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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The report of the county commits
sioners from September 1, 1900 to Aug.
ust 81, 1901, is now ready for annual
examination by the committee appoint.
ed by Judge Dow.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

There will be a meeting at the Blue
Jacket school house, continuing one
week, and commencing Sunday, Sep
tember Is at 2 o'clock. Rev. Frank
Roder and other workers will be pres
ent.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

A special Council meeting was to
have been held Wednesday evening,
an appearance, the meeting was indefi-
niEely postponed.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The Y. P. S. c. E., of Walnut Grove,
will hold a box supper at the school
house Saturday evening, Sept. IA, for
benefit of new church bell. All are
invited. Ladies please bring boxes.
EDNA WATKINS.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Don't forget the market to be held
Saturday, by the ladies OF the Presby-
terian church. PatroniZe the ladies
and you are sure of getting something
good.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The Lake township school teachers
held their first meeting at Educational
Hall, Wednesday evening. These
meetings will be held twice month
during the school year.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Strictly good white plates, 5, 6. I, s,
inches. This is good ware and will
be sold as low as 6 for 25c. Half gallon
glass pitchers 15c. All odd glass dish.
es at very low prices.
CARTER BROTHERS,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Engineer Charles Richey is in Lake
View on county pike work. Incident
ally it may be remembered that the
streets OF Lake View will be improved.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The Bellefontaine Stone & Lime Co.
have put in night force at their quar-
ries. The night work began Thursday
evening. The company is overrun
with orders.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

OThe B. c. Body Company resumed
work again Thursday morning after a
two weeks shut down. A new boiler
has been placed in the mandatory.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13
Sprinkle but Once q Day.

On account of lowering of the
water in the reservoir. sprinkling
can be allowed only between and 6
o'clock in the evening.
WATER WORKS BOARD.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Mr.. Ezra Van Horn, who was recent
ly taken i'll at the home of DR.. Griffin,
has recovered, and is in the city today.
He resides in Stokes township.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Sheriff Kerr took Memo Kanagy,
the West Liberty boy convicted of lar
ceny, to the Lancaster Reform Farm,
on Tuesday.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Workmen are now busily engaged on
Kennedy Brothers new building on
Columbus avenue. A fine three-story
structure will give added beauty to
this busy thoroughfare.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Doc. Winner charged with furnish
ing liquor to Perry township residents,
was placed under a bond of $500 by
Probate Judge Mclaughlin Thursday.
His trial was set for September Is.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Mr.. Fuller Wallace left Wednesday
morning for Springfield, where he will
enter Wittenberg College in the Fresh
man year.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Engineer Harry Daily, who has been
assisting in County Engineer Wonders
office, has obtained position in Bour-
bon county, Ky.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Mrs Annie Roberts, of Rushsylvania,
has received a pension under the old
law, of.sl2. Atty. ThomasWright was
the agent
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

A. Il. Henkle, of this place, will ex
hibit 35 Angora goats at the Logan
county fair. Nip Garwood will be the
shepherd.-WestL Liberty Banner,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Judge Duncan Dow commences court
at Marysville, Union county, on Mon
day, September 16. Court will not
convene here until October q.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Messrs. Harry Hornberger, Frank
Milliner and Ora Fulton will return
this evening from a visit to the Pan
American Exposition.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Mr.. David Green's display of Florida
vegetation in the window at Buffers
drug store window attracts much at
tention and interest.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Nellie Ellsworth Shigley Of DeGraff,
acknowledged the stealing of the horse
of Mr.. ALI. Kerr, from hitching rack
in this city, Saturday evening.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Doctor j. P. Harbert removed en-
larged bones in the nasal organ of
Miss Emma Thompson, Thursday.
The operation was entirely successful.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

There was meeting of St. Agnes
Circle of the Epispopal Church, at the
residence of Mrs, J. E. Miller, Oakland
Square, Thursday evening.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Mrs. Claude K. Southland has re-
signed her position as President of the
Ladies' Aid Society, of the Sons of Vet
Grams. Miss Lena Horn has taken Mrs.
Southard's place.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The Lutheran Sunday school Of Wes
Liberty, picnicked at Silver Lake ol
Wednesday.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The report that an admission fee
would be charged children entering
the Catholic schools, was incorrect.
The schools are free.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13
Shot With a Toy Gun.

