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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22

AMI SMITH IN THE DOCUMENT ROOM.
red the ill will of his superior by omit
ting some unnecessary form of cere-
mony which the latter considered his
due, and as IL result of the unpleasant
ness the clerk was reduced. Such
harsh punishment for so trifiing an of
fense. if offense it really were, reused
the anger of the clerk, and in few
days his resignation was received by
the secretary. Before leaving, how
ever, he called ON the chief, telling him
his conduct would sooner or later cost
him his position under the govern
ment.
Nothing more was heard of the Of
Tended clerk for years. He had gone
to the far west to grow up with the
country, made many friends. shown
himself to be a man of ability and hon
or and when the state in which he had
taken up his abode was admitted to
the Union one of the first men sent to
congress was the once government
clerk Although years had passed since
he left Washington in anger, his mem
ory had not failed him. for his first Of
ficial act after reaching the capital
was TO secure the discharge of his for
mer chief in the department.
Speaking OF retentive memories, one
of the most remarkable men in this
respect in Washington is AmZi Smith,
the superintendent of the senate docu-
ment room. Referring TO ex-senator
John Sherman recently he said: He Is
one of the few now living who were
members OF the senate when l came
here 81 years ago Mr.. Smith is one
of the oldest employees of the senate,
and no man who now holds a seat in
that body WAS senator at the time he
took the Office. One other man besides
Mr.. Sherman residing in Washington
who was Il member of the senate then
is John B. Henderson OF Missouri. who
ceased to be Il senator and practically
retired from public life 20 years ago.
At the time that Mr.. Smith entered
UPON his duties there were 22 vacant
seats in the senate, those of senators
from states then i'll rebellion. 1t was
during the darkest period of the civil
war, in 1868. Lincoln was then presi
dent. Nevada had not yet been ad-
mitted to the Union, and Senator Stew
art had not taken his seat, but he be- |
came member of the body very soon |
after. OF all the men Mr.. Smith knew |
Senator Sherman has been longest in
public life The late Senator Morrill, |
was a prominent member of the house.
ARTHUR w. DUNN
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
coNJuRE THINGS OR MAGIC WORKERS.


beautiful aud that ON fete days she
wore a crimson bow in her hair whose
ends reached the ground. To his SIM
pie eyes that crimson bow, with its
long ends, was always there with its
magical glamour.
So now man-poor soul, pity him!
sees sweet summer girl. He notes
the little feet in their dainty shoes, her
pretty skirt so well put ON, her immac
ulate shirt waist drawn in and fasten-
ed into soiidity in some occult manner,
and he sees the dog collar belt clasping
the trim waist so lovingly. He notes
| the snowy collar, the tie fastened in
the orthodox fashion and the pert little
sailor hat with its warlike quill. She
carries fancy parasol and with that
magic wand points the way to victory.
What can the poor man do? All the
pretty little odds and ends she wears
enhance each other and her. He be
gins by admiring them. He ends by
paying for them. They do not have
the same magic power to attract him
then. but they have served the wear
ef'S purpose.
There are some very dainty devices
in the way of folded lace and null
stocks with four points of the muslin
standing outward and each one edged
with lace. These are made over Il stiff
foundation and the folds are brought
to a point in the front. This can be put
on over any dress and is "a thing TO
coniure with So is ribbon stock
These are very pretty and easy to put
on. They are made Of one long piece
OF ribbon. and ii is wound around the
neck two or three times. Some have
the ends tucked i'll. and some have
them brought down under Il fancy
clasp. These clasps are really very
artistic and serve indifferently for
belts and ribbon stocks
White linen collars are not becoming
to every one on account of their stiff
outline, SO the kind people who spend
their working hours in getting up
something Few to fill every need in
vented linen collar with points and
with pretty embroidery along the edge.
1t is happy medium between the en-
tirely plain and the fancy trimmed col
lar. There are also ties made with
two or three rows of narrow lace on
the ends. These look we'll with the
trimmed linen collar. But to be up
and down swell one should wear ties
precisely like those of the men. Many
woman makes surreptitious visits to
her men folks cravat case, and surely
it doesn't hurt to wear them once in
awhile.
Another magic worker is the fan.
Ever since women have had fans, and
that dates back far beyond written
history, they have been miracle pro
ducing factors. 1t would be too long
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22

