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Evening journal., 1903-11-30
RESOURCES.
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CALEB M. STEWARD,
Cashier.
RothchiIds &c. ciaar.

Put up for the holiday trade in 25-
boxes, $3.50. Durstein's.
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HALF a cent a word pays for classified
ads in the help wanted column OF
The Evcning Journal II
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WANTED-Trustworthy Lady or Cen zen
tlcrnan to manage business III this
County and adjoining territory for house
If solid financial standing. 5000
straight cash salary and expenses paid
each Monday direct from headquarters.
Expense money advanced: position per-
manent Address Manager, COS Monon
Bldg, Chicago nlo-lAt
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HELP WANTED-MALE.

11rANTED-Married man who can milk
w to work on farm Good reference
required. Address p. n, Evening Jour.
naf Dere uov74-tf
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FOR SALE-One Composing Stone,
36xiS inches, in good shape One
Stone, 74x4S inches, in fair condition
-Four six column Twin Chases, inside
measurements, p by "a inches Five
Chases. s4Hx72h inches wide--oan be
used for newspaper or Job work. Cross
Baiss can BE supplied. Addfess Business
Manager, The Eyening Journal, vii
mington. Delaware. n2T-u
Evening journal., 1903-11-30

FOR SALE-By a Leading JcwelrS
House of this city. Watches, Dia-
monds. Clocks, Jcwelry Of all descrip-
tions, Silverware, Talking Machines
Musical Instruments, etc, suitable Tor
holiday gifts. at cash prices on weekly
payments. Gordon & Miller, No. 2i6
King Street. nl7-lm
FOR SALE--A tract OF thirty-six acres
of cultivated land at Centreville, Del
on Kennett Turnpike. having a present
aud increasing value, there being several
admirable building sites. The Equitable
Guarantee and Trust Co.. Trustee.
ron SALE-Useiui Christmas Gifts
and Mechanical Toys Only 20 days
until Christmas. WOODWARD & BRO,
sos Market street. nov9-u
FOR SALE-A few shares of stock OF
the international Broom Company
Ltd, arc for sale For particulars ad
dress ]. +. W, The Evening Journal Of
fce. nov2-u
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10

The word costermonger is now used
Of an itinerant fruit seller. II was for
merly spelled costard-monger and in
this form appears in Drant's Horace"
70 translate the Latin word ''poma-
RUS"
Literally II means costard seller. cos
tard being kind OF apple. the name
Of which Murray connects with coste.
q rib.
Some etymologists connect IL with
custard. assuming that the pulp OF ap-
pies was used In preparing this deli
cacy. but there Is no real reason for
this. since the ''custard apple" men
toned in Dampier's Voyages" l699),
is quite different fruit from the middle
English costard.
Some connect IL also with ''costard.
the humorous name for head: Take
him over the costard with the hilt OF
thy rd"-Shakespeare. But IL seems
more probable that the head was called
after the apple than the apple after the
head.
The termination ''monger'' simply
means dealer or trader. as in fell
monger and ironmonger. and is derived
from the Anglo Sa xou word ''mangian,'
to traffic or barter. which is akin tC
the Latin mango" q dealer who sets
of and polishes up his wares--Londor
Standard.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10
Women Scarce In Arizona.

Baltimore Herald.
man in Winchester, Va, is in re-
ceipt of an order from a prominent
farmer of Buckeye, Ariz., for car
load of women. In his note the Ari-
zona man says he can ''place" load
of maids and matrons within twenty
four hours after their arrival. Plac-
| ing them means that he can find
them husbands.
This should be an attractive prop
tion to the Virginia women. Here
is what the lonely man in Arizona
says: THE young men are thrifty
and prosperous, but they lack wives,
and can't get them in Arizona. They
are not particular as to looks and
age. The land is rich and there are
thousands of cattle standing knee
deep in alfalfa The crops are good,
the young men are of steady habits,
and the land is one of milk and honey,
Except that there are no women
What could be more desirable? The
woman who goes will find everything
to her hand, even a husband. If the
ladies are willing, the gentleman il
Winchester should make an immedi
ate shipment.
No wonder Arizona has failed Il
lttain to statehood. The idea of be
Irg short of women. No wonder ;
contemporary writer has included i
10 the section of country which h
describes as ''the land God forgot.
Why should any place without wo
men be.remembered? Here is prob
lem for the women's clubs of TIL
country. Surely they cannot lie
man be so dreadfully alone, evel
away off in Arizona, when there ar
so many of their sex pining for some
thing to love.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10

