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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-16

No. IO2. AL acres. 365 acres in cultivation. IS
acres timber, $50 acres fenced. Good
house with cellar. Corn cribs, granary,
&C. Price reasonable.
No. lO3 100 acres. All under good hedge fence.
so acres in cultivation. orchard OF va
riety fruit Good buildings. Price $500.
No. 104. 100 acres, two miles from Abilene, IS
acres in wheat. Price Sos. per acre.
No. 1G5 12O acres, IS acres in wheat. Good
dwelling and well OF water. Corn crib
andgranary.
No. JOG. 4S0 acres, 100 acres under cultivation
40 acres in wheat. Large new granary
and corn cribs. Price $500 Easy
terms
No. lO7. ga acres. Stock ranch in ottawa
Co. Plenty living water 80 acres in
cultivation. New frame house. Two
large corralS. Price 5000.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-16
FOR SALE.

No. 10S. $40 acres prairie in Otawa county, NJ
so. per acre. Terms easy.
No. 100. loo acre well improved far1n, near
Abilene. All under fence. Good build
ings and water. Price, $500.
NO. Ill. l6Oacres, lis acres in cultivation, 40 n
wheat. Good house, well and orehsrd
Price, 5000.
NO. ia go acre farm, 20 acres timber, 100 acreS
under cultivation, 400 acres fensed
Watered by Smoky Hill river. $40 per
acre.
No. lib. 3eO acres well adapted for stock. NE
acres acres fenced, one half Of which In
timber. Well watered- s3o per asro
NO. 127. 3c0 acres, AS acres m cultivation a.
acres in wheat. GOOD stone and frame
buildings. sGOod bearing apple and
peach orchard. Cattle sheds and Cor.
rails Price $40 per acre,
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
ITO be continued
England.

~ By Associated Labor Press
LONDON, April t0.-The labor market con-
tinues in very unsettled state, owing to con-
tinued disputes about reductions Of wages,
and in consequence strikes follow.
The coal districts of Yorkshire are very
much disturbed by reason of strike, over
40, 900 colliers being interested. In the ship
building industries prospects continue i'm
proving, and orders continue to be received,
and men taken on to work. The mar rine en-
gineers at many towns are much better OF
for employment than was the case some time
since! In the iron mining districts prospects
are not over encouraging, and the same re-
mark applies also to, the manufactured iron
trade, although the latter to some extent is
somewhat brIsker in consequence Of the de-
mands for articles for the war in the Soudan.
The tin-plate trade in Wales continues to
improve, and the miners anticipate a fairly
prosperous summer. Railway construction
continues active, and labor connected with
public works is fairly plentiful. Building
operations are generally brisk. In the Lam
cashire cotton weaving districts labor is COM
paratively at standstill, owing to short
time in some cases, and the closing of mills
in Others and the: continued reduction of
wages also adds to the weavers' difficulties.
In the Texile trades some works are fairly
busy.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25


spring run. The miners OF the Spring Gas
Coal company, at Irwin station who have
been on strike for 90 cents pr ton, were
asked to sign contract at 5os cents. They
promptly declined, and were as promptly
discharged from the employ lof the COM
pany. fsfo 2. t;'5i,tt ioa ~
The miners of the railroads, now on strike,
are holding convention in Z. OIL hall, to
adopt means 10 bring the strike to an end.
The river miners are now all st work, having
won great victory for the three cent nate.
The county court has decided ''pluck.
me" store case against the operators, and the
latter are wild, for they see in It the end Y to
their robbery Of the miners. 1t is possible
the case will go to the supreme court to have
its finding on the constit titutionality OF the law.
Hundreds of cases might then be brought
against the operators, it the case is upheld. {
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
aWoe betide the woman who does not
livssehslh life. Oscs Ailsa she can
nevei! heps toE rss again 10 matter

