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labors, he has never written any work
of much moment. He is an excellent
journalist, ardent spirited, eager. Even
in his writings he is still the agitator.
To these talents he adds a surprising
activity, and such dexterity in his labors,
that it has astonished even work er
like Elisee Reclus.
He is one Of the most sincere and
frank of men. He always says the truth,
pure and simple, without any regard for
the amour propre of his hearers, or for
any consideration whatever. q. This 10
the most striking and sympathetic feat
ure of his character. Every word he
says may be absolutely believed. His
sincerity is such, that sometimes in the
ardor of discussion an entirely fresh con-
sideration presents itself to his mind,
and sets him thinking. He Immediately
stops, remains quite absorbed for mo-
ment, and then begins to think aloud,
speaking as though he we're an opponent.
At other times he carries on this discus
sion mentally, and after some moments
of silence, turning to his astonished
adversary, smilingly says, "You are
right"
This absolute sincerity renders him
the best of friends and gives especial
weight to his praise and blame.
The foregoing description and bits of
history have been taken from Stepnaik's
"Underground Russia" The remaining
portion of this article is taken from the
files of THE ENQUIRER and from tele-
grams of recent date. ..f
On Friday, December Is, 1882, Kra
potkine was at Thonon with his wife and
her brother, who was very i'll, and re-
quiring much attention, Madam Kra-
potkine desired to go over to Geneva, to
consult a doctor concerning the illness OF
her brother. She was accompanied to
the depot by the prince and had taken
T her seat in one of the railroad carriages
when she was surrounded by the dis
trict attorney and a number of police
men. She was charged with transmit
ting her husbands correspondence with
| Anarchists living in Geneva = 2
Madam Krapotkine had to submit to
being searched, but nothing of any con.
sequence was found upon her person
During his absence Krapotkine's house
had been ransacked from cellar to garret
notwithstanding the fact that his
brother,in-law was dying in one of the
rooms. The house was researched on
the arrival Of the attorney and police in
company with Krapotkine. The sich
young man was handled roughly, which
undoubtedly hastened his death. He
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labor in manufacturing town Of Masss-
chusetts. When We came to the hall,
and the door was opened for me to face
the audience, / said TO the eight or ten
workingmen who escorted me, (which
Of you will introduce me = They all
looked down, and asked me if it were
necessary that 1 should be introduced.
aNo," ,"sald ]. sit is customary" Then
they said, if I had no objection. they
would rather not show themselves on
the platform. They did not dare to be
seen by capitalists seated in front of
them, whore was to discuss the cotton
operations Of New England. don't be-
lieve in the safety of the existence of
such classes in republic.
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DENVER, eoLoRADo SATURDAY. MARCH Is, 1884.

1 n X & "a u 3 ~ +
died a few days later The search made
at this time was as fruitless as that made
of Madam Krapotkine at the railroad
station.
The day after the young mans death
Krapotkine's house was surrounded by
the police, while he was caring for his
suffering wife. who had become very i'll
and distracted on account Of her
brothers death, and the circumstances
which surrounded that sad affair. Kra-
potkine was arrested, and although he
begged to be allowed to remain two days
TO bury his dead brother-in-law and com
fort his stricken wife. he was hurried off
to Lyons by the officers. On his arrival
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We are neither prophet nor the son
of prophet. but we expect to live
to see the day when all titles to land will
be nationalized. Both justice and ex-
pediency demands this. Among the nat
ural rights Of man, the right to the soil
Is equal to his rights to the air and water.
The land represents the opportunity to
create wealth, and all men have a nat
ural right to that opportunity. And in
this country, this right to dig living out
of the soil need not conflict with the
right of any other man. Nothing but
speculative ventures stand IN the way.
Under our present absurd system of land
tenure, there is nothing in the law to
prevent one man from purchasing all the
land in the United States, and ordering
all the people to vacate. Such system
lacks every element of common sense
and common justice. Alma. Nebraska,
Herald. a-.t r.. ~, 80
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Ir,.h Dynamite ana Enxli.h Folly

