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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12
THEJUMPING BICYCLE

r was genius
at any rate, he
himself often said
81 so, with consider
81 IN able fervor.
!: !: : =. !. i ] ]: !
- A'N.n( PS One evening he
RTN came in tired and
ASNMsLkTN hot and very grimy
WINS WSSN but fairly brim-
fS w ming over with Joy.
W. ''Hullo, JIM he
cried. Its all
right. I've succeeded at last!
What's the matter?" / inquired.
ooh, you want to know, do you
ne said. You're very curious, Tor
wonder. But there is no reason now
why j should not tell you about 1t
and even show the working OF the ma
chine. And you can prepare yourseh
to be very much astonished.
He was right in saying that ! was
very curious about his machine. was
and following his instructions. was
in the garden the next afternoon at
O'Clock, anxious to see tie invention
that was to revolutionize the world.
When he came he brought with him
a bicycle.
Hello" he cried, as soon as he saw
me. What do you think OF this? A
beauty, isn't it?"
I looked. 1t was not an ordinary
bicycle, but one more heavily built,
with numerous additional cogs and
cranks and an air cylinder like that OF
an air brake
What OF earth is this clumsy thing
for?" I exclaimed.
Clumsy be hangedw he replied, ir-
ritably. My dear fellow, if you Will
start criticising anything before you
understand it, how can you ever ex-
pect TO get on in life? Now, follow me
and l will explain it all. You remem-
her ny remarking some weeks ago
how extraordinary it was that as yet
no one lad had the intelligence to in
vent a travelling machine which could
surmount obstacles in its path, like
horse, by jumping over them. Very
well; here you have the first mechan-
ical invention TO do so. This bicycle
is not an ordinary wheel. which loses
half its usefulness and charm by being
compelled to keep to the roads. This
is the famous jumping bicycle l have
had in my head so long. Observe, this
cylinder is full of air at a high pres
sure. AS you see by this little gauge,
il now stands at $50 pounds to the
square inch The cylinder is con-
structed to bear pressure of 400.
These four bars with joints in them are
connected with the cylinder by means
of the cranks and cogs which you see;
they play the part OF horses legs;
the joints are, of course, the knees.
Now, how simple the whole thing is.
At my right hand have a tiny lever,
with the powers marked easy
strong and full Oh. by the way, |
forgot to remark that, as even you
can possibly understand. there is ah
immense waste of power in the or
binary bicycle. Going down steep
I. hill. for Instance, enough power is
generated TO run the bicycle on level
road for four to five miles. All this
hitherto wasted energy ! have uti-
lized in COMPRISING the air in the cyl
inder. When l come to an obstacle
say ! want to get across a ditch
press the lever to easy and the ma
chine takes a leap in the air of about
eighteen inches, while the forward
impetus carries us easily to the other
side. If put the lever on strong |
can take jump of six or seven feet !;
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12
Price Lists.

Emma--And. Charlie, dear, would
you have really shot yourself If had
refused you? Indeed would had
already sent to four houses for price
lists of revolvers. "-Fliegende Blaetter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12
Hard Lines,

Yes, they've had a go cd deal of trouble"
"Indeedi"
Yes the son was caught in some crooked
work and it left the old man in very
straitened circumstances
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp's balsam will stop the cough
at once. Go to your druggist to-day
and get a sample bottle free. Large
bottles % and 80 cents. Go at once;
delays are dangerous.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
crowns OF TAORNS AND
CROWNS OF ROSES"


HAT all the worlds
which on a cold
w in t err 8 night
make the heavens
one great glitter
are without inhab-
itants is an absurd
ity. Scientists tell
us that many OF
these worlds are too
hot or too cold or
too rarified of at
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12

The average death rate in English cities
is l1.6 per 1909. and in the rural districts
1871 per 200.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets AL
Druggists refund the money II 1t fails TO cure 2S
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12

Mime. Modjeska's hobby is bee raising
She has 600 hives of them ON her California
ranch.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12

Apples, nuts and gilded gingerbread ara
special New Years offerings
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12

E was a genius
at any rate, he
himself often said
so, with consider
able fervor.
One evening he
came in tired and
hot and very grimy
but fairly brim-
ming over with Joy
"Hullo, JIM he
cried. Its all
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12

.ST'was raised in the United Kingdom
alone toward the funds of the Saliva
ton Army. being $500 in advance OF
last wear
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12
California Lawn Sprinkl0rS.

