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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-09-18

Mt'hAN''N iNs'''' IT, nc ~ '"A''i'S
institute classes WA "0 '' s"'iAeu '' " i'oii'S
next week as follows
Wednesday evening Mechanical shd Arch-
ltecturL Drawing
thursday evening A'''h'n''lV'
Friday evening housekeeping
GLASSES Tree 20 an members oi 'ne i"s'''u'''
lHG INTERSTATE ENfoSIrloN.-lhe TX
position opened on Wednesday evening with
grand flourish Of trumpets The attend
ance vas very large, embracing from 600
q 5000 persons Al was expected l'iia'
SION was the orieroi the msHt' arrangements
beng Tn H." very complete shape Out t'""lu
the close vi the week tHin-. began " l''N
more sh'r shape ans 'y Ni''''s P''7'.L'S
coming '''m " Instance 'i''S 49,
"NeS' M l.-'S ''''' ''''S
'i we" '''N
TAIIoE- Protective A>u BESEvolE>r
U>Io> The Tenth Annual Ball OF the above
ASSOCIATION "llbe held az Mare nan ~ ail'
q North tlNrk street saturday evening
November -. The committee IHtehd 70
make It the ball ~ the season. Inc reefP-
ton committee Is composed Of the following
gentlemen: y Elofton, " Lorent1, fatzeL
+. Peterson, and \. Laser. Floor Managers
I'd. Henkle, n Stenberg, :. SyNestsoh'
Shulleud1rt, II. hess.er. G.. Peterson tickets
may be obtained Of any OF the members %
the committee.
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meeting vi 'ne ans
nei'' az men nan w
handed IN by the several delegates. The
delegates reported III favor W publishing
their card in the ADVOCATE. On motion, a
committee consisting 81 Nlessrs krssl-r and
Lorentz. were appointed % invite Mr.. A- G..
Cameron and B J. Murphy. IF The ApNo-
CArE. u address th"ir niass-meetlng to be
held W. the 18th inst After the payment Of
bills and other minor matters, the committee
adjourned. -
Nyuo S,,.rrs Ham TINES During last
month there were issued bv the clerk II the
.,,,..,. ...,,,-+ ~ r,arr,,ge licenses. that vas
- f,r s,sry day NJ +bs.,yeek II that clerk
Nina bs,blor he uust be a regular out
and ANN .+,ic ,r else he would have written
,r+ g,,,.s or IN, f,r himself before TIE
month vas gone " married man, it ia w
De u'P'' ne i''S,'
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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-09-18
Cleveland, O., Coal Market.
BIrUMINoUs-PEK TON OF 1000 LIB
Pittsburgh Coal Market
BITUMINOUS-
st. Louis Coal Market.

Delivered in st. Louis, per ton of 1000 lbs.
BITCMINOJS.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-09-18
CHICAGO MECHANICS
INSTITUTES.

SO q IS WASHINGTON STREET.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-09-18

Charter Of the Chicago Mechanics Institute,
An act u incorporate the Mechanics In
stitute IN the city Of Chicago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
rho RothschiIds Girls.

The Jewist Messenger says: We
take pleasure ia referring to the
merits of the Rothschilds family, not
because they are wealthy, but for
the simple reason that in spite of
their wealth they strive to be useful
to their kind The men are immersed
in business; they are charitable if
they aye rich. The women are pub
lie spirited, intelligent and warm
hearted, founding hospitals, refor-
matories, chtldren's homes, encoursg-
ing struggling professionals, and
taking a personal interest in the do
iDgs of the poor. Baron Lionel
makes weekly visits in the meanest
portions of London, Frightening the
homes OF the Jewish portion, giving
good counsel to the earnest teachers
of the free schools, the matrons and
assistants Of the various charities.
The daughter of Alphonse, Of Paris.
teaches a good lesson to her sisters
in faith, and to rich young ladies of
every creed, by receiving a we'll
deserved diploma as teacher. An
selm's daughter, in Vienna, is promi-
nent in music, not only composing
songs that attain popularity but aid
ing struggling musicians by pen and
purse.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
a foreigner In New york.

