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The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
How to Proceed to Prevent Spread ing the MalRdy.

How to Proceed to Prevent Spread ing the MaIady.
 Tn caring for any contagious disease at home there are certain precautions to be observed by the nurse for her own safety as well as the spread or the disease. Free ventilation is one of the most important items. The better the ventilation the less the chance of contA- zion by diluting the air. To insure this l take a board about foot wide and the l length of the window and slip it under the window opened to admit it. This provides 8 constant current of fresh air through the middle opening between the two sashes and without danger of
 drafts. Then by opening the window from the top 8 short distance several times an hour the room is kept thor 1 oughly aired.
 Prolonged contact with the patient
 should be avoided, and no food or fruit that has been in the sickroom should
 be eaten by any but the patient. The person filling the office of nurse should | never eat without previous and thor ough washing of the face and hands. Ordinary soap and water cleanliness is
 not enough. This must be supplement- ed by some disinfecting preparation, preferably a solution of to 2,OOO cor
 rosive sublimate.
 For the prevention of contagion to others a strict quarantine should be
 established. An upper room should be
 used if possible, and the furniture
 should be as severely simple as is con-
 sistent with the comfort of the patient.
 If there is prospect of long illness,
 two small cots will prove a great con- venience. By placing them close to- gether it is easy to move the patient from one to another when changing the
 bedding and also permits each to be thoroughly aired each day.
 Preferably the floor should be bare,
 with two or three light rugs that can
 be cleansed when the quarantine is re-
 moved. All draperies of woolen should be dispensed with, likewise pictures,
 books or any upholstered furniture or
 bric-a-brac that will not stand disin- fecting. In severe cases an excellent precaution for the safety of the rest of
 the house is to hang a sheet portiere-
 wise before the door of the sickroom
 and frequently saturate it with diluted carbolic acid, so that whenever it is
 necessary to open the door the air pass ing out of the room is purified before
 reaching the halls. The nurse should also be provided with several loose cot
 ton gowns to wear in the sickroom, ! changing them if permitted to go into l other parts of the house.
 Nothing must go out of the sickroom l until disinfected. The dishes used must be thoroughly scalded before sending the tray out of the room. At the end of the disease the room and its con- tents, including both nurse and patient,
 must be thoroughly disinfected.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
THE TURF RECORD.
Satin Slippers will be campaig

Satin Slippers will be campaigned as D trotter in 1901, it is said.
 Ed Geers is quoted as expecting The Abbot to take a record of 2:O172 1n l9o1.
 A. H. Tyson of Wilmington, Del, is Ahe new owner of Forrest Herr, 2:1O, trial 2:O7A.
 Domera T, by Domineer, dam Joseph ane Young, dam of Joe Patchen, 2:O1As won the American prize of 6OOO francs at Nice in March.
 Easter Girl, owned and driven by w. 1T. Smith on the beach at Atlantic City, has defeated Charger Wilkes and Liz zie B.
 O. F. Groff of West Chester, Pa., has purchased the Indiana pacer, The Rec tor. He has shown quarters in 31 sec onds.
 Samuel Leaver is now training Hap py Lady, 2:16A, by Happy Russell, driven to her record by John B. Turner of Amber. She still retains much of her former speed. ~
 The speedy Prince Alert, 2:O2, that holds the worlds half mile track race record over the Bethlehem track, at 2:O6, will be trained by Mart Demorest.
 Bay Star, POS, cost Penn Valley farm $1 800. She won over $4,OO0 in 1900 and was sold for SC, 100 at auction, rather profitable investment.
 A match was paced at Los Angeles March between Hanford Medium, 2:11A, and Electra, a green mare by Silkwood She won handily in 2:1S, 2:2OA, 2:19A and is the first newcomer of the season.
 M. M. Potter of Los Angeles holds the record for matinee drivers on the Pacific coast with the pacing mare Primrose, which he drove recently in a race in 2:151A, 2:141l and 2:13A.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18

rette, residing with her parents on the west side, took the treatment for thirty days and it is thought that the cancer is killed, but it being internal there has been no operation to remove it, on ac- count of the extremely weakened con- dition of the patient, who had been suffering for many months before try ing the remedy. If the dead cancer could be removed the parents are con fident that the girl would recover. The knowledge of so simple a cure must surely be boon to all afflicted with this particularly fatal malady."
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
Boiled water 1n Anc,ent T,me.

Now that the use of boiled drinking water has become common, it is in. teresting to be reminded that 8 sim liar method of guarding against dis ease was practiced in ancient times Herodotus tells how Cyrus had his drinking water boiled and carried in silver vessels, and Pliny the Elder relates that Nero had water boiled and afterward cooled for drinking by placing it in glass fasks surrounded with snow.-Science.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
Snake I.Ae. on Four Goats.

