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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-08-08
The Strikers.-TheW w. U. Co. and
Exchange Men.

CHICAGO, August 3-The reported
grand movement on the part of the
operators that was talked about SO
much yesterday, has SO far failed to
materialize. The men continue to
shake their heads ominously when
spoken to about it and say it may be
made at any moment. Each and
every one of them profess the
profOundest ignorance as to the
nature of the blow about to be
dealt, but it is emphatically asserted
by ali that when it is given it will
preclude all possibility of a further
continuance of the strike. It is gen.
orally believed that some sort of a
plan is on foot to induce the plug
operators to stop work and force the
Western Union into offering double
and triple Ithe wages now being
paid in order to secure men.
The feeling among the strk-
ers is very bitter against
the men who renounced the Brother
hood yesterday and returned to work.
Members of the board of trade are be-
ginning to get exasperated over the
existing state of affairs. 1T may be
a fact, said one of them TO- o-day, s'that
the Western Union is coming around
gradually. Here we are injured and
annoyed for want of prompt tele-
graphic communication, and now we
are told that the company will soon
be on it's feet again. We don't want
it "soon," we want it aoao. We can't
afford to wait for months, or weeks,
or even days, and unless some sort of
settlement is made presently, there
is going to be mighty big kick, and
don't you forget it,"
Superintendent ClOwry, of the
Western Union, has furnished the
following card:
New YORK, Aug. 3.-R. c. Clary,
General superintendent OF Western
Union Telegraph Company: Six more
operators came in from the New Y Ork
strikers to day, making twenty-six in
all here, and over one hundred have
returned since the strike in this divi-
sion Reports of further withdraw
ais from our forces in any direction
are false, as are all the sensational re-
ports daily circulated through the
channels of the strikers.
CHARLES A. TINKER,
General Supt.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08
A Wealthy Senate.

There will be few poor men in the
United States Senate this session. l
have heard Fair of Nevada put down at
S50,000,000, and Jones of the same state
is literally worth his weight IN gold.
Van Wyck of Nebraska has lately built
an elegant house here, and he has wheat
farms in his own state running into the
thousands of acres. Tom Bowen, the
new senator from Colorado, is worth
S2,000,0O0. Joe Brown of Georgia, S4,-
100000, and Don Cameron somewhere
between the two. Senator Mcpherson
has dairy farm of 1000 acres in New
Jersey, and Malone has made his ST.
100000 in Virginia railroading. How
much John Sherman is worth l do not
know, but have an idea that it runs
pretty high up into The hundreds of
thousands. A Washington paper is my
authority that he made 100000 here
this year in Washington real estate, and
he has house on Franklin park which
would bring $4,000 under the auction
eer's hammer, if it were put up to-day.
Plumb of Kansas has made a fortune in
mines; Sawyer of Wisconsin is wealthy
through lumber speculation, and Tom
Bayard of Delaware has saved 100000
by investing his salary after the advice
of ex-senator Henry G. Davis of West
Virginia. [Carp, in the Cleveland
Leader.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

THE New York Herald devotes the
best part of page to an illustrated de-
scription of the proposed Jordan Canal.
The plan is to flood the low ground of
the Jordan Valley and about the Dead
Sea. 1t is a plan that has been talked
of for twenty years. A channel twenty
five miles long is TO connect the Mediter-
ranean with the long depression fol-
lowed by the Jordan, which is 1900 feet
lower than the sea level. A second
channel, forty miles in length, IS to con-
meet the Dead Sea with the
Gulf of Akobah. The water from the
two seas, flowing through these chan
nels, will fill the Jordan depression and
form an excellent waterway that would
generally be preferred to the Suez Canal.
1t will require three hundred and twen-
ty- five cubic miles of water to fill the
depression, which it is estimated, it
will require nine or ten months to run
through the proposed channels. The
cost is estimated at S65,00O,O00. A corps
of Royal British engineers have spent
six months in making the surveys. The
scheme has important political and re-
ligious as well as commercial objects
Six noted Scriptural sites will be inun.
dated.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

THERE are those who entertain hopes
that the fabled Atlantis will yet be
found at the bottom of the Atlantic
Ocean. In laying the cable between the
Madeira Islands and Lisbon, a sudden
change in the depth of the sea from
$4,000 feet to $50 feet was encountered,
and within a few weeks the French ex
ploring steamer Talisman, which is now
investigating the part of the Atlantic's
depths which must hide the lost conti-
nent, if it is indeed sunk at the bottom
of the sea, found another great bank of
mysterious form and characteristics.
If these neigboring banks prove to be
cut off by very deep water from all land,
a close examination of their nature will
be of great interest.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

spelling-bOok and the ballot" At the
close of his speech resolutions were
adopted renewing allegiance to the Re-
publican party that liberty, justice and
equality are denied the colOred people
in the Democratic States of the South
where they vote in opposition to the
ideas of that party; that the Democratic
party is held responsible for this state
of affairs; that the accession to power of
the Democratic party North, with its
allies in the South, menaces the rights
and freedom of the colOred people of the
Nation. The last resolution adopted
was as follows:
Resolved, That our united vote be
cast for the Republican party and its
principles, and that We remain united
for that party until our rights are ac-
knowledged by the Democratic party
North and South.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

Beecher On TemDerance.

