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Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-29

The fourth annual exhibition Of the West
I street (GcorgetOwn) Academy took place last
night at Forrest Hall, and was largely al
| tcnned by the parents and friends Of the
pupils. The academy Il under charge of Mr..
julius SOpcr, and the exercises cOnslssed Of
defamation, recitation, dialogues and music,
which were Of most entertaining character,
! the scholars showing the greatest proficiency
In their several parts, receiving the plaudits
Of the assembly, and bouquets from uieiT sew
granmc, the principal awarded premiums rs
Junior Class-First premium for English
stndies, Isaac Birch; second do. Z. II. Up
pcfman; Latin and Algebra, Geo. Z. Reilly;
composition, J. VIM. Rely ponmanship, J..
A herroni inpro' ement In penmanshlP, 9.
II, Fitch first premium In defamation, NJ.
b. Mayheld; second do, j. William Reilly;
worthy Of mention, j. ii, farnall.
Intermediate Class-flrst premium for Eng
NH studies, Edwin Forrest; second do, T.
ID. Johns; Latin, Clifton Mayaeld' first pre-
MUM for composition, y. u, Bates; second
S0 5Ssa y Dean sa aic4 v w snsSS
son, Jas. b. ThOmns, Geo, NJ. SothorOn; first
premium In defamation, +. II. Bates; second
do, VIM, b. Williamson.
Primary Class--First premium In English
studies, frederick X. West; second do, J. T.
Lighter, Latin, Edwin Forrest; composition,
hrat division, n. L. Miller; do. second do, O..
A. o. PrathoT permanently, Tyler Williams;
improvement do, VIM. %. Ray first premium
In defamation, WIN. j. Craig second do,
Vim. o. Ray.
Conduct Department for the whole year,
Ia silver gobletO Edwin Forrest
Commehoslnent Of ~. Matthew'S institute.
The pupils d tlils celebrated Institute were
cxhmlned In tho various branches Of an Eng
llsh aud classical education on tho 25th, 9Th
and e8th insts The latin class, fourteen In
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01
SCIENTIFIC.

AN English paper says that photographs
can now be printed with printers ink. They
are as permanent as a printed text, and so
easy Of production that II, 900 may be pro-
duced from single plate.
IT is said that artificial marble NAV be
made as follows:
Mix plaster Of Paris in a solution of
alum; bake In an oven, and grind to a DOW
der. 1t may then be mixed with water and
formed into any shape 1t will bear high
polish.
BRILLIANT GAS LAMPs.-AD Edin-
burgh inventor has patented plan for
new lamp, giving a most brilliant LIGHT. He
takes two tubes, Of different diameters. The
smaller within the larger one Of the tubes.
being connected with reservoir containing
condensed gas or air, or mixture Of both.
Over the tubes is placed perforated plate Of
platinum, or piece of platinum wire gauze.
through which the gas issues, divided into
numerous small jets. The gas being ignited
and the supply of air properly regulated.
so that the fame is made to disappear. the
plate or gauze becomes ncandescent. and
the result is most intense light.
A BOILER MACHINE.-A foreign journal
describes a machine for welding tubes and
plates for boilers, which machine seems
marvelOusly like an ore-stamping mill, fitted
with an anvil and applied to a new use. The
machine consists of number of stampers
or strikers, which are arranged side by side.
in row. These strikers are SO arranged
that they may be raised to a certain definite
height, and then be allowed to fall by their
own weight. Below this row Of strikers Is
the anvil, which may be similar in shape to
that now in use for that purpose, Or curved
to the requisite form for either welding Or
Hanging"
PRESERVATION OF TELEGRAPH Posrs.-A
Belgian report on the preservation Of tee-
graphic posts, decided that chloride of zinc
is the best agent to employ. 1t is admitted
that differences in the soil in which the posts
are set make considerable differences in the
preservative action of the matters employed.
Thus, while sulphate of copper succeeds ad-
mirably well in some situations, it is shown
that calcerous soil tends to produce de-
composition Of the sui phate, and very
sandy soil draws out the salt from the wood
CreOsOte, the report says, possesses many
advantages, and in particular is very cheap,
but the Belgian administration consider
that these advantages are more than bal
anced By difficulties in manipulation, and
they have given up the use Of creosoteI
posts.-Mechdnics' Magazine.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01

