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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23

The undersigned hare this day formed Copart
nershlp , under the firm of Lester A. Harris 4
Brother successors TO J. A Harris and viii eontinns
the Lumber business at the ". T. corner 0f FrOnt
and Tatnall streets LESTER A H1RRIs "'
laul4-lm MlLBER W HARRIS
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23
Rnn aAuE.

k7AR Several frst-elass seven roam Houses. On
kIksSod street fS0G VH EsAsA .tTss. be
liAWiIl be sold cheap aud on reasonable tsFms.
Apply TO McCL0SKEY 4 MeMINEMIN.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23

NQTICE.--I have this day retired from The T1T-
Der business having disposed Of NV entire inter-
est 70 l.; a Harris and W. w. Harris who will con
t,nue the Lumber businers at the n H. corner Of
Front and Tatnall streets 4 WIRRIS :
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23

NOFlCEy--A quarterly meeting OF the Trustees Of
~ the P1ot for New Castle County will be held AZ
the Aims House, on WEDNESDAY, the 18th inst
Janli-tm JOHN W. EVANS, Clerk.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23
for !SaIf aud for 3eut,

- SECONDHAND PIANOS for sale or rent.
eD cheap, at R0BEI.IN & BROS, S07 Market
street. jau'r3-2t
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23

T0R SALE. ..8a,
horse power. suitable for drivins SMALL engino er
dee sapiA-0
II fHRFR DESIRABLE BUILDING L0Ta
on Jackson street, between sixth and ksygAths,,
Q. p. JOHNSON.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23

FoR SALE.
DESIRABLE BUSINESS STAND.
80, The undeFsignsA desiring 70 retire ffQm
lfl business, OilbFs ak Private Sale the Uelt-
" known and desirable property 40 kas1
VI Third street, WheFe for many years past the
DRY GOODS and TRIMMING Business. lsseah-
lished BY NJ. 4 ). hroWalhaa been successfully eon-
dna1ad. a-..ssssss.s-.-
This Il q rare opening for any entogpTising peRsoa
-ta engago IL an es4nblHhgl bqslnesf with - COED
patronage. MhSs ~. y. nhAI
Apply on the premises. OF % 4 James Belt, Of 3,
ninghnIsg Co, eornsr ctxth and MAI ERt streets.
eeRAkW tEfE4s nj 8t Z II
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23

TNOR SALE-A Lot Of Land At the southeast
10 corner Of Front and CLAYTON streets - feet !
inches on Front and % feet on Clayton street,
Apply TO 0EO. @. MARIS.
Real Estate Agent,
Oeal1-tf Se Market street.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23

NOIICE.-A special meeting Of the stockhold.rs
-, o. the Home Loan Association viii Be held On
thIpA1, January 24th, at s O'eloek, D. n =. 81 the
u@al place q meeting. Third and Market Stfeets 10
cons tier certain proposed amendments 10 the Bye-
Laws Affecting the old Stockholders
ian1-2s Ell. TAYLOR. see,ry.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23
BUSINESS CHANGE.

FNIlE undersigned having purchased Of ]. Sund-
4 helm & Co.. the Store No. 20 MaFket strset.
respectfully informs his patrons that he has nee
ted assortment OF Ready made Cl0thing, Under
Clothing. dents Furnishing d0ods. &c. Ihankfal
for the past patronage exteaded 70 him, he Tospect
fully sOlirits a cOnnnuanee ef the sane.
J.KRSI.kx CANARY,
iaa0ly 80 AaFksl SafssA.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23
PRICE 1 CENT.
gotifes.

NVssliSE,-The annual election Of oaieeru Of the
~ Wilmington Institute and FOR fonT Dirsctors
70 serve for three years. will Be held "a The Lhrafv
ana n keaoing koom Of the Institute on TUESDAY.
jsn22-sOdtR Jos. 4. RIcRARDsoE. ss.,y
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23
1iridtua.
aTauts.

w WANrED-A Boy Il or Is years of ags. Wh
w writes a good hand Apply at this othee.
ian1n
w At this OGice. jaR9
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23
COAL Z
frtisht aiafs.

