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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
A Hot Bath to Brine SIAan<

! A hot bath will bring sleep. SUP
pose a person be SO tired out by
oVerwork of any kind as to feel
nervous irritable and worn, to be
absolutely certain that bed means
only tossing for hours in an unhap-
Ply wakefulness I'VE all know this
condition of the body and mind),
turn on the hot water in the bath
room and soak in the hot bath until
the drowsy feeling comes, which will
be within three minutes; turn OIL
cold water until it becomes tepid;
then rub yourself with coarse
Turkish towel until the body is per-
fectly dry and then go to bed. You
will sleep the sleep of the just and
rise in the morning wondering how
you could have felt so bad the
night before. The bath has saved
many a one from sleepless night
if not from d severe headache the
next morning.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

setting or tie Gity So 90 1erceives it
from the ship on which he enters the
glorious bay or from the Capo iii Posi-
Eipo. The intense blue of the sky, the
emerald of the surrounding hills, the
sparkle on the waters that lap it's
crescent shore, the huge dun slope of
Vesuvius, with it's golden smoke, and
Capri in the distance swimming in a
golden mist-these things afford an I'M
forgettable dream Of perfect coloring
But Naples itself. The place is as
commonplace and dirty and depress-
| ing as Constantinople. which also from
distance cheats you into thinking it
colorist's paradise.
1t is New York alone which, after
delighting the eye with the beauty of
Its harbor. embraced by the long
slopes of billowy green, fascinates the
eye by the brilliancy and diversity of
| It's color scheme. The sky is as blue
as that which is arched above the
Mediterranean It's sunshine is as
bright, and it is sifted down upon the
city like gold dust scattered by law
ISL uduu. Out Tic Say dllL l1lC Ouu
light merely intensity the vividness of
the color contrasts which are visible
at every turn Here is no convention,
no conformity, no desire for harmo-
NOUS effect The snowy whiteness of
marble and the clean gray of granite
are everywhere intermingled with the
cheerful buff or the warm, rich reds
of brick. Patches of green appear at
the end Of every vista.
The enormous display windows OF
the shops are riot Of blues and yell
lows and pale rose and heliotrope and
scarlet. Gliding catches and reflects
the sunlight at every turn. Flags and
steamers and multicolored awnings
add to the effect, so that every street
Is veritahle spectrum. Throughout
the whole length and breadth OF the
island city color aDounds in fiecks and
splashes. 1t is just bit barbaric,
possibly, but it is also wonderful and
striking.
To the sober dizziness Of Madrid or
Rome or London it is what the Pom
peiian wall paintings are to the quiet
canvases of Harpignies-not art, but
| instinct nevertheless with sensuous-
ness and a glow that stir one strange
ly. If you are native of New York
perhaps you never noticed this. Yet
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
THE CITY OF COLOR.
NEW YORK A PICTURE OF PLEASING
CONTRASTS IN HUES.

The American Metropolis In This
Respect Surpasses All the Great
Monotone Tinted Capitals of the
Occidental World.
New York has been written about
from almost every possible point OF
yleW-architectural, commercial, polit
lcal and social. Yet so far as we know
1t has never been properly appreciated
Tor the one thing in which it surpaSses
I'll the other great capitals of the occi-
dental world, and that is for it's color
Those of us who live here all our lives
Or who absent ourselves for only brief
and inconsiderable periods of time
never know how extraordinary is the
environment in which we have been
placed. 1t is only the stranger with an
been long away who gets the full eff
feet of this city of ours in it's unique
prismatic fioridity of hue such as vivi-
ies no other city of it's kind.
If you will think for a moment and
visualize from memory the great cities
VI IL COlOIlSL WOull SCC lAClu
you will be struck by the fact that each
one is monotone. London has the
dull, dingy smoky hue OF it's own No
vember fogs, and as you pass along it's
miles and miles of streets, welter of
unvariegated facades and homely chin
ney pots, your impression will be
more and more that London is one
great smudge, hideous and unrelieved
beneath a sky Of watery paleness
which merely accentuates little more
the dingy hue OF everything beneath 1T,
Paris equally represents monotone, 9
delicate gray that is neat and clean and
THAT adds to the symmetry and bar
lmoniggsness Of The Whole effect but
that IS Seldom diversified by warmer
tones. Berlin is a monotone in buff,
and Rome, like Paris. for the most
part, monotone in gray.
One thinks at first of Naples as a
city brilliant with the hues of the
south, but d little reflection will show
that it is not the city itself which can
be rightly so regarded, but rather the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

