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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
Economical Training of Gunners.

The method used in the United States
navy for the economical training of the
gunners Is very interesting. 1t is a
well known fact that the cost Of firing
one of the large guns used in the navy
Is very great, amounting sometimes to
$1,000 or more. To save this expense
very simple method is employed. In
the case of the large guns an ordinary
Remington rifle is secured in the breech
of the gun and directly in the center
of the bore, so that when 1t is fred its
bullet takes the same direction as that
of tho regular projectile. The large
gun is sighted in the usual manner
On account of the lesser velocity of the
small bullet the target Is placed close
TO the ship and is made corresponding
ly small.
The method used for the 6 FOUNDER
or other small guns Is slightly differ
ent. as instead of the small rifle
wooden or dummy cartridge the same
size as the regular cartridge is en-
ployed. Through the center of this
wooden cartridge runs rifle barrel
which Is loaded with ~ caliber car
fridge. This latter method has the ad-
dltional advantage of giving the gun
crew practice in loading as we'll as fir
Ing. Washington Star.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14

lars winch may De assigned to q
.roup Of 100 persons or more at any
articular age. The expectation of life
given age, to use the actuarial
hfnse, differs considerably, as might
. expected, In different countries. and
.nglishmen may be surprised to learn
hat they are not the longest Living
4inong the white races.
At the age of 90 an Englshman In
average health may expect to live 40
years, aud any life office will grant him
a policy based on that probability. The
Americans expectation is for slightly
longer period On the other hand. n
German lad of 90 can count upon little
more than 80 years and half.
1t would seem, therefore, that the
restlessness attributed to the American
temperament does not necessarily con
duce to the shortening of life nor the
composure Of the German to its pro
longation. Possibly the better feeding
and clothing of Americans in the lower
classes of the population are the princi
pal causes of their greater longevity
Their position is at any rate, main
tanned In later as well as In earlier
years.
The American who has reached 60
may look to complete II years more.
while the Britisher's expectation is on
ly about l3 years and 10 months and
the Germans as nearly as possible IL
months less. Both at 20 and at 60 the
Frenchmans prospect is a little better
than the Germans and little worse
than the Englishman s.-London Globe.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
what's III n Namsf

Experienced patent medicine men,"
says a gossiper in the New Orleans
Times Democrat. admit the lmpossi-
bility of predicting when the turning
point will be reached in booming any
new remedy. The amount sunk In ex-
plotting two articles before returns
come In may vary 100000. In my
opinion. the name has a good deal to
do with getting a demand started. II
It Is hard to remember or hard to pro-
nounce, It is undoubtedly serious
handicap, and, on the contrary.
catchy, simple title, Just odd enough to
stick in ones memory, is in itself an
advertisement worth thousands of dol
lars. have house In mind that
spent, n good sized fortune trying TO
popularlze tablet preparation with
queer Indian title that no two people
pronounced In exactly the same way.
IL was n good thing and cleverly put
before the public, and 1t failed solely.
think, because people were reluctant to
ask for II for fear Of making them
selves ridiculous by butchering the
pronunciation. That's point about
which the average customer Is very
sensitive"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
Wife Wants to be Released.

Cleveland, o., Dec. 14.-(Spl) minnie
Hall, who Is being held in the county
jail as a witness against her husband,
Fred Hall, accused Of burglary, began
habeas corpus proceedings yesterday
to secure her release. She alleges in
her petition that she is the lawful wife
of Fred Hall, and is unwilling to testi
fy against him. Under the law a wo.
man cannot be compelled to testify
against her husband.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
ENGLISH AS SHE'S WRITTEN
A Telegram That Nearly Frustrated
WaahInEfnn Man.

