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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

OFancy butter is simply butter made
as it should be made. 1t is but refec-
tion upon the common herd of butter
makers, for not one pound in hundred
is prime. Usually this is because of the
want of what may be termed cleanliness
in the whole work of the dairy. This
is not the mere absence of filth, but
undesirable matter may be in the food
the COW eats or in the water she drinks,
in the air of the stable, in the weeds OF
the pasture, on the cows skin, on the
person of the mixer, in the churn, or
in the water or the salt added-even in
the results of wrong temperature, by
which offensive germs are encouraged
to grow in the milk or the cream. Any
matter out of place is filth, and the
fancy butter maker exercises constant
skill to be rid of it. They are paid for
their carefulness.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23
The policeman instantly released his

"Besides," said the Kansas woman,
red from the heat of the kitchen stove,
and with eyes smarting from the fumes
of the frying ham, "what claim have
you on me, anway?"
"None, ma'am," replied Tuffold
Knuttt, humbly. 'I'm not very hun
cry, anyhow. 1t kind O. makes me fee
bad when 1 think O. the times I've rur
away f'm school an gone swimmin
with Fred Funston when we was boys
t'gether, but
"Come right in! You shall have the
best meal we've got in the house. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

Young fruit trees of almost any kind
should be well headed back. The trunks
will then be more thickly shaded; later
pruning can be done more evenly and
easily. it will be more convenient to
thin the fruit; spraying can be more
effectually and easily done, and with
the nozzle close to the branches there
will be less waste in the application
and during all the days to come the
fruit can be more easily gathered from
the low hanging branches. The man
ner of trimming out these formative
branches will depend much, of course
upon the natural tendency of the par
ticular variety of tree; some should be
made to grow more upright, and some
to spread their limbs.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23
After the sow is fully matured, if 81

After the SOW is fully matured, if she
is well treated, always having the care
and food suitable to her condition, she
will produce more valuable pigs thar
the younger mother, because they will
be harder and more thrifty; and the
right kind of treatment will cause hel
to be a profitable animal until she has
paid her owner many times over all the
cost expended upon her. None but 8
very good reason should ever cause us
to get rid of good brood SOW. Moth
ing on the farm pays such a percentage
of profit, and the farmer should have nc
other kind; he should never fail to
breed her to boar better than herself,
and to one of breed which is promi
nent in her.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

OF course witness in court ought to
tell the exact truth, but sometimes, as
in this instance, he can convey a very
clear impression without being quite
definite:
Attorney-You say you saw shots
fired?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Attorney-How near were you to the
scene of the affray?
Witness-When the first shot was
fired, ten feet from the shooter.
Attorney-Ten feet: well, now tell
the court where you were when the
second shot was fired.
Witness-I didn't measure the dis
tance.
Attorney Speaking approximately,
how far should you say?
Witness-Well, it approximated to
half mile.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23
TWO cows.
Farm Journal.

i dTui
Let us suppose two cows: One aver
ages 200 pounds per year or less, and
such are very common. We will pre-
sumo butter averaged the same as here
last year, twenty-five cents. Two hum
dred pounds would mean total of $44.
Out of this must come the expense for
feed and care, say $50, profit $14! The
other we will say is high grade Jersey
"a business COW that averages 45O
pounds, and I saw several last week
that average about 500 pounds per head
per year. If such butter was no higher
it would mean 500, while the cost
would be little or no greater. Here is
a profit then of 800, quite different from
S14 profit. 1t makes man feel some
pride in his business.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

The DOctor-Take the nice medicine
now Johnny, like good little boy.
The Sick Boy-Take away your
darned old medicine! It's nasty!
The Doctor-Madam, you can go and
sleep now. Your boy is entirely out of
danger.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

If the cow is worried there is sure to
be some tension of the muscles which
retain the milk, and this holds it up.
If she is fed what she likes these mus
cles are relaxed, and even the maternal
instinct is forgotten while eating a
savory mess. Keep a cow contented if
you would have her milk easily and
readily.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23
School Examiners Meetings, 1883.

