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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
No SINGLE feature in the improve

No SINGLE feature in the improve
ment of the currency situation could so
greatly promote the peoples convent
ence as fractional notes. whereby sums
in change" can be sent by mail. \
large trade, which grew MP on this con-
venience, WAS deprived Of it by cutting
off the circulation of these notes, and
now merchants. newspaper publishers,
and others have to bother with the re-
ceivirg, counting. and disp0sing Of post
age stamps. In summer this bother Is
aggravated by their tendency To stick to-
gether 1t is strange that this sniartest
people in the world can not adapt their
currency to he public convenience. The
need of small and fractional notes is
greater than of notes Of s. and upSard.
In European countries the progress is in
line with modern needs; in this blessed
republic our great statesmen are tsying
TO turn US back to the conditions of bar
barOuS countries
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
How She Began the Year.

1t was beautiful, morocco-bound, gilt
edged diary, self-c,Osing, memorandum
cash account, back-action calendar, with
all the modern attachments. Delicately
traced in mauve ink she had written:
January This is the first day of the
new year. 1t is happy New Years
Day. On this, the beginning of new
year, L am going to begin to keep a
diary of the important events of the
new year. had beautiful New Years
present. John called.
January 2.-This is the second day of
the new year. l have resolved to keep
diary of its events. John called.
January 3.-This is the third day of
the year. 1t is useful and interesting
to keep diary of the events of the
year, and l am resolved to do it. John
called.
January 4.-This is the first Sunday of
the new year. John called.
The next day being Monday, there
was no time to keep the record, and al
though the new year isn't out of its first
set of teens yet, the diary has found its
way into the most hidden nook of the
dressing case, where it will repose in
quiet unless John should fail to call
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
THE FASHIONS.

Square umbrellas are now the style in
Paris.
Real Spanish or Alengon are fashion,
able laces for bridal yelling.
The newest fchus of costly lace have
wide Medicis collars attached.
+ Roman sandals are the daintiest and
prettiest low shoes now imported.
Alaska pug" is a popular fur trim
ming, which resembles India leopard
skin.
Crimson and cream are beautiful COM
blnations for evening toilets of satin and
brocade.
The latest scarf pin is candlestiek,
containing white enamel candle with
ii diamond flame
Bonnet crowns of cOpper-colored
plush are made very effective by amber
beaded appliques.
Silver jewelry is much la mode, and
shows very effectively with the rich,
dark dresses of the season.
Very elegant toilets are made with
the full draped polOnaise open in front
over the long Continental waistcoat.
The long redingotes are still worn by
misses, but the newest styles are made
with short fronts and tabulier drapery.
Pretty little Mary Stewart bonnets are
made of any light shade in plush and
trimmed with gold lace set on fiat.
The new kid gloves fasten only at the
wrist, and above it are closed like a
stocking and wrinkle stylishly OH the
arm.
Shoulder capes of India silk null are
very beautiful painted in water-colOrs
in flower designs and edged with tinted
lace.
Light colOred cloths are still popular
for jackets, and these are made warm
looking by having darker plush or velvet
trimmings.
Sleeveless pOlonaiSes of figured materi-
ais over velvet skirts and sleeves form
not only very fashionable. but very con-
venient toilets.
The fashionable stockings for little
people are long and dark, of the same
color and shade as the plush that trims
or forms their garments.
A plain velvet costume is most elegant
when entirely of velvet, but if combi-
nation be desired velvet and satin will
prove rich and fashionable.
Fewer flowers are seen upon the skirts
of ball toilets than formerly, such deco
rations being confined to the bodice and
upper portion of the dancers dress.
Some ladies are wearing the Lapland
for bonnet in the old cabriOlet shape,
which are so becoming to all faces.
They are deIightfultO wear when sleigh
ing
A new addition to a house or even
ing dress is Il heavy capuehin cord worn
around the waist, either of gold, silver
or of a color to match the rest of the
toilet.
Many of the pretty tacle covers and
curtains made of burlap are finished
with woven border of burlap and
fringe, the joining covered with inch
velvet, put ON with herring-bOne stitch
i'll scarlet and gold stitch.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
HIS CALLS.
How Old SpOopendyke Didn't Make
Them.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
"Now,my DEAR" said Mr.. SpOopendyke
"let me see the list of ladies you wish
me to call on. really dOu't care to &c
around much, but a man ought to dc
what his wife wants him to do on New
Years Day. Where's the list?"
Here it is," said Mrs. Spoopendyke
huttering around with her hair in hel
mouth. 81 wrote them all out with the
addresses for you, so you wouldn't have
any trouble
What makes you put old Sister Lamt
at the head of the list?" growled Mr.
Spoopendyke. "She's got wart on her
chin the size of a fire bell, and she can't
talk anything but the advantages of egg
over stove coal for heating the Sunday
School,
But she belongs to the church, and
l don't believe anyone else will call on
her ?" reasoned Mrs. Spoonendyke. "She
will be tickled to death to see you."
what do you think am starting out
for?" demanded Mr.. Spoonendyke, fierce
ly. "Got an idea I'm going around like
missionary to carry the gospel to peo-
pie everybody else is afraid of? Who's
this? What's this second name? Who's
Mrs. Shklymbretoy
That's Mrs. WolvertOn. l promised
her you would call. Never mind Mrs.
Lamb, but you ought to call on Mrs.
Wolverton."
"What for? What has she got i'll
common with me, except that her bones
are hollow? She don't know the differ
ence between Guinea pig and the burn
ing of Jerusalem. Always wants to
know if don't think that SOdom and
Gomorrah were parallels. Is that the
kind of list you've made out? Want me
to run around among the old mOnu-
ments? Who's Mrs. Swash?"
That's Mrs. Smith, the little widow.
You know she's interested in sending
women out West to get husbands. She'll
amuse you"
"She will if she sees me. She'll make
me laugh like hyena if she gets one
ey me. Who's that yellow-haired girl
that sits two pews in front of us? I'd
call on her, now."
she's little chit of thing. You
don't want to run after those young peo-
plea man of your agew
| whats the reason | don't ?" howled
Mr.. Spoopendyke. Got an idea that
only care for the tough old people
haven't you? Think I'm sort of Ply.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27

