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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
TREASURE OF TEXAS MATRoN
Her Husbands Thirty-TwO-Y ear-Old
wedding Shirt Still Pre-
served.

On the 27th Of November Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. King, of fNacogdoches, Tex,
celebrated their wedding anniversary.
On that occasion Mr.. King wore the
identical shirt in which he was mar
ried in 1866. The ancient garment was
in good condition, having been treas
ured carefully by Mrs. King all these
years and only brought out on we'd
ding anniversaries. She launders it
herself, no one else being allowed to
lay a finger on it. Mr.. King, who is
native Texan, served in the confed-
crate army, and at the close of the
civil war settled near Nacogdoches,
where he has lived ever since. In 1866
he was married to Miss Mary Jane
Maroney, a niece of Gen. Thomas j.
Rusk. In those days dress shirts were
rare in that part of the county. The
garment which Mr.. King wore at his
wedding is homemade and handmade
of white cotton goods. 1t has bosom
after the mode of negligee shirts, with
transverse plaits. Mrs. King says it
will last for many year yet, and her
husband declares he will last as long
as the shirt.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
Thousands Have Kidney TrOu-
BILE and Don't Know it,

There is q disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because go de-
ceptive. Many sudden deaths are caused
by it,-heart diseasey pneumonia, heart
failure or spoplexy are often the result OF
kidney disease. If kidney trouble is al
lowed to advance, the kidney poison in
the blood is liable to attack the vital or
eane, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste away cell by cell. Then
the richness of the blood-the aibumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's
Diease, the worst form of kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble can be detected although
it be slow and deceptive. First, by an
slysis of the urine; second, by the simple
test of setting the urine aside in glass
or bottle for twenty-four hours, when a
cloudy or brick dust settling indicates it.
It was for just such troubles that in
His infinite power and goodness the
Great Physician made Swamp-Root to
grow for the benefit of suffering mankind,
leaving it for His servant. DR.. Kilmer,
the great kidney and bladder speci alist
to discover it and make it known to the
world. Its wonderful efficacy in prompt
ly curing the most distressing cases is
truly marvellous. You may have SAM
ple bottle of DR. Kilmer's Swamp R rot
the great kidney, liver and bladder rem
edy, by mail free.
Address DR. Kilmer & Co, Bingham
ton N. Y. When writing name The Belle
fontaine REPUBLICAN,.
Druggists, in fifty can't or dollar sizes
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
THE COLOR LINE IN CUBA.
Some Rubbing of 1t VIII Have to be
Done Before a Stable Govern
ment Is Formed.

There will have to be some rubbing
of the color line if the good people OF
Cuba-the natives of all shades, the
Spanish Cubans and the other residents
of foreign descend-combine to form a
stable government. 1t is estimated that
about 40 per cent. of the people of Cuba
are colored. Under universal suffrage
they would control many parts of the
island. To an American or Spaniard
this is rather an alarming condition for
new state to face. 1t does not worry
the Cubans in the least. There is prac-
tically NO color line among the Cuba us
proper. 1t is not an uncommon thing
to find families of white Cubans in
which a cousin, nephew or an aunt is
unmistakably colored. Nor is African
blood a bar to the finest Cuban society
provided the person is descended on one
side from family of honorable connec'
tions, says the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Spaniard, however, draws dis
tinct difference between the African
blood he may have inherited from
Moors and the colored admixture il
Cuba. In a general way he classes al
Cubans as negroes, and refers to al
the Cuban struggles for freedom al
"nigger uprisings." He notes with sur
| prise that we hold radical views some
what similar to hisin Illinois and Nortl
Carolina, yet are honestly preparing t.
turn Cuba over to the Cubans.
AlAs9 g. -. lE>
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
NUMBER 13.
LITTLE WORLD IN ITSELF.
PrOvin cialism in Paris-Thinks Only
of Dreyfus and Believes All the
World Does So, Too.