InRLAwARR AVENUE LOR ron sAt.h-
~ Al fact fr0nt. ApDly q thno4co.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23
FOR aALE.

49,. Twenty-Five small HoHses. from four 10
gIls six FoOmz, In different pArts ol the city,
WI Prices ranging from 500 % 1900.
III Tsrms easy. j. ". FRAZER.
Telegraph BaiiliRG. 81 psar Market.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-08
Stlttt StOrp.
BY :. ANNE FROST.

should lac To describe NY hero -
Young aud sallau, cavalier OF This nine
,,vu,h century, with the beauty OF an
Apollo auI the wAdOm oi a sage. but
truth cumycis rc To- acknowledge that
Rupert Smithsuh. in spite oi hlN li"e
appclatiou. Was neither one nor the
uth,t. HIS nephew and uaul.stSe. who
Nas called in tAo bosom of his family
Rupert the Second, said that has Uncle
Rupert WAS a ''crusly old bach lor, aud
1 hammer my brains la vain lor = moro
fitting description. \ crusty old bache.
lur he undoubtedly Wa. more than iiity
years OF age. with srizzIcd hair, heavy
glay eyebrows. a thick gray beard, and
rough yoicc and manner. IL IS vcrl true
thai lac WAS ALWAYS careful 90 Keep the
crust,.s. side ol ia, nature ou the surface.
and had been disco,o:od iu The act OF
committing several svcye, deeds oi chart
I, auL kindness, that boliod Guc:ly his
laoi!ya, sariy tone and abrupt manncr.
Twenty Years uetorc, whcn tEc siay
uair va, nut. brown and clustered IN Ilch
curls over the broad white iorehcad, whon
the brown eyes Shouc with the hro ui
ambition, the clear voice was uue and
tender. Rupert SmitbsOn had given his
whole loyal heart TO Katie Carrol. neigh.
Lor and friend. little sweetheart from
childhood Urged by love as well as am-
bi,ion. he had LETT his home, in a small
Western town, and gone to New Iork TO
win name and a fortune to lay at hutie'S
feet. The fortune aud fame a success
lul mcrchan. came to him, Gut when he
returned to Katie, he iouud she had lett
home also, 10 become lhe bride oil q
wealthy pork dealer in Cincinnati. No.
body told Rupert oil ;reachery to the
pretty Katie, of letters suppressed, OF
ISLANDERS circulated, and parental authori.
iy stretched to the utmost in favor OF tue
wealthy suitor. He had no record oil th9
slow despair bat etepL over lhe loving
heat, when the pleading letters were
unanswered, Of The dull apathy that
yielded at last, and gave away the hand
Of the Young girl, " hen her heart seemed
broken All that the young, ardent low
er knew was the one bitter fact that the
girl he loved faithfully aad Iondly was
false ~ her promise, the wife OF another.
He spoke no word of bitterness, but re-
turned TO the home he had fitted up Tor
his bride, the business he had hoped was
his stepping stone, and u life Of loneii
ness
Ten years later when his sister with
her sou and daughter came 10 live in
New York Tor educational advantages,
Rupert the First was certainly what his
saucy nephew called him, crusty old
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-08
PARIS MAINE. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1873.

