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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
Great Drawing to a Bobt.ll Pair.


'"The most remarkable draw I ever
saw made at poker was in a Chicago
club one night" said a Chicago man.
"There were five Of US in a little social
game. with limit of $25 and all jack
pots. A friend of mine whom l will
call Jones was dealing. was first I'M
der the guns and passed, as did also
the two men sitting next. The fifth
man--we will say his name was Brown
opened the pot for IS. Jones didn't
have the shadow of thing In his
hands, but he raised Brown $40, in.
tending to stand pat and bluff 1t out
Brown had three aces, and he came
back at Jones with $40 better.
'Now, instead of laying down, as a
wise man should In a case like that
Jones determined to see it through. He
knew, of course, that 1t would be use
less to try to bluff, so he drew three
cards to king and queen of spades
Brown had drawn two cards to his
aces and had got, small pair. As q
bait he led off the betting with S.
Jones hadn't looked at his hand until
Brown bet and when he picked up his
cards he almost fell dead, He had
drawn an ace. Jack and ten of spades
making a royal flush. They raised eacf
other back and forth until one or the
other had all his money in, and when
the hands were shown the game broke
up right ere."-Washington Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
The Time to Break the Rule.

There is an anecdote in some volume
of French theatrical memoirs narrating
an experience of Mile, Clairon, the
great tragic actress, with pupil of
hers, girl Of strong natural gifts for
the histrionic art, but far too frequent
and too exuberant In her gesticulation.
So when the pupil was once to appear
before the public in recitation Mile.
Clairon bound the girls arms to her
side by a stiff thread and sent her thus
upon the stage.
with the first strong feeling she had
to express the pupil tried to raise her
arms. only TO be restrained by the
thread. A dozen times In the course of
her recitation she was prevented from
making the gestures she desired until
at the very end she could stand 1t no
longer, and In the climax Of her emo
tion she broke her bonds and swung
her hands to her head.
When she came of the stage, she
went humbly to where Mile. Clairon
was standing Id the wings and apollo
gized for having snapped the thread.
"But you did quite right! said the
teacher. THAT was the time to make
the gesture, not before"-Brander Mat
thews in Harper's Magazine.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
A Rat Showed Him n Mine.

The action of rat led n. II. Ingolds-
by to the discovery of rich gold mine
in Arizona. He named the property
the Hat Hole mine.
Mr.. lngoldsby had been spending sew
eral months near Mammoth, on the
San Pedro river, in Arizona. His pur-
pose was to enjoy the hunting and
make a collection of the animals and
minerals of the southwest. He pitched
his tent in the canyon of the San Pedro,
in the Santa Catarina mountains.
He had no neighbors and was for a
long time unable to account for the
disappearance of small articles that
he left lying about his camp. At last
he noticed that when anything was
taken something was left in its place.
This was usually bit Of stone or
wood. The culprit he found to be a
large rodent Of the species known as
the trading rat. The habits of the
animal made an interesting study for
Mr.. Ingoldsby, and he often lay awake
at night to watch for his visitor.
A silver spoon was missing one morn
Ing and in Its place was a piece Of
quartz carrying free gold. This still
more excited Mr. Ingoldsby's curiosity,
and, after several attempts, he succeed
ed in following the animal to its home.
Near by was the ledge from which the
gold bearing quartz had been taken.
Mr.. Ingoldsby made an examination
thorough enough to prove that his
discovery was of considerable value
Mexican Herald.
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JOKED WITH A BEAR.
SEB WHITE HAD A HEAP OF FUN
WITH THE VARMINT.


