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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30

III shillings a dozen, u small fowl Is
1Ss. Cd, pumpkins IL shillings each.
small vegetable marrows u shilllngs. a
tin OF jam l2s. 3D., tin Of milk rs. 3D..
a box Of sardines shillings aud tobac.
co DO shillings pound, A case Of
whisky was raliled for fli5.
All eyes are now on Lord Roberts.
Superstitious people think that he. like
Napoleon, was not horn to he killed In
battle. He has had many narrow es.
capcs. 1t Is related that on one occn.
sion he had personal encounter with
party of sepoys. He cut down sever
al. but finally one put mtlsket to Rob-
erts' breast aud pulled the trigger. 1t
missed fire. AT Rulandsbar he saw n
sepoy get bead on him, At the in
slant his horse reared and, received the
bullet.
During the advance on Lucknow Rob-
cr;s and another officer were cut OFF
from the main body and rode for their
lives under heavy lre His horse
was shot. and several times. while run
ming rs fast as his feet could carry
HIN. he fell to avoid vol,eys fred at
nm. During the same battle Roberts
planted flag on one OF the turrets of
the Moti Mahal. A shower OF shot was
aimed ut II, AID II was knocked down
in;o the ditch. ~ great personal risk
Roberts again placed the standard In
position, only to see II struck again
short time later. the staff heing actual.
ly cut in two. A third time the gallant
young officer raised the nag. and This
time II s;aid where he put II,
II is evident however, that modern
implements OF warfare have greatly
diminished the chance of escape under
such circumstances Indeed the daring
frontal attacks which have been fea.
lures of historic battles ale things OF
the past, TO successfully capture
trenches In the old way npw takes an
attacking force ion times as g.ea, as
the defenders, and such waste OF life
would ruin the reputation of any com
mander FLANK movements and star.
walton are the only methods OF captur.
Ing positions fortified nnd provided
with modern guns CgcIL HoyT.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30

are shown the equally novel plated,
draped and "bonne femme" skirts. Tu-
MICS and flounces are also with us.
Some skirts have but two seams, others
have seven cores, and today l saw a
very swell affair where there were ~
cores and no plaits at all. not even in
the back. This special costume was of
the ever beautiful satin faced broad
cloth. Each breadth. or gore. was mar
row at the top and gradually widened
to the bottom, all of exactly the same
size top and bottom, which, we all
know, Is decidedly novel; Down each
senm is triple millner's fold Of satin,
and this gees around the bottom also.
The skirt has Il sort Of bell effect. The
waist is blouse with folds OF the SAT,
In arranged IN the snme way. Tho belt
and sleeves have the satin folds 600.
think 1t must have raken ten yards of
satin to make these folds.
The 40 penitenti2l days are now ,irou
us, and there will % no grand fn;ctian
whatever, hui there will be 'ets or
small and carIies and Cinderella par
ties for the young. IT Il said .hat M
one OF these functions last year lniy
saw a pretty young girl ana asked to
have her introduced, as she thought
that the young lady in question had
such lovely manners that she would be
delighted 20 have her ut her own
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30

Especial Correspondence
CAPE Town, Feb. 15.- While the CEN
sor holds back important news of bat
ties, the writer's OF descriptive articles
and the artists who make pictures are
not interfered with. and the war does
not lack graphic portrayal. A mechan,
ism called the biograph has been TAX
ing moving pictures OF some Of the
fiercest fights, and perhaps the world
will thereby get u better idea of what
war really is than II has been able to
obtain from reproductions of the great
battles Of the past.
Every new development goes to show
the utter ignorance Of the British and
most Of the rest of the world regarding
the true condition of affairs when the
war began. A gentleman who recently
returned from Pretoria describes the
dogged persistence with which the
Beers started for the front 'It was
marvellous" says he. how smoothly
matters were carried out, There was
no excitement, no singing Of the 'volks.
lied In the streets. no flag wagging.
All the men who turned out were stern
and determined. and many were the
touching incidents | Witnessed. saw
old Commandant Kock and Judge
Kock entrainlng. Old Mrs. Kock. a
motherly old lady. saw them of. Mere
boys pleaded TO be allowed to go with
their brothers. II only TO hold their
horses or wash dishes. What struck
me most was the absence of fuss and
excitement"
The same authority declares that the
mining companies have been helping
the Boer government. but whether they
have done so willingly or otherwise he
fails to make clear. Before the war
broke out" he goes on to say, "the cap
itnlists somehow got the idea that they
would be allowed to carry on opera.
tions during hostilities. Acting on this
presumption. they imported long before
the declaration of war tons and tons of
foodstulfs. These are. of course. all
available at present. but have not been
touched, since they are reserved for fu-
ture use. In this matter the govern.
ment has acted very wisely in regulat-
ing the price Of food. meat and -four
being only allowed to be sold ut a GER
tain price. There Is no fear that the
republics will be starved out for some
time to come"
The people In the besieged cities are
beginning to suffer, but II Is not likely
that they are near the point of starva-
ton. 1t 10 known that the sickness in
Ladysnith, which was recently cause
Of alarm. has abated. A local factory
Is turning out excellent horse sausages.
which are both nourishlng and palata-
BILE. The scarcity of vegetables is try.
ing to the troops. Luxuries are beyond
the means of the majority. Eggs are
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30
TRAGIC GAMES OF CHANCE,
People Who Have stnkcd aud Lost
Their Lives mt Cnrds.

