Wisconsin Labor Advocate

VOLUME I LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY. AUGUST 20, 1886. NUMBER 1.

Coisensed General New.

Th sat1 ae BioUta BelaUt.

telegram trnm Belftt of the 10th a•ys*

Fivthousand troops and 2,500 consta- bleoceup the-disturbed districts. ThW presence of the police tend to increat in-atead

of suppress the disorders. Protestants declare that Catholics were the aggressors by wrecking protestant huse,• while Catholica are equally certain

that Protettats were the aggressors. Of oae thing tber is no doubt-never did two

olo different religions display a more

loodtlirty deire to kill or maim each uther. During the fighting on Sunday and

Monday. whenever powder ran short, vira- ges on both sides, with fla-irons and other implements, ground largegrains of blasting

powder into a size suitable for small arms,

while boys of tender ale melted lead into bullts and lugs. While the rioters were

ring, youths and. women stood behind them loading spare guns, in order to pre- 'm:k ' waste of time. Both sides are

doain their utmost to hide their losses.

* Monday the Protestants received a

welcome donation of twenty-five rifles and much ammunition from Ballymaccarett

ympathizmers, while Ballynalinch Nation- siat sent the Catholics a supply of an- «mtimdail many w revo* of the type

al i "Sweetemt. The pletness of

eapo n- wil consittute thegreatet danger

the future. A visitor who has been

studying the cause of the riots, writes: It

suseless mincing matters. The police have fired upon andslainpeoplefrom panic, ifnot from vindictivenees. Tih people assert that thiatter Was the cause. The people

rear- the police as muKrderers, not pro- tetori' The friends and.neigi.bor of the

kB and w6adld ait rgorit the police as

e. Their bare presence is a terror to be rsead and.excludes the idea of wanton-me.:

I n n seen m:-en: in respectable 3 i:e* twin.g a*t •s a • taxhtch of

wrentay polieemen escorted by 100 horse soldiers. Numerous complaints have been made

o thie iativor ofthe police.

(0 s and th J l I]mbroglio.

An:-A•WraU mewfier correspondent

Mn Btt bthe jail at Paso del Norte.

MeXieo. :

'"l eed him," he says, "particularly as 1 his ~ a rcirjtion personally in Mex- iloof the article coniplaned of. He re-

4i 'Upon ' oing over to t he Mexican ldi on the morning of publication, I

lly pocket a copy- of the paper gl, _etal. I entered a corner cafe kept b:a friend of mine and casually handed ilhl aper, the only one I had. This is

.tlelV tutlh aolthesory of my circulating

p»slltinabr. of the papers in Paso del

IBorte.<I akef Cutting whether heintend- eto apeaSl his: eaa tthe supreme court ol Chihual. esaid that hisattorney,

a youuMes an tent: jut oat of the

law chool, had determined to do so."

A dispateh fro e the city of Mexico says:

Public sentiment hereararding theCutting

easeis still roued, ewing largely to the

threats of war from the state o Taxs. In an interview an European diplomat said: The United States and Mexico should be al-

lowd tettl te theases in dispute. even if .h:l.e resiaort to fiendly arbitration. It i etilr tihattihe_ Bte of Chihuahua as ae good a right to ther peculiar code as

has France, tromlwhichcountryChihuahua took her example. It is not likely that the

Uiitft States in a case of similar kind with

.*a M:w'O mlaka-a peremptory demand for the elea of her citizens. The United

toie* t viw tof this ease will not be the

vi of Europe. A dipateh frona .I Paso, 'exas, says: Bee fmpirSno:i is gaining gound- ia- E- Paso that the Cutting case will be a sub-ject

for diplomatio correspondence for

some months to come, and that mean-

while the prisoner will not be released. The whole disturbance seems to be quietly

settling down. "There has not aman in my department been' moved," said Gem. Terry at Chicago

in. reference to the report that unusual activity was the order about the military

posts anent the possible trouble with Mexi- co. "There i no such thing as prepara-atons

being made forthe retnoval of troops to Texas."

Preident MeNeill, ho embesled a large amount ol money from the Lancaster Mas.) bank, some time ago, is ill and un-happy

in Canada and wants to come back to this ceontry. Dectectives got back most of the money he stole.

It is stated in the war and navy depart-mente

that while the fighting branches of the governmentare in their customary condition of readiness for action, offensive

and defensive, the present difficulties with Mexico are yet the exclusive concern of the

diplomatic branch, and that no move- ment of troops or vesais have yet been or-dereidwith

a view to possible warfare. At the state department it is said that there

is nothing new which it would be proper to make public, at present, buht that thre is stitl teaon to douht an amicable adjust- meet of the Cutting affair. It is unofficial- ly learned that the correpondence now in

progreisa expected to bring about defi- nite reanlts of some kind within a few days

more. The direct object sought to be a- complished by the government is, firt, thvrelease of Cutting.

As there was no appropriation made for the salaries of the supfeitendent and his corps of assistants uo e Yellowstone Na-tional

Park Supt. Weady says he will im-mediately

resign.

The president appointe Daniel Magone

as collector of customs at New York, vice Hedden, and set; te politicalgossipa talk-It

i thought the president will reappoint all his rejected nominees.

Zx-Oov. John W. Stevenson of Kentucky died at his home in Covington, Ky., alfer a brief illnes, aged seventy-four.

Theft are forty American stndents at

Heidelberg university, of whom twenty-five are regular members. Two-thirds of them agraduates of American colleges.

Since Barnim ofered $20,000 for the capter of the sea serpent the monster has

not been seen.

Zmmermann & Co.'s brewery at Wood-stoE,

Ill., burned. Loss, $70,000; innur-ance, $20,000.-The

Democraet of the First Missouri dis-trict,

nominated William H. Hatch to con-Jale

Schooleraft, an ex-convict, is creat- g a reign of terror in Boone county, W.

Va. I

The executive committee of the New Yort

Irish Parliamentary Fund association de-cided

to pay $53,000 that had been col-leted

into the banks at 1-2 per cent notilt should be needed by Parnell and, hi

band.

B. A. Anderson, aprominent farmer and

stock dealernear Clinton, Mo., has fled, heving $21,000 debts. In several in-stancs

he obtained money by forgery, it

is alleged.

The Iowa meteorologist, Prof. Foster,

says that one ol the greatest period* of 886 will begin on Aug. 16 and continue till the 28th duringwhich thaigre.t drnuth

will be competely broken by heavy rains,

bial and tornadoes and heavy gale. A tropical hurricane will occur on theSoutt-east

Atlantic coast between the 16th and gOtb. These storms will be general in

lowr and llimnois, and tip 4W labu

states, Eastern Canada aA Ltaibrador will be in the th. Vivid sun spote frou t* 1th to fh 2t h, and briltiaft aus-.

o n taobh 20tah fA h wnedito,

4ov. Ireland ot Teas issued a procla-. musion asking for relief for the drouth sul-The

rice crop of Louisiana turns out

eplnididly. The first sample brought 11t eesi a pound in New Orleans.

i e next meeting of the American Agri- culural and Dairy association will be held

at #tiladelphia Sept. 14, 1888.

?he three daughter of the late F. A.

Drxiel have nearly $4,000,000 each. They

giij away most of the income.

,Sdney Bartlett, aged eighty-two, is the hleaing Boston lawyer, in active practice,

adi is worth $100,000 a year.

AFort Asinaboine special says Little

Poplar, chief of the Cres Indians. whc figured so conspicuously in the Northwest- ern rebellion, was shot and instantly killed about one mile east of Assinaboine by a halbreed named Ward. The killing is

supposed to have been done in self-defense, asPoplar took a hand in the firing with a

sixtehooter of the same pattern as was used by the mounted police, when Ward

opened fire with a Winchester rifle, firing three shots, each of which took effect, one

through the head and two through the

breast.

Ben: Perley Poor: It is noticed by the lades that Mrs. Folsom invariably lets

her daughter take precedence. When the

president and hi wife take Mrs. Folsom to ride they occuly the comfortable seat ol

their Victbria, while the mother-in-law site on a front seat designed for children, back to the horses.

Senator Beck's wife brought him a change

ol linen to the senate chamber, the other day, after he had been speaking and was drenched with perspiration.

Kate Chase, when at the White House,

wore a black grenadine skirt with over- skirt of black lace, a tight-fitting white

Jerney covered with tiny pink roses, and a

becoming hat, over her light brown hair,

pretty well sprinkled with gray.

Mary Carrier, daughter of a poor shoe- maker at Detroit, Mich., has brought suit

against William Benson, a capitalist lum- berman, asking support for her child, of

which she says he is the father. Benson denies the charge.

The droyning of Mrs. Evenden, at Han- nibal, Mo., has revealed the scandal that

she and other married women went in bathing with two male friends entirely naked.

Conmlssioner Squire and Maurice B.

Flynn are arrested in New York on indict- ments brought by the grand jury. Four convicts try to escape from the

penitentiary at Anamosa, Iowa. One is killed, another badly wounded, and but

one gets away.

An nnpublished letter of Gen. Meade is made public, criticising Gen. Sickles' con- duct at Gettysburg.

Aa exploding thresher engine at Lake .Mills,Wis., kills five persons.

The resolution offered at the grand en- caamplment of the G. A. R. at San Francisco favoring the passage by congress of an act giving every surviving soldier and sailor of the war a pension was defeated by a vote of 327 to 86.

A settlement has been reached in connec- tion with the large Newberry estate at Chicago by which the heirs will divide be-twten

themselves $2,400,000 and the re- maindcr, equal to about thesameamount, will be at one devoted to the establish- ment of a public library.

The appointment of Daniel Magone an collector of customs at New York, vice William L. Hedden, "resigned," was an- womiced at the White House, and created considerable excitement. Mr. Mngone is describe- by treur.y -offiiers tf-o -aw kTork tobe -imo63ed civil service reformer, an extraordinary keen lawyer, a modest politician and a model business man.

The president has lately received ad vices which will give him renewed hopes thatSec-retary

Manning may be able, alter all, to reconsider his determination to retire from public life.

Postoffices established: Minnesota-Le- moille, Winona County. Wisconsin- Burke, Dane county. Postmasters Com- missioned: Dakota-Lordsberg, J. Mur- ray; Richland, M. Clark. Iowa-Adair. M.

Lynch; Jolley, F.C. Mallory. Wisconsin- Boyd, RI Patton.

Susan B. Anthony has started the "Wolen's National association," for the advancement of women in the District ol

Columbia.

Acting Indian Commissioner Upshaw denies that the Leech Lake Indians are suffering for food.

Mrs. Luella May Pavey, widow of the late Detrave Pavey, naturalist and sur- geon of the Greely arctic expedition, has donated to the national museum the relics collected by her husband on his trip to the arctic regions. Mrs. Pavey recently re- ceived. the lastinstallment olher husband's pay for his services in the Greely expedi- tion, thus showing that the government. recognizes her as his lawful widow.

Commissioner Sparks has shown his ap- preciation of the fact that congress is not in session by demanding the resignation ol Maj. Clark, the recorder of the general land office. Maj. Clark has been in the of- fiee for twenty years.

It was stated at the general land office in reply to a question concerning the dis- charge of a clerk at Mitchell, Dak., land office, that the action was due to a failure on the part of congress to make the neces- sary appropriations -for the clerical work of the department.

The wheat crops of France is estimated at 106.000,000 hectolitres against 110,-000,000

in 1885.

John Ruskin's illness has decreased. His condition is now pronounced to be that ol

convalescence.

The Canadian Pacifio's gross earnings for June were $895,933; working expenses.

$519,473; net profits, $376,450. The net

profits from Jan. 1 to June 30 were $1,- 293,615.

The returns issued by the British board of trade shows that the imports for the

month of July decreasdl £2,150,000 as

compared with the salme molnth last year,

and that the exports decreased £690,000.

Francoise Antonie MaximeLallanne, the

French designer and engraver, is dead.

Sir Samuel Ferguson, Q. C., LL. D., and

president of the Royal Irish academy, is dead, agede seventy-six years.

The London Standard says: When the discussions on the estimates are over pa rlia-ment

will be prorogued, not adjourned.

For an almost uninterrupted distance of nearly one hundred miles north of Stev- ens Point, Wis. along the Wisconsin Cen- tral, forest fires are raging, and hundreds

of men are fighting the flames, seeking to esve the towns and villages hemmed in by them.

The National grand grove, United An- cient Order of Druids, appointed the fol- lowing officersatChicago: M.N.. A., Nich- olasBergof St. Loui:; R. W. D. G. A., Adam Weber of Dayton. 0.; grand secretary, H. Freudenthal of Albany, N. Y.; grand treas-urer,

Philip Reichwein of Indianapolis;grand herald, Samuel C. Harris of Albany, N. Y.; grand sentinel, C. W. Tyler of Richmond,

Va.; grand guardian, Charles Weber of St.

