The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-26

II has been reported from Vienna, through
the Athen9um, that Sgnor Bonelli IL max
ing experiments on the transmission of pom
derable articles by electricity, and has sue
Eceeded to some extent. Hence we may,
perhaps, live to see realized the old wife's
notion Of sending small parcels by telegraph.
Mr. Chifders has introduced bill TO 81
cihtate the erection of dwellipg-houses for
the laboring classes. The Public Loan Com
nissioners are to have power to advance
one half the cost Of buildings at q rate Of in
terest not exceeding per cent, and this
loan is to be repaid by instalments. s.--Snuh
becomes poisonous if kept in leaden vessels
or wrapped in tin-foil containing lead, by
taking up a portion Of the metal.-If an
adult of mean hight and Of active habits
consume less than 30 ozs weight Of dry
food daily his strength will rapidly decline.
The unduations Of waves are performed
in tie same lime as the vibrations OF pend.
ulum, the lengh of which is equal to the
breadth Of the ave, or the distance between
the two cavities. The eagles which sur
mount the colors of the French army form.
erly made Of copper, gilt by galvanism, are
now made Of aluminium, thus tightening the
weight Of the flag by nearly "a lbs.-Trori
will not do well where the temperature ol
the water rises in the summer above 60 de-
grees or "a degrees at most. The best tenn
perature to grow them to perfection il be-
tween 90 degrees and SO degrees.-m 1898
the price of gas in London was los. per
| 900 feet, and guineas Cor each public
lamp per annum- In 1874 the price Of gas
was reduced TO 7s. per 1000 feet, and the
public lamps to four guineas each.-In sup.
port of the theory Of the preservative
action of copper against cholers Il IL affirmed
that the great district Of copper pyrites Of
the Riotinto, and its prolongation on the
Heulva in Spain, has never been visited BY
cholera.-The celebrated pitch lake Of the
island Of Trinidad 10 upwards Of three miles
In circumference. 1T has been proposed to
utilize the arches of the different metropoli-
tan railways as workmen's dwelling houses.
The Lancet says it is now an established
fact that in this country males are cut of in
la higher proportion than females, and that
the rstie of that higher death-rats in the
males is nearly constant from year to year
IA new Anglo American Telegraph Com
pany is being established, with q capital d
f60o, 900, to take over the old concern, ant
TO attempt this year successful deposit o
the cable which ID now being Manufactured
lat Greenwich--Mr. Diegle, Of Higher Hall
lancashire, has now twenty-si Of his stool
in his coal mines, where shippons with ever.
lconvenience have been fitted up for their re
ception. Water-pipes havebeen taken dowr
the shaft, and the temperature is regulate,
At about ffty-seven. They appear to be ex
Iceedingly healthy, eat well, and are mad
comfortable.-The following mode Of STORM
4 grsin is pursued by Russian farmers. 4
pit ID dug in the ground, in well-drahe,
] place, and the sides hardened by long ex
4 posure to fire. Before the grain il. intro
Iduced straw il ignited In the pit to purif,
and dry the air.. The grain In thrown II
and packed close. 1t, is said to have beez
preserved in this way forty years withou
deteripration-fn consequence or an In
lreaseR demand from British India the en-
tpers Of railway iron from the United King
dom revived last year. They amounted 4
I431 80 tons, Of the value. Of E3,54l zoe
This branch of our iron exports cannot u
sid 70 be increasing upon the whole, md I,
'tcontxary result could net be antieipatsd
having regard % the virtual comnletiou q
the great artsrial lines Of British India
Lendon Ehgiaser.