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The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-09

Debt, profit, interest, rent and the conn
petitive system of industry are hereby
formally declared proved instruments OF
degradation and tyaranny, and cancers
upon the social body. So also are the
present methods of Furnishing crime
rather than preventing it; the present
monetary system the present method OF
suffrage; the present method of educa-
,inn; and the present systems of juris-
prudence. church and military. s
The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-09

Every individual is entitled to an
equal proportionate share of all the accu-
mulated wealth created by past genera
tions, and that wealth should be held by
society as the natural heritage in conn
mon of, all mankind 4
The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-09

Suppress the right Of increase claimed
by the proprietor over anything which
he has stamped az his own property
while maintaining possession and by.
this simple change law, government,
economy and institutions will be revolu-
tionized and evil be- driven from the face
of the earth III a
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24
WILLIE WILLIAMS IN THE wILDs.
rhe ToilsOmc and Trying Adventures Of n
Little Shaver in New Mexico.

Late Friday afternoon the town was start
led by the information that Willie Williams,
little boy only two and half years old,
was reported as missing since 10 o'clock in
the morning. Scouting parties were inn
mediately organized and after dark had set
in upward of one hundred men were search
ing in the surrounding country, the num-
Der being added to every hour. The poor
mother was almost distracted. Many of
the searchers returned to their homes ct a
late hour of the night discouraged, but in
the early morning the number was again
largely increased. Every saddle-horse and
vehicle was brought into requisition and
scores were out again on foot. Finally
trail was discovered made by the little feet
some five miles from town in q southerly
direction, and, although faint, it was fol-
lowed for hours with great patience and
perseverance,. AT a distance of nearly nine
miles from town the little wanderer was
finally discovered, lying down crying, with
hat IN hand and nearly exhausted. He rose
to run away from the strangers who had
found him, but dropped again from exhaus-
ton after running few steps. 1t was but
q moment before he was in buggy on the
way to town and was soon clasped in the
arms of the mother whose sufferings had
been most intense and so prolonged.
The little fellow had travelled fully twenty
miles in n tortuous course over the sand
and among the mesquite mounds; he had
been from home thirty-two hours, without
food and water, and it is only surprising
that he was alive when found. A great
shout went up from oil parts of the town as
soon as it was known that he had been
found and a large number of shots were
fred as signal to those who were search
ing in the near vicinity. The next day ho
was still much exhausted and weak, but
apparently not seriously injured in health.
He was badly sun-burned and SO footsoro
that no could not bear his weight on them.
- De30i3n T,.;I3,5s
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24
HOW TWO WOMEN KEEP HOUSE.


One is dressmaker, the other G book
keeper, the latter from n comfortable coun-
try home. For year she endured life in n
boarding house OF "a week for board and
room. 1t was oil she could afford TO pay
out of her salary of $25 per month. 1t oc-
CURED to her that if she could associate q
friendly dressmaker with her the two could
have n large room and possibly afford the
expense of fire in the long winter even
ings, 80 that they could sew, read or chat
undisturbed. The dressmaker consenting
tho two set out 10 find q room suited to Their
means, and as they looked their project
grew and resolved itself into two rooms and
n system of housekeeping, ON the smallest
possible scale, Ms nm experiment. They
scrsnped on their summer hats and dresses
and bought a secondhand parlor cook stove
and few dishes, rented their rooms very
plainly furnished, in cheap quarter, and
entered ON their new life. They breakfasted
together and separated for the day the
dressmalker returning after ten. The book.
keeper comes home at noon, gets her simple
dinner and leaves the housework until she
returns after 6 o'clock, and shortly after
the dressinaker comes in. Half an houl
sufGces to put their small domain in order
and the evening is spent in reading, rest OF
recreation. Gradually their rooms have Us
sumed cosy, homelike aspect, the dress
maker has bought sewing machine, thu
bookkecpcr writing-d their food 10 Of
better quality at one-haf the cost and they
are vastly happier in every way. 1t Is two
years since they entered into this useful and
friendly partnership, and the bookkeeper'i
heart is almost broken because her friend
has lover who is destined sorne day tc
break up tho cosy home. She wickedly
hopes that times win be so hard that they
cannot marry or that Providence will send
her lover or another nice girl to keeI
house with, as The least compensation fol
her loss. --Detr0it Times.
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SUICIDE ON THE INCREASE.
How Seif-Murderers Are Made by Imam
iiy and Disease.


