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The Worthington advance., 1875-06-11

A"PVA tSus NAlO tA6 Clllll6tS anu SOIL seem
to be peculiarly adapted for their culture,
alucrative trade in wine will no doubt soon
oe established. Brandy, (said to be of the
best quality is distilled from the coloni-
cal peach. They have also turned their
attention to the curing of raisins, and
there has already been several large i'm.
portations from Adelaide. Maize wheat.
oats, barley and every description of
grain and vegetables flourish well, but
the indigenous edible fruits, with the ex.
ccpt'on OF the bunga. .bunga are very un.
important. The native currant, plum.
raspberry, tamarind and chestnut are
very nice, and eeebungs, five corners.
lelly'pillies, snodsollions,, &c., are moi.
w'thstanding their uninviting names. not
to be dispised.
ihere is deputstion now in ENGLAND.
to urge upon tho British government
the expediency Of .nnexins tho .di.c.nt
island OF New Guinea, I: step which i j.
thought will materially adva,nc,,: "a the pros.
perity Of the colony, ~ New Guine. i.
fertile, we'll wstered and rich in all tron;.
cal productions and needs but the enter.
prising spirit Of our Anglo Saxon race, to
change it, tangled jungles into smiling
gardens and peaceful fields; and, the -.
The Worthington advance., 1875-06-11
NICHOLS, SHENARD & cos
Vibrator ThreSher.

The BRILLIANT Sl7CCESS of thIt
Grain~SaivnE, > ,Timc.Saving TEIRE SH<
Err, is unprecedented in the annals Of farm
machinery. In brief period it has become
widely known and FULLY ESTAB.
LISI1ED, as the PLEADING THRESH.-
ING NIACHINE.,s
The Worthington advance., 1875-06-11

"A glass bottle containing small! rat
tie snake, addressed to the ''Grand Duke
Alexis, St. Petersburg, Russia,'' has been
received at the dead letter Office. The
package was started from Ye!lville, Ark.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
ADVERTISING RATES.
Senator Thurman Oh the Demo
cratic Platform.


"Never have 1 spoken in favor of
that initiation of the currency which L
think see full well, means that there
,shall never be any resumption at ALL"
"Inf1ation means precisely demoni-
tizing gold and silver in perpetuity, and
substituting currency of irredeeInable
paper, based wholly and entirely upon
government credit and depending up
on the opinion and interests Of MEM
Der of Congress, and their hopes OF
popularity, whether the volume of it
shall be large or small"
Upon this measure have a word to
say. 1t simply means that no man OF
my age shall ever again see in this
country that kind of currency which
the trainers of the Constitution intend
ed should be the currency of the Union,
which every sound writer on political
economy the world over says is the
only currency that defrauds no man."
"That is what this imitation means.
Sir, have never said anything in fav
or of that. 1 am too old-fashioned a
Democrat for that. / can not give up
the convictions of lifetime, whether
they be popular or unpopular"
"It means so long as I live, and pos
sibly long after / shall be laid in the
grave, this people shall have nothing
but an irredeemable currency with
which to transact their business; that
currency which mas been well describ-
ed as the most effective invention that
ever the wit of man devised to fertilize
the rich mans field at the expense of
the poor mans brow. I will have
nothing to do with it."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05

The plant known as the paper null
berry is extensively used by the Japan
ese for the manufacture of handker-
chiefs, napkins, garments and numer-
Gus other articles. When the plant is
about thirteen feet high, the winter
season is chosen for the operation Of
removing the branches and chopping
them into bits about two inches in
length, and these are boiled in water
until the bark comes off readily in the
hand. Drying of the bark in the air
for two or three days follows, and, after
immersion in running water for twen-
ty-four hours, the material is scraped
on cutting blade, so as to separate the
two kinds of fibre of which it is conn
posed. The exterior fibres are of dark
color, and serve to make paper Of in
ferior quality. The interior flaments
are used for fine paper, after passing
through various processes of prerara-
ton. Clothing is made from q paper
called shefa, which is cut into threads
more or less fine, according to the fabric
to be produced. These are twisted by
the fingers, previously moistened with
milk of lime, and are woven into cloth
either alone or with silk; the stuff can
be washed, and is said to be of great
strength and durability.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
OHIO ITEMS.

