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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-12

WOMAN WRAPPERS.
79c. One lot nice
braid trimmed Percale
Wrappers.
CSC. 20 doz. fIeeced
line deep flounce trim
med.
Sl.26. Another ship
ment those desirable
2 erCale Wrappers,
braid and flOunCe.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-12

WOMAN'S PETTICOATS
AND KNEE SKIRTS.
csc. One lot black
Italian cloth UNDER
skirts, deep flounce.
$l.OO. this week we
will offer you 10 doz.
high colored UNDER
skirts at Sl.OO and
knit knee skirts. 25c,
75C, $l.OO, $l.25 and
Sl.9S.
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capltal which had been invested In the
Collins line was transferred TO the In
man line, for years one Of the most sue
cessful. and II subsequently became the
American line.
The Scotia, the last paddle-wheel
steamer built for the Cunard line, was
the first to make the passage In less
than nine days, her time being days
3 hours in 1868. The City Of Brussels
Of the Inman line brought 1t under
eight days in 1869, with record of z
days % hours and 3 minutes. The sew
en-day limit was reduced by the Alaska
of the Gulon line, which crossed In q
days % hours In 1882. The City of
Paris of the Inman line, afterward the
Paris Of the American line, reduced II
under six days. making the westward
passage In days 10 hours and Is min
utes in 1880 The Lucania Of the
Cunard line holds the present record OF
days hours and % minutes.
The Southampton record is held by
the big Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse OF
the North German Lloyd line, which re
duced the westward time to days IL
hours and 10 minutes on her last voy
age to this port, which ended last week
She covered 3,049 knots at an average
speed of 22.0S knots an hour.
But the present-day ship must look t
her laurels, for the blgness Of th'
Oceanic proclaims her speed. Certainl.
great things may be expected from he
powerful engines.
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Value OF a Laugh.

The value Of a good-natured laugh
may be rated low by some people, but
many writer's have attested Its worth
In no measured terms.
1t is not surprising that the merry
Charles Lamb should have said, ~
laugh is worth a hundred groans IN
any MARKET" but from the lips Of the
somber Carlyle one Is scarcely prepar-
ed to hear, mo man who has once
heartily and wholly laughed can be al
together or irreclaimably bad"
1t was Douglas Jerrold who boldly
stated that "What was talked of as the
golden chain of Jove was nothing but
a succession of laughs, chromatiC
scale Of merriment reaching from
earth to Olympus"
Il am persuaded" wrote Lawrence
Sterne, "that every time man smiles
but much more so when he laughs
It adds something to his fragment OF
life"
Last Of all comes the verdict Of DIR
Holmes, given with lis own inimitabl'
humor: "The riotous tumult of laugh
| take 1t, is the mob law of the tea
lures, and propriety the maglstrat
who reads the riot act"
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OyEFER. 2. STceyE5


lcebergs sometimes last for two hun
dred years.
Gunpowder dates from A. d. 340,
while smokeless gunpowder dates back
to 1845.
What are known as "tidal waves"
have nothing to do with the tides, but
are supposed to be caused by earth
quakes. They do not, therefore, appear
at regular intervals.
The ancient Egyptians used saws. In
a private tomb at Thebes one was dis
covered with several other carpenters
tools. The blade Is of brass, a little
over 10 inches long and Ia inches wide.
There are so many languages spoken
in the provinces of Austria Hungary
that Interpreters are employed In the
various parliaments to interpret sreech.
es of the delegates and make them in
telligible to all the members.
Mr.. Gladstone was prime minister
four times for a total period of twelve
years and 337 days; Disraell, In two
administrations, served six years, 35a
days; Salisbury has served already
more than twelve years
Siamese women intrust their chill
dren to the care of elephants, which
are careful never to hurt the little crea
lures, and If danger threatens the sa
gacious animal will curl the child gen
tly up in his trunk, and swing it uI
out Of harms way upon its own broad
back.
The first railroad In America wai
constructed in 1o31-a four-mile tract
from the Quincy quarries to the Ne
ponset River. 1t was made to trans
port stone for the Bunker Hill Monu
ment, the granite being conveyed b!
boat from the Neponset wharf across
the harbor.
The six largest cities In the worl'
are London, with population estl
mated at six million; New York, witt
about 3,500,O00; Paris, with abou
100000; Chicago, about 100000
Berlin, about as many; Canton, pei
haps 100000, or Vienna, with abou
100000.
At Astl, in California, last year,
cistern 104 feet long by "a feet wild
and "a feet deep was formed In hill
side for the storage of wine. The in
. mense tank was lined with concret
two feet thick and coated inside wit
glaze as impermeable as glass. TIL
capacity Of the tank is 100000 gallons
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be fed with asses milk. The lady spoke
to native officer of the district, and
receiving a satisfactory reply drove
with a man-servant to the station
where the ass was to be in waiting.
To her amazement there, tied to a
post, all ready to be MIXED, stood a
huge she bear. 1t seems that In the
native dialect, the words ass and bear
are so nearly alike as to be scarcely
distinguishable in the mouth of a Eu-
ropean.
A variation of the milk problem was
presented to f. G. Jackson, the Arctic
explorer, when he found and adopted
the infant cub of a polar bear. There
seemed no way to feed the poor little
beast until Mr.. Jackson hit upon the
following ingenious method:
Taking a bit of sponge, he covered
1t with chamois leather and fastened 1t
to a rubber tube which had previously
been inserted in bottle. Fixed into
the cork of this bottle was a piece of
glass tubing through which air might
be blown to make the milk run freely.
The cub took to the bottle like any
other baby, and sucked away In most
ravenous fashion, with a contented
look upon her face, as If the last of her
troubles were ended.
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Old sumptuarY Laws,

