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TIONAL OojrDt'CTKD >r s. D. Biioww. School at Rlfgefleld has been bu«- (•rnded on account or small pot hi tile neighborhood. No »rrnngem«nu have been made, M fit, for another meeting of the Mc- Henry Connty Teachers' Association. We are tn hopes to give something definite next week. According to Walker, tin taker, Cincinnati is the center 01 pop­ ulation of the United States at the present time. ' According to the Mlducational Week- tlie •* Woodstock public school gave an entertainment February 11, for the benefit of the school 11 brary." People In this vicinity think the entertain­ ment is still in the future, and are hop- lag and expecting to attend. John 9wett tell? Ju the Educational Weekly how to reform the schools. What lie says (and he says it well) is III support of the following proposi­ tions: 1, Don't go to the Legislature with • Nil. •; H Begin by reforming the school In jrour own district. No school can be ua*le to rise very high above the av- , erage culture of the community which ; iivlrons It. 3. See that your neighbors elect tlie fcest men in the district for trustees. . 4. Try to keep a good teacher when • jou get one. 6. Oder a fair salary, and the chances Ve that you will get and Keep a com­ petent teacher. 6. Don't expect to reform schools by Abolishing text-books. 7. Don't imagine that you, or the ; Fischers.or the legislature, or reform­ ers. caa overrule the laws of heredita- tf descent, and make all children good •eholars, or industrloat. frugal^ law- --Abiding elttaens. We give this week ten queries, each to be answered by the name of some V #ellknown author: ^ -,1. What a rough man said to his sen frhen lie wished him to eat properly, f 3. Is a lion's house dug In the side of t ft hill where there is no water? ^ , J3. Pilgrims and flatterers have knelt '•< w to kiss him. 4. Makes and mends for first class Customers. h ; 6. Represents the dwellings of civil- } ^tfced men. i' ! 6. Is a kind of linen. v„ *" 7. Is worn on the head. " A. A name that moans sacii fiery things, I can't describe their pains and [ Concluded from Firet Page.] traneMion? Do we still breathe Its atmosphere? Must th« National Gov­ ernment ngai'n he warned from tread­ ing upon the sacred precincts of a state, and forbidden to suggest even that the States shall elect members of Coigress by Uistricis and that those districts shall be contiguous? I can­ not explain this opposition upon any hypothesis, except an unwillingness to concede any right or power in Con­ gress to legislate upon the subject of the election of members of Congress. 1 commend gentlemen to the words I have read of the State-rights states­ men of the country upon this subject. If we lytve the right, as those states­ men concede we have, to legislate upon the subject, why not accept this amendment? Can it be that there are tny States which desire the oppor­ tunity to return to the general ticket system, to crush out some troublesome minority? Is it because of a de^re to uiake'dhtricts of territory not con­ tiguous? It :«eems to me tys be the duty of Congress to retain coht«ol of this matter, in the interests of\falr elections. I am not ready to wipe 04H this faint vestige of national control over theui. I think the bill of the minority should commend itself to every gen­ tleman in this House who desires a true, jiut, aud equitable apportion­ ment. BARGAINS --FOR THE PEOPLE-- - ¥* »** 9. Belongs to a monastery, p , 10. Not one of the four parts of the •Jour points of the compass, bat IncliB- «• -fog toward one of them. How many of our readers can give *<.' correct answers? Try it. More next "Ireek. SflV -- - ? Illinois expended $7,631,941.79 on her ^ Schools last year. X --••• •!. || I In 1879 France spent #12,000,000 on * * fcer public schools, or about 92.70 for HveryJ pupil; Germany 28,000,000. or •early 95 for every pupil; -Switzerland #1,741,635, or a little over 94 for every pupil; Demark 93,000,000, or a little < - #ver 94 for every pupil, Belgium 95.