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LAND SALE!

Fursuant To- an alias order Of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas iSuyder county, under Partition pro
ceedinss lad at the suit OF Catherine Blett, vs.
FeTedorck Reiele, ct. al, to No. !, February L.
1877, IN said Court, Will expOse to Puulic sale
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David s. Sholly, OF Dundore, Pa,
killed u monster porker on the 2d OF
January. The hog measured nine feet
from tip Of nose to tip OF tail, was three
feet one inch high and measured six
feet seven inches around the girth.
The animal dressed GS5t pounds and
made 800 pounds of extracted lard.
The hams ani shoulders-after close
dressing, weighed respectively so and
AZ pounds. The animal was the male
Of a full Chester-White stock pair,
purchased OF Edward Walter & Son,
West Chester, Pa, u very extensive
dealer in blooded stock. Mr.. Sholly
states that he can supply parties with
blooded stock In the spring.
The examining committee on per
manent certificates have decided to
hold examination on the first Satur-
day in April, at Frseburg. Each ap-
plicant will be required to write a
Thesis on some educational subject.
containing not less than seven hun
dred words. The percentage on any
one branch must not fall below 75 per
cent, and the average So per cent
All wishing to take this examination
will notify the committee two weeks
before the examination. Those de-
string to be examined in the higher
branches. will address
CARRIE Il. WALKER, Sec.,
Middlsburgh, Pa.
Mr.. Arbuckle, whose coffee we
drink, is just now the defendant in
big bresch OF promise suit In which
Miss Campbell OF Ironton, o., is the
plaintiff. Mr.. Arbuckle was profuse In
his admiration Of the girl and called
her his bunny" and sent her lots OF
hugs and kisses-on paper. When
they met they lolly-gagged, snapped
front teeth and "chawed neck" just
like poor couple, aud she called him
her "baby-bunting." The hugs and
kisses weighed down the mails until
Miss Calnpbell's father, q millionaire
iron speculator, failed, then Baby
Bunting" Arbuckle got It In his liver
and failed to come up to the trough.
Miss Campbell sued him for brssch
of promise and estimated the dam
ages by fracture to that certain
"pound Of flesh" In her anatomy
known an the heart, to be worth
sa5O,000. The jury yesterday awards
ed her $40, 900.
Adam Martin, Esq, (D formerly a
resident of this county, but debarred
from the practice OF law Ia our courts
on account Of alleged erookedness, is
again In troubsl. This time he assists
cd In swindling blind old veteran
OF the late war, named Scyoc, OF New
burg, Pa, out OF 81 $40 pension mon
ey. The old man drew $500 back
pay, and had consented to have his
mail sent to Martin, at Liverpool, for
the alleged purpose Of avoiding de-
lay. by this means slippery Adam
got hold Of the vouchers, and, after
ded ducting the enormous fee OF 81 $40,
(which he explained as $25 for the
regular legal fee and the balance
to "repay his friends), he sent the
remaining t1760 to Scyoc. Special Ex.
aninsr Mathews learned OF this by
mere accident. He reported the facts
to the Pension Department and Mar
tin was arrested. He gave bonds 10
the sum Of $1,000 with inan named
shaizsr = bopdslnsn. for his appear
anoe before the U. 3. Court in PhiIs-
ldoIphiA II Eobruary.
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.-v,r. usvrrv coyHrs.-rhs Court: OF
s.dsr County are held on the fourth Monday :
ks6,usry, Nay, and September, end SECOND
Nay Of December.
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WANTED.

Local and Travelling Statesmen TO soil our
or Commission, permanent employment TO the
right men, no room for lazy ones, upright and
honest are the snes We are looking ior. Ad-
dress with references
MAY BROTHERS Nurserymen
Jan. o, 'ss, sw. pd. Rochester N. Y.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAlLRoAD.
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Time Table, In effeot May ~, 1887

selfnsgrOve ACCOmm Odation
tyeunecting with tr,inson N. u. Ry)
Lcavo Seiinsgrove. Arrive ~ Seiinssrove'
q.31 AN lO.W n: NJ
140P.N VI. 2O3 J..
soa ~ NJ $40 p. NJ.
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ORPHANS COURT SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.


