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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
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After Foreign Trade.

w. R. Townsend, the special representative
of the San Francisco Bureau of Foreign Com
merce, sailed on the Belgic for Japan yester-
day. The bureau includes all of the leading
commercial bodies of this City, and its pur-
pose is to build up more extensive trade
with the Oriental countries Mr.. Townsend
will attend to this mission, and after next
month the bureau will extend its operations
by sending representatives to Central and
South America, Australia and Africa.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
IN MEMORIUM.
Grace Episcopal Church Will Com.
memorate Arch bishop Benson's
Memory.

The sudden and lamented death of the
Arch hbishop of Canterbury, Primate of
All England, will be celebi ated in Grace
Episcopal Church this morning, and the
full resources of its well-known choir
brought forth in rendering the church S
tribute of sorrow to the memory OF
England's divine.
Appropriate anthems will be sung, in
Guiding Sprague's familiar and beautiful
ASLEEP in Jesus" and the celebrated
funeral march of Chopin will be given
vocally, with words from Tennyson.
Handei's Largo will be played as prelude
and Beethoven's funeral march as post
lude. The other selections are of an
equally high order.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
Hawkins Breaks His Record.

Coroner Hawkins broke the record yester-
day by holding nine inquests, ith the follow
ing results: William Ernst, suicide; A. J. Kin
ney, unknown; w. L. Hopkins, accident; John
Armstrong, accident; Hattie Jenkins, abor-
ton, self-committed; Nellie Deadly, accident;
David T. Sevens, suicide; Paolini Oliveiri, ac-
cident; Gin Lun Chez, murder. In the latter
case, Ah Wan, highlander, was charged by
the Jury with the crime.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18

JUDGE FERRAL won the good opinion of
all, irrespective of party, while on the
bench, and there can be no doubt of his
election. He is the right man in the
right place as Superior Judge.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
Union entertainment.

The French Chris tian Union of California
will hold its second annual meeting on Fri
lay, October 80. A very artistic evening en-.
Iertainment will be given. The programme
Will be published later.
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02
Aluminium ir the Army.

"The aluminium vessels now in use
in the French army are found to wear
very little. They can be heated over
gas and coal. and are not attacked by
the food and wine. etc. as the food
does not remain long in the vessels.
FIasks In which ordinary water Is kept
for months show whitish spots near
specks OF lmpurities-iron. carbon, etc.
and on the soldered portions If other
metals have been admixed. The yea
sells are made simply by stamping. with
out soldering. except at the handles.
In salt water, corrosion of the metal
proceeds more quickly than in fresh
water; 1t becomes black. but sulphuric
acid carefully applied restores the
original brightness. Popular Science
News.
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02
STEAM ANA AsDI 81 HOT OF WAFER !! II .HtA

STAFF nRE E%g'sss a., s;,.a., ,,.... :. q. (.
81 r-sSsS ssls.,ls y esy ssllesf.. ,ssll
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02
when Nature

Needs assistance !, may be bes, t,
der II promptly, but one should red
Der TO use even the mos, perfect !
dies oaiy when needed. The bss.
most simple and gentle remedy q
syrup Of Figs. manufactured IA
California fis Syrup Company,
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02

