The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-07-24

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show you how an Indian warrior could
deprive you of your hair, how a cowboy
could make a target Of you at a half
mile, and how road agent could light
en- you of you purse or your watch while
on Montana stage. The ex-
hibition is edifying and instructive. 1t
illustrates the possibilities of human
genius when pointed in the right direc-
ton. New York is delighted. Fifteen
or twenty thousand people day enjoy
this novel entertainment. But the point
l want to make is this, that it is in the
strictest sense temperance show. The
cowboy regales himself on lemonade.
The CORY stage robber imbibes nothing
stronger than sarsaparilla, and the
blood-thirsty Indian reeking with hui
man gore, slakes his thirst at the pump
and says, "Ughl fire-water no good"
This is a terrible blow at the lager beer
interest, and one which It will not be
likely to recover from before the next
election.
Speaking of beer, we have rather a
queer complication here. A man named
Thesis runs beer garden here, and as
an advertisement for his place, hired a
band of musicians. The arrangements
between Thesis and his men were per-
fectly satisfactory to all the parties i'm
mediately concerned; but at this point
lot of men calling themselves the
"Carl Salm Club" intervemed and de-
manded of Mr.. Thesis that he should
discharge his musicians and hire men,
bers of the club. This he refused to do,
and the club began boycott. They
stationed men in front of his place Of
business and hampered him SO that at
last to get rid of them he paid them
200. He then appealed to the law
and sent the whole batch to States
Prison; but the funny part of the affair
is, that Thesis had no license for his
place, and was therefore not entitled to
the protection of the law. He was
backed in his prosecution of the boy
cotters by George Ehret the brewer, ,and
now the boycotters swear to man that
they will drink no more of George
Ehret's beer. If they would only go
one step further and swear off beer and
whiskey altogether there might be some
hope for the boycotters hereafter, if not
here.
Two thousand painters went out on a
strike last week in Brooklyn, and the
result will be watched with interest.
Last spring the bosses agreed to pay the
men 50. IS for eight hours work. After
trying it for several months and finding
it losing game, they notified the men
that on July first they would demand
ten hours. On this the men strike, but
as understand it, they strike in prop
er manner. They are now going to
open cooperative stores and work for
themselves, and if they can better their
condition in this way they will earn a
Godspeed from every honest man.
This is the way to strike. II they
think they can conduct business better
than their employers, by all means try
it, and if they can earn enough in six
hours to support them the entire twen-
ty-four, every one ought to rejoice.
OF course We don't expect much in
the way of business for the next eight
weeks, but should not be surprised to
see boom in stocks early in the fall.
A short time since the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children ar
rested young girl for selling flowers in
the street. This of itself seems a very
innocent occupation, and you ask, Why
not let her sell flowers? Well, the So
cietY discovered that most of the young
girls selling flowers on the streets were
ruined, and the law says that this bust
ness shall not be carried on by girls less
than sixteen years of age. The girl had
been arrested before, but her parents
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however, the girl was abusive and
noisy, and she was taken to the station
house where she remained all night.
On her examination in the police station
when the case came to trial, the girl
swore she was sixteen, or past the un-
lawful age; her father and mother
swore to the same thing, but they were
confronted with their own declarations
of the girls age, when they landed at
Castle Garden few years ago, and il
was proved that the girl was only four
teen, so she was remanded to the care
OF the Society, and now it is possible
that the father and mother will be pros
ecuted for perjury.
We have had an addition to the Nor
mon colony. l don't know why the
government allows this recruiting for a
people that will cause us great trouble
by-and-by. A more miserable lot of
immigrants never saw-low, brutal
lied ignorance which can never assimi-
late with the American character. They
undoubtedly expect spiritual Mormon
empire where every one shall be sealed
to dozen wives.
Brooklyn is gathering its cohorts for
an attack on the saloons, and this fall
will see the battle raging all along the
line.
The Prohibitionists haye renounced
both parties-Democratic and Republi-
can-and they are gong to fight it out
on that line if it takes all the winter l
predict the greatest temperance revival
next winter that we have had since
1914. Everything points that way, and
we shall see what we shall see.
BROADBRIM.
Washington News and Gossip.
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