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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
Partisan Outrage.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE House
Committee on Elections is having a
hard time to figure away the large ma
jority of Washburn from the Third
Minnesota District. AT the meeting to-
day, the Democratic members of the
subcommittee attempted to explain how
they arrived at the opinion that Wash
burn was not entitled to his seat, and in
order to DO it, they presented set of.
mathematical calculations, which were
very similar to those of the Returning
Board in Maine. In order to dispose of
Washburn's 5000 majority. they threw
out the entire vote of the city of Min
neapolis, which gave Washburn 1900
majority, because the ballots were num-
bered. They threw out the vote of
Isanti because the returns were inform
ally signed, which reduces Washburn's
majority over 600 more. Several other
precincts are thrown out for the same
reason, and some are thrown out because
of bribery, by which deductions ma
jority is made for Donnelly amounting
to about 165. 1t is understood that two
Democratic members of the committee,
Speer, of Georgia, and Clark of New
Jersey. do not concur in the action of
their colleagues. Mr.. Speer has de-
clined to attend the meetings of the
oommittoa tn avoid baipO huII-dn1od
and Clark has expressed himself very
decidedly against the throwing out of
some of the votes which must be dis
posed of to get majority for Donnelly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
The OId Rounty Scheme.

Since the Democrats got control of
Congress the old scheme for equalizing
the bounties of the soldiers who served
in the Union armies has occasionally
shown little spasmodic life. and now
that a Presidential election is close at
hand, it is becoming vigorous. The
fondness exhibited for this scheme by
the party which refused TO vote money
to feed and clothe the soldiers when
they were in the field is really touching.
Now that the Democrats are short of
votes to carry the election, they are the
most liberal people in the world, and
are eager to diatribute three or four
hundred millions of dollars among the
men whom few years ago they de-
nounced as "Lincoln's hirelings,p and
from whom they wanted to take away
the hard-tack and bacon that kept them
alive, and the powder and shot needed
to fight the battles of the Union. They
would bankrupt the Treasury and pile
new burdens of debt upon the country
in order to give gratuity to men who
ask for none on account of a service
honorably closed fifteen years ago, in the
hope that the recipients viii regard the
money as fee for voting the Democrat
ic ticket This is the present shape of
the equalization project.
There was a time shortly after the
war closed when the demand for making
bounties equal had a great deal of sup
port among the soldiers themselves. 1t
seemed unjust that the men who enlist.
ed in 1891 and served for three years
should get less bounty than those who
Joined the Army toward the close of the
war. Congress recognized the force of
this argument in 1866 by giving to eve
ry soldier who had received only 500
bounty an additional 500. While this
was not measure of exact justice, it
went as far as the Government was able
to go, and satisfied the great majority of
the soldiers themselves, who really cared
more for a token Of appreciation toward
| the men who enlisted, early from purely
patriotic motives. before the days of
large Government and local bounties
than for the money itself. There was
still some agitation for an equalization
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
The Derivation Of the Word
Money.
Nineieeth Century.

NIntlctIH Ocntufy
The derivation of the words relating
to money and commerce are interesting
and instructive. "Pecuniary" takes us
back to the time when value was reck-
oned by so many heads of cattle. The
word money" is from moneta, because
in Rome coins were at first regularly
struck in the temple of Juno Monita,
which again was derived from mOnere,
to warn, because it was built on the
spot where Manlius heard the Gauls ap-
preaching to the attack of the city.
''Coin" is probably from the Latin cuIne-
GUS die, or a stamp. Many coins are
are merely so called from their weight,
as for instance our pound, the French
livre, the Italian liza: others from the
metal as the aureus" the "rupee" from
the Sanskrit "rupys," silver; others from
the design, as the angel, the testOon,
from teste or tete, a head; others from
the head of the State. as the sovereign
crown; others from the proper name of
the monarch, such as daric, from Darius.
the Phillip, Louis dor. or Napoleon.
The dollar or thaler is from Joachim
staler, or the money of the Joachimas
valley, in Bohemia, where these coins
were first struck in the sixteenth centu-
ry. Guineas were called after the
country from which the gold is obtain
ed, and the "franc" is an abbreviation
Franco rem Rex. The "sou" is from the
Latin solidus. The word shilling is de-
rived from root signifying to divide,
and in several cases the name indicates
the fraction of some larger coin, as the
denarius, half-penny farthing, cent and
mill. The pound was originally not a
coin, but a weight, and comes from the
Latin pondus. Our pound was original
ly pound of silver, which was divi-
ded into 240 pennies. The origin of the
word penny is unknown. Some have
derived it from pendO, to weigh. but this
does not seem very satisfactory. Our
word sterling" is said to go back to the
time of the conquest, but the derivation
has been much disputed. Some have
supposed that it was first attributed to
coins struck at Sterling, but for this
there is not the slightest evidence; 9th
ers, that the name was derived from
coins having a star on the diverse, but
no coins which could rise to such a
name are known. The most probable
suggestion is that it has reference to the
Easterling or North German merchants.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
Dakota wheat Fields.

