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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
BRUSH FOR KINDLING.
Il Makes Excellent Wood for the
Cooking Stove and should Be
Carefully Saved.

In pruning orchards the branches cut
out are often piled in heaps and when
dried are burned, often injuring the
trees in their vicinity. There is much
better way than this. Apple, pear or
peach wood makes, when dried, q very
hot fire, and should be saved for the
stove when the branches are too large
to cut readily. Even the twigs have
their value. They make the very best
of dndlngs when dried, and if they are
somewhat crooked they are all the bet
ter, because they will not pack closely
together as the straight sticks are pref
ty sure to do. An old story is told OF a
farmer who once boasted among his
companions what a good, patient wife
he had. She never complained of any
thing he did. One of them suggested
that the next time he drew up wood
for the house, he should make load Of
the crookedest sticks he could find
He did SO, and as he drew up the load
to the house his wife came out smiling
to meet him. "Mary, how do you like
this load of wood?" was the inquiry
while the farmers companions stood by
expecting a storm of abuse. Instead
the reply was given in the sweetes
tones: "Oh John! that is capital wood
We always used it at home when wa
a girl, and mother used to say that tn
rounded pieces made the hottest fir
because they fitted SO nicely around tn
kettle."-American Cultivator.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
Alfred Butler, Agent.
REIJEFONTAJNE OHI(
POTASH IN ORCHARDS
1t Helps to Produce Hard Wood,
Healthy Leaves and Buds That
Are Well Developed.

An excess of nitrogen usually tends
toward wood production and an in
creased growth, at the expense, it is
thought, of the crop of fruit. Potash
and phosphoric acid, on the other
hand, are supposed to promote the gen
eral vigor of the tree, and increase the
quantity and improve the quality of
the fruit. 1t is thought that potash
imparts high color to peaches and
strawberries, and covers grapes and
plums with a deep bloom; but its eff
feet on the fruit has not yet been thor
oughly studied.
The experience of many large fruit
growers favors the use of potash in
fertilizing orchards. It is commonly
applied in the form of muriate, from 200
to 300 pounds per acre being considered
an economical dressing if the orchard
receives an application each year. I
often wonder If the practice is not
sometimes carried too far, and if COM
plete fertilizer would not, in many
cases, give better results.
The result of experiments in the fer
tilizing of peach orchards at the New
Jersey experimental station shows the
greatest yield of fruit per acre where
muriate Of potash and nitrate Of soda
were applied, but potash gave much
better results than either nitrate ol
soda or phosphoric acid alone. Potasf
seemed to promote a certain vigor ant
thrift which were lacking in trees de
prived of it. Potash has proved th'
most valuable of the single clements
the net gain being greater than wher'
barnyard manure was used. The larg
est net gain, however, came from using
a complete fertilizer. S. D. Willard, tn
well-known western New York horti
culturist, says: "In order to have goo'
hard wood, healthy leaves and well-de
veloped buds, we must rely upon potasl
and phosphoric acid."-Prof. w. T
Briton, Ct. Experimental Station. Il
Farm and Home.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
High Feeding and Garget.

Az the COW or other breeding animal
approaches time of parturition, high
feeding, either to stimulate milk flow
or to make it richer, should for the time
be suspended. Of the two, the kinds
that tend to make the milk richer, or, in
other words, to fatten the COW, are
worst. But we should not advise any
farmer to feed heavily with grain which
will cause fever and make the animals
feverish, though this may be natures
effort to lessen the milk flow so that
the udder can hold it. The food should
be laxative rather than constipating
Ensilage and roots of all kinds are good
If not given in too large amounts. The
only grain given should be three or foul
nubbins of corn daily until the calf is
dropped. The COW will eat these readi
ly, and they will cleanse the stomach
preparatory to the time when parturi
ton begins.-American Cultivator.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
There is no such thing as the und.

There is no such thing as the unde-
veloped Bostonian. From the earliest
days, when the frigid daughters of the
colonists, in the primitive eyeglasses
of that period, drove home the COWS
that laid out the city, to the present
period, when on borrowing fountain
pen from Boston maiden the borrower
could not use it, for he found the ink
frozen, the people of the literary en-
porium have existed in their icy
regularity of demeanor and their
bricky irregularity of streets. Their
family names are enough to show them
coeval with Eve. Adams family
Quincy family-here are Eve, Adam
and the apple traced at once.-The
Century.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
A Boston teacher had been giving a

A Boston teacher had been giving a
familiar talk on zoology to class Of
ten-year-olds in a grammar school. Te
test their intelligence he said, in the
course of his remarks: "Who can tel
me the highest form of animal life?'
A little girl held up her hand. 'Well
Mary?" ''The hy-ena," shouted Mary
seriously, but triumphantly. Repress
ing smile, the teacher said: 'Ts it
Mary? Think again. Is a hyena th'
very highest?" "Oh, now I know,
cried Mary; cts the giraffe. IN. Y
News Letter.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

