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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
Begging Letters For the Rich.

A lady living less than days jour
ney from New York had the curiosity
the other day TO make certain calcula-
of her property she would have had to
sacrifice had she granted all the re-
quests made for money within period
of ~ days. She kept all the begging
letters received during that time. add
ed together the amounts they asked
for and then discovered that had she
granted each individual request for
money she would have disbursed ST.
100000. And this, be it remembered.
in short period of six weeks.-Har-
per'S BaZar
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
A BORN KICKER.
He Simply Couldn't Escape His In
herited Tendency.

Fate, with wonted levity, had thrown
the sour and tacituTn man into the
company of the talkative citizen in the
railway car.
''That was quite an interesting game
of baseball, wasn't it?" said the latter
as he showed a newspaper into the in
side pocket of his coat
Il never read about baseball" was
the solemn reply. How true it is" he
added almost tearfully, that this
world is but II tlecting show"
"Of course. That's one way of look
ing at it. I've felt that way about it
myself But let me ask you something
Are you putting in your money and
hustling around to make this world
any better"
whats the use?'
well. you'll excuse me for question
ing you. But you referred to the world
as a fieeting show. I'm theatrical
manager, and I'm Interested in any
thing in tie show line. Now. notice
that you amt in any hurry to get out
of this world. are your
mo. can't truly say that | am. The
instinct of self Instruction.
''That's all right. You didn't pay
anything to get into this flceting show,
did you?'
Certainly not
'There you are There's the old. old
story right in nutshell. never in
my life saw Il deadhead who wasn't
kicker Columbian.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

lainute. too with al or nearly all the
money asked He knows that if he does
not pay any attention to the letter it is
only 4 question of time until he is kid
haped. In such case the affair takes on
a different aspect. The friends or family
of the captive are notified of the amount
Of money required. and il this is not
Forthcoming at the appointed time ghast-
" mementos of the absent one begin 70
arrive. One of the favorite methods is to
send the first joint of the captured mans
first finger Of the left hand-nOt enough
10 disable the captive. you see. but sutii-
cient of him To arouse considerable inter
est in the proceedings. Sometimes the
captive is allowed 10 send an accompany
ing letter, and he usually calls his friends
attention 10 the fact that it is a condi-
tion and not theory which is then CON
fronting him.
-N hen | was manager of the Soledad
sugar estates, case occurred that made
me think that il was better to be judge
than Il bandit from financial point OF
view. \ subnIanager on a nearby estate
started on a several days journey and
was supposed to have some ready money
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
PEARL HABAD BANDIT
How Miss Hart Helped to Hold
Up a Stage.
VERY SPUNKY WHEN CAUGHT.
Hold Your Gun Steady and Keep
Quiet" said Pearl to Her Male Com
panion In Planning the Robbery,
''and I'll Do the Rest"

Pearl Hart, the woman bandit, has
mapped out Il new line of endeayor for
her sex, and tie masterly manner in
which sine helped the highwayman who
recently held up the stage between Globe
and Florence. Arizona, has made her the
talk of all the border towns. She did her
part of the work with all the skill and
GOODNESS Gf Il past master in brigandage,
says Il correspondent of the Chicago In
Ter Ocean, and although she and her COM
panion. Joe Boot were captured a few
days later by Sheriff Truman and taken
to Florence. there are Il half dozen or
more men of enterprise willing to put Up
her bail and induce her to go On the lee
ture platform.
According to the stories told by the
people of Rivefside-a stage station ham
let with Il population of 30 gDssiping
souls-this newest woman bandit is young
and pretty and devoted to the man pre-
sumed to be her husband. When in
Riverside the couple were evidently hard
up and they deliberately planned the rnb-
berry. The man at first deaiurrcd, so the
story goes.
Il never can do it; never, never, never:''
said he. So relates the man who says he.
overheard the plottings.
But you must-we must" was the re-
sponse. "And it's easy. Ali you'll have
TO do will be to hold your gun straight
and keep quiet. I'll do the rest''
The stage was numbering along through
the hills with nothing of unusual interest
to disturb the monotony of stage travel.
when two persons attired in mountain
dress suddenly appeared from behind a
clump of bushes. With revoivers cooked
and held with steady aim they gave the
old time frontier order TO "stard and de-
liver"
The distance from Globe to Florence is
Go miles over a country inhabited by an
occasional prospecto-, hunter or band OF
rowing COW boys riding The range. Mid
way between the two places on the banks
of the ella river lies Riverside. Between
Riverside and Globe the country is so
rough as TO be impossible, except or the
stage road. Tall, craggy peaks rapidly
give place to narrow winding canyons.
Formerly there was much freighting 20
Globe over this road, but this is uow done
away with by railroad which reaches
the camp from another direction. 1t was
in this lonely country, nearer to River
side than Globe. the robbery occurred.
Stage robberies in this region have not
been frequent of late years, and the COM
mand came with startling effect on the
driver and three passengers.
''Hold up, therer' the cry rang out, as
two figures with revolvers legeled step
ped into the road before the fas: driving
stage. The driver pulled up the horses
with a tug that nearly set them on their
launches.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
Sage of Sawhuyy Says.