Three years ago Baron de Hub
ner, Austrian statesman and dipio
matist, made q journey around the
world: and now be tells what be saw
and what be thought of it. Ills
name and station everywhere gained
for him the best opportunities for
observing, and be saw with keen
eyes. Here is what be saw at New
York, and what he thought Of it: At
New York everything is interesting.
do not say that | am delighted with
everything. But it il impossible to
weary Of the extraordinary, feyerish
activity which ~pervades Broadway
aud Well Street early in the morn
ing. or OF the social elegance which
towards evening is displayed in the
beautiful Fifth Avenue, the resort Of
hundreds of louHgers Of both sexes
aud multitudes of carriages. The
excessive luxury of these vehicles,
with their great coats of arms en-
blazoned On every panel, The over
smart liveries, the heavy, almost
priceless carriage horses, and the
somewhat extravagant dresses of the
ladies, whom nature has been kinder
TO than their dressmakers, all com
bine to arrest the attention and iD-
terest Of the spectator, even should
they fail to satisfy his fastidious
taste. 0ne tries TO discover the
moral link between all this ostenta-
tious display, which, though on re-
publican soil, is not afraid to show its
face, and that thirst for equality
which is the motive power, as it IS
the spur, the end, the reward, aud
also the punishment of a democratic
society like the American. There is
no doubt that this fashionable world
is only tolerated by the w~orkingman,
who elbows them roughly enough ia
the street, and by what T emphat-
ically called in Europe "the people,
but their federation is accounted for
by the hope which each one entertaius
and which in this country is not a
chimera-of arriving himself some
dav at the same state OF prosperity;
Of seeing his wife, who to-day is at
the wash tub, or rinsing bottles in a
gin-palacc, indolently stretched on
the morrow in her own luxurious
landau, or of driving himself in his
gig with a fast t%rotter, which shall
nave cost at least s., 600 of sur
rounding himself, in fact, with all
those material enjoyments, of which
the sight excites his longing and ad-
even more than his envy,
until his " turn comes. This is
what makes tie real distinction be-
tween the American democrat and
the democrat of Europe. This last,
in despair of attaining to a higher
position, strives to drag down every
one else to his level Envy and jeal-
ousy are his strongest motive pow
ers, and the result is the wish t.
and destroy. The American,
% the other hand, wishes to enjoy.
To obtain this be must work 10 pro-
luce the money, which in this new
country is always possible and often
EASY. Having done this, be feels
honestly that he is on a level with
he best Of them. His object, there
ore, is to rise. He seeks for equali-
y in a higher sphere than that in
he was born and bred, and be
inds it. The European democrat
'eckons on arriving at equality by
.owering every one else to his W
.evel. OF the two democracies | in
initely prefer the American.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
Potato Disease in England.

Nature says: The report OF the
potato disease committee of the Roy.
al Agricultural Society has been re-
Gently published. 1t will be recol.
lected that three wears ago Ear
Cathcart offered a prize of one bun,
dred pounds for essays on the pre-
vention Of the disease. Although no
fresh practical information was
elected, and it may perhaps be said
No direct good came from this we'll
meant offer, the society took the sub
ject up, and offered prizes for potatoes
reputed to be proof against disease.
Two prizes were offered for the be-
ginning Of this year for potatoes of
varieties already known, and two are
to be awarded five years hence for
varieties that may be produced by
cultivation before that period. Six
different varieties were sent in, one
ton (twenty bags Of one hundred
weight Of each. The society ar
ranged to have these practically test
ed. Twelve stations in England,
four in Scotland, and four in Ireland
were selected, and one hundred
weight of each variety sent for plant
ing, of these so-called disease.pr proof
potatoes. During the summer the
botanic referee Of the society visited
all the localities, and in all eases dis
ease was found. Much valuable in
formation is likely to arise from the
statistics that have been collected, for
although it seems that no indication
is given Of how the disease nav be
prevented, yet under certain condi-
tons, principally influenced by mois-
ture, its effect is but small. Profess
sor de Barry has worked out the sci
entifc questions that occur as TO the
origin Of the disease. 1t is owing to
a fungus (peronospOra IN estGus).
which attacks the leaves first, aid.
after absorbing the nutrimeat ofthem,
utilizes the petiole, and thus reaches
the tubers. A furthe. report of the
committee, founded on the statistics
sent in is shortly to be expected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
Rabbits and Trees.

