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The Labor enquirer., 1888-04-07
"Didn't Know 1t Was Loaded"

"Didn't Know 1t Was Loaded"
The young man fell dead!
A friend had pointed revolver
at him.
HE didn't knowit was loaded"
II We. often hear it stated that a
man is not responsible for what
he does not know. The law pre-
supposes knowledge and there
fore convicts the man who excuses
crime by ignorance!
IF had only known" has often
been an unfortunate mans apol-
ogy for some evil unknowingly
wrought but in matter of gen
eral interest as for instance that
laudanum is poison, that naph-
tha is deadly explosive, that
blood heavily charged with win
ter's accumulations of the waste
of the system, it is ones duty to
know the fact and the conse-
quences thereof. Our good old
grandmothers knew for instance,
that the opening of spring was the
most perilous period of the year.
Why3
Because then the blood stream
is sluggish and chilled by the cold
weather, and if not thinned a good
deal and made to flow quickly and
healthfully through the arteries
and veins, it is impossible to have
good vigor the rest of the year.
Hence, without exception, what is
known as Warmers Log Cabin
Sarsaparllla, was plentifully made
and religiously given to every
member of the family regularly
through March, April, May and
June. 1t is a matter of record
that this prudential, preventive
and restorative custom saved
many a fit of sickness, prolonged
life and happiness to a vigorous
old age, and did away with heavy
medical expenditures.
Mrs. Maggie Kerchwal, Lexing-
ton, KY, used Warmers Log Cabin
Sarsaparilla "for nervous sick
headache of which | had been a
sufferer for years. 1t has been
great benefit to me-" Capt Hugh
III4 S. 18TH St, Phila-
delphi, Pa, says 1T purified my
blood and removed the blotches
from my skin" Mrs Aarea Smith,
Topton, Berks Co., Pa, says she
was entirely cured of a skin dis
ease of the worst kind. by Log
Cabin Sarsaparilla. Bad skin in
dicates very bad condition of
the blood.
If you would live and be well,
go to your druggist to-day and
get Warmers Log Cabin Sarsapa-
rilla and take no other,-there's
nothing like it or as good, and
completely yrenovatc your impaired
system with this simple. old-fash-
ioned preparation of roots and
herbs. =
Warner, who makes the famous
Safe Cure, puts itlup, and that is
a guarantee Of excellence all over
the known world. Take it your
self and give it to tie other MEM
bers of the family, including the
children. You will be astonished
at its health giving and life-pro-
longing powers. We say this ed
itorially with perfect confidence,
because we have heard good
things of it everywhere, and its
name is a guarantee that it is first
class in every particular.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-04-07
The Strike Mania.

PIrrsBURc, Pa, April IA gen.
eral strike was inaugurated at
Spang Chalfant & Co.'S pipe mill
at Etna this morning. Six hun
dren men struck and before ths
trouble is settled there are appre.
tensions that the entire works oi
this firm will be involved.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-04-07

CINcINArTI, O., April 1.-The
house painters of this city num-
being over 500, struck to-day for
advance in wages and a decrease
in hours.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-04-07

see. lest II Tor yourselves. Ye
would be insistants fthat heinous
and blasphemous and inhuman
idea--natural (which means
divine) depravity. Man would
rather be surrounded by beauty
than ugliness; rather hear soft
voices and sweet sounds than
discordant wrangle; rather have a
happy home than commit crime.
Yet, there are those who call them
selves Christians ( a most presump-
tuous assumption on their part
who hold the opposite. They in
sist on the imperfection of Gods
creation, and maintain the failure
of the work of his hand.
When all men realize that not
on account of the niggardliness of
the Creator but the ignorance of
man. all injustice and misery ex-
lists. we will cease blaming and
trying to cajole and appease God
to save US from our own misdeeds
and set ourselves to work to right
through man what man has made
wrong. Some men treat God as
though he were a coquette full of
changing freaks and whims, and
try to coddle him with sugar
plum, or a prayer, or silver dol
lar.
But the Infinite Truth is not a
peacock susceptible to ilattery and
vanity, nor a weather-vane to be
shifted by every passing wind of
sense. Our beliefs do not affect
him. To have Truth benefit us,
we must understand, not blindly
assent.
How then shall we right the
wrong1 We must first realize the
wrong. Some even in this day
have the audacity to ask the ques-
ton: Does any exist1 assuming
that everything is about as good
as it can be now. This is a very
complacent and comfortable doc
trine for those who have more
than their share, and take unction
to their souls in the fond belief
that God ordained it so. That,
first, the earth belongs to the
saints; second. we are the saints;
that Christ said: The poor ye
have always with ye" and it would
be opposing ourselves to the Deity
to try to abolish poverty.
But let us look about us for a
moment and exert our thinking
powers if we have any. Is this
the best possible world' Is it true
that whatever is. is right'' In
the sense of the great realities it
is. There is but one Mind, one
Life, one Truth, one Love. These
are, always were, and always will
be perfect. Man and mans en-
vironment is only imperfect in so
far as he has not understood the
Great Verify of the Principle of
Being. or his own nature and his
relation to God. In other words,
his ignorance is his blind-folder
and his enslaver. To see and to
be free he must be educated, de-
veloped, enlightened; his nature
must be evolved from the lower
to the higher planes. from which
alone he can see truth. He will
then discover and understand that
he can find Harmony and Peace
only by submitting himself to-
and being at one with, and reflect
ing. as the thought of the Ono
Mind, the Scientific Principle OF
Being, which has all power and
against which it is useless to buck
and wriggle. like a protopiasmie
speck trying to oppose the laws OF
the universe. and expecting in its
insane little germ ofbrain to come
out best and be happy in such a
contest, and disappointed, and
reckless, and mad, because
it can not. What a picture
of sublime folly! Yet sucf
is the present human society
What then' The ameba, ths
\ monad, the atom, man, can alone
Evening journal., 1888-08-02
The Telephone wires.
Ballino.e Sun.

