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j^/'v!W'1V" - > ' *•*' •' i - ' • ' ? - • » , « * * > - * « - - . . <^1* W^.'s •'-.»*~ • ,. - ; . - • * * > • * . .» ' • " ; #? ?€• ; ' fr# ,.. '• ' - - -'f >*• •?*;.' : ,-n -' • .•*• : f ', -> ' V < i» - > ' ' I. VHW: .? • " . - i i - - . . . > - - . - , " , t - j - , , *£f* Xtv' i. £*?•*. .-.JM,* -ft: i. «•******«&. /V it ̂ <c- i wc$ mm *<& ~ s . ••- * ' * JW- •- •'I? Pledged but to Truth, to Ll iw; No Favors Win uttnd no Fear Shall Awt." VOL. 5. M'HENRY, ILl WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1880. "NO. 43. M#"! Published Every Wednesday by ^J. VAN SLYKE & SON, PUBLISHERS. Office in Old F. O. Block, --OPPOSITE RIVSHSIDE HOUBK.-- TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTIO* 0n6 Year, (In Advance,)-- * ....$1 SO „ I not Paid within Three Mottths ... 2 00 ? jKubsarlplions receivedfdr threeor six'month he same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. H, T. BROWN. M. D. i^^tJHYSICIAN AND SURGEOK. Q«fte «f«* ^ po8t (jfl|cei opposite Perry ft Martin s fetofOnpS ttr*, McHenry, 111. fetor* np C. H. FEGKR3, M, D- • >HVSIClAN AND SURGEON, Johnsbnrg I Ills.--Office hours 8 to 10 A, M. O. D.. J. HOWARD, M I1HY9ICIAN AND SURGEON. 1 mv residence, opposite M. E. McHenry, 111. Office at Church, E- V. ANDERSON. M. D. CI AH and Surgeon. Office MS?.1.***<r S tore, "opposite House, liettEWtry, Illinois. at Parker W. H. BUCK, M. D., nOMEOPATHIC phvsictan and Surtreon-ohlce eatt se le Public Square, Wood. Stock, III. Office nours 11 to 12 A M., and i to 4 P.M. PRATT HOUSE. prietor. Fi Good Barn in connection J A. PRATT, Proprietor. First class ac­commodations, Waucoada, 111. F.J. BARBIAN. CIGAR Mannsacturor, McHenry, 111. Or-des solicited. Shop, North East Cor­ ner Public Square. RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR ATLAW. McHenry, 111. RICHARD COMPTON. JUSTICE of the Peace and Conveyancer.-- Will attend promptly to the collection of ftebta. Volo, Lake County, III. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract ot Titles to land in McHenrv County, Illinois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, 111. BUSINESS CARDS. F. P. BROWN, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Residence over O. W. Owen s store, Mc­ Henry, 111 JESSE A. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY at Law and Solicitor in Chan­cery. Will practice in State and in Fed. eral Courts. Office, 159 LaSalle St., Chicago CHAS. N. DONNELLY. ATTORNEY AT LAW %nd NOTARY public Woodstock, Illinois. Office over Stone's Drug Store. C. H. TRUAX. CARPENTER and Builder, Nttnrta, 111.-- Will put np buildings by theJobor day. and guarantee satisfaction. B. BENNETT, M. D., CJURGEON and Acconcher. Disease* of -- * " pi OJ Clay Street Woodstock, 111. 0 Women and all private diseases of both sexes a Specially. Office and Residence on SIDNEY DISBROW, TkTOTARY PUBLICand Conveyancer. IN den. III. A1 JACOB BOVSLETT. SA1-OON AND RESTAURANT. Opposite Bishop's Mill, McHenrv, III. The choic­ est Wines, Liquors nivl Cigars to l>e found in the o.nnntv. Fresh Ovsters in their season' served up" in any shape desired or for sale by the Can. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. F. J. CROSS, ROBT. WRIGHT. Manufacturer of Custom Made Boots and Shoes None but the best, of materal used and all work warranted. Shop North­ west cor er Public Square, McHenry<IU. B. M. OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Leading Farm Machinery.-- Prices low and Terms favorable. Mcuenry N.S.COLBY. MCHENRY, McHenry Co., 111. Breeder of Spanish Merino Sheep, Berkshire and Poland China Swine. A choice lot of young Buck stock for sile. PLuasecall and examine before buying elsewhere. GEO. SCHKEINER. SALOON an d Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenry, 111. 40"First class Billiard and Pool Table*. •IQHN flENDRIOJiS. BLfVIN'S MIL LS, ILL. Is now prepared to sell and repair- any kind of a SfnVing Machine as cheap as the cheapest. Will also insure your life and property at reasonable rales. Please give me a cal<. PETER LEICKEM. REP AIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repntrs Violins in thebest possible mannfer, on short notice and at rea­ son dWe rates. 