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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-20
Prints.

.... .'a1IarI indigo blue prints.
Introductory sale price 81 cents.
Arizona republican., 1894-01-17

Advertising under this heading nc. per WORD
per insertion, subject to discounts for time and
space.
Arizona republican., 1894-01-17
THE OYSTERS ENEMY.

Great Destruction in the Delaware Bay
Beds by the "Borer."
The "borer," pest about the size OF
small strawberry, is working great
havoc among the oyster beds in Della
ware bay and tributary streams, says
the Philadelphia Ledger.
Capt. Moses Veale, of the oyster
schooner White Lily, says that the de-
structive powers of the ''borer" have
beef known to oystermen only few
years. He had followed oyster digging
for nearly thirty-fve years, and the
first 'borer" he saw was about ten
years ago, but their ravages in the oys-
ter beds were comparatively unnoticed
until last y ear.
Capt. Vsale said that last year the
number dead oysters with holes made
by bore IS in the shell became so great
that Cystermen were alarmed. This
year the work of the borers has become
a crave matter, and if it continues
p-any bays will be depopulated of oys-
rers. From one bed we dredged on this
trip we got twelve hundred baskets of
oysters, but out of these only two hun
dred were good, the dead oysters hav-
ing been killed by borers. A peculiar
thing about the ravages of the 'borers'
is their apparent selection of the best
oyster beds. We have found this to be
true several times this season. We
have found bed of small oysters al
most entirely free from 'borers.' This
bed will be separated from another
bed of larger oysters by two hundred
feet, but this latter bed will be so badly
affected by the creatures that it will
hardly pay to work it.
From what 1 can learn from oyster
men the destruction wrought by borers
is much more severe in Delaware bay
than in other places.
'.The work of the borer this year
makes a double misfortune, for the
oyster beds were badly damaged by the
big storm in August and September.
Very few people who are not in the
oyster dredging business know any
thing of the methods of the borer.
When first took notice of its work l
secured several oysters just after the
borer had fastened itself to the shell.
When the borer fastens itself it holds
on like leech, and it is with difficulty
that it can be removed with the
fingers.
Sometimes the borer fastens itself
to the oyster shell near the edge and
then the oyster is not killed. When
the hole of the borer is made near the
center of the shell the oyster is at
tackled in its vital parts and dies in
three or four days after the hole is first
made"
Some of the bed-owners near Maurice
river have lost large sums of money
this year on account of the borer. All
oystermen say there can be no way OF
taking away the borer without de-
stroying the oyster beds.
Arizona republican., 1894-01-17
the eyes of the customs officers in ways

the eyes of the customs officers in ways
that almost battle detection.
They have brought opium skillfully
stuffed in bananas still hanging to the
stalk and in oranges. One day about
six years ago Chinese dressed as a
cook walked leisurely down the gang
plank of a Pacific mail steamer with a
basket on his arm containing several
loaves of bread. He shuffled right by a
custom house officer and would have
got away all right, but on the wharf
came in collision with a drunken
sailor. The sailor, who was to blame,
gave the Chinese violent shove, send
ing him sprawling and scattering his
bread loaves. A policeman interfered
and noticed that one of the loaves had
broken open. He started to examine
and the Chinese started to run. Every
loaf was filled with opium.
Chinese have been detected with
boxes of the drug deity bound up in
their cues or tied under their arms.
Every bit of baggage and every article
they take ashore is hiding place.
Beams on ship and table legs have
been followed out as receptacles for
contraband opium. False bottoms are
put in cubby holes and pantry draw
ers. Hiding places are sought in coal
bunkers and under the engines and
boilers. The methods of secretion are
SO varied and ingenious that frequent
~ the officers are unable to find SNUG
gled opium, even after they have
definite information that.it is aboard a
vessel. Only recently the officers
failed to find lot, although they
knew positively that it was on board.
However, keeping the closest watch on
everything that left the ship, they
finally intercepted the opium as it was
being taken ashore.
Arizona republican., 1894-01-17
FOUND IN PRINT.

