hus­ band's hondr, a story is related In the work which reads lik^e a story of to-day about her dealings with an old frieftd other husbantk This gentleman neat to the duke's quarte rs in Flanders, was Cordially reoirfved "by the dukp, aiid Ittcidei!tally a*keti wi$t he could dofb serve his visitor. Wfefu the, latter plijed that bis ambition would be satis­ fied with a lieutfesant-colonelcy sf horse; the duke at once favored hits #itli a letter that ought to have f#- cuped it it, But when the duke's friend in due time got to England, he found himself unable to overcome the pbst|r cles that had turned up in the way Of his promotion, and in time began to suspect that the duchess, at the coUrt In London, was at the bottom of them. He thereupon returned to Flanders to the Duke, who on seeing his old trlend, prevented his speaking by saying he knew his errand, and then told him that the shortest way was to .give • sum of money, two or three thousand pounds, telling him also how it might find its way to the duchess, which would *<* end to all difficulties. Am* so it did. Such operations as these the duchess carried on till, as the author of the work says, "streams of dotage flowed from Marlborough's eyes." These two were the JSelkuaj^s of anoth­ er age Science is sadly perplexed to account for all the strange happenings of the time. It mastered the shower of flesh in Kentucky by puttlug forth the theory that a wind storm had scooped up the contents ofa first class frog pond and then deposited its freight in Kentucky. Now a shower of flies is said to hav£ descended at Jiiviere du Loup in Canada, and science is wrestling with the new mystery. The opinion }s advanced that tli* in­ sects were carried into the air by a whirlwind in some tropical country, possibly la the neighborhood of the West Indies, 'during one of the storms of wind which, during some weeks past have prevailed over the continent, and were at last rained down with the snow. It was rough on the flies auy- way. Equalisation of Assessments. EDITOR PLAINDEALER:--Having in a former number treated the subject of the equalization of iteal Estate, I come secondly to Personal Property. 1 think if the Assessors would all meet befor* assessing, and talk over the matter, fix a schedule of prices ou stock, &c., and then live up to said schedule, we need not have, as we fre­ quently do when the Assessor" books are placed in the hands of the Board of Supervisors, sheep in one town one dollar or more higher than iu some Other tow®. If the Assessors could meet after making their assessments and compare notes,I think titer* would not be so wide a difference, The practice of the Supervisors is to take the aggregates of the personal property of the several towns, aud guess which town is high and which is low, so that frequently in some towns, where sheep for instance are valued a dollar or more per head by the Asses­ sors, than in another town, a per cent, is added to the whole personal proper­ ty of such town making the inequality in sheep still greater and doing a glaring injustice to the owner of sheep; |o of hogs, cattle, horses, Ac. The above is an easy way of doing business, but to call it equalizing ia a misnomer. 1 think it quite time 'to invent some Other method. Let the man whose property is horses have his rights, Let the dairyman's cows be fairly dealt with, and if the farmer owns sheep treat him justly. , Taos. McD. BioBAJtPS, Sefceca, April 19th, 187ft, OUR WASHINGTON 14CTTKR. WASHIHOTOK, D. C„ April 21st, 1£7& Washington is so rife wi»h rumors, caused by the Congressional Investiga­ tions, that one must be careful in re^ gard to what he gives the slightest cre- pence. Nearly the whole of the pres­ ent session of Congress has been devo­ ted to investigating somebody or thing. The number of bills intro­ duced is as large as ever, as every new member feels it to be incumbent upon him to introduce at least one or two* but very, very few have been passed. Whefher this is a national gain or loss remains to be seen. Most of the Invee- tigating Committees hate already be­ gun upon their reports, although some of them are yettaking the depositions of witnesses. Never was there a greater cheat or swindle imposed upon the people than that of the Freeman's Saving Bank. Run Under the disguise of religion and philanthrophy, it gathered in the sav- iugt of all the poor peof>le of the Dis­ trict and some adjoining cities, to which somebody freely helped them­ selves, and then it suspended payment. The Committee appoiuted to investi­ gate into its affairs are uow drawing up their report, and from what the members say, they are unable to put the blame upon auy one In particular. No wonder, when they have failed to call Henry D. Cooke and 0. 6. Howard, the very on«». wfco knew inoat about Its att'ajrs. The Treasury has commeneed the resumption of fractional currency ac­ cording to the Act of Congress, ap­ proved April 17,187|. The rush for this hard money h fir greater than was expected, but it is' thought that the demand will cease in a few days, on account of the greater convenience of paper money. No one in or out of Congress was more hostile to every­ thing that favored the resumption of specie payments than W. S. Holman, of Indiana, and yet he was the first to ap­ ply to the Sargeant at Arms for silver coin, "Just to See" as he said, "how miserable he .could make himself in carrying the bungling awkward stuff about." The movements and actions of Gen. Babcock still continue to attract the attention of every one. The iudlct- tneut against Mm in the Safe Burgl&cy case Is based upon the confession of Whitely, in whom nobody has the slightest confidence. Very few, how­ ever, doubt Babcock's complicity, and his field for future-usefulness is very much narrowed. President Grant has seen him once within