The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-23
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.

of the Queen Anne period, but not in
paying quantities. They can be reduced
| by strong acids or intense heat but
cannot be crushed by friction. AS food
they are not nutritious, but are perfectly
harmless. Doremus, who has subjected
them to a careful analysis, says there is
not enough ham in 00,OOO00G of them
to endanger two year old baby from
trichin;e" The Sun learns there is to
! be national convention Of eating house
proprietors to adopt some new article Of
food in place Of the sandwich something
that one can eat without blasting it of
in sections. What the travelling public
needs is something simple and appetiz-
ing, that is cheap and handy, which can
be eaten without carrying a set of bur-
glars tools along. Of course, if person
understands the combination Of a sand
wiCh, he can get into it, but half the
people might as we'll try to eat an express
messengers safe. At the proposed con-
| vention, we understand a Chicago pro-
prietOr Of an eating house will exhibit
new article Of food, composed Of one
part Of Goldfish ball, two parts Of liver,
one part bologna sausage one part cheese,
and two parts stale bread, the whole
clapboarded up with building paper or
strawberry shortcake crust and rooted
with hard tack. The ground plan and
front elevation of the new railroad food
looked well, as we saw it on exhibition
at the morgue in Chicago on Tuesday,
and it seemed as though it ought to take
the place of the sandwich. The contents
J of the new ammunition can be reached
: by scuttIe in the roof, Or a door can be
r made in the side, and the stuff can be
/ ding out with a cork screw. \ Cincinnati
t railroad restaurant keeper thinks he
could improve on the new Chicago food
by placing it III percussion shell, about
the size Of a cOcOanut, which could be
}, exploded by pounding it on the arm Of
D car seat or hitting it against boot heel.
e though we think it would be difficult to
t regulate the charge to- explode it, and
? there might be danger Of blowing out
the eye Of an innocent passenger Some
people who travel are nervous, and thev
would crawl under the seats if an iex-
J. pIOSion Of such a sandwich took place.
Some Of the Old eating house keepers are
so welded to the old sandwich that they
do not want to give it up, hoping to com
promise at the convention by having the
? sandwich put together with hinge, and
open by time lock: This, however.
would be dangerous in the case of child
rem, who would be continually getting
!, their fingers caught in between the shut
ters Of the sandwich. Those who favor
retaining the sandwich are No doubt
: men VINO have d stock on hand sufficient
to last eight or ten years, all painted and
grained and vanished, and they think
it will be hard to get rid Of them. but
we understand the government is ready
to take the Sandwiches off the hands of
the restaurants, to use by the ordnance
department for emerminating the In
dams. BY firing the sandwiches at the
Indians the government can prosecute
the War and issue ratOns to feed the sur
vivors at the same time. IF a sandwich
struck an Indian it would XIII him, and
the family could pick up the missile that
had laid the father low, and eat it. The
sandwich would not be total loss, by
any means, and we hope the convention
will decide to-. replace it BY the new cen
trail fire fooG