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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
PERSONALITIES.

Cardinal Parrochi, who is spoken OF
as the probable successor Of Pope Leo
XIII, is a great reader of newspapers
and was himself newspaper man In
his younger days.
Nine. Albani, who has been making
tour through South Africa, is de-
lighted with the country. When she
visited the De Beers compound at Kim
berley, recently, 5000 Zulus danced and
sung for her.
Nine. Chenay, aged 80, has obtained
judicial separation from M. Chenay,
engraver, aged IS. She was the sis
ter of Nine. Victor Hugo, and acted as
the poets secretary at Guernsey. She
had lived apart from her husband for
over thirty years. When the case came
up year ago the judge put 1t off to
try if persons Of their age could make
up their differences.
1t is confidently stated in some quar-
ters that the czar contemplates great
reforms within his empire. These re-
forms are in three different directions.
First, regarding the laws which regu-
late the press; second, measure deal
ing with elementary schools, which
will increase the number Of these estab-
lishments in hitherto neglected dis
tricts, and, third, comprehensive
| measure of relief to the religious dis
senters throughout the empire, which
! will enable these bodies to hold their
services without the restraints at pres
ent imposed upon them.
Miss Helen Hay, the eldest daughter
of the American ambassador to Lon
don, who is now selected to fill the po-
sition of secretary of state, has had
| many honors showered upon her in
| London recently. She was selected for
| the honor of opening the public gar
| dens which have been laid out on the
! site Of the long-disused graveyard at
the rear of Robert Browning's hall at
Walworth. Miss Hay performed the
ceremony with grace and ease, the
key with which she unlocked the gates
being craven with the American and
British flags and the arms of the set
Elements. Only few days subsequent
to this, at the big state ball at Buck
| ingham palace, Miss Hay danced in the
royal quadrille. This is a distinction
seldom granted to such young un-
married woman.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
FOR THE FRIVOLOUS,

Book Agent have here a very val
Doctor Comes" Mr.. Owen Doe-Don't
want it. Why don't you get out some
thing on what to do when the collector
comes?
Greymair-My wife didn't say word
when 1 got home SO late the other
morning. Betterhaws-That was kind.
"As was saying, she didn't say word
when l got home. She waited until
got sleepy. y."-Cincinnat Enquirer.
what are the graves of Adams and
Otis marked by big rocks sor?" asked
the visitor at the Granary burying
ground. Because they were bolder
men than most of their contemporar-
ies,' said the Boston man proudly.
His tongue Glove to the roof of his
mouth. 'I-I-that is," he faltered,
"you-" And then he suddenly
caught her to his BOSOM you know
what 1 would say!' he cried. Frigidly
she disengaged herself Another miss
ing word fake she muttered, pale,
but calm.-Detroit Journal.
1.-TWO Spaniards went up in a bal
loon. The balloon burst. What ma
tionality were they when they came
down." asked the conundrum man.
"Give it up grimly responded the
stupid man. Zone came down a Rus
sian and the other got tangled up in a
telegraph wire and came down a
Pole" was the response.-Chautauu
Assembly Herald.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Henry James has written an in
PRODUCTION to an edition of the works
of Pierre Lott, which will soon be pub
lished in England.
Robert Barr is now back in his home
in Surrey, having passed a very pleas
ant and not altogether unremunerative
sojourn in the United States and Can
ada. ''Tekla," his forthcoming novel,
will be issued in the fall. 1t was type
written by the author within the walls
Of an old castle on the Moselle.
Mr.. Barrie of Thrums has written an
introduction to the English edition of
Cable's-"The Grandissimes." Any one
who has been in New Orleans will
recognize the force of his opening sem
tence: ITO sit in a laundry and read
The Grandissimes'-tha is the quick
est way of reaching the strange city of
New Orleans" Mr.. Cables reception
in London has very properly been de-
scribed as enthusiastic.
M. Leon Daudet, in the memoir of
his father, Alphonse Daudet, just pub
lished, alludes to "the analogies be-
tween his fathers handwriting and
that of Jean-Jaques Rousseau" The
former never hesitated, he relates, at
making the corrections and deletions
he thought desirable. "a first rough
draft, written straight off, served as a
canvas. After a long and
searching test third and definite
| manuscript was produced"
Of Hermann Sudermann it is said
that when he is writing new work he
leaves wife and children at home in
Berlin, and buries himself in some OBJ
scure nook in Italy or the Tyrol. Nc
correspondence is forwarded to him
until the manuscript is complete. He
is described as looking like the man oi
action rather than like the man of let
, ters. He is muscular giant, bearded
and blue-eyed, resembling the idea
! Wotan of Wagnerian drama, if one
can imagine Wotan in frock coat o.
, irreproachable cut.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
D|NCLEY BILL
AND WOOL.
How + rariff Law Has Put Money
Into Farmers Pockets.
WOOLEN GOODS NO HIGHER.
While Sheep Have Gone Up In Price In
the United States They Have De-
clined In Value In the Mar
kets of the World For
Very Potent Reason.