The undersigned Administrator of IacOd
Baumgardner, lats of West Beaver township,
Snyder county, IA, deed, ny virtue OF an or
der issued out of the Orrh n,' Court ei Snyder
county, will offer ut public sale on
Saturday, January. Il,
1883 on the premises. the following described
valuable real cstitc, to wit: All that ccrtn IN
mcssuare an nd tract OF laad tttua,c In township,
county, AMI state aioresaid, containing loo
ACRES and seven pcrches more or loss wit'
tho appurtenaces, bounded aud desert bed "a
follows North by lands Of Emanuel kGcpp and
Daniel K,rstcttcr, South by lands oi Levi
Treastor ct, nl., East by lands OF Low Trcaster
and Emanuel Knopp and West 10y lnudsoi Dan.
iel Hasslnger and Solomon Wagner, wherein
are erected a NEW TWO STORY PLANK
HOUSE, BANK BARN, and other necessary
outbuildings, n we'll Of good water at the house
and flowing water ut the bar an orchard OF
cnoice FRUIT IL acres of the above described real
estate Is WELL TlMBERED While tho bal.
uncc Is In n good state vi cultivation.
Sale 10 commence at 10 o'clock A. VI. of said
u; when due attendance will be glyoi snd
terms made Sn,f.aE$ .",.A-s--.,.. -. ,..
ELIAS a. BAUMGARDNER,
Dsc. II, 80 Administrator.
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~. !, :sS: ::ss:s .:;s:i:ss :: :: .:s =
~ ne pisis Asts snd vs III, dsess snsm ~ e,ss Sp,
!. sScse vho Wish ~ spssk threuEh them on
w..ssssS or local question: Of public intereat
~ - vill not hcld ourssli responsible for shs
sSinious they may express.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11
PRISON LABOR.

The enforced idleness Of the con-
victs in the New York states prison,
owlng'to..lac of funds. for. their en-
ployment, has moved the capital st
crowd to point out the "beneiits' of
prison contract work. The New
York Daily Ne,cs proposes%th the
prisoners be kept at useless work
rather compete with honest labor; it
says:
'I.et them, if there is no other way,
work like Penelope, at weaving only to
unweave, rather than be made to com
pete VITA honest industry"
But there is another way, and that
is the socialist way. As long as there
are prisoners they could be kept at
useful work for their own maintain
ance as well rs for the benefit of the
public. If the contractors could get
a profit out of convict labor the PEG
pie can also, and with public owner
ship of the means of production,
the labor Of conyicts would only les
sen the labor of honest men without
lessening their income; OF course,
the profit mongers would object,
but their objections will have lit
tie weight when the people rise to
the emergency and decide upon
the socialist scheme of cooperation.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11
THE RIGHT OF EMINENT DO
MAIN.

1t is thought, should be exercised as
to telegraph companies. This idea
is winning great favor with the peo-
pile, vet some think it folly to expro-
pirate such concerns as the Western
Union Telegraph Company. The
reasons assigned, however, are fallu-
clous IN rs far as it is urged that then
there would be no competition, etc.
because practically there never has
been. But the idea to exclude the
Western Union from the operation
of that sovereign right, is sound I'M
der one condition, to wit, that the
government, instead of paying to
such and all similar corporations ex-
cesslye compensation, can, at less ex-
pense, build new lines of telegraph,
and satisfy those who want COMPETE
ton. We should not feel sorry for
the corporations if they would find
themselves cleft, nor should those
who urge against government control
the want of competition. Let them
have all the competition they want.
The postal system, although it could
and should be improved, has been
successful, why not the Geographic ?
Let the people save money, if corpor-
ations are willing to lose. M.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11
TIMES REVENGES.

Harvey, born 1913 or 1877, at Folke.
stone, Kent, discovered, after long years
of investigation, the fact of the circula-
ton of the blood. The tract announcing
his views quoting from "Self-Help,')
were received with ridicule as the utter
ance of a crack-brained impostor. He
had called in question the revered au-
thority of the ancients; and it was even
averred that his views were calculated to
subvert the authority of the scriptures
and undermine the very foundation of
morality and religion. He was almost
without a friend. Finally Harvey's con
tention became generally recognized as
an established scientific truth. Socialists
have discovered the true movement of
the formation of society, and that GER
tain parts of the body unduly absorb
more blood than the well-being of
the whole permits and propose remedy
suggested by the nature of the diseese.
Every fool sneers, and utters his ignor-
ance as The only true result of scientific
research. They go through the forest
and see no firewood, and would treat
social diseases as before Ambrose Pare's
time 5000 wounds were treated. To
stop bleeding from gun shot wounds the
barbarous expedient of boiling oil was
resorted to; hemorrhage stopped by scar
ing the wounds with a red-hot iron, and
amputations performed with a red-hot
knife. Well, ye social quacks, it is just
as easy to ridicule the folly of the past
as the wisdom that will find recognition
and application in the future. Xxx.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11

