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Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01
GATHERING SAMPLES
For the American Exhibit at
 the Paris Exposition.

Mir. Victor c. Heikes honorary spec ial agent of the department of mines and metsllurgy for tho commissioner general of the Uaited States to the Paris exposition Of l990, ws,in Phos- nix last week. He is engaged in a tour of California, Arizona and adjs- cent mining s,ates ssd territories mak- ing collection of samples of mineral which will be forward to Washington where they will be arranged to be sent to Paris.
 The Republican says he spent a day visiting rominent inning men in that city, He is endeavorinz to co., lect samples from mines or from cabi nets for which the government will give receips, insuriug the return oi the samples to owners who desire them. rhe samples include those Of ores con- taiping the precious metals onyx, litho- graph stone and building rock.
 The Copper QAeen company, whose collection of ores is said to be the most valuable in existence is preparing lot of samples for the exhibit.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01

Lock ont for malaria. Itis seasen. able now. 4 few doses 0. Prickley Ash Bitters is sure preventive.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01

No eastern mail arrived today owing to a wsshout near San Simon. :.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01

Porter Mcdonald was in today from the vsllsy.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01
A CHILD ENJOYS

The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in need Of a laxative, and if the father or mother be costive or bilious, the most gratifying results. follow its use; so that i, Is the best family remedy known and every family should have bottle. Ma-u- .actured by the California Fig Syrup Go.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01

Nos Cookstoves Sij at
 BARRows.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01

See Bisbee news on third page. q
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01

Fresh home made candy every day at Naples Candy factory. If
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01
LOCAL NOTES.

For esle, one Hall safe. Apply at F. B. Austin. If
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-01
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.

ARIZONA ANDi SOUTHEASTERN R. R
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NEW MEXICO & ARIZONA R. R,

Daily, Pacific time
 I. !. FREY. General Manager. NAUGLE. E. GIBSON. Assistant General Manager, Train Master
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
KIPLING AS A REPORTER.
@YOu Have Genius" Remarked the
City Editor, "But-' and
Let Him Go.

It is not kind of the San Francisco
editor who rejected THE Courting of
Dinah Shadd," says a writer in Leslie's
fusal on the ground that the story was
scarcely equal to the standard of merit
demanded by the magazine" Those
were the days when Kipling was a
struggling reporter.
In this connection there is recalled
the story of Kipling's third and last as
signment to a news story. A big in
exposed by the paper to which Kipling
was attached. Kipling was assigned to
get secondary story" on the man
chiefly involved in the frauds, and who
was not yet arrested. Late in the after
noon he walked into the Office with facts
sufficient to justify three-column-
space allowance. But somehow his own
personality persistedin obtruding itself
into the facts, and he presently drifted
into scathing satire on the offender,
written in the inimitable pen which has
since made him famous
The city editor counted exactly Ii
libel suits and about half million dol.
lars in damages in that story, and next
| morning Mr.. Kipling was requested te
| transfer his operations to another field
Said the editor, in bidding him good-by
"You have genius. You will some day
make great name, though I may mo-
live to see it. But fate never intended
you for the mechanism of news"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
GOVERNMENT WHITEWASH.

Whitewash, as applied by the govern
ment, is prepared as follows: Take one
half bushel unslaked lime, slake it with
boiling water, cover during the process
to keep in steam, strain the liquid
through a fine sieve or strainers, and
add to it a peck of salt previously dis
solved by soaking in warm water, 3
pounds ground rice boiled to q thin
paste, and stirred in while hot, one-half
bushel Spanish whiting and 1 pound
clean glue previously dissolved by soak
ing in cold water and then hanging over
in slow fire in small pot hung in a
larger one filed with water. Add 5
gallons hot water to the mixture, stir
we'll and let stand few days, covered
from dirt. 1t should be applied hot, for
which purpose it can be kept in kettle
or portable furnace. The east end OF
the White House at Washington is en-
bellished by this brilliant whitewash.
1t is used by the government to white
wash lighthouses. A pint OF the mix
ture properly applied will cover one
square yard, and will be almost as SER
viceable as paint for wood, brick OF
stone, and is much cheaper than the
cheapest paint.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
CRAFT OF COAL STEALING.
How Eastern Railroads Are Victim
lied by Those in That
Industry.

