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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-29
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.

A creditor can not lawfully pay him
self with the debtors money without
the debtors consent, either expressed or
implied, and when the debtor delivers
him money for purpose which mega
tive's the idea Of payment, the creditors
control Is limited to the purpose de-
clared. Payment implies Q voluntary
act of the debtor, looking to the salts
faction in whole or In part Of the de-
mand against him. In the case before
the court there was no such act what
ever What was done by the defendant
was directly in violation Of the orders Of
the plaintiff, who did not contemplate
or desire any such payment. Detroit,
Hillsdale q Southwestern Railroad Com
pany vs.. Smith, Supreme Court Of Mich
igan.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-29
CORPORATION.

Where a corporation is formed and
purchases the business and assets of q
lrm, the members of which compose the
corporation In part, which business is
conducted as before the dissolution Of
the partnership, and the corporation. as
a part Of the consideration for tho
property and assets OF the firm, as
sumes Its debts and liabilities, the
promise to pay such debts IL founded
on a sufficient consideration, and a
creditor Of the firm may maintain an
action for his debt against such cor
poration, especially when It still cone
tinues him in the same employment Out
Of which the debt was incurred. -,
Shober & Carqueville Lithographing
Company VS.. Kerting, Supreme Court Of
Illinois.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-29

The telephone has been success
fully used in France to communicate
between vessel being towed and one
towing. The wire was carried along
one of the hawsers, and the circuit was
completed through the copper on the
bottom of the ships and the water. Con.
Yersation was carried on distinctly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-29

Mining has ceased to be the leading
industry of California. Her surplus
yield of wheat amounts to $40,O00,O0O
this year, and her other grains, fruit,
dairy products and meat to $50, 900, 900
more. Chicago Inter Ocean,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-29
NUMBER 80.
COMMERCIAL LAW.
Brief DiWests OF Late Decisions.
Compiled Specially for the ST. Louis CONNER
cial Gaxette.l
PASSENGER TICKET.

PASSENGER TICKET.
A person purchased round-trip
ticket from Mobile to Niagara Falls and
return, and signed contract printed
on the ticket that the return part Of the
ticket must be stamped and the passen-
gers signature witnessed for identif-
cation at Niagara before it should be
honored for passage. In an action by
the passenger against the railroad COM
pany for damages for being elected ON
his return trip on account Of refusing
to pay his fare (the return ticket not
having been witnessed for identification
according to the contract il was held
that under the circumstances the pas
senger could have no recovery. In the
absence of any evidence Of waiver. or
That tho passenger had no opportunity
to know the terms of the contract when
he signed II, such an agreement as that
set forth was binding. Also, that where
the contract was made by the agent Of
line of connecting roads, the waiver
Of its terms by one Of the roads would
not bind tho others, and that railroad
passenger conductor Is not general
agent of the road, nor authorized to
waive the terms of written contract
such as that referred to.--Cloud VS.. st.
Louis, Iron Mountain Il Southern Rail-
road Company, ST. Louis Court Of APP
peals.
HOMESTEAD AND HUSBAND AND WIFE.
The question Of homestead rights can
not be raised between husband and
wife. That can arise alone between
husband and wife against creditors or
purchasers. AS a general rule the house
Of the husband, so long as they live to-
gether, Is the house Of tho wife, and
when that relation terminates their le-
gal status is that Of strangers. When u
homestead Is owned by q husband and
wife as tenants In common, and a d.
vorce is had, the family relation ceases,
and neither is the head of the family,
and each is entitled to possession Of his
and her respective half, like other ten
ants In common. But the wife will be
entitled to have his half sold In satisfac-
ton of judgment In her favor for ALE
mony.-Greenma VS.. Greenman, Su-
preme Court Of Illinois,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

