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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
GORILLA LACKS CULTURE.
Short Thumbs, Which They
Cannot Tvv1ddle.

The gorilla and chimpanzee, which
belong to the higher order Of apes.
have many points of resemblance to
man, but there is one thing they can
not do-that is, twiddle their thumbs,
says an exchange. In the gorilla the
thumb Is short and does not reach
much beyond, the bottom of the first
joint of the forefnger. It. is very much
restricted in It's movements, and the
animal can neither twiddle his thumbs
nor turn them round, SO that the tips
describe circle. There are the same
number of bones in the hand Of Q
gorilla as in the hand of man, but the
thumbs of the monkey have no sepa-
rate fexor or bending muscle. This is
why monkey always keeps the thumb
on the same side as the. fingers and
never bends it round any object that
may be grasped. In the gorilla the web
between the finger extends to the Sec
ond joint, the finger tapers to the tips.
and there is callosdty on the knuckles
on which the animal rests when walk
ing on all fours. There are many other
strong points of resemblance between
the ape and man, but-well, we wish to
be charitable to our fellow man and
Will therefore drop the subject.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
BAKED BEANS TRAIN.
An Express That Carries Tons Of ThAs
Food to Exiled BOs-
tOnian0.

Your true Bostonian who IL forced
to exist in New York has little to conn
fort him in his exile, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
There is only one solace to his cup Of
bitterness, and that is his Sunday
morning breakfast. And as he sits
down complacently to this one meal Of
all the week which reminds him Of
home he offers up fervent prayer Of
Thanksgiving for two mercies. One L.
that he is still Bostonian, and the
other is for the baked beans train.
The baked beans train comes roll
ing into the Grand Central depot In
New York every Sunday morning at
about six o'clock. 1t comes In every
other morning, to be sure, but only on
Sunday does it possess any special sig
nafcance. There Is always an express
car attached, but on week days It IL
filed with miscellaneous cargo.
Not SO on Sunday mornings. Then
there Is penetrating aroma, which
comes from stacks and stacks of fresh
ly baked beans in pots. They are con-
signed to an enterprising purveyor in
New York, who covers a regular route
with a number of delivery wagons.
Within two hours after the train comes
In the contents of the express car have
been distributed.
The Saturday night run out of Bos-
ton Is known among the train hands az
the baked beans run.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
THE CALIPH'S CUP
OF WATER
BY David Kerr
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THE sun was setting red and sullen-
ly over battlefield In WESTERN
Asia, upon which two great armies had
been contending since daybreak.
Barely Is years had elapsed since the
death of Mohammed, and already the
strong arms and sharp swords of his
soldier disciples had spread the faithof
Islam through every land from Syria to
Morocco, and now the turn of Persia
had come at last.
The native warriors fought as stout
ly as men could do; but they were
matched with men who had never met
their equal In war.
Caliph Omar, wiping his heated
face with the sleeve of his robe, watched
keenly the giving away, little by little,
OF the pointed Persian helmets before
the white Arab turbans, and hurled up
on the wavering enemy, just at the de-
cisive moment, the thousand picked
men whom he had hitherto held in re-
serve.
Flight brave1y, my. sonsl" was his
last charge to them; "for God Himself
fights for you. But should ye meet with
Persian chief. wearing a Hon-sl1in
cloak and gold-inlaid helmet, whose
name is Harmosan, the satrap (gov-
ernor) Of Yezd, kill him not, butbring
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
Little Courtesies.

/ There is often something luminous
about achild's definition. Every Amer
lean will agree with the little lad in
board school in England who in an
examination on Scripture subjects gave
an original answer to the question:
what can you tell me aboutMoses?"
please, sir, he was gentleman" re-
piled the little fellow.
"A gentleman!" repeated the in.
spector. "What do you mean'by that?''
'Please, sir, when the daughters of
Jethro went to the well to draw wa
ter, the shepherds came and drove then,
away, and Moses helped the daughters
of Jethro and said to the shepherds:
Ladies first, please. gentlemen-'"- p
youths Companion, i
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
IWO SUNBEAMS.

