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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22

the Board of City Commissioners has
empowered an attorney to conduct
their investigation of Prisonkeeper
Washers conduct, when the people
are taxed to pay S1,500 year and in
cidentals to the City Solicitor for at
tending to Just such business.
The action of the Board amounts to
a confession that the present City
Solicitor is incompetent, or that the
members of the Board wanted to spare
him the performance of n disagreeable
duty.
If the former is true, the people
have none to blame but themselves,
for it was they who placed the Solici.
tor in office.
If the latter conjecture is to be ac-
cepted by the people as conclusive, 1t
is but another instance of the reck.
less and eXtravagant policy of the
Board in spending the peoples money.
In either event, the matter seems 10
be up to solicitor Esgate to explain
why the Board of Commissioners Is
making 1t the rule to employ expensive
counsel to do the work which the tax
payers pay him for performing
The time is coming when the people
are to choose new Solicitor and If
Mr.. Esgate has been party willingly
or otherwise to the policy of the Board
that has loaded the taxpayers down
with an added and unnecessary eX.
pense, he will hear from the people AZ
the polls.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22

If the City Commissioners are per
mitted to farm out the job of City
Solicitor whenever they please, and
the official who is paid big annual
salary for attending TO the duties of
that office continues in complaisant
idleness, makes no complaint, and
draws his pay, what is to prevent the
City Commissioners from employing
substitutes, at the peoples expense. TO
attend to the duties of Commissioners
This plan would have an advantage in
that II would save the Commissioners
the trouble of ousting faithful officials
to make room for more pensioners OF
the Gear. The line must be drawn
somewhere beyond which this substi'
tute business may not be carried, and
II the people are wise they will cal
halt forthwith upon the Commits
sloners' inclination 10 hire a substitute
City solicitor every time some trivia
work requiring lawyers attention Ii
rumped up.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
ANECDOTES
EnIivened the Address of
Col. Higginson.
Large Audience Entertained by a
Venerable Orator Monday Night.

Large Audience Entertained by a
Venerable Orator Monday Night.
The auditorium of the Universalist
church was packed to the doors last
night, to hear Col. T. w. Higginson's
lecture on "The Growth of American
Oratory." Col. Higginson is ven
erable man, yet erect and of fine ap-
pearance, retaining in full vigor his
mental faculties and great personal
magnetism.
Before the Civil war he was an ac-
tive abolitionist, in that hot bed Of the
anti-slavery element,--Boston. A
powerful orator, Harvard graduate,
and filed with sense of the cruelty
and injustice of slavery, he was an
active champion Of abolition.
Col. Higginson has met, heard and
been acquainted with many famous
American orators, whom people today
know only as ngures in history. TO
him they live and breathe and his
little anecdotes Of various ones show
how truly real and human they were.
He divides American oratory into
several periods. First, the period of
the clergy. when American orators
were educated as clergymen. Mex.
came the lawyers as developers. then
the academic period, the anti-slavery
period and the lyceum period. Form
er fiorid and stilted forms have grad
ually given way to evolution, and a
conversational style has gradually been
adopted Monosyllabic oratory, direct
ness of speech and thought, have re
placed the polysyllabic or fiorid styles
of the past. Col. Higginson enlivenec
his talk with delightful little anecdotes
throughout, and easily held the almos,
breathless attention Of his large au
diepce.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
IMPROVEMENTS
Being Made In Hat Department Of !.
S. Myers & Co.

Six months ago the firm of 1. s.
Myers & Co. began the manufacture
Of stiff hats for the retail trade under
the supervision of Mr.. L. G: Van Ness,
who has had a thorough training in
some Of the largest factories In Nor.
walk, Conn. He thoroughly under
stands all branches In the manufac-
turc of stiff hats. Their trade In this
department has steadily increased
since that time, and the space which
seemed complete six months ago has
been found entirely inadequate. They
are now running on capacity OF from
four to six cases of hats week and
have found ready sales for all they
could make. The Star Planning com
pany has been at work the past two
months on some very fine quarter
sawed oak hat cases, with plate glass
doors, which will he placed ON the
north side of the store.
Carpenters are now at work tear
ing out shelving and rebuilding thu
office and otherwise changing the EN-
tire appearance of the store to en-
large this department, which, wher
completed, will be one of the bes
J equipped In the state.
This growth is very gratifying Il
this hustling firm and emphasizes thei
maxim: THAT a good article at tn,
right price viii find buyers"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22