Especial Correspondence.l
WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE attention
which one bureau of the state depart
ment is giving To methods for promot-
ing our commerce abroad is having
good effect. Business men and manu-
facturerS seeking market for their
products read the consular reports reg
uIarly To ascertain what is offered in
the way of foreign market. COnsuls
are instructed to send to the state de-
partment all information of this char
acter that can he obtained. Some of
them are very Industrious and report
not only what opportunities there are
for the sale of American made goods.
but furnish great deal of Information
as to what foreign countries are doing
in the way of exports. The method in
which foreign countries promote their
trade either in colonies or i'll sections
where manufacturing is not carried on
to any great extent is fully set forth by
those consuls who give close attention
to the instructions of the department
When a line of trade in this country
desires information, a request is made
at the state department that consular
officers he directed to furnish it and re-
suits i'll reports covering that particu-
lar subject. These directions are not
given by the state department unless
the line of trade and the possibilities
Of big export business following are
sufficient to warrant the making of a
special order for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the information. Wide publi=
cation is given to all reports upon COM
merce and advice of consuls as to the
best way to promote the sale of Ameri-
can products.
\ story is told of senator repre-
senting one of the western states
which if true illustrates to what length
some men will go to accomplish pur-
pose upon which they set their minds.
A number of years back this senator,
then n very young man, was employed
in one of the government departments
in Washington, having been appointed
from Il central state. He was placed
under chief of division who thought
more of the subservience of his sub
ordinates than of the expeditions con-
duct of official business. This trait
soon made the chief unpopular with
those under him, including the young
man destined to occupy seat in the
United States senate.
One day in discharging his duties
this young man unintentionally incur
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22

Johann Strauss will is to be contest
ed. He left his property to a Vienna
musical society, providing small life
pensions only for his third wife. his
stepdaughter and sisters, but nothing
for the families of his two brothers.
The chief contestant, however, will be
his second wife, from whom he Sc
cured i divorce and who is employed
in n Berlin Photographic establish
ment. They were both Catholics when
they married, but as Austria does not
permit divorce Strauss went to the
duchy of SaXe-Coburg-Goth declared
that he had become a Protestant, re-
sided in the duchy for the legal term
and then obtained Coburg divorce
and married again. AS Austria does
not recognize such divorces and the
Austrian Inheritance law secures at
least Il third of the property to the
widow. Strauss divorced second wife
seems to have good chances of getting
large share of what he left.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22

Thomas q. Shaughnessy, recently
chosen to succeed Sir William Van
Horn as the president of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad company, has a host
of admirers in Milwaukee. where he
spent his younger years. He had
scarcely reached his majority when he
was elected member of the board of
aldermen, and owing to his extremely
youthful appearance 1t became neces-'
sary to consult the church register be-
fore his fellow aldermen could be salts
fed that he was old enough TO sit
among them In the council chamber.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
CONJURE THINGS.
PANTY Accessories to the Toilet OF
the summer Girl.
ISnecial Correspondence.j

Especial Correspondence.
NEWPORT. July 1.-THE parapherna-
liza belonging to the dreaded hOodoo or
conjure doctor are not more potent in
their magical influence than the dainty
accessories TO the summer girls toilet.
What would her dainty evening gown
be were there no fan and ribbons?
What would her natty shirt waist look
ike without its ultra mannish tie, and
who would care to look twice at tile
trim little waist if no belt clasped it
Enugly? What would any waist look
like without dainty collar as faSci
mating finish to the neck.
Every day sees some new fancy
brought into being for the purpose of
working magic and to conjure with.
How often an unhappy man loses his
heart in mist of laces and a fiutter Of
ribbons, to find later on that they alone
were the magic that worked the spell.
remember being at a wedding once in
Albania, and not only l, but every
body. wondered at the young mans
choice, for the bride was certainly the
ugliest young woman | ever saw. She
was over six feet tall besides. Some
one asked the bridegroom how he came
to choose her. He replied that she was
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
FIRE ALARM CALLS.

