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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-11

eloquently delivered, and it would
be a wrong to the author, as we'll
quite unsatisfactory to the many
who heard it, to give here any pre-
tended report. The secretaries
took no notes. thinking the ad-
dress would be published with the
minutes. AS the minutes this year
will be published in no other
form than as they appear IN HE
FREEMAN, we hope, in future num-
bers, to give our readers this adj
dress in full, together with that
by Mr.. John l.. Thomas, which
was read from manuscript also.
1t should be noted here and now,
however, that Mr.. Atkinson created
the first real sensation in the Con-
ference. He opened with a most
eloquent tribute to the W. c. L. U.
as the grandest organization OF
Christian womanhood the world
has ever known; he presented in a
pointed and thrilling manner the
crimes and woes of the Liquor
Traffic, and in contending for
Prohibition, absolute and universal,
as the only effectual remedy, car
ried the audience to the highest
heights of enthusiasm.
But when he came to the practi-
cal application, and urged Tenn
perance voters to work for Prohl-
bition in the old parties, and
presented arguments in opposition
to the Prohibition party, the
enthusiasm suddenly abated and
the speaker was obliged to "go it
alone" or nearly so, to the end OF
his address.
However, he had plenty of COM
pany at the close, in lively dis
cussion brought on by questions
from the audience, touching his
position on Prohibition and parties.
Rev. j. Cadwallader, of Florida,
Hon. T. r. Carskadon, of Keyser,
and others, got the floor with,
"May l ask the gentleman a ques-
ton ?" And these questions and
answers were kept up for some
time to the intense interest of the
audience.
1t was the first breezy discussion
and brought new supply of ozone
into the Conference.-The.
After singing the Temperance
Doxology and the Benediction, by
Rev. Joseph Cadwallader, of
Florida, adjourned till 2 p. m.
Thursday Afternoon,
Conference assembled at 2 p. M.
Mrs. J. M. Porter, of West Virginia,
led in the devotional services,
announcing that hymn $50 dear to
the heart of every Temperance
woman"
what friend we have in Jesus"
Mrs. Porter gave an earnest
exhortation to the W. G. T. u,
bearing joyous testimony as to
how the Lord renews and gives
strength for the work she knew
not of. While she had been a
feeble invalid through her former
life, she had not kept her bed a
single day since being in active
Temperance work.
Devotions closed with earnest
prayer by Mrs. Rev. J. Engle.
GREETINGS TO OHIO PROHIBITION
lists.
On motion of Mrs. 1. H. John
son, the Conference, by unanimous
vote, directed the following tele
gram to be sent to the Ohio State
Prohibition Convention, in session
at Canton, Ohio:
To the Ohio State Prohibition Con
veatiom, Canton, Ohio:
"The W. G. T. U. Interstate
Conference, at Mountain Lake
Park sends greeting. "Quit yoo
like men,"
MRS. G. B. BUELL., Pres.
MRS. J. A. SMITH, Sec.
! Rev Mr.. Cadwsllader, of Florida
suggested that, in view of the &C
: tions of men in politics, the tex
I L /
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-11
ssPrOhibitiOn Powder

For the Beer and Brandy Battles: GqSPs..
and Temperance Echoes contains the abe aPlfs.
writings from the 'Big Guns" in the " ii fol-
Ky War also stirring songs 6 SpdenqerfiTv at
Dept. W. 6. T. U. Send sl.OO for 100 COPE
l.year, or 10 cents for sample copies, MINI
LAURA G. FIXEN, Albert Led' ~
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-11
Parliamentary Usages.

The President addressed the Con-
ference on Parliamentary usages,
incidentally paying high compli-
ment to the Independent Order of
Good Templars, as the most per-
feotly organized and orderly Tenn
pecance organization in the coun-
Try.
After discussing the subject gen
orally, the Chair called on Mrs. l.
II Johnson to conduct a
Normal CLASS DRILL ON PARLIA-
MENTARY UsAGEs.
Mrs. Johnson, after explaining
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-11
EVENING
MEETING.

