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Jfrfrr fi iainleMer. -Published Every Wednesday by J. VAN SLYKE Editor and Publisher. Office In Riverside Block, Over Smith Bros. & Co.'s Store. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, (in Advance,) $160 If not Paid within Three Months,..-... 2 00 Biitracrijitions received for,three or six months jn the same proportion. BUSEVES8 CARDS. E. BENNETT, M. D., SURGEON nnrl Arro"Cher Diseases of Women a Specialty. Office and Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. W. H. BUCK, M. P., HOMEOPATHIC Phytician and Surgeon.-- Oflice East Side Public. Square, Wood, stock, 111. Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., and 2= to 4 P. M. II. T. BltOWN, M. D. PITYSICTAN and Surfroon. Office in Brick Block over F. G. Mayes Clothing Store "Water Street, Mcllcnry III. IS. A. BEERS M. D. PHYSICIAN and Snrgeon. OflUe at residence, two doors west of Post Office, McHenry III. O. J.HOWARD, M I>. JUTSTCIAN and Surgeon. Oflice nt the store of Howard A Son, McHenry, 111. F. J. BARBIAN. CIGAR Manufacturer, McHenry ITL. tory No. 171. Orders solicited. Fac RICHARD BISHOP, A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. XX -Office in rear of Murphv & Bishop's Bank Horth Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BUCKLIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In surance Agent. Oflice "at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McIIenry, 111. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract of Titles to land in McIIenrv County, Illinois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, 111. D. A. POTTER, RICHMOND, ILL., Notary Public and Con­veyancer, U. S. Claim, Insurance a Collecting Agent. FR. HECIITLE. HOUSE, Siern and Carriage Painter, McHen­ry 111! Will do all work promptly and at reasonable lates. E. M. OWEN. OENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Leading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. JtfcnENRY, ILLINOIS. S GEO. SCHREINETJ. ALOON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite 1 the Parker House, McHenry 111. SWFirst-Olass Billiard and Pool Tables. J. BONSLETT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, McHenry, 111. Fresh Oysters Served up in any shape desired, or tor sale by the! Can. JOS. WIEDEMANN. SALOON and Restaurant. Near the Depot McHenry 111. Boarders by the day or week nt reasonable rates. Warm and cold tneals at all hours. 0"Good Stabling for Horses.j*# •MCHENRY LIVKRY STABLE. H. E. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without, drivers, Furnished nt reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. W. W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER o the Oleln-iued Magic Hog. A.1 so Liirht and Dark Braluna Fowls. IPigs shipped to all points by express. I'. O. Ad­ dress, Woodstock, 111., :inted. ROBERT MURFITT, AWATCH-MAKERof 18 years experience, has located at Nunda, anil will give his atten­ tion to the Repairing of Clocks, Watches, &c. Shop in Watson '& Co.'s Drug Store. All Work PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins in theoest possible manner, on short notice and at rea­ sonable rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop first door North of Riverside Block, McIIenry I1L Waukegan Cigar Manufactory, E. M. DENNIS* Proprietor. Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in CIGARS, TOBACCO, --AND---"1 Pipes of Every Description. - 155 GENESEE STREET, WAUKEGAN, IIX. O. W. OWFi, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCIIENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds ot American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, plated ware, Silver Spoons, Ac., ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Org-an ! Which we believe to be the best Organ in the market. We think we know that bv experi­ ence, and we believe it, for it is backed up by the Besl Musicians in the World. I also sell other Organs at less -prices than the Estey, but can't receonunend 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. Deposits Received.-- Interest allowed on Special Deposits. Buy and sell United States Bonds, Gold, Gohl Exchange, etc. Wood stock. III. THE OWENS Fox River Valley Mills. H. D. LUFF, Proprietor. McHenry- - - - Illinois. MCHENRY HOUSE. cllenrv, 111. John Karges Proprietor. Centrally located and the best of accom­ modations furnished. Charges reasonable. M RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster.Pro­prietor. Good accommodations for all mrties. Samplerooms for Salesmen. Livery Ftable attached. Shows &c., Public Hall for Lectures, The McHenry Brewery. King& Ilerbes, Proprietors. THE bejtof Beer Shipped to any part of the country and warranted as represented. Orders solicited and promptly attended to. FRED. RENICH, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, --AND--| WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. Foi Sale. The undersigned ofcrs lor Sale, toe Brick Store on Water fired, in the village of McHenry, now occujifcd by Mrs. C. II. Morey, as a Millinery Store. It is 14x35, the upper story l>cing lini.