Mrs Cora More. charges Albert Davis
with shooting her son William, with q
toy gun; hearing before Mayor Cas-
sidy this morning.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Rev. L. B. Albert, of jamestown
Ohio, will preach at the Baptist church
Sunday afternoon and evening.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Fletcher, little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Steen, fell from step at his home
Wednesday, breaking his shoulder
blade.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

EBorn, September IL to Mr.. and Mrs
Frank o. Rhodes, q daughter.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

David F. Houx, aged so years, died
at his home in West Liberty, Tuesday
after a lingering illness of stomach
trouble.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13
Don't Believe 1t

When they tell you there is no Fruit
Cans. See CARTER BROS.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Louis Hatcher aged u, son of ]. w.
Hatcher. of West Mansfield, has dis
appeared from home.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Asbury c. Swimly has resigned hi
position in the Murdock drug store.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The Historical Club met Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Flora
Moore
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Quite number of our Bellefontaine
lads leave for college next week.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The M. E. parsonage at Quincy was
damaged by fire Wednesday evening.
Loss S75.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The c. o. E. club will picnic 8
Lakeridge, Monday afternoon.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The new market hours please the
people.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

Z. Pat Chamberlain was in Spring
field Thursday, on business.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13
Hoods JQrs0DQriU0
The BeIIefontaine and Lima EIec.
trio Railway.

On Tuesday, September 17th, the
directors of the Lima, Lewistown and
Bellefontaine electric railroad will meet
again in this city. All surveys of the
new road have been completed.
1t is stated today that this road may
merge their interests with the Toledo,
Columbus and Cincinnati line.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13

The election board meets September
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-13
LOCAL BREvITIES

Have you paid Tor your REPUBLICAN!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
STEVENS

The Chicago board of educatln, on June
a, 1900, decided to name a parental
school of that city in honor of Alzfua
Z. stevens No person in Chicago ever
worked harder for the interests of the
class which the school is designed to ben
eflt than did the woman who Tied at Hun
house a few weeks before As a child
she was employed in a cotton mill and
then gained practical KNOWLEDGE of the
results OF child labor, while the injury
she sustained to her right hand was a
perpetual reminder to her of the reces-
sIty for the protection Of children from
dangerous machines. After her service
as an officer Of the Knights of Labor
1or more than ten years and her devotion
to the cause of working women and cllil-
dren, she was made a factory inspector
in Which position she did effective work
until removed by Gov. Tanner. 1t was
then that she began to devote her life
70 working for the boys who came before
the chicago police courts. She made
many visits to Springfield in favor Of
juvenile offenders and dependent chill
dren, and it was largely through her eff
!orLS mat the law was established, which
has been SO excellent in its results. and
whose operation is noted BE- every So
cloIoglst who visits the city The per
misSlve law authorizing the board TO
issue bonds for the erection of a trI1ant
school was also largely Ter work The
school board acted wisely in giving her
name to the school, which will be nm
enduring monument to her efforts IN be-
half Of the waits of Chicago.
LOWELL.
James Russell Lowell studied law and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
Longevity Varies
Among Animals.

ring attached to it, recording that it
was put IN the lake in the year 1890; the
ring is still preserved at Mannheim. The
age OF the whale is known by the size and
NUMBER OF the laminae of certain or
cams IN his mouth, formed of horny
substance commonly called whalebone:
these laminae increase yearly, and If the
Inooe Oh computation be correct. thew
lnalcate IN certain cases that the whale
attalns to an age of 400 years.
some KINDS of birds attain a great asa
rne swan has been known to live 19'
years, and it has recorded that the raven an
4 .las eAceeoed that age; birds of prev at.
lam TO great longevity, and the eagle has
Known XII to live 60 and as long as 80 years ears
rneasan MT and domesticS poultry rarely
exceed Z or Is years. A tortoise vas plac.
cd IN the garden ofyffie archepiscopaI
palace of Lambeth In 1888, during the life
of Archbishop Laud,, and lived till 1888
when 1t persisted bF Saccident. Small
pa, n,atraenians. as the toad, are known te
live about is years.
Little Is known of the age attained by
animals OF the lower types, such as ar
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
BogU Can Life BE made a Success?
THE VIEWS OF GREAT MEN OF ALL AGES.