You pay your money and you take
your choice.
In connection with the sprinklers
we would like to mention our
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12
HAWAII j0TTIhGS.

The erstwhile Queen of Hawaii, Liii-
uOkalani, has arrived in San Francisco,
to use her influence TO further anneXa-
ton of the Islands over which she
once ruled, to the United States. The
reason for this complete change of at
titude on the part of her former maj
esty of the Cannibal Islands, is the fact
that the Hawaiian Government has
contracted to give her an annuity of
$4,000 if she will exercise her good
offices for annexation on her great and
good friend, the President of the Unit
ed States.-Albany On. W Journal.
The present friendly trade relations
between this country and Mr.. Dole's
dominion are entirely satisfactory and
far preferable to any closer connection.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12


ON Monday afternoon our Fort
street contemporary issued its
first edition under the new edi-
torial management. Editor Alatau
7. Atkinson makes personal bow
- the public. in which he pays
q compliment to the retiring ed
Tor and shakes hands all around.
In a nicely worded leader the pa
+ 81 very properly announces that
anneXation-pure and simple-is
he one great issue now before
this country. and the anncxatiOn-
ISIS cannot fail To note with graf
iication the clear. unequivocal
policy that is promised. This, We
has always been the
policy Of the paper; may the prin-
riple always be adhered to; may
the annexation light of our con
temporary never grow dim.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12
COMPRESSED AIR.

Perhaps the fact that Honolulu
street railway traffic is tied down
TO mule teams causes Il more than
passing interest in the develop
ment of the street railway sys-
tens of the United States and Eu-
rope. One of the noticeable feat
ures of the present line of pro
gress, outside of Honolulu. is the
general desire to be rid of the
overhead electric system and do
away with the mass of overhead
wires, which if not properly cared
for are a public menace. The un-
dergrOund electric system has met
with fair success. but compressed
air as Il motive power seems to
be making a Roadway which Will
outstrip electricity. The compress
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12

ed air motor has been introduced
in New York. and Herman HaupU.
one of the leading civil engineers
of that city, has the following To
say of the new Departure: The
compressed air cars successfully
Operating on 123th street have
been in regular service since Aug
ust ,. performing a daily sched-
ulc. These cars are nOiSelcSs in
their operation. They are equip
ped with air brakes 80 that they
can be- quickly stopped OF gently
stopped. Each motor * indepen-
dent. 80 that nothing can happen
10 disturb the entire line. They
can be gradually introduced into
service upon ordinary tracks Of
the street railway companies. and
thus do away with all tearing up
of streets and all resulting dam
age 10 property interests"
The principal trouble with com
pressed air motors in the States
has been that defective air tanks
have caused serious explosions,
but il is noticeable that the air
motor has been in use for several
years in France and Switzerland.
and proved there practical sue
cess. Hence ii is fair 10 believe
that the failures Of experimental
cars in the cities of the States are
due to causes that can be averted
bv careful and honest workman
ship and faithful efforts to secure
a fair test. 1t seems probable that
when the happy day arrives when
Honolulu can make some improve
ment in its street railway, cleo
tricity will be the motive power,
but ii is worth while to consider
the innovations which bright in
ventive minds are constantly
bringing out, and if a practical
system could be selected which
does not require tearing up the
streets and weaving a larger net
of overhead wires, that system
would be the most satisfactory.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12

The monthly annexation meet
ings, which will take on much of
the character of an annexation
rally as the campaign progresses,
is an event that ought to draw out
large and representative audi
ences. Annexation is the one alb
sorbing question of the day, and
will continue to be for some
months to come. We take it that
the object of the speakers will be
TO set forth the why and where
fore of the annexation necessities.
and not an expression of indi-
vidual opinion as to how we shall
best 90 about to accomplish the
result. The plan of campaign has
been clearly set forth, and it now
remains to increase the strength
of the marshaled forces. Men who
have opposed the movement are
thinking seriously, asking ques-
tons, and their questions should
be answered in the most cOnvinc-
ing manner possible.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12
Rubber Garden Hose;

Three-quarter inch and one inch,
which we keep in two standard quail
garden hose in the market. Keep your
lawn in good order. The character Of
the inhabitants of a house can, to a
certain extent, be read by the appear
ance of the grounds surrounding them.
Orderly grounds means orderly peo-
pie.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12
CHANGE The SCHOOL HOURS.

