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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-25
Resulted In Capture Of a
Chicken Thief.
Advice and Criticism,
Fines and Costs.
They Tqll the Story Of Day
In police Court.

By the blood in the snow, Henry
Immel tracked the man who killed
and carried off three Of his chickens
to the house Of VIM. Hodgeman. The
arrest of the latter followed and he
pleaded guilty in Police court Monday.
4 had drink in me or l wouldn't
have done it, he told the court.
Did you ever hear the saying that
what a man does when drunk, he
thinks of doing when sober?' His
Honor asked.
Hodgeman had not heard it. In re-
Spouse to a statement that he had
been arrested several years ago on
charge of stealing, he declared tliat
it was a case in which he had taken
the WRONG hat by mistake.
'It will be worse mistake for you
to be in Police court again" said the
court. Ten dollars and costs, and
80 days in the workhouse."
"You We're here about six months
ago and went to the workhouse. Do
you want to go back? said the court
to John Bremen, charged with intox-
ication.
John said mo"
Don't come back again then. Your
record is already too bad for n man
of 81. Two and COSTS" said the
court.
Lewis Chatlain pleaded guilty Of dis
orderly conduct by fighting.
I'VE have been looking for you for
three months" said His Honor. You
We're given time in which to pay a
fine and yet you never came around
even to say howdy."
II hurt my hand and couldn't work, p"
said Chatham.
81 don't suppose you are million
aire and being in Police court twice In
so short a time is luxury which you
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-25
NOTES.

NOTES.
At the Grand billiard hall, Tuesday
night, Hard and Rampanelll will be.
gin a handicap tournament.
The Akron basket ball team has ar.
ranged to play game at Kent, March
15, and one at Canton, March %.
The highest score made at Berrodins
bowling alley by a member of the Wo.
mans bowling club is that of Mrs. w
Jackson, who succeeded in knocking
down 1S0 pins.
Two out of town games have been
arranged by the Pastime bowling club
of McDermott's alleys--one at Raven
ma and the other at Kent. The con
test will take place this week.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
Il TRIP ON THE LAKES.

While one is sweltering in the oppres-
sive, sitting atmosphere of hot wave.
it is well to think of the north pole. Of
icebergs, of polar bears, of glaciers, or of
the cool bracing breeze that comes laden
with the scent of balsam from the regions
about Lake Superior AS our Christian
Scientist brethren tell us, the trouble
is all in the mind, if we can get our
minds in attune with the cool and calm
of region outside Of the heated area,
we are all right.
Have you ever taken trip from the
800" to the head of the lakes? No?
Then you have yet to enjoy one of the
most agreeable experiences life has in
store for you. What is the charm? That
is a difficult question to answer in words
The beauty of the Northern lake regions
is distinctive yet elusive; the charm
of Lake Superior must be seen and felt
to be appreciated.
Leaving the oppressive July heat of
Chicago, Detroit or Buffalo, you heave
a sigh of relief when you breathe the
fresh, cool air of the lower lakes, as
your steamer leaves the smoke and dirt
of the cities behind like a soiled garment.
But not until you reach the straits of
Mackinaw, after passing Lake Michigan
or, are steaming along the narrow pas
sage leading to the $780, after having
traversed Lake Huron, do you commence
to live. 1t is then that your nostrils be-
gin to dilate and your pulses to throb
with life that is strange to you-an
exultant, abundant life; you feel ting
ling of the nerves-a buoyancy of spirit
that comes with the ozone-laden breezes
of the North. You feel equal to any phys
ical or mental emergency and instinct
lively pray for the emergency to arise
that you may test your newborn powers.
A short stop at the 'Soo1-a few min
utes on the rocky shore which was trod
by the adventurous Frenchmen two hun
dred and fifty years ago-a rush of wa
ters-the uplifting of the huge steamer
to the higher level of Lake Superior
"All aboard" and you find yourself NOV
ing westward over the transparent waters
of the Brother of the Sea-
The air is like wine Your souls exults
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
EvEEEpT's oRAToRY.
ator Hoar. in scrIbner,s.