'Also Violins for Sale. Shop irst door North of Riverside Block, McHenry G. L. HUBBARD, D E N T I S T . McHenry, III. Full Plates made of-the best material and fully warranted, $8.00. Pilling one-half usual rates. Special attention paid to regulating bad shaped teeth. Teeth extracted without pain> *nrt free of charge where Artiiicial leehar e m- „erted by him. All Work fully warranted. E LECTROPAT HY. Dr. Samuel Sherman, And TJVife will be at their residence IX miles y,West of the D«n>ot, on the Woodstock road.nhree days in each week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, for the purpose of treating all curable diseases. Consultation and Examinations Free. Office hours trom 9 A. M., to 1 l». M. REFERENCES:--John Doran, Richard Bish op, Martin Welsh, Arthur Whiting, Leonard Bonslet, James Sutton, John M. Smith. F, IS. Granger, Geo. Gage, Hen. Gilbert, Horace "Dweliy, IJ.F.l'eck, \Tm. Hiitson, Geo. Gilbert BHvins' Mills or Spring Grove Grist Mill. THOS, DAYMENT, Prepiitor. Having, recently purchased this Mill and it in first-class order, 1 aa* now prepared Custom Grinding On Short Notice and Warrant Satisfaction, Flrniranfl M Constnay oil hand And Sold as Low as any other Mill in the County. With an experience of many years m some of the best Mills in the country"lam confident I can give satisfaction toall who nifty favor me With their patronage. W°Give mea call. THOS. DAYMENT. Blivins' Mills, Oct. 2lst, 1ST!!. „ • ID BUTTER Soldiers' Department. te» (hi quality other 5 to 10< colo r. K. S' Wl In active demand for But. iliilt Ed red standard in '. Much b'ltttir that is la at a reduction of from and, because it has poor ("remedied by the use of COSDCCTKU BT DM. S. F. B£SKKTT. Natfll Butter Color! It giv« like the. less and ; imparts ant atvicily M chemist, afl liiers shoul butter by annatto, fori It wasawai Diploi At the Int< York, by the j Manufactnit Atkinson, Wl For Sate l>v 1 111., and T. D. fbt yellow Color; exactly •utter. It is perfectly harm- I a dull reddish color or • smell. It Is made in a manner, by a skillful lays be relied on. Knr- %he risk of s]Mtiling their [Inferior eclors made by, >th cheapest and liest.-- Highest Merit *1 Dairy Fair in New tfceftof Judges, White A Oo. Fort • W. Hsslev, McHenry. LWilmot, Wis. ' THE PUBLIC LANDS. Reviaed statutea of the United Statra THE MANNER OF PROCEEDING To obtain title to public lands by pur- chant:--bg location with warrant* or agricultural college scrip--by pre- tsmption, homestead, timber culture, mid under the desert land act. ADVANTAGES GIVEN SOLD1EBS ' UNDER THE LA\V». . . I so. 3.1 REVISED STATITTKS OF STATES. TITtlt XXXtl.--THE ri BLIC THK UNITED LAKDA.--CH. FL. ,AKE Rlniwood, III. GENERAL BLACKSMITH --AND -VIA Tlll£-- CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN UAIlAVAY 2,3£0 Miles of Road Hi, i. % Rin^wood, -DEALER IN-- LIGHT AND HEAVY HARNESS Also everything that is kept and sold in a Harness Shop. I can and will sell Harness as cheap a8 any man in the County. All work warranted- Call and see ine betore purchasing. Repairs done at all Ties. Scott & Co., "Hatters to the Great Northwest." M135 anil 137 Maiim St., NEAR CLARK ST. nave a larger stoek and creater variety of styles for you to olio >*e from, than can be found in any other establishment in Chicago or the West. It will pay you to call and see them. Prices the lowest in the laud for good goods. BRANCH STORES S. E, Cor. Clark & Lake sts. & S. E. Cor. Halsted and Harrison sts CHICAGO. M A R C U S ' GERMAN I Manufactured by J\ MARCUS, --DEALER IK-- PIIRE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. a Woodstock, III. 1iph» beat Tonlo m the world. Put up|to FlUt and Quart Bottles. F. MARCUS, Patentee. J. A. SHERWOOD JLTJOTIOIVia ICR and appraiser, A Igonquin, 111. ct VLES of Stoek, Farming Tools and Goods S of all kinds promptly attended to. rarm sales a specialty. Terms reasonable. Post Office