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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-10-24
FROM CALIFORNIA.
Them Night SchOOls--1he Unity of
Mechanics and Grangers What
may come of 1t
81 FRANc1sco. Oct. II. 1874.

san Francisco, Oct. II, 1874.
T. the Editor II the woREiSsNAS's ADVOCATE.
Laying aside business for a few min
utes, | conclude 1t is best to write again.
Ideas are often expressed in the presence
of a few which might benefit thousands if
published, and my thoughts, on paper,
finding place in the columns Of the AID
vocATE. will shape tie reflective minds Of
many, who, thinking it over in the differ
ent portions IF the world, may criticise,
understand. and improve upon my views
and facts stated.
TO IMPROVE
the condition of those who labor for hv-
ing is what you and me are working for !;
but we can effect nothing without reaching
the eyes, ears and understanding Of the
parties who think as We do, and are likely
TO enter into the reform. 1t is hard to
convince a man already grown grey that it
is his interest or duty to do anything that
will not fill his purse. The next genera
ton have but few advocates who can see
no DIR ect benefit to themselves, and yet,
without such men the next generation
would be no better than the last. There
are, however, some thoughts that may ben
eft adults Of this day.
EDUCATION
is the great leveler Of distinction IN soci-
ETY., and it is that OF which now propose
to write. Our common school system in
this State is one Of the very bes. in the
world. and our citizens, those who have
wealth without children, no longer grum-
BILE about the payment Of taxes to educate
the children Of others. This Is good
sign Here W have over twenty thous-
and children at school, who are learning
from the pri oer to classics in the colleges
Of the University, all 50 free that parents
hardly appreciate the advantages thus af-
forded to their boys and girls.
THE NIGHT SCHOOL
is great feature in our educational sys-
TEN; it affords an opportunity for the poor
le5uring boys, girls and men, Of every age,
to obtain an education in spite of their
poverty We have in San Francisco elev-
en- hundred enrolled pupils, who avail
themselves of advantages in night schools
their ages range from Is to 90 years, all
free to come and go as they please they
are so intent on study that teachers have
no trouble in preserving order, while about
ninety Pc sent are n resuas attas lce.
Al Of them have emPloy cut dursEs the
LAY, and Of course are temperate and en-
ergetic
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR
females are in ATTENDANCE, Of which there
are cooks, nurses, milliners, dress makers,
etc. six Of them are married women, one
q German, now in the fourth reader. Sew
eral of them are between tventy-three and
twenty five years of age, all intent on
learning the Immediately useful branches
of education.
There is commercial department hav
ing seventy seven scholars, only one fe
male; they are studying arithmetic, book
keeping, and the incidentals necessary fol
hasiness. There are eighty seven scholar
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Special attention paid Collections and Claims os
Mechanics for Wages, &c. win Practice in adjoining
Counties.
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HENRY BROOKS, Real Estate.
II, N. CURTIS, Wholesale Oysters and Fish.
CHAS. H. BAKER Real Est tie and Loans.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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Representatives.
First Distrht-JAS. B. BRADWELL.
LINCOLN DUPOIS.
Second Distrit-SOL. P. HOPKINS.
GEO. M. BOGUE.
Third District-'OHN THIELAN.
Fourth District-)RRIN L. MANN.
Nm. MILLER.
Fifth District-CAlL G. LINDERBORG
GAS. c. SCHARLAN.
Sixth -District-JOE. d. HARVEY.
JOIN c. BARKER.
Seventh District II. DOLTON.
GEODUNLOP.
Alderme..
First Ward-WM. H. RICHARDSON.
Second Ward-F. w. WARREN.
Third Ward-DAVID COE.
Fourth Ward-JOS. E. 9th.
Fifth ward-THOS. c. CORE.
Sixth Ward-No nomination.
Seventh Ward-P. McLOWRY.
Eighth Ward-JOHN WILLAR.
Ninth Ward-JOSIAH GREENWOOD.
Tenth ward-D. W. CLARK, JR.
Eleventh Ward-JAS. WALSH.
Twelfth Ward-A. N. WATERMAN
thirteenth Ward. s. MCFARLAND.
Fourteenth Ward-B. QUIRK.
Fifteenth Ward-N. ECKHARD J.
LINDT, to FIJI McGrath's vacancy.
Sixteenth Ward-E. A. SITTIG.
Seventeenth Ward-L. SCHAFFNER.
Eighteenth Ward-THOS. CANNON.
Nineteenth Ward-D. G. DICKINSON
wentissA Ward-CAPT. DALI.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.