The teacher of a school in the rural
districts assigned each pupil the task OF
writing an original story.
On the day when the stories were
read bright little towhead arose and
started in as follows:
On the green slope of a mountain
stood first-class Jersey cow with three
legs"
''That won't do, Johnnie" interrupt
ed the teacher. ''You are one leg
short.'
"No, I ain't," replied the future
author. "You don't wait to get my
plot, which is that a railroad train cut
off one leg, and the owner of the COW
got SO, 900 damages, an moved his whole
family to Paris in time fer the exposi
ton, where the girls will be married tt
rich Frenchmen and die happy evel
afterward. Atlanta Constitution.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

All trains daily except Sunday.
Morning train leaving Jackson at 5:15 q. m.
arrives Chicago 500 p. m, Detroit $500 p. m.
Direct connection for Columbus, Cincinnati
Chillicothe, enabling YOU to spend froL. . to
IL hours at any point and return same even
ng.
Several hours saved to Washington, Ealti-
more and New York, train No. 3 connecting al
Greenfield with the B. & o. famous Roya
Blue Flyer.
Tourists tickets on sale to all Summer Re
sorts.
Call on agents or write
+. E. FISHER, G. P. A., Springfield. 0.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
School Examiners Meetings, 1883.

Examinations of teachers will be held on the
first Saturday of each month, except April
and July. Questions on theory and practice
will be based i'm part on Fitch's "The ArnOlds;"
erature prescribed by the o. 7. r. C.-Shake-
speares Hamlet, Carlisle's Essays on Burns,
selections from Burns poems.
Examinations of pupils under "Boxwell law
will be held on March Is, and April 15, 1899.
Hours of examination-9t to IL a. M; 1 to 4
p. M, Standard time.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

'Papa," said the beautiful girl,
''George and are two souls with but
a single thought" "Oh, well, don't
let that discourage you," replied hel
father, kindly. '"That is one more thar
your mother and had when we were
married."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

"Perhaps you are not aware" said
the placid gentleman with the white
tie, ''the Philadelphia erected more
buildings last year than Chicago?"
''Dormitories?'' asked the fat gentle
man with large diamond and the soft
hat.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

"Every morning on the way to
school," said the little miss, "the boys
catch me and kiss me-" "Why don't
you run from them?" asked her father.
Because" replied the small edition OF
Eve, 'may be they wouldn't chase me. I"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

"What weapon did Sampson use in
staying the Philistines?" asked the
Sunday school superintendent during
the general exercises. 'He-he didn't
use none," sputtered little red headed
urchin on the back row of seats; che
didn't git inter de scrap till dey was all
sunk.n
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
Scholar-1Whalebonen
Amateur-"What do you think of t

Amateur-"What do you think of the
artist Albino, who painted spider-web
on the ceiling so naturally that cham
bermaid spent the whole morning try
ing to sweep it away!"
Critic-"There may be such an artist,
but do not believe in the existence OF
such a chambermaid."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
B. & b.
Choice Wash Goods.

Wish we could show you store uieu
of the extensive assortments here
prettiness and uariety.- the specially
choice styles and eolorings at inexpen-
siue prices.
A wash goods store here without a
superior Wouldn't be such if we were
not determined to show advantage.
Will send samples soon as you let US
know what you're interested Inland
the way we can suit your preference,
with goods and prices, wiU be thinning
evidence Of where it's to your interest
to buy.
New Madras ginghams, IOe, IL I-2e
I5c.
Fine Madras 2Oe, to 35c
Lots Of the popular corded effects.
Fine imported cheuiots 2Oc.
Pretty american Dimities 6 l-4e, Sc,
Zoe, IL I-2e.
Handsome Imported Dimities-a COL
lection Of rare excellence-2Oe, 25c.
Cotton CoUerts for skirts IL l.2e l5c.
Imported cotton skirtings zoe.
Special lot Of corded Unite India
Linon IL 1-2c--niee for shirt waists.
Other choice Unite goods for shiri
waists l5e, 2Oc---revere stripe ana
fancy effects.
Plain and fancy white and eolored
Rques IL I-2eup. Smart styles color.
ed fancy P. KS 35e.
Dainty wash cottons--beautyul fab
ries for gowns--swisses, mouselines
tissues, stc.---25c to soc.
Aren't you concerned about wasl
goods business---a dry goods business
done strictly on merit.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

The Philadelphia Record some
years ago detected a movement, and
chronicled it in the terse form: "Cater-
pillars are crawling; and an ever
appreciative New York paper not only
copied the startling item, but gave it
the scare-head, activity in the
Quaker City,"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

