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The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
A HowLlNc TERROR.
Marvellous Mechanical Voice That Ca
BE Heard Ten Miles Away.

Marvellous Mechanical Voice That Can
BE Heard Ten Miles Away.
A phonograph that shouts so loudly
that every word can be heard at a
distance of ten miles has been tested
IN Brighton
You can whisper n sentence into the
machines small funnel-shaped mouth
piece and it will repeat it in tones
that are more deafening than the
shrieks Of liners steam siren. Yet
every word is perfectly articulated,
and shorthand writer ten miles away
can take down the message as easily
as If you were debating to him in
small room.
The machine is the invention Of Mr..
Horace L. Short, of Brighton. In p
pearance it is merely an ordinary pho
nograph, with a large trumpet meas
uring four feet in length. Inside this
trumpet there Is a small and delicate
piece Of mechanism that looks some.
thing like a whistle. This is the tongue
of the machine,
Instead of the "records" being taken
on wax in the usual manner,a sapphire
needle is made to cut the dots rep
rcsenting the sound vibrations on a
silver cylinder, and when the needll
travels over the metal a second time,
the vibrations cause the whistle to
produce a series Of air waves, and the
machine thus becomes a talking siren
which transforms the human voice in
to n deafenlng roar
The experiments were made near
the Devils Dyke, Brighton, where the
inventor has his workshops. The in.
strument was placed on the roof of
the laboratory and was made to repeat
number of sentences. At a distance
Of ten miles the sounds were plainly
heard by a large number Of people,
every word being perfectly dis
tinct, and at second trial with
II favorable wind it was found
that an unknown message could
be taken down in shorthand at a dis
tance Of twelve miles. Over the wa.
ter the sounds will carry still further,
they might be heard by persons on a
vessel fifteen miles at sea. Placed
on lighthouse or lightship the phono
graph would give a verbal warning
that would be infinitely more effective
than the fog-horns and detonators at
present in use.
The possibilities of the machine are
practically endless. 1t will render loud
selections in the open air. that can be
listened to by thousands of people, or
it will shout news messages that could
be heard high above the roar Of the
traffic and the thousand noises Of q
big city.-London Mail
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

but General Conception, Aguinaldos
chief OF staff, uttered a dissenting
opinion which, as since proved, was
prophetic.
"You think It is over, but it isn't,
Eou have now disrupted the army and
lcattered it far and wide. You have
tome Of the leaders in prison and your
troops occupy the whole north coun-
Try. But how many rifles have you
captured? When you've got the arms,
then and only then, will the revolution
be over"
They have a curious custom at the
Filipino balls. All the girls sit in a
row on one side Of the room ana all
the men on the other. When a man
wants to dance he goes over across
the dead line, selects his girl, and, af-
ter dancing, delivers her back to her
chair He returns to his own side.
There is no chance for any Irritation.
The Filipino girls are not fiirtatious.
On great occasions they always seem
to be overwhelmed with a sense or
rigid proprety. There are no soft
brown eyes coyly glancing, or little
hands gently pressing. When Miss
Filipino treads the stately national
quadrllle or whlrls lightly to the stir
ring measures Of a qulck-played waltz
she dedicates her thoughts and soul
to grace and symmetry and completely
forgets those dainty little coQuetries
which every maiden is entitled by an
cient deere to use.
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

about the value Of education? BY no
means. The secret Of success is a
mans disposition. The man who Is
willing to and able to take responsi.
bilities will beat him who is unwilling
or unable. The man who has the dis
position TO lift the burden of trivial
matters from his superior's consider
alton is the man who will be looked
for when promotions are to be made.
The question is not, Have you done
your duty? but, Do you rise to greater
responsibilities? The opportunities for
rising to greater responsibilities are
ever present.-The Manufacturer.
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

iron false floor, the door falls with
click and his ratship is doomed. In
spection discloses but one way of es-
cape up boXlike hue - and this he
accepts. Once again an automatic door
closes. The way leads into a large
funnel. The rat walks on until the
funnel tips and it is precpltated into
Il can of water. The tipping Of the
funnel raises the door to the first en-.
trance and things are in readiness for
The next adyenturer In four nights
113 rats were captured and disposed
Of in one Of the big clubhouses.-Chi-
cago Record.
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
JUDICIOUS
ADVERTISING
PAYS.
CHINESE WAR NOTES.


