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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06
A Noisy Box.

Like children, savageS in all parts of
the world are possessed of eternal curl
osity. Mr.. H. Cayley- Webster, a well
known English traveller, gives an
amusing instance of this trait among
the natives Of New Guinea.
One day piano arrived for his ex-
cellency the governor, and some ma
tives were told to carry the. strange
looking case from the beach to the
house. After going few yards one
stumbled, causing one end of the crate
to strike the ground, and, ever on the
alert for strange noises, their ears were
Immediately pressed against it, and
they listened until the 'ting" of the
wires had died away.
Again, after yard or two, similar
mishap occurred. Again many ears
were listening to the sound SO foreign
to them, until a native, rather more
knowing than the rest, with a heave
raised the whole case a few inches
from the ground and let it go.
The noise which issued from the in
side had by this time worked them up
to such frenzy that they one and all
seized upon the case, rolled it over and
over, and danced with joy at the
strange sounds which came forth. And
it was not until this odd performance
had been repeated many times that the
eye of an official was attracted by the
shouts and yells Of the natives; not
however, before much damage had
been done and many strings broken.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06
Only Once q Year.

A certain professor is well known as
a man whose scientific studies have
tended to exaggerate natural DISPOSE
ton to mental abstraction. The pro-
fessor's friends, who are also his
strong admirers, understand his pecul-
iarity and overlook in him what might
not be excused in a commonplace per-
son. A lady is very fond Of telling this
incident. She was at a reception given
at the professors house. The occasion
had been made delightful by the pro-
fessor and his accomplished wife and
daughters. Toward the close Of the
evening the lady, who had greatly en-
joyed the affair, approached the host
and asked him, with much enthusiasm:
"How often do you have these de-
Hghtful reunions, professor"
No polite prevarication delayed the
reply:
."Thank goodness, madam, but once
q year"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06
MEANS PROSPERITY.
EX-GOVERNOR FOSTERS EARNEST
ADVICE TO THE PARTY.

The Terrible Menace of Democratic vic-
tory-"support OF Judge Nash Is Based
Upon MY Desire to See Present Pros
psrous Times Continue.
Ex-Governor Charles Foster, one of
the war horses of the Republican party
in Ohio has been living quietly at his
home in Fostoria for some time. The
McLeanites, in their desperate efforts
to manufacture disaffection to Judge
Nash within his own party, have circu-
lated stories to the effect that ex-Gov-
ernor Foster intended to bolt the Re
publican ticket. The lie was SO abb
surd that no one took the trouble to
contradict it. Mr.. Fosters personal
friends, however, have been indignant
because of the Mclean lies, and have
SO expressed themselves. Last week
Mr.. Foster was in Columbus, and said
in an interview:
81 have desired to make statement
for some time, and perhaps today is
the best time for it.
81 desired the nomination Of Judge
Nash on personal grounds, but also on
higher grounds. I believed that
through him the factional differences
Of the Republican party in Ohio will
be greatly modified. 1 know the man.
and I feel free to make the statement
that, as governor of Ohio, he will
know no faction in the distribution Of
patronage. All will be treated consid-
erately and properly. Judge Nash as
governor will not be controlled by any
man or by any faction. He will be
Republican all the time, as he always
has been.
"My support of Judge Nash is also
based upon my desire to see the pres
ent prosperous times continue.
"a Democrat victory in Ohio this
fall with the pr-4ciples OF the Zanes-
Vile convention written on the banner
Of the Democracy, would lead to the
same disastrous results which followed
the national election of 1892. The eyes
Of the nation are turned to Ohio. A
Democratic victory in Ohio this fall
would be reputation of President
McKinley's policy and q national dis
aster.
while capital stands ready at this
time to invest in any promising enter
| prise, the moment that it becomes
known that the state Of Ohio has failed
to endorse the president, capital will
be alarmed.
"A Democratic victory this fall would
tie up the business of the country i'm
mediately, and capital will lie in hid.
ing until after the election of 1900, and
perhaps longer, just as surely as it die
in 1895 and 1896. Thousands Of enter.
| prises that would be undertaken with
Judge Nash as governor will be aban.
doned in the event Of a Democratic
victory"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06
By Absorption.

Catarrhal sufferers should remember that
Elys Cream Balm is the only catarrh remedy
which Is quickly and thoroughly absorbed by
the diseased membrane. 1t does not dry up
the secretions but changes them to limpid
and odorless condition, and finally to a natu-
raj and healthy character.
The Balm can be found at any drug store,
or by sending so cents to Ely Brothers,; SO
Warren St., New York, it will be mailed.
FuH directions with each package.
Cream Balm "opens and cleanses the nasal
passages, ailays Inflammation, thereby stop
ping pain In the head, heals and protects the
membrane and restores the senses Of taste
and smell. : The Balm is applied directly into
the nostrils.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06
THURMAN's TRITE SAYING.

