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Monthly Magazine SAYS he we'll remembers
observing the long struggles of q stern-wheel
boat to ascend the Horse-tail ripple few
miles below Pittsburg. He was in company
with several other gentlemen at the time
and he says that sit was the unanimous
opinion of the party that such contrivance
might conquer the difficulties of the Missis-
sippi as high as Natchez but that we of the
Ohio must wait for some more happy century
of invention"
The paddle-wheel, when it was first tried
n. the turbid Allegheny river, almost failed.
An old boatman writes in Gould's "History
of River Navigation" of being aboard the
hrst regular stern-wheel boat to ply the
Allegheny. 1t was built at Pittsblrg in
1880, and was called the ALLEGHENY. The
boat was 80 feet long and IS feet wide. She
had two stern wheels, extending IL feet be-
hind the boat. On May IA she left Pitts
burg, stemming the current at the rate of
four miles an hour. The first trouble she
encountered was at Patterson Falls, lis
miles up the river. This is one Of the worst
rapids upon the river.
GOT THROUGH BY POLLING.
Here very useful improvement aided
the engine, a polling machine, worked by
the capstan or windlass in the bow of the
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he had rescued Torpenhow from great

that he had rescued Torpenhov from great
temptation.
ST don't know if that's any worse than
sitting to drunken beast in a studio. You
haven't been sober for three weeks. You've
been soaking the whole time; and yet you
pretend you're better than mel'
"What d'you mean?" said Dick.
"Mean! You'll see when Mr.. Torpenhow
comes back"
1t was not long to wait. Torpenhow met
Bessie on the staircase without q sign of
feeling. He had news that was more to him
than many Bessies, and the Keneu and the
Nilghai were trampling behind him, calling
for Dick.
Drinking like fish," Bessie whispered.
Hes been at it for nearly month" She
followed the men stealthily to hear judg-
ment done.
They came into the studio rejoicing, to be
welcomed over-effusively by drawn, lined,
shrunken, haggard wreck-unshaven, blue
white about the nostrils, STOPPING in the
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through the engine holes, and perch nigh
up on the paddles of the wheel. He is often
compelled to perform this dangerous duty
in midriver. As the Lizzie Bay, of Cincin-
nah, lay beside the wharfboat at the foot of
Wood street, this week, called to the car
penter who was standing on the paddle of
the stern-wheel, whether he had ever been
dumped into the water. "Often," he re-
sponded.
Stories are told of how the engineer, for
getting that the carpenter had gone out upon
the wheel, had started the engines. A splash,
a veil, the sound of running feet up on
deck, and hnally the violent ringing of the
engine bells by the pilot, reminded the en-
giueer that the wheels paddles had held
human weight Accidents, however, from
this cause are rare. They are more frequent
from the carpenters own carelessness. The
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boat, which. drew her over with ease.
Montgomery's Falls, five miles above, is
nearly as bad. They arrived at Warren,
nearly 200 miles above Pittsburg, on the
lsth. 1t required from Is to % DAYS for
canoes and keel-boats, manned in the best
manner, to perform this trip. On May 10
she departed from Warren for Olean, in
the State of New York. Next day she
arrived opposite the Indian village of
Cornplanter. A deputation of gentlemen
waited upon this ancient Indian king or
chief and invited him on board this new,
ana to him, wonderful visitor. steamboat.
=, wonder if the old Indian laughed at
the odd-looking wheels? L. e. SToFIEL.
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paddles are quite narrow, and it is easy by 3
misstep to fall into the water.

