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} KKKLAND, I'A., MAY 11, 181):).
The "baby King" of Spain Las
ceased to amuse and entertain bis
subjects by bis infantile graces and
lias become a weakly and uninterest
ing child of larger growth. As he
becomes more mature he gives evi
dence that he has inherited the weak
nessess of proiligate ancestors. Offi
cially he is Alfonso XIII., and many
think that there is an omen in the
unlucky number.
Statistics in regard to murder,
which return 2184 homicides in 1888,
35(57 in 188'.), 4290 in 1890, and 590(5
in 1891, are being widely quoted as
showing a great' increase in murders
in this country; but what they really
is a very rapid advance in the collec
tion of these statistics, which are col
lected by a newspaper and which im
proved very rapidly in their efficiency.
This does not prove in the least that
murders were increasing. They may
have been and they may not.
A minister was standing in a public
office when another approached and
took him by the baud, which he seem
ed to be shaking very warmly. Sud
denly the first raised his left hand
and struck the other a terrific blow
upon the right hand. Instantly his
grasp was loosened, and looking up,
the friend who had been thus struck
inquired: "Why this?" "When a
man," replied the other, "squeezes
my hand hard enough for me to feel
the bones grate in my fingers, I pro
tect myself without regard to cere
mony as soon as I can."
The report that it will cost S3O .in
admission cha*ges to see all tho de
partments and divisions of depart
ments of the the World's fair may
possibly be an over statement, but all
overstatements should once for all be
put out of the question by the man
agement, through its bureau of pub
licity, makiug general proclamation
of the full charges. A half-dollar
took a visitor everywhere in tho cen
tennial exhibition, and if the Colum
bian exposition is to be a costlier
sight the people should have warning
of the fact before passing 'hrough
the gates.
The base ball season opened only
a few days ago down South, but al
ready the mobbing of umpires has
begun. One umpire is laid up in
Savannah by the injuries ho received
from a lot of hoodlums in thai city
and another umpire in Macon had to
he protected by the chief of the po
lice and the citizens from the rowdies
who did not like his decisions. Evi
dently the only way to keep base ball
alive down South will be to organize
shotgun clubs, whose duty it will be
to escort the umpire to and from the
grounds and protect him while he is
giving his decisions.— l'resa.
No one need hurry to the World's
fair. They will save money, temper
and comfort by postponing their visit
until everything is in its place, the
weather has settled and aceommoda
tious and rates adjusted to the public
wants. The exhibits are yet in n
state of disorder. This is the fault of
the exhibitors delaying shipments and
in the delay in completing tho build
ings to receive the exhibits. The
facilities of communication aro not
yet equal to any great World's fair
demand on them. Of course, all
these defects will be cured in a few
weeks. June and September promise
to be the favorite months for tak'ng
in the exposition.
Some of the "bon ton" aristocracy
of Hazleton propose to hold a charity
ball next month for the benefit of the
miners' hospital at that place. The
Sentinel voices the sentiment of the
public when it says: The suggestion
should be thrown out and kicked to
death. There should be no charity 1
business at a state hospital. An in-'
jured man who may go to the hospital
should not go in the light of a beggnr.
It is the duty of the state to provide
such institutions. It is not a charity
and should not be so considered and
the sickly and maudlin "charity" that
must find expression in "charity
balls" for an institution that should
take no "charities" should bo frowned
at. If there be an overflow of charit
able feeling among the people who
want to dance it ought to find a better
object than the miners' hospital.
Agricultural Depression.
In this century tlie price of wheat has
not ruled so low as it has done this
spring. Cotton was down to the bottom
last year, although it is a little better at
present. Petroleum and corn are alike
depressed in price. All the raw prod
ucts which America ships abroad share
the same fate. The feeling of dullness
in agricultural circles is only relieved by
the upward tendency of the beef and
pork market. If fanners had now only
as much value in fat beeves and hogs as
they had excess of wheat last fall, they
would be collectively better off by many
hundred thousand dollars than they are.
