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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
OLD AGE.
Yer wornts a job, yer dew.

Yer wornts a job, yer dew.
An ye're only sixty-tewl
rhenks, we've all the parylytics as we're
needin withart yewl
This amt no bloomin 'orspital, this factory Is
noti
We axes on men thets young an smawt an
strong an on the spot,
An .het is whort yer amt. my friend. mort by
tidy lott
1t amt no yoose ter try,
So tike an pawss awyel
Thurs the young 'uns close behind yer. an
ye're blockin up the wyei
An whur are yer ter goP
'Ow the dickens shud know?
Thurs no one 'ungerin fur yer when ye're
sixty-tew or sol
Yer as a fust clawss chericter, yer don't go
on the booze,
Yer've got bit o. strength still left as ye'd
be prsrd ter yoose,
But evrywhur yer awsks fur wuk yer finds as
they refoose,
An ev'rywhur ye're told
Ye're art. right art, clean bowledi
Aye, the sin thet's pawst furgivin is the sin O.
bein old
An thurs nutthink as yer'n get
Penshing schemes is OFF, yer betl
Thur mye be thet good time comm, but II
amt a-comin yeti
With the growth Of thrifty 'abits it is wrong
ter interfere,
likewise we asn't got no twenty millyine
parnds yeari
An one thing is toe differcult. an toether
things too dear.
Old ige 'as done yer trick,
So Jest yer mawch off quicki
Thurs the work k'ouse an the ceme'try-yer've
only got ter picki
London Chronicle
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
Temperance societies would do VIC

Temperance societies would do we'll
to get copy of Mr.. John Morley's late
speech before the British Parliament
In attacking the conservative policy he
deals with the drink problem, ungloved.
He declares that to the philanthropist
it is known as deep root of private
misery; the magistrate finds in it a
source of social disorder, and no states
man need to look more than an inch
below the surface without finding in it
''much more" He especially arraigns
it as disturber of honest politics. No
condition of the day so seriously
threatens every party and every policy
as this traffic, which. as he says, throws
its weight of millions upon millions to
this or that side solely with reference
to its own perpetuity and profit. He
says of the English brewer, as we have
long said of the American saloon
keeper, in war or peace he knows but
one party, and that is the one which
will favor the saloon; he knows but one
platform, and that is immunity to the
trade. He is either expansionist or
contractionist as are the Legislative
friends of the saloon. He will vote for
the flag or it's rival as the interest OF
his rum barrel may dictate. He has
but one country, it is his saloon. But
one standard, it is his license to sell.
He knows but one policy, and that is to
sell more liquor. He boasts that for
every S. raised to maintain law and
preserve order he will put down $500 to
protect the undisturbed immunity OF
the bar. The liquor traffic, says Mr..
Morley, has no interest in any question
affecting the welfare of the state; but
no detail of legislation is insignificant
to him if it affect his barrel or his jug.
Our good friend DIR. Cuyler ought to
reach across the Atlantic and ''shake''
with this honest liberal who draws a
picture of the traffic which is as true
upon this side of the ocean as upon his
own.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
ROMANISM DEcADENT.