who have ne knowledge of the business. In
the Bricklayers' trade alone, there are at
least one hundred and forty employers, only
thirty or thirty-6ve Of whom are practical
mechanics.
THE MGHT-HoUR LAW.
Ipropose to amend the eight hour law Of
the State BY providing that it shall be en-
forced upon all work done by or for the
State, and that the party or parties violating
the same, If they be State officers, shall, on
sufficient proof be dismissed from Office, and
If it be by contract, that the party or parties
30 contracting. on conviction thereof in any
court, shall forfeit his contract, and be fined
not less than one thousand dollars am
also preparing the following bills:
To protect females employed by men.
10 compel employers to pay at once, men
Or women in their employ, whom they have
discharged.
To protect the lives Of mechanics, labor
ers, and Others, engaged in the erection Of
buildings, BY compelling suitable scaffolding
or staging to be erected.
To amend the Mechanics Lien law, to
afford greater protection
To prevent the use Of old barrels for
packing new -four. Hr.. Iui-- UI
4 shall report to you Ech measures above
named rs soon as they are drafted, with
such other facts as | may have to cOmmuni-
Gate, and in return shall be pleased to re-
ceive any suggestions you may have to
make 1i
With kind wishes for your welfare and
success, | remain your friend and brother.
JOHN W. BRowNING,
Chairman
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HOUSEKEEPER.

CHEAP PAINr.-A writer to the New
York Farmers Club gives a recipe for
cheap paint, which has been found excellent
for rough boards, but is not 80 well adapted
to smooth surfaces. Hydraulic cement, 5
pecSs; fine beach sand, one peck common
salt, quars mix with water to the con
sistenUe Of cream; and apply with common
whitewash brush. On rough pine or hem
lock siding it will last from two to three
years without renewing. The cost Of putting
it on two story building. 50x24, with la
Dor at $500 per day, and cement at $3.50
per barrel, would be $3.50
To Boil TURkEY.-If you wish plain
stufing, pound cracker, or some bread
crumbs, very fine, cnop raw salt pork very
fine, sift some sage and any other sweet
herbs that are liked, season with pepper, and
mould them together with the yolk Of an
egg put this under the breast and tie II
closely. Set on the turkey in boiling wa
ter, enough to cover il; boil very slowly,
and take Off the scum az it rises. "A large
turkey will require more than two hours
boiling small one, an hour and a half
lTaTnlSl Win Hleu lOICSneatJ huu serve
with oyster or celery sauce
WHITE PoTATO PUDDING. G.-Take one and
a half pounds of potatoes, boiled and mashed
very smoothly. Beat to a cream three quart
ers of pound Of sugar and one half pound
of butter, add to the butter and sugar the
Jolks Of seven eggs, beaten very light the
juice Of three and CRATE the rind Of one lem
on, wineglass Of wine or brandy, and half
nutmeg grated. Then stir in tie potatoes
and lastly the whites Of the eggs II YOU
find this rather stiff, add cup Of cream.
Bake in one crust
How TO CLEAN LAMP CHINNEYs-Most
people in cleaning lamp chimneys, use
either a brush made Of bristles twisted into
a wire, or a rag on the point Of scissors
Both Of these are bad for without great
care, the wire, or scissors, will scratch the
glass as diamond does, which, under the
expansive power of heat, soon breaks, as all
scratched glass will If you want neat
little thing that costs nothing, and will save
half your glass, tie piece Of soft sponge the
size Of your chimney to pine stick
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01
Indebtedness Of Towna

