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

mind when he is heiug buried alive ann
could not move hand or foot TO all in
tents and purposes lay there like unr
dead. outwardis unconscious. inward,
alive and full of strange. wild sensations.
My eyes wei. still shut. '1ny hands
were still resting !ifelessiy upon the arms
of the chair. my feet were still extended
upon the ottoman. | refused to ahswer
questions and gave no sign that | heard.
All this time in- train wee running in
my head will, undiminished speed.
Thoughts came l.rI went fast. lost
sight of the fact that | had body and
lived only in my brain The whirring
grew growing louder and louder. as if
reaching climax. There WAS Il slight
jar, as if the brakes We're being put on.
The noise stopped. and Il deathlike still
ness ensued. Ii WAS the stiffness of the
room. And ! opened MY eyes. | have
often been told by my friends that | had
wheels in my head, and now. after my
experience with oxygen. I cannot deny
il. Ny only defense is that the wheels
were big and that they ran smoothly.
When came back. everything was
perfectly quiet | had no distinct idea
of how long | had been under the in
fiuence of the gas. but was told it was
only few minutes. There was no sense
of loss. no sudden letting down. 10 great
thirst and no dark brown" taste in my
mouth The return tn natural life was
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
Fault Finding and critte,.ins.

Criticising r.eans Judging fairly. The
original Greek word to judge means to
"sift." flc. therefore, who is incapa Bile
from 'snor9nce or prejudice of sitting
ever. matter from every point of view
cannot lie called a critic. Whenever from
Interested motives or from other causes
he shows bias he must not be set down
as a critic. Men have attempted To write
down Il play because they did not like
the author of it, y book has been abused
because other books by the same author
have won Il place which was denied the
productions of the critic. War has been
made on ministers. lawyers and doctors
because their views lid not harmonize
with the advice the critic had "a give. but
somehow was not accepted.
Fault finding can become actually II
disease. The disappointed. those of Il
vinegar temper. the mentally dyspeptic
indulge themselves tr such an extent that
calm, diSpassionate. not to say tender
Judgment of men and things becomes an
impnssibility Those who know such
people suspect something wrong when
ever the fault finder says something good
II was said Of one of old. His words
were smooth as butter, but the war was
in his heart" 4 critic is a necessary
and useful factor in ali public and pri-
vate life. a fault finder is one who
spoiis the sweetness of things. He is an
irritant; his influence is pernicious. He
is TO be avoided.+Baltimore American
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
Very Curious Weather.

At Alto Crucero water freezes every
night of, the year and the THERMOMETERS
frequently falls to 6. s and 10 degrees
below zero. There are M facilities for
artificial heat not even fireplace
and people keep themselves warm by
putting on ponciios and either extra
wraps.
AT MONDAY the sun is Intensely hot,
because of the elevation and the rarity
Of the atmosphere. and blisters the flesh
of those who are not accustomed to it.
There is a difference of 20 and some
times 50 degrees in the temperature of
the shade and the sunshine. Water will
freeze in the shade while 20 feet away
men may be working in their shirt
sleeves
The natives seem to be entirely
Injured to cold and go about barefooted
and barelegged over the ice and the
stones indiferently without regard to
the temperature; but they have a way
Of heaping the blankets on their heads
and wrapping up their faces to keep
the pure air out of their throats and
nostrilS. The women who herd the
focks are often ont on the mountains
for weeks at a time without shelter or
anything to eat except parched corn.
strips of dried meat and coca leaves,
which are tie most powerful of nerve
stimulants.-Chicago Record.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

such as central girls wear Mt III, iel'-
phore exchanges This keeps :..r -. e;r-
er constantly at the engineers 5 ear. ~ h.
TO the telephone.
In this way he must hear Tie runIbIin,
Of train coming toward him from tn.
front or the rear.
A great difficulty which was at first en
countered was to prevent the noise of the
engineers own train drowning the much
fainter sound of distant train or the
still more feeble sound of Il human voice
from station.
This was overcome hy placing micro
phones. or sound magnihers. on the pi!o;
at the front of the locomotive and III the
rear of the train and connecting them by
wire with the engineers telephone. These
microphones which detect the faintcSi
sounds which vibrate along the rails. vcrc
muffied in peculiar way. "a as 10 hc dis
turbed as little as possible ny the ri,tii,
and roar Of the train to which they are
attached
I'm spite Of this precaution. however.
there is a constant noise made in the tel
erhone ri the engineers head. Bnt his
trained car easily distinguishes hetwccD
the noise of his own train and that of 9th
er trains and voice at distant station.
An example of how expert an engineer
can become in tiistin gushing between
sounds is best seen in the case of the
chief engineer of Z stationary plant.
He NAV he sitting reading Il newspaper
surrounded hy the whir of tiywheels. the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

