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Mrs. Susan Welch and daughter Susie, of Chic _|gJ, are visiting friends; and re latins iu the Vicki- ity of Rosecrans and Gut-nee. 3, Wadsworth Events. The Waddells are entertaining people from the city. George Lennin is recovering (gm :1 very severe illness; ' Mrs. Michael Lux is entertain- ing a niece from Waukegan. - ‘ , The annual . meeting of the creamery stockholders will be held August 17th. Mrs. John Emery 19 entertain- ing her sister, Miss Bertha Gun. that, of Chicago. Our genial newsman, L231. Camegie,’ now handles the Chi- cago Evening Post. I Mrs. Bridget Casey of Chicago, is visiting her parents, .Mr. and Mrs. D. Hogerty. Sr. Mrs. Furlong, of Chicago, vis- ited with Patrick Madden and family on Mondajv of this week. " Fred. Taylor; of Taylor Grove, is improving rapidly, being able to We out. He is at pageant on a 713% to Héflénry éonnty. Mrs. Henry Shepard: agitat- tained Mrs. Hoppér, corieépqndf ing secretary of the W. 0, T3 U., The Rosecrans people had their harvest picnic on Wednesday. The presiding elder, Raw. Man-‘ deville, preached the quarterly conference sermon at the Bose crans‘M. E. church,VSUnday; even- Seven or eight candidate's Were initiated by the! Ben Eur lodge on Sgiurday evening. The lnge his nearly reached the hunélred mark for which they have been aiming. It looks very much as though Talcott would carry the repub- licun primary in this towaship. for the state’s attorneyship. on next Friday. D§Jamisod seems to be in the lead for coroner. Not very very much is said abqut surveyor, ) The limit ball game played be: tween the rival nihe of our village resulted in favor of the B91111“ temp. . It is reported that 'on ac- count of their inability t9 agree, thi outfit so recently jointly pur- chased byrthe two 'teum, will be my}. -What ahmffn‘temity? ‘ ,A number " of farms hare changéd binds in this locality liming ~the phat weigh," E.‘ H. 3003 has sold 'his' firm t9 Chi- ing. The patron: of the créamery, are well pleased with the pictures which they have just received of that- institution. Mr. George Elleson, of Milwaukee, isfithe photographer who did He wbrfi. on Friday and Saturday of ilast week; Tthcwg-Lcttetoflici win: out the bestpriixflngonchou-th Shore. Your prhfingismtobesaflsfactofi' when issuedfromouroflice. A rcprmtativc will call on you you telephone Highla'nd Park 92. WORTH REMEMBERING. 9% i=3 eago parties for a consideration of 845 per acre 11 r. Rood will make his future home in Chicago. James Nelson am John Wood- bouse, living ‘on ‘he Milwaukee road, have both said Atheir fame, as has also Mr. Pope living east of Guinea The net mentioned gentleman will return to Engladd to live. We have not been able to leei'n the prices paid in auyrex'. cept he first. deal. In 1893 a, law was passed by congress to com; 91 railroads to adopt a fegulstic 1 air brake on their cars, and‘to which an autoj matic caupler. A reasonable amount of time was given the companies to comply ‘with the law. The time, etpired January I, 1898, ‘but way extended to August 1,- 1900. The object of this law .whs the wry commenda- his one of saving Tife. The roads entering Chipdgo owned 447,046 freight cars “and 31.970 passenger oars; Tacomgywith the- above law the 00:31de have otpesded about 859,0(XY3300; us it costs abontMSIlO‘ to ”.umish an air brake“.and an automatic coupler. When we comp: re the number killed by railroad by reason of imperfect coupling, and the lack of air brakes, with the _ number ihat annually fall victims to a le- galized 'rnm trafiu. wouldn’t it be well for tile gavel-[meat to exer- cise a little more consistency Why not pass 3 lm that shall re- sult in’ saving gone of the lives that are annually wagted through the rum'traflic? dint then there. is a difierence. T'ie liqubr'trafliq is a great political power and this counts for a grow deal With the average lawmaker. ' One by :(me, mill-ends, steam- sLip lines; laige mannfactories, and other great 15 iaucial institu- tions are drawing the line, closer an‘d rclpser, and me re emphatically refusing t6 em 10y 3m who drink. The sum . thing