Much has been spoken and written
concerning the tendency of population
to exhibit in the cities and the large
towns an excess of growth as compared
with the rural districts, table of the
census of 1880 shows the discrepancy to
be greater than is generally estimated
In 1870 we had in the United States 1874
cities with a population of ten thousand
and over, and their aggregate population
was 7,672,233. In 1880 there were 245
such cities, and they had total popu-
latiOn of 11,1OO,201. The total gain of
population in the whole country during
these ten years was 11,594.1SS, so that
nearly third of the increase has been
in the cities. This growth of the cities
at the expense Of the country generally
has been constantly becoming more
marked in the past half century. In
1880 our total urban population was
only about one-sixteenth OF the whole !;
in 1850 it had grown to be one-eighth /;
in 1870 it wps one-ffth, and now it is
about one-fourth. The fact is all the
more remarkable because the rush of i'm
migration into the United States, and
the opening up of so many tracts of
farming and grazing land in the West,
might reasonably have been supposed to
caused the larger proportionate increase
to be outside of the municipalities. The
figures, however, do prove that the i'm
pulse of young men to leave the farms
upon which they were reared and seek
do with the excessive accumulation of
urban population. If it is not an evil,
we do not know what to style it. i con-
siderable fraction of the number of the
farmers sons who are tempted by the
glittering allurements of city life to for
sake their homes and try their luck
amongst the urban throngs must inevi-
tably be disappointed. In all clerical oc-
equations there are at least two appli-
CdllIS lOI edCu NdCdHCy, anu tne lllOrul-
nate competition cuts wages down to
the lowest living point. If more of
these fortune-seekers were educated to
a mechanical trade the cities would be
glad to welcome them as skilled work
men; but as a rule they only add to the
number of clerks and book-keepers strug-
Cling for employment. And, on the 9th
er hand. the lack of labor on the grain
lands of the West and the cotton planta-
great as during the past season. The
moral is, that if the country boy just
verging toward manhood knows when
he is well off, he will stay on the farm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27

