Freeland tribune., January 08, 1891, Image 3

THE COAL MINER S RISKS.
I
Many Widows and Fatherless Chil
dren in the Coal Regions.
Probably no part of the Union contains
so many widows and fatherless children
in proportion to its population as the
authracite coal regions of Pennsylvania.
Scran ton's last directory shows,'says a let
ter to the New York Tribune, that there
are 1,012 widows in this city, and it is j
estimated that the proportion is about
the same.in,all the coal-mining cities and
settlements of the I.ackawanua and Wv
* omiug regions. On an average, the
widows of Scranton have three children
apiece, so the number of fatherless girls
and boys in the city limits is more than
3,000. A majority of the husbands and I
fathers of this host of widows and father- j
less children lost their lives in the mines, |
the furnaces, the steel mills, the foun- ;
dries, the machine shops and on the i
railroads of this bustling metropolis of the i
anthracite coal fields. More men and boys |
meet with violent deaths in the mines
and breakers of the Lackawanna and |
Wyoming valleys than in all the other j
death traps combined, and it is not an
uuusual thing for ten or a do/en fatal ac- i
cidentsto be reported in a single month j
in the immediate neighborhood of Scran-,
ton. The average coal miner and mine
laborer is a married man. These indus- i
trious underground toilers, whose lives
, are in constant peril from the moment j
they enter the gloomy shaft or slope in
the morning until they emerge from it '
with black faces at night, have families i
of from three to six children. Many of ■
the children are put ;o work as soon as ;
they are old enough to do any sort of 1
manual labor. A large percentage of the
workmen in the b'ast furnaces, steel i
mills and other manufactories, where '
there is always danger to life, are also
married men with largo families.
Borne of the widows are obliged to ft])- \
ply to the Poor Department for tem
porary assistance in the summer, but as
a general thing they take care of them- j
selves end their children while the warm
weather last 9. When cold weather sets
in, the number of applicants for relief (
is much larger. Now and then one ,
of the big coal-mining corporations con- '
tributes a little toward the support of j
the families of the men who have lost I
their lives in its service, but the corpora- !
tions as a rule pay little attention to the j
needs of the families of their old em- j
ployes. In the winter the Scranton
Poor Board, which takes care of from J
150 to 180 insane and infirm persons in
its well-managed institutions at the |
Hillside Poor Farm, is called on to fur- ;
nish outdoor relief to dozens of widows ,
and half-orphans who have been deprived j
of their natural protectors, whose bodies '
were crushed and mangled deep down in
the black holes of this busy valley.
Coal-miners arc generous-hearted men;
and when death befalls a comrade they
do all that lies in their power to assist
and console his widow and children. As ;
far as can be learned, there is at present \
little physical suffering among the father- !
less families of the city. An associa j
tion of benevolent women in Scranton '
have for several years made it their busi-1
ness to hunt up and provide the ueces- (
saries of life for all widows who are found
to be in need, and there is no reason now j
why any reputable and honest widow j
should be in waut of substantial food and
clothing for herself and children.
How Money Was Invented.
The familiar little brass cash, with the j
square hole for stringing them together j
on a thread in the center, well known to i
the frequenters of minor provincial mu
seums, are, strange to say, the lineal de
scendants, in unbroken order, of the
bronze ax of remote celestial ancestors.
From the regular hatchet to the modern
coin, one can trac-' a distinct, if some
what broken, succession, so that it is im- '
possible to say where the one leaves oil i
and the other begins—where the imple- !
ment merges into the medium of ex- ,
change and settles down tinally into the ,
root of all evil, llere is how this curious ;
pedigree first worked itself out. In!
early times, before coin was invented, i
barter was usually conducted between
producer and consumer with metal im- ;
plernents, as it still is in Central Africa at j
the present day with Venetian glass j
beads and rolls of red calico. Payments
were all made in kind and bronze was i
the commonest form of specie.
A gentleman desirous of effecting pur
chases in foreign parts went about the
world with a number of bronze axes in
his pocket (or its substitute), which he
exchanged for other goods with the na
tive traffickers in the country where he
did his primitive business. At first the
early Chinese in that unsophisticated age
were content to use real hatchets for
this commercial purpose; but after a]
| time, with the profound mercantile in
stinct of their race, it occurred to sonic
of them that when a man wanted half a
hatchet's worth of goods he might as
well pay for them with half a hatchet.
Still, as it would be a pity to spoil a good ,
working implement by cutting it in two, 1
the worthy Ah Sin ingeniously comprom- ]
ised the matter by making thin hatchets
of the usual size and shape, but far too ,
slender for practical usage. By so doing '
he invented coin, and what is more, he
invented it far earlier than the rival
claimants to that proud distinction, the
Lydiaus, whose clcctrum staters were
first struck in the seventh century B. C.
