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'V ,y. v *. ' r* .,** '• '1 ' * ' ir"' ~A 4 ' 'r ' " , . V It ' ij ,'V ".yv. •#> . *s,-> ..J./* •;<*:• , \y: - > V* ;U - *.b • <• W '* ^ ^ *•r "* "V * • ': «w SWIEWS ' '^m£S2S~2i ill "if yftfi W0 '• v> * ' - ftp.,- ^ * 1 ^ .i . * »x \ v f. /•$« j-'. MWw«ged but to truth, to Liberty and UiWf IV#fliiNlli Win us and n« Four Shall Awe.*' 1 e *e STHENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1879 . 37. Pablishod Every WediMftltj by 8LY|£E Sdltorand Publisher; "£"• i i*' •« + l^ | OIBce in Old P. O. Block* 9# --OrrosiTK RIVERSIDE Horsn.-- ^ ; TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: • . .<0«e Tear, (in Advance,) ..$150 ff not Paid within Three Month* .. .100 #Sb»« riptiona received for three or six months i the same proportion. 3®: - •m • ' •h BUSINESS CARDS, C. H. PEGEK3, M. D. ,0mm t»HTSIClAK AND SURGEON. -Johnsfcorgh Ills.--Office honrs 8 to lou A. M. dully. cBcnry Ills.--Itiverside House, Taeidavs, Thursdays and Saturdays. Office hoiua 2 to * f• *• . J-.,. $: L * . „wr H. T. BROWN, M, D. f,it . |>HY9ICIAN and 8nrge«T>: ! ' Jj0fllec IT OVER the Post Office, opposite Perry • Mirtins Store, up stairs Mcilenry 111. E. A. BEERS M. D. DnrsiclAN and Surgeon. Office At residence, • IT two doors we3t of Post Office, McHenry O. J. HOWARD, M 1>. IJitTStCfAJr and Surgeon. office at tae store pj| of Howard A Sow, McHenry, III* v W. H. BUCK. M. D., TjOMEOPATHIC I'hyticlan ancf Wur&eon.-- fl Ortlce Kast Side Public Square, Wood- Stock, lit. Of&ce hours 11 to 12 A. It., aud 2 F. J. BAKBIAN. IGARMinuf<ic{i*-»r, McHonrr 111, Or- dors solicited. Shop North Bast corner blic Square. » w £. PERKINS. »• WAGON Miker. McHenry, III. General Jobbing promptly attended to. 3hop, West of the Public Square. KICHAltD BISHOP, TTORNET AND COUNSELOR AT LAW L McHenry, 111. Ww RICHARD COMPTON. rUSTlCE of tbe Peace and Conveyancer.-- ' Will attend promptly to the collection of •tits. Volo, Lake County, 111. fc-.. P ' GEO. A. BUCKLIN ?|yOTARY PUULIC, Conveyamer and In- J.™ sit ranee Agent. Ollioe at Bucklin ft , ^l^eren's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, III. E. E. RICHARDS. AS « complete Abstract ot Titles to land ill Mr.lieurv County, Illinois. Office with nty Clerk, Woodstock. III. KOIJT. Wit I trill'. * 'Iftnufitrtiircrof Custom Made Boots and JH. Shoes. None but the Uu^t of material !f«ed and all work warranted. ShopNorthwest ;,:j||>rner Public Square, M<*llenry, Ilt ~~ ~ K M. OWEN. • " fl KVERAL Dealer and Manufacturers T .V^ent in Leading Farm Machinery, riees low und Terms favorable. , AICIIEVRY ILLINOIS. N. S. COLBY. fcUENRY, McHenry Co., III. Breeder of * i- Mi Spanish Merino "Sheep, Berkshire and Poland China Swine. - A choice lot of young' Buck-itock for sale. Please call and examine fee fore huyinsr el-sowhore. GOTTLK1B BOLKi. SALOON and Teu Pin Alley, Lansings Block, near tiie Depot, McHenry, III,-- Choice Brands of Liquors and Cigars always <|n hand, GEO. SCHREINER. A LOON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenry III. _ 49*First>0lass Billiard and Pool Tablea. M ~ J. BON'SLKTT, BALOON and Restaurant. Nearly oppoelte Owen's Mill, McHenry, 111. PreshOysters «erved up in any shape desired, or ior sale by $ne Can. «TGOOD STABLING FOTl HORSES.Jf» 't-m in -- • - • PETER LEICKEM. KFAflW Watches, Clorks and Jewelry of , all kinds. Also Repaira Violins in the nest possible manner, on short notice and at rca- InniMe rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop A^st door North of Riverside Block, McHenry XKT A VTT7H To n»»ke a permanent TT i\i> L Hi Is engagement with a •lergyinan having leisure, or a Bible Reader, to Introduce in McHenry County, the CELE­ BRATED NKW Centennial Edition ot the HOLY BIBLE. For description, notice edi- ierial in !