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CLEAR WATER FOR SOLDIERS:
q Pocket Filter Designed For Use !,
- Warfare.

Warfare.
Below Is a sketch Of the Hamilton
pocket filter, after the name Of the
patentee, says the London Mail. The
Bushmen's Corps, Of whom every man
Was q specially selected volunteer,
trained to all the hardships of Aus
tralian up-country life, was supplied
with 500 of these little filters.
Leading medical authorities Of Aus
tralia, where the evils Of drinking bad
water and the difficulty of obtaining
goood are most apparent, pronounce
this TO- be the. best filter known to
them. Inside the fat white metal box
aScarbon disc that has been chemically
treated Is fixed. BY an ingenious ar-
rangement this can at any time be
removed and boiled, when 1t is again
ready as q preventive of such awful
scourges among soldlcrs-enteric and
dysentery.
SAs witness of its value, 1t may be
noted that not a single man in the
Eushmen's Corps is reported to have
died of disease while in South Africa;
The long tube is for insertion in the
receptacle containing the water, while
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-09-26
INvENTs A sELF.AcTINc TRAP.
8. Ruclsersberg Thinks No Can Make
Rats Annihllute Themselves.

8. Ruci.ersberg Thinks No Can Make
Rats Annihilute Themselves.
A Milwaukee avenue inventor thinks
he has solved the problem of how to.
induce rats and mice to exterminate'
themselves and assist In the annihila-.
tion Of those that come after them,
He is S. Ruckersburg, and his annihi::
lator Is self-acting trap. !:
The first night the trap is in action
it is tightly closed and loaded with;
table d'hote dinner. The second
night the hearts Of the hungry rodents
are made glad by the sight of an open.
door at one end. AS it advances the
rats weight overbalances q sheet
Iron false floor, the door falls With
q click and his ratship Is doomed. In
spection discloses but one way of esl
cape up boxlike fue e-and this he;
accepts. Once again On automatic door
closes. The way leads into q large
funnel. The rat walks on until the
funnel tips and it Is precipitated into
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-09-26
Statistics of Two American Families.


About the year 1720 one Max Jukes
was born. Very little is known about
him, but his descendants have man.
aged to keep themselves constantly
in the eyes Of the public. Some expert
student of heredity devoted the better
part Of five years to study of the
family, and located about 1900 Of
them, every one Of whom was either
q criminal, q pauper, an imbecile, or
insane. Only twenty Of the number
ever learned trade, and ten Of the
twenty learned trades in q State
prison. Twenty years ago his progeny
had cost the public more than $780,.
600.
| In 1903 Jonathan Edwards was born,
and the history Of 1900 Of his descend
ants was presented to the American
Institute Of instruction. ut its meet
ing in Halifax, N. s., last week. There
were only six criminals in the whole
number, and not one pauper or imbe-
cile. In education, literature, states
manship, mining and railroading, law,
medicine and theology the descendants
liof Edwards have filled the highest
llplaces. Among their number were
l|2S3 college graduates and thirteen col
Elege Presidents. 1t may or may not
I;be true that the law of heredity Is
las constant q factor as the law Of
lIgrayitation. but the vital interest Of
1.-THE general public In the regeneration
iof the descendants OF Max and all
his kind 10 shown In these luminous
| lagures.-z!on's RECORD. ,s1A -.---
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ODD FAMILY .QUARRELS.
KINDRED WHO DWELL TOGETHER
UNDER ECCENTRIC CONDITIONS.

a Collection of Cases Which Prove Tint
the Stubbornest Quar-els Are Those
between aseiatives-People Who Live
Together and Yct Never Converse.
The other day heard of a man Of
the name Of George Gould living ut
New Rochelle, N. " writes W. T..
Curtis, III the Chicago Record, whose
wife has lived in the sn:re house and
sat ut the same table with him With
out speaking to him for more than
twenty years. They were married in
1868, and have four children who are
grown and three of them are married.
About twenty years ago husband and
wife quurreled and the latter, becoln-
Ing angry at one of his remarks. de-
clared that she would never speak to
him again Until he apologized. He Is
too stubborn to apologize and she has
become accustomed to silence. They
sleep and eat and sit together like
other husbands and wives. They
drive to town. in the same buggy, oc-
cupy the same pew ut church,; she
mends his stockings, sews the buttons
on his shirt and fulfills all the other
wifely duties In the ordinary common.
place way, except that Of conyersa-
ton. and the husband has become ac-
customed to the situation by long ex-
perience. he talks to her without re-
serve. but when 1t is necessary for
her to communicate with MIN she
does SO through her daughter. who
lives with them and plays the part
;Qf telephone for the old lady.
And yet people say that womans
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SALT MAKING IN NORTHERN 1UzoN.

