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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
PONIATOWSKI'S PLIGHT.
A Prince Who Was Shut Out of a
Pullman Car.

Prince Poniatowski had TO sit up all
night in an ordinary coach of the Los
Angeles express while travelling from
Bakersfield to San Francisco. Reared in
the Jap OF luxury, the Dobleman realized
that it is bad enough to he a passenger in
the hest cars, but to be forced into
common day coach for a whole night
made him beliigerent, vindictive and out
of sorts with everything and everybody.
The prince preferred charges against
Conductor w Williams of the Pullman
Car company because of his night of dis,
comfort.
Poniatowski was in Bakersfield on
business, says the San Francisco EXami-
ner He desired 10 come home the same
night on the express train which passes
Bakersfield about midnight In the after
noon he wired to Los Angeles for Il
drawing ROOM All the Pullman berths
and drawing rooms had been reserved,
and an answer was sent to that effect.
Poniatowski did not get the reply.
" hen the train reached bakersfield, he
made dash for the nearest Pullman.
Conductor Williams, who was in charge.
stopped him. lie informed the prince
that there was no room in any of the
Pullman cars for him.
But don't you know who | am?" al
most hisscd the prince. as his anger got
the better of his judgment. Il am Prince
Ponia towskI. You don't expect me to sit
up all night with a lot of Cinnamon in
day coach. do you?"
You may be Prince Poniatowski,"
coolly reioined Williams, without obei-
sance. IN take your word for that. But
you'll have to ride with the Cinnamon,
as you express it, OF else walk. There Is
no room in any of the Pullmans. That's
all ! have to say.
As the train started TO move the
prince rim for the day coach. 1t, too, was
crowded. He found a seat with China
men in front of him and two Mongolians
back of him. Poniatowski was furious.
hut he very sensihly held his tongue all
night 1t is now so sore that he either
will not or cannot talk about the episode.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

1t is said Bryan christened the state
university at Boulder THE College of
the Clouds" We object. The name is
an injustice. 1t is more than that. 1t
gives the effete east the impression
that our beautiful Colorado. purest
gem in the diadem of states, land of
sunshine, fruits and flowers, that this,
Gods chosen spot. the place where
he raised the loftiest of natures tenn
Piles, piercing the blue to heavens foot
stool-that this is the place of clouds.
This cannot, shall not, must not be,
Mr.. Bryan. You may call 1t the col
lege of sunshine, the university of the
Italian sky, the school of the sun.
seminary of the sun kissed sierra, but
You shall not press down upon our
brow this crown of fog; you shall not
cruelty Colorado on this cross OF
(Colo) Press.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
They PAY No Taxes.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Record says: There was mild sensa-
ton the other day when the little town
of Gausbach, district of Bastatt, Ba-
den, published its annual financial
statement for the year 1898. The
towns citizens have to pay no munic-
ipal taxes. Gausbach is not only out Of
debt. but is in a position to pay
bonus of $13S5 to every male citizen
and to every widow In town. Besides
this, every one gets his fuel free from
the vast forests belonging to the town.
| have investigated the matter and
found that the town has been in this
splendid financial condition for the last
20 or 30 years. has asked no municipal
taxes, has paid the annual per capita
bonus and has given each citizen his
winters supply of fuel. There are a
good many people in Germany who
would like to be citizens of Gausbach.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