ulSsIep 10 Iall INTO the water.
REPAIRING ALONG WATER STREET.
The man on the wheel OF the Lizzie Bay,
in this instance was Tightening up" that
is, screwing up the fanges of the paddles.
A paddle is made OF two boards generally,
and the iron fastenings become loosened
somewhat by the wear and tear of trip be-
tween Cincinnati and Pittsburg. Whether
they are loose or not, it is always safe to ex-
anime the wheel at both cities An immense
amount of steamboat repairing is done
along Water street and Duquesne way. In
repairing or building wheels the pieces are
cut out and fashioned in the shop. The
iron pieces are cast and nodded, and every
separate bit of iron and wood is so nicely
fitted that to build up the wheel on the
waters edge. after everything is ready, is
only a matter of few hours.
1t is very interesting visit to these shops,
because of the variety of work done at them.
Anything at all that goes wrong on board
river steamer (or ocean vessel for that mat
ter) can be remedied by the ingenious work
men along these two tboroughfares-the
tIniest job, from fixing a capstan up to the
months contract for overhauling disman-
tied steamboat Some time ago the harbor
tug Stella Mccullough was sunk in the
Monongahela, close to its mouth. Her boil
CTS are stIl AZ the Dottom oi tne river, Dut
water-logged hull has been raised and towed
10 shore.
BUSY LITTLE SCENE.
1t now lies high and dry on the wharf at
the foot of Ferry street, with its broken bits
of machinery scattered all around and
through it, Near this hull on the river
bank lies pile of new skifs and lifeboats,
built and painted in bright colors for the
coal trade. Not far beyond are a lot of
long, black smokestacks, in which workmen
are riveting nails. They lie like disheveled
giants, and so large are they that the arti-
sans must have boxes to stand upon when
trying to reach the sides.
The use of paddle wheels in conjunction
with steam as motive power, dates from
about the commencement of the present CEN
tury, but the employment of the paddle
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language as follows: ST can out-run, out
jump, tn row down, drag out, and lick any
man in the country. 1 am an Ohio river
roarer, love the wimen, and am chock full
of fight"
Fink: was murdered in retaliation for
killing steamboatman, for which class of
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

WITH
up
f
exactly One
girl
aneoha Mase and Paris to study
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HE people OF one
end of this State
are always sure
of seeing q curl
osity at the other
end. That is a
stern W h e e /
steamboat. They
don't have them
in Philadelphia.
Theyhave scarce
ly anything else
on the rivers
z-l d., ,&4c
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PRESENTS

Suitable for all classes, goods
at all prices and terms suitable
for all conditions, Presents for
the father, presents for the
mother, presents for the sister,
presents for the brother, pres
ents for everybody, and every
body for presents. We have
the goods and we certainly
want your trade
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DOUBTFUL SEVENTY YEARS AGO.
As late as 1917 the practicability of
navigating the Ohio with those big wheels
as propellers was esteemed doubtful by
many persons, A writer in the Hestern
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GIVING

AS we do, plenty of time to
settle all bills, it will enable
you to buy good, useful pres
ents, if it does take a little
longer to pay for them; or if
your circumstances in 80, 90
or 90 days will justify going a
little into debt, it is always
policy to buy the best Good
goods always give
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BY RUDYARD KIPLING.

Being the First Serial From the Gifted
author of "Soldiers Three" and
Sketches of Arny Experiences n India.
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OUR RIVER GIANTS.
Big Stern WheeIers That Move
Acres of Black Diamonds
on Local Streams.
PITTSBURG PROUD OF THEM
While Visitors From Tidewater In
agine They Are Ludicrous.
REPAIRING on LAND AND WATER.
An Early Vessel That Was Propelled by
Oars Moved by Steam.
STORIES OF PIONEER BOATING DAYS
PITTSBURG PROUD OF THEM
REPAIRING on LAND AND WATER.
An Early Vessel That Was Propelled by
Oars Moved by Steam.
STORIES OF PIONEER BOATING DAYS

WRITTEN FOR TIE pIsPAroH.I
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4 RI

You contemplating giving a
PRESENT. IF so, we take this
early opportunity Of calling
your attention to as fine and
complete a line Of Xmas goods
as is carried in the city; goods
that give credit to the buyer
and seller; goods that will give
tone and comfort to the home;
goods
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For Christmas Gifts,

Or possibly you are in need Of
goods in our line, Carpets, Fur
niture, etc., before and after
Xmas. Then we want your
trade also. We will give you
more and better goods for less
money than any house in the
city. That's what you want.
Now use your Judgment and
see If
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-05
SUNDAY Services