A Penang paper contains an affect ing story of a hungry boa-constrictor ar Relan. The reptile gorged itself with four young goats, one after an- other, and then, smacking it's lips, dis posed his eight feet of length to slum- Der. It was not his dinner that dis agreed with him, but the vengeful owner of the goats, who followed and slew him as he slept.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
India as a Coal Market.

India is rapidly becoming an im- portant factor in the coal market. The output last year was nearly 40 per cent. in excess of that of the year before, and still further increase will be seen this year. Exportation of coal from India has already begun. he coal is found over wide areas.-Indus- trial Journal
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
Born Lucky.

Blinks-Lucky man, that fellow Jones.
 Winks-I don't see how you make it. "Why, he took out life insurance policy for $5,Ooo and died six days be- fore the company failed."-N. r. World.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
Pretty New Hampshire Custom.

mer celebration called the "Old Home Week." especially designed for rural reunions. The meetings last year were held in 76 different parts of the state, and the plans for this year are on a larger scale than ever.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
How to Wipe a Wet Silk Hat.
Had Paid For It.

tThere goes man with very in- teresting history" said the clerk in the bookstore.
 You don't say so?' inquired the customer. How do you knowY
 T just sold it to him. m.''-Philadelphi Press.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
How to Make Cough Cure.

Boiled linseed tea made rather thin and sweetened with sugar candy and favored with lemon juice and rind is excellent for cough. Boil some black Spanish licorice with it.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
On a street Car

Shivering Passenger (sarcastica11y 70 conductor)-How is this car SUD- posed to be heated?
 Much-abused Conductor-Mostly by Rmarks from the passengers.-Bos- ton Courier.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18
SIDE LIGHTS ON LIFE.

The man who is never idle has no time to be mean.
 Probably there is nothing so uncer- tain as sure thing.
 The poor mans story-usually the one next to the roof. -uA Z.
 A small boys idea of forgiving an in- jury inflicted by another boy is to lick him. first and forgive him afterward.
 1t is not the height some men attain that makes them giddy-it is looking down with contempt on the crowd be- heath them.-Chicago News.
 s How to Wipe Q Wet Silk Hat. P Wipe it as dry as possible with silk handkerchief, then apply soft brush. Should any portion of the nap be found to stick together, damp slightly with a sponge moistened with vinegar and brush before fire till quite dry.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18

Sanford Wakely, over 80 years old and an inmate of the Bridgeport poor house for 13 years, has been left a large share of the estate of a near rela- tive in England, amounting to several hundred thousand dollars. The old man was located by his grandson last week after search of several years, and will be removed to his home
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18

While Timothy Hanley was standing over forge heating heavy bar of iron, at the carpet works in Thompsonville, Wednesday, the iron burst with a loud report, scattering the hot coals in all directions and demolishing the forge. MT. Hanley was severely burned about the head and shoulders and one of his eyes were injured. MT. Hanley said he noticed before heating the iron that it was full of small holes, which, it is thought, when put in the fire the con traction with the heat caused it to ex- pand, the explosion resulting.
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18

hysterical condition and a doctor sum- moned. She continued to scream at times most of the night. The police consider it fake.
 Miss Ann Maria Rathbun of New Ha- ven, convicted of the murder of he1 husband, William, by poison, and sen- tenced~to life imprisonment, was taken to the state prison at Wethersfeld Fri day. Her children were permitted to Dld her goodbye at the New Haven jail. Her demeanor at the state prison was not out of the ordinary. She walked into the prison and to her as- signed place without hesitation, and seemed not particularly downcast or dejected by the thought that she has bid goodbye to liberty for the rest of her life. She was put to work with the other female prisoners, her principal duty being the mending of clothes. There are three other women life pr1s- oners at the prison.
 A sure cure for cancer is described in the Putnam Patriot, which says:
 stephen Griggs, of Brooklyn, propr1e- tor of the Mortlake House, has a sim pie and what he thinks to be sure cure for cancer. It consists simply of the common yellow field corn boiled eating the corn and drinking the water. Absolutely nothing else should be taken during the treatment. A travelling man, whose residence is in Hartford, came here and put himself under MT. Griggs's treatment, and in months time the cancer upon his neck had dried up so as to be easily removed, and he is now a we'll man. Miss Anna Sur
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18

Watson Frisbie, a Woodbury farmer, hitched his horse to freight car stand ing on siding at Pomeraug station and left it to do some trading at a will lage store. The car was coupled to freight train which started before Frisbie could unhitch his nag The horse was hauled at a lively pace until the animal broke away and ran over fences and through fields, demolishing the wagon and badly lacerating itself
The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18

The Epworth Leaguers will meet in Hartford next year, at St. Pauls Meth odist church in Parkville. New Haven District, Epworth League, held it's con- vention in Torrington Wednesday. There are 39 junior societies, with a membership of 1 1,635, an increase of I75. The banner junior society was Ansonia with 12O members. Sixty-nine young people s societies have been organized as Epworth League Christian Endeayorers, with membership of 5000, an increase of 287.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-17
M'KINLEY'S BOYHOOD.

