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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
Round Pes. I. sa..r. He,e..

A great deal Of misdirected effort In
this blundering world Is due to the fact
that people are compelled to engage In
work which they dislike. when just
arounI the corner. SO TO speak. is work
which they might love. Ambitious par
epts decree that the lad who would
make a painter. whose eye for color
and form Is true or whose soul responds
and fingers thrill to the vibrating
chords of melody. shall instead enter a
counting room and be apprenticed to a
business for which he has no aptitude.
Similarly. a boy who would succeed
I'm farming or In the carpenters shop
is destined to liberal profession and
compelled to undergo a long course OF
training for this. which. owing to his
lack Of fitness. is almost -abortive in Its
results Half the failures and defeats
In life may be attributed to the placing
OF the round peg In the square hole.
Men and women are forced to work at
that which they dislike and which does
DOT enlist their highest powers.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
a SERMON TO SUIT.
The Folks who Paid For the Dis
course Got What They Wanted.

The Folks who Paid For the Dis
course Got What They Wanted.
Many Maine people who live In q
certain part Of Cumberland county will
well remember one Abner-so he was
always called In his town. Abner was
the wit OF the village. and he was
commonly selected to take charge OF
funerals because he was about the
only man In town who had time hang
ing on his hands. A citizen died a man
who never amounted to much. who
was never positively wicked. because
that would have required more of an
effort than he WAS willing to make.
He was. however. far enough from be-
ing good citizen. and Abner knew Il
as well as anybody else
Abner was requested to ask certain
minister to conduct the service. and he
hitched up his old horse and drove to
his house. The minister said he would
attend and then tried to get little In
formation concerning the late lament
ed
-what sort Of a man was he7" he
asked
well, about the same as no sort Of
4 man at all" replied Abner frankly.
81 suppose his loss will be deeply
felt in the communityr' said the min
ister
They're all bearing up well under
It." said -Abner slowly.
WAS he ChristianT asked the
minister.
-'If he'd been accused Of II. the YER
dict would have been not guilty and
the jury wouldn't have left their seats,"
replied Abnsr cheerfully
Did be attend churchY' asked the
minister bit anxiously.
Il never heard OF his doing II" said
Abner.
How did be der continued the
minister.
Just the same as be lived. sort Of
naturally" said Abner.
Il don't see bow I'm to preach much
Of q sermon under such circumstances"
said the minister.
The peighbors al said they didn't
think they wanted much OF sermon,
and 30 they sent me over to see you"
said Abner
The minister pocketed his wrath and
i've dollar bill and after the funeral
the satisfied Abner said. well. we got
just what we wanted, b'gosh- Lewis
ton Journal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18

You hear often from car window OBJ
servers of the 'dreary" desert, the
hopeless" the "cheerless" desert. but
the desert deserves none Of these adjec-
tives. II is dreadful. IL you wish. in
the way In which II Furnishes the igno-
rance and presumption Of those who
know not the signs of thirst: 1t some
times is awful In Its passions Of dust.
torrents. heat: IL is even monotonous
to those who love only the life Of
crowded cities-but It Is never dreary
or cheerless. Hopelessness may well
apply to the deserts Of Mulberry street
and Smoky hollow. with their choked
and heated tenements, their foul odors.
their swarms Of crowded and hideous
human life. but the desert Of the arid
land is eternaliy hopeful. smiling,
strong. rejoicing In itself. The desert
is never morbid In Its adversity. On
the other hand, II is calm and sweet
and clean-the cleanest OF all land.
Not till man comes. bringing his ugly
mining towns and his destructive
herds. does II bear even the vestige Of
the unclean. the dreary, the unpie-
turesque.-Ray Stannard Baker In Gen.
tury c'The Great Southwest'J.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
FORAKER PRAISES
PRESIDENTS ACTS
Declares Presidents Course in
Attacking the Trusts q
Wise Cne.
DEMOCRATS HAVE NO CHANCE
Senator Says Philippine Debate
Turned the Tide Of Sentiment
Against Them.
DEMOCRATS HAVE NO CHANCE

