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THE NORTHERN OHIO RAILROAD.
Depot North Main street.
THE NORTHERN OHIO TRACTION
COMPANY.
The A., b. g. G. Railroad.
ca

Time Card, Nov. 20, 1899
Cars for Cleveland leave corner How.
ard and Market streets every hour
from $50 a. m. to $50 p. m. and at
1890 p. m. Saturdays and Sundays
$50 n. m, $3.50 a. IN. and every half
hour to 7 p. m.. and S p. m.. o p. m. and
1880 p. IN.
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1 CLEVELAND,
I. 4 q n, esA AfSSSs& SSsSasv,m|| Il

Loing North.
Cfn, Columbus & Cleveland. ''6:05 am
Miliershurg d Cleveland ...s1087 am
Pittsburg, Philadelphia &
New York .*+2:27 pm
Gin, Columbus and Cleve-
land ''4:15 PM
Going South.
Cleveland, Columbus 4 Gin. '*9:5S am
New York, Phila & Akron. .ss11 :15 am
Cleveland g. Miilersburg. s4:45 pm
Cleveland. Columbus & Gin. s*9:O7 DIN
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from A. II. $. in the first four innings.
Friday afternoon, the Buchtei Preps,
very unwisely threw the game away.
At the end of the fourth the game
was s to l in favor of the Props. In
the fifth Orin's arm began TO give out
and at the end of the sixth the High
school boys were two runs 10 the good.
III the seventh Price was substituted
and quickly retired A. H. S. The next
inning was dlnerent, ana seven 4I.sh
school players chased one another
across the plate before the Preps could
stop the onslaught.
Washer was in the box for A. II. S.
and pitched fine game. Polsky's
work behind the bat was first.class
and Cushman carried off the fielding
honors.
ne team batted as follows:
Ofln .................. pitcher and SS
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1t shall also be the duty of this con-
vention to select eight delegates and
eight alternates to the Congressional
convention to be held at Warren, Ohio,
on May 26th, 1900, at o'clock pm.
This convention is called for the pur-
pose of nominating one Congressman
AM. electing two delegates and two
alternates to the Democratic National
convention to be held at Kansas City,
July 4th, and one Presidential elector
for the 10Th Congressional district.
The caucuses in the several wards
and townships to select delegates to
this convention shall be held on Thurs
day evening, May 24th, between the
hours of seven and eight o'clock, at
the usual place of holding same.
BY order of the Democratic Execu-
tive committee. t,
ED. Ii. BISHOP,
Chairman.
Il. NJ. YOUNG,
Secretary.
E. L. King, Trumbull county.
G. r. Newton, Portage county.
c. Il. Humphrey, Summit, county.
Nineteenth Congressional District
Committeeman.
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THE COLORADO SPECIAL.
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Ver I. 20 next afternoon and Colorado
Springs and Maniton same eVening.
No change of carS,' all meals in din
ing cars. AnotheyJast train at 10. 80
-. ~. daily New book, Coioyudo-
illustrated, mailed on receipt of four
cents postage. Cailoa any agent orat
461 Byoad.uay, Neg YorklS35 Vine ST.. Cinoinnati
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stops the Cough
and works off the Cold.
She Revoked the Rule.

Laxative Bromo. Quinine Tablets cure cold
in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price 25c
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for the horses at the picket line. for the
flags that mark headquarters. the commits
sariat. the field telegraph. the field post Of
fee. the A. S. C. the r. NJ A -. the c. o.
and all the other combinations OF letters Of
the military alphabet.
1 rem embered that great army OF General
Buffers as / saw II stretching out over the
basin OF the Tugela. like the children Of
Israel In number, like Tammany Hall In or
ganization and discipline, with not a tent
pin missing: with hospitals as complete as
these established for a hundred years in
the heart of London: with searchlight. hell
cgraphs. war balloons. ROentgen rays, pom
toon bridges. telegraph wagons and trench
Ing tools. farriers with anviIs Major Gen
erals, napmakers. "gallopers." intelligence
departments: even BARRIERS. and press CEN
sors; every kind Of thing and every kind Of
man that goes to make up a British army
co-ps. | knew that seven miles from US
just such another completely equipped and
disciplined column was advancing to the
opposite bank Of the Sand River.