THERE is certain similarity be-
tween Randall's finance and his econo-
my. He devoted himself during the re-
cent campaign to pertinacious effort
to show that the Democratic party, du-
ring its control of Congress, had reduced
expenses, whereas, the truth was that
during FIVE years it had increased the
expenditures at the rate of $S,00o,O 900 a
year. Now he advocates reduction
in the interest on bonds, which, if car
ried out, will take over a million dol
lars out of the Treasury and present it
to the bondholders. In one case he "re-
duce" by presenting his party with more
money to spend, and In the other by be-
slowing a handsome donation upon the
bondholders. The trouble with Randall
is not that he does not know enough,
but that large part of what he does
know isn't so.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
L. s. Senator. John Sherman

Cel ltainly, the people of Ohio have rea-
son to be proud of the election of John
Sherman to the United States Senate.
They have secured the services of one
OF the ableSt men of the nation in 4 field
to which he is peculiarly adapted. and
where he has heretofore served with
honor to himself and his constituents.
This makes the fourth time he has been
elected to the United States Senate, an
honor never before conferred upon any
other citizen of Ohio. What is also
most gratifying, is to know that this
time he has been selected as the unani-
nous choice of the Republican party.
True, at the outset of the present cali
vass for the Senatorship, other names
were mentioned in connection with the
position. but that was before it was de-
finitely certain that Mr.. Sherman would
be candidate. As soon as it became
assured that he desired the place, all OPP
position was withdrawn, and in obedi-
ence to the overwhelming demand of the
Republican party, the representatives
of that party in the Legislature, chose
him by unanimous vote. The work
has been well done. Ohio and the ma
tion will thank them fol sending John
Sherman tc the Senate of the United
States.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
JAMES MELLOR, w. Nj.
JESSE B. MEYER, SecY.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
y Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
C. w. CARROLL, Il. P.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 81, R. & S. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
H. R. BUMGARNER, T. l. NJ.
F. d. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, K. T..
Ii Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. II. r. BUMGARNER, E. G.
L L. SEDwICK, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27

A RECENT sermon by Mr.. Beecher, in
which he strongly condemned the atti-
tude of Germany toward the Jews, was
cabled, in substance, to Europe-a very
unusual favor, as it is not customary to
transmit theological opinions by the sub
marine wire. The Pail Mall Gazette, in
commenting upon the fact, says that the
sermon has infinitely more interest
among European, and especially Ger
man, readers, than would Presidential
message. In the context it compliments
Mr.. Beecher, for his liberal views, and,
by contrast, deprecates the "Boycotting'
spirit, showed by Judge Hilton and 9TH
ers, in the same matter.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27

THE meeting of the Ohio Editorial
Association at GAINESVILLE, was well at
tended. and the citizens of that place
were very cordial in their atten-
ton to the visiting editors. l. F.
Mack, Esq, of Sandusky, was elected
President of the Association for the en-
suing year, compliment which he has
certainly deserved by his labOrs in its
behalf. Thursday morning at six o'clock,
panied by number of ladies, started
for Bait more and Washington City, a
special train for the trip having been
kindly furnished by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
The Magic Square.

