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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25

Pneumonia follows Ia grippe, but
pneumonia cannot follow the use of
Foley's Honey and Tar. Pneumonia
is striking down hundreds of those
who thought they were cured of la
grippe. Foley's Honey and Tar, taken
during or after la grippe. is guaran-
teed TO prevent pneumonia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie TO know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous t,
the needy and suffering. The propri
etors of DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds have
given away over ten million trial bot
ties of this great medicine, and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has alb
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, bronchitis, hOarse-
ness and all diseases of the throat,
chest and lungs are surely cured by
it. Call on Hartz S Ullemeyer, drug
gists, and get a free trial bottle.
Regular size so cents and 81. Every
bottle guaranteed or price refunded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25

Before the discovery of One Minute
Co>:gh Cure, ministers were greatly
disturbed by coughing congregations.
No excuse for it now. For sale by L.
H Thomas. A. j. Reiss and NJ 4.
Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25

To Cure Constipation Fo-evex.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartfc. Zoe or $50
u c G G. fall 70 cure. druggists refund monsF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25
A
Continental

Many things there be
that a man doesn't
care i continental
about" But it is not
so with this cigar. 1t
must be good, and to
get it good he must
buyit at a store where
they knowgood cigars
and keep them.
There are two places
where " satisfaction
can always be found.
In the dictionary and
at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25
..Of Ma0iId..

.sOf dUHd.s
by John A. Frazer.
The most Powerful Naval Drama
written
y SUPERB AND SPLENDID SCENIC PRO
DUCTION.
Every stage setting in this play
specially designed and painted for
the purpose. Nostock scenery used
SEVEN MAGNIFICENT STAGE PICTURES,
Each carried, even to the smallest
details.
ACT Havana Bay with III MORO Castle.
The Maine enters the harbOr January -, ISIS
ACT IL-FOrW ard deck OF the City of Wash
ington. Night OF February II, 1895. Destruc-
tlOn Of the Maine.
ACT uI.-scene l. The American Consul
late. Havana Scene , The Spanish Casino
Havana. Scene 8. Up in the lighthouse tow
~ III MORO.
ACT IV.-Scene !. The torpedo firing room.
C.tyite. Manila bay. Sceoc :. Destruction of
Montejo's feet and glorious triumph of Amer
lean arms
Prices-l5c. SOC and 55c. Sale of seats at
Bleuer's JcweIry store.
Cars on all lines after the performance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25
Licensed to Wed.

hiss Rosa Hini. .............. TSyIor Ridgc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-25

The most magnificent line of
Easter novelties in the mar
ket. Everything new and
nice. Prices within the reach
of all By all means let the
children see the Rabbits,
Chickens, Ducks, Storks,
Goslins, ETC.. all dressed up
in their best Easter cloths.
Some of them move their
heads and ears, others move
their eyes and open their
mouths. Lots of fun for the
children and the grown peo-
pie as well.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
THE SCOTCH RUsHL1GHr.
In the Days of the Candle Tax 1t Was
Made at Night In the Great
est Secrecy.

Home-manufactured rushlights and
candles were in constant use by the
Scotch peasantry, says Good Words.
Boiled animal fat gave the required tai
low, and the same green rushes as were
used for cruisie wick supplied it also in
this case.
In making rushlights all the green
coating of these rushes was stripped off;
but for candle wick thin strip was left
on either side of the pith to strengthen
and support 1t. Otherwise the manu-
facture of these two lights was very
similar. This substance from the
rushes, when dried, was tied to a rod,
then dipped into the boiling fat and al
lowed to cool, and this process was re-
peated until the rushlight. or candle,
had become the desired thickness. In
later years candles were made in molds.
The tape was passed through hole in
the center of the mold and knotted to
prevent it slipping. The fat was then
poured il and allowed to cool. =
These molds, during the days OF the
candle tax, were jealously guarded by
the owners, and hidden in the most
secret corners from the prying eyes OF
the exciseman. The candles were usu.
ally made at night in some clubhouse
and watchers were posted at convenient
corners to give timely warning OF any
approach of the ubiquitous officer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
FARMERS, YOU'RE NEXT.