Baltimore Sun.
Mayor Lstrobes suggestion that this is a
good time for the telephone company to
place ito wires under ground aud to begIn
paying the city a certain sum annually for
the use OF its streets lie an excellent one,
aud should be acted upon. There rs no
good reason why corporation should get
the use OF the city's property for nothing,
while private citizsns and taxpayers have
TO pay for every inch Of the public space
they use. even where that space is under
the strests. 1t cannot be argued that the
corporations are less able to pay, and are
entitled to the city's bounty on account Of
the moderateuess Of their charges and c, 10
emallness Of their profits. The profits Il
the telephone companies everywhere ore
understood to be very lesge. Bat thsir
prosperity or poverty really has nothing
to 30 With the qles ion * tbs psoprlety II
corporations paying tho city for per-
mission TO uaa tha streets 20 tho graat
Inconvenience, cf,ap, end Iisk OF tho
cltlz7rs. The privilege o. stripFirg wires
aud keeping them strong ehculd niwsys
hzva boon e. constant sorrao OF revenue At
a time Ike THIS, when tszas are high, every
proper source OF Income ought 20 be raado
productive II in tho past. whom tho city
was less hurdenea, The telephone companies
paii nothing. they should be very grateful
They have Jared bstttr than the street car
companies, who have paii from the fret.
The time ia q suitable one for extending the
sound and equitable principle on which the
city gets income from ths car companies.
and the telephone. telegraph and electric
lighting companies ought 60 welcome its
application to themselves. They will
sooner or later rec the necessity OF getting
their wires uoder ground. To place them
there, they will have to tear up the streets,
20 tie annoyance Of the public Il will DO
some consolation to citizens, whom they are
enduring the ineonveniences resulting from
the operation, to know that they ore to
have some c..s..ssssssnsa'iqa Tor It Ia lisblen.
ing OF tbeir tax bnfid8,
Evening journal., 1888-08-02
THURSDAY, AUGUST q. 1883.
THE case Of the poor little fellow

THE case of the poor little fellow
who was taken to the Homeopathic
Hospital yesterday with a mangled
hand illustrated the one pressing
need of that excellent institution.
When the telephone announced at
the hospital that the young patient
would arrive there in few minutes,
the managers were at once put to the
necessity of finding bed Cor him.
There was not an empty bed or
cot in the building. The calls for as
Ssstance by the poor afflicted had eK-
ceeded the means Of the institution. OK
course the door cannot be shut to such
applicants. They must be taken IN and
whatever ia necessary to accommodate
them must be supplied at once. Yea
terday bed was furnished BY one Of
the charitable women who have done
SO much for the hospital and the I'M
fortunate OF the city. The bed was
brought from private house, and the
little sufferer is now as comfortable as
possible under the circumstances, But
this teaches the necessity OF obtaining
more support for the hospital. The
manufacturers OF Wilmington, who
employ thousands Of hands, from
whom are drawn weekly, il not
daily, patients for the hospital,
ought to provide for the
one thing needful to day, namely,
permanent bed" II will take the
interest OF S., 1000 to provide for such
bed year, The injured employees
of the Wilmington manufacturers will
keep such bed constantly occupied.
1t is certain, indeed, that one bed will
not afford accommodations for all tho
men and boys injured in the local
factories during tho course Of
year; but il the hospital had
one such bed 1T would be largely pro-
vfded towards the exigencies which
are arising constantly. 1t need not be
expected, probably, that one firm or
company will devote 30 large a sum to
the amelioration of suffering employees.
but it is not too much to expecT that
ten such firms or companies will each
contribute $500 for the endowment Of
q permanent bed, We would like to
zee a beginning made.
Evening journal., 1888-08-02
REED AND BUrrERwoarH.
RetalIating In His Sarcastic Chief.
Hard Hits.