woe DetlQe yne WOMAN WAO uo0S Aos
livsschsle life. Ohcs Allea she can
nevaef! heps toI rss aeaip, no matter
though she may nave been the victim
Of misplaced love; no matter if she is
hereditarily tainted with moral weak
ness or nymphomania. No matter if
she is obliged to sell herself for bread !,
she must pay fearful penalty for her
crime. She is summed by the virtuous,
scorpedbYsths respedabl b and Ehated
AID persecdted BY al. She IS dragged
further and further down the social lad
der euntil she. finds herself homeless,
fiendiess, and a burden to b erself and
to the world, and finally ends her miser-
able existence by taking b er own life.
II might tell you of the frauds prac-
ticed by society people; of the hypoc-
risy and can't which permeates every
community; of the foolish customs in
dress and manners, and the suhseryience
Of the people to their fashions. OF the
educational system, which is merely a
process of cramming the brains of
the young with words, phrases and
definitions, without much regard to the
practical utility Of such a method while
the health, moral and physical training,
which should be part of the education,
are almost entirely neglected. I should
like to tell you Of the private lives Of
many Of these people; how they spend
their time when not engaged in their
business how the people entertain one
another at their various social gather
1ngs ;fof the holloWness and fshams Of
that thing called society. bOftheir super
stitionsn and beliefs as to the future and
the unknown world about them. Of
their pretended msdesty and the lasciv-
|iousness which hes underneath. OF their
ignorance as to the most vital Of all ques-
tions, the laws Of progression and repro
duction and the proper management of
their own bodies J; arising from senti-
ments of false modesty in discussing
questions which they deem indelicate,
but which are of the greatest impor-
|tance.d A detailed account of all these
things would be interesting and very en-
tertaining no doubt, but. you. W IL, ere
dong have the means Of fully satisfying
> = II. IL =
yourselves upon these, and many other
points which I have not even men
toned, ! will close this part of my dis
course by saying that intelnperance,
among the people of earth, is the rule
rather than the exception, and there are
few, even among the well-to-do people
EwhGo, hayea discovered the secret Of living
volI 7it'srI s."iG - .'a '-'.' ST.. t'.''
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
THE TRAMP'S DREAM.
Continued rom first page. ]

TContinued rrom first page.l
earth-1 was Mortified to behold among
the workers, little children, of both
sexes, many of them little more than in
fants. These little ones work side by
side with the elder people. and endure
all the sufferings which the adults are
made to undergo. They labor from early
morning till late IN the evening, and are
often employed at most dangerous and
disagreeable labor. They are kept in
lily ventilated work, shops, exposed to
great heat, to drafts and vile snells.
Many of them are forced to work upon
dangerous machines, where single false
motion or mis-step would cause them the
loss of limb or their lives. These
children are paid exceedingly small
wages yet such is the terrible condition
of the poor people that they must actu-
ally force the little ones to work, in
order to provide sufficient food for the
whole. Often you may see the father,
mother and three or four children, all
employed in the same factory and their
united wages are barely sufficient to
keep them decently housed, clad and
fed.
Frequently the daughters of these
poor people leave their miserable homes
and seek employment elsewhere. Then,
friendless and homeless, in strange
place, they are forced to accept any kind
of work and whatever pay their masters
or mistresses chose 10 give them. Many
young girls, who lind employment in the
large cities, are unable to earn sufficient
by honest toll to keep them alive, and
are actually forced upon the streets, to
offer their bodies to the lust of men who
pay them trife for the terrible sacri-
fee of good name and purity. Often, in
applying for work at the large stores and
factories, their services are accepted only
on condition that they will give them
selves up to the licentiousness Of their
employers. All, my. friends, there are
nlenty of7men base enough to take ad-
vantage of the helpless condition Of
these poor creatures.
At this juncture, looks of horror and
indignation could be plainly seen upon
the faces of those present, while the sobs
and low muttering which arose, inter
rupted, for q few moments, the terrible
story of suffering and wrong which was
being told, and whach; alas i knew by
bitter experience to-, be but too true.
tAfter the audience had once more be-
come quiet, the speaker resumed; ---~--
aMany other ridiculous and dreadful
things resulting fr,m the system OF m
sdustry which obtains OH earth 1 w.t.
nessed but all cannot be told in one
lecture, and as book will shortly De
published, containing very full account
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
st. Louis.
by Associated Labor Press.

