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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

MosLEM diplomacy may be equal to
steering Turkey through her difficulties.
but just now the Sultan is a most thor
oughly perplexed and unfortunate mon
arch. He is between two fires. England
demands that he shall proclaim Arab
political and religious rebel, and that he
shall place the Turkish troops in Egypt
under the control of Sir Garnet Wolse-
ley. The doctors of the law advise him
that he cannot make common cause with
infidels against good Mahometan like
Arab, while Arab threatens that if he
is outlawed he will raise the standard of
a holy war and proclaim the Shereef of
Mecca the Caliph or head of all Islam.
Indeed, it is reported this morning that
Arab has taken this extreme step; and
there is no doubt but that, if he has
done so, he will be sustained by very
large proportion of the Moslem world,
including its learned men and authori-
ties in the law. The Sultan may hesi-
tate and daily in order to gain time, but
England is almost ready to strike blow
in Egypt that will resolve the existing
truce into active and bitter warfare
So far as immediate hostilities are con-
cerned, it makes very little difference to
her what the Sublime Porte may do, ex-
cept that wise policy dictates a war
with an outlawed rebel rather than with
a commander who appeals to all the
faithful in the name of Islam and even
assumes to depose the Sultan as tral-
tor to the faith. In all probability the
campaign in Egypt will be much older
than it is now before these delicate ques-
tions approach settlement; but there is
nothing visionary in the fear that before
it is over there will be general upris-
ing of Islamry; that Turkey will be-
come involved. and that Russia will
seize the opportunity for another move
ment on Constantinople. England is
now strong enough in Egypt to force
the fighting, and this mornings dis
patches indicate that the hour of delay
is growing very short BALTIC. Ameri-
caH, 10th inst.
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The Potato.

No meal is complete without the po-
toto. Its use is as common almost as
that of bread. 1t is unusual to partake
of meal morning, noon, or night, in
private or public houses, of which the
potato in some form is net a part. And
very numerous are the stylesin which it
is served. Ifrzts1
1t is popularity supposed that the pota-
to originated ia Ireland, and this partic-
ular species to which we refer is spoken
of as the Irish potato.
The real origin of this vegetable is
not known. 1t is believed, however.
that it was first found in the districts
of sub-tropical America, probably from
Chilli or Mexico. The potato has been
used in America for food long anterior
to the discovery of America by Earope-
ans. 1t was first taken to ireland from
Virginia, by slave trader in 1886, and
to England by Sir Francis Drake in
1856, but it did not attract much atten-
tion until imported third time by Sir
Walter Raleigh. Itwas q long time
before it began to be extensively
cultivated. In the sixteenth century its
cultivation was advised to guard against
famine, and toward the end OF, the ,eigh-
teenth century it was extensively cult
waited in Ireland, England, Scotland,
France, and Germany. In Germany the
government promoted its cultivation by
compulsory legislation. a writer on
the subject says maize and the potato
are the two greatest gifts America has
given to the rest of the world.
Humboldt calculates that the same
ground that would produce thirty pounds
Of wheat would produce 1000 pounds of
potatoes, but the same authority states
that potatoes are not nearly so nutritious
as wheat, and the constant employment
OF them as the chief article of feod is
not favorable to the development of the
physical faculties, and is, consequently,
in its protTacted influence unfavorable
to mental energy. 1t is calculated that
100 parts of good wheat flour contains
as much nutriment as 613 parts OF pota-
toes. Still it is fact that the lower
class OF Irish make the potato their
chief article of food, and In point of
physical development they compare IA
yorably with the corresponding class in
other countries. So extensive is the
cultivation in Ireland that the failure
OF that crop is felt far more than any
other, but of late years other crops have
been substituted in part. -''
: Potatoes are also extensiyelyQused for
feeding cattle. In ireland the potato
is the basis of beef and pork. In this
.eez4try. however, 1t is anly partly used
ID making cattle ready for market, corn
being the basis of beef and pork. so
,oIsT The value, of an article of food in gen
eEaI use Il, not fairly appreciated until it
fsist1D HeRes, iWlien the potato crop fall
ed in this country last year a highyalue
Was pufEuponity9E Consumes to Cincin.K
pati paid as high as 80 so per bushsIand
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found 1t difficult to dispense with it, al
though 1t cost as much at times as or
anges.
/ We have thus referred to the history
of the potato to illustrate the Importance
of the large crop which is produced this
year. In every section of the West the
crop is above an average In quantity and
quality, and We shall have surplus to
supply deficiencies in old England or
New England.
As an article of food the potato ranks
next to corn and wheat. TherefoIe,
when calculating the additions to the
wealth of the country, through good
crops of wheat, corn, and cotton, the
value of alsrge crop of potatoes Ii not
to be overlooked.-Cin. Gazette.
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Whisky Dealers Pay Less Taxes
Than Any Other Glass

