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JL WORKMEN'S ADVOCxlTIi). AGITATION. The how iw part of tlx- wliut. Accordingly is it not Hiillicicnt to kcc) up the agitation, lmt to agitate in the bent possible way. Tlierc arc two large classes directly inter ested in the present eoiilliet. A third class, the fanners and iniddle nien, who are impart'iitl or partial Hpectators, are indirectly interested. Allien, now ami then, the boycott taken one of tliese lookers-on by the ear, figuratively speaking, they be come somewhat iirerli interested. Now, there is such a thing as pub lic, favor and public sympathy. It's a wise thing to have the community on onr side, that is, if we can have them without playing the hypocrite or doing violence to our honest con victions. To-day there is considera ble preaching and editing going on, to win over the public mind to either side. Yes, even the stage is occasionally utilized to beget sym pathy for one side or the other. Agitation is either education or something cine which is not educa tion, but humbugging. The pulpit and the press can only rely on the ancient policy of persuading I heir listeners or readers to "shut their eyesand open their mouths," when jK'ople are gullible enough to do so. Our most dangerous antagonist is ignorance. Our greatest ally is en lightenment. Agitation, to lie effective, like a gun, must have a specific ' aim. It must not simply aim at ignorance in general, but at a particular kind of ignorance, namely, at that kind of ignorance on the part of the people which per mits the money-power to manipulate our legislatures, and which permits the legislatures to pass laws directly aimed at the life of this republic. Vor illustration, the legislature of Illinois, shortly after the Pittsburg riot or thereabouts, hurried a law through forbidding the carrying of arms. An appeal to the Supreme Court continued what the legislature knew all well enough, namely, that jU carry .arms is a constitutional "nghirAgfim it is ru.ioretl or whis pered in an undertone, -m secretly that one can hear it all through the East, that the bribed pettifoggers and shysters of various corporations are going to make a tierce onslaught on the K. of by passing a bill that shall punish boycotting and striking as 'conspiracy." In Massa chusetts biennial elections are praised to the very skies, to induce gullible citizens to' help the corpora tions in removing tne law-making jxjwer from the masses and to per manently establish an oligarchy of Mammon. It is plain that the legal profession is the cringing lickspittle of capitalism, and the K. of L did wiser than they knew when they ex cluded lawyers from the Order. Lawyers- the majority of them - are paid to play hide and seek with .Justice; to show not what Justice is, but to prove that injustice is Justice. Agitation must aim at educating the public to fully appreciate the fundamental principle underlying all just government The people must learn that the common interest is as a mountain compared to which the claim of corporations and com peting speculators, is as a mouse. It is well said that stealing is wrong in principle, even if the object stolen is only a pin. Now, if any thing is wrong and unjust in princi ple, it is wrong any e.reii, whether small or large; and, on the other hand, if anything be right in principle, it is right i any extent, whether large or small. Let us imw apply this simple rule to monopoly and see how it works. If it be right in principle that a corporation should issue