| Central Engine House
2 Buckeye Works
> Akron Iron Works
1 Diamond Rubber Works
> Main and Market
6 No 2 Engine House, Sixth ward
\ Broadway, near Market
$ Buchtel av and Bowery
8 Schumacher Mill, Mill st
II Prospect, near Mill
Is Furnace and Broadway
II Main and Keck
10 Ash and Park Place
Is No 8 Engine House, West Hill
IL Carroll and Exchange
IS Emp re Mower and Reaper Wks
10 Ak on Rubber Works
q Prospect and Perkins
% Forge and Market
a Sherman near Exchange
% Main and Exchange
26 North Howard and Tallmadge
p w Market and Greene
% Akron Knife works
% Washington and Hopp alley
81 North Howard and North
81 Il Market and Spruce
~ W Market and Valley
so Carroll and Spicer
So Carroll and Sumner
81 North and Arlington
3S Vine and Fountain
SO COburn and Campbell
IL Wooster av and Locust
~ Pearl, near Cistern
43 S Main and Falor
10 College and Mill
IS Arlington and Hazel
II Howe and BoweTy
is West South
10 Merrill pottery; State st
81 Howard and Cherry
- No. 4 Engine house, MaiE & Fai.
53 Center st. railroad crossing
"a Buchtel av. and Union
56 Akron Stoneware Co., Sixth ward
81 Lods and Turner
5S Perkins and Adolph ave
80 Main, near Odd Fellows Temple
81 Case ave and Kent
81 Sieberling Mill, Sixth ward
63 Johnston and Champlain
CA Akron Sewer Pipe Co. Black mill
So Hill Sewer Pipe Co, E. Market
81 Carroll and E. Market
6S Second ave and Valley railroad
IS Johnson and Wilson
Il Grant and Cross
Y North and Maple
73 Werner Printing Co
"A North Cnion, near Bluff
10 Robinson Bros, n Forge st
76 The Whitmore, Robinson Co
81 Western Linoleum Co
81 Summit Sewer Pipe Co
50 Allyn and Cross
S4 Thornton and Harvard
50 The J G McNeal Boiler Works
81 Cereal Mills, S Howard st
81 Schumacher Cooper Shop, North
Broadway
III General Alarm
l23 Silver and Hickory
I2S w Market and Rhodes av
2s2 Renner's Brewery, Il Forge &c
PAL Sherman and Vorfs
2o1 Cedar and Wabash av
253 w Exchange. near Willow
BIZ Cascade Iflls, N Howard
3l4 Fire Chiefs Residence
32l Adams and Upson
BAL Balch and Market
342 Maple, opposite Balch
3lo Bittman and Crosby
'5l Exchange and Spicer
ii2 Wooster and st Clair
Us st Clair and Bartges
i Wafer Works. Wooster av
III 'i'ii'. Works
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
Why lie Was Angry.

"What made him SO mad?"
'He told his wife she had no judg-
ment. and she Just looked him over
critically from head to foot and said
she was beginning to realize it."-Chi-
cGgo Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
Notice of APPOINTMENT.

Estate of John Nelan, deceased.
The undersigned has been appointed ny
the Probate court of summit county, ohio.
as administrator of the estate Of John
Nelan deceased. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested 10 make in-
mediate payment; ana all persons having
claims against said estate are requested 10
present the same for allowance or REJECTION
WILLIAM NEIsAN.
Dated this Path day Of June AID lSe.
JuIy l5 - ~
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
Treasures in Heaven.


But lest too many might think they
escape the scrutiny of the text have
to tell you that we all come Nnder the
divine satire when we makc the uues-
tions of time more prominent than the
questions of eternity. Come. now. let
us all go into the confessional Are
not all tempted to make the question,
Where shall | live now! greater than
the question, Where shall | live for
ever? How shall get more dollars
here! greater than the question. How
shall l lay up treasures in heaven: the
question, How shall pay my debts to
man? greater than the question, How
shall meet my obligations to God:
the question, How shall | gain the
world? greater than the question,
What if ] lose my soul? the question,
Why did God let sin come into the
world? greater than the question, How
shall | get it cXtirpated from my ma
ture? the question, What shall / do
with the 20 or 40 or 70 years of my
sublunar existence? greater than the
question, What shall do with the
millions of cycles of my post ter
restrial existence? Time how small it
is! Eternity. how vast it is, The for
mer more Insignificant in comparison
with the latter than gnat is insig-
nificant when compared with a camel
We lodged tie text. We said, "That
does not mean me, and that does not
mean me-" and with a ruinous benev-
olence we are giving the whole sermon
away.
But let us all surrender to the charge
What an ado about things here What
poor preparation for a great eternity.
AS though Il minnow were larger than
a behemoth as though a swallow took
wider circuit than an albatross, rs
though a nettle were taller than
Lebanon cedar, as though Il guat were
greater than Il camel, as though min
ute were longer than century, as
though time were higher, deeper,
broader than eternity. So the text
which flashed with lightning of wit as
Christ uttered il is followed by the
crashing thunderS of awful catastrO-
phe to those who make the questions
OF time greater than the questions of
the future, the oncoming. overshadow
ing future. Oh, eternity, eternity.
eternity,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
a Young Girls Experience.
[cOpyr.gat, LOuis Klop.eh. l899.l