What Becoazcs &: 4.l sa@t -.
oG@-a 1880 >t:e,->...
An exchange qaotes uis,l.
guished entonoIo5iat as saTin la
a single female lily viii LAY 80 egg
during her lie OF from ten to Ii
teen days and that Of these nine,}
or a hundred will produce othel
flies. During a summer twelve OF
thirteen generations of these flies
will be produced, so that millions in
one season may be the descendants
OF a single fly.
Millions" is feeble word to ex-
press the number that would be
produced under this estimate. Put
ting the first generation at 100 and
allowing that half of them are fe-
males, the second generation would
number 5000, with $500 females.
The third generation would number
100000, the fourth 1,250,00O and
the fifth 62,500,000. Continuing
the calculation on the same system
to the twelfth generation, we should
get a grand total of 1882, S12, $780,
00O,00o,000, or, expressed in words,
four quintillions, eight hundred and
elghty-two quadrilions, eight hun
dred and twelve trilions, five hun
dred billions, number quite incon-
ceivable. Estimating the popula-
ton of the earth at billion and a
half, this would give 1886, 2O8,-
333 1-3 flies to every man, woman
and child on earth, all the descend
ants of one fly in single summer.
1t is true In this calculation we
have taken the higher number of
flies to begin with-1OO instead of
90-but in return we have left off
the thirteenth generation Gas un.
lucky, which would have given US a
total fifty times greater, SO the cal
culation may be taken as fair one
It must be that the estimate of
flies OF of generations is too liberal.
"A great many of the eggs must per-
lsh, and the number Of flies that are
Matched must be overestimated. We
colld not cope with the flies at the
rate of increase here given.
y The question is pertinent. What
becomes of all the flies ?-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
Why It Was a Necessity.

A minister of rural parish In
Scotland observed one of his flock
shooting hare on the Sabbath.
When catechising day came round,
he questioned him as follows:
"John, do you know what work
of necessity is ?"
'EI do" said John.
"Well, do you think shooting a
hare on a Sunday work Of neces-
sity ?"
'1t is that" said John.
sHow do you make that out ?"
"Weel, we see, nneenister, it MIGHT
be ava on Monday" was Johns
canny reply.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

A young author, evidently DESTROYS
of benedting by the experience of an
cider brother craftsman, once asked
Richard Henry Stoddard how he had
acquired such mastery of Anglo
Saxon.
81 don't know how l ever did it, re
piled the poet. who. after moments
reflection, added. - tf1tu'z. however, I
must attribute it 10 the fact chat 1 new
er had any educa tionw
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
a EorcibIe way of Putting 1t.

A nautical term comes with a
kind of shock in art criticism, but
there was certain pertinency In
The remark of a good mayor of
Gloucester, Mass, who said, speak
ing of the picture of predecessor
in his Office, that it was pretty
good likeness, but with man of his
style of features a profile view
would never be as effective as
though it were taken q little more
fhead on"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
scenting a New scheme.

Mr.. Tucker-What is it, Tommy?
Toothache? Well, We'll go to the dem
fist tomorrow. Even at your age boy
ought to begin to save his teeth.
Tommy-Gee! If l save up enough do
git somethin' for 'em, paw?-Chicago
Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

all the same it is set before you every
day, and if you will only think of it
the next time you go out of doors you
will perceive it as revelation and
will know that whatever else New
York may be it is, at any rate, color
city. and as such it is one that has no
rival-New York Commercial Adver-
tiSer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

Canvasser-Are you single?
Man at the Door-Yes.
why, the folks next door told me
you were married"
so I am"
"Yet you told me just now you were
SINGLE"
Eyes; SO did"
"Well, what is the matter with your"
Nothing, sir. My name is Single,
and I'm married. Good day, sir"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

There is maxim Of unfailing truth
that nobody ever prizes into another
mans concerns but with a design to do
him mischief.-South.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
The Proper Way In.

"You say Grace married into the
smart set?'
Gracious, no; she was divorced into
Baltimore Herald.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
THE GREATEST STATE
FAIR EVER HELD
To Open at Columbus. Monday
August 81.