object to the use of any grease
or tar on the stems of trees. 1t i:
cheaper and better and mere certain
to make a rope Of straw, fasten it at
or in the earth, aad Wind around the
stem for say two feet. Or, cut rye,
wheat or oats straw, and Tie with
Irvine or willows at bottom and
above have the straw thick enough
to hide bark. Leave it thus until the
growth Of the tree bursts the band.
Or, use COW dung made into a thin
Cruel consistsnce, and with such n
brush as is used foc whitewashing.
wash the stem say two feet or more.
This may require repeating If rains
wash it of. Rabbits will bot guaw
he bark from trees when thus coated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
Miscellaneous

NNNA Tx
egar BltteTS arc q purely Veretlb,o
preparation, made chiefly from tic ma
tive herbs found on tie lower ranges Of
Tic Sierra Nevada mountains Of Calr0~-
MA, The medicinal properties Of which
arc extracted thc.Cfrom without the use
Of Alcohol. Tie question is a'mos.
daily asked. 'Wh.tis the Gauss c. Ito
Unparalleled srccc-s Of VINEGAR BIZ
TERsi" Oar answer is, that they remove
tic C, Isc Of disease, gudtac patient re-
covers his health. They arc the great
blood IsIrifcr and q Nie-sl..a -p principle.
q pcrt,ct Rc3ovatCr aui I-gv.gorac.-
Of tie system. Never before iI Tie
l:s,orv Of the worid lls q aleae'rs l.l
COMPOUNDED possessing tie re.a-a
Qualities Of VfyEGAE BlTrEeS l1 healing ,.,
SICK Of every disease MaH is Ecl 60. They
arc 4 gentle Purrative rs vel ai q 4a-c.
relieving Congestion or I-1l11Gat.ul q.
The Liver AID Yisceral Organs I o-s
Diseases
The properties CT Dr. WALEras
TfvEGARBITTERs arc ApereHt. H- .o
Ca~mirativc. Natr.tiogs. l1Eat-re, b
Scda,ire. Counter -I-r5tdnt S1loale, A-,e-l.
tive, and AntiB9ious-
r.. III. MCDONALD q CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts- san Francisco. California,
and cor. Of Washington and Charlton StsNf
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
RaspinE Horses Feet.

Rasping g hoof until it will spring
under yonr finger is far too danger,
Gus a plan Tor making things look
well. This rasping takes the strong
surface ofthe hoOf, and nature trying
to make up for the evil done by in
ipdicious hands, forms a hard glossy
surface to take the place of the pre-
yious tough horn, and at the next
shoeiGg the foot will probably split a
little at the Daiis, end not unfrequent-
ly the nail punches a piece ogt before
=
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
HOUSE.

The undersigned respectfully informs the pub
lc that he has leased this well known hotel in the
Borough Of Somerset. II is his intention to keep
I In a style which he hopes will give satisfaction to
all who may favor him with their custom.
App u Y JOHN HILL.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
Buokingham's Dye.
FOR THE WHISPERS.

As our Remover in many eases
requires too long a time, and too
much care, to restore gray or fad
W hiskers, We have prepared thh
dye, in one preparation ; which VIII
quickly and ehectually accomplish
this result. 1t is easily applied,
and produces a color which Will
neither rub nor wash of. Sold by
all Druggists. Price Fifty Cents.
Manufactured by r. P. HALL & CO.,
NASHUA. NH.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
JOHN L. BLYMYER,
DEALERN
Hardware, iron, Nails, Glass, Paints
OILS &C., sc

The following is a partial LIST of goods in Stock: Carpenters Tools
Planes, Saws, Hatcbets, Hammers, Chisel, Plane Irons ; DIES, &c, Black
smiths Goods, Bellows, Anvhs, Wees, Files, Hammers, &c SaddleTy
Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles, Hames, Buckles, Rings, Bits and Iools
Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and kaZors, the
largest stock in Somerset County. Painters Goods, o full stock White
Lead, Colored Paints for inside and outside painting, Paints in oil, all eonrs
VarnBh, Turpenine, Flaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Dryer, Walnut STAINS
&c. Window Glass of oil sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coal
Oil always on hand. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprises
very elegant styles. Ditston's Circular, MUev and Cross Cut Saws. Mill
Saw Files of hebest quality. Porcehnlined Kettles. Handles ola kinds
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27

No man ever worshipped q brazen
image who had once tgsseled with
q life Insurance agent-TeyTe Haute
Express
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27

Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Picks, Scythes, Sneaths, Sledges, Mason Hammers,
Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Looking
Glasses. Wash Boards, Clothes Wrnger, Meal Sleeves, Door Mats, Baskets,
Tubs, Wooden Buckets, Irvine, Rope all sizes, Hay Puheys, Butter Prints,
Mop Sticks, Traps, Steeyards, Meat Cutters and Suffers, Traces, Cow
Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur
ry Combs and Cards, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything
in he Builders line. Gaps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, &c, &c,
The fact is, keep everything thatbelongs to the Hardware trade. l deal
exclusively in this kind of goods and give my whole attention to it. Per-
sons who are building. or any one in need of anything in my line, will find
it to their advantage to give me a call will always give a reasonable
credit TO responsible persons. l thank my old customers for their patronage,
and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
No, 3, "BAER'S BLOCK"
Apr. s IA. JOHN F. BLYMYER.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27

This space Is reserved Tor e. =. Bhoais * Bro.
who have moved into the most magnificent grocery
room IN this place. They can be found in Baer
new building, second door from he corner.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS 4
MILLINERY,

AZ Eastern prices. We guarantee you Eastern
Rnees on Prints, Ginghans, Delaines. Alpacss.
DRESS Goods, Muslins, Brown and Bleached Den.
ms, Ducks, Drills, C0ttoHades, Jeans. Cambrics.
Iiekings. FIannels. Cloths and Cassimeres. ia G,cf
adD y Goods and Notions. A trip to JohnstoWn
VII not cost you the tenth part Of the expense OF
a inp to Philadelphia, and yet we sell at Phila-
uelp prices and save you freight beside. We
AN afford 70 do It because we buy in large lots
am pay cash, have no rent to paw and DO our own
work Can and see our stock and prices and Judge
( yourselves.
FOSTER * QUINN.
Clinton St, J0hnstown. Pa.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-12-16
LANCASTER WISCONSIN, THURSDAY DECEMBER 16, 1875

advantages of competition, and in
creases the number of our business
rivals. We say that recent develop
ments have brought these practical
facts home most forcibly upon our
people.
The State of Minnesota has repeal
ed its "railroad law" and instead Of
an increase of rates, we see wheat
and -four is carried "through" from
Minneapolis to Chicago, cheaper than
Crawford county wheat can be ship
ped from Prairie du Chen to Milwau
kee. Before this Potter law fixed the
rates of tariff, the St. Paul railway
used to compete with the river rail-
road and Mississippi freight boats for
the grain trade of the counties adj
joining the river. This competition
gave our shippers choice of rates,
and cheap freights, and enabled them
to pay the highest price for wheat,
pork, and all farm produce. Since
the Potter law is in force, the benefit
of this competition is gone, and the
result is loss of thousands of dol
lars TO the farmers Of Crawford coun-
ty. Before this "railroad law" came
into vogue wheat was shipped from
Prairie du CHEN to the Milwaukee
and Chicago markets, cheaper than it
is now. Our buyers paid on an aver
age eight cents bushel more for
wheat than could be got in Lansing,
McGregor and other competing points
in Iowa. As high as scots more per
cwt. was paid for dressed hogs in
Prairie du Chen than in McGregor
under the effect of this competition
in freights. This brought a large
and valuable business to the Wiscon-
sin railroad, and our home people
here, and the farmers Of Crawford
county were equally benefited. Now,
that arbitrary tariff rates are fixed by
this law, the railways Gin Wisconsin,
have no power to discriminate to pro
mote their own interests, or to bene-
fit others. Business goes Through"
or around Wisconsin, and the in
creased burdens fall heavily upon the
pcOple Vi w lSCOuSlu dlOuc.
These are the plain facts, told in a
plain way. There is no denying that
this Potter law is worse than no law
at all, in the one particular that it ties
up the roads SO that they cannot as
sist Wisconsin shippers if they de-
sired, and deprives them of all dlscre-
tionary power to protect their own
interests as against the competition of
railroads in other States. There is
not a single farmer in Crawford coun
ty, but now sees, understands and
feels the bad effects of this law. 1t
comes right home to them in reduced
prices, and dull sale for all they pro-
duce.
Now, we should like to see this
law relating to railroads modified.
Retain all that part consistent with
State control of corporate manage
ment, prohibiting extortionate rates if
you please, but give the railroads the
right to carry freight as cheaply as
they may see fit, and as their interest,
and the circumstances shall demand
If this is not done, then we go in for
wiplng out the whole humbug Potter
law, and placing the farmers and
business men on an equality with
those of other States.
| have other proofs to present, but
the above is sufficient for one week.
STEEL RAIL.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-12-16
Gold and Silver.
From the Rocky Mountain Herald.

