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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

An employe at the Asylum here drew a
fifth of the second capital prize OF 5000,
in the grand drawing of the Louisiana
State Lottery, last Tuesday, February 18th,
and not the whole $25, 600, as the newspa
pers and he would like to have it. We
would give the name of the lucky man,
but don't know whether he cares about
having his name published. The excite
ment around Morgantown, n. c., and the
esgerness with which the newspapers were
scanned to find the name of the fortunate
ticket holder OF No. 99,353, revealed the
fact that numbers Of our citizens who
would never have been suspected OF in
vesting in lotteries, held tickets in
The Louisiana State Lottery ct New Or.
leans. The 167th drawing will take place
on Tuesday, April sth, when $262, 800 will
he scattered in prizes under Generals Beau
regsfd and Esrly's management. All in
formation will be given by NJ. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, La, on observation-disclosures
TOD IN. C. } uountaineer, Feb. 90 1884.
CoSsUMPTIN us, dyspeptlcs and all who com.
or a great lack OF vigor and health.
should by no means fail TO drink Smith
Kenneth ale
Pure blood is much better than wealth.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

NEW stock OF goods just re-
ceiyed. Prices very low. JACOB
w. GRUBB, the jeweler.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

STILL fifteen or twenty pieces Of slightly
dsmaged carpets left, at two.thirds their
frst cost. Nv. FERsEL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

STILL fifteen or twenty pieces Of slightly
damaged carpets left, at two-thITds toeH
first cost. y. W. rssEkL'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

AcKER's Dyspepsia Tablets never fail
For sale BY Edmund Booking, @. Msnks
miller, wheeling, and F. P. thinner,
Rridoan0rt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19
"The Mountaineer" excited,

WANTED-A girl at new lunch room, No
lO35 Market street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19
Social and Supper.

THE LADIES OF THE ZANE srREHr
II. 4. Church will give . social and supper
for the bensf,t Of the church In the Lecture
nom this evening. All are invited. fiokses-
,r,,pdipg supper Is cents. 0ritQ
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

STILL fifteen or twenty pieces of slightly
damaged carpets lett, at two.thlrds their
first cost. J. w. FERRHL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

MoRSIxG Glory Baking Powder; always
fresh and pure. No family should %
without it G. s. Feeny, proprietor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

Jast Received.
Fifty boxes choice Grave!ey Tobacco.
For sale al low market rates.
6. 8. FEESY,
l4l0 Main st.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

SLIGHTLY damaged goods by water will
be opened March Sd. Yard wideWigons at
8 cents per I'd. good calico 4 cents per
yd. best cheviot cents per I'D; dress
goods at half price; good muslin from ~
to cents; do sill wool cassimers at so CENTS
EVERYTHING in the way of dry goods and
notions. Call soon, as must sell them.
]. W. Ferrel, corner Main and Twenty.frst
streets.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19

MORNING Glory Baking powder. All
good houssksePsIs recognize It's
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-19
A Great liseaEer.

Accompanies, Miss Annie Logan, Fan
Marsh and Mr.. Joseph KellRr.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26

l HAD an argument with trio of
newspaper men on the street the other
day on the subject of Socialism. They
belonged to that intellectual class of
public educators that don't know any
thing about Socialism, though they work
on the papers that blackguard and lie
about it. After a few words explanatory
of the fundamental principles of Social
ism, announced myself ready to answer
questions. The first one was poser.
One of the gentlemen asked, "How are
you going to run the barber shops under
a Socialistic system?' l was not pre-
pared for that it was too much for me.
| was unwilling to admit that the Social
lists had MT brains enough to regulate
the shaving business, and so | simply
said "My friend, if the starvation,
misery, debauchery and crime which at
present exists and is perpetrated can be
prevented bv the adoption of the Social
be willing to do your own shaving, if
you had to is your humanity bewitched
by and subservient to the soft touch of
the BARRIERS hand?" l will not worry
you with his answer. This trihing little
episode is mentioned to show the readers
of The ENQUIRER specimen of the
upon which the so-called in
telligent men base their opposition to
Socialism. And for fear others will re-
fuse their sanction to the best social sys-
tenn ever proposed by man, l assure you
that the Socialists will provide plan
for shaving all who are unable to per-
form that work for themselves. 4
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26

