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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-12
The Coming State
c. E. Convention.

The next annual convention OF the
Ohio Christian Endeavor Union will be
held at GAINESVILLE, October ), 1902.
The time of the convention has been
changed from June to October as the
weather will be more comfortable then.
An exceptionally strong program has
been prepared. the theme OF which is
''Evangelizstion."
The opening session will be held on
Thursday night, October =, when DIR.
Emory Hunt President of Dennison Uri-
versity, will speak on Education for
Evangelization" The sub-tbemes for
different sessions will be: Sources of
Power; Instruments, Go" etc. On the
program will appear DIR. Francis Z.
Clark, of Boston, President of the United
Society OF Christian Eodeavor, fresh
from nine months tour in Europe In
the interest of Christian Endeavor, Pres
ident Medbury, of Indiana, Rev. Ernest
Bourner Allen, of Toledo; Rev. Peter La
Clair, of Belle Brook; Miss Anna Louise
Minich, of Indianapolis, on Junior work.
Hon. ]. c. Myers, of Dayton; Melville
Ritchie. of Cincinnati; Rev. Vernon
Siauffer, OF Cincinnati; Rev. Gabriel
Mcclure and S. ID. Gordon, of Cleve-
land; Rev. ]. c. Slayter, OF Akron;
Rev. E. L. King, of Marysville. Miss
Belle NJ. Brain will conduct miss ionary
conferences. DIR. Clark, c. II. Hub
bell. Ohio field secretary, Miss Minich
and others will hold conferences. De-
nominational rallies and visit to the
famous potteries Of Zaoesville will oc-
'chpy Saturday afternoon. Sunday
morning q great early morning prayer
meeting will be held on Putnam Hill.
Sunday afternoon three mass meetings,
one for men only, one for women and
one for children.
The.music will be under the efficient
leadership Of Louis Evans of Chicago.
All Railroads have granted half fare
rate going Oct 2nd and 3nd, and within
q radius of 20 miles on Oct. 4. The state
officers feel confident that this will be
the greatest convention Ohio has ever
had-which Is saying n great deal.
There viii be quite delegation from
this place in attendance. Boarding
rates Of sL0O per day for rooms and
meals have been arranged for by the
GAINESVILLE Endeavorers and anyone in
terested can attend this convention
whether they are Endeavorers or not.
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Arthur Grifhths, of Richmond. Ind

