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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-01
Progress of Foreign Invention.

In connection with the numerous inven-
tons Of American origin, which constantly
come under our notice, we find it one Of the
most interesting items of our manifold labors,
to follow the progress Of invention abroad,
and to note the influence Of customs and
national peculiarites upon the requirements
which give birth to the numerous devices of
European inventor. Often some of these
are almost exactly like those which stimuli
taneously make their appearance here. For
instance we find in the last number Of THE
Eaqineer a description of an improvement
in mill picks, attributed 20 a Chester, Eng
land, inventor, similar in all essential re-
spects to the one we illustrated and describ-
ed in our last issue. These condolences
show that universal want exists for some
device Of the kind which gives rise no them,
and that this want has become 50 well de-
fined as to have attracted the general notice
of inventors in the department which feels
the necessity for it, As there are many
ways Of accomplishing a given end, such
devices are open to competition on the part
of other inventors, who, if they keep their
eyes open, will gain many important hints
from tie study, not only Of our illustrated
descriptions, but from the notices Of Euro
pean inventions we give from time to time.
An English inventor has made an i'm
provement in railway time ables, calculated
| to render their indications and directions
more intelligible and unmistakeable. He
inserts under the name of each station on
he table or bill line, ruled horizontally,
and continued under the various times across
the sheet, each line having distinctive
color or form. He also uses waved, curved,
dotted and other irregular lines, with or in
lieu Of straight or colored lines, or both
combined. In some cases he prints the
time tables in colors, the colors Of the vari
Gus stations being the same, and in unisor
with the figures indicating the times.
Another English invention is an improve
ment in the method Of grinding cards OF
carding machines. He adapts the screw
shaft and the parts in connection therewitl
to the employment Of a fat grinding disk
in lieu Of box or roller, whereby he claim
to obtain better effect. In an arrange
ment of the improved apparatus, adapted
the grinding Of the rollers or cylinders i
their places, the screw shaft is fitted to r.
volve in bearings formed in end plates Q
frames, which are suitably formed to fit tn
ordinary brackets or bearings,o into braek
cts provided for the purpose, and on th
shaft is mounted travelling frame, whic
carries the grinding disk.
, The war seems to be stimulating inver
, ton in small arms. Improvements
breech- leaders follow each other rapidly.
/ The following are some Of the most n,
ticeable Of recent English improvements
: this field. In one tho breech bolt is he
low, and contains discharging piston, IL
: latter being operated by means Of spir
/ spring, and furnished with tooth or pr
: jection by which it is capable of being T
!. tanned In position for firing by tooth.
! the rear end Of the upper part Of the bres
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-01
WIT AND WISDOM

