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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
ADVICE tn MOTHERs.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
OF your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teethf If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. It's value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces inflammation and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste. aud is the prescription OF one OF
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
slcians in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price % cents per bottle.
feb -2S-m-W-s IN 1-Y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
PSALMS.
REVISED


Hear this, all ye people, and give ear
all ye invalids of the world, Hop Bitters
will make you well and to rejoice.
2. 1t shall cure all the people and put
sickness and suffering under foot.
3. Be thou not afraid when your family
is sick, or you have Bright's disease OF
Liver Complaint, the Hop Bitters will
cure you.
A. Both low and high. rich and poor
know the value of Hop Bitters for billi
GUS nervous and Rheumatic complaints.
5. Cleanse me with Hop Bitters aud
| shall have robust and blooming health.
6. Add disease and let the worst come,
I am safe if | use Hop Bitters.
:. For all my life have been plagued
with sickness and sores, and not until a
year ago was cured by Hop Bitters.
s. He that keepeth his bones from ach-
ing from rheumatism and Neuralgia,
with Hop Btters. doelh wisely.
9. Through thou hast sores, pimples
freckles, salt rheum. erysipelas, blood
poisoning, yet Hop Bitters will remove
them all
10 What woman is there, feeble ant
sick from female complaints, who desir
eth not health and useth Hop Bitters ant
is made well.
II. Let us not neglect to use Hop Bitter
bring on serious Kidney and Liver com
plants.
/ 12. Keep thy tongue from being fur
red, thy blood pure, and thy stomach fror
indigestion by using Hop Bitters.
10. All my pains and aches and Dis
eases go like chaff before the wind whe
Use Hop Bitters.
IA. Mark the man who was nearly dea
and given up by the doctors after usin
Hop Bitters and becometh well.
Is. Cease from worrying about nervous
ness, general debility, and urinar
trouble, for Hop Bitters will restore you
1
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

IUNSMITHS.
Wolff, Chas., Ill Seventeenth street.
HARNESS MANUFACTURERS.
Sauerman, John, 219 seventeenth street.
HARDWARE.
Stewart a Montgomery, 800 second avenue-
MERCHANT TAILORS.
Nendt, II. 1902 second avenue.
NEWS DEALERS.
Wilmans, j. NJ. Post Office Block.
NEWSPAPERS
The Rock Island DAILY ARGUS; published ever!
evening, Sunday eXceptedl in Argus block, op
posite POstoffice. Best advertising medium in th
city.
The Rock island WEEKLY ARGUS; published
every Friday. fine Job department in connec
ton with the establishment.
D ESTAURANTS AND CONFECTIONERS.
Krell, Fred, 1919 second avenue.
Evers, Fred, 1911 second avenue.
STATIoNEFs'
Wilmans, j. NJ, Post Office Block
SALOONS
Westphal, John, 1872 second avenue.
warren MAKERS,
Bromley, G. A, 1917 second avenue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
AN ANSWER WANTED.

Can any ore bring US a case of Kidney
or Liver Complaint that the Electric Bitters
will not speedily cure? We say that they
can not, as thousands of cases already per
manently cured and and who are daily re
commencing Electric Bitters, will prove
Bright's Disease Diabetes, week Back, OF
any urinary complaint quickly cured; they
purify the blood, regulate the bowels, and
act directly on the diseased parts. Every
bottle guaranteed. For sale at soc. bot
tie by Hartz & Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

comes the orders for SozodOnt. Never
has such demand arisen for any article
of the toilet. Its most constant patrons
are among the sex born to be admired.
Good looks concliate, beauty fascinates
White teeth do more to augment personal
comeliness than any other facial charac-
teristic The ladies know this, and either
to render the charm lasting or to secure
it when wanting, apply Sozodont, the
most effective of tooth preparations. Use
it Systematically.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression
of Spirits and General Debility in their
various forms; also as a preventive a.
gainst Fever and Ague, and other Inter
mittent Fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphorated
Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell Ha-
zard q Co, New York, and sold by all
Druggists, is the best tonic; and for pa
tients recovering from Fever or other
sickness, it has no equal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

The first published proposition for
the adoption of uniform time standards
came from Prof Charles +. Dowd, of
Saratoga, N. Y. The development of
the idea into practical shape, and the
securing the assent of the railroads to
the adoption of the plan, are the work
of w. F. Alien, editor of the TragederS'
Official GaIide- of New York City
Henry Ward Beecher says: There
are multitudes of men like dandelions;
at first they look like disks of gold, and
after few days a puff will destroy
them, and no one knows where they
were. ~
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
A Lawyers Opinion of Interest to all.

