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The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
The Chinese In America.
,ndence Toronto Advocate.

Correspondence Toronto Advocate.
When working in San Francisco in
1868, there seemed to. be no exlra0rdi-
nary cause for alarm amongst the various
trades and mechanical employments Of
that city arising from an aggravated
competition with the Chinese.
But there was an irritating cause
among the servant girls, and unskilled
labor classes at that time, which was
thought by the general public as only
natural outcome of their selfshness.
Though the Chinese had their "China
Town." Of which Dupont and Washing
ton streets were the center, with its
heathen temple, its theater, it's market,
and it's dens of vile prostitution, the
bulk of the Chinese we're out working
on the Pacific railroad, between Sacra-
mento and Promotary.
A large number, if not a great n na-
jority, of the Chinese in the city Of San
Francisco were employed at laundry
work and as servants, with some few
scattered about getting initiated into the
shoemaking, tailoring and cigarmaking
arts, and some were also employed in
making boxes or packing cases. But
there was no thought in the simple pub
lie of an extended aggressive nature
into the various industrial employments
by the Chinese, unless it was as an un-
dercurrent. know to greedy employers
who were intent on making money by
unscrupuous and selfish means, and who
were careless of the true well-being Of
their country, and the righteous position
of the industrial classes, of which they
were supposed to be honorable me1n nbers.
China Town in those days, though it
stood out rather prominently as cancer
in the heart of the city, was thought
only to some extent by the simple
Christian public as a good field for
Christianity to work upon. Though
simple minded Christians worked il
with good intentions in their own par
ticular ways, the cancer kept on, and
grew, until now it's aggravative presence
is looking very alarming, and looks as
though at no distant day it will eat up
the whole industrial body of the Pacific
coast, and peradventure of the continent
of America. The China Town that was,
is now to all intents a city of $4,000
Chinese, with their stores, their factories.l
their temples, their markets and their1
dens of vile living and infamous prosti-
tuition, And out of this $4,000, please
remember you cannot count dozen
wives or dozen families. II
Now, what have those well-meaning
Christians done towards, healing the
cancer? Why, instead of curing it the
cancer is eating it up. The daughters of
the white laborers instead of being
taken hold of by the daughters of good
Christian parents and led into ways OIL
right living, are fast becoming, through
want caused by Chinese competition. 4 I
rotten body of prostitution. i
And often those we'll meaning Christ
ian daughters of Christian parents are
not safe in their work of good intentions
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
From a Denver Merchant.

DIR. w. J. HORNE =. ~ tx III
DEAR S1R:-Having suffered for several
years from lumbago and kidney diseases
without obtaining relief from medicine, can.
state that your electric belt has given me i'm.
mediate relief, and ! can recommend it to
others afflicted likewise. Yours respectable
THOMAS HEwfsoN, Grocer. -
DENVER, August 80, 1882
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
Pitki11 Endorses Them.

DR.. ". j. HORNE, d knVer, CuIOrad0.
Dear Sir My priDcpal business in Pitkinn
is mining, aud many suffer from rheumatism.
A party in camp bought one OF your Electric
Belts in San Francisco some two years ago.;
he loaned it to me, and it cured me o. a
severe case of rheumatism of seve al years
standing Everybo in the camp k owss
mad the rheumatism bad and how l was
cured Since Then have sold several doz ms
of your electric belts to the miners, many of
whom cannot praise them too highly since
hey were cured. Several of the N ruers want
them, and | will send you su order soon.
Yours truly, N. NJ. HIEsTAND,.
PITKIN, Colorado, July 1,,18S2.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
LABOR NOTES.