stream from his house The meadow
vas fenced in on three sides, but the
field broke down to the river in bluff
90 feet high which was not fenced
One day the horses Unexpectedly ap-
peared at the door OF the house fney
were returned several times TO the pas
ture, but invariably appeared a few
hours later. 4 boy was set to watch
them. and the secret of their escape was
soon discovered. Both horses jumped
from the high bank into the water and
swan to the other side.
Il occurred to Professor Holloway that
capital might be made of this trick, and
he set about training the horses for
greater efforts. The training consisted
in taking the horses To high banks and
coaXlns them 10 make the plunge.
At a signal the horse starts up the in
cline nj a quick walk The professor
stands on the shore of the lake below.
and as the horse looks down from the
platform he calls. ''All right" At the
sound of his voice the horse leaps down
ward. disappearing Il moment later in Il
cloud of spray. The horses mate mean
while is held in the water few feet
from where the diving horse will come
10 the surface
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
Tossed on the rloor.

| flows copy?" The busy fellow in
his shirt sleeves, rushing through his
work. has asked the question of the
copy cIuter' III the composing room,
| where the printers are setting the pa
per. 1t is late. and every nerve is
strained 10 the utmost. Reporters are
hurryiiig telegraph instruments are
gathering. and whole banks Of copy are
| being tired up to the copy cutters
hesk
Crowded TO DEATH comes the an
Swei
help you out
In little while the busy fellow in
his shirt sleeves is sorting mass Of
copy, leaving one story out OF the pa
per entirely. laying another aside TO be
''cut down. tossing this and that on 10
the floor and making space for the i'm
portant news that must go into the pa
per.
What is that loose sheet that he has
tossed aside? You pick it up and Il
glance shows that it is headed with 4
single line, "A Baby's Death" How
unimportant it seems; just three or
four lines Can such news as that
crowd out the telegraph. politics. po-
lice news or even the gay doings Of So
ciety? 1t is only a baby-tOss it on the
fioor-Josiah Carter IN Atlanta Jour
nal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

Mr.. Young and some friends had
been discussing the political outlOoi:
in Kentucky at Mr.. Youn"'s house III
Louisville one night, just on the eve OF
the Democratic state convention, sey
efal years ago When the party broke
up. Mr.. Young's daughter, then about
IS years cid, now married, who had
been al; i, tarested listener during the
discussion, poke up:
why d, nj you run for governor,
pa"
"Why. ray child, they would never
think Of NE for. that Office. No enc
cares enough about me for that
'BuI. pa. would you accept the nomi-
nation if it We're offered you?"
why. of course would; nobody
would refuse the honor
Miss Young said no more at the time.
but quietly slipped out of the house
and started IN the direction of The
Courer-.Inurnal office. Colonel Henry
Watteison heing an intimate friend of
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

The late Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll.
the famous akeptic. told many stories
Of experiences which grew out OF the
common knowledge OF his sI1epticisu.
One Of these related to a visit which
he once made to Rev. Phillips Brooks
before Dr. Brooks became q bishop
Calling on DR. Brooks. ne was re
fused admission because, as the serv-
ant said, IL was sermon day" and
some of Dr.. Brooks own home people
had already been denied admission
But Dir. Brooks learned that Engersoli
WIS It the door and sen; ont word that
lie should come in.
After the interview. and as Colonel
in%ersoii was about to leave. lie said:
"Df. !'rool.s. your man told me that
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

