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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
A Quick witted Thief.

A story bearing upon the ingenuity
of the London thief relates to the late
Sir James Ingham. A charge of watch
robbery was preferred by gentleman
against an individual who had Travelled
in the same carriage with him from
Bournemouth, but in the end it was
found that the watch had not been
stolen, but had been left home by the
prosecutor.
To mollify the innocent man. Sir
James said: ''It is most remarkable
occurrence. To show. however. how ha-
BILE we all are to make these mistakes,
was under the impression when l left
my house at Kensington this morning
that 1 put my watch (Which, may
mention. is a exceedingly valuable one)
in my pocket, but arriving at this court
I found that I must have left it at home
by mistake.
While business was proceeding an old
thief at the back of the court went out,
jumped into hanson cab, drove off to
Sir James Ingham's residence, and, by
representing himself as bona fide mes
senger obtained possession of the watch.
which has never been heard Of since.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
TOlstOi's Method.

Count Tolstoi is like one Of the great
painters of old. After forming the plan
of his work and gathering great num-
ber of studies he begins with charcoal
sketch. so to speak, and writes rapidly,
not thinking of details. What he writes
in this way he gives to Countess Sophia
Andreevna to copy out. or to one of his
daughters, or to one of his intimate
friends to whom this task may give
pleasure Leo Nicolaievitch, Count
Tolstoi, generally writes on quarto pa
per, of rather poor quality, in big,
ropelike handwriting, writing about 90
pages a day, amounting to some 4, 900
or 5, 900 words. He has no special hab-
its with regard to pens and paper. And
when a firm in Moscow conceived the
idea of giving to the world ''Tolstoian
pen, it was discovered that on the sub
ject of pens Count Tolstoi had no
opinion. He works mostly in the
morning, and considers this the best
time of the day for work. Arena.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
The Greatest widower.

This is the genuine essay Of boy:
''King Henry was the greatest wild
over that ever lived. He was born at
Anne Domino in the year 1865. He had
$40 wives, besides children. The 1st
was beheaded and afterwards executed.
The and was revoked. She never smiled
again. But she said that the word
Calais would be found on her heart
after her death. The greatest man in
this reign was Lord Sir Garret Wolsey.
He was sir named the Boy Bachelor.
He was horu at the age of Is unmar-
ried. = Henry 8 was succeeded on
the throne by his great grandmother.
the beautiful and accomplished Mary
Queen of Scots, sometimes known as
the Lady of the Lake or the Lay of the
Last Minstrel.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
saved From the Driver Ants.

In her ''West African Studies Miss
Kingsley tells this story about the ia
nous "driver" ants: 81 was in little
village, and out of hut came the own
er and his family and all the household
parasites pellmell. leaving the drivers
in possession, but the mother and ia
ther of the family. when they recov-
cred from this unwonted burst of ac-
tivity, showed such lively concern
and such unmistakable signs of anguish
at having left something behind them
in the hut that thought it must be
the baby. in him far corner for hoorr
shrieked the distracted parents. and
into that hut charged.
"Too truei There in the corner lay the
poor little thing, mere inert black
mass, with hundreds Of cruel drivers
already swarming upon it. To seize it
and give it to the distracted mother
was, as the reporter would say, the
work of an instant. She gave cry Of
joy and dropped it instantly into wa
ter barrel, where her husband held it
down with hoe, chuckling contented-
ly. Shiver not, my friend, at the callous-
ness of the Ethiopian. That there thing
wasn't an infant. 1t was haml"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
The Ubiauitou. Dragoman.

Says Charles Dana Gibson, the Amer
ican artist, speaking of his experience
in Egypt: The dragoman who first lays
hands on you claims you for his own
You will find him waiting for you in
the morning. He will sell you antiques,
will take you snipe shooting. He knows
when the dervishes will howl or whirl,
or where there is native wedding, to
which he will take you.
My first afternoon was spent with an
evil eyed dragoman, whose pockets were
filled with dirty cards and letters, all
testimonials from former customers
proving that he was. as he continually
told me, the best dragoman in the busi-
ness He could recite some of ''Mother
Goose. but knew very little English
besides. With him l drove through
streets that might have been in Paris,
and by barracks and sentries that might
have been in London. to a river that
could only be in Egypt.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
CASTLE CARAM MEL.