Hawaii has always dealt kindly
with its schools. never failing to
adopt improvements when finan-
ces and our peculiar conditions
make il possible 10 carry out
plans successfully carried out in
other countries. In this season for
making good resolutions the at
tentiOn of the Bureau of Educa-
ton has been called To the advis-
ability Of making a change in the
hours of the school session in Ho-
noluIu. In our public schools the
comfort of the pupils and teach
ers * one of the first cOnsidera-
tons. and nothing should be left
undone which will serve to make
the children better students and
assist the teachers in their well
directed efforts.
The teachers Of this city are al
most unanimous in the opinion
that great benefit will be derived
bv beginning the school session at
eight O'Clock and closing at one,
instead of holding to the present
plan of opening at nine O'Clock
and closing at two. Between the
hours of one and two is the most
trying time of the day, particular
Iy during the warmer months, as
it is almost impossible to force
the mind to do active work at that
time. In the same space of time,
twice the amount of work can be
accomplished at an earlier hour in
the morning with half the effort.
With the usual intermissions dur
ing the school hours, the same
amount of time would be spent
in study. and to better advantage,
than when the last hour of the
school day, which is always the
hardest, smust be dragged out
when the temperature il highest.
The innovation is urged particu-
IarIv in Honolulu because the pu-
nils as a rule are within "a few
minutes walk of the school house,
and il is safe To assume that in
the majority of homes the break
fast hour is at such time that no
hardship would be experienced by
children being obliged to be at
the schools ut eight O'Clock. In
the country districts, where many
children walk long distances. the
feasibility of the plan might be
seriously questioned. BY closing
the schools at one o'clock the pu-
pills as Il rule would be at home
for the midday meal, and have
the whole afternoon for rest and
recreation.
Particularly in "a tropical eli
mate, mental exercise in the heat
of the day is a severe effort. and
an hour in the cool of the morn
ing is worth two of the hot hours
of midday and afternoon. Mental
energy of children in the school |
room yields more readily To the |
enervating pressure of a hot day |
than does the physical energy. |
Considered from both sides, the |
convenience in the home, and,
more important still, the good it |
Will do the children mentally and
physically, to say nothing of the
teachers, the change of the school
hours will be a most desirable in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12
Good

Blood is essential TO health. Every nook
and corner of the system is reached
by the blood, and on its quality the
condition OF every organ depends. Good
blood means strong nerves, good diges-
ton, robust health. Impure blood means
scrofula, dyspepsia, rheumatism, cstarrh
or other diseases. The surest way to
have good blood is to take Hoods
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12

Is portable and beautiful Foun-
tain, never out of order, and giving
all the advantages of natural rain.
Water pressure will not dislodge the
ball, though there is nothing to hold
it in position.
Though the Hawaiian group of ISL
ands have lately been blessed with
plentiful downpours and sprinklings,
yet now is the time to prepare for the
drouth. We have lately reduced the
price from $3.50 to S1.00. We also
keep in stock the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12
Blood

Sarsaparilla. This medicine purifies, vi
talizes, and enriches the blood, and sends
the elements of health and strength to
every nerve, organ and tissue. 1t creates
a good appetite, gives refreshing sleep
and cures that tired feeling. 1t is because
of its great power to purify the blood that
Evening journal., 1897-07-19
pRlog TAG WAS IN EVIDENCE.