Irish Dynamite and English Folly.
We have hitherto said nothing about
Patrick Ford's Christmas letter threaten
ing England, through the Irish World,
with dynamite warfare unless Irelond is
set free, because We wished to see what
the capitalist press would say first. They
have been almost silent. 1t is time for
us to speak. We English Socialists do
not approve Of any individual action,
nor do we hold that the use of explo-
sives is justifable in this country, or
that in existing condition it could do
any good. The people need education,
and 30 long as free speech and free press
are allowed our work is education, agita-
ton, and organization open to all. When
free agitation is stopped other conditions
come in, and the situation would have to
be reconsidered. Weshould then recon-
slider it. 81
But Mr.. Ford has brought the matter
forward in most serious shape. He is
no boaster or Jester he is fanatic, and
a perfectly honest one. When, there
fore, he tells us plainly that he and his
are at war with England, and that all
means are lawful which will injure us
we know this is not merely tall talk"
We believe him when he saws that he
enters on the war '',ls a crusader and
we are satisfied that he can and will do
serious mischief. We think such step,
even if justifable in itself, injurious to
the cause, and certain to bring about re-
prisals at the expense of his country
men in England and elswhere. But that
is not the point. We Englishmen here
in England are thus threatened-and, as
we believe, endangered-for what? In
order to maintain an abominable govern
ment in Ireland, and to secure few
thousand landlords their rents. We say,
then, that Mr.. Gladstone's administra-
ton and its supporters-conservatives,
liberals, and radicals ARE to blame for
any damage done in England by the an
archists from across the Atlantic, and
that every Englishmen, angry as he may
Justly be with Mr.. Patrick Ford, should
be still more angry with them.-Justlce.
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ally qualified him for activity in-the vast
public arena, and not in the underground
regions of the secret societies.
He is wanting in that fexibility of
mind, and that faculty of adapting him
self to the conditions of the moment,
and of practical life, which are indis-
pensable to a conspirator He is an
ardent searcher after truth, founder of
school, and not practical man. He
endeavors to make certain ideas prevail,
at all cost, and not to attain practical
end, by turning everything tending to it
to account.
He is too exclusive, and rigid in his
theoretical convictions. He admits no
departure from the ultra -anarchial pro-
gramme. and has always considered it
impossible, therefore to contribute to
any of the revolutionary newspapers in
the Russian language, published abroad
and in St. Petersburg. He has always
found in them some point of divergence,
and, in fact, has never written lire in
any of them.
1t may be doubted whether he could
ever be the leader, or even the organizer
of party, with conspiracy as its sole
means of action. For conspiracy, in the
great revolutionary struggle, is like
guerrilla fighting in military warfare.
The men are few, and therefore all must
be turned to the best account; and a
good guerrilla soldier is the man who
knows how to adapt himself to the exi-
gencies of the ground, and Of the mo-
ment.
Krapothine's natural element is war
on grand scale, and not guerrilla fight
Ing. He might become the founder of a
vast social movement, if the condition Of
the country permitted. ~ r
He is an Incompatible agitator. Gifted
with ready and fervid eloquence, he
becomes all passion when he mounts the
platform. Like all true orators, he is
stimulated by the sight of the crowd
which is listening to him. Upon the
platform this man is transformed. He
trembles with emotion; his voice vibrates
with the accent of profound conviction,
not to be mistaken or counterfeited, and
only heard when it is not merely the
mouth which speaks, but the innermost
heart. His speeches, although he can.
not be called an orator Of the first rank
produce an immense impression; fol
1 when feeling is so intense tits communi.
cative, and electri6es an audience.
When, pale and trembling, he descends
from the platform, the whole room
throbs with applause.
] He is very effective in private discus
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sions, and can convince and gain over to