Straight through a easement, open wide.
A sunbeam found it's way,
And down upon the cottage floor
A shaft of brightness lay.
Sent from the gay. glad outer world,
A messenger apart,
1t glorified the humble room,
And cheered the matron's heart.
It coaaxed the little one from play,
And Knocked, with true delight,
The vain attempts of baby hands
To grasp the lance of light. 9:T-F
"Catch if you can," 1t seemed to say.
''I'd willing captive be-
And danced before the wondering eyes
To the tune of baby glee.
Bright shone the little golden head
As II fitted here and there,
As though the sun itself had lent
OF its shining store a share.
And mother caught her darling up
In the midst of his fruitless chase,
And showered kisses. warm and soft. :,
On the pretty baby face.
You cannot catch the sunshine,
Though you followed the wide world
through:
You're mothers little sunbeam, dear,
And she has caught you. too!
1.-TWO sunbeams have I In my home:
Dark would 1t be. and drear,
Without the bright ray on the floor,
And the bright face shining here!
God owns the sunlight. but He gave j.,
This precious beam to mother. g.
Content am to call one mine Ia
And entertain the other" y,
Straight through the easement, open wides
The sunbeam crept away,
And twilight shadows, stealing through,
Foretold the end Of day.
The outer world in darkness lay.
But mothers heart was light,
For golden head and a baby face
Kept home forever bright
ELLA Randall. In Golden Days.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
NUMBER 4s.

want of knowledge or lack of mental
and moral capacity.
do not deny that tour of Europe
gives fine finish to course of educa-
tion. 1 by no means disparage the
value of the historic, literary and relig-
ious associations which cluster around
Ayr and Stratford, Edinburg, Paris,
Geneva and Rome; but if my Observa-
tions are approximately correct not one
in thousand of gadding Americans
care a penny about the associations.
They have even ceased to make a pre-
tense of it. Most of them would cut as
graceful a figure in trying to pump
emotions appropriate to the haunts of
Shakespeare, Coleridge or Burns, as
Mark Twain did when he boo-hooed
over the grave of Adam. While do
not disparage travel abroad as means
of culture, l do insist that a better
culture can be obtained by travel and
study in our~own country. I do insist
that there is more mental expansion
and moral elevation in any one Of these
scenes than there is in any canvas in
Paris or elsewhere. Let me make
suggestion. A class of say three hum
dred excursionists-fath mothers,
young people, students from boys and
girls schools, could be made up and
provided with a corps of teachers in
botany, geology, seismology, zoology,
physical geography, stellar geography,
etc. Two trains of tourists cars would
carry them. They could have their
own commissariat on the trains. They
could be provided with tents for use in
the National Park. They could resume
their trains and take ship waiting for
them here in Seattle and visit the
Glacial coast. They could return home
by way of the Great Northern or the
Canadian, if they chose, or go SOUTH
, ward and take in the cities and scenery
on one of those routes. If these three
hundred should take even q limited
tour of Europe it would cost them
total of $4,000. believe that by such
combination they could make the
western American tour for one-third of
that sum.-W. c. Gray, in Chicago
Interior.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
AMERICANS
Should Show r1Ore Pride In the
Greatness of their Own
Country.

AS we passed the National Park
could see the snow clad mountains
which rise west of it. 1 longed for an
opportunity to use my camera on OBJ
iects of beauty or of interest as we
bowled along. One would wish to stop
off at the canyon of the Gallatin, at
"Homestake'' on the top of the range,
and to keep stopping every half mile
after one enters the valley of the Yak
ina, and on till one descends from the
Cascade mountains to take the final
run to Seattle. Sparkling water, cas-
cades, snow and green, noble forests,
black chasms, toppling rocks-a whirl
of splendor all the way. Now if 1 had
my way would spend a month or two
in cultivating close acquaintance with
the mountain streams and lakes, sleep
ing on fragrant beds of fir-feathers, and
drinking black coffee out of an exhaus-
ted fruit can. This remark will cause
DR.. H. D. Jenkins to rise from his SER
mon table, and walk impatiently up
and down his study.) Then I would
take the inside passage up the glacier
ed coast, and see scenery not elsewhere
equal led on earth. But wish to take
the rare opportunity now to look at the
Siberian volcanoes, and must leave
these American charms for future
outing.
Our national life turns upon an in.
cident, the treacherous blowing up oi
the Maine. This incident would not
have had an effect so tremendous and
far reaching had not the nation beer
toppling on the edge of precipice like
that thousand-ton boulder which l de.
scribed last week. A small distur'
bance would send that boulder upon ar
irresistible career, as the explosion in
Havana harbor did our country. One
result of the rude awakening OF war is
gain in national self-appreciation and
self-respect, and disposition to take
an inventory of our resources as a peo-
ele in every department. 1t is earnest
ly to be hoped that we will see in our
selves as people some things that are
neither creditable to our patriotism mol
to our intelligence.
This hegira to Europe every summer
of something near quarter OF a mil
lion people is an exhibition of lack O
solid national character, self-respec
and independence. 1t is not only s
waste of the enormous sum OF $l25, 600,
900 annually-it is humiliating con
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
Worked Until the Last.

