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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

John Raidy, a drover of Medina
county, Ohio, fell a victim to Chicago
sharpes last Saturday, while passing
over the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and
Chicago railroad, near Valparaiso, In
diana. He lost 500 on three-card
monte, and then exposed a wallet con-
tanning $1,000, which was seized by one
of the operators. The theft escaped
with the money, hut two of his conted-
crates were arrested-Texas Bill and a
man giving the name Of John L. Olive.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

IT was like the song of some wonder.
full bird, and it made the air shine after
the sound had died away; and yet il
was just the remark of y brave young
man who walked past me one day,
arm-in-arm with companion: "De-
pend upon it, Tom, st. Edmund 0i
Canterbury WAS right when he said to
somebody, Work as though you would
live forever live as though you would
die to day."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

- THERE are quiet victories and strug-
giles, great sacrifices of self, and noble
acts of heroism-not less difficult to
achieve because they have; Eo earthly
chronicle-dCne every day in hooks
and corners, and in little households,
and in mems and women's hearts, any
one of which might reconcile thestern-
est man to the world, and fill him with
belief AMI hope in it, though two
fourths of the people were at war and
another fourth at law Dickens.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

THERE'S a boy in Burlington who
swallowed a can of concentrated lye
two years ago, and although his moth
or made him carry hatchet in his
pocket and hung picture Of G. Wash
ingtOn over the foot of his bed, she
hasn't been able to get a word of truth
out of him since. She. wants to know
what to do with him. Oiled strap in
liberal doses is good, bat we think this
is desperate case. Better let him
read law md trust IBerciful provi-
dence. Burlington HaWkeye.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10


LAMAR says that Congressman fuckers fu-
rious secession harrangue Is the best speech
that has yet been delivered On the Southern
side. This proves that We have all along
maintained, that there is not a bit Of differ
ence between the ''conciliatory" wing of the
Southern Democracy and its ''reactionary"
element. They are simply two detachmelts
of the same general force, having common
object, moving upon the same works, and, al
though operating by different lines, maintain
ing perfect harmony. They do not believe
in the unity Of the Republic, and their ma
txTed, deliberate policy undoubtedly is to Sc
cure control of the Government by united
South, united by practical denial of political
rights to large numbers of citizens, and di-
vided North. So long as this policy is ad-
hered to by the Southern Democracy, now in
almost complete control of the South, so long
is it the imperative duty of the North to stand
firm, and save the nation from the control or
men who not only palliate and excuse the
nameiess horrors of Andersonviile, but have
really no more love for the Union than a con-
vict has for the law which sentenced hm.
The hour is filed with peril Pitts Com.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

IT is all a s2istake to suppose that there is
any necessity to gather together an assort-
ment of Democratic principles The question
is whether the Democratic party is to be put
into possession of the Government There is
no principle involved. The old party is not
reformed in any particular. 1t has all the old
vices. The party possesses vitality, ire
spective of its principles. That is what is
the matter with it. That is the reason why
it ought to die and doesn't. The DeEloc1atic
party is sgain submitted to its Southern wing
Look at the committees of the present House.
They show where the potentiality of the party
is lodged. Just now the party is under bonds
to behave beautifully, that it may win the
Presidency and the Senate. With the COM
plete possession of power, the mask would be
thrown off. We need no Blaine or Morton to
tell us this. The fact is manifest The lead
ing policy, if not principle, of the Democratic
party coming into power with the present
feeling, would be to avenge the humilations
of the Southern Confederacy. Can the Nation
afford it p Gin. Com.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
The Dayton Il SoutiIea stern Mar
rOw.Gauge Railroad.

(From Published Statement by the Compa-
n.y.
ESTIMATED EARNINGS FIRST YEAR
AFTER MPLETION-DAYTON TO
CHILICOTHE-SEV ONE MILES.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1874.

