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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-25
TO TELEPHONE THE DEMOCRAT CALL
NO. 1870

The Daily Democrat Is delivered by
regular carriers to subscribers in Ak
ron, the suburbs and adjacent towns
at the rate of six cents week. which
may be paid to the carriers OF at the
office. The Democrat may be ordered
direct from the carriers or from the
Office, either in person or by postal
card or telephone. Complaints o. ir-
regular service will receive prompt
attention.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-25

Mr.. w. j. Bryan has been asked to
give the House Committee on Coinage
''his opinion of the monetary condi-
tions throughout the country The
Committee ought to ask Senator
Chandler, who was defeated for re-
election last week, to give his opinion
of monetary conditions II New EInmp-
shire.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-25

There Is every indication that the
House and Senate will engage In n
long deadlock over the war tax reduc-
tion II. The Administration, however
will be able to take care of any
treasury surplus that may accumulate
while Congress is quibbling about the
method Of effecting the tax reduc-
tions.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-25
FRIDAY, JANUARY %.

A Youngstown foot ball player, who
weighs go pounds, holds the mover
record of having stopped locomotive
which collided with him. If the man
ager of the. Buchtel college team Is
wise, he will lose no Iime engaging the
Youngstown man for next seasons
games.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-25

The Senate Ways and Means COM
mittee will recommend that the war
tax on beer be reduced to the extent
Of $1.50 a barrel. This recommends
tion is strongly in contrast with the
cold shoulder shown by the lower
house to the petition Of the brewery
interests.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-17
A Lively Time Expected.

Captain Kellar of the bark Palmyra
wants a crew, and he intends not to
ship union men. Although Captain
Kellar and every other skipper has
right to ship the men he wants the
Sailors Union men are apparently OF
the opinion that nothing can be done
without their consent.
It is said that they will prevent the
Palmyra from taking non-union crew.
The union has even threatened to keep
the Palmyra here until Captain Kellar
ships union men. Consequently, trouble
is expected when the crew of the
Palmyra is shipped.
According to the signs, however, the
union men are likely to get the worst
of the matter. They are attempting to
run the waterfront to suit themselves,
and are likely to fail when it comes to
debating to most of the shippers in
this port. They seem to forget their
recent experience with Captain Olsen
of the Snow and Burgess. Olsen, it will
be remembered, cleared his vessel of a
gang of union men at the point of his
| revolver.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-17
Taking Carnegie to Task.

NEW YORK, May 9.-Andrew Car
negie's advice to the BRUSH people, given
at the recent meeting of the Iron and
Steel Institute as to how to manage
their own affairs, caused him to be TAX
en- to task by the chronicle, says the
London correspondent of tie 1rioune.
Mr.. Carnegie said that ,4ie way to con-
quer foreign markets was to have con-
troll of the markets at home. This re-
mark the Chronicle CONSTITUTES into mean
ing that Englishmen should pay no at
tention to anything outside of the bound
aries OF the British islands anu jumps to
the conclusion that Mr.. Carnegie
breaches gospel of most parochia1 util-
itarianism.
Another remark made by Mr. Carnegie
that there was far more lost in con-
soils at So than would ever be gained in
South Africa-was not unanimously &C
quiesced in at the meeting
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-17
SOCIAL AT
CENTRAL UNION
Number of Young People Meet
ard Enjoy Hospitality of
Ladies Society.

