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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31
The Mechanic Arts.

What Importance now attaches also TO
the residual products of our gas-works,
which were formerly cumbersome and diff
cult to get rid of Now these supplement
largely the revenue of the shareholders.
and the source Of important chemical and
manufacturing industries, in the beautiful
coal-tar dyes obtained, which has almost
superseded some of the vegetable colors
formerly so Largely used The coal-ashes,
or breeze, and coke, the ammonical liquor,
the waste lime ia purifying, All have some
economic value.
The silky vegetable downs clothing the
seeds Of many trees, are now largely EN-
ployed, here on the continent, for stuffiing
beds, quilts (In the place of elder down..
ladies' skirts, and for other purposes. The
leaves Of the tir are made into forest
wool, which is converted into hygienic
flannel, wadding, blankets, and wool for
stuting mattresses. In the preparation Of
this textile material an ethereal Oh IL pro
duced, which is employed as a curative
/ agent, and for burning The membrane
Gus substance and refuse are compressed
into blocks and used for fuel. From the
resinons matter they contain, sufficient gas is
made Tor Illuminating the factory in which
the manufacture is carried ON.
Now, that coal il becoming scarcer and
dearer, attention is being directed to other
sources Of fuel, and peat and turf are re-
celving more attention, while petroleum il
also coming into notice for heating purpos-
es, although scarcely safe fuel. The
more numerous our race becomes, the
more will man be beholden to science for
the adequate development Of the ample re-
sources provided by nature for the neceasi-
ties OF the human race What extensive
tracts Of peat we find scattered widely over
the world, in many places useless-nay, in
some cases worse thru useless, spreading
agde and fever far and wide In severa
parts of the continent, peat is almost the
only fuel used, and recently in Canada and
the United States il has commanded much
attention as a cheap and convenient fuel
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31
Cooperation.

The system of cooperative purchases
has been adopted by tine grange of this
State, though it has not been perfected as
it has in Iowa. When there were Eve
oranges in this Cvunty-there are now
eighteen-arrangements were made with
leading merchants OF Oshkosh to sell the
Grangers at ten per cent advance on the
cost Of the goods at the place where they
were bought This gives the merchant
about five per cent profit, and the advsnt-
age of a large cash trade. The arrange
ment has been most satisfactory. On Gro
ceries and heavy articles, on which there
has been but little profit, Of course the
saving has been very small but on hats,
caps, boots and shoes, cloth, clothing, dry
goods of every kind, ribbons and other
millinary articles, books and stationery,
and all kinds of fancy articles, the saving
has been from ten to sixty per cent. As
new oranges have been formed, the trade
OF those who made the arrangement with
the patrons has increased, and the majority
of the Grangers, who had always been in
the habit of having accounts at the stores in
this city, now pay cash for every thing
they buy, In the purchase of farm imple-
ments, machinery, sewing machines and
musical instruments, considerable saving
has been made. / think it il contemplated
to have the oranges of this State unite In
purchasing with that Of Iowa-that in,
that it shall be SO arranged that oranges
Of both States, and perhaps Minnesota,
shall contract with the same manufacturers,
and thus, by increasing the size Of their
aggregate orders, get lower prices than
either could alone. A good many farmers
as yet hesitate about sending their money
to the State agent when they wish to make
a purchase, but they are gradually gaining
confidence, and think that next year the
orders Of the grange Of this State directly
from the manufacturers viii be quite
large. .-WiScOnsin Letter 10 N. Y. Trsbune
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31
WIT AND WISDOM.

