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THE LONDON EXPLOSION.

Again the world has been startled by
dynamite explosion in London, anC
the air is filled with opinions and countel
opir ions upon the subject. The capitalist
press of this country and a toadying
congress are loud in their denunciations
of the suspected, perpetrators of the act
Notwithstanding the vigorous search
made by the police of London, nothing
has been elected so far which would in
dicate who were the instigatorB Of the
explosions. However, the newspapers
and congress are loud in their denuncia-
ton of the Irish people and, without an
atom of evidence, have convicted them.
While those who are so ready to cry
out against the over-burdened Irish
would not admit it, yet the only ground
thev have for charging them With The
dynamite plot is that they have sufh-
cient provocation to urge them to such
steps. When there is no cine tc the PER
petlators of ''lawless" action, 1t is
natural and customary to get ore by dis
covering grounds for committing the
deel; and the readiness ofthe press &nd
public to lay the recent explosions at
the door of the Irish agtators, is an ad-
mission that they might be expected to
do such thing.
1.-The whole truth were known it
would probably be seen that the dyna-
mite fascos have not come from the or
gan zed Irish If it is not the work OF
Scotland Yard, and a large portion Of
the English people think it is, then the
probabilities are that it has been done
by the impatient fanatics, who recognize
no authority, method or systum, and
who have been made what they are by
the yillalnies of English landlords aad
the laissez falre of English parliaments
From whatever source springs these
dynamite plots, one thing is certain, ali d
that is, that the cause, in any case, is the
unjust oppression of Ireland by the
British governments and as long as that
oppression continues so long will the
country be threatened with dynamite, or
any cther kind of warfare that is possible
to a BADLY crippled people. From a
selfish standpoint it would seem that the
best thing the government could
do ct this time would be to
give Ireland her freedom. Britain
1 cannot afford to keep property and life
continually in jeopardy for no other
reason than to protect few lords and
dukes in their work Of despoiling the
industrial poor of Ireland.
Il JUS why these explosions should be
] matters for the consideration of an
4 American congress is not clear, unless
/ past experience under the tyranny of
j Britain makes US turn IN sympathy to
1.-The or pressed of Ireland, and makes US
Jready to aid them in their struggles for
Hfreedom. When Amecica was engaged
lin a Ii xe struggle with Great Britain we
Jthank ully received the aid of sympa-
8thizing Frenchmen, and the names of
8Iafayttte and other brave, liberty-loying
sons of France now occupy choice hooks
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in the history of our country. Are we a

in.the history of our country. Are we a
people of so short memory
The safest course for the congress of
the United States to pursue in this mat
ter is to say and do nothing. Affairs at
home are of sufficient importance just at
present to take all the time of our law
makers; and if they succeed in crushing
the rebellious spirit at home, they will
have done good sessions work. Sena-
tor Riddleberger, of Virginia, took the
proper stand upon this subject in the
senate on Monday, and, though he
seemed to be hopeless minority there,
he undoubtedly voiced the sentiments of
large majority of the American people.
Some of our national representatives
are too eager to bend the knee and toady
to the aristocracy of the old world par
ticularly is this so of the American house
of lords, but the people will not stand it
much longer. Since the days when the
fiery eloquence of that noble Irishman,
Patrick Henry, made rebels of our CONT
mental fathers, the hatred of British
tyranny and oppression has spread and
grown IN our country, and the time is
past when servants of the people,"
though they be worshippers at the shrine
NF lfyy hA
knee, or can muzzIe the free speech we
have been reared upon.
So far as the illusions made by our
local press to all forms of social agitation
are concerned-andp particularly the one
that Socialists must be suppressed i
have simply to say: The world will be
startled by dynamite explosions very
Frequently, And there will be no justice
or peace on earth until Socialism is
adopted and recognized as the true sci
ence of government. Socialism does not
Rhet daggers and spring internal
machines but offers to forever remove
the causes which make such unpleasant
proceedings inevitable.
Every brick, stone and board in Lon
don may be torn apart or every hour OF
the American congress may be devoted
to passing resolutions and laws against
Irish freedom, yet this paper will 60 on
preaching the true science. Toadyism
finds no converts in this office; fear OF
royal displeasure has never crossed its
threshold, and "blood-money" will never
stain it's till.
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st. Paul.
by Associated Labor Press.

