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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-10-05
FLOORS
Made Of Rubber
Tiles.
Invention Of a New
York Man.
Plans of the Pennsylvani
Company.

A patent--one of the kind that makes
one wonder that no one had thought
OF such scheme before-has been
granted to Geo. H. Bennett of New
York. The invention is for rubber
floor tiles. The lnlaid sections are of
different colors and the much-sougnl
mosaic effect is reproduced. The in
laid tiles may be of any color which
can be given to rubber, and it Is an
ticipated by the inventor that the
system will find favor by reason of
the variety Of ornamental designs pos.
sible to be obtained. Other advantages
claimed are that this new tile is i'm
pervious to water and that, in case of
injury to any section, it may be remov-
readily for the substitution of new
pieces. 1t is understood that the in.
ventor is open to propositions from
manufacturers.
The India Rubber World says: The
Pennsylvania Rubber Co. is planning
an important extension Of its factory
(at Erie, Pa.l, involving additional
buildings and an important increase
in the equipment of machinery. 1t is
reported that the Farrell Foundry and
Machine Co. are constructing for the
company the largest belt press ever
made. Mr. John w. Teller has join.
ed the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. as
their sales manager. for the mechan'
ical goods department, with head
quarters at No. 1877 Duane ST., New
York. Mr.. Teller became connected
with the rubber trade fourteen years
ago, and when Messrs. Hardy and
Miller went from Boston to Akron, o..
to take charge Of the Diamond Rub
ber Go. he accompanied them. Later
he had charge of the cOmpany's scales
in New York and in time became sec
retary and treasurer of the Diamond
Betting and Packing Co. which posi-
ton he resigns to form the new con
nection noted above.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-10-05

trying many
remedies, was
Induced. by a
friend to take
Peruna. The
re uIfs hsve
been highly sat.
|isfactory I
take pleasure I'm
Recommending
| Peruna TO any
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-10-05

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

built up the manufactures and wealth
of the world would be also good for
that section o: our country, the New
York Times warns them that they
in so doing lose sight OF the fact that
the logical result of protection would
be commercial isolation"
Logic is defined as the science OF
the distinction of true from false rea-
soning. If the result of the Dingley
tariff has effected the commercial iso-
lation of this country the logical result
of developing the manufactures and
wealth of the south might be its COM
mercia1 isolation But the article in
question is headed Increasing Exports
from the SOUTH" but the increase as
shown has occurred since the Dingley
tariff went into effect, and we all have
been assured that if we don't buy we
can't sell.
The fact is there is no logic in,
about, nor anywhere near the assertion
that protection leads to commercial
isolation The editor of the Times has
apparently mistaken Mr.. Gladstone's
advice that we grow more cheap cot
ton and wheat for logic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

when the Regiment Came Back.
All the uniforms were blue, all the
swords and rifles new,
When the regiment went marching
down the street,
All the men were hale and strong as
they proudly moved along
Through the cheers that drowned
the music of their feet.
Oh the music of their feet keeping
time to<drums that beat,
Oh the glitter and the splendor of
the sight;
AS with swords and rifles new, and in
uniforms of blue,
The regiment went marching to the
fight.
When the regiment came back all the
the guns and swords were black,
And the uniforms had faded into
gray,
And the faces of the men who march
ed through that street again
Seemed like faces of the dead who
who lose their way.
For the dead who lose their way can
not look more gaunt or gray
Oh the sorrow and the anguish OF
the sight,
Oh the weary tagging feet out of step
with drums that beat,
When the regiment came marching
from the fight.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Harper's
Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

The Protection organ. the Economist, II
Ii has any discreet friends, will stop its call
ing Representative Bahcock a traitor because
he has expressed the opinion that it would
be well to reduce certain duties The DELHI
erations of the National Association of Man
ufacturers and its resolution should be .
warming to that element not to be arbitrary
in affairs which concern the Republican party
rather than the Economist--Indianapo
Journal
Perhaps careful reading of the
statement of President Search as to
what the National Association. of
Manufacturers did and did not do on
the subject of tariff revision might
suggest to the Journal that the warn
ing in question applies not SO much
to the friends as to the enemies OF
protection.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

Young King Alphonso of Spain
when he attended his first bull fight
at Madrid in full state, was received
with unbounded enthusiasm. Unlike
his Austrian mother, whose aversion
to this form of sport is notorious. he
appeared to follow the Corrida with
the most keen interest and satisfaction
thereby showing himself true Span
lard, and as possessed of what is
known as "sangre torera," that is to
say, bull fighting blood" At the
close of the performance, which was
particularly sanguinary, eight bulls
having been killed, and twenty horses
ripped up. the young king presented
handsome gifts to the leading toreros,
Mazzantini, Bombitta' and Fuentes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