OF the four hundred million bushels
of wheat produced in the United States,
by far the largest portion is sown in the
fall, and is called winter grain. The va
rieties are conditioned by soil and eli
mate, the latitude of Milwaukee mark
ing in general the northern boundary
winter wheat.
The area suited for the production of
wheat sown in the spring hitherto has
been of limited extent, but there is an
undeyeloped section of the country 50
wide and farzreaching that it may be re-
garded as the great summer wheat held
of the future. Its capabilities are so
vast, and the Insurance. of production
so certain, that the millions of the Old
World may ever think of it as land
that will supply them with bread
A traveller making the tour of the st.
Lawrence and its connecting chain of
lakes, landing at Duluth, and journeying
west over the Northern Pacrific Rail-
road two hundred miles, beyond the for
est region of the Upper Mississippi, will
find himself on the eastern edge of this
bread land of the future-the valley OF
the Red River, stream flowing north
ward to Lake Winnipeg, and thence to
Hudson Bay.
In August, 1869, the writer of this ar
ticle rode over this former hunting
ground of the Sioux, where through by
gone ages they chased the buffalo and
fought the Chippewas. The valley Of
the Red River was vast expanSe- No
hill, no gentle undulatiOn, nothing but
the fringes of trees along the streams,
bounded the sight. 1t was reach of
prairie unbroken by the plough. Our
own voices, or the song of meadow-lark,
plover, and curlew, and other fOM'',
alone broke the solemn and oppressive
stiffness of the solitude. At George
town the Hudson Bay Company had
reared house, and two or three settlers
had set up their cabins upon the banks
of the river. We encountered q man
whose birthplace was in Virginia, who
bad been frontiersman in Ohio, lndI-
ana, Illinois, Wisconsin, yldette o.
civilization.
~Have you any neighbors?' we
asked.
"Oh, yes; three families have just set
tied about twelve miles from heIe. TheI
are getting pretty thick, and l shalt
have TO move on, reckon.
They have been getting thicker sine
and the locomotive is speeding its way
across the valley. on to the Missouri.
and beyond to the Yellowstone; it is
flying down the valley to Winnipeg, and
soon it will thunder along the SaskatclI
evan. far away in the distant NOrthlant.
Farm-houses dot the landscape; towns
have sprung up; the traveller beholcs
piles of lumber, long piles of farm wag
Ons, ploughs, seeders, harrows, reaperS,
threshers, and farm engines at every
railroad station. Marvellous the change:
in 1869 furrOwleSs plain; 1879, har-
vest of eight million bushels of grain
ere long to be eighty millionIlC. c.
Coffin, in Harper's Magazine for March.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

