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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-18
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Proposals for Cows, steam Boiler, Horses.
Harness., Ete.
q. =. ISDrAN SERVICE.
CFoW AoENcy. MoNrANA,
July p 1891.
Sealed pro- osaIs, endorsed tproposals for steam
Boiler. etc. a. the case may be, and addressed
20 the undersigned a. CIo Indian Agency, Mn
tana, viii ne received Al this agency until 1
O'Clock , m. of -aturt.y. AnEutt p 1891, for
Furnishing aud delivering a. mn agency 1000
CoEs, with calves; I rkiuneT Boiler No. 3 (Or
equal, p horse power Tor saWmili, I'D Breast
Straps; 2 sets Harncs D satdol1le aud sci sin
giel II Horses; 2 sowing Aschnes-a fsl list
ana description o. which may be obtained By ap-
plicaton 70 the undersigned
Cous must be natives Of M3ntara. 81 good mer-
charitable, graded dairy stock. not under two
7O0 pounds and none % weigh less than g.
pounds, aud each Gov 20 have her owa ealfby her
side.
Nebraska, Iowa o. Minuesota cows.
Horses must Be- Of American stock, frOm -four
70 seven yeas old, found, ven brosen n saddle
and driving. without bhmish, not less than az
teen hand high. well built IN proportion q
height, and 20 weigh not less than go pounds.
BIdoer viii BE- required 20 stale specifically IN
h. : Sr deliver nndsr 4 oostract.
Ths righl Il reserved 20 reject any or al bids, o.
any pan o. any bid, n deemed for the best inter
eatof The service.
cznIIFIED CHICKS
Each bid must bs accompanied b. . certified
1 check ordran upon some United states depo1torl
o. solvent national bank IN the vicinity q thl
residence Of the bidder. ma1e paFahle 70 The or
der q the Con missin er Of indlan Affairs. for Al
least i've per cent. Of fhs anount o. The proposal
vi ch check or draft VII be forfeited 70 tne
/ United states In case any bidder or biQder1 rtcelF'
inr AZ award shah fail 70 promptly execute
contract with good and sufficient s~ureties. olnaf'
wise - - returned % the bidder. BIDS accom'
panied ~ cash in lien q q certified cheek wllnQl
be considered.
20 further infsrmation apply q
n. p. WYMAT,
.. s. Indian agent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-24
Sugar Shipments West.

NEW YORK March 16.-Immense ship
ments of sugar will be made to the west
before April /, when the section Of the
Mckinley bill abolishing the duties goes
into effect. The Southwestern Railroad
association has decided to divide the
sugar by percentages as it is offered, as
the unusually big consignments will
tempt some one of the railroads to make
a very low rate to the sugar trust on
condition of it's being given all the bust
ness. The southwestern railroads seem
not to have very much confidence in
each other. There was no evidence
that any one of them was after the
sugar, but they imagined that the for
bearance could not Last and that simu-
ltaneous dive was going to be made for
it by the whole lot. This would have
the effect of demoralizing rates.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-24
Minister Swift Dead.

San Francisco. March 1I.-John
Franklin Swift, United States minister
to Japan, whose death is reported from
Toxic, was born at Bowling Green, Pike
county, Mo-, in 1929. In 1852 he came
to California and entered the law Office
of Frank Pixley. From then on he
served as lawyer of distinction, being
engaged in some of the most important
cases in the state. In 1853 he was
elected to the legislature as republi-
can. In 1875 he ran for congress as an
independent, but was defeated. In 1877
he received the republican nomination
and was elected. In 1868 he aocompan-
led ]. B. Angel, the new minister, and
William H. Wescott to Picking, where
they negotiated the Burlingame treaty.
In 1855 Swift ran for governor on the
republican ticket, but was defeated by
w. A. Bartlett, democratic nominee.
He was appointed minister to Japan
March II. 1889.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-24
Chicago Italians Aroused.

CHICAGO, March 16.-The excitement
and indignation aroused by the Staying
of the New Orleans suspects seems to
increase rather than diminish among
the Italians OF this city. The commit
tee appointed last night to take
charge of the matter expressing local
sentiment has decided to call mass
meeting at battery 3d." The demands
for satisfaction formulated by those
Italians in charge of the local move
ment are reparation for the families of
the victims and that the ring leaders OF
the mob be taken to Washington and
tried for the crime. 1t is the intention
to demand that the state and city Of
ficials under whose rule it occurred be
held responsible and get punished with
those who actually participated in the
killing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-24
r-oreIGn.

