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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

If America, with all her advantages,
can not make her rural population pros
porous, contented and happy, no Gov
ernment ever will. If the high stand
ard of civilization in our country dis
tricts are not maintained, the outlook
for the country is ominous. The foun-
dation of peace and prosperity lies in
the agricultural home, and if these
homes become poor or degraded there
is no help for the city. All other Ma
tions have gone down who have neglect
ed or debased their rural population.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Suppose there was no such thing as
hog cholera, no devastation from chinch
bugs, no parching from protracted
drouths, no hail storms or cyclones to
sweep over the country; suppose the
farmer had no backsets. Might not his
occupation, in many cases, soon be gone?
Overproduction would result, markets
be swamped and business be stagnated.
Our medicine is sometimes hard to take,
but the system needs it. We should
not worry too much over our drawbacks.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

In the autumn, where the produce of
our farms lies heaped in great cribs or
bins, awaiting alluring prices for ship
ment, fertility is going to fertilize other
farms where it is fed. A modest neigh
Dor on his eighty acres feeds his grain
and stuff at home. He gets $50 or $50 a
month from butter and eggs only. Per-
chance he is born huckster, and
drives to this market and that with
butter, eggs, calves, pigs or anything
which will sell. Such one is enrich
ing his possessions, always, while gath
ering his gold.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

A progressive farmer has reported
that his sows farrowed twice a year,
bringing an average of eleven pigs to
the litter. He sold his pigs at nine
months, and his sales footed up to $500
a year. When corn sold at 80 cents he
got IS for his, fed to his hogs. No fault
can be found with such farming, and ii
will pay more profit to the acre than
any crop sold direct would bring.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Toads live entirely on grubs, worms,
flies and other insects, and the gardener
has no better friends. Wherever found,
catch them and put them in the garden,
where they soon become helpful and at
home. 1t is estimated that toad will
destroy three or four thousand insects
in month, and we can easily calculate
the good they may do.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Spring is an unfavorable time for sub
soiling, for it should be done when the
soil is dry, and If it continues dry the
surface soil has no moisture for the ger
mination OF sc ed sown, for it has been
absorbed by the loose layers of soil be-
low. Fall subsoiling is usually safest
and best.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Experiments at the Department have
shown that common air Stacked lime
will kill the bacteria of hog cholera.
One-half of one per cent. of lime by
weight, mixed with soil, will utterly
destroy them. 1t is also shown that a
five per cent. solution of carbolic acid is
effective.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Since the least touch of lime kills
cholera microbes, why not haul ashes
and spread it deep for feeding grounds,
and scatter slaked lime over the pen
floors and in the watering troughs :? If
the hogs have wallowing place treat
this in the same way, or throw in lit
tie carbOlic acid.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

A western farmer, feeding his hogs
upon the ash pile of deserted saw mill
lost none of his hogs from cholera,
while his neighbors were all losing
heavily. One of these neighbors, re-
membering how fond hogs were of ash
es and charcoal, hauled ashes and made
a bed on which to do his feeding, and
when cholera came again he was like
wise spared from its ravages.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Jones (of Brooklyn)EI saw your wife
on the street yesterday.
Smith (of Hoboken)EYou surprise
me! How did you know her?
Jones-She was wearing that new
necktie you bought for yourself the da.
before.-Judge.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Americans are used to cheap lands
and large farms, and do not understand
the management of small pieces of land
as they might. Immigrants grow rich
where the native would starve, and we
might learn some very profitable lessons
from them.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

The evaporation that can be checked
by close cultivation of the soil during
the summer is small when compared
with the amount of water taken up by
an ordinary growth of weeds. We can
not overestimate the Importance of des.
troying them.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
If for anv reason the farmer think. Il

If for any reason the farmer thinks it
unwise to plant fruit along the roadside,
he should in any event have such an
eye for the beautiful as to lead him to
set out shade of some kind. A walnut
tree ten years old will be worth some
thing beside shade. Almost any of our
forest trees will stand ten feet high in
three years after being transplanted.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

"Who are all the important looking
men with broad smiles and big badges?"
"That's the reception committee"
"And who's the modest looking fell
low, off there in a corner?'
"Oh, that's Dewey"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
OvERRIPE.

