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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22
WIT AND WISDOM.

At private soiree Of the cOlOred elite q
le" evenings since, the following toast va,
drank standing, and in silence
10 de darkey fair sex dar face need.
no paint, dsr head no 'fumerv " -'sU'
MR. LORENZO DAY, Of Cbickssav conn
III MISS, having married Miss M.r,b.
week a local poet comments an follov1
"A Day is made, A Week Ia,
But time should not COMPLAIN
Therrl soon be little DAYS enough
To make the Week again.
THERE is western story Of a man Who
was too lazy to work, and whose neigh bors
being tired OF keeping him, determined n
drown him Meeting TIE squire, bis pitv was
touched. . Set him down, '" Be said .UTU
give him load Of corn to keep him alive"
The victim raised bis bead from the biar
Sbelled, squire ?" "No." The head
dropped again. " Drive on boys, then"
HAvR ths cowssC 70 give, occasionally.
that which you can i'll afford to share DIV.
ing what you do not want nor value. Meth
er brings nor deserves thanks IL retnrn
who Is grateful for drink Of waller from an
others Overlooking well, however deliciou.
the draught? Have the courage to wear
your old garments till you can pay for new
ones
THE editor Of the Grand Junction Iowa)
Headlight advertised tLat be would take
"a good dog in payment for wears sub
scription." The next day tventy-three dogs
we're taken 70 his Office; and, two DAYS az
terWards, a score or more of farmers, living
at distances Of from eight to twenty miles
appeared to subscribe for the paper tender.
ing dogs in payment And, to cap the cli-
max, the mayor OF the city has notified bim
that a tax Of one dollar must be paid On
each dog.
HERE is about the funniest thing we
have seen in a long time Just as travel
er was writing bis name on the register Of
aLeavenWorth hotel, abedbug sailed forth
and took its way across the page The
man paused and remarked '' I've been bled
BY St Jo feas, bitten BY Kansas City spiders
and interviewed by Fort Scott gray backs.
but III be - if was ever before in =
place where the bedbugs looked over the
hotel register to find ont where yonr room
wasn'
A story is told Of a soldier in the army
whose only fault was that of drunkenness.
His Colonel demonstrated with hHm, as fol
lows:
tom, you are bold fellow, and a good
soldier, but you get drunk"
Colonel, replied Tom, chow can you
expect all the virtue of the human cbarac
ter combined for sixteen dollars a month.
A wAeeIsH journalist who is often merry
over bis personal plainness, tells this story
on himself:
81 went to a chemists the other day for
a dose of morphine for a sick frierd. The
assistant objected to giving it to me without
a prescription, evidently fearing that l in
EE or NEW YORK.
who would kill himselfH"
Gazing steadily st me q moment, be 70
piled;
{" don't know. 1t seems to me if |
looked like you should be greatly tempt
ed to kill myself"
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22
Kansas Wants Farmers

The great want Of this State is farmers
-tilers of the sol-men Of muscle, who
sweat by the brow rather than by the
brain. Men who live by their wits are not
specially needed or required. We are not
advertising for sucn. The State has full
supply.
Kansas is pre-eminenily an agricultural
State. It's wealth lies Just beneath the
rich prairie grass that waves in luxuriance,
and is gathered into great, lusty stacks Of
bay at such slight expense to the stock
growers.
II is the most western agricultural State,
and in many respects is the peer Of them
all, and is nearest the mineral State Of the
Rocky Mountain range. The miners Of
that vast region must be fed BY Kansas
but if the demand from that quarter should
not be equal to the supply, we can, with
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22
The First Locomotive.

