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Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1902-03-28

evening will be in wi1aek by Tues
day noon. AS hustler, Tom Mar
shall is saying but little. but is get
ting to the front with efficient mail
service in the statef
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30
NUMBER 70.

was the doctor. Tor ne smr me OUT TO
miser out av the room. Next day he
wint around an tried to git his money
back. but the most av II was drawed
out, an he couldn't
But this did not satisfy the doctor,
an 30 he tore the great brain to pieces
an began moddlin' another one-the
exact opposite av the benivolint GIN
tleman- He picked up a low fellow
from a saloon. who was all fight an
niver spoke a paceful word in his life.
"Whin it was done, he set it up an
We began experimintin' again, first wild
animals an thin wild men. an at last
came the Obligation av preachers which
caused the trouble.
"Ye know thin. There was Parson
Whitley av the Presbyterians, Mr..
Wesley av the Mithodists, Rector En-
sign av the Episcopalians. Mr.. Strang
av the Campbellites. DIR. Dipley av the
Baptists an one or two others, but
their names has slipped me mind
AS soon as they were seated in the
back room an the current was turned
on thin preachers began arguin' an
thin after awhile to fightin' After
watchin' thin for few minutes the
doctor became frightened at what he
had done an, forgittin' all about the
crank, ran In TO separate the rfvrind
gintlemen.
There be no made av me tellin' ~
what happened thin!
he inf 4
he got into the room. an he pitched
into the fight worse than any av thin.
Begorra, but it was a fine fight! Och!
How me heart jumped wild joy as
watched thin peltin' one another an
breakin' the furniture into kindlin'
wood
"Sez to mesilf. Wild such pious min
settin' the example there can be nothin'
wrong In a few whacks,' SO wild q
whoop l grabbed me stick an rushed
In.
BE the Donnybrook fair, but it was
q swate time we hadi But 1t was too
fine to last. What should that Baptist
do but swing a chair over his head,
thryin' to kill DIR. Whitley, an instead
av bringin' II down where he should
he hit the glass jar on the shilf an
Knocked the great brain to the floor an
broke 1t into million pieces
Thin how cristfallen an ashamed
thin preachers was whin they came to
thimsilves an saw what they had been
doin'
"Ay coorse the doctor would not TX
plain. an so the preachers began beg.
gin him not to tell on thin, which be
promised.
But I didn't
"Thin the story wint around that
there had been terrific explosion In
the doctors Office, an him an 1 were
taken to the hospital. Whist, there
comes the nurse wild the gruelr
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30


portant and Pleasantly serious They
talked books. plays. business and
horses. Miss Kingsley was from Ken
lucky. Ii was hotchpotch OF con-
versation. Burton felt that he had ac-
quilted himself we'll but there lin
gered an uneasy consciousness that
Miss Kingsley was ''guying" him when
he talked up to the dignity of his thir-
ty-three years.
You must be awfully prim. Mr.. Bur-
ton." she remarked suddenly. appar-
emily apropos OF nothing In particular.
"Primv' he echoed. momentarily shak-
en- out OF his self possession. My gra-
cious! Why do you think thatY
"Oh. I don't know. Ii just flashed
through my mind that you never do
anything frivolous"
Mrs. and Mr.. Lowdon laughed. and
Burton. n faint tint on his face. looked
at his plate and laughed too.
A few days later the four went to
the theater. On the way home Miss
Kingsley was frankly condemnatory
OF the play. The hero" she told Bur.
ton. "was. to begin with, fool. and In
the next place rm sure he wasn't hall
as good as he was pictured. There
aren't such men living now. except II
be In Kentucky. Men who pretend t.
that sort OF standard there are In plen
ty. but I'm secret they drink more cock
tails than are good for them and stay
out late at night and. I suppose. kiss
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30

In the bowels OF the earth, says q
correspondent. was u witness to one
of the most pathetic friendships that
ever existed between animals. In this
certain mine there was cat which had
lived In the underground stables for a
great number Of years. 1t was always
to be found In the stall belonging to
an old donkey when the animal was
resting from Its labors and would very
often accompany the donkey In Its
working journeys mile underground
One day. owing to the carelessness
of its driver In unloading 1t, the poor
little animal suffered a severe strain
and was unable after to do its daily
work. For nearly a couple Of weeks
the donkey lay In agony In Its stable.
and during that time the cat scarcely
ever left its friend Sometimes the
lads would drive 1t away. but 1t would
stealthily steal back again. and when
the donkey died as q result Of its In
juries the cat began to howl pitifuliy
and would not be comforted.
But the climax came when they
were taking the donkey's carcass to
the surface. The cat began to scratch
and fly at the men who were removing
It to such an extent that 1t had to be
killed.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30
A new KIND OF PASSENGER CAR
The Burlington Puts into Service
Its New Style ParIor-Ob-
servation-Dinins Cars.

