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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
A DUEL THAT FAILED
HONOR Wal SAVED WITHOUT THE
SHEDDING OF BLOOD.

Colonel Bunker Tells How the Code
Was outrured In the PrcliminnrIcs
and How n sanguinnry Outcome
Was Happily Avcrted.
copyright 1900, by C. B. Lewis.l
"I had gone TO n small town in Mis-.
sissippi to rest and recuperate, suh,"
taid the colonel as he restored his glass
to the table, "to rest and recuperate
after my hard work in the state sen.
ate. l hadn't been there day when
l met up with person who called him
self General Blum. He didn't have the
look of general, sub, but I didn't
start in asking questions. accepted
his word that he had been general
accepted his word as gentleman
does, and he invited me into the near
est bnrroom to imbibc cocktail. We
didn't imbibe. When the general called
for drinks for two his order was not
taken. In other words, sub, as he
didn't put down his money the cock
tails remained unnxcd The general
looked at me appealingly. but turned
away. l would not hurt his feelings
by offering to pay for the drinks.
Had General Blum stopped there
all would have been well, but he did
not stop. Next day he called on me to
talk over the late. wah. 1t wasn't ten
minutes, sub, before l began to doubt
him. found that he didn't know the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
A Remnrknble Prediction.

Manasseh Cutler of Massachusetts.
in circular in 1877 booming" the set
tlement which the New Englanders
were about to plant on the Ohio at tire
mouth Of the Muskingun, declared
that 'the current down the Ohio and
the Mississippi" for produce and mer
rhandise of all sorts. would one day
'bc more crowded than any other
streams on EARTH" which was a re-
markable prediction. considering that
it was made 20 years before Fulton's
Clerinont was launched in the Hudson.
which was the first steamboat in the
world ever put in successful operation.
-Leslie's Weekly.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
Our Cnuntry.

Our country. IT'S glorious land!
With broad arms stretched from shore
shore;
The proud Pacific chafes her strand,
She hears the dark Atlantic roar.
And nurrurod on her ample breast
How many goodly prospect lies
In natures widest grandeur drcst,
Enameld with her loveliest dyes.
Rich praires deckcd with flowers OF gold,
Like sunlit oceans roll afar;
Broad lakes her azure heavens behold,
Rejecting clear each trembling star.
And mighty rivers. mountain born.
Go sweeping enward. dark and deep,
Through forests where the bounding fawn
Beneath their sheltering branches leap.
And, Graded mid her clustering hills,
Sweet wales in dreamlike beauty hide,
Where love the air with music fills
And calm content and peace abide,
For plenty here her fullness pours
In rich profusion DER the land,
And, sent to seize her generous store, :,
There prowls no tyrants hirelng band.
Great God! We thank thee for this home,
This bountcops birth land OF the free,
Where wanderers from afar may come
And breathe the air Of liberty
Still may her flowers untrampled spring,
Her harvests wave, her cities rise. 3,
And yet till time shall fold his wing y
Remain earth's lcvelIest paradise. * I
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
THE DEATH OF THE WORLD
Scientists Fail to Agree ns to How
the End Will Come.


the End Will Come,
Scientists seem to agree that the
earth some day is to be destroyed by a
gigantic cataclysm, but fail to agree
upon the how DIR. Henry Smith
Williams, in writing in Harper's
Monthly on "Some Unsolved Scientific
Problems" says:
"If so much uncertainty attends
these fundamental questions as to the
eartl's past and present, it is not
strange that open problems as to her
future are still more numerous. We
have seen how, according to Professor
Darwin's computations. the moon
threatens to come back to earth with
destructive force some day. Yet Pro-
fessor Darwin himself urges that there
are elments of fallibilty In the data
all certainty.
Much the same thing is true of per-
haps all the estimates that have been
made as to the earth's ultimate fate
Thus 1t has heen suggested that, even
should the suns heat not forcake us,
our day will become month long and
then year long; that all the water of
the globe must ultimately filter into it's
depths and all the air fly off into
space, leaving our earth as dry and as
devoid of atmosphere as the moon, and,
finally, that ether friction, If it exists,
or, in default of that, meteoric friction.
must ultimately bring the earth back
to the sun.
But in all these representations
there are possible compensating factors
that vitiate the estimates and leave
the exact results in doubt. The last
word of the cosmic science of our CEN
tury is a prophecy of evil--if annihila-
ton be an evil. But 1t is left for the
science of another generation to point
out more clearly the exact terms in
which the prophecy is most likely to
be fuldlled."
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
A MINIS IdenI.

