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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08

Latterly all the employees of the
Hudson Bay company were caught
young; only lads born in the solitudes
Of the highlands could habituate them
selves to the life Of loneliness; only
constitutions of iron. hardened under
hereditary conditions, could. endure SO
tremendous strain.
1t may be assumed that the first ad-
venturers consisted chiefly of English
men, although the Scottish invasion of
England had set in with the accession
of King james. But it is certain that
afterward, both with the Hudson Bay
company and its great Canadian rival,
the names of factors, traders and prom
inent partisans, with scarcely an ex-
ception, were Scottish.
The story of trade and discovery in
the northwest reads like muster roll
of the clans, and mainly of the northern
clans of the second order. There are
MacTavishes, MacGillivrays, McKays
McLellans, McDougalls, with Frasers
and Stuarts and the French Frobishers
A Mackenzie, Frazer and a Thomp-
son gave their names to as many mighty
rivers. That came in the natural course
of things The company found its best
recruiting grounds in the highlands
and enlisted the martial spirit of the
mountaineers for a country where local
feuds were forgotten. -Blackwood' 8
Magazine.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
A LAY OF THE LINKS.

MS up and away from our work today,
For the breeze sweeps over the down;
And it hey for a game where the gorse bios
SONS flame,
And the braclsen is bronzing to brown.
With the turf meath our tread and the blue
overhead,
And the song of the lark in the whin;
There's the flag and the green, with the bunk
ers between
Now, will you be over or inf
The doctor may come, and Wen teach him to
A tee where no tannin can lurk;
the soldier may come, and Wen promise to
show
Some hazards soldier may shirk;
The statesman may joke he tops ever.
stroke,
That at last he is high in his aims.
And the clubman will stand with a club in his
hand
That is worth every club in St. James.
The palm and the leather come rarely together.
Gripping the drivers haft,
And it's good to feel the jar of the steel
And the spring of the hickory shaft.
Why trouble or seek for the praise of a clique
A cleck here is common TO all;
And the lie that might sting is n very small
thing
When compared with the lie of the ball.
Come youth and come age, from the study or
stage,
From bar or from bench-high and lowi
green you must use cure for the blues
You drive them away as you go.
We're outward bound on a long, long round,
And it's time to be up and away.
If worry and sorrow come back with the NOR
row,
At least we'll be happy today.
"A. Conan Doyle's Songs of Action"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08

In the history of dress the position of
the glove is unique. There was time
when the glove was an emblem of con-
fidence. Forming a part Of the regal
habit, it became a badge of rank. In the
middle ages the ceremony Of investiture
in comforting dignities or bestowing
lands was consummated by the giving
Of glove Likewise, the deprivation
of gloves was ceremony of degrada
tiOn.
Then, too, it was the custom to give
gloves in payment Of rent, the gloves
being accepted as guarantee of q re-
tainer's service, which was the chief
condition of tenure On the Scotch
border the glove held high place as q
gage Here glove borne on the point
of a lance proclaimed an act of perfidy.
Biting the glove was sign of hostile
intent and the usual prelude to q
quarrel
Throughout the history of dress they
are found symbolical of pledges. cages,
gifts or favors. Gloves also form part
of burial rites and were carried in fu-
neral professions until the middle Of the
eighteenth century. When a maiden
died, it was the custom to place in the
center of the garland which was borne
on her coffin pair of white gloves-a
symbol of virginity and innocence
Frank H. Vizetelly in Woman Home
Companion
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
INGERSOLL.

Col. Robert G. Ingersoll practiced
most of the Christian virtues. In one
thing he was somewhat off. moments
of disappointment or disgust he swore
violently. Otherwise, his real life was
suffused with moral principle. His
home was an ideal one. He talked
sense and humor, and loved people and
helped the needy. He carried much of
Christian doctrine into his life. But
how came he to do so? If the Bible
was superstition and religion sham
how did he happen to lead SO noble and
honorable life. If the Bible was what
he said it was, and God was simply a
dream, where did he get his ideals of
goodness? The fact is, that Col. Inger-
soil absorbed much of the beauty of
Christian life, but got mixed up on the
faith. There was hardly a graceful
trait of his life that would have come
to him except under the influence of
the Christian civilization. He learned
the truth and virtue that adorned his
character from the faith which he was
so fond of assailing. There was no
facility of his genius that Bible doctrine
did not help to awaken and direct. No
man can establish his indifference to
and independence of the sway of Gods
truth in the world.-Ironton Register.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
IN THE PLACE CARROUSEL.

