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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
HIS DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.
A Pompous Reception That Amused
President Greyy.

NJ. Severiaro de Heredia, the minis
ter of public works in the Rouvier cabi-
net during the presidency of NJ. Grevy,
belonged to the famous naturalzed Gu
ban family, of which another member,
the Comte de Heredla, is one of the i'm
mortal 40 of the French academy. Most
OF the family have dark spins, suspi-
ciously mulatto, and other negro char
acteristics This has however, in no.
wise interfered with their standing in
Paris, where several Of the family have
long been prominent. The former min
lister had also been president of the
municipal council of Paris and depu-
ty from Paris reimbursement.
His dark skin led to curious mis-
take at the Elysee the day after he had
been appointed member of the Rou-
vier cabinet. According TO immemoriRl
custom the new ministers called singly
spects. On the same day, as 1t hap
pened, an official visit was expected
from the president of the republic of
Haiti, who was to present his letters to
the president When NJ de Heredia
arrived in the court Of the palace, the
minor officials stationed there, who
We're not familiar with the new minis
ter's features, judged from his COM
pleXion that he was the Haitian digni-
tary. The courtyard became very ami
mated with guards hurrying to and fro
to their places, while one Of the officers
of the presidents military household
went to inform NJ. Grevy of the dis
tinguished visitors arrival.
NJ. de Heredia received all this with
dignified composure, for, never having
been a minister before this, he thought
this ceremonial was probably the usual
one. Finally, with the beating of
drums, he was ushered into the recep-
tion ROOM, where the chief executive
stood ready to receive him. what"
cried he, Its only you. Heredia"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
Thrift In Children.

A savings bank account is a great in
rentive to thrift in children. If one is
begun for the baby, even with very
small sum, and added through child
hood and youth with certain proper
ton of the money that otherwise would
be spent carelessly and thoughtlessly by
the child, there will be very respecta-
BILE amount on the credit side Of the
ledger when the depositor is 1S years
old. The habit of self denial is not the
least of the substantial benefits that
follow u wise economy Of money.-Ex-
change.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
The Pains of kidney Disease
Warn You Against the Most Dreadfuy Fatal
You Can be Cured byPromptly Using Dr. A. w. Chases
Kidney Liver Pills.

Pain Is natures signal whereby she warns
man Of approaching danger. Few diseases
are so dreadfully fatal as disorders Of the
kidneys and few are accompanied by more
severe pains and discomforts.
One Of the most common symptoms of
kidney disease is the smarting, scalding SEN
sation when passing water which is likely to
come very frequently and at inconvenient
times. Then there is the dull. heavy aching
In the small OF the back and down the limbs
When these pains are accompanied. by
deposits in the urine after it has stood for
twenty-four hours you may be sure that you
are victim Of kidney disease and should not
lose a single day in securing the worlds
greatest kidney cure-Dr. A. w. Chase's
Kidney-Liver Pills.
See that you get the genuine. with po,
SOLD IN AKRON BY
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22

forest OF mature timber 20 years after
planting. Trimmed down to about $50
trees an acre, each tree will contain at
least 80 cubic feet Of timber, which, at
20 cents n foot, gives sum of s4,375
an acre, n total for the value " the
timber on the last plantation alone Of
$34, 100000.
The whole initial outlay for this plan
tation, which has SO increased the
wealth Of the ancient house of Athole,
is said to have been only about $4,000
for the seeding trees and the COST Of
the labor Of planting them. The main
tenance of the wood was paid for out
of the profits arising from the sale Of
young wood when thinning the pianta-
tions.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
Budget.

