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/ ,ST . -v * ' 1 . ' ' - .kV^Y^- • ' * • ••" ' -• '- «* -w- - "it - - " v f f ** *' V r: " j • " .1 •o;.. if •???•• : 'ieviStin -> " • • . . ; • . ^ - i to Truth'to Liberty and Law> No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 1. i\riIENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1876. Published Every Wednesday by .T. VA>' SLYKB Editor and Publisher. Office in Riverside Block, Over Smith Bros. & Co.'s Store. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, (in Advance,)......., ....... .^f BO If not Paid within Three Months,....... ...2 00 Unbscrivl'-ons received for three or, six months |n the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BKOXVX, M. I». . PITYSICIAX and Surgeon. Office !h T5riek Work over F. 0. Muves Clothing Store Water Street, Sf<*,Henrv 111. 111. JE.A. BEKIIS M. D. IHTSTPTJVN and Surecon. (Office nt residence, two iloors west of' Post Office, MrHcnry O. J. HOWARD, M 1). IIIYBTCTAK and S'.trjrcon. Office at the store of Howard A Son, MeHenry, 111. F. G. MAYES. MERCHANT Tailor, and dealer in Read v Made Clothinjr, Cloths, Oa-ssimnrps, Vpstine &c.. One door north of Colby's Drugstore McIIenrv HI. RICHARD BISNOI', ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT*LAW. Office in rear of Murphv & Bishop's Bank North Side Public Square, Woodstock, III. GEO. A. BUCKLIN? NOTARY PU-BT.IC, Conveyancer and In­surance Apent. Office "at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McIIenrv, 111. E. E. RICHARDS. HASVia complete Abstrnct of Titles to land in Mdlenrv County, Ill;,iois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, 111. D. A. POTTER, RICHMOND, ILL., Notary Public and Con­veyancer, IT. s. Claim, Insurance a Collecting Aiccnt. KU. HECHTLE. HOITSK, Si*m and Carriatra Painter, MrtTen* rv 111. Will do all wore promptly and at reasonable rates. E. M; OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Airent in Lending Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. MRHENKY - ILLINOIS. (JEO. SCHREINER. SALOON and Restaunnt. XuAvly opriosttc the Parker House, McIIenrv III. #®*First-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. J. BOXSLFJTT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, Mc.JIenry, 111. Fi'eshOysters •orved up in any shape desired, or tor sale by the Can. «-GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES.^** JOS. WIEDEMANN. SALOON and Restaurant, Near the Depot Me I Ion ry I1U Boarders by the day or week at reasonable rates. Warm and "cold meals at all hours. *ffi~Good Stablinjr for Horses.j«py MCHENRY LIVERY STABLE. H. E. Wir.ITTMAN, Proprietor. First class ritfs, with or without 'drivers, fnrni.-shed at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. W. W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER o the Celebrated Magic Ilojr. Also Lijdi t .ind Dark Brahma Fowls. Piprs •hipped to all points by express. P. O. Ad­ dress, Woodstock, III., ir ran ted. ROBERT MURFITT, AWATCILMAKERof lfl years experience, has located atr Xinula, and will jrive his atten- fi, t iou to the Repairing of Clocks. ?, Wal-ehes, &c. Shop in Watson Co.'a Drug Store. All Work PETER LEIOKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks anil Jewelrv of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins intheWst possible manner, on siiort notice and at rea­ sonable rates. Also Violins'for Sale, Shop first door North of Riverside Block, Mcllenry 111. MCHENRY HOUSE. Mcllenry, 111. John Kan?es Proprietor. Centrally located and the best of accom­ modations furnished. Charges reasonable. RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro­prietor. Good acciiipmodations for all parties. Satnpleroorns for StileSine'rt.' Livery Stable attached. Public Hall for Lectures, 3hows &<*., The McHenry Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors. THE l>est of Beer Shipped to anv part of the country and warranted as represented.