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Fledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Lawi No Favor* Win u> »nd no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 17. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL «, 1892 m i NO. 39 ; PUBLISHED EVERT WIDVIIDAT BT " -J. VAN 8LTKE,-r: tDITOR AHD PROPRIETOR. Office in Bishop's Block. * . ^/kvonxn rmmm* * ' V> ' * • . TEttSB OF 9UB30ttIPTI0Br. Ctoe Year (In Advance) ,...fLSO frNot Paid within Three Montbft a.00 Subscriptions received for'thro® or six months in the same proportion* 3£&$©S ©i" A^hPSrjjiSllSjfe We announoo liber*! rates for advertising n the PI.AINUHALBR, and endeavor to state Item so plainly that they will be readily un. «r stood. They are *s follows: 1 Inch one year . . . . 5 00 finches one year • • • 1000 • Inches one year - . . . 15 00 If Column one year - . . . 80 00 ]f Column one year 60 00 Column one year - - . - 100 00 „ One inch means the meamreiceiit of one Inch down the column, single column 'width. 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Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. SWA Full Assortment of Goods in his line Attention Horsemen! BIOMENRT, III., April 1st, 1838, I would respectfully invite the Public to GAlland examine m 7 stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No busi­ ness done on Sunday. N. 8. COLBY ' M'HBWBT ILL JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker & Jeweler McHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watches. Give me * °ftU' JOHN P- SMITH. WM. STOFFEL. --Agent for -- FIRE, - LIGHTNING, And Aooidental Insurance. Also Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, and California Lands. Call on or address WM. STOFFEL, McHenry, 111: Quintette Orchestra, Mc HENRY, ILL. Are preparedi to furnish First Class Musi* to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J. Smith, 1st Violin, itobt. Madden. Clarionet^ O, Curtis, Comet. 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Curtis A Son McHBXfRY, ILLINOIS United States OF ' WM- H- OOWLIN, VSfoodstuCk • - lllinoi8k Frosecntesall ctagsss and kinds of claims against the United .States tor ex-Soldiera, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered if Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. COW UK Offlce at Residence, Madison St., Woods toe K, Illinois. SHORT BORN BULLS For Sale at Living Prices by the under­ signed. Call on or address FRANK COLE, SI RING GROVE. ll\. Spring Grove, ill, Nov. 1?, 1890, America!! CioTer Blossam Co. 301 N. Clark St. CHICAGO, ILL. The Great Blood Purifier. Cures all Blood Diseases tint arise frAm tho effect of Bad Blood, A sure cure for Cancer. Oatarrah, Pile.% Sick Hiadaeh*, Oys. pep-da, Whooping Uough, iRheumatism, Con stipaiion, etc. BLOSSOMS, per pound - . FR.50 FLUID EXTRACT, per bottle . - - 1.00 SOLID EXTRACT, per pound - • - 2.50 Both the Solid and Fluid Extracts are made from the same stock of liiossoms, and are equally at good and efficacious as the Blos­ soms. JULIA A> STORY, Agent. McHenry. Illinois. I. NEAR THE DEPOT, *VEST McHENRY, ILL Keepe open for tb Public a First-Class Reeve open for the accommodation of the fli • ~ Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars Cto be found in the market. Also Agent For FTCANZ FALK'S Milwaukee Lager Bet;. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al. trays on hand, oheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. GOOD 8TABL1NWFO& HORSm •WCall and-see us. Robert Sohlessle. West McHenry, 111. A. Englen's SALOON AND RESTAURANT MeHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, --AND- J. Scilitz lilwaatee Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Snitz Glass tc lCO barrels. A.T WHOLESALE on RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as cheap as the cheapest. We buy none but [[the best and sell at Reasonable Prices all and ^eo me and I will use 'Cu well. AKTOfcY ENGLEN V l £ 8 $ . * SQLDISES' DIFABTMEHT, Edited by WM. H, COWM*, WOODSTOCK, "To care for htm who ha* born« the battle, and for hit Widow and Orphan*." --LINOOLW. "Friendthip, Charity. Lou- ally--Worthy tont of Patriot Father* " C A. R. Directory. H'QESSI POST sro. 64S. Meets the First and Third Thursday even­ ings of each month. H C MEAD. Cr M "WOODSTOCK POST, MO 108. Meets first and third Monday evenings of each month. * K. K. RICHABDS, C0m. -- F O O T . s r . 