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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11

the carriage was seated one other pas
senger. As soon as they had regained
their breath one said:
"Pat. have you got tn tickets?"
What tickets? I've got me loifei
thought I'd have lost that gettin' In
tn thrain. Have you got 'em, Moike?"
"Oi2 Begorrah, 1 haven'tp'
"Ob. we're all done for, thing" said
the third. They'll charge us roight
from tn other soide of Oireland."
The old gentleman looked over his
newspaper and said:
"You are quite safe, gintlemen. Wait
till we get to tn next station"
As soon as the train pulled up the
little gentleman Jumped out and came
back with three first class tickets.
Handing them to the astonished stran.
gers. he said: whist, I'll tell you how
I did It'll I wint along tn thrain. Tick
cts, place; tickets, plazev called. and
these belong to three Saxon towrists in
another carriage. Harry Furniss in
Strand.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
He Was Drugsed and In
That Condition He Was Married.
The Allegation Made by
Melbourne Mcdowell.

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 11.-Mcl-
bourne MacDowell tragediln and
husband of the late Fanny Davenport,
makes the sensational charge that he
was drugged into his second marriage
to wilhelmina Straus, of Baltimore.
The statement is made in his suit
against L. ~ Scott, manager OF the
Metropolitan Opera house, in st. Paul
and Minneapolis, Clarence VI. Bruno,
a theatrical manager, and Others.
MacDowell alleges that Il. was
drugged in New York and talk n in
that condition to Newport News. Va,
on II steamer. still under the inhu-
ence of the drug. he sweurs. he was
married to Miss Straus and did not
recover his faculties until three days
later.
He alleges, also, that he was in
duced. while drunk. to sign bills Of
sale, conveying to Bruno the rights to
the Sardou plays in his repertoire for
$500, and he asks that the transaction
be set aside. Bruno starred his wife,
Minnie Tittell Bruno and MacDoweIl
In. Sardou's Fedora" in 1900 and
1901.
MacDowcll swcars that he has had
trouble with his 80 star, Miss Blanch
Walsh. and his manager, Mr.. Stcrns,
ami that Miss Walsh broke his heart
when She left him.
The suit was filed in the Ramsey
county, Mimi, District court, by Mac
Dowell and May ID. Seymour, cxecu-
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
WOODWORK. Can't stand Benh,ne.

Woodworms can be destroyed in
books and woodwork by bonzine.
Books are locked up In cupboard
with saucer Of benzine. Tho insects.
ms well as their Larvae and eggs. soon
die Off. Furniture and carvings are
similarly placed in room with dish
Of benzine and kept closed up for sew
eral weeks. the time required for the
complete destruction of the insects va
wood. New woodwork can be protect
ed against their entry by a coating Of
glue, as, living on vegetable substan-
ces. they do not touch animal prod
ucts.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
LITTLE LEAKS.
What They May Lead to and How
They May BE stopped.

they May he stopped.
1t is possible to lose much by Titles.
A classic case is that of the royal
granary which was depleted Of its
stores by succession of "one rat came
and took one grain away, and another
rat came and took another grain
away" So fortunes are dissipated, and
regulations are destroyed, and health
is ruined and character itself lost--by
little extravagances, little indiscre-
tions, little negligences, little obliqui-
ties.
Benjamin franklin was great econ.
omist not alone of money, but of time.
He said, ITO teach young man to
shave himself is as good as to give him
4 purse of gold" He had reference to
the minutes as well as the dimes 1t
costs to patronize the barber.
Ellhu Burritt stopped the leak in his
time and taught himself a dozen Ian
guages. Gladstone was equally wise,
for he read Plato in his carriage be-
tween Carleton terrace and the parlia.
ment buildings.
A prosperous man ascribed his sue
cess in business to his habit Of per-
mitting no particle Of material to be
unproductive. He experimental and
elaborated until he found a method Of
disposing profitably of every atom left
over.
There is man in New York who has
in bank goodly sum of money which
he calls his "'tls but fund" When
tempted to needless expenditure by the
specious plea, "'Tis but a nickel or a
quarter or dollar" he denies himself
and drops the amount he would have
spent into portable bank. which is
filed with amazing rapldity. That Is
one way to stop leak.
More serious than any prudential
matter are the little leaks in life by
which vital energy is squandered and
moral force Is diminished, impercepti-
bly, 1t may be, through what we some-
times regard as lnconsequential acts.
Lack of order in our methods of labor,
Indifference to the "minor morals" Of
hygiene and the "major morals" Of
honesty and truth, the practical repu-
dlation of personal responsibility, the
neglect Of duties which arise from our
ethical and religious nature-these are
the leaks which we must stop or be
bankrupt In the worlds eyes and in
God 's.-Saturday Evening Post
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
III. Iden Of n sermon.