AN article on the first page of this
issue is recommended for the careful con-
sideration of every reader of The En-
oU1RER. 1t is headed "Knavery" and is
an account of the manner in which one
sewing establishment in this city is con-
Quoted. Th4 details are probably not
as full as you would like, but they are
as extensive as limited time and oppor-
tuuity would permit More particulars
may be given in another issue; and II
the editor of this paper is correctly in
formed with reference to one or two
other establishments in the city, there is
a strong probability Of showing-up in
other quarters. 1t is only lately that
sufficient interest in the injustice and
tyranny IN our own midst has been
taken to bring these facts to light; but
there seems to be a new move in this
direction, and The ENQUIRER hopes to
be informed of all such cases in the fu-
ture. That railroad garnishee business
seems to have stirred the victims of sim
liar outrages up, and assured them that
there was a way by which the public
could be made to know how heartless
and dishonest are some of the capitalists
and employers of this community, even
if no beneficial results followed.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26
FIENDISH.

In this issue will be found communi,
cation relative toHthe system of slavery
maintained in the coal mines of the
Colorado Coal and Iron company. The
writer of the letter is familiar with his
subject, and his statements can be relied
upon.
have copy of the new rules and
regulations of this heartless, Agrasping
monopoly, and can testify to the cor
rectness of the quotations made there
from by "Citizen."
Rule is where the fangs of the ser
pent are shown. This rule is in the
nature of the much talked about 'iron-
clad" which has been in vogue in east
ern mining and manufacturing districts
for several years in fact the rule has
been imported directly from the slave
pens of Pennsylvania and New England
for use in Colorado.
When man subscribes to that rule,
he signs away all rights as free man
he becomes the absolute slave of his
employers. He can only free himself
by cutting off his family's supply of
bread.
This is fiendlsh, and an employer who
will demand that those who work for
him shall sign away all right to affiliate
with each other for their mutual benefit,
is fend, A government which will
permit such practices is rotten to the
core. And community which will
tolerate such tyranny is ready for dY-
Mantle bomb.
Look at the power over their fellow
men appropriated by the cold blooded
scoundrels who manage the affairs of
the Colorado Coal and Iron company.
The company owns the houses in the
coal camps, and they rent them to the
miners at their own prices and upon
their own terms, without competition.
If rule of the company is violated, the
employe guilty of theviolation is turned,
with his family, out of doors. In addi-
ton to this he is 'black- listed" and can
not get work in any of the other mines.
But why dwell upon this? The work
ingmen of the country seem disposed to
submit to every degradation heaped
upon them by their merciless masters,
and the rest of the world looks on un-
concerned But day of retribution is
coming whether the victims of this,
that, or the other wrong have spark of
manhood and independence left or not
The system itself holds the seeds Of its
destruction, and the result is inevitable.
In the natural course of things the day
for settling and leveling up will come.
The subjection and lassitpde of the de-
spoiled cannot stay it; the combinations
! in viliany of the corporationists cannot
ward it off
1t will come! 1t is coming
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26

A CORRESPONDENT comes to the defense
of D. X. Smith, division superintendent
os the South Park, in this issue. The
writer is an honest man, and his opinions
are entitled to an honest consideration
but he is unquestionably laboring under
a wrong impression with reference to
the complainants against Smith. The
men who gave the information at this
office which prompted the recent articles
in THE ENQUIRER are not section men.
They are train men-princlpally en-
gineers. The writer of this week s
Communication is probably right in his
estimate of the drunken scallawags who
disgrace the honest calling of labor; but
he is certainly illogical when he attempts
to maintain that the robbing of drunk
ards is not stealing. Mr.. Smith is en-
titled to fair hearing upon the charge
made against him, and he, or his friends
for him, can get such a hearing in The
ENQUIRER, at any time. The editor of
this paper is not disposed TO show parti-
ality to any side in the discussion truth
and honesty is what he wants from
everybody.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26
word Of that article. I have run up
AGAINST several such cowardly chaps since

