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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-07

. .
"a SOUTHERN delegate to the Indian
apolis Butler convention" says the Chi
cago Times, sis quoted as saying that
the plan of the Butler Greenbackers is to
throw the election OF the next President
into the House. The way they figure 1t
is this; Two New England and six West
ern States are reckoned as sure for the
Republicans unless the Democrats and
Greenbackers in those States fuse, the
Democrats uniting with the Greenback-
ers on their Presidential ticket. They
count with confidence upon carrying all
these States in this way; ard as the
Republicans can not get more than 251
electoral votes at the highest calculation,
and since these eight States have &C
electoral votes, the success of their plan
would cut of enough from the Republi-
can score to throw the election into the
House. Since the House is Democratic,
the Democrats would, of course, get
their President. This is a nice scheme,
and perhaps it can be made to work if
matters can be made satisfactory to the
Greenbaok candidate for the Presidency,
whose wishes do not seem to have been
very carefully consulted in the concoc-
tion OF the plan. He may try to work
the scheme on the Democratic conven-
ton. Ifhe should fail in that, he would
not be likely to enter into IL with any
great zeal from that time ON
The United States consul at Berlin,
M. s. Brewer, furnishes in the last con-
sular report schedule of the wages
earned by mechanics in that city, which
should be carefully studied by the tariff
reformers in Congress. Mr.. Brewer says
that all the necessities Of life cost al
much In Berlin as in New York. Meats
OF all kinds, flour, bread, butter, fish and
fruit are even more expensive than In
New York. Woolens and linen goods
the boots and shoes and clothing gener
ally, are cheaper. All mechanics worl
from eleven and half to thirteen hour
. day. Stone cutters earn $4.2s pei
week; glass cutters, $500; brass found
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-07

Saturday, June 7, 1884.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03

OF nursing, might not wish himself a
single man again; whether there might
not be, in all the lands he had trav-
ersed. some one he would have pro-
ferred to her if he could have had his
choice and known that he was going TO
live, and there was nothing reassuring
in his remark that he was afraid he
was getting better
Don't you want to get we'll, John ?"
she asked, sadly, trying TO scan his face
in the deepening twilight.
at is not the thing to do, under the
circumstances, he answered, plant
lively. After moments silence he
reached down for the hand that was
resting on his counterpane and asked,
TREMENDOUSLY:
Would you be-very much disap-
pointed if L should get well?"
In an instant she was kneeling by tho
bed, with her arms around him, her
moist lashes brushing his face.
Jack" she said, "if YOU don't get
we'll I'll be the wretchedest widow that
ever sobbed above the wreck Of bliss. I"
Though man were dead, yet shall
he live at such solicitation, said John,
as his arms closed about her with a
pressure that argued returning vitality
They were not the arms OF a man lying
at deaths door. indifferent to the posi-
bilities of the world behind m.-Chi-
cd1O Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03
Bad Whist.

The following is specimen of bad
whist raised to the height of positive
genius. A leads a plain suit, X plays
low, b wins with queen, Y Ga lady, of
course) drops singleton. b returns
the suit, and Y nails the card second
hand with the king of trumps. Later,
b, who holds ace, knave, eight of
trumps, and is convinced that the king
was alone, takes up the plain suit, and
it is trumped again with the queen
Stupefaction of b, allayed by the re-
Election that Y didn't think of the due
order of precedence in royal procession.
subsequently trumps coming up, b,
third hand, puts on the eight with u
contemptuous smile, and Y pulverizes
it with the nine. Being demonstrated
with, firmly, though aifectionately, Y
explains: "What was the use of putting
on q small one, and weren't the king
and queen just the same? Besides, L
made all my trumps any way, and L
won't play any more, so there" Bursts
into tears and exit. )-RochesteT Post
ErU1.PSs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03
A Dangerous Mexican Plant,