REPUBLICAN TICKET
Congress.
First District-SIDNEY SMITH.
Second District ID. WARD.
Third District -CHAS. B. FARWELL.
Sheriff.
TIMOTHY VI. BRADLEY.
Coroner.
JOHN STEPHENS.
County Commissioners.
AVERY MOORE.
X NTRISON.
ERNEST SCHALIAN.
STEPHEN HOLLAND.
EDWARD X. BUCH.
GEO. H. CESKEY.
Senators.
First District-GEO. E. WHITE.
Third District-ALLEN @. WILLARD.
Fifth Llstrict-CHAS. E. MOORE.
Seventh District-GEO. A. INGALLS,.
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CITY MATTERS

President Union No. %.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19

FToM no J0Elef Signal.
The nomination of Charles Carroll for
state treasurer by the Democratic Liberal
convention, seems to meet the approba-
ton of the people everywhere. We pre-
ferred the nomination of David Gore, the
nominee of the Independent party,f for that
Office, but representatives from Mr.. Gore s
own county spoke so unfavorably of him,
that his selection was out of the ques-
ton. 1t is unfortunate that there are two
opposition candidates in the field, 1t ma,
be the means of electing the Republican
candidate.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
per!ntendent has decided to sever biz connection

pertntendent, has decided to sever bis connection
with the public schools Of our city, and mas rendered
his recognition as such, and ~
WHEREAS He has successfully and faithfully 10.
bored among us for more than four years. and bv
his skill and energy raised the standard and charac-
ter of the public schools of the city, well great.
ly ncrcas their power for usefulness; therefore
RESOLVED, That the resigna lou be accepted, 10
take effect rs therein stated, the 26th Of October
is79 and we hereby declare our entire confidence
m the ability of Mr. Etter as manager of the many
Derplexing details Of q comprehensive school sys.
tenn and that In parting with him we desire hereby
to assure him that he has the best wishes of this
board for his success in his new field of labor
Mr.. Etter's moral character is such that
the good people of the state can trust our
great educational interests to his charge
with the greatest safety; but we do not
claim him to be a christian gentleman like
many of the most brilliant defaulters ia
the nation, but he has real merit, and his
morality is of the genuine stripe. All who
become acquainted with him admire his
social and manly qualities, and those who
know him best respect in the highest his
as an educator. The people, re-
gardlese of party, can find no purer or
more efficient gentleman for the position
he aspires, than S. M. Etter.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
Princeton, Thursday, Sept. 9th, 1874,
Democratic Liberal Platform

The following is the official text of the
platform adopted by the Illinois Demo
cratic Liberal State Convention, August
26, 1874:
First. The restoration Of gold and silver as the
basis of the currency; the resumption Of specie pay
ments a. soon possible without disaster to the
business interests OF the country, by steadily oppos
ng imitation, and by the payment of the national
Indebtedness In the money OF the civilized world
Second. Free commerce; no tariff for any pur
pose but for revenue
Third. Individual liberty and opposition to sump-
tuary laws.
Fourth. The right aud duty OF the state to pro-
tect its citizens from extortion and unjust dscrimi
nation by chartered monopolies
Fifth. Rigid restriction OF the governments, both
state and NATIONAL to the legitimate domain OF po-
litica powell, BY excluding therefrom all executive
and legislative intermedding with the affairs of
ciety, whereby nonopolies fostered, privileged
classes aggrandized, and individual freedom un.
necessarily and oppressively restrained.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-19
.t.a CATHOLIC EDUCATION:
Expected Arrival Of Nuns Of the Order Of the
Presentation,
From the ". y Hfr1l3.

