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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
The Employers, unions.

Speaking of employers unions, all classes
of Chinese business men have their guilds,
and these are almost as old as the country.
One of the finest clubhouses of China is that
of the Canton merchants of Foo Chow. 1t is
made up of great number of finely finished
rooms elegantly furnished in Chinese fash
ion and located in the best part of the city.
Here the merchants come to drink tea and
chat, They have temple and theater con-
nected with it, and the club consists of 500
members. I visited at Shanghai some of
the finest specimens of Chinese architecture
have seen. They were guild halls belong
ing to tea and rice merchants, and they had
wonderful gardens of caves and rocks built
up in the busiest part of the city. These
guilds regulate the commerce of China
They fix the rate of interest, the time on
which goods may be sold, the
weights and the standards of goods.
A member using different scales
than the one prescribed is fined. and man
acting contrary to the guild can, in many
instances, not go on with his business One
of the druggists guilds has just adopted
some new rules which lie before me. These
prescribe that accounts shall be settled three
times every year, and that discount of 5
per cent may be allowed on cash trans
actions. No member in the guild shall be
permitted to trade with the others while he
is in debt to member of the guild, and any
member who violates these laws shall pay
for two theater plays for the guild and for
drinks and feast for 20 members.
Some of these guilds prescribe that prom
isory notes shall be dated on the day of sale
and all of them fix the rules of giving credit.
The bankers guild fix all matters relating
to interest, and these different organizations
make the dealings of foreigners with the
Chinese more safe than such dealings would
be in other countries. The Chinaman re-
spects his contract and if he does not his
guild makes him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
Her Hat Was Not New.

Chicago HeraId.J
Mr.. and Mrs. Simpkins at the theater.
Mr.. S-What are you doing?
Mrs. Sim going to take off my bonnet
and hold it in my lap.
81 never saw you so considerate of any
ones pleasure before"
"Umph! You needn't think it's that.
I'm the only woman in the house that hasn't
got new spring bonnet, and you ought to
be ashamed of it."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
A Very Cold Drnft.


chicago Mau.I
On suburban train going to Hyde Park
last night two young men stood up in the
aisle talking. One of them was very hoarse
and the other said:
II notice you have severe cold, JohnP'
"Yes," said John, "a very bad one, too"
Draft in the Office, suppose?"
Draft? Well, should say so; one there
to-day that gave every man in the office .
cold."
"You don't tell me. Must have been
terror"
That's just what twas"
"Any idea where it came from?"
"Yes. 1t came from the bank and vaa
for $50, 900. We all caught eold.''
"Ohl see. Here's my station"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
Poverty of the Ront people.

As an instance of the poverty of the boat
people of China, in coming from Hong
Kong to Canton we anchored in the midst
of city of boats. 1t is estimated that one
third of a million people are born, live and
die upon the waters of the river at Canton.
They live from what they can earn and pick
up upon the river, and they carry on reg
ular business, employing their assistants
The average wages OF boatmen are from $40
to S12 year and food, and during our voy-
age two rats which were killed on the ship
we're thrown out to one of these boat fami-
lies.
They were grabbed at with avidity and
the thanks our captain received were un-
bounded. Long before you have read this
letter they will have done their part in
making muscle for the boatman who ate
them, and dog and cat meat are among the
other foods which sustain the lives of these
men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17

gether in different parts of the empire and
the Government had to come to terms.
One of the great luxuries in which the
Chinaman delights is the having the back OF
his shoulders and neck kneaded after his
head is shaved. The BARRIERS concluded that
this was below their dignity and their union
forbade it. They also prohibited BARRIERS
from ear cleaning during the last six days
of the year, as at this time there is SO much
New Year, that there is no time for dirty
ears,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
AMERICAN PRUDERY.
False Ideas of over-Propriety are
Undermining the Frank
INDEPENDENCE OF OUR GIRLS.
The Hue and Cry is Robbing Them Of Their
Greatest Charm,
THEIR UNCONSCIOUSNEss OF WRONG
rwR1rrrN FOR rHr pIsrAroH.1


HAT is or is not
proper is becoming a
tremendous question
amongAmerican wom-
en-. The lines of social
etiquette in America
are far more distinct
than those of any other
country, and hence the
perpetual and never
ending discussion of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
Hard on the Noae.