"Only one, living, daughter seven.
teen years old. | have buried nll the
others
II will let YOU have the house on one
condition." he said. his lip trembling a
little rs ho spoke.
She did not answer In the soltened
eyes looking into her own, in the voice
suddenly modulated to tender sweet.
ness, some memory was wakened, and
she only listened with baied breath and
dilating eyes.
"On one condition, Katie" he said,
"hat you come to il rs my vile, and its
mistress. have waited for you twenty
years, katie!'
1t was hard to believe oven then,
though tho little widow let him caress
her, and sobbod upon his breast. This
gray haired, middle aged man, was so
unlike the Rupert she had believed false |!
Rupert Smithson did not "put in an
appearance, at his counting-housc all
day. and Rupert the Second went home
to his dinner in rather an uneasy frame
Of mind regarding that April fool trick of
his.
Il must run over, and see il | have
offended beyond all hope OF pardon" he
SAID rs he rose from the table.
But grur voice behind him arrested
his steps.
$50, so You have advertised my house
TO let, ~ said his uncle, but spite of his
efforts, he failed to look very angry.
GLOW many old maids and widows
appliedP" inquired the daring young
scdpegracc.
"l lon't know After the first applica.
ton Mrs. Jones told the others the house
was taken
"Takcnm
"Yes, / have let ii upon Iilo lease to"
here he opened Tho door-"my wife. ="
Very shy, blushing. and timid, my
wiic" looked in her slate coored dress
and bonnet, rs her three hours husband
led her in, but after moments scrutiny,
Mrs. Kimberley cried:-
1T is Katie Carroll ~
Katie Smithson :" said the BRIDE
groom. with immense dignity, land my
daughter Winniired.
There was u new sensation rs pretty
blonde answered this call. but warmer
welcome was never given than was &C.
corded to. these by their new relatives,
aud to this day Uncle Rupert will not ac.
knowledge that he got The worst of the
joke when lis nephew played him an
April FOOLS trick. 10y advertising his house
10 LEI.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-08
For the oxford Democrat.
ELEMENTS or SUCCESS.
BY HENRY REYNOLDS, N. d.

Success in iie depends almost entirely
upon our own powers, cXeriions, and the
proper direction and concentration OF the
same. Success is not tickle, wayward
goddess, who grants her lavors indis-
cyimina.cly or capriciousIy. As a rule,
snc is just aud equitable in her awards.
At times, it is true, it may seem, from
outward appearances, that the man who
has been unsuccessful, ought to have
been successful. Still u closer eXamina-
ton will usually show wherein was the
adequate cause OF failure. Some error
oil judgment, some misdirection OF forces.
some want OF clear perception, or some
lack OF vigilance will be discovered, and
will account TOR the resulting non-success.
The young nau in starting out in life
should have clear conception OF what is
demanded on his part 10 ensure his sue
cess lie should dispossess his mind OF
the idea that fortune, luck or good chance
is to bc his benefactor. 1t is idle to in.
dulse such hopes. lie should realize
that his success depends almost entirely
upon his own means, abilities and ener.
gieS. and should set himself resolutely at
work early in lie, and not wait for mis-
fortunes and failures TO teach him the
same simple but wholesome lesson.
In This connection we take pleasure in
referring to book recently published by
S. c. Griggs & Co, of Chicago. entitled
Getting on In the World" and written
by Prof. Mathews. 1t is not often that s.
book is issued, that is more appropriate
or better fitted TO be placed in the hands
OF Young persons, TO stimulate them to
worth and successful action. We make
few extracts:
STRUGGLES OF PROFESSIONAL MEN.
The experience oil medical pr.ctilion.
ers is not unlike that of lawyers. Men
of the highest ability have read and OBJ
served for years in poverty and obscuriiy
before they have gained respectable
practice. In 1888, medical student at
Edinburg University lived in the third
story OF . house in Bristol street, in q
room which cost him six shillings and six
pence week. In after lie, when sway
ing the surgical sceptre OF England as
Sir Ashley Cooper, his professional income
in single year amounted TO f23,OOO;
and yet. during the first twelve months
after he had settled down in London, his
private practice yielded but five guinies.
1t is much the same in all professions and
callings. 1t costs many hard struggle
to earn ones bare expenses at first; but
when the tide is turned, The dollars come
rolling in like an avalanche. mot in single
spies, but in battalions." Nothing, said
Talleyrand, is SO successful as success.
Nearly all of the worlds great scholars,
artists, authors and philosophers, as we'll
as The men who have become famous by
the invention of new processes, or the
OF old sciences, have forced
their way TO distinction through many
trialsand discomagements."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-08
Qoetrg
Human Equality.

