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\-T- itv' | j •/. „ r J^ejJeipy piafnSp^lep. i! '. Published ••'.Wednesday by J. VAX SLYKE, WITOS *sttt PCTBUTANIC^ ce in Btsliop*s Block, --OPPOSITE PERKY A OWEN'S.-- TERM? Or SlTBSDItlPTIOSf. (IN If Not Paid within Three Months...... .. 2.00 ^iiinscriptions received for three or six ths in the ?anie.i»roporti»n. % : • Kates of Advertising. ...We'announce liberal rates f«»r advertising to the PLAIXOEALEK, and endeavor to atate Miem so pin inly that thev will be readily nn. lerstood.. They are as follows: l.Tnch one year ". - . v 500 i Inches one year i . .. . • - 10 00 »Inches one veal". ^ 15 00 if Column one year - . . 30 (A H Column one year- •- . - fiflOO Column «ne year • , - • - . 100 00 iirtnc inch means the meaiurement of one 6ch down the column; single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the alwve rates, have .'Cne privilege of changing as often as they <|fcoose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaninsr those having Handing-cards) .will lie entitled to insertion Of local notices tit the rate of 5 cents per line ••eh -week. All others will' be charged 1# eents per :ine the fistweek, and 5 cents per line for each Subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged kt the rato of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, sarnc as this is set in) the first issue, and I cents per line for subsequent issues. Th".«, kn inch advertisement will cost $1.00 for one week, $1.50 for U'« weeks, $2.00 for tliree weeks, and so on. \ The' PI.AIVDRAI.FR will be liberal in GIVING .frtltdrial notices, but, as a business rule, it Will require a suitable fee from everybody Seeking the use of Us columns for pecuniary gain. fctTSINESS CARDS. ; IT T. imowx.M. i>. piivsici^ IN'I) SURGEON. Office over IT the PosfO.iHce, opposite Perry ^Martin's I4i»i;e up ptair.a,. McIIenry, 111. ••^nii ' • . • - I. - i • J. H. SOOTHILi;, M. D. fJHYSIOtAST AND SUKtiEON. Office oppc- JL _ site Past Office, Ringwood, III. > C. II. FEGEltS, M, D- 4 j>HrtlOlAN AND SURGEON. McIJenry, ft Ills. Office at Residence, on the Corner, Apposite Blake's Furniture Store. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. RYSlcrANrAND StfRGEON. Office at my residence, opposite M. E. Church, iHenry. ill. »... RARBIAN BROS.' CIGAR Manufacturers, McIIenry, III. Or­ders solicited. Shop, In Old McHenry* JD Keiter.Block, two doors west of PLAIN- W.AT.EK Ofli'ce. BUS1XESS CARDS. | WASHINGTON, D. •Hilie popular palace hotel of the National " • Capital.,Conveniently located and accessible to all the street car lines of the city. Open all the year. .. Q. G. STAPLES, ... • PROPRIETOR. f tato of the Thousand Island House. R O U S ' GERMAN Manufactured P. MARCUS, -DEALER IN-- fURE WINES, LIQUORS AND ' - : CIGARS. • Woodstock III* •The l»e*t Tonic tn the world* Pat tip in Pint and yuart Bottles. F. MARCUS, Patentee. DEALERS IN MAKY (J. BARB IAN. HAIB WORKEll. All kinds of Hair Work done in first class stvle and at reasonable prices. Rooms »t residence, north­ east corner of Public Square, McHenrv, III. JE3SE A. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law business in Every part of the State receives prompt attention. Room 24, !» Washington St., Chi­ cago, 111. . DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST. Residence Dundee. Will beat McHenrv, at Parker House, the 10th 11th 88th and ifith of each month. *, When dates occur Saturday or Sundav I make my visits on tlie following Monday, and the first day ot' such visit occurs on Friday, I will stay but one day. JOHN KLEIFGEN. HOUSK Painter, Grainer, Calciimoor and »'2Le. r HanKcr- Residence one. Block West of Riverside House. Work attended to promply and on reas^able terms. JOHN WIEDEMANN, HARNESS MAKER, RINGWOOD, ILLINOIS. On hand at all times to make on shitrt notice single or Double Harness,of the best material and warrant satisfaction. REPAIRING promptly attended to. Shop next door to tiie Cheese factory.- ^^yRONAGE SOLICITED. John Wiedemann. Attention Horsemen! I would call tho attention of the public to my Stable of Stock Horses, four in number: two Morgans, one .3-4 Percheron, and one Imported Horso. They are all good representatives of their breed. Also a few Merino Sheep for sale. The public are cordially invited to call and examine stock, get prices, etc| ^o business done on Sunday. - + RIN. S. COLBY. 