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. >*'.": yKr , v , ' - V % z_ .'- ' *" ' '.V-?' ;.". .• *<¥•.. *IR~. , i'4. ; , • * ' ;>?f'i-'; ./ > v- 'iit r^.. * • "Pledged but to Vmth, to .Liberty and Law | No Favora Win us »nd no'ear Shall Awe." VOL. 17. 'X'Y-."-; , ; M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1832 NO. 45. |[^[wj ̂ itiiieftler. PUBLISHED EVBST WXDIISDAT BT :**!.• AN 8LYKJ3,- < ;: KDITbK AMD PBOP&IBTOB. Offlce In Bishop's Block* •-Ononra ?IUT ft* OVURI J -V|- • . ^v;-; trv.. I'KIM&g or SU B30EII I'TlOlf . Oaa Te»r(in Aovaaeej W If Sot Paid within ^hrde Montho..... Suoacrtpticas roneivert for three '"• t months in the same proportion. ....11.80 . .. SL00 or six i j Kates of Advertising. ,,'ivCff' We aiuwunce liberal rates for advertising '.LJi. ' n the PLA.IND BALER, and endeavor to atate ••* % y hem 80 plainly that they will be readily an. • * erstood. They are *8,fallows: . * 1 Inch one year rjP.%i' •' £?{'% 5 00 2 Inches one year »* •' #; « 'vS." 10 00 3 Inches one year - v' . 15 00 , X Column one year * ' V . j :> ^ so 00 • - : X O o l n m n o n e y e a r - - . . 6 0 0 0 . ̂ Column one year . - -• • * » loo 00 " V . One inch means the measurement of one Inch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they choose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having v* . standing cards) will be entitled to insertion 'isVfft,,, of local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line > i',-if each week. All others will be charged 10 ./"*4,. .cents per 3ine the first week, and 8 cents per •y iJnts mr OKOB eubecqucnr WWK. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and B oente per line for subsequent issues. Thus, an loch advertisement will cost $1,00 for one " '• week, 91.00 for two weeks, 9X.00 for three - wet>ks, and so on. The PLAINDRALBR will be liberal in giving •-» ' * editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the us« of its oolamns for pecuniary gain. *Vv BUSINESS CARDS. F,C. OOLBY, D.D. 8. Or PIC® In Hoy's Block, over Bckert A Young's store, Woodstock, 111. 0. J. HOWARD, M. 1). PHYSICIAN AND SURGKO . McHenry. 111. Office at residence, one door west of J , A . S t o r y ' s D r u g S t o r e . - ^ " a H. FSGEBS, M, D» ' PHYSIOIAK AND SHRGKOK, MeHenry Ills. Office at Residence. WM. OSBORNE, JL D. PHYSICIAW AND SURGEON. ' Office at Residence, West McHenry, III. Oatls promptly attended to day and night. Liverv Stable. • HE. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor.' ' First • class rigs with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on shorteiotice. a. v. INIMT,) ».u SHIFAKD SHEPARD ASHEPARD, A TTQRNKYb AT LAW. Suite 512, North- J\ era Office Building, 36 LaSalle Street Chicago, 111. tf-ly : , ^ , KNIGHT ft BROWN,1 A TTORNEYS AT LAW. U. 3. Express Oo.'s XX Building, 87 and 89 Washington 8t. CHICAGO, ILL. JOSLYN ft CASEY, IIL ATTORNBY8 AT LAW. Woodstock ... All business will receive prompt at ten tion. V. P. BARNES,. ATTORNEY, Solicitor, and! Counselor, Oolleettons a specialty. , WOODSTOCK, LU.IHOI% ; • - V. S. LUMLEY. •'- <•-' ATTORNEY AT LAW, and solicitor in Chancery, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Offiee in Park House, first floor. MISS MYRTLE BRILL. Teacher oi Piano ana Organ. Visits Mc Henry every week, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and Is prepared to tahe scholars at any time. Terms reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed Can be seen at the Parker House on any of above named days. ~ A. CHURCH, ~ Watohuiaker and Jeweler NO. Orrt H ndredTwenty-Five State St Ohi-caa ,1V . Special attention given to re­ pairing' tne watches and Chronometers. ^A F 11 Assortment of Goods in his line THE POLICE GAZETTE Is the only Illustrated paper in the world containing all the latest sensational and sporting news NaS tloon Keeper, Barber or Club Room can sffrd to be without It. It always wakes friends wherever it sroes Mailed to any addressers the United States, seou-elv wrapped, 13 weeks for f 1 25 .;J||pi..l,|i»fiu«DU lor sample copy. ' BICIi&BD K. FOX K • ; • RXAHKLIW SQCAKM, New York JOHN P. SMITH, w atohmaker A Jeweler MeHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Cloeks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watohes. Give me JOHN p. SMITH. ; fM. STOFFEl^, • . . j-V; ; --Agent for-- i ' FIRE, - LIGHT NUNC, And Accidental Insurance. Also Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, aLaudB. Call