Washington, d. e, July lO senator
Foraker returned to Washington today
for stay OF q few days. He will leave
early next week for Ohio, and expects
TO enter the campaign there as soon Is
IL Is opened.
Two or three months ago, " said the
Senator, chatting shout political mat
tsrs, II thought there was . possibility
Of the election Of Democratic House
of Representatives this fall. I sm now
convinced that there is no likelihood Of
this result. There has been = great
change In public sentiment In the past
few weeks. My correspondents shows
It. There Is Q better feeling among
Republicans everywhere. The party is
solid and determined 70 make an ag-
gressive fight
.swhat has caused this change Of
sentiment?
"Well. the tide turned In the Phil
ippine question. for one thing. At first
the Democrats had the best Of IL ap-
parently, with their stories of the
water cure and OF the alleged cruelties
of General Smith. When Congress ad-
iourned. however, We had the best Of
the argument II was shown that the
water cure WAS administered only In .
few isolated cases, and General Smiths
order-if It was ever issued-is nov ac-
cepted IS having been occasioned by
the necessities Of tie case. The debate
on the last day Of Congress, when SEN
ator Spooner engaged In . discussion
with Senator Carmack and other Dem
ocrAIs. Was entirely In our favor.
Wouldn't lndorse Them.
sThe Democrats were In the position
OF having attacked the army, and the
American people will not indorse an
assault upon their soldiers In the field.
The discussion has given the country .
. better understanding ofthe conditions
In the Philippines, and has been 70 our
Advantage.
''Have you noticed what IL being
done BY the President In regard TO the
trusts?
"Yes. and I think the President has
acted wisely. His position In regard 70
the railroad merger was the proper Que
and he struck popular chord when he
proceeded against the Beef Trust. Oh
all the trusts that are odious . trus,
that raises the prices of food products
Is the one most to be condemned. l do
not believe that all trusts are injurious
TO the public.
"The Sugar trust, for instance, gives
us sugar at reasonable price, and the
Standard OIL Trust has certainly
brought down the cost Of oil to mini
imum rate. In fact. the Beef Trust Il
one of the few combinations which has
brought condemnAtions upon itself
The President, however, Is manifest
ing his purpose 70 protect the people
against Injurious combinations, ha'
shown that the Republican party is u
be trusted for remedical legislation
Before the campaign Is over IL will b
very plain TO the people that the ad
ministration proposes to act conserva
lively, and yet with vigor. along thu
proper lines."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18

II you are nervous-if you lie awake
during the hot nights Of summer-can't
sleep-get up In the morning bedrag-
gled-you need Hagee's Cordial Of Cod
Liver Oil-the cod liver oil without
grease or unpleasant odor. Hagee's
Cordial establishes nerve strength
makes perfect digestion and assimila.
ton possible-perfect rest and refresh
ing sleep follow. Hagee's Cordial Of
Cod Liver Oil is . thin fluid agreeable
taste-welcome to the weakest stomach
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
An Important Deep
Well in Wyoming.

Recent advices from Wyoming report
the completion of the deep we'll at Cam
bris, in that State, which has been In
progress for several years for the local
water supply at that place. This well
was started as an experiment, at the
suggestion of the United States Geo
logical Survey, as water-besring strata
were lot definitely known to exist in
the region. Early in 1900 q depth Of
l $40 feet was reached without finding
water, but recently an excellent supply,
with a pumping capacity Of 200 gallons
per minute, has been developed at
., lis feet, distance Of almost one-half
mile from the surface.
Cambria Is coal-mining community
on the western slopes Of the Black
Hills. The coal measures in which 1t
is located are estimated to cover an
area of ten square miles and to have .
productive capacity Of 10000. 900 tons
The experiment is,s therefore. ex-
tremely important, as It not only throws
needed light on the underground water
conditions in all the older formations
on the western side OF the Black Hills,
but also indicates that water supplies
may be obtained 10 wells over q wide
area OF surrounding country. The
prospects and depths Of these water:
viii be shown on maps soon To be pub
lished by the United States Geological
Survey.
n. ii. Darton, OF the Geological Sur
vey, has spent several seasons in an in
lvestigstion of the water resources o
the great plains region and has founs
that the sandstone strata underlyin,
the plains are upturned on the flank
of the Black Hills and there receiv
most of the water from surface streams
which finds its way through their por
Gus material and appears in the artesial
and other wells in Wyoming and tn
Dakotas.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18

