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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-12
NJ Office TO TAX PAYERS
IN OF FREDERICK co.

Notice is hereby given that the tax
books for the year 1878 are now ready and
the Collector will be prepared to receive
the State and County Taxes at his office in
Frederick City from Wednesday, July II
1878.
PETER w. SHAFER,
Collector of State and County Taxes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
EHison.s Elecfrie I.icI,f.

The London correspondent of the
Liverpool Daily Post says: Some i'm
portant Information has reached me on
the nature of EdisDn's electric light.
1t is formed by coil of platinum be-
ing placed over wire heated by the
electric current. The coil itself is the
source of light, the current sent through
it being strong enough to make it white
hot and self-luminous. The difficulty
to be overcome at this point of the
invention was the liability of the wire
to fuse and spoil the light-a difficulty
which Mr.. Ellison claims to have
obviated by the introduction of a
simple device, which, by pansion
of small bar the instant the heat of
the coil approaches the fusing point of
the platinum, interEOses as a check to
the flow of the current through the
coil. This automatic arrangement
secures, it is said, an even flow of elec-
tricity through the coil, and conse
quenuy a steady flow of pure light.
This bears out Edisou's statement as to
the simplicity of his invention. lie
has been working on a very old
and we'll known basis, as so far back as
1915 patent was granted in England
for lamp in which inCandescentI
plantinum wire was used 10 give the
light.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
The Future.

We are passing, one by one, day by day,
Into a realm where death holds his sway;
Where those we've loved so dear
We can neither see nor hear,
And where all around and near
VIII be clay.
And above US on the ground, on mound,
Our names upCn a stone will be found;
And the living passing by
Will read, perhaps, and sigh,
As they cast a saddened eye
All around.
Yet nature will go on just the same,
AS when into the world first we came,
With her woodlands and her flowers,
Her sunshine and her shower,
Her bright and gloomy hours
Just the same.
But, will life endso, when to-thegrave we go
OF other scenes and worlds we'linever know:
Is the grove the end of bliss,
of all our happiness,
In next world and in this
Is it so?
Read thou with fearful eye, "The soul car
never die"
Though Satan to annihilate may try;
For when death comes in every sight,
The soul viii take its flight
From the darkness of deaths night
To the sky.
Then, if that soul title clear can show,
The angels trImpets loud will blow;
And the ransomed one they'll bring
Beforetheir Heavenly King,
And all viii sweetly sing
As they go.
Then the promised rest so sweet, it will meet
And friends will gather round to greet.
1t shall wear robe of white
And a crown with jewels bright;
1t will never know of night
Oh, how sweet
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
An AnOtOmical Wonder


A novel exhibition in anatomy was
given yesterday afternoon to the stu
dents of Rush Medical College. At
o'clock the large amphitheater lecture
room was filed with fiedged and un-
fiedged doctors, and in the arena stood
Mr.. Charles Warren, man OF about
Thirty years of age. of athletic appear
ince, and apparently jointed the same
as ordinary mOrtals. But he soon
showed that he differed from most men
n his make up. for there was hardly
Joint in his whole body that he could
rot throw out of place, or at least give
that appearance. He went through
with his distortions, much TO the
ImaZement as well aS the amusement
of all. He commenced by giving a
circulatOry movement to the sCalpu e,
moving either one or both at time
and Without any apparent motion OF
the shoulders. He then threw the hu-
meTus into the aXillO, diSjOinted his
elbow, wrist and phalanges. This was
done :nerely by the contraction OF the
muscles of the arm and not by the pull
ing of one member by another. In
none of his feats was there any such
wrench of one joint from another.
Without touching any part of his body
with his hands, the jUints would move
out Of position. He forced the temur
from the thigh bone. This he could do
while standin. rI unr Gr both feet or
while rvcliuing. The dislocaton
.caBsed an apparent shortening OF the
limb. Another striking ftat was the
turning OF his feet SO that he could
touch the bottoms of them while his
legs were perfectly straight. Perhaps
the most remarkable of all Lis powers
was the wonderful expansibility of his
chest. Medical works, upon the
strength of thousands OF men in the
army and navy, generally give hve
Inches as the maXimum Of expansion.
The exhibitor could expand his from
nine to twelve inches. Those who did
not take much interest in other per-
fOrmances were wonder struck at this.
This feat was performed by the re-
markahle degree of the mpresSibility
of the chest and his power TO force his
heart and lungs into the abdominal
cavity, and then of the power 10 force
his viscera into his chest. The abdO-
men was hardly less curious when the
viscera was forced upward by the dia'
phragm than was the inflated chest, for
at such time there seemed to be an en-
tire absence of organs in that part OF
the body, and to be no distance at all
from the front walls Of the abdomen to
the spinal column.
This subject proved fine study in
the anatomy OF the muscles, because he
could contract hem So as to show the
position Of each one from origin to in
sertiOu. He had this power over the
muscles ia pairs or separately, and
lcOuld make them as distinct as if dis
sected d. -
Mr.. Warren concluded with an exhi-
hition of his ability 10 comfort his whole
body, drawing himself through rings
and performing other things, much To
the amusement of the students and the
professors il they had only only felt at
liberty to give way to laughter. Mr.
Warren bas a daughter who takes after
himself. and can dislCcate her joints
with auch ease that they sound Ike
ratjles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
Pauperism and Extravaganza

