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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
UNCLE SAM AND HEMP
A GROWING INDUSTRY IN SOME SEC
TlONS OF THE SOUTH.
How the Crop Is sown and Harvest-
disadvantage of Hemp over Cot
ton on Inferior Land-Fluctuation
af Prices


ton on Inferior Land-FIuctuation
of Prices.
Especial Correspondence
LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. 6.-The center
of the hemp industry Of the United
States is In this vicinity. Kentucky
produces a crop of hemp worth an
nually nearly 100000. Farmers and
experts tell us that no part of the
world is better adapted to the success
full cultivation of hemp than this and
numerous other sections of our coun-
try. If this statement is true, why i'm
port each year over $G75,0OO worth Of
hemp from foreign countries?
AS early as 1929 attempts were made
to raise hemp in Plymouth colony. Ma
than Burrows introduced the plant into
Kentucky in 179S. Since then the in
dustry has been subjected to varying
fortunes. Previous to, the war this
state devoted over 10000 acres to
hemp, and high prices prevailed. The
war devastated the cotton fields, and,
there being no demand for hemp rope
to bind cotton bales, the hemp industry
languished.
Hon. James Wilson, secretary of ag-
riculture, has lately said that there is
reasonable prospect Of establishing
an extensive hemp industry in the
United States on new lines, involving
the use of taller variety or two crops
Of the short variety. growing the crop
on large areas of cheap land. powIng
deep, putting on the necessary fertli-
zers, reaping and breaking by machin.
cry and using the process OF water
setting.
AS many as 20 successive crops can
be grown on the same ground. Seed
Is sown in May and is scattered broad
cast. In three months the crop ma
lures. The plants reach an average
height of 8 feet, although in some
parts Of the world 15 feet Is attained.
When ripe, the stalks are cut near the
ground with scythe. A workman is
paid $3.50 day for this labor, and he
can cut half an acre In ten hours.
The hemp. after being cut. is placed
on the ground and is there allowed to
cure ioi upOul tNO Weths. ucu IL is
raked into bundles somewhat less than
foot in diameter and stacked. In the
early part of December the stacks are
taken down, and the hemp is placed on
the ground. The rains fall, and the
fiber or lint becomes loosened and can
then be easily separated from the
stalks of the plant.
Negroes are employed to separate the
fiber from the stalk They use wood
en- frame with metal blades called n
brake. Some of the negroes are very
expert In this profession. A fair work
er can break and clean about 125
pounds in day. One negro, Graves
Harris. could break GOO pounds in
day, and his performances, although
exceptional, were often repeated. One
man has invented what Is claimed to
be very successful machine for break
Ing hemp, but the results from n COM
mcrcial standpoint have not yet been
fully established.
An acre has been made to produce
1900 pounds of hemp, although 1000
pounds is a fair yield. The cost is
from S25 TO $50 an acre. Prices fiuctu-
ate greatly, and many fortunes have
been made and lost In specializing on
these changes, One man down here
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
BIRTHS.

APPLEMAN--Feb. o, to Mr.. and
Mrs. c. NJ. Appleman, 1o4 Douglas ST.,
daughter.
HALTER-Feb. q, to Mr.. and Mrs
ANDREW Halter, 1862 South High St, IL
daughter. ''''A
LINpER-I'eb, 10, to Mr. and Mrs
Louis Lpder, Perkins Hill, daughter.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
Approval.

what makes you keep scolding
about politics" exclaimed Mr.. Blykins
irritably. "You talk as IL you would
be glad IL there were no politicians"
Il would" answered the gloomy
friend.
"Well, wouldn't. Politicians are all
right. They are great and essential
factors In the progress Of the world. II
It weren't, for politicians, men who
stay up nights wouldn't have any
body TO get excited over and holler
about except priZefghters. Washing
ton Star.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
.'OLY NJ P!A'
Will Carry an Akron Party on an
Extensive Trip.

Col. AMI Mrs. George #. Perkins,
Mr., II. +. Marvin, Mrs. 1. +. Good
rich and few other friends, will leave
Tuesday evening for an extensive wcs-
tern trip. The party vii! travel In q
private car, having chartered the
"Olympin" from the Pullman Com
pany. The party will visit the City
of Mexico and will be gone 80 days. (.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
Quiet In Wall Street.

