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The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-24

Whosoever IS mot with US, is against
us. And to be with us, one must admit
belief in that inalienable right of man,
the right to the full product of his own
labor. Those who believe this. we call
our friends Those who believe in any
and all means to secure this right, we
class as our co-workers, but those who
deny or ignore this great truth and all
Its coroIlaries, we place in the list of our
opponents.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-24

Il was born in America an am as
good as Gould Or V VanderbiIt, yet I have
to dig and sweat to support them" So
said an Illinois farmer boy, and the more
they repeat the saying, the more they
will think about the matter, and finally
action will follow thinking, and then
what?
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-24

Great and true men and women, men
and women whom all earth cannot buy;
are at the head Of the great anti-monop-
oily movement. They can be trusted.
Let the people. fall into line. The move
ment is for them. 1t means death to
oppression, jegaized robbery and serf-
dom. Let-afl honest citizens, let all who
love the old flag, let all to whom, the re-
public is dear be found in the ranks Of
the new party 1t is founded on patri-
otiSm, on justice, on liberty, on right.
Stand by the Old republic that has
weathered the storms of a hundred
years. Leave to your children the price
less boon of real liberty. Let it be that
your chiIdren's children may laugh and
play like the offspring Of treemen, and
not as the despised broods of abject
slaves Leave them a heritage that will
not be source Of remorse to you
through eternity.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-24
1t contains all the
LABOR NEWS,

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The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-24
A SupDOsitiOm.

WA,HINoToN, D. c., March Il, 1888.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-21
RUNNING a BLOCKADE.

HI, " u Yankee Schooner Did 1t Seventy
Years Ago. st.s= ss
During the summer Of 1914 the Brit.
ish took possession of all that part Of the
State of Maine living east Of the Penob-
scot, and claimed it as a part of their
lawful territory. They established a
sort of naval headquarters at Castine, and
from thence sent out their cruisers.
Upon the Kennebec River at that time
were many thriving towns, and quite a
number Of Yankee priyateers were fit
ted ont there Several sailed from Bath,
and even as high up as Hallowell were
fitted and manned some of these trouble
some little craft. In consequence of all
this the British turned their attention to
this latter river, and established a
blockade at It's mouth. They knew that
some privateers were being fitted out
somewhere up the stream, and they
were determined to take them if they
came out. 5j5s
And there was another thing which
the enemy lad in view in this blockade.
There was fort up the river q short
distance, and also several military store
houses; and they (the British had
learned that provisions and ammunition
were expected from Boston or Salem for
these places. So they meant to ka, two
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-21

of-war not only put bout, but her mer
crowded upon her forecastle and gaze
off to where the Yankee schooner lay.
Up went her studding sails, below and
aloft, and she came blowing through the
water at swift rate.
At length she fired one of her bow
guns, and the ball fell direct beneath the
end of the Yankees flying jib-boom.
Up with the helm!'' cried Captain
Wait. 3. Haul over the main sheets
Get out the muskets!''
The muskets were taken by the men,
even the man at the wheel going in for
one, and as soon as the vessel was near
" headed up the river, they gathered
along by the taffrail. The Stars and
Stripes were run up to the peak, and as
the glorious ensign opened its magic
folds to the breeze, the Captain gave the
order to fire. d.
The reports of the eight r1uskets rang
out upon the air; three hearty cheer.
were given by the homeward- boune
men; and then the Polly Ann danced
away up her native river.
Surely the officers and crew of thu,
blockading brig must have felt partic L
larly foolish about that time. And thai
they did feel so is evident from q re-
mark her commander made to a pool
fisherman whom he overhauled for fish
on the evening of that very day. Itwas
a fisherman who had yentured down oil
Cape Small Point after haddock. He
asked the fisherman if the Polly Ann
had entered the river.
Ga =. - Yes, sir, answered the poor fellow.
"Did she carry much of a load?"
.Gerewsalem! yew'd a thought so, ]
reckon" answered the fisherman, who
seemed DESTROYS of giving an emphatic
reply. sss.She was loaded .daown to the
gun lis, sir. It's marcy at she didn't
sink!''
The Englishman replied in a very ex.
tended and very deliberately wrought
sentence of oaths, and added: 81 wish
she had sunk! / never was so fooled
before; and never will be again!n
i But the man spoke without counting
his cost. The Polly Ann stopped at
Bath and unloaded her large guns and
ammunition; and three days afterward
two sprightly priyateers sailed down the
river, and captured the brig-of-War, and
carried her into port.
Meanwhile the successful schooner
kept on up the river, carrying gladness
to all patriotic hearts; furnishing fooG
for hundreds of furnishing bodies, anG
inspiring many responding souls with
new hopes and aspirations.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-21
Two Men suffocated in a Well.
wAsHIsaroS, o., j