And opposed to It was this merry COM
pany of Boer formers lying on the grass
toasting pieces of a freshly killed OK on the
end OF a stick. their hobbed ponies foras-
ing for themselves a half mile away. guard
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ed by three half-growp Kafiir boys: a thou
ssnd men without a tent among them. with
out field glass; even saw a Captain OF
artillery hold up President Steyn himself
and take his glasses away from him. plead
Ing the greater need.
1t was n picnic. pastoral scene. not a
scene OF war. On the hills overlooking the
drift were the guns. but down along the
banks the burghers were sitting in circles
singing the evening hymn: at the drift the
other burghers were watering the oxen.
bathing and washing In the cold river:
around the camp fires they were smoking
luxuriously, with their saddles for pillows.
laughing and playing tricks on one another,
like children at n husking bee. The evening
breeze brought the sweet smell OF burning
wood. haze OF smoke from many fires.
the lazy hum of hundreds OF voices rising
in the open air, the neishing OF many
horses. and the swift. soothing rush OF the
RIVER.
These were the men. and this gypsy en-
campment was the force. which. for six
months. had been holding back the Lion
and her cubs" IL was holding them back
no longer. for the soldiers of the Queen out
numbered the farmers ten to one. and under
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the accounts Of the siege written by Nrr.
G. W. Stevens, was called Long Tom"
Joey Chamberlain Is new and original
appellatfon for a cannon. but Long Tom has
been applied to big guns before The orig
mai Long Tom had a very strange and TO
mantle history. 1t was-or rather Is. for
It still exists-a forty-two-pould gun of the
old type, which was originally a part Of
the armament of the French line-of-battle-
ship Hoche- 1t was captured by the British
In I79S. and soon after was sold to the
United States Government
The Americans placed 1t on the ship Gen.
eral Armstrong. and after some minor ad-
ventures with barbarians It did good duty
against Its former captors. the British, by
helping to run the blockade of New Orleans
in lsli Afterwards the Armstrong was sunk
by the British in the harbor OF Fayal in the
Azores There Long Tom lay, dismantIed,
until q patriotic American procured permits
sion to dig II UP and carry 1t away, and 1t
was brought to New York City in 1895.
Probably the most famous "personifed
gun" Of the Civil War of 1s6l-65 was the
Swamp Angel" which figured very largely
in periodical literature and made a deep
impression on the popular Imagination. The
Swamp Anger was an eight-inch PARROT
gun. which was mounted on a battery built
On piles In swamp in the harbor of
Charleston. g. c.. and used in the reduction
song long time, and effected much destruc-
ton In Charleston.
At last, however, the "AngeP' committed
suicide by bursting. on August p 1853 Il
was sent to an Iron foundry at Trenton, N.
j., as old iron, and was about to be melted
up when soldier recognized it and directed
local attention to 1t. 1t was rescued from
the dfo Jun a granite PEDESTAL was pro:
up at the junction Of two streets IN Treuto1
- monument There Il remains
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Hillsboro, and soon afterwards I told my
father / had met him and asked what he
thought OF him. Mr.. Bland never was
ELUSIVE in his manner. and my father said
he liked him very we'll. but that he was
as cold as a wagon tire When he found
how much mistaken he was In his judy
ment he had to stand a good deal Of jok-
Ing. because of this answer.
mfr. Bland had at that time the reputa-
ton OF a confirmed old bachelor. and stories
have been published that he had some dif-
f'culty in convincing my father that had
made the best choice possible for girl OF
49, My father never really objected. but
he was away from home when Mr.. Bland
wrote asking his consent to a marriage.
and. as the letter remained unanswered.
