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BooNsBoRO, April 2, 1872

BooNsBoRo, April 2, 1872.
TO the Editor Of the WoRKNeMAN's ADVOCATE.
About year ago the Minen' BenevO-
lent and Protective Association suspended.
There were in the treasury at the time
what should be done with the money. AZ
ter considerable parleying it was decided
thrt the money should be appropriated i'm
subscribing for one copy of the WORKING
MANS ADVOCATE. drew an order for one
years SUBSCRIPTION and postage, which
amounted TO $27O. sproof you sent US
the ADVOCATE the following week. Shortly
afterward the treasurer left here and de-
hvered the balance, 81 80, into the hands
of our ex-president, j. M. Davis, a man
whom we thought to be honest, reliable and
trustworthy, and that he would not betray
the trust and confidence of his fellOw-work
men. But in this we were sadly disapoint-
ed. At the time the second years sub
scription became due payable in advance)
| went to j. NJ Davis and asked for the
amount to forward 10 you. He made a
very plausible story and said he had no mo
ney. and that he had used it in trust for
his own special benefit, and asked my in
diligence, promising emphatically that the
first money that came to hand he would
deliver it to me. One, two and three
months passed, but no money. made sew
eral appeals, reminding him Of the cslam-
ity which had befallen you by the disas-
trous fire, but all TO no purpose. One fine
morning, about two weeks ago, he abscond-
ed on the sly to parts unknown, with S7 40
of money which had been appropriated for
the workingman's friend, the ADVOCATE.
Mr.. Editor, hope you will publish this,
90 the public at large may know the SCOUT
drel's mean, dishonest trick. This scala
wag in the shape of human being is a
coal digger, and undoubtedly will make
tracks to some mining locality in Missouri,
Kansas or Illinois. Let the mining frater
nifty beware Of him, as he IL very plausible
and smOOth-tOngued.
But, Mr.. Editor, never mind 70 all
such types as j. M. Davis we say, A Peter
said TO Simon, that their money perish
with them. Enclosed find subscription for
renewal. Having great respect for the only
organ in our Western country that battles
for, and defends the interest Of the labor
ing class, the ADVOCATE, shall ut all times
be q welcome visitor at my cabin, and the
hand Of friendship will be extended for rs
reception. Respectfully yours,
WV. y kISO.
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lAB0R ITEMS.
pleasure,

CoNGREss makes headway backwards in
legislating back pay TO the eight hour men
who were compelled TO work ten hours in
violation of law some time after its passage.
UNrrr Lodge No. 81, X. o. 8. O., Lynn,
Mass., has twelve hundred members square
upon the books and three thousand dollars
in its treasury.
WE learn that the friends Of Labor Re
form are very active in organizing in Port
Byron, N. Y, and have applied for char
tiers and documents in order to carry on .
systematic and vigorous campaign.
The Cooperative experiment among the
carpenters Of New York city in not given
up, although the men report the wealthy
more willing to support the old firms, max
ing more display and charging higher
prices, but doing poorer work.
We learn by correspondence from New
York city that Eight Hour Leagues are be-
ing formed very rapidly. One has been or
ganized where only the French language In
spoken also one in German. Roll on the
ball.
CORRESPONDENTS from Auburn, N. Y,
states that preparations are making to hold
Labor Reform mass meetings in Auburn,
Rochester, Syracuse, Seneca Falls, Oswego
and Utica. President Trevellick will no
doubt visit many, if not all those localities
and address them On Labor Reform.
the Legislature of Massachusetts, has
given the petitioners for an eight hour law
applicable TO State, county and municipal
labor leave to withdraw, by voting it mex
pedient to legislate. A bill of tentative
sort for industrial schools was passed. The
Labor Committee also reported it inexpedi-
emit 10 legislste concerning the Labor Con-
vention.
The painters and carpenters Of Brook
lyn, are on strike for eight hours work
with the same pay a. now. The wages are
from $S. Is to a per day. There are indi-
cations that other trades win be moving in
the same direction in the course Of next
month. The spring, for obvious reasons,
in the favorite season for these demonstra-
ton. Painters and carpenters, especially,
are in brisk demand ut this time.
