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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
A Russian Sleigh Ride.

George Fuller vigorously describes
his first sleigh ride behind trio of Rus
sian liers: After spending two weeks
in st. Petersburg in company with the
general in charge of the imperial stud
I proceeded to Krenovol. which is 800
/ niles southwest of st. Petersburg. We
we.e met at the railway station with
| the regulation winter conveyance, a
| low sleigh, with three horses hitched
abreast, a trotter in the center and a
| runner on each side. Then commenced
| the journey to the stud, and | never
| will forget that trip. After we were
seated in the sleigh and were comfort
ably wrapped up in the fur robes the
| driver who drives his team standing
| upright. gave an Indian warwhoop, and
| we were off.
"The first jump took away my
breath. The snow few in every direc-
| ton, and as we whizzed around cor
ners the sleigh would ride on one rum
ner. end | expected every moment to
be spilled out and have my neck bro
ken. The driver never ceased his
! whooping. and altogether l think l
rode faster on that trip than | ever did
before in my life. When finally land
ed at the stud. more dead than alive,
said, No more Russian sleigh rides for
Uncle George breeders Gazette.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
He wes "Ruther Crowded"

"Can you give me Il room for the
night?" inquired travel stained pill
grim as he halted at a 10 by II cabin in
a Georgia county.
"Doggone it, stranger, we uns hain't
got but one room in our shack. but
light. stranger, light an bide whenst
run in an palaver with the ole CONAN y
In a few seconds mine host" ap-
peared at the door.
Powerfully sorry, stranger. but we
uns can't find you uns overnight. Ole
'ooman lows eZ how we uns air goin
ter hev comp'ny, an we uns air goin ter
be ruther up a stump fer room. Ole
| 'ooman an granny air occerpyin the
| fireplace corner, 'Lindy an the twins
hez the next, Bob, Pete an leetle Jake
use the other. an if Lie an his family
show up reckon I'll hev ter give my
corner up ter them. Mought gin We a
| shakedown in the middle of the floor
| but I'd hev ter turn my seven best
coon dogs out in the clearin if | die
that Right sorry, stranger, but yor
see we uns air goin ter be ruthel
crowded tonight."-it,s Angeles Her
aid.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13

Regarding the humorous side Of his
experience as a national bank exami-
ner, James s. Escott, now president Of
the Southern National, says: 81 had
almost completed the examination Of a
small and rather primitive institution
in a mountain town when l found the
balance 500 short. l summoned the
president and cashier and asked for an
explanation. Each scratched his head
and looked wise. Finally the face Of
the cashier lighted up, and he opened a
private cash drawer, counted out 500
in greenbacks and threw the wad on
the pile of cash had in front Of me.
"'That makes it all right, guess
he remarked.
81 asked him how he was going to en-
ter the 500 he had just put in to make
the balance on his books. He looked
bewildered and finally said he wouldn't
enter it at all.
"'You see,' he remarked, that draw
er just went into to make the balance
is what we call the outs and over
drawer. It's great thing. Whenever
we're out of balance, we go to outs and
over to make things right. Then, again,
when the sheet shows more cash than
we ought to have the surplus enriches
the drawer. Funny you all have never
thought of the scheme in the big
banks Louisville Dispatch.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
Dangers of Illuminating Gas,

Numerous accidents occur annually
in the use of gas for lighting, cooking
or heating through either carelessness
or ignorance. The largest number of
accidents probably occur from ignorant
persons either blowing out the gas or
turning it off and subsequently turning
the cock on sufficiently for the gas to
escape unnoticed.
Many other accidents are the result
of the bad practice Of turning down a
gas fame, particularly in a bedroom.
This is always ill advised, for such a
turned down flame may be either blown
out by draft of air from an open win
dow, or else it may be extinguished by
a sudden variation or reduction in the
pressure. When this happens in a
small bedroom without ventilation,
there is great danger of asphyXiation,
particularly so if water gas is used.
Much cali be done to avert this danger
by a proper arrangement of the gas
piping in houses.
Another dangerous custom Is to shut
off the gas at the main service or at
| the gas meter during the night, and
numerous accidents, some of them ia
| tai have resulted from it. 1t is almost
| equally bad to turn off the gas at the
| meter during the Gay.-Cassiers.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13