The first locomotive engine introduced
and worked in America, was run upon the
Delaware & Railroad. In the year 1928,
Honesdale (named from the late Philip
Hone) offered its friendly glen for the pur-
pose of conducting the experiment. This
locomotive, called the "Stuurbridge Lion. p
was built in England, Of the best work
mansbip and material, and most approved
pattern Of that date. The road passed out
Of Honesdale BY a sharp northwesterly
curve, with a moderate grade, and was car
rled over the Lackawaxen by a long hem
lock trestling, considered too frail By many
to support the great weight Of the mysteri-
Gus looking engine, tll ready for the bazar-
dous journey
As the crowd gathered from far and near,
expecting that bridge, locomotive and all,
would plunge into the stream the moment
the passage was attempted, no one dared to
run the locomotive across the chasm but
Major HoratiO Allen, who, amid exultation
and praise. Dassed -ever. tbe. bridge and
e BY mail Address =. Q. UPHAM, No 72I Javns
ho| gyes,, vas S0ahdoTAeo, --as ~. .4eiI Aelader
trestling forming much Of the body Of the
road, sufficiently strong for ordinary cars,
was found too feeble for the "weig ght and
wear" Major Allen, in bis account Of
this first trip of a locomotive on this con
tinenr, says. "As placed my hand on the
throttle, ! was undecided whether | would
move slow ,'r with fair degree of speed;
but believing that the road would prove
safe, and preferring, if we did 20 down, to
60 down handsomely, and without any evi-
dence Of nmidity, started with consider
able velocity, passed the curve over the
creek safely, and was soon out of hearing
Of the vast assemblages. AT the end oftwo
or thre9 miles | reversed the valve, and re-
turned without accident having thus made
The first railroad trip BY locomotive on the
Western Hemisphere.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22
Old Clothes

Sheer not at old clothes. They are Of
ten m lde holv hy long sacrifices. by careful
folding away, that they may last until the
dear ones are provided for. IF many an
old coat could speak what tales it would
tell Of the noble heart beating underneath
Yonder rusty garment would repeat the
struggles of a devoted father whose son is
earning lsurels At the college hard BY. How
he counted the farthlngs and choked down
bis pride, that his boy, his noble, beloved
boy might yet DO him honor.
That faded shawl folded tightly over
spare shoulders Year after year bas the
mother cleansed and men1en, and laid it
carefully away, (as she called It'd good as
new, that her blue-eyed daughter might
have an education And the mother smiles
over the dim, dusky patterned ribbon and
prim old merino, that were cleaned up to
enable her I. buy Bessie a pretty bonnet
aud dress such as she deserved
Oh! that blessed self-denial of aspiring
poverty Halowcd Ne Old bonnets, Old
cloaks. aye, and OLD shoes, when such love
points 10 them ~ It's monuments
More than one bright and shining light
let us tell you, owes it, brilliancy to old
clothes; more than one star in literature
philosopLv and science
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22

our excellent. facilities for marketing by
nfer and rail, compete. through our cheap
and productive lands, and greater advan-
ages for stock raising and the growth Of
bacon and beef with the eastern markets, SO
that good markets are always assured to
the Kansas farmer.
Let the thrifty young farmer with money,
muscle, and a manly heart, stand not upon
the order Of his coming to Kansas, but come
at once. This is the best place for him
We have no hesitapcy in advising all
such to "come to Kansas. Laurence
Journal.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22

true Of china and glass is true also Of I'M;
tated jewelry. Metallic oxides form the
basis Of all vitri6abIe colors fer example
the puce-colored and red oxides of lead and
the yellow oxide Of gold. These enamels,
brought into such favor by fashion, what
what are theyt They are glass made opaque
by the oxide Of tin, and made fusibIe bv
the oxide Of lead Exactly the same pro-
cess. varied only in its order, will give us
gem, aud similar magic-since this is the
true magic of the only alchemy credible
gives US apparent gold and silver, good
enough, ID all truth, for any other than the
tests of the Royal Mint. What for in
stance, is sham ruby, except q bit Of
luStre ware" concentrated and intensi-
ned Still. the ordinary diamond paste of
trade is composed of different amalgam,
the object being to obtain at once an equal
lty OF brllliance and weight The Murano
oeads-a most profitable knack in work
manshlP, easily acquired-are made OF
common ~ simply tinted. though the
manipulation requires to be tender. And.
rsvertIng for a moment to false pearls. in
order to conclude with moral and suggest
how costly all falsehoOd is, we must remem-
Der a fact The fish whose scales are put
TO this use are about lin. in length. They
are found 10 great abundance il some riy-
ers, and, being exceedingly voracious, suf
fer themselves to be taken without much
difficulty. The scales furnished by $50 Of
them will not weigh more than an ounce,
and this will not yield more than a fourth
Of that quantity Of the pearly powder ap
plIcable to the preparation Of beads; so
that $4,000 fish are necessary in order to
obtain only one pound Of the essence Of
pearl. After this, it may be understood
why the manufacture Of artificial ewelry is
an art which it took the French 50 long to
earn, but which, once acquired, has been
o them, and to the Parsians especially,
source of 50 much wealth, affording en-
Dloyment to thousands of their best artisans.
-EaghM Mechanic.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22
CuriOus,Facts about Horse-shoeing