In the magic square here presented
are 81 numbers, from y to IS inclusive
and are so placed that
First. All the numbers in each and
every vertical column, when added to-
gether, make 34S.
Second. All the numbers in each and
every horizontal column, when added to-
gether, make 34S.
Third. The first half of any two adj
joining horizontal columns, when added
together, make 34S.
Fourth. The last half of any two ad-
joining horizontal columns, when added
together, make 34S.
Fifth. The upper half of any two adj
joining vertical columns, when added to-
gether, make 34S.
Sixth. The lower half of any two adj
joining vertical columns, when added
together, make S4S.
Seventh. The four corner numbers
of any corner, when added to the four
corner numbers of any other corner,
make 34S.
Eighth. If a square hole be cut in a
paper through which eight of the num-
berS may be seen, such numbers, when
added together, will make 34S.
Ninth. If a hole be cut in a paper
through which four of the e'numbers can
be seen, such numbers, when added to-
gether, VIII make ia, or one-half of the
sum of any whole column.
Tenth. The paper having the holes
above referred to may be laid on any
part of of the sQuare, and the result will
be the same; all the numbers seen
through the large hole, when added to-
gether, will make 34S, and all the num-
bers seen through the small hole, when
added together, will make ia.
Eleventh. The four central numbers
when added to the four corner numbers
of any other square, make S4S.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
Not EQUAL to the Emergency.

He looked bit hard-up, but he had
pleasant face and smooth address as
he walked into the office of a railroad
running west and asked for the Super
intendent. When conducted to that Off
cial's desk he began:
81 want the favor of u pass to Buff
falo."
Cant have it," was the prompt reply.
81 expected that answer, and am pre-
pared for it. l did not come here With
a tale of woe. have not been robbed"
MOP"
Not rob. Ibid not lCse my money
on the street. l am not oblighed to rush
home to see my wife die. l am not a
consumptive who is anxious to get home
and die among his friends. All those
pleas are old.
"Yes, very old and thin.
"And yet want pass to Buffalo. l
feel that have right to ask it.
"On what grounds?"
"This morning l saved the life of Is
passenger on one of your transfer boats.
He was big red-whiSkered man named
Clark. Had he gone overheard it would
have cost YOU perhaps $4,000 to settle
the claim"
CLARK? Big man with red whiskerS? ?
Nretched man, you know not what you
did! That's the man who already has
claim of $4,000 against US for breaking
his leg. If you had only let him gone
overheard, we could have settled with
his heirs for less than quarter of the
amount! Go out! Go wayl You have
taken thousas DIS of dollars out of our
pockets by your meddlesome act.
The beat walked out without a word,
but as he reached the door he WAS heard
to grumble:
"Ithought l was the best liar on the
Atlantac coast, but might as well hang
up from this dater
-IWall Street Daily News
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27

\ PROPOSITION has been introduced
in each branch of the Illinois legisla-
lature looking to the submission to a
vote of the people of constitutional
amendment similar to that recently
adopted in Kansas for tie absolute pro-
hibition of the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors and beverages in
that State. The Chicago Journal says an
election on that question would be very
exciting, but under present circum-
stances the chances would be against the
success of the proposition. 1t thinks Il
linois is hardly yet prepared for such a
sweeping measure.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
From the Spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Through. the alleged medium of an
ignorant Boonville. Missouri, servant
girl.
From the throne of life eternal.
From the home of love supernal,
Where the angel feet make music over
all the starry floor,
Mortal, have come to meet you;
Come with words to greet You,
And to tell you of the glory that is mine
fOrevermOre.
Once before found a mortal,
Waiting at the heavenly portal,
Waiting but to catch some echo from
that ever-opening door,
Then | seized his Quickened being,
And through all his inward seeing,
Caused my burning inspiration in a
fiery food to pour.
Now | come more nearly human.
And the weak lips of Woman
Touch the fire from off the altar, not
with burning as of yore,
But with holy love descending,
With her chastened spirit blending,
| would fill your soul with music from
this bright celestial shore.
AS one heart yearns for another,
AS a child turns to its mother,
From the golden gates of glory to this
earth once more,
Where | drained the cup of sadness,
Where my soul was Stung to madness,
And life's bitter, burning billOws swept
my burdened being DER.
Here the harpies and the ravens,
Human vampires, sordid cravens,
Preyed upon my soul and substance till
| writhed in anguish sore;
Life and l then seemed mismated,
For felt accursed and fated,
Like restless, wrathful spirit wander
ing on a Stygian shore.
Tortured by Il nameleSs yearning.
Like frOSt-fire, freezing, burning,
Did the purple pulsing life-tide through
its fevered channels pour;
Till the golden bowl, life's token,
Into shining shreds was broken,
And my chained and chafing spirit
leaped from out its prison door.
But while living, striving, dying,
Never did my soul cease crying:
"Ye who guide the fates and furies, give,
oh, give me, implore,
From the myriad hosts of nations,
From the countless consultations,
One pure spirit that can love me-one
that l, too, can adore"
Through this fervent inspiration
Found my fainting soul salvation,
For from out its blackened fire crypts did
my quickened spirit soar,
And my beautiful ideal,
Not too sanity to be real,
Burst more brightly on my vision than
the fancy-found Lenore.
Mid the surgng seas she found me,
With the billuws breaking round me,
And my saddened, sinking spirit in her
arms of love upbOrr,
Like lone one, weak and weary,
Wandering in the midni ;ht dreary,
On her sinless, saintly bosom brought
me to the heavenly shore.
Like the breath of blossoms blending,
Like the prayers of saints ascending,
Like the rainbow's seven-hued glory
blend our souls foreverlnnre;
Earthly lust and love enslaved me,
But divinest love hath saved me,
And know now, first and only, how to
love and to adore.
Oh, my mortal friends and brothers,
We are each and all anOther'S.
And the soul that gives most freely from
its treasure hath the more,
Would you lose your life, you find it,
> And in giving love, you bind it,
Like an amulet of safety, to your heart
fOrevermOre. ..-..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
The William Goat.