on or address and California t* WM STOFFEL, McHenry, til: ; ' Quintette Orchestra, MeHENRY, ILL. AM prepared! to furnish First Class Hn*l« ^ to the Dancing Public at iReasonable Rates, •£f¥ J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden. Clarionet, -* C. Curtis, Cornet. L, Oiren, Tromb(>ne, X, », Ingalls, Basso and E ' -- ..333 Address all eoauaua! XoHcary, Cures all BtoOd T)iseases thit arise from 4the effect of Bad Blood. A sure cure for Cancer, Catarrab, Piles, Sick Headache, Dye. pepsia. Whooping Uough, iltheumatiem, Con Btipation, etc. BLOSSOMS, per pound - . . (0.50 FLUID EXTRACT, per bottle • - .1.00 SOLID EXTRACT, per pound . - - 3.50 Bot i the Solid and Fin id Extracts are made from the same stock of Blossoms, and are equally as good and efficacious as the Blos­ soms. JULIA A. STORY, Agent. 4 ... , flRoH«nrv« Illinois. Prompter, uuetwul to Jerry taltk, Silted States War Gl&rn Aiemy WM- H- COWLIN, Woodstock - - llllnolft. Prosecutes all classes and kinds of claims against the United States lor ex-Soldlsrs, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejectee! claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. COW LIS Office at Residence, Madiijon St., Woodffioec, ; Illinois. .v-: >" SflOBT BOB BULLS For Sale at Living Prices by the nnder- signed. Call on or address FRANK COLE, SPRING OROVB, ILL Spring Grove, Dl , Nov. U. IBM, t ATTENTION i Farmers and Dairynso. i It Will pay those looking for CHOICE cows Mesh milkers or springers, to eirtr wfc »• premises before purchasing. I can furnian such by the oar load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRTJM, CHMFULTO. Farm about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. American Blosssi Co. 351 N. Clark St. CHICAGO, ILL. v The Great Blood Purifier. I NEAR THE WEST MoHENRY, ILL Keeps open for the aooommodatlon of the Public a Flrst-Olass Saloon and Restaurant, Where be will at ail times keep brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars all times keep the beat quo (to be found in tne market. Also Agent For FRANZ PALE'S lfilwaukei Lagw 8t«. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al- irays on hand, cheaper, than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended tpb GOOD 8TABLINQ*_*0R HOJH8PB WTOall and=see us. Robert Sohiessle. West McHenry. IIL A. SSnglen's 5A100N AND BKSfAORANT MoHENRV, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, v French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, --AND- J. Mlitz Milwaukee Bottle Beer, any quantity from In Qlaas to a Snitz q ICO barrels. A.T WHOLESALE OB RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as cheap as the cheapest. We bay none butjthe best and sell at Reasonable Prices. will use p ell and see me and I ton well. ANTONY SNQLEN i n , . : ' / T . *• Bmrbiwi. f. J. Burbifti BARBIAN BROS. . and Retail dbalkm™ FINE CIGARS, MeHENRY ILLINOIS, ffsmg leased the brick trollding ontt door South or the post offlce. have opened a retell store, where, at all times can be found fine,,cigars of our own manufacture witH sineWi; testicle. and CDevri&cr together oitr.Gao of tlin Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment and s«une very handsome patterns. Y. ' CALL AND aXB US.® ^.Jr- . . B4.SHTAH IKS ^Kvtmiiry, WO*SIM*IIR.H. ,8FT SIMON STOFFEL, AGENT FOB Pksalx, of Bnoklja, V. Y. Oopital, «55Of>»931«. Rockfo^d, of Rockforii, III capita", 802,448, of Eartiori, Col. Capitalf 82,620 213. Insurance carefully and safely placed on all classes of property agninst fire, i:ghtn«ng, and tornado, either lor cash or on Ion a time, without interest Fire policies on live stock cover same in buiHing or on farm igainst loss or damage by lire or lightning an<) against lightning »nvwhere. Hav, straw, stalks and fodder are covered by one policy, in building or stacks on farm. Grain, seeds and mill feed are covered under o> o sum 'n building or on farm Insurance transferred to other locali. ties free of enrge. Gasoline oroi> stove and steam thresher permits granted In policies free of charge Household goods of everv description, including co*l, wood and provf. Slon* ail coveied under one item. Complete records kept of all policies, condition)., as*- ign- ments and' transfers made. Call for list of QyerJOQ.yolicy holders in above companies. Simon Stoffel. Administrator's Notice. Estate of Thomas Knox, deceased. The undersigned having