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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
Defiptfiop of Felicity.

A Baptist minister tells the following
story:
"A friend Of mine, who is quite a
scholar once accepted an invitation to
preach at country church in the south.
and, as was his custom. he used very
learned language. After the service
the pastor of the church said that he
felt sure the members Of the congrega-
ton did not understand the sermon.
Nonsense replied my friend. L am
sure there was nothing In my sermon
which they could not comprehend
well, said the pastor, L will call
one OF them in and see II he under
stands the meaning of the word "felic-
ity."' SO he called in laboring man
and said, John, can you tell me what
is the meaning of the word "felicityT''
"'Well l don't know, sir said John,
but believe il is some part Of the in
side of a pig
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
The lest of Hunting

You can never know the Zest Of hunt
ing or fishing until your dinner depends
upon your success; you have never at
tanned the sublime in cooking until you
have spittsd your fish or meat on a
freshly peeled stick, rubbed the salt In
with your fingers and broiled 1t over a
woodland fire. you watching 1t jealous
ly lest 1t get ablaze, and all the time
that meat is browning you get hungrier
and hungrier, and every time IT sput-
tiers in the glow you catch watts of fra
GRANGE until you feel that you have
the capacity OF dozen starving men
and wonder whether a single haunch OF
venison can supply your wants.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
Career of Champion k..ne.

Figure or fancy" skating is one Of
the most difficult branches Of the game
to master. Years of persistent practice
are required before man can perform
creditably. DR.. Arthur c. Keane, the
present champion of the United States,
has successfully defended the title for
four consecutive years. and the indica-
tons are that he will continue to hold
It for some time.
DR.. Keane is native of New York
city and. strange to say. has never
competed outside of that city. In 1898
he defeated George ID. Phillips. who
had held the leadership for several
years and who worsted Keane In 1895
and 1897.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
Incredible.

An Irish harvester found himself In
4 small Scottish town. At the gas
works he saw a gasometer for the first
time in his life and stopped country
man who was passing to ask, whats
that big round thing there standing on
andT"
The Scotchman scratched his head
and replied, "A dinna ken"
Get out with you" said the Irish
man; you never saw a dinner can as
big as that in your life"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
Dry and Moist Air,

A cubic foot OF dry air weighs more
than a cubic foot of moist air at the
same temperature and pressure The
addition of vapor to a cubic foot of
dry air enlarges the volume of the mix
ture il the air is free to expand, as in
the atmosphere, and as the vapor has
only about two-thirds the density OF
dry air at the same temperature and
pressure the density Of the mixture is
less than that of dry air.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
A Chance to win.

Will give the first box of the new
brand, to any man that will tell me
what TO call it. Send in a name you
think would be good on postal card.
and TO the man who sends in the one
! use will give box of the finest
cigars ever put on the market. All
names must be in by Feb. 10.
]. T. STEVENS. n
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
Lost eritance.

Suitor-Permit me TO say, Miss Flash,
that in suing for your hand | am re-
specting the wish of my late father
Miss Flash-Beg your pardon, sir,
but in this instance you have inherited
your fathers lateness. | accepted Mr..
Foreman last evening.-Richmond Dis
patch
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05

Jimmy Britt's Career.

Jimmy Britt, who defeated Frank
Erne in seven rounds and thus put
himself In line to light for the light
weight championship. is a native or
San Francisco and is twenty-five years
old.
At the age OF eighteen he took up
with boxing and until year ago was
the amateur lightweight champion Of
the Pacific coast. While as an amateur
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
FRIEDM a MS
She Could Use Them.

An old lady on seeing the electric
light in the town for the first time was
struck with amazement After gazing
at it for a space she entered grocer's
shop and asked
II say. mister. how do you make that
big light o your'n? I'm tired of burn
in paraffin."
The shopman replied, ''Oh, it is caused
by series Of electric currents"
as it, now?" said the old lady. Then
weigh me pound. If they won't DO
for lighting, I'll use 'em up for pud-
din's "-Detroit Free Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
Csuse For War.

A citizen walking past butcher
shop in a northern Kansas town saw
the butcher and a customer rolling over
the sawdust floor in rough and tum-
BILE fashion. He pried them apart, and
then learned that the customer had
come to buy some dog meat and that
the butcher had nonchalantly asked,
"Do you wish to eat it here or shall /
wrap II up?"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05

Chester Goodman. the Boston ban
tam. who broke one of his hands I'm a
recent tilt, has sufficiently recovered
and wants TO fight again. He says that
he is ready to engage in a mill with
either Casper Leon or Danny Doughsr-
~ Of Philadelphia.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05

"Mollle Brown has a model husband"
"In what wayT
Whenever he doesn't eat anything
she asks him IL the cooking isn't as
good as his mothers"
"And what does he say?"
'He says lie has no doubt IL is, but
that his indigestion has quite untitled
him to be a competent judge"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
The Limit.