Arthur Griffiths, of Richmond. Ind,
is said to be mathematical prodigy
He has eight different methods of his
own for addition, ten for division and
sixly-four for multiplication. He can
take any number, 1t is said, be-
tween $40 and 1000, and raise 1t to the
fifth power in thirty-nine seconds with
out the use of either pencil or paper.
Griffith can add mentality three COL
umns at a time, it is asserted, divide
any set Of figures or multiply any set In
from one TO forty seconds and extract
Square and cube roots in from three to
fifteen seconds. He remembers every
problem that he works The hardest
test which he has yet experienced, so he
says, is to stand and see freight train
pass with twenty or thirto cars, and
then tell the number OF each car in
their order and specify to what road
each belonged.
Besides being wonder in mathemat-
les, Griffith is fairly we'll educated in
the common school studies. He can
read, write and spell, and can carry
on intelligent and interesting conver.
sation. He knows the name and length
; every railroad in the country.
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the story was wanted In a hurry, and
/ gave 1t to him just as it stood.
Some hours later ! received word
that l was wanted at the telephone in
the lower hall. 1t was Mr.. Fain who
called. His voice seemed TO indicate
some perturbation OF mind.
1--WE just read your story" he said.
when did you write itY'
Last week." said /. "Whyr'
I heard him gurgle two or three
times. and then he became articulate.
This is marvellous, marvellous" said
be. do you remember my remark
when we spoke of the story? Well.
get the Planet of this morning; third
column, third page. I'll hold the wire"
There was u newsstand I'm the hall,
as Mr.. Fain knew. l procured the pa
per, and in the place which he had in
dicated found this headline: "Jeweler
Burdick Cleverly Bunkoed. He Gave
Mrs. James Wheelock's Eight Thou
sand Dollar Diamond Necklace to a
Smooth Crook. Gems and Man Have
Vanished. Fair Accomplice Lisps Over
the Phone, Give Them to William"
Dazed by the monstrous absurdity Of
this coincidence, passed on to the ar
ticle:
"a soft voiced. neatly dressed man.
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From The Worlds Work.
Mr.. Roosevelt throughout his whole
public life has been q shining mark for
the wags and the cartoonists of the
newspapers He ia unusually quick in
mind and body. He is energetic beyond
the comprehension OF most men who
hold public Office. He is incapable OF
idleness and impatient of slowness in
getting his routine done. And he is
fond Of adventure. He hunts land he
hunts big gamel he rides land he rides
hardl, he walks land he walks fast), and
he indulges in all manly sports. He
boxes, he rows, he swims, he wrestles.
Worse than all-he talks land he talks
outl Such q nan in the glare Of the
publicity that beats on the White
House provokes more gossip about his
energy than n dozen obese Presidents.
And he is sure to commit mistakes Of
speech and to violate many small con-
ventionalities.
But there is difference between en-
|ergy-especially physical energy-and
rashness, and he has never been q rash
man in public action. He is by nature
one of the most conservative Executives
that ever filed high offices. For his
mind is not imaginative nor construc-
tive. 1t works best in the straight line
of action. He does not naturally turn
to the making of new policies. He Is
aptest at carrying out old ones. His
temperament is executive rather than
creative. He is not likely to try new
things. He travels faster than other
men, but he keeps on well-traveled
roads. Such man brings many things
to pass, but he is not rash. BY nature
he Is conservative.
The whole people have come to know
him and to know him well; for he con-
ceals nothing. He lives and works in
the public view. 1t used to be said Of
President Harrison that when one saw
him close at hand he seemed larger
than he seemed at distance: and OF
President Cleveland that he was more
impressive at a distance than he was
close at hand. President Roosevelt is
the same, seen near or seen far. Frank,
fearless, energetic, sturdy gentle
man, as President Eliot called him,
aud never rash.
To have won the general confidence
by a yesr of routine work is much. But
he has done more than this: he has
keyed the Executive Department OF the
Government to higher pitch OF energy
than it has shown since it became the
vast machine that it is. The Army,
the Navy, the Civil Service have a new
note of efficiency. Nor has the infiu-
ence of his energetic temperaments stop
ped there. II has been felt throughout
large part OF our political life. This
is much to say about the influence OF
one man exerted for a single year
through the routine of official work;
but it is not too much to say OF Mr..
Roosevelt.
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Mounting a Horse.

A careful bicyclist learns to mount
from either side of the wheel. since the
emergency may arise at any moment.
says the London Chronicle. One would
think that the horseman would be
equally careful to provide for possibil-
tiles and accustom himself 10 mount
ing indifferently from the off side and
the near side. But IL he were to ven-
ture to mount on the right side-which
is the wrong side-in a hotel stable
yard the hostler would probably de-
mand the price OF a gallon as the
statutory fine, and the horse would col
lapse with surprise What is the
meaning Of this convention? 1t ap-
pears In odd places Not only does
the trick horse In the circus canter
from right to left, but the after dinner
wine passes the same way. The way
of the SUM- is the current explanation,
which is absurd.
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sAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAs
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

