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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-27

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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-27

Washington, Oct 27.--In his annual
report Rear Admiral Melville. chief
of the Bureau of Steam Engineering,
says that the completion of several
of the war vessels now under con-
struction has been delayed by strikes.
In several instances time for compile
ton has been extended.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-27
STOW.AWAY HID
IN A COFFIN

New York, Oct. 2T-Wm. Johnson
was 50. anxious to get into the United
States that he substituted himself
for the body of II. Lundgren, in a cof-
fin in the hold Of the scandinavian
liner, Oscar II,
Oscar Hansen and Isaac Jansen
were stowaways with johnson. All
three worked their passage until with
in two days of Sandy Hook, when
they disappeared. Jansen and Han
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-27
Forty Years Torture.

To be relieved from torturing dis
ease after 40 years torture might we'll
cause the gratitude of anyone. That
is what DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
did for G. Haney, Geneyl, O.. He says:
"DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured
me Of piles after had suffered 40
years" Cures cuts, burns, wounds,
skin diseases. Beware of counter
feits. For sale by all druggists.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-27
0R.LoRENz RERF0RN1zN0 AN O1ER4770W

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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-27
Distress
inter Eating

Nausea betwesn meals, belching, vom-
itiDg, flatulence, fits Of nervous head
ache, pain in the stomach, are all
symptoms Of dyspepsia, and the longer
IL is neglected the harder II is to cure II.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-27

sen were soon found, but not until
the ship was well in was Johpson's
hiding place in the pine box discov-
ED. Lundgen had died at sea-
Al Ellis Island the three stowaways
succeeded In avoiding the immigra-
tion officers and walked ashore.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-27
and Pills

Radically and permanently cure IT,
strengthen and tone the stomach and
other digestive organs for the natural
performance Of their functions.
Accept no substitute for Hoods.
r al bad dyspepsia twenty-five years and
took different medicines but got no help
until ] began taking Hoods sarssparilla
Have taken four bottles Of this medicine
and cah now eat almost anything, sleep
well. have no cramps in my stomach, no
burning and no Distress" MRS. William
g. BARRETT, Ia olney st., Providence, r. 1.
!. Hood's SavsapariiIa promises to
cure and keeps tho promise.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-15
ICHTHYOSAURUS DUG UP
REPTILE MONSTER OLDER THAN
ANY KNOWN SPECIMEN.
dred Thousand or So Years Ago
Good Teeth.

Correspondence Of the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
ST. PETERSBURG, June l.-The scien-
fists sent by the Imperial Academy 10 In
vestigate the story Of the discovery Of an
ichthyosaurus skeleton near Crosby, pen
lnsula of Abcheron, corroborates the earlier
dispatches Not only was the fossil mon
ster found whole or nearly whole. but, in
addition, 1t is the most extraordinary and
interesting specimen the earth ever
yielded.
For the Crosby ichthyosaurus belongs 10
the tertiary period. while the rest OF it's
kind dug UP in England. France and Ger
many-none was ever found in America
were probably many thousand years older,
the time when those remarkable reptiles
inhabited the sea in large number being
during the deposition of the secondary
strata, the real reptile age. After that,
say the textbooks, 1.-The supremacy of the
reptile ceased" But here we have an
ichthyosaurus as contemporary of the
mammoth. the mastodon and the huge
megaIodon, or prehistoric shark, which
grew longer than any whale caught during
the last century OF so. namely. 12o to LIS
odd feet.
Where Found.-The scientist reports
that the skeleton was found some ten
feet beneath the floor of virgin for
est. never disturbed until now. Work
men came upon it while excavating
for the posts of a big blockhouse, which
was TO have a high guard tower. After
the men struck something that looked like
bones, the directing engineer, a govern
ment official. was called in, and this gen.
tleman, having orders from St Peters
burg, telegraphed to the minister Of the
interior. who, in his turn. advised the acad-
envy.
When the academy's expert arrived he
found the hole undisturbed and covered ur
with boards. The block house was going
up in another locality. for ground is cheap
in that neighborhood.
The skeleton sat perpendicularly In the
ground, like a huge fish in the act of rising
TO the waters surface. First the ground
about him was explored. 1t consists OF
many -colored clay, chalk and somewhat
indefinite glacier drift which latter at
tests it's tertiary formation.
Head Smashed In.-Next the scientist dis
covered what he terms "a distinct loss tC
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-15
The Return of the straw Hat.


