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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
AN OLD SUPERSTITION.
The Practice of Consulting Scripture
rs n hook of Fate.

rs hook of Fate.
The practice OF consulting Scripture
as a book Of fate was generally CON
dcmncd 10y the church. \ council at
Yanncs pronounced against IL in iGi
A. u. So did one NJ Agde in sos and
one at Auxerre IN 5s5. Charles the
Great forbade it iu- his capi,u.aries
and so did Pope Gregory II. Never
theless curiosity as TO the future was
so strong in mems minds that The Gus
tom continued.
An odd circumstance is that the
cathedral chapter ut Orleans in iii6
appealed To a pro@nuStic " this sort in
a supplication addressed by them Ia
Pope Alexander Ill. against their bish-
Oh. At his consccrution. when The gos-
pei was opened above his head. the
finger of the deacon rested upon the
words. And hc left the linen cloth ana
fed from them naked This WAS a
token that the bishop Elias was 10 be
turned ont OF his see.
The practice of observing the book
when opened over the head of prcl-
ate at his conservation was very com
mon. 1t was thought that sure an.
gury could thence be drawn as TO what
sort of bishop he would prove.-Clam-
bers' Journal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
HE ttoNeY sApGeR.


fnisis Hard q" Isiii.
Badgers Lclong 10 she great weasel
tribe. although they are ALSO allied. as
many people know. to The bears. Amnu-
Their more or less distinguished reiI-
tivcs may Ice named the wplvcrcne. o.
ter skunk and martcn. In Africa and
India. says writer IN Loneman'S Mag
azine. are 10 he found the curious rl-
irls remarkable branch of the family.
distinguished hy their extraordinary
fondnrss FOR honey To obtain iLi~ Ink
ury they spend most Of their time hunt
if. FOR the nests of Wild becS.
They are absolutely oblivipus. as are
English badgers. of the siin-s of thc
infuriatcl brc> their Tough. thick and
loose coats protecting them from amy
serious injury. Eatpls arr strong Hnd
very coiIrngpuls beasts The Eoers of
South Africa hold them I'm hish respect.
as do the natives. and assert that pIir
Of these beasts viii occasionally attack
a human being / have heard - ron
being irccd by these animals but
whether the tale was true or false am
uncertain. What is certain is that the
ratcl. or honey badger. Of South Africa
is a beast extremely difficult 20 k'l 10y
reason Of his tough constitution. good
defensive powers aBd extraordinarily
loose coat and that hr IS when mrddied
with or put out beast of very high
courage and unpleasant manners.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

An experience which
fnlny Womea have was Te-
lated by Miss Agnes Steb-
birss, of z5I East 5oih St
y. Y, "A follows: Il had
very poor health for a wear
until life looked dark and
drcAry 10 me Had head
aches. backache. also pain.
nav sleep was rroken aud
ftful. lougcdsior health.
Tried several medicines but
none were of any lasting
benefit until | took DR..
piercc's Favorite PreScTip-
ton. I soon realized that
I had found the right rem
edv. II helped nature TO
throw of the poisons that
saturated the system, re-
III owed all pains aad
strengthened the digestive
organs. aud brought the
roses OF health back to my
checks. This medicine II
taken occasionally keeps
the system IN perfect con
ditiou. helping il to throw
of the disease and couse
queuccs of exposure To
daupuess. l am pleased
TO give il my endorsement. "
The anxious mother
often Is worried and sick.
The doctors visits are
expensive At such times
she i invited to write DR..
Z. V. Pierce, founder of
the Invalids' Hotel at
Buffalo. y. Y, and receive
medical advice free.
my baby came the latter
part OF October. and j. a
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

The travelling on the first railroad in
England was not very comfortable un-
doubtcdly. The coaches were at first
only coupled with chains rs wagons
are now. so that they jcrked the IN
fortunate passengers nearly OF ID u
seats ut starting and ciIshod violently
against each other when the driver put
on his brake. When fairly In molten.
If the speed was any but the s,oweSt
the very short wEecl base produced a
pitciing action so trying that IL The
Journey had not been short one il
would have seriously affected The pop
ularity Of the railway as meals Of
passenger transit.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

"Don't You sometimes think you
would b. greater man If you were 10
cultivate the art 81 oIatory:'
Il don't know answered senator
Snrghum. ~ great man. as y1a know.
is one who gets mentioned IN thc school
books after he is dead instead Of The
financial columns OF the newspapers
while he IS living. Washington Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
New on the Other Side.

