The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-06-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST


IL Ia claimed that there is more actual
work in railroad building now in process
IN Indiana than in any other State.
The Indians in the Southwest are again
reported to be on the war-path. Settlers
m Kansas are fleeing from their homes
New York has 81 hotels which the super
Iutendent oSsurveys for the board of un-
derwrlters says are mere FIRE traps.
The biggest lumber raft ever seen on the
Mississippi river was towed down the other
day. 1t comprised over a million feet.
One million dollars worth IL coral vas
ished up out Of the depths " the Mediter-
ranean by the coral gatherers Of Naples
last year
Some Of the large sugar manufactures of
Paris are now illuminated at night by the
electric light obtained from the Gramme
machine The apparatus requires from to
u horse power, and is driven from the
engine the same a. any other piece Of ma
chinery.
An extension of one year has been
granted To pre-emptors who have been
forced to leave their lands On account of the
ravages Of grasshoppers, or whose crops
have been destroyed from the same cause
People Who suffer from corns should
keep bottle ammonia upon their wash
stand and rub the corn night and morning
with the extract This. with little care
and cutting will soon reduce them.
Broom-corn was introduced into our
country by Dr. Frankling. While examining
acorn whlsk Imported he accidentally found
a single seed, which he planted in his gar
den, and from which the corn was propa-
gated
An exchange considers it a striking
phenomenon that 1t has never heard in
funeral Grafton OF sermon, and seldom IN
private conversation the opinion expressed
that man with SO, 900 income had gone
to he'll.
new line Of steamers to run between
baltimore and Rio de Jansiro has been e.
tabhshed, one vessel to leave each port
monthly. 1t is expected that by this means
the coffee trade Of Baltimore will be largely
increased, as well as its shipments of flour
The Salem, Oregon, Record thinks that
on an average through the Wallamet valley
not one acre in hundred Of the wheat
crop was damaged by the freeze last win
ter. There is no doubt thst the plant came
out better when fine weather set in than
was expected.
When the stomach is about to be dis
tressed by an improper meal, nature some
times excltes the most earnest longings for
an acid of some kind, and such persons
should always have some good Venigar on
hand, although tart fruit or grapes are a
great deal better.
In appears that the appropriation for the
pay of the army for the current fiscal year
was inadequate, and that officers and sol
dlers will receive only only fifteen days
pay at the end Of June, instead Of for full
month The deficiency will have to be
made up by the next Congress.
Nothing is more remarkable in the COM
mercial statistics Of the last few years than
the great falling off in the importations of
iron. Seven hundred and fifty thousand
tons were imported from England alone in
1871. The imports Of this year will hardly
exceed one hundred thousand.
The Philadelphia Price Current says
I've do not remember a period when or
anges were sold IN our markets as cheap as
for the past two or three months. Ba-
nanas have been plentiful and unusually
cheap, and pineapples Of extraordinary size
have made their appearance, at prices much
below those which usually rule at this sea
son.
Twelve persons stopped at hotel over
nfaht IN ooE5n.r fhaxr . h.,
ing, they found it to be Sl2. The old men
paid q each the old women paid 81 each
the young men paid 30 cents each, and the
young women paid % cents each. How
many old men, how many old women, how
many young men and how many young wo-
men were there travelling in this crowd
Paul Boyton succeeded in his feat of
crossing the English Channel, having land
ed at Folkestone at half-past two o'clock
on Saturday morning. He entered the
the water at Cape Grisnez at three O'Clock
OnF riday morning and succeeded in reach
ing Folkestone, which is FIVE miles west
southwest of Dover, and landing at that
place at the hour named above, after be-
ing in the water twenty-three and q half
hours.
The London Times has published an an
alysis Of the annual report Of the Cam
bridge Local Examiners, in which the rela-
tive merits Of boy and girl studenLs are com
pared. The girls took precedence in all |
the pathological OF literary subjects, such |
as grammar, French, Latin, German and |
in the writing of essays on literary sub |
iects but the boys had the advantage in |
arithmetic and mathematics. Sin algebra,
twenty-four boys did very well, but only |
one girls performance is SO described.
From a compilation Of crop reports made
lp from statements by competent parties
At 100 points in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri and Iowa, We draw the conclusion
hat from one quarter to one-third of the
crop Of winter wheat has been killed, but
this has been nearly Offset by the increased
number OF acres sown, and the quantity of
spring wheat will, if everything is favor
able henceforth. bring the whole prOduc-
ton up to that of an average crop. About
Dne quarter of last years crop still remains
in the hands of the farmers. No consider
able quantity Of wheat-ground is reported
IS having been Pl0wed. The amount Of
corn being put in this year greatly ex-
,eeds that Of last year.-Phild. CONNER
nal.
Mr.. d. Barker, of NorthAeet, England,
has patented some improvements in the
of artificial fuel, whereby the
'ame is rendered inodorous and smoke
ess Caustic potash or caustic soda ia
ldded to the cementemployed in the manu-
facture Of the fuel in the approximate pro
PORTION of n quarter ounce Of the alkai
@ one gallon Of the cement if liquid, OF
weight of solid. The coal
md cement are then placed IN a mixer,
which latter is heated By steam or other
wise. Smoke or vabor or gas from animal !
n vegetable charcoal, coke, or anthracite
Gal, or other substances capable Of giving !
Fl carbonic acid and heterogeneous gases is
hen forced into the mixer and upon the l !.