"You wouldn't think from the looks
of that old fellow that he is one of the
fipest scholars in this town."
SIT doesn't surprise me. He's the
seediest looking man I've seen today" "
Chicago Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

All seed for planting should be kept
where there is little chance to absorb
moisture; seeds stand heat or cold with
out damage, but when they become
damp their vitality is weakened, and
sometimes destroyed. They should
never be kept in cellar or an outbuild-
ing. While such seeds may grow, the
foundation of good crop is in the seeds
in full vigor.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

He-"He that courts and runs away
live to court another day."
She-"But he that courts and does
not wed, may find himself in court in
stead. ."-Tit-Bits.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Rather than pursue the filthy way of
letting the hogs follow the cattle for
their grain, it would certainly be better
to grind the corn and feed judiciously;
after digestion there will be less to
CLEAN.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Mrs. Winn-Wouldn't you like to see
my new hat, John?'
Mr.. Winn surprised )-Um-why-
|y-yes.
Mrs. W.-So would I, dear. Give me
S14 and I'll show you one.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Stubb-This would be fine place to
go nutting."
Penn-Nutting in theater.
Stubb-Yes; there are peanuts in the
gallery, polished cocoanuts in the front
row, and chestnuts on the stage"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

carrying a razor. He said that he car
ried the razor for his wife's corns, but
the judge wouldn't acknowledge the
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

"What's the matter with little Jim?'
'He wanted watch for his birthday
and we gave him an alarm o'clock. y
Chicago Record.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Consider the cost before again putt
ing the plow to certain fields; loss
may be avoided If such be turned over,
seeded down and given up to good stock
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
AGRICULTURAL.

The Dorset is the one sheep not afraid
of dogs, and this is a great advantage
in its favor; and Dorsets are prolific,
with good characteristics all around.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Every time we meet school teacher
we find that we have always been pro-
nouncing another word incorrectly
Atchinson Globe.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

81 think" remarked the front-row
patron of burlesque shows, as he climb
ed into the barber chair, ''thatI I'll have
have haircut
eyes, SIR" answered the tonsorial
artist. (which one, please?"-Chicago
News.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
A WORD FOR EXPANSION.

And then, again, expansion tends to
preclude any more of those irritating
eclipses invisible in the United States.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

The photographs hanging upin wo-
mans parlor are those of her relatives.
Pictures of her husbands kin will be
found in the spare bedroom.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
MERRY.GO.ROUND

Heart can never initiate nature.
She-How about artificial ice?
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

She wished to break it to him gently.
81 have decided" she said, ito return
your ring.
He, however, was resourceful man,
who did not believe in letting woman
get the better of him.
"You needn't bother" he replied. 81
buy them by the dozen. ."-ChicagO
Post.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
MONEY!.

Loans from Home Funds may be had in
sums of 800 and upwards, and on time from
one to five years, on acceptable security.
Rates better than ever heretofore offered.
HOWENSTINE & HUSTON.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

ST don't see why you should raise the
price of milk. 1t is high enough al
ready"
''Don't you know, ma'am, that the
price of beef has been raised about 20
per cent? The milk has got togo up
along with the rest of the cow. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
HOPELESS.

''Silence is golden" quoted Mrs
Bickers.
"You'll never be rich," added hel
amiable husband.-Detroit Free Press
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
Want of Watchfutness
snakes the Thief. :"

0HdkSS Tue 1HISIs
Many cases of poor healM
come from 1vant of Suatch-
fitness. But if you keep
your blood pure no thief can
steal your health.
The one effective, natural blood puri-
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Impure Blood" Five years suffered
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SMILEY, Ill Main St., Auburn, Maine.
J@od1 Sa44bmM
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Hoods Pills cure liver ills; the nonirritating and
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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10

Hoods pills cure liver ills; the nonrrtating and
only cathartic to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
S. S. S. FOR The ELOOD

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Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15

believed by the railroad officials that the
booty secured by tho robbers was also rem
dcred worthless by the heavy charge of dy-
Mantle used to blow open the safe. Express
company officials declare that the first re-
rorts of the amount obtained by the robbers
wero greatly exaggerated and claim 1t was
considerably less than S25,O00.
The Chicago & Northwestern railway and
the American Express company together
offered a reward of $4,000 today for informa-
tlon leading to the arrest and conviction OF
the Maple Park train robbers. A proper
tionate amount will be- paid for the arrest
and conviction OF each of the robbers
During the afternoon Special Agent Riley
Of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad sys-
TEN went to South Elmhurst and examined
the three prisoners who had been taken
from the freight train early in the morn
ing. The prisoners were able to prove an
excellent alibi and while they will be held
short time longer, it is not thought that
they were connected with the robbery.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
EXOTIC MIDWAY AT PARIS
Plenty of Red-HOt shows VIII Dis
port Themselves at the
French Exposition.