The Case, priB10 .tdcie, is always
against a pduper. The accidents of life
something's cast a man or a woman high
and dry upon the sands of Il helpless
poverty; but usually pauperi5m comes
through lack of the prudential vir-
tues. 1t is not always that pauper
wastes his revenurs in drink, or other
immoralities; but somewhere In his
career, forty-nine times in fifty, it will
be found that he has been extravaganza;
that he has not exercised self-deuial
under temptation; that he has lived up
to or beyond his means, or Las ventur-
ed upon risks that the lowest grade OF
business prudence would condemn.
Now who is to bear the penalty of these
sins and mistakes? How are they to
be prevented in future, if those who
com nit them, regardless of cOnsequen-
ces, are to be coddled and taken care
of by those who have denied them
selves and laid up little wealth?
Good, rugged, grand old Thomas
Carlyle! 1t is refreshing to read amid
the mHWkish sentimentality Of this
latter day such Z healthy utterance as
this from his sturdy pea: Let waste
fulnes9, idleDesS, inprQviItnce take
the fate which God has appointed
them, that their opposites may also
have chance for their fate" As it is,
our philsnthropists try to make Us
believe that the special business of a
thrifty man is not iii any way to e0joy
the fruit ofhis prudence and enterprise,
but to shield the shittless people
around him from the results of their
own imprudence and mprOvidence.-
j. &: Holland; Scribner for December.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
~ . -
Broad and Narrow Gauges.

A recent article in Scri5ner'S Month
ly was strongly in favor of narrow
gauge roads. In the December mum
ber, Mr.. Lorenzo NJ. johnson takes VI
the cudgels in favor of the broad OF
standard gauge. He says:
In regard to the relative claims o.
the two classes of roads, there is ten.
dency to eXaggerate the cost of stan
dard gauge roads, their equipment and
operation; and, at the same time, tI
depreciate the cost OF construction,
equipment, and operation of narrow.
gauge roads.
For instance, it has been said. in re.
lation to the equipment Of a standard
gauge road, that the weight OF car is
twenty thousand pounds, its capacity
twenty thousand, and its cost S735;
whereas the fact is that the capacity oi
such a car is at least tWenty-four thou
sand pounds, while It's cost need not
be more than s400.
At the same time, the weight of a
platform car of the narrow guage road
is given at six thousand two hundred
and fifty pounds, with a capacity of
nineteen thousand. These cars weigh
nearer nine thousand pounds, and they
should be rated at sixteen thousand
pounds load.
A writer in recent number of the
Railway Gazette has affirmed-First:
That narrow gauge can be built and
successfully operated, where a broad
gauge cannot. Second: That it can
be built from one-half to two thirds of
the cost of the standard gauge; and
Third: That il has equal capacity with
the broad gauge, at about two thirds
of the cost OF operation. In regard to
the first assertion, will only say that,
ifsuch place can be found there, and
there only is the proper location for a
narrow gauge road; but, in view of the
tasks accomplished in South America
and elseWere, it will be difficult to dis
cover region where this remark will
apply. l deny that, under similar con-
ditiOns. a narrow gauge can be built for
one half or twO-thirds Of the cost of a
standard gauge
This has been shown, think, in the
preceding pages, aud l am ready to
furnish further and complete evidence
in support of my position, should coca
sion offer. Moreover, with the same
cost of operation, a narrow gauge road
can never transport a greater quantity
OF freight; or, in other words, it will
cost as much to transport million
tons of freight on narrow gauge as on
a standard gauge road; and if in the
of the latter, the freight
cannot easily be obtained at equal rates
by the standard gauge road.
Let any man who is seeking for in
vestment of capital in railway con-
struction, consult those who have ope-
rated both classes of roads, and he will
be advised, almost invariably, that be
will save very little in cost of construc-
ion, equipment, and operation, and
hat he will lose business from compe-
ition, if he adopts the narrow gauge.
Ny experience in the management OF
10Th classes of roads does not, thers !
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
POETRY.
Odd See-SaWs.

