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The Labor enquirer., 1885-02-07

the markets Of the world ars beink Aon
|peted for with m eaeerness never befoft
known; everything points to tho faei
that the great commercial system is be.
coming unmanagable. and is slipping
from the grasp of its present rulers.
The one change possible out Of all this
Is Socialism. AS chattel-slavery passed
into serfdom, and serfdom. into the So
called free-labor system, so most surely
will this latter pass into social order. /
To tie realization of this change the
Socialist League addresses itself with all
earnestness. AS a means thereto will
do all in its power towards the edu.s-
ton Of the people in the principles Of
this great cause, and will strive to organ
ize those who will accept this education,
so that when the crisis comes, which the
march Of events is preparing, there may
be body Of men ready to step into their
due places and deal with and direct the
irresistible movement.
Close fellowship with each other. and
eteady pnrroee for the advsnceaaent os
t66 1Suts WIN m 81 ll =
organization'and discipline amongst onrs
selves absolutely necessary to success !;
bnt we shall look to it that there shall
be no distinctions of rank or dignity
amongst US to give opportunities for the
selfish ambition of leadership which has
so often injured the cause of the workers.
We are working for equality and brother
hood for all the world, and it is only
through equality and brotherhood that
we can make our work effective.
Let us all strive, then, towards this
end of realizing the change towards
social order, the only cause worthy the
of the workers of all that are
profered to them. Let us work in that
cause patiently, yet hopefully, and not
shrink from making sacrifices tolt.. In
dustry in learning its principles, indus
try in teaching them, are most necessary
to our progress; but to these we must
add. if we wish to avoid speedy failure,
frankness and fraternal trust in each
other, and single-hearted devotion to the
religion of Socialism. the only religion
which the Socialist League processes.
Signatures Provisional Council of the
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Kansas City.
TBy Associated Labor Press

KANSAS CRY, Feb. 5.-The industrial
market remains unchanged. No inn
provement reported from either Mis-
souri, or Kansas. But right here in this
city rumors are rife Of extensive i'm
proYements to be made by the Anglo
American Plankinton & Armour, and
Jacob Dold & Sons, packing houses.
The glass house project is assuming
definite shape.
Workmen have been employed during
the entire cold season on the new cable
railway which will soon be completed.
s. AND G..
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Socialist League.

Socialist League. e :
EDWARD AvELING,
ELEANOR MARX AvELING, 4
n, ROBERT BANNER,
e. BELFoRT BAx,
=. THOMAS BINNING,
WILLIAM j. CLARK, #
]. COOPER, .-A.es
E. T. CRAIG, ,+<sl
-.-tE.. CHARLES J. FAULKNER,
FRANK KITz,
JOSEPH LANE,
FREDERIcK LEsNER,
{. THOMAS MAGUIRE, Leeds,
N J. L. MAHoN,
s. MAISwxRINa,
WILLIAM MORRIS,
.. --' &C. MowBRAY,
n ANDREAs SeHEU, Edinburgh,
EDWARD WATSON. --,
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ton Of wages 81 agricultdrsl isborels IN
Kent and elsewhere i causing excite
iment in many quarters and foretel1
what may become. if not prevented, an
important and difficult matter. Emigra-'
ton slack. L. N.
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AKRON.

kIS TF~c~NIFON . =
Business Seems to be Looking up Little
in this Snappy Little Ohio City
Starting Co-operation.
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many men are being taken on 70 WORK
aeain, and it is believed this condit ta6ni
of affhIrs will continue fbf some time To-
come, Marine enQineem also feel the
bsnedt Of the activity in the shipbaild-
.inf yas1s. The colliess are generally
busy, but IN unfortunate strike has
tskep place at Denaby Main ColIery,
which portends serious difaculty unless
some wise counsel intervenes to avert it:
Railway building and trsmway construc-
tibn is very brisk, and some big jobs are
in hand. The iron trade is somewhat
depressed. and smelters are carefulsnot
to over-produce. Boot and shoemakers
throughout the country are more sought
afser, and active preparations are being
made for the spring trade. In the tex
tile trade there il some Improvements,
and in the Lancashire cotton.weaving
districts the prospects Of the weayers
are encouraging, as considerable extern
sions Of existing mills and building new
ones are in active progress. The river-
side indnstries iii London continue de-
pre1ld, and many meia sare Idle. The
3:
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Closing II 1ne Psopls'
Writts !!fsat nslo
A Appesa 4 sssns WssId
sink - ~ - lfsast siss 4
dese - Nsnss

