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The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
in A GREAT CITY.
A Distressing Scene of Misery Among
Children.

OF all sad sights which great city
has to offer there can be nothing more
pathetic or terrible than the wretched-
ness and misery of children.
AS the car stopped at the Lake Street
bridge, few mornings ago, two girls,
one about fourteen and the other, in
size child of four or five, but with a
face of twenty-five, came close to the
car and began an impromptu concert.
The older girl fingered a squeaky ac.
Gordon and sang in shrill loud voice,
"My Bonnie is Over the Ocean," while
the younger one kept time by swaylng
her body, without lifting her feet from
the pavement.
Dance! Dance!" shouted out the
older girl, stopping her singing; and
the little, pale, iaded, emaciated hu-
man monkey began sort of shutting
dance which shook her ragged stock
ings down over her shoe tops and ex-
posed two grimy, pipestem ankles.
The day was the hottest of the sea.
son, and the sun beat down on the little
matted curls with scorching heat.
A look into that baby's eyes was like
n glimpse into chamber of horrors
Haggard, sleepless, hungry! Made SO
to draw sympathy and money, and sue
cessful in both, for when she took the
little tin cup to which she was chained
and went through the car, nearly every
pocket-book contributed a bit of silver
Men thought of the happy, strong
children at home and opened their
hearts to this waif accordingly.
Down street half block fat, lazy
looking man and villainous looking
woman were keeping watch with
greedy eyes. Doubtless the chink OF
money in the cup, proved too fascinat.
ing to them. for by the time the child
had thoroughly 'done" the car and set
tied down on the curbing, the mar
called out: "Here, go inside!'' as hf
pointed to {, crowd of men and boys
who had gathered about the door of Q
saloon.
! was impressed by two facts, viz.
the inherent kindness and sympathy ol
humanity, and its gigantic stupidity
If no law could be provided by which
the man could be compelled to work, il
no help could be given to the child, tt
shelter her from the inhumanitie!
which were crushing out her young
life, something could, at least, be &C
complished by refusing to foster ant
support a traffic in the flesh and bloot
of little children by paying for such ey
llibitions of wretchedness and suffer
ing. Kate S. Crissey, in Arkansav
Traveller.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
Expensive ouadruped..

The prince of Baroda, India, keeps
troop of war elephants that carry
from six to eight sharpshooters and
have been carefully trained to main
tain their steadiness in the midst of
deafening noises. They are not easily
scared, even by wound, and the chief
objection to their employment in the
British army is the cost of maintaining
brigade of monsters devouring an
average of sixty pounds Of vegetables
daY.-The Voice.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
Consclentious,

Many good story is told of a school
where the boys are remarkably con-
scientious. One day the principal was
lecturing them on the subject Of clean.
illness, and asked: ''Is there any boy
here who has not taken a thorough
bath this morning?" One lad only, a
pattern OF neatness, pleaded guilty.
..You, Harris, said the teacher. II
am surprised"
81 tried, SIR" said Harris, stoutly,
''but there's one spot under my shoul-
der-blade that I'm not sure touched.
So can't call it thorough bath. -
Youths Companion.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30

would only be appropriated BY the
community for public uses. Stripped
of it's speculative aspect, this Muskegon
boom would result in building up one
of the grandest and richest cities in the
Union, whose every want could be sat
isfied and no one feel the burden. 1t
the values created by population. which
this company now begins to appropri-
ate to its own use, could be applied to
still further improving the village,
there could be erected the most elegant
public buildings, every street could
be paved with finest material, the viii
lage could own its water works, cleo
trio light plant street railways, build
system of sewerage that would extend
to every nook and corner of the corpor-
alton, maintain magnificent public
parks, libraries, schools, ETC., comforts,
conveniences and luxuries too numer.
Gus to mention But that would bring
the millennium, and destroy specula-
tion in land, and the good people OF
Muskegon are hardly prepared to re-
ceive such shock at once. And SO 1t
follows that all the enormous profits OF
this great boom will from this time on
find their way into the pockets of the
half dozen men who started it on its
way. The second grand sale OF lots is
now going on, and they are selling at
Sl65 Lots on number of streets are
sold with restriction clauses to the ef-
feet that no residence shall be erected
thereon at less cost than $l,500,
50, 900 or $4,000, as the case may be.
thus insuring vastly increased values to
adjoining unsold lots, and preventing
promiscuous assortment of residences
in a locality which it is desired to make
| aristocratic." ~
Besides having first mortgage on
every dollar of the value which a grow
ing population will give to the land en-
braced in the corporation of Muskegon
Heights, the members of the Improve.
ment Co. have gathered ina few fran
ch;ses which may some day provide q
little pin money. For instance, Mr..
How ell has been granted by the village
council the exclusive privilege Of fur
nishing the citizens with water for a
term OF fifty years. Another gentle
man has the contract for furnishing
light for the same brief period, and still
another has full swing at street rail.
ways.
In few years there will be a city, a
half dozen men will own it, and thou
sands of people will pay tribute for the
scanty privilege of eking out meager
existence within its limits. Some may
wonder why it is, and may deplore the
situation. But it is SO the world over,
and why look for better things at Mus
kcgon Heights?
| How does the boom affect the city Of
Muskegon?
| 1t is not intensely popular there. The
city has been advertised SO extensively
that it is overrun with men seeking en-
ployment Although a great deal OF
building is going on in the burnt dis.
trict and at the Heights, many carpen.
ters, masons and painters are idle, as,d
wages are at the minimum. But these
matters soon adjust themselves and are
not lasting. Business lis quiet, ane
down town one hears very little Of the
boom. Those who are '.in it" are en-
thusiastic and active, and seem to fee
delight in recounting the advantages O
AIusbegon Heigaas over any place OF
Gods green footstool.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
Moralizing Over a Boom Town.

