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The rustler., 1891-12-04

poor eondition q Affairs whieh 70 res8
erz IN country towns win seem Almosa
incredible.
In tumhle-down costarr In one %
the most miserable paris of the city the
committee discovered . little girl.
eleven years ~ aEc. Ida Harris BY
name. wh1 was engaged In sewing but-
tons on the nncsi class o. trousers.
Working with her IN the flthy roum
were six men and six women The
little girl was required o. toll from
seven o'clock In the morning until nine
az night In order g. earn two dollars
per week. She considered herself prct-
" well or. however. and stated that
she was doing much better than most
girls. who receive but six cents for sew
ing on 4 dozen buttons. whereas she
was paid ten cents for the same work.
The men In the same shop earn from
s. % 81 a week. and the women and
older girls from 50 10 S4
Another woman seen by the commit
tee, one Josie Frcderielxa. was pants
finishcr She and her mother occupied
a small. dark back room. Josie earns
% cents week and her mother $50.
They eat, sleep and work in the one
room whose Dimensions arc IL by 90 feet
Two little children just beginning to
walk were also taught 10 consider this
place home.
These poor toilers make the goods
sold by the leading stores of the city.
They do not receive their work from
the large firms directly, however. but
are engaged by middlemen, commonly
known rs Sweaters" who take the
lions share Of the contract price Of the
work. A "sweater' will make an ar
rnngemeut with manufacturer agree
ing TO furnish n certain number Of gar
ments for certain sum. Instead OF
being satisfied with small profit, and
paving fair wages 10 his employees, he
will grind them down until absolute
necessity compels them 10 work for
anything he may be inclined TO pay.
That women cannot sustain their
self-respect under such trying circum-
stances Is evident, and the only wonder
Is that the moral atmosphere Of the
! neighborhoods where these unfortunate
workers live is not more offensive.
The time was when tailors earned
fair wages in Chicago, but since women
have been found TO do the work at al
most any price they are no longer em-
ployed by clothing manufacturers ex-
cept fort finest grade Of goods. An
effort was made some years ago to or
ganize a trades union among the female
workers in clothing shops, but the ven-
ture proved unsuccessful. For some
reason women have not yet learned to
"pul together" and until they do they
will be underpaid.
It is true perhaps that not all women
dependent on their own resources car
The rustler., 1891-12-04

be servants; but II seems that thou-
sands who now go TO bed nightly hun.
CRY and tired might turn their attcn.
tion to housework and thus relieve the
pressure. The only argument advanced
against this theory Is that for every
woman who leaves the ranks of the
toilers two arrive in the city 10 take the
vacant place. Large cities seem to
have fascination for country girls who
think that the noise and glitter of the
downtown streets will make life con-
tinual pleasure. by the time they realize
their mistake, shey are broken down in
health; their energy is gone and they
are us helpless Us the slaves born and
bred in the city
Pinched, hungry-loolsing faces every
where. Nothing to relieve the disheart-
ening monotony. Such Is an outline OF
the sweaters districts" Of Chicago.
Would that the thousands of young
women who are ambitious to live in
this city could be induced TO look upon
the dark side of the picture, and much
misery might be averted.
"Ter women for every place, no mat
ter how poor IL may be, is the plain.
yet eloquent, statement of an official
who has made the question Of female
labor special hobby. Hundreds of
girls wreck their future every year
and destroy their health in the stuffy,
illy-ventilated stores and shops Of Chi
cago. And yet scores Of recruits arrive
from the country towns every week to
assume the places vacated by these VIC
tins Of greed"
Women who are SO anxious TO secure
bargains never give thought TO the
sad fact that every cloak and jacket
and every piece of underclothing they
buy has in all probability been satu-
rated with the tears of the six or seven
women engaged in the manufacture Of
the article. Neither do they pity tho
poor girl who sells the goods. They
are after bargain" and usually they
get IL; but, alas, ut the expense of MEM
bers of their own sex whom stern ne
cessity compels to labor for pittance.
II has been suggested that shoppers
boycott all stores employing sweaters
and underpaid salesgirls The move
ment might be productive of some
good, but after carefully examining
the field IL seems that nothing would
secure relief rs rapidly us organization.
II ever unionism was needed 1t is among
the female wage-earncrs Of our large
cities. q. w. WEfrPIERT.
The rustler., 1891-12-04