Coal stealing from railroads, common
along the lines of all coal-carrying
roads, has been reduced to q system in
Syracuse, the Post-Standard of that
city says. The thieves work hard and
take many risks, not only of detection
but of bodily injury. Their methods
would be called clever If employed in
an honest business. The heaviest thiev.
ing is done by men with Sacks who
climb up between the cars Of q slow
moving train with two or more bushel
sacks concealed under their clothing.
AS opportunity offers they fill a sack
and throw it from the train, to be picked
up by accomplices. Another trick is
adopted by men who, dressed like
tramps, board trains as if with the in
tention of stealing ride. These men
travel along from one car to another,
apparently seeking q comfortable place
in which to lie down, but in their prog
ress they manage to dislodge large
amount of coal, which is subsequently
picked up by the women and children
who are employed in the industry
Large quantities of coal are stolen by
these and other methods, the plunder
being disposed of to unscrupulous deal
ers, who subsequently rob the honest
poor by dishonest measure
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
A STOLEN ORCHID.
Why Representative John Allen Did
Not Radse His Hat to
a Lady.

Watching Representative John Allen,
of Tupelo, when he made a speech in
the house recently, L was reminded OF
the time when he burglarized flower
from the botanical gardens, says the
Washington Post. He was escorting a
young woman from the west, and she
went fairly daft over the orchids
don't believe she had ever seen any be-
fore, and, oh! she did want one SO
much.
Of course, there are rules like unto
the laws of the Medes and the Persiane
against picking Uncle Sans posies, but
girls, even from the west, usually get
what they want if they want it badly
enough. Mr.. Allen gave an orchid stem
deft touch. 1t broke. The blossoms
fell. Quick as thought he picked it
up before the guards eye caught sight
of it and popped it into his hat. Then
the three visitors strolled out, and al
every door they ran into some young
woman from the south. Mr.. Aliens
hand flew to his hat brim, but he re
membered in time. For the first and
only time in his life John Allen &C.
knowledged a lady's bow with covered
head. His face was study in crimson
but he dared not raise his hat.
dare say he has forgotten all abou
1t long before this, but the girl from
the west has that orchid somewher'
among her souvenirs to this day.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
Hit in the Back.

In his "Corean Sketches" Mr.. Gale
tells this story of a Chinese battle:
"Most of those who after the battle
came to the dispensary in Mukden for
treatment were wounded in the back.
How is it that sons of the gods are
wounded in the afterparts only" asked
the foreigner. 1T looks as if they had
run from the barbarians.' We ad-
vanced all right said the Chinaman,
according to military methods. Then
we put on fierce faces, like Che-kal-
Yang, the god Of war, certain that
the Wo-Jen would run, as they would
have done if they had not been hope
less savages, unacquainted with Chi
nese characters. We rushed on them,
breathing forth fire, but they moved
not. Then our general shouted Vie
tory!' for we had paralyzed them with
our boldness. But suddenly a long
row of guns was raised like one arm,
and, immortal gods! such a dastardly
way to fight never saw! know not
why we were wounded in the back"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
Lima Gazette.

Lima Gazette.
The newspapers throughout the State
continue to denounce such outrages ON
the rights of the people as were perpe-
trated in this and other counties by the
choosing OF delegates to the State con-
vention by a few bosses who managed
to control the county committee. Tho
Fremont Messenger, speaking on the
subject says:
How strangely like the preliminaries
that led up to the Toledo spring elec-
tions are the preparations for the
Republican State Convention In June.
1t looks as if the party was getting
ready to plunge into the same hole the
Toledo end of it took header into in
March. One after another the great
counties of the State are disfranchising
voters by selecting delegates to the
State convention by committees. Frank
lin, Hamilton and other counties have
adopted this wicked, un-American
course, in the face Of vigorous protests
from the people, who demand the right
to voice in the naming Of delegates to
a convention where the peoples vote 10
to be counted for Governor and other
State officers.
The Gallipolis Tribune says: BY far
the most notable feature Of Republican
politics in Ohio at present is the protest
against bossism and machine methods
that is going up all over the State.
There are exceedingly satisfactory eyi-
dences that the thoughtful men in the
party are determined to rid it Of the
pirates who have not scrupled in the
past to rob the plain voters Of their
commonest rights in order to accom-
plish their selfish purposes.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
the admiral finally
n and locks the door D.?
HIS FINISH.


