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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

EOR SALE-A ss5-ACRE FARM IN ROCK
II Island county; good corn and pasture
land: will take par, trade. W. Claussen, Front
and Ripley street Davenport, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

WANTED TWO SECOND GIRLS WITH
w references. Apply at 7i9 Elm street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

Tor SALE-A NEAT OFFICE CABINET
y with about 90 different slides, suitable for
filing legal blanks or any description OF papers
In nat form to be kept In shape for writing
comprehensive index connected. Just the
thing for any ONCE with contracts. etc. to
fle. Address Fl. Z. c.. care of The ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

"ANTED-A COMPETENT GIRL FOR
w general homework at li26 Second ave-
nue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06
FOR SALE.

TOR SALE-REAL ESTATE NOW EARN
II ing 10 per cent on the investn ent In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

ENOR SALE-wELL ESTABLISHED BUSI-
- ness; doing about $4,000 per annum; To-
Gated on the most prominent corner In the
city OF San Antonio; 600 cars pass the store
every day: one-third first-class farming lands
In Missouri or Kansas. balance cash or its
equivalent. Address Col j. A. Bradley, 502h
T. Houston street, San Antonio, Tex.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06
FOR SALE.

EOR SALE-SIX LOTS NEAR TOWN ssco
II each. Gordon & Bowman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06
FOR RENT.

EOR RENT - FIVE-8OON FLAT CEN.
Il trally located. Enquire OF NJ. Xxx
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WANTED.

"ANTED-A GIRL FOR HOUSEWORK
w at 1877 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

LNOR SALE-FIVE ACRES FOR SALE
Il cheap. Near town. Gordon Bowman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

WANTED-RELIABLE MEN TO TACK
w up advertising signs: $3.50 weekly;
steady work Send 10 cents for postage. sam
pie, etc. Young Medicine comp my, 24s9 North
Colorado street, Philadelphia. Pa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

ENOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOM STEAM
Il heat, gas and bath. three blocks from
postoffice. Enquire at Bowlbys music store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

LHOR RENT-EICHT-ROoM HOUSE, FUR
l. mace heat, modern improvements 9gI
Twentieth street Rent. rs Apply TO HAYES
& cleveland, Bengston block.
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NOR RENT-WAREHOUSE. SUITABLE
4 Tor storage or small msnufactory in busi-
ness district. Inquire ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

NOR SALE-A 5ROOM HOUSE CHEAP
Il TO be moved Immediately, 6ls Second
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

E'OR RENT ROOMS WITH BOARD IN
very central location. at moderate rates
Inquire at THE ARGUS Office
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

"ANTED-A COMPETENT GIRL As
w cook at 9l4 Second avenue. Reference
required.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

WANTED - SITUATION BY A YOUNG
w colored man experienced in hotel bust
ness: is intelligent and industrious, best of
references furnished. Address m. H." AR
GUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

WANTED SMALL GIRL To HELP DO
w general houSework in small family Ad.
dress l1Gs Fourth avenue, Moline. Ill. Call
from a. m. to 5 p. IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

ENOR SALE-COAL IN ANY QUANTITY
y OF 50 bushels or over At o2 50 per ton, de-
tvered G. o. ID. 70 any part OF the city. Leave
orders st Commercial hnrse barber shop Rock
Island, or Enos James, Milan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

TOR SALE-FINE BLACK DRIVING
H team both geldings. young and sound.
Weigh ll25 and Ills each We'll matched
Both broke single: one fine lady broke horse
Price SIS. Call or address Frank W. Waller.
Sterling. III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-06