The Cleveland Leader has no word
of censure for any of the Senators
who voted to maintain the saloons
in the Philippines,--not even for its
old time enemy, Senator Foraker
This is a tame finale to the hippodrome
campaign that has been conducted by
the Leader for the last month to
drive the whisky bottle from the
Philippines"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
PRIVATE CAR
Will be Sent TO Akron For Use Of Vice
FIRE ident.
Especial Corespondence.)

Especial Corespondence.)
Columbus, Jan. 22.--The g. A. & G.
private car, which has been leased to
the l.. II. & st. l.. consolidated lines
at Louisville, has been returned to
Columbus. The officials of the road
claim to know nothing of the reasons
for returning the car to this city.
but 1t is thought that 1t is intended for
the use of John f. Miller the new vice
president. When he retired as super
intendent of the Panhandle, his prl-
vate car went to his successor, Mr..
Peck, and they have been using 1t
jointly. Since each Is travelling almost
constantly the arrangement has not
proved satisfactory and the @. A. &c
G. car will probably be retitted here
and then sent to Akron. Mr.. Miller
is still In the east.
| ROBERT o. RYDER,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22

Akron's Economic League has adver-
tlsed debate upon the subject of the
'Income Tax" but for its defenders
II has chosen men whose votes and
political opinions have been an un-
waverlng public negation of the prln-
ciple of the income tax, Next to as.
signing politicians to defend and de.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
How II Goes In st. Louis.

During the present cold and grip
season one hundred and thirty-three
thousand seven hundred and twenty.
eight boxes of Laxative Bfomo-Q Quinine
have been purchased by the following
wholesale houses OF st. Louis: Meyer
Bros. Drug Co., Moflit- West Drug Co.
and J. S. Merrell Drug Co.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
ROBERT o. RYDER,
How 1t Goes In Kansas City.

During the present cold and grip sea
son sixty three thousand boxes of Lax
ative Bromo-Quinine have been pur
chased by the following wholesale
drug houses of Kansas City: Evans
Smith Drug Co. and Faxon, Horton
~ Gallagher,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22

fine Municipal Reform" the program
committee Of the Economic League
has shown master stroke Of policy
by its assignment Of defenders for the
Income Tax" The League knows
how to make its meetings drawing
cards.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22

Hon. John 9. Welty has been an,
nounced as candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor. Sum-
nit County's Democrats, have very
neighborly feeling for Stark, and no
doubt they will give her favorite son
lift In the convention.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
A SENATORIAL 0aJECT LESSON

A SENATORIAL 0ajECT LESSON
Among the Senatorial elections had
last week there We're at least three when
ought to serve to ''point a moral" II
not ITO adorn a tale" in American
politics at this opening of new CEN
tury. One of the Senators thus elect
ed was Quay OF Pennsylvania. For
long years he has stood as the eXpon-
ent of all that is bad in the very bad
politics Of State in which political
corruption has luxuriated for a gen
Grafton or more.
One has no need to so outside OF
Republican sources to reach this
conclusion. His chief accusers have
been men high in the councils of that
party and whose political orthodoxy
can not be drawn in question. Last
year he was refused admission into
the Senate upon q record which had
reached such n bad eminence that
even Mark uanna--himself holding by
n tainted title-felt constrained to
vote against him.
Now he comes back,-not processing
to be better man than he was year
ago, and the election being over, so
that the appearance of decency Is no
longer necessary on that score,
he Is welcomed to his seat by the ap-
proving echo of his fellow Senator'S
with an effusiveness which must have
been offensive even In that abode of
purchased seats. Politicians outdid
each other In testifying to their JOY
over the return of the avowed boss
OF q great State. His desk-we are
flowers cast upon 1t. A floral arch
eight feet high was reared there tr
greet him. The wires were burdened
with messages of congratulatlon upor
the sale and bargain thus consum
mated. A fellow Senator. Fairbanks
of Indiana, the man said TO be SLATED
by the President as his successor, wal
particularly ostentatlous In thus send
ing his appreciative greeting upon thu
deal.
Another of the elect wns Clark, .
Montana. He, too, was knocking 70
entrance year ago and II was dc
MED him. His record also was 10
much spotted to justify his FELLOWSHIP
with others who---to say the least O
ihem--had not been caught, aud
show of virtue had TO be Kept up |
advance OF national election. n
doubt the Senators who were hot I
cruelty him last year, thought as the
voted TO admit the same man tn
year. and with nc interim evidence
repentance and reformation, mo sigr
of having been born again, that
"a fellow feeling makes us wondrol
kind"
The fact that one OF these m,
Is q Democrat, and that the other $
cured his election only by the boug
votes Of few other Democrats, do
not remove our objection at all.
political situation In which IL is ev,
possible that the highest branch OF o
legislative system,-in which treatl
must be made and appointments
judicial and other Offices must be co
armed-should De made up, either as
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
nished to enliven the meeting.

