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P. s. LEWIS, Superintendent.
CLASS 1.

Awarding Con,m-P c. Eastham Thos Fowler G. t Beale
Judges deem worthy taking into consideration its utility construction
and adaptation general use
! CLASS II.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-06-05
CLASS !

D. De MA@AONi superintendent
CLASS j.
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GLASS II.

4Dqrd9g cOA-Dr L. F. Campbell Miss Bette Fowler, Mrs
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26
The Hermit and the Tramp.

In the chapter on Parallels" In Mrs.
Lydia Maria Child's Aspirations of the
World" occurs the folio wing suggestive
story:
"A holy hermit in the Thebaid of Eyypt
had tasted and prayed so long that he
thought himself the first saint in the world,
but modestly prayed God to show him
some greater saint, that he might pattern
after hun. That night an angel came to
the hermit and said, IF thou wouldst
excel all others in virtue and sanctity,
strive to Initiate a certain minstrel who
goes singing and begging from door to
door" The hermit, much amazed for he
thought no better of tramps aud fiddlers
then we do, went forth to find this holy
man, and questioned him about his PRAYERS
and penances. The pooriminstrel, equally
astonished, hung his head and replied, 81
beseech thee, holy father, do not mock me-
l have performed 40 good works, and as
for pray Ing, sinner that | am, am not fit
to pray. l only 60 from door to door TO
amuse people with my viol and nv flute
But how did'st thou become a trampYr
said the hermit. ''Hast thou spent thy
substance in riotous living, like most 9TH
ers Of thy callingI" The tramp replied,
Nay, not so. But l met a poor woman
running hither and thither distracted, be-
cause her husband and children had been
sold into slavery to pay debt. The wom-
an was very beautiful, and certain sons of
Beiial pursued after her. l took her home
and protected her from them. gave her
all l possessed, to redeem her family;
then conducted her safely to the city,
where she was united with her family and
children. But what OF that, my father? Is
there any man who would not have done
the same3" Alas, 1 have not done so
much good in all my life; yet they call me
a man OF God, and thou art only a poor
minstrel"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26
Correspondence.
Letter from Warrington.
WASHINGTON, d. C.

"AShIN0loNt ~. y.
The Star gives currency to feeling that
has obtained quite generally among the
politicians hanging about town, to the ef-
feet that at the next session of Congress no
appropriation bills will be allowed to be
passed by the Democrats, except those of
q minor character so as to force the calling
OF an extra session. Their motive Is thus
explained. They count on holding the
House during the next session. They are
certain Of the Senate. By refusing to act
with the Republican Senate in the passage
Of appropriation bills, an extra session will
be rendered necessary after the 4th of
March, when the Democrats will have ma
jOrity OF the Senate and can sweep the of.
hces under It's patronage now filed with
Republicans and substitute Democrats, in
stead of waiting until the following Decem-
Der before the NAV OF the thousand and one
Reformers who are hungering and thirsting
for them, can be filled. Even should the
present elections go against the Demo-
Gratis, no departure from the programme
will he made. As this is consistent with
the character earned by Democrats in Con-
gress AS reformers, few seem to doubt
that the course marked out as above, ac-
curately indicates the purpose OF Democ-
racy to seize on every office 1t can lay its
impatient hands on.
The intelligence received from the battle
field In Maine has undeniably had q very
depressing effect in circles solicitous for
the preservation of the plighted faith OF
the Government and for a speedy return to
specie payments, Every tramp in the
country and every cut-throat communist
have been waiting for just such an endorse
ment OF their revolutionary purposes as
Maine seems to have given.
VOLUNTEER.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26
II Wasn't the TOOthaehe.

In the ladies' waiting room at the Cen
trail depot the other day, were newly
married couple from Grass Lake They
had been visiting in the city two or three
days, and were then ready to go home.
They sat side by side, OF course, his arm
around her waist and she leaning on his
shoulder. longwaisted stranger from
the east, having sore eyes and big heart,
walked in, saw them thus seated, and In
aoou, minute he asked of the husband:
Has that woman there got the tooth
ache:"
The husband looked in surprise, but
maue no answer. Alter two or three min
utes the longwaisted man again remarked
"If that woman has the toothache I've
got bottle OF peppermint in my satchel
here"
The bride rolled her white ewes around.
and the husband looked somewhat embsr-
rassed. The man from down east unlock
ed his satchel, fumbled among shirts aud
collars. and brought up four ounces of
peppermint essence. He uncorked it,
touched the contents of the bottle against
his red tongue, and handing it forward
toward the husband, feeiingly said:
Just have her sop some on 3 rag and
rub her gooms with it. We've used it ia
the family tor"
The brides eyes threw out sparks as
she lifted her head from its loving position,
and, striking at the bottle. she snarled out
"Iuthache, you fule! If you don't know
the difference tween true love and the
tuthache you'd better pick grass with the
geese!
My Lord." gasped the man, and he
hurried out with his satchel in one hand
and the bottle in the other.-Free Press.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26
pOstrp.

