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The Labor enquirer., 1883-09-01

If the Brotherhood man who isem
ployed iii the Western Union Office OF
this cityIis fir sample Of that orgsni-
zation, thsfe Is no need to wonder at the
failure Of their strike. Hhe made the
promises and told the yarns he is,cTeh
Eited with, bigger liar or morex &. 4.
and cringing coward is net TO
found in the country.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-09-01

For Sale -Cheap-14O lots, situated in
the first addition to Swansea. Apply to
Stephen Vinot, room 8, 1858 Larimer
street, upstairs.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-09-01
x ,,,,nt. a, Labor Festivals.

| AS was suggested by the committee,
having ID charge the recent social and
Astiyal Of the knights Of Labor, per-
rianent Joint committee of assemblies
424 and 1927 was appointed to continue
he entertainments. Nothing definite
As vet been decided upon by the COM
mittee, but it is understood that another
sotial dance and festival will be given IN
a keek or SO, and that the entertain
m.nts will sontinue during the fall and
winter. TIE perfect success of the first
aftair proves beyond doubt that these
soslals are pf. benefit to the order. and
ar(. capable Ii affording q pleasant wen
inf to all whs participate in them. Le, 9.
the entertainments be kept up, BY al
means.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-09-01
Motto

G Clay toms hat store: Low prices and
gbds guaranteed as represented.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-09-01

9oyERsoR GRANT offers a reward of
paidon for tie first ainformer" in the
wilkins case Are we to be inflicted
with these nuiances in Colorado, IN adj
dison to ourpther discomforts and dis
gracesf
The Labor enquirer., 1883-09-01

In addition to being required TO sign
avav their manhood in the above agree
nent the operators will be worked
harder than ever before. Norvin Green
superintendent of the Western Union,
said the other day, "As told General
Eckert this afternoon, the several hun
dreds of thousands of dollars which have
been lost in the strike 1 regard to be the
best financial investment made by the
company. Hereafter, General Ecker'
ellis me that he win get one-third mort more
work. out of a man for days services
nd the economy of such a step will re-
r;eye the loss in less than six months
So the poor devils who were betrayed
a gang of nincompoops, styled sekecp, z,
We board" will be manacled and hayed
Y the thieves they had in their power
they had had sense enough to kEoW
The kid glove gentry who were am,
itious to conduct strike SO as to WIN
,e ahighest esteem Of the public mus'
Ell like they had been run through I =
wer when they contemplate the result
their haired policy
Campbell and his colleagues may have
Id themselves, or Campbell may hayf
en- the only one to get money out 2
scsIebssted order, or it may have peer
The Labor enquirer., 1883-09-01

MAxIMILL1EN RoBEsPIERRE.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17
A Deserted Manson.

THE PALATIAL RESIDENCE OF KATE
CHASE sPRAGUE STANDING IDLE.
An old and intimate friend of the Chase
family recently called attention to the fact
that while Governor Sprague's New Eng
land estates are being sold under the ham,
mer, that of his wife. Kate Chase, stands
idle and deserted on the hills, overlooking
the national capital. "Edgewood,' as it
is called, is tenantless while its owner
roams in Europe. She left here little
over month ago, with her children, for
five years tour abroad. At least that is
the length of time she promised to be alb
sent, though many of her friends believe
she will be seen here again before half the
time is past. TIE grounds are kept in
tolerable order by the faithful servant in
whose charge they were left by her. But
the great house, with its rich furnishings,
stands precisely as she left it, and the
broad acres of the magnificent estate lie
uncultivated. 1t is characteristic South
ern mansion, set in the magnificent forest
which enriches the hills north of the city.
From tie broad verandas which grace the
front of the building, the visitor looks
through an opening in the woods down
upon the city of Washington, with the
white dome of the Capitol cleaning in
the sunshine, or the mellow moonlight, as
the case may be, all making q beautiful
picture. The house is large three-story
brick, well bullt-for it is one OF the old
time balldings-with perhaps twenty
rooms, bread, airy halls, wide verandas,
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Remarkable Criminal Heredity.