New York, Feb. 12.-(Spl)-As this
is a legal holiday, the stock exchange
and the banks were closed. London
cables reported money at 2la and 81.
per cent discount rate, short bills 31a;
three months bills 3la and 39s per
cent.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
( FIRE ALARM CALLS.

j Central engine house.
Buckeye works.
Akron Iron works.
Diamond Rubber works.
Main and Market.
No. 2 engine house, Sixth wai,..
n. Broadway, near Market
Bucbtcl ave. and Bowcry.
9 Schumacher mill, Mill st.
u Prospect, DoH Mill.
~ Trys,ss ssL Broadway.
eas ~ s's1,.
T. "a ate Fy,, pl,ce.
,j No sns.ss house w Hill.
IL Carroll and Exchange
l3 Empire Mower &c Reapsp .yks.
10 Akron Rubber works.
II Prospect and Perkins.
% Forge and Market.
"a Sherman, near Exchange.
% Main and Exchange.
2G North Howard and Tallmadgc.
% w. Market and Greene.
% Akron Knife works
20 Washington and Hopp alley.
81 n. Howard and North.
81 4. Market and Spruce
"a w. Market and Valley.
50 Carroll and Spicer.
36 Carroll and Sumner.
81 North and Arlington.
3S Vine and Fountain
90 Coburn and CANT -
Al Wooster ave. and i.".u-t.
AZ Pearl, near cistcF.i.
AZ $. Main and FalOr
As College and Mill.
46 Arlington and Hazel.
47 Howe and Bowery.
4S West South.
80 Merrill pottery, State st.
81 Howard and Cherry
80 No. engine house, Main G. Fair
SO Center st. railroad crossing.
81 Buchtel ave. and Union.
jG Akron Stoneware Co, 9th ward.
81 Lods and Turner.
IS Perkins and Adolph ave.
b9 Main, near LO.O.F. Temple.
81 Case ave. and Kent.
&c Sieberling mill, Sixth ward.
G3 Johnston and Champlain.
"a Akron Sew. Pipe Co., Black mill
65 Hill Sewer Pipe Co.. f. Market.
81 Carroll and Z. Market
6S Second ave. and Valley railroad.
SO Johnson and Wilson.
II Grant and Cross.
~ North and Maple.
20 Werner Printing Co.
"a North Union. near Bluff. II
rs Robinson Bros, n. Forge st.
76 The Whitmore, Robinson Co.
81 Western Linoleum O..
81 Summit Sewer Pipe Co.
SO Allyn and Cross.
S4 Thornton and Harvard.
S5 The j. @. Mcneil Boiler works.
81 Cereal mills, s. Howard st.
81 Schumacher cooper shop n.
Broadway.
121 General alarm.
123 Silver and Hickory.
12J w. Market and Rhodes ave.
232 Renner's brewery, n. Forge st.
241 Sherman and Voris.
251 Cedar and Wabash ave.
253 W. Exchange and, near Willow.
3D. Cascade mills, n. Howard.
314 Fire chiefs residence.
321 Adams and Upson.
341 Balch and Market.
342 Maple, opposite Balch.
345 Bittman and Crosby.
351 Exchange and Spicer. "a
412 Wooster and st. Clair. "a
413 st. Clair and Bartges. "A
415 Water works, Wo oster ave.
431 Ewart Tile works.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
LATE LOCALS.

The Mothers and Teachers circle
of North Hill will meet Tuesday after
noon at the schoo! building at O'clock.
The address by Rev. Freeman oa Gov
ernment in the Home" which was
postponed until this date will be given.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12

A Hero.
They were sitting around telling Of
their experiences in courtshlp days.
"Well," said one smooth fellow, 'T've
proposed to at least half dozen wo-
men,"
-Four is my limit" said another.
zone was enough for me-" ventured
a third modestly.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
WHiMt-WHAMS..
A budget Of Jests CulIed For Appre-
ciatiye Renders.

