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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

We love music. 1t began early on Tuesday
evening. First man placing couple of pigs
in his sty. Next cat fight. Next fife and
drum. Lastly but not leastly string band
from Bridgeport passed through and returned
quietly and genteelly, and touched the gentle
chords in a very creditable manner each time.
They can't kill us off in that way.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

MOULD will take possession of much of your
property this weather unless you attend to it
CLOSELY
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

UNLESS the Treasurer gives few days
grace tax paying time is ended.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

The Cambridge Fair begins on the 18th Of
September.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

Silver Lake FlOur-The best in the
market, always on hand and for sale at
6-2e,2t. OsBoRNE's.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

CUT the rye out of your wheat fields, and
your wheat will bring better price.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

THE next reunion of the 18th o. V: l. is to
be held at Cambridge.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

Tax time about up. Bring ms lead ot
Corn and we'll help you out. OSBORNE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28
B. Sc .. r. r.
GOING EAST.

Passenger trains will stop at all stations
when ,ignaIed, except l and at Nef's and
Nos and 10 at Quincy. Nos. i, D, 3 and 10 run
daily including Sundays.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

Coop clips of wool are selling in Virginia
from so to go cents.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

No Humbug-Sure cure for chicken
cholera, for sale by JAS. OsBoENE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

The most destructive storm that ev.
er visited st. Joseph, Missouri, passed
over that city about ten o'clock Satur.
day night. The storm was about eight
blocks wide, and passed directly thro'
the centre OF the city. The Pacific
Hotel, Toohe's Opera House, and a
large number of business houses were
unroofed, and numerous buildings, in
Guiding several dwellings, badly dam
aged. No person was fatally hurt.
Marblehead, an extensive shoe uan.
ufacturing town in Massachusetts,, had
a most disastrous conflagration Mon
day. Az the large factories but three,
numerous dwellings and other build
ings Were consumed, involving a loss
OF over $500. 900. In few hours the
flames destroyed two thirds of the
town, throwing out OF employment
three fourths of the male and female
workers of Marblehead. -l.I.r5
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

The wool waxeth warmer-45 to so cents.
Bass will bite now; don't go near the vile
things.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

ExEuNT strawberries. Enter raspberries.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

They will bemarried this week certain.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28
GOLD 105f.

GoLD 105f.
Big time July Fourth.
HoT, damp and musty.
HAVE you any sheep to sell?
The squirrel crop is reported short.
No change in the local wool market.
The sick man of Turkey is no better.
They will bemarried this week certain
ExEuNT strawberries. Enter raspoerries.
THE wool waxeth warmer-45 to 5o Genus.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

The sick man of Turkey is no better.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

No change in the local wool market.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-28

I HE squirrel crop is reported short
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
SELLING WHEAT.

The question agitating the farmer in
this State seems to be formulated in
"Shall we sell our wheat now?' This
question is daily asked but seldom an
swered. Colman's Rural World pre-
sumes to reply to the farmer asking
the question by saying that, Of course,
there are two sides in the discussion
of this, as there are TO most questions.
That there will be a great falling off
in the production OF wheat in the best
wheat growing regions of Europe, all
of us know. Great Britain is o large
purchaser of wheat. She never pro-
duces anywhere near the amount her
people consume. She has in past years
obtained ber chief supplies of wheat
from Turkey and southern Russia. OF
course she cannot obtain bushel from
that section this year. 1t is knowl-
edge of this fact that has kept up our
-four to its high price, and It will re-
main at comparatively high price as
long as the war continues. But il
the war stops, there will be big de.
cline Immediately, Notwithstanding no
wheat can be obtained from Turkey or
southern Russia the present year. But
with peace will come the largest efforts
to produce crops to make up for the
heavy losses of the war.
Great Britain must rely chiefly upon
America for her wheat supply this
year, and we have an abundance for
ourselves and for that country also
California is the only State in which
there is a crop; all of the other States
are blessed with more than average
crops, and they have been harvested
in safety. The yield in Minnesota is
said to be wonderful, and although il
is spring wheat, it makes the whitest
flour and is in great demand in the
east.
1t is always safe TO sell an article
when ready for market. Much more
is lost by waiting for better prices
than is gained, nine times out OF ten
IL is a speculating process to hold long
er. Let others speculate Farmers
are poor hands at that business. They
need the money to pay off their debts
to improve their farms and homes anc
stock. If out of debt, they want bet
ter breeds of domestic animals, Tor they
are more profitable. They need The
money to educate their sons and daugh
ters. Our advice is to sell wheat Al
soon as it can bc got to market.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
GLAZED FLOWER POTS F0R
HOUSEPLANT,S.