son-if I'd had time 10 think of this
wouldn't have been forced TO this con
fession. But I'm no worse than tn
rest Take Jackson and Kerd and Kim
ball. Ask them what their sons really
are aside from being college fellow
who are well supplied with everything
and who they believe in. Of course.
They couldn't tell you. They know
their clerks-they have to-ns they new
er will know the capabilities Of their
sons"
Good Lord,' said Dobson again like
an irritating echo OF himself.
''Of course I know there are excep-
tions, but that's where the boy has
shown tastes in common with his IA
ther. has gone into the business In de-
tail of his own accord. John never had
much I'm common with me. How could
| he? I'm just a business man. while
he-he's had q chance to enjoy life.
His mother says there's nobody like
him; that the girls all run after him. |
know myself" he added. with fatherly
pride. that IL does me good TO look al
him" Then. with a return to dejec-
ton. "But that's not business"
mo" assented Dohson. THAT'S not
business"
AS he spoke the Office door swung
open without warming. and broad
shouldered. finely groomed figure.
eager. alert. swung into the room I'm
tremendously.
| Am I breaking in on conference
dad!" he laughed.
Not ut all. Not ut ALL said Dob
son. rising hurrieily and taking the an
swer on himself. Il am just going
out
He made good his escape and caught
himself emitting whistle as he wen'
down the elevator.
And that's the man." he calculated
inwardly. who told me TO a Fraction
last week where the bookkeeper's mon
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10
Lord Kelvin and the Teapot.

Domestic science has of recent years
adopted the phraseology OF the labora-
tory and become the favorite field Of
chemists and economists. Many years
ago, however. it was still a novelty to
be treated not fiippantly. perhaps. but
with less seriousness than il receives
today 1t was with something like Joy
therefore that few students admitted
to the somber meetings of the Royal
Scientific society of Edinburgh heard
Lord Kelvin announce Tea Cozies" as
the subject OF his paper for the even
ing.
In that bleak land. where the after
noon cup of tea Is the universal habit.
the padded hood to slip over the tea
pot and arrest the dissipation OF its
heat Is everywhere In use. Lord kel-
win had made an exhaustive study
OF radiation in proportion TO the sur
face Of the teapot and wished to show
that the surface OF the teapot might
be reduced to a size where the cozy
would no longer keep IL warm, but
make Ii actually colder. The boy on
the back seat listened eagerly. Here
at last was practical use for science.
BY manufacturing teapots OF sc.en-
tificalIy exact proportions the cumber-
some tea cozy might be dispensed with
and ones fortune made. Through end
less formula the lad tried 10 follow the
course of the argument. At last Lord
Kelvin reached his conclusion. The
proper size. in short. for the ideal tea
pot" he announced. lis approximately
that OF an ordinary garden pea
Harper's Weekly.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10
Value uf Mental Arithmetic.

Some weeks ago, the Philadelphia
North American printed a problem
propounded by a gentleman of Pater-
son. n. j. 1t was copied by a number
of papers in a spirit of fun. 1t has
created a great deal of interest, and
some of the papers have been print
ing an average of a column or so of
answers daily. The correct answers
have been given time and again, but
those who reached a different result
scout it. and insist that they are
themselves correct.
Had this problem been propounded
thirty, forty or fifty years ago in any
country school at the time when
mental. arithmetic was valued study
the answer would have been given in
jiffy. But mental arithmetic had
Its day, and has been dropped in
many schools. The result We see in
the silly disputation overthis problem
which is as follows:
Mary is "a years old. Mary is twice
as old as Ann was when Mary was as
old as Ann is now. How old is Aun:
1t is evident from the conditions
given that Ann was l2 when Mary
was as old as AIMS present age.
Since that time, both girls have add
ed the same number of years to their
ages. Mary has added that number,
and is now "a. The difference of their
ages is therefore one-half the differ.
ence between II and "a, or 6 years
Add years to AIMS IL, or subtract
8 years from Msry's "a, and AIMS age
is found to be Is.
The solutions g:ven-even those by
which the correct result is obtained
are bewildering. Many use algebra
ic methods; others use the rule o.
proportions; others figure it out il
laborious ways-but all show theil
Ignorance of the processes of menta
arithemetic. The problem in itself il
nothing; but the discussion over i
shows the value of mental arithmeti,
as an available drill for the reason
ing powers. The person VIII
cannot find AIMS age by menta
process within a few minutes, with
out paper or pencil, may well doub
the value of his logical processes
and may well consider whether hi
conclusions are trust worthy in tn
vastly more important problems o
ife which require the ability to rea
SON correctly.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10
OUR FIRST HUNT CLUB.
It Was Organized In Pennsylvania
Away Back In 1866.

