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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-22

In plenty time for the affair and the
comfort of all will be taken into con-
sderation. The management has not
yet announced who will be curtain
raisers, but will present good ones.
Tommy Ryan will be the referee. and
the men will fight straight rules for a
decision. Performances VIII begin at
$50 o'clock and will be rushed with
out delay so that all may get home
in proper time.
YALEs BIG LEAD.
Yale's lead on the big eastern teams
up to date is long one, and 1t Is
growing with every game. BY the
victory over Princeton on Saturday,
Yale made n net gain Of twenty-foul
points on her total for the year. She
has scored 30S against all her op-
ponents, and ten points have been
made against her. Five of the ten
are the goal from field kicked by
Princeton on Saturday and the other
| five were made in the touchdown by
Columbia in the well contested game
on Columbia field in New York city.
Not n game has been played by the
sons of Eli this year in which her
score has not reached the double fig
IRE stage. The. same thing Is true of
! had TO put up with one single figure,
when she got but five from Harvard,
and Princeton has five games with
single figures. Until this year Prince
ton had not been beaten on her own
field. Twice she has succumbed to de
feat in Princeton and once was beaten
in New York.
OF the smaller colleges, Lafayette
and Brown have made the best show
ings of the year. Lafayette has now
piled up n total Of 2O7 points. Brown
has scored against all of the big
Four" except Yale, with whom no
games was scheduled for the year.
Columbia has materially increased
her total for the year by the last two
games, and II seems n pity now that
no contest was scheduled with Cornell
particularly after Cornell was able
to beat Princeton and then succumbed
to Lafayette. BY the way, IL shows
how strangely foot ball eleven will
reverse in form, when it is recalled that
Lafayette is the only college this year
TO score double figures against Cornell
The naval cadets and the West
Point men are playing splendid foot
ball this year and the annual contest
between them at Philadelphia on Dee
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-22

he grasp at the chance then? I'll ad.
nit that my battle with Rubin was
not such difficult one, still I had to
do all In my power to win. My task
against Sharkey was easier. But In
consenting to fight Jcffries after got
through with Rubin and the former
sailor ! think did manly and fair
thing"
"Will you fight Jeffrics againT was
asked.
81 may and may not" said Fitz.
II cannot say what will do now.
don't intend to cancel any dates for the
benefit of Jeffries. For the present
l have retired, and under no circum-
stances will consent to even entertain
IA match until possibly next May, when
my season on the road is over
DAGUE BROS. WON.
The Dague Bros, X company's bowl
ing team won two out of three games
with the Strings of Barbcrton on the
latters alleys Wednesday night. h.
G. Turner of Akron, made the high
score Of the evening, ISL. The totals
follow:
pague Bros n Co,--61S, 800, 65O.
Stirling-d70, go, 6i7.
GAME Ar THE GRAND.
The Grand and Magic City bowlers
will meet tonight OH the Grand alleys.
STILL ANOTHER CLOSE FINISH.
The A and g teams bowled last night
at Kirkwood. Neither team was will
ing to take the position of rear guard
for the procession and so they con,
tinue on even terms as shown by the
following scores:
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-22
NGTyita Tablets I.;!.! 5zIs. STRENGTH s.H
Hurt Her Hand.

do you know. Willie. 1t pains me to
have TO punish you:"
Its different from the pain feel.
though, isn't H. mag"-Yonkers States
man.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-22
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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
John Chinaman AS a Workman.