holds true concerning the_ cigarette .moker. There is getting to be a wide spread feeling amongst men Hopelulfilg'u. It is no hnc‘ommon thing for a belieVer in the paohibition ’of a legalized rum shop to fall out of the ranks, return 10 the old parties, or what is very common, become disgusted and not vote at all, but'there is ce: tainly no occa- sion for the members of the pro- hibitiou party to be pessimistic. If they will 'watc’l carefully the signs of the times they will.see many little under currents, some of which are Incoming quite strongfiand all licking to the o'verthrow'som'e day, not in dis? taut, of the ‘whole msiness. Imam ”Icy. fi-fi‘ifh' to refuse employ’namt to the men 1who intlulgal in W, or at my ntetolook‘upon him as an undesirable peuon to have around a shop. Many large city llms absolutely refuse to employclgu ette smokers. Insmauce comp-nie- more and more restrict the policy holder in the use of lntoxicnuts, and quiteu number of them she’olntely pm- bibit it;- When it comes to be distinctly understood that a man who indulges in intoxicnnts and cigarettes will have his chance for 33w uring a position greatly less- ‘eued, he will come to realize that it don't pay to indulge either in lthe one or the other. I N0¢_ lqng since I gentleman asked for a position in our em~ pioy. He began to show his numerous [others of- recommenda- tian. There were many condi- tions in his favor; but with them was‘the bdor of strong drink, and we seized the first opportunity without necessary rudeness to in- form him that no amount of teati. moninla, no number of favorable qualifications and conditions could poudbly ofiset, for our purposes. the one evil of drinking. The Inn lookeddotnewhat surprised, but when he saw that was exactly what we meant, he tookwhis de- Ipurturehit may be, a ladder, but perhaps also. a wiser nun. Pom Qatar; and Pants. “Solon compared the people to ma sea, and the craters to the winds for that the sea would be quiet if the winds Would not trouble it." It in to be sincerely hoped that the presidential campaign this fall will be a campaign of agitation, but as the Iaiiotglufitgaecdmat sen Ior it moon' no We“, so too, a hurricane It can is an object of dréad. What the country needs is agitation, but not a hurricane: candid discussion not blackguard. ism. It is the most natural thing in the world that any party in power whether republimu. demo- cratic or populist or prohibition. ist. should desire “to be let plane," but if it were_possihle it would be a calamity sooner or later to the country. -The slave pover wanted to be let‘aloue. The democratic party Had become too inert to make any serious opposition: the Whig party was too intent upon securing position to refuse oom- promise even with an institution, naturally their' political enemy. A new party had to come into ex- istence to put down slavery. It ofneoessity had to be a party not entangled by any weights in the torn: of prejudice or premons alli- anves, thud so there are today many people who have heretofore voted with the republican party. hut who now are alnmed over the question of imperialism. Now 1 few have never or at least have not recently voted with the repub- lican, party use not oppooed to the attitude of the president in the matter of the Philippines, but feel that they are justly indignant over the taril question as «fleet. ing Porto Rico, and so we are in a magnificent? position to stand three months more or ice. in In good honest discussion of our ns. tionsl situation and politicnl ten- dencies.” ‘ We need political orator-a; we need debaters; we need the pram, twertheleu we do not want tor- mfloes; we do not want trachea; we do not want orator: who ar’e come-,thntmnor pitty who is responsible for porch: jag direct- ly or indirectly I sing a ballot is a traitor to the country. Mach! I“ Hot \\ Ink-r. One of the leuoni which th fatal hot weather t1 when most {'11vaer is the (gnger in d. ooholic stimulants. 