The low price cf grain and petroleum
is due, economists say, to overproduc
tion. Russia is our most formidable com
petitor in petroleum, not to speak of the
vast wheatfields which she pits against
ours. Hungarian wheat is considered in
European markets of superior quality to
ours. Egypt and India pour tho wheat
wliich their low priced labor has pro
duced into the European market. Ameri
can elevators are ttill gorged with wheat
awaiting sale. Enough of it will un
doubtedly be consumed during the
World's fair to make an impression on
this store. Undoubtedly, too, in another
generation our population will have
grown to near tho lino of tho country's
wheat producing capacity.
But meantime the remedy is for farm
ers uot to raise so much wheat and corn.
Tliis country is varied enough in climato
and soil to grow almost anything that
will grow. If the agricultural experi
ment stations do not teach farmers how
to vary production and make land pay,
they will not be worth the money they
cost. When overybody raises potatoes,
all the world gets sick of potatoes. Tho
way out of tho present agricultural stag
nation is in varied production, and it
ought uot to take moro than two years
to get out. If farmers will use their
brains and intelligence, every man can
decide for himself on something that
will help him out.
A Side Wipe.
We learn incidentally from the para
graph below what that astronomical ro
mancer, Camille Flammarion, thinks of
newspapers, in his mathematical novel,
"Omega," begun in The Cosmopolitan,
he predicts what would happen to tho
earth if a great comet should strike it.
Tho time of his story is tho twenty
fourth century. All the astronomers of
the globe could communicate with one
another in an instant, and the main ob
servatory was in the Himalaya moun
tains. Mankind traveled whither they
would by airships, and every house had
its own telescope. Plain working peoide
were intelligent in the sciences of the
stars. It was one of these who discov
ered tho comet that it was feared would
destroy the earth. The comet grew
larger and larger. Calculations were
mado where it would hit.
If a comet of tho size of the one in
question should hit our earth, then earth
and comet together would explode and
burn up in fragments. If, however, in
stead of striking our world it went into
Jupiter, it would raise the temperature
of that planet so immensely that Jupiter
would become a second sun, warming
and lighting tho earth by night. At
length what was the consternation of the
twenty-fourth century people to discover
that this monstrous comet was coming
straight to the earth head on! All the
astronomers in various quarters agreed
on this. What tho twenty-fourth cen
tury newspapers did Flammarion tells
us thus:
The daily papers sowed broadcast this alarm
ing news, embellished with sinister comments
and numberless interviews in which the most
astonishing statements were attributed to sci
entists. Their only concern was to outdo the
ascertained facts and to exaggerate their bear
ing by moru or less fanciful additions. As for
that matter, tho journals of the world had
long since become purely business enterprises.
Tho solo preoccupation of each was to sell ev
ery day tho largest possible number of copies.
They invented false news, travestied tho truth,
dishonored men and women, spread scandal,
lied without shame, explained tho devices of
thieves and ninrderers, published tho formula)
of recently invented explosives, imperiled their
own readers and betrayed every class of soci
ety for the sole purpose of exciting to the high
est pitch the curiosity of the public and "sell
ing copies."
Leaving No Stone Unturned.
"Take all my beanl off and give me a
short hair cut," said the man in the ad
joining chair as he threw himself upon
the mercy of tho razor wielder.
"What, take off all dat tine beard?"in
quired the barber in astonishment.
"Yes," replied the customer. "I have
been cultivating this beard for over 20
years, and I hate to part with it. It must
go, as I am after a job in the interior de
partment, and I got a straight tip from
a Georgia friend that Hoke Smith is par
tial to men who do not wear any hair on
their faces. Take it all off," he added
as he leaned back in the chair and in
dulged in mental speculation over his
prospects for obtaining employment in
Uncle Sam's vineyard. Washington
Post.
Shingles liy the Carload.
The northwest is sending immense
quantities of shingles to tho east just
I now. Fifteen to 20 carloads a day was
j the average freightage of this commod
ity passing through Seattle in the first
| half of the month, and one day a solid
I train of 30 carloads of shingles left that
• point for the cast.
