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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15

ARTISTS are queer lot" remarked
one of them yesterday as he smoked
pens!vely in his Chestnut street studio
and gazed dejectedly at half finished
sketch II can't do any work today
just because dreamed OF redheaded
girl last night. That let's me out. !
can dream OF any other kind of girl
and It doesn't affect my work, but If
the vision of my dreams has red hair
I'm no good the next day.
NO, It's not superstition. ! don't
know what It is. All artists have their
Off days from some cause or other, and
some Of them have antidotes. | have
none. l just give up when the red
headed girl COMES across the path OF
my dreams.
"A friend of mine counteracts the ef-
feet of his hoodoo by clothing himself
in an outlnndish wny. I have seen him
working in an opera hat, the coat of
his dress suit md pair Of pink pyja-
mas, and doing good work ut that. An
other friend Of mine always eats lot
Of raw onions, when he has particu-
larly sentimental. subject to- handle.
But when 1t comes to me Just have to
give up."-Philadelphia ledger.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15


Some bright little girls who live In
West Nlnety-sixth street were recently
taken by their parents to see the won
ders of the 200" at Bronx park. As
they reached the habitation of the wolf
they found the beast just deyouring
a live sparrow as portion of his din
ner. The eldest little girl, becoming
excited and indignant over the specta-
Gle, stamped her foot, exclaimlng: "Oh,
you cruel. wicked wolf, to eat that dear
little sparrow! What monster you
arew
Miss Marion. aged 8. looked at her
incensed sister with philosophical
air and said. "Nyhat do you want the
wolf to do-shoot it and cook II first?'
New York Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15
AKRON DAILY DEMOCRAT. MONDAY, JANUARY 49, 1eoo
0LuskAp's HOUND,


loanadian Legend ,
They slew god In 4 valley
That taccs the wooded west,
They hoid him down in their anger.
with , mountain across his breast,
And all night through and all night long
His hound will take no rest.
From the low woods, black as sorrow,
That marshal along the lake
A cry breaks out on the stiffness
As II the dead wopld wake
The csy Of the faithful dog, who runs
No more for the running's sake,
But follows the sides Of the valley
And the old familiar trail,
With his nose to the ground and his eyes
Red lights In the cedar swale,
All night long and all night through
Till the heavy east grows pale.
Some ny he forchefalds tempest.
outrunnins the wind In the air.
When the willows arc blowing yellow
And the aldcrs are wet and bare,
He hunts, with no Joy In the hunting,
Giving tongue to his mad despair.
. Another stick on the campfire.
For the shadows are leaning near,
And something runs in the thicket
That the spruccs bend to hearl
The white stars wonder why he runs.
With his grief OF a thousand year.
Theodore Roberts in Youths Companion.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15

One woman has had her SC
returned for Fels-Naptha
soap in FIVE months !
We don't know why. Ifis
didn't do as we say, she
didn't follow directions. May
be, she only wanted to know
if the grocer really would
give her the money. She
found out.
Fss co. nai.rs. phnaaelpAis.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15

the feet or the pole. according to the
amount of the bribe given, In cases
wl!erc goodly sum Is forthcoming the
punishment only causes the receiver a
few days tenderness, but really severe
beating. in which great many more
sticks are fairly broken over the vic.
TINS feet will reduce the soles to a pos
itively mangled state aud keep the man
of his feet for months. Yet SO great is
the love OF money among these people
that they invariably prefer to 'get
sticks" rather than to pay fine. AS a
rule, punishmcnts in Persia are neccssa.
rily severe. because lenicncy is miscon.
strmd Immediately into weakness.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15
Talent.