In 1895, the year after the Democrat
ic tariff bill became a law, Ohio x
wool, standard grade, sold for 16
cents a pound. In September, 1896,
with the election of Mckinley as pres
ident strong probability, the same
grade of wool sold for II cents
pound. 1t went up 2 cents pound on
the election of Mckinley and the GER
tainty of protective tariff, and today
the same grade of wool is selling at
26 cents, pound or 10 cents pound
more than under the Democratic ad-
ministration.
The domestic clip of wool for 1898
was 265, ,000,0 pounds. An increase
of 10 cents a pound on that quantity
of wool would mean s26,5O0,000 in
crease in value to the farmers of the
United States on their wool alone this
year as the result of the election of
a Republican president and congress,
to say nothing of the increase in the
value of the sheep and by-products.
Are woolen goods any higher now
than under the Wilson law?" was the
inquiry made yesterday of a large
clothing manufacturing establishment
Speaking generally, I should say
no." was the reply. "The wooden cloth
ing worn by the great mass of the
people was never sold for less than il
is today Some of the finer grades may
be a little higher"
And that wonderful result is ac-
complished by the fact that never
since the year 1S47 have the imports
of wooden manufacturers been sc
small as in the last fiscal year. There
never has been since 1S47 such larg,
proportion Of the goods consumed ii
the United States manufactured a
home nor so few manufactured by for
eign mills, as will be seen by the fol
lowing table for five-year periods, ant
for the last three years:
Manufactures of wool (includins
Shoddy, noilS, waste, etc.,.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
ODDS AND ENDS,

Farinelli could sing 800 notes with
out drawing breath, while fifty exhaust
most singers.
The largest apartment house in the
world is said to be in Wieden, suberb
of Vienna. 1t contains ], 400 rooms, di-
vided into 4S0 apartments of from
three to six rooms each. Its 2,112
tenants pay an aggregate annual rent
of $4,000.
The electrotypist of the British mu-
scum has produced such admiral fac
SMILES of ancient coins that experts
have been puzzled by them. AS pre-
caution against unintentional fraud,
however, the counterfeits are in future
to bear the initials, "B. NJ"
In one of the Canary islands there
is a tree of the laurel family that oc-
casionally rains down in the early ev-
ening quite copious shower of water
drops from its tufted foliage. The
water comes out through innumerable
little pores situated at the edge of the
leaves.
Paris is capricious even in the mat
ter of her public statues, which are
being constantly dethroned and others
set up in their places. The deposed
ones are slowed away, and there are
yards at Auteuil full of them. AS for
the streets, their names, of course,
| change with every change of wind.
A curious disparity is evident in the
authoritative estimation Of the heat OF
the sun. Pouillet places it at 1,400 to
1900 degrees Celsius (Centigrade), Ste.
Claire-Deville at $500 degrees, Lord
Kelvin and Prof Langley at 5000 de-
grees, Sir Robert Ball at $4,000 degrees,
| Sporer at 3,700 degrees and Pater Leo
die at 1O,0oO,O00 degrees.
| Bread which is very difficult to di-
gest has been distributed in many parts
of France during the last few years,
and now it is discovered that it was
adulterated with very fair sprinkling
Of sawdust reduced to fine powder so
! as to resemble meal. A man named
Fessat, who has been making a for
! tune out of this industry, has been ar
rested.
| Boston feels quite humiliated be-
! CduSS surrey, SuuuIp VI Louuou,O 7" ho
a horse that wears spectacles. He
wears them for a purpose, too. for his
| eyesight is so dim that he can't see a
yard in front of his nose unless he has
on his specs" Toby goes about his
daily duties calmly. He has suffered
from myopia for two years. Veterin-
| ary surgeons recommended some kind
Of glasses. Toby got them and wears
them. He owns the unique distinction
Of being the only four-footed animal
in the world equipped with spectacles.
| No one can travel among the Arabs
without being struck by the import
ance attached to the water supply.
Where a rich Englishman would be-
| Queath money to founding an hospital
or decorating church, an Arab can
| think Of no other channel for his char
ity than the construction of a foun-
| tain which will assure him the bless
ings of all future generations. The
| Arabs have a curious characteristic In
common with horses and other ami
mails. They prefer stagnant water
however bad in smell and appearance
to the most limpid running water
which, they assert, generally contains
disagreeable medicinal properties.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
General WheeIer,s slim.

