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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1888-06-05
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$3.50, obne Spru& $1.0O.
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&C., bic benz @eiite ber fatb. Eir1e sIpioer, iirp
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Job.lrbeiten aler Qrt prompt un6
billis aussefiRrt.
Office osr 80 9asette":
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1888-06-05
Gan ab a.

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ber Gtnan3en.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1888-06-05
Das pdpfIi9e Brepe.

4oRou, "a. Wai. Die bier eri&ei.
nenbe 9eituns .ptIot" bat aus &om fol-
9enbe Rabslbepei3e erbalten:
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1888-06-05

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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Admired by the Car.

Some years ago there was popular
actor in Petersburg, one Of whose warmest
admirers was the car. Meeting him upon
the street one day the car stopped him,
and after little chat asked him TO per-
form a certain piece at the theatre that
evening. promising TO be present. The
car came, but to his disappointment the
performance announced was not the one
he had requested, and the actor he was so
fond of did not appear N the cast. Send
ing an aide-de-camp to the manager to in
quire why his request had not been COM
piled with, the czar learned that the actor
had mysteriously disappeared. The police
were called TO hunt him up, and promp ~
reported that he was in prison
What fcrT' roared the car.
''For addressing your majesty on the
street today" answered the head of the
third section. An order for the actors
release was at once written and carried to
the prison. The actor was brought into
the emperor's presence. An apology was
offered him, and the car, much mortified,
asked what he could do TO compensate the
actor for the annoyance and modification
he had suffered.
Nothing" replied he, "only pleas,
don't speak to me on the street again. -
William Eleroy Curtis in Chicago News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
The Poor Help the Poor.

There is a true poverty, which no one
sees; false and merely mimetic poverty,
which usurps its place and dress, and
lives, and above all drinks, on the fruits
Of the usurpation. The true poverty does
not go into the streets; the banker may
rest assured, he has never put penny in
its hands. The self respecting poor beg
from each other; never from the rich. To
live in the frock coated ranks of life, to
hear canting scenes of gratitude rehearsed
for two pence, a man might suppose that
giving was thing gone out of fashion;
yet it goes forward on scale SO great as
to I'LL me with surprise. La the houses of
the working class, all day long there will
be a foot upon the stair; all day long there
will be knocking at the doors; beggars
come, beggars go, without stint, hardly
with inter1hission, from morning till
night; and meanwhile, in the same city
and but few streets off, the castles Of
the rich stand unsummoned.
Get the tale of any honest tramp, you
will find it was always the poor who
helped him; get the truth from any work
man who has met misfortunes, it was al
ways next door that he would 90 for help,
or only with such exceptions as are said
to prove rule; look at the course OF the
mimeGic beSgar, il is through the poor
quarters that he trails his passage, show
ing his bandages TO every window, pierre
ing even to the attics with his nasal song
Il ere is remarkable state OF things in
our Christian commonwealths, that the
poor only should be asked TO give.-Rcb-
ert Louis Stevenson in Scribner's Maya
zine
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
EOnhnn'S Ynnrnninved

Where Is the panacea to De found that
shall set matters rights Busy men require
remedies that effect thair purpose rapidly.
that they may be spared the distraction Of
prolonged worry. The sense of Justice re-
volts at the sight OF thousands of hungry
men and women, capable of labor, demand
ing work or bread in vain. Is there useful
work at hand Are the means Of intercom-
nunication so perfect-roads, streets, rivers,
canals-thGt there IS no need of extensions
and repairs? Would judiciously bestowed
labor not further enhance the capitalized
value of fields and dwellings in town and
countTyl Are there no longer any slums to
be demolished, nor dwellings for artisans TO
be bUilt'
Possibly IN London there are libraries and
museums enough, bur how about cheap baths
and wash houses, which Tor 4 penny fee the
poor might use! It is unfair to reproach
them rs the unwashed,' VIXEN modern
urban life denies them the advantage Of
baths. Again, there is the extension Of the
sewage system 90 DO undertaken, and the
reclamation and drainage OF the Thames
marshes and fats, which should help to les
sen or Danish our fogs IF the money we're
forthcoming immediate profitable employ
ment could be found for l0G, 900 men. Min.
listers OF the crown find no difficulty in ges-
ting, at lew hours notice, si0,OC0,0 900 for
war purposes; why longer delay in procuring
meanS TO promote peace, and rescue from
want thousands of deserving men and
womenl Can society afford to let even the
waStre.s and ''incapablesn perish II the
Observation-Disclosures Review.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Sunday Elections In Switzerland.