A budget OF Jests Chilled For Appre-
cintiye Readers.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Tha woman across
the street Is society reporter.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak = What paper is
she on?
mo paper; she's only fashionable
gossip" ,-e .GI
He-What did the old lady say when
you told her gave you new dress?
She-Oh, she asked me what mischief
you'd been doing now.
"Well, suppose I'll have to give her
a dress too"
Mr.. West-Is that consignment of
new books in yet?
Mr.. North-No.
"Aren't they bound YETI"
"Oh, yes; that's the trouble-they're
snow bound"
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-It is said that "a
per cent of the manufacturing in the
United States is now done by women.
Do you believe that, dear?
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-WeIl, yes, If you
don't include the manufacture of fish
stories.
The Father-You say that young man
who calls is an ensign in the navy?
The Daughter-Yes, papa.
did he get any prize money during
the last war;"
mo, but he's expecting some prize
money. l believe"
"WhenW
"When he marries me."- Yonkers
Statesman.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12

Or. Bulls Cough Syrup Is the safest and
surest cure for those dangerous af-
fections of tho little. ones-croup,
whooping cough and measle cough.
Physicians prescribe it, children like
it and doses are small. Price 25c. II
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12

The hero Of the melodrama drew the
yielding form Of the heroine close,
close to him.
Darling" he exclaimed, with thrill
ing tenderness.
Then, in lower tone:
"Say. Is my mustache on straightT'
Chicago Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Herman A. illatt, Akron ....... 20
Emma A. Krlcgcr Akron ...... ,22c p
Groom's occupation, bopkkceper.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12

II we did but know how little some
enjoy the great things that they pos
sess, there would not be SO much envy
IN the world.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
~-7----~~
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

WANTED--Lndy to take care of OF
lice Call at No, 2lT L, Mill st,Thurs-
day afternoon ? pm. i"S5-25T
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
OTHER -WILLS.


Two other wills were filed Monday.
Dennis Ryan, who died in the mfr.
mary, leaves $50 to Father Mahar for
masses. Other bequests are, 500 to
Mrs. Thomas Dunn, 500 to Alice Ryan
balance of estate to Eliza Fitzgerald.
Elizabeth Scholl, leaves all her prop
crty to her niece Sarah Il. Motz. In
case of the death of the last named,
the property is to go to her husband,
John III. Motz.
INVENTORY.
An inventory of the estate of Frank
Sell has been filed. The appraised val
uc of his estate is $1,000.
EXAMINATION WANTED.
The Citizens National bank has ask
ed for an examination of S. Il. Phinney
relative to his recent assignment
Francis Sciberlng has filed an inven-
tory OF the shoe stock. 1t is appraised
at 1S,146.95. Aside from this the as
signces property will not exceed ST.
900. The debts are larger than at first
supposed. They will aggregate at
least $65.000. An order for private
sale of the shoe stock has been issued.
The sale will take place Thursday ar
ternoon.
CASES SETTLED.
The cases OF l.. C. Miles VS.. George
j. MailSley and r. w. McCue VS.. Geo.
!. Murkley have been settled.
DEFAULT.
Anna M. Billow has been given a
default Judgment against Ed Dunn for
$24s.05.
Grace Iiartcr was given Judgment
against the same party for $9l0.46.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
OPENING OF The SEASON

For ORANGES, BANANAS, LEMONS and
all kinds of FRUIT. We get our goods
by the carload and can always satis-
fy the trade in price and quality.
~. LASkARIS CO.
1852 S. Howard st.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
BITS FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
The great national games of Vene- znela are chess and checkers.

The great national games of Vene- zuela are chess and checkers.
 The condor of Chili is now seldom seen except in the southern ranges of the Andes, where the population is sparse. Some years ago the congress of Chili passed an act declaring the national bird public nuisance ard off, fering a bounty of five dollars for every condor killed. This reduced the num- Der rapidly.
 The principal towns in Bolivia are La Paz, with 45,000 inhabitants; Oruro, with 12,O0O; Cochabamba, with 20,000; Sucre, with 15,000; Potosi, with 5000; Tarija. with TOGO, and Santa Cruz, with a population Of between coco and S,O00. The use of cigarettes is steadily on the increase in that country, though there is a considerable falling off in the con- sumption of the lower grades of goods.
 Agriculture makes slow progress in Bolivia. In the lands of the upper pla- teau, surrounding La Paz and Oruro, barley is grown and potatoes sown to a considerable extent, but the yield is poor, on account of the very inhospita- ble nature of the climate and the con- stant frosts which occur at night dur ing the summer season. The grain pro- duced is utilized for food purposes and the straw for fodder.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
IN THE QUEENS DOMAIN.