2 3 8 . - " Meets the second and four.h Tuesday evenitgs of each month • WM. R. ST CLAIR, Com. BABT'AKD POST, HO 386. Meets the second ana rourtb Monday even ings of eaoh month. J. 1D CLABK, Com. MAKRiroofPoeT, No. 1(9. Meets every Q£c->itd and Fourth Friday evenings of ea< h luonth. E a. MORBIS, Com. WACCOHDA POST. HO 368. Post meets ever? second and fourth Satur­ day evening In O. A, &. Hall, Main St. A. L. PRICE, Oom. There are bonds of all sorts in this world ot Ours, Rnt wo who have stood beneath war's dread showers And harvests of dea.h have seen. We clasp hands firmly, the Blue and the Gray Tin foeman of old is the friend of to-day -- We'll drink from the s»ine canteen. Alike under frowning skies have we stood; Alike havj we offered our heart's best blood To redden the fields of green; In days that are gone on picket, I trow, We swopped our rations and 'baecy and now We'll drink from the sawe canteen. "Along the Skinnsh Line- John H. Williams Post No. 4, Berlin, Wis. claims the honor of being the oldest in the department of Wisconsin G. A. R. Williams post was organized Sept. 8tb, 18C3, and has since been in continuous existence. Gen. B a tier thinks that Mr. Lincoln had but one fault--and that was a virtue --he had such great kindness of heart he could not punish criminals. The gen­ eral had tried his best to make Mr. Lin­ coln hang deserters, but the president could not be brought to do it. As a re­ sult of his clemency there was at the close of the war an army of deserters number­ ing more than 177,000. A post of the Grand Army has been es­ tablished in the City of Mexico. It is known as Ord Post 100, and is attached to the department of Tennessee. Before organization the propriety of such an organization of American citizens on for­ eign soil was referred to a committe to confer with the president of the Mexican Republic. The document was placed be­ fore him, and in due season he made a graceiul and affirmative answer. The "Confederate widows" of Georgia received more than |200,000 from the State Treasury last week, and another $200,000 is to be paid them this week. The Atlanta Constitution says: Widows from every section of Georgia were there to get the money which their State had delayed so long from their hands in recognition of the valiant ser­ vices of their departed husbands, whose lives were sacrificed on the field of honor. There were rich women, poor women, fat women, slender, frail women--all crowding in rapid succession to the treas­ ury passing in their beautiful little rose- colored checks, which Tip Harrison bad folded for them so carefully and BO ten­ derly. The scene was truly inspiring. Comrade Mills, of Worcester, Mass.r late of Company C, 36th Massachusetts infantry, has a couple of treasures that he would not part with for any consider­ ation. One is a drinking cup made from a condensed milk can and carried by him through ^twenty-two engagements. The other is an old knife picked up by him the first night he spent in Libby prison He entered the famous prison on the night of October 5, 1864, and on the morning of October 9 he fell in line with the sick parade and was marched outside the gate and then managed to escape. Comrade Mills has a number of war relics which he will devise to some national war museum by his will. Work or the Pea alon Olfioe During the week 8,310 claims were re­ ceived, of which 529 were original invalid; 429 widows; 4 bounty land; 18 navy; 20 old war; 0 on account of Mexican service, 257 accrued pension and 2,142 applications for increase. Number of re­ jected claims reopened 316; act of June 27, 1890, 2,985 original invalid, 554 widows, and 1,283 who had filed applications under former acts. Number of claims received to date tra­ der act of June 27, 1890, 750,850. Claims disposed .of to date under said act, 351,508. The names and postofflce addresses of 4,616 officers and comrades were furnished for the use of claimants. There were 110,397 pieces of mail mat­ ter received; 62,839 letters and blanks sent out. The number of cases derailed to special examiners were 692; 822 reports and cases from special examiners; cases on hand for special examination, 5,232. Report' of certificates issued: Original, 4,435; of which -- were under act of June 27,1890; increase, 2,226; accrued, 136; reissue, 0; restoration, 0; dupli­ cate 12; act of March 4,1890, 0; total, 6,845. Total number