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. • •"«.%'*<:% -.'-v * / .\v> *•? ^ • «> >' • v» ^ - s *rj i k»?% H •< <*<%#, +£•&» h~\* ?C* i*\» <%*1SL'Z ' J A v*"*" ' ' ' * . * v - V ' > ,"* '" ' • ; r - - , . '" ~< ^ . • --; -- * .« 'V,, <•••?! . , , , . ' ^ f , fi-M, n.' •»«. V>ellS4iffVv.,k *4f, , - *. . ^mmmmmmmmmmmmmHrnmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm^mmmmm^mmmmm^mmmmmmmmm--mmmmmmmimommm--mmmmmmmmm--m fAL COLTTMN. bt ft, D. Baldwin. &* „: The regular sewlons of the Teachers' AMKtffttiwi will probably begin some tin* n»xt moatls. W« expect to give MM EX** LLMM nest week. It take* netrlj sixty thousand <lol- iMt annually to ran the schools of this Mtoaty. Over two-thirds of this goes to MM teachers and yet they are not pttlm rlch-~-not vet-y fast. L. B. Mentch has taken the Gary Mfool for the coming winter, fte ha* taught'several terms at Cary and the fact of hlg beinsr retained at increased Wages speaks well for his ability. There la a difference between happl- •Ms and wisdom: he that thinks hint- Mdf the happiest man really Is so, but kf that thinks himself the wisest Is gmer&lly the biggest fool. BaAwChoate believed in hard work •ai straggle. When some one said to Mm that a certain fine achievement waa the result of an accident he ex- «Wmed, "Nonsense! Ton might as well Afsp the Greek alphabet on the ground "aai expect to pickup the liliad. ,We notice that the Board of Super­ visor* haa continued the appropriation •f Bfty dollars for a Teachers' Insti­ tute which was made last year and not Bsed. The teachers of this county Mtd a good deal of Institute work. Wo Intended to have mentioned the change made in the Woodstock School. Mr. Bstee succeeds Mr. Bourne. Mr. It aa able young man, and a r, and aw think the good reputa­ tion of tha aohoor will be maintained daring bla administration. !a Bine of the United States age la from 6 to 91. In nine It Is fi to 81, The school year Is the longest In the District of Columbi a, Mug 189 days. Nevada pays the Mgfce«t wages to female teachers, and aad the District of Columbia to male in. the tTiiiverslHpf. and after ofrtnining their <Hploin* (the UtH'tor's diploma In a oontinnntal university counting as rule to our M. A. degree) tliey must spend some time, atter the ancient academical custom, In foreign travel. Ttie penalties upon citizens of the two latter groups, in the event of their failing to comply with the require­ ments of the law are drastic enough. Those of the fourth group, if they reach a certain stage without having passed an examination satisfactory "to the educational authorities, will be deprived of certain civil and political rights and condemned to a money-fine of not less than one-fourth of their In­ come. Citizens of the fifth class will be subjected to a corresponding pen­ alty. Noblemen who fail to comply with the legal standard of education, are to be deprived of the diploma of nobility, and will be punished it they continue t<> employ their former aris­ tocratic title. *-. r r>F •V : •.'.I'&jkjJ*-: V; lllVfTO examination of their stock of im Still ahead--The Sphinx. CURtcnor DIUNKINO. "A young friend of mine was cured of an insatiable thirst for liquor, which had so prostrated him that he was un­ able to do business. He was entirely cured by Hop Bitters. It allayed al that burning thirst; it took away the appetite for liquor: made his nerves steady' and he has remained sober and steady for two years. 