Senator Hoar, in Scribner's.
Mr.. EVerett's stores were inexhaustible
If any speaker has to get ready in =
hurry for a great occasion, let him look
through the index of the four volumes OF
Eyerett's speeches, and he will find mat
ter enough, not only to stimulate his oHr
thought and set it's currents running, but
to illustrate and adorn what he will say
But pretty soon the orator rises into n
higher plane. Some lofty sentiment, some
patriotic emotion some play of fancy or
wit, comes from the brain or heart of the
speaker. The audience is hushed TO
silence Perhaps little mist begins to
gather in their eyes. There is now ar
accent of emotion in the voice. though
still soft and gentle. The Greek statue
begins to move. There Is life in the limbs.
There has been a lamp kindled some
where behind the clear and Transparent
blue eyes. The flexible muscles of the
face have come to life now. Still there
is no jar or disorder. The touch upon the
nerves of the audience is like that of u
gentle nurse The atmosphere is that Of
May morning. There is no perfume bne
that of roses and lilies. But still, gently
at first, the warmer feelings are kindled
in the hearts of the speaker and hearers
The frame Of the speaker is TRANSPORTED.
The trembling hands are lifted high IN
air. The rich, sweet voice fills the vast
audience chamber with its resonant tones.
At last, the bugle. the trumpet, the i'm
perial clarion, rings out full and clear,
and the vast audience is transported az
to another world had almost said as to
a seventh heaven. Read the welcome to
Lafayette or the close of the natchless
.eulogy on that Hlustrious object of the
peoples love. Read the close of the ora
ton on Washington. Read the contrast
of Washington and Marlborough.
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as we'll as physical influence upon the

as we'll as a physical influence upon the
human race.
The seven years of plenty followed by
the seven years of famine observed by
Joseph in Egypt has been traced to the
periodic flood and ebb of the Nile. This
period of fourteen years is somewhat
longer than the cycle observed in the
recurrence of the sun spots. but the
discrepancy can be accounted for by the
known imperfect methods employed at
the time of Joseph in counting time.
without a doubt the periods of Egyptian
prosperity and famine were synchronous
with the periods OF maximum. and mini
mum sun spots.
Whether the present tendency to oc-
cultism, to theosophy Christian Science,
Dowieism and faith healing generally is
due to the" presence of the sun spots
cannot be determined with any degree
OF scientific accuracy. Neither can it
be affirmed with the data at hand, that
the disposition to combine in what is
called community of interests or more
broadly trusts are traceable to the IN
fuence of the sun spots.
The recent fall in stocks can be traced
readily to the sun spots, through TIE
medium of hot weather and hot winds.
That is to say, if the sun spots are re
sponsible for the sweltoring weather
that is destroying the crops OF the
southwest, which in turn is having its
effect on stocks of the railroads because
the earning capacity of the transporta-
ton lines depends upon the crops, then
are the sun spots responsible for the
slump in stocks.
1t is quite within the range of-possi-
bility that the future farmer, merchant
and Spectator, as well as the lover and
the doctor will find it to his advantage
to watch the sun spots and study their
varying moods, that he may take adj
vantage of their potent influence upon
terrestrial things.
How would it do to have a chair of
spotology in every university of i'm
portance? Who will be the first to en-
dow chair?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
Tn4r PoUND OF E1rsH.

Whether any personal motive or pur-
pose has underlaid the attitude of the
Dispatch toward the secretary of the
Commercial club, and however reason
able may be the explanation offered
either by DR.. Wheaton or Secretary
Slime, the fact remains indisputabIe that
a wrong and hardship will have been
wrought against the public baths in the
dispensation of the contributions made
in connection with the conventions re-
Gently held in this city, unless provision
is made for the payment of the agreed
proportion
DR.. Ohage is fully warranted in in
sistiag on all his rights as the executive
officer of the free baths. The general
public has q great deal more of concern
il the truth We're known, in the free
baths than they ever entertained in any
OF the conventions which are now a leaf
in the ancient history of the city.
The agreement made with DR.. Ohage
must be fulfilled. The money was con.
tributed to those conventions with the
distinct understanding that certain
proportion of it should be given to the
free baths. With whom that agree
ment was made, Dr. Ohage knows
While the agreement, in the opinion of
the CT e, was not the most ad
vantageous that could have been made
on behalf of the fund for the batas If
was entered into in good faith and it
should be carried out in the same spirit
Where popular subscription is reled on
for augmentation of any public fund in
which the baths are interested it is
easily capable of proof that the sub
scr,ptions are made in far the greatest
proportion with a view to the gain Of
the public baths.
Iris Is purely public transaction. Tt
has literally no personal side to it. DR..
Ohage merely represents the patrons of
the public baths and the general pub
lie in the transaction. All he says or
does in the premises is said or done
merely in his repr, sentative character.
So with the other gentlemen concerned.
They all stand for some public interest,
and are all equally good men.
The Clio b e has no doubt whatever
that the matter viii be adjusted to the
satisfaction of all concerned. Mean
while we urge DR.. Ohage, as a purely
imporsonal principle OF conduct, to go on
insisting, as he puts it, on his pound of
flesh
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
ZoLA's WORKING HOURS.

