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Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17
Wicked Trick on q Trout Fisher.

J. II. Blethen and Alfred Stetson, of
Linneus, went on trouting expedition
and captured eleven fish They placed
them in their wagon and then went off
to look after some bear traps. While
they were gone DR.. Boyd happened along,
and recognizing the team proceeded to
purloin the trout. He took them to Mr.
Blethen's house, told Mrs. Blethen how
he came by them, and requested her to
say nothing, but to cook them the next
day and surprise her husband; mean
time she would probably hear a pretty
good fish story, he predicted. When
Mr. Blethen arrived home his story, in
reply 10 his wife's inquiries as to his luck,
was fully up to the expectation of the
plotters. lie said they had caught for
ty-eight trout, and most of them were
of monstrOus size, in fact the finest
string he ever saw, but some evil minded
person had stolen them from the team
while they were absent, and so on.
When his wife produced eleven fried
little fishes for dinner the next day and
told him that there were his forty eight
monsters the fisherman wilted like a
morning glory in MONDAY sun.-Houl-
ton (afe.) Pioneer.
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ghe country and establish pickets in
every city and follow up all the work,
and it will be boycotted everywhere.
This may be criminal. but If 50, let it
Eo
This Jewish element unOrgan.zed, Is
menace 20 American labor Yet the
manufacturers, who profit by this con-
Gition, prefer % keep them in unorgan-
ICED subjection- The inside contractors
or midtlemen pay them what they
please. Tho principal manufacturers
who have been active in the lockout
are Blumenthal & Co; Meyer. Jonassen
4 Co; Benjamin Caspira; Freedman
Bros; Granor & Co; ROthschilds. Gold
schmidt & Wutzberge-, and Julius
Stein We have asked them 70 abolish
the inside contractor. aud TO let Us raise
tho cloak-makers % the decent level OF
American labor. Till now they have
been below tho level OF the Slavacks
who worked in the Pennsylvania mines
No lockout in New York OF any other
American city has ever caused so much
misery. The Russian. Polish. Austrian
and German operatives, who com pose
the Cloakmakers' Union. are poorly paid
az the best Of times When work stops
they are destitute IL Ia hsartbreaking
TO listen 60 the stories told by some OF
these people OF their struggle to live.
We climb the stops Of a steep tene-
ment at s5 Ludlow street. A dark-faced
woman. who sits at the TOP steps with
a sick baby in her lap makes way for
rs In tho ball children can be heard
weeping On the first foor front we en-
ter the rooms OF Solomon Greenebaum.
The two little apartments are scrupu-
l0usly clean. and tho bare wooden floor
locks white. TIE father has been out
OF work four weeks. and tho mother-as
we ask her how she manages % feed her
five children. her eyes Ell with tears
and she makes a dive for the pocket OF
her poor calico dress
-Thorei Thas is Low we live. sns
she pushes into our hands a score or
mors pawn tickets Not enoughP
Well" and she crosses over 70 tho
emp,T cupboard and from glass bowl
draws cut more tickets There are Still
more in decanter and moro yet in a
siny work-bcx. kll her iittle treasures
gone for food for The babiesi
1T Ia the same Vith us "a With
Others, said the brave little woman.
tears coursiBz down her face "a she
speaks We ara from Warsaw: nv
husband IS a good workman. bus he has
no work since Easter. All We have Ia
eone-pawned. and Ne are starving. ss
ron see o. bitterly. we have found
this hard country After seven years
We can not live When you are work
inV. they vors ron into the earth Our
children can learn nothing that viii
give tken a living
When be began with them his eYes
~era good. but now they havs been
ruined hT working 3sy and night vden
there vas sn7 work 20 10. and whas
have ws 20 show for e after all'-hoid-
fnr out The empty bands eloauently.
'eTc starvef He csn not now SEQ a
needle They pay rs sixty cents Tor
Plush rarnent f,r which they charTe
the buyer Atty dollars The best nT
nan ever earned with al his sciL Vas
thirteen dollars "a a week. and then he
never got more than three Baouths sork
a raar.f
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HoRsoRs N osaoney.
shSskins Thinss Dr.. B2yol s~~-Eiend-
tsh Ana&Esns-