New York Morning Journal.l
A pretty girl living on Madison svsnus.
with nez retrousse, but little too much n.
has had an ivory clothes-pin made and fa.tsn,
it on her little nose for two hours each dan.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17

1t is from this district
that the bulk of our immigration comes, 'and
there are coolies here and to spare. This
province is one of the most thickly settled
of the provinces of the Chinese empire. 1t
not quite as big as Kansas, but it contains
one-third as many people as the whole
United States. Canton itself is bigger than
New York City, and 12-mile radius from
its center embraces, am told, population
of 5000, 900. There are villages outside
as big as Washington or Cleveland,
and many of the small towns of the
province have been living for years
upon contributions from American Chinese
laundries. How the people swarm. Almond
eyed, yellow-faced men, women and chill
dren tramp upon one another's heels, and
the thousand streets of this city are more
crowded than Broadway in, front of Trinity
Church at the busiest hour of the day.
Every one is working, from the half-naked,
bare-legged man who, with hat as big as
parasol, carries great loads upon his shoul-
ders, to the woman in pautaloons and short
skirt, who sculls the boat on the riyer, and
to the keen-eyed merchant who, in round
black cap and gorgeous silks, stands sur
rounded by his shelves of fine goods. Every
branch of business goes on and Canton is
on of the great manufacturing cities of the
world.
With the rudest of tools these long,
fingered celestials turn out the finest of
carving in wood and ivory and with the
weaving machines of 1000 years ago they
make dresses for modern Europe. saw
Canton lumber mill this afternoon. Two
men sawed logs into boards with cross-cut
saws. They were naked save breech clout
and they moved up and down all day for 10
cents piece. Wages here and all over
China are at the lowest ebb, and this great
human bee hive containing from one-fourth
to one-third of all the people in the world
goes on with its labor as quietly as though
America did not exist
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
CHINA'SCHEAPLABOR
Wages, Hours and Work of Celestials
in the Flowery Kingdom.
FARM HANDS AT SIP A YEAR,
And Women Plenty, at Two Cents q Day,
Willing to Do Mems Work.
HOW THE CHINESE LABoRER LIVES
Various Other Matters Pertaining to Capital and
Labor in China
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE D1srArcH.1

AN TON, CHINA.
February 6.-I have
come to Canton to see
how our Cinnamon
live and work at home.
I no longer wonder at
Chinese immigration
90 America, for I have
had a taste of Chinese
cheap labor in China.
Tk .. Al. I.zA.k
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17

How. the City Laborer lives.
The living of the laborer in the cities is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
HOW T0BE A BEAUTY.
Evelyn Malcolm on the Art Of Pre-
serving a Fair WOman's Face.
AN IDEAL FORM OF LONELINESS.
Proper Treatment of the Eyes, Teeth. Hair
and Complexion.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ADIMPLB
NE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ADIMPLs
rwRrrrEN FOB THE DISPATCH

f the devil were asked wha
is beauty" says VOltaire,
che would answer, "A couple
Of horns, four claws and .
tail. % If this is so, then
his earlier education has not
served him any; Lucifer is de-
generated and fallen indeed.
Wa haze noon-4I
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
Copyright, 1889. bv Maurice Thompson.

L CAUGHT her hands: ''Now listen, Nan.
ME.
Why is it. dear, you sweeter grow?
She said and laughed, "It's Frangipauni,
Which comes from Atkinson, you know -
Su
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01
Both Honest.

