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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-25

On the clerkship the business man
should apply the situation to himself.
As between Huesing, who has been
tried and whose ability and fitness
are known. and Bladel, how long
would one hesitate in the employ
ment of an accountant?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-25

A PARIS astronomer SAYS that on
Good Friday next april 12) the
heavenly bodies which gravitate
round the sun will be in exactly in
the same position they occupied the
dav Christ died on the cross.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-25

KINNER and Larkin will be the next
assistant supervisors. The public
can only have its rights respected in
the board by defeating the two who
are running for reelection as a vindi-
cation of their course with reference
to Steve Collins and other matters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-25

KUsCHMANN is striking terror to
the Knox crowd in the campaign ne
is making. His quiet. earnest, bust
ness-like manner is winning him ad-
mirers and supporters daily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-25

HARRY b. SIMMONS nomination for
city treasurer was an especially wise
one. lie is making a splendid can
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrea
twenty-five cents bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-25

ELECT the entire democratic town.
ship ticket
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-25

SILAs p. CARPENTER has Just been
elected town treasurer of Richford,
VT, for the 50th consecutive year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-25

TIE ARGUS, Toe week, delivered
every evening at your door.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24
A japanese Methodist Church.

The first Japanese church in America
has been dedicated in San Francisco.
Its outside is of birch, plaster and
wood.carving. Its congregation con-
sists of 300 Japanese Methodists, with
a few japanese girls of various sizes in
charge of Miss Hewitt as chaperon. I
Inside there is strip of Japanese
mating in the aisle and chairs take
the place of regular seats. The pulpit
has gay red carpet, and there is a
red curtain between the choir and the
audience. There are Japanese vases
of dull blue pottery with stork de-
sign full of flowers. The audience
room is plastered in the natural color,
and the ceiling is finished with rafters
that show. The windows have dia.
monds panes and are unstsined. ex-
cept one, which is memorial to DR..
Otis Gibson, the first pastor of the.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24

tective will ever find 1t. / only wish we
had the one thousand of the marked
money we gave Garnar back again. He
may use some of it. The money may be
traced to him, and to save himself there
is no telling what he might do" contin-
ued Pratt.
well, open the safe and get the
marked money out. Before hiding it we
will test the preparation which I pro-
cured from an old German chemist to-
day, as promised 1 would. The COM
pound is recommended to remove ink
marks. II we can remove the marks on
the money, all we'll and good" said
Weeks, and he placed large stone jar.
or bottle on the table.
Pratt went. to a safe in the room,
opened IL and uooK OUT the money which
had the bankers private mark on it.
Noiselessly Paxton opened the door at
which he was listening hairs breadth,
and peered into the room. He saw the
three men standing about table upon
which the package Of marked money had
been placed. Pratt and Kredge stood
with their backs turned to the door, but
Weeks faced it. He was intent on try
ing to remove the mark from one Of the
notes.
Paxton comprehended that he had a
wonderful chance to secure the marked
money if he dared take terrible risk.
Like shadow he glided into the room,
intending to snatch the package Of
marked money and escape with it. He
had almost reached the table when
Pratt wheeled like flash and saw him.
The next instant he was struggling des-
perately with the three villains, whose
evil faces were darkened by the shadow
of deadly thoughts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24
MAKING "BIKES." :"
A SHORT TRIP THROUGH A b.
CYCLE FACTORY.
A Bicycle Has Four Principal Parts
How Weight is Saved
Some of the Machin-
cry Used.