Louis; trustees, Henry Liegenhein. St. Lou- is; John C. Meyer of Chicago, and John C'.

Dick of Milwaukee. Next biennial session

of the grand grove will be held in St. Paul 'in 1888.

In the case of Commissioner Squire and Contractor Flynn, indicted for conspiracy at New York, defendants pleaded not

guilty, and the trial was set for Sept. 5.

WISCONSIN NEWS ITEMS.

Gonsiderable damage by fire is done

to timber in Ashlaud and Bayfield

counties.

The Door County Advocate says

the crop of winter wheat now being

harvested in that county is the largest

ever gathered there.

A piece of marsh land in the town of

Algoma has been burning for nearly a

month. The fire has spread over a

tract containing upward of twenty

acres, and has burned into the earth

to a depth of from twelve to fourteen

inches.

TheNorthwestern Lumbercompany

awarded a contract to C. B. Hodgdon

to put in 10,000.000 feet of logs on

the Chippewa waters, allowing three

seasons to complete the job.

Henry Dampf, one of the Milwaukee

Garden rioters whose sentence was

suspended a month ago, has been sen-tenced

to six months' hard labor in

the house of correction.

Ex-Congressman Deuster of Mil-waukee

has recovered the $2,000

worth of books stolen from him by

his protege, Winne.

A number of hay stacks along the

Chippewa bottoms fell prey to the

running fires and were totally con-sumed.

Among the late transfers on the up-per

Chippewa and feeders are several

valuable tracts owned by Stocking

Brothers, of easy access to railroads,

sold to the Chippewa log pool for $76,-000.

The same firm sold their one-half

interest in town 42, range 6 west,

to the pool for $85,000.

Richmond Bros.' paper mill at Ap-pleton,

burned; loss, $60,000; insur-ance,

$35,000.

The Milwaukee, Lake Shore & West-ern

Railroad company now have a

crew of about five hundred men and a

large unnber of teams grading and

building side tracks to the Trimble,

Montreal and Pence mines, a short

distance west of Hurley.

The fire in the cr; nberry marshes in

Wood county was set by sparks from

a Wisconsin Central locomotive, and

the company is adjusting the losses.

W. B. Sinclair of Black Earth was

terribly burned by the explosion of a

gasoline stove at the Monona lake en-campment.

Stanley S. Stout ofMilwaukee is the

patentee of the new compressed air

gun for throwing life lines successfully

tested recently.

W. B. Halverson of Sloughton was

killed by a stroke of lightning while

fishing at Washburn.

Andrew Jolcover of Ottawa, Ont.,

was killed at Eau Claire by a log roll-ing

upon him.

The Northern Fair association offers

$5,500 in premiums.

The butternut crop will be very

large all over the state.

Mrs. Hamlin, a daughter of ex-Senator

Sawyer and granddaughter

by marriage of Hannibal Hamlin, is

about to publish a book called "A

Politician's Daughter."

Miss Florence Pierron of Fond du

Lac is about to sail for Paris for the

purpose of entering one of the musical

conservatories there. Musical critics

believe her voice is a remarkable

mezzo soprano.

The Crocker Chair company at

Sheboygan turned out last year the

largest number of chairs of any factory

in the United States.

Natural gas has been found at Kau-kama

and in Dundas, Calumet coun-ty.

It blazes up twenty feet in the

air.

Tlh democrats of the Fifth congres-3ional

district will hold their conven-tion

at Green Bay Sept. 7.

There is good reasons to believe

that the sale of the Green Bay, Win-ona

& St. Paul to the Burlington &

Northern is a settled fact.

The prohibition candidate for gov-ernor

of the state is an Eau Claire den-tist,

Charles Alexander.

De Soto's cisterns are all dry and

water is taken from the river.

The boiler of a threshing engine ex-ploded

on the Foster farm, near Jef-ferson,

killing five persons instantly-Anthony

Klein, the engineer, and his

son, Joseph Lester and his 10-year-old

boy and Joseph Hass. Another of

Lester's sons, aged 8 years, and a man

named Fisher, were fatally scalded.

Several others received scalds.

Frank Johnson of Chetek and Jesse

Phillips of Rice Lake, who escaped

from the Barron county jail, were re-captured.

The Chippewa Falls Woolen and

Linen Mill company filed articles of

association with the secretary of

state.

The Free Methodist church and con-tents,

located a few miles northwest

of Fairchild, was destroyed by fire.

Articles of association of the Eau

Claire Street Railway company were

filed with the register of deeds.

A notable social event occurred at

the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar F.

Jackson, of Eau Claire, it being

the marriage of their only daugh-ter,

Miss Bertha, a leading society

young lady, and Mr. M. M. San-3erson,

city agent for the P. C.

Hanford Oil Company of Chicago.

In May, during the labor troubles,

all of the Milwaukee brewing compa-nies

were forced to advance the wages

of their laboring men. Recently some

of the companies have reduced wages

again, and the employee are organiz-iug

s systematic boyco tt against them.

PERVERTED AFFECTION.

I.

A young man of about thirty years

of age stepped slowly along one of the

principal streets of the metropolis.

He was of an elegant and interesting

presence. He gazed absent-mindedly

into the show windows to the right,

and seemed lost in thought.

"Good morning, Edmund," called a

gentleman apparently ten years his

senior and of compact figure, with a

full black beard, who was coming to-wards

him. "This is the first time I

have seen you since your marriage,

and it confirms the sad aphorism that

a young husband forgets nothing more

easily than his friends. Do not inter-rupt

me, for I intend no reproaches,

since I am aware of your happiness.

You have married the prettiest girl in

town, and I think you are too sensible

not to agree with me when I say her

money is no drawback. Poverty

makes no one happy, and riches do

no harm, you know."

Over the handsome face of Mr. Ed-mund

Hagen, the person addressed,

flitted a weak smile.

"Doctor, I do not say that you are

not right," he answered; "but money

cannot do everything. I am happy,

yet-"

He did not finish the sentence.

"Yet?" repeated Dr. Henry Brose,

who was a physician of note. "This

word betrays the fact that your hap-piness

has some sort of unpleasant

after-taste. What do you mean by

this 'yet?"'

'-Nothing-nothing!" said Hagen.

"This won't do," continued Brose.

"I do not require a confession; but an

old friend should not be cut off short

in this way. Where does it pinch?"

"Nowhere-nowhere!" cried Hagen,

half out of humor. "My happiness

would be complete, were not the moth-er

of my wife-" '

"Aha! The mother-in-law!" broke

in the doctor. "You have always de-scribed

her to me as a most excellent

person."

"She is all tiat! I consider her a

paragon of a woman and mother."

"My dear Hagen, then I do not un-derstand

you.

"My wife is an angel. Every day I

learn to esteem and love her more,"

continued Hagen. "My mother-in-law

is a very excellent woman; kind, com-pliant,

self-sacrificing. Shedoes every-thing

to please me, yet-"

"Again that mysterous 'yet!' "broke

in the doctor. "Pray,Tspeak intelligi-bly."

"I do speak intelligibly." said Ha-gen.

"S]e. sters and cherishes me

as her own ir and favorite. Every

morning slieprepares for me the most

delicious coffee; at noon she selects

for me the most delicious tid-bits; in

the evening she cuddles me like achild,

she spoils me!"

"Well, that is not so terrible," said

Brose, laughing.

"But she never leaves us alone to-gether!"

burst out Hagen at last.

'That is unpleasant."

"She means it all right; but it is

very painful for me," continued Hagen.

"She loves my wife distractedly, be-cause

she is her only child, and this

reconciles me to the conditions again

and again; but this love becomes un-comfortable,

since my wife cannot

separate from her mother either. I

rejoiced like a child in anticipation of

our wedding trip. I had to give it up

because my wife insisted that her

mother should accon.pany us."

"You acted very prudently," said

Brose, in his dry, earnest manner.

"Yes, I was defrauded of my wed-ding

trip, and now I am being swindled

out of my honeymoon!" continued

Hagen, even more passionately, "My

wife cannot part from her mother, nor

the mother from her child. I have

often the feeling as though I were not

the husband of my wife, or master in

my own house!"

"Edmund this is a bad state of af-fairs,"

said the doctor, stroking his

beard with his right hand. "You are

all of you suffering from too much,

and, I may add, perverted, affection.

But I have an idea! How would itdo

to marry your mother-in-law to some-body?

She is not forty yet, is well

preserved, a handsome woman, and,

to one who had not seen her certificate

of baptism, she would appear thirty at

the most."

"Are you mad?" cried Hagen.

"Why?"

"My wife is the only heir of her

mother, to whom the entire property

belongs. Should she marry again we

might perhaps be left with a trifling

inheritance."

"You are right. Let us not get her

married, then. But I would willingly

be of assistance to you in this crisis of

your callow marital felicity."

"You can!" said Hagen. Vitit me

this evening-frequently-every even-ing!

My mother-in-law is arefined, cul-tured,

amiable lady. Entertainyour-self

with her. I am certain you will

not pass the time unpleasantly. I

know you likeRudesheinier. Ihavean

excellent vintage of this brand. One,

two, three bottles at your service ev-ery

evening. I will see that you have

the very best Havanas, and you will

have no other duty than that of en-tertaining

my mother-in-law, so that

my wife and I can have an hour to

ourselves. Are you agreed?"

"Of course!" cried the doctor laugh-ing.

"And you certainly will come this

evening?"

"Certainly!"

"And the following evenings,too?"

"Every evening! It is no great sac-rifice."

"But you are doing me a great fav-or,"

said Hagen, while he grasped his

friend's hand and pressed it warmly.

"You are putting to flight the only

cloud that thus far has troubled my

happiness."

'I willbrinabackthesunshine. You

will be satisfied with me," answered

the doctor.

"But you must not betray by a sin.

gle word the fact that I have occasion-ed

your coming."

"My dear Hagen, have you ever

found me so weak as to gossip more

than was good?"

"No, no! You are coming this ev-ening,

then, as though making a chance

visit?"

"Assuredly! My way leads me past

your door. I will call in just to see

how my old friend is getting ialong.

Or if you have no family physician I

will come as such."

"That will be better-do that!"

cried Hagen, joyfully. "I will present

you to my mother-in-law as the most

accomplished physician to be found

anywhere."

"In saying that, you will say only

the truth in my opinion," answered

Brose, jokingly.

"Well, au revoir!"

The friends parted.

II.

Edward Hagen occupied, with his

young wife, her mother's villa, which

stood in a magnificently laid out,

park- like garden; a short distance out-side

the city gates, Mme. Borschers,

whose husband had been dead a few

years only, spared no pains to create

for the young couple a charming and

happy home. She considered it the

mission of her life to care for the

happiness of the two young people;

Margaret was, to tell the

truth, a mere (hild, and had never

been accustomed to act for herself.

She had not the slightest idea that

through her immoderate care and love,

she had become burdensome to her

son-in-law.

It was evening when Edmund re-turned

home. His wife and mother-in-law

received him in thegarden. Marga-ret

ran to meet him.

"You came so late to-. day! " she cried,

while she wound her arms around him

tenderly and looked up to him with

eyes swimming in happiness.

"Not any later than usual," an-swered

Hagen, smiling. "You know

my business does not permit me to

come earlier. Your impatience has

probably made the time seem long."

"Children, come; the tea is ready,"

broke in Mme. Borschers.

"Let me first take ashort walk with

Margaret in the garden," repltliHa-gan.

"Besides, I do not feel the slight-est

hunger."

"Because you overwork yourself"

said Mme. Borschers.

"No, I do not overwork myself,"

Hagan assured her.

"Do come!" Margaret begged, in

tender tones. "Mamma is right. You

must first rest. We will take a walk

afterwards."

Hagan followed, although unwilling-ly.

For a single hour alone with his

wife he would gladly have gone

without his supper. He had no

appetite, although his mother-in-law

had prepared for him his favorite

dish. He looked impatiently at his

watch, hoping that his friend would

soon make his appearance and relieve

hini.

Brose came at last. Hagan intro-duced

him as his dearest friend, and

spoke of his qualifications as a physi-cian

and his amiability in termsover-flowing

with encomium.

"My dear Hagan,I fear your words of

exaggerated praisewill do me harm,"

the doctor responded, smiling. "The

ladies will now expect me to display

all these transcendental qualities and

inevitable disappointment will be the

consequence."

"Doctor, I give my son-in-law's

words the most unreserved credence,

since I know he is incapable of utter-ing

an untruth," protested Mme.

Boschers, and reached her hand in

welcome to tha physician.

They went into the garden and seat-ed

themselves under a linden tree.