During the Civil War, Miss Ma
high-spirited Virginia young lady,
whose father-a Confederate soldier
had been taken prisoner by the Union
forces, was desirous of obtaining pass,
which would enable her to visit him.
Francis p. Blair agreed to secure an
audience with the President, but warn
ed his young and rather impulsive
friend to be prudent, and not betray
her sympathy for the South.
They were ushered into the presence
of Mr.. Lincoln, and the object for
which they had come was stated. The
tall, grave man bert down to the little
maiden, and, looking searchingly into
her face, said:
"You are loyal, of course -
Her bright eyes flashed. She hesi-
tated moment, and then, with face
eloquent with emotion and honest as
his own, she replied, "Yes, loyal to the
hearts core-to Virginia
Mr.. Lincoln kept his intent gaze up
on her for a moment longer, and then
went to his desk, wrote line or two,
and handed her the paper. With Is
bow the interview terminated
When they left the room, Mr.. Blair
began to upbraid his young friend for
her impetuousity. "Now you have
done it, he said. "Didnt | warn
you to be very careful You have on
ly yourself to blame" Miss N made
no reply, but opened the paper. 1t
contained these words:
"Pass Miss N. She is an honest
girl, and can be trusted. 4. LINCOLN
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01
COLD WEATHER RULES.

Never lean with the black upon any
thing that is cold,
Never begin journey until the
breakfast has been eaten.
Never take warm drinks and then
Immediately go out into the cold.
Keep the back, especially between
the shoulder blades, well covered; also
the chest well protected. In sleeping
in cold room establish habit of
breathing through your nose, and new
er sleep with the mouth open.
Never go to bed with cold or damp
feet.
Never omit regular bathing, for un-
less the skin is in active condition the
cold will close the pores and favor con-
gestion and other diseases.
After exercise of any kind never ride
in an open carriage or near the window
of a car for moment; it is dangerous
to health or even life.
When hoarse speak as little as posi-
bic until the hoarseness is recovered
from, else the voice may be permanent
ly lost, or difficulties of the throat be
produced.
Merely warm the back by the fire
and never continue keeping the back
exposed to the heat after it has become
cor fortably warm. To do otherwise
is debilitating.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01
LUCK In NUMBERS.

To see nine magpies is extremely
unlucky.
In France seventh son in direct
succession is called marcou.
Virgil tells us IN the eighth eclogue
that the gods esteemed old numbers.
The seven days of creation led to a
septenary division of time to all ages.
There were seven wise men in antiq-
uity and seven wonders of the world.
Nine grains OF wheat laid on four
leaved clover enables one to see the
fairies.
1t is ancient belief that change in
the body Of a man occurs every seventh
year.
In the Farce Islands there is a su-
perstition that seals cast off their skins
every ninth month and assume the hu-
man shape.
When il servant maid finds nine
green peas in one pod she lays it on
the window sill, and the first man who
enters will be her beau"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.

1t is always impossible TO get some
thing for nothing honestly. 1t is al
ways impossible to give something for
nothing beneficently. This is as true
In ..other realms as in the commercial.
1t is violated by other methods than
those of the gambler. The man who
gives dime or a dollar to a beggar for
nothing does nothing to alleviate pow
erty. lie increases it. This is the
lesson which the laggard- Drained
world has been so long in learning =
But We have learned it at last. This
lazy kind of charity is not charity at
all. He who makes the beggar earn
the dime or the dollar. before or after,
by service first rendered or by indus
try to be awakened and set in motion,
does charity. But he who gives and
neither demands compensatIng ener-
gy before nor arouses compensation
after gives nothing. He has only help
ed a man to violate the universal and
inexorable moral law against all effort,
however disguised, TO get something
for nothing. Sometimes this spirit
gets into the church. The minister la
ments decaylng church, diminish
ing congregation, al enfeebled and dull
prayer meeting, lessened or tardily
paid salary. Ten to one it is another
case of "someting for nothing" What
are You giving to this congregation?
What do they get when they come to
church? What that fills them with
better life. Or purpose to attain it?
They are discouraged and want hope;
perplexed, and want light; bedrag-
sled in the mire, and went power of
upward flight. If the minister can
give them that, if they 60 away from
every service with better hope, clear
er faith in God and divine principles
Of righteousness, cheerier love for
fellow men, they do not stay away
But if they come for grain and get
only the echo of an old fail on old
straw, no great wonder if they cease to
come. They will not long give some
thing for nothing. Look around you,
and you will find that all the men of
great success are men who have given
something for something, and general
ly good measure, heaped up, pressed
down and running over. But you see
only what they have received, not what
they have given. And the men who
have failed deserved to fail, because
they have been trying, consciously or
unconsciously, to get something for
nothing. And that Is never road to
an enduring success.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01