Examinations of teachers will be held on the
first Saturday of each month, except April
and July. Questions on theory and practice
will be based in part on Fitchs "The ArnOlds;'
questions on reading will be based on the lit
erature prescribed by the o. Z. r. C.-Shake-
speare's Hamlet, Carlisles Essays on Burns,
selections from Burns poems.
Examinations of pupils under ''Boxwell law
will be held on March 49, and April Is, 1S99
Hours of examination-9 to 12 a. M; to
p. M, Standard time.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23
sWhere was he wounded?"

"Ya-as," said Mr.. Wilkins. 81 am
acquainted with two dead languages y
"Well," replied Miss Sharpleigh,
"judging by what you do to English
every time you say more than dozen
words, am constrained to believe that
you must have murdered those poor
dead languages you speak Of"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

ing on the run and started down the
street.
''Here! Here!" cried the policeman
on the corner. "What's your hurry?"
'There's man back there trying to
sell me a book on twenty-eight weekly
installments of $2.33 eachl'' cried the
victim.
The policeman instantly released his
hold.
"Run!" he cried. ''Run like a
whitehead! Maybe you can get away
from him yet!"-Chicago Post.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23
Alfred Butler, Agent.
BELLEFONTAINE. OHIO

All the product from our home dairies
commands good prices whether the
times are good or bad. AS the cities
build up everywhere they require more
of our milk to use, and they must have
their butter from somewhere.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

SIT must be dreadfully hard to be so
poor" said the kind-hearted house
wife, as she watched the tramp devour
large section of apple pie.
'tDat's jest where yer mistaken,
lady," replied the wayfarer. sits
dead easy"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

Johnnie-I wish 1 was Tommy
Jones.
Mother Why? You are stronger
than he is, you have better home,
more toys, and more pocket money.
Johnnie-Yes, I know; but he can
wiggle his ears.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

brothers and Sisters: I write to
say goodbye. I don't believe God
loves this church because none Of you
ever die. don't think you love each
other, because I never marry any Of
you. I don't think you love me, be-
cause you do not pay me my salary,
Your donations are mouldy fruit and
wormy apples and by their fruit ye
shall know them.'
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

$50 you feel you cannot marry him?"
eyes, am fully decided"
sWhy, don't you like him?''
Oh, like him well enough; but 1
can't get him to propose"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

Look over the root pile in the cellar
and save every one which it is possible
to save. They come in well now, and
the cows should have a few every day.
They like nothing better, and they
thrive better than when given hay only.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

Mrs. Wellment-Poor fellow, have
you no friendsp
Beggar tsobbing) : No, Teddy; I
hain't got nuthin' but relatives.-Tit-
Bits.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

In Boston.-'How much are these
string beans?''
''Seventy-fve cents quart"
sTsn't that rather altitudinOus?'
''Yes, madam, but these are very
high strung beans. yale Record.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

'Dash-''Don't you think Miss
Sweetly sings with great deal of feel
ing to- night?"
Smash-''Y she must be feeling
pretty bad. d."-Judge.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

Mamma-Do stop whistling that
tune, Bobby. 1t almost drives me
crazy.
Bobby-All right, mamma. What
shall I whistle?
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

Mrs. Greene-sFunny how mothers
will believe their own children are SO
much better than anybody else's chill
dren."
Mrs. Gray-'T know it. If all chill
dren, now, were like my little Georgia
it would not be SO strange. ."-Bostor
Transcript.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

Tom-"What are the relations be
tween you and Miss Van Dyke nova
days?"
Jack (gloomilye father and
mother"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23
THE MERRY.GO.ROUND.