CHIEF JUSTICE CHAsEin in his boyhoOd
gave little promise Of his future career.
He was near-sighted, had bad impedi-
ment in his speech, and was stoop-
shouldered, shambling and slouchy in
his appearance and gait. Owing to the
death of his father and the poverty of
his mother he was adopted by his uncle,
Bishop Chase, of Ohio. The Cleveland
Leader tells the fol owing amusing sto-
ry of his early llle:
One day the bishop went away on one
of his trips into the diocese, and told
Salmon to quit school early enough in
the afternoon to kill and dress a pig.
The young man had never done any
thing Of the kind, but he knew that he
must first catch the pig. He did this
after great trouble, and finally killedit.
But now the question arose how he
should get the hair off. He had heard
that the farmers usually scalded hogs,
and so he heated a lot of water and
soused the pig in. but he held the pig-iu
too long, and the water was too hot, so
that the hair was simply sci, and would
not como out at all. The future iurjst
aug away with his nHgerS -unrn yrIsy
were raw. but to no effect He finally
bethought himself of the bishops razor,
and getting it, shaved the pig from Lose
to tail. Every one congratulated him
upon the good job he had done, but
when the bishop next tried to shave
himself he came as near as bishops ever
do to using profane language.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19
The Potter.

| watched potter at his wheel one day,
For he was making pitchers out of clay.
The feet Of beggars and the heads of
kings,
Dust, blown from old, dead cities. far
away.
Not Heaven itself more splendid is and
high
Than was this palace, when its kings
went by,
Race after race. The turtle sits here now.
Where? where !? she cries. But there
is no reply.
They who endowed with wisdom are,
like light,
Torches, to guide their followers feet
Alright,
They have not taken yet one step beyond
This night of fmystery-this awful Night.
Speak of these wise ones, then. with
bated breath;
The most that of the wisest Wisdom
saith,
Is: They bequeathed you fables, nothing
more,
Before returning to the sleep of death.
The great wheel of the Heavens will
still go round,
When you and 1, my friend, are under
ground;
AT once creating life, conspiring death,
With Death and Life inexorably bound.
Come sit upon the grass, and drink your
wine,
And quickly, while the suns of Summer
shine;
For other grass than that you sit upon
Will soon be springing from your dust
and mine. -,.
When you and 1 are gone, for we must
go,
They will raise bricks above US, and l
know
That other bricks for other tomes than
ours
Will out of US be nodded, Be it so.
| do not fear the world. l do not fear
The leaving it, though 7 confess it dear
We should fear nothing but not living
we'll
In the only life and world we know of,
Here.
But, come my friend, since we must pass
away,
Since all We are goes back again to clay,
What does it matter whether we remain
A hundred years or but single day?
Be it our care, since pitchers we bagan,
To hold the hearts good wine long as
we can,
Before the potter molds our dust again
Into new shapes that are no longer Man.
Richard Henry Stoddard, in n. Y.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19
An Alphabetical Romance.

A is the Angel all blushes and smiles;
is the Beau in the latest of styles;
G is the Counting with Candies and
Cream;
DIS the Devotion displayed in theDrsam ;
Els the Engagement-Enchanting of
course;
F is the Father opposing BY force;
G is the Groom rushing blind to his fate !;
Fl is the Honeymoon; Husband elate.
L is the Infant with collie at night;
] is the Joy of parents at sight;
K is the knowledge that always comes
late.
L is the Love that Is turning to hate;
NJ is the Mother-in-law who appears;
N is her Nerve which tho son-in-law
fears;
O's the Obedience which he must show; (;
P is this Picture presented Of woe.
@ is the Qusrrels tween husband and
wife;
R is the Rsins that he breaks in the
strife;
S Separation and Sorrow we see;
T is the Transport Of husband now free;
U is his Union anew with bride;
V is the Vixen he finds by his side.
W's Wishing for freedom again;
Y is Experience purchased with pain;
Y is the Yielding once more to the Y oke;
z is the Zany who laughs at the joke;
&
H. c. Dodge in Norristown Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19
School Teaching Fnllies.

