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DOWN WITH HARD TIMES.


SAVE MONEYS to s.u Go q, aa4 SSy ,s:ss TSSS
MONEYS WORTH, The Great v. y. Dollar Sale,
33 Bromheld ST., Boston, Mass. since 1871 has sold
goods to i25,Ooo patron.. I.oner- every variety OF
Dry, Fancy, sud Staple Goods, Groceries, Books,
Cutlery, GLASS Ware, SC, Sc, at about hal price,
and sells kykRyTHise At ONLY ONE DOLLAR.
First Hands, m s%y. from S.aa. .S .s1
for u what country dealers ask $!tots for. This
II NJ hunbuR, no "ticketsr or lottery. Sec our
circulars and the thousands OF articles offered
.t only ti. We are endorsed by the best papers of
Hnston, and by 100 0J0 patrons. See circulars,
VIIo IA ., aud will sell you goods II less than
WO Vouany other house. We send by mail
or expires. Z. %. d., snd let you goods before
buying. We want agents every rywherc. No risk,
no capital needed.
One CentSy:. ps;..l psr.l. esrS s.as
We CAN aud DO sell " srticlss,it books &C., all
for A sisoEx DOLLAR. Be- eiutimi Ring, Pins.
Bracelets, Sets, Pipes, Violins, Guitars, Castors,
10 fact 1910 articles all st u. SKSD Now, aud
save money. You cAs do u, please try. Address
al ordersto II. ORMISrON b co, n. u. DOL
LAR SALE, % bromreid ST., Boston, Mas.
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N0NPARIEL skirt Supporters or Ladies'
.vosrment suspspdsr. sttsohsd TO one OF half
dossn skirss IN n uloILent, constructed upou
IbysinioaleAt plincipies ihavipg ioF its m
heslth And cont.!t Pat. May 8 lsIt. samples
81 mall " cts. ELLIS MIRO Oe, Welthsn.
4so. ASsao wsstV1s
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guests she expected from New York
"iou never met my brothers
Eva she sail. "Therc's Sam. and
t".r-.e, Gni johnny. '..a Npdn@us,
aud such times as they have wher
they get out here AMI iusticato. n,
they call il! But, dear me. don't
get much rest or peace, for they ar,
like q lot Of boys let ont of school
"The last time they visited me to-
gether. John and Sum actually cut q
pane Of glass from tho window, aud
pelted George FROM by best room
with snow.
"You see, there is always regular
strife for that particular room, foi
the bed is spring one, and they
say they don't sleep on any other in
the city. But they don't get it this
time, that's certain, for / intend t.
give you that room; and 30 end the
controversy"
81 had just as soon occupy some
other room, Mrs. Carpenter, and do
not wish to incommode your bro
TIERS"
"No you shan't, Eva 'paromptori-
ly exclaimed her hostess; "and what
is tho use Of your going homo vaca
ton week You can stay here just
as we'll as not, md do your sewing
on my machine.
The subject was dropped. md the
entire household retired early, for on
the morrow the brothers. young,
ardent, and full of life, were to bo
there. But without sending any
word Of their intention. they had
concluded to take the train which
would land them in Elollythorn about
bedtime. Gerge and John did so,
aud when seated in the cars began
to speculate upon the absence OF
Sam
mo reason in the world why he
should not have been here" said
George. II can't make it ont, un-
less he has taken the Ave o'clock
train by mistake"
mot a bit of it, laughed John,
who fancied he understood the en-
tire programme. at is most likely
he took that on purpose to get into
iiannah's parlor bedroom, and make
us take up with straw ticks and fea-
TIERS
II didn't think of that, but I reck =
on YOU arc right. We must contriye
to get him out somehow.
The brothers put their heads to-
gether and laughed merrily over
some scheme for outwitting Sam,
and accordingly, when the train
reached Hollythorn, about eleven
o'clock. they approached the house
Of their sister in very stealthy man
ner.
Climbing the fence In the rear, they
softly opened the window and OBJ
tanned access TO the pantry, where
they demolished a whole mince pie
and quantity Of doughnuts. Then
with appetites appeased, they re-
moved their boots and prepared to
investigate the "best room," stole
along tho hall, which was dimly
lighted by the moon, assembled the
stairs, and reached the door. The
faint rays Of the moon disclosed a
chair piled up with clothing, and
they could distinctly trace the out
lines Of q form beneath the bed
clothes. A few whispered words
we're exchanged, aud then, as lightly
as il shod with down, they drew near
"All ready T. whispered George.
: Quick as though they seized upon
the form Of tho sleeper, bodclothes
and all, bore it swiftly down the
stairs and ont into the snow, and
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The Lost Babies.