sASskins TAinss Dr.. B2yol s-~-Fiead-
t.h Am&ESHs-
A letter from Psrss. giving details y
the adventures q DT. B4yol, the gov
ernoT e kotoBo1. who Was imprisoned
by the KING u DahoE2ey, APPEARS IA The
fosslsche ZeltSng Dr. B&yol himself
Was not III treated, 5ut was forced -
witness TIE most horrible executions,
and was closely watched night and day
by three OF the most important chiefs.
lie was forced 10 be present at the exc
eution Of his secretary and has interpret
er. and was spectator # the sacrifice
at one time Of eixhty-foar human beings,
and Al another Of forty-tvo The We
TINS were bound, mutilsted IN a horn
bic manner. and then. still alive, hung
up by the heels. Then their bodies were
opened with large round knives and the
intestines taken out, after which the
eOIses were thrown into place Of
skulls. where IN forty eight hours they
were reduced by birds Of prey 70 skele-
tons.
DR.. BayOl was every time compelled
10 view each cOrpss. while tho execu-
TONERS carefully turned the heads Of
their victims toward him. Upon one
occasion he desired 70 buy of some ne
groes. whom ne recognized IS proteges
from Porto Noyo, but the king angrily
refused 70 allow il. Every day his dusky
majesty danced before the doctor, exc
cutting steps and jumps which would
have been highly entertaining under other
circumstances. At these times the king
wore sandals and sort of Grecian cap
on his head, and six Amazpns danced
with him.
The Amazons DIR. Bayol describes as
very hends. One day the doctor wit
messed spectacle which he will never
forget. At sign from the king 500
Amazons rushed upon living OK and
tore it into pieces in few seconds; then
each, with piece of raw flesh in her
mouth, marched off singing, while five
of their number held the skin and head
of their victim aloft in triumph.
In festal garments they witnessed from
the roofs of the neighboring huts the
human sacrifices of the next day and
laughed heartily. They always appear
perfectly resigned and go quietly to
death when their turn comes. The king
is very suspicious, and would not sign
the letter written to the president of the
French republic. DR.. Bayol's return to
the coast was extremely dangerous, for
he had no passport and was therefore
obliged. in spite of illness. to march
more than fifty miles in one day through
country with which he was quite unac-
quainted. On arriving at Kotonou he
heard of the death of the king, whom,
had he been still at Dahomey, he would
have probably been accused of poison
ing.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17

the mother. which were running over
with tears. | learned that the father
had gone out 10 make last effort TO
raise few dollars for the landlord who
had threatened To evics him IN the
afternoon
This Is a typical case and Is even bet
ter than many. IL Is impossible 20 ex-
aggerate the misery among these poor
familieA Max Stern, OF si Sheriff
street a workman Of considerable intel
ligenee, told mis- experience in a way
that should carry conviction 70 some OF
the slowgoing philanthropic societies
Max is q man prematurely aged Like
thousands OF others, he has seen little
else than the sad side OF existence.
II do not complain when ! hear so
many others Suffering" be said "Yet
yesterday ate nothing. and to-day |
have not yet broken my fast ] may be
able 10 get somewhere q bit Of lunch.
Single men can pick up meal, but 1t
is hard for men with families Now |
am single. | was 20 have been married
you see; but could not think Of marry
ing. To starve alone is bad enough;
but 10 starve with a wife is worse" and
the little old-young man shrugged his
stoop shoulders in weak way.
"Ah. yos;" he resumed, there is no
hope for us, it seems. In all other
trades there is an organization, but
this, think. has been the very worst
conducted trade of all, for we have been
like sheep without a leader till now.
We have been oppressed and abused and
treated by the bosses and by the inside
contractors like dogs. We could not
help ourselves. Do you wonder that
many are Socialists, as | amp"
The last morsel OF food has long since
disappeared from the larder and table
of Elias Polak's home az 1913 Second
avenue. He has been eight weeks
without work; eight weeks OF weary
tramping the streets, in the vain hope
of finding something to do" With
Polak's wife it has been two months of
bitter anguish. She had seen her
household goods disappear one by one,
sacrifices to the pawnbroker. Her hus-
bands coats, her own simple dresses,
even the children's, had to 60 to stay
that terrible, ravening hunger. In
these eight weeks they had had few
dollars from the union. but the union
was poor. 1t is impossible to describe
the pitiful misery of such homes In
some the babies lie sobbi-g themselves
20 sleep in their cradles, while the
mothers, too faint to give them atten-
tion, rest near. In few only are the
children hearty and we'll nourished-
Along Norfolk. Essex. Eldridge, Allen,
Delaney. Suffolk, Broome and all
through tho East side from Canal TO
Tenth streets the same destitute con-
ditions prevail
But even with what l have written,
the half OF the sad story of want and
hunger has not been told. The pa
drone system, which several years ago
was rooted out as far as the Italians arc
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LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Sealed Proposals.