a mouth, and does not now appear to care what becomes of him. though he has not yet removed him from his position as Engineer of the City, a position which is wholly in the gift of the President. Whether he la ajlowed to still retain this position simply because the president £eats.that it will seem to prejudge him, is not known; but this much is positive, that since the President discovered that he had surreptltously obtained copies of letters and used them iu his own de­ fense, the President has had nothing more to do with him, except in rela­ tion to the unsettled business of his old position. On Monday last, Gen. Belknap was arranged before the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors. The whole of Congress was crowded upon the floor of the Senate, while the galleries were crowded to suffocation. The .whole, aftair proved to be Very tame to what was expected. Belknap's Counsel entered the plea that Belknap being a private citizen the Senate had no juris­ diction. Uutil Wednesday was allowed the managers of Impeachment time to reply, at which time the case was, ad­ journed over to the 27th inst. The Con­ gressional Committee has been busily engaged inexaming the books of all the Banks in the city for the purpose of finding out whether Belknap has evermade any unusual deposit* with them, but have discovered nothing. We have had a peculiar custom herat which probably existed nowhere else in the world, but which has now been brought -to a sudden close. Every Eas­ ter Monday nearly all the children within miles around, have gathered up­ on the beautiful green terraces of the Capital aud White House for the pur­ pose of rolling their colored eggs down the slopes, The wild glee and amuse ment of the ohildren in the eggs as they went bounding along and their screams of delight brought nearly the whole of Congress out to watch them. On the next day. Sena­ tor Morrill introduced a bill, which was passed by a large majority, imposing a severe penalty upon any person found trespassing on the sward in future. He claims that several topusand dollars will scarcely repair the damage caused by this innocent sport. Secretary Fish has just said that ha will positively refuse to accede to tthe stipulations proposed by the British Ck>YHnment in the extradition ot Win- from late frost. slow the Boston Forger, so that justice will probably be cheated of its due in this instance. Scarcely any thinking person, who will exam in* the Extradi­ tion Treaty carefully, can concur with Secretary Fish in his conclusions. If he is right, tUgn we trump np charges that will «0me within the treaty, against any one whom we wish to get possession of, and after'having gotten hici in our power, drop the charges up­ on which he was extradited and try h!m upon others which are not; includ­ ed in the treaty. It 3s not likely that such* sharp practice w i 11. aver be resort­ ed to, but it is what can he done If Secretary Fiah is right. If this view is still adhered to by the Secretary, after sixty days Winslow will be re leaded--giving another illustration of how the devil helps his own.' For months past there have'been ru­ mors of mismanagement and brutal treatment of the patients at the Gov­ ernment Insane Asylum, which have at last resulted in a Congressional Investi­ gation. Thus far the testimony has been ouly in support of these charges, the defense not having yet begun. The statements made by the witnesses exceded everything in the way of bru­ tality and horror, ever yet brought to light iu this District. According to statements made under oath, the prl*. oners have been starved, crowded to­ gether, denied clothing enough to cover their bodies, whipped and kicked to death by their keepers, and finally a number of them, taken from the Asylum at the dead of night, and turned loose In the country, miles away. No notifi­ cation was sent to their friends, noth­ ing dona towards helping them after they were turned loose, but they were left alone to die of hunger and want. Dr. Nichols, who has been in charge, is also a member of the Police Commis­ sioners of the city, has been drawing two salaries from the Government, aud tt is said passed through the wurds six times in severs months. A lady testi­ fied before the committee ou Thursday, that a sdn, 17 years o!d, showed signs of Insanity just after having seen Booth assassinate Lincoln, aud she had him sent to the Asylum for treatment. For along time afterwards she wa%;un­ able to get to see either her son or Dr. Nichols, but finally was euabled, by the assistance of Jwo^ofliciala, fo cam ad. inittance to where her son wasooufiued, She fouud him in a cell in the base­ ment, with scarcely any clothing on, M covered with vermin that the flesh was almost eaten from his back, aud yet in his right mind. Many of the facts in regard to his personal appearance were horrible beyond all description.' Yet the Government was paid for his kaep- lng* 4b In order to cover all future^ cases which may arise, like that of Halteet Kilbourn, the witness who was impris­ oned by Congress for refusing to testi­ fy In regard to the 4*Beal Estate Pool" of this city, a bill was introduced ifeto the House on Thursday, ordering the Sergeant-at-Arms to deliver Up the witness to the Court without an order from the House. Ex-Attorney Gen. Williams be­ fore the Investigating Committee mi Thursday, to testify in reg»rd to ^»at become of the Secret Service Fv.nd money that had disappeared while un­ der his control. He says that he paid $32,000 of it to Jno. I. Davenport to aid in carrying the elections In .New York City, and that he only pa|d vari­ ous sums demanded of him upon the verbal order of President Grant. This testimony has caused some very bitter feelings among both the Democratic and Republican members,and impeach­ ment of Grant