Invent out on Sunday to little town
just over 20 miles from Paris, writes q
correspondent of the London Mail. I
dined in the inn--a couple of cyclists
from Paris yawning at the other side
of the table, a local notary and a couple
of friends at the top. Afterwards, hav-
ing no French money, proposed to pay
the bill with a sovereign. A sovereign
is currency in the remotest village of
Norway, in Turkey, in Egyptian mud
bazaars, where white man has hardly
ever been seen. But the French inn
keeper, 20 miles from Paris, had never
seen sovereign and never heard of
one, and he absolutely declined, with
the utmost politeness, to bid more
than 90 francs for it.
That is a parable of the present state
of things in France. In England we are
troubled and grave, preparing our
fleets, regretful that France will be our
enemy, that France insists on having
war. But if war came nobody would pc
more utterly astonished than France.
France is paying absolutely no atten-
ton to the Fashoda question. If we de-
SioASu WoA AdASC WOuio CoAsiucH ~
a most unprovoked aggression, just as
she regards the present plain speaking
of our journals as mere mud throwing,
such as she is accustomed to read in her
own press about the Dreyfus affair.@
France, in brief, is just now in
terested in something else-namely:
the affair. And it is utterly impossi-
BILE to persuade her that what absorbs
her does not equally absorb the whole
world. The queen of civilization IL
] wholly and hopelessly provincial.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
SURRENDER AND VICTORY.
(Read Before Press Association at Sp
kane)


Read Before Press Association at spo-
kane)
Lord, we have made an honest fight
And won the victory;
We fought as men who love the right
Fiercely and fearlessly;
And now we turn aside and give
Our trembling thanks to Thee.
Lord, it is not for US to drink
The salt cup of defeat,
And victory is glorious,
And victory is sweet
Yet still we bow our heads and lay
Our laurels at Thy feet.
1t is not for Americans
To boast that they have slain
The heroes who have fought and bled
For their beloved Spain;
Nay-help us to remember, Lord,
That they have died in vain.
Not sweet can It be, Lord, to Thee.
But grievous in thy sight,
For nations to rise up in wrath
And man with man to fight
Each thinking his the only truth.
And his the only right.
But, Lord, the need was; anc we fought
Fiercely and fearlessly;
And still less sweet would it be now
More grievous-unto Thee
For US to blow the trumpet loud
In boastful jubilee.
So check the tumult of our joy,
And hush the rising cheers.
We have the splendid victory,
An. they the blistering tears.
For US the laurel-wreaths; for them
Defeat that burns and sears.
It Is the time for thought; the time
For noble silence, Lord;
To-day the mourning dove Of peace
Thro' all our land is heard.
To thee alone Americans
Kiss and give up the sword.
Mrs. Ella Higginson.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
Knew All by Heart.

The vicar of Skegby, England, was
marrying a couple the other day, both
of whom had been constant attendants
at his Sunday school. The woman in
the case had, indeed, but recently cap
tured. prize offered for ability to re-
peat by rote without mistake the entire
catechism of the Church of England.
She had apparently suffered nothing
from the tax upon her memory until
the clergyman turned to her before the
altar and asked, according to the ritual:
MARY Jane, wilt thou have this man
TO be thy welded husband?" Then
habit asserted itself, and the tangled
skein of memory refused to unravel.
Eyes, verify, by Gods help, SO will -
she replied, "and heartily thank our
Heavenly Father, who hath brought me
into this state of salvation"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
SLEEPING MACHINES.
Ingenious Mechanical Apparatus for
Bringing About the Condition
of Slumber.

Experiments have been made recent
ly with some curious devices in the
shape of ''sleep machines" Sleep will
sometimes result from fatigue of the
eyes. Looking at trees or other objects
as we rush along in the train will fre-
quently 'send us off,"
Aningenious gentleman has produced
a machine for this purpose. 1t is a box
surmounted by two fanlike panels, one
above the other, revolving horizontally
in opposite directions. These panels
are studded with mirrors that throw
upon the retina vibrating food Of
twinkling light.
A similar effect is produced by star
ing at bright ball placed high above
the head, so that some slight strain is
caused by staring at it.
Another apparatus for causing
drowsiness is formed of clamps for
squeezing the arteries leading to the
brain. The clamps remain in position
for less than half minute, and by that
time the sufferer from insomnia has
been placed in a state of somnolence
by the decreased flow of blood to the
brain.
Still another method Is to arrange an
electric battery in the bed so that . mild
current acts upon the spine.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
What DrOuth Can Do.

