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LOW Life fn Ireland.

Not the vicious and wicked, but the
lowly, the people who toll all their days
and scarcely find rest enough to sleep.
We have some poverty in this country,
but it is almost wholly confined to the
large and crowded cities People of the
United States have no adequate eoncep-
ton of what the poor of Ireland and in
some parts Of England endure. Mr..
Robert r. Porter, Of Philadelphia, spent
some time in Ireland recently and wrote
of what he saw to the Inter Ocean. In
one of his letters he described the work
and the condition of the workers in
Donegal, how they lived, what they do
and the pay they receive. The dwellings
of those poor people. he says, are almost
inconceivably bad. The outside appeav-
ance is bad enough but the inside is
much worse. The wigwam Of the Indian
and the igloo of Esquimaux are con-
structed with greater degree of care
and more attention to the rude notions
Of comfort than the hovel the Donegal
peasant erects on the side of mountain
or road. These are usually from fourteen
to eighteen feet square, sometimes less.
They are built of mud and stone and
thatched with rushes or sod, tied tightly
down to protecting stones with rough
cords made of hay.
Mr.. Porter says it requires no small
amount Of courage to enter these habita-
tions. Sometimes there is nothing but
the bare earth, which in rainy weather is
wet and sloppy. On the stone hearth
slumber few clods Of peat, filling the
place with smoke. Halfnaked children
are playing with the chickens, and pigs
that come in and out at will by the front
door. An old iron pot, sometimes a few
odd bits of crockery, couple of three
legged stools, table (sometimes) and a
few boards which are laid down and COW
cred with straw or heather to sleep on,
comprise the furniture of these dens of
want and misery.
But, bad as their houses are, the food
supplies of the people are still further if
possible from what they ought to be.
Indian -stir-about" made with water and
little black tea, are the daily rations.
Potatoes are considered a great boon,
cabbage luxury, but meat something
rarely or never tasted.
Commenting upon this wretched con-
dition of the people, Mr.. Porter says
Housed within tottering, crumbling
walls, and broken panes stuffed with
straw, with leeky roof and wet earthly
floor to sleep on, fed upon the poorest
food, and clad in rags, it is not too much
to say that the perfection of discomfort
and misery has been reached by this
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CHANGES.

Like one who hears with sudden throt
of sadness
The lingering cadence OF an old re-
frain
Which wakes the echoes OF some van
ished gladness
With tender pain.
So stand I now with mingled pain and
pleasure,
After long absence at Well-knoWn
door
Which guarded once my darling my
hearts treasure
In days of yore.
Still bloom the roses with their old
time sweetness
Round this dear cottage in my native
land;
Trimmed is the hedge with all its won't
ed neatness;
The old elms stand.
Still slopes the lawn in beautiful grada-
ton,
Like a soft carpt of the richest green /;
Still leaps the fountain with its light
pulsation,
Frightening the scene.
Years have not changed it; now as then
the river
Winds in the distance like silver
stream;
Through the old orchard still the sun
beams culver
And hri0htlv Clpam
All but no voice of sweetest modula
tion
Nor ripping laughter greets my lis
tening ear;
All the bright scene but breathes in
desolation,
''She is not here.
Not here! not here' the murmuring
elm trees sigh it.
The rustling grass repeats it meath
my feet,
Her cherished roses mournfully reply it
In odors sweet.
Ger the soft lawn the shadows west
ward creeping
Darkly enfold me at the rose -glrt
door.
In Deeper shadows lies my dear love
sleeping,
To wake no more!
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CALL THE ROLL.

Were it possible for the liquor-trafic
to call the roll of It's slain, and muster
Tennesees drunken dead and have them
pass judgement on Prohibition, that vast
array of rum-murdered spirits would
shrek heavenward such a startling
thunder cry of condemnation of the
saloon that none but fends would dare
say give even one day longer license to
the liquor curse. And yet men-honor-
able men-have the conscience to face
this thought, and seek legislative power
to make it possible that other thousands
may keep company with that slaughtered
host. Use your ballot to defeat them
and defend the living. The Issue.
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population. Rheumatism, indigestion
palsy, and chronic diseases of all kinds
are common among them, all arising
from the condition in which they live.
Useless paying industries Of some kind
are established in these districts, the
population must gradually become
extinct. The industries they have'
though of great assistance, are in
sufficient, and must be supplemented by
others. '-1opekG Capital.
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Sparkle ] ron, a *. of. Smithy.

