The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-12-14

II has been sunounssi that Seth wv. Psiu-
had ecuusnesd 10 wsEk from ths.Auuras
70 ths fIdnc ocsan. Hs he written lst.
tsr % Tie Uda Hsrsid In watch " 800 ths
rsasoa ~ sdops thk mods of ~s%slIur 10
" because u u the only vsy cus esn ssudy .
country and its people" HE calls him-rHf
= poor student says he 10 not writinr fur
3 awsgsr On time" He expects 10 rurrh
San Francisco In one hundred and City days
fFcm the time he Tsft Nsw York. bot h- wnt
spend tvo hundred or three huudrud anvu
il he thinks II bsst % De o.. We rivr his
former experience ss o tourist with pmnr
means. aud among common peppl-
This 10 the way " came about auw
yesrs aKo A bscsms seized cf the nofiom. shmi
beassss 10 qaits eo@msa snoaE gre~a
eoantry boys of my ags, that sons day Nv
another, I woaid see and learu uomsthinH ul
this wutI4 and Of the people Who iuhahft h
Az this dos wns dkrnanR eve asAAMrs prH
menfh a hrmsr's hfsd boy. ! - -
fFisnls to giss - counsei er kxsiEtznu. 40
it was only lsst sprinx that ] wua ths uwmmw
u sufficient anDunf ef ha VIC nnmh tn wwa
- mo IN ssssins eas @ my @sus shu~rhi
Of expeditioa-
Atss psyiag ~ p.s-.x. u N. a~rags
scroks Jhe Atsntic, l iount mysrlf VIZ GlAs
gow3Eith abouf thFss humAr~d Asilsru lH mH
pocket A very small Eurn, onu wouAa Hnr
pose, Tor q 4sropsan tour. bot 4 ~uuid 49,
been quite safiicient % have eunhlua m~
the Independents md sconumncml wur WV Ara
v-ling had adopted. On rave wah~d ui anf
leisure through every oounfry n Enrmpn A
Afterwards f,und that The najor part ~ -
i~boring Glasses IN Gr~&t Brsnstn Fv~t uu u@u
than eighteen csnts p~r asE, Mma "a wmm mla
an uncommon thing 90 amd o day mharnr ~
ireland feeding . hall dorsn yesn9 rurEu -
Tor the Fenian array on ~ imccms w WwNH#
shiliings col TB) pct wcek. TmAnud wiAn uH
intelligent widow womm. ~@emh srn mfism nni
from Belfast, Who ~. eortnA a~rMet anM
ihree helpless childrsn ~ makiaG sA,Hssi
ered hsndkerchisfs a. twelve c~us usrh snw
said, by working hard frvm anvhKhE w
dark, (artificial light shs c1uld nua m@ma
shs could do the work "a ona hnma3~FutasA
per day. These sams hasa ksreAisfs 49,
bought BY the fsshionable yaung lntsH H
this country 90 fFom twV W three uuAuFs "
piece. and sfter being ueh imprrEuna~a 800
eau de Cologne, are used No dnsh tna aaf4R
ding tsar lrom their eyes, whila thef 80
the latest sensational nsvei in ths Lsag~r.
kept an account uf INV expeuars Nv EaE
land for two weeks, daring which iime
walked upwards Of 0ne hundred ana AltY
miles, and they did not exceed f0urtsen cells
per day. or coorse, j paid nothing f0r
lodging. In the cold or rainy season, when
ii would not be expedient 20 sleep in the
.s~ Ia n N
eight cents more should be added Cor 1ne eK-
-ases or bed. / mention these facts IN
is connection becaSse 10 much has been
said about the great expense Of travelling in
| The Old World, and becsase these lines may
catch the eye OF some poor student who has
cot the pluck and desires the benefit of an
European tour, b6 WHO Is kept from under
taxing 10 for want OF meney. | took partie-
ulsr pains to Inquire shout the expense oi
lvine on the csatinent of Eacope, and au
satisfied that could travel there, both SUM
mer and winter, on twenty-five cents pei
day, and grow fst
As I stated, got TO GiassOw with thres
hundred dollars in my pocket, bot did moi
long have fhe care of = -'',ch Surplus money
about me, before wss relieved OF II entirely
by dextrous thief, and had to resort to %
occasioaal days work in the harvest 6slt
and the rigid economy have alluded to
TO ksep from becoming . British PsuPe'
outright Giader Ehese circumstances, / va
thrown entirely upsa tins isha.sqg classes
ar, more properly, the slaves Of the aristoc-
rsey Of Great Britain, and il was these poor
slaves. . large majority Of whom could
neither read nor write, by their hundreds
Of eager que stions about America, who taughi
me how little really knew Of my own coun
try. In fact, i'm many instanc -, was looked
upon Us an impos'tor, 50 great was my igno
rance, and | resol vSd, after had made th'
tour Of Great Britain, if there IA enough
left Of me, would return TO th's country
and 70 s.from the Atlantic TO the Pacific or
foot"
came home in the steerage Of 40 emigfan
ship, along with seven hundred emigrant pas
sengers, who, after years. perhaps, OF pain
full toll in the factory or the feid. and deny
ing themselves every laxury. and many
| the most simple conyenienees OF life, in or
der TO save up the few pounds necessary {
take them over the Atlantic, had bade q Ion
farewell TO their native land and the hom
Of their childhood, and with tearfal eye
and praysrfsl hearts ventured forth-the,
scarcely knew where--te hat country OF ID
/ free, where they had be-a told the poor ma
| couidi 5hs g - man fsr ~ that"
Il has becoms quite common for Am.ri
cans to sneer st AMI N6ieale the hcaely az
sturdy enigrants whs laau on oGrr chores
Just les il once be knewn that q nan o
woman, from whatever country, or OF hoE
ever noble nature, had arrived in Americl
by way Of Castle Gardea, aad he or she i
no LONGER theaght &c - associate with tn
gsntsel and rstsed. Bat Oh, what q lessol
Of courage, Of fortitade, Of self-denisl, o
true Christian patience, night our fashion
able, sictly and useless young ladies lear
from thoss robass smigrsnt girls, and som
Of our white livered and E,rlish young me
might ges few lessons i'm true sturdy man
illness from those brawny and broad-shoul
dered self reliant emigrsnt boys. do no
believe should have been In any truly bette
company II had been In q gorgeous cabi
With seven hundred dcnizens Of Fifth ave
! nue.. lt 10 my hamble opinion that thes
seven hundred poor emigranss will stand IA
higher up shsa they i'm the world TO come.
II Vases An CaliiosAla.
The San Rraneasco correspondent OF th
, New YORK Umss writes ~ follows on thi
subject:
the labor most ia demand now in thi
. State ID female labor. As have shown hs
Ifors, the wages Of "jomsstics" are thre
! dunes higher than In New York, wsitress m
. chamber msids receiving from $40 70 "
Gin eoldl month, and cooks $50 girls G
Ill work gst 90 also. They are treats
bsttsr than sssvaats 1t home, and are almo
: csrtain 70 marry abose their rank In LII
lLarKs nunhsss u them have good prepe
: lties hsrs. They rsseise better wages tha
: tho men. The wonder is that more Of O
y smartast servant girls do not come here,
tsheir passass would only be from S75
: lelb5, and ven rsccnmsudrd girl might .
. Iksr fsrs advanced. Female teachers, wi
= rood esrlInonfss are. also In demand, q
= add sarn from so 70 $75 per month n
sfuhws IN ~ worid srs women treated
'~lsk~u - - murh neede1. An Tho mimi