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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
KEENER THAN MANKIND
lllusl0ns That Deceive Men Have NJ
Effect Upon Animals.

Illuslons That Deceive Men Have Ne
Effect Upon Animals.
Its a singular fact" said a man in
the show business, s'that Illusions as
we call 'em, don't fool animals. I've
seen that proved over and over again.
A few years ago l had what is known
as the Mystic Maze at the Nashville
exposition. 1t was simply small room
filed with mirrors, so arranged that
you seemed to be in narrow corridor,
full of turns. 1t was very puzzling,
and | used to get lost in it myself but
it never bothered my dog a moment.
He would run through it from end to
end at full speed and never bump
against mirror.
81 saw something on the same line
in Frisco not long ago. A friend of
mine had an illusion called The
Haunted Swing You get in what
seems to be an ordinary swing, hung in
the center of good sized room, and the
thing begins to move. 1t goes back
and forth and finally clear over the top
that is to say, it seems to. What
really turns around is the room itself.
The swing stands perfectly still. 1t as
a good Illusion, and when the room is
revolved rapidly there never was a
man who could keep his head in the
swing. 1t seems as if he must certain
ly pitch out, and if the motion is kept
up he gets deathly sick. But a pet cat
belonging to my friend used to lie OF
the edge of the seat and never turn q
hair, no matter how fast the thing was
| worked.
''The elder H crrmann told me that
| animals were never deceived by false
| table legs, built up with looking glass
| es and used in stage tricks. They al
ways passed around on the other side
l guess they must see better, somehow
| than men."-New Orleans Times-Dem
| ocrat.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
WHO IS TO BLAME.

Kidney trouble has become so prev
alent that it is not uncommon for a
child to be born afflicted with weak kid
neys.
If the child urinates too often, If the
urine scalds the flesh, or it, when the
child reaches an age when it should be
able to control the passage, and it is yet
afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon
it, the cause of the difficulty is kidney
trouble, and the first step should be to-
ward the treatment of these important
organs. This unpleasant trouble is due
to a diseased condition of the kidneys
and bladder and not to habit as most
people suppose.
If the adult has rheumatism; pain or
dull ache in the back; if the water
passes in irregular quantities; or at ir-
regular intervals or has a bad odOr; if
it stains the linen or vessel the color of
rust; if the feet swell; if there are puffy
or dark circles under the eyes; your
kidneys are the cause and need DOCTOR
ing. Treatment of some diseases may
be delayed without danger, not so with
kidney disease.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy
promptly cures the most distressing
cases. Its mild and extraordinary effect
is soon realized. Sold by druggists in
fifty-cent and dollar sizes. You may
have sample bottle and pamphlet tell
ing all about ii sent free by mail. Ad-
dress DIR. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. When writing mention that you
read this generous offer in the The
Bellefontaine REPUBLICAN.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
Looking For 1t.

There is a patent lawyer in town
who has number of very bright chill
dren, so bright, indeed, that their fun
loving dad" is invariably forgiven for
telling what my boy said'' to the men
in his office. Here is the latest:
"I've got a tool chest out at my
house that would make a carpenter
sick with envy. I've been buying tools
for it for 20 years. OF course l never
let the youngsters touch it.
"The other day my wife went up
stairs and found 'Bookie,' my young
est. 21a years old, monkeying with that
chest. He had the lid up and his head
thrust in under it.
'Bookie,' said my wife, what are
you looking for?'
"And the youngster, knowing he had
been caught looked up and with a
twinkle in his eye said:
"'Lookin for twouble! Chicago
News.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
PRETTY CLEVER HORSE.
Never Tied by It's Master Because i
Knew So Much.