lovely little keeper Of the home
Absorbed in menu books, yet eudite
When ] need counsel Quick at repartco
And slow to anger Modest as a flower,
Yet sointiant and radiant as a star.
UnmercenaIy in her mold OF mind,
While opulcnt and dainty in her tastes,
nature gencraus and free. albeit
The incarnation Of economy
She must te chaste as proud Diana was.
Yet wsrin Ms Venus. TO oil others cold,
As sor>a white glacier glittering in the sun;
To ME as ardent as the sensuous rose
That yields its sweetness to the burrowing bee.
AL ignorant OF evil in the world
And innocent as any cloistered nun,
Yet wise as Phrype in tue arts OF love
When ! como thirsting 10 her nccfared lips.
Clothed TO the pretty lobe OF her pink cars
For other eyes alway; for mine alone
The feast Of seulpturcd throat and breasts Of
snow
Cleaning through biilovs of seductive lace.
Good as the best and tempting as the worst
saint, siren and paradox,
Ella Whesler Wilcox In Smart Set.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
Over .nd over.

Mr., William Hawlcy Smith, in his
Walks and Talks" tells Of remark
made by an Irish friend which might
be applicable In many cases:
He used to be very fond of hearing
the bishop preach and always went to
service whe'SM) dignitory held forth.
! met him on he street one Sunday
when knew the bishop was preaching
and asked him why he wasn't In his
pew, to which he replied.
"Troth, don't so TO hear the bishop
ony more"
"Why, what's the matterY" said.
You haven't gone back on a good
man. have your"
mo- he answered, "but it's the
truth I'm tellin you, when you've heard
the bishop half dozen times all after
that is yariatonsw
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
A TWO NlCkER.
The Old Printer Explains What He
Meant by the Expression,


"1 was just stepping off the street
car" remarked the old printer, who
was telling a story, 'wben l met a
two nlcker face TO face
You met a whatp
"a two nicker. And, as was say.
ing She H..
But what in the world is two
nickerW
"Oh, you know what that is, don't
you?'
"No, I don't. Never met one in my
life"
"Well, two picicr is a lady, wom-
an, anything that wears petticoats."
81 never heard the expression before.
Where does 1t come fromf"
Now you're too hard for me.
don't know where it started, but in the
good old times Of case type and hand
presses 1t was the common expression
used to designate n woman in a print
shop. 1T wasn't used outside of the
composing rooms. I'll tell you how |
think it arose. All the old hand type,
as everybody knows, is provided with
hlChS Oh lue Slue, so tHHL tue type
settlers don't have to look at the face Of
the type to know how 60 throw 1t in
the stick Far back in prehistoric
days the type had only one nick, but
later two hicks became the style, and
30 years ago two hicks was the usual
thing. But there came improvements
In typemaking, and 1t was discovered
that three or four hicks on the side of
the type made it easier for the printer
to handle, and so the three or four
nicked type came into style and the
two nicked type went into disuse and
bad repute. Printers despised the two
nicked type. About that time women
got foothold in the printing offices.
They We're not regarded with favor by
the old time printers. The women and
the two nicked type were In about the
same category In the esteem of the old
typo, and 1t was very natural that he
should come to express both by the
same words. They both became two
nickers, and the expression has be-
come traditional in printshops." MEM,
phis Scimitar.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
A whistler story. ,

"a Colorado millionare--e extremely
millionaire who was getting up an
nrt gallery, went to Whistlers studio In
the Rue du Buc," says Vance Thomp-
son in his Paris letter to The Saturday
Evening Post. HE glanced casually
OF the pictures on the 'sympho-
MES in rose and gold, in blue and gray,
In brown and green.
CHOW much for the lotT he asked
with the confidence of one who owns
gold mines,
"'Four Millions said Whistler.
"'What!
"'My posthumous prices And the
painter added, Good morning"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
Dubious Compliment.