Far beyond any text book for use in
the schools is method of education that
will train child to use all it's faculties,
to express itself correctly, to think clearly,
and to observe for itself. This teaching
cannot be left for the finishing touches of
the high and grammar schools. 1t must
be put in before the age of ten. 1t must
begin with the youngest class. That child
is much better fitted to make its way in
the world who can frame a sentence in
reply to question, or can describe plain
ly what it sees, or what it likes best to do
on Saturday holiday, than if it had all
the cut and dried questions of the text
book, or even the more deceptive fOrmu-
la of an oral drill, by heart or to order.
Words and things are .he two pillars of
the school edefice; yet, instead of intelli-
gent use of words and the observant
knowledge of things, too much of the
precious early school time is wasted in
the absurd memOriZing of rules, which
are neither words nor things in the true
educational sense. We are sure that the
teachers of our public schools, who have
been too long hamptred by the old ideas
that rules" grammar rules, arithmetic
rules, spelling rules, phonetic rules, etc,
are the first and essential lessons for the
eager young intelligence or the dull vacu-
ity of a backward" child, will gladly well
come hew order of things-we are con-
fident that general order which allows
each teacher the freedom of her class will
be most grateful to all who have interest
and enthusiasm in their calling. -Phila.
Record
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

Mr.. FRANK WILKEsON, who has been
making for the New York Sun. for
many months past, an exhaustive inves-
tigation into the social, political and
industrial condition of the Southern
States, is of the opinion thai the Gotten
manufacturing industry has, through
skillful management and the improve
ment of every natural advantage, reach
ed point where it can not only defy
the competition of the products of
Northern mills in Southern markets,
but now enters the markets of the West
with every prospect of driving the pro-
ducts Of the New EBgland mills out of
the Mississippi valley" The coloreo
population constitute the field hands,
the mills being run exclusively by white
labor. The white operatives are paid
low wages because the cost of living 1t
the South is low, and the wearing appa-
rel is largely the product of the coun-
try, and is correspondingly cheap ard
Is not required to be of that heavy text
ure which is demanded by the rigorous
winter climate of the Eastern States.
Mr.. Wilkeson says: "In 1880 1919 op-
eratives were employed in Southern cot
ton mills. They were paid 517,347,
or an average of $3.50 each. During the
same year the Massachusetts operatives
were paid $3.50, and those of Main $251
each. The Northern operatives receiv
ed an average sum of $s5 per year more
than those employed in the Southern
mills. There is doom in these figures"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

Every man and boy in the land carries
4 pOcketbook. Let them cut out the few
facts given below, and put the slip right
on the top Of his money, where his eye
will rest upon them the moment ne
opens his pockstbeok. 1t will save his
money. close up the mock auction stores
and extsrminats swindlers and conf :
dence men:
II you want to buy goods Of any de-
scriptiOn 60 to known and reputable
dealer.
The man who tells of misfortune and
wants to borrow money of you, with or
without security, is lying cheat, and
his security is worthless.
The man who tempts you to bet on
any game, is gambler and blackleg
who will rob you of your money Is sure
AS you stake it.
The stranger who wants to borrow
money Of you, no matter what the story
he tells, or the security he offers. Is .
confidence man who lives by sWindling
such rs you
The man who bsgs Of you is lazy
vsgabond. The city takes care OF its
deserving poor.
The man who seeks to lure you into
houses of infamy is = thug who would
murder you for what you have in your
pocket.
The young woman who looks at yoa
so coyly, or speaks to you as . stranger,
is the companion Of the thug. Shun ker
as you would pestilenee.
Give no money to any one without
fair equivalent Detroit Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

TELEGRAPH poles cost about 81 each /;
the wire stretched on them costs about
a running foot; the insulators cost two
and half cents each by the hundred
for light wires, and seven to eight cents
for heavy wires. With these figures
anybody can figure out the cost of put
ting up telegraph line, adding the cost
of labor. OF course it is much cheaper
to string wires above ground. and that
is the reason telegraph and telephone
companies oppose the underground sys-
tenn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

NITRO o-GLYCERINE, says the New
York Tribune, dangerous explosive
itself, is a material from which dyna.
mite can be readily produced. Hart
mann is currently reported to have OBJ
tanned the dynamite used by him in
Russia by manufacturing it from nitro
glycerine and sugar; and q convepient
substitute for sugar has been found IN
pulverizsd wood or paper. The ordinary
dynamite which is manufactured IN Eu-
rope is peculiar. spongy clay, impreg-
mated with Hitro-glycerine end moulded
into cartridges of moderate size. There
are, however, artificial processes of pro-
ducing it on small scale which are not
attended with great danger. With an
adequate supply Of nitro-glycerine, dyna-
mite cad be rapidly and conveniently
obtained. The discovery, therefore, of a
nitro-glycerine factory, operated with
considerable skill and in absolute secre-
cy, implies a systematic attempt on the
part of Irish conspirstors and despera-
does to make their own explosives and
to avoid the risks of purchasing them in
England and the uncertainties of ship
ping them from Germany, France or
America.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19
POISONOUS PLANTS.
Some Information as te Common In
habitants Of Fields aad Gardens