1t is really quite amusing in these
days, when certain Protestant churches
are 80 anxious to drop the "burden" Of
the Protestant name, when Protestant
bishops, rectOrs and curates are 30
easy to be known as Catholic" that
Romanists, who have hitherto monopo-
lized the name, should everywhere be-
moan the failure of their creed and
cult. ''The Tablet" which is the &C.
knowledged organ of English Catholi-
cism, says in late issue that "the Sec
ond decade of the twentieth century
will find great part of the Roman
population Protestant. That must be
far from comforting to the 'fathers"
who are lying awake nights to invent
new excuses for introducing another
candle or an extra paper rose upon
their ''altars''. If there be anything
which we have heard constantly it is
that Catholicism is the best friend of
the poor, and yet Father de Mondato
in lecture delivered in Rome stirred
up the zeal of his hearers by describ-
ing "the many day-schools, the gym
nasia, the reading-rooms, the work.
rooms, the dispensaries of medicine
and the other helps to the poor" which
Professionalism has introduced into the
Pope's own city. The complete col
lapse of the Anti-Semitic dragonnade
which the Catholics of Paris have at
tempted in the Dreyfus matter, stirs
| up ''La Croix," published in Paris, to
say that 'the Protestant propaganda
in France) reaches all classes Of con-
temporary society" 1t acknowledges
that there is "a steady infiltration of
Protestants into all the great offices Of
the state. The French administration
is peopled with Protestants. Many of
the Projects and those in leading posi-
tionsare Huguenots. The universities are
crammed with Protestant professors.
The higher magistrature has opened
its ranks to them. Men in France are
whispering to one another, See how
prosperous the Protestant nations are,
while Catholic France, like Catholic
Spain and Austria, is on the way to
decadence and ruin" At the same
time Mr.. Richard Bagot, an English
Catholic correspondent of the London
Times, resident at Rome, writes,
''Roman Catholicism in England, far
from progressing, has been losing
ground for some years.
An insuperable obstacle is encounter
ed in the robust Professionalism of the
English nation" The very fact that
the old strongholds of Catholicism are
toppling to their fall in Europe makes
the American Catholic lobby doubly
anxious to crowd through Congress
every bill looking to the favor of the
state in our own country, as witness
the continued support of Catholic
Indian schools by Congress and the bill
to authorize the erection of Catholic
chapel upon the military reservation
at West Point. But if there be any
one subject upon which the average
Legislator is profoundly ignorant it is
the actual and relative standing of
Christian churches in his own country.
Chicago Interior.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
NUMBER Sc.
A NEW RIFLE
May be Adopted by the State Militia
-77o Shots Minute.

While in Cleveland this week Assist
ant Adjutant General Kingsley was
permitted to examine a new army rife
just invented and put out by the Nc
Claim Arms company, which seems to
be the coming infantry arm, even dis
placing the Mauser and Krag-Jorgensen
gun. 1t can be used for single fire or
as rapid fire gun-the shells-fve or
more placed in its magazine when used
as repeater being fired automatically
in rapid succession. Twelve shots can
be fred per second or 720 per minute.
The bullets will penetrate Sc inches
of solid wood, and kill at three miles.
Colonel Kingsley saw a II inch steel
plate almost penetrated by one Of these
bullets.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14

BAlLADE OF THE MEDIOCRE.

Ambitious bards with song sublime
To win eternal fame essay
To echo through the deeps of time
The voice of some grand yesterday
Or on man throbbing heartstrings play
Loves harmonies unspeakable.
Alas, am not framed that wayl
/ beat the cymbals-that is ALL
How sweet in slender snares Of rhyme
To trap the tender dreams of May,
To catch the bluebell's subtle chime
OF fragrance on the hills astray,
To mock the wildwood's 8 blithe ballet
OF blooms and fitting birds that call
The chorus to springs roundelayi
/ beat the cymbals-that is ALL
To be king of song and climb
Olympus with lyre-fo aye
To rise above the toll and Crime
OF life and from the stars survey
This peevish worlds discordant fray
Ali, this were worth q masters scrawll
But the master must obey.
beat the cymbals-that is all.
Friend, in life's changeable array
Some may be great, some must be small
And some be grave, a few be gay.
I beat the cymbals-that is all.
Chicago Record.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
VERY HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.

The United States Geological Survey
is responsible for the statement that
Mt. Mckinley, Alaska, 125 miles to the
north of Cooks inlet, is 20, AGA feet high
or 2,44o feet higher than Mt. ST. Elias,
hitherto regarded as the loftiest peak
ON the North American Continent.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14

The Washington Times week or
two ago published an interview with
Congressman Grosvenor in which he
was reported to have said of Senator
Sherman:
'If it had not been for Hanna's able
leadership, Sherman would have struck
bottom long ago in Ohio's politics."
Grosvenor wrote letter to Mr.. Sher-
man denying that he said any such
thing. Now the Times reporter comes
back and offers to make affidavit to the
fact.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
SPAIN s. SOUTHAPD.