troud arch, upreared to him of mankind firsti
Thou clarion voice of Austerlitz's storyi
Lven like the sudden and the bright sunburst
That poured its splendor on his triumph
CORY
On the red fleld-the fight-his foes dispersed
Thou and the tale upon thy marble versed,
Dazzle the heart. Till time himself grows hoary
Here shall mans soul in wondcrment i'm
mersed
Thrill at the record of his quick winged glory.
About thee circle palaces-the fame
Of his Csesarean line. and yonder looming
nobler arch, but built like thee in vain,
For, harki the guns of Waterloo are booming
And on Sedan thy foied Mars sinks again;
tAfter the conqueror's crown the captive's
chainD
These are thy Nemesis-and disgrace thee.
booming
Thy stones to front yon shaft of shame, where
rain
A peoples tears to mock at thine assuming
II. W, in QUARTER Latin.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
Alexander's First Victory In Asin.

A1exander's First Victory In Asfn.
The battle of the Ganicus. of which
Professor Wheeler gives vivid descrip-
ton In The Century, was remarkable
as showing the military genius Of Alex
ander the Great at an early point in
his career. 1t resulted in the crushing
defeat Of the Persians, and had been
planned by Alexander in such way as
to leave the Greek mercenaries of Darius
practically out Of the fight. When the
Persians had been driven from the field,
these mercenaries were rapidly disposed
of, such as were not slaughtered being
captured and sent home to slavery.
The percentage of losses on the win
ners' side was as small as in Spanish
American sea fight. Alexander buried
the few fallen Macedonians with high
honors and exempted their parents and
children from the payment of taxes.
The wounded received his personal at
tention. "He went from one to the
other, looked at their wounds, inquired
particularly as to how they had been
received, and allowed them-what is
dear to a soldiers heart, and especially
to that of the Greek soldier-'to tell
their tales and brag Of their deeds
"Incidents like this" says Professor
Wheeler, "betray in striking way the
extent to which Alexander's leadership
and his empire were personal thing p"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
Sheriff's Sale.

The Savings Building andl Ioran Common
Loan Company, Pleas
-, vs.. ps. =, Case No 1876
BY virtue of an order Of sale 10 mo directed
from the Court of Common Pleas of Logan
county, Ohio. will offer at public sale a. the
west door OF the Court House, In the city OF
Bellefontaine, Ohio. on
SATURDAY, AUGUST &c, A. ID. 1899.
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, and in
the city of Belcfontaine, Ohio, and being
part of Section No. "a, Town 4, Range IA M. H.
S. bounded us follows: Beginning ut an iron
pin in the center of Main street In the said city,
IS feet south of the southeast corner OF the
James Walker lands being 81 Clio feet south or
the north line of Carter street cNtended;t ;thcnce
east at right angles with said street TO stake
20 feet east of the east line Of said street;
thence north parallel with sid street % rect
with said line ;. S5 deg, 20 min., y. 3So2o feet
to "A stake the northeast corner OF the Sophia
Reyser lands; thence with east line OF said
:. 26 deg. 4l min. w. "a 5S-lO0 feet to stone in
the line of Frank Butler lands; thence with
the north line of said Butler lands ;. 26 deg. III
min. w. "a $500 feet to a stone corner on the
bank OF the tail race; thence N. G5 deg. % W;
2s6 $40 feet to an iron pin corner or SAID
Butler lands I'm the center line of said Main
street; thence with said line N. 40 deg. 40 min.
east 10 the place of beginning Also the fol-
lowing tract in > r 4 Ct said section ~, Tow n
a-<3one $. w. corner TO Silas Roberts land
and corner to Ella Barton's lands; thence N;
3 deg. 45 min, Il. I42.56 feet toa corner on said
section line marked Nj. on plat on dlc In
tF2rh's Office marked A.. thence 5. 81 deg. w.
81 feet 20 a stone; thence S. So deg, W. 229.6S
feet 20 a stone in the north line of Logan
County Agricultural Society lands; thence
with said ling s. "a deg. So min, e. lO6 feet;
thence $. 67 deg 45 min,, Il. 80 feet; thence ;;
22 deg, +. s7.7s feet; thence n. 2 deg, E. s97c
feet crossing Blue Jacket Creek TO stone;
thence N. IS deg, 30 min, =. 1915 feet to the
place of beginning, all of above containing
four acres more or less and also all the. right
title and interest of said defendants, Smith X
Thompson, Ascnath Thompson, jacob A
Reyser and Sophia Reyser, q antors in and tt
the mill race between said tracts above dc,
scribcd excepting lot AZ feet by 20 feet out
OF the northwest corner of said homestead
premises not herein conveyed.
Appraised a first tract 81 10000.
Appraised End tract Sl50.00
Terms of sale cash.
PRESLEY SHAW,
Sheriff Logan County, Ohio.
A. Jay Miller. Attorney.
by f.. II. Shaw, Deputy Sheriff.
July p, 1899.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08