When he is paid by time, the Chi
naman does not work more than he
can help. When he is on piecework,
however, his affection for the almighty
dollar. developed in his race to the
highest degree, makes it his tendency
to scamp his work, and very ingenious
indeed can be his dvvices in this di-
rection. Running machine tool
would seem, therefore, to be the work
wherein he would be most effective,
but even then he wants smart shop
foreman, not of his own race, to see
that tools are running. at an effective
speed and cutters held up to thei.
work. What can certainly be said at
present is that it takes more of him
to dc an equal amount Of work in a
given time as compared with the Eu-
ropean. It took eleven coolies to
carry the luggage of a representative
of Engineering from hotel to rail-
way station, where one man and a
handcart would have sufficed. This
overplus of labor and infnitesimal
coinage is responsible also for the ter
rible amount of theft of small loose
parts, or even fixed parts. of the loose
or fixed plant on the railways.-Lon-
don GIoha.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05

but on the whole the wGr seems to
have been conducted as humanely as
war can. British and Boer doctors
and clergymen have combined to do
all that science and religion can to
soften the hardships and mitigate the
horrors of battle.
A Dutchman gives an interesting
account of visit he recently paid to
the Boer camp. He made a short
stay at the tent Of General Joubert,
who at the time was engaged with
his secretary and the telegraph wires,
while close at hand and under the
same canvas his sturdy spouse was
placidly peeling potatoes as if no fatal
issues were hanging in the balance.
The rites of hospitality were observed
by the Commandant General ordering
the native wench Eva, who has ac-
companied him and his good spouse
through many a fierce campaign, to
bring the national beverage, coffee.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
Marvellous Textile Machine.

"Perhaps the most remarkable thing
I saw in our line while abroad" re.
marked buyer for wooden house
who has re Gently returned from a
Trip through England, Germany and
France, twas a machine that shrinks.
presses and finishes cloths simulta.
nAously. 1t makes superAuous the
sponging process and does away en-
tirelv with the necessity of fat press.
ing. 1t is the latest invention of the
men who have carried the textile pro-
cesses the nearest to perfection of any
people on the face of the globe, and
seems to be the very last thing needed
in our line of manufacture. German
inventive faculty seems to be best
shown in the textile line, and the peo-
pie who devote themselves to it are
away ahead of even the experts of our
own country, whose bent seems in
her directions. The new machines
t, Q in use in Germany, England and
ustria, and the work they were de-
,ised to do seems to be done with rare
perfection. 1t means quite a saving
in the manufacture of the fine grades
of cloth, but it will have no effect on
prices that the consumer will feel the
benefit Of.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
THE NEW NILE.
Greatest Engineering Feat the WOrld
Has Ever Known.

Has Ever Known.
John Ward, F. S. A., writes as fol.
lows i'll Ainslee's Magazine: when
the Nile reservoirs planned by the
great Willcocks were first made known
to the world, and it was found that
he, although offering six or seven
sites for his cyclopean designs, really
only highly recommended one, tie
construction of which would wipe ont
the island of Philie, the loveliest spot
on the Nile, there was a univel sal
howl of opposition. This got to such
a height that Sir w. Garstin and his
engineers may have felt a grim kind
of relief when they found that the
French would allow Them no money
from the Caisse to realize their schemes
for storing the blessed water, and they
had for time to abandon the whole
affair. So when. one fine morning,
Mr.. John Aird, Sir Ben jamin Baker,
and their friends, unexpectedly called
at the Office of works in Cairo, and
offered to make any amount of dams,
canals and locks, wherever they
pleased, for no present cash payment,
in accepting their wonderful offer the
government cut down the level of the
great reservoir by nearly one-half.
Willcocks wanted to store up 120 feet
OF water, SIR Benjamin Baker was told
to content himself with 20 metres
(about Is feet) OF Nile storage.
"And so the artists aud the tourists
and the general opponents to the
drowning of Philn were appeased, or
at least silenced, and the greatest en-
gineering work that the world has
ever seen was quietly started, AM
within year 20, 900 men were EN-
ployed at Assouan and at thu supple.
mental dam of Assiout.
''When the dam is completed and
at it's high level, Phil,e will have it's
temple pylons, and few of the higher
ruins standing out of the water. Just
to mark where its ancient beauties
were; but all its ovel4ness, it's ver-
dure, its palms, several of it's temples,
its storied walls and its Nilometr>, its
colonades, its Roman qnays, will dis
appear beneath the waters. An island
will be lost, but continent will Re
saved For my part, | would rather
they had made Willcocks' cycl 'pean
granite barrier of about $50 feet where
the wall crossed the Bab ell Kebirl,
and that the whole island had been
sa' riticed. The fragments left will
only serve to reopen the sad affair in
peoples minds. However, we must
make the best OF it, Even with the
65 feet of water in the reservoir great
advantages will be gained for Upper
Egypt. If we lose Ihil.e for the
tourist and the artist and the archeo-
logist, we will gain millions of acres
more for the fellahsen's agriculture,
and the revenue from the irrigation it
will afford will double the return of an
nual income to the finances of the
governments much so that ii the
British were allowed free hand, this
increased revenue could be made in
short time to clear Egypt from debt.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05