ogstrF BoAzB ea FUszIc NeKGs
Case kAgias Aich. 5aIy "a sss4
ctaiea proposals Nl4 b. receives - tue
o11ce ~ the board gnfa Saturday. Jay ~,
ls-1. Al 80 D ~. Cor tAe Coz sffsleslea II .
seNer Ia state street ftom ceuth Prospect
street to WaFeriy pace. SccerdinS te ta-
PiSEs 4na SPECIFICATIONS ou re at the olEce u
The boAfa
TIE Board reserves the fighf % re5eel say or
al sids
k4e1 hidde1 shall DEPOSIT With his proposal
tlt san ~ SIS C9 g. BE- Forfeited - the Clly u
0r&na Rapids ia ezSe hs shat fsli 20 cnfer
l1io contract "a accordance sltt ais proposal.
sh0Glc his said propn...l DC accepted - IA
Board of Public Morks
AL Proposals auSt ~ made upon blanks that
vii Be furnished upon application ~ lac
oInce "a The beard
by order 81 the Board.
JAMES \. DAVIS.
Attest: Pres. dent
FEED A. TwAxLKY. Secretary.
july ls
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Senior Keens ON Writing.

Ny mother often went to Bowood, and
used to tell good story against our old
friend, Mr. Nassau Senior. Once when
she was there with the Seniors and a
large party Tommy Moore, who lived
near and was a frequent visitor, was pre-
vailed upon to sing. All prepared to
listen to the charming performance save
Mr.. Senior, who sat down at a small
writing table and began to write with a
quill upon Lord Lansdowne's very ribbed
paper. He was compiling a paper on
statistics, or something of that sort.
Moore began, but his singing was rem
dered impossible by the persistent
scratch, scratch, and he turned round to
see who caused the odious noise. Mr..
Senior looked up and said innocently,
"Oh. you don't disturb me, I assure you;
pray goon. Irather like it. This caused
an outburst Of laughter absolutely puz-
zling 20 the unconscious statistician. -
Mrs. Ross in Murray's Magazine.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17
The Land of Ducks.

There are more ducks in the Chinese
empire than in all the world outside Of
it. They are kept by the Celestials on
every farm. or the private roads, on the
public roads, on the streets Of cities and
on all the lakes. ponds. rivers. streams
and brooks in the country. Every Chi
Dcse boat also contains a batch of them
There are innumerable Matching estab-
hshments all through the empire, many
OF which are said to turn oUt about fifty
thousand young ducks every year.
Salted and smoked duck and ducks
eggs constitute two Of the most common
and important articles OF diet in China
Exchange.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17

.sDseial CosrrsDo1dencef
T1eaty-six hl1iEed men. poorly paid
a. tie lest of tines IDLE TOR m4ny
weeks. idle and ready % drop % the
groaad from saeeF SaaL as they ~4lk
% sna down tbs oyen-beated streets Of
tba con4ested East side. searching
salnly for Eofk. laels wives snd enil-
asen, no longer able % Eght hunger. lie
moaning az home. some half dying. 9th
RS already as good IS dad Twenty
TX hundred. with hardly meal for one
n ten, With eFictiOns staring them IA
ahs face with pockets full Of pawn
fiekets and nothing no. left 20 pawn;
with hardly eAsrzy enough left 70 %
desperate.
lt Is nos two months since the cloak
makers of New York were locked out
b. the manufacturers. All they had
asked vas tho recognition OF the union.
ths admission Of their right 10 organize
on the same level as other industrial
eallings have done. There was no do
mand FOR increased wageA The request
Oi the union ~as peremptorily denied.
and . general lockout followed. the
mems places being 6lied by non-uni0n
workers All attempts az negotiation
have been repulsed by tho manufactur-
srs. who, imperiously declining 10 havo
any thing 20 90 with the workmen un-
less they abandoned their organization.
left them 20 idlensss-and slow starva-
ton
What hule aid they have received has
been like drop In the ocean There
are thirteen other strikes In progress in
New York Just now, and the other
unions. therefore. are comparatively
powerless; but they have done all they
can. Chicago and Philadelphia have
done little. There are ten thousand
clOak-makers In New York and about
twonty thousand organized throughout
the country All have done what they
could The cloak-makers within the
last six or seven years had been steadily
going down In the Industrial scale, until
their position was little better than that
OF slaves In one sense 10 was even
worse, for slaves are fed By their
masters. while these men were over
worked. underpaid and starved. Now
that they are driven TO the wall. they
propose 70 fight IL out. and they will
boycott every arm that has any thing
20 DO with the manufacturers who have
oppressed them They viii put watch
ers a. every railroad depot throughout
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17

