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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

AKRON. o., Nov. l6.-The pottery
men of this section of the country have
been holding another meeting here IN
furtherance of their scheme to organize
a combination.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16
Three Bite. by a shark.

]. Morris and Loren Hill relate a pc
culiar experience with tarpou and an
immense shark near Punta Gorda.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16
New YORK, Nov. Is.

WHEAT-Spot market firm: No. rel. 73c
I. 0. b. afioat spot; No. northern Dlluth.
!otac L o. b. afioat to arrive; No. rel ~;
in elevator; No. hard Duluth. 1si5c E. o. D.
af.oat spot.
CORN-Spot market easy No. .. 4)t f. u. b.
afoat and 39l6 in elevator
OATS-Spos market quiet.
CATTLE-Market slow and iVGI5c lower:
10 cars. half OF which was rough stuff, unsoid
Steers. s4.oHg5lJ ID: oxen and stays. S2.O0G5UD:
bulls. s2.2.GpLl5: cows Sl.5G g4UO
SHEEP AND A8iBS-Markct for sheep
slow; lambs opened steady to firm: closed l0c
OF. Sheep. s2.5Jg400; culls. SIPS: lambs,
s45Ega.5J: Canadian lambs. s5.S5(05.60: oulls,
s35a94l
HOGS-Market slow at sAaO1l 20: choice
Light state hogs, $3.50,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16
HOBART WAS RESTING EASILY.
He Was Muri, Gricvei 1T Major Logan's
Dt.it In.

PATTERSON, y. j., Nov. l6.-Vice
President hobart last niyht was res ting
easily lie has eaten solid food for some
days now
He WAS very much grieved to learn of
the death OF Major Logan i'll battle.
They Were personal friends and at
Washington the major was at many of
the social functions given by the Ho-
OartS
The Republican., 1899-09-28
HOW TO PACK APPLES.
Do Not Try to Deceive the Public by
Placing Sound Fruit Top,
Bad at the Bottom.

Country shippers and packers of ap-
pies should make it point to pack their
fruit honestly; that is, have the fruit.
run alike all through the barrel, says
the Chicago Trade Bulletin. Do not
endeavor to cause deception by placing
good, sound, large fruit on the top and
bottom of the barrel, and fill in the
middle with a lot of gnarly wormy and
decayed fruit. 1t does not pay The
deception is easily detected upon in
vestigation, and merchants do not care
to have fraud practiced upon them,
neither do they care to practice it upon
their customers.
Full regulation-sized barrels should
be used. Take the barrel, one head out,
nail the hoops, and break off the ends
3e tie nails at the inside; place layer
or tier of apples, good and uniform
size, smooth, bright, healthy, as close
ly as possible, stems downward, on the
lower end, then fill up a basketful at
a time, throwing out small, wormy,
gnarly and windfall apples, and shak-
ing the barrel well after each deposit
until it is full two inches above the
rim; place the head squarely on the
apples, and with a screw or lever press
force it into place and nail securely.
Turn over the barrel and mark name
of apple with red or black lead, or
stencil. Bear in mind that, to be
shipped safely, fruit must be packed
tight, to prevent rafting or bruising.
In shipping apples the first of the
season - early varieties - shippers
should see that openings are cut on the
side of the barrels and also in both ends,
to admit of free circulation of air,
which will greatly help to bring apples
through in good condition during warm
weather.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
KEEP ROADS CLEAN.
WeII-kept Roadside Will Add
Many Dollars to the Value of
Rural Property.

1t is an old and true saying that what
Is every mans business is no mans
business. There is no place where the
truth of this is more noticeable than
In the manner in which the roads are
left to grow up to trash and weeds,
when a few hours work would keep
them clean. No matter how neat a
farmer may be, or how tidy he makes
his farm appear, the effect is spoiled so
far as appearance is concerned if the
few feet of public highway between
the roadway and his fence is over
grown by unsightly weeds, brush and
noXious herbage. A neat fence and
well-kept roadside will add many dol.
lars to the value of farm.
Beside the question of neatness there
is another, greater reason which every
man must recognize, but which is uni
versally ignored, why a farmer should
give the road bordering his farm strict
attention. 1t will be difficnlt task, in
deed, as most of us have found to our
cost to keep the thistles, burs and
weeds in the road from scattering their
seeds broadcast over the adjoining
fields. 1t is much easier to keep the
roads clean. AS the roads are fields
where the seed is liable to be sown at
any time, by passing teams, grain or
cattle, constant vigilance is necessary.
But the end gained certainly recon-
penses the labor and care.
"a wise man will make use of any
thing. l will turn disease into COM
modify" said Falstaff. A well-to-do
neighbor of ours uses the weeds and
coarse grass he cuts from the road as
stack bottoms. Where there is any ripe
seed among the cuttings, however, this
might not be best, but the cutting is
usually done too early in the season for
that.-Natioual Rural
The Republican., 1899-09-28
ARROWS.

