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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14
FROM PANAMA WEED
TO STYLISH HAT
All About the Hat Which Has Won the Usually
Stable Fancy of Man.

are bleached and blocked here. Pana-
ma hats can be cleaned with soap and
water or special preparation for this
purpose.
There are many limitations of the
Panama, the most perfect being the
Porto Rican. which very closely re-
sembles the Panama, but is made of
straw. is stiff and hard to the touch,
while the Panama Is soft and plia BILE.
The Porto Rican hat can be purchased
for $3.50 and 49, Another imitation
of Panama and which from the appear
ance could be detected by the expert,
only, is made of wool and can he
| purchased for SO. This hat, however,
is as warm as felt, and exudes a dis
agreeable odor For this reason the
imitation will never be popular. The
American people do not like imitation
things, anyhow. They are looking for
the real and true in life, whether it
be in garments or men and women.
But while two-thirds of the mascu-
line portion of our citizens are wear.
ing Panama hats, the remaining third
holds fast to the old-time sailor and
refuses to be convinced that any hal
can be as comfortable or as becoming
as this standard favorite. which like
the older poets and the older novel
lists and all other old things which
have withstood the ravages of time,
is not to be displaced by a novelty
which in time will be compelled once
more to stand aside for that which
has been tried and not found wanting
through many years. There is nothing
new in sailor hats, and as usual they
can be purchased from so cents to
$5. The so cent quality is made of
rough straw and has little or no style.
being simply hat that will keep off
the sun and is cool. The better ones
are made of fine split straw. The brim
is trifie wider than last year, and as
usual the very large man wears high
crown and the small man wears a
low one.
THE MARCHIONESS
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

This is essentially reading age and
the man who runs a book store will
not soon be in danger of starving to
death. Notwithstanding the fact that
nearly every day finds new public Ii
braries established, never were so many
books sold as now, and Akron is not
a step behind other cities. More books
are being sold this month than there
were in May, and many more are be-
ing sold this year than in 1901.
Novels" was the reply Of promi-
nent book dealer to the question of the
reporter, "What class of books sells
most readily?"
Everybody reads novels these
days" went on the bookseller, 'but
the novel of today is vastly different
from the old paper back ones of a few
years ago-and, by the way, a paper
back book is seldom seen nowadays
None of the new books are printed In
Hthat form, and only the Bertha NJ
Relays and books of like calibre come
paper bindings. We carry them in
Hstock, but have few calls for them
THE reading public cares little fol
|the love story pure and simple. While
IA love theme is demanded to give the
h story human interest, plenty of people
&want little history, a little politics
Tor a social problem mixed in to lend
ka touch of solidity to the book and tc
kgive them something to think about
&The historical novel is more popular
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14
THE MOST AWFUL
CATACLYSM THE
WORLD HAS KNOWN
May at Some Future Day Destroy the
Great Metropolis Of America.
Which Threatens

however. than any Of the natural
means for breaking the earth's crust
is the building of the tremendous edi-
fees which are being put in New York
as fast as capital can be found to erect
them. Particularly in the lower part
of the city is this going on at rate
which bars the possibility of comput-
ing the number of pounds pressure
being placed upon the square inch of
surface. 1t is from this piling up of
stone and brick and mortar upon
soil which has the least power of re-
sistance of any part of the earth's
crust in the neighborhood of New
York that seismologists fear catas-
trophe some day which shall whelm
this country in disaster which is too
hideous to contemplate.
Should the overbuilding. in coniunc-
ton with the deposits washed down by
the Hudson from Albany, result in
such a cataclysm the experts are figur
ing that the volcano crater will appear
either in the vicinity of. the swamp or
at some part of the low lying eastern
shore of Long Island where the sur
face is supposed to be particularly
| tenuous.
! 1t will be surprise to most people
to learn that so seriously has this
matter been considered by the Geo
graphical society that committee has
been formed to make as accurate OBJ
scrvations as are possible on the sub
ject.
A popularity of the rough diagnosis
formed by the geographers offhand is
that Wall Street will be one of the
first places to be bottled out by the
possible catastrophe and on account
of its unsavory reputation as nest
of trusts and trade combinations Diet.
rimental to the public veal the warn
ing letters. Meme meme tekel nphar.
sim are said to be already written
on the yet Uniformed walls of the new
stock exchange.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14
AKRON PEOPLE BUY BOOKS.
Sales Have Increased In Recent Years For Both
Novels and Bibles