saw COW hide in the grass,
Arush-light on tie floor.
saw candle stick in mud,
And bell-pull on Ie door.
/ saw horse fy up the creek,
A cat nip at her food;
/ saw a Chestnut bur, and heard
A shell bark in the wood.
l saw jack plane of'a board,
A car-spring off the trsck:
saw a saw-dust of the floor,
And then.a carpet-tack-
I saw a monkey wrenck hat,
From fair lady's pate,
l saw a rattle-snake bird,
An hogs-head on the plate.
q saw brandy smash glass,
Isaw a shooting star,
heard the corn stalk in the field,
And pig iron crOw-bar,
l saw a pin- wheel of post,
And a whecl-right in a shop;
/ saw a gin-sling on bar,
l saw singer-pop,
saw house-fy o'er field,
- | saw an ox-roast too;
l saw a shadToe and clam. bake,
And saw chicken stew;
! saw a sword fish from a bank,
heard the wster-spoui,
l saw tobacco'spit and then
heard an eye'ball out.
| saw a fence rail at the din,
heard q waist band play
A lovely stTain-a sweet spittoon-
And then l went away.
-[Fr0m Many Eyes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
Wheat.
Western Exchange.
western Exchange. --r.-
A cnrrespnntlent writes 4 letter from

A correspondent writes letter from
the Valley Of the Rcd River
Of the North to show that
the great wheat fields of the future
viii b. located in that section Of the
country. He says fhe wheat raised in
that valley this year commands the
highest price Uf any raised on Ameri-
can soil; that all along the line Of the
Northern Pacific RAILROAD il continuous
wheat field, and ;hat beyond is still a
better soil and more cOngenial eli
mate. This year 10 ore than S, 900 farms
were opened up, and neXt year 1T i,
expected that twice as many will be
settled upon. The Northern Pacific
railroad will extend its line al least
fifty miles the coming year.
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05

There is no mistsking a real gentle
man, ssys the New Orleans Picayune.
When he approaches q free-lunch
table, he always wants a napkin and a
chair.
Remember, now." said an Indiana
bride at the altar, "we have been seps
rated ard been remarked four times,
and about once more will convince me
that we can never live happily to-
gether."
always shoot quail on the wing
says sporting journal. But when we
go cunning we are not particular
whether we shoot 'em on the wing OF
on the head. A partridge shot en- the
head is just as good as one shot on the
wing
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05

The investigation into the origin Of
the late fire at Cape May has been
closed. The fact that it was the work
of an eincendiary was clearly proved
and out of thirty persons examined al
but seven made affidavits accusing
Samuel R. Ludlam of the crime. The
accused was the proprietor of the Ocean
House at the time of the fire, and was
from the first suspected. 1t is, how
ever, believed that he is partially in.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
ASsiglaees' Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersign.
~ ed have been appointed aud qualified by
the Probate Court of Belmont county, Ohio as
Assignees OF the estate Off w Mcfarland and
Aionz POrterfie1d, doing business under the
firm name OF Mcfarland & Porterfield All
those knowing themselves indebted to said
estate are requested to make Immediate pay
ment, and those having claims will present
them duly authenticated, for settlement
within six months from this date,
Ell CARMAN
j G MCFARLAND,
lbs, rs 3t. Assignees.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05

From that day on Harry kept school
for two years in Cranberry Gulch, hi-
salary doubled after the first quarter,
and his pupils lesrned TO love as well
as to respect him, and the revolver
went out of sight within month.
They found q man at last who could
keep school at Cranberry Gulch.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05

The British forces continue their
advance into Afghan without meeting
any resistance. The column under
Gen. Roberts has reached Fort Mahona
ed AZun, near Kurum fort. The
garrison fed to Heiwsr, at the north
ern entrance of the Khurum valley,
where, it is supposed, some resistance
will be made. Only one dismounted
gun was found in the fort.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05

ore. lad me to conclude that the mul
tiplicatiOn of narrow gauge roads will
cheaper transportation until the stan
dard gauge roads are suppressed, and
even then the saving will be very
much less than is usually claimed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05

The Government has tobacco mon
oply in eight European States-France,
AuStrO> Hungary, Italy, Spain, Portu-
gal, ROumauia, LichIensteiu, and the
little repu bile of Martino.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05

Ceylon, the land of spices and coffee
hos now proved itself Il wonderful
place for glowing fine teas. samples OF
which fad great iavor in London.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment,
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