On Tuesday last, memorial from the
workinemen Of New York was presented in
Congress, asking . charter for the Work
inRmen's Cooperative Colonization Nation
al Bank Of America, capital go, 600, 900, in
800 ahares, payable in o monthly install
msnts. The institution in to aid co-Ope-
rative associations. Tho directors are to
be bona fide workingmen.
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We regret TO learn that Mr.. Horace II.
Day, President of the National Labor
Union, ia using his position and what little
influence it may be supposed TO give him,
to SOW the seeds Of discord among the
ranks Of its members. Disappointed in
not receiving the nomination Of the Colum-
bus Convention, he has been like . bear
with scalded head ever since, denoun-
cling the action Of all those who refused to
endorse his peculiar crotchets. Among the
most noticeable of his recent exploits il
the publication Of two column letter de-
nonncing the action Of the Labor Reform
Convention and its nominees. He has done
one sensible thing, however, thrown of his
garb Of disinterested philanthropy, and
come out in his true colors, that Of o dis
organizer. Al he il chief engineer in .
to call new convention to be
composed Of Woman Sufragists, Interna-
tionAlistA ETC., etc., for the purpose Of
nominating Horace 81. Day in opposition
to Judge Davis, We hope he win have the
honor and consistency to tender his rssig-
nation ~ IN officer of the National Labor
Union.
We regret TO be compelled 70 write In
this strain, but forbearance has ceased TO
be virtue. We have frequently had 90
caHiOn TO question Mr.. Days Judgment
though We always gave him credit for sim
cerity and honesty Of purpose, but recent
Developments have convinced MS that we
were mistaken in our estimate.
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the MINER.


BRAZIL, Ind, March 70, 1872.
10 The Editor of the woaKuszAxa ADVOCATE.
Please give the following place In your
valuable paper and oblige the members Of
District No. 1.
To the Miners Of the State Of Indiana who
are not In the Bonds Of Union:
BRErHRxN We, the members Of Dis
trict No. /, cordially invite our brethren Of
Washington, Evansville, Terre Haate,
Lode, &C., to join and cooperate with NJ
in the bonds Of Union for benevolence and
protection, and we win endeavor to give
you every assistance in our power 10 cid
you in your endeayoEs.
Past experience has shown Nm that no
clas Of wufkmen have more need Of an ~
sociAtion for their mutual benefits and -
sistanos than the men who daily labor IN
and shout the coal minea. Our occupation
being Of q peemxious character, n len
to our own individmaa efforts TO better our
own eondition, fAilurs would be the rs-
suit, while, 10 the contrary, Il united for
the good Of IN IN NY mpa&hy and hrothsrly
love, and work for the good Of ths Rreatsit
number, grsat many of the evils unaaP1
which We now labor may be done away with.
and with bsnsvolence and friendshfp. ap our
object, justice and morality, a. our charae-
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PROM CANADA.


The Printers strike in Toronto for an nd.
dvanes to IS Is cents per 1000 for piece
hands, and reduction Of the houn of Ia
Dor to ffty-four for we-tlv h. ads, seems
to be drawing to close. A numbers Of
the employers who at first refused to &C
cede to the terms Of the Union, having
since agreed to them. At special meet
ing of the Toronto Trades Assembly, held
in their hall, King street, west, on the 2lst
ult., the following resolution was unani-
nlously adopted:
Resolved, That this Assembly, recognising
the attitude assumed by the master printers
Of Toronto, in reference TO . memorial pre-
sented by the Typographical Union, request
ing the adoption Of the nine hours system,
and considering, that the avowed object Of the
employers ID to crush the grand principles Of
Unionism, we appeal 10 ell tradesmen in the
Dominion of Canada, 10 give all moral and f.
nancial support that may be required to frus-
! master printers with the honorable exception
Of Mr.. Jas. NJ. Beatty, NJ. p, Of the Leader
to annihilate the existence Of Unions"
The Leader of April LIST, contains the
following editorial paragraph
The printers' strike appears TO be gradually
but surely drawing to close and that too
in accordance with the wishes Of the Union
mem The Leader having set good exam
pie at the start, the following master prin-
tiers" who signed the document refusing 10
comply with the request Of the men for the
recognition Of the nine hour system have csved
in Messrs. J. Grand, p. Boyle, Mr.. Moylan,
McCleish 4 Co.