Wylie 81. Oldham, a prominent law
yer of Marietta, is dead.
The army worm has made its appear
ance in Logan, Warren and Clarke.
counties.
One of the Cleveland Hayes Clubs
has built a wigwam FOR use during the
campaign.
The Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry
will hold its second reunion st ZaneS-
vile, August Is.
Farmers In some counties have felt
obliged to work on Sunday lately to Sc
cure their crops.
A lady belonging to Barnum's show
show lost $500 diamond ring between
Delaware and Marion lately.
The Marietta Rolling Mill Is in op-
Grafton every day now, and turning
out large quantities of ofrailroad iron.
Country roads, when not macadam-
lied, have been almost impossible In
some localities during the recent rains.
Newell d. Tidball has been nomina-
ted for Common Pleas Judge by the
Republicans In the district comprising
Summit, Medina and Lorain counties.
There Is very general complaint
throughout Southern and Central Ohio
of high water, flooded fields, washed
fences and roads, and damagrd crops.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05

The New England Journal of -ECl,t.
cation thinks that it is time the line OF
demarcation between common school
and high school education should be
readjusted and sharply drawn. Every
one,' it adds, knows that, however ad-
verse it may be to our democratic the
ories of society, and however repugnant
to our feelings as patriots, there is
among us growing sharpness Of dis
tinction between the higher and lower
classes. Every one knows, too, that
either from a greater love accumula-
ton, or the increased pressure of the
necessities of living, education among
the masses is becoming altogether sub
ordinate to work or trade. Children
are withdrawn from school just so soon
as their labor can be made profitable ;
young men abandon study at any mo-
ment tor O paying position. The prin-
cipal now Is not the school and educa-
ton because they are necessary to the
something better, but the school and
education, il you cannot do anything
better, if, in fact, you cannot find any
thing else to do. As the result of all
this, 1t Is notorious, that OF the masses
who nre enrolled in the common
school, the vast majority never get be-
yend it, never in fact get properly
through it. But mere fraction ever
push on to the high school, and among
those who get there, there Is much the
same proportional falling off before
graduation is reached
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
An Ancient Tribunal.

The London Times says that on July
6, an august and ancient tribunal, the
most so of any save the High Court of
Parliament virtually ceased to exist.
On that day the Court of Queens
Bench, which represents a tribunal
held before the king at least 1000 years
ago, sat for the last time, and probably
will never sit again. 1t is curious
circumstance that, reckoning from the
accession of Alfred in 871-the earliest
date at which such jurisdiction can be
shown to have been exercised-to the
year 1870, when the original of the judi
cature act which abolished it was intro
duced, just 1000 years should have
elapsed. To Sir Alexander Cockburn
certainly In many respects not the least
distinguished of the series, belongs the
melancholy distinction of being the
last Lord Chief Justice of England.
The Jurisdiction Of the court, it as true,
is preserved by the judicature act, and
is vested In q division of the High
Court OF Judicature. And its peculiar
jurisdiction is vested in that division
exclusively. But as that great court
which has existed ever since the Con-
quest as distinct and separate tribu-
nal, with that high and lefty judisdic-
tion which could originally only be ex-
ercised by the king In person, and was
so exercised ever since the time Of AL
fred, as that great court of the king, in
ferior only to Parliament In greatness
and In dignity, its history has closed.
1t has, however, great history, his
tory of ten centuries duration, closely
connected with the constitution Of the
country through long succession Of
ages, and associated with a series Of
great names and historic, often tragic,
events.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
A Singular Woman.