of claims pending, 850,205. , A Dog Soldier. Don't tell me that dogs can't reason. We had a big one that was the petPof our regiment. Colonel R., his muster, had brought him from Madagascar, hence his name. When he joined the company he was devoted exclusively to his owner, but in the course of three months he became everybody's dog, and with reasons, for all the men made much of him. When tte were at Fair Oaks, Va., Mad­ agascar first began to do picket duty. There was ono outpost where he always spent the night, no matter what soldier might be on duty there. The various sentinels tried vainly to coax him to other places; he never went. It gave a fellow a very pleasant sensa­ tion to have that big brown dog curled up asleep near him. Madagascar would hear the slightest sound. If a leaf or a twig rustled he was on the alert, and would start off to investigate. If he found everything quiet he would return, lie down and go to sleep again. But if it was an enemy or a stranger he would growl and stand guard until the sentry spoke to him. One morning in winter, just before dawn, Madagascar suddenly rose and started off to a line of oaks. He growled and the next moment there was a smoth­ ered exclamation in a hoarse voice. There followed a burst of flame in front of our picket line, and a shower of bullets whistled by us. One man fras shot. We returned the fire, and then, after a few random shots silence again reigned. Madagascar had evidently frustrated the enemy's plan of surprising us. But when the relief force came there was no sign of the attacking party, save their tracks in the mud, showing their line of retreat. But where was Madagascar? Two hours after the little skirmish was over the noble dog was discovered dragging himself painfully toward the picket post where he had spent the night. He was sorely wounded, and despite all that could be done he died that day at noon. Madagascar was buried, wrapped in & tattered flag, aud his comrades of the picket line fired a soldiers volley over the dog-soldiers' grave. Linooln's Kindness. An anecdote showing Lincoln's merci­ ful nature in a touching light, and related by L. E. Crittenden in his "Recollections of President Lincoln and his Administra tion," from authentic sources, is the one of the sleeping sentinel^ Wm. Scott, the Vermont boy, whose lifb Lincoln saved after he had been condemned to be shot. Lincoln personally saw Scott, and talked with him for a long time. Scott would not talk to his comrades of the interview afterwards until one night he received a letter from home, and he finally opened his heart to a friend in this wise: "The President was the kindest man I had ever seen. I was scared at first, for I had never before talked with a great man. But Mr. Lincoln was so feasy with me, so gentle that I soon forgot my fright. # * * He stood up and he said to me: 'My boy stand up here and look me in the face.' I did as he bade me. 'My boy,' he said, 'you are not gaing to be shot to-morrow. I am going to trust you and send you back to your regiment. I have come up here from Washington, where I have got a great deal to do, and what 1 want to know is how are you go­ ing to pay my bill.' There was a big lump in my throat, I could scarcely speak, But I got it crowded down and managed to say; 'There is some wo? to pay you and I will mnnage to find it after a little. There is the bounty in the sav­ ings bank. I guess we could borrow some money on a mortgage on the farm.' I was sure the boys would help me, so I thought we could make it up if it wasn't more than five or six hundred dollars. 'But it is a grert deal more than five or six hundred dollars,' he said. Then I said I didn't see how, but I was sure I would find some way--if I lived. "Then Mr. Lincoln put his hands on' my shoulders and looked into my face as if he waa sorry and said: 'My boy, my bill is a very large one. Your friends cannot pay it nor your bounty, nor your farm, nor all your comrades. There is only one man in all the world who can pay it and bis name is William Scott. If from this day William Scott does bis duty so that, if I was there when he comes to die, he cq,n look me in the face as he does now and say I have kept my promise and I have done my duty as a soldier, then my debt will be paid. Will you make that promise and try to keep it'!' I said I would make the promise, and, with God's help 1 would kfeep it. He went away out of my sight forever. I know I shall never see him again, but may God forget me if I eVer forget bis kind words or my promise.'