From the N. Y. Herald.
The nuns of the Order of Presentation
who are to take charge of st. MichaePs
school for girls, on Ninth avenue and Thir-
ty-frst street, sailed from Queenstown, Ire
land, on the 22nd ult., in the City of Paris,
and are expected here tomorrow. The
Sisters of the Presentation devote. them
selves exclusively to the cause OF the graf
uitous Catholic education, and have long
since established for their Order in Ire.
land, in connection with this all-important
work, national reputation. The origin of
this religious community is traced to a
rather romantic incident in the life of Miss
Honora Maggie, who was born in l72S, at
Ballygrifin, on the banks of the Blackwa-
ter, 10 the county of Cork. Her family
had wealth and social position, and she
was sent to Paris to be educated, where she
remained after leaving school, entering
with all the arder of her nature into the
frivolous amusements of the gay capital OF
fashion. In the spring of 1850, Miss Ma
gle, then just twenty two, was returning IN
the early morning from one OF the most
distinguished salons of Paris, and as her
carriage rolled along the still almost de-
serted street. her eye was attracted by
crowd of people of the poorer class, who
were standing before the unopened door OF
a parish church, waiting to be admitted,
that they might hear mass before going to
their days work. The hard lot of these
children Of toll, made deep impression
upon the generous heart of the young Irish
lady, and made her painfully aware of the
vanity and uselessness of her own life, and
with noble impulse she resolved to seek at
once some object worth living for and to
devote herself exclusively to it, With
this view she returned to Ireland and first
opened schools for poor girls in Cork; but
finally, in TIT, she established the Order
of the Presentation, whose special mission
is Catholic education.
There are at present fifty converts of
this Order in Ireland, and the schools OF
the Presentation rank among the very best
in the land. The Rev. A. J.Donnelly, the
pastor of St. Mchael's church, in this city,
went to Ireland last winter for the special
purpose of procuring the services Of these
ladies for the education of the girls of his
, parish
A spacious convent, adjoining the school
house on Ninth avenue aud Thrty-frst
street. has been fitted up for them, and
within two weeks after their arrival they
will probably have under their charge ev-
cry girl of school age in the congregation.
: 1t is also quite probable that they will be
n invited to open schools in other parts Of
e the arch diocese We may, therefore
safely conclude that the introduction OF
D the Order of the Presentation is a really
. important event in connected with CathC-
education in New York,
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Independent Reform Congress
sionaI Convention.

At the Independent Reform Convention. held In
Springfield, on the 10th of June last, was instruct
ed by tho delegates from tho Sixth Congressional
District, to call Congressional Convention at
Princeton, Thursday, Sept. 24th, 1874,
at O'Clock r. NJ In compliance Herewith, the In
dependent Reform voters of the Sixth Congressional
District are requested to send delegates to Prince
ton at the time above named, for the purpose Of
nominating one candidate for Congress, and to
transact such other business as may come before
the convention.
The basis Of representation will be one delegate
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fraction exceeding half that number, under the cen.
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Lee. ..................10 Putnam. ..............
Rock Island. ....,.,...2
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Some one who has been viewing the SIAM
ese jugglers, says: Zone trick which MIMI
man performed was a very superior version OF
the mango-tree feat of the Inoian jugglers.
He took an orange, cut it open, and produced
serpent. This he took down into the audi
ence, and borrowing robe from one. cut the
When the robe was lifted again fox was in
nlace of the snake. The fox's head was cut
off: two robes borrowed, and when they were
raised there was wolf, (which was killed with
a sword, Three robes and leopard appear
cd !. # was slain with javeliu. Four robes
covered a most savage-looking buffalo, that
was killed with an axe Five robes covered
in part but not altogether lordiy, elephant
who. when sword was pointed at him, seiz-
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lently up, BE mounted feet foremost, and
finally chung by bis toes to the capital irO of 9ne 3Se
Of the d columns aS;ed on the Elephants shoulders
With With a short sword he goaded the beast on
the head until, shrieking, the unwleldy ami
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This is pleasantly written book. well and
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GEOLOGY. By Prot A. Geikie. No. " Of the Sci
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Number five of this valuable scientific series
presents to US in simple language the great
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the long, silent ages, during which our world
was being rendered a fit dwelling place for
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Among the numerous biographies of the
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The author also gives number OF reminis-
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extremely interesting. The book is large
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frontispiece is fine steel engraving Of For.
rest with fac-simile of his autograph.
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mai reared upon his hind feet, twined his
s uunk ABOUT one of the great columns, and
scented sna trying 10 lift itself from the ground
TTu Tha wrap It's body around the great pillar.
aauhn. n1 music elashed out barbarousiy, Norodom
an5 Tanos ioltn dazzling firework OF some sort,
folds % o9 epaaa lay upon the stage wrthing in the
m Mnbmssn s,eat boa-constrictor, and holding
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