A TTORNEY-AT-LW Special attention
n given to abstracts of title, loaning money
and drafting of all legal instruments. Prompt
attention paid to all business left with him.
Collections, fire and life insurance. Office
South Main street over j. M. Abraham & CO..
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
HAMILTON BROS.

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW and Real Estate
"A Agents. Office in the Hamilton Building,
east of the Logan House, Bellefontaine, Ohio
settlement of estates. Will practice in State
and o. s. Courts. All business promptly at
tended to.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
J. w. YOUNG, M. d.

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. General prac-
Il tice OF medicine. Have special test
lenses for accurately fitting glasses for those
who need them. Office 135 West Columbus
Ave. Residence, 402 East Sandusky Ave.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14

Then there are 123 floating societies
as those on board ships and vessels are
designated. The total membership ex-
ceeds 3,500,O00. In the past twelve
months the net gain has been nearly
1000 societies and more than 100, 900
members. Nothing in the reports to
indicate that Christian Endeavor is a
waning fad or that it is decadent.-
Times-Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
FRANK A. POOL,

physician and Surgeon, Office-135 West
l. Columbus Ave-, Bellefontaine, o. Special
attention given to the treatment of all forms
OF rupture and pelvic diseases. All calls
answered IRON the Office.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
WEST 6 WEST,

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. Collections given
n prompt attention. Partition and settle
ment of estates speciality. Practice in the
State and u. s. Courts. Office on Main street,
directly opposite front entrance Of the Court
House, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
John c. HOVER.

A TTORNEY- -AT-LAW. Special attention
n given all Office practice, settlement of
estates collections and loans. Office 9 and s,
Lawrence Block, Bellefontaine, Ohio
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
w. s. SOUTHARD.

\ livery & FEED BARN McKee's Old Stand
l. North of Court House, Bellefontaine. Ohio.
Excellent rigs and teams. Horses boarded by
the month"; and single feeds furnished far
mer's horses.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
DR.. J. II. WILSON,

HOMEOPATHIST. Special attention given
IL to diseases of the Nose and Throat. Office
on South Main street Bellefontaine, o.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
DIR. J. p. HARBERT,

DHYsICIAN AND SURGEON. Special at
tention to eye, ear and throat, and fitting
OF glasses. Office 113h f. Columbus Ave-,
o. Residence 103 Mad River st.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
A. JAY MILLER.

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. Special attention
IA given to collections and settlement of
estates. Rooms and 8, Empire Block, Belle
fontaine Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
DIR. w. q. STINcHCOMB,

and Surgeon. Special atten
Il tion given to diseases of the eyes and fit.
ting glasses. East Columbus Avenue, Belle
ontaine Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
DIR. c. w. HEFENER.

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. No. 116 East Co
4 lumbus Ave. Treatment of the Eyes and
fitting glasses for defective vision, speciality.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
r. s. DEFREES,

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Bellefontaine, o.
"A Room 1 and q Bellefontaine National
Bank Building. Money loaned and secured at
reasonable rates.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
Chamberlin. II. II. New
CHAMBERLIN 6 NEWELL,

T AWYERS. General and commercial prac-
IL tice. Settlement of estates and collec-
tions. Opposite Court House, Main street
Bellefontaine Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR STATS.
TICS.

A statistical report of the member
ship of the Christian Endeavor read at
the annual international convention
shows a fourishing condition and a
marvellous growth. 1t also disproves
the skeptical claim that the Christian
Endeavor is fad destined to early
decadence. In the last ten years the
membership has increased more than
million and a half. The report of the
number of societies now organized and
aiding in the noble work of Christian.
izing the world was as follows:
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14

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
35 well timbered, fair soil-half black land /;
three wells, good orchard, good barn, outbuild-
ings and house.
One farm Of 80 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 a half Of
Santa Fe, and three miles of Jackson Centre.
Good pixies to both these towns.
Both farms are well adapted for grain or
pasture.
For furter particulars call on the undersign-
ed near Santa Fe. M. ". PENCE,
G. G.. PENCE,
May 90, 1S99-tf. Executors.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-14
Short Whist-Its Invention.