—{Cornliill Magazine.
Suicide by Diamonds.
r
It is gratifying to see that some of the
pleasant old customs and incidents
which find mention in the "Arabian
Nights" still linger here and there m the
once gorgeous but now prosaic east.
For some reason or other, the Maharajah
of Indore took it into his august head to
be displeased with his De-wan, the illus
trious Shamrao Narain. Now, the frown
of Mnharajahs is so terrible that people
have been known to die of it, with all the
appearance of being poisoned. Appar
ently dreading some such fate, the vic
tim of royal displeasure determined to
be his own executioner. But he owed it
to his dignity to shuttle off this mortal
coil in a more genteel manner than by
pistol, or dagger, or even ordinary
poison. It is not slated how long the
despairing nobleman meditated on that
important point. Finally, however, he
came to the conclusion that, since he had
been a diamond of the first water at the
court of Indore, his exit would also be
byway of diamonds. And it was: hav
ing obtained a number of small brilliants,
he ground them to nowder, he swal
lowed the dose, and died like a fine old
Indian gentleman, one of the olden time.
—[London Globe.
Flowers at a Great Altitude.
Professor Henderson, who accompanied
the late exploring expedition to the
Olympic Mountains, .inu who is a recog
nized authority on the flowers of the
Pacific Coast, gives some interesting data
of the trip to the Portland Orcgonian.
In speaking of the traces of the glacial
period in the heterogeneous distribution
of plants, he says: "We found flowers in
the Olympics at an altitude of 10,000 feet
that would be found in Alaska on the
ocean level. I was very much impressed
with the grand mix-up not only of the
mountains, but of the flora as well.
Flowers that wo find here around Port
land we found buried among the timbers
of the Olympics near the snow line.
Among these were violets."
MODERN FIRE APPARATUS.
Working the Water Tower at a Big
Conflagration.
In principle the towers are very sim
ple. There is an iron tube so pivoted
over one end of u truck that its top may
bs raised to a height of sixty feet above
the street pavement. The upper end ter
minates in a nozzle. Connected with the
bottom of the pipe is a very large hose.
From two to four engines may be coupled
to this hose, and the united streams
forced up through tho pipe nnd out of
the nozzle. The nozzle is controlled by
a man on the truck, so that a solid two
nnd-oue quarter-inch stream may be di
rected through the top windows of a
six-story building with case and certain
ty. The newest tower in the New York
Fire Department differs from the older
ones in several important details. The
old tower had to be raised by baud
power, and it was a slow and tiresome
job. Moreover, the old tower was made
in sections that had to be screwed to
gether by the men. The new tower has
a twenty-eight-foot pipi suspended
inside of a slender steel der
rick that is twenty-two feet
high. The derrick is pivoted
over the forward wheels of the truck,
and when not in use, it, with the pipe
inside, lies prone upon the truck. At a
fire the derrick is erected by means of
what may he c alled engine-power—the
piston rods of two cylinders, which are
very like steam-engine cylinders, connect
with the bottom of the derrick. Instead
of steain, however, carbonic-acid gas,
which is generated iu a retort, suspended
near the rear axle of the truck, is used.
This retort is partly filled with soda and
water, and when the time comes for rais
ing the tower a small quantity of vitriol
is spilled into this mixture. The gas is
generated in sufficient quantity to create
a pressure in the cylindeis of about one
hundred pouuds to the square inch, and
it is this power, exerted through the cyl
inders, that raises the derrick. The pipe
is elevated above the derrick by means
of a stout metal rope working over pul
leys and a hand-winch. The stream from
the tower can be swung around in any
direction, and thrown up or down
through a wide arc.
The Oldest Game of Ball.
Court Tennis i 9 the oldest game of
ball that we have -that is to say, it goes
back farther in its present form than any
other.
Games of ball of some kind go back
so far that there is no trace of their be
ginning. In their simplest form the
ball was thrown from one man to an
other. If wo cairy the process one step
farther and imagine the ball, or what
ever stood in its place, to be hit back
with the hand, instead of being caught
aud thrown, we have at once hand ball,
the original of all games like tennis,
rackets, etc. Indeed, the French name
for tennis remains paume to this day,
because the ball was struck with the
palm of the hand.
A Boy's Dying Gifts.
The news comes from Ste. Adele,
County of Terrebonne, that a boy seven
years old, who died there last week
from diphtheria, displayed a most mar
velous courage in the face of death.
