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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
A New Idea.

The man who believes in making the
worst of everything happened to see
the Washington monument looming
up in the distance. Immediately he
heaved deep sigh. whats the trou-
ble?" inquired the friend. Don't it
suit your" mot quite" "It has been
approved by the monument experts
from all parts of the world" 1T is
very good as far as it goes. But il
some enterprising man would fit It up
with mercury and glass tube what a
fine thing it would be for measuring
this weather. er."-Washingt Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

Wife with a determined air)-I
want to see that letter. Husband
What letter." Wife-"The one you
just opened. know by the handwrit-
ing it is from woman, and you turn
ed pale when you read it. I will see
it! Give it to me, sir!" Husband
Here it is. It's your milliner's bill"
-Tit-BitS
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
How Adam Was Punished.

The other day, in Sunday school
class of boys between the ages Of six
and ten, a question was asked as to
how God punished Adam for disobey-
ing Him. There was silence for a
moment or so, and then one bright
boy said: Please, sir, God took away
one of his ribs and gave him wife,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
Not to Be Believed.

'T suppose you think l can't tell
timer" exclaimed the man whose
chronology had been questioned. "No."
was the reply; 81 don't say you
couldn't tell time, but time would be
fool to believe you, whatever Won
told him" Transcript.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

The earnings of the New Zealand
government railways, which during
the year 1888 amounted to $40 per
cent on the sum equivalent to the total
cost of the lines, amounted in 1897 to
IT per cent.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

Acts are the language of nature.
When let alone they are true to nature.
AS words express the inner, unseen ex-
ercises of thought, so the acts as the
language of nature are the expressions,
the visible images of the heart-its ex-
ercises and states.-Dr. ]. H. Hall.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
Decline in Value.

Maud thought Ethel would die of
grief when the young Duke refused to
marry her because she had only S.,
900, 900. Eva-Poor girl! Did she die?
Maud-No; she ran off with her coach
man.-Judge.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

Browne-The popular price for ev-
erything in the next century will be
10 cents. Towne-Then we can cor
rectly refer to it as the ten century
indianapolis Journal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

Mrs. Wickwire-Whyd don't you exer-
else the talents the Lord has bestowed
on you, instead of begging? Dismal
Dawson-Lady, the Lord has given me
the best beggin' talents in the profess
sion.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
A Valuable Adjunct.

SQuilldig-"Hobson intends to raise
the Cristobal Colon by means of air
bags" McSwilligen-"If his supply of
wind bags becomes exhausted he might
60 to Havana and capture Blanco."-
Pittsburg Telegraph.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
Catching Cold.

Jones-"Which travels the fastest.
heat or cold?" Lones-"Heat, Of course.
You cannot catch heat, but you can
catch cold. New York Journal
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

81 wonder why it is that meetings of
the unemployed are always called on
Sunday" "That is SO the men who at
tend will not be forced to lose a day
from their work k"-Exchangs.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
HAMILTON BROS

A TTORNEYS AT LAW, and Real Estate
~ Agents. once in Hamilton's Building,
east of the Logan House, Bellefontaine, Ohio;
Particular attention given to collections and
settlement of estates. VIII practice In state
and q. S. Courts. All business promptly At
ended to.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
SPAIN ]. sOuIHARp.

A TTORNEY AT LAW. Special attention
u given to abstracts of title, 1oaping money
and drafting of all legal Instruments. Prompt
Collections, nre and life insurance. ONCE
eouth Main street over J. M. Abraham q Co.'s
grocery.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

"Your son has opened up general
merchandise store?" Yes; he has gone
into business in modest way" May
I ask what lines he is handling be-
sides bicycles ?"-Chicago Dispatch.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

Grasshoppers are so thick In some
parts of Canada that it is said that
often the insects my be seen floating
n foot thick down the Soorelois river.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
Powerful Magnets.