"Arrah, Pat, Have you seen Mike
lately?~
''Yis. begorra, did. / was going
along the street yesterday, and l
thought L saw him on the other side
and he thought he saw me-but, be-
dad, when we got near to each other
it was nayther of us
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
Table Knocks.

Society Reporter Boarder-I asked
Miss Packer, the heiress. about the
report of her coming marriage to
the Duke of Sloppyweather, and she
declined to be interviewed
Comedian Boarder-It's her money
that talks.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
Cheap Rate to Colorado

The Chicago < Northwestern Rail
way is selling tickets 1t a Summer
tourist rate of $50 from Chicago 10
Colorado points and return: and
correspondingly low rate from point
east of Chicago.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

Small Harry came running to II
mother one day in alarm, saying,
Mamma, the little girl next door
has swallowed a button
Well calmly rejoinCd d his mo her
what good will that DO her
Harry was siloIt for moment,
then said: Il s'pose it won't do her
no coed at all unless she swallows a
buttonhole, too
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
The reason DR. piefcefs Favorite Pre-.

The reason Dr. Piefce's Favorite Pre-
acts as such restoring tonic
and strengths builder for rundown women
is because IT hts tile needs of the wom-
anly organism. It is not a patent med
icine in the common view of that term,
for Or. R V Pierce. many years ago,
used this prescription III his large prac-
tice in all those cases where his women
patients were rundown, nervous or SUI
fering from considerable pain at stated
periods, due 10 irregularity or diseases of
the female organs. il is not like many
of the so-called tonics advertised these
DAYS, because it does not depend upon
alcohol or any narcotic for its effect. Il
is purely vegetable in its composition
and without alcohol.
OUR RECORD.
The record of work well done is per-
haps more convincing than argument.
I'm regard TO my health. saws Mrs. \. NJ.
McCreary, OF Oostanaua, Ga. when l
wrote to YOU in July 1900, was hardly able
To- do INV work. Was troubled with my
heart beating too fast and breast hurting
so I couid not breathe easily. Was 80
nervous at times that did not know what
to do. Got two bottles of DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription and one vial of his
Pleasant Pellets and have hardly been
troubled since. Have recommended DT.
Pierce : medicines to my friends aud advise
them to try the same
II consulted you in August last three
months ago) about my case, and YOU have
my heartfelt thanks for your advice, writes
Miss B. Horne, of aoS Scott Street, Erie, Pa
AS soon as your reply was received COM
m,uced taking your Favorite Prescrip-
ton. for female weakness and other troub-
les. and now ! am well. Have not felt as
we'll in years as ! do now, after taking six
bottles of each kind of medicine. Am gain
ing every day and almost cured. Am no
longer pale and sallow. Am recommend
ing DR.. Pierce's wonderful medicine every
4 hers
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
Notice for Parole.

Notice 5 hereby given tiat Son WarV icB.
p prisoner Now CUIlIC4 iu tLr Ohio State
EcfUTuatory. is entitled. under tire lew aud
Tui.s governing paroles from said institution.
TO Recommendation To he Boa rd of Manager,
hy the Superintendent AID Chaplain a.
worthy % Cpnsldt ration Tor parole.
said appl catlnn viii be for bearing on ard
after April ~. 1901
Jan. - Ie0f.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
The Truth.

when you took the stand" said
the cross-exa mining lawyer, you
swore to tell the truth and nothing
but the truth"
Yes" said the witness from Ditch
vile, "but you ask me so ms ny ques-
tions and addle me, an cant"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
In the Asylum.

What was that disturbance up in
ward 1872 asked the superintendent
of the guard.
THE How old was ANN and the
crack brain, Is, Is, II puzzle patients
got into fight
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
OUR MERRY-GO-ROUND.
Completely Cut.