-liol oftasu resilience. TEUMS HEA'SONAIUJ:. ln<inir«V>f C. H. MOKEY McHenry, 111. Nov. 1* 1*75. For tale. The undersigned offersfor Sale his property, situated opposite thcjRiverside House, in Me.lleury, on the most,reasonable terms. There is a good and substititial building, suit­ able for a store or other lAsiness, the upper part of which is lit ted up fA- a resilience. Con­ nected with this is four ac^s of choice land, a good barn and some fruit.* Porsons contem­ plating purchasing will Hmijt to their inter est to call and look this projprtv over.' „ F. A. lllUUAKO. McIIenry 111. Aug. 10th 187a CONSTANTLY ON HAND. custom; grnding Done promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed Thankful for past, favors a , continuance of patronage is respectfully solicited. SWTlie Highest Market Price in Cash for good Milling Wheat. H. D. LUFF, Successor to Owen Bros. W. H. SANFORD, Merchant Tailor. In the store of C. II. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. ""A good Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al­ ways on hand. SuitsigKulc to order and a lit warranted- Give me a call. W. II. S AN FORD. Woodstock 111., Sept. 27th, 1875. MOUNT1!? ROOT B I T T E R S . THIS BITTERS, for its intrinsic properties, is known as one of the Best Tonics of the Age. As a laxative Liver Cleaning, Blood Purify- ing Medicine, it has not its superior. It should l»e taken in (quantities l'rom a Tablespoon full to a "mall wine glass full three times a day, according to the strength and age of the lnvii- id or the degree of s ickness . For Sale by tho Case or Bottle, -BY-- L. KAPPLER, Patentee, Woodstock, 111. Village Lot For Sale. Lot 1. Block 1., West McHenry, containing one acre of land, which is'well fenced and on which is an Orchard/)} good fruit, is now offered for sale on reasonable terms. It isone of the most desirable building places in the village. For further particulars inquire at the Pi,AiNi>EALEU OlMce. McHenry, III., MarchHst, 1876. Farm For Sale. THE undersigned offers for sale his farm in the Town of Greenwood, consisting of 240 acres of first class land, under a good state of cultivation, well watered, prairie and good Timber adjoining, good buildings, Fruit in good variety, in lact cvervthing constitutins; a good farm. Will be divided if desired. Terms very low, Inquire on the preiiiisct-of G EO. 11. G A Hli IbU-V. Greenwood III. April p>»h, 1870. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. We, the delegates of the Democratic party of the United States, in National Convention assembled, do hereby de­ clare the administrarion of the Federal" Governm ent t6 be in an urgent need of immediate reform, and we do hereby enjoin upon the nominees of this Con­ vention, and of the Democratic party in each State, a zealous . effort and co­ operation to this end. and do hereby ap­ peal to our fellow citizens of every former political connection to under­ take with us this first ami most pressing patriotic duty. For the Democracy of the whole country, we do here reaffirm our faith in the permanence of the Federal Union, our devotion to the Constitu­ tion of the United States, with its amendments., universally accepted as a filial settlement of the controversies engender civil war. and do here record our steadfast confidence.in the perpetu­ ity of Republican self-government; in an absolute acquiescence in the will of the majority, the vital principal of the republic; in the supremacy of the civil over the" military authority; in the total separation of church and Stale, tor the sake alike ot' civil and religi'us freedom ; in the equality of all citizens before the just laws of their own enact­ ment; in lite liberty of individual con­ duct by sumptuary laws; iu the faith­ ful edncatiou of the rising generation, that they may preserve, enjoy and transmit these best conditions of hu­ man happiness and hope, we behold the noblest product of a hundred years of changeful lustory; but while upholding the bond of our Union and the great charter of these our rights, it behooves a free people to practice, also, that eternal vigilance which is the price of liberty. Reform is necessary to rebuild and establish-in the hearts of the whole people of the Union, eleven years ago happily rcscued from the danger of a secession ol'States, but now to be saved from a corrupt, centralism, which, after inflicting upon ten States the rapacity of carpet-bag tyrannies, has honey­ combed the offices of the Federal Gov­ ernment itself with incapacity, waste and fraud, infected States and munici­ palities with the contagion of misrule, and locked fast the prosperity of an industrious people in the paralysis of hard times. Reform is necessary to establish a sound currency, restore the public credit, and maintain the national hon­ or. We denounce the failure of all these eleven years to make good the promise of the legal tender notes, which are a changing