WASHINGTON, August During tie
discussion in the House yesterday afternoon
on the Army Appropriation bill there was
lively colloquy between Mr.. Butterworth
Of Ohio and Mr. Reed Of Maine, the Rspub-
lican leader, in which the latter was
wersied. IL was hard on Mr.. Reed
but the whole House seemed To
enjoy his discontinue and spplauded Mr..
Butterworth very vigorously.
Mr.. Reed had been laying down some Of
his customary cogmas. to which Mr.. But
terworth had replied. Mr.. Reed then arose
again and said: 81 am able TO meet any
emergency" The opportunity was too
good to DO lost, and without allowing him
TO proceed any further Mr.. Butterworth
said quickly: 'In the estimation of vour
friends It is never safe to yield to Won y
The House laughed
Mr.. Reed replied. my friend accuses me
OF too much pride. He has cut me CT in
the middle Of sentence and made IL an.
pear that have given ntterance to an idle
boast. said was EQUAL to any emsr-
cency which l voluntarily affrontsd my
SELF tor
This grammatical remark made the
House laugh again. and She merriment was
still more increased when Mr. Butterworsh
retorted; well, never knew the emer-
gency which you would not affrout and
aifrout yourself too.n
BY this time the man from Maine was IN
terrible state Of mind, but he managed
to say; II think l shall be able to meet
any emergency raised by the gentleman
To which Mr.. Butterwo-th remarked:
Fools rush In where angels fear to tread y
Mr.. Reeds answer was lost ia the storm
oflsughtev and applause, but Mr. Butter
worth was heard to say: 81 decline TO
yield. L the gentleman had had the polite.
ness 70 aek me to yield be would have ele-
voted himself in the estimation OF HE
friendan
MF- Reeds face WAS positively livid with
rage when be sat down, but MIR. Butter.
worth coolly went on with bis speech and
paid no more attention to his lsta an
tagonist
Evening journal., 1888-08-02

The Marine Journal Of New York is
q most untiriog supporter Of the
bast interests Of navigator5 and other
marine coucerns. It Is almost entirely
devoted to the resuscitation CT our
Merchant Marine, aud has always
endeavored to awaken in the American
citizen true patriotic sentiment in it's
favor. One Of its best efforts has been
expended in advocating the con-
struction of the Nicaragua canal. In
this connection, it says:
"The Panama Canal has now taken les
place as tho most stupendous engineering
scheme ever attempted by man, as IL is tho
most conspicuous failure the world has
ever seen. Neither the engineering reputs
ti0n nor tho financial skin OF NJ. DO Las-
seps hos been equal 70 the task OF raising
the requisite hundreds OF millions to com
plete It. The lottery scheme has failed aad
nothing now remains but the forlorn hors
Of an appeal TO the French Governmsut.
which win he equally DISASTROUS. Ween-
while tho Nicaragua Canal d on the high
road TO SUCCESS, and az it is an American
enterprise, onr people should and viii put
IL through. The praoiic4bility has already
bsen fully demonsuatoi
The party OF engin GERS sent down to
survey the Nicaragua route have re-
ported favorably. The whole party
are enthusiastic and do not think that
there is any obstacle in the way Of con-
structing the canal. This professional
opinion, from engineers Of the highest
standing in the country, should deter
mine Congress to give theplain finan-
cial support. This is a true American
enterprise and as such should receive
encouragement. The control OF such
a canal in the event of war would be
ct incalculable advantage to this coun-
try and it only remains for Congress
to give it countenance and support in
order to insure it's construction.
Evening journal., 1888-08-02
Vveli-knoVvn Persons.