&it week's Issue of this paper. A'J- tress at once P. L. HORTON & CO., Publish. . «rs and Bookbiadera>00 E. Market Indian- ; tpolU.Ind. ^ ; - ft I X 'ik Twenty-five cents wUi now a fifty-cent bottle of Fist's Care for Thus the best cougb medicine »the chepest §old by all Drug- fihts. <rf 000 BOYS & GIRLS wanted t 1 act as agent >r the best Boy's and Girl's paper published i the West. Beautiful presents to subscrib- rs and agents. Every boy and girl can earn kts of raonev canvassing during leisure *urs. Don't fsll to send for it at once. To itrmhjce it we will send to any address on Ifial three months, for 10 Cents in cash or e[« stamps. Sample of paper and ulars FREE- Address fcolu 8am, Cleveland, O* KB EE §100 iale of s( I MONTHLY M ADE. Agents wanted County rights given gratis for the ' seren well-known Standard Medicines Seeded in every family; reputation world­ wide; established many years; made by a «alebrated physician;' proofs of evidence given. Anin iustriom, energetic person can Jh-ike snugpermanentinftome and very liberal ferns bv addressing with reference, tSS Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. C r.( • » ' lis not easily earned tn these ftimes, but it can be made in three ' months by any one of either sex, in any part of theeonntry who is willing to work atettdiiy at the employment that we furnish.-- per week in vonr own town. You need ' tot be awavfroih home over night. You can { ive your whole time to the work, or only war spare moments. We have agents who i re making over *20 per day. All who engage ; a t once can make money f)^t. At the present v* imemoney cannot be* made so easily and rap. i Ir at an? <*her business. It costs nothinf v 0-try business. Tenm and J? Ontatfree address at, once. H. BAtilTf •Wi iWriasa & Caine. BUSINESS CAKD8. CHAS. H. DONNELLY. A TTORNEY AT LAW *nd Notary Publle A Woodstock, Illinois. Office over Stone's I>r*g C. H. TRUAX. niBPENTIR and Bnilder, STnnda, ILL-- V Will put up buildings by tha Jobaf 4ay and guarantee satisfaction. ( E- V. ANDERSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and Surgoon. Office at Gil bert's Drag Store, opposite the Parker House, McHenry, IllinoU. BENNETT, M. D., and Accoucher. Diseases of Offlce and Residence on Clay Street Woodstock, 111. OURGEON O Women a Specialty. r DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. ^ 1 DENTIST, Algonquin, III. All work war-ran red, Teeth extracted In a carefel and skillful manner. / DR. C. W. COX, DENTIST. Office Over Smith, Aid rich a Hay thorn's Store. Richmond. III. SIDNEY DISBROW. PI den, HI. JJ^O^AttY PUBLIC and Conveyanaer. Al- DK. r. J. CROSS. T^ENTIST, Riverside Blork, McHenry, IU. Lf Having opened an office in this village, I am prepared to do all work in the line of my profession on short notice und iu a workman l«k« manner. All work warranted. iLECTRpPATHY. >• -«0r. Samuel Shermaii, Wife will be at their resided* fSf miles West of the Depot, on the Woodstock road, three days in each week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satnrdavs, for the purpose of treating all curable diseases. Consultation and Examinations Free. Office honrs from 9 A. M., to I p. M. REFERENCES:--John Do ran, Richard Bish­ op, Martin Welsh, Arthur Whiting, Leonard Bonslet, James Sutton, John M. Smith. F, K. Granger, Geo. Gage, Ben. Gilbert, Horace ©welly, B.F.Peck, VVm. Hutson, Geo. Gilbert. J. A. SHERWOOD AU€TIO?iE EH , ASn APPRAISER* Algonquin, III. QA14CS of Stock, Fanning Tools and O of all kinds promptly attended to. sales a specialty. .. Office address Algonquin 111. and Goods Farm Terms reasonable. Post We. Ms 8ANFORD4V.:' ereliant Tailor. In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of PaMic Square, WOODSTOCK, ILIm ̂ A good Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings "II- ways on hand. Suits made to order ana a flt warranted. Give ine a call. W. IT. SANFORD. Woodstoek 111.,Sept. tffth. 1S76. H.E. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. Irirst class rtirs, with or without drivers, fnrnlshed st reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. #Cteo. H, Stewart,py : Auctioneer. Richmond, III. Has an experience or 13 years, and will guarantee satisfaction in all eases, where sales entrusted to toy care, are properly ad­ vertised. or no charge will be made. Terms, from f5 to #10, according to aaonnt of sale. All orders addressed to Richmond, 111., will receive prompt attentibn. M. ENCKL.N. G U N - S M I T H ! Scale Repairing, Grinding and Pol­ ishing Razors and Shears and Table Cutlery a speciali­ ty. Repairing of all kinds done in Steel or Brass.-- All work warrant­ ed. Also dealer In Guns, Revolver*, Table and Pocket Ontlery, Gee and Fishinsr Material, Pipes, Cigars,* Tobacco, Violin Strings, Ac. Shop and store neat the Post Ollee, Me. Henry, III. Scott & Ccfei ' . " ' • ^ i WHOLESALE AUD RETAIL? HATTERS! i ¥. tor Fifft Arc t Ujai BRANCH STORES 8. E, Cor. Clark & Lake St*., 4 S . E . C o r . H a l s t s d a n d , - ̂ Harrison 8ta* -r |if4v Jh-n W:~ CHICAGO.t fmi •&*4i PIMPLES. I will mail (Free) the receipt for a simple Vegetable Bulm that will remove Tan, Freckles, Pimples and blotches, leaving the skin soft, clear and beautiful; also instrnc. tions for producing a luxnriant growth of hair on * bald head or smooth ffnee. Address, iieloting 3 ct. stunp, Ben Vwdflf & Cor Ann St., New York GRACE'S CELEBRATED SAL tit Is A VEGETABLE PKEPAEATION Invented in the 17th centnrv by Dr. William Grace, .Surgeon in King James army. Throngh Its agency he cured thousands of the most serious sores and wounds that bulli­ ed the skill of the most eminent physicians of hie day, and was regarded by all who k»ew aim as a pnblic benefactor. ^ ̂ % ' ' PRICE SS CENTS A B6& WiK.M«tl roWRR Otie-taan power and centralisation are terms expressive of a kind of gov­ ernment for which no elan of Ameri­ cans have any fondness and In particu­ lar that class politically called Demo­ crat*. Dnrtnjf the administration of President Grant these expressions were the burden of the Democratic la­ ment against the Republican party, and every platform enunciated was largely interspersed with them. It was laid down in the Democratic con­ ventions of the time that that party was the ancient and bitter foe of every species of despotlo and centralised power. It believed in as thorough a republican form of government aa olr- j cumstanccB would admit of, and de- | nounced one-man rule as destructive of all progress and freedom and oppoe ed to the spirit of American Inatltn- tlons. Who wielded this power or In what shape it was wielded, mattered not. It might be the President of the United States, a gigantic corporation, the leader of'a political party, a cau cus devoted exclusively to one manor interest, some great monopoly or some powerful ring; it made no difference which. The opposition of the Demo­ cratic party was the same. It had a deep sealed abhorrence to concentrated au­ thority of every description. It was a principle that was Implanted in the very being of the party. Tlios. Jeffer­ son had inoculated Democracy with It when the organisation first sprang tn toexl<uem:e, and it had grown with the growth aud strengthened with the strength of the party until now It had become constitutional. Repugnance and unrelenting enmity to centraliza­ tion was therefore part and parcel of the being of the Democratic party. Its record in this respect had been logical and consistent. True. Andrew Jackson now canonized a* a Democratic Saint of the first order, was the greatest des­ pot this country ever had, but then he was an exceptional man. The party was nevertheless the party ot freedom aud the foe of centralized authority. Such were the principles and Ideas which animated the Democracy but a few years ago, and which are supposed by mail? to animate It yet. Yet not- w!tli*taiu!lng thio, the Democratic parry of to-day Is guilty of meaner servility and grosser Inconsistency than It could have been charged with when meekly submitting to the Im­ perious will of Old Hickory. Samuel J. Tilden rules that party to-duy with a rod of Iron, and hardly any In the ranks but helpless, harmless Tammany dare raise Its voice IS dissent. The rule is the more