Sixteen cooperative bakeries in Scot land have a capital of over S35O,0O0 and a business of over S3,O00,000 year.
 Among the Mohammedans of Cal cutta the infant mortanty reaches the enormous figure of 634.5 per 1000 births
 Over four hundredweight of sealing wax per month is used by the Great Seal, of which the lord chancellor of England is the official custodian.
 The annual report for 1898 of the in- sPector of lunatscs in Ireland shows a total of 2O,5u4 patients under official cognizanee Of these, O,522 were males and 9,7S2 were females.
 In Southampton, England, an old church minute-book is said to contain this remarkable entry: This year Mr. and Mrs. - were removed by Divine Providence to London. This church did not suffer by their removal"
 To guard against misfits the English army clothing stores make the uni forms in no less than 36 different sizes. The stores at present employ over 1,6OO women making khaki uniforms. Khaki is a dyed cotton, but what it is dyed with the government officials them selves do not know The firm that dis covered it keeps the secret very much tn itself
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
STRICTLY DEFINITIYE.
Small Girl Gives Two Apt Illus trntiOns of the Meanings
 of Words.

Mrs. May Wright Sewall, the new president of the International Council of Women, became generally known a few years ago through her participa- ton iB the general federation of wom- ems clubs, which resulted in the inter- national council, says the Philadelphia Post. She has frequently represented American women abroad and has long been prominent figure in the impor- tant national conventions.
 Mrs. Sewall, who is the head of a classical school for girls in Indianapo- lis, could contribute a readable sequel to English as she is taught, for the pupils in a girls classical school are not above the amusing blunders which characterize the efforts of their young sisters in the public schools.
 On one occasion Mrs. Sewall was in- structiDg a class in physics. Force was the subject and she made plain to the girls the difference between the cen trifugal and centripetal force.
 "Centrifugal." said Mrs. Sewall, ''is a force whose direction is from the cen ter and centripetal IS force whose di- rection is toward the center. Do you all understand that?"
 The class chorused assent.
 Now, will some girl give me an illus tration?" continued Mrs. Sewall.
 'The domestic virtues are centrip- etal," replied small girl, "because they keep a man in the center of his home and centrifugal force isis we'll, saloon is centrifugal force"
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
THE CITY OF THE DEAD.

They do neither plight nor wed Tn the city Of the dead. Ia the city where they sleep away the hours;
 But they lie, while OCT them range Winter blight and summer change, And a hundred happy whisperings of flowers.
 No. they neither wed nor plight, And the day is like the night, For their vision IS of other kind than ours. They do neither sing nor sigh Tn that burgl Of by and by, Where the streets have grasses growing cool ard long;
 But they rest within their bed, Leaving all their thoughts unsaid, Deeming silence better far than sob or song.
 Though the rehin be a-wing, Though the leaves of autumn march a mil lion strong
 There is only rest and peace Tn the City of Surccase From the faiIings and the wa:lings meath the sun,
 And the wings of the swift years Beat but gently o'er the piers, Making music to the sleepers every one. There IS only peace and rest; But to them it seemeth best, For they lie at ease and know that life is done. Richard Burton, in Atlanta Constitu- tion.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
A Ripans Tabule.
FAMILY CHESTS.
Strange Symbols Adopted by Fam lilies in This Country and Their
 Significance.

A Philadelphia family of Huguenot descent preserve curious story of one of their ancestors. During the persecu- ton of the French Huguenots, 12 of theIeading citizens of a disaffected town were forced into a small brick house in the suburbs, the openings of which were securely walled up, and the prls- oners were left to starve.
 After three weeks body of Hugue- not soldiers captured the town, and the walls of this prison were torn down. Inside they found II dead bodies and one living man.
 When asked how he had survived, he showed small hole in the foundation of the building, near which he lay. Every day hen had crept into this hole and there laid an egg. The eggs, and the air thus admitted, had kept him alive. His descendants have taken for crest breeding hen.
 Another family in the same city have adopted for their symbol the figure of a cat holding a rabbit in its mouth. One of their ancestors, a widow living in a cave OH tIe E8lkS CT tue DGIdW6IS WllD other early settlers of Philadelphia, was reduced 10 starvation by long, hard winter. She knelt and prayed for food for her children, and soon after her cat brought in a rabbit which ii had killed
 Another American family have taken the india-rubber tree as their crest, they being the descendants of the man who was eminent among the men who have made its sap one of the most useful servants of mankind. Henry hf. Stan ley is said to have adopted map of Af- rica as his crest.
 There can be no objection to the use by any family of a sign, or symbol, which recalls some striking instance of Divine mercy to their ancestors, or some great achievement by one of their ancestors for the benefit of their fellow men; but for an American family whose progenitors have been simply worthy traders or mechanics, to borrow or steal the crests of old, noble European houses is not only an ethical offense- 1t is an ineXcusable blunder.-Yo Youths Companion.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

