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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-28

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dress DR., R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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gether with full explanation of the
same and their views in regard to past
bowling matters is expected.
FITz's VIEWS.
Robert Fitzsimmons in the n. Y.
Journal publishes the following: Il
have never made practice of attempt
ing to pick winners in fights, and I'm
not going to begin now. But having
met both Jeffries and Rubin and
knowing just how they fight l think
people will be interested in my views
|
"Jeffries is champion and his meth
ods of boxing need to be gone into
more fully than those of Rubin.
Jelfres is the slowest champion we
have had since the days Of the old
style fighter. His merit does not lie
so much in his abiEty to give punish
ment as in his capacity for receiving
it. He is a great big strong fellow;
young with wonderful powers of re-
cuperaton--a man whom the kick of
would scarce topple to the ground.
He is game. A good stiff punch
serves to bring him back for more.
His defense while appearing awkward,
Is effective He 'smothers up well,
and that crouching position he adopts
serves as acast-iron protection for vital
spots such as the solar pleXus,
stomach and heart.
He has what is known as the cast
iron jaw. Then he Is stockily built,
and when braced can withstand the
fercest kind of rush.
"Jeffries Is one of the most careful
fighters ever saw. He leaves abso
mtey no opening FOR any hut most
y scientific boXer--such as Corbett.
+ "Thcre Is none of that waste OF
' energy caused by useless movement.
: in Jeff's lighting. He is content tC
= wait.
. "Thc best blow that he uses Is 8
Q left swing for the jaw. Sometime.
/ at close quarters it Is half-arm swing
{ but for the most part It takes a rul
, sweep.
, JEFFS FAULTS.
so much for the champions goot
r points-the ones that have carried hin
5 to the top of the pugllists ladder.
!, "Now for his faults.
, Here they are:
=, "Slowness,
, "Hesitancy.
!, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
"An undeveloped knockout punch.
v They are not many are they; An
Il they are faults which can be re
. medcd.
- "Jeffries telegraphs his blows. Tha
. is he starts them so slowly that
IN quick'eyed opponent can, nine time
=, out of ten, tell Just where he hopes I
. land.
-, That is certainly bad fault
, That is what prevented him for >
=, rounds from hitting Jim Corbett.
, Il have heard il said that Jeffrit
Is poor champion because he wat
his man TO come TO him.
1T Is certainly bad fault--doubl
bad for the champion. But on I'll
other hand, he might never have hee
- champion had he adopted dinerel
IN tactics.
d Last of all, l must confess that
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-28
TO CURE A COLO IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
II It fails to cure Il. w. Groves sig.
nature is on each box. PIC. l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
The Queen is Above Insult.

rom the LONDON spectator.
There is an old story of an Austrian
archduke which Englishmen will do well to
bear in mind. While on a visit to Paris, a
Frenchman who had some grievance
against his imperial highness. trod on his
foot in a drawing room. The archduke
took out his handkerchief. brushed his boot
of the dust. and remarked to his host,
What an awkward person that is He
was too highly placed in Europe to &C
knowledge the possibility of intentional in
suit The French are Just now under an
access of Angiophobia- They simply can
not endure to see their old rivals not only
prospecting, but carrying through a great
war, while they remain inactive, and to
avenge themselves they are pouring insults
on the queen Their libelers and caricatur-
lists are all at work, and in the fury Of
competitive baseneSs they have become
fouler even than our own carcaturiSts of
a century ago. That is a reason for la
menting the disappearance alike of grace
and decency from French caricature once
a weapon with an edge but 1t is no reason
for growing wrathfui on behalf of the
queen. a mud storm may choke people in
the streets: 1t cannot smirch the snow on
the hills. We should regret deeply to see
any official notice taken of any caricaturist.
however base. When the boys in the gut
ter throw mud. the dignified course for the
coachman Is to drive ON unheeding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
A Cork Safe.
he New Orleans Times-Democrat.