address Algonquin III. . W. H. SANFORD, Merchant Tailor. Hn the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of Publlc^quare, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A 200d Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al- wavsonhand. Suits made to order and a lit warranted- Give me a call. W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock 111..Sept. 27th. 1875. WEST FOR Cedar Rapids, Denver, Marshall town, Leadville, Des Moines Salt Lake, Sioux City, San Francisco Yankton, The Black Hills, Omaha, Colorado, Council Bluffs California Columbus, the Territories EAST! FOR Chicago New York, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Monreal, Toronto, New England, < Canadas, Buffalo, and all Points East! SOUTH FOR Cincinnati, Nashville, Louisville, Orleans, St. Loris, Jaejksonvillo Columbus, all Points South, --THE-- 11'North -.Western," fs the most DIRECT ROUTE, offering the traveling public Greater Facilltlesand More Advantages than any road in the West. It is the only line running Pullmaa Hotel ai Sleeping Cars, Between Chicago and Council Bluffs. Pullman Palace sleeping Cars are run on all night trains. This is the great Pullman Line of the Northwest. Palnce Par or Cars run between Chicago and MilwauKce. First-Class Weal's onlv BOcents at the Eat ing Stations on the North.Western. Sure and clofe connections al Chicago with all Railroads, and at all Junction Points with all roads that crota its Lines. All Ticket Agents can sell you Through Tickets and check your Baggage FREE by this Road. For informntion, folders, maps, e\c.. not ob­ tainable at Home Ticlfet Office, address any agent of the Company, or MARVIN HUGHITT W. H. BTIWWETT, GunoralSupt. . Gen'l PassengerAgen J J. E. W1GHTMAN, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished at '-easonable rates. Training of all kinds iloneon short notice. , M. ENCELN. C J-rJIV- SMI TP! Scale Repairing, G/indingand Pol- iJt 11ii>jr Razors and Shears and Table Cutlery a speciali­ ty. Repairing of all kind* clone in Steel <>r Brass.-- All work warrant­ ed. Also dealer in Guns, Revolvers, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Gun and Fishing Material, Pipes, Cigars, Tobacco, Violin Strings, Ac. shop anil store near the Post Office, Ms- Henry, 111. WAGON MAKER. , I am aUwRJes'to do all xvork in my line on short notieffcud in a vrorkmaulike manner. , *yHorse-Shoeing a fpeelality, in which dc- partment I defy codkpetition. I need no recommendation* as nit work will show for itself. r Dragp, Dra^rs, I am now maninflicturitig the ltest Drag for the monev to l>e found !u McHenry county.-- 1 um luatLnig a 48 and 72 tooth Drag, us'ing none but the best of timber, and will war­ rant them in everv particular. Call and see them before purchasing, a*I will not be un­ dersold. Repairing doll* on Short Notice N. BLAKE. Ringwood, March 8th, Ml.\ i •' « Money Made --BY PURCHASIKC Watches, Clocks, Jewelrj, Silverware, Ntitiiil I clet, etc.. etc., «t . Geo. H. Stewart, A u c t i o n e e r . Riohmond, III. Has an experience or 15 years, and wll guarantee satisfaction in all cases, where sales entrusted to my care, are properly ad­ vertised, or no charge will be made. Terms, from $5 to #10, according to amount All orders addressed to Richmond, 111., will receive prompt attention. MONTHLY MADE. Agentswanted © HJU County rights given gratis f*.r the sale of seven well-known Standard Medicines needed in everv family; reputation world­ wide ; established many years; made by a celebrated physician; proofs of evidence given. Anin i ustrious, energetic person can mike •»nugpermanentincome and very liberal terms by addressing with reference, 3M Chestnut Street,Philadelphia. U>ve (JMf GRACE'S CELEBRATED 8ALVE Is A VEGETABLE PREPARATION vented in the 17th centurv by Dr. William re, Surgeon in King James' army. Through its agency he cured thousands'of the most, serious sores and wounds that baffl­ ed the skill of the most eminent physlcisns of Ills day, and was regarded by all who knew him as a o'.iblic benefactor. PRICE 35 CENTS A