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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-22

Il is not more than forty years ago that
Mr.. L. called at the house of DIR. h
one very cold morning on his way to oh
"Sr, sail the Doctor, "te weather a.
very frostY-wiii YOU take somethin0 N
drink before you startrr
In that early day ardent spfrits were
deemed indispensable 10 warmth fox Winter
When cennsncing jour aey, and al ever,
stopping place along the road, the trsseles
used infsr-sfng drinks % KEEP himself
No." said Mr.. l., "I never toucb
anything Of tho kied, and I'll tell YOU the
reason-mT wife ~ the cause Of it, had
been in the habit OF meeting some OF nv
neighbcrs evsry evening for the purpose of
playing cards. We assembled at each
others shop, and liqaors we're introduced
after . while. We met not % much for
drinking, but used 70 return home late Ia
the evening more or less Intoxicated. Nv
wife always meS ma nc the door affectiona,ely
and when chided her for sitting up 90 Lax &
for me, she kindly replied:
81 prefer doi1s 90. Tor I cannot alec
when you are cut /"
bear she would begin to scold me, for then
SSas~ @@sc sc-<ss181 410 tuUt relicveu nv
conscience Bat st= always met me with
The sane geatle and loving spirit.
Things passed on thus for some time
when AZ oece resolved that would, by re.
naming late and returning much into oTicated
provoke hersO mech A. to cause her to lee.
sure me, when | meant 90 answer he,
with severity. and thus creating another
issue between Ne, unburden my bosom d
lie present trouble.
:" returned In such . plight about sou,
O'Clock ~ the morning. She met me al Il,
door with her usual tenderness. and said
Come ~, husband, Ihavs Just been maxim,
. warm fire for you. because knew yoS
would be cold. Take on your boots anc
warm your Feet, and here is cup Of ho
coffee for you'"
~Docfor, that Was too much. could en-.
dure ~ no ionger, and | resolved from tha
moment that would nsver touch anothe,
dror ~ long - lived, and never will. Il
- heavy trial of ny wife's patience bu
sns sairly conqasrsd me thai time.',
he hcld 20 his resolution. and lived and dief
| practiei.g sotal abstinence from ali intoxica
s1nx dFinka In q village where iutempernuce
nss ravagsd As mach 10 I'm any other State.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

MANY a mans tongue i a two-edged
sword, one of the edges cutting bis friends,
and the other himself.
BE- always receiving or doing good. This
will make your life comfortable, your death
happy, and your account glorious.
IY the spring put fortt no blossoms, -
summer there will be no beauty, and in au-
tumn no fruit. So, II youth be trifed away
without improvement, ripper years viii 90
contemplate, and old age miserable.
A HEAD properly constituted can accom-
modAte itself to whatever pillows vicissitudes
Of fortune may place under 1t.
ALI Of our readers who are acquainted
with John Baker are aware that he married
old Miss Bette Blotchet for 7 money, that
he cannot touch it until she dies, and that be
treats her very badly 90 account Of what b
calls her "unjus.iAable longevity. The other
day, Mrs. Baker finding herself unwsll sent
for doctor, and in the prensece sf Baker
and the medical mar, declared her bslisfthat
she was poisoned and that Be, BGla. h.I
done it II didu't do il, shouted John
"ips al CANNON she isn't poisoned. Prove
IT. do.tor--OPsn her upon the spot; Pm will
Ssos "A London paper gives
brief definition Of snobbshness. seThe e.
sence Of snobbishness and vulgarity Is moth
ing more or less than display, designed to
create In other PERSONS minds a belief that
you are different from what you really are
better born, better bred, richer, more clever.
or more accomplished On the other hanc
i Is the perfect truthfulness aud modest,
which results from the absence OF desire u
impose upon his companions, which makeia
man a gentleman.
Nor BAD.-A Boston man tells the follow
ing newsboy story:
Coupon, the corpulent banker, was stand.
ing 10 State street one hot day, il August,
"wiping the servIls drops" from of BIZ
brow" when a ragged but sharp eyed news
boy accosted him With.