Washington Man.
A lamentable unfamiliarity with Eng
llsh as she is automatically spoke" on
her native heath is responsible for
bad quarter of an hour which certain
young lawyer Of this town will no,
Soon forget. His wife has most pro.
nouncedly correct tastes in everything,
including dress. Such of her gowns ms
do not come direct from London town
are built In New York by the most cor.
rect of English man milliners. When
she made ready to go to Long Branch
last summer, the young wife laid in
supply of clothes that should dazzle
the natives. Her English man milliner
was, however, provokingly slow about
delivering things, and she was forced
to set off without several of the frocks
she had intended taking with her. For
the first week after she went away she
wrote to her devoted husband at home
every day. For the second week she
wrote every other day. In the third
week four days passed without line
from her. On the fifth day telegram
was delivered at the young lawyers
office.
"Wife's body forwarded this morn.
ing"
The signature was q scrawl. but the
message was enough to chill the very
marrow of that young husbands bones.
1t had been sent from New York. He
saw, In his minds eye, his dainty little
wife running up to town for a days
shopping. He thought of the frightful
heat. He knew just how it had all come
about, and with horror stricken face
he dashed out into the street and fair.
ly ran to the house of his wife's sister
to acquaint her with the frightful
news. He was past speech when he
reached the house, but he held out the
fatal telegram. The sister read 1t.
"Well," said she, "it's time he sent 1t.
She's been expecting 1t for six weeks.
It's the one that goes with the pink
chiffon skirt, suppose" Washington
Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
Canicis In WATER,

Camels cannot swim. They nre very
buoyant, but i'll balanced, and their
heads go under water. They can,
however, be taught to swim rivers
with the aid of goatsklns or jars
fastened under their necls. During
the Baluchlstan expedition of 1893 the
camels We're lowered into the sea from
the ships, and their drivers, plunging
overheard, clambered on to the backs
Of their charges, causing the animals
heads to come up, and thus assisted
they were successfully piloted ashore.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
MENINGITIS
Caused the Death OF Mr.. Charles C..
Fairbanks.

Mr.. Charles G. Fairbanks, Of 125 e.
North st. died Thursday night at the
City Hospital after a 2 weeks illness
from meningitis. Mr. Fairbanks was
Al years of age and had resided in this
city 20 years He was employed by
the Goodrich Rubber Company. The
deceased was member of the White
Anchor Relief Association and of Star
and Crescent Commandery of the Red
Cross.
The funeral will he held at the resi-
dence of his sister, Mrs. Willis Halla.
day, 906 II. Exchange ST. at o'clock
Saturday afternoon. Interment in
Glendale cemetery.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14

At recent banquet in Sydney de-
scendant of the Macdonalds massacred
at Glencoe passed knife with the
blade foremost" TO member Of ia.
nous old family bearing the historic
name Of the Macdonalds betrayers
Most of those who looked on stigma
tized the action as one OF contemptibly
bad breeding. But one or two under
stood the significance and knew that
the betrayal is still unforgiven.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
MusIngs by the sea.hore.

"What a mistake 1t is," observed the
doctor as they walked along the shore.
to speak Of this as the watery waste!
There isn't drop that is wasted. With
ont the ocean the continents themselves
would soon become uninhabited des
erts."
Therefore" commented the profess
or while It laves the sand 1t saves the
land. ."-Chicago Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14

to get his nerve under control, and
slipping his own wing under, togethc.
they made sort of cradle for the bird
ling. and, each lapping its free wing
they flew to the tree, bearing 1t to q
place Of safety among the branches
where it was lost sight of.-Bostol
Christian Register.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
BIRTHS.

GORDON-To Mr. and Mrs Daniel
Gordon, 526 West Exchange ST.. Thurs
day, Dec. 13, daughter
STONAGE-To Mr., aud Mrs. Chas
Stonage, 707 South Main ST., Thurs.
day, Dec. 10, daughter.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
obieetionnbIe Fc,tur.s.

Naggus-l have read your speech,
Borus, and, to tell the truth, don't
like its physiognomy.
Borus-lts physiognomy? What do
you mean?
Naggus-Its Is are too close togeth-
er.-Chicago Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
Pyromnniac.

Fond Father-That is the smartest
child ever saw, II any me can set
river on fire. he will when he grows up
Fond Mother--Indeed be will, bless
his little heart! Only this morning
found him starting tire under the
piano. Philadelphia Call.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14

amount OF phys
ical exertion
which seems in
credible. In the
manufacture OF
plush, for ex-
ample, th o S e
who cut the pile
have to walk
about til ir ty
miles S a day.
And with every
step of that
t h irty miles
thew breathe in
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
An OhntInnte Maid.

Mr. Sappelgh-l wouldn't marry that
Miss Gabby. She is terribly set in her
ways,
Mr. Softleigh-Is that so?
Mr.. Sappeigh - Yes, indeed. Why,
she has refused me nine times.-Balti.
more Americnn.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14

"IS ! walk backward down the cell
lar stairs in the dark, I'll see my future
husband"
NONSENSE! You'll be more likely to
see our family urgeon."--Chicago Rec.
ord
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
Comonrn,ive Louueyity.