* LADIES!!! The undersigned wishes to notify th> ladies of McHenry and vicinity that she has secured the services of Miss Carrie Wait as Dressmaker and Milliner. Many will remember her «s being tfo long with Mrs. S. Colyer, of Elgin, formerly of Mc­ Henry. With the valuable assistance of Miss Wait I will guarantee perfect satis­ faction both in dress- making and Mil­ linery. A trial is all we ask. Look out next week for our annual opening announcement. MRS. BESLEY. . Low Bate* to Hot Springs, Ark. On April 7th and 8th the Chicago & North Western R'y Co. will sell excursion tickets to Hot Spring, Arkansas, and return at half rates--one fare for the round trip : tickets good for return pas- Buire untii May 9th. For tickets and full information • apply to Agents Chicago & North Western R'y 38w2. People of McHenry County ! LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF CON­ SCIENCE AND PATRIOTISM. READ THIS IF YOU NEVER READ BEFORE, FEI^OW CITIZENS : We who live in this really freeportion of our beloved country, participants in its unequaled blessings, are to apt to forget or ignore the fact that in twelve States of the Union "the right of iree speech, tree public assem­ blage, equality of civil privilege and the untrammeled and effective exercise of the elective franchise," are denied to Acaeri- citizens, whose inherent aud inalien­ able right* they are, aad to whom those rights are as dear as they are to us. Not less than 8,000,000 of our felSow citizens are thus held in virtual slavery by a ball- dozing, relentless, unscrupulous minority. Will you enter your protest and use your influence against this state of affairs which menaces the prosperity and per­ manence of Amsrican institutions, and if not remedied mustsooner or later lead to revolution and bloodshed? If so read, and then act, NOW! S. F. BENNETT, Chairman. County Advisory Committe of the Na­ tional Citizens' Rights Association for McHenry Co., 111. Letter S'rom Hon. Albion W. Toargee. ' MAYVII.LE, N. Y. March 7,1892. Editor Allegany Oiunty ^ You say in comment upon the purpose of the National Citizens' Rights Associa­ tion, that you believe nine-tenths of the Republicans of the Nation are in full and most earnest accord with the sentiment, HI T it is not clear in what way the ends desired can practically and absolutely be secured." I think you are quite correct. They are "in accord--BUT !" disjunctive covers a multitude of sins. But the old adage, "where there's a. will there's a way," iB never truer than in political affairs. We promised very solemnly in 1880 that if the people would give us power we would remedy these evils and "estab­ lish justice," as the Constitution requires. So the people gave the Republican party power--President, Senate, House. But nothing was done in the line of this promise..» When the people murmured the party leaders answered "What could we do ? " But just as soon as the leaders, who are btii the servants of the Republican party --understand that the rank and file wish to be FHEE, and to have all citizens oi the Republic exercise and enjoy their law­ ful rights, they will find a way to accom­ plish it. This is not so dfficult a matter. The Southern Bourbon is made of very com­ mon dirt, and the breastwork of "State Rights" is not half as difficult to sur­ mount as those we clambered over when Slavery and Rebellion were entrenched behind them. The simple truth is, that the country has taken our excuses in earnest, and have come to the conclusion that tht- only people who care to be free are the Democrats. - A democrat can go anywhere; say what he chooses; organize hi3 party, make speeches in its favor; vote as many times as may be necessary, and prevent Republicans from voting at all, and it is all right. But a Republican must wear a gag when he goes south of the Potomac or Ohio! We are free as long as we stay at home. "The Land of the Free" is for the Dem­ ocrats alone. Some do not like such one sided liberty. They do not care to be half free citizens of a half free bulldosed Republic. They think that a Nation which cannot and will not protect its citizens, in Georgia as well as in Chili, is a poor sickly substitute lor a Republic. They believe that "where there is a will there will