Mr.. Bland wrote him that he hoped the
marriage would take place-with his con-
sent, II possible. intimatiug half seriously
that II might possibly take place without
It. My father. who had by this time re-
turned and found both letters aw Waiting him.
wrote that he would not put him to the
test. but would give his consent. As have
said. Mr.. Bland was 81 years old at the
time and perhaps his friends thought him
older At any rate he had a good deal Of
trouble convincing them that he intended
to marry. His own brother would not be-
lieve him at first.
II ought to mention here that Mr.. Bland
had had his romance before he met me
when he was 10 years old and when I had
Just begun my existence in this world. He
was in love with Miss Moore and she with
him, but as she had a sutton VINO was well
to do in this worlds goods her parents
wanted her to marry this man. They had
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no objections to Mr.. Bland except that he
was Door He started for the Far West with
his uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton.
asking the young lady to write to him. He
never received a letter from her. He told
me he believed her parents intercepted her
letters to him. She married year later
and died within a year after her marriage.
His love for her was very great She used
to wear a calico dress. white apron and
white sunbonnet, and he always liked to see
a woman dressed thus. saying they looked
prettier so than in any other dress.
81 copy here a letter written by Mr.. Bland
to me October n. 1873. from Lebanon. Mo-:
"T am no believer in the idea that man
or woman never loves but once he wrote.
for once I loved girl so well that thought
I would never love another. and 1 suppose
my remaining single so long has to some
extent proved that theory. but it Is all ex-
ploded now"
They were married December II. 1873. and
Mrs. Bland accompanied her husband to
Washington. She says: Il spent the next
winter In Missouri, but during our whole
married life did not miss more than four
winters from Washington. and during that
time Mr. Bland wrote to me daily.
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tics as great as that which followed the
candidacy Of Andrew jackson as the first
representative Of the States west Of tho
Alleghanies. To force this revolution Mr.
Bland contributed, no doubt more than any
other single man in the public life Of his
generation. As a result of 1t the Civil War
combination in politics. under which tho
control of the country frequently depended
on buying enough 'foaters' to constitute tho
balance Of power In a few city wards in
one or two pivotal States was broken
forever: Civil War sectionalism ceased to
be the decisive factor In national elections;
the Northwestern States. which had been
admitted to assure the continued suprem-
acy of the Republican party. turned upon
1t and defeated IT. and the narrow issues of
local and sectional animosity were super
seeded by issues Of enduring and fundamen-
tai principles. involving the progress Of the
United States as a whole and of the whole
at large"
Bland was a man who, Though he had
through life the unspoiled sensitive nerves
Of childhood. could work waist-deep in wa
ter in the mines OF the Far West. live
among desperadoes and Indians, and finally
spend a quarter of a century in the public
life OF q period of demoralized politics re-
tanning always the balance, the self-poise,
the sobriety. the simplicity. the good judy
ment and the courage which are natural
traits of indegenerate manhood"
THE origin OF world-forces Is in the peo-
pie. and that only through the utmost pos
sioie freedom OF development for all the peo-
pies of the world. can the worlds highest
possible civilization be attained. This was
the idea which made Mr.. Bland a represent
tative man." says Mr.. Byars. IF in study
ing its development We become capable OF
being moved as he was by a compelling
sympathy for the weak in their longing for
Intellectual and moral strength; In their
struggling: in their aspirations for calm
ness: in their hope of justice and their
anxious expectation Of liberty. then We may
learn not merely to understand his actual
significance in his generation but to see the
impulse which produced him clearly at
work in the present as the controlling force
Of the future?'
"whoever controls the currency and the
taxing power u sovereign. no matter which
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ing chapters to Mr.. Byars's book. She
says:
II met Mr. Bland frs. at Caledonia. Mo-.
where / was attending the Bellevue Col
legiate Institute. He had been to New Or
leans to look into the matter OF deepening
the channel of the Mississippi River by
means of jetties and had come to Caledonia
to visit his sister. Mrs. Goodykoontz. before
returning to Washington.