II OR SALE-A RESIDENCE OF SEVEN
l. rooms. well appointed with modern con-
yeniences- good location 70 physician
or comfortable home for a business man
Good gard, and convenient tostreet caIs Ad-
dress q. - THE ARGUS
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02

ton of the ship may seem desirable.
Two of them will propel an ocean
steamer with sufficient force to give IL
Roadway, though very little speed 1t
is especially designed for the use Of
vessels which have suffered accident,
either to their propelling machinery or
to the rudder. 1t will supply admirably
the place of the steering apparatus
and seems to be just about what has
been needed for some time. Nothing
can be more unmanageable than a shin
without a rudder, and the inventor
says it was really this idea that in.
spired him to conceive what promises
to be very useful contrivance.
Any vessel can be easily eauipped
with the new propelling device, and that,
too, without complication of any sort
All that is necessary is to supply the
avenue for the power to reach the de.
vice, and to provide for its being Sc
cured to the side or end of the shin
When not in use it can be carried on
davits, in the same fashion as the
ships boats. Thus when it is needed
1t may easily be dropped to the neoes.
sary point where it is to be fastened
and receive it's connections as easily
and gently as when a boat is lowered
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02

ed that he felt as if he were witnessing
an incident that belonged to fairyland.
When he rallied his faculties and be-
gan pursuit, the dogs could not be
found.
Since then these intelligent but dis
honest brutes have appeared at vari-
Gus places in the vicinity, and their
methods have been learned. They are
undoubtedly trained with great care.
They know the ordinary rules of eau
ton; they have been taught to seize a
chicken, whether alive or dead, in the
best manner, and to run with their
booty without being seriously embar-
raised by it.
1t has been ascertained that two or
more men lie in wait for the plumber,
but the dogs know better than to run
straight towards the hiding place. They
make detours; they separate; if pursuit
! is too close they viii not notice their
masters, but will run on until the dan
I ger is at an end, returning in most
cautious manner In this way. up to
| last accounts, a great many thefts had
been perpetrated, and the human au-
/ thors were still undiscovered.
4 Now then, here is the problem: given
two men with intelligence and patience
enough to train three dogs to such won
derful skill, why don't they exhibit the
| dogs and earn an honest living? If the
show business is beneath their dignity,
surely their ability and foresight is
great enough to enable them to win
/ fortune, instead Of skulking on the out
skirts of Virginia farms, sleeping in
| barns, and subsistng on an unvarying
diet of broiled stolen chicken.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02

ton. 1t was well shaped and boz On
unusual number of bolls He selt otad
seed from the best Of these, and pla, 80
ed them. From the yield he secuf "a
enough seed to plant several acres.
Thus separated from the ordinary va
riety, the plant exhibited Its differences
in an increased degree, as is the rule
Of nature. 1t grew somewhat in the
shape of an inverted sugar-loaf The
bolls were in clusters, and many stalks
had over 200 bolls on them. The impor-
lance of this fact may be realized when
one learns that, taking the cotton all
over the South an average of fifteen
bolls to the stalk is considered a fine
yield. From his first discovery, Mr.
Ware mas steadily developed the pro-
duct, until its possibilities and require
ments are thoroughly understood and
it's great value can be no longer denied
The seeds of the new cotton are
small and black, and separate easily
from the lint, very little adhering to
them. Mr.. Ware has planted them on
both red clay and gray sandy soil and
has found very little difference in the
yield
THE farm on which live" says Mr..
Ware, has now been planted in cot
ton with little variation for over fifty
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
HOW EELS
STOPPED A BIG
WATER WHEEL

Many a curious prank is credited to
the eel, but one of the oldest of which
he has truly been guilty is just report
ed from Youngstown, Ohio, where he
has actually succeeded in forcing a
flour mill to cease operation.
The mill is known as the Baldwin
mill, and is situated on the bank of the
Mahoning river. It's power is furnished
by five water wheels. with an engine
to be used in times of low water and
when there is backwater to contend
against. 1t is the custom of the miller.
Homer Baldwin, to start up Monday
morning and run steadily until Satur-
day night without a stop. One Monday
morning not long ago, the mill started
as usual with three water wheels in
operation, the number ordinarily suffi-
cient to furnish all the power required.
Presently, however, the miller found
that strangely enough the power was
lacking. and he put on the fourth
wheel. The following morning the pow
err had grown even less than with three
wheels running, and the fifth wheel
was put into operation. Still the pow
err was insufficient, and at last the en-
CINE was started up in order to obtain
the necessary degree of power.
1t was suspected that something must
be wrong with the wheels, but owing
to the high water it was impossible to
make an examination before the follow
ing Sunday,-when, to Mr.. Baldwin's
surprise, ne found that the water
wheels were clogged up with dozens of
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
A New Cotton to Enrich The South.

