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Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-10
First Voters,

This Is a young mems campaign. Join
= First Voters Club. Ii one has not
been organized in your community, do it
yourself. Literature and buttons will be
supplied clubs. Apply to the chairman
Of your State Central Committee or to
the Republican National Committee, Au-
ditoriun, Chicago.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-10

otsa1lnG the Pia atform Of the Peoples
party in 1890. steaiina THAT OF the Re.
publicsns In 10o4-How can the D e.
aocracy now pretend TO be . party
based upon cosvfctionsr cannot sss
n the management Of the nationa1
party anything on earth except an ef.
fort 60 find which is the best bait to
put ON the hook. = Thomas K, Watson.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-10
ishtIiest Figure In American Poll
ttcp

fJacob Riis on Roosevelt, the Man."
In Review of Reviews. August, 1901
A man with rel blood In his veins, =
healthy patriot. with no clap-trap jingo-
ism about him. but a rugged belief in
America and its mission. an intense low
er Of country and dag. 4 vigorous optim-
ist, q believer In men. who looks for the
good In them and finds IL. Practical In
partisanship, loyal. trusting and gentle
as q friend: unselhsh, modest as q wom-
an. clean-handed and clean-hearted, and
honest to the core. In the splendid vigor
Of his young manhood he is the knightli
est figure in American politics to-day.
the fttest exponent Of his country's idea.
and the model for its young sons who
are coming to take up the task he set
them.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-10
Democracy and the Money Question.

Alton B. Parker wired the convention
that ''the gold standard was irrevocably
established by law" after the committee
which was dominated by Mr.. Parker's
special political manager. David B. Hill,
had already voted down, 35 to Is. q
plank that said the standard was mo
longer open to question" Thus the
Democratic party. as represented by its
platform in committee. is In 4 majority
Of over two to one In thinking that the
standard is open to question" notwith-
standing that its presidential candidate
says it is ''irrevocably established by
law" II over half Of the Democratic
party thinks tho standard still 'open to
question:. what assurance is there that
il this party should control both branches
Of Congress the standard would not be
''opep to question:
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
Dropped the Subject.

"Five thousand dollars for dogr' he
exclaimed as he looked up from his
newspaper. Do you believe any one
ever paid any such price, Maria?
I'm sure ! don't know, James," she
returned without stopping her needle
work even for moment. Does the
paper say that much was paid?
Yes. There's an article on valuable
dogs. and it speaks of one that was
sold for 5000. I don't believe it."
1T may be true, James," she said
quietly. 'Some of these well bred ami
mails bring fancy prices, and there's no
particular reason why the paper should
lie about it,
Il know that. Maria. But just think
Of it, Just try TO grasp the magnitude
of that sum in your weak. feminine
mind. You don't seem to realize it.
Five thousand dollars for a dogi Why
hang it. Maria. that's more than I'm
| WORTH
Il know ii. James. but some are
worth more than Others"
She went calmly on with her sewing
while he fumed and spluttered for 6
moment and then dropped the subject
/ especially the weak. feminine MIND
part of it.--EXchange
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
Governor BuShnell'S
Home Investment.
New York Trlbune.

New York Tribune
The news published Thursday about
the will of the late Governor A. ).
Bushnell of Ohio caused many a Wall
street habitue to wonder that so
wealthy an estate could be thus con-
stituted. Seven million dollars, and
all invested just as though Wall
street had never existed. Among
other things were $1,000, 900 of Inter
national Harvester company stock,
100000 of Springfield Gas company
stock, the entire Springfield, Troy
and Piqua railway, large percent
age of the stock of the First Nation
al bank of Springfield, and also of the
Springfield and Xenia Telephone
company, and the Bushnell block, the
lhandsomest block of real estate in the
city.
How many wealthy men place theii
money all in local enterprises with
which they are thoroughly familiar!
And how many men of less means in
vest their lots in bonds and stock
whose names they hardly know, rep
resentine business with which the
4 are not at all faEniliars
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
FEMININE INTUITION.
The Philosophy of the Girl at tn
Candy Counter.