self can't 20 near him. The man who
sold him to me is the only man who can"
Tom Goabout was sitting in a corner of
the room half asleep. When the CONVEX
satioG turned to dogs, he pricked up his
ears.
NO one can't go near him, eh?" be
asked. What will you give me if
bring him to you here?'
you want to die a sudden death. |
guess" answered the butcher.
Give me doIIar?" persisted Goabout.
If you pay your OVID doctor bill,' said
the butcher.
Tom left the saloon. In ten minutes he
returned. The dog, without collar or
chain, was following at Goabout's heels.
''There's your dog" said Goabout.
Where's the dollar?"
The dog insisted on staying with Go
about. ana Guabout had to be induced,
with an additional consideration, to lead
the dog back and to chain him up again.
The police don't humor Goabout in the
exercise of his gifts. They have never de-
tected him in the act of filling orders, but
they have come upon him soon after,
while the goods were in his possession
The most recent case of this kind was On
June %, this year. A Seventh district
patrolman found Goabout walking along
at Manchester and Leffingwell avenues
with chip basket in each hand. In the
baskets were ten spring chickens and
two hens. They We're dead, and their
necks had been wrung. The police held
Tom for two days while they tried to
find the owners of the chickens. but they
could not, and when the contents of the
basket began to get sour they released
Goabout. Goabout took his arrest philo-
sophically. lie did not threaten the police
with a suit for false arrest or anything
of the kind.
''Goabout has been under arrest in St
Louis probably three dozen tineS," says
Officer Sullivan of the Seventh, who, all
his comrades declare, has taken Goabout
into custody cftencr than any other Off
Ger in St Louis. "He doesn't take dog
or chicken unless he has Il regular order
for it. He will often supply lawn parties
and mer.ymakers among the colored folks
in his ncighborhood with chickens. How
he succeeds in gathering in the feathered
brood I have no idea. He won't tell One
thing is certain. no chicken ever betrayed
Goabout while he was operating. When
he goes after chickens, they never
sQuawk. They all appear to sit quiet un-
til he twists their n>:ks. and they never
make a sound"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
ION GOABVUT'S GIFT.
A Man With Occult Powers Over
Chickens and Dogs.
NEVER OPERATES IN PUBLIC.
Vicious Animals Tanned Under Mys-
teriOus Inhuence-Chickeps Never
Squawk When He Takes Them
From the I.onst,

y man with mysterious occult power
ever chickens and dogs makes Il business
of supplying valuable dogs and game
chickens To large clientele in St. Louis,
says The PoSt-Dispatch. He nils i
large demand and has practically mex
Laustible supply. Every dog and chicken
between the river Des Peres, the Chain
of Rocks, the Skinker road and the Mis-
sissippi river is ut his disposal, and if
this supply proves inadequate he can
draw on the towns in the county and
across the river.
All you have to do is TO choose your
dog You may see your choice out walk
ing with his owner or in some ones back
yard and may admire his clean cut limbs,
his square muzzIe. his fine brush or his
ugly disposition.
Then you give your order. You say,
Tom, there's dog in the back yard at
No. - Vandeventer place that admire
greatly and desire to possess
whats in it," the answer will come.
Just that way.
You state your price-anything from
bottle of whisky TO $50. according TO how
much you want the dog, and if every
thing is satisfactory the dog will be IN
your back yard next morning early
Once, in Il saloon on Compton avenue,
Conrad Rose. butcher at 5000 La Sale
street. was telling a group of his friends
about the vicious bulldog he had just ac-
quired. The animal was kept in stable
in the rear of his home.
''No man alive, except one, can go
within the circle of his chain without
leaving behind mouthful of clothing
and calf" said Rose. 81 have to throw
his meat to him from a distance. I my
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12


Eberle's account in Century, the
Brooklyn and Oregon were alone at
the scene of battle. while only the
masts of the nearest American ships
were visible. The New York and Tex
as were miles away and did not reach
the scene until an hour after the Colon
was dispatched.
The Brooklyn is conceded to have
been no match for the best of the
Spanish feet. and this the officers of
the Oregon make clear in claiming for
their battleship 4 great share in the
destruction of the Vizcaya and Colon.
Says Captain Clark. 81 am persuaded
the Oregon who steamed and steered
the ship and fought and supplied her
batteries the Cristobal Colon and per-
haps the vizcaya would have es-
caped."
The gallant captain places the steam
Ing and the steering first. because but
for that the great battleship might
have lost her chance to stand by the
Brooklyn The Oregon and Brooklyn
stood together all through. and
Schley's signals to the ships were all
seen from the Oregon and obeyed-
Having been favorably placed at the
outset. the Brooklyn clung like bull
terrier to the necks of the pack. and the
Oregon came up as a mastiff to rend
and tear the game cornered by her
plueky comrade The details of the
fight show that the Brooklyn risked
destruction for the points she gained.
but that the Oregon was on hand to
seize the advantages won by the
Brooklyn's holiness and splendid tac-
tics. She fired 80 shots less than the
Brooklyn. or 1903.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
The Dragon and the Girl.