f~ HE editor of certain maya
zine of very quiet tone sur
E"O priscd me not long ago 10y
kSE.S2J asking me to write a story OF
criminal mystery for his publication.
1t must not be shocking he hastened
to say. A nice. gentlemanly crime, hav-
ing a flavor of good society, would
meet the requirements of the occasion.
quite the thing that might happen
any day. you know" said he. And the
remark was part of the first of the
extraordinary condolences that have
induced me to relate this bit of per
sonal experience.
That afternoon l met Barton Wheel
ock in billiard hall where he wastes
large part OF his time, so much In
deed that | had counted upon finding
him there. -
"Hello,' said he. saw you down.
town this forenoon; shouted to you
from my auto. but you were running
for a ear and didn't hear me-"
With the idle curiosity of our spe-
cies. which will prove the Darwinian
hypothesis for any one who will study
monkeys. asked what he had been
doing downtown.
"Errand for my mother" said he.
Carried a diamond necklace down to
Burdieks to get the clasp fixed Have
a game OF billiards?"
We played for n couple of hours. but
my mind was never on the game. was
plotting misunderstanding schemes
for getting Mrs. wheelock's diamonds
out of Burdick's jewelry shop. II had
struck me Mt once that that would be
the sort of crime to please the editor.
asked a few innocent questions
about the necklace and learned little
except the value of the trinket-about
SS,OO0-and the fact that II was TO be
mended by Wednesday of next week.
If some one should call for II ON Tues
day. thought 1, could he get 1t in a
manner suitable to the purposes OF po-
lite fiction?
After the fashion of high grade GRIM
inals / went down to Burdick's on the
following day TO look the ground over.
1t was fruitful hour. I returned to a
little den that had Just rented in an
uptown Office building because my
rooms had become too much of n haunt
for idle acquaintances. and there in the
afternoon and evening l worked out
my story. 1t was to receive subsequent
polishing, but at least the incidents
and the people were in it.
l would not say this to Mr.. Fain. the
editor who has been mentioned. but
the fact is that I did not do another
minutes work on the story. forgot
all about 1t. The manuscript lay in n
drawer of a queer old desk which I had
intended to buy Of the previous tenant
OF the room. though we had not fixed
the price.
On Wednesday morning boy came
up from Mr.. Fain's Office saying that
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-12
THE PARADISE FISH.

One of the Wonderful Piscatorial
Rarftfes Found In China.
The oldest Of all piscatorial rarities
y the paradise fish Of China Like the
German canary and one or two other
species of bird and fish, this little finny
beauty. is the product of cultivation
only. there being no place in the world
where 1t is found In wild state. In
the land Of the dragon they are kept
and cultivated in ornamental aquari-
ums. each succeeding generation of the
little oddities exhibiting more diver
sified colors. The male is the larger of
the two sexes, measuring when full
grown three and a half inches. The
body is shaped very much like that Of
q common pumpkin seed sunfish, its
color SURPRISING In -brilliancy any fish
heretofore cultivated for the aquarium.
The head of macropodus. chats his
generic name) is ashy gray, mottled
with irregular dark spots. The giils
are azurine blue, bordered with bril-
liant crimson.
The eyes are yellow and red. with q
black pupil. The sides of the body and
the crescent shaped caudal fin are deep
crimson. the former having from ten
to twelve vertical blue stripes. while
the latter is bordered with blue. The
upper surface of the body is continual
ly changing color-sometimes 1t is
white. at others gray, black or blue.
The dorsal and anal fins are remarka-
bly, large. hence its generic name
macro. large: podus. fin or foot. Both
fms are shaped alike and are striped
with brown and bordered with bright
blue. The dull colored ventral fins are
protected by brilliant scarlet colored
spine, extending three-fourths of an
inch behind the body OF the fin. The
pectoral fins are well shaped. but trans
parent and colorless.
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TWO PREPARATIONS.
From Hays EuIogy on Mckinley an,
BIafne's Eulogy on Garfield