"Please sir, tell me the time 70
Coupon lugged out his FrodshaF7. .uT
looking benigEantiy down on his inter ,cu-
tor. responded.
f'Just two O'clock"
"All right, old buffer, said the samin.
gathering his rags together for run "Yon
can sell Out Tor soap grease, st three
o'clock
The insulted man Of money raised his
cane, and making frantic rush ut his tor
mentor, nearly fell over a frie11 who was
coming up the street.
"Hallo, Coupon what tie matter?" saiI
the other.
Matter" said Coupon, pufhing with heat
and anger, why, one OF those id news
boys asked me the time, and when told him
two O'Clock, the impudent young scodndreI
told me might sell out for soap grease at
three"
Don't be il such a hurry vas tie
malicious response, cit is only i've minutes
past two; you have got fifty y-hve minutes 70
do il in
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les, and many Of the societies have rule
expressly stating thst men shall not be ad-
mitted until they are 81 years, nor after .
certain age.
A man, though be should be an efficient
workman before 2l, may not be union
mani We consider that his master has
prior claim ON him then-he is bound as an
apprentice, as q general rule, till he 10 2l
years Of age.
Then apprentices are never permitted to
join the unionsi We never admit them !;
they do in some trades, but | am now speak
ing exclusively Of ours we never admit ap-
prentices because We believe there are times
when they would be brought 10 conflict with
as. In matters of strike we could not bring
them oit nor would we deeire it, because
We believe that the masters have a prior
claim 10 them.
ALI men before 81 are non union men p
Yes, as 9 general rule you may set 1t down
as such.
Then would the union rules apply to them
as non union ment Our rules apply simply
to our members.
l mean your rules with regard to members
not working with non-union men? We have
nothing OF the Kind.
That dietinguishs your soctety from some
others? 4 think il does
Cnairmhn-fou correct Mr.. Mault's state
ment OF ten per cent, and you say fifty per
cent. say that taking account of the con-
slderations that | have Just named, that
would be nearer the fact than ten per cent.
| have taken Of the boys under twenty and
tbe men under sixty, and | believe that the
ship joners society should be brought into
all 7
was IN Bradford a short time ago, and | in
quired OF our men there if they could find m
some OF Mr.. Howroyd's men, for had heard
the statement Of Mr.. Williams here, and the
statement Of Mr.. Mault, and thought that
thee was something strange about it. ]
saw some Of Mr.. Howroyd's men, and they
handed me a printed document to which
they are prepared to swear have not gone
further with 1t than to hear from an express
sion Oh opinion, but will leave che docu-
netn WIN the secretary. The men declared
that they are prepared to make the state
ment before you, and to meet their employ
ers before this board face to face If necessa-
~. There is portion Of the working rules
Of that town, some Of which are very arbi-
trary ones. that could not approve as az
operative; but they say that these were
written BY the employers, that they were
passed by them conjointly with the employ
ers, but that they were dictated by the en-
ployers, every one of them. do think that
there is something more than has yet been
heard to be leared about the Howroyd dis
pute. | believe that if you had the men
here you could place reliance on their words
and they state t1at they could prove to you
snat the plssterers' society was brought into
existence in Bradford in consequence Of ths
harsh treatment the men bad for years beer
subjected to. | thought as had heard this
statement down there, and had received this
document from tho men, should not be do
ing my duty ii did aot call your attention
10 the matter.
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LABOR SAVING SoAP.-Take two DO:1nds AZ
yellow bar soap and ten quarts Of water. Cut
The soap 10 thin slices, and boil together Two
hours strain and IL will be III r5r use. Put
the clothes TO soak the night before YOU
Nssna aE9 20 every pail Of water ia which
You bon them, add pound or this soap.