Swiss military papers speak in high
terms of the new revolver which has
been adopted for the mounted troops
of the Swiss army, and which is the in
vention of two Berlin engineers. The
recoil on firing brings a fresh cart
ridge from the magazine into the bar
rel. The pistol weighs one pound,
thirteen ounces. and its center of
gravity lies Immediately over the hand
of the firer. The magazine carries eight
cartridges, and practiced shots can fire
forty-efght rounds in from twenty
eight to thirty seconds. The calibre OF
the weapon is 0.32 in, and its range is
given at 1000 yards.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

Within two years the Cherokee,
Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks and
seminoles will cease to exist as an In
dian people governed by tribal laws,
aad their territory will be broken up
and a11otments of land made to them
as citizens of the United States They
have been known as the Five Civilized
Tribes, but the government has decid-
ed that they have failed to live up to
their name according to the American
requirements of law and order for
the Indian Territory.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10
Pretty Story of Gen. Harrison.

The late General Harrison was wide
ly respected, admired and esteemed
He could, moreover, make warm
friends and keep them. Nevertheless,
he had not what is considered win
ming personality except to children.
A born child lover, children inStinc-
lively knew and loved him for their
friend. A prettier campaign anecdote
seldom found its way into print than
that, recently retold- and worth retell-
ing of how he uncOnsciously converted
an opponent into partisan. In fam
lily of strong Republican principles
there was little daughter, Emily, only
4 years old, but of an exceptionally
quick mind and fair spirit. This little
lady picked up enough understanding
of the presidential campaign then in
progress to know that there were two
candidates for Office, General Harrison
and Mr.. Cleveland, and to observe in
her household what struck her as I'M
fair favoritism toward Mr.. Harrison
He was always commended; Mr.. C1eve-
land was always decried. In a spirit of
childish championship for the under
dog" she constituted herself, much to
the family's amusement and little to
their vexation, the friend of the Demo-
cratic candidate, and whenever others
praised or cheered Harrison, she would
promptly hurrah for the neglected
Cleveland. Before the contest was over,
her family took her with them to In
dianapolis to visit friends who were al
SO lifelong friends of Harrison, and
who took them all to call upon the
prospective president. General Harri-
son was delighted with the youngest of
l.; hi aoi-
ally to her pleasure. He took her on
his knee, talked with her. told her
stories, and wholly captivated her
warm little heart. When the call ended,
Emily reluctantly, and on the steps
outside she suddenly stopped and re-
fused to go any farther.
Il want to see him. she said obstin-
ately.
But you have seen him. said her
mother. I'VE must go now; it would
not be polite to stay any longer"
Il want to see him. Emily insisted;
but she would give no reason, and
neither would she give up her request.
Just then General Harrison saw her
through the open door and perceived
that she was hesitating and had some
thing on her mind. He came out, and
STOPPING down and taking her hand.
asked:
What is it, Emily?''
Emily looked up into his face, and
answered, in the faintest little Quaver-
ing voice:
"Hurrah for Harrisoni"
Her abrupt conversion from Demo-
crat to Republican was explained to
him, and no compliment that he ever
received touched, amused and delight
ed him so much He kissed his new
partisan and thanked her, and they
were firm friends thereafter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10
saluses 1t st. Thomas

The latest yarn about the negotia-
tions between the United States and
Denmark as to the future of the Dan
ish West Indies has just been told and
denied 1t came via London from
Copenhagen and was promptly
squelched at Washington 1t brings
into notice a peculiar condition pre-
vailing down in the Caribbean Sea-
The story said that if Denmark was
not to sell the islands the United
States would insist that ST. Thomas
be fortified In a way. the beautiful
little harbor of Charlotte Amalie at
St Thomas is fortified now At least
there is a fort there and it is gar
risoned by Danish troops 1t is almost
landlocked harbor, and on the high
headIand at its entrance there is a
signal yard and an observer who is
constantly alert to sight while they are
still far at sea the large number of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10
Lincoln ON Brrs.di.r Generals.

A writer in the Novoe Vremya tells
how, when Alexander, prince of Bull
garia, asked the Russian minister of
war to lend Bulgaria 800 non-commis-
stoned officers to instruct his army, the
Russian general replied that Russia
had not 300 non-commissioned officers
to lend, but he could lend Bulgaria 900
generals, if that would do as well. This
recalls the story President Lincoln
used to tell during the civil war of the
man in Washington who threw a stick
out of the window of his hotel and
knocked over six brigadiers, and "it was
not a good day for brigadier generals,
either" Another story of like purport
is that of Lincoln's saying, when some
of his mules and a brigadier general
were captured in a raid near Washing
ton, he did not mind the brigadier, be-
cause he could easily make another,
but the mules were valuable
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10
H.roin. OF tn. Civil war.