In the meantime the Union publishes the
following card, which we are sure will be
regarded by all honorable men:
PRINTERS BEWARE An fair and honorable
printers are hereby notified that, in conse-
quence of q request for an advance of wages
by the printers Of Toronto TO So Is cents per
| 1000 for piece hands, and reduction Of the
hours of labor to "a hours, by week hands,
without an advance in wages, an unhOly ALI
ance has been entered into by the proprietora
of all the Offices in the city with the excep'
ton Of the Leader, the proprietor Of which,
James Beatty, Esq, NJ. p, at once agreed that
our request was a just one, and promptly COM
piled with it.
Printers are, in consequence of the above,
requested to
KEEP AWAY FROM TORONTO,
Until the present difficulty has terminated, Of
which due notice viii be given.
By order of the General Committee,
Tor. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 81.
The Carpenters and Joiners of London
and the Mechanics of Hamilton, are de
termined to secure the adoption Of the nint
hour system, and have given their employ
cas- notice to that effect.
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teristics, we may 60 on in the path Of pro
greas till all who are our brother laborers
in the coal mines may be benefited thereby,
and our asaOcistion become blessing to M
al.
Brothers Correspond with IN at ~ early
. date a. possible, and We win give you al
necessary information respecting eonstitu-
ton and travelling cards, and al informa-
ton necessary TO organize lodges.
Direct ell communications 70 John Pen
man, Brazil, Clay Co., Indiana.
JOHN PExkAx, Cor. Ssc'y.
SCRANTON, Pa, April 2.-The casualty
at the Lackawsnna breaker, Csrbondale,
yesterday, by the breaking of the plane,
has resulted in the death OF three persons.
The boy, John Palmer was removed from
the debris, literally burned 10 q crisp in
many parts Of his body, and lived only
about an hour. Dwight Morse, weighmas-
ter, had one leg broken and was burned so
terribly that he died in about three hours
after being rescued. John Clark had both
legs broken and his head crushed. He died
this afternoon. Lawrence Smith was re-
verely injured, but viii recover. James
Mclaughlin, when he felt the structure
giving way, jumped over the side, and
landed over hundred feet distant In pile
Of coal dirt, but without receiving any in
Jury. The ruins were set ON fire by stove
which fell with the structure from the
weigh Office ut the head Of the plane.
THE coal miners in the Mahoning valley,
Ohio, numbering over 3 600, have been out
since Monday, with nd Immediate prospect
of their resnming wsfAA They were offer
ed IN advance of ten cents q ton, which
they declined TO accept. The stock Of coal
on hand il very small, and the manufacture
err viii be compelled 10 stop mills and fur
nAces in few days, which they propose
doing, rather than yield to the miners de-
mand. A repetition Of the 1870 long strike
il feared. The limestone quarrymen also
struck for an advance yesterday.
OvEH 1000, 600 bushels of coal have
been shipped South, during the present
rise in the Allegheny river.
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FROM ILLINOIS.
PEORIA, H., March &c, 1872.

PEORIA, H., March 2G, 1872.
TO the Editor a the woRKIysnAS's ADvocArK.
If not presuming too much upon your
good nature land editors are always good
natured.) YOU will confer favor, and add
something to the labor canse, BY publishing
the following OF as much as will come ~
the province of news. Last evening the
incipient steps towards the forming Of
Labor Reform Club were taken by persons
representing the different departments OF
labor, meeting in Fireman's Hall ,(prevIOus
notice having been given,) which was lit
orally damned full Of men ready To listen 10
ANYTHING that would be Of interest to them,
and hundreds went away who could not
get in.
The meeting was called to order BY Sc
lecting Mr.. @. @. Coffenberry az chairman,
and j. w. Wirick, secretary. Mr.. COnen-
berry, upon taking the chair, stated the
object Of the meeting in few well timed
and telling remarks, after which he read
the platform Of the Labor Reform COnven-
ton during the reading Of which he was
frequently interrupted BY applause. me
platform was afterwards enthusiastically
endorsed.