$50 you think that little eels. are
sweet and that big eels ere rank and
strong. do you?" said fish dealer
well. you're off. 1t isn't the size OF
the eel that governs his taste. 1t is his
habitation and way Of life. But most
people think as you do. and throw
away the big eel and cook the little
one. and then. if the little fellow is
strong, they think it is because he
wasn't little enough. Nothing could be
further from the truth.
'"The eel that inhabits stream with
hard clean. sandy bottom is sweet
and edible, be lie as big as your leg
or tiny us your finger, for this eel finds
food scarce, and he must exercise and
keep sober and hUstle-eise he Will
starve-and this active career makes
him healthy and wholesome. But the
eel that lives in the mud. where pro-
visions are plentiful, is unfit for the ta-
bic, for his life is sluggish, his habits
and organs are bad aud his flesh, when
cooked, tastes and smells of the muddy
element. That is why the Schuykill eel
is worse than carrion for table pur-
poses, while the eel of the upper Deia-
ware makes Il dainty dish. ."-Philadel-
phia Record.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
Board For His Poems,

"Yes. find it extremely difficult to
make my living by my pen," said the
poet.
"Dificulti exclaimed his friend
You mean impossible. | presume"
go. do not" replied the poet. 81
am in the. habit of saying precisely
what l mean. and when l say diff
cult mean just that and nothing
more"
You don't mean to say that you
have ever earned anything by your
literary work.
Indeed | do" answered the poet.
Y once got six months board for
some poems
7 'Who did you sell them to-"
MY landlady."
What on earth did she want with a
lot of poems"
Il don't know that she wanted them
particularly. but | left them in my
box when went away, and there was
F.otbing else in sight. They were good
poems. too. but couldn't sell them"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

nES. SYNONS EHttCilNb = trtlitlilA
really felt quite happy in my new and
curious little home But grew so afraid
of the horrible natives that my husband
put me through course of manual train
ing and taught me how to use firearms.
This relieved me from fear during his
absence in the interior, which sometimes
lasted FIVE or six weeks. Upon these oc-
casions the miners we're very kind in
their efforts to help me know the new
life. Upon one of his trips an incident
occurred which upon his return induced
him to tender his resignation and devote
his time to dynamite work for the miners.
Some traders one afternoon entered the
camp with an immense. ugly looking go-
rilla they had captured ri Gong Gong.
They fastened IL TO a wagon. | had been
taking walk with my children around
the mine. and as J Deared the house !
saw the ugly. fierce beast Just ut my side.
1t unnerved me. and | screamed and ran.
1t tugged and pulled al its rope, and Just
as reached my hut it broke loose and
ran toward me. ! Just had time to get
inside and bar the door when the brute
reached it. In its rage it beat on the
door and ran around the hut several
times. | Gained down my nerves and
took the revolver and waited for what
might happen
Suddenly its face appeared at a small
opening in the wall used for Il window.
fired and hit it in the forehead. It fell
and screamed, and then heard il on the
roof tearing the thatch off, Ny pistol
shot had been heard by some miners liY-
ing near and WHO were luckily in their
cabin. They came out upon hearing my
shouts. and. seeing the brute. got 4 rifle
and killed il. Upon examination they
declared that ii would not have lasted
long from the effect of my shot. They
called me brave little woman. but did
no; cry Ike brave won.an- Until my
husbands return | felt awfully unnerve,l
ut night.
just about this tinlc II terrible epidemic
broke ont called black fever, and, to pre-
vent being quarantined. | left my little
hut. and we lived i'll tent on the out
skirts of the mine Tor two months. where
new terrors menaced lie through the
depredations of the natives. who were
isolated from the town during this
plague. Frequent firing of ny revolver
kept them from molesting me. We even
tually returned to our mud home. where
we lived until cur return to Philadelphia.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
DYNAMITE FOR A TARGET
First Rate Mark. but the Shooting
Wes rot Good Sport.