The Philosophy of the Girl ut the
Candy Counter.
The girl at the bonbon counter put
up five large boxes of judiciously Sc
lected candy under the personal super
vision of a nervous young man. He
left card for each of them, handed
over a list of addresses for their deliv-
cry, paid his bill and walked out look
ing decidedly glum.
Ought to bag sweetheart out Of
that broadside," remarked the cashier.
Guess again." said the salesgirl-
'sIt's caramels to car fare that he has q
sweetheart and that he has quarreled
with her, their first, probably. He Is
sending that candy to his ladylove's
dearest friends, because he knows they
will not fail to tell her about ii.
"A candy counter is the horoscope Of
the human heart to girls who can read
1t. When young man buys a pound
Of candy, any old thing handy, without
looking twice at 1t, his affections are
not very deep set. When he begins to
get particular in his selections, Cupid
Is getting in his fine work The lovers
quarrel inevitably ends in such a reck-
less display as you saw just now When
the reconciliation takes place, we shall
have nothing in stock good enough for
that fellow. When he's married, he'll
stop coming."-New York Press
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
AN EDITORS
EXPERIENCE
In the Treatment of HumOurs
with More Than Magical
Effect with
CUTICURA REMEDIES.
A Remarkable Testimonial from
a Most Intelligent and
Trustworthy Lady.

ga tumor came on my neck and In Q
day or two it was as large as half an
orange. was very much alarmed for
fear it was malignant My friends
tried to persuade me to consult my
physician; but dreading that he would
insist on using the knife, would not
consent to go. Instead. 1 got Cuticura
Resolvent and C1ticura Ointment. I
took the former according to direc-
tions, and spread thick layer of the
Ointment on the swelling. On renew
ing IL i would bathc my neck In very
warm water aud Cuticura Soap. In .
few days the Cuticura Ointment had
drawn the swelling to q head, when it
broke. Every morning it was opened
with large sterilized needle, squeezed
and bathed, and fresh Ointment put
on. Pus and blood, and . yellow,
cheesy, humorous matter came out. In
about three or four weeks time this
treatment completely eliminated the
tumor. The soreness that had ex-
tended down into my chest was all
gone, and my neck now seems to be
perfectly well.
"About five or six years ago my sis
ter had q similar experience, used tho
Cuticura Remedies with magical effect
am willing you should use my testi-
monial, with the further privilege OF
revealing my name and address to such
persons as may wish to substantiate
the above statements by personal letter
to me-" Chicago, Nov. 12, 1902.
Sold throughout the world Cnte.rz Rrsoivsnt, soe
On form Of Chocolate Coated Pills, Sc per vial Of eo
Ointment. se Soap e5c- D-po.s London. ~ Charssr-
house So: PEris hue de Pair; Boston. lsf Colun
eus Ave Potter Drug Chem Corp. Sole froprisorA
a3-ssnd f0F ''HO~ % Cure Every a9nogr."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
Cafes In the hungarian c.pit.,,

The trees and the cafes in Pest are
Partisan. only there are more trees
and more cafes. and in Pest the cafes
do not have crowded existence. There
is never the impression of a few tables
end few chairs forced into a narrow
space. Ii seems as if. when the city
was laid ont and when the buildings
were erected. special providence had
been made for tables and shrubbery in
front of them i'm the same way that
space iS calculated for gardens and
fountains and lakes in laying out an
exposition ground. If old Paris was
all on hill on one side of the Seine
and new Paris had been built since
1850 and the Partisan had the free life
of the gypS:- in his heart and the Rus
slams fondncSS for room whether out
doors or in and art and architecture
had fiourislgd i'm Hungary for GEN.
| turieS. there might br some reason for
that cciEplri>un which frequently oc-
ours TO the hurrying tourist-Freder-
eek Palmer in Scribnnr';
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
The First Gold Rush.