Where's Castle Caramel2
Down the Longest lane
That is where want to dwell
Where i mean to reign.
By the Currant Why lake
lise it's towers in state,
Ahnond Rock and Wedding Cake,
Rooted with Chocolate,
Built for me SO long ago
By fairy spell
That's the house you'd like to know,
Castle Caramell
Fair Castle Caramel,
There are all my toys,
Those l broke and those that fell.
Dolly girls and boys,
And the moat is Lemonade,
Very cool and nice,
And it freezes in the shade
Into Lemon Ice!
ALI the sweets mustn't eat
When am not we'll,
They are kept for me in sweet
Castle Caramell
Dear Castle CARAMEL
When will come the hour
That hear the golden bell
On the topmost tower?
There are fairies great and good,
All with gifts for me,
And Bo-Peep and Riding Hood
Sitting down to teal
Promise me, and promise true,
That you'll never tell,
And some day I'll take you to
Castle Caramell
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
A WISH.

When skies are gray an folks are blue,
Oh them's the days that tries your hearth
When joys seem far between an few
An hauntin griefs from memory start;
When them that's wanderin through the grove
low sob through the branches hears,
As if the sorrowin clouds above
Was strivin to choke back the tears.
I'm thankful fur the friends claim
An fur the foes whose hands is tied,
Fur food an house-but, jes the same,
Sometimes 1 IN fur from satisfied.
There's days when nature seems unkind
An ivin but an empty play.
] wisht that was color blind
When folks are blue an skies are gray.
Washington Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
Remembered only Too wen.

mot long ago." says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, ''the pastor dined with
the family, and Master Tommy was at
the table. He behaved pretty well un-
til the cake was brought in. Then he
suddenly lurched forward and snatch
ed the piece he sized up as the biggest. :
"'Why, Tommy cried the distressed
mother, you are forgetting that DR..
Choker is here!
''rhe boy gave the worthy pastor a
whitening look.
NAV, amt forgettin it, he snarl-
ed; If he wasn't here, I'd git two
piecesy
Club Membership.
In fact, not one-half of the members
of the average club spend "a hours Of
any year in its quarters. There are
thousands who belong to clubs they
have never seen, and the definition Of
the club as an institution supported by
600 for the comfort of six is untrue
only in it's exaggeration. A gratifying
result of the extravaganza of club
joining is the reaction, so that the man
who gauges his Importance by the
number of clubs he belongs to is no
longer social lion, but is apt to be set
down as a cad.-Philadelphia Times.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13

United States Of America Southern District
of Ohio, IS. In the United States District
Court in and for said District, Eastern
Division.
No. 1854, In Bank
In the matter OF ruptcy.
Joseph Parrett, Bankrupt. Petition for Dis
charge.
To the honorable Albert G. Thompson, Judge
of the district Court of the United States
for the Southern District of Ohio:
Joseph Parret, of Huntsville, in the county
of Logan and State of Ohio, in said district.
respectfully represents that on the 3lst day or
July. last past he was duly hdJudged bank
rupt under the acts or CONGRESS relating 10
his property and rights of property, and has
fully complied with all the requirements or
said acts and of the orders Of the court touch
ing his bankrutcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be decreed
by the court to have "a full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate under said
bankrupt acts, except such debts as are eX-
cepted by law from such discharge 1000
Dated this 18th day of September, A. ID. 1899.
JOSEPH PARRETT Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. SOUTHERN DIS
TRICT OF OHIO.
On the 10th day of Sept A. ID. 1899, on read
ing the foregoing petition 1t is.
Ordered by the Court, that hearing be had
upon the same on the 18th day of October,A ID.
1879 before said court, at Columbus. in said dis
trict at Q o'clock in the forenoon and that no.
tice thereof be published in the Bellefontaine
Republican, a newspaper printed in said dis
trict and that all known creditors and other
persons in interest may appear at the SAID
time and place and show cause, II any they
have. why the prayer of the said petitioner
should not be granted
And IL is further ordered by the Court, that
the clerk shall send by mail to all known
creditors copies of said petition and this or
der. addressed to them at their places of resi-
dence as stated.
Witness the honorap e Albert G. Thompson
l-l Judge of the said court, and the
IL. s. seal thereof, Mt Columbus, in SAID
10y district, on the 18th day of Sept. A
d. Attest:
b. r. COWEN, Clerk.
Sept. 20 1880.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
CaudOr,