revolting to decent, respectable men on account of the character of the autocrat who exerts It. In the case of Jackson there were circumstances which went far to ex­ tenuate the submlssiveuesi and In­ consistency of the party; but tn the prefent case no circumstances of the kind exist. Jackson was both a pure patriot and Sn able statesman. In council and In battle he had shown himself capable and worthy of the guidance of a party or it nation. He was neither a time-server nor a cun­ ning intriguer. He was * man tn whom even his bitterest enemiei re­ posed implicit confidence. Above all he was a man against whose personal character, when the snioke of political warfare was dissipated, not an evil word could be truthfully uttered. But how different the present instance!-- Mr. Tilden is opeueiy charged with bribery, fraud, corruption, intrigue and every vice and meanness tiiat one would expect of a low pot-house politi­ cian. And these are not mere cam­ paign allegations and slanders. They are supported by abundant testimony^ Each charge is proven by evidence so convincing aud daniuing, that were Mr. Tilden on trial for murder and the evidence so adduced against him as postive and direct as it is in support of these charges, no jury would leave Its box to find a verdict but would pro­ nounce it from it* seat, Guilty. Yet to the rule of this man. modern Democ­ racy bows the knee in all meekness and humility. If he says unto it Go, it goeth; and If Cotne, it cometh. He elects au avowed partisan to the Speak­ ership of the House of Representa­ tives. He removes officials In the me­ tropolis who do not do his bidding.-- He wages vigorous war on Tammany which is bitterly 6ppo*ed to him and tils unscrupulous ambition. He fills places with devoted adherents and ser­ viceable tools. In short his dominion over the Democratic party 4s virtually absolute. Aud tiiis is the party that only three years ago charged the Republican par­ ty, with Grantisin, one man power, and centralization! This is the party that proclaimed itself the party of liberty and the persistent foe of despotic pow< er! How are the mighty fallen! "But yesterday the word of Cssear might have stood against the world; now iies him honnd was ever more contemptibly snbmlssive, more obsequiously meek to his master than the Demoeratic party appears to-day beneath the lash of Tihfedl The Coolie system of slavery would seem to have been Imported from heathendom and applied In «all its vigor to the "fierce rfemncrsete" of America. Ttmrman, Hendricks and Bayard may do their utmost to win the regard of their party and secure the Democratic nomination for the Presidency in 1880, bnt their labor will be In vain. That nomination will be glveu Samuel J. Tilden. and It will be given him simply because he desires It. No sane and intelligent man donbta that such will be the result of the next Democratic national conven­ tion. Mephistopheles did not have Faust more completely within his pow­ er than has Tilden the Democratic party. However, this will be, all. Be­ tween obtaining the nominattou for the Presidency and the Presidency It self there Is an Impassable gulf for Mr. Tilden. He will again appeal to the people for their suffrages and In re­ sponse will receive a defeat more crushing than ever before was admin­ istered to mortal man in this, country. Politically speaking he will be utterly annihilated aud will go down "To the vile dust from whence ho sprung Unwept, nnhonored and unsung.'* s _ ^ V^| Negroes Going Wast. g»|g For some time past reports have come Northwards of a vast exodus of negroes from the South, towards the fertile fields of Kansas, and the south­ west; of course, no such great Immi­ gration, of such Ignorant aud poverty stricken masses, could take place with­ out much privation and Buffering on their part, and yet no honest person who has lived at the South, and seen how the negroes even in this their day of freedom, are and have been treated, would fall to give to the movement, a heartfelt, "God's speed !