And how did you and grandpa get
along" inquired the doting mamma of
the precocious child.
"He was pleasant MS pie" replied the
cherub. VIZ
AS pleasant as pie?u
Yes mamma-sliort and crusty."--
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
pennlng n Function.

Uncle Aleck, what is piano reci-
tal?"
We'll, one woman pounds the plano,
and all the rest talk."-Detroit Free
Press.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13

"Ah." said the conceited fellow, will,
a view to making her jealous, II was
alone last evening with one whom I
admire very much.'
"Yesg she l,aid. "Alone, were you?"
philadelphia Press.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13

When the Minister Comes to Tea.
Oh, they've swept the pnror carpet, and they've
busted every chair,
And they've got tae Tides hsngln Jest exactly on
the square,
And the whatnotJ fxed up lovely. and the mats
have all beer beat
And the pantry'e trimmin over with the bully
things ter eat!
Sis has got her Sunday dress on. and she's fritzin
up her bang.;
Mas got on her lest alracky, AM she's nskn how
1t hangs;
Pa has shaved as slick ss can br. and I'm rugged
way up in ,,
And it's all bccaosa we're gon ter have the min.
lister ter tc,.
On. the tables 4 .ed up gaudy with the gilt edged
chiny set,
And we'll use tn, silver teapot and the comp'ny
spoons, you net
And we're goin IN have some fruit cake and soma
thimblcbcrfg jam
And 'riz hiscuits" and some dorghnuts and soma
chicken AMI some ham!
Ma, she'll 'poo;ize like fury and say everything
is bad
And 'sich awful luck with cookin' she is sure
she never had;
But, er course she's only bluln, for it's prime
as it can be.
And she's only takn that way cause the niiais.
Everybodyll be nsinilin and as good as ever
wuz, f
Pa wont growl shout the vittles, like he gener-
ally does,
And he'll ask me would | like another piece or
pic, but,' sho.
That, course, IL only manners. and I'm sposed
ter answer no"
Sis'll talk about the church work and about the
Sunday school,
Mall tell how she liked that sermon that wuz on
the golden rule,
And il upset my tun,bler they won't say word
ter me.
Yes. boy can eat in comfort with the minister
ter tea!
Say A minister. you'd reckon nevcr'd say what
wasn't true,
But that isn't SO with ours, and Jest can prove
it. too:
Cause when Sis plays the organ so It makes
you want ter die
Why, he sets and says it's lovely, and that seems
ter me, s io!
But like him all the samey and only wish he'd
stay
At our house fer good and always and eat with
every day;
Only think Of havin goodies every eyenin! Jim
mineel E4
And I'd never git scoldin, with the minister ter
Joe Lincoln.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
GEMS in VERSE

=
= y, Reform.
Oh how shall | help to right the world nat Is
going wrong?
And what can do to hurry the promised lime OF
peace?
The day Of work is short and the night Of sleep
is long,
And whether to pray or preach or whetbs> to sing
To plow in my ncisbbcrs 6sld or tc seek the
golden fleece
Or to sit with my esnds in M lap and wish that
i'll would ccasel
I think sometimes IL were best Just to let the
Lord alond; ~
am sure some people forget he was here before
they came,
Though they say 1t Is all for his plory. tits a
good deal more for their own
That they peddle their petty schemes and blate
and babble I'd groan.
/ sometimes think 1t were best and man were lit.
tie to blame
Should he pass or his silent woy nor mix with
tine noisy shame
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
The End hoy,

His hair is red and tangled, and he has turned
up nose;
His voice is loud and strldent, and it never get,
rcpose;
His face is ELL Of trcckles. and his shaped
like fins,
And large front tooth is missing as youll no.
tce when lie grns;
He is like comic picture, from his toes up to
his head,
But his mother calls him darling when she
tucks him into bed
1t is he who marks the carpet with the print OF
muddy boots
And reioiccs in doolbsll that is pulled out by
the roots,
Who whistles on his fingers till he almost splits
your car VI tN
And shocks the various callers with the slang he
chaAced TO hear;
He fills the house with tpmult and the neighbor.
hood with dread,
But his mother calls him Darling when she
tucks aim into bed
Washington Star,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13