A KEY that unlocks many a till-Whit
key. "
WHEN is right to take any one inf
When it rains.
A GREAT surgical operation-To taka
cheek out Of a young man and the jawN
Of a scolding woman. ~
The name of his majesty the King Of
Siam is as follows Tea-Bo Tomdetch
Peabara Main Taramaha Chula Lonkorn
Kluo Pra Chao Pen Gin Shame.
WHAT ls the difference between an en-
trance to a barn and an idler in an ed rs
Office One is a barn door and the y .ner
is darned bore.
RECITATION in metaphysics. Professor
-" Which is the most delicate of the
senses Senior" The sense ~ touch.
Professor-''Give me an example" senior
My chuIl, Brown, can feel his mouB.
tach, but no lne else can see II.
The following is a copy Of a bill posted
on the walls ot a country village IA lee
ture on total abstinence will be delivered
IN the open air, and collection taken al
the door to defray expenses.
81 HOPE, my little girl, / said, ont
morning, ''that you will be able to control
your little temper to-day" eyes, mamma
and l hope you will be able to control your
big temper"
AN Alabama paper publishes the follow
ing notice Married, at Flintstone, by
the Rev. Mr.. Windstone, Mr.. Nehemiah
Sandstone to Miss Wilhemina Eglestone,
both Of Limestone
PRINTER remarks that he has never
been able to give proof of the puddinI
till It was locked up IN the form. Tor thl
''pi" either, perhaps.
The Church Union styles .'hot and hot.
tel" to the fact that the First Presbyterian
church Of Baltimore has had for its pastors,
IN the order named the Rev. Messrs.
Furniss, Bellows, Sparks, BlAzup and
Burnop.
FARMER reading journal TO mis- wife
III which was the sentence, .'The Presi-
dent was received with three huzzas. pro
nounced the word "huzzies. More
shame for him, ,' exclaimed the indignant
and scandalized lady
A BACHELOR says if you hand lady a
newspaper with paragraph cut out Of it,
not a line of It will be read, but every bit
of interestfolt in the paper by the lady will
centre IN finding out what the missing
paragraph contained
A NOTED horse jocky down east" was
awakened one night by violent thunder
storm. Being somewhat timid he awoke
his wife with, Wife wife do you
suppose the Day Of Judgment has come Il
shut up, you fool " was the aifectionate
reply ''how can the Day Of Judgment
come in the night N
As soon as the Congressional chaplain
closes his plea 70 the Throne of Grace there
is a clapping of hands all over the floor. 1t
Is the way the members have of calling
pages to their side Every Congressman
begins his days labor by giving an order
TO messenger hence the clapping il uni
versal and uproarious "Well, that beats
me, said an elderly man in the gallery,
with mud On his boots, which looked as
though it had been brought from the other
side OF the Potomac ~ don't see any
thing n that prayer worth cheering"
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31

Now the rate Of increase in the national
wealth in the past has been estimated by
statisticisns, economists, and 6nanciers,
at all the way from FIVE to eight per cent.
per annum, and most of our financial leg
islation has been based upon the false as
sumption that the rate Of increase has
averaged from seven to eight per cent per
annum. have heard Congressmen, Sena-
tors, and other government officials defend
the exorbitant rates of from five TO eight
per cent. allowed on the government
securities, ON the ground that these rates
we're below the average rate Of increase in
the national wealth.
For the purpose Of exposing the absurd
ity of these Wild estimates, VIII assume
the value Of the property in the nation 70
have been one billion Of dollars In 1776, on
ninsty-ssven years ago, which - certainly
. very low estimate. Allowing 1t to have in
creased at the several rates named below,
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place more terrible still than any that hm
preceded 1.-THE whole leinterior of the mA
Is complete wreck. All hope Of saViA
any of the men below is abandoned. Tiw
pillars Of the mine are now on fire in fA
places The only way to save the mine H.
70 hll it up with water. The poor widow
who have hoped against hope implore thb
officers Of the mine TO desist, there may be
some Of the men living yet. But, alaa
there is no heed paid to their appeals. "a
stream of water is turned into the shaft. \
And the fragments OF the bodies Of N
slain miners float in the waterr Of KIM
mine for months, and are finally got out
50 chared, and mutilated that wife cannoN
recognize husband, mother cannot recoR
nlze son.
Such are the scenes Of many a mine en-
plosion. The Drummond Mine catastro-
Phe which occurred last spring by which
the whole pits force to the number Of
seventy-two souls where lost, is the latest
example Of what we have partly endeav-
ored to describe The bodies Of the men
are still in the mine which is filled with H
water. One of the men was blown out OF \
the ali shaft up in the air for 200 feet.
But one single man of the whole force Of N
the mine was got out alive.
In some Of the fiery mines in the ".
Etenne, in France, the miners never 20
down the shaft in the morning withUut
first impIoring the divine protection Of st. e.
Barbe, their Patron Saint, and they have
in one mine solemnly erected his statue At
the mouth Of the main gallery. No lateI
that the middle Of the last century Priest
Of Germany used to come to the mine a
the request of the miners and In the nam
Of their Patron Saint order away the nor
lous and poisonous airs Of the mine.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31
CHICAGO DETROIT CINCINNATI SATURDAY 1874