A terrible blizzard prevailed through
out all England on the 10Th.
Railroads were blockaded, wires down.
wagon roads impossible and traffic and
general business almost entirely stopped.
Manv vessels were lost with their
crews and passengers.
Buenos Ayres' panic is considered
practically over. .Egypt's Khedive
has issued a decree of general amnesty
Bismarck's presence in the Reich
stag is now confidently predicted. -.
SPANS papers are declaring opposition
to Cuba's annexation to the United
States. Spain will send 1000 troops
to Cuba. being alarmed at evidences OF
discomfort there. An Englishman, Z.
H. Jackson, abducted his wife, who re-
fused to live with him, and still holds
her in his house, which the police have
no right to enter. Parliament Will
probably be invoked.
In the house of commons the seizure
and incarceration in a mad-house OF
rich Mrs. Catncart, at the lnstlgatlon
of her husband, has been declared legal.
BY his personal influence the En-
peror William has succeeded in pre-.
venting the defeat in the Reichstag OF
the government ON the proposed addl-
ton to the navy, but this has only been
done by inducing some OF the members
to abstain from voting. Professor
Franz Vok Miklossich, the well-known
author and leader of the Slavlst party,
died in Vienna from brain fever. aged
IS years. {. The great tariff debate.
opening in the French chamber OF
deputies next week, will probably last
until midsummer. M. Turrel, one OF
the ardent protectionist deputies. says:
''France is forced to protect herself
against foreign prohibition, and es-
peciallv against the United States. We
do not wish to attack anybody 49,. The
English government is making ar
rangements to prorogue Parliament
in July, not with view of dissolution,
but with the view of reassembling in
\ ovember for final session before go
ing to the country. :. The French Sene-
cal expedition killed 500 blacks on the
Niger at the expense of eleven killed
-. In speech Mr.. Parnell threatened
to drive his enemies out OF parlla-
ment and out of the country.
The French cabinet is said to be devld-
ed ON the question of forcing war
with Germany. Dey Freycinet and
Constans favor war, while President
Carnot and Ribat are for peace. Ma
nv Russian and Polish Jews are on the
way to America to escape the prosecu-
tions of the car. They are being as
sisted by Baron Hirsch. They are
mostly in an impoverished state, but
their kinsman in America hope to be
able to get them through despite the
pauper labor law. The ex-Empress
Eugene is physically and mentally 8
wreck and has ceased to cover the rava
ges of time with cosmetics. She was
insulted by the crowd in Paris after be,
ing mistaken for the Empress Fred
erick.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-24
Milling News.
killing.

Minneapolis, March 1.-THE North
western Miller says:
The mills ground almost as much
-four this week as last. The aggregate
production was 116, 1873 bbls, as against
l23, 275 the week before.
Nearly all the millers report better
demand for their product, especially for
foreign shipment There Is q good de-
mand for all grades, particularly bakers
and low grades. Prices are 10 and 26c
higher than q week ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-04
TRUE INDEPENDENCE.
A Young Man Whose Policy was to Elevate
Himself.

It was question of policy.
The first young man introduced the
second young man to the third young
man, and when the first and second
young men were alone again the first
young man told the second young man
that the third young man was a good
man to cultivate.
He's way up n the business" he
said.
''lIe seems to understand that him.
self said the second young man.
so, yes; he's a bit conceited," admit
ted the first young man.
And decidedly patronizing," added
the second.
"Of course; IFS his manner. You know,
but you must put up with it.
"Why SOP"
because he can be of considerable
assistance to you in one way or an
other. Just humor his whims you
know"
That's policy, suppose" said the
second young man.
"Ccrtainly."
"Well, have another. I'll make him
cultivate Inc first
The first young man looked sur
prised
"Why, he can do you great deal of
| good, he said,
"Hc has already" replied the other.
"If | flatter his vanity he can do me an
occasional good turn. prefer not to.
Then he'd always be my superior. I'm
going higher than he ever can, if have
to work eighteen hours day, and then
he can come to me. That's the good
his conceit has done me. That's my
policy. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-04
A POTENT MEANS.
Poor Food and OverwOrk as Incentives
Drink.

Poor Food and Overwork as Incentives to
Drink.
The prevention of alcoholism is a
physiological life. The cure of alco-
holism is return to physiological
life. The ways by which either the
prevention or cure of alcoholism are to
be attained are as multiform as the in
dividuals involved and the varieties of
human existence. At another time we
have called attention to the part that
good food, well cooked, SO as to be
easily digested, plays in the prevention
or cure of this disorder. We know Of
no such potent means for preventing
alcoholism as the presence upon every
table, at every meal, of such food.
Labors toward this end should be en-
couraged by all who desire to see alco-
holism wiped out of the community.
Another means of preventing alcohol
ism is the avoidance of exhaustion.
The overworled literary, scientific or
business individual must get rid of
worry and fatigue, as he feels that he
must continue the race though he
knows the penalty. A hopeful outlook
for the future is the greater attention
given to this matter. 1t is needful to
urge the laborer to avoid eXertion be-
yond his strength and thus avoid the
nervous exhaustion that entices to the
consumption of alcohol, etc. We have
no faith in any specific for drunken
neSS.-Dr. COnnOr, in Lancet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-04