DIR. Macdonald, the celebrated authority
ON mental diseases, was found in his private
Office on Wards Island, recently, reading
new German work on suicide.
" Does insanity cause the majority of sui
cides in this country, doctor p was asked
That is very difficult question to an
swer," replied DIR. Macdonald "Cases OF
suicide are more frequent in years of great
business depression and panics, but more
especially during the years of the Presi-
Dental election. Statistics show that the
increase of self-murders is greater than the
increase of the population. This is largely
due TO the great influx of foreigners. The
percentage is much greater among French
and German, but more cases occur in the
latter race. Perhaps there is no people
fonder of its Fatherlnnd than the Germans
and very frequently the young emigrants tc
This country commit suicide from a0stalgtr,
or, as it is commonly called, homesickness.'
" Do you think suicide is an evidence OF
insanity ?''
No, indeed said the Doctor; "more
sane people commit suicide than insane
However, attempts are constantly made
among certain class of people who, like
young Rhinelander, for instance, although
not what could be called insane, yet ought
not to be allowed by their friends to have
| complete liberty. Acts of violence are sure
to follow, and, if it is not an attempt at
homicide. it is certain to be suicide"
&C Insanity in its literal sense means q loss
of health or weakness of tho body. There
are many cases of suicide caused by chronic
| dyspepsia or great mental disturbance on
recount of business troubles The rapid
| way in which we now live has much to dc
with these sudden and terrible endines OF
life. Another cause which has lately in
creased the number of suicides is the fact
that there is law which Furnishes an at
| tempt at ones life. This, strange as it may
seem, does not deter, but ON the other hand
incites many to the horrible deed. There is
a certain fascination in doing that which ia
forbidden. Then, again, when man tries
peculiar mode of suicide there arc always
Immediately afterward other attempts in the
same manner. There have as yet been no
attempts from Brooklyn Bridge, but you
may be sure the first case from this struct-
ure will be followed by many others. The
newspapers make the details of suicides
more public now than formerly, and this
certainly has o tendency to Increase the
number"
&C Can you tell me some of the causes of
insanity ?" was asked.
Those cases directly under my super
vision are caused by intemperance, improper
nourishment, loss of work, and, in the case
of many foreigners, home sickness. But, MS
you know, we only receive paupers at this
institution, and, as might be expected with
this class, the want of nourishing food is
very often the cause of their insanity.
Among the 800 patients at present on the
Island 400 constantly incline to self-destruc-
ton and have 10 be watched constantly
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24
ARisTocRATrc isLEPTomANrAcs.
BOOKSELLERS Account of the Thefts of his
Stock.

Quite recently I detected case of sys-
tematic sneak-theiving which had been go
ing on for months. If should give you
the name of the offender you would be as
tonished. He is one of Philadelphia's most
respected citizens. He baflied us for a long
time, simply because thought him above
suspicion. Finally clerk limited to me
ihlt this gentleman was responsible for the
recent disappearance of many valuable
books. miss volume every time he
leaves the store, said the clerk. Impos-
sible, said l. Ho can not be the man.
" I placed watch upon his movements,
however, and detected him the very next
time he came into the store. He settled the
matter with u.s. and in consideration of his
high reputation in the community we did
not prosecute him. We caught fellow q
month or two ago who was gradually ac-
cumulating whole set of Washington Try
ine's works by carrying out one at time,
in the hope that ii would not DO missed.
He had secured The Sketch Book and the
Alhambra, but we dropped on him Just as
he was getting away with Knickerboeker's
History He was taking them out by the
common process known rs sub-coat-tail.
ing Many people who would not take a
penny belonging to another will steal books
with appar, at IMMUNITY. l know men to
whom l would not hesitate to sell bill OF
goods, men whom l would trust with my
watch and my pockelbook, but l would not
trust them five minutes behind the shelves
of this store.
Experience tells me that man whose
tastes are literary and whose means are lin
tied will always bear Watching in book
store, especially if he is o frequent visitor
One of the most annoying experiences is to
ind that some literary sneak thief has taken
one of a set or serious of some rare edition
which is not easily replaced. In this way
| have recently had costly sets of Shake
speare, Carleton and Ruskin made wholly
unsaleable.
" Books are frequently ruined in another
way. Some of these kleptomaniacs have q
penchnnt for the handsome steel engravings
and portraits that often adorn frontis-
piece. They take book from tho shelf,
insert n wet string between the front leaves
and then quietly replace il. In fifteen OF
twenty minutes the string has SO mcistened
the paste that the entire leaf can be remoy-
ed without tearing il or making tho least
noise"
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wouLD-BE vrDocos.
All Sorts and Conditions Of People Who
Went TO be Detectives.