The late Dwight l.. Moody was fond
Of telling how his picture once did duty
for that of Rutherford B. Hayes. Dur
ing the Hayes campaign big Repub-
lican rally was held in Fort Wayne,
Ind. Everything was ready when it
was suggested that the meeting would
be incomplete without a picture Of
General Hayes. This brought out the
discovery that. although around the
walls of the room were hung the pic
lures of many celebrities of the day.
that of Hayes was not among them.
nor could a picture of him be found.
One of the members of the committee
Oh arrangements was Joe Brimmer. a
sign painter. who had natural gift of
drawing. In copy of Harper's Maga-
zine on the table was a small cut of
Evangelist D. L. Moody. Brimmer de
cided it was enough like Hayes to
make copy from, and in half an hour
he had good sized sketch and labeled
The product Rutherford B. Hayes
II was hung on the stage. and the
speakers of the evening pointed to ii as
they referred to that statesman" etc
Finally the joke leaked out in tine
crowd and almost resulted in breaking
up the meeting.-New York Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
A Way to XIII Time.

81 have hit" observed friend, "up-
on the very best way of killing time.
You know my work takes me on street
cars a great deal. also come In In the
morning and go out at night In the
train. Any commuter VIII tell you that
it is an awful bore. You either spoil
your eyes reading or sit there with
your hands in your lap, looking all
around. as one who has never been In
a car before. Well, I've got the only
real method now. and If ideas were
patentable l wouldn't have to work
much longer" The inventor lighted u
cigarette.
"This is how do It." he finally went
on. "When l get in car or train and
have any distance to go. l get as com
Portable a seat as possibly can. And
then | get all settled and either close
my eyes or look at the back of the
seat in front of me. So as not to in
terrupt the train Of my thoughts, you
see And then"-he paused dreamily-
81 think of what l would do if hat
$4,000 and had to spend it in a week
| That doesn't sound much if you've
never tried it. but just start that trair
Of thought some time, and you'll bs
immensely surprised at the way time
will fiy."-PhiladelpIfla Inquirer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
Can Cats Swfmf

"Can cats swimT' was asked of an
old fisherman.
"Why, certainly" was the reply,
"and that reminds me of a cat once
tried to drown that swan ashore. Sure
ly there must have been hundreds or
thousands of people who have drowned
cats in the same way. but nevertheless
this was an experience of my own.
We had a cat that we wanted to get
rid of, and as humane way as any to
kill it was by drowning. So ! put a
couple of bricks in the bottom of an
old grain sack and put in the cat and
tied the bag up carefully and securely
and walked down to the end of a
wharf. and stood there. and swung the
bag with the cat and the bricks in il
| round like sling until | could give it &
good momentum, and then let it go, and
slung it out to fall and sink in the
water. should say 20 feet away.
81 supposed, of course, that that was
the last of the cat, but the next morn
ing the first thing | saw when | went
the veranda.
| 81 suppose the bag had a weak spot
in it somewhere. The bricks were
heavy and sharp cornered, and swing
! ing the bag round that way started il
more, and the cat was desperate. ant
with the bag that way it scratched anC
tore it's way out and got to the wharf
and clawed it's way up and came
ashore.
"Can cat swim? Why, sure?-
New York Sun.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
A nramatfc Incident.

