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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

Administrators Notice,

Estate Of Rcbecca Herbert deceased
IN" undersigned, having been ap-
pointed administrator with the will am
HcHcd OF the estate of Rcbccca Herbert.
late OF tie county of Rock Island, state
OF Illinois, deceased hereby gives no.
Ic' that ne VIII appear before the cOun-
" court of Rock Island county. al the
county court room, in the city Of Rock
Island, at the March term, on the first
monday IN March next. at which time
All persons having claims against said
estate are notified ana requested To at
t"nd for the purpose Of having the same
adjusted. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested TO make Immediate
payment TO the undersigned.
Dated this 18th day OF January, 4.
-. 1907
CHARLES j. MARSHALL.
Administrator. with the VIII Annexed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
DREssN.KING SCHOOL.

DRESS MAKING SCHOOL - Learn
practical dressmaking and ladies
tailoring. We teach you to cut, lit
and design, and make up your own
gown. Bring your own materials
Start now for spring season c. II
Grabbe. ladies' tailor and dressmaker.
South Putnam building, Davenport,
Iowa. Both phones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

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IF YOU WANT to buy, sell, trade or
rent anything, engage help or secure
a situation, the Mail is the one pa
per in Moline that can do it for you.
Mail wants are popular, and Mail
wants bring results. One-half cent
per WORD is the price to all alike, cash
in advanced: 2-cent stamps will do.
Evening and Saturday Mail. Moline
Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
MONEY TO LOAN ON SALARY.

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EVERY employee in the tri-citieS hold
ing n steady position can get loan
on their promise TO pay on their plain
note. No endorser, no inquirer Of
friends or employer. Loans on house,
hold goods and other personal prop
erty. Our plan is the fairest aud most
convenient to borrowers. G. Berg
mort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

Oswald Thiclc. administrator with
VIII annexed OF the estate Of wilhelm
Thiclc, deceased. Vs. Karl wilhelm
Thiclc, ct al Petition to sell real es-
tate 10 pay debts.
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of an order or the county
court of Rock Island county, Illinois.
made and entered i'm the above entitled
cause ON the 10Th day Of January. A.
day of February, a. ID. 1907. at the east
door OF the court house. in the city OF
Rock Island, in said county OF Rock
Island. between the hours OF 10 o'clock
in the forenoon and o'clock in the af-
ternOOn Of said day, tO-wit: at the hour
of ? o'clock in the afternoon Of said
day, sell at public Venduc, TO the high
est and best bidder. the real estate de-
scribcd in said order, and described as
follows. to-wit:
Thc east thirty 800 feet Of lot three
90. i'm block two 90. in BRIGGS
Place" an addition 10 the city OF Rock
Island, situated in the county of Rock
Island and state Of Illinois. free, clear.
gage given by said William Thiele and
Anna Marta Thiele, his wife, To Eliza
filed for record in the recorders Office
OF said Rock Island county on June -,
1902. as document No 95.O73. and re-
corded therein book 50 OF the records Of
mortgages. on page p thereof. and free.
clear. and diSeucumDered OF "a certain
mortgage thereon given by said Will
liam Thiele and Anna Marta Thiele, to
Frederick Emil Berger, dated Sept. IS,
1902. and filed for record In said re-
cOrder's Office on Sept. IS, 1902, as doc
umcnt No 96.709. and duly recorded
therein in book 50 OF the records OF
free clear, and disencumbered OF all
estate OF homestead Of Karl wilhelm
Thiele and Gertrude Anna Thiele. only
children. sole hcirs at law and devisees
of said Wilhelm Thiele, deceased,
therein.
Terms Of sale: Cash I'm hand upon
the confirmation of the report OF sale
by said court.
Dated. Rock Island. ILL.,, this 18th day
Of January, a. ID. 1907.
OSWALD THIELE,
Administrator with VIII Annexed OF the
Estate OF wilhelm Thiele deceased.
Marion Z. Sweeney, attorney for adj
Iminfsfrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
BUSINESS CHANCES.

FOR SALE-On Feb. 9, 1907. the Self
ken sash and door factory in East
Moline, Ill n well established, good
paying plant to be sold on account
of death of proprietor. A sure prop
osition for man with small capital.
Address B. A. Fillmer. administrator
Port Byron, Ill, or John III. Hauberg,
suite 3. McKinnie block. Moline, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.