QuIcksand is composed chiefly of
small PARTICLES Of mica mixed largely
With water The mica - 40 smooth
that the fragments slip upon each other
with the grestest fac ility. 40 that 81 y
heavy body which displsces them will
sink and eontinae 20 sink until a solid
bottom il reached When part icl.s of
sand are ragged md Singular any weight
pressing On them will crowd them to
Sethsr IN I'll they sre eoupscted into .
soild mass. A ssud composed Of mf.s
Or sosPssone, when mixed With suEe-
lent wstsrs seems Incapable Of saeE
sonsoliastion.
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Sealed Proposals.
OFFIcg bokRB - PVgIIr WORKS.
GEaNn 49, Mon IulN IL l%a

oFFcE bokRD oF PVgIIr WORKS
GKASD kAPIps Mich. july IL l~o
Sealed propose Viii Dr received af the once
OF the Board unfl saturday. July ID. lsSo. az
zs5J p. IA. Tor thc Improvement " Hogad0ne
avenue. from BulfeTworrh avenue 60 the l.. :.
ana n. = k. h. grounds. according L. The
plans and Specifications on fie al the ollce of
the Board.
The Board reserves the right 70 reject any
or all bids
Zach bidder shall deposit with hfx . roposai
the sum Of $1,000 g. be forfeited u the CITY of
Grand Rapids Ia ease he SHAH fail 10 enter into
contract, ia accordance with his proposal.
should his said proposal be accepted by the
Board OF Public Works
All proposals must be made upon blanks that
viii be furnished upon application al the once
of the Board
By order OF the Board.
JAMES y. DAVIS.
Attest: President.
fEKD A. TwAMLEY. Secretary.
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Sealed Proposals.

ofs1Cs bokRp 90 ~ NzN WoEks.
ekAAa kArlus - ch-. Juis =. lseA
c<aiea RrQfeS4ls asili b. receives a. ths a.iioe
81 HE ba4r4 Datii SAt0FdaS. Ais i. 49, ~
-.55 , n for fha Improvement II West
AtVeA@f1 street, fram Alpine ascnAe - tas
~esl enc ~ TIE brldke over ef~aa river -
eet14Ak y fhe plalS AID SPECIFICATIONS - nc
- the oi1ce II fhr Board
ne he4re reserves sac rlSat - fe3eet &aY
or al klaA
bach elacef SHAH deposit With hls preesss&i
the sHe ~ slak-aQ te he forfeited q the city -
ufAn1 RAPIDS i case hr Sh2l t&A - enter
tAtY Se2lracf. IA accordance W1tt his ffSps-
- siousa 0ls sac proposal be Acceltca -
the beafo 81 Public Works
All proposals nESt be MADE GpoD blanks
thsi vi bs faralshcd upon application 81 the
oftlce ~ the Board
81 ef4er VI the board.
JAMES \ DAVIS.
Attest; President
3aly ls
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17

There are two periods Of life in which
the powers Of resistance 20 adverse iDhu-
ences are excessively weak II infancy.
from birth % 5 years Of age, bat espe-
cially in the first year Of existence, the
power of life i very feeble. aud this Is
the reason that 50 many infants die sud
denly in ooavuisious- Again. after the
sge q 6s i passed the vital te1scity Is
lowered, the Substance of the heart and
of tie muscles IN general becomes fatty,
snd there is imminent liability 70 sud
den failure of tie hearts action. -Cslat-
Ter.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17
Sealed Proposals.

0f44Ck BoAKp "a Fusl1c NokSs.
GEASp kaFips. Mich July "a, ist1
Sealed proposals Mil be received ~ the
ornce Of the Board unIi saturday. July q,
lsss0. al 80 ,. m. for the improvement 81
North Prospect street. frOfo 1foN briage street
10 Fairbanks street. according 10 the plans
aud specifications on Die al the once of the
Board.
Ihe Board reserves the right 10 reject any or
all bids.
Zach bidder shall deposit with bis proposal
the sum OF sol.0e. 10 be forfeited 10 the NitS Of
Grand Rapids IA case he shah fail 10 enter
Into contract ln accordance With his proposal.
should has said proposal be accepted by the
Board OF Public Works
All proposals must be made upon blanks that
Will be furnished upOn application IL the
once OF the Board.
lly order Of the Board.
JAMES \. DAVIS.
Attest: President.
fRID A. TwAELET. Secretary.
july l9
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17

concerned. Is revived In the fullest
sense. for these poor cloakmakers arc
the victims Of padrOnes ga vile. greedy
and interruptions as ever were the Ital-
ianS In this case 1t IS the inside con-
tractors, or middle men, who are the op-
prossors. They treat tho workmen liko
slaves and will give no redress what
ever.
It Is now four years since ! inaugu-
rated tho movement for the improve
mont Of the social and industrial condi-
ton Il these people. who. as they now
are. stand "a a menace TO American
labor. Organized. they would soon rise
70 the dignity Of American workmen
and truc citizens IL is for simple JUS
tice and no more that We are fghtinN
and the battle will be lSept up till the
victory Is won :. IT. GABsrDE-
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17
Danger in sIde ourr-ss.