TUST where to start in telling
how wheel is made is diff
~ fcult thing, says the Chi
cago Times-Herald. In the
making they start in a dozen
places or more at once. In o
general way there are four different
parts to q bicycle,-the wheels, the
frame which acts as the connecting
support for all, the running gear and
the steering apparatus. Carrying the
analysis farther, the wheels are made
up of spokes, hubs, rims, tires, spoke
nipples, ball valves, cups and cones,
and the washers that go with them.
The frame is composed of the diamond
shape set of tubes that join the wheels
together. the head through which runs
the steering tube, the rear fork, the
seat post and the crank hanger. The
steering tube, the fork sides around
the front wheel, the fork crown and
the balls, cup and cones on which the
steering tubes turn. The running
gear takes in the pedals and crank
which operate on the sprocket wheels,
the chain which connects them and
carries the driving power and the ball
bearings on which these things re-
volve. The saddle is also o necessity
which properly belongs with the
frame.
These are the minute parts of the
wheel, and each separate piece, wheth-
er big or little, requires separate
handling many times over before it
finally enters into the makeup of
complete wheel. Each piece passes
through numerous hands before it is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24
Electricity as a Haircutter.

Two striking proofs of the eagerness
of the public to avail itself of any elec-
trical improvement were recently af-
forded. An electrical journal pub.
lished an article on q comb which
when passed through the hair would
cut it and SINCE it at the same instant
by means of the contact OF platinum
wire stretched across it, to which cur
rent could be admitted on pressure of
q button OF the other end OF the comb.
As direct result of this article the
of the device received
372 letters and eighty-four postals,
and their gross sales in little over /.
month were nearly $4,000. In regard
to device for generating electricity
direct from coal, which was described
in another journal, the inventor had
800 letters. s.-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24
MACHINE FOR TRUING UP RIMS.

frames comes the greatest reduction in
the weight of wheels. Instead of u.s.
ing small bars of solid steel, as for
merly, light, hollow steel tubing is
employed. This lessons the weight
without sacrificing the strength, for a
tube of steel is said to be stronger
than o solid of the same weight. In
making the joints, too, there is q great
saving of weight. Instead OF the old
heavy castings and reinforcements,
the joints are now brazed, one piece
into the other. which adds strength
and decreases the weight. In place OF
the heavy castings used, for instance,
in the fork crown, vital part Of the
machine, drop forgings are now EN-
ployed to the increase of strength
and safety and the decrease also OF
weight.
In making the running gear the
greatest cnre is exercised, both in
workmanship and the selection of ma
terial Each piece is handled dozen
times, made with the utmost precision,
tested for every possible strain, and
not put into wheel without every rs
surance that it will be able to perform
its function properly. Special ma
chinery is used for most of it, and the
best of skilled workmen are employed.
II there is but one part about wheel
that requires particular treatment it
is the running gear, and it gets it.
A great deal of the machinery used
is automatic, and can by operated by
boys and girls. The making of oil
cups, for instance, and the many nuts
and rivets used in wheel is dono by
machines thss bite off pieces of steel,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24

of boys, and they do it as well as men.
Putting tires in the rims is simply a
trick, too, but they tell you at the fac
tory they will give anyone a wheel
who can pull an inflated tire away
from the rim. The enameiing, nick
cling and polishing OF the different
parts are done by the same processes
always used in finishing the same sort
of material in the same way.
The assembly-room is the place
where all the parts come and are put
together. Each part is there tested
again for every kind of strain it will
have to bear. 1t isn't possible to see
the making of any particular wheel
in one day, and you can't get zone
while you wait," as you could get silk
handkerhhiefs at the Worlds Fair. It
is interesting to see the process, how.
ever, and one who has the opportuni-
ty should embrace it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24
A Famous Old Store.

The famous old "Blue Store" I'M
Roxbury, Mass, will soon be torn
down. During Colonial times GeneralI
Warren, 1t is said, occupied one fooH
of the old building as dwelling.
When undergoing repairs number OF
years ago, one of the statesmen, Martin!
F. Curley, found among the rafters an
old military coat with gold buttons, |
and one of the old residents claimed
then that it was General Warren'E
coat.-New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24

out finished and complete. Sprocket
wheels are made in this way. First
they are cut in circular form from O
plate OF steel by heavy drop ham
mer, then strung together in lots of o
dozen or more in O machine whose
teeth eat out spaces in the rims and
make the notches, one row at time,
on which the propelling chain turns.
Saddles are first cut out of bit sides of
leather, soaked and put through lot
of forms, till they are pressed into the
proper shape. Most of the work is
done by girls. Putting the spokes in
hub and wheel is q puzzling job,
which has been we'll learned by lot
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24
finished, each person who handles it
taking it little nearer completion.