At the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms, SUM-
day at $50 p. m. the meeting will be led
by Mr.. Nils Olsen.
at the Christian chapel, services 81
1O:45 a. m. and Z p. m. Preaching by
Rev. T. W. Grafton. of DeSoto, Iowa
Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.
At the Central Presbyterian church,
services at l0:45 a. IN. with an inaugural
sermon by the pastor. the Rev j. H.
Kerr. and in the evening at 100. The
church will be decorated with flowers for
Easter. sunday school at $50 a m, J.
III. Buford, uperintendent.
At the First Baptist church, the Rev.
II. G. Leland pastor, will preach at l0:45
a. m. The Risen Mediator" And al
7;30 p. m. Sunday school at $50 a. n.
j. w. WEIGH. Superintendent. Sunday
school at Forty fourth street chapel al
$50 p. m. C. L. Williams superintend
ent.
At Trinity church, Rev r. F. Sweet.
rector yesterday. first celebration at 6. a.
m Maths sermon and secondcelebration at
lO45; specis. festival for children of the
two schools at 7:30. Easter Monday
service at a. m, aud 100 p m. Easter
iNSSNeJ oSAFiSC a. o u III L ut Ehste !
Monday at 7:30 the annual election Of
wardens and vestry occurs.
AT the Broadway Presbyterian church
the Rev. w. s. Marquis. pastor. will
preach at 10:45 q. m. sermon appro-
pirate to Easter. and at Z 80 p m. on the
Gospel According to Matthew Young
peoples meeting at Gas p. m. Sabbath
school at $40 a. m. South Park mission
school at $50 p. IN. Easter service in
chapel at $50 p. M.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-05
ITALIAN REVENGE.
A Thrilling Story Told in a
Gotham Court.
AN UNLovED HUSBANDS DEvILTRY

His Wife Proving Unfaithful He Forces
Her to wreak His Malice on the Head
of Her Lover-A Terrible Tale of Crime
from Kansas-Repeated Murders Sus-
pected and the Last One Discovered by
Accidental Public Reproach.
New YORK, April 5.-A romance of Ital-
ian love and hate, faithless wife, revenge
full husband, and mighty lucky lover was
told Thursday in the general sessions before
Recorder Smith. The husband made the
wife fire at her lover with bullets stepped in
garlic, according to superstition among
the Italian peasantry that to steep a bullet
in garlic puts its effectiveness beyond all
doubt. The tale was told in the trial
Of Concetta Ros-ta, rosy-cheeked, plump
young Italian woman, with string
of variegated beads about her rounded,
tawny throat and every color of the rain
bow in her attire. Her shining, ebon-black
hair was confined in a knot upon the back
of her head, and golden dagger pierced the
knot. She was tried upon an indictment
charging her with assault in the first degree
in firing loa led pistol twice at the head of
Giuseppe Alanello, a trim young Italian
with the curling hair and mustache of an
operate tenor
Diabolism Of Pepito Rosita-
The defendant testified in her own behalf
through the official interpreter. II knew
Alianeilo in Italy she sail, "whsn we were
very young. We grew up, and loved him,
and he loved me. But | married Pepito
Rosita Aiansllo came to live in our home
when he came from Italy three months ago
My love for him came to life again
My husband cana home one evening
ami found Us together He told
Alianello that he would kill him He
went with me to a shop in the Bowery and
bought pistol. He took out the cartridges
and made me practice in aiming and pulling
the trigger Then he loaded it, first rub
bling the cartridges with garlic, after the
fashion of our country when we mean bull
let for our enemy's heart Then he said:
You must so and kill Alianello IL you
don't kill him, will you. If you don't kill
him by tomorrow morning you can count
yourself as dead"
Forced to Do the Deed.
The woman then told how she had tricked
her husband by pretending she could never
find Alianello. AT last the husband arranged
meeting. Il went to Alianello, and when
he bent down to talk to me put the pistol
near his ear and fired. | did not aim
at him. ] fired again in the air.
L did not wish to kill him
because / love him very much" Then the
woman broke down and sobbed and wept
Recorder Smyth said it was the most extra
ordinary case that had ever come before
him. The jury convicted Concetta of as
sault III the second degree Recorder Smyth
sentenced her to the penitentiary for three
years
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-05
AN ex-soLONs slNuoSlTY.
kts Produces War Widows and Raids I
Pension Appropriation.