A proverb among the poor has it that
the rich more often reckon pence than
recOmpenSe.
When n man is told TO mind his p's
and q's, he feels peculiar.
Gossips can't really belittle Il great
man. and with a small one the process
is superfluous.
The pedestal of fame is very slip
perry superstructure.
Old fashioned girls took their spin
on the loom. but the modern damsel
prefers hers on tandem.
People who talk for spite are slow to
give their hearers respite.
There is always great deal of rail
ing about political platforms.
The man with a surfeit of yarns is
always anxious to unravel mysteries.
Such is fashions furry that as Soon
as a style seems becoming it is going.
The worst about villain with a
smiling cheek is that he has so much Of
it.--Chicago Democrat.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

RESULTS.
They Have Resulted In a
Steady Gain of Popularity.
People Who Are Ever Ready to
Recommend What Has Done
Them Much Good.

The people of Akron feel very
grateful for the great benefit they
have received from the use of Nor
rows Kid-ne-oids, the great remedy
for backache, dizziness, sleepless-
ness. nervousness and all diseases
arising from the kidneys. Morrow's
Kid-ne-oids cure where other reme-
dies have failed and the people of
this city have not been slow to find
this out, and they add their testi-
mony that their friends may know
what to use and get cured.
Mrs. NJ. J. Veile. 12l East North
ST.. Akron, Ohio. says: Il suffered
with disordered kidneys which de-
veloped in dropsy, also with swelling
of the feet and ankles, which would
be very painful and severe backache.
When [ read about Morrow's Kid
ne-oids | decided to give them a
trial and after | had taken them for
short time | was relieved of my
troubles"
MOrrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills,
but yellow tablets and sell at 90 cts.
a box at all drug stores and at John
Lamparter & Co.'S drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manu-
factured by John Morrow q Co.,
chemists, Springfield, Ohio.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