Is freely talked of. The cry of impeachment has been so often raised, however, that lUtlq re­ gard is now paid to it. * ; Wm, H. Ottman, Who hat just been tried for participation in the robbery of #47.000 from the Treasury last June, has been admitted to bail, in the sum of |12,00Q the jury having disagreed PATHNTa |&*A distinguished politioiah from Ohio who hatf been for some time in Washington, recently said that it ^raa his impression that the Republicans will be forced to nominate Bristow, and the Democrats be prevailed upon to nominate Judge Davis, Thisis a very enoouraging prophecy all around. If the two parties oan be brought to racing after put np men of suoh character and abili­ ty, we may be sure of a goodJpmident, whichsoever is elected. The San Francfsco (Cal.) Weekly Bulletin published complete crop re­ port! from nearly every agricultural county in the United States. All dis­ patches agree lu reporting that the prospects for grain reports were never better,and that an unprecedently large yield may be expected with the oQntin- uance of reasonably favorable weather. Fruit also promHes well, though in some districts it has suffere^somewhat NO. 40. FATBNTa, ;ART!C1JE let. ThePateut Office, at Washington, covers two entire block*, wa* built of white marble at an expense of 92j00(^- 000, and is considered the finest speci­ men of Doric Architecture now extant. Of all the Departments of the Govern­ ment. the Patent QjHce Is not only self-sustaining, but a money making institution, it having now nearly $800- 000 to its credit. The two lower storiea of the building are used by thl em­ ploye's of the Interior, Patent, Land and Indian Departments, while tbs third story, which consists of four iu* mouse halls, !* devoted exclusively ?• the exhibition of models of invention* ! for which patents'have been granted. $ As there have been 176.416 patenta : granted at the present time, and as a model Is invariably required with every application where the invention can possibly be illustrated by one, tha iiiir«*Bse nttmler nowon hand can ba • readily imagined. So limited has tho Space at last become, andso rapidly ar« the models flowing in, that It haa be come a very serious consideration as to what Is to be done In the futpre. Tha greater part of the models are very commonly constructed, wltile soma have, required months of constant la­ bor, aud are models of workmanship, one, especially, of * needle machinet having cost 'At the* present time the applications for patent* an S flowing into the Office at about tha ̂ rate of 21,000 a year, out of which about 14.000 patents are granted, the other 7,000 being re fused upon tha grounda that the jnveutions are not new, are frivolous, or injurious to public morals, ft seam* almost i in possible for tha mind of mau to conceive of any new class of invention^-any tieW field In which something has not been done be­ fore, and yet scarcely a month passe* in which an application is not presented to the Office which opens up some en-,, tirely new art or industry* and the wgy f onoe opened ; the idea oitce suggested, scores follow afterVIth their improve­ ments. Never has there been such a grand field open to inventors, or such golden harveat* to be reaped, «* at tha present time. Under our modern civilization th# wants of man-are constantly increasing, and the one who is fortunate enough to I jutfudjr tlxai nraiit, «iul w!m» +m~ I ergy and ludustry to bring his inven­ tion prominently before the people, ia sure to reap a rich reward. Many in­ ventors of real valuable machines and articles never realize a penny from their inventions, but this is their fault. They sit down and wait for the peopla to come to them, whereas the peopla expect anflT demaml that he shall bring his wares to them, and they will pur­ chase then, and not before. The map who has no intention of working hie Invention alter he gets his patent, had better save the money which he paya to secure it. Inventors must under­ stand this one thing thoroughly j thai he must go te the peopla with hi* pro­ ducts, aud force them to fee] the need of them, otherwise the people will not come to him. He must also trust^mora to his o-vu -'xertious In -oiling or dis­ posing of his patent, than to m\j "la- '« vetoes Cooperative Association,** for * in nearly every instance, such aganelaa are swindles and cheats. Jnst as ha would take hold in selling a pteoe of land, or a house so must he put hla shoulder actively to the wheel, and bring his invention before the nottoe of Capitalists and Manufacturers, if ho is not able to manufacture the artielea himself. Many of the most valuabla patents that havo been granted, hav* expired without the inventor getting back eveu his pateut fees, aimply be­ cause no effort was made to bring th% iuveutiou before the public. OONGRKSS BOOTS,--One of #*r changes saya of Congress boota: ulf true to their name they should be half- souiedand another takes It up, and •ays, ^Andthe 'Upper* branoh should be good si* years;'* while a third re­ plies, k,Keep on, gentlemen, there's nothing liVe leather." Now let some­ body say that they should be "welted" occasionally, and then we shall probably hear the*lastM ofit." - 1te lfe£r~Mr, Gladstone, the distinguished English statesman, said, in a recent address, the hand labor is better paid in England than head labor, 8ame '.thing over here,- William, Aprlae fighter will make more money pound­ ing his fellow-men black and blue, than a goat can earn by butting them dear across the street five or time*a ) v • v fiSSSSMBSSSSSEBI * Mk»Ia two thousand yatti tha Brooklyn scandal will be buried out of sight, for at that period a Popular Science writer says the ocean will be rolling over the Sodom of America two hundred feet deep. Machine repairs and all „ machines l^e^t by £.II%OWM^ «,V- "ti\