He Stands and Knocks.
knockins. knocking, eyer knocking!
Who Il there.
'Ts pilgrim. strange and kingly,
Never such was seen before;
All, sweet soul for such wonder
Undo the door.
No that door Is hard to open
Hinges rusty, latch Is broken-
Bid him go.
Wherefore, with that knocking dresry,
Scare the sleep from one 30 weary,
Say him no.
Knocking, knocking. ever knocking.
What! still there!
Oh. sweet soul, but once behold him,
With the elory-cr0wned hair;
And those eyes. 30 strange and tender.
Waiting there.
Open! Open. Once beh old him
Aim so fair.
All, that door. Why wilt thou vex me.
Coming ever to perplex me.
For the key II stifi3y rusty
And the bolt is clogeed and dusty;
Msny-hngered ivy-yine
Seals II fast wit twist and twine;
Weeds u years and years before
Choke the passage Of that door.
knocking! knocking! What! still knocking
He stiil there.
What's The hour. The night 10 waning,
In my heart = drear comp laining
And . chilly, sad unrest.
All. this knocking! II disturbs me,
scares my sleep with dreams unbiest!
Give me rest.
Rcs,-Ah rest!
Rest, dear soul. he longs to give thee;
Thou hast only dreamed Of pleasure,
Dreamed OF gin and golden treasure.
Dreamed OF jewels In thy keeplne.
Waked TO WEAKNESS OF weeping.
Open TO my souls one Lover,
And the night Of dreams Is over;
The true gifts he brings have seeming
More than all thy faded dreaming.
= Mrs. II. d. Stowe.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26

Mr.. John Catlin. an American artist, dis
covered. during long intercourse with
the wild Indians Of the American continent,
that one of the great causes Of the mala-
dies which affect civilized men, Is their
habit Of breathing through the mouth. The
Indian child he observed, WAS never allow
ed to sleep with Its mouth open; the saw
age mother, Is her child fell asleep, never
tailed to press irs lips together. till she had
fixed . habit that was to last through life !;
when the child grew up, sleeping or wax
Ing be kept his mouth shut. Amongst two
millions Of wild people, be never saw or
heard Of hnnchback or crooked spine or
An idiot or lunatic, whilst premature death
was far from common. The nOstrils arc
evidently made for breathing through /;
they form the natural outlet OF the langs
The sides Of the air passages are lined with
hsira. which in some degree at least, pre-
vent the ingress OF noxious matters In the
air We breathe. Dust Is strained out and
It y Confidently asserted by those who have
tested the matter, that miasmas are pre-
vented from entering the blood II one
breathes through the nose.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26

John Brown, the trusted servant of
the Queen, is said to owe his popularity to
the tact that the majority of English ser
wants, from the palace to the plain resi-
dence in England, are great sticklers about
their proper duties. The butler would see
the kitchen on fre and the cook the pantry
flooded before interfering In saving the
property Of their employer, simply because
II was not in their department. John Brown
10 above such narrow prejudices. If her
Majesty has to 60 anywhere. have any
thing done frOm . cup of tea to the pack.
ing Of trunk, from the selection Of
horse to the purchasing Of book, John
Brown is always on hand, ready, able and
willing to bound over all the barriers of
red tape and formal departments, and get
and do these things, or soc that they are
done promptly and properly. In this
readiness and untiring attendance, be has
ingratiated himself with the good Queen,
who fully values his honest energy snd In
tsgrity, and who has thus made him her
iav0rite gillie. He knows his place and
keeps 1t. He earns his pay and pockets Il.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26
Vol. XIV. Whole No. 1886. No. 80.

that nobody had prettier wife or tidi-
er home than his old friend Tom Carter.
Wise little Nellie having gained posses
sion OF the matrimonial field, took good
care to keep 1t antil Tom was quite cured
of his careless habits.
Sometimes he seemed threatened with
relapse; but Nellie, instead Of scolding,
only had quietly to bring something Of
her own and lay down beside whatever he
had tossed down, and it was sure to be
put away immediately, for Tom seldom
failed to take the hint.
And II some other little woman, Is tidy
and clean as Nellie, takes hint also, this
story will have served its purpose.
berland Globe.
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-26

Go west, Young man. It 10 . charm
Ing place. Those who don't freeze to
death In winter get sunstruck In summer.
Tue rest Get killed by ornado.-Norris-
town Herold.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04
TO X
Illustrated Monthly Maqazine.