industry, and an entire village is en-.
gagged in crystalizing the salt out OF
the earth. The process Is the exceed
ingly simple one of scraping ti,e salt
soaked land of the low coast coun-
try with q wooden harrow and allow
ing the sun to evaporate the moisture
until the ground takes on a condition
of dry powder. This almost impalpa-
BILE dust is scraped up in baskets and
packed into a narrow bamboo splint-
woven trough, some six feet long,
plastered with clay. Water Is then
poured upon the dry salt earth by
the jarful, and teaches through, pass
ing out by a small tube at the bot
tom. The clear water with salt IN
solution is then boiled down until it
crystalizes in an iron kettle built IN
the top of a clay oven. as seen In the
foreground Of the picture, which Is
reproduced from Harper's Weekly.
In the south, among the Tagalogs Of
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A Hint to Any Man.

Education is seldom the controlling
factor in success. What! Must we
belittle education after all our furore
about the value Of education? By no
means. The secret Of success Is
mans disposition. The man who Is
willing to and able to take RESPONSE
bilities will beat him who Is unwilling
or unable. The man who has the dis
position to lift the burden Of trivial
matters from his superior's consider
alton is the man who will be looked
for when promotions are to be made.
The question is Iot, Have you done
your duty? but, Do you rise to greater
responsibilities The opportunities for
rising to greater responsibilities are
ever present-The Manufacturer.
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scraped of by the owner. In this
way they become practically self-feed-
Ing salt-machines Of an exceedingly
novel character, though the output of
salt per diem from each bed is very
small.
The native music Of the Philippine
Islanders,ac according to Harper's Week
IL, is rendered almost exclusively on
homemade instruments. These are
built Of bamboo, the big horns having
but one note each, while the reed (at
the left in the picture) carries the air.
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; THE PHILIPPINES IN WAR AND In PEACE. !;
2 Luzon Method Of Salt Making.
5QQQooooQaQaQQ0aaaaa OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

John +: NtcCutcheon, Philippine cor
respondent of the Chicago Record,
writes Us follows: 1t is Very difficult
even here in Manila, to get compre:
hensive idea of "the situation in the
Philippines" The most we know is
that our troops are scattered over
every province in Luzon, as we'll as
in the chief cities Of the other islands,
and that In Luzon alone there are
210 separate garrlsons holding cities
and Villages end strategic points in
the twehty-seteti provinces of the ISL.
and.
Tie Filipino method Of warfare has
changed from their old. defiant meth-
DDS to 4 new and more insidious one,
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nently as the subject of many Of their
whispered Visayan remarks. BY ex-
hibiting industry in passing things I.
finally won their friendship and re-
stored confidence.
Everybody his own salt-maker, SO.
the Ilocanoes and Pangaslnans Of
Northern Luzon believe, and they fol-
low out the theory in practice, for
nearly every family living on the coast
of the great Lingayen Gulf manufac-
lures salt for home consumption, and
sells the surplus to til, villages of the
interior.
In one settlement near Dagupan the
occupation reaches the dignity of an
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Cavite province, the process varies
somewhat. Every family living on the
coast has its own salt-ponds, which.
skirted by beautiful bamboo clumps
and great mango-trees, make very pic
turesque artificial lakes. These ponds
are shallow basins, sometimes more
than an acre in extent, walled in with
low mud dixie, and provided with
an entrance sluice, through which the
tidal waters may overflow the ground
and be penned in. Over the entire
surface of these 1ats are raised cir
cular beds, ten to twelve feet in diam
eter, fat on top and foot In height.
The salt water of the ocean is allowed
to come In till 1t reaches just to the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-09-26
Limo and Teeth.