standard of value in the hands of the people, and the non­ payment of which is a disregard of the plighted faith of the Nafc«Mi, • We denounce the improvidence which in eleven years of peace has taken from the people in Federal taxes thirteen amotmt leg*i tender notes, and squandered four times this sum in useless expense,without ac­ cumulating any reserve for their re­ demption. We denounee the financial imbecility and immoarlity of that party which during eleven years of peace Has made no advance toward resumption, and no preparation for resumption, but. in­ stead, has obstructed resumption by wasting our resources and exhausting all our surplus income, and, while annu­ ally professing to intend a speed}' re­ turn to- specie . payments, has annually enacted fresh hindrances thereto. As such a hindrance we denounce the re­ sumption clause of the act of 1875, and we here demand its repeal. We demand a judicious system of preparation by public economies, by official retrenchment, and by finance which shall enable the Nation soon to assure the whole world of its perfect ability and its perfect readiness to meet any of its promises at the call of the creditor entitled to payment. We believe such a system, well-devised, and above all intrusted to competent hands f©T^e:\:ccution. creating at no time an artificial currency, and »at no time alarming the public mind into a with­ drawal of that vaster machinery of credit by which 95 per cent, of all business transactions are performed--a system open to the public, and inspir­ ing general confidence--would, from the day of itsadoption,bring healing ou its wings to all our liarrassed industries, set in motion the wheels of commerce, manufactures and the mechanical arts, restore employment to labor, and re­ new in all its national sources the pros­ perity of the people. Reform is necessary in the sum and mode of Federal taxation, to the end that capital may be set free from dis­ trust, and labor lightly burdened. We denounce the present tariff levies upon nearly 4.000 articles as a masterpiece of injustice, inequality and false practice. It yield a dwindling, not a yearly-rising revenue. It has impoverished many industries to subsidize a few. It pro­ hibits imports that might purchase the products of American labor. lt|has degraded American commerce, from the fiist, to an inferior rank upon the high seas. It has cut down the sales ot American manufactures at home and .abroad, and depleted the returns of American agriculture, an industry followed by half our people.. It costs the.people five times more than it pro­ duces to the treasury, obstructs the processs of production and wastes the fruits of labor. It promotes fraud, fos­ ters ̂ smuggling, enriches dishonest officials and bankrupts honest mer­ chants. We demand that all Custom House taxation shall be only for rev­ enue. Reform is necessary in the scale of public expense,jFederal, State and mu­ nicipal. Our Federal taxation has swollen from $60,000,000 in gold in 18G0, to §150,000,000 in currency in 1870; out- aggregate taxation from 8154,000,000 in gold hi 1860, to $730,000,000 in currency in 1870,or, in one decade, from less than §5 per head to more than #18 per head. Since the peace, the people have paid to their tax-gatherers more than thrice the sum of the national debt, and more than twice that sum for the federal Government alone. We de­ mand a rigorous frugality in every de­ partment and from every officer of the Government. Reform ig necessary to put a stop to the proflig&tc waste of the public lands and their diversion from actual settlers by the party in power, which has squandered 2GG,GG0.(X)0 of acres upon railroads alone, and out of more than thrice that aggregate has disposed of less than a sixth directly to tillers of the /soil. Reform is necessary to correct the omissions of a Republican Congress and the errors of our treaties and our di­ plomacy, which have stripped our fel­ low citizens of foreign birth and kin­ dred race, recrossing the Atlantic, of the shield of American citizenship, and have exposed onr brethren of the Pa­ cific coast to the incursions of a race not sprung from the same great parent stock, and. in fact, now lately denied citizenship through naturalization as being neither accustomed to the tra­ ditions of a progressive civilization, nor exercised in liberty under equal lawe. We denounce the policy, which thus discards the liberty loving Ger- v mai> iMid tolerates the revival"o! the coolie trade in Mongolian women, im­ ported for immoral purposes.and Mon­ golian men, held to perform servile la- bar-con tracts. and demand* such a mod­ ification ot the treaty with the Chinese Empire, or snch legislation, by Con­ gress within constitutional limitation, as shall prevent the further importa­ tion or immigration of the Mongolian race. Reform is necessary, and cin be ef­ fected only by making it the controll­ ing issue of the elections audlifthig; it above the two false issues with which the ofiieeholding class and the party