A new style Of passenger car has been
introduced on the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad. 1t is combination
of parlor, dining and observation car
and will be attached TO the fast mail
train which leaves Chicago every morn
ing for Omaho and the Northwest.
The parlor is in the rear OF the car. Ii
is furnished with arm chairs, luxurious
ly upholstered, and opens on to the OBJ
servation platform, which Is separated
from the room by large plate glass win
dows. Two sleeping berths are provid-
ded for invalids.
OF from the parlor is comfortable
smoking room, and toilet rooms for
ladies' and gentlemen. Beyond is the
dining room, q charming affair, holding
four tables. The kitchen and pantry
are large and very complete. The cars
are q distinct advance on anything oi
the kind yet used in this country, and
their use will add greatly to the com
fort OF passengers.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30

builders who have the confidence OF
Wall Street men-but more especially
Fitzsimmons-is said to have done more
towards changing the habits OF brokers
than any other human factor. Before
his advent the Wall Street operator
who felt his nerves giving way often
sought the stimulation OF whisky, or
tried to find recreation at the race
track. Others sought health by own
ing yachts, country houses and trotting
horses. II was Fi,zsimmons who
changed much OF this by making the
leaders Of the Street understand that
these amusements were merely relaxa-
tion-that they did nothing whatever
towards building up mans health.
To all those who listened he preached
his own peculiar system OF exercise,
illustrating its advantages by pointing
out what his system had done for him.
Fitzsimmons claims that any man who
will take the trouble TO exercise prop
erly, for ten minutes a day, can keep
himself In perfect health. He disap-
proves OF gymnastic apparatus for busi-
ness men, saying that it merely wastes
their time. He says that he Is able to
preserve his own remarkable physical
condition by only ten minutes exercise
day, and he insists that it is within
the power of any business man to keep
his brain clear and his muscles supple
by the same means.
Whether IL Is owing TO the teachings
of Fitzsimmons, or not, the fact re-
mains that the present generation of
Wall Street men take much better care
of themselves than their predecessors
did, and that the general average OF
physique is much higher than 1t used
TO be. The men Of Wall Street, nova
days, understand that there is only the
difference o. letter between Health
and Wealth, and they are earnest in
their pursuit Of both.-The Banking
World.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30
AN EXPLOSION OF
GRAY MATTER
BY Charles Curtz Hahn
Copyrfohi. 1901. by A. S. Richardson

1t was two weeks after the terrific
explosion In DIR. Wainrights Office.
which had injured six men and nearly
killed the doctor. Just how II had oc-
CURED was a mystery not only to the
public, bu. also to DIR. Wainright's
brother physicians, who. after carefully
examining the wrecked Office, could
find no sufficient cause for such an ap-
palling disaster. The doctor himself
was laid up In st. Joseph's hospital,
and his mar, who had given the alarm
by shouting from the second story wfh-
dow Of the doctors Office, had been un-
til this day. when he began his narra-
ti0n. confined In the Presbyterian hos
pital and unable to give an account of
what he knew.
"Ye see," said Mike to the half dozen
doctors around his bed, the doctor was
diggin' away at his books an his skel-
etons an cuttin' away at dead bodies
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30
D y. y
!, A KISS w
! THE DARK
BY ]. P. CoUaHLAN
Copyright. 1901. by J. p. Coushlan