A New York doctor examining a
child's teeth, remarked to its mother:
"You should move Immediately to O
lime country IL you want your children
to have good teeth. The water here
will ruin them." In testimony whereof
he produced statement that the resi-
dents of the state of Oregon have the
worst teeth of any people in the Unittd
States, all because there Is no lime
water In that country.-Sew York
Press,
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to grace dnd symmetry and completely
forgets those dainty little coquetrief
Which every maiden Is entitled by an
cient deere to use.
There was dti extetnporlzed supper.
All the girls sat ut one end Of the
table and all the men at the other.
All the chairs at the man end were
taken when 1 weut in to the feast,
and, contrary to all precedents, I was
consigned to the heart Of the enemy's
country.
On each side was q mestiza. Across
the table was row Of dark girls who
were evidently overwhelmed by the
radical departure from an old custom,
and 1 suspect that I figured proml-
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POCKET FILTER FOR SOLDIERS.

to the shorter tube may be attached
flexible pipe through which the pur-
flied liquid may be drawn.
The great advantages Of the Hamil-
ton filter are its shape and lightness.
In aluminium the entire thing could
be made to weigh less than two ounces.
The invention, which is both dura-
Bile and cheap, should commend itself
to the military authorities, and all In.
terested in our soldiers.
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THE ToMss OF CHINA.
As First Sight tho Land Looks Like q
~ Hugo Cemetery.

AE First Sight tho Land Looks Like q
Huge Cemetery.
The banks of the hills Of the Yang
tse are sprinkled and clothed with the
;s IS Sss aaRsa gsasEas1
China looks like one huge graveyard.
Worship Of ancestors, observance for.
the fathers that begat them, is the
great fact of Chinese religlon-the only
vital point in all the systems Of the
Flowery Land. Consequently. to dis.
turb the bones of the dead, except for
heavy compensation, is an offense
against society Of the gravest kind.
Miles of country, mostly hills, are
given up to the burial of Celestial
dead, and none of this ground is used
for residence or cultivation. When a
graveyard is required, in whole or In
part, for the purpose Of foreign trade,
or for the extension Of foreign set
tlement, large sum has to be paid to
the ascendants or descendants Of the
corpse, as each grave is leveled, in
order that the bones may be transport
ed to another resting place. Profes.
sors of light and air make many taels
out Of dead mems bones. They tell
the family that the Feng-shui of the
family grave is Of i'll omen, and at
much cost a new plot of ground Is pro-
cured, and the lowest available ledge
walled up with q semi-circle Of brick,
painted white and blue and red. Only
then do the patriarchs slumbcr In their
graves. The relnterment Of the dead
is almost as frequent as the interment,
where, as at Hankow, the foreign
devip' is demanding concessions of
land. ANY day you may see q family
party squattilg around new made
grave, to contain oil that is left of
lucky ancestor. whose very bones bring
dollars to his clan. Of real reverence
in all this there is hardly any. A Chi.
naman burns his "joss-stick" and pro-
longs his mourning from months int
years, in order that his father spirit
may not haunt him, and that the
ghosts of those who have gone before
may not hover about, without food
and raiment, and bring bad luck to
him and his. 1t is oil fear Of "bad
joss" Besides, the Chinaman does
as he would be done by, and he ex.
poets his son, or the son he has adopt.
ed for the purpose lit is the whole
purpose of Chinese adoption), TO care
for his "manes," as he did in his. turn.
So both banks Of the Yang-tse owe to
the Taipings and their turbuent pre-
decessors many thousands Of dead
mems acres In real mortmain tenure.
|-London Daily Telegraph.
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tops of these circular beds, soaking
them through and through. The sun
does the rest of the work by rapidly
eYaporating the moisture from them.
and the salt appears as white efaor.
escence at the supfaee, 10 be carefully
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-09-26

brown eyes coyly :glancing, or little
hands gently pressing. When Miss
Filipino treads, the; stately national
auadrille or whirls lightly to the stir.
ring measures of q quick.played waltz
che ded,cates her thoughts and soul
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-09-26

can Of water. The tipping of the
funnel raises the door 10 the first en-
trance and things are in readiness for
the next adventurer. In four nights
lib rats were captured and disposed
of in one of the big clubhouses.-Chi-
capo Record,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-22

Goods sold regardless of cost at th'
Allen Clark drug sale.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-22
GEN. BEATTY
Makes Severe Criticism
of the Ticket.
Says He Shall Not Support It--Some
Comparisons.