This grand er M printed in TIN
EKourEsR aho war ago. but is now
republished cnlssly for the new
readers Of The per. and the large class
which hiss hui entlY begun in earnest
to st,.dv thd sGl ccnditlon Of the
world. But suld not hurt if such
powerful tiuti sre resd every day in
Il is essy 81 abort II speaktua to
r.
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ebd " submitting ID AL humi1iataons
~. ttes blood will rush to your head |;
! IN eili shrink with horror from the
of the submissive. and will answer
him With insult. Then. thrown On the
Street. you will nndanstand thss The ~
cialists arc right when they say, 8 Re-
volt, revolt against the economic slavery,
for this is the cause Of all the slaveries.n z
Tfe1 Yoa will come and take your place
With the Socialists, with them to work
for the abolition Of all slaveries Econ
omic, Political and Social.
Some day you will learn the story of
one yon formerly admired SO much-the
yonnR girl with the frank look, the light
step. and the quick mind. After strug-
Cling for years with misery in her native
village, she left it for the great city. She
knew that the struggle for existence
thsre wqIGd be hard; but she hoped 70
gain herebread honestly. Courted BY q
young bourgeois. she was captivated BY
HI fne w6rds, and gave herself to him
Ritlk "a. the passion of'Yonth. 9nd At the
=
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". os1s - rzsl y AZ
Capitalist system. Il
No better solution would be than State
Socialism. tby whatever name it may be
called, whose aim it would be to make
concessions to the working class while
leaving the present system of capital and
wages still in operation; !; no number Of
merely administrative changes, until the
workers are in possession of all political
power, would make any real approach to
Socialism.
The Socialist League therefore aims at
the realization of complete Revolution
ary Socialism, and we'll knows that this
can never happen in any one country
without the help of the workers of all
civilization. For .us neither geographic
cal boundaries, nor political history, nor
race make rivals or enemies; for us there
are no nations, but only varied masses
of workers and friends, whose mutual
avmnatbies are checked or perverted by
0ronps of masters and aeecers whose IN
terest it is to stir up riyalries and hatreds
between the dwellers IN different lands
II il clear that for all these oppressed
.nd cheated masses of workers and their
masters great change is preparing
The dominant classes are uneasy
.nriaus touched in conscience even, as
- tbe condition of those they govern
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since the pursuit of profit compels the
manufacturer competing with his fell
lows to force his wares on the
markets by means ef their cheapness,
whether there is any real demand for
them or not. In the words OF the Com
munist manifesto of ls47:
"Cheap goods are their artillery ior
battering down Chinese walls and for
overcoming the obstinate hatred enter
tanned against foreigners by semi-civil-
,zed nations under penalty of ruin the
bourgeoisie compel by competition the
universal adoption Of their system OF
production they force allsnations to &C
cent what is called Civilizations be-
come bourgeois land thus the middie-
class shapes the world after its own
image"
Moreover, The whole method OF dlstri-
button under this system is full of waste
for it emplyeys whole armies OF clerks
travellers. sEopmen, advertisers, ana
what not, me erely for the sake of shifting
money from one persons POCKET to an
other; and this waste in production and
waste in distribution, added to the main
tensnce of the useless lives Of the pos.
sessing and non-producing class, must al
be paid for out of the earnings OF the
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misery many thousands Of workers, and
DESTROYING whole families. You will
struggle 1fE}s.lfs others in the face Of
this calamity ;Out by and by you,will see
that your wife, your child, your friend,
have succumbed gradually to priyations,
and are sinking before your eyes for
want Of food. for want of comfort, and
that they will finish by laying down to
die. Meanwhile life is rolling its bright
wheels in the streets of the great city,
without caring for those who are perish
ing. You will know then how revolving
is this soclety. You will think over the
cause Of the crisis, and will 60 to the
bottom of this iniqultous system which
exposes thousands of lives to the cupid
ity IF q handful of idlers you will know,
then. thit the Socialists are right when
they say that the present order of society
must be Transformed root and branch.
Another day, when your employer
will try by q new reduction of wages to
cheat yon still more, you will protest
and he will insolently reply, Go and
eat grass If you will not work at thai
price, Then you will know that he no
only seeks to shear you like a sheep, bu
1 that he regards you as an inferior race
that not content with holding you in hi
clutches by your wages. he means t
make Won slave in everything. Then
eithes6on viii bend your hack. reiduuc
1dmah dignity and human feeling. AM
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-10-03
THIEODAUX CA RDS.
YhibodauA Foundry!
L. KEEFE, PROPRIETOR.