-- Orders solicited and promptly attended to. FRED. RENICII, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, -AND-; WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. For Sale. The nndersitrned offers for Sale, me Brick Store on Water Street, in the village of McITenry, now occupied by Mrs. p. II. Morev, as a Millinerv Store. It is 14x35, the upper Btory being I'inished off as A residence. TKKMS RK.V'SONAIU.K. Ini|iiire of C. II. MOKGY Mcllenry, 111. N"v. 1st 1^75. For Sale. The nndersitrned offers "or Sale his property, si! iMtted opposite the Uiversiile liottse, in "JlcHenrv, on the' mo-i reasonable terms. There is'a good and>uI>«Lantial building, suit­ able for a store or oilier business, the upper part of which islitled up for a residence. Con­ nected with this is four ai res of choice land, a good liarn and some fruit. Persons content- plating purchasing will find it to their inter est to call lUid look this property over. F. A HIISCAKD. McIIvnry I^jW^lGth I8J3. BUSINESS CAliDS. E. BENNETT, M. I>., SURGEON and Accoucher. Diseases of Women a Specialty. Office and Residence on Clay Street, wooilstook, 111. W. II. BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC l'hytician and Surpeon.-Ottico East Side Public Sijuare, Wood­ stock, III; Office hours 11 to 1*2 A. M., and 2 to 4 P.M. Waukegan Cigar Manufactory, E. M. DENNIS, Proprietor. Manufactured and Wholesale Dealer m CIGARS, TOBACCO, --AND-- • Pipes of Every Description. 55 GKXKSEE STREET, WATTKKGAN, ILL. O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer In all kinds ot American and Swiss Watches*-Clocks from the best fa-ctories in the country. Silver, plated ware, Siher Spoons, &c., ' ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estoy Orpfan ! Which we believe to be the best Organ in the market. We think we know that by experi­ ence, and we believe it, for it ia backed up by the Besl Musicians in the World. I also sell other Organ* at less prices than the Kstcy, but can't rcccontmend them to be as good. O. W. OWEN. July 23. MURPHY & BISHOP. BANKERS. Office North Side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, * . . - - > • ILLINOIS. TRANSACTS a General Banking and Ex­change Business. Depos.il s lleeeived.-- Interest allowed on S;w«eial Deposit*. Buy and sell United States Bonds, Gold, Goid l'^xchange, etc. Exchange on all indncipal cities In Europe for sale. • Woodstock, III. I I11: OW13NS Foz River Valley H, 0. LUFF, Proprietor. JVScHenry - - - - SMinois. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. CUSTOM GRINDING Done promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed Thankful for past favors a continuance of {Nlti'onago'is respect fully soliciLeil. »S"The Tliirhest Msrket Price in Cash for good Milling Wheat. H. D. LUFF, Succopsor to Owon Bros. W. H. SASMFORD, Merchant Tiiilor. In t*he store of C. 1L Dickinson, Last side of Public Square, * WOODSTOCK, ILL. ""A good ^tock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al- WHysonhand. Suits made to, order und a lit warranted- Give ino a call. W. IT. SANFORD. Woodstock 111., Sept. 27th, IS75. MOUNT'S* ROOT BITTERS. THIS BITTEHS, for its intrinsic properties, is known as one of thu Best Tenics of the Age. Asa laxative Liver (Meaning, Blood Purify­ ing Medicine, it ha^ not its su pei'ior. It should be taken in <jiiantities from a Tablespoon full to a small wine ulass full three times a day, according to the strength and age of the luva- id or the degree"of sickness. For Sale by the Case or Bottle, -BY-- L. KAPPLEK, Patentee, Woodstock, III. Village. Lot For Sale. Lot 1. Block 1. , AY est Mcllenry, containing one acre of land, which is well fenced and on which "is an Orchard'ot 'gond fruit , is now »> He red for sale on reasonable terms. It isone of the uiostdesirable buil l ing places in the village. For further particulars inquire at the Pl .AIKDEALKltOIIice. Mcllenry, 111., March 1st, 1876. Farm For Sale. THE undorsigned offers for sale his farm in the Town of Greenwood, consisting of '240 acres of Hrst class la in I, under a good state of cultivation, well watered, prairie and good Timber adjoining, good buildings, Fruit in good variety, in fact everything constituting a good farm". Will be divided if desired. Terms very low, Inquire ou the premisesof <;t;o. If. GAKUISON. Greenwood 111. April I»7(i- THE UNKNOWN. In no former campaign were there so many aspirants for 'nomination as now. Let us tee; Conklin, Tilden, Blaine, Morgan, Wheeler, Seymour, Jewell, Pierrepont, Fish, Bayard, Everts, Hancock, Ilartranft, Parker, Thurman. Bristow. Morton, Hendricks, Allen, Washburn and Hayes. Though this list contains a score or more, it might be enlarged without including any but those Whose names have been occasionally mentioned in connection with the Presidency, and all eqpect to haVe their names placed befoae the convention* ' As we survey the field and look at the noble aruiy of candi­ dates, it is no wonder,.though the" con­ ventions are near at hand, that nobody can give a decided prophecy as to the result of the great Centennial race for chief magistracy of the nation. This