Emile Zola does not write his realistic
masterpieces during the midnight hours,
which are the somber background in 50
many Of his novels Il rise at O'Clock,
L work till I; I take the morning for my
most important work for my novel in
hand, for my drama, or for literary crit
iclsm,' he says in his "Autob, ograph: cal
Confessions Made to a Fellow Journal
Era. "In the afternoon I take up what
Is less important: foreign correspondent. e
and newspaper articles. I have made
it a practice to work regularly, and l
very seldom break into it. I find that
when all my notes are ready, all my in
vestigations made. and al my oloserv7-
lions taken, 1t takes me about an equal
length of time to make my book ready
for publication.
Public report insists that I am mC re
photographer, with the addition Of being
that detestabIe character-an inventor of
bonsmots. The public has found out
that my characters are drawn from peo-
pie known to every one-except myself.
No matter that the fictitious personaS e5
bear little or no resemblance to the w.
ing ones. Tt IS quite sufficient if thel e
Is slight similarity Of name. 1t has
been supposed that I make puns On the
names of those who have sat TO ne for
their portraits. Not very hatterirg 10
my powers. you must own
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
AN UNTIMELY DEATH.

New York World.
John Fiske, with his splendid physique,
oUght-one would think-to have lived at
least seventv-fve years. He died untime-
ly at fifty-nine-a victim Of the extreme
heat" it is said.
A stalwart man leading quiet though
active sedentary life who has not yet
finished tine youth of old age"-the
period from fifty to siSty-ought not in
the nature Of things To di Of not weather.
Did Mr. Fiske's habits of life. as de-
scribed by himself, have anything 70 do
with shortening 50 lamentably his useful
and brilliant career?
He often bOasted that he disreEarded all
the conventional rules Of health. saying.
u always sit In draft when / can find
one, wear the thinnest clothes I can find
winter and summer, catch cold once in
three or four years, but not severely, and
prefer to work in a cold room. i work
the larger part of the tWcnty-fOur hours,
and by day or night indiherently hardly
ever change a word once WRIT n, at WHen
hungry, rarely taste coffee or wine or
smoke a cigar, but drink two or three
quarts Of beer each day. and smoke
pipe all the time when at work
Was this q rational mode OF life even
for man who stood over six feet high
and Weighed 300 pounds DO Irregular
habits ever tend to promote long lastiugE
Is It wise to expose even strong con-
stitution TO the Eabitual strain of long
toll without sleep and 20 the shock Of
resisting unaided extreme variations n
the weather? Are two or three quarts
of beer a day conducive TO the good
condition Of vital organs IN a man IN
numbered with the enormous weight OF
100 pounds? Does the constant smoking
Of tobacco when engaged I'm mental work
produce no ill-effect upon the nervous
system?
There Is no universal hard-and-fast rnlG
in these matters, but for 50 highly in
Uelligent a man John Fislte would seem
to have followed singularly irrational
mode of life
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

free trade. Encourage his native indus
tries and promote the bent of his native
genius in one direction or another that
relates to the material development OF
his country. What the result will be
politically it may not be safe to say; but
it is not beyond dispute that content win
follow unrest, prosperity succeed impoV.
erishment, and the shocking picture of
race Of people, perhaps the most pro-
life in the world, whose country repre-
sents a steadily descending popula ion,
will assuredly be brought to an end.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