caused some diversion, and even ap-
plause, by removing her hat at her
young mans suggestion. My unfortu-
nate neighbor seized the opportunity to
open up some hints of his own in the
guise of a dialogue with me-
''That girl, sir" he declared i'm
pressively, ''that girl is worth her
weight in gold -
Eyes, ] contented myself with an
swering, my attention on the play. The
young lady in the front wriggled
''The man who marries her., con-
tinued the sufferer, with the courage
of despair, "marries pearl-a pearl,
sir, above all pricei"
pigheadedly, confning my interest to
the stage. The young lady in front
huffed herself.
''She has had the intelligence, sir.
the intelligence and good breeding, to
take her hat off.
This time he had made O false move,
had gone too far. The young lady in
front squared her shoulders and settled
| down more grimly than ever The
young man saw the game was up and
fell to groaning again. The old gentle
man behind was certainly saving him.
self a stroke of apoplexy.
| This last indecent exhibition of self
indulgence on tho old cynic's part
aroused my indignation and my sympa-
thy 1t was moral and edifying play,
and we were now coming to the most
instructive part, which did not want
the young man to miss joined forces
to help him and brought my Maxims
up at trot.
''She has more than all that" I re-
piled, carrying on the conversation
where he left 1t off; ''much more
Have you not noticed her beautiful
golden hair, of the color of sunshine
and fneness of silkH''
| The young lady in front commenced
to wriggle again Her hair, also, wa
blond, and, to speak the truth, NOR
beautiful than the others. But o
course we did not tell her so-she knew
it already. I proceeded.
"a young lady with so glorious
crown as hers said, referring to he
whose hat was of, ''has never any hesi
tation in uncovering in public assem-
bly,. The only people who keep thei
hats on, you will have noticed, are eld
erly females in state of decay or els
unfortunate women more or less bald
headed"
That did it-did it at once. In
twinkling the hat in front came of
disclosing, as the owner knew it would
wealth of beautiful lovelocks, pre-
claiming in pride their superiority
any or every other head in the theate1
The young man seemed dazed for a me
ment with the light that flooded frol
the stage that his eyes now saw for th
first time that evening. Gathering hin
self together, he leaned forward to th
lady and gently whispered, ethan
, | you," then settled down in content
ment to enjoy the play, but in the darl
ness his hand had gripped mine in sue
. sincerity of gratitude that my fingel
ached for week after. The old gentl'
man behind collapsed on to the fo(
j, and was assisted out, shedding tears.
There is no moral know Of to tn
: story, but have just heard that tt
young man has since emigrated to SON
. .. distant part of central Africa, his pril
. cipal inducement to this step being,
would appear, that among the ladies
the district hats, among other articl
: Of adornment, are nonexistent. -Alfre
Slade in Chicago Herald.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
AN EDITOR OBJECTING.

about and evidently not a tenderfoot in
the newspaper business. Send your
items of news when they are fresh.
We don't like to publish a birth after
the child is weaned, marriage after
the honeymoon is over, a death after
the widow is married again, nor the
notice of an entertainment when the
job work is done elsewhere and the
editor is charged for admission.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
THREE BEERS A DAY.