Hagen provided the promised wine,

and gave his friend a look of grati-tude.

It was for Brose no sacrifice in the

society of his friend's mother-in-law;

for she was amiable and refined, and

looked so youthful and fresh, that she

might well be taken for her daughter's

elder sister.

Hagen listened to the conversation

a short time, and then withdrew to

promenade up and down slowly

among the trees, arm in arm with his

young wife.

How happy he felt! At last he was

alone with his beloved Margaret!

They had been married only a short

time, and had naturally a great many

things to say. The moon shone

through the tree tops; the evening was

stilland cool.

Hagen, since his marriage, had not

enjoyed a single confidential hour like

this. He could have shouted aloud

with joy. The time passed so quickly

that it seemed only a few minutes,and

he was almost frightened when he

looked at his watch and became aware

that he had walked up and down with

his wife more than two hours. He re-turned

immediately to his friend. It

was not without some feeling ot men-tal

perturbation that he allowed his

eye to rest for a moment on his moth-er-

in-law; but she did not seem to

know even how long he had been ab-sent.

"Dr. Brose entertained meexcellent-ly,"

she said in a tone that instantly

betrayed her cheerful and contented

frame of mind.

"That I knew, else I would not have

left you alone with him," answered

Hagen. "Notwithstanding the fact

that he is a woman-hater, and has

sworn- never to marry, he is a pleas-ant

companion."

He stepped up to his friend and

pressed his hand, with a glance of

private intelligence. Then he brought

a second bottle of wine to empty

with his preserver.

As Brose at last prepared to return

home, Mme. Borschers invited hinm

to repeat his visit soon.

"Doctor, you must come again to-morrow

evening," Hagen broke in.

"You have helped us to pass the time

so agreeably that we feel impelled to

ask a further sacrifice."

"I hope that I shall never have to

make a sacrifice with less hardship,"

answered Brose, laughing, and he

promised to come.

Higen accompanied him as tfr as

the garden gate.

''You are aiiy Vooi(I :iietl, ilYV (Ira

doctor," lie saiil, sHi.'ilig hi. halid

"One can p.iss anl hour iii gossip wit I

the old lady splhnlilll ' , eliy ' She i:

lively and symnipatiltihtii; in hliort, -hl

is a very suiltrior kinl of woiiiaii!"

"I agree with you in exerything,' |

Brose assured himii, and withdilrew.

ill.

The doctor canie tlhe next eveniin,

and during two weeks lie was alnmos»t

every evening the guest of l:Ls frienl

He talked wit h the nmother-in-law

while ]la'en and his young wife prom.

enaded undisturbed in the garden.

But one morning he entered his

friend's place of business. llagein

sprang up manch pleased and hastened

to meet him.

"Ali, niy liberator!" lie cried, seizing

Brose's two hands in his. ' Best ol

friends how kind of you to come. I

wanted to look you up to-day and tell

you how happy I am. You are a sor-cerer,

my dear fellow! What charm

have you used to work such a com-plete

change in my mother-in-law?

We are now left to ourselves, not only

in the evening but often during the

day as well. For hours together my

mother-in-law sits in her room, and

we young people avail ourselves of the

time' and aimuse ourselves like (hil-dren.

This morning, even, sheadvised

us to make an excursion in the coun-try

next Sunday, and she added, re-gretfully,

that she would be unable to

accompany us18. We are going out

alone, doctor-alone! All this weowe

to you!"

Over the face of the doctor flitted a

sly smile.

"I can tell you still more," here-plied.

"Your mother-in-law intends

to move and leave the house to you

alone."

"Doctor, that would be delicious!"

exclaimed Hagen. "But I cannot

believe it. Where would she move

to?"

"To me."

"To you?" said Hagen, astonished.

"Will you rent apart of your house?"

"No, my friend," Brose answered,

laughing. "Your mother-in-law is go-ing

to nmarry me, and, of course, will re-side

in my house."

Hagen involuntarily drew back a

step and stared atthedoctor.

"You are joking," he said.

"Assuredly - not! You described

your mother-in-law to me as one of

the most excellent of women and I

have found that the facts bear out

your eulogy in every particular. In

order to render you a service, I have

asked her if she will be mine. She has

answered 'yes.' You can, therefore,

congratulate me as yourfuturefather-in-

law!"

"No, no! thiswon'tdo! Itmust not

be!" exclaimed Hagen.

"And why not? I see nothing to

hinder."

"It won't do!" repeated,Hagen, who

was not able to control his excite-ment.

"It won't answer! Theestate-my

wife is the only heir-she would

have to share-"

"Certainly, my friend, for I do not

desire the whole," Brose smilingly re-plied.

'-Your mother-in-law is ready

even now to cede half the property to

your wife."

"And the other half," burst in Ha-gen.

"She will keep herself," laughed

Brose.

Hagen stood silent and gnawed at

his under lip with his teeth.

"You have shamefully betrayed me!"

he then broke out. "You have de-ceived

me, told me what was not

true-"

"What was not true?" Brose inter-rupted

him.

"Yes! Have you not repeatedly

told me thatyouwouldnever marry?"

"Of course; but I have thought better

of it. I would, in all probability, have

carried out my resolution had I not

had the good fortune to make the ac-quaintance

ot your mother-in-law. I

have to thank you for it."

He held out his hand to his friend.

Hagen turned away.

"I do not wish any thanks!" he said.

You need not trouble yourself any

more, either. You need not visit any

more at my house!"

"Good!" laughed Brose, whom the

passion of his friend amused. "But

you will not object to my visiting my

fiance of an evening? Now, be reason-able,

Hagen! Your mother-in-law's

estate is so large that you can live

pleasantly and contentedly on half of

it. You ought to rejoice at the pros-pect

of acquiring such a splnded

father-in-law! Now, give me your

hand."

Half hesitatingly, Hagen gave it.

"Could I have anticipated this, I

would never have asked you to visit

me." he said, half grumbling a-ni yet

smiling.

"I thoroughly believe it," laughed

Brose.

"Now, let us remain good friends. I

am also free to confess that besides

your mother-in-law, I have had much

satisfaction in making the acquaint-ance

of your wine. Do not let the

brand be exhausted, and I will coime

often in the future to pay you a visit."

The friends separated perfectly rec-onciled.

But Hagen still needed some

hours to comipare notes with himself

before he had accustomed himself to

the thought that ne, too, could learn

to live on half the estate and be

happy.

CongressiaelIn's Letters.

Washington Telegram Chicago Inter Ocean.

Congressmen get, queer letters some-times.

The other day a Western

member showed me the following:

DEAt Sil: My chihlren have been at-flicted

with the scabs all winter, and the

medicinc given tihem by the doctor here

does not seem to do any good. I see by

the papers that there are some very fine

doctors in Washington connected with the

(Governmen)t, anal it it does not coat too much I wish you would ask them what is

good for the scabs and write me by return

mail. The school teacher in our district hasrs-ceived

from you a book with pictures

about the ltocky Molintains, and a map

colored yellow and green. I would be very

much obliged it you would send me one of

each, and another to my wife's father,

—, at —-- Towi.ship; and it you-have

any other books that would be good win.

ter reading, we sho.ild be much pleased to

have them sent. Your friend and constit

uOut.,

To Hear Wlatlstone.

We remained in Liverpool until Mon-day

evening to hear Mr. Gladstone's

speech, writes Mrs. Henry Ward Beech-er

in the August Brooklyn Magazine,

and accordingly, two hours before the

meeting was to open, we started for

the large hall where the "grand old

man" was to address the populace.

Even at that early hour we found en-trance

difficult. As Mr. Beecher's tick-et

placed him on the plattorm, we

parted company at the door, and

committing us to the care of Maj.

Pond, he left with no fear that with

such a stalwart attendant we should

have any difficulty in reaching

the seats our tickets called for.

But at the first step we were hem-med

in by a crowd suih as we nev-er

met before. Every one has

read and heard of the densely packed

English crowds which can be gathered

on special occasions, and of the com-pact

and irresistable power which an

English mob can show. We thought

we knew something of its meaning.

But our poor gifts of description ut-terly

fail us here. Heaven defend us

from being ever so closely wedged in

again! No room to take one step;

packed so crushingly that the chest

has not room to expand sufficiently

to enable us to draw one full breath.

But the crowd behind pressed with

ever increasing power on those who

were held immovable in Iront, and

inch by inch bore them forward, utter-ly

powerless to resist. It is well for

all that the packing was so effectually

done that there was no room to fall,

or hundreds must have been crushed

to death. Maj. Pond's great height

and broad shoulders alone kept us

from suffocation; and at last, when

well-nigh exhausted, we were lifted

over the rope that barred an

entrance and dropped into our seat,

where for an hour and a half we

sat, before the meeting was opened,

watching the terrible struggle of others,

less fortunate, vainly attempting to

force their way to some resting-place.

Once inside the building, there was no

escape; it was just as impossible to

return as to go forward.

At last the surging mass of human

beings became partially stationary.

There was no longer room to move; re-sistance

was in vain. Then, one by

one, those who were to occupy the

platform emerged from their well

guarded waiting room and ce me on to

the platform. With each ,. sh ar-rival

that huge assembly broke into

cheers and shouts. We had just

passed the ordeal of a British crowd;

now we were to learn the strength and

endurance of British lungs. We have,

in our day, heard some cheering and

shouting in America, btft we must

humbly yield the palm in this par-ticular

to our brethren across the

water. We have certainly at last

seen and heard all that can be accoinm-plished

in an enthusiastic English

gathering. If actuated by angry, dis-cordant

passions, how fearful must

lave been the results!

Eating a Sermon and a Miracle.

Every one, says Prof. Matthieu-Will-iams

in one of his lectures on the

"Chemistry of Cookery," who eatshis

matutional egg eats a sermon and a

miracle. Inside of this smoothb sym-metrical,

beautiful shell lurks a ques-tion

which has been the Troy town for

all the philosophers and scientiat

since Adam. Armed with the engines

of war-the microscope, the scales,

the offensive weapons of chem-istry

and reason-they have

probed and weighed and experi-mented

and still the questior

is unsolved, the citadel unsacked.

Prof. Bokorny can tell you that

albumen is composed of so many

molecules of carbon ard nitrogen and

hydrogen, and can persuade you ol

the difference between active and pas-sive

albumen, and can show by won-derfully

delicate experiments what the

aldehydes have to do in the separa-tion

of gold from his complicated

solutions; but he can't tell you why

from one egg comes a "little rid hin,"

and from another a bantam. You

leave your little silver spoon an houm

in your egg-cup and it is cojted

with a compound of sulphur. Why is

that sulphur there? Wonderful, that

evolution should providefor the bones

of the future hen! There is phosph-rus

also in that little microcosm, and

the oxygen of the air, passing through

the shell, unites with it, and the acid

dissolves the shell, thus making good

strong bones for the chick, and at the

same time thinning the prisoh walls.

Chemists know a good deal about al-bumen,

and if they cannot tell us why

life differentiates itself therein and

thereby, they can tell you how not to

spoil your breakfast.

A Lion Tamer's Escape.

From the Pall Mall Gazette.

The fascinated Englishman who is

said to have followed about for ten

years, Bidel, the celebrated lion tamer,

and to have watched his every per-formance

in the expectation of wit-nessing

the inevitable accident, bas

at last met with a part of his reward.

A few nights ago Bidel was attacked

and disarmed by his performing lion'

Sultan, who fourteen years ago signal-ized

his arrival in Paris by killing a

man. The brute stood over his mas-ter

and proceeded to get to work with

his claws, when Bidel raised himself,

and getting well under Sultan, by an

almost superhuman strength, hurled

him off through the open door of a

ca,,e, which was promptly clo.i. It

was found that the tamer had seven.

teen wounds on his neck and shoul.

ders; but notwithstanding lie presented

himself before the spectators, stream-ing

with blood as he was, and pro.

posed to continue the exhibition, and

show that he and not Sultan was

really master. This was, of course,

not permitted; but the performances

have recommenced, and the English-man,

if he is not released Iromn the

spell, will probably still have exten-sive

opportunities of studying the

ways of performing lions..:;',,: (;oAt Jt:J:VOi'OLY : / ,~.LI W .'IBI ,.EA.,SERPEN7' TO OUR PATRONS': PaOpe

Wisconsin's Comin ':sconsins St upon the

Ta.t tab)ur larty is gradually gaining The new syndicate controlling the mines G. B. Putnam, master of the Franklin We propose to conduct th.i b aiins ot O.B. ~ ~~~~~~~~'i Putrm, uponebuofnehe Frakinc~ls elo strength throughout the state, and it will in the let. Louis district, and having a cap- school, Beston, writes as follows to an Ex of a role isend qi tr-awrdi nae

trengt~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~hi througpout busiesstpintpes, dalnd iut walti the p esen Ing . o wl

& Co. atl of $500,000,000, met a short time ago changeconerning the sea serpent: "On cnrtely and honestly with all orour pa- o La Crsse, is beyondq t m

cont and elected directors and afficers. Thursdan afernon. the seanou secrpenth"On trons, to the end that they ay receive the unsed mun within the leng and breadth bat it I

•' p c—n `nesver expect any ercy.sahown them a, « ue great etreast or the country ann in the water attracted his attention. H-e ..„e.,I.d..tnto. e , . w .... me-tionubt when hiaarvelu-- h.ly thn itproper to speak ofim i.

