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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
THE LITTLE FARMHOUSE.

Back in the little farmhouse. on the quiet
countryside!
And think of a bygone summer, when I
was happy bride.
I worked in the little kitchen; you titled the
fertile land!
For the rainy days a-coming, we toiledand
saved and planned.
Back in the little farmhouse! And memory
brings to view
A cozy room, scant furnished, and table
spread FOR two.
Back in the little farmhouse, haunted with
mem'ries sweet.
see familiar faces, andli list for the tread of
feet.
Back in the little farmhouse, dingy. and
old, and brown,
(Not like the newer dwelling, up In the
nearest town..
Ten years have gone, my dearest, and we
come again to-day,
To tread familiar footpaths. in the morning
cool and gray.
Back at the little farmhouse, we seem to
have younger grown;
The yards are the same, my dearest, and
the grass is newly mown;
The stock in the river pasture at the same
fence corner stop,
And the corn is a-waving calmly. but oh.
it's another crop!
Back from theslittle farmhouse we turn
with weary sigh,
And we brush away the tears. dear, but we
do not mention why.
Back in the little farmhouse, time sped on
SO fleet,
Our love grows firmer, dearest, that we
keep this mem'ry sweet.
Flora Hazelton Bailey. in Minneapolis
Housekeeper.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
THE SULLIVAN COUNTY CAT.

couldn't see thing but laurels and SO
I kept still and cursed my luck. My
only chance was to remain quiet and
wait for the dog to bring the animal
around again. After the dog passed I
hunted around until found fallen
log, from the top of which could see
for few yards about me. The sounds
of the hunt held on quite to the further
edge of the swamp and then gradually
turned.
Suddenly something 1.-the and soft
and graceful made curving leap over
the brush. I caught another glimpse
of the tawuy skin few feet further
on, aimed at it quickly and fred. The
thing dropped and sank slowly among
the bushes. 1t looked as though it lay
crouching for spring when worked
my way to it, it's face toward me, and
the fire in its eyes not yet dead. A
moment later the dog burst through
the brush and buried his teeth in the
cats neck without q moments hesdta-
tion. That hound is of the Josh Cole
breed, strain known throughout this
region for honesty, gameness and
grit. Many a good dog will finch from
a wildcat, dead or alive. But this one
went at it as though he had never
known any other kind of business"
The dead wildcat mea sured four feet
five and half inches from tip to tip
and stood 81 inches high at the shoul-
der. The hide is being mounted for
Judge Crane.-N. Y. Sun.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
ROOSEVELT
Believes in College Men Rather
Than In MiIIionaires.
REsENTS LATTER'S SNEERs.
But Criticizes Holly the S0-Called
Culture That Can't Admire
American Things.

Ithaca, New York, June 20.-Gov.
Roosevelt today attended the class day
exercises of the class of '99 in Cornell
Armory. The students received him
with cheers. In his address to the
graduates the Governor referred to
statements recently made by several
men who had amassed great fortunes,
to the effect that college education is
useless in the world of today. He at
tackled their position vehemently and
said: "Our country could better afford to
lose all its men who have amassed
millions than to lose one-half of its
college-bred men. We can get along
without men of enormous wealth, but
not without men of brains.''
Governor Roosevelt then discussed
the desirability of college-bred men
making themselves prominent in the
political world. He criticized the po-
sition that, because politics are corrupt
good men should shun them, holding
that the very fact that dishonesty and
corruption exist should be an incentive
to good men actively participating and
removing evils. The man who holds
aloof merely because of corruption, he
said, is unworthy of the blessings of
American citizenship.
A man should be ready to fight for
the best interest of his countryin time
of peace as in time of war. The duties
of peace are none the less arduous than
those of war, and he is no thoroughly
good American citizen who shuns
either. Speaking to the graduating
class, the Governor said:
'Above all, do not become of the
class of the so-called highly educated,
and cultured, who sneer at American
institutions and American customs. If
you recoznize a fault, come forward
and expose it and try to remedy it. Do
not become one of the class who lose
faith in the ability of Americans to
govern either themselves or their
islands,"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
THE BEST DOG.

Yes. I went to see the bowwows, and I
looked at every one,
Proud dogs of every breed and sss-ain that's
underneath the sun;
But not one could compare with-you may
hear it with surprise
A little yellow dog know that never took
prize.
Not that they would have skipped him when
they gave the ribbons out,
Had there been class to fit him-though
his lineage is in doubt.
No judge of dogs could e'er resist the hon.
est, faithful eyes
OF that plain little yellow dog that never
took a prize.
Suppose he wasn't trained to hunt. and
never killed rat.
And isn't much on tricks or looks or birth
well, what of that?
That might be said of lots of folks whom
men call great and wise,
As well as of that yellow dog that never
took prize.
1t isn't what dog can do. or what dog
may be.
That hits a man. It's simply this-does he
believe IN me?
And by that test / know there's not the
compeer meath the skies
OF that plain little yellow dog that never
took a prize.
Oh. he's the finest little pup that ever
wagged a tail
And followed man with equal joy to congress
or to jail.
I'm going to start a special show-'twill
beat the world for size
For faithful little yellow dogs. and each
shall have a prize.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
WHO IS TO BLAME.