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~, 49, "aS ,lia, 49, No. i,row1 honso.
guy, sas ~. ,a,,. .na. s"V ,.oars n ,Iozed no,s
p,apso .I so.oa ~, IT, - ,hr;ra 5o,,or thon
,'i"n,s INV ,oa do ~ o ,hn norons ~ rnsloved no,s
G o"S9 Soub, uU ~ sho s"o @ oorrao, e tLo atmos
~, w uou'. .hieh IHo ~ e ,.,ants oro riaood
pne,e ~ "n'.h .u H.. ."u 0snoIIr, % tonnd in Al,
,;nn !; =. r rooms &c % Tho Glazed snrSace will
NnS .o .L~ -. ronotro,;na
pl.tonS ~ WI .p1 ,ch w. ha,,nr & ,hop ,ronld ,he
''sai " VII ,onsna SUI ~ ~, % Ia ra aor;s,s who
$50 $50 | ~, ,'i.p,s II tho ,roen. .houses
snd sJ ;nd;snpnsahle I Tbere we have an
a,n,osnhare u chorood with moisture
mh;oh would soo1 he des,rnctivo ~
,ha ,aIon,s n ,rown IN ,,layod nots or
snoh @ as ,ara not norous For The
- oou,a reoson wooden hoxes or wooden
somor % no,s orc better suited for nIonts
nroun n tbe drv etmosnbere of an or.
5;nory dwellinG than Ike nots usuallv
nssd hu' sor;s,s Or course in ony
caso ccro mns, bo used neper 10 ,coter n
,,Ian, | , NIL !, ;s Jry and tben water
trool,, Tho ad;ns,abIe plant. ROY -
doscy,hod in tha Nav nnmber of the
a,ncr;ooa dar;c,,y,,,r;s; wnnId seom to
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY.

The contest between Russia and Tur-
key will naturally attract some.attcn-
tion TO the scat ofwar. For those who
have no access to larger works of re-
ference we give the following abstract
OF the geography of Turkey;
The province Of Turkey as repro
sentcd on the map of Europe in our
school geography embraces a territory
lying on both sides of the Danube.
Al that part, however, north Of the
Danube, and bounded by Austria, Rus
sia, and tho Black Sea, is called Rou-
mania. The name is derived from the
language spoken, which was original
ly the Roman or Latin, as we shall see
hereafter,
The population is Of mixed charac.
ter, consisting of Jews, Roman Catho-
lies, Armenians and Protestants. The
mass Of the people, however, are mem.
bers of the Greek church. There are
only about 1900 Mobammedans in the
principality. The entire population ID
about 5000, 1000.
Roumania includes the Decia Of Ro
man history. Here the legions of Tro
ian fought, and when he had destroy
ed the native population, he is said te
have pcopled The country with colon
lists from the whole Of the Roman en-
pire. Hence the character Of the Ian
ruarc. After the Romans had held
sway for somewhat lcss than two hun
drcd years they were expelled by th'
C;oths. Subsequently other barbsrou'
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
A PACIFIC STEAMER SUNK,
SURVIVORS DROWN THEMsELvrs 10 End
THEIR MIsERY-oNE HUNDRED
LIVES LOST.

