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so irreverently. There is nothing improbable
in the idea that the Pacific coast may have
been visited by Chinese iunks blown out OF
their course and cast away; and among Chi
nese records there are not merely vague refer.
ences to a remote land beyond seas, but II
stated that such land was visited about five
hundred years after our Christian era by
Buddhist missionaries, who reported that they
already found the religion of Buddha estab-
lished there. 1t may be presumed they visit
for their descriptions of what they saw great
ly resemble the accounts written by the Span
iards under Cortez a thousand years later.
Besides which the carving and idols discover
ed by modern travellers in these deserted cit
les bear a surprising resemblance to other
Buddhist architecture throughout the world.
Chinese records lately brought to light de-
scribe the uses of tree which furnished the
inhabitants with almost all necessaries, much
as Mr.. Prescott tells US of the maquay tree,
which was found by the Spaniards to supply
the Mexicans with paper, clothing, food, in
toxicating drink and building material. Both
Chinese and Spsniards agree that the people
whom they visited had no iron, but made use
of mixed metal composed of copper and tin.
Gold and silver were abundant among them,
but less valued thzn such precious metals in
the Old World. The religious worship OF
that civilized race displaced in Mexico by the
fierce Aztec invaders appears to have resem-
bled in msny of its forms the religion Of
Buddha. And. finally, there is net cnly per
sonal resemblance in the present day between
the Chinese and the Indian tribes Of Central
America and South America and South Amer.
ica on the Pacific coast, but the account OF
these Indians and many of their words in
common use are said to present striking re-
semblances to Chinese. 1t may be that won
derful civilization discovered by the Spaniards
is linked with the old and mysterious civiliza.
ton of Western Asia, and that the hands OF
the patient Chinese that made the bed Of the
Pacific Railroad were akin to those which laid
the stones and hewed the monuments of those
marvellous cities whose ruins puzzle our anti.
qusrians. The problem of who built the
worlds deserted cities becomes every day
more importunate The foot of the explores
strikes everywhere against these ruins. They
arc found in Zululand and Central Africa, in
the isles of the sea, in the interior of this
country and in all parts of India. We almost
begin to feel as if Shelley were right when his
verse tells US
"Thou canst not find one spot whereon nc
city stood"
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When the Mists Have Rolled
Away.

When the mists have rolled in splend0r
From the beauty of the hills,
And the sunshine warm and tender
Falls in kisses on the rIlls,
We may read Loves shining letter
In the rainbow of the spray;
We shall know each other better,
When the mists have rolled away.
We shall know as We are known
Nevermore to walk alone,
In the dawning of the morning,
When the mists have rolled away
If we err in human blindness,
And forget that we are dust;
If we miss the law of kindDess,
When we struggle to be just;
Snowy wings of peace shall cover
All the anguish of to-day,
When the weary watch is over,
And the mists have cleared away.
We shall know as we are known,
Nevermore to walk alone,
In the dawning Of the morning,
When the mists have rolled away.
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Fence Laws of Ohio.
Ohio Farmer.

