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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

THE legislation about the saloons is
denounced as an interference with per-
sonai liberty. Whose liberty is abridged
by it above that enjoyed by any other
citizen? Who is prevented by it from
drinking what he pleases, and in what
soever quantity he pleases? Whose
dinner table is not just as free as it was
before? If there is anybody whose per-
sensl liberty has been lessened beyond
the restraining influences which, for the
general good, the law applies to all citi-
zens alike, let him speak up. For thirty
years, or more, we have virtually had a
free whisky traffic in Ohio. In no other
country than the United States is that
traffic, or any similar traffic, so lightly
taxed as it has been in Ohio. Its profits
have been enormous, and its results
have been, to an alarming extent. perni-
cious. Because we have taxed this
traffic, and put upon it the restraining
influences that apply to other occupa-
tions, it cries aloud that personal liberty
has been assailed. Nonsensel Humbug
The saloon is not the palladium of per
sonal liberty in this country. Freedom
of action and thought have not origin
ated in English inns, in French cafes
or In American taverns. If every sa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
| Sail S'eep Wiy Him Tonight.

Sometimes l believe the little ones
say the best things after all. l know a
little family in Detroit who are heart
broken and sad this Saturday night.
There were three last Saturday, but to-
day only two are left. The tie that
bound them more closely than that
which the clergyman drew has lately
been loosened, and the light of their
countenances went out with the red
winter sun only the other night. The
father is a railroad man, whose duties
call him away from home nearly three
fourths of the time. 1t was his habit,
whenever he was about to start for
home, to telegraph his wife apprising
her of the fact. In these kilograms he
never failed to mention the name of the
little four-year-old, and the dispatches
usually ran as follows. "Tell Arthur l
shall sleep with him tonight The
baby boy was very proud of these tele-
grams, which his mother would read
over to him. and he considered the "tele-
draf' a great institution. The other
night, when the fever had done It's work,
and the mother was sobbing out her
anguish, the little one turned calmly in
his bed and said: Don't ky, mamma; l
sail s'eep wiv bod, 90 know. Send bod
a teledraf and tell him l sail s'eep wiv
Him to night" But the message went
straight up there without the clicking
of wires or the rustic of wings.-lDe-
trOit Chaff.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

A SUCCESSOR to the murdered Lord
Frederick Cavendish, as Chief Secretary
for Ireland, has been found in the per-
son of George Otto Trevelyan. His ac-
ceptance of the position was announced
yesterday, aud INN ediately thereafter,
he was provided WITH body guard for
protection against any possible conspira-
cy. Mr.. Trevelyan is well known both
in politics and literature, and it is said
that his appointment is favorably re-
ceived. The new Secretary is a son of
Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, Bart,
and nephew on his mothers side OF
the historian, Macaulay. After taking
his degree at Cambridge, he entered the
East Indian civil service by competitive
examination, in which he took distin-
guished rank. On his return from India
he was, in 1865, elected to Parliament
from Tynemouth as Liberal. In De-
cember, 1868, he became Civil Lord OF
the Admiralty under Mr.. Gladstone, but
resigned his office in July, 1870, being
opposed to the Government Education
bill. In literature he is perhaps best
known by his Life of Lord Macaulay,
his latest publication. He assumes the
Secretaryship for Ireland at critica
moment, and it, doubtless, heavily taxed
his courage to take position that hat
so recently been drenched with the in
cumbent's life blood.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

PROF. j. w. SPENCER's paper on the
origin of the great lakes, read at Cincin-
natl, last August, has just been printed.
Referring to his discovery, that Lakes
Huron, Erie, and Ontario seem to have
constituted continuous river in pre-
glacial times, he comments upon the
unsolved problem how to trace this
great river onward from Lake Ontario
to the ocean. The bottom of the lake is
500 feet below the present sea-level, and
he desires to find some route, now buried
in sand, gravel, or clay, through which
the waters may formerly have flowed
naturally, promising that the continent
stood much higher then than now.
Spencer discusses the suggested routes,
either by the st. Lawrence, the Mohawk
and Hudson, or the Seneca Lake, Che
mung, and Susquehanna riversf and
finds rocky barriers in them all, so high
as to close the basin. He is, therefore,
forced to accept Professionally the hy-
pothesis of Lesley and Gilbert, the local
oscillations OF level have so changed the
relations of the lake and sea that the
old channel is destroyed. while the wa
ter has accumulated sufficiently to flow
over the northeastern rim of the old
basin in the channel of the modern St
Lawrence River.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
DON in the land were to perish, personal