Why are you like an annual, my darl-
ing ?" said saucy lover, binding bis arm
around Harriet's waist.
f" cannot say. Why III
Becauae you are handsomely bound"
Indeed y said Harriet. +" Why,
then, am like book Z"
" Because I'm bound in calf?'
AN Albany damseI asked one Of Der
fellow boarders, stylish dry goods clerk,
at the breakfast table. "Why is your
moustache like my back hair 7" lie blush
ingly gave il up, when the answer caused
him to blush still more; " Because it's
all dotcn -
An ignorant but conceited fellow got
aboard a steamer on Lake Huron. After
standing On deck a while among the crowd,
and seeing the captain approach, be in
quired q What is the name Of this lake -
. The Lake Huron" A." Yes, SIR replied
the man, But the captain going no fur
ther, the stranger said well, what is the
name Of the lake p " The Lake Huron"
again answered the captain. g want to
know what lake I'm on-what's its name n
Il Well, sir, said the captain, {" the name
Of the lake you're on is axe Huron. Does
that satisfy youy' The crowd were now
smiling quite audibly, and the man walked
On, muttering low to himself: The lake
I'm on j. the lake I'm On. That's polite
captain, indeed"
A PEDDLER walked into New York
brokers' Office and offered pens for sale.
" You've have come to steal a coat, not u
sell pens, said the broker as be thrust him
out. The following Saturday the peddler
appeared in all the glories Of his Sabbath
clothes. Now, sir, he asked with an
air Of triumph, do | look az though
came to steal a coat - "No," replied the
broker, "you look as though you'd stolen
one"
THrs story il beautifully illustrative Of
woman's wit: A young fellow in Nashua,
n. H., recently got angry with his sweet
heart, and for revenge took her to ride and
left her on the steps VI a country hotel.
several miles from home, to find her way
back as best she could The girl one even
ing afterward induced him to drive her to
visit sister 20 miles distant, and while be
was out of the buggy endeavOring to de-
cipher the name on door plate, she drove
off and left him to 20 home when he got
ready. The fun cost him $50.
A PENNSYLVANIA paper tells Of :" note
shaver" in Meadville, who keeps the trunk
containing his securities near the head of
his bed, and lays awake to bear them draw
interest.
Honesty" said the late intelligent
Y, is the best policy, but the worst
diplomacy: | have tried both"
"A YoUTH was lamenting 10 liz father the
ordeal Of popping the question. " Pooh :"
said the patriarch, how do you suppose |
managed Z" " You needn't talk, " responded
the young hopeful you married mother,
and I've got to marry strange girl."
"JoHSNY, what gender is hose stockings,
you know :" Sometimes masculine and
sometimes feminine" No, no hose is
neuter" Wei, anyhow, | heard a man
talking on the farm where We boarded, anu
be said he hoes, and she hoes and 8 the
old man hoes, and that knocks your neuter
higher than kite" -
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oFFICu HOURS:
iOA.M. to P. NJ; also, Saturdays, 6 70 ?. NJ.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.

CIHCAG0 IRON MOULDERS' UNION,
= No. Z3,weess at ne Trades Assembly Hall, Lnd's
Ock cornei Market and Randolph street, every FRI
Nly~ggain- AZ " O'Clock. 49,.
TzoSAs TSLLI Rec. Secretary.
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H0USEKEEPER.

LIQUID GLUE.-Dissolve one pound OF
the best glue in one pound of water add,
gradually, one ounce of nitric aciG, and heat
the mixture for a short time This will
save the trouble Of heating the glue pot
=CINSAMoN BIscUlTs.-Half a pound Of
dry flour, one pound of lump sugar finely
shifted, one pound Of butter, powdered
cinnamon to Judgment. The whole to be
mixed with glass of brandy or rum, then
rolled over thin, and baked in a quick
oven.
PoTATo FRTTERs. - Take seventeen
largd-sized Mercer potatoes, CRATE them
finely when all are grated, add three eggs,
three tablespoonful of flour, and one table
spoonful Of salt mix it well. Drop into
bot lard or butter, and bake until done.
OCuRA AND TOMATOES Take an equal
quantity Of each, slice the former ana skin
the latter put into pan without water,
adding a lump of butter and onion chopped
fine, some pepper and salt and stew them
one hour.
CoCoANUr RoCK-Three pounds Of loaf
sugar, the meat Of two cocoanuts, and the
milk af one. Chop up the cocoanut rery
fine boil the sugar alone, first until i will
crystallize On plate then add the nut anil
the milk, and boil TIL it hardens when
dropped on a plate.
CLEANING Room FURNITURE, &c
Make your whitcwash IN the ordinary way,
and put into it twenty cents worth Of
chloride Of lime. This will purify the walls.
For the furniture, make a suds, and put in
ten cents worth of the lime. as above, and
wash with It. When the furniture il .
fectly dry, put on a coat Of varnish. 70
cleanse clothing, make a suds as above with
chloride according % the quantity Of articles
to Be cleansed; boil them, and drop in
twenty drops Of spirits Of turpentine. This
process will prove ample for cleansing and
rendering the rooms and clothing sweet.
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TO MY WIFE.