PANAMA, August 2.--From Chill we
have news Of the loss OF the steamer
Eten. Our correspondent writes from
Lima, July 20; We have advice Of the
total loss Of the Pacific Steam Naviga-
ton Company's steamer Eten, Captain
Coathupe, on the morning Of the 10Th
ips.ar.. st . point known as Los Vilos
raiso. Ecc6iu.sg 2 80 s2sS.!s!y!S.S.
grams received there must have bean
considerable loss Of life, as fourteen
dead bodies had been recovered. For
ty.three Of the crew and passengers
had reached the shore in safety, and
twenty were still on the rocks, all Of
forts were being made TO rescue them.
The English war steamer Amethyst
and the Chilian gunboat Chacabuco
proceeded Immediately to the assis-
lance Of the unfortunates. The cause
OF the disaster has not been reported"
The Eten, 1853 tons register, was
built by Laird on the Clyde in 1871, at
cost of e47,750. She was an iron
screw propeller.
The following telegram from Serena,
Chill, July IS was received at the Cal.
lao office Of the company July 20:
"The Amethyst arrived from the scene
of the wreck at 3 P. NJ, today, unable
to rescue the survivors from the rocks,
owing to had weather. The Chacabu-
co was also unable to render them any
assistance, it being unsafe TO attempt
rescue with small boats. The Cha
cabuco is on her way TO Valparaiso.
Survivors on rocks owing to exposure
and want Of food threw themselves in
to the sea 10 end their misery.
A letter dated on board the steam.
ship Lima, at Calico, July 2l, says:
"Out of the crew (sixty-seven, oil told
and passengers, there are probably six
ty-three saved. There could not have
been less than from ninety to one hun
dred passengers, as she was the inter-
mediate boat. The loss of life then
may be estimated at about one hundred
DersOns."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
THE UPSAND WINS OF
GREAT La w YERS.

Correcting some misstatements con-
tanned in a London letter TO Cincin-
natl paper, the New Orleans Democrat
says;
"Mr. Judah Ii. Benjamin was not
born in San Domingo, but in one of the
British West Indies, a fact which gave
him the position which enabled him to
obtain admission TO the bar of Eng
land. He was an infant when his par
ents emigrated to Charleston, S. G.,
and his name appears in the naturali-
zation papers Of his father. 1t is true
in general that Mr.. Benjamin's income
from his professional labors was large,
but not larger than his eminent tai
ents, wonderful industry, power of
work, and versatility and solidity of
talents merited. But it is not true
that in the Almaden quicksilver mine
bis fees amounted TO s500,00O On
the contrary, we believe that Mr.. Ben.
amin's share of the compensation al
lowed with several distinguished at
torncys in that case was smaller than
that Of several others, and did not ex.
ceed $4,000 The largest fee derived
from the case was that of the late II.
J. Walker, which amounted TO s240,.
900. The late Louis jamie, also Of our
bar, received some $4,000 in the same
case. Large fees were also paid to
the late Edwin NJ. Stanton, we think
also to jeremiah S. Black and Ed
mund Randolph, formerly Of our bar
The case was one Of immense import
ance, and involved many millions OF
value, and the services Of these emf
nent iurists were not overpaid. II is
an interesting and sorrowful fact that
the late r. ]. Walker with all his
great ability as a urist and financier,
lost every dollar OF this large fee by
investing the whole amount in Sir
Morton Peto's grand railroad swindle
and left his family in poverty. Mr.
Benjamin was alike unfortunate or i'm.
provident in his investment Of his large
professional revenues. Sugar planting
swept off about s56O,0O0, Tehuantepec
a large amount, and guano speculation
in South America the remainder of his
hard earnings. Finally the downfall
of the Coniederacy drove him a fugi-
tive from our country. In an open
boat rowed by negro, he passed
from Florida TO Nassau, where he
landed with but single dollar in his
pocket. The war had destroyed every
vestige of his property"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
'COSSACR AND BASHL BAZOUK

A large portion Of the fighting that
has taken place in the East up to the
present time has been between the
irrcgulars of both armies. The Cos.
sacks, though regular in the sense that
they are formally enlisted and formed
into battalions, are too unused to the
restraints of discipline to form compact
cavalry. They are now pretty much
what they were in Napoleon's time,
rough.riding, audacious foragcrs, scour-
ing the country, and relying on indi-
vidual force than on disciplined momcn-
tum. They are thus admirable TO over
run a district, to forage, or TO make
daring reconnoissances but they can
never be relied upon for the steady
hammcring of an obstinate battle The
Cossacks did we'll in crossing the Bal
kans, but they did not stand well in the
fight. They appear to have allowed
themselves to be beaten by an inferior
force OF Turks, and driven back into
the passes of the Balkans. The Cir
cassians and the Kurds, who cooperate
with the Turks, are troops of pretty
much the same character. They have
caused the failure Of the Russian cam
palgn in Armenia by harrassing its
rear. The Bashi.Bazouks are better
They are better disciplined, and accus'
toned to obey their officers but they
-. - ....-al.,.... orunlt,, md hrutalify
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
MORTGAGED PROPERTY.