J. A. Tawney, Esq, Il leading attorney
of Winona, Mimi, writes; after using
it for more than three years | take great
pleasure in stating that regard DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, as the
best remedy in the world for Coughs and
Colds. 1t has never failed to cure the
most severe colds have had, and invari-
ably relieves the pain in my chest.
Trial Bottles of this sure cure for all
Throat and Lung Diseases may be hsd
Free at Hartz & Bahuscn's Drug Store
LARGE size. 81, 90
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

Col. Tom Buford, of Kentucky, who
killed Judge Elliott, was returned TO the
central lunatic asylum at Louisville yes
terday. He escaped from that place a
year ago. He presented a pitiable spec
tacle yesterday, and probably will not
live lnnr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

The Blood Would Run-For five years
| was a great sufferer from Catarrh. My
nostrils were so sensitive | could not bear
the least bit of dust; at times so bad the
blood would run, and at night l could
hardly breathe. After trying many things
without benefit | used Ely's Cream Balm.
/ am living witness of its efficacy. Peter
Bruce, Farmer, Ithaca, N. Y. EASY to
use, price so cents)
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

The convention of German Baptists, in
session at Dayton, Ohio, decided that
they should not petition congress to pass
laws prohibiting the Importation, manu-
facture and sale of intoxicating liquors,
a majority holding that they could not
consistently ask congress to do that
which they could not participate.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

1t was reported at the session of the
Reformed Presbyterian synod that the
total membership of the church is 1861
and the contributions for the year S21G,
942. The church maintains that ii is
inconsistent for Christian men to indorse
and approve the constitution of the
United States by either directly or in
directly swearing to support it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
limiting 10 a Pastor.

The New England mind is not shut
up to any one method of doing its work.
1t runs ''across lots' or it ''goes round
Robin Hoods barn. With the Apostle,
it can use great plainness of speech, ;"
or it can employ what the Scotch clergy
man called Paul's Figure of circumlo-
cution."
This worthy man had on Sunday re-
marked, in expounding passage from
one of St. Paul's epistles, that THE
Apostle here used the figure of circum-
locution." The next day, one of the
"gude women" meeting him, said
81 dinna ken what you meant by the
figure of circumlocution
sOh," he replied, passing on, s'it's a
periphrastic mode of diction.n
But, whether he uses the direct or the
indirect method, the Yankee is apt to
do what he sets out to do.
Some years ago an estimable clergy
man, living in one of the New England
States, lost his wife. After mourning
and waiting suitable time, he began
paying his addresses to a worthy lady
III dh dN'JpluiilS uUWu.
OF course he was not absorbed, as
formerly, in study, and his sermons,
therefore, deteriorated Besides this,
almost an objectionable offence in a
New England tparish-he neglected, in
hls efforts to secure one eve for his pri-
vate fold, the flock over which he was
shepherd.
The parish grew FESTIVE, and the dea.
cons conferred together. 1t was finally
agreed that one of their number, q
shrewd man, gifted in smooth speech,
should give the pastor plain hint that
matters were not as they should be-
On the next Sunday morning, the
deacon overlook the parson as he was
going to church.
doctor, Pm glad to meet YOU" said
the smooth-spoken deacon; ''for
wanted to say to you as how l thought
OF changing my pew"
Indeed! and why the changer
''Well. I'll tell you. | sit, as vol
know, clear over the back side of the
meeting house. Between me and the
pulpit there's Judy Vickar, Molly War
rem, Experience Pettybone, and half-a
dozen old women, who sit with theil
mouths wide open. They catch all tn,
best of your sarmon, and when it get.
to me it's ruther poor stuff. - Youth.
Companion.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

Papers found in the vault of the New
York Safe Deposit company indicate that
John c. Taylor, lately deceased, has a
nephew, Samuel Middleton, who is heir to
the large estate. United States and rail
road bonds were also found aggregating
$500 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

John Raynor, merchant formerly in
business near Lima, Ohio. who was sus-
pected of defrauding the Germania Insur'
ance company in the burning of his store,
has been arrested, and 5000 worth of
the goods found in barns and haysta cks,
where he had hidden them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
A RUN ON A nknG STORE.

