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Copyrighted by Frank G. Carpenter. 1t"99.
ASUNCION', Paraguay, Jan. 9.— Come
with me this morning and have a look
at the capital of Paraguay. We are
in the "Very heart of the South Ameri
can continent. It is now summer. Ev
ery one is going about in cottons or
linens, and at midday there seems to
be~bnly a sheet of brown paper between
us and Hades. The ehii<ire:i go to
school very early, and every one Id
rest; tv.;- or dozing at noon. The morn
ings ami evenings, however, are pleas
ant. and there are mule street cars
which will take us to all parrs of the
city.
ASUNCION IS A DAISY.
But first let me say a few words
about this i >wn of Asuncion. She is
ISCLE SAM MAY EMPLOY MRS. GARCIA.
Gen. Brooke, the military governor of Cuba,
has reconimeml-Hl th«t the widow of Gen.
CalixTo Garcia, ;r -:i.et" leader of
the Cubans, be given a pinee in the United
S"a:,»s ie-parrm«nt of agriculture at a salary
of FLOOO a y«ar. Gen. Guxria's death left his
family !n financial distress. His young
daughter soon followed h;ni ri the srave. but
besides tho widow -.here are left three sons.
the queerest municipal maiden on the
South American continent. She is the
social, political and industrial mistress
of all things Paraguayan. She has the
gwernment buildings, the colleges, the
banks and chief business houses, and
still she is so smali that she might be
-rmicaily injected into the cheek
of Chicago and she would hardly raise
a pirr.ple on that fair lady's face.
Asuncion has only about 30,000 peo
ple. Her buildings are aimost all s7!?all.
They are chiefly one-story houses, and
M.utside the government structures
there are not 2no more than thirty feet
high. The Para-rt'ayan wh" lives in a
two-story house struts about like a
king, and the owner of a three-story
block is a nabob.
Still this maiden Asuncion is wonder
fully beautiful. Mother Nature has
: her in the brightest of dresses.
In her gardens lemons and oranges
Great palm trees throw their
shadows upon her, and the amorous
waters of two mighty rivers are always
washing her feet. She is seated on
the high east bank of the Paraguay
river, just opposite the mouth of the
winding Pilcomavo, which has flowed
down from the Bolivian Andes 1,500
to get to her. She is just in the
center of the west border of Paraguay
proper, and in a good position to com
mand ih,- whole country, of which she
is the capital.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF PARAGUAY.
I get my best idea of Paraguay by
thinking of Illinois. It lies on the
South American, continent in much the
same place that Illinois does in North
ea. It is in the junction of two
rivers, just like Illinois. Along its west
Paraguay river, which
onds m t he Mississippi, and on
..h and southeast the Parana,
correspondta-g to the Ohio. Both the
md Parana are navigable
f r large river steamers, giving a broad
ay from here to the Atlantic,
similar to that of the Mississippi to
the Gulf ot* Mexico.
Paraguay proper is just about as big
HALF BUND FROM
ECZEMA
Three Children Afflicted. Whote
Bodies and Faces Sore, Raw
and Bloody Mass.
Tried Doctor after Doctor for
20 Months Without Slightest
Relief. Crying Constantly.
Couldn't Sleep. Tried CUTICURA.
First Application Gave Relief.
Cured in Fourteen Days.
My second child sot eczema when seven
months old. Three months latet my first child
got it. and following him. the last one, two
years old. fell a victim. For twenty months
they suff ered fearful agony. Their whole bod
ies, especially their faces, were so sore and
raw that the little ones were blind half the
time. No words can describe the suffering of
my second child, whose whole body was one
bloody mass. He was constantly crying, could
get no sleep, and he actually did not look hu
man. I tried doctor after doctor, but nc «s af
forded the slightest relief. I decided to try
Cutkxra. The ttrst application brought re
lief in each case, antl after fourteen days'
treatment with Ccticura Soap and CuTr
citra (ointment), the worst case was cured,
and the whole neighborhood is surprised at
the wonderful effect of Cuticcra. Icontinua
the use of Ci'ticcra Soap for the children,
because it makes the little ones look splendid.
Xov. 28, 1598. Mrs. ANNIE RING,
615 E. 13th St., Xew York City.
In all the world there is no other treatment bo
pure, so sweet, so speedily effective for distressing
skin humors of infants and children as Cutiotba,
greatest of skin cures, blood purifiers, and humor
remedies. A warm bath with CtrncT-niA Soap,
and a single anointing with Cutiot"h.± (ointment),
purest of emollient akin cures, will afford instant
relief, permit rest and sleep to both parent and
child, and point to a speedy, permanent, and
economical cure, whea all else failß.
Sold throughout the »orld. Pottsr D. ikd C. Corp.,
Sole Prop*., Boston. " How to Cure Baby Humors." free,
rinr UIIUHDQ and Falling Heir Prevented bj
rAUC riUlnUnd Cuttcuill Soap.
as Illinois. It Is 37*5 miles long and
about 200 miles wide, and it includes
all the land lying east of the Paraguay
river. There is a vast wilderness to the
west of the stream called the chaco.