The greatest State Fair and Indus
trial Exposition ever held in Ohio o.
in any other State will open Its gate
at Columbus, on Monday morning
August 3lst, the exhibition to con
tinue five full days. This is to be :
great Centennial Jubilee occasion
and the people are interested as they
never were before, in an Ohio indus
trial event.
Every department of the great fair
will be filled with the best and latest
produced, shown in properly classi.
fed arrangement for intelligent
study.
A big program of free special at
fractions will be presented each day,
and there will be no cessation of in
terest from the hour of opening un-
til the hour of closing.
The railways have granted a half
rate fare from all points, tickets
gooe for the week, besides which
there will be many popular excur-
sions over most of the lines. Under
the complete program arrangement,
there is no choice of days. Every
day will be the big day.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
Votes Not For Sale.

The editor of the Woman's Corner
in the Warren Daily Tribune writes
"Mrs. Leroy Grant, of Cheyenne,
whose husband is State Auditor OF
Wyoming is enthusiastic in her prais
es of the workings of woman suffrage
in her State. Mrs. Grant was In
Warren one day recently. with her
husband, and in speaking of political
conditions in Wyoming she declared
that all the results of equal suffrage
were good. She says that womer
vote quite as generally as the mer
do. and that they stand by their re
spective parties unless those candi
dates are men of bad charac-
ter. Then nothing can keep the wo
men from voting against them. The
woman vote Is not purchasable. Oh
course this has a tendency to make
all parties nominate men of integrity
for public office. Mrs. Grants testf
mony disproves the oft-repeated as
sertion that women would not vote ii
they had the chance, and it confirms
our belief that their influence could
be counted upon the side of decency
and right. Mrs. Grant herself Ii
proof that the possession and exer
else of the elective franchise is no,
detrimental to womanliness. If wo
man suffrage is good thing for the
State, and a good thing for woman
what are we waiting for?"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
Great Storm In the Gulf.

A storm of great vigor manifested
itself in the West Atlantic, Carri-
bean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, last
week, and the U. S. Weather Bureau
sent out warning signals to South At
lantic and Gulf ports, for vessels not
to put out to sea. 1t first struck the
island of Martinique. which suffered
so greatly last year from the volcan-
ic eruptions, and destroyed the cane
cocoa, and coffee crops, fruits and
vegetables. Every town and village
was injured and thousands of houses
were blown down.
Next it struck the eastern end of
the island of Jamaica, making a
wreck of it. Over a hundred lives
were reported lost here.
The last heard from the storm, it
was playing round the peninsula of
Yucatan, on the Southern Gulf coast
of Mexico.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
MR.. w. W. FISHER
Acting Postmaster at Belle.
fOntdine.

The three bondsmen for Mr.. w. w.
Roach, ruet Saturday and selected
one of their bondsmen. Mr.. w. w.
Fisher, to have charge of the Belle
fontaine postoffice until a regular
postmaster is appointed. The three
bondsman are Mr.. w. c. Huston,
Mr.. W. W. Fisher and John Nj
Hamilton. Deputy French Garwood
was reappointed deputy and for the
present there will be no visible
change in the postoffice.
There are several candidates for
the position Congressman Warnock
is abroad, and will not return until
some time in September. 1t is said
that the Executive Committee has
endorsed Mr.. John P. Cost for the po-
sition, and has so cabled Mr.. War
mock.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18

Our annual clearance sale
Wall Papers is now on and
will continue through Fair
week. Our entire stock Of
1908 papers must be closed
out and to do this we offer
you a discount of 25 per cent
from our already low prices.
This makes a price on many
of the patterns below cost
to manufacture. All pur.
chaces must be spot cash and
no goods will be sold to
dealers at this discount.
We have about 100 bundles
containing from 80 to 40
rolls each of odd patterns
which we offer at 25c per
bundle.
COWMAN & FAWCETT,
Main street, opposite Court.
House.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
Republican Day
At the State Fair.

September will be Republican day
at the State Fair. Secretary w. w.
Miller, of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, returned from Clevland, Satur-
day, where he consulted with Sena-
tor Hanna and Colonel Mryon T. Her
rick, who have agreed to be present
and speak. General Dick will have
charge of the program. Senator
Foraker has written that he will be
present if possible, AS no date for
the formal opening of the Republican
State campaign has been set, it looks
as though this would be the real
opening. Tuesday, September 2, has
been selected as Democratic day
Columbus Dispatch.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
A Big Blaze!