* All through the South, aud elpecially In the Gulf States, the negroes, since the war. have worked for almost nothing. An old calico dress, wori| out. and In tatters, would, for lustance pay for a day's washing for a large family. Directly after the war, for two or three years^ hardly a single negro received the wages for whteh he contracted, no mat­ ter whether he was to be paid In part of the crop or In money. The writer of this article knows whereof he af­ firms, for he was where he conld see and know how the negro laborers were treated for the few years succeeding the war. They were invalrlably cheated and defrauded. For them to appeal to the court* would have been a two fold folly. And so the trouble | has gone on; the negroes have just re­ ceived enough far the'.r labor, to ena­ ble them to escape starvation; and yet all the labor by which the Southern crops have been raised, has been per­ formed by tlieirefforts. And now the time has come wlies this down tro<3» den, oppressed, and apparently God-for- saken people have said to themselves, "Arise, let us go and seek another coun­ try." May God go with tiiem. From our Inmost souls, we trust that. In some way the last negro may leave the south, aud the southern people be msde to know the extent to whleh all they have has been due to the poor de­ spised negro. We prophesy, that should the negroes leave the South, In one year the whole southern popula­ tion would be on the verge of starva- tlofi.^ The only labor producing portion of the population would have been withdrawn, and only the lasy, useless, no account portion of the pop- left. There would doubtless be plenty of merchants, doctors, clergymen and lawyers; but of men to plow, sow, pl^nt and harvest, not one would be left. And then what would become of our southern Brethren! They would starve | until tlie people of the North furnished them as they would do, with food, but for many a long year wonld the southern people lament the depar­ ture of the 'Mussed.nigge 1."--Sycamore ficjubliean. BSTAn Irish jury has had th* an daoity to assess a woman /or dam­ ages done to a man's heart. Mr. Egan, a linen draper's assistant, of Rosera, was jilted by a winsome young lady of thirtv-five; and after Hearing the sad story of a lover's woes froin his own lips .the generous jury awarded him •1,290 as damages so that the eon* solation afforded him Is of a very solid kind. The ladv coolly admitted a promise to marry the plantlfi, but pleaded that she was not much in love and that she "declined to be dictated to" during the courtship. he there and uoue so poor tp do ( reverence.* No slave, BO whipped member Gash will buy cheap. Mrs. 8. Searles, ha« ateo just received a large assortment of beautiful new Spring Cloaks, Circulars, and Outside Wraps. Also the material for making up. And I here extend a cordial invitation to all, to call and price the goods snd see for thew»elve|| TKACtlEttS' ASSOCIATION. ProevuMng* 0/ the McHenry County feocAwj' A$*ociationt held at Mmdl March 29t 187!>. ' Meeting called to order at 10 A. The President being necessarily absent Mr. L. A. Skinner was elected Presi­ dent pro tem. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. * Miss Blakeslee and Me&srf. 1. H. Richardson and A. Gardner appointed •a programme committee. Miss Cumins appointed as Critic. The regular programme wst then enacted as far as possible. Pronouncing* exercise, A. Gardner. WAsmroHftxt CTmKK»roNTifeNc*. WasniKciimr. p. a March aist, l«7j| t March canse In like *c and Is going out lion like In this. neighbor­ hood. Altogether the month has been «Qld and tack ward. This is fortunate, however, fee It is noted that a prema­ ture Spring Invites too early fegeatlon and danger from late frosts and chill*. As it Is. the agrlceltnraf peoplte prom­ ise good crope, especially in fruit.