This revolution was occasioned by a
worthy Welsh baronet preferring his
lobster for supper hot Four first rate
whist players-consequen four great
men-adjourned from the house of COM
mons to Brookes' and proposed rubber
while the cook was busy. 1.-THE lobster
must be hot. said the baronet. GA
rubber may last an hour. said anoth-
er. land the lobster may be cold again
or spoiled before we have finished.
''It is too long," said third. "Let us
cut it shorter" said the fourth; car
ried mem. con. Down they sat and
found it very lively to win or lose so
much quicker. Besides furnishing con-
versation at supper. the thing was new
they were legislat ors and had fine
opportunity to exert Use their calling -
Short Whist
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

between the two men. But when the
Presidents cabinet was announced and
his administration began he found him
self face to face with hostile speaker
Of the house of representatives and
hostile coterle Of bosses in the senate.
He had need of a friend In congress
who had demonstrated his power to
reach the springs of political action.
To whom could he turn with more as
surance of sympathy and aid than to
Mr.. Hanna? II was this condition, not
Mr. Hanna's ambition to be a senator.
that resulted in his election to the
United States senate. All his personal
and private inclinations were against
this. There was nothing in the sena-
torship that he wanted or that could
add to the reputation he had made az
the successful manager of the great
campaign of 1896. But he yielded to
the circumstances that seemed to link
his fortunes with the administration
of William Mckinley and sacrificed his
inclinations to his friendship"
This version omits to account for the
reasons which originally impelled the
proffer of the state portfolio to Mr.
Sherman. q man never well fitted for
delicate diplomatic responsibilities: but
the omission Is supplied by the fact
Of Mr.. Sherman's prominence in ma
tional affairs, the distinguished part he
played in Republican politics and the
long standing intimacy between him
self and the president. Not to have
proffered the secretaryship of state to
the foremost Republican statesman
would have violated all precedent as
well as put the appearance of snub
upon a fellow Ohioan; but 1t may not
have been the presidents expectation
that Mr.. Sherman would accept.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

New York consumption OF champagne
during tho past year was the greatest
ever known.
The statistics recently issued show
general prosperity has not had much 10
do with the marriage Industry in Ohio.
For the year ended March 81, 1899. the
marriages were about 1000 less than the
preceding year.
According to Dr. Schierning, there
were only $50 cases of tuberculosis last
year In "a force of 5li,S3O men. The num-
Der of deaths from this disease in the
army has been gradually decreasing from
AZ per thousand In 1899 to "a per thousand
In 1897.
A little more than 70 years ago n few
workmen OF Rochdalc, England, Joined
together 10 purchase sack OF -four and
| chest OF tea. That was the beginning
OF u cooperative movement which now
| includes 1000 societies, with total
| membership OF 1000 900.
In France advertising posters must
| bear revenue stamps varying in value
according to the size of the poster. A
| man who affixed n ij-centme stamp on n
| poster which should have had only Il
6-centime stamp, has just been fined l25
| francs, or S25. for the offcnse.
Drinking glasses called tumblers owe
| their name TO the fact that they are the
| successors of little round silver bowls,
| so perfectly balanced that whichever
way they were tipped about on the table,
| they tumbled into position again, ana
there remained with the rim upward. as
| IL asking to be rcfilcd.
A well-prcscrvcd Roman camp has
| been discovered on the riEht bank of the
| Narcnta, Herzegovina. A section 800 feet
| long by go feet wide has been traced.
Part of the walls. gates and towers are
| still standing, and many utensils and
weapons have been dug up. II is be-
| lieved that the camp was erected in the
| time of Nero.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
Loves Song.