"Wot does it mean?" asked Penniless
Percival, 'where de song says, Drink
to me only wit your eyesY
1T means" announced Wise Wilfred.
dat de loidy kim read de wine list,
but dat's as far as it goes
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05

Foley's Honey and Tar Is best for
Group and whooping cough, contains
no opiates, and cures quickly. Careful
mothers keep IL in the housr. w. /.
Benedict,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05

A good epitaph is all right in its
place, but it comes SO late.-Galveston
News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05

j. r. STEVENS. n
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06
screamed and glggled. and an old lady

screamed and glggled. and an old lady
clutched In the air.
LET him faIl,' cried Miss Sherbrooke
in her heart. but her rage died out
slowly in horror Must she see his
white face on the rails in that rabbit
warren darknessf
Swln's face.
A rush OF pity almost choked her. He
was only a boy. After all he was only
a boy. and Jerry would smile again
when he saw him fall. She shut her
teeth tighter and waited.
He was totally helpless now. and
only his own heavy weight seemed
keeping him upright.
The conductor retreatcd TO the rear
after a few backward glances- and
seemed to think there was nothing t.
fear. The front seat gradually empticd
save for those two. and still nothing
happened. Was he possibly safe, afteI
all?
A sudden jerk OF the car brought her
heart TO her throat. Swin's heavy body
failed to respond as usual. and. with
one sickening plunge. he was over. In
falling his hand struck the rail and
caught II. and he hung out unconscious.
with his feet on the footboard.
The next moment the young man by
Miss Sherbrooke was over the back of
the front seat and ont on the footboard
beside him. And he was not a moment
too soon. AS his arm touched the heavy
body the clinched hand slackened and
let go. and IL was well then that the
arm was strong.
The whole car was on its feet with a
rush and confusion OF cries. But Jerry
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06

not seen her, and after furtive recon-
noiter she began to observe him more
boldly.
More than half the people round her
were sitting back in unconcealed leth-
argy and careless OF everything about
them but the blessed relief OF the wind.
Miss Sherbrooke took her cue from
them at once and looked out from the
ambush OF her lashes.
He was sitting bareheaded at the out
side OF the seat with his masterful side
face toward her and his bright hair
blowing back softly. and when she
looked at his closed eyes she felt a
strange thrill of exultation. Yet she
knew that their owner was not sleep
Ing. and she knew. too. that once he
had seen her she could not deceive him
for moment. He would go home with
her from the car. and she should have
said yes when she got there.
And could any woman regret II?
Surely few men could hold a candle to
him. She only knew Of one. When ahe
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06
Hopi Songs.

The Hopi songs for different pur-
poses are different in character. They
are all definite in form. with forceful
graceful or poetic words. The Kateina
dance songs consist OF an introduction
on vowel syllables. then the song itself.
also interspersed with vowel refrains.
and lastly sort of coda. again on VOW
ei syllables. Aud the Hopis sing.
Theirs is no grooming over a camp fire.
no monotonous chanting. no nasal dron-
ing. The men have fine. clear voices
and the women sing softly with a
"breathy" tone. the quality OF which
sounds often just little sharp I'm
pitch. The gentle lullabies. the pretty.
graceful basket songs OF the women
and the melodies to which they grind
their corn are as different from the
rugged. rhythmic Katcina songs as are
the cliffs Of the mesa from the bios
SONS In the fields below.-Natalie Cur
tis In Harper's.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06