Iney VIII need 20 rubbing E7sT1'y rinse
thsm out, And tAeY will be perfer.lF clean
LAP A. ~-~r-a-a.---. la-s.aa. .s-r----
MuFFISs--Flour, ons quert; warm milk
and Eater, one Psut and q bali; yeast. 4 ouar-
tes Of piRt; salt, two ounces mix foe ar
teen minutes then further add, -four, 4 ouar-
Ger of peck make q dough, let IL raise one
hour, rol! i up, pull il into pieces, make
tnem into balls. put them In a warm place.
and when the whole dough is made into balls.
shape thf IN into muihns, and bake them on
uns turn theu when half done, did then
INTO warm milk, and bake ia pale brown.
QUEES PgDDISa.-One pint ~ hra,J
crumbs, grated tine; one quart milk. yo'l
Of four eggs, small piece Of butter. small Gun
OF sugar, grated rind OF one lemon: bake tha
same as a custard. For making the ic,inr.
beat the whites Of four eggs to q froth. small
cup OF powdered sugar, JUICE OF one lemon
After the padding j cold, ice II, and r.turn
".
A REckPr for ecOnomizing kerOsen, oil bv
P@,.ng salt 10 the lamp mas been frs auentlv
pu 5llshed- Inc ecitor OF thA 0,h. bafrs,.e
says be has fully tested 1t, and il is a greater
saving than was at fret supposed. Fill The
lamp half full Of common salt, then fIl up
with oil. Ii burns with clearer EAne, and
i saving gilmore than twenty Eve x cent.
ia OIL
To Prevent Coal Or LAMPS FRoG SMaK-
NG.-Take any quantity Of onions. bruise
them, put all into a retort, and distil. pour
little into the bottom Of the lamp, ana il
will give no smoke.
lsDELIsLE lSS.-TwsIve And hal grains
OF nitrate Of silver, a piece OF gum arabic
the size Of bean; put that into a phpl wi.iI
two spoonfuls Of water; let it remair th-ee
or four days In the sun, or at the IRE. ana a
Will dissolve and turn black. The 81 epara.
tory liquid l. one ounce or pearlash, ~ be
put into bottle with an ounce and half W
water, and piece " cum ar>t;O the size of
nutmeg.
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MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
Royal Commission appointed 90 Inquire
into Trades UnROms.

PaKskNr:
The Right Hon. Sir WrLLIAs ERLs In she ohair.
The Right Hon the EAaL - LscHrnID-
s.1 ne Right s Hon. Sir EDxuxD wArxnn BrAD. Bari
Sir DAsrsL Cocoon. Bart, NJ. P.
HxRxkE AsRIvALE, Esq., O. B.
JAMES BooTa, Esq. G. b
THonAs HueHRs, Esq, M. p.
PREBR1ex HARRIsos, Esq.
Mr.. RoBBRF APrLEaARrH examined.
lcosusUED.I
Chairman---Sursly Mr.. fuckers calcula-
tions were founded upon solveney and not
upon good or bad management? Quite 90
but in reply to question by Mr.. Roebuck rs
to whether our charges for printing and sta
tionery were economical there was . direct
answer given. Therefore think II 10 only
| fair to correct Mat. To us il is very impor-
tant that II si3ould not 70 out TO the world
that our items for this, that and the other,
are excessive, when really II il not the case.
In the item or stationery which was special
| " pointed out, we have at the present time
| E500 worth of that in stock. Our sess Of
books for the branches viii cost about e.
So. per set bat they viii last part OF them
for seven and part Of them for ten yesss.
Last year, having progressed so extraordi-
nary We ordere9 m extra stock and That
made that item more than II would be an
o.her year. And on the other hand mast
he deducted from the item Of printing the
amount the printed matter realizes, the re.
ports for last year realized about $40. Then
again last year NE printed about 4S,5Oo
! monthly reports, which sold at penny each
ard realised q large profit. And all thss,
things are accounted for in TIE item Of print
ing.