The colony oi.New South Wales hes
about 35 per cent of the population oi
Australia and little more than 10 pei
cent of the area of the colony. It in.
cludes half of the land which lies in 9
climate not to hot for white men to live
in and maintain their vigor snd not too
lacking in rainfall to be inhabitable, foI
ordinary purposes and under normal
conditions.
For several years Australia has beer
sffl cted with unusually dry weather
The result, in New South Wales alone
is appalling. Twenty million sheer
have periehed, and with the lack of the
natural increase Of the flocks the loss il
equal to about 5000 600. The sheep q
the United Ststes, in ,luding all of the
ranches of the West, number more thar
10 100000 less than that total. Tns
horses Of the colony have diminished il
umber bout 800 OOO The cattle ar,
few er by $50 COD on account of the serieI
of dry seasons. The entire money dam
age is estimated at from $50 900 600 ~
to 500 900 600 Cleveland Leader.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
His Pride Took q Sweat.

Thursday, when the thermometer was
many degrees below zero, some of the
children came to school bundled up in
all kinds of ways. One little fellow had
no wraps and his ears were nearly frt z IN.
Some OF the more kind hearted boys, be-
fore the next day hunted up an over
coat for him and brought it to school
the next morning. The mercury was
lodging around the bulb of the tber-
mometer, but the little fellow spurned
the offer; he wasn't cold, he was almost
sweating; he had an overcoat at home,
of his own. Tha teacher asked him why
he didn't wear it if he had one. Ae
promptly replied that he didn't wear
an overcoat warm day like that, but
he would if the weather wss as cold as
it ives yesterday.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
Gladstone at church.

A writer in the London Church Ga
zette tells this story about Mr.. Glad
stone: Il happened to be in church
one Sunday morning when Mr.. Glad
stone came in; it was church he at
tended very rarely, SO he was quite un-
expected. He had much difficulty In
finding a seat, for it was free and
open church and apt to crowd up
dreadfully. A curate deacon, whom
we all loved, but whose forte was not
preaching, happened to be in the pull
pit, and caught sight of the prime min
lister as he hurried in and looked
around for a chair. 1t was almost his
first sermon, and, nervous before, this
quite upset him. This Mr.. Gladstone
quickly perceived, and picking up his
hat and umbrella, he scurried to the
top of the church, and, finding a seat
among the children, sat through the
whole of long sermon with his hand
to his ear, paying the most marked at
tention to every word. This gave the
curate] am sorry to say he is since
dead-more courage, but after the
service Mr.. Gladstone took an oppor-
tunity of thanking him."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
Notice to Bridge Builders.
BELLEFoNTAINB, OHIO, Jan. IA, 1899.
Nov. 10, 1897, tt

Notice is hereby given that the Commission
ers of Logan county, will receive sealed bids,
at their Office in the Auditors room, in the
Court House, Bellefontaine, Ohio, until one
O'Clock p. m,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1899,
for furnishing and erecting the Kiblinger
bridge located over the Miami River on the
Miami Valley pike, Richland township, Logan
county, Ohio.
The superstructure, to consist of a single
span Pratt Truss one hundred and twelve
(l12) feet clear span. and one hundred and six
teen (i16) feet centre to centre, with clear
road way OF sixteen Q6) feet. Capacity $50 lbs.
after calculating three (9 inch oak flooring
and calculated with safety factor of four, to
be furnished with twenty (20) inch lattice hub
guard triangular steel wheel guards-to be
placed on v shaped with inverted same to
be five (5) inches high when mounted on one
are to be placed in every six t6l feet and be
double jointed in sections of II feet that re-
pairs will require but single sections re-
| moved. Floors will be required of best three
| steel stringers, and corresponding 215 inch
| white oak one for spiking down, both securely
connected to the floor system.
| The bids must be accompanied by strain
sheets, and an elevation and cross section
drawing of same made to a convenient scale
The contractor will be required to furnish all
material and to do all work, and have the
same on the ground ready for erection by July
/, 1899, and to be completed and erected ready
for travel by July 10, 1S99
| A deposit of s5O00 90 or q certified check on
Bellefontaine Bank for like amount to ao
company bid. check to be payable to County
All rights reserved to reject any or all bids.
| j. K. ELDER,
| JOEL EASTON,
| JOHN BROWN,
| Commissioners Logan County.
| WILBUR A. CHM, Engineer.
i January II, 1S99-4w.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14

