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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

A writer in the Mechanics Ma0azin,
has the following singular plan for rem.
|dering vessels unsuitable -" When any
part Of vessel gives way and admits Che
water, the usual remedy Is to pump it GU,
- quickly as possible, either by manual
power, or, in the case of steamers. by
steam power, and great Importance Is often
attached to the power Of steam pumps
which, however, are often found useless in
the hour of danger Surprising serious
leak 70 have occurred, then follows the fight
OF the crew and passengers for life against
the enemy. At one time the crew may gain
q little, and at an another the water gains 4
slight advantage; and unhappily this mis-.
cradle and exhausting battle in not by any
means an uncommon occurrence 1t seems
to me that the whole system Of endeavorine
10 keep down the water by any kind Of
pump is radically wrong 10 principle, for BY
pumping out the water space is left for
more to come in. The true remedy IS to
pump air into the the vessel, whereby each
gallon forced in become clear gain to the
stability Of the vessel and leaves 50 much
less space for the water to occupy. A very
little exertioDin this way would soon render
a vessel Of 1000. tons perfectly safe, from
laundering, without reference TO the size Of
tho leak, which might increase sufficiently
to let the engines and boilers fall through
the bottom Of the vessel, without the slight
est degree adding to the danger Of the YES.
sells sinking d.z -si
therefore propose that all passenger
vessels should b compelled to carry such .
number Of air-tight flexible bags, As when
Inflated in the difsrent parts Of the shir
under the decks, would BY their bulk pre-.
vent the vessel from sinking, even IL the
water had free access. The expense would
not b > very large item, and nothing In
comparison with The value Of tho ssnss Of
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WESTERN ParESrs.-The following patents

WESTERN PATENTS. The following patents
were issued from the United States Patent
ONCE, for the week ending May Is, 1866,
as reported by g. l.. Chaplin, Patent Solicitor,
Chicago, Illinois
Chair and Walker for Chlldren-C.- Holtz,
Chicago NF
Piano Stool-W. A. Ingall, Chicago.
Illuminating Aparatts-J. II. Irwin, Chi
cago-
Washing Machines Mcnamara, Chi
|cago. .l .
Vacuum Pane VAIL, Chicago.
Cultivator-B. y. Young, Toulon, III.
Churn-H. III. w. White, Olney, III.
Flour and Meal SIlter-E. c. Sears, Crys-
tai Lake, III.
Single Guage-E. p. Newbanks, Lincoln,
Ill.
Cultivator-A. 7. Harrison, Clinton. III.
Attaching Cultivator Blades. L. Foun-
tain, New Milford, iii.
Scrubber ann Tender-A. III. Allison.
Charlottesville, Nd.
Method Of Removing Sand-bars from
Riyers-E. Bell, St. Paul, MINI.
Apparatus for Forcing Air Into Carburai-
in Machine f. Burchard, Milwaukee.
Vertical Hand Spinning Machine.-J
Blaney, Lowell, Iowa.
LADIES' Skirt Lifter-Thomas III. Bradley,
st. Louis.
Hand Loom-A. Carter and r. Spake,
Salem, Iowa.
Buckle-C. g. Cissna, Darlington, Iowa.
Securing Boxes in Hubs-W. Greenleaf,
Terra Haute, Ind Nft
Invalid Beadstead-P. w. Hardwick.
Wayne Co. Ind.
Broom Head-M.sC. Kilgore, Washington,
Iowa
Churn-H. Mott, Bellevue" Mich.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