Belmont Lodge, No. 10. & A. N: meets ey,
cry Wednesday night on or prsceding the iuii
Bf-rS.'7 II ~ ~ hOaR],h>ANs =" N.
T. b. FERRE-L, Sec'y.
ST. t,iairsviIse Chapter. No. IL Royal Arch
,rs-,,ns meets. Sd Friday night each month AZ
st. Clairsvill- and the LIST Eriday "a 5S 1op'n q
at Bridgeport JAMES CLAhh' III. Z.
T. II. FERRELL, Secy.
Belmont Council. No. 81 Royal select aa1
Super Excellent Masters, meets on the Secono
Tuesday night of every month -
W. CARROLL, T. /. q. M.
ID, BAILY, Rec.
Hone Commandery No. 26 of Knights Temp
.rs meets On the first Tuesday night OF every
month. "A. ,. DAoUS' EIn ST9i
F. D. BAILEY. Rec. mariHA
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
.,,v,s subscriber. per an1um, $2eo.
ak mou.hs, 81 ~.
Three months. JDcbs.
7, moi paid within SIX months. ~ 50 VIII b
-actsd or All yearly - eabscribers.
-orFICE IN CHRONICLE BUILDING
q W uoo East of the National Hotel
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

WHAT may prove striking and in
teresting feature of the Centennial GEL
bratiOn is an immense album, contain
ing the autographs OF several thousand
of the leauing men of the country, be-
ginning with the President, Cabinet,
Supreme Court, Senate and House of
Representatives, which is to be covered
with a glass bell and enclosed in safe,
with front panel of thick glass,
through which the volume may be
plainly seen from the outside. 1t is
proposed to put the safe in the rotunda
or other cOdspicuous place in the Capt.
tol, there to stand until the year 1876,
all object of curiosity and attraction
and souvenir TO everybody for the
next hundred years. The autograph
album will be accompanied by the pens
with which the names were written,
and, if possible, by another album con-
tanning, rs far a. they Can be obtaiHed,
photographs of the signers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

WHAT to do with the Indians has
long been Il question, but Professor
Seelye, member of Congress from Mas
sachusetts, has submitted proposition
for the disposition of them which is
tnOre sensible and worthy of our white
civilization than anything that has yet
prevailed. He would have all the civ
ilized Indians turned over TO the care
of the States where they reside, to be-
come owners of the soil and citizens,
the same as other men. In New York,
Michigan and Wisconsin there are COM
muities of Indians engaged in agricul-
turai. mechaical or commercial pursuits,
and in all essential respects COMFORTING
themselves ike other people; and it is
therefore urged that they should not be
treated as wards of the government,
unless necessary to carry out existing
tire tiles. 1t is urged that the tame
Indians be turned over TO the States
and the wild ones to the army.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
Rusiafss Cards.

ID. ID. L. COWEN,
Attorneg at Lau, ST. Cadirsr'ue, Ono.
.-o-oe ON north side OF Main Street. q few
do,,rs .ast oil Marietta Street.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
Sensations of Starving.

For the first two days through which
strong and healthy man is doomed to
exist upon nothing his sufferings are
perhaps more acute than in the remain
ing stages-he feels aniinordinate. .un-
speakable craving at the stomach night
and day. The mind runs upon beef,
bread and other substantials, but still,
in q great measure, the body retains It's
strength. On the third and fourth days,
but especially on the fourth, this inces-
SAINT craving gives place to sinking and
weakness OF the stomach, accompanied
by nausea. The unfortunate sufferer
still desires food, but, with, loss of
strength, he loses that eager craving
which is felt in the earlier stages.
Should he chance to obtain a morsel or
two of food, he swallows it with wolf
ish ayidity; but five minutes afterward
his sufferings are more intense than ever.
He feels as if he had swallowed living
lobster, (which is clawing and feeding
upon the very foundation of his exist
ence. On the fifth day his cheeks sud
denly appear hollow and slnken, his
body attenuated, his color is ashy pale,
and his eyes wild, CLASSY and cannibal-
ish. The different parts of the system
now war with each other. The stomach
calls upon the legs to go with it in quest
of food; the legs, from weakness, refuse.
The sixth day brings with it increased
suffering, although the pangs Of hunger
are lost i'll an overpowering languor and
sickness. The head becomes giddy-
the ghosts OF well-remembered dinners
pass in hideous professions through the
mind. The seventh day comes, bring
ing increasing lassitude and further
prostitution Of strength. The ar1as hang
lifelessly, the legs drag heavily. The
desire for food is still left, to degree,
but it must be brought, not sought.
The miserable remnant of life which still
hangs to the sufferer is a burden almost
too grievous to be borne; yet his inner
emit love of existence induces a desire
still to preserve it, if it can be saved
without task upon bodily exertion.
The mind wanders. At one moment he
thinks his weary limbs cannot sustain
him mile; the next, he is endowed
with unnatural strength, and, if there be
certainty of relief before him, he
dashes bravely and strongly forward,
wondering whence proceeds his new
and sudden impulse. am
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28