1 know of a number of otljers that hav«j been cured of drinking by it." From a leading B. B. Official, Chicago, III. WANTED TO EXCHANGE, Carpenter work for a good Horse or Cow. Persons wishing Carpenter work and pay In this way should apply at once to A. WBNI>ELL, McHenry. T. J. DACT. JOHN DONOVAN. *BiHy Googanheimer, you are too lllitld la sit with tha rest of the boys. "OaaM ap here and alt alongside of laa," was the remark of an Austin teacher. One of the boys in a distant *avnat whispered to another boy, and they laughed, whereupon the teacher •ailed: •'Don't you Imagine I can't hear what you aay ? My ears are long to reach dew across this Than the boys did laugh, f StfUngt. ijflPh® Mant&c American reports (hat Utera Is bat one quill pen Importer and fcaanfaeturer in this city, and one In tMlidtlphti. Quill |iens are mainly Mea now-a-days by old lawyers and fadfea, partly from custom, but fchlef- if because they are easy to write with Moat of the quills come from Russia, \ aaelarfled pea from the wing of Baartaa goose being the most durable , Tha demand is steady, though limite ^ 4ptMgrows less year by year. wmrDCBs.--Lewinbeck tells of an ••'theaat seen with a microscope of which fVi. tarei ty-seven millions would ouly \, a^nalamlte, • v1 Insects of various kinds may bo Met | ^~IS»e cavltlos of a grain of ssnd. Mold is a foresl of beautiful trees, with branches leaves and fruit, ^Butterflies are fully feathered. ^Hairs are hollow tubes. / ""The surface of our bodies hi oover- ' ^ ad with scales like a fish. A single 1 grain of sand would cover one hundred luC' -< and fifty of these scales, and yet each »•., i oeale covers fljre hundred pores. # . Through these narrow openings the &;¥• perspiration foroes itself like water through a sieve. The mites take Are hundred steps a p* "Vj T. J. Dacy k Co. It is an open secret, well known to the fanners of Mc­ Henry connty, that during the last 12 years onrs has been the only Agricultural Warehouse in the county where everything in our ljne needed on the farm* from & pound of the best Barbed Wire to a Threshing Machine could he obtained at all times without notice. It was thought by those who knew us least, that the destruction of our Ware­ house by fire a year ago, would cripple us. Instead of doing so, it has given us now life aud vigor so that we are now better pre­ pared than ever befor$ to under­ sell our (would be) competitors. Our Spring stock is by far the largest and l>est in the county, &nu we are selling so close that it is a rare thing to pee any one i looking at our goods and»going awaj without buying. Our present exhibit consists of Plows, Harrows, Spring-tooth Parrows, Pulverizers, Hollers, Stalk Cutters, 16 iu. Sulky Plows Seeders Diills, live aud six Shovel,Corn Cultivators, the best Zegal Bulbed Wire, Lumber Wagons, 3 spring Milk Wagons, Platform spring Wagons, and about 300 Carriages An ex a mi- notion of our stoek will fully sustain our claims T. J, DACY & CO Woodstock, III * %x' i-V DRESS GOODS, YANKEE NOTIONS, &c, Which are being offered at very low prices. Our stock is replete in all the variety of Goods for the season, and we $ we can €ffer Goods ai than can be tbdnd Our stock of elsewhere.