There are many plants whose leaves,
flowers and seeds contain virulent poi
sons, which every one should know, 80
as to avoid them and keep children from
them.
Buttercups possess poisonous prop-
erty which disappears when the flowers
are dried in hay; No COW will feed upon
them while In blossom. So caustic are
the petals, that they will sometimes in
flame the skin Of tender fingers. Every
child should be cautioned against eating
them; indeed, it is desirable to caution
children about tasting the petals Of any
lower, or putting leaves into thsir
mouths, except those known to be harm
less
The oleander contains deadly poison
in its leaves and flowers, and Is said to
be dangerous plant for the parlor or
dining room. The flower and berries Of
the wild briony possess q powerful pur-
gativs; and the red berries, which at
tract children, have proved fatal. The
seeds OF the laburnum and eatalps trees
should be kept from children; and there
is poisonous property in their bark.
The seeds of the yellow and of the
rough podded vetchss will pl Oduee nau-
sea and severe headache.
Fools parsley has tuberous roots
which have been mistaken for turnips,
and produced fatal effect an hour after
they were eaten.
Meadow hemlock Is said to be the
hemlock which Socrates drank; IL kills
by its intense action upon the nerves,
producing complete inssnsibility and
palsy Of the arms and legs, and is q
most dangerous drug except in skiIlful
hands. In August it is found in every
field, by ssashore and near mountain
tops, in full bloom. and ladies and chil-
drsn gather its large clusters of tiny
white flowers in quantities, without the
least idea of their poisonous qualities.
The water hemlOck, or cow-bane, re-
senbles parsnips, and has BEEN eaten
for them with deadly effects.
The water dropwort resembles celery
when not in flower, and its roots are
also similar to those of the parsnip. but
they contain virulent poison, produc-
ing convulsions which end in death in q
short time. The 6ne-leaved wster-drOp-
wort and the common dropwort are also
dangerous weeds.
The bulbs Of the daffodil were once
for leeks and boiled in soup,
with very disastrous effects. making the
whole household intensely naussatsd,
and the children did not recover from
their effects for several days.-lCountry
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

THE Steubenyille Gazette (Dem.) says
Legislature builded wisely in its liquor
amendments to the Constitution, not
withstanding adverse criticism, no mat
ter from what source. We will have
more to say on the subject hereafter, but
now take this means of uttering our ap-
probation of the measure which gives
an opportunity for intelligent expression
of opinion by the voter after six months
free discussion Of d subject that no party
can keep down. When we say free
discussion" it is only safe prediction
of what will necessarily come. More
over, it will be demonstrated that it will
be the overpowering issue of the cam
paign, should the Democrats allow them
selves to be so far torn from the ground
moorlngs Of Democracy as to make an
authoritative declaration against what
is asked by all classes of people in the
State, inclusive of large number of
liquor dealers-the power to regulate
the liquor traffic,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

AMERICAN wheat growers would
scarcely expect rivalry from the farmers
of Hindostan, but the latter now pre-
sent new factor in the food problem of
the world which may operate to keep
down the price of American wheat. For
some time the India railroad companies
have been blind to the wisdom of reduc-
ing the cost of transportation to the low
est paying rate to attract business. but
now such concessions have been made
as to open to Hindostan the English
market by way of the Suez Canal. The
new supply may interfere with prices so
far as they are controlled by English de-
mand, but the outlook is by no means
cheerless for the farmer, in view of the
enormous increase at home, and the
growing demand for Indian corn caused
by the high prices in the meat markets.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