While working men have been suf.
fering on account of scarcity OF work
and lowness OF wages, property-hold-
ers (those who have kept from under
the Shoriff's hammer) have been grad.
ually drawn into the cruel grasp of
"the Mortgage, large portion of the
property Of the town and county be.
ing weighed down with mortgages,
and, like men under, each owner feels
in danger, and no one knows but that
il will be his turn next. That great
number of mortgages has been entered
up in the past year is well known, but
it is not SO generally known (what we
have been assured by one who knows
that the number Of mortgages made in
this county since 1870 is probably as
great as the whole number entered in
the county from its organization up to
1870 This is a startling statement
of how things how things have been
going backward, and what is true of
this section is true Of most others-the
same general condition exists through.
out the land. II is not time Tor u
changer During this period OF six
years we have been like men in a
whirlpool. Each turn around the cir
cling years brought us nearer to the
centre that was to swallow us up.
Some have been swallowed; many
havo heen awallowed Othera NAV
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
CLARIFIED, Pa, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %, 1877.

tribes invaded the country, until at
last, the Turks, having captured Con-
stantinople in l454, acquired nominal
title, though under its own Christian
rulers. At present Roumania enjoys
all the rights Of sovereignty, can nego-
tiate treaties OF commerce and peace.
She makes, however, an annual con-
tribution to the porte. The chief ruler
is styled prince regent and inhcrts his
title. Liberty Of conscience, and free
dom of press and of public meetings
are guaranteed the people. The legis-
lative branch of the government is
elected, and consists of two houses.
Roumania possesses railroads, lines
OF telegraph, postoflice department,
schools and universities Education
is obligatory for both sexes.
The language is of a mixed charac-
ter. This is necessary consequence
Of its history. All the races nearly,
which have found home on the soil
have left some words. The Roman al
phabet is used and the pronunciation
resembles the Italian.
South of the Danube, extending from
where the Danube leaves the Austrian
frontier westward, with the Morava
river dividing it nearly in the centre
where it joins the Danube, lies the
princIpality Of Servia. It's civil ad-
ministration is modelled after that Of
Austria. Every Serb is a soldier. The
Turks hold the fortress Of Belgrade
and several other points, The Servi.
ans belong TO the Slavic race, and thus
in religion and nationalities are in sym
pathy with Russia. The language is
more like the Russian than the Polish
these, with the Bohemian and the Ser
wan being the four great divisions OF
the Slavic language. The population
is little over million.
The third principality is that Of Mon
tencgro, TO the southwest OF Seryia and
nearly midway on the west frontier of
Turkey. The inhabitants are Of the
Servian race and members Of the Greek
church. These are.under special obli-
cations to Russia, receiving an annual
pension for harrassing the Turks. The
population is somewhat over hun
dred thousand. But what they lack
in numbers they make up in their
temper and the nature of their mount
ain home. Twenty-Five thousand men
can be sent into the field at short no.
tice.
But the rest of the territory known
in our biographies is by no means uni
ted. West of Servia and north Of the
fierce Montenegrins is Bosnia, whose
inhabitants consist of Bosnans, Croats,
Morlaks, Illyians, Jews, Gypsies, &c.
These with the exception of the last
four are also of the Slavic race. And
then, south of the Danube, from Servia
to the Black Sea, enclosed on the south
by the Balkan mountains, are the Bul.
garians. These number about two
and a quarter millions and belong to
the Slavic race, and are members of
the Greek church. Sophia is an impor-
tant city. South of the Balkan mount
aims lies Macedonia, part Of the old
empire of Alexander, whose inhabitants
are descendants of the old Greeks.
Thus we sec that the present conflict
involves in it three races. Therc is
the Russia or Slavic, the Greek and
the Turkish. And the religious aspect
is no less interesting, for three differ
ent forms of faith are struggling tor
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22

