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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

As City Solicitor W. W. Riddle is
not in the city. Attorneys E. &. Camp
bell and John E. West will represent
the city's interests in the imbroglio
that promises TO ensus from the Deser-
moux contract for the pipe extension
ON Detroit street and Sandusky ave-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

Contractor Elzo Wiles has COM
menced the erection Of a house on
West Chiilicothe avenue for L L.
Wren.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

The Board of Public Safety meeting
in adjourned session Wednesday night
decided to advertise for bids for 1, OOO
feet of high grade fire hose and accep-
ted the bid for the painting of the ex-
terror woodwork at the fire depart
ment building.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

We wish Columbus and wapak would
settle that momentous question of the
Oldest Odd Fellow.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

If the meat strike points out the
way to a vegetable diet perhaps the
trouble will not have been endured In
vain.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

Much hay is being cured in good
condition about Logan county these
dsrz
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

Oak Newell has received eight hun
dred sheep from Idaho and they will
all be sold in Logan county.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

Mrs Joseph Edwards. of near Sid
nsy. was killed Tuesday by being
thrown from a wagon
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

The Xenia fair is in full blast and
next week the Champaign county fair
viii be sn attraction to many.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

Born. Tuesday. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Allan Armsr. Of this city. q fine liz
pound boy.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

Pears and plums are good to fair in
this section this season; peaches are
small and apples are generally inferior.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

The Urbana fair viii be held next
week Logan county people sre invit-
tied to attend
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

The Sidney ball team has disbanded
because Of the inability to secure suit
able dates
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

Mack Hunter is acting as timskeeper
Tor Contractor Frank Mitchell on the
street paving improvements
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

There are now 1921 telephones con.
nected with the local exchange of the
United Telephone Company.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

The purchase of the real estate and
personal property of the defunct
Flickinger Wheel company by John
W. White of Ft Wayne. Ind. means
that Gallon will have q wheel plant in
operation within SIXTY or ninety days
with E. FlicKinger, president of the
late company, as general manager.
Mr.. White. who is president of the
White National Bank, of Ft. Wayne,
is an old wheel man. and has been a
personal friend of Mr.. Flickinger for a
number of years.
Mr.. Flickinger says: "Mr. White
expects to spend q hundred thousand
dollars to start the business and place
it on a good basis. We expect to get
started as soon as possible and employ
as many men as we ever did. We al
ready have a market for an output fully
up to the capacity of that plant. -
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

According to the Gallon Leader
L. r. Beck has returned there from
Cincinnati and makes a general denial
of the statements of the alleged elope-
ment of his daughter. Mrs. William
Miller, and Len Patterson from this
city. Beck according tn the Gallon
papers. says he went to Mattoon, Ills. ,
meeting his daughter. She told him
the trouble arose when she spent an
evening with neigbbor in this city
playing finch. Patterson was at the
party and when she told her husband
he ordered her to leave the house tor
ever, Beck says. This she did. Pat
terson and his children accompanying
her to Nation. The Mattoon chief of
police finding no evidence of any
wrong doing refused to arrest them.
Mrs. Miller is at pfessnt in Cincin-
natl, states her father, and he denies
that she wrote to her husband asking
to be taken back.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

'Well. have you been to the meet
ingf" then both yeung men laughed.
They knew better. Several such re-
marks of the above trend were over
heard last evening while on the square
the little band of Salvation Army peo-
pie were holding services.
The Salvation Army is ridiculed too
much That army Of religious enthusi-
ats who believe in going into the high
ways and by-ways; who every night
make the streets q church for the
masses while the doors of imposing
edifices of brick and stone are barred !;
who in the slums and dives of great
cities rescue many an unfortunate;
who care for the lame. tine halt and
the blind; who in countless ways bring
the word of God to the notice Of men
who never before knew there was q
God. these people should be encouraged
and admired, and their spirit, as much
as possible. emulated.
Don't ever ridicule the Salvation
Army workers. boys. They are doing
as much for humanity as many of the
churches in this country put together.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