been appointed administratrix or the Rsta»e of Thomas Knox, ' deceased, lata of the County of McHenry and \ State Of Illinois hereby gives notice that she * will appear before the County Court of McHenry Count", at the Court House in Woodstock, at the July Term, on the first J!!!r *U per" sons having claims against said estate sre notified and requested to attend for the pur- poseof having the same adjusted. All persons indebted t« said estate are requested to make immediate payment to tin? undersigned. Dated this 19th dav of April, A. D. 181ft. HAHOARIT Kaox, Administratrix. MeHENRY H. Miller & Son, -- DKALEBS IN-- MARBLE & SEaNITE, Monuments, Head stones Tablets, Eto. Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. Satisfaction SuraatHd. Shops at McHenry and Johnf- burgh, III, where at all times can be tound a good assortment of finished work. Respectfully, Henry Miller & Son. Waucohda Anti-Horse Thief Association. PST1B J. 8CB0IWEB, General Blacksmith --a»i>- WAQOS . MAKER, HAvlnft fitted np ft new shop, oppo •its tfcte City Ball, r Mo Henry, III. 1 1 p r e p a r a A , w l t b g o o d l i l i l i - )&!, to do »11 kliul| of end fagoti-Maklng. .ai;d at ressnr.able joorwork lathe beat l3ie least posalbJe de Off ItsrtH inrttlce prices I will do manner and with lay. Hprse iSlioelng A speefslty. Rcffalrlng ot *11 kinds promptly attend d to. Callar d See for yourself. » K^. Remember ftbb place, opposite ihi» City Hall. , PETER 4 8CHOEWER. McHenry, May 10. imL Administrator's Notice, INSTATE of Qeorge Gilbert decensed. j The undersign«d having been appointed Adosinistrator of the FstateofUeorge Gilbert, deceased, late of the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, hereby gi ;es notice that he wi l appear before the C-ourty Court of Mc­ Henry County at the Court House in Wood­ stock, at the July Term, on the litet Monday in July nexj, at which time all persons hav. ,ing claims against said estate sre no'itled and requested to attead toi the purpose of having the eaiie adjusted. All persons indebted to ssid estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Bated this 2tith dav of April, A. P. 1893. - 43W4 BKK GILBERT, Administrator Executor's Notice. ESTATKof John P. Sc.hafer deceased. The undertigned having been appointed Cxecnter of the last will snd Testament ot John P. Sch ifer, deceased, late of the Conn y of McHenry and State ot llliro's, hereby, tribes notice that will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Wodosto'-k, at the July Term, on ihe llrst Mondav in July next, at which time al' persons having claims agairst said estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having tlie same adjutted. All persons indebted to said estate are re­ quested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. ^ ^ „ tinted thi' 80th day of April, A D. 1S&2 43w4 MATHL1S J. SCHAFBB. Executor. M/H£f AND KEEP& THEM HEALTHY Try It. Foft BALK BT JOHN EVAN80N A CO. West McHenry, III. CHA*. BUBNBRT. Juh'sbargh. 111. J W. CBI8TY A SON, Ring wood. III. FRANK ROWS, •• Hebron, III. 1 Kecord, 2:28%. 180S at Woodstock. T~Wm make tIk© season of* OFFICERS. ABTHUR COOK, Pres. EDOAR OBBEK, Sec'y. JAB. MURBAT, V. •• E. £. GILBERT, Treas DIRECTORS. J r Boney. Edgar Green. ri Frana Thomis. RIDERS. H ¥ Hnghes. orris for'. A J Raymondj^.^. Frank Thomas. MSKBKRS. A Cook Mirtlr Morse A C Bangs...... ..Plutarch Houghton EE Gilbert..... Geo Darrell RU Hill E T Harris H F Hughes S H Harris J F Konev Edwin Cook Frtnk Thomas ........Setli Turner :. Edgar Green ... W M Clough " . . . . . S t e b b i n e F o r d ......P A Nimekey ......R F Johnston .. ...Warren Powete ..Geo Bates . Jas Monaghan, Jr .. .. ltobort Ha rison John Spencer. ..O W Dunklea .. .. .. ..Charles I>avlln..°..... ..Michael Slaves . Gne Staxon. . .Golding Bros ..'I V Slocuin A J ttavmond Geo Pratt ftloseo Beach. .. James Murray. J D McOabe Henry Warden...... J E Glyneh ......... Ira Smith DelosAmes ....... Geo Jones .......... T Bacon Rl Paddock . .. . M O Smith Mot Ford PENSIONS! Th« Disability Bill Is a Law. Soldfers Disabled Since the War are Entitled. Dependent widows and parents maw de pendent whose sons died from the effests ot army services are iccluded If you wish your claim speedily and successfully prose, cuted, sildre s JAMES TANNER. Late COBBI r»E8CRlPTiosr.