-- The peaeh blossoms have been kept baek to a becoming season and will not be exposed. Already large calcula­ tions are built upon this fact, and if wo have not had an enjoyable Spring we felicitating % are felicitating otttselve* npon tbe who gave the Teachers good discipline prospect of plenty of fruit the coming the proniuiciacton fit a list of practical words. Some tilscstaeioit followed upon tbe preference cf Webster's and Woosters Dictionary. But there seemed to be a diflerenee of opinion on the subject and bad to dually conclude, that there was a certain class of morels that had no pure staudard authority for pronun­ ciation. Exercise In reading. Miss Mansfield. The association was formed Into a class to read rather a dramatic selec­ tion--"On the shores of Tennessee." Some of the members In reudering their parts showed considerable elocu­ tionary ability, aud a discussion fol­ lowed the exercise iu which the mem­ bers brought oat their methods of teaching the branch. Adjourned to one o'clock. Botany, C, A. Gardner. lie would always teach Botany In the spring or summer, would have each member of the class bring In specimens to the class and write the analysis of them upon the board. Would liave them prepare a neat hebarium. Mr. McDonald, the general ngent for school fixtures and apparatus, then ad­ dressed the association upon the effi­ ciency of the common school system.-- Some of these remarks had a practical bearing, while much of thsm were quite foreign to this locality. Report of programme committee ac­ cepted, and with some additions was adopted as follows; Place of meeting at Wood«t<M#, Time or' meeting 10 A. M. Roll Call--Members to respond with some scientitio fact. Arithmetic, Square and Cube root.-- A. W.Young, Natural history, John Ubert^flu , m INTERMISSION. Music, Physical Geography--8, IX Baldwin. KxtM-eise In Drawing--Miss Granger. Spelling--Miss Sonderlcker. Query Box--Critics report. Then followed a very interestingex­ ercise upon how to teach primary schol­ ars arithmetic, by Prof, Wilkie, lie would teacli scholars to count, add and- subtract purely by tbe objective meth­ od, W, W, Parsons then took charge of the Query Box which proved to be of considerable Interest, Adjourned. S. P. BALUWIK, Praskteat. K. J. WBIOHT, Secretary. Mi'..1. "",11.1 HIJET THE MOD DRY FIRST,"--Here Is a capital lesson that may well be Im­ pressed upon the memory of both young and old: Mr, Spurgeon, In walk* lug a little way out of London to preaolt. chance'd to get his pantaloons quite muddy. A good deacon met hiui at the door and desired to get It brush and take oft some of the mud; "Oh 110." said Mr. S., "don't you see it Is, wet, aud if you try to brush it now, yon will rub the stain into the cloth t Let it dry, wiion it will come oft easy enough and leave no mark," So, when men speak evil of us falsely--throw mud at us--don't be iu a hurry: about brushing It off. Too gfeat eagerness to rub it off, Is apt to rub it In. Let it dry: by and by. if need be, a little ef­ fort will remove It Don't foster scaudal about yourself or others, or trouble iu a society, or in a church, by haste to do something. Let it alone; let it dry; it will be more easily eradi­ cated than you think in the first l*eat of excitement. Time has a wonderful power In such matters, Very many things in this world will be easily got oyer by Judiciously "letting them dry" --American Agriculturist. s Ex-Senator MePouald of Arkansas represents his State in a poor con­ dition. "I took a fortune there,*' he says,"aud have lost most of it, I bought plantations which were thought to be dirt cheap at #30,000, and have offered them since at #10,000 apiece and had no takers. They can't sell their land till people with means are willing to accept the society, and that I don't believe the Northern people will ever do in any numbers until there is more general iutellU genoe" • .."X? WHEN tn Woodstock do nat iall- to call at the City Bakery for Warm or Cold Meals, They have one of tha Ittateet Restaurants tn town. Summer. Washington Is forlorn In­ deed iu the bat inoncits, with no Con- gww, no lobby, rod uo society to speak