always be found* a way" The National Citizens' Rights Associa­ tion represents the "will" of American citizens who are not willing to be half free, or to see one-third of the States of the Union ruled by usurpation and vio­ lence. They do not believe that the vote* of a southern bulldozer, loaded down with revolvers, should count any more in shap­ ing National affairs than the vote of a Northern farmer armed only with a tooth pick. They don't believe he will either, if the Northern man only shows that he "means business." You ask if the proposed Election Bill would have tended to correct certain of these evils. Why did we not try it and see? It could have done no harm. If the Republican Senators had believed that the rank and file of the party wished to be free, and wished the Southern Re­ publicans black and white, to enjoy their rights as citizens, they would have found a way to do something to promote that end. The National Citizens' Rights Associa­ tion do not mean that any party shall ever again be unaware of their sentiments upon this question. They are a new army of liberty, who do not believe in waiting until their duty is written for them in blood before putting themselves on the side of Right. Whoever wishes to be numbered with us . let him address with stamp enclosed for reply. Yours respectfully, ALBION W. TOUBGEE. Pres. Nat. Citizens' Rights Ass'n. Mayville, N. Y. THE PLATFORM. Tbie is an organised body of American clUzens who believe-- - 1- That National Citizenship la not a sham nor a farce but the most precious result of progress toward self-government. 8-- That the grant of a naked right, not secured by law nor enforclble by authority, is a mockery of justice unworthy of a great people; and It therefore becomes the highest functions of the Republic to maintain and secure to every citiaen in every part of her domain the peaceable and un­ restricted exerercise of every right or privilege guaranteed by the Constitution. 8--1That a right once granted to the ciilsen can­ not be rightfullv taken away or its free exercise restricted, exc^t as a punishment for crime, whether by pretended legislation, by intimida­ tion or violence; and eyery citizen deprived of auy right is entitled ro efficient and available remedy. 4--That the rights of free speech, free public assemblage, equality of civil privilege, and the untrammelled and effective exercise of the elect­ ive franchise, are vital to the permanency and prosperity of any Republic. 5-That the Nation has the power, and it Is its bounden duty to protest its citizens in the lawful exercise of their tights, not only against the leg­ islative power of ttfe State government, but j4*. • against unlawful combinations or conspiracies in each and every State in the Union whose judi­ cial power shall fail to afford complete and ample security. 8--That whenever any class pf citizens are de­ barred from th% exercise of any privilege or polit­ ical right, by reason of race or color, previous condition, or political faith, it is not only a high, handed invasion of the rights of the citizen, but an act of usurpation by which one class seeks un­ lawfully to enhance its own power in the govern­ ment at the expense of another. 7--That it is the part of wise and patriotic men to prevent injustice from ripening into peril and oppression from culminating in strife; that a de- Cuiio of organized remonstrauce is cheaper than a single hour of war, and that the freeman^ voice, if raised In due season renders the appeal to foree unnecessary, ' 8--That there can be no liberty worthy the name under the flag of the Republic, so long as a citi­ zen of the United States is denied th^ free expres­ sion of his political views in one-third of its ter- 11 .Oiy, (or in auj part thereof) or rootraiucd from the ^fective exercise of his rights by fear ot in­ jury to his person or estate. It is still as true as when the immortal Lincoln first uttered it that "This Nation cannot endure, half-free and half-slave," and it will never be wholly free until a Republican in Louisiana exercises every lawful prerogative of citizenship, with as little fear and as full effect as a Democrat in Vermont--until indeed, the practical enjoyment of any right shall uot depend upon race, color, or political be­ lief. 0--That one who sits quietly by and sees his fellow-citizens deprived of their just rights with­ out protesting against the wrong aud aiding in its reparation, is himself a party to the crime against liberty, deserves to suffer the impairment of his own right, which must eventually result therefrom, and merits the contempt and execra­ tion of all lovers of liberty and believers In Christian justice. I 10--'That the duty of protest,' remonstrance and legal resistance to ursupation and injustice, is a oersonal one incumbent on every cisizen and not discharged by mere political action in connection with any party. 