"Mr. Bland had known my father and
had practiced law in the same courts with
him. When he was first introduced to me
had just passed 1s-being 10 in May. and
this was the 10th OF June. Mr.. Bland was
3S the coming August.
II had taught school when I was only IL
years old and after attending school at
Caledonia. would have continued to teach.
had not Mr.. Bland. as he said. broken up
the school I expected to teach. When 1
first met him at the Bellevue Collegiate In
stitute. the young ladies OF our school
were making Latin notices In eVergreens
for decoration at commencement. The mot
to was I came. / saw, 1 conquered L
told him IL he wished to stay he would
have to help with the work OF preparing
the motto. He did so. staying until we
had completed the work. When school adj
journed Mr.. Bland accompanied me as far
as Victoria. q small town near Hillsboro.
where I was to visit my uncle. Judge John
l.. Thomas. My uncle, my aunt, young
lady friend and myself went to Potosi and
took the train there. Mr.. Bland came out
and helped us on and after managing to
put my friend (who was going TO visit
mel with another young lady. he sat down
BY me himself. Then he wrote - me at
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The English Prisoner Among Billiard Playing Enemies-The Sad

States had gathered in judgment on tho
British nation, and had found 1t guilty OF
murder with intent to rob-
Outside in the moonlight in tho dusty road
two bearded burghers had halted me to ask
Between them on a Boer pony sat man.
erect slim waisted. with well-set shoulders
and chin in air. one hand holding the reins
high. the other with knuckles down resting
on his hip. The Boer pony he rode. nor the
moonlight nor the veldt behind him. could
disguise his seat and pose. II was ~
though I had been suddenly thrown back
into London and was passing the cuirassed.
gauntleted guardsman, motion!ess on his
black charger i'm the sentry gate In W hite-
hall. Only now. instead OF steel breast
plate. he shivered through his thin Khaki.
and instead of the high boots his legs were
wrapped in twisted putties.
When did they take your asked.
Early this morning. / was out scouting
he said. He spoke In SO well trained and
modulated a voice that tried to sec his
shoulder straps.
oh you are an officer?" said.
NO sir. a trooper. First life Guards"
But In the moonlight I could see him
smile. whether at my mistake or because 1t
was not a mistake l could not guess. There
are many gentlemen rankers in this war.
He made a lonely figure in the night. his
helmet marking him conspicuously a
man wearing high hat in a church. From
the blliard-room. where the American
scouts were playing pool. came the click Of
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the form OF government may be. 1t was
for the life of republican institutions that
Benton. resisting corporation sovereignty in
the control of money. opened the fight
which Bland made with even greater force
after him.
I'm 1896 Mr.. Theod 1re Roosevelt declared
that number Of those who were advocat-
ing Mr.. BANDS theories Of public policy
might be advantageously stood up against
the wall and shot,"
THE years of greatest achievement In
Mr.. BANDS life were 1877, when he moved
to suspend the rules and pass the free coin
age bill. which became the Bland-Allison
act; 1894. when he checked the federal
ism OF the Cleveland administration. and
1898, when he forced issues for American
constitutional liberty against the pro-
gramme Of commercial Imperialism, which
had been revived from the Grant adminis-
tration."
Tho principal contests in which Mr..
Bland engaged in his congressional career
were against Imperialism in 1S72-76; in
favor Of the restoration of blmetaliism; in
favor OF the freedom and equality Of the
States and Of the principles Of individual
liberty: In opposition to protective tariffs
and to all forms of protective taxation; in
favor Of facilitating and cheapening dis
tribution through the Improvement of in
terstate waterways and by checking rail-
road monopolies; in opposition to the con-
troll of the currency by national bank cor
porations. and in opposition to military
garrisons to annex Hawaii, Porto Rico.