10 7-tf MCUENKY, ILL. iKJBEBT C. 3EOTTT, BREEDER OF FOWLS ILL* (FIK8T l 'KEMlfM \T MCHfcNRV COINTY FAIR.) My fowls are of the celebrated DUKE OF YORK strain, remarkable for their great sine and laying qualities. I can show a trio of last season's chicks weighing 31 pounds. Eggs, per setting of thirteen. $1.50, delivered to purchaser in Richmond, Shipped, securely packed, f&IMX. ROBERT C. liEANETT. HEADQUARTERS -FOR- TRUCKSj Aiv1 all kinds of Vehicles, at J. W- CRIMOLBY'S Bin^wood, 111. £ will not be undersold, it ate rial «nd Workmanship considered. General Blacksmithing, And Repairing,of all kinds, in both Wood and Iron. Yirst class wTorkmen employed and Satisfaclion Guaranteed. J. W. CRIMOLBY. Ringwood, March lltli, 1S84. v. Eardwus, Stoves, Tinware Lumber 8hingle«9 Lath, Fence Posts Coal etc In short, we keep everything in the above mentioned lines] which we are offe ing to the buy] ing public as cheap as any othci house in this section. yCall an<l So<3 us " JOBBING & REPAIRING, 5. > . ^ "i-QMPlXY ATTENDED TO. HE H &. PETERi Algonquin, Feb. 18,1884. I |)0N'TY0U FORGET IT! ASA W. SMITH, . --OF-- Wooil»<ook, »•' - Illinois. • •••/>. ;• - ' Ricked by Millions of money offer you INDEMNITY against damage by fir*, Lightning, Wind Storms, CYCLONES AND TORNADOES. '• Drop me a postal card audi will visit you: •'lial! on me and I will write yon a policy, ana wnen either oranv of these destructive 'el*. Bients devastates your property, happy will jrou be if you hold one of my policies, for I rill surety visit you, ind minutex uato you. fill not forMka yon. A8A W. SMITH, Gten'l InturanoeAgL aware if the Laureate's variation in the spelling of this word has been remark­ ed by his commentators.-- Notes and Queries. ' • A Nebraska girl writes notoe irdm California that the stories about rich and speedy marriages for women in that Eldorado are pure humbug, says the Troy Times. There are more men than women, but in her opinion most of them have run away from the mar­ ital bonds elsewhere. "A woman," slie says, "is of less consequence here than anywhere in the world. The Chinese do most of the washing and housekeep­ ing, and work at about the same fages that girls and women would find neces­ sary. There is mighty little marrying and giving in marriage here. The men don't seem to be anxious about it, and the girls are so well up to snuff that they won't encourage a man till they know all about his former life and make sure he hasn't a surplus wife or two somewhere east." She is going back ASA W. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IA Chancery.--Woodstock, III. V- » S. F. BENVETT.IM. II. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Also United States Examining Surgeon. Richmond, Illinois. A. S. CIIILDS, M. P., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUB. GEON, West McHenrv, 111. GaUe promptly attended to, day or ni^ht. DR. C. R. WRJ.LS. V PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, waueonda, l.akt Co., III. All calls promptly attenn- ed, day or ni>(ht. Office on Main St., east of Barker's harness fhop. A. M. CHURCH, V Watchmaker and Jew eer NO. 35 FIFTH AVE., Chicago, 111. Special attention given to repairing Fine watcU. es and Chronomc terb. *»*A Full Assortment of Goods in his line AT THE OLD STAND, JACOB R.ON^LETT, fiAT.OON AND RESTAURANT, at Ihe tfW C? stand, opposite Bishop's mill, McHcnry, III. The choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars to tie found in the county. Warm or cold meals on short notice on application. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES* J. PEKOVSKY, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer. HANDLES nore but his own make,and will compare his Brands with the best made in the State. Store and Manul'actoiyucxt door to'the Post Office, McIIenry, IlL J * '?• lz Culver House, RICHMOND. ILL. C. U.CUtYEK. - - PbopbiH^ HAVIN 3 recently purchased the alwve House, I have'put it in thorough repair, with new furniture throughout, and would respectfully invito the patronage of the L MV. cling public and others. The tables will al­ ways tie provided witli the best that can lie procured, and palite ami attentive waiters will be in readiness at all times to attend to the wants of guests. No pains will be spared to make tins a First Class House. Large and commodious barns on the premises. Free Omnibus to and from all trains. Sample Rooms on first floor. ^ i • SALOON and RESTAURANT Buck's Old Stand, IVfcftEflHY, ILLINOIS, Fins Kentucky' Liqiurs, Trench Bitters, ^McHenry Lager Phil. Best's Milwaukee Beer By the Bottle or Case. We buy none but the best anct sell at Reasonable Prices. Call and see me and I u«e }ou well. ' " ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, HE. WKiHTMAX, Proprietor. First • class rips, with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming ot all kinds done on short notice. EI PUMP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersisrued is prepared to do all jobs in tliM line of Digging Wells, Pumpf, Cementing Wells,or will put in ' '4 New Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in this line. Cpn furaish you a new Pump, either wool . or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man, * Uood re(erences furnished if desired. If yon want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired «r.a new Ptunp, give tne a call. *5*Orders by mail promptly atton'led to. Post Qffice, Johnsburgh, III. L. BANTUS. Johnsborgh, III:, May 25th, 1881. WEST XcHENBY. Invite the attention of the buying publie to an entirely new stock of ' MMMMM VfANItMM tzBOSS, H0TI01TS, j CLOTHING, j GROCERIES, jBoots, Shoes Hats Caps, i ^ i Granite Rockingham Glassware* and Trunks, Hand Bags and Valises, 0. H. Fargo's celebrated Boots and Shoes, etc. All grades Chick's^avorite Flour in stock. Every sack wai rau ted. The bighe»t price paid for produce. All goods sold at uiie price and marked in plain figures. Thank­ ing our patrons for past favors and hoping for a continuance of the same, we shall strive to please all who may give us a call, both in quality and price of goods. BONSLETT, A STOFFEL - West McHenry, IlL, March 24,1SS4. Piano Minneapolis Self Binder, at £ M Owen & Son's. ISDRPHSPBST QUARTKTTB. Nasby, Curtis, Kccchtr and Schnrx. BTB. ft SCOTT. The Free Traders' Union formed a quartette, In Gotham, the home of the Bosses thev met. The cull was bv Curtis, the baritone bass. Though meant for a triofourcame in this case For Nasby. the staimchest of Democrats true, surmised that his tenor was needed there toft. I11 v .iin did they try hafd to look Nast.y down. Petroleum cared not for George William's frown. Then Carl, the Dutch pB-lait, chimed In with some wrath: "T.ct Nasby mit his dir4y shirdt take a path." But Henry Ward Beeelfttr more cruel than all Deigned not to notice poor Nasby at all. Tlir kcy rote was soun(|cd by George William Wno thought Cleveland's prospects much l>etter would be If public life records wftse Icttont entire, As nothing in (ivover h<} MW to admire. The three looked in woider at this change ot tune, t But he told them it was^iot a moment too soon For voters are thinkers with sensitive ears. And notice a discord wHr'ar it appears. Our Independent frienoi too plalnlv may see The difference, though Sight it may'bo, 'Twixt "Ilelpin' the AVVIOW" SO sad and so worn, 1 And *'ihe Widow Ilelpif* forsaken, forlorn. Then Schurz, the DuU-lipcmlam, next tooled his horn: | "He vooil plow vor vi%e drade vrom night until morn." 4 When Carl iHd succ^ee^d George William C, In ( 0111 mon metre psalm ehimed lleury Ward Urover's our man sail' tho big Brooklyn preacher. Because he has wrongs lu common with Ilcecher. v. Pray what has tho poor Widow Ilelpin to do \Vith politics, she and KThz ibetli too. No matter whatCleveland orlmay have done, If it can't be piovcn why not let him run? Women must learn in aiurcridlv's school They have not a right wa_#tre W>und 10 respect Though they languish wtf h titame or die with neglect. I And as to the tlireaolxir«ii>ooi working man'ii " plea, ^ Bread and water tor such will sutHce quote he. Then fresh from the crMs.roads the last of the four, 4 Though not least stood Nasby. He now had the floor. He startled liis friends with his eloquence bold. Our Giovcr, he argued, we all must uphold. What though tl»c Buffalo scandal be true? The South will po solid, I pledge it te you. We'll force the mulattos .with shotgun racket To vote like their faihurs, the old straight ticket. Bro '* Curtis, Beecher, srxl Schurz over there Of kindred voters up N'orih will take care. To beat Blaine and l.ogan 'et u» endeavor, Joe Rigler and they must waltz up^alt IMvor. But brethren, said he in a sorrowful tone. Before we adjourn and from you I ain go no, l.et's warm r.pthccooliiefs which seems to be Wear Independent friends, between you and inc. To t his end, c.o.wnrkers, 1 hereby propose Out of joint we straightway put. Tom Hep- dricks' note. On the tail of the ticket we'll write instead The bold name of Beecher, so like its great head. The sweet brotherly smile,warm'd into a glow No back seat tor Nasby* henceforth a front row. Hand shaking, embracing, all were frisky, Brand iie\y as a quart of good Democrat whiskej*, Then reveled four botees in fraternal clover, At luiitnight they |i!mod, the love Cemvt was over. Is That Quite Reasonable? The following