11--'That the representative character of oar government does not preclude the citiaen from a direct expression of opinion upon questions of publfc policy, but rather enhances the individual obligation, especially where personal liberty or popular rights are concerned, since these are most frequently neglected by the political leader whose individual or partisan Interests are likely te incline him to sink the consideration of the citi­ zen's right in the struggle for place and power. That the popular will can only be correctly gath ered from expressed opinions and the healthiest Indication of progress in self-government is the tendency among the American people to make a record of individual opinion which shall be an undeniable evidcncs of the popular will. For those reasons the members of the National Citizen's Rights Association ask all citizens of the United States who value the exercise and en joyment of their rights to Join with them: 1--To demand equal civil right, equal opportu­ nity and equal protection of the law for all citi­ zens. 2--To require the fnllest protection of the rights of free speech and open public discussion and the free exercise of the elective franchise by all legal voters, without fear of peril to person or estate from any source whatsoever. S- To secure the enactment and enforcement of just and equal laws and aid and encourage the legal assertion ef all just rights and legal privileges of the citizen. 4--In doing whatsoever else may legally and peaceably be done to remedy unjust and oppress­ ive conditions and render the rights of American citizenship secure against assault whether by legislative enactment or unlawful conspiracy, in every State in the Union. No fees are required; no assessments made; no expense of meetings, hall, or lodge-rooms incur­ red. It is an organization of the people to obtain an expression of the will of the people, in order to secure the rights of the people. A roll of mem­ bers is kept by States and Counties, These will be bound in volumes and constitute a permnnent record of those in this land who love liberty and believe in justice. No expeuse is incurred except for postage, printing, stationery, and a clerk to transcribe the names. It is expected that each applicant will pay the postage on his own certi fl eate (2 cents) and it is desirable that every one who can should contribute a trifle to aid in the extension of membership. There being no sala ried officers ten cents is sufficent to secure ten uew applications, As soon as a sufficient num­ ber to make it desirable have been enrolled, a subordinate organization may be formed in any State. In case of any special demand for funds the matter will be laid directly before the mem­ bers, who will give such sums as they may see fit to contribute. Do you believe American citisenship worth protecting? Yesterday gave a million lives to [maintain tl>e Union, which included] the abol­ ishment of slavery. Will to-day give a million names to secure the substance of liberty? Which is the more dangerons; to deny a slave his liberty, or a citizen his rights? Are you willing to help avert the gravest peril that ever threaten­ ed the republic? If so, stand up, and be count- od on the side of liberty and justice. Do you think the National Citizen's Rights Association a new thing? It is. It springs from the volun­ tary determination of more than 10,000 citizens in 42 States of the Union to personally appeal to their fellow citizens to join with them in demon­ strating that the will of banded freemen is more potent even than organized capital in the shap­ ing of public obiniou in a free government. Give us 2,000,000 names and the Christian conscience of the American people will compel that measure of security and justice which Is the only true and reliable basis of prosperity --without a blow. Two millions of freemen speaking to the American