The sumptuary laws that were pass.
ed In the Middle Ages are quite for
eign to the spirit and temper of the
nineteenth century. They aimed at
keeping each within his proper sphere,
by fixing limits to the expenditure of
citizens upon apparel and other per-
sonal concerns. A complete. schedule
of the clothing that should be worn In
every class of society was prescribed
in the act of the third year of Ed
ward ~. Q464). Apparently an ex-
cess in attire sprang up that had not
been provided for In this act, for an
other one followed in the ensuing year.
prohibiting the wearing Of shoes with
long-peaked toes. The pictures of the
people of the Ellzabethan age depict
what many would consider an artistic
taste in apparel, but which was looked
upon at that time as an excess, and
called for a proclamation q5S0) against
broad ruffs. long clOaks and swords,
and long spikes ON the bosses of shields.
The Cornhill.
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nARp HAUL AcRoss AERIoA.

John Thorburn's Novel and successfui
Journey In the Dark Continent.
Sixteen hundred miles across the
wilds Of Africa, where the foot OF CIV
llzed man had never hitherto trod, Is
an experience that presents dangers
and difficulties enough Of Its own 10
discourage almost any ordinary man.
But to haul a steam craft that distance
with the aid Of two companions OF ms
own race and a handful of ignorant
natives without the ordinary resources
of modern science Is the feat accom-
pllshed successfully by John Thorburn'
an African pioneer, who has recently
arrived In London. This Is only one OF
series OF notable accomplishments
and experiences through which Thor
burn has passed In his thirty years
life In the wilds of Africa.
Thorburn is a Scotchman by blrtn'
who emigrated to the Transvaal some
thirty years ago. He had steamer on
the Vaal River, and made considerable
money trading with the natives. Ma
ture, however, consipred against him,
and the Vaal, after successive dry sea-
sons, was completely dried up. Unde-
TERED by the dangers of the undertak-
Ing, Thorburn at once determined 10
take the boat across country to the
waters Of Delagoa Bay, a distance OF
1000 miles.
The boat was thirty-seven feet long
but was loaded on wagon drawn by
eighteen oxen. Its engines were dis
posed of on a similar vehicle, and the
journey was begun. II led through
perfect wilderness, much of which hat
never been trodden by man. Roads
were cut through this and wagons
drawn along as rapidly as possible
Numerous mishaps failed to discourag,
the indomltable will of the Scotchman
and after encountering forest fires
which all but destroyed the little party
and being deserted by all his nativ'
helpers, he successfully reached Della
goa Bay with his charge.
In the Transvaal Thorburn was int
mately associated with two note'
characters. One was John O'Reilly
who was responsible for the discover.
Of the diamond mines Of South Africa
and the other was Hans de Beers, VIII
owned two of the most famous mine
Of South Africa, the De Beers and tn
Kimberley. O'Reilly's discovery wa
due to the accidental play Of a littl
girl with a bright river stone. He pun
chased the stone from the girls pal
ents, saying he thought he could Sc
II for a good price, and would retur
her one-half of the proceeds. This h
did, realizing $1,000 on the sale. Hal
he returned to her, the rest he used
purchase ground in South Africa
which to exploit his find.
De Beers sold his diamond interei
for an Insignificant sum. He knew {
the immense value of the ground, bl
did not wish to be bothered with IL
wealth, only taking enough to ket
him for the remainder Of his days
quiet and obscurity. He died event
ally in Thorburn's own cottage.
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RECENT INVENTIONS.