Special RMles for the Prevenaio m
IN % trOier - WI
We urge the necessity, in all cases cho-
iera, OF al instant recoIsset to medical aid,
and also under every form and variety Of
|indkposition for all disorders are found to
merge ia the dominant disease.
Let Immediate relief be sought under dis
order of the bowels especially, however
slight The invasion OF the cholera NAV
thus be readily prevented.
Let every impurity, animal and vegetable.
be quickly removed to a distance from the
habitations, such as slaughter houses, Dig
stiles, cesspoois, accessories, and all other
domestic nuisances-
Let all uncovered drains be carefully and
frequently cieansed fi- ~l
Let the grounds in and around the habi-
tations be drained, so as effectuaIly TO carry
of moisture Of every kind.
Let scrubbing be used in domestic cleans
ing in place of water cleansing.
Let every room be daily thrown open for
the admission Of fresh air this should be
done about noon, when the atmosphere is
most likely TO be dry
damp and cold, especially during the night,
Let the use Of cold drinks and acid liquors,
Especially under fatigue, be avoided, or when
the body 10 heated.
| Let the use Of Geld acid fruits and vege-
tables be avoided.
Let excess in the use of ardent and fer.
mented liquors and tobacco be avoided.
Let poor diet, and the use Of impure
water in cooking, or for drin sing, be avoided.
Let the wearing Of wet or insufficient
clothes be avoided
Let a flannel or wooden belt be worn
round the belly.
Lei personal cleanliness be carefully OBJ
served.
Let every cause tending to depress the
moral and physical energies be carefully
avoided.
Let exposure to extremes Of heat and
cold be avoided.
1 Let crowding Of persons within houses
and apartment be. avoided
Let sleeping in low or damp rooms be
avoided
Let tires be kept up during the night in
sleeping or adjoining apartments, the night
being the period Of most danger from attack
especially under exposure to cold or damp.
| Let all bedding and clothing be daily ex-
posed during the winter and spring to the
! fire, and in the sumner to the heat Of the
sun
Let the dead be buried in places remote
from the habitstion Of the living By the
timely adoption Of simple means such as
these, yholera or other epidemic diseases
will b. made to loose its venom.
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TR DIES, UNION ITEMS.

=
EIxyEN thousand workingmen petitioned
Congress for the passage Of the eight hour
law.
TIE Journeymen Painters of Washington
have struck for $3.50 per day. A number
Of bosses hive scceded to the demand.
OSE hundred and fl, Printers at Wash
ington have struck for higher wages on the
10th ult, demanding $3.50 instead Of 90 per
day. .sas
TIE Detroit Typographical Union has
elected Thomas O'NeiI and W. r. Moore as
delegates to the National Convention.
A difficulty has arisen among the sailors
at Buffalo, concerning the price Of labor.
They refuse to ship for the wages offered.
SEVERAL hundred rope-walk laborers
struck for the ten hour system In Brooklyn
Monday. 1t is understood that the employ
ers will accede to their demand.
TIE sitta quarterly report Of the Char
lestown co-oper-tive association exhibits .
degree Of prosperity which win be increased
By starting meat and provision store.
The Bricklayers' and Plasterers' Union
Of Cohoes, now represented in the Albany
Trades Assembly, are about to connect With
the Troy Assembly. .eay 5r;s 81 svss. "a
To- h4cHEszsTs.--Members ef the above
craft are requested to- keep aesy from Baf.
fslo, n r., for the present. there being con-
siderable trouble about wages, &C.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

| Il is with plee sure that we announce to
our readers to-day the final and full termina-
ton of the difficulty among the moulders
and their employees, and on terms mutually
agreed le-agreeable to the mOulders, be-
cause they have not been Inundated and be-
cause the period of their unwilling idleness
has ended, and agreeable to the proprietors
because their only pleasure lies in the en-
joyment of full tide of prosperous busi-
ness.
At the time Of our last issue, all but
three foundries had resumed work. Early
this week Morrison K dwell, on Green
Island, and Chas- Eddy 4 Co., Of this city,
al ranged matters with their workmen, and
placed them in their old positions. This
left but the Clinton Foundry idle, the pro
prietors Of which had several interviews
with the moulders' committee, but came to
no definite conclusion until yesterday, when
the differences were settled on q mutually
satisfactory plan. The workmen proceeded
to the foundry this morning, and are making
preparations to resume work on Monday.
Thus ends one Of the greatest conflicts
between labor and capital that has occurred
in this country for many months. While
many hasty assumptions Of labor might and
should be condemned, this lock out has com
mended itself to the minds of all who un-
tderstood the difficulty. 1t was not a ques-
| ton Of wages, or the usual causes Of labor
| troubles, but was a direct and well consid-
cred blow against an organization, the
right to maintain which cannot be denied
1t was, as we have said before, a question
of Union or no Union," and we are pleased
that the question has been determined in the
Affirmative. 1t has taught lesson to other
trades unions that We trust they will not
soon forget. Let them prepare no,c, and
depend mainly upon themselves, and then
success is certain in case Of difficulty.
TIE victory Of the moulders could not
have been more complete. They have con-
ceded nothing, because it was not in their
power to make any honorable concessions.
They have obtained an advance on their
former wages in every foundry.
The lockout in Cincinnati, and a few
others in the West, still continue; but
prospect for speedy settlement Of those
difficulties, TO our satisfaction, is very prom
Using. The objectionable notice in Mr..
Roots shop at Indianapolis, has been with
drawn, and it is expected that others will
soon follow. Firmness and unanimity Of
feeling must soon overcome these troubles /;
and at crisis like this, when the result
has such important bearings upon the future,
it is our duty to suffer all, and endure all
rather than surrender.
| The cost Of the lockout to the mculders
was not so large as was anticipated. The
Troy Union paid 50 ,562.30 TO its members
the Albany Union 50, 200. Funds sufficient
to maintain the lock-ou for an indefinite
period were proffered by the sister unions,
but were not Troy Heruld.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