Mr.. Edward Terry, the English actor.
tells Of a pretty incident which occur
red during a tour ir Australia. "Do
you know what | consider the most
glowing tribute ever received: The
compliment came from a child. There
was crowded house. an intent audi
ence and humor had for the instant
given place TO pathoS. You might
have heard pin drop, and felt the
tension of the house wa:l Il, hreakin :
point The intense silence was broken
by childish voice. a girls. who. turn.
ing to her parent. asked in broken
voice, Mother, is it reai?"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13

The Toronto Globe doesn't take the
proposed Fenian invasion of Canada
very seriously ARMS" it says. have
been stored at Omaha ever since the
Fenian raid of 1866 That is the bitter
ness of it-that we are to be the targets
Of guns 33 years old, Willie sn South
Africa the very latest and smartest
things in guns are in common use.
Nothing so mortifying to the national
pride has happened since it was sug-
gested that our fourishing lake ports
were to be bombarded by that floating
wOodshed, the Yantic."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
Clever Ciay.

When Henry Clay was stumping
Kentucky for reelection, at one of his
mass meetings an old hunter of wide
political influence said:
"Well. Harry, I've always been for
you, but because of that vote"-which
he named-''I'm goin ag'in you"
"Let me see your rife" said Clay.
1t was handed up to him rs she
good rife?"
"Yes"
"Did she ever miss fireY'
"Well. yes. once.
"Why didn't you throw her away?"
The old hunter thought moment
and then said. "Harry. I'll try you
ag'in."
And Harry was p!ectad.-San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
A Pig For an Emblem.

The emblem Of the county Of SUSSEX,
England, is a pig-a pig with amazing
ears and long legs. The peasants have
a way of making little pigs out Of clay
and selling them for 2 shillings to the
ever straying tourists. 1 have one be-
fore me now, standing on his tail, ap-
parently trying to swallow half a box
Of matches. Across his forehead il
written the Sussex motto, "He won't
be druv.' So, you may have inferred,
| a pig in the county is not looked upon
rs particularly desirable citizen.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13

The Chicago Tribune the other day
printed two significant pictures under
the heading, "The Return Of the
Horse" The first was reproduction
of a photograph taken in one Of Chi
cago's parks year ago and showing
only hundreds of men, women and
children on bicycles. The second, TAX
en- at the same spot during the balmy
days Of last November, showed simi-
lar collection of persons on horses and
not q bicycle to be seen.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
In the Dark Ages.

"In the middle ages people must have
had more time than we do now"
Flows that?'
"Weil, even if the days weren't Ion
ger they had more knights"
phia Bulletin.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
What to DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed. that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root. the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back. kidneys, liver. bladder and every part
Of the urinary passage. 1t correc.s inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
It, or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer. and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to 60 often
during the day. and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp.R0ot is soon
realized. It stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in Soc. d$l. sizes.
You may have sample bottle of this
and a book that tells asli5s1s z::EEsh
more about It. both sent .:.;;eE;
absolutely free by mail, as1slsssss@ @ @
address DR.. Kilmer & Home of swsmpRoos
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men
ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know It.

How To Find Out.
Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let 1t stand twenty-four hours; q
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-13

sediment or set
tling indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
neys; If 1t stains
your linen 1t Is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass It or pain in
the back is also
The colored American., 1900-11-17