Supplement 10 "A Mans Man for a that"
81 WILLIAM LLoND GARRISON.
1herV i no king by right divine
To rule and reign and a that;
Nor rprinccly rank, nor lOrdly line
EQUALIrr, n that
Fer aJhzt, ami a that;
Dynasgic power, aud a. that:
4 common bhthright crowns Us all
With liberty, for a that.
lie. fools and upstairs claim TO hnd
Ia ancestry, and a that,
\ higher post 10 them assigned
Mankind are one Tor n that.
For a. that and a that,
A pomp0us air and a that;
Il matters not how born and bred,
Were Of one blood, for a that.
Though woman never can be man.
Nor change her sex, an'l a that.
To equal rights, 'gainst class or clan,
Her claim l. just for q that.
For "a that, and a that,
sucr proper sphere, aud a that;
la al thst makes living soul
Size matches maa. foi a. ttat.
sae ask. 40 fayors al Ais hands,
ON bonded knee, and "a hat,
She T. h,s peer whe'er hy st,nd-,
Ga ,jlc ef sex. and q that.
p. t' ihat, sud a. that,
Far plly for her. aud a uiai,
Ia al. thc grave concern, ol lie
This Be- her due, for a. ;hA,-
la every lsnd. ian every age,
How hari her lot, auJ . that
4 ,as-al -t.,,, hcr heritage
pyryudeut. poor, and a. that.
Pc. 81 taat and a. thaL
Mos, deeply N,ousca, aud q that,
yao4sh ,ubju--icI lrl-l hes birth.
SO, ,iiil aspire~, ior a. tb4t'
O., Voc iog man, proud lrbU,t'
Aud Judgment, -or,. and 81 that;
For heavens displc,~urv thyy incur
Who crush tEc weak. sud - taIt.
For - .ha. auJ s. lhal.
Injustice ,ii-, aui d. ,u.ii
A., uoa.. -'uI, yvill sJtata a,d
Z, -ain hcr cause, tor % thAt
Down wilh Iii .auivr- that prevent
uct culture. growth. aud % tu1..
UcJ equal place iu government.
In church and state. au'l 81 tha;
For a that, AMI a. that;
Hor EIvE slip. aud a thAl.
Whatever i-ht a iaAn may claim,
Belos.- 60 her. ior a thst.
Soul 10 tac c1mpicmsu, OF soJi,
AMI sea 90 sex. Tor q that;
Eash Is included IA the whole
1bg ahoic boz each, t1r q tH4t
For that, aud o. taa,
Fuu liberty, ana s. thai,
for uiauboo, auj lor ,rom4ahood
Gy grac, ol OoJ, fug q that.
Thea lct as pray tsst come ii .sy.
A. ccmc % wall, ior - that,'
Whcu woman, worth. o'er go tue earth,
shall aoaorcJ by iog d that.
fors' tb1t. aui = that.
to-oqu-i. free, and that
through her Acknowledgement, our race
shall yraadly rise, for 4. that
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Circulation about IsOO---PostAge 4" the