Many in this State must be acquainted
with the history of Margaret, the mother
of criminals" as she has been called, who
was born in village on the Hudson Riv-
er, in the northern part of the State,
about 100 years ago. DR.. Elisha Harris,
of the city of New York. is authority for
the following statement, which is the re-
suit of his personal inquiries: Margaret
was pauper child, left adrift in one OF
the villages on the upper Hudson, about
80 years ago. There was no almshouse in
the place. and she was made a subject of
outdoor relief, receiving occasionally
food and clothing from the town officials,
but was never educated nor sheltered in a
proper home. She became the mother of
long race of criminals and paupers,
which has cursed the county ever since.
The county records show two hundred of
her defendants have been criminals In
one generation Of her unhappy line there
are twenty children, of whom seventeen
lived to maturity. Nine served terms ag-
gregating fifty years in the State prison
for high crimes, and all the others were
frequent inmates Of jails and almshouses.
1t is said that of the six hundred and TWEEN
ty-three descendants of this outcast girl
two hundred committed crimes which
brought them upon the court records, and
most of the others were idiots, drunkards,
lunatics. paupers or prostitutes. The cost
to the county of this race of criminals and
paupers is estimated as at least 500, 600,
taking no account of the damage they in
ficted upon property, and the suffering
and degradation they caused in others. y
N. Y. Journal of Health.
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den Tragedy and Blckerstaffs "Love in

1 den Tragedy" and Blckerstaffs "Love IN
a Village." En-
| "As Good as a ay.'-An exclamation
of Charles H.. when in Parliament atten'
ding the discussion of Lord Ross divorce
bull. Macaulay, 10 his Review of the Life
and Writings of Sir William Temple. re-
fers to the saying as follows "Ihe KING
|remained in the House of Peers while bis
| speech was taken into considerations
common practice with him; for tie debates
amused his stated mind, and were some
times, he used to say, as good as come
dy."
> rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to
God. From an inscription on the can
non near which the ashes of President
John Bradshaw we're lodged. on the top
Of a hill near Martha Bay, in jamaica
Randall, in his "Life of Jefferson" has
this to say of the quotation in question !:
This suppostitious epltaph was found
among the papers of Mr.. efferson, and In
his handwriting. 1t was supposed to bn
one of DIR. Franklin's spirit-stirrlng inspi-
rattons."
Blessings on Him who invented
Sleep. miguel de Cervantes, born 1547,
died 1915, originated this well-knoWn say
ing. 1t occurs in passage in "Don
Quixote," as follows:
BLESSINGS on Him who invented sleep,
the food that appeases hunger, the drink
that quenches thirst, the fire that warns
cold, the cold that moderates heat, and,
lastly. the general coin that purchases all
things, the balance and weight that equals
the shepherd with the king, and the sim.
pie with the WISE"
"Dies IrB 1.-The name generally given
(from the opening words) to the famous
| medieval hymn on the Last JUDGMENT.
On account of the solemn grandeur of
ideas which it brings to the mind, as well
as the deep and trembling emotions it is
fitted TO excite. it soon found its way into
the liturgy of the Church. The authorship
of the hymn has been ascribed to Gregory
the Great; st. Bernard. of Clairvaux i:
Umbertus, and Frangipani, the last two of
whom were noted as Church Eymnists
| but in all probability it proceeded from
| the pen of the Franciscan, Thomas of
Ce!ano. native of the Abrazzi, in the
Kingdom of Naples. who died about the
year 1856 When the Church adopted it,
and made 1t portion of the service of the
mass, cannot be ascertained with any exact
ness. but it must have been in any case be-
fore 1885. Several alterations were then
made in the text; that, however, is be-
lieved to be the original which is engraved
on marble tablet in the Church of st.
Francis at Mantua. Germany has produc.
ed many translations of the hymn, such as
those of Schlegel, Fichte and Kunsen. 1t
was translated into English by Richard
Cranshaw, In the seventeenth century, and
by Lord Macaulay, Lord Lindsay, the
Rev. Isaac Williams, of Woodford, and
others in our own day. Sir Walter Scott
has introduced two or three Of the open
ing verses into his Lay of the Last Min
strel. ''-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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ed lips, as if petrfied by amazement. The
presence of this woman in America was
complete surprise to the defense, as the
counsel for Newton subsequently admitted
in open court. Her testimony was listen
ed to with breathless interest. 1t was to
the effect that the Bowron family had not
925 in the world. much less $25 600, to in
vest in orange groves. That had been the
main point of the defense, to account for
Newton money. alleged to have been
sent by the wealthy brother.in-law. The
English woman confirmed the story of
Newton's outrage upon Polly Bowron.
Mcmillan, the murdered man, had coarse
red hair. At the trial DR.. King Wylly
testified that he had found IN bood-spots
on a handkerchief found in Newton's
pocket the morning after the murder
single red hair. The handkerchief was ex-
amined last October by DIR. Wylly. He
testified that at the first examination he
found single blood crystal. Snpposing
that he might have scratched his finger
and caused the crystal to get on the hand
kerchief, he would not accept it as evil
dence that there was blood there. His last
examination revealed the blood corpuscles
very distinctly, and under the microscope
he discovered single red hair-a coarse
red hair. The defense fought the case
point by point, but the drift was against
them. and when Newton said that he had
borrowed True's pistol to shoot an alliga-
tor the audience laughed.
When the jury came in and gave the
verdict, one could have heard pin drop.
ALL the while Newton had been nervously
twitching his moustache. When the YER
dict was read out he dropped his head and
turned deadly pale, while slight tremor
passed through his frame. He then sud-
denly jumped up and seized his hat, for
getting that the court had net adjourned,
but presently controlled himself and re-
sumed his seat. His wife remained quiet
for few moments, then few tears trlckl-
ed down her cheeks and she grasped her
husbands arm convulsively, but beyoud
this she showed no emotion. Judge Cooke
pronounced the verdict Of death.-Phila-
delphia Times.
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h1 surrounded by beautiful grounds and
lgnifcent forest trees.