Sapphtres That Aren't Blue.

''It is commonly believed that the
sapphire is known only as gem of a
.ich velvety blue i'll COLOR" observed
an experienced dealer in precious
stones to the writer the other day.
As matter of fact the sapphire occurs
in various hues. In Ceylon, for in.
stance. where the finest specimens of
This gem are found, it ranges from the
soft velvety blue to the peacock blue,
graduated in the latter to an almost
faultless white. 1t also occurs in
whites, green's and yellows, the latter
shade being known as the Oriental
topaz, and the green the Oriental
emerald. The white sapphires are
often found clouded or streaked with
blue so that many specimens are cut
which are white when looked at trans
versely, but having a lit of fine blue
tint on the under point. Then there
is the red sapphire, or Ceylon ruby.
1T is valued as highly as the finest
Burmese rubies. Those most highly
priced are the red pigeon blood or
rose-red color. Some very fine sap
phires have been found in Montana
during the past ten years. The
American gems are light-blue, blue
green, green and pink, but the deep
blue and red stones, which are chiefly
in demand as jewels, have SO far never
been discovered in any part of this
country. Washington Star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
"With it's marabout tents, it's Kitchen

"With its marabout tents, its kitchen
in the open air, its Irish stews, the
Boer laager would give the illusion Of
an Algerian camp but for the enormous
wagons, drawn up in line or i'll square;
the multiplicity of animals and the
silence and calm of the men.
''Guard duty is taken in turns by
successive groups all night long. The
tent of the general, the major or the
field cornet serves as a club for any
one who likes. The life of the chiefs
is for me mystery of physical and in
tellectual endurance in the midst OF
this continuous invasion.
'"There are no punishments, no rec
ompenses, no alterations nor coercive
measures, everything being done free
ly at stated hours as duty. Though
there is no restraint, there is never u
reprehensible act.
''The laagers have commissariat
department that works with admirably
regularity in spite of the extreme
strain that is put upon it.
"But after all the laagers are chiefly
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
The blessings of Civilization.

The graceful, firm gait OF the H.-
vaiian people, but especially that of
he women, has been attributed to the
labit of going barefoot. Shoes have
lever been used. Generally cheap
,traw sandals OF the Chinese were
,sed in muddy weather. The example
,f another neat race, the Japanese.
aas had its sway, and clogs are also
1sed, keeping tue feet out of the dirt.
Alas! the graceful! walk must go, for
Yankee shoes, with pointed toes and
narrow soles and heels, are seen on
the feet and in the stores.
When the women wiggle along the
walk as do the tourists, they will no
longer be able to lift their white
gowns from the sidewalks to avoid
the water which stands in the puddles
after the sidewaiks and streets are
watered by hose and carts. The
Woman's Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05