udu any Ot1CA OAooS'
The dealers in intoxicating liquors
pay less taxes than any class of people
engaged in respectable business. These
liquor dealers create more expense to the
public treasury than all other classes of
business men combined. They cause
more murders, assaults, fights, riots, and
other crimes than all other classes. In
the face of these stubborn facts, because
the Pond law was passed requiring the
saloonists to pay the same proportion of
taxes that other business men pay, the
5000 saloonists of Ohio are up in arms.
They imagine that they are a privileged
class and should be exempt from paying
taxes the same as other people do. They
boldly proclaim that they are prosecuted
because they are called upon to pay the
expenses they themselves cause to the
State. They seem to think that as a
class they are holier than all other
classes put together, and forthwith raise
S3O, 200 with which to bribe the Demo
cratic party to favor the exemption CT
whisky peddless from paying taxes. Now
we will ask the taxpayers Of Ohio these
simple questions:
If the 1900 whisky dealers of Ohio
cause the most of the criminal expenses,
should they not at least be taxed suffi-
GENTLY to make good the expenses they
create?
Why should the whisky dealers, as a
class, be more favored in the way OF
taxes than the classes whe pay ten times
or twenty times more taxes in proper
tien to the business done?
Why should the temperate law and
order portion Of the community be com
PEELED to pay the criminal expenses
caused solely by the saloonists making
men drunk?
By what course of reasoning can the
practice be justified of fayoring the liq
uor interest over other interests merely
because of the supposed number of votes
they control?
Are the keepers Of saloons and grog
geries and dives to be considered as 6
sort of superior class, endowed witt
privileges denied to other classesp
Must the people of. Ohio be governed
and controlled by the $4,000 saloonisti
of the State, and by perhaps three O.
feur dozen brewers?
Must $4,000 defeat the will of th'
majority of the people of Ohio who ia
yer restricting, regulating, and taxing
the sale Of intoxicating liquorsf
These queries are submitted to th'
careful consideration Of the taxpayer
who are anxious to reduce their taxes
Remember, If the Pond law were in ex
istence and enforced, it would hav'
wiped out about 1900 keepers of dive
and retailers of rot-gut whisky. and. com
PEELED the remaining 1900 saloonists Il
pay about $2,OOO,OOO into the publ,
treasury, and thus made good the losse'
the State is subjected to by the crime.
caused by whisky.-[Cleveland Herald
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When the Frost is on the Punkin

When the frost is en- the punkin and the
folders in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble Of
the struttin' turkey cock,
And the clackin' of the guineys and the
cluckin' of the hens,
Aud the ROSTERS hallylooyer as he tip
toes on the fence,
o it's then's the times feller is q feelin'
at his best,
With the risin' sun to greet him from a
night of gracious rest;
As he leaves the house bareheaded, and
goes out to feed the stock.
When the frost is on the punkin and the
folders in the shock.
They's somepin' kindo' hearty, like,
about the atmosphere,
When the heat of summers over and
the coolin' fall is here
OF course we miss the flowers and the
blossoms on the trees,
And the humble OF the hummin' birds
and buZzin' of the bees;
But the airs 30 appertiZin', and the
landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the
early autumn days
Is picture that no painter has the col
orin to mock
When the frost is on the punkin and the
folders in the shock.
The husky, rusty rustic of the tossols of
the corn,
And the raspin' of the tangled leaves, as
golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries, kindo' lone
some like, but still
A-preachin' sermons to us of the barns
they growed to fill;
The strawstack in the medder and the
reaper in the shed;
The hosses in their stall below, the clio.
yer overhead;
o it sets my heart a-clickin' like the
tickin' of clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the
folders in the shockl
Indianapolis Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN recently
made few remarks to his
neighbers in Mansfield, in which he re-
ferred to the pending issues as follows.
In regard to State politics, he said
some new issues had come to the front,
in regard to which we must have some
plain talk. He declared "the Sunday
and liquor questions an irrepressible
conflict" which must be met. He was
in favor of the observance of the Sab
bath. His father and his mother and
all his ancestors believed in it. All civil
lied nations had Sabbath. The
men and women who found
ed this Nation believed in and
observed the Sabbath. Why should
any particular class of men inter-
fere with the Sabbath? Why should all
kinds of business stop and only saloon
keepers monopolize the Sabbath for their
business? He said these men should
be heavily taxed to help pay for the ex-
pense of the pauperism and crime they
cause. He was not so fastidious as
some on the temperance question, but
was deeply impressed with the unteld
evils arising from intemperance.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