OnlO farmer-
A subscriber requests US to give the
latest laws concerning fences, in Ohio.
There has been no change made, that
We Can find, since 1873. The law ia
still in force, relating to the first con-
struciion of fences. The owners of ad-
jacent lands must bear the expense
equally. II one builds fence on the
the line, and the other afterward uses
II as part of an enclosure, he must pay
half its value at the time, said value
TO be fixed Tin case of Disagreement
by the township trustees, and in case
of failure to pay, to be recovered by
due course of law. II one party is in
jured by reason of failure on the part
of the other party to keep his part OF
the fence in repair, he is liable for all
the damages which are fixed by three
disinterested persons properly appoint
ed. The amendments made in 1873
provide that in case of controversy be-
tween the owners in regard to the
building or repairing of partition fen.
ces, either party may apply to the
trustees of the township, who, after
ten days notice to all parties interest
ed, snail proceed to view the fence or
fences, and assign to each an equal por-
tion to be by him kept in repair; they
shlal state the time within which re-
pairs must be made, and such assign
ment shall be recorded by the town.
ship clerk, and shall be binding on all
future occupants for one year, and un-
til new assignment shall be made.
II either party fails to comply with the
decision of trustees, the party ag-
grieved may give the other fifteen
days notice in writing, and then IL he
fail to comply, the one aggrieved can
proceed to repair or build said fence.
charging what the material and labor
are worth at the time. The account
must be made out and duly presented
to the offending party, and if he refuse
to pay, the trustees are again notified,
and they appraise the value of the
fence or repairs, giving each party q
statement thereof. II he then fail to
pay the award, the aggrieved party
can bring suit before any court having
jurisdiction in the case, and judgment
may be rendered in accordance with
the pppraisement of the trustees, and
includidg all costs of suit, appraise-
ment, etc.. II the fence is on a town
ship line the trustees of both townships
have concurrent Jurisdiction.
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SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

NlHE countenance is pale and leaden.
i colored, with occasional flushes, or
a. 8 circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is II
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling Of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
of the ears; an. unusual secretion of
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly-in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes yoracious,
with a gnawing sensation Of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting
pains; In the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels IT.
regular, at times costive; stools Shiny;
not unfrequently tinged with blood
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth; temper variable, but gener-
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
3 DR.. c. McLANES VERMIFUGE
2 @ viii certainly effect cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepara-
ton, not capable of doing tile slightest
fgH,y to the most tender Infant.
an The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
MFUGE bears the signatures of c. Nc
LANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
q WraDDer .-fr- -.O:- t..I
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A Call for q Great Military Re.
union al SteubenVille.
SrEuBKNvIILE, March 10, 1879.

STRUBRNvIILE, March III, 1879.
At meeting helix in this city composed of
the representatives of some forty late organ
izations of the United States Army engaged in
the war for the suppression of the rebellion,
the undersigned were appointed committee
to extend general invitation to the soldiers
and sailors OF all branches of the service to
attend grand reunion of the same to be
held at the city Of Steubenville, Ohio, on the
2Sth day of August, 1873.
In compliance with this pleasant duty and
:, express the earnest wishes and the spirit
uf ia. meeting, we extend cordial invita-
;ion to all Of our late comrades in arms, and
especially do We extend the invitation to our
comrades of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Ohio.
We expect to have with us on that occa-
sion, the President of the United States, his
Cabinet, the principal surviving leaders of the
armies Of the Union; the Governors of the
States of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Ohio. We hope to haye grand parade and
march under the old banners to the old time
QIuul O6dl anu swell SLIdil.B Vi SOul-lubplI1uR
bands of music and again to pass in review
before those now silver haired leaders who
brought us safely through the conflict to vic
tory and National URion
Jefferson county proposes upon that occa-
sion to set up the ''hard-taek and coffee" in
true soldier style, and furnish ratioHs for all,
in harmony with that patriotic spirit of her
citizens, which furnished food for the thou
sands of hungry soldiers passing through her
limits on crowded trains to the front lines of
| battle in the times of war.
| Arrangements will be made for regimental
organizations to hold their special reunions.
Transportation on steamboats, and all railroads
leading through the city will be reduced to
enable comrades to attend on that occasion.
Again we invite you to come, wearing your
badges designating the.corps and organiza
tions Of which you we're members; to sIead a
day with old comrades at the birth place Of
the great War Secretary, Stanton; to renew
old friendships and rehearse old scenes of the
march, the camp and the battlefield.
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A correspondent writes from London an &C.
count of his visit to the Office of the London
Times. He says "rhere are large dining
room and restaurant in the building, where
all the men get their meals who wish, at cost,
except q trife above, which goes into the sick
fund for the benefit of the employees. In the
basement is large machine shop, where
saw at least twenty hands at work, and where
large number of the Walter printing ma
chimes have been built, besides those employed
in the Office. In the press room are eight of
these machines IN daily use, each one printing
IL, 500 in an hour, in all 100000 in every so
minutes they are in motion. In the paper
room was considerable store of paper in
reels, weighing 800 pounds each, and 40 of
those reels are used in every issue. They 60
to press about 1 a. m, and then get of be-
fore 8, and l was told by Mr.. Macdonald
that within 90 minutes after the last form is
locked up the matter has been stereotyped
and six presses are running. l was shown
into room where are wires connecting Ell
parts of the continent, and within arms reach
stands type setting machine, managed by
two boys, to which the telegraph slips are
passed. The can set up and correct in an
evening as much as six columns of matter,
which is sent down a pneumatic tube, by
which channel all the matter reaches the
stone. In another room are two sets of
wires running to Parliament, from which full
dispatches are received while the two Houses
are in session. In a room connecting with the
machine shops are two type making machines,
which are kept constantly at work, and Mr..
Macdonald and told me he had found it
cheaper to make type than to distribute it,
The business room is on the first floor, and
then there is an inquiry room where inform
alton is furnished 10 those outside who have
the right to ask it; several rooms are devoted
to the advertising department, and others for
the editorial staff, which is large. The es>
tablishment is complete in all its parts, and
the employees find beneath the roof every ne
cessary comfort and convenience to be had
in good hotel"
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Have the Chinese a Prior Claim ?
BALTIC. American. ]