Thibod.luN. La.
rTATlNG purchased the above and well
III known establishment. takes great pleas
ure in announcing to the planters that he
has retitted the Foundry and Machine
Shop. and is now prepared to do any work
in his line with neatucsS aud dispatch.
STEAM ENGINES,
SUGAR MILLS,
URAINIVG WHEELS,
SH1FTING und g RING.
-AND--
CISTINGS
of all descriptions made to order
Agent for Kno'c'es Steam Pumps
0nd JudsOn GOrernOrs,
-iLLKlNDs Or
Brass Castings,
such As
GUAGE COCKS.
CYLINDER and PUMP COCKS,
GLOBE VAL YES, ETC., elc.,
made toorder and furnished at the shortest
notice.
Having reftted the blacksmith shop,
Re can do all kiuds of work in that line,
in the best manner and with dispatch.
He respectfully soliclts continuance of
the former patronage extended to this es
ablishment.
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NOTICE..

Ibayyi friends and the public are notified tha
onnna;. opened Grocery in the Red store
IT;I1 I;1'se L the Thibodanx Bridge, where
Of (;rnoep constantly ON hand full supply
DIV. veeries, Provisions, Wines and Liquors.
''' ne call and examine my assortment.
JOHN DEZAUCHE
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EDWARD CURTIS. EDWARD BADEACX
CURTIS & RADEAUX.
Corner INaia and Focus Streets.
THIBODAUX, La,
EDWARD CURTIS.
EDWARD BADEACX.

WEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND COM.
N pletc assortment of Dry Goods, Notions,
Boots, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Gents Furnish
ing Goods, Groceries, Choice Liquors and
Provisions. dec -30-S2.
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SOuscrivez a Ia SENTINELLE
trois piastres par an, payable d'a
vance.
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Hector de Mausejour ct la Che
vrette Sc mirent done en- route a ira.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-18

the ugly girl, despair of acquiring
sufficient amount of beauty to render
hsr attractive. When a woman loses
q desire to please she loses half her
charms. Nothing is more conducive
to beauty than cheerfulness and good
humor, and no sickly or unhappy
woman can be cheerful Every WON
an ought to understand that nothing
short of positive deformity can make
her utterly unattractive, provided she
will study her points; and points of
attractveness every woman has. A
thoroughly refined and graceful man
ner can be acquired by any woman,
and Is a powerful charm. The best
grace is aperfect naturalness. Still
you must study yourself, and form
your manners by the rule of that art
which is but the carrying out OF nat
ure. But il it is nature to be forever
assuming some unpicturesqUe, un-
graceful attitude, pray help nature
with little art. II you are stout
avoid the smallest chair in the room !;
II you are thin, do not carry yourself
with your chin protruding and your
spinal column curving like the DO vi
Of spoon. Do not wear htmsy ma
erlals made up without a rutf1e or puff
or hounce, to I'LL up the hard outlines
of your bad figure SO cruelty defined
by the tightly pulled back draperies.
Study the art of dress. The pIainest
woman can dress so tsstefully as to
make it an absolute pleasure to look
at her. Ifyou have been moping un-
til you are sick with the wretched her
esy that you are cruelty ill-favored
ana hopelessly homely, cast the idea
to the wands, grid yourself with..ceur-
age and determination, be up and do
ing, lay siege to possibilities, go forth
valiantly and conquer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-18
Are You Going to New Orleans or
Florila9