Electro magnets, capable of picking
up five tons, are used by an Illinois
steel company to transfer steel beams
or plates from one part Of the shop to
another.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

The total export trade of the leading
commercial countries of the world for
the past twenty-four years is sum-
married. by the Antwerp Journal of
Maritime Interests in the following
compilation from official resources:
Relative
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
DR.. w. G. sTlNcHcoMB,

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon Special atten-
1 tiou given to diseases of the eye ard fitting
glasses. 40 North Main street, Bellefon-
a inc, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
JOHN c. HOVER,

A TTORNEY- -AL-LAw. Special attention
~ given all Office practice, settlement of
estates, collections and loans. Office and 8,
Lawrence Block, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
I. II. NEW ELL
Il. PAT. cHAMBERLIN.

r. PAT cHAMBERLrN H. II. NEWELL.
CHAMBERLAIN & NEWELL,
r AwYERS. General and commercial prac-
i tice Settlement of estates and collections.
Opposite Court House, Main street, Bellefon-
taine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
A JAy MILLER.

A TToRNEY AT LAW. Special attention
~ given to collections and settlement OF
states. Rooms s and 9, Empire Block, Belle
ontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
l. w. YOUNG. m. D..

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. General prac-
i titioner of medicine. Have special test
lenses for accurately fitting glasses for those
who need them. Office 1856 West Columbus
Ave. Residence 402 East Sandusky Ave.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
DIR C. w. HEEENER.

DHYsTCIAN g. Surgeon. No. 1l6 East CO.
lumbus Ave. Treatment of the Eyes and
fitting glasses for defective vision, speciality
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
s. A. BUCHANAN,

CURvEYOR AND OWL ENGINEER.
- Over 20 years experience. Will do all
kinds of town and country work. Rooms
end s, Lawrence Building, Bel efontaine, o
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
s. G. DEFREES,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellefontaine, o.
n Room l and 2, Bellefontaipe National
Bank Building. Money loaned and secured at
reasonable rates.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

She Leads the Procession
''It's no use; We can't keen In with
Maud" What's the matter now?"
"She's got engaged by cable. Chi.
cago Dispatch. =
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
w. n. ROWAND,

NENTIsT. Ofice over N. Morgenroth's
xlJcIothing store, Main st. opposite Court
uonse.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

DIR. J. n. WILSON,
lIOMEOPATHIsT. Special attention given
n to diseases of the Nose and Throat. Once
on South Main Street, Bellefontaine, 0.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
WEST & WEST,

A ATToRNEY AT LAW. Collections given
n prompt attention Partition and settle
ment Of estates specially. Practice In the
State and Z. s.. Courts. Office on Main street,
directly opposite front entrance OF the Court
House, Bellefontsine Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
w. w. RIDDLE,

TToRNEY and Counselor at Law; once
"A over Peoples National Bank, Bellefon-
tale, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11
JAMES O. WONDERS.

(yIvIL Engineer. Rooms b Empire Blool
" Bel-efJntaine. Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11

Persons aggrieved by said apportionment
will file their exceptions thereto in writing in
the Auditors office in Bellefontaine, Ohio, on
or before December 9th, 1898, the day set for
the hearing, and support the same by lawful
evidence, and each one will be heard in the
order of the date of filing his petition.
CHARLES d. CAMPBELL,
Auditor, Logan County, Ohio.
Oct. IS, '9S st
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-11