In the Concord IN. H. Monitor, Mr..
Samuel Flint. Of Lyme, in that State, has a
communication on town debts, which, better
than almanacs, will answer for meridian. {"
without alteration or variation. Mr.. Flint
is sturdy practical farmer, well known in
the Granite State, and never strikes blow
with pen, hammer, hoe, or axe, but in the
right place, and with telling effect, as the
letter below shows:
AT the annual town-meeting, the town
treasurer reports the town indebtedness.
That is, they report the amount of notes.
bonds, &c, outstanding against the several
towns, amounting to ten, forty, or sixty
thousand dollars, as the case may be.
The people feel restless under it. Thew
wish it out of the way 1t seems like bur
den, and it is. Yet the real amount of our
debts is never reported. The town
debts, as they are called, make but a small
portion of our Indebtedness. There are in
addition, county, state, and national debts
that the people in the several towns have got
to pay.
l would like to lay before the working
men of New Hampshire a few statistics in
manner so clear that they will read and
understand them; for | am very sorry to
say it, they great mass of the workingmen
are better pleased with a novel than a
column of figures.
/ said our town debts are never reported.
For illustration, let us take the old farming
town Of Lyme, in Grafton county; which
may be considered a fair representative of
our farming towns generally. Our town
debt has boen reported "abOut thirty thous-
and dollars" ever since the war. Precisely
what it is nobody seems to know, but we
call it $4,000. Grafton county owes
100000. Our share Of this is $4,000.
The State owes S,OOO,OOO. Our share is
$4,000. Estimating the national debt at
two and half billions, our share Of this is
$108, 900, amounting in the whole to $780,
600 In this estimate the debts are divided
in proportion to valuation The whole va
luation of the town in 1854 was in round
numbers 4694, 900, so that nearly one-fourth
prrt of the taxable property in town is mort
gagged 10 pay our public debts; and every
farm worth four thousand dollars may be
sold to be mortgaged for one thousand.
To get something like realizing sense of
our debts, let US, in the same manner, esti.
mate the debts Of some Of the principal
towns in each county. The following table
shows the amount Of debt due against the
aovorol koxynu.
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have no means at hand to ascertain the
amount of the several county debts, and am
unable to give the sum belonging to each
town, except Lebanon but have given the
fractional part of the debts, whatever they
may be, which should be added to the other
sums to make the total sum for each town
thus, nearly One-third Of the debt in Straf-
ford county should be added to Dover and
little more than one-third Of the debt in
Hillsborough county to NJ nchester, and
one-fourth Of Merrimack county TO Concord,
and SO Of the other towns in other counties.
We see, then, that the city Of Manchester,
instead Of owing some $431, 900, as reported
last March, really owed 81, ,227 900 besides
one-third Of the county debt Concord was
in debt 81 1888, 900 and one-fourth the am
ount of her county debt. These fractions
are not exact, but near enough for general
estimate.
After looking at these sums, the work
ingmen will see the enormous load they are
carrying. Even the little town of Ellsworth,
with 800 inhabitants, so poor that they paid
in 1864 but thirtr-four cents on a thousand
dollars Of the State tax, has debt Of IA, 900
with valuation Of $4,000! Nearly one
third Of this town is mortgaged
And who pays the interest on these enor-
nous debts Whe supports a ring OF polit.
ical gamblers in all departments Of our gov
ernmeut ! The laboring men. There IS a
steady stream running from every work
ingman's pocket to the pockets Of the bond
holders and public thieves And there is
no hope of relief from the leaders Of either
party. What, then, shall we do? Organ.
ize a workingmen's party. Reverse the
whole financial policy of the general
government. Make greenbacks a le-
legal tender for all debts. Talk of resuming
specie payments How can it be
done 50 long as the government discredits
its own paper? A man might as well at
tempt to make two acute angles by dropping
perpendicular upon horizontal line. II
these debts are ever paid, it will be done in
the same currency we borrowed. In this
way it could be done without taxing the Peo-
pie. Will the government do It No
Why? Because it was controlled by the
bond holders, who see that il is for their inter
est to make money scarce. 1t is just as clear
for the interest of the wOrkingmen who have
got these debts to pay that money should be
plenty because, as is well known, it il
easier paying debts with abundance Of mo
ney.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01
NATIONAL LABOR UNION.
ON OBNOXIOUS LAWS, FOR THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.

We have just received the following from
Mfr. John Browning, of New York, with
the request that it be published in the
ADVOCATE
NEW YORK, Dec. Is, 1869.
Richard Trevell'ck, Ed, PresiiTnt Natio nal Labor
Union:
Ny DEAR SRI have tried to obtain
copies of such laws, now in force in this
State. as have been deemed by workingmen
to need amendment and alteration, but |
have not Succeeded to my satisfaction. l
propose, however, to give you some idea of
the work l am now laying out and prepar-
ing for the Legislature. In the hrst place
| must inform you that, on the 10th OF
November, ult., / addressed the following
circular to the workingmen and women Of
the State
No b5 GRovR STREET. NEw YoIK CiTI.
November Is, 1859. (
70 the Members OF the TraAes Unions Of the State o.
NsW York.
GENTLEMEN: Having been appointed
by the President of the National Labor
Union, Chairman Of the Committee on Oh
noxious Laws, for this State, l hereby re
quest all Unions, Lodges, Societies, and as
sociations Of workingmen and women, ant
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01
Editing q ponar