In September a monument will be
erected on the Gettysburg battlefield,
dedicated to the memory of a brave
Iowa girl. 1t will bear these legends:
On the front, Jennie Wade, Killed
While Making Bread for the Union
Soldiers" On the reverse, Erected by
the Women's Relief Corps of Iowa, A.
D. 1901" One side will bear these
words, Whatsoever God Willeth Must
Be, Though Nation Mourn On the
other side will be, She Hath Done
What She Could" Jennie Wade was
one of the heroines of the civil war.
She was killed by a stray mimic ball
of the Confederate while making bread
for the Union soldiers in the little
brick house of her sister, right in the
stormiest and most dangerous part of
the three days battle-ground. The first
day of the battle she drew and carried
water from the windlass well, and
filed the canteens of the Union SOL
the awful din of the battle For thirty
eight years her grave has remained I'M
marked. The movement for a monu-
ment started in 1899, at the close of
the national encampment at Philadel-
phia, when the Iowa women spent a
day at Gettysburg, and resolved to
render homage to the memory of the
brave Pennsylvania girl The money is
now all raised. The monument is to be
and will cost $500.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

According to a paragraph which has
been going the rounds of the French
newspapers, NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau-
the French premier-has all his dogs
vaccinated to prevent them from hav-
ing distemper, and has never lost one
from that disease. Jenner, who intro
duced vaccination, proposed that all
the dogs in England should be treated
in this manner, but was laughed at
for suggesting it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

Some curious botanical experiments
made at a geological laboratory at
Naples are reported by Hans Winkler.
A fowerless aquatic plant, that grows
normally with its roots in the sand and
leaves in water was inverted, speci-
mems being placed with the leaves
buried in the sand and the roots float
ing in the water in strong light. The
roots changed to stems and leaves, and
the buried parts becoming roots
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

BozemaE, and, in fact, the whole of
Gallatin county, Montana, is afflicted
with a scourge of dandelions. They
are to be seen in every garden and in
nearly every field in the county. In
the summer the little globes of fluffy
cotton-like substance, containing the
seeds of the dandelion, float through
the air and alight in every nook and
corner. No matter how poor the soil
the dandeIion fiourisheS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

6ne of the great packing houses of
Chicago has prohibited profanity upon
its premises. The primary purpose of
the order was in itself excellent name
ly, to protect employees against abuse
by swearing foremen or overseers, but
it cannot fail also to exercise a good
influence over all those who work for
the company, especially the younger
men, In commenting on the order the
Chicago Post truthfully says: ct is one
of the better signs of the times that
in these days the men at the head of
affairs are presumed to be, if not
Christians, at any rate gentlemen.
They find ways enough of making
their wishes Ineligible and effective
without resort to buster or swagger
or the indecencies of blasphemy.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

The vestry of Christ Church in Phil
adelphia, replying to the many sug-
gestions for memorial tablets at the
grave of Benjamin Franklin, says: 1T
may not be generally known that the
grave of Franklin, though simple, is
what he himself, in his will, dictated it
to be- The church has for past years
maintained a policy of keeping the
historic spot as it is"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

In 1894 we were producing 12S, 900
tons of pig iron per week Now we
are producing and using over SOC, GOO
tons per week Protection and pig
iron are great friends, and both mean
business, and the farmer Is just as
much interested as the manufactures
and laborer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10
seh,.y ON waiting Orders.

It seems to be settled that Rear Adj
miraI Schley will remain on waiting
orders until the date of his retirement
for age, which is Oct g. Some of the
friends of Admiral Schley have urged
that he be detailed to some prominent
shore duty to round out his career, but
the navy department has no place to
which he could be assigned, and he is
likely to I'LL in his period of active ser
vice on waiting orders.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

The population of the world is about
800. 000, 900; of the United States,
n. 600 900, or about one-twentieth. Yet
we consume about one-third OF the
whole worlds products Why? Be-
cause We do forty-nine nftieths q our
own work. make big money xnd live
like lords
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

1t is estimated that the men of Great
Britain spend ESQ. 900 year on silk
hats.
A circular issued by the project of
police of Paris orders the prosecution
of cabmen and other drivers who in
the case of a block give vent to their
feelings by swearing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

Young lawyers have fine field open
to them in Texas There are forty
counties il that state which have to
seek legal advice outside their limits,
as they have not a single attorney of
their own.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

French conscript has just been
excused from three years service be-
cause of ugliness- 1t was held that his
appearance would make his comrades
laugh and thus interfere with discip-
line.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