BOX. 000 BOYS&GIRLS wanted t act as agent >r the best Hov's an 1 Girl's paper published B the West. Beautiful presents to subscrib- srs and agents. Every boy and girl can earn ots of money canvassing during leisure hours. Don't fail to send for it at once. To introduce it we will send to any address on trial three months, for 10 Cents in cash or ostace stamns. Sample of paper and particulars FREE- Address pouxbtld Gem, Cleveland, O* The Singer Ahead- The following is a list of pur­ chasers of the Genuine Singer Sewing Machine within the past eighteen months: Mrs Davis Mrs Walkup Mrs Tolet It Tt Stevenson.1 Quinlan C H Trvon j S Kelley Miss Frame Miss Wandrak I) Zigler K Griswold F K Granger Mrs Torrance Chet Stevens Mrs Gochy Mrs A B Coon Rev Burch Mrs Huffman Mrs Valalstinell Gillis Mrs McDonald M Sullivan Ellen HiirlbutE McKinney J Keepsell J McQuillan C A Graves Mrs Morse H Connors Mrs M Vyce .John Heii'.en K Church J Mellor J Groskinsey (i Bryant Mrs Robinson Mrs Harinond Mrs H Brown I» W Bontell H M Proutv EDThomis IJ F Gibbs I I. Hibbanl Ed StClair MrsWathbumJ Manstleld H F recnian Jennie Booth C Ingersoll Mrs Barnes 3 Haratage C Ho.-child Mrs HonderselS Rending Geo Farrow W Seaton <; Blakesleo Miss Furney II Mayer Maggie Sides Geo Bryant L Peterson H Schneider Jacob Gutil .las Bayard W H San ford A K Bunker G W Conn R Harrison Peter Fry Geo McCowb Sarah Ward Alice CH*T T H Wiggins Rev Beatty (3 Barrows Mrs N Martin Jos Levoy J. Van Slyke E FELT. General Manager for the Singer Manufact­ uring Co. for McHenry Oounty. Jeweler, \V oodstockj 111. Repairing of FINE WATCHES, AND JEW El. RY a speciality. If you have any DlhU- CCLT JOBS that others tell you cannot bo repaireil short of Chicago, take them to BLOSSOM and he will repair them, Engraving neatly done. All Goods sold engraved Free of charge. Remember the name, E. W. BLOSSOM, Woods'ock* The Royal St. John Sewing Machine takes the lead. See it and you will buy no other. War­ ranted for three years. Below you will find the names of a few to whom I have sold this machine: Olive stevens Minnie Page It Thompson W A Skinner Frank C<>ll>urn E B Smith H F .Jones Mrs A L Warner Monroe Lake Pat Connorty Wm Stewart Alice Dates P Kosiiick L Lock wood Ira S locum Miss Ilea ton A Bonner O Joslyn Libbie Duffy S C Weriiham Jos StJohn MrsKiwley Mrs Briggs Mrs C Allen E & S PaddockC G Perkins Etta Beers A M Genett L Thompson E lienni-'on Mrs Harris N Donnelly H Bartlett L Anderson Sarah Shank A Davidson T Goodsell Wm Sperry « LHutchinson Geo Maniung Mary Bacon Sarah smales J. A. Cirr Henry Simpson Dwight Judd The McHenry Brewery. Gottleib Boley; Proprietor. THE best of Beer shipped to any part of the country and warranted as represented.-- Ordcws solicited and promptly attended to HOUSE FOB SALE. The splenrlid new residence In "'this village, known as the Hintou Wheeler place, is offered for sale. The house H one of the best built in the village, Is almost new,has a good barn and out- houses, and is very desirable located.-- Will be sold cheap and on reasonable terms. For further particulars inquire at this oftice. F R E E Dell Sherman, B. A. Park, E. Giass, W. li. Austin, R. C. Jefferson, Ed stevens, J. Shank, F. S la tor, C. Smi;li, I). W. Robinson, J. McManus, L, D. Kelly, J. Mullen, E. Straton, J. II. Parish. K. 1». Frink, J, J. Murphy, 1). Whiting," C. O. Parsons, M. Schnff, ltodie Green, Geo. Stickney, A. Blakslet, M. Halaran, J. Scanlan, G. Gillson, C. Willson, II. Stone, D. Quinlan. Geo. Clark, M. Eckert, W. Reed, L . J. Ga tes, R. G. Sohryver, K. Forrest, Mrs. Quigley, 2 M- 1>. lvelley, J, /.immer, Mrs, Hslbert, Mrs, San ford, l)r, Cook, Miss Friuka, La<)d Austin, F. G. Durfev, J. C. Giffonf, Edna Durkec, Dr.'Walcott, Mr. Hughes, W L . Hurtor, Mrs.O' Brien, II. Taylor, Rtv. o.ikey, N. He lm. F. Abbott, S. Oiiistead, F. Church, Mrs. Baker, J. Galeae. F. Page, Rev Fegers, Mr. KniDusli, Geo. Fry, R, Green, O. Watson, E Burbank, M. Sherman, Jeweler, Wood­ stock, Agent for McHenry county EstaUisbei Over a Quarter ol a Centory. F. C. MAYES --AND DEALER!IX-- Ready-Made