Very few articles of general consump-
tion are now left outside the trusts.
The farmers are paying their full share
of the increased prices of trust-controll-
ed commodities. Here is the latest
direct slap at the farmer. Here's .
how-de-do that don't affect anybody but
the farmer. We clip the following from
Tuesdays Chicago Record:
As q result of a meeting of manufac-
turers at the Great Northern hotel
yesterday afternoon there will be an
immediate advance in the price of steel
plows. The gathering was specially
convened session of the Northwestern
Plow Association, called to consider
trade needs with reference to recent
heavy increases in the cost of raw
materials. After five hours delibera-
tion behind the closed doors of parlor L
80 it was declared the unanimous sense
Of the thirty-one factories represented
that at least Is per cent. should be
added. to selling price Of all manufac-
tured goods.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
THE BLACK MANS CHANCE.

The following striking poem, written
by the editor of the Rostrum, the Gin
cinnati colored mans weekly, appeared
in yesterdays issue of that paper. It is
an unusually good piece of work by
colored poet, and deserves wide read
ing:
Pray, give me a chance to live, as well as you
give me the chance to die;
If then weaken, the fault Is mine, for you
gave me the chance to try.
1 never have shown the era ven heart-when
fastened to volunteer,
The roll of the drum found me in front, with
some of your best at the rear.
had no thought for soldiers rank, for was
willing to die for you.
While others strove for the epaulets, I'd never
an honor in view.
L fought so well that nations fame grew
apace in the hearts OF men,
You more than gave me chance to win all
the glory Of dying then.
Spread wide the ranks and allow the fight be
as fair in the war of life
As you make the way when deaths to court In
the stress of the hostile strifei
w. L. ANDERSON.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19

only by the few. Those whose lot 1t
is to fight, it may be to fall-to shed
from bullet wound or saber cash their
life's blood-are fortunate, indeed.
They may be brave men; they may be
cravens who go forward only because
they fear the jeers of their comrades;
these are towards. Whatever their i'm
pelling motive, they are urged on by
the knowledge that an expectant nation
at home will greet with loud acclaim
their slightest deed; their triumphal
arches are sure to be awaiting them.
But we poor devils in camp, Miss Ere
mont-who hears of us, or cares to
hear? And yet, believe me, those few
who know consider some of us camp
loungers' as deserving of praise as are
any,"
He had spoken feelingly, and his
listener was becoming impressed.
81 am sure do not understand" was
all she could say.
How should you? You have heard
only one side. You knew Charlie NAL
10y, the old dressmaker's only son?'
"Yes."
"Well, he died-not gloriously, at the
cannon's mouth, but shamefully, cow
ardly, you would say, in camp hospi-
tai. His last words were-I was with
| him-'Oh, my poor mother! Who will
care for her?' But his was towards
death, so what does it matter? He only
had the fever. And DIR. Stanley-you
were berating him last night-'shame-
| full shirk,' believe, was your rather
strong expression. Yet that boy, see
ing all his chances of what the multi
tude, the unthinking, consider the only
service deserving plaudits and praise
work on the field of battle-slipping
away from him one by one, cheerfully
and patiently continued his duties
among the sick around him. You no
doubt read of DIR. Bob Church's heroism
at Las Guasimas. We got the news one
night about supper time, and Stanley,
giving no sign of the bitter disappoint-
ment he was feeling because no such
lucky chances were to be his, spent the
rest of the night in the hospital caring
for his charges, who were not suffer
ing from battle wounds, but only pro-
sale fever. There was no glory in it
only duty. And you do not call that
noble?
ASK some of those poor devils whose
lives depended on his tenderness and
skill at Chickamauga, Miss Fremont
and they will tell you stories of that
youngster that should make you proud
to call him your friend"
II had never thought of all that" she
said.
There were hundred chances OF
dying in our camp" he continued. as
she did not speak, ITO one among those
heroes at Santiago. They could lie in
their trenches, secure from Spanish bull
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19