Kidney trouble has become so prev
alent that it Is not uncommon for a
child to be born afflicted with weak kid
neys.
If the child urinates too often, If the
urine scalds the flesh, or if, when the
child reaches an age when it should be
able to control the passage, and it is yet
afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon
it, the cause of the difficulty is kidney
trouble, and the first step should be to-
ward the treatment of these important
organs. This unpleasant trouble is due
to diseased condition of the kidneys
and bladder and not to a habit as most
people suppose.
If the adult has rheumatism; pain or
dull ache in the back; if the water
passes in irregular quantities; or at ir-
regular intervals or has bad OdOr; if
it stains the linen or vessel the color of
rust; if the feet swell; if there are puffy
or dark circles under the eyes; your
kidneys are the cause and need doctor
ing. Treatment of some diseases may
be delayed without danger, not so with
kidney disease.
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy
promptly cures the most distressing
cases. Its mild and extraordinary effect
is soon realized. Sold by druggists in
fifty-cent and dollar sizes. You may
have a sample bottle and pamphlet tell
ing all about ii sent free by mail. Ad-
dress DIR. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. When writing mention that you
read this generous offer in the The
Bellefontaine REPUBLICAN.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
si1enced the omcious Man.

There was large crowd on an up
town Broadway corner the other even
ing densely massed around PROSTATE
form in the street, and tiptoeing to see
over the closely packed shoulders of
the people in front. g,
A tall, important-looking man
dashed up to the throng and cried in a
loud voice:
why don't you confounded idiots
move back and give the man a chance
to brea the ?"
Whereupon a small Milesian gentle
man in the front row piped up:
"Begorra, it's a horse, an it's dead.
SO it isl"
And the reformer hastened on
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
JONES AND MILES
VIII Address Organized Labor Of
Western Pennsylvania.

Pittsburg, June 20.-Major General
Nelson A. Miles has accepted an invi-
tation of the combined labor organi-
cations of Western Pennsylvania to
address them on Friday night of next
week at the Grand Opera House here.
The week is known in Pittsburg as all
organized labor week. 1t is a move
ment to create harmony and good fel-
lowship among the different la
Dor organizations, and it is being
enthusiastically entered into by work.
ingmen to the number of 1000 located
in Western Pennsylvania. Terrence
v. Powderly will address the organiza-
tions Wednesday night.
''Golden Rule" Sam Jones, of Toledo,
will be here Saturday night, and other
men of distinction in national affairs
will come on the other nights.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27

FELT A TREMOR NEAR HIS POCKET.
He was one of those men whom the
talented English poet painted in his
lines:
with smooth dissimulation skilled to
grace
DEVILS purpose with an angels face.
HE had been mingling with the best
element at Bath.
'AH the women, with their usual en-
thusiasm and lack of prudence-where
a handsome, dashing, fascinating man
is concerned-had received him into
their most exclusive circles with smiles
of welcome.
"And he had been robbing them even
while whispering pretty nothings into
their listening ears.
He was tried, proven to be one of
the worlds most notorious robbers,
convicted and sentenced. The capture
created sensation, the like of which
Bath has never since known.
"Fielding's name blazed into sudden
fame and he was ever afterward en-
ployed on all the most difficult cases
one of which was the capture of a
notorious female forger, who had set
all Bath wild with her beauty and her
voice."-N. o. NMes-Democrat.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27

Says New York dispatch:-Stand-
ard Oil now controls the whisky indus
try of the United States. Today the
control of all the whisky, alcohol and
distilling business of the country pass
ed into the hands of the Whitney
Widener Elkins syndicate, represen-
ting the millions of what is popularity
known as the Standard Oil crowd.
With capital stock of sos, 500, 900, the
new company, which is to include
every form and branch of the whisky
industry of the United States, will be
incorporated under the laws of New
Jersey this week. 1t will be chartered
under the name of the Distilling Com
pany of America. Probably Mr.. Rookie
feller will fix up new drink for the
American public, concocted from Lima
oil and Kentucky corn juice.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27