The year 1866 r. far back, but II Is
lngs of the coming war storm were not
vet so engrossing even then but that
The sportsmen OF Pennsylvania could
turn their attention To a more system
attic organization OF their fox hunting
forces and then established the first
hunt club in the country. the Glouces-
ter Hounds. Not that this was the be-
ginning OF the sport in Pennsylvania.
that eminently horse loving country.
for fox hunting had held q high place
In the pastimes OF the people many a
year before. Ii was rather the evil
dence that the sport had become so Inn
portant that II needed systematizing,
so that districts might be thoroughly
hunted in turn and contentious. rivalry
and clashing dates be avoided.
All the early fox hunting clubs had
their origin in the pre-existing owner.
ship OF greater or less number Of
hounds by private owners. Every con-
siderable landowner in the south kept
them. and good dogs they were, not
always orthodox. according to the
standard of the Belvoir and the Quorn
of today. but nevertheless hounds de.
rived from the best English and Eu.
ropean stock and continued by Judi
cious selection OF those who showed
the instincts by conformation suitable
to the country in which they were
called upon to work. Washington may
be quoted as one of the southerners
who kept bounds and hunted them too
Lafayette. moreover. sent him from
France splendid pack of French fox.
| hounds. with qualities which still fur
ther helped to complete the most per
feet animal for American fox hunting
| the American hound.
From the formation OF the Glouces
ter Fox Hound club I'm 1I66 until to
| day clubs have played the most i'm
portant part in preserving the sport
and regulating its practice. Not al
clubs of equal Importance. it is true
but all OF the same spirit--Illustratet
| Sporting News.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10

A Fox. having crept into an clubhouse.
looked up and down for something to
eat and at last spied a Hen sitting
upon a perch so high that he could by
no means come to her. He therefore
had recourse to an old stratagem.
Dear cousin" he said 10 her. "how do
you do? | heard that you were i'll and
kept at home. | could not rest there
fore till l had come TO see you. Pray.
ct me feel your pulse. Indeed. you do
1ot look well at all" He was running
On in this impudent manner when the
Hen answered him from the roost.
Truly. dear Reynard. you are in the
right was seldom in more danger
han I am now. Pray excuse my CON-
.ng down. | am sure ] should catch
my death" The Fox. finding himself
.oiled. made of and tried his luck else
ghere.--Esap. :
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10

cry night for seven nights the double
watch was stationed and nothing came
Of it. On the afternoon Of the eighth
day. while the men We're all In the
covers shooting and the women scat
tered about the house. and while Lady
Gray was lying down In her room for
q brief nap, her whole outfit of jew
elry was taken as if by Invisible hands
Every male guest was in the field with
gun in hand; every servant could ac-
count for his or her time TO a second
Lady Gray's door was locked. and the
Jewels had been taken by some one
finding entrance at the open window.
A gardener had been engaged all the
afternoon trimming a rosebush that
grew under that window and a part of
the time he had used ladder. He de-
clared that he bad not left his work
for a moment. He was searched and
questioned, but even The chagrined and
indignant McNulty believed in his in
nocence. Inquiries cautiously made in
regard TO Charlie Dav.ds brought out
the fact that he was a mile away at
the moment the robbery occurred. The
haul amounted to about 100000. and
Scotland Yard got the worst black eye
it ever received
Six months later the ex-captain, for
good and sufficient reasons, took up his
permanent abode in Paris He had
been there a year or more when he
and McNulty met on the street one
| day. The detective was invited to have
| smoke and a drink. and as they sat
in Davids' luxurious quarters the baf-
fed officer musingly observed:
'Davids. that robbery at Henderson's
was a very queer thing. The slick one
has got clear of with the goods and
| can never be meddled with, but I
| should like to hear what you think
] about it."
II have often thought of the matter"
quietly replied the ex-captain, land il
4 is quite clear to me. In the first place.
the thief, whoever he was. spotted you
in spite of your disguise. Then he got
on to the other two. Then he saw that
things had been made too easy. He
waited till all the men were in the
field, and then. although he was not
missed. he slipped aside. donned the
dress Of a gardener and made for the
house. He reached it as the man at
work on the rosebush went to the barn
for a moment to drink with the coach
man. The man was not absent for
five minutes. but he lied about 1t In
that FIVE minutes the thief ascended
TO the room. got the box of jewels and
descended and made of. and he was
lucky enough to don his own dress, Sc
cure the box and rejoin the hunt with
out having been missed. Luck does
attend some folks. you know"
Yes. | know 1t does" slowly re-
piled McNulty as he nodded his head
land drew at his cigar little more Wig
orously.
Anything else?" asked the ex-cap-
tain after long pause.
NO. nothing else" was the reply. 'T
have accepted your view OF the case,
and l shan't let it worry me any lon
ger. particularly as the thief is no lon
gcz. living In England"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10