THE Arkansas City Traveller con-
tanned ten columns of business cards
of men located at Willow Springs a
week before the Cherokee strip, in
which the town is located, was opened.
A REMARKABLE friendship exists be-
tween bantam rooster and cat in
Washington county, Pa. A favorite
trick of the bantam is to get on pussy's
back and crow. The cat appears not
to mind it.
AN Indiana farmer saw an advertise
ment which promised, on receipt OF
$1.25, to give information how to raise
beets easily and profitably. He sent
the cash, and was told to take hold OF
the tops, and pull"
AN advertisement in one of the great
London dailies reads: Daniels De-
fiance-The finest variety of cabbage
in cultivation. 1t is early, short legged
and compact. Sow now" Many old
clothes men advertise for ''Left-off
wearing apparel"
Arizona republican., 1894-01-17
Sherif's Sale.

By virtue of an execution issued out of the
district court of the Third judicial district OF
the territory of Arizona, in and for the county
of Maricopa, on December 2Sth, 1898, and to me
as sheriff duly directed and delivered on a
judgment rendered in the said district court on
December 26, 1898, in the above entitled
action, for the sum of four thousand three
hundred and twelve dollars [s4,312l with
interest on the principal sum of four
thousand $4,000 dollars at the rate of ~
per cent per month until paid, together with
thirty nine 1889 95] dollars and ninety-fve one
hundreths, costs and disbursements at the date
of said judgment and all costs that may accrue.
did on the 2Sth day of December, 1898, levy
upon the following described property to wit:
Five Isl lots in Montgomery's addition to the
city OF Phoenix, Maricopa county, Arizona,
commencing at a point on tie west line OF
Fir. street, so feet south of the south line of
said city of Phoenix thence south $50 feet;thence
west 15O feet; thence north $50 feet; thence east
$50 feet to the place of beginning; being sub
division of the sw14 of section s, township
north of range 8 east; also all appliances Of
whatever kind and nature used in the opera
ton and distribution of electricity for lighting
and for other purposes and all appurtenances
thereto. and all rights and franchises of said
Phoenix Light and Power company with refer
ence to conducting the business of operating
and distributing electricity for lighting and for
other purposes, and all lines, wires, poles and
other appliances used in said business and ap-
pertenant to the same, now owned by the said
Phoenix Light and Power company lin and
about the said city of Phoenix, being the
property of said Phoenix Light and Power COM
pany.
Public notice is hereby given that I will at
the court house door of the county of Maricopa,
Arizona territory, at the hour of II o'clock
noon, on Friday the End day of February, A.
D., 1884, sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, in United States lawful money,
all the right title claim and interest of the
said defendants in and to the above described
property, to satisfy said judgment and all costs
of suit. TX. MURPHY,
First publication Jan. II, 1894. Sheriff.
Arizona republican., 1894-01-17

IDAHO produces 100000 bushels OF
wheat, $1,OOO,OOO worth of fruits and
100000 pounds of WOOL
MAINE has 10000 square miles of pine
forests. The lumber industry sends
out OO,O0O,O0O feet year.
Texas is first in cattle and cotton,
second in sugar, sheep and mules, sew
enth in cows, eighth in hogs
CONNECTICUT leads in clocks, is third
in silk manufactures, fourth in cotton
mills, and eighth in tobacco.
New JERSEY is first in silk manufac-
lures and zinc, fourth in iron, sixth in
buckwheat, and seventh in rye.
MISSOURI is first in mules third in
hogs and corn, sixth in iron and horses,
seventh in oats, ninth in sheep.
Arizona republican., 1894-01-17
FUTURE OF ALUMINIUM.
Roofs for Houses and Hulls for Vessel
Sure to Be Made of 1t.