The Ladies' Society of Central Union
Church gave a regular monthly social
last night in the parlors of the church,
and it was one of the pleasantest of the
pleasant series given by the society.
According to arrangement, the month
" social evenings are alternated in char
acter, there being at one meeting pro-
etc, and light refreshments, and at the
next an entirely informal gathering.
where the only definite feature of the
evening is a substantial supper.
The social last night was one ofS>fhe
latter kind, and the splendid rev6st that
had been prepared by the l6dies of the
church could hardly be ssSssed under the
name of 'ref reshp<hts.' Hot coffee
with cream, Ials@,- various kinds of
sandwiches, CHE, ice cream. nuts and
fruits were invitingly arranged on small
tables with pretty service, and the la
dies themselves waited upon the guests.
| There were over 300 young people pres
ent, and merriment was the order of the
evening.
The church parlors had been tasteful
| ly decorated under the deft fingers of
Mrs. j. B. Anterior and her assistants.
and evergreens and flowers were every
where. A great cluster of creamy palm
blossoms in a large jar, surrounded by
greens and flowers, transformed the
platform into a pretty bank of festive
appearance, and bouquets of ferns and
flowers decorated each of the supper ia
bles.
| The ladies who received the guests
were Mrs. B. F. Dillingham;, Miss Pin.
der, Mrs. Albert Gear and Mrs. c. Da
mon. The ladies to whom is due the
credit of the delightful collation. were
Miss Judd. Mrs. Hebron, Jr., Mrs. Den
nison, Miss Guild, Mrs. McChesney ant
Mrs. Emerson.
After the eatables had been properl.
disposed Of several impromptu musica
selections were given by the young folk
. present, and it was not far from mid
, night when the gathering broke up.
The Ladies Society, by their plan O
holding these regular social evenings
} have furnished a pleasant and an appre
} ciated means for the young people VIII
are strangers in the City to meet an
, become acquainted with each other an
with the young people of the City. In
! city of the peculiar conditions of Homo
, lulu, where people come and go continu
, ally. such pleasant social events, wher
} all are made welcome. are well calcula'
} ed to cheer the discouraged and reliev
} the loneliness of those who are as ye
, strangers 1t was with the idea of dc
ing this that the ladies arranged thei
plan for the monthly church socials an
the large attendance and evident enjoy
ment of the guests witness the success
. | of their idea.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-17
THE BOARD MET
IN SECRET
Health Authorities Held Private
Meeting to Discuss
Porto Ricans.

A meeting of the Board of Health
was held yesterday afternoon, presum-
ably for the purpose of discussing and
acting upon the Porto Rican matter.
Reporters were carefully excluded
from the meeting. AS the reason for
this it was given out that the board
wished to informally discuss private
matters, and that through courtesy to
the Legislature 1t was deemed best to
withhold the boards deliberations
from the press until after such action
as the board might take had been made
known to the Legislature.
The members of the board were II
conference until after o'clock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-17

Noted for delicacy OF flavor, and soft
and mellow. Spruance, Stanley & Cos
whiskies.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-17

BY order of c. P. GREENWOOD, Com
missioner, 1 will sell at public auction
at my salesroom, IS Queen street,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-17

Under instructions from the attor-
news for COL. C. B. C. ROOKIE. I will
sell at public auction, at my sales
room, IS Queen street,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-17

For further particulars, and terms
and conditions of the sale, enquire OF
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Ambition is but avarice on stills and
masked.-Landor.
Every moment Of worry weakens the
soul for its daily combat.-Anna
Robertson Brown.
Civilization is ever a running fight
with the ape and the tiger that Turk
In man.-John Fiske.
There is a mercy which Is sweakness,
and even treason against the common
good.-George Eliot.
Dress covers the mortal body and
adorns 1t, but style is the vehicle of
the spirit.-Sydney Smith.
BY all that we morally admire, we
are practically bound. To discern an
excellence is to receive a trust.-James
Martineau.
We are all inventors, each sailing on
q voyage of discovery, guided each by
a private chart, Of which there is no
sduplicate.-Emerson.
We can live so nobly, not in despite
of the great sorrows and bereavements,
but because Of them, that our lives
shall be a gospel, though we can never
write or frame n with our lips
Robert Collyer.
No man, woman or child can tell
what may grow out Of their present f.
deity. Perhaps it may be our chief
judgment in the other world to learn
how much has grown out of our un-
fatthfulness.-W. Fl. Charming.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23

not OPEN or shut a door, az the hHa1de
would be u%nclean, SO a slave ia gen.
orally kept handy for the purpose.
One of these fastidious ladies was
talking to a small niece the other day
who had just received a present of a
beautiful doll from Paris. The child
presently laid the doll OH the lady's
lap, who "a Mortified, aud ordered the
child to take it away. AS the little
girl would not move it, and no servant
was near, and the lady would be de-
filed by touching a doll that was
brought from abroad, the only thing
she could think Of was to jump up and
let the doll fall, which brokeit to pieces.
The same lady will not open a letter
coming by post, but a servant opens it
and holds it nea her for her to read.
If her handkerchief falls to the ground
it is Immediately destroyed or given
away, SO that she should not use it
again. This curious state of exclusive
ness or fanaticism exists, I am told, in
many Of the large harems; among men
it is not practised.-London Daily
Telegraph.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
American Books in Mexico