employ it or appreciate it. : Hence
the vices peculiar to the idle, rich
and poor.
The great obstacle in the way Of
the practical reforms indicated by
the Socialist program is a CONNER
cialIsm which is wholly unworthy
and not in accord with modern en-
lightenment.* Even Professor Ely
is dissatisfied with present conditions,
else why engage in the controversy?
The better informed manual labor
ors are dissatisfied, and they are con-
WINGED that there is something wrong
when they must toll from morning
to night to keep and body together
while n few oilers live on the fat of
the land in.wasteful luxury.
Finally, no other solution of the
labor question has ever been offered
that can stand in the face of Socialist
argument. Even the Manchester
school with its cold commercialism
and inhuman 'practical" theories
begs the question in tilt with the
Socialist school. Professor Ely
knows this if we can judge of his
opinions by his writings.
Why then, does he demand guar
antces which under the present sys-
TEN are unthought Of, and seemingly
reject cooperation because he sees
no such guarantees in the plan OF
the Cooperative Commonwealth?
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11
LINCOLN'S PROPHESY is Full
FILLED.

In my present position | would be
scarcely justified were to omit exercis.
ing warning voice against returning
despotism. There is one point to which
| ask attention: it is the effort to place
capital on an equal footing with, if not
above, labor, in the structure of the
Government. | bid the laboring people
beware of surrendering power which
they already possess, and which when
surrendered will be used to close the door
of advancement to such as they, and fix
new disabilities and burdens upon them
till all of liberty shall be lost. abraham
Lincoln,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11
SCANDINAVIAN CITIZENS.
A Seandinayian's Appeal to His COun.
trymen to Organize.

Next to the Germans and the Irish
the Scandinavians are the foreigners
who come to this country in the
greatest multitude. They are spread
all over the United States, mostly as
farmers in the country and as work
ngmen in the cities and on the rail-
roads. Every year they are coming
in an ever-increasing number. Nor
way and Sweden are very poor coun.
tries; during hard times it is almost
impossible for The majority of the
people to make a bare living there
That is the reason why they leave
their native lands, which they love
above all places on earth; for they
are good and warm-hearted patriots.
Political oppression and persecution,
hard military service, capitalistic
despotism, we do not find in the
home lands of the Scandinavians in
such form that may be said to cause
emigration. When they, therefore,
come here, they come as beggars any,
iously seeking for bread; for homes
without hunger and despair; for a
future time for their children, not
quite hopeless; for work, if never so
hard, to escape the death of starya-
ton. Therefore their efforts are
bent upon the making of money, and
even in the worst cases they really
get more out of it here than at home;
and are generally happy and con-
tented.
The Scandnavians are frugal and
self-denylng people; they Willingly
60 in the service Of tyrannlcai capt.
talists; without murmuring they give
the power of their strong bodies to
heartless bloodsuckers, for such re-
muneration as by the utmost frugal
ity they can save little.
The Scandinavians may be called
people OF peasants; there is q Zeal
Of honesty and earnestness in their
character, of tough strength in their
will. They are very religious peo-
Pile, too, notwithstanding the fact
that in their country science and lit
erature stand on a level with those
of the most civilized countries,
and that they have good schools,
there is still among them much ig-
norance and superstition. But here
it is worse for them in that regard.
The churches they have reared seem
to make them more superstitlOus,
more ignorant, more intolerant, than
those at home. They here quite
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11
FIAT JUSTITlA,