WHEN the government refused to &C
cept punched silver coins filled with base
metal, there was great outcry from the
people sut since the mint at Philadel-
phia has been redeeming the mutilated
coins by weight. the figures show that
the business of drilling out large guam
titles Of silver, from the dollars particu-
larly, has grown to a very large extent,
and could only be stopped by such an
order from the government as would
make the debased coins uncurrent. AL
ready 1000 ounces have been redeemed
and paid for, and the business of the
professionals has been narrowed down
until only three classes are now great
sufferers from the mutilation. The liq-
uor saloons and the beer brewers are
naturally at the head Of the list, but 1t
is sad to learn that next in order are the
churches. The authorities state that a
great deal of silver that cannot be pass
ed in any other manner finds its way
into the church contributiOn-plate. 1t
would be we'll 10 make as public as pos
sible the recent decision of the United
States Circuit Court, of Massachusetts,
which holds that the filling of holes in
punched silver coins with base metal is
counterfeiting. and the attempt to pass
such coins is subject to the penalty pro-
yided for the crime of passing counter
felt money,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

Malaria is an almost in
describablc malady which
not even the most talented
physicians are able to faith
ON. Its cause is most fire.
quently ascribed to local
surroundings, and there is
very little question, but this
opinion is substantiated by
facts. Malaria does not nee
essarily mean chills and
fever while these troubles
usually accompany it. It
often affects the suhererwith
general lassitude, accom-
panied by loss of appetite,
sleeplessness, a tired feeling
and a high fever, the per-
son afflicted growing weak
er and weaker, loses flesh
day after day, until he be-
comes a mere skeleton, a
shadow Of his former self
Malaria once having laid its
hold upou the human frame, tho
door of the system is thrown open
TO nervous diseases. The body
weak and enfeebled absoFbs no
nourishment, but subsisting upon
itself, the digestive organs no
longer perform their functions;
theliver becomes torpid. and other
organs failing to do their routine
work speedily become disordered,
and dissolution and death are apt
to ensue.
In addition to being a certain cure
for malaria and chills and fever,
Browns IRON BITTERs is highly
recommended for all diseases requir-
ing certain and efficient tonic; es-
peciallyindigestion, dyspepsia, inter-
mittent fevers, want Of appetite, loss
of strength, lack of energy, ETC.
Enriches the blood, strengthens the
muscles, and gives new life to the
nerves. Acts like charm on the
digestive organs. 1t is for sale by
all respectable dealers IN medicines,
price, 81 per bottle
Be sure and get the genuine
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
Take no other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

T E. WILLIAMS, dealer in Hardware, Ag>
q ricultural Implements. Stoves. Tinware,
Nails and Window Glass.
TAMES DUNCAN. dealer in Groceries and
q Provisions Oglebay's Block.
~ EORGE GIFFEN, dealer in Choice Family
VI Groceries. Phoenix Flour Specially.
G WOODCOCK. dealer in Hardware, Stoves,
y. Tinware, Glass, Nails, &C., corner Main
and Bank st. Tin Roofing Speciality.
VHTM. ALEXANDER, Wholesale and Retail
w Grocer, corner Main and Bank SITS.
A BRANUM & SONS, Wholesale Grocers,
~ Bank Street.
L A. MABERY-A Full and Complete Line
u OF Boots, Shoes and Gents Furnishing
Goods.
DNsMoRE Bros Grocery and Feed Store,
~ Main St., one door east of Smiths Mill.
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PILES, no CUREi NO PAY,