lets, but how could we dodge the con-
tagion of typhoid, of malaria, of-er-
of mumps?" (She was a young thing.)
the water we drank. Far be it from me
to praise myself, Miss Fremont; but
when a fellow has tried his best, and
done his full duty, too, If do say it,
1t comes hard on him to be abused and
ridiculed, especially" in lower tone,
"by one from whom he had hoped such
different things"
McKennoy had risen and stood look
ing around as if for his hat. He had left
1t in the hall, as he well knew.
Surely, you are not going SO early?"
she said, in sudden anxiety, laying her
hand on his arm.
"Yes, 1 do not feel as If could bear
more tonight"
"I did not mean to hurt you; I did not
mean to be cruel" said the girl.
II supposed will have to get used to
that sort of thing" he answered, mar
tyrlike. II should be thankful to be
safely out of that deaths hole, where
SO many brave fellows-ah, pardon me,
cowards-were left In their graves. My
souvenir will soon be healed" and he
moved his neck stiffiy, an expression of
pain fitting over his face.
"Oh, Mr.. McKennoy-Joseph-for-
give my cruelty!"
eyes, Miss Fremont, I do. 1t hurt,
but you did not know. forgive you
freely"
10"
II would say more, would say again
that love you, but you would consider
it no honor to be loved by coward
"Joseph-my dearest-hush. never
! said that; 1 never meant it. You are
the most really brave, noble man"-Gn
some way or other she was in his arms
! by this time)-"Oh, be careful of your
poor neck"
"It hurts only when turn it side.
ways, not when I bend it straight
down." and Lieut.. Joseph McKennoy
/ kissed Miss Louise Fremont again by
way of illustration.
Which, I suppose, makes an end OF
this story.-N. o. .Tmes-Democrat.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
OBITUARY

William n. Neer, deceased, for
whom we meet today, to pay the last
tribute of respect, was born in Licking
Co., Ohio, Nov. Is, 1924, died May, 9,
1899, living to the age of Is years,
months and 26 days.
He was married to Elizabeth Carnes
in 1850. To this union IL children were
born, of which passed to the spirit
world, in infancy and son and
daughter in the bloom of life, loved by
all who knew them.
The beloved wife and children are
left to mourn the loss of kind husband
and loving father whose words OF
counsel were ever looked to as great
help. Deceased was a kind man, of a
very quiet disposition; he loved his
bereaved wife and children as few hus-
ands and fathers do, working and
planning always for their success and
comfort. He joined the Christian
church at Flat Branch in May 1868. In
this relation he was one of the leaders
in Sunday School, and church work
until it was abandoned as church;
then he joined with the McKeescreeh
church of the same denomination about
five miles south of Bellefontaine, il
which he was an ardent worker an6
supporter and held the Office of Deacon
until he left the church militant for the
church triumphant where now he has
no suffering, but is enjoying the society
of his children and friends gone before.
Father Neer was patient sufferer
endured great pain for ten months, but
with great christian fortitude.
How often did the writer hear him
say Not my will be done, oh Lord
Father Neer after settling all worldly
matters, acting as his own admins
traitor, said to his beloved wife and
children who had the comfort all OF
them, to hear his last words, "Vair
world adieu, good bye to all" Father il
gone, we cannot see him. His life an6
good deeds live on in the hearts O
wife and children, neighbors and friends
and all who came in contact with hi
whole life. Surely good man ha
fallen. hOnored and loved by all. S.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
OBITUARIES.


Alas, tits truel An exchange says:
Editors sometimes receive obituary
notices containing five or six verses of
home made poetry. These verses are
most always disiointed, disconnected,
and often without meter or rhyme.
People feel saddened over the death of
friend, and as an act of kindness,
often attempt to write poetry. This is
very grave fault and one which should
not be attempted. If you wish to
remember departed friend, say what
you wish in few plain words and don't
write long obituary. Long obituaries,
like funeral discourses, are in bad taste.
When you talk long you almost una
voidably say something that you could
better have left unsaid.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
To Select Delegates to County and
Senatorial Conventions.