word Of that article. / have run up
against several such cowardly chaps since
l have been editing this paper, and |
have found all of them afraid, to come
out squarelv and argue upon Socialism.
Ideny emphatically that the article re-
ferred to by the Herald was abusive" "
and it strikes me that that word just fits
the paragraph in its last issue.
I do not care to deal in personalities
principles are in THE ENouIRER's line
but if the gentleman who runs the Pitts
burg Herald is 2spilin' for a row" he can
be accommodated in this shop. sa
The principles as laid down in the So
.eialistic doctrine are easily understood,
and are proof against the attacks of all
opponents be they aristocratic despoH-
ers of the producers or narrow-minded
labor ag:tators. These principles are
able to stand without my feeble support,
and, in the name of all.American Social
lists, invite the Labor Herald to criticize
them. ILL.,: ,. agT
Every Labor organization in the land
is based upon one or more Socialistic
ideas, and there are few of those ideas
which have not been appropriated by
some "anti-Socialist" society or agitator.
AS said before, if few. impetuous be-
lieyers in Socialism lay themselves open
to the charge of being anarchists and
revolutionists that is, no ground upon
which to condemn the doctrine. The
editor of the Herald is certainly far from
posted as to what is taking place among
the industrial classes of America if he
thinks Socialism is confined to foreign
soourning lunatics." There are thou
sands upon thousands, of full-blooded
Americans who are Socialists, and the
number is increasing with unparalleled
rapidity. But American, English, Irish
or Dutch, it makes no difference mans
man, and the Socialist is proud to ad-
NIT that all men are brothers.
There is another thing about Socialists
to which desire to call attention, and
that is, if man once embraces the So
cialistic doctrine he. never changes his
mind about it. Until labor reformer
progresses as far as Socialism he is kept
busy hopping from one platform to an
other. The Labor Herald has had re,
cent experience in the hopping line
itself. And it's usually "out of the fry
ing g-pan into the fire"
In answer to the Herald's inquiry
"Did you catch the word, Mr.. Buchanan
-lunatics ?" l must say did "catch the
word" and I fancied l saw an idiotic grir
from whence the word came, Mr.. Herald
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26

IT is sometimes amusing, oftener dis
gusting to notice how some people talk
one thing and practice something di-
rectly opposite. For instance, Rotha-
ker's Opinion keeps standing at the head
of the editorial columns a notice, in
italic, to the effect that none but the
most chaste advertisements will be in
serted in that paper. "The vulgar adver-
tisements of quack patent medicine men
will not be accepted" But a half-col-
umn ad. of the Palace theater occupies
prominent place in every issue. The
business men of Denver may be per-
suaded that the language contained in a
Palace advertisement is not vulgar"
but guess not. The ENQUIRER is the
only paper in Denver which refuses GER
tain classes of advertising, at any price,
and it is content to consider virtue its
own reward" and not blow in the COL
umns of the paper on the subject. How
ever, there is no occasion to be surprised
at the inconsistency of the Opinion man
in this instance he hasn't been accused
it goes without. There is an old saying
that "pretty is as pretty does"
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26

stoves have agreed to form an association
for the purpose of reducing the cost Of
mounting 20 per cent further. What
better evidence do you want. working
men, that the capitalists don't care
three straws for you orayour rights?
Thev would crowd wages down tosa 9
penny day if they were able to find
the workmen who could exist upon that
amount. One reduction of wages is fol-
lowed by another. where possible; and
the producers lose instead of gain pres
tige when they quietly. submit to asingle
demand of the capitalists. They (the
capitalists) think you show weakness
when you concede point to them, and
they hasten to take fresh advantage of
that weakness. Strikes are little better
than passive submission, and then, If
won, only temporarily beneficial. The
workers must realize that the wage sys-
tenn must go. So long as each working
man completes with every other working
man for an opportunity to earn his daily
bread, SO long will he be at the mercy OF
the grasping, heartless capitalist.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26
DYNAMITE DISTANCED.
Panclastite Shown by Experiments to
be the Most Powerful Ezplo-
sive Known.