The concentration of troops was car
ried out by railway with the greatest
ease and without hitch, as with
trained troops.
"Land transport is assured by those
massive, canvas-covered wagons, drawn
by sixteen pairs of oxen. Filled with
blankets and provisions for the long
est journey, they formed the only
vehicle before the railway was con-
structed. To-day they are on all the
Natal routes, and on the banks of the
swollen rivers when it is impossible
to discover ford.
In camp is commissariat officer
who serves out provisions with a
liberality to which our commissariat
officers have not accustomed me. The
meat is admirable. Bread for the army
is baked in Glencoe by Frenchman
named st. Croix, some of it in the
ovens left there by the British. If
bread should run out there is Boer
biscuit, which is softer, more palatable
and far better than ours.
"The Government still keeps the
men supplied with tea, coffee. rice,
potatoes and condiments; it is your
universal proyider, this Governme ent
your tailor, outtitter, saddler, shoe
maker, and all without the slightest
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
tent. which was excessively hot. Two

tent. which was excessively hot. Two
candles were stuck in bottles placed
on empty cases; the men squatted
around, two or three reading from the
same hymnbook. They had laid their
pipes besides them and their rifles
were stacked about tie tentpole. They
sang we'll in lusty, clear voices free
from any nasal twang The effect was
strikingly picturesque. the strongly
marked, earnest faces in the candle
light thrown out against the dark back
ground OF the shadows behind. SINH
lar scenes were to be witnessed at each
lager every evening, sometimes in
three or four tents at the same time"
A letter from Sir George White to
General Schalk Burger was taken by
Lieutenant Orlebar, of the Nineteenth
Hussars, during the siege of Lady
smith. He was accompanied by an
orderly with white flag, and when
he reached the Boer outposts he was
blindfolded and conducted TO the
General, the orderly being left be-
hind in charge of the picket. His
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05

produced its effect, refusing to pursue
after the enemy has been put to fight
no man who sees them such perfect
masters of their strength can fail to
understand that they are people
apart. these extraordinary Beers
sure of their eye as of their nerve, of
their resolution as of their endur-
ance."
George Lynch, artist of the Illus
trated London News in Natal, who was
taken prisoner by the Beers, describes
a hymn service in the Boer lager be-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
A Meteroloyical Surname.

The Rev. DR.. Norman Macleod,
moderator of the Church of Scotland,
has magnificent voice. An English
man said to him one day, Doctor,
how do you pronounce your name?"
The doctor was somewhat taken
aback. but answered with dignity and
some force, ''Think of cloud, sir,
a dark storm cloud"
''Thank you, doctor, but You need
not use the voice of thunder to carry
ont the illustration. - Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
LUDWIG II.

OF BAVARIA. an enormous snow
ball, and cried out with pride to his
brother:
"Look, Ludwig, I have a SNOWFALL
twice as big as your headr"
At these words the crown prince
fell into fury and tore the ball from
the child, who burst into tears. The
child's tutor came upon the scene and
asked what had happened. Otto
sobbed out his story.
ooh, your highness. said tho
tutor, "I can't allow this. Prince
Otto has right to his own snow.
ball; you mustn't take it from him."
Ludwig turned upon his tutor,
his eyes glancing darts of indigna.
ton.
"Do you mean to tell me-" he said.
''that I, the crown prince, have nc
right to this snowflake"
After all, it was only n SNOWFALL
but later on the wise men of Bavaris
shook tt cir heads and murmured.
A pleasanter story is told of the
prince when, at eighteen, he received
his allowance, in coins fresh from .he
mint. The amount was what would
now be called pittance. The first
use made by the boy of his new wealth
was to go to the court ieweler anc
order for his mother locket which
he had heard her admire. The jewel
er inquired whether he should senc
the account to the castle, as usual.
"No," replied the crown prince.
with an air Of ineffable pride. 81
have now my own allowance. Here
is my purse. Take what you want
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
Trained With a Derrick.