Writing of the battle before Santiago
a correspondent of the New York press
says: During all the terrible firing
of shot and shell which lasted until
darkness set in, Gen. Wheeler was'the
only man 1 saw who did not dodge or
duck. He sat astride his horse coolly
giving orders, chatting with his aids
and taking things as they came" as
an officer who was lying on the ground
remarked. Gen. Wheeler provoked one
good laugh, which went all along the
line. Through his glass he saw the
enemy retreating, and he turned to a
group of friends and remarked glee-
fully. Its all right, boys; the Yam
KEGS are yielding" The little general
corrected himself when he saw the
smile that came, and said: Il mean
the Spaniards, of course, gentlemen. !"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01

OF the large amount OF wool import
ed previous to the passage of the Ding
ley law considerable quantity is still
in bond. 1t can be re-exported with
out payment of duty, and for that rea-
son is going abroad again, to some
extent But if taken out for consump
tion here duty must be paid.
Price Of Sheep.
While sheep have gone up in price
in the United States they have de-
clined in value in the markets of the
world. In England today Shropshire
woods cost the British manufacturer
about II cents for fleece washed, or %
cents secured, while if imported under
the Dingley tariff act their cost to the
cents for fleece washed or 40 cents
secured.
If we had no tariff the competition
of English Shropshire wool would
cause the value of American quarter
blood wool today to be about IA cents
for unwashed, instead of the present
price of 211aa22c, or about II cents for
fleece washed instead of the present
price of % cents, or about % cents
for secured, instead of the present
price OF 371a.
1t has been claimed that the light
imports of wooden manufactures in the
fiscal year 1898 were but the natural
sequence of the heavy ante-tariff i'm
portations of the preceding year, but,
taking the two years 1897 and 1898 to-
gether, the average amount imported
is SIS, 100000 per year less than the
average of the years 1895, 1896 and
1897 under the Wilson law, and even
81, 100000 less than the average of the
four years under the Mckinley law
(Which preceded the free-wool meas
ure)-in fact, the average of the WOOL
en- textile importations of 1897 and
1898 is less than for any year since
1879.
wooPa Strong Position.
"It is difficult to see," said Mr.. JUS
tice yesterday, "how the position of
wool itself could be stronger. During
the year ending June 80, 1898, the
quantity withdrawn from bonded
warehouses for consumption was less
than that of any year since 1885, and
already much of the 60,oO0,OOO pounds
held in bond on June 80 has beer
shipped for resale abroad.-Inter.
views with Mr.. Theodore Justice In
the Philadelphia Press.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01

Queen Victoria, though her views on
the question of divorce are we'll known,
has only very recently given them eff.
cial expression. This expression, con-
densed, shows her Totally averse to
divorce under any circumstances what
soeyer," and her strong disspproval is
due to the liberty which divorces give
divorced people to marry agsin. Too
much remarriage, no matter what were
the grounds Of divorce, she is unaltera-
bly, opposed. This explains the objec.
ton the queen has always manifested to
the appearance Of divorced women at
court.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
DON'T WORRY, DEAR.