finished, each person who handles it
taking it little nearer completion.
In making the rims for Wheels, for
instance, the workman finds his ma
terial in q sheet of steel four feet
broad, perhaps, and twenty feet long.
He puts it into a cutter that rips it
into proper widths and then cuts it to
requisite lengths. From there each
piece is sent through a machine that
bends it into circular form and on
through others that turn up the edges
into concave shape to hold the rubber
tire. When that is done the two ends
are brazed together, holes are drilled
for the spokes and the rim is complete
except for the nlckeling and polish
ing. The spoke, spoke nipples. hub
and washers are oil handled separately.
With the new method of making the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24
A GALLANT DOG.
He Assists the Cat in Removing Her
Family,

He Assists the Cat in Removing Her
Family.
A well-known Philadelphia man tells
the following story of dog and cat
who are members of his household. The
two grew up together and have always
been the greatest Of chums. A short
time ago the cat presented the family
with number Of kittens, and the dog
evinced the liveliest interest in the new
arrivals. Several days ago, after the
manner peculiar to cats, the mother
took it into her head to move her fam
lily. One by one she tenderly carried the
kittens to their new home, the dog trot-
ting by her side, his eyes wide open
with wonder. Finally the last kitten
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24

was reached. Mrs. Pussy took it in
her mouth and was about to start off
with it when Mr.. Dog was suddenly
seized with the idea that he was lack
ing in gallantry. Carefully noting the
manner in which the rat carried her
offspring, he seized the mother by the
back Of the neck in the same manner,
and the strengthening trio made the
trip to the new quarters in safety.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24
Larger than LiCk'S,

A principal feature of the Paris EH'
position of 1900 will be the largest tel
escope in the world. 1t is to be 200 feet
long, and to have an objective Of fuur
feet diameter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24

on view at the aquarium dog show in
London. ,,
It was made for ler by her owner,
Edward Mosely, of Regent street,
rather more than q year ago, and is
probably, says the London Sketch.
the first instance of anything beyond
a broomstick or pin leg, 80 to speak,
being made for one of the lower ami
mails,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24

church. The organ is sometimes
couple OF notes ahead or behind, but
that makes no difference with the fer
vor of the singing.
The church its is in the upper story.
Below are the chapel, school-room and
Offices, with the dormitories Of the
mission in the rear. The mission boys
have intelligent, well-bred faces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24
Don't Kick the Cat.

Don't kick the cat, to show your spite
because your neighbor got ahead of
you by advertising, but rather take
pattern from his example
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24

Farmer Jones-"What hev yer
larned at college, SOM"
Son-"Why, dad I can throw the
hammer further than any one there.
Farmer Jones-'Thet's good. l
guess yer'll hev no trouble in gittin'
er Job In er blacksmith's shop then. y
Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-24

The plotters feared the consequences
tf the discovery made by the spy who
had escaped them.
II wonder how much OF our conversa-
tion the fellow heard" said Weeks pres
emily.
Enough to condemn US, no doubt, if
no could prove what he heard. Fortu-
nately for US, he did not secure the
money, which was undoubte edly his pur-
pose. Now we will conceal it and defy
him if he seeks to expose us. Our oaths
would 60 as far as his in n court Of law,
if it should come to that" replied Pratt.
He was the leading spirit of the firm.
That internal money has done US no
good yet, but on the other hand it has
brought us trouble, said Weeks caeru-
lousy.
Thus they continued to converse until
Levi Kredgo left them.
When he had gone they secreted the
marked money and then took their de-
tarture from the Office for the night.
The following day PaXton's agent,
who had resumed his task of shadowing
levi Kredge, reported to his principal
hat the ianitor had obtained leave for 9
DAYS absence and that he had purchased
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-27
ATTACKS SENATOR PALMER
Hlnrlchsen Defends the Calling.
Of the Scare Convention.
Thinks the Democrats of Illinois should
Have Opportunity to Express
Their on Year Conyio-
tions on finance.

