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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25

A correspondent writes to the Star OF
Was ington that in North Carolina
there is mountain formation very
closely resembling the Sphinx. 1t is
called the "Pilot Knob" and is in Surry
county, in the northwestern part of the
state just east of the Blue Ridge; its
position, prone on the Piedmont plain,
like a gigantic lion; its bJdy at right
angl-s 10 the PERCEPTIONS ridge. and
with head reared aloft, as if in the act
of ri ing. The head is of solid rock,
several hundred feet in height. The
shoulders and breast are finely proper
toned and at the distance of few
miles it looks like thing of life and in
telligence. 1t rises about fifteen hun
dred feet above the plain. 1t is seen at
the distance of fifty miles; but as yet no
railroad approaches it nearer than
twenty miles.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25
Want, to Make Restoration.

The acknowledgement on the 9th Of last
December rece we'd letter postnarsed Chey-
enne, w. H., In which tue writer asks tie as
sistanee Of the department IN finding the right
tul owner of $40 Enclosed. the letter is
signed prom Christian and states tLat in
1864 or 1866 the writer stole letter from the
Peru, NeD., postofice containing $40, AMI
again in 1865 or 1861 while temporarily IN
charge of an express car at North Platte, Neb.,
n Ietter containing SLID was handed hiln Tor
TRANSMITS on BY a soldier then stationed there.
From this letter he took SlOO, mailing tie
letter with the balance of the money. AL
though twenty hears nave elapsed since the
thelts were committed, the postal authorities
have at last succeeded in hndng the r.ghtiu
owner OF the $40 and payment to Enoch kig
giles of Plum Wollow, la, has been ordered.
furthur Efforts Will be made by the depart
uent to find the owner OF the 500.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25

Second Comptroller Maynard has
settled an important question arising
out of an act of April %, 1872, which
directs that every volunteer soldier
who enlisted for thr,e Jears prior to
July %, 1861, under the Presidents
proclamation of May 3, 1861, and the
orders of the War Department issued
in Pursuance thereof, and was actually
mustered into service for three years
before August 5, 1861, and who was
honorably discharged, shall be paid the
full bo"nty of 500 unless already paid.
The second comptro lee holds that said
bounty is payable to the heirs of every
deceased soldier VIII, if living. would
be entitled ereto, whether he died be-
fore or after the p ssage of such act.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25
TIMELY TOPICS


1t is estimated ~ insurance COM
panies hat in thu United States last
year dwelling houses were burned at
the rate of one every our, W tn an
average loss of S1,396. Barns and
stables, fifty per week. Country stores
three per day, with loss of $4,000
per W elk. Ten hotels burn weekly,
with loss per year of $4,000, 900.
Every other day lumber yard goes up
in smoke, each represen ing $4,000.
Forty-four cotton fac tories, the loss in
each case being S2S,000; forty
three wooden mills at S25. 900 each, and
forty-two chemical works at S27 600
each, were destroyed by fire last year.
Forty-tWo boot and shoe factories were
consumed, the loss being $4,000 each.
Theatres were Tapped up at the rate OF
five per onth, average loss $4,000.
Only about half as many court houses
were destroyed, the cost of each being
about 1000.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25

II Is said that Clara Louise Kellogg is first
class cook. That probability accounts for the
fact that she has no difficulty in raising her
do" saws the musical man of the Boston
Transcript.
The Mississippi river is rightly called the
" father and not the smother !" OF waters.
With lal its mouths 1t never says word.
The credit that is got by lie lasts only till
the truth comes out.
Governor Albeit of New Jersey, has made
q public denial of the charge that he is milk
drlnNer. He doesn't want to be classed with
Jake Sharp.
Minnie Madden, the charming actress is 4
poetess, but never writes topical songs.
Applause is the spur Of noble minds, the
end aim Of weak ones.
The best sort Of revenge is not to be like
him who does the injury
Senator Edmuuds recently celebrated his
ifty-eignth birthday, but he looks at least ten
years oder.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25
al the Result. Of the Three RI.