to the hotel and have the admiral kiss
them. Well, of course, these letters
needn't bother him. He can throw
them into the waste basket IL he wants
to. Probably that's what he'll do. Then
he'll drop into chair and say: AT last
I can have a moments peacel Just
then the wardrobe door opens and out
steps tall woman carrying hand
satchel. She says: Admiral, my pen
name is Susette Gall. Of course you've
read my articles. I have come to get
your life-mask for the Sunday paper.
1t goes into the colored supplement, and
1 think we shall do it in pinkl' That
is properly his finish. That is when he
begins to get his rest and quiet in
chunks. Now, Mr.. Crosby and ladies,
may have perverted sense of humor,
but do you sit there and tell me that
you don't see something excrutiatingly
funny in the suggestion that Admiral
Dewey return to this country in order
to get away from all responsibility and
excitement? Which do you recommend
for nervous prostration-a sanitarium
or boiler shop? Rats! AS soon as we
hear that Admiral Dewey is coming
you can bet that we'll get together and
arrange to give him dose of rest and
quiet that he'll remember as long as he
lives. s."-Chicago Record.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
Hare Hunfinr.

Hare hunting is undoubtedly more
antique sport than the chase of the
fox. Xenophon pursued it with delight
in ancient Greece, and in Britain the
hare was for centuries looked upon as
far more worthy quarry than the fox,
which, until the time of Queen Eliza
beth, and even later, was regarded as
mere vermin. Nicholas Cox, author of
''The Gentleman's Recreation" work
on sport, published in 1917, writes thus
enthusiastically: "As of all chases the
Hare makes the greatest pastime, so it
is a great delight and satisfaction to
see the craft of this little poor Beast
in her own self-prescrvation." And it
is to be admitted that in those shifts
and expedients which afford to lovers of
hounds the true delights of hunting the
timid hare is at least as fertile as any
known beast of chase in any part OF
the world.ALondon Saturday Review.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12

it with the driver and is taken around
to the back door and let in through the
kitchen, starts upstairs and thinks he's
all right. Suddenly a big man comes
down the hallway and grabs him by
the hand and says: Admiral, l don't
suppose you remember me, but l ate
dinner at the same table with you at
Old Point Comfort IS years ago. Me
and a few of my friends is about to
take drink, and we want you to Join
us. Come along now and have just one.
This ones on mel Oh, be a good fellow! :!
What the-come on! Your moneys no
good when you're with us. Oh, come
onl Well, take cigar, then. want
you to meet these boys. They all know
about you. One of 'em had a brother
at Manila. Well, then, look here! If
you can't go with us now, where can we
meet you tonight after the show| And
all the time, mind you, this big fellow
has been trying to pull him over and
get him into the elevator.
Suppose that the admiral finally
gets to his room and locks the door
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
SOMETHING NEW
And Promising In the Way Of q
Temperance Movement.

