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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-14
COMPRESSED AIR MOTORS.
Continued from Page 8.
BoTTLING THE AIR.

In the air power plant now
building at West Twenty.fourth
street and Eleventh avenue, New
York, the power is developed by
what is described as three stage
compressor. In the frat chamb
er the air is driven up to a pres
sure of about 100 pounds TO the
square inch. 1t is then cooled by
water jacket, and enters sec
ond cylinder, where the pressure
is increased. The cooling process
is repeated, and the air passes to
the third chamber, where it is
driven up to the pressure OF 25OO
pounds to the square inch, At
which it is to be used. For the
third time the air is subjected to
the cooling and drying process,
after which it is conveyed to y
series of connected MannesmaDn
steel fasks. Where it is stored
awaiting use. The purpose of the
water jackets is TO do away with
the heat which naturally accom-
panies the compression.
Each of the air motor cars is
fitted with Msnnessmann steel
"bo'tle" extending lengthwise
beneath the floor % the car. This
bottle is a long steel tube with
capacity of fifty-one cubic feet.
Before being placed 10 the car it
is tested to a resisting strength of
5000 pounds to the square inch,
so hat there will be no danger OF
bre kage under service conditions.
CHARGING THE CARS WITH AIR.
The empty cars are run up to
the charging sand in the power
house and connected with the
main storage chambers. Air is
admitted to the car flask until the
desired pressure-2,0,0 pounds -
is registered by the storage gauge.
Then the\connection is broken,
the air in the chambers being
prevented from escape by a check
valve, and the car Is ready for a
journey of from fifteen to twenty
miles. The whole process of
charging occupies only two min
utes, and in the event of haste can
be completed in less than min
ute, so that it will not cause delay
even with a congested traffic.
While this charging process is
going on, connection is establish
ed with another chamber beneath |
the car, and live steam is intro
duced to this compartment until
temperature of 800 Fahrenheit is
registered. This device is one of
the most important improvements
in the development of compressed
air traction. 1t makes possible
the relocating Of the air before it
is used, thereby increasing its
efficiency 100 per Cent and MAX
ing it possible for air to compete
with electricity in the item of ex
pense.
As the cold air leaves the bottle
beneath the car, it passes through
an automatic valve, which reduces
the pressure from 1000 pounds to
$50, the latter being the pressure
at which it is applied to the
motor The air passes through
the reducing valve to the hot
water chamber, the heat thus APP
piled to it causing an expansion
which nearly doubles its working
power. That is to say, each
cubic foot of air, after being heat
ed, carries the air twice as far as
it could If it remained cold.
MACHINERY Is SIMPLE.
The motor mechanism consists
of two link motion, reciprocating
engines, having cylinders inches
in diameter and Ia inch stroke.
The power is applied by connect
ing and parallel rods direct to the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-14
Established 1866
BISHOP 90.
BANKERS,

Transact a General Banking
Ind Exchange Business.
Commercial and Travellers
Letters of Credit issued, avail
able in all the principal cities
IT the world.
Interest allowed after July
L, 1898, on fixed deposits 3
months 3 per cent, 6 months
% per cent, II months 4
per cent.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-14
HEAD OFFICE, YOKOHAMA.

HEAD OFFICE, YOKOHAMA.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES.
Kobe, London, Lyons, New York,
San Francisco, Shanghai,
Bombay, Hong Kong,
The Bank buys and receives for collec-
ton Bills Of Exchange, issues Drafts and
Letters OF Credit on the above Branches
and Agencies, and transacts a general
banking business.
INTEREST ALLOWED
On Fixed Deposit for IA months. per cent o. q.
On Fixed Deposit for months. 81
On Fixed Deposit for mos.
INTEREST ALLOWED
BY the Head Office al Yokohama, on Current De.
post. 81 per cent per annum.
On Fixed Deposit tor ~ months, per cent p. q.
New RGDnDllC Building. Ill King ST., Honolulu.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-14
seattle beer.