Cash, a tramp, on July II, 1896, had
entered clearinghouse, while the occu-
pants were at church, and stolen some
milk and crackers, which he had eaten.
Being caught in fagranti delicto, he adj
mltted the stealing, but denied having
entered by breaking. The Marion coun-
tty district court assessed the punishment
for burglary in the third degree at two
years confinement in the penitentiary,
which Judgment was affirmed by the
supreme court of Kansas, on December
10. 1887. Jake Sharp, it is said, is con-
rinced that the Judgment was right, and
his criticism has some weight, for he
knows all about crimina! law.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11

do not agree with all Socialists on many
of these axioms:
That the laws of property can be al
tered in civilized societies.
That when las, for instance, in the
case of property in slaves the moral
sense of the community revolts against
form of property, it has been abolished
without wrecking society. That many
of our countrymen are quite as badly
off now as black slaves,
That if it can be shown that their suf
ferings are due to form of property
which is or has become, by changes in
society, bad and hurtful, every honest
man should wish to alter that form of
property.
That property of any kind has duties
as well as rights, and that if the duties
are neglected the rights lose their valid
ity.
That the really useful members of So
ciety are those who return to others ser
vices at least as great as they receive.
That those who, on the contrary, re-
ceive more than they render, are bur
den upon society and a drain upon its
resources
That the temptations presented by eX-
tremes of wealth and poverty alike tend
to increase vice.
That many forms of common or collec-
tive property in Great Britain, exist side
by side with Individual ownership, such
as the Postoffice and National depart
ments, municipal Offices, parks, libraries,
museums, roads, &c, and, in a more
limited sense, Joint-stock companies and
clubs.
That in a complex civilization large
amount of regulation ofindividual liberty
is necessary in the common interest, and
that such beginnings of Socialism as are
seen in the Poor Law, the Education
Acts, National Savings Banks, and the
Regulation of Factories, Shops, and
| Mines, are proved successes.
Nine out of ten who read the above
will agree with every statement, and
say, eff this is Socialism, it is nothing to
| be feared. But how far are we to go"
| say, till no one is overworked or under
paid, till every one who is willing to
work can get "a Wholesome living in re-
turn for the work of a man-not of "a
brute or a machine. 1t does not seem
much to ask, but to get so far may pos
sibly entail some consequences to which
those who agree at the starting place
may strongly object.-H II. Champion,
IN Christian World (Eng9.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11
SOCIALISTS AND OTHER SANE
PEOPLE,

Every intelligent Socialist agrees with
all other sane people in the following
points,
That if you have divided all property
equally tomorrow, by the end of the
week some would be richer than others,
and by the end of the year some would
be very poor-largely those who are very
poor now.
That drunkenness, laziness, thriftless-
ness, and vice bring suffering, that it is
well that it should be so, and best that
the suffering should fall as far as possible
on those who have causedit
That no system of society can alto
gether defend man from the conse
quences of bis own misdoing, and that
the less it does so the better for all.
That the produce of labor should go
as far as possible to the person of whose
mental or physical exertions it is the
fruit.
That capital Is necessary to the exist
ence of civilized society, and that the
more that is accumulated the better,
provided that it is not bought at too
great a cost.
That the teachings of modern science
emphasize the truth that the sins of the
fathers are visited on the children, and
the laws of heredity can no more be an
nulled than those of gravitaton.
That material well-being is not the
whole happiness OF man.
That much misery is the result of hui
man character, and will exist until that
character is improved.
That circumstances mould and alter
the character of men, which, again. can
alter their circumstances.
Now, let us see whether most Christians
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11