pieces. At present no complete coilec-
ton of the cents OF that year exists.
The original idea was that each penny
should contain exactly one cents worth
of copper, hence the lnconvenient sire
OF the piece. All cents from 1905 10
IA, with the head OF the Indian are rare
when perfect-especially those OF 1909
and 1911, which are worth $50 each.
No pennies were coined in 1915. be-
cause OF the burning OF the mint That
is the only break in the continuity Of
the coinage Of cents.
The cents of 1877, 1915, 1873 and iS2o
used to be rare. but bags full of them
were found in an old bank and flooded
the market. Prices Of coins are con
trolled by the law OF supply and de-
mand Many pieces which ten years
ago were scarce are now plentiful Per-
haps tomorrow the newspapers may
chronicle the sale of a certain penny at
auction for s67. The people who read
II go down into their stockings and look
for pennies OF that date. Maybe lot OF
them viii be found. the result being a
lowering OF the price of that coin. As
for the folly Of paying out good money
in the purchase OF such a fad. chronic
collector said 10 the writer the other
day that IL was all the same whether a
man found pleasure in whisky, or
women. or dogs. or bicycles II he
found eujsymen; In the study OF old
coins and had the necessary means.
there was iust as much fun In il as
there was IN collecting books. pictures
or diamonds.
The temptation 10 counterfeit enlbs
with view to selling them to collectors
might be supposed TO be considerable.
II ought 10 be easy to reproduce with
accuracy a rare penny worth 500, the
material requisite being triilng. But
even the amateur numismAtist Is cot
going to pay a big price for q coin with
out referring II 20 an expert. and that is
just where the difficulty comes In. Be
sides. the throwing OF few rare pieces
ON the marke; win rcduee their selling
value enormously. Nevertheless. eoun-
terfeits produced by eleetrotyping have
made some trouble at times The nast
notable fraud In this line has been ae-
eompiished by altering the date OF the
silver dollar Of 1901. which Is worth
hardly more than face value. TO 1904.
The dollar of 1904 is one OF the most
precious OF coins being valued a, $3.50
to $500.
The oid-tims fractional paper cur
rency. II new. clean and crisp. COM
mands a premium OF 25 to 100 per cent.
The same notes. soiled. creased. torn. or
mended. are worth no more than face
value. The rarest and most pre-
eious OF the fractional notes
are those with perforated edges.
They were the irst ones issued by the
government. They were printed Ike
postage stamps. the periorations enab-
ling them to be tora apart. But the
notes were often injured In the tearing
on which account this method was dis
continued Today's specimens OF this
kind fetch s6 for set OF four. the de-
nominations being 30 cents, a5 cents. 10
cents and cents. These same notes
Of subsequent issues. plain edges. are
worth only 81 set. This suggested to
an ingenious person the idea OF perfor-
ating the edges of the plain notes by
running them through a sewing ma
chine. and for awhile he made a good
deal OF money by this scheme.
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02
RARE COIN MELTED.
SENT TO UNCLE SAM IN ioNoR-
ANCE OF VALUE.
some of tho sfosf Pr-cIou. Are Old
Copper Cents which Many Collectors
Would ne Glad TO o.t-rieee- worth
Mig Prices.
EN

n the stream of
money that contin-
ually flows through
the treasury occur
many pieces worth
far more than their
face. They are
passed into Uncle
Sans Golfers by
people who have no
notion of their
value in the market
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02
n.,..r rh.n Ken..a co..

4 l-,iiIy comfort. rhis unspraksAlr hssan i
dessied 10 many unfornaairs foF whose all
meats Ho~saitrs's s;9mseh BiifeT~ u a
promptly hslpfal Nuis,i!, The dyspepae,
The rhsunaafic. he urFNpas psn-fns irgntAsssi
with hsHarsssf-ss Or ehliiz and fewer. shq.sld
isisss no tiuss IN axstins thaunsefves q this
comprehensive aud genial rlt.iirtaF. " pfe-
zE5,s7es appetite and nishily sihinuFf
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02
Denver Director

Rftuian srd woas Eosflrx Nssass--,
mtNtNh ts1al x ali ssEs : fsisi1s a., |
. @ssetp.ss - lsssissr~rss sertss
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02
mnu rhe, -,.nek mlm.

How lid you ert Borely ont of your
whist ciut1-.itd you ask him 10 resign =
'.No: we dldn', Ike to do thl,. but we
an resigned except Boreiy, and thea we
all GOT together and foTued new club =
Harper's RaEar.
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02

HALLS cATARRH CURE u a fiGrla apa
Is takrn iutaruaiiy and Rrte directly ul'efs
the hlscd snd nurons surrargsa a. tho -
trtu- S~ad tgr trstiHsauiai.. fire.. Said hy
:. j cmESEy a CO.. rross- Telrie .
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02

Robert Wilson, who has just been
sent to Sing Sing from New York. has
spent twenty-five ot his thirty-eight
years in prison.
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02

No hone - sussn bet that Il has siiii
rs-lu for tr1dt1e: NJ beart uesry. bot
THAI q giiuunier ~ hope uisht stih enter -
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02

There is just a little ap-
petizing bite to HIRES
Rootbeer; just a smack
of life and good flavor
done up in temperance
style. Rcsk by any fest
-. =, !. y. .... So. -. -: :: g ..,.. ,.ss.
The Lamar register., 1896-05-02

es,.ias Ii. -e5s in-a e'unt'y dee,~r
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01
DR. JOSEPH HIRsCH, yETERINARy
81 RtEUN.