Columbus. o., June %. -(Spl)--Gen
John Beatty, the veteran soldier and
Republican, leader, has expressed the
sentiments of Il great many Republi-
ems in regard TO the Philadelphia
platform.
Il think" he said that it is made
up of lot Of bald assumptions, u
sprinkling of hypocrisy and good
many falScho0,ls.
''rhe platform declaration on the
question of bl-metdllism is simply
bunconlbe. The fact is that Mckinney
did not know when he was nominated
for the Presidency in iSD6 on Which
side of the money question he stood.
lie had voted In Congress for the 16 10
idea He had voted for and on the
stump had advocated lhc sherman
bill, which provided for The purchase
of some millioll oupces OF silver. Al
the time | publicly chilled attention 10
tlis and said that such II poilcy Wonlh
lead 60 the free coinage Of silver, the
very thing which he nitrrward was
made 10 oppose. Mckinley has by his
vote declared himself II free silver
man he has made u rni,lnaign on II
platform declaring for. bhmela!iisn,
and now lie Is 10 run On declaration
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-22
MARKED
BY Great Enthusiasm
Was Thursday Nights
NJ Getting Of c. L. U.
Large Attendance And
favorobIe Reports.
will Enforce the Davis Eight
Hour Day Law.
Indications Point Toward Great Cele-
bration on Labor Day.

A very well, lI,attendcd meeting OF the
Central Labor uuion was held Thurs
day evening. Many delegates. were
present from the various labor organi
zations. The c.. l.. u. is growing rap
idly aud is becoming one of the most
important factors in the promoting
of the interests or the Iaboring men.
Reports submitted We're of favora-
bic character. The Street Car Mems
union reported that the wages of A.
Il c, r. II n. company employees had
been advanced, and the Journeymen
iIorseshoers' union reported that an
advance III wages had been promised
by July. Brewers union and the com
panies have agreed OH prices for the
year. Terms are satisfactory to both
parties. Potters' union reported every
thing incident to recent difficulties SET
tied satisfactorily. The Companies rec
ogpized the union. The Painters un-
ion is growing rapidly, anG prospects
for its future are good. lis member
sup now exceeds 40. Barherton dele
gates to the G. l.. L. reported that the
Stirling Boiler Works company is Civ
ing its employees Saturday afternoon
as half holiday. Barberton unions
promise to show their full strength in
the Labor Day parade. The Clerks
union will name merchants for COM
Inittcrs on exhibits for the parade
Labor Day.
The c. H. U. will do all within its
power to enforce the Davis S-horr
day law in Summit county. Due notice
will he given to contractors and em-
ployers. Thee. l.. U. believes that this
law will .bcssof inestimable value to
both organized and ,lnorganized labor
The secretary was instructed to give
persons Within the province OF ms
law notice of the g. l.. us action In
the matter fnJ '
Tho G. l.. l.. will enforce the Child
Labor law Children under proper
age will be compelled TO attenE
school.
Mr.. \. r. Eavens, district president
of Miners union of the Massillon dis'
,rict. WAS welcome guest at the
lmeting Thursday evening He re-
spondcd clevcrly TO a call for short
address.
President J. Niers, of the Clerks
union, was n visiting guest at the
meeting. His union was well repre-
sented by delegates.
Cigarmakers' union will participate
n, grand stvle in the Labor Day par
adc. 1t proposes arranging Ior
don't" to be drawn in the parade ana
On II will be all manner of devices
advertising union-made cigars.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-22

Don't miss seeing the Allen-Clark
Drug CO.'S stock If you want bargains.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-22
AN ORDINANCE