ey went. what his person.! ...sL.:s y-":.
what the mans breaking strain was
to a hair. I guess he's an exception
about his soa- And yet. come TO think.
l don't know"
Up at the office John regarded his
father with a joyous certainty which
annoyed his parent excessively.
"Dobson has been telling me-" said
the elder. making the plunge. that you
want TO take charge OF this new devel-
opment. You know you gave me to un-
derstand you never intended to go in
with us; that you were fitted for some
thing higher-something literary. 1 be-
lieve."
That's what | thought. but | was q
silly ass" said his son, with refreshing
frankness. ''The fellows at college said
my verses and short stories were the
very best ever turned out by any mem.
ber of my class. Perhaps they were,
but when tried them on your genuine
editor the fish wouldn't bite at all. OF
course, my friends and Elinor-I mean
Miss Storrs-qvoted the old maxim to
, me, .Ad astra per aspera,' and
Talk English, will your interrupt
ed his father impatiently. IF I'D vast
ed my time studying that stun you
would have been in the gutter now"
81 dare say" said the young fellow
, good humoredly. What I want to do
now, since I'm a failure at prose and
verse. ia 10 20 In for something solid.
You see--I-Fve got some one else 10
| think Of besides myself"
Some one elseT
Truth Of the matter u linen
gagged"
ITO who?"
81 wish he would learn to say to
whom" thought the boy. Aloud he
said respectively, "Elinor Storrs."
Got any money!
"Only a very little. and I've merely
what you are good enough to let me
, have on allowance. But give me n
chance on this opening. and I'll make a
fortune for the firm and for myself.
I've written rhymes. but I'm practical
! for all that"
You may be-" said his father grimly.
"The trouble is | haven't the pleasure
| Of your acquaintance"
i JODn CALDWELL stareu, hstOufRueu De
| yond words. The few curt sentences
that followed enlightened him. The
boys head dropped.
| 1--WE done wrong" said his father
humbly.
John Caldwell flung up his head.
"It's more my fault than yours, dad,
he said impulsively. ] had time tc
come out to you, and ! didn't. Do you
know. dad. we had a tenor in college
devoted to mournful airs. and many 9
time I've heard him at that old song:
Strangers yet after years Of life to-
gether.
After fair and stormy weather!
Why thus Joined. why ever met,
II they must be-strangers yet!
by Jove. I never thought it would
come home to me so, But We'll get OIL
another footing If you will accept"-h'
rose and held out his warm young
hand-"the pleasure of my acquaint
ance"
Mutely the father rose also and clasp
ed it, AS they stood together tears Lay
In the eyes of both.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10
Economy In Baking.

There is more dependent upon bak-
ing powder, so far as economy in
making biscuit and cake is concerned,
than in any other one thing, The
Baking powder that viii make the
most, the finest and the most health
full food is the most economical.
The ctelp alum baking poweers
average about five per cent, of leav-
ening gas. Therefore it will take
three times as much alum powder TO
raise the same cake or biscuit as it
does of the Royal'powder. for instance,
which is a cream of tartar powder
with three times the leavening
strength, so the actual cost with the
alum powder is thegreatest. Further
than this, however, the cream of tar
tar powder makes the finest kind of
food, while the alum powders fire.
quently fail when all the eggs, -four
and butter used are wasted.
The greatest economy in the use of
baking powder like the Royal is in
the ehealthfulnesso of the food it makes.
It saves in doctors bills many times
its cost over alum powders.
TIE Royal Powder, as every house
wife knows, is always to be relied up
on. 1t is one of the greatest aids she
has. She is always able with the
least trouble to make the very finest
biscuits, cakes. mullins and crusts.
Many..a reputation has been made by
the delicious things she heen able to
make with it. Any woman has a
right to be indignant when the grocer
sends her another baking powder in
its place, which spoils her food, injur-
es her reputation and brings her
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10