~l~ m~~~~~~tr~~~r. an~ery ofth iililte (s I o m m o e:in es mmead tion, but when his 1arvel~ous in- - Ih.rdly t-liuk it prope r t pa fi

eied St thP»toBft at~LCrosseias nd Ir ue , . I'".e govern thep price of every commodity whichI" n'aIattiIi t .eIs Cl

»l««.n ulatt•. Ilw nur hwcsnh umononiolies, and they ae • - - imimediately ran to his fater, who wa d enery philnthropist, and yet he .a-.m ne .- ~~~ -- r . :, .h..a ,..if a... telitetuaxl np)wer and inua neryo hlnholt n e ead.D

Ta preheating to the public

the firgt number of the Advo-eate

it will, doubtless, be ex-pected

that the publishers will

give.an outline of the course they

propose to pursue and assurance

ofthe prmiipies, political and

otherwire, that will be espoused

iniat,. columns. We believe it

unwise to make mauy promi ses,

lest in the future we may fall

short in their fulfill m ent.

The signs of the times indi-cate

that many of the citizens of

the United States are becoming

firmly convinced that the

government, in its various de-partments

and functions, has been

largely controled and adininis-tered

in the interests of a favored

few to the injury of many less

favored, though composing the

most numerous and equally de-serving

class; that the old politi-gal

parties, the Democratic and

Republican, have become the

tools of designing men and com-binations

of men; that political

corruption prevails in our legis-lative

bodies; that consolidated

wealth exercises a demoral-izing

influenge- over legislation,

both Stte and National; that

moaopolies -re flourishing, and

the people are suffering under

he weight of unequal and un-just

burdens, the result of offic-ial

dishonesty in his places; that

labor is made subservient to

the. will and greed of capital,

and that workingmen are being

liced to a condition but little

betier than slavery.

The only hope for improve-ment

in the condition of the

workingand producing class iA

in the iuccess of a reform party

whie principles and motives

shal be todestroy the old corrupt

parties and defeat dishon

est politicians, who have so long

and absolutely controled those

patties. , •

The Republican and' Demo

cratic parties owe their long

continued success and power to

the aid they have received from

the press, more- than to al

other sources of assistance. The

Ileform party cannot hope fo

success in the contest with s<

powerful opponents unless it i

imilarlv equioned to meet th

oxemy on the political battlefiel

The Advocate proposes t

be an effective weapon of pol

tical warfare, always aimed t

the enemy, and every ready t

face the foe when danger threa

es tihe right. Whatever infli

ence and ability it may possei

or can commnsnd will be'devote

to the advancement of the caus

of reform.

Trusting we shall marit an

receive the approval and encou

agement of ad true friends

political reform, we issue ti

first number of TiH Wrscoxas

LABoB ADVOCATE.

The late tril ef the Anal

chists have developed the fa

that their number in the Unitt

states is insignificant- that the

are fanatics, criminals, and oi

laws from other lands, and a

deserving of the severest pu

ishmntt the law can inflict.

is not at all probable that t!.

wil ever again be able to erea

ari great a disturbance.

there is another class whi6

is entitied to but very liti

more respect than Anarehisi

Uorrupt politicians and the too

q'B monopolists, those who pri

upon the, people, disguised

hoaesttineS, practicing deceptio

ald making pledges only

:iate them; these are to '

teared f&r more than the mui

'deirous anarchists. The ani

chists have exposed their helli

intentions; the robber politici

ttU'eals his. The penalty f

the crimes of the anarchist, a

trt vided by the prison and th

, calold; the punishment for th

e* uiupt politician is flaished 1

the ballot box T l fear t

.Wlot- in the imds' of hones

.itc ligent nmen ~S. more th

iIhey do the dynamite>tbomb

:thy handsla of sarchis,

I old political parties are neither more nor

less than the acknowledged machines of

monopolistic owners of the land. Now

thea, farmer'and workingmen, the ques

tion presents itself to you, and it is for

yon to answer this fall by your Ection in

the convention of the state, to be held at

Neenab, on the 16th of September,and your

vote to be cast at the state election this

fail, are you satisfied that the promotion -of

'he best interests of the producing clamies

of the land are ignored by both the Dem-ocratie

and Reptblican parties? Do you

not know that it is a'faet,that the interests

of corporations and monopolies are fostered

to the detriment of thos' whose labor pro-duces

all the wealth of the country.

namely: the farmers and laliring men.

by both the old parties? Reader, are you

not positively certain that these two old

political parties are as rotten, as a rotten

egg upon which a six-year old hen has set

for nine weeks without hatching? Don't

every intelligent man upon reflection know

that all that any proleesional politician, or

political schemer cares for is the filling of

his own pocket with money, even thouglh

to do so he luhas to virtually rob the cred-ulouns

public, who willingly accept bis

smooth tongued explauation? If we

know all this, and we do, we ask in th'

name of justice to ourelvesand for the pro-d

tection of this graind government and onur

posterity, is it not time lo place a check

upon this ruinous state ol iffairs? It cer

tainly is, and the most avail.able way of

effecting this end is by every farmer, labor-lug

pman and all who believe in having a

government for the people, uniting our

power to assist the labor party in defeat

ing old parties in the coming election,from

the state officers down to the county

Send a man who represents the labor par-I

ty, to the lsislature, the state senate, the

r house of representatives and eventually to

- the United Smtates Denate, and name your

next governor and the entire state ticket

for you have the power il you will entl

exercise it. When this is done, and no

^ till then, will we see a government ior th'

, people.

The people have started ;the:ball and

no* keep it rolling until it has traverse

the entire land.

The organization of the Knights of La

e boher, of North America and Canada, is th

........ P-.r P.tAbTt«hed in thel

grandest institution ever eastaobltsne in tn<

interests of farmniers, tradesman and the la

' boring classes generally. In fact it is an

organization the prime object of which i

the betterment of the entire race of hu

' manity. The order is based upon a plat

S form of principles, which are ijust as gen

e nine and potent in the establishment o

good government, as the ten command

ments that are laid down in the good book

The foundation of the order, is a conatitu

g tion, that approaches nearer to perfeclio

0 then the sacred constitution ol this, thi

a greatest and noblest of all the modern gov

1 ernmenits.

In short we may say, that to be a trn

e member of the noble order of the Kunight

r of Labor; is to be enlisted in a cause

which the moat honored sonus f toil ma

0 juslly leel proud. We cannot understan

is why any person who is the least in.eremst

in the advanemeut of civilizations, the el

le lightment and promotion of the human

d race, and the promotion of the masse

should remain outside of the order.

o If you, farmer or laboring man, me

-i. chant or tradesman feel prejudiced againt

the K. o L:, because of what you hay

at read or heard, concerning the order, we ca

t0 only refer you the preamble and consi

tution upon which it is based. Read the

carefully and criticise them closely, and

1 · alter doing this you find that the order

unworthy of your endorsement, our advi

to yon is to "stay out."

id The constitution is open for the inspt

eion of all who desire to read it, and it yo

know any person who is a member ask hi

to show you a copy ol it and he will

only to glad to do so. For the benefit

our readers in the lodge as well as out

r. publish in another column the platform

principles or preamble of the coustit

O tion.

ie Farmers, you have organized your gran

society, founded upon good prineiples, b

your efforts to effect the grand results t

which you established it have proven i

tile. Why? Not because your cause w

not jnust, but becanuse you of yoursell are

weak, the iron hand of monopoly and i

lot corporated capital has had to strong a gi

upon the reins ol the government. An

because you failed to ask the assmistance

vy brothers, namely: the laboring classes of t

' citiesa and towns. Are you not aware thl

it- the interesta of one corporation is t

re one common interest of all corporation IV — - . «. .1.a^ althughwl rai Do you not remember that, altnoughn "

m- road companits sometimes bolt agaii

Iteach other, that finally they always p

and make a compromise? Why is it ti

ey this isdone? Simply, because their int

te eats are common. So farmers and

wealth producers, you must learn to- p

with eseach other, you to, must come t<

Ah comyromise and join hands, if you wot

ever b-come tree from the monopolis

'M bondage of the oppressive corporatio

ts. You must realize that your interests i

ommon and unite your strength, for "bi

>teoa feather must flock toKether.

gy The workingmens party is a road leadi

to the same end. If we do not live for o

a8 pelves and proclaim our own cause,who w

on do it for us? Will the bond holder, t

railroad king or the monopolist procla

to the rights of the farmer or the labori

be man-.

ir- Why did the Democratic State Cent

ar- committee call their state convention to

i held one day earlier than the Labor co

vetion? Is it to give them a chance

n hew out a tow Labor planks and mat

them into their own celebrated' plia

or platforim, so that they select their co

ere eyed candidate with his right eye irn

e ixedyoathe Labor convention at ie

h h : left eye nervously blinking

he he *s ti "pu"' Democrcy andre

i.es how strong the prohibition party

by ahow lght l•th hopecrop?

he-$

t, Busnass thro Het the country is

an porteas m bi u moret prospwe

Present tha it has been during thea I

of Austgt tot sesral yers.

tion of the life of the people, andt thereby

compel submission to their demands and

robberries.

They have long controlled the cost of

many commodities by owning and maunag

ailroads, the means of transportation, and

now they combine to control the natural

products of the earth, and the government

and congress look quietly on and permit

0them to succeed in their schemes of rob-bery.

That the mines of the country shoulid be

under the jurisdiction ot the government

is a question which should not requirel

I much argument to answer, in the light of

the threatened danger to the welfare of the

people. A large number of people are de-pendent

for their fuel upon the products of

eoial mines, and the ownership of the coal

I mines becoming vested in grasping spesn-lators

is a wrong that should never be per

t mited.

One great interest after another is being

monopolized by these public robbers, and

yet there are men who quietly submit, be-cause

to oppose the robbery would reqaire

that they should forsake the "good old

. parties," break the leading strings that

have so long led them, and becoming tree

thinking men, unite with the reform party

Congress,. composed of representatives of

- the people, chosen to serve them and pro-r

tect their rights, neglected their duty, and

while in session, have allowed another

monopoly to take root and sprout inato

f healthy existence.

- The people of a renublic have little

a cause to boast of their intelligence and

r capability for self government while they

- continue to uphold political organizations

n whose policy permitsa the consummation of

,such robberries and the building up of an

r. aris'ocracy of wealth through criminal

e neglect of duty on the part of our legisala-o

tors, or complicity with our enemies for

r personal gain.

t: _--

y The St. Panul Pioneer Press says that

)t 'ti e suggestion of the Washington Post to

ie Wisconsin Damocrats to indorse Governor

Ruak's renomination is sensible. The

d Democrats cannot carry the state, and

d they would be doing their duty as good

citizens to unite an Rusk, who ropresents

law, order, safety and stability. Men lik4

a- Rusk are not lound • every day in tb

ie year."

It might ba inferred from the above

that the old parties are somewhat doubtifu

° as to either of them carrying the state. I

is the Democrats cannot carry the state, bu

- the Republicans can, why beg for Demon

t- cratic aid. "Men like Runk are not foun

i- every day in the year." Of course not

of The people now are looking for some on

I- that is not like Ruask, and they will fiin

It. him, and place him in a positjon where al

iu- can see him.

in . _

ie The labor Reform party has gainedl

V- poeiation which commands the serious op

osition ot the old parties. It is no longe

ma looked upon as too punny to excite ie

of and an element to9 weak to call forth. fro

Ay its opponentaonly sneers. Its growth al

d though rapid is healthy and bespeaks

n- robustconstitution. The old parties at

i-larmed, and instead of adopting the ol

" plan of absorbingit, they are almost drive

>r- to embrace-these old enemies-and resis

t the common defeat which threatens the yve

va existence as uncongenial organizalious, de

ti- feat for tha old parties means the grave-m

the last r sting pl ce. A victory for tb

if Werkingmens party means perpetual poi

is on ot the enemies citidal-continued

ice ower.