sions, and can convince and gain over to
his opinions, asIfew can. Being thor
oughly yersed III historical science, es-
pecially in everything relatingto popu-
lar movements, he draws with marvel
ons effect from the vast stores Of his
erudition, in order to support and
strengthen his assertions with examples
and analogies, very original and unex-
|pected. His words thus acquire an ex-
traordinary power of persuasion, which
is increased by the simplicity and clear
ness of his explanations, due, perhap, to
his profound mathematical studies.
He is not q mere manufacturer Of
books. Beyond his purely scientific
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at Lyons he was committed to st Paul
prison on two charges: First. of having
been connected with an association be-
tween Frenchmen and foreigners, whose
objects are social upheaval, and whose
methods are assassination and pillage
second, of having been the chief insti'
gator and organizer of this association in
France, and especially of having visited
Lyons to foment revolt in secret meet
ings.
Of the ridiculous allegations upon
which these charges are based the fol-
lowing are fair specimens Q) that Kra'
potkine, replying to young man OF st.
Etienne who had urged him to start the
revolution, said the time was not vel
ripe; (2) that he wrote to committee o.
workingmen, who had invited him te
attend private reunion, that it could moi
give his presence at any public meeting
| (3) that he wrote to the "Droit Social
declined to becom a contributor to tha
journal; az that he corrected the proof
of pamphlet on Nihilism, the author O.
which had requested him to point ou
whatever material errors he might dis
cover. And yet held upon such trifles al
these, the French magistrate refused tt
accept for him the protfered bail Of NJ
less person than the eminent radica
and millionaire member of the British
house of commons, Joseph Cowen, o
Newcastle, /SS< T. ~.
Sometime about the middle of Janu
ary last Krapotkine, broken in health
and greatly aged by. his close confne
ment and severe treatment, was trans
ferred from prison to Paris infirmary
This step on the part of the authorize
was necessary to save the life of thei
victim, or prolong tito the completion
of his term of imprisonment. Seriousl
I'LL as he was, he was kept under stron
and vigilant guard. -
/ About two weeks ago Paris Telegram
conveyed the information that the sen
tence of the prince had been commute'
to banishment, but this report was dc
MED within few hours, and, as far q
the writer now knows, he is vet confine
lin the prison hospital of Paris, wit
nearly four years of imprisonment ye
before the noble and brilliant man VIII
would give up his life in the cause {
Freedom and Equality. !.
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Strictly Business.

We see it stated that Mayor Latrobe
went over to Washington the other day
to attend to some private business. Did
his honor lose halliday or whole day ?
But it wouldn't matter after all, if he
lost weeks time; his pay would go on
all the same. He is mayor, you know.
The people must pay their public SER
wants for the time they don't make, as
we'll as for the time they do attend to
public business.
If skilled mechanic employed at the
city hall should quit work. 60 over to
Washington to attend to some private
business, and demand pay for his lost
time, he wouldn't get it, would heP Not
exactly.-Baltimore Free Press.
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Senator Bayard declares himself OPP
posed to Capitalization of wealth and
for that reason he wants our currency
furnished by banks of issue instead of
BY the government. II the government
is to be run in the future as in the past,
in the interest Of monopoly and by q
trained pack of bosses and corrupt lob
byists the issue of currency is just as
safe in the hands of the banks, But
should the people get hold of the ma
chine and kick out Bayard and all the
balance of the gilded frauds and bullion
barons and land, railroad and telegraph
monopolists, there would be no danger
in keeping the power to issue money in
congress. where the constitution placed
it and where it belongs. Toledo Record
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K night. ofL.por Organizer.

The organizer for the Knights of Labor
in Colorado can be addressed through
this Office. Those desiring to form an
assembly or wishing information con-
cerning this great order, will receive
prempt attention. +.
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For Rent.

The knights of Labor hall, 3S6 Holla-
day street, on the third Tuesday and
every Saturday in the month. Inquire
at The LABOR ENQUIRER Office.
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cow.rdies Of wor.insmsn.

Wendell Phillips upon one occasion
related the following: :
Ihad once, at the request Of some OPP
eratiyes who waited upon me in Boston
to discuss the relations Of capital and
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Buy the new pamphlet, Evolution or
Revelation" For. sale at this office
price, Is cents.
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sential to prolong his stay there.

= Z 70
sential to prolong his stay there.
In the July of the year 1876 this escape
was effected in accordance with the plan
drawn up by Krapotkine himself. It
was masterpiece of accurate calculation
and resolution.
III.
Some weeks afterwards Krapotkine was
already abroad.
From this period his true revolutionary
activity dates. Although not connected
with the Russian movement, being ex-
clusively devoted to European Socialism
it was perhaps the only means of dis
playing his eminent political qualities in
their true light His great gifts especi-
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THE portrait presented was engraved from
sketch made of Krapotkine as he was de
livering his famous defense at his trial at
Lyons, France, in January, 1888. AT that
trial he was accused of being member ofthe
International, and upon that ground, sem
fenced to five years imprisonment
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gl5raa'1e aeyy H'oi-h f9r fro yfavR
FRANK 7. BLAIR,
No. > Brocke hot

