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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
FRIDAY, AUGUST Is, 1899.

Each map or plat Of each village or town in
said county shall show the corporation lines
of such as are Incorporated, giving the num-
bers of lots and subdivisions, and frontage In
feet, and the streets and alleys with names OF
streets.
A map or plat of each section and survey In
the county, shall be made on separate sheet
16x20 inches in size, on scale of 10 chains per
inch. Each plat shall show the boundary
lines Of said section or survey, the land lines
the names of the owners of each tract, the
numbers of subdivisions and lots and the
number of acres in each tract.
All the maps and plats shall show the loca-
tion of all roads and railroads, meanderings
of the principal streams, the State, county
and township lines to be shown by two paral-
| lei lines and the railroads by two parallel
| lines and cross marks. All maps and plats
are to be made and executed in good work
/ manlike manner, accurate, plain and neat
under supervision of the Auditor and to the
acceptance and approval Of the Board OF
| County Commissioners. All books, drawing
paper, &C., will be furnished by the county.
All of said plats and maps that are to bt
used by the Land Assessors are to be deliver
| ed to the Auditor on or before February 1st
| 1900. The maps and plats may be made
4 from the maps and plats on file in the Audi
nd correct but the c6ntractor npW will be re
quired to complete the same up to date ant
| when necessary all surveys and measure.
ments shall be made on the ground. The
assessors have made returns of their work
to compare the plats returned by the Asses
SOrS WIFI Une OflSlndl HdpS anu pldUS Ol
file in the Auditors office, and correct sucl
Inaccuracies or discrepancies df any tha
the assessor may find, and to locate on sai(
maps and plats, all buildings and structures
as marked on the plats used by said Asses
sors. Particular care must be exercised IL
plating the Q. s., Il. & o. @. and ID. & l.. N
X. Rs. that have never been on the plats.
The successful bidder must enter into
bond in the sum of 81 900 within five days o
the awarding Of the bid, for the faithful com
pletion of the work, and must deposit so
forfeit with his bid to guarantee the givin
of bond for performance of his bid.
The Board Of Commissioners reserve tn
right to reject any and all bids.
| On the completion of any town or townshi
plat, the proportionate part of the work ma
| be paid for, on acceptance and approval @
the Board of County Commissioners, but tn
| Board reserves the right to retain 25 per cent
on all bills until the final completion of tn
| whole contract.
BY the order of the Board of County Com
missiOners. @. ID. CAMPBELL, Auditor.
July 21, 1S99-4t.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
By Absorption.

Catarrhal sufferers should remember that
Ely's Cream Balm is the only catarrh remedy
which is quickly and thoroughly absorbed by
the diseased membrane. 1t does not dry VI
the secretions, but changes them to a 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, 81
Warren St., New York, it will be mailed.
Full directions with each package.
Cream Balm opens and cleanses the nasa
passages, allays Inflammation, thereby stop
ping pain in the head, heals and protects th'
membrane and restores the senses Of tast'
and smell. The Balm is applied directly int,
the nostrils.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
NOTICE.
In the District Court Of the United
States for the Southern Dis
trict of Ohio. Eastern
Division.

In the Matter Of IT, po,,,,,.,,
To the creditors of Joseph Parrett, of Hunts
vile, in the county OF Logan, and district
aforesaid, a bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 31st day
of July, A. ID. 1899, the said Joseph Parrett was
duly adjudged bankrupt; and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be held at the
law office Of West & West, in the city of Belle
fontaine, Logan county, Ohio, on Saturday,
In the forenoon, at which time the said cred
itors may attend, prove their claims, appoint
trustee, examine the bankrupt. and transact
such other business as may properly come be-
fore said meeting. In his petition he reports
debts exceeding S2,261.36, and assets S75.0O
claimed as exempt. w. II. WEST,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
August II, 1s99
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
The Successful Remedy fol
NASAL CATARRH

must 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, 1899-08-18

"The testimony against you," said
the police, sis clear and conclusive.
You spend your time committing petty
thefts. "Yes, your Honor" responded
the prisoner, venturing to wink at the
Court, 81 am an embodied protest
against the existing condition of things
1 am round robin, your Honor" But
his Honor was equal to the emergency
"For the next sixty days, anyhow, ,
he said, frowning at the prisoner, "yor
won't be around robbin.' You'll be q
jialbird. Ball the next case"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

George (timidlyl-Miss Clara, I have
-er-that is
Clara (encouragingly)-Well, George:
George = Do you-er- think youl
mamma would care to accept the posi-
ton of mother-in-law to me?
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

'Tt's shame" said the summer
boarder, ''for you to waste SO much
land on that pig pen, when you might
turn it into a beautiful lawn"
"Nay," replied the farmer, who
knew his business. "The pen is
mightier than the sward.''
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