l.. W. Hoch, the mayor Of Adrian,
Mich, who is q single taxer Of national
reputation, has been interviewed by a
local paper on the boom at the village
of Muskegon Heights After speaking
Of the village as great, big hustling
youngster. that has come to life to stay,
and describing the construction Of
buildings, the establishment of factor
les, the laying Of cedar block pave
ments and the selling of lots at high
prices, where but a little while ago
there were nothing but sand hills,
Mayor Hoch says:
$50 far as the history of Muskegon
Heights forms pleasing chapter, and
gives one a glimpse of the paradise mu.
inequalities might be if the value
which community gives TO land
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
THE DRIVER HAD THE TIME
tie Also Had the Bulge on an Over-Partic-
ular Railroad Officer.

ular Railroad Officer.
The driver of Madison avenue car
yesterday had been indulging in that
trick we'll known to railroad men as
loafing, that is, stealing headway from
his follower on the line in order to cor
raj more passengers and thus be enabled
to turn in more money to the company.
The horses weren't urged bit, and
finally passenger, who was evidently
an officer of the road, became aware of
the scheme. He made voyage to the
front platform.
do you know that you are about a
minute and. half behind time?" he
asked of the driver!
"Oi guess not" said the impcrturb-
able horse persuader.
"Ob, yes, you are, and you'd better
get along
"Oi guess not" came from the brake
twister
"Well, / say you are, and you'd bet
ter stop loafing. Do you know that it's
| q rule on this road for every conductor
and driver to keep on time?"
tOi do, be huyins!"
'.Do you know that it's also rule fol
every conductor and driver to carry 9
/ watch?"
.'Oi do
.Where's your watch? Let's see how
| yours and mine agree"
The gentleman produced magnifi
cent timepiece. The driver unbuttoned
his coat, reached around himself, buriet
himself nearly up to his shoulders in 9
rear pocket and produced a small alarm
clock about the size of pork pie.
"Oi haven't as good a job as you hav'
or Old buy repater,'' said he, 'd'y'
moind, Mr.. Freshly? G'yep. turrer
breds!'
Everybody laughed, and the Office
included himself in the everybody.-N
Y. Recorder.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
Two Literary Mobs.

To the mob of gentlemen who write
with ease must now be added the mob
of ladies. Women, who in the last
century would have left behind them a
chest full of letters, now consume their
literary energies in the production of Il
shelf full of novels. But there are a
thousand volumes to one book, thou
sand echoes to one voice. Of the crowd
of novels which annually issue from the
press scarcely one in a hundred carries
the reader out of the beaten tracks-
Edinburgh Review.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
The Unequal Distribution of Wealth.