money, that another corpora tion should own the street railwavs, that still another eororatioii should control the water supply and another the supply of gas; if it be right in principle that private individuals may own land, buy land and sell land; if it be right that a few men should own and control the railroads and telegraphs and the mines; if it be right that a small niiiioritv should own, monopolize and control all the machinery; if all this private con trol and monopoly be right in prin ciple, then let us rejoice and con gratulate ourselves, because we shall practically nets! no government at all shortly, but pay n corporation In run us all! Vet some middlemen are still so purblind of justice and the principle of all sound govern ment, that nothing short of a pro longed boycott can set them to thinking. Agitation of the right quality re quires moral courage and unflinch ing fortitude. When money is king, many selfish, cowardly time servers will play traitors. When labor turns triumphant, the same selfish, cowardly sneaks will pretend I hey airiiis ( just hear) were our friends. Thus self-interest and want of principle makes hypocrites, cowards and liars. What, of it' On with the boycott. Ho. for agita tion! J I 'STICK. ASS-TRONOMY. I le.uiii nothing from the "broken contract " circulars W illi w liieli he is llooilill Hie country, Kill Ueid hies llilll to the (.'ill tower lo investigate, ami lio liolds a sin ill the licavens which ex plains it III his (lis satisfaction. ISoV ( at: All, there! stnv tlier VESTED RIGHTS DIE OUT. The State is lulls enlillod in lake chai se ol' all the hist niinenls of Labor and I'rodnet ion, ami to say that all social act iv il ies slwll lie carried on ill a perfect Iv ililVerent manner. I 'mliiiibledlv Ihe whole llcccin class will interpose their so-called "vested l ipids." That is to say. because theState for a loii time tacillv allowed a certain class to ili ide I he coniinoii slock of so cial advantages anions themselves ami appropriate it to their own individual benelit, Iheiel'ore Ihe Slate is estopped, they say, from ever ree.n erin it . And not alone w ill they claim inidist urlied possession of what they have, but also the riht to u.-e'it in The future us they have ii Hie pits! ; that is, I hey will claim a "vested rihl" In Heece the masses to all eternity. Hut such a protest will be just as vain as was that of the 'o,e awiinsMhe loss of his temporal sovereignty. The theory of "vested rights" never applies when a revolution has taken place; when the whole structure of society is changed. The tail of a lailpole that is developing into a. I'ro may protest, as much its it pleases; Nul lire heeds it not . And when the fr.io is an accomplished 'ae, there is no tail to protest. The vv hole doel l ine of "vested rights," moreover, has its reason in the fact that from Ihe daw n of history to Ihe present time we have had ami have iririletjr classes. Henry (Icoree remarks very pointedly: "When we allow 'vested rights' we slill wear the collar of the Save 11 thrall.