"Toloachi," says Fannie b. Ward, in
a letter from Mexico, grows every
where i'll Mexico, but more thrifty in
the tropical lowlands of the terra
caliente. 1t is looking plant,
much resembling Northern milkweed,
and quite too dangerously convenient
in land where suspicion rules and
jealousy amounts to madness. 1t does
not kill, but acts immed iately upon the
brain, producing first violent insanity
and then hopeless idiocy. 1t is whis-
pered that poor Carlotta had hardly
landed at Vera Cruz, on her sorrowful
mission to this country, before some of
IL was administered to her, and her de-
plorable fate is cited rs one among
many instances. OF al the dangers in
Mexico this is one of the most appall-
ing. Any political enemy, or jealous
rival, or offended servant, may thus
revenge himself in more fiendish man.
ner than with the stiletto, and without
fear of detection; few drops of this
tasteless white fluid, mixed with milk
or other food, does its diabolical work
with memorable certainty, and can only
be detected by it's gradual results"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03
Tough Questions for an English school,
boy.

In the interests of suffering humanity,
as represented by boys of the tender
age of II competing for scholarships mt
our public schools, permit me to lay
before your readers some of the ques-
tons contained in an examination paper
actually set at public school of some
standing:
General Neutrality-suspicious. |. Elk
plain briefly the terms Democracy,
Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Pessimist, An
acronim, Swedenborgian, Free Trade,
Reciprocity, .jingoism, Verve.
=. Write the names of six of Sir w.
SCOTS novels, and give brief account
of some of them.
3. Contrast the action of cow and o
horse in rising from recumbent post
IRE, and of the chafiinch and black0ird
in flying. Why do sheep often Craze
on their knees?
4. We read that the anchor lost by
Columbus in his third voyage to the
West has lately been dug up by gen
tleman i'll his garden in the Island of
Antigua. How could this be?
>. Mention some fact connected with
each OF the following names: Gen
seric, Mausolus, Diogenes, Michael
Scot, Lord Bacon, Ravaillac, Strabo,
Ivan the Terrible, Louise Michel.
6. Examine the value of the state
ments: O. That the sun shining on
n fire in the CRATE puts it ont. GU
That a poker thrust into it makes it
burn: 60 That a poker placed over
an expiring fire will revive it. a.
That fire burns brighter in frosty
weather.
T. What is patent? Mention some
useful patent. Can YOU have patent
for book? What is patent error?
8. Explain what is meant by crusted
port, art, old Dresden, alkaram, an heir
loom, nepotism, the survival of the fit
test, abrasion of the cuticle.
8. If shriveled apple be placed
under an air-pump and the air ex-
hausted, the apple gets plump. Elk.
plain particularly how this occurs.
Most parents, / think, will agree
with me that any criticism of this re-
markable production is superhuous.
The fault of it from beginning to end
lies in the fact that it demands from a
boy of II an amount of observation and
experience utterly unnatural at his age.
"A Pricdte Tutor, IN LOndOH Stand
ard
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03
Thought Ii Was Broke.

A little girl climbed up in chair for
something, and tipping over, chair and
all, began to cry as loud as she could
cry. Mamma comforted her. A little
while afterward Edna, who is almost
two years younger than her sister, tip
ped over in the same way; but she
didn't cry-not bit of it. What a
brave little girl J" said mamma, at which
Ava put out her lip. "Pooh!" said she,
with good deal of scorn, shat isn't
anything. 1 think most probably she
couldn't cry if she wanted to! 1 think
maybe her cryer's brokel"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03
Tricks in Il Tunnel.