The origin Of the word budget" /"
meaning an estimate Of government
revenues and expenses, is thus explain,
ed:
Almost FRI N ,'me immemorial it was
the custom Ia England to put the esti-
mates Of receipts and expenditures pre-
sented to parliament in a leather bag,
the word budget being thus borrowed
from the old Norman word bougette.
which signifies leather purse. Curl
ously enough, the word has passed back
again into France from England.--New
York Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22

Mr.. ]. Curtiss. well known r. R. engi-
neer, living at Ior Murry street, Bingham
ton. N. Y, writes:
"Soon after going on the road l began to
be troubled by severe pains in my back
accompanied by such terrible weakness that
! was obliged to stop work for days at a
time.
Hearing of the good results obtained by
uring DR.. Chases Kidney Liver Pills, gave
them trial. They helped me almost imme-
diately, and now can truthfully say that
am as well as any man, thanks to DIR.
Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills"
DIR. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, one pill a
dose, rs cents a box at all dealers or DR..
A. w. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
trait and signature OF DIR, 4, w. Chase.
JOHN LAMPARTER g. CO.,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
Children

Have oeyes bigger than their stomachs,"
according to an old saying. They over
eat themselves, and are tempted by all
sorts Of injurious and indigestible edi-
bles. AS consequence the foundation
Of serious stomach trouble is often laid
In childhood.
For children with "weak" digestion or
whose stomachs are diseased, Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery may
be confidently recommended. II cures
diseases of the stomach and other organs
Of digestion and nutrition, so that the
nourishnent contained in food is per-
fectly assimilated and the puny child 10
built up by food into a condition of
robust health.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
contains neither alcohol nor narcotics
Accept no substitute for Golden Med
ical Discovery" There is nothing cjust
as good " for diseases of the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition.
Mrs. Ella Gardner, of Waterview, Middiescx
Co, va, writes rMy little daughter is enjoying
splendid health, / am glad / found a doctor
who could cure my child, Whenever she feels
badly give her Dr. Piercc's Golden Medical
Discovery and size is soon all right. She took
twelve bottles of the Golden Medical Discov.
OF Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and she is we'll
We thank God for your medicine
HDr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of III one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only Address Or.
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N Y.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
million. Made by Planting Trees.

Any one who takes a vital interest in
the welfare of his grandchildren can
insure their being rich by planting
trees on treeless land, which land he
can leave to them in his will. Some
big British fortunes have been provid-
ed for in this manner. A predecessor
Of the present Duke of Athole had lot
of land, Sut 1t was not especially valu-
able-in fact, he was "land poor"
He determined that his descendants
should fare better and so began plant
ing trees. In the course of his lifetime
he planted 14,095, 719 larch trees alone,
covering an area Of 10,324 acres. His
last plantation covered 1880 acres,
which in the ordinary way becomes a
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
Montezuma,s Well.

One OF the most pleasing natural
curiositit s In the territory of Arizona
is the pool of water known as Monte
zumas well. 1t is situated 10 miles
northeast of the old abandoned mill
tary post known as Camp Verde. 1t is
$50 feet in diameter, and the clear,
pure water is about GO feet below the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
SNAKE, EGGS AND A JUG.
A Moccasin's Appetite and Lack OF
Sense Led to His Death.

Sehbt Leu to his beutn.
A party of Jacksonville mechanics
were at work on the Matanzas river
raising a sunken dredgeboat. They
lived on board of the big lighter ON
which they worked in small house
on the deck. One noon their bill Of
fare was somewhat strengthened by
some wild turkey e7gs which had been
found by some Of t. party while hunt
ing on shore. After the hungry en-
gineers had destroyed heavy dinner
they left their dining room and return,
ed to work, The doors and windows
Were all open, and the cook did not
clear of the table for some tirne.
In this interval "A large water moe
casin of near six feet crawled on board
the lighter and wriggled into the din
ing room through the open door. In
his prospecting tour he climbed the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
Hush-a-by.

T've just come from Mrs. Newpop's,"
said Miss Gushley. 81 just can't imag-
inc more charming picture than q
young mother putting her baby to sleep.
It's just sweet"
at is So" replied Mrs. Malaprop,
specially II she's singin pretty alibi
to t"-Phiadelphia Press.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
InEom mia,

'"When members how many people
is layin awake nights bein sorry foh
whut dey's done" said Uncle Eben,
ian how many mo- Is layIn awake wifi
schemes foh mo- iniquity, l 'clahs L
hahn hahdly see whut sleep were in-
vented fob. h."-Washington Star.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22

why. yes, VI. IL President" replied
the puzzled minister. Grevy bcgnn to
laugh. well" he cried, you have
been minister only "a hours and have
succeeded in turning my house upside
down. What will you do later onT--
Chicago Herald.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22
DR.. Miles
Heart Core

stimulates the digestion, in
creases the circulation and
makes weak hearts strong.
Sold by druggists on guarantee.
DR.. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, Ind.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22

first time rae had de money to buy
nun cabbage. re gwine ter eat cnb.
bage till furglt dc way ter my mouf."
Memphis Scimitnr.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-09
a Popular Collegiate Course.