st. Louis. April N.-In an interview to-
day Secretary of State Hinrichssn of Hi
nois said, concerning the silver movement
in Illinois: Urged by representative demo-
Gratis and members of rhe democratic state
committee, / as chairman of that body,
called a state Convention to enable the
voters of that party an opportunity OF Civ
Ing an expression to the growing feeling
that free slve coinage Is a necessity to
the country's prosperity. This convention
Will not be controlled by factions or
friends OF candidates, as 10 nominations
will be made. Among the %iercest oppon-
ents to this move Is Senator Palmer. Po-
litical treachery by John NJ. Palmer is
not SO unique that people are startled at
It. When that veneer of republicanis:n
which he took on during the war failed
to yield him patronage he became a demo-
crat. When he was elected senator 1t was
by the votes of the populist legislators.
l declare here, enphatlcally, that Palmer
made distinct pledges to Mr.. Taubeneck
and his party that his (Palmer's) vote
and voice would be found on the side OF
free silver, election of senator's by the
people and other reforms that are advo-
Gated by the third party. But the thirst
for patronage and greed of power has car
ried him into the gold bug camp. The
democrats of Illinois. however, have for
saken the fetch of imperial dicta and are
thinking for themselves"
Mr.. Hinrichsen predicts a fiat declara-
ton for free silver by the convention.
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Language of a Dogs Tail.

1t is no doubt a startling conclusion.
but DR.. Louis Robinson, who has been
investigating the mysteries of canine
language. has practically set up the
theory that a dog speaks with his tail
tip. In the case of all hunting dogs
which pack together the tail is carried
aloft and is very free in movement.
There is no doubt that fox hounds habit
ually watch the tails of those in front of
them when drawing a covert. If a
faint drag is detected, suggestive of the
presence of a fox. but not sufficient to
be sworn to yocally, the tail of the finder
is set in motion, and the warmer the
scent the quicker does it wag. Others
seeing. the signal instantly join the first.
and there is an assemblage of waving
tails before even the least whisper is
heard. Should the drag prove adoubt-
full one the hounds separate again and
the waving ceases, but if ii grows
stronger when followed up the wagging
becomes more emphatic, until one after
another the hounds begin to whine and
give tongue and stream off in Indian
file along the line of scent. When the
pack is at full cry upon Il strong scent
the tails cease to wave, but are carried
aloft in full view.-Londou Dispatch
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NOT PROMISING.
Objections to the New American societ,

Objections to the New American Society
in London.
New York, April 2.-The London CORE
spondents m rather ~unfavorably
upon THE organization of the American So
ciety in THE English metropolis on Friday
night. The Times correspondent says:
There have been many of these launch
Mgs of similar enterprises. but always
the o:aft haas f%oundered or drifted into UNI
known waters. l question whether any
strictly American club. wfhiel, is what the
more eager spirits are talking about, can
subsist here. 1t is a different matter with
q merely dining society. which may take
root and become a pleasant and important
feature in THE existence of the colony here.
Mr.. Bayard's Innocent faith THAT 1t would
do great and beneficent work In relieving
distressed Americans, however, vislbly sent
a chill over THE assemblage. Every resi-
dent American does his utmost TO keep hts
name out of the directory for'the very pur-
pose OF avoiding the c.lel rush of beggars,
tltatnps, promoters and THE like, who SETTLE
like locusts on every fresh arrival with a
check book, and no American newspaper
can keep a London office open, for the
same reaSon.'
The Sun correspondent speaks in a SIM
liar strain:
IL rs ItSshTueu tS uOuDllulp mt says,
''uhat the new American society will be a
success. About 200 members nave already
joined, but THE organization is in the hands
of men who are suspected of seeking self
Advertising, and who have ~mismanaged the
affair. Many American gentlemen of long
residence in England are indignant ait be-
ing asked by youngsters to mention two
Americans of good standing who will
youch for their good character. There
was u rather rough c1towd at the dinner.
and, excepting THE officials, THE better ele-
ment absemted themselves, including a
number of prominent gentlemen whose
names were on the list. Everybody was
surprised at Ambassador Ehstis' speech,
%1nldh was loudly and constantly applaud-
ed. He had THE manner of a man way
from his accredited place. who was glad
of the opportunity of saying was on
his mind. Mr.. Bayard was apparently on
pins and needles. and many present we're
delighted at THE contrast between Mr..
Eustis' remarks and Mr.. Bayard's inevfta-
BILE compliments to the English
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No Thought of Hampering tho Work o
the Present (oun,ny