A porous plaster is good thing, but
it has its drawbacks.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

All trains daily except Sunday.
Morning train leaving Jackson at 5:15 a. m.
arrives Chicago 500 p. M, Detroit $500 p. M
Direct connection for Columbus, Cincinnati,
Chillicothe enabling you to spend froE- to
IL hours at any point and return same even
ng.
Several hours saved 10 Washington, Baltt-
more and New York, train No. connecting at
Greenfield with the B. & o. famous Royal
Blue Flyer.
Tourists tickets on sale to all Summer Re-
Sorts
Gall on agents or write
f. E. FISHER, G. p. A., Springfield. o.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

"Yes, Eddie was slightly wounded in
the first fight. We have letter from
the regimental surgeon"
"Where was he wounded?"
''We are not quite sure. The sur
geon mentioned the place, but we don't
know whether it is an anatomical
phrase or Filipino town.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23
American Dimities. 8.
10, IL I-2c

Yard-ehoicest inexpensive wash goods
euer offered, or that this country eUer
produced.
Beautiful Organdies Is to 45e. Ex-
quisite French Organdies 26e and 3Oe
Greatest assortments of choice wGsh
goods here you'll find anywhere-styles
and prices to show how Interestingly
we're doing the business.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

in large lapels. The sleeves have slight
gathered fulness at the top. Cuffs are
simulated at the wrists by rows of machine
stitching The skirt is q jaunty three-piece
style heightened by circular founce The
shaping causes the skirt to fit smoothly at
tho top, while ruffles distinguish it at the
lower edge. Both these designs were seen
recently in The Delineator. The stylish hat
is trimmed with flowers, ribbon and hand
some buckle. Suitable materials for developing
this costume are serge, cheviot, broadcloth, etc.
Specially prepared for US By The Butterick
psabLishin1 Cb (Ianaife0A
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-23

V"Oh N6 fON
nOther,o -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-28
PASSING PLEASANTRIES,

1.-THE first writing was done on stone, "
remarked the wise man, ut dinner.
Great gracious Think Of the post
age!" involuntarIly exclaimed the r.s-
ing poet.-Tlt- Bits.
"SometImas" said JYnr,. Eben .,o
finds n man dnt snends 60 much t,rno
learnin' hlgh-flown language dat he
clean fohgits to pick up any Jacks wuf
usin' 1t n."-Washington Star.
Another Anti-"D,d ,,or t,ow t,,,+
lorna does ara tho co,s,o ~ 20 um 49,. ~ Ia
str,,ctIon than ,"or9" ..Is T., ross,hIe :,
Then frou, nnu, On T m, % az, tTa go.
doi.t nNInd,o noi,., Ia,, al WI iiu-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-28
Wheeling, June II.
Fable oftho Righteous Man.

Chicago Tlmes-Herald: There was a
man who said unto himself:
Now l will go forth and be right
cous. I will inju,4 none of my BROTH
ers. will do unto men as wish to be
done by"
And 1t came to pass that the man got
hungry. and he sat him down to eat.
Now. when the waiter came with his
check the riShteouu man saw that there
was u mistake. He had eaten forty
cents worth of one thing and another,
and the check wa.s green check, the
same being for twenty-five cents.
And, 10! he cried In q loud voice, say
ing:
Gimme check for forty cents. You
haven't charged ME enough"
For he wanted the world to know
that he was righteous man.
And 1t befcll that the head walter
heard him, and the man who had blum
dered was discharged
NOW, 1t Tortured that he who lost his
job had wife and six little ones. and
ne hunted for employment in vain,
wherefore IN t!sfc those that We're dear
TO MIN began to be hungry and when
he would go to them. footsore and
weary. at'nIght. they would cry out un-
to him, saying:
Give us TO eat and drink or we per-
ish."
And they would have fulfilled the
threat II the neighbors hadn't gone to
the rescue,
But upon day the man who wanted
a job met the righteous man. and the
righteous man did not remember him
and he hired him. And the man who
had once been q waiter got chance to
steal S4i SO from the righteous man, and
he took it, and the righteous man was
out that much, and he swore horribly
and he blasrhemously declared that he
would be righteous no longer.
Moral: The man who endeavors to
make fuss because he doesn't cheat
his neiShbor out of fifteen cents must
have quick returns on his righteous
ness II he Is TO be. saved.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-28
"Hyrlcnatcd Citizenship"