The saloon is a legalized drunkard
factory.
The saloon is an incubus upon all in
dustry.
In the keen competition of life men
cannot afford to indulge in liquor.
Keeping at it means ultimate success,
only if you keep at it in the right way.
If the saloon is wrong, as all admit,
can any amount of money make it
right?
We want an army brave and true,
For pressing forward in the strife,
For saving men from death to life,
To take the field against the foe.
\ drunken Gebauch and an over
turned lamp caused a confagration in
Dawson, the Klondike capital, destroy
ing millions of dollars worth of prop
erty. This is the second time within a
few weeks that drunken frolic has
laid in ashes this city.
81 figured out years ago." said a
prosperous farmer, that with very
moderate drinking, I'd drink an acre of
good land every year. So quit" Here
is a temperance lecture done up in a
small parcel convenient for handling.
National Advocate.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
TOADS ARE WELCOME.
Long Island Farmers Find That They
Are a Protection to Most
Garden Crops.

Many farmers on Long Island appre-
ciate for the first time this summer
that it pays to encourage the presence
of toads in their vegetable gardens.
Housewives in the suburbs, too, are be-
ginning to welcome them in their cell
lars, as two or three toads in cellar
can dispose of insects more effective
ly than all the patent insect destroy
ers in the market. A Long Island farm
er, who once had a prejudice against
toads, admitted in talking about the
matter last week that he was under
great debt of gratitude to the toads.
Half dozen of the little hoppers
in garden" he says, do wonders in
the way of exterminating insects.
Once | believed that the toads did the
crops harm, and 1 killed them. Now
| know better. | was induced to study
their habits by an acquaintance who
is something of a naturalist, and who
took me to task for killing the little
creatures. l found that [ was waging
war against my best friends. Iencour-
aged them in my garden, and since then
they have saved me many hundreds
ofkE4sSl9rs. A few small insects are
supposed, rightly or wrongly, to be
beneficial to plants, and these the toads
are accused of eating, but the vast num-
Der of injurious insects they destroy
overbalances this hundredfold. The
toads begin to get fat in the fall, and
when the winter comes on they hiber-
nate, coming out again late in the
spring when the worms and insects be-
gin to appear. Some of the toads [
have recognized for several years by
peculiar markings, and l believe they
have some intelligence, and can be
tanned, though l have never tried to
tame one. There is one thing | can
say, however. They have the freedom
of my cellar, garden and fields as they
carry on their good work among the
crops."-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican., 1899-09-28

and, therefore, there must be better di-
gestion, but the great and important
fact is overlooked that it is the active
principle in gastric juice, called pepsin,
that is the digestive agent, and that
the pepsin is thrown out of solution by
alcohol and is, therefore, less capable
of doing its work. Whilst, therefore,
less digestive juice may be made to flow
more quickly, it is doing really less
work in digesting food than if it flowed
at slowerrate. Experiment has shown
that alcohol hardens food and rem
ders it less capable of digestion,
that it retards the absorption of di-
deadens sensation, and reduces the
nervous power of the stomach to a dis
tinctly lower tone.
The notable experiments of DR.. Mon
roe and Drs. Percy and Beddows, all
show that digestion is materially him
derd by alcohol. The experience of
Alexis St. Martin, and the observations
by DR.. Beaumont who had him under
his care, fully confirm these expert
ments. st. Martin had gunshot wound
in the abdomen, and though this healed
it did not entirely close. BY means of
make many wonderful observations of
the action of the digestive juices on
food whilst in the stomach.
Then we have the popular belief that
alcohol can help muscular development,
but this again is an error.
The particular part OF food that is alb
soluetly necessary to the bui4uing up
of muscle tissue is known as nitrogen
Gus food, but alcohol is absolutely de-
ticient in this, for no particle of nitro
genous matter is contained in it. We
are certain, therefore, that alcohol can
not be muscle former.
The Investigations and experiments
of Sir B. W. Richardson point to the
fact that alcohol not only does not
build up muscle, but it really pulls mus
Gle down. BY taking two muscles
from corresponding parts of a freshly
killed frog, placing one in water, the
other in water and alcohol, he found
that the action of the alcohol was al
ways such as to render the muscle much
less able to lift weight when stimu-
lated by a current of electricity than
the one which had been placed in water.
We may be quite sure that to the
healthy body alcohol is entirely I'M
necessary, and often very injurious
w. \. Edwards. +. {. S., in National
Advocate.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most lAtreshing 30 the
taste and acceptable to the system 1t
is the one perfect strengthening iaxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
diSpelling colds, headaches and feveYs
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK NY
For sale by all Druggists.-Price SOC. per bottle.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
An Apology.