John W. Bookwalter, the Ohio mil
| lionaire, said the other day, "I cannot
I iell you how much money I have spent
trying to build a machine which will fly,
| but I think that I have a model under
i way now that will solve the problem."
| It is said that a large hotel for tho ac
commodation of colored people is to bo
I 1 milt iu Slater, Mo., by colored capital-
I ist.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C., May 9.
There have been so many erroneous
statements printed about the amount of
gold in the United States that tho offi
cial figures in the latest statement, issued
tliis week, are herewith presented.
The total amount of gold coin known tb
be in this country is $532,513,105, and of
gold bullion, the most of which is in the
U. S. treasury, $80,529,774, making a
grand total of $013,042,879. Of this gold
national banks hold $190,751,183, and
private firms $358,922,385, according to
tlie last report of the director of the U.
S. mint. .
Senator MoPherson, who is a member
of the senate finance committee, has
been watching the situation very closely,
and he says of it: "I do not believe
there is anything in the money situation
that will necessitate the calling of an ex
tra session of congress earlier than tlie
president intended—about September 15.
The financial condition of tlie country is
all right if the people will only let it
alone. The secretary of the treasury
has the confidence of the public, which
believes that he will be able to meet any
contingency that may arise."
Congressman John Be Witt Warner,
of New York,'isn't one of those who
think it will require six months or more
to get the new tariff bill through con
gres. He said: "I see no reason why a
tariff bill should not be put through in a
month or six weeks after theoganization
of congress. The people put tlie Demo
cracy in power with a definite purpose,
and that purpose should be carried out.
If you hired a contractor to build a
house within a specified time, and he
failed to keep his agreement, would you
not look around to get somebody else to
finish it? Of course a reasonable time
should be allowed for debate on a tariff
measure, but all efforts at obstruction
should be, and I believe will be prompt
ly squelched."
The Chinese minister claims to have
information which leads him to fear
that a conspiracy exists in the Pacific
states to do violence to the Chinese
residing in ihose states, in connection
with the enforcement of the Geary ex
clusion law, and in accordance with ill's
request Secretary Greshaui has wired
the governors of those states, asking
them to take precautions for the preser
vation of peace. No steps will be taken
by the treasury department to prosecute
those Chinamen who have failed to
comply with the Geary law, by legister
ing, until the case involving the consti
tutionality of that law shall have been
decided by the Supreme Conrt, which
has designated tomorrow to hear the
arguments.
President Cleveland has made a few
general appointments and appointed a
a large number of postmasters this week,
and it is believed that lie is now consid
ering the claims and qualifications of the
long list of candidates for the very im
portant position of public printer. The
lucky man who gets it will have about
three thousand places, outside of the
civil service rules, at his disposal. S.
Died In 11 Strange Land.
During the Barauin & Bailey circus
parade Saturday morning a pretty Ital
ian girl, Celeste Clnesa, appeared on one
of the floats as a Chinese woman. She
was dressed in rose colored tights, and
very thin clothing covered the uppei
part of her body. Celeste wns only 15
years old. She was much pleased with
her exalted position and scattered smiles
all along tlio route until as the proces
sion neared the close of its journey the
chill wind began to pierco her frail form.
She shivered like an aspen leaf. Return
ing to the Garden she complained of se
vere pains in her chest, but stuck brave
ly to her work and filled her part as a
ballet dancer in the spectacle of "Colum
bus and the Discovery of America."
She grew worse as the evening wore
on and was taken home by Tody Ham
ilton in a hack to the humble apartments
at 220 Thompson street, where she
roomed with several other members of
the troop. She suffered intensely dur
ing the niglit and died next day of pneu
monia before a physician could be sum
moned. She came here three weeks ago
on the Paris with Kiralfy's corps of dan
cers. Her home was in Turin. She had
no friends in this city.—New York Ad
vertiser.
Forbidden to Swear by a Chicken's Head.
The trial of William Walsh, charged
with robbery in the first degree, was be
gun in the criminal court yesterday. The
defendant was represented by Ben Clark.
