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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20
EVADING THE CUSTOMS.

At last the Customs authorities have
fastened on to the high and mighty nava
officers, and found hundreds of dollars
worth OF dutiable goods in their posses
sion, which they were trying to land con-
trary to the Customs laws, and in viola
ton OF the sanctity of their word, which
should be as binding as civilians oath
1t should be remembered that naval YES
sells are never boarded by the Customs
officers, as the honor of the commanding
officer is pledged that his vessel contains
nothing contraband, hence, where officers
are weak and apt to look lightly on un-
written law, almost anything can be pur-
chased IN foreign port and brought into
the United States without paying duty.
The Portsmouth and Saratoga are cruis-
ing ships for the drilling of young sea-
men, and in the summer season they
cruise to the West India Islands and to
European ports. On their return they
are laid up for the season and their Off
GERS generally placed on waiting orders,
which means furlough on two-thirds
pay. That these officers have carried on
this practice for years is we'll known to
those on the inside, but they have never
been deliberately searched before. 1t is
one OF the rules of the naval service, that
no officer shall bring on board ship. any
strong liquors other than wine, and the
wine found was doubtless brought on
board in accordance with this permission,
ana as no law exists stating that wine
shall not be taken ashore, these officers
get clear of liability on a technicality.
1t is well known fact that the homes of |
many naval officers are ornamented with |
all sorts OF bric-a-bac and costly furniture
thus landed, and the wonder is that they
nave never been checked. The bad part
ot this business, however, is that the can
.aln OF each ship will alone be held re-
'ponsible for what his officers did. and
he will not be allowed to plead the baby
lct, and say he did not know it. There
S great rotten hole in the naval service
where this small plug was found, and if
he authorities but follow up the scent,
hey will unearth such doings as will
1ake many gold-laced gentlemen Quake
I their shoes.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20
LABOR'S EMANCIPATION.

That labor organizations and agitation
has accomplished much good for those
who must labor for their sustenance, can
readily be seen by perusing the following
from lecture on wages by Professor
Thompson, OF Harvard University. and
II 50 much good has been wrought bv
haphazard efforts, what may not honest
labor expect in the future, if only guided
by the rule OF the greatest good TO the
greatest number, and entirely sinking
selfish ends for the benefit of the major
ity; "In 1898 the Schuylkill and Susoue.
hanna Canal Company advertised for
workmen, offering S. month for the
winter months, and So for summer. with
board and lodging. The next year there
was debate in the House of Representa-
tVes which brought out the fact that SOL
dIers got but 50 month. A Vermont
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20

member, discussing the proposal to raist
it to 81, said that in his State men were
hired for els year, or $4 month, with
board and clothing. Mr.. Wadsworth, o
Pennsylvania, said: In the States
north of Pennsylvania, the wages of the
common laborer, are not, upon the whole,
superior to those of the common soldier.
In 1897 Rhode Island farmer hired a
good farm hand at $3 month; and S. a
month was paid to those who got en-
ployment for the eight busy months of
the farmers year.
A strong boy could be had at that time
in Connecticut at 81 month through
those months, and he earned it by work
ing from daybreak until eight or nine
o'clock at night. He could buy coarse
cotton shirt with the earnings of three
such months The farmers could pay
no better, for the price they got for pro-
| duce was wretched. Butter sold at eight
| cents pound, and when it rose suddenly
to ten cents, several farmers wives and
daughters went out of their minds with
the excitement. Women picked the
wool off the bushes and briers, where
the sheep had left it, and spun and knit
it into mittens to earn 81 year by this
toilsome business. They hired out as
help for twenty-five cents a month and
their board.
By days hard work at the spinning
wheel woman and girl together could
earn twelve cents. AS late as 1921 the
best farm hands could be had for twenty
five cents day, or twice as much in
moving time. Mathey Carey in his let
ters on the Charities of Philadelphia,
(lS29), gives a painful picture of the
working classes at that time. Every
avenue to employment was choked with
applicants. Men left the cities to find
work on the canals at from sixty to sew
enty-five cents day, and to encounter
the malaria, which laid them low in
numbers. The highest wages paid to
women was twenty-five cents a day; and
even the women who made clothes for
the arsenal were paid by the Govern
ment at no higher rates. When the ladies
of the city begged for an improvement Of
this rate, the Secretary hesitated, lest it
should disarrange the relations of capital
and labor throughout the city Poor
people died of cold and want every win
ter in the city, and the fact seems to have
made an impression only on benevolently
disposed persons like Mr.. Carey"
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20
DEMOCRATS IN OFFICE.