COL. GEO. W. BAIN's SECOND ADDRESS.
A large audience assembled in
the evening to hear Col. Bain's Sec
ond address.
The meeting was opened with
devotional exercises, led by Miss
Esther Pugh, of Ohio.
Before the address, another col
lection, amounting to over $14.
was taken for the Conference
fund.
In announcing the collectors, to
pass the baskets, Mr.. G. w. Atkin-
son made point" in getting
A "wEIGHTY FINANCE COMMITTEE"
Such was the ocular remark of
Mrs. Martin, as Mrs. Hart, Mrs.
Cadwallader, Mrs. Tudor, and her.
self, the four largest women of the
Conference, started out for the
"needful' to carry on the war
against the Liquor Traffic.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-25
A HEN AND HER CHICKS.
Peculiar Effect Of an Electric L0np on
Mother and Brood.

Peculiar Effect Of an Electric L0np on
Mother and Brood.
A motherly, fussy old hen, with seven
flossy chicks, boards in the show window of a
Madison street furniture store. The window
is paved with sand, sawdust and gravel
The seven chicks eat oatmeal out of hat
box cover, while the mother consumes corn
and gravel with intermittent regularity. To-
gether they form quite contrast to the busy
scenes of city life, and a crowd of curious,
gaping people stand in front of tho show
window all day and even into the night.
Two weeks ago, when the family first
moved in, the mother had black eye, a
triumphant Hcluck," and the chicks were
round: plump and 'chirpy." Now the signs
Of city dissipation are visible on all. The
tluck has degenerated into querulous cackle,
and the anxious matron has grown nervous
in her manner and erratic in her movements.
The chicks, in their uncertain wanderings
over the sawdust floor and their weary-eyed
contemplation of the observers, begin to re-
mind one of very young men who have been
making a night of it, smoking cigarettes and
consuming small beer and sarsaparilla pop.
A big electric lamp which hangs directly
over the window is to blame for it all.
The old hen, with the obstinacy of her sex,
has been going through the same performance
at o'clock every evening since she moved to
the city. 1t that hour she struts around her
cage several times. cucks cxcitedly, picks out
a good SPOT, scratches violently for minute
or so, and then calmly sQuats down. Then
by series of clucks, often practiced by all
well organized mother hers, she calls her
brood about her, rUfties up her feathers and
tells the youngsters it is time to go to bed.
OF course the little fellows are not bit
sleepy, but there is no disputing the maternal
and in moment all are snugly
ensconced under the feathery covering. The
old hen clucl,s softer, the chicks pipe shrilly,
and in a little moment the whole family is
fast asleep. Soon following this nocturnal
ceremony tie trouble braws. With
buzz and a splutter the big electric lamp
bursts into light 1t casts molten glow on
the old hen She wakes up, cocks one eye
and surveys the big, strange orb in surprise.
1t certainly is tho sun, reasons this old hen,
and while she is studying over the matter out
pop all The seven chickens, and in a shrill
chorus cbirp good morning.-Chicaso News.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-25
In Praise Of the Sweet Pea.

The sweet pea is now fashionable. 1t has
not the gaudy, leonine beauty of the sunfow
er, and it lacks the tawny, titanic toggery of
the tiger lily, while as dollar jerker to the
Jaquemino: rose the sweet pea is nowhere; /;
but for neat, unadulterated "reminiscences of
tho back yard and your first girl, with her
hair down her back in two braids, the sweet
pea sweeps the deck with royal sequence Of
the boyish ast.-Philadelphia Press.
When Lady Franklin. the widow of Sir
John Franklin, of Arctic fame, was visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. e. W. Childs, in Philadelphia,
she took to their house her own bodstead, bed
ding. candlestick and teapot. as well as the
other luggage with which she had been trav-
cling about the world, and actually used all
these things of her own while in their home
Mrs Childs, having company to meet Lady
Franklin at meal, was mertifisd to see q
most disreputable-looking, shabby teapot on
the table. and was about TO order its removal
when the servant whispered TO her that it be-
longsd to Lady Franklin, who had asked her
to have her own tea made in it. Lady Frank
lin carried no trunk with her in her travels
but about twenty packages, large and small,
containing the articles above named and
others accompanied her wherever she went,
whether she stopped in private houses or
hotels She always used her own property in
preference to the most elegant things provided
for her for similar purposes by host and
hostess.-Cor. Philadelphia Times.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-25