Roofs for Houses and Hulls for Vessels
Sure to Be Made of 1t.
Aluminium, which itself possesses a
high degree of specific heat, does not
really absorb heat itself, and thus is
not liable to the chief objection to iron
buildings in hot countries. But apart
from light decorative purposes, says
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, such as
balconies, cupolas, finals and veran
das, it is as a roofing material that
aluminium should be most welcome to
the builder. In plates or scales, two
thirds lighter than copper, uncorroded
by air and undimmed even by the sui
phur of London smoke, it should make
roof fit for palace of romance.
The humber elements of health and
comfort in the house hardly less i'm
portant than its external defenses
against the weather-pipes, cisterns,
taps and cutters, now made of iron
which rusts, or lead which poisons-
would be more enduring and far more
healthy if made of this light and clean
ly metal, which might also take the
place of all water-holding vessels now
made of heavy, brittle earthenware or
painted tin. An aluminium bath is
among the probable luxuries of the
next century. But it is not as mere
accessory to comfort and convenience
that real development of the new
metal should lie. 1t is for use at sea
that its most marked quality of light
ness obviously fits it.
The marine engineer and the naval
architect, who are already looking in
this direction for reduction of the
weight which is inseparable from loss
of efficacy, whether in speed or cargo,
cannot neglect the possibilities of a
metal, which, when mixed in the pro-
portion of one to fifty, gives to alum
inum-bronze a hardness and tough
ness which makes it almost as reliable
as steel, and which, if the proportions
could be reversed and the strength pre-
served, would reduce the weight of
ships and machinery alike by two
thirds. That is problem which
awaits the metallurgist for solution.
The reduction in cost, judging by an
alogy, can only be question of time
and research.
The best steel now costs little more
than one-half penny per pound, while
aluminium is fifty times that price.
But aluminium exists in far greater
quantities than iron, is more widely
distributed, and neither the limits of
time nor the history of metallurgy for
bid us to conjecture that, as the world
has seen it's age of stone, it's age of
bronze and its age of iron, SO it may
before long have embarked on new
and even more prosperous age of alum
mum.
Arizona republican., 1894-01-17
NOVELTIES OF THE HOUR.

THE unicycle is expected by the in
ventor to go a mile in twenty seconds.
THE bicycle is coming into favor
with the cowboys, as substitute fol
the horse.
Arizona republican., 1894-01-17

CHINESE SMUGGLERS.
How They Try to Deceive the Gus
tom House Officers.
Valuable Invoice of Silk Hidden in the
Thick Soles of a Monaghan Maid
ems Shoe-Queer Contents of
a Loaf of Bread.

The customs officers of San Fran
cisco have to deal with some of the
most artful smugglers in the world.
The Chinese are race of smugglers,
and there is not a people on earth more
fertile in expedients to evade the reve-
nue. laws. Their stolid, impressive de-
meanor serves them admirably in their
contraband operations, for their &C
tions seldom afford, as is the case fre-
quently with white people, any ground
to suspect that they are trying to prac-
tice fraud. They have taught the
sailor men of the white race the
shrewdest tricks practiced on Uncle
Sans tax gatherers and are never
caught in one device without being
ready with another one equally as hard
to detect.
Before the influx of Chinese laborers
was stopped, says the San Francisco
Chronicle, a Mongol, looking as if all
his years were acquainted with only
poverty and toll, would sometimes try
to sneak ashore with dirty old blouse
stuffed full of fine silk handkerchiefs,
scarfs and Indian neck shawls The
Chinese garment for cold weather is
quilted blouse or tunic, with a heavy
filing of cotton. Silk handkerchiefs
being light and fine, single blouse
would sometimes contain valuable
invoice.
Sometimes demure Chinese maiden
would step ashore with the thick soles
of her shoes stuffed with silk. A whole
covey arrived some years ago with
their shoes stuffed in this fashion. An
inquisitive inspector had his attention
attracted to the extraordinary thick
ness of the soles and made an investi-
cation, which resulted in a valuable
seizure.
To man the Chinese crews on the
steamers plying between San Francisco
and Mexico, South America and the
Orient are smugglers. They hide their
contraband goods in the oldest places
imaginable and get them ashore past
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09
rE GAzETTE sEPTEMHEK . Isy1