Dy ftbSOClhbtu lIduOT IcnS,I
ST.-LoUIs, April 20.-Considerable agita-
tion has been stirred up among st. Louis
workingmen in consequence of a report that
the branch penitentiarY provided for by the
last legislature is to be located at Ghelten4
ham, a western suburb OF, St Louis. 1t is
said that the selection of the location is in
the hands of the board of penitentiary inspec-
tors, and that the branch will be built either
here or at Kansas City. The laboring ele-
ment' here is violently opposed to It's location
at Cheltenham, and it is expected that spe-
Hcial meeting Of the Trades Assembly viii be
called to oppose the scheme, as the regular
meeting time may be too late. Welhave not
heard from Kansas City on the subject as yet.
Tne Knights ofLabor organizationis is grow
ing very rapidly in this city, some assem-
blies having eighteen or twenty limitations
and as many propositions every week: The
insurance feature in the order seems tolgiye
it solidity, while the new members are being
educated on labor questions in a manner and
with rapidity which could never obtain
outside" 'Hv', ''h'' 's'L'f4o y2'''''' "
. The stonemasons and the bosses had an
other meeting at Turner hall Monday night
for the purpose of settling their differences
amicabty. 1T is understood that decision
was arrived at BY the mestmg which will put
an end to the strike against those bosses who
have been employing non-union stone
masons. The union is strong enough to Grip
pie any ibcss who attempts to ignore rs
prices ana ibfules. a8 1 sBa RSG
A committee from the striking nlinois
miners has been In the city during the past
week collecting funds anong the union and
K. Of L. to uphold the {, CO. men now our
against starvation wages. 1t is understood
that pumberS pft business men and others
subscribed hbefaRy, and that d number OF
labor bodies will bring the matter up .at their
next meeting The miners are Determined
to carry their point against the reduction
from go to 40 cents per ton, as at the latter
figure they could not exist.
Printing is fair, but plenty Of men to do it.
Building Is brisk, and bricklayers, stOne-
cutters, stone masOns, carpenters and paint
ers are nearly all at work. .9tsyiihb Doc,
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
Al TerrisI. comn.ntary.


Carlyle, whose mortal remains English au-
thorities were desirous to honor as one of the
''chosen Of the crown, uses these words re-
garding the English people: on a5t 39l4H
British industrial existence seems fast
becoming one vast prison-swamp of reeking
pestilence, physical and moral "a hideous
living goIgotha of souls and bodies buried
alive; such as Curtiuls gulf unicating
with the neither deep the sun never shown
upon till now. i+ tSss2S'9 M, s.g' y;
"Thirty Thousand, ontcast needle-women
working themselves swiftly to death, and
three million paupers -rotting in forced idle.
ness, helping the 1eedle-women to die
These are but items in the sad ledger Of
despair. I'd Inv qfq,lT' ysap lsles ID ldaa
What terrible commentary is this upon
English statesinanship and professed Chris
tian principles, upon . government claiming
to be model of perfection to be initiated Of
all men. +-' t, ~, .s - ~ !. ~ 80 ,1 :.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
TRASH FOR woRKINGMEN.
Inducements offered to Make the Pro-
ducers still Further Lower Their
Standard Of Living.


Editor Labor Enquirer. &. r.. ..!a tu-.
To-day there has been distributed
around the city bills by popular cloth
ing house which reads: '~..,'.' -.,. '.
""WoRKINGMEN ATTENTION ..:r,, ..
Strong durable suits for$6."and 1 find
several other articles of apparel marked
very cheap. and at the bottom of the
list asiif to cap the climax. "Good solid
working shirts SO cents"
I consider these prices an insult to US.
Who wants to buy and wear clothes that
some other workingman has had to
make at a prlce that wiliscarcely OBJ
tain for them a living. That will com.
pei them TO economise on every hand.
That forces them to 60 by a shop win
dow and see many of the necessaries
and comforts of life in abundance but
not for them. 1t is only for their en-
ployers who can afford to buy these
things. b '..: -.
Just think of the poor women that
work making these so cent shirts. They
are compelled to make them for two or
three cents q piece. How many stitches
for cent. Oh the poor, women Away
with such SYSTEM of competition that
compels them, to guide the. cloth and
hear nothing but the hum of the
machines for such small sums, when
they ought to be at their homes rearing
healthy children for the next genera
.tion. ,... .r-.'. I'd. -. :..-:;.
Then let US refuse to buy those cheap
goods Let us be willing to pay fair
price for good article, and by SO doing
drive these cheap men cut of the busi-
ness, and insist on those merchants pay
ing fair wages to their employees and
giving good article to their customers.
And then Isee they are very accom-
modating when2it is liable to put9a dol
lar in their pockets. for they keep their;
stores open till 9 O'Clock, and on Satur-
day nights till II o'clock for our con-
venience. This is all very nice to the
thoughtless purchaser, but how is It
with the clerks? Do we, as fellow work
ers, want to force them to work all day
until such late hours at night when we
do not want to work more than ten
hours, and most prefer eight hours per
daY.a7No, certainly not. Then let US
keep out of the store evenings, and let
them Keep their clerks looking at the
counters and they soon will get tired of
paying for lights, and will conclude that
they can close their stores earlier, and
will give their clerks more leisure time
to themselves. .''... '..' .... '0-'-... 3.
Then we do not gain by buying, cheap
clothing, for the cheaper we live the
cheaper the food we eat, the poorer the
clothing we wear the less wages we get,
For it il. an actual fact that the wages in
any country are just sufficient to, keep
the laborers at the lowest possible point
that, they will consent to live at, For
here We get better wages than they do
in some parts of Europe where the peas
ants live very poor, and in Europe they
get better wages than they do in China,
for a Chinaman, at home will live on
rats, consequently he is paid only two
cents per day. = - r.. ..- Z. .~.
All this evil is caused by competition.
State cooperation is the remedy. .
.>r..., cesdl s.. COMMODORE.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
Ptttsburg.