people in the holy name of liberty, will prove in­ vincible. The work of enrolling members of a National Association of this character is necessa­ rily one of some difficulty. The plan adopted by the National Citizen's Rights Association is the simplest and cheapest yet devised. It furnishes each member with a small printed blank on which to obtain the signatures of such as approve the movement nnd asks him to present the mat­ ter to bis friends and neighbors. In this way every one is enabled to aid in promoting the work and alms of the Association. Are you willing to do this much for the cause of justice and equal rights? Then do it now. Re­ member that the most important thing to be done is to find out-- 1--How many friends of justice and liberty there are in this Nation, 51--Who they are, and where they are. These two things being done, it is cemparitively easy to determine the further questions-- 1--What form of permanent organization shall be adopted? 8-- By what means shall we seek to promote the work we have in hand. The names of a million citizens demanding jus­ tice are worth'more to the cause of liberty to-day than a million dollars. Shall we have them? If the 80,000 who have pledged their co-operation will send 20 names apiece the task will be half done in a month. The names of a million free men demanding the peaceful extinction of slav- ety, over their own signatures in 18B0, would have saved the Nation the War of the Rebellion which came ten years later. It requires more manhood to demand what Is right in time of peace than to resist the wrong when the appeal to arms is made, but it cost* less blood aud saves many tears. "War is barbarism,'" said Gen. Sherman. War is folly also in a Republic, if the freeman has only the courage to speat$.at the outset half as bravely as he must fight in case he does not speak. Half . ^ of the present membership of this Association^ Tj are old soldiers. Why is it? They kcow how" ' .. » much it costs to remedy a fundamental error. ; They know that blood and tears are the inevitable!, ( price of injustice. They know that |he denial of ' I one citizen's rights is a menace to the rights of , 3 all. .They know that their blood was she?, is ^ain. J if any American cannot freely express his polti-* • cal convictions and safely exercise all legal rights in every State of the Union. They know that the 'f® assertion of National citizenship by the Constitu ^ i ^ tion is a sham unless it is upheld by the Courts and protected by the laws. Within a few months , "% it is said that some millions of Americans hare testified over their own signatures their disap- - f proyal of certain acts of the Russian government Are there an equal number concerned enough to ^ sestify in like manner their disapproval of the ... barbarity and injustice heaped upon American '- 'ilif citizens at home on account of the color of their ^ Bkins or the cbararter of their political opinions The evils So be remedied are the suppression of | free speech; the refssa! of civil rights; the denial -Jl - of equal protection by the law; the open invasion ^ J of the rights of the person; making the effective * ":-a exercise of political privilege dependent on party affiliation; the gradation of ciyil rights and pub­ lic privilege on the basis of race or color; mak­ ing laboring majorities deprived of representation by usurping minorities, the victims of oppressive- aud degrading laws. Who are oppressed? Every man and woman who is by form of law or in de­ fiance of law deprived of any just right. Every citizen white or black who by threats, Intimida- t i o n , o r b y o r g a n i z e d f r a u d i s d e b a r r e d o f h i s d a e i -- ( # share of power in the government. Every man , who by the suppression of another's vote finds ; ^ his own ballot deprived of If its efficacy. , -sir Whose libeiif io ttirealeaed or impaired? A man who is compelled lo muffle his tongue, con­ ceal his political opinions or avoid their public expression, in any part of the land of which he 1st a citizen, is not a freeman but a slave. A Gov­ ernment which requiresone-half of its citizenship ; to wear a padlock on their lips aa the price of; safety in one-third of its territory, is not a repub- lic--but a Mobocracy, What are we going to do about it? Investigate! laws and conditions. Disseminate information,; Demand amendment. Encourage appeals to