The voyage of the argonauis. the date
Of which is uncertain. was professedly
a rush for gold. 10 be collected in tieeces
placed in the torrents flowing down
the fanks of Mount Caucasus. But
older much was the westward move
ment, which Chaldean records Of $500
p. c. chronicle. TO the gold bearing land
OF Melukkha, afterward known rs Mi
dian.
Later on. but still at a very early
period. there was a rush from Egypt
TO n spot inland from the present Sua'
kin. Long afterward this was describ
ed by Diodorus Siculns. who left a
map. still extnnt. showing the wells
provided for the gold seekers between
the Red sea and the mines.
About 1000 L. c. there seems TO have
been another rush of miners in search
OF gold into South Africa. Its mum
bers can only be guessed at from tho
extensive remains that still exist. bu
1t has been calculated that at leas
$3.50. 100000 was secured by these ear
ly adventures.
III modern times the first rush wa
that 10 California In 1850.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09

Intelligence is more than books and
letterS-it is knowledge of the forces of
nature and ingenuity enough TO use
them for human service. The negro
is generally acknowledged 10 be lack
Ing in the mechanical idea" In Afri-
ca he hardly knows the simplest me-
chanical principles. such as that of the
lever In America the brightest of ne
groes were trained during slavery by
their masters in the handicrafts. such
as carpentry. shoemaking. spinning.
weaving. blacksmithing. tailoring. and
so on. \ plantation became self sup
porting unit under the oversight and
discipline of the whites. but the work
of the negro artisans was ''for the most
part careless and inefficient" Since
emancipation the young generation has
not learned the mechanical trades tC
the same extent as the slave genera
tions. Moreover. as machinery sup
plants tools and factories supplant
handicrarts the negro is left still far
ther behind. -- John X. Commons ir
Chauiauquan-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09

HE HAD CAUGHT SIGHT OF FLAGS WIG
wAGGISo II THE CLEAR ATMOSPHERE
the boys fate. Our long and fierce
pursuit had maddened the Indians. and
they would certainly put their prison
ers to the torture.
In fianking the mountains the red
skins must fall back through Trappers
pass in the foothills. We knew it TO be
a bushlike gorge. and at the south end
it debouched upon the plains. We made
camp within half q mile of the en-
trance OF the pass. and every trooper
knew that we had driven at least
1000 warriors ahead of us. Would
they continue their flight or wait for
US on the plains beyond and have 1t
out? The general idea was that the
morrow would witness Il big fight, and
daylight had scarcely dawned after a
night without alarm when our camp
was astir. But for the Indians being
too cute we should certainly have fall
en- into the trap they had set for us.
We were almost ready for boots and
saddles when a score of warriors came
riding out OF the pass to defy and
us. ~ WIS NthA b-aAAiiNs
them, and they retreated in haste. but
as soon as the bugle blew recall the
warriors were mocking us again. II
| was a scheme TO get the entire com
mand on the move and after them
without having taken due precautions
, 1t was 80 interpreted by the general
and he ordered scout 10 climb up 9
spur of the mountain and see what
could he seen. When the man hat
reached height OF 1900 feet he sig
nailed for ~ flaeman to come up to him
Looking away to the south, he hao
caught sight of flags wigwagging il
the clear atmosphere of the morning
The person wHVin. them was stationed
on another AMI higher spur. and 70
some time il was looked upon as :
mysterious proceeding. The signal maj
had scarcely climbed up beside th
scout when the mystery was solved
It was our Wigwag trying to open
talk" with his flags. When his signal
were answered he went at il an
spei,ed out the words:
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
W7GWACS
AVE By c. b.
LEWIS
LEWIS
Copwtghi. iso'. bv 7. c. ,tecnpe

We were heading OF the Indians as
they raided the Kansas frontier when
we found wigwag concealed in the
willows along the banks of a creek. He
was boy Of twelve, and his father.
mother and two sisters had been mas
sacred. he was handed over To n team
ster and taken 10 Camp Supply, and
but for the excitement OF campaigning
he would have been sent of somewhere
soon. As il was. he hung about with
the teamsters for several weeks. no one
giving him any particular attention.
and then a sutler took him on. Wig
wag was not enthusiastic over horses.
guns or uniforms: but. queerly enough.
he took TO the signal corps. From the
first moment he saw the men talking
with each other through the medium
of the signal flag his admiration was
excited. and he began to pick up the
system. He got little encouragement
from any ono. as all had enough to see
| TO. but the lad had head for the
work. and he picked IL up until within
four or five months his flags could
| talk" as we'll as any.
Spring came, and we set off 60O
strong to give the Indians a rub. No
one was greatly surprised after we had
left the forty miles behind us 10 find
wigwag ON hand. lie had Jumped"
the sutler. lifted mule and followed
after. and there was no sending him
back. There wasn't private soldier
or teamster who wouldn't have shared
rations with him. and such officers as
| knew of his presence winked Mt the
breach of orders and said nothing. The
boy had made signal flags for himself
and had them with him. but they were
looked upon as playthings by most of
the troopers.
We swept across the valleys of the
Big Fork and the Big Salt. scattering
the hostiles whenever they made a
stand. and at length crossed the Cana
dian river and forced the red men back
on the Wichita mountains. down on the
Indian Territory line. We had them on
the run and meant to keep them going.
Just at sundown one evening as we
were almost under the shadow of the
mountains Wigwag was cut of and
lcaptured. His mule lad gone lame and
was tagging behind. An effort was
made TO rescue him. but his captors
got away with their prisoner. and
many heart sorrowed that night over
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
JAPANESE POETRY.
II II Confined To Lyrical EHusf0ns ~
the Utmost Brevfty.