painted In red, white, blue and other
simple colors, with figures of birds and
animals and u sort Of hieroglyphics.
There Is no reason TO believe that
people who wrought stone and clay
with such facility and skill into perfect
images Of animals should not have left
sculptures OF their own faces In the
images taken from mounds and graves.
1t was evidently favorite pastime of
these primitive artists TO reproduce the
human figure us well as the figures OF
birds and animals, and as in the latter
they copied the creatures about them.
In the production OF the former there Is
equal reason to believe ttey copied
their fellows, so that we have before us
in their sculptures fair representations
of the physiognomies of the ancient
Americans. The perfection Of their
animal representations furnish us as
surance that their sculptures OF tho
human face were equally true 10 nature.
These evidences of the genius and art
of the prehistoric Americans are GER
tainly sufficient TO prove that they be-
longed TO n different and far superior
civilization to that of the Indians The
Indians have been found inhabiting
some OF the ruins and using the utensils
and implements OF these people, and
hase appropriated some OF their Gus
toms, but they never could have created
that civilization-they do not seem
even to have comprehcnded II, at least
have not profited by it-and they must
have found II here in the height OF its
perfection, ready for any who could and
would use IL.
GEORGE s. MCDOWELL
The rustler., 1891-12-04

assist her mother in the cares of house
keeping must be eradicated before
women workers will occupy the place
in the labor world TO which they are
entitled.
Saleswomcn in cities who have no
other income than their salary are
among the most unfortunate victims OF
the present state of affairs. They do not
earn enough to live dccently, and are
compelled either TO resort to dishonor
or TO exist amid surroundings unhealth-
full and squalid- Many young coun-
try girl who comes to the city to make
her fortune" ruins her health and self
respect before she has been there six
months.
And yet this class Of toilers is far bet
ter housed and projected than the thou
sands of women and girls who have to
make living with the needle. These
poor creatures have to work from twelve
to fourteen hours every days p the
week to earn few dollars A recent
investigation made at the instigation OF
she labor leaders of Chicago showed y
The rustler., 1891-12-04

and ornaments and articles Of domestic
use. The present miners of this region
find entire veins removed for the dis
tance of one hundred and fifty miles,
showing that the ancient Americans
used extraordinary quantities of cop
per, the silver being found incidentally
In connection with the copper. They
also mined mica and polished great
sheets Of II into mirrors. Some OF the
pottery found is equal To the finest of
that extraordinary variety made by the
ancient Peruvians. which is so highly
esteemed by autiquarians and con-
noisseurs. From an ancient site known
as Oldtown, Tenn, curiously shaped
vessels of clay were found, some
fashioned into effigies OF frogs and ami
mails. One vase had n long neck ter.
minating in two human heads. Near
Lebanon, Tenn, from n child's grave
was taken n large painted jar curious.
ly designed to represent an animal, the
neck of the jar rising from its back like
a chimney.
Many similar Jars and vases have
been found of strange and artistic
form. The valley of the St. Francis
river has furnished great numbers Of
artistic water vessels, vases and
statucttes Near Cartersville, Ca, have
been found stone idols, gold beads,
mica mirrors and translucent quartz
beautifully wrought. Near Lake Wash
ington sandstone disc was dug up
upon which was engraved the device OF
two entwined rattlesnalSes. Similar
devices are on circular plates found in
various parts of Tennessee and Ohio,
The rustler., 1891-12-04
For tho EnemIea of Cycilng.

Cycling has been credited with the
production of number Of ailments, as
myopia, pieopia, hydrocephelus and
what not But here, says Sporting
Life, Is the latest The first Is n ''mal-
formation" OF the foot called bicycle
foot" The other Is peculiar form Of
gout in the calf of the leg. called
''bicycle gout." "if," say the doctors
who have studied the matter, you
could insure that for four or five gen.
erations family should never move
abroad save on cycles, you would be
able TO modify the lower limbs Of the
race as to render them unrecognizable
as human legs You would probably
also, produce q STOPPING race, especial
ly II you obliged your victims TO ride
bicycles. Fortunately, It is never likely
TO happen that any family win move
entirely by cycle for one hundred and
fifty years In succession"
The rustler., 1891-12-04