The following was found in the office Of an
editor by the county sheriff:
Editing a paper is a very pleasant bus-
ness.
II 1t contains too much political matter,
people won't have it.
IL 1t contains too little, people won't have
If the type is large, it don't contain enough
reading matter.
II the type is small, they can't read it.
live publish telegraph reports, folks say
they are nothing but lies.
Ii we omit them, they say we have no en-
terPrise, or suppress them for political ef-
feet
live have in few jokes folks say we
are nothing but rattle head.
II we omit jokes. they say we are an old
fossil.
II we publish original matter, they damn
us for not giving original selections.
If we publish selections, folks say we are
lazy for not writing more and giving them
what they had not read in some other paper.
Ii we give man complimentary notices,
we are censured for being partial.
If we do not, all hands say VIC are a great
hog.
If we insert an article which pleases the
ladies', men become jealous.
live do not cater to their wishes, the pa
per is not fit to be in their houses.
If we attend church, they say it is only
for effect
live DO not, they denounce us as deceit
full and desperately wicked.
II we speak well Of any act of the presi-
dent, folks say we dare not do otherwise.
4 we censure they call us traitor.
If we remain in our office and attend to
ouWess, folks say we are too proud to min
gle with our fellows.
If we 60 out, they say we never attend to
business.
If we not pay all bills promptly, folks say
we are not to be trusted.
If we do pay promptly. they say we stole
the r"7ey.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01
Written for the ADVOCATE.
Chow-ChOw and his Friends.

Chow Chow and his Friends.
HR. W. HUNE.
The Benencent Dragon. by will Of the Rates,
With III presence august honOrs-Uncle Sans States
And goldfish and ahoddy,
Hang round In . body,
And welcome hiA advent with uncovered patss.
'HurrGh r cries the Factory King,
snow I'll screw my hands and make 'sm singl
'Gainst their Union pirate
Pn shut my gate,
When obOw-ohew's men frOm China bring.
Miss TOsdy % Mrs. M~RImsy declares,
They'll 500 be veil rid Of those pert Irish Dsars
And cl. an out the city,
OF Norab and Kitty.
And should they both stArve, mAAm,-why nobOd.
Old Simon Lsgree looks eut from his den,
To welcome the old TINA coming again;
When Too OhoO's back
shsll Vince st his crack,
For he knows BY the treaty they're slaves not men.
Pride. lust and lA1inssS, hard in hand.
A sorry lOt-and . beastly band,
They take their stand
With thess hea thens tanned,
To debauch and degrade Dol u@bia's land.
THE REFRAIN.
Thus they gather. gather, gath r,
All around;
And the patient Sons OF Labor
Hear the sound
Walls Of woe. and 5ighs Of sorrO~,
Like dream
Bad TO day-but worse Tomorrow
Is the theme.
There's nothing stands between US
And the night,
Should Labor Unions falter
In the right.
In the darkness let the shepherds
Cry be heard;
All the Sons Of Toll are waiting
Fer the word.
Stained with nAmeless crimes and sins,
PAgans base;
Aliens In heart and mind,
Add In race;
Weighed in CALIFORNIA; balance,
Wanting found;
All agreeing In that sentence
Just and sound.
Shall these slaves, condemned and branded,
Enter int
viii they force this Coolie labor
Here within
Ther from every hill and valley
Let uS come;
Freemen riss-ere Freedoms murdered
In her home.
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And this talk about resuming "specie nav.
ments'' is all delusion. You can make 4
paper dollar equal in value to gold dollar
oy making it answer all the purposes Al
gold In domestic commerce. 1t is not ne
cessary that It should equal gold in foreign
countries. Even our gold coin will not pass
IN England ounce for ounce on a par with
English gold. Let the government make
greenbacks legal tender in all transact ons
between the citizen and government, as i
aoes between men. and there would be no
Iurtner demand for gold coin at home and
wnen you reduce the demand for commod-
ny, you rednce its value as compared with
other things, Greenbacks would then Ger
talnly approximate more nearly to the value
OF gold and if the demand for gold IN for.
elgn trade were not too great, greenbacks
%oulo " soon be on a par with gold, even if
Ine amount in circulation were doubled
LET the workingmen, then who have these
deDts to pay, take the government into their
own hands, and legislate for their interests
instead Of the bondholders
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01
Seven Fools.