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JOHN VOLK & CO.-Contracuors and
doors blinds and mouldings. Dealers
I'm plate window an dart glass. Of
fees and factory. 31i To 1923 Eigh-
teenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
FLORISTS.

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HENRY GAETHJE-Proprteto Chip
hammock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. city store 1907
Second avenue. Telephone l11O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
stOckhOIders' Meeting.

Office Of the Marion Lumber Com
pdny, Rock Island, H.. Jan T. 1907
public notice is hereby given that .
special meeting Of the stockholders &C
the Marion Lumber company, an INA
nois corporation. will be held at the
general Office of said company. Peoples
National bank building, Rock Islanc,
Ill, on Monday, the 18th day Of Fcbru-
airy, \. ID. 1907, at o'clock in the ar
iernoon. for the purpose o. voting on
III" proposition to increase the capital
stock Of said corporation from the sum
OF fifteen thousand dollars CS15.OOOD to
the sum OF twenty thousand dollars
i$2V.OuO), and the number Of shares OF
stock in said corporation from one hum
drcd fifty $50 shares to two hundred
(20O) shares
J.. H. .TRIMBLE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
HEATING AND PLUMBING.

CHANNON, DUFVA &c CO.-Heating
and plumbing along scientific lines.
areful and skiIlful workmen. Prompt
attention ia West Scventeeth st.
Phone H..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
CLAIRYOYANT.

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MRS. MARY YATES-Business medium.
hours / to 10 u. m. Residence, 105
Fourth laVenue. Take the Blue line
west. ahone west TAX
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
MONEY TO LOAN.
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PATENTS.

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PATENT AND TRADE MARK office
room IA, Mitchell & Lynde building
Rock Island. James T. Murphy, as
sociate branch of Moore < Co, pat
ent attorneys, Washington. d. c., and
Chicago. Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

state Of Illinois Rock Island Coun-
tN---S.
county Court. Rock Island County.
January Term, IJG7.-In Probate.
lu the matter of the probate Of the
last VIII and testament Of Susan -.
Williams deceased.
To Al Persons Whom This May Con-
CCrn-GTcctinE
Notice is hereby given that on the
18TH day OF January. \. - 1907. a poti-
non was filed in the county court Of
Rock Island county. Illinois. asking
that the last will and testament of SUI
san b. Williams, deceased be admitted
To probate. The same petition further
states that the following named per-
sons are All hcirs-at-law and Icgatccs:
Robert :. Williams, Maurice r. Will
liams. Ernest r.. Williams Elsie Mar
ION Williams, and George NJ. williams.
You are further notified that the
hearing of tho proof Of said viii has
been set by said court for tho 9Th day
Of February, a. ID. 1907, at tho hour Of
80 o'clock in the afternoon. at the
court house in Rock Island. i'm said
county. when ana where you can APP
pear, If you see az. ana show cause, il
any you have. why said will should not
bc admitted 10 probate.
HENRY y. HUBBARD.
County Clerk.
Dated Rock Island. Jan. -. 1907.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
ART DECORATION.

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PARDON 81 SON-Artistic interior
decoration. Finest line Of late papers
carried and skilled workmen err Diov-
go. Moderate prices. 4I( Seven
teenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


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IL J. CHURCHILL COMMISSION COM
pany - Brokers. Rock Island house
block. Stocks, grain, provisions, cot
ton, and investment securities bought
and sold for cash or on margins. Pri-
Both phones; OLD west $50, new 504S.
Market quotations gladly furnished
by phone or mail.
II. r. TOHER & CO.-Brokcrs. Daven-
port. Stocks, grains, provisions. cot
ton. Private wire to New York and
Chicago. Omces. 100 Main street. Tel
ephOne 407.
GEORGE II. SIDWELL & CO-Com-
mission merchants. Grain, hay and
provisions. Members of the Chicago
board of trade and Chicago stock eX-
change. Established % years No.
E42 and 543 RialtO building. Long dis
lance phone. Harrison, 1860.
MONEY TO LOAN.
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LOANS ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY
lawyers, Buford block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
MONEY TO LOAN-On real estate Sc
curity at lowest rates. Marion e
Sweeney, attorney, rooms 81 and 35,
Mitchell e. Lynde building, Rock ISL
and
WE MAKE A SPECIALITY of loaning
money on household goods, horses
wagons, etc, without removal and in
a quiet way. Call on us for quick
loans. Fidelity Loan company, room
38. Mitchell &, Lynde block
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
HOTELS AND RESORTS,

Las VEGAS HOT SPRINGS-Located
6,767 feet above the sea. All years
round resort. A perfect place for
rest. For particulars, address DIR.
Daniel s. Perkins, medical director,
Las Vegas. n. NJ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
LAUNDRIES.