uncertainty is due not more to the mul­ tiplicity of candidates than to the fact that in no previous contest were so few of the delegated hampered b^v pledges or instructions to support this or that candidate. But three or four State conventions have uttered any tiling ap­ proaching to positive directions to tlieir delegates ou the subject. A ma­ jority of the conventions which have been held have said nothing about can­ didates, and the delegates have been left to decide for themselves after the convention® are organized who..shall be the great unknown. Ina\Vord4 in the history of conventions to nominate candidates for President, there was never displayed such a degree of inde­ pendence as will be noticeable at St Louis and Cincinnati. For these rea­ sons all statements as to the strength of this or that candidate put forth with so much assurance in some quarters, especially in behalf of Blaine. Tilden, Oonkling and Seymour, we think they all stand on a sandy foundation. An intelligent and impartial view o£ parties, candidates auddelegates, tends| rather to prove that wa shall have a repetition this year of what hnsj often happened heretofore in national con­ ventions when the lending aspirants proved just strong eiicngh to defeat each other, and thus prepare the way for the sudden appearance, near the close of a long, hard fought struggle, of some fi esh namp that brokff the dead-lock and swept iu triumph through the assembly. It is worth wli!le! for conspicuous leaders who are clutching desperately for the prize at St. Louis itikl Cincin­ nati to remember that (luring the past thirty-five years, three-fourths of the presidential nominations which were rat ilied at the polls, wereniade under such an impulse as we have described. In 18-!9, the great Whig leaders, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, were thrust aside in the convention to make room for, William Henry Harrison, whose chief recommendation seemed to be that he lived in a log cabin, drank bird cider and keprt u stulle<l coon skin for a watch dog. In 1844, the friends of Cass, Woodbury and 'Buchanan, com­ bined to break down Martin Van Buren with the two-thirds rule, but his sup­ porters were strong enough to prevent tiie nomination of either of them, and the outcome at the end of the long and hotly contestl}'conflict was James K. lk, another great unknown. In 1848, Clay and Webster, the long established champions of the Whig party, \vere successful in keeping each other in check, while Gen. Taylor, who ha never cast a vote in his life, carried oil' the nainiuation, and the two great statesmen above named were counted the under dogs in the fight. In 1852, the same result was effected, Cass, Buchanan, Douglas and Marey, fell an easy prey to the slimest excuse that ever occupied the presidential chair, viz; Frauklin Pierce, whom nof one voter in ten thousand had ever heard of. The enthusiasm which bore tl e name of Abraham Lincoln through tlie Con- \entiou of 18(50, against such advocates as William II. Seward and Salmon P. Chase, is also an illustration of what may again transpire in either of the Conventions of 1S76. It does not necessarily follow from these examples that neither of the leading candidates will not be nominat­ ed. The facts only show that the de­ feat of all of them at St. Louis and Cincinnati, would be iu accordance with the current of political history. grain trade of this year is not only avoiding New York for cheap­ er routes to the seaboard but Chicago also. The aim is to avoid the high charges for elevator service in Chicago. Many Chicago dealers are now, ship­ ping from country stations directly to the East by some of the cut-oil lines thus using Chicago capital to carry gsaiu around Chicago. For the PUIKDKALKK fOX LAKE. The Spring, though rugged and un­ certain, has at last developed Into warm and balmy atmosphere, wafting zephyrs and spindle flies on the bosom of the Lake, Even fresh paint and ma'trasses begin to swarm with insect life, the harbinger of glorious summer and luxurious comforts. More than that; the funny little martin, after a vain search in stove pipes and other tropical location^, has at last hung up his shingle in the plug hat at the gable etid of our residence, a marvel of in­ stinct, considering its perfect i mm uni­ ty from intrusion in that secluded spot The sail boat, from the grub that it "was. on the banks of the water, is now a full winged butterfly plowing in the breeae, and the '"Emerson," till lately Unknown and undiscovered, now dis­ tinguishes this Centennial year of pro­ gress with the foaming splash of pad­ dle wheels and the "whoop laM of athletic crews and roustabouts. The Chicago Club House, till lately benumbed in cold solitude, has now thawed out, gleaming with internal decorations and enlivened with the merriment of tenant voices. All looks lovely, and nary a mist obscures the prospects of the season. s But while the sun sheds dotra upon us ^ flood of gold, and the still waters calmly reflect the clasped hands and very thoughts of the christian people on the banks of theJordon ; whilst ver- (hint nature herself breathes of butter­ cups, and the sweet daisies look up to Heaven for balmy inspiration; whilst all these processes of Centenuial Spring trace themselves like a magic circle around us in playful imagery lulled into further enchantment with an orchestra of a thousand voices, trios, quartettes and duets, by the fluting blue jay and bellowing bull frog, the whizzing crickets and grassy tufts, and the harmonious notes of the caressiug mosquito; each swelling the chorus of praise and investing the smiling lands- scape with a white haze of simple in- nocense, yet in spite of these soothing manifestations, this reflex of Edeu we are not free from the taint of sin. A pall of gloom cast it shadow In our midst the other day, when it was as­ certained that our respected and uni­ versally esteemed friend of "the re­ sort,*'was for the hundredth time or so the victim of another robbeiy. The inviting nature of the premises be­ stowed with a thousand elegancies for the gratification of the ey'e and com­ fort of visitors, together with the cor­ dial nature of tho proprietor, whose genial manners and winning ways en­ title him to the everlasting respect of all w ho come within the charmed circle of his acquaintance and invest them with a sense? of ease and generous free­ dom of deportment, may perhaps be pleaded iu extenuation of the fault. Only half a bar of soap was missed at "the resort" thi6 time, but such has been the frequency of these outrages upofi the person and property of this exemplary man that our community is now fairly aroused to its high sense of duty towards a kind and profitable neighbor, and unites it efforts and sym­ pathies with him with a view of dis levering the author of this last out­ rage. A premium has not yet been oflered for his apprehension but the citizens may rest assured that justice will be swift and sure. A six months penal servitude on 4>the battery" would serve him rignt, though vengeance should not be so unrelenting as to sacri­ fice the poor fellow's life. As „ this is the all absorbing topic here at present, we will refrain for the present from uutcrestiug allusions to other subjects ot minor consequence. "The resort" although now dismantled is about to be fortified once more with that brazen pop-gun, an(4#. line of pickets deploj'ed along the beach. The lleet steamboat "Grace" will also be speedily trans­ formed into a gunboat of the first class in regard to speed, the capacity of her steam whistle, and the high naval and military character of her commander distinguished alike both in peace and war. Let sinners aud the unrighteous tremble for judgtnent is near at hand. T. All who have dull Razors an<l wish them sharpened, take them to Charley, at the Parker Hou«e. All work done by the latest tip of the wing. (t^Tiie number of people suddenly discovering their near relationship to the late A. T. Stewart is certainly as­ tonishing. The last Is G. W. Turney, of New York, whose grandfather was brother to the merchants' grandfather. That ought to be near enough for a half a million or so. It will de a mat­ ter of some moment, however, what Judge Hilton thinks aboi^t it. In the meantime Mr. Turney would be wise to live within his means. Fancy Xote and Letter Paper, with envelopes to match. Very neat styles. At O. W. Owen's. FOB a fine assortment of Dry. Goods, Groceries, &e.. go to F.K. Granger's at the old stand of Howard & Son. <Nttt PHILADELPHIA LETTER. ~ PiHLADKMIiT.l, Pa., June Sd, 187B. The American Collection of Paint­ ings at the Centennial is a disgrace to the Nation... They can best he de­ scribed as a large number of poorly painted pieces of canvas, and a fair col­ lection of frames. The whole collec­ tion consists of poorly executed por­ traits of nobodies, the flat uninterest­ ing landscapes, and the naked women that are to be found in every picture dealer's store in the Country. Some of them are not wanting in finish and ar­ tistic execution, but