More than once game Of cards has
formed n part OF the ceremonial of fu.
nerals. When a card enthusiast died four
years ago near Amiens. he left instruc-
tons that n pack Of his beloved cards
should be placed in his coffin and that
the friends who acted as palibearers
should, on the way 20 the churchynrd,
play a final game in memory of their de-
parted friend The funeral cortege was
accordingly stopped at wayside inn.
which had been a haunt of the deceased
and the four friends who were selected
TO carry out the dead mans wishes play
ed game Of cards and drank to the
memory OF the silent witness OF their
weird game.
Mere than one Of the victims of the
guillotine in the French revolution played
games of cards with their jaiers up to
the very moment OF mounting the tumbril
that was TO take them on their last jour.
ney. and IL is on record TINT well known
north country squire. in the early years
Of the century, who bad lost his last
acre and guinea at the gaming tables. in.
sisted. on his deathbed. on playing final
game Of cards with his doctor As he
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30
was foual md Arun n nls ronnls.

was found snUt ueuu uis rounls.
Perhaps the most tragic game ON roc
ord was played many years ago by Herr
Watzdorf and Herr Schwartz 5000 feet
above the earth. In this case. too. jeal
ousy was the sole cause of the tragedy
and the rivals decided to resort to the
novel eNpedient of playing death game
above the clouds. the loser to throw him
self from the balloon.
One can picture something OF the tragic
tension of the two players us each card
was turned up and played and the grow
ing despair OF Herr Schwartz as he saw
that destiny was against him With the
throw OF the last card he turned round
and ilung himself 5000 feet down to the
earth. where his mutilated body was
found.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30

Hsols with finely chased, jcwclcd OF
erameled handles, and we go to anoth-
or quite as swell, and there WE find
parasols made fat and bulgy, with
stubby and even clumsy handles in
shape Of birds beaks bulldogs heads,
horses feet or perhaps greyhounds
long head.
Then we see funny shapes in one
place and are told that all the new hats
are to be built upon that plan, and at
another they have something else. The
one is like puff of smoke aud the 9th
er like an underdone buckwheat cake.
1t is really enough to drive one wild.
We find sheath and habit skirts and
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30
Nirvanu.

NirVnnu.
A little girl who was trying to tell
friend how absentminded her grandpa
was, said:
HE walks about, thinking about
nothing. and when he remembers it he
then forgets that what he thought of
was something entirely different from
what he wanted to remember."-
liers Weekly, ~
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30

had nothing else to stake hr stnkcd his
body against bottle of brandy and foil
back dead before the horrible game was
completed.
Only last year game Of chess was
played between two German students un
der very tragic conditions The two play
ers. who were rival claimants to the hand
Of daughter Of one of their professors.
had quarrelcd and exchanged hluws md
duel became inevitable. As zach man
was skllful chess player 1t was de
cided that they should play a game aud
that the loser should take bis own life
The grewsolne game was played in
restaurant gua after II stubborn struggle
ended In favor Of the aSgrpSsor In thc
quarrel. The folowip; morning ,he iosri
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30