Mr. Meade of the Weather Bureau
has been studying the formation of
fogs in the vicinity OF the bay of San
Francisco, which is famous for its
earth-hugging clouds He shows that
the remarkable topography of this re-
gion makes of it a natural laboratory
In which daily experiments in the
cloudy condensation of water vapor
are conducted The peculiar juxtaposi-
ton of ocean, bay, mountain, foot-hfll
and level valley. and the prevailing
westerly air-current with increased
velocity through the Golden Gate. are
main causes Of the phenomenal fogs-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

ships of all kinds and all countries
which make the port busy place.
When the signal shows that a foreign
man-of-war is making for the harbor,
as one often does, the port being free
and an excellent coaling place, one OF
the soldiers of the garrison gets him.
self in readiness to fire the return sa-
Lutte to the visitor when she shall have
fired the requisite number of guns in
honor of the Danish flag. which may
be seen rising to her peak as she
steams up the harbor. The little ex-
change of amenities may never be
omitted, and they say down at St
Thomas that these salutes cost the
Danish government more for powder
and the necessary garrison mainten-
ance than the total of the government
receipts from the island.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

Veteran Has Youthful Appearance.
Maj.-Gen. William T. Clark of Wash
ington, who was acknowledgement I'M
der Gen. Mcpherson, is one of the
youngest looking of the civil war vet
Grams. He is portly, rudy, and hand
some, and would hardly be recognized
by those of McPherson's men wins
have not seen him in the interval be-
tween the war and now. At that time
he weighed III pounds. Now he weighs
all of 200. In commenting on the Phil
ippines situation with which he keeps
in touch in Washington, Gen. Clark
said: Those people have little idea OF
the really beneficial work our soldiers
are doing for them, and they won't
either, for the next two or three gener-
atoms They have had an opportunity
during the last 400 years to work out
their own salvation under Spanish
systems, and they haven't-dOne it. Here
at home we've had the Yankee idea
with US SO long that we sometimes
forget that it was a thing Of slow
growth. l like to go off in New Eng
land and look over those old towns and
villages. To me those old gray country
schoolhouses, and some of those fray
ed-Out old homesteads, where our early
lawyers and preachers and school
teachers hammered out a system OF
political and religious liberty for them
selves, are an inspiration. They are the
cradle spots of the mighty things that
move this nation today. Those yellow
devils shooting our soldiers from the
brush off in the Philippines don't real
ize any of these things today, but their
grandchildren will
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-10

Commercial Isolation.
In an article deprecating the grow-
ing conviction In the south that the
same kind of protection which has
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-06-28
Mexico Has Oil.
Great Fields Soon TO Be
Opened.

The "Engneering News" New York
reports that the Mexican Petroleum Com
pany, owning 100000 acres of lands near
Tampico, has brought from the United
States 40 well borers and number of oil.
boring outfits, The work of drilling @ wells
has begun on the tract of land ov I'd by
the company and big producing 'r will
probably be struck. The compap, las a
capital stock of $4,000, 900, gold, and the
bulk Of the stock is held by officers of tie
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Company.
The United States Consul at Tampico
reports that Investors from California have
purchased large tracts of land and are bull.
ding houses and ordering machinery prepa.
ratory to sinking experimental oil wells in
the vicinity of the city named. 1t is also
reported that discovery of petroleum has
been made at point 20 miles southwest
of the city of Guadalajara, and that a
company has been formed for the purpose
OF sinking and operating acells. The pro-
duct, SO far discovered In Mexico, is fuel
oil similar to that in the States OF Califor-
MIA and TEXAS in the. Unitad States
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-06-28
What Our ShakeSpeareS.
Angeles, Et Al Are Doing.

In bis speech at the opening of the So
called Hall of Fame 10 New York last week
Mr. Chauncey Depew must have felt called
upon indirectly to apologize for the fact that
so few names of this strenuous age are con-
sldered worthy to be enrolled in list of
immortaIs. He said:
'sWe have now no TennysonS, nor Lo2g
fellows, nor HawthoTnes, nor Emersons.
Perhaps it is because Our Michael Angeles
are planning tunnels under rivers and
through mountains for the connection of
vast systems of railways, and our Raphaels
are devisng some novel method for the
utilization OF electric power; our Shakes
peares are forming gigantic combinations
Of corporate bodies, our Tennysons are Civ.
ing rein to fancy and imagination in wild
speculations in stocks, and our Hawtho.nes
and Emersops have abandoned the COM
munings with and revelations of the 81 irit
and soul which lift their readers to vision
OF the higher life and the Joy of its inspira.
ton, to exploit mines and factories"