,tBy Associated Labor Press.l = -. +.
PITTsBuRG, April 20-Secretary Flannery,
Of the Miners' association, proposes to organ
ize company of coal ,diggers to purchase
and orperate a mine on the cooperative plan.
The deed fof d valuable mine can be obtained
iat $4,000, and It was desired to secure cure 100 70
frstclass diggerrs to invest 500 each In the
enterprise, The balance Of the purchase
money was arranged In easy paymsnts, and
1t is proposed to meet them with the profits
of the mine, Secretary Flannery has re-
.csived applications from more than one hum
dred men who are anxious to engage In the
enterprise, but has decided that the mine q can an
be more successfully operated by sixty, ~ men, an
The mine has a capaity OF 1000 bushels per
day, and holds contracts for so0, ,OoQ bushels
Secretary Flanneryp is anxious to get the
mine In operation and secure a portion ofthe
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
Boston.
[BY Associated Labor Press.l

By Associated Labor Press.
BOSTON, April 20.-The sayants at the
state house have killed the weekly payment
bill.
At Fall River the entire works of the
American Printing company are shut down
The Connecticut legislature has passed a
bill which:proyides for the imposing Of a fine
of $4,000 Or Dyears imprisonment of anyone
using ordealing IN, ,toE having in their pos
session dynamite, it also provides similar
fine for those contributing money towards
buying dynamite for any purpose that is i'm,
proper. l,..r.,H: = - y-s,r~ q - d .u .
At Fall River, April Z, wages at the Som,
erset pottery works were reduced 10 pei
cent. There is some talk Of a shutdown Of
the mills of at least four weeks between now
and July l.. ..'. .r'J
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25

Editor Labor Enquirer. ~ -.& 4Ia to.=.
To-day there has been distributed
around the city bills by popular cloth
inp house which reads: 1870 -
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25
sasrm ths rert, Ye KnisAts q Labor

w -- ~
~ NV. rArIoR Beeswa1o
TOiling millions now are waking,
See them marching on,
And the tyrants now are shaking
ta Ere tAsf powsris gone.
CHORUS.
& Storm the fort ye Knights Of Labor, j
God defend our cause;
Equal rights for self and neighbOr;
Il Down with unjust laws. ,s {
'Tis labor that sustains the nation,
And it's Just and fair
That all Should help, whate'er their station,
To produce their share. !,
But now the drones steal all the honey
From industry's hives;
Banks control the nations money
And control our lives.
Chorus.
! In times of war the workmen rally aeins
| AT their eountry's call; ;aTz sd3 a=aG
From tho hilltops and the valley ; "Fv.
Come they one and all. sHoiE'.sF ." .s.T
/ -1.ra-.s .safaitBtEiBBGTssEEs aIsr .ga u E.l'j
Chorus. Il sr.,,s.Sgs ...ri Ja,,s ~
In times Of peace the 10 ON and anvil,
\ Reaper, pIow and spade, d. & 2 - -
\ Join their chorus with the mandril;,
/. Each man at his trade: 4 Eut,, r.. -.
rr Chorus. : 5''@-' ~ 70 I.
Do not load the workman'ss shoulder &,
T With an unjust debt; IT" ~ .@l /
Dotnot let the rich bondholder 1.'''.. .
Live by blood and sweat. aEh:
81! q G.Lisoh Sim y Hthiy -ajlr s
Cnorus. .'l.r, H-s a1. r,.sfEs
The land and air by God was given,
And they Should be free, -,
For our title came from heaven
Not by mans decree. ". ...r9o =. ..
Chorus. 1h 'f'ttA ''1''> ~ " .i
Why should those who fought for freedom
Go in bonded chains? a's-"t' 80
Workingmen no longer need them
When they use their brains!E
~. Chorus. j.,.. r., - r,;'." .
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-25