Countries. Amt. of Exports. Rank.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
EASTERN MARKETS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 22.-When New York operators in securities got down to Wall street this morning they found cable reports Iron, London indicating a somewhat feverish ac- tivity in the speculation in Americans with A tendency to rebound from yesterdays depres- sion. Cable inquiries from the other side in- dicated an eager anxiety there to know what tack Wall street would take. This was suf1- cient to admonish the bears who sold in yes terday afternoons slump to cover their con- tracts. The covering of the shorts was coupled with some buying for London account The re- suit was very sharp advances all around This advance was almost lost at one time during the morning. but in the late afternoon the buying was renewed, carrying prices to the highest of the day. with only slight reaction at the close The net result shows rather more than half of yesterdays losses retrieved The market was highly speculative all day, and the favorlte stocks were the highly volatile specialties, such as Tobacco, which was excee,,- ingly cratic all day. and very active. and Sugar. In the railroad list the grangers and the internatiorals led in the trading.
 The conditions in the worlds money markets had salient effect on the security market The handspring Of the money markets action was the Increased demand of banks in the interior Tor funds, Chicago exchange on New York rising to par. This had the effect of relay ing the New York demaDd on London for gold end as consequence no gold was engaged for import to-day.
 There was curious story current in Wall street that some of the operators in Ameri- hedge, on the theory that If Americans went ooWl the spanish bonds would go up as in the case or Spanish naval victory - In inc iIApecIeo event ot early American success, the
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
DRIED FRTJIT
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. April 22-An excited Liverpool wheat market with the May future there up equal to about 4hc a bushel, started this market to-day on momentary rampage The actual inauguration of warlike measures look
 ing to the reduction of Havana was the inn pelling cause of the excitement at IJyernooI and the opening burst of buying enthusiasm here The elements of an excited bulge fin Chicago were lacking, however; the heavy To-
 cal short sellers had covered on the previous days advance and on the opening advance of 1sG7sc in July they were ready to put out fresh shorts. The first trades In July were over a range of from ssHc to soc. most of the trade at the lower figures, and only a very few succeeded in getting soc. The decline that fol
 lowed carried the price down to sSaSc. but that proved the rallying point for fresh advance
 New York reported all offers cabled the other slde the night before accepted The demand from country millers for No 1 nortbern spring. wheat was urgent at % over the nrca paid here yesterday, but Letters broker in sample market said he refused all bids Spot wheat at Liverpool closed 2d higher for CaIi
 fornia and 1qi&d higher for futures But Cud
 ahy brokers were persistent sellers of Septem- Der and December, presumably on fine crop prospects. and on the advance in ocean rates,
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
EXPLANATION.

The arrow flies with the wind. The top fig ures at station indicate minimum temperature for the days; those underneath it. if any, tine amount of rainfall or of melted snow fin inches and hundredths during the ast twelve hours Isobars. solid lines, connect points of equal air pressure; isotherms. dotted lines, equal temperature. The word high means high barometric pressure and is usually accompanied by fair weather; low refers to low pres sure and is usually preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains. Lows usually first appear on tie Washington coast. When the pressure Is high in the interior and low along the coast, and the isobars extend north and south along the coast. rain Is probable; but when the low Is inclosed with isoNars of marked curvature, rain south of Oregon Is i'm probable. With a high" in the vicinity of Idaho, and the pressure falling to the Cali fornia coast warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter. The reverse of these conditions will produce an opposite result
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
Honey still meets with a good demand.