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Boston, are authorized Agents.
sGbscribers can tell. by examining thc culoied
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thoss wishins 90 az an th'seNc, "l ,t A,iN iN.A.s@
payments, can send 20 us by ulsii, oT hand % The
nearest agent sept a. on thc sup means
thc paper i- paid Tor 60 that date. When money
= sent care sho9ia De- 'aNn 70 'Nay 1S s'p
~ saould be 1pprissd 81 o.
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Professional Cards, SC
ENOCH FOSTER. IR.,
Counsellor s. attorney at Lac,
BETHEL, MI.
GEORGE 4. WILSON.
attorney s. Counsellor at Lac,
lOEcs opposite fae tila,'ic Horse.
SOUTH PARIS Ng.
Gs-CyJ,e,luS promptly attended Co.
:. x. uUTCHINs.
.iHorney ). Counsellor at lar,
RUNFORD, uE.
Agri ls.I
SETH ~. FIFE.
AttorRey d Counsellor al Lac,
FRYFBURO, ME-.
SOMBISSIONER jor Aeu hampshire
3.s..Is. ,-ly
q. ID. BESBEs,
.itiOrneyS Counsellor al EaIc,
EuckneId. Olrord County. NJ.
EDGAR =. BROWN,
TORNEN AZ La W,
a.. 90 Y-ss Sts-.
PORTLAND, MAINE
Ss-rart.C-ar .itcut.'n ptii ;' COLLECTING
FHED. 4. CROCKEI"E. V. D..
>c,cc-,or,o Dr. ". .C.Gtor.l.
Eclectic Physician s. Surgeon,
NORWAY, MI.
us-spe,iai a,,,ul pa.t ,' Feuale Complaints
a. r.. EVANS,
PHTSICI-i & SURGEON,
NORWAY VILLAGE, WI.
pr. O.. Will p5y particular attention Co. discs'.s
oISt -. a.. rs'.dca,e. OMce hours f.o,a 70
81
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGE n,
CKFIELD, NE.
Ea-itr IsI-II l.. ostu -p,.aiatr. lAAAl\iNa.
SURGEON f.~ fcH-.'rs. HHi Nu e'trnt ~ dF
.u..ts eft t..ai Dl-ry.
OR. a. e. JONES,
DENTIST
NOEH'4T VILiIGE. MAINE
ss-T,,.H i,s,,ltsI on Gold. silver or uic-"ize
UuDber luucii-.-
Dl.. =. GANMON%
.s<sxS DENTIST,
MECHANIC FALLS, M.
ss-Wui visit BUCKFIELD tLe first Monday Ia
a.rch month and re main through the week
~ pains w'il pc spared iu ruacavounE y give
perfect .lti.i4ction- mar = .
MAINE WATER CURE.
tNOT COLD WATER Cure
Devoted Exclusively 90 Female Invalids
y ATERFORp, MAINE.
a. -. sHATTUCES. -. l.,
experimenting Ptys.ciau 4 Operating ~ur5yo@
; u. AL llu.lrL.lttwi.l please ,su,. llI ...,aisr
%. &. s'RASk,
DEPUTY SHERIFF, Gixfeid
OXFORD COUNT Aa.
zs-I'rc-el,. tIOm abroad .ltai %. .t,H'cd to
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VOLUME 40.
OBJ 9fiuro @rmutrat,