The recent eruption OF straw hats upon
the highways indicates, even if the calendar
were derelict that the summer Is UDOn us.
The root garden is bursting into bloom. and
up IN the park the tennis courts. with
their hdnneled cohorts and the play
tied youth. every where give evidence that
Its surely summer. The swallow has
sent his advance agents along To prepare
for mis- descent upon us; the robins yes,
takes on a brOwner rcd. but stoutcr as
pect ana the peeping worm from out the
sod has grown more cautious in the pur-
suit OF his matutinal outing 10 meet the
early bird. Just az present we arc getting
the best of the summer, for as vet the all
cOnquering heat" of which the poet OF the
seasons sang, has not betrayed his sterner
nature, but permits us rather TO baSk in
the radiance of his coming power than to
wilt before his "feTvent food" In the
country the dust lies thick upon the high
ways, and now and then the heavens emit
their electric flashes and let down their
grateful showers upon parchod fields The
Ice man smiles, and ne VINO slOated once
over stores of coal sits jealousy apart and
contemplates with d2rkling eye the quies-
cent vents of sleeping chimney pots A
sweet peace and lazieT mood settle over all
the doors Of the cites while In the cOun-
try side nature. but yesterday awakening
is nov fully aroused and he who dwens
therein is summoned out OF the lethargy
OF Information into the activity which rnuSt
emulate the carth IL industry If il would
reap The material prosperity which she
because the day OF rest Is nigh the coun-
try swain because he has a splendid work
10 do. and in every heart. in spirit at least
are the lines OF Miss Coolidge in her song
OF summer:
'All green and fair the summer lies.
Just budded from the bud OF spring.
With tender blue of Wistful skies
And winds which softly sing"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-15
ELECTRIC TIME SIGNALS
NIGHT LIGHT WHICH WILL, TAKE
THE PLACE OF TINE BALL By DAY.
Harvard Observatory Experjmenfs
Result in Adoption of the
System.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 4.-To-night
the Harvard observatory put into operati
a system of giving time signals by electric
lights which will serve the same purpose as
the daily noon time ball but will be much
more efficient in many ways There seems
every reason to believe, in fact, that it will,
for many purposes, eventually entirely re-
place the time ball. The system was de-
vised by Mr.. Willard p. Gerrish, who has
for a number of years had charge of the
time reckonings of the observatory and its
great clock and Geographic time service. He
made his first experiments in 1883 and prac-
ticalIy perfected his present method of op-
Grafton last year, but the signals at the
Harvard observatory tonight are the first
that have ever been officially and regularly
brought into use.
MIR. Gerrish says that the advantages
over the time ball in employing the electric
flash TO indicate exact moment of time
are several. An ordinary three-foot time
ball is visible to the naked eye at a distance
of perhaps two miles; a large bank of in
candescent electric lights can be seen at
least ten miles away, and so is visible TO
fully twenty-five times as many people
The operation of the time ball. moreover
involves such expense that it is imprac-
ticable to it more than once a day. for
an attendant has to hoist it by machinery
to the top of its pole so that it may be
ready to drop when it is released by tele-
graph. Mr.. Gerrishs plan is TO employ
lights which are already in use, such as the
illuminations on some conspicuous public
building-like the circles of lamps outlining
the dome of the Massachusetts Statehouse
or the big electric equipment employed on
large office buildings. The mechanism that
makes the flash is very simple, is automatic
and can be connected easily and without in
reference with the regular lighting system
One other point is that the human eye is so
slow to notice motion at a distance that
the ball may fall half the length of its staff
before the observer sees that it has started
and as the time is indicated at the instant
on which the ball is released, there is likely
to arise an appreciable error, of some con-
sequence in the regulation of instruments
that require great accuracy. The effect of
light is, of course, practically instantan-
eous.
THE PLANS CONSIDERED
Three kinds of night time signals are
proposed. The first and simplest is a sin
gle signal at a preconcerted hour. say 9
o'clock Fifteen seconds before that time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-15