4; my cou- aidenhle number of the deaths reported from nunitrr' e were con mioned by too free :indulgenoe in ardent spiriu. ‘ a little less sensible drink greet quantities of mild d! mks. Only suicidal fools rush to. he herroom. Alcohol cam umbrel eon- geetion, which in not: haunted by high tempentmg- The lico- holic is always e fir mark for heartache. The as be reported in tee asap-person sue flu; dead from their chair when they have not engaged' in) iolent exer- cine or subjected tl‘ bmeelvee to exposure are usually 1; :ined toheve been ceased by liquiir drinking. Then why do lien irinh in hot weether?‘ Thet is 'e queetion which emuel physiciim, who see Incre- reeling drunk :rde in the street during a per 5d of high temperature when a 5m must be in the finest halt; to resist death, than at any pther time, But it is not moi-U difioult to newer than the qnez tion: Why of men drinking in «at millet; Pint, because their phydcinn ought a: ”demanding Inn of mind, as well as: body, well in the finest ;healtfi death, than at any" But it in not mo“; mule! than the qua} do men drink at all? The above clippin't (Him the Chicago Timemflonsd in emi- nently true and nemi‘ It cor- mpondl to the daily nation of every level- hendiki, thinking and chewing man} It in in keeping ‘with the tenc jing 0‘ most physicians, And yet I) a'ee it evl ‘ery day ignored, but but strike. as forcibly in this. 2The Times up: “Only nuicidtg [00b rush 9 to the bumm.‘ Who are sui- cidal fools. and whyim human beings suicidal took} We build uylumi at public any“!!! for lunaticc and “Monti-tea. but we don't legilize instité'fions expel. 1y to magnfncture Initial and un- fonungm. If such’ginuitutionl are found 00' exijfi they are squelched by law. bu”; the. saloon must be penetuatafldelpite the fact am it i. mun-in, mung iuicidd, look by {is hundred thou-ad. . . Pg . Then about! ho jotting. “b In!!! filly-hides” in {the «nu! The first Impulse of; fiery human being when mflerini from the heat is to drink. 8 muble peo- ple drink sparing“ I non-nico- liolic bemngel. Pu ole who am Good‘mm um“! thwmwmfic W4 ‘Thcparfiuvfll banal“! enough to use the Wrinkle com «mo! violating main laws: and secondly. boo-me phynicinna ought to know tint the "hibit of preocrihing intoxicauu in sickness incarnate-use ofoo may be. omiugquicidll fools. _, The Herald's final question. “Why do men drink a Ill?"ie (mainly indium. Sure enough why do they in the day of‘ en- Iightanent? The truth is, they are night by luv and by custom tom the habit of drink. In Kev York City} M time ago the» minutyâ€"uk‘ nur- deren uvflting‘tfii‘lf‘t'ef iii rc- member dint font-Wm of all murders are canted by drink. ing, and invarinbly with the sup- pouition that than. in no dmget in their paticnhr cute and that toul abstinence is silly cud wom- anhh. Andyetliotoneofthv 75,000 who fell into. drank-rd} grave-lat year in this mantry came hm total abstinence links. In 1897, the United States shipped to the fiilippinea not morethnn $663 worth of beer and no whiskey. Last year the Haip- menta of beer «matched to 371,- 635, and those of whiskey to 334,~ 571. Perhaps such as thin ac- counts for why the mimic-tries merit to convert the heathen Canal it neceuuy to give thbir time to the American soldian. The following statements are known to he clone to the hem: A “chased onloon for every 298 people in the Unwiyedfihm Over 824130 arrests in' (fiaiquo last you and the city motor of Chicug'o lays, 75 per cent. of then were due to drink. ‘ The Prohibition Ratification meeting milieu at Lake Binfi, Wedneaday evening, Angnat 8th. The speechof notification ofJndge Barnes of his nomination for gov -' emor wan made by Alouo E. Wil- son, of Chicago, lute Prohibition secretary. The reaponae of J udgq- Barnde was highotoned. dignified, and: eminently magnaninoua to- wand hia' Republican and De’mo- cratic competing, and was a hit pl'eaentation of the ththion Bpaeoha were tho made by H C. Timon, Prohibition candi- date form tun-um. by 001. H. P. Davicbon. oondidnte for Congress in, this, district, and by other eminent speakers. ’. The Ioâ€"elllod “Mall phn”of [Inhibition work in being intro- duced in W, and My three 00W dink-iota In! well mined, with ‘enngelista' in each. ' . The meeting was presided over by Hon. Du Show of Peoria. W. 0. Tamas