Two well-known temperance men Of
Kirkaldy, Scotland, were upset the
oth"' night when returning from a
temperance meeting. In its account
Of the mishap the local paper re-
marked: Fortunately, both gentle
men were sober at the time" Thisre-
mark made them indignant, and they
wrote letter to the editor, saying So.
Whereupon the editor kept up his end
by printing this apology in the next is
sue of the paper: "Messrs. -- and
- demand an apology for our having
stated that at the time of their acci-
dent they were both sober We have
pleasure in withdrawing our observe
ton"
The Republican., 1899-09-28

ing, for any unevenness in successive
lengths of tile is quite sure to cause a
deposit of sediment and a consequent
clogging of the drain. Where so much
expense is undergone in opening
trench for the laying of tile, to say
nothing of the tile itself, it seems a
great pity to have a small mistake
made in laying the tile which may soon
destroy its usefulness altogether.
Thousands and thousands of rods of
drain tile are laid every year, the cost
of which is almost wholly lost through
so small a factor as the irregular lay
Ing of the sections one section not
having the same slope as its next
neighbor thus causing halting in the
flow of water, which is sure to cause, in
its turn, a deposit of earthly particles
that are held in suspension by the wa
ter. Though such deposit may scarce
ly be appreciable at first, it amounts to
great deal in the course of a year, and
the pipe is all too soon out of order and
must be taken up.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican., 1899-09-28

SOME COMMON ERRORS.
views Held in Regard to Alcohol
Shown by Study to Be without
Il Shadow of Truth.

The various forms of strong drink in
common use have a splendid character
with many people. The working man
thinks a great deal about his beer, and
believes that he gets strength and vigor
from its use to enable him to do his
hard work; that he is warmed by it,
that it is almost as good as food, and
that it brings him cheer and comfort.
The business men, and those in the bet
ter stations of life, think that wine is a
good thing, they look upon its use as a
sign of hospitality, they imagine that
it gives them energy and vigor, and that
life would be very dull if they did not
have this particular thing to drive away
their cares and worries, and help them
to lead a pleasant time.
a close study of the question reveals
the fact that, as a beverage. strong
drink is a mistake from every point of
view.
A very common error is the belief
that alcohot IS nerve reStorer, a Tonlc,
or a ''pick-mc-up," that can revive and
pull together the lost and scattered en-
truth is tha. alcohol is q narcotiter and
a nerve paralyzer. Its work is that of
deadening sensation, and of lessening
sensibility. Hence the popular belief
arises that because the body is less
capable of feeling and less able to per
ceive, that certain amount of restora-
tion is going on.
Pain may be deadened, and grief and
care may be drowned, but that does
not mean that we are being made more
able to stand against these things.
Very delicate experiments have been
made to show that even small quanti-
ties of alcohol lessen in some degree
our Derceptive powers. The amount of
alcohol contained in a quarter of pint
of beeris very small, but it can be shown
that the faculties of seeing, feeling and
precision are distinctly lessened by this
amount.
A man taking a lot of strong drink
becomes dead drunk" that is, he is in
capable of seeing, feeling, hearing,
smelling or tasting. The whole of his
nerves are asleep, narcotized by alco-
hol The man is dead to all that is go
ing on around him. The question arises,
when did this paralyzing of the brain
and nerves begin. 1t began with the
first glass. This necessarily follows. 1t
might have been Impossible to tell by
any test that the first glass had done
any harm, but number of glasses do
the harm, and the first one must have
contributed its quota.
Another common error is the bekef
that alcohol is an aid to digestion. Here
again the drinker is trusting to feeling
rather than to fact.
Alcohol, like anything else passing
into the stomach, causes a flow of gas
trio juice, and the inference has been
made that if alcohol makes gastric
juice flow, because Of it's irritant action
on the lining of the stomach, there must
be more of the digestive fluid present,
The Republican., 1899-09-28
A MODERN INSTANCE.