here are scores of persons who have
been struck BY lightning and have
hyed. Probably three -fosrths of these
were more scared than hart, and nesSly
sii ths others were strucx by soras sde
ourreut, for hight currents accom-
pany tne nsaEn current n ia esrthrsl-3
eoIrse. extending ever = radius Il many
fset from the NAN bolt Thsse. while
eotaF9rauvaiy wesk, are Jet strong
HuoRsh - stun or otherwise sFsct :
nersoa tcroueh whose bt5y taey pzs&
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17

Foreman o'Rooney-why ars - sos
ct q wcrk this u,o-rin'f
Grsdv-}o lang. you BOBBY I h
rseesLf that received orders fro1a th>
Grand Master % stroke fer sisht hours
an may th' suer 6l up and hust =
strike lick untll me eight hoGrs are
u---T.ifA
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17
DETROIT. q. II. AND MILWAUKEE.
~ SCINg Wfef


Detroit express leaving 70 IA has Wagner
parlof and buffet ear attached. and evening
elprtss ithfihg 5.4o m has parloT ear az
tEched. These trains make direct connection
In Detroit for ali poinfs East
Express leaViaz a. 1875 p m has Wagner
al % a m.
Steamboat express makes direct connection
al Grand Haven with steamer for Milwaukee
Through railroad tickets snd ocean sfeam
ship tickets and sieepiuQ can berfhs secured AZ
j.. O. ii. A NJ. Once. - Monr0esi aud At taa
depot.
JAS. CAMPBELL. City Pass AGENT
JNO. w. loud. IIafao MAnaser. DrIrnll
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IREAsURER's NOTICE.


GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, ga y s. lss1. !
Notice is hereby given that the assessment
- Tor repaNing Ianal street IRON nast
Bridge street "a East Leonard street. ia the
City OF Grand Rapids. is now in my hands
and that ] viii receive payment thereon Tor
the period OF twenty days from this date. al
the once Of the City Treasurer city Han.
GEORGE X. PERRY.
1uly3 City Treasurer.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17

One Of tks eailareB little s2n-syea
pra-tler q three. ~ss gnswing a.
eFEst. picked ug God kno~s here A2s
tain nngers cIosed o. blt q si4Fef.
.ad TIE BABY eyes looked 9p q ta0ss u
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MICHIGANCENTRAL

hette- Al otLcic lailS except sunday
laAing erect sunday July IS. lsss
Hietpihs cars on Pacific and Atlantic Ex-
presses 10 and from Detroit. parlor cars run
or pay - Rftss sac tlrand Rapids IA pfess 81
and if0m Detroit Dirscg co1necflons nl.ss
~ Detroit With al through trains East Tlrk
ets on sale af Union Ticket 0fnce 81 Notr.s
st.. and az Union depot
PAN n. BGiSss. Genl Ag't. a5 Monroe Il.
o. W. kUGGLEs, q. n anu j Ag't. Chicago.
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IREAsURER's NOTICE.

City Treasurer's once
Grand Rapids Mich. fu IosL !
Notice Is hereby gwen that the assessment
ron Tor .rao.A@. - aseiios aud gaglls IA 1T
tvts 4 Harlan street, from bridge street 10 the
north line Oh Bissell 4 Harian's addition,
In the CITY of Grand Rapids is now
IN my hands. and that / will receive
payment thereon for the period o,
twenty days from this date. at tile office OF
the City Treasurer. City Hall.
GEORGE r. PERRY,
July IL CITY Treasurer.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17
FAMINE IN GOTHAM
Prof Garside's Terribls Picture OF
rhe Great Labor STlze.

1andzsas 81 cls4k szksrs sszFstaz-
hsarrreadLax sseaes la Esst SIDE fsa-
sAsa1s-Aa Effort 80 AboilsA Waite
slavery la Sss tsr<-
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ElscousT PLACE sEsIsIsY.

a sr~or7 - fse hignezt grsre 80 r-~-- leet.s
~ sl-l. rsrSsf.se~f apor o~lrfrsl sFsas - sr
szs oeer -e1s-saht ~ ettrserue aecr-ss ne
prsassl Kiss ADAIATEE & A s,....,ar r,sso-