WE may have our preference for a
Presidential candidate, but we state can
didly that we shall give our earnest,
faithful support to whomsoever the Ma
tional Republican Convention may nom
mate at Chicago. We know that he will
be infinitely better than any man that
will be named by the opposition. We
desire that the man shall be selected be-
cause of his iitness-not his locality-and
we have been somewhat surprised at the
hostility which has been manifested to
John Sherman because he is native
and resident of Ohio. That basis of op-
position is not founded on either reason
or precedent. We want the best man for
the place, be his home where it may. As
to the abodes of the Presidents it may
be well to inquire.
Virginia furnished Washington two
terms, Thomas Jefferson two terms,
James Madison two terms, James Mon
roe two terms, John Tyler, who, as Vice
President, succeeded Harrison, one term.
New England gave us John Adams,
John Quincy Adams and Franklin
Pierce.
Tennessee furnished Andrew Jackson,
James K. Polk. and, by the death of
Lincoln, Andrew johnson.
Illinois provided for us Abraham
Lincoln four years, and was second
time reelected, and General Grant for
eight years.
Ohio had General Harrison for one
month, and has Hayes for four years.
'omparing with other States the wealth,
power and Importance of Ohio, we ask
IN candor, is locality to prejudice a can
didate 20. S. Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
Gents.
From the Contributors Club.

N-S O~Ds'ASNtt'S OANc.
One day, several wears ago, when l
was rather a vounc man the editor of
ono of tho - ~ VI a.;,;o- g..
o"o VI ."o e'e"' NC" l oiA u"iiieo' i'i
winch was dong occasional arucies'
called me into his sanGtum. He held
manuscript in his hand. and ON his eoun-
to,ao ,,.,,;.,, l,,t
9'i'Oe y was on q NP'o'0ion /" "",'n H"
lily ana lnaccurateiy transiated into de
clined with thanks"
II notice the word 0eqt here he said.
thougbtfnIlv tanning the paper with his
forelinger: shave Won speIled # correct
IvP,
"Haven't / spelled it 0-e-n-tF asked
in establishments
81 believe so. bnt won't vou have tbe
goodness to look il mn in the dictiona-
nv pD-
turned confidently to Webster's Un-
abridged. and presently became rather
red in the face at not being able to find
the word in the bewildering stOre-house.
"Perhaps there is no such word i'm the
English lanquage sIyIv suggested the
editor. sin which case we had better
strike It ont of the article"
This little lesson made 10 deeu an i'm
pression ON me and instilIed into nv
heart such = hatred of tbe word 0enf
that believe If T were naked and starv-
ING wonId refuse to be clothed gratis
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
s.Our GirIs.e

Anna Dickinson, Grace Greenwood
and others of that class who have given
so much of their time to discussing the
matter of female education, that it
would seem as if the girls were trained
at home in about the following manner,
the wise heads would have something
else to write and talk about.
Teach them thoroughly the following
important things:
Self-reliance and independence.
How to make bread and cook WELL
How to make shirts.
Not to wear false hair.
Not to powder or paint.
Not to run up store bills.
TO wear thick, warm shoes.
To wash and iron clothes.
To make their own dresses.
That dollar. is only hundred cents.
To darn stockings and sew on but
tons.
To say no, and mean it-or yes, and
stick to it.
To wear calico dresses, and not feel
ashamed of them.
That good rosy romp is worth fifty
consumptiyes.
To regard the morals and not the mon
ey of their beaux.
To have nothing to do with intemper-
ate or dissolute young men.
To keep a house in neat order, with
everything in its place.
That the more one lives within ones
income, the more one will save.
That the farther one gets from ones
income, the nearer one gets to the poor
house.
That a good steady mechanic without
cent, is worth dozen loafers in shiny
broadcloth.
Accomplishments, such as music,
painting and drawing-if they have the
taste and you have the time and money.
That God made them in his image,
and no amount of tight lacing will i'm
prove their appearance.
Teach them every day some article of
dry, hard, practical common sense, and
they will yet find time for idealisms.
Give them, of course, good, substan-
tial school education, but don't neglect
home training.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
Democratic and Republican
Ideals.