--Dark brown,16 bards, weight 1200; stre of I.bafer. trial 2:20J at 4 years, the fastest colt ever raised in McH» Dry Co., Gee Z Dee 2:25, Fona 2:33 at 4 years, Modesty 2:40. Typhoon 16780. by Narraganset 167^9. let dam b.v Swlirerfe 650, the dam of Vic H, record 2:13J; Tvpboon, 2:28i; Valpntlne S»Igeit. 256J. 2d dam by Goldsmith's Abdalhh 2:30, the dam of Uary Sprague 2.21. TKUMS --125 to iosure a mare In foal, payable when known to be In foal, After Nov. 1,1892, he will be advanced to 950, Pasture furnished, Call and get tabulated pedigree. E. W. HOWE, Woodstock, 111. CHARLES STRAIGHT, Chicago. 80LDBBS' OlFABTmiT. Edited toy WM. H. COWLIN, WOODSTOCK, ax.-- iltN "To care far Mm *cho ka» tome CAe batUe, and for Ms Widow and Orphan*." --Lmoour. friendship. Charily, loy­ ally-- Worthy tons of Patriot fXilhert" G. A. R, Rlmntorw. „ K*BBHBT POST XO. 648. Meeta the First and Third Thursday lag* or«aoh month. H. O MBAD, Otm WOODSTOCK *OKT, MO MR. eaeh X, K. RICBAKDC, com. 1 wmnu roa*. no m Meete ihe second and fourth Tuesday •Vealngs «f eaeh month Wm. ft. ST. OLAT*. Com. HARVARD roar, BO M. Meets the second and tourtn Monday even lags ot eaeh month. J, D. CLAIK, Oom. MAREHOO PORT, Ra Ml, Meets every Sec nd and Fourth Fridar evenings of eanh month. R R. MOBBTB, Oom. WAOOOBOA rosx. wo. 3«f. Post meets every second and fourth1 Satur­ day evening In Q. A. R. Hall, iiain St. A. L. PKIOB. Oom. LAKE CENEVA CUT FLOWERS, rUHSBAL W0BE. PASTY DECORATIONS. I Bofor* YOM EDDING PLANTS to W ASHliTfiTO ner ot Penfeioiis. d receive o Solid u era, the best 15 cents for instable est, or ou C H. SAUNDER •ilington. O Along the Skirmish Uaa. Governi Fsfer will *3e5ivei- the Memo­ rial Day address at Pax ton. The department commanders request that contributions for the Sherman Me­ morial Fund be forwarded to Comrade Isaac Taylor, Assistant Quartermaster General, Department of Illinois, Peoria, Illinois. The annual reunion of the Eighteenth Illinois Volunteer will be held at Benton May 26, at which time the surviving members of the regiment will celebrate the thirty-first anniversary of their muster into the United States volunteer army. " The army of the Potomac will have its reunion this year at Scran ton, Pa., June 15 and 16. Rev. John R. Paxton, of New York, a private soldier of the war, will deliver the address, and W. H. McElroy, of the N. Y. Tribune, will be the poet. Every officer and enlisted man who served with honor in any of the armies operat­ ing east of the Alleghany mountains is entitled to membership. The reunion promisee to be the largest yet held. The comrades of Aurora have invited Comrade James A. Sexton, of Chicago, Past Department Commander of Illinois, G. A. R., to deliver the Memorial Day address May 30. The Memorial Day exercises will be held in the Opera House under the auspices of Aurora Post, No. 20, and the Woman's Relief Corps, and Sons of Veterans. A large delegation of Chicago comrade and citizens will acoom- pany Comrade Sexton. Department Commander, Edwin Har­ lan, in General Orders No. 3, divides the department into five divisions, the im­ mediate interests of which will be intrust­ ed to and cared for by the following offi­ cers: W. F. Kenagan, Senior Vice De­ partment Commander, in charge of the first division, posts in the Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, and Fifteenth Districts (Congres­ sional); Albert L. Schimpf, Junior Vice Commander, the second division, posts in the Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and Eleventh Districts; James A. Connolly, Judge Advocate, third division, posts located in the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Four­ teenth, and Eighteenth Districts; W. G. Cochran, Chaplain, fourth division, posts in Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Districts; J. R. Corleus, Medical Director, fifth division, posts located in First, Second, Third, and Fourth Districts. How Patay Beeaaa a Corporal When the Old Soldiers' Club had gath­ ered, the veteran had announced that Patsy O'Flyn would tell how he was made a corporal. ^ It was afther this manner, said Patsy, with a grin: We was in Georgia, an' the atin' we had been afther having for a long toime was that bad there was no livin' on it. Wan avenin' we had*camped on a farrum, wid pickets surroondin' the house an' the sthables, perticin' the inimy, ez the boys was sayin', the Giner'l sint fer me, fer the Giner'l an' mesilf was from the same town, an' Oi had worked in his gairden many an' many the day. " Phat is