From the ROCKY Mountain Herald.
Many people have the desire to
know the value of gold and silver in
bulk The following statement, from
Professor F. T.. Schirmer, Superinten-
dent of the branch mint of this city,
may be relied on as correct. The
fineness of Colorado gold, and the
calculations of value of gold and sill
yer, are also given. 1t is matter of
considerable value, and should be
carefully preserved for reference.
One ton $1,000 pounds avoirdupois)
Of gold and silver contains 29, l63
troy ounces, and, therefore, the value
of a ton of pure gold is 1902, 1921,
and of ton of silver, S37, 70448
A cubic foot of pure gold weighs
1913 "A pounds avoirdupois a cubic
foot of pure silver weighs 556,25
pounds avoirdupois.
II there is l per cent. of gold or
silver 10 q ton of ore, it contains 291.-
SO ounces troy of either of these
metals
The average fneness of the Colo
RADIO gold is 781, in 1000, and the
natural alloy gold, 78l, silver, 2O8
copper 10; total, 1000.
The calculations at the mint are
made on the basis that 43 ounces OF
standard goli, or 900 fine (coiD), is
worth $500, and eleven ounces OF
silver 900 fine (eoin), is worth s12, 80.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-12-16

sg-A powerfully built young lady
from Ghosts Gulch walked into a
dry goods store at Canton City, Col
orado, the other day and blowing her
nose and wiping it on her shoe heel,
inquired of the bachelor clerk: "Do
you keep any hose, young Teller 2"
"Yes, ma'am, all kinds" was the re-
ply; and pulling down couple of
hose be held pair up to view. She
looked straight at him, turned red
and overfowed with the remark j:
"You blasted fool, them's stockin's
Il want hoe" He referred her to
a hardware store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-12-16
rn About the last fine thought e

sn-About the last fine thought ex-
pressed by the late Vice President
was in these words, uttered not many
weeks before his death: sour lives,
after all, are a great deal like cir
Gle, which commences at our birth,
aud, as the circle draws nearer TO its
close, we, in our minds eye, can see
clearer our childhood and our earlier
life, with its triumphs, its hardships,
its pleasures, its, its sorrows, and it's
lost opportunities. don't know,
however, as | would wish to live my
life over, for everything has been or
dered by a good Providence. oh,
yes--our lives are just like circle. "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-12-16

~ Madame Hyacinthe, who is an
American by birth, and lady of
high culture, suggests that the pre-
velance of intemperance in America
is in a great measure due to the high
seasoned dishes which our house
keepers provide for their tables, par,
ticularly the peppery pickles and
chow-chow SO generally used. Many
ladies have given up such highly
seasoned relishes, having become sat
isied that they are ruinous to the
stomach, if not directly inducing a
craving for all manner of burning
liquids. Celery seed, with a small
proportion of mustard and pepper,
used in picklee, gives them flavor,
and is much more healthy than the
quantities of burning material usually
recommended in our pickle recipes.
We trust this is timely suggestion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-12-16
Railroads.
NORTH AND SOUTH River ROUTE
Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota and
Chicago, Clinton & Dubuque Roads.

ST. Paul to St. Louis, Via. Winona, Lacrosse, Nc
Gregor Dubnque, Cliaton and Rock Island.
CONNECTING AT DUBUQUE with the Illinois
Central Railroad for Galena Freeport Rockford and
all other points from Dunleith TO Cairo.
CONNECTING AT CLINTON with the Chicago
Northwestern Railroad for Sterling Dixon. Rochelle
Chicago and all points East; also for Cedar Rapids,
Marshall. Boone Council Bluffs, Omaha and Califor-
mia.
CONNECTING AT STERLING with Rockford.
Rock leland St. Louis Railroad for Rock Island
Davenport Burlington. KeOkuk. Quincy,
st. Joseph, Atchison, Topeka, Leavenworth, Fort
Scott Hannibal Kansas City St. Louis and all points
in Kansas Colorado and Texas.
TIME CARD O. D. & NJ. and c. G. & D. R. R.
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