rum my EulO&y on MchlnIey on0
Blafne's Eulogy on Garfield
1t is curious coincidence that on
Feb. %, 1882, and ON Feb. 81, 1902, a
secretary of state of a murdered presi-
dent delivered a eulogy of his dead
chief before the houses of congress.
Mr.. Hay, primarily a writer, showed
the essayist In his Grafton on McKin-
ley Mr.. Blaine, primarily a speaker.
showed the orator in his Grafton ON
Garfield. Here is the peroration Of
Hays eulogy of Mckinley:
There is not one OF us but feels prouder
Of his native land because the august fig
ure OF Washington presided over its be-
ginnings; no one but vows II a tenderer
love because Lincoln poured out his blood
for IT. no one but must feel his devotion
for his country renewed and lindled when
he remembers how Mckinley loved, re-
vered and served 1t, showed in his life
how a citizen should live and in his last
hour taught US how a gentleman could
die.
Blaine's Grafton on Garfield ended
with this famous passage:
As the end drew near his early craving
for the sea returned The stately man.
sion OF power had been to him the weari-
some hospital Of pain. and he begged to
be taken from his prison walls from its
oppressive. sitting air. from its home
lessness and its hopelessness. Gently ST.
lently. the love OF a great people bore the
pale sufferer to the longed for healing of
the sea to lice or to die, as God should
will within sight of the heaving billows.
within sound of its manifold voices. With
a wan. fevered face. tenderiy lifted to
the cooling breeze. he looked out wistful-
ly upon the oceans changing wonders, on
its far sails. on its restless waves rolling
shoreward to break and die beneath the
MONDAY sun. on the red clouds of even
ing, arching low to the horizon. on the
serene and shining pathway of the stara.
Let us think that his dying eyes read q
mystic meaning which only the rapt and
parting soul may know. Let us believe
that in the silence of the receding world
he heard the great waves breaking on q
farther shore and felt already upon his
wasted brow the breath OF the eternal
morning
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"A MAN HAS CALLED IN REGARD TO YOUB
DIAMONDS, HE SAID.
for some way to save the delay and
yet satisfy his instinct Of caution.
"'Perhaps / could telephone to the
house, SIR said the man, and have
the note sent down by a messenger
boy
why, IL + can get Mrs. Wheelock
ON the phone replied the jeweler. we
can settle the whole matter in a mo-
ment.'
"They went to the telephone, which
Is I'm a sort of nook by the door, and
Mr.. Burdick looked around for the
book. but did not see it.
"'You have the number here, sir.
said the valet. pointing to the usual
card for addresses tackled up on the
wall beside the instrument.
Have wer said the jeweler In sur
prise. Why, SO we haye-1771 Lenox.
Yes. indeed
HE called for the number and got II
promptly.
"Ts this Mr.. Wheelock's residenceY 2
he inquired. and very refined voice.
marked by a peculiar lisp. replied that
1t was.
MIR. Burdick was not well acquaint-
ed with Mrs. Wheelock, but he remem-
bered that lisp. which her friends de-
clare to be perfectly adorable
"a man has called In regard to your
diamonds he began.
"'0h, yes said the adorable voice;
my sons valet That Is all right Give
them TO William
MIR. Burdick gave them to William.
and that is the last that any honest
person has seen of them. About
o'clock Mr.. wheeiock himself called
for the necklace. He was greatly sur
prised to learn that William had taken
II. and lie scented fraud. especially
when he learned that Mr.. Burdick had
not given Mrs. Wheelock a chance to
hear Williams voice over the phone.
alarmed. Mr.. Burdick rushed to the
Instrument.
Wen see whether the necklace has
Lenox.
"A hoarse masculine voice with q
| strong German accent responded, Well
watts vaDted?'
"'Is that Mr.. wheelock's residence7
"'No. Ring or
| "'Wait. wait. Is that I'LL Lenoxr
| "'Yah; III Lenox. Untermeyer's gro
Gerry store. You don't want Id? Veil
ring on"
The remainder OF the article deal
| with the unavailing efforts OF the po
lice. They discovered that a very
| sprightly woman bearing no resem
| biance TO Mrs. Wheelock waited some
time in Untermeyer's grocery store FOL
n telephone message which finally
| came No one heard what she said
for the instrument was very conven
iently located for her purpose.
Mr.. Burdick remembered suspicion.
looking man who had visited his stor'
during the previous week and hat
doubtless erased one of the addresses
OH the telephone card. substituting tn,
bogus Wheelock address.
Now. this record of crime was an alb
solute duplicate of my story so far al
II went. or course I had changed al
names and locations. but the essentia
points were exact. In my story tn
lady corresponding to Mrs. Wheelocl
had had a stammer instead of a lisp
for had felt delicacy about copying
the facts toD closely.
could be no likeness to facts. for l hat
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-12

Henry Clews. perfectly bald, was
Sitting directly behind him was a coarse
looking man with rough shock OF hair
the color of brick dust
Tapping Mr.. Clews on the shoulder.
the fellow remarked:
Guess you wasn't around when they
gave out the hair"
"Oh. yes" was the answer. 'but I
was a trifie late, and there was nothing
left but that stuff you wear. so told
them I'd rather have none."-New York
Times.
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two days later and recovered the dia-
monds. He acknowledged his indebt-
edness to me without reserve. 1t ap-
peared that Mrs. Elwood, who had
been upon the stage in earlier life, had
followed Mrs. Wheelock through the
stores for two afternoons in order to
acquire her vocal peculiarities.
Elwood. bearded, had visited Bur-
dicks and manipulated the telephone
card Elwood, smooth shaved, had
played the valet later. Elwood, still
further barbered, l suppose, for such
is the rule of the place. is working for
the state at this inom@nf la i0-ison
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HAMILroN BROS.