All umusing scene ensued when Clark
demanded that Jou Hon Yee, a Chinese
interpreter, who was present to interpret
tlio Chinese witnesses, be sworn in the
Chinese fashion, and that, tlio same rule
be pursued in regard to all the other wit
nesses. Judge Edmunds inquired what
was the Chineso oath, and Clark replied
that the head of a live chicken must be
cut off in the Chinaman's presence while
he uttered cortain words, unintelligible
to the American ear, which signified that
he hoped he would be treated in the same
way if he told a lie while giving his tes
timony. Humane Agent Holmes here
interposed and objected to any chicken
decapitation 011 the ground of cruelty.
Judgo Edmunds stated that ho could
think of 110 precedent in the law books
for such a proceeding, and did not think
he would countenance it. Judge Ed
munds, after explaining to the China
men that they were liable to be sent to
I the penitentiary if they did not tell the
1 truth, allowed the trial to proceed.—St.
Louis Ropublic.
Lnne'd Medicine Moved the lloweld ICach
I Day In order to be healthy this is necessary.
EVEN THE CHILDREN.
LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS OVER- !
WORKED AND UNDERPAID.
The Future Men and Women of America
Dwarfed In the Treadmill of Commercial
Life—They Are .Sluveg and Help to Fiuten
Chains on Their Parents.
The senate judiciary committee of tho j
New York legislature gave a public
"hearing" on tho Saxton bill for the reg- !
ulation of the employment of women and ;
children in mercantile establishments, i
and addresses pro and con were made. I
Miss Woodbridge of New York city fa- •
vorod the bill, and in tho course of her
speech mado use of tho following inter- |
esting language:
Visit our charitable institutions, our
police stations, our lodging houses, and
learn how many women depend upon
them for shelter; women who are out of
work, respectable women, not tramps
nor beggars. Upward of 15,000 women
lodged in our station houses last year.
Seven institutions gave 1,000,000 meals, j
Eight lodging houses sheltered 145,000
people. Over 800.000 cases were treated
in our dispensaries in New York city last
year. About $7,000,000 was spent last
year in public charities. Our almshouse !
at Blackwell's island sheltered 8,941
women, many of whom were willing and
capable of working if the opportunity ■
were given them. These people do not I
as a rule accept charity because they pre- !
fer it, but because they are obliged to ac- I
cept it.
It is not women alone who are affected f
by the employment of young girls and 1
boys. Men are being rapidly driven out 1
of their positions. Every year notes an
increase in tho number of young girls as
saleswomen and a proportionate decrease j
of salesmen. There are many men em- !
ployed as salesmen in New York city 011 1
a salary of $8 per week; men who have
families depending upon them. Except ,
in heavy dry goods and the departments j
of men's wear there are few men em- j
ployed in dry goods houses save as floor- 1
walkers and superintendents. The re- !
suit is that tho few who remain are, to- j
gether with tho women and children, ;
simply slaves. What are they who have j
no say as to what they shall receive for j
thoir labor and how long they shall work
but slaves.
There are in New York city about
20,000 children employed as cash and |
stock girls and boys. Of these fully 5,000 j
are under 14 years of ago. The work re- j
quired of them is more arduous than j
that of the majority of men. The cease- I
less running to and fro through the |
crowded shops, the climbing of long j
flights of stairs bearing heavy burdens, |
tho sharp rebuke if their tired feet lag,
tho long, weary hours, are enough to |
break the strongest constitution. These j
children work from early morning until .
late at night during the busy season, !
and in some shops they are obliged to re- '
main after hours to sweep. In others j
they are not allowed to leavo the room
after 9a. in., not even for lunch. They |
are fined for tardiness and all mistakes, I
and it often occurs when Saturday comes
that the full amount of the week's pay is I
withheld for fines imposed.
The average salary of casli girls and 1
boys is but SI.OO per week in this state.
There are children employed in this state ;
for 75 cents per week. Tho argument j
has been made that these children help
to support families, but this becomes
ridiculous when tho amount received is
known. One dollar and sixty conts per
week will not pay for the raw material
which a healthy child should consume.
Another statement lias been made
that these children are employed be
cause of tho benevolence of the merchant
rather than because they are desirable,
but as fast as possible merchants are dis
pensing with cash girls and substituting
pneumatic carriers. Tho truth is that
tho girls are employed because they
work for low wages and can be dis
pensed with at tho convenience of tho
merchant.
