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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-05-15

written in words of blazing light the
one word "Now." And as he looked
into that calm, awful Face and read
that awful word Mr.. Hardy felt his
soul crumble within him. When the
Face spoke, it was the speech Of
thousand oceans heaved by a million
tempests, yet through the terror of it
ran a thread of music-a still sweet
sound like everlasting love-as If
angels sang somewhere a divine ac-
compartment. And the Face said:
Child of humanity, you have neg
lected and despised me for so years.
You have lived for yourself. You have
been careless and thoughtless of the
worlds great needs. The time of your
redemption Is short. 1t has been grant
ed you by him who rules the world
that you should have but seven more
days to live upon the earth-seyen days
to help redeem your soul from ever
lasting shame and death. Mortal, see
to it that thou usest the precious time
like those who toll for jewels in the
mine beneath the sea. | who speak un-
to thee am Eternity"
Then Robert Hardy thought he fell
upon his face before that awful Face
and begged in bitterest terror for q
longer lease of life.
Seven days! Why, it will be but
seven swift seconds to redeem my
past! Seven days! 1t will be a nothing
in the marking of time! o mighty Pow.
er, grant me longer! Seven weeks!
Seven years! And | will live for thee
as never mortal yet lived!"
And Robert Hardy sobbed and held
his arms beseechingly up toward that
most resplendent Face. And as he thus
stretched out his arms the Face bent
down toward his, and he thought a
smile of pity cleaned upon it, and he
hoped that more time would be granted
him; and then, as it came nearer. he
suddenly awokc, and there was his
own wife bending over him, and tear
from her face fell upon his own as she
said
Robert! Robertr'
Mr.. Hardy sat up confused and trem-
bling. Then he clasped his wife to him
and kissed her as he used to do. And
then to her great amazement he related
| to her in a low tone the dream he had
just had. Mrs. Hardy listened in the
most -Hndisguised astonishment. But
what followed filed her heart with
| fear.
MARY" said her husband with the
| utmost solemnity, 81 cannot regard
this as a dream alone. | have awaken
ed with the firm conviction that
nave only seven days left to live.
feel that God has spoken to me, and
have only seven days more to do my
work in this world"
| "Oh, Robert, it was only dream"
mo; it was more, Mary. You know
| am not imaginative or superstition
in the least. You know l never dream
And this was something else. 1 shal
die out of this world week from to
night. Are the children here? Cal
| them in
Mr.. Hardy spoke in a tone of sucl
calm conviction that Mrs. Hardy wa
filed with wonder and fear. She wen
to the curtain, and, as we have alread.
recorded, she called the children int,
the other room.
Mr.. Hardy gazed upon his ehildrel
with look they had not seen upon hi
face for years. Briefly but calmly b.
related his experience, emitting the de
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-05-15

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p A,,k.sr I and bladder remedy.
\ WYRC e 1t is the great inedi-
III EN ~ cal triumph of the nine
MIN l|i teenth century: dis
UFLI INIIl covered after years Of
,dHFF Ulll scientific research by
u VII E@\BD Or. Kilmer, the emil
sA1- nent kidney and blad-
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wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommendedf for everything but If you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble 1t will be found
Just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
| in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
| every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried 1t, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and EE
send your address to 1sTE::3s$sa
DR.. Kilmer & Co., ,Bing- q Z 81 :Gs
hamton, N. Y. The Sasl!lsssk33& S3 3&
regular fifty cent and Home of sw.mr-Rooe
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-05-15
Two brothers married two sisters and

Two brothers married two sisters and
lived in the same house, and in the
course of human events girl was born
to each of them, making 6 in the
family; but some wag declared there
were Is of them, and being asked how
that could be he enumerated them as
follows: two fathers, two mothers, two
brothers, two sisters, two aunts, two
nieces and two cousins, making sixteen
in all-EX.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-05-15

/ Now is the time to spray your
fruit trees. It is money and
labor we'll spent. Ne perfect
fruit without spraying. We
sell the Myers the best pumps
made. Also it is lawn mower
season.
Don't buy until you see us.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-05-15
CRANBERRY PIE.