-" The only "vested rij;lil" imiv man has is the rilil to such inslilu t ions as w ill promote the iMdilic liood. A man has no ol her rif;ht vv hatever in a civ ili.ed community. If be is not satis lied wit Ii that, be may exile himself to w here there is no civ ili.alioii, and even there his descendants will necessarily Ki'ovv up into a Slate. - (Irniiliiiut in t 'o leratire ( 'niiiiiniiiireiiltli. HE SAW HIS FATHER. "Father, " he bean, after taking the old man out back of the barn, "your ears are main ." "Yes, my son." "You have toiled early and lale, ami by Ihe sweat of your brow von have amassed this Live farm." "That's so. William." "It has pained me more than I can iell to see you. at your are, Iroiiblint; your sHf w illi the cares of life, father, your declining days should be spent in the old arm chair in the chimney corner." "Yes, William, they should." "Now, father, hein you are old and feeble and helpless, eive me a deed of the farm and you and mother live out your few rcinaiiiint; days vv ith me and Sally." "William." said the old man as he pushed back his sleev es, "I think I see the drift o'lhem remarks. When I'm ready to start for the poor house I'll play fool and hand over ihe deed! Wil liam!" "Yes. sir." "In order to dispel am delusion on your pail thai I'm old and feeble and helpless. I'm fining to knock dow n hall an acre of cornstalks w ith voitr heels!" nd when tin' convention-linally ad journed William cr.ivv led to the nearest bay stack and cautiously vv hispensl to himself. "And Sally was to broach the same thini: to ma at the same time! I wonder if she's mortally injured, or only crippled for lite!" - ( 'i iiftxiiitiii. llarkey- ' lVd's tso short, sail? Wliv, last night a gemm'n taller'n you slept "in lar. I 'member it 'cause he didn't pav liis bill. Tourist ((' course. Found himself short in the morning. A natural coiissueiiet'!" I X A ii ,11 II I III o!" REMORSE. It has been taught that men should w eep and how I for their transgressions but I tell you nay! One hour of reform ation is worth an an'' of repentance. All you need is to clearly perceive and un derstand your fault, its hurtful relations to yourself ami others, and then to set about its abohlioii, and the restoration of things as thev should lie, A certain amount of regret yon will feel, and should fei l, but, if it is painful ill its character, it w ill do yon more harm than Kood. I'ain and sorrow are necessary to restrain Ihe brute and the savage, but the man in whom reason reigns, needs neither, and can advantageously make his brains save his nerves. To him the rijiht percept ion will always be sullicient cause for the rilit action. - Lluiil in ,S'oeoo.s, SHOOTING CITIZENS. What can we say of the apparent eagerness with which President Cleve land and ( iovernor Sloiicman hasten to array Ihe military forces of the Itepublie and of the State, ready to shoot dowti American citizens, at the bidding of foreign otlicials, in the interest of cheap labor seeking whites and heathen aliens. )o foreign potenhUes show themselves so ready, so willing, to shoot t heir people at (lie i tplaiiit of American citizens vv rouged by them in violation of treaties and laws' There is not a ruler in Kurope vv ho would act as I hese men hav e done. There is not an emperor, king or mini cr of them all, who would not tell you, w ith scorn, that one drop of their country men s blood is more precious to them than all the blood of the whole American people! Ami oar government hastens to get ready to slaughter ami arrest ami punish onr countrymen at the bidding of Asiatics and the Asiatics' while hired man, in defence of aliens who are in our country in violation of our laws! Ah, but those Kui'opean rulers have an inter est in their own people even though it be a sellish one. Our rulers represent, not the American people, hut the corpor ations and money -power heartless, soul less monsters, without national pride or pal riot ism, w ho would sacrilice both Americans and Chinamen for mors gold and more cheap