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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27

swallowed by redhot gases and steam.
Suppose these earth cracks develop
more slowly, they may suck away the
water without devastating explosions.
Then the last mans fate will be the
worst describable. He will die of
thirst. The scene of his death will
probably be the great valley In the bed
of the Atlantic ocean, off the Brazilian
coast, half way between Rio Janeiro
and the cape. where now six miles of
green water lie between the steamers
keel and the abysmal slime beneath,
There. hopelessly digging in the ever
drying mud. he must perish and leave
his bones to parch on waterless
planet.
The antarctic polar ice cap has been
growing thicker and heavier for un-
counted ages. The distance from the
south pole to the edge of this ice cap is
!, 400 miles. The ice rises steadily from
the edge to the center. At that center
it cannot be less than 12 miles in thick
ness-twice as thick as Mount Everest
is high.
SuppoSe IL spiitS. imdSiHc tue SI-
gantic mass of water and ice that will
come sweeping up north over the oceans
and continents of the earth! Where,
then, will the last man breathe his
final gasp? High up in the SHOWS of
some great range he will perish miser-
ably Of cold and starvation, looking
down on huge shallow sea, beneath
whose tossing waters will lie the whole
Of the races of the world.
Or last. and perhaps dreariest fate of
all, the human race may outlive other
mammals and last until the sun, as
some day it must, grows dull and cold
and vegetation dies from the chilled
earth. The miserable remnant of
earth's people must then slowly die out
after ages of an existence to which
that Of the Eskimo of today is para
disc.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
LAST MAN ON EARTH.
WHAT is THE DREAD FATE THAI
AWAITS THIS MORTAL

Many Theories as to the Manner OF
Life and Death That VIII Be the
Portion of the Last Relic of Hu~
mnnity as II Now Exists.
| Astronomers tell us that the daT
must come when the earth will, like
the moon, wheel through the heavens
dead and barren ball OF mattsr--air.
| less, waterless. tfeless. But long. long
before that time man will te extinct,
will have disappeared so utterly that
not so much as the bleached skeleton
of human being will be visible on all
the millions Of square miles of the
surface of this planet.
| Unless by some huge AID universal
cataclysm the whole race is swept at
once into eternity il is but reasonable
| to suppose that man. like any other
race of animals. will disappear slowly
and that eventually there will be but
q single human being left-some old,
old man, gray headed and bearded, and
| left to wander alone in solitude that
may be lima gined. but not described.
How will he die. this last relic of
the teeming millions that once trans
formed the face of the globe and ruled
undisputed masters of every other liv-
ing thing? There are many fates that
may befall him. He may go mad with
the horror of loneliness and himself
end his own miserable existence. He
may be eaten by the vast reptiles or
giant insects which will then probably
infest the solitudes.
But his fate may be far weirder and
more dreadful. Scientists say that, as
we burn the coal and timber we are
still so richly supplied with, we let
loose into the atmosphere an ever in
creasing volume of carbonic acid gas.
Much of this is taken up by plants,
but not all 1t must increase and
eventually poison the breathable air,
filling the valleys and mounting slowly
to the hill tops, where the last remains
of animal life are striving for exist
and higher, but eventually the suffocat-
ing invisible Hood viii reach and
drown him.
Again, it is said that the earth as it
gets older is cracking like dry mud.
These cracks will increase until at last
they will let the waters Of the oceans
and rivers sink into the fiery center Of
the globe. Then will occur an eXplo-
sion so terrible as may startle the in
habtants of neighboring worlds. The
last man in this case will probably be-
some arctic explorer or Eskimo whom
the vast plains of Ice around will save
from instant death and leave to grill a
few moments till the ice continents are
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
AN ENGLISH "TREAT."
The Difference Between the Britisi
eno American Methods.