Robert Morris, man celebrated for
the part he took In the American Rev
olution, was once asked by DR.. Rush;
"Wcll, Mr. Morris, how did you like
the sermon2 | have heard II highly ex-
tolled," why, doctor" said he, II
did not like It at all, 1t is too smooth
and tame for me-" "Mr. Norris" re-
piled the doctor, what sort OF SER
mon do you like?' 81 like, SIR" replied
Mr.. Morris, that preaching which
drives man up into a corner of his
pew and makes him think the devil 10
after him"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
A Household sandbas.

A sandbag is very useful thing to
have in the house. Dry the sand thor
oughly in the oven and then make a
flannel bag about eight inches square.
Fill it with the sand, sew up the open
ing carefully and cover the bag with
cotton or linen. This will prevent the
sand from sitting out and will allow Of
the bag being quickly heated when re-
quired by placing 1t in the oven. Sand
holds heat a long time and is softer to
the feet Of an invalid than the ordinary
hot water bottle.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11

God, so the Church Talent was going
against a knowing Proposition.
A pale young Man with amber Fire
Escapes sprang line of Parlor Magic
that would have queered even Sup
per Show. The Bunch advised him
TO back off the Dump. When Young
Lady with Glasses tackled "Stabat
Mater" on the Violin they broke her
up with Cat Calls and told her to
tear off some Rag Time. They bleated
Mt the Amateur Elocutlonist and acted
ROwdy when Stout Woman got up
to read Fairy Tale from Hans Chris
tlan Andersen. Then they began to
yell for Mulligan and Hicks to come
on and save the Show. Whereupon
two pug faced Kids came forward and
did Hottentot Song and Dance with
n Buck and Wing finish that killed
them dead.
Moral.-The Waits cannot be expected
to lift themselves many Notches above
the Public Taste.--New York Herald.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
A Giant Tree,

Near Dakar, in lower Senegal, is an
enormous baobab tree whose trunk
measures fully seventy-five feet in cir
cumference at the base. The fruit Of
the baobab, which grows abundantly
in Senegal, Is called monkey bread"
1t is used by the natives for curdling
milk and as specific for certain dis
eases. Decoctions OF the dried leaves
are also used as medicine. From the
bark strong cords are made, and the
gum that exudes from 1t is employed
as salve. The root of the young bao-
bab is sometimes eaten by the natives.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11

A little girl who made frequent use
of the word guess" was corrected for
1t and told to say presume" instead.
A lady friend, noticing the admirable
set of the little girls apron. asked
something in regard to the pattern.
Mamma don't cut my dresses an
aprons by pattern" said the small
lady. "She just looks at me an pre-
sumesv'
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
African. wash, but never w,p..

Great attention Is given In most Of
the African tribes to the care of the
body. The teeth are cleansed with
stick which has been chewed into
kind of brush. The hands are
washed frequently, not by turning and
twisting and rubbing them together
one within the other. as with us, but
by straight up and down rubbing,
such ms is given to the other limbs.
This manner of washing Is so charac-
teristlc that an African might be dis
tinguished by II from European with
out reference to the color The sun is
their only towel.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11

TORS Of the will Of Fanny Davenport
MncDowell.. The plaintiffs seek TO re-
cover SlT5 back salary due to Mac
Dowell, and to restrain Bruno from
producing any Of the Sardou plays.
Mrs Seymour, the executrix, lives
mt Duxbury, Mass She Is n sister of
the late Fanny Davenport. Her hus-
band Is William Seymour, one of the
best known stage directors in the
country.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
Auot,er Matter.

City Maglstrate-Of course | don't
wish TO stand In the way Of my daugh.
ter's happiness, but know SO little OF
you, Mr., Hawkins. What Is your vo-
cation?
Mr.. Hawkins (alrily)--On, write-er
poetry, novels plays ana TINT
sort OF thing
City Magistrate-lndeed! Most inter.
esting! And how do you live?-Punch
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
The ArtichOke.

