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The Labor enquirer., 1886-08-28

and l fully agree with the doctrine
more especially now; being covered
with government lice equently vii
now change to some one else.
Byron want sed to Lady Blessington
ses he: "Man being sensible must gel
drunk"
Nv corce, to simple folk, thet looks
kinder puzzlin, not to say paradocksical
but compound peepel kno mighty vel
thet man is, and allus has been para
docks. Ever since the devil he'd
himself appointed es a committee-uv.
one to intervu Eve in the bushes east nv
Jordan. In order to put up job on he,
husband, the hull human family hes
knon both sides Nv the question; and
insists upon their purogatuv Nv prac,
tisin Nv it, too,-one side or luther, OF
botb,-jlst es they see fit.
A critter es wanz to do rong, caus he
knos it to be rong, is no tarnal fool. lem
me tell ye that; and I'd rather bunk
with him over night, where injins are
plenty-or, at least, hev 'em within
shoutin distance eny other critter
es ken think Nv iist now, and didn't
git drunk cause he didn't kno it was
rong.
A critter es can chue terbacco, say,
and git drunk on rot-gut. whisky, wanz
lots Nv room to experiment ON his life
and its no USE abusin Nv 'em. nuther, by
say'n thet he does meny silly and filthy
things thet hog or a hen wood'nt be
gilty NV. Thet mebe impashuns, but
it's not ilosofy,-excuse me.
A hen will never discover the north
west passage, and a hog will never squirt
terbacco-juice on the north pole.
In conclusion, permit me ter say, thet
human beein is inexplicable on eny
sistem Nv flosofy thet is not bilt on a
foundation Nv, at least, two-thirds lnjia-
rubber. He is a cronic speckelater and
wanz lots Nv room. I say, sum'thin
must give, or sum'b must stand by
with club; and if thet sum- body
whom we all kno-goes away: yer bound
ter hear sum thin bust.
Yours, a'lis'nen,
OBADIAH SoAPSUDs.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-08-28

will. Now, an Englishman has but one
method to pursue to be heard. He puts
his arm up among the og.wheels of the
industrial machine, and stops it. This
is a strike. The London Times looks
down and saws, What in heaven is the
matter?" This is Just what the man
wants. He wishes to call public atten-
ton to the facts, and the consequence is
that every newspaper joins with the
Times and asks what is the matter, and
the whole brain of the English nation
is turned to consider the question. That
is good, but We have quicker way than
that. We do not need to put our hands
up among the cog-wheels and stop the
machine. Pierpont said of the little
ballot
The Labor enquirer., 1886-08-28
"Law and Order, Journals.

Doubts exist in Chicago as to whether
there is law enough to hold and punish
the Anarchists now on trial. If the
courts cannot find law enough for the
purpose, plenty Of good cotton rope can
be had cheap and the lamp posts are
thought to be fairly staunch in tn It city.
Kansas City Times.
1t would be good policy on the part of
society, if practicable, to drive this class
of rogues into the open meeting against
the law.-New York Tribune.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-08-28
soAP-sUDS FILosFY.
He Discusses the Labor and Temperance
Questions With he
Supervisors.
For the Enquirer.

For the Enquirer.
Ireken thet but preshus fu Nv nv
reeders hev ever figgered upon what
kind Nv critter human beein is. Eff
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-26
GLEANINGS.

Mr.. Dodge, statistician to the
Department of Agriculture, in the
October report on the condition OF
crops, states that the area of In
dian corn in the United States has
increased twenty per cent. within
the past six years, with very little
stimulus from expectation, which
has been but three per cent. of the
quantity produced. Corn occupies
more than half the area in cereal,
and produces greater value than
any other crop, except grass for
hay and pasture.
There is quite general com
plant that young turkeys are dying
off without any apparent cause
Examine the young fowls carefully,
and nine times out of ten the radl-
cal cause will be very readily dis
covered-lice. The best remedy IS
to dust them thoroughly with
Persian insect powder, aud remove
them to new roostlng quarters
Also make mixture of one part
carbolic acid and nine parts cotton
seed oil, and greese them on top OF
the head and about the vent, but
on the body.
No other thing on the farm so
thoroughly marks the progress OF
agriculture as the rapidly increas-
ing use of red clover. The two
fold benefits of clover are so
oyiously manifest to every farmer
that the increase Of its use is not
surprising. Its wonderful yield as
a forage crop makes it one OF
the most desirable to raise, whether
TO be fed green or cured IN the
shape Of rowen.
No thrifty farmer will permit
coarse weeds, thistles, briars or
bushes of any kind to grow by the
roadside adjoining his fields. One
or two days's work each year for
two or three years with a stout
bush scythe, will cause these un-
profitable varieties of vegetation to
give place to valuable grasses.
Give the sheep a mess of ground
oats every evening from now until
the Landing period. AS soon as
the grass fails give them all the
hay they can eat.
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liberated Leg.