1t would seem, judging from the he
roine of the following sketch, that
cleanliness is not necessary to perfect
health. A wealthy English widow of
the first Georges time never allowed
her room to be cleaned, and the win
dows were so encrusted with dirt as to
admit scarcely any light. She reasoned
thus when asked for an explanation:
If the room was wetted she might
catch cold; if the windows were cleaned
glass might be broken and somebody
hurt. She never washed herself for
fear of cold. AS substitute she snoin-
ted her face and neck with a little
milk and hogs lard, finished off with
a touch of rose pink on her cheeks.
She was methodical in all her habits,
eating with one particular knife, fork
and plate, and drinking out of one cup.
She had excellent health, ahhorred
physic and doctors, and cut two teeth
at the age of eighty-seven. She had
no near relations, and refused to see
those more distantly related. One
pleasant characteristic is recorded. She
had large well-kept garden, in which
she passed most of her time reading.
Although she lived entirely through
the reign of the First and Second
George, and far into that of the Third,
she continued to wear fashions of the
time of George III, as being those of her
married life. Notwithstanding this,
she was everywhere treated with re-
spect. Perhaps her gold had some-
thing to do with that, however.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
Verbatim Report of a Mississippi
COlOred Preachers Prayer.

OLord God of dis glorious universe,
wilt thou look down in the omnipres-
ence Of Gy eye upon desc dy collard
children, bowed upon the knuckle-
bone, dis night. Take a solemn peep
upon US and let heap O. light in. Dou
knowest what desc dy poor darkies
need. On every side, dou knowst, o
Lord, is the evidence of de dislocation
and destruction of the human family.
Dere be fighting among one another
and disease. But we die to live again
either as saints or evil spirits. Dere de
discussions on doctrines, elecshion, be.
foreordination, perfection and sich like,
confuse the intellects of both black men
and white. But, good Lord, dou know
est dat desc are vain illusions, splittin'
and dividin' by creatures into sexes
without mercy. Whoever will can go
to glory. Many dere will be with slick
countenance, white collars and fine
clothes, who will find the gates shut
against them, while the blind old wO.
man she 60 straight. Amen.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
New Grenada and its Earth
OuakeS.

Accounts continuing and cumulative
still swell the events Of horror in the
recent and yet intermitting earth
quakes of the provinces bounding from
Venezuela. The region is heavily in
convulsion and devouring i'll fissure
and chasm. Entire towns and detach
ed villages are the prey of this gigantic
swallowing of warehouse, dwelling
and human life.
To such as have seen the frightfu
wreck of these subterranean cOnvul
sions and felt the mysterious and sub
tie effect of their atmospheric influence
these reports renew the remembrance
of the most shocking disasters. Scarce
ly moment preceding the warning
rumble of an approaching earthquake
the whole nervous system is affected
by a most utter prOstration, which eX.
hibits itself in abject fear or stunned
resignation. Smitten with panic sud
den and spontaneous, the whole popu.
lation rush from their houses to the
public square or tumble indiscriminate
ly into the streets, supplicating in wild
ness of fear and in the most passionate
of cries the interposition of the AL
anu lIC plOlCCOlOfl vi Tile SdlutS
In the undulation and rocking
though no edifices fall, there is nc
pause of dismay. Nor is it confined tC
the people alone. The brute creation
partake of the dread and awe which
seem to possess all animal life. Those
not yielding to mortal terror, and who
have nerves to bear the passing vibra
ton, are overcome q quarter to half ar
hour after the shock by prostration o.
strength, with faintness, nausea, anG
sinking. One convulsion is only the
fCreboding of another. For twenty-foul
hours frequently there will be thai
number of paroxyisms.
The entire belt of the Andes has un
doubtedly line of connections through
which the hidden elements belch oui
in volcanic eruption, or 'heaving anG
opening enormous crevices, engulf eli.
les and their populations. Yet with,al
of this surrounding atmosphere of dan
ger, the elastic minds of the people set
tie into tranquility, and resume theil
usual tenor of careless life. - Nature in
spontaneous bounty feeds them with
its affluence Of tropical productions
and they wait in their sensuous Lives
for the renewed alarm or the inevita.
BILE death, alike Indifferent to the scoris
and lava of the crater, or the reeline
and opening of the solid earth.-[N. Y
Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
Lady Franklin.

