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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02
Piles and EistuIa,

Every form and feature Of these prevalent IN
stubborn disorders is cradicatcd locally and en-
urely by the use OF this emuIicut; warm fumgn
tations should precodc its application. Its heal.
invariable.
both The Ointment and Pills should be used
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02

Caso' II uGng sers' starting that have ysf.
tnaciCu'. y cfrft. e, yi'ld to any ether Y,.,,.
or tire new, b We in a. eluv EHtou1 b. D.,
sppli, At. sos tbisI .setf'rl. -Le,,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02
22tO p Miles the Shortest Route

Alltralns run directly through to Now York,
&sS- $50 MILES, without change Of coaches.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02
Insurance Department
% IuE
state OF - CIV y ork,
The Insurance Commissioner TO The
Legislature

"Tne Atna Insurance Company, of Hartford
enc Of the most successful Fire Insnrand CombA
MES Of this or any other country"
Connecticut companies follow the rules and
practices Of the Ataa almost as carefully as if
they were embodied in statute law"
Again, pointing Tn errors Of practice In New
York companies, tho Amas successful manage
ment and solid rules are called to their attention
thus:
" 1t still remains more a matter Of wondortbap
Imitation in the insurance world"
=" By what subtle alchemy has This corporation
boon enabled 10 turn It's full paid capital into the
philosophers stono?"
Tho extraordinary events which have distiuR-
ulshed its unparalleled financial history"
The average losses per diem in tho United States,
at this period Of the year. are about $3.50, 600.
The telegraph daily sounds startling
notes Of warning tt all prudent
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02
pRRoRs OF YOUTH.
BELLS SPECIFIC PILLS

Young Men, the experience Of years has de-
monstrAtei tho fact that reliance may be placed
In the efficacy u
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02
Friday Evening, April 2. 1899.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
TOWNSHIP HLnCTIoN.

Election next TuO,day.J
Por Supervisor
", l.. SWEENEY.
For Assistant Supervisor;
WILLIAM SHEARER.
For Township CLERK
j. FRANK CONWAY.
For Township Assessor:
SERENO POWARS.
For Township Collector
p. T. McELHERNE.
For justices u the Peace
JACOB DODGE,
BENJAMIN II. kIMBALL,
Az. CUTTER
JOHN BARGE,
For Coastabe'
4. WAGNER,
". MURRAN.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02
DrYan's Life Invigorator.
LIFE, HEALTH Ann STRENGTH

OR REL UYEEATING ELINIR,
For all arrangements Of the Urinary Organs. l
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02
from cLEyHLAND-rrom Erie Railway b

FROM and after February 18th, 1889, Trains
viii leave ia connection with all Western lines, 10
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-02
EAOYEE.
Or. EEarvey's Golden Pills,

Ar 41A6Ivoy D - .--4..--,,so the heat,
have % equal. They arc safe and sure in ord.
mary eases Price, One Dollar per Box.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14

A gentleman asst returned from trip
TO Omaha with his family, reports hi
trunks stripped of coverings. smashed
stove in, and well nigh ruined. La-s
year he made "a tour OF eleven thousahI
miles over the whole OF Europe with the
same trunks, and on arriving back il
New York they showed but little signs
of wear and tear. At one point in the
west, on his Omaha trip, he saw two of
his trunks hurled down to the depot
platform. from the top of pile ten feet
high
This gentleman's experience is that OF
allothers who travein the United States.
1t is simply outrageous, the rough and ru-
inous handling to which baggage is sub
jected Oh almost all the routes of travel
One might infer that baggage masters
were in league with trunk makers, re-
ceiving per centage for all the havoc
and ruin they occasioned among luggage.
They certainly act as if they enjoyed a
carte blanche from their employers to
treat ell baggage allotted toltheir care as
so much lumber or debris.
Massachusetts last year passed law
to check this species of outrage, and we
call upon our next Legislature to give us
a similar enactment. and then when the
law is once on,the statute books let it he
rigidly enforced. We have seen that
through the efforts of one man, very
much Of the cruelty hitherto practiced
upon dumb brutes has been checked in
this city. Let few of the sufferers
the rascals who ruin our baggage, and
it will soon put stop to the business
Not only Massachusetts and New York
htIt oI 10 Stot in 10 oh a
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14
Keeping Ones Word.