Come. my wife. nut dosn the Bibie,
Lay your r!nsses on the houk.
Both ofus are bent AMI aicd
Backv'ri, mnther, iet US look.
This II still the same old homestead
Where ] brought you long ago,
wler the hair was brilht with sunshine
1ha, nov like win'er's snow.
Let US talk sb'ut the babies
AZ We sit here all alone,
Such merry troop Of youngsters
How We lost thom one by one.
Jack. tho FIRST OF all tho party.
Came to us one winters night,
Jack, you said, should he q prrsou,
Long before he saw tho light.
do you see that great cathedral,
fiiIci the transept and the nave,
Hear the organ yrandly ps1llng.
Watch tho sliken hanyinys wavsi
Sec the priest In robss of omse,
with the altar at his back.
wonid you think that gited prsschsr
Could DO your own little Jackt
Then . girl with curly tresses
Used to climb upon my knee,
Like litti~ fairy princess
Ruling at the ago Of three.
with the years there came = wed1lnU-
How your fond heart swell ~ with pride
When the lori ~ all tho country
rhose your baby for hts bride
watch that stately carriage coming.
And the TO- M reclining there-
Would you think that brilliant lady
Gould be your own little Ciaref
Then the last, biuceyed youngstsr-
can herr him prattiins nbw-
Such astronv and sturdy follow.
with his broad api hono-t brow.
How he usci to low his mother
All | see your trembling lip
Ho IL far OF on the wAter,
Captain OF royal ship.
See tho bronze upon his forohesd,
Hear the voice Df ster ~ commando
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VICK'S
Flower & Vegetable Garden

Il the mos, beautiful Of the kind IN the world
IL contains nearly $50 pages hundreds OF fne
illustrations. and four Chrome Plates OF Flow.
ers, beautifully drawn ani colorei from nature.
Price IS cts, In paper covers 6S ots. bound IN
elexan clOth.
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r n. LINN, A II. DILL
a. (Sucesssors to J. =. ~. NJ. Linu,)
ATTORNEYS At LAW. Lewisburg, Pa.
O6er their s.ioual services to the
public. Collections and all other pro-
fsssional business entrusted to their care
vill reeeivsprompta attention. Jan. 3, '67u
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1776 AND lS76.--"Look at this

1776 AND lS76.--"Look at this
picture, now at that" The following
contrast (the first lines by DIR. Frank
linz will be read with interest
l776.
"Farmer at the plow,
Wife milking the COW,
Daughter spinning yarn,
Son thrashing in the barn,
AL happy to o charm"
1876.
Farmer gone to show,
Daughter at her piano,
Madame gayly dressed in satin,
All the boys learning latin,
With mortgage on the farm
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Vick's Floral Guide

~, This is . beautiful Quarterly Journal, nnely
frontispiece with the first number Price only
rs cts for the year. The first number tor 1879
Just Issued. Address
JAMES vIOK, Rochester, N. Y.
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MARCH 8 ALLOTMENT.

lfudra~s less than t5, Company will take II
bsck as y in tn. purciasu Of u whJir bind OF the
Industrial Exhibition Co., of Now York.
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VICK'S
Flower g. Vegetable Seeds

ere the best tho world produces. They are
planted BY . million people In America, ani
Vegetables. A Pricoi Catalogue sent tree to
ell who enclose the POSTAGE 2 cent stamp.
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"The rich," said q Dutchman, seat
venison because il ish deer. ! eat
mutton becauss il ish sheep"
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-02-10

The district school in the village
OF Hollythorn was taught by Miss
Eva Stanley, who boarded around
among tho scholars, and was con.
sidered the paragon of teachers,
The last week previous to tho holi
day vacation she had been boarding
with q Mrs. Carpenter, who was
making gigantic Preparations for
guests she expected from New York.
"lou never met my brothers,
Eva she said. "Thprcs Sam. and
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The Mishaps OF a Night.

- g q ct II u lp .
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sANuEt AhtrNN-. HORACE ALTMAN
8. ALTEnrRN 8 SON.

