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THE HUNTINGDON ARGUS.
Too Much of Lady.


When Eve in the garden was Plueking The
rose,
And enjoying the Eden walks shady,
wonder if ever she turned up her nose,
And sighed, I'm too much Of lady!
Too much Of a lsGy, dear Adam, to work,
A belpmeet was made to be petted;
You keep things in order, really must shirk,
Though the fact dear, is deeply regretted
To-day she has daughters whose delicate
hands
Arc wholly united for labor;
IT almost fatigues them to futter their fans,
When they languidly call on a neighbor.
Their mission on earth is to gossip and dress,
And live upon LIES sweetest honey,
And they haven't a bother or trouble unless
Their masculine bank fails in money.
I, isn't the loveliest thing, to be sure,
To dabble in cooking and dishes,
But never a home was kept tidy and pure
BIZ dainty Hsthetieal wishes.
I'm lree to confess there's something in life
More attractive than putting a stitch in,
and many a weary, industrious wife
Isn't deeply in love with her kitchen.
But duty is duty, and dirt always dirt,
And only the lazy deny it,
C-oclotting is nicer than making a shirt,
But'nan never yet was clothed by it.
To sit IN a parlor in indolent ease,
Till one grows all fragile and fady,
Or aoance through the street, silly gazors to
please,
Is being too much Of lady.
Too much of a lady to darn up her hose,
Or govern her house with aeumenj
Too much Of lady, wherever she goes,
To ever be much of a woman.
The muscles that God made are useless to her
Except to be wrapped up in satin,
And as for an intellect-she would prefer
A bonnie. 90 mastering Latin,
Too much Of a lacy to own a grand heart,
To be a true daughter or mother,
Too much Of a lady to bear the brave part
That ue'er can be borne 10y another.
BY fashion of birth too fine for this earth,
When it comes to the Judgments payday,
Though our Lord may delight in the lilies in
white
Will! lie smile on "TOo much of a lady?'
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These creatures who live on the
m sery and starvation of women and
children, have cried "Wolf! wolff"
till we wonder when any heed them.
Again, we say, those bands Of men
who use their millions in buying and
storing the food supply to force up
prices, till to live consumes the hard
earned wages Of the industrious poor,
thus depriving them of medicines,
suitable clothing, and the many little
comforts that make life tolerable, are
morally, worse than highwaymen.-
They may have the pretext Of starry
ing families, no work, or the impOssi-
bility Of living by honest labor with
food at such prices, but the men who
purchase the food supply Of a nation
can furnish no pretext or reason but
the selfish one of adding to their mil
lions. Napoleon once said, "Give
me the money and l will get the men
to do my bidding" but he would not
have said that in free Americal No
one believes our lawmakers can be
bought like sheep in the shambles.-
Ifthis be so, these sharks of whom we
write can hire an assassin to dispose
of all their enemies, and so govern
the country. If the reports Of trials
and records of the statistician are to
be believed, many prostitutes, sui
cides, thieves, and even murderers
lay their crimes and misfortunes at
these mems feet. They say: "Our
wages would not keep soul and body
together, and we we're driven to des-
peration." If this be true, who are
responsible?
While many Of our leading news
papers condemn this hideous crime
against humanity, called Food Mo
nopoly," as much as we, they careful
ly hide its deformity beneath the shell
tering mantle Of Euphonism. We
do not complain; nay, we thank them
for all they have done; thank them
in the name Of the toiling millions Of
every land; thank them for every
blow struck for the race. The human
intellect is expanding. What could
be done a century ago with impunity
is now impossible. There should be
no conflict between two giants-La-
Dor and Capital. The first is docile
when fairly treated, but when his
name becomes Starving people" he
is terrible. If that day should ever
come, like Samson between the pill
lars, he Will crush himself, but others
will be crushed with him.
MILES.
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che Street Arab.