No cutting, tying, pain or detention
from labor. At National Hotel, Aug.
goth and Sept. 10th. Persons cured
Joseph Butler, city; John Butler, Adena
J. R. Lane, ticket agent b. & o. r. R.; A.
E. Hilles, druggist, j. @. Brown, W. G.
Seers, and many others, Barnesville, o.
SI7-tf DIR. THos. ]. KIsNER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

Dear Sirs: have been using your buggies
and phetons in my business for over three
years, and can cheerfully recommend your
work; and buggies that can stand the work In
livery stable must be of good material, and as
long as you give me the same good material
and style as you have been doing shall use
no other work than the work Of the Columbus
Resp'y. EARNEST BURGDORF,
Washington, d, O. Livery and Sale Stable.
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Pearls of Thought.

Reason is sometimes more persuasive
than gold itself.
He who is perfectly vanquished by
riches can never be just.
Vehement desires abont any one thing
renders the soul blind with respect to
other things.
A worthy and an unworthy man are
to be judged, not from their actions on
ly. but also from their will.
1t is a shameful thing for man to be
employed about the affairs of others, but
to be ignorrnt of his own.
The Divinity has not q place in the
earth more allied to His nature than q
pure and holy soul. fEJL-
Who believes that Divinity beholds
all things, will not sin, either secretly OF
openly.
For the most complete injustice is-to
seem just when not so.
Ignorance must be referred to that
which has no true being and knowledge
to real existence.
Put not confidence in all men, but in
those that are worthy; for to do the
former is the province of stupid man
but the latter of q wise man.
Think, you, then, that he who pessses
es magnificent intellectual conceptions
and can contemplate all the time and all
being, can possibly consider human life
as a thing of great consequence? 1t is
impossible.
The lovers of common stories and
spectacles delight in fine sounds, colors
and figures, and everything made up Of
these; bat the nature of beauty itseli
their intellect Is unable to discern anG
admire.
Duty is power which rises with u:
in the morning and goes to bed with u.
at night. 1t is co-extensive with the ac
tion of our intelligence.
God demands an account of the past
that we must render hereafter. He de
mands an improvement of the present
and this we must render now.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

DEATH of George Washington: when
did George Washington die?" asked an
Austin teacher of large boy. as he
dead ?" was the astonished reply. "Why,
it is not more than six months ago that
they were celebrating his birthday, and
now he is dead. It's bad year on chill
dren. reckon his folks let him eat
something that didn't agree with him" ."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

THE wife of resident in Cambridge,
Mass, during the past week bought
some chickens of man that had knock
ed at the kitchen door. "How can l let
you know if / want any more?" she
said as the vender was about to depart
"Oh," he replied, lust address letter to
Elm wood to Professor Lowell, Minister
to England, and l shall get it." The
man was Mr.. Lowell's gardener
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

A NOTEWORTHY fact of the census
statistics is the distribution of the sexes
in city and country populations. In the
aggregate of the Nation the males ex-
ceed the females by nearly one million
yet in the fifty largest cities there are
several hundred thousand fewer males
than females. In New York, Philadel-
phia, Brpoklyn, Boston, Baltimore, New
Orleans-in short, in three out of four
of the large cities-females are in the
majority. Notable exceptions are St
Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, and San
Francisco-the last being aided in this
respect by the large preponderance OF
males in her Chinese population. Pitts
burgh also has a majority of males, as
would be supposed from the nature of
OF her manufacturing interests.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

Gentlemen. 1 have used your Brewster sids-
bar buggies for feur years, together with bug
Ries were the first that went out. on account
Of being side-bar; they have not cost me IS for
repairs, and those have sold Of your make
have given good satisfaction; think that you
make the cheapest and best road wagons tibet
are made In the United States for the money.
Lawrence, Kas. Resp'y, P. N. HAMLIN.
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Gentlemen; Your buggies in this section Of
the country are giving perfect satisfaction fol
durability and finish; as for style they can.
not be surpassed / took first premium at two
fairs last fsll with one I had used four month
and had been washed, ] presume twenty tunes,
and still the painting held fts gloss; they are
pronounced here as the finest buggy going.
Very truly,s T N BLOOD
Madison, Lake county, oE!o.
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POETRY.
The Old Church Bell.