be servants; but it seems that thou.
sands who now go to bed nightly hun.
CRY and tired might turn their attcn-
ton 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 to take the
vacant place. Large cities seem to
have a fascination for country girls who
think that the noise and glitter of the
downtown streets will make life a con-
tinual pleasure. BY the time they realize
their mistake, they are broken down in
health; their energy is gone and they
are as helpless as the slaves born and
bred in the city.
Punched, hungry-looking 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 induccd to look upon
the dark side of the picture, and much
misery might be avcrtcd.
''Ten women for every place, no mat
ter how poor it may be-" is the plain,
yet eloquent, statement of an official
who has made the question of female
labor a special hobby Hundreds of
girls wreck their future every year
and destroy their health in the stutfy,
illy-vcntilated 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 a 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 the
poor girl who sells the goods. They
are after bargain" and usually they
get it; but, alas, at the expense of mem
bers of their own sex whom stern nc
cessity compels to labor for a pittance.
1t has been suggested that shoppers
boycott all stores employing sweaters
and underpaid salcsSirls The mogc-
ment might be productive of some
good, but after carefully examining
the field it seems that nothing would
secure relief as rapidly as organization.
If ever unionism was needed Il is among
the female wage-earncrs Of our large
cities q w WEIpPIGiT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-04
England's Liquor Policy.

Mr. w. s. Game, a prominent .eX-
member of parliament, said recently
in Edinburg that England had forced
intoXicants upon the people of India,
and by her liquor policy had spread
terrible ruin and misery among her
native population. The British dis
covered one hundred years ago that
absolute prohibition was the attitude
of the old native governments. he said,
and the people of India were by habit,
tradition, and still more by religion,
total abStainers from intoXicants. For
ty years ago an excise system was in
troduced under which the government
farmed out ardent spirits to the bidder
who took the largest quantity, and in
addition acquired and now holds a
monopoly in the sale of opium and
bhang, the latter described as the most
maddening intoXicant in existence.
The system has spread ruin and desc
lation among the natives. Something
may be learned from the fact that the
temperance reformers have recently
secured the closing of over ten thousand
liquor shops in Madras alone. Chicago
News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 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.
Saleswomen 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 decently, and are
compelled either to resort to dishonor
or to exist amid surroundings unhealth-
full and squalid. Many a 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 protected than the thou
sands of women and girls who have TO
make a living With the needle These
poor creatures have to work from twelve
to fourteen hours every day in the
week to earn few dollars A recent
investigation made at the instigation of
the labor leaders of Chicago showed a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-04
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
A FATAL GAME.

A temperance lecture derived from visit 70
the Tombs police COURT
Behold the creature passing there
With tattered clothes disheveled hair
He shuflies on with footsteps slow
Trembling and weak, his head how'd low.
All me! know his story well,
How from his grand estate he fell
knew him as a bright-eyed boy,
his ialherS pride, his mothers Joy;
In manhood, wealth at his command
High among men he took his stand,
When 10! the willy tempter came
And barred the gate that led to fame
You see him now an abject slave
Until he fills pauper's Grave-to rum.
Another victim totters by
With bloated features, watery eye,
And even now for liquor begs.
From misery's cup she's drained the dregS,
In police station passed the night.
What brings her to this sorry plight"
They say she once was young and fair,
With laughing eye and glossy hair;
She's bcen-yOu'd scarce believe it true
happy bride mother, too.
Her child, then husband, stricken down
She sought the glass, her grief TO drown.
Downward she went, they seldom pause
One simple word explains the cause-'tiS rum
Approaches now man OF wealth,
His face aglow with life and health
A diamond from his breast does flash;
They say his clothes are lined with cash
Who is this person great and grand
Who meets his friends on every hand!
"A legislator great is he
In this, the land OF liberty
A chosen one to make our laws
He also owns five liquor stores.
TT C stuff that made of others tramps
Procured for him both power and stamps,
In truth, It's but a fatal game.
The losers have themselves to blame-and
rum.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-04
TABLE WARE.

