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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-10-18
j. ID. Mclaughlin,
RxProbate Judge-)

Attorney-at-LAw. VIII give prompt attention
20 general law practice, leans, collections. con
veyAncing ana settlement of sstates- Probate
business = specially Office-Rooms I and 2,
Bellefoufaipe National Bank building
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Both Ready.

The Baltic feet at last got ready
to go. And the japanese got ready
Togo.-N. Y. Mail.
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w. 8. Snufhard.

Livery and Feed Barn. McKee's old stand
North Of Court House. Bellefontaine, Ohio
Excellent rigs and teams Horses boarded BY
the nonfn; single feeds furnished farmers
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-10-18
nr. ]. HI. Wilson.

Eoueopathist- Special attention given to dis
eases Of the Nose and Throat Once on South
Main street. BeIlefourafne, o.
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West and West,

At1or1eysrat-Law. Collections given prompt
attention. Partition and settlement of estates
q specially. Practice in the State and q. s.
courts Once on Main street. directly oppos-
lie The Courl House. Rellelontaine. o.
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j. C.. LongfelIOW.

(Successor 20 Dr. Rowand.)
Denrisf Modern methods Chalfant block,
east Of Court House
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-06
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
It Was Formally Opened on Saturday
President Roosevelt Touched
the Button.

St. Louis, April 3o-Representing
a larger expenditure than any SINH
liar enterprise heretofore attempted
on this continent, greater in its am
bition, and larger in its scope than
any previous efforts of its kind. the
Louisiana Purchase exposition was
formally opened this afternoon.
The inaugural exercises could hard
ly have been improved upon. They
were simple and were carried through
without delay OF any description.
President Touched the Button.
Washington. April 3o.-President
Roosevelt today pressed the gold key
which completed the electrical circuit
and released the gigantic power Of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition at ST..
Louis. putting in motion the 10000
horse power machinery and the fairy
like cascades on the exposition
grounds. The ceremony occurred in
the east room OF the White House
precisely al III 1-2 o'clock. eastern
standard time. AS the president touch
ed the key. the Third battery Of
United States artillery. stationed
south OF the White House, fired a
salute OF 81 guns. Congratulatory
messages were then exchanged be-
tween the president and David B.
Francis. prsident OF the Louisiana
Purchase exposition company.
The historic ceremony was witness
ed by a notable assemblage, includ-
ing members of the cabinet, justices
of supreme court and members of the
diplomatic corps.
The table which supported the tele-
graph instrument was located in the
east room. On it rested small dais
covered with blue and gold plush. to
the top OF which was attached the
gold key with which the president
closed the circuit. The same dais and
tho same key have been used on sew
eral similar historic occasions.
The president delivered brief
address.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-06
WILLIAMS ON PARKER.
Saws the New Yorker Is His Choice
Makes Light Of His Own
Nomination.

\ Washoington dispatch states
that Representative John Sharp Will
liamS. OF Mississippi, the democratic
leader of the house. in an authorized
statement today says that he believes
that the nomination OF Judge Parker
at the St. Louis convention is as
sured.
1T seems clear to me now, said
Mr.. Williams, that Judge Parker will
be nominated by such an overwhel-
ming vote that there will be substan-
TALLY no opposition when the time
for the convention arrives. Individ-
ually. favor his selection
When questioned concerning the
report that he will be candidate for
the presidential nomination. Mr.. Will
liams said: II think you know me
we'll enough to know that l have
never been idiot enough to take this
talk seriously. There has been some
talk OF the nomination of southern
man. I do not think such a course
would be wise just now. The time
will come and it will not be very far
distant. as history counts time. When
it does come the south will be able
to find 10000 men abler and 100000
better men than l am
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-06
SHOT HIS MOTHER.
Brunson Man Fired Thinking a Bur
glar Was Trying to Enter
His House,

4 peculiarly sad occurrence happen
ed at Brunson on Thursday night
Mr.. Capers Folk had retired and
about o'clock was awakened by a
noise He reached for his pistol
opened the door OF his room and. see
ing some one standing at the front
door in the act OF fastening it fired. His
mother. Mrs. Henrietta Folk. spoke to
him and Mr.. Folk realized the awful
fact that he had shot his mother.
Mr. Folk is young man highly re-
garded here and every one deplores
the sad occurrence He is almost pros
trated with grief.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-06
THE SECOND DISTRICT.
Mr.. Mayheld Withdraws in Favor Of
Mr.. Croft.