Tricks He Played on Poor Bruin
and the Way the Unforslving Beast
Beat Him Out of the Hide.
Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.l
"One September day." said the old
Cossum hunter of Tennessee as l asked
him for story, II was sittin on these
yere steps smokin my pipe when bar
suddenly appeared out thar by the co.
ner of the pigpen. didn't git fiustrat-
ed. / seen the bar was pore in flesh,
and knowed his fur wasn't prime. 1t
amt no use to kill bar jest fur the
sake of KILN. Besides. thar was sone-
thin sort of cute lookin in his face.
AS we looked at each other he cooked
his ears and seemed to say:
Hello, Zeb White! I've called
around to see yo'. l won't be wuth
KILN fur two months yit, and mean
while, If yo' don't mind, we'll hev some
fun
81 took 1t that he said that. and the
old woman took 1t that way, too, and
so I didn't skeer him off. He saunter-
ed around fur spell and then disc D.
peared, but knowed what he was up
to. ! had two hives of bees, and he
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29

Out OF your oval frame upon the wall.
Great-grandmamma, how pensively you gaze,
Dressed as you were when going to a ball
In other days!
How pink your cheeks! How soft your curly hair
Those rosy lips were never meant for sghs.
Your laughing eyes are blue. charming pair,
Like summer skies.
Your brows are arched, you have a Grecian nose,
And, OH how very gracefully you stand
Upon thC.e marble steps, crimson rose
Within your hand
OF course l would not even dare suggest
That you were not as lovely as you seem.
Still artists (sometime0 put one at ones beet,
And I've dream
That on my portrait, too (please do not telD,
Posterity some day glance may fling
And point me out beauty and belle.
How comforting
-Lilli Huger Smith In Smart Set
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
1--WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER. y
copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis ]


had marked 'em down and would be
back some night arter honey. 1t wasn't
an hour befo' l moved them hives out
of his reach and replaced 'em with two
dog up in the house that night, and
long bout midnight he begun to whine
and growl. 1 jest got to the winder
when the bar showed up, He was
arter that honey, and he hadn't no
time to waste. One hive wasn't 'nutf
fur him, and he knocked both over as
soon as he got within reach and then
made ready fur feast. When he
found them hives hard packed with
straw, he knowed 1t was Joke, and
he sot up and looked 30 sheepish and
mean over it that ! laughed fur half
an hour. That bar went away feelin
hurt in his feelin's, but l was suah
he'd come back agin some other night
and try to pay me off.
II had Jest penned up likely pig.
and that bar was bound to hev pig
meat IL he couldn't hev honey. He
was suah to be back the next night,
and SO l spent two hours greasin the
roof of the pen with soft soap. When
l was through, 1t was so slippery that
even claws wouldn't take hold. On
the second night, bout II o'clock, the
bar showed up ag'in. He had bin
thinkin of fresh pork all the afternoon
and had got hungry over It, and arter
one look around he climbed upon the
roof of the pen. II had a steep pitch TO
1t, and 1t dropped off into a gully, and
that bar had skassly got up before he
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29