HOME LAUNDRY Family washings
only; work called for and delivered.
Miss y. Couch. proprietor 1919
Twelfth street; old phone west $50 X
ROCK ISLAND STEAM LAUNDRY
bakersfield q Sexton, proprietors.
Fine finish and quick service. 1914
Third avenue. Phone west 1928.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

MASONIC BOARD OF CONTRoL-H.
ID. Mack, president; +. Il. Myers, Sec
rotary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

VILLA DE CTIANTAIl-A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation. documentary and
higher branches and all polite accom-
pHshmcnts taught Twentieth street
and FiftCenth avenue, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
EDUCATIONAL.

COLLEGE-Business de-
partment. a thorough business train
ing given for entry into commercial
Ilie. Terms reasonable. Apply to
Augustana college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

ROCK ISLAND CHAPTER, NO. 269, o.
Il. S-Regular meeting second We'd
nesday of each month. Helena War
necke, w. M; Vashta Bollman, secre-
tary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL, NO 20. II. Sc
s. M.-Meets in stated communica-
ton on the third Wednesday of each
month. II. NJ. Briggs, T. L M; l.. c.
Daugherty, secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Masonic.

TRIO LODGE. NO. 81. a. f. & A. M
"A Meets in stated communication
NV on the first Thursday OF each
AA month. Sam r. Davis, W. NJ;
wv William B. Petit, secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
Administrator sale Of Real ESTATE.

Dated Rock Island. Jan. -. 1907.
j. -. Metzgar. attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

FOR RENT-Store room, corner Sew
enth avenue and Seventeenth street.
Apply to Reidy Bros.
FOR ttENf-Aftcr Feb. ]. good store
room. Call at Postal Telegraph Of
fee for further information.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
FOR RENT-FAR1IS.

FOR RENT-A good farm Of 124 acres.
on Thirty-cighth street road, one
mile from city limits. Address or in
quirc of George Glockhoff, Brashcr
street. South Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors' ad-
ministrators, guardians, trustees, or
any kinds of judicial bonds; lodge and
society officers; city, state or l.. S.
government officials; contractors, po-
sitions of trust; in fact, any kind of
bond you want Except bail bonds).
Terms reasonable. Hayes X Cleave-
land, resident managers Fidelity d
Deposit company. of MARYLAND.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


FOR RENT-Desk room; room 4. NJ &.
l.. building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
J. H. TRIAiBLE,
WILLIAM ROTH.
Executors Notice.

Jackson, Hurst & Stafford, attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
LOANS.

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LOANS On furniture, pianos. teams.
etc. Also on salaries and on watches
and diamonds left i'm pledge $1.20
per week for 30 weeks pays back II
$50 loan. Weekly or monthly pay
ments arranged. Telephone calls
and letters given prompt attention.
Let us hear from you, and we will
come and explain our plans. Tri-
City Loan company, 21914 Brady St.
Davenport, Iowa. Old phone y. 2425.
Open Saturday nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
wANTED-MALE HELP.

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WANTED Bell boys at the Harper
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30

HAYES * CLEAVELAND-Th pioneer
agency. Old time and fire tested com
pantcs. Fire. lightning, plate glass
tornado, accident, life. or almost any
form of risk. Ground floor office 21O
to us EiEhtecnth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-30
Peoples Savings Bank
& Trust Company,
OF MOLINE. ILL.

At the close o. business on the S1St ddy
OF December 1906. IS shown by the an
uuaI report made by said bank as
trust company To tn" auditor of publ"
accounts Of the state Of Illinois. pUr-
suaut To- law. and filed i'm the office "T
said auditor 81 public accounts on the
2Sth dag 81 January. 1907
ASSETS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-05
AnuSementS
DonneIIy and Hatfield.