This Ie the wild west of Paraguay. It
is Inhabited by Indians and wild ani
mals and has good forests and pastur
es, but as yet is not much explored.
Paraguay proper Is not unlike Illinois
in character. It has excellent soil and
great pastures. The face of the coun
try is rolling. In some places there are
low mountains which furnish numerous
streams, so that you can hardly fence
off a farm without including good
water.
PEOPLE OF PARAGUAY.
It Is in Paraguay proper that the
greater part of the people of Paraguay
live. The country has not more than
one of whom was an officer on hia father's
I staff, cne an inmate 'oi a Spanish prison, and
the or.her a youth. A daughter i 3 married to
j an American and living happily at Paris.
j Mrs. Garcia was married at 17, and shared
ithe life of her husband during tlie ten years'
war. During the more recent struggle for
Cuban liberty s-he has resided in the United
States.
i
,
600,iJ00, and as I have said, a large I
majority of these people are women, i
The Paraguayans are the offsprings of !
the Indians united to some of the best j
Spanish element that settled South j
America. One of the first cities estab- j
lished on the continent was this town
of Asuncion. It was built seventy
years before John Smith landed at
Jamestown and the Spanish-Indian
babies born then were gray-haired be
fore Boston sprang into being.
Paraguay was for years the leader of
wealth, civilization and culture of this |
part of the world, and it was not un- i
til the close of our Civil war that it i
fell out of the " race. It then had a i
fight with its neighboring republics !
which lasted five years and killed off
almost all the men. This ruined the i
country. A report went forth that it
was desolate and the bulk of the j
European immigration since then has
gone to the Argentine, Uruguay and i
Brazil. There are today less than 10,000 I
foreigners in all Paraguay. I have an '
estimate from the secretary of state j
which says that there are now here
5.000 Argentines, 2,000 Italians, 600 '
Brazilians and SOO Germans. The rest I
are French, Swiss, Americans and
English.
In addition to these and the 600,000 ]
native whites and of the mixed breed,
there are about 130,1*00 pure Indians, j
There is so much Indian blood in the *
whites that it is hard to tell where tne j
red man's blood ends and that of the !
Caucasian begins. You see a dash of I
gingerbread in the complexions of most !
of the people and the language gener
ally used Is that of the Guaram In
dians. It is a beautiful language, more
soft and melodious than even the
Spanish, and is used by every one out
side the cities.
NO LARGE TOWNS.
I have said that Asuncion has 30,000
population. The average Paraguayan
considers it a very big city. In my j
travels I have gone through some of 1
the best settled parts of Paraguay, and j
I am surprised at the fewness of the i
people. There are a number of vil- '
lages and some very small cities. The
cities are much smaller than the books
wouid lead you to think. The States
man's Year Book mentions a number
of from five to twenty thousand. Those
I have seen have not one-third the
number claimed in the books. I spent
some time in Villa Rica. It is in the
interior about a hundred miles east of
Asuncion. It is put down as having
13,000, but I venture that it cannot
number 6,000 souls. Villa Concepcion.
which is 250 miles north of Asuncion
on the Paraguay river, has certainly
not 10,000 people, and Villa Encarna
cion, the biggest town in South Para
guay, is not nearly so large. The small
towns are composed of thatched huts !
from fifteen to twenty-five feet square, j
The smaller cities have one or two i
streets of one-story brick dwellings, j
the walls of which are covered with I
stucco, and which are roofed with red !
tiles. Some have walls of stone and '
aro roofed with palm bark. The larger '
cities have parks or plazas, but none
outside Asuncion have paved streets or i
anj- modern improvements. Even Asun- I
cion is still lighted by coal oil, and but •
few of Its people have ever heard of ;
a sewer. The sanitary arrangements j
of many of its houses are filthy, those j
of the chief hotel, for instance, being |
dirty and unhealthy to an extreme.
CITY OF BRIGHT COLORS.
Although Asuncion is older than any I
city of North America, it appears de- I
lightfully clean and fresh. Its streets
cross one another at right angles, and I
they so slope toward the water that
every good rain washes th>m 2iean.
We have sixty inches of rain here
every year, a.nd when it does rain it
pours. Only a few of the streets are I
paved. The most of them are of red
sand, giving the city a rose-tinted foun
dation.
Let us notice the houses. They are
built close to the sidewalks in solid !
blocks, forming great one-story walls \
with here and there a door or an iron
barred window opening into the street.
You can tell the different houses by
the colors. Some are painted rose pink.
others sky blue, some blood re_d and
others of all tints of yellow and "green.
We are now going toward the post
office. It is a light lavender. On our
way we pass a market house Dainted
rose pink, and a little further on there
is a cathedral the color of rich Jersey
cream. Even the public buildings are
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE— SUNDAY-— FEBRUARY 26, 139}.
painted. The president's palace has a
tinted exterior. The houses of congress
are of a delicate lilac, while the official
newspaper is printed in a monastery
like structure of Indian red.