"What position will you take in this
campaign2" asked the statesman.
"Well," replied the practical poll
tician, "to tell the truth. I'd be willing
to take almost any that happens to be
vacant. Washington Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
HAMILTON BROS,

A TTORNEY- and Real Estate
IA Agents. Office in the Hamilton Building,
east of the Logan House, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
settlement of estates Win practice in State
and U. S. Courts. All business promptly at
tended to.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
SPAN s. souTHARp.

A TTORNEY-AT 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. s
grocery.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
wESr & wEST

A TTORNEY- Collections given
N prompt attention. Partition and settle-
ment of estates a specially. 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, 1899-10-13
J. w. YOUNG, M. D.

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. General prac-
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, 1899-10-13
John G. HOVER

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. Special attention
~ given all Office practice, settlement of
estates, collections and loans Office and s,
Lawrence Block, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
A. JAY MILLER,

A TTORNEY- 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, 1899-10-13
FRANK A. POOL,

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon, Office-135 West
i Columbus Ave-, Bellefontaine, o. Special
given to the treatment of all forms
Of rupture and pelvic diseases. All calls
answered from the office.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
HowENsTINE & HUSTON,

A TTORNEYS and Counselors at Law, Belle
IA fonta!ne, Ohio. Particular attention
given to collections and settlement OF estates.
Office in the Watson Building. Entrance on
Main street.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
DIR. J. II. WILSON,

HCMEOPATHIST. Special attention given
i to diseases of the Nose and Throat. Office
on South Main street, Bellefontaine, o.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
DIR. CARRIE RIcHEsoN

OFFICE l20 N. Main St.. Residence 10 N.
~ Main st. Office hours to II a. M, 2 to 4,
and to s D. M Particular attention given to
diseases of women.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
F. s. DEFREES.

"A Room / and 2, Beliefontaine National
Bank Building. Money loaned and secured at
reasonable rates.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13

Since 1S41 the cultivated area of Ire
land has dwindled from about 4, 900, 900
acres to 1000, 900
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
DIR. w. q. sTINcHcoMB,

DHYSICIAN 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, 1899-10-13
DR.. c. w. HEFFNER,

physician and Surgeon. No. 116 East Co
l. lumbus Ave. Treatment of the Eyes and
fitting glasses for defective vision, a speciality.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
HOODS PsKES

On retiring, and tomorrow your di-
gestive organs will be regulated and
you will be bright, active and ready
for any kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; it
will be yours. HOODS PILLS are
sold by all medicine dealers. 25 cts.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
w. S. SOUTHARD,

I IVERY & FEED BARN McKee's Old Stand
- 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, 1899-10-13
DR.. J. p. HARBERT,

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special att
i tention to eye, ear and throat and fitting
of glasses. Office 11351 f. Columbus Ave-,
Bellefontaine, o. Residence 103 Mad River st.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
e. Pat Chamberiin. II. II. Newell
cHAMRPpI IN & NEWELL

r AWYERS. General and commercial prac-
IL tice. Settlement of estates and collec-
tions. Opposite Court House, Main street,
Bellefontaine, Ohio.
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JAMES c. WONDERS,

CIVIL ENGINEER. Rooms and Empire
~ Block, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
w. w. RIDDLE.