The main source of the difficulties
that menace us is the growing inequal-
ity in the distribution of wealth. TO
this all modern inventions seem to con-
tribute, and the movement is fastened
by political corruption, and by special
monopolies established by abuse OF leg
islative power. But the primary cause
lies evidently in fundamental so-
cial adjustmcnts-int the relations which
we have established between labor and
the natural material and means OF la.
bor-between man md the planet
which is his dwelling place, workshop
and storchouse. As the earth must be
the foundation of every material struct-
ure, SO institutions which regulate the
use of land constitute the foundation ct
every social organization, and must at.
feet the whole character and develop.
ment OF that organization. In q society
where the equality of natural rights is
recognized. it is manifest that there can
be no great disparity Of fortunes. None
except the physically incapacitated will
be dependent on others; none will be
forced to sell their labor to Others
There will be differences in wealth. for
there are differences among men as to
energy, skill, prudence, foresight and
industry; but three can be no very rich
class, and no very poor class; and. as
each generation becomes possessed OF
equal natural opportunities, whatever
differences in fortune grow up in one
generation will not tend 10 perpetuate
themselves In such community.
whatever may be its form the political
organization must be essentially demo-
| cratic.
But, in a community where the soil
is treated as the property Of but por-
ton OF the people, some Of these peo-
pie from the very day OF their birth
must be at disadvantage. and some
will have an enormous advantage.
Those who have no rights in the land
will be forced to sell their labor to tho
landholders for what they can get; and.
in fact, can not live. without the land.
lords permission. Such a community
must inevitably develop class OF mas
ters and class of serfs-a class pos
sessing great wealth, and class hav.
ing nothing; and its political organiza.
ton, no matter what its form, must be.
come virtual despotism. Social Prob
lens
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
WHAT SHALL IT pr. MY FnIENps9

SHALL 1T BE, MY FRIENDS"
y. ss NY handkerchief to my lips it came
IVY Ivy with crimson stain-the stains,
however, were paint.
n. Us, Us, said !, carelessly, answering
T.. - look detected in the surrounding
sss, I'm booked for the next
nm ,laa,iy the game began, and, for
M s, :, Won; but as the night advanced
ar;n,.9 9ne liquor which l appeared to
ns ~ out did not, apparently rose to
S,,e aead, | saw that my luck had
- asa' until at eleven o'clock / had
rs ,rs considerable amount
,,.s asen this point was reached, I re-
LOW u % play more, although an
& n, ssea - mad twice the sum | had lost
4 nv m,senalning, and swore that l would
S,ssay my bed and try it again when
p.s su with better luck.
! NJ seatly servant appeared who
,sr !" Snow me to my room.
s;a axe . the gentleman to room No. 5, -
4 psnl ls :, man l had played against.
esa sleep sound there, and there's a
D., ocS on the door, SO that he will
q ete when once inside"
ssas ailng a reply, l followed my
4 L. H., : Misunderstanding negro, to
j sa,a nv noor, and through long hall
0@ At the eud Of the house.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30

AS A sign OF the times and Of the
progress of our ideas, the following IL
interesting. 1t was adopted few days
ago by the central council of the
Knights of Labor of Chicago:
Whereas, 1t appears that there wiz
be deficiency in the city funds avails
able for street cleaning and putting the
city in good sanitary condition for the
Worlds fair;
Resolved. That the aldermen OF the
city be asked to meet this deficiency by
an increased tax on real estate that will
be directly benefited by the location OF
the Worlds fair, instead Of by an in
crease in the amount Of tax licensing
industrial pursuits, as has been pros
posed by the mayor and council
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
Not the Man He Was Looking For

Man of the House Quietly. but firm
ly, as he presents pistol at the head
of the burglar who has just thrown his
leg over the window-sill)-Were you
looking for anybody?
Burglar with equal nerve)-Yes.
was looking for Mr. Billtops.
Man of the House (coldly)-Mr. Bill
tops lives in the next block; around the
corner.
Burglar (politely, as he takes his leg
off the window-silD-Ah! pardon me.
N. Y. Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
spoon

Ella--Who is that young man who
seemed so attentive to you last night in
the moonlight
Clara-Oh. ths* is my souvenir spoos
from Cleveland. Judge
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
plTH AND POINT.
Because you feel good is no reason