kss Produces War Widows and Raids the
Pension Appropriation.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 5-The most sansa-
tional and extensive frauds ever prepetr ated
upon the pension department in this state
have come to light with the arrest of ex-
Representative Lee Wilson, of Shelby coun-
ty, on an indictment returned by the feder-
al grand jury The evidence showed that
Wilson had secured total of twenty-one
annulments of marriage in the Shelby cir
cult court, and in each case he had ceived
a fee of from $50 to $40 The women who
were thus freed from matrimonial bonds
were the widows of soldiers who had relnar-
ried, and the incentive was restoration to
the pension rolls. But one of the cases
passed through the cour Is in legal man
ner, and all the other DEGREES were secured
by fraud and the entries made through col
fusion with the deputy clerks
Careless Sort of Judge.
A number of Shelby county lawyers were
before the grand jury, and testified that
Judge Hord was in TIE habit of letting at
torneys write their own DEGREES, AMI that he
frequently signed the record without read
ing it. Wilson's plan was to file suits in the
court, have the notice regularly printed in
the newspapers, and then write out q de cree
and have it entered upon the docket. Thus
the marriage of his client was annullei " it'll
out any evidence being heard in the case 1t
also developed before the Jury that the docket
OF the court mad been stolen, and that / of
the original papers in the several cases had
been distracted from the clerks Office.
Deputy Clerks in Collision.
There was evidence tending TO show that
certain deputies in the clerks office were in
collision with Wilson, and an indictment
for conspiracy will be returned The arrest
of Wilson vas ordered for the purpose of
holding him till the work of the grand Jury
is completed, as it was believed that he
would leave the state. He gave bond, and
arrived here Friday evening, and is in con-
sultatlon with his attorneys Wilson re-
presented Shelby county in the last legis-
iature, and Is now candidate for re-nomi-
nation
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-05
ABBREVIATED TeLEeRAMS.

The condition of wheat in Missouri is re-
ported at IS per cent
Mrs Mary F. Williams, Of Chicago. was
awarded so, 700 against her husband Fri
day for SANDER
The creditors of John F. Plummer, Of New
York, who failed recently for 81, 900 700, win
probably not get cent
The National Bank OF Commerce. at
Pierre, y. D., has been authorized 10 begin
business with capital of SIS go
The labor movement is extending daily
throughout Austria and fresh strikes are inn
minent in Vienna and in the provinces
George Gould says he has just received
telegram from his father in Mexico, and
that the story Of his illness is pure fabrica-
ton.
The annual meeting OF the American So
ciety OF MicrDscopists. 70 be held 10 August,
will take place in Buffalo instead OF Louis
vile.
The stone from Calvary which is to be the
corner OF Talmage's new tabernacle has ar
rived in Brooklyn, y. Y; also box of
relics
Gracian Chleborad has been sent to the
penitentiary by jury at Atwood, Kan, for
fifty years, on charge of poisoning his
brother.
Business failures ia the United States for
the seven days ended Friday numbered 1879;
for the corresponding week in $50 they
numbered Isl.
Work at the Henry Clay colliery, at Sham
okin, Pa, which has been idle three months,
viii lie resumed Monday, giving employ
ment to !, 500 men,
NJ. Odin, young professor in the acad-
envy at Lausanne, was killed Friday while
attempting the ascent Of the Rochersdeneiga,
in Switzerland
Arkansas City, Ark, is drowned out,
there being about twelve feet of water ali
over the town Government steamers ar.
rescuiDg the citizens.
The Adams Express company spent SOB
600 in tracing Z. S. Crawford, who stole
Ga, 600 from them at New York He was
captured in Honduras
Conductor D. W. Ainsworth, Of the Wis.
consin Central, was mysteriously shot end
dangerously wounded at his home in Wau-
kesha, Wis, Thursday.
Louisville is rapidly rebuilding the section
devastated by the cyclone, and business has
been fully resumed. The total death roll
now foots up but seventy-six.
A gentleman named Perdue, of Santiago,
Cal, went to Colorado Springs Colo, to
bury his wife three months ago. Three days
after his arrival he left the hotel for Mani
tou, and has not been heard of since. MUIR
der Is suspected
The losses at Metropolis, Ills, by the re-
cent tornado are estimated at $500, 900, and
In that vicinity 100000. At Grand Tower
the condition is much more serious, the SUI
ferers having lost everything, and being in
need of money and clothing.
The fire in the South Wilkesbarre colliery,
In which eight men were entombed some
weeks ago, has been extinguished. An ex-
ploration of the mine reveals an immense
amount of damage, but no trace of the men
who are supposed TO be hidden under some
Of the piles of rubbish with which the mine
Is filed
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-05
RISKING HIS LIFE.
A Perilous Job of High Climb
ing Undertaken.
ASCENDING A sS5 FOOT CHIMNEY.