Two additional Russian army corps
have been ordered for Siberia.
Portable postofIices are to I've fur
nished American troops in China.
Silk weayers at Shanghai are out
of work and threaten an outbreak.
Japan has given the United States
the right to establish a hospital Oh
the island.
Russians have occupied Santchau
and hold the passes across the Chin
gau Mountains.
The French Ministry has ordered un
usual precautions to protect the French
concessions at Shanghai.
Southern Viceroys in China insist
that the allies shall respect the EN-
peror and Empress Dowager.
DIR. Marks. physician to III Hung
Chang, says the Viceroy cannot go
North because of the weather.
Lieutenant General Llnewitch has
succeeded Admiral Alexieff in COM
mand of the Russians at Tien-Tsin.
German troops bound for China will
start embarllng August 81 the work
to last eight days. About 1000 men
will be loaded.
Ching Yin Huan, special Chinese
Ambassador at Queen VlctOria's Jubi-
lee, has been ordered by imperial edict
to commit suicide.
Count Won Waldersee's staff of thir-
ty officers includes eight from the gen
eral staff, and one each from the Sax
on, Bayarian and Wurtembergian
armies.
An identical telegram was sent to
the United States Ambassadors I'm Eu-
rope and the United States Minister
to Japan informing them of the action
Of the Government on the peace edict.
Whether the legations were supplied
with food by the Chinese is as yet
unknown to the outside world, but It
Is considered probable that some prom
lnent Cinnamon, sympathlzers with
the foreigners, found means to send
supplies.
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
cLEAR WAFER EoR SOLDIERS.
A Pocket Filter Designed For Use in
Warfare.

WhrhafGs
Below is a sketch OF the Hamilton
pocket filter, after the name Of the
patentee, says the London Mail The
Bushmen's Corps, Of whom every man
was a specially selected volunteer,
trained to all the hardships of Aus
tralian up-country life, was supplied
with 500 of these little filters.
Leading medical authorities of Aus
tralia, where the evils Of drinking bad
water and the difficulty of obtaining
goood are most apparent, pronounce
this to be the best filter known to
them. Inside the fiat white metal box
n carbon disc that has been chemically
treated is fixed, By an ingenious ar
rangement this can at any time be
removed and boiled, when it is again
ready as a preventive Of such awful
scourges among soldiers-enterlc and
dysentery.
AS witness Of its value, It may be
noted that not a single man in the
Bushmen's Corps is reported to have
died of disease while In South Africa.
The long tube is for insertion in the
receptacle containing the water, while
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
The Wolf of Gubblo.

How st. Francis tanned the wolf of
Gubbio is the most famous, if not al
together the most credible, of the ami
NAL stories related Of him. The wolf
was a quadruped without morals; not
only had he eaten kids, but also men.
All attempts to kill him failed, and
the tOwnsfolk were afraid of venturng
outside the walls, even in broad day
light, One day st. Francis, against
the advice of all, went out to have a
serious talk with the wolf. He soon
found him, and Brother Wolf" he
said, ''you have eaten not only ami
mails, but men made In the image Of
God, and certainly you deserve the
gallows; nevertheless, wish to make
peace between you and these people,
Brother Wolf, so that you may offend
them no more, and neither they nor
their dogs shall attack you" The
wolf seemed to agree, but the saint
wished to have distinct proof of his
solemn engagement to fulfill his part
in the peace, whereupon the wolf stood
up on his hind legs and laid his paw
on the saints head. Francis then
promised that the wolf should be
properly fed for the rest of his days,
"fOr well l know" he said kindly,
chat all your evil deeds were caused
by hunger"-upon which text several
sermons might be preached, for truly
many a sinner may be reformed by
a good dinner and by nothing else.
The contract was kept on both sides,
and the wolf lived happily for two
years, at the end of which he died Of
old age sincerely mOurned by all the
ts.-ContempOrnrY ReYIeW.
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

foreground Of the picture, which is
reproduced from Harper's Weekly.
In the south, among the Tagalogs Of
Cavlte province, the process varies
somewhat. Every family living on the
coast has its own salt-ponds, which,
sklrted by beautiful bamboo clumps
and great mango-trees, make very pic
turesque artificial lakes. These ponds
are shallow basins, sometimes more
than an acre in extent, walled in with
n low mud dixie, and provided with
an entrance slulce, through which the
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
nInn MAY LIN nimselr.