- , #00,000, or nearly 96 for every pupil; r#Sie Netherlands, 93,063,617. or 97 for < ^ ^ every pupil; Spain 95,000,000. or #8 for :• * V%very pupil. |. Before the school geographies secure ^ the Information, we note the anpear- f Jv" ®n«e of a new Island on the Prussian I ,4coast, in the sea of Azofl, which is ;,r- 'about one hundred feet in diameter and ten feet above the surface of the f water. Its appearance was attended with a marine eruption and a Assure in |" the land on the shore near by. | j ** Superintendent Harwood, in his edu- -cational column, npeaks to the parents of tlon, urging more care in keeping ^thelr children from exposing them weath \ er. It' Is not In a teacher's power al '/ v *, ways to keep a set of children from ."running out at recess without properly iti if they are allowed to go ? out In the same way at home. Eternal •lgU*noe Is the price of freedom-- from sore throats, pneumonia, etc.-- - 4' ". sat*.' V"r« $500 REWARD! Over a Million of Prof. Guilmette FRENCH- KiflneyPafls .Have already f been sola 111 this country and in V France; evorj one ci whict has given i»er lect&ntisfaciion Aud has per. lornicl cures every time whe used ccording to directions. . . . . .. We now say to'the |afBictoil and doubting ones that we will pay the above reward fora single case of ' LAME BACK. ( That the Pad fails to cure. This Great Remedv will POSITIVELY and PERMAN­ ENTLY cure Lumbago, Lame liifk, sciatica, Gravel, Diabetes, Dropsy, Bright's Disease of the Ividncvs, Incontinence and Retention of the Urine Inllaniatiou of the Kidneys, Ctitarrah of the Bladder, High Colored Urine Pain in H10 Back. Side or Lions. Nervous Weakness, ahd .n fact all disorders of the Bladder or ITrinarv Orirans whether con tracted bv private diseases orotherwise. LADIES, if yon are suflering troni Female weaknesses, Lsuoorrhccft,or ftnjruiwls® of the Kidneys, Blartder Urinary Orgnns You Can Be Cured!. Without swallowing nauseous mcdicines, by simply wearing PROF. GUILMETTE'S- Freneh Kidney Pad, WHICH CURES BY AT^OUTTION. Ask vour drue-!?is; for PROK. GUIIJMET TE'S f*RKNCH"KIDNEV PAD, and take 110 other. If he has not got it. seed $2.00 and you ill receive the Pad by return mail. TESTIMONIALS FROM THE PEOPLE, JUDGE BUCHANAN. Law\er, Toledo, O savs: . „ , One of Prof. Guilmette's French Kidney Pads cured uia of Lumliago in three week's time. Mv case had been K'^en up br the best doctors as incurahle. During all thi time I suffered untold agony and paid out larsre sums of money. GEORGE VETTER, J. P.. Tolodo, O., sayB •«I suffered for three years with Sciatlci and Kidney Disease and often had to go about on crutches, I was entirely and per manentlv cured after wearing Prof. Gnil mefte's French Kidnev Pad four weeks." SQUIKE N. C. SCOt"T, Svlvanla, O., writes "I have been a great sufferer for 15 years with Blight's Disease of the Kidneys. For weeks at a time was unable to get out of bed took barrels of medicine, but they gave me no temporary relief. I wore two of Prof, Guilmette's Kidney Pads six weeks, and now am entirely cured." MRS. HELLliN JEROME, Toledo, O., says "For vears I have been confined a great part ot tlie time to my bed, with Lucorrhcea and female weakness. I wore one of Guil meltc's Kidney Pads and was cured in one month " H. B GREEN, Wholesale Grocei, Findlay, O., writes: I suffered 85 years with lame back and in three weeks was permanently cured by wearing one ot Prof. Guilmette's Kidney Pads." B. F. KEESLING. M. D. 