This strange specimen Of the hui
man family is sometimes called a gut
ter snipe, and sometimes a gamin.-
As rule, the real genuine street
Arab, met in our cities, is a boy who
never knew a mothers love or fathers
care. He never knew the comfort Of
a home-any kind Of home. When
he has living parents, 50 far as he is
concerned, he would be very much
better without them, because so soon
as large enough, he is forced to beg
or steal that they may have the
means to CRAFTY their thirst for
strong drink. His first recollections
are of a narrow, filthy alley, filed
with dirty, ragged children like HIM
self, and of tilthier room-if posi-
ble-f1led with drunken men and
women, tobacco smoke, profanity,
and The odors Of whisky. These are
lis pleasant surroundings when the
light OF reason first dawns, and for
all that society or Government-that
Government that may yet demand
his services In the field. and does de-
mand obedience to its laws-seem to
care, he may end his wretched life in
the same pandemonium, without
knowing that anything better is pos
sible for him. His own species have
made him an Ishm@lite long before
he knows the meaning of the word,
If ever he does. He is not much
mistaken when he looks upon all
mankind beyond the limits Of his
dirty alley as his natural enemies; it
mas been proven to him in hundreds
Of ways. Outside of that reeking,
filthy, disease-produeing den where
he was born, there is no place in the
great city where he may rest or shell
ter himself IF he sits down on the
the church steps to rest his little
starved body, he is rudely driven
away; if he crawls into an empty
box to rest, or sleep while the
warmth of the sun makes it possible,
policeman drags him out and makes
him move on; if he tries to warm
his little rag-covered body by any Of
the stoves in public places, he feels
thankful to escape without broken
bones. He knows of no friendly
shelter but the wretehed place in the
alley. Is it any wonder that all the
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"EFuInan Rights"

The readers of the ARGUS will re-
member an article entitled Mistaken
Ideas" which appeared some time
ago. This paper is continuation Of
the last part of that effort.
We assume that every human be-
ing who obeys the laws, and works to
the best of his ability, has the right
to live comfortably. We also take
the position that any combination Of
capital for the purpose Of enhancing
the price of food, is a crime against
humanity. As the Cincinnati Com
merciaI and New York Sun have add
vanced somewhat similar ideas, we
begin cur task with more courage
If a combination Of men adulterate
food Ono matter what the design and
cause the death Of one human being,
somebody is indicted for man-slaugh-
ter; but if the same body buy up all
the food on speculation, and hold 1t
until the very poor die, many steal,
and others commit suicide rather than
starve, they cannot be molested.-
The greatest good to the greatest
number is the fundamental principle
Of all just government. We here at
firm, or rather re-afirm, that the
Government which cannot or will not
protect its best men, the laborer, me-
chanic, &C., from the misery and
selfish greed of this horde Of heart
less miscreants, who live and thrive
upon the sweat and blood Of its best
people, is a disgrace to the map of
the world.
This thing can be done, prominent
LAWYERS to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Our Congress passed a law
against land monopoly, and it can do
this. We are told all such laws have
been evaded. Yes, because not hon
estlv enforced. While our Congress
men are voting millions Of acres OF
land and millions of dollars to railroads
and steamships, they might find time
to redress a wrong which is a dis
grace to humanity. We know that
all of them are not busy oiling the
fat goose which lays the golden eggs.
Any man knows, if he knows any
thing, that the increase in the price
of food since 1879 is chiefly the work
of these human vampires-is purely
speculative. We raise enough food
to supply, not only ourselves, but
many less favored districts. The
census report will show that we did ii
last year. What, then, but the in
satiate greed of these sharpers has
raised the price of bread 90 per cent,
meat A per cent, and butter and
cheese 70 per cent? We freely
admit that crops were short in many
places, but nothing like a famine. =
We raised much more than was
needed for home consumption.
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Latest Market Reports.

Honor-Scarce, old stock exhau't
ted and the new will be a failure.
Virtue-Old growth nearly con
sumed; young growth prospect very
unpromising.
Honesty-None in market.
Prudence-All in the hands Of old
stakeholder and held close.
Modesty-Stock badly managed,
none for sale to street spectators.
Vice-Market over stocked.
Pride-Market glutted.
Politeness-Cheap, holders unable
to dispose Of any at present rates.
Scandal-None at wholesale, dealt
in chiefly by peddlers at retail.
Religion-Very little Of the genu-
inc article On hand; stock generally
adulterated.
Love-None offered except for
gold
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Who Represent she People.