made friends with the iustituteur Of
the Nilleneuve public school, who led the
singing at church and kept the village
book store: and he, too, talked politics
with me, and told me that all elections
were held on Sunday. when the people
were at leisure, for otherwise they would
not take she time to vote. He was not so
clear as 70 why they were always held in
church, but that is the fact: aud some
times the sacred character of the place Is
not enough TO suppress ooisterous party
feeling, though il certainly helps 10 con-
troll it.
After divine service on election Sunday
i went 70 the Croix Blanche for nv cot
fee, TO pass the time I'LL the voting should
begin. On the church door was posted q
printed summons 10 the electors, and on
the cafe billiard tables I found ballots of
the different parties scattered Gendarrnes
had also distributed them about in the
church pews; they were inclosed in envel-
opes, which were voted sealed. On table
before the pulpit the ballot box-s glass
urn-wss placed, and beside it sat tle
judges Of election, with lists Of the regis
tered voters. But in any precinct Of the
canton al elector who could prove that he
had not voted at home might deposit his
ballot in any other. The church bell rang
for the people 10 assemble, slgd the voting
began and ended in perfect quiet Bat I
could not witness an election of this an
Gent republic, where freedom was so
many centuries OLD. without strong emo
ton: il had from its nature and the place
the conservation Of a religious rite.-W.
d. Howells in Harper's Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Tho Pneumonia of Old Arr.

In advanced life the lungs are especially
prone to Inflammation. The pneumonia
Of old age Is excessively fatal. Even an
ordinary cold on the lungs" is liable to
become q very serious matter. The ribs
and breast bone lose most Of their elias
ITCHY, and breathing is not so deep or so
free as it Is in earlier years. Hence one
Of the reasons for the fatality Of bron-
chitis and catarrhal pneumonia in the
aged One remarkable fact connected
with the pneumonia Of old age IS that it
may run its course TO fatal termination
and give but little notice of its presence by
significant phenomena. Hence this dis
ease is frequently overlooked. A large
number Of cases Of ''senils debility"
''senile u,ar,snus. a." death from old age"
are, in reslity, due to pneumonia. 1t is
proper to call such cases deaths from old
age, for If this factor had been absent the
disease would probably have been recoS-
niZed and properly treated; the element Of
old age having been the really important.
one il determining the fatal result
Globe Democrat.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
An Actor Who Needed Casters,

Those who know ". H. Macdonald know
that he is one Of the most graceful actors Cl
the operate stage. He possesses unusual
histTionic talent But he was not always
THIS. When Mac" first went on the stage
be used to make the statues painted in the
scenery weep But he thought he was i'm
ne2sely clever, until one day his brother
came to See him.
well, sam, what did you think Of my
performance asked Mr.. Macdonald
'Hou sang splendidly."
What did You think Of my actingl Iva.
just trifie stiff, wasn't If'
well, think they could have moved you
about good deal easier, and you would
have made a better appearance if you had
been on caStersT'
That is what made Macdonald -tudy.-
Minneapolis Journal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
The Grocery Mans yssled Abilities.