The Republicans of Logan county
will meet in Delegate Convention in
Bellefontaine,
SATURDAY, MAY 81, 1899,
to select seven Delegates and seven
Alternates to attend the Republican
State Convention, to be held in Colum-
bus, June l and 2, 1899, and to select
Delegates and Alternates to attend the
Senatorial Convention.
The Republican voters of Logan
county will hold Primary Elections in
their respective Precincts,
SATURDAY,, MAY 20, 1899,
from to 8 o'clock p. M, for the pur-
pose of electing Delegates and Alter
mates to attend the County Convention
to be held in Bellefontaine, Saturday,
May q, 1899, at o'clock p. m.
Those desiring to be candidates for
delegates will hand their names to the
Committeeman of their Precincts on or
before May Is, so as to have their names
printed on the ticket. Those receiving
the highest number of votes will be
delegates and those the next highest,
alternates, to the number apportioned
to each precinct.
Precincts will be allowed one Dele
gate and one Alternate for every 20
votes and one for each fraction of ten
or over, of the vote cast for Secretary
of State Kinney at the November cleo
tion, 1898.
Rules governing the last county pri
mary will govern this election.
By order of Central Committee.
F. o. BATCH, Ch. Elk. Com.
D. E. STRAYER, Sec. Elk. Com.
The following is the apportionment O
Delegates to be selected from eact
Precinct:
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
THE STAY-AT-HOME.


There's dress an hood to buy f'r Jane
A pair O. pants fr John,
A whole outfit fr Buster Bill.
An winters comm on.
But baby Nan, the stay-at-home.
Jis laughs, an never knows
That all on earth she has to wear
Is ole made-over clothes.
There's books to buy FIR them at school
1t makes pore man sick
To hear 'em holler 'joggafy'
An mental 'rithmetic.''
But, thank the Lord! the stay-at-hom'
Is mighty cheap to please;
Jis gifts the family almanac
An reads 1t on her knees.
An writin' books an drawin'-books-
They never seem to think
How much 1t costs to buy sich truck.
An pencils. pens, an ink.
But little Nan, the ay-at-home,
She knows her daddys pore:
Jis gifts a charcoal pen an writes
Her lesson on the floor.
There's boots to buy FIR Buster Bill.
An boots tc buy FIR John.
An shoes FIR Jane an ma an I,
Till all my moneys gone.
So Nan, the last, the stay y-at-home,
Is left to Go without;
Jis wears her homemade mocasins.
An crows, an crawls about.
Pears like that all rake an scrape
Won't hardly satisfy
The pressin' needs O. Bill an John
An Jane an ma an 1.
But baby Nan, the stay-at-home.
Is full o. sweet content;
Jis cuddles up in daddy's arms
An never wants a cent.
George Weymouth. in Century.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
WHO TIED YOUR DOG LOOSE.


All owners of CANNES will do we'll to
read the following paragraph. The
information contained in it, will also
be of benefit to those who don't own
dogs. An exchange says:
''The new dog law that went into
effect last year entities the dog to the
same protection given live stock.
Whoever steals, kills or Injuries dog
not his own is guilty of crime the
same as in the cases of other property.
1t is unlawful for dog to run at large,
being classed with horses, hogs or cat
tie, and any dog at large may be taken
up, and the same fees charged for
keeping.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
The following from the San Francisco

The following from the San Francisco
Call is only too true:
SIT is really getting SO that Senator
who reaches his station without scandal
becomes veritable curiosity among
statesmen. Outside the old States,
where some of the traditions OF the
fathers still continue to be the rule of
action, no United States Senators are
elected nowadays without the assistance
of money, political corruption and de-
bauchery. Things have been q little
worse this year than ever before. In
three Western sLegislature not only
have there been open charges of brib-
cry, but investigation committees have
actually accumulated evidence to sus-
tain them. Only the other day candi-
date before the Utah Legislature was
accused of Offering 81, 500 fora vote, and
less than month ago member Of the
Montana Legislature walked to the
Speakers desk and handed over q roll
of greenbacks, which bad been given
ulIu Uy tuObucI CduuludUcs LII uuC S0ll~
fornia Legislature two members have
been convicted of accepting money Of .
Senatorial candidate prior to the cleo
ton, and in both cases the moral turpi
tude of the act has not seemed to shock
anybody. 1t is impossible that such
things as these should continue and the
principal legislative body of the coun-
try survive. Either the power to elect
Senators must be taken from the Legis-
latures, which have proved unworthy
of the trust, or radical change is bound
to take place in the character of the
Federal Senate. 1t is incredible that
men who reach places in that body by
the use of money can become honest or
trustworthy afterward. No stream ever
rose above it's source. A debauched and
corrupted Legislature never produced q
Senator capable of representing an hon.
est and moral people.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
OUT OF TUNE.
Stoves Unevenness on It's Feet At
fects a Pianos Sweetness
of Tone.