1Vob-r Amsri-ap W1tcIcs at reduced
prices.
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losing ten pounds week for year;
then you have lost just five hundred
aud twenty pounds since you commcn'
ced taking Turkish baths. You
weighed one hundred aud sixty when
YOU began, and after you lost all your
weight, you still keep on until you
weighed three hundred and sixty
pounds less than nothing. After you
took your iity.frst bath, and we're re.
duced to seven pounds, you must have
felt sort Of queer. Aud yet you weigh
Mt least one hundred and fifty now
IL do"
"When do you do your gaining ?'
Between baths
"If you had no dress.suit, would you
take these baths ?"
mo"
Then YOU take them because you
have drcss.suit -
"Yos."
But ,rhy do you take them
ITO get the suit on"
Couldn't YOU get it on without taxi
ing Turkish BATH"
NO"
"Why not =
Because my brother weigh twenty
pounds less than | do"
81 see"
"Ahd we own one dress.suit between
u"
What has that to DO with it ?"
This is what it has to do with it /:
That suit fits him; but it is too tight
for me, and | am obliged to go into
training every time | am invited out
and reduce myself to get into it,
How do you do when you are both
invited out to the same party -
"One of us sends regrets, and that
one states he has another engagement -
This satisfied the questionor that
the light man had the better Of it, be.
cause the other paid one hundred and
fifty-six dollars year to own halt
interest in a dress suit. lie also
thought it would be soundcr fnan.
cial scheme to have the suit fit the
heavier man, and let the lightweight
stuff himself 10 fit the suit. But he
asked no more questions.-R. Il. Nun.
kihrick, in Puck.
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THE other morning, when it was
raining pretty hard, aud everything
was very dark and gloomy, diner at
4 boarding house table, said to the
waiter:
"Will you just open that shutter,
The waiter opened the shutter.
"Will you now light the gas ?"
at has been turned of.
Have you an electric light con.
nected with the place that YOU could
fire up?" asked the boarder
NO, sir"
Gould you run across the street
and borrow from DR.. Smith that mag.
nifying machine that he looks into
people with ?"
Il can't leave the table"
"Have you singlc-bsrrcd oye
glass -
"No, sir
Opera glas-e- ?"
"No."
Telescope r.
NO replied the waiter.
"Wcii, YOU ought to have all these
things, and lots Of light, to enable
boarders to see the food on the plates (;
or else you ought to give them enough
to be detected with the nude eye
Aud the waiter sneaked away; and
the boarder went on eating his food,
which he got hold Of by feeling for it
with his fingcrs.-Puck.
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1t is said that the fashionable
woman Of New York have taken to
poker playing Now this is perfectly
horrible. Next they'll want to be imi.
tating that noble creature, man, by
spending half their evenings around a
billiard ts .-Ey.
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AucrIoSEEH Tho undersigned, the
fastest and beet saleamHn IN Central Penn
sytvania, having more than freHfV Vsars
experience In selling Farms, Farm Stock /,
Merchandise, otr, Offers he services g. the
citizons Of Centre ard adjoining ccuntIes
ss Firft-class Salcsmnn. Charges reason.
ablo Adiross JosgFu l.. Mar,
Roland,
4-8m Centre county, Ia
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Is China it takes three days to per
form the marriage ceremony. II a
man survives this test Of his power Of
endurance he is regarded ~ being
fully able TO cope with n mother.in-
Law and bold his own iolerably well.
-Er.
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ASD now they accuse Chicago Of
being invested by female footpads. A
good deal has been said relative TO
the foot Of the Chicago female; but
what shall be said Of the pad which
shall cover the foot ?-Er.
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y DAKOTA lawyer was recently ar.
rested for stealing wood, but such was
the power of his cloquence that be
made the jury believe that he was only
walking in his sleep, and thought he
was placing flowers on the grave Of
his frst wife,.
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$. z. HUBBARD. NJ. D.

This u % certify that the Rockford
Watch bought Feb. %, 1879, has run
very well the past year. Having set IL
only twice during that time. lie only
variation being three minutes. IL has
rua very much better than | ever an.
tielpated. II was no, adjusted and only
coat 80. u. T.. BRYANT,
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RorkroRn WA1cn CnprANr.