DIR. Samuel Burchard, who figured so con
spicuously in the last campaign, lately Of hut
ger female college, has resigned from the pres
idency of both the college anu the board OF
trustees. The doctor stated tnat the enmity
OF two or thr,e Oh the trustees had led direct
ly 10 his resignation and that 1t was with sim
oere sorrow that he cnd,d these duties and
re.cgated himself 10 a rest that he was In
need Of, and had, as he thought, earned.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25

Two suggestive articles to appear in
the april Century are Strikes, Lock-
outs and Arbitrations, by George May
Powell, and an editorial on The Grant
Memorial, -"Who. shall make the
MonumentP" "What kind of Struct-
ure?" 1.-THE Quest on of Style" etc.
The issue of the new life of Longfellow
adds timeliness to paper by Mrs.
James I. Fields, on "Glimpses of Long
fellow in Social Life" which is to APP
pear in the same number, accompany
ing new portrait of the poet, engrav-
ed from an ambrotype taken in 1913.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25

William III. jackson, private secre-
tary to the late Louis Eiel, in a recent
lecture, -poke of the treaty of Versailles
and said that the northern boundary of
United States, according to that con.
tract, was to be the great lakes. The
great lakes, he claims, do not stop at
Lake Superior, but also include the
great lakes in British America, and
hence the Riel rebellion did not occur
in British territory, but in the United
States.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25

Tramps who are found on the streets
Of " mona Minn., after o'clock in
the evening are locked up by the police.
There are fewer conilagrations since
this ordnance went into effect. Would
it not he well if other cities and towns
adopted the same course with this
class of BohemiansP There might be
decrease in the number of revolving
crimes chargeable to the tramp.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25

Edward Everett Hale has written an
account of the Boston Vacation In
dustrial Schools" in which hundreds of
girls are each summer, trained in
coosing, housekeeping, EN- Jroidery,
drawing, carpentry etc. 1t will APP
pear in the next ST. Nicholas, in con.
nection with story by Charles Bar
nard, illustratinl one girls experience
in the schools.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25

MISS Abigail Bates died recently in
Scituate, Mass, aged SO years. She
was one of the two heroines who, dur
ing the war of 1912, drove the British
forces from that harbor by concealing
themselves in the bushes and playing
vigorously upon the fife and drum,
thereby leading the enemy to believe
that large force was ready to receive
them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-03-25
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

AL communications for this paper shout he accom-
panied by the name OF the author not necessary Tor
publication, but evidence OF good faith on the
part OF the writer. Write only on one slde " the
paper. BE part cularly careful about giving nanes
and dates, 70 have the letters ID hgur plain aud
distinct Proper names are OIL en- dhCut ~ decipier
written.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
The Way They Do 1t.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 49,
The exodus of colored ,laborers from
North Carolina for points west Is begin
ming to excite some interest. Charlotte
is railroad center, and 1t is here that
the emigration parties are made up, and
the railroad agents meet and arrange for
their transportation. Not less than 300
have left the state, mostly for Arkansas
and Kansas, but there seems to be no
further demand for them in Kansas, and
they are now going to California
Last night seventy were turned over
to the Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific
roads for transportation to California
This batch of emigrants are bound for
Los Angeles, having contracted to work
in the vineyards and fields of E. T. Bald
win who owns over 100000 acres Of
land. According to the agreement with
Mr.. Baldwin, through his agents, before
leaving here, they are to get SIP pei
month for the first year, with board and
house free. Mr.. Baldwin advanced the
money to pay for their transI ortion tc
Los Angeles, the price of each full ticket
being $69.70.
OF course the wages will be held back
until all the fare is paid, which means
that these laborers will work for si1
months for their board and lodging
after which, ifthey stay, which is moi
expected by Mr.. Baldwin and the rail-
road sharks, they are to have 40 cents a
day with which to replenish their de-
pleted wardrobes, and to provide other
things besides coarse table food. Besides
this, Mr., Baldwin, and others like him.
put up a job with the railroad officials
whereby rebate of from 25 to so per
cent of the amount paid for fares goes
back to the employers. This is one Of
the ways they do it.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
A STAB.