The ministers of Toledo, accepting
Jones' ideas of municipal ownership,
have come out in favor of municipal
ownership of the saloons. Who knows
but this may not be the best temper
ance movement started in years. If
the municipality ran the saloons, as the
state of South Carolina does, there
would be these important gains:
1. Pure liquors and those alone
would soon be sold, and the poisonous
stuff, now sold would be no longer
made.
2. Sales would not be made to per-
sons in the habit of getting intoxicated
or to minors.
3. The hours of opening and closing
could be controlled.
4. There would be no sales on Sum
days.
5. No loafng would be allowed about
saloons, and as places Of resort for
criminals, and as schools for crime, they
would cease to exist.
6. They would not be gambling
places.
I. 1t would drive many of the saloon
keepers out of business, and would re-
duce the number of those who. work
day in and day out, for the saloon,
and who corrupt our elections, and
who increase the sales of the business
by unlawful methods.
j 8. It would largely reduce the num-
ber of millionaires, who make beer and
whisky, and dominate politics.
9. 1t would help greatly in securing
local option prohibition.
There are good temperance people
who would object to this, and hold uI
their hands in horror, at the idea o1
the State participating in this unholy
!, business. But is the state not account.
able now, for the evils of the traffic, by
: permitting it? If the change would be
for the better, would it not lessen the
responsibility of the State? We pro
. tect the saloonist's business and hi.
/ property, now-he could not do bust
| ness without it. Are we not, therefore
] responsible now?
When slavery existed, we were re
sponsible for it, but we didn't hesitate
to stay it's extension because we coult
not at once abolish it. There is a goot
deal of reform sentiment that is NOR
, sentimental than practical.
1 The state has right to prevent tn,
. evils resulting from the traffic in in
j toxicants, and if it thinks that munich
pal ownership would work q great re
0 form, it should not hesitate to adopt it
But the success of the measure woul'
/. .depend upon its honest enforcement
and this could be secured by provision
. of the law taking the appointment G
State agents out of politics, guardin
its provisions rigidly, and placing tn
appointment of sellers in the hands Q
Judges. And it will require an advanc
in public sentiment to secure law wit
such provisions.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
POLITE.

It was q sample of innate politeness
that tickled q crowded street car load
of passengers. He was q big, good
natured son Of Erin going from his days
work and standing near the doorway in
the crowded car. She elbowed her way
in at the street crossing, resplendent
in her own beauty and her tailor made
suit. The men who had seats were
industriously pretending to read the
papers, and she was beside the big
workman when she ran her tightly
gloved little hand through strap.
''It's sorry ON, mum, thot hev no
safe as can git up and give yez, but all
the Imply ones wore took whin got
aboord."
She blushingly assured him that she
was just as much obliged, and then
smiled at him, when three men suddenly
discovered her presence and insisted ON
her having seat.-Detroit Free Press.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12

Speaking of conundrums, we may a.
lude to one asked at party in town
some days ago to this effect: Why didn't
Moses take mustard into the ark, when
he had bread and Ham? There were
two ministers present, who joined in
the effort to answer, but at last all
gave it up. The solution was plain
because he didn't 60 in himself; he didn't
live for several centuries afterward.
The instance shows the errancy of the
human intellect. That word mustard"
quickly absorbed the thoughts, and the
struggle after some relation of that
word to the ark, was assisted by the
fact that the Old Testament heroes are
mentioned so closely together that one
is apt to think they were boon COM
panions; and yet Moses lived q thousand
years afte the ark foated over the
mountain tops.-Ironton Register.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
When Dewey Comes
By George Ade

~ nee in awhile 1 see something
funny in newspaper, and this
is the greatest joke of the century,"
said Mr.. Sweet, up at our boarding
house. He was looking at the morning
paper, which was folded and propped
against the sirup pitcher in front of
him. AS he spoke he seemed almost
pleased. The expression of saturnine
ferocity softened into one of malignant
glee.
Miss Baxter, the art student, Mr..
Crosby, of the wholesale grocery, and
Miss Dixon, the stenographer, looked
up in surprise. No wonder. Mr.. Sweet
did not often praise any work of man.
He had an especial contempt for puns
and witticisms. He WINGED at the
repartee which sent the young women
into hysterical giggling. Therefore, for
Mr.. Sweet to say that he had found
something funny was altogether out of
| the ordinary and for him to give the
| opinion that certain joke was the
| greatest of the century, was simply
| astounding.
For goodness sake, read it to us,
Mr.. Sweet!" said Miss Baxter. II didn't
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12