To speak at length of William Nc
Kinley's ancestry would be to repeat
facts that are already We'll known.
That he was descended from sturdy
Scotch-Irish ancestors, that he was the
child of William Mckinley, Il pioneer
in the iron pudding business in Ohio
these facts have been thrashed over
again and again.
Though the town of Canton is most
Intimately associated with the name of
Mckinley, it was not his birthplace.
He was born i'll Niles.
The old inhabitants of that quaint
little village claim to remember him.
but their memories are vague, for he
was only boy when the family moved
to Poland, MahoninG county. O. His
people We're not rich then, neither Were
they very poor.
Young William was sent to the vii
lage school at Niles. but his father felt
that better educational advantages for
the children could he secured else
where. Accordingly he moved to Po-
land, and the future president was
sent to what was known as the "acad-
envy in that town.
He stood well among his school fell
:-=s in all his studies, but his work in
:rs debating society seemed to give an
.arsy hint of the eloquent oratorical
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-17
NUMBER IS.

mentally and physically. He had no
physical weakness. He walked with
a decided and energetic step. While
his face had a certain pallor under ex-
citement. it habitually wore the fine
glow of a man in rugged health. He
was frequently seen upon the streets
of Washington and was not hedged
about by the usual pride and circum-
stance of rulers. He was the most
reasonable, the most accommodating
of men. No citizen was too lowly, no
cause too poor to enlist his sympathy,
but with all this he was a business
man. He knew the value OF time. He
would have been unable to accomplish
the work for which he was chosen if
he had failed to husband his resources,
and so it was that he got out of every
man associated with him the best and
most that was in him. He did nothing
| himself that others should do for him.
His cabinet officers were appointed for
| purpose-to administer the affairs of
| their great departments. He required
| of them strict account of steward
| ship; he did not interfere with them
in the discharge of their onerous du-
ties: he called them into consultation:
he required a showing of their books;
he drew upon them for a Strengthening
of administrative policies: he relied up
on them for material and support; his
office was a model in the dispatch Of
public business. A keen judge of men,
| he surrounded himself with efficient
helpers. From an ordinary government
/ III Ise-l,. sra6s nr,A
| methods, the executive mansion be-
came one of the most practical and
helpful of public offices. A position in
the Office of the president of the United
States is today post of signal honor.
highly priced among the thousands of
| such places in the federal service.
Only the sterling qualities of his
character helped him in the dark hours
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-17
OUR NARTYRED
PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY
The Story of His Career From
Log Calm to the White
HOuSe-HiS Life as SOl-
dier, Statesman, HuS-
band and Nativity
He Was Regarded
as a Typical
American.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY

In the tragic death of William Nc
Kinley the nation has lost more than
a president 1t has lost Il man of whom
1t was proud to say, He is typical
American" Just how great is this loss
can best be realized by a review of the
life of our third martyred president.
1t is life which can stand the search
ing rays of publicity, for the career of
William Mckinley bears no blot, re
veals 10 blemish. from its humble be-
ginning to is illustrious but sorrowful
ending.
He was born Jan. %, 1913, at Niles,
Trumbull county, o.
When he was nine years old. his par
ents removed to Poland. where he
passed the rest of his boyhood and
school days.
In 1860 he taught school. clerked in
the Poland postoffice and finally, in
June of that year. enlisted as a private
in Company Z. Twenty-third Ohio vol
| unteers.
In 1862 he was promoted to be COM
missary sergeant and later to second
lieutenant on the staff of Rutherford
B. Hayes. He distinguished himself in
several engagements.
In 1868 he became first lieutenant.
In 1864 he was promoted to captain
and detailed as acting adjutant general
| Of the First division, First Army corps.
In 1865, having been brevetted a ma
| jor of volunteers and honorably dis
| charged, he returned to Poland and re-
sumed the study of law.
In 1867 he was admitted to the bar
| and began practice at Canton.
In 1871 he was married to Miss Ida
| SaXton of Canton.
In 1876 he was elected to congress,
serving as representative from Ohio
| for fourteen years.
In 1890 he acted as chairman of the
ways and means committee which
| framed the bill that afterward became
| known as the Mckinley tariff law.
In 1891 he was elected governor of
Ohio.
In 1898 he was reelected governor of
/ Ohio.
| In 1896 he was elected president of
| the United States.
| In 1897 he was inaugurated presi-
dent
In 1898 he personally supervised the
conduct of the Spanish American war.
| In 1899 lie shaped the policy which
resulted in the extension of our do
main far beyond its former borders.
In 1900 he was reelected president
by a popular plurality of $4,000.
In 1901 he had begun his second ad-
ministration with The establishment OF
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-17
Scoldin= Under DiGicaities.