Mr.. Mayfeld has withdrawn from
the congressional race in the second
district in favor of Mr.. Croft. Mr..
Croft received almost a majority of
the votes cast in the first primary.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-06
BLUE RIDGE' RAIL ROAD.
81. c. BEA1TIE, Receiver.
In Ereer june 8, 1907.
Between Anderson srd Walhala
gAsTBoUSp wEGBoUFO

All regular trains from Belton to Walhala,
have precedence over trains Of same class
moving in the opposite direction unless 9th
e!wise specified by train order.
Will also stop at the following stations to
axe on and let of pas
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For further information relative to rates,
ETC.. call on, or address
GEO. T BRY An, Gen. Ag'. Green7ille, 8 G.
AUGUSTA. Ga.
TIM. r. or Traffic Manager.
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Trains 53 and 50 arrive aud depart from
new union depot.
Trains p and 81 from A. C. I. freight depot,
West Gervais street
For Rates, Time Tables, or further informs
ton call on any Agent, or write to
W.G. CHILDS, a. II. EMEESCN.
President. Traf1c Na1Sae
J. :. LIVINGSTON TN EHNR9T
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
Dinner Sets

Some of the handsomest Dinner Sets
ever seen in Birmingham and at prices
certainly lower than ever before quoted
by any other house Big timely buying
makes such offerings possible.
Handsome, beautifully decorated
French and Haviland China Dinner
Sets from $4.9s up to $780, Selections
much better, daintier and more pleas
ing than you would expect to find any
where at such prices. Don't fail to see
some of these very especial bargains.
100-piece, beautifully decorated Havi-
land or French China Dinner Set,
something swell; worth fully
$500; this special. ...... S22.S5
A $500 Semi Porcelain Dinner Set of
100 pieces, fancy hand decora-
tons; yours for. E. .... So SO
And the same in 56 pieces for. $4.95
Fine French China Set of 100 pieces,
exceptionally good value,
d.. e.. ........ by %
Some beautiful Sets from $25.oc to
$1,000, of the most graceful designs
and artistic decorations. VI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21

that the seven household gods bring
freighted with riches for the year. Pine
needles are scattered around the fireplace
to dispel any last evil, and then Japan
sleeps The ringing of bells and blowing
of whistles, likewise te bawling of Aud
Lang Syne," are the foreigners discord-
ant notes of joy when the soft temple
bells boom the last stroke of the year.
Luck for Thousand Years.
New Years morning all the world sleeps
late what, with the busy day prolonged
so far into the night, and the innumera-
BILE cups of saki consumed In good cheer
at shops and houses the day before.
Shop fronts are closed, or with only an
opening left show the formal arrange
ments of rice dumplings. fern. orange and
crab on stand before handsome
screen.
A basket, or box, or bowl, is ready to
receive the cards and offerings of friends
and before night they overflow. All the
men, in their best silk clothes, and their
felt hats of cold weather ceremony, make
a round of calls, wishing every one "Shi-
men ONE de to New Years greetings)
and u-zai-raku good luck for a
thousand years.. Women and children
and young girls don their best and new
est kimonas and obs, and the streets are
brilliant as with broken rainbows, with
the fitting of the gayly attired children.
Everyone plays battledoor and shuttle
cock with the children or watches them
toss the feathered pellet back and forth
the pingpong pinspong of the play ringing
in every street. and one looks down bam-
boo lanes OF leaping figures with hocks
of feathered toys cutting through the air
like birds
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
2O21-23 Sd Ave.

reach this camp for week or more,
and though the men can come out on
snowshoes, it Is feared the horses will
starve before hay and oats can be
brought down from Northeast Carry.
The men who have come out say
that the deer and moose are unable
to move about in the woods on account
of the deep snow, and that most OF
them will perish from hunger before
spring. James Burke, a prospector,
who was cruising in the woods for
new chopping, came upon moose yard
near Caucomagormac lake. where he
found six dead moose and five very
lean ones that were too feeble to break
through into the deep snow when he
came upon them.
One big bull, that was reduced to
skin and bones, allowed him to come
up and feel his ribs and showed no
signs of fear. When Burke held out
a fragment of Indian bread the moose
ate it ravenously and was so greedy
for more that he tried to follow the
prospector when he quit the yard.
Wildcats had visited the yard and
fed on the frozen bodies of the moose.
From the number of tracks entering
and emerging from the yard, Burke
thinks there must have been at least
dozen wildcats close by, waiting to
prey upon the survivors so soon as they
became weakened from starvation.
In addition to the wildcats, he saw
signs where foxes had been at work
among the bones. Though he had
heard reports that wolves had returned
to Maine from Canaaa during the cold
weather, he saw no indications of these
animals, though he remained about
the lake for a week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
THE NEW YEAR is HAPPY
IN THEFLOWERY KINGDOM