with the very exuberance of physical JOY
and expands with the vastness of the
scene about YOU Fer so far as human
power is concerned you might as well
be on the limitless ocean. Four hun
dred miles TO the west lies the end of
your journey-490 miles Of bite, trans
parent crystal You do not desire the
journey end-you would steam on forever
through this liquid life; and drink deep
from this intoxicating sea of air. The
sun looks warmly down-the breeze blows
clear, cool.
You are to arrive at o'clock p m but
the steamer is two hours late. At sunset,
to your right the blue outlines of the
hills on the north shore are dimly WISH
ble-a distant mounta n range, gracefully
curved, and wrapped in the purple haze
of gathering twilight At your left a
low-lying hazy cloud outlines the W.scon-
sin shore. There is hustle amoGg tie
passengers, small baggage is being co..
leoted The end is near. Darker grows
the somber hills wrapped in their own
shadows.
DreanIy you watch the fantastic play
of color upon the water-green, gold ame-
thyst-a reflection of the crimson sky
upon the gently swelling surface of the
lake. A cry of here we are" and you
rush to the s:ar5oard s;6e to see tire
rocky cliffs 1t with a thousand lghts-an
Illuminated terrace rising from the wa
ter to the clouas-a blinking stairway of
electric light A few moments more and
with a majestic steam chant" the
mighty steel palace rides majes-ically
into the harbor OF Duluth. The mem
DRY of such an experience on a hot day
has the soothing properties of an e,ec-
trio fan ana the cooling effect of a de-
licious ice.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
SUN SPOTS .aYD HEAr-

Fhe markablc temperatures on many
parts of the earth's surface during tae
last month win renew the inquiry into
the relatively of these periods of excess
sive heat and the phenomenon known
as sun spots. Prof Lockyer says that
in 1901, just a century ago, Sir William
Herschel raised the question, whether
the price of wheat was dependent upon
the spots on the sun. From the meager
data within reach of Herschel. he con-
cluded that the price of wheat was high
est when sun spots were fewest.
From series of carefully conducted
observations in India the relation be-
tween the periodical famines of that
region, caused by a failure of crops, and
the presence of sun spots has been par
tally established. The maximum prev
alence of sun spots appears in cycles
OF eleven and one-third years, and is
accompanied with great electrical dis
turbances, cyclones, cloud bursts, and
thoughts. The heat is liable to be in
tense over certain areas, accompanied
by deatn-like calm, while in other
sections the earth will be hail-swept
and wind-blown.
The maximum of sun disturbance oc-
Cured last year accompanied by the
heat and drought which laid waste the
Mississippi and Red river valleys and
by the atmospheric disturbances like
that which devastated Galveston.
Without going into scientific details,
suffice it to say, that these sun spots
are vast craters in the suns pnoto-
sphere. or surrounding vaporous mantle,
evidently caused by intensely heated
gases. The solar spectrum shows that
when the spots are at the minimum
there is a predominance of iron vapor in
these erupuons. When they are at
their mean activity, the iron 'vapor lines
are mixed with others unknown When
at the maximum activity. the iron vapor
disappears and the unknown lines are
alone found.
From this it is inferred that the
ordinary sun spots are formed by solar
eruption caused by a degree of heat
which produces iron vapor. but in the
cases Of unusual activity the tempera-
ture passes that which chemists are able
to obtain in the laboratories.
Scientists for years have noted the
prevalence of electrical storms during
the time of the maximum appearance
of sun spots. To this magnetic DIS
turhance may be ascribed the tendency
to suicide and murder. This intense
--"'~"'''ar action may have q psycAicsl
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

We publish in another column a COM
munication from Thomas c. P. Myers
relative to an editorial which appeared
in last Sundays Clio e on the Omaha
bull fight. We hardly know whether it
Is the proper thing to feel complimenred
or to Recovered with gray mantle OF
chagrin, at the inability of Mr.. Myers
to determine whether the editorial in
question was fish or fowl. In this, as in
other criminal cases, the accused is en-
titled to the benefit of the doubt. we
therefore will accept the puzzled condi-
ton OF Mr.. Myers mind as compliment
airy to u.s.. We are sorry we cannot re-
turn the compliment in kind, but a strict
regard for the truth which Is ever pres
ent with us, connpels the statement that
we regard the insinuation contained in
Mr.. Myers article, that our football
players and our bull fighters may breed
a race Of Neros and Weylers, as brutally
unjust to both Nero and Weyler.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