taro
St. Louis saw makers are crowded with
orders.
The Creek mill at Wheeling started up
recently.
Philadelphia has one successful CO.
operative store.
The Western stove works started up
again January "a.
The shops of Buffalo, New York, are
overrun with men. IN
Labor has grand opportunities. Capital
is pointing the way.
The iron trade is reported fair in Phil
adelphia, Pennsylvania. ..
The anti-monopolists are after the
railroads. Poor railroads.!
The mill at West ,Middlesex, Pennsyl-
vania, is again running full time.
Labor has no voice in American legis-
lation, because it does not raise it.
Coal is being taken out of the new
mines at Grove City, Pennsylvania.
The standard mill at Norristown,
Pennsylvania, is again in operation.
Work has been resumed at the Koons
planning mill, St. Louis, after a short
stoppage.
The Danvers rolling mill, Davenport,
Massachusetts, was burned recently.
Loss $4,000.
The Fuller Coal company, near Kings
ton, Pennsylvania, has struck fve.foot
seam of coal.
The striking Dubuque, Iowa, printers
are to begin the publication of new
evening paper.
The nail factory at the mill in Niles,
Ohio, owing to an accident to the plate
mill, has closed.
But little work is being done this
winter at the mines in the vicinity Of
Church Hill, Ohio.
The Evers, stove works, of st. Louis,
after remaining closed for some time are
again in operation.
The miners at the Etnaville coal
works, near Martins Ferry, Ohio, are
out against reduction.
Several of the Lehigh furnaces have
reduced production, or shut down, and
will start up with cut wages.
The Briton Ferry, Wales, Iron works
have stopped operations, throwing 1000
persons out of employment.
The shoemakers employed by John E.
Lentz & Co., of Allentown, Pennsylvania,
have struck for higher wages.
. Knox & Foltz's new glass factory in
West New Castle, Pennsylvania, lately
completed, have begun operations.
The New England Glass works, estab-
lished in 1918 and located in East Cam
bridge, Massachusetts,, employ 800 hands.
Most of the nail works are closed un-
til February Is, in accordance with a
resolution of the Western Nail associa-
ton.
A few of the machine shops in St.
Lo1is are laying off men and those re-
naming are only working five days a
week.
The Calumet Iron and Steel company's
mills, Chicago, will close January Is for
a few weeks on account of the low price
of nails.
The St. Louis Stamping company's
granite iron department has been run
ming double turn since it started up after
New Years.
The proposed new nail works at
Northumberland, Pennsylvania, will be
in operation in April unless the plans
miscarry.
The Pottstown, Pennsylvania, iron
works are running. The puddlers have
been notified of arreduction from S425
to 81. per ton.
Hamilton, Ontario, has seven assem-
blies of the Knights of Labor in good
working order, and the membership is
increasing daily.
The trades unions of Boston are to
start cooperative printing company.
They will have job printing office and
an evening paper.
1t would be we'll for cigarmakers to
give St. Louis a wide berth at present,
owing to the uncertain condition of
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

X Lamberts' Chop House, open from a.
m. to II p. m, 247 Seventeenth street,
Jack & Ellen Lambert, proprietors.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
THE ORIGIN OF TEXAS"

writer in a PhiIadel phia paper relates
the legend of the origin of the name
Texas" as told to her by Gen. Sam
Houston when she was little girl. Gen.
Houston had it from an Indian chief. as
follows:
"a long time ago, when the Spaniards
overran and plundered Mexico, some of
the red men left there and came toward
the rising sun. They crossed the Rio
Grande, and not knowing what lay before
them. entered upon the great salt marshes
They tavelod many days, and found
but little sweet water or game. The
weather grew hot, and the little streams
dried up, and the grass withered and
many old men and women and children
died of thirst. One day, after many
weeks of weary walking, party of young
braves, who had been sent ahead to re-
connoitre, came running back anu said
we have found water: come onr This
good news pu: new life into their veins
and, although nothing could be seen but a
dry flat, bald prairie, the scouts were stand
ing still. calling and .beckoning to them
and pointing to somsthing apparently IT
their feet At length they reached the
spot where the braves were standing
Fifty feet below them the limpid waters
of the Colorado sang melody. Beyond
as far as ever an Indians vision could
reach, stretched green expanse. The
tall mesquite grass. yielding to the breath
of the gentle south wind, rolled its vast
pillows of verdure under the ardent sum
mer sun. Little islands of mesquite
trees dotted this grassy sea, and heards
of buffalo and deer grazed in peaceful
ignorance of an enemy's approach. For
getting hunger. fatigue and even thirst
in this delicious vision, the red men fell
upon their knees and cried out: 'Tehas
Tehasr "
''Tehas" is the nearest approach in En-
glish to the correct pronunciation of
Texas, and it means-so the narrator ex-
plains-Paradise.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19

section of the republican press that the
question has been settled as between
members of that party is decidedly unwar-
ranted by the facts. The republican party
is hopelessly demoralized on this subject.
Between such senators as Morrill, and
Plumb there is no possible chance of
agreement. and each of these may be tax
en- as the representative of numerous
element. During the late session the
republican senators, both in caucus and
in the senate, found it impossible to agree
on general principles or in details. In the
house the difference was even more
marked There was almost infinite space
between the Kelly wing and the Western
men, of whom Mr.. Kasson may be accept
ed as fair type. The republican house
caucus on the tariff bill was one of the
most inharmonious gatherings ever held
in the capitol; not that the brethren fought
or wrangled, but because they were
leagues apart in their views and could not
get any nearer together. The sinplestruth
is that about nine tenths of the democratic
voters of the United States and one-half
of the white republican voters are uncom-
promisiugly hostile to tariff for protec-
ton, knowing it to be unconstitutional
andEoppressive. With this state of affairs
unquestionably existing the tariff question
cannot in it's present state be considered
permanently settled. PHoNo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
CALIFORNIA.