Clothing. Cloths, CaRSiniero and Worsteds to sell by the vard. The latest styles of Goods on hand at all times. My stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING Is now oomplete and I Will not be Undersold* Store in Old McHenry, near the Bridge. F. C. MAYES, XcHsnry, IlL.lNov. 12tb, 167*, AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An A«.'t to eucmiiiijie the growth of timber on western prairies." ife it enacted by the Senate and home of epresciUatives of the L nited • tatesoj America, in Long res# assem- bl«d That the act entitled. "An Act to ein&>ur»gt> the growth <rt° timber on wesierh. prairie#," uppraved March third, eighteen hundred :uid seventv- three, be. ^nd the same i.s hereby, amended so' as to read as follows: That anj- pers^u who is the head of a family or who lihs arrived at the age wl' twenty-one yertv^. and is a vitizeM of the United iStaU'Soi who shall have tiled his declaration of intention to be­ come such, as reipilred by the natmali- acalion laws of the United Skates, who fliall plant, proteet and kevp in a healtiiy growing condition for eight years, forty acres of timber, the thereon not being uioru than twelve feet apart eucii way, on any quarter section of any of the pnbiiu lands ot the United Mates, or twenty acres on 11113* legal subdivision of eighty acres, or ien*"afre8 on any legal subdivision «»f f«rly acres, or ©ue-lourth part ot any fractional subdivision of land less tliHii forty acres, shall be entitled to a patent fur the whole of said quarter seetioti, or of Mich legal subdivision of eighty or forty acres, or fractional sub­ division of less than forty acres, as the vase may be, at the expiration of said eight years, 011 making proof of such fact by not less than two credible wit­ nesses: Provided, that not more than one quarter of any section shall be thus granted, and that uo person shall make more than one entry under the provis­ ions of this act, unless fractional pub- divisions of less than forty acres are entered, which, tn the aggregate, shall uot exceed one quarter section. SEC. 2. That the person applying for the benefit of this act shall, upon ap­ plication to the register of the district land otttce in which he «r she. is about »o make such entry, make affidavit be f«re the register, or the receiver, or some olflcttf authorised to administer «(kth| lu tML'ffi.irlct whert the land is jjltuiisiLtMMtt rwiiuimt l»v law- to *»ktry Is madeMk euttf%mtlon of tintber: and upon flling aa.is.1 alUdavlt with said rt-gister and said receiver, and on pay­ ment of ten dollars, he or she shall thereupon be permitted to enter the quantity of land specified; and the party making an entry of a quarter section of laud under the provisions of this act shall be required to break ten acres of land covered thereby the first year, ten acres the second year, and twenty acres the third year after date ,of cniry and to plant ten acres of tim­ ber the second year, ten acres the third year, and twenty acres the fourth year after date of entry. A party making an entry of eighty acres shall break and plant, at the times hereinbefore prescribed, one half the quantity re­ quired of a party who enters a quarter section; and a party entering forty acres shall break and plant, at the times herciubefore prescribed, one quarter of the quantity required of a party who enters a quarter section, or a proportionate quantity for aiiy smaller fractional subdivision: J*ra* vided, however, That no final certifi­ cate shall be given or patuut issued for the laud so entered until the ex­ piration of eight years from the date of such entry ; and if. at the expiration of such time*, or at any time within five years thereafter, the person mak­ ing such entry, or, if he or she be dead, his or her heirs or legal representatives, shall prove by two credible witnesses that he, or she. or they have planted, and for not l*ss than eight years have cultivated and protected,such quantity «nd character of timber as aforesaid, they shall receive a patent for such quarter section, or legal