Supervisor bill No. 80, entitled
"Ofenses Against the Public Peace" was
read before the board of Alderman on
Monday night, when Alderman Driscol
objected to the section which provided
for the arrest of "two or more persons
who assemble for the purpose of doing
an unlawful act" Drlscoll said this sec
ton was direct stab at labor crgan1za
tions, and he was right When it was
discovered that the little game was seen
through, the ordinance was referred
back to the committee.
If that ordinance is passed by the
council, they may expect a storm to
break loose in Denver at any time such
a city law would be carrying things a
little too far, in the interest of the claw
and order party" and 1 mistake the
temper of the people if they would
stand it.
But, says Mr., Goody-goody, should
there not be law against unlawful as
semblages7 There should, and there
are plenty of them but there isn't one
which could be turned SO easily to the
vile uses ofunscrupulous employers and
managers rs this one could. And then,
80 long as the power to decide what are
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
Professor EIy,

At the recent anti-denominational
convention, held in Cincinnati, Prof
Richard T. Ely, of John Hopkins uni,
vsrsity, presented the subject of Social.
ism. The professor should understand
the subject pretty well, for he is author
ofthe excellent work entitled Socialism
in Modern Times" and has given years
of study to the scientific phase of the in.
dustrial question. The report of the
Cincinnati meeting saws: "Prof. R. T.
Ely, of John Hopkins university, pre-.
sented the subject, defining Socialism as
the search for justice in the distribution
of material goods, and in its broadest
and highest sense commencing its aims
as identical with many the church itsell
has in view. Prof Ely recommended
the study Of this question to Christian
ministers. He truthfully stated that
manv ministers are talking and writing
about the labor movement and Socialism
who never have read the constitution Of
a trades union or Socialistic Newspaper
The Christian men and women of this
country have not yet begun to study this
movement. They do not know its
strength in numbers or in doctrine.
They do not realize how perfectly de.
fensible are many of its propositions.
nor how vulnerable is the social system
it attsckan
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23

unlawful assemblies rests whore 1t now
does in Denver, such an ordinance would
be abused. The enmity Of the Bates
gang against labor organization is we'll
known, and that he would like to give
vent to his enmitv and throw the re-
sponsibilitY for the act upon the citv
government, is also we'll understood. II
he had had such an ordinance as this
one during the Rio Grande strike there
would have been no end to troubles: il
is probably well for the city that he Wa,
without power at that time.
There is class of aristocratic thieves
robbers of the poor-in this city who
consider the workingman their prey to
any extent, and this class is represented
by its tools in the city government
These thieves are murderers at heart
and they would not stop at. ANYTHING t,
enhance their own iniquitous powers OF
to oppress the common herd :" but they
had best move cautiously from this time
on. The people are long suffering, but
their powers of endurance have limits
and any attempt to interfere with the
meetings secret or open-of any clasl
Of peaceable citizens, whether they bt
strikers or not, is one of the limits.
There may be enough gall IN the
council to pass the ordinance: but if SO
considerable care had better be exer,
cised in enforcing it, for reasons already
hunted at.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
HIS OK.

Occasionally question comes up fol
public discussion which brings together
people who in all other matters stand
wide apart; for instance, here is the
silver question, what strange bed-fellows
it makes. Senator Teller, of Colorado
in a speech, delivered in the senate on
Tuesday, wept rivers of salt water over
the misfortunes of the workingmen
whose interests and welfare, he said, de-
nanded the continued coinage of silver.
1t is probably true that suspension of
silver coinage would work a hardship
upon the laboring man; but 1t seems
strange that Henry NJ. Teller, the high.
toned politician should be so anxious to
defend the interests of the workingmen
he never did so when he was secretary
of the interior, or at any time b efore
this. n.
No, it isn't strange, when you know
that Teller is large owner of Colorado
silver mines, and that he has other
business interests in this state, which
woul ID undoubtedly suffer ifthe coinage
of silver were suspended.
The administration and the gold bugs
are goring Mr.. Teller's OK, and that Is
why he weeps. That convenient article
to hang congressional debates upon, the
laborinq man, is made the object of the
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
ADVANCING.

