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The Wilmingtonian., 1882-04-22
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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have by our Goods and Work
kept it to the front, and it has
made us the Acknowledged Lead
ers of the Clothing Trade in our
City. This Spring our Stock is
Larger, our Styles Better our
Patronage Increasing, and you are
invited to become one of our Pa
irons Just call and see if our
Goods please you, as our help
are paid to show you our Goods,
and they join us with pleasure in
asking you to visit our Establish
ment and see the Latest Patterns
in Clothing.
Yours respectfully,
The Wilmingtonian., 1882-04-22
The Graft I'm OIdcn Times.

Kew. DIR, Nicholson delivered i'll Chicago
on Tuesday evening lecture on Masonry
from which We make the following extracts
The first question, the speaker remarked,
which il behooyes one 10 ask, was : What
is Masonry, and what Is the intent and pur-
pose Of the order - In his opinion il cun-
prised ali that was good and noble in the
world. and its teachings were those that nur
Lord Jesus Christ had inculcated into the
hearts of his disciples. 1t was beneyolencc,
virtue, charity brotherhood, and the reach.
ing out Of the hand to the poor and suffer-
ing. 1t soitens the couch of the dying. and
puts bread into the mouths Of starving emil
dlen. lie did not deny that bad men had
become and were meinbcrs of tho order, but
they were as much aut Of place as Satan in
heaven. Masonry putthe whole world upon
one platiorm--that was its mission. Men
of every nation were brothers. and the chill
-Fsf5ti oi wsruzurss ueill,irens"i. he
other. Masonic sympathy makes men one.
Ii breaks down the barriers of ieuds exist
ing between men, and gives them courage
TO grasp each Others hand and call them
selves brothers, and acts rs brothers toward
one another. Masonry had common pui-
pose and Il common language all over the
world. No matter in what cline a Mason
may find himself, the symbols were the same
as he was taught i'll his own land, and an
understanding was Immediately effected.
The chief glory Of Masonry, however. con-
ssts not SO much in the beauty of its ritual,
the pageantry OF dress, or the aptness of
their symbols but in their acts and teach
mgs. Masonry recognized the God, our
Father, as being protector of all men. He
was not the tod of the Jews, or tile Gentiles,
Mohammedans, hut belonged equally TO all
men, and loved all men alike. The God of
Masonry was God of mercy, the father Of
the bad as well as the good, and all would
receive equal mercy and forgiveness at His
hands. The arch of Masonry was based on
faith; the keystone was hope, but the inner
altar was symbolic of charity. Masonry
lifts men above earth. and places them, while
on earth, in close communion with the father
of all men. The lecturer did not want to be
understood as meaning that Masonry and
Christianity We're one; on the contrary, they
differed widely While one set forth the
great truths of God in underlined terms, and
left men in doubt, the other set forth the
creed in beautiful symbols and allegories,
that went straight to the heart, and opened
all men to recognize the one God-He that
is the father of all. The checkered parch-
ment of Masonry is symbolic of life of man:
that we are here to-day and there tomorrow
that some people in the world are rich and
others poor; that to-day we may be happy,
INT tomorrow miserable, and that therefore
v" should exercise charity toward those
Nj were not in the same condition oflie or
prosperity with us. yoltaire, the speaker
continued. tells that when the body is in
pain it is ft1;ei to open tie veins and lot
out the req not current, ana thus get lid CT
The Wilmingtonian., 1882-04-22
Answers 10 Csrrespondcu,Is

H. L.. We think that the Repablit,oi has
the largest circulation in the city; As regards
The largest circulation in the State we cInnut
give you m opinion, us lnmnrS ia that par
ticnlar are conflicting.
The Wilmingtonian., 1882-04-22

The Domestic Ma
chine is now acknow-
lodged to be the lead
ing Sewing. Machine.
Its simplicity its easy
running its adapta-
bility to all kinds of
work are the reasons
of its popularity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
Where is Your Lantern?