Sitting on a chair near the stove, he
warned his parents that his end was fast
approaching, and then proceeded to dis
pose of the small articles which belonged
to him. To one of his little brothers he
gave hi 9 penknife, to another his pocket
book and his new boots, and to his sis
ter a case for pens and pencils. The
poor little fellow had scarcely disposed
of all his worldly goods when he fell
on his back in his chair and expired.—
[Montreal (Canada) Witness.
An Intelligent Hor3e.
A case of this kind I observed the
other day, when the intelligent animal
attempted to right the blanket, which
had become askew, so that it afforded
only partial protection to him. He
turned his head around far enough to
get one cud of it between his teeth, but
he was unable to move it into the desired
position. His attempt, though ineffect
ual in itself, however, was the means of
attracting a bystander, who replaced the
blanket in position, and I was sure, from
the expressive way in which he looked
upon his benefactor, that the horse not
only appreciated but acknowledged this
attention.—[Boston Post.
A Human Top.
"I have made no great spin to-night,
but I have gone as high as fcOO revolu
tions in two and half minutes in a spe
cial trial; 250 to 300 a minute is no great
task for me," said Agin ton, the roller
skater, to a San Francisco reporter the
other day. "llow do Ido it? I hardly
know myself. Suppose it is simply by
keeping the whole of the upper part of
my body still ami merely working my
toes about. I can make fifty seven revo
lution in one 'start,' that is, without
making any new cffoit. I don't become
dizzy as long as I maintain my centre.' "
A Two-Bottle Hour Glass.
The people of Sangir, an island of the
Malay Arch'pelngo, keep time by the aid
of an hour glass formed hv arranging
I two bottles neck to neck. The sand
! runs out iu half an hour, when the bot
tles are reversed. Close by them a lino
jis stretched, on which liaug twelve sticks
j marked with notches from one to tweive,
with a hooked stick, which is placed be
tween the hour last struck and the next
one. One of these glasses keeps the time
for each village, for which purpose the
hours are sounded on a gong by a keeper.
The Military Salute.
The military salute, which consists of
the hand being brought to a horizontal
position over the eyebrows, has a very
old oiigin, dating, in fact, from the
commencement of the English army. Its
origin is founded on the tournaments of
the middle ages, and wai as follows:
After the queen of beauty was enthroned,
the knights who were to take part in the
sports of the dnv marched past the dais
in which she sat. and as they passed
they shielded their eyes from the rays of
| her beauty.—[New York Dispatch.
A COUNTRY BOY'S RISE.
The Life Story of Bank President
Williams, of New York City.
"Forty years ago, one pleasant summer
day, a good deacon from Norwalk,Conn.,
drove into the city of New York in an
old-fashioned one-horse shay. He
brought with him his sou, a mere boy of
eighteen or nineteen, then for the first
time to experience the vicissitudes of
life in a large city. Would you like to
know what became of that boy?" inquired
Mr. J. S, Gaffney of New York, Super
intendent of Agencies for the United
States Life Insurance Company, now re
gistered at the Coates House.
"Well, I will tell you. To-day that
youth is the President of the Chemical
National Bank of New York City, the
most solid and substantial banking insti
tution in the country. His name is
George Williams, and he has been con
nected with that bank in some capacity
from the day he first entered the doors
with his father forty years ago until the
present. Such a record here iu America,
where everything is shifting and chang
ing, is worth more than a passing
mention.
"The Chemical National Bank is the
bank in which the wealthy New York
ers, the Astors, the Vauderbilts, the
Goulds and many others who care more
for security than iuterest make their
large deposits. I myself have seen a
check for $5,000,000 in favor of .Jay
Gould drawn on the Chemical National
Bank. The stock is limited to $300,-
000, but the property of the bank, in
dependent of the name, is worth $lO,-
000,000. Is it any wonder that
the shares, which started in at u par
value of SIOO, are now worth $5,000 at
least, and it is almost impossible to get
one of them at any figure? Other banks
come and go, other banks rise and fall,
but this bank seems to have caught
glimpses of immortality, if this phrase
can be used iu speaking of a bank.
"The brains of this bank, the man
who has made it what it is to a large
degree, is George Williams. His record
is one to be envied. He has made
money himself, and he is rated a mil
lionaire several times over in the com
mcrcial agencies. But he can command
tens of millions of dollars. He is re
garded as one of the best among living
financiers. If you can get his indorse
ment to any project you can get any
amount of money that you need in New
York. Go to your Kausas City bankers
or any bank on either side of the water
and whisper the magic name of George
Williams to them and it will cause the
sesame to open their vaults and let out
their millions. Too often the worth, the
merit, the work of men like George Wil
liams is forgotten in the West, especially
where men are always iu a hurry, but
once in a while we remember these
things."—[Kansas City Times.