it, giueral?" sez Oi, coming to a salute in his teat. Patsy," see he, "how air yeifalin' this avenin?" ' "Foine, gineral," sez Oi, 'but bad lock to the bOardin' we're gettin'." That same here, Patsy," sea he, shmilin' loike, for the gineral was board- in' in the same place wid his min. " 'Tishn't fatherin' at ahl, at ahl, is it, gineral?" sez Oi, shmilin' loike, mesilf. "It's ruinin' meconshtitutionintoirely, Patsy," sez he. "Bad luck to us, af we be afther losin' the loikes av ye*, Gineral," sez Oi. "Meb" be we could be afther gettin' a change at the farrum house, Gineral," sez Gi, hint- in'. The Gineral looked harrud and sthern, and I saw a schowl on his face. "Patsy," sec he, "phwat is the foorst dhuty of a sojer?" "Gineral," says Oi, comin' to a salute, "it is to be afther gettin' a foine pi* ana a bag of corn male for the corn man din' officer, whin he has been livin' on harrud tack an' salt pork fer four wakes." "That will do, Patsy," sez he, lukin' ruder than iver, an1 Oi saluted ag'm the Gineral had fat pig fer breakfasht Oi was a corporal insoide av sixhty People talk about goods from absoad< being made cheaper than they can be made in this country. It is no proof that an article is made cheaper because1 it may be sold at less price. A thing is made cheaper or dearer according to the amount of human energy necessary to its construction. If a hat is sold in England at one dollar and the same kind of a hat is sold in this country at two dollars it furnishes no evidence that the English hat was made any cheaper than the American hat. That depends altogether upon the facilities t.f-.Rf. i-- --- - - - --- -- '*Q --« **»•« SV̂ UMiMWU AAA the construction of the hat. If the Eng­ lish hat by increased facilities was produced by less labor than the American hat, and made equally as good, then equity demands that it should be sold cheaper, and the American manufactwer has uo right to demand protection unless he can pro­ duce hats with equal facility or at the same expenditure of labor. By protec­ tion he surrounds himself with all the facilities that skill and ingenuity can bring, and he, like the English manu­ facturer, reduces to a minimum the amount of labor which gdes into the hut, and thus produces it as cheaply as the English manufacturer, although he sells it at a higher price. This higher price is a result of other factors which ought to be better understood. The reward of labor is not price, or dollars; it is the product of labor. In a state of nature, like Robinson Crusoe upon Ms island, the laborer has all he produces. Stated in figures he has 100 per cent. He may be hungry and would like some meat. He sees a rabbit, but he has no weapon with which to kill it. He pursues it, and chases it for miles, and finally captures it. He pays a high price for his meat. But on the morrow he constructs a trap and in the morning he finds his game. Thus the price of meat falls. The landlord comes along and says: "I must have some of that meat for rent," and he takes 25 percent, of it. The government also comes along and says: "I must have S per cent." This leaves to Crusoe 70per cent, of his product. Take a subject of John Bull upon another island. His land­ lord says: "I must have 86 per cent, of that meat,"and the government says: "I must have 23per cent" This leaves, to the subject 41 per cent, of his product. In this illustration you will find the factors which make the rate of wages. In the United States the laborer re­ ceives 70 per cent, of his product, while at the same time he may have two rab­ bits. In Great Britain he receives but 41 per cent. Thus two countries, vary­ ing in the expense of their government, and in the cost of capital, and in their natural resources, cannot nm.mta.lw free trade with each other except at a disadvantage to the country with su­ perior resources. The laborer who re­ ceives seventy per cent, of his own product as wages cannot trade on equal terms with the laborer who receives but forty-one per cent, of his product. Unrestricted trade will find its level, but free trade with England would still find her government more expensive in lta ratio to product than ours, and her capital more exacting, and trade, in seeking its level, would levy contribu­ tions upon our labor. In other words, labor would rise in England , fflji in this country. -&y¥S. • . Free Wool. Free wool means the destruction of one of the leading