Austin Blerbower; Good Company, Number
Six
In our American politics the Demo-
cratic party has idealized liberty, and
the Republican party equality, the two
main objects sought by our form of gov
ernment; and the difference between
these two ideals. of their respective en-
phasis, constitutes the main difference
between the principles of the two par
ties. The Democratic party would have,
in general way, all kinds of liberty, and
liberty to the greatest extent. The Re
publican party would have all kinds of
equality, and equality in every particu-
lar. The Democratic party would have,
as far as practicable, liberty from rulers,
from laws, and from the central govern
ment; liberty of trade, Of speech, and'of
the press; liberty of assembling, of
arming, and even of expressing. The
Republican party would have equality
of individuals, of races, and of colors;
equality of sections, of States, and of
religions; equality of rights and of
powers; equality enforced by constitu-
tions and by laws; and equality guar
anteed against both the States and the
general Government. Each party has
taken term-liberty and equality re-
spectively-and analyzed and perfected
its meaning, and drawn out and clus-
tered about it all that it implies or sug-
gests. 1t is the distinction between
these two ideals as thus constructed.
and their. elashing in the attempt to real
ize them in their unlimited application
that constitute the yearly issues in our
politics.
The Democratic party, from its stand
point of liberty. would have all liberty;
while the Republican party, from its
standpoint of equality, would have lib
erty for all. The Democrats have want
ed liberty even to enslave, while the Re
publicans have wanted bonds, even on
the free, against slavery. The Demo-
Gratis considering the interests and pro-
gress of liberty to consist in the extern
sicn of its degree and the Republicans
i'll the extension of its subjects, the
former have always wanted to make
men more free, while the latter have
wanted to make more free men. The
Democrats would select portion of the
race to be made perfectly free, while
the Republicans would take all and
make them as free as possible The
Democrats, in short, want unequal lib
erty, while the Republicans equal re-
straints. The former are willing to sac
ritiee some of the. people that. the rest
may be free: while the latter are will
ing to sacrifice some of our rights that
all may have the rest: The Democrats
looking over the whole range of liber-
ties, and the Republicans over the whole
range of men, in their ideals, The former
will not sacrifice anything for all, the
latter will not sacrifice anybody for any
thing. The Democrats will not bind
themselves partially for the freedom of
the whole, the Republicans will not
bind anybody wholly for the freedom of
a nart
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

.BRUMIDI, the wonderful fresco artist
who has been working on the ad0rn-
ment of the Capitol at Washington for
thirty years, is dead at the age of eighty.
He left uncompleted a fresco tracing
American progress from the discovery
of the continent until the Centennial
year, which circles the dome of the
Capitol. Brumidi was a master of his
art, and it is stated to be doubtful
whether his work can be completed in
the spirit which he started it. He left
drawings cf the allegories however.
which will be at the service of his sue
cessors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 18, F. & A. Nj.
I'D Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
GEORGE BUMGARNER, w. NJ.
NJ. T. COPELAND, Sec'y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
y Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
C. w. CARROLL, II. P.
JESSE B. MEYER, Secy.
DELMONTCoUNCIL, No. "a, R. & s. M.
Id Meets second Tuesday of each month.
H. r. BUMGARNER, G. NJ.
GEO. MITCHELL, Sec'y.
HoPE CoyMANDERY, No. s6, K. T.
Ii Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. F. D. BAILEY, E. C.
L. L. 5EDwICK, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

ACCORDING to the indianapolis JOurn-
al, no attempt will be made to Instruct
the Indiana delegates to the Chicago
convention, ard it adds that there is no
doubt whatever that the majority of the
Republicans of the State are for Blaine.
with the minority about equally divided
between Grant and Sherman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

SOME brilliant Congressional lawyer
has discovered that the bill of Mr.. Neal,
of Ohio, to prohibit the publication of
lottery advertisements in the newspa-
pers of the District of Columbia is un-
constitutional. because such a law
would amount to an ~abridgement of the
freedom of the press"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
Prejudice Kills.

eleven years our daughter suffered
on bedof misery under the care of
several of the best (and some of the
worst) physicians, who gave her disease
various names but no relief, and
now she is restored to us in good health
by as simple a remedy as Hop Bitters,
that We had poolied at for two years, be-
fore using it. We earnestly hope and
pray that no one, else will let their sick
suffer rs we did, on account of prejudice,
against so good medicine as Hop Bit
ters."-The Parents.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
She Had Him There.

A Quaker shOp-keeper once met q
Quaker customer of his going home with
her bundles. He had been absent from
his place, and had a notion in his wise
head that she had been trading with
rival whom he did not very much love.
How much did thee give yard for
this, Mary?"
"One dollar"
why. am surprised at that! | coul |
let thee have it for seventy-tive cents.
And how much for this? ??
1.-TWO dollars"
why that was unreasonable. l could
have let thee have it for $3.50. Why
will thee &c away trading with strangers
and worlds people. Mary 2?
Il don't know what thee IS talSils
about, friend john" she said; Abut did
buy all these things ut thy store. and u
thee says the truth thee must owe ms
considerable money
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
Published Every Thursday
Belmont Co unity onIciaI Directory.