About August LIST, 1865, an
eruption appeared on my arm and
legs, which panied me very much
and seemed to affect my physical
condition generally. Under treat
ment of a physician the sores dis
appeared except on my left leg
There is seemed to cOncentrate,and
two.thirds of the limb from the
knee 10 the ankle soon became a
solid running sore that discharged
bloody matter continually. | was
treated by many physicians at
various times, but obtained no
permanent relief. On the advice
of a physician at this place, |
finally commenced using Swifts
Specific. | am glad to say that
after using three large bottles the
sores have all healed except one,
and that is where the stirrup leath-
er rubs when am riding, and will
soon be gone. &. \. FRIZZELL.
Farmville, Texas, Sept. Is, 1886.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Draw
er 3, Atlanta, Ga.
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What Can BE Done.

BY trying again and keeping up
courage many things seemingly
impossible may be attained. Hun.
dreds OF hopeless cases Of Kidney
and Liver Complaint have been
cured by Electric Bitters, after
everything else had been tried in
vain. So, don't think there is no
cure for you, but try Electric Bit
ters. There is no medicine so safe,
so pure, and so perfect Blood
Purifier. Electric Bitters will cure
Dyspepsia, Diabetes and all Dis
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and overcome all Urinary Difficult
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at Il. Schmitts.
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1856.
Harper's Ia Ear
ILLUSTRATED.

Uarper's Bazaar is the only paper in the
world that combines the choice literature
and the finest art illustrations with the
latest fashions and methods of household
adornment. Its weekly illustrations and
descriptions of the newest Paris and New
York STYLES, with its useful pattern-sheet
supplements aud cut patterns, by enab-
ling ladies TO be their own dressmakers,
save many times the cost Of subscription.
Its papers on cooking, the management OF
servants, and housekeeping in It's various
details are emincntly practical. Much at
tention is given to the interesting topic OF
social etiquette, and ITS illustration of art
needle-work are acknowledged to be un-
eonaled its literary merit is of the
highest excellence, and the unique charac
ter of it's humorous pictures has won Tor
il the name of the American Punch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-26
THE ICE-HOUSE.

Compared with necessary cost,
nothing is more profitable than an
ice.hOuse. The smallness of the
number of ce.hOnses found in the
country is sufficient foundation for
the belief that bnt few farmers
properly estimate their value
Rightly they are more than lux
ury. TO those who have them they
become a necessity. They do more
than give pleasure and comfort ::
they allow of better butter being
made, preserves vegetables, fruits
and meats, and in many other
ways will increase the income or
reduce the expenses Of the house
hold. Rightly employed, their
contents not only make food and
drink more agreeable, but more
wholesome. Nor need an ice.house
to be expensive. We know OF an
ice-house that has given good salts
faction for years, and its sides are
made of poles ana its roof Of clap
boards. \ close pen of poles was
built up to a height of eight feet.
Another close pen was built around
this one, two feet from it on all
sides, the space between the two
being filed with sawdust as the
outer pen was built up. Pole
rafters held the clapboard roof,
which projected three feet at each
end, the gables being left open, to
save material and labor, and also
to secure ventilation. The floor
was excavated to a depth Of three
feet, and a drain dug from the out
side. Old poles and rails were laid
to the depth of two feet to secure
proper drainage. A doorway was
cut in one end, and the house was
made. Where timber is abundant
this is the cheapest ice.hOuse that
can be constructed. Another man
has one without the inside pen,
laying the ice within the proper
distance of the poles, and filling in
between with sawdust as the ice is
filed IN. On the praries cheap
lumber can be used for the sides,
as something that will hold the
sawdust in place is about all that
is required if the ice is laid proper.
IL. OF course, those who have
money to pay for beauty can build
an ice.house that will be a credit to
their taste but all can have an
ice.house that will keepice at least,
and if the house must be ugly it
need not be put in a conspicuous
location. The larger the house,
the better the ice will keep. Dram
age and ventilation are essential.
Put the house as near the dwelling
as IS prudent, considering location.
etc. Now is the time TO build the
house, and we say earnestly to
every reader: Build an ice house If
You have none already, building as
nice a one as your means Justify
american AOicultWist.
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"YeY" Weakening.