"What is a dollar anyhow asked
one of our friends the other day. A
dollar is what some men promise to
pay for their paper. 1t is something
a newspaper man enjoys more in an
ticipation than reality. It is the
price of a days work for some men,
and a nights drunk for others L. is
what the wife freq1ently needs, but
seldom has. 1t has the power that
makes or unmakes men. 1t is the
hardest thing to get, and the easiest tc
get rid of, known to mankind. 1t is {
blessing in q small measure, and {
curse in many instances. 1t is snare
and q delusion, and we are all chasin,
! the delusion.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
The Long Suffering Teacher.

"Of the long suffering teachers 1 can
hardly trust myself to speaf; no nobler
army of martyrs ever marched to cham
bers Of torture. Said one, 4 begin the
weekly reports Monday before the les
SONS are recited, else should never
have them ready by Friday night
81 have seen teachers carry home piles
of manuscript to be corrected, often
spending Saturday and Sunday at their
desks. Most diemal of tasks, no wonder
the proff resd-r of manuscript
goes crszy. Said another, 4 am go tired
1 do not go to church. Unless / lie
around snd rest on Sunday cannot be
ready for Monday. It seems that to
teach anything we must know every
thing. We have to write essays on sub
.cts hat do not touch our studies, and
there are the lopg meetings and the in.
stitutes.'
"What about the institutes2' asked
1t was ct the close of one of the hottest
days OF our tropical summer.
"'We must meet aud hear compost.
tions on basic thonehte, cosmic entities
the concept OF ideality; and Mr. Nobody
from Nowhere, reads "Locks'ey Hail.
"'Can't you read "Locksley Hall" TO
YOURSELF
"'Yes, if had a chance. Ny bacl
ached so that 1 could not listen, ant
sometimes 1 am 80 hurried l feel a
though 1 should lose my Wits
"At one time there was regulation
that teachers should stand during recits
ton. When a number had dropped o.
the floor the order was reyoked."-M
Lew Wallace in the February Ladle
Home Journal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14

Oxford Newt: "The subscriber who
stops his local paper to save a few
cents should ask himself the question,
whet' er they would be willing to have
the paper suspend publication indefi
nitely. He has done all he can to kill
it eff, and 80 far as any SUI port from
him is concerned, it is dead. The aw-
full commentary on this is, that the
average discontinuer on this accoun,
will be found at sometime during the
week eponeing the reading of it from
some neighbor."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
Fish with an Elastic stomach.

The good old rule that receptacle
must be larger than its contents finds
apparent refutation in the case of the
chiasmodon, fish popularity known as
"the black swallower." 1t is noted for
its voracity and for the enormous dis
feasibility of its stomach, which per-
mias it to swallow fishes larger than It.
eoJf
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
Zulus Fear MOthers-in-Law

Among the mysterious customs OF the
Zulus is the dread which the married
man has of his mother-inIaw. He is
afraid to meet her and always holds up
his shield to screen him from her glance
wher he passes her dwelling.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14

FIVE could trace Dyspepsia to its source, ii
would lead back to our kitchens. In fact, the
secret of good heath is good cooking. If well
cooked, foods are parsially digested; if poorly
cooked, they are less dig. stible than in theiI
raw state. If you are a victim of faulty cook
ing; this IS, if you suffer from Dyspepsia, the
rational cure must be looked for In an artifi
cially digested food, and food which will ai
the same time aid the digestion of other foods
Such preparation virtually rests the tired
digestive organs, thereby restoring them tc
their natural strength.
The Digestive Cordial, as prepared by the
Shakers of Mount Lebanon. is just such Z
preparation, and a single 10 cent bottle will
convince you of its value. If your druggis
doesn't ksep it, he will be glad to get i
through his wholesale house.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14
Invention Of Rifles.