Mary mad a William goat
And he was black as jet;
He followed Mary round all day,
And liked her-yOu just bet
He went with her to school one dav:
The teacher kicked him out,
1t made the children grin, you know,
To have the goat about.
But though OidWhackem kicked him ont.
Yet still he fingered near; ..
He waited just outside the door
Till Whackem did appear
Then William ran to meet the man
He ran his level best
And met him just behind, yOu know,
Down just below the vest.
Old Whackem turned somersault;
The goat stood on his head:
And Mary laughed herself so sick
She had to go to bed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
Church DIRECTORY.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, T. Sabbath School, 800 an. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday p.m.; gen
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday pm
Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
N1Rev. J. ii. Conkle, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II a. m; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday p m.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School 10 am Public worship: IL am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday OF
each month, pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27

HENRY WARD BEECHER preached
last Sunday, taking for the subject of
his lecture Sabbath observance. He
finds the fundamental reason for the in
stitutiOn in the need of man and beast
for day of rest, and says that one day
of the seven should be SO kept-which
day is selected being entirely inmate
rial. Henry and Bob appear to be drift
ing toward each other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27

THE friends of George H. Pendleton
think the Presidential track has been
pretty well cleaned for 1884 for the ia.
vorite of the young Democracy, and d
beginning that has been made to trot
him out. 1t is rather early to discuss
the next Presidential candidate II
would be well to wait at least, until Gar.
field has taken the oath of office for fOul
YEARS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27
Belmont County on1ciai Directory

Common Pleas Jud.e-Wm. Okey.
Probate Judge-1hOmas Cochran.
Clerk of COurts-Alex. Q. Darrah.
Sheriff-Samuel Hilles.
Auditor-William n. CofflanG.
Decentralization Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred H. Mitchell
Recorder-W. S. Hobbs.
Commissioners-0wen Mehan, Morris Cope
Henry Frasher.
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
Coroner-Thomas Garrett.
lnfrmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, VIM
Parkinson, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27

ABOUT 100 grain dealers, purchasers
and millers,- met in convention at Co
lumbus last week, and adopted resolu-
tions petitiOning the Legislature to pass
a law making 10 pounds of corn in the
ear bushel during the entire year, and
condemning the freight lines for not
making the shortage good.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-01-27

A person who had an important case
in court sent two very handsome and
expensive flagOns to the Judge. He or
defed them to be filed with costly wine
and sent back to the donor. The Judge
was pagan, however. and didn't know
any better. Such foolish stories can
be told of the courts of nOwPways.