subdivision ol eighty 01 forty acres, as herein pro­ vided, And in case of the death of a person who has complied with the provisions of this act for a period of three years, his heirs or legal repre­ sentatives shall have the option to comply with the provisions of this act and receive, at the vxpiration of eight years.a patent for 1(50 acres, or receive without delay a patent for forty acres, relinquishing all claim to the remainder. SEC. 3. That If at any time after the tiling of said affidavit, and prior to the issuing of the patent for said land the claimant shall abandon the land, or fail to do the breaking and plant­ ing required bv this act. or any part there®f o?shall fail to cultivate, pro­ tect, and keep-iiJ,,goad condition such timber, then, in thaTewent, suoh land shall be subject to entry under the homestead laws, or by some other per­ son under the; provision? of this act: Ptuvded, That the party making claim to said land, either as a home­ stead settler, or under this act, shall give, at the time of filing his applica­ tion, sucli notice to the original claim­ ant as shall be prescribed by tho rules established by the Commissioner of the General I.and Office, and the rights of the parties shall be determined a* ill other contested cases, SECJ4. That each and every person who, under the provisions of this act entitled "An Act to secure homesteads to actual settlers 011 the public domain approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixtv-two, or any amend­ ment thereto, having a homestead on said public domain, who at any time after the third year ot his «>r her resi­ dence thereon, shall, in addltiou to the settlement and improvements now required by law, have had under cul­ tivation, for two years, oue acre of timber, the trees thereon uot being more thau twelve feet ap«rteach way, and In a good thrifty condition, for each and every sixteen acres of said homestead, shall upon due proof of such fact by two credible witnesses, re- rilKSPURKK OrOOVRRMMENT. Government is a necessity because there are bad men and bad women among us. If everybody wovkl do right, or try to do right, a great many of the laws we now have might be safely dispensed with ar»d our prisons would be comparatively empty. Of course in a civilized state we shall huvo certain rate? and regulations to keep the constituents of society in line; but where tlie people are tolerably in­ formed and well inclined these regula­ tions do n«t need to be either numer­ ous or very coin plica tod. Unless popular government is a de­ lusion ; unless the people are entirely unlit for the duties they have under­ taken to discharge; we have a great doal too much legislation--too much tlukering the laws. If as a people we are becoming better educated, and tho education we arc obtaining is of Any practical value, it would seem as if there should be fewer laws made each succeeding year and that the time would vume after a while when there wonld be little for a Legislature to do beyond framing the necessary appro­ priation bills. 1'lie people are either capable of self-government, or thtfy are not. Wc do not nudertake to decide that the question is fully settled. Wc only say that If it is reasonably certain that the system under which we have been do­ ing business the last hundred years is going to play out, we may as well aet accordingly, and be casting Around to see what shall occupy iu place. On the contrary, if the outlook for the success of the experiment is as prom­ ising as it lias been at atiy previous period, we ought to be making sorik« progress in the way of rendering prac­ tical our theory of government. In other words, we ought to begin to re­ alize and act as though peopln wen capable of managing their own aflairs --governing themselves--without leg­ islative help, without the help of com missions superintendents, supervisors, or overseers of any sort. Of course we believe In restraining laws. Man Is a selfish betn?. He wauts all he Is entitled to, and seme times a good deal more. For that reason, it is necessary to hedge