4 How is it," was asked of this friend OF
tue fair proprietress, THAT this fine estate
is left idle?' "Tnat,'' was the reply, sis
what no one knows. Certainly, Mrs.
Chase is not so well off financially as to
be able to afford to throw away such
place. She is however. a very peculiar
woman. aud if she can't get what she
wants for it she is not likely to let it go
at all. She has been offered $3.50 a month
for the house and won't take it. She
wants 5000 a month, and unless she gets
that prefers to let it stand idle. Queer?
Well, it's about on par with most of her
perform Ancss. Now, here's an estate
worth $50, OOO-she has been offered that
for it, and yet she will not make any use
of it. Why, she wouldn't allow it titled
when she lived here. She kept two or
three men employed keeping it in order,
but wouldn't allow the ground titled. The
place brought her in debt every year. The
taxes are somewhat enormous"
"But," suggested the correspondent, "it
has been stated that Congress has reliev-
ed the estate from taxation" ''That,"
continued the gentleman referred to, lis
like many other things that have been said
about this family. 1t is only partly true.
Congress did relieve it from certain taxes,
but those we're back taxes altogether. The
place, you know, belonged to her father.
He bought it long before the war. After
his death it was found that there were
some $40, 900 taxes due and unpaid on it.
Well Kate was pretty shrewd. She knew
her power, and how to make of it to ad-
vantage. She proposed to the other heirs
that she would take the estate just as it
stood, providing for the taxes herself,
giving up to them, suppose, certain of
the other property. They agreed to that.
The property was transferred to her, III
her own name, and after while little
bill made its appearance in Congress re-
hitting the taxes then due. That, how
ever, does not affect it now. The estate
is subject to taxes just the same as any
other property in the District The old
servant now in charge tells many stories
illustrating the peculiarites of his mis-
bage anywhere near the house, because
she could smell 'em.' Last spring she
engaged man at a very high price and
set him to blowing up the fields. She said
she was going to make the land of some
use to her. But, bless you, he hadn't got
| it plowed before she called him in one day
and told him to stop all work on it +; that
she was going to Europe, to be absent five
years. So the farming was stopped, and
she and her family went off, leaving him
in charge of the house. There it stands,
just as she occupied it, all the furniture
ard everything, except that she sent the
silver and some very choice pieces of brio
a-brac to the Safe Deposit vault" Since
her departure very strong influence has
been brought to bear ON her major domo
| to induce him to take few summer board
ers, but thus far he has proved infexlble.-
! Baltimore american.
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One Red Hair.