These young girls and children are a
menace to all wage earners, as well as to
tho manufacturer and producer. The
time has come when we must be initiated
into a different school of economy than
that of tho past if we would be prosper
ous, and it is incomprehensible that we
are so blind to the fact. The question of
the prosperity of the individual and the
nation depends not upon how little peo
ple can exist, but how fast we can adapt
ourselves to the luxuries which inven
tion makes possible to us. The invention
of labor saving machinery has made it
possible to produce not more than peo
ple need, but more than they have money
to pay for. At present the averagfc wages
of all employed at mechanical industries
in this country is but $0 per week. With
our 05,000,000 people we purchase but
$480,000 worth of clothing, or $7 yearly
for each person. The sum spent in bread
amounts to but $4.50 yearly to each per
son. Does this mean that all have suffi-
I cient bread and clothing? Not at all.
Saturday night usually finds the work
ingman in debt for his Sunday dinner.
Trusts are formed to prevent the pro
duction of more than people can buy,
! not because it is possible to supply more
; than people need. If the working people
I had a fourfold increase in wages, it would
| only mean a proportionate increase in
! trade to the merchant.
| The only way to remedy it is to shorten
j the hours of labor and to take our young
| people out of shop and factory and force
1 them into schools, where they can bo ed
i ucated to that higher standard of living
; which is necessary for the prosperity of
j our nation, and into the kitchen, whore
they may learn tho household duties so
I necossary to and so neglected by our
' present generation.
1 Perhaps 110 stronger argument can be
used in favor of this measure than the
fact that the number of 'mployed
adults in this country ab'- equals the
number of children under 1G years who
are employed.—New York World.
A convention for the purpose of form
ing a national union of blacksmiths will
bo held in Philadelphia Monday, May 15,
under the auspices of the A F. L.
SHAMEFUL IF TRUE.
Th Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Charged With Maintaining it Sweat Shop*
Before the Woman's temple Avas erect
ed the offices of the organization were
located in the Mercantile building, 101
and 103 La Salle street. Every one was
crainjKid for space, but a change was
promised when the temple was com
pleted. Finally the last stone had been
laid, and the grand edifice to woman's la
bors was complete. All the offices were !
at once given quarters in the structure j
and many of the departments. But 110 !
one thought of granting the poor victims ;
who are dying by inches in the sweater j
shop a new lease of life by a change of
quarters, and to this day there has been 1
no Btep taken looking toward succor for
them. In the basement of the old Mer
cantile building among coils of steam
pipe and hugo crates of worthless paper
is a filthy little room about 12 by 12 feet.
The ceiling is hardly as many feet re
moved from the foul smelling floor, and
the place is indeed a veritable deathtrap,
yet hero is where this modern "reform"
institution quarters its bindery girls and
expects them to do full duty.
Strong in the belief that the members
of the temperance union were well able j
to care for every outside sweater shop ,
that might materialize, a reporter for |
The Dispatch determined to look into
that den to which personal interests re
strained the ladies of Mrs. Carse's insti
tution from drawing public attention.
Going down a loose board stairway into
the basement of the Mercantile building,
the reporter found himself in a long,
narrow hallway. To the left was a
' saloon and to the right a small hole in
the wall which led to a stuffy pressroom.
Passing through this apartment the vis
itor at last found himself fairly in the
pest hole.
And it was a sight indeed. Crowded
closely around half a dozen wornout in
candescent globes were 12 girls, whose
pinched features told only too plainly of
the want of fresh air. Not a gleam of
daylight ever reaches the little hole,
though there are three windows opening
on thef alley. These, however, are below
the level of the ground and serve only
one purpose—the admitting of a current
of foul air from the filthy passage.
Overhead are strung great masses of
steam pipes, which, when in full blast,
make Jrho place so warm that the girls
have frequently found it necessary to
steal to the street entrance for a breath
of fresh air to prevent a fainting spell.