Cuba and the Philippines"
Nh. Bland has contributed some interest,"
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RICHARD PARKS BLAND
HIS LIFE AND TIMES:
The Story of His Courtship, Told by Mrs
Bland.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
In the last speech made by Richard Parks
Bland in the House Of Representatives, jan
nary 90. 1899. the great commoner says: The
next move Is to put our army and navy at
the service OF England In the prosecution
OF Asiatic conquest, the end of which no
man can see. We have no use whatever
for the Philippine Islards. To annex them
IS practically to abandon the Monroe Doc
trine
Heretofore we have asserted our ST.
premacy on the American Continent; We
have warned the world that we would not
permit any aggression for conquest upon
this continent. We have assumed to control
this continent. SO as to dedicate It as far as
possible. to free government and human lib
erty. We now propose to abandon this po-
sition and start out upon a policy of con-
quest and aggression. and infiict upon the
people of Asatic countries a government
not Of their choice. but compel them to
submit to whatever slavery We may see
proper to infict upon them We not only
abandon he idea Of American institutions.
but what Is worse. We give the lie to the
Declaration of Independence, that all Just
powers OF government are derived from the
consent of the governed"
Again, or colonial Imperialism and the
Spanish War, he says: shall we enter up
on policy that requires immense nayies
and standing armies and that involves the
enormous taxation necessary to maintain
them? II We are to prosecute this war for
such purposes II will be a source of dis
appointment to the people who entered up
on 1t in the interest of freedom and not Of
slavery. Such a policy es this is intended
and is urged by its promoters Cor the pur-
pose of building up in this country a CEN
tralized power Of wealth with big standing
armies and navies to protect this pluto
cratic control. When our people complain,
rs the taxpayers will complain. Of the bur-
Gems thus imposed upon them. plutocracy
expects to be able with military power to
answer their petition, If necessary, with
m array Of bayonets."
In his Life and Times Of Richard Parks
Bland, An American Commoner," William
Vincent Byars says: Between 1872. when
MT. Bland entered politics, and 1899, when
he made his last speech in Congress. q rev.
olution had taken place in American poll
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Boer has lost heart and Is falling back.
leIsurely. as IS his wont, but still falling
back. Before this letter reaches America the
end may have come and the English will
be pumping the water out of the gold mines
they have fought SO long and 50 hard to
win.
1t Is possible that the gold may repay
some few Of them for their losses. but IL
will not bring 700 men back to life again:
1t will not restore the lost prestige OF the
British Army. nor pay for the ill-feeling Of
Europe. nor for the loss of what was once
Great Britain's hope, an alliance with tho
United States.
Never envy a man his riches until you
know what he did to gain them" is say
ing as old as Epictetus. and who Will envy
England her slaughtered. bleeding republics.
now that We see the price they have cost
her!
Except for the excellence OF her trans
port service. II has cost her her former
place as a military Power. her position as
a religious nation. Even her Archbishop Of
Cape Town Is to-day with thumbs down
bowling in the name Of peace" for the
complete and utter determination Of the two
PROSTATE States. 1t has cost her the right
to speak again in the name Of Christianity.
for the chief loot OF her soldiers is the
Bibles they find upon the dead bodies Of the
men they have killed. 1t has given her
Dreyfus scandal OF her own. and by the
light OF the homes she is burning In the
Free State she can read her acts as she
read the Bulgarian atrocities"
This may seem hysterical and unjust. but
II is time. now that It Is too late. that we
should see clearly what has been taking
place while the world sat Idly by. We have
been misinfo-med and blinded by a propa-
ganda against the Boer. a manipulation Of
press and Parliament. which has never been
eaualed in dexterity of MISREPRESENTATION
nor audacity OF untruth. out even by the
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EAMOUS GUNS.

From the Youths Companion.
IT Is quite customary for English ana
Americans to give names to formidable
cannon employed In their campaigns The
most celebrated gun used by the British in
the South African War was called Joey
Chamberlain" after the English Colonial
Secretary, who Is. by the common under
standing. held chiefly accountable for the
Boer War. Joey Chamberlain Is navy
gun, and will 60 back on shipboard when
his work on land against the Beers Is over.
The largest gun used by the Beers in the
sisae Of Ladysmith, and immortalised In