sI am glad they moved away" re-
marked the good housewife. speaking
of q family Of borrowing neighbors
who had just left the neighborhood II
was willing to lend them q loaf OF
bread occasionally or half dozen eggs
or the washboard or the lemon
squeezer. but when they got down to
sending the little girl over to borrow
pennies to give the organ grinder I
began to think 1t was nearly time to
draw the line. and, to cap the climax.
one day they actually asked me to
come over and take care OF the baby
while they went out to do the shop
pinR!'
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
HAMILTON Ros-

kTTORNEY-AT-LAW and Real Estate
~ Agents. once in the Hamilton Building.
east Of the logan House. Beliefontsine. Ohio
Particn "A 1t enrion given 10 collections aud
settlement e estates VIII practice In state
aud u s. Courts All business promptly at
tended to-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
nowENsTlSH s HUSTON.

A THORNEYs and Oounselsrs at Law. Belle
n fontalae-. Ohio- Particular kttenfton
given 70 collections and settlement OF estates
Once In the Watson Building Entrance on
Maiu atre@t.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
yeHs uoysp.

"A TToRNEY AND AT LAW. Special at
n tenrion given 10 settlement OF estates
collections and loans VIII practlce IA state
and u : Costrt-. Office and ). Lawrence
Block. Beliefouraine, Ohio
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
SPAN $. soUrnARD.

TFoRNEY-AT-Lw- Special attention
a given To abstracts Of title, loaning money
aud drafting OF all legal instruments Prompt
attention. paid to all business left With him.
O0lIecfi0ns- IRE and life insurance once
Sautb Maia street over ]. NJ Abraham 4 Co.'S
grocery.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
pRw. a. srNcHcoms,

DHYsIeIAN and surgeon. Special attsn-
Il fion given 10 diseases OF the ey<s and nt-
ting gsksses- East Columbus Avenue. Belle
ontafne. Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
Cruelty.

Bill hear q man In town was ar
rested today for cruelty to animals.
Jill-Is that so3
"Yes: the fellow had Q tapeworm,
and he refused to feed it"-Yonkers
Statesman
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
A. LAY MILLER.

A ATroRNEY-AF-LAw- special attention
N given 10 collections and settlement OF
estates Rooms and y. Empire Block. Belle
font2ine. Ohio
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
W. W. RrDpLE.

Ir1oRSEy and Counselor At Law. omcs
tafne- Onio-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
DIR. cARR,H RIcHEsoS.

OFFICE 10 n. Main So. Residence 10 N
~ Main St Ofice hours 10 II n M, 10 l.
and 70 D m Particular attention given 70
diseases Of women
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18

mo. suh," said Mr.. Erastus Pinkly,
81 nebber sold my vote to nobody"
"But that candidate gave you -"
"Yassir. doesn't deny dat He JeS
come along an gimme dat two. an
when q gemman comes along an gives
you $2 fob nu61n' II amt no mo- dan
common reciprocity to vote foh i'm foh
nufin'."-Washington Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18

Light mortals, how ye walk your ifs
minuet over bottomle<s abyssea, d.
vidsd from you by . nlmECarlyia !.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
DR.. w. n. @TLASD.