Day by day, and hour by hour,
High up in the old church tower,
High above the old church yard,
Like sentinel on guard,
Hangs the old bell year by year,
Watching over homes most dear.
When the people all are sleeping,
a tiny flame comes creeping
Creeping higher, higher, higher,
Till some pssser-by shouts 'Firel"
Then the old bell In the steeple,
High above the sleeping people,
Changed and clsshed loud alarm,
Warning people of the harm
That was lurking al their door;
Then those strong men rise and fight
The cruel fre-fend all night.
Yes, the old bell did its duty,
And those homes in all their beauty,
Are safe from harm once more.
Now hear the old bell tolling,
Its vibrations sadly rolling
Ger the the meadows and the wood,
Der the wicked and the good,
Telling each and every one
That another's work is done;
That the soul has gone from earth
Gone to God who gave it birth;
And we stop and count and listen,
And the tear-drops CLEAN and glisten
In the eyes of old and young,
As the old BELLS iron tongue
Tells each changing fieeting year
In the lives of friends most dear.
Now hear the wedding bell
How it benishes the spell
That DER our feelings tell,
As we listen to the tolling Of the bell
bow its music fills the air,
As the happy welded pair
Leave the altar arm in arm
Life for them has many charm
And the sexton at the rope,
Full of joy and full of hope,
Gives the old bell inspiration
To portray the situation,
And it rings out loud and clear,
Telling people far and near
That the nuptial knot is tied;
That the bridegroom claims his bride.
But the sweetest sounds that float
From the old bells brazen throat
Come waited on the Sabbath breeze,
Swestly whispering through the trees,
Whispering through tie balmy air
Calling worshippers to prayer;
And the pious invocation
Softly blends with each vibration,
And the people bow the head
As those solemn words are said.
Thus the old bell in the steeple
Speaks the thoughts of God to people,
Whether thoughts of joy or sadness
Funeral knel or song Of gladness,
Calls TO prayer CT warns of danger,
Speaks alike to friend and stranger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

DURING the fiscal year ending June
80, 1880, the United States mint, at
Philadelphia, coined S71, ,3S4.5s4, divided
as follows: Gold, $59,67s, 1880; silver,
81, ,O62, ,3SS.75; minor coinage, $643,757.
10. The metal used was no tons of
gold, S26 tons of silver, and ITO tons of
nickel and copper. The total number of
pieces coined amounted to 1886, ,725.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

Dear SRrs: For the past two years we have
used your buggies side by side with other
satisfied with the strength. durability and
work manship, compared with others; as fast
as our stock In livery Ia used up we shall re-
from experience that It Is the best we can
do. Respectfully,
Quincy, III. SWEET & FOLLANSBEE.
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Gentlemen: With over fifteen years experis
ence in building buggies, wagons. etc., do
not hesitate in saying your buggies and car
riages are strictly first class in workmanship,
material, and proportions, filing long>fel
want for q reliable article that can be sold at
price lower than any ordinary manufactures
can produce and sell the same quality of work
at. Yours, &C.,
Conneautville, Pa. 9. KR1CK.
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Gentlemen: Having sold your buggles for
some time, / can heartily say they give en-
tire satisfaction; Ihave never seen any factory
buggy equal to them in fla ish; know OF two
of tnern that have been In use for two years At
least by men who are very hard drivers, and
the buggies are as good as when bought:
Mansfield, Pa. Yours, A GAYLORD.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-24

"A new variety of peach, said to be
free from rot, and called the Fanny
Sanders, has been introduced.
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Gentlemen: have no hesitsnoy in saying
that the buggies manufactured by the Column
bus Buggy Company are the best work for the
price have any knowledge of; In not single
Instance has there been any dissatisfaction on
the part of any one of my customers
Owensboro, KY. FRANK l. HALL.