This lady, so we'll known for her de-
votiOn to the memory of her husband
died in England few days since. Sill
John Franklin, who served with dis.
tinction under Nelson, and command.
ed successfully two Arctic expeditions
was twice married. His first wife
Eleanor Ann Porden, lived but two
years after her marriage. Although
hOpelessly Ill of consumption when hel
husband sailed on his second Arctic ex
pedition she insisted the voyage should
not be delayed on her account, and
died the day after he sailed. Captain
Franklin returned to England in Sept.
1923, and in the March following mar
ried Jane Griffin, the subject Of this
sketch, the daughter of John Griffin, o
London. She was born about 1905. Ir
1886 her husband was appointed Gov
ernOr Of Van Dieman's Land, whittier
she accompanied him, and where they
resided until 1S43, when he returned Il
England to take command of the Arc
tic Expedition in which he perished
He sailed from England in May, 1915
commanding the Erebus and Terror
AS he did not return in 1913, Lady
Franklin became alarmed for his safe
ty, and offered rewards to any person:
discovering him. Moved by her pa
thetic appeals, the late Henry Grinnell
of New York city, sent an expedition
to search for her husband. which wa.
unsuccessful. Finally, in 1857, she sen
out the steamer Fox, under command
of Capt. McClintock, which discovered
under cairn written record, showing
that Sir John had died on the 11th o
June, 1S47. Although satisfied tina
her husband was no more, she was still
unceasing in her efforts to learn some
thing more about him and his brave
companions. In pursuit of this objec
she became great traveller, visiting al
parts of the world. She visited thi
country in 1860, when she was th'
guest of Henry Grinnell at his country
house on the Hudson, and again in 1870
on her return from South America. Ii
1872 she purchased the Franklin House
in Lincolnshire, where she collected
the relics of the Franklin expeditions
The last important act of her life wa:
the part she took in providing pecuni
arily for the fitting up of the Pandors
expedition which has so lately sailed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05

NEWSPAPERS everywhere would con-
fer favor on mankind at large by
printing the following prescription
which appeared in a recent number OF
the Scientific American, and which is
said to have proved practical and eff
ficient remedy for the chronic love of
strong drink:
"There is prescription in use in En-
gland for the cure Of drunkenness, by
which thousands are said to have been
assisted in recovering themselves. The
receipt came into notoriety through
the efforts of John Vine Hall, COM
mander of the Great Eastern steam
ship. He had fallen into such Eabitu-
al drunkenness that his most earnest
efforts to reclaim himself proved una
vailing. AT length he sought the ad-
vice of an eminent physician, who gave
him prescription-which he followed
faithfully for seven months, and at the
end of that time he had lost all desire
for liquor, although he had for many
wears been led captive-which he after
wards published, and by which so ma
nv drunkards have been assisted to
reform, as follows: "Sulphate of iron,
five grains; peppermint-water, eleven
drachms; spirit of nutmeg, one drachm;
twice day" This preparation acts as
stimulant and tonic, and particularly
supplies the place Of the accustomed
liquor, and prevents that absolute
physical and moral prostration that fol-
lows the sudden breaking from the use
of stimulating drinks"
1t is hardly conceivable that the Sci
entific American, one of the most rep
utable papers in the country, would
have printed this without being salts
fed of its efficacy. We, therefore,
commend the prescription to general
favor.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05

The rivivalistic efforts of Mrs. Mary
Brewer had aroused Graves county,
K, to intense religious excitement, and
her meetings were being attended by
multitudes, when her fervor culminat-
ed in what she called Holy Ghost
Isanctification dances She was arrest
ed, declared insane by q council Of ply
sicians, and is now in lunatic asylum.
Hundreds of her converts, however,
declare her to be victim Of persecu-
ton.
Last week gentleman and daught-
fer, travelling east, entered the hotel
car for lunch just after leaving Ogden,
U. T. At table the daughter removed
several handsome rings from her fin
gers and handed them to her father TO
take care of until the lunch had been
disposed of. The gentleman took up
some chicken bone with the hand con-
tanning the rings, and in moment o.
absent-mindness threw bones and rings
out of the open window Of the cas.
The rings wsEs valued at 3, ,7oo.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
Aliens Alleged Age.