PHYSICIAN AND sURGEON-Oface 80
@Coart Street. Hubbard Block residence
3is East ChillIcothe. General practice OF
medicine
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
IUTHER B. s1oUaH
DICKINSON & sroUGH.

A TToRNEYS-AF-LAw. Be4lefoutaine. o
- Home funds 10 lean in large or small
amounts on rez.s estate or personal security
Special attention given TO oftice practice
Rooms As. Powell Block.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
DR. J. n. WILSON,

HoNEoPATHfsT- Special attention given
i - diseases OF the Nose and Throat Once
On South Main street. BsAetontaines o.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
DR.. G W. HHFFNHR.

PHYSICIAN n and Surgeon No. If6 East Co
-Iumbns Ave. Treatnleut of the Eyes and
fitting gIasses for detective vision. aspecialty-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
Iw YOUNG. Mn

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon General prac-
z tice Of mesIscineS Have special test
lenses for accurately fitting glasses for those
VINO need them Oiice lZ5 West Columbus
Ave Residence, ~ East Sandusky Ave
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
Complete HumOur Cure, ST.

CUrfCURA soar (25c-). to cleanse the skin OF
cfusts and scales. and soften the thickened
cutiele. cUrIcuKA Uf~rMExr t5oc-l, to in
sfAnxiy allay itching and Inflammation. and
soothe and heal. and CurrcuRA kfsoLskSr
PILLS (25c-l 70 coo, and eieause the blood
CUrscuak REsoLsExr PrLrs Chocolate Co>feD
are . new tasteie=s. odorie>s, economical sub
stitute for the eelebr.ted liquid CurscuRk RE-
ooLxxuf - well - Tor all osher blood purifiers
and bumour cures In screw-cA cap viais. contain
ing % does. price. 25c-
A. shroaxAaus tn< ws<sd Brf~A Depot. g-A
cRarszhsuss g, Ls.1ea.. frrseh Opt. kne q
Esopa, nos1nn. U = A.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-18
Harry q. BUTCHER.

nENTIsT. Special attention given to al
DoperatiOns upon the natural teeth Crow
and Bridge Work a speciality
Office iiszs $ Main St. Opposite court house
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-16
Whom Time Hangs Heavily.

Time is never wasted until 1t hangs
heavily on our hands"-when you are
neither working nor enjoying yourself.
There may be times when 1t suits
ones mood to loaf and invite ones
SOUL" but they are rare nowadays. II
you don't believe 1t consider how the
average citizen spends his vacation.
Most people work harder and econo-
mize their vacation time more grud-
gingly in getting the most out of 1t
than they do in any other part Of the
year. They hate to lose a minute Of
enjoyment OF course, there are times
every day-when time seems abso-
lutely wasted, and these are the times
when mems tempers are on edge and
things go crosswise. Chief among this
list OF wasted and monotonous inter-
walls is the time spent In waiting for
a car, in travelling on 1t after you get
it, in waiting for meals, in fuming
over dilatory appointments CT by
reaching these too soon. Other in
stances are where the bore buttonholes
you and insists with excessive elo-
quence in stringing three-iine item
into a two-column tale.-Pittsbura
Dispatch.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-16
CHAPTER XII