Sir ID. Gooch-Surely those items do ne
affect the question that Mr. Tucker raised
He did not 60 into those questions NJ all
bot he took the payments on account Of thi
| benefits, you holding ont . belief 70 thI
members who JOIN your society thas they ~
to have q superannuAticn at the eDd Of a
| years or any other period. Mr.. Tucker onl,
4 dealt as underwood him with that, .,ad me-
with these little mstters2 But these mat
ters we're referred to. Mr.. Tucker wa
4 questioned on them and gave . direct an
swer to the effect that be did mot conside
those itema reasonable.
i Chairman Youhave stated certain sources
Of income = bearing upon the question whe
lther yonr income b eqaAl TO your sxpendi
ture. This other question is : tetaily differ
ent onef Yea, bu' il 10 one which n. Thch
er was qnestioned about, and 1 thouKhk
only Mn to follow him over ~ sam
4 Sir = W. Hs4d~-Tf ulferstand ron A
q fneg represent ths oomp1lsory oc1ft& oE
socfety On ifs memb6fs4 ytl. fs1azsa
I v us VI NE4 ta E1Z1t Il t3Effe4f9& r isis
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AN APPEAL.

nv = = !"
Arise, arise. y sens of toll.
Yoar country seeks your aid,
Yor there are mighty foes 70 toii.
Else shall your Elories fade:
fhoss Sloriss which In fernsr days,
By precious blood wss won,
Entitled 10 eternal praise
Ths ,lis Warrington.
whsra ore now ths examples vt
By him, the mighty alrs =
How can you thus % soon iorges
The spirit and the Ore
rhss blsned within those gallant hearts,
That urged them In the hghtf
Supported them in all their parts.
". IAity and rishsi
Arlse, corruption's in Jour hails.
Usurpsrs settled there,
whils nonsy-chanscss gold snthran
Ana binds them In its lair.
where Iegislaiioa once 70 pure.
From forth their portals roil'd--
But nowsyour Intsress's Insecure
And bartsred there for gold
On, for ths,psariy strss'a shRs.fsws
ThrSngh thcss old heros' veins u
whose honsst b~srtA - Ardsr slewsd.
To break tyraAic ehAinss
Wliuns .hkraess air. ssarbai to sssve
Their country and msnkind,
And raise structure to preserve,-
An lOiling sons should mind
Ganns destitution through the land
Can everywhere be seen;
Then wherefore do you idiy stand,
Low, frownine Ills between
Republican and Democrat
Are bOth within the house,
And In like manner as the cat,
Treat you AZ the mouse.
Arise, and round your Platform, then,
Come dock you. every one;
Elect 70 honest workingmsn,
Complete the work begun
30 shAIl the happy days Of yore
More speedily return;
When poverty h known no more,
Add Re wer heart . shall mourn
.JOHs JAMS.
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MAcHINIsTs.

NIACHINlSTS' AND BLACkSMlTHS'
WI UNION, No Y Fort WAYNE, Indiana meets ever
Saturday night half past O'Clock at the old Ode
Relowp Hsi. calhoun street.
4. II. HAaRisoE President.
a W cEy. Cor. rstary.
MA iiNlSrS' AND BLACKSMlTHS'
VI " on, No. 4. of Wisconsin, meets every sATUR
DAY tlf-past o'clock, p NJ, At their hall o.
ths :. O. OF Third and Prairie Streets Muwau
zee r. MoAAEus, President.
WI Da-~ssrsR, feeording Secretary.
ACHINISTS' IND BLACKSMl
III UNION, No. I, d I 70. meets FIRST ant Third
MaSpAr Near " every month, AZ hslf-past seven
s'eiark q n at Iron M0uldera' Hail. ~ West kfth
Street, Cincinnati.
z. p. BRADFORD. President.
d. B Dixos. COrrespon.. lg soer'y.
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WATCHES!
EIgin Watches.