of me. After pause he added, well,
we went right over her; she didn't sig
nal anybody that night WAS your
steamer the Kate, Captain ?'Biasked a very
quiet gentleman at the foot Of the table.
Yes, was the somewhat surprised re-
ply. Well, was in command of that
cutter, and you didn't run me down
quite SO much as you think you did.
A laugh at the Captains expense fol-
lowed this, and it was renewed as the
quiet man continued, And was on the
gllnboat that chased you ashore. The
Kate wasn't hllrtmuch, either, for we got
her off, and she is now somewhere about
New York No one was more amused
at the turn things had taken than the
Captain himself, and philosophical re-
mark some one made about what the
whirligig of time may bring about was
lost in the general merriment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28

The Sandusky (Ohio) Register con-
tains Sn article describing the experience
of man who has lived for some months
with bullet in his brain, and who is
now doing we'll and attending to bust
ness. It says: "In March last we
published the fact that Henry Meiley,
formerly resident of Republic, Seneca
county, but who now lives at Wauseon,
attempted to commit suicide by shoot
ing himself in the head with revolver.
It was supposed at the time that Meiley
could not live longer than week at
most, as the wound which he had made
in shooting himself was a very danger
GUS one. He had indorsed some paper
for some of his relatives, and was noti-
fed that he would be obliged to pay the
amount, as his relatives could not meet
their obligations. The amount was
$1,000. The knowledge of the fact
made him gloomy and Respondent, and
the next morning he went to his store,
and, taking q revolver, placed the muz.
zle to his right temple, fired the pistol,
and lodged bullet in his brain. The
surgeons could not extract the ball be-
cause they were afraid to probe for it.
After short confinement to his bed,
Meiley so far recovered from the effects
of the wound that he walked about, at
tended to few business matters, and
suffered very little from the injury. He
improved every day, and seemed in
much better spirits than for long time
before he attempted suicide. The in
lection of cold lead into his head cured
him OF his dependency, but the remedy
will scarcely do to recommend in oil
cases of the blues. It's little too he
roic. We learn now that after the ex-
piration of nearly ten months Meiley has
apparently wholly recovered from his
wound and attends to his business as he
did before his attempt to shuttle off this
mortal coil. He is about 46 years Of age.
and has q wife and several children. He
owns $4,000 worth of well.improved
land near Republic, and has considera-
bile other property besides. In all he
is probably worth 100000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
MIstOOk His Reckoning.

The Boston Postrelates the following:
"a small party of gentlemen were at
table recently with the jovial Captain of
one of the steamers running between
this port and Liverpool, when the En-
glishman, alluding to the late civil war
in this csuntry, said he had paid the
States a number of visits when it cost
him some risk to do so. He explained
by saying that he.h had been blockade
runner, and he became quite merry
while showing how he had lodged the
Federal cruisers off Wilmington, N. O.,
and slipped in and out, to and from that
harbor, five times during the closing
months of the war. While on his sixth
trip he was chased ashore, his vessel
ruined, and he escaped to terra firna by
the aid of q ladder over his steamer
bow. ooh, it was fun!' exclaimed the
Captain; sometimes they plunked it
into me pretty not, but they never did
me any hurt in that way. Three rows
of cotton bales make a pretty safe armor,
you know He then mentioned inci-
dentally that certain sentinel cutter
used to cause him the most trouble, and
that he finally determined to run her
down to p.eyenC warning signal to the
blockadlug fleet. 1t was bloody dark
night continued the Captain, sand /
was sLpp1. & out close in shore when
that - cutter showed herself In front
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
PEANUTS.
Something About a Popular ,Vegeta bic.
ss [From the Bost9n Herald.l