Within a heart there sometimes hickers
low
A strange desire,
A messenger from Cupid's realm lights
slow
An endless fire.
A song that bard neer sung or music
strained
Is often heard;
A carol of the soul, by fear constrained,
A jewel, each word.
And thus each note new beauty tends to
claim
From day to day,
Till smoldering ashes of the heart ne'er
flame.
To blaze give way.
The song, so long unsung, uncertain mist,
Awakes anew;
The story that it tells is but a tryst,
My love, with you.
And so, repressed song, go herald loud
That all may hear
That at your hearts gate I no longer
cowed
In boldness pear;
And bidding voice once dumb a richness
To round 1t fling
Enrobed in love, thy knight seeks en-
trance there.
With thee to sing,
So that the silent music of that night
Within thy breast
May tell to all the world emblazoned
bright,
A love confessed.
Edwin M. Abbott.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
The Song of Destiny.

We are the Children of Events,
From Tampa Bay and Golden Flue;
Swift immigrants that pay no rents,
Rough riders over ditch and fence,
We settle where we pitch our tents
And stick the carmine, white and blue
We are the darliEgs of events
From Tampa Bay to Golden Flue.
Slouch-hGtted, buckled up in duck,
We nick the sunset for our own;
We tug and balance nip-and-tuck
The European powder-truck,
But fout the brownish kind OF muck
And disrespect the Torrid Zone,
We are the paladins of Pluck
From Honolulu and Ladrone.
We sniff the SAVIOR of the seas,
Light-handed, hearted, prodigal,
World-hungry for antipodes;
We scale the Morro-crags with ease
From Philippines 10 Caribbees,
And swelter in the chaparral,
We sniff the SAVIOR of the seas,
Light-hearted, handed, prodigal.
The dubious doctors may debate
Why trade-winds travel as they do;
We grip the saddle-flaps of Fate
To rise above the hurdle gate,
And have a chance TO contemplate
From elevated points of view,
The doddering doctors may debate
Why trade-W inds travel as they do.
The Critic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
The Death of the Vice President
%THE WORTH of Garret A. Ho"
bart was best known to the
Il immediate circle in which
be moved He I'D rot aspirn

~ HE WORTH of Garret A. Ho"
bart was best known to the
a immediate circle in which
he moved. He did not aspire
to rromiscuous popularity; he did not
put himself in the way of the multi
tude, solicitous for its caprcious ap-
plause. He was more like Chester A.
Arthur in that respect, preferring tho
influential position of a man behind the
scenes. During the latel years of his
life he was one OF the most effective
and trusted managers of Republic
can party movements who directed
quietly and in the background agencies
which put other men into positions Of
prominenc" and responsibility. Yet
had fate decreed that he should in per-
son assume the donors which he helped
to prepare for others, there is no ques-
tion that he would have met every re-
ouirement intelligently and we'll
As vice-presdent Garret A. Hobart
solved to a new degree the problem of
what to do with our vice presidents.
The ofIice-porfunctory and nominal In
itself-he made vital by his unerring
sagacity, his superior diplomacy and
the confidence which he inspired. Fly
unobtrusiveness he evaded the vindic-
tive jealousies which surround and
hamper many men in public life; by
fidelity he held fast to every friend.
1t is no secret that he occupied toward
President Mckinley relationship Pc
culiarly confidential. that to an extent
far beyond the preCedents of the vice
presidential office he fulfilled the func-
tions of a discreet and urselfish advis-
er; and that in this capacity he WELD
ed a potent influence upon many of the
great activities Of the government and
helped largely in the determination Of
executive policies.
/ He was self-made in the complete
significance Of the term as indicative
, of success attained entirely through
/ asserted merit; and in his death the
I nation loses a most estimable and val
/ liable citizen.
/ The Dewey home give-away is a
little rough on the donors, to be sure;
they should have attached string.