According to the directory Of tho
Forty-seventh Congress, there are in
that body 1913 members:
One hundred and ninety-Gvo law
yers.
Nineteen professional politicians.
Three railroad officers.
One capitalist
One clergyman.
There are sixty-fve members rep
resenting the useful employments OF
the country, as follows:
Seventeen merchants.
Eleven farmers,
Twelve editors.
Ten manufacturers,
Five physicians.
Two civil engineers.
Two miners.
L WO mechanics.
One metallurgist
The useful employment are Still
worse represented in the Senate, as
the following shows. There are sew
enty-six members, whose professions
are as follows:
Fifty-seven lawyers.
Five bank officers.
Three railroad officials.
Three professional politicians.
Of the useful professions there are
eleven:
Three merchants.
Three manufacturers.
Two miners.
Two general business.
One farmer.
One editor.
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No one could say what the trouble
was, when a wiry little chap, about
five feet six inches tall; with black
eyes and hair, clean face and thin
lips, appeared at the left hand door
with a cooked revolver in each hand
said:
Gents, I'm sorry to disturb you,
but Z We got to make a raise this
morning. Please leave your shooters
and climb down here, one at a time"
1t was Sudden. 1t was so sudden
that it took ten seconds to understand
the drift of his remarks. Then
every eve was turned to the right
hand door, and the two revolyers
held by a second robber were seen at
the open window. 1t was trap.
The rats were caught, and would
they fight?
"Gents I'm growing leetle impa-
tient," continued the first robber,
"and l want to see the procession be-
gin to move"
Lets see. The Captain was to
lead Us, and we were to be cool, and
fire to kill. But the Captain was
growing white around the mouth,
and nobody had a weapon in hand.
The rats were not going to fight.
One Of the miners opened the door
and descended and the other six
humbly followed. The seven were
drawn up in line across the road, and
while the robber held his shooter on
the line he coolly observed to his
partner:
"Now, William, you remove the
weapons from the coach, and then
search these gentlemen.
AS William obeyed, every victim
was ordered to hold his hands above
his head, and whatever plumber was
taken from his pockets was dropped
into Williams hat. -Four gold
watches, two diamond pins, a tele
scope, a diamond ring, gold badge
and 81 200 in cash changed hands in
ten minutes. Not man had a word
to say. The driver Of the coach did
not leave his seat, and was not inter
fered with. When the last man had
been plundered, the genteel Dick
Turpin kindly observed:
"You are the most decent set of
men | ever robbed, and if times
wern't so blasted hard I'd make each
of you present of SO. Now, then,
climb back to your places, and the
coach will go on"
The crowd "clumb,. and the We
hicle resumed its journey. Not a
weapon, or a timepiece, Or dollar
had been saved. Seven well armed
men had been cleaned out by two,
and not a shot fired or a wound given.
Each man took his seat without q
word. Mile after mile was passed in
silence, and finally the seventh man
the man who might fight on a
pinch, but didn't-plaintiyely sug-
gested:
Cant some of you gentlemen
think of a few remarks which would
be apropos to the occasion?"
No one conld, and the silence was
renewed.
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Things that will wear are not
to be had cheap. Whether it be a
fabric or principle, if it is to endure
it must cost something. Glitter,
tinsel, brilliant coloring, may all be
had without much expense; but if
we would have strength, frmness,
permanence, we must pay for them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-10
KArcHLNG fOR AIGNS or LIFT.

knot Of curious villagers were assembled ID front
OF a humble tWo-story house that fronts on Len
aelson-ave., West Brighton, ;. l., Last
night when q TRIBUNE reporter assembled the hiil
troip The landing anu knocked at the door The
people anu the reporter "ere drawn 10 Tie spot D.
report when hAI spread ali over the Islauu, that
Michael Connolly, young man. twenty elgut years
Old who lived with his parents III
the house, hal died Oh ,IOnuay rnIug, been
put LIS collin on tuesday, turned over Two or
three times on ~ eGucsday ald lay III state OF ,u,-
pended animation ali day yesterday. Coroner Am
OrOse aad staten Island jury nad sat on Ills Oouy"
Oh AlOu ay, and declared oifC4aIly thai young
molly died OF general deDilty. HIS turing over IN
his cothu atJer TINS Judicial proceeding thought
10 10 evidence That the corpse Ought nos 20 nc
buried "Aeh the reporter WAS dGnlt ted TO the
room he found tho father, mother and
sst,r OF the dead man sitting around d
\ PLAN pine coma, winch contained the pody
look at the face showed thai the man was
dead. lie features were hXed and uqd. aitnougn
tLcy dId NOT have tne usual waAen iOOA OF deItn
aud considering me TIM Gl.t mad Ella Dsed since ne
dIrd The body IN IeIaIkaO Die ate Of preser-
vatlCu. Inc Ups were parted.
" DID your suu turn over III MS collin 7 asked the
So" replied Mrs Connolly. that was not
true report out we uId not want Eiln buried. be-
cause tucre Was no decomposition. lie crtaker,
III Dempsey, SAYS hat tue preservation OF tho
bod, was dccOuu, o. some " Elvl-saINs" thai lac
rubbed Oh he body, out We AHo" tnat he Dut
nO,LIus On IT,"
Tie 0tuer members Of the family told the same
story. IL was learned that young Connolly Game
home at l Oc.oCk On MONDAY morning.
lie uad been driuslug liquor and complained OF
feeling coid. lie drank some ten ana wen. 10 bed.
Al ia UreaA be was 1Ounu 10 DC dead. " nen the
glcl vi The fanny uad subsidized, tue usual prepare
ions were MATE 40 Dury me 5Odg. grave
Jug io4 II ia t4tOusA, l.. L. anu burial permit
cured lie Wake Wis Aed on tuesday night.
lue bOdt, 10 the surprise Vi TyuJdy,
I1D~ed resL auu was limp and warm. one O4d
woman v IA an eAubefint ma lua,I ion declared
tIat saw 10 turn over la the CONN. Ii
d-eiued 10 postpone the fun raj ana call IN DIS.
.f.a NAT
The DOuy sA1uI4 DG Kept duOtlcr day. Wednesday
aud luuIsGay tIc pJlcutS dHd siStcr watched LUr
signs OF returning utr wuIch never came. Inc
the auA4Cly Dy declaring ma they IaInt uugc
Oi UUOu "a tLo dead MA ears. Yesterday Dr. AM
brcoe came again ind toll the beIo4Yod watchers
above GiOuud any longer. The burial VIII ,lAe
place TO-DAY Al ldiOu-u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-10
THE GARFfELD MONUMENT FIR.