A committee of seven was appointed 70
select permanent officers for this city, who
reported, in part, the following who were
elected. The remainder will be selected at
4 meeting to Be held ut an early day. Pres
ident. G. g. Cofenberry Vice Presidents,
Joseph Martin, Henry Rattermsnn, David
BLACK. Isaac Dudley, John Flaherty, Sam
mel Wher, Thomas Kelley, James Doheny;
Recording Secretary, Conrad Juleg Cor
responding Secretary, +. M. Barrett II
nancial Secretary, Eugene Mccarthy. An
executive committee Of Eve waa appointed,
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Unless those subscribers to the ''western
Miner" who have been supplied with the
ADVOCATE, who ere in arrears, remit forth
with the paper viii be stopped. They can
regard this notice as final one.
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Wsare Fequessed By Prsaidsnt IfsvelIldk
TO stats that the Consultation and Ritual Of
the National Labor Union win Be ready for
distribution in few days, when al parties
who have written for copies Of the same
win certainly be supplied.
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WE hope the WoRKINGMAN's ADVOCATE
Hartford Labor Journal and other paperswhich
have stated that the MONITOR refuses to hoist
the names Of Davis and Parker will correct
the misstatement. Monitor.
Yes, friend Hall, 80 far as the ADVOCATE
il concerned it makes the correction with
nleasure
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KAsTn-coxvIcT LABOR DJoURxNEST or THE LEeIsLA-
ruRK-rHE HUSTON SCANDAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PAINTERS USION-MoLDKKs, ETC, ETC.
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rive do not hold ourselves responsible for any opinion
expressed by our Correspondents
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Money In the measure OF values. Money
has no value, no matter what its material In
composed of except nm interest value.
The interest bsing sc per cent. and uni
form throughout the nation, this money
viii have q uniform and permanent value.
No ono would take lsas than hs gave for IL.
And mo one could gst more, whils practi-
cally unlimited supply wss always within
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20
MEDICAL.
Ayers Cathartic Pills,


s For the relief
IT, and cure of all
arrangements in
the stomach, EV-
~ er, and bowels.
1&Ss4 They are mild
=. aperient, and an
excellent purga-
S1SS$% Va tive. Being pure
~ lyVegetable, they
Aa contain no mer--
& curry or mineral
49, -s.---.F. ~ whatever. Much
serious sickness and suffering is prevented by
their timely use; and every family should
have them on hand for. their protection and
relief, when required. Long experience has
proved them to be the safest, surest, and
best of all the PiIis with which the market
abounds- BY their occasional use, the blood
is purified, the corruptions of the system eX-
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machinery of life restored to its healthy activ-r
ity. Internal organs which become clogged
and sluggish are cleansed by 14yerts 1stttss
and stimulated into action. Thus incipient
disease is changed into health, the value OF
multitudes Who enjoy it, can hardly be corn.
puted. Their gugar-coating makes them
pleasant to take, and preserves their virtues
they are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable.
Although searching, they are mild, and oper-
ste without disturbance TO the constitution d
Full directions are given On the wrapper to
each box, how to use them as Family Physic,
and for the following complaints, which these
For 1ysPepsfa or InlieestiOn, Fist.
leSsneAa, LanguOr, and Less Of Appe.
Gite . they should be taken moderately TO
stimulate the stomach, and restore it's healthy
tone and action.
For Liver COnapl0anE and its various
symptoms, Bilious Headache. sick
Headache. Jauniaice or Green Sick
ness, 1Siaious Collie and BiIiOus Re-
vers. they should be judiciousIy taken for
each case, to correct the diseased action, er
remove the distractions which cause it.
For DyseRtery or DfaFrhGRsas but one
mild dose is generally required.
For Inflammation, GOut, Gravel.
RalpfGHEfOn. OF Ghe Heart. Pain in
1Ae Side, Back, and LGinH, they should
be continuously taken, as required, to change
the diseased action of the system. With such
change those complaints disappear.
For DrOpay and ABrOpStc9l SWELL
quent doses to produce the effect of a drastic
purge. r-s- r -..... ..-.--.-- O.. s=- E.
For Suppression, a large dose should be
taken, as it produces the desired effect by
sympathy.
AS Dinner PsIE, take one or two Pulls TO
promote digestion, and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach
and bowels, restores the appetite, and inYigOF-
ates the system. Hence it is often advanta-
geous where no serions arrangement exists.
One who feels tolerably well, often finds that
eddy better, from their cleansing and reno
waiting erect OH the digestive apparatus.
PREPARED By
Or. J. c. AVER & CO., Practical Chemists,
IS LOWELL, MISS, U. q. Il.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS EvERyWHERR
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Water for Cattle in Winter.