With the Donnelly and Hatfield
magnificent Ministries, soon to appear
here, are many singers who have gain
ed prominence on the American stage
in the last few years. An aggregation
of singers has been engaged seldom
seen in one company. The band mu-
sic is big feature with the company
also, there being brass and reed or
ganization of twenty-five bandmen
and an orchestra of fifteen musicians.
AL Weston is the baritone soloist, Ed
ward Battle, the tenor soloist. and A..
d. Holser is interlocutor and basso.
Other singers include. Reese Williams,
tenor; Elmer Grothus. tenor John
Scanlon, second bass. and a sextette of
singers. The Donnelly and Hatfield
show will appear at the Gennett to-
night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-05
Il TERRIBLE BIG TROUT.
He Was Cunning and q Hard Case,
Too, Was This Fish.

He Was Cunning and Hard Case
Too, Was This Fish.
We were camping in northern Wis
consin, and one evening after our sup
per Of black bass and bacon we lay
under the pine trees smoking and tell
ing fish stories in which 1T was always
the digger bass" that got away. The
guide listened with the gravity of a
man who knew all about fish stories,
and finally he knocked the ashes from
his pipe and told us a story.
"Once long ago." he said, there was
a terrible big trout up in Smith s
pool. Every fellow who fished in the
pool had hooked him one time or an
other, but he always got away, bit OF
the snood or something.
II tried to catch him myself dozen
times One day I was sitting by the
pool when, splash, young robin
huttered out of the nest on limb
above the pool into the water below.
In a minute there was rush, CLEAN
OF yellow, and the old trout had
thrown himself clear out Of the water
and had swallowed the young robin
whole.
what did I do? Well, 1 climbed
that tree in short order, got another
one Of those young robins, baited my
hook with it and threw it In just as
lightly as 1 could. In minute there
was another rush, another CLEAN OF
yellow, and again the old trout jump
ed clear out Of the water as he swal-
lowed the robin, and In minute more
I had him hooked.
ut was lucky / wasn't fishing with
any Of this newfangled rigging these
boys use and that / wasn't bothered
with reel to look after, or / would
have lost him sure. AS 1t was it took
me a devil of a time to get him out.
Good to eat? Great Scott! We
didn't try to eat him. He was so full
Of hooks we sold him for old iron.
you know"
That ended our fish stories for that
night. J. A. in Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-05
The Carl w. Cook Stock Co.

Commencing Monday night and with
special matinees daily, the Carl w.
Cook Stock Company will open a
weeks engagement at the Gennett.
The opening bill is Jim the Western
err" a drama of the western type. The
bills will be changed at each perform
ance during the week and the roper
toire includes the following: Heart OF
Tennessee" "The Senator's Wife, "
Roanoke" Mysteries of New York, -
1.-THE Detective THE Bowery News
Girl "Hoosier State Folks" and 1.-The
Mobile Express" Vaudeville is one
of the features of the Cook company,
making the performances continuous,
and includes Edythe LaNora, the Ores
den Doll; Fred Reto, comedian; Musi-
cal Harry Birtch; The Great Arnolda,
impersonator, equilibrist and enter
tainer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-05
Orpheum Stock Company.

The Orpheum stock company is not
appearing at the Gennett today, having
left this morning to fill county town
engagement, giving way to the Don
nelly and Hatfield minstrels tonight
Friday afternoon the Orpheum com
pany will resume and will complete
the week with the following plays:
Friday afternoon, Driven from the AL
tar; Friday night, Broken Hearts" :;
Saturday afternoon, Faust" and Sat
urday night, THE Blackhawk Mine. y
The company will go from here to
Montpelier. Ohio.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-05
THE SHIFTS KUDDER.
Difference In the Strain That Comes
Upon Its Two Parts.

The rudder of a wooden ship is com
posed of the stalk and the backing
which are so Joined together as to
form in effect a single piece. The
complete rudder is coppered to protect
it from worms, and then, besides being
practically all in one piece, it has that
appearance also.
The stalk is the part to which are at.
tached the pintles, or pivots, by which
the rudder is suspended and held in
place, these going through eyes set in
the ships sternpost. The stalk runs up
through the stern of the ship, and to
it's head is bolted a cap to which are at
tached the ropes by means Of which the
rudder is controlled. The backing is the
blade part Of the rudder.
By far the greater strain comes on
the stalk, and the greatest strain of all
comes on the head of the stalk, the
rudder head, where it is held. The
to stand the strain, carefully selected,
sound, well seasoned oak, while the
backing is made of spruce or hard pine.
The stalk is Of a single, solid, massive
piece, stout as an oak tree and indeed
Of the dimensions Of a small oak, some
thing that a man can pin his faith to,
if be can have faith in any wood, while
the backing or blade is, like many mod
ern wooden masts, built up. 1t would
be difficult il not impossible to find
trees that would yield planks big
enough for the purpose in a single
piece, and the built up backing, made
of pieces Of selected wood, can easily
be made of ample strength to with
stand any strain that will be brought
upon it.
AS to the stalk, stout and solid as tEa
oak may be, the head may be twisted
by the force of tremendous blow from
a wave upon the rudder, or, under the
repeated strains Of long use, the head
may split and so make the stalk use
less Then the rudder is taken out and
fitted with new stalk. A suitable
stick Is selected and worked down to
the proper size and form, and very
probably the old backing is attached to
it. The life of a rudder stalk would
probably be twelve to fourteen years.
The backing might last as long as the
ship.-New York Sup
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-05
Tn. Girl. Wore Still One Ahead.