1t must strike some OF the readers OF
our Republican cotemporary with aston
ishmont when they read the able report
OF Governor West. BY the instruction of
that partizan sheet they have been led
TO believe that all the destinies of Utah
hung upon keeping Eli II. Murray and
other Republican partizans in office, and
indeed, this rank Republican sheet would
have US believe that the prosperity of
this great nation depended entirely on
having the Republican party in power;
but Utah still exists, an era of prosper
lty has begun all over the land and
under Democratic Administration.
We say, without fear OF contradiction,
that no fairer or more able state paper
than Governor Vests report ever went
out from this or any other Territory in
this country. 1t says all that ought to be
said, and says it in an admirable manner.
There are some details of the Tucker
Edmunds bill alluded to by the Governor
which should be carefully digested before
they are enacted into law We want no
law not in accordance with Democratic
principles (which are in fact, American
principles
We desire in brief to call attention to
the improvements made in the Postoffice
under Mr.. Browe, the Democrat. Which
think We bears the highest impress OF
sound business and good taste, the office
rs it now is, or as it was under the Re- !
publican postmaster, who preceded Mr. |
Browe? If you look into the business
management OF the office as it is now
managed and the management under
Republican rule, you will find even a
greater change than in the appearance
OF the room, boxes and office.
Examine the marshal's Office under MIR.
Dyer-a sound Democrat, and no one
can say that it was ever better manned.
or more efficiently administered. The
same can be said of the Registers office ,
under Mr.. Webb, and the Receivers ,
Office under Mr.. Wallace. The new ,
Surveyor General has but just entered !
upon his work and hence we cannot COM 7
ment on it. Gentlemen who have :
imagined all woes to come-and have
echoed the walls OF the Tribune-mav :,
calm their perturbed spirits. The :
country is safe in the hands OF Demo :
Gratis, and it is going to remain in their .
hands. All the virtue, all the ability .
AMI patriotism of this Territory and
Nation are not contained in the Republi- f
can party. o
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20

HEADQUARTERS for Fruit Jars at G. F.
Culmer & Bros.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20
HEWITT VS.. GEORGE.

The DEMOCRAT is pleased to find sucl
an able and learned hacker as the New
York Sun, for its forecast of the comm,
New York municipal election. Thi.
| journal held that the nomination of A. s
Hewitt by both wings of the Democracy
was equivalent to his election, and the
Sun shows how, with all his claims TO the
peoples consideration, Henry George has
no issue between him and Hewitt. but
that OF Socialism against Democracy. and
all men know how far such subject will
go with the American people:
The nomination of Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt
Tor Mayor by the Democrats reduces the or
guments for the election of Mr. Hanr,
George to very narrow limits.
We suppose that the idea which SERVED 70
give MI Georges candidacy its chief ar,
traction and its surprising freshness was
SI tIat ne was peculiarly and unassailably
honest ana not trammelled with the relations
OF local politics. This fact was supposed 10
Insure from Mr.. George better administra-
ZION OF the Office than could be exnectod
from any man, however honest, who was
weighted with political obligations.
Ane nomination OF MIR. Hewitt puts that
issue out OF the canvass. In these respects
the democratic candidate is as well off as
any man III town. To this also nust he
added the fact that the total inexperience of
public administration in the case of Mr.
George is to be weighed against Mr.. Hew-
ltt's long and active participation in public
and commercial life, guided by broad and
active intelligence.
Then, again, the Free Traders, who might
nave been inclined to support Mr.. George.
Can Ca vote with equal satisfaction for Mr..
Hewitt. So Mr.. George is deprived of what
that score. S"'i-eO On
Neither can Mr.. George claim to be anv
better friend of the laboring men than ME-
hewitt. Few men would be more ready to
interfere with their own interests when fbev
'ould see their way toward increasing the
prosperity OF the laborers than Mr.. Hewitt.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20

and there is no stronger or more sincere be-
lever or more earnest advocate of the sys-
tenn of trades unions:
The issue, then, between Mr.. Hewitt and
Mr.. George is narrowed down to their poll
tics, and here Mr.. George is a Socialist and
Mr.. Hewitt is Democrat.
Socialism against Democracy then seems
to be the only issue left.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20