Never was such rush made for any
Drug Store as is now at Hartz & Balm
sens for Trial Bottle of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds All persons affected with
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Severe
Coughs affection of the Throat and
Lungs, can get Trial Bottle of this
great remedy free, by calling at above
Drug Store. REGULAR size $40
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay loss of manhood, &c,
l will send recipe that will cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send self addressed envelope
to the Rev. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D,
New York Eify
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

Aliens Brain Food botanical extract
strengthens the Brain and positively cure
Nervous Debility, Nervousness, headache
unnatural losses, and all weakness of
Generative System; it never fails. 81 pkg
6 for S5.-At druggists. or Aliens Phar-
macy. 315 First Ave. N. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

The Grand Lodge of English Masons
has unanimously adopted manifesto
declaring that the pope's recent allega-
tons against Freemasonary are utterly
unfounded, and expressing establishment
that his holiness should have included
English Masons IN the scope of his den
unciatiOns
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

Five floors in the east wing of the Bris-
toll hotel at St Louis fell at II O'Clock
Wednesday night The wing was occu-
pied by the servants, and all were given
timely notice by the cracking of the walls
before the fall, and were thus enabled to
escape
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

Was afflicted with Catarrh and Cold in
the Head. tried many remedies with
out any beneficial effects, at last l used
Ely's Cream Balm, which effectuslly
cured new. H. l. Hillard, Dentist,
Bordentown, N, ].
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
THE pRrTTIESr LADY IN Rock ISLAND

Remarked 10 a friend the other day
that she knew Kemps Balm for the
Throat and Lungs was a superior remedy.
asst stopped her cough Instantly when
others had no effect whatever So TO
prove this 0. Grotjan will guarn
tee it to all Price 90 cents and 81
Trial size free,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The greatest medical wonder of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, can
GERS, piles, chilblains, cOrns, letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance, or money
refunded. % cents per box. For sale by
Hartz & Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

Aliens Bilious Physic is a purely veg
etable liquid remedy for Headache, Bill
iousness and Constipation. Easily taken,
acting promptly, relieving quickly, 25 cts
At all Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO. June 6.

CHICAGO, June g.
Allan Mcintyre & Co.'s circular of this
evening says: Market very dull but stronger
Wheat-July opened, S911s, closed 9O15c; Aug
ust, opened S0%c closed 9l96c. Corn
July, opened, 5614c, closed 56s4c;
August, opened 57s6c. closed 5Sc Pork
July, opened $780, closed 10. 90 Lard
July, opened IS. I711gs, closed sS171.
Live Stock-The Union Stock Yards re-
ports the following range of prices. Hogs
Market moderately active, 5@l0c lower; s. s.
@5.5O. light; S. 05@5 35, heavy packing
So 35Gl5 SO, fair to choice; S.. 60, heavy
shipping weights Cattle-Marllet dull and
lower. ~
Produce-Butter, choice creamery, 175l9c;
good dairy, 14@l6c; fair to good packing,
7@9c. Eggs-l3@f4 per doz good to choice
counts Strawberries-Bad break in prices
fair to good, s1@2 per 24,gt case; fine, s. 25
@250
New York.
New YORK, June 6.
Wheat-Opened weak and A@&c lower
later, stronger; recovered; very quiet trading;
No. white, nominal; No 2 red July.
81. G103k; August. $l0414 @1.04l5
September 81. 05sS@1.055s; October, Sl07
November, s10S1S; December, Sl091z9
LILO Corn-Opened A@Hc lower, after
wards recovered from decline; mixed west
ern spot, 57@621.c; future, 62@65slc. Oat
-I8M14c better; western, 37@44c. Provi
sions--Beef quiet; new extra, Sl2. Pork IN
changed Lard-Dull; steam, $8.25.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, June 6.
Wheat-Dull and ffrmer; No. red cash.
95t09Sc; June Csc bid; July, 96c bid; August,
&c: No. 2 soft 81 90; No. 8 red, S6@92e.
Corn-Dull but firm: No 2 cash or June.
5715c: July, 5Sc; August SOC: rejected.
56a5615c; no grade, 4S@49e. Oats-Quiet
and firm; No 2 white, a603615c; No.
cash, or June, 347lc; July, S411lc; August
SOC asked; September, 29c.
st. Louis.
e ST. LOUIS. June T.
Wbeat-Higher, very slow; No. red
$I.05k cash and June, 95es @96c July; No ]:
red &c bid Corn-Dull, but higher; 53@
53Ac cash, 521S @52Kc june, 52s4@53c July
533S t054c August oats-Higher; 3224 C cash
3lM3l%cJuly. 261z @26sze year. Whisky
STEADY; Sill Provisions-Very SLOW, but
firm, only small job trade
milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, June g.
Wheat-Stronger; No.. ,, $3.50; June, SS2lc
July, 911sc; August, 925sc. Corn-Un
changed; No. 2, 553c. Oats-Higher; No. 2
Sc. Rye-Quiet; No. l, 611Sc. Barley
Higher; No. 2, 59c
Detroit.
DETROIT, JAne G
Wheat-Neglected; cash and june. Oh
July and August, 9S9sc bid, September
96&c; No. Q red, 961Sc Corn-No. 2 cask
56c. oats-No 2 white, 361acs<No' q R4c
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
TENTS.