nr Joseph Hirsch. veterinary surgeon. Of
lioi and 1905 Holmes street. came to Kan
sas City in iSS7. and during the ten years of
hts residence here he has added largely TO
the extensive reputation he had already
acquired MS p master Of his profession lie
has followed the profession OF veterinary
surgeon ard general care Of horses for the
past tweniy-fve years. having practiced It
IN Lexington. Ky. from 1870 to ISIS. and in
Denver from ISIS to lSS5. He has attracted
the attention Of the most noted horse own
ers OF the country through the radical de-
pafture he makes from ordinary methods
employed tn the shoeiug OF horses. The
shoeinr or "a horse appears, at first sight,
TO be an exceedingly simple thing but as a
matter Of fact It is a delicate and scientific
thing when properly done There are two
ways of, doing everything. but there is only
one way Of shoeing horse rightly. Dr.
Hirsch has adopted the right. the sensible
and natural way of doing Vt.
Or Hirsch has carefully studied the an
atomy of the foot of the horse, and as soon
as this fact is stated II becomes apparent
that that is just what ought to be done.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01
A DISTINCTIVE ENTERPRISE.
MISSOURI GAS CoMPANY's PLANT is A
BENEFIT TO rHE cry.
1t Il Rapidly Approaching Completion
The Record for onick Construction
Broken-Empioy yment Given to
Many Iaboring Men.

The distinctive enterprise OF the year
ami that which has perhaps resulted ir
greater and more direct bcnent TO the p.o-
pie and the city as a whole, has been the
construction Of the plant of the Missouri
Gas Company. This work has been i rec
ord breaker Two years have been COM
pressed into eight months. ans already the
plant is fast approachiug compi ton Gas
Will be ready 10 Doc turned ou February u.
and then another important industry viii
have been added to Kansas riiy's list al
ready large. and constantly Increasing from
year TO year.
Especially to the ldborir4 men of this
city has this work been an iuest4mIble
loon. II is difficult 10 put into cold figures
the amount OF good that has na,n ione.
1T is impossible To- Illustrate the amount
OF suffering that has b.tu prevented by
the expenditure of hUulro g. of thousands
Of dollars among the people who needed it
fnust III this Wcr tle only advantage that
The construction "f this plant has been TO
kansas city, IL Us enough 90 eutit. the
company to the gratitude of nh. The qi-
rect relief that has been Afforded. the vast
amount OF ptivation that has been prevent
Ell. cannot be told by statistics Thousands
of dollars hate been paid out every week.
Tor the past siN months. Hundreds vi fans
ilies have been supported, ~ hich must DtH-
srwise inevitably have suffered. For though
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01

industry whose development promises more
of conNentences, comforts ana luNurles than
any other, touching and adapting itsef to
every phase Of modern life. This develop
ment win proceed with Q rapldity governed
solely by the extent 70 which II is eucour-
aged by the patronage OF the public.
The people OF Kansas City DO not thor
oughly appreciate the extent to which The
electrical power e. called into requisition
in this city. II IS adapted TO running eie-
vators drills. lathes coffee Erinders, fans
ana furnishing OF power in hundreds Of
other instances. \ great deal Of heating
is done in this city by electricity; electric
ity Is used for heating hatirons and solder
ing irons. small ranges are comparatively
numerous Even incubators are enabled
10 con luue the work Of grinding ont tooth
some fowls by means OF the electric cur
rent y great deal Of cooking is done in
this city by electricity, and It is used in
vast variety of ways. OF which the public
rarely hears,
There is no branch Of applied science
which s to-day feeling more keenly the
stimulus OF invention or Is more sensitive
20 the achievements Of modern ingenuity,
and th" Gay will come when electricity
vii be as common In the kitchen as 1t is
In the uarlor anu on the street.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01

The hors is an exceedingly compile
Gated cate arrangement. and IL
should ,cated according to the laws
that COVE. its construction. This is what
Dr HirsCh does. In a recent interview the
doctor outlined his methods.
EVERY nail that penetrates the horses
houf defects the hair-like tubes of which II
Is composed; therefore, there should he as
few nails as possible. | have always been
an advocate OF frog pressure TO keep the
muscles active. and | have combined with
this artificial moisture which city horses
absolutely require The bar shoe IL prop
orly placed on the foot. Il the best that can
be used. one of the worst habits OF the
ordinary smith Is the pairing OF the frog
and sole until Ii Is pliable. which dcpriyes
that beautiful mechanism of the protection
which nature has provided | have the
,erahly advanced the art OF shoeing horses,
and II has been simply by applying COM
mon sense and intelligence to subject
which Is grossly neglected.
Dr. Hirsgh's veterinary stables are the
most completely ana comfortably furnished
and fitted establishment of the kind west
OF New York.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01
scAEEIrT 8 MArKISs.