be a conjunction also between Saturn
and Mercury. THESE meetings arc 70
the earth the only events Of interest In
which Saturn participates. Its size Is
for the present diminishing. Mars r.
another OF the morning stars, ana "
IL growing larger every day. Next
month tho planet VIII come above our
horizon as tho sun sinks below Il Tor
the other side, and there VIII be
flno chance 20 View VI. Uranus " an
evening etnr In the constellation OF the
Balance. but not IN the immediate VI
clnlty of any oonsplcuously bright star
that may serve TO indicate the locality
IN which n is TO be looked for u Is
getting further and further away frpih
tho earth, and may not he seen Without
a powerful glass,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09

Thcy Have Their Hands Fun Win
ihr Cntlnn nnInnr.

Waco, Tex, sept S.-fhc Cotton Pal
ncp onlccs I'm tho prnyIdsnt building are
i.,,.,, ,t,,,,., r,,, ,,,,t ,,.ut ,.,,,tt,,o
'U,E P''Nv" l"'' '"" '"' wa oi'''''u'
10 DC uhtl inc ohu OF th' PNpoSltloh'
The vast amount OF work involved in
tho conp,cti,n ar tho .lu,ndi,,, o,a ,ho
-,
preparhuohS ana "r0hFfMehls Tor me
exposition requires the attention OF the
entire working force constantly.
/, Il, o,rnrs,t O., ,,,,,,. ,,o,,,,, nat
100 '.''''. '"''
Tue Cotton iHl"ee mas developed INTO
the largest Kind OF an enterprise. and
,vhtla az cxtcnt mud tho I,bors cor-
-, H.In. a.
n'C'vu/ WIN "''v NOT ''t'lhuteu
lightly N the beginning. the directors
are more thnn ever impressed with the
fact h,t .t.,,. i.,,,,, -, 49,, -
-. ""''" 'uc VI
inc largest enterprises ever undertaken
In the state, At this stage the vast
details are claiming attention ma faro
"'" NV
'"s u''r Importance and necessity
NJ on every person connected with the
undertaking.
III, r,no,t, ,.,,., ,,,.
''0'' '''u Sl''e anu out
Side continue most favorable ana Indi-
NO an interest In the Cotton Palace
when uugurs wen for It's success. In
iael' the directors declare that all
mat ~ needed now to secure the most
ranEulne oNrectations IN the matter
of attendance IL propof rate from the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09

Waco, Tex, Sept s.--The suit Of w.
II useary. recently city attorney VI
West, to recover 500 alleged to be due
him by that thriving little town for
services In connection with the furnish.
Ing of d water sys,em for the town.
was tried In judge scotrs court TO-
day.
a numler % town officials OF West
were IN attendance. Much interest wns
manifested In tho suit by c.tlsens thore
MT usenry removed from Wost some
Time ago, and Il " reported that con.
siderable feeling arose over Ills claim
and the Incidents which led up To II
The testimony Of several officials OF
ueeary's services In the matter aued
upon were rendered gratultously.
Judge Scott took this view OF tho
case and found Tor tho defendant.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09
nuuLp1Sa TRADES nrrEcrnn.
chicago Has ANOTHER strike which
Mny be serious.