Above Is cut Of the residence containing
six rooms cellar and good we'll, situated at
corner stanton av. and Roliows ST., steiner
allotment. Lot is 70 by 40 feet
Try TO Get Hon:. The Following Mel
BO0IS AND SHOES
ID. w. Holloway, 626 South Main
st., Clarendon Hotel block
BAKERS
South Main st. Bakery, 800 South
Main ST., fresh bread, buns, pies
and cakes constantly on hand.
CLOTHING
The Akron Clothing Co., l2S S.
Howard ST., one door south of
Dodge's Furniture Store.
COAL DEALER
Sam Fry, 70l South Broadway,
Telephone l72.
A. ID. Ellis, Cherry and Caual sts.
Coal moving vans, teaming and
transferring. Phone 257.
DENTISTS ,,u, =, 80. ,o,,, , =,
change sts.
DRUGGISTS
S, u. Allen & Co., 1876 S. Howard
street.
Black, The Druggist, southwest
corner Main and Exchange st.
DINING HALL
The South Main st. Dining Hall,
800 South Main SC.
FIVE CENT AND TEN CENT STORES
M. Friedman, l5l North Howard
st, and l47 South Howard st.
Vierlng Bros, 502 South Main st.
FURNITURE and UPH0LSiERER
Q. w. Chnmberlin, 10 y. Howard
ST., furniture. upholstering, re-
pairing and feathers renovated.
DRY GOODS
John Herbruck, 1856 5. Howard
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30
FAsHloNe FOR GIRLS.
Some os Many Gowns For the Youn-
ger Set.
Especial Correapondence.l

ISpeeIaI UorFeApQhdence'I
New YORK, Feb. eG.-l may candidly
admit that there are times when n
fashion writer hardly knows where
she is at" There is SO much TO SEQ and
so many different kinds OF things tbat
It all becomes n confused kaleidoscopc
picture. We go into one swell place
where everything has Q reputation to
uphold, aud we see the dainty slim par
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30
MRS. JENNIE WILLIAMS,

meet in the back, and four motifs Of
the lace We're put across the back to
join them. In front jabot of chiffon
finished tho whole. but this, when l
think OF II, is not suitable for very
young girl. OLIVE HARPER,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30
rhc Avernre n,nn.a yin,r

How do you feel about this move
ment to abolish bclls2"
I'm down on the rising bell but the
dinner bell is oil right ."--Chicago Rec
ord
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30

ures must be taken 10 save her from com
plete mental and physical wreck
~ was so nervous couldn't bear to hear the
sound Of my own voice when alone says Mrs
Nellie Britterhau of Davenport, Thaycr Co.
Nebr. II felt as though there was some one
ready to grab me if the least sound was made
really cannot describe the feelings had but
can say have no such ugly feelings how an
trust never may again was suffering from
female weakness and very much from nervous
prostration.
81 was not able to do anything could no,
sit up oil day had not sat up all day since the
birth OF my baby, four months before begnn to
take Dr. Pierccs medicines, took one doctors
medicine for four months but did not get along
ut all; So discouraged, thought would try
Dr. Piefce's Favorite Prescription and Golden
Mcdica! Discovery took six bottles Of the
Prescription and nine Of the Golden Mcdic-l
Discovery and used Dr. Pierccs Pleasant Pellets
along with the other medicines, and can say
they lave done wonders for inc.
II do oil my work now and feel better than for
two years. had not eaten anything for three
months except some kind of soup and crackers;
now ent anything want. ! believe owe my
health TO DIR. Picrces medicines"
Discouraged, broken.down women should
write TO DR.. r. " Pierce, at Buffalo, N. Y,
and learn how carefully he studies into
these apparently hopeless cases He will
send without charge, lin plain sealed
ervelopel the best advice of capable, ex.
pericnced physician.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30
n SIX fer Tick eta