The Difference Between the British
eno American Methods.
] was constantly struck, says Colonel
T. W. Higsinson in The Atlantic with
the genuine spirit of hospitality among
;Englishmen toward Americans. as such.
even those with whose pursuits they
might have almost nothing IN common.
and for whom they had not the slight
est reason to put themselves out
liked this none the less for its having
its definite limitations as TO pecuniary
obligations. and the like. Including ev-
erything in the nature of treating
all this being in my opinion weak
point in our more gushing or more self
conscious habit
remember 10 have once been taken
by a gentleman, on whom | had but
the slightest claim. to the country
house of another, on whom | had no
claim whatever. The latter was not at
lll literary. and had not even the usual
vague English interest in American
affairs Yet lie gave up his whole aft
ernoon 10 drive ME to kenilworth.
But that for which liked him best,
and which afforded me a wholly new
experience was that as we entered the
outer doorway, he, going first, looked
back over his shoulder and said simply,
'''Fhey make yOu pay thrccppuee for ad-
mission here" and then added, speak
ing to the attendant. here is my three
pence
After all the time and trouble he had
given 20 his stranger guest lie left him
to pay his own threepence, thing
which most Americans would not have
dreamed of doing. II would have been
the American notion OF good breeding
to save a guest from expense, as II was
the English impulse 10 save him from
the sense of obligation. | confess that
| prefer the latter method.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27

several miles of deep blue sea The
true story is rather interesting. In
/ 1904 the mint al Philadelphia is known
to have turned out 1850 silver dollars.
That was the entire issue. barring the
test pieces have just spoken OF. and
It was never put into circulation. The
whole lot, just as it came from tie
stamping presses, was dumped into aD
iron chest and put on board a mer-
chantman bound for China. 1t was
directed 10 the captain of United
States frigate then in oriental waters.
and was intended TO be used in paying
certain expenses connected with tie
service. The merchantmen ran into O
Chinese typhoon and went to the bot
tom, where to the best of my inforn.a-
ton she still remains. iron chest and
all. and that is the reason your l acie
Sam is the only collector IN the world
who has Il complete set OF American
dollars. Every other collection. incird-
ing my own. is short nne issue, and the
gan will never be filed until the sea
gives up its own"
'Do .;ou mean TO tell lis. them said
q listener to the foregoing. that all
the diamond dollars now in private
cabinets are counterfeitsT BY no
means" replied the collector. Il own
an 1901 dollar myself, and there are at
least three others. TO my knowledge. in
the south. They were issued by the
government and are perfectly good and
legal coins, but they are not originals.
They are what are known technically
as 'restrikes.' In the early days. when
the mints had few coins left over
from one year To another, they would
change the date by striking them with
q special die. an operation that eau al
ways he detected by an expert. For
some reason or other, nobody Knows
lust why. n few dollars of the $500 is
SUE were restruck in 1904 and put in
circulation. 1t is probable that the total
number was not over 10 or 30. and
good many have been lost. The ones In
existence are worth $3.50 apiece, and
you may rest assured that all the dia-
mond dollars not mere limitations be-
long 10 this little lot of restrikes.
.'Of course. some of them have been
sold 10 green collectors as originals.
and was myself the innocent cause OF
such a transaction only a few years
ago \ friend of mine. who lives in an
adjoining state. and who owns great
many rare and beautiful coins, tele-
graphed me one day asking whether
SniBO was too much for q genuine 1904
dollar. | took it for granted that he
knew the facts about the issue, and
after puzzllng over the message for a
considerable time concluded that it
was an obscure joke of some kind and
that was simply too stupid to see the
point. So | wired back advising him TO
buy bushel at that figure, and he
promptly closed the deal. 1t turned out
nfterward that the coin was n restrlke,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
LOCAL MARKETS.
WHEAT 50 CENTS.
Retail Prices.