No excuses for his conduct can be
offered further than il was his first Of
fense, and the. whole thing was done
I'm an offhand. unprecedented sort Of
way. Besides, Mollie was really an at
tractive girl.
Burton had been living with the Low
dons for a number OF years and had al
ways been regarded as one OF the fami-
ly. so much SO. indeed. that his real po-
sition. that OF a boarder. was kept In
the background.
The Lowdons did not like to think Of
themselves as keeping boarders" and
saw no reason for a descent in the So
cial scale simply because Jim Burton,
their old friend, lived with them In
this comfortable home and bore a le-
gitimate but fixed share Of the ex-
pense.
Martha had been a stock feature In
denly she was replaced by Mollie. The
contrast was superlative- Martha, the
hard faced. the stern, that martinez Of
the kitchen, the scourge OF laxity, was
a million removes from Mollie, the ap-
pie checked, the smiling, with Irish
mischief In her eyes and the comether
on her lips. Burton thought the change
splendid. At breakfast he smiled cheer
fully into Mollie's bright face in shame
less, good natured admiration.
What wonder. then, that three or four
evenings later. when Burton was enter
ing the house and found Mollie in the
dusky hall lighting the lamp. he should
tiptilt shat dimpled chin and kiss the
inviting lips?
'That's for your good looks. Mollie." "
he said and went upstairs three steps
at a time. In the rear he heard a
stified shrek that died away In a soft
chuckle. As he dressed he smiled
complacently at himself in the glass.
Burton dined out that evening. At
breakfast next morning he found a
second Martha. Mrs. Lowdon -appar-
emily did not think the matter worth
explanation. She had other matters
on her mind Turning to her husband.
she said: Jim must dine home this
evening. I want him to meet Eta.
Eta" she continued. speaking to Bur-
ton, 'is my cousin. She Is going to
stay with US here for n month or two.
She is a charming girl You'll like her
awfully. Jim. Now, be sure and be In
time for dinner"
Burton was politely Interested he
did not look forward to the prospect
| with any great Joy. Mrs Lowdon's
friends were usually a duty to him
and involved more attention than he
was at times willing to give. His meet
Ing with Eta Kingsley that evening
however. put matters at once on an en-
tirely different footing. Rarely had
Burton seen so much demure viva
ciousness. A sparkle and a ripple In
her laugh foretold pleasant things
Her smile was sometimes In reserve
Burton had his first acquaintance man
ners. He was little slow. a triie i'm
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30
Remarkable Year for
Travel In the West.

An official OF the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy Railroad made the state
ment recently that 10000 people had
gone to Colorado on tourists tickets
during the season just passed. Thou
sauds of others have made the yell
lowstone Park trip, and the prospects
for an unusually heavy California busi-
ness this fall and winter are remark
able. Asked for the reason OF IL, he
said: "1he American people are just
finding out that here in America we
have in Colorado the most attractive
country in the world for seekers after
health and pleasure. The mountain
scenery, the superb climate and the ex-
cellent hotel accommodations cannot be
excelled, and as people find out that it
takes only two nights on the road to go
| from the Atlantic coast to Denver, is it
q wonder that Colorado has entered the
field as a competitor OF Europe for sum-
mer travellers. And as for California,
where in all OF Europe or America is
the winter more delightful. Since we
started our weekly Personally Con-
ducted' parties from Boston, Chicago
and st. Louis to the Pacific coast, great
numbers of people, and people of moder-
ate means, too. make 1t yearly prac-
tice to spend some months in California.
The expense is small and living in
California is remarkably cheap"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30

Some years ago. I'm celebration Of the
jubilee OF the International club at
Baden-B Baden. a pig race was held on
the Ifiizheim race course. The pigs
were trained by being fed once daily
for n fortnight at certain spot on
the race course. On the day Of the
event the animals were let loose by
the starter (allas swineherdl a few
hundred PAGES from the feeding
troughs and scampered toward the
goal In wild confusion. emitting loud
grunts Of satisfaction. The prizes were
arranged according to the regulations
OF the turf. and each pig was painted
its own color-red. green. blue body
and yellow head. etc. The sight was
intensely amusing and one not easily
forgotten
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30
A witty Conductor.