FOREST Cry, March IA fire de-
stroyed the entire business portion of the
town and hundreds are homeless to night
There was scarcely anything saved. and
many barely escaped with their lives
There are no provisions in the town
except what are in one ffre-proof cellar.
which is safe. One thousand pounds of
flour is all that is saved. Much suffering
must ensue before the destitute can be
provided for. Only IA few small buildings
on the outskirts of the town are left. The
Bald Mountain Company's mine. build
ings. dump. lumber house. yards. and
hume are all safe This renders it posi-
bic for many poor to go to work as soon
as they get houses. Seventy six. build
ings were burned with an estimated loss
of quarter of million dollars 4 gang
of Cinnamon last night stole half the flour
left. An organized body of men has
started to exclude them from the town.
All the teams are gone and any hour may
bring snow storm and cut off communi-
cation. There is no lumber to be had
until teams are brought from the valleys
The fire originated in the kitchen of the
Forest house. the fire apparatus of which
was in bad condition.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19

The Node,7. Age for April is as bright
and interesting as usual. Among the
contents are "A Fable and Poem by
Ivan Tourgenieff; one of Theophile eau
tiers incompatible stories, entitled "Dlo-
med's Daughter, and all amusing tale by
the late Grenville Murray, better known
to the American public as the suthor OF
THE Boudoir CabaP and The Member
for Paris "a treatise on Old Maids"
will scarcely be agreeable reading to that
estimabIe class of citizens. Richard
Wagner as Stage Manager, and 'Remin-
iscences, by Flotow, the composer OF
Martha, are timely and readable. A num-
Der OF other articles, and the ably con-
Quoted editorial departments furnish forth
an excellent number of what is proving TO
be an excellent journal. The Modern Age
is published at Buffalo, New York, and
the annual subscription price is Sl6O.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
IOWA.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, March IA freight
train on the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad, at Woodbine, Harrison county,
six miles east of here. was ditched last
night, the switch having been turned by
accident or by some fiend. The engine
and ten cars loaded with cattle and grain
toppled over making bad wreck. En-
gineer c. L. Smith and Brakeman j. ii.
Leitny were instantly killed and horribly
mangled Fireman l.. Montgomery was
scalded but not fatally. About fifteen
head of stock were killed and number
crippled The loss by. the accident is
about $4,000
STORM LAKE, March 1S.--A mixed train
on the Illinois Central was wrecked this
morning. Two passenger coaches and
seven box cars were smashed, and the
trac torn up for twenty rods. No one
WAS seriously hurt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
The Only Kind.

The following inquiry came from the
Indiana State Agricultural Department.
saws the Detroit Free Press:
"BRO. GARDNER-f am going to remove TO
Virginia in the sprinx. That being your native
State, will you be igiad enough TO tell me what
breed of hogs viii do the best on the sacred soil
of the Old Dominion
IF | war gwine to raise hogs in Var
ginny," replied the old man, as a smile
filed his left eye, II shouldn't look at
de color or breed of de anamile |
shouldn't take along single hog wild
legs less N TO feet long. nor n snout too
large tc go into de mouf of "a tsvo-quart
jug. De Varginny hog not only has to
reach frew knot-koles wild his snout, but
any anamile wild legs less n TO feet long.
an hung mighty loose at dat, Kin keep
out of de way of de Guild populashun
ober twenty-four hours. =
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
Won't Have But One,

'sMy po' husband is dead, :" moaned a
coiored woman, .tan' i doan' know
what ter do. Lady, won't yer please gin
ME fifty cents?n
lis your name Caroline Bascom?''
.'Yessum, an, lady, fifty cents would
be mighty 'ccptable.' y
Is Your husband named Rufe?''
ttDe s.'rne, lady,
Welt. he's out in my back yard chop
ping " ood.'
Dat shows what q fool / is muir
INJURED the woman, but Frightening up.
SAID: 'sOh, | means de husband what
had fore de wah. Amt yer got no grief
IN dis house fur widow? no sympathy
t eail Tor oman what has lost one oh
her husbands? All right lady; may de
tune come when yer won't hab but one
husband ycrself. -Arkaasnsy Isageker.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
In the Langtrv Role.

There was quite sensation at the
Paris Varieties recently, when Mile. Fora,
the prize beauty from Buda- Pcsth, made
her debut. When the young lady APP
peared and raised her veil there was an
animated discussion among the audience
as to her claim for good looks. The
majority, however, gave their verdict in
her favor. As to the beauty herself, it
appears that she does not know word
of French, and the short part that the
authors had written for her had to be
cut down to the Interrogation, lou,
souis-je?" Even this proved too much
for the debutante to master correctly,
for, to the horror of the stage manager.
she lifted her veil and called out ''Ou,
ie sIlis -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
The Bodie Miners Oft Repsrted Dream.
H.. ~. r1..llsa 1c,n1h H.. d..