History of Opium.
Opium had its origin somewhere in
southwest Asia. The medicinal propertiej
it possesses were recognized from a very
ancient period. Two thousand years ago
and for some time later it was customary '
to extract the drug from the entire plant, j
From the first to the twelfth century the
only opium known to commerccwas that
produced in As : a Minor. The poppy
was carried to ludia by tho spread of
Mohammedanism, and in the provinces
of Bengal aud Malwa the growing of it
became subsequently a proprietary right
of the Great Mogul, who regularly farmed
out the privilege. The plant was intro
duced to China by the Arabs later on.
Iu India, however, the monopoly of its
cultivation passed iu 1757 into the hands
of the Fast India Company through Lord !
Clive's victory at Plassey. From that
lime to this opium has been an enormous
source of revenue to England from India.
The Emperor of China tried his best to
exclude its exportation to his kingdom,
even issuing edicts against the smoking
of opium, disobedience of which was
punishable by transportation or death.
Nevertheless, so rapidly did the vice
spread in the flowery land that, whereas
up to nearly the close of the eighteenth
century the importation of opium from
India into China amounted to only 200
chests, by 1820 it had amounted to 17,000
chests. In 1830 the Chinese emperor
made a proclamation threatening hostili
ties in case English opium ships serving
as depots for the drug were not sent
away. At the same time 20,000 chests
full were seized and destroyed. Each
chest contained about 150 pounds and
the value of the merchandise thus wiped
out was about $10,000,000. The British
tried to smuggle cargoes ashore and war
resulted, the outcome of which was that
Great Britam compelled China by a
treaty signed in 1842 to admit the drug
to Celestial ports. From that time until
to day, despite the protests of the Chin
ese government, exports of 'opium from
India to China have steadily increased.
—j Washington Star.
How Electricity is "Stored."
The energy which a current may at any
instant be said to possess is immediately
transformed into heat iu the circuit,
which will under certain conditions pro
duce light; into chemical energy; into
motion, which may or may not produce
sound; or iuto magnetic and electrotonic
conditions. The last may either be per
manent or have the same evanescent ex
istence as the original current.
When electricity is employed to charge
a storage battery, only that part which is
transformed into chemical energy is
used. The rest is dissipated. The bat
tery, then, instead of being a place where
electricity is laid away, is a place where
chemicals are left by the current, with
the expectation that they will in turn
produce a current when culled upon.
This may sceiu a tine distinction, but it
is only apparently so. For instance,
the current might be produced by a dy
namo turned by Niagara water-power.
The chemical left by it might be zinc
deposited from a solution of zinc sul
phate. This might be transported, pre
set ved, bought and sold, and finally be
employed by some physicist to produce
another current. Were the electricity
itself stored in its original form, then
the imaginative reader can best tell what
would become of it and how it must be
lmndlcd.—[Popular Science Monthly.
A Bird Carnival.
Speaking of birds and tropical forests
the writer recalls having seen a remark
able instance of bird instinct, in the in
stance of the so-called bower bird, of
Australia. This peculiar little creature
builds a playhouse, as it were, a tiny,
shady bower, which it ornaments with
the bright feathers of other birds, be
sides the yellow blossoms of the watile
tree, adding dainty ferns here and there.
In this ingeniously devised sylvan re
treat the feathered architect holds o sort
of carnival to which others of his tribe
resort. Herein, when a dozen, more or
less arc assembled, they join in a bird
| concert, strutting about together iu a
j most demonstrative ancl ludicrous man
ner. —I Courier-Journal.
Mow to . reat aarvanls.
The servant girl question was under '
debate in a coterie of ladies up town,
and bitter words were spoken by some
of tbe housekeepers when telling of
their troubles with housemaids, soullery
maids, nurserymaids, chambermaids,
and kitchenmaids. The strain of bit
terness was interrupted by one of the
ladies who said: "I never have any
trouble with my domestic help. I keep i
a housemaid and a cook, who have been
with me for five years, and I do not
known that they are extraordinary
specimens. One of thom is an Irish-
American, tbe other a German. They
say that I treat them well. Ido not over
work them or keep them at service from j
dawn till midnight. I don't scold them ;
for every fault. I have a nice bedroom
for them and they keep it neat I let
tbem go off in the daytime once or twice
every week to take a walk or to visit |
their frieuds or to do their shopping. 1 I
talk to them at times about their gowns,
bonnets, Bhawls, and ruffles. I see that i
they have something else than scraps
or leavings to eat. I pay them their
wages on the first of every month. I
help them to do things now and then.