DaltO. AueIlcdn.
As the public mind is a good deal exercised
about The presence of the Heathen Chinee
among us, it may interest some readers to
learn that their learned men claimed long ago
that Cinnamon discovered the Pacific coast
and were its first settlers. Chinese civiliza-
tion has not only been thrown into the shade
by the advancing civilization of the West, but
since the great Tartar invasion of China it has
actually deterioratcd. Most of OUR own arts
and many Of our sciences were known in
China long and long before their discovery in
Europe, although Africa may have been ac-
quainted with them in the days Of the old
Egyptians, for 1t is impossible to say what
knowledge and speculation may have lived
and stirred in the mummied skulls we dig up
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BELMONT CHRONICLE
ST. CLAlRSVII.LE OHIO.
THURSDAY. MAR. 80, 1879.

THE New York Star says Archbishop Pur-
cell seems to be in fair way 10 getout of
his present difficulties through the help Of the
Catholic Church of America. The plan Of re-
lief proposed by Cardinal McClosky and other
prominent prelates is to have the case of the
Archbishop taken up in every diocese
throughout the Union, and thus raise by gen
eral subscription, the money necessary to
meet the debts.
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TEE Democratic cry about keeping the
bayonet away from the ballot-box has a SOL
emn sound, but there is nothing in it. The
case in which an honest voter has been de-
TERED from going to the polls BY U. s. bay
onets has not been made known. There new
er was such case. The presence of troops
in the Southern States has sometimes been
useful in encouraging the colored citizens to
vote the Republican ticket, and that is all.
-[Cin. Com.
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At an early hour yesterday morning
y woman called at the pO,tOfice and
purchased three-cent stamp,and had
it already clicked" to paste on her let
ter when she discovered that she had
left the letter at home. She received
the heartfelt syIDpathies of the stamp
clerk and went home for the letter. At
IL o'clock, when the stamp window
was besieged by crowd, the woman
returned, having the letter in one
hand and a minute fragment of post
age stamp in the other.
''Stand out of the Way for poor dis
tressed wOman!" she called out as she
made for the window, and those who
didn't obey were pOked aside in way
to be remembered by their ribs The
change which one buyer was about to
pocket was swept of the board on the
floor by her arms, and she held the
fragment of stamp and exclaimed to
the clerk;
"Do YOU dare deny, sir, that you
sold me three-cent stamp two hours
ago?"
II think sold you stamp" he re-
piled.
"And l didn't have my letter here
After I'd eaten all the paste off the
stamp 1 couldn't find my letter. You
remember"
"Yes, ! remember"
"Wel, sir, / carried that stamp all
the way home on the tip OF my finger,
and l laid 1t down on the windy sill
till l could find my letter, and what
did my little Clarence do but pick It
up and begin to chew away, and by the
time I could choke his mouth open
nothing was left but this little Bit"
"And you want another?"
"I demand another, sir, In place OF
this!'
81 couldn't do that.
"But you'll have tol This is the
stamp bought of you! Look for your
self and see. / make oath that / never
put it ON letter. Am ] to be cheated
out of my three cents in a back-handed
way?"
The crowd began to call out and ics-
tie her, but by vigorous cse OF feet
and elbows she cleared the space again
and said:
"I demand a new stsmpw
The clerk tried 10 explain how she
couldn't get one in exchange, but she
interrupted:
Have / got to murder my child to
get the rest of the stamp? Never! I'll
never leave this windy till | have g
new stamp to put on my letter to
Thomas"
The clerk tried to explain again, but
she brought the letter down with a
thump and said:
al leave this letter here. IL is to my
Thomas in Port Huron. III he doesn't
get 1t in three days you'll here from me
and my four big girls and three sons,
and when our family gets started on q
row we never stop for the biggest post
Office in America"
Atdarb last night the clerk was un>
decided. He doesn't like to be bluffed
into going down for bis small change,
but In dim future be sees a solemn pro-
cession, headed by determined old
lady, marching down the corridor to
make vacancy in the ranks OF govern
ment.-Detroit Free Press.
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The Issue Before the Country