Don't worry, dear The bleakest years
That clog the forward view
Each thins TO nothing when it nears,
And we may 'saunter through
The darkest moment never comes.
1t only looms before.
The loss of hope is what benumbs,
Not trouble at the door.
Don't worry, dear. The clouds are black,
But with them comes the rain,
And stifed souls that parch and crack
May thrill with sap again.
The burden bear as Lest we can,
And there'll be none to bear.
Hard work has never killed man,
But worry did its share.
Don't worry, dear; don't blanch, don't
yield,
But dare the years to come,
Nor give the enemy the field
Because lie beats his drum.
These little woes that hover near
Are nothing, though they gall.
We know that life is love, my dear,
And life and love are all.
samuel Merwin in Youths Companion.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
LAST NIGHT.

hst night 1 sojourned for a season brief
In goodly company. Hamlet and Dane
Was there, and sweet Ophelia once again
'ept while she sang, her being rent with grief
)thello came with Desdemona ere
lagos poison rankled in his heart.
Orlando, swearing death should never part
His soul from fairest Rosalind's, drew near,
And then, while mirth and revel reigned su-
preme
And all my soul was glad, oped mine eyes
And marveled much that this was all a dream,
And my dear vision vanished to the skies.
Iwaked to see my phantom friends no more,
My Shakespeare lying closed upon the floor.
Robert Loveman in Woman's Home Conpan-
iNn
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
School Examiners Meetings, 1883,

Examinations of teachers will be held on the
first Saturday of each month, except April and
July. Questions on therory and practice will
be based in part on Fitch 1.-THE Arnolds;"
questions on reading will be based on the lit
erature prescribedI.by the o. T. r. C.-Shake-
speare's Hamlet, Carlisle's Essay on Burns,
selections from Burns poems.
Examinations of pupils under "Boxwell law
will be held on March 1s and April %, 1899
Hours of examination-9 to IL a. .;It,
M, standard time.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01

I'VE are selling these goods" said
the clerk, cat positive loss. Practic-
ally, we are giving them away"
"Then," said the lady with the naughty
demeanor, 81 must decline to purchase.
cannot accept gifts from shopkesps
r.'-Indianapolis Journal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
Similarity

Some of these summer young men, "
remarked Miss Cayenne pensively,
remind me of Dresden china" BE
cause they are beautifully" Yes; and
they get broke SO easily."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-01
Wool Importations.

ImpOftat10n9.
The imported wool retained for con-
sumption, which, of course, means the
imported wool which was not re-ex-
ported, was smaller during the fiscal
year 1898, the first year of the Dingley
tariff act, than the imported wool re-
tanned for consumption since 1885, as
is shown by the following table:
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-13
JOURNALIST PASSES AWAY.

Death of Judge BOyntOn, Political Ed
itor of the Detroit Free Press.
Detroit, Mich, Jan. 1O.-Judge Albert
G. Boynton, for rs years political editor
of the Detroit Free Press, died Sunday
evening at the Alma (Mich.) sanitarium.
He had suffered from kidney troubles
for two years past, which finally caused
other complications. Last September
he relinquished his work and was taken
TO Alma three weeks ago, but was I'M
able to rally. 5r.a'1'5
:. Judge Boynton was born March 81 1897,
at Bangor, Me. His father was of English
ancestry, and his mother was a lineal de-
scendant of John Alden and other pilgrims.
In 1854 he abandoned study at Bowdoin col
lege, on account of i'll health, and went to
Montreal, where he later began law prac-
tice; and also contributed to the Canadian
press. He came to Detroit in 81, practiced
law, and became acting city attorney and
later police judge. In 1872 he resigned Of
flee, and purchased an interest in the Free
Press, and had ever since been the prin-
cipal editorial writer Of the paper He was
vice president of the Free Press company,
and usually represented, together with ex-
Minister William e. Quinby, in the meet
ings of the Associated Press. Deceased was
always democrat, and an uncompromis-
ing gold democrat since the money issue
was raised. He was skillful and clear, but
eminently fair and dignified. writer on all
questions Of public concern. He leaves
widow, three daughters and son.]
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-13
A serf,s Forethousht,

Count Scheremetef, an immensely
wealthy and powerful Russian noble
who lived in the early part of this CEN
fury, had among his serfs a man named
Schalouchine, who had amassed an
enormous fortune. He had offered as
much as $250,0OO for his freedom, but
in vain. One day Scheremetef gave a
dinner party, and to his disgust there
were no oysters to begin the banquet
with. ''They were not to be had at any
price," replied the steward. At that
moment Schalouchine was ushered in
among the guests, and Scheremetef
bullied him as usual. ''Your freedom"
he yelled, "you cannot have it if you Of
fered a million Of rubles. A million,
pshaw! a few dozen oysters would be
worth more than that to me at this mo-
ment.'' ''Do understand, then, my
lord, that you would grant me my free
dom if I procured them for you?'
eyes, was the answer. Schalouchinc
had brought barrel of oysters, having
heard of the dinner. The deed of free
dom was Immediately signed, Schalou-
chine took his place among the guests,
and his descendants are not only the
wealthiest bankers in Russia, but were
ennobled about quarter of century
ago.. London Illustrated News.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-13
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