q We do not intend to give one class Of men
an undue Importance over another, yet we
think the soldiers have claims upon US Of a
more substantial character than can be paid
by damning with faint praise. The plea Of
depleted treasury is poor apology for the
total neglect of the soldiers claims.
The pretext Of going to gold basis, and
thereby to take out Of the laborer and the
soldier a thousand and half millions of
dollars in the increased value Of government
bonds, does not look much like respect for
depleted treasury. When the interests of
capitalists come in question--depletion only
applies = ne soldier.
But why should an inflated currency cul-
minated into government bond be so sacred?
Did the, soldier initiate this currency We
think not; then why should the holders of
these inflated obligations alone receive the
special attention Of our Congress We
think, but ose answer can be given to this
question, and that is the blood aud the
sweat of the soldier is only valuable and
precious when it can be weighed by igrains
of gold and silver for the benefit of the
capitalists. .949l
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

The work Of removing from the Charles
ton (Va.) cemetry the dead bodies Of SOL
diers Of the army Of the Potomac, who died
from disease and were killed during the wsr
has been completed There cwsrs ], 67e
bodies disinterred and removed. Ivy IN M.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

A MODEL MASTER MEcHANIc.-While the
master mechanics Of this city as general
rule are willing to engage in any disreputa-
bic transaction with regards to their en-
ployes, we are glad to present the following,
written by Chicago man, at present in
Houston, who has charge Of the largest rail-
road shops in the State Of Texas. Under
date Of May 7th, he writes :" have just
reduced the hours OF labor in my shops, and
we are now running at 81 hours less per
week than any other shop in the city. No
deduction has been made in the mems wages,
and none is intended to he made"
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

NEW ORLEANS COMMERCIAL This is tbs
title Of new daily newspaper, in the labor
interest, published, % we understand, like
the Boston Voice, by an association Of work.
ingmen. 1t has lively tone, q brisk bus.
ness air, and u heartily greeted by the press
Of that city. As'a 'aefiin III & III
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

4 brighter noon svaits the kanan day,
Nhsa ever transfer Of ssfthh natural eifts
H1ah b. . commsroe ef rood words and works
When poverty and wealth, ~ thirda Of fame,
The fear o. infsmy disease and woe,
War with Its mlliion horror. and fierce hell.
shall live but In the memory Of time
Who, like pcnitent nbsrtine, shall start,
Lock back, and shuddrr a his younger years.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19
A Correction.
CHIcAso, May 18th, 1866.

ef OhiCAeo, May lotn, 1000.
To the Editor Of the woHxIxsxAs's ADVOCATE.
/. DIAR SHIN one o. .ae articles Of YOU,
last issue appears the following: ao-
"Not q single pamphlet in German ha.
been published bearing on the great Issue
Of labor and capital" ff-
For your information would state that
published German pamphlet bearing ex-
clusively on the great issues OF labor and
capital in January 1865, a thousand copies
Of which (all ! could afford to print) have
been circulated.
c. +. LrcHrNER.
We have certainly no desire to underrats
the production of our correspondent. but .ou
remarks were intended to apply to standard
publications. His effort was q move in
the right direction, though it would have
been ~ well had he confined himself more
closely 20 the subject he undertook to eluci-
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

NATIONAL TYPoGRAPHIcAL USroN.-At the
regular monthly meeting of the Boston
Printers' Union held on Saturday evening,
May II, Alexander Troup was elected dele
gate and A. B. Bulgnr Substitute to the 14th
session Of the National Typographical
Union, to be held at Chicago on the 4th Of
lime
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