- Hats, Capsr i%'k: READY-MADE r# CLOT Boots, Groceries £cc« Is full and complete, and we are confident we can please you both in quality and price. Call and be convinced that these are facts. PERRY & MARTIN. McHenry. Match 22d, 1881. drop of stagnant water con­ tains a world of animated beingsswim- iaihg with as much liberty as whales |p the sea, > 'Bach life has a solony of Insects ^prasiog upon It, like cows in a mead- r MOBAI^--Have some eara as to the air you breathe, the food you eat, and ^: |he water you drink. r „ f It It the plan of the Italian Minister ff Education, Stgnor Baccelli, to in- " ih1"0* "l40 the next 6e86'on of P*r- lament a compulsory education law •f which tfie Tribune gives this inter- •;::^::|stlag summary: >. "The Minister divides the Italian V 'nto ^our olasses or groups: {1) The pedsants or laborers; (2) the ; frtlsans, the traders and tlie manufao* Jmers; (3 to 5) the land owners who subdivided Into three sections ac- •v/ ..>?jj^l»iig to the respective amounts of i ; |helr rents. All citisens are equal as Jo their right to culture, and all equal to their obligation to conform to ' |he demauds ol the State U|MHI them ' In this matter; but those who have ^ leisure and wealth and are freed from "•^/Ihe pressure of toil and bread-winning • «>ught to render more than those whose v . ^vantages are limited. The citizens i-s-' *'®f ^t group are to be compelled ^ to »Heud the first aad second elemcn- Those of ti.e second • group are to extend their period of |L .leariiijig until they have passed the :|third anil fourth elcmeutary cfassei:. Those of the third group, after coin- ^ ̂ !P,et,n8 the elementary course, are to v'i 3 ^ wn'pened to visit a gymnasium or teclinicuin and there acquire some de- 4 gree of (dasslctl and technical culture, ' J *®®®rding to. the choice of their parents - V ar guardians. Citizens of the fourth v;\- group mnst proceed further to a ly- « ,1 ? 1 ceum or to a higher teclinical Institute. J^atthatwry young mau In the Italy * , l«rtha Allure at. amoiiggt the Jews of 1# ( shall possess at least a rudimen- fitnoss for an actual profession or iasde. 'Tha dfiMi of the fifth group, includes men of large fortune fad tbft wealthier aristocracy, will be jydj § ' dM^pad to entei'theraselves in one of rf literary- faculties of1 JOS. WpHEMANN, Saloon asd Restaurant, NEAB T|IB DEPOT,! MCHENRY, - ILLINOIS- Golden Star, The best Brands of Wines, I/iqnors and Cigars always on Uand. Good Stabling for Horties. ALSO AGENT FOR Franz Falk's MILWAUKEE Lager Beer. Beor in Large or Small Kegs or Tlnttlos al ways on hand cheaper than Aay other, quail ty considered. This Beor hits a world wi«le reputation, and goodjiidKCB acknowledge it cannot ue sur­passed in the world. Orders by mail promptly attended to. JOS. WIEDEMANN. Mcllcnry. III. Aug. 10th, 1881. I W<" AT THEIR TWO . w- - McHenry Nunda, Atetto Hardware, Stoves, Tinware (fee#, evershowajn McHerery to the buy­ ing public • . , KI BOTTOM PRIC Our stock Is complete and comprises everything usually kept 111 i First Class Hardware Store. i • « » j f 1 IX* • ..m-" mi ^ JOHN Our store is crammed full of Bargains and we offer the best and most goods for the least money of any one in the business.j Wi INTEND TO KNOCK THE BOTTOM OUT OF HIGH PRICES IN BARB WIRE. • fe The B^st Barb Wire in the Market at 9 cts, per Pound. rWCall and see us and learn that we mean business. Store in McHenry, Opposito Bishop's Mill. At Nuiida in Palmer's Stores iiiiiijfoi ,r J "•$0 Old and -BY THi- Reliable Dealers ill , 111., Is selling good f FURNITURE Cheaper than anjy other? dealer in the bounty. > <3all1 and learn prices, J :'k: ]-•: r 'A ' -VA 1 ; y ^ N k" .J « . t 1 . ' Mf', Mil ItlllTll illl IHfLEHENTS. .