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW and Real Estate
n Agents Office In the Hamilton Building.
east Of the Logan House Bellefontatne- Ohio.
FErreufzr attention given to collections and
settlement OF estates Win practice In State
and O. s. Courts All business promptly at
tended to-
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JOIN c. HOVER.

A TT0RNEY AND AT LAW Special at
~ reurion given 10 settlement Of Estates.
and O. 3 Courts Once and 8, Lawrence
Block Bellefonrafne. Ohio
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J. w. YOUNG. N. D.

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon General prac-
II tfce of medicine Have special test
lenses for accurately fitting glasses for those
who need them Office 10 West Columbus
Ave. Residence. f02 East Sandasky Ave
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WEST WEST.

A ATTORNEY-AT-LAY. Collections given
menf OF estates q speciality. Practice In the
state and US Courts Office on Main street,
directly opposite front entrance Of the Court
House. Bellefontaine Ohio
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His sNmptour.

Mr. Newlywed-How did you know
l really loved you?
Mrs. Newlywed-Oh. you acted So
so sort of foolishly,-Philadelph Rec
ord.
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EDWARD cAr.pBELI-

A TTORNEY AT Law Special aftenfion
- given COLLECTIONS. aestracting and loans
RaDreSentfye American Bonding and Trust
Co. Baltimore. Md Rooms and 10. Law
renee Block. Bellefontafne, Ohio
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PA Elucidates.

"Pa. what does 'absentminded'
meanT"
my boy. that's easy. Did you ever
stop to think"
yes"
"And your thoughts ran on?"
"Yes."
"well, that's t"-Indianapolis News.
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pR. cARR.n RlcHnsoN.

nFFIOE 10 N. Main St., Residence no ".
~ Main ST. Ofzce hours To II a m. to 4.
and 10 D. m Particular attention given 10
diseases OF women
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A. LAY MILLER.

A krToRNEY-AT-LAw. Special attention
n given to collections and settlement OF
estates Rooms and y Empire Block, Belle
fontzine, Ohio
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M OSCAR pAlsToN.

PHYSICIAN and surgeon Office. 13 East
Il Columbus street Residence - NORTH
Mad River street. Phone zss-three rings fol
ONCE and two for residence
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DR.. .. p. HARBERT

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special at
ii tention given to Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat practice
Phone $40 Home. 3 rings
Ofice. 1le East Columbus avenue
Residence, 3O5 East Sandusky avenue
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HoMEOPATHIST. SPECIAL attention given
IL TO diseases OF the Nose and Throat ONCE
on South Main street. Bellefontaine. o.
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PHYSICIAN and Surgeon Special atten-
Il tion given to diseases OF the eyes and Ut
ting glasses East Columbus Avenue Belle
Onfafne, 0hiol
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DR.. c. w. nEFFNER.

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon No. lie East Coz
IL lumbus Ave- Treatment Of the Eyes and
fitting glasses for detective vision aspeciasty.
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An old bachelor. when he feels blue
and discouraged. always regrets that
he has no wife to whine to.-Atchison
Globe.
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w w RinpLE

A TrORNEY and Counselor at Law. ONCE
"A over FsOpss's National Bank. Bellefon-
tafne, Ohio
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uowENsI,NR & HUSTON.

A TTORNEYS and Oounselors at Law, Belle
n fontaIne. Ohio Particular attention
given to collections and settlement of estates
Of1ce In the Watson Building. Estr2nce on
Main street.
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SPAIN s souTnApp.

TTORNEY-AT-Lw- Special attention
N given to abstracts of title, loaning money
and drafting Of all legal Instruments Prompt
attention paid to all business left with him.
Collections. IRE and life Insurance Once
South Main street over J. NJ. Abraham & Co.' 5
grocery.
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DIP. W. H. ou1LANp.

DHYsIcIAN AND sURGEON-onice 100
Court Street. Hubbard Block; residence
si9 East Chfllicothe. General practice OF
medicine