tioney stlII meets With a good demand.
 DRIED FRUITS-Prunes. carload lots, 4l41zc for 40-5Gs, 31eG4c for 50-60s 36D31Rc for 60-70 E. 21s9sc for 7o-sOs. 2Q2lac for so-s5s. 1& a Pc for so-1oVs; Peaches. SQ5c fancy. 5ls als and 7Qsc for good to fancy Moorparks Evaporated Apples, 6l9Q7c; sun-dried, 4G5c; Black Figs. in sacks, 292nc; Plums. 41kG4Xc for pitted and 1Glhc for unpitted; bleached Pluns. ,595Ac, Nectarines. 4Q6c for prime to for halves, according to color, etc
 RAISINS-1l2Q2c for two-crown. Sc for three crown. 31ac for four-crown, 4lec for Seedless Sultanas, 2Ac for Seedless Muscatels and sl4 l 10 for London layers; dried Grapes, 21sc
 NUTS-Chestnuts quotable at Sc per lb; Walnuts, 3Q4c for hardshell and 4Q6c for soft shell; Almonds, 3Q+c for hardshell, 6Q7c for softshell. s4qsc for, paper-shell; Peanuts. cans, 61tQSc; Filberts, SlkG10c; Brazil Nuts, SQsc per ID; Cocoanuts, s4 50Q5 per 100.
 HONEY-Comb, sQ1oc for bright and 6@7c for lower grades; water-white extracted $40 6c; light amber extracted 4&q51kc per ID.
 BEESWAX-24@26c per ID.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, April 22,-Consols. 1Os 1s-1s; Silver. 25%d; French Rentes, 101f 72kc.
 LIVERPOOL, April 22-Wheat. firm; No. 1 standard California Wheat, As 3d, January shipment: cargoes off coast, sellers indifferent operators: cargoes on passage, sellers at ad- vance, Is higher; English country markets strong; French country markets, firm; Wheat in Paris, firm: Flour in Paris, firm COTTON-Uplands. 21-32d
 CLOSING.
 WHEAT-Spot No. red Western winter firm, Ss Cd.
 CORN-Spot American mixed new, firm. Ss s1Ad; April. quiet, 3s 919d May. quiet, 3s ed July, quiet 3s 9kd.
 FLOUR-St. Louis fancy winter, firm. los ed Note-F1our quotations covering Liverpool charges The previous quotations were on a c. l. f. basis.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
BRADsTREETs FINANCIAL REVIEW.

NEW YORK, April 22.-Bradstreet's Finan- cial Review tomorrow will say:
 On the whole the speculative world has re- cefved the serious developments of the present week with calnness. The long preparation through which the stock market here has passed in the last two months and the fact that weak bull accounts have been reduced to minimum by the preceding liquidation, &C., count Tn large measure for this fact.
 The trading contingent here, who took entire charge of the market in the complete absence or any public interest, seemed very nervous and they very prompt contractors on any rumors indicating that Spain would withdraw from her position or that the course of action mapped cut by Congress might be delayed The market, in spite of the very belligerent as- pect ot affairs, mad several such ralIes. mn gled with it's waiting and dullness in the early days of the week. and Londons free offer ings seemed to be well absorbed It might be noted, however, that railroad bonds, in which there has been no speculation and no short interest, were relatively higher than the stock market the course of which was influenced by those circumstances.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23

NEW YORK, April 22--Bradstreet's to-mor- row will say: General trade and speculation this week have exhibited most of the charac- teristics which have become popularly asso- ciated with the near approach of hostilities While there Is reported a further ouietine of dlstrloutive trade In some lines at the East ana south traceable almost directly to antici- pated Warlike conditions, there Is a lack of regularity, even In the reports from those cen ters which serve to show that now that the uncertainty so long prevailing has been dis pelled, trade conditions are being shaped to the new order of things. There Is consequent " greater increased activity in many special lines at the seaboard, accompanied by excited markets and heavy price advances. While trade Tn the interior sympathzes to a certain extent with this price movement, there Is still a perceptibly good trade reported entirely out sioe ot this, which serves to prove that the prospect Of war has not had nearly as much erect inland as 1t had on the coast.
 Tn commercial lines this week much interest ana activity has been manifested In the specu- lative and actual demand for leading staples such as wheat, corn. oats flour. coffee. sugar. Of this active demand, which had it's rise, so Tar as wheat and cotton are concerned, among ra1sg foreifgn buyers, who wish to anticipate any the movement of prices, which for the first ward tendency.
 The advance in coffee. sugar and rice are di- rectiy traceabe to war influences. marking, as they do, either desire on the part of the domestic buyers to protect themselves against any. possible interruption of supplies or the anticipated levy of taxes to meet the in- creased outlays of the Government Careful search among the quotations for staple pro- ducts falls to reveal any important declines in prices outside of a fractional marking down of steel bllets at some markets.
 The check to export trade at some ports, notably at the South Is reflected in tenn porarily smaller shipments of wheat, corn and flour The total shipments of wheat (hour included) this week aggregate 3, 223 106 bush els, against 4,525. .302 bushels last week; 1654, 6Ss bushels in this week year ago; 1.2S6, GOO bushels in 1896; 2431 GOO bushels in 1895. and D. 727 900 bushels in 1894
 There were 224 business failures in the United States this week. against 215 last week: in 1895.
 Business failures In Canada for the week number 10 against 27 last week; 22 in this week year ago; 37 in 1896. and 32 in 1895.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
HAY AND FEEDSTUTFs.