The artichoke has nothing to do with
art or the choking of 1t. The artichoke
is an innocent vegetable known to the
Arabians as the ardischauki, or earth
thorn. The Jerusalem artichoke was
never seen near Jerusalem. Its first
name is corruption of the Italian gi-
rasole, which means turning to the sun.
1t is a species of sunfiower, bearing a
tuber like that of potato.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
Convenient.

"What are marsupials?" asked ths
teacher, and Johnny was ready with
his answer.
Animals that have pouches In their
stomachs," he said glibly.
"And for what are these pouches
usedYtasked the teacher, ignoring the
slight inaccuracy Of the answer I'm
sure that YOU know that too"
"Hes'p,' said Johnny, with encour-
aging promptness 'rhe pouches are
for them 10 crawl into and conceal
themselves when pursued. - Ex change.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
Well FORCED.

Joakley-I understand there's consid-
erable talk now in naval circles about
some orders that were forged very
sklllfully.
Coakley.Aha! Another scandal, eh?
Joakley-Oh, no. They were orders
for some eight inch guns.--Exchange.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
Cured.
The following is a Chinese

The following is Chinese Joke:
In certain house there was a baby
that annoyed every one by its contin-
ual squalling. At last a physician was
called in. He administered a bolus of
the soothing virtues of which he had a
nigh opinion and offered to pass the
night In the house to observe the ef-
fects of his remedy. After few hours,
hearing no noise, he exclaimed. "Goodl
The child is cured!" "Yes." replied the
attendant, 'the child has indeed stop.
ped crying, but the mother has begun
to mouvn.I
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11

johnnie What does 1t mean by See
ing the humorous and the serious side
OF thlngs?"
Father Well. my son. take bit OF
orange peel, FOR example. How many
sides hasi ~
JohnnL-Why, two. of course.
Father Exactly. And when some
other man steps on that orange peel
he sees the serious side OF II and you
see the humorous side.-London Tit
Bits. S
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
Trouble For tho Tourists.

The poor Saxon "towrist" he
may suffer in the Emerald Isle! There
Is story ON record Of three Irisirs,n
rushing away from the race meeting at
Punchestown to catch train back to
Dublin, At the moment train from
long distance pulled up at the station.
aud the three men scrambled In. In
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
A Guide.

DIR. A.-Why do you always make
such particular Inquiries as to what
your patients eat? Does that assist
you In your diagnosis?
DR.. B.-Not much. but II enables me
TO ascertain their social position and
arrange my fees accordipgly.-Tit Bits.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11

Wilhelmina Straus, MacDowelrs
second wife. is daughter Of the late
William H. Straus, of Baltimore. Her
brother is Isaac Lobe Straus, once II
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
vorced from her first husband, Louis
Brafman. She is Il beautiful blonde.
She was married to MncDowell at
Newport News. Va, June 16, 1900, and
described herself then as Wilhelmina
Maria Wilton, n widow, ~ years old.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
AbsurdIy Particular.

"Why did you resign from your
club?" he asked.
ooh, they were SO absurdly partic-
ular," she replied.
Howl
"Why. the chairman wouldn't let me
talk just because some one else was
talking--as II that made any differ
ence."-Chicago Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
He Got In tho Way.

Jimson-You say your wife threw the
poker at stray dog and hit you In
stead.
Jester-Yes, but 1t was my fault. I
had 10 business standing behind her
when she threw.-Ohio State Journal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11

and the glances which passed between
them. He will not soon hold again
with them as strong as he did before
this ontburst. nor will he have the
same claim upon their confidence as
sound and clear headed man. He has
acted like n fretful. peevish child and
has for the time forfeited his title to
manhood and the place of man.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-11
The Public Taste,

Several kind Workers pooled their
Efforts to insure the Waits happy
Holiday. They rounded up the little
lllckeys Mt n Mission and gave them Il
Free Show. Every Swlpcs In the
Place was n Monday Night Gallery
Evening star., 1902-05-06
THE VENICE INCIDENT
ANOTHER VERSION OF AMERI-
CAN OFFICERS ARREST.
Private Letters From Rome Indicate a
Demand for an Apology
is Proper.