The following list was prepared and
circulated by the Good Citizens League
OF st. Louis in their campaign against
the 1900 saloons of that city to show
what could be bought in year with
the price of three beers, or drinks, a
day:
/ barrel of flour.
80 pounds of sugar.
20 pounds of corn starch.
10 pounds of macaroni.
10 quarts of beans.
4 12-pound hams.
l bushel sweet potatoes.
B bushels of Irish potatoes.
10 pounds of coffee.
10 pounds of raisins.
10pounds of rice.
20 pounds of crackers.
100 bars of soap.
3 312-pound turkeys.
S quarts of cranberries:
10 punches of celery.
10 pounds of prunes.
dozen oranges.
10 pounds of mixed nuts.
Four big barrels heaped up! and in
the bottom Of the last barrel, purse
with two pockets. In one pocket IS
gold piece marked "a dress for mother;"
in the other pocket a $40 bill ''to buy
shoes for the children" You moderate
drinkers, who drink ''only three glasses
a day." look at this list. Your wife
has not had a new dress for year.
Your children's shoes are shabby.
They often go hungry but you have
your three beers day. You dry goods
merchants and grocers, look at this list.
Three beers day means thousands and
hundreds of thousands of dollars divert
ed from your counters to the saloons, to
say nothing of the crime and pauperism
and insanity that they bring. Think
of it! Fathers, look at this list Show
it to the children. Ask them how they
would like such q donation for Christ
mas next year. The price of three
| beers day will buy it.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
Legal Notice.

Hattie T.. O'Conncr whose place OF residence
Is unknown. late of Rig Springs Logan coun-
ty, Ohio. will take notice that, on the list day
of July A. u. 1899. in the court of Common
Pleas of Logan county, Ohio, where the action
Is now pending, being cause No. 7SsS on the
docket of said court, the undersigned, Joseph
O'Conncr filed his petition against the said
Hattie f. O'Conncr, praying for divorce from
her. for the reason that she, the said Hattie
f.. O'Conner, not regarding her duty towards
him, the said Joseph OConner. has been guilty
of gross neglect of duty and of adultery.
1he said Hattie II. OCOnncr is required to
answer tho said petition In said action not
later than Saturday, the 10Th day or August,
1890 which divorce may he granted in her alb
scncc. JoSEI1l O'CONNEk
West s. West, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
July 1, 1s99-Gt
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
THE GRIFFIN DITCH.
AUDITORS OFFICE, LOGAN COUNTY.
BELLEFoNTAINE, ONO, July ~, 1eg9.

AUDITORS OFFICE, LOGAN COUNTY,
BELLEFoNTAINE, ONO, July ~, 1e99. J
To warnoclS & Eichelbcrger ct al.
You are hereby notified that u petition sign
ed by ]. 9. Griffin has been filed with the
Auditor of our said county OF Logan, praying
for the location, establishment and construc-
tion of a ditch drain or water-course on the
Commencing at a point in the line of the old
Cook ditch, on the south side OF the Hunts
Vile and reservoir pike, In survey 1880, Nc
Arthur township, Logan county. Ohio; thence
following the line of the said Cook ditch as
located, as near as practical in u nortneaster1
ly direction crossing the lands of VIM. and
John Herring, J. Q. Griffin, j. :; Fullerton,
John Brannon, u county road, Wm. E' Urr'
mock, Geo. Eichelberger. a turn pike and l.. =.
Emery, and terminate at the Miami Rivcr IN
survey 9g70, also n lateral.
l. Commencing on the west side in the railroad
ditch of the Sandusly division of the q: o. G..
& st. l.. X. r.; thence in n nOrthweSteriy ar
ection on the lands of Robert huston; thence
north on the lands of John Bremen TO the
Cook ditch and there terminates; also another
lateral, commencing at stake NO. on inc
lands of Robert Huston In survey gf'9, NC
Arthur township, Logan county, Ohio, thence
in n westerly direction to the Huntsville and
Roundhcad pike; thence following said pike
northward with the water-course OF the
Marshall ditch, to the Cook county ditch ana
there terminate.
You are also notified that the Board Of
County Commissioners of our said county or
Logan will meet upon the line OF, ana
at the place of beginning of the said proposed
Improvement ana take Such steps us arc fc-
quired by law, on
THURSDAY, AUGUST II, 1899,
at 10 O'Clock a. m.
Said Commissioners will vt the time and
place above fixed hear any and all PROOF oicr'
ed by any of the parties affected by said I'M
provement and other persons competenj I.
testify and determine the necessity Thereon
and ad diourn from time to time and to Suci
place ms the necessity OF the work may re
auire and in case said Commissioners una 10
;iny appropriation of land taken for said I'M
provement, or any of them may sustain there
by. and for the approval OF the report OF th
Surveyor.
At any time on or before the day above Sc
for the hearing any person or corporation
whose lands are taken or affected in any wa!
by such Improvement may make application
20 said Commissioners in writing Tor com
pensation or damages, and they or any o
them may make application in writing FOR:
change or alteration of the line of ditch through
their premises, and n failure To make such ap
plication shall be deemed and held to be n wal
ycrto all rights thereto.
The following is u list of parties who will b
affected or benefited by said proposed i'm
provemcnt:
Noah NJ. Coyner, John 5. Huston Hrs
Warnock & EichGlberger.
Cincinnati Sandusl<y and Columbus Dlytsio
of Cincinnati. cleveland, Chicago Il ST. Loui
Railway Company.
G. ID. CAMPBELL,
Aug. 1, 1s99-2t. Auditor of Logan Co., ..
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08