was far superior, man to man, to that which
crossed the Rapidan in May of 1864, and inn
measurably superior to the coffee boiling out
| fit that lay in the trenches before Petersburg
in July of 1854
So . =
Drown them!n exclaimed young soldier
who was raised on the shore of Sunapee lake,
in New Hampshire. Drown them! Curse
them! am afraid to fight with any of them
standing by my side. There is cur from
Manchester who was paid 81 900 for enlisting,
whose place in line is next to me. It keeps
me busy TO hold him from running away
whenever we are under fire Some day he
will be SO badly frightened that he will run
toward the Confederates instead of away
from them, and then am going to kill him.
If ever he gets a little ahead of me, SO that !
can safely XIII him, 1 will gather him in"
No one seemed to be shocked at IFS intention.
"Drown thcm!" he scornfully repeated.
"Lee's veterans drown them? Yes, they
could push them into the James river with
pine poles, and as they sank they would howl
for mercy in twenty seven languages. See
here men," he added inpressively, 'if Grant
ever intends to take yonder earthworks,"
jerking his thumb over his shoulder to in
dicate the Confederate lines, "he has got to
give these bounty jumpers about six months
of steady drilling, six months of severe dis
cipline, six months of punishment and savage
abuse. They have got to be pounded and
hammered until they are in abject fear Of
their line officers, and are taught that to
shrink means death. If Grant gives them that,
they can be made to fight little next spring
Good God, men!" he exclaimed, II was sent
to City Point the other day and passed
short column of troops who were moving to
the front, and l saw dozens Of the men fall
woods. Behind the column came a detach- |
ment of the provost guards, and these SOL |
iiers had to pick up and head off and sur
round these abject wretches, who sought to |
hide long before they were in sight Of the line |
If fire. They were panic-strcken at the |
prospect Of fighting. They had to be prodded |
with bayonets to make them follow the col
INN. Things have come to pretty pass in
his army il a column of troops can not be
moved from one camp to another without
,eing herded as sheep driven along high
Eay American volunteers!" he scornfully
exclaimed, american volunteers, and
marched to camp or to battle under provost
guards! They are not Americans; they are
lot volunteers; they are the offscouring Of
europe. They disgrace our uniform" Hero
lis scorn oyercame him. He spat on the
,round, arose, ard disappeared in the forest
With a yell of disgust. And knew that
very word he uttered was true-Frank
Nilkcson's Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-25
Investigating TyrotoxicOn.

At the July meeting of the Michigan board
of health Dr. V. c.. Vaughan reported the
results of his Investigations on tyrotoxicon or
cheese poison, which has recently been dis
cussed at some length in the medical journals
He put several gallons OF normal milk into
clean bottles with glass shoppers and found
the poison in one of the bottles after it had
stood for three months In some instances it
appears much earlier. The production of the
poison is in all probability due, directly or in
directly, to the growth of some micro organ
ism.
In the cheese, milk and cream, in all Of
which the essayist found the poison, there
was present more or less butyric acid, and it
may be that there is some intimate relation
between butyric acid fermentation and the
production of the poison. He adds that there
is a great similarity between symptoms Of
poisoning by tyrotoxicon and those of cholera
infantum, especially the violent choleraic
diarrhna, to which the best medical author
tiles now restrict the latter term. This inves-
tigation is Of especial interest, as it tends to
throw light upon the cause of disease which
carries off great many infants, and it is not
impossible that the inquiries ip this direction
will result in material lessening of the ratio
of infantile mortality.-Chicago Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-25

This Addition is junction OF Railroads
onehalf mile Of Bridge
desirable lots Street operation connecting this
Addition with the Of he river.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-25

r. g.. SMYTH d SONS. wichita.
n. r. NIEDERI RI.ANDER,
AN0LO-ANERIOAN Loan Once.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-25

KOS HARRIS. wichits.
p. Y. HEALY. "
o. MARTNsON,
Reoident on aaid Addition
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
THE sMESSIAN &c ERA"
One of Its E1ponents Writes Pleasantly
Upon the Subject A Just De-
fense Of "Sidartha."