Editor The Toice.-The Knights Of
Labor is intended to gather together
for mutual protection all branches Of
honorable toll, and as liquor dealers do
not render aN equivalent for money spent,
loss Of manhood, loss of character, and
decentralization of their patrons, to say
nothing of the crime caused directly and
indirectly by its sale, | do not see how
the business can be considered honorable.
| have known instances when the work
ingmen have been contesting for what
was but the strictest justice, with public
sympathy all in their favor, and have
lost all in drunken debauch into which
they were enticed by their so-called
friends.
It is self-evident that if the money
spent in saloons was diverted from its
present destructive channel into any
other useful business, its result would
be to boom that line, or lines. ofbusiness,
and consequent demand would result
for more men to manufacture the articles
demanded but men and women want
something more than bread. clothing
and shoes, and as [ believe the beer
saloon or hotel bar is but a substitute
for higher forms of social life for which
mans nature thirsts | think a mistake
will be made if we do not propose an
elevation of the toilers socially by means
of this vast sum now spent for rum.
Men, | find. are ready to take the best
course when shown it, and as mass
prefer the good to the bad. Man wants
sociability, and as he is not able to
secure it by the methods that wealth or
leisure would give him, he seeks it, after
days toll, with his companions at the
saloon, where has been established the
''Uerg american custom of treating. l
think natural appetite and innate vici-
business are to be found the first cause
Of drinking habits about as frequently
as four-legged chickens or any other
monstrosity. My plan would be to abol-
ish, by enactment of law, all vice breed
ing saloons, then give the workers less
hours, better pay and an opportunity to
take in fve-dollar trip to the sea shore,
the concert, the gymnasium, the social
club, ETC., instead of the fve-cent glass
Of beer.
It would be conducive to the success
of true labor reform as Of true temper
ance reform, that the two co operate and
go forward together provided we went
forward in the right line, and not think
ing that the prohibition Of the rum
traffic would efectually remove all in
temperance. The abolition of poverty,
or the abolition Of system that keeps
man poor whether he drinks or not,
would do more to abolish intemperance
than anything else ofitself Then if these
two elements will CO operate for the pur-
pose of abolishing wage-slavery, the
national sin of cheapness, land capitali-
zation, stock gambling, money monopoly
interest robbery, along with the devils
of rum and beer, will their efforts be
effectual and permanent.
G.. P. HALL, Blacksmith
Bridgton, n. j.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

SENATOR FRYE is in a stew. Ex-
Gov. St. John, who is stumping in
Maine, is giving the Senator a lively
warming. Mr.. Frye, in his opening
speech, it will be remembered, branded
the Prohibition leaders as "unblushing-
ly impudent scoundrels" who are in
the pay of the democracy, and he added:
"If [ wanted to name them | could do
So" Gov. St. John now challenges Mr..
Frye to name the Prohibition leaders to
whom he refers or to stand branded
himself as something very like what he
alleges those leaders to be. Mr.. Frye
cannot afford to ignore the challenge.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

The Irish question can never be set
tied till it is settled right, and it will
never be settled right as long as few
men roll in luxury while the great mass
es of the people exc out miserable ex-
istence in wretchedness and want.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

TITS said that John A. Logan will
speak on national politics in Vicksburg
in the near future. Gen. Logan is one
of the biggest guns in the Republican
party, and the bloody South must look
for fearful excoriation from him.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

MEMPHIS takes in one-twelfth of the
cotton crop of this country. The re
ceipts last year were $3.50, $50, $115,O00
more than tho receipts of 1885 and
$4,000 more than any years receipts
before.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

BOB and Alf Taylor Democratic and
Republican nominees for Governor of
Tennessee will have a join canvass. Bob
will have the assistance of Senator
Harris, and Hon. L. c. Houk, Repub-
lican Congressman will help All.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

WAGES have experienced a mighty
rise in Charleston and workers are
hard to get at advanced rates. Brick
layers get 5000 per day and common
laborers get 50cts an hour.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

A BUFFALO man has invented a
musical instrument combining the tones
of the Violin, Viola Cello and double
bass. He should be tied to his instru-
ment and sent through the Niagara
Whirlpool
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

DAN VOORHEES, the tall sycamore of
the Wabash" has been mentioned as a
good second fiddle to Cleveland in 1888,
but Indiana Democrats think he should
have the first place or none, and it is
most likely he will have none.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

THE people of Charleston are looking
forward to the equinoctial gale with abb
solute terror. The waters damage the
city more or less every year and if a
heavy tide should strike the city in its
present shattered condition before any
repairs are made, very few houses could
stand the shock.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

The next theatrical season bids fair
to be immense in New Orleans. Fanny
Davenport, Ada Gray. Kate Castleton,
Kate Claxton, Laurence Barrett, and
many other actors and actresses of in
ternational reputation will appear on
the boards.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

GREECE has suffered most severely by
the recent earthquake. At least six
whole towns or villages were destroyed,
and six hundred lives lost, while over a
thousand were seriously injured.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

Mr.. .PowDERLY has positively refused
to take the Democratic nomination for
Congress from the 18th Pennsylvania
District. He has a grander work to
perform, the directing of one of the
greatest factors of political and social
progress.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

Miss SALLIE B. MORGAN, we'll known
to Mississippians as the author of
Scenes in early California has been
elected Principal of the Black Hawk
Methodist Conference High School.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

The greatest question for our next
Legislature to deal with is prison re-
form, there is no one single question
that involves SO much responsibility on
the part of the State.
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Bridgton, N. j.