Never Tied by It's Master Because 1t
Knew So Much.
you see that little horse over there"
said Major Tom Williams, standing on
the edge of the sidewalk viewing a
small black pony. THAT horse has
more of the traditional horse sense
than his size would show for" He
continued, ''Watch him.
The major whistled few times, and
the little horse, which was nibbling
from a bale of hay on the sidewalk,
raised his head and crossed the street.
He brought the cart to which he was
attached at standstill just in front of
the major.
"You see," said Major Williams,
"that horse has an eye for distance. l
couldn't have driven him better than
that. That horse, too, is a natural
scavenger. He will pick up anything
he sees on the street, if he wants to
eat it, l never hitch him when l get
out of the team, and he goes the length
| of the block picking up banana peel
ings, eating hay, corn or anything he
takes fancy to. When 1 want him
l only need to whistle"
At this point a large, white dog
| brushed against the major with q
| friendly wag of the tail.
''You never saw that dog kiss the
pony, did you? Well, watch him.
Major Williams climbed into his cart
and, calling the dog, said, kiss him.
Without a moments hesitation the dos
ran to the head of the horse, and
| jumping several feet off the ground
kissed the pony several times.-Nev
York Mail and Express.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
SHE RAISED THEM.
A Georgia Widows Recipe Fo
Bringing Up Her Sons.

A Georgia Widows Recipe For
Bringing Up Her Sons.
During visit to the army camp in
Savannah General Joseph Wheeler was
entertained by party of northern men
at the De Soto. When, in the good hu-
NOR of after dinner cigars, one of the
men said laughingly:
''HOw is it, general, that the sleepy
farms of the south produce such whirl-
wind fighters in such small packagesT
''Well, gentlemen" said the little gen.
eral, putting at large mans cigar, 81
believe I'll have to give you the answer
an old cracker woman once gave me
when l asked her a similar question.
Not many years ago had occasion to
make a saddle journey through the
pine barrens of Georgia, where most
everybody is cracker and mighty
shiftless. One day, however, I rode
into a little community that showed
such signs of thrift as to be quite out
of keeping with the general character
Of the barrens, l do assure you, gen.
tlemen. rode up to cabin where a
gaunt old woman stood in the doorway,
and asked her who owned these little
farms that were so well kept.
"'That farm on the left belongs to
my son Jabez,' said she, and the next
one to my boy Zalim, and the next to
my lad Jason, and the next is my boy
Potiphar's place, and
"'Hold on. sister, said 1. How did
you manage to raise such fine lot of
boys way off here in the woodsY
"'Waal, stranger she answered, 4
am a wildly woman, and all had to
raise 'em on was prayer and hickory,
but raised 'em powerful frequent -
Philadelphia Post
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
MCLEAN MURMURIN0S.

81 won't say whether 1 shall or shall
not support the ticket. don't think
you will hear me making many cam
paign speeches. I won't attack the
ticket, however; I shall shut up."-
Allen G. Thurman.
SIN the campaign Mclean will go as
far as his money will carry him. Mayor
Jones will go as far as his principles
will carry him. That is all that can be
predicted now about the campaign" y
Gen. A. J. Warner.
1t is no particular consequence what
the Ohio Democratic convention did or
did not. A body which vociferously
applauds the prayer of priest invoking
divine deliverance from our "brute
force" of those who are making war
upon our country is ignominiously
beaten at the estart.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
John r. Mclean is one of the worst
men in American politics. He owns
newspaper, which he runs to make
money and serve his political ambition.
The influence of the Cincinnati Enquirer
under his control during the past quar-
ter of century has been curse to the
city where it is published and to the
wide region through which it circu-
lates. 1t is difficult to treat seriously
the platform upon which such candi-
date stands, because he is himself the
platform.-N. Y. Evening Post, Ind.
| noy,,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
AAiliN0.
e1IJTH WIND.