This ever popular Rainier beer
is becoming a household word
and twill you have glass of
Seattle" is more often heard than
anything else. The Criterion
Saloon have the beer on tap or in
bottles.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-14

American Messenger Service
Masonic Temple. Telephone
444. y
Honolulu Messenger Service de,
livers messages and packages
Telephone 378.
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whole system. This 10 provided
by compressed air, and may be
described as one of its chief en-.
gineeIing advantages. Perhaps
its greatest recommendation from
the point of view of the public is
its safety. In case OF control, 1t
excels any other system that l
know of. The high pressure air
is always at conn and to set the
wheels, and can be applied by a
simple wrist movement by the
molorman.
The entire mechanism is sim
pie aud does not require any
special skill to operate. There is
no noise, smoke nor odor. The
installation is much cheaper than
that required by electric power,
thus effecting saving in interest
charges. 1t il never necessary to
tear up the streets in order to ex-
tend the power. The cars can be
run wherever there are tracks. In
all these particulars believe com
pressed air to be the most salts
factory power yet developed"
Whatever advantages compress
ed air possesses on the score OF
safety or esthetic qualities, the
point which is likely to determine
its final acceptance or rejection by
railway capitalists is a matter of
cost, as compared with other forms
of power. If it costs the
railway company less for
each car mile run by compressed
air than it does with any power at
present employed compressed air
will be installed sooner or later.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-14
MACHINERY Is SIMPLE.

The motor mechanism consists
of two link motion, reciprocating
engines, having cylinders 7 inches
in diameter and Ia inch stroke.
The power is applied by connect
ing and parallel rods direct to the
crank pins of the four driving
wheels The entire weight of car
and apparatus is mounted on ell
liptic springs, which gave
smoOthness of motion not obtain
ed in the ordinary car. At the
point where the air is finally set
free, the pressure is so slight that
there is no sound OF exhaust. The
only way in which the escaping
current manifests itself is by
little puff OF steam, such as is
caused by ones breath on a frosty
morning. This, of course, is due
to the difference in temperature
between the atmosphere and the
air operating the motor.
According to its advocates, com
pressed air possesses many points
oil superiority FOR street traction
over any other power at present
in use. Edward e. Pettee, the
consulting engineer of the air
power company, says:
ADVANTAGES OF COMPRESSED AIR.
"Street railway engineers have
long demanded an independent
motor that should make
each car automobl'e-so that an
accident at central power station
might not result in tying up a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
The First Mrs. Adam.

Whether Lilith was one of the female
creation of Chap. l., or a demon, or
something between the two, she was,
considered matrimonially, a complete
failure, says AL the Year Round. She
was expelled after living with Adam 1870
years, and subsequently became the
wife Of Satan, by whom she was the
mother of the Jinns, SO familiar in Per-
sian fairy lore.
The emphatic remark of Adam when
he first saw Eve, This is now bone of
my bone and flesh of my flesh" makes,
it is suggested, a comparison between
Eve and the beautiful but iiendfike Lii
18th not complimentary to the latter,
uuhila L~-sAs~----- 49,
to him as Adams son, din his own like
ness, after his image" conveys a pain
full hint of the ~uncanny offspring born
to Adam and Lilith.
Perhaps in revenge for this Lilith-
the name occurs translated "night mon
ster' In Isaiah xxxiv. became the sworn
foe OF little children, whom she was
wont to strangle with one of her glori-
Gus golden hairs, unless the watchful-
ness of their mothers drove her away.
1t has, indeed, been grayely suggested
by an etymologist of great daring that
our word lullaby is simply a corruption
of "Lilla abb" Lilith, avaunt! which
mothers and nurses would Groom over
the cradles or write on the doorpost.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
RAREsT OF POSTAGE STAMPS.
Yssued by Baltimore Postmaster IL
1S46, It Now Sells b S4,4OO,