Many men who would make very re
spectacle presidents of the United States
could not successfully run retail gro
Gerry store. The anxieties of the grocery
would wear them out. Fer consider the
varied ability that the grocery requires
the foresight about the markets, TO take
advantage of an Is per cent. off or
on here or there; the vigilance required to
keep ''full line" and not overstock, to
dispose of goods before they spoil or the
popular taste changes; the suayity and
integrity and duplicity and fairness and
adaptability needed TO get customers and
keep them; the power TO bear the daily
and hourly worry; the courage TO face the
ever present specter Of failure" which
Is said to come upon 80 merchants in 100;
the tact needed 20 meet the whimS and
the complaints of patrons, and the diff
Guilty Of getting the patrons who grumble
most to pay il order to satisfy the cred
itors.
When the retail grocer wakens in the
morning he feels that his business is not
going to come TO him spontaneously; he
thinks Of his rivals, Of bis perilous stock,
of his debts and his delinquent customers.
he has no constitution" to go by, moth
ing but his wits and energy to set against
the world that day, and every day the
struggle and the anxiety are the same.
What number Of details he has to carry
in his head consider, for instance, how
many different kinds Of cheese there are,
and how different people hate and love
the same kind, and how keen must be
his appreciation of the popular taste! The
complexities and annoyances OF his bust
ness are excessive, and he cannot afford
to make many mistakes; If he does, he
will lose bis business, and when a man
fails in business honestly he loses his
nerve, and his career is ended 1t is simply
amazing, when you consider it, the amount
of talent shown in what are called the
ordinary businesses Of Hfe.-Harper's
Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
New Apparatus for Transmitting Force

A French engineering professor, M.
Raymond Snyers, of the Louvain univer-
sity, has invented an apparatus for trans
uniting force between bodies moving at
greatly varying velocities without accom-
companying disadvantage of a violent col
lsion. The method consists IN furnish
ing the contact surface with steel brushes,
which, by the ENHANCEMENT of their
''bristles," are enabled &c grip one an
other. In this way the swiftest motion
may be impaired gradually to perfectly
stationary body, and = maximum of
shock can be arranged for which can
never be exceeded be the impelling force
and velocity what they may. The inven-
tor has in view chiefly the requirements
of quickly moving lifts, railway trains
and other bodies moving at high speed
aud with great momentum; and If it be
possible to produce in this way an effect
i've brake, or TO obtain An automatic
working Of railway signals, much will be
done to minimize some of the most seri-
Gus perils which at present threaten life
and limb in Industrious ocsupations.-
Chicago News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
SHt WOULDN'T INTERFERE,
"A Mother-in-Law's First Visit to the
Home of Her Newly Acauired Son

"A Mother-in-Law's First Visit to the
Home of Her Newly Acquired Son.
mo" said old Mrs. Dragon, who had jus;
arrived for her first visit at the home Of her
newly acquired son-in-law, Chauncy Breene.
No, don't believe IN mothers-in-law inter
fering In the affairs Of their married children.
I've always said that l never would, and J.
why, Hattie Breene, you amt using best sill
verware every day, hope"
Yes, mamma; Chauncy likes it."
"Oh, he does; well, it makes an awful sight
OF work securing it, and you know you amt
extra strong. But, as / was saying, don't
believe in-Hattie, / hope you don't try to
keep that baby dressed in white all the time ~
YES, mamma, dear; Chauncy dislikes col
ors on a baby
"Oh, well, / suppose the child must wear
white, then; but it must make your wash
bills awful heavy. However, es l was say
ing-Cheuncy, If l was you I'd speak to the
butcher about leaving so much fat on the
steak
''Chauncy likes It that way, mamma
sob, does he? Well, he'd better learn not
to like it; it's unhealthy. You oughtnt TO
put sugar in tomatoes, Hattie; they're health
Ter without"
"Oh, IL he likes them so, of course it's no
affair Of mine. But [ won't eat them that
way. Seems 10 NE smell tobacco smoke. {"
Il guess it's Chauncy's cigar smoke, mann
ma
He doesn't smoke in the houser1
why, yes, M-he-does-namna
MERCY on usl l wonder the baby lives
through it. But, of course, its his own
house and-Chauncy, don't you think Hattie
looks thin and pale. i noticed soon as saw
her. Hattie, you make your coffee entirely
too strong"
"Chauncy likes it 50. and"-
THAT'S just what makes his color so bad
and you know very well that you oughtr't to
touch it. Chauncy. that baby mustn't wear
spring heels Jet. I'll change these boots you
brought home this evening. And you and
hattie make mistake in feeding the child
as you do. I'll see to its diet hereafter: and
l think [ must speak TO your provision man
about the meat and potatoes And, l think,
Hattie, that your servant needs little look
ing after. And, Chauncy, I'm afraid you
burn too much gas, and I'm sure the furnace
wastes coal If can find a good carpenter
around here I'd like 90 change some of these
doors don't believe in meddling mothers
in-law, but it's a real help sometimes TO have
little advice, isn't it children F'-Zenas Dane
ia Detroit Free Press
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
SSSlLtx~
9ai1g eagle
THE HARDEST LOT.