Copyright, 1899 by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, Oct. 14,-(New York World Ca
blegram-Special Telegram)-Will the eX
position be too gay? Two factions are just
now fighting and using all forms of petit
tions and personal influence to bear upon
Picard, director general. One wants lots of
Midway business and the most tolerant
license, arguing that no success is possible
otherwise The other is afraid from con-
5essions already granted the grounds Will
be made impossible for the respectable
element and young people to frequent, Hon.
Berenger yice-presdent of the Senate has
just written Picard an urgent request that
vigilance be exercised to keep disreputable
sideshows out. The letter is countersigned
by many OF the most prominent people and
cannot be ignored. 1t says positive informa-
tion has reached the petitioners that under
the preteXt OF instructive shows, exotic ex-
hibitions, dancing shows and an encamp-
ment OF undressed sayages OF both sexes
were going to be tolerated which would be
an insult to visitors and endanger the pub
lie morals. Picard has not yet answered
but has announced that he will write Ii
lengthy answer giving his views on the
subject. 1t is known that the director
general does not intend to have the big
fair austere or dull. His answer will be
curious reading.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
LONDON THEATRICAL GOSSIP
Sir Henry Irving, Ellen Terry and
the Lyceum Company Sail for
New York Today.

Copyright, 1899, by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, Oct 1i.-(New York World Ca
blegram - Special Telegram Sir Henry
Irving, Ellen Terry and the whole Lyceum
company, with scenes, costumes and all i'm
pedimenta, sail Sunday from the Albert
dock, London, in the Atlantic transport
steamer Marquette, for New York. Tonight
lrVings company, who are playing in Liver
pool, take a special train for Albert dock
where they arrive at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Irving's American repertoire in
cludes eight plays, but this means 600 pieces
OF scenery. There are also sixty or seventy
dress baskets. Altogether, the scenery takes
up 400 tons space measurement. A special
private dining room for Irving and Miss
Terry has been arranged aboard the Mar
quette.
DeWolf Hopper moves "El Captain" from
the Lyric to the Comedy theater next week
where Its successful run will be continued
He promises later to produce THE Char
latan" and Wang"
Mrs. Langtry is doing the biggest business
with "The Degenerates' ever done at Hay
market theater even in the days of the
''Trilby" furore 1t is to be moved this
week to the Garrick
Wilson Barrett, accepting the unfavorabe
verdict on Man and His Makers" in which
he collaborated with Louis n. Parker, an
nounces its withdrawal after seven perform
ances
powerful one-act piece, THE Sacra-
ment OF Judas" translated by Louis n.
Parker from the French Of Louis TierCelin,
was produced with emphatic success by
Forbes Robertson at the Prince of Wales
theater this week. During the French revo-
luton the VOWS OF many priests were dis
solved, but despite the remuneration of the
priestly Office these in times of urgency
heard confessions and gave absoution to
dying men, this was called Sacrament of
Judas. In Tiercelin's play Bernez, an un-
frocked priest, hears the confession OF Comte
Kervern, a condemned royalist, who con-
fessed he seduced a girl whom Bernez loves,
but who had transferred her affections to
Kervern. Forbes Robertson as the priest
gives an intensely powerful picture of hor-
ror, anger and grief, caused by this reyela-
tion, but heroically contrives to escape from
his rival and is shot himself instead.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
TRAIN AND TROLLEY CAR MEET
Collision at Dallas Seriously Injuries
Six Persons. Three Probably
Fatally.

ST. LOUIS, Oct IA special to the
Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex. says: Near
the state fair grounds in the eastern suburbs
a trolley car on the Rapid Transit Street
railway, filled with passengers, collided this
afternoon with an excursion train OF the
Gulf, Colorado G. Santa Fe road. or the
forty-nine passengers on board the street
car nearly all we're hurt. Six were seri-
ously injured and three of these cannot live.
Those most seriously hurt are:
Edgar Crowder, Sulphur Springs, Tex.
r. e. Mabrey, Graham, Tex, probably
fatally
Mrs. zelia Roark, Kosse, Tex, expected
to die. ..n ......-
Henry Struck, West Dallas, injuries be-
lieyed to- be fatal.
Mrs. Beulah Parsons Kosse, Tex, sister
OF Mrs. Roark serious.
An old woman, name or home unknown,
was badly hurt, but was hurried away in a
cariarge by friends.
The other passengers who were hurt were
able to get away wfr-out assistance or the
need of surgical help. The accident was
caused by the trolley car and the train at
tempting to make the crossing, where there
was no iagman, at the same time.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
EDGEMONT FEEDS SOLDIERS
First stop of South Dakota Soldiers
in Home state Made
Memorable One.