Sir William Napier was one day taking
long country walk near Freshford,
when he met little girl, about five years
old, sobbing over broken bowl; she had
dropped and broken it in bringing it
back from the field to which she had
taken her fathers dinner in it, and she
would be beaten on her return home for
having broken it; then with sudden
gleam Of hope. she innocently looked
into his face and said: But ye can mend
it. can't YEP" My father explained that
he could not mend the bowl, but he
could, by the gift of a asix-pence, buy an
other. However, on opening his purse
it was empty of silver, and he had to
make amends by promising to meet his
little friend in the same spot at the same
hour next day and to bring the siXpence
with him, bidding her meanwhile tell
her mother she had seen n gentleman
who would bring her money for the
next day. The child entirely trusting
him, went her wey cOmforted. On his
return home. be found an invita- ion
awaiting him todine in Bath the follow
ing evening toimeet some one he espe-
cially wished to see. He hesitated
for some little time, trying to calculate
the possibility Of giving the meeting TO
his little friend Of the bowl, and of still
being in time for the dinner party in
Bath; but finding this could not he, he
wrote to decline accepting the invitation
on the plea Of pre-engagement,' saying
to us: "I cannot diSappoint her, she
trusted me so implicitly. u Bruce's life
Of Napier.
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RAILROAD MONOPOLY

INTERVENTION OF THE GENERAL GOV
EMINENT DEMAND. d TO PROTECT THE
PEOPLE.
From the Pittsburgh Commercial.
Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin,
made speech at the late State Fair, at
Madison, on the growth of monopoly III
the carrying business. of the country,
and the impending necessity that the
General Government, under the constI-
tutional power to regulate commerce
between the States, would be compelled
by the exactions of powerful railroad
monopOlies, to intervene for the protec-
ton of the people. The Senator took as
text for his address the fact that the
business men of Milwaukee to get to
market $26, ,OO0, 900 worth of cereals, pay
the round sum of So, $50. 900. This sum,
of course, comes out of the grain pro-
ducers of the Stale. Discussing the
tendency to col porate consolidation, the
Senator cOntended that unless some
thing else is done TO check it, it will not
be long before we have but one railroad
company, one express company, and one
telegraph company in the United States;
and then the people and the govern
ment will be at the mercy of these giant
corporations.
Referring particularly to the railroads,
Senator Carpenter pointed out the fact,
that railroad companies first sought
franchises from the State upon the
grounds that railroads were public high.
ways, and az much under the control OF
The legislative power as any other high
way 1t was upon this grernd. and this
only. that the courts upheld the exercises
IF the right of eminent domain in favor
of railroad companies, which enabled
The company, as the agent of the State,
TO take any mans land for the use of the
road. in face of "a Constitution which
forbids the taking of private property,
ercept for q public use Bul all this is
now changed. and the Supreme Courts
have affirmed the doctrine that a rail-
road company is a mere private corpora
ton, aud that the Legislature has no
more power over its property or affairs
than it has over those of a bank. q man
ufacturing company, or over grist mill.
Said Senator Carpenter, "they are pub
lie corporatisns when they want to take
! your land without your consent; they
are private corporations as soon as they
get your land and, of course, entirely
| exempt from Legislative control" The
Senator continued:
| Itis evident that any rate of tolls above fair
profit upon the amount OF capital actually in
vested in railroads IL ar unjust exaction which
should be restrained oy law, lIany power exists
doctrine be conceded that our railroads are
mere private property and Legislatures power
less TO control, the grossest abuses and appre-
hansinns will follow The farmer must
export his produce over the railroad, because
0,ere IL but one. Every man does not own "A rail-
: road. every man could not op-ra IL, exacti ing
tolls from the public II he did own one. That
requires Legislative sanction. The producer Is
therefore IN one uniess I the law ca n
or limit his demands oppression may ami will
be practiced. And, until within two years. the
power of the Legislature to control railroads
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14
Good Advice, This.