TO look upon the face of dead friend
Is hard, but It's not more than we can bear
Ii, haply, We can see peace written there
Peace after pain, and welcome so the end,
Nhate er the past, whatever death may send.
Yea, and that face a gracious smile may
wear,
II love till death was perfect, sweet and
fair;
But there Is woe from which may God de-
fend:
10 look upon our friendship lying dead,
While We live Oh, and cat, and drink, and
sleep
Mere bocies from which al the soul has
fed
And that dead thing year after year 10 keep
Locked in cold silence in its dreamless bed
There must be he'll while there is such q
deep.
John White Chadwick in The Century.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Thought II Was wftchery.

The postottioe Of small settlement near
the Rhine, Germany, had recently been sup
Piled with telegraph connection An mex
perieneef fnrm lsherer stops before the win
dow, ana, seeing the postmaster working the
apparatus, says; Il never saw such sewing
machine Gan look at it, The postmaster
asks him 70 step In and shows him ali about
It. The farmer looks and listens, half aston
ished, has iacredasous, and finally, shaking
his head, be said: Look We here-sewinS
machins, or tell tale machine, it Is all WITCH
AIRY aithar wAy.r-Foreiyp Letter,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
The Dyspep:ic's Ideal.

A medical man mentions that, Ike his
father and pa5a-aA grandfather. be has al
ways had the power ct voluntarily
eiectiaS food or Eui5 f-oro TIE s.o--,-
sch az any time. When troubled
with sc;di.y or nausea, the stomach is emp
tied at viii without tie slightest difficulty,
and may be washed oct with several glaSss
of water. At college this faculty was used
for gain. large doses Of narcotic roiso1s bang
swallowed for wsgsrs, and Afterwards iE,,-
meSiia,ely expelled An investigation Is sur-
scsted 70 determine the cause OF this gift, or
what voluntary muscles accoun: Tor n-Ar-
kaoSaw Traye.sr.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04

IhA pound party, as q means Of church
charity, has been introduced into England,
where II Is Considered - singular expsri
ueaL1
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-02

THE New York San says that since Jan.
uary J, 1887, there have been nearly 1000
strikes in the United StAteA The data COL
lated by Brddstrcsfs relative 10 the strikes
for the entire year Of 1887, show that there
we're SS4 during that period, and since an.
], 1883, there have been upward OF 100
more. According to the labor statistics OF
Brddstreet's there was an increase Of more
than 100 per cent. In strikes for 1887 a. com.
pared with 1856 but from the government.
tai statistics It appears that there were more
In 1856. The discrepancy Is probably due
to different methods of calculation and
for both authorities announce
substantially the same figure, a round bOO,.
600, for the number Of employees concerned
in the various strikes. As q whole, about
50 per cent, or something more than one.
third OF the strikers in 1857, succeeded In
getting their demands or compromise, as
against about 20 per cent In 1886. But
nearly 100000 days work and wages
were lost on account of strikes.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-02

In the course Of q remarkable article by
Professor w. q. Summer In the March
Cosmopolitan, on tho subject of "The First
Steps Toward Millennium" he pours out q
great deal OF satire upon those who expect
the state to do everything in the making OF
good citizsns. After paying for tho
common schools, the taxpayer IL confronted
with the demand for text books and
stationery. After contributing to the
education OF his poorer neighbor, he isnext
70 be asked by the theory OF compulsory
attendance at school to force his unwilling
neighbor to sond his children to
school. Next 1t is proposed that the
taxpayer shall sgain como forward
aud provide trade schools or manual
labor schools. He thus concludes:
o. A state can never make men OF any kind.
state consumes men. Newborn chill
dren are not soldiers, or taxpayers, or Ia
borerp. Years OF cost OF production must
be spent upon them before they eau DO any
OF these contributors to society. 1t is the
work Of the family, the church, the school,
and other educational institutions, to bring
them up and make them as good men as
possible, and then turn them over TO the
state as citzsnp. The state, therefore, does
not make them II uses them up 1t does
not produce, 1t costa"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-02
ChrIdlsA Could.