A TOWN OF NEWSPAPERS.
It seems funny to think of newspa
pers in Paraguay. But there are news
boys everywhere poking their dailies
under your ncse. The papers are print
ed iv Spanish and they sell for 10 cents
a copy, or about 2 cents of our money.
They are folios of the old blanket sheet
shape, containing little news, but big
advertisements. Here is one that has
telegru phic dispatches, including cables
from Washington and Rome. Asun
cion has a telegraph line connecting
it with Buenos Ayres, from where dis
patches can be sent to all parts of the
world. There are also one or two wires
■to the interior of the country, and
these are patronized to such an extent
that 46,000 messages were received last
year.
Asuncion has telephones. They are
owned by a stock company, which pays
dividends of 21 per cent every year,
notwithsanding that its telephonic
rates are lower than any in the United
States. The company charges business
houses $2 per month and for telephones
in residences the monthly charge Is
only $1.50 in gold.
We can visit the central station. It
is an interesting sight. The "hello
girls" of Paraguay have even sweeter
voices than our own hello girls, and
some of them are quite pretty. Most of
them are" in their bare feet," and their
low-neck dresses are as white as the
orange blossoms that some of the girls
wear in their hair. There are orange
trees just back of the offlce, so that the
flowers are already at hand. The girls
stand up to their work, making the
connections by putting pegs in and out
of a wall of numbered holes, thereby
bringing together the various custom
ers. I ask the manager some questions
as to salaries and am told that each
girl receives about $6 gold a mnoth, or
J1.50 a week.
STREET CARS AND RAILROADS.
We see tram cars on the principal
streets. The cars are open at the aide
and are so rudely made that they seem
to have been chopped out with a
hatchet. Each is drawn by three mules,
which go on tlie dead gallop, and the
cars run so far apart that you often
have to wait half an hour for a ride.
The different lines connect with the
railroad depot, and they go out to the
surburban towns. .They are well pat
ronized, but are not paying invest
ments.
It is the same with the Paraguay's
only steam railroad. This was built
under a guarantee from the govern
ment by English constructors. Th.*;
English made money by building it, but
the road has paid no" dividends since it
was opened. It goes about 156 miles in
to the interior. It connects Villa Rica
with Asuncion, and will be extended, it
is said, down to the Parana river. An
other line which is talked of, but which
I fear will not soon be constructed, is
to run from Asuncion to the port of
Santos, Brazil, on the Atlantic. Such a
road, while very expensive to build,
would open much good country and
would probably have a large traffic.
BANKS WHICH BEAT 4 PER CENT.
One of the queerest things about
Asuncion is the money. That in cir
; culation is a paper currency, poorly
i printed and of poor material. It now
I comes from Germany, and is not near
| ly so good as the old paper money
i which was made in the United States.
j The bank notes are in all denomina
tions, from five cents to $100, and the
| paper is at such a discount that a
■ Paraguayan dollar is now worth about
thirteen cents of our money. The banks
j of Asuncion handle this stuff by the
. basketful. They cord it up like paper.
j and they are making a lot of money
j out of their business.
Indeed, it seems to me there is a
chance for some of our idle American
funds to be used in banking in Para
guay. The usual rate of Interest out
side the banks is 15 per cent, and in
the banks you cannot borrow money
' for less than 1 per cent per month.
I The usual discount rate is 12 per cent,
and a bank gives no favors without
receiving a money compensation. As
i a result the banks pay big dividends.
i Take the Mercantile Bank of Paraguay,
upon which I have letters of credit.
j This bank paid a dividend of 16 per
! cent last year, and its president tells
; me it has never paid less than 10 per
! cent. Its capital is only $120,000 in gold,
i and still its business last year amount
|ed to $2,000,000. The Territorial Bank.
i which has a capital of 570,000, paid a
| dividend of 12 per cent last year, and
1 other private banks do, it is said, even
I better.
From these figures it will be seen
I that It takes a good deal of money to
jdo the business of Paraguay. There Is
! now between $8,000,000 and $10,000,000 of
j Paraguayan money in circulation, and
the government is trying to increase
i the value of the currency by with
j drawing a certain amount every year.
j It takes about $5,000,000 annually to
| run the government, and the exports
• and imports amount to about $14,000,000
! gold a year.
PARAGUAY TEA.
Considerable money is made in the
raising cf cattle. There is a great deal
invested in shipping hides and a large
amount in preparing and shipping mate
or Paraguayan tea. Paraguayan tea
comes from the leaves of a bush which
! grow.3 wild in some parts of Paraguay.
j The leaves are gathered, roasted over
a are and ground to a powder. They
j are then put into skin bags, being pack
i ed so tightly that the bags are as hard
HEART DISEASE.
SOMES FACTS REGARDING THE
RAPID INCREASE OP HEART
TROUBLES.
