The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-03-21

have .>ssusly. been found 10 Milestone town
ship, Forest county, Pa.
A miner named Murphy was killed on the
18th b. failBg down the Keotucky shaft, At
La Sale, distances of1OO feet wv
-Manusaetaring and M mag Aenmss
Il Is s..ted that nearly all the shoe manu-
featuring towns IN Massachusetts, are dong
fair business just now, though the wages
paid to woskaAen ere lower than usual = !.
Granite found in Minresota has been
tested BY the sGovernment geologists at
Washington, and pren0snesd to be equal, if
not superior o snv in the United States,
aud fully equal to Russian granite, known
AZ the hest building material In Europe.
The Montana GaSsste says: lt 10 thoaght
that placer mining will be more extensively
prosecuted in this section the coming season
THAI before.g Large bitches have been dug,
some Of which have cost 500 OOo each. and
the supply OF water will be unfailing. 1t is
a reasonable estimate that 81 ,0OO, 900 were
expended last year for operations for this
year. and everything predicts large prOduc-
ion Of gold aud good times generally.
The Paisdelphia Prss. says the mines Of
Arizona are As yet but little developed, and
the whole mining interest IA the Territory
is tagging. Rich veins Of gold and copper
bearing ores have been disco sered, bat ow-
ing TO the difficulty experienced in working
and reducing them capital has reen repealed.
Carefully guarded investments, improved
machinery, the application of reasonable
Ill, and access by railroads viii make this
ffcitfUl mining! rgienl The whole pro,
ceeds OF the mines for the past~fear are sup.
posed to approximate $4,000.
Ia St. louis the whole amount ofAmanu-
factured products for 1861 is valued at SAL
Gas, 457. The number Of Lien (skilled labor
engaged in manufacturing, $3.50. Value Of
labor employed in mAnHfac: ure in 1857 is
1871, g04 The valae Of fiear manufactured
is 81, 1873, l63 divided AmauR thirty i've
mills, employing AS hands, and paying
them 1887 900 for their labor. The four
stove establishments manufactured 97,S1S
stoves, vaIaed at 81 ACC, 6lo, employing $50
men, whose aggregate labor amounts to
$3.50, 900. -rf-as sss
TaE daughter Of q wealthy merchant ia
Edinburgh recently received presents at her
wedding worth 100000. 80
GREAT Britain leads the world in mercan-
tile shipments with 100000 tons. The
United States stands second, vith A0QQ, 900
tons. In 1850 she had oveftaken Great
Britain, but the late war has caused fall
ing on. Germany Is third on the list, Car
exceeding France, which follows as the
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CAsr SYsKL HooPs.-At . foundry il
IIss.las, England, Y n saassaDeed- there hay
Just been completed some verv large cast
steel hoops, which are ten feet and six inches
in diameter, six inches broad, and one and
Sc veh-eikhths Of an inch thick. These
hoops have been made from Solid cast zteel
ingots, which, after hammering, were rolled
10 tire machine.
To On BAsp ksArHM-Band leather ID
often improperly oiled. When oil Is applied
to betting dry, it does not incorporate itseli
vita the 6bers as when partly dampened
with water. The best wsy 70 oil belx is ID
take 1t from the puileys and immerseI i in
q warm solution Of tallcw and oil. After
allowing il 20 remain o few moments, the
belt should be immersed in water heated 10
1909, and instantly removed.
A USEFUL OoNTRFsANcB.-A resident OF
Maine has invented and applied for q patent
for . contrivanee which preDises to do
away vita the common button hole IN col
lars, cuffs and articles OF outside wear where
the button hole 10 used Il consists Of .
small and durable eye ~ Jn the stud or
sleeve button, and is secured by q moveabte
swivel, which can be fastened or undone in
stank.y
To PnEssnvE BoaUxrs-The Belgian TO-
rists are said to practice plan by which
they hsEe bouquets In fair condition even in
damp or cold weather, for . week Or ten
days. They change the water in which they
are kept, every other day. cut of with sharp
scissors q Quarter Of ahfnck Of tBe steais,
and put pinch Of salt and . grain Of salt
petre into the water. n very much faded,
the stems be put into hot water for q minute
or two. or into highwinss, eau de cologne or
ammonia.
ConPosrloa FpeE W. Ssietpsys and N.
B. Chase, of Lockport, N. Y, have sbtained
q patent for q composition faek The fbl-
lowing are the ingredients and proportions:
Coal, three parts; tan bark, two parts; ssw-
dust. two parts; peat, or other hne woody OF
vegetable matter, one part; coal tar Or pitch,
enc part, or sufficient 10 cement the whole;
or they msy be combined In greater or less
proportion Of either: secaring Substantially
the same result. The whole mass may be
easily ignited with shavings or paper, or
more readily rbY the appiies$ion Of q small
quantity Of benzine and q match.
THs DCRonErKR.-Attha Paris EXPOSITION
IN instrumeht~ was exhibited designed sf5r
testing the relative hsrdnsssr Of stssl ..s;ls
This 'sdurometsr," as IL is styled, Is virtually
! small drilling machine, WORKING. hy hand
Or machine power, which registers thu nam
Der Of revolutions OF the drill spindle and
slso the amount Of feed, the latter being
given by sths application Of known weight
% the back Of the drill spindle. The fric-
ion Of the machine and the state Of the cut.
'ing edges are supposed 20 be constant ouan-
IL Il aSl a sue6 are tksown at q IN caI-
,ulation. The hardness Of the rail IL con- |
,idered 20 be inyersely proportionate to the |
lepth Of lead obtained with given number |
u reEelutienss. s 4ra9a3e .tssF y .sssy -
: 0N1ohs ArD EPiDHnics.--In the spriux Of
Ls49 | was in charge Of one hundred men on |
IhipboaTd. with the cholera among the men. \
We had opi0nas which number OF the men I
tie freely. Those who did 90 were soon II \
acked, and nearly Ill died. Al soon ID |
made this discovery their uss was forbidden. I
After mature deliberalion / came 10 the con.
:ldsion that snicns shepl1 1ev4 ID. eaten
iurng the prevalencs of epidsnics, for Tie 4
'eason that thsy ab6esb thstsIFus and CON-
nunicate the disease, and that the proper
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