Mexico buys more American books
than does France, and ne.-7y as many
as Germany. Much of this trade is
due to the large. resident American
population to be found in Mexican
cities and to the demand from mining
camps where Americans are living,
and not a little is due to the growing
spread of English among the Mexican
people. There is a strong tendency
here in favor of popularizing the
English language, and the learners Of
that tongue comprise professional men
in middle age as well as thousands of
youth. Some large institutions of
learning lave put English ahead of
French.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
HOW TO BECOME A LADY.

~ "A
The latest addition to the city's edu-
cational institutions Is a school where
young women can learn to walk,
stand. sit, and loll elegantly. 1t is
conducted by a bright woman, who I'm
doubtedly has a clear understanding
of human nature. Besides classes for
maidens there are special classes for
grown women. The rates are equal to
those Of a college, and the instruction
is said to be thorough and wearisome.
Most of the pupils are people who
nave come from the country or sub
urbs to the city, although a few be-
long to the class that started life in
the tenements, and by successful en-
terprise or economy have risen to the
b~roWn-stone districts. Many of the
Older scholars desire to be instructed
in positions which they have seen upon
the stage or else in books, and no mat
ter how unnatural or painful 1t may be,
if they think it is up to date they are
bound to master it.
The curriculum is quite long. 1t in
cludes calisthenics, special exercises,
dancing and conversation. Every pos
sible occurrence in a drawing-room, a
dining-room, or a boudoir is initiated
and rehearsed ad ininitum. Especial
attention is paid to the hands and the
feet, these being, according tc the
teacher, the most treacherous members
of the. feminine outfit. Even after a
scholar has learned to stand and sit
correctly, she will assume poses with
her upper or lower extremities which
indicate rusticity or vuIgarity.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
THE POINT OF VIEW.
Things Appear Differently TO Different
Eyes.

Things Appear Differently TO DifTeren,
Eyes.
One of the essential things for one
that would influence others is the abil-
ity to see things as they look to those
whom he addresses. A lach of this
ability has been responsible for the
failure of many persons that would
otherwise AaVe been successful as
teachers, missionaries, lawyers before
juries, and even orators and statesmen.
Striking illustrations of the different
aspects things wear in the eyes of diff
ferent people are constantly coming to
light.
A party Of American travellers, jour-
neying ~leisurely up the Nile, expressed
a desire to celebrate Washington's
birthday in some appropriate n
Their chef accordingly prepared a
great frosted cake, upon which he ex-
ecuted in confectionery a representa-
ton of George Washington, after hav-
ing familiarized himself with the life
and achievements of his subject.
As represented In sugar, Washing
ton wore a turban on his head and a
great sash across his breast; he was
smoking a long pipe, and before him
some dancing girls were performing.
This was the way the greatness of
George Washington looked to the
Arab chief.
In China, the land OF strange con-
trasts, many amusing instances of a
similar kind may be found Pilgrims
Progress" as recently translated and
illustrated by native artists, shows
Chistian with a long pigtail. the dun
geon Of Giant Despair as the familiar
wooden cage OF Chinese criminals,
while the angels are arrayed in the lat
est productions of Pekin dressmakers.
A Chinese publication describes
Americans IS Giving for months with
out eating q mouthful of rice" and
never enjoying themselves .by sitting
quietly on their ancestors graves" but
instead. jumping around and kicking
a ball as IL paid for it.
How does this thing look to the
Turk, the Chinaman, the Boer, the
Englishman the Northerner, the South
erner, is the question that we should
answer, In any controversy, before be-
coming too sure Of our own position. All
the world does not look through the
same spectacles.-St. Louis Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
Aa.@ BITS Or A1o
&3s aEENlNlNtTIMs
MSS 2aaad0==~AE %Y
V@ QQQ@~
Oxford gray raglans for women.