From the New Orleans Times-DemOcrat.
Did you ever hear of cork safe?" asked
drummer, who represents the latest thing
in chilled steel and burglar-baff1ing time
locks. ''As far as 1 am aware" he con-
tinued, when everybody had chorused ne
gative, only one OF them was ever built.
1t was made by an ingenius Dutch mechan-
ic for a one-time famous confidence man
named DR.. Bags, who operated in Denver,
Salt Lake and Frisco. The safe was a fold
ing affair, made of paper On a backing of
sheet cork, and when it was opened up was
six feet high and looked exactly like the
real thing. AS it was always placed in a
corner, 1t had only two sides, but every
visible detail was complete-comblnation
knob, hinges, lettering. bolt-heads and all.
When folded it could be carried in an or
binary dress-suit case. Bags used the thing
in fake lottery office which was of it
self marvel Of trick furnishing.
When the victim entered me place, it
looked like an ordinary business establish
ment, with desks, railing, maps on the
walls, safe in the corner, and several clerks
at work on books. The instant he left, a
roll-top desk was opened up into a bed.
The railing was folded together and slipped
into a closet a table was transformed into
washstand. cabinet turned into a bu-
reau. the safe was put away in Its case,
the curtains We're pulled down. and the
room was to all Appearances a simple
sleeping apartment. By that means the
poor dupe was never able to find the place
where he had been buncoed. l saw Baggs'
old cork safe when l was last in San Fran
cisco. It is now owned by cigar dealer,
who bought it as a curio, and while it is
pretty badly battered one can still see
plainly that it was wonderful piece of me-
chanical work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Heavy Guns and Ears.

From Blackwood's Magazine.
The stunning report of each gun it is
fired is something that a stranger on the
deck will long remember. There is an old
saying, deaf as post. Now, in the
royal navy, this is changed to deaf as a
post captain" No man can go through a
long series of gunnery practices without
having his hearing very seriously affected.
Some men put cotton wool in their ears but
even this precaution does little to deaden
the terrible shock. And if the firing of one
or two guns has such a shattering power,
what would be the effect if the whole arma-
ment were in action together?
1t Is almost impossible to conceive the
strain upon nerve and senses of the rending
conclusion. If a visitor watches the firing
then places himself beside one of the small
er pieces, the report made by the one will
not appear much louder than that of the
other. The extra distance to the muzzle of
the big piece discounts the sound. The
only apparent difference between the two
appears to be that the small pieces have a
sharper, higher-pitched note, and that the
six and nine-inch guns speak with more of
believing roar. One piece of advice may
De given to any one who finds himself in
the neighborhood of a gun in action. The
noise will not have nearly the same effect
II you are watching the gun if the ash
comes unexpectedly. Unconsciously nature
prepares You to resist shock which is
known to be impending
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
GOOD EFFECTS OF SINGING.
A Valuable Form of Exercise for Per-
sons With Weak Lungs.

Mons Win weak LunSS
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Many medical men are now recommend
ing their patients to study singing, which
is a most salutary exercise, both by virtue
of its influence on the emotions, on the
respiratory movements and on the develop
ment of the lungs. Nothing better shows
the beneficial influence of singing in de-
veloping the chest and wardng off lung
diseases than the freedom from pulmonary
affections among professional singers
Moreover. their general health is exception
ally good. and this Is probably in a large
measure attributable. not only to their
necessarily careful plan of living. but also
to the exercise of their calling. Some physi-
clans maintain that for defective chest de-
velopment. and in chronic heart trouble
singing Is an unequaied exercise. The singer
should be clad so as to allow absolute free
dom of the chest movements; there should
be no construction of the neck or waist:
the collar should be low and ample and IL
corsets are worn. they should be roomy and
loose. One error into which singers and
especially amateurs, fall. is to practice too
much. The length of time to be given to
the exercise depends much upon the char
acter and condition of the voice Specific
rules cannot be given. Melba, when asked
how many hours of practice a day she
would advise for 4 pupil. said: mo hours
for BEGINNER but minutes. l. myself
never practice more than one hour a day
and usually much less" DR.. II. Holbrook
Curtis considers forty minutes or an hour
OF actual voice practice daily is quite sutti-
Gent to develop most voices. This time
should be divided into periods of ten or
fifteen minutes each Regularity. and not
long practice hours, which only fatigue the
voice and wear it out is the greatest aid
to advancement. The voice develops very
gradually. and any attempt to force its
growth is fatal mistake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Woman and Mines and Mining.
From ha Denyar Rapuhlicon

Practical mining does not seem to sug-
gest itself as field in which women can
achieve distinction, but the constantly in
creasins number of women mine owners in
Colorado and other mining states proves
that there is no reason tshy the women of
the future will not compete with men On
equal ground in this important department
of industry. Many mines in Colorado are
owned by women andtsome are even di-
rected by their feminine owners, who have
quickly adapted themselves to the work.
Two or three years ago a school teacher,
while spending her vacation in Arizona,
located some promising claims. through
her knowledge of geology She secured
some good specimens. sold her locations in
Denver and then t4Gned professional pros
pector. She has followed the business with
persistence and intelligence, and is now
making most excellent livelihood. with
good prospects of securing fortune. A
Seattle exchange RECENTLY recorded the sale
or TWO groups of mines located by wo-
man In the Kalso, B., C.p district. The loca-
tons had been made, by the woman and she
mad stood by them for, seven years until
she finally negotiated a sale. She secured
5000 as her share, the buyers being Eng
ish and French capitalists.
such instances prove that sex is no bar
to practical prospecting, and in few years
the report of the labor commissioner may
show the army of women workers material
ly increased by large number of feminine
mineralogtsts, chemists, prospectors and
mine owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