HOW 1T UNRAvELED FLORIDA MYs-
TERY-MURDER OF MIsER.
Archibald W. Newton, young man
who belongs to wealthy family which
stands high in England, has just been con-
victed in Orange county, Florida, of the
the murder of Samuel Mcmillan. The
case was sensational, and when the jury
brought in the verdict, I'VE find the
prisoner guilty as charged in the indict-
ment," there was much excitement in the
courtroom. In the spring Of 1881 Newton
appeared at Sanford, bearing letter from
Mr.. Gray, one of the London stockholders,
to J. E. Graham, the manager of the Sanford
company. Newton was mentioned in the
letter as nephew of Mr.. Gray and Man
ager Graham was authorized to pay him
$s3 per month. Newton, youth of fine
appearance and pleasing manners. was
popular at first, but his good reputation
was soon blasted. There were reasons to
suspect him of forgeries, and then came
news that he had left England because of
an outrage against Miss Polly Bowron.
Subsequently he sent money to England
for Kate Bowron, sister of his alleged
victim, aud, meeting her in New York,
married her, and the couple returned to
Crystal Lake. Orange county.
While this was going on another topic
of suspicion presented itself. There lived
in Orange county. near Crystal Lake, a
man named Samuel Mcmillan, who bore
the reputation of being miser and was
supposed to carry large sum of money on
his person. He owned valuable grove,
the sale of which he was negotiating with
Newton, who with his wife lived near by.
Newton knew thu habit of Mcmillan of
carrying money. On Saturday evening,
September 80, Mcmillan was last seen alive
half an hour after sunset in company with
Newton, walking toward Newton's house.
Mem. never returned to his home, and af-
ter some days his neighbors became anx
ious and instituted search for him. On
the 18th day of Oct. his headless body was
found In Crystal Lake, partly consumed
by fishes. Around the waist was rope,
| to which was suspended sack, IN which
was found an iron pot full of nails. A few
days later the head of the murdered man
was found near the same spot, and bullet
hole was discovered in the back CT his
skull. On the brains being removed
bullet dropped out, which appeared to
fit exactly pistol Newton had borrowed
from neighbor named True. This
was the mystery Of Crystal Lake.
About that time Newton became flush
of funds. He said that his wife g brother.
James Bowron, had sent him 900 With
which to buy an orange grove on the lake.
He was suspected of the murder of Nc
MILAN, however, and was brought before
Judge Cooke. man noted as member of
the Florida returning board of 1875. The
sensation Of the trial occurred when coun-
sci for prosecution walked down the aisle,
followed by a medium-sized, dark-haired
woman, evidently a foreigner. AS the
stranger got abreast Of Mrs. Newton she
turned and peered into her face saying,
"Why Kate!' The prisoner, as he looked
up and recognized the woman, flushed un-
til it seemed the blood would burst from
his neck aud cheeks, while Mrs. Newton
turned deathly pale and remained several
seconds with upturned face and half-opens
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17
Origin of Popular Phrases.

''Devil take the Hlndm ost"-This far
more expressive than elegant saying &C.
ours originally in Beaumont and Fetch
er's play Of "bonduca. 1t also occurs in
Buffers "Hudibras," Prior's lode on
Taking Nemur," Pope's ''Dunciad," and
in the poem ITO Haggis." by Robert
Burns.
Enough is as Good as Feast. Zone
of the oldest of all the popular sayings in
use. It has been traced as far back as 1893.
occurring in a book entitled "Dives and
Pauper,' published in that year. 1t is also
found in Gascoigne's Memories" 1878
Rays Proverbs" Fieldings Covert Gar
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17
FARM AND PRESIDE.

A WAY to cure bleeding of the nose,
vouched for by scientific gentlemen, is by
the vigorous motion of the jaws as If in
the act of mastication. In the case of
child, wad of paper should be placed in
its mouth and the child instructed to chew
it hard. The motion of the jaws stop the
flow of blood. This remedy is so very
simple that many will feel inclined to
laugh at it, but it has never been known
to fail in single instance, even in severe
cases.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17

Poison Of any kind swallowed will be at
once thrown from the stomach by drink
ing half glass of warm water in which a
teaspoonful of ground mustard has been
stirred. AS soon as vomiting ceases, drink
cup of strong coffee, in which has been
put the white of an egg. This neutralzes
any remains of tho poison which the mus
tard may have left.
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postrp.
After Death.