toned below you VIII got II
chance to own a home for nothing.
Azk fer Tick eta
With every cash purchase of
SOC you will be given II ticket
which may get you u home.
A warranty decd given the for
tunate person holding the lucky
number.
chants Give Tickets on i0us. ani Lot.
HARNESS MANUFACTURERS
Fred Haulf, b3l s. Main st.
A, Rqsenfeld, l.8 5. Main st.
GROCERIES
Wiener Bros, 224 E. Market st.
John IIerbruck, 1855 $. Howard.
A. Whitman, 5O4 S. Main at.
ID. L.. Grifilths, 1901 S. Main st.
J. II. Etllng, 1881 Howe st.
Benner & Thornton, Corner
Bowery aud Wooster av.
John Russell ll3G East Market
c.. G. Weltou, liz w. North ct.
Geo. HnHs lY n. Howard st., rel 4,s.
stonlmiller Il Eberle s2l n. Exchange st,
HARDWARE
Rohrbacher & Allon, ,l70 South
Howard st,
$. II. Gulliford n Co., cor. Bow
cry and Bartgos.
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS
William 'Peplansky Il Co.,, lal $.
Howard st,
o. q. BrownolI, 2o7 II. Mill st
Sheet Music, Musical Instru-
meats, Graphophonos and
monographs.
MILLINERY
Helen Griffin, l2l u. Exchange,
PHOTOGRAPHER
A. A. Besaw, 1856 $. Howard ST.
STOVES, TINWARE and FURNACES
The Jahant Co., lG6 $. Howard.
MEAT MARKETS
William Z. Walker, ll87 East
Market st.
Alfred =. Walber, Corner Adams
and Upson 81.
Q. T. Gill, 2l0W w. Exchange ST..
ksG a ~ ~ CD F. -
No 100 CnyTTII IJnNlJAnh CT
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30
LESSONS OF THE WAR
HOW THE BIG MINING COMPANIES
HAVE HELPED THE BoERS.

lord Roberts and Ills Many Narrow
Escapes - Futiiity of Old Time
Methods of Attacking Intrench-
ments.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30

that there is some special
disease or weakness of
the important and deli.
cate organs which make
her a woman. Nine times
in ten it means that some
instant aud radical meas
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-30
Mouse & Lot
Given Away

BY trading ut the stores men
toned below you Will got u
chance to own a home for nothing.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13
Prohibition Platform.

We, the Prohibition Democrats, OF
the State of South Carolina, in con-
ference assembled, hereby declare
the following platform:
l. That competency, honesty and
sobriety are indispensable q1ali6ca-
tions FIR holding Office.
2 That taxes should be made as
low as possible, consistent with efici-
ency of government.
3 That the sale of intoxicating
liquors for beverage purposes is not
a function of government, but dis
grace to Christian civilization; dis
honor to manhood, and a political
wrong of unparalleled enormity; that
it is an awful crime against the women
and children. against the hcm",
against the Church and against Gcd.
4. That prohibition of the sale Ct
intoxicating liquors, for beverage
purposes, is the true, consistent
remedy, and to this end we demand
that the dispensary system be shorn
of it's evils, such as selling into1i-
cants a beverage; and that author
ity be given by the General Assembly
for the State to sell alcoholic liquors
for cnly medicinal, mechanical and
sacramental purposes.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13
Talking Machines.

Instruments that will record and
reproduce speech or any sound-have
been before the public in one form
or another for twenty years. The
most advanced type Of the talking
machine ia the Graphophone. In
't@popular mind there is consider
able misapprehension and confusion
regarding the correct designation of
these instruments. The words
"Graphopbone" and "Phonograrh"
being frequently misused as having
the same meaning. The name 'Pho.
nograph' was given to the first crude
model which demonstrated that
sound could be recorded and repro
duced mechanically; but this early
model was unsrited to practical
everyday use. The "Graphopbone"
was the first practical talking ma
chine, and the U. S. Patent Office
has put all similar inventions into
one class, designating them "Grapho-
phones"
For entertainment, for instruction,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13
Would No! Suffer So Again for Fifty
Times lis Price.

Iawcke last night with severe
pains in my stomach. I never felt
so badly in all my life. When l
came down to work this morning l
felt so weak I could hardly work. l
went to Miller g. McCurdy's drug
store and they recommended Cham.
berlsin's Cylic, Cholera and D!ar-
rhoea Remedy. 1t worked like
magic and one dose fixed me all
right I, certrinly is the finest thing
I ever used for stomach trouble. [
shall not be without it in my home
hereafter, for I should not care to
endure the sufferings of last night
again for fifty times its price.-G. II.
Wilscp, 'Liverymap, Burgettstowr,
Washingtown O., Pa. This remedy
is for sale by ] E Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13
not cost him a cent. There are 1
NO. 81