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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20

DR. POTTER advertises his well known
horse ''Zip," also furniture, etc., for sale.
See our advertising columns.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20
KNIGHTS OF PYTEIAS

[ ALANaaE Ian The LODGE NO. 5, K. OF P.EREG.
Hall. WaiIar IiIInve9slons % every Monday, at Castle
'isi'lng knights madewelcome. ''O F. H.
q. B. LANG. K of R. and s iNlPF' Z. G.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-20
Mental Cure.

Mrs. A. Dayton, teacher and prac-
titioner, has removed to 72 West, Second
South street. Class hours to suit pupils.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
David Davis and the Scamp.

By one of the Judges friends am told
a story which has not appeared IN print
vet, I believe. 1t is, I think, character
istic of him, and showed that he was not
entirely deficient in humor. A confidence
man, no doubt thinking that the bulky
form of the Justice would make him an
easy prey to his wiles, stepped up to him
in the metropolitan Eank, one day, while
MIR. Davis was depositing large amount
of money in bills. 1t was an attempt at
the old trick of dropping bill, draw
ing the victims attention to it in the
hope Of diverting his watchfulness
from the bigger pile of notes about to bo
deposited by him, and make away with
them at the opportune moment. The
scamp dropped his IS note on the floor,
nudged the Justice in the side with his
elbow, and whispered: "You've dropped
something" "AIl right quietly re-
marked Mr.. Davis, who knew a thing or
two about the gentry to which his OIL
cious friend belonged; "I'll take care Of
it." With that hr planted his ponderous
foot and whole weight on the note, whl!o
he handed in his deposit. That done, he
leisurely asked the confidence man to
pick up the note for him. The latter
could not but grant the request. 1t was
with twinkle of his eye that it disap:
peared in Judge Davis's pocket to find
its way on the following day into the
treasury of some charitable institution
NeW York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
A Queer Occupation.

A Journal reporter was out on the
river one night this week and missed the
midnight car. Forced to walk home, he
stopped to talk with police roundsman,
and it was / o'clock when he resumed
his way. Just then bulls-eye lantern
was seen moving along the Woodward
avenue car track, and soon two men were
opposite the store IN the portico of which
the reporter and officer stood chatting.
What do you find this morning3"
asked the officer of the man carrying the
bull's.eye. :.
"Dis vos not VERY good mornin', "
was the answer; ''youst a couple Of
handkerchief, Won pair of glove, Won gane
und two dollar. Maybe we gets more,
but dots all now," and the curious pro-
cession moved on.
"What are those fellows doing2"
queried the reporter.
"Seeking what they may find. That's
pair of old regulars. They are on
deck every morning. good weather or
bad. They hustle along the street rail-
ways and put everything of value they
can find into that bag they carry. That
is, they profess too; but once in q while
we take the liberty of examining their
clothes and have hit upon bracelet, a
watch, ring, charm or necklace that the
owner is very glad to have returned.
They do thriving business. Young
fellows that catch the last car are often
three sheets in the wind, hilarious and
unfit to transact business with prudence.
They drop money, cane, handkerchief,
a pair of gloves, an umbrella, sometimes
hat, and occasionally watch when too
stupid to have any realization Of what is
90 :ng on. Ladies from the theatres drop a
sl.awl or other wrap, bracelet, and
frequently other articles of jewelry. These
chaps make clean sweep of their route
and very often CLEAN good harvest. A
fair reward generally induces a return OF
any valuable TO its rightful owner, but
if that is not folthcom ng the rule that
finders are keepers is enforced. There
are a number of men and boys in the city
that are in the same business. A good
many stores are swept out at night, and
before daylight these sweepings have
been gone through as carefully as if it
were known there was gold dollar IL
every shovelful. Rag piles are picked over.
and every gutter along the business
streets is scanned with the same care.
All-night houses and gambling resorts
are regarded as bonanzas and they are
looked after front and rear. All the fell
lows in the business seem to be doing
fairly well, and 1 never learned of but
two that attempted to load their bags
with anything they hadn't right to
pick y Detroit Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
Children and Nature.