The Work To Be Done with Ladders ON
the Outside-The Tug of War at the
Top-A Chinese Delicacy for the Paris
Poor-Ingenious Use of Rats with
Oakum Tied to Their Tahs-Other
Items of Novel Interest.
NEW YORK, April blow to get up the
chimney at Harrison, n j., was puzzle
which agitated the Clark Thread company
from the time that two strokes of lightning
marred its beauty and probably its safety on
March Is On Tuesday John Phillips, of the
slate-roofing firm of w. Smith & Co., called
at the works and contracted to climb the
chimney for a stipulated sum If the company
would supply ladders He explained his
plan and was permitted to make the trial
A PeriIous Ascent on Ladders.
The chimney is 335 feet high, and the bell
shaped top flares out five feet beyond the
collar, but this feature did not daunt Phil
lips, who began work at noon on Wednes-
day with thirty five foot fire-truck ladder,
whose spikes were sunk into heavy plank.
A second ladder, twenty five feet in length,
was dashed to this, and both were firmly
anchored to the chimney with hooked
spill of seven-eighths inch steel and driven
There was lot OF light and new ladders at
hand, and before night Phillips had five of
them in place.
How the Job Is Being Done.
Each ladder Tapped on the one below for
five feet At its base cross cleat of wood
was dashed, and between it and the face Of
the chimney stout piece of plank was
placed on two spikes driven into the brick
work. These sheiv keep the ladders foot
from the chimney, and make stages upon
which Phillips can stand He carried up a
tackle block and rope by which each sue
cessive Ladder was hauled up by his helpers
on the ground.
The Difficulty at the Top.
How he proposes to master thu difficulty
when he reaches the eighteen-inch collar
and the five-foot outward slope at the bell
he does not tell, and it is hard to understand
how he will overcome the trouble which he
will encounter when he reaches the slope Of
cast-iron forming the huge cap. His bar
gain is to so up and rig a rope and tackle by
which workmen can ascend and examine the
shattered brick work
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-05
TRAMP PRINTERS MALICE

He PTS" a Kalamazoo, Mich. onfce in
Revenge.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, April 5-A tramp
printer named Lewis, who had been working
in The Democrat Office in Hastings for some
time past but who was discharged Thurs
day, entered that Office that nj BIT in a
drunken condition and proceeded to do what
he could to get out the paper He took all
the type which was set for the next issue
and several cases of type and dumped it all
in heap on the floor. This did not satisfy
him, so he took a key of printers ink and
poured it over the pile He lef; the follow
ing note: Midnight. Winisor-Guess I'm
even with you johnson
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-05
CRIME OUT IN KANSAS.
Strange Indifference Thereto Developed
by the Case of Chleborad.


by the Case of Chleborad.
ATWOOD, Kas, April 5.-Judge Bertram
yesterday sentenced Gracian Chleborad to
fifty years in the penitentiary for murder.
Chieborad is about 50 years old, and will
probably not live to serve his time out The
crime OF which he was convicted was poi
sonlng his younger brother Joseph last De-
cember Strange to say, although there was
proof positive OF strychnine in the dead
mans stomach, and every Circumstance
pointed To Gracian as the murderer the
jury returned a verdict of murder in the
second degree, acquitting Mrs Chleborai
Gracian's wife, who was indicted with him.
The judge, however, made amends for the
Jury's action by pronouncing sentence
that virtually amounted to life imprison-
ment
Will Rival the Bender Atrocities
If the evidence of Chleborad's neighbors is
TO be believed the poisoning OF Joseph
Chieborad was the last of a series of muir
ders that II Investigated will prove as horri-
Die as the infamous Bender crimes that were
exposed in Sabeth county, Kan, in 1873
The Chleborads lived on a claim that was
originally settled by Mr.. Shaw, who myste-
riously disappeared Evidence indicated
that he was murdered for his money and his
body thrown into an abandoned we'll on the
divide not far from the Shaw dug-out After
a while the Chleborads, consisting of man
and wife and three sons, of which Gracian
was the oldest, took the claim
Where Were the Authorities?
In the course of time Mrs. Chleborad died
myteriously, and her place of burial was
never known. The event occasioned COM
ment, but the people seemed to be afraid of
the Chleborads, and it was never investi-
gated. II was generally believed, however.
that she was murdered and her body thrown
into the we'll
What Allied the Legal Machinery?
Later the old man died suddenly, and the
neighbors again suspected poisoning. This
was followed by fresh burial in the we'll
This crime was charged to Gracian Chile
borad and his wife, May A few months
later one of the brothers disappeared, and
Gracian said that he had gone to Nebraska,
but the boy never came back, and it Is sup
posed the well recsived another victim
Seems to Have Been Left to Luck
Last December young Robert was poisoned
and the murderer was detected by a party
OF neighbors, who met Gracian with the
body of the boy on his shoulder, making
straight for the old we'll He was arrested
and the murder proved. An effort has been
made to have the county commissioners dig
out the Did well, now nearly filled up, when
proof OF all these horrors is likely to appear.