They give me their confidence. I show 1
them that I take an interest in them
and my husband is considerate toward
them. I don't believe they will ever
leave our household till they get mar
ried, and my cook is a widow who says
she will never marry again. I cannot
see why so many people should have j
so much trouble with their domestic 1
help or talk so often about the servai*
girl question." The ladies in the coterie
to which this contented housekeeper (
thus spoke did not feel very well when j
her words were ended, and soon left for
their respective abodes with a new no
tion under their blooming bonnets.— j
New York SUn.
More English as She IN Spoke.
A booklet of forty-six pages recently
published in Christiana has succeeded
in proving one thing at all eveuts, and
that is that it is still possible to write
something on "English as she is spoke"
which does not appear stale and un- ;
profitable. The author says in his j
preface, "It is four years ago that I, at
the age of 35, resolved to make English
the vehicle of my thoughts. How far I i
have succeeded may others deem." He !
then begins immediately to write down
the "stanzas" making up "this opus
cule," which "is an experiment to cor
roboration of a theory. Its gospel is
auto-didacticism, and itself an offshoot
off"—well, of the same long word.
The following arc a few of the "stanzas
"So it happens that the stones so many
one ploddingly rolls ever and again
thump." "It has become the vogue to
sing the praise of childhood as the
liappv age. The children of the nine
teenth century will sparely join in this
hallelujah, knowing at once too much
and too little to do cherubs." "Idea is
reality etiolated, and finds through, sub
stantiation its complement. Idea with
out substantiality—oh, spinster's wan I
phantom!" All this and much more
leads up to the following dictum: I
"From immemorial times every new- j
comer has been taught to despond on
mortal's lot. He lias been told that he
is born in woo and shall die iu rue;
that life is fecless fight, in which evil
has got the better of it." And the cli
max is reached when the writer, having
summed up the grievances of a some
what shrieking humanity, calls out: 1
"lie the cries not deadened! Let the
shriek rise to Heaveu! Let it wax a
veil, a horrisonous anathema!"
Lawyem and Tlicir Client*.
It is sometimes said that a lawyer
with a big criminal practice hears as
many confessions as a priest There is
iloubt whether that is really so. As a
rule prisoners do not admit guilt to
their attorneys, and sometimes even 1
weary them with reiterations of inno
cence. Criminals generally are vory
suspicious and they do not believe that i
the honor supposed to exist among
thieves exists among counsel; at any
rate they act as though they do not A
Chinese prisoner is exceptionally can- |
tious ami sensible. Even if ho can i
speak English fluently he will keep liia '
moutli shut when in jail, and no amount
of coaxing can drag him into making
any admission. Thd police are well
aware of this peculiar national charac
teristic, and realize that there is no
sweat-box in existence that has any
terror for the Mongolian. Few respect
able attorneys would care to defend a
man who had admitted his guilt, es
pecially if he wanted them to call wit
nesses to prove that he must be either
a criminal or a liar.
How an Electric Car IN Moved.
The dynamo which generates the cur
rent dues so by the revolution of a coil
of wire near the poles of a magnet, the
force which revolves the coil being de
rived from the engine. The current
then passes over the wires down the
trolley, which surmounts each car, to a
small'motor. This motor has an arma
ture consisting of coils of wire traver ed
by an electrical current, which is at
tracted in succession to the polei of the
stationary coils called the field magnets,
through which the current also flows,
flies around and transmits its motion,
by means of c:g wheels, to the axle of
the car. The driver of the car, by the
use of a lever, turns the current into the
motor beneath the car or diverts it to
the rails at will. In the conduit system
the current passes along the wire, with
which connection is made, into the
motor on the car and then put out
through the wheels of the rails and
then buck to the central dynamo.
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! POWDKRLY eats two meals a day
! and they are light.
THE New York Central Railroad has
tweuty-six women employed as station
agents, it is said.
THK heirs of a wealthy Austrian have
given $15,000 to fouud a school of house
keeping for girls.
; THE total production of steel rails nt
all the mills in this country for the cur
year will probably run 400,000 tons
ahead of 1889's figures,
j WITHIN 62 years Mexico has had 54
i Presidents, one regency and one empire,
and nearly eyery change of government
i has been effected by violence.
| JAPAN, it appears, has already over
1,000 milei of railroad in operation,
while as many more miles are under
construction or being surveyed.