- We might believe, judging from the gui

oU im proved against the Anarchists on trial i

be Chicago, that nothing can save them frI

of hanging unless they die of old age, whi

we of the ateorneys exhibiting their old orator

to- cal qualifications. There is a limit to tl

duration of human life, and it will pla

'ge the court in an awkward position to co

)Ut

for tinne these trials until lhe defendants to

ii- ter into the grave. No one will object

wila hanging them at any time when the wi

to of the lawyers can be cut off.

rip-od

A gentleman of Shanghai has, after coi

,of siderableexperimenting, invented a ne

the and deadly weapon. This is an electr

hat sword, which, when the point touches t

the us. party attacked, sends a powerful sho

ail- through hin, an& if not immediately ki

nal iug will at least put him hors du comb

001 The sword is an ordinary military sab sbat

er- but along its whole length is set in 'a fi

all platinum wire, which ends at the foil

0ol the weapon. A small but very power

oaa

ild storage battery is carried strapped abe

tic the waist, much the same as a cartrid

as. box' Insuloted wires connect this batte

are with thesword, and by pressing a butt irds the holder can complete the circuit

uing pleasuase._______ tir- m

rill Foreign dispatches contain accounts

the riots in Ireland between the Protestas

sin and Catholics. While the Irish tenant ring

are bitter in their hatred. toward Engi

landlordism, they are equally as bitter t

rl ard those of their own nationality w

be difler in religious belief. Where religi<

on- to contentions create divisions in the ranks

itch the tenantry any succeeslul resistance

ble landlordism is a failure. In Ameri

ok- when the existence of the government

mly the rights of the people are threatened

wn- an enemy, religion is not considered, oi

as the preservations of ;the government a

el- the protection of the people's rigths.

is, in WMWMWMWW HIMW~

There was heavy trading in grain on t

Chicago board of trade Friday. Whi

went up II cents, closing at 7ST cents

r-' Septemnber. The final quotation on (c

at was 451 ent for Otober.

tah Choice beeves sold at $6.10 in the C

cago yards Friday. Mee catto were oh

pedon tursday tan sy day for f

ject called out: "The sea serpent; the sea

serpet l!" Mr. Poole brought hi, powertul

trimsit to bear upon it, and was at once sat-isfied

tiat it was the velitalule serpent. He

was about one-fourth mile from the 'shore

and about two miles from where; he wa.

seen last month. He was moving slowly

n a northern direction It was a dead caIn

a smooth sea with a bright sun shining, si

there was the best possible opportunity

to observe his motions. The distance

passed over while observed w.s at least

m uile and the time occupied not far from

twenty minutes. Mr. Poole called my at

ention to his snakeship ac once, and as he

passed directly by my cottage I was abl-with

an excellent marine glass to observ

his movements, which corresponded ver3

fully with those described by Dr. Sainburr

last month, as well asthose given in' Har

pet's Monthly some years since, and th

acco. nts given of one seen in Glouceste

harbor about 1817. The head was fro

quently raised cut of water, and th

movement was a vertical one, showin

some ten t1 fifteen ridges at once.

should Ray that he was at least eight

feet inlength. There were-perhaps fift

' persons who witnessed the passage,

part at least, among whom were Samuen'

iBullock, of master of the Bunker Hi

chool, Boton; Prof. Stephen Emery, c

he New England conservatory, with hi

family; Capt. Jackson, the artist; Jame

Hurd, and several'guests from Linwood,

wi-.11 qn fnnr «.A.,e e nt mf own famni1i well aa iton urenrcs oi my own ia.

After he had disappeased, and while w

were looking, a school of porpoises passe

o that we had a chance to compare tl er

i with that of the serpent. I speak of the

as it has been~often said that the forme

has been mistaken for the plater. I sha

never doubt. that the sea-serpent is

fact."

Dr

'r i i ii ii iiiii 1 111 1111 1_

WAtR ON TU (' HIN ESE.

Seattle, W. T., Aug. 16.-Advice- froi

,t Alaska'are lo the effect that anti-Chine

o movements have spread to that territor

r On August 6, at a meeting held at Junea

it was decided that Chinese employed 1

I he Alaska Mill 'and Mining company,

I Douglass Island, mustgo. A committee

fifty proceeded to the island and demand)

:e of Mr. Treadwell. the company's manage

ie that the Chinamen be.discharged. Trea

well refused to accede to the demand, at

the committee returned to Juneau and r

ported to the citizens at secret meetit

Oif O the morning of the 7th 100 mine

it proce ed', d biy boat to Denglass Island, at

_ in spite of Treadwell's protest, assembi

ti the Chiliameo, eighty-six in number, at t

,t wharf lor shipment to Seattle by t

steamer Idaho. The captain of the Idal

refused to receive them, and as 'T'readw

had gone to Silka, appealing for aid tot

United States steamer Pintka, the mine

wvte worried to devise some quick mea

of disposing of their prisoners.

a T'here were two schlooners n Dougla

' islind. The committee chartered one

thebse, aid geizid lheother, the captain

ar wh;ch declined to charter his vessel. T

M Chiurmen were leaded on board the sma

vessels. and given 100 sacks of rice a

a some tea. The vessels then sailed fro

X Wrangel island, but a storm arese and th

d were unable to land. When the Ida

n left Alaska they were beating about ni

st Junean, both crowded with their pnwi

ir ing passengers.

le--_

~ QUERRIES.

te Who went to Milwaukee in the suppos

i- interests of the Labor party this spri

and came back and failed to report the

sult of his trip to the city committe

It Was it George MI. Read?

in What political party deserves to adopt

Wn son to nourish her in har old age? Is

is Democratic?

i- Who should have a voice in the acti

be government of these United States, t

ec people, those who produce the wealth

- the land or the bankers, brokers, lawy e

,t bond-holders, monopolists and profession

to politicians who care for none but the:

,d selves? Or all combined?

What class work the hardest, recei'

the least pay, and pays the the most tax

a- directly and indirectly, on t heir propert

ew The farmer and day labo-ters or the ea

ric talisiS?

ihe Should the workingmen and farmners

ck the State of Wisconsin vote the Lal

II- ticket, or in oth-r words vote to snsta

at their own rights? or must they contin

ar to sustain class legislation and men

n power, by voting the Republican or JDets

of cratic tickets? Brother Carmichael of Ea

rtl Claire, please answer.

ut Who is earnestly seeking an engag

ge ment? What? Did yon say the Repu

ry lican party?

on What party has the show to elect th

at ticket this fall? the Republicans and Den

crate, who represent the arislocracy, or t

workingmen who represent 85 per cent

Of the votes ol the state?

its Who went to Madison from La Croi

:ry last week for the purpose ot selling soin

iah thing that he does not possess, (his prin

pie) to rhnnest Jerry" or the Republic

ow party, and brought back as an excuse a

ho colume patent side daily, stating that

iuns went againsthis grain to pay six cents

a ride in a Madison street car? * Good morning Lucius, what time

c, it? Twelve o'clock. By the way Clern., or Monday? iy Certainly it is. nly nd Say what has become of the Star?

The Star, it has gone up the Republic

river or some other place of distructii

the so-called editor remarked the oti

the day that he could no longer support t

at Lalbor party and live, and about the sas

for time, the Labor party concluded that tk

.n no longer desired the services of the S

after it returned from Madison, and t

poor thing went in to convulsions, and

ip- has been couvualsingtor three days.

lye Will it shinem to night?

tle w- alls i nuaiiciaity or uotnerw ise.

We shall aisumte tire right to diseuss and

criticise all issues in which the public i

int-restLd; all public measuire of import-alice,

and thle action of any or all ptbli<

officials. Our time, our every eff rt and

our coluini lt-ill be ltv ,te I elxlAuivoly

to what we believe to be the best interest

of the people, in the way of fmunishing in

ltormation of general importance, local new

Y in a readable manner, sound editorial

upon live issues and literature of an elevat

ing tendency. The advaiicement and pro

motion of civilization; the elevation o

humanity and the perfection ot sound

economicail, stable and equitable govern

° meat shall ever be our deepest study. Th

e publice shall at all times receive the beneft

y of our refl-ctions.

n e lay no cilims to infalibility or per

r- fection, hence we expect to be criticised

e We only ask the people this: while you ar

!r scrutinously cilticisuig 1s, season you

e- citeciamsn with good judgment and th

e leniency due us as human beings, wh

g boast not of our superior intalligenoc, bh

I feel proud of the principles we espouls

y For should we advance anjargnment or ad

y vocate a can use tht should afterward s pro'

n futile, it will nut be because we desire

el isllil d the public, but hebause we a

11 only human. The old Ronuan saying is

Dr potent to-day as it was 2,00- years ago

is 'Hunanumest errare" However we sha

es at all times think before we act.

as In politics, we are neither Repulilici

y. narDsmocratic in the common useof t

ae termni but in reality there is nothing

d the true definition ot the terms, Repabli

a can or Democracy that we can take exce-,

tion to. To day the word Reyublican h;

er no meaning. and democracy has less,hen

,11 we adhere to neither, but annonneaeou

a selves io be independent' favoring the prm

ent political principles of no party sa'

the workitigman'a cause end the Lab

party. The principles of which party w

shall endeavor to advocate to the best

se our abi:ity, just so long as they dete

'y' the peoples rights in definaiuce oft

power oat monopolie and corporate

by wealth. We believe that the wealth pro

in ducera of the land are of far more val

of to this great nation than the few bloat

ed millionaire-, who virtually coutrol th or,

d- vary machinery of our government.

d Inu conclusion we may say that the pea

re- ple, the produacers and the working clase'

g the organized and unorganized tcue so

r of toil are our trienuda and ws shall en

d deavor to befriend them in turn. Dow

ed with your incorporated power, loosen

le iron grip of monopoly, disperse with yo

the class legislation and let the people thi]

ho spe.ak and act for themselves. Give un

el gavesenient not of umounopoply-power.

e pr<,tstional politicians and money kit

aud Iy rmo;;c-; but let un- in deed as well

" word, havt' a governmel of the people,

nliS .. . i

the people ana by the people.

By enti? uvoring to tufiiliall of our pro

of ies, we lbeg tlie forbearance anad patrons

of olf the pubiv,while we remain your humln

servansB.

ll l' I.BElK ATIE.

ndI In the city of Washington, on the 6th

im September, 1S85, the Labor and Tvad

ey Unions of the United States, celebrat

ho their first national holiday as Workin

tar men. They set apart the 6th of Spten

I- her of each year, and called it "Artisat

day." It is very litting that all of the

bor organizations unite on this day a

have a general celebration. If the varic

ed organizations of the laboring men of

ing Crosse and vicinity would noite and hi

re- an excursion, or make a public demonst

e? tion of some sort, it would be an occasi

that would rival the recent Turnfest hi

a here.

The reason the people have suffered

al much at the hands of the two old politi

he parties, is because the leaders of the e p

of ties have b.en too williog to smooth o-r,

and cover up the meAn contemptable ac

tel of any of their raneks who deigned

take advantage of their credulous consti

nency. It was policy for them to do

ves because they, the leaders themselves gen

es, ally had a finger in the pie. Ttere hliai

ty ready been more contention in the lal

n. party hare, than there ever was in either

the old parties. Why? Because th<

of who are earnestly interested in the lal

,or party, desire to have the people recei

tin fair treatment, and the only way that t

mue people can expect to receive fair treatme

tey is by placina good men at the head to le

in- the party, and when they learn that the

in- have made a mistake in selecting a m in t

act for others, to tell nim plainly that I

ge- services ar, no longer wanted, and inv

ub- Milnto atep down and ant tc give room

a letter man. But you say this wIll crea

eir dissenution. True, i)ut it is better to ha

- dissentiun at the bteginning than to be sO

oat in tuc end.

the

: of GIVE IE BACK MY FIRST LOVE.