This lniment very naturally originated in Anerts
CO, where Nature provides in her laboratory such
surprising antidotes for the maladies OF her CHI
Gren- Its fame has been spreading for IS years.
uatl now It encircles ths habitable globe.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment Is mafchlsss
remedy forall external ailments OF man and beast.
To stock owners and farmers Il Is Invaluable.
4 single bottle often saves q human life or re-
stores the usefulness Of an excellent horss. CT.
cow, or sheep.
It cures footrot, hoof-aEl, hollow horn. grub.
screw-worr, shoulder-rot, mango. tho bites and
stlSs Of poisonous reptiles and insects, and every
such drawback to stock breeding and bush life.
Is cures every external trouble OF horses, such
as lsmeness, scratches, swinny, srrains, founder,
Tind-Sall, ring bone, etc, etc.
II Mexican Mustang Liniment Is the quickest
cure N tha world for accidents occurring IN the
family, In the Absence OF physician. such
burns scalds. spralns. cuts. etc, and for rhsumA-
tis-a and stiffness ensendered by exposure Par
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It Is the cheapest remedy IN the world. for b
pcnetrates the muscle 70 the bone. and = single
application Is generally suficiens to cure.
Mexican Mustang Liniment is put up IN thres
sizes OF bottles, the larger being proporsion
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05

Nearly eleven hundred miles o f rail
road are open for traffic in New Zea-
land.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
ST. CLA1RsvnLE. OHIO.
ManhoOd: How Lost, How Re
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Clearly demonstrates, from thirty years
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SHERtFF'S SALE.
BELMONT COMMON PLEAS.
In Partition.
John 7 King

BENJAMIN 6 King ct al, i
DY virtue of an order of sale in the above
ID case issued and to me directed from the
Court of Common Pleas of Belmont county,
Ohio, 1 will offer for sale on the Premises, on
Friday. December 13, ISIS,
At the hour of O'Clock on said day, the
following described premises, to wit:
Situate in the county of Belmont and State
Iof Ohio and being in Mead township in the
District of Lands directed to be sold at Mari
letta Ohio, and being the northeast part OF the
mort Invest quarter of section No. Is. township
No. 4, and range No. 3, beginning for the
same at the northeast corner OF said quarter
section; thence west 81 rods to o stone; thence
south to a run; thence down said run with the
'meanderiugs of the same to the quarter sec
tion line thence north with said quarter sec
tion line to the place of beginning, contain
ling 5 acres, more or less.
4 Appraised at $3.50.
4 Terms of Sale-One-third cash, one-third In
lone year, and one-third in two years, with In
terest on deferred payments, TO be secured by
mortgage on premises sold. ~ ~
; WM. q. KINNEY, Sheriff.
/ Tallman Bro. Atty's. ll-4. rs St.
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TO goMsUME ERg

The great celebrity of our TIN TAG TOBAC-
co has caused many limitations thereof to be
placed on the market. we therefore caution
all Chewers against purchasing such imita-
tions.
Ali dealers buying or selling other plug to-
baeco bearing hard or metallic label render
and all persons violating our trade MARKS are
punishable by fine and imprisonment. See
Act of Congress, Aug. IA, 1876.
rhe genuine LOrillard Tin Tag Tobacco can
be distinguished by TIN TAG on each lump
/, with the word LORILLARD stamped thereon
Over loss tons tobacco sold in 1871 and
nearly 5000 persons employed in factories.
, Taxes paid Government in 1877 about So
500, ,O00,. Bnd during the past I2 years, over
SO, Que, ,O0O. These goods sold by all jobbers at
manufacturers rates
THE TIN TAG SMOKING TOBACCO Is
Esecoud to none" In aroma, mildness, purity
| and quality. go '7S 3In
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-05
OLD,
TRIED,
AND
TRUE.

People are getting acqualnted-and those whs
are not ought to be-with the wonderful meEitsoN
that great American Remedy, thu
New-York tribune., 1878-10-01
4 FUSION TICKET IN IOWA.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, Sept. 3O.-Negotiations
for the consolidation Of Greenback and Democratic
state tickets were completed tonight and the following
copy Of the consolidated ticket is furnished to the Asso
cated Press by Mr.. Campbell, chairman Of the Demo
cratic Committee:
FoJ Sec,eary Of stas-E NJ Farnsworth lGreenoaeAerJ
- 1udgoy OF SfatS-IOseph EibOeke lDemOcraLl
F5r TTedSareT OF Sdte L. Deyin tGreenOaekerh
toy RoISfs, ne Land OlceM. Harrington
JSy Jige OF ne Supreme Curt C. KNAPP tDeinocttI)
Ior b. Gibbons iDemOcIal o..o,
r ier Of ne Supreme COUL-Alexander hanyoh t"Ioon
backerD .-.. 49,, rohn n Euiott Demo
crat) .,, -,
II win be seen that the ticket is equally divided Me-
Campbell on being asked how the two platforms were
10 he consolidated, said "0n that you pays your
money and you takes your choice"