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Sun .\ UENTLEMAN to us, Wednes- day morning in speaking of the overwhelming sorrow of the Norton family. “I feel for them: 1 haw a boy of my own." What father or nmther in this city has looked upon his own living children thewx days and not thanlmd (‘nxl that theirs were shared? 'Thv stricken ones have nut murmured. hut in the midst of their crushing grief have said “Even RU. Father. for so it seemed FELLOW cr'rngms, don’t say you are opposed to the caucus. So are we and most other people, but it is here and it will nominate this year’s candidates.’ Now, if you want good men, it is your clear and bounden duty to be there and do your full duty. and then try to get something bett r than the caucus ready for next year. But this year‘s duty is clear and on us. and we can’t evade it without a clear Shirk. and that is something real menldo not do. WE SAY NOTHING of citiv politics this week; let us attend to town matters like men, and then next week the NEWS will try to voice the public wishes and plans concerning the city. We have no cut~and~dried Programme, or “slote,” but shall voice the best public sentiment of the city without regard to party politics or religious preference. Advertising rates Ind: known on application It this emu. Published in the Interests of Highland Park. Highwood and Ravinia. every I‘nday afternoon by H. P. _ A E. Evans. THE mucus Saturday evening is u “Citizen's Caucus" and all 'good cit- izens, whu believe in doing: their duty. will be there. The Highland Park News. Terms. $1.00 per year, 55 cents for six months, 50 cents for three months. Office: Alanna, LEWIS B. HIBBARD - - - EDITOR. H. F. EVANS â€" Brsmsss MANAuER. Entercd FRIDAY. MARCH 12. 1897. ad a! the post-office at Highland Park. “1.. as second class matter. McDonald‘s Building, St. johns Highland Park. Illinois‘ " 17911897. ' As we Suggested last week. there are some marked contrasts between the inaugu‘ration of John Adams. a century ago, and that of William McKinley last week. Adams" was inducted into office in Philadelphia, which then boasted of being the finest city in America; she had the best streets. the finest houses, the most wealthy and ambitious citizens and the most cultivated society. Phila- delphia had not suffered from the British as had Boston and New York, which were on the sea-coast. The city of Washington was un- known. save as a dismal marsh: with no more. prospect or promise of be- coming a great city than Boilvin's addition has of rivalling the Park. ln size and population the con- trast is Very marked. Then there were about fifteen states: now there arc-over three times that number. Then the country extended west to western ()hio.over into Tennessee and Kentucky. and that was as far an most people ever thought it would go. The. Spaniel} held F lor- ida and with the French controlled the Mississippi river and all its im- mense valley. The population of the fifteen states, according to the I790 census. was only 3,834,523. less than that of Illinois in l890.and Illinois then was an undrenmerl fiof THERE is a very able. exhaustive and. of wurse. brilliant» article on the “Christian Law of Divorce" in this week’s issue ofwthe Waukegan Gazette. It was written by the chief justice of the police court of this city, and is characterised by his well-known logical acunkin, historic lore. exegetical erudition, and cog- ency of expression. and we commend its perusal to all interested in this vital question. and especially to those misguided zealots who underâ€" took to instruct this Community a few Weeks ago. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. good in thy sight,” and there comes back to them, from the unseen world, the comforting assurances. “What 1 do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hisreafter." ADAMS AND M'KINLEY. Then the country was blessed with about fifty newapapers, all told; pa; pars about the size of the NEWS. The New York “Sun." established in 1833. was of exactly the samc size. and news was scarce. The mails were carried in saddle bags on horse back. one bag being sufficient for the whole mai}. ‘ Large villages of ten received large mails of five or six letters once or twice ¢ wgek. and ‘ now of six-“hours. or V 1855. New York to Philadelphia three more days, and from Philadelphia“ to Washington. after it was established as the national capital. two and one- half days; in all. from Boston to Washington. Adams would have spent eleven and onehalf days on the road. McKinley was one night and part of an afternoon in a palace car, with every comfort of home at. his elbow. Adams and his friends rode about forty miles a day and then stopped at a hotel over night and started in the morning at 4 o'clock. often having to stop and lift the stage out of the mud. To Europe the journéy was one of from ten to eighteen weeks. occasionally a little less. possibility. Today there are fully seventy,,milliona, very nearly twen- ty times as many as then. Then the centre of population was north- east of Philadelphia, and men be- lieved when it moved again it would be towards\ ew York and Boston Now. it. alarmâ€"west of Cincinnati, 11' city which then consisted of a lot of log huts andi a small * population. Chicago and its suburbs were prac; tically undreained of. for Little Fort, Waukegan, and Port Clinton had more promise at the first than Chicago. It was not till fifteen years after Adams inauguration that the Fort Dearlxn‘n massacre took place and Chicago came into notice. Means of locomotion were extreme» ly simple and rude in Adams" day. From Boston to Washington then. the distance was as great as it is now. but the only means of travel were very rude coaches. not any better or more comfortable than a modern prairie schooner. or a pri- vate carriage. a thoroughbrat-e chaise 01' gig, perhaps. From Boston to New York was a journey of Biggda s