'Druggist, Logans- port. Ind., when sending in an order for Kid­ nev Pads, writes: "I wore one of the first ones we had and I received more benefit from it than anythhing I ever used. In fact the Pads gave better general satisfaction than any Kit ney remedy we ever sold." RAY & SHOEMAKER, Druggists, Hanni­ bal, Mo. We are working up a lively trade in vour Pads, and arc hearing of good results from them every day." urging more care children from • ; aelvab In this extremely trying Five minutes of thoughtlessness on the part of parent or child may cause weeks of annoyance or distress. The >; average parent has quite as much need , ' of being warmed up on this subject * teachers have. \\ ' 8,'STF- A menagerie elephant eats about one hundred pounds of the best timothy hay every twenty-four hours. Girafles camels, zebras and deer are also hay ;..v eating animals, but are not so partic ular in referance to its quality as the elephant. Sea-lions have to be fed llsh, usually fresh and salt mackerel each animal taking twelve to fifteen each meal twice a day, and consuming altogether one hundred pounds of fish # dllly. Next In point of delicate eaters come the polar bears, whose regular , diet is bread soaked in milk, with fish nqw and then for a change. The black (t ^ b^ars are also given bread, one hundred <1$ pounds being used daily. Vegetables % of almost every sort are fed liberally the different animals--cabbage potatoes, carrots, onions and turnip?. The elephants are great cabbage eaters In addition to their standard diet, hay The girafles, singularly enough, are great onion eaters, while the deer and goats, aud animals of the cow species eat carrots, turnips and potatoes.-- Bran and oats and «orn are also liber ,4 ally dlitribated--mostly once or twiec * week--among the hay eating animals 10 p the ̂ V-.- is tlie most ' jpalnty feeder 01 all. living on bread ••.^•#4 tKMef Mi beef and potatoes--a diet i ; T»l*rminglv like that of humanity. Man Is a two legged, eccentric animal that deals in politics, religiou and gomral K nrtieiidiMj A.T W & & s/' jap^Wiy^njmfyt- -i^jgn Comfort for Small Incomes F. HALL n-'.r > P0: § c/5 Again to the Front. With a better and larper stock of General Merchandise than ever before. We work lor and get only the Cash trade of tlQh section. We sell at one price. We mark goods to sell them. We can't quote prices on all classes of Merchandise, but we say this, that our prices on everything Hvill be found LOWER than any store in Northern Illinois. Come and see, and if not just as represented, will pay all your expenses and for time and trouble. Further than this, we will fill orders sei:t by mail from this Price List and guar­ antee satisfaction, Send to either Store. Look the Price List over. Remember the goods are the best, and eee if your credit merchant is doing as well for you. Cut it out and talk it over. • ROBT. n EE rD Best Print# .. ...4Xto6>^c; Cotton, blr'd and unbl'd yd wide....... -- .6c Cotton, blenched, best... Wo Cotton, unblcached .7>ic Cotton Flannels .........8,9, 10 and lie 40 inch all wool Cashmere 60c Cashmeres 66, 75, 80, 95 to >1.15 Flannels 1-2X, 18. 