Buyers. by persistent holding off. have suc- ceeded in breaking the price for fancy wheat Hay 50c but the other grades, though weak are still quoted as before.
 Straw has again advanced. There Is no change in Bran and Middlings.
 BRAN-$21Q21 50 per ton.
 MIDDLINGS-s23Q 50 per ton.
 FEEDSTUFFS- Rolled Barley, s3o per ton Oilcake Meal at the mill, $31@31 50; jobbing. SS2d32 50; Cocoanut Cake. s24G25; Cottonseed Meal, szSQ3O per ton; Cornmeal. SPA; Cracked Corn S24q25.
 HAY-(Ex-car in round lots)-Wheat s230 2G 90: Wheat and Oat $21625; Oat S2nN23: Barley. nominal: compressed Wheat, s22925 compressed Oat s20a22 50; Alfalfa, s14@16; Clover, nominal: Oregon Timothy, S144l6.
 STRAW-S5@l90c per bale.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

BOSTON, April 22.-The Boston Commercial Bulletin will say tomorrow of the wool mar ket: The market continues fiat. There have been two arrivals of carpet wools from Ro- sario for manufacturers. The big demand for woolens for any purpose has not set in, and the announcement of a cotton uniform by Gen. eral Miles will not be present surprise. The largest transaction was sale of 4000 pounds of Australian lambs to a knitting mill. The high rate of money puts stopper tram sections.
 The sales of the week are 417 900 pounds do mestic and PIP GOO pounds foreign against 225- 900 pounds domestic and 3S5, 200 pounds foreign last week, and 2.465 GOO pounds domestic and 3, 900 pounds foreign for the same week last year.
 The sales to date show an increase of 4O 411- oil pounds domestic and A, 3S0, 100 pounds for egn from the sales to the same date In 1896
 The receipts to date show an increase of s. - S67 bales domestic and 19S 463 bales foreign
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23

San Francisco temperature: Maximum. s3 minimum, 49; mean 56. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL,
 FORECASTS. The pressure has risen rapidly during the past twelve hours over Washington and Van ccuver Island. An Of high pressure Is ap- parently moving In the northern Pacific Coast.
 The temperature has risen slowly over the entire country west of the Rocky Mountains In the great valleys of California tfe tempera- lures are from to 10 degrees above the nor nal.
 Light rain has fallen over Oregon and Wash ington.
 The following maximum wind velccit!es are reported: Tatoosh Island. 2s miles per hour from the southwest; Portland, 3S south Idaho Falls, 2S south
 Forecasts made at San Francisco for thirty hours, ending midnight, April 23, 1898: Northern Calnornia-Fair Saturday: contin- ued warm weather; northerly winds In the in terior; westerly winds on the coast Southern Caifornia-Far Saturday; wester- ly winds
 Nevada-Fair Saturday. Utah-Fair Saturday AriZona-Fair Saturday. San Francisco and vicinity-Fair Saturday: northerly winds.
 Special report from Mount Tamalpais taken at D. m.-Clear; wind north 10 miles per hour; temperature, 6 maximum e degrees
 ALEXANDER McADIE,
 Local Forecast Official
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
Castle Gate. II O00 - Pleasant VIII 0O0 -

Common Eggs. .159- Ranch Eggs, per
 uoz .15@20 Honey. comb, per
 Io ''.-...........126l5 Do, extracted. .. SQl0