loon in the land were to perish, personal
freedom would not topple to its fall
Even for the accommodation of those
who drink, the saloon is not necessary
1t is, in fact, an expensive and unneces-
sary convenience. Those who consume
beer can 7ave money, and time, by buy
ing it directly of the brewers. Those
who want wine can buy it of the pro-
ducers, or import it themselves, if they
like, and save the profit made by the re-
tail dealer.
Neither is the ordinary saloon in any
sense comfort, much less a necessary
comfort. AS compared <with German
beer garden, or French cafe, it stands
in about the same relation that com,
mon variety show does to first-class
opera house. If the saloons want more
respect, and more privilege, let them, as
a class, reform themselves, and put on
the semblance, at least, of comfort and
elegance, not to mention good order and
decency. A German beer garden is
place where man can take his wife and
children without harm. He can enjoy
good music, get good wholesome beer OF
wine, and, if he wants it, good and
cheap food. No vulgarity and no pro-
family are heard there, and nC
drunkenness is seen. Every attache is
polite. and attentive, ann the proprie-
tors wife OF daughter, personally sees
that every guest is well served and
treated. In summer the guests sit II
the garden, under the trees, where four
tains play and flowers bloom, and where
often daily orchestral concerts are given
How does that compare with the aver
age American saloon for the tax exemp
tion of which the people of Ohio are ex
pected to vote ?-[O. S. Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

MANY a pasture is uneven. spotted
and measurably lyunremunerative through
ladk of little foresight. A field, for in
stance, which has been cropped in grain
is seeded to grass. In the spring, when
vegetation comes on, the grass fails to
show up in occasional places, and, in
stead of any effort being made to i'm
prove it, the field receives no further
attention. A little work devoted to re-
seeding such spots early in the season,
with the addition of fine barnyard ma
nure, or other fertilizer, will be fully re
paid in securing well-set pasture. At
tention to those small matters has a
great deal to do with the profits of gen
eral farming Stockman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
AssAssrNArIoN is getting to be s

ASSASSINATION is getting to be SO
prominent factor in the politics OF the
closing years of the nineteenth century
that it should engage the attention OF
the ablest statesmen and legislators with
a view tomaking the penalties 50 effec-
tive that the most determined of men
@iil shrink from attempting the crime.
If it be urged that this is the savage
fashion of looking at the matter, we can
only reply that conciliation and mild
penalt ties have moi, checked the horror,
and that if one policy fails another must
be tried. OF course, we do not propose
repersion to such punishments as the
fortunes inflicted upon Balthazar Gerard
,or Francois Ravaillac, for they were
equally ineficacious in estopping pollti-
zeal murders as are the laws of this high
1y civilized era. But special penalties
can probably be devised that would have
some effect. England tried it when Par
liamenthit upon the. expedient OF the
whippiug-post for attemted assassins OF
1.-THE Queen, and the result was beneficial
ESince 1865 the list of victims of political
Fmurderers embraces Presidents Lincoln
land Garfield, Car Alexander II; Presi
dent Prado, of Peru; Gen. Prim, Dicta-
tor of Spain; Lord Cavendish and Mr.
Burke. within the same period Kaiser
Wilhelm has been shot at twice, Kine
iAlfenso, King Humbert and the Vice
Troy Of India each once, while Sultar
tof Turkey was done to death in the Sc
fcrecy of his seraglio. Wedo not include
| in the catalogue MacLean's shot a
l@deen Victoria. as that has been deci
ded to have been ths deed of an insan
man. But the leading feature of tn
0 saHguinary record is that the assassina
tions have occurred in nations widel
separated and existing under the mos
diverse conditions of government. Re
publican Presidents are hardly sa
fer than autocraSic tyrants; and
: sturdy common sense had not resiste
the plea of insanity in Guiteau's cas-
our executives in times of partisan tu1
8 moil might be in as much danger as th
present Czar of Russia. This outbur'
of political murder is doubtless traceabl
: to the excitement of evil passions b
public questions, but when it touches
many of the great nations it is time ft
each of them to consider whether it
=, unmanageable, or whether government
:. do not possess the wisdom and pow
O. sufficient to crush it out.-Balt Amer
no can.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

PERHAPS more than one-half the farm
ers in this country, or for that matter
more than one-half the men in any kind
of business, are to some extent in debt
some wisely and some foolishly, some
through extravaganza, others through
safe investment, and still others
through pure shiftlessness. Debt is not
an unmitigated evil. 1t may be a bless
ing or curse, according to the manner
in which, and the purpose for which, it
is incurred. As far as the farmer is con-
cerned, no debt is wisely contracted in
securing funds for speculation pure and
simple, nor should debts of any kind be
made which are not positively and GER
tainly within the control of the debtor.
A debt which is unmanageably large, no
matter how made, and which is liable at
any time to crush the man who carries
it, is milestone which any one should
hesitate in putting about his neck, no
matter what possible good fortune it
might throw in his way. But debt may
be incurred wisely and to great personal
advantage A few hundred dollars ju-
diciously invested in good breeding stock,
or in such improvements as will cheap
en- the cost of farming, or increase the
production of the farm, may often be
borrowed with profit. Having a debt to
pay is to prudent man stimulus to
economy and often promoter of thrift
and industry. As to when and how it
is advisable to go into debt, no rule can
be laid down to cover all cases, as too
much depends on the circumstances and
the man. Bat to say that man is new
er justifiable in making an investment
which his cash will not cover is to con-
travene the business policy of some OF
the most successful farmers. tradesmen
and manufacturers in the country.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
he car, at Highbury, she met her sister