! ACCORDING to the annual report of •
the Pullman Palace Car Company,
I 5,023,057 persons were carried in their
cars last year, against 4,342,542 the year
! before.
j COUNT VON MOLTKF. has adopted the
' eight-hour rule for the laborers on his j
estate at Crisan, and is said to be well |
satisfied with the result of his experi
, men t.
| IN Paris, out of the 2,700,000 resi- j
(lefts it is calculated that one iu j
eighteen, or 150,000, live on charity 1
| with a tendency toward crime. In Lon- j
don the proportion is one in thirty.
LABOR COMMISSIONER PECK, of New
York: "Time was when the relation of
employer and employed were such that
the will of the employer was absolute
! aud self-assertion was impossible."
LAST year the most notorious trust
! was the Bread Union in London. It j
toak in all the important bakers, 277 in '
I number, in the metropolis. The fail
; ure and entire dissolution of the tru>l
| is now announced.
! A REPORT from Berlin states that the |
shoe manufacturers at Erfnrth have de
clared a lockout in consequence of a dis
pute arising from the dismissal of a I
workman. Three thousand men are
thrown out of employment.
| THE British South Africa Company,
l it is reported, has proposed to its em
ployes that any servant discovering a
I mine in the country covered by the
j Company's charter will be made a co
proprietor of it with the Company.
THE wages of tbe freight engineers
and firemen of the Lake Shore aud
Michigan Southern Railroad have Ifeoti
increased 20 cents a day. The en
j giuoers are advanced from $3.50 to $3.70,
ana th* firemen from $1.65 to $1.85.
ONE thing that should be looked after
by the railroad employes of this coun
try is the empleymeut of boys and girls
| —cheap labor—in tbe telegraph ollices
on the different liues of railroad. We |
have in mind one line of railroad over j
400 miles in length, which has in its I
employ two-thirds of this class of op- I
erators, and pays thorn on an average of
$25 a month, and they perform the du- !
ties of station agent also. It is posi- ;
lively dangerous to work in the train j
service of such a company. |
j GERMANY employs 5,500,000 women
in industrial pursuits, England, 4,000,-
000, France 3,750,000 and Austro-Hun
gary about the same number, and still
women are the weaker sex, the lesser
half, the clinging pensioners on man's
beneficence.
I . MEETINGS were held throughout Bel
gium in favor of an eieht-hour working
day aud universal suffrage. Many
speakers advocated a Belgian Republic.
Money was collected in anticipation of
a general strike. Bills were thrown ;
over the barrack walls in Brussels, urg- j
ing the soldiers to co-operate with the
workingmen.
SAID A. W. Wright, of the Knights of
Labor, in a receut address: "The labor
. agitators, as they are called, art; trying i
to organize the workiug people for their i
own interests, and yet you will hear the |
j manufacturers say labor organizations j
! are all right if it were not for the labor
agitators. That is what the slave own- \
ers said about Wendell Phillips and j
I Garrison. But we labor agitators pro- j
pose to keep on with our work of mak- I
i ing the working people dissatisfied with ;
their condition when their condition is |
not what it should be.
8100 Kewnrd. 8100.
'1 ho readers of this paper will bo pleased to
' learn that thoro is at least one dreaded disease
that science lias been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halt's Catarrh I
Cure is the only positive cure now known to j
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall's (. utarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, aetiiw directly upon the blood aid
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby d< -
stroiing the foundation ot the disease, ant
giving the patient strength by building up th •
constitution and assisting the nature in doing
i its work. The propi ictors have so much faith |
in its curative powers that they offer Onv
Hundied Dollars for any easy ihat it f til-to
cure. .Send for list of testimonials. Address
VT S. Id C °" T '" odO ' "•
; During 1888, 4(>1i.4C,0C(l tons of con
wre brought lo light, vuluetl nt $700,0011,
000. U2
Rheumatism
1? of two kiuds, acute and chronic. The former Is
accompanied by high fever, and In tbe swollen Joints
then* Is Intense pnlu, whle.li often suddenly changes
from one part of tho body to another. Chronic
rheumatism Is without fever and not so severe, but
more continuous, and liable to come on at every
storm or after slight exposure. Rheumatism is
known to be a disease of the bl land Hood's Bar-
Kiparlllu has had great success In curing it. This
medicine possesses qualities which neutralize acldtty
und purify, enrich and vitalize the blood.
Hood's Sarsap irilla
Bold by nil druggist*. St; six for $5. ITepared only
by C. I. HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
FURS'ggaC FOBS
PATENTS MM
formation. J. K# CltAlrl.lt ft CtK
\\ iiMblngton. 1). C
BFK HAM'B PILXH cure Sick-Headache.