How ~Old Roman" Come TO CharaCte erixo
McLean's Littleness.
The older Democrats of Ohio re-
member that Allen G. Thurman, "the
old Roman" would have been nomi-
mated for president in 1884 instead of
Grover Cleveland had it not been for
the efforts of one man. At vital mo-
ment in the convention John R. Nc
Lean, to satisfy his pique over the
manner IN which Thurman refused to
ccept dictation from The Enquirer
office, broke the Ohio delegation, and
Thurman was defeated.
It was this treachery Of Mclean to-
ward Thurman which led ''the old
Roman" to remark shortly afterward;
"When an Ohio man reaches the
height Of four feet and a half, Johnny
Mclean always wants to cut couple
Of inches of his legs"
This year it will be the loyal friends
pf Thurman, Pendleton and Ward who
will take pleasure in clipping q few
inches off Johnny's legs.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06
Spanish-American Wal
Panorama and Greater
America.

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 line. 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 Gross
service are displayed; street scenes In Ha+
vana, Santiago and elsewhere are unrOlled,
the new citizens or subjects (Which are theyO
of Uncle Sam appear and disappear as the
leaves are turned.
In woru, the gazer visits the new localities
and sees the tumultuous new life, without the
risk or expense of a sea voyage.
The Album is 51lxS inches, weighs IL ounces,
printed on finest coated paper.
Mailed to any address in the United States,
Canada or Mexico, for IL cents to cover post
age 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"
June 30, 1899.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

In the county of Escambia in Alabama
Is the little town of Flomaton and there
lives Mrs. Mollie Grimes. She was
good wife and mother but several years
ago she found her health slipping away
from her. She realized that this meant
the inevitable nervousness and irritability
that would surely lose for her the affec-
ton of her children and husband, and
that as her health declined discord and
misery would appear in her home. She
was filed with the loving motherly in
stinct, but two miscarriages in succession
almost broke her heart. She had almost
lost hope when the clouds rolled away
and the Light of health and happiness
returned.
She tells her story in these words:
"I was almost heart-broken to think could
not raise any more children and had to suffer
I did. I had lost two children by nliscarriages
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

When Bryan was nominated in 1896
the money in circulation in this coun-
try amounted to $1,606, ,434 1866. On
Sept. /, 1899, the sum Of $1,942,131, ,141
was in circulation. This increase in
circulation of $435, 5,696,175 under the
gold standard is eloquent proof Of
Bryan's false prophecies in 1896, when
be and all the silver shouters declared
that the gold standard meant a contin-
aed contraction of the currency.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06
The Successful Remedy for
NASAL CATARRH

mus be non-irritating, easy of application,
and one that by its own action, reaches the in
famed and diseased surfaces.
ELY'S CREAM BALM combines the i'm
portant requisites Of quick action and specific
curatic powers with perfect safety to the pa
tient. This agreeable remedy has mastered
catarrh as nothing else has, and both physi-
clans and patients freely concede the fact.
All druggists cheerfully acknowledge that in
1t the acme Of Pharmaceutical skill has been
reached. The most distressing symptoms
quickly yield to it. In accute cases the Balm
imparts almost immediate relief
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06
To SEATTLE WASH.

On account of annual convention of Womens
Christian temperance Union, the d. & l.. N.
will sell excursion tickets to Seattle at a rate
of one fare for the round trip, plus $500.
Tickets on sale Oct. IL, 13 and IA; good return
ing until Nov. II. These tickets are on sale
to the general public. Choice of routes. For
a pleasant trip go via the d. & L. N.
w. Nj. SEGAR, Agent.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

Mc'Lean's candidacy on an anti
trust platform has caused much
amusement in Washington, owing to
his ownership of the Washington Gas
comapny, a corporation whose unbri-
died monopoly and general defiance of
tAs interests Of the people is matter
Of general knowledge.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

In the true hapPen-
ings in the every
day life of everyday
people are materials
for m st thrilling
novels. There are
every day stories of
heroism, suffering
and the final tri-
unph of good over
evil of happiness
finally crowning en-
deavor. Here is a
case in r,Oint
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

Hon. ]. H. FLETCHER, former
ly Governor of South Dakota, but
now resident of Salem, Ore, says:
For over two years my daugh-
ter had been declining from a
strong, healthy, rosy-cheeked girl
to a pale, weak and helpless in
valid. She was afflicted with ter
rible headaches, and gradually
grew weaker, and more languid,
apparently without cause. I tried
several doctors, but all without
avail. Finally, to please friend,
l bought box of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and to
our surprise, before it was used up
her headaches ceased, the color
began to return to her cheeks and
lips and her strength began to
assert itself. I bought five boxes
more, and by the time she had
finished them she was completely
restored, and to-day she is robust
rosy, healthy girl instead of pale,
tired and sickly one.''
From the Oregon Andepeudent,
Salem, Ore.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, in a condensed form, all the ele-
ments necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific for
such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after-effects of the grip, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow compilations, and all
forms of weakness either in male or female.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills ior Pale People are never
sold by the dozen or hundred, but always in pack.
ages. At all druggists. or direct from the Dr.. vii.
nams Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. r.. so
cents per box, 6 boxes $3.50.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