He DROPPED THE BANDIT FROM HIS HORSE.
with him. Shortly after passing our place
he was shot down by bandit. Soledad
was then being guarded by /; detachment
of the guardia civil, and q sentry, hearing
the shot, ran ont of the gate with his
rifle. He saw the traveller lying on the
ground, and the bandit, having dismount-
ed from his OWL horse, was going through
the dead mans pockets. The guard at
once shot at the man and missed him.
The thief sprang on his horse and started
off at gallOp. Instantly the guard drop
ped on one knee, took a steady aim and
dropped the bandit from his horse, dead.
We went together to the bandit and took
from him the travellers pocketbook, con-
tanning about 500, and a pouch of silver,
which had also belonged to the bandits
victim. Altogether the money amounted
to nearly $500.
'Bein" somewhat new TO the customs
uf the country and knowing the dead
man. was about to send messenger
10 his house to break the sad news to
the widow and to return his property. |
was warned, however, that the matter
would have 10 lie considered judicially
and the money held by the authorities
until the investigation WAS concluded A
soldier hurried off TO summon the proper
parties, and put the money in our safe.
The first man 20 arrive was the agent of
the alcalde. He came up at gallop,
swung himself from his horse and ex-
claimed:
"'Where is the money!
Il told him that | had it, and upon his
tender of a receipt l gave it to him.
While we were talking over the case |
heard the rapid hoofbeats of horse on
the highway. and Il moment after the
representative of the judge of the district
rushed in and said.
Where is the money!
Il was explained that it had been
given to the alcalde. and the judges
agent at once demanded it of the al,
caldc's' mar. and there was some little
wranglinG. | decided that the judge
probably had the better title, so return
ed my first receipt, took up the money
and gave it TO the judge's representative,
taking his receipt for it. About this
time we saw another galloping horseman
headed for the gate, and as he got nearer
| recognized the officer commanding the
guartia civil | knew what he was going
to say. .Eumping off his horse. he aGxi-
ously cried:
Where is the money!
Il told him, think that officer was
one of the most finished blasphemers in
the Spanish language that | ever heard.
After exhausting his vocabulary he told
me that as bis man had killed the bandit
he was entitled TO the custody of the
money. he said. moreover, that now the
widow would probably never get CEN
tavo.
But in that he naligned the good
Judge. for after three years and four
months the widow got exactly $50 of the
$500 we had seen the bandit take from
her husband"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

out the spiral. or rather with one so enor-
nous that the diameter Of it is thousands
of miles. 1t has the pecuiiarity of push
ing great masses of heated air TO the
southwest. and these air masses start the
tornado.
\ cyclone in itself is harmless. All the
Cyclones" one reads about are not cy-
clones. but tornadoes.
TornadOes have been known in Ameri-
ca for a century or more. and thousands
Of persons have been killed and injured
by them. 4 record OF these visitations
since 1874 shows tremendous loss OF life
and property. On Feb. 8, 1881, the coun-
try from the Mississippi river to the At
lantic was the dancing ground for go ter
rible tornadoes, which killed so people
and injured nearly 3,0G0. while they re-
duced to ruins 10000 buildings.
During the period from 1874 down TO
the present time the most disastrous cy
clone was that at St. Louis on May u,
1896. The precise number of persons
killed has never been known, but the
dead were several hundred and the in
jured many more.
One of the earliest cyclones Oh record
was on May I, 1910, in Adams county,
Miss, when 317 people were killed. The
same place was revisited two years later,
when 500 were killed. The property loss
was very great.
Louisville was stricken in 1890. but the
same city was visited by whirlwind as
long ago as Aug. y, 1854. At that time
% persons were killed.
Savannah and its vicinity seem pecul-
iarly subject to destructive windstorms.
That city was storm swept on Sept. 80,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
GENERAL IN PETTlCOATS.
How Mrs. Joubert Won the Battle of
Maiuba.

Since the days of Cleopatra the number
of women to actually take part in the
conduct of the wars of their respective
countries has been few. At the present
day there is only one lady who with any
Justice can be termed "a general in
petticoats.' and that is Mrs. .Ioubert, the
wife of General Joubert, commander in
chief of the Transvaal forces. Mrs. Jou-
bert has accompanied her husband in all
the wars he has undertaken.
1t is not generally known that it was TO
Mrs Joubert the great defeat of the Eng
lish at Majuba WAS largely due. The
general considered the position unassaila-
ble but Mrs. .Ioubert, her eyes afire with
patriotism urged the attack, eventually
conquering the scrup!es of her husband
and the other commandants. The result
is known.
Mrs. Joubert's last appearance at a
war occurred during the recent Magato-
land campaign, at the extreme north of
the Transvaal An artillery, burgher
and native force Of nearly 10000 men
was dispatched to the front to subdue
the rebel chief MPefu, intrenched in a
series of rocky Businesses backed by the
Limpopo. Notwithstanding what was
feared would be the bloody nature of the
war. the heat-over 100 degrees in the
shade-and the fever the plucky woman
joined the general week or two after
his arrival at the Hoofd Lager, accom-
panied only by two or three little kafir
maids.
Finding General Joubert in an any.
thing but comfortable tent, she routed
him out, erected tent of her own and
installed him amid all the comforts of
home. What was more, she reconstructed
the generals mess arrangements and
cooked his meals with her own hands.
The wife of the commandant general
peeling potatoes was an ordinary sight
any day during the campaign.
On ore occasion during the war the
news came into camp that the general
had been taken i'll thirty miles away in
the midst of a country full of hostile ma
tives and deadly with malaria Without
hesitation Mrs. Joubert made prepara-
tions to go and join her husband, and
there is little doubt that she would have
accomplished her purpose had not more
reaSsuring news come to hand.
The war came to an early close, owing
to the military genius of General Joubert,
and. it is not too much TO say, his better
half.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
FACTS
ARESTUBBORN.
If Akron People Are Not Convinced
by Local Testimony. They Diff
fer From Other People.
Facts are stubborn.
Some may be disputed.
NJ. 1.n r. ,E.-~.@-Axl