A party OF four persons were travel
ing on the Hudson River road one
summer. In seat was young lady,
with a young gentleman who had been
very attentive TO her. In the seat be-
hind them sat their friends, one of
whom was a sportiye young lady, fond
of practical jokes, and rather defiant of
public opinion. As the train dashed
through short and very dark tunnel
she leaned over and imprinted res
onant kiss on the cheek of the young
lady in front of her A scream fol-
lowed, and laughter came from the
darkness all over the car. As the train
ran into daylight the insulted Young
lady turned on her innocent escort,
and with swapping eyes and flaming
cheeks said:
"How dare you insult me in this
manner?
II assure you" he said, stammering
in confusion at the strangeness of his
position, "that have done nothing"
Nothing" she repeated, and burst
into tears.
The passengers now ceased laughing,
and looked at the unfortunate young
fellow Indignantly. After further pro-
tests, which were not needed, he went
to the smoking-car. The sportive
young lady wrote note the next day
and explained matters. The young
couple werc rcconciled, married, and
the other young lady was not invited TO
their wedding.
An annoying practical joke was
played on bashful young man who
was accompanying young lady on a
journey. While going through a tun-
mel friend knocked of the bashful
young mans hat, forced his fingers
through his hair, kissed the back of his
own friend, and then slapped his own
face violently. Every one in the car
looked in that direction when the light
came, and the friend was apparently
the most surprised of all The mussed-
up appearance and confusion of the as
tonished victim convinced the specta-
tors that he had tried to steal kiss and
had been slapped. The young lady UNI
derstood the situation and blushed
painfully. The friends got off at the
same station, n rough-and-tumble fol
lowed, and the practical Joker was
whipped. -Sprinafe Neics.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03
How to Alarm an Old Maid.

There was fire in the Brevoort
hotel, New York, one night, which
created panic among the guests.
Three times clerk called fire outside
he room of maiden lady from SYRIA
cuse, and failed to get any answer.
Remembering the timidity of spinsters,
he put his mouth to the transom and
shouted: Il believe there's man un-
der your bed" In two seconds the
door opened and the ancient spinster
rushed out with pair of hoop-skirts
in one hand and four back curls in the
other. The man under the bed business
had fetched her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03
ACROSS THE PLAINS.

',ho plains were vide and vast and drear,
The mountain peaks seemed cool and near,
Ihcsun hung low toward the west,
80 near we Al ghed, are We to rest"
Rut iourneying through the closing day
our feet are weary OF the way;
Far. far before our aching sight
The plains lie In the waning light.
The mountaia peaks that se emed 80 near,
And hold our rest forever there,
Are fur across the desert lands
Ne yainly cry with lifted hands.
q ills that stand against the sky,
We may not reach you ere we die:
Our hearts are broken with the pain,
FOr rest and peace we may not gain.
Upon the plains we faint and fail.
Our faces toward the mountains tall;
Our palms are clasped. but not TO pray;
20 die we with the dying day,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03

A QUART Of whisky was mixed with
feed and given to COW in New York
town, and half an hour later the animal
was believing, ave won't go home till
morning." or something that way, and
treated several persons to couple of
"horns," and acted in very repre-
hensible manner generally, When she
sobered up she jumped down bank
and broke her neck. This shows the
superior intelligence and good sense of
the cow over the average bibulous per-
son. When the latter gets drunk and
makes things howl, instead of jumping
down bank and breaking his neck
when he gets sober. he Immediately
begins to lay the foundation for another
roaring drink. Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03
Our Boarding House.