! 10y 4ASSOCldUcu 1JdDOI ItSS.
ST.. PAUL, Jan. 26.-The Trades Assem-
blv at its last meeting appointed COM
mittee to draft prison labor bill, and it
is now nearly completed. At present
the convicts are working under contract
for the Northwestern Car company at 43
cents per dav, while the other men re-
ceive from $1:25 to $500 per day, ac-
cording TO their efficiency. One of the
provisions of the bill is the increase of
the convicts' wages to nearly that of
honest labor, in order to do away with
unjust competition.
This bill for the establishment of a
bureau of labor statistics has been drawn
up and Endorsed by the Minneapolis
Trades Assembly, and, after Endorsement
by the St. Paul assembly, will be pre-
sented to the legislature.
Work in the various trades is very
quiet and wages low.
The two cities are overruD with print
ers. Last week the Minneapolis Typo
graphical union issued a circular request
ing printers to stay away from this
locality. On the morning paper in that
city there are one-third more subs than
regulars.
The Minneapolis Trades Assembly has
appointed committee to solicit aid for
the Hooking Valley miners. St. Paul
has done nothing in this direction as yet.
ST. P. II.
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Echos Of the Explosion.

London, Jan. 28.-One result of the
anti-Irish feeling in the metropolis is
shown in the eastern portion of London
bv the attacks on Irlshmen, many O
whom have been beaten while peace
ably walking in the streets at night
This feeling of animosity against the
Irish is spreading. and the police have
been ordered to be on the alert to pre-,
vent further outrage.
Numerous letters have been received
by the newspapers denouncing the out
RACES. One contributor advocates the
dismissal of all the irish who are en-
ployed within the limits of England's
power Another offers to equip a steam
yacht for the purpose of kidnapping
ODOnOvan Rosa and Patrick Ford
and to defray the expenses of hanging
them, on the condition that their exc
cution shall take place within three
weeks.
News Paris dispatch advises that
caution be taken in believing the
various dynamite stories A correspon-
dent received az visit, yesterday, from a
well dressed Irish American, who de-
9cribed himself as a Fenian journalist,
offering to sell news relating to the oper-
ations of the dynamiters, for a sum of
money. This person made many mis-
statements to the correspondent of
the News. 1t was afterwards learned
that the address which the Fenian
journalist gave was not the correct one.
1t is rumored that the police have
Just arrested woman in the act of enter
ing the Royal Exchange building with a
quantity of dynamite hid on her person.
The rumor adds that three men, who
are probably the accomplices of the
woman, were arrested at the same time.
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THAT COFFIN.

From the daily press it appears that a
miniature coffin was fastened to the door
of one of the state senators the other
highland that the ugly little casket caused
considerable excitement. 1t has been
learned that this senator's nam is NJ
B. Carpenter, and it seems to be sup.
tion with the bills introduced in the
present session of the legislature by that
person. Of course there are plenty Of
people who are ready to charge the af
fair to the Workingmen, who were loud
his conspiracy bills; but there are other
thoughtful men who say 1t was the work
of the corporation whose tool Carpenter
became for the purpose of introducing
the bills in question; that it was done
by this company for the purpose of Great
ing sentiment in the legislature against
the organized workingmen, so as to help
the passage ot,the bills.
Which of these surmises is correct it is
hard to say but if the act was performed
bv those who desired the passage of sen.
ate bill No. 33, it does not seem that Car,
penter was in the plot, or he had not the
nerve to carry out his part of it; for on
the day, following the finding of the
blood-freezing door ornament he spoke
against the bill in the senate, and sup
ported the recommendation of the com
mittee to indefinitely postpone action
upon it.
There are some who think the coffin
episode was practical joke perpetrated
by the few friends of Carpenter if this
is the solution the mystery will probably
soon be solved:
At any rate, senate bill No. 33 is dead
Git ought to be buried in that coffin but
1t has been succeeded in the public in
terest bv one IN the house which is as
much worse in character as it is possible
to be. This bill, house bill No. 164. is
said to have sprung from the same source
that produced S. B. No. 80, and it is fur
ther said the source was the office of the
Colorado Coal and Iron company If all
this is true, then possibly No. 33 was ,op-
posed by Carpenter under orders from
headquarters The plot thickens.
Whatever may be the mysteries of
these bills and that coffin, on one point
everything is clear; House bill No. l64
must be defeated. 1t is hardly probable
that any such tyrannlcal measure could
ever become law in Colorado; but there
Is nothing certain in these days of sub
sdized legislatures, and a close watch
should be Kept on every stage of the bill.
Its opponents and supporters will be
carefully watched, and on the vote, if
one is taken, the ayes and noes will be
carefully recorded for future reference.
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WASHINGTON.
Senators Vance and Van Wyck Have the
Moral Courage to Speak Their Com
victiOns In the House OF Lords.
by Associated Labor Press.