The Bokescreek Sunday school will
hold their 26th annual reunion and
picnic in the W. n. Day grove, 3lk
miles northwest of West Mansfield, or
Thursday, August II. The program
follows:
Sunday school will form in delegation
and leave the church at $50 a. m. fol
the grove.
Singing by the school.
Prayer by Mrs Mays. the evangelist,
of Bellefontaine.
Welcome address by Superintendent
Mrs. Amanda Heathcock.
Adjourn till 80 p. m. for dinner.
Part ss~oni will consist of addresses
by the folio viny orators: General r.
P. Kennedy, f 3eLefontaine Prof.
essor Earl Finch, of Wilberforce Un
iversity; Professor Walter Chavous, oi
LaRue.
Refreshments such as are suitable
will be served; also livery accommo
dations on the grounds.
In the evening there will be a lawr
fete on the church lawn.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

The lawn fete given at the Christian
church Wednesday night by the Sunday
school of the church proved pleasant
event Proceeds of tine fete go to the
benefit of the Sunday school library
fund.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05

Rev. George E. Davies goes next
week to st. Louis and Kansas City.
Returning he will stop at winona
Lake. Indiana, where he will be Joined
by Mrs. Davies.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05
BONDS
of City in Sum
of $4,000
Are Refused by w.
r. Todd & Co.
CITY COUNCIL
Rewards Contract
Last Night
To a Cincinnati Firm.---Cit,
Fathers Hold an Impor-
tant Meeting.

The City Council meeting in ad-
journed session Tuesday night passed
an ordinance under the provisions of
which the $40, 100 worth of improve.
ment bonds sold by the city recently
will be bonds bearing interest at AZ
per cent per annum instead of Der
cent and the came will be payable
semi-annually. At this meeting it was
announced that W. r. Todd & Com
paDy, of Cincinnati, to which company
the bonds were ordered sold some days
ago, had refused to take the same and
that under law granting the power
TO the Mayor and City Auditor to dis
pose of bonds under such emergencies
Mayor W. 7. Haviland and City Audi
tor c. W Roebuck had arranged for
the sale of them TO the Union Savings
Bank & Trust Company, of Cincin-
natl, for $40, 160, the par value of the
bonds, and $40 the interest accru-
ing on the same from the date of June
Is, 1904, from which date the bonds
will bear interest. Following this an
the sale was made and the
sum of $40. $50 paid to the city by a
representative of the purchasers. The
change made as to the rate of interest
and the sale of the same to the new
will result eventually in the
city getting more from the sale of the
same than it would have secured had
the change not been made.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05
CHURCH NOTES.

Rev. Mr.. Davies. of the First Pres
oyterian church. leaves for his vacation
next week. With the exception Of
Aug. Ia the pulpit will be regularly
supplied at the morning hour of wor.
ship. The young people will hold
their usual meeting for social worship
at 6 80.
At nesting of Friends held We'd.
nesday night at the home of Norris
Shroyer. east Sandusky avenue, prayer
service was held and the questions of
conducting camp meeting services
here and of erecting a church in Belle
fontsine discussed. Mrs. Adelaide G.
Hadley. of Zanesfeld. who recently
purchased two lots here located on
Eastern avenue, has offered to give one
of them to this religious denomination
as a site for a house of worship.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-05
FREE COLUMN.

FTo BUY.-Lerge quantity Of nrst-class leis
L measuring from "a 70 - inches- Cash Wfll
be paid for al timber selected. WIN. Bul1ard.
Bellefontaine, o. Mt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

the instrument with which he is ia
miliar. Especially is this true of the
piano player, a large portion of whose
skill lies in the constant use of his
hands In practicing finger exercises.
While the players of small instruments
may be fortunate enough to find SINH
lar ones a--"v from home, the piano
player is nor apt to be so fortunate, ow-
ing to the higher price of his instru-
ment. AS he cannot take the piano
with him, he necessarily is more liable
to suffer than any other class of play
ers. But there has just been patented
a finger exercising device for piano
players, which, while it is not guaran-
teed to make as sweet music as the
large instrument. will surely prevent
the stiffening up of the fingers through
lack of practice on the keys. This in
vention can be carried in a case no
larger than the dress suit bag, and con-
sists of a mechanical arrangement of
the keys whereby each one, on being
struck, gives out a click to aid the
player in regulating his time. The ten
sion of the keys can be adjusted to
correspond with those of the instru-
ment on which the player is in the
habit of performing.
Albert e. Jones, of New York City,
is the inventor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
WAS A REAL GOOD SON.
Because of This He Had Two Year
Takeu off Hia Saufaaro