Facts are stubborn.
Some may be disputed.
None can be disproved.
a fact is always hedged. about
with proof.
Has to stand the test of investi-
CATION.
Or it drifts to the realm of doubt.
Investigate closely the following.
The closer the scrunity the more
convincing the result.
An Akron citizen speaks here.
Speaks from experience and con-
viction:
Mr.. j. w. Foster, of l24 Broadway,
retired, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills relieved my kidneys although
prescriptions and standard medicines
| tried failed Ito benefit me. | suf-
fered greatly from pain in my back
just below my kidneys. Procuring
Doan's Kidney Pills at Lamparter &
Co.'s drug store and they stopped
the backache, regulated the kidney
secretions and relieved me of much
Inconvenience. They caused me to
rest well nights, banisfe the weari-
mess which weighed me down par
ticlularly in the mornings and |
have no hesitancy in recommending
them to others in need of Il prepar-
alton of this kind"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price 30 cents. Mailed by
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Sole agents for the U. S. Remember
the name, Doan's, and take no sub
stitute.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
HesinTtiu. JIYu

Did you eyer notice. he asked. that
it is always the ho!irly woman who
wants pug log? Tile pug is SO hide
Gus that il makes her seem good look
ing by comparison Still Tie ruse is so
well known now that the possession Of
Il pug is sufficient
who's going to buy II pus?" she ask
ed. WHO ever thought of getting
out?'
WHY. nG one, of course, my dear"
he answered, for he was too wise
man to admit that he had heard her
telling II neighbor that she thought
she'd get oue.-Chicago Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

in the territory, was relieved of 1890, &
six shooter and 4 gold watch and chain.
About $50 was taken from the other two
passengers, besides Il revolver.
After the hold up, which was accom-
plished without the waste of G cartridge
or the disturbing of even a jack rabbit,
the stage was allowed to proceed. Mr..
Neill stopped off at Riverside ana at
once began arranging plan of pursuit.
The stage with its passengers continued
the journey to Florence, where Sheriff
Truman was informed. He joined Neill
at Riverside, and the little posse took to
the hills.
The capture was made at night in the
brush in the hills near Benson. The wo-
man showed fight and taunted her COM
panion for allowing himself TO be taken
without battle. The officers found in
the woman's possession a sack contain
ing S400 and a gold watch belonging TO
Neill, one of the stage passengers.
On being taken To Florence the woman
was recognized as Pearl Hart, who is
we'll known throughout Arizona and
southern California.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
He worked the Grocer.

true story of n dog found guilty
of obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses has been recently told. The
animal is very fond of crackers, and
has been taught by his owner to 60
after them himself, carrying a written
order in his mouth. Day after day he
appeared ut the grocers, bringing his
masters orders for crackers until the
clerks became careless about reading
the document. One day the man came
in and complained that he had been
charged for much more crackers than
he had ordered. There was quite a
dispute over 1t, and the next time the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

Can tornadoes be conquered with can
non? This is the question which inter
ests the people of the middle west, and
there are indications that there may be
something in the scheme. The inhabit-
ants of Hennessy, o. T.. declare that
their town would not now be on the map
except for the inventive genius of one of
her citizens Captain John X. Hoades. a
retired sea captain, who, though hitherto
generally regarded rs a visionary crank,
is now hailed as the savior of hundreds
of lives.
Mr. Hoades' scheme consisted in post
ing 4 large 10 inch sIuoothbore Parro,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

dog came in the grocer took the trouble
TO look ut the paper 1t was blank;
and further investigation showed that
whenever the dog felt craving for
crackers he hunted up Il piece of paper
and trotted off to the grocery store
Atlanta Constitution.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
one of the Consistent Fellows.