we put up a fine deer that went dash
ing off toward Port Jervis. and little
later another jumped through the
brush close by. Long swamp is of the
shape of an enormous two-fingered
hand, covering hundreds of acres. Aft
er we gained the swamp the sun went
under the clouds, and even the instinct
of direction possessed by Lew Boyd,
trained woodsman as he was, was at
fault. We made our way by the aid
of my pocket compass.
"Ou the west edge of the swamp we
came suddenly upon q place where
the ground was torn and trampled.
Tufts Of hair and pieces of pelt lay
about on the blood-stained snow, and
there was every sign of terrific strug-
gle. On the edge of the battle-ground
lay the paunch of a deer, and few
feet further on we found its head and
spine, gnawed clean. The work had
been done two nights before, and from
all signs this had been no running bat
tie of miles. The tragedy had all been
enacted within few feet, and we both
felt a new respect for the animal that
could do away with nearly full
grown deer. Lew cut.through to skirt
the east end of the swamp in quest Of
a fresh track, and went up Handy hill
in the opposite direction to look over
smaller swamp in the vicinity.
1.-The cat amt here Lew announced,
definitely, when we met again. He's
back in Gray swamp
"Gray swamp is the worst place in
Sullivan county. It is almost impene-
trable. It is perfectly fiat, and in ad-
| dition to the usual dense underbrush 1T
is overgrown with laurel whose
branches are interlaced so deftly that
it seems impossible for any creature to
get through. I would not cross Gray
swamp for money; for a wildcat, ]
might. Unless he had winded or sight
ed us the animal was somewhere in the
neighborhood, and we had reduced all
likely hiding places to the depths OF
this swamp. Lew told me to go in and
select as open position as could find
while he walked around the swamp to
look for tracks leading out. wrig-
| gled and twisted and tore my way
through the brush until found we'll
worn deer path, along which came
upon several of their round beds. One
of them. little larger than the others
was surrounded by the tracks, not
much larger than copper cent. of two
fawns. 1t was pretty tough work get
ting inside of that swamp, and long
before had suitable position heard
the deep bay of the hound. A moment
latersomething heavy bounded through
the brush within so feet Of me.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27

the seemingly fathomless mystery. The
young man was tall and angular, and
awkward. But he had a head like
Napoleon Bonaparte's, and the head
of the detective force, in sheer despera-
ton over all the other failures, told
the young man he might try his hand.
At that time the best English farmers
dressed like the caricatures of John
Bull; and Fielding, the new detective,
conceived the idea of acting the role
of well-to-do farmer, with pockets
full of money and anxious to paint
the town red' There was one draw
back to his clever scheme; for Fielding
was tall and thin, while the typical
John Bull was just the opposite. How
ever, with the aid of a pillow or two
and various other paraphernalia he
soon had himself rugged ito the queens
taste'-big storgach, loose pockets with
flap unbuttoned and hanging open;
rafting his money with his left hand
while he walked along gaping up at
the houses, and whistling tune that
savored strongly of rusticity.
"Strolling leisurely along, and pre-
tending to be very green and to have
eyes for nothing but the houses and
signs, he was on the qui vive for sus-
picious looking characters.
Suddenly he felt slight tremor
near his right-hand pocket, which was
faring temptingly open.
'~The tremor was SO very skght that
only the most sensitive nerves could
have detected it. He pretended not to
notice anything and continued to
lounge along unceremoniously and in
differently, never quivering even the
muscle of an eyelid, until he knew the
hand was we'll in---then he clapped his
own over it, whipped out revolver,
showed it into the face of his captive,
and said sternly: Surrender, my man /;
I've got you now.'
'But his man had no notion OF
yielding so readily. He gave one
quick, sudden jerk in the desperate
hope of freeing his imprisoned hand
But the jerk was instantly followed by
a sharp scream of pain, as he felt what
seemed to him like barbed arrows
piercing the tender flesh of his white
hand that was soft and dainty as a
woman's
1.-The ingenious detective had sewed
number of fish hooks in his pocket
with the points arranged in such way
that the hand would be firmly hooked
in attempting to withdraw it,"
"Oh-I said it was fish story"
cried, jeeringly.
"a fish hook story, my dear madam, y
he replied, with assumed dignity. "Bu,
if you interrupt me again 1 shall not
finish the story and then you cant
write it, and then you'll have no po,
boiler"
"I1l send it unfinished and call il
The Second Mystery of Edwin brood,
or The Mystery of the Second Edwin
Drood.'"
"Well, it is of no use to threaten &
woman-at least a woman like you-sc
I'll finish the story just to spite you.
THE robber proved to be descend
ant Of one of Europe's titled families
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
Felicity and a Pig.

