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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
Admiralty weak ON Geoeraphy.


During the Boer war of 1880 the ad-
mirnlty was hopelessly ignorant Of the
geography of South Africa.
The admiral in charge. of the feet at
Cape Town received strict orders that
he was not on any account to lombard
the town of Potchefstroom. Now, as
Potchefstroom is n good many hun
dred miles from the seacoast and lies
on the Mooi river. which is barely 200
yards across and dry for three parts
of the year. this order was superfiu-
Gus.
During the same period the feet was
mt Port Elizabeth, and the admiral
headed dispatches to the admiralty
from that seaport. By the next mail
he again sent dispatches. but happened
to head them Algoa bay.
The admiralty cabled out asking hin,
what business he had 10 change the
location of the feet without instruc-
tions, sublimely ignorant of the fact
that Port Elizabeth and Algoa bay are
one and the same place.
BY the way, the names Algoa bay
and Delagoa bay are derived from the
outward and homeward voyages of the
old East Indiamen who, on their voy'
ages to Goa, in India. were wont t
call at Port Elizabeth on the outward
voyage and at Lourenco Marques on
the homeward voyage. Hence the
names Algoa Ito Goal and Delagoa
(from Goa).--Stray Stories.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
Vampire. Not Bloodsuckers.

Mr.. James Rhen, who is engaged in
special study Of bats, says that it is a
fallaey that the vampire is a blood
sucker. Travellers and story writers
are responsible for the story of the ter
rlble bloodsucking vampire hats Of
South America. Nearly all general
writer's on this subject agree with
them as to its criminal record, and they
all concur in laying the blame on a
large grotesque looking bat with an
enormous leaf nose, the Vampyrus
spectrum. This. bat is common in
South and Central America and from
his great size, being about two feet
across the outspread wings, is sug-
gestive and repulsive enough object to
impute the blood loving habit to.
AS matter Of fact, this. is some
what useful animal and is totally inno-
cent Of these charge, the bloodsuck-
ers being two much smaller and rarer
bats. The front teeth of these two lat
ter are enormous lancets occupying
over half the tooth row of the animals
and possessing very sharp edges, which
can easily penetrate the human skin.
The teeth of the big vampire, on the
other hand, are simply adapted for a
diet of insects and fruit. The true
bloodsucking bats are much rarer than
the vampire.-Philadelphia Record.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
OFFICIAL
Murdered by Troops.
Chancellor Of Japanese
Legation Killed.
Attacked by Favorite
Soldiers Of Empress.
She Does Not Comprehend
Ita N Gravityof Case. .as
British Marines Drove Back 1000
Boxers--Forty Less Chinese.

." NJ
: London, June 13,-(spl, The Times,
in an extra edition. publishes this dis
patch from ,Pekin dated yesterday at
2p.im.; p1'he Chancellpt. o. the Japan.
ese LEGATION. .ssugiyama ;Akira, While
proceeding alone and unprotected on
official duty, was brutally murdered by
soldiers of Tung F'uh Slang, the favor
ite body guard of the Empress, at
Manigale railroad station yesterday.
The foreign rcinforcenients are
daily expected. The present isolated
position of Pckin, the destruction of
foreign property In the country and
the insecurity of life are directly at.
trlbutablc TO the trcachcry ana inse.
curity of life are directly attributable
to the treachcry of the Chinese gov
ernment"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
A.LaSe rhrt EntS .onss.

A strange lake exiets in the center of
sulphur island off New Zealand. 1t is
20 acres in extent, about IL feet in
depth aud IL feet above the level of the
sea. t.
The most remarkable characteristic
of this lake Is that the water contains
vast quantities of hydrochloric and sui
phuiie acids kissing and bubbling at n
temperature of il0 degrees +.
The dark green colored water looks
particularly uninvitiES. Dense clouds
III sulpinIric fumes constantly roll otf
this boiling caldron, ana care has to be
exercised In approaching this lake to
avoid tile risk of suffocation. On the
oppositefside Of the lake may be seen
the tremendous blowholes. which,
whom irs full blast, present an awe in
spring Tight
The roar of the steam, as 1t rushes
forth INFO the air is deafening, and
often hNge powders and stones are
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
Horse Rac,nr on the stage.


