The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-07-04

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ersl pubic, in restraining 20 some. extent the
rs4eiisd beq,estapts h stAei rsse of competi,
ton, and the maintenance Of comfort and
means OF responsibility smJhg our middle
", w. in enabling az sSsfiss classes s % pryl
tect and bene6t one another without ipjnFR
A% AM Il. usn lBsJyaI be t7ls. unions i, q 4,
the following may be Addnced:. First, he
sacrifices they make in the Prsseat for their
future welfare, rs the collectIap ~ > genera
fund for sphsisling theiF msMber vhen ont
Of employ neni, BY khiCh means "they take
them out Of the labor mark o." and prevent
them. ffO,. oompstinE with those n smpley1
meat, I'd reducing their wages AsoS W
supporting out of their fupds their sick. in
Hrm, or supeFannaascd members, end by pro-
tectiag their members generally against ~
acts ,of tyranny or 1injpsticg o. the part Of
employers, . protection which IA often need
ed. Such unlons are also Of incAlcuabl4
benefit Go men coming to tOwnseT traFslllg
IN the country in search ofNonpaoy ment,
where obey readily meet with parsons. u shwr
own trade 20 aid them in precasing WORM
and wnere they have exteddsd tpRards them
the aid aud hand of fellowship. ,Numstsus
othss advantages might be named, as the
knowledge aud business habits H.; .csure
IN their unions; the habis Of submitting TO
law ard government; ana the experience and
framing they 6kSeiyeito enable them hereAf-
ter TO take part IN The various associations
of their couGtry. parochlAl, municipal, s0o
polit,cal-unions which form the boast OF
Engiishpen ana the fo0od.roa Of thsir H.
berliess N
Thsfe is one great drawback, however. TO
their uaions, which NJ their true friends
must lament that Is, that most Of them nold
their meetings at pnbhc-bouses-pIAees
where their money Is often wasted, drink
ing habits iormed, their brains muddled. and
passions excited when, with very little in
dIvidual sacrifice, Though means of their
unions, they migut build thew own balls OF
meeting, and use them IS pieces Of instrac-
iou and 40. lsement for themselves and their
G iidrel
slranee Freaks OF LightnIng.
Lightning, like light, furnishes another
wonderful success on Of marvels. How del
cate, how subLel 1t performs its work
sometimes with scarcely touch. II u q
most txtravsgant idea 10 compsresthe causes
of thunder aad the effects of lightning 10
the noise and effects OF cannon and cannon
ball we are lace to tace with an essentially
superior furcs. 1t might be SAIL that i coI-
suIutes q transition between this world
and better one; in fact, IL is really sub
lect 10 uanscendenial laws which our weak
intelligence cannot grasp.
Bodies have been killed repeatedly by
lightning, but they have not given the slight
est trace OF any wOund OF scar, no slight
touch Of a burn or a confusion, no hot oil
the way by which the bird sprAng from its
confinement Dsiicat. and mo I subtle, we
have said, has often been its work Think
OF ITS melting a bracket FROM iady's Wrist,
yet leaving the wrist untouched think Of
its melting instantly PAIR Of crystal eobieis
without breaking them. Arago tells how
the lightning one day visited the shop OF y
Sua5lan cobler, old not touch The articles,
out magnetiztd all his tools. One can we'll
imagine the immense dismay of the poor Eel
low; his hammer, pinchers and avis attract.
ed al: the needles, Plus, tacks and nails, and
caused them to adhere irmly 70 The tools.
The amazed shoemaker thought shat every
thing IN the shop was suddenly bedevile- !
or else that he was dreaming. And there
are several we'll aulhsnucassd cases like this,
showing that iron can be rendered magnetic
b. thu electric current. We read of mer-
chant, Of w. ke6eid, who had placed in
corner of bis noom box Of knives and forIs
and iron tools, destined to be sent to the
colonies; in lsme the lightning, struck
open the box, spread all the articles on the
floor, and IT was found, when they were
picked up, that every one had acquired new
properues-they had all been affected by the
subtle touch Of the current. Some remained
in act, others were melted, but they bad all
been rendered more or less magnetic, so thai
there was not a sing'c nail in the box but
might have served tie purpose Of mariners
compass. Such anecdotes excite the sense
Of the marvellous, and IN popular science
they become windows through which the
young inquirer is able to look abroad into
the astonishing fields ofnsture.