General ID. G.. Swain, General William Is.
Hazen and General A. T. Bateman have been In New
York for the sst three days "a committee ron
the Board OF Directors OF the Garfield Monument Fair TO
with prominent persons OF this city regarding
portion OF TIE exhibits TO he made AZ the falr'
winch Will open at the Capitol on November 20
Regarding the result, of VISIT General Bteman said
L. Tribune reporter asst evening nc the Gi'ey House
Tim, far our visit has not been very productive OF
good results tut ~ the excitement OF the cleo
ton passes away we expect go right to work II Is
orr present Intention 10 apply TO messrs
vanderbilt. Field, Mrs. A. I. Stewart and
Others for private Loans OF pictures and works
" art great number OF New-Nork houses
are ~ ne rrprc-e ted In the Main EXnibi Hall We
nave been compelled IN consequences Of the great De
uaud Tor pace utilize the Az .clltdril Dep rment as
vDn see n u not exhibitors We re seeA
Ing but gentlemen will make private gus wnch
sell close OF the exp st!Ju Ihere Is no
d3a A. 10 o. III Fair are In constant
receipt letters from al parts ~ the country assl
Us Of support. We lave already collected $1,000 IN
cash principally contriDu cd from the West. and We
nave not yeL begun tssk rDut ons from gentle
iueu ia ct.. VINO. have no doubt, VIII Dc most
happy TO cont cDgte IN ad OF such an object"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-10
CRUSHED BY Az ELETIIED ENGINE.

Frederick Pierce. age thirtytwo, Of No. Mont
gomery-st. Jers y City, a car cleaner on the second
Avenue Elevated Road was instantly killed at
o'clock last night by engine No. 20l. attached to a
down town train Of the road, at the
Observation-Disclosures frst-st. Station. Arthur
Halter age twenty-five, another cleaner
of No. 2,I32 Second-avc. struck by the engine
and had his right thigh and left wrist broken. aud
he received a severe scalp wound Haler wasseen to
fall through tile track and to strike the pavement
by some men, who called officer Culhaue. Haller
was unconscious. An ambulance was summoned
and he was taken to the Nine y-ninth
street Hospital. pool Of blood and brains
WAS discovered which led 10 the beuet That
A second man had been injured, as ialer's skull
was not broken A search led to the finding OF the
mangled body of Pierce. which was crushed into
corner on the elevated structure. Death had prob
ably been instantaneous
lne two men were paid their wages yesterday, and
on their return they gs on at the one hundred-auG-
elevrnth-st station, where The third track begins
winch the unused are switched. The men began
their cleaning there, working their way up. They
had got as tar as one first ST.,
when they were struck By the engine. The engl-
nser Andrew Rab, knew nothing Of the accident,
as Tar as tne police could learn last night Il Is not
known that the men had been drinking Pierce
was an EngIsAman, married, and new man
on the road.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-10
ADVICE TO REVEN UE REF0RuERS.