! An anecdote of the late Pierre Puvis
de Chavannes, given on the authority
of NJ. Octave Mirbeau, deserves to take
a permanent place in the annals of
painting. Feeling himself very ILL.,"
says M. Mirbeau, che sent for his med
ical adviser. My dear friend fsaid he,
4 want to know exactly how long I
have to live. Forfweeks past, i'm order
that might take better care Of my
self, have neglected my work.
want to complete my fresco before I
die. ask you for the truth-the real
TRUTH 'Eh bien!' gravely replied the
doctor, you perhaps have eight more
days to live The same day he went
into his studio and commenced to work
furiously. For whole week be painted
ten hours a day, only abandoning his
canvas when with increasing weakness
the brush fell from his hand."-Studio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16

3OOIlED IL O4N IlG dItOOIND
Elm to me alive; for men say he is the
bravest warrior in Persia, and would
fain see him with my own eyes,"
This sudden charge of fresh and Wig
orous troops upon men exhausted with
long day of hard fighting was quite
irresistible.
The Persians gave way on all sides;
the sacred standard of the shah was
trampled in the dust and the few who
still strove to hold their ground were
overwhelmed by numbers.
The whole field was in awhirl of flight
and pursuit. and only in one spot, where
a solitary clump of palm trees broke the
gray, unending level of the boundless
plain, clamor Of shouts and clashing
weapons showed that resistance had
not yet wholly ceased.
Beneath those trees, with his back
against the largest trunk, stood a tall,
noble-looking man, in the prime of life,
with large black eyes, which flashed as
fercely as the sword that played like
lightning amid the Wild faces and toss
ing arms of his swarming enemies.
More than one broken arrow head was
sticking in his breast plate; the silver
buckler on his left arm was hacked and
dented, as if by the blows of a sledge
hammer; his armor was dyed red with
more than one wound.
But he still held his ground unf1inch-
ingly, striking right and left with the
strength Of giant, and never once in
| vain.
But such fight was too unequal to
| last. The brave mans arm began to
wax weary, his strength tetail. Closer
and closer to him gles sd the merciless
spear heads, and in another moment
all would have beea over, when sudden
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
Published by Request.
MY BANK; COME TAKE A DRAFT

have a never failing bank,
A more than golden store,
No earthly bank is half so rich,
How then can be poor.
'Tis when my stock is spent and gone,
And 1, without grote,
Am glad to hasten to my bank,
And beg a little note.
Some times my banker smiling says,
Why don't you oftener come,
And when you draw a little note,
Why not a larger one?
Why live so niggardly and poor,
Our bank contains a plenty,
What makes you take a one-pound note,
When you could have twenty?
Yes, twenty ten times told
Is but a trifiing sum,
To what your banker has laid up,
Secure in Christ his Son.
Since then my banker is so rich,
have no cause to borrow,
I'll live upon my cash today,
And draw again tomorrow.
I've been there thousand times before,
I've never been rejected,
Sometimes my banker gives me more,
Than asked for or expected.
Sometimes I felt little proud,
When all seemed SO clever,
But, alas, before the day was gone.
Poorer then than ever.
xuft in, fao
Just at the door 1 stand
1 know if busy tongues keep me back,
1 surely must be damned.
Should all the great banks break,
And the worlds bank smash,
Bring in your notes to Zion'S bank,
You'll surely get the. cash.
And If you have but one small note,
Fear not to bring it in,
Come boldly to the bankers case,
The banker stanks within.
Remember, all forged notes will be refused
Mems merits will be rejected,
There's not a single note will pass,
That God has not accepted.
'Tis only those beloved of God,
Redeemed by his precious blood,
That ever had note to bring,
They are the gifts of God.
Tho thousands ransomed souls may say,
They have no notes at all,
Because they feel the pledge of sin,
So ruined by the fall.
This bank is full Of precious notes,
All signed and sealed and free,
Though many doubling souls may say,
There is not one for me.
Base unbelief will lead a child
To say what is not true;
tell the soul who feels self lost,
These notes belong to you.
The leper had little note,
Lord if thou wilt, "you cam;
The banker cashed the little note,
And healed the sickly man.
We read Of one young man indeed,
Whose riches did abound,
But in the bankers book of grace
His name was never found.
But see the wretched dying thief
Hang by the bankers side,
He cried, dear Lord remember me,
He got his cash and died.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16

Nine tons of poultry, consisting Of
2.169 geese, turkeys, chickens and
ducks. from Boston, were landed re-
Gently at a London dock, where it was
found that they had decayed on the
voyage. They could not be condemned.
however, till they had been loaded on
wagons and carted to police court
where police magistrate came out.
listened to the inspectors story, salts
fed himself by his own senses that the
fowls were unsound and ordered them
to be destroyed. A police magistrate is
apparently the only English official
who can condemn bad meat, and this
he can do only after listening to COM
plant and examining the corpus de-
lecti personally in his own courtroom.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
w. S. SOUTHARD.