him in by legislative enactments, so to speak Walls are built ground every individ­ ual, outside of vdhleh U It. aalawftti the swinish nnture •f rnaii--bociHiiM* lie is inclined s to ag­ gress , to take more than justly belengs to liitn. These enactments which fet- ter us all to a certain extent, are just and right; we could not get along with­ out them: they hold in check the un­ ruly and lawless. It appears to us that it Is the peculiar province of legisla­ tors to repair and perfect these stat­ utory fencee. They should be so com­ plete and well built that no rogue could break through them and escape recapture and punishment. And having done this government should hold up. It doesn't want to uii- undcrtake to help anybody, to supsr- vise any man's business, to detormiue what an individual shall do or how he shall do, so long as he keops within the law. Non-iuterferance is what Ike people have a right to demand from government. The General Govern, tneut should leave the States to man­ age their domestio affairs in their own way, and States should keep within their proper s phere---confine them­ selves to the passage of general stat­ utes. and leave counties and cities and all other local bodies corporate free to discharge their functions according to the best judgment of t)ie individuals composing them. The State - should have nothing to do with private in­ terests ; it should not eveu exercise parental control; for the people are sovereign, not the State, The latter has no authority which is not derived from the people. I WASHINGTON LRTTfiiC. -j WASMWCGTOW, D. C., May loth, 188% Thf results of Republican State Cofcv ventions so far held, at which MSIIM* 600 delegates have been selected, it mar be said that the Congressional friend* of Messrs. Grant and Blaine express themselves satisfied, and those speak for Mr. Sherman appear t» ! » happy in the belief that iteither of the ©then? can be nominated. So tfie thrr*» principle Republican candidates, I# they believe all that tlier friends «k». hare ever reason to be happy. Ol ttwi Democratic probabilities ICSA IS said, as the convention comes considerably later than that of the Repnblieniis,, ami Its action may be influenced greatly 8*y the selection made at Chicago. Grreo~ back candidates 1 hear tily Uen. But­ ler, David Davis,Solon Chase and Geii. Weaver mentioned. Hardly anything is said by anybody as to candidatos for Vict President. A resolution will be introduced in the House to-.tay providing for adjourn­ ment 011 the 27th of May, If th^ lutiois should be adopted,"fffiuTnot sob- sequently modified, hardly any legisln- tiof» beyond passing the necessary ap­ propriation bills would be possible. Ilanlan and Courtney will so** dp £ the Potomac opposite this city,on tho 19th of this month--that in if nothing happens to prevent Courtney's taking *[ part in the race. He is expected hero ^ to-day. Haitian has been on hand foi» a week. There will bo an enormous attendance if the .belief becomes g?n- | eral that both these men will row, and * no more favorable place for the eitat y could be found than that seleoted. The Ways and Means Committee* bill for« slight revision of the tariff _ will be repot t *d-to-day- If • d o trtt-" ' ^ mer»t is reached by the 1st ef J.tne, as -0 now anticipated, the bill cauuot pay** but there Is a possibility of;S»*"h a PIN. \ suit. I give the changes briefly: Tho • ;-s reduction upon plows, harrows, spades, k | shovels, hoes and other articles iiitu • : the manufacture of which ifou or steel V;: enters, is from 35 to per ctnt ad vet* orem, ou wood pulp from 20 t^vl0 per per cent ad votorem, on jute Vttt V o»»o half;on manufactured flax ami *.11 oM^- " er fibres or fibrous material for manufacture of paper, about 80 tor ^ cent; on unsized paper, for newspapers $ a little less than 30 per cent. Whether this bill fas^or *o£ >ry new^aMltM ibe \4^mtfcjr Sti demand of (S^ptes*'the passage ot tho Eaton bill, of some other, providing for a thorough examination, outsiileof Congress, of tho whole subject of tariff reform or