the car, at Highbury, she met her sister
entering.
Home with the joyful tidings they
sped. and such jublant household vas
never seen before. All but 'BIjan.
"Any fool might a-thought of that
afore," he said, in a disguised tone.
Nancy, it is high time you wsfe. work
ing over that butter. l am going out
to water the cattle. That is about the
right kind of business for such stupid
as me-" he muttered to himself, as he
went along IAN edicated man might
a-made such mistake and thought
nothin' of it; but for man that has
studied only Mater, and has got six girls
to mum, not to stop and think that a wO-.
man never went nowhere as she expect
ed to. Wall, wall, the Lord be praised
that It's so; for. contrarywise, she'd a
ben killed, maybe. But there was poor
Will, he didn't guench his lamp that
night, for see his winder Well-a-day!
things is curis in this world" And he
betook himself to whistling. And Nam
ey, who had heard most of this mono
logue, remarked that she was glad Lind
ley Murray died long ago,his his feelings
would have been so narrowed up at such
entire disregard OF his rules.
The letter was soon followed by tel
egram from Mrs. Pearson. "All right.
Just heard Of disaster. Was not my
train" And this time it was Miily who
counted the words, and remarked that
there were ten. .s...
Lets get piece of beef to roast and
make a plum-pudding for dinner, she
cried. "We must do something. So
the pudding was made, Will picking
over the raisins and beating the eggs, to
help. And best of all, Grandpa reached
home in time to eat it with them
Mrs. Pearson was absent five or six
weeks, and during that time the twins
| improved so fast that when she return
ed she found so much to love and re-
spect in her children that her heart was
| filled with joy. l wish l could tell you
all about that homecoming: how the
house was lighted and trimmed, with
"W WELCOME over the dining-roOm
door; of the two little bank books on the
bureau, with Millicent Pearson on the
cover of one and William Pearson on the
other, written in a clerkly hand; and of
the huge frosted cake, Nancy's mater
piece, on which she had printed with
pink sugar mites, mot II r Is
HE RE-" But fear the editorial seis-
sors and will only add one thing more.
1t is many years since this story hap
pened-so many, in fact, that Will has
preached his first sermon; and Milly is
Millicent now, while her last name has
met with still greater change. But
Mrs. Pearson still keeps among her
choicest treasures folded paper, on the
top of which is written in large, round
hand, almost worthy of Bryant or a
Stratton: "a New Years Present for
Mother
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

In Maine the Greenback Fusion Leg
islature failed to make an apportion-
ment of Congressional districts and all
the Congressman will have to be elected
upon general ticket in consequence,
compelling every man to fight the whole
State. Of the four candidates to be
nominated by the Republican Conven-
tion it is conceded that Colonel Thomas
B. Reed, of Portland; Hon. Nelson
Dingley, Jr., of Lewiston, and Captain
G: A. Boutelle, of Bangor. will be select
ed. Mr.. Blaine is being strongly urged
to become the fourth candidate, and it
is understood he will consent if there
shall be general desire manifested in
the party that he shall do so. 1t is pos
sible, therefore, that the eX-Secretary
will be nominated.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R
Il Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, Z. Sabbath School, 9:00s N. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday p.m.; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday 2 pm.
Strangers welcome 70 all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NlRev. B. F. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II a. N. - pm Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday 2 r. m.
Strangers are cordially invited to all oul
services
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
" Rev. Thomas BslPh, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: IL am
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday Bpm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday oi
each month, Q pm, Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, Q pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: second Saturday each month at the
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

THE police .; L ;land and ireland
have not yet iald th I hands on the as
sassins of tn Secrernry and Under Sec
retary of Ireland. In the meantime Sir
Vernon Han rourt has introduced in Par
lament ne " bill for the suppression OF
crime in Ireland. The Irish Republican
Brotherhood have cabled an address tC
their American brethren approving the
murders OF Cavendish and Burke, the
first word of .con.mendation that has
been heard un either side of the water.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
A cvcroNe struck a school house five

A CYCLONE struck school house five
miles southwest of Lakefield, Minn., on
Monday of last week. The building was
lifted up and scattered over the prairie.
1t was occupied by the teacher and elev-
en- pupils, who were more or less bruis-
ed, three pupils sustaining terrible in
juries. The storm came in the form OF
funnel-shaped cloud, which bounded
along the prairie and passed into Heron
Lake, sucking up water to the height OF
a hundred feet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