1t has often been remarked that
while nothing is so uncertain as the du.
ration of any given human life nothing
is more certain than the aggregate of
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
GOOD ATTRACTIONS CLEVELAND
THIS WEEK.

Rogers Bros, Opera House; Hydes'
Comedians, Star: vaudeville at EN-.
plrc. Special train via G. r. & V. r. r.
VIII leave Union depot 6:15 D. m.,
Howard ST., 6:25 p m. Returning leave
Cleveland II 80 p. m.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14

The resting place Of Daniel De Foe is
in the heart of one of London's busiest
quarters, about quarter Of a mile
from the Bank of England.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
Knights Had a Spread.

Mcpherson lodge, knights of Pyth-
las held an informal banquet In honor
of the new officers recently elected
Short speeches We're made by Col. II.
G. Sanford, Mr.. 7. e, Wells, Mr.. Mark
p. Buchanan, Capt. Fl. o. Feederle and
others.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14

Parents, your children buy and eat
candy. Instruct them to select nothing
but candy from boxes trade marked
Sellthebest. s. b. Lafferty.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14

There is no more trying work than the
weaver's Added to the confinement, the
heat and the impure air, there is often an
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
Nslan Bros.

BE sure you our Christmas decora-
tions before buying. Shall have
Christmas trees, reathes, holy and all
kinds of decorations. Our assortment
shall be the best obtainable.
reese
York State, Swetzer. Ohio. Club
House. McLawren's, RoQuefort & Co.
A nice line.
Bottled GOOD
Cross & Blackwelps, Curtice Bros
and Heinz & Co. We have a line of
good put up by these firms that are
too well known for further recon-,
mendation.
Soups
Franco-American, American Food
Co., Campbell, Van Camps and Blue
Label.
Canned Goods
Our Canned Goods are the largest
and most complete in the city. Have
everything in canned goods.
Teas ann SOffeeS
Our high grade Teas and Coffees
are winners. A trial will convince you
they please.
5aSk cts
All kinds of Fancy and Ornamental
Baskets, Market, Scrap, Sewing,
Hampers, etc.
Fiber Ware
Are offering Fiber Tubs, Pals, ETC.,
at rema arkably low Drice
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14

"An hex" answered Thomas after a
prolonged mental struggle, "is where
you look In the back part Of the book
when you want to lind anything that's
printed in the front part of the book"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-14
His Dim Idea.

A teacher was giving her class an ex'
ercse in spelling aud defining words.
"Thomas," she said to curly haired
little boy, spell i5ex.'"
The Republican., 1900-09-13

more than the other an electric current
will flow in the circuit, its amount and
direction depending on the nature of
the two metals, the difference in tenn
perature between the two functions
and the resistance it encounters in its
path. On the motor machine the
couples are made of iron and nickel.
firmly brazed together. They are ar
ranged like the windings OF the ordi-
nary electric motor, with Que set of
functions brought conveniently to the
Surface, where gas jets play upon them.
The other set are cooled by a rapid cir
culation of air about them. engendered
by the rotation of the machine. While
the motor is of no practical value, it is
an exceedingly interesting eNemplifi-
cation of the ease with which energy
may be transformed and retransformed
through the various forms of heat, elec-
tricity and motion.
The Republican., 1900-09-13