To improve Canal street, from the
south line of Cherry street to the
north line of Mill street.
Sec. !. Be il ordained by the Coun-
ell of the city of Akron, Ohio, two,
thirds of all the members elected
there concurring, that the improve
ment of Canal street, from the south
line of Cherry street TO the north line
of Mill street. be proceeded with in ac-
cordancc with the resolution 10 i'm
prove the same, adopted May I, 1900,
by grading the same to the established
grade, curbing with stone, guttering
ainl paving the same with brick or
block stone, all in accordance with
the plan, profile and specifications on
file in the office of the City Civil En-
ginecr.
Sec. =, That the cost and expense OF
said improvement, except one-firteih
and the cost of intersections, shall be
assessed upon all the lots and lands
and parcels thereof bounding and
abuttiug upon both sides OF Canal
street. between ihe south line of Chez
Nv street and the north lille of M!ll
street, III proparticu 10 the dement's
which may result from said improve
ment.
Said assessment shall bc payable i'll
five 90 equal, annual installments,
and bonds shall be issued in nn'icipa-
ton of the collection of the sane, pro
vidcd thu, said assessment shall in no
case exceed the limitations imposed
by section 2270 of the Revised Stst
utes of Ohio; and the Council hid and
hereby declare that only the property
bounding and abutunc upon said
street. between The points aforesaid,
will be specially benefited by the I'M
proveinent thereof, and that no other
property than that specified, shall be
assessed ion said Improvement.
See 3. That all claims for damages,
filed under the resolution adopted for
the Improvement of said street, shall
be iudlclnliy inquired into before com
mcucing said Improvement.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take
efTecr and he In force from and after
the earliest period allowed ny law.
Passed June IS. la0o.
FRANK FlEBEGER,
President City Council.
CHAs. Il. IsBEIaL,
City Clerk.
Approved by the Board of City Com
missioners
| CHAS. ri. ISB9lIL,
| Clerk.
June 22-2S
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-22

Don't forget to attend tue picnic of
the American Cereal Co. Saturday,
June 23
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-22
BARBERToN.
New Stone Company Be-
gins Operation.
Death of Miss Minnie Shreve-Rea'
Estate Deals.

Rarhertou. June 22.-Thc Barberton
Stoue COMPANY has commenced work
ia it's quarry between here ana clinton
on thc Cox farm. AS soon as the q. A.
& G.. switch is being put in, the WORK
will become more active.
Manager James Mcnamara of the
Rarbertou team has made arrange
meuts for II game with the Wadsworih
team here Saturday afternoon. y spir-
tied contest is promised.
Thc Burbcrton team is stronger thah
eyer. and will 20 10 Kent week FROM
saturday to play the Kents, one OF the
strongest amateur teams in Northern
Ohio big delegation OF rooters Will
accompany the team.
Miss Minnie Shrcve died Thursday
of heart failure. She has been Ill for
several weeks and her death was not
,,npxpected. She resided with her par
ents. MIR. and Mrs. G. !. Shreve on
Home ave. She was 20 years, q
months aud 2G days of age.
MIR. A. a. Moore has sold three lots
io Mr. Hale in the Peerless allotment.
Mr.. w. a. Jonston has made the fol
lowing real estate deals. TO Timothy
O'Toole. lot on Tuscarawas ave-, $500;
Arabella French, two lots on Second
st.. SI.400; John Mcnamara, lot on
,ruscarawas ave, $1,000; A. A. Moore
il,rcc lots on seventh ST., 500; Gun
ninphnm n Erase. lot on Second ST.,
S1OO: Elmer $. McCamon, lot on First
st.. $500: Geo. Cook, lot on First ST.,
$500; Herman Waltz, lot on Eighth ST.,
$500: .,unu Scigworth, OF on Eighth ST.,
$500; u. A. Marker. lot on Second St,
S40O.
Mrs. Ellen Neitz and Mrs. Alice
Wahr who were fined So and costs by
Mayor Mcnamara, were charged with
nslng obscene language aud creating a
disturbance, and not for creating dis
iur,ancc al night
Mrs. T.. H.. Baker returned from Chi