ii> power seek to shackle it; the false issue with which they would enkindhj sec­ tarian strife in respect to the public schools, of which the establishment and support belong exclusively to the sev­ eral States, and which the Democratic party lias cherished from its foundation and is resolved to maintain without partiality or preference for any class, sect or creed, and without contributing from tho treasury; the false issue by Which they seek to light anew the dy­ ing embers of sectional hate between kindred people, once unnaturally es­ tranged. but now reunited in one indi­ visible republic aud a common desti­ ny. Reform -is necessary in the civil ser­ vice. Experience proves that the effi­ cient. economical conduct of the Gov­ ernmental business is not possible if its civil service bo subject to change at everv civil service bo subject to t >ry election: if it be a price fought for at the ballot box; if it be a brief reward of party zeal instead of a post of honor assigned for proved compe­ tency. and held for fidelity in the pub­ lic employ; that the dispensing of pat­ ronage should neither be a tax upon the time of all our public men nor the instrument of their ambition. Ifere. again, professions falsified in the ]>er- foiupance attest that the party in pow- t*2in workoniiiopraetieaim ««kitary reform. Reform is necessary even more in the higher grades of the public ser­ vice. The President, Vice President, Judges, Senators, Reprerentativcs, Cabinet officers, these and all others in authority are the people's servants; their olllces are not a private perquisite they are a public trust. When the an­ nals of this Republic show the disgrace and censure of a Vice President, a late Speaker of the House of Representa­ tives marketing his rulings as a pre­ siding officer, three Senators profiting secretly by their votes as lawmakers, .five Chairman of the leading commit­ tees of the late House of Representa­ tives exposed in jobbery, a late Secre­ tary of the Treasury forcing balances in the public accounts, a late Attorney General misappropriating the public funds, a Secretary of the Navy enrich­ ing his friends by percentages levied oft the profits of contractors with his department, an Ambassador to En­ gland censured in a dishonorable spec­ ulation, the President's Private Secre­ tary barely escaping conviction upon his trial .for guilty complicity in frauds upon the revenue, a Secretary of War impeached for high crimes and con­ fessed misdemeanors, the demonstra­ tion is complete that the first step in reform must be the people's choice of honest men from another party lest the disease of one political organization in- tect the body politic, and lest, by mak­ ing no change of men or party, we can get no change of measures and no re­ form. All these abuses, wrongs and crimes, the product of sixteen years ascendency of the Republican warty, create a necessity for reform confessed by the Republicans themselves; but their reformers are voted down In con­ vention, and displaced from the Cabi­ net; the party's mass of honest voters, is powerful t o resist the 80.000 officers its leaders and guides. Reform can only be had by a peaceful civic revolu­ tion. We demand a change of system, a change of'administration, a change of parties, that we may have a change of measures and of men. ' B@°*As an Eastern farmer was get­ ting in his hay, recently, ho noticed an unusual commotion among tho swal­ lows, which had built a long row of nests under the caves of his barn. They appeared greatly excited, flying rapid­ ly about and filling the air with their cries of distress. As the load of hay upon which he was riding passed into the barn, he saw that a young swallow in a nest directly over the door had caught its neck between two shingles and was unable to liberate itself. He stopped his team and set the young bird free, restoring it to the nest. Upon his return to the barn with his next load of hay, noticing that the swallows were quiet, he examined the crack and found the birds had filled it completely with mud, so that no mat­ ter how enterprising or how foolish the young swallow might be, he could not again endanger his life or the peace of that community by any experiments upon that crack. Go to E. M. Owen for Horse Rakes. When in the economy of Provideaee, tlil* land wss to be purjsd of h slavery, and when the strength of the Government of the people, by the people, for the people, was to be dem­ onstrated, the Republican party came into power. Its deeds have passfed into history, and we look back to them with pride incited by their memories, and high aim for the good of our country and mankind; and, looking to the future with unfaltering courage, hope and purpose, we, the representatives of the party in National Convention assembled, make the following decla­ ration of principles. 1 The United State of America is a nation not a league. By the combined workings of the National and State Governments jinder their respective Constitutions, the rights of every citi­ zen are secured at Home and protected abroad, and the cotnmou welfare- pro­ moted. 