Da 'Sot Be Alarmed, Bnt Look for
the Cause.
Heart troubles, at least among the
Americans, are certainly increasing,
! and while this may be largely due to '
! the excitement and worry of American
i business life, it is more often the result ,
j of weak stomachs, of poor digestion. <
Real organic disease is incurable; but <
not one case in a hundred of heart '-,
i trouble is organic. ,
The close relation between heart trou- ]
- ble and poor digestion is because both :
I organs are controlled by the same great
! nerves, the Sympathetic and Pneumo- <
', gastric. !
In another way, also, the heart Is ef- \
| fected by the form of poor digestion ]
! vhich causes gas and fermentation *
[ from half digested food. There is a ■
: feeling of oppression and heaviness in \
the chest caused by pressure of the I (
j distended stomach on the heart and I \
I lungs, interfering with their action; |
[ hence arises palpitation and short I <
| breath. .
Poor digestion also poisons the blood,
making it thin and watery, which irri- i
totes and weakens the heart.
The most sensible treatment for heart i
trouble is to improve the digestion and
to Insure the prompt assimilation of
1 toed. I '
This can be done by the regular use i
after meals of some safe, pleasant and \
effective digestive preparation, like
> Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which may .
be found at most drug stores and which
ccntain valuable, harmless digestive !
elements in a pleasant convenient
form.
It is safe to say that the regular per
sistent use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets at meal time will cure any form
of stomach trouble except cancer of the
stomach. > ;
Full sized package of these tablets
sold by druggists at 50 cents. Little I
bcok on stomach troubles mailed free
Address F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall.
Mich. i
as stores. In this shape the tea is
shipped to all parts of South America.
There are millions who use it in the
Argentina), Uruguay and Brazil and you
will find it for sale in Chile and in the
lands further north.
The people prefer it to tea or coffee
and even tn the coffee districts of Bra
ail It is greedily drunk. The usual
breakfast of the poorer Paraguayans
consists of a cup of this tea or rather
a little bowl, for it is always served In
a gourd about the size and shape of a
base ball. This Is ha),f tilled with the
powdered leaves. Boiling water is then
poured upon it, and -th*e person who
drinks it sucks up the,. liquid through
a sliver or brass tube ax the end of
which are a lot of small holes which
act as a strainer. I-Tedrly all the for
eigners who come to; ' Paraguay drink
mate. They say it Is an, excellent brain
stimulant, and that It has no bad ef
fects if used in moderation. I have tried
it several times, but I always burn my
tongue with the tube.- i The tea tastes
to me somewhat like,, a dococtlon of
quinine and hay, and I doubt if I shall
ever be able to acquire 'a love for it.
A BANK FOR FARMERS.
Returning to the banks, one of the
queerest financial institutions of Para
guay Is the Agricultural bank. This
is managed by the government. It is
a sort of a combination of a bank and
an agricultural -departtnent. Its busi
ness is to help along agriculture by in
troducing seeds and tools and by loan
ing money to farmers on farm prop
erty. It has a capital of about half a
million dollars, gold. It loans on about
half the assessed value of the property,
charging what ia here considered the
very low interest rate of 8 per cent.
Connected with it there Is a warehouse
which is filled with farming implements
and seeds. The officials say the insti
tution is a success, although such
banks in <*>ther parts of South America
have ended in failures. This bank is
one of the methods by which the Para
guayan government is trying to build
up Its farming Interests. The govern
ment also offers Inducements to immi
grants, giving each new settler some
agricultural machines, eijrhty acres of
land and a loan of twelve cents a
month for seven months for each adult
and nine cents for each child. It gives
each immigrant a milch cow, oxen and
seeds, and also agrees to pay his pas
sage from Buenos Ayres up to Asun
cion. There are string's attached to
some of the above gifts by which the
immigrants pay back in installments
for all they receive outside the land.
THE NAUGHTY HATES COLONY.
The immigrants who come to Para
guay settle In colonies, and not upon
their farms. There are scattered over
the country perhaps a. half -dozen col
onies composed of different nationali
ties. There is one not far from Asun
cion called San Bernardino populated
by Germans. There is another of Aus
tralians, who got up a brotherly love
scheme and rame to Paraguay to live
after the Golden Rule. They began
enthusiastically. They chartered a
ship, each selling his property and put
ting the money into the general fund.
In order to cut down the expenses they
divided the work on the voyage among
the different members of the colony.
They had hardly left Australia before
the Golden Rule was kicked higher
than Gilderoy's kite, and when it fell
it came down in a thonsand pieces.
These brotherly lovers and sisterly
lovers acquired a pleasant way of
throwing the dishes at one another
during the trip, and by the time they
reached Asuncion they were quarrel
ing as discordantly as so many strange
parrots. They soon became disgusted
with themselves and their lands have
now been redivided.
Another colony of special interest to
the United States is just across the
river from Asuncion, in the Chaco.