And Branches Out-"Papa, asked
Sammy, who was laboriously spelling
out an item in the paper, ''what does a
''great manufacturing plant grow
from?" 'From the root of all evil, my
son." answered Mr.. TarbOx.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

"Hash," said the man who eats his
meals at home, furnishes us with an
example of an end without means"
eyes," said the boarding house man,
"but at my place it is mean and with
out end.'
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

Some hold to the fact that the driving
of nails into apple trees is beneficial.
Perhaps it is owing to this fac4 that
bolting the halves of a tree together to
keep it from splitting does not harm
the tree.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

Old Gentleman-My friend, what dc
you do with your wages every week
put part of them in the savings bank:
Bus Driver-No, sir. After paying
the grocer, baker, butcher, and rent,
1 pack away what's left in barrel.
don't believe in saving banks.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

Harper's Bazar-"Mamma, what
would you do if that big vaise in the
parlor should get broken?" said
Tommy.
81 should spank whoever did it"
said Mrs. Banks, gazing severely at
her little son.
''Well, then you'd better begin to get
up your MUSCLE" said Tommy, gleeful-
ly, "'coz papa's broken it,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

If the old mulching is not plowed
under, burn it; do not use it a second
time, for it is loaded with fungi and in
sects. Mulching material is too plenti-
full to require any such risks.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

loping consumption.
But it isn't the draft that
does It; that only starts him His blood
was all ready for it in the first place. 1t was
thick with bilious poisons clogged with
germs of disease all ready to be reused into
fatal activity at the least touch.
"My wife had a severe attack of pleurisy and
lung trouble" says Abram Freer, Esq, of Rock
bridge, Greene Co, ILL.,, in thankful letter to
Dr. r. v. Pierce. of Buffalo, N Y. THE doctors
gave her up to die. She commenced taking DR..
gan to improve from the first dose. By the time
she had taken eight or ten bottles she was cured,
and it was the cause of large amount being
sold here. think the Golden Medical Discov-
cry is the best medicine in the world for lung
trouble"
Not only for lung trouble is it the most
wonderful medicine in the world, but for
every form of weakness and debility. 1t
redeems the very sources of life from these
subtle poisonous taints which lay the sys-
tenn open to dangerous disease. 1t gives
digestive power helps the liver to do its
work; enriches the blood; builds up solid
strength and vital force.
When you find yourself losing flesh and
appetite growing listless by day and
sleepless by night there lis an enemy
lurking ready to apply the torch. Write
to Dr. Pierce. Your letter will be con-
sidered strictly confidential and he
makes no charge for advice. His great
thousand page book, The Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser, will be sent
free paper bound for the bare cost of mail.
ing, 81 one cent stamps or cloth bound
for II stamps. Address Dr.. r. v. Pierce,
Buffalo N. Y.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

For sore eyes in chickens a drop OF
glvcerine is one of the best remedies.
1t will also soften and bring the color
on tn shanks and toes which have be-
come harsh and dry.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

"What do you mean by printing my
picture without my consent?" demand
the aggrieved citizen.
"Where?" asked the editor.
"On the front page, here, this morn
ing"
"My dear sir" replied the editor
softly, "that is picture of notorious
horse thief"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
She Bought Them.

Fair Customer don't quite like
the shape of those shoes.
Shoe Clerk-They conform precisely
to the shape of your foot, madam, and
nothing could be more beautiful than
that
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
aIf.Minute Romance

The little boy sat on the park bench
and swung his feet.
'T'll tell you my name if yon'll tell
me yours" he said.
"Well, what is it?" said the little
girl.
"Lemmy Kishew, what's your's?"
collie Wright"
And she dug her fairy little toes in
the sand and waited.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
jealousy.

"You'er only one," said the solitary
figure.
"Yes, but stand before long row
of ciph ers, )" was the answer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

it isn't the torch
that blows up the
mill; it's the pow
der. The stuff is
all ready to ex-
plode. 1t only
needs one touch
of fire to start it.
w h e n a mans
blood is all ripe
and ready for dis
ease it only needs
a little touch to
start him going.
Maybe he gets a
slight cold, gets
or sits in a draft /;
.& -1
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
For Furnishing Maps and PIats
for Use of Real Estate
Assessors.

Notice is hereby given that the Board Of
County Commissioners of Logan county, o.,
will receive sealed bids for making maps and
plats to facilitate and make more accurate
the work Of reappraising the real estate of
said county, up to one o'clock d. m,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
THE MERRY.GO.ROUND.

'Let's run race" said the mock
turtle to the false hair.
"What's the use," replied the other.
1--WE would both be In the soup at the
finish"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
In The Near Future.