japanese poetry is absolutely confined
TO lyrical effusions of the utmost Jrev-
fly. The japanese poem Is generally
limited to three. four or five lines and
seldom exceeds a few dozen. One would
look in vain for a poem of the length
Of Bryant's ''Thanatopsis.- Japanese
literature has never invaded the epic
field and knows no metrical form which
even remotely resembles an ode, a bal
lad or long poetic narrative like The
Ancient Mariner" Also minor metrical
arrangements like the rondel, triolet,
willamette, etc, are absent. Of what,
then, does japanese poetry consist? II
one discusses its apparent lack of scope
and resources with japanese, he Ia
sure to pant to the "Manyoshiu Kogi"
(CollectioE of Myriad leaves. True
enough, its bulkiness is most alarming,
as 1t extends TO 122 volumes. But ii
proves to be only an anthology of short
poems, each complete, bearing no rela-
ton to other stanzas, except in the
choice Of subject, the work being d.
vided into poems of spring, summer,
autumn, winter, poems of parting.
love, sorrow, etc. Collections Of this
kind, admirably printed and supplied
with numerous indexes and elaborate
commentaries, are published at inter-
walls under the auspices of the govern
ment. They represent the classical
poetry OF Japan.-The Reader.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

A century ago English did not de-
serve to be ranked among the lead
ing languages of the world, so far as
the numerical strength of those peo-
Piles who used it was concerned. At
that time French, German, Russian
and Spanish were the leading Ian
guages, numerically, all numbering
more followers than English. To-day
the situation has notably changed.
OF all the languages of the Northern
peoples English is to-day the most
widely used. At the present time
the English-speaking peoples number
about one hundred and fifty millions,
as compared with about hundred
and ten million speakers of all kinds
of Russian and ninety-five millions
whose native tongue is German
French and Spanish have gone back
notably during the century, and
neither deserves to be ranked among
the three most prominent languages
in the world to-day.
hC PeAAN VI WI III WhA1Af -
Kjpling would saw, knows the mean
ing of soap and water, has cause tt
be glad at the growing Importance OF
the English language in the world
Where English is spoken and-whati ii
even more important-read,i 1t is onl,
a question of time ere the ideals o.
/ individual liberty and Justice begfl
to grow strong. An English-speak
ing world would, in the course of n,
very long time, mean world infinite
ly more liberal than is the world o
the present day. 1t is perhaps to-
much to hope that the English Ian
guage will ever extend its sphere o
usefulness to every part of the world
That it is today becoming more an
more the dominant language, how
ever, is scarcely open to question:
lTimes-Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
TIL. Wicked Multiplication Table.

4 minister was hearing his Sunday
school repeat the catcchism one Sun
day preceding confirmation when n
boy from the class of small children
ventured to ask a question of the min
lister.
Turning to the clergyman. the hoy
inquired in an anxious tone. why
does the multiplication table make peo-
pie wicked?"
The minister thought at first thai
the child had taken occasion to pro
pound conundrum at most unseem'
" time AMI was about 10 rcprove him
when the carnestncss of the expression
in the upturned face assured him that
the question was asked in good faitl
and required reply.
why do you ask such a question
John? | never knew il to do so," h,
said
John turned TO his catechism ant
read from il with mystified air thu
question. Did man grow worse as h
oegan to multiply and the accom-
panying answer. He did
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09