WAsHINGToN, o., July II.
This evening, about five o'clock, while
Tom Anderson, Tom Jones and John Cub
bage were digging well on a lot owned by
George Simpson, on Temple street, IN this
city, and while Tom ones was in the well
at a depth of about twenty feet, he struck
a vein Of gas, and in almost an instant be-
came unconscious. Anderson and Cub
bage noticed that he had fallen over, and
at once drew him up to the top. he
became partially conscious and Ander-
SON went down it the well. He, too. became
affected in the same way, and Cabbage,
seeing this, went down in the well TO help
him up. The gas was so strong that before
Cubbage had reached the bottom he became
unconscious, and before help could reach
them they were both dead. By means OF
ropes and hooks they managed to get their
lifeless bodies out of the we'll. They are ALI
married men and have families. Cubbage
is white man and the other two colored.
The well IN half hour was filled with
smoke and gas, and the water is bnbbling
and roaring up from the bottom. Many
other wells have been dug in this vicinity,
on adjoining lots, but nothing Of this
nature has ever before occurred.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-21

- A writer in Gardening Illustrated
uses thin gHtta-percha in his grating
operations. Pieces about two inches
square are put in hot water and placed
around the graft He likes it better
than the common mixture for the pnr'
pose.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-21

It was over the sea, in the land Of tea,
BY the beautiful river they call Yang Use,
70 which an additional name they hang,
Making the river Yang Use Kiang.
A baby was born in q Chinese town;
But a look of scorn and terrible frown
Der the face Of the father was seen to curl,
When he learned that his baby was only q
girl iSs3 zEE& e
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
BACHELOR LIFE IN TURKEY

Both state and church. combine to
make the life Of a Turkish bachelor
miserable. As long as his parents are
alive, he can live with them without
much trouble. As soon as they die he
must get permit from the civil and re-
lgiou= authorities before he can be ad-
mitted to any household. Then the
proprietor thereof, in the interest OF
public morals, must see to it that other
persons than females wait upon his
boarder. If the bachelor be rich enough
to occupy house or to rent unfinished
chambers, he cannot possibly obtain
that simple privilege unless he shows
vo..,an Ct good tepute lives with
-. .ss~to'n. A mother or sister or aunt
r.o.a4 THAI difficulty. But a man
a.s4...b kiusired may go all indefinite
evif:-out
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
TATToorSa Criminals.

"Crooked" men who are minus either
eye generally bear the name of "Blinky,"
while those who have spotted or freckled
aces are sure to be called "Speckled
Ed" or "Speckled Paddy" whatever
their given name may be. 1t is curl
o'is fa't that SO many criminals are
:>s Il with India INK devices, scores OF
81 having their Eamcs in full or their
i.s'.,.i> tAttooed on their arms, hands or
81. Its. a person woald suppose a
~; TO be the last person to put
=. us on his body which cannot be
erased without leaving scar, and which
would always aid in their Identification,
and yet one In every three has marks OF
this character that cannot be concealed.
These designs are of every form and de-
vice from full-rigged ship to small
anchor. Billy Forester, the noted
burglar and so-called Nathan murderer.
of New York. has his body completely
covered with well-executed designs in
colored inks. The detectives did not
know this in 1871, when a large reward
was offered for him. At least fifty men
were arrested at various points, answer
ing to the published description of For
roster, and every officer was sure he had
the right man. Most professional thieves
are graduates of the reform schools and
bridewelis, houses of correction and de-
tention, where as "kids" they delight
in the pastime OF tattooing ell sorts of
ink marks and designs upon one an
other. In the absence Of ink they lre-
qnentiy use coal-duste which they prick
into the skin with needle. In this
simple way they provide themselves
$ ii marks that "down them in ai.er
ysi.gs, TO their chagrin and disgust.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
mar rs THE QUESTION.