''Some day." said the high browed
young man, 81 expect to have the
world at my feet.'
'What have you been doing all this
time" snarled the cynic-'walking on
YOUR hands?"-W Washington Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

A mans curiosity never rivals that
of woman until some one casually re-
marks that his name appeared in yes
terday's paper.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

Old Party-What's the matter, little
boy?
Little Boy-Gw'an! Wot yo' know
bout bein in lOve?-New York Journal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

Heidi you know Calloway's pa
rents lived in Philadelphia?
She-No; thought they were dead.
He-Not dead, but sleeping.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

The period of CESSATION with the eve
is about 159 days. Manage this to suit
the time you have arranged for your
lambs to come into market.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

Detroit 4 Lima Northern Ry. Go.
TINE TABLE EFFECT JAN. 20, 1899.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
THE MERRY. .GO.RoUND.

eyes, / have three children; two
living, and one in Phi1adelphia.h
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

Friend-"Well, you look happy; busi-
ness picking up?"
Druggist (cheerily) Rather. just
put up prescription for the plumber
who thawed out my water pipes last
month. Brooklyn Life.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09

Teacher-"Who can tell me what
useful article we get from the whale?
Johnny?"
-"Whalebone.
Teacher-''Rightl Now, what little
boy or girl knows what we get from the
seal? Tommy?'
Sealing wax" - Harlem
Life.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
S. s. S. FOR The BLOOD

blood
reach the bottomto the the
the only blood remedy to be free from
Poison
s. nothing a
Company Atlanta,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
AuctiOneer!

II. P. Runyon is having great success In In
CRYING sales, and is prepared to answer all
calls on short notice.
Rates given on application.
Address me at Degraff or leave orders at
REPUBLICAN Office, Bellefontaine.
February 5. 1899-tf. H. p. RUNYON,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
'Funny about that alarm clock, isn't

it?"
'How funny?"
"Why, I didn't realize how near it
was till it went of. ."-Richmond Dis
patch.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
TWO GOOD
LOGAN COUNTY
Farms for Sale
In Stokes Township!

The undersigned as executors of the estate
of James A. Pence, offer at private sale:
One farm of 172 acres, about 100 acres under
cultivation, Is acres in woods pasture, about
IS well timbered, fair soil-half black land !;
three wells, good orchard, good barn, outbuild-
ings and house.
One farm of so acres, about 60 of it cleared,
balance woods pasture; good well, fair house,
log stable, fair orchard, fair soil
Both farms within two miles and half Of
Santa Fe and three miles of Jackson Centre.
Good pixies to both these towns.
Both farms are we'll adapted for grain or
pasture
For furter particulars call on the undersign-
ed near Santa Fe. M. v. PENCE,
G. G. PENCE,
April IS, 1s99-tf. Executors.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-09
No Torture Equal to the
Itching and Burning Of
This Fearful Disease.

the real of the trouble blood although ali
the skim the only way to reach the disease
the blood.
Mr. Phil T. Jones, Of Mixersville, Ind, writes:
II had Eczema thirty years, and after great deal
OF treatment my leg was and that it gave
constant pain 1t finally broke into running sore and
began to spread and grow For the past five or
six years have suffered untold agony and had given up
all hope of ever being free from the disease as have
been treated by of the best physicians and have
taken many blood medicines, all in vain. With little
faith left began to take s. s. s., and it apparently
made the Eczema worse, but knew that this was the
way the remedy got rid of the poison. Continuing
8. s. s., the healed up entirely the skin became
clear and smooth and was cured perfectly"
Eczema obstinate disease and can not be cured b.
only tonic. Swift's Specific
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-29
WITH THE FIGHTERS.
Lieutenant Cavenaugh Talks of Phil
ippine Conditions.

Lieut.. William Cavenaugh of the
Twentieth United States infantry, who
returned to the United States as Il
member of the escort to Colonel StOts-
enburg, is in the city today, on his way
back to Manila. He will visit friends
in Topeka and at Manhattan where he
graduated at the state agricultural col
lege before leaving for San Francisco.
THE climate of the Philippines" he
said to a Journal reporter today, lis
much better than that at Santiago or
in Cuba. However, the heat is almost
overpOwering in the Philippines and
just now the rainy season which lasts
until October is on. Considering the
heat and the fact that there has been
few deaths by disease among the sold
iers the men get along nicely.
THE Filipinos are acclimated and are
not Inconvenience by clothing. They
wear practically nothing and carry on
ly a gun and ammunition. When a
Filipino is killed another takes his gun
and steps into his place. The generals
commanding the American troops
would rather capture a gun than kill
one of the natives. When a gun is lost
by the insurgents, just that much of
their power of defense is lost. Rewards
are now paid by the government for
guns brought to the American officers.
It is believed that capturing the guns
and ammunition will have an import
ant bearing upon the power of the Fill
pinos.
Those natives are difficult to find
to fight. Driven from one entrench-
ment they fall back a few hundred
yards and get into another. This is the
method which they pursue as the
American lines advance.
Upon all the islands in that group
there are none of the natives in rebel
lion except those in LuzOn. There
AguinaldO reigns and he is making a
desperate effort to keep up the fight.
When the rainy season ends and the
additional troops land on the island it
is my opinion that the war will soon
end. But little time will be required
to bring the F7iIipinos into subiection."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-29
GOVERNMENT CHEATED.
Charge of Fraud In the Construction
of the Kansas City Federal
Building.