" 1t is astonishing how many letters we
receive every day." said the head of well
known detective agency on Broadway,
from persons who want TO become detect
ives Tho letters are mostly from persons
who live in the country and know little or
nothing about city life. The applicants
imagine that New York is one vast den of
crime aud that highwaymen, cutthroats and
burglars Turk in ovory nook and corner Of
the city. Sensational stories about Sleulh,
the Man Hunter" and others of like
character in tho weekly story papers are re-
| sponsible for this MANN. OF course wo pay
no attention to the letters, but our CORE.
spondents are very persistent and often
write to us half dozen times. We also re.
,eiye many personal applications. They
are generally the greenest kind of green.
horns, in whom man would not feel like
trusting to recover lost dog"
g Do you receive applications from wo-
men ?"
- Yes, lots of them. There seems to be
about rs many young girls us men who
yearn for the life of detective Yesterday,
however, received letter somewhat diff
ferent from the general run. 1t was from n
woman out in New Jersey, who said sho
was middle-aged and the mother Of a fami-
ly. She assured me that she possessed
remarkable faculty for reading character,
and ended by prophesying that IL l would
only give her trial she would prove her.
N.
was an agency in this city which gave these
people a trial and charged 80 much month
for teaching them. The agency made n
great deal of money for q time, but the
election excitement killed it. l have even
had applications from boys nino years old,
who wanted to be put on some big murder
case. "-Ne,o York TELEGRAM.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24
POETRY.
Tho Dear Long Ago.


inthe gray OF the cleaning DER lowland and
highland
The storm-wlnd is sounding its bugles afar,
The pillows roll black on the desolate island;
In vain shall the mariner seek for star.
0 keeper look well to thy beacon forth-gleam-
ing:
o fisher, steer boldly, with eye to the light.
Lest slumber unbroken by waking or dreaming
Thy portion shall be In this turbulent night.
Yet quiet sit, thinking not OF sobblng
SO eerie and dreary OF tempest and snow,
For tones in my heart with strange sweetness
are throbbing ~
This runes and the tunes OF the dear long ago
am borne to the days that were swift and fly
ing,
All puslhg with music and sparkling with
mlrth,
The days when childhood no space had for sigh
Ing,
No place for the phantoms Of darkness and
dearth.
IN the hearth pales the fires red glow to dun
ashen;
Without, the trees moan in the deepening
chill;
But far ~ recalls TO my spirit the fashion
oi spring ON the meadow, the plain, and the
fil
remember the lilacs that budded and lowered.
ihe willows that dipped in the full-nooded
stream,
The orchards with blossoms so iavishly lowered.
In times when JOY held me unchecked and SUI
preme
An, wild is the winteron lowland and highland.
And black break the waves on the storm-bat-
tered coast,
and sound the long bugles on peak and on is
land,
And gathers the tempest with haste and with
host.
SIT by myself In the gray OF the cleaning,
muse on the days that We're tender and tr,e.
And my heart, like child fam to rest after roam
ing,
Is back in the bright days, my mother, WIN
you
-harJafet sa'a0ster', in Hd,pe1ss Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24
A MUDDY CAMPAIGN.