Young Harry was sent on an errand
one evening in early winter. After CIV
ing him his message, his mother said,
BE sure you take the lantern with you,
Harry"
Not II" answered the boy, gruffly and
disrespectfully. and he started. mutter-
ing to himself, "What do want with a
lantern? l am sure l know the way
well enough"
Very soon Master Harry, in crossing
the street, stumbled into a hole which
which had been made by recent rain.
BY his fail he knocked the flesh from his
shin-bone, and covered his clothing with
mud. On his way back he forgot the
fence running along at the edge of the
ravine. AS he CROPPED his way along the
bank he fell over the side and went
sprawling to the bottom of the ravine.
With much ado, and after many bruises,
he got into the road once more; but
when he finally reached his mothers
door. he looked more like scare-crow
than a living boy.
The lantern would have saved him all
this. Was he not foolish fellow not
to take itp But what shall be said of
those boys and girls who know the Bible
to be the only lamp which can guide
their feet safely through the paths of
life to their home in heaven, and yet to
refuse to carry itp Ale they not still
more foolish? Are they not likely to
suffer even more than the boyp You
know they are.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
Cure for HOOf Rot.

There are many sor, on cattle, which,
if kept constantly washed clean with
cold water and kept free from dirt, would
heal of themselves. A very careful
herdsman says his practice of curing
hoof rot is to thoroughly cleanse the af-
fected parts with warm water and soap.
and then apply warm tar between the
hoofs. In very bad cases there will be
a large core to come out; remove it care
fully with the thumb and finger, cleanse
the cavity as above, with soap and wa
ter, and then fill it with warm tar, even
if it is necessary to use bandage Keep
the animal in clean, dry pasture. 1t is
more liable to affect the whole system
than any other ulcer. When once cured
there is no danger of its appearing again
unless from the same cause.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
How a Little Girl Suggested the In
ventiOn of the Telephone.

4
Some of the most important diseove-
ries have been made accidentally; and
it has happened to more than one in
ventor, who had long been searching
after some new combination or material
for carrying out pet idea, to hit upon
the right thing at last by mere chance.
A lucky instance of this kind was the
discovery of the principle of the tele-
scope.
Nearly three hundred years ago, there
was living in the town of Middleburg,
Oh the island of Walcheren, in the Meth
erlands, Il poor optician named Hans
Lippersheim. One day, in the year 1908,
he was working in bis shop, bis children
helping him in various small ways, or
romping about and amusing themselves
with the tools and objects lying on his
workbench. when suddenly the little
girl exclaimed:
"Oh, Papal See how near the steeple
comesp'
Half-startled by this announcement,
the honest Hans looked up from his
work, curious to know the cause of the
child's amazement. Turning toward
her, he saw that she was looking through
two lenses, one held close to her eye,and
the other al. arms length ;and, calling his
daughter to his side, be noticed that the
eye-lens was plano -concave Tor fiat on
one side and followed out ON the otner),
while the one held at "a distance was
plano-conyex) or fiat ON one side and
bulging on the other). Then, taking the
two glasses, he repeated his daughters
experiment, and soon discovered that
she had chanced to hold the lenses
apart at their exact focus, and this had
produced the wOndersul effect that she
had observed. His quick wit and skill
ed invention saw in this accident won
derful discovery. He Immediately set
about making use of his Lew know ledge
of lenses. and ere long lie had fashioned
tube Of pasteboard, in which he set the
glasses firmly at their exact focus
This rough tube was the germ of that
great instrument the telescope, to which
modern science owes so much. And it
was on October p, 16OS, that Upper
sheim sent to his government three tel
escopes made by himself, calling them
instruments by means of which to see
at a distance"
Not long afterward another man,
Jacob Adriansz, or Metius, of Alkmaar,
town about twenty miles from Am
sterdam, claimed to have discovered the
principle of the telescope two years ear
lier than Hans Lippersheim; and it is
generally acknowledged tnat TO one OF
these two men belongs the honor of in
venting the instrument. But it seems
certain that Hans Lippersheim had new
er known or heard of the discovery
made by Adriansz, and so, if Adriansz
had not lived we still should owe to
Hans Lippersheim's quick wit, and his
little daughters lucky meddling, one of
the most valuable and wonderful of hui
man inyentions.-St. Nicholas for Feb
ruary, 1872
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
AmOS's BOOk-keeDeP.