Eliza r. Scidmore in the Kansas City
Star.
Despite the prospect of war. the stag
nation of business the decline of Japan
csc securities in Europe. and the increase
of the price of rice in Japan, 1t has been
outwardly as picturesque holiday as
happy New Year as ever before. For a
fortnight the Giuza Toldo's main street,
has been more brilliant with flags by day
and with lanterns. lamps and torches at
night. The curbstones have been the
counters of temporary shops, and booths
and portable stands have peeped around
every corner, and each night the happiest
populace in the world have streamed up
and down the dazzling thoroughfare.
The foreigners Christmas is a sober
holiday, a somber indoor affair that adds
nothing to city's gayety, compared to
this outdoor fete of preparation in which
the penniless even may delight. The debt
settling. which is so an important a part
of the end of the year in Japan and
China, brings everything on which a cop
per can be realized to these outdoor mar
kets at the New Year time and on the
last day ana In the last nourS OF the year
prices drop to desperation's limit
Plenty of Business.
Years ago one could harvest the most
precious porcelains, lacquers and treas
ures of every kind from these curbstone
displays for a song. In this day one has
no such choice. and 1t would almost seem
as If all the second hand derby hats and
leather shoes that ever were in Toxic
have paraded themselves for the eye of
the New Years shoppers. Toys for the
children, hairpins and ornaments are
there. and with this season kites and bat
tledores become the speciality. and the
display of them fascinate all ages. AL
though in many years watching the kite
flying grand fathers we read about have
never materialized. kite buying grand
parents have been many every day. One
sees solemn and stately old grand-fathers
and grand mothers riding home I'm jim
rickishas overlooking with paper kiteI
with the faces of dragons. tigers. war
riors and people of legend gaudily painted
on them.
Christmas Holly, Too.
By Christmas day every foreigners
house had its holiday arch of evergreens.
red nanden berries and tiny oranges over
the gateway or tiny arrangements of pine
and bamboo. bound with symbolical straw
ropes at either side of the entrance-of-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
Glassware

Carloads of handsome, durable and
dainty Glassware at broken prices.
In this sale are many odds and ends
ridiculously low in price. HERE
ARE BARGAINS YOU MUSTN'T
MISS.
soc Glass Berry or Fruit Saucers,
each. &c
Glass Fruit Stands, Cake Dishes,
and Berry Bowls, worth Csc each,
this sale, each.. -. ........ 1oc
Dainty thin blown Glass Tumblers,
good $1.00 dozen value, each. &c
6-inch Semi Porcelain Plates, worth
soc a dozen, each... ......... &c
finch Semi Porcelain Plates, worth
$1.00 dozen, EACH. =. ...... DC
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ON
ACCOUNT OF STOCK REDUCTION
ON ALL FANCY CHINA, AUS
TRAN CHINA, CUT GLASS AND
BOHEMIAN FANCY GLASSWARE,
BRIC-A-BRAC AND ART GOODS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
SAD TALE FROM MAINE WOODS.
Deep Snow Fatal to Many Moose and
Deer.