Cll woman angel, goddess, What you will,
With all that fancy brcatles az PASSIONS call,
With all that rapture fondly raves, and still
That one word, WIFE, outvies, contains lhem
ALL
Il q a word Of music which caa .
The soul with melody. when sor. oNs f,ll
Round rs, like darkness, and her heart alone
Is an that fate has left u call her own.
Her bosom i a iount az love thit sweIs,
Wdens. and dccpens With its own outpour-
ing,
And, as a desert stream, for ever wells
>Arouud her husbands heart, when cares
dcvournE
Dry up its very blood, ana man rebels
Against is being !-When despair is lower.
ing,
And ills sweep round him, like an angry river,
she i his star, his rock Of hope for ever
Yes: woman only knows what '.is % mourn
She OILY feels how slow the moments glide,
Ere those her yount heart loved in j ~ re url
Aud breath affection, smiling by her site.
Hers only are the tears that .sga aut barn
The anxious watchiugs, aud AFFECT o.s's tide
That never, never ebbs -1ers are the cares
No ear hath heard, aud which no bosom shares.
Cares, like her spirit, delicate as hight
Trembling at early dawn from morning stars ),
Cares, all unknown to feeling and 70 sight
or rougher man, whose stormy bosom wars
With each fierce passion in its fiery might,
Nor deems how look unkind, or absence lars
Aft ction's silver cords by woman wove.
Whose soul, whose business, and waose life is
LOVE,
left the verses upon the table that she
might find them when she entered, and that
they might whisper to her that | at least
appreciated her excellence, however little it
might have merited it.
Lewis, even in my solitary cell, feel the
blush upon my cheek, when ! think upon
the next part Of my history. Ny hand
trembles to write it, and | cannot now.
Metbinks that even the cold rocks that
surround me laugh at my derision, and
feel myself the vilest Of human things. But
cannot describe it today have gone
too far already, and | feel that my brain
burns. | have conjured up the past, and
| would hide myself from its remembran ce
Another day, when my brain is cool, wher
my hand trembles not, | may tell you all
( but, in the shame e my own debasement
my reason is shaken from its throne"
Here ended the first part Of the Hermit I
manuscript, and on another, which rar
thus. he 6ad written the words
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The Shoemakers Song.
Ey GEoRGS IS. uUSGAY.

old Crispln wore a parer cap,
Ana spi on made n leather
n z Sat upon his bench 70 rap
Soles (not spirits, hours together.
Rap rap rap rap rap rap
And he shook his paper cap,
And the lapstons on his knees
Echoed back his ecstaciss.
IIr ssid bis EIsf davs were bis best,
rkough te fst le ttrcdd aHtCiRding
His heat tgrrrd warm within hts breast,
And what he sios,d srIs binding.
Rap rap rap rap rap rap
The leather 90 his lap
GreF smooth and hard and thin
kven tte hsumer prints did grin.
when other. spoke % this worlds w5nA,
Cnsrin pointed 60 an uypsr,
lie had the wOnd'rou SKIN to he'd
And gave bis earthly dtcl Tor supper
Rap rap rap rap rap. rap
No ueighbor takes nap
Where hi~ hsmmer swiftly falls,
Shaking wax aud cotton balls.
He lfdel more than tho doctor all.
lie helged the S1iss u,onr than the prcGcaof, ,
For qiHd pro Ygo he gave pHd.
lie u-ed sac ytr1E more than the teache-.
Rap rap rap rap rap rap.
one DAY death gave tap,
Ana the leather spron- strings
Broke like trausitory things.
Cri-piu T. happy now, trow,
Fur D hps. unlike his i,lttrr,
We're never 'rltTT rref / knCw.
From sunny sriiug till snowy weather
Rap RAP rap rap rap rsI
You cannot wake him from his nap.
HE lapstuue bears his name,
The tablet Of biz fame.
Fr.n Uo,a, Household Easas'n, r.r Slt
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known age has not yet been determined ;
but as the body blends into the tail, it
tapers down to small size that, making
due allowance, its entire weight would not
be far from that stated This inland coun-
try abounds in curious fossils of marine
character, We have seen specimens Of the
crustacea found in our immediate vicinity,
which puzzled scientists and antiquares."
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"MY HISTORY CONTINUED" I"

al told you Lewis, when ] last broke
off my history, that left the verses on the
table for the eye of my Catherine !
doubted not that would devise some plan
Of matchlsss wisdom, and that, with th
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-27
EHE COTTON MARKETs.
Columbus, Ga, May "a.