article, from tlio pen of a life-long prohibitionist, *ve com­ mend to the careful consideration of tliose Reptibllcaiifi who erroneously cause by this year voting for the can­ didates of the Prohibition party: "The position of the Prohibition par­ ty, voters that have in Die main separ­ ated themselves from tlie Republican party, and nominated Messrs. St. John and Daniels for President and Vice President, is this, as we understand it: They justify themselves on the plea that prohibition of the liquor traffic is now ilie greatest reform measure to be accomplished, and if the Republican party will not adopt it as a political tenet or plank in their platform, they will take themselves out of Ihe party and organize one on that distinctive issue and thereby drop the Republican party into a minority, till it is willing to espouse prohibition as a doctrine the same as it did the non-extension and finally the abolition of slavery. "This is their position fairly stated. We ask is it altogether reasonable? This class of voters must be well aware that any political party would espouse the temperance cause, even to the ex­ tent of prohibition, if it was sure it would thereby strengthen itself. The reason the Republican party lias not adopted prohibition, as a measure of reform, is simply because the great body of its intelligent voters are well aware that in litis State or in the na­ tion at large it would probably drive ofl n ore voters by so doing than it would please, hence the reluctance to make it a party issue, fearing and be-, lieving that public sentiment is not yet up to the sustaining point, and that te deliberately adopt principles that would lose the party its ascendency, would do the temperance cause 110 good and would seriously jeopardize other important measures, where it 's an­ tagonized by the Democratic party; for if thrown into a mlnerity and out of position it would be powerless to achieve any substantial good for tem­ perance. Is it not therefore an un­ reasonable requirement to insist that the party shall take a position it can not hold, or assault works it cannot carry? Nor is litis the worst of it. It is well known that tlie great body of temperance men are embraced in the Republican part#, and further that all temperance legislation in the several States of the Union, heretofore ob­ tained, has been secured through the agcncy of the Republican party. It has been willing and more than will­ ing to enact prohibition In this State if it was sure of beins sustained by the popular vote, but it is not willing,or does not see what good can be derived by enacting a law merely to be thrown of power, and place the temperance cause iu the hands of its acknowledged enemy, the Democratic party. "In our view, the true policy for the temperance men. of which we claim to be^ne, is to keep together in solid phalanx and work to advance public sentiment to higher and more com­ manding influence, asking a submission ot the naked question of prohibition to a vote of the people as a test of public sentiment, the same as the con­ tract Prison Labor question was sub­ mitted. Such a vote disconnected from party politics would inform party lead­ ers and aM others as to the stage ol advancement the sentiment of pro­ hibition has attained. The submission of a constitutional amendment came very hear passing last winter ; possibly in a modified form, merely to ascertain public sentiment, it would have gone through. It were better, it seems to,us-, to keep together, even if we go slower, than to divide and hazard the weaken­ ing or the overthrow of what temper­ ance law's we now have, which is quite sure to 'happen by tlie transfer of pow­ er to the Democratic party, which lus declared against all 'sumptuary laws,' meaning all tempcrance legislation." An Oglesby Speech. '•Wkrjfcive tho closing portiOdl Of a speech, by our next Governor recently delivered in Chicago: , 'You men of sense, you men of eour- «ge, you men who are accustomed to labor for alPyou have, listen to me for one moment. How can you, take a platform like th.'U. and read it, that ought to be ad­ dressed to your hearts, that ought to be addressed to your understandings in si triple, plain and honest words--how can you take it and read it, Democrat or any partisan, without feeling that every line of it is the very gift and spirit of duplicity and deception? It is not frank; it is not candid: it is an un­ truthful assertion they iMaim a* a prin­ ciple; that Is, it is a two faced and double assertion of one of the most precious principles of tlie American people and of American labor. This great question of the tariff is like the question of agricultureit is like the question of fanning; it is like the ques­ tion of co mine too ; it is like everyone of the great common place questions of the day. The great question of the tariff--how shall we deal with it? Straightforward, plain, simple, and manly a* the Republican party does, when it declares that it will be true to the laboring man, true to the industries of the country, true to the manufactur­ ing Interests and true to the right ot the laborer '.o insist upon the highest possible price for his labor, and an in crease of his wages to the highest possi­ ble standard. (Cheer.