The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-08-21

state of society that those in the greatest
need Of the amelioration of labor are those
who spend the largest pro rata proper
ton OF their earnings as regular patrons
of the saloon.
In regard to the sobriety and good con-
duct of the knights of Labor during the
recent Southwestern strike-an organi-
cation which is not party to this con-
troversy-Mr. Clark writes as follows:
''During the late strike on the Gould
Southwest System, extending from St. Louis
west to Omaha, and south from Hannibal
to Fit. Worth, Texas, it is remarkable how
very few drunken Knights of Labor there
were. 1t is safe to say that during the six
weeks continuance of the strike, over the
entire length and breadth of the system, there
were not dozen Knights arrested for drunk
enness and disorderly conduct.
"Here in Sedalia it is a notable fact that
Dor and the various other unions, drunken
ness among the laboring classes has dimin
ished in proportion as the order has grown.
And any one who will go to our police records
will find that arrests for drunkenness among
Knights of Labor are very rare; whereas the
same individuals were frequently before the
courts in former days. In fact, the Knights
of Labor are exercising powerful influence
in the interest of prohibition; as no saloon
keeper, bar tender or habitual drinker can
gain access to our order except upon mis-
representation and then they are expelled
as soon as discovered"
The English Society of Antiquaries
are just now in the heated term of dis
cussion over DR.. Schliemann's discover
les in Greece. The veteran arch@ologist
whose career is so romantic, has re-
Gently visited London to appear in per-
son and make answer to the destructive
criticism Of the correspondent of the
London Times at Athens. The recent
meeting of the antiquarians to consider
the subject must have been an exceed
ingly interesting affair, as the evidence
pro and con, was presented with great
learning and in the form of special pa
pers. We must consider that the pres
ident Of the society was most impartial
presiding officer, for he humorously de-,
clared his profound ignorance of the mat
ter in dispute. The question now agitat-
ing these antiquarians is this, as put in
form by the London Daily Nea0s, Did
DIR. Schliemann unearth, at Tiryns,
splendid palace of prehistoric age, the
relic of an undated old world civilization,
and the Kind Of thing to which Homer,
was accustomed; or did he hit upon a
peculiarly shabby set of barbarous shan
ties, knocked up by some semi-savage or
very debased set of people, long after the
Christian era, perhaps during the decline
of the Byzantine Empire? Dr.Schliemann
is of the former opinion, Mr.. Stillman,
the correspondent of the Times, takes the
opposite view. AS the question has to be
decided for the present at long range, we
can see that the antiquarians have a dis
pute on their hands which will occupy
their spare attention for a considerable
period. The general impression would
seem to be that DIR. Schliemann was "too
previous" in his assertion of the discov-
cry of this ancient palace. There are no
"marble halls" about the affair, and in
Mr.. Stillman's opinion, " walls of sun
dried brick can never have been pala-
tial." Tiryns, the locality of the alleged
discoveries, was place on the east coast
of Greece and was fourishing in the time
of Homer. DR.. Schliemsnn is at home
among these old ruins, and it is possible
that he may yet convince the world that
he has added another important excava-
ton to those which have given him fame
among psychologists.
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