Nv open letter to THE Labor Organl :
cations of the World" published in The
ENQUIRER early last winter, was fol-
lowed by sickness and death in my fam =
lily, which left me 80 Frustrated, physl-
calIy and mentally, that until now l
have not felt equal. to the work had
designed to do. In the meantime l was
we'll content to see the good work 60 on
in natlre's o,n way.
For, as | am a confirmed Messianist, it
pleases me to see on every hand the
MANY evidences that the Messianic
age" when the faculties of the higher
human brain have begun to assert their
supremacy, has already begun to sway
the,word.
l am looking upon the effort to estab-
lish the eight hour law with deep inter-
est. 1t reminds me of the blossoming
of the century plant. The theory of the
eight hour division of time is as old as
civilization.
Eight hours for labor, eight hours for
recreation and eight hours for rest
forms fundamental plank in the con-
sfitutions of the oldest secret orders, es'
pecially Of tsonrv!
But the uprising of the masses in an
organized body to demand its enforce,
ment, was reserved for the inauguration
of g. new era In the worlds history
Civilization, in its nature and charact r,
is merely tanner Of the savage, beastly
man.
The civilized governments are "con-
stituled b astly authorities" wboahold
the masses in subsection with the DER
mastering eye and potent rod of power
ful sovereignty. Until now the acme OF
human society, the preservation of law
and order, could onlv be gained under
"a strong government"
The highest ideal of the average man,
until the last century, has been bounded
bv reverence for mystery and power.
Hence the priest and the ruler have
dominated in society, both in its highest
as we'll IS its lowest departments.
To-day, this human beast begins to
thin, reflect and act But he has not
as yet she'd his horns, his hoofs, claws
or fangs.
Perhaps he never will, for in the new
or "Messianic era" "the wolf also shall
dwell with the lamb and the leopard
shall lie down with the kid, and the calf
and the Young lion together and little
child shall lead them" Mark the con-
trast between the old and the newl
Not strong governments nor military
Dom ers nor written constitutions and
avs nor annointed sovereignties, not
sven police and Pinkerton's detectives.
Neither chicanery or diplomacy, nor
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
sHYLOCK,s swASHBUCKLER.

A make-believe Of this city, named
Dean Hart, who masauerades as fol-
lower of Jesus Christ said in a sermon
the other day: God bless poverty, it
keeps men humble" This hypocrite,
who steals the livery of heaven in witch
to serve the devil, lives in a mansion of
brick, stone and plate glass.
He is kept by the shvlocks of this
town and in return for his keeping he
"tblesses" anything tending to keep the
people, who make wealth humble. This
fat, slick, oily hypocrite blasphemes the
name of God by asking him to bless that
which keeps men humble" to that de,
gree that they will not dare object to
being robbed by the "dean's" keepers.
"God bless poverty, 1t keeps men
humble" says "the dean," and still he
and the rest of the blasphemous hvpo-
critics like him stand on their pulDits
issuing their pithless platitudes and
wanting to know, you know, why poor
people won't EN- brace God and seek the
comforting influences of the church" >"
Rats dean, rats
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13

a"ANARcHY," which we were told was
crushed for hundred years. don't seem
to crush worth a cent. Anarchist
George in New York came very close to
putting the great American metropolis
under the rule of Anarchy.
Anarchy has elected six OF the judges
in Cook, county. Illinois.
In the same place several of the repre-
sentatives to the legislature have been
elected by Anarchy and Socialism. An
archy reared its awful front in Milwau-
kee and elected its representative.
Even in the Centennial state the hor-
rible head of Anarchy has shown itself
and did some execution in the late elec-
ton.
Great Heavens what's the country
coming to? Call out the militia
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13

ness Of workingmen, but the man who
can see nothing in futurity but very
insecure sob" at wages which just al
lows himself and family bare animal
existence while working, cannot be ex-
pected to have an ambition or hope
other than that possessed bv the tramp
Who bas become so low that enough to
eat every day or two is his only ambi-
tion or hope.
Give men chance to earn enough to
procure themselves and families COM
Portable homes and the saloon will not
need any legislative enactments to
stamp it out Give men chance to
make themselves happy and they will
not choose the whisky mode OF suicide.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13

make amends in the future BY urging all
laborers to patronizs the enterprise. Il
rests with us to max this store q grand
success or to bee it fail. For the benefit
Of the cause of labor and cooperation
let us pull together and make 1t q sue
cess. Drop all thought of individuals
and remember only the principle, prac-
tice what you preach, patronize the CO.
operative grocery. become co,operators
in fact, and great benefit will accrue to
the cause we all hold so dear.
Now. hope all those who read these
lines and who are residents of Denver,
will heed what is here written, and that
the only practical demonstration of our
ideas ever attempted in this cltv will
have our earnest support. The store is
located at No. 337 Larimer istreet be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
For President I'm 1855,
HENRY GEORGE
or the United states.
LABOR IN POLITICS.