of, when it caaaot have plenty of good fruit and vegetables. This Summer it promises happiness, even should w.e be forced to get along with a short session of Congress. - The colored emigration movement Is assenting more and mm*, Importance dally, especially on the Mississippi River, as we learn by letters received by mea la correspondence with tha colored people. Saaator Windom Is overwhelmed with letters and person­ al interviews on the subject, the friends of this movement leaking up on htm as their Moses. Ma*jr af them regard it as of great political significance, and as likely to advance Senator Windom to the "first office In the Republic;* since as a prominent colored man re- | marked to me the other day." General | Grant has gone baek on us by endorsing Hayc's policy.** But be that as it may i| the aflalr has some influence In' poll- ij tics and In social life in the South, and also tn the West where most of the emi- ;v graters will settle. Sonte Southern 1 Democrats have taken an interest tn the movement as one calculated to set- 1 tie the race difficulties in the shortest j and most satisfactory manner, || Congress is going ahead s^pwly and § wearily. Two weeks have been wasted 1 In talk and caucus work. Not one -i measure has been passed, and It looks as though7tho House would spend the >1 most of this week at lesst in committee % of the whole on the Army bill.--- || Speaker Randall has not yet reported f his committees, bnt probably will in a p few days. It Is not according to bis if own Idea to do so, because he does not | tl»ink it proper to enter npon general | legislation and would like to adjourn | after passing the appropriation bill*.-- It is even suspecte<Lthat he would It|a | to avoid much of tlje. present polltiMl Jf discussions as dangerous to Democratic t J eupreinaoy in the fatase. The major!- ^ if of his party, however, appear to be g for general legislation, If they can ever j get at It, and In this they have the sop- port of the small squad of Greenback- || ers and a few Republicans, who are bent upon changing tbe financial polt- oy of the Government, If possible, or | at any rate to lay the faandatian of a { change at no distant day. Work Is going oa vigorously to Strengthen the foundation of tha Washington monument, which has been an eye sore In Its erode condition for so long. The work Is elaborate and interesting. It consists in excavating by sections to a consid­ erable depth under the foundation and to a distance beyond it on either side and filling in with concrete and stone, so ss to prevent all danger of settling or leaning. The necessity of this shows the imbecility of the first engi­ neering and the recklessness with which money was wasted npon this worthy object. There are many who think that exoert In the foundation, tha monument should be fiotshed according to the original design, since the money was lsrgely contributed for Its con­ struction upon the representation first made, and otherwise many of the orig­ inal contributors will be disappointed to find that their money was paid ont for a pioture that did not bear any re­ semblance to the original. However, I suppose tbe plan is now to change the whole appearance of the structure and we are ready to say, anything to oiiange the unsightly pile now a taring us in the face. ^ It Is also decided to begin work on the burnt part of the Patent Offica building, which has been allowed to lay in a very espo*ed condition near­ ly two* year*. Many are disposed to scold Sec'y. Sohuni for not urging tha work before, as delay has injured the struoture very seriously. The Secre­ tary's passion for an economical. and reform reputation has been rather es« pensive to the Government according to the aeoonnts of those who ought to know. M, Sf*W .ft i 1 n With Increasing oold weather 90*6# ^ those dreadful Coughs and Colds, ? which are so easily and effectually cured with Dr, Marshall's Lni*g Syrup. It is always warranted to glvesatisfsc* tlon. Price only 35 cents. Sold by