Because of This He Had Two Years
Taken Off His Sentence.
The second floor room of the little
cottage was decorated with shriveled
last years Christmas wreath. depend
ing from the creased and torn shade.
On either side of the wreath were
pinned little American and Irish flags.
1t gave the cottage a particularly fes-
tive appearance. One of the neighbor
middle age, stopped in passing and
looked at the window curiousy, and
as she did so a little old woman, as
withered and shriveled as the Christ
mas wreath, came and babe her good
morning.
Good mornin' to you, Mrs. Conley,"
said the neighbor, cordially, Its Gle
bratin' We are l see, b. tn decora-
tons, an moighty foine they look. Ye
must b'lave in T'anksgivin'."
The little old woman smiled 'Yis"
she answered, I'm cilebratin'. IT'S
for Terence, tn by. He's comm home
this day"
rs that SOP exclaimed the neigh
Dor Terry comm home. Ye don't
tell me- l fought he was sent up FIR
five years.
$50 he was" said Terence's moth
err. beaming "Yis, he was sent up FIR
five years, but he got two years off FIR
good behavior"
"TOink of thatr said the neighbor,
in tones of sympathetic delight. "F'r
good behavior Now, isn't it comfort
to have a son like Chicago
News
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Rnnntiea VA. Protection.

Over in Canada the government is
having trouble with some Of the pro
tected steel plants about the amount
of bounty due them 1t says the manu-
facturers are not entitled to all they
claim. This shows what coarse,
clumsy system they have there in COM
parison with our smooth working tar
If system. The Canadian manufac-
turers are only asking for few mil
lions a year in bountles, while one Of
our steel manufacturing organizations,
by means OF the tariff system, took
about S7O.O00,000 from the people last
wear. and there was no dispute with
the government as to the amount and
only now and then few trifiing kicks
from the plundered victims. A small
sum like 100000 or 100000 looks
big when taken openly from the gov
eminent treasury and turned over 10
the trusts; but $70.O00.OOO can be
taken secretly and given TO the trusts
and not n word will be said. The boun-
tv system is not ''in IL" with protec-
ton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Wage Reductions Universal.

There are two reasons given for the
protective tariff by the Republicans,
one that it protects the manufacturers
from foreign competition and the
other that it raises the price for la
Dor. AS about all the manufacturers
have been organized into trusts or
combines and every industry has long
ago thrown off its swaddling clothes.
and none of them can any longer be
called infant industries, the first rca
son for a protective tariff falls to the
ground The rapid decrease in wages
now going on. the numerous strikes
and the continued high cost OF living
would seem to demolish the other rea-
son. But the protectionists are still
saying, Let well enough alone" al
though their voices are much less stri-
dent than when Hanna issued instruc-
tons to stand pat" There has been
no lowering of the tariff tax, the Ding
ley bill is still supposed TO adequate
ly secure American industrial prod
ucts against the competition Of for
eign labor" but the old machine
shows signs of wear end rasps and
groans when the labor cogs need oil
ing. Where protection is highest there
seems to be the most friction. as in
the iron and steel industries.
The latest to show signs of demOraI-
cation Is the lumber and logging bust
ness. in which, wages have declined
about % per cent A dispatch from
Ontonagon. Mich, to the Boston
Transcript says:
During the past few weeks there
has been a notable change in the la
Dor situation In logging circles in
Northern Michigan At the opening
Of the season men were so scarce that
numbering concerns could only get a
small portion Of the help needed. High
wages were no inducement Now.
however. more men are applying for
work than can be employed, and
wages have dropped from so TO So
per month. including board, 10 SD and
$40. Some employers are said to be
securing green hands Jor as low al SIS
per month
The wood and iumler schedule &C fine
oingley biz Is slill protecting the lum-
Der trusts and combines. and allowing
them 20 continue the exorbltant profits
on hImbeT and shingles, but the men
In the woods and who run the saw
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
THE THReaDBARE THEME.