"AH AD-DooH-MUsIc." HE DRAwLED.
loyemaking. A man who fights gener-
ously and chivalrously is not. as rule.
excessively bashful or unduly tongue
tied in the presence OF ladies.
Presently the colonel stamped his
booted foot and swore beneath his
breath. The quiet air carried sound far
and clear. and TO his ears there came
faint strains OF music. the hum OF a
guitar and an enormous baritone raised
I'm song. Then the colonel retired with
I'm the grove OF trees TO reappear short
IL with two of his men, They eau
tiously embarked in a small hatboat
which had been concealed by a clump
Of underground The obliging moon
had retreated behind cloud bank
In the parlor of the Tayloe mansion
the lights were low-even candles were
dear In the south toward the close of
the war-but their dim rays could not
conceal the beauty OF two girls who
sat lovingly upon a sofa. each with an
arm about the other. Though they
were sisters. one was dark and mis-
chievous-the younger, Alice Tayloe-
while the other was tall and fair and
serious Both were very good for a
soldier man to look upon.
To them came a song from the night
| without. Dick Amyas. captain OF the
Nineteenth Ohio. and Lieutenant Hen
~ were OF a mind that no time more
4 H.sr
the wooing OF maid or two. The
i guitar buzzed resonantly under the
/ deft fingers OF the captain and their
/ commingled voices warbled a melting
i serenade. simultaneously the four
eyes OF them were steadfastly observ-
ant Of the vine twined parlor case
ment. They were expectant OF an In.
vitation to enter. This was not theif
first duet beneath the window. In
deed. 1t Is to be suspected that Miss
Alice was in no way ayerse to the con
quest OF the north bloodlessly and by
units.
Three gray shadows stole up behind
the two. Colonel Prentice held up 9
warning hand and paused. listening
with hardly ravished ears to the con
Guiding bars OF The Blue Juniata.'
He nodded in appreciation OF an ex
celIent rendering. but when the soni
came TO an end and a pleased murmu
foated through the easement the hear
Of the Confederate was hardened.
"Gentlemsn-hm,' he observed soft
ly. Gould All pehsuade yeh to repea
the effohtT'
The gentlemen with one accor'
wheeled and gazed with interest int
the muzzles OF couple OF navy re
volvers. Prentice recognized Captai
Amyas.
"Ah ad ad-doah-music." he drawled.
"PrenticeT
"Yo' humble servant. subj
'How many men have you. confoun
your
Several. gentlemen-a suhficieu
numbeh. All repeat. can | pehsuad
yeh"
"You cam replied Lieutenant Henr
promptly. They obliged con amore.
.'ve'y fair" commented the colon'
when they had finished. And ono
noah. IL yeh please"
Randolph, I'll be even with 20
for this Amyas threatened hotly.
"Oh. sing something else II yeh pr
fer" indifferently.
Thsg sang, - s--I
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06
AsMUSICAL
COMEDY
BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

The night was still and sultry, hint
ing Of rain. In the east n low moon
swung blood red above the hills. Its
rays crimsoned a path across the slug
gish and silent waters OF the Black
river.
Upon n slight rise some distance from
tts western bank Colonel Prentice Of
the Ninth Mississippi. c. s. A. gazed
longingly at the dim. misty lights OF
Tuscaloosa far back upon the opposite
shore. The body of the young man was
neatly incased In a new gray uniform.
and the soul Of the colonel was with
the Confederate cause. but the heart Of
him was within the Union lines. and he
was sore distrait. for the Federal
troops held Tuscaloosa, and Tuscaloosa
held many northern officers and the
person Of Miss Betty Tayloe. and. fur
thsr. Miss Betty held the affections Of
Colonel Prentice.
Now. Randolph Prentice had fought
the oppressors and bested them and
had been defeated by them He hated
them right heartily as abolitionists.
and he admired them beyond express
sion a. gallant foes. Therefore he mis-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06
A SURPRISED Duke.

Just after the late Duke of Rich
mond and Gordon received the latter
half Of bis title-he was created Duke
Of Gordon In January. 1s76-he was
sent to this country as president of the
British commission 10 our centennial
exposition. While in this country he
heard Of a certain picture owned by a
country woman in which he thought
he might be interested. and so wrote
to her, using the official stationery of
the commission and signing himself, as
a peer does. simply by the names of his
title. Richmond and Gordon"
Much to his surprise and good deal
to his disgust-for he had precise ideas
as to his dignity as a duke-the letter
which he received in answer to his was
addressed. "Messrs. Richmond & Cor
DON" and began. Gentlemen
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looked on with a sneer. As he moved
to allow the young man and the con-
ductor TO assist Swim back into the car
he said something with laugh, and
Miss Sherbrooke caught the word
Swine" But Swim neither saw nor
heard. and his rescuer guided him TO
the inner corner.
As Jerry turned his head after them
he looked into Miss Sberbrooke's eyes
He turned white to the lips and made
some incohercnt attempt 10 speak. but
her stare was Litiless. Jerry Danberry
knew he was beaten and turned and
stepped quietly from the car. And Miss
Sherbrooke was left with the two men
facing her alone.
To her inexpressible relief. the stran-
ger began speaking at once in cheer
full. everyday tone.
"Now, Swim. old man." he said. you
have had a touch OF sun. Lean back
there now and keep still" And Swim
weary eyes.
Miss Sherbrooke felt two soft hands
come suddenly over her eyes.
You naughty girl-' said Mrs. Presid-
der in her ear. Il could not make you
see me before. l wanted to introduce
Jack to you-my nephew, who comes
with us tomorrow. l see he has picked
up an old friend. He played with him
once in Toronto. The poor fellow seems
quite done up"
And so Mrs. Presidder ratified on
with the ready tact that left no need
for reply. and Miss Sherbrooke pulled
herself together. She WAS grateful to
Jack Presidder and his aunt, but nei
ther deceived her for a moment. She
went through the rest of the ride with
a very brave face and laughed gayly
when she bade her escort good night
but to this day the scent OF new hay
as ii blew from the mountain that might
brings an odd. sick pain TO her heart.
! And il took three long moonlit weeks
at Newport. with all Jack Presidder'.
eloquence. backed up by his aunt's tact
and cunning. to wipe out the crue
stain OF that horrible ride on the Bel
line But Mrs. Jack Presidder now
wears the lucky penny as a pima pen
ny that was ably recovered from the
Montreal street railway that nigh
while Miss Sherbrooke lay desolate OF
her bed and wept for her broken idols.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06
Five Cents
On the
Belt Line
By GRACE POPE
Copyright. 1905. by Grace Pope