Line pie tin with paste and fill
with stewed cranberries three cups of
raw berries stewed with II cups of
sugar., cover with perforated paste
and bake quickly until light brown.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23
Legend of the Topaz.

The topaz is called the stone of
gratitude, and the old Roman books
record a suggestive legend. The blind
Emperor Theodosius used to hang a
brazen gong before his palace gates
and sit beside it on certain days hear
ing and putting to rights the grlev-
ances of any of his subjects. Those
who wished for his advice and help
had but to sound the gong, and i'm
mediately admission into the presence
of Caesar was obtained One day a
great snake crept up to the gate and
struck the brazen gong with its coils,
and Theodosius gave orders that no
one should modest the creature and
babe her to tell him her wish. The
snake bent her crest lowly in homage
and straightway told the following
tale: Her nest was at the base OF
the gateway tower, and while she had
gone to find food for her young brood
a strange beast covered with sharp
needles had invaded her home, killed
the nestlings and now held possession
of the little dwelling. Would Caesar
grant her justice? The Emperor gave
orders for the porcupine to be slain
and the mother to be restored to her
desolate nest Night fell and the
sleeping world had forgotten the En-
peror's kindly deed but with the early
dawn a great serpent glided into the
palace, up the steps into the royal
chamber and laid upon each of the
Emperor's closed eyes a cleaning
topaz. When Emperor Theodosius
awoke he found he was no longer
blind, for the mother snake had paid
her debt of gratitude.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23
d6odJ. SoadabMdM


The Pedagogical society of Prussia
has been collecting statistics bearing
on the often-discussed question Of the
effect Of education on the prevalence
Of crime. From these statistics it APP
pears that in the eastern provinces Of
Prussia, where attendance at school
is not vigorously enforced, the annual
number Of crimes committed bears
much larger proportion to the popula-
ton than in the western provinces. In
the eastern provinces, from fourteen
to nineteen ordinary criminal offenses
occur yearly for each ] 900 inhabitants;
in the western, only rs to 10 per 1000.
A similar difference is shown in Of
lenses against church and state and
public order. Even in the east the
number Of crimes has been steadily
falling off since 1890, when many pub
lie schools were established.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23

Inmates we should build the best
schools and send them the best teach
ers. That is the great trouble with
work, the bright Christian teachers
will not devote their time to these edu-
cational opportunities, The class Is
naturally small, the classroom very
depressing, and the remuneration not
enticing.
Most important Of all, we should
surround them with Christian love-
The matron of a deaf and dumb school
told me the deaf mutes were happy as
long as they were inside the four walls
of the school, but the children in the
street would tease and tantalize them.
AS we help the helpless, God will care
for us.
There is a beautiful story told that
one day a clergyman was visiting a
deaf and dumb school, and the teacher,
having sent the pupils to the black
board, the visiting clergyman asked
young boy there three questions. First,
Who made the world? Immediately
the deaf-mute child wrote, In the be-
ginning God created the heavens and
the earth Question the second: why
did Jesus Christ come into the world?'
With smile the lad again wrote,
This is faithful saying, and worthy
of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ
came into the world to save sinners.
The clergyman hesitated for a moment,
and then asked: why were you born
deaf and dumb, while l can hear and
speak,
"A tear started, yet the lad hesitated
not, but wrote, Even so, Father, Tor
so it seemed good in thy sight
"In that last great day may our sin
full ears hear the words We'll done
For then the dumb shall speak and the
silent lips sing for joy"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23
silencIue Greeley.

After all, the new woman" is not
such a very new institution. Few ad-
vocates of women's suffrage today have
better arguments in reserve than that
which, on one occasion. silenced Hor-
ace Greeley. The famous editor had
thrashed over the question of women's
rights with an able representative OF
their sex. and wound up with the can
tention that in times or war women
we're quite useless. What would you
do" he demanded, Gin the event OF
civil war;" Just what you would do,
Mr.. Greeley replied his opponent
promptly. Il should sit in my Office
and write articles urging other people
to 20 and fight."-Youth's Companion.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23

For several years attempts have been
made at Omaha and Los Angeles to
hatch the egg of the ostrich artificial
ly, but so far these attempts have been
unsuccessful, the difficulty being the
application of moisture. Now, howev-
err, an ostrich farm in Florida. can
boast OF the first incubator-hatched os-
trich in the United States. The In
cubator required forty-one days OF
careful watching; the thermometer
was kept at 40 degrees and the mois-
ture was applied at intervals.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23
Swords May Be Abolished.