Inc issue before the Country.
The Democratic majority in the late House
have forced an extra session of Congress that
will cost, directly, not less than half million
dollars, by attaching to the Appropriation
Bill three partisan measures. One 10 the re-
peal of the test oaths, which Is matter not,
under the circumstance, worthy much at
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A fire swept over about fifty square
miles of forest q few miles from Yank-
ton, ID. T., on Sunday, destroying
standing timber, cordwood, houses,
household furniture, clothing and cat-
tie, In all property to the value of about
$25, 900. The fire burned itself out. No
human lives were lost.
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TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
i878-7o.
Belmont County. ohIo.

"e SSefttys OnIos
First Saturday OF December. st ClairsviIie
Secoud saturday OF January, BarnesyflIe
rhlrd Saturday Of February, 81 ClairsviIIs.
rlrst saturday Of March. Bridgeport.
Lnrd saturday Of March, st ClairsvflIe
second saturday OF April, Belmont.
Second saturday of May, Bellaire
Elrst saturday OF June. Morrsssown.
Fourtn Saturday OF June. 81 ClairsvIlIe-
Atclose of Institute In Martins Ferry.
Examinations begin al O'clock. A. NJ
Piomptness Is expected
Testimonials OF character are needed II an.
pncant Is not knOwnao the Board, and certin.
Gates OF success In te4ching are allowed fab
due weight. (CHAs. r. SHRxvE 'o-
Ex. board- X. A. sXANDER,
N. YARNELL.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-03-20