Maine Letter in New York Sun.
There is more than six feet of snow
on the level Of Coxahexis lake, and in
edges of the great spruce forests which
come down to the shores the drifts are
from ten to fifteen feet in depth. Rec
ords kept at John Largay's camps show
that 81 inches of snow fell in January,
which is nearly foot more than the
average for all winter Most OF the
downfall came in very cold weather
and in the form of dry and mealy snow,
so that no teaming along the roads
could tread it down or make 1t lie in
shape for loads to pass along. Since
February came In foot of snow has
fallen.
In Largay's further camp, which is
six miles back from Churchill lake. are
forty men living on salt pork and In
dian meal, and eighteen horses with
nothing to eat except frozen twigs
from the trees. Owing to the great
depth OF the snow, no supplies can
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21

ferings Of Japanese employees or conces-
sions to local fashion. But each day
afterwards the Jananese streets took on
more New Years decorations, until at
the end of 1903 one walked down lanes
of bamboos. between hedges of pine
branches, the brilliant red and white ma
tional flags and strings of red and white
lanterns enlivenng the greenery Straw
ropes with pendent fringes of straw were
festooned across all the house fronts as
at the entrance of Shioto temples. this
shine nawa device TO separate the pure
and impure. and prevent evil from enter
ing the household.
Over the door, crossed fern leaves sup
port bit of charcoal symbolizing purity,
and tiny crab, whose rounded back sig
nfes age or long life. Bits of dried fish
and sea weeds stand for plenty and hos
ptality, punches of red berries of the
evergreen. nandina and oranges for more
long life, and the folded papers of Shin
to prayers invoke the aid of the gods.
Any of the long streets are delight
to the eve, with their close, continuous
decoration of bamboo branches, straw
ropes and fringes, and national flags; and
In the narrow streets there Is barely room
for jnrickishas to pass between the
double row of feathery bamboo. 1t is all
so neatly done. so simple and SO artistic
in arrangement. so eloquent in symbol
ism, that one admires despairingly.
A Cold New Year.
No other people have any festival so
beautiful outwardly as the Japanese New
Years. although the holiday has lost
much since the adoption of our calendar,
which moved the New Year from the end
of February to the bleakest. coolest pc
Rod of the year. The old New Year came
when plum blossoms We're bursting. and
the first soft promise of spring was In the
air.
Besides the houses the junks in the
river and the canals of the city have each
their bit of bamboo. flag, and festoons
of straw rope, and even the jinriklsha has
the good luck emblems displayed. a twist
and tassel of straw fastened to the back
of the little carriage to keep evil away.
The markets for the straw ropes and
ornaments that quickly appear in differ
ent parts OF the city were picturesque adj
ditions to each neighborhood. long rows
of booths of straw mating hung over
and heaped up with their wares. a CHEEKY
vender tucked in straw nest holding his
hands over a pan of Goals and chatter
ing with the holiday shoppers. All the lit
tie shrines stands, vases. cups and sau-
GERS OF oil for the household altar were
for sale in adjoining lines Of booths. for
at their season. as in every period Of re-
joicing, the dead are remembered, the an
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
Other China and
Glassware

Bon-Bon Dishes, rich American
cut glass, brilliant deep cutting $1.25
Fine Cut Fluted Water Tumblers, ex-
ira good value at $3.50; stock
reducing price,. -. ........ $3.50
Thin Blown Lead Glass Water
Tumblers, neat design,
per Dozen. -. -. ....... .60c
Fine French and German China Tea
Cups and Saucers, swell deco
rations, per pair. ............ 2oc
Decorated Stone Porcelain Cuspidores
--colors pink and green;
stock reducing price. $3.50. Csc
Austrian China Salad Bowls and
Fruit Dishes, decorated. :, .... .25c
Decorated Sugar Bowls and Cream
Pitchers, Japanese, China,
per pair. F. wv
Rubina Jardinieres, rich blended
colors, 9-inch size.... soc
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
WOOdenWare

Here are few to suggest-many more
equally as good. Get you needs in these
filled now:
Painted White Cedar Buckets. ..19c
Pound and half-pound Butter Moulds. .l5e
Strong Barrel Covers. Csc
3-gallon White Cedar Churns. COM
plete...... - -. ......'....''.'S DOC
Chopping Bowls and Bread Trays. each
&c to........ ....,. ....... ....--... .....foc
Polished Wood Clothes Pins, 100 for. .1oc
Black Handle Rolling Pins. loo
Wood Potato Mashers..... =. .......... Sc
Wood Spoons. '..''... DC
Wood Butter LADIES'. =, DC
Palmers Wood Faucets. -. .23c
Strong Wood Salt Boxes. ....... ...... .1oc
Hard Wood Towel Rollers ...10c
Wood Hat Racks. ......1oc
5-hole Wood Mouse Traps. ....... &c
Durable Wood Washboards. $50. loo
Large Wood Ironing Boards. ....... ...65c
Chair Seats all sizes and shapes. sc
Any size Perforated Chair Seats........ &c
Polished Hardwood Clothes Pins. per
Sire ng Wood dashboard. ...... ......10c
zoe large Bread Boards. -. ........... .35c
Csc Mop or Brush Holder. $500. ..1oc
Strong Painted Wood Pails..... ......... loo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21