The next day Mary had been in
the parson. to tell her story. The
wager; her walk to the abbey; how
she had been startled by voices while
she stood by the elder tree; how she
had hidden; then men bearing body
between them; the hat of one OF them
being blown by the wind to her feet;
her return home; and her belief that
she had seen the hat before. At this
point she was obdurate, she would not
say whose hat she thought it was;
she made no remark whatever about
the ribbon fastened near the buckle.
Old Morley supplied this link in the
chain of evidence. He was weak. but
honest.
Meanwhile the constable, inefficient
as were the constables of those days,
had investigated the apparent scene of
the murder; the broken rope and wire
across the road; the evidences of a
severe struggle; the traces of blood !;
the marks on the road where the poor
horse had made frantic efforts to free
himself from the ENHANCEMENT which
had thrown him to the ground; but
the investigation was at fault in re-
gard to the direction OF the footsteps
of the murderers and their load.
1t transpired later that the men had
made a detour with their burden in
order to mislead the searchers for the
body.
Two days after the deed, the body
was found; and almost at the same
time Jack Meadows came upon Parker
and Foster at the Heather-Bell, a
roadside tavern not far from Scarbor-
ough.
The meeting was more or less acct
dental. The horses of the two men
were in the stable when Jack went to
put up his own mare for the night
He thought he recognized one of them,
for Parker had ridden a superb animal
into Kirkstall, which Jack had seen
him mount more than once at the
Star and Garter. He went into the
common room Of the small inn, and
there sat the two highwaymen at sup
per. Parker in an evidently gloomy and
disconnected frame of mind.
Good evening. gentlemen" said
Jack.
1.-THE same to you, friend" said Fos-
ter. cheerfully.
Parker looked up and could not dis
guise his surprise, not to say fear. at
sight Of his rival, the man whose
hopes in life he had blasted.
II was seeking YOU" said Jack.
Seeking us!" exclaimed Foster.
starting to his feet. /.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-16
Growing pemana Cor ror,,.er.

The interest in forestry is rapidly
increasing in this country. New for
estry schools are constantly being
opened. The attendance of students at
these schools this fall is greater than
ever before, though as yet the total
number of students in the whole coun-
try is not large. This is due to the
fact that the forestry school is a thing
Of the lase few years. The number
can only ircrease as the popular inter
est in forestry grows. as there will be
no place for these young men to oc.
cupy, or In which to put their knowl-
edge to use unless the opportunities
for service are increased. Nearly ev-
cry state in the Union should be doing
much in forestry. and the work is SO
immense that its proper control should
make room for the employment of
thousands of educated foresters. Ev.
cry state that has large forest area
can make no better investment than to
spend money freely In paying the sal
aries of such men. Take the value Of
the timber wiped out by any one of our
recent great forest fires and consider 1t
In relation to the salaries of foresters.
Then take the value of all the timber
destroyed annually in this country and
set 4 against the salaries Of the for.
esters that should be the employed.
and what is the result? The inevita-
BILE answer is that we must employ
skilled labor to prevent waste.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-16
Pasturing Wheat

While 1t is not possible to accurate
ly forecast the outcome of the wheat
crop, reasonable prudence would sug-
gest that for the present. wheat should
not be pastured to any great extent.
The conditions have been such during
the summer and fall just past that
much wheat was sown in soil that had
been poorly prepared, and even with
the best of preparation. there has not
been sufficient moisture for vigorous
growth. There were heavy rains dur
Ing the fall Of 1900 and the soil was
hiled with moisture and thoroughly
saturated. With these conditions and
favorable winter weather. wheat fur
nished an unusual amount of pasture
last winter and was in some cases.
actually benefited by pasturing. The
conditions are entirely different at
present. In general, the fall rains
have been sufficient only to mcisten
the soil to a depth Of about six inches
while the subsoil has scarcely been
reached by the water. The wheat Is
thus dependent upon the rains that
come during the winter and while 1t
Is possible that there may be plenty
Of rain for the purpose. the average
rainfall Of past seasons has been in
sufficient 1t is true that feed is scarce
and high in price and the wheat pas
ture sells for good prices. Some pre-
Ter to take what is to be had in the
way of pasture from the wheat crop
and to plant some other crop IL the
wheat is harmed by pasturing, fearing
that possibly wheat may not yield
well next harvest even If not pastured.
Looked at in this light, pasturing
wheat is profitable. even though it
kills the wheat. But 1t will not do to
follow the practice of last winter when
1t was scarcely possible to pasture
wheat too heavily in Oklahoma.-Ok-
lahoma Station Bulletin.