IT'S love they've futed, luted, sung;
IT'S unto Love they've crept and chung;
And e'er round Love new garlands hung.
IT'S Love. Love, Love, the livelong day,
Until it seems quite thumbed away,
The old, worn string whereon they play.
Some long ago are dead and cold,
Earth, sun, and stars are growing old,
But still the tale is far from told
Nor shall it e'er be told, in truth,
White April knows not autumn's ruth,
While Youth looks in the eyes of Youth.
Nor shall the string once hang outworn,
Since Life itself of Love is born,
And as Life wanes must sing its morn.
The Bookman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
More Room on London Bridge.

The work of widening and improy-
iEg London bridge is now nearing COM
pletion. The old bridge will be consid-
erably beautified by the alteration.
Practically Sir John Rennie's bridge,
built over seventy years ago at cost
of G2,O00,0O0, still stands, for the main
improvements are the widening of the
roadway ard footpaths, and the sub
stitution for the solid parapet of an ar
tistically designed open balustrade par
apet. worked in Dartmoor granite.
The need for greater traffic facilities
across city bridges is emphasized by
the fact that the high-level footways
of the Tower bridge are now practi-
cally useless. They have lost their
charm of novelty. The hydraulic lifts
stand idle, passengers realizing that
little time is gained by using the high
level while the low level bridge is
raised for shipping traffic. The city
corporation has applied to parliament
for power to close the high footways.
London Express.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

PATRICK A. COLLINS the one assembled
for Mckinley in 1896, which was d.
S9e Three years ago Mckinley car
ried the city by 1000
Mayor Collins gets his title of gen.
eral from being the United States Con-
sui General at London from 1898 to
1897. He is the only Irish-American
who has occupied so prominent place
In the consular service Of this country.
He was born N Ireland in 1874. taken
by his viewed mother to Chelsea,
Mass, zf years after, and when old
enough. acted as office boy to Bos-
81 lawyer. At IS he went to Ohio
worked as laborer. He returned
pn, learned to be an upholsterer.
~ Eyer, putting in two years at
cesSN " School. He began sue
snrapes% as soon as admitted,
and bIs 49, karity with a bound
added to his h ! puolc speaker
IN +bo ArassonSg He has served
eral terms and was stature sew
/ to Congress. In then Il electeu
tional Convention of 1SS &c Ma
mastery speech in favoF
Cleveland which added mdS "
reputation. In 1899 he ran fosV ,
of Boston the first time, but way IS
feated by Thomas N Hart. owing%
divisions in the party. In 1901, thess
having been healed, he was elected
over Hart, by 1889 majority. the
largest ever given for Mayor in tina
] city up to that time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
BRIDGE WHICH is GREATER THAN
THE FAMOUS BROOKLYN STRUCTURE

bridge
New which
Brooklyn bridge which il
between terminals lis the Brooklyn bridge
$llooo
condmng brought the total TO about
bridge between its terminals Is Zo ee or over one
third The that
Of The other The width of the structure s feet as
height above l2 feet and its minimum
1 hegbt If the gl @ their cent
Tr thousand have ben used in consu
into the great
approaches cables which are 49, inches
Iee1
onhaf million feet q TIMBER
employed amounted %
laFe ec1c lse9 q
several ndredt buildings and houses
Ron ~ re S are nlane on solid the Men
anchorage through clay and sand E4 'a
the WILLIAMSBURG sac : s
provided with drives ies
trolley tracks two oowaNs anu ITO
bicycle
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
The Closed Door in Thibet.