The world WIS never treated to a
greater exhibition of unblushing self
exaltation than John r. Mclean il
daily giving in his Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

Some men are so deficient in the ele-
ments OF success that they would new
er set the world on fire even If the
world were insured In their favor
Detroit Journal
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

With this assault upon honesty and
prosperity, the GAINESVILLE free silver
plank again at the front. the peo-
pie of Ohio are likely to give less at
tention than they otherwise would to
the strong declarations Of the platform
against imperialism, trusts, political
bosses, etc The living issues are tied
to a corpse, and will not get fair
consideration until next year. when
the dead WILT is to be hoped-be
buried.-New York World (Dem.)
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

The anti-Americans are anxious not
to antagonize two men, and they
dodge the rugged issues that would
include the two with anxious assidu-
ity. President Mckinley and Admiral
Dewey are the men they are afraid =
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

and I fully expected to
lose another when, in
August 1897, I learned of
and began taking DR..
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
sc'iption and took it un-
til after baby was born
In November. With nv
other children / had suf-
fered everything that
flesh could suffer but this
time I was in perfect
health and had a very
easy time. I was in labor
only a short time. ! can
not praise DIR. Pierce's
medicines enough for I
believe they certainly
saved my baby's life and
maybe my own life as
well. I took the Favor
ite Prescription and ais
The Pleasant Pellets az
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

All trains daily except Sunday.
r. z. DEWEY, O. A. CHAMBERS.
Gen1 Manger. Gen. Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Mich.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06

There Is no argument so good as an abb
solute, plain, truthful statement of fact.
There is nothing 80 interesting as fact.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22
Marrying a Man.

Il was in a Duluth court, and the wit
ness was a Swede. who was perhaps not 50
stupid as he seemed to be.
The cross examining attorney was smart
young man, whose object was to disconcert
the witness and discredit his testimony,
What did you say your name was
was the first question.
,.Gohn' very deliberately Peter
sen
John Petersen, eh ? Old man Peter 5
son, 1 suppose ''Well, John, where do
You live 2?
..Where All live? In Dulut
Now, Peterson. answer this question
carefully Are you a married man.?
All tank So All was married.
So you think because you got married
you are a married man, do you? That 5
funny. Now tell the gentlemen of this
exceptionally intelligent jury who is it that
YOU married
.Who All married? All married a
woman.
See here, sill Don you know any
better than to trife with this court? What
do YOU mean, sir? You married a woman?
OF course you married woman. Did you
ever hear of anyone marrying a man
''Yas. Nah sister did
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22
A Story From Ceylon.

This good story comes from Ceylon. 4
tea planter-he had glass eye-was very
desirous TO 90 and have days shooting
with friend, but he knew that immedi-
ately the natives who were at work on the
plantation cot wind that he was away they
would not do stroke Of work How was
he to get off?-that was the question.
After much thought an idea struck him.
Going up to the men he addressed them
thus
Although l myself viii be absent, yet
| shall leave one of my eyes to see that
you do your work.
And much to the surprise and bewild
erment of the natives, he took out the
glass eve and placed it on the stump of
tree and left For some time the natives
worked like elephants, now and then cast
ing furtive glauces at the eye to see if it
were still watching; but at last one of
them, seizing his tin in which he carried
his food, approached the tree and gently
placed it over the eye. As soon as they
saw that they were not being watched
they all lay down and slept peacefully until
sunset
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22
Big Poplar Dead.

From the Eastoa (Md.) Ledger.
The oldest and largest tree in Talbot
county Is dead 1t has been dying for 25
years ar more The tree Is mammoth
tulip poplar in a field on Poplar Hill farm,
near the public road leading from Easton
10 Trappe. about mile aud a half from
Easton The farm has been named for
the tree for at least POO years, and is the
property Of Mrs. Edmund Law Rogers,
nee Platter, of Baltimore, and was part Of
the original Platter grant made in early
Colonial times Scientific men who have
from time to time visited this tree have
said that it would take at least a thousand
years for this species of poplar to grow TO
such size in this locality. 1t stands
alone, 4 picturesque feature of the land
,cape, in an open field, and can be seen
for miles from all roads and from the water
courses
The wonderful size Of the tree is in the
magnitude and height Of its trunk APP
proximatelv it is 250 feet high and 20 feet
in diameter. The head is comparatively
small and the first limb is 200 feet from
the ground. and it carries Its diameter
symmetrieally all the way up. From its
top at night, for many venturesome and
agile climbers have aseended it, the light
in Sharp Island lighthouse can be plainly
seen. \ horse and carriage behind it can
not be seen from the nearby public road
The lightning has not spared it. 1t is
scanned and glshed and split by the many
bolts which have struck it, and which have
also Knocked huge limbs from its top.
Tradition says that POO years ago, which
Is rs far back as tradition claims to have
known the tree-it is named in land deeds
l50 years ago-it had lightning marks on
il, and even then showed signs of failure.
Three years ago it was struck four times
in one summer This fierce attack un-
doubtedly hastened its end.
The old poplar Of Poplar Hill probably
saw the beginning Of the 10th century
and died just before the beginning of the
20th 1t was the Mount Shasta Of the
Talbot landscape
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22