Arkansas baa aeven creameries.
Oklahoma Guide Book ami Mao sent aar where
ou receipt of 60 eta.Tyler A Co.,Kanaaa City.Mo.
A machine makes 20,000 bricks n day.
Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought and sold. Tyler A Co., KausasCity, Mo.
There is an electric tnow-plow.
Lee We'e Chinese Headache Cure. Harm
less in effect, quick and positive in action.
Sent prepaid on receipt of |1 per bottle.
Adeler A CO..6SK WyandottesL.KansasCity,Mo
The favorite form of suicido in India is
drowning.
FITS stopped free by IMt. Kbltiri IAT
NKHVK RBSTOHBR. NO flta after first day's use.
1 Marvelous cure* Treatise and $2 trial bottle
free. Dr. Kline. 031 Arch tit, Pkllftt* Fn.
Mnjor Bogle, a hero of the Indian mil tin
of 1857, is dead.
I Those who use Dobbins's Electric Soan each
week (and (he>r nam: is legion), save their
clothes and strength, and let the soup do tho •
work. Did you ever try itt If not, do so next !
■ Monday tture. Ask your grocer for it.
Secretary Blaine is a greut student of
Nnpoleon Bonapurte.
Guaranteed five year eight per cent, first
! Mortgages on Kansas City property, interest
j payable every six months; principal and inter
-1 est collected when due and remitted without
: expense to lender. For sale by J. 11. Bauerlein
' & Co.. Kansas City, Mo. Write tor particulars
The United Society of Christian Endeavor
has a mem bership of 485,000.
Do You Ever Speculate t
Any person sending us their name and ad
i dress will receive information that will loud
( to a fortune. BonJ. Lewis A 00., Security
Building, Kansas City, Mo.
I Illinois Methodists are arranging to tele
j brute their centennial in 1898.
Entitled to the Ilewt.
i All are entitled to the best that their money |
i will buy, so every family should have, at once. :
j a bottle of the best family remedy, Syrup ol !
Figs, to cleanse tLe syttem when costive i
bilious. For tale in 50c. and SI.OO bottles y
all leading druggists.
1 gtJacobsOil!
cures r. w
(packTAcV^
: jSSMf
and all ACHES
r RO M PTLY
CONDITION POWDER
Highly concentrated. Done small. In quantity costs
les than one-tenth cent a day per hen. Prevents and
cures ail disease* If you cant get it, we send by mail
post paid. One pack. 25e. Five sl. V 1-4lb. can SI.JM.
6 cans $5. Express paid. Testimonials free. Send stamps <:•
cash. Farmers' Poultry Guide (price Bfto.) free with SI.CC
orders or more. I. S. JOHNSON A CO.. Boston. Mai*
MP I EWIS' 98 ?n r t. LYE
L Powdered and Perfumed.
(PATENTED.)
L The strongest and purest Lye
A made. Will make the best per
turned Hard Soap in 20 miu
utes without boiling. It is the
I best for disinfecting sinks,
Wm closets, drains, washing bottles,
l| barrels, paints, etc.
1L PENNA. SALT MTG CO.
CmzSEER Gen. Ago*.. Phlla., Pau
-VASELINE-
I FOR A ONK-IMM.I.AIi 111 1.1. >nt in by mill
i we will delivt r, free o; all charges, to any person In
j the Uult 'd Stutos, all of the following article* care
j fully packet:
| One two-ounce bottle of Pure Vaseline, • - lOot*
; One two-ounce bottle of Vaseline Pomade, - 15"
Oue Jnr of Vaseline cold Cream, 15 "
One Ci Ice of Vaseline Camphor lee, - - - - 10"
I One Cake of Vaseline Soap, unseen ted, . . 10"
j One Cake of Vaseline Soap, exquisitely scented,2s "
j Oue two-ounce bolt eof White Vaseline, - - 23 "
1 _ sl.lO
j Or/or postage stamps any single article at the price
j nexmed. On no account fir persuaded to accept from
I t/o.ir druggist anu Vaseline or preparation therefrom ,
| unlsss labelled with our name, because you will cer
| tainly receive an Imitation which has little or no value
t heMebroiigli .Ufa. Co.. •$ I State St., N. V.
1 wwnunwi* v wwn, i iiiLnwu 11 In, I /la
Strange indeed
i everything so bright, but
'A needle clothes obhers.&nd is ibself;
n&ked'.'Try iMnyounrcext house-cleaning
What folly it would be to cut press with a pair of scissors! Yet peo
: pie do equally silly things every day. Modern progress has grown up
J from the hooked sickle to the swinging scythe and thenco to the lawn
mower. So don't use scissors!