existence becomes hercer and woman
has 20 enter the labor market TO pro
vide the means for her subsistence.
Twenty years ago female labor was no
factor in the manufacturing interests OF
the west. To-day tens of thousands of
girls are compelled 10 earn n livelihood
in the shops and stores Of our cities and
villages.
The result of her competition has
been n general reduction Of wages in oc-
cupations enormously called ''gcnteel,"
such as Office work, selling goods in
stores and bookkeeping. Employers
know from experience that woman
will take smaller wages than n man, and
consequently they pay her n mere frac-
tion Of what they gave her male prede
cessor. The wage-earners Of America
have never seriously objected 10 female
competition. Their criticism has al.
ways been directed against womans
weakness in consenting to rate herself
lower than man by accepting less re.
munerution for performing similar du-
ties. The objection is well founded. II
n woman does the same amount of work
she is entitled 20 the same pay us her
brother or father and II she accepts less
sine is guilty of depriving home
maker of his position and income. No
young man can to-day afford TO engage
in stenography or typewriting or in
selling dry goods and similar merchan.
disc. Women have monopolized these
two callings, and wages have been re-
duced fully 100 per cent.
The reason is obvious. Scores of
girls employed in the large stores OF
Chicago live Mt home. They work
merely to secure spending money.
-Four or six dollars week is all the
pay they ask; and other girls who are
dependent on their wages for living
are compelled TO accept the same pay.
In years gone by men received for the
same class of work from Sl2 TO SIS per
week. The system which encourages
such n state of affairs is bad and will
eventually reduce women to the posi-
ton they now occupy in Europe. Home
making has already become secondary
consideration. The ever-growing de-
mand for the luxuries Of life will keep
the ranks of female workers supplied
from n class which should withdraw
from the field altogether. The prepos.
ferrous idea that IL is more genteel for a
girl to work in store or office than To
The rustler., 1891-12-04
POOR WORKING GIRLS
Their Condition In Chicago. ths
Richest City OF tho West
Isposlal chisaeoIes,srl

AsA people we are prone % point with
pride b the way In which we treat wom-
IN. Our newspapers publish eloquent
articles explaining 10 every foreigners
satisfaction that the average American
has nothing ~ much NJ heart as the ad-
vancemcnt Of the opposite sex. In
theory the claim holds good. In practice
II has but verY prccarious existence.
Chivalry which Is confined 10 the mum
bling of few polite words 70 n we'll
dressed woman and which views with
aversion the lly-clad shop girl Is not
the genuine article. Il Is a travesty
calculated 20 destroy confidence in ouI
free institutions and 10 draw with dan.
gcrous rapidity a line between plutoc
racy and labor that may eventually
lead % serious results
Cheap female labor has led IN nj
lands 10 low moral condition. As the
population increases, the struggle fol
The rustler., 1891-12-04

and the same designs are found on
pipes.
Near Milledgeville, Ga, was found
one of the largest and handsomest and
best preserved pieces OF pottery yet OBJ
tanned. 1t was delicately wrought,
highly polished and of excellent finish,
displaying not only mechanical skill
but artistic taste.
Near Mitchell's Station, ILL.,. were
found copper articles beaten TO repre-
sent tortoise shells. All the markings
of the tortoise were accurately repro
duced. the entire workmanship evincing
q delicacy and skill of which there are
few other instances in the remains OF
this ancient civilization.
The art OF painting was known to
these people and was extensively prac'
ticed. not only on vases and other pot
terry, but in the expression Of ideal con
ceptions which they spread out in ex'
tensive pictures upon the smooth faces
of the rock walls overhanging the riv'
ers. The painting representing the
sun. ON the rocks of the Big Harpeth
river. can be seen four miles, and was
possibly an object of worship, anc
countless thousands could assemble u
view IL.
They had the art of spinning and
weaving, for pieces of cloth have been
found In the ruins. A specimen talser
from a mound In Butler county. o.,
thirty miles from Cincinnati. Is IN
B,ackmore museum. Salisbury, and In
the same collection Is a piece Of clay
with charred threads attached. which
The rustler., 1891-12-04

dred carved stone pipes Of curious de-
signs, the most striking Of which have
been reproduced
These are Of porphyry and obsidian,
and one can appreciate the skill and
patience required TO carve these curl.
Gus designs from such hard material
Some Of them are decorated with cop
per and silver. Stone pipes OF equally
excellent workmanship and carved to
represent animals are found In many
other places, and all the carving is far
superior to that Of the Indian pipes
They mixed science with their art, OF
rather employed art In aid Of science.
Many antique tubes have been found
carved out Of steatite, highly polished
and bored through from end to end
From devices on various tablets Illus
trating the use OF this article IL is known
they were designed as aids TO the eyes
in observing distant objects, us by
placing them 10 the eye the extraneous
light was shut out and distant objects
rendered more distinct
These ancient people also constructed
great reservoirs and aqucducts; they
excavated, stones weighing tons; they
hewed chambers out Of the solid rocks;
they made sun-dried bricks; they built
earthworks and habitations. out of
adobe, brick, timber and stone; they
divided them into apartments by parti.
tions, lathed with split cane and
plastered, the walls made smooth and
The rustler., 1891-12-04
ANCIENT AMERICAN ART.
Historic Remains Pound In
the Mississippi Valley.
curisus Dlscsssries IN ths ola Msunds
sad nsnsath the sites ef a. oid Civ
fiirstios-spscim~ns % scalp
tars and Artistic rettsry.