When the late Lord Cairns was Lord
Chancellor he was an ex-officio visitor Of
lunatic asylums He went down one We'd
nesday, when the peers do not sit, to Han
well, knocked at the door, and asked to
be admitted Can let you in, - said
the ianitor; days of visitors Tuesdays and
Fridays. ''But have right to go in
side, said his lordship; insist on doing
So ,'Read the regulations, and the
ianitor pointed to them. ''Do you know
who am p said Lord Cairns. Don't
know and don care, said the menial.
Il am entitled to admission at any and
every hour; | am Lord Chancellor of Eng
land :'Ah ali p laughed the janitor,
as he shut the entrance gates in the noble
lord face, I'VE We got four of EN- inside
already ."-Argonaut.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22
A Simeon in the Desert.
From the ATLANTIC Monthly.


so this yellow, sunburned life drags its
yellow weight across the endless plains.
A fatelike, awful march; no hope, no halt
for a man or BEAST but on, on, over the
spreading billows of biting sands, of glowing,
shifting, sinking sands, with overhead the
hot sky, blue and hard and blazing in its
midst the scorching eye that burns and
blisters with its sight In agony the
camels stumble on, beat at the dense hot
wall. Desperately the coolies hide their
faces in the hot, swaying lunches before
them; but through their stupor there beats
a wave Of consciousness. A shudder brings
them to knowledge of something awful.
Through the sun-steeped, sun bleached
minds there cuts keener stab. They are
awake to what?
Into the coarse camel hair they dig their
fists; tighter they press to the living things
beneath them; they look not to one an
other; words they have not In the pres
ence Of this heat they dare not breathe.
Convulsiyely they cling to the stumbling
beasts; and in low, dry sobs the anguish of
body breaks forth Between the two, the
brute and man, there strikes flash of
mutual pain and torment. An instant,
and down the camel line there breaks the
brutes shrill, soul Ike cry. In it they
voice their all, the pent-up spirit of the
bitter yellow beasts, burdened and tortured
for life In it comes a question for the
shrinking wretehes lying on their humps.
The bitter sounds fall on the parched tense
air and die away.
Far and away comes a gasp-a hot vici
GUS pant Again it comes--a breath of
fire that touched and is gone. The great
line halts as one A blank, dead moment
in it the bosom Of the desert heaves, and
breath rslls toward the waiting line With
broken moans the creatures bend their
knees aud wait the coming of the storm.
Another scorehing breath timelesS wait.
Far to the east it starts, across the sands
it whirls in circling hoops that form at last
a wall On it curls swiftly, silently; with
a hot, fierce lurch it falls upon the crouch
ing backs, singing with fangs of fire,
pelting binding the gasping, painting
creatures; with its dry lash whipping out
the lives of men and beasts Faster,
thicker, hotter, fall the sands, crushing
and burying with mereiless weight-an
ocean Of burning fire, pouring wrath and
strength upon these wretches as 1t hurls its
mad force across the desert The pillows
toss and heave, and break at last to sweep
on-on for other prey.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22

If good celery is desired water the plants
with soapsuds and keep the ground clean
of grass and weeds. The watering of a
large crop with soapsuds is impracticable,
but where one has small planting in a
garden and will give five or ten minutes
work to the plants twice or three times a
week the results will be very gratifying,
as something better than the average may
be secured Soapsuds make a special fer
tilizer for celery
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22
Fourth of July Victims.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE Tribune today
prints revised figures gathered from cor
respondents throughout the country show
ing loss of 141 lives resultant from the
last Fourth of July celebration. Some of
these died July and others from injuries
received then. Lockjaw caused the death
of SO out of the 141
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22

An Arkansas printer, in making up the
forms in a hurry the other day, got mar
riage notice and a grocer advertisement
mixed up so that it read as follows; John
Brown aud Ida Gray We're united in the
holy sauer kraut by the quart or barrel
Mr.. Brown is a well known young Goldfish,
at 10 cents per pound, while the bride,
Miss Gray, has some nice pig S feet which
will be sold cheaper than at any store in
town =