In racing scenes the horses do run nt
full speed They run, however, not on
the fixed stage. but On what may be
called tPeadmills, which keep the horses
In front of the house for longer or
shorter periods. according as they are
moved quickly or slowly. A picket
fence placed between the audience and
the course, not only makes the scene
more realistic; it also hides the mechnn-
ism of the treadmills. This fence has
contributed In another way to add to
the effect by being moved in opposition
to the direction of the horses and so
lending TO their appareat speed.
AS TO the sounds made by the foot
falls of horses to be heard as though
passing outside an interior scene, they
are reproduced by the dried hoofs OF
dead horses or wooden limitations
mounted on handles and hammered
against surfaces of stone. gravel, sod
or whatever the occasion may demand.
They are also more deliberately manu-
factured by revolving cylinder with
pins prouuding from the surface.
These PINS are arranged. like the spurs
on hand organ roller, to initiate trot-
ting, galloplng or walking when struck
against other Substances. If the sound
of n carriage is to be added 10 the
trampling of horses. wheels are run on
slnd.--Cossell's Magazine.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
Bank washing Day,

in some banks there is regular
washday every month, usually at the
beginning, when n clerk may be seen
bent over n tub and rubbing real mon
ey up and down a washboard. Tho
dirty greenbacks that have been saved
up for a month are, soaped and rub
bed just like handkerchiefs and socks
and are run through n wringer before
being put out TO dry. The paper cur
rency may be handled somewhat
roughly as it does not tear because
there is In 1t a great deal of silk and
linen. After the notes have been
passed through the wringer they nre
hung on line stretched In the hank
clerks department. Said one clerk
the other day: 81 wash about 100 notes
every month, and when I'm done you
can hardly tell them from new money.
The washing strengthens as well as
cleans the notes. s."-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
viii Not Resist.

Paris, June 3.--(Spl)-The CORE
spondent of the Sun is Informed from
official sources that dispatch has
been received from NJ. Pichon. the
French Ambassador to China, dated q
o'clock yesterday afternoon in which
he says that the Dowagcr Empress had
Informed the ambassadors that the en-
trance of foreign troops would not be
resisted. She acted very childishly
and asked in simple way why the
troops We're fbolng brought into the
country. NJ. Pichon told her that they
were there to protect the Europeans
and also to guard the railway and tcle-
graph lines.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
Forty Killed.

Ticp Tsin, June IL. (Spl)--At n
point near Lang Fang on Monday 1000
Boxers attempted TO cut of n British
troll of 16 marines who preceded by
two miles the first train that was
conveying troops to rckln. The Ma.
rines kept up n running fire for over
a mile. The Boxers held their own
and did not fall back until reinforce.
ments arrived with II Maxim gun. Then
they retrcatcd,
The Europeans pursued them and
carried two villages.
The Boxers hod 10 casualties. The
British sustained no losses
The expedition now on thc way TO
Pekin is made IN as follows; British
915; German $50; Russians 800;
French l5s; Americans loi; japanese
81; Italians 10 and Austrians %.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
NOTED ANAGRAMS.
Ingenious Transmutation of the
Names of Woil known Persons.

Ingenious Transmutation of the
Names of Woil known Persons.
Anagrams that transmute the names
of well known men and women are
often startlingly appropriate. What
could be better In this way than these
announcements, evolved from two
great statesmen's names when the
reins Of power changed hands: Glad
stone. &c leads not" Disraeli, II lead,
sir" Quite as happy is the comment
on the devoted nursing of Florence
Nightingale, whose name yields "Flit
on, cheering angel" Among those
that are most often quoted we may
mention Horatio Nelson, Honor est
Nilo;" Charles James Stuart, Claims
Arthur's Seat;' Pilates question,
"Quid est veritas?" ("What is truth ?'),
answered by Est vir qui adest," C'It
is the man here presently; Swedish
Nightingale, "Sing high, sweet Linda"
David Livingstone, 80. ", so and visit
Nile;" the Marques Of Ripon (who re-
signed the grand mastership of Free
masons when he became Romanist),
"R. l. p. quoth Freemasons;" Charles
Prince of Wales, "All France calls,
Oh, help" Sir Roger Charles Doughty
Tichborne, baronet, 'Yon horrid butch
er Orton, biggest rascal here" And
many shorter specimens, such as tele.
graph. great help" astronomers, mo
more stars" and moon starers;" one
hug, "enough;" editors. $50 tired"
tournament, ito run at men," peniten-
tiary, may, repent" old England,
golden land;" revolution, "to love
ruin" fashionable, "one-half bias;'
lawyers. "sly ware;' midshipman.
mind his map poorhouse, "Oh, sour
hope" Presbyterian, best In prayer"
sweetheart. there We sat-" matrimo-
ny, "lnto my arm.srr-Chambers' Jour
| nal
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
He Was Very accommodating.