Bertrand Shadwen in the Chicago Post

DSitihia ouduNsA III tle lineage Post,
I'm little less reminded Of the old colonial days.
When we fought with British troops and Won
cur freedom in the fight:
seems to me this Transvaal questions entering on
There are lots of men who're fighting now from
Jealousy and spite
There are Frenehmen planning trenches in a seien-
There German gunners training guns on SOL
diers of the queen;
Every army corps in Europe has its soldiers there
Now. honor open warfare. but 1 call such plot
ting meaai
For the burghers have right to shoot and, CAD,
1t reminds me of ThermcpyIae and what learnt
But don't support these foreigners who're joining
Is it cause they love the eternal right? Not
much! I'm not fool!
It's because they hate the English who have
blufed them all for years.
Who have pareeied gu. the world and raised their
~, dag in every land;
their prudent fears;
Now they seize the opportunity to strike them
underhapd.
The Beers are sterling patriots-and he wins un-
Who dies to serve his country-but change my
When / read of British officers, marked down and
just because they'r, AEglo-ssxons, by a CONT
mental crew.
In the temple Of enlightuent each nation has It's
place;
Every people serves its purpose on the Architects
great plan;
But the buttress of the building is the Ansiosaxou
race;
And say the man who bates 1t is an enemy to
man.
They may plot and strike at ENGLAND till they
bring her to the earth;
They may sink her giant navy; they uay storm
her ocean walls;
They may wreck the little island where the faith
ers' had their birth
But the whole wide world shall CRY aloud and
reel when England falls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Substitutes for Silk.
From Chambers Journal.

A German doctor, improving on a method
patented in France some years ago, has
produced from cotton a fiber which In
many respects surpasses the material from
which it is prepared; and the same may
be said of an English process patented
in 1897 by which, from a mass of cotton
dissolved in certain chemicals. continuous
threads may be spun and fbers obtained of
any desired length. The fineness and
length of the fibers produced by either of
these processes are the chief features of
improvement, which may possibly induce
manufacturers to take them up. The for
mer is already being handled on large
scale on both sides Of the channel; and the
latter. although as yet scarcely beyond the
equally successful.
We hear that even siyk-the queen of all
ibers-is not secure Nher throne. She
little lepidopterous lab9ser, the silkworm,
Is likely soon to be out IL work. OF these,
one halls from SertSin Mediterranean
shores. notably Sicily. where at low tide,
themselves to the rYckssand larger stones
upon the beach. al quantity of very fine
and glossy tibroust matter not unlike
eobWeb o,a and simla5 IN appearance to silk
washed, dried and combed, is made up into
ia brics
Another fiber which Ahreatens to dis
place the produce of thei silkworm is that
known as Eandura SILK, produced in Gias-
gov by artificial means and at a very
small cost. 1t consists of extremely fine
threads obtained by forcing a gelatinous
solution through a number of minute aper-
lures; and after undergoing special water
PROBING process the fibers become pliable,
and can be handled on the looms with per-
feet ease.
Spun glass. In fine and glossy fibers, cap
oh Ia nf oapt- arcio ty,tn frv ttA otrfnu
SeSSing sheen even SURPRISING that of
silk, has long been known; but unfortu-
nately it has serious disadvantage uniting
1t for general use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
PRICES OF WILD BEASTS,
Lion Cubs Almost n Drug Because
Easily Bred in Captivity.