miss that education of mind, which
weakens the greatest errors.
The newspapers they generally
read are the tools Of the capitalists;
dishonest, cowardly, stupid. They
tell their readers big things about
Republicans" or democrats" and
the grand empire and home of liberty
called the United States. Some Of
the leading spirits among them get
good pay from the politicians to in
tluence their oountrymen and make
voting cattle of them according to
their purposes; and the poor people
have 10 other leaders-they follow
in blind confidence.
I will tell you something that !
think is an exception, even in this
country. There is at st. Paul, Mimi,
a large Norwegian paper, called the
NOrdvesten, owned by one of the
greatest bloodsuckers of America,
"Jim" Hill, the superintendent Of
the Manitoba Railroad. This paper
is being read by many thousands Of
Norwegians, especially farmers, who
are renting lots belonging to the
Manitoba Railroad company. These
poor fellows are completely depend
ent upon "Jim" Hill. They must
pay as high rents as he wants; all
they produce, wheat, butter, milk,
cheese, cattle, must be transported
by the Manitoba trains to the mar
kets, and pay therefor according to
HIPS demands. lie is getting ever
richer, and they just manage to live.
Now, "Jim" Hill, through that
infamous paper, written by his hired
agents (for he himself does not I'M
derstand word of it), tells those
farmers that the Manitoba company
and it's superintendent are their ben
efactors, and that the condition of
things in America is all right. And
the poor farmers believe it. The
condition among the Scandlnavians
as | here described it, is the rule.
Indeed, | know very we'll. that
there are exceptions; and l know,
too, that there are number of So
cialists among them. 10 them | now
speak: 1t must be their particular
duty to start sociallstic agitation
among the Scandinavians in this
country. 1t must be possible to or
ganize socialistic associations among
them in many of the great cities Of
the United States, and should the
foundation of a Scandinavian social.
istic paper meet irresistible obstacles
Comrades and friends of labor, Nor.
wegians, Swedes and Danes, let us
work
The Scandinavian population o.
this country is very large and ever
increasing. The majority consists Of
working people. They are in thu
nature of their character too honest
and brave and good not to join the
ranks of those who struggle for the
rights of the laborers against a
ruinous capitalistic system. Lee
us teach them that, ''the machine
they feed and the land they til
should be worked for their own ben
Eft" and not for the profit of few
individuals. Let us follow the patl
shown us by the Germans.
And would not the Americans ant
Germans enrolled in the Labor Par
ty not give us their help? | am sur
they would, for the benefit would b.
mutual.
| beg other workingmen's paper
to bIish this article.
KROGER J0HANSEN.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11
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SOCIALISM AND FREEDOM.

SOCIALISM AND FREEDOM.
Professor Richard II. Ely said re-
Gently, in the independent, that he
sees 'no way in which cooperative
commonwealth after the pattern of
the Socialists can be established and
at the same time offer guarantees for
freedom of action and individual
initiative on the part Of the gifted"
Perhaps Professor Ely will concede
that the present social system also
does not guarantee freedom of &C
ton and individual initiative save
to those whose activities are in the
line of commercial competition. For
instance, a gifted mechanic may be
dissuaded from perfectlng an inven-
ton by the knowledge, based upon
former experience, or the experience
Of others, that he could not secure
himself against infringement, il IN
deed he were possessed of sufficient
funds to purchase the questionable
guarantee Of letters patent.
Success, that is, financial success,
does not crown the labors of the
gifted as rule under the present
social regime, and it is for the worry
purpose of increasing the opportuni-
ties of the individual that Socialists
contend. 1t is true, there would be
greater individual responsibility un,
der a Socialist system, and duties
would be imposed by the very nature
of cooperative pact. But still,
with the terrible burden of SUPPORT
ing the idle in luxury removed from
the shoulders Of the gifted, it seems
manifestly clear that they would be
guaranteed opportunities for cxpan-
sion which under the present system
of drudgery for the gifted and idle
ness for the "poor rich" are practic-
ally denied.
The Socialist program must be
considered as a whole and not, az
would seem. from Prof. Ely's utter
anCe, in detached and irrelatiye
morsels. The idea of collective con-
troll should not be separated from
individual influence in the COLLECTIVE
ity. The "initiativo" and the REF
erendum" should be considered in
forming an opinion on the Socialist
idea of administration.
\ If in any community it were agreed
that four hours per day at productive
labor should suffice for the creation
of the means of life, including lux
uries and comforts, what need for
the workers to work ten or twelve
And if the inclinations of the gifted
were not hampered by unreasonable
toll, surely they could find opportu-
mites such as they now cannot find.
Nay, more, their healthy ambitions
would be qulckened when they could
feel sure of a recognition of their
endeayors by their fellows, for there
would be society of people with
leisure to investigate and pronounce
Judgment upon the products cf the
gifted. Under the present system,
there are but few with leisure, and
they very often do not know how tc
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-11

1t Is mockery to call a man free, who.
by labor, cannot secure for himself the
neoessaries of existence, or to whom la
Dor is impossible because he possesses
nothing of his own and no ore win EN-.
ploy him.-E'nlile de Ldreleye