Many bustling, successful business
man would delight in living simply in
some quiet country village on one tenth
the money he now spends, and without
a hundredth part of the worry that is
now shortening lis life and making him
the dullest company at home. But what
would kis wife say? Many a plain,
quiet little woman is utterly tired of the
ceaseless lab r of trying to make as eff.
iecsiv,. sn impression as her richer and
hendsomer acquaintance. Bes Wild
sca!l Ler husband say
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
BROTHERHOOD.

"There, boy, is big penny for you;
now go home and say your prayers like
a Christian" said the plethoric to the
lean on the avenue.
"And what prayer shall I say? asked
little lean.
"Say Our Father which art In heav-
en-, /" replied plethoric.
land is He our father-yours and
line too?"
{" Most assuredly."
: rhen are you my big brother ?"
OF course I am"
i,en little man looked up and asked
u. question which even religion can't
!, A4pyl any man to answer "Aren't
you ashamed of yourself to offer your
poor little brother penny when you
have plenty, and you know he is most
starved to death?"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
NOTEWORTHY TREES.

| An elm near Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
is los feet in diameter from tip to til
of its branches, and 800 feet in circun
ference.
A Pennsylvania walnut tree that wa
hollow and nine feet in diameter wa
sawed dawn, and the stump used as
pen for number of hogs.
A cherry tree in Carter county, Ky.
is thirteen and half feet in circumfer
ence and sixty feet high, and it,
branches shade plot forty-three fee
aoross.
st Kingston. NIX, is grand cd
elm. 1t is Of bouquet shape, and last
season over 200 birds built nests in its
branche5.
At the mouth Of Grassy re-.
Springhill township, Pa, there 81
sycamore tree that was hollog At j..
butt, and Joshua Brooks us.d s
Stale fo- his horse.
II Greene county, Miss, is 4 T.
pine tree which has Two distinct
trunks twenty feet apart, uniting thirty
feet above the ground, forming at that
point one solid trunk, round and SYM
metricol.
A tree cut in Mexico, No, measured
nine feet through, near the ground, and
was 110.feet high. The first limb grew
out at a height Of thirty feet from the
roofs. The tree was at least 800 years
cid. When it fell twelve squirrels and
one coon were killed.
In the village of Pedur, in India,
grows marvellous palm. Soma chill
dren plucked it's fruit one afternoon,
aid 6ocked early the next morning to
gather more, bat they found the
branches now fer above their heads.
They ran to their parents with the
story that date tree which they saw
On tie previous dny lying upon the
ground was now standing. Observa-
ton disclosed that the tree changed its
position every morning and evening.
The tree is eleven feet high, not ine,nl-
ing the leaves and stems. One -
has seen it writes: "At $50 h.
vas almost lying toward the we>t. =
foot of the tree was at an aag,e :
7 degrees with the ground,
were given to understand that /; i
already commenced to rise froI
o'clock. A handkerchief which had
had been tied by the District Munsiff
to one of the leaves, SO that its other
end might just touch the ground, had
risen six inches. At p. n. the ker-
chief was eighteen inches from the
ground, and at a. m. nine feet.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
NAMING n BABY.

There was eolored woman at the de.
pot with baby about year old in her
arms, and smart Aleck who was wait
ing for train lounged up to her and
inquired:
Is that your baby ?"
"I reckon It's" she answered.
SIS it the only one you've got?''
eyes, sah."
Have you named it yeti"
"Not 'zactly."
1 never named O baby in my life, 3
continued Aieck, land wonder if you
wouldn't take dollar and allow me to
name this one 2"
81 dunno, sah.''
':Well, I'll give you dollar if you'll
call him Beelzebub. What do you
cay ?"
81 couldn't member dat name"
"Well, suppose you call HIM Nicode-
mus ?"
LIE ole man WOuldnb Ike Q2t, L
s'pects."
"Now I have it. Call him satellite. ,
She shock her head.
tYou know what satellite is, don't
you?'
"'Deed I DO, sah."
"Oh, you do, What is it2"
''ft am man who checks his brains
an carries his clothes in his head when
he trabbles on de railroad p she re-
piled, as she boosted the baby to her
shoulder.
It wasn't three seconds before she had
all that corner to herself, and she
seemed greatly puzzled over the sudden
disappearance of the group.-Detroit
Free Press.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
DIED OF DAMP SHEETS.

