The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-01-29
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The Changers " Indiana, in convention
assembled, proclaim for the greenhack and
the inter convertible bond.
An invention that has received little at
tentlon here has been taken up warmly by
the Canadian iron-founders This is The
process Of employing crude petroleum in
smelling iron ores. The trial made at the
Mormora works resulted successfully, and
large smelling works are in process Of
construction at Belleville on this system.
If they prove successful the cost Of man
ufacturlng iron will be- materially re-
duced.
Germany receives by far the largest part
OF the metal for castings from England, be-
cause the qualities and prices are more
suitable, and even Belgium, which often
runs England hard, is large purchaser Of
Scotch Pig. This demand in Germany has
been recently increased by the extension Of
the Bessemer steel manufacture. On the
other hand, German rolled bars and wrought
iron being of better quality than that made
in England, will always command the pre-
ference.
Many Of the coal pits in the Glasgow dis
tricts and throughout the west Of Scotland
are kdpt pretty we'll employed, but in other
instances the miners are not working above
three or four days per week. Prices are
rather hrmer for house and steam coal than
they were few weeks ago, but the ship
ments are falling of rather than improving.
The coal trade throughout the most Of Fife
shire Is very brisk at present, and the de-
nand for all sorts, both by sea ana BY rail,
rs daily on the increase. The shipping
| hualnazs ~ h..v f,r thfs aa...,, ~ ~ -
year.
Senator Booth, Of California, IA out in
favor OF a greenback currency and the in
terconvertIble bond system. He says in .
recent letter:
THAT 60 gold bond, intercunvert-
ible with paper currency at central Gov
eminent agencies, with an alternative
privilege II the Government u redeeming
its bills in gold instead Of the hands
would be likely to operate slowly, but ef-
fectively in restoring our currency to the
standards Of cosmopolitan commerce, and
furnish In . simpler and cheaper, and
even more effective form, than the Ma
tional Banking system, our whole supply
Of paper money.
TREATMENT oF FLESH W0UNDs.-Every
person should know how to- treat flesh
wound. Every one Is liable to be placed
in circumstances away from surgical and
veterinary aid, where he may have 70 save
his own life, the life Of friend or beast,
simply from the exercise OF a little com
mon sense. In the first place close the lips
Of the wound within the hands and hold
them firmly together to check the flow of
the blood until stitches can be taken and
q bandage applied Then battle the wound
for long time III cold water SHOULD it
be painful corIel oldent says, take
q painful Of burning GOALS and sprinkle up
on them common brown sugar, and hold
the wounded part in the smoke. In q
minute or two the pain will be allayed, and
the recovery proceeds rapidly"
EIEcrHac1rY %. lEoN ARNoR Foa SHIPs
or wAR.-rhsre are persons sanguhe
0 .ough Vi the near approach Of the era Of
universal peace to hail the introduction Ut
electricity into the domain Of artillery
practice m one Of the heralding signs Of
me millennium. The simultaneous dis
charge ~ four Krupp's guns by electricity,
the balls all hitting the same mark, has
been found, By repeated experiments, to
bring force to bear upon the object of at
tack sufficient 70 break through the
heaviest armor in which ships Of war are
ever clad. This fact viii result, according
to the arguments Of the enthusiastic, in do
ing away with iron ships, and introducing
wooden ones again INTO naval warfare The
withdrawal Of iTon ships from service will
render the immensely heavy and destruct-
i've gunsinOw manufactured in Europe quite
useless, and cause their ultimate disap-
y pamrmnce Alao