1S46, It Now Sells for -, 400.
San Francisco Call: The question Is
often asked, What Is the rarest stamp
among the issues of the United States?
The highest price ever paid for a single
specimen OF this country was $4,40o, which
sum was given for the famous 10-cent
stamp of Baltimore, issued by the post
master Of that city IN 1915. The design
shows the autograph of President Blu
chanan. with the vafue below. There are
but few copies in existence, and it may
truly be said that II is the rarest and
most valuable postage stamp In America.
Prior TO the sale OF this celebrated
Specimen the highest price paid was $1,000.
This was for q fine copy of the 20-cent
''St. Louis" which at that time ranked
as one OF the rarest American stamps.
Shortly after 1t was sold, however, 9TH
ere were found, and the price has dropped
considerably.
There are q great many United States
stamps ranging In value from $500 to
$4,000. among WHICH are the Beaumont,
Uniontown and Madison (confederate)
professionals and the Brattleboro, Mill
bury and NsT Haven postmasters'
Such ~rarities as these are seldom offered
Tor sale, when by chance one OF them
comes upon the market there are always
many collectors ready and willing TO pay
In the way Of hnding rare stamps there
are great possibilities for those who have
access to old letters and correspondence
the wears lSi3 and 1865. The early
Postmasters PROFESSIONALS were issued in
1S45. 1876 and 1917, and the rare confeder-
ate stamps IN 1863. Besides these there
are many cd issues Of regular United
states STAMPS that are rare and bring
good values when sold.
The most valuable stamps in the world
arc the first Issues Of the island Of Maui
ritlus, a small British possession off the
coast or Africa. Although between TWEEN.
~ and thirty are known, the last sold
brought more than 5000 when offered in
Paris about a year ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
Ho MnrycIed NIuch.

London Answers: He had been
elected member for his native country,
and had come up TO the metropolis TO
take his seat in the house. lie was q
modest, retiring individual, and felt
quite overawed as he stood dindently
In the lobby among a throng of the
ordinary members.
"Well, Mr.. c." said one of the
legislators near him, land what are
your impressions Of the house?"
"To tell you the TRUTH" replied the
pew member, in some confusion, III
wonder how | got here!"
A week afterward he made a speech
which astonished them, and the same
member button-holed him again after
the debate.
What are your impressions of the
house now?" was the question. "Get.
ting to know us, eh?'
"Yes," quietly replied Mr.. C.;
"and now | wonder how you all got
here!"
He was not asked about his impress.
Bions after that.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12

1t was by this time nearly eight o'clock,
but Valerie remained in her own apart
ments. She knew Colonel Beauregard was
always about early, and she had no inten-
ton Of meeting him alone. When she
heard others moving about She loft the
room, and descended to the breakfast-room
first assuring herself that her face told no
tales.
Only Beauregard, Dallas, and Amy were
down as yet; and the two latter were out
on the terrace; the former remained dis
creetly within the room, and read, or SEEM
I'd to read, d paper, but he threw it down
as Valerie came in; and went forward to
greet her.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
Senator Depew's New story.

From n New York Letter: Here is
a new story Senator Depew tells on
himself: An inquisitive Britlsher, a
noble duke, wanting to know exactly
how to pronounce the gifted orators
name, went for him after the manner
Of Ii Hung Chang. (By the way, Lis
inquisitorial methods are being adopt
ed by not a few swells.) DO they
call you De-poo, Dep-oo, De-Pue, Dep
pc or Deeper" asked his grace. 81
never was called in my life, your grace,
because l never played" was the
Americans reply. "Ha, ha! One of
your poker jokes!" laughed the duke.
but | am serious" Then the senator,
also serious, answered: There are
people in my country who spell their
name Dupuy and call it Du-pue. There
is n great Frenchman who spells his
name Dupuy and calls it Du-Pwee. We
call q guy a CHI; the Frenchmen call
him a ghee. In England you call a
eve n 20; we call her'a yew. Now,
your grace, just consider how deep
l am and how shallow are you and
you'll have my name pronounced
right, De-pew."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
EXPECTS GOLD STANDARD LAW.
Ii. ii. Hanna Sure Congress viii En-
act Necessary LEGISLATION.