EIgin Watches
a Western Production
a National TrlunPhi

American made Watches are now freely
sccorlcd reputation for great superiority c-er any
imported Watch whis be had fc- .h9 same mousy
THIS s generily g-snte -. + = only neosrsAry
u announce o. the present General sud Departmental
superiniena suts 81 the NATIONAL WATCH 90. of
ElAIN. ILLINOIS are nearly all vel, known ~ men
who have previously bee4 Tho employ Q. The ArEesf
Of the OIL ConEa lies designing AMI operating - ms
chinery aud Contributing mainly TO its success Those
Eeutiprutu ksvs recu''sasg veil A. sAiAried
By ther previous large experience, they hsve, with
unssintsd capital at Lsr disposal spent nearly thrss
wears IN constructing improved machinery and reno
diving such defects 10 the I'D ss their rpeF Judgment
has suglessed With tbeae fa-ts baSis, the man
sysInenI thilk they are not imiodest In making ths
broad uiaisn hat the various grades of the klA3ih
WATCHES superior 10 all others Whatever which
can ba purchased al corresponding prices,
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Arns~ sabscrIbsrs sor lses ssnt = xm Tsr.Ln Con-
Ro2kk be1srs the and ef nccsnbT VII recskFa In No
va~par gn& pscgmber nu9baFa sf 1851 rApNv - q,
aenpie e0p4 sent fr& n apEns4 ~ he1lrs x4.n1y y
PsSaiSsr, czissss. u*
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1hf fact that more than fve hundred diff
ierena persons hare deposited over $1,000
IN new ten-cent SsFings Bank .
mouth. N. II /, during cha
sxistehce, would SEQ
pecpae ere not w.
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CARPENTERS / JoilERs.

GARPEN .IR,S' AND JOINERS' Uk'ON,
" ~ -iDciunati, Ohio, laeets every Tues }
efc - - clock, at tber Had ~ Aes
EvsH4s ,usu4 =. .,or. sss'y.
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1. The brass Colossus At Rhodes. l2l
feet N height, built bF Cores, "A. ID. ass, oc-
eupying 20 years in making. II stood across
the harbor OF Rhodes GO Years, and vas thea
thrown down BY an earthquake. Tt VAS
oou. ht oYAa-Jsm tFea she Saracdna, ---'~
1 loaded S00 camels with the brass.
@. The Pyramids Of Egypt. Th1 largest
21e engsged $4,000 workmen, was 80 years
In rcil1ing, and has nov stood At least 900
years.
>. The aqueducts Of Rome, invented by
Appius Clauaius, the Censor.
4 LabFrinth Of Psalmeticas, On the banks
q the NIlei containing within one lclosure.
LOO houses ard 2 royal palaces 4 covered
with marble, and having only one entrance.
Ihe building was said TO contain three thou
ssnd Chambers, and ball built 0i marble.
aaorned WITH the statues Of the gods.
o. me Phsros of Alexandria, q tower or
Ppiemy Ph'ladelPhus, IL the year III be-
taie Christ' Il was erected - a light house.
an contained magnificent galleries o. mar
ois-A large lantern at the top, the light Of
whcn was seen rearlY hunarvd m les of.
MTors oi an enormous size err flxed
sumo the FslerIes, rejecting everything
90 tne sea >zeommon tower II now ere>s.su
m Ats place. ~s
y. The walls OF Babylon, built by order or
loelniramis, or Nebuchadnezzar, and finished
n Ane year, By 100000 men. They were of
imnhense thickness.
~ The Temple OF Diana, at Ephesr.. com.
p.esed In the reign Of servius, the six. 4 king
OF ttome- II was 450 fsot long. 200 broad
ana dsuPported bY l2s marble pillars.