by Associated Labor Press
Mr.. Vance, in further debate on his
amendment, said:
say to you, Mr.. President as | said
but littI6'while ago, that the time is
coming when this question will be con-
sldered IN quite a different spirit from
that in which it is considered now.
There are mutterings now to be heard
in every quarter of the community.
There is firm and fixed determination
in the hearts of the great body of the
American people that the corporations
of this country shall not become their
masters. They were created to be their
servants and the people are determined
that they shall not change that relation.
They may be bamboozled for awhile.
1t is highlv.technical subject we all
admit that We must not change the laws
of property, it is said we would do more
harm than we would do good, and there
fore the only thing to DO is to let it alone,
or pass bills that will appear to give
relief. Shut one door, but leave dozen
open. Stop one leak in the dixie, but
leave another open through which you
could drive a coach and six, We may, l
say, stave off this discomfort while by
those means, but ultimately we will be
compelled to see whether the tendency
of this age toward the concentration Of
capital and the exercise of all the over
that that confers, shall master this coun-
try or whether the people shall rule it.
The amendment was rejected,
The following are extracts from the
speech of Senator Van Wyck on the
interstate commerce bill:
The senator from Alabama thanked
God he had the courage to disregard
popular clamor. Many men have done
the same without feeling the necessity
of thanking God. They had sufficient
respect for the Almighty not to hold Him
responsible for any such performance.
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Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN, NJ. P, in a recent
speech before the workingmen of Blr-
mingham protested against the acquire
ment by foreigners of large tracts of land
in Scotland This is one of the things to
which the thinking workingmen of this
country are sobjecting, and the invaders
of our territory are principally country
men of Mr.. Chamberlain.
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SINCE when did the United States be.
come the ally IN tyranny and oppression
of Great Britain? Who gave the "peo-
ple's servants" in congress the right to
say: go on with your robbing and
starving of the Irish people, we'll help
you to subugate them and defeat all
attempts at liberation from your iron
rule" Will the juvenile editor of the
Tribune Republican stand up?
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A Dynamite Fund.

CHICAGO, Jan. GA prominent member
Of the Fenian Brotherhood is authority for
the statement that at a meeting of the Irish
Americans which was held here this after
noon, the resolution which was introduced
in the United States senate by Mr. Bayard
was denounced, and that the Irish supporters
quested to show their appreciation of his con-
duct upon his return home. 1t was declared
that at the meeting ST. 900 were subscribed, to
be employed as skirmishing fund against
g npland
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CARPENTERS.

Carpenters Union No 55 of the Brother
hood of America meets every Saturday eve
ming at Euclid hall. All good Carpenters are
invited to join.
A. H. HIGGINS, President.
J.C. JOINS, Secretary.
NJ r. BLACK, Deputy State Organizer.
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TYPOGRAPHICAL.

Typographical Union No. 40 meets on the
first Sunday of each month at Knights Of
Pythias hail. at 2 o'clock p. III.
A. R. PELToN, Rec. and Cor. Sec'y.
F. P. MANNIX, Financial Secretary.
Republican Once.
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RLASTERERS' UNION.

The Piasterers Union, of Denver, meets
every Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in
St. Josephs Temperance hall, corner Fiji
teenth and Stout streets.
HARRY COLE, President.
CHAs. NJ. MCCABE, Secretary.
Address 100 East 18th street.
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Coal.

Buy Garfield Coal at the General
Office, 81 Sixteenth street, opposite the
Opera house.
j. THOMAS & Co., Agents.
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IRON MOLDERS.

Iron MOlders Union meets every fourth
Tuesday of each month, at Knights of
Labor hall, at 7:30 p. m.
GEO. SWEET, Secretary,
1864 Wewatta street.
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LOCAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS,
Notices under this head are S. per year In advance
TRADES ASSEMBLY

The Trades Assembly of Denver and
days of each month.
o. l.. SMITH, President.
e l.. MERRITT, Secretary, News office.
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sibs for the opinions of contributors, The
col umns will always be open for the dl.cus-
sion of all sides of the labor questions OF the
dav. Contributions always welcome.
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sion of all subjects which tend 70 educate,
elevate and advance the laboring classes.
Politically it sill support only the friends
of labor.
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TIE LABOR ENQUIRER, 1858 Larimer Street,
Denver Colorado.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-14
NASTY WEATHER.

(Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Frank Leslie'sl
On day like this, when the streets arc wet,
When the skies are gray and the ram -
falling,
How can you hinder an old regret
For q joy long dead, and a hope long set,
From rising out of its grave and calling -
Calling to you, with q voice so shrlli,
That it scares the reason and stuns the villa
On day like this, when the sun is hid.
And you and your heart are housed TO-
gether,
IL memories come to you all unbid
And sometimes suddenly vets your lid,
Like gust Of the outdoor weather.
Why, who is in fault, but the dim old day,
Too dark for labor, too dull for play:
On day Ike this, that is blurred AMI gray,
When the rain drips down in u ceaseless
fashion,
II dream. that you banished and put
away,
Comes back to stare in your face AMI say
Mute eloquent words of passion.
IL the whole vast universe seems amiss
Why, who can help it, day like this.
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OyertIi,l 1t.
fChicago Herald Train Talk. y

fChicago Herald Train Talk
Had a right smart of rain here in Chi
cago, l guess" remarked n passenger from
western Kansas. "Now, out with wo
have been just dying for rain. Everything
dried up like Goldfish III a salt Barl- Tho
drouth got so bad that we We're afraid we'd
lose all our crops, an SO the religious people
called day of prayer. The churches an
school houses was thrown open, an you
never seed so many religious people in your
life. 1t beats all how religious man gets
when his corn crop is in danger Wall, we
met an prayed for rain. The minister
prayed, the deacons prayed, we all prayed.
But the oldest thing about it was that q lit
tie girl came to tho church with an UNI
brella. What did you bring your uE1-
brella for, sisa' some one asked her, 30 you
think it's going to rainP Course do she
replied; amt going to pray for it, and
don't the good Lord say. ask and ye shall
gira' The faith of that little girl touched all
our hearts, l tell ye."
"But did it really rain2'
mo, bat before we got homo theTo came
the cussedest hailstorm and tornado that
ever you seed. There wasn't n stalk o any
thing green left in the hull country
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ben: perIcy Poorc.


T'had. Stevens was an invetorato gambler.
One who had met him in the hauntS of "the
tiger" described him as having played for
ex ,itemsnt. not caring whether no won or
lost Like Fox, who described winning ut
hazard rs the greatest pleasure in life, and
losing at tho Same game as the next great
est, Stevens lost and won with tho same
apparent indifference. He played with con-
s,tJnmate GOODNESS, never lost his temper,
AMI never increased the amount Of his bet
either to retrieve his losses or more rapidly
to increase his winnings.
His sarcastic remarks upon the discom-
posture of his fellow-players, who sometimes
exclaimed with rage and profanity at their
i'll luck were always witty as we'll as cut
ting While they were eating and drinking
with the voraciry of cormorants, he never
INDUCED in anything moro stimulating than
a cracker and q sip of water. Tho contrast
between his GOODNESS and apparent apathy,
and the eager fierce excitement of Others
sitting al the Same table and engaged in the
same pursuit, was amazing.
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BR0ADWAYs WONDERFUL TRAFFIC
The Number of Vehicles which Pass "a
Given Point During the Day.

The Number of Vehicles Which, Pass
Given Point During tho Day.
New YorI, Tribunel
Some interesting statistics have recently
been gathered regarding the onornn ous
amotnt of traffic on Broadway. Four men
wore recently stationed at Fulton street and
Broad way to count the vehicles passing
through Broadway at that point from z a.
m to n. III. The total number was q 303
for the PERIOD of eleven hours about 1000
an hour, thirty-two q minute, or one every
two seconds.
The largest number OF any ono kind Of We
hicles was of single and double
trucks. 1884; the smallest number was
Q; these were amhulances. There were
$3.50 single and double express wagons. Tho
2,31O stages and tho l, 043 cabs were next in
order of quantity, peddiers' wagons number
ing 93S, produce wagons AS, rag trucks 375,
carriages 354, coal cars 324, AMI vendors
wagons 300. Thea there was a drop to
hacks, 2ss and butcher wagons 223
The variety of vehicles striking, there
having been eighty kinds according to tho
schedule Every conceivable article of
transfer appears to be poured into Broad
way. The private carriages were COM
pletely engufod in the $50 ASH carts; the
two ambulances and three funerals made
melancholy showing amid the seventy three
loads of dead hogs, the siIty-four garbage
and the seventy-three dirt carts.
The lager beer wagons and the orange ped
dlers fiourished an equality; the bone
and lumber wagons went mock and neck
the pie and sugar wagons wore half-and-
half which should give the pic sweetness;
the milk were left behind by the swiil
wagons.
The mixture presented was something ap-
palling Kerosene, milk, old iron, saw-dust,
rags, sugar, ice, beer, bones, oranges, ashes,
pie hogs, tripe, tin, taliow, tea, tar, and
undertakers were commingled in Il bewilder'
ing confusion. Broadway is certainly a re-
markable thoroughfare.
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CARRYING THElj. S. NAIL
TROUGH FAST NAIL.