chance that Tor hours together they
should see any one to whom they could
make themselves intelllgible they
could not tell the name Of the place
whittier they were bound, nor the
army corps to which they belonged I;
they were, in short, the merest waits
and strays on the great Wallachian
plain, and yet they cooked their caps
and cracked their whips, and swag-
gered generally with as much aplomb
as if they owned half of Wallachia.
Further on troop Of Cossacks was in
bvouac in field close to the road
The rain had drowned out the fire, and
the ground was knee-deep in mud ;
but the Cossacks were not dispirited
by their ungenial condition. With
some straw and some branches they
had thrown up shelters against the
wind, and in the lee Of these they
squatted on stones, singing Justify to
the accompaniment furnished by one
OF their number, who whistled more
shrilly than any London street Arab.
Several lay stretched in slumber in the
mud, with the rain streaming down
upon them.
oossAcKs AND RoUMAHIAN LADIES.
When the first troop OF Cossacks
rode through Bucharest the Roumanian
ladies were very anxious TO see them,
and the long avenue was lined with
carriages. A column Of dust arose,
thickening and drawing nearer. A
cry OF delight and impatience passed
all along-ladIes eagerly stood up,
favored gentlemen climbed upon the
coach-box and the wheels. The col
umn of dust approached, and presently
the Cossacl lances pierced il, glttcring
in the sun. Dark and colorless masses
loomed through 1t, and strange but
stirring music was in the air. Not q
sound was heard, even while they
passed, except that martial war song
OF tho bards who heard each sotnia and
the shrill accompaniment of the whis-
ties modulated to wierd harmony. No
rattle Of accountrements betIays the
Cossacks his very horse seems trained
to move with silent activity. With
that pean in ones ears, and the whis-
ties screaming through it, one beholds
without astonishment these warriors
glide past, stealthily and swift. One
recognizes the surviving race of an
early time. To the same war song,
perhaps, marched the ancestors ofthese
people when they over-ran Russia
The Bucharest ladies were not a little
frightened. They looked at each other
blankly, with little shrugs of the shoul-
der to express distaste. One Of them
afterward confessed to the Standard
correspondent, who describes the scene,
that her Muscovite sympathies vanish
cd, at sight of the first Cossack, so
ugly and dirty was he.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22

Try to conceive the infinite forces at
work every moment in the millions OF
worlds around us--try to conceive
even those pulsing through every atom
Of our own earth, and along every
nerve of all its countless living tribes
as only the mechanical evolution OF o
seli-moving machine, restlessly toiling
from eternity to eternity, night and
day. You will feel you cannot The
roaring loom of Time works ceaseless-
", but who can dream OF it, without
the Hand that throws the shuttle. and
weavcs the tissue Of each dayI From
the sun to the atom, from the dead
stone to the beating heart, and the
thinking brain, forces circulate sleep
lessly through all things forever are
all, alike, an Ezeklel's vision of moving
wheels, $50 high that they were dread
ful, without "thc Spirit" to set in
motion and to guide ? No; "law" is
no more easily understood than tho
old doctrine OF God. Creation is not q
great timepiece, set agoing in the be-
ginning TO beat on Of itself forever
call it so if you like; the weights that
move it are the counsels Of the Eter-
nal 1t is no automaton OF cranks and
pulleys; no winking Madonna, nor
great blind Sampson, OF springs and
wheels, grinding marvelously in his
great prison-house of space. Think
for moment what the universe is,
and conceive, if you can, of nature be-
ing, its.ow god
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
BY RAIL WAY UP MT. WASH
INGTON.

This railway might have suggested
Jules Vcrne's " Journey to the Moon"
and is such miracle of engineering
that it will be pity if any visitor to
the mountains misses a ride over 1t.
The work of construction was begun
in 1866, and was completed three years
later The route follows the Ammo
noosuc Valley, and from the Fabyan
House to the end of the friction rail is
six and two-third miles. For two and
half miles the grade is two hundred
and ninety feet to the mile, or one foot
of perpendicular height to eighteen
feet of horizontal distance. Besides
the usual rails, there is a central rail
of peculiar construction TO receive the
motive power, consisting OF two bars
of iron, with connecting cross-pieces
placed four inches apart. A central
cogwheel on the locomotive plays into
this rail, and secnres sure and steady
mode OF ascent and descent.
The locomotive us it first comes out
of the engine-house, has the appearance
of being ready TO fall over. Tho driy-
ing.wheel is gcared into a smaller
wheel which connects directly with the
crank, and four revolutions OF the lat
ter are required to make one Of the
driving-w The locomotive is not
connected with the car but simply
nushes il mn in the ascent. and allows