th« law--secure the decision of test cases. Inspira : the action of political parties. Require tho enactment of just laws. Demand Justice from the American people for the American citizen. ' What do we ask? Justice! For every citizen*? Of every Race I And every Party! Equal right* equal liberty aad fall protection. Send for blanks and secure signers. Respectfully, A. W. TOUKGBB. * litis Vimu'i Dainty Undsnrsar. Just What sort of underwear to a! is ono on option tbst troubles the woman very much. She doesn't want M to wear so much that it will be bulky, < and die doesn't want to wear too little »' ^ ^ for fear she will catch cold. She tries -/i first one and then another shaped gar- ^ it ment, and the wise woman is she who, * ^ having at last hit upon that which ia most comfortable, makes it most dainty ^ and assumes it for good. Very little ^ ^ linen is used nowadays for one's lingerie, t K w the preference being given to cambric, 4 , i Victoria lawn, nainsook or percale. Then v: ^ last is noted with tiny dots or wee flow- ->1 era in pink, blue or lavender upon tho ' 3^ white ground. Then when the garment f r *" is finished the edges have a triple seal- 1 lop or a sharp point embroidered in cot- ton of the same color as the figure. This , m a t e r i a l , w i t h i t s s i m p l e f i n i s h , i s l i k e d * , . . for sack shaped chemises, for night- , Z dresses and for drawers. It is seldom,4 * 1| J if ever, used for skirts. ,'Jf The fancy for silk nightdresses still exists, but as there always have been ^f5' \' women who would wear nothing but the . clear white lawn or nainsook, and as ^ these women are many, the makers of * ^3 . ^ underwear are specially catering to . them. Very much more fine work, that ,4 ^ is, handwork, can be put upon a nam- . q v aook gown than upon a silk one, and the needlewoman can make more fine tucfcssV-:J5|^^ fancy stitches, gatherings, liemstitch-t t ? ing and drawing of threads than ever - r would seem possible).--Mrs. Mailon in : j Ladies' Home Journal. A > The Bayeux Tapestry. 5 Tapestry was brought into general use r' ? in western Europe, with many other ^ elegancies of life, by the Moors of Spain.' ^ ^ 4 Tho oldest known specimen is the Bayeux -. ; s v? tapestry, an epic in embroidery, careful- ly treasured for centuries in the cathe-v- dral of Bayeux, and now preserved in, /•** * the hotel de ville of that plaee. Miss,.... Strickland says of this piece of work: , ^ 7 "It is beyond all competition the ̂ . most wonderfu l ach ievement in the gen-" ' • 7^ |®i tie craft of needlework that ever was executed by fair and royal hands." '?• It was done by Matilda of Flanders wife of William the Conqueror, and the M ladies of her court. It is a coarse linen ^ v cloth, 214 feet long and 20 inches wide, , on which is worked in woolen thread of various colors a representation of the invasion and conquest of England by the; Normans. It contains the figures of about 623' men, 200 horses, fifty-five dogs, forty; ships and boats, besides a quantity of quadrupeds, birds, trees, houses, castles - \ Y> and churches, all executed in the proper* - colors, with names and inscriptions over, %t them to elucidate the story. It is & i valuable historic document, as it gives a % c o r r e c t a n d m i n u t e p o r t r a i t u r e o f t h e ^ Norman costumes and their mannersr and customs.--Woman's Work. • _ • ^53 *" 1 ^ . : Ailments of tbe Bjss. No organ of the body is liable to a' greater variety of ailments than the eye. More than forty such diseases are enu­ merated in medical works. Some of these tend toward blindness, partial or complete. Some are highly X' contagious. Some are peculiar to the * earliest stages of infancy; some to old ~ age. Some are due to other diseases; same originate with the eye. itself; some are the result of external wounds. Some are brought on by the improper use of the eye; some by the abuse of other or­ gans. Some are partially or wholly curable; others arc not. As we have two eyes, the few of one does not materially affect the other. The double provision is a wise and be- * nevolent one in the case of an organ ex­ posed to so many accidents from with- f out and BO many diseases from witfefeDL--- Youth's Companion. & Come to-day if you can and buy your Wall Paper. If you cannot come t<>day come as soon as you can. The sooner you come the better your chances at J. W. Cristy & Son's. Sim