than any other, and the political novel
follows close second. Everybody
reads novels these days, and everybody
buys them, though travelling salesmen,
theatrical people and in fact all per-
sons who are much on the road are
our best patrons. The public library
affects the sales of popular books very
little, as few persons care to wait their
turn at the library. where hundreds of
persons are eagerly demanding book
of which there is but one copy to go
around.
NO, we do not sell great many
humorous books. Fields Primer and
Ezra Kendalls Spots Of Wit and HUI
NOR sell pretty well, but the more
pretentious works of humor are not
often called for, and even Mark Twain
shares in this general neglect, while
such books as Cervantes' Don Quix-
ote' are probably not called for OFTEN
er than once or twice a year.
1.-THE young students take kindly to
the Nature books, such as Burroughs
and Thoreau, and never was more of
such literature sold than at the present
| time.'
| The five books which sold best in
Akron last month were: Dorothy
Vernon" Colonial story by Charles
Major; Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" by Alice Caldwell Huggin, "a
stroy of the New York slums in which
Lady Bountiful figures; Hough's
mississippi Bubble" "Bylon HILL" a
love story, and A. Conan Doyle's
Hound of the Baskervilles." a con-
tinuation of the experiences of Sher-
lock Holmes.
Notwithstanding the fact that ca
lamity howlers contend that the world
Is growing worse. the increase in the
sales of Bibles and prayer books keep
pace with the fiction ard never were
SO many Bibles sold as at present.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14
Learned Men Discuss a Danger
New York City.

calculable given point in the West In
dies, from the Mississippi deposits.
This deposit has built up the enormous
sand banks at the mouth of our har-
Dor and is accommodating at such a
rate, owing to the impediments which
it has created in the bar, that undoubt-
edly before another eneration has
passed dredging on an extensive scale
will have to be resorted to in order to
make navigation for ships of heavy
draught possible.
While the seismic line does not pass
directly through New York city, the
geological formation from Troy to New
York favors the possibility of a crack
running in the direction of the Empire
city.
The apparent safety of New York
lies in the fact that the city itself
with some exceptional spots is built
| upon rock, and that the bed of the
Hudson is also to certain extent
rocky.
The exceptions to this rocky for.
nation are shown in the large areas
of soft mud beneath the North river
on which it is now proposed to erect
|
tunnels for the Pennsylvania sys
ten, the Swamp, and certain districts
of down town New York where the
ground had always, before filling in
commemorate been considered boggy anG
marshy. Similar spots of soft ooze
in the bed of the East river, showr
by the work occasioned by laying
the foundations of new bridges. are
also considered as opportunities TO
some sporadic outbreak.
But. taken as whole, the forma
ton of the ground upon which New
York city is built is rocky and of sucf
a character as not to allow the escape
of those pent-up gases accumulatins
beneath the surface which in an allu
vial formation would find free ven
and therefore obviate danger of 8
seismic convulsion. More important
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

New York, June twill it be the
destiny of New York to be some day
wiped out by the most gigantic cata-
clysm in the history of the civilized
world? The idea is not an inviting one
but it is being seriously discussed by
a small group of men connected with
the Geographical society, who possess
an international reputation as seis-
mologists.
Seismic disturbances have hitherto
run along certain lines on the earth's
surface, as we learned from our prim-
ers on physical geography, and while
it is possible for earthquakes to occur
in any part of the world, owing to the
operation of subterranean gaseous
forces, of the workings of which we
have rs yet no means of obtaining
knowledge, the lines hitherto laid
down are very apt to be followed.
This brings New York state directly
into the seismic belt, which, beginning
in the Green mountains, sweeps south
ward through Baltimore, Richmond,
Raleigh and Charleston to the Atlantic
coast, whence. beneath the ocean, it
proceeds in direct line through the
West India islands to Martinique and
st. Vincent.
1t is trite fact that volcanic dis
turbances are caused by the breaking
of the earths crust, caused by the de-
posit of silt at the mouth of big rivers
as. for instance, occurred in the case
of Mont Pelee, due to the deposits
brought down by the Mississippi
river. The tremendous volume OF
mud carried down by the Mississippi
is spread over Il large surface of the
ocean bed but nevertheless accumu
lated at certain points, due to the ac-
tion of certain ocean currents, so as to
overweight the crust of the sea bottom
In the case of New York city there
is a larger accumulation of silt from
the Hudson, proportionately to area OF
discharge, than is the case with any
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