A recent contrivance for protecting
the legs of horses from flies consists of
a band attached to each leg, with a
number of cords dangling from each
band.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
Administrator Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed and qualified as ad-
ynInistrator Of the estate OF Francis NJ. stiles,
late of Logan county, ohio, deceased.
INV" JAMES STOKER,
JnIv e5 1so9-3t Administrator.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
SENATORS H0AR'S RESOLUTION.
To Make the Ballot Box as Pure as a
Sacramental Vessel.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-Senator
Hoar. of Massachusetts. to-day presen-
ted resolution IN the Senate for the re-
adjustment Of creation ard the rishting Of
an existing wrongs in the universe. Al
ter lengthy preamble with numerous
whereas the object Of the resolution Is
enumerated as follows:
/. TO solve the difficult problem presen-
tel by the presence of different races on
our own soil with equal constitutional
rights. To make the negro safe in his
home. secure In his vote, equal in his
opportunity for education and employment
and to bring the Indian 10 civilization
and culture in accordance with his need
and capacity.
?. To enable grsat cities 10 govern
themselves in freedom. In honor and in
purity.
3. TO make the hallot-box as pure az a
sacramental vessel and the election re-
turn as perfectly In accord with law and
the truth as The judgment of the Supreme
Court
{. To oan.sh initeracy and ignorance
from the land.
4. To secure for every workingman.
and for every working woman. wages
enough 10 support a he of comfort ana
an old age Cf leisure and quiet as hents
those who have an equal share In sell.
governing state.
G. To grow and expand, over the con-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

known 10 the country as Fighting joe
IS a unique character and one of the most
active iGen of his years in the country.
lie was one of the braVcst men who fol-
lowed the Confederate hae during the
civil war and one of the first 90 go TO
work 10 help the South 10 retrieve IT'S
fortunes after the surrender at AppOmat-
toN He has been ass loyal 70 the stars
and Stripes ever since as Dr. was 10 the
other flag while the war lasted.
General Wheeler was one of the Con-
fcderacy's most daring cavalry leaders.
and it is one of the queer things brought
about by time that he should have been
appointed major general Of United
states volunteers ON the same day that
a like honor was conferred upon General
James II. Wilson. against whom he
fought more than once during the civil
war
BRILLIANT CONFEDERATE CAREER.
Little did he think when ne entered the
Confederate service Of the brilliant career
before him. how the bars Of the lieutenant
were TO be exchanged for the stars Of the
colonel. and they to give place TO the stars
and wreath of a brigadier. and the CLIMAX
10 be reached when, in 1864, he was made
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and became the senior
armies. On September T. 1861. the young
officer was appointed colonel Of the Nine
teenth Alabama Infantry. and at Shiloh
commanded brigade and was especially
distinguished. During the battle he had
two horses shot under him. II was his
brigade that pressed most warmly on
Prentiss' Division. and TO which Prentss
surrendered. In October 1862 he was APP
pointed chief of Braggs army and was
made brigadier- general. On January H.
1866 Ee was made a major general. His
record was one of the brightest.
WEST POINTER.
General Wheeler was born in Augusta,
Ga. I'm 1896, was graduated from West
Point in 1850 and served as lieutenant of
United States cavalry I'm New Mexico.
With the present Congress he will have
served in the House seventeen years
In stature he is very small. weighing
probably about 10 pounds. lie is a bat
terry of nervous energy.