David A. Wells delivered an address last
night before the New-York Free Trade CUB IN the
rooms OF the club at No. 10 West Twenty-fourthst.
After uxYaining present industrial condition OF the
country Mr. Wells advised that revenue reforIners
should aim prevent abolition Of TIE Internal rev
enue system Tie reduction the taxes which was in
evtable would then be obtained b. reduction in the
tariff He also advised the club and its friends TO turn
their to political organization 80 that poi
cIans might made 70 respect their voting strength
Revenue had. lie Thought, new aud powerful
weapon n the Census al 1856 edward Atkinson anu ne
nims, II had examined the Census report Idr lad
been published aud had discovered among other Inter
esting tuIngs mat without exception the wages vi Ia
borer- ware much lower those Industries winch
projected Oy hgh duties L4aH they were III rnOse
WHOM tne duties llzdL Invariably the wages de-
creased an the duties increased
Everett r. Wheeler, wnO presided suggested that the
club should simple, attractive tracts upon taun
reform; should heart support The Free IT04e
bulletin and should organize tarl1 Reform clubs IN every
county In the country.
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TIE AMY And NAVY.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-The leave Of alb
sence surge us certificate Of disability granted Cap
tain David Kruse, lit Infantry October 30, 1892 has
been exeudcd uve months on surgeons certificate Of
disability.
naval cOuIt-martla has been appointed 10 meet on
board the jamestown al Newport, r l.. November -
The following is the detail Cor the court: Commander
Charles 4. Ch,k presidents Lieutenant Nathan Sargent,
Masters Downs L. wilson J. o. Memo sou aud A. O..
Hodgson AMI Ensign Rdgeley Eunt with Second Lieu
tenant Henry Whiting, Marine Corps, Judge Advocate.
ndFal cOurtmirtal hls been appointed 10 meet At
mare Island Cal, November L. The 'oOwing Il the
deall' CSp.ain Charles A. Norton. president Lieuicn
aAI 20 nHlhdcr Jotn j. Brce, ieEteLaIl5 u ann l..
EoIard- James ID. Adams ahi Thomas : Pie ps. AID
4asler 10 IN VI B0wyer. with Lieutenant O. ). Reuma
Judge Advocate
ite N"J u pirtment is informed the Tallapp0sa
"hcl sai ed rom Proymcetown lass at noon yr.tcr
uhy vas "pH--l to return Ia the afternoon O'Clock
Oh a.G"h o. Tue heaVy sea. sne viii sail the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-10
L TALK WITH GkNhE4L PIEROL4.

General Nicolas de PierOia, .cT- President or
r.r, ree,ired many visitors Yesterday AT the Fifth
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4 BahAEFlST TO CHARLES WENDH4M

A breakfast was given TO Charles Wyndham
by a. NJ. Palmer at the Hotel Dam yesterday. Among
those present Bronson Coward A Oakley HalI o.
car Wide Palke GOIwIn. Joseph Brooks, L. 6. Gil
more W j. Florence, Henry r. Aooey, Joan Habberton'
Arthur w lack, James y. Aorussey Albert Weber
william Winter and Daniel Fro iman. Mr.. Palmer sat
~ the hea4 OF with Hr. Wyndham his right
Mr Palmer IN proposing tho health OF Mr. Wyndnam
sad that he mai motives for the breakfast The
first was tue pesre OF meeting the guests ssembed,
anil lie second and stronger TO make some public
acknowledgment a. alr WyuIhIm's wHIi-knOwn hospi-
taiv 60 Americans Ia London. lie proposed the health
of ny. Mynt4au, Who said IN reply:
II Is ih -r-.. CItiIeuCc Dbl. &c to acknowledge the
honor Palmer mas zone ne IL proposing my health
and 10 thank yOl lur kind manner IN which you re-
orlye When look around tul- table and see
Jut i.c.ar, social Jt,Ist rlIcuc- OF 50 many OF
Tie gt- - confess 20 fte n ,. pIIc tAal am, ~ q
r-pr sentative bret rom thc OtEer side, the
recipient CHS honor russ yuu VIII credit NY SIN
ccr- ,ay t4d lard this I'D sAe slit Oh an III
.clcAa oi lDOI eeug between the art OF our lesser
auG gree Britain. lluccr-.l saw on my arrl-
} admiration announcement. 81 dramatic ener-
tIIuiucu Tie mother tongue. Ia EtcncA, Ia Italian
AMI 90 German. l.tht week yud allowed no 90 widen
TIE Lelu BIS the Introduction OF an g.ish company
distinct Du, lucVLIDre.eIslLie 4.L-,i accent
Laughed llr Wyu.utm Lcu rcicrred Drlcny 20 the
1eaIy welcome Accorded his appeatdncJ IN Tue c!'