*.) When a party comes before the people and addresses itsolf to the interest, of labor, to this qu«»t tuaqf trade--when a party iik? ours addresses itself to the common mind--that is, to all the minds in the country, in a frank and manly way, 1 ask Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hendricks what sort of hope of success can they" have in appealing to the young men of our land who ex­ pect to make a living by their honest labor? IIow can the}'expect the young German, the young Irishman, how can they expect the young American boy, how can they expcct any man to give his* support to thetu when they go shirking off and dodging and hiding in the crab apple thicket on every ques­ tion of national importance. (Cheers and laughter.) They have no right to expect anybody to role their ticket. Why don't they take a manly stand and declare for free trade if they are for it?" The operative who works 111 (he cotton mill earns 50 per cent, more now than he did In 1860; the laborer who cultivates cotton, besides being free and not a slave, gets 40 per cent, more than was paid to unskilled free labor before the war; the planter who sells the cotton gets a higher price than in the year before the war; the general body of labor which buys cotton goods receive 46 per cent, more in wages than twenty-four years ago; but in these twenty-four years Pro­ tection has been stimulating our in­ dustries and cheapening their products, and the prices at which the manufac­ tured article sells now and in 1860 are, according to the New York Com­ mercial Bulletin, a free-trade paper, a3 follows: 18C0 1481 Lonsdale 4-4 shirtings 11% 8X Blackstonc4-4 shirtings ... llo,.c 4-4 shirtings Ucd Hank 4-4 shirtings, net. 10 9% gfeif-'l 'lie Minneapolis Daily Tribune, noting the mixed foreign nationalities which iu great part constitute the popu­ lation of Chicago, as shown by the recent school census, remarks: .A great many despondent things are said nowadays about the misgovern- inent of American cities and ttie fail­ ure of universal sufterage. It Is true that Chicago is not a wel/ governed city. But, when the hctero-geneous elements which compose the popu­ lation are considered in the ll<£ht of the analysis furnished by this school census, tli? case appears more hopeful* The wonder is that such a motley 600,- 000 people should govern themselves so well. Chicago furuisiies an tinequal- ed illustration of the assimilative power of this country. The 143,000 Americans aro rapidly leavenp/ig the 630,000 of total population. Another generation will see the distinct nation­ alities obliterated and the whole dis­ cordant mass transformed int€L hom­ ogeneous American citizens, t&ean- while it is iu order to be hopeful, and especially to be patient. It is un­ natural to expect tiiat all these people spnntaneously embrace the New En­ gland Sabbath and join total abstinence societies. Diversity of education rather titan moral o'bliquity causes the difference between Americans and for­ eigners in respect to these matter. It is reasonable to believe that things will grow better rather than worse In a city like Chicago. Good Advice tor Old and Young. Don't gather your neighbor's water­ melons in the full of the moon. Be regular in all your - hliblts. espe­ cially that of drawing your salary. Don't go to an editors seeking an apology for a fardiiwl;; wrong; your hired mart. " 7 Keep your mouth flint when you aro traveling; and if you are a married man don't opeii It too of Jen when you are at home, Don't lie on tlw damp^ f rotind j and to avoid lying upon the damp ground unexpectedly, keep a civil tongue in your iiead at all times. Don't lift anything heavy before breakfast. You will rot be harmed however, by carrying in the fifty pound chunk of ice that the iceman leaves at your door. ^ • • D in't permit the ciicunber to tres­ pass upon your premises. Treat tho man WIHI would smuggle