Mrs. Singleton Who are the peo-
pie next door:
Mrs. DoubletOn-I don't know: none
of the other neighbOrs recognize them
even to using their telephone
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
Drawing il Fine.

"And when you have got the num-
Der of hours in working day down
to the min mum, what them asked
the manufacturer
''Oh, then well go in for a 30-min-
ute hour" remarked the walking
delegate.-Yonke1s Statesman.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

Papa, said a little 4-year-o7d miss
won't you please buy me muf
We'll, that's queer replied the
puzzled midget. ITO hear you tax
one would think ! was too little 10
get cold"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
His Last Words.

And l wish you all a prosperous
business durir G the comirg year,
aid the president of the undertak
ers' association in his farewell ad
dress and as he handed the gavel to
h is newly-elected successor.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
A Guess.

Willie-Pa. what does r-e-c-h-e-r-
che mean?
Pa-What did you call il:
Willie-Looks like re church.
Pa-Oh. "R. f. church--Re form
ed Episcopal Philadelphia Press
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
Both Ends Meet.

"Speedwell died last night in
sleeping car
THAT so, Sort of a case Of death
in berth, wasn't tic nc,nnati Com
mercial Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
In M Danger.

Aunt Jane Helen. I saw that youn-
man kiss you last evening.
Helen-I don't think you need to COR
plain. auntie l don't think hc would
have given the kiss 10 you IL you Ind
been there instead OF me.-Boston
Transcript.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
she Fad Fin.

Miss Ann Tbropo-I was shocked
to hear yon we're married. l wouldn't
marry the best man on earth.
Mrs. wbridt- Huh. He never
gave you a chance. He assures me
was the only girl he ever proposed to.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
Summer and Winter.

Each time its share of toll will bring.
No idling need We know
When threre,s no snow for shoveliug
There will be lawns to NOW.
Washington Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
A Household Hint.

O'd Jilson Ito his wifel-All the
chairs in the house are becoming
loose-just remind me of it the next
time you make a Welsh rabbit and
I'll glue 'em up.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

AN Low's yer husband the day"
asked Mrs Rafferty, Of Mrs Mu.d3an.
"Surc. an los no better fcnini
Mrs. Muld.oa. "Thr DOCTORS ai-ait
morality viii ST in."-pet-oit Free
Press.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
Table Rdpping.

81 see the price of eggs is on the
decline, said the shoe clerk boarder
to the landlady, just by way of sug-
gestiOn.
Yes, but they're the same old
eggs" said the cravat clerk.
"Yes. but it's hard to tell which IS
the Oldest, the eggs or the jokes
about EN-"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
$1,000 FGRfElT

United States, by the officers Of the
Worlds Dispeusary Medical Association,
if they cannot show the original sigma
ture of each individual volunteering the
testimonials herewith and also of the
writers OF every testimonial among the
thousands which they are constantly pub
lislling. thus proving their genuineness
and the superiority of these medicines.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

fine boy; weight about nine pounds, writes
Mrs Annie L. Hagernau. Of York, Pa,
(Ne~t Philadelphia st. Eibertoul. Am
sure he would not be what lie i had It not
been for your Favorite Prescription He
is really a very strong child. l have been
feeling fine since taking your medicine:
Have not the pain around my heart, and
nerves have been a great deal better. Uter-
inc trouble was much better all the time
/ was taking your medicine. / cannot
recommend il too highly. Have told my
friends about it. aud one of them said she
was going 10 write 10 you at once. I took
twelve bottles before baby was born and
two aiterwaTd"
Il cannot praise your medicine highly
enough. writes Mrs. Jennie Hippenilainer,
of HunteTiown, Indiana. "I began taking
Dr. Pierce s. Favorite Prescription and took
ii steadily for six months. ! was not once
sick no stomach. never vomited once. Took
the FavoIite Prescription three times
day and when IL severe pain took an extra
teaSpoouful of medicine which checked the
pain. 7 felt pleasant al the time and did
not get nervous as ] used to When my
baby girl came last August she was healthy.
She Is now eleven months old Am thirty
eight years old and never got through so
easily III all my life. Why should women
suffer when they can get through 50 easily
am able 20 do quite washing and ironing
which could not do fuT eight years before. y
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
Sale Bills.