The suggestion of substituting a
Martini Metford carbine for the sword
an officer usually carries is being large
" discussed in military circles. The
objection against the sword Is that,
when marching through billy country
It hampers an officers movements In
getting over rough ground, while a
carbine could be used as a walking
stick. thus being a great help and sup
port.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23
SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES.
How the Boer Women Put In Their
Time During the War.

Boer wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters, whose male relatives are
fighting now, are passing through an
unnecessarily anxious time, says the
London Mail. The war authorities at
Pretoria apparently hold strictly self
ish views upon the subject Of casualty
lists, deeming it impolitic to let those
who are bereaved know that their men
folk are dead Owing to the influence
the knowledge might have on others
who are going to the front, the Boer
war office keeps it's secrets inviolate
and does not issue news of loses on the
field. The elder generation of Boer
women will probably be bearing the
suspense in tight-lipped, listless ST.
lence, but the girls who have received
the benefits of education will under
stand how cruel their position is and
fret in impotent wrath beneath the
injustice inflicted upon them by this
reticence. What kind Of lives are
these women leading? In all likelihood
pretty much what they led in ordinary
times. Their farms are squat, two or
three roomed buildings, dumped down
on the veldt far away from neighbors,
in the center of the acreage of land
farmed by the proprietor. They are
wretchedly uncomfortable habitations,
for Boer women are not house-proud.
Formerly no Boer woman received
more than an apology for an educa-
ton and very lame one at that. Now,
however, some of the youngsters are
sent to the convent schools and are
modelled into very much improved edi-
tons of the original Beers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23
Ia, The White People.

The Chickasaw nation requires all
white people living within its borders
to pay tax of 81 year for the priVl-
lege of staying and helping to reclaim
the aforesaid Chickasaw nation. In
addition to this, for every COW and call'
each steer or other bovine the farmer
must yield rs cents each year. And
the merchant must pay l per cent OF
the value of his goods as tax to tnc
Cbickasaw nation.-Dallas News.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23

The present campaign in South ARR
ca is practically the first opportunity
the British military authorities have
had of putting the cycle corps to real
test. The cyclist corps attached to the
Durham light infantry recently covered
a route of ninety miles in one day TOT
the purpose of obtaining information
of the Boer forces, doing some skirm-
ishing on the way. The veldt in dry
weather is admirably adapted Tor
cycling. -Collier's Weekly.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23
Happiness

Mrs. Mulligan-An' what did ais on
ner say to you this morning? Mrs.
Mulcahy-Can't you and your husband
live together without fighting? Mrs.
MullIgan-An' what did yer say, Mrs.
Mulcahy-NO. yer 'onner. not happily.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23
"Deeds Are Better
Than Words.

What does Hoods Sarsa-
parilLa do? The ans1uer
comes full : hroatcd from a
giqantic chorus of healthy
men and happy quomen. III does just
quhat It claims to do" II purifies the
blood as nothing else can. The number
of those quho ansSver thus is legion ard
Their sentiment is unanimous.
Kidney Trouble -"Gnp left me
4vah seVere pains in my back and KID
news. Could not qvaR qufiout support.
/ began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla and
qvas soon reGeVed. Am also cured Of
catarh and indigestion. w. A. reed,
II MoUry Avenue, East Providence, Il. L.
HodJ SaaJqb@M
HEaxssi2s!sSl!E s73lZ!222CI1p
Hoods pills cure liver ills the non.irritating ana
only cathartic to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla:
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23
Il
Million,
Women

have been relieved Of
female troubles by Mrs.
Pi1klsans,s advice ana
medicine.
The letters of q few are
printed regularly In this
paper.
If any one doubts The
efficiency and SacredIy
confidential character of
Mrs. Pirskiians's Methods
write for a book she has
recently published which
contains letters from the
mayor of Lynn, the post
master, and others OF her
CITY who have made caro-
fuiinvesfigafi0H, and who
verify all of Mrs. Pink
hams sta dement's and
cEain,Ss
The PinltiIaE11 claims are
sweeping. Investigate
fiions
THIRTY YEARS or CURES
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-23