AlRer Of Michigan studied law while
working on farm at So a month.
Cyrus W. Field got bis FIRST start SIS
clerk in q commission house at 50 pr
week.
NJ. Chevreuel, the centenarian chemist.
says that the modern dyer controls 10 900
different shades Of colors.
John Gennadius, Greek Minister, apserts
that the Greeks OF to-day are as strong ply
eicially as their famous ancestors.
O1ly one civilian out OF tina Presidents Of
this country gained his election after be
was 60. and that one was James Buoh-
enan.
James o. johnson, the lifelong friend OF
Henry Clay. and executor under bis will,
died yesterday at Lexington, KY, aged 81
years
Charles H. Hacxley, who recently gave
Euskegon, Michigan, 100000 for a public
library, has given $4,000 additional FOR
the purchase OF books.
Prince Bismarck has given evidence that
he is still a skillful markBman. While
iANAtAAAAh WIN "a AlAAo bb Asu lht US EtItlEAJ
he hit the bulls eye every time.
James Whitcomb Riley complains that
some consrierce less scribss are palming CT
cheap limitations OF his poetry, with lio
name attached, upon csrtsin gullible
editors.
The wife Of Secretary Whitney arrived
60 Bar Harlor, No, yesterday with their
children. They win during the month OF
August occupy Edeuheld. the beautiful cot.
inRa Of Nr. Lyons.
Tuesday was the eighty lith anniversary
OF the birth Of Captain john Ericsson, in
ventor OF the Monitor. He 10 hale and
hearty, and is at work on a model for a
battle chip Of extraordinary design.
Robert Peel, son Of Sir Robert Peel, is 60
be presented by his fathers tenants with
an address contained in en- elaborate gold,
silver and ivory casket upon his coming OF
age. This is a more than usually pleasant
version OF the landlord and tenant act.
It is just 40 years ago since Pssteur wss
appointed Professor OF Physics al the Fac
ulty Of Sciences, Strasburg. For IA years
he has had a lie annuity Of 1900 francs
from the French Government rs reward
for his Investigations on fermentation.
Jay Gould ia at one Of bis cottages il
Saratoga planning tishiug campaign in
the Adirondacls AID later In the Caiskills
Mr. Gould hasn't had q rod in his hand
since his boyhood. George Gould says his
"iad" is as sound as a tweaty-iollsr god
piece,
Parker Plsbury, the old anti-slavery
war.horse, is nov 20 years old, but he is
thinking Of renewing bis reformstory work
in the direction OF securing the abolition of
the death penalty, the substitution Of erbi-
tration for war and the Improvement Of
the condition Of prisons
DR.. Robert Morris. the Poet Laureate
OF Masonry y and ''the most distinguished
Mason in this world, = died on Tuesday at
his homo in La Grange, Kentucky. He
WAS a Presbyterian minister, but some
years ago gave up the work OF hia ministry
to devote himself exclusively to masonic
matters
Evening journal., 1888-08-02
FLGHrLNG EpInEMInS

The Senate bill intended to perfect
the quarantine service Of the United
States should be the next bill for Presi.
dent Cleveland to sign. 1t has passed
both the House and the Senate and
will be law if it goes through the
Presidents hands without veto at
tached. 1t is hard to understand why
this bill hung so long in the House
Committee, unless the ''penny-wise.
pound-foolish' statesmen or the tariff
thinkers blocked it.
This quarantine bill appropriates
$50, 900 to establish station at the
Delaware Breakwater, and other
amounts for other stations on the At
lantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts. The
presence, already, Of yellow fever at
the Breakwater demands that imme.
dIate precautionary measures be taken.
To delay action on a bill involving the
public health is a fearful responsibility
for any man or set of men to take.
With yellow fever threatening
us always from the West In
dies and Central America, cholera
from Europe and leprosy from the
Sandwich Islands, the wonder is that
we are not having annual epidemics.
The splendid sanitary condition of
most Of our seaport cities. we suppose,
accounts for this, but It is far from
prudent to depend solely upon our
healthy condition.
Should this bill be signed, there
~vould he nothing 20 hinder the crgen-
ization Of the quarantine stations upon
Evening journal., 1888-08-02
The Three Rockers.

Three rockers together a rocl1in' Glow,
On the east PLACER, all in er row;
Where ere the folks. yer want ter knowi
No answer comes, but the wind signs low.
The old house is gray with weather an
time,
The wellcurb' is mossy an green with
slime,
Windows rattle with endless rhyme:
Nobody's here, but the cheers rock slow.
IL amt very long sence. all In err row,
Tnree sisters sat rockin' here to and fro,
Knittin'. countin' from heel TO toe,
Watchin' the bay where snils come and 60.
They watched and they waited day after
day;
Not single ship sailed inter the bay,
"Joes long comin',n then they say;
"WhRles must be scserce,n an they all
rock slow.
But while they watched Mandy whitened
an shrank,
And Mercy into strange silence sank,
Aud Morthy she looked old an lank.
when will Jos comeln and they rocked
more slow.
Then Their come day when an empty
chair
Moved soft 10 the wind by the sister pair.
A year moro passed, and Mercy there
Bat watchin' two idle rockers blow.
Three rockers together a-rockin' slow,
Not goui in Their place To make 'em 20;
Folks are dead. If yer went to know,
An the lonesome sea 10 rockin' Joel
w. H. Winslow.
Evening journal., 1888-08-02