Rifles are said to have been first In
vented by Gaspard Zollner, native OF
Vienna, about the end Of the fifteenth
century.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14


man may dress as well as his own good
judgment and the assistance of an artistic
tailor may elect. He may take his ''tubs'' but
if his digestive organs are out of order, he will
have an unwholesome appearance. His COM
plexion and the white of his eyes will have a
yellowish cast. HE tongue will be coated, ap-
petite poor, his teeth rusty, his breath abom-
Unable. He is one big, unmistakesble sign of
constipation. The quickest surest, easiest
wsy to cure the trouble is to take DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They are made of refined,
concentrated vegetable extracts. Nothing in
the least harmful enters into their compost
tion. They hunt down all impurities, and
"make them move on" They are the product
of many years study and practice. DR.. Pierce
cannot afford to put forth worthless article.
Address with "a cents in one cent stamps, to
cover cost of mailing only. Worlds Dispenary
Me edical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, and get q
free copy of the Medical Adviser
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-14

LAXOL is the best medicine for children
Doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-10
OCEAN DERELIcTs.
Necessity for Patrol system to Find and
 Remove Them.

AfNAoNb EhGNHf
 New York Sun The French steamer Toaraae, which recently arrived from Hayre. reports signing the aban- d1ned wreck of the bark Siddartha. water3oBged and almost aWash. The hapless craf} had been deserted three weeks earlier by the bark Cape Race. and, being adoa5 in the transatlantic steamship lane, she is a peril to Havi- sation The TcWaine passed close to her in broad day but the thought of collision on a dark night or in a dense fog was not agreeable. This is only one more of 9 list of experiences which have become familiar to ocean travel, but not on that account the less disquieting or the less urgently de- handing relief While maritime eoun- tries pay some attention to wrecbs of their =coasting vessels, especially when within home waters. there is no proyt sion of clearing the ocean of danger ous dereIicts. Besides. even coasters often drift through the action of the Gulf Stream, or are driven by winds. across tue travefed paths Of the trans atlantic steamers. Again and again efforts have been made to bring about some international SIS m of policing the seas, with a view to removing these sources of peril It is evident that such a system is needed, because apart from the expense involved in finding Wreeks and blowing them Up. autheri- ty to do so would need to be conferred by the agreement of nations. for pro lection against claims for damages. Thus far, however, no practical prog, ress has been made toward such an agreement. Our country has been prominent in urging it; and, indeed the thought that some of those lost vessels of many years past, whose fate has remained 9 mystery, may have gone down as the result of striking such water1ogged derelicts, is enough to stimulate efforts to clear the seas of these perIls.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-10
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

The great rule of moral conduct Is, next to God, to respect time.-Layater.
 With the day the light. with the road the strength to tread.-Samuel John son.
 Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with noble yir- tues.-Goldsmith.
 The greatest part of mankind em- ploy their first years to make their last miserable.-Bruyere
 Ali the whetting in the world can never set a razor's edge on that which hath no steel in it.-FuIIef
 The superiority of some men is mere ly local They are great. because their associates are little.-Johnson.
 Simplicity, of all things, is the hard est to be copied, and ease is only to be acquired with the greatest labor Steele.
 Coming to love God is like climbing high mountain It takes you out of the low valley of formal life It sets you upon the open summit of spiritual sympathy, close to the sun.-Phillips Brooks.
 That inexhaustible good nature which is the most precious gift of heay- en, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.-Washin Irving.
 He who walks through life with an even temper and gentle patience, pa tient with himself, patient with oth- crs, patient with difficulties and crosses he has an everyday greatness beyond that which is won in battle or cbantod in cathedrals-Dr, Dewey.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-10
Trust

Ii a man boards his flour in famine times and charges e6hoebitant prices to the starving people, he is a cruel miser. Ii a man who owned boat were to refuse to permit it's use to rescue a shipwreelsed crew unless he were paid for it he would be denounced as little else than murderer. But when a combination of fnanciers takes advantage of a low supply of coal (which it has brought about by it's own evil machinations) to transform the sufferings of the poor into pro- fits, it is-a Trust! Was eyer an hon est English word so basely mi5used