For years the Panama hat has had a
place on the shelves of the clothier. a
thing to be gazed at curiously, but sell
dom purchased. Last year, however,
there came a change. and in the East
favor seldom accorded any style by
men. BY this year the fame of the
Panama has travelled far and wide,
and every other man you meet wears
either a Panama or an imitation of
one. One reason for the popularity of
the Panama is that it is cool, light,
comfortable. and another is that large
hats are the proper caper just at pres
ent, and Panama is the only material
that makes up well in large designs
Panama hats can be purchased for
S5; other Panama hats, finer and more
beautiful, can be purchased for $500.
There are notas many $500 hats sold as
$5 ones. The average man pays from So
to $15 for his Panama, while limited
number of $50 ones are sold. The de-
mand for Panama hats far exceeds
the supply and dealers are hunting up
all the old Panamas they have had in
their stores for years past and are
blocking them over, and expert indeed
is he who can tell them from the brand
of the present year. That is one of the
beauties of the Panama hat, il can be
doubled up and put in your pocket;
or if the style changes next year all
that is necessary is to re-block the hat
and 10! it is as handsome as the one
which but yesterday left the hands
Of the weaver.
| Panama hats are made of seaweed
which grows in South America, and
is woven by natives. by hand, under
water. The hat is woven under water
that the reed may retain its flexibility.
Contrary to the ideas held by some,
a genuine Panama hat can be pur-
chased for S5, the difference between
this and the 500 hat being in the fine
ness of the weed and the perfection of
the weave. Many Panama hats are
sent to this country in the leaf and
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14
Brockway Thinks the
New Jail Is All RIGHT

Mr.. 2. r. Brockway, of New York,
was in the city, Friday. His sole object
in coming to Akron was to get view
of the new Jail, He is rs years old
and is Inspector of New York jails
for the prison association of New York.
He has been engaged in prison work
wor 80 years and built and managed
the reformatory at Elmira, n. Y. He
retired from active work in 1900.
The new Akron Jail is the best
county Jail | have ever seen," said Mr.
Brockway. The facilities for isolat-
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

India paper, all the standard works
now being printed on India paper
which gives book half the size of
those printed on ordinary paper and
still allows of the use of a large, clear
type.
Many funny things happen at the
book counter, and all sorts of queer
and ludicrous requests are made. Not
long a 60 lady inquired at a local book
store for David Harum, written by
Oliver Twist" At another time a
sweet young thing :! blushingly de-
manded when Midnight Was in
Bloom The clerk with never a
smile gave her when Knighthood
Was In Flower" The salesman who
was able to make THE Legend of
Sleepy Hollow" out of 1.-The Leapinp
Leg of Swallow" was an expert in
his business, for ridiculous as this
may seem such was the request made
of IA local bookseller by schoo
teacher, something less than a veal
ago.
Another funny thing occurred wher
lady evidently an Akronian possess
ed of her full share of civic PRIDE was
showing some out-of-town visitor
over one of the large department
stores. Stopping before a dictonar,
on revolving stand, she made tn,
remarkable statement: "And here |.
a dictionary in which you will fine
the name of every person living in tn,
CITY," And the visitors were duly I'M
pressed.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

ing the prisoners are excellent. From
a hygienic standpoint the Jail is all that
could be asked, The details have been
admirably worked out. The turnkey
can easily observe his prisoners, and
they are well protected against rescue,
an attempt such as Akron had some
time ago."
Speaking OF criminals, Mr.. Brock
way said:
Criminals are born. They are not
angels pushed over the battlements
of heaven.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14
Ready to Yield.

II used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
for Piles and found it certain cure"
says S. II. Meredith, Willow Grove
Del. Operations unnecessary to cure
piles. They always yield to DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Cures skin dis
eases, all kinds of wounds. Accept
no counterfeits.
VIM. Warner, Gem Pharmacy, lib 8.
Howard st.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

Moki Tea positively cures sick head
ache, indigestion and constipation. A
delightful herb drink, Removes all erup-
tions of the skin, producing a perfect
complexion or money refunded. 25c and
soc. Write to us for free sample. w.
IL. Hooker & Co., BuffolO, n. Y.
Inman. Bros, j. NJ. LATER, John Lam
parter & Co.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14
Warning.

If you have kidney or bladder trou-
BILE and do not use Foley's Kidney
Cure, you will have only yourself to
blame for results, as it positively cures
all forms of kidney and bladder dis
eases. j. N. LATER, ]. Lamparter &
Co., A. Warner.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14
SOME LOCAL
BEAUTY SPOTS.
Pencil Sketches of Pretty Places In or
About Akron.
About Akron.