Easily Bred in Captivity.
From the Scientific American.
The Importation of lions has almost
ceased because it is cheaper and easier to
breed them in captivity. Formerly an i'm
porter of fine lions could calculate upon
getting 5000 for good specimen, but to-
day young lions bred in captivity are al
most a drug in the market. The only de-
mand for imported lions is to keep up the
stock of the breeding ones or for very large,
powerful creatures, for it is noticeable
that the tendency in the cage breeding is
for the animals to degenerate in size and
ferocity- Tigers do not take as kindly to
cage life the lions, and they do not breed
so satisfactorily in captivity and consider
able numbers are imported every year. Ele-
plants do not breed well In captivity, not
more than two or three ever having been
bred in this country: but the importations
of these animals are large that the
prices obtained for them have dropped from
$4,000 to from 81 800 to s., 800 each.
Numerous as monkeys are in this coun-
try they are not bred here. as they do not
breed well in captivity. They are so easily
obtained in the country south of u.s. how
ever. that prices obtained for them are
merely nominal. and there is little danger
of their immediate extinction. In their
native countries they multiply so rapidly
that the supply always keeps well up to the
demand. Among the higheSt-priced ami
mails of today are the rhinoceroses. They
are quite scarce and they do not breed in
captivity. There are probably not more than
half a dozen in number in this country; all
Were bought years ago a good round sums.
Thus the full-grown one in Central Park
cost the department $1,000. and a similar
sum was paid for the fine African speci-
men in the Philadelphia Zoo. The most
recent purchase of rhinoceros was the
full-growu one for Barnum's circus, which
cost the proprietors $3.50
The hippopotamus is another extremely
rare and expensive creature, and sales of
these African products are so few that it
is difficult to quote a price for them. 1t is
seldom that dealers have good specimen
to sell. and few private circuses could af
ford to give the prices that would be de-
manded. The hippopotamus born in Cen
trail Park is the only instance of these ami
mails breeding in this country. Had this
baby hippoPotamus belonged to private
show it would have made fortune for its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

at the head of twenty determined follow
ers. l entered Tibet and went where 1
liked, practically, though I had some fight
ing. While there l broke the worlds rec
ord in mountain climbing by reaching an
altitude of 23,490 feet. 1 have not done
with the country yet, but will go again at
the first opportunity.
In spite of all the hardships suffered
there and the responsiveness of the people
Tibet has many attractions. To see the
stars at their very best. go to Tibet. The
air is so rarefied and exceedingly pure that
the glory of the moon and stars as they
there appear is enormously increased
At night the heavens there are gorgeous
beyond the possibility of conception of low
landers. and the stars blaze and are mag
nified to several times the size they ap-
pear to us here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
How Knffirs Bank Their Money.

From Tt-Bits.
The natives of that part of South Africa
which to great extent is inhabited by
Bushmen and Hottentots have peculiar
system of banks and banking.
These Kaff1rs, among whom this curious
system Of banking obtains, live near Kaff-
raria, in the south of the Colony country.
The natives come down south from their
country to trade in the several villages and
towns in large numbers, stay with the
Beers for time, then return to Kaffraria.
Their banking facilities are very primi-
tive. and consist entirely of banks of de-
post alone. without banks of discount or
Issue, and they have no checks. But still
they enjoy banking privileges, such as they
are.
From those who trade. of their own num-
ber they select one, who for the occasion is
to be their banker. He is converted into
bank of deposit by putting all the money
of those whose banker he is into bag
and then they sally forth to the stores to
buy whatever they want.
When an article is purchased by any of
those who are in this banking arrange
ment the price of the article is taken by
the banker from this deposit money bag,
counted several times and then paid to the
seller Of the article, after which all the
bank depositors cry out to the banker in
the presence of the two witnesses selected:
You owe me SO much This is then re-
peated by the witnesses. The general ac-
counting comes between the banker and
his several depositors. when all desired pur-
chases have been made, after which all the
natives depart for their northern wilds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Fields of SIeep,

Written for The Evening Star by Lila Munro TaInter
kn"w'st thou the wide mysterious fields of sleep,
Whose velvet gree.sward sparkles into rills,
Where sweet dream flowers ope, on every side
Their petals written DER in mystic signs.
Fancies heet-winsed, futter from bloom to bloom,
Slipping the hoaeyed treasures as they fly
And from far hills, wherein browse peaceful focks
The plaintive note of shepherds pipe is heard
htful sound of waves from unseen Shores
Borne on soft winds, like memories half forgot.
whispers the weary heart and bids it rest
And over flower and turf and shimmering stream
iran silver banners of the tair-faced moon.
. happy kingdom, where such JOYS abide,
o fields divine, strewn Ger with blossoms ra-a,
Sometime, returning not, reach thy verge,
And 10, the ocean If eternity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Cutting Quill Pens.
From Notes and Queries,

The art of cutting quill by adept quill
drivers" was dying out when 1 first began
schooling. Steel pens had been known for
some time, but were not in general use.
The goose Quill pen died a hard death as a
commonly used writing tool. My first
schoolmaster was first-rate hand at cut
ting quill. and he could use 1t with won
derful effects m ffoarishes. 1t was his boast
that he could fill the first page Of a lads
fshes-in which were depicted wonderful
swans and other birds-in such a fashion
that none but experts like himself could
tell where the quill pen was taken from the
paper for fresh dip. My last master
could neither cut a Quill nor use one with
advantage. Quilts as pens remained in use
In some houses as the only writing tool up
to dozen to twenty years ago. Those who
can cut decent writing quill are now few.