THE population of the great cities
of the world is a matter of perennial
interest, and reliable statistics are diff
ficult to obtain. The health depart
neDt of New York probably makes
as nearly correct list as is to be had
between censuses; and its latest report
contains a fund of information on this
point. London, of course, heads the
roll with its $3.50, ,4S4; Paris comes
next with 1851, 1872, by the census of
1872; then Peking with 100000, and
Canton with 1,30O, 200; and New York
with ,O69, 1862 closes the list of those
having more than q million inhsbi-
tants. Of those having less than a
million and more than half million,
Berlin comes first with 994 ,343; then
Philadelphia with $50, ,S56; next Toxic,
Japan, the Yeddo of the old geogra-
phies, 800, 600; Vienna, $50. .54S; st. Pc
tersburg, 669,741, Bombay, ga. .405;
Kioto, Japan, $50, 900; Glasgow, 300, ,933;
Ozaka, Japan, 500, 900; Brooklyn, ST.
$50; Liverpool, 527,OSS. 81. Louis
claims 500, 900, and If allowed her own
Ultimate heads the list of those ranging
downward from half million to q
quarter OF a million; but out there they
arrive at their figures by counting
grave-stoues. Then follows Naples
with 457, ,4O7; Chicago with 44O, 900; CAL
cutta, 429, ,535, Nankin, 4OO, 900; Madras.
397 ,552; Hamburg, 393, ,5ss; Birmlng.
ham, 81, ,346; Manchester, 359, ,2l8; Bal
timore, 355, 200; Boston, 354. .765; Shang-
hal, 10000; Dublin, 314,666; Buda.
Pesth, 81, 400; Amsterdam, 302, ,266;
San Francisco. 300, 1000; Leeds, 29s, ,1s9;
Rome, 2s2. 2.214; Sheffield, 2s2, ,l3O; Gin
cinnati, 2S0, 900; Breslau, 259. .845; Mel
bourne, O.67s; Havsns, 200, ,000 Thus
it will be seen that about "a 900, 600 Of
the people living upon the face of the
earth are residents OF fthirty-nine cities,
each having 250,00O or more inhabi-
tants, s.
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New Series-VO1. 19-No 10

RABBI WISE, of Cincinnati, has
written long answer to the question,
"What do you think about the inter
marriage of Jews and Gentiles." His
conclusion is as follows:
Az long as the Christian looks upon
the Jew as a damned soul, destined
to 90 to perditiOn, whatever his merits
and virtues may be. simply because
he believes not in the Christian fabric
of salvation; as long as the Jew on his
part looks upon Trinitarianism, the
Gospel story and the dogmRs based
thereon rs being merely another form
of paganism, and can hardly persuade
himself to believe that any intelligent
Gentle can believe them, so long il
must be expected that Judaism and
Christianity In the same family will be
the same element of disturbance as
they were in States and among nations.
The congregation of Israel cannot relin-
quish her conviction, cannot repudiate
her religion, hence she cannot sanction
the intermarriage OF Jew and Christian,
unless the latter EN- brace the faith and
cause OF Israel.
THE old house In the city of Dessau,
where Moses Mendelssohn was born,
has been purchased by Israelites of
Leipsic, and is to become an asylum
for aged Jewish scholars. Little is
known of Moses Mendelssohn to the
mass of English readers. He was the
German Jewish Philosopher who has
been called the German Socrates. In
his 'Ph@top' he wrote philosophical
dialogues after the PlatOnic method,
that have had many admirers. He
was the Intimate friend of I'essing, and
grsndfather of MendelSsohn, the COM
poser. The Jews have saying that
between Moses and Moses there was
but one Moses" meaning by the first
the Moses of the Bible, by the second
Mendelssohu, and by the one that
came between the two, Moses MaimO-
hides. Moses MenGelssuhn was a
humpbacked man, of small statue and
homely face, but by his genius, amia-
bility and conversational powers, at
trscted large circle of charmed friends
from among the most famous men of
his time.
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Mute Cattle.

NJ. Paul Bert. in recent lecture at the Sorbonne, on the late Claude Bernard. narrated a singular stratagem which was invented by the latter during the last Franco German war, and which might be utilized without difficulty under the same. or even under different, circum- stances. It was proposed to reyIctuai Paris, which was strictly blockaded by the German forces. A large number of cattle had been collected, waiting for an opportunity to cross the German lines. But difficulty was to silence these ami mals, as their cries would attract the at tention of the enemy. Claude Bernard proposed to practice upon them the sec tion of the nerve which enables them to emit their usual cries. The operation is so easy that it could be executed in few seconds by an ordinary butcher None of the animals appeared to suffer in any way by the mutilation which made them mute. Unfortunately, however, the mlli- tary movement proved a failure, and for other causes the revictualiDg could not take place.
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