Yachting does not agree with Jay
Gould; or else his mental condition was
; hovond its remedial influence. The man
suons 10 be completely broken down and
reduced TO childishness. The wear Of
over score OF years in Wall street and
The gathering and the care OF millions
amid its floods and fires have been too
much for his mental health. lie sits In
New York in fear and trembling over
threatened prosecution for wrongfully
converting three millions Of Denver Pa
cific stock to his use.
There ID no dispute about the fact; but
Jay Gould says that his deal benefited the
owners Of the stock; nevertheless he de-
mands the protection of the statute Of
limitation against the alleged crime.
This is not evidence of childishness, !,
but that is furnished by his literary out
break. He has taken to writing letters
demanding the sympathy Of the public
for poor cid man, abused by the assaults
Of blackmailing lawyers and the denun-
citation of the New York Herald. His
latest letter is the weakest. 1t is ad-
dressed to James Gordon Bennett, editor
and proprietor OF the New York Herald,
and tells him that he is debauchee and
unit to enter an honest home. II tells
Of drunken orgies of Mr.. Bennett, but
tails nothing that is new. These stories
are Of Benefits past, which which the
public is acquainted. 1t knows very
we'll that his personal habits have
NOT been good; just as 1t knows
that Jay Gould is not honest. But knows
too that the Herald has been notably
honest and clever journal, and that Mr..
Benefits vices were not of the kind to
ccntaminate his journal. 1t knows
further that 1t is not an eflicient--though
very ycommon-plan to meet an accusation
BY abusing the accused. The only way
for Mr.. Gould to satisfy the public, whom
heseems to want to satisfy, is to show
the innocence he proclaims. If he isinno
cent be need not fear a prosecution, and
should wish it. II there is any logic at al
10 his present frantic and feeble attitude
II n . confession Of guilt; and his conclu
sion can only be avoided by the supposi.
tion that his conduct is demonstration o
childlshness. Mr.. Gould has been ,
strong man, gathering his millions ant
caring nothing for public opinion. Hi.
present regard for it, viewed in connec
tion with his peculiar way of seeking L
placate 1t, shows weakness in strong con
trast to his former strength.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-02
The New Re4lme.

The new administration Of the NUM-
cipal affairs Of Lancaster begins to-day
and to the faithful outgoing officials as
well as TO the untried new incumbents Of
Office the INTELLIeENCER sends greet
ing. Ex.Mayor Morton has left an excel
lent record behind him, which will re-
qure good man to equal. Mayor Ed
gerley enjoys high repute as successful
business man, and he makes In his inaug.
ural address to councils good start in the
path Of faithful administration Of his
office. We trust that the new mayor,
his appointees, and all others under the
new city administration, will conduct
themselves with credit TO their personal
regulations, and with an eye single to the
extensive and varied interests OF the city
entrusted to their keeping.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-02

THE Philadelphia Times thus commits.
crates the Ill fortune Of Lancaster county
In Its present prison board
Because the inspectors OF the Lancaster
county prison lose their tempers and say
hard things to each other, thoy have dc cided
to exclude reporters from their meetings
and proceed In the star chamber style. A
better plan would have been to have re-
signed their offices and allowed men to ill
them who know that governors OF any kind
should first learn the art OF governing
themselves Unfortunately they do not
seem 10 have thought Of thiS. Under the
new arrangement they will be able TO OK.
hsust the thieves vocabulary and will pose
As gentlemen In the public eye. Poor Old
Lancaster
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-02

the leading review must attract much at
tention, but a. such Is certain to bring
downupon him severe denunclations from
those travelled Englishmen who know the
truth. That this bitter English literary
lightweight should seriously endeavor 70
make the English world Of letters believe
that Americans are intellectually uncul'
tured and coarse In manners is almost in'
credible. The highest kind Of prohibitory
tariff should be placed upon importstions
of the Arnold type for the future.