During the year an important aaiisssn
10 The business enterprises of tbs city was
made IN the establishment of a fire in
suFance business by Nathan Scarritt and
J; q Watkins. Jr.. under the firm name
OF searTitt & Watkins. with offices al 605
Myandutte street, Both Mr.. Watkins and
AF searritL are the sons Of OLD pioneers
or Kansas City, and they Possess the con-
14ence and estee N OF the Community. Mr.
Nalklns vas Tor fifteen years connected
WIN the National Bank of Kansas City,
beginning as runner and filling successive
u all positions, Including that OF cashier.
Ms career being one Of frequent promo
tion.
AIr. Searntt is the son of the late Ma
than scarritt, a pioneer resident OF this
city who vas known 10 all the old resi-
dents. Mr searritt is the manager Of his
fathers estate.
Eeginuins Win the new year the firm
WiI add 10 ms present business a real
estate, loan and rental department, and
among other +sood things they viii be
exclusive agents Tor Mslrose addition on
the Independence avenue boulevard, which
is conceded 70 be the best resld enee prop
eIty IA the city.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01
JeweIry Business.

In the matter Of wholesaling ieweIry,
watches and clocks. Kansas City IS only
equaled By. the far Eastern cities ana IS
surpassed By none ia this country. The
holesale merchant here have a large and
wealthy territory in which 10 work their
trade and for years they have done 20
without fear ~ competition. both as 10
prices and quality and style of goods.
The tine crop season which closed some
weeks ago ina Kansas and the equally
profitable crpp seasons Of several years
back IN Missouri have spurred the whole
sale leWelry merchants IN Kansas City on
10 renewed Efforts ia their line IN order
10 place the best Of goods upon The mar
kels OF these states and their stocks are
better in every. way than ever before
one OF The foremost houses has Increased
its forces huIh In the house and unon the
road and tn effect has been felt at once
~ the splendid trade which has followed
This i not only true OF one house, but
OF every oHe, hy interviews with several
OF the nost prominent aud progressive
wholesale le@elry merchants Of Kansas
CITY II has been aseertained that the in
crease in business during the past year
has been ulest substantial and While an
exact stateMent could not b. obtained
from any q them, il IS sale 10 say that il
has hs@n from y 10 y per cent over la.f
year
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01
a rKosPEKors sLAcksmrrH.

Mr.. J. T. Mclean, the celebrated horse
shoer aud blacksmith. l2sl McGee stre et,
established bis prosperous business in this
city n lssa Ills specialties are sEoeiug
everything Pertaining 10 a horses foot.
paas, etc. His is the only trst-elass shop
IN the country and tie amount of his husf-
ness - simply Immense Air. McLf-n
owus 1ha property where his shop Is To-
Gated and il Is ntted ~ in the most mod
era SIYle-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01

in 1871, he engaged In the laundry business
and continue. th# same until 1>S7 when he
established the towel supply business which
has grown ie such immense proportions.
He owes his success 10 5HFemitUug effort
all directed toward pleasing his patrons IN
The organization of the towel company
was IN innovation iu Kansas City and il
rapidly grew in favor Towels are sup
scores of private residences lu ali parts OF
the city, AS sell as TO restaurants and sa-
ICONS eases -oap ana brushes are also
iurnlr hta ana Ihv convenience OF such an
arrangement Is apparent,
only he best OF material Is used for the
supplies. The towels are all Of the finest
grade Of linen while the brushes and soan
are made especially for the company The
rstahlt NJ .s uited out with the latest
improved ma hineTy and gives employment
10 large number Of men, girls and boys
Nearly nine years ago Nj Fulkerson
eHtt-ra ~ MS present business, lie start
81 ln oE very sndH scale having but
sixty patrons al first But careful atten-
ton TO their Interests rapidly increased
thts number and to-day h has more than
slJ patrons. extending all over Kansas
CRY and the suburban towns Of Westport
Arnourdal and others.
IL is not TO b- wondered al that the COM
pauy has increased its number Of patrons
continually and that il has been compelled
g Wakr frequent aailtlons 10 its facilities
II starts me new year equipped with double
capacity ana also prepared for general
laundry work, hrst-class In every particu-
Mr.. FulkFrson was born in Coshocton
county, o.. 4n la.s, and was raised there
attending, the public schools Of his birth
place, and completing his education iu this
city. of whieh he has been 4 resident for
eighteen years. Previous 10 his removal
~ this city he vas engaged in farming in
his native state.
hlr, l.. II, Fisher who has recently pur-
chased a hgi interest u the company, is
native Of Lexington, Mclean county, IN
where he was raised and educated Mr.
Fisher came "a kansas City in lsq4 and
since his residence in this community has
ben prominently Identified with the up-
building of the country. He Is a thorough
business man and a welcomed acquhitfon
70 the Progressive spirit OF Kansas City
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01
SILVER LaUxDRY AND TOWEL co.