Broken rudders on ships at sea can
be replaced by Canadians Temporal
~ steering device, which congresses a
set of brackets shaped to fit portions
Of the hull, with guy ropes for holding
them In position, the rudder frame be-
ing carried by the brackets.
TO insure the retention Of a waist
belt at the top of the trousers n new
attachment is formed of wire loops
secured to the under surface of the
belt, with an obstructed opening at one
end of the loop which can be slipped
over the buttons on the bands of the
trousers.
Fore and aft sails on boats can be
rapidly reefed by a Boston mans In
yention, In which the boom Is fitted
In socket on the mast and provided
with a gear wheel, meshing with a
wheel attached to a crank shaft, the
action of turning the crank winding
up the sail on the boom.
Train orders can be delivered to the
engineer while the train is under higf
speed by the use of new order-hold
Ing device, which has wire loop witt
clamp on one side to grip the mes
sage, a socket being provided to hold
the loop in position, to be easily de
taehed by the engineer.
A Canadian has patented a bulletiI
board which does away with the neces
sity for pasting the dispatches, th'
surface of the board being covere'
with a series of wires fitted on |
frame at the sides. the dispatch beini
held on the board by drawing th
frame back to stretch the wires II
| place.
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GAMBLER PRINCE OF MEXICO
Pays $1,000 Day License aud Has
Made So ),OOO,OOO Profits.

Made ~ ),OOOtOOO frOntn.
Mexico has a Monaco which outdoes
the sensational marvels of Monte Car
10. This gambling palace is situated In
the center of the City of Mexico, at No.
2 Gante street. Its proprietor and
manager, Don Felipe Martel, is no
only a self-made prince, but a phenom-
enal character.
For Don Felipe is not only the king
of gamblers, but a deyout churchman
and the chief backer Of the municipal
treasurer. Mexico City Is almost de
pendent upon this one citizen.
Marte was rich man before the
Mexican Government decided to abol
lsh gambling houses. Many influential
Mexicans objected so seriously to the
absolute stopping of their favorlte pas
time that the authorities thought they
would achieve clever compromise by
demanding from every gambling resort
a daily license tax of $1,000.
No one supposed that the gambling
spirit would be strong enough to rise
above this obstacle. This proved to be
the case, and one by one the gambling
houses closed their doors.
When the field was clear Don Felip.
Martel approached the authorities with
$1,000 in cash and demanded n days
license. In few hours his place was
thronged. At single stroke he hat
won the patronage Of Mexico, and his
doors have never been closed since
The daily outlay of 1000 is not missed
from the daily revenue of thousands
1t is not remarkable that Don Eel
ipe's personal fortune should hav,
reached $20,000,000 in spite of his con
stant lavish expenditure. His chic
establishment is as glitterlngly ap
pOlntedas palace. LlverIed attendant
minister to guests. and refreshment
and cigars are served at the hosts ex
pense. Mexlcans find no amusemen
more allurlng than a visit to No.
Gante street
Don Felipe's strong religious tender
cles are so well known that nobod
was surprised when he built recent
In the village of San Angel churc
that cost more than $4,000. The poo
people of the vicinity, and many Of th
rich as well, have come to regard hiI
as fairy prince. His own style of liv
ing encourages this belief. The Mart,
mansion, In Mexico City, is a magnii
cent affair, constantly filled wit
guests. A curious feature is that
contains forty wlndows-the numb,
of cards In the Mexican deck.
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ROYAL PastImes.

A St. Petersburg society paper states
that the Gear and Czarina when alone
take keen delight hi cutting out carica-
lures Of themselves from foreign Jour-
nails, and pasting them ON the white
walls Of one of the rooms of the palace.
They laugh like children over the long
procession of ridiculous figures.
In the palace at Osborne there Is a
nursery used by the little Battenberg
princes, In which the dado Is decorated
by a series of absurd pictures In cray
on done by their father, Prince Henry,
| for their amusement.
Queen Victoria In her younger dayi
was fond Of weaving, and found great
amusement in the use of loom. At the
Centennial Exposition In Phlladelphis
a fine cambric> handkerchief and 6
damask napkin of exquisite desigr
were exhibited by the Queen as spect
mems of her skill.
The Princess Louise is an exper
draughtswoman and sculptress. AL
the Queens daughters are fond o.
sketching, and show more or less skill
The Princess of Wales finds her amuse
ment In photography. She often devel
ops and mounts her pictures with grea
patience and nicety.
Queen Margherita Of Italy Is a fear
less mountain climber, and although 1
heavily built woman of middle age de
lights In walking long distances.
The young Queen Of the Netherland
Is fond of poultry, and has large collec
tions of chickens of fancy breeds nea
her summer palace.
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GREAT SHIP OCEANIC.
LATEST OF MONSTER ATLANTIC
STEAMSHIPS
.~-~~ a.
Evolution In Naval Construction
Since Launch of the First Oceanic
History of Transatlantic Maritime
DeveIopment Of the Century.