Captain Coghlan. OF the Raleigh, Is
Just as competent to say sensible things
as he is to say lndlscreet things. as he
occasionally demonstrates. He figures
in n new light as an opponent OF what
he terms "hyphenatcd citizenship" In
America. which Is Il subject Of much
discussion these days. The gallant ma,
val hero tartly expresses living truth.
when he declares: III a man Is an
American citizen he ls an American cit
lien pure and simple. ! have no pa
ticnce with the hyphenated citizenship.
There Is nothing that Europe would
rather see to-day than the existence OF
fac,!onnl Ines In our citizenship"
Captain Coghan, who is himself OF
Irish extraction. will md great many
thousands OF our citizens OF Foreign
birth and ancestry who will agree with
him, for they hive so expressed them
sclves. This does not mean that they
favor the forgetfulncss OF their father
lands, the pride in their ancestry ana
the love Of the traditions Of their faith
crs. The larger proportion Of our pop
ulntion. even Of those who have de-
gccnlcl from the revolutionary fathers
Of 177G. are Of foreign descent. while
many OF the additions to our best citi-
zcnship In recent years are OF foreign
birth. They are good Americana. and
their loyalty has been thoroughly DEM
onRtrated In times when the country's
defense was necessary. and In their
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-28
ANOTHER CITIZEN
Voices his Views OH the Nationa
Telephone Ordinance,

Voices his Views OH the National
Telephone Ordinance.
To tho Editor of the 1ntelllscncer.
s1R:-The four men who. by their
votes In the committee on ordinances,
OVERRIDE the city solicitor and ratified
the National Telephone Company's or
dlnance, have all earned their bread by
honest toll with their hands. and should
have fellow feeling for the tollcr.
Such men you would naturally ex-
pect TO be. alive and keen to legislate
for the protection of the working peo-
pie. DID they do SO In the case OF the
ordinance mentioned? They certainly
did not. After a telephone plant Is
once completed, the greatest expense is
for labor. Labor Is the greatest factor
OF expense In the operation of tele-
phone system. Labor troubles are IL
able to arise with a telephone company
Just as In any other business. How
easy 1t would have been for the COM
mlttee to have inserted In the ordinance
provision for arbitration of future la
Dor troubles by the company.which was
asking great favors at It's hands?
But labor seems to have had no rep
resentative or friend to take step on
It's behalf. although It's necessities could
not have been overlooked undesignedly,
during this time of the great street car
strike, when each man is saying to his
neighbor How improvident the city
council was IN giving such valuable
franchises In this city to street car
companies. without provision COM
pelling submission to arbitration Of
labor disputes? The strike would prob
ably not have continued week, II such
u condition was part of the franchises"
Perhaps the glttering prospects of
enabling their fellow citizens to obtain
the $40 q share stock of the applying
company. blinded them to the loose
character OF the provisions of the fran
chise and to Its many sins Of omission
and commission. Actually. the par
value of each share OF this stock Is put
at figure that places 1t In the reach
Of the thrifty wash woman or provident
nurse girl. Blocks OF Il may be placed
where no stock was ever sold before,
and the residents of Goosetown, Goat
town and Hells Half Acre arise and
call these councilmen blessed.
PERHAPS.
Wheeling Tt1nn 81
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-28

Youths Companion: Everybody
knows the man who Is careful never to
say No" abruptly in answer TO a qucs-
ton. NO, Is hard word but one may
sometimes be made Sidieuious by n re-
luctance to utter 1t.
y certain man who had this habit
was once met by two women WAC had
been discussing the popularity. and one
OF them said she was positive she could
make him say, "oh. no." ilatly. So she
addressed him thus:
Let me see. Mr.. Smith. you are
widower. are you not?"
AS much n widower, madam" he
answered, with n polite inclination of
his head. "as 1t is possible for man to
be who was never married."
The woman had to own herself beat
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.