From his Galllpolls speech.
Fifty-three years ago-along time in
the history Of this fast living Western
country, but not long enough to carry
US all to the grave-fifty three years
ago, in the dead of winter, a youth
less than sixteen years Of age, started
on foot, with all he possessed OF this
worlds goods tied up in hsndker-
chief, which he carried in his hand.
That youth travelled up and down the
ice. clad steps Of the Alleghenies, inten-
ding to wend his steps to the Western
country. He travelled on foot all the
way from Lynchburgh, Va, to the
falls Of the Kanawha, and from there
down the valley of that river to Taxes
Valley, on the opposite side of the riv-
er from Gallipolis, reaching there one
night after having walked twenty-one
miles in drenching rain. The next
morning he crossed the Ohio river, and
ate his first meal in Ohio at Gates tav-
ern, in Gallipolis. [Applause. That
was good breakfast, and one that he
enjoyed; but he hadn't time to stay to
dinner, and started off, tor the Scioto
Valley, stopping that night eight
miles this side of Jackson Court House,
was given lodging in family which
consisted of the father of the family,
the mother, a daughter, and five sons,
and only one room in the house. Still
they managed to find room for that
strange young fellow; and next morn
ing, after they had given him a good
breakfast, he started on his way to the
Scioto Valley, happy ending. He
ought to say, perhaps, that young fell
low stood before them. His name was
Allen, familiarly known to many as
"Bill Allen" Applause.] He stood
before them to-day, and hoped to stand
before them as long as nature and the
Democratic party had any use for him.
Applause.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05

Recent statistics show that the South
during the last year consumed $685.
5l9 pounds of cotton in her own factor.
les, Georgia consuming nearly one-third
of this amount. Pretty soon Southern
Congressman will be joining those OF
New England on the question
of protection, and it may not be
long before New England will become
Jealous of the South as rival in manu-
featuring. The revolution wrought by
the rebellion In Southern affairs Is des-
tined to prove very thorough.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05
CrOquet and New Modes Of Play.
ing Ii.


The season of croquet is now at its
height, and nearly every fine afternoon
the lawns Of Druid Hill and Patterson
Parks are thronged with players. A
late innovation is running white cord
around the ground on pegs to mark the
boundary line. If, when taking cro-
quet, ball is sent outside the lines it
is dead and the player loses the re-
mainder of his turn. The object Of
this is to prevent the hard stroke which
enables players to go any place after
balls lying safe at the extremity of the
ground. With this new rule tie play
er going after balls at distance, is
compelled tojudge the strength of his
stroke. If he plays too hard and goes
off he loses his turn, and if does not
play hard enough he will make an un-
certain shot. It's the same playing
for hoop after croquet. The dead
boundary line gives the player who is
out better chance to get in than in
the game as usually played.
The latest mode of setting the hoops
is to place them so that no hoop shall
be less than eight yards from the boun-
Diary, and each player is compelled to
run the middle hoop four times. A
late variation of the game is to have
two four-ball games, one set starting
from each end of the lawn. If ball
belonging to the other set is in the
way, it may be taken up and replaced.
By rule just adopted, at starting, the
players ball is to be placed one foot
from the first hoop and opposite the
center, instead of a mallet's length, as
formerly. The object is to make the
first hoop certainty, and so to bring
all the balls into play at once. If the
first hoop is missed the ball is not ta-
ken up, but remains where it lies, and
is liable to be made use of by the other
balls, whether they have run the first
hoop or not. This puts player at the
first stroke of his first turn in precise
ly the same relation to all the balls as
he is at the commencement Of all SUBJ
sequent turns. Thus, player may at
his first turn play either for hoop or
a croGuet. Formerly he bad to run the
first hoop before playing for croquet;
now he may play for crOquet before
taking any hoop. Striking balls tight
is abolished, but pegging out is retain
ed. 1t is sore point, especially with
ladies, when about to go out, to have
ones plans spoiled by an adversary
who knocks.you outside the boundary,
but this is in the chances Of war, and
makes the game more interesting.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-08-05

In Abingdon, Va, the other day,
1000 acres OF Texas land were sold for
fifty dollars.
About 100000 oranges are imported
into California annually from Tahiti
and Mexico.
The first Russian locomotive was
shipped from the. Grant Locomotive
Works, mt Paterson, ON Friday after
noon. Two more were to follow on
Saturday.
The grand total of arrivals of Mon
golians at San Francisco since the year
1923 is 1904, of which number 10S,-
902 were males and 4l72 were females.
A Chicago firm has received an order
from Glasgow to send to that port six
ty head of cattle per week, Uia Mont
real, during the season.