A great mnmy men in La Crosse w

wero iimoag thie toremnost to advocate t

Me ci- cause of the Labor party last spring, a

anl who jaruped Higher and hurrahed lond

six to express their ecstatic joy over the eli

it tiouof Mayor Powell than auy other,

to now found among the kicking fichti

is They say tL, y re doue with the Lal

party as lon.i , - ias TUII the way it is r

today. N *-n . u.. r, nuit be a cause

this. Why . -:' lilear it is, they

disappointed ofic eekers. Some of thei

in- wanted to be street commissioners, son

on, water commissioners, some to be asseesto

ker the and many others wanted to be policeme

me They "got left," consequently they le;.

iey Labor party. Good riddance of bad n

'"r bishlb, may they ne'r more return. No

the I it boys, we don't want to show you to

b-a-p, but the more you kick, the more I

public will learn of you.

i of Wiscoasiu politicians he inevitably tram

•i pled somewhat u0ou the corns of variount

old fossils, who, as a matter of course set

up a howl. Dr. Powellis sneeringly refer-red

to by his politicAl opponents as an un

educated, hallf-breed Indian, This slande

as s io monstrously outrageous that it kill

- itself. A a mater of lact, De. Powell is

ws profoundly cultivated physician, scientist

Is an accomplished gentleman, and one of the

t- in. t specimens ot physical manhood to be

m ound in the entire noirliwef.t. As a man

of s.ntply, tall, broadil-shounldered, and splen

d. didly athiletic, lie woad grace the chair o

the chief executive of Wisconsin, and h

vary likely will have the opportunity o

i exhibiting hisadmirable physique in tb

guberaatorial mansion and of exercising hi

- exceptionally fine executive abilities in th

. discharge of the governor's high duties

re The labor movement in Wisconsin, wtl

tr which this gentleman hai- been nerly ide

he t tied from its incepti, n, has bee)i u an iiu

tho .ortant factor in the p,,itis ol that grea

iat state, and can no longer be sately ignore

se. by the old wheel horse politicians, to whoi

d- an official position means bread and she.

ve ter. Whatver the result of the pendin

to election may be, the Wisconsin working

re men are thoroughly organized, and wi

ase demonstrate beyond perartyeotre that tnt

'. hold the balance of power. Of this part

ill Dr. Powell is the soul and intellect, as O0

ver Cromwvell was of the puritan element i

an t(a ile es oft Cuatles 1. of England, an

lie soonerr or later will gain ior it a substanti:

in victory. In the meauwhile, however, tl

i- doctor will have to pay the penalty exac

p- ed tromin leadership; he must endure wii

a» such equanimity as he can command tl

ice slandlers ofenvious co<pititors. The mi

ir- woo orderas circaainstaicees a:d contre

es- events-and Dr, Powel is such a man-ve

cerctain to atbive success sooner or late

'or but he is also certain to bring into exis

we ncea legion of enemies, more or less go:

tot erous, who wiil use their best endeavor

nd ' impede his progress, It is net pleassa

the to have a pack of illnatured curs snappil

ed and snarling at oae's beels, bat the mi

o- who bi' tle capacity to make his ma

"e politically in these degenerate days min

ted confidently count upon' the attendance

ha such an unsavory body guard. This kil

of man's actions will always be criticis

o- and his motive;" invariably misconstrued.

,es Ofcourse ithof the old,time hoiort

oua or dishonored ;itical partil ainWisco

n_ sin are lryin, todicker tor the labor vol

wn bit thus Jar without much show torso

the eesi. The workingmen have been told th

.r ibey stand no show ol winning alone, a

nk, are ihelelore invited to accept nsuch crum

a as lall fromn an old party table, and

for tbhank'l. Buat, with sich a leader -a" I

. Powell, the Wisconsin workingmen fail

i a observe the legic ol the foregoing arg

to moent, and at this writing are evident

init-udirng to test their strength at the bi

tni- lot box. Toe resu't the writer cannot fo

age tel with certainty, 'orhe is viewing the ai

ible ualion in Wiscoasio from a Chicago stan

point, but it looks as though the Wisec

,in ,vo-ni gmen had things pretty mu

in -he;r ow hands if they unuderstanud ht

t to use tice potent weapons they iunquesti<

S ably possess. They can nominate Dr. Po ad

ell or governor when they meet in conve

tion with a f.ir prospect of electing th

a- ma under the peculiar existing circul

stauct- that is,. with four tickets in t

l' field. The writer does not thiink that a

ad other labor nomis-e for the office of go

nus ernoi woulad have a ghost of a chance

La election. This, however, is an opini

ave which may or may not be entitled te co

ra- si(eration Dr, Powell has probably t

on most elegantly appointed offides to

eld found obtside of the metropolis oa Chieac

go. H slibrary embraces everything thl

a medical man could by any possible.d

cal sire ,and he has also an elaborato assao

ment of surgical instruments hideous

. enough suggestive of human suffering

ver make the average newspaper correspondei

' hair to stand on end. Of course, all the

it mplements of torture are the outcomes

scientific investigation. The doctor, ho

so, ever. has something more aetractive

er- show to members ot the journaliatio frat

l- nity who call upon him; he has a fl

hor chemical laboratory furnished with t

of best medern appliances. If these exl

G" bilious dont amuse you----and won't ami

bor the average teader of a Chicago newipap

ie -the doctor will take you through I

he private museum. In this he has every d

•nt scription ot weapon that has been used

ad man, either for personal detense or for pr

ey curing sustenance from the slaughter

to wild animals, since the days of Nimr

his the "mighty hunter"ofthe scriptures, wi

ite sebsequeutly went into the building busi

for essaud got lelt. He has bows, spears, le

ate giugs trimmed with scalps; also the ski

've of "'Littla Crow". the great Indian chiefa

ld other barbaric adornments.

Dr. Powell's patients do not ocenu

qniie the status of patients with- mO

'ho physic:ains ii Ch!cago or eo'where. Tho

he tor whom the doctor prescribes believe

nid him emphatically; those who have empio

Ier ed him professioually, while they hard

ec- think he could raise them from the del

are honestly believe that he can and will c:

on. any dIisease from which any man or woMrn

taor ever suffered. I need not say that t

un doctor has gained a higher reputation

for his community than he is scienutifical

are entitled to, but the people where he liR

em t and is best known believe in him, and the

me, same people and their friends and tho

ors, whom they will naturally influene wi

en. if the writer don't mis':ke the signs ott

the times, elect him to the highest office in

'b- state of Wisconsin.

"ow There are few, if any, men in the noi be

e west more completely post-l in nation

and state afais than Dr. Powell. He i

I men than many who have p:sed l'ro phil

s lanthropist pureand simple.

Ose thing is certacin, Dr. Powell bh

wonderful hold upon the affectiis of ti

. men of Wisconusin who toff for thoir bet«

and they will never reat until they see hi

g in a position cemmnensurate with t

a abilities. This may mean tue governo

chair or may mean a seat in the Uniti

e States senate, hut the doctor will fllt i

e biu wherever they place him.-Chica I

a Times.

" The Democrats of Wisconsi

e have called their State eonvei

it tion to meet at Madison one da

e previous to the meeting of tl

ie Workingmen's eonvention.

Neenah, intending to adopt La

I platform and nominate a ticke

u- that will be endorsed by tl

it latter convention. ad

in The fact that a man has re

l-ceived the nomination of

g Democratic convention will I

ii sufficient objection to unite tl

iv workingmen against him. Tal

y a man who to-day could seen

it he unaqimous support of th

in

id workingmen,put him on a Den

ial ocratic ticket, by the action

ie • _ -_ _„._- :_ ftf l4-.

a nominating convention of tnh

ita party, and he would receive t

he undivided opposition of the lab<

an

O party.

-is As to labor, financial reform

er and anti-monepoly planks in tl

it-

a- Di.mocratic and Republics

ors platforms, w, have had them Wt

°g manufactured to" order by evei

ng ..

an convention held by either

rk those parties for years; the gan

a.y

of ls an old one and will not w

ad a single point. Form a commi

ed tee on platform, to be adepts

, by either of the old parties, ar

.- let that committee be compogt

ite, of the king monopolists of tl

M- country, and the usual labo

tat and anti-monopoly planks wonu

ad be dove-tailed into it. The tri

abs

be is too old to longer deceive i

or, telligent men.

to The Labor Reform party wi

gn- hold its own convention, adept

ty platform of principles, nomina

a ticket and elect it.

ort There are doubtless som d- traitors in the ranks of th

on- Workingmen's party, but the

aeh are pretty well known, and wi

o° be court-martialed and drumme

ow out in disgrace. Men who hav

en- long held a leading position i

eir the reform party, whose influent

n- has been powerful, and whoa

the advice has been regarded as law

any

~v- can now gain contempt by sug

for gesting fusion with either of th

ion old parties.

~n- The leaders of the old partie

h have presumed too much upo

be the ignorance of workidgmen

tat The reform movement that :

de- now awakening the people

Irt- increasing in strength every day

sly and is being embraced by man

t of the ablest and most patrioti

ese mon of the nation. The trick

of of demagogues, the sneers c

w- the political autocrat, and th

te flattery of the cunning scheme

teo-

ne are alike powerless to divert tl

the people from the path of dit]

hi- It is not campaign platforms an

use resolutions the people wan

'r, these we have had in abundane

his We want a poltritical cod

to-by

of priaciples and true men 1

•o- enforce them, these we wi

of have.

od

ho WORKINGMEN,S STATE CONVPA

n- TION.

ig- The e'ctors of the Labor party of te "to i

Wascosin awe hereby requested to elec dlgea

ill to the state conveniuon, to be held at 1(ee,

md Wisconsin, Thursday, September l», 1886, ta

o'clock, neon, for thepurpoae o p lauing it n

lnation eanudidates of the Labor party for

several state offices. to be voted for at the esUg

Oy generalelectionofthe sattin nNovembr. E.

couity will be entitled to representatives In t

3ot convention, based upon the number of votaes

o at the lat preeceeding geoeial eleetion! ose de '~ egateforB0 votes. or M majority fraction of a

in votes, Each county is entitled to one deleg)

thounit there are les, than S00 votes i. the c

Dy- H. H. lOARD

ly Chairmnn State Central Commiate Waupen, W

sd, GAo. E. TAl.ox. Secretary. La CrOsse. Wis.

an Geo. M. Read, said last week, "that tl

the scheme of ot a La Crosse 0ng to ul

in ruin the labor party is rapidly developing

Ily He speaks of the latest dodge of Dr. Pow

Tes ete.

ift We are not aware that there hasbeep

" "labor ang" here since the bands, we

ill, broken by throwing overboard tlhe ega&i

he tal peroaago wth a big "I" and littW

he "you" who styles hiqiself, Editor G. I

Read. We say too, that thesooner the IA

rt boring clasases leot these schqmpra, (L. G. A

wl and 0. M. R.) and their astes aslme t

Mas better... F~ fChn.* Oedeatlon. f ormation of such a party, may meet at A Peo. A Camel Raws at D.n.... A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '-e Ais amm aethds Chrc atnthe cor A Tf~ .fit Vhe F/mre Methodist Church at the cor ties city of Neenab, on Thursday, Septem- A modest ma- does not boast of his Pony races and foot races appealed iNVENTOR 'OF THE "WHEEL.?

AY. nert o! Cais and Eighth streets, is a btanti her 16, 1888, to nominate a State Ticket merits, though he is not ignorant of but little to the native mind, but a la ] edifice, exhibiting one of the finelst ,nd take suh other actiun rs may be them. Neither does he insist upon in- al e n lc r Invte ors Loti 131utrae. ~bem.~~~~~~~~~ Netecosh nss pnia amel r,,ce, open to all comers, was a nteOlkntr fteWyl to pleeoi of architecture in the city. Befoie Ile l tDdlate recognition; he is willing to matter of the warmest interest sto all, or ..... ~ [ p~C~:S ol archit ectu~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~s in ,he city. Beuuatlckesblto ee uvit L t, NO, 449s- half tiant ten o'clock last Sundoy morning Ler vvery voter who loves hiu entitry reman hogtzed until his deeds both and nativ. e. The o 21 shall draw him into the light. When Mudir himse-lf, who, wit a large o ............... th ....a.r-r.. .i Wria thoumud ntoE-ie nabo eitthered at thr. .. '% i-ii.- ir~ T~n i "I -L--, ...... a large for L~illemont i.4 ndoubt-d nri~twnt~r n~,.-...

tl0OZ,'.AS9.MBL¥-Meets atAt.' hlball made that was lecessary to ake this tth full represention of wra!th r<,ue«trs. aked him what he could do. "Try his examp!o Wi-g followed by the • first mak.r, rider, lOfficein l•.'.o secmllr. nlrteat tht waft ol t o £k d - L I , k ed t he c o ' t he lK(st c..m ols ib- D on- • . e __ a-.r- tns4= *nI~haawiteroateyWit th e tateway k tt" r eplied the Polish captain, who owners of all the hust c..mela in Do-ii t mlAr anut ex- t~~ni~~~lts~~ltI r~melywth-h aewy ~ t occasion ot the kind that La IAny fu1rther iulorarmion ilar Umay be I.. jj_ .... '..of- ,, - .. .... · ,- ......... ,~, Il, . ............................ '

CU0 for the nion lawbel eigars.

anium will b here thi Mih of Septem

bM. anoe an see Jumbo's ctircus.

Ona~lsa and Spaarta wants a K.of L.

asmemlyl, and they ought to have one,

wthe erorkl)tt^<n of LaCross have a poc

litieaelstlb which meets every Tliareiay

»lght.

We predit tihat within ton years, La

Crosse will be third larger than either

Oahkesh or Rauins.