LONDON, May 6.-Private letters receiv-
complexion to the arrest of the American
naval officers at Venice. They say that
instead of thanking the King of Italy for
his clemency in pardoning the Americans,
the United States should demand an apol-
Ogy. They assert that the members of the
American colony were too eager to take
the Italian view of the situation, and be-
lieved everything the Italian papers said.
A correspondent of the Associated Press
writes that when the United States ambas-
sadOr, George Won l.. Meyer, first heard the
news he was inclined to let justice follow
its course, but on second thoughts he was
touched by the probable ruin of the future
career of the American officers. and there
fore approached the foreign minister to ar
range matters, if possible
The action OF the American consul at
Venice, Henry A Johnson, was much criti-
cised by some people, as showing want
of tact; but according to reports which
have now arrived here, he acted in the
most energetic manner and with proper
backing would have had the officers return
ed to their ship. A correspondent writes
that when the consul was summoned in
hurry after the fight he energetically pro-
tested against the arrest of the officers and
demanded their immediate removal on
board the Chicago. The Italian authorities
however. would not yield the point. The
conSul'S failure to exercise tact seems
Rome. to have been failure to "offer imme-
diately adequate pecuniary compensation
for the damage done and to those who We're
wounded in the fight"
Evening star., 1902-05-06
HOLLANDS QUEEN BETTER.
Doctors Acknowledge Her Condition is
Serious.

THE HAGUE, May 6.-Queen Wilhel-
minas physicians in their morning bulle-
tin issued at Castle Loo, say:
After a slight rise in her temperature
yesterday evening the queen had a quiet
night and slept most of the time
Her temperature this morning is normal
and her condition at the present moment is
fairly satisfactory, although the patient still
requires great care and attention.
Those who are in attendance on the queen
are by no means fully reassured by the
medical bulletins, which seem to indicate
that the physicians themselves are uncer-
tain as TO the course which her illness may
take.
Her majesty remains extremely weak
Two doctors were at her bedside almost all
night long.
kilograms of inquiry and sympathy con-
unue to arrive in large numbers at Castle
Leo.
A bulletin posted at Castle Loo at pm.
! today announced that Queen Wiihelmina' S
! temperature had continued normal I'D to
the present, and said that her majesty 8
other symptoms do not call for special re-
mark"
Evening star., 1902-05-06
Bids Opened.

Proposals for fuel, ice and the purchase
of waste paper have been opened at the
Interior Department for the fiscal year
1903. Much interest is usually manifest ed
in the figures for coal on the ground that
they indicate the best judgment of coal
dealers as to the prices which will prevail
in the future.
Those who submitted bids i'm this class
Were: ]. Maury Dove, William ]. Zeh.
John B. Daish, Johnson Brothers, John
Kennedy, ]. Edward Chapman, John Mil
Ter, Stephenson q Brothers, William III.
NARROW, V. Baldwin johnson, the Grove
Lime and Coal Company and Robert Muir
ply. The lowest rates offered were: Bitum-
inous coal, s3.25; white ash coal, s4.9S:
white ash coal, nut size, S5.5s; hickory
wood s7.25; pine wood. $3.50: pine wood,
sawed in two pieces, $3.50; pine wood in tho
stick, s4.45
But two bidders entered for the ice con-
tracts-the American Ice Company, % cents
per 100 pounds, and the Purity Ice Conn
pany, 1S.5 cents per 100 pounds The pres
ent rate is 10 cents per 100 pounds.
For the waste paper of the department an
offer is made of 800 cents per 100 pounds,
against a present rate of 800 cents. Those
who submitted bids were: Cook. Murray d
Company ]. X. FitZgibbon, S. Bensinger az
Company, j. l.. Lenhart and Lewis Horen-
maire.
Evening star., 1902-05-06
Whole Street in Flames.
BOER WAR GOES ON.
Lord Kitchener Reports Ten Killed and
122 Captured.

LONDON. May G.-Lord Kitchener's
weekly report. dated from Pretoria yester-
day. shows that the peace movement is not
allowed To interfere with military opera
tions. except so far as to permit of unre-
strained meetings between the leaders and
their various commandOes The week $
Boer casualties were ten men killed and 122
made prisoners.
Gen. Bruce Hamiltons columns captured
eighty-seven men on the Heilbron, Orange
River Colony line. Col. Colenbrander has
resumed operation in the northern part of
the Transvaal against Commandant Bey-
ers, whose forces have been considerably
reduced. and Gen. Ian Hamilton has clear
ed a large area west of kIerksdorp, south
western Transvaal.
CAPE TOWN. May 6.-The O'Kiep, West
ern Cape Colony. relief column has Occu-
pied Sttinkopf, To the north of O'Kiep
which was strongly held by the Beers after
fighting. April - and April ~. The Brit
ish lost six men killed and eight men
wounded. The Boer losses are said TO have
been heavy. The Beers asked for British
medical assistance.
Evening star., 1902-05-06
NOW 1T IS PING-PoNG ANKLE
Latest Ailment Discovered by the
Medical Experts