country. when white men protected
their scalps as best they could while
they wrested the country from nature
and turned it into the garden 1t now
Is. Some of the story was written
, in the events of the war Of 1912. when
Perry came up the river to within
few miles Of Akron. cut down trees
and built fleet with which he crush
ed British power OF Lake Erie. Other
tales in the history of the river are
not in print, and were forgotten ages
before the warwhoop of the Indian and
scream of panther, intermingled by
the plash Of the water, were replaced
by the shrek of the hurrying railway
trains. The river, also. has dwindled
away until in most places a yerita-
bic thread marks the course Of what
was once a noble waterway. In few
places. however, the river retains
some Of its former breadth, and one
of these spots. where there is Yet
strong evidence Of what the river once
was. is just above Gaylord's Grove,
near Cuyahoga Falls.
Here the water flows deliberately,
the stream is wide and peaceful, the
hor lie linz I,-t nd NJ,
looks as it might have looked hun
dred years ago. The spot possesses
great beauty and is visited by many
of those acquainted with the beauty
spots of the county. Several canoes
are kept here, and their owners take
recreation in padding about, and
dreaming of the notable things which
may have and probably did take place
here when nature was governor. or
when natures power was being trans
| ferred to the white man. Within a
few hundred yards there are rail-
roads and busy highways, but here
there is peace.
The waters run placidly, the birds
twitter among the trees undisturbed
and trees whisper to each other as of
| old, and to the onlooker, on a quiet
afternoon, it would not be surprising
if painted Indian were to glide forth
from the surrounding underground at
any minute.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

During the summer kidney irregu-
larities are often caused by excessive
drinking or being overheated. Attend
to the kidneys at once by using Fol
ey's Kidney Cure. j. NJ. LATER, j..
Lamparter & Co., A. Warner
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

a beauty spot surrounded by beauty
spots is Cotter park at the junction
of East Market st. and Buchtel ave-
a city park, but known as such TO
fewer people than any other in Ak
ron. Ii is not very large, but nowhere
within thousand miles is the grass
Il more charming green. the trees more
delightfully."- leafy. A flower bed in
the center adds just the right dash
of color to make a pretty picture. The
naples which bend over the tiny oasis
are not large, but all are in sturdy
health and of luXuriant foliage. Cot
ter park, indeed. is a distinct addition
to Akron. Its surroundings are a
guarantee that it will always be well
kept. for at Buchtel ave- and Market
SITS. there are pretty homes and well
kept lawns on every side. 1t is one
of the most beautiful corners in the
city.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

Standing at the intersection Of
Arch and Perkins sts.. and looking
north and east, the sightseer can OBJ
tain one of the prettiest views TO be
had in the city. Below is the valley
and across the valley the green-clad
earth seems to rise and fall like huge
waves on the ocean. Few are they
whose poetical sense is not aroused
as they view the living picture which
nature has made here. Yet even as
man contemplates the view he is
presently reminded of the fact that he
is still on earth, as a heavy freight
train passes by and smoke and noise
jar harshly upon his finer senses.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

Three spectres that threaten baby's
life. Cholera infantum, dysentery.
diarrhoea. DR.. Fowler's Extract of
Wild Strawberry never fails to con-
quer them.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

The Cuyahoga river is stream
with a history. Part of the story is
written in the early history of the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

Sing to us, cedars. the twilight is
creeping
With shadowy garments the wilder.
ness through;
All day we have carolled, and now
would be sleeping.
So echo the anthem we warbled to
you
While we swing swing,
And your branches sing
And we browse to your dreamy whis-
pering.'
Had Pauline johnson lived in Cuya-
hoga Falls and had she written naples
instead of cedars in her charming bird
lullaby. it would have been a perfect
picture of the tree lined path leading
through the grove adjoining the Epis-
copal church at Cuyahoga Falls This
is one of the loveliest spots in To-
cality where loveliness in nature
abounds.
This path is about 300 feet in length
and guarded on either side by maple
trees which, though grown old, have
lost none of their youthful grace and
charm. Deep and cool are the shad-
ows cast by the heavy. leaf laden
boughs and only occa sionally the sun
filters through, glimmering gently to
and fro like strea mers of golden rib
bons. 1t is spot for the poet and the
| dreamer who could spend long, happy
| hours here with never a thought of
earthly things, hearing only the carols
Of birds, the "cheep. cheep. cheep''
of the cricket and the singing Of the
katydid; seeing nothing but the
dreamy shadows, an occasional
glimpse of the sky and the visions Of
an unshackled mind.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-14

THE MARCHIONESS.
The oasis., 1902-02-08

Range News: The long dry spell has at last been broken. Saturday night considerable snow fell on the mountains and at inter- vals fiuries of snow swept over the valley. Tuesday night 3t inches of snow fell at Wilcox and the snow fall in the mountains was heavy. Wednesday it rained part of the day and the mountains were wrapped in heavy clouds. We'd nesday night it rained in the valley and more snow fell in the higher attitudes. The wheather is still threatening and more precipit- ation is looked for. This storm was indeed timely. There has been TO rain to speak of in these parts since August, and the springs were running low in the surrounding hills. A liberal water supply is now assured for the coming spring and summer, and the grass in the foot hills will get an early start. The storm means thousands of dollars added to the profits of the stockmen and miners.