DEcEAssD.-We are sorry to learn that
the New Orleans Southern STAR" the organ
Of the workingmen Of that city, has sus-
pended publication. Cause--wantrof means
and support. Tic
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19

J. 8. Mill, If England, ons Of the greatest
political ecohosnists Of the day, and we BE-
lieve sincere friend Of the working classes,
asys: 'i VII w n I.a. II, II M
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-24

TWIN CHILDREN WITH SNAKE HEADS
The Fort Wayne (Ind.) Democrat Of a
recent date is responsible for the follow.
ing: ave are informed by q conductor
on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi
cago Railroad of a most remarkable
freak of nature. A married lady living
four miles north of Crestline lately gave
birth to a pair Of twins, the upper part
of whose bodies resemble snakes; one
that of the copperhead, the other that Of
the common b~lacksnake. From their
waist up it is ~snake-like; they have no
arms, nothing to indicate the human,
while from the waist down the organi-
cation is perfectly natural. After the
children were born, and being shown to
the poor mother, she begged that an end
might be put to their existence, and was
so affected that she became deranged
and is now an inmate of the Insane
Asylum. Our informant also states that
the twins, although but a few months
old, crawl round the floor, hiss and
strike at each other with their fangs,
fighting like two snakes every time they
come together. We do not vouch for
the truth of the above, but give it as it
was told us by Mr.. Allen Crawford, a
conductor running on a freight train
between this place and Crestline, and
we have every reason to believe Mr.. G.
a reliable and trustworthy gentleman.
The mother of these extraordinary be-
ings, prior to their birth, got frightened
at the sight of two snakes fighting.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-24

An USLucKY MAN.-The Presque Isle
Sunrise publishes the following autobiog-
raphy of "a very unfortunate man.
"ln 1912, at twenty-three years of
age, married a widow with four children.
Rented a farm for three years ut $3.50 a
year. In 1914 bought a farm fifty miles
up the river for $1,000. Lived on it
three cold seasons, 1914, 'l5 and 'l6.
Wheat covered with snow tenth day of
June. Sold farm. Took goods from
the St. John to the St. Lawrence waters.
Sold goods for timber, In the spring
no sale for timber. Failures in England.
No shipping came out. Sold 200 tons
on three months credit. Man bankrupt.
One raft went to sea in a storm. 200
tons left. No sale. This was in 1917.
Turned my back on it and have not seen
it since. Lived in Robinston FIVE years.
Moved to Brighton, N. B., with wife,
two daughters and 500. Bought a
farm !; lived on it three years. Sold in
1926 and came to Bridgewater, Maine.
Began in the woods. Cleared fifty acres
and lived on it eight years. Did not
own soil. Pay for soil called for. Could
not pay. Sold possession for $500.
Took a horse for $l20. Broke his neck
helping o load for Government to Fort
Fairfield. Got cheated out Of the rest.
Cut the first bush in Westfield nineteen
miles in the woods. Fed hungry mems
horses seventeen years. Paid for my
farm, got a deed, lent my name which
swung my farm. Lost my wife. Began
with nothing and held my own first-rate.
Almost crazy, sixty-seven years old.
Came to Presque Isle, took a new farm
and married a new wife. Have been on
FIVE new farms. Have raised and helped
FIVE families Of children. Have buried
a wife and six children. Have thirty
two great-great grandchildren am nov
in my seventy-eighth year have swung
a scythe sixty-three years, and extend
an invitation to any man who has moved
sixty-three years, to come and NOW me
a race for a gallon of punch p
He signs himself "James Thorncraft."
He certainly has had a thorny path thus
far on his journey.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-24

DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL.-A little
girl eight years of age died on Tuesday
hight last, under circumstances pecu-
liarly affecting. Her mother died sew
eral years since, and she was adopted
into the family of some kind people, who
spared no pains to make the little Or
phan forget her bereavement, and feel
that she was really and truly n OF
their number. She went to school and
was studious and intelligent. But a ia
tai fever struck her down. She bore
her sufferings calmly and patiently, and
hopes were entertained that she would
recover. On Tuesday night she was
resting quietly in bed and seemed to be
better, but suddenly turning her face to-
ward the mother who was watching at
her side, she said softly: "Mother,
must leave you now, l cannot stay with
you IN longer. Please call my broth
ers and sisters, tell them am dying, and
want to say good bye to them" They
were called, she kissed them one by one
and babe them adieu, then kissing their
mother she said: "There, | will 60 to
sleep" and died without a sigh or a
struggles. F. Times, Dec. 20.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-24