The raison d'etre OF the Tibetan gov
eminent is the preservation and main
tenance Of Buddhism. So the policy of
the closed door and seclusion was orig
inally adopted for the same reason.
But this policy has now undergone a
change In character. and has become a
vital principle of national preservation
vital as considered by Tibetans. Sew
eraI foreigners, Europeans, have enter
ed Lhasa since the expulsion OF the
French priests Hue and CADET In 1916.
From what heard, I think they were
Christian R0manisu priests in dis
guise; but instead Of being sent away.
they were cared for, and given much
good food, IN which was poison-Cen-
tFrry
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

ed. - am sure 1 never saw you SO
handsome"
There was look of glad pleasure
in her eyes at this praise, but she
shook her head.
I'm a failure in this big town,
John, and that's the fortune 1 found"
Mine Is no better. | have been
here a year now and my career has
proved the truth of your prediction.
When you refused me tEat time, Kit
ty, you were a fortunate girl
do | look fortunate, JohnY she
asked softly.
You look like an angel" he said,
and looked as if he believed it.
But you, you" and with critical
gayety she surveyed him from head
to foot, you are we'll dressed, sir.
You have watch and a diamond
and patent leather shoes. Why, John.
l declare, you are regu.-r swell"
Il get So week." he said laugh
ing
Think of 1t, and 1 only get So.
Twelve dollars a week! Why, John.
| tell you that's riches"
you wouldn't advise a man to mar
ry on it, would you, KateY he asked,
trying to look in her eyes.
But she turned her head away and
pretended not to hear
You wouldn't advise that, Kate?'
he insisted.
Il know two young people, who live
in luxury Oh So" she said, shyly.
suppose we try it. Kate" he
whispered.
Il don't deserve it," she said. 81
have been a proud girl" and there
were tears in her eyes, "but 1 have
found out how well l love you, John,
and have been so lonely. "-Indianap-
oils Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
SHIFTING SANDS OF PERU.
They Always Awaken the Interest OF
the Foreign Traveller.

They Always Awaken the Interest of
the Foreign Traveller.
Ernest @. Rost tells of the curious
travelling sand crescents of Peru,
which move across the desert, says
Harpers Magazine. After passing
another town of three or four mud
huts we enter the famous desert of
Islay, on which are what consider
the most remarkable natural curiosi-
ties to be seen on this globe" says
Mr.. Rost, 'for we are now among
hundreds-nay. thousands-of pure
white sand crescents, on plateau of
1900 feet above the level of the sea
where all else is of dark red or
chocolate color. Whence comes this
sand and why always in crescent
shape? Professor Bailey, whom l af-
terward met at Arequipa, in charge of
the Harvard University Observatory,
told me that scientific men do not
agree as to the reason why the sand
always forms the same crescent
shape. although it is generally be-
lieyed that the whirling eddies here
abouts are responsible. Some, how
ever, argue that such is not the case,
since each one of these crescents has
an opening toward the northeast.
"At any rate. the inner circle is an
almost perpendicular wall of the finest
pure white sand. and from the upper
edges the crescents slope gradually
away on the outside. They average
about twenty feet in height, the inner
circle having a diameter of some fifty
feel, although l have seen one at least
mile and half In diameter which
was. however, not much higher than
the average. These crescents move. it
is estimated. at the rate of three
inches every twenty-four hours. and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Hears and speaks Again,

Letters have been received in Oshkosh
from Mrs. j. Stanley Rice of Springvale,
Mimi, announcing that her husband has
suddenly recovered his hearing and
speech after a period of six months, dur
Ing which he was wholly deaf and dumb.
Mr.. Rice's afiliction came upon him in
Oshkosh. where he was living at the
time. The recovery of hearing and
speech was due to a severe shock sus-
tanned by being thrown from vehicle
while driving Mr.. Rice has no recollec-
ton of events during the six months of
aff1ictiOn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Cochran score. Protection.

The Hon. ". BOurke COCHRAN said
in speech In New York: There is
one act which the Republicans have
incorporated into our laws, but which
the people have never yet Endorsed,
and against which tine Democrats must
struggle by the very law Of their being,
and that is the policy Of plumber for
protection. Democrats have always
realized that protection was logically
absurd. economically unsound. morally
infamous. but because OF the attract
i've name which it bore. many persons
were lured to its support The organi-
cation Of trusts has made It clear Just
what protection means"