before marriage, must be absolutely
chaste and pure. This is demanded not
only by the husband, but by society
generally Mott 50, however with the
man. He is allowed the fullest license
before marriage, and maSDgo to any Ak
treme, even so far as to ruin other vir-
tuous women whose love iheb has won.
All this does not prevent him from being
received into the Houses and families of
those who have, marrisseable daughters
whom they wish to get of their hands,
and thus :; it very often. happens that p
pure and good girl is welded to worth
less and brutal man. ofcoufse,) )sdch
marriages. as these seldom turn out hap
PLY, and therefore ih6dehty 70 tie mar
rage vows is frequent occurrence. All
people, however, IN choosing theiE life
partners, are not Influenced by this de-
testable thing of proff, ,land 0thsfR Hre
really happy marriages there as well as
with US. But thes ridiculous forms and
ceremonies areatput tie same y a So
called cigilised countries, and thegsmay
not live together without the interven-
ton ofa priest Of 1paSistrate, or separate
without the assistance of a lawyer.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-08
Application for Patent.
Notice No. 1909.
limited STATES LAND OEE1cE

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, June 49, 1885.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT C. W
~ Bennett, of Salt Lake City, Utah, has made
application for United States patent for the
Arco Lode mining claim, situate in Little Cot
tOnwoOd Mining District, Salt Lake county,
Utah Territory, consisting of 1,500 linear feet of
the lode, and surface ground 100 feet wide,
being Lot No 167 and described in the field
notes and plat of the official survey on file il
this office, with magnetic variation at is de-
grees 10 minutes east, as follows: Commencing
at post No l, a corner of the claim, from which
U. s. Mineral Monument No. bears south rs
degrees As minutes west ,230 $40 feet distant,
and running thence south 81 degrees 5 minutes
east 500 feet to post No. 2; thence north 10 de-
grees 40 minutes east 100 feet to post No. 8;
thence north 81 degrees 5 minutes west 500
feet to post No. 4; thence south 10 degrees 40
minutes west 100 feet to post No. I, the place of
beginning of exterior bounds; expressly ex-
cepting and excluding, however, from the
abOvedescribed area so much thereof as is in
conflict with the ALTA" lot No. 1885, and
the "Ravine" lot No 143, the area
claimed being 2 95-100 acres The said min
ing claim being of record in the office of the
Recorder of said mining district at Alta City,
in Salt Lake county, Utah The nearest known
locations being the "Ravine" Lot No. 143, the
Alta" Lot No. 13S, the mo. g." Lot. No. 126,
and the Centennial No. l." Lot No 107, min
ing claims in said mining district.
/ direct that this notice be published in the
SALT LAKE EVENING DEMOCRAT, the newspaper
published nearest the said mining claim, for
the period of sixty days.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-08
i. MCMASTER, Register
Application for Patent.
Notice No. 1.3O3
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SALT LAKE CITY Utah. IN

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, June 19, 1885.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT C. w
IN Bennett, of Salt Lake City, Utah, has made
application for United States patent for the
Hendricks Lode mining claim. situate in Little
Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake county,
Utah Territory, consisting of 800 linear feet OF
the lode, and surface ground 100 feet wide
being Lot 169 and described in the field notes
and plat of the official survey on file in this
Office, with magnetic variation at IS degrees 10
minutes east, as follows: Commencing at Post
No. l, corner OF the claim, from which U. S.
Mineral Monument No 3 bears south IS degrees
Is minutes west 766 210 feet distant, and running
thence north % degrees So minutes east
81 ITO feet to post No q thence south g. degrees
50 minutes east $50 910 feet to post No. g. thence
north 10 degrees 40 minutes east feet to post
No. A. thence south 81 degrees minutes east
1049 10 feet to post No 5; thence south % de-
grees So minutes west 100 feet to post No. g.;
thence north 81 degrees minutes west l, SEQ
feet to post No l, the place of beginning of ex-
terror bounds; expressly excepting and ex-
Guiding, however, from the aboye-described
area so much thereof as is embraced and in
cluded in the Alta" Lot No. 13S, and the
"Ravine," Lot No. 143, the area claimed being
294-100 acres The said mining claim being Of
record in the office of the Recorder of said
mining district at Alta City, in Salt Lake County,
Utah. The nearest known locations being the
Centennial No. l." Lot No. 1C7. the "Alta, Lot
No. 1873, the 'Rayine," Lot No; 143, and the mo.
p" Lot No. 125, claims in said mining district
1 direct that this notice to be published in the
SALT LAKE EVENING DEMOCRAT the newspaper
published nearest the said mining claim, for
the period OF sixty days.
H MCMASTER Register