| Atlanta Constitution: We asked Amos
how his boy was getting On at school
"Pleg take dat boy; dun tuck hi
way frem dat schoolT
why. what fOr?"
"Uh, OH he wuz gittin' mos to smart
down dar wild dat book larnin.' 'Twon't
do fer some niggers to be too edgieatid."
"Why not. AmOs?"
"Well, sab. jest take dat boy frin-
stance. l put dat boy to keep books for
me bout de seilin' ob de garden truck
dis summer. Well, sab, he jess writ
down charges dar in de book fer all de
truck dat TUX out de garden. an charg
es fer all dat we eat in de house, and den
credit hisself wild de little mounts dat 1
let him hab long at odd 'casions, an
den he go an add dem all up, and struck
er balance, he sayr
"And how did you come out?"
Come out? Fore de good Master, 1
didn't come out at ALL Dat boy stuck
me fer bout thutty-fibe dollars, sides
his wages as de book keeper-now dat's
what de fggers sed."
"Well, what did you do?%
81 jess burn dat book right dar, an
den 'scharged de book keepaa, and hire
him ODE: agin to saw wood for his board
an close"
You did?"
"Yes, sab, did datl Why, boss, if
dat boy had kept dat book on me till
now he'd done own dat house an gyar-
din patch an biz chargin' me an his ole
nanny fer bed an bredI l tell ye dis
hyar book larnin' is ruinin'- dis young
breed OBJ niggers-tis, shore!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
An Interesting Decision.

Judge Mckinney of the Common
Pleas Court yesterday decided a quss-
tion of some Importance in regard to the
right of persons to recover damages
from the trustees of a township for in
juries received through the unsafe and
dangerous condition of the public high
ways of township while such person is
travelling thereon. The question was
raised on demurrer to the petition in
the case of Geegan, Administrative, VS..
the trustees of Rockport township. The
plaintiff in the case sought to recover
damages sustained by the death of her
husband, which was caused from inju-
ries received by him by driving over an
unprotected embankment on what is
known as the "hogback road" in Rock
port. The demurrer was sustained,
Judge Mckinney holding that the town
ship trustees were not liable for dam
ages of that character.--[Cleveland
Leader.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
Drinking Among Women.

Among women in the highest walks
of life in Chicago, liquor drinking and
drunkenness are fearfully common. DR.
Duncan says that he could count TWEEN.
ty such cases, first and last, in his prac-
tice. He says that the women living in
fashionable hotels and boarding houses
are in shocking number of cases inc.
briates. In many cases they have COM
pletely broken up their homes and gone
headlong to ruin. He attributes it to
late suppers, Indigestion and idleness
and says that it is almost impossible to
treat such cases without such an asylum
as the ladies propose to establish. DR.
Singley says that drunkenness in its
very worst forms will be found in some
of the very first families of the city
[Chicago News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
BEN L'FEVRE.
A Pen Portrait by Gath.

Yonder is Benjamin LeFevre, about
the biggest man in size in the Ohio del
egation, an Ohio native, and perhaps the
most indefatigable Democrat on this
floor at getting offices and considerations
out of every kind of administration,
whether Democrat, or Republican. Ten
years ago he was handsome man, and
there are signs of it yet, though he has
spread out, and his shoulders and fea-
lures and mustache have tendency to
grow like roots. Such men you see in
the old French communities, perhaps in
the gendarmerie. He was private SOL
dier, like Tom Young, throughout the
war, then went to the Legislature, and
then got a consulate from Andrew John
son. He lay fallow for some eight years,
attending to banks, railroads, constitu-
ents, and it did not seem that he had any
particular future, when he suddenly
came to Congress. Here he is.the model
worker on the dead level. No man in
Congress knows his district as we'll as
LeFevre. He probably knows the name
of every constituent he has, and some
thing about his circumstances in life.
He always has one to four secretaries
working to keep up his mail. He is
perfectly approaehable by every constit-
uent. If he promises to do anything he
is very apt to go and do it. making the
rule that to keep promise is economy;
instead of dodging around three or four
months to avoid it. This simple rule
makes all the difference between sue
cessful Granger in Congress and Gran
ger failure. LeFevre shakes hands
with constituent exactly as the Eng
lish politician did in the time of George
Ill. Large, benevolent, deferential,
hearty, he swallows him down, as it
were, and then carries him around town
in his stomach, as the whale accommo-
dated Jonah. To him the great Gov
ernment is neither Democratic nor Re-
publican, but what man can make of
it who has smile in one hand and a
constituent in the other If it be gently
remarked to him that perhaps this is a
Republican administration. and perhaps
he is Democratic member, LeFevre re-
ceives it like that old rebel in Artemus
Ward, who said: "Why, we've been
fighting agen the old flag, amt We? Bless
my soul, how singularp
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
Counterfeit Mexican Dollars.