Don't you like tie dear old songs
our mothers used to sing us to sleep
WITH asked the sentimental person.
No. sir," answered the man who has
snowtiakes for blood corpuscles. 81 en-
deavor TO be consistent, and | realize
that people used to keep the neighbors
awake with those sonscs, just the same
as they are doing now with obnoxious
ballads. s."-Washington Star.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
Wild Guess.

Instructor-W What is the difference be-
tween positive and negative electrici-
ty?
Student-It is positive when It is
turned on and negative when it is turn
ed off.--Indianapolis Journal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

lie as the beginning of an extensive leg
iSlative reform. There are over 100000
public drinking places in France. and
in some of the departments the consump-
ton of alcohol now amounts TO 20 literS
per person yearly.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
Abreast of the Times

Teacher-What does -he abbreviation
"lb." mean?
Dicky-It means "Lanky Bob."-Chi-
Cago Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
CARD CHEATING.
Mechanical Device to Put Aces Up
the Sleeve.

Houdini, 4 noted Austrian sleight Of
hand artist. now touring the country,
gives in the course of his entertainment
an expose of 4 number of tricks by which
the veteran gambler dupcs his "easies. :"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

STRANGE WORK OF a WESTERN TORNADO.
uion. 1t is only fair to state that at frs!
| was the laughing stock of the town,
and it was only by persistent argument
that | finally Interested Mr. Thomas of
tie Chicassn Coal company in my plan.
Backed 10y SO influential citizen, we
finally gathered together enough money
b. popular subscription to purchase four
cut "a date guE% that saw service around
New Orleans during the civil war and
mounted them in the place selected. The
most singular feature of the whole mat
Ter is that the one dwelliag destroyed by
today's storm was occupied 10y the most
persiStcrt doubter ill the town'
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
4 Resolution
To improve North Summit street,
from Market to Furnace street.

Be 1t resolved, by thescouncil of the city of
thereto concurring) that it is necessary and
he intention is hereby declared to improve
y. Summit street in said city from Market
street to a point l25 feet SOutherly from the
south line of Perkins street. by grading the
same to the established grade. curbing with
brick. and from the last named point to
Furnace street by grading the same to the
established grade. curbing. guttertng and
paving the same with stone. all in accord
ance with the plans. protiles and Specitica-
tions relating to said Improvement on file in
the Office of the city civil engineer.
That the cost and expense of said improve
ment (eNcept one-fiftieth and the cost of in
terSectionsl shall be assessed upon all the
lots and lands and parcels thereof bounding
and abuttfng upon both sides of said North
Summit street in proportion to the benefits
which may result from said Improvement
Said assessment shall be payable in five (5i
equal. annual installments and bonds shall
be issued in anticipation of the collection of
the same. provided that said assessment
shall in no case exceed the limitations I'M
posed by section 2310 Of the revised statutes
of Ohio, and the council find and hereby de-
clare that only the property bounding ard
abutting upon said street will be specially
benefited thereby, and that no other prop
erty than that specified shall be assessed for
said Improvement.
The clerk is hereby directed to cause this
resolution to be legally published and Frank
BonStedt is hereby appointed to serve no
tice OF the passage hereof as is required by
law.
Passed July ). 1899.
Chas. Fl. ISbell, F.. L. Sprlgie.
City Clerk. Pres't City Council.
Approx Cd by the Board Of City CominiS-
sioners. Chas. II. IShell, Clerk
.IuIV = Ii
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

Wood Alcohol and Petroleum Have
Become Popular StimuIants-Vitri-
For the FOOr.