make light of the affair, but they were those N ho had eaten the last of the ma chine oil sauce; some looked sorry and sober and others looked positively i'll. Then came a moan from the pantry which caused a general scramble in that direction, and poor Aunt Martha was dragged forth with her face in her hands and her whole manner denoting the deepest mental distress. She was inconsolable and declared in the most decided way that she would never be able to look any of them in the face again.
 They went in the parlor and took Aunt Martha with them, and by all sorts of schemes tried to divert her mind from the sauce question, but without avail. She would break out every few moments with self-con- demnatory inteTjections and bitter lam- eItations, and it was not until her com pany was leaving, with the most hearty and sincere assurances of their enjoy ment of her hospitality, that she could summon even the faintest smile to her terribly-elongated countenance. As soon as they were all gone she lost no time in hunting up Matilda and giving her a very warm and emphatic lecture upon the reprehensible practice of leav- ing bottles around where they did not belong. "My stars!" she cried, sup pose that machine oil had been poison :? 'Twould been used just the same, and here we'd had lot of cold corpses on our hands! It's just mercy of Divine Providence that it wasn't carbolic acid or some such deadly stuff. My land! but I'll never hear the last of it. It'll travel from Jerusalem to Jericho, and they'll be calling their machine oil Aunt Martha's pudding sauce, see if they don't!"
 When she had finished her lecture, and Martha had a chance, the long-suffering servant said, in her most correct and vigorous English:
 ''Aund Marda, didn't vas pud das bOddle in der bandry, neider! Id vas
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
TRADE IN WILD ANIMALS.

Tigers and elephants do not thrive in captivity as do lions, and their young are scarce.
 Elephants have decreased in value to importers from s10,00O to S1,50O each.
 It used to be that an importer of animals could get S, COG for a fine lion, but nowadays young lions bred in cap tivity are so many that they are a drug on the market.
 There is considerable demand abroad for American animals and 2 young bison will sell for $1,000, while moose and elk, diamond-back rattle snakes and alligators are much calle l for.
 Hippopotami are rare and expensive animals and it is not possible to name a set price for them, as sales are few. The cnly instance of a hippototamus being born in captivity in this country was when the zoo at Central park, New York, was added to by one of these queer babies
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

she was particularly precise, and espe- eially in the supervision of the culinary department. The kind-heartcd yet se- we're old soul kept after Matilda, the kitchen girl, with a relentless persist ency and a hawk-eyed vigilance which often made the poor girl sigh for relief from her surveillance, for anything that was done amiss had to be careful fy rehearsed under the direct super vision of her iRspector-general. As a result the culinary skill of Aunt Martha came to be known and bragged of throughout her wide circle of friends and acquaintances; and when anybody wanted to speak in praise of anybody else's pies or buildings the invariable verdict was: Most as good as Aunt Martha's."
 One evening a small but select com pany of Aunt Martha's friends was in- vited to take dinner with Ter, in cclebra- tion of her brothers birthday anniver- sary, and she had given every detail of the cooking thereof her personal att tentiOn. The soup, meat, etc., had all received her approval before being placed before her guests, but when it came to the dessert, that she insisted upon preparing with her own hands. She made one of her famous cabinet buildings, as a treat for the occasion, and there was general rejoicing among her guests over the prospect of insert inG their teeth in the much-vaunted dainty.
 The pudding had been passed ere it dawned upon Aunt Martha that she had not made any sauce for it. Such an oversight would have been almost in- eNcusable on the part of anyone else, and the dear old soul was honest enoup l 10 declare that the error was even worse for it's commission by herself. She wns compelled 10 confess that in her haste she had overlooked that important item, but springing to her feet she eXclaimed: Wait a moment! I'll make sauce in a liffy," and darting into the pantry she skirmished around for hardly more than a, moment and reappeared with q look of triumph in her eyes and bowl of translucent, palatable-looking sauce jn her hands.
 ''There!" she said, as she proceeded to help each dish generously. 'I guess we will have sauce if Aunt Martha is a little forgetful. don't see. for the life of me, how came to forget it; but law {! Fm getting old and careless"
 This candid acknowledgment brought sly smile to the faces around the table, and to thoroughly convince their good hostess of their willingness to forgive