lie Made "a BrnVe Front, hut She Knew
the Clothes Were Not Taiior-Made.
He is the pink of neatness and pro-
priety he is violently in love with the
sweetest girl in town, and, TO add to
the misery of these absorbing circum-
stances, he is at present decidedly poor.
The latter condition is of recent date,
however, and il was only last week
that he donned the first ready-made
suit which had ever graced-or, as he
considered, disgraced-his wardrobe.
He called his mother and sisters into
the room, after getting into it, and
turned nervously around before them.
"Does it fit decently?' he queried in
an agony OF doubt; 'Why-y-y, what's
the matter? Oh, yes; a tag. I sup
pose all this sort OF clothing is tagged,
isn't tit2"
Never before, surely, were garments
tagged as were those, however; there
was a tag on the hem of each trouser
leg. one upon the left coat-tail, and an
other on his vest front, and still another
on the sleeve. Even when he bade them
good-by, after waiting impatiently
while all the visible bits of figured card
board were cut away, they called him
back to remove still another. The re-
suit was that he finally reached the
house Of his inamorata in anything but
peaceful frame of mind.
She, too, was nervous, and they de-
parted for the theater in haste. lie
noticed. just as soon as he slipped out
of his topcoat, that her eyes sought his
figure constantly and interestedly, but
his inward uncertainty about that suit
made him glover so that she said moth
ing, and the performance was half over
before he gathered courage TO speak of
the subject himself.
"How do you like my new clothes?"
he asked at last, with what calmness
he could muster, and the girl blushed
nervously.
They're quite pretty, think" she
said. with an apologetic smile, but"
81 don't know whether they fit me
very well or not" he interrupted, des-
perate with the fear that she had di-
vined the secret of their origin. "for
tried a new tailor. and, although he
gave me several fittings, and-what's
| the matter?" he broke off TO eXclaim
wildly, as he saw the light of a dawning
laughter in her eyes. "What is 1t, dear
est?"
Nothing" she responded, solemnly
although the laughter beneath her pret
ty lashes grew stronger momentarily
"only-only- there's a price-tag OF
your coat lapel"
And so there was, small but dis
tinct legend. reading "Size. "a; style
2: price, S13.5O."- Chicago Times-Her
aid
Evening journal., 1897-07-19
Jersey potters want an Increase.

Trenton, July 19.-It has been devel-
oped here that the working potters Of
this city had a conference last week
with the manufacturing potters, with
a view Of securing a return OF the 12h
per cent reduction in wages when the
Wilson bill was in effect. No definite
conclusions were reached, but the men
feel confident that the manufacturers
viii return to the scale. on the other
hand. it is said that while the manu-
facturers may be willing 10 give the
increase, yet they will be unable to do
so for some time, OF until business has
prospered with them.
Evening journal., 1897-07-19
MISCELLANEOUS lIsMs.

1t is calculated that 2i,o0o people
sleep nightly aboard the steamers on
the Thames.
Young ladies act as sideswomen in
church at Carthage, and since their
advent the attendance has largely in
creased.
1t is said that the millionaire viii
liam Waldorf Astor owns 1000 houses
in New York city. and that his annual
income is nearly c e1,2O0,ooo.
Asia is growing in population faster
than either Europe or America, the
gain in India alone between 1851 and
1891 reaching 33,ooo,ooo.
Lord Salisbury is the holder of five
acres of land in the vicinity of Charing
Cross. which his ancestors obtained $50
years ago for grazing land at the mod
crate rate of ten shillings an acre for
500 years.
In India there are 100000 boys and
6e7,OOO girls under the age of Ia who
are legally married, while 5000 boys
and $4,000 girls who have not attained
the age Of four are under marriage
bonds as arranged by their parents.
Mice are fond of music, and this
fact induced a machinist in Bruges,
Belgium, TO construct a trap with a
music box attachment. The music at
tracts the mice, and to get nearer the
harmonious tones, they wander into
the trap and are caught alive, five or
six at a time.
The national airs of great coun-
tries are short, while those OF little
countries are long. God Save the
Queen" consists of but IA bars, the
Russian hymn is 16 bars, and Hail
Columbia!" has 2s bars. Slams ma.
tional hymn has 76 bars, that Of Uru
quay 20, and Chili's 46.
"A ieweler in Turin has made n tiny
boat of a single pearl The huh is finely
shaped, and might serve as n mode
for a great sloop. The sail is of heater
gold. studded with diamonds, and the
pinnacle light is q perfect ruby. Al
emerald serves as its rudder, and its
stand is n slab of ivory. It's weight il
less than an ounce, and it is said TO have
cost 1000.
Evening journal., 1897-07-19
THROWN FROM A TRAIN
A Tramp Killed During Quarrel with
"A Newly Made Acquaintance.