Apropos of the ready comprehension
and native wit attributed to the sons
OF Erin, Patrlck's compliance with the
customers wish stands out in bold ap-
position. Patrick was clerk Ia Il sub
urban grocery store. II was busy
season aud the grocer was waiting up.
ON two or three customers at the same
tine He was in n hurry, and every.
thing had TO be shcre he could get II
without much trouble or he would be
delayed aud probably lose money. so
when he found that the pound weight
was gone he was bothered
"r9tlcS,' he called out. "where's the
pound wclghty'
The pound weight, is IT." said Pat
rick complaccntly, sure, an It's Mis-.
tAer Jones has The pound weight
"Mr. Jones has It? What do you mean
by saying that Mr., Jones has the pound
weight? thought the pound weight
said In the store. How did Mr.. Jones
get it?"
"An shure didn't ycz tell me TO be
pcrilte 10 the riguar customers?'
"Of course"
well, thin, Misther Jones comes iuto
the store for pound Of tay. An, says
he, whin asked him what quality Of
toy he would have, WHATEVER yey give
me- says he. give me the weight,' So
put the pound weight in the package
with the taN perl!to like, an ir's him
self that's gone With Chicago
Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
STEEL WOOL.
A Curious Material Used ns a sub
stitute Tor Sandpnper.

Steel wool Is Il machine produced ma
terial that is uAed as u substitute for
sandpaper 1t is composed of sharp
edged threads of steel, which curl up
together like wool, or somewhat as the
wood iibers of the familiar material
known as excelsior curl up together,
though the steel wool Is very much
finer, the finest of 1t being not much
conrser than the coarsest of natural
woods. The steel wool is put up In
packages containing one pound each.
These are something like rolls of cct-
ton batting, but smaller, pound Of
steel wool. loosely packed, making,
rolled In paper and open at the ends,
Il package perhaps Is inches long and
two or three inches In diameter
Made in various degrees Of conrse'
ness. steel wool is PUT TO a variety of
uses, the finer wools for polishing Wood
and metal, ana the coarser for rub
bing down paint and vurnish. 1t is
often used on special parts OF work,
of door Il mnn would use sandpapef
with n block back Of 1t; for the mold
ipgs ne would use steel wool. which hts
into the crevices and conforms itself
to irregular shapes, Such work can
be done with steel wool far more rcadi'
ly aud quickly than with sandpaper'
and il is used with like advantage on
irregular and small surfaces and on
carved work,
Resides the steel wool there Is a
coarser material of the same kind call
ed steel shavings, which is put TO vari'
ous uses, as in taking Off old paint OF
varnish and in polishing wood before
painting, and it is used on bowling al,
leys and on floors for smoothing aud
cleaning them.
Sandpaper clogs In use, steel WOO
breaks down. The wool Is commonly
used with gloves to keep the ends from
sticking into the hngers.-New York
Sun.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
In New York;. New Rich Society.

A salient feature of the reign of the
new rich Is the habit of estimating q
mans success In life solely by the mon
ey lie has acquired. There are gather
ings of society in New York where if
the question We're asked about a fellow
citizen, HAS he been successful?" the
answer would be in the negative had
the person inquired about not accumu-
lated wealth. No matter whether he
had served his country as a soldier,
statesman or philanthropist, had led
the youth OF his generation as college
president, had been an educator of the
people in school or pulpit, had achieved
wide renown as jurist, had written
great book, had held multitudes en-
thralled by his poetry, had painted no
BILE pictures, had advanced science or
surgery, had created a leading news
paper or magazine! Nothing of all this
tells. He Is not Success" because he
has not piled up dollars to .flaunt in the
worlds face! Saturday Evening Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
iNTeRPRerArloN.