eDUTH WIND.
Bright skies above us,
White clouds drifting overl
I.ue spreads the sea, all simmer and fash
Boom well off and lazy helm creaking,
Music of ripples, like ngfishers plash.
Gurgle and splashl
Chuckles the water,
Silver to windward, sapphire to lee.
Sunshine of nature,
Sl1ylights wide open
'Tis pleasure to sail on a summer sea.
DUE WEST.
Fifng of wind blasts,
Drumming of halyardsi
Beckons the deep where the green waves run.
Sheets close hauled and helm hard a-weather.
Rainbow shot spray flung aloft in the sun.
Rise, plungel
Dips the bow under.
Mount and away ON the back of the sea.
Joy of swift motion,
Infinite distance
'Tis rapture to sail when the winds blow free
NoRTuEAsT.
Howl of the tempest,
Thunder of breakersi
Foam dashing high on a close reefed sail.
Skipping the white crests, leapins the hollows
Swoop down the wind, like gull in the gale
Roll, ROLL
Rush the seas after.
Flashes the beacon as homeward we go.
Thrill of the elements,
Soul self assertive-
IT'S passion to sail when the storm winds blow
William }. Long in Youths Companion.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
CLOCKS OF BYGONE DAYS.
Curiosfties In the Museum of a Clock
Making Village.

Making village.
In the town of Schramberg in the
Black Forest district of Wurttemberg,
Germany, where one of the chief in
duStries is clock making, there has
rec .ntly been established an interest
ing museum of timepieces. The col
lection displays the gradual develop
ment in the making of clocks for many
centuries.
Among the curiosites are many of
great historical value. There is an
alarm clock constructed in the year
1850 for the use of travellers. In form
1t resembles lantern and the interior
is designed to hold lighted candle.
The candle is slowly pushed forward
by spring, which also controls the
mechanism of the clock. A little pair
of shears clip the wick Of the candle
automatically every minute to regulate
its light. The lantern is inclosed with
movable slides, so that the sleeper is
not at first disturbed by the presence
of light.
The alarm is set by inserting a peg
in the second dial plate. When the
required hour arrives, the alarm is
sounded and at the same time the
movable slides fall. flooding the room
with light.
Among the curiosities is Japanese
saw clock. The clock itself produces
the motive power by descending q
saw formed strip of metal, the teeth OF
which operate the wheel of the clock.
work. In another Japanese clock the
hand is attached to a weight, which
sinks once in "a hours. The time is in
dicated by a hand on the perpendicular
scale.-Chicago Times Herald.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

John Atkinson. Muhlenberg lawyer,
is wag of whom the MadisonvilIe
(Ky.) Hustler tells a story illustrative
of the fact that even in the presence Of
death the ruling passion asserts itself.
He became ill at his home in Green
vile with what was supposed to be
heart disease, and physician was hastily
summoned. When he arrived, John
was gasping for breath, and his friends
expected him to die at any minute.
When the doctor asked him what was
the matter, he coolly replied, "Doo, I
have an intimation that my case is
about to be called, and if possible I
want to get continuance.
The doctor went to work and, con-
trary to everybody's expectation, did
get John continuance, and he is still
Dracticing law in Greenyule.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
WONDERFUL CORNSTALK.

Six different commodities are now
being manufactured from cornstalks,
namely, cellulose, worth S40O a ton,
used by the government as an auto
matte hole-stopper for battleships;
excellent cardboard; a fine grade of
paper; an unequaled foundation for
dynamite, a patent cattle food, and
superior glue. The value of cellulose
lining for warships is well known.
When a leak develops, the cellulose
swells in such a manner as to automat-
ically close it. With fifteen tons of
stalks, worth $50, one ton of such
cellulose is made, for which, as already
stated, the government is now paying
at the rate of S400 a aton.-Exchange.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
THE QUAINT JAPANESE.
rites In Their Methods OF
Living and Eating.

Living and Eating.
Beauty, from a Japanese standpoint,
consists in a long, oval face, regular
features, almond shaped eyes, sloping
slightly upward, a high, narrow fore
head and abundance of smooth, black
hair. Their movements are graceful,
although the style of their dress pre-
vents them walking with ease; their
feet and hands are delicately formed
and their manners unquestionably
charming.
They take little or no exercise, and
one wonders sometimes how the little
ladies employ their time-there seems
so little to be done in a japanese
house. To begin with, there are, no
regular meals. The shops near at
hand supply daily numberless little
dishes, which seem to be eaten at all
hours of the day and night-a few
pecks at a time-with those impOSSi-
BILE little chopsticks. Very little is
kept in the larder except some slices Of
daikon, fermented turnip, some rice
and sweet biscuits.
"The honorable live fish" is sold by
men who carry large water tubs from
house to house and cut off as much as
is required from the unfortunate fish
and replace the sadly mutilated but
still struggling remains back in the
tub.
Eggs are cheap and plentiful. Bread
is never used, so there is no necessity
for an oven.
| The great stand by is tea. A Japan
ese lady is seldom seen in her home
without the quaint little tea tray by
her side, and the inevitable pipe, con
| tanning one Whit of tobacco. which is
in constant equisition.-Cornhill Mag
aZine.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