The growth Of the business OF the Silver
Laundry and Towel Company, successors
to the silver Towel and Kansas city Towel
Companies, has been most notable during
the year. The increased business of the
company hls compelled the doubling of the
capacity of the plant. having added the
la-naL -mlL..-- mAnnlmorN. and EenerM
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01

mense retaining sail ahieh has been built
ana the eraniIoid sidewalks 70 b. Lad
about the works. The retaining Nau Is
sixteen feet Hiie at the bottom tae MY
dye feet high and 500 feet long ami is b.
ing surmouuted by a handsome iron feuee.
which vii add materially 10 its appear
aue@. The ADVENT of the comuany into
that part Of tne city has been Of material
benefit - mQEe FsspeeLs than one. an ar
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01

laundry busi-
ness Will be
conducted In
c . n n e c ti0n
with the re GU
lar towel sup
ply service.
This company
Is established
In councillors
quarters at lG3I
and 1923 Main
street. Nh n
Mr.. \. c, F'ul-
Rerson, " h O
has beer the
sole proprietor
OF this im-
menss estab-
lis hment up TO
I h e present
chan ge, came
10 Kansas CRY
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01

uedts that has
air OF fhe build
addition 10 all
eneats which
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-14
A Wise Judge.

A curious judgment was pronounc-
ed the other day by judge in a court
of law at Volisso, in the island of Scio.
An action for damages was brought by
two persons against the local railway
company for losses sustained by col
lision. 1t appeared that a man had
lost an arm and young woman had
lost her husband. The judge, a Greek,
assessed the damages thus: He gave
5000 piasters to the man for the loss
of his arm and 1000 to the woman for
the loss of her husband. At this there
were loud murmurs, whereupon the
judge gave his reasons in these terms:
my dear people, my verdict must re-
main, for you will see it is a just one.
Poor Nikola has lost his arm and moth
ing on earth can restore that priceless
limb. But YOU turning to the woman
-"you are still young and pretty. You
have now some money; you will easily
find another husband, who possibly
may be as good as-perhaps better
than-your dead lord. That is my YER
dict, my people. and SO it must go
forth" So saying the Judge left the
hall The people cheered him and con-
graduated themselves on having such a
Judge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-14
Faster than Sound.

A curious circumstance illustrating
the difference in speed between sound.
which travels through the air. and cleo
tricity, through wire as it's guide and
conductor. occurred in California. A
certain powder works blew up in a
town while a railway telegraph opera
tor was telegraphing to another in a
neighboring town. At the instant of
the occurrence he telegraphed the
news to the operator, who, 60 seconds
afterwards. heard the report of the ex-
plosion. He knew it had occurred by
wire just one minute before he heard
the report. Sound travels at about the
rate of LAO feet per second, while
electricity accomplishes 10000 miles
in the same short period Of time.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-14

it did not grow at ALL Sometinj
felt very much chagrined to see
much longer and prettier was the
of all three of my sisters, but II
somewhat careless. When l becal
woman | suddenly developed a d
to have long hair like theirs, and b
to take the utmost care of what
l had. Every morning, and sonnet
twice a day, l brushed it thorou,
but it did not grow any better.
| noticed that the brush, after the
application to the hair, even when
latter had no tendency to fall
would be filed with very fine h
and soon / realized that while
brushing had no effect upon the
hair it effectually killed the
growth, and l decided to stop.
"Since then l have used nothing
a very coarse comb. Every NOR
| go over the hair thoroughly and ,
fully, removing every snarl until
as free and flowing as water. TIL
braid it and coil it into varied coiff
about my head. never used
metics on my hair"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-14

Some of the railroads, besides rating
bicycles as excess baggage and charg
ing for them on q basis of fifty pounds
to the machine, are requiring that the
wheelmen sign document releasing
the companies from all responsibility
for the loss or damage of wheels. 1t
can safely be left to the Judgment of
the general public-those who ride
wheels and those who don't-whether
this is not carrying discrimination to
the extreme. At least one general bag
gage agent frankly says that no rail
road has any right to demand release
agreement when money is accepted for
transporting a wheel. The justice of
this view seems to be obvious. 1t would
be well for the railroad companies to
consider whether they are not making q
mistake in thus discriminating against
the carriage Of wheels. The New York