at the battle of Grayelotte, where three,
fourths of the complement of men and
officers were disabled before they were
relieved. But they accomplished the
object which they were ordered to do,
and so did these Maryland artillerists
at a far greater loss of brave men in
proportion to the number engaged
During the last ten rounds fired (only
two men loading and firing the gum
Corporal May was compelled to ''serve
the vent" that is to say, to place his
thumb upon the touch hole while the
sponge-staf was being withdrawn from
the bore of the piece, to put out latent
sparks-with his bare thumb, because
the man whose duty it was had been
killed and his leather thum-stall lost.
As consequence, Mays thumb at the
end of the fight was found to have been
burned by the heated metal of the
cannon to the bone
But the glory of the Marylanders is
that after the fight was over Gen.
Ewell sent to get the names of every
officer and private of the gallant section
and incorporated their names in his
official report of operations, as may be
seen in the coming volume of the Gre
bellionRecord' at the War Department.
Such thing was never done in any
other corps generals report during the
war;. 1t was unique. Perhaps the
crowning glory of all was when after
the war, Gen. r. E. Lee visited Balti-
more. and said to prominent citizen
who had lost son in the fight: "You
ought not to grieve for your son. As
far. as high-souled devotion to duty
was concerned, though the corps was
small in number, the heroic self-sacra-
fee of those brave men was second
Thermopyle.'
may say that during the fight Gen.
Milroy, with a portion of his force,
made his way across the country to the
Potomac, and that the remainder who
were surrounded were surrendered BY
his senior brigadier general.
desire to state in conclusion, that
the particulars of this sketch are from
information furnished me by an ex-
confederate who was an eyewitness.
who, | have every reason to believe,
told the truth as he knew it, and
as far as the general features
are concerned, l know of them person.
ally from the talk about the camps at
that date, as above stated.
Perhaps the Marylanders are proud
er of this episode in the history of their
troops than of all their other gallant
achievements during the civil way.
THos. J. MURRAY.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01

Talking few days ago with Mary
lander who fought for the Confederacy,
he appeared to think that the services
OF the Marylanders were not apprecia-
ted by the Confederate authorities as
they deserved to have been. AS far as
| know the gallantry of the Maryland
Line was fully recognized by Virgin
ian and troops from other states. but l
have heard structures passed on that
class Of Marylanders who hung around
Richmond during the war. claiming
exemption from conscription as foreign
citizens, and who never intended to
put themselves within reach of the
whistle of hostile mimic bullet
These fellows were burden to the au-
thorities, and, in fact, an unmitigated
nuisance to the people generally. But
no more enthusiastic or drawer men
ever pulled trigger, brandished Il
sword, or handled rammer in the Con-
federate ranks than those of the Mary
land Line.
| recollect OF brilliant feat of arms
performed bya Maryland battery which
was the talk of the camps of the Army
OF Northern Virginia at the time, and
which has received little or no notice
from the historians. | will try to tell
it Us | have often heard the tale.
about June Is, 1868, while the ar
my of Gen. Lee was making its flank
movement down the Shenandoah val
ley, Gen. Ewell's corps was in the lead.
Gen. Milroy was strongly entrenched
at Winchester. and although on the
advance of the confederates, he had
been ordered to withdraw to the Poto-
mac, he sought and obtained permiss-
ion .to hold IN for while" and it
was mighty little while, as the sub
sequent events showed. Milroy sent
word TO Col. Donn Piatt, the adjutant
general of Gen. Schenck, who was at
Harper's Ferry, and who had sent Mil
roy the order to fall back, that ''he
could hold the post (Winchester)
against any force the enemy could
bring against him" That same after
noon the advance divisions of Ewell
struck the greater part of Milroys
forts and rifle pits and surged over
them like thundergust, putting his
troops to utter rout and capturing all,
or nearly all, of his artillery aad wag-
on trains. As soon rs night fell the
federal general determined to abandon
what remained of his artillery and
trains and by forced march to en-
deavor to cut his way out of the hob
bic he WAS in with his infantry and
cavalry in the direction of Martins
burg and Charlestown
Now Gen Milroy. in the confederate
army. was i'll the same position as
gen. B. +. Butler: that is to say. he
had been declared an outlaw bv the
confederate authorities. and the troops
were directed to hang him when and
wherever they might capture him.
The cause for this outlawrv was that
Gen Milroy had issued the same or
der rs to the treatment of the women
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01
What the Chimney Sang.
ny BRET iAETH