Each number contains Thirty two Pages Of
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04
The Paris Exposition will be opened

The Paris Exposition will be opened
on the lst OF May.
The Senate has rejected the nomipa
tion of Lewis E. ParsOn as United
States Attorney for the Northern and
Middle Districts of Alabama.
Fifteen inches of snow fell in Ver-
mont on Sunday. The storm was very
severe throughout New England. 1t
also visited the lake region, doing
considerable damage to shipping.
The Russian army remains at pre-.
sent near Constantinople, and its
conduct will in the main be regulated
by that of the British feet.
PROBLEM which the Democratic
Legislature is trying to work QUITO
fix the State of Ohio, before adjourn
ment, so that the Democratic party
may hold it for the next three years.
A Minneapolis boy was sent by hi:
teacher, woman, to the Superinten
dents to be whipped. The lad suspect
ed the contents of the note, and hired
boy he met on the street to deliver it
giving him ten cents. The Superin-
tendent didn't discover till after tht
castigation was over that the boy he
had f1ogged had not seen the inside O
school house for month.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04
C A 7 A R R H
Twelve Years of Suffering.

GenHe7nerl-A bout twelve years ago, while
travelling with Father Kemp's Old Folks Con-
cert TIOupe as tenor singer, L look severe
cold and was laid up at Newark, ]. This
cold brought on severe attack of Catarrh-
which battled with every known remedy
for four weeks without avail, and was finally
obliged to give up a most desirable position
and return home unable to sing note. For
three years afterwards l was unable to sing
at all. The first attack of Cattrrh had lett my
nasal organs and throat so sensitive that the
slightest cold would bring on fresh attack,
leaving me Frustrated. In this way conun-
ned 10 suffer. The last attack, the seVereSt
ever had was terrible. l suffered the most ex-
cruciating pain in my head, was SO hoarse as
to be scarcely able TO speak, and coughed in>
consumption, and firmly believe that had
these symptoms continued without relief
they would have rendered me an easy victim.
When in this distressing condition, come
CURE FOR CATARRH, very reluctantly, l
confess, as had tried all the advertised rem
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latfons in his throat to realize how much re-
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Sanford's Radical Cure. Under its influence,
both internal and external, L rapidly recover
since have been entirely free from CaSarrh,
for the first time in twelve years. Respect
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WalthaIn, Mass, Jan s, 1876.
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United States. WEEKS Il POTTER, General
Agents and Wholesale Druggists, Boston.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04
Coli in S.
VOltaic
o. Plasters.

A N Electro-Galvanic Battery, combined
"a with the celebrated Medicated Porous
Plaster forming the grandest curative agent
in the world of medicine, and utterly sur
passing all other Plasters heretofore in use.
They accomplish more in one week than the
old Plasters in a whole year. They dot palli-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04
POETRY.
An APOLOGY FOR FLIRTA-
TTON.
From Temple Bar. /

From Temple Bar
ssAhi women are fickle," you tell me.
'.Well-yes-if by fickle you mean
A trife less false than you men are;
And greatly more true than they seem"
'.But women are cruel-so cruel
They fiatter and coax for a while,
Then tread on the hearts that we give them
And deal us blow with a smile.'
ssWe are cruel-it may be; but cruel
In million of charming ways;
So sorry at time to have hurt you,
So kind on the gloomiest days.
''But you men,-you calculate nicely
How near you may go, or how far,
Nor never one moment you soften,
Nor pity the hopes that you mar.
sand when you are at last successful,
And the flower floats down to your feet,
Its colors are no more so perfect,
Its perfume is no more so sweet
"You leave it to lie on the roadside
(First tramping it down in the dust),
And fancy that such is your right here,
To break and to outrage our trust
ssYou think us so weak till we sting you,
And give you at last your desserts;
And then you turn round in your anger
And vow that all women are flirts.
"Believe me, that if you would let us
Be honest and true, as we are
(Not striving to conquer us always,
The world would be better by far"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04
AN APRIL SONG.
BY EDWIN n. LEWIS.

