The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-03-15
HERE AND THERE

All modern writer's on the sft and
science of war declare that NO civilized
nation should employ barbarian troops
In warfare. This prohibition has,
/ however, been frequently violated; by
the English In India and in Africa:
by the Russians in Asia Minor: by the
French in Algeria. and by the Turkish
government when 1t turned loose the
Bashi-BpHooks. a feroci0us soldiery,
on the dcfenseleEs Inhabitants of Bull
garia.
The pettrifed forests Of Arizona
were recently examined anew under
the direction Of the general land OF.
fee. The silic'fed LOGS lie in the
greatest abouudsnce within an area Of
eight square miles in Apache county.
In some places thcv lie more thickly
than they could have stood while liv-
I Ing as trees, and 1t Is thought that
they must have been carried there by
swift current Of water in the meso-
coic sgc.
A rose bush that has attained tho
are Of 101 years is one OF the inter-
estlng sights OF the old Salem home-
stead In Middle Haddam. The bush
| was planted in the year 1900 by Mrs.
! Lucilla Hurd, and II is stated on good
I authority that 1t has borne roses ev-
cry year for 100 years. Mrs. Hurd,
I who planted the rose bush, was 81
| years OF age when she died.
Pneumonia according to the census
OF 1900 Is now the most fatal OF Amer
| ican diseases, 1919 per 100 900 Of all
/ sumption Is close second with 1905
IN every 100 600 deaths credited to It.
/ Heart disease stands third On the list
,f our deadly enc ries. with record
o: 134 in every 100000 deaths.
The new automatic weaving loom
| invented by mechanic in Burnley.
England, is more of revo'utionizer
than was at first reported. One per-
son now operating four looms can cas-
( fly attend to EIGHT and at the came
time produce 1872 per cent more per
loom by the obviati7g OF stoppages
than under the preseT-t system.
It is alleged Of one policeman IN
New York whose beat Is much infested
by youthful crap players that he
makes steady business Of charging
| upon them in so unexpected a manner
that they have not leisure to pick up
the stakes before their time for dis
appearing comes, and these he appro-
PIRATES to his own use. /
There are II communities Of Shak-
ers in the United States. The Amana
Society has 1900 sous and the Har-
mony Society of Economy. O., has but
Eine resident members left. The 70
Grites and the RusEin colony of Geor-
Gia have both recently disbanded.
One horse power, as established
among engine makers, Is the capacity
20 raise 50 600 pounds one foot per-
minute. AS this estimate was based
upon the ability OF the huge draught
horse of London. 1t is about twice tho
average power Of horse.
The river Euphrates flowed through
Babylon, and on each side OF its banks
the walls of the city were carried up
to height as great as at any othet
point, SO that even during selge ths
city was as formidably defended on
the river as on the land side.
Denmark is using gas very extern
sively as motive power. Most OF tho
engines are manufactured there, but
some are imported from Germany and
America. Prices average from Is to
20 per cent higher than in the United
States.
The umbrella and parasol were used
by the eastern nations many centuries
before the Christian era. The Oldest
Chinaware shows pictures OF ladies
and mandarins shaded by parasols OF
patterns similar to those now in use.
1t is estimated that Of the United
States paper money outstanding more
than $l0.000,0 900 has been lost or de-
stroyed and will never be presented
for redemption.
American machine tools are so far
ahead of German tools that compet,-
ton is declared by American tool ex-
porters to be out OF the question in
Germany.
The original idea OF the steam en-
gine is commonly said to have been
suggested by the Marquis of Worces-
ter, in his Century of Inventions" J.,
D. 1868.
Thibet, in Central Asia which is re-
ported to be submitting to Russian in
fuence, has a population OF 5000, 900
There is a considerable demand for
bicycles in Japan, and some automo-
biles have been recently imported
With population OF only 210, 900
Manitoba equals in size the whole OF
! Great Britain and Ireland.