The Sunrise

The great taste for card playing, the re-
newed fashiOna bleness of the opera, which
from about 1850 to 1885 was scarcely visited
by smart society" the extraordinary craze
for race-going among the fair se3. and
last, but not least the fashion of going out
of town from Saturday TO Monday-all
these things have contributed in a very few
years 70 create in London a complete So
cial revolution and TO change the manners
and customs of the upper classes more en-
tirely than they altered during the whole
lapse of the previous century
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-15
THE PLANS CONSIDERED.

Three kinds of night time signals are
proposed. The first and simplest is sin
gle signal at preconcerted hour. say .
o'clock. Fifteen seconds before that time
the lights would be shut off and exactly on
the hour the automatic mechanism would
The National tribune., 1902-07-17

below standard Yet such a state OF
things is entirely unnecessary and in no
way an outgrowth of the Volunteer officer
considering his men as individuals and
treating them as such. Given Volunteer
officer who has learned to appreciate the
value and necessity of discipline and the
fact that it cannot be maintained on a
between officers and men. l firmly believe
4 more efficient working and fighting ma
chine can be created on the individual Sys-
TEN of the Volunteers than on the machine
system of the Regulars.
THE CANTEEN IN MANILA.
Intimately associated with the matter of
health in the army in Manila, as well as
its discipline. was the canteen. My OBJ
servations of that much-discussed and
much-abused institution were chiefly con-
fined to our own regiment, where l served
as Canteen Officer, and in consequence
had experience from the inside as to its
workings. AT Cavite the Regimental
Commissary opened a little club for the
accommoda ton of the officers only a few
days before we captured Manila. and this
he rc-establishcd in a little room at head
quarters after we occupied the Quartet de
Espana.
1t was then decided to have a mutual
club organization among the officers, and
was selected to manage it.
The officers quarters being at that time
in the Pavillones, a separate building
block away from the barracks, a room
was fitted up with table and chairs and
Sideboard. There the officers used to sit
in more or less numbers in the evening
and drink little beer, Scotch and soda.
Shasta ginger ale. lemonade. soda water
or mineral water, or wine. There was no
The National tribune., 1902-07-17
frequently than he should Other Filipinos
were discusfed with him and nne of them

frequently than he should. Other Filipinos
were disgusted with him, and one OF them
told me he had lost cast with his associ-
ates because of his conduct, and they
would recognize him socially no longer.
1t was not long after the occupation OF
the city before the American saloon sprang
up to meet the demand of American drink
ers. A supply always comes to the de-
mand whenever practicable. The Alham-
bra, the only regular beer garden that l
know of when we entered the city, was
soon purchased by some Americans and
converted into saloon and lunch place on
the American plan. Instead of "cervesa
ielo," beer was served cold from re-
frigerator. The high prices were main
tanned, both for the drinks and the eat
ables. A fortune was made by the pro-
prietors in few months, notwithstanding
the opposition of the canteens. Other sa-
looms were started along the Escota and
elsewhere. Drunken soldiers lurched
about the streets as they do in our own
American cities adjacent to army posts.
and both Spaniards and Filipinos acquired
a very poor opinion of Americans because
of it.
The number of American saloons
reached about 20 before we left, and | do
not believe it ever has gone much higher,
since there is little patronage for them
outside the resident Americans, civil and
military.
There has been great reduction in the
number of native Joints" where 'bino'
was sold. owing to the prohibition of the
sale of that beverage. and hence reduc-
ton in the number of saloon licenses is
sued. This is what is meant when it is
reported that the number of saloons has
largely decreased under American rule.
Real saloons on the American plan have
increased, and intemperance has increased
with them. Indeed. the Americans may
be said to have introduced both saloons
and intemperance but the little drinking
places have decreased. This is the his
tory of the Anglo Saxon wherever he goes
He takes his drinking habits and his sa-
loon with him.
1t is folly to rail at the American for
doing in Manila just what he does at
home without restraint. When the Amer
leans cease to be drinkers and patronizers
of the saloon at home, it will be time
enough to expect him to cease when that
home is established in a new land. 1t is
inconsistent and absurd to blame the mill
tary and civil authorities for permitting to
exist in Manila exactly the same condi-
tons and customs that obtain in every
city in the United States.
(To be cOntinued.)
The National tribune., 1902-07-17
Social Precedence.