"Mrs. Bingley is wonderful won.
an"
"In what way?"
when she takes the second prize at
a card party, she can appear so tickled
with what she gets that she always
makes the winner Of the first prize
Jealous and dissatisfied" - Chicago
Times Herald.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15

The manufacture of straw is one of
the most Important industries of Ger.
many, giving thousands means Of sup
port.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15

A baby begins 10 be q human, being
when 1t is between three and four
teeth old.-New York Press, .--,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-15
HGUlNALDO'S
CAPTlVES
How Lieutenant Gilmore and His
Fellow Prisoners Were Treated by
the FilipinOs and Their Spectacu-
lar Rescue From Execution

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-25
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1900.
LET TIA ~GELEHHATE

Tho very successful celebration Ut In
dependence Day at Billings Inst yea
ought 10 again call forth tho efforts o.
The people 0f the oIty w unite In d
similar demonstration this yaar, Ths
celebration Inst yoT by fm exceeded
the expectations NJ tho committee hay.
Ing Thu affair IN charge, Moi only wap
tbs event pIeDsiDg md ,eDtortDtDiDg II
the people OF ile ely, but The hun
drnds who came here from tbn hny,
rounding country were mora tbDD
pleosed wi!b tbs efforts of Billings
people 10 jlnbn their ytsit enjoyable
~ ihn highest degree, BillinRs people
bnyo u reputation nj OYER tbo Ftnie ~
u bOspitnblo md entertaining elDas,
They bDjldod better linn they on
poetod Inst yoU when they appointed u
aoWmitlne 10 get up u celebration W
OfltDply eqlebvnm the gvontnst ~ MI M
tioDul boljJDys, md N they 10 NJ II
ibis ynDr ~ ijpD We ought ~ bDyo u
colonization on tins yoDr'p Fourth ~
July fbDt VIII fF osOol the RrnDdovp
~ Ibe celebration Of lbo preceding
y0H
Az the inauguration fOp tho GeIebyD.
hon opgli 10 .bO launched under the
auspices " lbe city government n
would bo Gtliug 0Dd proper thDt the
movement DO slnrtnd ~ The oily bnll
Vhr mayor should advise VIII fbe
members ~ lbo city council md, n
need bo, ~ order ~ lpvDgb th0 scheme
properly, ~ Iepst 1000 should hD Dp'
prOWiAled on ~ tbn otly finds ~ hnlp
dnffpy Ib0 0spoub0s 0f 4 conformation
NftlDR 10 th0 lUpot tnUon t BiIliURf IN
ibe bub md commercial center NJ 0pHlr
ON MoUtnDn While tho council Wigbt
not Mad my legal authority w mako
any sueb appropriation, The NaH1llo
Dell0yps I'M lny rpWODablo sum 40,
pr0pvinlnd by tho council t0ward aid
Ing 10 nftllgly commemorate tbe dry
~ NATIONAL independence would moot
wifh lhe approval " every resident
lnAppynr NJ tho ely,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-25

show a populntion Of 1000 people III
fbe returns made by the federal census
~aDplnerntors, And to show this II will
not be necessary to take any nnmes oi
people who are not actually residents
Of Billings, Within the pnat few
weeks a house 10 house visit bns been
mnda IN Billings with u view of com
pijiDg . city directory and the result "
the work VIII show Billings 10 eoninin
Denrly 5000 people Ut this time, tDk.
Ing the bnsbs Of estimates usually
obtained IN the printing Of "a city
directory.
The Inst federal CENSUS ut Billings.
taken 10 yonfs ngo, showed u population
~ less than 1000 people Until ,brse
years Dgo the population Ut the town
did not eseesd 1900, so the showing
TINT VIII be mada IN the 0eDsDs ~,
turns, which VIII place tho population
al the five thousand mark on upwards,
VIII give y pnrs0D some ldeD ~ tho
rapid strides pint bHye booD made IN
The march " progress by the city dur.
Inv Tho Inst Two years
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-25
ML WET nEMONMATIC,