BREEDING YOUNG EwEs.-Ths prac-
tice of breeding ysarling ewes in the fall
following their first clip is becoming
too prevalent. 1t dwarfs the growth,
enfeebles the constitution and reduces
the weight of the fleece; and the chance
of raising feeble lamb is but poor re-
turn for the certain injury done to the
flock. When a young eve produces a
lamb, it is far better to put it on ma
ture eve, which may have lost her own
lamb. because it Injuries young eve
more to raise than to produce lamb;
she may outgrow the effect of giving
birth, but can not supply the waste re-
sulting from nourishing her offspring.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

ThE multitude of invalids who 90 to
Florida have an eye to business aswell
as to health, and it is their inyestnent
of capital, Principally, that is dev,lop-
ing the resources of the State. RailDads
are extending in all directions. Anew
line to New Orleans, following the
coast. has just been completed. Anther
from Jacksonville to st. Augustineis in
process of construction. Two line are
pushing sonth toward Tampa Bay. Two
more are looking toward the Idian
River. Still another scheme, contolled
by Gen. Gordon of Georgia, is for ;rail-
road from Jacksonville to the exreme
southern end of the peninsula. The
Okeechobee Drainage Com pany isnak-
ing progress with its undertaking and
is perfectly confident of reclaiminah un-
dreds OF thousands of acres adaptd to
sugar culture. The orange interst is
also rapidly increasing. In Oange
county are thousands of young goves,
from Ave to 125 acres in extent, i5t be.
ginning to bear.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-04-19

The boys have come, Dot said Tom
giving her a hssty kiss. Now remsm
ber not to worry. It's coming out all
right
Dot sat long time on the hay.
Tom always thinks everything is 60
ing to come out all right she said, de-
termined TO be miserable. i just know
lie thinks DR.. Cogswen isn't going to
charge, but he is, for here's one bill, and
he's probably got another all ready.
He could just as well not charge
she went on. for Edith Olcott told me
he was ever'n ever 50 rich, and that he's
gut house in the city even prettier
than this. How could one be 2 she won
0ered. How could any room be lovelier
than the one Mrs. Crane took Edith and
me into the other day? The little one
with the window looking out on this
lake, and the little bed with curtains
and everything blue. carpet and all. DIR.
COgswell calls it his little sisters room.
and she's coming in the spring. Tom
Just wanted to comfort me. He doesn't
hnow how hard they're workin' and
cryin''
That night Dot added to her prayer
the words: %, 'Gsd, please don't let it bs
moro than we can pay
Let what q askei mamma.
The doctors BILL whispered Dot.
The young doctor must have heard of
it in some way, for he happened in the
next morning after breakfast, and the
first thing he said was:
I'm going to have my bill settled to-
day, little Miss Dot as with quite u
grave face he took out his memoranda.
Now, how much should you think it
would come TOP
'Hundredsr said poor little Dot, faint
ly.
we want to be business like said DIR.
Cogswell; suppose you get your slate
and figure it,
Dot ran. He isn't going to let US off
penny she moaned.
Now, let's do little sum in arithma-
tic said the doctor. What does II stand
for?'
One thousand said staggered little
Dot, pushing the crochet work way
down in her pocket.
Very good said the doctor. Now,
what does C stand forP'
One hundred said Dot, trying to be
brave
Him. coughed DIR. Cogswell. Now,
can you think of anything else they
might stand for?'
No, SIR said Dot.
why, yes you can, Dot cried Donald,
who had just been wheeled into the
room. M. C. ? clapping his hands. why.
Merry Christmas, don't you seeT'
Dot smiled.
Then there isn't any bill?' she asked
Tom.
Nary a BILL said Tom; but can't you
think Of anything else the letters might
stand for?'
No. said happy, stupid little Dot.
L can, cried Don, catching sight of
some glances being exchanged. and Mar
gie's pretty checks aglow, 'Margie Cogs-
WELL --,-------
Dot had to submit to good deal of
teasing, bat she was very happy not
withstsnding, and wrote in her diary
that night, in such big letters that she
went right over two or three of the fol-
lowing days:
The doctor wasn't coming to see Don
ME after all, and there wasn't any bill.
| am going to be bridesmaid, and wear
white. There isn't any little sister but
me, and I'm going to have the little blue
room whenever / want to 90 there to
yisit-St Nicholas