The good order thate was maintained

hee during the Turnfeat, is something re-markable

for a city of its size.

The poliBe turMed out Saturday for the

fis 'tic U their new uniforms. You bet

Spata lawyert seem to have fa lien in

love with La Crese, judging by the wa

thbey aeloating ben. Well La Crea~e is

b booming b yoBu ea shw your good sen0s

by strking while the iro is hot.

D0W thestar give any light?

Well, whbn it is perfeetly bright it does

N mo , if tie way is a least might

gloomy t light of the Evening Sear cau' t

be seNM

AtmkA the "Two Henry" cigar. Bes

fv enot smok in the ciy.

MKayor Wlber, of Milwaukee did not

seem to tumb to hims'elf sufficiently, so

a to respond to the Mayerorf La Cross the

othe day.

Sm!e iicg is all right, but the good peo.

ple of Ia Cism a eongratulating them-amvm

nirm tWiiftA that the Tnrnfst ia

I may Jack, what makes you fel so hap-i

this afternoon?

Well Chartey it's just this, I ate a very

hmt dinner, and then I went down to

Hettengerband aget oneofBorg & Fortus.

ki iga adPve juste finished smoking

it. Thb ip cue of the "ReaoaR Why" ci-am.

Try it.

The exeusio-fiom Winona Sunday,

wa wellattended. The Percy is a dandy

excaro erGnt.

a crease was never decorated as nicely,

as I has been for tihe pat week jn honor

ofthe Tmrnfet.

It i reportithat thirty thousand peo-pi

woen in La Crase Sunday afternoon.

The LA Cre bas ball club has the

bonr of winning two gamea this season

tu far. Well they would have won more

batforJwd luck.L

P. T. Bamnum's advertising car arrived

,at the Vine astreet depot, Sunday morning.

fnoBt, why not vote the Lahor ticket

ad empltAice, tihe fat that this 1

them ple'.p gWerumeut.

Xl'Te mimisppi river never was known

tobe lower tha at the present.

I knew it I s the universal reply of peope

in La Crase an Being asked it you heard

whmre the lightning struck Sanday

ight. 'Well, we all knew that it struck

smewlmhe,biat nearly every persoo on the

south si was willing to swear Monday

morning th&t it struck within ten feet of

his bed. The truth is that it struck two

houses on Berlin street, in the fifth ward'

somewhat spoiling there frames, but doing

Bogrstdamage. A luceky atriko.

Smoke Dicis & Co's., "Straight Stock

Cholora-mo- is aWd sumnatr complaint

ar very prevalent this season.

Th deth of our esteemed friend, W. N

Fay, which occurred at, Rochster, Ohio

liMast week, is the ca useof no little regret

thoughouant the city and county of La

Croem. Mr. FPay was one of the honored

pioner citisensm Of La Croese, and has host

of ftiende tn this aseetion, who will m i'

hi amiling faee, friendly greetings and

manily bmusiness tansactions.

Mayor Wilbur, of Milwaukee, was badly

inured Saturday evaeing, by being thrown

oMgtota ggy in company with two other

Vatleman. Itwmas lucky runaway.

NORTH SIDE LOCALS.

The lsttwo daysof the Turnfest th

visiting Tanm esame over and esurveyed

the fifth ward.

This pat of the city took pride in dee-ating

biting also, not withstanding

the Turnr failed to show theia colors over

ere s a body.

Hnry Older who was sesiously injured

4oms time ago by ftlling from the steeple

•of the neW OatWUlie church is improving.

Omny t saw mills ae running this

If yoBIare eutle to e an astonihing

Jt, jst go out to the grand crossing, and

MO bow North LA Crowe is walking acros

tfei prairie and through marsh and wood.

The workiugmn are still rijoicing over

their adermanic victory. They say that

with nch a mau as Me Cain, they can

down the combinedRepnbtican and Demo-ratai

n an election.

We predict that North IA Crosse is des

tined to be a city of thirty thousand in-habitants

or more.

William Corner was shot at in his s.loon

Sunday nighBt By an unknown per.>n

One thing ies certain, and that is that a

polieman will bave to be statiqded at the

g~eneal ~creeing,

eligiou servie We sus mpended in ,1 I

tlhb churebeeSaday mwmaning, bseae ofe

the deiceterty srloSman the soeth side

The pftlitifon in regd to a market

sqnaM ad the lOre. e eraefetre by, the

wfei to the ppM roWanittees at their

l:es me«tlfg 9oth pelitloua shuld b

Sum*~.

were conducted by Rev. Dr. Payne, s-awted

by R.'v. Oecrge W. Case, the piesiding

pastor; Rev. M. B. Balce, presidiig elder

fW this district; Rev. A. M. Pileher, of Eau

Claire; Rev. J. D, Searles, aof lpark a; Rev.

W. H. Card, of La Crose; Rev. George

Nuzum, of the Second Methodist church, at

North La Crease; Rev. W. D. Thomas, of

the Presbyterian church; Rev. D. B.

Cheney, of the Baptist church; Rev. S. E.

Simonton, of the Norwegian Methodist

church; Rev. J. Schueider, of the German

Methodist church. Tihe services were coin-menced

by an organ voluntary, followed

by an anthem by the choir, under the

leadership of E. D. Loomis. Rev. George

Numtm read theintroductory. The hymn.

'Reverential Adoration,".was sang by the

'congegation. Rev. J. D. Searls offered a

prayer. This was followed by a respousive

reading led by the Rev. W. D. Thomas.

The sermon yras delivered by Rev. Di.

I'ayna and was very interesting. He spoke

about an hour and hal. The doxology was

sung bp the congregation. after which the

benediction was pronounced by Dr. Payne.

The new Methodist church cost $17,000,

and when it was turned over by the Board

of Trustees to the MinisteMrs for dedication

it was free of debt, every dollar ot its cost

having been paid. The ceurch is *ue of

the fluest in the city, and has all the lutest

moderu conveniences. It has a seating

capacity ef 935. The memrberm and pastor

of this church are the reeipients of our

mosat hearty congratulations upon their

powseion of so magnificent an edifice,

and especially because it is theirs witonul

debt.

J[STT IN TIME.

While we take pleasure in placing before

the public the introductory copy of the

.dvyocate, believing that we shall be able

to prove to the satinlaction of the public

thai we are giviog value in tull for what

we hoie to receive, -va also take pleasure

in introducing you to the "K. of L." the

latest arnd best of Deaoglers new brands.

The "K of L" is a five cent cigar of pure

filing. The fact that it is of Deng]ers make

is sufficient proof of its geaniaeauess.

Thecoumty convention of the Working-mens'

party convened at the court house at

noon, Wednesday. F.J. Thompion called

the convention to order and wias chosen as

temporary ch.airman. J. 0. Storey was

eyeted secretary. A committee on cre-dentials

was appointed and matters of im-portance

were discussed. The counvention

then adjourned until 2 o'clock a. m..

At 2 o'clock the convention was called

to order and the temporary organizationu

made permanent. The committee on cre-dentials

were, John Henteraey, D. D. Poil-ley,

Jacob Sioemaker, reported favorably

oo the following named delegates: M M.

Haley. George E. Taylor, John Henuoesay,

F. J. Thompson, J, 0. Storey, M.itt. Hass,

.4. P, M.0j ir, D. D. Palleys, J teob Shoe-maker,

Daniel Loomis and Nathan Smith

Twelve delegates were absent.

The next proceeding was to choose dele-gates

to attend the state conveuntion, to be

held at Neehah, September 16th. The

following were chiosen: J. 0. Storey, of the

fifth ward; G. E. Taylor, of the second

ward; M. M. Haley, of the first ward: D.

P. Polly, of the sixth ward; Jaob Shoe-maker,

West Salem; John Hennessy, fifth

ward; F. J. Thomyson, fifth ward: John

Carlyale, sixth ward; Henry Lute, Holland:

Nathan Smith, Campbell; James E. Sladick

first ward; A. P. Major, third warJ; G. L,

Short, fourth ward: Ole. Knutson, Hamil-'

ton and Alvin Newberg, of the town of

Washington.

By motion, five alternates were appoint-ed

as follows Even Erieckson, of the fifth

ward; F. A.. Bigelow, fourth ward; Louis

Tillmans, third ward: Matt. Hues, sixth

ward and Daniel Loomis, of West Sa-lem.

On motion the county committee was

made a senatorical committee, with power

to call the senatorial convention at the

same time and place as the convention to

nominate county officers.

A motion prevailed unanimously to the

effect that the La Croese delegates vote t.

unit in the state convention for the nomi-nation

of a full and straight labor state

ticket, opposing everything of the nature

of fusio9,votiun am a unit for D. F. Powell,

ot La Cro~9e, as their choice for governor.

After sevarit five minute speeches were

madedefending the principles of the labor

party, and endosming Mayor Powell as be-ing

the best, most consistent and strongest

candidate for governor of Wisconsin on the

labor ticket, the convention then ad-journed.

ADDRESS OF THE PEOPLE'S PARTY

TO THEi PEOPLE F WISCONSIN:

The emergencies of the day require in-dependent

political action on the part ol

the producing classes, if the aggressions of

incorporated capital and overbearing mo-bhopolies

are to be checked.

It is needless to enumerate all the evil

engendered by the system of selfishness

and greed now existing in the country.

the ruling parties have become minachiue to

foster politiciani' anmbition and feste*

piililcai corruption. The monepolists con

'rol phliti-', and politicians havo become

the servile tools of the money power.

Manhood and honor occupy secondary po

sitiona, while giant corporations secure not

only all the legislation they desire, but the

.iactive co-opetation of public officials 1,y

enorcing their arbitrary demands wheilit-ustified

by th' I tw or not.

Therefore, the convention which met at

La Crosse, on the 13th day of July, 1885

hacalled a Stitte Conmvention of the Labor

or People's Party, so that all who favor the

Ud'NSICU "ill W, cn*erMUJ u"» . .

plication to HI. 11. HOARlD.

Chairman State Central Coin., Wauipnuc

Wis.

GEO. E. TAYLOR,

ScC., La Crusse, Wis.

MI NNEMOTA'' STATE FAIR.

The Man-s,)ia S'.at, Fir will be hel o:,

the lair grounds, betwcen the cities ot S

l'aul and Mlioneapolis, Atgest 30 and 31st.

aInd September 1., 2, 3 and 4th. It is ibe-ieved

thi.s- will be the greatteb, lair eve,

held in ihe state. A great many iiprove

menta have been made in tbe grounds, and

many new and elegant buildings have

blieen erected during the Fast year. Th,

attractions to be presented at this lair are

to numerous to be mentioued in the spact

we caun devote to such purpose. It is ce,

tain all the great buildings will be filled tt

theil utmost capacity. Articles of beamu.,

and Uaafulneas in great variety will dec

'rate the vast halls, while the display o

the fruits ot the earth will exceed any ever

before made in the north-west. The ladl

of the state will contribute liherally of tin

work of their expert hands, and the aobt.

won championship of MAlinuesota ii dar

products will be more than maintained.

The breeding farmnis and herds of h.

northwest will fill the twelve maminotll

animal hotels with the choicest specimens

of horses and cattle, demonstrating concls--

r ivlyll tha~t no other1 Dart- of .1.e .world ...»

surpas this broad, new empire in produic-ing

beef, dairy, draft and driving aunimals.

Climate, food and water all combined to

produce perfection in this congress of

specimens, wiica will exceed by several

hundred representatives the largest and

most lamous ever held in Cuicaga, St.

Louis, or, in sabort, anywhere in the coun

try.

There will be exhibits fr-;m all of the

i.eighboring states and even distant Ore.

gon and old New York state will contrib-ute

to the immense exposition specimens

of stock, fruits, etc. Novelties and late

impiovements in labor-saving farm ma-chinery

will be exhibited in endless variety

and Machinery Row will be emiielished by

several new private show buildings.

The society, feeling that the approval of

a great and generous public will support

it in increased efforts to prepare a harvest

festival for 1886, befiting the proud renown

of Minnesota, offers about $15,000 in pre-miums,

prizes being catalogued for nearly

one hundred different classes. Besides the

munificent premiums offered lor family

and draftt horses, the managers will disttib-ute

$15,000 in purses to trotting, pacing

and running horees, and these liberal offer-ings

will not be confluined to the trained

flyers, but a generous share will be offered

for fast stock bred at home. In fact, these

breedeas' stakes far youngiters atd all na-tive

horses promise to call forth a splendid

array of animals and add to the local ii-portiance

and increase of the occasion. T.e

enlri-s i'r all races cl6se Augusa 17, at

12 nm.