OX1ord gray raglanS Tor M
Striking new shades Of blue in. Ascot
ties.
Stripes prominent in everything in
the dress world.
Blackthorn handles the latest idea
for mems umbrellas.
Beautiful silk stockings, with lace
embroidered insteps.
The automobile coat, both three
quarter and full length, the coat of the
season.
Gray mocha gloves, by far the most
popular and most stylish for general
street wear.
Linen handkerchiefs in the different
Scotch plaids specially designed for the
fair golf player.
The beaded, knitted silk purse fever
taking a fresh phase in the new cas-
for visiting cards.
Rainy-day petticoats to be worn with
rainy-day skirts, with a stitched hem,
the same as the outside skirt.
White and cream-colored cloth or
flannel s~hirt-waists adorned with
brass buttons and gilt braid the acme
Of style.
Medallion-shaped pieces Of white
satin covered with black silk lace eff
fectively trimming a dark blue broad
cloth gown.
Small military fringes of gilt and
gilt pendants or spikes much used
to finish the ends of velvet neck rib
bons and the fob ends Of belts.
A decided novelty in trimming effects
is the late one of polished metal rings,
through which a gold cord or narrow
black velvet ribbon is run, after the
fashion Of the inserting SO much used
this summer.
Plain black velvet and white satin
slippers among the latest showings Of
evening and house shoes. They have
the usual high instep flap, huge buckle
adorned. The white ones are en-
broidered both toe and flap in gold,
with the buckle Of paste and gold.
The gorge is the unattra ctiye name
given a quite pretty throat fixing, con-
sisting Of a band of mock pearls, crys-
tai, or any tiny, tinted stone, fastened
together with fine meshes of woven
gilt. This is tied around loosely by
means Of a narrow ribbon we a plain
black satin stock.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23

THE BOOKS WE USED TO READ.

THE BOOKS WE USED 10 READ
I do love readin', that's a fact: Dad used
ter say it took
"A pull as strong s a steers ter git my
nose out of a book;
I've sot up nights till after ten ter finish
up q tale,
And see the hero married and the villain
jagged in jail,
But lately. I dunno how It is, I never
seem ter find
The sort of yarns / love, because they re
all of a diff rent kind;
Seems if the authors nowadays had sorter
gone ter seed,
Why don't they write some stories like
the kind we used ter read?
Yer member them old yarns? Gee Whiz!
Say! wasn't they somethin' prime?
The hero was a duke or lord, yer bet yer,
every time;
And he was nightly harnsome, but most
ginerally pore,
And had a thievin' uncle who was rich as
all out door.
He loved a beaucheaus damsel, name er
Lady Eunesteen,"
Her "raven locks" and "fawn-like" eyes
beat all was ever seen;
He chased her through five hundred long,
OtIlIh HiSCS, ohC Ny JIG
But all the time yer felt plum-sure he'd
bag her when t was done.
Then there was robbers, tew, that lived
in caves all lined with gold
And piled with kags err di'mon's, jest as
full as they could hold,
And there was ghosts that hung around
some murdered chaps remains
And used ter sashay round at dark and
howl and clank their chains.
Yer member when yer read them tales,
upstairs at night, alone,
How every sep'rate hair ID unkink when
them things fetched a groan?
But ghosts in these new-fangled books
amt nawthin' m~ore-why, pshaw!
Yer ID jes' soon poke 'em in the ribs and
ask 'em fer q chaw.
The hero nowadays don't swear by his
dead fathers bones
Ter have some eaitiff' blood. He amt no
duke, his name is Jones.
The heroine, she rides a wheel as bold as
ever wuZ,
And, drat EN-! they both talk jest like
reel folks that's livin' does.
Oh! give me back Jane Austen! Hey?
Or old Sylvanus Cobb!
He was the boy,-Sylvanus was,-yer bet |
he knew his job!
Consarn these modern chaps, l say, and
all their tiresome breed!
I'd like to git a novel Of the kind we used
ter read.
Joe Lincoln. in Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
THE DETAIL OF A SMART DRESS.

A goodly part of the expense Of a
new frock depends upon the detail
the entredeux of lace Or embroidery,
and the shirring of chiffon wonderful
ly EXCHANGED with gold thread gilt
tering in and out. A great deal Of such
trimming goes to the makeup Of a sue
cessful toilet. Our chemisettes, under
sleeves, guimps, belts, neckbands and
elbow cuffs, to say nothing Of the
dainty w%ristband, all of these demand
time and thought in preparation and
achievement. The expense of the de
tail' is often amazing; considered in
proportion to the first outlay Of q
dress.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
r. N SAVED.