25 to 48c Dress Goods 8, 9,10, 11 to 20c Alapaccs li%c Table Linen 25 and 30c Ladies and Gents Underwear 30, 40, 50c Boys Overcoats, from 12 to W $2.62 Cloys Overcoats, from 16 to 10.., I3.0C Boys Suits, from 7 to 10 #2.75 Boys Suits, from 9 to 12 $4.00 Mens Suits $3.75 to $18 Mens Overcoats $3 to $19 Can save you money every time Boots,... $1.75 to $4 Shoes, to $9.75 BubbertJoods, cheaper than any one. Trunks and Valises cheap - Spices cheaper than ever. On Notions we seU on very Small profits Cash does it Will save von money on bills. Come ton V 10 Ihs Raisins $L00 10 lbs A Sugar $100 10 lbs Granulated Sugar $l.0C 11 lbs C Sugar $1.00 50c, Tea 44c Best Tea, all kinds 60c Yeast Cakes, all kinds.. 5c T. and J. Tobtfcco 30c 14 lbs Rice .,$1.00 14 lbs Pinnes .'$1.00 7 bars Soap 35c 5 bars best Soap 25c i Silver Gloss Starch 8e | Babbits saleratus 8c No 1 Raking Powder 20c Ber,t Ninegar. Cider and White Wine 18c Choice Syrup 40, 50 and 60c 5c off on '5 gallon lots No 1 Plug Tobacco 50c. No 1 Fine Cut Tobaoco ..50c W auconda* 111. Will sell you better Goods at lower prices than any other house til the county. Our line ot D R Y G O C M ) S , Dress Goods, Hosiery, Towels, Table Linens, by the yard, and Pattern' Napkins, i|id other articles too numerous to mention. Our line of BOOTS <& SHOES, • Were never better as we have just received a new assortment. It is ot* no use to attempt to tell you all. We could not tell 3'ou even one- tenth part of it. The only way tor you to be convinced that what we say is true is for you to come and see for yourself. Thai certainly Is fair. •• In Groceries, We never had a larger stock, and we will not be undersold, quali­ ty of Goods considered. Give us a call when in want of anything in our line. ROBT. HARRISON. Wauconda, 111., Nov. 24th, 1880. » How can we do it? We buy for cash, sell for cash and 3 to 5 per cent (merely a commission) satisfies us. Have two resident buyers in Chicago constantly on the look out for Bargains and we get them It won't cost you anything to Jook into the matter, and we say it will save you money. Come and see us and we will do you good. C. P. HALL Chicago Office, 122 Franklin St. P FASHIONABLE MI HDDS Prof. Guilmette's French Liver Pad. Will positively cure Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague Ague Cake, Rillious Fever Jaundice, Dyspepsia, and all dineases of the Liver, Stomach and lllood, Price $1.50 by mall, send for Prof. Guilncette's Treatise oh the Kidneys and Liver, tree by mail. Address FRENCH PAI) CO., Toledo, Ohio. For sale by Colby Brothers, McHenry, 111. As Low as any other House in the county. Domestic Cotton Goods Cheaper than at any time within the memory of the oldest inhabi­ tant. Also Plaid Dress Goods, Fast Colored Calicos, Alpaccas, Caslieres, Shawls, &C.) G. W. BESLEY, Mm\ aid Aptliecary. McHenry, 111. A. H. HANLY & SONS, -PROPRIETORS OF THE-- MCHENRY BRICK MILLS NEAR TH McHenry, J THE DEPOT. - Illinois The public are respectfully in­ formed that the above named firm have constantly on hand a large stock of the very Finest Flour, Bolted Meal, Feed, &c. We have unusual facilities for- manufacturing and are well pre pared to do Woi Wort With all» possible dispatch, and we are confident that 110 Mill in the Northwest can surpass us either in the promptness of work done for customers, or IN QUANTITY 0ft QUALITY MERC HANTS and others who handle Flour are especially requested to give us a call, as oui different Brands of Flour art second to none in the market. Thanking the public for past favors we hope fora continuance, of the spme A. H. HANLY & SONS McHenry, 111, Aug 10,1880 Offered at the Best Bargains four counties. in ANOTHER ADDITION. --DEALER IN-- P I A N O S . GRANDS, UPRIGHTS AND SQUARES, • a Established ia Chicago ever 25 Years, Used and Recommended by over 25,000 Artists & Amateurs Our Patent Self-Bearing Agraffe