ton Of her earnest desire to wed Colonel
Adams.
Blindly she was moving, blindly others
were cropping for the identity which she
had, in 9 manner, lost by the foreign voy-
age, and her new assumption Of origin and
Of name a deep plot, having for its end.
her dethronement, and the uniting of bro
ken lives and severed loves.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31

EDUCATION begins with mothers or .
fathers nod, with sisters gentle pressure
Of the hand, or brothers noble act of
forbearAnce with pleasant walks In shady
lanes and with thoughts directed, in
sweet and kindly tones and words, TO
beauty, to acts Of benevolence, to deeds OF
virtue, and 10 the source Of all good.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31

] have estimated the present value Of
the national wealth at twenty-four billions
of dollars, and by multiplying this sum
by the value of the dollar at the several
rates per cent. it viii give the amount in
1900, or twenty-seven years hence, 1t the
respective rates per cent increase an fol-
lows, emitting fractions:
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31
THAT BOY.
BY esoRGE COOPER.

Il the house turned topsy turvy'
Does ii ring from street 10 roof
Will the racket still continue,
Spite Of all your mild reproofy
Are you often IN a tiutt.r
Are you sometimes ,hfiiied with JOY
Then have my grave suspicious,
That you have at hcrie that Boy
Are the walls and the table hammered
Are your nerves and ink upset
Have Two eyes. 50 bright and ruguish,
Made your every care forget
ha Your gaI den beds q prOwler,
Who delights but to destroy
These ar, veil known Indications
That YOU have At home that Boy
Have you seen him playing circus
With his head upon the mat,
And his heels in mid twinkling
For hi, audience the cat
DO you ever stop 10 listen,
When hlS merry pranks annoy
Listen t. a voice that whispers,
You were once just like that Boy
Have you heard Of broken Windows,
And with nobody to blame:
Have you seen trousered urchn
Quite unconscious OF the same
DO you love teasing mixture
of perpleXity ami joyf
You may have a dozen daughters,
But know you've got-that Boy
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31
CHAPTER VII.

And days long pat, recalled again
ANON.
The eve Of tha marriage Of Miss Best-
rice Vernon TO Colonel Adams hsd been
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31
Written for the WORKISoNASs ADVOCATE
BANDS OF STEEL;
OR,
A WOMAN OF THE WORLD
~ WELDON CO.'S,
Part Second.-REAPihe THE WHiRLW WIND
CHAPTER VI

nj Second. REAP,ne IHE wH,sLWIMD.