:. THE ENQUIRER floats the name of
Henry George for president in 1888 at
the head of its editorial columns this
week. Some words in explanation Of
this move on the part Of a journal which
has6asuese.t than two years refused tei
take any part in politics nda7 1eexpeeted.
l have no apology to offer, but cheer
fully rise to explain.
Two years ago was convinced of the
utter hopelessness of labor accomplish
ing its emancipation through political
methods, as they then existed; and L
considered it waste oftime and energy
to attempt any practical reform through
that channel. / have changed little as
to the former conviction, but 1 own to
an altered opinion concerning the advis-
ability of attempting reforms bv the
ballot, and while do this, let it be un-
derstood that do not compromise one
lot with my past declaration that a
thorough Revolution Of systems is nee
essary to secure the rights of the people
and peace among men.
But have come to believe that the
cause of labor must pass through po-
litical stage. and have seen that re-
Gently which makes me hope that by
this means we can fortify ourselves for
the final struggle and lessen the shock
of the ultimate radical change. 1 am,
therefore, ready to cooperate aud throw
the force of TIE ENQUIRER with anv
honest political movement which aims
at the bettering of the workers condi
ton.
The results Of the recent election,
where labor made any effort, are exceed
lngly encouraging, and unreasonable in
deed would be the man who would re-
fuse to admit that there is reason to hope
forssomething through the political Or
ganization of the workers at no distant
dav.
The ENQUIRER will support Henry
George for president because it believes
that he, more than any other man in the
country, can unite all the different
branches of organized labor, and car
come nearer than any other to receivlni
the endorsement of the leading adyo
Gates of the various isms in the agitation
of the labor question.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
The End Of Liberty.

The Future, of Richland, Kansas,
which Is not an Anarchist, or Socialist
or even a labor paper. quotes Judge
Gary's ruling in the case of the Chicago
Anarchists, and comments upon it as
follows:
Since reading the above, our curiosity
was 80 aroused that we have examined
the history of the trial pretty thor
oughlY, and conclude that if this is
correct statement of the law of the land
then freedom of speech and the press is
forever abolished from America; but
that If the above Is not the correct state
ment OF the law. then the conviction of
OF Spies, Schwab ct al Is clear case of
judicial murder.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
PREACHING AND PRACTICING.

However many differences OF opinion
NAV exist as to the means necessary to
accomplish the liberation of the wage
worker from his present thraldo c, nearly
all OF the many schools of labor re,
formers agree that the final state of peace
and plenty will be founded upon the
principles Of cooperation; that condi-
ton of lntefdependence must be perma-
nentIy established and recognized that
the axiom OF the future societary organi-
cation will be "one for all, and all for
one Wese to dav that the tendency
of the movement Is toward presaging "a
miniature what we aim at and will have.
This is evidenced in the many co opera
tive undertakings of the organized
workers, in colonies, in productive and
distributiye enterprises. Bat outside of
the few enthusiasts who inaugurate
these exemplifcations of the polity of
integral CO operation, there is lack of
support. Now, this is not as 1t should
be; every workingman should do all in
his power to make these enterprises a
success, for e world will Judge the
doctrine by the results of the attempts
TO pat 1t into practice.
For instance, there is a cooperative
grocery in this city; 1t has been organ
zed and is being conducted as nearly to
he principle as is possible under our
present system, but it is not supported
IS it should be. TIE ENQUIRER has
been little careless upon this
'ubject in the past but it will try to
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13

GERMAN workingmen are voting into
parliament some of the men whom the
govern ment holds in prison as Socialists
and .da ngerous agitators. The American
workingmen are,following the example
OF their fellow workingmeni in Germany.
In, Milwaukee they have elected to the
legislature one ofithelr number who was
arrested and imprisoned as a ''blood-
thirsty Anarchist" last Nav.