The girl had a new piano. She was q
musical girl, and it was as nice piano
as could be found. When she had it
properly set up and ready for use there
was probably not a happier girl. But
as she sat down to play a look Of dis
content and wonder spread over her
face. 1t was strange, but this new
piano was certainly out of tune; GER
tain notes sounded like the hammering
of a piece of iron. That would never
do; she couldn't play on a piano like
that; she couldn't understand it, either,
forcertainly that piano had very sweet
tone in the shop. So the piano man was
sent for in great haste, and came to see
what the trouble was, very much as
tonished himself. He ran his fingers
over the piano and then, turning, gazed
curiously around the room.
'"rhat is most curious and I'M
pertinent man," thought the girl, as
she watched him. his fingers moving
over the keys, but his eyes wander
ing searchingly from one piece OF
furniture to another. Finally he left
the piano, went to stove in the room,
tucked a piece of paper under one leg.
and went back to the piano, when,
strange to say, every note was as sweet
and clear and full as could have been
desired and there was not a suspicion
of discord. During the cold weather a
stove had been placed in the room, and,
not standing evenly, with certain VI
brations of the piano it was made to
move and there followed little clat'
tering of iron, which, coming stimuli
! taneously with the striking of the keys
on the piano, sounded as if that instru
ment had produced the disagreeable
sound.
"That is all right now," said the mar
as he left the piano, ''only it was stove
man you needed instead of the piano
man."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
THE DUTCH HOUSEWIFE
Her Constant Desire for Cleanliness
Amounts Almost to .
Craze.

The Dutch woman is before and
above all things housewife. Indeed,
her love of home comes very near akin
to worship, and the greatest campli-
ment that can be paid to her is to praise
the neatness and sweetness of the
house that is her kingdom, says the
Girls Realm. She is famous all the
world over for her remarkable cleanli-
ness, and even in the very poor quar-
ters of the cities, where the houses are
small and crowded together, the win
dows are daintily decked with cur
tains of spotless white, the rooms well
swept and tidy, the humble furniture
carefully busted and polished.
This desire for cleanliness, In fact,
almost amounts to a craze, and house
wives and servants alike evince strong
partiality for scrubbing, cleaning and
washing. Even in well-to-do families
a domestic training is considered nat
ural and necessary adjunct of the
daughters education, and each has GER
tain household duties apportioned to
her. She is likewise taught to make
her own dresses, to knit her own stock
ings and to keep her wardrobe In re-
pair.
Nor does she shirk these duties as it
is to be feared SO many of her English
sisters do; on the contrary, they are
carried out faithfully, cheerfully and
as matter of course, and 1t is due to
this excellent training in her girlhood
days that the Dutch woman makes sc
model housewife. We might go fur
ther and say that it is through this
training that the Dutch girl has earned
the reputation Of being "free and light
of heart, and stranger to the feeling
of ennui," since she is always health
| fully and helpfully employed.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19
SPOKE LIKE AN AMERICAN.

The father of the late Colonel Stots-
enburg, killed at the head of the
Nebraska regiment in the Philippines,
writes to the War Department: 81
think it is consolatory that my son died
as a soldier would choose to die, and it
is further comfort that the republic
has many, many such sons who will
work and die for. it's glory and honor" +"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19

The Japanese now publish three
times as many books as the Italians,
whose literary powers seem to have
faded almost entirely away. Out Of
$4,000 volumes published last year in
the land of flowers no less than 500 were
law books and 1900 treated on religion,
which shows that the romantic little
nation has not taken kindly to any
written form of romance.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-19

Those who only casually look at the
map are seldom impressed with the
enormous size Of our northern cousin.
Canada needs only 237 900 square miles
to be as large as the whole continent Of
Europe; 1t is nearly 80 times as large
as Great Britain and Ireland, and Is
100000 square miles larger than the
United States.