'That policeman is wearing pretty
fine medal; what is it for?'
Conspicuous bravery in climbing
into runaway automobiles and stopping
| them"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
"Three Strikes, and out"

'Aincher workin' now, Jimmy?"
"Naw Strike"
'Chee!"
"T'ree of 'em. I strikes de ole man
fer raise, he strikes attitude, an den
l strikes de sidewalk"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
Uncle Bill's Ideas.

The man gets left who thinks he's
always right.
His best girl is generally a good
Judge of young mans staying quail
ties.
The first induction coils were in
evidence when the snake induced Eve
to eat the apple.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

Magistrate-It's very disgraceful
that you should beat your wife SO un.
mercifully.
Prisoner-Well, your worship, she
aggravated me by keepin' on sayin'
she'd ave me up afore that bald-'eaded
old 'umbug, meaning yer worship.
Magistrate-You are discharged.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

One of the old-time darkies, on being
asked chow he was making out" re-
piled in this fashion:
swell, sub, times is mighty tight
wild me, but I manage to make liv.
in'."
"What are you doing now?"
"Well, sub, 1 keeps de pot b'ilin' by
doin' little plowin', little votin', en-
little baptizin'; en- wen dey's nuttin'
doin' at dem three 1 hangs roun' dc
white folks en- waits 'twell dey gifts il
de notion ter run fer Office ag'in!'
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

All trains daily except Sunday.
y. E. DEWEY, O. A. CHAMBERS,
Gen'l Manger. Gen. Pass. Agent
Detroit, Mich.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
THE roRcH TO POWDER,

Touch a lighted torch to the
contents of a powder mill and
up it goes! But
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

Don't you get any rest in summer,
Jerry?"
"Yes, whole month; we go away
two weeks and our janitor goes away
two weeks"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18
RAILWAY TIME CARDS.
Big -Four Route.

sANDUsBY DIVISION.
'on this division there are no Sunday trains)
GOING NORTH.
No. %, Cincinnati to sandusky De- De- ia:eS am mn
No. 9. Cincinnati to Carey Be- Be-. 40 40 pm pm
GOING SOUTH.
No s. Carey to Cincinnati. So. ........ 9:10 am
No 2. Sandusky to Cincinnati. ........ $50 pm
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION.
GOING WEST.
w. H. Dy Depart. ............... 7:23 am
No. Daily En- Sunday Arrive Arrive. 1S:te H:se pm pm
No w Ds,I>, sArrfve .................. 800 pm
No' ~ DAhy rDepart. $50 pm
GOING EAST.
~ M nm ( Arrive. e.................. 1855 am
No' 90 DaiS Depart rt................ $50 am
No. 9, Daily Ex. Sunday rvg Depart. 40 pm pm
NJ 20 p.uu Arrive. .................. 9:55 pm
w. i'' Day Depart. 1000 pm
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

finish "
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-18

wei feet OF S1tS III a ufdIt
then off he goes into a gal
-. loping consumption.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26

ness, and has increased her fortune to
more than half hundred millions. The
day Judge Hilton would have failed
she handed him her check for $1,000, 900
and saved him. Her best friend now,
next to her daughter Sylvia. who lives
with her, is Russell Sage. She dresses
shabbily for a purpose, and declares
that there is a conspiracy among her
arch-enemies, the lawyers Of the coun-
try, to take her life. Between the Ho-
boken fat, where she sleeps, and the
Chemical bank of New York, where she
has a desk and works all day, she is
often accompanied by her bodyguard,
the stalWart nephew of a fo:mer New
York police inspector She is careless in
her speech, drops her final g's and uses
slang freely. Money making and talk
ing are her chief pleasures, and her
main object in life is to leave to her
son Edward, who lives in princely style
on his ranch in Texas, a great fortune
She has proved that, in finance. woman
can be the equal of man. Her energy
and endurance, at 60 years of age, sur
prise all who have dealings with her
She is a woman such as only American
soil could produce.
gibson WILLETS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26
.ED|SON'S PERPETUAL. MOTION
HE SOLVED THE PROBLEM LAST
WEEK FOR HIS MEN.
Like Many Of the Great Inventors
Triumphs, It Is the Acme of Sim
plicity-Plan of the Machine.