"One of the newest and at the same
tine most popular courses at the Uni
versity of illinois," says the Chicago
Tribune, is that in stock judging. 1T
has been established only three years,
and there are at present more than
three hundred students taking it. The
course is popular because it leads d.
rectly to employment at much more
than average salaries, some Of the
graduates. after taking a course OF
nine months duration, securing
places as cattle buyers at the stock
yards and elsewhere at salaries rang
ing from $1,000 to $1,000 year. SO
great is the interest which has been
aroused in cattle judging that a num-
ber of Western colleges have formed
an intercollegiate stock judging
league, and send rival teams to annual
contests, the winners being awarded
handsome silver trophy presented
by J. A. Spoor, of Chicago. The course
of instruction ut The University of IL
linois is entirely practical. No books
are used, the demonstrations being
made on the living animals. Once the
students have the good and bad points
Of the different classes of animals
firmly fixed in their minds they ere
set to Judging five or six animals I'D
the same ring
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-09
Eeproduces Geologfcal Phenomena.

Nothing could better illustrate the
difference between old and new meth
DDS of getting at things than the inter-
esting object-lesson work that is being
conducted by DR.. T. A. Jaeger In the
Harvard geological laboratory. Here
by series Of ingenious operations
much like what child would regard
as play, the effects Of the forces Of ma
ture are illustrated in miniature. One
piece of apparatus has been devised to
explain the ripple marks" seen in
many fossils. These marks, it is
found, are not caused by the direct
swash of the surface of the waves, but
by the oscillation of the deeper water.
Plates of glass covered with sand are
let down under water and subjected
to different sorts of vibration, and rip
pie marks similar to the various types
fou1.d in fossil forms are readily
made.
The effect produced by lateral 1rcs-
sure on stratified rocks is illustrated
with layers Of different colored wax,
and miniature volcanic action such as
that which formed the peculiar Black
Hills Of South Dakota is shown by
forcing melted wax through layers Of
coal dust, plaster Of paris, etc. The
effects Of erosion are shown by letting
a fine spray of water fall on a minia-
ture formation of land illustrating
variety of natural features. Geysers
on a small scale are made and caused
to spout with rythmical regularity like
the ones in nature. Sand deltas left
by the melting Of glaciers are also re-
produced, and in the same way many
other phenomena hitherto explained
only theoretically are demonstrated
under the actual physical conditions
reduced to a small scale in point Of
expanse and time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Peace hath more victories than strife.
Gratitude is the rosemary of the
heart.
Suspicion is born either of envy or
contempt.
To be loved is pleasing, but to be
honored is rarer.
1t is not our poverty as often as
our pride that hurts.
If practice costs no more than pre-
cept, to live were cheap.
10 borrow is no harm; the disgrace
lies in forgetting you did.
A sunny nature has he who can eat
and be merry before noon.
There is vast hiatus ofttimes
between laughter and mirth.
Whining has habit Of defeating
it's own object. Sorrow and pain are
still.
In order to conquer Hope. Time often
has to cover her with many feet Of
earth.
If we have an object in life the
petty jealousies and gnat bites will
pass unnoticed.
4 boys manners reflect his mothers
teaching, even as his morals do his
ancestors living.
\ little maiden playing house,
gives photograph of her mothers
domestic Observation-Disclosures Rec.
ord
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-09
What the Zig "y" Meant,