laborers. Hut del't let us get excited just yet we niaj1 have something more to stir op our American pride, after awhile. Iltujex Valley' Ail mliser. SPORT. Chief Holluiann didn't "catch on" to the last little athletic exhibition. Per haps il were better nothing were said, but we can't resist (he temptation. A newly-married couple started from the Hungarian capital recently on their wedding tour in a fashion which is en tirely novel in that country. Their des tination was Itonie, and they intended traveling Ihe journey together on a "So ciable." Although tricycling in the cen ter and south of Kurope is rapidly spreading, yet Ihe spectacle of a lady and gentleman 'traveling together in that fashion is still very uncommon. In se cluded districts, in fact, trieyelists are looked upon as natural curiosities, tt is recorded that in some rustic districts the country folk were so terrified at Ihe ap pearance of the first (novelists that they tied precipitately to Hie nearest place of refuge, lielerriiig lo Ihe series of. races pro posed in this country for (ieorgeand Myers, Ihe pedestrians, and the news paper comment that the si heme looked like a "job," V'n I, if,- in London savs : "The writer ev ident Iv know s very little of ( ieorge, or he would Hot suggest 'ar rangements' of this kind, the ex-amateur having always done his best to win hitherto, and there being no reason why he should alter his tactics. Perhaps (he gentleman w ho discourses so facet iolislv on the Spirit thinks that when a man turns professional he nuhl needs sink to the level of those w ho. h their miscon duct, have lowered pedestrianisni js present degraded state ; but we, at all events, do not see that this follows, hav ing know n professionals w ho ran a great deal struighter than (he average ama teur." biakeman w ho was caught U'tweeii I two freicht ,-ais. ihe other day. was de scribing his sufferings to his wife. "Why." she exclaimed, "that's jlist the way it feeN w In n you are breaking in a new pair of corsets."- fire I'ress. l'a iw ho has been explaining certain facts aU.nt stovesi Now, Jimmy, do you know what a base-burner is?" Jim my on Ut er life." l'a -"Have we one in the Imuse?" Jimmy" Yes-sir: ma's slipj r." - ( 7o. i,j, :,imHer. jivXcctlurts. MUAIi.MA IxKKS' Hit Mi. I'NION No.'.'. ' kegular meeting the third Friday in e n h month, I'. M., at Trades' Council Hall. i;l'AL lilt JUTS DKBATINO Cl.t'li. Ii Ihbate this iSiiuday) afternoon, at i o'clock, at ( iood Samaritan I bill, sl T ( liapel street. lol'KNHY.MKN TAILORS' I'NloN.- I Regular Meetings at Trades Council Hall on the second and fourth Mondays in each month, at s o'clock p. m. V i:i 'K!; I KUTst lit; pi; u ; am a i CLCH meets lirst ami third Thurs day in each mouth at Sli Crow n street. OKCTION NKW 1IAVF.N, S. L. I'. - The ) regular meetings of this Section are held at Trades Council Hall onthetiist Monday in each month at H o'clock p. in. fp MAULS COCNCIL. - Regular meet 1 ings on Ihe lirst ami third Sundays in each month, at '.' o'clock in the after noon. -Ml unions should lie represented. ducvti.cmcnts. UNION MADE HATS. KIIvHOURN cS: CO. 81 6 Chapel Street, SOI.K ACKNTS KOI! NKW II A V KN. TIIK CO-OPERATIVE HAT CO'S Nos. 1 &2 HATS I'oli SAI.K AT 1 1 xVHS( )NS, Tia Cliu'l Street, I Hiler Vale Ituiik. joiix Noimw, PRACTICAL HATTER Superior Workmanship loniraiiteeil. Special mill l'roiiiit Attention iriven In i:i I'Aiitiso. 792Chapel St., Room 10, New Haven. HATS " 77A' f'O-O'A'AM'VIv If AT" AT OSBORN'S in nii'mi st. AT I.OW ritH KM. THE OLD TliOV LAUNDRY. 