Come forth in the light II thy snowy array,
Let the roll let the moon Sav and wave,
But loy shall not perish nor Wither away.
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Written for the woKklSoxAS's ADVOCATE
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(TO BE CONTINUED
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06

The TROUT have begun their annual
run up the Truckee. The Reno journal
refers to the matter thuswise, as follows:
We are under obligations to DIR. Hut
Crimson for two fine trout caught by HIM
out of the Truckee river near town last
SATURDAY.. This, We believe, is the first
trout caught by hook and line this sea-
son. The doctor informs us that he
caught trout few days earlier than this
last year, having taken the first fish on
January I'D. The doctor is the boss"
fisherman of this section, he caught a
string of q last Monday morning in a
few hours, weighing i'll the neighborhood
of 100 pounds.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE APPEAL.
SACRAMENT. Feb. 4, 49,


ED. AerEAL: 1t is interesting for an
old line Republican to watch the pro-
sress of the contest just now going on
here between the Railroad and the ma
i,ritv of the California Legislature. You
know the Sacramento Union told its
readers last Summer that opposition to
the ..soulless monopoly" was sufficient
ground for a new reform party to start
upon, and that journal joined by tho
Bulletin, Gail and a few other papers,
with Governor Booth for a divinity.
swept the State, elected q Legislature
pledged to nothing except hostility to
the Railroad which in turn elected Booth
TO tho Senate of the United States who
in turn was pledged to nothing but
Newton Booth. True when serenaded
the night after election he said in his
lofty way. by the living God will be
as true to the people as they have been
true to me-" but his enemies say he does
not believe there is any living God; does
not believe there is anything in existence
greater. OF quite as great, as the living
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06

Austin February 4.-The recent fall
of snow is unprecedented in this section
since its settlement. The snow is up
wards of four feet in depth on the sum
NIT and all the stages are greatly delayed.
Snow plows were used to clear the streets
of snow in the city to-day, and many
citizens were shovslling snow from the
roofs Of their dwellings,. Serious appre-
tensions are felt for the safety of cattle
in the neighborhood, and it is thought
those in poor condition must surely
perish.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06

Finally, when those Republicans who
destroyed their party. on false cry to
run for placesfor themselves wake up ana
find the real old fashioned, never pro-
crossing, progress closging. rebel liking
Democracy in full power, how will they
feel? LoohEh oN'
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06
NEW TO-DAY.
An Acknowledgment

Mr.. DEAN B. LYMAN desires to tendsr MS
thanks, thus publicly. to the very kind anu
thoughtful ladies and gentlemen who minister
ed to the comfort of the last hours Of his Gear
wife and to those vino came to lend the meiedy
of their voices in song on the occasion OF her
fureral. leo
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06

Greenbacks, 9t(a 9O11as.
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proposed by the Freeman Bill, their
road will not pay a reasonable interest on
the money and hence memorials are in
order. 1t remains to see what the Sen
ate will do in the dilemma. l suppose
Dollie Warden is to swept Nevada next
Summer. 1t is pleasant for men to
think they are abused; 1t Is SO natural to
feel ii auy one is richer than We are they
ought to divide. But l DO hope ii the
thing is accomplished and IA Legislature
is elected there as it was here this year,
there will some member be fonnd able to
give "a reason for his course. 1t is hard
ly enough to say the government fur
nished the means to build the road and
hence the people ought to have the use
it at a nominal charge, because for every
dollar SO furnished two dollars and all
the interest must be returned or the road
must be given up. 1t will not do to say
as the Union does one day that all the
wealth of the Railroad owners was stolen
from the Government, and the next that
the road and the men who built it are all
bankrupt, because after while men will
see there is a discrepancy between the
two statements. Either the men who
built the road, if they are SO rich can
nav what the Government holds lien
upon their property 10 secure, or if they
are poor, they have worked good while
.or nothing and ought not to be abused.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-04-09
Congressional Districts.