NO Thought OF HRmpering the Work of
the Present Company.
Washington, April G0.-Dr. Guzman, the
Nicaraguan minister. was asked concern-
ing q report that Nicaragua desired that
the present Nicaraguan Canal company
should surrender the concession under
which work has been done thus far and
that the United States and Nicaragua
should Jointly undertake the future work
as a government enterprise. The minis
ter explained the report was due to a mis-
apprehension. The Nicaraguan governs
ment had no wish, he said, that the COM
pany should surrender its concession. 1t
had every confidence that the mpa
would push the enterprise with all DOS
sible dispatch. Under these circumstances.
DR.. Guzman said, the plan of joint gov
ernmental action was not a live one and It
was not regarded as a remote possibility.
The government wanted to give every ia
cility and encouragement to the company
and did not want the impression to get
abroad that it considered a forfeiture
likely or even possible. DIR. Guzman says
the misrepresentation arose through cred
iting to hin a statement which he had
communicated to the state department as
an enclosure. The statement had been
made during a n interview between the
United tates minister at Nicaragua n
the government authorities. 1t was for
warded to DIR. Guzman and by him sent to
the state department without any purpose
to indorse the views. 1t has since been
found that the report OF the interview at
Managua was very defective. Minister
Baker was talking In English and under
stood no Spanish. The Nicaraguan min.
lister was talking in Spanish and under.
stood no English. There was natural.
some misunderstanding. from which thu
recent reports have arisen.
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eoNDHoLDERs DEMAND CASH
Over 100000 North Missouri securi-
ties to BE Paid July 1.

tSo w hC O1u oulS
St. Louis, Mo-, April 19.-It is given
u in financial circles that the holders
of 81, 500, 900 worth of North Missouri 5
per cent bonds, due July 1, will demand
the cash therefor, which will result in
this sum of money coming to st. Louis
for investment. The Wabash Railroad
company, of which the North Missouri
Railroad company forms a part, pro-
vided, at the time of its organization, in
1889, for an issue of 1874, 900, 600 of 5 per
cent first mortgage bonds, equal to
about 1921 900 a mile, into which to unity
the divisional underlying bonds OF the
system. An these underlying bonds
have been paid up as they became due,
and there now remain underlying only
S.. 494, 900 OF the North Missouri Rail-
road company bonds, maturing July l.,
1895. and s2,375,000 st. Louis. Kansas
City and Northern real estate and rail-
way mortgage bonds, maturing Sep
TENDER /, 1895.
For the payment at maturity of both
OF these classes OF bonds the Wabash
Railway company has laid aside an
equal amount of its S per cent mortgage
gold bonds. with the expectation that
the holders of the North Missouri bonds
will be willing to change ON certain con-
ditions. 1t is said tAe- Wabash. people
have disposed of this particular issue
ito a New York banking house in adj
vance. This firm is out with a circular
urging the holders of North Missouri
bonds to exchange for the new issue.
Local holders claim that the new issue
Is not as desirable as other securities
on the market, and hence will decline
to receive them, preferrdng thescash.