12 Gregson St., rear P, 0, Tin- UKST WOKK with (he I.KAST WKAIi iiinl 'I'KA 1! lo I he irouils. in.ml Work iriniriin I.mmI. M. 1 HI I V. I'rop. B. SHONINGER & CO., VI AM r.VI Tl KKIts OK PI A NOS AMI OliliWs. 4;,'iral Slale Aki iiIs lor the I.Vnou m il Weln-r, Kinersoii anil licelix l, I'iaiios. lit'lnif II i si 1 1 1 1 fill -t nrem Wi' lire cnnliled In oiler Inst rinnents at lower prices, tor ( iisd, ir on easy monthly payment s t him any ot her iioiise anil vvoiilil respeel fully solicit a rail helore pnrehasint'. Vi reriMiiiix, SOI ( liapel si. OAvPEK KI1'1 IIKAl HI IN Al.l. KINIIS or Groceries and Provisions, Cor.. Dixwell Av. and Henry St. ELM CITY CASH GROCERY 74 & 76 Congress Ave,, for. Hill Street. NKW II W'l'.N. T. DIRECTIONS Whereto ect satisfaction in price and ipi.ilily of piods in Ihe (iiocerv line. We do not aim tocll Ihe cheapest Hoods, but to m'II the besl staple eoods at the lowest prices. An assortment ot Fresh. Salt and Smoked Meats constant ly on hand. I'ure Spices, line Teas and Collees. We call particular attention to our Flour. Hotter and Canned (,'oo.ls. The follow im; eolliplele line I 'aimed Succotash. Sweet Corn. Lima IVans and I'ea.-. cents p.-r can. fl.oo pi J. H. KEARNEY. Cast Your Eyes on This, Ami ilo not forget il f . . i- it will sl. j,,u h, re Vi'ti ean sn e niuiit v in l.uvii.if t:r. -e, i i'.-. I.nnl bv tun. ; I v'c it il,; sia.'!,. Ih. 'V lull, pail. S.V; :i 11, p iil, : :t II, pail. f.k-. .lellv. l-v pail. p.-rll.: inult' U 7e IK Ih till, l ine lllltler f'.' I 1 I!i York Slate ( ri amen. $1. V arranleil llani. per Hi, lie V Mrrniileil Mhon,, rs. i., r Ih. Te I..H'e MuseMt. t !taiitiv pel Ih. M.- New ante iirrann. r l!. (ie. Niiv llekles. per ,... . ..' lhs Prunes. All of w hieli v.. ii can hnv of J. V. RATTELSDORFER, 3:1 lilUKV, e.ir. Nulla. street. Teh ph. .nr. All or.!, rpr..nipt!y !iv. r. .1 Out ,.f low 11 onlers eet ule.i pr. .nipt Iv 11 iv.i ipt .. I' ( Money Order Communication Ii. it, .! (Aducvttscmcnts. SELDEN HOUSE. N. T. .11 IH). Croprielor. Mns'l' ( I Nil! A I. IHU si: IS 'I1IK ( II V. Terms j'.' i' per Hay. TAIil.l. I'.O VCD A M l ( I l TV. No. I H Stati: . i.w II.wkn. STAITOKD DIMM! IIOUAIS, I 1 Hi I.AIHKS AMi OKNTS, ::sn :::W Stvtk St., Nkw IIavkn. VV. .. (.1 NMMi, frupr. first rltiss Tattle Hoard tit Lair I'riees. Grand Central Dining Rooms 491 State St., near Grand. REGULAR DINNERS, - 20 CENTS. f I fit 'TIII(i ft US T-CLA SS. Pictures for Sale in the Sheet. Picture Framing a Specialty. I'lash Shi iuIi iiij l-'rames fur t'uhiiirl I'iittitriiiix. Have your I'icliires framed before the Holiday Trade tvts in. x. ( )(',. 966 GRAND STREET, NF.W ir.WF.N', CONN. ONE DOLLAR SAVED Is I w o eiu neil. Von ean save your haril earned money hy I .u intf your t'llOCKFJ!)', (ILASS, LAMI'S, TINWAKK, W( M H iKNWAHK, &.v. - or FRANK M. HALL 30 Church Street. READ AND REMEMBER THIS: loir the Largest Variety of Kirst elnss Kilelien, l.aioiilrv, anil 1 1 . to so -1 ti 11. is I. i n t; Ii.mmIs Low for Cash or on Weekly Payments ( all at the Packet House Kurnishinir anil Kuriiil lire Store of GEO. D. LAMB, u. 699 Chapel Street, Where all kimlsof Wiishiiiu Maeliines. ('lollies i inuers anil 'iirpet Sweepers are Sol.l himI 1(1 I A Mil l- E. SUTCLIFFE, IIKAl. Ull IN Paper Hangings, Window Shades, KIXTI KKS. TASSKI.S, Oil, LOTUS, ,Ve. House Painting anil I'm peri in; In all its hranehes. sco;ki:ss avi:., m:u iiavkn. :,; :r COAL I I (i (ih'ORUF. STKF.IT, cob". ct)Ni;i:Kss avk. W. F. FRENCH. HENRY HENDRICKS, Manufacturer of anil Dealer In