I'm fifty-nine cases of deafness re-
ported by the Illinois institution, in
1873, the parents of forty-two were
first-cousins; of nine. second cousins.
Of five. third cousins. and of two fourth
cousins, and of one an uncle and a
niece. And DR.. David Buxton writes;
4 knew the mother Of three mute chill
dren who was the daughter Of a deaf
mute, and the grandfather. though his
own children heard perfectly, was one
of the eight deaf mutes in family OF
sixteen. II a deaf person marries one
who hears, the chances Of their
having a deaf-mute child are three
fourths OF per cent
In the next place. for these unfOr-
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-13
RUSSIAN FINANCES.

st. Petersburg, January l2.-The Rus
sian budget for 1900 shows the following
Revenue ordinary 1858. 745, $50 roubles;
revenue extraordinary, 100000 roubles;
revenue from cash balances at the imper-
ial treasury. 100, ,641 423 roubles; sxpendi-
ture ordinary, 1854. AL go roubles, and
expenditure extraordinary, 1e2, 2,945, 424
roubles. The report Of III. De Witte, the
finance minister. on the budget CLOSES
with an interesting statement on the
high rates and the stripgency OF the
money markets throughout the world.
He proceeds to say "This state OF affairs
is largely due to vague fears Of European
complications and would lose much Of Its
aoutensss II the governing powers of the
world and public opinion abroad would
become imbued with the sentiments
which animate the ruler Of 100, 0o0. OOC
subjects.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-13
Boer Commanders Have Been
Obviously DisIodged.
Must Soon Bring Up Against Boer
Entrench ments.

fused numerous offers Of service made By
Amer leans. Only BritisheTs are allowed
to join. Consequently, he says the report
that several American rough riders have
enlisted In the yeomanry. 10 incorrect
Some Britishers, however, who are al
legged to have seen service In the Amsri.
can army In Cuba have been accepted.
This Duke Of Marlborough has been ac-
cepted by the war office for service In the
yeomanry.
Mr.. Chamberlain has received tele-
grams from Ceyion showing that the leg
islative council OF the colony has voted to
send 1876 mounted armed men to South
A frioa.
An apparently we'll informed corFe-
spondent o. the Nc slning Post, says:
The Boer strens.h, originally $4,000
men, is now hezv.Jv Augmented 0y Cape
oolonists, and the ensny'= iisAting forces
may be estimated fairly at 10000 men
and 206 guns. The Beers srs not com
PEELED to guard their Communications.
Their grass is good, the crops are grow
ing, vegetables, cattle and sheep are
plenty and game Is abundant"
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-13
SAIL IN THREE WEEKS.
HaIifsx's Garrison Ordered TO south
Africa.

HaIifax's Garrison Ordered TO south
Africa.
Halifax, N. s.. January 11,-It is rs-
ported tonight that the Leinster regimen
has received orders to embark at once for
South Africa via England, to be replaced
In this garrison by the sixth Lancashire
militia. The latter will coms here first.
The report lacks off ,ial confirmation at
brigade office, but the regimental officers
claim that the movement will be an
nounced In fe W days.
Latsr-The notice to the Leinster rsgi-
ment to embark for South Africa Is con-
drmed. The regiment IL notified to be In
Ieaiiness to sail with three weeks. The
Lancsshires who repiaos the Lsinsters
will be the first British militia that ever
did garrison duty In Halifax. There has
always been q line regiment on duty
hers. The movement may not meet the
views of the Canadian militia who
wanted to take the place Of the imperial
soldiers on the withdrawal Of the latt or
from this station. A company Of engi-
neers will probably follow the infantry
battalion. The change has.produced . a
great stir in military circles.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-13
KING OSCARS MESSAGE.
Has Good Word to Say for Americas n
People.