This was named after President Hayes,
because he decided a territorial ques
tion between the Argentine and Para
guay In favor of the latter. The colony
is called Villa Hayes, but they pro
nounce it here as though it were spell
ed Villa Eyes, for that !S the way the
Spaniards pronounce Hayes. This col- j
ony, named after our good president, |
who, it will be remembered, shuddered I
when they talked of putting Roman j
punch on the "White house table, is '
largely engaged In cultivating sugar
cane and distilling its juice into a rum
so villainous that it will kill at forty
rods. Inasmuch as rum is an article
that is in demand in all parts of Para
guay at all times, the colony is prob
ably in a good financial condition.
— Frank G. Carpenter.
BAMS LOSE IS CASH
FIRST DECREASE REPORTED
IN "SEW YORK IN
WEEKJS
WAS TO BE EXPECTED
Change in Condition Causes No la
easiness, as It Is Dae to Natural
Causes Banks Lost Heavily to
the Interior More or Less Shift
ing* of Funds Is Noted Loan In
crease Is Large.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.— The Financier
says :
"The bank statement for the week
ending Feb. 25 is remarkable, in that j
it shows an actual loss In cash, the
first noted for some weeks. The de- j
crease is smali, but coupled with the j
extra reserve requirements necessitated
bj the expansion of nearly $13,500,000 j
in loans, the result has- been a decrease
of $4,000,000 in surplus, bringing that !
item ta_£"0,333,000. As the banks gain- j
ed zfocash, the increase in deposits, j
amounting to $12,963,900, reflects bank- j
ing credits due to loan operations.
"Taken as a whole the statement does I
not differ much from what had been ]
expected. The banks lost heavily last |
week to the interior, and they are also ]
debtors to the treasury. Conservative |
estimates had figured these losses rath
ex heavier than shown by the state- \
ment, but the Increases in loans and
deposits, on the other nand, were large \
enough to bring about predicted re- j
suits. The increase in loans is to be j
attributed to stock exchange require- j
ments, and in a lesser degree to the j
multitude of Industrial commissions !
now being' completed.
"A detailed analysis of the statement !
shows that there has been more or less !
shifting of funds incident to special j
operations, but the loan increase can ■
be traced to five or six of the larger j
banks. It is noteworthy that one in- I
stitution which reports *$6.000,000 addi
tional leans shows a reduction of $4.
--000,000 in specie. Incidents like these
tend to make elucidation difficult, as so
many factors enter into th£ calculation
that it ia almost impossible to trace
them.
"In a larger sense, however, the ex
hibit makes for firmness in money,
temporarily at least. It Is quite like
ly that the statements. of the past two
weeks will be repeated 1 in more or less
detail in the future, and that until
rates harden perceptibly the extra re
serve will not be increased- The ex
tent of its reduction depends to a cer
tain extent on the amount of money
which will be withdrawn T from this
center for interior .needs, arid on a con
tinuance of prese*nt stock exchange
transactions."
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] Metal Box Tljai fill Bat Tljiftks |
• Arithmachine, Tlay Calculating In- •
• atrunient Invented by a Chicagoan. •
rrom tne cnicago Times-Herald.
Since time immemorial mechanical
contrivance*) have been used by man
for calculating purposes. Inventions or
devices one after another. In many
cases not worth the material used in
their construction, have appeared upon
the field of action, but from the days
of the early Greeks, with their "abax,"
a smooth board upon which diagrams
were drawn and computations made
by means of counters arranged In
parallel rows representing units, tens
and hundreds, down through the years
In which appeared the Chinese abacus,
the Italian banca. Pascal's computing
machine In 1642 and that of the Eng
lishman Babbaga in the early part of
this century, until recently no machine,
instrument or contrivance of any kind
has been devised which would perform
the necessary calculative operations
and embody simplicity, rapidity, ac
curacy, durability, capability, con
venience and low price in a machine
of light weight.
During the last few weeks letters
J'ggßjl
__ J
patent have been issued to Henry
Goldman, an expert accountant of this
city, for a device called '"arithmachine,"
which not only adds but subtracts,
multiplies and divides numbers In
stantly. With the firm conviction that
a machine filling all these requirements
could be devised, the inventor has for
several years devoted time, thought,
energy and money to the subject, and
now may be well pleased and satisfied
with the result of his efforts, for a
more interesting and heiDful little ma
chine has not been devised.
A box of bright aluminum four and
a half inches long, one and a half wide
and three-quarters of an inch high, it
is small enough to appear insignificant
when picked up and slid without cere
mony into coat or vest pocket; no
ominous-looking cranks, keys or levers
to consider, the whole weighing but a
I pound; yet by means of it columns of
numbers may be added more quickly
than the figures can be written, and It
may be depended upon as absolutely
correct.
CONCEALED IN THE HAND.
When held between the palms of the
hands the arithmachine is entirely hid
den from view. To be able to accom
plish this with a mechanism perform
ing all arithmetical operations and
j carrying eight or more columns simul
taneously represents not only a me-
I chanlcal achievement of considerable
[ importance, but is apt to prove an in
teresting feature of commercial value
by exciting the curiosity and attract
ing the attention of many who could
be induced in no other way to investi
gate its advantages.