Chapped hands, cracked lips and
roughness Of the SKIN cured quickly
by Banner Salve, the most healing
ointment in the world.
j. NJ. LATER, j. Lamparter & Co.,
A. Warner.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
OPEN MEETING
OF Akron Carpenters Was Success
--Barberton Guests.

The open meeting at the Carpenters
hall last evening was well attended
A large number Of the city carpenters
We're present and number of the Bar
.berton carpenters accepted the invita-
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
II Banner salve

Doesn't cure your piles, your money
will be returned. 1t is the most heal
ing medicine.
J. NJ. LATER. ]. lamparter & Co.,
A. Warner. A'
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22

ton to spend the evening in Akron.
All enjoyed themselves. January 20,
another meeting will be held at the
hall, 112 S. Howard ST. The meeting
will be open and all carpenters are
cordially invited. Music will be fur
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-22
TO TELEPHONE THE DEMOCRAT CALL
no. l9O

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regular carriers to subscribers In Ak
ron, the suburbs and adjacent towns
at the rate of six cents a week, when
may be paid to the carriers or ut 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 OF IT.
regular service will receive prompt
attention,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-31
THE DREAM FULFILLED.
Warning of Death That Came True ON
the Battlefield.

Warming of Death That Came True on
the Battlefield.
IT noticed an article In The Star a
few days ago ON ,presentiments Of
DEATH" said al army officer this morn
ing, (which reminded me of an in
stance coming under my personal OBJ
%servation during the civil war.
"a general officer on the staff Of
General Rosecrans received a letter
from his brother, stating that he (the
brother) was in receipt of a letter
from a lady friend, in which she stated
that she had dreamed that the army
officer would be killed upon a certain
day which she specified.
"The brother, in acquainting the Of
icer with the premonition, ridiculed
the probabilities of it's fulfllment, and
advised the officer not to take it to
heart or attach any weight to what
was undoubtedly a visionary creation.
81 knew the officer very well. He
took an opposite view to his brother,
and declared and seemed to feel that
it was destined to prove true. He
spoke of 1t often to his intimates on
the staff. and made preparations to
meet. wealth by arranging his worldly
affairs. He was a Catholic, and SO
convinced was he that he was to die
that he received the sacraments of the
church.
"On the day when the lady had
dreamed he was to be killed the bat
tie Of Murfreesboro' was raging. He
mounted his horse to carry out an or
der of his commanding general, and
as he was riding over a field a few
yards from where I was stationed 8
shell exploded so close to him that he
was instantly killed. being nearly de-
capitated.
$50 impressed was he that that day
was to be his last or earth he had
spent the morning at intervals read
ing a small pocket edition OF a reli-
gious book. This book was in his
hand when the shell exploded.
Strange to say, the lady who had
the dream was not well, acquainted
with the officer, but knew his brother,
who was a priest, very well. The fact
that she should have such a dream
at all concerning one whom she
scarcely knew, that it should be COM
municated to it's subject, and that he
should be killed on the very day she
named, was one of the many remark
able spd unaocountable actual hap
penings or the civil war which I per-
sonally knew to be true."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-31
Cold Storage Fame.