Human evolution Is not likely to
make flight practicable by means Of
the vertical screw. Lord Rayleigh
calculates that to support his own
weight a man. working aC the average
power to be maintained for eight
hours day, would require u screw
about 300 feet in diameter, and It
would be necessary that this screw It.
self should have no weight and should
be workable without loss froa fric.
tion.
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

to the shorter tube may be attached
a flexible pipe through which the pur-
ifed liquid may be drawn.
The great advantages Of the Hamil-
ton filter are its shape and lightness.
In aluminium the entire thing could
be made to weigh less than two ounces.
The invention, which is both dura-
BILE and cheap, should commend itself
to the military authorities, and all in
terested in our soldiers.
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
THE PHILIPPINES IN WAR and IN PEACE. )
Luzon Method Of saIt Maklng.


and, contrary to all precedents, was
consigned to the heart Of the enemy's
country.
On each side was n mestiza. Across
the table was a row Of dark girls who
were evidently overwhelmed by the
radical departure from an old custom,
and l suspect that l figured promi.
nently as the subject of many of their
whispered Nisayan remarks. BY eX-
hibiting industry in passing things
finally won their friendship and re-
stored confidence.
Everybody his own salt-maker, so
the Ilocanoes and Pangasinans Of
Northern Luzon believe, and they fol-
low out the theory in practice, for
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
A Hair Lifting Experience

Il was frightened twice in my life,
once when l was a policeman and
once before l Travelled a beat" said
Captain of Police Rowe, Of the Cleve-
land Ohio police force. "When l
was fifteen years Of age l was learn
ing my trade, that Of marble cutter,
in a building at the corner Of Middle
and Prospect streets. 1Aere was
trap door on each floor. Through the
door spaces a windlass was operated
One day when l tried to lift one of
the doors on the third floor it became
detached from its leather hinges. The
windlass rope happily caught me by
the arm, thereby saving a fall into the
basement, where a man was work
ing. L held on to the door, knowing
that if it fell the man far below
would be hurt. At the top of my voice
yelled n warning. but the noise of
the machinery drowned my efforts
lust as my fingers relaxed their hold
on the door the man below stepped
aside wholly unconscious of impend.
ing danger. Down went the door,
breaking the machinery where the
man had been working. Workmen
took me from the windlass more dead
from fright than alive. I'll not forget
that experience"
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

nearly every family living on the coast
of the great Lingayen Gulf manufac-
lures salt for home consumption, and
sells the surplus to tn villages of the
interior.
In one settlement near Dagupan the
occupation reaches the dignity of an
industry, and an entire village is en-
gagged in crystalizing the salt out Of
the earth. The process is the exceed
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
lNvENTs A sgLE.AcTlNo TRAP.
s. Ruckersberg Thinks He Can Make
Rats Annihilate Themselves.


A Milwaukee avenue inventor thinks
he has solved the problem Of how to
induce rats and mice to exterminate
themselves and assist in the annihila-
ton of those that come after them.
He is S. Ruckersburg, and his annihi-
lator is a self-acting trap.
The first night the trap is in action
it is tightly closed and loaded with
q table d'hote dinner. The second
night the hearts Of the hungry rodents
are made glad by the sight of an open
door at one end AS it advances the
rats weight oyerbalances a Sheet
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

81 know that a great many people
do not like my business" said the
chimney-sweep; "but it scots me-" AZ.
ter the due acknowledgment Of the
courteous smiles of his audience, he
went up the hue.- Baltimore Amcri-
can.
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

tidal waters may overflow the ground
and be penned in. over the entire
surface of these fats are raised cir
cular beds, ten to twelve feet in diam
eter, fat on top and foot in height
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

There was an extemporzed supper.
All the girls sat at one end Of the
table and all the men at the other.
All the chairs at the man end Were
tnken when l went in to the feast,
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
A Hint to Any Man.

n mint 10 Au1 lhhhs
Education is seldom the controlling
factor in success. What! Must we
belittle education after all our furore
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
TIE sUBURBAN CrrG-

THE SUBURBAN Cl'CG-
ZEN IA a permanent lustltu-
hon--a tlxture at the NatlonaJ
Capital. Thousands and thou
sands OF people can testify to
the good work 1t has accom-
plished during the past dve
years In the line OF suburban
Improvement. 1t ts the only
pewspaper in the District OF
Columbia that maintains q
punching bureau, whose duty
u is Co punch up the autnori-
Ties and keep them awake to
She needs Of the suburbs. on
that account It deserves and u
receiving substantial encour
GgemeEt-
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01
Mushroom culture in Manchuria.