hos hen anpointed Adjutant, and Aide
Camp, D Dspartment of Massachusetts,
Grand army Of the Republic.
Mr. W L. Reed, who wss at one time
mombar of the Massachusetts legisla'
+rra is at present first assistant In the
Tax collectors eff ,e of Bosom.
The Georgia legislature now in ses'
s;on has two c0lored members-one sn
old man. the other young map-who
ba. gone through the colleges.
Hon Geo Il White, the present lone
manbfr of ours in G pngress, retires in
March. III He will probably practice
law In Wa ellington City or New York.
Reonhioans put no seven Congress
men in South Carolina, in the recent
csmpsign, three Nf whom were Ne
gr1es OF rolr-a they were ut.counted.
Nnvembar 10 h was Negro day, at
tba AIsbsma state fair. Nv. Albert
Tahnst0u is Negro Commissioner. 1t is
said that the Negro exhibit surpassed
that OF the whites.
There w're soma signs of race riot
in Pennsylvania the dsy after Mr.. Nc
KInley's Isndslide but calm judgment
on both sides soon brought the difficult
ty to s speedy end.
The largest dry goods establish
ment owned and controlled by col
Ored man is in Montgomery, Ala.
Mr.. J. W Adams is the proprietor, as
well as of one at Decatur, Ala.
Harvard's foot ball team has q col
Ored coach in the person Of Mr.. W. Fl.
Lewis The managers OF that excellent
team, through the press, gave Mr.. Lew
Is the credit. for Harvard's recent vic
tory over PensY."
The Farmers Ina provement Society
Of Texas is an institution doing much
good throughout that state, and it's in
hleDce is felt in sister states. Hon. r
L Smith, ex'member of the Texas leg
iSsture, is president.
Political Cffices will be the charms OF
every colored sidewalk orator for lev
elyesr to come, aud we are glad to say
that the race will be recngniZ d by the
turning down of a great lead of them,
VINO can't pronounce the word Negro
There sre two colored men to day
Wao are IGternal Revenue Collectors
10 states where the revenue is high,
and it pays to hold the positions. Col
h. A Rucker Of Atlanta, and Gem
Joseph E. Lee of Florida, are the men
True bills have been found against
lhe registrars in North Carolina, who
refused 20 register Negro voters when
The Constitutional amendment was be
lore the people in August last. The
tfal Is set for March N efforts have
been spared by the courts to bring these
u:urpers to justice
Nine J. A. S nallwoed of Washing
ION, d. g., is probably the most pregres
slVe dressmaker in the ely. The sys-
Fam she teaches is one most sim
PIE and thorough. The child can easi
ly understand its working, and yet IN
all 1t Is complete. Mrs. Small wood has
proven herself to be the mistress there
OF Several institutions have adopted
hef system for the dressmaking depart
ments, and others still have the system
under sdYisement
The colored American., 1900-11-17
The Saturday Evening Glass.

To night at 8. 80 o'clock Mr.. Clarence
O. White, our popular young violinist,
and Miss Nettie Murray, who is known
very widely for the sweetn ess OF her
voice, are scheduled to appear as solo-
lists during the intermission at the Pri
vate Saturday Evening Dancing Glass.
This is only one of the excellent bills
by which the managers are making
their class attractive and it is quite the
thing now among the elite to appear for
a while every Saturday evening at this
class. Last Saturday Miss Mary Mason
OF Corcoran street., was warmly re
cefved as the solo1st of the even ing.
Her rendition Of high art selection
for the piano was 30 roundly applaud
ed that she was forced to responded in
an encore, which turned out to be the
popular Sslome. " Among those pres
ent were Misses May Brown, Ellen
Lucas, Revells, Guida Shepherd, Mar
ion and Grace Green, Effie Simmo ns,
Minnette Williams, Randall, Ella Jen-
nings, Ida Washington, Luella Brown,
Gsrtie Clark, Viola Collier, Louisa Nc
Kinney, Louise Smith, Julia Davis,
Eva Hunt, Malvan, Mr.. and Mrs Nor
gan Hcusar, Messrs Howard James,
Scott, Williams, Carper, Miller, Holmes
Jackson, Claude Young, Howard,
Campbell, Bannister, Johnson, Smith,
Smallwood and great many others.
Next Saturday Miss Jeanette Tay-
lor and Mr.. Andrew Payne are to be
the artists. Ladies are admitted by
card only, the same to be had from Mr.
J. G. Waters, the business manager.
The colored American., 1900-11-17

the book. The photographs teach q
lesson which mere reading could not
DO. The work of the graduates of this
famous institution is given briefly, and
the price the press of this and other
countries place upon Tuskegee and its
principal forms an important part of
the work. Withal it is q good book
treating great subject.
The colored American., 1900-11-17
AMONG THE BOOKMAKERs.