But do you use SAPOLIO ? If you don't you are as much behind the
age as if you cut grass with a dinner knife. Once there wore no soaps.
Then one soap served all purposes. Now the sensible folks use one soap
in the toilet, another in the tub, ono soap in the stables, and SAI'OUO
for all scouring and liouse-cleaning.
. If you are thinking- of building a house you ought
to buy the new DOOK, Pnllhor'n Auiericmi Arrti- !
Itf e iirr, or every inan a complete builder,prepared i
yl'aUiaer, Palllser ft < o.,the welknowu au-bitivta.
. Therois not a Builder or any one Intending to ;
build or otherwise interested that can afford to t* I
without it. It la a practical work and everybody buy*
It. Tito best, cheapest and inooftropv.lar work ever
Issued on Building. Nearly four hundred drawing*
A fft book lu aixo and atyle, but wo have determined to
make It meet the popular demand, to suit the llxnee,
so that it Can be easily reached by all.
Thlbook contains 104 pages 11x14 inches in sl/ft,
and ooneiste of large 9x12 plate patfos, giving plans.
| elevation*, perspertivo views. descriptions, owners
nam s, actual cent of oonstructtnn,iio cum work,
and instructions flow to RuiWl ibt'ottages. Villas,
Ijouble H macs, Brick Block llousot, anttablo fot
| city suburb*, town and country, houses for tho farm
snd workingmen'e homes for nil notions of tin
country, and costtngfrom fc0to•.: also Hani*.
Btables, Boliool House, Town Hah, Churches and
i O.her publio buildings, together with spw-iflcations,
f 'rm ot contract, and a 1 ir-o amount of information
, on the erection of Imildiiun*. teh-otion of Bite, env
Plop nan t of Architects. II is worth #5 to any one,
but we will send itin paper cover by mail, postpaid,
AltCuVi'Eci ,e 'a'. b l°s n ?audewater St., New York. |
1 - aru*i>U"o This Paper..#*
YOUR MOXEY, 0U YOUR LIFE !
This question is a "pert" one, but we
mean it. Will you sacrifice a tew paltry
i dollars, and save your life ? or will you
| allow your blood to become tainted, and
your system ruu-down, until, finally, you
are laid away in the grave? Better le
in time , and "hold up" your hands for
j Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
I a guaranteed remedy for all scrofulous
! and other blood-taints, from whatever
•! cause arising. It cures all Skin and
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f and kindred ailments. It is power
| fully tonic as well as alterative, or
blood-cleansing, in its eflects, hence it
strengthens the system and restores
vitality, thereby dispelling all those
languid, "tired feelings" experienced
by the debilitated. Especially has it
manifested its potency in curing Tetter,
Salt-rheum, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils,
Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or Thick
Neck, and Enlarged Glands. World's
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ers, No. 6(i3 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
20c.; best, 25c. LBMARnf* Sxuc Mux, Little Ferry N.J.
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H thoroughly taught by MAIL. Llrcalurs frr
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! where. If not fr sale In your town send 3.1 c. to
B. J. OUE ELY. 718 Washington Street, Boston.
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rtnoiy no A ss ,y Mo B, Steyens &Co.
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For 2' years on the market ami excels ull other*
9 Price SI.OO each, mailed postpaid.
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• ; Howe's celebrated | Rff Strongest
5 I No. Ift Strings. Sf fl KJ I I ill Strings In
7 for 1.00. w ■ ■ R ,i lo World.
Full set 4 Graded Strings fiO cts. Best Italian StrlngH
2Ue. each. 1500 Rare Old Violins iiud 'WO kinds of New
Violins, Violas, Cellos and Bases, 7.1 c. to 9.'!,500.
Violin COM , Bows, Necks, Tops, Backs, Vurulsh and
' ull fittings. Music Books for all Instruments. Best
assort men t. lowest prices In America. Send for eat a
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HOW TO GET WELL.
l T sc l)r. Tobias' Venetian Lini
ment if you are suffering from
Chronic Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Pains in the Limbs,
Rack or ( best, Sore Throats,
Colds, Stiffened Joints, Con
tracted Muscles. Warranted
for over forty years to give
perfect satisfaction or the
money refunded.
A bott I" h m never yet been returned.
Sold be nil dr.iinill.. Prlco '43 c. and JOo
DKPOT. 40 MI II IIA V ST.. NEW VOIIK.
ffll eaiM BirUtere. 1 U -
M MrdealyhyUa W have gold Big o fei
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