My daughters nerves were terribly out OF
order. She was thin and weak; the least noise
startled her, and she was wakeful at night.
Before she had taken one package of Celery
King the change in her was so great that she
could hardly be taken for the same girl She
is rapidly growing well and strong, her COM
pleXio1 is perfect, and she sleeps well every
night.--Mrs Lucy McNutt, Brush Valley, Pa.
Celery King for the Nerves, Stomach Liver
and Kidneys is sold in 25c. and SOC. packages
by druggists and dealers.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22

How carefully your wife does watch
her health"
Yes; she knows that IL 1 get up a
big doctors bill she won't get sum-
mer's trip."-Chicago Record.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22

personal income, among other reasons
because so few people would tell the
truth, and many a man with an in
come of hundreds of dollars a day
made statements which seemed to i'm
ply he was about TO be handed over 20
the overseer of the poor. Careful 10
pay their passage from Liverpool to
New York. yet smuggling in their Sar-
atoga trunk ten silk dresses from Paris
and Il half dozen watches from Gene
VI. telling the custom house officer on
the wharf. There is nothing in that
trunk but wearing apparel and put
ting Il 81 gold piece in his hand TO
punctuate the statement.
Described in the text are all those
who are particular never to break the
law of grammar and who want all
their language an elegant specimen of
syntaX. Straining out all the inaccura-
cies of speech with a fine sieve of lit
erary criticism. while through their
conversation 20 SANDER and innuendo
and profanity and falsehood larger
than whole caravan of camelS when
they might better fracture every law
of the language and shock their intel
lectual taste, and better let every verb
seek In vain for its nominative, and ev-
cry noun for its government, and let
every proposition lose its way In the
sentence. and adiectiyes and partici
piles and pronouns get into grand
riot worthy of the Fourth ward of
New York on election day than to
commit n moral inaccuracy. Better
swallow a thousand gnats than one
camel.
Such persons are also described in
about the small faults of others and
have no alarm about their own great
transgressions. There are in every
community and in every church watch
dogs who feel called upon TO keep
their eyes on others and growl. They
are full of suspicious. They wonder if
this man is not dishonest, if that man
is not unclean, if there is not some
thing wrong about the other man.
They are always the first 10 hear of
anything wrong. Vultures are always
the first to smell carrion. They are
self appointed detectives. | lay this
down as rule without any exception
that those people who have the most
faults themselves are most merciless
in their watching of others. From
scalp CT head to sole of foot they are
full of j,alousies and hypercriiicisms.
They spend their life in hunting for
muskrats and mud turtles instead Of
hunting for Rocky mountain eagles,
always for something mean instead Of
something grand. They look at their
neighbors' imperfections through a
microscope and look at their own im
perfect, rs through a telescope upside
down. Twenty faults OF their own do
not hurt them so much as one fault of
somebody else. Their neighbors' i'm
perfections are like gnats, and they
strain them out; their own imperfec
tons are like camels. and they swal-
low them.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
AnOrdinanCc
To establish the grade upon Myrtle
Place, from Maple street to the
west end.

Section l. Be ii ordained by the city
council of the city of Akron. that the grade
upon Myrtle Place. from Maple street TO the
west end. he and the same is hereby estab-
lished in reference to and above the city
datum plane a. follows. tU-wft:
At the west line of Maple street. Sg.6n feet
At ~ feet westerly from last named point.
~ feet.
AT a6n feet from west line OF Maple street,
AI2 feet. with true planes connecting adja-
cent elevations.
Sec. >. That any ordinance conflicting
with the above is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3 That this ordinance shall take ef-
feet upon its passage.
Passed July Il. 1899.
Chas. II. ISbell. F.. Z. Spr1gle,
City Clerk. Pres. City Council.
Approved by the board of City Commits
SiOners. ChaS- II. lSbel,
July 2l-23 Clerk.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
$500 Akron to NIAGARA Falls and Return.