COIun1nuS3 sH1ass May SAs
Moderate demand with little offering in
our Understandings 20tc; low middlings
zoe; sales 124 bales; receipts 3S bales.
Selma, Ala, Way 2I.
Cotton in limited demand, with sales Of
middlings at 81 cents
Montgomery, Ala, May "a.
The cotton market of Montgomery is
quiet but steady; low middlings 2O@2Olc.
Macon. en-, May "a. ..
Cotton receipts to-day 81 bales; sales "a
bales; shipped Al bales.
We have no change to note in the tone
of the market. if we except the slight I'M
provement in the demaed. The market
closed with a moderate demand this even
ing at 203c for middliLgs-a fancy article
bringing 2lc.
Mobile, Ala, Way "a.
Cotton-Dull and nominal Middlings
215c; sales 600 bales; receipts 324 bales;
exports to New Orleans 81 bales; stock &c.,
500 bales.
savannah, Gn.,- Way "a.
Cotton-None offering. Middling 2Iae;
sales 200 bales; receipts 65S balesi stock
Charleston, \. &c, Way u.
Cotton-Dull; middings sl4c; sales 100
bales; receipts 400 bales; stock 2, AIS bales.
Augusta, GA, May "a.
Cotton fiuiet but steady, with light Offer
ings; sales 80 bales; receipts 134 bales.
214c. q = q.
q Norfolk. May "a.
Cotton-Dull and lower; middlings 20lc;
sales 40 bales; receipts l29 bales; exports
coastwise $50 bales. -
Galveston, May "a.
Cotton-Dull and nominal; good ordina-
" 1S5@lsSc; receipts AT bales; sales 200
bales; exports eoastwise 80 bales; stock
q, S97 bales.
baltimore, May "a.
Cotton--Quiet but firm; middlings 224e;
receipts 345 bales; stocks, G25 bales.
Boston, Way I'll.
Cotton-Quiet and steady; middlings
234c; sales 200 bales; net receipts " bales
stock s, 900 bales.
Atlanta, ga Nay 25.
Receipts are light and the mar
Iet active; middhngs 20t@204c; low mid;
Kings l94@19aci good ordinary 1ss@lS4e-
'rdinary 174@1Skc.
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GalIatin Fair.

The weather was unfaVorable during the
recent Fair of the Sumner county Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Association, and the
attendance was consequently not as good as
it would have been in the absence Of rain.
However, the members of the association
express themselves well satisfied with the
result of their spring exhibition.
The Fair only lasted two days, and
wound up on Wednesday evening with a
fox chase and pigeon shooting match, which
created both amusement and excitement.
The following premiums we're awarded
in the area on the last day;
Best Saddle Gelding or Mare, 8 entries
Premium to Stocking, property of ] B
Malone: certificate to b Sweeney.
Single Harness Gelding or Mare-Prem-
ium to Whiteside & Malone; certificate to
A Stringer.
Best Double Harness Horses-Premium
to d McVow; certificate to d McF arlin.
Aged Blooded Stallions-Premium to
Muggins; the property of W G S Anderson;
certificate to Hampton, property of A G
Franklin.
Blooded Mare, any age-Premium and
certificate to Franklin,
Best Saddle Stallions-Premium to Il
n Myers.
Saddle Mares of any ages-Premium to
James Barr: certificate to w Summers.
Saddle Stock, any age-Premium to
Ben Barry.
Riding Ring by boys, II entries-Prem-
ium to s o Cantrell.
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Wilson County Fair.