A lopOlt WAS mnoiyed IN Helolm yag
lprdAy lhnt thn Aynnl Courier, lhi
oldest mpop ~ plHlpFp M0ntnDD
owned by u EtOpk COMPANY NJ wllgI
MnjW W W AldorpoD lind control, had
boon sold " w nnd0tHt0Od thnt Ihl
pnpm llnf lNhhpd mo tlle control NJ
sonntov W A. GlAvk's hinnla, @- Hell
Onn IDdopDndnDI
Hnrn N \ Dion katlln NJ 0sII MaioI
AldmHOu, appointed w u NV fpdorpl
poaIti0D nndnr llp administration NJ
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menI NJ HOnnt0I CpifwI nDd now NJ
lh1 very b0plnninR NJ thN biz i0pDhIl'
oAD mnsidNnlinl Nnd Mnnlnrinl bnlile
IN Moutnnn IN WI lind Tho beneficiary
nf lhnl federal pOsitlm WlllnR bin
nmwnpppNv w Tho DollliNH momioH M
President MCKINLEY and Senator Oara
co., dust think NJ lhN idnp NJ Major
Anderson coins dNmNWliol The mnn
who bNapa Ihp Hunvs NJ many hnvd
fought pOlliionl bAttlW IN HnllnHn
county, wherein thp pnIlAnf mntm WIN
I'M thirty yNalh found NJ tle front 0pyy'
lna ihe oolorn NJ tho republican pnriy,
aud now, ~ lhn evening NJ his Iifo,
tnrnlnn llo pnpOr, whose dNsfinls |o
Inns M lOng enHOllpd, Oynr N tho dam,
nopns w mdW thnt Nv lnnnnnoo IN
anlNtln nW m turned againat NO'
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liphptl wv enough IN make \ lIao ro'
pNhll0An lnn aver IN hlH glAyO and
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INV OOlOnol SANDERS N Introduce n lNaO'
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-25

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-25

The DDDDnDnomnDt Tint comes from
IDJiDDu 10 tho effect iDni ibn gold
democrats DIOposo ~ PM w u national
gold democratic ticket unless tbs
B,goDtips drop silver ~ NJ Issue VIII
RiIikn terror ~ lbo bpppis Of ihp BJyIl
booWeps, -Four ypDW pRO tho DpitOunl
democratic gold lioknl pDljed 0yer
100000 votes Tor pplWpr md BUnBpep
md 10 make Tho blow DgpiDst stlyer
more effective fbom w0ro fbOsnllB ~
sound money democrats ~ every eDsl
orD md middle AlDfn who voted VIII
tbe republicans direct ~ opdor 10 mako
snyn flnf !bn Gbjeppo platform wOuld
suffer Overwhelming JofopL Tbp
sp,Uo mems, Win OyoD gypptep fOiop,
VIII DO applied NJ lbn Oleollm IBIS
yoor should tho Dbjongo platform form
tbo bDpis VI tbe opmpnjRD ~ ibp Bryan
doW0nrntp
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-25
UpJEL ANUIyALs,
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-25
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-17

Ont. Labor finds fuller employment n
better wages, NIL things considered,
than ever before in tine whole history
Of the country, and capital, stimulat-
ed by assured safety and fair profits,
goes readily into all the fields of pro-
ductive enterprise.
Th~ money famine which prevailed
in 1896 has disappeared as If by magic.
The general level of prices, which
was 1O5 in 1891, and fell below sixty
six in 1896, is now slightly above nine
ty-one again, and there is nothing in
sight to alarm either producers or con-
sumers, either labor or capital, regard
ing the future.
The vast change which has taken
place in business conditions in the last
four years-and more especially in the
last two-has produced a corresponding
change in public opinion on political
questions. and the net result will not be
favorable to any parties or candidates
that may try to win victories on the
false pretense that the country is rum
ming needless into bankruptcy and
ruin.-Denver Republican.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-17