himself with character for his capital
when poverty is your inheritance, vir-
tue must be your capital He became
one of the great philanthropists of the
country. He said his success in business
was due to his ceaseless Industry.
Sarah j. Hale argues, in Iron"
Rugged strength and radiant beauty
These were one in Natures plan:
Humble toll and heavenWard duty
These will form the perfect man.
Nothing is impossible 10 industry de.
elares Fernandez of Corinth. Cowpe,
urges the value of action as against me- G
dreaming when he writes:
Dream after dream ensues,
And still they dream that they shall still
succeed
And still are disappointed.
Franklin teaches the same lesson when
he says: HE that lives upon hopes will
die fasting" An old, unidentified Eng
lish writer says: ''He that is tied with
one slender string, such as one resolute
struggle would break, is prisoner only
to his own sloth; and who would pity
his thralldom?' "Indecision and delay
are the parents of failure" says Can
ming. Representation, which can at best
be called only slothfulnesS, is~ thus dis
cussed by Young: Tomorrow is a
satire on today, and shows it's weakness. y
And by G. f. WeiSSe: Tomorrow TO-
morrow, only not today lazy people al
ways say
Tomorrow you will live you always cry.
In what far country does this morrow
lie?
asks Cowley. In another place, Cowley
says:
Our yesterdays tomorrow now is gone.
And still a new tomorrow does come on
We by tomorrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
''Sloth never arrived at the attainment
OF a good wish" declares Cervantes, and
Ben Franklin says: t'Sloth makes ali
things difficult, but industry all things
easy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
But 1t is Not
Midnight.

Central America and on the continent of
Europe. An epidemic of lynching per-
Naoes this country. Prize fighting is a
great popular amusement New York
loves It, and also can breed race riot
society at Newport defies conventional
tles' social and religious One of the
worst phases of the situation is the de-
Velopment Of shamelessness. First fam
lilies rush into the courts with their
matrimonial troubles, and appear not
able to blush when scenes which Won. d
disgrace those born in and to vulgarity
are portrayed by the sensational papers.
But still the world is much better than it
ever was.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
Saint Valentines Day.

Feb. IA is st. Valentines day. Custom.
more potent than any other authority
to man, has decreed that on this day,
which in the Anglican and Roman cal
endars falls on Feb. A. young folks of
Eoth sexes, and older ones, too, should
exchange missives and epistles, either
comic or sentimental, in which the
folbles Of the receivers or the love Of
the sender are set forth in prose or
verse and in emblematic picture. Now
there Is no custom without a reason.
but the reason for this is not found in
the life of the good saint who is made to
lnoorse the custom with his name He
wrote no love songs. He was a bishop
or pope of Rome, who died for his faith
during the Claudian prosecutions.
Another Valentine also claims a share
In the day, but he had nothing to do
with comedy or sentiment. He was Il
bishop who was choked e,.to death
by fish bone, and in some
countries is patron saint
against epilepsy. Either Valentine
would be surprised to find himself a
lovers saint, should he be able to re-
turn to earth and see the extent to which
the custom has taken hold upon the
people. Cheap postage and printing
made possible the comic valentine. a
hl7eous bit of vulgarity, which is one Of
the tr1bulations of the day, but side by
side with this monstros;ty is The pretty
card, the use of which has also extend
cd to Christmas and New Years
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10

CONSTANT INDUSTRY AND PERSE-
VERANCE.
Fitness and training will prove useless
If there is not in the man the element
of industry and perseverance.
When thou dost purpose aught within
thy power,
Be sure to do il, though It be but small,
is the advice of George Herbert. Rem
Franklin, the first great American adj
wiser of perseverance and industry, points
cut through Poor Richard that indus
try is the parent OF success. IN
dustry is the parent of virtue. In
dustry need not wish ''Indoience and
stupidity are first cousins declared
Klvard Incidence is the paralysis CT
the sleep of the mind" says Vauven-
argues. The hymn writer Watts says:
In works of labor or of skill
l would be busy, too,
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
"He that tilleth his own land shall
have plenty of bread" says the Bible
Health lies in labor, and there is no
royal road to it but through toll" said
Wendell Phillips; and as "a sound body"
is, in spite of the instances in history
that contradict the theory, still regarded
as the only home for "a sound mind =
the preservation OF health is an essential
T9 live Is not to breathe; it is to act
declares Rousseau. Shakespeare urges
both labor and Thickness when he says,
in Henry VI:
Now It's the spring, and weeds are shall
Suffer them now, and they'll oergrow
the garden
And choke the herds for want of hus-
bandry.
William E. Dodge, the son of poor par
ents, took up his residence in New York
city without money or friends. He avoid
ed no labor or responsibility. His en-
ployer could have entrusted his entire
business to him. He began business Tor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
.Nge OF Nmim1aIg.
INTERESTING DATA.