Kansas City, Aug. 29.-It is charged
that fraud has been discovered in con-
nection with the erection of the Kansas
City Federal building.
Bricks, ShavingS, dirt, sticks and rub
bish of all kinds have been substituted
in large quantities for honest sand and
cement in the construction of the new
federal building. Undeniable evidence
of fraud in the building of the floor lin
ing has been found and an inVeStiga-
ton of the entire structure, from the
basement to the dome, is now in order.
That some one has been sleeping
long and SOundly was proved yeSter-
day when a sort of a lukewarm eXparte
investigation was made of the cement
floor lining put in by Leach & Son of
Chicago, contractors for the building.
About a week ago w. H. Justice, a
labOrer who had previously been work.
ing in the building, reported to Super
intendent Gum that crooked work was
being done in the construction of the
cement base for the floor things. He
said he himself had dumped in over 600
of cement. He said he was instructed
to do the dishonest work by the fore
man for Leach & Son. A private set of
signals was arranged so that the work
man could change to the material call
ed for by specifications when the super
intendent or inspectors paid their in
frequent visits to the work.
Yesterday the floor was dug I'D in
many places and the substitutes for
sand and cement found as charged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-29
ALIVE TO THE OCCASION.

CFrom the Chicago Inter-Ocean.I
''It was way back in the seventies
said an old engineer. Il was pulling
the limited east from Council Bluffs
to Chicago over the Rock Island. The
night was bitterly cold. We had gone
about 20 miles out and had stopped at
a night office for orders. and had start
ed up again, when the fireman reached
over and said: There is a hobo on the
pilot; saw him get on at the depot
'Sure?' 1 said. Go out on the running
board and see if he's there yet. The
fireman did as he was ordered to do
and returned with the information that
the hobo was still there.
g Well said I, it's a bitter cold
night, and if he can stand it out there
I am willing he should ride with me-
And on we went toward Chicago. with
old No. 211 barking like sixty at the
low joints ahead and forgetfuI of our
'headend' passenger on the pilot
by and by, by the faint glimmer-
ing of the headlight, I thought I saw
ahead what seemed to be a bunch Of
cattle on the track. AS we approached
it the bunch seemed to grow larger It
was now too late to do anything, so I
just pulled her wide open and old No.
211 hit that bunch of cattle 'ka-bif.' To
paraphrase the language Of Tennyson,
who glides into raptures of admiration
over the charge of the Light Brigade
at Balaklava, there was just simply
cattle to the right Of US, cattle TO the
left of US and cattle to the rear of US,
but none any more in front of us AZ
ter it was over our thoughts reverted
to the hobo on the pilot. Go out and
see if he is still there I said
Well said an old brakeman, under
whose feet the frOsts of many winters
had cracked as he wendell his way in
the dark over many a long train of box
cars and who had been listening to the
story. well" said he, was he kill
ed
No" replied the engineer. There
he sat, as large as any hobo could sit
on the pilot with an oyster can milking
one of those burned cows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-29

The officers went in. The joint was
deserted. The bar had just been hur-
riedly moved from the north side of the
room to the south side but the mirror
remained on the north wall. The floor
on the north side was wet showing that
the bar had been there recently. The
ice chest stood at the rear of the room
but the pump was not connected with
beer key. A few bottles of beer was all
that was found. The proprietor had re-
ceived word that the officers were COM
ing and had hurriedly gotten his stock
of liquor out of the room and moved
the bar across the room to give the ap-
pearance that the place had not been
running.
While the officers were investigating
a knock was heard on the back door.
Bundy answered it and there stood a
small boy with a large tin bucket. Bun
dy asked him what he wanted and he
said bucket of beer. Bundy told him
there was no beer there and he said he
knew better that he had been getting it
there right along. Before the officers
left with their prisoner there were three
such calls for beer. Woods was re-
leased on $500 bond. This joint is the
same one formerly operated by Hut
Marker who handled Her beer and who
was arrested repeatedly, as he claimed,
because he did not handle trust beer.