revision. M.M. g* However partisan the Inttr Ocean has become on the Presidential ques­ tion, it is level headed on some other things, as the following from itg CQU uinns will show: The months of May and Juno will be made memorable from the greit mim* ber of weddings, Tho piosperity of the country has made many a young man think he could support a wife, The fact is, but few men ever lay by muoh money or accumulate much prop­ erty until they marry. The men who build up great fortunes generally owe as much to their wives as ta them­ selves, It is the littio events, not ex­ plained in the history of iudlyidual lives, that, summed up, make tha ag­ gregate and fix the position of men In the social and business world. Tho influences, nine times in ten, are those of the good wife, whose name is Lever heard ou change. THK DlgTKtCT SCHOOL* I8XKIL£ v' fS. There IK one man in the world to whome I always take off mi hat, and re mane uucoyered until he gits safely by, and that iz the dUtrikt. school­ master, When I meet him I look ou him as a marter. just returned from the stake or on Ills way to be cooked. He leads a more lonsurn and single life thau an old baclelor. He Iz remem­ bered about as long and as aflecshi- uateli as a gide-board iz by a traveliu packpedlur. Iff he undertakes to make his scholars luv him, the chances are he will neglect their luraiu, and iff ho dou't lick'eui now aud the:: pretty often, they will soon lick liitn. Tho dUtrikt schoolmaster ain't got a frleod on the flat side of the globe. Tlie boys suo^vball him durin' recesf, the girls put water iu his hair-dye, and the school cuiumitty makes him work for haf the money a barteuder gits, and beard liiiu round the naborhaod where they give liitn rye colly sweetened with molasses tew drink, aiifl codtfcb bolls three tunes a day for Wit ties. Talk tew uie about the paslWnee of Job; Job had plc-iity uv bile&tll over him; no doubt they were all of oue breed* Every young one iu a distrikt skule i* a bile of a different breed, and each yeuugone needs a different kind of poultiss to get a good head on iiitu. Every man <vho has kept distrikt skule for ten years, aud liaz bearded round the naborhood, ought to be a mager general, and have a peushun fof the rest uv his natural days, aud a host and wagon tew du his gain* ruupl Ufa -- l } i U i n q s y 1 IOTA tramp was put to work cutting the grass in a graveyard at Di«at«r, Alabama. He soon abandoned the job, aud declared that a young woman iu one of the graves had warned hint net to disturb the grass over Iter, What convinced the neighbors of tit* man's truthfulness wat, the favt thai he gave the name of ill* jravs'i wcn» pant, though there was no tembetooo to convey the information, and He wti a stranger in those parts. , , tSF*Referring to the late Cork County Convention, the Chicago lYid* uneB ays: Never in the history of party e*n- ventiotis was there a more barefaced, impudent and soaudalous proceeding. Father Medill errs. There was one held iu Kane County abeut four years age quite its equal in all that consti­ tutes baseness In politioa. But then It was Mr. Medllt's friends who rushed things. Had Singer only possessed Geo. P Lord's ability,he might have fond mother want* to learn some way to tell bow her &on will turn out. That's easily done. If he's w*nt% od to go out and wee J the garden, hell turn ent slowly and reluctantly and tn> two hoyrs dressing. It he's called tu soe a oirtHis procession go by. he'll ton* out quick and probably hurt . bintolf trying to emu* down stain ai.(|t»tkt' Oft a boot at the same time tBTA four year-old girl mad* Iht journey across the o.ixlnent alone. She was a self-reliant littio traveler, and was lurilueri to resent any Intima­ tion that she could uot cure for her­ self. She was. however, taken lit charge by tlie conductor*. In areord-J a nee with a request writlett UII b» 9 got full possession of the convention. ceive his or her patetUtor WW Itoota- [ Chicago lacks lu BOM thi ugs.-<-4Mrora I ticket. Her m oilier died Iti ||oi £aai« ^eacotv and she %ou^Ut tar father, '3m