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cons:deration." said the inventor

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consideration" said the inventor. II
heard OF So many new inventions for she
taking of human life in warfare that 1
could not help feel that there ought 20
De compromising inventions for the pres
erva;ion OF human life. Perhaps
should never have taken the matter up
seriously if the elder Harrison had not
been murdered. When I heard OF that
crime / said 10 myself that public off,
GERS ought 70 be able 20 protect them
selves from bullets with some substance
besides metal arnor.
Taking such time as could from my
work in The church, 1 began experiments
with the r=sults that are now familiar
20 the puolic. L: was nearly TWO years
before I nit on the secret OF a bullet
proof material This was in September.
1895. / applied for a patent in March.
1896, and received the patent four
monks ago. Meantime I was carrying
on experiments. After the next tes1 I
shall be IN position 10 offer my inven>
ton 20 the United States. Should ii be
rejected 1 shall offer j, 10 the Austrian
government, and perhaps 10 other Eu-
ropean powers"
AS 10 the nature OF the invention
Brother Zeglen declines 10 disclose any
fact. except that the cloth is composed
principally OF silk. When the original
test was made last April the cloth would
noi have withstood perfectly the force
of steel bullet fired from a Krag-Jor-
gensen rife. Since then the inventor
has made such notifications in the fab
ric as 10 enable il 10 resist a ball Of
harder metal as effectively. he main
tains. as the ieaden bullets were stopped.
8 'aied Proposals
City Clerks Office.
Wichita. July 21st. 1897.
Sealed proposals will be received at
this office until 8 o'clock D. m, July
26th, 1897, FOR the construction Of the
following unfinished sidewalks. to wit:
A 5-foot vide permanent walk on the
south side OF Second street from :he
Missouri Pacific railroad depot 10 con-
meet with the stone paving at the west
end OF the Getto building on Main
street.
side of Thirteenth street from Fair
view avenue 10 Lawrence avenue.
A 5-foot wide permanent walk on the
south side of Third street from the alley
west of Topeka avenue TO Lawrence
avenue.
A 5-toot vide permanent walk on the
north size of Ninth street from Waco
avenue 70 Main street.
A 4-foot wide cinder walk on the
north side OF Sixteenth street from
HolyUke avenue 10 Paramount avenue
A 5-foot wide permanent walk on the
east side of Market street from Tenth
street to Eleventh street.
A 12-foot wide permanent walk on the
west side OF Market street from William
street south 10 feet. also in front of
lots 81 TO SO inclusive. Market street.
Greiffensteins addition.
A 5-foot wide cinder walk on the
west side of Main street from Ninth
street to Thirteenth street.
A 5-foot wide permanent walk on the
east side e Topeka avenue from Oak
street to Central avenue.
A 5-foot wide permanent walk on both
sides of Topeka avenue twhere a per-
manent walk is not already DOWN from
Ornle street 10 Douglas avenue.
5-foot wide permanent walk on the
east size of Lawrence avenue from
Third street south 10 the NJ Z. church.
y 5-foot wide permanent walk on the
west side of Lawrence avenue from
Elm street TO Tenth street: and from
Twelfth street TO Thirteenth street.
a 5-foot w.de cinder walk on the
west side OF Lawrence avenue from
Lincoln street to Harry street.
A 5-foot wide permanent walk on the
east side Of Lawrence avenue (where
there is not already a permanent Walk
from Central avenue 10 Twe'sth street.
A 4-foct wide cinder walk on the
east side of Holyoke avenue from Fiji
teentA street 70 Sixteenth street
A 5-foot wide permanent walk on the
west side OF Emooria avenue from Cen
tral avenue TO Oak street: also on the
east side OF Emporia avenue from Oak
stree; 70 Ninth street; also on the west
side OF Emporia avenue from Ninth
street to Eleventh street
All the above walks must be con-
structed n accordance with the specih-
cations on file in the office OF the city
engineer
A certified check for 5000 must ac-
each bid made payable % the
city OF Wichita as guarantee OF good
faith.
All BIDS on cinder walks must state
the price per lineal foot
The mayor and council reserve the |
right to reject any or all bids.
II. T. KRAMER. City Clerk.