George III. Kingman, manufacturer
Of Brockton, Mass, has conceived a plan
which he thinks will prevent future
strikes and lock-outs in his factory. He
has taken in his workmen as members of
the firm. The workman agrees to con-
tribute any stated sum he may think
best to the capital stock of the business.
Upon this sum Mr.. Kingman agrees to
pay stated percentage per year from the
profits Of the business, while personally
assuming all risk of possible loss. They
agree that the wages paid shall be those
generally in force throughout the city,
that Mr.. Kingman shall have entire
charge and direction Of the business, and
that any workman can withdraw by
giving thirty days notice, taking with
him the money he had invested in the
business. The men may belong to any
labor organization they see fit, but, being
members of the firm, they could not be
ordered out in case of a general strike.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

THE Railroad Artesian Well, at
Leinoore, Dakota, IS attracting consid-
eraa0le attention on account of its me-
dicinal properties. Its continual use is
said to cure the craving for alcoholic
drinks, and the gay and festive young
man is not to be inveigled into tasting
thereof
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

The nomination of c. L. Anderson
in the Fifth District was a surprise to
nearly everyone. The times though are
prosperous for young statesmen and
young politicians.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

PITTsBURG is hard to beat on some
things, one Sunday recently she had six
fatal accidents and one suicide and it
wasn't good day for accidents either.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

A SHOWER of stones has been falling
at intervals in Charleston since the
earthquake. The question naturally
arises did the shower Of stones men
toned in the papers a few weeks ago
in Brooklyn have like origin.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

JERSEY CRY enjoyed the luxury of a
two hundred thousand dollar fire last
Saturday, in which six Pullman Palace
Cars we're burned.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

THE annual Board of School Trustees
was elected last Saturday at Edwards,
consisting Of L. NJ. Moss, Robt Smith
and N. W. Bankston. Moss goes in
for the 18th term.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

MONEY can be borrowed in Vicksburg
at s per cen, and sometimes for 6 or
7. The 10 per cent days are gone for
ever as far as that city is concerned.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

MISSIONER, the French artist at the
age of seventy years has suffered no de-
cline of talent. His last picture is said
to equal any of his masterpieces.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

THE Tlcksbmg Post is advocating
Major Barksdale for some foreign mis-
sion. He would make a good one.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

THE Prohibitionists of Pennsylvania
have nominated Wolfe for Governor by
acclamation.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

WHAT is morally wrong can never
be politically right" is the motto of the
proposed new Prohibition political party
in Texas.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

PARSONS, the convicted anarchist, says
he is Knight of Labor and never ad-
vocated destruction Of life or property.
As the second statement is false, SO is
the first.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

JNo. r. LYNCH will very probably
canvass part Of the Third District for
Judge Simrall.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

The earthquake fractured a rock
near Babonet Springs Ala, and petro-
leum is now issuing from the creyice
in stream and forming a pool at its
base.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

LET no one have any authority over
the convicts of the State, except officers
of the State.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

THE two local assemblies of the
Knights of Labor of Chicago who were
suspended by District Master Work
man Murphey have been restored to
their former standing, investigation
having shown that no anarchists were
among them. The Knights of Labor
are down on anarchists.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

THE saloon with its lawlesSness and
perjury, and the leasing system with its
cruelty and fraud must both go.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

WATERLOO, Iowa, boasts of cucum-
Der four feet long. That's longer than
a man is after he eats one.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

SARAH BERNHARDT the actress and
pugilist will play in New Orleans the
coming season.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

OLIVER WENDALL HoLMFs has re-
turned from his eastern trip improved
in health.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

The earthquake has arrayed the
superstitious against the Democratic
administration.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

SAw-MILL JONES, is still travelling
under the care of his wealthy and indul-
gent wife.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

The municipal authorities control
the number and cost of licenses in
Louisiana. Free whisky is the rule in
Ohio.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

NEW men for new issues" seems to
be the drift of politics.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

PRoHIB1TIoNIsTs have put out full
municipal ticket in Brooklyn N. Y.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

In A drunken carouse at Pineville,
La, last Giree stabbed Crooks, seriously
wounding him.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

INDIANA Democrats have a most en-
couraging outlook.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

HENRY WARD BEEoHER was so far
recovered from his illness as to be able
to preach last Sunday at Glasgow. Scot
land.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11
THE Mayor of Charleston is brick.