2 The Republican party has pre­ served those Governments to their hundreth anniversary of tjte nations birth and they are now embodiments of the great truths spoken at its cradle, that "all men are created equal;" that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are lite, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that, for the attainments of these ends. Governments havcybeen instituted among men deriving the it- just powers front the consent of the governed." Until these truths are cheerfully obeyed, or, if need be vig­ orously enforced, the work of the Re>- publican party is unfinished. 3 The permanent pacification of the Southern section of the Union, and the complete protection of its citizens'in the free enjoyment of all their rights, are duties to which the Republican party stand sacredly pledged. The power to provide for the enforcement of the principles embodied iu the recent con­ stitutional amendments is vested by those amendments in the Congress of the United States; and we declare it to be the solemn obligation of the Legis­ lative and Executive departments of the Government to put into immedi­ ate and vigorous exercise all their con­ stitutional powers for removing any just causes of discontent on the part of any class, and for securing to every Aniercan citizen complete liberty anil ex:u:t equality in the exercise of all civil, political, aud. public rights. To this end wj imperatively demand a Congress and a Chief Executive whose courage and fidelity to these duties shall not falter until these "results are placed beyond dispute or recall. 4 In the first act of Congress signed by President. Grant the National Gov­ ernment assumed to.rcmove any doubts of its duties to discharge all just obli­ gations to public creditors, and sol­ emnly pledged its faith to make pro- Visions at the earliest practicable -peri­ od for the redemption of United States notes in coin. Commercial prosperity, public morals, anO the national credit demand that this promise be fulfilled by a continuous and steady progress to specie payments. 6 Under the Constitution of the President and heads af departments are to make nominations for office, the Senate is so advise aud to consent to appointments, and the House of Rep­ resentatives is to accuse and prosecute faithless officers. The best interest of the public demand that these distinct­ ions be respected; that Senators and Representatives, who may be judges and accusers, should not "dictate ap­ pointments to office. The invariable rule for appointments should have reference to the honesty, fidelity and capacity of the appointee, giving to the party in power those places where harmony and vigor of administration require its policy lo be represented, but permiting all others to be filled by persons selected with sole refcrenco to the efficiency of the public service, and the right of all citizens to share in the honor of rendering faithful service to their country. 6 We rejoice in the quickened con­ science of the people concerning politi­ cal affairs, and will hold all officers to a rigid responsibility, and engage that the prosecution and punishment of all who betray official trusts shall be spee­ dy thorough,^ aud unsparing. 7 The public school system of the several States is the bulwark of the American republic, and with a view to its security and permanence, we recom­ mend an amendment to the Constitu­ tion of the United States forbidding the application of any public funds or property for the benfit of any schools or insitutions under sectarian control. 8 The revenue necessary for current expenditures and the obligation of the public debt must be largely derived from duties on importations, which, £o far as possible, should be adjusted to promote the interest of American labor and advance the prosperity of the whole country. 9 We reaffirm our opposition to further grants of tho public lands to corporations and monopolies, ami de­ mand that the national domain be devoted to free homes for the people. 10 It is the imperative duty of the Government so to modify existing treaties with European Governments that the same protection shall be affor­ ded to the adopted American citiz.cn that is given to the native born, and that all necessary laws should be passed to protect emigrants iu the absence of power in the States for that purpose. 11 It is the immediate duty of Con­ gress to fully investigate the effect of the immigration and importation of Mongolians upon the moral and mate- al interests of the country. should be treated wfth respectful con­ sideration. The Constitution- vomers mjjww Congress sovereign power fS<r Territories of the United States for their government, and in the exere'iw of this power it is the right and flio duty of Congress to prohibit and «£:- terpate in the Territories that relic *f barbarism, poligamy, aud we do ma rid' such legislation as shall secure this end. and the supremacy of Amesifc- can institutions in all the Territories. 