A spurious Mexican silver dollar
made its appearance at Peoria recently
and is supposed to be gaining a rapid
circulation. The counterfeit is a very
clever one and not easily detected. II
is made of silver, sand and glass, which
give to the piece a deceptive ring, and
sufficient nickel to give it almost the
necessary weight. The best plan sug-
gested to detect the piece is to rub it
with the genuine coin, and it will be
found to chip off at the edges. All the
coins found here thus far bear the date
of 1877.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
Mrs. LineoIn's Craze.

A Washington special to the CONNER
cial of Thursday says member of the
family of Mrs. Lincoln, the widow of
the ex-President, is in the city. In
speaking of the recent act of Congress
donating to Mrs. Lincoln $4,000, and ali
additional pension, he said it was unne-
cessary, and on being asked why, lie
said. t.
"Mrs. Lincoln has $4,000 invested in
Four-and-a-half per cent. Government
bonds. In addition to that she had be-
fore pension of $4,000 year. This
was ample for all her expenses, and, if it
had not been, her son would have made
made it up to her. The fact is, her mind
is completely wrecked, and she is insane
on the question of poverty. She has
been fearful for years, that she would
come to want. Her son has done every
thing possible for her, sparing no pains,
money or attention to make her life
pleasant; but, because he has not favor
ed her desire for an additional pension
from Congress, she has entertained hard
feelings towards him. know when she
got her original pension of $4,000 that he
used every effort with Congress to de-
feat the measure, knowing it was not
necessary. This very much incensed
Mrs. Lincoln, who was possessed of the
idea that she was in great danger of
coming to want. She has been some
years in Europe, and when she returned
she brought back ffty-five trunks and
no end of bags and packages, the freight
on which cost 1855 from New York to
Chicago. She has been in the habit of
going out frequently and buying four
teen or fifteen silk dresses in one day,
and then going home and putting them
in trunk and storing them. OF course
they never were taken out or used. This
idea which has gone out that she needed
anything has emaHated from her own
mind, owing to the fact of her insanity
on this subject, and had no real founda-
tion. Her son, the Secretary of War, is
very sensitive about the matter, and has
done all he could quietly to defeat any
such action, but his position is such and
he feels so delicately about the matter
that he has been unable to prevent the
measure coming before Congress. of
course, patriotic considerations secured
its passage when it was brought formal
ly to the attention of Senators and Rep
resentatives. 1t may be right in one
sense to have a bill passed because it
humors the whim Of woman, whose
mind was wrecked threug the assassina-
tion of her husband while in public
position, and she is afflicted with a dis
ease which certainly will result fatally
in few months, and she can live but a |
short time anyhow, so that it is, ne
doubt, just as we'll that the act was
passed, but that she has ever wanted |
anything is not true, nor indeed
is it possible that she ever could want,
with her own fortune and the watchful-
ness of her son, to do everything to al
leviate her suffering and cares, mental
as well as physical bereavemsnts."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09

THE Baptist pastors of Chicago have
declared themselves against professional
revivalists of the usual kind, and for the
following reasons: "They cultivate a
distracted, one-sided religious life. They
give undue prominence to noisy and
public efforts for saving souls. They
produce the impression that religion is
largely a matter of feeling. They SAVIOR
too much of the burlesque and buffoon-
cry. They lower the dignity of the most
solemn subject which can engage mems
attention. They put premium upon
ignorant and crude presentations of gos-
pei truth. They insult the intelligence
of the age by making the unlearned and
the unwise its religious teachers"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09