Our Socialists, in their effort to bring
about reform in the many abuses which
now exist even in our own government
may aim at the unattainable, but their
strivlngs for better things will undoubt-
edly result, in good time, in the nearest
approach to that noble motto of the
Knights of Labor: "The Greatest Good
to the Greatest Number"
Socialists are men of advanced ideas.
The great majority of our fellow citizens
are totally ignorant of the Socialistic
theory ofgovernment. The columns of
the Free Free are open to those who
may intelligently discuss this subject.
Let us hear both sides of the question
Baltimore Free Press.
Many will remember that THE En-
oUIRER and the Free Press had little
tilt about year ago upon the question
of Socialism, and that the Free Press
was inclined to harsh language when
speaking of Socialists. The above ex-
tract is, therefore, quite important, as it
shows what year of experience and
inquiry can do for one that is honest.
Good for you, Brother Steuart, hope
soon to be justified In calling you Com
rade Steuart.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
Pnrltnmentinry Methods.

The following telegraph items should
encourage those who are of the opinion
that the British government will vet be
coaxed over to devoted friendship for
the poor:
DUBLIN, Jany. 16.-The Freeman's
Journal to-day SAYS the cabinet at its
meeting yesterday discussed the pro-
priety of issuing a proclamation declar-
ing the National League an illegal Or
ganization.
LONDON, Jany. 18.-It is stated that
the government will at the earliest mo-
ment introduce a bill in parliament
making boycotting felony, enlarging
the magistrates powers of summary
jurisdiction, and otherwise strengthen
ing the criminal law.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23

ALONG with the news that the coke
burners of the CoEnellsville district were
on STRIFE comes the information that the
militia were ordered to get ready to
move. Of late these two Items have be-
come inseparable; and it seems that it is
only necessary for few workingmen to
refuse to accept the low pay offered by
the bosses or to decide to no longer put
up with some injustice of their masters
for the horrifying news to 60 forth that
the counter-hopping military butchers
are to be sent out with dangerous
weapons in their hands This thing
must be stopped but the powers that
be are of the contrary opinion, and con-
gress will be urged to do something to
increase the efficiency of the militia"
Well, if the government will not protect
the citizens who earn their living by
honest toll, they will have to protect
themselves against the idiotic militia
and such gangs as the Pinkertons.
These two tools of capitalistic oppression
will yet raise racket in this country, if
something is not done with them.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23


the society was obtained confirmatory
Of Mr. Pink kerton's view. Further be
said: The 6rst place q Socialistic dy-
namiter would place bomb, if he in
tended to destroy property. would be
under the Pinkerton agency"
Here is the whole case in nut she'll
/. An organization of citizens" hire the
Pinkerton ours to spy upon and betray
the labor organizations; the spies are
recognized by the authorities and ara
granted the rightto 60 and come when
they please, upon their nefarious er-
ran Is. and to carry arms. The rich rob-
bers of the city combine together and
engage a band of armed thugs to protect
them in their special privileges, and to
help them thwart the honest and lawful
efforts of the workingmen to better their
condition by combination and intelli.
gent action. Is it any wonder that the
victims of the combined knayery Of the
capitalists and the Pinkerton's brutality
and treacherv should prepare to defend
their rights. even to the extent of burn
ing and killing?
The vorkingmen of Chicago ought to
drive the Plnkerton gang into their den
and then blow them into sausage meat,
with dynamite or anything else that
would do the job we'll; and if anybody
.interfered. give them alittle of the same
tile dirty dogs.
The article in the News presents q
diagram of street defense. which was
procured from one of the Revolutionists.
1t shows plan by which few deter
mined men could annihilate whole
regiment of militia, and blow up the
streets in anv direction. These plans
are familiar to great many, but it il
singular that the Chicago Revolutionists
should be SO willing to give the details
to capitalist newspaper, unless they
wanted to distribute the information te
the thousands of discontented who are
not on the inside: and then it seems
strange chat the News would be SO reck-
less as to be the bearer of such dan ger,
GUS information. 1t looks as if the
Reyolutionists were making cats-paH
out of the Chicago Daily News. The5
are not fools, at anyrate. A.!
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23