i. A. Lehman, Solicitor Of American and For
elgn Patents, Washington, D. G. All business
connected with patents, whether before the Patent
Office or the Courts, promptly attended to. No
charge made unless pstent is secured. Send for
circular. api-27n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
SkinnyMen.

Wells Health Remover" restores health
and vigof, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence.
Sexual Debility 81.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
Catarrh of the Bladder.

Singing. irritation, inflammation, all
Kidney and Urinary Complaints. cured
by "Buchu paba " 81.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

Emorys Little Catharic is the best and
only reliable Liver Pill known, never fails
with the most obstinate cases, purify vege-
taEla liz nanto
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
CHICAGO LADIES SEMINARY,

Full courses Of study. Art Music, Ancient and
Modern Languages. Emil Liebling, Director Of
Music. Home comforts in boarding department.
MISS GREGG, Principal, Is and II Sheldon St,
Chicago, Ills. ang-25-dlm
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Solicitor in Chancery and
Il Notary Public, Abstracts, Loans and collec-
tons Office, Buford's Block, I'd avenue, over
Raker's JewelrV store nnv-20-1Iy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
mi. f.. SWEENEY.
e. w. HURST.

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
IL Office No. IS z O. Block, Rock Island.
apT30-dW6m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
81. C. CONNOLLY,

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
IL Rock Island. Ills. Office in Post Office Build
ing, over Mitchell g. Lynde's Bank, Rooms No
aud IN payIS1-dyS1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

A TToRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
II Office in Masonic Temple block, over Rock IS
land National Bank, Rock Island, Ill.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
CHICAGO. BURLINGTON Il QUINCY.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE l. ST. PAUL.

Trains No. Z, s, 9 and 10 are Maquoketa Branch
Trans aud 4, Accommodation for oxford Juuc
ton; and ?, Passenger, for Celmar.
Flying Dutchman" leaves Rock Island AS a.
H. arrives at 9:O5 p. m, arrives Dubuque 10 30 a.
m leaves :0S p, M; arrives at ST. Paul 50: 35 p.
IN, leaves :25 q. m; arrives Minneapolis 10 10 p.
m, leaves at4:50 a. m.
EDW HOLMES, Agent,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
RoCk ISLAND & PEORIA RAILWAY.

IktTN Il ASIIllNIT q L slUIts4t tAE4E W 4 Il
tsHaRTEsT ROUTE TO THE EAST AND VEST
LEAVE. ARRIVE,
Fast EXPRESS . S;55 A M IL 20 P Nj.
Mail and Ex............1 20 p NJ. 500 p. NJ.
Omaha Il Kan CITY Elk IL is A. 1:05 P. Nj.
Accommodation .......T 10 P M ? 200 A Nj.
Wny FREIGHT .......... 6 90 A. NJ. 400 p Nj.
Depot, Twentieth street,
The N D. IN. train makes close connection
st Galva with the C. B. & O., for points west; ar
irving at Galesburg at 4:25 p. M; Burlington GAO
D. m. ; Keokuk 1925 p. m; Quincy 1O:05 p m.
Also making close connection at Peoria with /. b.
w, and L P Il W., roads for all points east
and s0ulh
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
J. ID. SWEENEf- c. D. " ABkEl
SWEENEY & WALKER,