The street car conductor with Q tai
ent for repartee of the neat and pol
ished order is rare, and note should b
made Of him when found A dissatts-
fed passenger found one out In the
neighborhood Of Bronx park last week
when two women who had been trying
to get to the geological show COM
planned Of the difficulty they had had
I'm eliciting any Information about tfS
whereabouts.
"Yes, madam" the dissatisfied man
q stranger to them-chimed In; Il can
quite sympathize with you The fact
Is, / don't believe these conductors
know the difference between botanical
gardens and geological doubt II any
Of them could even tell a monkey from
a man."
"Fares, please" said the conductor.
interrupting the conversation just at
that point. "Fares, please. None Of
our business what you are SO long az
you pay your fare. TwoY'-New York
Timea
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30

A Missouri farmer whose hog had
been killed by a train and who imag-
ined himself to be something Of poet
wrote these lines to the company's
claim agent for a settlement:
Ny razorback strolled down your track
week ago today:
Your g came down the line
And snuffed his light away.
You can't blame me; the hog, you see,
Slipped through a cattle gate.
30 kindly pen check for ten,
The debt to liquidate.
He was rather surprised a few days
later to receive the following:
Old q came down tie line
And killed your hog. we know.
But razorbacks on railroad tracks
Quite often meet with woe.
Therefore, my friend, we cannot send
The check for which you pine
Just plant the dead: place o'er his head,
Here lies . foolish swins."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30
Change of work.

Change of work is often real rest"
says writer in Ainslee's. Every one
ought to have an avocation as well as
q vocation and cultivate an amateur
interest in some form Of exercise, game
or culture very remote from his line
Of breadwinning activity. Perhaps no
tire is SO acute as that which is very
partial aud involves certain muscles,
movements and brain centers, leaving
others perhaps overrested- BY exercis-
ing the latter and, as it were, equaliz-
ing the area of fatigue or making Il
more symmetrically distributed many
Of the best effects of rest are secured.
Many Of even the diseases of exhaus-
ton are because energy of one part
or our psyche physic organism Is over
drawn while that of other parts II
oyerrested. This may make even sleep
partial and haunted by the specters Of
the night. Every one who works with
his muscles should carefully reserve
some fraction Of the day for reading
and intellectual work. We are prone
to forget that this is just as important
as for literary men to take exercise.
1t is really amazing what one can do
with only a fragment Of day and Of
their total strength II 1t II systemat-
ically used In one direction. Those
who seek recreation in mere amuse-
ments Of a frivolous nature are vast
Ing precious time and capacity"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30

until he began to think that he knew
all about q man an could come as near
maxim one as the Creator himself, God
forgive me tor sayln' 1t. But he didn't
care to do that, for he said there were
| entirely too many men in the world
now. What he did want to do was
make brain, an after three years av
hard study an practicin' he did so.
can't tell We what he made it av. but he
knew himself. Sure, he used to be put
term around In the office all hours av
| the night, kapin' me awake whin
| naded rest, for I slept In the little room
| behint the Office.
well, after the doctor had studied
| the ingredients av a mans brain until
he knew just what 1t was made av. he
| wint to work moddlin' one. An
helped him, may God forgive me! He
had studied some phrenology or other
an knew how to fix the bumps. too.
SO that his brain would be benivolint.
| an whln IL was done 1t was as near
like me own as two peas, barrin' the
difference In size. Ye know what in
fuence one mind has over anotherf
Well. this was the principle on which
the doctor was workin'. He Intinded
to work ON other mems minds by this
big brain av his'n.
"YeIl be wonderin' how he set II
goin', an that Is something I'll not
tell ye. either. for / don't know. but
he figured an figured wild electricity
an the powers av the air until he
rugged up a machine that did the bust
l ness, an whin he wanted to set the
thing a-goin' all he had to do was turn
little crank, an the brain began send
in out Its influence, an as Ii was doz-
en- times bigger than a common mans
any man do what he wanted him to II
be once got him under the Influence
| av II.
"Ye mind ovid Lawyer Skinner. him
as wint crazy year ago an decided
away all his money to hospitals an
churches an colleges? Av coorse ye
do. Faith, It was the doctor as did
II. May the saints presarve us, yfs
the doctor! As I told ye. this brain
av his'n was made beniyolint, like me
own. wild a great bulgin' forehead We
experiminted on a number av animals
before we came to Lawyer Skinner
ye know what n close listed man he
was an the riches av him? Well. one
day whin ] see the doctor toolin' him
up the stairs I wondered what was IN
the wind. but the doctor had every
thing ready for him unbeknowns,
to me; had a checkbook an a lot ay
writin' paper an deeds an convey
ances on the cinter table In the room
where the brain was. an pen an inl
too.
"'Just step into the next ROOM tn,
doctor said. all so pleasant as pie, till
look at some papers an thin III joiI
ye'
"Well, the doctor seen the lawyer
seated at the table an thin he turned
the crank. which was out In the room
we were In. an thin we stood an
watched him through the glass top a,
the door. First the ovid fellow begaI
to squirm around I'm his chair as u
something was hurtin' him. Thin {
paceful exprission came over his face
an he reached for the checkbooks. n
filed ivry one av thin for poor people
an churches an hospitals. an whiI
they were all used up the doctor turnet
the power down a little an wint In an
got thin. Sure. an he was a cute ons
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30
"There is no reason for us Democrats