The supposed height Of the Tower of
Babel is 7S0 feet.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

"PRIvATEI JOHN" gets there in the
First District. Don't he.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

NEITHER Blaine nor Parsons belong
to the Knights of Labor.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

THE Weekly P;cayune az pages) and
the SWORD ANE SHIELD for 1926 per
year.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

Quite a number of Local Unions have
sent in the names of delegates, but
from many Unions no response has been
received to Mrs. Ervin's circular letter.
The names should be sent at once that
homes may be provided. It will not do
to wait till the lost week. Those
Unions that can send no delegate should
send letter.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

sND your Job Work to t his Office.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

A slight error in the circular lettet
to the Local Unions has perplexed all
of the delegates. The dates and days
of the week did not correspond again let
it be reiterated. The State w. CT U
Convention Convenes Fridas morning
10 o'clock Sept. "a, and closes Sunday
night Sept. 26.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

A letter from Mrs. Mary Clardy, an
nounces that she will be present at the
w. C. I. U. Convention which is to be
held in this city September "a, 25, 26.
Mrs. Clardy has been in Texas and
Louisiana on w. C. 7. U. busines.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

There are no sweeter words than
mother, home and heaven" One must
become insensible to the influence of
those words before he can wish the con-
tinuance Of the saloon-rule.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

There is never the body of man,
how strong and stout soever. if it be
troubled and infamed, but will take
more harm and offence by wine being
poured into it.-Pgutarch.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

As long as the monster intemperance
has body guard of three or four thous-
and grayesand disciplined legislators to
defend him, how can the friends of hu-
manity, of morality and religion, follow
up the work they have SO auspiciously
begun and rid the land of his carcass?-
Hen,an Humphrey, D. D.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

The argument against the license
system is direct and conclusive, leaving
no room for doubt. There are no abstract
or unsettled principles in the case on
which the mind can Enger in suspense.
Hon. Mark, Doolihle, Mass.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11

The Issue says: prohibition is
bound to win because the motherhood
of the country is at its back"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
Strength of Brick Foundations,

Experiments and observations concerning
the strength and utility Of brick foundations
for machinery show that q rather soft
brick will crush under a weight OF $50 10 COO
bounds per square inch, or about 20 10 70 tons
per square foot, while u first rate machine
pressed brick will require from 30 to 40
tons per square foot. But maSses Of brick
work will crush under much smaller loads
than single bricks. In some English experi-
ments small cubical masses, only nine inche,
tn each edge, laid IN cement, crushed under
- To i1tonS per square foot. Others. with
piers 9 inches square and , feet I inches high
in cement, only twodays after being built. re-
CURED - 10 90 tons per square foot Ia crush
them. Another, of pressed brick, in best
Portland cement, Is said 10 have withstood
~! tons per square foot, and with common
lime mortar only Onc-fourth as much. The
same authority, however, is careful to add
the statement that cracking and splitting
usually commence under about One-half tho
crushing loads. To he safe, he recommends
that the loads should not exceed one-eighth
or one-tenth the crushing loads; and so also
with stone. The pressure of a brick shot
tower in Baltimore, PC feet high, is estimat-
ed at 6E tons per square foot; and in a brick
chimney at Glasgow, Scotland, 46S feet high.
~ q tons.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10

rope, and It's size and beauty was q revelation
70 me- The castle where Queen Mary lived Is
now fled with the Scotch soldiers OK the
oueeu. and the red coats Of England are eom-
raratiYefy few. These soldiers dress IN the
Highland costume, and they look very pictur-
esgue. They dress In different colored plids,
aDd wear Killed skirts falling In plaits from
tbe waie 10 about four or five inches above
the knee. Several inches below this their
plaid stockings begin, so that about M foot
Of white, naked leg shows out Some OF them
have good. strong legs and fair skins, and the
les Of others are lean, red and hairy. They
war different kinds Of Scotch military caps,
according 20 their rank, and their shoes are
hound around with white canvas lggings
They carry swords and muskets, and stalk
along with an independent air while guarding
the great castle or while walking the streets
To the front Of their belts they have fastened
a fur pouch, and in the stocking OF one leg
some OF them carry a knife.
The ordinary S~cotchman, however, has
long discarded the Highland costume, and
vrs SIC bat few OF them worn here. As a
rale there are none in this part Of Scotland
The Scotch knitted cap IS worn a great deal,
and YOU se It Oh both men and women, ard
now and than an Old Highlander turns up Il
the full costume Of Rob Roy.