"HE hot wave had struck Mont
real. and Miss Sherbrooke was
too warm TO think
She went out on her high
bedroom balcony and looked into the
night. Her father had gone to New
York, and she was going TO Newport
tomorrow.
Mrs. Presidder was taking her on her
fathers hands for the season.
But tonight Miss Sherbrooke was
making the decision Of her life alone.
Two men were coming to her tomor-
row for yes or no." and to save
her life she could not choose between
them.
1t had to be mo for one. But which
one? She hated that II should be for
either. She was sure that she loved
them both. though much surer that
they both loved her. Apart from the
question OF love there was nothing to
consider. Both were clever. both were
rich and both were good looking. Both
presumably were good: at least she had
heard nothing to the contrary. She
knew very few women, and men were
so noneommittal.
She was uneasily conscious Of some
thing her father always said. You see
all the good there Is in a man and are
as blind as bat TO the evil"
Was she really blind? Surely 1t did
not matter. Her father knew them both
and liked them
She looked out at the waving tree
| tops. 1t was blowing somewhere In the
| open. The wind that saved Montreal
| every night was saving Ii now. She
| should be out. That was Ii. But wher'
| and howf
The long, low cry Of Belt line cal
came swelling up through the night
She gave one startled look in the direc
ton Of the sound and hesitated, but II
that hesitation her mind was made up
She looked at her watch in the electri
light. 1t was ten minutes TO IL.
The horses were out Of the question
4 at that hour. and the servants were al
asleep. She had never been out alon
in a car at night In her life, and sh
did not like to go now. But she wa
not afraid and could break the con
yenances on occasion with impunity
And she resolved to do II now.
Ten minutes later, in the most unot
trusive Of dresses. she stepped or tn
pavement at Park avenue and wake
out to meet a down car. There wa
one empty place on the second sea
from the front at the inside. and sh
got into It with praiseworthy nimbl'
ness. Then she settled herself back 1
the corner with n sigh of satisfactio
and waited for the breeze. She kne'
at once almost by instinct that th
man sitting next her was mice" br
in a moment she knew something els
that sent her heart to her throat an
kept II there. beating thickly.
Was this fate. or what? One OF thos
| other two men was sitting on the ses
before her. When Miss Sherbrooke ha
collected her wits she knew that he ha
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06
A story of Governor washsurr

A story of Governor washsurn.
Governor washburn was a thorough
gentleman through and through. cour-
teous. well bred and with an entirely
sufficient sense OF his own dignity. But
he had little respect for any false no.
tions of gentillty and had a habit OF
going straight at any difficulty himself.
To this habit he owed much OF his sue
cess in life. \ very amusing story was
told by Mrs. washburn long after her
husbands death.
Her story was that one time when
Judge Washburn was governor the
members OF his stafr came to worces-
ter on some public occasion and were
all invited 10 his house to spend the
night. When he got up In the morn
ing he found TO his CONSERVATION that
the man who was In the habit OF doing
such services at his house was sick or
for some other reason had failed 10
put In an appearance and none OF the
boots of the young gentlemen was
blacked. The governor was master OF
| the situation. He descended to bis
cellar. took OF his coat. blacked all the
boots Of the youngsters himself and
| met them at breakfast with his usual
| pleasant courtesy as II nothing had
happened.-Senator Hoar In Scribners
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06
A siberian Mammoth.

The wonderful antediluvian man.
moth discovered eighteen months ago
In Siberia has at last. after twelve
months of labor and great expenditure.
been safely secured In the museum OF
the Imperial academy In st. Peters
burg. Ii was discovered on the left
bank Of the river Beresovka. in a re-
gion that for ages has been the scene
OF great landslips at the melting Of
the SHOWS in spring. The discovery
was made by Siberian hunter. who
secured one OF the tusks for sale. 1t
was of almost Incredible size. Scien-
lists estimate that the beast. entombed
by a landslip. had been laid up for
quite 200 centuries In the ice. which
has so preserved il that the hair and
hide are still intact
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-06
Why.

LILLIAN IL not sure that she loves
Walter. Sometimes she thinks she
does. and at other times she's con-
vinced she doesn't"
"And yet she is going TO marry him?"
"Oh. yes. that's all settled"
"But IL she Is not sure she loves him
why doesn't she break the engage
ment:"
Because she is twenty-seven."
sas City Journal.