a cucumber into your system as an emissary of the undertaker. If a large, able-bodied man with a hard fist and a bad eye smites you on one cheek, tell him you will bring the other cheek round the day after to­ morrow. Look not 011 the premature peach when it is red on the top side, for in the middle it stingeth like a baid- headed hornet, and kicketh like a double barrelled earthquake. Don't sit on a barbed wire fence to cemmune with JiTatiire or think of the sweet.by-and-by. The barbed wire fence as a frequent restinir place Is apt to produce'nervousness. Indulge in little pleasantries and re­ partee around the family board; but if the discussion should get. too lively, and'a shower of table-ware should be­ gin to fill. yon will Unl it more healthy to adjourn than to continue the debate. Don't depend 011 your own knowledge of medicine when you are ill. If you ha<re the malaria, and see a snake nine­ teen yards long, call in the phycican at once; and ask him if he dosen't think your liver is a little out of order. Don't work for one hour after eating. This is the easiest advice to follow I ever gave. My 6WII constitution re­ quires two hours' rest before and three hours' after eating, but the by laws forbid it until I can accumulate enough liabilities to make a respectable fail­ ure. Out of every one thousand people, born into this worldx«f sin and sorrow, nine hundred and ninety-nine either do not know a good story when they hear it, forget it after they have heard it, do not know how to repeat it themselves, or have:i't good judgment about when to introduce It. I lay down this grand principle, as I am laying down all my grand principles this season, without fear of successive contradiction. I listened to a very fair amateur cam­ paign speech the other evening--very fair, with one exception. The anec­ dotes were not made to illustrate the speech, but the speech had been dis­ torted to fit the anecdotes. You know an artist sometimes strikes a good idea In a picture and somebody writes up to the illustration instead of writing a good tiling and then having it illustra­ ted Incidentally. That's the way it was with that speech. To discriminate between agood story and a poor one, to remember the good ones and forget the poor ones, to bring in the right one at the right moment and to do it as naturally as the startled mud turtle seeks the bosom of the roll­ ing deep, requires sang froid, naivete, chic, pro bono publico and horse sense. These qualities are rarely united in one Individual. Chic is useless without pro bono publico and both are X. G. with­ out "vliat Herbert Spencer has so charm­ ingly characterized as horse sense. The world is peopled with desizens who arc constantly telling anecdotes that claim to be facetious, but do not seem to get there, How often is the joyous group thrown into spasms by the swap book story-teller, who is al wavs a century behind patent insides. and who joyously sows the seeds of hypochondria everywhare, Some men can never take a hint. They go through life telling the same gloom environed funny stories, cheer­ fully shoving their bantlings of the al­ leged brain under the noses of the law abiding citizens, inviting scorn and contumely, bravely laughing at their own salt rheum humor and tie vet* ac­ quiring the moral courage to take a North American tumble to themselves. Most people dislike to give needless pain. Unless a man is cruel and devil­ ish in liis disposition, he will not twice in the same manner wound the feelinus of ills friend;and yet we are constantly running across the man who has again and again grieved and saddened the hearts of his friends with the same de­ pressing tale, resurrected from tlie liu- mbrous catacombs of the almanac to poisou the pure air with its pestilential breath. One thing is absolutely certain to me. I feel it as strongly as ever our fore­ fathers felt the first throb of freedom, and I wonde; that neither political party has embodied the principle in its platform. This can never be a peaceful, prosperous and progressive people, raor ally and physically free, till the strong hand of the law shall reveal Itself like a club flush and quarantine the effete, pestiferous, miasmatic,fungus anecdote of our boasted American institutions, which, like tlie large red picnic ant has planted itself between the shoulder* blades of liberty and defies the civil, tlie military and the naval forces of the nation to dislodge it. [Reart-brobed sobs.J-^AiW WASHINGTON LKTTflfc •„ rrora -oar Regular Correspondent. WASHING TOY, Septemer Mb, MM * The season has