The new steamship Oceanic Of the
White Star Line has broken ell mari
time records and her appearance on
the Atlantic marks an epoch IN the
history of ocean steamship building
The advent commentaries develop
ment of upward Of eighty years. Inc
Oceanic Is the largest steamship IN the
world, larger even than that tabled
failure, the Great Eastern. The enor-
nous dimensions of the Oceanic ap-
peal to the Imagination. She Is an un-
precedented feat In engineering, but
aside from this her appointments are
on scale of magnlficence made posi-
BILE only by her size. This Is concealed
largely by her graceful line. The Great
Eastern, with her great height above
the water line and her enormous paddle
boxes, looked more than her size, while
IN the Oceanic the long, trim foreeastle
deck and poop turtleback deck and the
central arrangement Of the deckhouses,
all tend to relieve her Of the appear
ance of mere bulk. The Great lastern's
length was 601 feet The Oceanic's Is
704 feet. The formers light draught
was IS feet; the later's is % feet. The
respective dlsplacements are 1884
tons and 12,5O0 tons, and when laden
it is estimated that the Oceanic will
weigh 2S,000 tons, as against the Great
Eastern's 25,000 tons. The Oceanic IL
well able to steam 23,400 knots at cruls
ing speed twelve knots an hour with
out coaling, or about the earth's glrdle
Her saloon is 80 feet by GA feet and
feet high, with dome in the center
OF great beauty. Some Of the state
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-13