You will soon want the flies shut out.
Call at our factory or use our tele.
phone, No. $40, for screen doors and
windows. Climax Cabinet Company.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13

Kind words are benedlctIons They
are not only instruments of power, but
OF heneyolence and courtesy, blessings
pofh to the SPEAKER and hearer of them.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13

The NOLAN harp was the invention.
1t is believed. Of Athanaslus Kircher
who lived In the seventeenth century.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13

st did your cold good to go and see
the doctor, knew 1t would
Eyes. He's got a worse cold than I
have" Chicago Record.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13

if you intend to do mean thing
waittill tomorrow II you intend /,
DO noble thing. do 1t now. r'
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13

= II the earth Is really round, why do
We talk ot Its four corners? phladel-
phis Times.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
l FIRE ALARM CALLS.

Central engine house.
2 Buckeye works.
8 Akron Iron works.
4 Diamond Rubber works.
5 Main and Market.
6 No. 2 engine house, Sixth ward.
N. Broadway, near Market
s Buchtel ave. and Bowery.
8 Schumacher. MILL Mill st.
IL Prospect. near Mill.
13 Furnace and Broadway.
IA Main and Keck.
p Is Ash and Park place.
16 No. 3 engine house w. Hill.
II Carroll and Exchange.
IS Empire Mower & Reaper WkA
10 Akron Rubber works.
81 Prospect and Perkins.
% Forge and Market.
"a Sherman, near Exchange.
25 Main and Exchange.
.6 North Howard and Tallmadge
27 w. Market and Greene.
% Akron Knife works.
90 Washington and Hopp alley.
81 N. Howard and North.
80 II. Market and Spruce.
81 w. Market and Valley.
35 Carroll and Spiccr.
36 Carroll and Sumner.
81 North and Arlington.
3S Vine and Fountain.
80 Coburn and Campbell.
Al Wooster ave. and Locust
AZ Pearl, near cistern.
43 S. Main and Falor.
As College and Mill.
4G Arlington and Hazel
Al Howe and Bowery.
AS West South.
40 Merrill pottery. State
81 Howard and Cherry
81 No. 4 engine house. Main & Fair
53 Center ST. railroad crossing.
54 Buchtel ave. and Union.
51 Akron Stoneware Co.'s ward.
81 Lods and Turner.
5S Perkins and Adolph ave.
80 Main, near I.O.O.F. Temple
Gl Case ave. and Kent.
50 Sicberling mill. Sixth ward.
G3 Johnston and Champlain.
"a Akron Sew. Pipe Co.. Black mill
65 Hill Sewer Pipe Co., =. Market
G7 Carroll and 4. Market
6S Second ave. and Valley railroad.
90 Johnson and Wilson.
II Grant and Cross.
10 North and Maple.
T3 Werner Printing Co.
"A North Union, near Bluff.
20 Robinson Bros. N. Forge st..
76 The Whitmore, Robinson Co
81 Western Linoleum c..
So Summit Sewer Pipe Co.
S3 Allyn and Cross.
"a Thornton ond Harvard.
So The j. G. Mcneil Boiler worka
OIL Cereal mills, s. Howard st.
92 Schumacher cooper shop, n,
broadway.
121 General alarm.
1913 Silver and Hickory.
125 w. Market and Rhodes ave.
232 Renner's brewery, N. Forge 81.
241 Sherman and Voris.
251 Cedar and Wabash ave.
253 w. Exchange and, near Willow.
312 Cascade mills. N. Howard.
8l4 Fire chiefs residence.
32l Adams and Upson.
841 Balch and Market.
3i2 Maple, opposite Balch.
3l5 Bittman and Crosby.
351 Exchange and Spicer.
Alp Wooster and St. Clair.
413 ST. Clair and Bartges.
415 Water works. Wo oster ave-
481 Ewart Tile workA
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13

Brief as the lightning in the collicd nj skt
That in spleen unfolds both heaven and earth
And ere man hath power TO say, Behold!
The jaws af darkness DO devour II up,
10 quick bright things come TO confusion.
-SAakcapelre>
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-06-06
BRINGING UP CALVES.
Method Here Described Is Intended
60 Lay the Foundation of Strong.
Healthy COWS