Chicago. gept. s.--A part Of the cm-
pioyes OF I've additional firms reported
Mt the headquarters o. thu Cnrniee
WORKERS union last night that they
had been licked out, and tho men emf
ployed By two otatr lrmB were ordered
TO leave their places by the officers Of
the union. This makes total Of
eleven Grns now Involved In the trou-
BILE, either through the lockout or be-
cause their man have gone "ut IN a
Btrlle. II was said that tho fun oi(e't
OF the Dor Ot the emp'5yers TO lOch
out the men would not be known until
tpnighi, when an tho mon viii have
reported 10 the officers OF the union.
The most important proceeding IN
connection with the strike wJH the
meeting 20 the business agents NJ Tie
BIildluF 1raifs Council ~ THIS meet
ing thet Representatives OF the various
unionH declared that they would sup
port the c0rrice makers, and that no
member Of their organizations would
work on building whore nousunion
cornico men were employed IN com
sequence OF this decision It IN believed
that the trouble viii spread 10 d cpn-
siderable extent during the next few
days
Union men say that there Is not a
building Of any Importance under com
attraction IN the city that IL not con.
trolled by the organizations OF the city,
and that wherever q non-unl1n corulca
worker is put 10 work the other trades
win leave tholr places
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09
JACKSON IS cRAWFISHlNG'
rhe Sioux city Athletic club Free
sent. II. Article. Of Agreement
uorbeups neprescn,auve sis"H Ia
.,ansry. bat Jackson auipbien'

New York, Sent. s--willlam A. Hrauy
md Tom oRourke, rcrresonting re-
spaotiycly James j. corbelt ana feler
Jackron, met I'D Lloyd. the representa-
tiyc Of tho sioux City Athletic club ~
Tho 81. Denis hotel today. LLOYD hau
the artlcleH In which tho Sioux clty
club offered $4,000 for the night, the
oonteat to take place between May 10
and June 10 next. Ut some point near
Sioux city. Each lighter was promised
$1,000 In case the light was stopped by
police lnterforohoe. Iirady signed In
Atautly, but ORourke qulbDled' Ito
eail that while he was representing
Jackson, he was not authorized TO sign,
and therefore would not Lloyd theu
left the meeting and has departed Tor
chicago TO SEQ Jackson personally
Corbott was seen later. Ho said that
he was as anxious as ever to meet
Jackson, and he had told Brady to sign
at any cost. The night, If arranged,
VIII take place In open air on phr IN
the Missouri river near Sioux CITY, and
between Nobrnoka and Iowa. IL has
never been dcaded which state has
lurlpdirtlun over this island, The con-
tract submitted by Mr., Lloyd " AZ FOL
iawst
'Theao articles OF agreement nio 10
govern "a glove contest Tor the cham
pionsbip of tho world. between J. j.
COrbctt Of America and Peter Jackson
Of Australia,
l. "rhc contest shall take place under
,.r 4 3D.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09

Waco, Tex Sept ga young man
named AbenstcIn few days ago came
TO this city 40 he claimed from Gaines.
vile to go into husiuess here lie sc-
cured lntroluctions to several business
mon by permitting life insurance man
To write him policy tor $4,000. which
he paid FOR with drnft ON Qninen-
willie parties which has since Seen re-
turned unhonored.
Yesterday he floatcd number Of
bogus chceks on local bank aud on
a Gamosvlllc bank and then lett tho
CITY, lie was traced TO Houston. whore
he was arrested today and had Ia awnit
the arrival of an otllccr who has boon
sent to bring him buck here. He pur.
chased goods from several firms uud
give checks In cNccsa OF the amounts,
occurring the difference In cash. A mum,
hor OF victims are anxious TO see him
roturn,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09

Hawthorne, NJ dept. S. First rnce-
rive furiopga Dick Hchan won Wells
street second. Tom sayor third Time.
100 10,
Second race--Ona mile. Debr0oy
won, wildwood second, unscOn third.
Time. 80 ~.
Third race Seven furlonga Wa
hatchlc won, Pop Gray second. Buck
MoCunn third. Time, 1886 ~.
Fourth raor-six furonRs. Rover
won. sligo second, Lcndaway third.
Time i.2L
lclfth race elS furlonGs Sam Farmer
won, rho spanlard hoound Minnie
Mueltu third. time, E3l ~.
Sixth rhce--3iN furlongs Ogric won,
Gold DuRt second, innovation third,
Time. l2lt
seventh rncc- Handicap stceplcchngu,
short coufne. Good bye won, NrEonta
second Japonlca THIRD Time 3A3 l-A
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09
TuE GRAND Army ENcAmrMEsr
Old Soldiers Arriving In pittsburg
Tho ORGANIZATIONS.