ks [From the Bosten Herald.l
Peanuts, or, as they are popularly
known in the South, ground nuts or
goubers, grow in the ground on the
roots of the plant exactly like potatoes
The stalk and Leaves Of that plant some
what resemble clover, and to get the nuts
when ripe the plants are pulled out of
the ground, the nuts adhering firmly to
the roots. The greatest trouble with
the ground nuts is in picking them,
which has to be done by hand il no
machine having as yet been invented to
do the work, though it would seem as if
such machine, in the shape of a coarse
comb. might be easily invented. But
labor is cheap in the places where they
are grown, which are in the light, sandy
soils of Tennessee, Virginia, and North
Carolina, In this country. Peanuts are
also largely grown in Africa, India, Bra
zil, and other places. The best are
raised in the valley OF the river Gambia,
in Africa, and yield large quantities of
oil. This product, when properly pro-
duced, is esteemed equal to olive oil;
but it is also used in wooden manufac-
lures, in soap making, in lamps, and for
Intoxicating machinery. Last year the
caop In the United States was as follows !:
Tennessee, 235,00O bushels; Virginia,
$50, 900; North Carolina, 100000. The
imports from Africa last year were 3d.
600 bushels, of which Boston imported
$4,000 and New York $4,000. The av-
erage of the new crop this year is some
what larger than that of last year, and
the yield promises well, the nut being
generally better filed and matured than
for the past two years, and of finer
quality. The past year was marked by
fewer changes than any former one; by
a moderate but steady consumptive. de-
mand; by an absence Of speculation; and
by the small proportion of choice white
nuts. Tennessee peanuts are put up in
burlap bags of four or i've bushels capa-
city, and are sold by the pound, the
grades being, respectively, inferior,
prime, choice, and fancy. The crop
year begins Oct. l, and ends Sept. 20 OF
the ensuing year. The new crop will
come forward under very favorable
auspices. The previous crop having
been well sold up, stocks are light in the
hands Of commission merchants and
dealers 5.4+... f..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
Texas Stage Mules.

The ride from San Antonio, Tex, to
Ell Paso is one Of the most stirring bits
of travel to be had in America. The
conveyance is a four-horse stage.
Coaches are changed three times, and
beyond Concho, which is ZIG miles north
of San Antonio, broncho mules are under
harness. This mule is a fiery, untama-
BILE little animal, possessed of all the
spirit and speed of the race-horse, and
all the long-sufering and patience of q
Spanish jack. A correspondent gives
this account of " Lize and murphy,
a dun and sorrel, that have done splen-
did service on this road ssUntil the
four horse coaches were put on, their
task was to draw a buck board twice q
week distance of sixty-fve miles. The
Journey was made in a single night,
without water and without food or rest,
except an hour at midnight at Van
Horns we'll. When [ returned from
Mexico to the States these two little
mules pulled myself, another passenger,
some 800 pounds of baggage, and the
driver, the distance named. The driver
cheered the solitude of the night with
many anecdotes OF their performances,
and at our request, and aided by us, fire.
quently tried to stop them between the
stations. Our attempts to do SO were
Intellectual, for the more we would pull
the faster they would go. Some two
weeks later Gen. Caben was the only
passenger, and the propensity of Lie
and Murphy to run was SO great that
he considered MS life in serious danger.
He drew his six-shooter and kept it
cooked, determined to shoot one of them
through the head if they ever left the
road. But leaving the road is something
they never do. They are trained to
keep the road and to stop only at sta
TONS They know an Indian by the
smell, and the cracking of stick by the
roadside makes them dart. In case the
driver should be shot from the box they
would keep on to the station all the
same. "-GalCestoaa NeaUs. *~" ~-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
When Hen are az Their Best.