This question affects the farm
er's purse much more seriously
than is commonly supposed. The
common resort, even for many who
shelter their animals, Is the neigh
boring brook or pond, where a
hole is cut through the ice every
morning. There is often a long
drive to this spot, and the cattle
waiting for one another, SILVER in
the keen winds for an hour or
more, to get a chance to drink
water at temperature of 80 deg.
This ice-water to be warmed in the
animals stomach by the combus-
ton of hay and grain. OF course
all the food consumed in restoring
this heat, lost by exposure and the
ice-water IL so much wasted. If
an OK drinks three gallons of ice
water, when he might have spring
water at so deg: he wastes all the
carbon it would take to raise three
gallons OF water from 80 deg. to
so deg. And this carbon is not in
the shape of coal or wood, but in /
the much more costly form of
food. We might estimate very
accurately just how much is lost
every day. But it matters very
little for the argument, for it is
clear that it costs not less than if
the fodder were burned under
boiler, and SO made to produce the
same effect. Every one can see
that this small daily loss amounts
to n considerable sum in the course
of 4 foddering season Of six
months, and if this sum is multi
piled by the number of stock kept,
1t amounts to an appreciable share
of the farmers fodder, and may
make all the difference between
loss and profit in a years opera
tions. We want, if possible, to
have water for our cattle to drink
at the temperature Of well-water,
or as near to so deg. as may be,
and to have it brought into the
yard or into their hangers. This |
may be done in several ways, and
the method to be adopted is gene
rally best determined by its cost. |
The cheapest method is usually to |
introduce spring water where a
sufficient fall can be had within n
distance.
If the whole cost were $500, the
interest OF that is but $35 annual
ly, and this would not go n great
way in supplying labor ut the
or in keeping ma
chinery in repair. At any reason
able price we want spring-water
brought into the barn or the yard,
where cattle can help themselves.
1t will pay large interest on the
Observation-Disclosures Agricul-
turist.
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The GEoRGIAN CALENDAR.-To
restore the civil year to a cores
pondence with the astronomical,
Gregory XIII. ordered that the
9th of October, 1882, should be
called 18th. To prevent the in
trusion of the same errors in the
measurement of time in future
ages, and to secure the recurrence
of the festivals of the church at
the same period of the year, he
further decreed that every year
whose number is not Invisible by
fou- should consist of three hun
bred and sixty-fve days; every
year which is so Invisible, but not
Invisible by one hundred, of three
hundred and sixty-six days; every
year divisible by one hundred, but
not by four hundred, of three hun
dred aad sixty-five; and every
year divisible by four hundred, of
three hundred and sixty-six. A
more perfect correspondence OF
the civil and astronomical years
will probably never be obtained.
After the lapse of four thousand,
two hundred and thirty seven
years the error will be less than
one day. In the preparation of
this rule every source of disagree
ment is estimated, and as far as
possible corrected. The allow
ance of an extra day every fourth
year is indeed q small excess; but
this is not allowed to accumulate,
for ut the commencement of every
century the centennial year is not
to consist of three hundred and
sixty-siX days, or in other words,
is not to be counted a leap-year,
unless its numbers can be divided
by four hundred. Thus the year
1000 was leap-year, and the year
1000 will be the same; But the
years 100 and 1900 contained,
and the year 1900 will contain, only
365 days.-From "The Astronom-
ical year." by N S. Dodge, il Har.
pers' Magazine for December.
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The chronopher is the name of =
wonderful instrument which now
supplies not one city alone, but the
whole OF England with the correct
time. This marvellous piece of
mechanism is in direct communica-
ton with the Greenwood Observa-
tory, and with some twenty of the
principal cities of the kingdom, and
precisely at 10 o'clock q. m, the hour
il flashed, not only to those stations,
but TO every postofice in the conn.,
try, 30 that all time Is regulated to
the twentieth part Of . second.
Time guns are fred every day ct ]
o'clock, p. m, 1T Newcastle and
Shields, by batteries connected with
the chronopher, and all the promi.
nent watchmakers In London re-
ceive the exact second every houl
from the same instrument. Under
these remarkable regulations the
uniformity of time all over the
kingdom 10 as nearly perfect IS II
can be made by modern science.
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