In examining the rrachine the first
thing to attract attention is the rec
tangular surface called the chain board,
lined on either side by a double scale
of numbers and divided into a series
of narrow sections by means of dis
tinguish -"tble partitions. Back of this
chain board in slightly elevated posi
tion is the indicator. The indicator is
divided as tbe chain board is. The re
lation of these columns conforms with
the decimal notation, or when two
columns on the right are reserved for
cents, the remaining columns stand tor
dollars.
To place a number on the arithma
chine the large figures on both sides
I are taken as guides, the sylus point is
• inserted in the proper place in the de
j sired column of the chain board and
j moved forward to the chain stop. The
l first position is Indicated by the dotted
! lines in the illustration, the stylus point
j about to depress the figure nine, which,
I being to the right of the decimal point
j (as shown by the finger), will be re
i garded as nine- tenths, or ninety; the
j position of the figure indicates its val
i ue, making it unnecessary to record
! ciphers. With pressure like that exert
! Ed in writing with hard lead on smooth
paper, the stylus, catching the link In
j the endless chain, is brought toward
the operator, carrying with it that sec
tion of the chain until it reaches the
roller lock: the pressure of the stylus
being removed, the necessary spring
immediately locks the chain at that
point; at the same moment the number
in the Indicator changes. In this in
stance nine will appear in place of a
cipher, or will be added to the number
already there.
A number composed of two or more
figures is placed on the arithmachine.
By indicating the several figures suc
cessively it is practically immaterial
whether the figures are placed from
the left to the right or from the rignt
to the left, as far as the mechanical
operation of the machine is concerned,
while it is more convenient to register
numbers as they are pronounced — 1. c.,
from left to right.
To add a column of figures on the
arithmachine the amounts are consid
ered successively, using the large nu
meral scales, starting at the head of
the pad with the machine resting on
the book or sheet, keeping the figures
to be operated on at the front end of
the machine, moving it forward as the
numbers are registered. One material
advantage is that, should the operator
be called away with a column unfin
ished the machine shows by Its place
on the page where he stopped and in
dicates the result up to this point. The
advantage of being able to keep the
eyes continually on the work while
operating the arithmachine. or the con
venience of following the figures of the
given column with the machine itself
must be experienced In order to be
thoroughly aDpreciated.
Additional movements may be saved
by grouping amounts, assisting the ma
chine by performing some of the
simpler operations mentally and regis
tering the intermediate results. When
totals are to be carried forward from
j puge to page the arithmarchine per
| forms the operation automatically, as
It retains the last footing In the indi
cator and Is Immediately reaxly to pro
ceed with the following page. If a new
addition is to be commenced the indi
cator can be set to zero instantaneous
ly by depressing for a moment the re
lease button and turning the resetting
wheel In the opposite direction of the
chain movement. When resetting to
zero it is Interesting to note the man
ner in which the faces of the numeral
wheels change. By turning the reset
ting wheel slowly it will be seen that
the first numbers to disappear are the
ones, then all the twos, threes, fours,
until all the zeros are reached.
Multiplications, subtractions, divi
sions and in fact all sorts of numeral
processes are performed with almost
the same speed as additions after a lit
tle practice. Fractions and denomi
nate qualities may be computed; num
bers can be raised to the third, fourth
or fifth power ajid the square or cube
root extracted with equal facility. The
machine is also adapted for the per
formance of all logarithmic and trig
onometric computations.
Mistakes are not apt to occur, as
the mere placing of the stylus point in
any subdivision of the chain board, or
even Its depression, produces no change
in the indicator. Therefore, If a mis
take is noticed before the chain is
moved forward no attention need be
given to the same. This point repre
sents a great advantage over other
computing machines, where the slight
est touch of the operating mechanism
results In a derangement of the regis
ter.
GUARD AGAINST ERRORS.
In the arithmachine the chains are
locked, only set in motion by deliberate
effort of the operator, so an error can
be "corrected before it Is made." If
a mistake has been made In placing a
figure and noticed at the time, it can
be speedily corrected by adding or de
ducting the difference between the cor
rect and wrong figures to or from the
figures to be registered in the same
column.
So little exertion is required to ma
nipulate the arithmachine that the use
brings rest and relaxation, whlie those
who strain the muscles of the hand
and forearm by writing find relief in
bringing into action different sets of
muscles when using the machine. The
operation of writing* is also straining
to the eyes, being creative in its nature
and requiring close attention to direct
and control the movement of the hand.
The manipulation of the arithmachine,
as well as the reading of the results
arrived at with its use, is purely recep
tive as far as the eyes are concerned,
and therefore restful, the forms being
plainly visible and all glare removed.