From Recollections Of Private" in
The Century, we quote tho following "No
country can beat Virginia road for mud.
We struck il thick. Il was knee-deep. u
was verify heavy marching. The foot
sank very insidiously into the mud, and re-
luctantly came out again; it had TO be
coaxed, and while you were persuading
your reluctant left, tho willing right was
sinking into unknown depths it came out
Of tho mud like the noise of suction pump
when the water is exhausted
"T The order was given, Route step;' we
climbed the banks of the road in search of
firm earth, but it couldn't be found, so we
went on pumping away, making about one
foot in depth to two in advance. Our feet
seemingly weighed twenty pounds each.
We carried number six into the unknown
depths of mud, but it came out number
twelve, elongated, yellow, and nasty; il
had lost its fair proportions, and would be
mistaken for anything but o foot, il not at
tached to leg. II seemed impossible that
wo should ever be able to find our feet in
their primitive condition again. Occasion
ally boot or shoe would be left in the
mud, and it would take IN exploring expe-
dition to find it. Oh, that disgusting, stick
ing mud Wad Rider declared that If Vir-
ginia was once in the Union, she was now
in the mud. A big Irish comrade, Jim
O'Brien, facetously took up the declension
Of mud, mud, mudder, murder, pulling
a foot out at each variation for emphasis.
Jack Z. declared it would be impossible te
iislodge On enemy stuck in the mud as we
were.
The army resembled, more than any
thing else, o congregation Of flies making a
pilgrimage through molasses. The boys
called their feet 'pontoons,' mud-hooks,
soil-excavators, and other names not quito
80 polite. When we halted to rest by the
wayside, our feot were in tho way Of our
selves and everybody else. Keep your
mud-hooks out of my way Save your pom
toons for another bridge were heard on all
sides, mingled with oil the reckless, pyo-
fame, and quaint jokes common to the army,
md which are not for print.
"The mud was in constant league with
Tho enemy an efficient ally in defensive
warfare; equivalent to reenforcements OF
twenty thousand infantry. 10 realize the
situation, spread tor foot deep all over
your backyard, and then try to walk
through it; particularly 10 this experiment
recommended to those citizens who were
constantly crying, Why doesn't the army
mover II took the military valor oil out of
man. Any one would think, from reading
the Northern newspapers, that we soldiers
had macadamized roads to charge over at
the enemy. 1t would have pleased us much
to have seen those On to Richmond fell
lows put over five-mile course in the Viz
ginia mud, loaded with forty-pound KNAPP
sock, sixty rounds of cartridges, and haver-
sacks filled with four days rations."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24
oFFICE-HoLpING DOES NOT PAY.
Participation In Public Life Tending "a
Financial Failure.


The close observer of American political
life must DO sadly impressed by the many
men whose financial downfall is directly
traceable to their participation in public
life. There is scarcely county that does
not furnist more than one man who entered
public life in good circumstances and with
bright prospects and who have become
financial wrecks. Probably more than
majority of tho men who enter public life
meet with this fate and go down to their
graves in poverty.
These wrecks are not confined to the men
who have lost their moral character and be-
come mere bummers, either. Honest, up
right men who have maintained their per
sonal integrity have found that participation
in public life has brought in its train power.
ty and personal priyation. Ex-Governor
Bishop, of Ohio, who was a wealthy bust
ness man at tho time of his election, is now
travelling with sample case rs an ordinary
salesman. The neglect of his business rem.
dcred unavoidable by attention to his pub.
lie duties led to reverscs which swampcd
him and compelled MN IN us oiu hse W
seek his livelihood by the uncertain and
precarious methods of the commercial
traveller.
The general tendency Of participation in
American public life is in this direction.
The deeayed political hummer, who once
knew better days, is q sadly familiar sight
in this country, and the class OF which Gov
ernor Bishop is notable example is also
far too numerous. Indeed, it in the COM
monest thing in the world to hear men who
have participated in public affairs declaid
that they were compelled to leave official
life because they could not afford to stay
in it. The small salaries paid to Legislators
congressman and other officials, and the
constantly increasing expense OF politica
campaigns are lettering many of our ables
men from entering public life at oil and re
ducing to poverty many who do enter. Thu
10 not pleasant truth for tho American
citizen to contemplate, but it is the truth
nevertheless. - philadelphia 1imss.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24
MOON BLINDNESS,
Frequent on the China Sea aud Indian
Oeeau--Gured by Darkness.