We have heard of plain-spoken man
who had inscribed on his daughters
tombstone, "Died of thin shoes" Pos
sibly this was the most truthful epitaph
in the whole graveyard; and we are Of
opinion that there is more than one
minister's grave over which an ep;taph
equally truthful would read: "Died OF
damp sheets"
We remember a dressmaker who used
to say she had warmed about every
spare bed there was in the neighbor-
hood where she lived, in her periodical
visits to the different homes where she
was employed; but many minister has
had similar, but far-wider experience,
and one by no means agreeable. Many
a preacher of the gospel, wearied with
journeying or exhausted with his Ia
bors, on retiring finds his bed cold,
damp and uncomfortable, and has 20
choose between walking the room al
night at the risk of his life, or Under
taking to sleep in damp bed with the
certainty Of contracting eithe-: cJll.
rheumatism or congestion of the lungs,
which may bring him to the grave.
Sometimes man, grown wise by ex-
perience, wraps himself in blankets
we know thick, heavy travelling shawl
which has more than once served to
protect sleeper from the dampness of
bed, which was far more dangerous
than the cold and chill encountered in
the travels of winters day.
The old-fashioned brass warming
pan" with its long wooden handle,
which or grandmothers used to fill
with Goals and move up and down be-
tween the sheets of the Spare bed" be-
fore their guests retired for the night,
was Christian institution well worthy
of revival by their descendants, who
pride themselves upon their wisdom,
but who, alas, too often exhibit their
folly.
This is not by any means ioht na'-
ter. It is in many instances a ma. q y.
sickness and health, and even Of G
and death. Good, friendly, kind fricn .,
see to it that your beds are thorou-Ilv
aired and warmed, that you <, :.
chambers are not chambers of d-Atl,
and that the lives of your guests be nos
required at your hands. To those who
are under the necessity of travelling and
putting up with the discomforts of
spare BEDS" let same provide q warm,
heavy blanket shawl, and if the slight
est symptom of dampness appears in
connection with the bed, crawl into
your shawl and hide till the danger is
overpast. The life is more than the
raiment; and if other people do not
take good care of you, you must learn
to provide for and take care of yourself.
Exchange.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
kIAGSLET'S WELCOME OF LONG,
FELLOW.

When Longiellow made his third visi'
to Great Britain, in 1868, Charles Kings
ley published a poem of welcome in the
Times, which found an echo in all the
literary and artistic circles OF the king
dom. To show how much he was adj
mired then we print the little poem as il
appeared:
Welcome to England, thou whose strains prolong
The glorious bede-roll of our Saxon song;
Ambassador and Pilgrim-Bard in one,
Fresh from thy home-the home of Washington,
On hearths rs sacred as thine own, here stands
The loving welcome that thy name commands;
Hearths swept for thee and gsrnished as shrine
By trailing garments of thy Muse divine,
Poet of Nature and of Nations, know
Thy fair name spans the ocean like e bow,
Born from the rain that falls into each life,
Kind,ed by dreams with loveliest fancies rife;
A radiant arch that with prismatic dyes
Links the two worlds, its keystone in the skieA
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02

FREAKS OF JURIEs.