DR.. Beard states that from an analysis
of the lives of thousand representative
men in all the great branches of the hu-
man family, he made the discovery that
the golden decade was between, 40 and
so, the. brazen between 20 and 80,
the iron between 80 and go. The supe-
riority of youth and middle life over old
age in original work appears all the
greater when we consider the fact that
all the positions of honor and prestige,
professorships and public stations, are
in the hands of the old. Reputation, like
money and position, is mainly confined
to the old. Men are not widely known
until long after they have done the work
that gives them their fame. Portraits
of great men are decisions; statues ere
lies. They are taken when men have
become famous, which, on the average,
is at least twenty-five years after they
did the work which gave them their
fame. Original work requires enthusi-
assn. Men are at their best at that time
when enthusiasm and experience are al
most evenly balanced. This period, on
the average, is from SO to 49, After this
the law is that experience increases, but
enthusiasm decreases - London Family
Journal. 8 eraaea Fl. III 81 !,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
Importance OF the Black Sea.

The Black sea is the natural maritime
outlet for one-half the European terri
tories Of Russia. The road from this sea
to the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and
the East lies through the Bosphorns and
the Dardanelles, ana the Sultan, by an
ancient right, closes the highway to
Russian ships OF war. The Western
powers, England in particular, insist
that Turkey shall keep Russia shut up,
and thereby secure advantages to them
selves. The Manchester Examiner ex-
presses the belief that if England filled
the place of Russia therestriction would
not be submitted to. The same paper
counsels the opening Of the Bosphorus
and the Dardanelles to Russia, be-
ieying that if this were done it would
lessen the anxiety of the Gear to obtain
possession of Constantinople.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
AN ENGLISH VIEW.
The Way Our Presidential Contest APP
pears to the Thunderer.
From the London Times.l

pears to the Thunderer.
From the London Times.]
The people of the United Statess!
serve all our sympathy and all our re-
spect during their present trial. The
stress laid upon their patience and
moderation is severe, but everybody in
every party, except few INSCRIPTIONS
and discredited politicians, has recog-
nized the necessity of practising these
painful virtues. The constitution has
once more failed to fulfill it's promises,
which, even when enacted for the
benefit of scanty and backward popu-
lation upon the Atlantic seabeard, were
not accommodated to the realities OF
politics, and which since the Union has
extended over half continent have
become plainly impossible OF fulfill
ment. No constitution that the
ingenuity of man is competent to con-
struct could be made comprehensive
enough to cover the infinite variety of
problems that must arise in the political
life of q great, free nation. But the
American people have deliberately cut
themselves off froD> the only practical
remedy for this limitation. The
statesmen who framed the constitution
desired to preserve the Independence OF
the executive, the judicial and the legis-
lative powers in the Federal Govern
ment, and their work in it's main prin-
ciples has been left untouched by later
amendments. 1t is, indeed. protected
by a popular sentiment of reverence
which is almost akin to superstition.
The result is, that nowhere In the con-
stitution of the United States is there
that instant, indisputable and uncondi-
tisnal omnipotence which we attribute
to Parliament, and which cuts the knot
of every caSlGs On1dSSuS quickly and
safely. The uncertainty lLto which the
result of the Presidential election has
been plunged by the unfortunate fact
that either candidate, If successful, will
owe his success to the votes Of doubtful
and suspected Southern constituencies
has raised host of controversies, and
appealed to q crowd of unregulated
passions. The last and most dangerous
appeal has not yet produced any serious
consequences, but the contested ques-
tions seem likely to remain unanswered,
and we cannot tell how far the temper
of an excited people will submit to con-
straint unsupported by clear legality.
Hitherto the leaders on both sides, the
chief organs of public opinion, and, in
deed, the general voice of the nation,
have unanimously insisted on the neces-
sity of GOODNESS, order and patience,
and, with some very insignificant excep-.
lions, the crisis has been complicated
by no more formidable disturbances
than those familiar in our own election
campaigns. It would be a mistake,
however, to imagine that the difficulty
has vanished. The danger has been, it
is true, removed further fromus
in point of time, bat it is lessened only
by the probability that before the next
critical point is reached the good sense
of the American people may supply
remedy unprovided by the authors of
the constitution.