When the maiden in the old Teutonic
myth saw the dragon approach. she
was much terrified
''Are you going to devour me?i she
shrieked. clasping her hands agonizedly
"No, Maude, " replied the dragon
sarcaStically. I'm simply going to
take your chewing gum away from
you.
Whence we see that even n dragon
eventually becomes tired of being asked
foolish questions. Detroit Journal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

To the millionaire came the superin
tendent of the farm with beaming face.
Looks like we We're going to clear
expenses, sir, said the hireling.
''Great heavensl' cried the million
aire. Something must be done or l
am disgraced! Go End order a So, 600
automobile to haul the truck to mar
ket in!''
Even one of our best Ikople may get
little rocky on his propositions in mo-
ments of tension. on.-ludisnapolis Jour-
nal
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
MRS. POYER'S SPET MICE
Unique Monopoly Enjoyed by an
Illinois Woman.
SHE TEACHES HER PETS TO DANCE.
Some Mice Have Very Fine Tastes
and Feelings and Insist Upon an
Aristocratic Class Distinction.
Many Are Good Dancers.

Mrs Poyer OF Woodstock. Ills, is prob
ably the only woman in the world who
really likes mice. 1t is almost unueces-
sary to say that Mrs. Poyer enjoys mo-
nOpoly among women of the trade of
mice raising.
Most women who hear of her success in
experimenting the breeding of fancy
mice say that she is welcome to all the
money and fame that she can make
from it. but that the very thought of it is
enough TO make one shiver and seize ones
skirts and run.
To this only too common sentiment
Mrs. Poyer is distinctly superior, says
the New York World There was a time,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
ExRsperating. Truly.

Mrs. Higsley-Clara, ! must insist
that You send young Mr.. Granley away
earlier. 1t was long after IL o'clock
last night when you closed the front
door after him.
Clara-I know. mamma. and l have
made up my mind dozen different
times TO make him leave early, but he
has Il way. somehow, of always giving
the impression long after the shank
of the evening has passed that he is
just about TO say something one has
been waiting for. Its awful exaS-
Louis Republic
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

which the car is moved broke while the
car was near the summit. The car, which
WAS filled with passengers, was precipi-
tated distance of 5000 feet and was
dashed to pieces in the valley below. One
of the passengers. Professor August Her
bert, the violin virtuoso. was instantly
killed. George Won Ompsteda, a popular
German novel writer, was so badly in
jured that he cannot recover. There were
y passengers in the car. OF these five
are fatally injured. while the others are
suffering from broken limbs and bruises
and from proStrations by shock. The
Schnecberg is one of the highest noun
tains III the Austrian Alps. At its foot.
by the rivers Passer and Adige, is the
town of Meran. celebrated health re-
sort. containing 5000 inhabitants.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
ORIGINAL BlOOMER WOMAN.
She Wears Trousers and Does Not
Live Single by Choice.

Miss Susan Fowler, the original cham
pion of boomers as an article of feminine
apparel. if not the inventor of the custom.
still wears the mannish costume about
her farm near Nineland. y. J.. in the
course of her daily life. She is ) years
of age. but a wonderfully well preserved
old lady and as dignifed and iD.eresting
despite her grotesque garb as many q
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

Mr.. Crude Ito wife at breakfast ia
ble)-Our neighbor. Mr.. Lens. the as
tronomer. tells me that they have dis
covered more spots on the sun.
Crude, Jr.-That's right, pop. l put
them there in little scrap be and
had yesterday.-Riohmond Times.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

ting bulls. The other day the battery
was yoked up and was three miles away
in % minutes. The men are proud of
,hcir bull teams and carefully groom
them. The other day | saw one of the
men mounted on bull, artillery saddle,
herding the bunch. One tried to break
the herd, and the mounted bull jumped
bitches, outran the other and in all things
himself as well as any herd
DOny could do "
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
Trottfng Bulls In warfare.