< **• m M; OWEN S&SON, . ,• .<-•' S.-ii? . m/.; Agricultural ' Would give the }ieople , of ^ iftcHenry and Lake Couuttes to ttnderstand that taey*are still in 4be businesa^with apd ;^st stocko£ '. 4^ c^neiy Of all kinds, to be found in the market. They have in Stock .FLOWS of all kinds, Seeders, oru Planters, Cultivators, Drills ^Drags, Pulverizers, Corn Sheilcrs Feed Mills, Threshing Machines, J^on and Wood Pumps, Wind Irills, Open-^nd Top Buggies, and in short everything usually kept iu a first class Agricultural Warehouse, ' AA1 of which will be sold SILVER STAR, As Cheap as the Cheapest. And a dozen other patterns of Coat Stove* can be foun«l at our store. THE GOLDEN STAR AND RESOLUTE, Parlor Heater*, for Wood or Coal. The finest line of Cottage Stoves In the Market. O. C. COLBY & CO., XeHEJTBY AUD CTpTDA. gcWNone hut the best of machinery kept, that we mean business. Call and be convinced E. M. f cHenry, ^pril 13th, 1881. OWEN & SON. JOHNSBURGH , » }• MORTGAGE SALE. BV virtu* of rv power of sale contained in a Hal© MoitgaK«'. exwuicil !»v Peter Leick-em »n<l Catherine Lelrkoni hU'wife, to Sun'l II. Walker, Octolmr'iK, l>. 1H7S, nml reconl- fl In the Herorilffr'n Oflice o t the Connty of Mellenry, in liook 47 of Morl^Hfe", on |i;ikc 3<>l, to Meriire the pav. inenl of thr«M- cerliiin |n oii)UfM>rv notes ol even <lata with «aiil mortKairo, f«»r'the Hum ol four hmi>lre<l doll.irK <itif J|((0 out; year, after • late, •Km two yi-ar- :ifter tin to amf |UMI*'ihr<*e y«»iir« after with iiiU'vuKtat lh« rate of ten fw*r p«nt per aiininii, Haul luilen pnvnble U>mi't Samuel II. Walker or or<ler. llcliiiitt hmrinte mn>l» in the payment of the priiK'.t|*iS an<! intere«tof Nai«l noten, there he-i»g now duf '.n the Mint; tin; sum of one httn-ftre<I an'i ninety four >|o|l;iri> un<l thirtv.three eent«4 ,i»s InteriMt, ami sftiil hum of four lain-' <lro<L'iolkirH AH DrincipHl, AM liy the tirms of said Mortxn«r, I «hall, hh Rxer.ntor of the ^Ja^t will aiid te*ttaiii(int of the said .Samuel H. Walker, <tcpease<l,on H:«tur<tav, the l.'ith <iay of l)ctnl*r A, r»„ HXI, at the hour of 1 o'clock, p. M., of sai<I <luy, at th<> east 'lonr of tluM^ourt Ifourte, in Woodstock, in aaiil County of Me, Henry *n»l State of Illinois, offer for ssiU; anil sell at public vemluo to 1h« liijrhest aixl ln^t hitlrler for cash, the following ilesnrlhed Ileal Estate, RituAte<l in the County of Mcllcn'ry and 8tiite of Illinois, to-wit:--Ooimnenring at the north-west «k>rner of Lot No. ft, R|(M>.k No IS, and running south 5>> feot, thonce .eaut 75 feet, thence north 50 feet, thenee west 75 foettotlie place of beginning, it Iteing the West part of J^ot No. 5, in Block 18, in the Village of Mcllenry on the west Hide of Fox Kiver, together with all the right and equity of redemption of the said Mortgagors, their . 4.W. CRI8TY. ' Bzectitor of the K> ' Sumuel II Walter, fepteubcr «th, itti. ^ ? MarWe_W nts. HENRY8MILLER, --I>K ALKK^IN -- American id Foreip Marble Monuments, Headstones, ETC., ETC., ETC. America* & Scotch Granite, Constantly on Hand. Shop Two miles North, oi Henry, III. ; Johnsburffh, Ang. SOtb. MTT 4<* MC STEY&COMPANY Mo. 9X0.