Ring horses are generally irI itated
when the rider first stands upon their
backs. Probably the action OF the foot
pulls the short hair; but the irritation
ceases in short time. Riders are
first trained to do their tricks OIL the
ground. When complete masters of
themselves on the ground they are
put upon the back of a horse having
an even gait and reliable disposition.
10 the performers belt, at the back,
is attached stout rope which runs 20
to the end Of Il strong arm or beam
running out from post set in tue cel-
tire of the ring. This arm is swung
around by helper, who keeps the
loose end of the rope in his hand i'll
order to regulate the slack and pre-
vent the young performet from hav-
ing heavy fall should he lose his
footing. Again and again the rider is
pulled up just in time to prevent him
from falling under the hoofs of his
horse. He is swung for ward, dan
Cling from the arm of the der ick, un-
til he regains his balance and his foot
ing upon the back of his horse.
TO describe in de all how every feat
and specially is taught would require
a volume, but on general principles
it may be said that all tricks are first
learned on the ground, or at q SAFE
and minimum elevation. Then when
the performer has attained absolute
self f-contidence and is wholly without
fear he is allowed to swing higher,
until he finally reaches the height re-
quired iu the pub ic performance. =
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05

upper stories are each smaller in di.
ameter than the one below. On top
of the third story is staff, crowned
with glittering ball. The lower floor
is divided into three rooms, each re.
sembling in shape a slice of pie.
Along the wall of one room is narrow
stairway to the second story.
One of Babcock's troubles is to get
his furniture to fit. If his beds and
tables and chairs and sofas were
round he could arrange matters with
less difficulty.
Babcock will complete his house by
building circular porch around it.
His home is in West Guthrie and com.
mands a pretty view of the Cottonwood
Valley. Babcock drew his own plans
and is proud of his architectural pro.
duction. He said that he built the
house Just to have ono different from
any other.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
Builer.. Friendship For tho Krugers.

1t is recalled that General Sir Red
vers Butler was, prior to the South
African war, on terms of friendship
with the Kruger family, and that they
were wont to exchange cards of good
wishes every Christmas, their friend
ship dating from twenty years ago,
when Butler had regiment of Beers
under his command in the war against
the Zulus.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05

for the Boer cause that influenced
him. Not only is Colonel Villebois-
Mareuil brilliant soldier, but a dis
tinguished writer as we'll, and here
with are presented extracts from a
letter contributed by him to La
Liberte, of Paris. 1t gives much that
is new concerning the Beers, from
whose side little has been published.
AZ Colonel Villebois- Mareuil writes:
eff you consider both men and
things, here is O curious mixture of
very ancient and modern methods.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05

Wagner, h a d a
stormy you t II ,
which seemed to
prophesy the mis-
fortunes of b j 8
later years. In her
account of the ro.
nance of his life,
Frances Gerard re-
lates these charac-
teristic Incidents:
On one occasion
Prince Otto, his
younger brother,
had made himself
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05

interesting for the spirit that animates
them. An atmosphere of deep relig-
ious feeling pervades the camp, which
commits everything to '1od-the fate
of the Transvaal, the defense Of its
liberties, and the rights of its people
against the aggressor. If you compli-
ment general he replies: God has
permitted it,. The Boer, whose secret
aspirations are thus encouraged, lifts
eyes of faith to heaven. The pastors
are among the men. living their life,
present at their death, simple. like the
others, although treated with special
respect.
"Any man who has seen the Beers,
night after night, gathered in groups,
some on horseback, others on foot,
punctual in all weathers, taking up
their nightly stations, is constrained
to bow before the superior power which
can transform lives so free as theirs
and mould them to the needs of war
like discipline.
''The rain is often heavy, night falls,
but they press stoically forward with
out noticing it, and until the hour of
dawn, crouching among the rocks
along slope, begged in the mire or
drenched in the flooded fields, they
will keep vigil or sleep under the
southern sky, offering their lives in
continual sacrifice to their country.
"No man who has seen them in bat
tie, their eyes ever on the alert, their
deadly magazines rifles in their hands,
quick to change their position or to
strengthen weak point, inhexible,
and yet at the same time generous,
stopping their fire as soon as it has