was slidin down like a log of wood.
He shot off the roof into the gully like
a big ball, and me and the old woman
laughed till the tears came. Three
times the bar tried it, and three times
he was dumped. l yelled at him and
called him nama3, and his feelln's was
hurt ag'in. He was SO 'shamed bout
things that he wouldn't even fight the
dog.
81 knowed the vdrmint wouldn't gin
up that way, but would keep comm
back till ae got sunthln. 1t struck mo
that he'd SO fur the chickens next, and
80 1 had trap all ready fur him. He
was too cute to step into It, and arter
roamin around fur awhile he went off.
laughed at him and called him n
mighty pore bar and he appeared so
lonesome over it that l almost pitied
him. He didn't come back the next
night or the next, but Oh the third
night he showed up ag'in. ind | had
another Joke ready fur him. l had
headed the old dawg up in a stout bar'l
and then wrapped the BARI around
with barbed wire. l used up 200 feet
of wire around that bar'l, and the
barbs stuck out like quills of porcu-
pine. AS soon as the bar appeared the
old dawg begun to bark and raise
fuss. don't reckon that varmint had
ever heard of dawg In a bar'l befo'.
and Pm suah he hadn't never met with
no barbed wire. He jest walked around
to make sartin of things and tneo
jumped in.
"Lemme tell yo that thar was mo-
fun in the next ten minits than most
bars and dawgs and folks hev in hull
var. Bruin started in to bust that
bar'l by huggin, but he soon gin it up.
Then he rolled 1t bout, but every time
he struck it he got prick. Sometimes
he'd chase it, and sometimes he'd run
away from It, and he did hate to gin
up beat. 1t wasn't no use in him fight
in that barl, though, and he finally let
Il go and sorter cried over 1t. He went
off with his head down and homesick
shamble, and the old woman turns to
me and asks:
"'Zeb, what'll that b'arskin be wuth
when snow flies?
"'Bout S10,' says 1.
"'Then yo' air $40 out of pocket.
That bar amt gwine to furglve yo'
fur hurtin his feelin's as yo' hev.'
"'But what kin he do?
"'Dunn0, but yo' jest remember what
/ say
"The old woman was right" contin-
ued Zeb. "That bar never showed up
no mo- around my place. Long bout
the fust of November 1 started out
with my gun and dawg TO gather him
in, and l was reckonin on the value of
his hide to git boots and shoes fur the
winter. / routed him out after long
tramp, and what dye think he did?
Findin that he must die, he headed fur
Sam Harper's place, three miles away,
and he actually went right up to tho
doah and laid down and seemed to beg
Sam to come out and shoot him. He
was dead and bein skinned when l got
thar, and all I got was piece of the
fresh meat. I had had heap of fun,
hut that b'5- had beat me out of my
winter boots to pay fur it,
NJ. QUAD.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
THE OLDEST ORNAMENTS.
Beads, First Used by savnEes, Are
still In Vogue.

Beads, First Used by savaEes, Arc
still In Vogue.
Beads are certainly the most ancient
of all forms of the bedecking of the
body unless we except the field and
forest blossoms.
Nobody knows who first invented
beads. Perhaps it was some primitive
savage who found nuts or oak balls
in the forest, drilled by the wood worm,
and threaded them together on a stalk
of grass. Anything and everything
with q hole in it served at the begin
ming for beads-cowrie shells, fish
teeth, claws OF beasts, striped and
spotted seeds and the like. But the
great age of beads began with the in
vention of glass, and the Egyptians,
Carthaginians and Phnnicians gener-
ally were skilled craftsmen at bead
! making. Their methods We're much
the same as may be seen today in
Venice or any other chief seat of the
| art.
1t would astonish many new wearers
Of beads to learn how immense is their
production and how wide their dis
tribution. Venice alone has long been
accustomed to send forth every ten
years 10000 quintals Of beads, worth
65,000 lire. and In many other spots
steady manufacture Is always pro-
ceeding to supply the Unsuitable de-
mands of Zanzibar. The dusky belle
must have her ornaments substantial,
since they will pass through many a
rude proof in cave and kraal. And
your well made venetian bead will
practically last forever, unchanged in
beauty. There must be plenty of beads
worn ut this day in Africa which were
left there by the traders of King Solo
mon, who tratticked to Ophir, or those
more daring mariners of Tyre and ST.
don who sailed for trade TO the land
of Punt and perhaps even to the Fam,
bezi river.-London Mail.
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AKRON DAILY DEMOCRAT. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 1901

and lowers his conception Of the ga.
credness Of human life. What does n
man carry pistol forf To shoot some
other man with. The miserable thing
Is made expressly to kill human be-
ings. II has no other earthly purpose.
What a hardening effect It must have,
then, upon the conscience and heart Of
man who carries It constantly in his
pocket and lives In daily contact with
1t and with the idea 1t constantly sug-
gests to his mind! Let us warn young
men and old ones not TO carry pistols,
md then you will avoid doing a rash
act.-Marietta (Ga.) Journal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29