Nobody is more like an honest mau
than thorough rogue. When you see
a man with great deal Of religion dis
played in his shop window, you may
depend upon it he keeps a very small
stock of it within. Do not choose your
friend by his looks: handsome shoes
often pinch the feet. Don't be fond of
compliments; remember THANK you,
pussy. and thank you, pussy" killed
the cat. Don't believe in the man who
talks most, for mewing cats are very
seldom good mousers. By no means put
yourself in another persons power; if
you put your thumb between two grind
ers, they are very apt to bite. u ink
nothing without seeing it, sign nothing
without reading it. and make sure that
it means no more than it says. Don't
go to law unless you have nothing t"
lose: lawyers houses are built on fonlS'
heads. In any business never wade
into water where you .cannot see tn
,ottom. Put no dependenc upon III.
label of a bag; and count money afte =
your kin. See the sack open before you
buy what is in it; tor he who trades in
the dark asks to be heated. Keep
clear of the man who does net value his
own character. Beware of the mar
who swear-; he who would hlaspleme
the name of the Maker would make no
homes of lying or stealing. Beware o.
no man more than yourself; we carry
our worst enemies with us When a
pew opinion of doctrine comes before
you. do not bite till you know whether
it is bread or stone; and do not be sure
that the gingerbread is good because of
the gilt on it. Never shout halo! till
you are quite out of the wood; and
never cry fried fish until they are caught
in the net. There is always time to
boast-wait little longer. Don't throw
away dirty water till you have got clean;
keep on scraping the roads till you get
better work; for the poorest pay is better
than none; and the humblest office is
better than being out of employment.
Always give up the road to bulls and
madmen, and never fight with a coal
HEAVIER, or contend with a base character,
for they will be sure to blacken you.
I Rev. c. H. Spurgeon.
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New Series-Vol. 9, No 3S.
1SeeinR the Elephant. )"

A couple of lads in Portage City climbed
tree outside the tent to get dead
head" view of Forepaugb's circus. What
came of it, the Register tells as follows :
LAS soon as the elephant was through
with, in the ring, the managers brought
him out and hitched him to the Identical
! tree, from the limbs of which the lads
were viewing the circus. To "a boy up in
a tree" this thing looked a little out OF
order, but they kept as quiet as death,
fearing that they would either lose the
closing views of the performance, or be
the subjects of the displeasure of the cir
Gus man, if he should discover them
dead heading it to his show. In due
time the performance closed, the crowd
dispersed. and, horror upon horrors, the
keeper of the animals now added TO the
-perils of their situation 10y hitching two
smaller elephants and camel to the
same tree. Our lads now discovered that
they Were in for a night of it, us ali
hands ID I'd left, excepting only them
selves and the animals on guard below.
All hope of escape was now cut OFT
About this time Romeo concluded to in
vestigate matters above him, and with
his trunk commenced trimming out the
smaller branches. Our boys commenced
climbing also, until they had got above
his reach; and now the camel took up
the investigation. and pOSing his ugly
mug up among the branches of the tree,
where they were discovered, at day
break, by their anxious parents: VIII"
had been searching for them in vain all
night, teeteriug and tossed about lIk'
black birds on the top of "a rice-stalk in
windy day The boys saw more OF
boys i'll town, and "for nOthin'," to,':
and if they don't remember the time loI
the balance of their natural davs wheI.
they ''sat up" with Romeo, then W.
miss our guess. The phrase seeing the
elephant" has to ti4pm n practical APP
plication, which they will always re-
MEMBER
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14

Our young readers will find much in
terest and pleasure in the following ex-
pertinent for changing the color of flow
ers:
Take teaspoonful of flour of lphur
place il in an old saucer and set fire TO il
with common match. When it gets
fhirly burning, take some high cOlored
flower--double ones are ie best-ant!
hold it above it. at such distance as to
prevent it's bein burnt by the flames of
the sulphur, and the tips of the petals
will be changed into another color; foI
instance. a double purple dahlia will
have the petals tipped with white, or q
double red one will become tipped witt
yellow, and if the flower is exposed long
.nough, the whole flower will becomt
changed in color. Care must be had not
to inhale the fumes of the sulphur, noI
should it he done in the house, for il
may fade the color of the curtains, pa
perhanyings. or furniture, besides film,
the house with unpleasant fumes.
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To YounS Men.