there is such an utter dearth of ideas and originality rmong them as to make every true Am­ erican lover of art hftnu his head. Our greatest paint ers either are not repre­ sented at all, or have sent works that are utterly unworthy of them. For grand historical events; for some na­ tional trait or characteristic; for some science, art, or invention, the paintings do not shadow forth & single idea, while all the folds of a woman's dress, old pieces of carved furniture, naked women, and vases are represented with a minuteness that is absolutely painful. After spending the greater part of two days among these pictures, 1 was scarce­ ly able to recall four of them distinctly to mind, so utterly wanting are they in subjects that attract only a passing glance, or so poorly anil miserably are they painted. 1 shall return to Ihis subject again from time to time. Ever since the opening day every one has been waiting anxiously for the appearance of a catalogue to the Art Gallery, and now thajyu has appeared, it can only be disignated its a perfect \fraud" and a cheat. It is enough to disgrace a schoolboy. One looks in vain over page after page for some­ thing which will give some idea of what a picture represents, and finally will find it under the artist's name alone, and designated simply as "a portrait." "a study," orua fancy sketch. So great has been the. indignation in regard to this catalogue, that a new on* is now being prepared, and it is sincerely to be hoped, for the credit of the nation, that some one who knows something about pictures, and who has sense enough to keep him from running against a post iu broad daylight, will be put at it. The Austrian Collection of paintings contains many pictures that are admir­ able in every 6ense of the word, but this collection has been closed by the Austrian Commissioner, on account of the acts of vandalism exhibited by the visitors. Two of tho finest pictures in the whole coll rction have had holes punched through them, aud others dinged and disfigured. Watchmen are placed in every room, but they appear to be more for ornament than use--and for either purpose, they are worse than failures. The Commissioner saj s that when he receives some guarantee tiiat he can have the pictures properly pro­ tected in future, he will again open the collection to the public,and not be fore. Loud complaints are heard from all sides where statutes or anything else are not so fenced off* that they cannot is r?itched. Statutes made in clay or plaster of Paris are <cut and scratched and di4figured in an outra­ geous manner simply to euable the ig­ noramuses to determine what the ma­ terial is. Other statutes have been handled until they are so dirty as to detract greatly from their beauty. But as this is a free country, and the Centennial only comes every one huti- hundred years. I suppose It is hardly fair to growl over such lit.t.e trifles. If one wishes to reali ze how beauti­ ful the female form is, aud what won­ ders can be performed with the chisel, he must see the statuary in the Annex to the Memorial Hall. More beautiful forms, or poetic ideas, ihan they ex­ press can scarcely be imagined. Of course nine out of every ten consist al­ most entirely of a nude, or partially nude woman, but they are represented in such varied positions, and each one so entirely different from the others, that one can scarcely tiro of studying them. Had life been breathed into some of these, and Saint Anthony had to deal with them, I fear the Church would have bean treated to something else than a beautiful fable. Each sep­ arate collection of Paintings aud Stat­ uary, I shall describe, in tnrn, from time to time. The Commissioners still refuse to open the Exhibition on the Sabbath; for which they have received a vote of thauks from the members of the Epis­ copal Convention; and had enough curs6s showered upon their heads, by the more ungodly, tosiuk a frigate, if curses had any weight to them. Last Sabbath fully thirty thousand people gathered around the gnounds, the greater part of whom were mechanics and artizans, who can find no opportun­ ity to visit the place during the week. How the opening of a place like this, which cannot but-improve and elevate the lowest and most brutal, can be ft are going ou. source of wrong, none but those who willfully close their eyes to reason, can see.