Pitt6burE Sept s-Pittsburg ana
Allegheny are all one mass of waving.
flutterlng patriotic coiors today. A
heavy rainetoriu last night I'D cor
siderable 1amage 20 tho decorations. To
day the sun Jshone brilliantly and tho
proaroo'a arc Tor bright weather dur
ing the whole Of the Grand Army On
camrment week, As a result the dam
aged decorations are hc'ng torn down
and replaced by new material, and in
many cases more gorgeous and costly
designs are substituted. The streets are
rapidly f'!lnR UP with visitors and the
modest blue uniform of the G. A. n. is
very much In evidence Every train
coming into the city adds TO the In
flux. the early arrivals consisting main
ly of veterans with their families. To-
night several organizations OF tine ma
val veterans arrived. They win -
quartered on steamboats, ON the Mo-
nungalfelA-rivcra will live during the
stay here In the same manner, 30 far
as possible, as they did when seeing
active service OF some heleagucred At
lantlc coast city. Arrangements have
been made to entertain 2O0D of these
ancient mariners. Tomorrow Zig
crowds are expected, ami on Monuuy
the visitors Will come by tens OF thcus-
ands. The early trains VI Tuesday Will
bring enormous throngs from the near
cities and towns. The police are closely
scrutlnlzlnk every arrival, and i6l<lrs
and crooks are given their choice OF
taking the next train out Of town OF
going to the worithouse. Tomorrow the
local police will be ussitcd by large
corps Of out OF town detectives repre-
gcutlng almost every large city In the
country ~
At least half tn, churches In US two
cities viii be given up Tomorrow to
the veterans. Army chaplnlns Will oc-
cupy number OF pulpits alHl tho To-
cal pastors have selected SUBJECTS likely
to be intoroatlug to the other suldicta,
Preparations are being made for thy
big parade ON Tuesday iron posts ppn
being set up along nearly the whole
route and wire ropes wan be stretcArd
TO keep the crowds of the roadway.
The mayors OF the two cities have is-
sued a proclamation to the citizens ask
ing that Tuesday he obscrpod ~ a
4 legal holiday In all the Misunderstanding
! plants. TuiB request will be generally
/ uheyed and it rs estimated that at
| lcUtt II half milllcn persons VIII see the
| Parade. 10 afford ready relief 20 velcr-
1 ans who may be overcome by sickness
| or fatigue during the march, or specta-
1 tors who may he injured IN the crowd,
/ temporary hospltnlH, with uhyalClaug
and trained assistants, have been es'
| tabllshcd along tho route, undcr the
/ charge OF the surgeons Of the national
| guard of PENNSYLVANIA. There X no
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09

savannah, Ca, Sept, s.--A pitched
battle took place on Bay street today
between union and non-unlou long
shoremen, mostly negroes. About 100
snoia were exchanged. Mark Cain
white leader OF the nonsunior mon
was shot In tho head ana lie expected
to die number OF negroes received
sight wounds A large force OF police,
Win Wlhehestors, finally escorted the
nop-union men TO work. Further
trouble ~ expected.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09

II ia believed the intention was TO nm
ian him up last night. as the girls
fnther had the key The girl ciaims
Webb assaulted her yesterday morning
ct a barn near the house and succeeded
IN accomplishing his purpose against
her win Her father came up. when
Webb knocked him down ana escaped.
I.nter he was caught and the chustlse-
ment administered Justice Keelnnd
has the case under investigation and
warrants have been issued for several
OF the parties. webb ls In jail and
gives evidence 81 his severe beating.