In their preparation to move from the
State Hall to the new Capitol, in Alba
ny, the attaches of the Secretary of
States office ran across complete file
of voting tickets cast for President of
the United States from Andrew Jackson
down. They are in an excellent state of
preservation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

A KENTUCKIAN who refused to stop
his loud profanity on the platform Of a
railroad car in Lexington was arrested,
locked up, and subjected to a fine and
costs amounting to Sse.4O. There is
hope for Kentucky, after all.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
Belmont County ohlcial Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran
Clerk of Ceurts-Alex. G. Darran.
Sheriff-Samuel Hilles.
Auditor-William N. Coffiand.
Treasurer-Hamilton Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred Fl. Mitchell
Recorder-W s. Hobbs.
Commissioners-@w Gwen Mehan, Morris Cope,
Nathaniel Taylor - - A2.2 ~ 4
Surveyor-Jsmes Crosgrove.
Coruler-E. B. Kennedy.
Infirmary- Directors-Joseph Bailey, Lew
Jones, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

THE Dayton Journal says there is nc
truth in<the rumor that Gen. r. C
Sehenck is candidate for Congress in
that district. His health prevents his
candidacy, and besides he wouldn't &C.
cept the nomination if rendered him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

A PASSING flock of wild ducks struck
the electric light cluster at the top OF a
high pole in Cleveland the other night,
and three of them were killed.
Five of the lamp globes were broken
and the lamps extinguished.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
JAMES MELLOR, W. M.
JESSE B. MEYER, SecY.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. IL,
y Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
G. W. CARROLL, Fl. P.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a, R. & s. M.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
II. R. BUMGARNER, T. l. NJ.
F. d. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, Z. T.
IL Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. G. w. CARROLL, E. G.
L. L. 5EDwIok, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

NAVAL officers are almost unanimous
in the opinion that it is time now for
the Government TO stop requiring naval
officers to go on those North Pole expe-
ditionS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, John G. Whittier, Wm. D.
Howells, and other prominent gentle
men have been Incorporated AS the
Longfellow Memorial Association.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
GEN. CBALMERs, who has Just lost

GEN. CHALMERS, who has just lost his
seat in Congress, is terribly indignant
at his treatment by his Democratic col
leagues, and it is said is going home to
Mississippi, to organize an opposition
party after the style Of Malone in Vir-
ginia.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

THE action of President Arthur in
signing the modified Chinese bill has
been received in California with great
satisfaction.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

THE Elections Committee of the
House has adopted a report favoring the
seating of Lowe, Independent, from AL
ALBANIA, in Wheeler, Democrat, frem AL
ALBANIA.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

THE Society of the Army of the Ter
nessee has appointed committee to
consider the feasibility of holding the
reunion of 1884 in Yellowstone Park.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

THE Malone men expect to gather in
at least six of the ten Congressman from
the present districts of Virginia.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

THE Brewers Convention at Washing
ten will band together in opposing any
party supporting prohibitory laws.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

TIE genial Democracy is laying plans
to somehow buy, beg, borrow or steal
the next House of Representatives
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

THE German NJ. E. Conference, in seS-
sion at Columbus, has emphatically ap-
proved the Smith and Pond laws.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

Iowa is to vote on a prohibitory
amendment to her Constitution on the
9th of June.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

"The public" says the snappy WASH
ington Post, "need not congratulate
itself upon an early adjournment OF
Congress. No such programme Is down
in the bills"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18

A huge oak tree in the burial ground
MT Frederica, Ga, under which Wesley
preached, is still standing, though 1t Is
decaying rapidly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-05-18
Goodbye, Proud World.
BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
Written in 1882.

Written in 1882.
Goodbye, proud world I'm going home ;
Thou art not my friend; am not
thine,
Too long through weary crowds 1 roam
A river ark on the ocean brine;
ToO'long am tossed like the driven
foam;
But now, proud world. 1 am going
home;
Goodbye to Flattery's frowning face,
To Grandeur with his wild grimace;
To upstart Wealth's averted eye,
To supple Office, low and high;
To crowded halls, to court ard street,
To frozen hearts and hasting feet:
To those who go and those who come,
Goodbye, proud world, I'm going home.
go to seek my own hearthstone,
Bosomed in yOn green hills alone,
A secret lodge in a pleasant land,
Whose groves the frolic fairies planned,
Where arches green the livelong day
Echo the blackbird's roundelay.
And evil men have never Jrod
A spot that is sacred to thought and
God.
Oh, when 1 am safe in my sylvan home,
mock at the pride of Greece and Rome
And when l ana stretched beneath the
pines.
Where the evening star so holy shines,
l laugh at the lore and pride of man.
At the sophist schools, and the learned
clan;
For what are they all in their high
conceit,
When man in the bush with God may
meet