Moon blindness said an old sailor,
gazing at the upper rigging of California
clipper near Wall Street Ferry yesterday,
"why, of course there's such thing. I've
seen IL often. had touch of it myself
once. don't see, though, how the English
Rear Admiral makes out that the loss of the
gunboat Wasp was due to moon blindness.
II gets its name, not because man who
has il can't see distinctly under tho moon
light, but because it is caused by sleeping
with the moon shining on the face. You
know Mt once when you have it. In fact,
you often get stono blind, and remain SO
for month or more. / can't imagine how
it could occur near England, for people
are not likely to sleep in the moonshine
there.
" In the China Sea and tho Indian Ocean
il is well known. Tho Lascars frequently
have it, and when passenger steamer re-
mains for night ut port the Captain gen.
es~Ily Ssesna esSsybedy who Ssos.ta 70 nieop
on deck and most of them do in those hot
latitudes-to be careful to keep we'll under
| ieihoiliucl OuCb ldHullR u
passenger ut Singapore quite blind. He
persisted in sleeping ON the forecastle head,
IS we lay for 4 night in Penang, and the
moon shone on his face for five or six hours.
When he nwolSe his sight was gone, and he
thought it was still night, though the sun
had aroused him. We went back to Calcut-
to, and when we riched Singapore ON our
next trip he had recovered, but he hated
the sight of the moon ever afterward.
!" never knew case OF moon blindness
that was not cured. You have only to keep
in the dark until sight comes back. Mine
was only partial blindness, though the
sight of one eye was nearly gone. WIS
well in week. The attack is generally &C.
compnnied by bad sick headache, but
most people arc too much frightened to
think about that. never heard of wo-
man being afflicted with moon blindness"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24

Stamping neatly and promptly done
to order. New and beautiful designs just
received. Best skein Embroidery silk,
10 cts. doz. For crazy-work we have it
at 35 and 40 cts. box Zone oz.) at VAN
HoKN's.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24

A Card.
Having purchased of Mr.. II. l.. john
son the drug store near the corner of
Church and Main streets, in this city,
ask not only continuance of the patron
age of tho old customers, but trial by
new patrons. shall keep in stock:a full
supply of fresh drugs and medicines, and
will make specialty.of artists materials
and the filling of physicians't prcscrip-
tons. A call from the public generally
is invited. j. FRANK GRoMAN.
Lambertvile, Dec. 10, 1884.
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"If YOU will step to the found room,
madam | think You will Get your pack.
oce.n aYie
This was said by tho superintondent of
large dry goods establishment 70 a lady who
applied for lost goods.
The superintendent ofterward said to the
reporter: at ism very common occurrence
for ,odv IN buv sonetb;ny and nav for Il
with n banl, notc and 90 Oft without either
ber change or bey goods so,netimes MANY
eases ~ The kind occnr in ono dav We
S'''N' " ~ >s> $3.50 - ~ - -
nave been compelled 10 ESTABLISH our
found room' where such goous are KEPT.
As the goods are received they are recorded
under the date OF their reception, and lady
has only to tell the day TO trace anything.
Almost all the forgotten articles ara calico
for. They range IN value trom cents M
dollars, and in size from spool OF, cotton
to that OF q lady's dress. 1t requires the
services of one person oil the time TO keep
track of the lost articles
q" How do you account Tor 50 much for'
getfulness I"
1t is the simplest thing in the world.
The lady is in hurry. she has something
to purchase at another counter She thinks
she will go and purchase 1t, instead OF wait
ing idly for her change. She goes Oh, and
forgets to go back, having her attention
preoccupied with other purchases When
she gets home and counts up her money
she recalls her forgotten package. She
comes here as soon as she can and gets Is.
If she is new customer she is full OF graft
tude If she is IN old customer she takes
it ns matter of course"
yr,,,,n. r,o,,,,.n,. Co.. s,rcus rricl.s.
Adam Forenouob II sova that African
o,o,honts oro No. ;,to,i;oent ;,,;tat;va and
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-24

During the cholera epidemic Of 1889
the unsewered parts of New York city
suffered most. The filthy Give Points"
region was perfect charnel-house.
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SHOPPERS FORGET THINGS.

And the Big Dry Goods Honscs HIVE 10
HIVE n ssFound R0om.''