Nesro AutnOrs, 1S well nnOer way
and he hopes to have it before the pub
lie rt an early date. 1t will be one of
the interesting books of the comirg g
season.
The book of Negro dialect of this
season, and they have become a yearly
surprise, has appeared, and is known
as :'S'ringtown on the Pike" The
author, John Uri Lloyd, Is a man of
science. The story is beautiful one,
destined to be favorite With the
America people The Negro dialect is
the most beautiful rart of the volume,
though the dominating character, Cupe
an o|den time darkey, must attract the
interest and sy sympatby of the reader.
The outlook for its success is above the
ordinary.
The November number of the South
ern Workman has made it's appearance
and is fully in keeping with the high
order Of that ,urnsl. A most interest
ing paper on industrial Training for
Whites, " by Lyman Ward Of Alabama.
"Negro Crlminality," by Hon. J. II.
Smyth, "An Appeal for Justice". by
Mr.. Herbert Welsh, sfe all instructive.
Prof. Kelly Miller has paper in this
number. It is brimful of reading which
is indeed inspiring and helpful Mr..
Charles w. Chestnut has one of his
characteristic stories, "Tobe's Tribula-
tions."
We have before us pamphlet on the
recent race riot in New York City 1t
Is a comprehensive statement of the
cause Of the riot. the brutality Of the
police of that city and ths proceedings
80 far before the courts. tbs something
which should be In the home of every
Negro in America. The press COM
ments of the papers in New York and
outside are worth reading for the study
of American institutions alone. The
& fiji ,ers Of the Protective Association
arising from the riot are among the
best Afro Americans in New York, w.
II. Brooks. D D., is president and 7.
Thomas Fortune is chairman OF the
executive committee. MIR. Frank Moss
the we'll known and brilliant New
York lawyer has beeu employed as at
torney for the organization. This psm
phlet can be had for 25 ets., address W.
H. Brooks, New York.
STORY OF THE BLACK BELT.
One of the most interesting books of
the season is one just issued by Small,
Maynard & Company, Boston. The
work is by Max Bennett Thrasher, and
it ia on Tuskegee. The introduction is
by Principal Booker T. Washington.
Mr.. Thrasher Is thoroughly abfe to
write or talk about Tuskegee, since ne
has made the work a special study.
His pers onal contact with the principal,
teachers, students AID graduates lends
his work broader scope. The story OF
it's beginning a7d success may be more
deliberately told, but it can never be
palmer, simpler OF more truthful. The
photographs alone of the students at
work. of a successful graduate CT OF q
| most sympathetic likeness Of delegate
to the great Negro conference, ls W orth
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-22
REDUCED RATES TO CHARLES
TON.

For the meeting of the National
Educational Association at Charleston,
S. G., July 7-1S, the Pennsylvania
Railroad will sell excursion tickets
from all stations on its lines to
the round trip, plus $500. Tickets to
be sold July 8 to s, inclusive, and to
be good to return until September l.,
inclusive. On the return trip stop
over will be allowed at Washington
on deposite of ticket with the Joint
Agent and onpayment of fee of $1.00.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-22
The Truthful Manager,

Business manager of great London
newspaper to clerk:
George take down an advertisement
as l dictate it, and then send it up.
Ready? All right-'Wanted, man for
pleasant indoor position. Short
hours, light work, no experience neces-
sary, place permanent; salary, $1,000 a
year. Answer in own handwriting.
Millionaire, Great Daily Office"
Clerk have it down, sir, and will
send it to the printers at once.
Business Manager "a week later
George, how many answers were re-
ceived in reply to that advertisement?
Clerk-Eighteen thousand.
Business Manager ian hour later
Good morning, sir. What can we do
for you, sir?
Seedy Individual - What do you
charge for an advertisement for situa-
ton wanted?
Business Manager-Our charges are
high, shillings line, but you must
remember the vast number of people
we reach. Why, sir, in reply to one
single advertisement inserted last week
there We're received $4,000 answers
London Tit-Bits.