Surgeon General Sternberg is in re-
ceipt of an interesting letter from his
brother, Major Theodor Sternberg, pay
master and treasurer at Iloilo. Major
Sternberg says: The horsiug of this bat
terry with native bulls is the most pictur-
esque thing in the army. These are trot-
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
New Alpine Horror.

a frightful accident recently occurred
at Meran. in the Austrian Tyrol. the
health resort where the Crown Prince
Alfred Of Saxe-Coburg, grandson of
Queen Victoria. met his death last spring.
\ party of tourists was going up the side
of the Schneeberg when the cable by
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

I'D the Oregon
save the day at
Santiago? / T
she did, as some
W 1T b a fair
showing CO n
tend. then this
great coast bat
tleship is the
greatest naval
hero of them
all. The Span
iards should
never have al
lowed the Ore
gon to be in IT
at all. They
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
Well
WeIl7
CIara-Ona can't believe a word

Clara-One can't believe a word the
men say any more.
Maud-Why not3
Clara--Well. there's Jack He prom
ised faithfully never to tell any one If
| would permit him to kiss me iEs.
once, and in less than minute he had
repeated it.-Chicago News.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

Slower-Young Dabble is very queer,
dom you know. Everything tell him
goes in one ear and out of the other
Miss Sharp have noticed that he
can get nothing through his head -
Cleveland Leader
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
presence of the battleship Oregon in
nick of time.

presence Of the battleship Oregon in
nick OF time.
1t was IL o'clock when the yizcaya
went upon the beach, and that made ii
a matter of an hour and half to put
five warships and two torpedo boats
out of the way. The Colon, the swift
Colon, was left Would she get away?
She was six miles ahead Of the Ore
gon when the latter turned her atten-
ton in that direction. The Brooklyn
was far in the wake, for the Colon
had kept close inshore, leaving the
fight to her consorts and making all
speed ahead to escape.
The crowding inshore of the Colon
proved her ruin, for there were head
lands jutting out for miles, and time
was lost rounding them. The Brooklyn
didn't attempt TO follow the Spaniard
in her windings. but kept her course
for the headlands TO head her off. Both
the Brooklyn and Oregon sent their
men to dinner by watches, for they
saw that il was to be an affair of
nours to catch up with ship rated
above them both for speed and hay-
ing such fine start On nearing the
Spaniard the Brooklyn signaled to
Captain Clark, referring to the Colon,
"She seems to have been built in
Italy, Clark signaled back, 'She may
have been built in Italy. but she'll end
on the coast of Cubar'
Captain Clark says that at one time
he feared the Colon would get away
A voice from the fighting top call
ed through a megaphone to Cap
tain Clark. "Oh, captain, for Gods
sake, say, can't you give her a IL
inch shell?' The men in the engine
room were straining to keep up speed
and rapidly becoming exhausted. To
cheer them the engineer came on deck
and added his plea to that of the man
in the top. About that time Schley's
signal asking for railroad train"
from the Oregon was seen, and the
great battleship let go one of her 13
inch shells.
All the ships began firing. but the
range was so great that little damage
was done. AT $500 yards, nearly five
miles, the Oregon dropped LOO
pound shell just ahead of the Colon,
and with the Brooklyn's projectiles
blowing the water just behind it was
evident that it was only question Of
time when she must get the full force
Of the American guns. She headed for
shore and after the Oregon had land
ed 13 inch astern of her she struck
her colors 1t was then rs p. m, and
the signal "Cease firing?' ended the
great naval battle of Santiago Bay.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
The Wonders of Chemistry.

''Bluffer is getting rich. they tell me-
Yes, he's running big toilet article
factory in connection with his. garbage
crematOry. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

ought 10 have captured her and made
her work her Is inch guns against and
not in aid of the Brooklyn. Iowa and
Gloucester
But the Spaniards missed their
grand opportunity, and so on July 3,
when Cervera tried TO cover up his
original blunder by bold dash for
liberty, the Oregon was first to sound
the weird siren and fire a gun TO
alarm the fleet II is said that when
the alarm was interpreted the men OF
the crew jumped and shouted and clap
ped their hands in the widest joy. No
doubt but in that $1,000 mile voyage
they expected at every port the news
that the war was over, and the Oregon
hadn't shot to boast Of
No time was lost over the hurrah
ing, however. for Captain Clark set to
work to sink the enemy or drive him
ashore. Closing in for action and get
ting up the highest speed took about
20 minutes, and that time up the Ore
gon was no longer simply a battleship
in the fleet, but the battleship of the
fleet At 10 minutes TO 10 o'clock, with
an astonishing burst of speed. she
leaped through the water between the
Iowa and Texas and with The accu-
mutations. of her long voyage still
cllnging TO her sides kept the lead in
the race over the ships with her at the
beginning. The Brooklyn had the start
and held 1t, but the Oregon's speed
somewhat surpassed that of the cruiser
Brooklyn.
When the Oregon cleared the Iowa,
word reached Captain Clark that the
torpedo boats were coming out. The
secondary battery Of 6 Founders was
ordered to attend to the boats. while
the forward guns of the racing ship
pounded away at the Colon and the
Oquendo, at that time the third and
fourth in the line of escaping ships.
The fate of the boats was closely
watched from the Oregon. and the
ships chronicler says it took just II
minutes to send them to the bottom.
The explosion which settled the Furor
is credited 10 Il shell fired by the Ore
gon, one of the 6 inch missiles from
the secondary battery.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12