If so, you can go via the MoNoN
ROUTE, via the Louisville or Cincinnati,
and see the Mammoth Cave, Nashville,
Blount Springs, Birmingham, Mont
gomery, Mobile, and the Gulf coast for
the same money that will take you
through the dreary, uninhabited Missis-
sippi swamps.
No one should think of going South
without visiting the Mammoth Cave,
the great natural wonder of this con-
tinent. So much has been written of
this world-famous wonder that it is i'm
possible to say anything new in regard
to tit cannot be described; its cavcrns
must be explored, its darkness felt, its
beauties seen, to be appreciated or real
lied. From Mobile to New Orleans
Q41 niles the ride along the Gulf coast
is alone worth the entire cost of the
whole trip. In full sight of the Gulf
al the way, past Ocean Springs, Missis-
sippi City, Pass Christian, Bay St.
Louis, and Beauvoir, the home of jeff
Davis.
When you decide to go South make
up your mind to travel over the line
that passes through the best country
and gives you the best places to stop
over. This is emphatically the MoNoN
ROUTE, in connection with the Louis
vile and Ms skville and the Cincinnati
Southern Railways. Pullman Palace
Sleepers, Palace Coaches; double daily
trains. The best time to Cincinnati,
Louisville, New Orleans, or Florida.
For full information, descriptive books,
pamphlets, ETC., address E. 0. MCCoR.
MICK, General Northern Passenger
Agent Monon Route, 1872 East Randolph
street, Chicago, or VIM L. BALDWIN,
General Passenger Agent, 1873 Dear
born street, Chicago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-18
WINTER EVENINGS.
How 10 spend Them Pleasantly and
Probably

The st. Louis GlobeDemocrat con-
tains the following interesting article !:
How to spend the evenings" Is eE-
tirely a new subject, and we presume
our readers will listen and be thorough
ly aroused on the first introduction of
the subject Ali know that there is
too much time spent In listlessness,
neither reading nor thinking. If
nothing II Interesting occupies the mind,
stapor and sleepiness take possession,
and young and old either sleep In their
seats evenings or retire to bed at un-
reasona ole early hours Most persons
are streng and ROBUST in their bodies,
for they give their limbs and muscles
ample exercise. But their minds are
weak and muddy for want OF being
employed in searching after wisdom,
or in solving new problems in sclen-
tific agriculture, or in following Ban
croft through our early history, or
Chailliu through Scandinavia In
search Of the "mldnIgh ut sun, or Llv-
Egston in opening up the dark cen
tinent" to navigation, etc There are
thousands of literary fields to be
CLEANED, which will not only strength
en- the mind, but create an appetite to
conquer new fields, invent new
schemes, and furnish material for
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-18
lew triumpbs in life's struggle.

new triumpbs in life's struggle. a
few good books, selected with care, is
one of the ways to spend probably
the winter evenings. Some have won
the highest poins to which nen at
tain in this way alone. But it is not
best 10 confine the mind to one branch
of knowledge to develop its full
powers.
Farmers should not only store their
minds with useful information but
they should learn how to tell what
they know in pleasant and graceful
manner to others. This can only be
done by study and practice. Hence
there is necessity for weekly club
or association, to be held in each
school district, This should be of
literary character, where all of the
members of the family old enough
should meet and participate. The
various questions can be discussed and
settled, such as what books to read,
how they can be best secured on the
cheapest plan for all OF the neighbor-
hood-where ease and grace in read
ing and speaking can &c acquired, In
reading short essays and in discussing
practical questions Of utility. Scout
from such societies all foolish ques-
tons such as frequently destroy such
associations, as In which is there
more enjoyment, pursuit or posses
sion2" Or, (which is the mother of
the chicken, the hen which lays the
egg or the one that matches it9' This
is practical world, and life is too
short to spend any time in follies.
Besides the weekly literary society
in each school district, there shosld
be one evening devoted to the Far
mers' Club" where the practical ques
tons in which every farmer is inter
ested should be discussed. There are
young men, and even some older men
who have just commenced farming,
who want and need the advice of the
experienced men in the neighborhood.
And long tried and successful farmers
are scarce, indeed, who do not take
delight in directing the younger ones
in the ways of success. They are as
ready to tell how they have failed, as
they are to rejoice over the triumhps
which they have achieved by long
and dear experience. The Weekly
Farming Club is needed to talk over
the improvement of stock by combiu-
ed neighborhood action-to consult in
friendly way about general sys-
tenn of district Or township drainage
or combining neighborhood infU-
| ence IN securing certain public in
provementS, Or social and religious
advantages. Such weekly consulta
tons are beneficial in discussing the
questions of when to sell and when 10
withhold from the market-to warn
each other OF wisely planned schemes
of fraud to cheat the farmers, and 20
devise plans for harmony among
neighbors, to heal breaches, to save
some from rushing into the courts or
into the arms of soae legal Briarius
to be crushed to poverty and dis
grace.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-18
Strange Chinese Custom.
From Nature.