StnucrURH oT rHT IIvT1 Es-.;
,rom study Of the minute structure Of tbe
nver of the rabbit ~ wen a. many other
animals, concludes that the bile passes u
tne Periphery Of the Iobole in channels,
wnidh lie between, and have their walls
iornled BY the liver cells, and which com
mnlicatn With the intsrtubnlar branches OF
sne hepAtic duct. The new view is accepted
~ fsof Ebert and other prominent histolo-
Ina fact that more than ave hundred diff
ierent persons hare deposited over $1,000
IN new ten-cent Ssfingg Bank -
mouth. N. III during cha
sxistehce, would sge~
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TRADES ASSEMDi OF CHloA6C
II nueesa evarv MONDAY evenings, l55 sOuth
WfILtss JOKES, President
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sVHIC6GO JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS
UNION meets tne FtHsT ana THIRD TUESDAY
- mott " MoCcru'eks Block. cor Randolph AZ
W. EusrF President
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NJ. C. .tof~ Nei' ltt .-AiJ-
rYUCAGU TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
n u M ls. msets the LAST SATURDAY evening oiesa
aot N Al Bryan A. srsiAn's COmmercia Coiesei cor
sr o Ciark a1d Nssfi-staa sir--ts-
Gao ~ MCDnSALDt Presidont.
~. M -nnrer.rN.
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DRICKLAYERS' PROTECTIVE UNION
- ucets every Tuesday evening, "a hAlfpAss seven
t'elcsk a. n. a0es' Assembly Hail. l5S south CLARK
JesEPE BLIsgLrrE, President.
Narr
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DRAsS MOULDRRS' AND FINISHERS
ID UNtoy. meets the nrst MONDAY Of each mouth,
~ 4 0csoSk, st. Georges Hall CLARK sgeet between
lsniDSy s.t 1seAsoa sss- -.
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HARNESS-MAKERS' UNION, meets Al
70 Lasalie street, on the SECOND TUESDAY
evening sf each montl. Al S o'clock
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nAS 4 STEAM FILTERS UNION, NO
TX ~ CHICAGO, Illinois, ueets On the Bad and al
tuesdays n each Inonth I'm IA COTucks Building cor
,er Dear "a and Randolph streets.
VIZ HoCroa, President.
J. srAcA Treasurer.
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4RPENTJRS' AND JOlNERS' PRO
TECrryR UNION, or CHICAGO, meets ever
tNRsDtT r evening, at 81. Geo gels d al 70 South
rp.E at hsfusas seean O'ciock.
J SElDn0AE, President.
CHAALts w. WALKFA Cor. Sec, iso Biue Island Ave-.
2 D. hRApY hec sec.
The New York herald., 1868-05-17
RHOGNLYN INTELLIGENCE.

THE LATE FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENr.-On Friday
night Coroner Smith held an inquest over the body
Of Rosa Zahaling child four years of age, fatally
injured by beng run over by Granam avenue car
on the Sth inst. After protracted investigation the
jury rendered the following verdct:-''We find that
the death or Rosa Zahang was caused by accidental
injuries received through being Knocked down aud
over by No. 296 OF e Brooklyn City Railroad
Company, on the Sth of May, 1868. We eXOnerate
the driver John llannan) from all blame, and recon-
mend that the parents Of children of tender age be
more careful and not allow them in future in the
public streets without proper projection" Hannah
was then discharged from custody by the Coroner.
ARSON IN THE EASTERN DIsrRICT.-An attempt
made Friday night to set fire to the residence
of Mr.. Henry Mills, 1877 Morrill, street. E. D., but the
family fortunately discovered the fire, which was
kinded in the cellar in time to prevent serious re-
suits.
DEATH FROM BURNs.-AIrs. Margaret Hug, OF lat
Scholes street, E. D., who was terribly burned on
Monday evening last by the careless Of kerosene
OIL died yesterday morning, after enduring intense
agony.
FATAL SEWER AccIDENr.-Yesterday afternoon
two laborers, named James DOnnelly aud John Rowe,
were buried in sewer in Even street. E. D., by the
caving In OF an embankment. When taken from the
ruins DOnneliy was iOInd to be lfeless and Rowe
was dangerously injured