On the anniversary Of the battle o.
Manila a single flag commemorated
the event in Washington. It foated
over the house Of Admiral Dewey on
Rhode Island avenue, given to him
by the people Of America. To me it
was humiliating to American constan.
cy to see the admiral come down the
steps and walk along for several
squares without a single greeting OF
recognition from the passersby who
months ago were trampling on each
other for a glimpse Of the hero. Was
this the hero of Cavite, who changed
the map of the world? Was this the
idol over whom the American people
went wild; smothered with the pas.
sionate fury of hero-Worslip? Was it
the man or the deed they idolized!
Yes, there was an elasticity in the
steps that had paced the deck Of the
Olympia on that bright May morn
ing. The spasm of American populari.
ty is eferyescent whether it runs to
authors, commodores, generals, prasi.
dents or bicycles. No longer does the
school-boy ambition to be a hero lin.
ger within me. And if ever there was
a cold storage establishment for max.
ing CONCEALED mummies of Fame, com.
mend me to Washington, where past
regulations are frozen stiff in short
order; but history will take care of ouI
heroes.-Joe Mitchell Chapple, In the
National Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-31
Shutdown Gun.

"The shutdown gun which is fred at
all army .garrisons and forts is fgura,
tive at times, though now and then it
actually indicates the time when the
sun is supposed to go down." said an
army officer in explaining the matter,
shut it is not safe to set your watches
or clocks by it. The firing Of the sun.
down gun is intended as an incident
in the ceremony of the salute to the
flag, which is a military performance
strictly, and is not to inform the i'm.
mediate or even distant localities that
the sun has gone down, though it does
SO in a way. Less attention is given to
the exact second, according to the
watch, in the garrisons and forts about
cities than IN the frontiers, where ii
Is n Of the events Of the day; but II
Is safe to say, approximately, the gun
is fired near shutdown. I happened to
be at an arsenal barracks Sunday be-
fore last, and with others waited foE
the salute to the flag. There was quite
a party present. One Of the ladies was
very much worked up because the SUD
was, according to her judgment, a half
an hour high when the shutdown gun
was fired. The fact Of the matter was
the sun did not go out Of sight for
probably fifteen minutes after the fir.
ing Of the gun, but there is, except in
q general way, nc convection with the
two things. The idea Of the gun is il
honor Of the flag, in q military salute,
and it is just as much honor whether
1t is fifteen minutes early Or after ac.
tual shutdown. Another thing in con.
nection with this should be reE1em.
bered-that the sun never thoroughly
disappears when the schedule of time
for it to disappear arrives, but is al.
ways a minute or two late. There Is
no necessity for absolute e%xactness,
and in this respect the shutdown gun
is a different thing from the raising Of
the time ball at noon each day.-NeW
Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-31
A curious chinese Custom.

According to the rule sanctioned by
centuries of Chinese observance, no
document can have the authority Of
the imperial throne of China unless it
bears a red spot placed there by the
sovereign. To the Grand Council the
Tsung-li-Yamen and all other depart
ments of state takes their business,
and the Grand Council in turn consid-
ers all documents, and attaches to each
a piece of red paper on which its own
decision is written. Each morning at
daybreak the Grand Council proceeds
to the palace to submit the papers to
the sovereign, who, as each document
is produced, signifies approval by maxi
ing a small spot with a brush on the
margin of the red paper. With the
red spot upon it the paper is the most
sacred thing in the world to a China
man; without it, it may be torn to
shreds with impunity.-Leslie's
Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-31