Trained nurses are not welcome
guests In New York hotels, and in fact
In many they are expressly forbidden
to appear in the dining rooms in their
uniforms. The hotel keepers object to
their presence in their working dresses
because any indication Of the existence
of dlgeAse in hotel Is disadvanta-
geous. Under these circumstances they
are compelled to go through as much
preliminary labor before they go to
meals as IL they had been invited under
formal circumstances. Yet the wisdom
of the rule on the part Of the hotel pro-
prietors Is admitted, as in some of the
larg, hotels up town occupied chiefly
by families there are frequently 10 or
II trained nurses employed. The sight
Of so many would not be reassuring to
guests.-New York Sun.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
Making m Man,

Hurry the baby as fast as you can;
Hurry him, worry him, make him man.
on with Ids baby clothes, get him In pants;
Feed MIN on brain foods and make lin advance
Hustle him soon as he's able 10 walk
Into grammar school; cram him with talk.
Fill his poor head full Of figures and iacts;
Keep on a-iamming them In till 1t cracks
Once boys grew up at rational rate
Nov we develop man while YOU wait.
Rush him through college, compel him TO grab
OF every known subject dip and a dab.
Get him In business and after the cash
All by the time he can grow a mustaehe.
Let him forget he was ever boy:
Make gold his god and its Jingle his joy.
Keep him a.hustling and clear out Of breath
Until he wins-nervous pros,rstion and death
Christian Endeayor World.
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20 Werner Printing Co.
~ North Union. near Bluff.
10 Robinson Bros. North Forg
7G The Whltmore Robinson Co.
IS East Market and Cook.
10 Home, near Lillian. NJ
81 Western Linoleum co. ts5 N
81 Summit Sewer Pipe Co.
So Allyn and Cross.
- Thornton and Harvard.
50 The J. G. Mcneil Boiler Works.
" Thornton and Camp.
50 Main and Miller ave.
81 Cereal Mills, South Howard.
Broadway.
Schumacher cooper shop, n. Broad
way,
oi Mil and Summit. TssiE's
% Main and Mil.
9S Buchtel ave. and Fay.
123 Silver and Hickory.
12I South High and Chestnut.
12J West Market and Rhodes ave.
l2l General Alarm.
1875 Arlington and Second ave.
232 Renner's Brewery. N. Forge st.
241 Sherman and Noris.
251 Cedar and Wabash ave.
253 West Exchange, near Willow.
312 Cascade Mills, North Howard.
3l4 Fire Chiefs Residence.
321 Adams and Upson.
34l Balch and Market.
$40 Maple. opposite Balch.
$40 Bittman aad Crosby. T.
351 Exchange and Spicer. fdF
40 Wooster and St Clair. Flyl%ksl
Alb st. Clair and Bartges. VA
415 Water Works. Wooster ave
431 Ewart Tile Works.
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Discourasing the Book Agent.

DfscOuragtng the hook Agent.
"Got books?" snapped the diminutive
guard at the threshold Of the big office.
"Yes, young man; have books" re-
sponded the woman with the portfolio.
Just step aside. I'm going in to see
your employer"
"Afore yer goes" said the boy, still
| covering the sill, Il war; yer
dat de boss Just upset l. IT
in no lovin mood"
ooh, lie will listen IA
tion."
Maybe he will, but .,ants to tell
yer dat he just got telephone call say
in dat burglars had carried off de walu-
bles of his house."
"Still u
"Den de news Just came dat his trot-
ter run away an smashed up de trap an
coachman."
'That is very bad, but
"Just afore yer come young fellar
rushes In an tells de boss dat his naph-
tina launch has been fired by tramps."
~ sympathize with him, and may.
be-
| lie DoSs goes TO look at MS Watcn an
finds de handspring broken"
"Gracious! But
"Den comes de news dat s an 2 stock
has dropped 20 points. De boss finds
dat mice has gnawed up his new insur'
| ance calendar. De glue upsets on q
thousand stamps"
"Terrible! YETI
But wait! Just as you comes VI
stairs de boss asks over de telephone
whether it's boy or girl. Somebody
says twins and"-
But the book agent had vanished
The boss came out and patted the boy
on the head.
PATSY, you are brick! Take th'
rest of the afternoon Off. Here's far,
to Lincoln ark."-Chicago News.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
The "song of the Skirt"