The Legislature at its recent session, passed
an act to divide the State into FIVE Congress
sional Districts. We publish below the new
arrangement, which will be observed in the
next election. Of course, the colored voters
have majority in every District, as it was the
intention of our lawmakers to prevent the
possibility of Democrat or Conservative being
elected to Congress from this State. Such
gerrymandering is a part and parcel of the
chicanery of the times in which we live, and
is fair example of the method by which the
white people of the State are practically un-
represented in the management OF public
affairs. The counties are arranged as follows ::
First District-Georgetown, Williamsburg,
Darlington, Marlboro, Marion, Horny, Chester
field and Sumter
Second District-Charleston Orangeburg,
Clarendon and Lexington.
Third District-Richland, Newberry, Abbe-
Vile, Laurens, Anderson, Oconee and Pickens
Fourth District-Greenville, Spartanburg,
Union, York, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw and
Lancaster.
Fifth Colleton, Beaufort, Barnwell,
Edgefeld and Aiken.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-04-09
Confirmation of Gen. McLaWs.

Gen. Lafayette McLaws, Of Augusta has
been confirmed as Internal Revenue Collector
of the First District Of Georgia. This appoint
ment of Confederate General to responsible
and honorable position, under the administra-
tion of President Grant, has excited much
comment throughout the country. We do not
attach any political significance to the appoint
ment since Gen. McLaws has received the
nomination from the President without regard
to party afiliation. He is an old friend Of
President Grant, and as the government is
decidedly personal in its character just now
we think this preference for McLaws is merely
a friendly act towards a former comrade. The
Augusta Constitutionahst "congratulates Gen.
McLaws Oh his good fortune, the President for
his admirable selection, and the Senate upon
this evidence of good will and fraternity toward
the Southern people," Our cotemporary is
doubtless right in the conclusion that the Sen
ate intended to manifest kindly feeling to-
wards the South, by confirming distinguished
officer of the Confederate army to an honorable
post. Senators and Representatives are free to
declare that they are anxious to promote friend
ship and cordality between the sections, and
will readily exercise their influence in this
direction.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-04-09
Defaultinq County TreasurerS.

The times are unpropitious for the tax-gath-
erers, it would seem. Although the Legislature
relieved the bondsmen of County Treasurer
Allen, of Greenville, and thus wiped out his
defalcation in point of fact the encouragement
afforded by this singular exercise of legislative
clemency does not appear to intimidate Comp
troller- General Hoge from looking into the ac-
counts of these officials with careful scrutiny.
During the past week, couple of County
Treasurers were brought to grief for alleged
defalcations, while we have the assurance that
there are others walking upon slippery ground.
H. A. Smith, white man, who is the County
Treasurer of Fairfield, was the first one ar
rested as defaulter. His deficit is $4,000
only and his friends declare that he is an in
nocent, prosecuted individual, since his safe
was robbed of its valuable contents. The next
unfortunate is J. L. Humbert, a young colored
man, who filled the lucrative Office of County
Treasurer in Orangeburg. His discrepancy
amounts to S3O,OOO Both of these officials
were arrested and lodged in Jail, but Humbert
was subsequently released on bail in the sum
of $4,000. Smith has doubtless been released
from custody, although we find no mention of
bail being granted in his case. The public
will await further developments with anxiety.
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Palmetto immigration Agency.

This immigration agency, under charge OF
Rev. Tilman R. Gaines, seems to be prosecut-
ing the work most energetically. large
number of persons from every cline are al
ready domiciled in this State, through the
persevering efforts of Mr.. Gaines and his CO.
laborers. Within the past two weeks, between
seventy-fve and eighty immigrants have been
distributed in the middle and up-country, and
the most gratifying assurances are given that
large accessions are yet to follow. On Friday
last, we had the pleasure of meeting with Rev.
Mr.. Dudley, an intelligent Baptist minister,
who comes with his family to cast their for
tunes among our people. He is an English
man, and has been in this country for several
years. MI. Dudley will remain for some time
in Newberry, where his father-in-law and fam
lily have been living since last December. All
of these were brought here through the Pal
metto Agency, and we can safely commend the
iudicious selection of Mr.. Gaines, if we may
Judge by the favorable impressions created by
Mr.. Dudley, who appears to be gentleman of
education and refinement.