Of a watch, pin, rings and purse. but
he would have knocked McNulty down
had the detective suggested that Da-
vids reaped the benefit OF the plunder.
What the detective looked for was
q straight case, and. being backed In IL
by the Yard, he was given all neces-
sary assistance. 1t thus came to his
notice that Charlie Davids was invited
down to Squire Huntington's for two
weeks shooting. and he had a list OF
all other guests. Among them was
Lady Isabel Gray. who never moved
out Of her own house without carry
ing a peck or SO of jewelry with her.
When ii was suggested to Squire Hunt
Ington that some of the fancy" from
London might trouble him during the
party he willingly permitted McNulty
to establish himself in the house as
a footman. A second man from the
Yard was given temporary berth in
the stables and the new assistant par
lor maid was one of the sharpest fe
male detectives on the staff. They
were after a slick man.
McNuIty WAS so well disguised that
his own wife didn't know him, and
Charlie Davids walked smilingly into
the trap prepared for him. Care was
taken not TO arouse the slightest sus-
picion on his part. and II was arranged
without the squire's wife being any
the wiser that his room should be the
one directly above that of Lady Gray.
He was athletic and nervy, and a sheet
dropped from his window would en-
able him to enter hers. Temptation
, was to be thrown at his head. so to
speak. while McNulty watched outside
and the assistant parlor maid kept vigil
in the hall. Lady Gray's rubies and
diamonds were worth fortune, and
as McNulty thought of them he chuc-
kled to himself:
: There isn't n man on top of this
earth who wouldn't make a try for
them under the circumstances. l am
as sure to lay hands on Davids as
am TO see the sun rise"
1t didn't turn out so. however. Ev-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-10
TWO SLICK MEN J:
BY DAVID FLEMING
Copyright. 1905, by z. c. Mcclure ,

Hundreds of people knew Charlie
Davids a. a clubman having bachelor
rooms and living in fair style Not
one man. however. could more than
guess the source from whence his in
come was derived. He had been a
captain in her maiesty's service, but
had been obliged 10 resign for lack of
funds to go the pace. There were
hints about u rich aunt at home,
richer uncle in Australia. some sort of
an investment i'm the United States.
ton.
Davids was a gentleman. and there
was no doubt that he stood well with
most mothers who had marriageable
daughters. The men who limited that
there was anything crooked about the
ex-captain would have been taken to
task at once. and yet there was one
man in London who firmly believed il
and meant TO prove it. That man was
McNulty. an old Scotland Yard de-
tective. On a certain occasion while
he was piping Off receiver of stolen
goods he got sight OF Charlie Davids
in confidential confab with the man
He did not know him then. but he at
once set out 10 learn who he was. In
the course Of a few weeks he sat down
and summed up his case as follows:
"Davids Is crooked because he has
business with fences His income is
a liberal one. but cannot be traced to
any honest source. At three different
10 hn
invited there have been robberies. He
has got on to the fact that | am pip
ing him of. ! got his valet drunk and
pumped him. and the man was prompt
ly discharged. lie will give me long
fight. but will trap him
Davids also sat down and reasoned.
"McNulty saw me talking with old
Bones" he mused. "and that was rea-
son enough for him TO spot me- He
pumped my man. He is evidently sus-
picious. He knows of the robberies.
| and while he cannot connect me with
them he will set traps for me in fu-
ture. Look out for McNulty''
From that day on for the next six
months 1t was McNulty versus Davids
-Davids versus McNulfy. The fact that
suspicion rested upon him even in the
mind Of one man served to make the
ex-captain bolder than before -Four
or five robberies occurred during the
six months that left no doubt in Nc
Nulty's mind as to who was the per
| petrator, and yet he could get no hold
| on the man he was shadowing. For
instance, Davids accompanied Lord
Rothsay home in cab after the the
| ater and dinner. My lord was drow-
| sy and couldn't tell who his friend was
| next morning He had been robbed