| If the Exhibition is intended to improve orrr mechanics aud mrtizans; to »hnw there the mr.chiscrjr sci preu ducts of other nations f to eiicooragisr them to greater eflorts, ni<*re skill, ami invention in competing against themt then to close the doors against them at the only times that they can comet is simply to have the Exhibition for the more favored elaese*. Those who are too-pions to go on Handay will stay at home whether it is opened or close<lf and those who belle re that the Sab­ bath is intended for the good and re­ laxation of man, will go where not a tithe as much good is to be experienced. Should the Commissioners decide to keep the door closed in future, they should at least be impartial, and not pass in whole troops of their own friends to the exclusion of all otlieas. In the Machinery Hall there are now about 8,000 machines, of all kinds in po­ sition. At the present time the ma­ chinery is run only from 10 to 12, and from 2 to 6, cacli day, but will probably be run longer when thtngsi are in bet­ ter shape. On the front end of this Hall is one of the finest chime of bells in this country, and which are rung several times a day by a man from Washington for that purpose. In one end of the Main Hall is a $15,000 Or­ gan, which is played for several honra a day, and as Gil morels full brasa band also plays several times a day In thfa Hall4 we are not afraid of a "corner" in music. The Centennial forms a little wo?M all within itself now. A prison has been erected on the grounds, and a magistrate appointed, so that tres­ passers can have speedy justice meted out to them. Some days since a whole boat load of alligators was received from Florida to be turned loose in the lake*. These "open countenanced* long tailed "var­ mints" are more likely to be kept M curiosities than pets. In the Government Building, and al­ so in the Main Hall, there is a fine col­ lection of Gatlin Guns, of all sizes, from the small ones that throw but a medi­ um sized bullet to those that are mounted on wheels, aud throw a small sized cannouball. These guns when in rapid operation, throw about fonr hun­ dred bullets a minute. Some tine slgcc, in order to determine to what extent the barrels would heat, in case a rapid fire was kept up for any length 1 of time, one of the gtuis was flred 100,- 000 tiuief When 10,000 cartridges had been flred the barrels got so.hot as to char wood, as soon as it touched them, but after that got no hotter. In the Government Building are al-o 600 mod­ els from the Patent Office, of all kinds, shapes and sizes, and most of them of the most beautiful design and work­ manship, but these are the best that were in the whole office, and are not a fair sanapirbf therff aTa \vluS?r vfReiT this has been said, aud that they take up a great deal of rooui, the most baa been said in their favor. They are closed up so that the internal mechan­ ism cannot be seen, nor the invention understood, end ro ars about as useftat as bumps on a stump. A solicitor of patents, from Washing­ ton, Mr. F. A. Lehfoanu, tells me th*t the only way that the attorneys have of examining as to the patentability of inventions sent to them is to examine the models in the Patent Office, and aa long as these are kept here Examina­ tions cannot be properly made, and hence it is an outrage upon every in­ ventor in the country to keep them. This curious lot is presided over by a great red faced red-whiskered man, who walks as if he expected the eartli to tremble under him, aud looks aa if he was mad because he . was not con­ sulted about the creation of this pretty little earth, on which he consents to dwell simply as a favor to bis Maker. Laying aside this pomposity of man­ ner, he is a genial, educated gentleman and a worthy representative of the Pateut Office. QUAI>. JBgF-Human nature Fs a curious thing at ail times and in all its phases, but the Negroes of Louisiaua, and the ex­ treme generally, seem to be a m«»st an­ omalous set of creatures, if we may judge from the reports from that sec­ tion. They are all the time getting themselves killed by the White Lea­ guers, who never seem tired of gratify­ ing the insane desires of their African brothers to be made corpses. Of course the whites are not to blame, because tha negroes will be eternally getting up their terrible rows iu which ait average of twenty to thirty blacks are killed to one white in*n. Most of­ ten the white man escape*, and those who make up tbte record of killed and wounded have only to count the *nig- gers" who lie about in the woods and bushes like so many blackbirds that have received th# load of a scattering shotgun. We want to feel lik« a Cen­ tennial. but we can't while suoh thing*