- - ~ = f1ITF1AN-v W kOAVS
Alto " 6 ~ 4 IA W.
Se1insXrOvc Pa.
Al professional business aud collecting
setrnstsd TO their care will he promptly
attenedto Can he consulted In English
or German. O0ice, Marke: Square.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-07-26
d. n. HASKELL.
TOWNSHIP AGENT,
c. p. n. n. t
TeWN LOTS FOR SALE OR LEASE

VI DARTIRs WISHING TO LRAsR Oh pUR-
chase Lets in the town Of winne-
mucca are hereby notified that all ap-
plioatiens fer the same, or on business
relating thereto, should be addressed to the
undersigned at Sacramento, whsre they will
receive prompt at.eBfsn. =
ES' Those oceupyiug lands belonging TO tbs
company, without having bought or Leased
the same, are al.. notified to .stts: ats the
matter wiSh evA delay AND svsxa tss MIA.
,soN n n. ia xaaEEL
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-15
Imitation and Worku,en.

The success of the Republican party in the
Presidential canvass is of immense Importance
to the working men, 1t is of vital concern to
them, as they derive their subsistence directly
from labor. The financial condition of the
Union is not normal. And, moreover, the
people are passing through an experience
which may be regarded as necessary to pros
p'rlty. Stable values, cheap production,
with an increased purchasing power of wages
will result, if Republicans only work together
to prevent the passage of injurious enactments.
10 this end every vote of the Republican par
ty is wanted. As a general thing working
men in the ranks of the Republican party are
too well informed to be cajoled. They know
that the present depression of trade arises
from causes which are felt all over the whole
world. We are suffering from the waste and
extravaganza of the war, for which the Bour
bon Democrats are responsible. 1t rendered
necessary the introduction of paper currency
by the Republican party and that currency
is the safest and the best the Nation ever DOS
sessed, while it played an important part in
the preservation of the Union. Whatever DO
itical economists may say of our currency.
and whatever they may ascribe to it, other
countries which have a circulation of the
precious metals are no better off than our.
selves. Stagnation prevails; and working
men feel the pressure at their home. If the
days OF high prices and excessive speculation
have passed away the effects are seen in the
community. Where men once had means and
were full of enterprise the means have disap-
peared; or, where there is capital now there
is spirit of fear, and it is not invested. But
one thing is certain. The imitation proposed
by the Ohio Democrats would not be REM
edy. Imitation is no proposition of the work
ing mans friends, his true friends. Prices of
food and rent would run up so that no wages
would be sufficient; for gold would 90 up
also, while the paper would depreciate from
redundancy. Precisely the amount the coun-
try wants can only be ascertained by expert
ence, and to gain experience time is an essen
tial element. If, however, there are large
balances of currency in the vaults of the
Treasury and sub-treasuries, which is the case,
the argument for initiation falls to the ground.
There has always been trouble and discord
whenever the public finances have been inter-
fered with. Should the idea of imitation be
carried out the most serious disasters NAV be
apprehended. Working men must understand
the imminent danger which threatens while
there is possible chance of imitation becom-
ing an accomplished fact Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-15
JUDGE GRIER AND rHE DREp scor

JUDGE GRIER AND THE DRIED SCOTT
DECIsIoN.-This from q friend in
Union County, Pennsylvania
The late Hon. Robert G. Grier, AsSo-
ciate Judge of the Supreme Court of
the United States, owned a fine farm
adjoining the city of Williamsport,
Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia ana
Erie Railroad bisected this farm so as
TO render it undesirable, If not unprofit-
able, for agricultural purposes but the
ly enhanced the value OF the judges
farm, and to-day every acre of ii is
valued at the rate of city lets. Never
Etbeless, the. judge claimed damages
from the railroad company for the land
taken and for other injuries. Thejury
being upon the ground for the purposes
of their appointment, and accompanied
by the judge, his attorneys, and the
attorneys for the railroad, q pathetic
scene was enacted when the venerable
and dignified judge lamented this ruth
less invasion of his domain, and that
INNS old age he must see the land,
almost sacred to hip, despoiled by an
Unsuitable corporation that has not re-
gard even for the spot of earth where
in his youth had wooed and won his
bride, and where the happiest days of
his life was passed. And in his own
forcible and inimitable style, and with
his head resting upon the upper rail of
the fence, he exclaimed, "Can it be
possible that citizen of Pennsylvania
has no rights which are secure from the
grasp of these corporations 2"
At this point G. w. Scatesy ESQ.,, at
torney for the Corporation" archly,
and in apparent sympathy with the
Judge, replied, "No, my dear judge, no
more rights now than the Dred Scott
decision gives to the nigger."
Immediately, the Judge dried his
tears, and with emphasis replied, 81
stand by the Dred Scott decision."-
Harper's Magazine
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"Hard Times.

