The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-07-09

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the business, and to bear bis or her part Of
the burden Of life, that the performance Of
that duty will be pleasant, and the neglect
Of il painful
Were not my time limited to fifteen
minutes, / would gladly point out what we
might do to hasten that good time com
ing" when the now crumbling relation Of
master and servant shall be a thing Of the
past.
As a closing remark, permit me to use
the privilege Of an old man, to offer you a
word of encouragement and advice.
Since the illustrioUs Abraham with three
hundred servants born in bis own house,
went out on a fillibustering expedition, and
divided the fruits of his success with Mel
ebesidec, priest since Sarah was mistress
and Hagar servant since the former gave
the latter over to the g. - .s of her bus
band without cor IL on with her maid
and without scruple since the faithful old
patriarch, bound bis thirty-6ve year old boy,
Isaac, up,l'a pile Of wood for burnt Of
fering, anu was ready with the glittering
steel to stab him to the heart since the
warlike Jeptba, with no qualms of con-
science. offered up bis only daughter in the
beauty Of her young womanhoOd, as burnt
offering unto the Lord, down to the 22d
day Of June, A. d. 1870, there has been
. constantly growing appreciation Of human
equality and human rights Kings. priests,
and capitalists have vainly sought to stay
its progress Our late civil war, making
four millions Of slaves freemen the
fifteenth Amendment to our National Con-
stitution, giving them voice in public af
fairs the same rs their late masters the
rational and earnest claim which is being
made by large and increasing numbers Of
our female slaves for the same rights that
our nation has conceded to negroes all
unite TO demonstrate that human equality is
being more and more recognized that the
march of freedom is onward The time
will soon come when we shall have 80 far
outgrown the blindness of the past, that we
shall see clearly that all races, colors, ma
tionalities, and sexes Of the human family
have common origin, a common destiny,
and common law Of developement; that
they are developed by the consequences Of
their acts that all have equal rights, duties,
and obligations that master and servant is
vicious relation, and should be, as far as
possible, avoided and discountena1ced by
those who would hasten g the good time
coming" That if society is ever to be
what the hopeful expect. and the good try
to make it, that condition can only be at
tanned through the perfection of each of its
members accustomed to free, full use Of
every faculty stimulated BY interest and
emulation, and restrained only BY cult
vated love Of justice.
Young men of the Lyceum, as a parting
word, ! would say be no ones master, be
no ones servant"
Light Ships.
Round the English coast alone, there are
between forty and fifty ships great, ugly
looking vessels, always painted red, with
their Dsmes in large white letters on both
sides. Day after day, month after month
in fact, for seven year each vessel has
to ride at its appointed station. After
those seven years, it is taken in for s6oFl
time the barnacles and weeds are cleared
Of the bottom Of the vessel she un1ergoec
thorough overhaul and repair, and is theu
sent out again, to begin another seven years
Of pitching and tossing. Spare light ship,
arc always ready to take the place Of any
that are brought in for the regular septen
nial overhauling, or to repair damages.
1t is a matter for wonder that the vessels
ride SO long at their allotted stations without
breaking loose, and herein lies the art o.
light ship management It tells of careful
supervision and efficient service, that only
about once in every ten years is light ship
known to break away from her moorings.
She is usually moored with a single mush-
room anchor, weighing between thirty OF
forty hundred weight, which sinks into the
ooze or sand at the bottom Of the sea, be-
coming completely embedded; the cable
which holds it would scarcely do for watch
chain, each link being made Of one and a
half inch iron, and being about seven
inches in length. These cables have to un-
dergo a very severe process Of testing, each
link, before it is made use Of for mooring
purposes, having to bear a strain equal to q
weight Of thirty tons. Each vessel is sup
piled with about two hundred and ten faith.
oms, q quarter of mile or so of this cable
Those which are moored in very deep water
have as much more as the depth Of wqtel
renders necessary. 1t is by the skillfu
management of the cable that light-shiE
is enabled to ride out the 6ercest storm in
safety. In smooth weather they have only
a short cable out, but when it is rough, and
the pillows run high, they let out sufficient
chain to enable her to mount up to the very
top of the great waves. She is never al
lowed to 20 to the extreme length Of bel
tetber as she rises she takes as much chain
as she wants, still leaving a quantity on the
ground, whereby she seldom jerks at the
anchor, or has a tight strain on the cable,
The constant rise and fall Of the cable, and
the swinging Of the vessel round with the
tide often occasion strange combinations, and
the great chains have been known to tic
themselves in knots, and to do themselves
up in such tangled lunches, that it was
with great difficulty they were disentangled,
the latter operation having to be generally
performed by means of sledge hammers and
anvis.
Some readers perhaps wonder bow the
lights are maintained bright and clear OF
verv stormy nights. and whv the rolling anc