EDGBMONT, S. D., Oct. 14.-(Speclal Tel
egram. )-The Black Hills companies, l, l.
and NJ, reached Edgemont last evening and
had a rousing reception. Every citizen in
the town turned out and the depot was
crowded with people. Giant powder, shot
guns and revolvers were turnid loose and all
the whistles of the round house and sta
tionary engines Were footing for keeps.
Edgemont citizens had made arrangements
to feed the boys free of cost and the hotel
had full complement OF guests and served
the best the country afforded. After supper
the visiting soldiers were entertained by the
citizens and mad good time.
Tho Burlington had done everything for
the boys comfort and its services were very
much appreciated by the soldiers on the cars.
The time made was something which they
did not expect and they will always remem-
ber the Burlington. Edgemont was the first
town in South Dakota to welcome its re-
turned soldiers and enthusiasm was rampant
on every side. Children and their parents
were present at the depot and by their en-
thusiasm made the soldiers feel as though
South Dakota had feeling OF respect for it's
men who had fought and bled for the Ameri-
can flag. At O'Clock this morning the spe-
cial pulled out for Deadwood, and happier
crowd of men than those on board would be
have a grand time in Deadwood
DEADWOOD, S. D., Oct. 14.-(Special
Telegram. )-Portions of the Black Hills
companies arrived at 10:45 this forenoon.
pleasant trip was reported. The march
ing column was formed at II, and after
dinner an address of welcome was delivered
at the opera house. At p. IN. the boys
will all go to Lead, where they will be en-
tertained during the afternoon, and ad-
dresses will be delivered in the opera house
Thirty soldiers returned in Company NJ
thirty in Company l. and ten in Company
l. number of Company l stopped off a,
Custer. Special trains arrived from Belle
Fourche, Spearfish, Rapid and other cities
The day is very pleasant
LEAD, S. D., Oct. 14.-(Specal Telegram J
The reception to the returning Black Hills
volunteers given by Lead has been a great
success. Deadwood turned the boys over at
p. m. and there has been a continual ova-
ton since.
HURON, S. D., Oct. 14.-(Special Tele-
gram. Five companies of the First South
Dakota volunteers arrived at o'clock this
evening and were welcomed by 900 people
and afterwards banqueted. In the procession
We're 300 veterans of the war of the rebel
lion, 200 members OF the Woman's Relief
Corps and 1000 school children The deco
rations were elaborate and beautiful.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
MOVEMENTS OF BERNHARDT
Divine Sarah Goes to Vienna to Study
The Setting for n New The
atricai Production.

Copyright, 1899, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, Oct. 14.-(New York World Cable
gram-Special Telegram. Sarah Bernhart
has gone to Vienna to study local color and
create the part of Duke Reichstadt Roste
and's new play, Little Eagle" She OBJ
tanned imperial permission not only to visit
but to sojourn at Castle Shonkburg as long
as necessary for her studies. She also takes
a corps Of artists to copy the furniture and
decorations for setting.
Rejane is now playing at Brusseles She
has once more threatened to divorce her hus-
band, Manager Porel. He took a flying trip
to the capital OF Belgium and returned yes
terday, announcing that the trouble was
patched up. Gintry, the handsome leading
man, of whom Porel has been notorously
Jealous for the last three years, stays with
Rejane's company.
Fanchon Thompson, the Chicago beauty
who sang with such success last year at the
National Opera Comique theater, after an
attack of diphtheria, which threatened her
voice as well as her life, has again come 70
Paris and Is now we'll. Her voice has re-
turned fully and she will sing Carmen next
week, a part which won from enthusiastic
critics the title of "Chicagos Crystal Bell"
Later she will create Mignon and several
other parts. Fanchon Thompson refuses 20
JOIN 1rdlS lorceS, DelLB uhWlliiHB W Idhe
second rank meZzo- soprano before Calve.
Miller Kent, well known American ac-
tor, met today with a serious automobile
accident, He was trying machine which he
intended to take to America. He prevailed
on the firms employe to let him run the
thing, but soon made false move, the au-
tomobile going at a good speed crashing
into a tangle Of vehicles. The motocar and
two cabs were completely demolished. Two
persons werc grayely injured, but Miller's
MOmndS are SliPht-