Shiel, in his inimitable sketches of the
Irish bar, tells of the verdict of Glare
jury, In a case of "felonious gallantry. ;"
They acquitted the prisoner of the capt.
tai charge, but found him guilty of "a
great undacency." r. Shelton Macken-
zie, in his. notes to Shiel's text, saws !.
"This is nothing to the verdict of a.
Welsh jury: Not guilty-but we rec
ommend him not to do it again. y
Mackenzie also relates that an English
jury, not very bright, having a prisoner
before them charged with burglary, and
being unwilling to convict him cap;tally.
as no personal violence accompanied the
robbery, gave the safe verdict: equity
- ing cut of the window" He
s,.'t- le most original was that OF
IL jury before whom a prisoner
10 guilty. throwing himself on the
: Of the court. The verdict was
Mt az IT," The Judge, in surprise,
" Why, he has confessed his
>l..-e = The foreman responded cal,
nay Lord, You do not know that fellow,
but we Go. He is the most-notorious
liar in the whole country, and no twelve
men who know his character can believe
a word that he says" And, as the jurors
adhered to their verdict, the " liar" es-
capped.
J. ". Edmunds reported to the ! 7
bany Leu Journal of June IS, 1870,
murder trial. which took place in New
York city, and in which he appeared for
the accused some thirty years before by
appointment of the court. The defen-
dant was young woman who, leaving
poor parents in New Jersey, went to
New York city, and obtained place as
waiter in restaurant. She met and mar
RED a young butcher boy, but kept al
work until her pregnancy compelled her
to desist, when she went to her parental
home to be confined. When she re-
turned to her husbands lodgings in New
York city, she found them vacant and her
own effects packed off. 1t was q case of
heartless desertion. She discovered him
slaughter-house talking to woman,
40 wyre at the moment what she
= lied IS her, the defendants, best
which she had bought with heg
-..nilgs before marriage. He re-
o e.' . talk with her. The next morn
* =, vas seen to take proffered cake
from the hands of young woman,
divide it with some companions, and in
q few hours was dead, his companions
being taken very sick, but surviving.
The police, investigating the matter,
found that the deceased had three wives,
or rather three women who supposed
themselves his wives. All three were
arrested, but two were speedily released,
As our heroine admitted that she had
done the business. The case for the de-
tense was weak, but after only few
minutes absence the jury returned with
a verdict of not guilty. The prisoners
counsel asked one Of the jurors on what
ground she was acquitted. "It served
him right, was the answer.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
STRAW LUMBER.

A description of this new competito,
for favor lately appeared in the Ame1-i-
can Architect, and also its method OF
manufacture, which shows unmistaka-
bly, that straw lumber is admirably
adapted to many kinds of finishing
work, barrels, table and counter tops,
doors and ornamental work, and that it
can be produced at less than half the
| price of walnut. The standard manu-
facture is in widths of thirty inches,
q length of twelve feet and thickness
corresponding to that OF surface boards.
These Dimensions MAJ be Taricd 20 SUIT
such orders as may be given, and EN-
brace any width, length or thickness.
It nay be finished with varnish or with
paint. and is susceptible IL high pol
ISL. It is practically fire ana water
proof, being manufactured under 500
degrees of heat, and we are assured bas
been boiled for some hours without APP
parent changes of structure. It's tensile
strength is greater than that of walnut
or oak, and its weight about one-fifth
greater than the former when dry. It
is made from any kind Of straw, includ-
ing hemp and fax fber-in fact from
aay material that will make pulp-and
a ton of straw will produce / 900 feet of
boards. The pulp is rolled into thin
sheets, number of which, correspond
ing with the thickness of the lumber
desired, are placed together with pc
culiar cement, which is claimed to be
water proof, and are then rolled under
pressure sufficient to amalgamate
them into solid mass, which may be
worked with the plane if desired.
When it is remembered that it takes
fifty years to grow a tree to maturity,
suiting it to commercial purposes and
2 tree producing thirty-two-inch lumber
will require twice that time-while 90
600 feet per acre is a large yield under
the most favorable circumstances, it
Will at once be realized that where
5000 feet can be taken from an acre Of
ground for an indefinite number of
years, the process which enables such a
result to be accomplished, and which
will yield really valuable lumber, is
one of vast importance,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
MIN AgWAS WROyGEn.

Pedestrian, who had dropped PEN
ny in front of "a poor, blind man
"Why. you humbug, you're not blind"
Beggar-"N Not I, sir. If the card says
1 am they must have given me the
--ronc one. I am Ccat ard dumb. -