Newspaperdom of Columbus, Ohio. is
in trouble by reason of a sympathetic
strike caused by a lockout of the pen
pushers union. It seems that the meek
and lowly reporters and others who are
supposed to furnish the brains and wit
for the newspapers of the Buckeye cap
ital formed a union. What the object
of this union was, or is, affiant sayeth
not, but the act brought about a notice
from the management that the services
of those in the union were not desired.
To fill the places made vacant and keep
the great news ball rolling, students from
the school of journalism in the state uni
versity were imported. There was no
picketing the premises, or any unseemly
hostile demonstration on the part of those
locked out, but when copy was sent to
the compositors it was turned down.
Nothing but union copy would go. And
now Columbus it without intellectual
light.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

grown Some of the trunks are $50 feet
long, and they break up in sections, as
If sawn through at intervals.
The bark is of a dark red color, as a
rule, but the chips and interior exhibit
Kaleidoscope colors. Amethysts, red and
yellow jasper, chalcedony Of every tint,
topaz, onyx, carnelian and other stones
abound: The logs, in fact, are a blend of
these stones. One Of them, 100 feet long
and to feet in diameter, spans a mar
row canon, and is called the Agate
bridge. 1t is chiefly composed of Jas
pers and agate
AS to the origin of the petrfficatfons it
is supposed that in past times the trees
were overwhelmed with volcanic ashes
and hot silicious water from sevsers
The timber is analogous to pine or ce-
dar, and as it decayeq the silica dyed with
various salts of iron and manganese in
solution took its place
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

Miss Louise Lacey has sued DR.. J..
Finley Helms, of Lincoln, Neb., for
$4,000 damages for breach of marriage
contract. Louise is imbued with the idea
that Finley wants to secure prize with
greater financial backing. If the reports
of the affair are true, Louise ought to
be willing to contribute something to the
orphans fund for her good luck in get
ting rid of such sutton. But most
women don't seem to know when they
are well off.
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irregularities.

New York Marine Journal.
TITS scandalous, and I'm sea cook II
I'll stand it."
Neptune threw the newspaper away
from him, while his language made the
waters blue and sulphurous.
what is it7" timidly asked the mer-
maid.
''That paper has an article about the
Irregularities at the bottom of the sea,
as ff there weren't Irregularities enough
on earth to keep it busy"
The mermaid bit her lip, for 1t was
plain that yellow Journalism was equip
ping its reporters with diving bells.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
A FOREST OF rErR1r1ED TREES

Cleveland Plaindealer.
A remarkable forest of petrihed treas
called Chalcedony park, can be reached
in a few hours from Holbrook, Ariz.
The area of the park is estimated at
hundreds Of square miles, and It con-
tains thousands of tons OF agatiaed wood.
1t is like vast lumber camp, where the
iumbermen have thrown the huge logs
at random from their sleds leaving
them to become rain soaked and moss
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

Senator siegfried. of France, finds a
strong sentiment in favor of reciprocity
Dingleyites good to take a trip over the
country as did this Frenchman, Drovid-
ed they kept their mouths shut and
their ears open.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

Kitchener has put his foot in it, so they
say, by sending home under cloud Gen.
Baden-Powell. The Lord of KhaItum
ought to know better than to buck a
man with double-ender name.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

If Mrs. Nation would only come out OF
her hole and WELD her Ratchet to break
the hot spell, all her sins of commission
and omission would be forgiven.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

Mrs. ]. A. Yates, of Kansas City, was
elected president of the National Asso-
cation of Colored Women over Mrs.
Booker r. Washington and Mrs. B. X.
Bruce. Mrs. Yates was so overcome with
the compliment that she kissed every
woman in the association, or in the con-
vention. If this report be true, Hobson
will have to surrender the belt to Mrs.
Yates instead of to Schwab.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

futile, of Minneapolis, bids fair to be
known as the Napoleon of speculation
His tactics We're according to no known
rules of business.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

Tt is not a pleasant fact to contem-
plate, that a week or two of unfavorable
weather should turn what appeared
to be the greatest agricultural prosperity
into bHstering desert of failure. Kan
sas and Nebraska. have both lost their
corn crop. And if this weather continues
a week longer, Iowa and Illinois will join
the list, The South is suffering and the
wheat fields of the Northwest are not
out of danger.