The only way which capital call
increase is by saving. If you spend al
much as you get, you Will never he richer
than you are. 1t is not what man get
but what he saves that constitutes his
wealth. Go learn tie first two rules o;
Arithmetic: Addition and Subtraction
Add to your present capital any amount
you please, subtract the sum you add,
and tell us if the last amount will moi
be the same rs the first. Every nau
should in every year of his life make
addition to his capital. You say you
get but little? Never mind. spend less
than little. and then next year you W ii
get more for you will have the profit
upon the sum you saved.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14

A contemporary is thus facetious over
the decisions of the revenue officials:
The la .est decisions of the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue cover the
following points: Parties using paper
collars must use them from the original
packages; that is from the box in which
they have been purchased; and three
cent revenue stamp must be attached 10
each one when put on. When the collar
becomes soiled, and is turned with the
clean side out, it must receive another
three cent stamp, and must also be
conspicuOusly stamped with the word
turned" Boxes when emptied can not
be Used q second time, but must be de-
s:royed in the room where emptied, and
the assessor furnished with certificate
of the fact. If thrown out at the
window or carried out in the coal scuttle
or wash tub, such boxes will be subject
to export duty. Bootblacks are required
to use their blacking just as they find
it when the box rs opened, adding
nothing to it whatever. The act of
splitting in the box and smearing the
contents with brush constitutes the
bootblack a mixer or rectiiier. or manu-
facturer of backing, and he must pay
the ordinary manufacturers license.
Each boot hlacked. for which the sum
of five cents is paid by the wearer must
receive. at the expense of the bootblack,
Al cent stamp.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14

NUTMEGs. -rhe Indian Archipelago
IL the country of the nutmeg. II grows
on trees, which commence to bear at the
age of seven years, and continue to beaI
for many years, like our apples. From
Towering to the ripening of the frui: il
about seven months. The average pro-
duct of tree in full bearing is five
pounds of nutmegs and one quarter
pound of mace The harvest is from
September to December, but small
harvest is made in May and June. The
mace is an imperfect covering for the
nutmegs mot the husk). The mace is
flattened by the hands and laid on mats
to dry in the sun. Afterward it is dried
by coal fires, and packed for expectation.
The nutmegs are more difficult to dry.
They are dried by fire alone for several
months, like smoking meat, although
without much smoke. When thorough
ly dtied they are packed in tight casks,
lined, and smoked.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14
Fatally Poisoned bv Wool.

Some weeks since Mrs. Anna Medley
wife of w. Medley, residing near st.
Mary's, Marion County, while spinning,
was so unfortunate as to have some
grease off the wool get into cut she had
on one of her fingers. Her hand and
arm SOON became inflamed, and erysip-
elias set in. She was brought to the in
firmary in this city for treatment, but
continued growing worse and worse till
last Thursday when she died. Her re-
mains were sent home and buried in the
cemetery at st. Charles Church near st.
Mary's.- Louisville Express, Sept. 27.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14
RE,AIIlX ED.

ISIS NANCY b. FAIRS, would inform ne
II old customers andfhe public e neraliy. ant
ladies particularly, that she li;,s removed 70 t
ger West OF the ~. Clair Hoiel, where sne =
seep q full supply of MiLLENERf, FAN
-ach SEASON To which she invites the attention
If buyers. Thankful for past tavors, sne %9Mro @
invite those wanting HATS or boNNEIc
MADE or TRIMMED, 10 call where they may
be expeditiousiy and neatly supplied.
mar
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14

THE Petersburg Express, on the state
ment that the Minnesota Democratic
State Convention indefinitely postponed
a resolution opposing the Fifteenth
Amendment, says that these Northwest
ern Democrats are really beginning t.
discover that the Democratic principle:
of Duchanan went down with the Re
bellion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14

RAW BEEF, it is assert ed, proves ofthe
greatest benefit rs diet for persons 0l
frail constitutions. 1t is reported thai
physicians are now administering to
consumptives diet of finely chopped
raw beef, properly seasoned with salt,
and heated by placing the dish contain
ing it in boiling water. This food is
given also in cases where the stomach,
rejects almost every other form of food.
1t assimilates rapidly, and affords the
best nourishment, while patients learn
TO long for it and to like it.
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REMOVED.

MISS PRISCILLA P. ALEXANDER, would
vi infrom her old customers and the publie
generally, thai she has removed her MlLLEN-
ERY STORE, to the room formerly occupied by
Mr. Bick ham, in Campbelrs Room on the cor,
per and West end OF New Block. where she VIII
keep a full supply of MILLENEk1 GOODS;'
ways on hand at reduced prices.
ap2-lS6S.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

One SQUARE tTen lines Nonpariel, or less) ono
or three insertions, 81. Each subsequent IN :
Sertion 80 cents.
business Cards, not exceeding seven lines, -
per year.
Merchants advertising, not exceeding one
fourth of IA column at any time, so pei year,
"A hall column not exceeding four changes
during the year, sSo. \ column, not over
four changes, $50.
Special Notices and Double Column Advertisements
once and a half the rates of ordinary adver-
tiSementS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14