One Of the most interesting exhibits
of the worlds fair win be that lllusirat-
ing the civilization Of America prcced-
Ing that of the Indians. aud the most
curious and interesting branch Of this
viii be the display Of those relics which
mark that ancient people as possessed
Of a considerable and thoroughly dis
tinctive art culture, which they con-
yertcd both 10 utility aud ornament
Throughout the valleys Of the Missis-
sippi. the Ohio and the Missouri and
their afIlucnts relies Of ART have been
dug from the mounds and graves. There
are ornaments and implements Of ivory.
copper, silver. obsidian. porphyry and
greensboro. all finely wrought: axes,
single and double, chisels, drills.
gravers and knives used In the making
and decoration Of the lance-heads, brace
lets, copper beads, pottery and other
articles that exist In great quantities.
tens Of thousands Of pieces of which
have been collected into various mu.
Ecums Of this and other countries
Copper vessels have been found inlaid
with silver. Most OF the pottery is
elegantly Designed and finished and the
stone articles show fine workmanship,
some elaborately carved. for which cut
ting OF porphyry and obsidian tools of
excellent quality must have been re-
CURED
These people mined copper and silver
I In the Lake SuDcrtnr rerion and
wrought them into implements Of war
The rustler., 1891-12-04

Mrs Clamps-A man out west asserts
that he is living on air-nothing in the
world but air. Do you believe that2
Mr.. Clamps-Well. dunno. A good
many people live on bakers bread-s
Good News
The rustler., 1891-12-04

~.s taken from another ohio mouno
Fnum a mnund In Illinois weru taken
copper ornaments wrapped IN = Mater
al woven % rerctahle fl.er. inclosed In
another wrapping q = material woven
of animals hair For weaving they
u-cd q shuttle made of stone with holes
In which the Cher Vas Threaded for the
process There have also becn found
copper and bone needles from = foot to
eighteen inches long.
In one of the Ohio mounds opened
there were discovered over two hun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10

SUDDEN DEArH.-A telegram was re-
ceived here on Monday announcing the
death Of Mr.. MATHEW b. DILLON. Ct bic
home In Bloomington. on Sunday night.
The inteIli gence Was great shock TO bic
many friends and old neighbour 10 this
locality. Mr.. Dillon lived In Dubois
county for nearly fifty years, and then
moved to Bloomington. 70 have the %.
vsntages or the State University 10 the
ed ucation OF bic children, who are now
all grown. At the time OF bic death be
was large land owner 10 this county,
and wAs down to attend to bic farming
interests but few days before be died
looking hale and hearty, thoegh suffer
ling much mentally from the loss Of biz
wife, who died but month ago. He
vas : man Of sterling honesty and warm
attachments. and led : consistent chris
|tian life. Peace be with him.
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The New N. E. Church.

pstsFsburg Pres.
The nov N. E. Church w. dedicated
last Sunday afternoon. i We % event
toward which The membero 0ftho church
10 Pslersburg have been looking forward
with impatient Interest for many
monshs-the time when thcy, having BID
farewell forever 10 the old building on
Fourth Street, that had served them
faithfully for 20 many years. but which
kas now grown old and wcather-stained
and no longer large enough. should en-
Ter the handsome. comm0dious brick
structure ct the corner IT Walnut and
Eighth Strest. which will probably SERVE
the church for half century or more e
come. To those who have lab0r0d q
xealously and nutiriugly TO speed ths
happy day when this event should take
place It was especially time Of rejcic
| ing.
| An impressive address We delivered
By Or. Earl Cranstou, publisher Of th'
Christian Advocate, Cincinnati. Th'
amount Of money 10 BE- raised before th
dedication service IL the afternoon Va
| o9.6O0. That al were more than pleased
with the building wss evident from th
tact that this amount We easily raise'
10 less than thirty minutes.
i DR.. Cranst0n preached an cloquen
dedication sermon, from the text 1T
fi0ished
i DR.. Cranston wss assisted ID the eel
vice By Rev. w. Balm, pastor Rev. JohI
A. Ward. presiding elder. Rockport die
trict; Rev. H. N. King. OF Princeton
Rev. John Roger. Of Dwell and Rev.
w. Freeman, pastor Of the Prssbyteris
Church.
i The building 10 Of brick With slai
roof IL ID pronounced one Of the hand
soonest church buildings in soushern ID
diana. Or beautiful symmetry from .
external point OF view, with lie 80 fot
steeple towering upward, Il u Of E:
quisite 6uish iDside. In length Il
about 90. 10 width, 10 feet.
i The total seating capacity Of the churt
| % $50 people
i The cost Of the church was Oil 900.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10