years, and is spoken of as the poorest
place in Wilkes county. On this poor
land my cluster cotton yielded this
year from bale to a bale and a half
an acre. On good rich soil am conf
dent that it can be made to yield from
two to three bales an acre.
at stands dry weather without APP
preciable suffering, as the roots are
much longer than those of the ordl-
nary variety. The yield is far great
er in every way The fibre is long and
tough, and meets the requirements Of
the spinners perfectly. Thirteen hun
dred and fifty pounds in the seed will
yield a five hundred pounds bale of
lint, while the ordinary variety requires
sixteen hundred to seventeen hundred
pounds of seed for the same result.
II claim that my cluster cotton will
be of incalculable advantage to the
South. By it's use the South can re-
duce its acreage three-fourths, and it's
expenses of working an equal amount,
and still furnish it's full quota Of cot
ton to the world, at the same time de-
voting more of its soil to other pro-
ducts to which it is splendidly adapt
ed"
When one speaks in this way of
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02

most mysterious fellow, and the mys-
terry about him is by no means cleared
away, though the fish experts have stu
died him in many ways.
A curious fact, and one which makes
the Mahoning incident harder to ex-
plain, is that cells do not spawn in fresh
water but in brackish and salt water.
1t is known that many cells descend the
rivers in the fall and winter and enter
the salt water, and it is supposed that
spawning takes place at that time In
the spring and summer young cells from
three to five inches long ascend
rivers in incredible numbers overcom-
ing obstacles, ascending vertical walls
or floodgates, entering the smallest tri-
butaries, and even making their way
over dry land to ponds and lakes shut
off from all communication with
springs. Perhaps this is how the cells
came to be in the wheels of the Baldwin
mill.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
SMART THIEVES
WORK HARD FOR
SMALL BOOTY.

The authorities of Henrico county.
Va, have been struggling with Grim
inal mystery worthy of Sherlock
Holiness attention, though it involves
nothing more serious than the theft of
a few chickens It is the method, how
ever, and not the crime itself, which
interests the true detective.
In the case in question, one of the
strangest pecuilarities OF criminals is
well Illustrated, namely, the wasting of
great skill and ingenuity upon the
achieving of petty results. The real
criminal will always do more work
stealing FIVE cents than would suffice to
earn five dollars These Virginia
thieves, if they would turn moderately
honest, might enter upon a remunera-
tive. career in the show business.
The thieves, so far as can be learned,
made their first appearance at the resi-
denee Of a Mr. Cl1ytor on the Mechan-
tcsville turnpike. a highway not I'M
known to history. In the latter part
IF A December afternoon there was a
T.,,npus in Mr.. Claytor's hen coop. No
one had the place in view at that time,
but several persons employed by Mr..
Clayton were near by, and they at once
ran to the spot. The sound to their
nrobabIy experienced ears, indicated
chicken thieves, but no glimpse of the
,inp vandals was obtained. This
Was s1,rprising. for the rescue party was
81 o,,iclr1v mon the scene that it was
sIronst impossible to fancy any thief's
raving time enough to run to shelter.
Exan,ination revealed no trace of any
-, - uorly nor any human footprint
a. +be soft earth. Whatever other
..tgs +bare NAV have been were un-
..a s.. 81 mat time. Mr.. Claytors SER
1870 convinced themselves that three
s.. re,,,Ists were missing. but how they
-,r.sre distracted was a mystery.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
Making the Moth Work.

Few suspect that the common moth
may be utilized as a decorative artist,
but he may be. if only one be watchful,
patient and acquainted with the crea-
lures habits. The larva of the moth
has a habit of spinning about itself a
sort of sac from the material upon
which it feeds. AS the worm grows it
enlarges this sac by the process Of
splitting it and inserting new material.
Now, if moth-worm that has inclored
itself in red flannel be afterward rams
ferred sac and all, to white flennel' the
growing insect will slit its req manner
covering and enlarge = with pornon
of the white flannel If, then, the worm
and the sac be transferred TO blue fan
mel, the creature will in course Of time
enlarge the sac with blue flannel, and
thus >clothe itself periodically in red,
white and blue,
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
Lincoln and Children,