THERE is a perfectly new fad, and it
eminates from London. Beautifully
arched eyebrows have always been con.
sidered a mark of beauty, but it is the
latest fad to have the eyebrows trained
in a pointed arch. even eXaggerating
the Japanese style. 1t is called the
''Curzon eyebrow, named for famous
beauty of Great Britain. S@ 1 -
NEARLY all the royal personages of
Europe are cousins. and not very far
removed. as it has been laid down by a
German genealogist that every crown
ed head of Europe. excepting Turkey.
is descended from one or other of two
sisters who lived about $50 years ago.
VERDI, who objects to hand organs.
has an effective though expensive way
of suppressing them at Moncalieri,
where he spends his summers. He
hires allthe organs in the district for
the season and stores them in his
house. A reporter counted 95 instru-
ments and the composer told him that
it cost him $500 a season to suppress
them.
TIE anti-gra!n gambling crusade is
taking shape in France. The chamber
of deputies has appointed committee
70 investigate and report upon the pro-
posed prohibition of speculation in
grain and articles of food generally.
THE first standing army of which
there is any record was organized by
King Saul, 1898. B. C. The army of
Xerxes. in invading Greece, numbered
,nn lnnn L a0n n ~
The first standing army of modern
tines was maintained in Franch by
Charles VII. 1445. Standing armies
were first established in England by
Charles ], 1858.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-13
BLANCHE LAMONT.

ed In the search for the missing girl, and
among others was Theodore Durrant, who
had often acted as Miss Lamont's escort.
Ten days had passed since Miss Lamont
disappeared, and her friends had almost
given up hope of ever knowing her fate,
when a discovery was made which led to
the finding Of Miss Lannon'S body.
The ladies Of Emanuel church were. en-
gagged in decorating the edifce preparatory
to the celebration of the Easter Sunday
services, when the mangled body Of Minnie
Williams was found. almost naked, in the
library. A number Of ugly knife wounds
and some rags that had been forced down
the young woman's throat told of the un-
eouai struggle she had made to protect her
honor.
The trial, which began on July q and
la sted until November l, was one OF the
most celebrated In criminal jurisprudence.
Nearly 1900 talesmen were examined be-
fore Jury was secured, and six weeks
passed before the taking of testimony was
ehepun. The evidence throughout was cir
.crm stantlal, but when taken together
formed a chain so strong as to admit OF no
reasonable doubt.
The case was submitted to the jury on the
afternoon of November /, 1895. after having
been on trial over three months. Twenty
minutes after they left the courtroom the
Jurors returned and rendered a verdict OF
unity IA the first degree. The California
70 ~ gives the fury power to fix the punish
mont OF the criminal, but as no recon-
.mendation Of mercy was made. Judge
Mrrnhy e, few days later, sentenced Dur
rant to be hanged on February q. 1896.
S sIN,en began fight for delay. vigorously
an intained for almost two years, not even
ceasing with the execution Of the death
sentence.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-13
AT END OF HIS ROPE 5'5E; I. !
- - :
Durrant Hangs at Last for Murder
OF Blanche Lamont.
lie Dies Protesting His innocence
Embraces Catholic Faith at Almost
Last Moment = His Crime and
Fight for Life.

San Quentin, CAL, Jan. S.-When Will
liam henry Theodore Durrant died on
the gallows Friday morning for the
murder OF Blanche Lamont he gave such
an exhibition of GOODNESS and nerve as
has seldom been seen under similar cir
cumstances. Hopeful almost to the very
last minute that something or some one
would intervene to save him he walked
to the scatfold and made his speech pro-
testing his innocence as calmly andwiths
as distinct enunciation as if he had been
addressing an assemblage of friends
upon some ordinary topic of the day.
His face was pale, his eyes were red, but
his voice was firm and he stood as solid:
~ as a rock while he proclaimed his in
nocence and professed forgiveness to
those who. he said, had bounded him to
death. There was not hitch or acct