On the other hand, the flooring is of ce
ment, and it is said that during the chil
ly "Weather this was absolutely too cold
to stand upon.
As tho reporter stood taking in the re
ally disgusting surroundings there was a
shrill scream, and then a piping voice ex
exclaimed, "For the Lord's sake, girls,
there's another rat!" Then there was a
lively scrambling on top of chairs and
tables until the foreman told the fright
enod girls that the rodent had gone. One
of the workers was asked if this was a
common occurrence, and sho replied:
"Oh, yes. They run over our hands
when we are working."
Tho foul smelling den has made it im
possible for a girl to work there any
length of time without becoming ill.
Whenever an employee is taken ill the
only notice these reformers and charita
ble workers take of it is to shut off her
pay. There are strango stories told by
ex-employees of the place about the pe
culiar methods employed by the women
running The Union Signal to get their
work done at the lowest rate possible.
When the reporter was leaving, four of
tho girls followed him into the corridor,
and taking his mission for granted
begged that something bo done to allevi
ate the sufferings of the poor girls who
1 eke out a precarious existence as bindors
for. tho reformers in the Woman's Cliris-
I tian Temperance union.—Chicago Dis
patch.
President Ashley's Remedy.
J. M. Ashley, Jr., vic3 president of the
Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan
1 railroad, discussing tho trouble on his
1 road with a New York reporter, said he
! believed in more stringent laws relating
to tho railway service. "I submit the
following as a basis for legislation," he
! said:
"First—Entrance into the railway serv
ice should be by enlistment for a definite
; period.
"Second—Examinations as to the men
tal and physical qualifications of all the
applicants should be made, and an hath
taken to supx>ort the constitution of tha
United States and to obey the laws of the
state and nation and enforce the rules
and regulations of the company to the
! best of their ability.
! "Third—Resignations and dismissals
from tho service shall be governed by
I fixed rule. In case of inefficiency endan
gering the public summary dismissal
: shall be enforced. In all other cases (50
days' notice shall bo given by either par
| ty desiring to terminate the relation.
"Fourth—Compensation to be fixed at
| tho time of enlistment, to be changed
1 only by mutual agreement or in caso of
i great financial changes in the country's
monetary system, such as a change from
a gold to a silver or paper basis, by arbi
tration.
"Fifth—Promotions shall bo made un
der a uniform system of rules.
"Sixth—Tho boycott and black list to
bo prohibited and made a felony, with
proper punishment."
Convict Labor.
In two states of the Union the qties
tion of employing convict labor will not
down. In Illinois the contract system
has been abolished, but it seems that ob
jection is raised to the plan substituted
by the state. This plan is to work the
convicts upon the "piece price" system
under state direction and to manufac
ture about the same articles as were
made under the contract system. Un
doubtedly the change is for the better,
, but the feature of competition with free
i labor still remains. Tennessee has been
i wrestling with the problem ever sine a
the Coal creek uprising, but has failed
to find a solution. What appears to be
I a good plan is the suggestion that con-
Wets bo employed at roadmaking.
HOMES FOR WORKINGMEN.
riie IVabody Donation Fund In Great .
Britain—Philadelphia and Boston.
T .10 question of providing homes for
the workingmen of Philadelphia has
been largely solved by our building as- j
sociations. Tho result is that this city ■
has the largest number of houses owned (
by workingmen in any of the great in
dustrial centers of this country or
abroad. There still remains, however,
a large class of men either too poorly
paid or too improvident to own their
own homes or even to rent a house for
their families. To meet their case and
to raise tho "slums" from their wretched
condition the Beneficent Building asso
ciation and a few good men and women
have been working to supplant hovels
and crowded tenements by decent homes.
Recently it has been proposed to build a
large apartment house on the plan
adopted in Brooklyn, in which workmen
can rent apartments at moderate rates
and get decent homes for less money
than they pay now for insanitary hovels
in tho miserable streets and alleys where
i they are obliged to livo to be near their
j work. This plan has naturally attracted
| attention to the efforts made in other
i cities to find the best solution of the
I difficult question of how to provide de
cent, comfortable homes for the poorest
people, within their narrow means, yet
healthy and cheerful.