Oct. q, 8 p. m.-Butter, creamery
soc, country 25c, lard 10c; eggs 23c
22c; chickens, 15c per lb. dressed
spring chicken. l5c a lb.
Corn, ear 25c per bushel,
sheiled 4Sc; oats SOC; hay Go to 7Oc
a hundred; straw 35c hundred.
Lettuce 12 to l5c per pound. Head
lettuce 15c.
Radishes, two punches for &c.
Celery Zoe a bunch.
Tomatoes, home grown 20c qt.
measure.
Potatoes, 65c a bu.
Home grown cabbage, to 12c head
Wholesale Prices
Wheat 69c; oats Csc; corn,
ear, zoe; corn, shelled, SIC; bay.
$10:50 to SILL rye, CSC.
Butter, creamery, 25%c; country
10 to zoe; lard. to 61ac; eggs, l9c
chickens, live Z to Sc, dressed lie.
Navy beans, $l.60; marrowfat
beans $1.90.
Potatoes 80 to 40c.
Cured hides, No. l, 94 No. 2, SIC.
green, No. 1, TIC, No. 2 61ac, cured
calf skins, No. L, 10Xs, No. 2, 91ac;
green, No. l, Sc; No. 2, Sc; tallow,
No. L, 4c: sheep pelts, 40 to 65c; lamb
skins 45c,
Pork, dressed, 81 to live AZ to DC ;
beef, dressed, &c to SIC, live
51ac; mutton, live. 41sc to &c;
dressed, S1sc to Sc; spring lamb,
l0c; pork, loins, 10c; veal, live
3 to SIC, dressed, 8 to l0e.
Sugar-cureds, ham, 10c to 114c;
shousler, 81 to 7c; California ham,
6A to 7c; bacon, 8 to- &c; dried beef,
10 to 1Sc; lard, simon pure, 7
in tub; nc in tiercesS. country
kettle &c: pure lard. &C..
Lumber.
Hemlock bill stuff $l8 per III
Norway bill stuff $22 per nj
Yellow pine siding No, $27 per m
Yellow pine flooring No:1 common
$23 per m
Yellow pine ceiling No. $27 per M
White pine lath No. 1, $3.50 per IN
White pine lath No. s5.4O per 1000
Clear red cedar shingles $3.50 per
1000.
Clear hemlock shingles s2.75 per
1000.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
DIAMOND DOLLARS OF 1904
Only Four of the Original Coinage
of 1850 In Existence.

Only Four of the Original Coinage
of 1850 In Existence.
Every now and then one reads abour
the discovery of another OF the famous
diamond dollars of 1904" said a gen
tleman of this city wbo owns one of
the finest private collections of coins
and medals in the south. The dollars
9f that date are popularity supposed to
be worth from S1,500 to $1,000 apiece.
and If a few originals could be pro-
duced dare say they would bring that
figure easily enough But it happens
unluckily, that there are only four on
earth, and they are locked up in the
vaults of the treasury building at
Washington and couldn't be bought at
any price. They are what are known
as the test pieces which are always
laid aside whenever new coin is
struck, and the rest of the issue is at
this moment quietly reposing under
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27

faith in the future and did not entirely
despair.
One day in the wilds of Cuba Corporal
Hume's regiment halted on the edge Of
an apparently impossible gorge. With
his usual lack OF foresight the command
ing general had not sent any engineers
with the advance, although the movement
was an extremely important one. The
men. exhausted 10y the heat and the long
march, threw themselves on the ground.
glad of chance TO rest. Not SO the
colonel. He swore vociferously at the
gorge. but. being neither Moses nor
Joshua. il did no good The gorge was
still there.
This was Hmme's opportunity. Wait
ing for break in the coionefs incanta-
tions. be approached, and. respectfully
saluting. informed him that If he could
have Il detail of 20 men he could bridge
the chasm in an hour. You can have the
whole blasted regiment if you need II.
was the reply
/ The bridge was quickly constructed,
and the regiment safely passed over,
thanks 10 that engineer fellow. but in the
battle of the following day he was Sc
| rereIy wounded
! Long weeks of suffering succeeded, but
| one day as he was sitting in trout of the
| field hospital, weak, but convalescent, an
orderly appeared and asked the surgeon
in charge if Lieutenant Hume was there.
No" said the surgeon, this isn't the
/ officers ward. That's on the other side
! of the hill.
Beg pardon for contradicting supe-
riors." said the orderly, but read this,
at the same time handing him paper.
| II was communication from Wash
| ington appointing Milton Hume lieu
| tenant of engineers for bravery on the
! field and skill in emergency
| OF his subsequent recovery, exper,
| service where experts were much needed
! it is not necessary to speak Suffice ii to
! say that several months later tall
young gentleman in the uniform of cap
| tain OF engineers walked up the steps
/ of Colonel Rogers house with very
| confident air.
The welcome he received from Millie
may be imagined, but the surprise and
| CONSERVATION of the colonel cannot be
expressed.
That that engineer fellow could have
| become an Officer and gentleman was
! past belief 1t was contrary to all ira
! ditionS OF "Ahmy Success" Due investi-
! CATION al the club. however, proved that
| Captain Hume's position WAS unassaila
| bic. Sc he concluded to make the best OF
| the situation.
The colonel has even been heard to
speak of the whilom engineer fellow" as
my son-n-law. Hume. of the engineers
| sab Boston Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
Before and After.