With fingers weary and cramped
And a wrist that was stif with pain
A lady walked, in a handsome gown,
Down the street in the rain.
splash-splash-sp splash
Through puddle and slush and dirt.
And half to herself, in a sobbing tone.
She sang this Song Of the Skirt"
"sweep- -sweep-swesp-
Where the waste Of the street lies thick;
eweep-sweep-swe
However our path We pick.
Dust bacillus and germ,
Germ, bacillus and dust,
I'll! VIC shudder and turn from the sorry sigh
With a gesture Of disgust.
"Oh, men with sisters dear!
Oh. men who have well dressed wiyesl
II is not alone an expensive mode;
II is one that hazards lives!
For malignant microbes swarm
In the triturated dirt
And the dress that sweeps it Up may prove
shroud as well as a skirt!
"Sweep--sweep- sweep
As we walk DER the west end fags
For, however we try 10 carry that tail,
A part Of 1t always says.
The hem CT it always drops
In the winters greasy elush;
The hem Of it sweeps the summers dust
More clean than the dustman's brush.
"Drag-dras--drag-
Whatever our strength or health;
We have all to draw that heavy train,
Whatever our rank or wealth.
Whatever the dress has cost
Fashions laws we dare not shirkI
Old and young we alike must daily DO
The scsvenger's dirty work.
"Oh. for one hour Of ease ~
As shop in the crowded street, a
With no drag upon my knees
And no pull upon my feet!
For only one short hour
To be as l used to be, :.
When wore a skirt Of sensible length
Which my ankles left quite free!
"As feel the distressing strain
OF my train on my aching wrist
could well nigh vow henceforth
Fashions edicts to resist.
When see what my hem's swept up,
Though in walking I'm 50 expert,
am very much more than half inclined
To drive home and burn my skirt"
London Truth.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
FIRE M ahARM ehhHs ::

! Central Engine House.
Q Buckeye Works.
3 Miller Rubber Works.
Diamond Rubber Works.
8 Main and Market
No. , Engine House, Sixth Ward.
North Broadway, mead Market.
s Buchtel ave, and Bowery.
Q Schumacher MILL Mill street.
II Prospect, near Mill.
13 Furnace and Broadway.
IA Main and Keck.
IL Ash and Park Place,
16 No. Engine House, West Hill.
II Carroll and EXchnage.
Is Empire Mower and Reaper
Works.
10 Akron Rubber Works.
21 Prospect and Perkins.
% Forge and Market.
"a Sherman, near Exchange.
- Main and Exchange.
% North Howard and Tallmadge.
q West Market and Green.
2S Akron Knife Works.
20 Washington and Hopp Alley.
81 North Howard and North.
80 East Market and Spruce.
81 West Market and Valley.
35 Carroll and Splcer
sc Carroll and Sumner.
81 North and Arlington.
3S Vine and Fountain.
50 Coburn and Campbell.
Al Wooster ave-, and Locust
AZ Pearl, near cistern.
A3 South Main and Falor.
45 College and Mill.
46 Arlington and Hazel.
Al Howe and Bowery.
as West South.
40 Merrill Pottery, State.
81 Howard and Cherry.
81 No. 4 Engiue House, Main and
Falor.
80 Center St, Railroad Crossing
"a Buchtel ave, and Union.
SO Akron Stoneware Co. 9th Ward
81 Lods and Turner.
5S Perkins and Adolph ave.
80 Webster, Camp & Lane Ma,
chine Co.
81 Case ave-. and Kent.
81 Sieberling Mill, 9Th Ward.
G3 Johnston and Champlain.
G4 Akron Sewer Pipe Co., Black
Mill.
G7 Carroll and East Market.
Is Second ave, and Valley Ry,
90 Johnson and Wilson.
n Grant and Cross.
~ North and Maple.
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branded and exiled for her daughters
crime. The house in which the offend.
ers lived was dug up from the founda-
tions. Moreover, the scholars of the
district were precluded from attending
public examinations, and even the
magistrates were deprived Of their Of
flee. These drastic measures were de-
signed to render the empire filial.-
London News,
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A Chinese Mo.her-in-iaw story