Mushrooms or "mu-err," as the
Manchus call them, are highly valued
ms n table food in Manchuria, China.
Many natives earn n living by hunt
ing for them In the fields. Before
cooking Il ey are soaked, and the fluid
produced is used as a dyeing extract
by silk manufacturers. 1t Is said that
the extract Of mushroom renders dyes
fresher and brighter in color.
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

Persia first grew the cherry, the
plum and the peach,
The suburban citizen., 1900-09-01

San Diego, Cal, has a lemon grove
covering 1000 acres. 1t Is said to be
the LARGEST in the world. 1t was begun
In 1890 with 40 acres.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-14
Obituary.

Harry Osborn. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Ii. Osborn, died yesterday
afternoon at the home of his parents,
1925 Seventeenth street, from the
effects of an operation performed
Monday for appendicitis. Harry was
born in Yuma township Nov. "a. 1880.
He was employed in the freight house
of the Burlington in Davenport. He
was young man who was we'll liked
and whose death will occasion much
sorrow. The funeral will occur from
the home Thursday afternoon at
o'clock. The interment will be at
Barstow.
Fur ral services for Edward Hayes,
Sr., of South Heights, were conducted
yesterday afternoon at Trinity Epis-
copal church, DIR. Weaver, of Daven-
port. officiating. The pallbearers
were Charles Oswald. Ira Peck.
Thomas SCHNEIDER, H. A. Johnston,
William Robb and Mr.. Mes sler. The
services at the grave in Chippiannock
were in charge of Island City camp.
NJ w A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-14
AMONG THE CLUBS,
Two Organizations Take Action
Looking to Visit From Ad-
miral Dewey.
INTERESTING MEETINGS LAST NIGHT

Rock Islands Social and Business Or
ganization Hears of Theatre Project
and Other Matters-The Tri-City News
paper Men Have Their Monthly Session
at the Harper.
At the monthly membership meet.
ing of the Rock Island Club last night
a com munication was received from
the Moline Business Mems associa-
ton. asking cooperation in the matter
of an invitation to Admiral Dewey to
visit the three cities. The suggestion
was acquiesced in. and President F.
w. Bahnsen, II. P. Simpson and eX-
Mayor I. j. Medill were named as i
com mittee to assist in the movement
in behalf of the club.
Resolutions of coincidence and SYM
patty on the death of William Stew.
art, who was a member of the club,
were adopted.
The club extended an invitation to
the visiting merchants to attend the
smoker and "Midwinter Circus" at
the club house tomorrow night.
The Theatre Project.
Dr.. r. NJ. Pearce, of the theatre
committee, reported that Promoter
G. H. Johnston was detained from
beginning the advance ticket sale on
account of illness, aud he was unable
TO state definitely when he would be
here. but he would come as soon as
po- sible. The club mean ers are en-
thusiastic over the prospects for 4
new theatre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-14
ANOTHER TELEPHONE TRIP.
An Aldermanic Party on to InspectBi Il
WORKMAN Plants Elsewhere.

II
WORKMAN Plants Elsewhere.
A party of aldermen, accepting in
vitations from Bills & Workman, pro-
motors of the independent telephone
project of the Union Electric Tele-
phone and Telegraph company in
Rock Island, left this morning in COM
pany of Mr.. Bills to inspect plants
constructed by Bills & Workman in
other cities. Those composing the
party were Aids. Beck, Goncannon,
Johnson, Willis and Soderstrom. The
party expects to visit GAINESVILLE, Be-
lott and Madison in Wisconsin, Grand
Rapids, Mich. and Fort Wayne and
Lafayette. Ind. the idea being not
only to ascertain as to the char
acter of the service Bills & Wor-
than are capable of providing. but of
the sense of the people where an in
dependent plant has been installed or
where two systems are in operation.
Petitions are in circulation in the
different wards of Rock Island invit-
ing signatures in support of an appeal
to the council to reconsider it's action
and pass the ordinance of the Union
Elt ctric company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-14
KNOX COUNTY IN A STEW
Can Not Give Its Vote to Two Men for the
Same once.