Via C.T.&VR.R. and CAB. line
palace steamers, Monday, July -.
Tickets good five days for return.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22

wANTED-Case OF had health thst
R-I-P-A-N-S will not benefit send
cents to Rtpsns Chemical Co., New IoIk
for 10 samples and l,0c0 testimonials.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
CONSULS' GOOD WORK
AID RENDERED IN PROMOTING COM
MERGE ABROAD

What the State Department Requires
of Its Representative a W est
ern senator Got Evcn-Amzi smiths
Wonderful Memory
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22

He Uses Ii to illustrate the Ludicrous
Behavior OF These Vino Magnify
snnaII Sims and Ignore Great Ones.
Much In Little.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22

at makes my blood boil" he ex-
claimed.
"That's good" she replied.
Good he cried.
Certainly" she answered. Boiling
is recommended to remove impurities
In all liquids. s."-Chica go Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
GalierN of Iticticea

This subject does not give the pic
ture of one or two persons but is u
gallery in which thousands of people
may see their likenesSes. For instance,
all those people who, while they would
not rob their neighbors of a farthing,
ure of the public. \ man has house
to sell. and he tells his customer it is
worth $4,000. Next day the assessor
comes around, and the owner says If
is worth $4,000. The government of
the United States took off the tax from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-14
PugiliSri1.
CORBETT CHALLENGES JtFFR|ES
AND SAYS THAT HE IS REALLY
SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
Former Champion Has Deposited
$4,000 and Wants the Fight to
Come Off Within Six Months.

New York, Nov. 1S.-James J. Cor
bett has challenged James ). Jeffries
to fight for the heavyweight champion
ship of the world Corbett deposited
$1,000 to be covered by Jeffries in any
way he sees fit. 1t may be taken as a
wager or a forfeit
Corbett, in his letter, stated that he
desires an immediate match, giving as
a reason that he desires to begin prep
arations at an early date. Provided his
money is covered. Corbett will meet
Jeffries on Noy. II and sign articles.
In conclusion, the former champion al
ludes to his meeting with Sharkey, in
which he claims to have stood off the
sailor in nine rounds. When seen to-
night, Corbett said:
Il never was more serious in my life
than l am about this. Many people
think that 1 don't want to fight again,
but this deposit of $1,000 will settle all
doubts. l would put up 100000 but
for one reason. 1t is this: When the
fight comes off Jeffries will be the ia
vorite in the betting. If l put up $1,000
now it will go at even money. whereas
then / will be able to get seven to five
against it. There is no use in over
looking that percentage l want TO
fight in less than six months and will
be ready when Jeffries is. If the match
is made Kid Mccoy may train with me.
He is willing and l am considering it
now"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-14
Railroad Notes.

General Agent F. L Smith of the Big
Four at Denver is in town.
H. NJ. Clay of the Union Pacific was
resting comfortably yesterday.
The ''Nomad," private car of Presi-
dent Palmer of the Rio Grande West
ern, went east with the Western Off
Gals last night.
The Short Line has opened Dewey,
between Brigham and Collinston. as a
regular telegraph station, and material
has been ordered to build a new and
handsome station building.
The Short Line will run a special ex
cursion TO Promontory, Monument and
Cisco on Thanksgiving day. ID. E.
Brockbank, l.. W. Dittmann and Jack
May are getting up q rabbit hunting
party to take advantage of the special.
They expect to have about loo Salt
Lakers join in the fun.
The "gunboats, as the new steel cars
of the Short Line are designated by
trainmen, are seldom seen in Utah, as
they are in almost constant service be-
tween Kemmerer. Wyo.. and Butte.
Mont, but occasionally one comes down
to the smelters at Murray with Goa;
from the Wyoming mines
The Short Line has received three of
the eight new twelve-wheelerS ordered
from the Cooke locomotive works. They
are handsome, symetrical engines,
though of mammoth proportions
weighing POS, 900 pounds equipped for
service. The engines have the straight
stack