The Greeks and Egyptians practced
horse-shoeng in manner which, so far as
can be ascertained, consisted Of applying
kind Of sock or sandal, fastened about the
leg with straps, and sbod with iron or other
metal, for strength and extra wear These
were probably not generally employed, but
were used only in cases Of disease or injury
Il is highly probable that the primitive
horse shoes were made Of raw hide, stitched
or laced upon the foot. The anci, Mt Brltons
do not seem to have known the art Of horse
shOeiug. Tie first indica ions Of this prac-
tice, so far as archEologists have been able
to discover il England, belong 10 whal il
known as the Romano British period
There il, therefore, little doubt that horse
shoes, more or less preserved, have been
unearthed in various localities. They ap
pear to have been without toe calks, but
have heel-calks like our modern horse-shoes
They have mostly tbree-nail holes IN each
branch Of the shoe, and instead of groove
ID each branch, like the shoes O the present
day, have large oval depressions for the
heads of the nails. These depressions were
evidently stamped in while the iron was hot,
which operation spread the metal % az TO
form three distinct scalIOps on each side OF
the shoe The Anglo Saxon horse was in
its earlier forms cumbrous and III shaped
affair, not comparable 10 regularity OF form
to the Roman shoe but its outer edge is no.
scallOped like the Roman shoe.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22
Savings Department.


.UP ~ o. AnN sum- from ten cents to thousand
III received and interest usii th-re,p At the
" ~ per mt er annum. The interest pats will
.Ve q" government tax, making it equzl 20 81 per
cent PER annum
- AZ 't, r1'' m s'1 per csnt per 'ciH b.
- - 7" 'rrrg mi ooiSHiIr mpHN ne hHrs
u'hsd n a'pns't. d any frpt me may ~ Wifh-
Dh htsr'H MT trsttdrrtrH vii b. sdd, to the
ncipa o thv De o-it ana interest thereon allowed A.
pound intsrss
Money deposited on before the tenth dAA Of any
- ulh' ~ drawInt-re-t ftum the FIRST nav ht thst
u'n' provided ssm- remain on drIosit RE 'ul
ron the ths dsy o. tie month in Whc the De-
po't Nas hrst made
TRUSTEES
n MEfER WILLIAM KNOEE
Tuos oSs'NhhlIE CONRAD GtHbEA,
49,. BUCHANAN, Jr PRED. MEYER
BACON wHEELER TOlN,N WUEtJFR
d. BUCHANAN.
1olman Wheeler President.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22
One of the Last Songs Of Alice Cary

One of the Last Songs OF alice cary
Alice Cary spent her last weary summer in
New England, and there she wrote the follow
ing beautiful lines. While they serve to re-
N nd US Of how much genius must henccforth
.; hidden 10 the grave, they disclose with a
pl5intivene.s and pathos most touching, that
malice Cary's nature there was such a wealth
ofbesutifll thought that her anguish was often
r{gotteu even when death was gathering it'll
ddpper shadows around
AN INVALID'S PLEA
o, summer my beautiful beautiful summer
> 10 X in thy face and long > to live,
But. Ahi hast thou room for and idie conner,
With all things to take an nothing TO give'
Hih all things 70 take Of thy dear loving kindness,
The vine of thy sunslir e, the dew OF thy air
And With nothing 10 give but the deafness and blind
Be.ot in the depths Of an utter despair
Am Ii. gsy harvester meant but to scorn her
hte black spider sits In her lev loom and weaves;
ANesson OF trust TO the tender eyed eaner
ha bears in her brown arms the gold q sheaVes
Tie blue bird that Thrill her low lay 10 the bushes
RruVokes from the robin meTrier Rl~e;
IL pays tie Tor his Ms With her bushes
Lnd All things pay titles to thee all things but me
At even. the Ere flies trim with Their glimmers
.The Wild, edy skilts of the field and the wood;
~ morning. bntsf illte yelloN ~iuktu
The butterflies, hasteu5to make IN, ir rlace good
Ehe Vi. let always o. white and . Ezintly,
Tie cardinals warming the frost Nth their blaze.
lhe ant keeping house 1T her ssUdhearh so quantity
Rvprosches my idle and innocent ways.
rhen DER the high East the red morning breaking
A Dd driving the amber Of starlight hthind,
he land OF enc sntment leave awAkIug,
I Ls not enchantea as I. At Whcr ; hnd-
snd when tn low lest by the sunset l. nAtteitd,
And cricket and katy did sing up their best,
ace comes to my tBoUghts, that used TO be nut
tered,
Like doves when eagles wing darkenS their nest.
Pc green little Erass1oprsr, weak deem her,
CLirps, day and out, for the sweet right TO live
I'D st thou, U, summer make room Tor dreamer,
With all things take, and with nothing TO Evef
20 N only TO wrap her hot cheeks in tny shadows
And on thy sweet daisy -fringsd pillows to lie,
nj dream Of the gates OF the glorious meadows,
Where never a o. the roses shall die /
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-22