over the chimney tie night wind sang
And chanted a melody no one knew;
And the woman stopped and her babe she tossed
And thought OF the one she had long since lost
And said rs her tear drops back she forced,
II hate the wind in the chimney
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted n melody no one knew;
And the children said they closer drew,
'' lis some witch that is cieaving the black
night through,
lis fairy trumpet that jus; then blew,
And We fear the wind in the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chsnated n melody no one knew;
And the man, as he sat on his hearth below,
Said TO hims-lf, at will surely snow,
And fuel is dear and wages low,
And I'll stop the leak Ia. the chimney"
overthe chimney the night wind sang,
And chAnted n melody no one knew;
But the poet listened and smiled, for he
Was man. and women. and child. all three,
And said, 1T is Gods own harmony,
This wind We hear in the chimney"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01
puetrp
MY MOTHER.

Ju-i where tie rose inis;ei hor. xoa
Melts IN the faint blues of iniinit ude,
Against the flaming amethyst oil dawn
saw as. wrapt in still ec>ts,ic mood,
One might behold a dreaming angel brood.
On wide and awful wings outreached far
The great white glory OF the Morning Star,
No more the lonely planet, lost in space
For, thro' the cry stal lens OF passionate tears,
Her throbbing splendor seemed to vail q face.
The joy and beacon-light OF all my years!
From some high gate OF the celestial spheres.
With al the unclouded loveiiness OF yore
My mother face smiled down on me once more
And from the fountain OF my tears the star
Drew up long films OF tremuious silver light,
That bridged the hopeless distances afar,
And made "A path across the CULTS of Night.
Down whose fair length. from rosy height to height
The vision of an angel seemed to glide
And soft arms clasped me. and heard the tone
or her dear voice-"with thee 1 will abide;
Rest thee, my child. thou art no more alone
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01

Every attempt to make others hap
py, every sin left behind. every temp
tation trampled under foot, every step
forward in the cause of what is good,
is step nearer to heaven.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01

When going from warm atmosphere
into cooler one keep the mouth closed,
so that the air may be warmed in its
passage through the nose ere it reaches
the lungs
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01

Never stand still in cold weather. es-
pecially after having taken slight de-
gree OF exercise, and always avoid
standing on ice or snow, or were the
person is exposed to the wind.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01

Help somebody worse off than your
self, and you will find You are better
off than you fancied.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01

"Canada' is said to bea Portuguese
word signifying "there is nothing
here
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-01

wv + are head centers for La
w dies and Misses Cluaks in
Washington.
We devote our entire floor to
their exclusive sales, and what
we haven't is something that is
not worn.
GRAND DISPLAY OF
JERSEYS.
The newest effects, the latest
creation. We carry only all
wool Jerseys, and fully warrant
the wear of every Jersey bought
from us.
OUR NEW WRAPPERS.
Beautiful goods, in entirely
new ideas, in Flannels and Cash
mere.
TEA GOWNS IN RICH PATTERNS
Ladies Fall Costumes in the
new materials and colorings at
our usually low prices.
LADIES AND CHILDREN'S WARM
SKIRTS.
Everything needed in skirts
kept by us.
BLANKETS. BED COMFORTS AND
SPREADS
for the millions. Nowhere such
stock. All prices. all grades
from the cheapest to the CAL
ifornia Blanket.
BLANKETS AND SPREADS FOR
THE BABY.
A splendid stock of goods for
the infants.
Infants Bootees, Infants Slips.
Infants Long and Short Coats.
Infants Wrappers, Infants
Shawls, Infants Caps, in
Surah, Plush,
Cloth, &c.
And everything else needed to
complete an outfit for an infant.