Children have quick perceptions, and
therefore are good observers or seers.
The observations they uake, however,
regarding the animals an6 plants about
then, while often in themselves quite
accurate, lead to very incorrect conclu-
sions. This is because children do not
reason deeply. 1t takes long time for
them to lea:n that not once or twice, but
a great many times, must one phenomenon
follow certain other preceding phenomena
to warrant the use of the logical terms
effect and cause. Caution in forming
deductions comes only with experience
and education. Children have keen eyes
:or any strange pecu 'iarities as well as
for real or fancied resemb!ances. and are
quick to appreciate the qualities of
plants. An enthusiastic botanist and
teacher speaking of children, said:
''They bow as to some fetch before
poisonous plants" Moustrosities in
Nature fascinate them. Double apples,
strangely shaped knots from tres, gro
tesoue roots, curious lichens adorn many
"play-houses. Their re diness to get
hold of the properties of plants explains
how it is that children (boys particularly,
because they are more in the outdoor
world) find so many things to cat in the
woods and fields. A boy accu-tomed to-
tramp a5out will seldom go hundred
rods afie,d before he begins to nibble or
chew something that he finds growing in
his path. Can you not recall a dozen
wild things of which you were fond
in childhood which long ago passed
from your list of cdibles2 Sassafras-
bark, both of twig and root, spice wood,
''slippery-elm," the buds of the linden
tree, the tender shoots from the spruce
and larch, all tickle the palate of the
boy or girl. Men whose boyhood was
passed anywhere in Northern New Eng
land may recall how fond they once were
of something which was called "sliver,"
the cambium layer of the white pine.
In certain places it is the fashion to
chew the leaves of the Antennaria,
"Indian tobacco "-in others, thistle
blossoms. Will ever honey taste as
sweet as did the dainty droplets taken
direct from some unfortunate bumble-
bee captured and dismcmbered by the
boy seeking what he may devour2-
Pepular Science Monthly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
What Meteors Bring to the Earth.

| line meteors coming to our earth with
out, excepting to their superficial vitrif.
cation, undergoing any change, we are
able, by subjecting them to analysis, te
derive from them some precise facts re.
specting the constitution of the bodies in
space. The first fact, which comes out
from hundreds of analyses, is, that they
have MT brought single substance
which is foreign to our globe. About
twenty-one elements, all known to the
themistry of the earth, have been recog.
nized as present in them. Among these,
iron, silicon, magnesium, nickel, sui.
phur, phosphorus and carbon, are the
most important. While they are all clad
externally in a common livery, meteor.
ties, when examined in their fractured
arts, along with traits of similarity,
present considerable differences. They
have been classified, according to
heir types, into four groups, &C.
.orling to the proportion of iron
they contained. Those of the first group
are composed almost wholly of iron,
which is known as meteoric iron. 1t is
always alloyed with nickel and few
other metals, and contains carbon free
or in combination, as in steel, with fire.
quently sulphuret and phosphuret of iron
in scattered globules and grains. 1t is
always recognizable by single peculiar
ity in its structure. If we moisten a
polished surface OF it with an acid, we
shall immediately observe the appearance
of numerous straight lines, as fine and as
true in their parallelism as if made with
an engraver's tool, and crossing one
another in network of regular geomet-
rical figures. These designs. called the
figures of Widmanstaetten, after the first
observer of them, result from the fact
that the metal is not of homogeneous
constitution. 1t is composed of two
alloys of iron and nj kel, In crystalline
condition, one of which, not being af-
fected by the acid, stands out in relief
from the other, which is attacked by it.
The meteorites of this group are called
holosiderites, or all iron, in. distinction
from the others, which contain also stony
matters. They are vastly more rare than
those of the other groups. The stony
substances of the other groups consist
chiefly of silica in combination with
magnesia and peroxide of iron, as peri
dote or pyroxene. If these silicates are
in small proportion and thinly scattered
through the iron, they are syssiderites; if
it is the iron that is in relatively small
proportion and appearing only in isolated
grains, they are sporadosiderites. In
other meteorites, comparatively few in
number, no metallic iron can be per-
ceived, and they are called asiderites.
The most interesting specimens among
them are remarked by their dull-black
color, and a general appearance like that
of peat or Ignite. Besides stony matters,
they contain carbon in combination with
hydrogen and oxygen-a chemical quail
ity which has led 10 their being exam
ined for remains OF organic beings. But
no trace of anything of the kind has been
discovered:-Popular Science Monthly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
A Short FurlOugh.