readied Its climax, tlnly a Sunday or two more and all the pleasure-seeking people of the , Capital who for the last few months have been roving over the* earth's surface from sea to mountains and mountains to sea will be wandering : their way homeward to begin td pro- pare themselves for the turmoil ot the winter's work and pleasure. Saratoga, with its conventions political, medical, lawful, will disgorge its quota of soots: Long Branch, with its driver# and bathers; Newport, wilb its Tennis, its polo, and Casino amusements; the springs and the hills, the sea-shores and vales, will very soon become a prey to tlie cold autumnal wind*, to mourn in sorrow the dear depart* ed. The season began with a wavering hope and fear that was soon obliged , to resolve itself into positive shape wheti, iu its early days, look place the two great conventions, each making a decision for its party; then came the > following events, the official anuounce ments. and later on the long looked-for letters of acceptance. During all thlf time has continued a constant shower of small shot thrown back and forth, 7 then an occasional explosion of dyna­ mite, threatening to tear a man limb from limb morally, so that people have been kept in H healthy state of excite­ ment. So le grand monde will come home td assist jit the fall campaign, the men in hand-and-hand struggle, tlie ladles by their gentler method of charms and fascinating influence, by which so much good and harm are accomplish­ ed. There ^promise of a very excit­ ing season -in Washington, opening with tlie Presidential contest, and later on radiant with the inauguration i of a new administration. The president lias been playing the social li6t; at Newport this week and has accepted all Invitations he could, golag ©«t? is dfciuu every night There Is nothing that he likes better than such a week at Newport. Noth­ ing is heard yet about his coming hack to Washington, but I doubt if he ? spends much time here before the Ohio election, which occurs in the middle of October. Some of the mem­ bers of the Cabinet drop in occasion- ally, but nearly all are still away, and all running their departments by telegraph. Mr. Frelingltuysen- Is with ' his family. Mr. Lincoln is at Fort ' Monroe where his Mot her-in-law. Mrs. Harlan, is said to be at the point of death. Judge Folget is quite sick «t l Geneva, N. Y., and really unable logo j on with the work in his office. f Every year about this time a rumor ! goes the rounds to the effect that a ' New York billlonare lias his eye upon Washington and proposes to sweep j down upon us iu barbaric magnlScenoe late in the season, take the biggest house he can find in town and make a dazzling plunge in official society. Last } year it was reported that it was Wil. • liam II. Vanderbilt. That report grew :' out of the purpose of one of the young Miss Vanderbilts to spend a few weeks iu Washington, which she subequently carried out during the season; diamonds detectives and all. This year the story is that J ay Gould is quietly looking for a "place" among onr modest mansions, where he can pass a Washington winter with comparative comfort. It is again reported that Cenmit* sioner Dudley will soon resign liis po­ sition, and I hear that General Beaver, of Pennsylvania, will probably be his } successor. I am told that the cause lies in the fact that there has been a strained feeling for some time between the Commissioner and Secretary Teller. Mr. Teller thinks that Colonel Dudley has been entirely too easy and ; generous in dealh'g out pensions, and tiiat Government money has been wasted to a lar^e aiuouut. lt seeaM ' tiiat Dudley grants pretty much every­ thing that is asked, and when appii- ' cations are to be (efused he is very f'*ml of sending the papers up to the Secretary, in order that he may take the responsibility. • Seeretnyj Ttlltf does not tike this. •' <«< At an Irish-American Republi­ can meeting in New York, Sunday, the following carJ was clrulxled: "Let it be understood, once for aU. that the salvation of England depends upon the destructiou of American manufactures and that the only possible way ta which American manufactures can be destroyed is by free trade. This can come only through the democracy and democracy can only secure control of the republic by the vote of Irishmen. How England must laugh la her efcwves as she sees the men that left DMI? homes vowing vengeance aenm ber interest by working for a party vMok. if it had got control of the flatoijfor. ill Inevitable carry out Ifce ^lUp she most desirea." - - >*'4' „„ , * is . . .