productions of the Amer­ ican farmer. It means the lowering of the price of wool in every manufactur­ ing center of the United States without any compensating feature, as the prices of clothing will remain the same. It means the destruction of the sheep in­ dustry. It means less production of mutton. It means thousands of acres which are unfit for the production of cereals, now profitably employed in pasturing sheep, to lie idle. It means more acres to be devoted to wheat which must find a market thousands of miles away and the profits on which are consumed by rail and ocean freight­ age. It means less employment to thousands of persons capable of taking care of sheep and incapable of heavy farm work. But the fanners themselves are not foolish on this point of the sheep indus­ try. Mr. W. H. Pittinger, of Hickman Mills, Mo., writes from Washington township as follows: "I visited this township in 1889 and found less than 200 sheep. To-day there is more than 2,000, an, increase of more than 1,000 per cent since tne passage of the McKlnley law." The sheep men show their faith in protection by their works. The sheep industry in the United States is receiv­ ing such an impetus now that within five years there is no question that wool will be lower in price than at any period since 1660, and yet the sheep raisers will become wealthy. From two points in Oregon, The Dalles frnri Arlington, there was shipped in 1891 11,000,000 pounds of wool, which brought 11,760,000, and 549,999 wethers sold for mutton, which brought $1,874,- 997, the net sheep earnings being over 13,000,000 from two shipping points in Oregon. This is a blessing and a bonan­ za to the newly-settled state. One claim made by the democracy is that American farmers cannot raise carpet wools and that to have cheap carpets we must let the coarse wools in, but Capt A. E. Sbepard, president of the Texas Wool Growers' association, testified before the ways and means committee of congress that Texas alone can produce all the third-class wool re­ quired by the United States. Ask a lawyer if he would like all those engaged in other occupations or professions to become lawyers and com­ pete with him, and he will quickly an­ swer no. Ask a merchant whether he would not be glad to see all those who are now manufacturers or importers change their business and become mer­ chants, too, and he will speedily ex­ press his disapprobation of any such scheme. Yet the free traders want to make us a nation of agriculturalists, and they ask a farmer to hail with joy a system that would transform all those who are now his customers competitors.--American Economist MM *3 Ever since EnglantTacloptea iu-eenaaa the expense for the support of her titute population has steadily increased. • Deposits in the savings banks of New York city have greatly increased i&Mk ' eent years, showing that wage-eaataaw are prospering under protection. - The school question cannot longer bs regarded as a political issue in Illinois, ^ for both parties have pronounced for fee unconditional repeal of the much %v, discussed compulsory school law. ^ v-| A St Louis democratic paper recently * 1 | gtwe two columns to a ra= 4 union at New Orleans, and on the HUM rf1 day gave less than a column to fht " G. A. R. reunion at Springfield. • ^ y| Consumers are what the produce** 1 * need. Well paid wage earners ait , j «| the best consumers, and the farmee Is - \ equally interested with the manufao*' •* | turer In the maintaining of the scale of wages and the home market v " Although every dollar buys more to eat and more to wear than ever before^ yet wages are well maintained and the wage-earner is able to buy more coin- I "\i, forts for himself and family than ever ..'; ^ .before. .. _ Ireland enjoys all the blessings ot' ' free trade, but her population is lessen- ̂ '• , j ing year by year, for her sons and t f;| daughters prefer America, where "pro* : tection is stimulating production and where labor is better rewarded than iot the free trade countries. Dunn's review nf trade s&jz that, •'prices of commodities as a whole havgt declined three-quarters of 1 per cent and are now 18 per cent lower than a year ago." It may be added thatwagea are maintained and the McKinley bill still in force. At the opening of the present cert the land of England was in the ham of 160,000 land owners. To-day there are less than 30,000 land owners, and the policy of free