The 4th passed on quietly.
Mr.. John Meridith, the son Of Mr.. y
Goldman, 10 homo from Magnolia, Ark
Miss Beccs Speedy, OF Eckerty, spent
Saturday and Sunday with frisnds q
this place.
Miss Anna Ritter. OF Jeffersonville, Il
visiting her parents and friends deal
this place.
Mics Alice Atkins, Of Jacksonville. Il
tho guest Of her grandparents enc
friends.
Miss Anna Atkins bee returned hom
from New Albany.
Miss Phebe Taylor bas returned 4
stay with the family Of NJ. G. J. Hub
bard q this place.
Miss Emma Taylor WAS In town lss
week visiting her many friends.
Mise Carrie LAndreth has returne
home after : short stay In Lamar.
The family Of Mr.. n. Mslette spent d
4th q French Lick.
Mis- Armbruster Il here Waiting b
| friends.
| Miss Carrie Higginbotham has =
turned from week's visit 70 Ireland IN
velpen.
| Mr.. Labe Hammond, Of New Alban,
spent Saturday and Sunday q this plsc
Birdseye hss the ''jolllest" cot Of , oun
men OF any town 10 this county. Ifyo
doubt it-ipquire Of any Of our hand
some and Winsome young ledie ,-bl
- - a. al ~nasI~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10

VETERANS REUSToN.-The veterans Of
the seventh divisiou Of the Armv ~ re
Ohio. will have : reunion q Clmbsr-
land Gap, Tenn. where they were Uem.
med in 90 long during the var, on Sept.
le, 1881. Arrangements have been msdc
for round trip rates from Louisville. and
they will probably Be given, also, al
along the Air Line, whore % many ser-
vivors or the 10th Indiana live. The
two companiee Of this regiment 10 this
county are making arrangements TO q
tend the reunion as . company - L II
thought enough men can be mustered Of
them TO form 40 organization. Capt
Jacob Alice, OF Co. !. - Celestine, would
Be clad to be notified By oil old YETI
Who viii Join them 10 the reunion. thu
ARRANGEMENTS may be made for oil neces
aarv details. Gen. Geo. w. A0rear
Who commanded the division, write'
that he will be thsre. and wants to NEE
I'll bic old comrades. Gems. Buell. and
Wright and Col. w. p. CraighilI, whs
wss the engineer devisiOg the defense'
e the Gap, are also expected 70 Be pres
emit, and Col. Keig win Gays be Is goinl
10 be with the "boys" once more. The!
will have : jolly time, and invite q
other vets 10 join them in the ''reune.
Capt. Allies has received : very handsom
aluminium badge. designed By Gen: Nor
gan for the men Of the army 81 Ohio.
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Nm. Jacob Scondue, Of Springfield. Ohio
while visiting With her father in-law .
0synor City, No., was taken verv sick with
cholera morbus. a physician was sent for
but . the doctor vas not at home. Mr.. 8. +
Wibbls, . merchant Of Gaynor City. handct
the husband Of the sick lady, small bottle
Of Chamberlain's collie, cholera and diar
rhGa remedy and asked him to try that an,
il 1t did not cure, he need not pay for il; bu
il did it, work, and before returning " thei
home, they called and p occurred another bot
tie. Uncle John Scondue says, he vii
never be without Chamber,Ain's collie
| cholera and diarrhna remedy. rs and $
cent bottles for sale BY DR.. J. r. s alb, Drug
gist. Nv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10

DEcArUR, ILL.,, Dec. l, l690.--Mrs.
Sarah C. Dodge, Of this city, has fallen
heir 10 $500 600 left BY her grandfather,
the late Joseph G. Hodson Of London,
England. She forwarded proof OF her
relst ionship 10 her lswyers, and VIII
receive her inheritance to-day. --Chicsgo
Times, Dec. 2. 1880.
We ere Mrs. DODGE lawyers. and
b. her seeing our advertisement, became
the agents Of her good fortune. fyo0s
ancestors came from the old country
Writc % and inclose q for orr ltoe q
heirs. There are moro than halt : oiIIiog
dollars 80 Great Britain and Germany
| unolaimod. which rightly belong 70 Poo
| De % the United States.
BBUcR's Law AND IEQUIRY OFFICE,
l64 and 100 Randolph st.,
l2-5t. Chicago. Ill. U. 8. A.