The Philadelphia Times tells of the
"break" made by tot of the family who
was one of party of little girls at n
recent strawberry festival in the vicinity
of her home. She had been valiantly
boasting of the manifold advantages of
belonging to her family, and had managed
to hold her own against the vainglorious
and ingenious discourses of her compan-
ions. They had gone from clothes to per-
sonal Appearances, then to interior fur
nishings, then to the number of tons of
coal consumed in the home of each during
the last Winter. and finally brought up
at parental dignity. The minister's little
girl boasted: Every package that comes
for my pa Is marked ID. d." AN ev-
cry package that comes for my pa is
marker M. Dr." retorted the daughter
of a physician Of the neighborhood. Then
came a fine snort of contempt from the
heroine Of this anecdote. "Huhw she ex-
claimed. Every package that comes to
our house is marked C. o. Dr. There,
nowr'
The National tribune., 1902-07-17
SIGN POSTS IN THE WOODS.
Natures Marks on Trees ard Shrubs Of the
Signs of the Compass.

There are few basic rules of wood
craft which any man of intelligence can
learn. IL he knows them and knows the
points of the compass when he leaves
camp in the morning he cannot well get
lost in the thickest woods.
1t is true that men do not get lost when
fishing on a lake. or when following q
stream up or down, but the trouble is
that they do not always stick to the
stream. They endeavor to cut across
bends or go out among the trees, become
bewildered, get turned around and so let
themselves in for hard time.
OF a clear day, if the woods are not
too thick the sun will tell the wanderer
which is east and west, but when thick
clouds come there is no sun to act rs
guide. The first thing for any city man
to do when he finds that he is lost is to
lean his rod against a tree, stand still
and think
His thinking will not do any good be-
yond calming him and pulling him to-
gether. but that is much He will then
remember whether he started north, south,
east or west when he left camp, and what
was his general course up to the time that
he became confused.
Any grown tree of any species which
stands in an opening where the sun can
get to it will tell him the points of the
compass infallibly. The rOugher bark
the leaves on that side will be dryer and
rougher to the touch; if there is any moss
about the roots it will be on the north
side. The bark will be lighter in color on
the south side.
If the tree is an evergreen any gum
which has oozed from wound or knot
hole on the south side will be hard and
of an amber color; on the north side this
gum will be softer. dust will be caught
in it and il will be of q dirty gray
In Fall or Winter insects in crevices. or
under the bark. will be on the south side;
air plants attach themselves to the north
side: spiders build on the south side.
Cedars bend their tips to the south.
y sawed or cut stump Of Il matured
tree gives the compass points as the con-
centric rings of the wood are thicker on
the south side; the heart of the stump is
nearer to the south side.
Stones are always bare on the south
side. and if they have any moss it will be
only thin covering of harsh, dry moss
will be found.
On the south side of a hill the ground
is noisier underfoot. Ferns. MOSES and
late flowers grow on the north side
Nearly every wild flower turns its face
to the south.
Where there are no trees, but only
bushes, the same signs hold: for a bush
three feet high will show TIE effects of
sun and light as plainly as an oak 500
years old.
1t goes without saying that any man
bound from the city to the woods should
have small campass. One no larger
than nickel will do good service, but,
despite this plain fact, out of every 10
men who go to the woods two only will
have compasSes.
The National tribune., 1902-07-17
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7 \ AvoIqNTE:ER .,L}N 4E5zSn III III
By CAPT. HARRY L. WELLS, I'd Ore, U. S. v.