T. f. Bush, miner formerly employ
ed in the MONDAY, is the victim of q
curious dream. He imagines that he is
in a sailing vessel in Lake Ontario; sud
denly the vessel strikes a rock aud goes
to pieces. Bush makes his escape to the
shore, when the scene suddenly changes
to New Mexico. where he finds himself
riding a horse at furious speed. Arriving
at station, a man pulls him of and at
tempts to take his life. During the
struggle Bush awakes to find himself in
his own bed. This dream has come
every night for nearly two weeks. Ht
has consulted medical men, but can ge
no relief. Bush says he enjoys apparent
thy good health. IL is strange that thu
same dream should repeat itself so of
ten
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19

The lack of rain in California IS again
exciting apprehension. For more '""n
week the weather has been extremely
warm, the mercury rising 70 degrees IN
the shade in San Francisco. The neat I'D
the interior is much greater, and i've
stock have already begun to suner lot
want Of grass and water.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19

Owing to lack of money to carry On
the work of the signal service as al pres
ent arranged, the chief signal oflcer mas
ordered the discontinuance OF thir'y-
three .'cautionary display stations IN
cIuding the one at the crib, at Chlcago)
on the lakes and three on the Atlanuc
coast, besides other work of the bureau
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
90
KILLED A CHILD.

SPRINGFIELD. March 4S.-Two of the
Demi Monde of this city, out driving to-
day, ran over the three year old son of
Gus Thatcher. pressman of the Illinois
State Register The child died TO night.
The women were arrested and afterwards
discharged, and will be arrested again on
a cOrOner's warrant.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
Struck a Chord.

The boys were calling names and dis
putting in Larned street when a gentle
man halted and said to the eldest:
boy. this isn't beginning life right. ;"
He sassed me fustif
but he is the smallest. How it
sounded for you to twit him with his
father being in the penitentiary. He
has gone away crushed and degraded. "
We'll rm sorry" replied the boy
after moments thought, land guess
I'll run after him and tell him my
father is in the work-house! That II
kind O. take his lonesome feelin' awayr'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19

The wife Of Rev. William A. Smith, OF
cambridge, Ohio. married three
400 has arisen and gone home TO her
flther, because Mr.. Smith insisted 'na'
she should get up every morning make
the fires, cook his breakfast, ana All MN
when the repast was ready.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

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Warranted TO speedily cure burns, bruises,
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refunded % cents per box For sale by
Hartz e. Rahncan
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19

The late Alexander FL. stephens a.
occupied in Washington one oer'"iu .,
of rooms-the rooms formerly ocouPieN
by Henry Clay.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19

Samuel j. Tilden's house at oiAiAy
Park, New York. is now said 70
richest and most ornate in America
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
They Met BY Chance Usual Way.

BARLEY Campbell and Joaquin Miller,
the poet, are two of kind and fast
friends. Campbell has been spending
a fortnight here. One of Campbells
plays was on the boards at Niblo's about
the time when he began to get on his
legs as successful playwright. Miller
heard that the play was laid out West,
and went to see whether it was true to
nature. The two were introduced and
had a drink or two together; for that
was before BARLEY became a total alb
stainer. How did you ever get the
local color of this play down so tine?"
said Miller did YOU ever live out
West?" No" replied Campbell, ''but
| had a brother who lived there for years
and was one of the Forty-niners, and
knew every inch of the ground. He
filled my mind with Western scenery,
scenes, characters and imagery. and now
it is all coming into play, for realistic
pictures of Western life are what the
public wants What said Miller,
looking over every inch of Campbell's
six feet, s'you don't mean to say that
you are a brother of little Tom Camp
bell, of Truckee?'' Il DO for fact. "
1.-The Campbell who held the 'Howling
Wilderness bar-room?' The very
actually tIiiDi dCCA MN.
Then you are brother Of one of the
finest fellows that ever lived. Why,
when he kept that bar, | came to him
barefooted and without cent to my
name and he gave me a place, and
lodging, l stayed there, learned how to
mix drinks, and became his right bower,
before and behind the bar. I'll never
forget him until my diving day. Then
Campbell remembered that his brother
used to bore him to death telling about
a certain bartender of his ''who came
out of Oregon, and could write poetry
that would beat Byron hollow" The
discovery led to night together, and
of the fast friendship of which | have
spoken Play-goers will remember that
the bar-room scene in My Partner is
called The Howling Wilderness" 1t
is in commemoration of the saloon
which Tom Campbell kept, and where
Joaquin Miller tended bar. - hjid-
1eltIia Press
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
Not Another City

in the United States with twice the popu-
lation of Rock island, has such a fine
furniture and carpet establishment as G..
c. KnelHs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19
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