Common Pleas Judse-Wm. Okey.
Probate Judge-1hOmas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex c. Darrah.
Sheriff Samuel Hilles
Auditor William N Coffiand.
Treasurer-Hamiiton Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Robert n. Eaten.
Recorder-James A. Barnes.
Commissioners-A. W. Anderson, l. ].
Potts, Henry Frasher.
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
IB6rmary Directors--Nathaniel Taylor,
VIM. Parkinson, Thomas Lodge.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

The Connecticut tramp law is declared
to have worked with great success. Re-
turns from all parts of the State show
that the tramps have fairly disappeared !;
the poor funds in every town show a
larger balance, and the lonely farm
house has become q safer home.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
A Puzzled Parson.

An old gentleman from the East, of a
clerical aspect, took the stage from Den
yer south in ante-railroad days. The
journey was not altogether safe one,
and he was not re-assured by the sight
of a number of rifles deposited in the
coach, and nervOusly asked for what
they were.
"Perhaps you'll find out before you git
to the Divide" was the cheering reply.
Among the passengers was a particu-
larly Git seemed to him) fierce-lOOking
man, girded with Il belt full of revolvers
any cartridges, and clearly road agent
or assassin. Some miles out, this person,
taking out a large flask, asked, stranger,
do you irrigate?
"If you mean drink, sir, l do not"
do you object, stranger, to our irri-
gating?'
mo, sir" And they drank accord
ingly.
After further distance had been
traversed, the supposed brigand again
asked, stranger, do you fumigate?"
"If you mean smoke, sir, | do not"
"DO you object, stranger, to our fumi-
gating?"
NO, sir" And they proceeded to
smoke.
At the dining-place, when our friend
came to tender his money, the proprie-
tor said, ,"Your bills paid"
"Who paid it?"
"That man"-pointing to the sup
posed highwayman, who, on being asked
if he had not made mistake, replied,
mot at all. You see, when we saw that
you didn't irrigate and didn't fumigate,
knew that you was parsOn. And your
bills are all right as long as you travel
with this crowd We've got a respect
for the Church-you bet" 1t was no
highwayman, but respectable resident
of Denver A. a. Hayes, Jr, in Har-
per's Magazine for March.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
Total

The basis of this apportionment is
two delegates for each, Electoral vote a
State is entitled to and one compliment
tary vote to each of the Territories.
The District of Columbia is given two
seats and votes in the Convention.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26
Pages.

Even bridesmaids will soon be the
things that were. Every lady in every
land will be interested to know that a
striking innovation in the wedding cer-
emonial has been introduced in Paris,
which will probably in this, as in other
things, set the fashion to the polite
world. Boys, beautiful as Raphael's
cherubs, are substitutes for bridesmaids.
AS they are dressed in red or blue vel
vet and satin, with silk stockings and
gold shoe-buckles, they add to the dra-
matte effect of the ceremony.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

SUPERINTENDENT WALKER will allow
women to be appointed as census emu
merators. The sight of one woman get
ting at the age of all the others in her
district will be one to make the gods
yeeD.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

THE latest temperance move has been
made in the Iowa legislature, where a
bill has been introduced to forbid one
man paying for another's drinks. But
a Dutch treat" has ceased to be novel
tY i'm this country
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

In a circus at Paris. H., suddenly
crazed young lady ran into the ring, en-
braced the clown, and declared that he
must become her husband. The audi
ence said it was the first original joke
that they had heard in u circus ring for
more than thirty years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

THE agile Springer, Of Illinois, is des-
pondent over the chances of the Demo
cratic party for carrying the country next
fall, which proves that he is decidedly
smarter than most people have taken
him to be.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-02-26

Louis Kossuth says that idiot is a
word of Greek extraction, and meant
with the Greeks man who cared moth
ing for the public interest. That is hard
on the class of eligible voters who re-
main away from the polls on election
day.-Chicago Journal.