Who said Jim's dead?
1 guess there's some mistake.
1t don't seem moren six months age.
An 'taint above a year, know,
That L bid him good-by, an said to him:
Lets take a drink fer friendship, Jim.
Just one fer the old times sake"
Jim shook his head, n said
He he'd never teched drop;
That he'd promised his mother he wouldn't
drink,
An he lowed she'd cry, N what 'ud she
think
If she knewed he had broke his word had
Jim,
An she lovin' N trustin' him,
An Jim her support an prop.
But laffed n chaffed,
m called him some names, ye see,
M lowed that such fraidies wa Mt worth
no price,
That he wouldn't be likely to cut much ice
If he hadn't more man inside of his clothes
The Republican., 1899-09-28
BROAD TIRES BEST.
They Run just as Easy on Smooth
ROnds and Great Deal Easier
on Bad Ground.

Broad tires are better than narrow
ones in every respect. On smooth
road a broad tired wagon will run Just
as easy as narrow-tired one, and on
roads little muddy great deal easier.
The narrow tire will make rut more
or less deep, while the broad tire will
fatten out and pack the ground, and
so make a better road.
Out in the fields, also, the broad tire
is superior. A narrow one cuts down
deep if the ground is soft, and leaves
rut to run over with the mower or
binder. 1t also cuts deep enough to
kill out whatever grain may be planted
in the field. The wider tire, while
cutting in some, does not go nearly so
deep, and the grain may be simply
mashed and is likely to rise up and
grow.
In countries where there is a great
deal of snow the people wear wide
snowshoes to keep them from sinking
into the snow. The same principle may
be applied to wagon tires. The wider
they are the less they will sink. OF
course, tires must not be too wide. If
they are they are liable to be heavy and
clumsy. From four to six inches is
wide enough for general purposes.
So, summing up, we have this: Wide
tires are better than narrow ones be-
cause they keep the roads in better
condition, do not cut up the fields so
much, are not SO liable to kill out a
crop, run just as easy on smooth roads
and a great deal easier on bad ground.
Pierre Van Sickle, in Farmers Advo.
cate.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
A WRECKED LIFE.
The PitiabIe DeRth-Bcd Scene of a
Woman Whose Career Had Been
BliShted by Strong Drink

Suggestive and sad beyond express
sion were the dyirF hours of a wretch
ed woman in New York city the other
day. She had been beautiful in her
time, but had chosen. with a sister, to
lead what the newspapers call "a gay
life" in this country and Europe, and
like all others who follow this path had
come at last to broken. miserable and
friendIess condition. an abject slave to
drink as well as other evil passions.
Two years ago the sister died a drunk
ard, and left the survivor the sum of
$4,000. This only FASTENED the end.
As her last hours approached, neigh
Dor who had learned of her feeble con-
ditiOn sent for doctor. When he came
the woman said to him: They
shouldn't have sent for you, doctor.
There's no use of incurring this eX-
pense. I know l am going to die and
| want to die. My sister died a drunk,
ard. and | am going in the same way.
For the past two years, doctor. | have
done nothing but drink. | have let out
this house here and others that l own.
and Just lived in one fiat and another,
spending my days and nights in drink
ing. It's nearly over now, and all l
want is to he left alone" After this
her only plea was for more drink. 'Oh,
give me- she said, "a pint of beer be
fore | go!" Such Il picture of the awful
degradation wrought by drink and
vicious living calls for no comment.
ness and horror of such an ending
Christian Work
The Republican., 1899-09-28
LAYING TILE DRAINS.
To Secure Satisfactory Results This
Work Must BE Done Carefully
and scientifically.