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tn advance.
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thc paper d, paid Tor Co THAT datc. when money
- sent care should BE- taken 20 examine the slip,
aad f the money is EctcI ,,.tgJ iihiu i'o weeSs,
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-10-01

"A great deal has been said and writ.
ten lately about e" improved poultry" but
it is questionable whether, after all, any
real improvement has been made, We
quite agree with a prominent agricultural
journal that thinks that Improvement"
should consist in something more practical
than the shape of the bill, the number Of
toes, the color Of certain tail feathers, or
whether there is single or pea comb
Real improvement consists, in our opinion,
in laying greater number of eggs with the
same amount Of feed II fowls can be
bred so as to modify their disposition more
or less, this would be matter of value.
A valuable hen may be ruined by simply
falling off her roost, while the common
fowl would not be harmed. A lively dung.
hill might squauk," and so arouse the
family if robbers were near, while the do
cile, lazy, " improved" fowl, would be an
easy victim. 1t is too often the case that
at agricultural fairs the really valuable hen
is passed by, because her comb is particle
too high or too low, or little one-sided,
while an " improved" breed, that costs two
or three times as much to keep, and pro.
duces scarcely anything, carries off the
premium, on account of the so.caled i'm
provements we have mentioned
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-10-01

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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-10-01


Among the brokers and bankers who
have failed or suspended, we notice the
following names, many Of whom are well
known in financial circles throughout the
country: Jay Cooke & Co., bankers /;
Richard Schell, stock broker Robinson x
Suydam, stock brokers; Fisk & Hatch,
bankers Henry Clews 4 Co., bankers ;
White, De Frietas 4 Rathbone, brokers /;
Beers & Edwards, stock brokers Eugene
j. jackson, broker Theodore Berdell bro.
ker; S. II. Smith & Seaver, brokers !;
Thomas Reed & Co., bankers; Hay & War
ner, bankers; George Common, banker
George Bolton, banker; W. II. Warren,
banker; Vernam & Hoy, bankers; Green
leaf, Norris 4 Co., brokers; George b.
Alley, broker A. N. Kidder, banker +;
Day 4 Morse, bankers and BROKERS; Il. ID.
Randolph 4 Co., bankers of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad company Union trust com
pany; National bank Of the Common
wealth National Trust company Edward
Haight & Co., bankers; Brown, Wads-
worth 4 Co., bankers; Il. c. Morehead,
banker; c. G. White a. Co., brokers /;
Ketchum & Belknap, brokers; Williams
4 Bostwick brokers Miller a Walsh,
brokers; Lawrence Josephs, broker; p.
NJ. Myers & Co., bankers; Fearing & Dell.
ing, brokers; Taussig, Fisher & Co, bank
ers; Fitch 4 Co, brokers; Whittemore
& Anderson, brokers; Jacob Little & Co.,
brokers.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-10-01

The Eclectic Life Insurance Company,
Of New York, has gone into bankruptcy,
after doing an apparently prosperous bust
ness for several years Money camel in well
for while, but salaries and commissions,
and expenses of all sorts we're large, and
when deaths amoug the insured began to
multiply it was soon drained Of its slender
accumulatons Il is not the only company
that will pass through this experience, and
it becomes those who are taking out insu-
rance policies to look well to the institutions
they patronize. The only safe course is to
select one Of the old, well-managed com.
panies, which have passed through the criti-
cal period in which the Eclectic went down,
and come out with accumulated assets and
frs.-class reputation, or to choose among
the newer companies those whose managers
are men Of such character and ability as to
remove the doubt which must otherwise
attach to such new institutions 1t is so
easy to find good companies that no one
ought to get into poor one any more than
he ought to neglect insurance altogether.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-10-01
The Back Pay Question.

We present our readers this week with two
communications upon this subject, selected
from the number which We have received, as
specimens Of what may be said upon each side
We trust those good friends Of the WArcmAN
who have forwarded us communications upon
this subject previously will notbe disappointed
at not seeing them in our columns. We be-
licye the leading arguments on each side of the
question are embraced in the following
STEALING IN men PLACES.
Messrs. Editors At the risk of being
charged with repeating a" thrice told tale, ~ or
Of preaching from thrcndbaro text, small
space is asked for in your columns, for the cx-
preston Of few thoughts upon q subject Of
late occupying much public attention
A voice has reached us from certain dircc-
ton, signilying that enough has already been
said on the matter in hand that the exciting
theme should be laid aside, and the public at.
tcntion turned, if possible, in some other di-
ton Very likely, gentleman, you wouI be
we'll pleased to have no more disturbance about
the Infamous business So too, would the
common thief or the highwayman, after
your goods or money bad come into his posses
sion, be equally well pleased to have quiet
restored--to he allowed to enjoy his ill-gotten
gains in peace But the party aggrieycd
might, perhaps. he justified IN thinking differ
emily.
The reader will understand, at once, that
reference is made TO what IS miucingly called
the "snlary grab Why not talk plain
English, and call it The official s'eai2 Onc
might, IN his cagcrn,ss TO obtain it, "grob
at what legidmatcly belongs to him but when
he oppropriatcs That which docs not belong 70
him, TO which he hasoaruel no title, 10 cannot,
without misuse Of terms, be called anything
but aea'ng.
10 illustrate in what aspect il seems The
affair should be viewed allow us 20 suppose an
employer 20 engage the services Of another, for
a certain time, for $500. The term Of service
expires. lie who has sild bis labor is, OF
course, entitled 20 his rcwlrd But, instead
OF accepting tlc Stipulated price, Che satanic
Thought hos entered bis Uranium that be bad
rather have Four hundred tlan Trio, and he
proceeds OF once to put the thought in practice
/ by coolly walking mp 90 his employer desk, 20
which he ha. conGluely been allowed access,
and pocketing twice thcnmount which belongs
% him Would the employer be nor. or less
than human to quietly submit 10 such ON out.
rage Would Doc be likely TO give the thiel a
chance TO rob him, in IKE manner the second
! time Bat no worse is this than the action oft