act Necessary Legislation
indianapolis, Aug. I'll. Ii. Hanna,
chairman of the executive committee
of the monetary commission, has re.
turned from a s%oiourn in the east, o
part of which was spent in c%onsulta-
ton with members of the senate
finance committee at Narragansett
Pier. Mr.. Hanna declined to go into
particulars about the work Of the com-
mitee, but expressed himself as entire
ly satisfied with the prospects foi
financial legislation at the next SEES!
sion.
''The bill agreed upon" said he, "by
the caucus committee of the house at
Atlantic City is wisely conservative
and am sufficiently familiar with the
general principles upon which the sen.
ate committee is working to express
great satisfaction over the outlook fot
very complete gold standard legisla'
A~->-lnrinp -tha-nau4vaAasian-af the-
congress. / have excellent grounds 10
believe that the majority in both
houses will agree in shaping and en-
acting a law consistent in a broad II
courageous way with the pledge Of
fered the people in the money plank OF
the st. Louis platform. ] am confident
that we shall have a law establishing
the gold standard, with such supple
mentary legislation as is necessary 10
maintain the parity of all u forms
of money"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
CRITICAL AGES FOR MEN.
Those who Have Been Reckless Lii
able TO Break Down at 40.

Those who Have Been Reckless Lii
able TO Break Down at 40
Philadelphia Post: At 40 men begin
to feel the strain of hard work. If
they have been careless or reckless
they are liable to break down. An
other critical period is 60, when those
holding positions of responsibility
who are too absorbed to take proper
rest go to pieces. Yet q man who has
lived to that age ought to continue
for ten years longer, provided he takes
care of himself.
1t is the pace that tells. 1t would be
laughable il 1t were not serious to see
staid bankers and merchants rushing
along to save d few minutes delay or,
like General Scott In his famous letter
of acceptance, swallowing d basty
plate of soup" for luncheon, or coIi@
stantly smoking long, black cigars,
as Governor Flower did, or debating
to a stenographer on an ocean steam
er, as was Mr.. Hyde's custom. When
l watch these human machines run
ming at top speed, with every electric
light burning, and carrying on oper-
atoms that affect the whole continent,
| ask with Artemus Ward, What does
it signify?" Can Americans never
learn how to make haste slowly and to
work easily and smoothly The Sc
cret of strength is poise and self-com-
mand, and hustle and hustle indicate
lack OF balance and reserve powers.
A leading New York dry goods mer-
chant has hardly taken a holiday in
twenty years, and often works Sun
days. He might take warning from a
neighbor who broke down n year ago,
and now enjoys q leisurely lunch every
day with his family and q half-hour
nap. On Washington's birthday /
called on n New York merchant who
said it was the first day he had not
been in his Office for years. One may
well ask such mea, us life worth liv-
ing~
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
20 mrs.. 3mAham,
Lynn, Wass.
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 4I,ao7J

"DEAR FRIEND-A year ago I was a
great sufferer from female weakness.
Ny head ached all the time and I would
get SO dizzy and have that all gone
feeling in the stomach and was SO
uerVUuS anu rC5UrCnS UuuU 4 uru nOu
know what to do with myself.
"Myfood did me no good and I hada
bad case Of whites. / wrote to you and
after taking Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound as directed, / a
truly say that / feel like q new woman
and cannot tell you how grateful l am
to you.
81 have recommended it to all my
friends and have given it to my
daughter who is now getting along
s~plendidly. May you live many years
to help our suffering sisters."-MRs. @.
CARPENTER, 253 GRAND ST., BROOKLYN,
N. Y. ?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
There You viii Find Peace,

w. II. Phelps: Only above the earth's
contentious, and not in them or in any
one faction rather than another, Is
there peace; only there can the Peace
on earth, good will towards men" be
sung. lie who dwells in the sunny
heights of the air is saved from the
torture of deciding between this and
that footspace upon the battle-ground.
All places lie before him in one harmo-
NOUS whole; he comprehends all, and
reconciles all; and he is freed from
invidious preference and irreparable
choice.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
A Modern Chesterfield,

DR.. Reid, the celebrated medical
writer, was requested by a lady of
literary eminence to call at her house.
BE sure you recollect the address"
she said, as she quilted the room, mo.
l Chesterfield street" Madam" said
the doctor, Il am too great an admirer
OF p~oliteness not to remember Chester
field and, | fear, too selfish ever to for
get No. 1."-Argonaut.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12

1t has been suggested that the u
trast between the black and white of a
printed page would be less trying to the
eye if the latter could simultaneously
rest on a bit of color. Accordingly. q
Boston publisher is getting out books
hat have margins of azure, yellow or
green. No reports have been received
as to the success Of the experiment
among dlsIpterested purchasers,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price rs cents

June bugs are thick in parts of Ger
many this year. At Brody school chill
dren lately gathered 25h hundred
weight from a siXteen-acre field.
Some one has figured out that this
means 1,270,0OO June bugs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
A Good-Luck Cross.