Let us have your sale bills TO print.
Teh advertisement in the REPUBLICAN
will be worth all the bills you can pu'
M, and this goes gratis 70 those who
ga us to print their bills.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

Children nndrr ten shouldn't know
when there is moon. and people over
seventy shouldn't know except by t&e
calendar Aielison Globe.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
Not in Evidence.

Visitor HAS your little baby sis
ter got any teeth:
Tommy-Oh, yes, I guess shes
got 'em. but she amt hatched EN-
out yet.-Philadelpbia.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

Yes said little Elsie, mamma
said could have everything wanted
for Christmas, provided didn't want
anything 1 couldn't have
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

Here, Bobby, you have forgotten
to pack up your toothbrush
Bobby-But l thought was going
on a vacation.-Life.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22
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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-22

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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01
Learning Self Government

Russia has been Christian gov
eminent for over thousand years
and after all that time it is solemniy
declared at st. Petersburg that "neith-
er the statesmen nor the people are
prepared for self-goyernment.a The
question naturally arises. when will
they be prepared under an absolute
autocracy?' It has been seven hundred
years since the English people wrested
the Magma Charta from their king and
declared, without waiting for the opin-
ion of the ruling class, that they were
ready for self-government and pro-
Iceeded to establish it. That cry from
st. Petersburg is very familiar one
in these United States. Whenever a
governing race wants to ride the backs
of another the excuse is that the in
ferior race is not prepared for self
government and the rulers are only
acting as philanthropists in establish
ing government by force. 1t is the
logic of the mother who told her boy
that he might learn to swim, but that
he must not go near the water as he
might be drowned.
One of the distinguished Russian
statesmen says: I'VE have not had
the opportunity to learn the art Of
government" He never will have the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

dustry, bankers. street railway
magnates.- In short, wherever
franchises or contracts of any kind
are to be secured from commune
ity we find leading citizens in the
ring. to rob their own neighbors.
managers of corporations bribing
lawmakers, lawyers for pay help
. ing their client to bride safely.
jurors refusing to render just YER
diets.
These men-bribers Of voters,
( voters who are bribed. 5ribers Of
aldermen and legislators, and al
dermen and Legislators who are
bribed, men who secure control OF
law-mal1ing bodies and have laws
passed which enable them to steal
from their neighbors, men who
have laws non-enforced and break
laws regulating saloons, gambling
houses, and, in short, all men who
pervert anu befOul the sources Of
law-these men are the enemies of
the republic
They are worse-tl1ey are enc
mics of the huma- race. They are
destroyers of people. They are
murderers of civilization.
Distinguished jurists and educator
are quoted as saying that the increas
in lawlessness .endangers the future o
The nation.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01
Massachusetts, Rottenness

Thomas w. Lawson remarks:
The Massachusetts legislature
is bought and sold as are sausages
and fish at the markets and whar-
yes. That the largest, wealthiest
and most prominent corporations
in New England, whose affairs are
conducted by our most representa-
tive citizens, habitually corrupt the
Massachusetts legislature, and the
man of wealth among them who
would enter protest against the
iniquity would be looked on as a
"class anarchist" | will go fur
Their and say that if III New Eng
land man of the type of Folk
of Missouri can be found who will
give over six months to turning
up the legislative and Boston mu-
nicipal sod of the past ten years,
who does not expose to the world
condition of rottenness more rot
ten than was ever before exhibited
in any community in the civilized
world, it will be because he has
been suffocated by the stencil of
what he exhumes.
In reply to that the Springfield Re
publican says: Massachusetts is b
no means spotless, though not the ex
IRENE sinner which Lawson would hay
her,"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01
Passed Over

While walking along the B. & @.
tracks, Sampson H. Piersol, for ten
years state chairman of the peoples
party of Pennsylvania, and in his ear
lier days identified prominently with
other political movements, was, last
week, struck down and almost in
stantly killed by yard engine at
Parkersburg, w. Va. Mr.. Piersol was
faithful worker and man always
true to the fundamental principles of
the peoples party. He leaves a record
of which his family and friends may
well be proud.