A TTORNEY and Counselor at Law. Office
"A over Peoples National Bank, Bellefon-
,aine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13

If your liver is out of order, causing
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take dose of
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13

w. II. ROWLAND,
nENTIST. Modern methods. 112X Main
IL street, opposite Court House.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-13
BANKRUPTCY NOTICE.

United States of America, Southern District
OF Ohio, IS. In the United States District
Court in and for said District, Eastern
Division
The courier., 1899-06-17
WHY EDITORS DUN.

Suppose that farmer raises I mn
bushels OF wheat year, and also sells
this to 1000 persons in all parts q, Tho
country, great portion Of them sav;ro
u will hand you a dollar in a short
tlme'' The farmer does not want 70 hs
small, and says, "all right" Soon tho
LOCO bushels are gone, and hs has moth
Ing to show for it, and he then realizes
that he has fooled away his whole cron
and its value is due in a thousand littIe
driolets' consequently he ia seriouslv
embarrassed in business because b;s
debtors each owing him cne dollar trest
II as small matter, and think II would
not help much. Continue this kind y,
business year in and year out as the
publisher does. how long will he stand
IT! A moments thought will CON.
vince anyone that an editor has caus.
Tor 10 persistent dunning.-From "Tbe
Newspaper Maker" New York, NAV An
1899. ""y a'n'
The courier., 1899-06-17

would be for the club to unite on Pro.
fessor filings comprehensive plan. ask
ing for it's adoption entire and pushing
other ideas only in case this one develop.
ed too much opposition to be adopted.
Mayor Winnett believed in radical
change. The letters might be retained
in names, but there were not enough in
the alphabet for existing streets, and a
uniform method would be preferable.
The society voted to present resolution
to the council, asking that the system
OF numbering the streets outlined by
Professor Fling be adopted. The pro-
fessor was aeked tc present the plan to
the council.
Mrs. Nellie NJ Richardson reported
that the work Of collecting money for
the signs was necessarily slow. The
committee had met with some discour.
agement. One person who donated ten
cents asked what guarantee she had
that the signs would be placed. The
agitation over the street names has
delayed the placing Of signs. Volun-
teers to assist in collecting were called
for. Any ladies who are willing to see
the citizens Of their own vicinity are
asked to report to Mrs. Richardson.
The thanks Of the society were given
to the gentlemen who assisted in the
discussion.
The courier., 1899-06-17
LITERARY NOTES.

Some OF the most dramatic episodes
that have occurred in the halls OF Con-
grees during the last thirty years are
told 10 series OF papers with x-Sena-
tor John j. Ingalls, has written for The
Saturday Evening Post OF Philadelphia.
The first paper OF series. entitled
Famous Feuds in Congress, which ap.
pears in the issue OF June oath, gives an
authentic and vivid account OF the
scenes that led up TO the lifelong eumity
between Blaine and Conkling, and
Conkling and Lamar.
Other notable features Of this mum.
ber are: A Soldiers View OF a Warless
World, Maj General Nelson A. Miles,
and the story Of The Little House in
the Little Street where the Sun Never
Came. by John Luther Long-one of
the strongest stories Of this brilliant
writer.
The courier., 1899-06-17
LOST ART REVIVED.