A boy on departing for church one
Sabbath was given by his father a five
cent piece, also a quarter, with the
information that he could put either
the one or the other into the contribu-
tion box. On the boys return from
church, he was asked which coin he
had contributed. He explained that.
the preacher had said that the Lord
loveth cheerful giver, and added the
boy: 81 knew 1 could give a nickel
good deal more cheerfully than I could
a quarter, so put the nickel in"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
Didn't Like the Taste.

"When Colonel Richard l. Dodge"
says the Kansas City Journal, twas in
command of one of the southern Kan
sas forts many years ago, he was as
tonished one day to receive a delega-
ton Of Indians who complained to
him of the quality of the soap issued to
them by the government.
thinking it would be impossible to
make soap too bad for an Indian,
Dodge Investigated, with the result OF
finding that the tribe had been eating
their soap allowance and didn't like
the taste"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

If there is one thing more than an
other that makes the average man very
weary it is to see woman acting as
stepmother to a pup. A woman who
has no children of her own, and can
neither borrow nor beg any to lavish
her feelings on, would better go to an
orphan asylum and hire out as dry
nurse than to spend her time and
caresses on bench ''pug" with tail
like pretzel.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

The town Of Liberty has a floating
island which is quite a natural curiOs-
ity. The island contains about 100
acres. 1t does not float around for the
reason that there is not space for it to
do so, but is rises 10 or II feet during
the freshets of fall and spsing and
falls back to solid pasture land during
the drought of summer. Spruce trees
80 feet tall grow upon it Bangor
Whig aud Courier.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

He had been studying the lines of
her hand for several minutes.
'I'm deeply interested in palmistry,"
he said at last.
perhaps you would like to have
hand for practice" she suggested.
That is how he secured hers.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

The moral is clear in the following
story, taken from an exchange: Said a
local merchant the other day, "Have
you noticed the advertisement 1 have
on the fence east of town." ''No,"
replied the customer, "but if you will
send the fence around, will look it
over and see what you are dealing in.
Fact is, 1 am reading newspapers and
don't get much time to study fence
OlOgy."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

A Texas farmer has succeeded in
crossing sorghum and johnson grass,
making a new variety of fodder for
cattle. Wasn't it a Texas man, also,
who crossed the hog and the centipede
and succeeded in getting more hams to
each animal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

Mrs. Sarah Yeagher, of Emporia,
Kan, recently sent S. in a letter to
Governor Stanley, asking him to give
it to the Methodist Missionary Society.
She said she had never been introduced
to the Methodist minister at Emporia,
and consequently couldn't hand the
money to him.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

Twenty-seven years ago Booker T.
Washington left Charleston, w. Va, a
penniless colored boy and walked to
Hampton to try to get an education.
Last Thursday he returned to Charles
ton as the guest of the city, was received
by the Mayor and officials, and was
greeted at the Opera House by 1000
enthusiastic admirers.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
Weight of Paper Wrapping.

A gentleman of Baltimore who has
been a close student of household eco
nomics has made comparison of the
weight of paper to the weight Of food
supplies purchased for a family and
in one days purchases found that the
paper wrappings amounted to about 10
per cent of the total. In a list of sup
plies costing about $1.4S. he found that
the paper, according to weight and
which was weighed with the provi-
sions, cost him 1434 cents. This, he
claims, is altogether out Of just pro-
observation-disclosures Sun.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

Aluminium was not known as a metal
till 1927; it was not prepared pure TIL
1854, and until 1887 the price of not
very pure aluminium did not come below
twelve dollars pound. Now the Hart
ford Electric Light Company is putting
up thirty-three miles of aluminium
cables, because it will be cheaper than
copper by SO, 500.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

We like the proclamation which Cen
eral Davis has made looking toward a
larger exercise of self-government on
the part of the people of Porto Rico.
Now, for the first time, municipal cleo
tions are announced to take place, and
both local parties support the plan.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
In the District Court Of the United
States for the Southern Dis
trict of Ohio. Eeastern
Division.