not cost him a cent. There are q
great many bath houses here. Mo- t
all Of the messengers took a course
Of bathing, which, by the way, was
free to the messengers. k!ondike
/ was little jubious, but at last from
a great need personally be was per-
suaded to ba submerged beneath the
bot water, and then came the worst
scrubbing he ever got.
Here you can not only see people
from most every place under the sun
but representatives of most every
kind of disease known to man.
The streets are crowded with these
people-some on crutches and rolling
chairs and some crawling on their
hands and knees. Some of them
present most pitable appearance.
Will some one Of the Dispatch read
ers please tell me why these waters
are hot. At one place there is cool
water spring and hot water spring
very close together.
One of the attractions OF the place
is "Happy Hollow" Here most
every Kind of amusement is going
on and you can see and hear it free
of cost. There are here many wild
animals-tame. Little log huts-
fit representatives OF the first set lars
ARE builded all up the valley.
One of the boys dressed up in
"Cow Boy" uniform and his beauty
struck.
You can get just as good meal
at any of the restaurants for fifteen
cents as you could wish for. You
had better not build your hopes on
such a cheap foundation though
when you 90 to one of the hotels.
The bar rooms and stores do not
close on Sunday. Churches and
bar rooms are side by side-but We
hope they are far apart.
Klondike took stroll up on the
Ozarks all alone and on the top sat
down all weary and sadly locked
toward grand old South Carolina than
which there is no greater. Boys, you
had better learn this lesson as early
as possible. The convention was the
growing event of the occasion. Many
of the best men of our Southland
were present and some Of the best
speeches made. think all the mes
sengers went home with a better
knowledge of the worlds need.
Klondlke is happy now that be
has seen 80 much more of the world
but he is not as happy as Lsvi-it is
little voter.
Soon the crowning day will make
happy the heart Of Klondike.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13
Cold Steel or Death.

"There is but one small change to
save your life and that is through al
operatiop," was the awful prospect
s,t before Mrs. I. B. Hunt, of Lime
Ridge, Wis, by her doctor sfte
vainly trying to cure her OF fright
full case of stomach trouble AMI yel
low jaundice. He didn't count Oh
the marvellous power of Electric
Bitters to cure Stomach and Liver
troubles, but she heard Of it, took
seven bottles, was wholly cured,
avoided surgeons knife, now weighs
more and feels better than ever. It's
positively guaranteed to cure Stom'
acb, Liver and Kidney troubles and
never disappoints. Price 500 at j.
, Z Kaufmanp's drug store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13

When you want family medi:ine,
toilet articles, fine soaps, and the
best perfumery, 90 to the Bazaar.
There is a serious split in the
Democratic party in Mississippi.
It is a settled fact that Psrks7ille
an Nipety-Six in this State are to
have cotton f. cries.
ledgers, journals, records, counter
books, memorandum books, school
books, pads, pencils, ink Of all colors,
mucilage, g., for sale at the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13
A Monster Devil Fish

Destroying its victim, is type OF
Consumption. The power CT this
murderous malady is felt on organs
and nerves and muscles and brain.
There's no health till it's overcome.
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills are q
safe and certain cure. Best in the
world for Stomach, Liver, Kidneys
and Bowels. Only Is cents at J. E.
Kaufmann's drug store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13
LEXINGTON c., WEDNESDAY,

Tor practlcal use, or 1Or any purPose
for which talking machine may be
desired. the Graphopbone is uneqnall-
ed. The Graphophone process is
the simplest, the best. and the only
successful one for recording and re-
producing speech or sound. Great
improvements recently made, en-
bodied in machines that reproduce
music and other sounds with the full
volume and vibrant power of the
original, at the same time preserving
all the original melody and tone
quality. are due to the discovery and
application in the laboratory and
factory of the American Graphic
phone Company, (5etter known to
the public through its selling depart
ment. The Columbia Phonograph
Company. of new principles which
have revolutioDjzed the art. The re-
sulting type Of Grapbophone known
as the "Grsnd," gives sound
volume many times greater than has
ever before been attained.
Full information regarding enter
tainment Graphopbones OF all styles,
and machines that serve as substi
tutes for stenographers for debating
and transcribiDg correspondence, is
contained in the Columbia Phono-
graph Company's catalogue. See
the advertisement Of this Company
in our advertising columns.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13

Ii man is wealthy enough he
doesn't have TO trust to luck.
A mans hair SIS rule turns gray
five years sooner than a woman's.
Fresh and reliable garden
seed for sale at the Bazaar.
When a woman falls in love On
hour seems like FIVE minutes.
The summer clearinghouse keep
er now proceedeth to take his bit
Grated and sliced pineapple, in
syrup-the finest qaa!ity-as the
Bazaar.
A party from Columbia, the first
from this State, has gone to tn Paris
exposition.
Mrs Belle Nance as been appointed
postmaster at Lancaster, this State,
over Republican applicant.