The curtains were half drawn. the floor swept
And strewn with rushes, rosemary and May
Lay thick upon the bed on which lay
Where through the lattice ivy shadows creps,
he leaned above me, thinking that Slept
And could not hear him but heard him say;
Poor child! poor child" and as he turned away
Came deep silence, and knew ne wept.
He did not touch the shroud or raise the fold
That hid my face, or take my hand In his,
Or ruffie the smooth pillows for my head;
He did not love me living. but once dead
He pitied me and very sweet 1t is
To know he still is warm. though am cold
Ciristid7G Rossett,.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17

THE following is said to be an excellent
receipt for making writing ink Rain
water, pint; gals, bruised. Ii ounces
green copperas, 6 drachms gum arabic, 10
drachms. The gals must be coarsely pow
dered and put into battle, and the other
ingredients and water added. The bottle,
securely stopped, is placed in the light
(sun if posslble,) and it's contents are
stirred occasionally until the gum and cop
peras are di SOLVED, after which it is
enough to shake the bottle daily, and in
the course of month or six weeks the ink
will be fit for use.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17
Numerous Progeny.

To the Druggists Circular:
notice in a late number of The Circu-
lar, an account of the numerous progeny
of farmer living in Marysville, Mo-, with
the interrogatlve, Who can beat it !?
While it is somewhat marvellous, am of
the opinion that can equal if not surpass
it.
A we'll to do farmer, Lot b. Rogers,
living in Buck Swamp, Marion County, s.
G., has eleven children, all living, of age
and sex as follows:
Ooy ......'.... ............ 10
Twins (boy and girl ...... IA
Ooy '.....s.. IL
Twins (boy and girl. ...,. 10
1.-TWO boysl. ........ S
boy......... ............. 24
Twins 1.-TWO girls). ........ weeks.
How does this compare with Or. Nor
rison
F. M. MONROE, M. D.
Marion, s. G.
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HEADACE.-Dr. Haley says that, as
the brows and accompanied by languor,
chilliness and a feeling of general discom-
fort, with distaste for food. which some
times approaches to nausea, can be com
pletely removed in about ten minutes by
two-grain dose Of iodide of potassium dis
solved in half wineglassfrl of water,
this being slipped so that the whole guam
tity may be consumed in about ten MIN
utes,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17

To KEEP WOODEN Posts FROM RoT.-
A practical farmer, and one who has
thoroughly tested the matter, says that
wooden posts will last in the ground even
longer than iron if treated as follows:
Take boiled linseed oil and stir in pulver-
lied coal to the consistency of paint. Put
a coat of this over the timber, and there is
not man that will live to see it rot.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17

The successful farmer and hou ,e-keeper
are the reading ones in nine cases out of
ten. 1t is only by reading that one can
keep up witch the times in which we live.
1t has been aptly said that an agricultural
community without books and papers re-
latlng to farming and house keeping are
like ship at sea without rudder Or COM
pass.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17

dcs Month and Board for three I've I.. young
" ZIEaLER & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. auglofs
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17

To cure felon, take common rock salt,
such as is used for sailing pork or beef,
aud mix it in spirits of turpentine in equal
parts, put it on rag and wrap it up well,
and as it gets dry put on more, and in
twenty-four hours the felon will be dead
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-08-17

VTIRGINTA-In the Clerks Office OF the Court OF
AVA August 1st, 1885,
William Crosby, Guardian of Sarah Eza6etn Ill.,
Sarah Elizabeth Hill, Rebecca v. Hill, and Henry
Dbl t 1so,, Hi ' Defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
The object of this suit is to obtain decree tor
VIRGINIA belon ling to the infant defendant. Sarah
Elizabeth Hill with contingent remainder over to
the defendant, Rebecca Hill: penn aHe sans te
property that was devised e. the said aelehoah's
And It appear by affidavit FLED IN TINS once,
dent of The State Of Virginia. it is ordered that ne
do appear here within one month after due pn t
ton ri this order and do what is necessary to pro-
tect his interest LestG,, r,rDprnuT
'o'' i-'' NEWTON ARGENBRlGHI,
ELDER & NELSON, p. O. oi0AA'
Aug3-1m