A correspondent of the North China
Herald calls attention to strange in
stance of Chinese belief and practice
with regard to the human soul. which
lately came under his notice. Lying
awake at 8 o'clock a. m he heard in
the street close to his house two
strange answering voices. Evidently
two persons We're engaged in this
weird dramatic performance, one rep.
resenting departing soul, the other
acting as the friends and relatives de-
precating and departure. The first
actor gave low prolonged cry, which
was answered by loud and earnest
Come, come" After a pause the cry
and the answering call were repeated;
this went On for about ten minutes,
when suddenly the inarticulate cry
ceased. The second actor, in all
agony of distress at the departure in
to the unseen of the soul he had been
entreating to stay, shouted loudly in
voice which he had no doubt hoped
would reach to the confines of the
spirit world, "Return, return-come, :"
at the same time calling by name.
Then there was another pause; pres
emily the low cry was heard as at a
distance. Come, come" eagerly re-
sponded the actor; and now the cry
and the answer followed one another
moIe rapidly till the cry seemed close
to the caller, and IN a smothered
chorus as of welcome the performance,
which was probably directed by a
Taoist necromancer, ceased. 1t is de-
scribed as being strangely impressive
in the stiffness of the night, notwith-
standing the grotesqueness of the
superstition, but Of course it was not
known whether there was an actual
death in the case, within twelve hours
of which the Chinese call for the soul
to return, or whether it was only
case of serious illness, fainting or
collapse. This peculiar custom, it ap-
pears, varies in different parts of
China. Up the Yangtsze, it is usual
for two women to perform the Office.
When man dies suddenly the women
walk through the streets, one calling
cut the name of the deceased and the
other responding, II am coming" the
idea being to prevail on the wonder
ing spirit of the deceased to return TO
its material abode, which, it is pre-
sumed, it has temporarily abandoned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-18
GOING A-BERRYING.
JOEL BENTON.

With broad fiat bonnet to ward of the sun,
Eleanor goes to the fields away;
The pressing tasks Of the morning are done,
And the breakfast dishes are set away.
The air is sweet at this early hour;
The birds are singing in bu b and tree,
And Eleanor stops TO pick flower;
But one who follows she does not see.
Along the fence the blac kberries grow,
Their numbers never seem TO fail;
And picking fast, or picking slow,
Will serve at length to fill her pail.
Over her shoulder, so round and fair,
A shadow falls and step Is heard:
Only a lover so closely would dare
To go-and whisper so tender O word.
Now two are picking the plump, black fruit,
But one Is telling tender tale
For while he picks he presses his suit,
While the berries fall into single pail
All, why is the earth so green and fair:
And why is the sky so blue abover
Because through this pure, elastic air
Has swept the messenger of love!
Honeward they go with, lettering gait,
Not as the pretty maiden planned;
For, prompted by beDignant fate,
She yields 10 him her heart and hand
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-18

A German professor finds that coffee
is an absolute ahtidote to alcohol, if
it be taken ia sufficient quantity.
An Ohio man last winter predicted
his death in the fall of 1885. Last
Wednesday he dropped dead just as
he predicted he would.
A lady who received through the
postoffice a postal card containing
1,030 words, written by a gentleman,
replied on card containing 040.
A family living near Kingston, N.
Y, last week.. sold their only pig,
their winters pork, at great sacri-
fee, TO obtain money to visit the cir.
Gus.
An autograph of the Mlkado of
Japan, upon silk, with gorgeous red
background, illuminated with letter
ing of gold, has been received from
Yokohama By Governor Sherman, OF
Iowa.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-18
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RRscued from Death.

William J. Coughlin. OF somerEiIle, Mass, says:
In the fall OF 1875 was taken with BLEEDISe or
LUSes followed By severe cough. lost my Ape
lite and flesh. and was confined TO my bed. In 1871
was admitted 10 the HOSPITAL. The doctors said
had hole IN ny lung big a. half dollar. At
one time report went arc und that vas dead I
gave up hope, bat friend told me Of DR. WILLIAM
HALLS BALsAA FOE THE LUNGS. got bot
tie, when, to ny surprise, commenced feel better
and to-day feei better than for three years past
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-18

1t is said that if person bitten by a
mad dog will 60 into Turkish bath
and stay there for seven days he will
recover. The poison IN the the blood,
it is argued, will be eliminated by
vigorous and steady preparation.