The new explosives known as panclas-
tite, which have attracted so much atten-
ton from engineers and chemists, form
group which has no connection with
any other known explosives. They are
possessed of peculiar properties and
power, and merit a description. The
conclusive element of this new section
of explosive bodies, which is the dis
covery of Mr.. Eugene Thurpin, is perox-
ide of nitrogen. The combustible body
may be formed of different substances,
such as sulphide of carbon, petroleum,
toluene and xylene, >benzolss, and vege-
table and animal oils. Each of these
substances gives a different explosive
endowed with special properties, An
other group is formed of mixture of
peroxide of nitrogen with nitrobenzine.
This latter group gives products of great
stability. In fact, the combustible being
already nitrated to saturation by nitric
acid, the peroxide of nitrogen has no
action upon it, and intervenes, merely as
conclusive, by its simple admixtnre,
to render it explosive. These compounds
are specially adapted for military pur-
poses.
In principle, panclastite for industrial
purposes consists of two liquids, one
soluble in the other, which are inert
taken separately, but which it is only
necessary to mix together to at once OBJ
tain, without any other operation, an
explosive that is more powerful and
more instantaneous than nitroglycerine.
Certain mixtures thus obtained resist
shocks better in the liquid state than
any other known explosives, even ordi-
nary mining powder. Ordinary powder
explodes under the shock of an iron
weight of six kilogrammes falling from
a height of half meter. Gun cotton
and other products of the same section
explode under the fall of the same weight
from height of quarter of meter.
Seventy-fve per cent explodes under the |
same weight falling O.15 meter, and dy-
Mantle gum explodes under fall of from
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26

The sale of Justice, the new English
weekly Socialistic journal, has been in
terfered with by the London police, at
the iDstigation of the capitalistic class,
which owns the police and fears Justice
Of course it is not assigned as reason
for this interference that the teachings
of the paper are source of annoyance
to the employing and aristocratic classes
they dare not admit that-but the
peddlers of the paper have been arrested
on the charge of obstructing the public
streets. People of sense see through the
thinness of such subterfuges, and the 80
cialist, knowing where the,shoe pinches,
takes new heart. The CALLED jade begins
to vince. and we will either have her on
her knees before long, or meet her face
to face on the field of hattie for Right
and Humanity.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26
CORRECT.

: It seems a little odd that the ordinary
newspaper can 60 along in its own way
for years and years and not be taken to
task BY the men in whose interests it is
printed while labor paper hardly
makes its number with double figures
before it is pounced upon by some one
or more croakers, who think it is not be-
ing conducted in proper manner. ~ Our"
paper is very important matter to some
labor agitators" when it happens to
differ in an opinion from "us;;" built
has been my experience that the
"kickers" are seldom the payers. i don't
know how it is with my brothers of the
labor press elsewhere, but 1 can testify
that the persons who have the most to
say about how THE ENoUIRERshall stand
upon certain questions are generally
those who do not hear when the distress
gun is fired.
But l was going to give an extract
from the Craftsman on this subject, and
simply wrote the heading to this as an
Endorsement of the sentiments quoted.
The last issue of that paper contained a
splendid article, of some length, upon
the subject, the concluding paragraph OF
which is here recommended for perusal
perhaps we are little too independ'
ent in this respect; in fact, we should
not be surprised if this was the case
Why not? If we need the support o.
the workingmen, they most assuredly
need the Craftsman, or some other rella
BILE labor paper. It's an entirely mutua
connection, friends. You support us az
YOU should, and we will do the very
best that in US lies in battling for the
cause dear to all of US. But as to shapine
the course of this paper, just leave tha
to us-we consider that we are quite ca
pable of doing our duty in that respect
As to suggestions and criticisms, yor
have the same right to indulge in them
regarding the Craftsmen, as you have
concerning the Star, Republican, o.
other papers That much we concede-
no more. Now we understand eact
| other"
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26