Il got up here i'm the night. Don't en-
ter the pass. There are a thousand In
dians in ambush there. The whole
force is about 1000 strong"
Have You escaped:f asked our sig
mailman.
NO. not yet came the reply. THE
Indians are below me, and can climb
no higher"
Cant You get away to us before we
moycF"
mo. but I shall hide here until the
Indians leave"
What sort of an ambush have they
prepared?'
Indians in the bushes on both sides
of the pass. II you ride in not a man
will get out alive"
rs there any other way to attack
them . was asked.
Il think | can make out pass two
or three miles 10 the left. II 1t Is one 1t
will bring you in behind the reds"
1t took an hour or more To get this
information. and then we acted on il
and fianked the Indians out of the pass
and smote them hip and thigh as they
streamed out on the plain. When the
fight was over we went mp the pass TO
look for Wigwag. but our search was
i'm vain. We found. however. that his
flags had prevented a slaughter. Ev-
cry rock and bush for two miles had
sheltered an Indian. and once into the
trap we could not have retreated
Though we had to ride away without
news of the lad, we hourly hoped TO be
| Joined by him. but ne did not come. II
was n year later before we knew his
fate. What we got came from one OF
the Indians who were there. The only
good news was that they had not tor
tured the boy. being too busy with 9th
er affairs. In the night he had man
aged TO cast off his bonds. work hi:
way past scores of sleeping warrior:
with his flags under his arm. and
knowing that lie could not pass out OF
| the gorge, he had climbed up the noun
| tain with the hope of opening commu
nication with us when daylight came
| This he successfully accomplished, ant
| he had tagged the information record
| ed above before the excited Indians be
low had caught sight of him. whei
| they saw what he was up TO warrio
was told OF TO bring the boy down will
n bullet. They feared to discharg'
more than one rifle ut a time. as w
might suspect some ruse. The warrio
had fair mark. though far above him
and he had coolly fired a score of time
before his bullet found its billet. |
seemed as il Providence was shielding
the lad until he could tell all he had t
say.
Tell the general that the reds b
had tagged. And then the white waf
went down to rise no more. He haI
lost his own life. but he had saved co
men from slaughter
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
INSECT MIMIcs.
Clever DfsEuises That Save TheH
From Their Enemies.

Clever Disguises That Save Then
From Their Enemies.
A well known naturalist tells us Of
an insect in Nicaragua so completely
disguised as a leaf that a whole host
Of the ants who prey upon it actually
ran across it without recognizing II as
their food. Mr.. Sclater noted in South
America another insect, one of the
membracidp, which not only mimicked
the leaf cutting ant for its own protec-
ton, but, like its model, carried In its
jaws a fragment of leaf about the size
Of a dime.
Even more wonderful is the disguise
of the mantis of Java, which turns
itself into so exact semblance of an
orchis flower that the insects upon
which ii feeds visit ii in hope Of q
feast, but remain to furnish one.
The heliconidoe butterflies. which are
avoided by all insect eating creatures,
are exactly initiated by another class.
which are so good to eat that if they
did not assume protective disguise
they would be extirpated, and they do
SO to such perfection that even expert
naturalists sometimes cannot distin-
guish them. Another authority men,
tions a small beetle which turned itself
into so good a copy of a wasp that he
was afraid to touch it with his fingers.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09
Four Fast Trains Chicago
to st. Paul. MINNEAPOLIS

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Leave Chicago 500 a M, 6:3O p. m.
Northwestern Limited, electric
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300 a. m. Fast schedules, luxurious
equipment, dining car service unI
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sleeping car reservations apply to
your nearest ticket agent or addres,
A F. CLEVELAND,
234 Superior Street,
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-02-09

1t is popular delusion that doctors
are compelled TO attend TO any and
every call made upon them. Nothing
of the kind: but medical men very
rarely refuse, although in many cases
the chance of receiving a fee is remote.
Street accidents or people suddenly
taken i'll (sometimes a malingerer) will
make kind hearted onlooker run to
the nearest doctor for assistance, quite
oblivious as to who is responsible for
payment. As matter of fact, the
one who calls the doctor is liable.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.