14. The. pledges which the nation has given to our soldiers and sailors* must be fulfilled; a grateful people wilS always hold those wh© periled their" lives for the country's preservation la­ the kindest remembrance. 15. We sinccrly depreciate all section­ al feeling ami tendencies; we theref< r« note with deep solicitude that tiifo Democratic party counts as i*ts chie<ff* hope of .success upon the electoral vorn of the united South*, secured througli* the efiorts of those who were recently' arrayed against the nation: and we ink- voke the earnest attention of the coun* try to the grave truth that a succe.^ thus achieved would reopen section;ili strife and imperil the national honor- and human rights, 16. We charge the Democratic party* as beiug the same in character aii(tf spirit as when it sympathized witlu treason; with making its control of the House of Representative's the triumph' and the Opportunity of the nation's reccnt foes; Witn asserting an,d ap­ plauding mthe National Capitol tho sentiments of mire pent airt rebellion; with sending Union soldiers to the r^ar' and promoting Confederate soldiers to the front; with tfelibefatcly proposing to repudiate the plighted faith of tho Government ;wfth being eqflnlTv falso- and imbecile; with overshadowing tho ends of justice by the partisan misman­ agement and obstruction of investiga­ tion ; with proving itself, through tho- period of its ascendency in the lower House of Congress utterly incompetent to administer the Government. We warn the country against trusting a party thus aliko Unworthy, recreant and incapable. K. The National Administration merits commendation for its honorable, work in the management of domestic and foreign affairs, and President Grant deserves the hearty gratitude of tho American people for his patriotism and his immense service* fn war and in peace. BtMetiblg Heminl8cenoe. The other day a dreamy young poet of Burlington sat down with a bundles of old letters In stained envelopes^ with faded addresses, to write a sad requiem over the days that are dcMl. He began: Tho*g% ye wmm alone, I will carefully lay you away, For better tho shadows of yours that are gtho Than the cold garish light of to-day. And when he got that far he opened one of the letters for a little Inspink- t-ion and read: uSir yur bil fur drinks- at this Bar is 017.85 an has bin runnim S munths and if not pade this ovenin will present the same to yure one red' father fur paymint. Besp Abel Gii* sling;" and then he sighed an<L IaA& away the letters, and didn't feel like- finishing the requiem that day. A REVELATION.--1"HOW shall I go to1 work to capture the influence of some Congressman toward getting me a Gov­ ernment position?"inquired a Wester* man of a well posted politician, the other day. "Why, persuade htm to help you,**" was the reply. "Yes, buthow shall I persuade him I**" said the oflioe seeker. "Just as I said--persuade him,** ptr?- slsted the old wirepuller. "Yes I know, but how persuade htm --that's the question?" insisted the would-be Government employee. "Why persuade him," still continued- the sly politibian, with a wink; "don't- you understand--parse-aid him The man understood but the infor* - mation came to him--as it has to mam*!' others--like a revelation. 12 The Republican party recognizes with approval the substantial advance recently made toward the establish­ ment of equal rights for women by the rhany important amendments eflbeted by Republican Legislatures in' the laws which concern the personal and proper­ ty relations of wives, mothers, and widows, and by the appointment and election of women to the superinten­ dence of education, charities and other public trusts. The honest demands of this class of citizens for additional tights and privileges aud immunities SAXE AND WHIFPLE.--The Brooklyn' Argus says: At a public dinner la Boston, some years ago, Whipple, the essayist, and Saxe the poet, were pres­ ent as honorary guests. In the midet ot a somewhat desultory conversation between the two, Whipple exclaimed. "O, don't mind what Saxe says about that, he was quite tipsy on that occa­ sion." "And in what condition were you?" inquired the poet. "SoberP' was the prompt ahd seem­ ingly safe reply. "Gentleman P* said Saxe,rising to Ms feet, glass in hand--"Gentleman! letua drink to the memorable occasion when Saxe was tipsy and Whipple soberP1 man dragged a dog Into a saloon yesterday and wanted the' bar- - keeper to buy him for ten dollars. When he found that he' couldn't get that price the would be seller dropped to five, then three, and in a' minute more had come down to fifty cents.- "Think of a great big dog like that ft* fifty cents?" he exclaimed as he pulled^ in on the rope. The bar-tender t&jyfceijf of hard times for awhile, aud the man finally said: "Well, take hits for tea cents, m* out of paper collars, and I aint a man to let a dog, no matter how good he is stand between ute aud a clean turn-down collar!"