A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
dOffice in Bengston's block, Rsck Island, I'll,
aug-1-dwy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07
nj. M. STURGEON,
MI. M. CORBETT.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Office No. 1919 Second
Il Avenue, between 18th and 18th SITS, Cup stairs
Rock Island ILL., dec-12-d1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

Wheat-Stronger; No. ,, 88s1; June, SS3<c
July, 91kc; August, 925sc. Corn-Un
changed; No 2, 5519c. Oats-Higher; No. 9,
SIC Rye-Quiet; No. l, 6155c. Barley
Higher; No. 2, soc.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

The use of the term
'sShort Line" in connection
with the corporate name of
a grert road, conveys an
idea of just what is reqnir-
ed by the travelling public
a Short Line, Qnick Time
and the Best of accommo-
dations-all of which are
t railway in America,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-07

DhIEUII, JHH5 2 3
Wheat-Neglected; cash and June, 81 OH
July and August, 9S5kc bid. September
9sIc; No. Q red, 961Sc. Corn-No. 2 cask
58c. Oats-No, white, 36Alcs<No, 2ssRAc
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-17
Origin Of Pipes and Cigars.

The first smokers employed what
was practically identical with the
modern cigar. Dry tobacco leaves
were made into rolls and wrapped
with the leaves of Indian corn, one
end being lighted, and the other
pla ed in the mouth. Pipes were
also employed, those used in North
America being shaped almost exactly
like the letter Y except that the stem
was longer, and the forked end was
symmetrical. In use, the forked end
was placed in the nostrils, and the
other end in the dense smoke arising
from tobacco leaves placed on glowing
Goals.
"Thus it appears that tobacco using,
together with the Implements of its
use and all the different modes of
takipgit originated with the heather,
wholly barbarians, who roamed like
wild beasts over ithe plains and
through the dense forests OF this con-
tincnt four centuries ago. Civilized
men have made no Improvements or
discover es of any account in connec-
ton with its use; they have simply fol-
lowed the example olGthose naked saw
ages whom the discoverers OF Amer
lea saw chewing, snuling, and smok-
ing like devils almost four hundred
years ago. 1t is evident, then, that to-
ba co-using is a basbarous custom in
the fullest sense. AS to how sayageS
learned the use of the weed, history
d. es not give us any hint; but the fact
that pipes and snuf-taking tubes are
found in their most ancient buria'
mounds, which are often surmounted
by huge trees that must have re-
quired many centuries for their growth,
is evidence OF its great antiquity; and
in this habit we may inquest onably
find one of the causes which have re-
duced the American savage to his pres
ent degraded and deteriorated condi-
ton. y Golden Rule.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-17
improvements in Men and Machines.

1t would 9 curious study to as
certain how far the improvement in
machines and in tools had kept pace
with that in the skilled mechanic One
thing is certain, at the beginning of the
inquiry, that skilled mechanic is of
lust as much value to-day as ever.
How much he has improved is
question for scientific examination
rather than one for absolute statement.
1t would be a queer assertion that the
men Of fifty years ago were inferior to
those of the present. A IL the facts of
the past, as we'll as those of the pres
ent, show that our present mechanics
are no more mechani than those of
half century ago. All the great
improvements in hand tools and ma
chine tools for the last fifty years have
come from the individual efforts of men
who had done their work before the
present advent of machine and auto
matte tools. These men en-these work
men and inventors made poss billties
out of suggestions, and realities out OF
imaginings. TO them belong the reali-
ties Of the present machine shop.
1t would seem from this that it is not
the tools and the appliances that make
the workmen, but the workmen who
make the tools. There are Just as good
mechanics to- day. with all our mechan-
ical appliances for good work, as there
were when every JOB required a new ar
rangement of tools for work. In fact,
the improvement in machines presup-
poses the capacity of the machine
makers.
And yet these Improvements have
their influence on the workman; the
better the tools the more eAactive the
workman. There are gray -heade |, al
most superannuated, workmen in our
shops who have voluntarily discarded
all their old-time notions to take up
with some 'new-fangled trick'' that has
been proved to be an advance Tow ard
perfection. Every Improvement in
tools-induced and perfected by ne
chanics-- tends to an advance in the
true echanical improvement of the
work Scientific american.