The elegant iron com apartment P3lacc steam
ers CITY OF JAChSON LIE 81 the Dietary
Baya MERCHANTS Line, aid ii. l.. PEAN !; OF
the Peoples Line. VIII perform Inc fSisI -'iilii
ScfN sCc itt !t'g - ttli,i - iS.tl = - NJ
-, ..It-.,rf ftIot ~ TatIl street daily
9:at n M for Patatsa Astor, DeLand,
RIuc springs. Sanford ard EntcrI rise Re-
turning leaves Sanford at 3 p. m, arriving ut
Jacksonville early next morning. making
aloca connect ions with trains fDran points
N"ftf, Tsast ana West.
IHhotGi i az tf-hi''t'-'
leaves JacksonvIliG daily Saturday excepted
at ) L. H. tor sanford Enterprise, ana an IN
fcrris.liafc landings. Returning, leaves san
lsss-g at . a ~, arriving at jacksonville early
following morning.
Steamer Wc]aka leaves Wednesday and
Sunday and makes Highland Park. Steamer
Rosa leaves Monday and Thursday and goes
through 10 Lake JcssuP.
i,-.,so,s,-Tftf pAtATsxA 4 CRESCENT CITY
--
hi'it'''-H'
Leaves! acl>5oavilie ana t'alatLa f3St tiail
daily. except Stnday.at .';.!J Il HiCr Paiii <tt,
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Concerning NIustaches-
New York SUM-

I
"Mustachss are different said the bar
Der; "some are plant and silky, while 9th
ers are as stiff as bristIes A man who
wishes good mustacho should never allow
o razor to touch it. Then he viii always be
proud of it, providing he has good hair
growing powers Young men have fool
ish idea that shaving frequently will hasten
the growth of the mustaohe, but It's only ef-
feet is to make it like hearth brush
"Bald headed men have, as rule, the
best growth of hair on their faces 1t seems
to be the way nature has of compen- ating
them for what they want above. Some
men can never grow decent mustache; it
looks like two ret tails. Such men should
fall back on Siio whiskers."
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CONNECTIONS

$ q
st Paluika with .JacksonVlile, Tampa \ Iscy
West Ry, fast river steamers fer IT. -Ai-
justine Green Cove Springs, jaci-o}Ftie
aud all points North, Fast and Ncof. ihd v ith
NJ river steamers for south GIcrla3. Also
with the Twin Scrc" iron Steamer "itE u
Falatlza" and steamship City Of monticello,
for Charleston, New YORK Boston. Fhiiad~I-
phia. etc.
Mail trains make close connection Both w IS
lantic Coast Line, Fast Mail,
At waits Crossing with Florida :iailroad
and Navigation Co.. for waldo.
At Gainesville with Savannah, Florida &
Western K'y for Tallahassee, StvanrEt!i and ~
points North East ana y est, and with Flprida
hallway and Navigation 90, for Cedar Key.
Pensacola. New Orleans ana Tampa.
At oc.tla with Florida hallway and &aviI2-
ti0r Co.. and Hacks for SILVER springs
At I.es.SburE with the -. Johns and LAKE.
Eustis division al the Florida southern RaIi-
way, and boats on Lake Harris iuI points on
Lake.
BrooksviIIc, Tuckertowu, Fort Bade, FamP's,
ana south Florida.
5. CONANT, O. W. BlrpI@ ELL.
General Manager. GENT Pass : cent
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A Point in Poverty
Savannah (Ga.) Times. /

TSlVannan tt3F IlnltS
An Athens man, when he asked his wife
to marry him, promised her that il lie ever
got too poor to pay for the family washing
he would scrub the clothes himself He has
reached that point of poverty. and tho lady
holds him to his word. Every wash day he
may be seen with his coat off at work over
the wash-tuh