THE Suez Canal is practically open,
water having been il reduced by remov-
ing the barriers from Bitter Lake, and n
steamer has passed through the canal
from Port Said to Suez in fifteen hours.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-14

NEARLY one-hali the scholars in tn,
Sunday schools of Rhude Island are ovel
fifteen years ofage. a hopeful indica
ton.
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M S. r A MARTIN

Al, Rt.MOE Ed 10 NJ. KELLkR'S RUOMS
& 4 where she IL how opening new stock %
MILLINERY GOUlJs>, and L. ready 10 accom-
luulale aii her old Irlei.us all. many New ONE
Cali and examine her gouds anu prices, beiof'
purchasing elsewhere. The latest stylesA AiwaS
IA na,lt auc ,yorA done To orde1. ap25-u
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Millinfry.
Millinery anu Dress MakinS
F,,ss e. A. pumGARNER. I

MISS E. A. BUmGAHNEH. ]
sf.S1'ECrFULLS announces to the pubis
4. iirat sac fas purchased the establishment
u Miss A.talI aiid Miss Mitchell. nearly opp
sift Meitiilx : Hail. Lere she proposes carryibt;
, the aLoVe III its .sIrlous brinches
ladies respectfully invited 10 give hei
,,.tu. All wors al her line wall be neatly Ano
ex pe,iI uioiis.! executed.
teu L isls,-1
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THE Episcopal clergy of this country
have mutual life insurance league,
which is said to work very satisfactorily.
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AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM

THE CHRONICLE is unsurpassed in this section
ul Ohio. IL Is printed ON new clear type, in one
of the wealthiest most popuious, and enlight.
ened Counties of the state, and its circulation
is steadily increasing.
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a.sluuul 90. tuslnfss girsftorg'
fnlyNTY OFFICERS.

Probate yadye--ChA., i-a-iA " CAkhoLL % Olno'
ur-siairs IN puLiIc o,lsd1ngs, nfstdOo- 70 IiShl
ShrrlT- ~ ii.i.iAM II. HAYS. oince IL P1oii'
buildings, lirsi Eoof ,s,s,ic..,n ,,,t,.
Clerkof Cot,rss-J. b. CANPBALi OiIcein Po"
tic buildings, adJoiniEs TIE Souii house. ,,,,-
Aud.tor-k. IL. CLAkK- OLlce
tic ,,u..oin- e-lITance ~ -eit do>,-. . a.
7rcsaTsf-JANEs LEVIN oAice "a ID IL
stree. 2 o. ssoCi " tsb "a tDe banA.
E.,,cSey--ny. ii. BARSISs- OiiIee N Puoii'
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p n,st...4s, .i.is'JA:S-J. = NdASSoS- onic'
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,y,.T,A.,y,..ss .anes AiexaDdel, GeiIstli
de-. f9s.siseI, HeD~rysDuIg. .iI1an "
~. teIor-JoES KESNoN, BellaiTe, belmont
uat5. - .,,,
,os.r,stss.uLeIs meet al 81 IlaIissiliS on lit
a,s, s,oudays oi March, June, September, att
Dice., oel-sr6 a. q BOaIG oi Equalization Oh
he .hitd " Medaesuay si May. IA each year.
The Probate Court meets On the nrsl iueSuds :
of January, March, May, July, SepieinDe. al" y
November as criminal cuuil, ana - sIHaS
open I'm sbQslness hours, for the transaction VI
other business.
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TTHIAs sHEErs. ANTHONY SHEETS
5. n. saEETs.
HOGE, SHEEtS & CO.,
b A m x z r 3,
BELLAIRE, OHIO. o. f......
nEAL IN EXCHANGE, and buy Coin, Coup
~ ons, and Government Bonds.
Deposits in money received. Interest paid on
special deposits.
Do a general banking business. 1yS-u
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Business Cards.

r,IRSrNATIoNALB BANK OF ST. GLARS
L VILE. CAPITAL 100000.
srBank open from A. n. until ?. n DIS,
count days Tuesdays, at 10 Am. Money received
on deposit. Collections made and proceeds re-
mitted promptly. Exchange bought and sold.
Directors-Ross ]. Alexander, David Brown,
Joseph Woodmansee, George Brown. a..
d. d. T. COWEN, President
II n wrIDAY Cashier,