relates to the progress and prosperity Of
the country In tha last twenty five years
under the protective system. Mr.. Blaine is
a master. and before the exhibit which he
hasthe ability apd the materihlsto make,
the theories Of the Carbide Mile Nc MillaEl
Breckenridge Scott school will vanish like
snow under the rays OF July sun. While
the college dogmes, the doctrines OF the
calow doctrinaires will be with them, the
facts--the overwhelming, conclusive facts
will be with Mr.. Blaine; and in these will
be tho strength OF theinfluence his presence
will have upon the election.
Evening journal., 1888-08-02

New York Times.
Several members Of the Nicaragua Canal
surveying party have returned from the
scene Of their labors. aud it ia noticeable
thaa they coma back 10 flrst rate health.
Engineer Peary says; Not q man Of the
expedition has been seriously IN or has SUIT
fered any material injury in tho nix months
OF Geld work. The experience OF these en-
gineers and surveyors strongly confirms
previous testimony concerning the health
ful1ess OF the climate 10 tho region to be
travorsed by the cAual On the other hand
il Is known the wurld over that the death
rate among those employed on the Panama
Canal-the officers az well as the laborers-
has been appalling. So deadly was the
climate that, as a last resort. the company
imported sturdy negroes from Africa with
the hope that they would survive tho con
ditions under which other men died as il
stricken BY pestilonee. At the beginning
OF its operations the Panama Company
spent millions for hospitals. These facts
have an important bearing upon the ques.
ton OF cost with respect TO the two cauals,
and also upon other questions relatlng to
choice OF route by those who desire to use
an interoceanic canal
Evening journal., 1888-08-02

A reader of the Press sends us the
following interesting tariff talk on the
manufacture of lace in the United
States:
THE commencement of the history
of the lace industry in this country
dates back 90 years. During the fret
II years Of that period of its progress
was remarkable and afforded one of
the brightest examples of the possi-
bilities of the home manufactures
when properly protected. Although
but in its infancy and confined to q
few manufacturers the American lace
goods soon took high position in the
market and equaled if they did not
surpass those laces imported from
France and England, which previous
to 1867 had no domestic competition.
Before the introduction Of lace making
into this country the foreign manu-.
facturers had everything their own
way and placed an abnormal price
upon their articles. Since 1861, how.
ever, foreign laces have been cheaper
and this happy effect has been pro
duced by the home industry.
"Duringthe last four years the sys-
tematic undervaiuation Of laces coming
into the United Statee has thrown the
manufacture Of this faucy and fash
ionable class Of goods into a stagnant
condition. It is an established fact
that 'ome silk laces have not paid as
much duty as ia paid on the silk warns
from which they are made. While
others, from the superficial examina
ton of custom house officials, are
allowed to pass unnoticed in the
trunka of the tourist, and pay no duty
whatever, In 1856 one of the custom
house appraisers unwittingIy admitted
that he had passed silk laces when
their invoice price covered only the
value of the raw silk. entirely emitting
labor and waste Of material, which
would more than triple the cost az
entered.
CAS- the wages paid by the American
manufactures for making and finishing
are two or three times higher than
those paid in Europe, we connot COM
pete with the European manufacturer
unless full rate of duty is imposed
upon the latter's goods. In consequence
Of the unrestrained aud prevalent I'M
dervaluations three.fourths Of our val
liable imported lace machinery has
been idle and our skilled labor has
been scattered. 1t is not necessary
only that the present tariff rates on
silk laces should remain untouched,
That section Of the law requiring the
examination Of imported merchandise
to ascertain its true value of cost OF
production should be made SO thor
ough, stringent and comprehensive that
the differentiation of goods would be
made difficult, costly and dangerous.
During the last four years this practice
has become alarmingly prevalent.
With rigid measures taken by tho gov
eminent and the duty unsltered, we
msy confidently look forward to better
times in this business.
"Lace is a luxury in the highest
sense, and the duty collected is not a
burden on the poor. On the contrary,
hundreds of poor families have been
benefited and maintained in the past
for many years by the lace industry Of
this country"