Among other things the Parisians
are learning from the great crowd of
American women who are attending
properly. 1t is noticeable everywhere
in France that the ladies' from this
country who are visiting the big cities
of that country as part of their
attendance at the exposition are
dressed in better taste than even a
Partisan dreamed of. The western
continent before very long will take
away the palm of setting the fashions
from the dressmakers and milliners on
the other side of the Atlantic.-Wash-
ington Times
The Republican., 1900-09-13
pUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Bobs-'Is yours a stop watch?"
Dobbs-"Nearly all the time. .'-Balti-
more American.
Jimson-"I understand you are
boarding. What drove you to lhat?"
Timson-"My wife would go to the
cooking school. Boston Transcript.
Another Chinese outraged" shout
ed Hobbs. "Where?' Right here!
The blamed China laundryman has
burned my shirt" - Philadelphia
North American.
Nicar-"But surely the voice of con-
science appeals to you sometimes" ,"
Deaf Old Reprobate-"Maybe it does.
sir, but then, you see, I'm rather hard
of hearing."-N Y. World.
IF not yourself" said wealthy old
bachelor to a charming young lady,
whom would you rather beY
Yours truly was the immediate re-
ply.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
considerable interest at
taches to Jiggins now. He's an un-
Gle" Coakley-''I didn't know he had
any married brothers or sisters"
Joakley-"He hasn't. He's simply
opened a pawnshop." p."-Philadelp
Press
"I'll either beat him or bust him."
said the candidate. st is a scheme
of my own getting up, too" What
is it?" asked the henchman. I've
got a story about his sending hun
dred-dollar note to the parents of a
kid named after him" indianapolis
| Press.
''What is an anecdote, Johnny?"
| asked his teacher. "a short, funny
tale" answered the little fellow.
That's right" said the teacher.
''Now, Johnny, you may write a sem
tence on the blackboard containing
the word" Johnny hesitated a mo-
ment and then wrote this: "a rabbit
has four legs and one anecdote. San
| Francisco News Letter.
The Republican., 1900-09-13
DON'T LIKE ARTIFICIAL ICE.
Some Housewives Declare 1t Is of
Little Account for Refriger-
atinS Purposes.

A new grievance has arisen to annoy
the housewife. A few years ago, when
artificial ice came into vogue. she re-
garded it as an unmixed blessing that
would greatly lessen her tribulations.
To-day she complains that it lacks the
one essential property of ice-cooling,
says the Chicago Chronicle. 1t does
not cool things, she says. Even though
the ice box be kept full to the lid with
solid cakes the cream sours and the
Strawberries shrivel, the bottled beer
remains tepid, the butter melts and
the salad willis, just as they would were
there no ice in the refrigerator. At
first this puzzled the housewife. She
thought Maria was at fault. But Maria
called the saints to witness that she
had placed the beer bottles all around
the cake of ice. the butter and berries
on top and the cream and lettuce close
by. The housewife was still doubtful.
She spoke of it to a neighbor IT'S the
ice" said the neighbor. 81 had the
some trouble. There is big-worded
scientific explanation of it, which /
can't give you. But it's something to
know that artificial ice won't keep
things COOL as the Jack Frost kind
does. It's bad enough when one has
a nice. cool cellar in which to keep
| ones refrigerator, but when it is one
of the hardwood set-in apartment kind
| in passageway between the kitchen
and the dining-room and one expects
company to dinner and the blanc
mango won't jell-"
Just my experience. We had straw
| berry custard for dessert-at least we
were to have had one. 1t turned out
something between an eggnog and a
very fluffy omelet souffle. We drank it.
Of course l blamed poor Maria. scolded
her for not making the custard in time
and for putting too much milk in it,.
She said that it had been made in time
and that she had put it on ice at noon.
which seemed incredible, but / believe
her now. Things do get cool, but they
are no colder after sojourn of "a
| hours in the ice chest than they are
after being there one hour, Maria's
grudge against the crystal-clear plant
ice is bitter. Sure. an it don't lasht
long enough to cool anything, amy
how she says"
The Republican., 1900-09-13
A Ew MOTOR.
ergy Turned Directly Into Mo-
tiOn by Electricity.

From Germany comes the design of a
remarkable motor that turns heat en-
ergy directly into lion through the
intermediary action of electricity. The
machine is called thermo-electric mo-
tor, and works on the familiar principle
of the electric motor somewhat mod
ifiec to meet the peculiar eXigencies of
the case. In action it is essentially an
electric motor. but one driving its elec-
trical energy from heat applied to it
through thermo-electric couples. A
thermo-electric couple is composed of
two dissimilar metals. such as iron and
copper. Any complete circuit made of
two metals must necessarily have two
functions of the two in it.
If one of these functions is heated
The Republican., 1900-09-13
THE MESSENGERS DIVERSION.
A Bit of Comedy Between Trains at
New York Elevated Rail-
road Station.