The office and warehouse building
of the Standard Oil Company, near
the Big Four tracks, in the South
part of town, were burned little af-
ter seven o'clock, Monday morning.
A fast run was made by the fire de-
partment, but the flames were in con,
troll. Barrel after barrel of oil ex-
ploded from the intense heat, and
the flames leaped high in the air,
while a column of dense black smoke
fioated off to the northwest. Humid.
reds of gallons of oil, gasoline and
turpentine fed the furious flames
and warned the curious onlookers tc
stand at a respectful distance. -Four
large tanks and a stable were saved
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Annual Session Of the Logan
County Teachers. Association
Will be Held at BelIcfOn-
tdine. Aug. 24-2S.

We invite the attention of all read
ers of the REPUBLICAN eto the pro-
gram for the Logan County Institute,
Aug. 24-2s, 1903. There is no county in
the State which has earned a more
enviable reputation by their devotion
to their County Institute and a spirit
of enthusiasm prevade the same, that
is helpful to any one in educational
work. For this reason an invitation
is extended to teachers of other
counties to participate in the In
stitute. The date is purposely place
ed near the opening of school so that
all teachers away on vacation or in
school may be able to attend. The
instructors need no introduction.
The Lecturers for the two evenings
have not yet been decided, bnt CORES
pondence Is being carried on with
some of the the best lecturers of the
American platform and no one will
be secured who will not prove helpful
to the large body of Logan County
teachers. Those who heard Mrs. Nc
Kinnon last year in her excellent
selections will want the opportunity
afforded on Tuesday evening. Then
the reception on Monday evening you
will not miss If you have ever at
tended one, and if you haven't, you
should not miss the one this year.
The registration free will be as u.s.
ual and every attendant should re-
gister the first day of the Institute.
Since the interest has been aroused
in the county as to advanced salaries,
the school boards will expect great.
er interest on the part of teachers
and an effort will be made to show &C
curately to the public the interes,
taken by every teacher employed in
the county. Hoping that we may
have your hearty cooperation IN
making this the best Institute evel
held in Logan county, we remain
Yours most sincerely,
r. NJ. SOLOMON, Chairman
AMANDA HAMILTON, Sec.
/ CAREY F. HEATH, Treas.
]. w. MAcKINNoN
FRANK MARCH
i Executive Committee
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
Thimble Party.

A large number of ladies of thiI
city have been favored with the fol
lowing invitations:
Mrs. Lucien Barker,
Mrs. Frank Poole.
Miss Barker,
At Home
Tuesday afternoon, 2 o'clock,
August eighteenth.
Thimbles.
Mrs. James Stephenson,
Miss Hancock.
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
DIR. and Mrs. Frank Poole,
Miss Barker,
at home
Tuesday evening 8 o'clock,
August eighteenth.
Miss Hancock.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
o. C. M. S. DISTRICT 3
CONVENTION.
To Be Held In BellefOntaine. O..
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Aug. Is and 70. 1908.
PROGRAM.
rfrsnav .rrEnNnn,