I IVERY & FEED BARN McKees Old Stand
l. North of Court House, Bellefontaine. Ohio.
Excellent rigs and teams. Horses boarded by
the month; and single feeds furnished far
merS horses
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
SPAIN s. SOUTHARD,

| A TTORNEY-AT-LW. Special attention
n given to abstracts of title, lOaning money
and drafting of all legal instruments Prompt
attention paid to all business left with him.
collections, fire and life insurance. Office
South Main street over ]. M. Abraham & Co. S
grocery.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
DR.. J. p. HARBERT,

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office rooms
i over Hamilton Bros Office Bellefontaine,
Ohio. Special attention to eye, ear and thIoat
and the fitting of glasses.
saS Night calls answered from Office.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
FRANK A. POOL

physician and Surgeon, Office-135 West
i Columbus Ave-. Bellefontane, O. Special
attention given to the treatment OF all forms
of rupture and pelvic diseases. All calls
answered from the Office.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
A. JAY MILLER.

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. Special attention
IA given to collections and settlement OF
estates. Rooms and 0, Empire Block, Belle
fontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
HAMILTON BROS,

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW and Real Estate
IA Agents. Office in the Hamilton Building,
east of the Logan House, Bellefontaine Ohio
Particular attention given to collections and
settlement Of estates. VIII practice in State
and U: S. Courts. All business promptly at
tended to.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
J. w. YOUNG, M. D.

physician and Surgeon. General prac-
l. tice OF medicine. Have special test
Who h need ,9 tbem 3fce % i35 West C0Iumbns
Ave. Residence, 402 East Sandusky Ave.
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DIR. w. STINcHcOMB.

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Special atten-
l. tOn given to diseases of the eyes and fit
ting glasses. East Columbus Avenue, Belle
fontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16

A ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Special attention
a given all Office practice, settlement Of
estates, collections and loans. Office 6 and 8,
Lawrence Block, BellefOntaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
F. s. DEFREES,

A TTORNEY- Bellefontaine, o.
n Room 1 and 2, Bellefontaine National
Bank Building Money loaned and secured at
reasonable rates.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
DR.. j. II. WILSON,
John C HQXER

HOMEOPATHIST. Special attention given
IL to diseases of the Nose and Throat Office
on South Main street. Bellefontaine, o.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
e. Pat Chamberlin. II. II. Newell
CHAMBERLIN s. NEWELL,

T .AWYERS. General and commercial prac-
IL tice. Settlement of estates and cOllec-
tions.. Opposite Court House, Main street,
Bellefontaine, Ohio.
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DIR. c. w. nEFFNER,

physician and Surgeon. No. 116 East Co
L lumbus Ave. Treatment of the Eyes and
fitting glasses for defective vision, speciality.
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WEST & WEST.

A ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Collections given
IA prompt attention. Partition and settle
ment of estates speciality. Practice in the
State and U. S. Courts. Office on Main street,
directly opposite front entrance of the Court
House, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16
S. A. BUCHANAN.

GURVEYOR and Civil Engineer. Over 20
- years experience. VIII do all kinds of
town and country work. Rooms and s, Law
renee Building, Bellefontaine, 0.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-16

The undersigned, as executors of the estate
of james A. Pence, offer at private sale:
One farm of 172 acres, about 100 acres under
cultivation, Is acres in woods pasture, about
35 well timbered, fair soil-half black land ;
three wells, good orchard, good barn, outbuild-
ingS and house.
One farm of so acres, about 60 of it cleared
balance woods pasture; good WELL fair house,
log stable, fair orchard, fair soil.
Both farms within two miles and half Of
Santa Fe and three miles of Jackson Centre.
Good pixies to both these towns
Both farms are well adapted for grain or
pasture.
For furter particulars call on the undersign-
ed near Santa Fe. M. V. PENCE,
G. G. PENCE,
May 20, 1S99-tf. Executors.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-14

The report of the Northern Pacific
land agent for this district, and the re-
ports of the various land offices in the
state, show what is being done in the
matter of settlement of North Dakota.
The figures given in these reports, of
land purchased or homesteaded by actual
settlers, are more eloquent than columns
of elaboration Of the advancement of tho
state. Hundreds of thousands-even
millions of acres of new land has passed
to the ownership of settlers, and the
taking of this land t~estifies to the desira-
bility Of the state as a home for the in
dustrious farmer or stock raiser.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-14

The holding of wool market days is an
idea for which North Dakota must be
given credit, and the success of the plan
will lead to it's adoption in other wool.
growing states. Dickinson this year
markets a million pounds of wool-aind
of $4,000 to 100000 for wool ~raisers in
that locality. Bismarck's wool day re.
suited in the marketing of a large
amount. At Braddock about 10000
pounds were marketed. The sheep men
of the western part of the state will
realize hundreds of thousands of dollars
this year from their wool clip.