II want some very small cards en-.
graved," said fashionably attired
woman In a Philadelphia stationer's
establishment the other day. Yes,
madam" said the attendant. about
this size?" indicating sample card.
No, no." replied the woman. much
smaller than that. want them about
the size OF the baby cards that moth
ers used to send out several seasonf
ago when new baby was born" She
finally selected the size she wanted,
and the attendant asked what name
was to be used. "Fido Smith" was the
-eply. And in addition to the address
1 want Wednesday engraved on the
opposite corner" Did you say FL
do?" asked the young man. Yes"
said the woman, "F'ido Smith. You see
the cards are for my little dog. don't
know whether you know It or not. hut
it's quite the proper thing now for
women who have dogs to take them
calling upon other women who have
dogs. and of course, you couldn't dc
that without leaving the cards. Wed.
nesday Ia my at home day, and F1do
receives all his little dog friends With
me on that day. Now you know all
about It."
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-17

1t is unfortunate that the much-dis-
cussed Puerto Rico tariff question is
SO generally misunderstood. Senator
Depew, in his eloquent defense of the
tariff measure, characterized the agi-
tation over it as "a baseless excite
ment." The facts justify this charac-
terization. Few seem to appreciate
that the proposed bill gives free trade
in all the necessaries of life, and a
tariff averaging only six per cent up
on the market value of other products,
and even this tax ceases to exist in
two years or sooner if the people of the
island find it expedient to abolish it.
Is there hardship under such a law?
No resident of Puerto Rico who re-
members the oppressive taxation en-
forced by the Spanish government can
say so. DIR. Henry X. Carroll, our spe-
cial commissioner to Puerto Rico, re-
ports that Spain levied duties on i'm
ports to, and exports from, Puerto
Rico, special taxes on the loading and
unloading of freight and passengers,
I'LL luCOlue tdA, anu an iHuustiia anu
commercial tax, reaching every mer-
chant, manufacturer, artisan and pri-
vate citizen. Every retail shop, hotel,
restaurant, boarding house, soda-wa-
ter stand, and even flower stand, was
taxed under the Spanish law. A tax
was levied on salaries, wages and COM
missions. No kind of business escap-
cd. The newspapers, laundries, funer-
al agencies, blacksmiths, nurses, pro-
fessors of music, milliners, day labor
ers and even the manufacturers of ar
tifieial limbs had to contribute to the
support of Spain's oppressive rule. The
rich escaped by bribery. Spaniards
were favored and the natives discrim-
mated against. DIR. Carroll says that
IL a merchants income were $4,000
year he would pay in direct taxes ST.
800, besides a tax for a personal pass
port and direct taxes on his residence
and furniture. his horses and live
stock. This was taxation under Span
lsh rule, and it was oppressive to the
last degree. VIII the citizens of Puer-
to Rico prefer TO continue 1t rather
than to submit to taxation on an equi-
table, fair and considerate basis under
the administration of President Nc
Kinley.-Leslie's Weekly.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-17

In the House of Representatives, In
the struggle against the Puerto Rico
bill, the party OF William Jennings
Bryan made its third conspicuous and
critical attempt to defeat the policy of
national expansion, and lost.
The Democratic fight to prevent Ha-
wallis annexation, led by the Hon. Ar
thur Pue German, after the treaty
had been laid before the Senate for the
second time by President Mckinley
was the first; opposition to the treaty
OF peace with Spain, which made the
Philippines United States territory was
the second, and yesterday saw the
third.
In each case the dominant Democrat
ic desire was to bar the Republicans
from the political prestige of extending
the boundaries of American dominion.
In the defeat OF the Puerto Rico bill
there was still chance to muddle the
situation SO that expansion, at least
beyond the Sandwich islands, would
fail. Happily, destiny was too strong
for the opposition.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-17

II there's anybody on earth more an
noying than another 1t is the oficious
person. In some instances even young
girls are guilty of ofiiciousness. They
start out winningly by desiring to be
OF service; they know just how they
can fix this, that or t'other in way
to be thing Of beauty and Joy for
ever, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. Per-
haps IT'S your hat. perhaps It's your
plants. And perhaps. alas! you sue
cumb. If It's your hat, she has some
new-fangled way OF recurring Tie
feathers. which is chiefly valuable as
an escape valve for her enthusiasm.
You put the ruins In the ash barrel.
and think many things about unso-
licited favors. and also Of that homeiy
old III yon want thing well done. do
It yourself"
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-17
FROZEN IN THEIR TRACKS.
Large story About weather From West
yirxInIn.