LONDON. May 6--"Ping pong ankle is
the latest companion to tennis elbow"
The medical name is tenosynovitis. and 1t
hurts much An account of case of ping
pong ankle is given prominence in the
British Medical Journal. The patient had
considerable swelling of the left leg, above
the ankle The swelling subsidized after a
day passed in bed. An examination show
ed acute Inflammation of the sheaths of
the tendons connected with the muscles
around the shin. The attendant physician
ascertained that the sufferer was an ardent
ping pong player, and he wrote TO the Med
tcal Journal warning players that the game
involves great strain on the shin-bone
muscles. and that until costume and foot
gear appropriate To the popular sport is
evolved the disease is likely to frequently
occur.
Evening star., 1902-05-06
RECENT CASUALTIES.
List of Killed and Wounded in the
Mindanao Fight.

Gen. Chaffee has cabled the War Depart
ment the following list of casualties of the
fight at Boyan, Mindanao, May 2:
killed-First Lieut.. Thomas A. Wears
9th United States Infantry.
PTivates--James ]. McGrath, Company F.
9th Infantry; William Lorenz, Charles
Reynolds and John Langdon, Company c.
9th Infantry; Alfred ]. Callahan, srede-
rick Cornell and Corporal Michael Golden
Wounded-R. S. Porter, major and sur
geon, wounded in thigh, serious; Capt.
James T. Moore, wounded in head, serious;
Second Lieut.. Albert l.. Jossman, lung,
severe; First Lieut.. Henry S. Wagner, leg
and wounded in abdomen, serious; Sergt
John Wheaton, Company F, 9th Infantry,
wounded in thigh, serious; Sergt. Eugene
L. Mccarthy, wounded in thigh, serious;
Corporal Henry G. Millington, moderately;
Frank A. Perry, lung, severe; Cook John
Brady, wounded in shoulder, serious; Ar
thur Smith, lung, severe; Walter F. Cam
mers, arm, severe; Everett E. Marshall
wounded in leg above knee, moderate;
Charley Cobb, wounded in arm, serious;
Floyd Croft, wounded in leg above knee
moderate; John NJ. Quinn, ankle severe:
Robert Mccormack, severely; Edward w.
Blair Company H, 9th Infantry legs and
wounded in arm, serious; John O'Donnell
shoulder and wounded in thigh, serious:
e9udrteTHldSter SerSl george j. Beckley,
Company E, 9th Infantry, check, slight;
William H. BroSan, wounded in thigh, seri-
GUS; William Brown, wounded in leg above
knee, serious; George a. DeCarr, Company
q, 9th Infantry, wounded in leg above
knee, serious; John Sullivan, wounded in
hand, slight; William H. Winn wounded in
arm, moderate; Joseph A. Adams face
slight; Battery Sergt. Maj. Albert H. In
gold, elbow, severe; Otto p. Avck, wound
ed in hand, moderate; Claude Damon
wounded in leg above knee, moderate; Wal
ter E. Eldridge, wounded in foot slight:
James p. Smith, wounded in back, slight;
Fred Cross, wounded in hand, moderate:
Hermidas Viola, wounded in hand, serious;
John Daley, wounded in arms, serious:
Peter Sullivan, Company B, 21th Infantry
wounded in leg above knee. serious; Joseph
Lyons, wounded in shoulder, serious; James
j. Haley, mortally wounded, since died:
Herbert Chatterton, wounded in leg above
knee, slight, and six other enlisted men
wounded, names not verified.
Later news: Brig. Gen. G. w. Davis saws
Lieut.. Wagner's stomach may not be pen
etrated and Capt. Moore very close call,
bullet soaring scalp, perhaps making tre-
panning necessary, entirely rational.
First Lieut.. Henry s. Wagner, who re-
ceived serious wounds in the leg and abdo-
men, is an aid on the staff of Gen Davis
He is son Of Gen. Louis Wagner a we'll
known citizen of Philadelphia and an officer
of the Third National Bank of that cty
Maj. r. s. Porter, who was seriously
wounded in the thigh, entered the volunteer
service as first lieutenant and surgeon of
the I'd Illinois Infantry In $685. He after
ward was appointed first lieutenant and as
sistant surgeon of the 31st United States
volunteer Infantry, and later rose to his
nra nj