The cut shows a way to keep the tiles
in a drain perfectly even on the bottom.
This keeps earth in suspension in the
water from settling in the irregulari-
ties of the tiles. Take narrow strip OF
board and nail two strips along the
sides, so the tile will just fit in between
them. Successive strips of boards
treated in this way will give a row OF
tiles that lie perfectly even from one
end to the other. This condition is ons
of the necessities in successful tile-lay'
The Republican., 1899-09-28

A general who was conducting war in A
distant island wrote to the agricultural de-
partment of his government to ship him a
ton of acorns When asked what he in.
tended to do with them he replied:
There is no shade in our trenches. and
the troops suffer from heat. A growth of
large oaks will add much to the comfort
He would have said more. but his atten-
ton was arrested by burst of song from
a neighboring jungle
All he sighed, that is a round robinl''
And he walked sadly away.-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
IMPRovIsED WATERING CART.

the water, or liquid, is placed in cart
and driven alongside the rows. A man
walks alongside and directs the stream
from the rubber tube upon each plant
in succession. The liquid flows of itself
from the barrel, because the tube acts
as u siphon, the nozzle Of the tube be-
ing kept below the level of the water
in the barrel.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
To California vim the Midland Route,


through Tourist Car for San Francisco,
carrying first and second-class passengers,
leaves the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St Paul
Railway Union Passenger Station, Chicago,
via Omaha, Colorado Springs and Salt Lake
City. with stoR-over privileges at Salt Lake
Ctty), for all points in Colorado, Utah,
Nevada and California.
The Tourist Car berth rate from Chicago
to San Francisco is only $500, and the sleep
ing car berths should be reserved a few
days in advance of departure of train
Through tickets and sleeping car accom-
modations can be secured from any agent
in the east, or by applying at the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Depot or Cuy Tick
ct Offices in Chicago.
Send for our free illustrated California
folders. Address Geo. II. Hcafford, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago. III.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
MarYIand Is waking I'm.

Under 4ecent act of the Maryland
general assembly, theshighway division
of the Maryland geological survey is
collecting information concerning the
present condition and methods OF
maintenance of the state highways, and
are testing in their laboratory the rocks
from all portions of the state in order
to learn their relative values for road
purposes.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
r Jim gave in, did Jim,

N Jim gave in, did Jim,
M drunk quick, m held his breath.
I said: Here's luck to ye, old fCl,
N Jim said: Better say luck to -"
Well,
Inever had heard Jim swear afOre;
Then he went like shot outside the door,
With a face white n scared death.
Who said Jim dead?
I guess there's some mistake.
Drunk? Killed a woman crossin' the
track?
His mother? Run his engine smack
Into an open switch, m then
Was killed himself n the fireman?
Mighty quick work things make.
Sorry fer Jim, fer him
IN me was sorter chums one time.
I low that Jim got swamped on drink
N yet he want the feler you'd think
That 'ud so to eXtremes--but one can't tell,
Just a year ago, | remember well,
Jim thought drink was bad a crime!
s. B. McManus. in Rams Horn.
The Republican., 1899-09-28
WATERING PLANTS.
COntrivance Illustrated in Cut Is
Especially Adapted for Use by
Market Gardeners.

Where it is necessary to water large
numbers of plants, or put liquid manure
upon them, the contrivance shown in
the cut can well be used. A barrel of
The Republican., 1899-09-28

They were transforming in Arizona
"Alas! we must sta,.ve, walled the PENN.
less heroine. The wolf is already at the
door. Instantly the sympathetic audience
drew siX-shooters. Let him N. lady" said
the ,spokcsman; ''thar's bounty ov 81 on
wolf scalps in this state an We'll git it fur
you. Philadelphia Il cord.
The Republican., 1899-09-28

Lariat Luke-"WeIl how did Pilferin'
Pete swing off," Mexican Mike-"Say,
there's a cuckoo. lie kicked about the
quality of the rope an about the way the
Eoose was tied-said he wanted flowers an
a ,quartette at the funeral, an when Cayuse
Charley went near to see ef he wuz dead,
Pete tried to kick him. Ohio State Jour,
nal.
The Republican., 1899-09-28

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or
New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun
ions, Swollen, Smarting, Hot, Callous, Sore,
Stores sell 1t, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, n. Y.