"rhe Experiences OF British Phar-
macist In China was the title of an
address by Mr.. Frank Browne, who
was introduced as the government ana.
lyst at Hongkong.
As illustrating the Chinese regard for
hlial piety the lecturer told an interest
Ing mother-in-law story. A man and
his wife maltreated the husbands
mother. AS punishment the scene OF
the act was openly cursed, the active
agents were put to death, and the
mother Of the wife was bambooed,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
~ sa,,- ClsVEIAku,
q eEzEat 9 T5s.- AkRoN&
a. lss.s gaa DoLuMsuEs
North Bound.

Gin, Columbus and Clev.. "6:O5 am
Akron and Pittsburg ..... 1920 am
Col, Millersburg e Cleve. .11:3S am
Gin. Col. and Cleveland. -. "*4; % pm
Pitts, Bal, Wash. & n. y. All am
st. Louis, Gin, Akron. ..... 1880 am
South Bound.
Cleve., Col and Cincinnati. 1895 ann
New York. Pitts. e Akron
runs only to Barberton.. *11:10 am
Cleve. Millersburg and Col,
daily except Sunday).... 1888 pm
Pittsburg and Akron (runs
only to Akron .......... $40 pm
Cleve., Col. & Gin. .........* 1855 pm
Col. Gin, st. Louis. ....... .*2:o5 am
Daily. Daily except Sunday.
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The Good Mans Joke.

Two gentlemen Of the cloth were
standing on a corner the other day.
Evidently they were talking about ex-
ira services to be held during the week.
II anticipate great awakening in
my church." said the first speaker.
my people never go to Sleep" said
the second.
"Ah, there comes my car" replied
the first. and they parted company
Albany Journal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
Moral Eject of Pistol Totins.

When a man carries a pistol con-
stantly, slipping 1t into his pocket ey-
cry morning and taking II out at night,
feeling its constant pressure against
his person, these things tend TO famil-
iarise bis mind with the idea Of killing
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29

A peculiar person who had hut
one arm one eve, and but one finger
on the hand of his good arm. presented
himself at local bar Tuesday and
called for a drink of whisky. The
bartender approached happened to be
the vice president of the Bartenders
Union. After the cripple had drunk
his whisky. he requested the bartender
to kick him. The bartender inquired
the reason why and was answered
that he had no money TO pay for the
drink. The bartender claims it Is the
first time he was ever "taken in" like
that.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-29
A Ballad of Procrastination.


Some day
I'll write the promised letters that owe
To all the many dearest friends know,
And big and little debts I'll surely pay.
Some day.
Bone day
I'll scorn the soothing weed In various forms,
The fragrant pipe, the mild Hayanas charms,
And shun the flowing bowl for e'er and aye,
Some day.
Some day
To one fair msd my heart shall resign.
To her myself and worldly goods assign.
Her girlsh wishes and commands obey
Some day.
Some day
I'll reach tho topmost pinnacle Of fame,
Blazon abroad the glory OF my naIne
All youthful iollles sternly cast away,
Some day,
Some day
I'll realize that spring has long gone by.
Sweet summer past and winter drawing nigh,
December snowl instead Of flowers OF May,
Some day,
Some day
These things prophesy might come to pass
But long e'er then beneath the wind blown grass
] fancy shall makea pleasant stay.
George T. Psrdy in Chiesso Inter Ocean