Abraham Lincoln was very kind to
children. He was never too tired to
stop and say kind word to any small
being who ever appealed to him. Once
when he was president, a shabby, bare
footed little boy got into the White
House and crept up to the door of the
room where sat the great man. Busy
as he was he heard the soft steps, and
looking UP, asked the boy his name.
The boy answered. my name is
Folks" well" said Mr.. Lincoln, hui
morously, that's wrong Don't you see
that you are only one, and folks means
more than one. Tell your father that I
say your name should be Folk. Good
bye, SIR" giving him a hearty hand
shake.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
OYSTERS
THAT GROW
ON TREES.

Mr.. J. w. Collins, of the United States
Fish Commission, is authority for the
statement that oysters really do grow
on trees. This does not mean that they
are to be found in the forests, but
scientific investigation has confirmed
the statement that nature does some
times produce the bivalve in this novel
manner
From time to time reports regarding
the peculiar growths of oysters have
been made, but all have been a matter
of conjecture Now. however, we know
the truth,-that oysters will grow on
trees when the trees and the oysters
are brought into juxtaposition in prop
er fashion.
In order that this should take place.
the tree must be transplanted so that
it is apparently growing out of the wa
ter. The trees are placed in the water
during May or June, and the oysters
that grow on them are commonly taken
off and marketed the following winter
or at least before the second winter.
The trees are generally put down in
comparatively shallow water, about
two and half fathoms at low tide. II
| the young oysters were allowed to re.
main on them for two years, thew
would fall off by their own weight
The oysters are exposed to extra risk
of being winter killed during cold wea.
ther, because of being so near the sur.
! face. Strange as 1t may seem, this mis-.
| hap seldom occurs. The oysters are
! generally large enough to market in
| eighteen months or so, say the begin.
ming of the following winter.
The growing of oysters on trees. as
it is called, is really accomplished by
the tiny oysters, as they are swept I'M
| from their place of birth, clinging ia
the branches. They grow much better
when attached in this fashion, and are
| less exposed to their mortal enemies
star-fish, which it is believed destrav
more oysters than all ether agencies
| combined.
So great is the damage inflicted nv
the star-fsh that many steamers arc
| kept at work a great part of the time
from the oyster beds One firm tooly
! from its bed in single year 2.500 mn
star-fish. This pest is not found IN
fresh water, nor even in brackisb wa
tiers, in numbers sufficient to be harm
full Indeed. it was not until Long ISL
and Sound had been stocked with ovs.
ters that the enormous abundance ana
destructive power of the star-fish were
J fully understood.
Large areas had been prepared for
oyster beds, but many of the cultivat-
ors had so much good ground that they
could not attend to it properly. ana
through neglect it became a favorite
breeding place for star-fish. No CON
trivance had been devised suitable to
cope with this destructive agency. and
the practice Of growing the oysters on
trees is the first victory in the war
waged by the oyster-bed owners.
Copyright, 1897, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
OLD AND NEIl AND INTERESTING THE WORLD OVER.

long. He weighs thirty-fve pounds.
Mr. Mathison has named him after one
of the companys favorite drugs; and
as any drug is a good thing not to fool
with, the name cannot help being ap-
propriate.
This amiable beast can jump over a
seven-foot partition, and will leap ten
feet from desk to a loose pile of light
wooden boxes without even displacing
one of them, so marvellously delicate
is his appreciation of force and dis
lance. He has been taught many of the
ordinary tricks. such as standing on his
hind legs, shaking hands, and leaping
over various obstacles.
He owes most of his education to a
Minnesota trapper named James Will
son, by whom he was caught when he
was only a little, woolly ball,--an easy
prey after his mother had been trapped.
This was about fourteen months ago.
Two other young ones, taken at the
same time, died in a vain attempt to
become civilized. Trapper Wilson's
happy hunting grounds are in the vicin-
ity of Sturgeon Lake, and there he is
visited almost every year by Mr.. Mathi-
son. 1t was on the occasion Of this
summers visit that the city man re-
ceived this valuable present.
There has been no opportunity to test
the big cats quality as nocturnal
guardian, but his fame must be worth
something. 1t would of course, be i'm
possible to elude the vigilance or the
pursuit of such creature; and it's
quickness of movement is SO much
greater than mans, that the chances
are that struggle would be all over
before tAe most expert of burglars
could lay hand upon knife or pistol.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
Most Wonderful Tree in America.