"Aiy dear said Mrs Huneweil as
she poured the coffee at breakfast the
other morning, do you believe in the
eternal fitness of thingsw
II used TO-" replied Hunewell. but
that was before you began to make my
shirts. s."-Chicago News
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
Hint For Wrifera

Don't moisten your new pen between
your lips before you begin to write.
Take your cheap steal pen, dip if IN the
match for a few seconds, wipe it care
fully. dip ii into the ink again, and
you have Il pen that will make glad
the heart within you, Try it once -
Nauvoo RuStler.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27

and my friend has never quite forgiven
me- What deceived him was the fact
that the piece was known positively to
have been locked UP in an old chest at
Savannah since 1912. That did away
with the counterfeit theory, and the
only thing he was doubtful about was
the price. New Orleans Times-Demo-
craf
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
Doing without the Dot.

The sm;,.l letter ~ was formerly
written without the dot. The dot was
introduced in the fourteenth century
to distinguish ''f' from ''e'' in hasty
and indistinct writing. The letter ..i''
was originally used where the letter
- is now employed The distinction
between ''i'' and j" was introduced
by the Dutch printers at q compara-
lively recent date, and the '.j' was dot
ted because the 81" from which it was
derived, was written with dot.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27

mo. Weary, shall never approach
that mans iuhospitable door again.
But. Limpy, it's six miles 10 dc next
house"
Cant help it. il its 20 That man
once did me the greatest injury that can
be paid TO gentleman of my profession"
did he hit you with bed slat.
Limpy?"
NAV! He turned de hose On me-
Cleveland Plaie DeaSer.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
Briefs Eror, RiIlx,lIe.

Our first bale of cotton was market
ed yesterday. We got $40 or 80 days for
it.
Several of our boys who have been
mustered out Of the war have returned
home to eat up their pensions.
Very few have enlisted for the Philip
pines. In fact, it's hot enough in the
Georgia pines for us.
The Lord will provide. Cotton has
been largely killed out, and we won't
have to sell it for cents.
We're out for councilman from the
First ward; but il we miss 1t there
wen cross over and run in the Second.
Politics is quiet. Almost the only peo-
pie running are those who have the
sheriff behind them.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
MILITANT DANCING AcApEMY. -.

n beginners Glass Monday evenings
I ]
So'clock; Advance Glass Wednesday
~ evenings. 8 O'Clock. Private instruc-
tions by appointment. Music fur
nished for parties. etc. Hall can be
rented for dances. concerts, etc
Call at Academy between and II
am. and 1880 to 4:30 pm. w. A
Barron, residence, No. 70l East Mil
street.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27

An amateur editor has made a for
tune by his pen. His father died Of
grief on reading one of his editorials
and left him 15O.O0O.-Nauvoo Inde-
pendent.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
SimpIy Horrible.

Don't be fooled twice in the same
way.-Atchison Globe.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
Outclassed.

you must remember" said the
proud Yankee girl, 'thatI am a
Daughter of the Revolution"
''Poohw exclaimed the beautiful,
dark eyed woman from Central Amer
lea, 81 am a Daughter of Six Reyolu-
tions.'-Chicago Times-Herald.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-27
Box of colored Crayons.
Child's Drawing Book.

trace the pictures beneath, thus affording
enjoyment. as well as instruction to the
hand and eye. These drawing books and
the box OF crayons go very well together.
There are six different kinds, and each
drawing book requires 6 lion heads and
2-cent stamp.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-08
TROUBLE
is ABOUT OVER
HAS DISAVOWED THE
ACTS OF HERR RAFFEL-
A NEW CONSUL.