attachment, Concave Name- Board, and improved Veneered Bridge, are valuable improvements, used&in the l^auer Pianos onlv. The Bauer Cabinet Grands, The newesfan.tfmost Perfect Produccfon in the art of Piano Making, uy the intrortne. tlon of an improved Violin-Shaped Sounding Board tuo volume of tone is greatly incrMiad. and left entirely free from*Metalli« Qualities Prominent A tists Pronounce it a Marvel of Pefection. EPSR8. JULIUS BAUEU A CO., Chicago, 111: GRNTLEMEN : The Bauer Piano which I lmiThnsed of yon. I am happv to nay, la trrtming f,ivor every day. The more I use it the better I like it. I have had 'plunos from many Bnlebrated factories, but have found none to espial yours In power and ptirltv of torn, i eaMicity of touch, and durability. I am (find that my llrst opinion which prompted tan ia olXClIASGING my IvNABK for the BAUKR has proved a lasting vne. Vours respectfully, JOHN kEBLJXG, Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 28, 1879. , Factory, 125, 127,120 E- 129 Street, New York. A Complete Assortment of the Favorite Pianos wilt be found at our Wareroom$. JULIUS BAUER & CO. 182-184 WABASH AY. between Monroe and Adams St. CHICAGO Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, aid Toilet Articles. I have added to my already Large Stock, a Fine Line oi TOILET ARTICLES, LAMPS. CHOICE CANDIES. * To which he invites the attention of the buying public. Physicians Carefully Compounded. McHenry, III., Nov. 10th, 1880. Prescriptions Give me a Calt. C. W. BESLEY. JOHNSBURCH ALSO A FULL ASSORTMENT OF Boots, Shoes Hats, Caps, READY-MADE CLOTHING, Oroceries, Ace. Of the best quality, ahd which will be sold at the Lowest Rock- Bottom Prices. Give us a call and inspect Goods and learif Prices. .fey PERRY & MARTIN. McHcnry, Sept. 20th, 1880. Martin J oris. HENRY MILLER, --DF A.LKR IN-- American ai Foreip MarMe. Monuments, Headstones, ETC., ETC., ETC. American & Scotch Granite, Constantly on Hand. Shop Two miles North of Henry, III. John»bnrgh, Ang. 90tt>. 1*77 MC TAKE NOTICE. AI.T, ye that are In want, of Till)1* in «ny form, from one bushel to (VOfl; if vim want a "Tnbmaile to a tmnjr-hole, hrinv it altfnjr.v I will also take biiilclinKft to builil a»nl furnish, or otherwise just as wc nan ajrreo. Shop; work of *11 kinds rtqno to order on short no­ tice. f. A. HEBARD. McHENRY, ILL New Hardware Store. J. N..MEAD! |NEAR THE DEPOT, --DEALERIN-- HARDWAte, STOVES, Til. Cwki ail Sbeet Irai Tare Table and Pocket Cutlery,. Scissors and Shears, Horse Kanps, Horse Shoes, Horseshoe Nails, and files of every description. Also everything thatls generally kept in a Hard ware Store. Being a Practical Workman. 1 shall spare no pains in trying to give satis, faction to all who favor me with their natron age. v All kinds of Jobbing In my line wUljrecelrA prompt attention. lease give me a call before purchasing jwhere when in need of anything in my JACOB STORY, McHENRY. ILL. DEALER IN are, Scissors, Shears, Table and Pocket Cutleryv Spades, Shovels, Forks? Corn Knives, Axes, Grindstones, Window (JlftHS, GRANITE-IRON AND TINWARE. J. STC RY. COLBY BROTHERS! --DEALERS IX-- General Merchandise, RIVERSIDE BLOCK, McHENRY. ILL. We have one of the most complete stocks of Goods ever brought to this market, consisting in part ot Dry Ijh wuuuii^j uuuf) BOOT'S AND SHOES, line MciIenry,Oct. 10th, 1679. I- N- MEAD, Paints, Oils, Drugs and Medicines, Crockery, Glassware, Wt ooden and WlUoware, Orooories Etc., Etc, ' have one of the finest Stocks of Teas to be fonml in tly county, to which Ire invite the especial attention of the public, Ml* isfio<3 tljat we can suit them both ill quality and price.