BY HOSMER T. HULLAND, Sec.
Having most thoroughly tested the
Rockford Quick Train Watches for the
last three years, ! offer them with the
fullest confidence as the best made and
most reliable time keeper for the money
that can be obtsined,
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DlGHrov, Jan. q, 1850.
The Rockford watch purchased Feb.
1879, has performed better than any
Watch ! ever had. Have carried it
every day and at no time has il been
irregular, or in the least unreliable. 7
cheerfully recommend the Rockford
Watch. HORACE II. HORTON,
at Dighton Furnace Co.
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IAtNToN, sept, Is, 1871.
The Rockford Watch runs very &C.
curately better than any watch ever
owned, and have had one that cost
$50. Can recommend the Rock ford
Watch TO everybody who wishes a fine
timekeeper.
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why lie Bathed

DAtn teVeTal llmth u Nt'h HuN u
marked slender man to friend on
the cars the other morning
"Yes," replied the man addressed
II take about three week"
"Are you sick p
"No."
"Then why do you take them so
oiten?'
Because dress suit costs seventy
We dollars"
"Do you mean to tell me, persisted
the slender young man: chat you
take Turkish bath because dress.
suit cost seventy.fve dollars -
81 do, indeed
at seems very strange to me- said
the other, a. he knocked the ashes of
his cigarette; that you should be
prompted to form such a practise on
account of the price Of any particu,
lar kind of wearing apparel. | can't
see, for my part, wherein the dress.
suit is at all revelant to a Turkish
bath. You know that fur.lined ov-
ercoat is worth several hundred dol.
lars, do you not?'
IL dc"
"On that account do you drink
shandygaT instead Of claret at din.
ner ?"
mo, sir"
"Does the high price Of the fur-lined
overcoat cause you to spend three
nights of the week on the roof try.
to discover comets ?"
NO, sir"
"Then how do you get over the
high price Of the furlined ovcrcoat -
81 don't get over it all.
"What do you do r
Il go without it."
After the man who opened the
conversation had leaned on his hand
for little while, watching the woods
and fields the train was flying through,
the strange and peculiar argument Of
his friend puzzled him so that he de-
termined to try once more to fathom
IT, 20 ne turned and SAID
ohanhy'gah aud comet discovering
are not more irrelevant to a fur'!inei
overcoat than dress suit Is 70 a Turk
ish bath"
"Who told you so?' inquired the
Turkish bather.
Nobody.
Where did you read or hear it =
Nowhere
linen are you sure that 1t Is a
iact
no.
Then why did you make the state.
ment
Inc interrogation was rather non
plussed at this; but, like true
soldier returned to the ATTACK de-
'ermlhed 10 get al the bottom OF the
argument II possible. 20 he said
DO you 60 without iur-Ilned ov'
ercoat on account OF ITS price :"
y e..
see sa'd the lh'erroSa'or' ohsnt'
'"'us ~ '"'" II al ''o"''"'
l es'
lheh why uoh you 70 WITHOUT
y - sun ~ s'0"'"'
because II i economy 10 nave
one,
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Fink =. Hgir, 'oir a7ra' fav ~ sI'r n opr
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ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are zee disturbed st niEht sad hreksa 81 esF 81
- sick ckiId snhsrns and eryinE vith Fsia ef cui
tag teelkf " -. sepa at ancs and get hcltis q
Mas. wgxs1caa ScVtnfNa srnrr Vuz CMalnANN
TwryRfws Tta vaiae s tnoAisaiahie. n wsil relieve
the pooF little sufferer inme8ataly. DsTEna npun u
eatefy and alaffhoea rsuatss tie steasrh sHd has'
ss cures end ceiie, seftsuz ths Funas rstueez -
nanamstion ana gives ione ana sesrEy a. tie shels
system. Ms. Wfsusw's Euszazsa srHrF re cHzte-
ass TsEfHIsa pisasAnt he saae and is tAs NFa
sfiptioa uf enc the eldest aad hesi iemale FAysl'
rnns nud muFw~s o. the rntt@d States ana u iur sale
~ on dfugEzsts gss est re wsFlt Prics = Fsats
bgltis. sly.