Dayton Journal.
An examination of the pay-rolls in our prin-
cipal manufactures show that those who Ia
ment the hard times so loudly are worse scared
than hurt. The Barney & Smith Car Compa-
ny, for instance, now employ eight hundred
men; in 1872 they employed seven hundred
and fifty; the average daily wages, for all
classes of laborers, is now 81. IS; then it was
10, the reduction being certainly 30 greater
than in the cost of living. In the department
OF wood work skilled men receive 90 per day;
in 1872 they received S2.25. There are three
hundred and fifty employed at this rate. La
borers in the yard get $125 per day against
$3.50 then. In the painting department
wages for skilled and unskilled range from
S1.OO to S2.25; in 1872 it was from s1.50 to
S2.75. Blacksmiths receive So to s.. so
day, and ''helpers" S1.5O, against 50. rs and
S1.66s in 1872. In the foundry the reduction
is from So to $3.50 and from ST. 66s to $3.50;
the number employed being little greater in
all departments. The reduction has been
about 10 per cent all round.
What has it been in the articles the lsborer
must buy9 Prints of all grades are lower by
~ per cent; potatoes sell at the buyers own
figures; rents are surprisingly low, and only a
few articles remain at anything like the old
hgures The number Of unemployed men is
growing noticeably less every day. An un-
usually large number own the houses they
live in. There is a redistribution of labor in
process involves some suffering, but Dayton
certainly has cause to congratulate herself that
she has escaped the worst.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-15
ADvERrfSIGN RATES.
Kerr's Defense.

The sensational point of Kerr's de-
tense will attract scarcely less attention
than the crime with which he is charg-
ed by Harnsy. The most inexplicable
feature of the entire transaction, upon
the assumption of Kerr's honesty, is
that he should have gone out of his own
district and have selected ansappOintee,
when other Congressman were overrun
with applications for these coyetous
places.
Kerr's friends state that his real ex-
PLANTATION is this : Kerr. in fact, had no
applications from his own district, for
the reason that he was known as a Cop
perhead and anti-war man, and he had
just come to Congress with such. a
record and the Union soldiers in his
district did not care to appeal to man
with such antecedents to obtain them
positions in the Union Ciacin-
natl GQzeite.
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county,:
Liver and Blood Diseases.

By r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., Author of ''The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser"
A healthy liver secretes each day about two
and half pounds of bile, which contains
great amount of waste material taken from the
blood When the liver becomes torpid or con-
gested, it fails to eliminate this vast amount of
noXious substance, which, therefore, remains
to poison the blood, and be conveyed to every
part of the system. What must be the condi-
ton of the blood when it is receiving and re-
tanning each day two and half pounds of poi
son? Nature tries to work off this poison thro'
other channels and organs-the kidneys, lungs,
skin, ETC., but these organs become overtaxed
in performing this labor in addition to their
natural functions, and cannot long withstand
the pressure, but become variOusly diseased.
The brain, which is the great electrical Gen.
ter of all vitality, is unduly stimulated by the
unhealthy blood which passes to it from the
heart, and it fails to perform its Office healthi-
ly. Hence the symptoms of bile poisoning,
which are dullness, headache, incapacity to
keep the mind on any subject, impairment of
memory, dizzy, sleepy, or nervous feelings,
gloomy forebodings. and irritability of temper
The blood itself being diseased, as it forms the
sweat upon the surface of the skin, it is so irr-
tating and poisonous that it produces discolor-
ed brown spots, pimples, blotches, and other
eruptions, sores, boils, carbuncles, and scrofu-
lOus tumors. The stomach, bowels, and other
organs, cannot escape becoming affected, SOON
er or later, and we have, as the result, costive-
ness, piles, dropsy, dyspepsia, diarrh9a. Other
symptoms ale common, as bitter or bad taste in
mouth, internal heat, palpitation, teasing
cough, unsteady appetite, choking sensation in
throat, bloating of stomach, pain in sides or
about shoulders or bark, coldness of extremi-
ties, etc., etc. Only few of the above symp-
toms are likely to be present in any case at one
time. The liver being the great depuratiug, or
blood-cleansing organ of the system, set this
great ''housekeeper of our health at work, and
the foul corruptions which gender in the blood,
and rot out, as it were, the machinery of life,
are gradually expelled from the system. For
this purpose, DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, with very small doses daily OF DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, is pre-emi~
nently the articles needed. They cure every
kind Of humor from the worst scrofua to the
common pinlple, blotch, or eruption. Great
eating ulcers kindly heal under their mighty
curative influence. Virulent- blood poisons
that lurk in the system are by them robbed Of
their terrors, and by their perseyering and
somewhat protracted use the NEST tainted sys-
TENS may be completely renovated and built
up anew. Enlarged glands, tumors, and
swellings, dwindle away and disappear under
the influence OF these great resoivents,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-15
Hints 10 Writers.