And asked Jane, the other night,
What grown-up people write about.
She would not answer me at first.
But laughed till began to pout.
That stopped her, for she saw l meant
The question (and she will not tease)
"Why-love," she said. "and shining
eyes,
A kiss, soft hair-just what they
please"
1t can be hard, if that is all,
So I'll begin by saying this:
To my dear lady beautiful,
l send valentine and kiss.
The valentine, because she has
The loveliest hair and gentlest eyes
The kiss, because l love her more
+ Than any one beneath the skies;
Because she is the kindest, best,
The sweetest lady ever known;
And every year I'll say the same,
The very same, to her alone g.
Therel Now it s finished Who will do
I've thought of one and then another
Who is there like it2 Why, of course,
I'll send it right away to Motherl
-[Kate Kellogg, in st. Nicholas for Feb.
ruary, 1882.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09

A YOUNG man who came forward at a
revival meeting in New Carlisle, Indi-
ana, gave his name as Arthur Thomas, a
Chicago burglar. and said that he had
selected two safes to be robbed that
night, and had strayed into church to
kill time. He surrendered his tools,
and accompanied the Sheriff of Whitley
county to Ormas to be- tried for a
burglary committed at that place.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09

PEOPLE are apt to forget, IN compare
lively flush times like the present, that
there must after awhile be a reaction.
Whether the present tide of prosperity
is to continue for one year or five years
cannot certainly be known, but certain
it is that it must be followed by some
degree of stringency and depression. In
days of plenty we are all apt to be lit
tie careless, and often ventursome. But
there is just as much need of business
caution now as five years ago. Make no
investment which smacks of anything
but legitimate business. Turn deaf
ear to all speculative inducements, stick
to your farm and your stock, and when
times of stringency come again they
will not find you unprepared.-Stock
man
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
To Avoid Smallpox Pitting.

The Medical Journal, of London, Eng
land, gives the following hint in the
treatment of smallpox.
When the preceding fever is at its
height, and just berore the eruption ap-
pears, rub the chest with croton oil and
tartaric liniment. This causes the whole
of the eruption to appear on that part
of the body, to the relief of the rest 1t
also secures full and complete erup-
tion and thus prevents the disease from
attacking the internal organs. This is
now the established mode of treatment
in the English army in China and India,
and is regarded as a perfect cure.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09

The orange crop of Florida, it is said,
will me much shorter than was antici-
patsd. Tile loss from splitting has been
very heavy on the River st. John, in
some cases seventy-five per cent and
upward. A large part of the crop has
already been shipped, the fear of a freeze
and the loss from splitting having in
dueed owners to market their fruit as
soon as possible.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
belmont. Co ur,y onloiaI Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-Wm. 0key.
Probate Judge-1bomas Cochran.
Clerk of f0aurts-Alex. Q. Darrah.
Sheriff-Samuel Hilles.
Au0itor-William N. Cofland.
Decentralization Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred H. Mitchell
Recorder-W. s. Hobbs.
COmmissioners-owen Mehan, Morris Cope,
|. J. Potts
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
COroner-Thomas Garrett.
lnfrmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Wn.
Parkinson, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09

The noteworthy fact is disclosed by
the monthly debt statement that for the
first time in eighteen years the total debt
of the United States, exclusive of cash
in the Treasury, is below S2,o00,000. 900.
Actual reduction of the debt last month
was S20OO0,O00.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09

AN autograph letter of George Wash
ington's taking strong ground against
slavery in this country, and expressing
a fervsnt hope that it would soon be
blotted out, is said to have been found
among the papers of the late E. w.
Stoughten. With it were other original
and unpublished letters of Washington
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
Masonic Directory.

belmont LODGE, No. is, F. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
JAMES MELL0R, w. NJ.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'Y.
CT. OLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
y Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
c. w. CARROLL, 81. P.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMoNT COUNCIL, No. "a, R.&S. M.
I'D Meets second Tuesday of each month.
Il. R. BUMGARNER, T. l. NJ.
F. d. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, K. T.
IL Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. II. R. BUMGARNER, E. G.
l.. T.. SRDwICK, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09

Mrs. Scoville, speaking of her brother,
Guiteau, the assassin, says: "TAe idea
of exhibiting his body around through
the country is horrible, and l wouldn't
have it done if We were starving. have
refused a $4,000 cash offer for his body.
He will not hang"