Gazley-NoW that we're engaged
my girl is beginning to make me econ
omize. You know I used to take her
a pound of eighty cent bonbons every
Saturday.
Hazley-Yes, and now she insists
on a cheaper sort, Ell?
GazIey-Oh, no. You can get tive
pounds of the ejghty-cent kind for
$50, so she insists on a two-pound
box.-Philadelphia Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
LACE is

Lace is worn more than ever. Most
blouses and all light material bodices
are made with lace Jokes and are
deliberately trimmed with lace. Lace
boas made of an immensely full and
long ruching are extremely pretty and
wear longer than chiffon, which, as
the French say, lasts only a rayon de
soleil.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
DAY FOR A coon CRY

care you going to meet me deWn
town to-day for luncheon?" the man
inquired Of his wife before starting
for the Office.
"No," she replied cheerily; "this,
you know, is nay day for repairing to
my room to have a good cry"
And yet it is said that the sex is
lacking in Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
WOMAN SWIMS ENGLISH CHAN
MEL.

The Countess Won Isacescu, an Aus
trian n~oblewoman, recently accom-
plished what no man living has done;
she swan across the English Channel.
She swims for pleasure only, not being
q professional. For a month prior to
making the effort she lived on a strict
diet, especially avoiding all alcoholic
stimulants. On the way across the
Channel she was accompanied by a
tug, which kept close at hand to pick
her up in case of danger. At intervals
Of two hours she took some beef tea or
other r~efreshment, while still in the
water, but received no support from
the boat. The distance across the
Channel from Dover to Calais is q
miles, but the very swift tide and
choppy sea make the swim doubly
difficult. The only other person who
ever successfully made the trip was
Captain Webb, who is now dead
though it has been repeatedly tried.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
John 5right's Clothes.

John Bright, ~admonished by a
daughter for lack of care of his per-
sonal appearance, said: 1T does not
matter; nobody knows me in London,
SO ! can dress as / like" '.But you
dress Just as badly in Rochdale," was
the reply. Yes, my dear; but in
Rochdale everybody knows ME, SO it
matters still less how / dress there
A~nglo-Saxon Review.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
TO AN EXTREMI

81 believe in being kind to the birds
and all that" said Miss Hankypank,
''but I do think Clara Deagar ear
ries it too far"
What has she been doing now?''
asked the other girl.
"she refused Harry SinglesheIl be-
cause somebody told her that when he
went out rowing he always feathered
his oars"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
A FEARFUL

"Dis is terrible" said Meandering
Mike, with a deep-drawn sigh.
whats de matter?' asked Plod-
ding Pete, in alarm.
Here's a piece in de paper. 1t says
we've got muscles inside Of us dat
keeps up an involuntary action. Dey
goes on workin,' whether ~ wants
'em to or Dot.'-Wash1ngton Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
QUITE AMICABLE.

Briggs-Sterns and you are both
very positive chaps. Don'tEyou ever
quarrel when you get to talking?
Wuzzle-Oh, dear no! The thing is
impossible. The fact is, we never dis
agree. We never talk on the same
subject and neither of us. listens is
the other. We just talk, that's ALL
Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
WHAT SHE MEANT,

Mrs. Greene-Of course, it is none OF
my business, Mrs. Black, but they tell
me you are going to marry again. You
always used to say that you didn't be
lieve in second marriages.
Mrs. Black-That was before Mr..
Black died, dsar.-Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
A RIDDLE AND IT'S ANSWER.

when does a man become a seam
'stress!"
When he hens and haws."
NO
when he threads his way"
NO,
when he rips and tears"
mo"
"Give 1t up"
Never, Il be can help !t"-oby!s-
tssaa Rss!stab
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
BECOMING TO SOME FACES.

Some Of the wide brimmed hats are
faced with soft breasts, wings and fur,
and the effect is very becoming to
some faces.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-02-23
HER LIMIT.

"1s your wife a good ceok?" asked
somebody of the young nan who had
recently married a Fassar graduate.
WELL" replied the proud young
husband thoughtfully, she q boil
water without burning it."-Somervilla
Journal.