At church gathering some time ago
a number of deaf mutes were present.
Refreshments were served during the
evening. and in handing Il cup of coffee
to one of the guests deaf mute gen.
tleman happened to spill a few drops
on his wife's skirt. The wife is also
a deaf mute. and it was evident that
she took the mishap in Il rather irrita-
BILE way. She wrinkled UP her fore
head and at once made q series of re-
markably swift movements with her
nimble fingers. The husband. looking
exceedingly apOlogetic. made few mo-
tions in return.
One of the guests, who had noticed
this little byplay, slyly slipped out bit
of paper and, penciling something ON
1t, handed it to friend.
This is what the latter read:
''No matter how badly afflicted, wom-
an can still Scold."
The friend scrihbled this in return:
Yes, but in the present case the hus-
band is luckier than the average If he
doesn't look, he doesn't get scolded."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-17
Children and Theater..

l think even if could be sure of
having an entirely exceptional play
presented each week | should shrink
from having my children grow used
to their presentation, says The Ameri-
can Mother. | have a young girl friend
who has been to the theater a great
deal with a careful father. He be-
lieves he allows only such plays as
will help TO educate her morally and
spiritually. Yet the young girls gov
erness told me the other evening that
1t has become impossible to interest her
charge in any practical work for hu-
manity. She has been educated at
the theater. and people who are in
great distress or great sorrow seem
to her almost like puppets posing for
her entertainment, playing their part.
Occasionally her taste is even offended
because they don't do it more artistic
ally. | want my children to come in
contact with real instead of mimic life.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-17

Of personal suffering which came to
him during the last few months of his
life. All public men train themselves
in the hard school of self control. but
none was more successful than Will
liam Mckinley. The nation still re-
members the calm, patient man who
watched for many hours at the bed
side of his wife and whose unbending
will smothered every outward trace OF
the emotion which tore at his heart
strings. Even in that recent tragic
moment when he had been felled by
the assassin that grand moral strength
of his enabled him to endure pain with
a calm face. 1t was he who tried to
reassure his friends. although his life
blood was even then ebbing away.
Such was the stuff of which our third
martyred president was made.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-17
M'KINLEY's BIRTHPLACE.

civil government in the Philippines
and was preparing to inaugurate home
rule in Cuba. Early in the spring he
made Il memorable tour of the country
from Washington to San Francisco, the
sssrney being interrupted by the seri-
o0s illness of Mrs. Mckinley. With
che returning health of Mrs. Mckinley
te accepted an invitation to visit the
ran-AmNrican exposition at Buffalo.
and II was at the close of his third day
there that he was shot.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-17
MOTHER OF PRESIDENT N'KNrry

republic lost any of its virity? Has the self gov
erning principle been weakened? Is there any
present menace to stability and duration?
These questions bring but answer. The re-
public is sturdier and stronger than ever before.
Government by the people has been advanced.
Freedom under the flag is universal than
when the Union formed. Our steps have been
forward, not backward. From Plymouth rock to
the Philippines the grand triumphant march of
human liberty has paused.
As maxim maker the president
gained fame. and searcbers of history
have declared that monarchies and
aristocracies have produced few
maxim makers, this form of thought
and expression having flourished most
during periods of popular government.
One of the first maxims put forth by
Mckinley in his first campaign against
Bryan was, 1T is better to open the
mills than to open the mints."
The president once sought to win
acceptance of his policy of confidence
and hope by saying. "A patriot makes
a better citizen than a pessimist."
To indicate his confidence in the
course that he was steering the ship
of state, he declared, 1.-The country is
not going backward, but forward"
For younger men Mckinley gave
voice to this oracular saying: Luck
will not last. 1t may help you once,
but you cannot count upon it. Labor
is the only key to opportunity"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-17

trampling out of the grass in his front
yard, even down to the roots, grew to
be a national jest. yet it was no eXag-
geration.
Brief speeches were to the president S
liking. Two characteristic addresses
will suffice to illustrate his methods of
address-one is no longer than Lin.
coins masterpiece ut Gettysburg. and
the other required not more than three
minutes for delivery in his most delib,
crate style.
At Canton, o., speaking of the prog.
ress of the war with Spain, the presi'
dent said:
Our glorious old flag, the symbol of liberty
floats today two hemiSpheres. During the
recent had exhibitions of unprecedented