The Spring Fair of the Wilson County
Agricultural and Mechanical Association
commences to-day, and continues two days.
An extensive and liberal list of premiums
is offered for various animals and articles,
embracing saddle, harness and blooded
stock, mules, jaclos, cattle, sheep, hogs, ag
riculturnl implements, dairy products,
fruits, flowers, vegetables, ETC., etc. The
first days exhibition will close with trot-
ting match of one mile on the speed ring,
for premium of one hundred dollars in
gold This match is open to horses, mares
and geldings, five being the minimum
number required to I'LL. On the second
day there will be pigeon shooting match,
for premium of twenty-five dollars, ten
birds being allowed to each contestant,
from spring trapa with twenty-one yards
rise, eighty yards boundary, one and one
fourth ounces shot, no limit to powder.
Several special ptemiams are offered by
various gentlemelS and additional novel
ties to those enumerated above are in
courSa of nreDoration
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-27

SUGAR-New Orleans 11I@13tc; Deme-
rara 13@131c; standard hards 1444c; A coffee
1910; B do. 13tc; do. 13c.
CoFFEE-Rio, common to choice, 1870
23te; Laguyra Csc; Java 30@3Sc.
MoLAssEs AND SRUPs-We quote strip
5O@75o; golden strip 75c; New Orleans
7O@75c.
RIoE-We quote best Carolina SIC.
SALT--Iiverpool sack $2.75 seven bush
Ell barrels by the car load, $3.32; five and
half do. S2.67.
TEAs-Imperial 81. 1902; Young Hyson
50. %; Black S1@1 so; Gunpowder 81. So
@S2.
ORANGEs-We quote . box 45O.
FIsH-Aiackerel have advanced, as fol-
lows: Nos. 2 and 8, $1s and SIS 2 barrel;
in kits, Nos. l, 2 and 3 $3.50, $2.75 and
$3.50.
CHEEsE-we quote factory at 19c :
English dairy zee. n
Massive quote at $3.50 for 1Od's.,
and 25c additional for diminishing grades.
OANDLEs-Star, light weight, 144@14Sc.
PowDER-DupontS6 Sc. 10; Hazard SO. IS
blasting S4.75; fuse, per 10O feet, 75c.
SHoT-Pstent 81. rs; buck 50.
LIQUoRs-Common reetified whisky .
gallon, $1.14; Robertson County S1759
S2.75; Bourbon $I25@5. so; Lincoln
County $l.75@2.25; Highwines $1.O7.
SUNDRus-Bl Backing, . doz, 4O@75c,
Washboards So 70 = doz Buckets, 3 doz.
81. 1908. Tubs $3.50 . nest. Starch
7e. Candy 1sc for assorted . pound.
Snuff 1915 . box for CARROTS packed.
Matches $3.50 per case. Pepper Soc.
Spice SIC. Ginger 23c. Oysters $3.50 y
case for one pound cans; $3.50 . case for
two pound cans. Canned peaches two
pound cans, $2.75 y doz. Soda 7c.
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muSucarAL AFFAIRS.
Regular Meeting OF thc Conamoi,
e council. S.' h.i