When find o calf dropped I do
not Let Il suck the COW once feed
1t milk fresh from the mother until
It is five days old, and then I give
1t four quarts Of milk at feed-more
or less, according to it's size-and
warmed TO the temperature of new
milk, or 90 degrees. I teach It to
drink by putting two fingers in it's
mouth, separated trife, so that the
milk may be drawn up easily, for
otherwise the little creature would
hold it's tongue so tightly to the pal
ate that no milk could be sucked up
ct all After one of these lessons, r.
will sometimes drink fairly well, ana
almost always after the second or
third. II 1t does not, I do not as
a rule, consider 1t worth raising.
Thus started, I increase, with the
growth of the calf, the quantity Of
milk, and in fortnight's time I feed
that which is not SKINNED until 12
hours old The calf then having at
tanned the age of about eight weeks,
give II handful of crushed oats or
a mixture of corn meal and bran, ana
augment the ration gradually as the
animal grows and needs it. Good,
strong, healthy, sleek-looking calves
are the result, calves that readily
bring five and six dollars apiece when
only three months old. If part of
them should be retained, however, the
milk feeding is kept up until they are
six months old. In this way a waste
product Is utilized for economically
laying che foundation OF strong cows,
milk being the very best food for de-
veloping the bone and muscle and the
full growth of the vital organs, that
a young calf can have.-Fred o. Sib-
ley. in Epitomist4
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-06-06
Breeding a Dairy Herd.

Not all farmers are able to buy thor
oughbred cows. In that case L would
advise the careful selection of the best
grade mich cows they have and buy
thoroughbred bull OF the dairy breed
they prefer. Be sure he is thorough
bred animal. You can then count on
an improvement in the milking quail
ties Of majority of the COWS. OF
course, some will breed back from the
mothers side, and may not be as good.
But, in all probability the heifers with
each generation will be improved, and
especially so if due regard is taken in
the feeding of the calf and COW.
A whole book could be written on
how to feed calf reared for the dairy.
l will say, feed the calf about three
quarts fresh milk from the COW twice a
day for as long as you can afford it.
Then begin to feed little corn meal
and oil meal. Make the change very
gradually. Don't feed a half dozen
calves in the same feed box and expect
them to make the division. They won't
divide it equally, and some of them will
become bloated, others will have dysen-
terry. Either disease will prove an in
jury to the future COW. How common
saying, my COW is bloated, or she is
off her feed, or she scours frequently?
All probably caused by improperly feed
ing her when a calf. Another thing,
keep the calf pen dry and clean, with
abundance of sunshine. Nothing will
kill calf quicker than dark, damp,
filthy pen. Don't cover the dampness
and filth with little straw and thereby
terminate dysentery or calf cholera.
Any disease can be bred in such hot.
bed.-John G. Doubt, in Nebraska Far
mer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-06-06
A Farmers SignbOards.

There is no occupation in which evil
dences of real success or the reverse
are so patent to all observers as that of
farming. The farmer who is prosper
GUS doesn't have to make declarations
Of the fact.
The signboards which testify of his
success will be well kept roadsides,
fences in good repair, thrifty orchards,
washes in fields arrested by proper
means, pastures with abundant grass
gro with, but free from weeds, good
grades of stock, provision for protect.
ing stock in times of cold and storm,
poultry yard and house in condition to
be profitable, manure intelligently
saved and wisely used, good garden
spot, and this titled 80 as to make it
pay, farm implements shielded from
summers's sun and winters storm.
These signboards will be read by neigh
bors and the casual passer by, and yet
the buildings may not be palatlal,
though we are heartily in sympathy
with the best farm home that can be
provided without mourning debt.
To bring about these unmistakable
evidences of thrift means exercise of
Drawn and brain. The latter especial
ly must be put to work and worked
hard. Did you know that there are
more people who are lazy mentally
than there are of those who are physi-
cally lazy2 Many will do, and do it
well, task that has been all arranged
for them, but when left to individual
resources where the exercise of mental
powers in forming plans is demanded
such men are utter failures. The pow.
er to formulate wise plans and to exc
cute them or have them executed is a
business faculty that is too often over
looked on the farm. A commercial en-
terprise would pay what farmer
would regard as an exorbitant salary to
a man possessing this efficiency, and
yet no business requires it more than
that of farming Rural World.