"Mrs. Gimps," said the law student,
as the party seated themselves at the
supper table, IL was born, raised and
brought up in an orthodox Methodist
family. and since have became an in
mate of your hashery L have sorely
missed my table devotions. Why do
you not have some one return thanks
Mt your tablet"
I'D like to know what for" inter
posed the hungry freight clerk.
We'll, Mr.. Bills said the landlady,
who was busily pouring tea, "if You
want to say grace you can do it in any
way or language that you please"
Thank you, Mrs. Gimps, / will.
Padre nueStrOS, que estds en- los
cielOs-"
"Oh. say, now, Bills, what do you
call that?" interrupted the grocery
clerk.
THAT'S Spanish prayer What did
you suppose it was-Choctaw?
well, let up on it any way don't
you see you are frightening the young
ladies' ."
We'll, as L was going to say"
"Please pass the butter" from the
counter skipper.
1t is manifestly proper TO always
say grace"
Grease, you mean,' said the grocer's
boy.
before meat and the memory of
my holy childhood is too fresh"
Want some salt r.
my friend, an old italian proverb
says: Give neither counsel nor salt
until you are asked for it, so please
subside. AS l was saying, the
memory of my childhood clings to me
still"
Ladies and gentlemen, as an ardent
lover of athletic sports, | would pro-
pose little diversion for this company"
interposed the counter-skipper.
"What is t." asked the milliner.
"Let us have some feats of strength
between this butter and the Goldfish
balls. Do you understand, Miss
Giggs?"
"Suf-fsh-ently we'll"
"Oh, spare us! spare us-this is
worse by far than the hash" groaned
the grocer's boy.
my friends" again ventured the
law student, "by your ribald joking
you have sought to throw me from the
thread of my recital. / was about to
say that though as child l was sur
rounded by religious influences, my
every wish was gratifed, and l had
everything l wanted"
Il saw quotation the other day that
will just fit your case, L think, Mr..
Bills"
"What is it?"
Here it is :"
give child all he shall crave
And dog while his tail doth wave,
You shall have a fair dog and a foul knave.
"Ah, Mr.. Scales, since you are SO
versed in-no thank you, Mrs. Gimps,
not any more succotash-in poetical
quotations, he kind enough, to explain
the meaning of what Gloster says in
Richard Ill:
Why, what a peevish fool was that of Crete,
Who taught his son the Office OF fowl "
DO you understand it, Mr.. Scales?"
very we'll"
"What is it"
HE wanted his son to be cock of the
walk-that's all.
"When L read that, said the MILL
ner, Il thought it had some reference
to base ball. They have fouls in base
ball, don't they?"
yes" said the grocery clerk, look
ing at his crippled fingers. "Yes, Miss
Giggs, they have some tough fouls in
base ball
ANY tougher than we have on this
table occasionally?
"No, not quite so tough"
Gentlemen, angrily exclaimed the
landlady, "this is scandalous! You in
suit me and my vittals right to my face
Now you've got to let up or pay what
YOU owe"
well let up" Fort Wdyne
HOOSier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03

Mrs. WASHINGTON, the mother oi
Gen. Washington, was buried at Fred
ericksburg, Va. In 1888 the corner
stone of monument was laid, Presi
dent Jackson going from Washington
to preside at the ceremonies. Not OIL
has the monument never been finished
but the tomb is neglected. 1t is pro
posed TO ask that Congress shall max
the repairs that are needed and so enc
disgraceful matter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-03

LEARN to control your temper now,
children, or by-and-by it will control
you.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
Thanks for Very Little.

When we observed the other day that
memorial from workingmen was pre-
sented in the senate, expressing thanks
for the attention so far paid to the de-
mands of labor, it struck us that the
paper in question must have been pre-
pared by choice collection of Uriah
Heaps, who are so exceedingly humble
that they are thankful for very insight
ficant things. As matter of fact, this
congress is no improvement on its prede-
cessors, except possibly in the formation
of the two committees on labor. These
we are glad to say, are headed by as
earnest friends as we have in congress,
and to their untiring efforts, aided by
their colleagues on those committees,
will be due whatever consideration we
may receive at the hands of congress.
Yes, Senator Blair and Representative
Hopkins may rest assured that whatever
and whenever workingmen may have an
opportunity to do them good turn, they
will be glad to do it as proof that their
interest in the labor world is recognized
and appreciated.
Nevertheless, the fact cannot be ig-
nored the committees named have SO
far had an uphill task in trying to obtain
recognition, and where so much should
be done, it is very discouraging to them
and to the millions who watch and pray
for congressional action to note how
little has been done. So far only the
bill establishing the bureau of labor sta.
tistics has passed the house, and is being
talked to death lat present writing) in
the senate. And that is all. We fail to
see, then, where the occasion for thanks
comes in. That measure of prime i'm
portance, the bill prohibiting the i'm
portation of white slaves for the purpose
of starving into submission our home
labor, is at standstill, and it would ap-
pear as if all Mr.. Foran's efforts cannot
bring it up. Other bills of great concern
are waiting for the turn which quite
likely will never come, and yet the
alleged lawmakers pursue the crooked
tenor of their ways as if they were
faithfully attending to the duties they
are paid to perform. We repeat our
assertion, no thanks are due this con-
gress for what they have so far done
Whatever they may do hereafter worthy
of grateful recognition, we of course
cannot predict, but from the Incidence
so far shown our hopes are not very
high. If we are agreeably disappointed
we will not hesitate to make the proper
acknowledgement, but not until then
Craftsman.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07