The controversies over the great na-
val battles will last as long as those
over Waterloo, Shiloh and Gettysburg.
But some truths are apparent now in
the sober and unvarnished accounts OF
participants. According to Lieutenant
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
WE'LL DONE, OREGON!
PRIDE OF THE PACIFIC SMASHING
SPANISH WARSHlPS.
She Leaped From the side of Her
Consorts to Get Mt the Snemy-Her
Thirteen Inch Guns Fore Open the
Iron Ribs of the Spaniards.

Copyright. 1893. by C. L. KiImer.l
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-28
MRS. BOTktN's TRIAL

The most noted murder trial the Pa.
eihe coast has had occasion to wltnsss
In recent years began when Mrs. Cor
della Botkin was arraisued for the
murder Of Mrs. John +. Cunning and
Mrs. ]. d. Dean OF Dover. Del. The
case has many peculiar features whrh
made extraditIon from California IN
beiaware Impossible OF ACCOMPLISH
ment' for the poisoned candy which
caused the death of the two daughters
oil ex-Congressman John +. Pennington
was bought In San Francisco and matt
Cd from there to Dover. The act IL al.
ieged to have been inspired by ieal-
ousy' for 1t IA admitted that Mrs. Hot.
Kin and Mr.. Cunning. nswspapar
man. had been intimate while the lat
ters wife was in the East. pan,sl
Ames. handwriting expert of New
fork, who was an important witness
IN the Fair will case, has declared tina,
Mrs. Botkin wrote the note accom-.
panyins the druggsd candy. and that
she was also the author of ANONYMOUS
letters which warned Mrs. Cunning Of
her husbands act of infidelity. The
druggist who sold the arsenic haa aIao
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-28

Every creameryman receiving milk
from his patrons should insist upon
each one furnishing first-class raw
product, as that Is the only way in
which frst-class product can be de-
hyered from the creamery, says Elgin
Dairy report The fear that many
creamerymen have that II they do not
receive the milk the other creamery
man will, Is based on the wrong prin-
ciples of business. AS long as you in
sist upon having good milk to start
with, you will have a uniformly good
product, II you are doing the work at
your end of the line correctly. The
other fellow taking the bad milk will
not have always good product, and
therefore cannot pay prices that you
can AFFORD to pay the patrons, and II
this continues long enough on that
same basis. the time will come when
you will have the good patrons--those
who care for the milk properly-and
the other fellow will have the poor
ones; and either he or the patrons will
have to go out of business, or both. We
believe 1t Is possible for the creamery
men to do very much to increase the
quality OF the raw product as well az
the quantity delivered BY encourag-
ing the patrons in making better and
higher grade of milk, you will be en-
abled to make more uniform and
higher grade product, getting more
money therefor. and that encourages
the farmers to produce more and bet
ter milk. This is one of the live ques-
tions OF the day In connection with the
dairy industry. There Is a consider
able amount Of discussion among pa
irons OF creameries because of the low
prices paid for milk. 1t is true butter
and cheese have been ruling low for
the last year. but compared with other
agricultural products. they have held
their own very we'll, and have been
more uniform In price than any other
agricultural product Creamerymen
certainly owe 1t to themselves and the
industry to see to 1t that they do moth
Ing to lower not only the standard of
the product that they make. bu, the
standard OF the raw product from
which they must produce their gooda
Educate your farmers along the line
of better milk, and you will have edn-
Gated them along the line of a larger
supply. That Ia what each creamery.
man most desires.