'WELCOMEt' h n k n G for
week after you read it, a joke that will
present new and humorous aspects
every time you take up the study of it. "
"I never heard that kind of a joke"
said Miss Dixon. II just laugh, and
then it is all over"
Sweet, you've got me interested"
said Mr.. Crosby. "What is this thing
that you say is so funny?"
''Well, it says here that Admiral
Dewey is broken in health, and so it is
proposed that he return to the United
States and rest up"
"Yes?" said Crosby, after short
pause. "I read that. What about it?''
That's all there is about it, replied
Sweet, glaring at his paper.
Mr.. Crosby, Miss Baxter and Miss
Dixon looked ut one another in silent
wonderment.
"Well, that--that isn't the joke, is
it?" asked Miss Baxter
Mr.. Sweet trembled with wrath as he
rearranged the paper in front of him.
81 take it that you do not find any
thing remarkable in the proposition
that Admiral Dewey return to the
United States for rest and quiet" he
said.
"Why, no. If he's been working too
hard 1 think they ought to send him
home. I'm sure he's entitled to vaca-
ton if anyone is"
'We are not talking ABOUT vacations.
merely called your attention to the
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12

everybody yells, in behalf of the cham
ber of commerce, the board of asso-
ciated charities, the wholesale liquor
dealers, the Fruit Growers league, the
Young Mems Christian association and
the city council, welcome you to the
grand, the glorious, the majestic, the
magnificent state of California; He's
got the admiral penned in, and this is
his one chance in life to make speech,
so he talks for an hour or SO, and then
he says: we will now conduct the adj
miral to the reviewing stand, where he
will shake hands with 10000 school
children
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
NEW WAY TO EMBALM.
The Use of FOrmol, Successfully APP
piled, Preserves Bodies of
the Dead.
pecial Cable to Commercial Tribune.

Special Cable to Commercial Tribune.
BRUSSELS, May 7.I(Copyright by
York Journal. DIR. De Richter, of the
Belgian Royal Medical Academy, has
invented new process for the preser-
vation of the bodies of the dead.
Experiments with his method in the
various hospitals of the city have been
successful. The body is placed in box,
in which formol is allowed to evaporate
slowly. Besides thoroughly preserving
the body, the new process maintains the
lifelike seeming.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
HIS SWEEPING CHARGES.
Chief Chemist, Department Of Agri-
culture, Says 90 Per Cent Of
Food Articles Are Frauds.

CHICAGO, May 6.-According to DR..
H. w. Wiley, Chief Chemist Of the
United States Department Of Agricult-
ure, who was called to the stand today
to testify before the Senatorial Pure
Food Investigating Committee, now In
session here, fully 80 per cent Of tho
articles of food and drink manufactured
in this country are frauds. AL kinds of
dairy products, he said, as well IS near
ly every variety of condiments, includ-
ing even coffee in the berry, were adul-
terated. Senator Mason did the exam
ining of the witness.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
A detachment of marines and sailors

A detachment of marines and sailors
from the gunboat Nashville participated
in the Confederate Memorial day exer-
cises at Vicksburg, Miss, and two COM
panies of United States Regulars fred
the salute to dead Confederates at the
Confederate monument at Savannah.
AtAugusta, Ca, the band Of q Nebraska
regiment headed the Confederate Me-
mortal day parade. All of these things
show that the Spanish war has closed
up the sectional breach and given u
once more really united nation
Toledo Blade.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
CURE FOR BUNIONS.

Place bandage around the foot over
the bunion very tight; carry one end Of
bandage up around the great toe, fore
ing it out from the other toes toward
day. This treatment, if persisted in for
. week or two, or if bunions are very
bad, little longer, will cure the cause
of bunions, namely, enlarged joints from
ill-fitting shoes. Bandage can be worn
very comfortably in the shoe.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-12
Sam dow Skinned.

Sandow slipped during the perform
ance of his feat of holding up piano
with the pianist at Liverpool the
ater, the result being the smashing of
the piano, a week in bed for the pianist,
but no harm to Sandow himself.