INTERESTING DATA.
There is not great deal known yet Of
the age of animals, es pecially these that
have not been domestieated. The fol-
lowing are a few of the many interesting
points on the subject cleaned from the
latest authorities: There is belief among
the East Indians that the elephant lives
about 300 years. and instances are on
record of the animals having been kept
in captivity as long as 100 years, their age
being unknown when they We're first
taken wild from the forest. Camels live
from 40 to so years; horses average from
20 to 80, oxen about 20, sheep or 9,
and dogs from u TO IA. 1t has been OBJ
served that as a general rule, the
larger types of animals live longer
than the smaller. in the vertebrated
classes, quadrupeds, birds, reptiles and
fishes.
Fishes and animals that live IN The wa
ter attain, in many instances, to great
age. The carp has been known TO live
200 years. Common river trout have
been confined in a we'll 20 and evea 60
years; and Gusnsr relates that in 1857
an enormous pike was caught in a lake
near Hedlbronn, in Swabia, with a brass
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
Millions Of People
Who Live Without It

which IS taken at breakfast with fish or
curGied milk at dinner with broth or
Llleo 1grd' and with milk again at sup
per PEI; ms l nus Sterz is also known as heiden.
anu .,i t,aAes t.le place of bread, not only in
the Steiernarll but in Carintbia an5 =,
many parts of the Tyrol. -
In the north of Italy the peasan+r,,
live chiefly on poleuta, kind of norridea
made out of boiled maize The polenta
however. is not allowed to granulate like
Scotch porridge, or like the Austrian
sterz. but is boiled into a SOLID pudding
which is cut up and portioned out with =
string. Tt is eaten cold as often as it is
eaten hot. and is in every se;.se tn
Italian peasants daily bread.
The modern Roumanians are held by
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10

In England the common people regard
ed Watt as a necromancer. In America
there were a few steam engines which
had been brought from the old country,
but not much was thought Of their work.
ing power.
The power printing press mad not come
into being; printing was done by, hand !;
nor was there any Stereotyping. The
steamboat was an experiment whose sue
cess was greatly doubted; steam engines
were looked upon with grave suspicion.
The plentiful supply CT game in the
woods and fish in the waters was the
good fortune of the pioneer as well as
his chief bane. The poorest need rarely
lack for fresh meat, but the fascination
of the chase was injurious to habits of
industry.
Nails We're made by hand. There was
no straw paper; there were no paper
bags, nor skates, nor steel pens. Lumber
was sawed by hand or hewed with
axes. Coal tar was not in existence so
there were no aniline dyes, nor flavor
ing extracts.
In all the states the genteeI wedding
was usually an expensive and protract-
ed affair. There was no end to eating,
and drinking, and dancing, teas and sup
pers. The guests wer often supplied
with one meal before the marriage, and
then Toasted without stint afterward.
These festivities, on one preteXt or an
other were sometimes kept up two or
three days, and even longer.
A hundred years ago there We're no
medical colleges worthy of the name in
America. A young doctor learned his
trade from an old doctor, and in the
course OF six months study acquired the
art of mixing the big doses Which were
then in common use. There were no drug
stores, with the long array of bottles
labeled with unpronounceable names.
Most of the chemicals now in use are Of
the 18th century
Linen factories had not yet come into
existence; every housewife raised her
own flax and made her own linen
Ready made clothing stores were I'M
known; every housekeoper made all the
clothing used by her entire family, her
self spun the thread. wove the linsey
woolsey cloth borrowed a pattern adj
Justed it to her own notions, and made
every article of clothing worn by herself,
husband, sons and daughters.
The first coin struck off by the United
States mint vas the silver scent piece.
1t was originally intended to add a star
LIZ each new Stdle OF COINS as on me
flag, but the idea was abandoned and
thirteen was adhered to. The first coins
had the portrait of Mrs. Washington,
which displeased the president. and so
the design was changed to the present
liberty head No mans face has ever
appeared on a United States coin.
No patent medicines were employed,
In the spring Of the year people drugged
themselves with huge doses of SIENNA and
mama, as well as of rTIubarb, Of brim-
stone and molasses. Ague was common,
but there was no quirh.e for its allevia-
ton; pounded Peruvian bark, at an enor-
nous price, answered the purpose
There was no morphine, no bromide Of
any kind no choral. There was no
mercy for the sick man BLEED him
until he faints," was the favorite precept
of more than one physician.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
Dark Gm0QQb

THE END OF THE CENTURY.
The nineteenth century went out in
war all around the world. The Hague
conference led some to sing ''Hosanna!"
and to cry, 1.-THE age of peace dawnsr'
Many sat among the doubters, for human,
nature unregeneratcd is the same all over
the world. The Christians are still cut
ting each others threats in South Africa
The Christians are not done cutting each
others threats in the Philippine islands.
The Christians and the pagans are but
pausing for breath in China. Clouds are
rising over various parts of Northern
Africa, and the shadow of revolution is
upon score of nations in South and