FROM q communication which ap-
peared in these columns recently, and
the reply which is published to-day,
readers will very naturally come to the
conclusion that there is great lack of
harmony among the com rades of the
Pacific coast. This is bad. We have no
time or talents to waste in quarreling
among ourselves, and it must be stopped.
I, of course, know a little of the inside OF
this present trouble. but it would only
do harm to give it publicity, and so it is
withheld. But I know what is the feel
ing of the comrades in this section and
throughout the northwest. It is that
men in the front rank must either con-
duct their quarrels on the outside or
step down from their positions. THE
ENQUIRER will not allow any souabbline
through its columns, and I am sorry
that there has been a necessity for ex-
plantations. Let it drop.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23

THE strike of the Hungarian coke
burners of Pennsylvania ought to put
some of the labor men, of this country,
who are forever harping on foreign
cheap labor" to thinking. The "Huns''
are striking for an Advance in wages.
By the way, this suggests a thought
The narrow minded native trades
unionists are always blaming the SER
vile, docile foreigners with meek sub
mission to the cuts in wages and
tyranny of the bosses; while the capi-
talistic press, says that the strikes and
labor troubles generally are caused BY
the agitation and kicking of foreign
ers." Better have a committee or arbi-
tration to arrange this difference of
opinion between the labor men, and
their friend-the capitalist press.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
WHAT SHALL THEY DO.

The house committee on labor has de
termined to draught bill making it a
penal offense to employ convict labor on
any government work, or to use any ma
terial which is the product of convict
labor. This bill should pass, and in
passing it there should be no hesitation
1t is wrong to employ convict labor on
government work, and as q provision
against its being done it would be well
to make any such employment a penal
offense.-Republican. .... =
Narrow-minded persons will take the
above as evidence of friendship of the
paper from which it comes to the work
ingman, and undoubtedly the editor.
when he wrote it, said, There, that
ought to satisfy these troublesome labor
cranks." But really what is there in
1T? Itdoesn't tell what is, to be done
with the conyicts; they must simply be
prohibited from employment on govern
ment works. Now, "the convlcts must
do something" has been said by the Re-
publican upon former occasion. Then
if they are not to be employed on gov
ernment works, they must be let out to
briyate contractors in manufacturing
that is they must manufacture articles of
merchandise.
Thus their labor comes into market In
direct competition with free labor.
What is the result of this? Men are re-
duced in their wages and are driven
from one calling to another. and the rate
of wages paid to employees upon govern
ment works is effected by the competi-
tion this through the Republicans pet
theory of supply and demand.
There is another way to dispose of this
question, that Is, as suggested by CHI
cago gentleman: Put the convicts to
chopping sand il would keep them out
of mischief, and their labor would not
effect the wages of free workingmen.
And as it is desired to punish the GRIM
inals this would be good scheme, as it
has been proved that it is agonizing pun
ishment for man to be kept at work
which does not result in anything.
But there is way out of this trouble
some difficulty it is to Revolutionize
the system which nurses and feeds
crime, thereby doing away with ninety
nine per cent of the criminals who fill
the penitentiaries. Such move would
at the same time remove several other
burdens from the people.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
The Worlds Sufferers.

For the ENQUIRER.
In one night, at one police station II
Chicago, 300 men found refuge from the
cold wave which discouraged the ther.
mometers, away below zero. The News
reporter said there was very few wicked
faces among them and all would work if
they could find work to do" These
men were searched, not a cent among
the lot resulting, and crowded onto
benches as close as they could SIT, and
thus they slept. Destitute as they we're
they all needed baths more than thev
needed anything else, and there was not
a place in all Chicago where such nee
essity could be had, by men without
money. Society is very quick to punish
any attempt at public bathing but does
not provide q single convenience for a
poor fellow without cent. We're civili-
zation out of the wav, one could at least
have access to the rivers and lakes. But
civilization serves humanity in this
Same style in nearly every instance.
1t is safe to say that on the morning of
the tenth instant there were over 5000
men, women and children in Chicago
who were actually suffering from cold
and hunger with little or no means of
being relieved.
Every day of last week the county re-
lief office was beseiged with hundreds of
applicants. who stood in line for hours
to receive a basket of cool and loaf of
bread. The News reporter further says:
Judging from the statistics Of alms-9iv-