We long for a peace that Is lasting,
We plead for q rapture that's rare,
Like fishermen ceasclessly casting
Their nets in the gulf OF despair. =
(, wo draw fforo deep. waters Of sorrow r y
Dark wrecks Of old failure and fear,
And out OF SEA silence We borrow
The storm that will never come near.
Faith speeds past the footsteps OF duty
And hslts at the door OF tomb;
Thought pierces the source Of all beauty
And returns unto dust--'tis the doom
OF each man child to strive aud to wonder,
To plan for some positive gain,
And only find mysteries under
All life. be 1t pleasure or pain.
Lo, In realms Of the mind there Is treasure
For toilers who dwell in content;
There is truth that no science can measure
And the fearless are never forspent;
There is light when.earth shadows are falling,
There's reward for the deeds that are done,
Where envy crowned virtues arc calling,
Through faith is thy victory WON'T
Charles W. Stevenson in Chicago Record.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
The Best Age For Men to Marry.

,s Vne Beot age For wen TO marry.
Edward Box, writing in The Ladies'
Home Journal on "A Boy For Hus-
band" contends that mo young man
under rs years of age is In any sense
competent to take unto himself wife.
Before that age he is simply a boy who
has absolutely nothing which he can
offer to girl as safe fundation for
life happiness. He Is uniformed in his
character, unsettled in his ideas, alb
solutely ignorant of the first essentials
OF what consideration or love for a
woman means. He doesn't know him
self, let alone knowing woman. He
is full of fancies, and 1t Is his boyish
nature to fit from one fancy to an
other.
He is incapable of the affection up
on which love is based, because he has
not lived long enough to know what
the feeling or even the word means.
He Is full Of theories, each one of
which, when he comes to put 1t into
practice, will fail. He is boy pure
and simple, passing through that try
ing period through which every boy
must pass before he becomes a man.
But that period is not the marrying
time. For as his opinions Of life are
10 change, so are his fancies of the
girl he esteems as the only girl In the
world to make him happy. The man
of 80 rarely weds the girl whom he
fanciad when he was 90"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
CAR FARES IN GERMANY.
The Method of Collection and In.
spection Prevents Free Rides.

The Method of Collection and In.
spection Prevents Free Rides.
The chances Of evading fares on the
street cars of German cities are very
slight. When a passenger steps ON a
car, the conductor Immediately asks
where he is going and then prepares
his ticket, which serves also as a re-
ceipt for the fare. The preparation of
a ticket consists only in detaching it
from a block and punching it or mark
ing 1t with pencil.
This process involves much more
work than the simple process Of ring
Ing up the fares, as conductors do in
America, but the task is lightened by
the fact that only a certain number Of
persons are permitted to ride on a car
at the same time. The number Of sit
ting and standing places is plainly
marked on each car. If a car Is de-
signed to carry 80 persons, no more
than 80 persons will be permitted on
that car at the same time. When any
thing In Germany is forbidden, it is
settled once for all.
In order that every person who rides
shall get the prescribed ticket inspect
ors are employed who spend their time
In ascertaining whether the conductors
are doing their duty. These inspectors
step into the cars and ask the passen-
gers for their tickets. They note the
number Of the tickets and whether they
correspond with the stubs retained by
the conductor. The clerk who gives
out the blocks of tickets to the con-
ductors notes the number of the upper
most ticket and at the return Of each
block collects from the conductor who
returned it as many fares as there are
tickets detached.
The rate Of fares varies from 21a
cents to s, according to the distance.
Small children are carried for one-half
fare, and any one for the sum Of $3.50
may secure ticket which entities him
to ride as much as he wishes for one
month. When a car Is full, the con-
ductor displays a placard bearing the
word Occupied. Chicago Record.
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hurled out 20 a height of several hun
dred feet by the vhrious internal forces
of nature.
A boat can be launched on tho lake,
and II proper care be observed the very
edges Of the blowholes may be safely
explored
= Some idea of the strength Of the acid
saturated water Of this lake may be
gathered from the fact that boat al
most dropped to pieces after all the
passengers had been landed, as the
rivets had corroded under the influence
of the acids.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
Equal to the Occasion.