Unique and Tasteful Designs in Pottery.
The suntlowcr with the center scooped
out as catch-all is finely reproduced
in pottery.
Florida ware is perfectly white, with
alligator skin markings and roses and
hyacinths applied in relief
Royal Barbotine has a surface which
looks as if it had been sprinllled with
ground cork, and is decorated with
highly colored flowers in relief.
The use of vases for lamp bodies still
prevails. The most costly specimens of
porcelain glass and silver are consid-
cred none too good for this purpose.
Large and deep red and green bowls
of bohemian glass mounted on low
standards. have rich gold borders.
These have their own trays and cups
mounted to correspond.
Phoenix ware is English and has a
popularity there which it will doubtless
gain here. 1t resembles in effect Royal
Worcester but is not so fine, and, of
course is less expensive.
Rocco ware has sections of rough
sandy surface varied with smooth pol
ished enamel surfaces of dark blue and
crimson. In the rough surfaces are
dragons. gargoyls and other mythical
designs incised in brown.
very unique and tasteful fad, viz,
the engagement cup and saucer, pre-
walls now throughout the country. 1t
consists in the presentation of a dainty
after dinner coffee or afternoon tea of
the finest china to young ladies whose
engagements are announced.
The continued form of palms and
foliage plants for interior decoration
instead of Towering plants have brought
out mum Der of new designs in Mon
crieffe ware for this purpose. Large
bowl-lke forms mounted on round
pedestals prevail. Yellow, celadon, dark
red, and blue and white are the prevail
ing colors and styles Jewellers Cir
cular.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-04

poor condition of affairs which to read.
ers in country towns will seem almost
Incredible.
In a tumble-down cottage in one Of
the most miserable parts of the city the
committee discovered a little girl,
eleven years of age, Ida Harris by
name. who was engaged in sewing but
tons on the finest class of trousers.
Working with her in the filthy room
were six men and six women. The
little girl was required to toll from
seven o'clock in the morning until nine
at night in order to earn two dollars
per week. She considered herself pref
ty well off, however, and stated that
she was doing much better than most
girls, who receive but six cents for sew
ing on a dozen buttons, whereas she
was paid ten cents for the same work.
The men in the same shop earn from
S. to Sc week, and the women and
older girls from So to S4.
Another woman seen by the commit
tee, one Josie Fredericlla, was pants
tinisher. She and her mother occupied
small, dark back room. Josie earns
rs cents week and her mother So. so.
They eat, sleep and work in the one
room whose dimensions are IA by 20 feet.
Two little children just beginning to
walk were also taught to 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 as sweaters" who take the
lions share of the contract price of the
work sweater" will make an ar
rangement with manufacturer agree
ing to furnish a certain number OF gar
ments for certain sum. Instead of
being satisfied with small profit, and
paying fair wages to his employees, he
will grind them down until absolute
necessity compels them to 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 EN-
ployed by clothing manufacturers cx-
cept for the finest grade Of goods. An
effort was made some years ago to or
ganize trades union among the female
workers in clothing shops, but the ven
ture proved unsuccessful. For some
reason women have not yet learned to
pull together" and until they do they
will be underpaid.
1t is true perhaps that not all women
dependent on their own resources can
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-04

existence becomes fercer and women
has to 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 to earn a livelihood
in the shops and stores of our cities and
villages,
The result of her competition has
been a general reduction of wages in &C.
! equations enormously called ''genteel,
such as office work, selling goods in
stores and bookkeeping. Employers
know from experience that a woman
will take smaller wages than man, and
consequently they pay her mere frac-
| tiCn of what they gave her male prede-
ccssOr. The wagc-earners of America
have never seriously objected to female
competition. Their criticism has al
ways been directed against woman's
weakness in conserving to rate herself
lower than man by accepting less re-
muneration for performing similar du-
ties. The objection is well founded. If
woman does the same amount of work
she is entitled to the same pay as her
brother or father, and if she accepts less
she is guilty of depriving a 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 at home. They work
merely to secure spending money.
Four or six dollars a 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 SIP to SIS per
week. The system which encourages
such a state of affairs is bad and will
eventually reduce women to the posi-
ton they now occupy in Europe. Home
making has already become a secondary
! consideration. The ever-growing de-
/ mand for the Injuries of life will keep
the ranks of female workers supplied
from class which should withdraw
from the field altogether. The prepos-
ferrous idea that it is more genteel for a
girl to work in store or Office than to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-04
POOR WORKING GIRLS.
Their Condition in Chicago, the
Richest City of tie West.
Why Women Should Demand the Same
Pay as Men for the Same Work.
The Iniquity of the Sweating"
System Exposed.
Especial Chicago letter.

As people we are prone to point with
pride to the way in whieG we treat wom-
en-. Our newspapers publish eloquent
articles explaining to every foreigners
satisfaction that the average American
has nothing so much at heart as the ad-
vancement of the opposite sex. In
theory the claim holds good, in practice
it has but very precarious existence.
Chivalry which is confined to the num-
bling of a few polite words to we'll
dressed woman and which views with
aversion the illy-clad shop girl is not
the genuine article. 1t is travesty
calculated to destroy confidence in our
free institutions and to draw with dan
gerous rapidity a line between plutoc-
racy and labor that may eventually
lead to serious results.
Cheap female labor has led in all
lands to low moral condition. AS the
population increases, the struggle for