whose parents wrote that they were try
ing to get discharge for him, as he could
not possibly live in that climate. Up to
that time this man had not been on the
sick list at all, being one of the most
healthy in the company, but indiscretions
got the better of him 4 little later, and he
had to go to the hospital, where l visited
him to see that he was receiving attention,
and had him looked after. so far as deli
cacies were concerned, the same as other
sick Of the company, by the man specially
detailed for that purpose, who was gen
orally q cOnvalescent not yet able to per
form full duty. When his application for
discharge was referred to me from Wash
ington through the channel, a process re-
quiring several months in consummation.
l indorsed it unfavorably, saying that he
had as average good health as any man
in the company, and 1 could see no reason
for recommending his discharge. That he
was personally entitled to no special con-
sideration he demonstrated when he was
mustered out, by being the only man in
The National tribune., 1902-07-17
BRIEF PROSPECTUS OF
The National Tribune.
WEEKLY. 81 A YEAR.

Beside its literary attractions this paper
makes a speciality of the doings of Com
gress and the executive branches of the
| Government
| A partial list of Forthcoming articles
will be-found mentioned below:
A FRIEND WITH THE COUNTER
SIGN. -
This story is no less remarkable than
who Goes There?" which has just been
completed. 1t is a sequel to the former
work. as its title implies. In this narra-
| tive the writer continues to relate his ad-
ventures as spy for Grant and Meade.
WITH THE WESTERN ARMY.-By
Gen. Green B. Raum.
We are publishing an historical narra-
tive of great Importance by Cen Raum,
relating to the operations of Grants and
Sherman's armies in the Middle West, in
which he bore conspicuous part.
MEMOIRS OF THE LAST YEAR OF
THE WAR.-By Lieut.-Gen. JubaI
A. Early, C.. S. 4.
This is story of the final campaigns Of
the rebellion around Richmond and in the
Shenandoah Valley, told in pleasing
style by the famous Confederate leader.
FOR CONSCIENCE'S SAKE-By Van
E. Butler.
This is a story of the great rebellion
which thrills the reader at every line.
CAPT. W. W. STONE,
The brilliant "sea writer" has become q
regular contributor to The National Trib-
une, and his thrilling sketches and stories
of maritime life and adventure afoat will
appear from time to time.
COMRADE A. c. BUELL., "The Cam
nOneer,"
VIII reappear as a contributor in our
columns at an early date His well-earned
popularity always assures him q host of
eager readers.
THE VOLUNTEER IN LUZON.-By
Capt. Harry l.. Wells, I'd Ore.
This is a serial narrative, embracing the
operations of the first volunteers who went
out in 1898 to the relief CT Dewey and the
subsequent war with the insurrectos
FROM THE SEA TO THE GRAND
REVIEW.-By Lyman s. Widney,
34th Iii.
Those of our readers who have followed
Comrade Widney's account of his experi-
ences from Louisville to the sea need only
be assured that in this second story be is
at his best.
L tIiA IL MASS. In CUBA.
The story begins with the muster-in at
South birmingham, and follows the regi-
ment to Santiago, where it was engaged
IN the hottest of the battle The author
is Henry f. Conrad, Corporal, Co. G.
a VOLUNTEER IN THE PHILIP
PlNES.-By Volunteer Lieutenant.
The letters are extremely graphic
PENSION RULINGS.
We report in full all new pension decf-
sions and rulings.
OF AN IRON BRI.
GADE MANLY Il. X. Beacham,
I'd Wis.
A graphic description of campaigns, bat
ties and marches in the Army of the Po-
tomac from the earliest days of the war.
THE BUSHWHACKER's DAUGH-
TER"
The heroine is the daughter of n Union
man who, after kiling-a rebel neighbor.
sought refuge in the mountain fastnesses'
81 KLEGG AND HIS SQUAD
Will continue with us. They are MARCHING
with Uncle Billy" and have now entered
upon the terrible tramp through the Caro-
linas.
Do not miss number Of the paper. and
tell your friends, especially the young peo-
pie, what is coming.
va Wacbipo+or n ~
The National tribune., 1902-07-17

."Billingsley has taught his dog to sing"
'Does he sing well?'
"He sings as well as Billingsley could
teach him.
II never heard Billingsley. Is he a
good singerY'
well, the dog has been shot at seven
times"