Thomas A. Edison, who has given so
many wonders to the world has solved
the problem of perpetual notion" In
his laboratory the other day he laid
before his workmen plans for ma
chine which, once started, will run for
ever. 1t is so obviously simple that
one is led to wonder why the inventor
did not think of it before-Why in
shorteit was not one of the inventions
of his early life instead of his middle
age.
L have had many plans for perpet-
ual motion machines. submitted to me,
said the inventor, but the principle
which involves an equilibrium of force
seems to have been lost sight of in each
one. Many of the machines would
work for time, but sooner or later the
resisting energy would equal the po-
tentiality of the machines energy, and
then, like subsiding pendulum, the
mechanism would slowly stop working.
Seer
He gazed earnestly around at his
expectant workmen, who seemed ready
to cheer this final triumph of their
chief, and pressed eagerly forward to
study the plan for the perpetual motion
machine which he laid upon the work
bench. The plan resembled the follow
ing diagram:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26

"You will see," continued Mr. Edison,
that this is the plan of wheel. The
spokes which point toward the right
hand carry on their points the figure
g. Those points on the left side of
the wheel carry figure 9's. Therefore,
since 9's carry SO per cent more weight
than skies, they would bear down their
side of the wheel, and as they went
around underneath from left to right,
would charge into 6's. The 6's, on the
other hand would change into 9's as
they went over the top of the wheel,
and as the potential capacity of each
number would depend merely on its po-
sition, why, the thing would work for
ever. Really, gentlemen" he contin-
ued, as several of his workmen began
to look very, very foolish, 81 assure you
that the scheme is quite as practical as
any perpetual motion machine" And
the inventor winked solemnly at a
small apprentice boy and walked from
the room.
THEODORE WATERS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26
CUT RATES.
The
When Looking the Mouth
ola Revolver; and What Became of the Adventure.
BY MADGE SUTHERLAND CLARKE.

well. we think the dates been al
tered. The nine has been changed to a
one, making the date January instead
of September
Corlears scrutinized the ticket. Il
see no evidence of it, he said, colby.
/ However, it's no affair of mine. I
bought the ticket and paid for it; the
road is responsible
He turned to his paper. The con-
ductor shifted uneasily and finally
turned away.
THE plot thickens," Corlears said to
himself. Anyhow, 1 am two hours
nearer New York than I was in Sa-
vannah." He went to sleep. At 10
o'clock the train ran in to Columbia,
where new conductor came on. In
about an hour Corlears saw him ap-
proach, though he pretended to be still
asleep. The new man was very direct
in his methods.
Look here, he said, shaking Cor
lears by the arm. This ticket won't
CO."
Il guess it will go as far as New
York he returned, easily, "and then
I'll see Mr.. Howson and tell him he's
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26

tan, has been built, almost one MIGHT
say secretly. isg astonishing ii, thess
Gays OF telegraph and newspapers. The
line was. cornmeaced some two years
ago, but all illusions to it were seoffei
at IN st. Petersburg. However. there
can be no explaining away tho railway
now. Its value to Russia may be set
forth in a word. Its head is only nine
ty-five miles from Herat, town which
is the key to both Persia and AfghaniS-
tan.
The English railroad is about 200
miles away from this important STRAIT
esical position. When the Central
Asian railway was being built it was
impossible for Russia to explain. that
the line was as much commercial as
military, for it ran through Aslsabad
Merv, Bokhara and Samarcand, all fair
~ important trade centers. But what
IS the meaning of this branch line from
Merv to Kushk? The railway touches
no trade route, and must, therefore, he
looked on as purely sstrategical.
There was a time when British states
men believed that il, was impossible for
Russia to invade India, owing to the
physical difficulties in the way. Later
on, however, as Russia gradually alb
sorbed the Central Asia Khanates,
and built her conquering railway, first
eeNioSS lie caucasus ana Ineu VII tilS
side Of the Caspian, the physical diff
culties were not much heard Of though
the barrier Of the Hindu Kushk still
gladde0ls the heart of Sir Neville Cham
berlain. As. a matter of fact, the
mountains 100000 feet high which
were said to bar the road between Sa-
raks and Herat, We're proved by Lassar.
as far back as 1882, to consist of a mis-
cradle row of hills with an easy pass,
fit for vehicular traffic 900 feet only
above the surrounding locality. There
is now, therefore, no physical barrier
before Russian army marching on
Herat, and behind there is not, as here
tofore. long journey over inhospita-
bic deserts, but an iron road.
The Russians having brought their
railway to the Afghan frontier pos
sibility which even the alarmist.
Charles Marvin, was shy of admitting
fourteen years ago-BritiSh statesmen
will have the task of considering what
steps should be taken on their part, if
indeed, it is possible to take any direct
steps Would it not be possible to bet
ter the British position strategically?
The course which offers the least diff
Guilty lies in the direction of consolidat-
ing the British position in Afghanistan,
The ideal from a military point of view
would be a perfectly friendly ameer,
one railway extension from PeShawar
through the Khyber to Kabul, and an
other from Chaman to Candahar There
is, however, the question of expense
which is unanswerable. The ameer also
would never allow a railway to Ka-
bull The ideal may therefore be set
aside as impossible for the present
But the new viceroy is personally ac-
quainted with Abdur Rahman, and
might, perhaps, induce him to acqui-
esce in the Chaman- Candahar extern
sion, which would certainly be good
set-off against the Russian line.