ENGLISH BAKED FIsH.-Pick the fish.
butter a pie dish, place ID il alternate
layers Of the parsnips, potatoes and tisb, and
bake for twenty minutes; pour ovlr it
melted butter or fish sauce
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
COMMERCIAL MANUREs.
(Concluded from last Week.)
| come now to the consideration of
SUPERPHOSPHATES


of which probably larger amount is used in
New England than of any concentrated ma
nure.
What is commercially known as n " Su-
perphosphate is n concentrated compost ma
nurc. containing considerable portion of
soluble phosphoric acid, together with por-
ton more or less insoluble, and usually n
quantity of nitrogenous matter OF of ammo
niacal salts. 1t ought to contain as large n
proportion of phosphoric acid in II condition
available to plants. us it can be made to con-
tain and yet be sold ut Il price admitting its
profitable use in agriculture. 1t is not en-
pected to be n chemically pure soluble phos-
phate, for this would place its cost far beyond
the possibility of economical use. Go to Il
chemist and inquire the price of potash. You
can find it good enough for surgical use for
about one dollar per pound but for chemi-
cally pure the charge will be much higher.
1t Is clear that no one will buy ut such prices
to put on land, or to make soap with, when
he can obtain the same quantity in CONNER
cia potash, mingled with some impurities,
but good enough for the use required, for II
dime OF two.
So too, if he asks the price of the purest
phosphoric acid in the market, he will find it
buy the same Quantity in several pounds of a
good superphosphate for II quarter of one
dollar, and possibly for rather less.
To be commercially pure, IA superphosphate
should be made DiM skill, from good nldteri-
ais, and Wih no additiO,ls mule 10 chenpen It's
cost, thereby reducing its quality
TO be entitled really good article, it should
contain not less than thirty per cent. of phos-
pilates, and about oneh half this amount in a
condition to be dissolved NJ once, and the
other half rs fast rs it may be required by
the plants Such an article manufactured
on large scale can be afforded at the pres
ent time for about three cents per pound, at
wholesale. AT this price, and also with the
additional cost of a pretty long transportation
it will, in Il great majority of cases, where
judicioatsly used, pay large profit, both in
increased quantity, better quality, and earlier
maturity of the crops grown.
The am of the manufacturer OuqM to be
to give the largest amount possible of fertil-
izng constituents in the best relatiUe propor-
tionS 10 each other, at The smallest cost
Whether all do so is quite another matter.
Let me here offer word regarding the
chemistry of the manufacture of superphos
pilates. What is commonly called phosphate
of lime-or as chemists term it, tribasic phos
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
INNINGS, PROPRIETOR,
T. H. HosKINs, N. o., EDITOR

TERMS;-One dollar per annum, payable in advance.
papers discontinued when the time paid for expires.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-20
Correction,

EDITORS CHRONICLE: Below you have list
of premiums omitted through oversight in first
report as published Tuesday morning. Other
errors may be discovered, as our report was
made in great haste and under disadvantageous
circumstances. If so, they will be cheerfully
corrected:
Best portrait in oil by amateur, Lloyd Bran
son, S.. -.rr
Best rag carpet, Mrs. Amy Rogers, 81
Best homemade linsey, Mrs. Emily Doyle, So
Best homemade cotton cloth, Mrs Emily
Doyle, 81.
Best double wove Counterpart, Mrs. John S,
Harris, So.
Best home manufactured saddle tree. T. L.
Van Glider, SIS.
Best assortment of green apples, Gum &
French, 81.
Best assortment of green pears, Gum &
French, 81
Best fine wool merno buck, Gen. j. A Ma
bry. SIS. r.
Several special premiums were also omitted
but were noticed under the head of general
premiums. Very respectfully,
c. MCCORKLE, Secretary
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-20
Removed,