' ENGLAND has had a shock. That is
she has had a manifestation in the nature
of an earthquake. tits hardly probable
that the government will, send special
detectives to Paris to'unearth the perpe-
traitors of this shock it was the work Of
a higher authority than the dynamite
conspirators, and England will have to
quietly submit to the manifestations OF
ldispleasure without kick. When one
remembers the weight of sin resting
upon the British government, the crimes
that are yet unpunisheu, one could al
most believe the hand of just God were
manifest through warning by the recent
earthquake; but one also remembers
that the poor and lowly, the honest
innocent might suffer at such time, and
this one cannot believe to be in sympa-
thy with just God. But then, again,
who knows but it is mercy to take the
life and end the sufferings of those poor,
detected, starving people who may fall,
at such time with the wicked and prof
ligate. And-but this is getting too
serious and too broad and I am not feel
ing that way just now; so leave the
subject with the advice that the rulers
of England flop down on their marrow
bones and ask fOrgivness for their multi
tudinous sins of Almighty God ere it is
too late.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26

p ie z IE ~
0.20 to OBS meter. Pure nitrogly ycerine
explodes under all of O.l0 to 0l5meter.
Panclsstite in liquid state does not ex-
plode under the shock of the same weight
falling four meters
When dynamite and panclastite are
caused to explodelin the open air upon
leaden cylinders, it is found that the
effects produced BY panclastite are in
finitely superior t those obtained with
a larger quantity Of dynamite.
Among other open air experiments
that have been tried with it we may cite
the following: An iron rail was placed
upon an oak tie, and, in the channel
between the fange and head, there was
laid a cartridge containing go grammes
of panc!astite primed in the ordinary
way. When the fuse was lighted a vio-
lent explosion ensued and the rail was
literally crushed into fine bits, the ma
jority of which were driven deeply into
the tie, the latter itself having been
broken. Some Of the fragments Of the
rail weighed but a few grammes.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26
Practical CARPENTERS.

= Word comes here from Buffalo, Wyom-
ing, of the recent threatened lynching
of J. T. Sheriff. and his son Sam, for
merly Of Fort Collins. The Express
says that the carpenters and mechanics
of that new town have fixed the rate of
day wages at $5, and that the Sherrills
attempted to cut rates. The mechanics
and other laborers became incensed at
this movement to cut down wages, and a
mob took the two Sherrllls out of town
and threatened to hang them up to a
tree. It's stated that rope was actually
placed around the. elder Sherrill's neck
and the other end thrown over the limb
of tree, but the mob relented and let
them off upon their promising to leave
the place. il
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26


its bosom and again mingle and become
part Of the parcel Of land which the
white man buys and sells. Dealing in
land, in their estimation, is Just the same
as dealing in their own people. on
being asked whether, in the event those
parties who are atpresent causing trouble
could be induced to vacate, they would
take the necessary steps to secure it by
law, they repeated that their religion
forbade them to deal in the land, that
God made the land and it was free for
all, and that if one location did not suit
them they ought to have the right to
move their 3illahe."
This sentiment is respectfully submit
ted for the consideration of the land
grabbing corporations and syndicates OF
of the country and also the press which
upholds and applands their practices,
The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26
It will come! 1t is coming
FOR CIVILIZATION

The American Indian may be wild
barbarian, but he has better knowledge
of the will of God on some questions
than has his civilized and highly cultured
white brother. He is as clear as Henry
George on the land question. A delega-
ton of Columbia River Indians met
Captain Upham, of the first cavalry, at
Fort Walla Walla, on March Is, to talk
over the question of the whites locating
all their lands and driving them off.
Captain Upham advised them to do as
the whites were doing, and they could
then hold their land against all comers,
unless they saw fit to sell it.
One Of the chiefs, Boscappa by name,
answered that buying and selling land
was, among Indians, violating their re-
ligion. The "Sahale Tyee" (the supreme
chief made them from the dust of the
earth, and after few years of weary
wandering on the surface they return to