William Cullen Bryant gave the fol.
lowing excellent advice to a Young
man who offered him an article for the
EUensag Post: my friend, / observe
that you have used several French ex-
pressions in your article. think that
if you will study the English language,
that you will find it capable of express.
ing ali the ideas that you have. Ihave
always found 1t so, and in sll that 1
have written L do not recall a single
Instance where was tempted to use a
foreign word, but that on searching 1
found better one in my own IAN
guage.
Be simple, and unaffected, be honest
in your speaking and writing. Never
use long word when a short one will
do. Call spade spade, not a well
know oblong instrument of manual in
dustry; let home be a home, not q
residence; place place not a local
ity, and so of the rest. Where a short
word will do, you lose by using a long
one. You lose in clearness, you lose an
honest expression of your meaning,
and in the estimation of all men who
are competent to judge, you lose In
reputation for ability.
The only true way to shine, even in
this false world, is TO be modest and
unassuming. Falsehood may be a
very thick crust, but in the course of
time will find place to break through.
Elegance of language may not be In the
power of all of US, but simplicity and
straightforwardness are.
Write much as you speak; speak ss
you think. If with your inferior speak
no coarser than usual; if with your
superior, no finer. Be what you say,
and within the rules of production.
The truly wise man will speak 30 that
no one will observe how he speaks. A
man may show great knowledge of
chemistry by carrying about bladders
Of strange gases to breathe, but he will
enjoy better health, and find more
time for business who lives on common
air.
Sydney Smith once remarked after
you have once written an article, take
your pen and strike out half of the
words, and you will be surprised to
ind how much stronger 1t is"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-15
The Two Websters.

When Mr.. Webster visited England,
sitter he had attained fame enough to
precede him, an English gentleman
took him one day to see Lord Broug-
ham. That eminent Briton received
our Daniel with such coOlness that he
was glad to get away and back to his
roOms.- The friend who had taken him
at once returned to Lord Brougham in
haste and anger.
My lord, how could you behave with
such unseemingly rudeness and dis
courtesy to so great lawyer and states
man? 1t was insulting to him, and
has filled me with notification
'Why, what on earth have l done
and whom have been rude to?'
TO Daniel Webster, of the Senate Of
the United States
Great Jupiter, what blunder! /
thought it was that fellow Webster
who made a dictionary and nearly
ruined the English language
Then the great Chancellor quickly
hunted up the American Senator, and
having other tastes in common besides
law and politics, they made royal
night OF it, Harpor's magazine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-15

Senator Ferry has authorized the
statement that he does not desire the
nomination for the Vice Presidency.
The statement that the pistol with
which Aaron Burr killed Alexander
Hamilton was in the possession Of .
gentleman at Versailles, KY, Is said to
be erroneous. A gentleman Of New
burgh, N. Y, is said to own both OF
the pistols with which the fatal duel
was fought.
Preliminary work is declared to have
been begun on the tunnel to connect
England and France. At Langatte, In
France, shafts have been sunk to Q
depth Of $50 feet. When these reach
about S35 feet depth below the sea lev
el, a gallery OF nearly one mile in
length will be made through the chalk
rocks to demonstrate the feasibility Of
the undertaking. If the construction
of this Is successful, and nothing
threatens the practicability OF future
work, the tunnel viii be pushed In
earnest.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-15
BELMONT CHRONICLE.
ST, GAINESVILLE, OHIO.
THURSDAY, JUNE Is. 1875

The credit due the Republican party for
good management of national affairs was
never more clearly shown than in the light of
present Democratic mismanagement. As
scandal -mongers the Democrats of the House
may be success, but as legislators they have
proven sad failure.