/. The enviOus man-whO sends away
bis mutton, because the person next to bim
is eating venison.
2. The jealous man-who spreads bis bed
with singing nettles, and then sleeps on it.
8. The proud man-who gets wet through
sooner than ride in the carriage Of al infe-
rior.
A. The litigious man-wbo goes to law in
the hopes Of running his opponent and gets
ruined himself
5. The extravagant man-wbo buys
herring and takes a cap to carry it home.
6. The angry man-whO learns the ophi-
cleide because he is annoyed by the playing
of bis neighbor's piano.
Z. The ostentatious man-who illumin-
ates the outside Of bis house most brilliantly
and sits inside in the dark.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01
. orkinR People
SATURDAY EVENINGS
for their convenience.
NTaors Enr Ydar4iPUin1 nanowttora.

When new DepOstor first comes to the sasings Bank
precautions are taken and records made he may
Aways be identified and 50 III ( In case bok & lost
the owner thereof cannot be detrauded.
The business or this institution is confined exclusively
the receipts Of Savings Deposi land Funds
deposited in trust No Commercial or GeDtral Bank
ne business is transacted.
certain proportion Of the funds are nveed by loan
upon real estate 10 the city or Chicago In akng such
l'ans preference is aIwsys given TO applications from
Dep,stors Of small manr who have accumulated IL the
nsttu ion sufficient funds 10 pay for otsOf ground,
and des re borrow something more TO AID them In
erecting buildings "a be used A. permaneIf homes for
themselves and families.
SSMoney RENTED ~ Draft 70 Enrope q elsewhere
Tor Depositors.
Rf-The Plans OF Cheap Cottages seectet by q com
mittee of depostors "a N institution ma be at
fhe savings
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01

A LITTLE creature, under three years Of
age. on being told that she was too little to
have q muff, asked, with bright flush over
her whole face, "Am too old to be cold m
Another on being refused admission to the
church upon the ground that she was too
young asked if she was too young to sin and
be sorry for it?
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-01
THIS INSTITUTION Is
Exclusively a Savings Bank !!
NO OTHER BUSINESS Is TRANsACTEt

Sums as Small as One Dollar !
WIN be received nom any person, and Bank Rpok vii
IL furnished without charge.
Married Women.
And Minor Children may Deposit money, 90 thattNo Cne
Societies.
May deposit Money from time to time and
the nTst Deposit, may Provide by Vote, how and by
Whom It shall be drawn out and, provided leopy o
the Resolution he furnished to the Savings Fan nof
MONEY viii be paid, unless its provisions areift city
DepositOrs.
Whether Foreigners Citizens have the me lights
to PROPERTY and in OF Death, MOney,tO their
Credit will be paid 70 their Legal represeft ftatves,
whether they are In this country or elsewhere.
Wills.
Printed Forms OF Wills have been prepared oy ts Coun-
SCI Of the Savings Bank, so that any Deposit ior may
legally designate some who take cl ArFh Of his
Money and Property and be IA dian Of his children
10 OF his Death thus much inc snencstand EI
pense may be avoided. An Ocer OF the Savings Bank
without any charge for his services prepares SWm for
any Depositor applying.
Interest
at the rate Of six per cent per annum, Is pau all
sums Of Pive Dollars more, but interest nly paid
the halfyesr day. that IL the FIRST day Anuary,
and on the first day OF July, In each year
Interest IL Estimated
from The half year day for every month that the
amount then on deposit has been in the savinea Bank
the interest s called for 10 credited he inter
est day a deposit be same rate Of tnterSst ts
allowed on all sums whether large or small
II Money is Drawn 0utf
between the hafyearly Interest days tntsret h only
stopped on 50 much is thus drawn out mel on what
remains
Notice
not ordinarily required before money is krawn,
sufficient funds kept available to pay DepoeitorS
when they want to their money but the to
quire ce is reserved for the purpose Of preventing
"runs, which not allowed.
Working People
need not lose any time. the Savings Bsyk is kept
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Is not ordinarily required before money IL krawn
sufficient funds are kept available pay DepoeitorS
when they want their money but the RtoHT
que ce Is reserved for the purpose Of preventing
Mnrhln nhnra M all nd