Many years ago young fellow en-
tered the freshman class at Amherst
College-a lad with a square jaw, a
steady eye, pleasant smile and ca.
pacity for hard and persistent work.
One day, after he had been in college
about a week. he took chair from
his room into the hall, mounted it and
nailed over the door large square OF
cardboard on which was painted a
big black V, and nothing else.
College boys do not like mysteries.
and the young mans neighbors tried
to make him tell what the big Y meant.
Was it "for luck?" Was It. joke?
What was it? The sophomores took
it up and treated the freshman to
some hazing, but he would make no
answer to the questions they put. At
last he was let alone and his V re-
manned over the door, merely a mark
of the eccentricity of the occupant.
-Four years passed. On commence
ment day Horace Maynard delivered
the valedictory of his class, the high
est honor the college bestowed. After
he had left the platform, amid the ap-
plause of his fellow-students and Of
the audience, one of his classmates
accosted him:
WAS that what your " meant?
Were you after the valedictory when
you tackled up that card?'
"Of course" Maynardreplied. "What
else could it have been? How else
could have got it?"-Youth's Compan'
ion
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-09
WHAT He Desired to Know.

\ man wa beins tried receI tly in
New South wales for stealing
watcn. The evidence was conflicting.
and the jury made up their minds to
retire, but before they left the hall
the Judge remarked that if there were
any points on which. they required
information he would be pleased to
assist them. Eleven OF the lurymen
had left the box. but the twelfth re-
mained standing. with Ills eyes fixed
downward. lis il absorbed in thought.
We'll. sir" said ;lie judge. is there
any question you would like to ask
me before you retire:' Il would like
to know, my I'd" ,ame the reply,
II YOU could tell us whether the pris'
oner stole the watch?''
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-09
LAYING A GHOST.
Architect Relates His Experience in 10.
eating Mysterious Noise.

There is certainly nothing more dis
tracing than a slight monotonous
noise" said young architect of this city
Il mean noise Of the drumming or tap
ping variety. repeated with mechanical
regularity. One can become accustomed
to the worst kind of promiscuous hub
bub and learn to enjoy tranquility next
door to a barber shop, but the tap-tap-
tap of loose shingle or rckety window
frame will bore its way into the nerve
centers like dropping water eating into
stone. What reminded me Of the sub
jcct was a peculiar experience I had
last week A friend of mine who works
in one of the <ailroad Offices, sent for me
in considerable distress and begged me
to come home with him and locate noise
that he said was driving his wife almost
frantic. The couple live in a suite of
rooms over store in an old and heavily
constructed brick building.
Il found the noise that was bothering
:hem was audible only in the right-hand
front apartment, which they used as
parlor. and as soon as heard it | appre-
hended their desire to be rid of it. 1t
was curious sound-a sort of faint me-
tallic rapping, which came apparently
from nowhere in particular and was
about as loud in one place as another.
Such solid building was not likely to be
subject to vibrations. and | confess I
was considerably puzzled listened at
tentively at all the walls. shifted every
article of furniture in the room, and went
over the entire building above and be-
low. without finding a clew to the nui-
sance. The cnly place the noise could be
heard was in that one room and there
seemed to be absolutely nothing to ac-
count for it. My friends wife is nat
urally a nervous woman, and she had
worked herself into such condition that
she declared she wouldn't remain an
other day on the premises.
AT last. just before retreating &C.
feated. threw open one of the windows
and h9ticed an old drain pipe running
down by the easement Hello! I said
to myself, let's see where that thing
goes to- I went downstairs and found
it led into an areaway and from thence
across the back yard to the rear of an
other building, where cistern was evil
IDENTIFY once located Six inches from its
open end was sheet of tin. covering
hole of some kind in the wall. and as
soon as l drew near the secret was out.
There was steam engine for an electric
light plant in the building, and the loo'e
TIN vibrated steadily whenever it was in
motion, which was practically day and
night. The drain pipe simply acted as
speaking tube, and, returning to the room,
I found the upper end broken off in
line with a big crack in the window
casing. l jerkcd down the pipe and the
ghost was laid Architects and builders
are quite frequently called in, by the way,
to locate and suppress annoying sounds.
The nuisance is much more common than
anybody would suppose who has never
suffered from it. Not long ago heavy
partition in a building here was torn open
simply to get out a loose lath that was
worrying the tenants on both Sides
Nesu Orleans Times-Demoerat
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-09
IGNORANCE IN FRANCE.
Amazing Density Of Large Percentage
Of ARMY Recruits