Tho largest and most important as
well as the most successful operation of
this kind is that of tho Peabody flona
tion fund, endowed by the late George
Peabody, for London. Begun during his
lifetime in 1865 it has gone steadily on in
its beneficieut work, and from Mr. Pea
body's own munificent endowment of
£2,500,000, with one generous gift of over
$50,000 from an anonymous friend and
the increase in the capital, due to its
careful management, the fund at the
close of 1891 represented an expenditure
of over £6,000,000, with which the Pea
body trust has provided for the laboring
poor of London 11,273 rooms, besides
bathrooms, laundries and washhouses,
occupied by 20,269 persons, living in 5,070 .
separate dwellings—7s of 4 rooms, 1,788
of 3 rooms, 2,402 of 2 rooms and 805 of 1
room, at an average rent for each room
of less than 27 cents a week, for each
dwelling not much over £1 a week.
Eighteen sections of London have thus
been provided with homes, and the an
nual reiK>rts show the employment of
the tenants—their average weekly earn
ings wore less than £6 —and the increased
birth rate and the decreased death rate
of these well appointed homes.
This splendid benefaction is managed
by six trustees, one the United States
minister, the others friends and sons of
friends and relatives of Mr. Peabody. A
son-in-law of tho late J. S. Morgan suc
ceeded that gentleman, who was Mr
Peabody's successor in his banking house.
An evidence of good management is the
fact that tho expenses of caring for this
great fund in 1891 were less than £7,000,
while the income was £320,000, of which
£150,000 was, added to tho capital, thus
realizing Mr. Peabody's hope that his
bounty would grow with the needs of
the great city of London. The work thus
set on foot by Mr. Peabody has been car
ried on in other parts of London and in
most of the great English and Scotch
cities, often largely by municipal grants,
for it is found that such investments
prove to be of the highest value in ele
vating the condition of the working pop
ulation and in diminishing tho death
rate, sickness and crime and pauperism.
In Boston the Boston Co-operative
Building company has recently issued
its twenty-second annual report, giving
tho details of its 50 houses in that city
and 10 in tho neighborhood, and its new
est operation, a hollow square of four
blocks of houses, 24 in all, making 76
houses, with 960 rooms, in which there
live 255 families and 799 persons, at week
ly rents varying from 08 cents to £1.16.
All this was done with a capital of £219,-
000 and loans of £113,000, against which
tho assots amount to nearly £394,000, and
out of the income of £34,000 for 1892 a
dividend of 6 per cent was paid and near
ly £5,000 carried to the surplus. In this,
as in London, the best results have been
obtained from buildings that gave the oc
cupants the nearest approach possible to
independent homes, and here in this city
of homes those who are engaged in the
work of reforming tho slums and elevat
ing their inhabitants will do well to ad
here to tho typical Philadelphia home.
Every stfch plan needs for its success the
help of the city government through all
its various branches—police, health, wa
ter, paving and other bureaus—and that
once enlisted tho slums can in time be
built out of existence.— Philadelphia
Ledger.
Asking Amnesty of Altgehl.
At a recent meeting of the Chicago
Trade and Labor assembly George Schil
ling read an open letter to Governor Alt
geld in reference to the Amnesty associa
tion of Illinois, which, incorporated in a
resolution asking immediate action, was
passed. The letter, after asking calm
and dispassionate judgment, says:
We also wish to call your attention to the fact
that the years of 1885 and 1886 were years of
great turmoil in the labor world. Strikes and
lockouts were the order of the day, In the heat
of which, no doubt, many mistakes wore made
by both employer and employed. If the bomb
which exploded on the Haymarket "shook the
world out of Its dream of safety," we must also
remember that the balls fired from the rifles in
the hands of Klnkertons sent many a worker to
liiu doom wi'£.ut redress, thereby engendering
feelings of bitterness that were impossible to
avoid.