Mr.. Charles Seymour has removed his Real
Estate office to the house formerly occupied by
DR.. Fouche, near his former place of business
on Gay street. This change h as been made in
order to get the first floor for the better accom-
mediation of persons having business with the
Office.
We stepped in yesterday evening and were
surprised to learn the magnitude eff the bust
ness Mr.. Seymour is doing. He has undertaken
the herculean task of compiling a complete his
tory of all the real estate transfers in East Ten
nessee.
In the first place, abstracts of all the old land
grants on record and afterwards their subse-
quent partition and transfer in regular chrono-
logical order.
In this way he intends to have in his Office
the means of tracing the title of any piece of
land in East Tennessee from the Government
grant to the present. time.
This necessarily requires a great deal of labor
and research, and everywhere you see maps
and abstracts of titles arranged in the most sys-
tematic order.
Messrs. Charles Warning & Co., Civil Engi-
neers, will occupy an Office connected with
that of Mr.. Seymour.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-20

In the North Division of this fated city, stoou'
before the recent fire many thousand residences
occupied for the most part, by the hones., IN
dustrious, frugal classes, men who slIea yes s
of hard labor and strict economy, nao Maue TOT
themselves comfortable pleasant homes; In
one moment from the quiet enjoyment Oh tnose
homes. nearly 200 900 persons were turned into
the street, half naked and almost pennies;
The thought of these .personsIthe weak and
the strong. the sick and the we'll, men, women
add children flying for their lives, while. the
ferv elements devoured all they possessed in
the worlds sufficiently narrowing to the feel
ings of itself; but when we remember that over
$1,000 of these people must be cared for during
the winter or be allowed to starve, or freeze in
that terrible climate, it must awaken the warm
est emotions of our hearts, unless, indeed, we
are wholly given over to sel6shness.
Do you say that you have no opportunity 10
render aid7 We answer, you can send the
smallest amount to that city, and it will be
gratefully received and duly acknowledged
Or you can buy ticket to the Philharmonic
Concert, hear some good singing and feel that
every cent you pay will be duly applied to the
relief of the sufferers. Some of our citizens
have responded nobly, and we hope every one
who can spare a dollar or two will cheerfully
do so, for
HE that giveth to the poor
But lendeth to the Lord"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-20
Little Nina.

The dispatches of yesterday brought the sad
intelligence of the death of Nina Craigmiles,
the only child of John II. and Adela Craig
miles, of Cleveland. Nina was seven years old;
beautiful in features, winning in manners and
brilliant in mind the idol of happy home,
the petted grandchild of a noble old man. How
often have met her with that bright childish
face rudy with health as she tripped so gay and
bright to SCHOOL, How beautiful she looked as
he murmured so sweetly, good morning or
evening, and passed on to give learning to the
ml4d i also remember her, at concert,
thotgh so young, singing some little childish
songs which the care,of doting mother taught
her, aid how we'll she sang. Poor little Nina
L shall see her no more. The bud never bloomed
on earth, but has been taken to adorn a beaven-
ly casket. Oh, how wretched the parents must
teei-whosI hearth is desolate, whose idol is
broken Hey, however, can find solace in the
dellgnilul noe of the beautiful promises Of
TOD, that pareqt and child may meet on the
green panks IN tie New Jerusalem, where part
ing ceases and theve-unon is eternal. = 81.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-20
Local Rreveties.

Squire Morrow recorded five deeds yester-
day. His spirits are reviving. -r.
The County Clerk issued marriage licenses
yesterday to John G, McClain and Eliza T. j.
Fox, Richard Jefferson and Charlotte Boyd.
Farmers are now gathering corn and digging
potatoes. The weather is most favorable to such
work
We stepped into the County Clerk Office yes
terday and found him in rather bad humor.
From what we could gather, he has exercised
patience with regard to draymen, until pa
tience has ceased to be virtue" He was
making out his list, sure, and every fellow who
has been running dray without license may
expect hot times. A man can't always bear
with wilful negligence if he is county court
clerk