Stockholm, January 12 king Oscar,
In the course OF private audience re-
Gently granted to correspondent Of the
Associated Press, dictated the following
message 10 the Soandlnavians In the
United States:
"Tell those Of my two peoples wto
have taken up their abode In the United
States and their descendants, that fol-
low their path with love and interest and
that feel their joys and their sorrows
as II those were my own.
81 am glad to hear that the Swedes
and Norwegians are among the most re-
spected citizens OF your great country.
May 1t always 60 well with them"
His MAJESTY, VINO talked In a charming
manner of events In the United States
and elsewhere. seemed greatly Interested
In hearing Of the evidences OF prosperity
In America, showing himself well In
formed regarding the American problems
In the Philippines and expressed fer
vent wish that the war there, as we'll as
the war In South Africa might soon be
over.
He RETAINED from expressing any
opinion on the subject Of the trouble In
Sweden and Norway.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-13
LEFT SMALL FORTUNE.

Paris. January IAN eccentric
American woman, named Maria L..
Livingstone. eighty years OF age, known
at the United States legation an ! CONSUL
ate for the last twenty years under the
name of Lady Livingstone, has died her
under extraordinary circumstances. She
always dressed fantastioAlly and lived the
life of reoluse. She had two rooms at
the Neuiliy. Her only companion was a
parrot and she always pleaded she was In
reduced circumstances. Not being seen
from Friday, her rooms were broken into
on Monday when Lady Livingstone was
found lying In the middle of the floor.
unconscious, and was taken to hospital,
where she died without rsgaining the
power Of conversation. No will dssignat-
ing her heirs has bsen discovered. The
sum Of 100 francs was found In the room
and tie consulate officers also have in
their possession deposit book showing .
large sum TO the dead woman's credit.
There was no evidence Of foul play.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-13
AN UNINTERESTING DAY.
Nothing OF Great Importance Brought
Out In Molineux Trial.

New York. January 1.-THE procsed-
ings today in the trial Of Roland B..
Molineux fer the murder Of Mrs. kather-
Inc j. Adams. were comparatively un-
interesting. Harry s. Cornish aud Mrs.
Florence Z. Rogers were recalled for the
pur oss Of identifying the glass from
which Mrs Adams drank the poisoned
tromo-seltzsr and for the purpose of tes-
tifying in greater detail regarding the In
cidents whicn caused her death.
Herman j. White, Cincinnati lawyer
and former assistant to the chief OF
detectives In the Ohio metropolis, was
called to identify letter which he OBJ
tained from Van Mohl company In Gin
cinnati. The lett ST Is what is known as
q bogus Cornish letter and contained a
request for "iive day trial remedy"
The witness said the remedy asked for
was "calthos The witness also identi.
ded other bogus letters obtained from the
Won Mohl company, also asking for the
"hve day trial remedy, and signed "H.
G. Barnett
Prof. Witthaus again appeared on the
witness stand and testified In great de-
tail concerning the amount of poison
which he found In the body Of Mrs.
Adams. Being asked the cause of the
death OF Mira Adams, he replied, "hy-
dTooyanio poison"
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-13
GETTING IMPATIENT.
Germany Wants the Bundesrath
Released.

Berlin, January 12.-Thers is still great
dissatisfaction in Germany at Great
Britain's long delay In releasing the
Bundssrath and In sending formal
answer to Germany's protest. A high
official at the foreign Office voiced the
foregoing sentiment when questioned on
the subj sot. adding:
Apparently the London government
has tried to expedite matters, but the
Durham authorities are unduly slow.
seeming TO be determined to open the
last box of the Bundesrath's cargo in or
DER to avoid an admission OF error
The feet society continues to agitats
vigorously In favor Of the naval bill.
It's latest pamphlet, issued today. deals
with American naval regeneration,
praising the energy shown and admir-
ing the manner in which this joyous. Wig
orous and lively nation plants the Star
a-afSgled banner in every mock OF the
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