Worms OF "THE Cur. "-Speaking of
the increase of intemperance in San
Francisco, the Examiner says that two
of its victims passed from this world last
week-two men occupying for many
years respectable and responsible posi-
tons in society-two men, loved and
honored by their friends, happy in their
domestic relation, prosperous in their
business, but given over to the demon
of intemperance. They died in the
Home of the Inebriate from the effects
Of drink, and three other men lie in the
same institution, as We write, lowering
between life and death. Think of it, we
who love to look upon the wine cup.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-24

WONDERS OF THE TELEGRAPH.-The an
Inhalation of time and space by the tele-
graph, now that it reaches nearly half
around the globe, is so astounding that
men have to reflect to take in its full
meaning. The New York Independent
gives the following as an illustration {:
"0n Monday, July 80, Mr.. Field received
a message of congratulation from Mr..
Ferdinand de Lesseps, the protector Of
the Suez Canal. It vas dated at Alex
andria, in Egypt, the same day, at half
past one p. N. and received in New
foundland at half past ten A. NJ. Let US
look at the globe, and see over what
q space that message few. It came
from the land ofPharoahs and Ptolemies
it passed along the shores of Africa,
and under the Mediterranean Ocean,
more than a thousand miles to Malta, it
then leaped to the continent of Europe
and shot across Italy, over the Alps and
through France, under the English
Channel, to London-it then flashed
across England and Ireland, till from
the cliffs of Valentia it struck straight
into the Atlantic, darling down the sub
marine mountain which lies off the
coast, and over all the hills and valleys
which lie beneath the watery plain,
resting not till it touched the shore Of
the New World. In that mornings
fight it had passed over one-fourth Of
the earth's surface, and so far outstrip-
ped the sun in his course that it reached
its destination three hours before it was
sent I To understand this it must be
remembered that the earth ~revolves from
west to east, and when it is sunrise here
Il ia between 8 and 8 o'clock in Alexan-
dria, in Egypt, and when it is sunset
here, il is nearly nine o'clock in the
evening there.-AmerieGn ArtizGn.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-24
Mr.. HORACE GREELEY, in a late mum.

Mr.. HORACE GREELEY, in a late mum.
Der Of the Tribune, remarks:
You think industry may be stimulated
by making what passes for money plen.
tiful' and cheap, but you don't get boys
to hoe corn for ever two dollars per day
when they think they can make five
thousand dollars by flying their kites in
Wall street. Our cities are all bloated
with people who ought to be growing
corn and turnips, but who will not be-
lieve it, because they choose to hang on
here and "take the chances" Of boring
or worrying some one into giving them
a place or a job whereby they can make
money faster or easier than by farming.
The health of the body polite absolute
ly requires that a.few hundred thousand
of these should be starved back into the
corn6elds they should never have de-
serted.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-24

VIsIr THE ScHooLs.-The Alameda
Gazette has some sensible remarks on
the duty of parents visiting the Public
Schools, which will apply as well in
other localities as in that county:
1t is not your knowledge that's want
ed, but the moral effect Of your pres
ence in the school-room. There is .
vague impression in all youthful minds
that age carries with it knowledge, and
though you may be ignorant as Il Dig
ger, and deaf rs m adder, your mere
presence gives tone TO the morals Of
both teacher and pupils. Now, what
are the facts? Ye patrons Of schools
who send daily to the school-room from
one to nine pupils, do you visit the
school At all, and il so, how often? The
visitors register shows an amazingly
short list of visitors for Il term, and Of
these few, neither Trustees nor patrons
names appear often. Now, u idea is,
that visitation Of schools should be
something of daily occurrence; drop in,
if you a only stay, FIVE, ten, or fifteen
minutes; and let such visits occur every
week on the part Of each patron-at
least every month, instead Of every one,
or two, or three years, or never, as the
custom now is. The plea Of no time
won't answer; every man wastes four
times a half hour per week at the Post
office, the blacksmith shop, store or ho-
tel, which could be well invested in o
visit to the school room; every woman
wastes a half hour, at least, in gossip
harmless, perhaps, or in ~promenading
the streets, that would be time on inter-
est-bringing forth a rich haryesti in the
minds of your son and daughters-were
il invested in attendance at the school.