It is no longer necessary for every
housewife to be her own baker or to
spin and weave with her own hands
the clothing for her husband and
children, yet it is at least reasonable
ito suppose that the extra time thus
placed at her disposal Is employed in
a manner which is quite as conducive
to the happiness and comfort of her
household as though she spent a large
portion of her existence over the
kitchen stove or at the loom and spin
ming wheel. The statement that col
iege-bred girls do not make good wives
rests on insufficient evidence. The
womanly young woman of domestic
tastes and capabilities does not usu-
ally find that these are destroyed by a
course Of collegiate instruction. No
ground exists for supposing that edu-
cation in either sex is a bar to marital
happiness, opines the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-31

the front Of the cabin, where th@g
horses were tethered, mounted them,
and started in pursuit of their victim.
The odds seemed greatly against the
brave little woman. Taurus under
stood at once that without bride or
bit he was practically master of the
situation, and began kicking, rearing
and plunging. But on hearing pur-
suing hoof beats he started, shifted
the air, and then, detecting the old
familiar trail down the creek, which
he ehad followed SO many times in
company with the herd, he galloped
rapidly in that direction. This was
what Mrs. Williams had counted upon
and trusted to. AS shot after shot
wbistled round her from her pursuers
she clasped her arms around Taurus
neck and laid her head against his
long, black name, In an attempt to
make as poor a target as possible.
But now Taurus blood was up. At
the sound of the pursuing horses, the
singing Of the bullets round his head.
and a touch as Of fire on his back,
where one of the missiles made a slight
flesh wound, he threw up his head,
snorted with rage, and with n Nigh
ty leap into the air, bounded down the
trail with a speed which It is probable
was never equalled by sany of his ia
nous p%rogenitors.
Whether the robbers horses were
already jaded, or whether Taurus
speed was too great for them at best,
the desperadoes soon gave up the
chase. But the colt did not slacken
his speed till, trembling, wild-eyed.
his ,flanks reeking with blood and
foam, he stopped at the round up,
seven miles away.
Breathless and dizzy, Mabel slid to
the ground, and in % few words in
formed her husband Of what had taken
place at the cabin. In a few moments
Mr.. Williams and four Of his men had
saddled their horses and were on their
way to the ranch.
When they arrived they found the
house in utter confusion and the rob-
bers gone. Nothing had been taken.
Under the fat stone the four little
buckskin bags and their contents re-
manned safe and untouched.
A few months later the robbers were
apprehended for other crimes, for
which they were tried and served their
terms In the ~penitentiary.
AS for Addison, he discovered a ia
vorable location for his store, and is
now a well-to-do merchant in a large
western city.
Mrs. Williams is past middle life
now, and has streaks of gray in her
black hair, but she has never forgot |
ten hers wild seven-mile ride on the |
back of the unbroken colt, and rather |
relating the adventure when
coaxed to do SO. She likes better,
however, to call attention to her favor
lite horse, Taurus, which, although ra-
advanced in years, is still a hand
some, mettlesome animal, with a scar
his back where the robbers
bullet plowed his skin on that memo
morning 20 years ago.-Youth's
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-31

Everybody has won," said the Dodo
solemnIy. "and everybody must have
a prize" This, 1t may be remembered,
was the way the caucus race ended in
"Alice in Wonderland" 1t appears to
be the way that General Gaselee, COM
handing the British forces in China,
has awarded his prizes. His dispatch
Of January II, 1901, recently pub
ushed in the London Times, "men-
tons" no fewer than 146 officers for
good service rendered. Only three re-
ceive special commentator. One Of
these gave most valuable support and
assistancey' another performed his du-
ties thoroughly and satisfactorily"
the third displayed much tact and
Judgment" All that is needed now is
for the commanding officer to reach
over and pat his own back; then every
body will indeed have received a prize.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-31
Standing squsseiy sna unoompremsssns
ly up@n the DemeoRaato
Platform the

The value Of O newspaper 90 an
advertising medium consists Ia
its circulation.
When you cam secure tho com,
eined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
pavedl
1.-THE st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated ON the 3D. of
March, 1894, with /" The Opelou.
gas Courier" The advertising.
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to % Q year.
THE COURIER being by odds
the best paper In the empire Par
lsh OF St. Landry IL therefore ths
dAaanas&
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-31

The battle between the advocates Of
the two styles Of handwriting in the
public schools-the vertical and the
deferential-is still raging in many
American cities, towns and villages.
Champions Of the perpendicular lines
throw out sly hints to the effect that
an. upright hand indicates uprightness
Of character, and that a slant in pen
manship may be the outward and visi-
bic sign Of a slant in conscience. But
this really seems to be going a little
too far in the heat of controversy.