Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-14


matter upon them. Address DIR. L. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
has been discovered by New York
minister that animals have souls, the
asininity and ludicrousness accredited
TO Caligula, the pagan emperor of
Rome, who many centuries ago, want
cd to make his favoritc horse first
consul, will doubtless be modified.
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laying aside his pen, that the same
man who makes so much noise when
sneak thief enters his house and
steals II piece Of pie or Il pair of old
shoes will pay tribute to seven or eight
hundred trusts without making even
so much rs wry face about the mat
ter"
"Akron.s Ministerial Alliance ought
to forbear talking about n Curfew or
dinancc," said the Observing Citizen,
today. Such talk gives outsiders the
impression that Akron Is loath to cut
away from the customs and assoca-
tions Of village days. Besides, what
have those twenty or thirty new police
men been doing that curfcw ordi
nance ii needcdT'
81 wish the newspaper men Of Ak
ron would lind out the difference be
tween the Stone Cutters ana Stone
MNons' unions" said Mr. Thomas
Dunckley, secretary or the Stone Cut
ters' Union. "rhe Stone Cutters and
Stone Masons represent two different
trades, and each has prosperous un
ion in Akron. or course the Stone Cut
ters' Union is the llvcliest and best"
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81 noticed in last nights Dcmocra
that Il millionaire society leader hat
accepted n position on the police fore,
at Buffalo," said Capt Guillctt, today
IF the Akron officers don't get pay
pretty soon there'll be plenty of open
ings for millionaircs on the Akron
force. From the looks of things tn,
time may come when an Akron police
man will have to be IA millionaire {,
be able TO hold his job"
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A current item says that scores o
old barns in Ohio have floors an,
managers of black walnut, put I'm 50 o
T5 years ago, when the chief cndcavo
was to clear the dense forests 70
crops. So popular Is black walnu
furniture abroad that English ant
French agents buy even old barr
tlmbcrs aud fence rails. ono of tn,
few walnut groves left In Ohio wa
sold last month for export ns lumber
Tho largest tree, eight feet in diam
| ctcr at the stump, brought $1,000
Young people who plant walnut grove
or avenues may live 10 reap substan
tial from the timber thereof.
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An Ohio Congressman tells an ancc
dote. illustrating how careless men ar,
In signing petitions presented TO them
often doing 10 without even looking n
The caption of the paper they sign. A
( petition was circulated in Washingtoi
In reference to securing certain privil
egcs for the colored children of tn,
District Of Columbia. After many sig
natures had been placed on II som,
wag clrculr ted II In the Senate an,
House Of Representatives, and II re
ccivcd a number OF signatures bcfor,
II was discovered that the heading o
the petition read; I'VE the parents o.
colored children, etc. Medina Seuti
mel.
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one of Akron's popular young dru.
clerks was reclining in the chair Of
Market street barber shop last Thurs
day when another clerk entered. Th
latter picked up the mug and brusI
and proceeded TO daub lather into tn
eyes, ears, nose and mouth of Ia
inoirending and helpless clerk in tn
chair, after which he went into one o
the bath rooms and prepared for hi
bath, The man in the chair did a grea
deal of sputterlng, but said nothln
to Indicate that he longed for reyeng,