| First Rate Mark. bCt the Shooting
Yves Rot Good Sport.
| One Of the most remarkable dynamite
| explosions that ever hupPened occurred
g few days ago on tie ley'ee. where the
| steam dredGe Camors was engaged in
clearing away the river bottom. says the
New Orleans Times-DeDocrst.
1t was in the quiet hum and drowsi--
ness Of tie MONDAY hour. The monoto-
nous creak of the dredging scoop had
ceased. and the laborers, wiping their
heated brows. sought tie refuge OF the
lunehroom with d sigh OF relief and pre-
pared for their midday repast. Then it
was that Thomas Gordy. clerk on the
boat. also desisted from his labors and
became seized with a desire to recreate
his wasted faculties by shooting with a
Monte Christie rifle. Taking the rifle
in his hand. he went ON deck and COM
rnenced to plug away at n little fish SWIM
ming near the bank Seeing 4 barrel on
the levee, &c feet away. he thought it
would be pleasant TO put hole through
it.
Now. ordinarily, it is entertaining ON
hot summers day TO put holes through
a barrel. but marksmen should remem-
UtI tilIt iti uOs
particular barrel covered two boxes. each
containing 80 pounds Of the most power
ful dynamite. - per cent nitroglycerin.
Two pounds of it are sufficient to blow
the toughest stump into atoms, and good
care is taken that all living animals are
200 feet away when the explosion oc-
ours. 1t was this harmless appearing
barrel that Mr.. Gordy thought if would
be amusing to puncture. He took care
full aim and fred.
That Mr.. Gordy lives to tell the tale
is nothing more or less than remarkable.
There was territ, explosion that shook
windows in the Ursuline convent, Il
mile away. Gordy's clothes were strip
ped from him i'll tatters, and he was
thrown under the barge Strange to
say, he retained his consciousness, swan
out and was pulled aboard. Although
he suffered from shock FOR some time. he
now goes about with only a slight lump
as result of his injuries
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
ni,lpo.ter.. rrie,x.

"0f course we used to put up small
bills wherever they'd catch the eye"
said a bill poster who travelled with 81
us.cus making one day stands. 'and
one thing we used 10 do that always
pleased fol-; was To hang a bill from
ceiling. You lad 10 have wooden
ce.liu-. 10 start with. and then all you
wanted. -besides the bills. was tack
and !, silyef dollar. 1t took practice to
do IT. bur WHEN you'd got the knack 1t
was very simple and easy.
You attached two bills together. one
at the foot of the other so that 1t would
hang down when the first one was at
tached 10 the ceiling. Then you folded
the bills up, with tack. thrust point
upward through the top fold of the up
per bill with silver dollar under it.
up against its head and between it and
the other folds of paper under it.
Then. some time when the room was
full of peoplc-this might he a horei of
fee or perhaps Il barroom-you tossed
the bills up. and there was weight
enough in the dollar TO drive the tack
into the ceiling far enougG To hold.
Then the weight of the paper itself
and of the dollar would open the bills
out. and the coin would drop and you'd
catch !; as il fell, and the chances are
that not one man in tive would see it
fall The bills would he seeu f;fsten-
cd up there somehow. most of the peo-
pie wouldn't know how. and opening
out with the lower bill. hanging SO you
could read it.
This was not the greatest thing in
bill posting ever was. but as ! said he-
fore. always pleased folks New
York Sun.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

The Japanese gardeners make Sc
cret of the means by which the minia-
ture trees are produced; but, like many
other mysteries, the secret has been
discovered by the curious occidental
1t is simple enough, consisting only in
the cutting of the roots when they first
begin to sprout.
Suppose miniature oak tree is de-
sired. The japanese gardener takes
an acorn and an orange. He carefully
scoops out the interior of the orange
and fills the skin with rich mold. Ex-
actly In the center he places the acorn.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

leaving q round hole in a line with the
sprouting point. He puts his orange
in a sunny place and waters it every
day.
Soon after the first shoot appears,
and in a very short time afterward the
roots break through the orange skin.
These are shaved of continually. The
tree grows to about five inches high
and then stops. In year it is a per-
feet miniature oak. When the roots
cease tc grow. the ends are vanished
over and the orange imbedded in pot
or vase. The tree becomes more gnarl-
ell and stunted every year and is train
ed to whatever shape is desired-New
York Times
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
Clothed Win Power.

He was little uncouth, but was a
great traveller. He had Just returned
from the wilds of central Africa. where
he had hobnobbed with all the royal
ties of that savage region. and was be-
ing lionized in the swagger drawing
rooms of Beigravia.
DO tell us about the queen Of
Boorabooloo." said the Duchess of
Loamshire. us she clothed with great
power?"
Your grace would think So" he re-
piled. III You We're TO see her six mig
ger maids of honor lacing her cor
setS"-Pick- -Me-Up.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
More Mile. Than You Can Count.


