The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18

xI1 1u14xu Tor <41u&yskW0 nuoos per-
ms (slsgen hundred ~ the pill alone) has
~ jnet epe,ssd there, Tie money foF build
iag Ihlnh (f6, 0o0l ~ raised BY "a shares,
mostly taken Up by vorkingmen. A theatef
has long baeI. what b called - desiderstum'
Il ths plncs. Two years ga. ths men who
havs ths secret * making cooperation pay
determined 70 supply tie want. and they
hare succeeded.
A xnssr q sntsrprisiog and influential
0ermans Of Patterson, N. j., have formed
. Cooperative Association, and iatend TO
found acolopy near Aschison, Kansas. The
plan u 70 snkrscs In the Association twenty
o. more ismiIies, with Z capital Of $lb, 900
o. GO, 600, and 10 expend The snm In pur-
chnsnne suitahls tract Il land, and an as
sortnsns a implenents for agricultural and
manufacturing purposes. the profits OF the
entespriss . y distribntsd among the CO.
opwators N pruportion to their share OF cap
ital or labor inves.sd. .Pncsical farmers and
mechanics are invited to become members OF
The Association.
Bcsentthc.
NKw TREArwExr roR AnPuTArrox.--Dr.
Maisonueuve, surgeon Of the Hotel Dieu,
Paris. read paper before the French ,Acad-
emy OF the advantages OF continuous
method cf sspiratien In the heaiirg Of great
amputations. The liquids exuding from the
surface Of the wound coming in contact with
the air, poisonous putrefactiou ensues to
arrest this action, Dr.. Maisonneuve, after
dressing the wound with lint saturated with
antisepfic liquids, brings into use his aspira-
tory apparatus, which consists of o sort OF q
burette Of India rubber furnished with q
tube Of the same Substance. flask o. iou'
litres capacity, and an air-pump which ex-
hausts by means Of q flexible tube By the
use Of this apparatus he removes the princi-
pal cause Of danger from amputations.
! A MEfAL THAT EXPANDS IN COoLENe.-
Lead, 9; antimony, q; bismath, part
This metal is very useful in filling small de-
fects In iron castin.s, 80.
SrRRsorH OF IRoS CiIRDRRs.-Mr Fairbairr
states that wrought iron orders Of ordinar,
construction are not safe when submitted t.
violent disturbances equivalent to ene-,hirt
Of the weight that would break them"
ALTHOUGH every possible care has beer
taken in the construction Of Greenwich Oh
servatcry to Obviate vibration, the delicacy
of the instruments is such thas the sudden
shutting Of the outer gate is said to be suffi
Gent TO cause q star to start out OF the heio
OF the equatorial telescope.
IxcoxBUslIBLE SrRAw.-It has been proved
BY repeated experimental, that straw, sstu
rated with q solution Of lime, or commoe
whitewasb. is incombustible. This fact n
of great importance, especially as thatch i
not only rendered fireproof, but more dur.
able. A solution Of alum has been tried
but being soluble, the rain destroys IL
virtues.
ALUMINIUM ARNoR--A trial has Just beer
made ut Florence of a euriass 10 alumni alum.
which is as light as an ordinary waistcoat
nearly a. flexible, and capable OF turning
mus. et-ball fred at the distance OF thirty
Ell ut PAGES, and resisting bayonet thrusl
from the heaviest nand. Each cuirass cost
only Is francs. Two regiments are, II Il
said, to be Immediately provided with them
IHPRoyEMESrs IN GuS-cofros.-Gun-cot.
ton is now made into ropes for storage, AM
kept under water. When an order Is re
ceived at the manufacsory, few hours sui
fee to send the cotton on Its way. IL ha
been found that making the ropes with many
air channels through the mass the cotton ex
plodes almost instantaneously, and Is a.
violent in action az the strongest Eliminates
Charges for guns are now made In two part
an exterior composed OF cotton OF ioos'
texture, the ignition of which starts the oaii
and an interior Of denser material, wn'el
supplies the gas necessary to keep up to-
constantly accelerating speed OF the pau
The result is a great gam in initial velocity
Compared with gunpowder in an L ihel'
rifle, the cotton gave a trajectory having Al
incarnation Of I-6 inches and the powdel
3-s inches 10 he first 100 yards.