% &
Regular Meeting OF thc Conamo1,
council. H- 4
AT stated. meeting of the Common
Council yesterday afternoon, President
Hereford presided, and fourteen members
were present. os.s
The Chairman of the Gas Committee,
which commi ttee had been instructed to
ascertain the amount overpaid by the city
to the Gas Light Company, was read and
received. The report shows $25, 900 over
paid the Gas Light Company from July l.,
1864, to January, 1870.
The deed to an alley rendered the city by
John III. Lea. ESQ.,, was declined, in ac-
cordance with the accommodation of the
committee to whom the matter had been
referred. " sfaaEft
Messrs. Nelson and Halle, appointed to
settle with the clerk of the market, reported
that, in the short time allowed for the in
vestigation, they could not make settle
ment in full, but had found the clerk dis
posed TO aid them in prosecuting the in
quiry.
President HEREFORD stated that he had
given the books and accounts of the mar
ket clerk a partial examination, and had,
SO far as he went, found them correct.
On motion, the committee was allowed
| further time to settle with the officer mem
toned, and report st the next meeting.
The petition Of A. @. Norvell, asking the
| deduction of tax assessment on real estate
at the corner of High and Ash, was refer
l red to the Finance Committee.
The petition Of Henry Schiel to build a
| frame house on Jefferson street was grant
ed Also the petition of G. W. Nance in
reference to the erroneous istment of real
| estate. .L-s
| The action of the Board of Aldermen
| relative to the petition of stockholders in
the South Nashville Street Railroad Com
pany, referring the subject to the City At
torney, was concurred in. Il
The conditional deed of Samuel Wat.
kins, giving to the city ten acres of ground
to be used as a public park, was read, and
the action Of the Board of Aldermen, re-
| ferring the matter to the Committee or
Public Property, concurred in. The deco
requires that the grounds should be prop
erly enclosed and supplied with water by
the city. ef "a. --e
A resolution, offered by Mr.. Craighead
instructing the Gas Committee to procure
a settlement with the Gas Light Company
on the best terms possible, was adopted
A resolution offered by Mr. Hinton
directing immediate repairs on Spruc,
street near Cedar, was adopted
| On motion, the Council adjourned until
the next regular meeting. -e
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BIIious FIeadnches.

From which SO many suffer, are always
cured by DR.. VIM. Brazier's Liver Medi-
cine. These headaches originate in dis
ordered state of the liver, whereby the bile
overfows into the stomach, instead of pass
ing, as it should into the bowels. This Pc
culiar substance, (the bile is not only
laxative, but is also an eme6c, and its
presence In the stomach, gives the con-
slant inclination TO vomit 50 distressing in
sick headaches. DR.. VIM. Brazier's Liver
Medicine is composed Of vegetable mate
rial, carefully combined, which form pre-
scription most eminently adapted to act
upon the liver. Tt is fer better than the
blue pill so commonly used, which con-
tains mercury, dangerous mineral to have
in the system for even brief time, and
one always difficult to be nd Of Try Bra
&er's Liver Medicine once for biliousness,
and you will use no other remedy. For
sale by all druggists. Mansfield & Higbee,
Memphis, Sole Proprietors 1t
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Gard of Thanks,

The Ladies' Committee of the Central
Baptist Church, desire to return sincere
thanks to all the liberal friends who
assisted them in their festival, and especi-
ally to Messrs. P. L. Nichol, Thomas Cart
land and Andrew Gregory for their gener-
Gus contributions of plants and flowers; to
Perry aid Dumont, for gas fixtures; to
Mr.. J. A. Mcclure for the use of a Stein
way grand piano; to Maj. H. NJ Smith for
bountiful supplies and efficient services,
and to the UNION AND AMERICAN and
Banner for favorable notices.
In behalf of Committee,
MRs. j. o. WRIGHT.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-27

The New York Daily Bulletin, of the
24th, says of the transactions for future de-
livery on Monday:
For future delivery the feeling at the
opening was rather slack and not much
business has been transacted, but about
former rates were obtained, and at the close
there is disposition to greater firmness,
in view Of the light run of receipts at the
South. Sales as follows: Last evening, 100
June at pc; to-day, 100 June at 224c, 100
July at 22c, 200 at 22tc and 800 at 22sc, all
on basis of low middling 49,.
A dispatch gives the Wednesdays trans
actions as follows
Cotton closes dull at 224@23c for mid
ding uplands and Mobile, 2349234c for
middling New Orleans and Texas; sales of
1857 bales, viz: 126 bales for export, l.
253 bales for spinning and for speculation,
and none in transit. Included in the above
ar G3 bales to arrive for future delivery.
The sales have been 400 bales, on basis
Of low middlings, for June at &c, 80 bales
June at pc, 200 bales June at 22tc, 100
bales July at 22e, 800 bales July at 2l4c,
100 bales September at 20sc, 20G bales No
vember at 19c. --rr. II