Statements as to the distance of The
pole star from the earth which have
appeared in some of the newspapers
lately have been ridiculously made
quate. One of the estimates made is
255.0000G0 miles. Now, if one will re-
member that the sun is 81, ,00O, ,OO0 miles
away and that its light comes to us in
eight minutes. lie will see that if the
foregoing estimate of the distance of
the pole star We're right its beams
could reach us in about 10 days 1t
would be only about 2,T00 times as far
off as the sun.
Light travels 100000, ,00o,OOO miles
in a year. and even the most modest
guesses as to the parallaX of Polaris
make it 81 light years. Pritchard's es-
innate in 1887 was 30 light years. bu.
he has since modified his figures
Hence, If one will write 2l0 and add u
ciphers thereto he will have the num-
ber Of miles which the most conserv-
alive authorities believe intervene be-
tween the earth and the pole STAR
New York Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
The Stumbling Block.

A member of the Mug House club
who had failed to win fortune on
he turf decided to go into Wall street
20 tackle easier game. ''On the turf, y
ne explained. "a man has exactly 27
chances against him in a field of ten
horses. In other words. he has one
chance In eS to hit winner. Now.
IN Wall street stocks go one Of
TWO ways either up or down.
living man one chance in two. It
looks like dead open and shut. I'm
going to make it pay. There's moth
ing against you except bad judgment"
"Oh. yes. there is" said New street
operator. nodding his head sagely.
"And that is"-we all asked.
"Your broker and his commission
New York Press.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

the family. 1t happened that she met
the veteran editor in the street.
"Ah, Uncle Henry, will you do me a
favor?" the young woman asked i'm
pulsively.
Anything in the world that can do
/ will"
'Well, l want pa to be governor of
Kentucky, and can you get him the
nomination.
Colonel Watterson turned back to
the Office and sat down and wrote n
spirited editorial, demanding in the in
terests of the Democratic party that
John Brown Young be nominated by
the convention soon to meet The re-
suit was in accordance with the noted
editors wishes, Mr.. Young's election
being a foregone Chicago
Chronicle
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

you had denied yourself to some Of
your home people this morning Now
how is ii that you have admitted nie.
stranGer:''
oh that's quite easy" said DR.
Brooks. laughing. They are my
church members. and | shall see them
again, here or in heaven. but isn't it
right ior me to consider your belief
and that | shall probably never meet
you againr-Youth's Companiou.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
DARING HORSES.
They Ju-Ec seventy-Ive Feet INTO a
T1nk of Water.

ncy eet if't0 a
T1nlx of Water.
Three times a day down at Concy Is
land pair of Thoroughbred Arabian
horses have been jumping 7;5 feet or more
and alighting safely. says the New York
World.
The jump. or rather dive. is almost
directly downward from platform. In
landing from this fight the horses
plunge into tank of water Il feet il.
depth.
The diving horses have shown u great
love for the water and were induced to
make these dives without any special
training. They are named King and
Queen and were bred in Wyoming. They
are owned by Professor G. F. Holloway
of that state. who values them AT S10.-
COO.
Professor Holloway says that the first
jumps made by these horses were done
without any coaching whatever. Some
two years ago King and Queen were
pastured in a meadow situated across q
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
WHAT They Were

"What have you in all those large
bundles stacked up in the hall:" asked
the young woman who was having her
first view of the newspaper plant.
'ThoSe." said the editor. ''are some
of the poems on Indian summer that I
Times ii erald
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11

The newest enslaving habit is oxygen
exhilaration." By inhaling the gas for a
few moments the entire system is made
to feel a sense of ecstasy more intense
than that produced by any other agency.
Originally using it as purely medici-
nal agent, many OF those who inhale the
oxygen grow so infatuated with the sen
sation that they become addicted to its
frequent use.
Hearing of the wonderful effect of the
oxygen writes Edgar NJ. Dillcy in the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
He Hadn't Tried One.

"Why don't you think the automobile
will supplant the blcycle?"
Because you can't go out with an
automobile when you ought to be at
work and square 1t with your con-
science by calling It exercise. ."-Chica-
go Post
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
Sure He Was Irish.

"Why do You think this man who
almost drove over you was Irish?'
Because threatened to lick him.
"Wen?"
well, instead of driving on about
his business. he got down from his
wagon and wanted to fight. t."-Chicas 80
Times Herald.