Chicago, March S.-A special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Herr
Salt, the newly appointed consul of Ger
many to Samoa, who will, by virtue Of
bis office, be president Of the munich
patty, has not yet started for his post,
and in consequence officials of the de-
partment of state are wondering when
he will start. He will go to samoa by
way of the United States and it is eX-
pected win lave a conference with Sec
rotary Hay while en- route. He has been
scheduled to leave Germany several
times, and once got as far as London,
but was recalled by his government.
Herr Salt will succeed DR.. Raffel, the
German corsul at Apia, who is charged
| with having caused the trouble there in
January. 1t was the intention of the
German government to recall DR.. Raffel
! several weeks ago but as he was in CON
tempt Of court, he was not permitted to
leave the island. The German govern
ment, through diplomatic representation,
has explained it's attitude and requested
the United States to ignore the contempt
proceedings against DR.. Raffel, if he
would Immediately be ordered to leave
the STAND. The United States and Great
britain, through UneT ulplOIfldllc lep-
resentatives, held a conference. and it
was unanimously agreed that if the Ger
man government would recall DR.. Raffel
Immediately the contempt Of court pro-
~ceedings would not be pressed. This
pledge was given by Germany and DR..
Raffdl was expected to leave Apla ON
February %.
This action on the part Of Germany
is accepted as a virtual admission that
DIR. Raffel exceeded his authority and
thai Germany disavows his acts. 1t is
also construed as meaning that Ger
many is doing everything possible to re-
store a Harmonious agreement with the
United States. The United States and
Great Britain have reached an agreement
that the actions OF DR.. Raffel were re-
Sponsible for the entire disturbance Gre
ated there by the MaJtaafa regime, but
as Germany has practically disaVoWed
the acts Of her consul by recalling him,
it Is not believed there will be any fur
| ther action taken by either Of the gov
ernments interested in the prOtectorate
over the Stands.
! Chief Justice Chambers, the American,
who was appointed by the three powers,
has been upheld in mis- decisions, and
MalietOa Tanus will be the king estab-
lished by the protectorate. The Phila-
delphia, which left Honolulu on Febru-
AIRY %, will probably remain ait Apia for
a considerable period, or at least until
matters quiet down and the decision of
Chief Justice Chambers receives the in
dorsement of the people. According tC
thI Berlin treaty of 1889, Mataafa can
not be king, and will not be recognized
by either of the powers.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-08
Canadian PelagIC Sealing

Chicago, March s.-A special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says: In
view of the failure of the Anglo-American
joint fish commission to finally agree
upon the stoppage Of pelagic sealing in
Boring sea, the United States government
will be forced to renew it's Boring sea
patrol. The cutters Bear and McCulloch,
now at San Francisco, will probably be
assigned to thisd duty. Notice has been re-
ceived that the Canadian sealing fleet Of
81 vessels has left it's winter anchorage
and proceeded to Boring sea to begin
pelagic sealing. This is the fleet for which
the United States proposed to pay $45O,OoO
provided canada renowned its rights to
sealing in Boring sea.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-08
WILL EMOVE ALL
THE GARBAGE

New York, March S.-The United States
transport Burnside will sail for Havana
today with 100 private soldiers inc a
number of officers. That the government
is contemplating a vigorous campaign
against the unsanitary habits of the res
idents of Porto Rico and Cuba is shown
in a consignment which has recently
been placed on the pier of the Pacific
Steamship company. There are ten metal
garbage wagons with tight covers, made
by a Boston firm, after the Latest models
and a large number of metal garbage
cans. 1t is expected that the government
in anticipation of the arrival OF the I'M
healthy season is going to establish a
thorough system of garbage iremoval,
as practiced in our large cities. Num-
bers of garbage ans have beeA sent on
previous boats and with those Ito ct on
the next ship there will be about LOCO in
all for San Juan. A street a%prinkling
wagon marked "U. S." is also Keing sent
to San Juan to be used by the health
officers. 1t is expected that the shipment
of these sanitary appliances to San Juan
is only a beginning and that the govern
ment intends to send similar outfits to
all the principal cities in Porto Rico and
Cuba.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-08

DR.. Mitchell says in diff
cult cases Of Anemia. he adds
cod-liver oil half an hour
after each meal and he likes
to use it in an emulsion !; that
he has watched with grow
ing surprise some listless,
feeble, creature gathering
flesh, color and wholesome
ness of mind and body from
this treatment.
"Scott's Emulsion" is cod
liver oil combined with hy-
pophosphites. 1t regenerates
tissue, invigorates the nerves
and brain, enriches the blood
and adds fat and strength.
soc. and s. 100. all druggists.
SCOTT& BOVINE. Chemists, New York.