cestors. the great spirits, and the gods
invoked.
Decorations From Nature.
The market for the bamboos and pine
branches and the evergreens for gate
arches were as If all the woods had come
to Toxic, but besides them were the little
plum trees, forced to put forth their buds
at this inclement season, their stiffly up
right pointed branches or their droop-
ing. weeping willow branches covered
with round buds. A few hours In a warm
room or sheltered sunshine opens the del
icate little flowers, whose exquisite fra
GRANGE is like that of no other blossom.
There midget plum trees with pale
yellow tinted white blossoms. and vener-
able dwarfs whose branches bear flowers
of the deepest rose, each little tree
study in branching and harmonious line
arrangement, trained for many months by
skillful, loving old gardeners. the COM
monest usually two and three-year old
trees that all sell anywhere form fifty
sen twenty-five cents) to two sen SD.
Older trees. and some of them are twenty
and fifty years old, although growing in
small pots-those OF more wonderful
branches and training, rise in price to
five and ten yens $3.50 and $50.
Embems of Long Life.
pensive than those of single blossoms
but the latter is the ancient, the classic
thing, the poets own simple flower. One
sends and receives these tiny plum trees
emblematic of long life. and they are al
ways given the point of honor in the
house. 1t Is the custom at the new year
to bring out the most precious screens
and display them, and the fragrant lit
tie trees posed against gold leaf back
grounds make the most ailuring bits of
still life that one sees in the year. One
wants to photograph each such arrange
ment, and he wonders and wonders that
foreign artists do not come over by
dozens to paint the little plum trees of
things shown at his London exhibition
few years since by Henry Newman, the
American artist, who spends his winters
In his studio on the upper Nile. was
tiny japanese plum tree against gold
brocade drapery.
The Debt Paying Day.
On the last day of the year there are
some anxious faces among the throngs,
for custom ordains that all debts shall be
paid all accounts settled. and creditors
are equally merciless in all countries. The
bin collectors are busy all day and long
after dark. and a closed house front does
not repel him. He goes with lantern and
STAFF. and pounds remorselessly until the
whole neighhorhood knows of his pres
ence, and the luckless one pays up or suf-
fers.
Every shop is open until midnight and
the street fairs continue longer, and at
the last hour one hears the laggards nail
ing up their straw ropes and tasseis and
the little takara bune, the good luck ship
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
Fashion Notes.

Fashion Notes.
From the New York Sun.
Sir Walter Raleigh had just flung his
cloak in the puddle.
"Of course" he whispered to the re-
porter, mention that it was made by
Blank, the tailor"
Herein we see how the gallants paid for
their costly apparel.
Joan of Arc was urged to wear womans
garb.
Very WELL" she replied. bring me
beige wolfe with empiecement and ceinture
of elan velvet and jalots of mousseline.
But with a baffled cry the English
abandoned the attempt.
Mary Stuart limited that Elizabeths
dress was out of style.
Yes" answered the Virgin Queen 81
expect to wear my clothes longer than
you WILL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
In Three Minutes!

The Universal" is the biggest boon
yet and has won speedy way to tho
housekeepers' heart. Thousands are
in use all over the country. They
work perfectly and all who use them
are delighted and enthusiastic In
their praise. They SAVE so MUCH
TIME, TROUBLE and MATERIAL.
Only actual use will demonstrate
fully their excellence and to acquaint
you with the Universal" WE WILL
SEND YOU ONE ON APPROVAL
for a week. If it doesn't give entire
satisfaction bring it back. You pay
for it after trying. That's how good
they are that we can afford to make
such an offer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
OF Course She Would

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
TITS ridiculous for a girl to say she .
wouldn't marry man if he were the Lass
one on EARTH
"Whyg'
Because she'd do it then just to spite
all the other girls
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21
No Incentive.
From tn,

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
''And now l notice that a London doctor
says we should eat heartily If we wish to
live long
THAT doctor would change his mind II
he lived at our boarding house."