An art which the skill OF two young
American women has lately revived is
that Of making gilded leather wall
hangings. Boston has had the first op-
portunity Of seeing an exhibition OF this
leather, although the young artists who
have worked upon it have promised to
send specimens to New York next sea.
son.
The revival Of this old art is due en-
tirely to the perseverance, Of two sisters,
the Misses Mary and Clara Ware, who
are graduates OF the courses in decora
ton Of the school connected with the
Boston Museum Of Fine Arts. While
continuing their studies in Venice they
were much impressed by the beauty Of
the gilded leather in some of the old
palaces, and gradually they were led to
investigate the methods that had pro-
duced it. They found that in the four.
teenth and fifteenth centuries gilded
leather was one OF the chief industries
OF Spain. where it had been introduced
at least three hundred years before by
the Moors. 1t is therefore undoubtedly
of African origin. From Spain the art
spread to France and Italy, while the
making Of "Cordovan leather as it vas
called, is said to have been one of the
chief sources Of wealth in tho Neither
lands. This art, like other old arts, de.
generated in the seventeenth and eigh.
teenth centuries. In its last days both
materials and workmanship were often
cheap and inferior. In the present cen.
tury practically no leather OF this kind
has been produced, and it has remained
for these two young American women
to chow it's possib'litiee in modern
schemes Of decoration.-Harper's Bazaar.
The courier., 1899-06-17
GOING ANYWHERE THIS SUM
MER?

Below we take pleasure 10 recommend.
ing to you some special money saving
round trip railroad rides, initially via
the Great North. Western Line. Why
not patronize this line this year, whether
on these excursions or other trips? b.
sides the above we have reduced rates
to many tourist points.
Columbus, o., June 1, 2, and 4. Rate
$22.l5 limited June IA.
Hot Springs. s. ID, June 6 and 20.
Rate $3.50, limit 30 days.
Buffalo. N. Y, June ! | and l2. Rate
1927 SOSfina limit July2.
Los Angeles, N. E. A., June 25 to July
8. Rate $50 90, limit September 4.
Detroit, July 3. 4, and 5. (U. &c. E.)
Rate S23O5, final limit August Is.
Richmond. Va. (B. Y. p. w. July 10.
II, and u. Rate s34. 10. limit August Is,
Indianapolis, July ls. 10, and 20. Rate
90, limit A August 20.
A. s. FIELDING. q. 7. A.,
22-ot III So. 10 Str.
The courier., 1899-06-17
CITt IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.

The City Improvement Society met
on Thursday morning 10 the parDors OF
the Union Commercial Club. The ses.
sion was devoted TO discussion of sys-
tems OF street naming. Professor Fling,
Mayor Winnett. and Mr.Jones were pres
ent and ase listed in the discussion. Prof.
Fling suggested that the numbered
streets be left as they are, and be desig-
mated as "streete." Then he would call
o street Central avenue, N street would
become First avenue SOUTH" M street
would become Second avenue SOUTH"
L street would be "Third avenue SOUTH"
and 30 on to the southern limits. On
the north Of o street P street would be
"First avenue north," Q street would be
Second avenue north" and 90 on clear
out beyond Belmont. Professor Fling
showed that with this system it is posi-.
BILE to locate house instantly. It also
permits growth to any extent without
resulting in confusion.
Mr.. Jones SAID he admired Professor
Flipg's eystem, but feared that like
many earnest reformers the professor
was asking for 30 much that he would
get nothing. For HE part he would feel
that a substantial gam had been made
ii names could be attached to the pres.
ent letters. securing immunity from an
noying blunders without destroying the
alphabetical arrangement. However he
suggested that a division OF sentiment
might defeat the whole reform, and
thought that the best way to proceed
The courier., 1899-06-17
A 2HAPSODYOF JUNE.

Tne wonderous days Of June are here.
And gorgeous blooms the ehanticleer.
The ruby-breasted asymptote.
Doth supersede the billy-goat;
While from the distant shimmerins hills
We hear the carolling Sarsaparills.
Across the way the vic ct hues
OF snollsygosters do enthuse
The roadscape, as it winds its way
'Twixt gtitter-kerb and roundelay.
Ana listen in the garden patch
The hired man doth gayly snatch
His grand sonorous restful sleer
Regardless of the glowworm's peep.
Or Or OF the pink-cheeked anele-worm
Who on the lilac bush doth squirm.
And O, the serumptious clouds that r;s.
And thunder through the saffron sk;.,
! he while the lightning strikes the roof
And gambols like an opera bouffe!
-Harper's Bazar