Stoves, Hot-Air Furnaces and Ranges I'l.rMllINO AM) OAS KITTINO. No. 2! (Ill IUII S T Ii V. K T. A. 1. I ! KliMN. W. H. MC IxiNaI.II. clerkin & Mcdonald, Mannfaeiurers anil Healers In STOVES, RANGES, Kilelo ii Ware .if Kvrry llesei ipt ion. Sanilaty I'lutnhini.' anil Steam lleHlinir. All work vvarranteil. Orders reeeivetl ,y lelephone. t:im iiiiami stkkit. For a Sty dish Cut ol the I lair or a First class Shave, call on HENRY FLENTJE, !S!I (.rand street, - Near Slate Slreel. Special attention dven to CHILDREN'S HAIR-CUTTING. Hepol for Sale of U okkvikv's A iivnc.m;. THE VETERANS' BARBER SHOP. SAM. D. HYDE. Any informal i..n a Soldier may dcire can he ohtaiued here.' Uol.lvMrS lll( 1S ITKIt. 125 Crown St. Hoadley Building. THE BOYCOT.TER. ".Ik Injury lo Our is the I'oiinru if All.' TIIK Oi l li I VI. OHUAN OK T AMI Urt'Ai !efi iuler il' the l.nlmr (ansp, 'I' K I; M s . one Year. si: Months. Three Month'-, .Me. '-''e. In'. A.Mri-", I'nr I'.ov .oniat, i"i Peart street. New York lYOrrX.Y.TRIRUXE! NOTICE. " ddress eoimnuiiicatioiis in reference to the ..rmiivtti.m of new Trade ami l.al-or I ittotis to TKU.ks 'oi'M il. (),,; vmiv; 1 ViMMlTTKK. (locvttscmcnts. THE NEW DRY GOODS FIRM 1 MclNTYRE, MAGUIRE & CO, t: ham: im m il ask.u tiik stock OK I'ltCH TOK. 11 till I It K V I'll. UT AIIOl T Ml I KMS ON Till.: ItOI.MIC, AMI Mti.l DHKI1 IT AT A VKKV SM AI.I. AIIVANO: ON Kit COST, THI S . I I Mi TIIK I'l III.M' ANOI'TOIUIN ITV TO III V CLASS DUVIIUOnS AT Ml l IM.V IIIV hi.i TIIVN I V I K IIKI'lllli; OII KI(KI) IV THIS OK AM O I II I It CITV IN AMKIt l . We suuKi'nt thai all li can uill make llieir purchases in I lie morning lo avoid the rrnvwl ill the al'tei'liooii. MclNIl, MAGUIRE & CO. st7 (HAI'KL STfJKIvT, i NKW IIAVKN, CONN. WORKINGMEN ATTENTION I Onr lininense Slock of WOm AND SHOES. Is now larger than ever liel'ore, and is composed of everything that can he culled lor in the shape of footwear, from the strongest to the linest, goods. We call Serial attention to our Boys' unci Youths' Misies and Chil dren's Celebrated. Indestructible Shoes, which have no eipial for wear. All our goods sold ut Peoples' I'riees. u. w. OUiijirUVb & UU. 45 CIIUIICII ST. -B. E. LYNCH,"- MAIM IX FINK SHOES, !!T ( 'ongress Avenue AND - 15N 'oinmerce Street, NKW II.W KX, CONN, -JOHN TJillv, in-: At. Kit IN Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, 688 & 690 GRAND ST. The Highest Priced Shoe Store IN' TIIK CITV. l'he poorest (piality anil worst fitting Shoes, sold hy the meanest clerks in the smallest Shin: Store. Jon may lie told, lmt call anil you will liml it otherwise. A. V. I'OST, ( (r. Slate (ieorgp Sis., Next to I'ost's Dime llestaiirant. STAHL & HEGEL :!i CHUKCII ST., UPHOLSTERERS AND QUI NET MAKERS, Ami Dealers in nil kinds of Kl'lvNITlKK, HKDIilNtJ, . CAlil'KTS, MATS, OIL CLOTH, SI I AUKS, KTO. Undertakino- in All Its Branches. .I0IIN E. RASSETT k CO, HARDWARE, Mecliiiines' Tools, Etc., At It.iltoill I'liej "4 'HAI'KL siidC.-" " i rf NTATK HTRK American Labor T Budget. The rrien.l of the Working People, and champion of orjimizeil LaW. OUR MOTTO: Mohii Mill. Monopoly, Prosperity for Hie l.aliorlng Classy. l.iirlit rajL'cs, Fortj oitflit Colnmns, 1'i Ki.istiKi) monthly-. lied hot iiml airt'ressive E.litorialH on the li.Nr yiieMion, pn.fnsely illiistrnteit Willi lbor ( artoom ami ( arii-Hlures. Siilxeriptioii I'rirK, 50 ft, a Year. Payahle Mrietly In a.Ivanoe. Aeents wanted ev ery where. H-nJ for prcimen copies and club rates. Address 111 DliET ri BUSHING CO. M:incbeiter. IlilUlHiriiiijrh Co., N. H.