In the Matter OF In Bank
Charles Morgenroth, Bankrupt. ruptcy.
To the Creditors Of Charles Morgenroth of
Bellefontaine. in the county of Logan and
District aforesaid. "A bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the 24th day
roth was duly adjudicated bankrupt;
aud that the first meeting of his creditors
will be- held at the law Office Of West x West,
in the city OF Beiiefontaine, Logan county
Ohio. on Monday, the 18th day of September
A ID. Issa.at 2 O'Clock in the forenoon, at which
time the said creditors may attend.p prove theii
claims. appoint trustee. examine the Dank-
rupi and transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting In this
petition he reports debts exceeding Sl0,OOO
and assets 800. W. II. WEST,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Bellefontaine. Ohio. Sept. 4, A. ID. 1899
Sept. ). ls99
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

So far as Champaign county is con-
cerned John r. Mclean doesn't rule
either in the hearts of Democracy or in
the councils of the party.-Urbana Cit
zen
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19

There is more gold in the treasury
of the United States today than ever
before in it's history.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
Sheriff'S Sale.

tletS,
James ID. Campbell. Ex. Z. Page 2i9.
By virtue of a Vendi Exponas to ME direct
ed from the Court Of Common Pleas Of Logan
County, Ohio. l will offer at Public sale, at
the west door Of the Court-House, In the City
OF Beilefontaine, Ohio. on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, A. ID. 1889,
at about one o'clock p. m. on said day, the
following described Real Estate, situate in
the County of Logan, and state of Ohio, ana
in stokes Township: Beginning at the ;: f.
corner of :. NJ Houle's lot; thence east fol-
lowing the Statey ditch TO the center OF the
proposed railroad line: thence North far
enough to- make Il acre Of land; thence west
10 : NJ Houle's lot; thence south to the place
OF beginning. containing Il acre of land being
a part OF the > f. quarter OF Section ca
twenty-seyen. Township g. Range s, east.
Appraised at $4,000.
Terms of sale, cash.
PRESLEY SHAW,
Sheriff Logan County, Ohio.
Aug % BY f. Ii. SHAW, Deputy.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-19
Notice of Attachment.

Perry F. Cole, Plaintiff, Before Robert Dow,
VS. Justice of the
International Publish Peace in and for
ing Company, Defend Lake township; Lo-
ant. gan county, Ohlo
On the 18th day of August, A. D. 1899, said
JuStice issued an order of attachment in the
above action for the sum of S29900
Bellefontaine, Ohio, August ., 1899
PERRY +. COLE,
Aug % 1sgo Plaintiff.
The Van Buren press., 1899-05-06
I1nInnked for Death.

The death of ". L. Tackett at : 80
p. NJ. Tuesday was very painful sur
prise TO his friends, who had no suspicion
that he was in any danger. and who but
a few days had before seen him following
his usual avocations.
For some months Mr.. Taekett had
been suffering from a stiff knee joint,
the result of an aeoute attack of rheuma-
tism last fall. After various modes of
treatment had been resorted TO without
appreciable benefit his physicians de-
cided to perform an operation, to whieh
he submitted last Sunday, Drs. Pareh-
man, Lucas and Dibrell performed it,
and after the patient had revived from
the effects of the anasthetic administered
it appeared had been successful. Mon
day night Mr.. Tackett was attacked
with congestion of the brain, and moth
ing the doctors could do could stay the
hand of death. The remains were inter-
red in our cemetery Wednesday ae-
companies to their resting place by
many friends, the rites of the Amor
cans, of which order he was a member,
being observed at the interment.
The bereaved family have the sympa-
thy of our community in the death of
their son, husband and father.