you are.
There is nothing like collection
to adjourn a meeting.
Lightning is very much like man.
When it strikes oil a blowout follows
Baltimore American.
"A perverted but truthful proverb:
'It's long loan that has no return.
ing" Philadelphia Times.
"A Bad slip.-''Was your novel
success?" "No. / called my heroine
plain Margaret instead of Gladys"
There are many men who are
generous to fault, but it is generally
to their own fault. Boston Transcript.
Many school-boy who is no longer
baby longs for his crib on exami.
nation ndays.-Binghamton Republican.
When one retires for the night at a
country boarding house he often feels
as if he had struck bedrock. boston
Gazette.
Henry is a great head-worker, !"
said the fond mother; ''he won several
prizes at college for sculling. Wash
ington STAR
-Watts-"You live in boarding
house, don't you, Billings?" Billings
mo, board in a boarding-house. y
Indianapolis Journal.
Will Fare Well Now.-Jake latter
| a quarreD D-"Miss Bellows, farewell" :"
ra-"Thanks! I think I'll have a
chance to fare well after getting rid Of
you"
--White-"Is that new dog of
Browns beagle?" Green-"I don't
know. I'm sure; judging from it's mid
night execution l should say it was a
bugle."
-Lillie-'Oh, Minnie, have such a
dear, unique headrest. have stuffed
a pillow full of Cholly's love letters. Z"
Minnie soft pillow it must
make"
Jack Loftus-"I never count the
cost of an article; if want it, buy it. "
Tom Slowboy-''Yes, but it's different
when a fellow has to pay for it. IN.
Y. Herald.
-Beatrice-'It'st too bad!" Rosalind
-"What?" Beatricc-''That a man as
handsome as Mr. Yellowplush should
be so horribly good. Smith, Gray &
Co.'s monthly.
-Tom-"Dr Renab is getting to be
quite swell. met him just now
dressed up to kill" Dick-"So? He
was probably on the way TO see his pa.
tients. Jury.
Ignorance is bliss; and when a m an
deceives his friends he quiets his con.
science by saying that he did it because
he knew they would be happier.
Atchison Globe.
-Gayman-'This is great day with
us at home. My daughter comes out
tonight. Dumlcy Don't say! Sc
does my brother. He's been in forsevcn
years. ."-Yonkers Gazette.
Where They Come From. Foot
lytes-''Why don't you try to write ar
original drama" Scener-"How can Il
| don't know. a single foreign Ian
guage. Kate Fields Washington.
Burglar Where do you keep you
money! Bigsby "Er-It's in the
pocket of my wife's dress" Burglar
Ito pal -"Come on Pete; we amt ne
Stanley explorin' expedition. IN. Y
Herald.
How do you like my new suit
Maria? All wool and a yard wide, eh?'
said old Binlks. eyes, that's thu
trouble" returned Mrs. B. cts a yart
wide and you amt more than twenty
four inches ncrost."
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30
1Q)Q!azg(||R|e|Sf eSfG5e,

EE here. Mr..
Herron," said
my old chief,
''as you are
d o. b t | e S S
aware, hardly
a day passes
with o ut tn e
notice Found
Drown e d. i s
in one or an
other of the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05

HIS EXIT FROM BULL RUN.
descent, | desire hereby to dislike ana
most earnestly deplore We are not
only the recipients of innumerable
paupers and slaves-for the contract
laborer Is nothing less nor more than an
unshackled slaye-but the mother coun-
try sends us by every steamer from one
to dozen friendless girls, who have
been shipped here by faithless lovers tc
hide their disgrace in America. These
girls we get in exchange for the hand.
some daughters of our staggering Young
republic, who go abroad lowered with
the dollars of their dads to wed the moth
eaten suckers of some great family tree.
1t is not fair swap.
We give our most beautiful and best.
and in return we get the cast off. slat-
ternly mob of doubtful debutantes and
the unacknowledged children, perhaps.
Of a concupiscent nobility.
II the allied powers and other totter-
ing dynasties whose rulers have been
diseased and debauched for centuries
ana VINO poke fun at our industry while
they eat our groceries, and who
live on and off their American ia
thers-inIaw, will take back their PAD
pers, and their unscheduled children.
ana their shiftless, songless and or.
ratio sparrows, and cease to ship unde-
slrabie and H.alodorous people here every
time pest house, an almshuuse or a
conservatory of leprosy burns down,
for one will be much obliged, and will
cneerfully return at an early date to
SAID allied powers the restless little
stowaway | caught on my coat collar
after got home from the barge Office
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05