There once stopped at tavern q par
ty of wits. When the feast was over.
one of the members called in the
hostess.
Madam" he said, 81 am going to
give you lesson in astronomy. Have
you not heard Of the great Platonic
year, when everything must return to
its former condition? Know, then.
that in 1000 years we shall be hero
again on the same day and at the same
hour. win you give us credit TIL
thenW
The hostess, however, had her replyt
81 am perfectly willing" she retorteds
"but 1t is just 1000 years since yoE
were here before. and you left without
paying then. Settle the old score nows
and I will trust you on the new.
New York Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
The OHIO RIVER.
Many OF IT'S Picturesque Features of
~ ri the Past Are Gone.

u ~ y the Past Are Gone.
The Ohio rs no longer the beautiful
river it once was. 1t flowed In majes.
tic curves and sweeps through n limit
less paradise. The glory of that river
In the barbaric splendor OF an autumn
day was beyond description. Robed
from the Alleghanies to tho Mississippi
In her gorgeous fabric of maple and
sycamore. which everywhere dropped
down to the stately flood, shimmering,
bending In her course with considerate
and majestic dignity, trip on one of
the brightly painted steamboats, was
the event of lifetime. There was also
dignity in the steamboats,. They did
not pant and rattle like locomotive,
nor were they silent like an ocean
steamer. rheflong, huge steam cylin-
ders, with deliber0tion and a soft
though pervnding sound. blew huge
clouds of steam into the air. The river
steamers were the Monte Carlos Of the
new world. Every one Of them carried
Its contingent Of professional gamblers,
each of whom had bowie" in his
boot leg. These men, unmolested, trav-
eled the year round between Pittsburg
and New Orleans, feecing the unwary
and paying n percentage to the cap
tains.
The Ohio Is a noble river yet, though
winding through forest denuded hills.
The orchards and cornfields are at
tractive. 1t promised once to become
the Rhine In vineyards, but the grapes
were .smitten with n rust which de-
rtroyed the crops until the attempt
was abandoned. 1t will never be
crowned with feudal castles in ruins,
but the groves will be replanted, and
another century end will see 1t once
more the beautiful Chicago
| Interior.
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UNITED For BYRAN.
CONTINUED from FIRST page.)

ID. During the reading of the resolu.
tions, Gen Warner was frequently
interrupted by the enthusiastic APP
plause of the delegates. This was as.
pecially true when the closing para.
graph was reached In which the name
of Col Bryan was presented as the
leader of the Democrats.
The resolutions start with an af-
firmation of the Chicago platform in
these words I'VE, the Democrats Of
Ohio. in convention assembled, reaffirm
our adherence to the Chicago platform
as a declaration Of principles for which
the Democrats will evidently contend.
But new and grave issues have arisen,
threatening the safety of free govern
ment itself, which should command
at this time the most serious attention
Of all patriotic citizens"
The platform protests against the
doctrine that the President or Congress
can govern acquired territory inde-
pendently of the constitution as doc
trine utterly subversive of every found.
alton principle of our government.
In this connection imperialism and
militarism are denounced as foreign
to our system of government The
Philippine bills are denounced as pal
pablo violations Of the doctrines Of our
fathers; trusts and mpnopolics, If per.
mittcd to continue, will result in scrf-
dom for the masses. and the removal
of duties from imports monopolized
by trusts is demanded.
The money plank reads: We de-
clare our unyielding opposition to the
single gold standard and demand the
restoration of silver TO its former place
as standard money, equally with gold,
and with equal rights, at the mints,
not only. as a constitutional right, but
as necessary to secure an adequate
supply of coin money
The currency law enacted by Con.
gress, transferring to the banks the
entire control of the paper currency. is
denounced us legislation calculated to
create money. trust, with power to
control the prices Of all property and
ITO stimulate and stagnate business and
pave the way for perpetual and in
crcasing public debt A demand is
made that the general government
shall coin the metals and Issue and
regulate the volume of paper currency,
and that all currency intcndedto cir
culatc as money shall be legal tender
and be maintained at n parity Of
value.
Great standing armies are declared
to be a menace 10 human liberty, sym
1nthy is expressed for the Boers,a de-
mand Is made that the war Of CON
quest he brought to a speedy close ~
herence to the Monroe doctrine is IA
vored, as Is the construction of the
Nicaragua canal under exclusive con.
troll of the United States and the IN.
diminished faith of the Democracy
in William jennings Bryan, aS a
matchless leader, is renewed.