Sweet April, when you try, with your sun
shine and your sky,
Your wind breathing low and you birds
that sing together,
Your misty blue that fills the hollows of the
hills,
You can make day of most enchanting
weather.
But on this lovely morning you have for your
adorning
The presence of my only love, darling, my
dear
So you have no need to try, with your sun
shine and your sky,
To make this day the day of all the year.
Yet, April, do your best, with a soft wind
from the west,
With sunshine on the springing grass, and
tender blue above
Let your singing birds sing loudly, and your
flowers look up proudly rg-
Somay you serve the lady of my love-
O month of changeful.m .mien-your days may
be serene
Or your sobbing east winds may be bring
inglainy weather.
Each is welcome day, for it takes me nearer
e- May,
When my only love and shall be together!
-Scribner for April.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04
! "A WONDERFUL REMEnYu

Messrs Weeks 4 Potter: GentIemen-Your
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ful remedy. have suffered with weak and
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sent for your Collins Voltaic Plaster. The
pain reached from my back to my sides and
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we'll, but think require another Plaster for
my right side. l am SO much improved that
II can walk and stand, but before l got your
Plaster was unable to walk or stand. Re-
spectfuly yours, Mrs RICHARD GORMAN,
Lypchburg, Va, July 22, 1876.
neighboFs have come in and wish me to send
Ter some more OF your Plastefs. 1 am recom>
mending them to all my friends. Please send
me six Of your Collins Voltaic Plasters., En-
closed find 81 25. Mrs GoBMAN.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04

There is Turkish allegory which
tells us that every man has two angels
One on his right and another on his
left and that they record the good and
Ievir that is done. If this be true, that
lett handed angel is pretty busy in
these days, and the right handed one
may as well go off on a vacation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04
A CoIumbiana County Mystery.

A COIumbiana County Mystery.
The Salem, Era has an account of the
discovery ofa quantity of human bones
and buried we'll during some eX-
Railroad, near Teegarden., Digging
through the sand they first came upon
the bones and shortly after struck the
well, which, although it was unwalled, f,
had not caved in. The mystery about
the well is that within the recollection
of the oldest inhabitants there has
been no building anywt ere near it to
account for its existence. The pres
|ence of the bones is explained by the
theory of its being an old Indian bury
ing ground, but the well shaped hole
is what puzzles the antiquarians in
that vicinity. -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04

I A celebrated wit was asked if he
knew Theodore Hook 'Yes,' replied
he; Hook and eye are old associates"
1t seems a little curious at first glance
that the growth of the Murphy move
ment should decrease the. number Cf
potaiers,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-04-04

Cleveland, 'ruscarawas Valley s. Wheeling)
Railway Company, 7

Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley 6 Wheeling)
Railway Company,
Cleveland, June 12, 1877.
VnIHE Subscribers to the Capital Stock of said
Il Company will take notics that their sub
aiding in extending the railroad of said Com
pany from its present terminus to the Ohio
River, having heretofore been accepted by
said Company, the Board of Directors of said
Company at y meeting thereof, held on the
5th day of June, 1877, by q resolution, ordered
that the first installment of five dollars (S5OO
on each share of fifty dollars (S50OO) SO SUBJ
scribed to the capital stock of said Company,
now due from subscribers, appearing on the
books, and individual subscriptions so accept
ted shall be paid on or before July lst, 1877, TO
general office thereof, OF the same may be paid
to A. J. Baggs, at bridgeport, Ohio, OF to such
person as he may direct; and said Treasurer
and said Baggs. and also such person as the
said Baggs may duly authorize to receive
money due Upon said subscriptions are either
| of them by said Company empowered and au-
thortzed 10 receive and receipt for the same
| for and on its behalf; and ten per cent of said
subscription shall be due. (and is hereby re-
Quired To be paid to said Treasurer, at the 0e1l-
erGI office Of said Company, as aforesaid, or the
same may be paid to A. j. baggs. at Bridge,
port, Ohio, or such person as he may desigS
nate, who are authorized to receive the same
for and on behalf of said Company,) on the
day following the expiration of every thirty
days from and after July Ist, 1877, until the
whole subscription shall be que and REQUIRED
to be paid, as above specified.
By order of the Board OF Directors.
P. A. HEWITT, Secretary.
July 5, lST-l0m.