From the Hartford Times.
How many people ever think of
the weakening effect of the word
every" in talking or writIng9 There
arc but few cases where it strength
ems an idea. For instance, take
this sentence: "Mrs. Blank is q
very fine writer" How much
stronger the sentence is without
the every To say that a man is
very well known indicates that he
is less known than one of whom we
say, "He is well known" This
weakening element is a Characters
tic of the word "very." The same
might be said of all superfluOus
words, though few, if any, are so
persistentIy OF that character as
the word in question.
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The waiting WAS not so tedious

The waiting was not so tedious
as it would have been If the Slack
vile choir were not strangers. But
they had hardly finished taking an
inventory of the auditorium, the
lights, the orchestra, the people
and the drop.curtain, before the
concert began; and the great gilt
tering "horse-shoe' rang with laud-
its.
Bouquets rdined down on the
stage as "a tail, slight figure IN white
glided forward, aud Signora Belle
mis- wonderful voice scared upward
like silver dove, rising steadily
above the blare of the orchestra.
Mrs. Captain Close looked at Mr.
MattiSon with a bewildered air
Mr.. Jones stared at Hannah Hall.
alt can't be possible - said Mrs.
Captain Close.
"No, it can't !" cried Hannah.
"But it is certainly she " SAID
Horatio.
With the encore, Slgnora Bello-
nj came smilingly forward and
sang "Twickenham Ferry ;" and as
she sang she fixed her dark, spark
ling eyes full on the Slackville choir
Once more the flowers fell III
drifts of snow and canine around
her; once more peans OF applause
rose up; and SignOra Belloni re-
tired smilingly from the stage, leav-
ing therura quartette more amazed
than ever.
Slackville would hardly believe
the news when the choir came back.
That the famous cantatrice, Sig
nora Belloni, should have s0Ourned
in their midst as "NIiss Bell" seemed
an impossibility that she should
have washed Mrs. Dodds dishes,
and driven "Clover" and "Spottie'
home in the autumn twilights, was
simply incredible.
"Of course my name isn't Bello-
nj the brilliant vocalist afterward
told Mrs. Dodd-"nOthing on earth
but good, honest Bell. And the
doctor said | needed three months
entire rest before | appeared in con-
certs again; and where could | get
such rest as your farm has afforded
II was such fun to be incognlta in
those Tilderness. But l earned a
dollar she added, with mischley-
GUS exultation "and l think |
rather astonished those good peo'
pie when sang 'Twickenham Fer
ry' at the choir concert"
81 guess you did, said Mrs
Dodd.
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Baked Onions,

Wash them clean, but do not
peel, and put into a saucepan with
slightly sailed water boil an hour,
replacing the water with more
boiling hot water as it evaporates I;
turn of the water and lay the
onions on n cloth to dry them
we'll roll each one in a buttered
tissue paper, twisting it at the top
to keep it on, and bake in a slow
oven about an hour, or until tender
all through /; peel them, place in
a deep dish and brown slightly,
basting well with butter for fifteen
minutes; season with pepper and
salt, and pour some melted butter
over them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-26
SENSIBLE WOMEN.
IFortnightly Review.

cIlnlEulll h'Ni'"'l
Specialized education does not
necessarily create companionable
nor even sensible women; else, by
parity of reasoning, would all pro-
fessional men be personally charm
ing and delightful, which undoubt-
edly they all are not. \ girl may
be a sound Grecian, a brilliant
mathematician, a sharp critic, a
faultless grammarian, yet be want
ing all that personal tact and tenn
per, clear observation, ready sym
pathy, and a noble self-control
which make a companionable wife
and a valuable mother. Nor is I'M
professional or unspeciallzed IN
struction necessarily synonymous
with idleness and ignorance, while
a good all.round education is likely
TO prove more serviceable in the
home and in society than one or
two supreme accomplishments.
Many of us make the mistake OF
confounding education with acquire
ments, and of running together
mental development and intellec-
tnal specialization. The women OF
whom we are most proud in our
own history were not remarkable
for special intellectual acquire
ments so much as for general char
acter and the harmonious working
of will and mortality. The Lady
Fanshawes and Elizabeth Frys, the
Mary Carpenters and Florence
Nightingales, whose names are
practically immortal, were not
noted for their learning, but they
were none the less women whose
mark in history is indelible, and
the good they did lives after them
and will never die. And taking
one of the, at least, partially learn
ed ladies of the past-is it her
Latinity and her booklshness that
we admire so much in Lady Jane
Gray? or is it her modesty, her
devotion i'm a word, is it her
education or her character 2 the
intellectual philosopher of the
sweet and loving aud noble woman
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1886.
Harper's Young People
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.

The position Of IIarpers Young People
"a the leading weekly periodical for young
readers is well established. The puolish,,
ers spare no pains to provide the best ana
most attractive reading and illustrations.
The serial and short stories have strong
dramatic interest, while they are wholly
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of life, are by writers whose names give
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full information on these subjects. There
il nothing cheap about it but its price,
An epitome Of everything that IS at
tractiye and desirable in juvenile lltera-
ture.-Boston Courier.
A weekly feast Of good things to inc
boys and girls in every family which II
visits.-IIrooklyn Union.
II il wonderful in its wealth OF pictures,
information, and interest.-Christian
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An Arkansaw justice of the peace,
who had just married a couple,
turned to man and said 81 don't
believe that the woman will love,
serve and obey him. 81 dor't
know" some one replied, "shc
seems to be avery amiable woman
81 don't think she u.s." the justice
replied. "Why 500" "Because
she used to be my wife"
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