A messenger boy, small, trim, reticent
and deliberate in his movements,
walked up the steps of Sixth avenue
elevated railroad station, reports the
New York Sun. went quietly along the
passageway between the ticket sellers
window and the ticket choppers box,
and there dropped his ticket. The tick
ct chopper being at that moment stand
ing. stretching his legs, the messen-
ger kept on around the ticket box and
dropped in the ticket choppers chair
without a word or look for anybody.
81 guess you were born tired" said
the ticket chopper. No reply from the
messenger.
When the next passenger dropped q
ticket in the box the messenger boy
The Republican., 1900-09-13
The japanese Rulers Humble Friend

Ten years ago, when the crown
prince was in his thirteenth year, his
highness spent summer at Futami-
gaura, Ise. While out gamboling in
the water one day the prince no.
ticed fisherman's boy of about the
same age as himself, whose consum-
mate skill in swimming drew forth
his admiration. The lowly youth,
whose name was Yei, had the honor of
being presented to the prince, and
there sprang up boyish friendship
between the two. A decade had
elapsed since then. and his highness
was once more back in Ise, the other
day, on his wedding tour. The mem
ories of the past came back and the
prince thought of Yei. He wanted to
see his old friend, and after a good
deal of trouble, the order was con-
veyed to Yei, now grown a sturdy
young man, but still poor and lowly.
Yei approached the imperial presence.
In high delight the prince talked free
ly of the past and then allowed Yei to
take leave of him loaded with various
Chicago Record.
The Republican., 1900-09-13

reached forward and grasped the ham
dle of the lever and raised it up and
let the ticket fail down from the hop
per into the box below, throwing the
lever up through its full sweep slowly.
but to the limit with manner that
was at once languid and precise.
"There-that'll do" said the ticket
chopper. I'll attend to that part
of it,
Still paying no attention to him, the
messenger got up and walked away.
He had chopped one ticket. that's all
he wanted to chop; and now he strolled
down the pla atform as calm. as grave
faced, as reticent as ever, as cool. even
in this weather, as the proverbial GU
cumber
The Republican., 1900-09-13

ance. mortgages and assignments of
mortgages executed and delivered
prior to July 1, 1898, and not presented
for record until subsequent to that
time are not taxable. Persons who
record such papers now will not be
obliged to affix stamps unless the pa
pers were executed since June 30, 1898.
There was a war tax from September
l, 1862, until October 1, 1872, and pa
pers executed within that period must
be stamped when recorded.
The Republican., 1900-09-13
The Shah and Cheese.

In his slow and costly journey across
Europe, on his way to Paris, the shah
of Persia tasted Gruyere cheese. He
nibbled K at first, doubth,l. Then he
took to eating it largely. and found
gherHins went eXcellently with it.
Finally he substituted it for bread and
at a princely salary, he has engaged
one of the most expert makers to ac-
company him back to Persia.
The Republican., 1900-09-13
The Higher Education.

"Yes," unused Mr.. Meddergrass, 1--WE
had a old hen that had habit of set
tin on hills of potatoes. Hiram, our
boy, who has went to college, called
her Rome because she set on seven
hills, but | never could see the pint,
although Hiram always laughed a
great deal every time he got the joke
of. baltimore American.
The Republican., 1900-09-13

1t is observed by travellers in Siberia
that the effect of constant cold is prac-
tically the same as the effect of con-
stant heat. The people develop a dis
inclination to work, and become
strangers to ambition of any descrip-
ton
The Republican., 1900-09-13
Long Service nsCoun.eI.

John Fowler, the United States con-
sui at Chefoo, China, has been in the
government service ever since reaching
manhood-for 21 years. Beginning in
1879 as clerk in the Washington navy
yard, where he stayed two years, he
The Republican., 1900-09-13

was later transferred to the Talla-
poosa and stayed on her till she was
wrecked in 1885. Ten years ago he
was appointed consul at Ning-Poo by
President Harrison. whence he was
transferred to Chefoo by President
Cleveland in 1896.
The Republican., 1900-09-13

The engineering feat of transport
ing steamboat of $50 tons from
Scotland to Lake Titicaca-the most
elevated lake in South America-has
just been accomplished. The vessel
is the Coya. 1t was constructed in
Scotland and then taken in sections
to Mollendo, Peru, from which place
it was carried in 22 cars to the rail
road skirting the steep sides of the
Andes to the lakeside, nearly 10000
feet above the sea level. There the
sections of the vessel were put to-
gether again and the boilers and en-
gines nstalled.-London Daily Mail
The Republican., 1900-09-13

In France, where wine is almost an
abundant as petroleum is here. it ID
transported in bulk in tank cars.
The Republican., 1900-09-13

He-An' wuz de bride or de groom
nairvous?
She-Wal, guess not! Dey done q
cake-walk down de aisleI-Puck.