trade, adopted near the middle of the century, has had to r\* ^ do with this unfortunate change. Deliberative in its work, patient and k" ^ painstaking in its protracted sessions^ the Illinois republican state convention 7- sought to voice the sentiments of thA people it was called to represent Ap» parently its work is approved by the ; ' loyal press and people of the common* <13 wealth. Now let every republican la -'^ the state work unitedly for success is _ November. - V In 1890 the misrepresentations set afloat regarding the McKinley tariff law frightened thousands of republican voters from the polls <# led them to vote with the democracy. The predictions made of higher prices for everything the people had to buy have not come true, and this year the vote will all be out and a majority of it will be on the side of republicanism. In other days it was a favorite themi for democratic orators to depict % horrors of emancipation, miscegenation and federal supremacy. Their predilh \ , tions were not verified. Two years ago % 1 an alarm was sounded over the McKin» ~, ley bill, and the dire effects of that un> holy measure were held up before th£ • XfJi gaze of terrified audiences. Once more the democrats are shown to be false prophets of evil, but without explanar* tion or apology for the past they, con* tinue to utter wails of despair as to what may be expected to happen It m* publicans are kept in power. f, The democratic party of to-day de­ nies and repudiates the democratic party of thirty and forty years ago. The, republican party of to-day nodlef position or desire to repudiate any por­ tion of its past history. Some years ago or more John M. Palmer • governor of Illinois, and as governor lie recommended the adoption of the Fif» teenth amendment to the constitution, and it was adopted, the democrats with great unanimity opposing it They even declared it was a fraud, revolu­ tionary and void. Now the democrats of Illinois are talking of Palmer far* president The world moves. Taking the bulk of textile good% which go to the masses, it Is within : bounds to say that this country tine' < cheapest retail country in the world, and this, too, in spite of the heavy ink* : port duties. In men's wear a similar1 condition is also noted, there being ndt country where a dollar will go so far in providing clothing as in this country. There is no other country with which, to compare this in the matter of ready* made clothing as pertains to quality af cloth, finish and style of garment and cost to the consumer.--American Wool and Cotton Reporter. A tariff for revenue means free trader England is called a free trade country,:. but it levies duties on certain importe for the sake of revenue. The democratic party has repeatedly pronounced for a tariff for revenue only, which mean* ' as near free trade as the laws of Eng­ land. Its orators and editors argue for it; its party platforms declare for its /• ^ its candidates sometimes insist that they " ,.;|j do not exactly mean free trade, but tin " evidence is that they do, and the chancea are that if they were in power they ;* would adopt the idea contained in the confederate constitution of 1861, which '4 put it beyond the power of the people > ftftl of ever building up an industrial oom> «*' i: munity by declaring: "Nor shall any , ,̂ ' j. M :0 ' ' ' V ̂X? "" . y.:v4 i <?- V i / 4 & a party prise!* duties or taxes on importations frooa foreign nations be laid to promote o* foster any branch of industry." In politics the minds of the people ,~,m t J should be directed more to measured -y i thf^n to men, and men should be aniiv ured more by their relation to measure® . »> ' than by mere personal qualities. When, \ ^ man-worship governs, principles dn»'Ky.V$;j dine and the liberties of the people be* come endangered. The republican was born wholly of ideas and pies, and in its early days it called the ranks only those who had given evto dence of their loyalty to principle, 1% was thus that the republican pasty came a mighty force in the carrying mankind upward and tqward a higher and better dhrittatton. The year 1893 marks an era from which. will date the complete vindication an& justification of the principles oi fee* tection as exemplified in the McKlnley bill, and thus again as in the peal wW this party by fidelity to principle by wisdom in its application prove' worthy of the support all good citizens. •mm .'"*5L