The supplementary attractions within

the grounds will be of the most novel and

entertaining character. One of the finest

features will be the magniticent pauorama

of the battle of Gettysburg, the most won-deilnl

painting in the world. To desc-ib

it is impossible, for no language can ex-preps

the sensations produced by the re-mariable

picture. It will occupy a struc-ture

one hnnered feet square, conveniently

located.

There will be a grand shooting tourna-ment

in which the greatest shots of the

country will participate, and a host of

other attractions suited to all tastes.

The Weight of Mik tand Cream.

At the London health exhibition

they 0call skimmed milk' "'separated"

milk. To be sure this is anything but

stale milk. The cream begins to sepa-rate

before the new milk grows cold.

It is put into a revolving machine that

is said to go round 7,000 times a min-ute,

and by the application of centrifu-gal

force the cream, being lighter, flies

to the top, collects in a kind of cup,

which is poured off into a separate pail.

New milk, freed from its cream while

yet perfectly fresh, is a very different

article from the thin and rapidly sour-'ig

fluid that has "stood" in pans for

tbe cream to rise.

The weight of milk is another point

that offers some neat tests for scrutiny.

The averag weight of milk is set down

Ma from 1,026 to 1,035, compared with

the same bulk of water at 1,000.

Watered milk is therefore lighter, but

milk that is rich in cream is also light

in comparison, because cream is lighter

than milk. "The specific gravity and

the cream,' says a correspondent at the

health exhibition, "have to be taken

into aocount together. The proportion

c-f cream again is measured by very fine

tests. The cream should be from 6-100

to 11-100; it is generally about 8-100;

in the milk of Alderney cows it will

reach 30-100 to 40-100.- Chicago Jowr-naL.

Soup Before Meat.

The stomach will not so readily digest

solid substances when these are taken

alone as when they are preceded on the

digestive journey by soup. The bread

which is eaten with the soup will be

converted into dextrin in the mouth,

and the essentials of the soup, on reach-ing

the stomach, will apparently supply

the little glands of the organ with the

power to manufacture the pepsin of the

gaetsk juice in due quantity. It would

seem, ft truth, as if these glands de-mnted

D ouriabment and stimulant in

their own turn; and the soup, through its containing an abundance of dis-solved

matters, presents them with the wherewithal from Whihb to donyV the

Unceasnryenerq, .

ta, aoztuwulfo uz o A ptJ e. ThJ IUUloesy

of the answer, itdiotivTe of a character

as free from assumption as fro'a bash-fulness,

pleased the Commander-in-Chief,

himself one of the most modest

and self-reliant of men. He appointed

Kosciusko a Colonel of Engineers, in

which responsible position he justified

Washington's sagacity, and was made

one of his aids-do-camn,

Washington was eeldom mistaken in

his judgment of men, and Kosciusko's

subsequent career in Poland proved

that the American commander's confi--

dence in the modest Pole was not mis-placed.

In the Polish insurrection he

commanded 20,000 regular troops and

40,000 poorly armed peasants, and with

this force resisted for months the 10,-000

men forming the combined armies

of Russia and Prussia. Every school-boy

who has declaimed Campbell's

lines, -"

Hope. for a season, bade the world farewell.

And Freedom sbrielk'd-aKoactlusko fell I'

knows that he was taken prisoner at the

capture of Warsaw, having fallen from

his horse, covered with wounds, and

whispering, "The end of Poland I"

When Paul became Czar the Polish

patriot was released from prison. The

Emperor handed him his own sword.

"Sire, I have no more need of a sword,

as I have no longer a country," said

Kosciusko, declining the gift.

He settled on a farm in France.

When the allied armies were marching

toward Paris, a Polish regiment, form-ing

the advance guard of the Russians,

began foraging in a village near Kos-ciusko's

farm. The troops wantonly

outraged the property of the villagers,

and their officers looked on. Suddenly

a man in the dress of a French farmer I1 --- 3 A- *- 1. * 1

ordered inem, in ineir own language, to stop their ravages. Ofticers and

men gathered about -lim, surprised to

hear Polish spoken by one who was

apparently a Frenchman, and indig-nant

at his presumption in ordering

them.

"When I commandes the army,'

said the stranger, ignoring their looks

of astonishment and wrath, "of which

your regiment is a part, I punished

severely such acts as your officers sanc-tion.

Had I the command now I would

not unish the soldiers, but you."

"Who are you?" demanded the

colonel of the regiment, indignant at

being lectured by an unknown man.

"I am Kosciusko," answered the

stranger.

Instantly every hat was removed,

and officers andl privates, doing homage

to the modest patriot, retired from the

village at his request. The Emperor

Alexander, hearing of the. incident,

sent a Russian guard of honor to pro-tect

Kosciusko's farm from foragers

and camp-followers.

When the Polish patriot died, two or

three years after the fall of Paris, the

same emperor ordered his remains to

be removed to Cracow and laid side by

side with those of John Sobieski, the

Polish king wJicsae vi-tory over the

Turks, before the walls of Vienna,

•aved Europe from a Mohammedan

mInaster.- Yout'i's Comnp an;ion,

Charles 0'Coaor in Fi.lc! Lf.e

Mr. O'Conor never urderstood not

became entirely r.tcot--led • t) i>s wianit

of success il i.ti'c I e. VI'- eveury

one loved to rt'., ti a, I-.d do !ouago

to his pr.t.f-,ss ooi !ii'i ;• •.[ii:,' ::toi'o i-acy,

and so i'.V ••r,'J• io ;.c. -t :ii s ts

their pol. ci p•t,•o, !c -s .a apnblaeil

which a.w ' im ..i' , } il , :, inUi .•ci-.

tributril nC . l •:,- [ ihi,, to •weak-n

his faWth i ln l i ' _ i: g. l'ho

true .ui,: : ;s.•.)i.t-:v - l-i:t .ie

very qultal,<.' v. ' :l • t., .-i-": l•.i' p., e-eminence

.. -it -i': i a atr .. •.:,-'[- ) N -degree

nTli s'ii - t'o 'ei-rosnta-tive

diuties of a taci ,.q'i. t .T ,.oit so

deeply tU :e >i•ti.p:7 or tie

ro.t-'o/,tie of o•• r »•,L.L, iiit lhie nat-urally

had it'.e re-;. *- hi -OQ super-ficial

andl oftea '.•" reas•.-.s which

the mass of iioak •.- ouJ, d asi-Jgn even

for the best is;, .., P.n-. Hle could

never poutl his .i• i tr.as in t "o'um ittee

or inany relprca.-,,f.,i (it.f, anid be

content, as ev)ry .:a- t'-in, iu a detr-ocracy

at leasw, is ..-. r--i o b), wi h

)he resulant deou.n-.' o' a i-a, ority.

Thus it ihap/ei . it t l (-n•;veL

tion of 184 , to L:. , ie ,• choson

more esfO1C.iall:' ir >:: ; .., a (i in re-modeling

our j'I •.:N. : ' i.; : !v voted

alone on cOirnL:ti,'•:. : - l i" Btsed aI-most

alone tVI-: (-.:,:;. !' u aa tnd1

adopted T': '., 1.mni wis so

inexorablo tii-: i l, :li in),; biow to

those subtle '.• c': J-it.i.:^3 which

go to make lid p• -:•" o' ;i'ion, nor

recogna e u l•o- .r., :, t' ' ; 'a llo au an.,e

famous sayiig tni t 'i ':.t'o is, o;: person

wiser than A,,.yl.,i., ada L ta is .tlverv-body.

' lie wa.,j i.lro 'lighv !oval to

the concll iio;,s o h'ii own n.iiid when

they had b-.on O UI.,-rat. 1 toirn.e.l tLht

it seemed to him 1I us.l'atimons to Bur-render

themi t ,) iore ihumb ra orbe-cause

of any pii".b o f'.•.lO.rences that

migit resuit t 'iiiielf; or others from

adhering to thetn .--tlon. John Big&

low10, iTn Ciei ,',p•,tu/r

What Cripples the Balloon,

When Mr. Coxwell was asked, "How

long can gas be retained in a balloon ?*

he replied, "No balloon has ever gone

over a second sunset. I will tell you

why," he went on. "The moment the

sun goes down the gas condenses and

you get through the night better than

the day. But thie next day, in the

presence of the sun, the gas expands

and you mount to great elevations,

but every mount the calloon makes

cripples its power and it is only a ques-tion

of hours, if not minates, how long

you can keep up. It is the loss of

the eternal 'king of day' which is the

mischief. If an aeronaut could have

forty-eight hours of night he could

travel a great distance." Mr. Coxwell

also mentioned that the highest

rate of speed hli had over attained, even

with a Arong wind blowing, was eighty

miles an hour.-—-Ierview wivth Aero-naut

Coxwell.

WXN a man with two havy moheh

is running to catch a street-car, and a

small boy turns the corner just in time

to get all tagled up with his legs, fits

not perhaps the most fitting moment

to shove a tract into his pocket ad-dresed

to "The Profane Man," but it

is very apt to strike the market for

wiich it -was manufactured, .

was qtuaint in the extremec. Camel

were tliere of every size and hug, be

lowing one and all as though in dires

agony; iome of them bestridden b

English soldiers on their red leathe

saddles, some by ofticera who preferre

the comfortable Sosdan saddle, som

by naked Bischari or Abebdeh, sons

the desert, who, not unfrequently, dia

daining saddles of any kind, sat perched

' on the rump of the animal, and guide

their beasts by the nostril string alone

Here and there among the crowd wer

Bashi-Bazouks on slim-necked, slendel

legged animals, whose rich accouter

ments showed that their owners found

war a paying trade, and town-folk who

perched on their light wooden saddles

their long robes bound closely around

their waists, intended, evidently, t

make a desperate struggle for victory

At last, profiting by a moment when ai

the competitors seemed to be in line--

result to obtain which had taken some

- three-quarters of an hour-the signs

was given to go, and the camels started

Then some trotted, some galloped

some turned themselves round an

round seeking to tie themselves &

knots and refusing to move forward

others threw themselves on the ground

a nd rolled their riders oft, and one o

two, disengaging themselves from the

crowd, started off in a mad break-neci

I gallop toward the hills, their riders, al

beit wild sons of the desert, unable to

do more than cling to the beasts fo

dear life. Every now and then oo

curred a terrific collision between tw

eager competitors, which flung bot

camels and riders to the ground. AA

the beasts rounded the turning post the

confusion became proportionate to the

excitement. Manay camels never got round the os' t at all. but fell to fight

ing with one a otho,' on the far side o

it, in which co...jict their riders, when

natives, soon tiok part with right good

will. Others i-ought to cheat, dimin

ishiig tho'1,istan e b? a hundred yards

or so, but li iae difitulters were prompt

ly "spottfl" an.- hlirnded off the course

by the watchful -t twards. The winne:

was greeted, a-, ho Fased the pest, 1

such cheers as completely disconcerted

the poor brute, and had not his ride

warily forstalled him he woald hayv

turned back in flight from before the

crowd of spectators. The race was

good one, and one of the most inter,

esting features about it was the fac

that, although the winning camel wa

ridden by i native, the English sol

diers, whose acquaintance w4h camel

dated from but a fortnight, seemed to

hold their own very fairly against the

natives, who were, bo to speak, born

and bred camel-riders. As to knowl

edge of the habits of the brute am

adaptability to a long joarney, the su

periority of the native is, of course, in

contastable; but at this short trial o

speed the Englishmen showed them'

selves not much his inferior.—-Lon-don

Time*

Before Pens,

Thle chisei was employed for inscrt.

I ing on stone, wood, or metal. It wai

so sharpened as to suit the material

I operated upon, and was dexterously

• handled iy all early artists. The style, a smarp-nnivtel instrnrmnt of rental_

ivory, or bone, was used for writing on

wax tablets. The style was unsuitabla

for holdi g a luid, hence a species of

reed was cmplo- ed for writing on parch-ments.

Those styles and reeds were

careftilly kept in ca es, and the writers

had a ;pong •, Knife, an l pumniL e-stone,

compasses for measuring, scissors for

cutting, a puuc':eon tc point out the

beginning and tite end of each line, a

rule to draw and divide the lines into

columns, a glass contain ng sand, and

another with writing-fluid. These were

the chief iniplements used for centurie

to register facts and events. Reeds

continued to be us-ed tiU the eighth cen-tury,

though quills wero knowa in the

middle of tho seo- .enath. The earliest

authom who un-cs the word penna for a

writing-pen i; ie.;t);ui , who liaed in

that century, ,n t towar.l the end of it

a Lat;n srian t "to a lea" was written

bV an B:g~o-totren. But thotlgh quills

were k:;.own i.t hIis perioJ, they came

into general as- -•-ry slowlv, for in 1443

a preser.t of' a .unde of quills was sent

from Venice 6iy ai to k, with a letter

in which ho sai-s: ;"howv this bund