York city they We're at once conveyed IN
bulk to the already fertilized valleys Oh
the Jordan, and along the route TINS rich
mt brown flavor of thesteerage, un broken
NV the harsh intrusion of the chloride or
the germicide, withered the sage brush
and killed cattle on the range
And yet the emigrant himself does
not mind it. He even sits down ana
eats his rather plain meal in the MIDST
of it.
Somehow it seems TO me that we are
getting a much tougher crowd OF emil
giants each year than we got the year
kfore. They are not in such good
state Of preservation rs they used TO De-
There is more contract labor and i'm
norted palIper business than there used
to be.
eve have to look out for poor people
who land here" said an official, land
not let them starve. If we do not send
them back we must keep an eye on
them The local authorities will not
give them a mouthful till they have
been here year | used to be called
on regularly over at the Castle by
a big red faced Englishman for help,
Every day he was there. Finally got
tired of giving him bread tickets.
It hurt me internally every time !
did it. so | said at last: Get out
of here. am done helping you. Be
gone! You are so healthy it makes me
NAL and you stroll about the battery
and eat the bread of idleness, preferring
it to the kind that people get by honest
sweat Get ont! Scat!'
land do you refuse to give me bread?
YES, do
Very well. sir. I'll report you to the
British consul.
And so he would. too" said the Off
cial "A big, two listed man, who knew
the record of every bull pup and pugilist
in England, what he weighed i'll condi-
ton and ont of condition, who his par
ents We're away back TO the Conquest
and whose kennel he belonged TO, and
yet he wouldn't beat a carpet or help
lift a piano in the land of his adoption"
While ! was present young man in
some way got mixed up at the gang
plank with the emigrants, and was
forced by the crowd up the stairs into
the corral while the gate was closed,
and he for the time had TO Re an emf
grant he swore quite good deal be-
cause he could not get out, and spoke
disreSpectfully of the environments; but
his environments enjoyed it first rate.
He had good deal of difficulty in prov
ing that he was resident of New York
and not a European pauper. Finally he
was permitted to escape, and the way he
lit out brought back to my mind the
day when l hurried back to Washington
from Bull Run, fearing that other ex-
cursionists might precede me and get
the most desirable rooms at the hotels.
There is "a style of reciprocity now
existing between this country and Eu-
rope which, as AN American of French
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05
Who rules in this town ?

Who rules in this town /!
Depends on the question uH.
The lamp-chimney queS-
tion-what sort do you break ;
Whatever sort your dealer
deals in.
How, do you think, ne
selects his chimneys?
He buys those that cost hlnn
least; he can get the regular
price for them; and the faster
they break the more he seAs.
That's how he reasons.
Tell him you want Mao
beth's "pearl top or pearl
glass, tough glass, transpaf-,
ent, clear, not foggy, hne, q
right shape and uniform. i epl
him you'll pay him a nickel
more a piece, and that will
cover his extra costs TWICE
over. Tell him you don t prP-
pose to break any more. lily
your hand at ruling.
Pittsburg. GEO. A. MACBETH q Up.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05
NoTICR To CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received NJ the City
Clerk once, Rock Island, III. until Monday
January 9Th, 1881 NJ D. N. for constructing the
improvement ordered by an Ordinance 81 sAid
titled ian ordnance for the Improvement of
Fourth avenue from Twentieth street "a Twenty
third street and Twentyihird street from rourih
avenne 70 Fifth avenue. and Finn avenue from
twenty third street 10 point about four hundred
feet east Of Thirty-elght street, thence north
about one hundred ana rixfy feet through the IN
Degrade crossing of the &. L. I. & p. and the &.
y. O. railroads, and from there east Fifth
forty-sixth street and SAID Fifth or Moline ave
nne. and for furnishing the mater ale and dong
The work according 10 the plans and Specifications
therefor- The said improvement ordered by said
ordinance consists % curbing with eurbstones, ex
csVsting grazing improving and paving with paw
Ing bricS OF good quality twenty seven block. Of
stree u In eaid title OF said ordinance set out
The said improvement mast be con-iractcd and
the material therefor furnished mu-t be In accord
nnce with the plans and specifications for rsid i'm
proSemeut ON ule In the said CRY Clerks once. ~
which said once. eaid plans and specifications are
open TO the Inspection of all persons interested
there in.
Contractors 20 furnish samples a, brick with
which WORK IL TO be done. Brick u-ed in the work
must correspond with samples In quality and style
All DID. must be accompanied with n certified
check In the sum Of ave hundred dollars. payable
TO the order OF the treasurer Of said city. which
shall become forfeited 10 aid city In case tn
bidder shall fail 10 enter into contract. with np-
proved su cites. 20 execute the work for the price
mentioned IN bid. and according TO the plans
and organizations. In the event that the CONTRACT
should be awarded 10 him.
Bl nix bids will be furnished on application At
the CITY Clerks once. All bidders and other per.
sons may attend at the opening Of said bids. The
right 20 reject any and ali bids or proposals re-
ceived II hereby expressly reserved.
RoEEHT koEHLER. City Clerk
ROCK leland. H.. December II. 1870.