The machine is composed of a num
ber of perfectly identical sections, ac
cording to the number of columns pro
vided, which may be five, eight or elev
en. The operating mechanism in each
section consists of an endless chain
composed of thirty-five uniform and
peculiarly shaped links, joined so per
fectly that the connections are invis-
i ble when seen from above, yet per
mitting the free movement of the chain.
The transverse teeth which form a part
of the chain links serve to actuate the
numeral wheels when thrown in con
tact with them, furnish a hole for the
stylus when operating the chain, and
also lock it by means of a barr and
roller lock at the forward end of the
machine. The endless chain passes in
its movement over two pentagonal rol
lers; between these two rollers and on
the underside of the chain board or
operating surface is a platform lever.
This forms a solid foundation for the
movement of the chain, with a foot
at one end causing, when depressed, an
immediate opening of the .chain lock,
and connected with it near the other
end is a contact lever. This throws
the chain In tangential contact with
the numeral wheel as soon as depressed
and moved by the stylus, and when at
rest assists In locking the chain by pre
venting the turning of the adjoining
pentagonal roller. A slightly curved
spring presses the platform lever and
chain board upward against the bar
and roller lock, and joined to it is a
tension spring, which prevents any un
desirable looseness of the chain.
INDICATING MECHANISM.
The indicating mechanism is compos
ed of a ratchet wheel, bearing on its
face the ten figures and having within
two circular depressions, the one con
taining ten circumferential ratchets,
and the other the carrying and return
levers and springs. A ring or collar
between the numeral wheel and the
central arbor serves to hold the return
disks in- position.
A resetting wheel on the outside of
the case, fastened to the neck of the
central arbor and held in position by
the release pin and spring; a comb
wheel behind the ratchet wheels, which
regulates their movement and insures
the alignment of the figures in the in
dicator opening: partitions which sep
arate the sections hold the lever pins
in position and through a larger open
ing between the numeral wheels form
a part of the carrying device, and the
two outside frame plates, which hold
the innf-r mechanism together and per
mit it to be removed from its case like
a watch, complete the mechanical con
struction of the arith-machine, the to
tal number of working parts being 440,
with CIO screws and rivets. The arith
metic is made entirely of metal; every
working part is properly strengthened
and every wearing part made of steel
or other suitable material, and capable
of performing about ten times the work
expected of it. In this way the ma
chine is guaranteed absolutely, and
with proper care is likely to last a
lifetime.
A Card tn the Pnhlie From Dr. Ham
ilton.
Skeptics may advise you that Rheu
matism cannot be cured by a slight
but continuous current of electricity;
but that my Rheumatic Ring has cured
it in the past, is curing it at present,
and will continue to cure It in the fu
ture no one who reads the news of the
day will deny.
I consider my greatest invention ia
my Magnetic Ring, which supplies
electricity in such a form that it not
only cures rheumatism and all neu
ralgia pains, but tones up the system
and cures all nervous troubles. Thc
electric belts, corsets, etc., largely in
use are superseded by my wonderful
Ring, as it is much more convenient
to wear and supplies the electricity in
such a manner and form that its effects
are better and more permanent. I have
worked for years perfecting an ap
pliance that would supply to the sys
tem electricity in this manner, and
the result is my Magnetic Ring, which
I cord-ally invite the public and the
medical fraternity to call and examine
at all druggists.
Under Government Control.
The Hot Springs of Arkansas, owned and
controlled by V. 3. Government, aro admit
ted to be the best medicinal springs in the
■world. Tho Minneapolis &. St. Louis R. R.
Is the shorteet and best route. Low excur
sion rates
Call on F. p. Rutherford at M. & St. L
Offlce, No. 396 Robert St.. for tickets and de
scriptive literature. Reduced rate tourist
tickets to all wlntf-r resorts.
A Chinese Typewriter.
A Chinese typewriter has been Invented by
the Rev. Mr. Sheffield, a PresiiyteriaTi mis
sionary at Tun*? Chow. It Is said to be a
very remarkable machine, and is exciting a
great deal of comment over there. As near
as can be undt-rsrood frcm fhe description
published in the Chinese papers, the ohar-t,.-
--tcrs, about 4.000 in number, are on the edged
or wheels about one foot in diameter. It
requires 20 or 30 wheels to carry all tho let
ters, and the operator must strike two kaya
to malte an impression. The first, key turns
the wheel and the second ito*>s i-t a.t the
letter wanted. %hich is brought down upon
tie paper by an ingenious device. — (Ifc-ibe Year
Book and Almanac
5
BARGAINS
PIANOS
For Monday and Tuesday,
One Vose & Soas $100
Ona Fischer lis
One Pease 125
One Fischer 135
One Lud-vig- 145
Oue Steinway 150
One Checkering- 155
These are all Uprights and great
bargains. We are Sole Agents for
Weber,
Vose &. Sons,
Schiiler «&
Wesley
Piauos, said at $10.00 per month.
Call on or write to
S.W.Raudenbush&Go.