When the Twcnty-Fifth Tennessee In
fantry was encamped near Wartrace, in
the sprirg g of 1868, farmer from neigh
boring county came in with large goods
box filled with "pies an things" Dur
ing his stay, he was approached by a
soldier whom he had known in civil life,
who wanted to make use of his empty
box as means of escape from camp, that
he might pay a short visit home.
The farmer, net being sire that it
would be right to comply with the re-
quest, though willing to accommodate
the man, made no promise, but privately
referred the matter to Col. Hughes, who
told him he had no power to gram fur
lough to the applicant, but if he could
get out of camp in the empty box, it
would be al right. He charged the
farmer, however, not to let his friend
know that he was coonizant of his at
tempt to escape.
That strategy had been attempted be-
fore, the colonel Was aware, and he didn't
choose to let it continue.
The soldier went off in the drv goods
box. AS the wagon, with its unsus-
picious- looking load, reached DUCK River
the next morning, it was met amid
stream by several mounted guards, who
accused the owner of trafficking ir whis-
key to the soldiers. This he stoutly de-
nied; but they told him they mus make
search, which they proceeded at once to
do.
Mounting the wagon at given signal,
they hoisted the box overheard into the
river.
AS it began to sink, struggle was
heard going on within, and an uphcaval
of the top disclosed the frightened face
of the would-be truant.
Gen. Bushrod Johnson and more than
half of his brigade lined the bank to wit.
ness the aenouemsnt, and the shouts Of
laughte. and derision were, for while,
perfectly bewildcring 10 the poor fellow,
who stood ~ to his waist in water, not
knowing ch way to go or what to do
His pun Ament, though morsifying,
proved s.: Larry. for he made a good
soldier, al served out his time without
once askin for a furlough or privilege
of any kin YOUTHS Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
Old Instarce Of KleptOmania.

I heard an odd instance of kleptomania
in high life the ether day, says writer
for the New York Nees. The victim
of this predatory malady is a wealthy
widow, who occlp;es one of the stateliest
mansions of the west side. She counts
her fortune at over million, and has
ample means to crafty every wish Yet
she suffers an irresistible impulse to tilch
whatever she takes fancy to, no matter
how cheap or ins gniicant it may be.
Two of her INST recent thcfts have
been of steal bead purse and diamond
necklace, the one worth few cents and
the other thousands of dollars. The
range of her depredations will be per-
ceived to be wide one, and her ideas
impartial. She rarely steals in public
places, her f"rays being made in the
houses of friends, and so we'll is her
weakness known that constant watch
is kept upon her from the time she
enters the house until she leaves. When
one of her thefts is discovered, the loser
of whatever the missing article may be
quietly calls upon her and demands its
return. 1t is given up without resistance
or apology, and the thief exhibits no
embarras .ment or shame at the discovery
of her spoliation. In the case of the
diamond necklace, the detective who
was called in, and who traced it to her,
found her wearing it in her own house:
When she was informed of the nature OF
his mission she surrendered the flashing
trinket, saying, peeviShly;
"Daar me, dear me, how impatient
some people are, to be sure"