There is an oft-told story of rustic
who when asked to explain the mean
ing of felicity" Ia word which had
been freely used in a sermon to which
he had been a supposed listener), re-
piled that he believed 'twere some
part of the innards of pig writer
says. 1 have often wondered what
process of mind could have suggested
so incongruous a reply, and 1 think I
have the clew. The poor man thus
challenged for a definition simply be-
thought himself of "fiick," the common
Somerset term for the inner fat of a
pig.-Notes and Queries.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
Spanish-AmericanW War
Panorama

is one of the war books which is likely to be
in continuous demand. 1t is a panoramic rec
ord of the triumph of Yankee Doodle. The
eagle flaps his wings on every page, and "Old
Glory" waves around and above every scene.
Prominent officers connected with the war are
here portrayed as well as many Of the ''men
behind the guns" Military life is pictured to
the eye from recruiting to guard mount and
skirmish liae. Nor is the ludicrous omitted.
The company cook receives the attention due
to his Importance; the mess is shown; cavalry
scenes are given; the hospital arrangements
are depicted; the herOines of the Red Cross
service are displayed; street scenes in Ha-
vana, Santiago and elsewhere are unrOlled,
the new citizens or subjects (Which are theyD
of Uncle Sam appear and disappear as the
leaves are turned.
In word, the gazer visits the new localities
and sees the tumultuous new life, without the
risk or expense Of sea voyage.
The Album is 51sxs inches, weighs IL ounces,
printed on finest coated paper.
Sent free to any address in the United States,
Canada or Mexico, for IL cents in stamps or
coin, to cover postage and packing. Copy may
be seen at any ticket office OF the Big Four
Route.
Order at once as the edition Is limited
Address WARREN J. LYNCH, General Pas
senger and Ticket Agent big Four Route -
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mark envelope "War Album"
May 10, 1s99
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
General Leonard Wood has made a

General Leonard WOOD mas maue
most successful military governor OF
Santiago. He has entered heart and
soul into the effort to teach the Cubans
the elements of successful self-govern-
ment, and his views are entitled to
much respect. Yet what he says of the
people of Santiago is this:
81 do not think that they are yet fit
for self-government, but they are on
the road to it. 1t will be a long road,
and there is a lot of hard work to be
done before it can be brought about. I
am trying to teach them that the best
thing for them now is hard work, and
they respond willingly" M
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27

A man, recently left widower. when
arranging for his late wife's tombstone.
gave orders that the lettering should be
OF stated size. At the bottom of the
stone he wished to have the words:
Lord, she was Thine" The stonema-
son said he was afraid there would not
be room for the words, but the bereaved
widower insisted. and the carving was
put in hand. The correctness of the
mason's view was justified, for when
the stone was finished at the foot Of the
tablet were the words: Lord, she was
thin" Chicago Chronicle.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
KANSAS IS ALL RIGHT.

Washington Post:-And now all the
Kansas railroads, with the exception of
one short line, are out of the hands OF
the receivers. Kansas appears to be
the drum major of the procession OF
prosperity.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-27
Cost of Burning a Heretic.

In the course of an article sketching
the. histories of some early English &C.
clesiastics, writer tells what it cost
to burn hereto. The items are taken
from the municipal records of Canter-
bury, dated 1885, and are as follows:
For the expense Of bringing q hereto
from London............... Sd
For IL loads of wood to burn him.. Is Cd
For gunpowder. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Id
A stake and staple. le...................... Sd
Windsor Magazine.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Willow and poplar corks are now
used in France for champagne bottles
by some of the wine producers.
Platinum is scarce. A $4,000, OOc
Franco-Russian company has been or
gained to develop rich platinum de
posits in Russia.
Motor cars to hold 120 persons and
operated by compressed air expanded
down from 1000 pounds per square inch
to 200 pounds will be introduced in Chi.
cago by one of the lines for suburban
travel.
American ,foundrymen are becoming
scientific in their methods and manage
ment. Old rule of thumb ways are go.
ing out and chemical analyses are com.
ing in to determine quality of iron
The industry has grown rapidly, and
one-half more work is produced than
year ago. :
1t is said of James Smithson that,
happening to observe tear sliding
down lady's cheek, he endeavored to
catch it in crystalvessel; that one halt
of the drop escaped, but having pre-.
served the other half, he submitted it to
reagents and detected what was then
called mierocosmic salt, with muriate
OF soda and three or four more saline
substances held in solution"
People have been poisoned with bread
containing salts of lead, which came
! from the timber used to heat the oven
The Paris council of hygiene has there
fore forbidden the employment Of
painted or implanted woodfrom old
houses, old sleepers impregnated with
creosote or sulphate of copper and dis
used blocks of wood paving for heating
ovens, on the ground that poisonous vol
atile salts may arise from them and de-
post on the roof or floor of the oven.
- The lighting of a room depends, to
a large extent, upon the color and the
material of the walls; in other words,
upon the percentage of light reflected
sby them. Recent experiments have
shown the proportion of light reflected
to be in percentage as follows: Black
velvet, 0.4; black cloth, LIZ; black paper.
As; dark blue, 6.5; dark green, 1O.1;
light red, 1872; dark yellow, 20; blue,
80; light yellow, 40; light green, 1855;
light orange, 54.s; white, 70; mir.
ror, 92.3.