rooms are 13 feet 6 inches by 0 feet and
the vessel surpasses the widest concep-
tions of Jules Verne's FLOATING CITY,"
Her speed on her trial trip was twenty
three knots.
The main saloon viii accommodate
B5O passengers at one sitting. Ihere is
accommodation for 410 first-clas 300
second-class and 1000 thlrd-e.ass pas
sengers. Besides the transients, ne
vessel will carry 800 In the crew, and
when filed, In the season, she VIII have
on board 2,100 souls. Used as trans
MORT the Oceanic could accommodate an
army Of 10000 men.
The first steamship to cross the At
lantic was the Savannah; an American
shin built at Corlears Hook, on the East
River. and launched Aug. %, 1878. She
was originally built for sailing packet
between New York and Liverpool, but
was purchased before completion by
William Scarborough & Co., of Savan-
nah and fitted with machinery.
The paddle wheels were so construct
ed as TO fold up and be stored on deck
In stormy weather; the wheel was IN
closed in canvas held In place by iron
rims. Her model was considered line
and her passenger accommodations
were thought elegant.
She went to Savannah in 1919 and
loft that port for Liverpool May 26
1910. She arrived In twenty-five days
having used her engine for fourteen
days. She then went to st. Peters
burg, returning to Savannah in Novem
Der. 1919. Her machinery was after
wards taken out and she was convert
ed into a sailing packet. She ran some
time between New York and Savannah
finally running ashore on Long Island
She was Of $50 tons burden.
The first ship to cross the Atlantic
propelled all the way by steam was th'
Royal william, Canadian boat, bull
I'm 1888. Within the next decade tn
first iron trans Atlantic steamship wal
launched In England. This was tn
Great Britain, the forerunner OF tn
Great Eastern, and designed by tn
same engineer, Brunei. This ship wa
provided with screw propeller an
crossed the sea In fifteen days at a
average speed of nine knots an hour.
II was the famous Cunard line whic
first established regular trans-Atlar
tic service with regular dates Of de
parture. The Britannia, the first of tn
four ships, left Liverpool on her mai(
en- trip ON July 4, 1910, and reache
Boston on July 10. The Cunard Lin
made such lnroads on the business
the American packets that Congress
impelled by the clamor Of American p'
triotism, granted a subsidy TO e, /
Collins, of New York, for an America
line between this port and Lverpoo
The new vessels were swlfter and MOI
elegant than the Cunarders, and, lii
the sailing ships of the old Collins lin
won many laurels. The Cunard vesse
stopped calling at Halifax, but In spi
of this were easily beaten by the
American competitors. The Pacific, I
the new line, made the passage fro
New York TO Liverpool In less than te
DAYS. her time in May, 1851, being
days 20 hours and 16 minutes. I'll
next year the Atlantic crossed in da,
@ hours and is minutes. The line, hoy
ever, wound up with disaster. III
Arctic was sunk by a collision In 1S'
and went down with $40 souls. III
Pacific left Liverpool the next year al
vas never heard from. The Americs
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odd-looking words that are used now
and then in the news reports from the
sturdy little republic. 1t would also
enable one TO pronounce these words as
they should be enunclated.
Dutch dipthongs are not given the
same sounds as their equivalents In
English. The double "o' for instance
in Dutch has the same sound as 20 In
Rome while the dipthong zoe" is pro-
nounced by the Dutch as we pronounce
100" in boot. The English pronuncia-
tion Of these two dipthongs Is the re-
verse Of that given them by those who
speak Dutch. And "ou" has the sound
of low" in owl. The sound of ''ui" is
nearly like that of the English 10Y In
boy. The Dutch double "aa' is the
same as the English "a" in war. AS
there is no ~" in Dutch its place is TAX
en- by III" which is sounded as ~" in
defy.
If one, therefore, would pronounce
Dom Paul properly he would say it as
IL 1t were spelled "Ome Powl." The
family name Of Gen. Joubert would for
the same reason be pronounced as II 1t
were spelled "Yowbert." The word
Boer is pronounced by the Afrikander
as IL it were of two syllables; the first
long and the second short thus: boo
err" The plural is not "Boers." 1t is
"Boeren," and 1t Is pronounced "Boo,
er-eh," because the final M is slurred.
Here are some of the Dutch words
that are oftenest in print in connection
with the news of the Transvaal and
their pronunciation and meaning:
Bloemfonteln (bloom- -fon-tinel.. l........F Flower
fountain.
Boer (boo-er1 .....; Farmer
Buitenander (boy Foreigner
Burgerregt (buhr-ker-rek0 ,..... idzenship
| Burgerwacht (buhr-ker-VokO....... .Cltlzen
soldiery.
Jonkherr (yunk- -hare). Member OF the Volks-
raad; gentleman.
| Dom tomel ..........s.......s. Uhcle
Raad trahd) .................... Senate
Rsadsheer trahds-harel ........... Senator
Raadhuls (rahd-hoys) ......... Senate house
Rand trahnt) .................M Margin; edge
Staat tstahD .................. state
staatkunde istaht-kuhn del ........ Politics
Staatsraad tstahts rahd) Council of State
Stemmer tstemmer) ......... Voter; elector
Transvaal (trons-fahD ..... Circular valley
Trek ttreck) ..............Dr .Draught; journey
Trekken (treek.enl ...... to draw; to travel
Trekpaard (treckpahrd) ....... Draft horse
Tit tOyD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. out; out OF
Uitlander (oyt-lont-er) ........... Foreigner
Vaal (fahn .................. Valley
: Vaderlandsllefde (fah-ter-onts-leefte te) Love
of ones country; patriotism.
Weld (felO ..............Fi Field; open land:
Veldheer (felt-hare) General; commandani
Veldwachter (felt-vock-ter Rural guard
Volksraad (fulks rahd) -. Lower House Of
Congress.
Voorregt (fore-rekb -. Franchise; privilege
Vreemdellng (frame-da-lingl ...... .Strangel
{ Witwatersrand (vit-vot-tersronu -. Margin
of the white water.
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Pretoria, the capital OF the South At
rican republic, is named in honor OF It's
first President, Pretorius, who led the
Dutch In the great trek, or journey, out
Of Cape Colony sixty years ago and into
the Transvaal to escape the dominion
of England. johannesburg Is easily
translated into English, as Johnstown.
Tie term "Afrlkander" is used to des-
ignate the Dutch from the other white
people Of South Africa.
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Johnny" called the Throop street
lady, run around to the cigar store and
see II the scores In yet"
"I'm surprised" remarked her Wis.
itor, ito see you take SO much interest
In baseball. l don't even understand
the game"
Neither do l, dear. But you see
want to ask George for little pin
money. If the Chicago team won, I'll
ask him the minute he gets in the door.
If they lost, I'll ask him tomorrow, or
maybe the day after"
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ohadieu+ 20 tie Letter.

Bobbie's mamma-Now, mind, Bob
by, If they pass you the cake a second
time at the party, you must say, mo,
thanks, I've had plenty" and don't you
forget it.
Hostess, at the party-Won't Bobbie
have some more cakef
Bobbie (who hasn't forgotten)-Nope,
thanks. I've had enough. an don't you
fergit it!-Cleveland Plain Dealer.