It is now more than six years since that fate
ful tragedy, and our people have had time for a
sober second thought, and are, therefore, more
capable of treating this subject In a humane
and rational manner. There is not a person in
Illinois that lias given this subject a fair con
sideration who would attribute to Fielden,
Schwab or Neebe the common instincts of
criminality. In support of this wo call your
attention to the letters of Judge Gary and
Judge Grinnell to Governor Oglesby. asking
for a commutation of sentence for Fielden and
Soiyyab.
ifKngland pan forgive the political conspira
tor Michael lJavitt and nguin restore him to
honored citizenship within its realm, if Ger
many can open its hospitable arms and wel
come back the revolutionists of 1848, if France
can extend without stint amnesty to the Com
munards of 1871", then surely the people of the
state of Illinois can afford to forgive those men
who have suffered so long for their fanaticism
and excessive zeal. ____
MAUI RAILROAD SYSTEM
LKTTIGH VALLEY
DIVISION.
Anthracite coal used exclu
f slvely, insuring cleanliness ami
j | comfort.
ARRANGEMENT or PASSENGER TRAINS.
DEC. 4, 1892.
LEAVE FREELAND.
0 10, 8 35, 0 40. 10 41 a in, 12 25, 1 50, 2 43, 3 50,
4 55, 0 41, 7 12, 8 41 p m, for Drilton, Jeddo. Lum
ber Yurd, Stockton and lluzlcton.
d 10, 9 40 a m, 1 50. 8 50 p in. for Mauch Chunk,
Alleutown, Bethlehem, Philu., Huston and New
York.
8 35 a m for Bethlehem, Easton and Philadel
phia.
7 26, 10 56 a m, 1216,4 50 p in, (via Hijrhlund
Branch) for White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes-
Barrc, Pittston and L. and B. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 40 a m and 3 45pm for Drifton, Jiddo, Lum
ber Yurd and Ha/.ieton.
345 p m for Delano. Mahnnoy City, Shenan
doah, New York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
5 50, 7 00, 7 26, 9 18, 10 50 a m, 12 16, 1 15, 210,
4 50, 7 08 and 8 37 p in, from Hu/.lcton, Stockton,
Lumber Yurd. Jeddo and Drifton.
. t. 918, 10 50 am, 12 10 2 33, 4 50, 703 p in
from Delano, Muhanoy City and Sheiiundouh
(via New Boston Branch).
1 15 and 837 p in from New York, Easton,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Alleutown und Mauch
Chunk.
9 18 and 10 50 a m from Kaston, Philadelphia,
Bethlehem and Mauch Chunk.
9 18, 10 41 a in, 2 43,0 41 pmtrom White Haven,
Glen Summit, Wilkcx-Burre, Pittston and L. und
B. Junction (via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
1131 a m and 331p m, from Hu/.lcton, Lum
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
11 31 a m from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia
and Easton.
3 31 p in lrom Pottsville and Delano.
For luther information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
C. G. HANCOCK, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Philadelphia, Pa.
A. W. NONNEM AC J1 EH, Ass't CI. P. A.
South Bethlehem. Pa.
a. wTwashburn,
Builder of
Light and Heavy Wagons.
REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
PINE AND JOHNSON BTS.. FREELAND.
Hardware, Paints,
Oils, Miners' Supplies.
Miners will do well to try our oil and get
prices. We have also a complete stock of
SPOUTING GOODS, including: Runs, am
munition, fishing tackle, ete.
ROHRBACH,
WEIDER & ZANG,
T ilopH.
We are located above Meyer's jewelry store
and have on hand a fine line of Roods, which
will be done up in the lutest styles at a very
moderate price. Our aim is to satisfy and
WE ASK FOR A TRIAL.
Repairing Promptly Executed.
GEORGE FISHER,
dealer in
FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL.
MUTTON, BOLOGNA,
SMOKED MEATS,-
ETC., ETC.
Call at No. 0 Walnut street, Freelnnd,
or wait for the delivery whkous.
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
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HORSE GOODS
of every description. We
can furnish you with goods
that will please the eye. and
he of such quality that thej\
cannot be surpassed, at
THE LOWEST PRICES
OBTAINABLE.
GEO. WISE *
No. 35 Centre Street, Fr> t-'ii.e-
Also Jeddo, Pa.