--Front View. No. 880.--Back Vi«W» BRATTLEBOROsp VTw A New £!y1e of Organ, designed for SundafSchools, Chapels, etc., and Sold at Moderate Price. 17* ALL OBR ORGANS ARE WARRANTED, AP ARE HADE IN THB SAMI THOROUGH MANNER AS FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS. Sir mustrated Catalogue before MM WKT tB BUT. Every man, woman and clilid that pays Cash for thfiir goo<K should trade where goods are marked 011 that basis. Where they can Balre from 15 to 25 percent. Win-re $5 will get them more goods than 97 will at a credit stWe. S1EVE1T8 ft SUIIMO«B. Ml • ' 'f ' " , BOW TO OKT 81CK. Expose yourself day and night; eat too much without exercise; Work too hard without rest; doctor all the time; take all the vile nostrums advertised; and then you will want to know. tfow To Get Well. * Which Is answered In these words --Take Hop Bitter*! See auother col­ umn . "C. '• AKBi CORRECT Provos beydad any reasonable question that the Ohicetgo <& ^ orth. western R'y . Is by all odds the best road for you to take when traveling in eitber direction bttvera Cticap asd all the Frineipal Points ii the Vest Nertk I Mial wMin station* all * Carefully examine this Map. The principal Cities of the West and North on thie road. Its through trains make close connections with the trains of Junction paints, ntlivMta and i -AiMuia -^r&inord QvinftaMo Ordway Clayton ^ '**tSApQ 3? •• ji ooa i" v Jugona TAKSTOJ Siou* c Creigtou '> yjwacs/y.. v » ff alcna WESTV8' A m pifioy pA CHI GAGO_g^ NORTJT-]gESTErU^ RA THE CHICAGO & NOHTH-WESTBRN RAILWAY Overall of its pnncipnl lines, runs each way daily from two to four or more Fast JK>pr*M Trains. It is the only road west ofOhicajro that uses the PULLMAN HOTEL DINING CARS, It fs the only road 'hat runs Pullman Slfcpinjr Care North or Northwest of Chlnaglk ,.It,,haa noarly|3rOOO Miles Of Road- In forms following Trunk Linos: Council Itlnffs, Denver A California Line. Winntm, Minne»ota A Central Dakota Linss Sioux City, Nor Neliraska &, Yankton Line. Chicago, St. Paul * Minneapolis Line Northern Illinois, Freeport & Uubiniiie Line. Milwaukee, tireen Hay & Lake.Superior Line Tickets over this road arc solri by all Coupo11 Ticket Apcnts in the United States A Canada ttemember to ask for Tickets via this road, (be sure they read over it, and take noae other If ABVIN HUGHITT, Ben'l Manager, Chicago W. H. STE.OITT, Gen Pass J«t Obieage l •aM McHEIVBY, ILT^ DKALER IX |g iT POSSlHLK , i# :• That a remedy made of such common simple plants us Hops, Bucliu, Miindrnke Dandelion,&cM makes so many and such wonderful cures as IIop Bitters do. It must, for when old and young, rich and poor. Pastor and Doctor and Edi­ tor' ail testify to having been cured by them, we must believe and doubt no, longer. See otiter column. * H f1 Sclssorsy Shears^ Table and Pocket Cutiei^f Spades, Sliovels, Forks, Corn Knivei, Axes, Grindstoneŝ 1 Window Glass. GRANITE-IRON AND TINWARE. ^ J. STCRY. V GEORGE W. BESLEY Dniiist ail Aptte McHenry --DEALER WWm. 'fs Vf*' Unas, Medicines, Paints, Oils, and Toilet Articles ti"'" 1 I have added to mv alread, ARTICLES, LAMPS Lara To which he invites the aleftWda til the?>u^irig~publie. • - Stock, a Fine Line ol TOILET CANDIES. | • y •> * k--K-h1- f .* - - & , M. Wii £Mi ' t i f [. V -'rf Cawfullj- goiiippi^aeJ-.. ' ' ft ̂ '<• * •" • 'pm, i ciienry, ^ ^ % •S\ &•,' ~ ^ ans Prescriptions! Give mea ali. -m c. w. 1880.