Same once.
Saws the Galesburg Plaindealer:
The retirement of Col. Tom Pierce,
of Kewanee, from the state board of
equalization is, apt to bring about q
little contest for the nomination of a
successor by the next congressional
| convention of this district. 1t is I'M
derstood that Charles Bent. of the
Morrison, Whiteside county, Sentinel,
will be candidate, and it has been
rumored that in return for the White
side vote for Prince, the Knox vote
would 60 to Bent. Whether this is
true or not, we are not prepared to
state. But disturbing element has
appeared from Stark county, where
Hon. Cyrus Bakcock. for eight
years the member in the old
Tenth, has come out as a candi-
date for that position. This places
the friends of Mr.. Prince between two
fires. Stark has been faithful to Mr..
Prince and has claims on him that
cannot we'll be ignored. Then the fact
that Mr.. Searle of Rock Island, and
his friends are making an active fight
for the nomination for congress as
against Mr.. Prince, may make votes
OF Stark OF more than usual value to
the latter. Mercer and Henry coun,
ties may also want to have something
to say as to all who shall be the MEM
Der of the state board, and may not
be satisfied with the men that the
Prince interests want, and may upset
any scheme the latter may present.
Altogether the situation in the Tenth
congressional district appears to be
in rather chaotic condi lou at the
present time. with the active friends
of Messrs. Prince and Searle each
claiming that they will win out in the
convention. In addition to the men,
Der of congress. and the member of
the state board, two delegates TO the
national convention and II mem Der of
the state central committee are to be
selected. and will add somewhat TO the
uncertain condition of affairs"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-14
IT WAS IN DISPUTE.
Appropriation for Rock Island
Arsenal Small Arms
Factory.
DISTINCTION OF RECOMMENDING IT.

Different Committees Contest for the
Honor. But Congressman Cannon Wins
Out-CongressmSn j. X. Lane Tells the
Capital.
Congressman Joe r. Lane returned
home from Washington to Davenport
yesterday to look after some important
legal matters. Mr.. Lane will be there
probably, the major part of the week.
When called upon by a Democrat
reporter, Mr.. Lane gave some inter-
esting particulars of the present stat
us of the appropriation that has been
recommended for the equipment of
the small arms factory at Rock Island
arsenal.
How is the appropriation for the
small arms factory getting along?"
was asked the Second district con-
gresham, and he replied:
The appropriation is in friendly
hands, and 1 am confident that it will
go through all right. You will re-
mem Der that it came before congress
providing for 5000, 900 for the equip
ment of the small arms factory. and
bearing the recommendation of the
secretary of war aud chief of ord
nance. 1t was referred TO the military
committee, which had charge of mat
tiers up to that point in connection
with the establishment of the plant
here, and that had endorsed the initial
appropriation of $3.50. 600.
The next day. however, the apprO-
priations committee, through Con-
gresham Cannon, made the claim that
the bill should have been referred to
it, and the chairman of the two COM
mittees pamed, by way of avoiding a
dispute in the houe, agreed to submit
briefs to the speaker and abide by his
decision as to where the bill should
go.
Speakers Decision.
"A few days later, in lengthy
written opinion, Speaker Henderson
decided the contention in favor of the
committee on appropriations, finding
that by authority of precedent all
matters of appropriation for the con-
struction of buildings and the installa-
ton of plants and machinery should
60 to the appropriations committee,
while appropriations for the operation
of the plant property went to the mil
itary committee.
The contention was a good thing
in one way, for it brought the Rock
Island arsenal and the Importance of
the plaut here before the attention of
the whole house. and as it left the ap-
preparation in friendly hands. there is
every reason to believe it will be ia
vorably reported"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-14
HOMESEEDERs' EXCURSION

Via the New Line. D., X 1. & n. w. Ry.,
Feb, 20. March 8 and go, April 3 and IL.
One fare plus 81. Northwestern
Iowa, Western MiIpesota, Northern
Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska.
Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming,
Idaho, British Columbia. Manitoba,
Montana, Oregon aud Washington,
For further information apply to W..
K. Jaffray. c. p. & L. A. 1903 Second
avenue, phone 1910 Rock Island, H.,
or j. ID. Sperry. G. P. Il T. A, PIP
Brady street, phone 461, Davenport,
Iowa. l.. F. BERRY, G.. 2. A,
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-14
DOmeSficS.

Prices way under the market.
zoe quality fancy striped sateen
feather ticking per yard. -. I24C
Otis extra heavy shirting chew
lots at: ..;................ o3C
40-inch Excelsior brown sheet
ing (notice 40-inch) at..... 43C
&c light and dark Indigo blue
calico at 4!C
Black and silver gray dress
prints at. ;...... &c
123c fancy tennis tlannels, very
Plumy. 49,, 7!C
Good apron check ginghams,
clearing price, per yard 80. 44c
One lot yard-wide good bleached
muslin, only 80 pieces left,
per yard. ................. SIC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-14
L. 8. MCCabe C Co.



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