Not long ago writer on military
subjects related with conceivable stu
pefaction an anecdote for the truth Of
which he was able to vOuch. In the
course of visit of inspection, q Gen
eral had questioned recruit as to
what he knew about the war of 1870.
In his utter inability to even grasp
the meaning Of the question, the SOL
dier had stared open-mouthed ut his
officer, and it was finally elected from
him that this was the first he had
ever heard Of the Franco German war.
The narrator OF the anecdote eX-
pressed the belief that this remarkable
example of class ignorance was
wholly exceptional case. He as speedi-
ly received proof that he was mistak-
en-. A cavalry officer has written him
letter, from which 1 make the fol-
lowing interesting extract: "You cite
a case which you suppose is isolated.
but which, nevertheless, astonishes and
grieves you. What would you say il
you knew the truth? am in the
habit of making every year a small.
informal inquiry into the degrees of in
struction of the recruits drafted into
the company I command. / always
put to the men the three following
questions among others: What do
you know about the war of 1870?
About Alsace-L Lorraine? About Bis
marcK? I receive on the average fifty
recruits composed of peasants from
Normandy and Brittany, and some few
Parisians. Out of the fifty thirty can
make no answer whatever to my
questions. They know nothing at all.
Ten have heard something to the ef-
feet that Lorraine is a province, that
Bismarck was a German General or
Emperor (N and that the war of 1870
was not favorable to France. But
their notions are far too vague to make
any impression on their minds. Final
ly ten of the men, the ParisianS in
particular, have some idea of what
our disasters were. For FIVE years in
succession I have obtained a like re-
suit I inform you of it without COM
ment" AS the writer points out, the
German invader was seen in almost
every corner of Normandy, and pene-
trated far into Brittany, so that it is
all the more astonishing that the ris-
ing generation in these provinces
should know so little about the war.
The ignorance Of the peasants of the
South of France may be expected to
be more absolute still. With a state
Of things such as these facts reveal in
existence, and even Paul Deroulede
admitting, as he did in his recent
speech, a war for the recovery Of the
lost provinces to be out of the ques-
tion, it is evident that the policy Of
LA Ravanche" has lived.-Paris Cor.
rcspondence in the Pail Mall Gazette.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-09
ALL BUT TWO WEST POINTERS.
General Charles King Tells of Leading
Officers After the Civil War


Officers After the Civil War.
The Army Register of 1S67-the first
published after the reorganization OF
that day-is a field for study now. At
the head of the list, General-in-Chief,
is the name of the great silent soldier
who in '61 vainly rendered his sword
to the War Department and sadly
waited two long days in McClellan's
anteroom a. Cincinnati, begging an
audience that was never accorded.
Neither the wisdom Of the Adjutant-
Generals Department nor that of the
great organizer saw anything worthy
Of consideration in the appeal Of 4
resigned captain, despite his West
Point diploma and his fine fighting
record in Mexico. Illinois gave him
the start. merit did the rest. and in
spite of everything Grant forged to the
front.
Second on the roll, Lieutenant-G Cen
eral. was Sherman, who. with infu'
ence to begin with, in 'G1 had skill to
send him on.
Then came the Major-Generals-
"Old Brains" Halleck, Meade, the 10y
nj head of the Army Of the Potomac.
Sheridan (whose own State had no
place for him among its volunteers
and who got his start from Michigan).
Thomas. the Rock of Chicamauga. and
Hancock, "the superb'-all West
Pointers.
So, too. were the Brigadiers. save
only Terry, the Connecticut soldier
lawyer. who won fame at Fort Fish
er, and his Kentucky fellow-fghter.
Rousseau. awarded the fag-end of
the list when Rosecrans resigned in
the spring of '67. Even the Brigadiers
had commanded independent armies.
or at least corps d'armee. during The
great war-Rousseau and the veteran
dragoon st. George Cooke alone ex-
cepted. In the order of regular rank
they were Mcdowell, Cooke, Pope.
Hooker, Schofeld, Howard, Terry,
Ord. Candy and Rousseau.
So there you have the seventeen
generals of the line as determined by
the war beside which the recent fur
ry was but an affair Of outposts, and
all but two-West Pointers-Gen.
Charles King, in the Saturday Even.
ing Post.