Philadelphia. July 19.-Daniel Carron,
a tramp, was thrown from a freight
car on the Pennsylvania railroad near
Overbrook. on the outskirts of the city,
during a fight and was killed. His as
sailant was Richard Wilson who says
he lives in New York and through
stress Of circumstances has been forced
to steal a ride to some other city in the
hope of gaining work at his trade.
He fell in with Carron and some 9TH
ers. They were riding in the same car
when they began quarreling, with the
above result. Wilson was arrested. His
condition does not indicate that he is
a tramp. He says he is paper hanger
by trade He wore good clothes, had a
change of linen, new russet shoes and
had several dollars in his pockets. Car
ron and his companions, he said, had
picked a quarrel with him, and he was
forced to defend himself by striking
CarTOn.
Evening journal., 1897-07-19
IN. cn.tllent I.rncrnI.

The funeral of Alexander the Great
was conducted on a scale of most lavish
and overpowering splendor. The body
was laid in a coffin of gold filed with
costly aromatics and a diodem placed
on the head. The funeral car was COW
cred from the roof to the wheels with
ornaments of massive gold, and was OF
such extraordinary weight that il took
s4 mules more than n year in convey
ing IL from Babylon 20 Syria, where il
was met my Ptolemy and his army.
Its place Of destination was Alexandria,
and here the body Of the great conquer
or was deposited in n mausoleum
which afterward became the sepucheI
Of the Ptolemys.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Evening journal., 1897-07-19
to the Homeopathic Hospital where he
recovered and was sent home.
DEATH OF a PHYSICIAN.
DIR. Hubbard Of Bridgeport, Conn.,, Fellt
and Receives Fatal Injuries.

Bridgeport Conn. July 19.-Dr. Rob-
ert Hubbard. q physician well known
throughout the country, while ascending
the steps to his office on State street.
fell ard received injuries 20 his head
from which he died soon after.
Or Hubbard was a native Of Crom-
well, Conn. where he was born Il years
ago. and was graduated at Yale, class
of 81 of which he was valedictorian.
During the war he was surgeon of the
Seventeenth Connecticut volunteers and
was actively engaged at the battles of
Charlottesville and Gettysburg.
He represented Bridgeport in the gem
eral assemblies Of 1874 and 1876 and in
the latter year was a candidate for con-
gress from the Fourth district, but was
defeated by the late William il. Bar
mum. His home had been here since
1851. IA leaves two daughters, Mrs. c.
II. Trowbridge Of New Haven and Mrs
c. M. Everest Of Rochester
Evening journal., 1897-07-19
nnrnIo Rescne of q nor.

Cleveland July 19.-John Norman,
carpenter, while crossing the Central
viaduct on Friday evening, heard the
screams Of a woman on the docks be-
low. He looked over and saw a boy
struggling in the river. He leaped to
the rail and poising a moment dove
1O1 feet through the air to the river.
He struck the water cleanly and in a
second came to the surface. The boy
had sunk. but Norman went down
again and brought him up unconscious.
He struggled with his burden TO the
dock. where the two were dragged out.
The boy. whose name is John Millard.
after vigorous efforts was restored to
consciousness. and in the meantime
Norman walked away.
Evening journal., 1897-07-19
peeth OF eeneral veIasquer.

Valparaiso, July 19-General Jose
Velasquez. the most brilliant officer in
the old Chilean army and one who did
distinguished service throughout the
Pacific war. died in this city Of lung
disease. General Velasduez had served
his country in the army for more than
40 years. During the last few years OF
his life he was subject to great perse-
cution by his enemies in power owing
to his allegiance to Balmaceda. Final
". in 1895, he was forced to retire. Since
that time he has lived quietly in VAL
narnfcO
Evening journal., 1897-07-19
A chef Takes Morphine.

Pittsheld, Mass, July 19.-Eugene
Coleman, aged 30. chef in the Pittsfield
House. took a heavy dose Of morphine
with suicidal intent, and though every
effort was made TO save him he died.
He leaves a widow and four children,
living in Liberty. VT. In his room was
found a pathetic letter addressed to his
wife, in which he said that had it not
been for his own indlscretion and the
treachery Of others he and she would
still be living happily together.