yirxInIm.
There is on exhibition at n general
store in Warrington, w. Va. a curious,
and unusual tableau group, says the
New York Herald. 1t Is nothing less
than a setter dog and a dozen quail.
all frozen and in the attitude usually
assumed by birds and dogs when
brought into close quarters in the
woods. The exhibition occupies the
entire shop window, and has attracted
much attention. though the warmer
weather may spoil 1t soon. The dog
belonged to Judge William Green. Dur
ing the very cold weather Just after
the beginning OF February Judge
Green took young setter out to the
woods to give him an outing. thinking
he might see n few birds and further
the work OF training the setter. He
took no gun. 1t was the closed sea
son for game birds. While going up
valley between Peterson's Mountain
and short ridge. where 1t was ex-
tremely cold on account OF the sharp
wind, Judge Green missed the dog.
He hunted for half an hour. but could
find no trace of the animal. He re-
turned home. thinking the dog had
preceded him. but the animal was not
there. Nothing was seen OF the dog
until Thursday. when the judge went
back into the mountains to make an
other search. In the thicket where
.he dog had last been seen. but Sc
curely hidden by the evergreens the
Judge discovered the animal. standing
with his nose pointed fairly ahead and
as natural as II alive. Half dozen
yards away were about n dozen quail,
all OF them frozen. The setter had
scented the birds and stood waiting
for his master to come. The dog. II
his instructive effort to locate tn.
game for his master. and the quail In
their fear to move in the dogs pres
ence. had all frozen to death. There
has been no thawing weather under
the lowering brow OF the mountain
since the day the animal met the
quail. The judge gathered up the
frozen dog and quail. brought them TO
town and placed them on exhibition
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-17
THE LAST DITCH.

The Puerto Rican question seems to
be the last ditch Of the Democratic
party in this campaign thus far. They
have about given up the contention
that the constitution extends itself over
Puerto Rico by its own inherent power,
and are not saying so much about the
new law being meant to "oppress" or
tyrannize over poor Puerto Ricans; but
they are harping on the fact that the
President and the Republican party
changed their minds about the neces-
sity of temporary tariff for the
island. A Democrat cannot understand
how anybody can change his mind on
political subjects and be right in the
change. Progress is an unknown
word in the Democratic dictionary, and
adaptation to existing conditions an I'M
known policy for the Democratic party.
What the Republican party has done
in the Puerto Rican law is this: 1t has
given to Puerto Rico a necessary reve-
nue. until such time as the government
of the island-composed partly of rep
resentatives elected by the people
shall make provision for its own reve-
nue..
1t has given to Puerto Rico practical
free trade with the the United States,
and actual free trade as soon as the
island is ready for it, the intervening
period to be not more than two years
in any event.
1t has decided that Puerto Rico is
not, and for the present shall not be,
a part of the United States in the
same sense that Colorado is part of
the United States.
And aside from the law, the Repub-
lican party, through its administration,
has given to the island good govern
ment, under which prosperity and hap
piness will come to the island, and un-
der which it will thrive as it never
could thrive under Spanish domination,
or under an entirely independent gov
ernment of its own.
The Republican party has nothing to
apologize for in its treatment of Puerto
Rico.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-17
AN HONEST STATE GOVERN
MENT.

One of the planks in the New York
State Republican platform, adopted
last week, was the following:
"In every department of the state
government, moreover, all of them un-
der Republican control, the constant
effort of the officer in charge has been
to administer the laws equitably, eco
nomically, justly and for the public
welfare, and no breath of scandal has
touched the record of any single Re
publican state officer.
1.-THE Republican party goes to the
people in this election with that conf
dence which proceeds from the faith
ful and satisfactory performance Of
duty by every official in the state who
holds his commission in Its name and
by reason Of its support"
Win the Fusion party of Colorado
dare to put plank like that into their
platform this year? And If they
should, wouldn't they get the laugh?