pierced the heart Of the second maple,
and welded itself into it.
x is not on 7-1157a that any oTi7 no.
ticed this peculiar growth until it was
so well advanced that the cause could
not be traced. 1t stands today as the
wonder Of the country side,-a thing
to be pointed out to admiring strang-
ers.
The trees are each about foot in
diameter, and the connecting link IS
nearly the same size. 1t is now about
eighteen feet from the ground. The
junction is perfect, and there seems TO
be no tendency to split the tree. These
arboreal Siamese twins are both IN
good health, and are growing at about
an even rate, so that the strange limb
preserves it's horizontal position as 1t
rises from the ground.
The picture here presented is made
from the most recent and best photo
graph of this strange freak of nature.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
Every ship FIdy Be Her Own TUQ6o0t.

A unique propelling device has just
been invented whereby vessel may in
a measure become it's own tugboat. 1t
resembles an auxiliary propeller more
than anything else, consisting mainly
of a cylinder pointed at both ends and
carrying within a motor mechanism
which receives its power ordinarily
from the engine of the vessel to which
it is attached.
At one end of the propelling device
there is a screw propeller, and to the
middle is attached bar, or tube con-
Meeting with the ship and forming a
conductor for electricity, steam, COM
pressed air, or other power-maker. On
either side of the tube radial arms ex-
tend, connecting with the ship in or
der to more perfectly secure the aux
iliary craft to it's greater consort.
The device may be attached to both
sides, to either end, or to whatever por-
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02
TO KLONDIKE
~
In A MARVEL
OF A BOAT.

Some OF the Klondike expeditions that
are now preparing to invade that
rugged, tce-bound land of gold are as
wonderful in their way as Novelist
Wells's dreams of world-conquerors
from Mars
For instance here's a boat that
doesn't care whether it goes to the
Klondike by way of the Yukon river or
the White Pass; that climbs noun
tains; skins over ice-clad lakes, forces
q path through the mud of swamps; or
fits across snow fields as swiftly as a
Norwegian ski-runner. Moreover, its
usefulness will by no means end when
it has reached the gold fields. Once
there it becomes a rock-drill, a ditch
digger. almost anything that miner
needs.
The boat is being built for Gerard o.
Scott, of Lima, Ohio, and the mechan-
zeal details have been worked out by
Charles NJ. Kimball, thoroughly com
potent expert.
This strange craft runs every way.
1t has the form of boat with propel-
ling side-wheels; but it has also the
runners Of a sled. 1t is steered by a
pilot" in front that operates some
thing like the front wheel of a bicycle.
The runners are twenty feet long and
three feet apart. The driving wheels
are four feet in diameter, worked by a
triple expansion engine of forty-eight
horsepower. AS a boat in smooth wa
ter II will run seven or eight miles an
hour: as q carriage over good roads, 1t
will make nineteen miles; and as a sled
on level ice a maximum speed of TWEEN
ty-eeht and one-half miles an hour
car be attained.
TIE. heat is fitted with a canvas
cover which is buttoned over frame
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-02

The greatest curiosity in the way of
a tree that can be found on American
SOIL is a sugar maple that grows near
Martinsville, Ind.,-or two sugar ma
pies, to be more exact. Natural his
tory does not record that the sugar
maple is akin to the banyan, but the
Martinsyille tree emulates that queer
product of the Orient, pictured in all
Biographies to the wonder of the school
boy.
On the Mitchell farm, a quarter of a
mile out of Martinsville, two sugar
naples began to grow, years ago, about
twenty feet apart. In time, one Of them
thrust out a branch toward the other,
and this branch grew straight on until
it encountered its neighbours trunk. The
chances were millions to one that it
would be turned aside or upward, but
in this single instance a strange thing
occurred. The horizontal branch