A young and bashful professor was
frequently embarrassed by jokes his
girl pupils would play on him. These
jokes were so frequent that he decided
to punish the next perpetrators, and
the result Of this decision was that two
girls Were detained an hour after school
and made to work some difficult prob
lens as punishment.
1t was the custom to answer the roll
call with quotations, so the following
morning. when Miss As name wa.
called, she rose and looking straight in
the professors eye. repeated, with
all thy faalts 1 love thee STILL" while
Miss BIS quotation was. The hours
spend with thee. dear heart. are as a
string Of pearls to me."-Ladies' Home
Journal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-05
SALE NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that by vir-
tue of an order of the Wayne Circuit
court of the State of Indiana, the un-
dersigned, as administrator of the es-
tate of Sarah E. Jones, deceased, will
offer for sale at public auction on
the premises, on the 14th day of Sep
TENDER, 1907, the following described
real estate, situated in the county
of Wayne, in the State of Indiana,
towit: Lot number ten (10) in Will
liam F. Manley's subdivision of a
part of out lot number seven 90, as
laid out by the Trustees of the Relig-
ious Society of Friends, in the North
east quarter of section numbered six
(6), in Township numbered thirteen
(13) of range one ID West, now in
the city of Richmond, Wayne County
Indiana.
Also the following described real es-
tate situated in said county of Wayne
in the State of Indiana, towit: Lots
numbered three CD and four "a, as
designated on the plat of the town
of Boston, in said county and State.
TERMS.
One third in cash, the remainder
in equal payments at nine and eigh-
teen months from date of sale, with
notes drawing six per cent interest
from date, waving valuation and ap-
praisment laws and secured by a
mortgage upon the real estate sold
The sale of the first described real
estate to begin at 10 O'Clock A. NJ
The sale of the last above described
real estate to begin at o'clock p. NJ.
WILLIAM HDRULEY.
Administrator
ROBERT L. STUDY, Attorney.
dly aug 1929 sept 5-12
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-05
PRIMITIVE ANCHORS.
Stones and Wooden Tubes Filled Will,
Lad First Used.

Lead First Used.
There appear to be two ideas which
have led up to the invention of the
modern anchor-first, that of attach
ing the vessel by means of rope
or chain to weight sufficiently heavy
to keep the vessel from moving when
the weight has sunk to the bottom Of
the sea, and, second, that of using a
hook instead Of or in addition to the
weight, so as to catch in the bottom.
The English word anchor is practical
" the same as the Latin ancora and
the Greek angkura, meaning that
which has an ANGLE" from the root
ank, bent.
The earliest anchors made on the
hook principle probably only had one
fluke instead Of two. In the Sussex
Archaeil, Coll" there is an illustration
of what has been surmised to be an
anchor made out of the natural forked
branch Of a tree. 1t was found with
an ancient British canoe at Burpham,
Sussex. There is in the British muse
um an interesting leaden anchor with
two 1ukes bearing a Greek inscrip-
ton. Its date is about so b. c., and 1T
was found off the coast Of Cyrene.
The invention OF the anchor with
two fukes is attributed by Pausanius
to Midas. by Pliny to Eupalamas and
by Strabo to Anacharsis. Diodorus
Siculus states that the first anchors
were wooden tubes filed with lead,
while another classical writer says
that before the introduction of metal
anchors Jumps Of stone with a hole
through the middle for the attach
ment of the cable were used.
The form OF the anchors used by
the Greeks and Romans is well known
from representations on Trajan's col
umn and in the catacombs at Rome
rs an early Christian symbol. This
form does not seem to have changed
materially for quite a thousand years.
as is shown by the Bayeux tapestry.