influence is not 20 great as one would be
led to believe. His domineering manner
repel great many who might otherwise
be more friendly to him. The great de-
monstrations held of late owe their sue
cess almost entirely to the London work
mems clubs. Mr. Bradlaugh's political
achievements amount to nothing except
an occasional exposure of the iniquities
connected with the aristocracy. His
knowledge of history is'of the. most SUI
perfcial nature indeed there is nothing
which so much shows the contrast
between Mr.. Hyndman and Mr.. Brad
laugh as the method which each takes of
explaining problems of to-day, by his
tory. In support of his republican views
Mr.. Bradlaugh wrote historical pamph-
let. twas almost wholly confined to
an account of the corruption at court, of
the crimes of kings and the peccadillos
of princes. In support of his social
views Mr. q. M. Hyndman wrote his
torical treatise. 1t was wholly confined
to a statement of the growth of the
people, of their social condition past and
present, ,of the relative position of the
various classes at various periods in his
tory. In short, Hyndman has shown
the people what their condition
has been. is, and may be if they
will but bestir themselves; Brad
laugh has written in order to show up
the private character of royal reprobstes
whose power to iniure is now gone.
The only extraordinary thing about
Mr.. Bradlaugh, and the cause of his in
fuence is, that he is most effective
lecturer. There are few more powerful
speakers in the country than Mr.. Brad
laugh, and this really explains why hel
can gather such an audience, at any
place he may wish to lecture. Mr..
Bradlaugh has powerful voice and after
thirty years experience-it is little wonder
that he is proficient at using it. His
skill as a lawyer is also undoubtedly
great, but lawyering is far from repu-
table profession, and much more likely
to develop cunning than cleverness in
those who by choice or perforce engage
in it.
Mr.. Bradlaugh's great ambition Is to
become an M. P. Any man who has
not learnt to despise political titles, while
politics are mere trap to delude the
people, is unworthy of a place III the
esteem of men who are struggling for the
liberation of the laborer.
1 shall watch Mr.. Bradlaugh's future
career with much interest, and, l promise
my American friends, the tendency
towards respectable whiggery indicated
in another part of this article. If my
opinion is wrong 1 will be glad to1admit
it. But 1 am too we'll convinced that
Mr. Bradlaugh is too ambitious, and too
agtocratic to ever become useful worker
I'M the movement for the emancipation
of the workers..
My next communication will be on
'9The position in Britain to-day"
J. LINCOLN MAHoN.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
AGRAND And .GLORIOlJs SUCCESS!
Envy Of the Clothing Dealers

When we decided the giving valuable
to our customers all departments of mammoth establishment
We struck the public chord the daily
will testify What boy of the present day but what
enough to know that where they the dollar
the place for them trade They house does better
value for the than other house the city You ask how
do they know Why because they have examined the goods
and prices other Dealers decided
fact that always have something them worth giving
you have the secret of our large trade Ess
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
Trades Assembly.

The Trades Assembly will meet IN
regular session tomorrow afternoon, at
Knights of Labor hall, 1856 Holladay
street. a full attendance is desired, as
important matters will be discussed.
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