Half the time n woman judges n
mans morals by the way he parts his
hair and knots his tie,
a woman pays compliments with the
same sincerity she pretends to spank
the baby when she doesn't.
A man couldn't get any fun out Of
doing wrong II he didn't know 1t; know
Ing 1t spells woman's enjoyment Of
doing wrong.
When Satan wants to entrap q man
he Will pick out most any woman that
Is handy to do 1t; when 1t Is q woman,
he attends to her himself
When n woman learns that her name
has been mentioned scandalously with
q mans she Is furious with everybody
but him. and she respects him.-New
York Press.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-28
Two Phases ola Question.

There is movement on foot In New
York to secure the Democratic national
convention next year, but It does not
{ seem to receive much encouragement In
other parts of the country. New York
Democrats are under suspicion among
and they are not willing to trust their
weak organizations fate to the New
York influence. In other words, Bryan
and his associates of the west and the
south do not care to have the conven-
ton held ut the capital Of the enemy's
country
Everybody knows that the purpose OF
the New York movement Is to down sill
yer. II the convention is held in that
city, the task would be easier, with the
aid OF the other eastern delegations. 1t
is, therefore. not surprising that the
Bryan Democratic mind is not In ac-
cordance with the desires of the New
York Democracy In all probability,
whether the convention Is held in New
York, or Chicago. or St. Louis, or even
in Denver or Omaha. there will be a
complicated situation over the choice or
platform and a, candidate. and there
may be serious results affecting the
harmony of the party, as in 1896. over
the main issues, but the outcome would
be worse for the Bryanites in New York
than in any of the other portions OF the
country mentioned.
Aside from these considera lions,
which only relate TO the possible effect
the subject of New York as national
convention city for either party is quite
general. anu reasons are given why Ii
would not be 4 satisfactory point for
such gathering. The Washington Post.
referring to the effort of New York to
secure the Democratic convention, gives
some Of these reasons, and they seem to
be good ones. The Post declares that
New York is to-day the most 'lnhosp!t-
able and coldly selfish city in the United
States" That Is strong language, bu.
the Washington contemporary. with
further emphasis, says that New York
would welcome the convention simply
because the latter would bring a few
more geese to be plucked." The dele
gates would be regarded as legitimate
objects Of prey. Unless most extrava-
giant prices were paid, the accommoda-
lions would prove Indifferent. THE Wis
itors would be ignored. except while
they had money enough to make fieec-
ing and gouslng paying pastime. and
the throngs would return home sick and
Disguised with their experiences"
That Is characteristic of New York.
The city is so great that national con-
vention, though II might attract thou
sands of visitors to the city, wouldn't
figure much. except as an aggregation
OF victims for the hotel and the restaur-
ant men, and every other person who
would be on the lookout for opportuni-
ties. Perhaps the Post is correct when
It says upon this subject: mo, not New
York Better Oshkosh or Kalamazoo,
or any OF the growing towns OF the wide
prairies, for the Democratic national
convention. There. at least. the welcome
would be generous. hearty and sin
cere."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-28
BALTIMORE 81 ONO RAILROAD,

Excursions to Atlantic City and Sea.
shore, At Very Low Rntcst, Thurs.
days, July 13 AMI 81, August 10
and Fl.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad have
arranged n series Of popular seashore
excursions. to be run Thursdays, july
10 and 81. August 10 and "a, to At
lantic City, Cape May. Sea Isle City,
Ocean City. n. j.. and Ocean City, Md
Tickets will be good fifteen Q5) days
including day OF sale.
Stop overs VIII be allowed on return
trip at Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington ON tickets sold to New Jcr-
scy resorts and'at Baltimore and Wash
ington on tickets sold TO Ocean City,
Maryland.
Tickets will be sold on above datcs
from Wheeling for $1,000 round trim for
trains leaving ut 1926 and 5;2a a. NJ,
$50 and $50 y, m.
Call on or address II. c. Burke, pas-
scnger and ticket agent Baltimore &.
Ohio Railroad for tickets and full In
formation