14 West Six. h St.
CHICAWO OS~ SHOW
INSPECTION OF WARDROBES HAS
BEEN A PEATIRE OF THE
"WEEK
SHOPS ARE GAY FOR SPRING
Lavender Hats .ire a Novelty ot the
Season, and Promise to Be the
Raise. Twin City People In the
Windy City Bad Day:* for Urund
Opera. Temple Affairs Park
Reform.
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.—(Special.)—Chi
cago has been having an inspection of
her residents' wardrobes this week.
Monday every one wore trim tailor
made gowns, later raincoats and um
brellas prevailed, and toward Saturday
sealskins and mittens were very much
in vogue. But that's Chicago, gloomy
old Chicago, where sunny days are
like yellow primroses in a mud pud
dle.
But Chicago fascinates you, and Chi
cago holds you, and, hating her gioom
and her dirt, you grow to love her
greatness and her life and her rush >t
humanity. Tou hold up your head and
do not see her dirty river? and you ad
mire her people, who hunt bargains
on State street during the day time,
hear grand opera in the evening and
go home in a carette.
• • •
The out-of-town girl in Chicago does
things she wouldn't dare do at home,
runs onto the very home people she
fears most and finds, to her astonish
ment and then amusement, that they
are doing the very things she is.
The tailor-made girl is, as usual, the
smartest and sweetest thing to be seen.
She wears black or brown, with walk
ing hat to match, and the everlasting
English violet, which adds the neces
sary womanly touch to what might be
too mannish. Some of the giris wear
derbies, but, unless the face be par
ticularly sweet and the hair very s ft,
the effect Is hard.
• • •
The shops are already gay with
spring goods. iLavender hats are
among the spring novelties and prom
ise to rage as much as the lavender
veils did some years ago.
There is something about purple and
kindred shades that appeals to wom
en. Double face veils are also to be
seen over many charming faces, and,
odd as the Idea may seem, they are
very effective, softening the face won
derfully and serving as a dust pro
tector, at the same time.
A dainty pink veil worn under a
heavier one of brown is very becoming,
and two shades of brown are also used.
Many elaborate opera cloaks are dis
played in the windows. the simple
capes having given place to brocades
and laces.
• * *
Miss Sara Johnson, who has ra
from the temple board, is opening a
tiny shop in the Marshall Field build
ing with Mrs. Hagans as her partner.
They are showing- many heautitul
'novelties dear to womankind. Miss
Johnson has been with the board for
nearly eight years, and is trusted by
both sides in the temple matter.
Mrs. Carse left Friday for Battle
Creek, Mich. She is very weak and
will require care and rest before she
will be able to renew her work. Her
son accompanied her.
• • •
The grand opera has not b^en
patronized as usual. Paj-ts of the audi
torium have been closed during many
of the programmes. One notices that
a large per cent of the patronage comes
from the Jewish circles.
The rich Jewish women of Chicago do
much toward bettering the condition of
thf-ir less fortunate brothers and sis
ters. There is h-ere now a well estab
lished Hebrew loan association oper
ated by them and its success has been
wonderful. Only a few of the loans
have proven losses and it is several
years since it was started.
• • •
There is a movement on foot here to
abandon the custom of having
animals in the parks and
money thus saved to hiring good mus'.c
and arranging more flower beds ajid
small lakes on the grounds. Children's
play grounds are also on the list ■ f
improvements suggested.
• • •
The engagement was announced In
Chicago Sunday of Miss ETIla Byers
Clerihew, daughter of Mr. and Mr- v
M. Clerihew, of Minneapolis, to Anson
Clarence Morgan, of Highland Park.
« • •
Among the St. Paul people here for
the opera were Mr. and Mrs. Valentine
J. Rothschild, who are guests of Coi.
and Mrs. D. J. Haynes, and Miss Grace
K. Haviland, 2944 Indiana avenue.
Mrs. William Tucker is also in tB •
city and was entertained last week at
a reception given by Mrs. Madison B.
Kennedy, 3656 Michigan avenue.
Miss Harriet Stuart, of St. Paul, is
the guest of Miss Magee, 1289 Fifty
thirrl street. She was bridesmaid at
the Hammond-Magee weddimg.
• » »
Sibyl Wilbur is on the Journal,
where she has occupied a position for
about a year. Her style of writing has
improved decidedly and she shakes
hands with a grip that drives the rings
into your fingers on either side.
— Louise Taylor.
NO FEAR OF CEATH.
The I'niqne Request Made hy a Cap
italist of Ohio.
KENTON', 0., Feb. 2."". -James M.
White, the capitalist, is dead. Deceased
some time ago built an immense mau
soleum and fitted It up elegantly, and
directed that his friends should come
there and play cards and enjoy them
selves after his death, adding that he
could not take a hand, but he would
be with them, anyway.
He was a thirty-second degree Ma
son, having been a member of that or
der for fifty-two years. The members
of that fraternity from all parts of the
state will attend £ls funeral Monday.
He leaves a large estate to two daugh
ter*.