"There is no reason for US Democrats
to feel downcast," says Hon. Jerry
to which the New York Sun
makes reply: "Us Democrats! So this
wanderer is home again and this Pop
has seen the error Of his ways. How
can any Democrat be downcast? Tom
johnson on his blood-red devil wagon
whizzes along at the mead OF the show.
Jerry Simpson on his bicycle brings up
the rear. Hurrah for Tom! Hurrah for
Jerry Hurrah for Tom and Jerry"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30
the maid when her mistress Isn't roo.-

tne malu Wnen ner MISTRESS lbn't look
Ing"
Burton saw no application to himself
In particular and took the shot at his
Sex as a piece OF badinage. He retort-
ed laughingly, You wouldn't have him
kiss her In the presence of her mis-
tressT
Miss Kingsley had been In the house
just one month when Burton went
through the operation of personal
stocktaking. You're not a Ouida
Adonis. Jim," he told himself. "but you
seem to be n decent. fairly good looking
sort OF chap. according to everyday
standards: you are good tempered, rea-
sonably domesticated and willing to
become more so, OF a tolerable dispo-
sition and financially In a position to
marry n modest maid"
When n man holds this kind of COM
munion with himself. 1t goes without
saying that he Is In love. and Jim was
frank to himself, at least ON that ques-
ton.
Although no definite time had been
fixed upon for Miss Kingsley's depar-
ture, Burton felt instinctively that her
stay was coming to an end. There
air. and, although his acquaintance
was only six weeks old. he determined
to take the desperate step. Now, q
proposal is q delicate and difficult mat
ter. aud Jim felt that of all the known
and approved methods only one suited
his temperamental and physical make
up. The romantic was out Of the Ques-
ton. the fiippant too extreme on the
other side, the abrupt too unwise, the
roundabout beyond his compass.
Therefore he planned what he believed
to be n style of his own.
She was playing the piano. He was
leaning negligently at the side.
81 suppose you are looking forward
to the opening Of the grand opera sea-
sonT he inquired, with deliberate in
tention to discover the date Of her de-
parture.
mo; that is one OF my disappoint-
ments. leave on Monday"
Jim was silent for awhile. It was
part Of his plan.
II shall be very sorry. 1t Is q pity
you will not remain in New York alto
gether."
THANK you. You are very kind"
This. with a frank smile into his eyes,
Disconnected Jim somewhat. He had
expected a reply with why" in It
He tried it again.
81 wish you could remain"
But l can't"
"You can"
"HowT
az should like the right to keep you
here"
as this a proposal?"
Jim nodded.
"well, I am very much fattered In
cept you-now. keep your distance,
please-if'-
"Ifl YesI II whatT"
"If you comply with the conditions.
Do you drinkT
"No."
Good, You don't stay out late a,
nightY'
"No."
Excellent And, suppose. II mar
ried you, you'd never kiss the maid"
"Neverw said Jim fervently.
"Stay where you are. please. Have
you ever kissed the maidr
WHAT Kissed herr cried Burton
In righteous Indignation at the impu
tation on his taste.
'No, Mollie. / mean. l hear she wal
n very attractive girl"
Burton was about to founder into q
confession and an explanation. but q
twinkle in Etta's eye saved him. mo.
he declared stoutly. Il never kissed
Mollie. l kissed your
He had her In his arms. and she ca
pitulated.
81 never debited up that kiss against
your character" she told him, be
cause l knew from the way you did II
that it was the first attempt"
And now Jim Is wondering how she
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-30

In bis Cincinnati speech President
Roosevelt said: "We are neither the
friend OF the rich man as such, nor the
friend of the poor man as such; we are
the friend of the honest man, rich or
poor, and we intend tnat all men, rich
or poor, shall obey the law alike, and
receive its protectiod alike"