Recently discovered in the grave of
Queen Dagmar Is supposed to keep
away evil influences. There is no more
evil influence than ill health, and
there is nothing which has so great a
power to keep it away than Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters, which cures
dyspepsia and indigestion. a private
Revenue Stamp cover the neck of
the bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
FINE
Commercial Printing
ATTHES
The Long Days.


Yes! they are here again, the long, long
days,
After the days of winter, pinched and
white;
Soon. VITA thousand Ministries comes
Late. the sweet ro~bin-haunted dusk de-
lays.
But the long days that bring us back the
flowers,
The sunshine and the quiet-dripping
And ali the things we know of spring
again,
The long days bring not the long-lost
hours.
The hours that now seem to have been
each one
A summer in Itself, a whole life's bound
Filled full Of deathless j~oy-where in
his round,
Have these forever faded from the sum-?
The fret. the fever, the unrest endures,
But the time flies " Oh, try, my
little lad,
Coming so hot and play-worn, to be
glad
And patient of the long hours that are
yoursi
William Dean Howells.
THAT girl next door lost her pet
dog. / feel sorry for her"
"Wcll / can't feel any real grief;
she hasn't touched her piano since the
dog died."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
cling information.

Judge: Consumptive-You say you
have had good success in treating
consumption?
DR.. Kill Won Kill-Remarkable. New
er lost a patient from consumption.
Every one / treat for that disorder dies
from some other disease.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
Knapsaok Grew Light.

John s. Bray has received from a
veteran OF the 120th regiment a present
of a knapsack carried 10y Adam Imhoff
during a portion Of the civil war. This
knapsaCk stirred up the "reminiscences
of a number of old soldiers in Mr..
Bray's store and they told of their ex-
periences carrying q knapsack and its
weight of material necessary for tho
comfort or convenience of the soldier
and the change of ideas of the private
soldier as to what was really necessary
for him to carry during a march.
The weight usually carried by a SOL
dier when in marching and fighting
trim WAS II gun, forty rounds Of cart
ridges and an eight or ten pound KNAPP
sack. When the green soldier first
started out of camp this ~knapsack usu-
ally weighed about twenty-five pounds.
Each mile of the march took off a few
pounds until nothing was left except
what was absolutely necessary. OF
course he was not allowed to throw
away his gun or ammunition. He
chung to his coffee and ~rations, but when
he got really tired he would OCCASION
ally throw away his overcoat and his
blanket.
One veteran said: why, l have
actually thrown away a sheet of paper
to Tighten my knapsack."
A mar who threw away his overcoat
and blsnket was not apt to do that more
than once, for it entailed a great deal
of hardship and suffering. Mr.. Bray
said that when he started out once for
-
came SO disguised with the weight of
their knapsacks that they couldn't see
what vas the use of carrying a big
oyercoat and a blanket, so they threw
them away and when night came eight
men were only able to muster one
blanket among the lot, which they used
by turns, as they slept in the open air,
Kingston Freeman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

Ease, n powder 20 be shaken into the shoes.
II makes light or new shoes ,cei eusy; siy2s
instant relief to corns and buulons. It's tie
g~rcateSS cCmFort discovery OK the age. Cares
swolleA feet, blisters and callons spots
Aliens Foot Ease is a certain cure Tor IN
growing nails, sweating, hot, aching feet
At all druggists and shoe stores PC. Trial
package FREE 10y mail. Address Allen =
Olmsted. Leroy, n, Y,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-12

1t is proposed in California TO ccle-
brate on October. l3 next, in Monterey,
the semi-centennial drafting of the
constitution of the Golden state. Col
ton hall, in which the constitution wa
framed, is standing in Monterey and
the desk on which the instrument was
signed is i'm existence.