PROGRAM.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
300 Opening Devotional services...........
4 ......................... WIN. Harrt
2:l5 Evangelistic Sermon......w. :. Round
s:45 Welcome and Response.
..............F. r. Milligan aud A. Skidmor
3:l5 Brief Reports from the Churches.
$3.50 Appointment of Committees and Ad
tournment.
TUESDAY EVENING.
200 Devotional and Praise Service.
| ....-..-.-..--.-.....-.w. l.. Mors'
7:s Ohio Missionary Address 5. II. Bartlett
$500 G. W. b. NJ. Address. -. Mary A. Lyon,
$50 Announcement and Adjournment
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
$500 Meeting of Committees and District
Board.
$50 Business-sunday School Session.
500 Things Teacher Ought to Know.
..............-..---....... 81. ..Wm. Harri.
BIS The Social Feature In $. 5. Work..
--.............. ..........-... Bro. Myers
e:s5 How TO Cultivate Habits of Church
Attendance and Home Bible study dy......--
....-.........-........-. :. ... Bro. Denslow
$50 MendIng the Nets. or the Importance
OF Holding as Well rs Catching.
.--..-....-...-...........- 7. Groom
9:55 Round Table.
1o:l5 Conference on Ohio Missionary Meth
DDS. Open for all to take part. Conduct
ed by State Secretary.
l0:f5 Church Finances. ID. Burt
100 The Pastor In :. s. Works. Bro. Griere
11:3o Announcements and Adjournments-
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
G. W. b. NJ. SESSION.
1:3O Devotional Exercises.
.....-.. Miss Rachel Clough. Rushsylvania
lao Message to the Convention by District
President 81 Mrs A. Skidmore. East Liberty
1:50 The Work of the Junior G. f. and
Bands. Present and Future In the Dis
trict..-.. Mrs. Matte Rogers, Belle Center
900 Solo. Miss Grace Morse. Bellefontaine
2:05 Address-The Condition Of Heather
Women of One Land.----
.----.-..---Mrs. Cinda Stevens. Belle Center
2:l0 Address-Condition OF Women of the
O. W. b. M.----- ....-...... .-.......-..-
..........Miss Ella Patrick. East Liberty
2:i5 Address Rounding Up the Forces in
Ohio ------------..-..-------. .--.-----..--
...-. Miss Mary A Lyons, State Secretary.
las The Offering.
Special Music-.-
-. Mrs. Bella skidmore. West Mansfield
A Brief Business of Committees
500 Paper-The Influence of Prayer.
Mrs. Samuel welshimer. W. Mansfield
sos Paper-The Influence Of Spiritual
Life.-.--.M Mrs Olivia Arrowsmith. Urbana
$50 Paper-The Influence of Giving to the
Lord. Mrs F. E. Milligan. Bellefontaine
3:i5 Paper-The Influence of Working for
the LOro. ---.-.------.-----.--.- ----.
---.--.. Mrs. Carrie Denslow, Rushsylvania
$50 How to Bring Ohio G w. B. NJ. to the
Front. :. Mrs. W. T. Groom. Bellefontaine
3:40 Closing Conservation service by Presi-
dent...............---- Mrs. A. Skidmore
Benediction and Adjournment.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
7:0 Praise Service Thatcher
ESQ The Function OF Christian Endeavor
.---...----.-----..-----..- -..-..Mr. Condit
$500 Address. ..-.--...--.....O. A. Freer
$50 Closing Conservation Service.
$40 Adjournment.
WIN. HARRIS. Secretary.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-18
Obituary..

In the death of Jacob s. Loffer, De
Graf has lost one who for more thar
a quarter of a century, has beer
identified with the progress and
growth of our village. While con
servative in disposition, yet he wai
public spirited in the best sense. tha,
is, progress with safety. Jake was
no rainbow chaser-he belonged to
the old school rather than the new
In an acquaintance covering more
than twenty-five years of business
life, we have yet to hear of a dis
honest business transaction laid to
the charge of Jacob S. Loffer. To
the farming community within a
radius of ten miles of DeGraff, Jake
Loffer will be missed as no other man.
He has bought their stock ever since
the war, and to say that stock men
had full confidence in him and his
Judgment, Is but to repeat what is
said by one and all. Such confidence
was placed in all his fair dealings,
that when a farmer had a load of
stock ready for market, in many in
stances the farm r would say, when
asked by his neighbor what price he
was getting or expecting to get, "Oh,
/ don't know, will take them down
and Jake will give what the market
will Afford" and he would and did;
never taking advantage of the seller
because he had his stock in town,
without a fixed price. and so beat
him down for that reason. All had
confidence that he wonld do the right
thing by him, and this reputation
Jacob S. Loffer maintained to the day
of his death. 1t is a legacy worth
bequeathing to his children in these
days of sharp practices and deceit.
We say yes, a thousand times better
legacy than millions made by the
trusts and so called squelchers of
fair dealing, which requires that all
may have a chance in life to win it's
prizes.
Jacob s. Loffer was not in any sense
a great man, he was what was better,
a safe one. That he was the right
kind of a man to make a patriotic
citizen, is evidenced by his prompt
r, sponse to his country's call. Like
thousands Jake gave more than life
to his country. Unfortunate in be-
ing captured by the enemy in honor
able battle he was kept in prison pens,
starved, i'll treated and his system
SO filed with poison that for thirty
nine years he has lived . tortured
life, not living as patriot deserves
to live, free from pain, except as
caused by wounds on the battle field.
Andersonville, Belle Isle and Libby
prisons were not war, they were
human invented hell. Jake served
his full time in them. Let US throw
a christians mantle over him, and
hope that he is at rest.
For twenty-four years trouble has
haunted, and well nigh dethroned at
times his reason, and drove the sum
shine, in a large measure out of his
life. To a man less firm, wreck
would have resulted long ago. To
his faithful brother Sol E. Loffer, the
removing of much of the strain, by
his heipfulness, is due. AS patriot,
citizen, honest man, husband and
faithful friend. the community is a
loser. His creed was the Golden
Rule. II. H.B