Henry Ward Beecher preached a ser
mon in his church on a recent Sunday
evening on temperance, in which he
took the ground that mans judgment
must be convinced and a sentiment
thereby created in order to enforce
laws.
"He spoke of the great advance which
the country had made in habits of tenn
perance since the advent of the first re-
formed drunkard movement, which be-
gan in Baltimore. Before that, be said,
there was wine on every sideboard, and
not to invite guest to drink was an in
dication of stinginess or of discourtesy.
But now,' he continued, nobody thinks
of asking minister to drink, and the
phrase, What will you take !? is Danish
ed to the hotel or the bar-room.'
"'Take the whole of society, however,
and there is gain immeasurable. The
moral effort is the ground on which all
otherefforts are based. 1t is the reser-
voir to supply all labor; it is the con
viction of the individual judgment, his
moral sense and his will enlightened
and directed. You have got to have
the consent of mankind, or you can not
coerce them. To attempt to do by law
what you cannot consent to do by 1.-THE
moral sense is to attempt to carry on
manufacturing without any water in the
water Wheel"
In regard to prohibition he said:
"The prohibitory law of Maine was
spoken of, but said he, if you suppose
that there is no liquor drank in Maine
you will make mistake. As to Kansas,
have just come from there, and was
told that the sale of liquor had increased
since they had stopped licensing saloons.
Iowa has passed a constitutional amend
ment, and we should have to wait to see
what fruit that tree produces. Ohio has
made great effort in favor of pTohibi-
tion, and has turned the State over to
the Democratic party. 1t is good party,
made of very noble men, but l have
never heard that it was a temperance
party. You might as well put pro-
vision into the Constitution against
total depravity as against the manufac-
ture and sale of liquor. Get the sense
of community behind law and it
will stand, otherwise it will not. 1t is
for you and for me to cease blaming
others and go to work ourselves
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08
The Sage and the MOurners

A Sage, was on his weary journey to
Wisconsin, came upon crowd one day
and observed general sadness on all
faces:
why this gloom?" queried the old
man, as he laid down his bundle and
felt for the front end of his plug of to-
baccO.
"Oh, Sage, we mourn the death of a
good man, was the reply.
"Was he honored?"
HE was"
sober. upright, charitable, and given
to peace?"
HE was"
"Who of you praised and encouraged
him in life?" asked the old man, rs he
looked around him.
A hush fell upon the crowd, and no
one replied.
Praise that comes after death" whis-
pered the Sage. does not even cut down
the undertaker's bills. Better squander
your time saving wood for his widow.
MORAL:
The widow will be expected to take in
plain sewing to support herself.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS
1883 'sf-Belmont Co., Ohio.

Third Saturday of September. at st. Clairsville.
Third Saturday of October st Bellsire.
Third Saturday of November, at Belmont.
Third Saturday OF December, al st Clairsville
RULES.
Examinations begin at o'clock a. m.
Testimonials of character are required II
applicant is not known TO the Beard
Certificates will not be antedated nor ex~
tended.
Tests in the higher branches will be given
at close of Institute ONLY.
Certificates will be dated and issued by the
Board in adjourned session on Saturday folS
lowing each examination.
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFICATEs.
A first-class Is years') certificate is granted
upon average OF 80 per cent. including three
higher branches, provided applicant has had
three years continuous experience, EIGHTEEN
MONTHS of which shall have been in the same
school.
A second-class g yearsG certificate is grant-
ed upon an average of 80 per cent. including
three higher branches provided applicant has
had three years experience in teaching.
4 third-class q years) certificate is granted
uJ'On an average Of 81 per cent. Including one
higher branch. provided applicant has had
one years experience in teaching.
A fourth-class Il year. certificate is granted
upon an average OF ~ per cent. provided ap-
pncant he's had one terms experience In
teaching, or takes three higher branches
A ffth-class 10 months) certificate is granted
upon an average Of go per cent. where applI~
cant has had no experience in teaching or no
higher branches are taken
No certificate is granted unless the applicant
answers 30 per cent. of the questions in each
branch.
+: !: ALEkAAgEn' 4 fhARk, Board of E1.
]. A. HENDERSON,
9~6 ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

MATTHEW ARNOLD. read bis lecture,
in New York. Slight shortsightedness
compelled him to mold the manuscript
close to his eyes, and the light On the
desk was such that few could read by it
easily. A feeling of disappointment
came over the audience when they dis
covered that Mr.. Arnold's voice was
scarcely audible half way down the hall.
more especially as they could perceive
that those who did hear were highly
gratified. His style is academical, and,
though his enunciation is clear, be has
the common defect of the English cler
gy, among whom he was educated-the
habit of dropping his voice at the close
of sentence, which rendered it maud
ible. II required the closest attention
of the most fortunate listeners to hear
all he said, while those at the fartbest
end of the hall could scarcely hear at
ALL
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

my kitty and poor old Biddy. Oh, dear!
my neck and my shoulders hurt"
That's mammal she cried. stand
Ing npl On, mamma, you'll Eurt your
self ~
But mamma met Pearl at the very
edge of the water, and led her to the
house whose friendly doors had been
opened to them. Doctors have talked
lOarnedly about such cases-about will
power, nerve force, and other things
hard to understand. All can tell about
1t IS that great excitement and some
very serious thinking had worked won
dertul change in Pearls mother.
She now looked out at the house and
saw the water pouring in at the win
dow from which the idol of her Eeart
had just been rescued. With arms tight
about her, she said:
He has taken care of us, Pearl, better
than we could have Sidney
Dayre, in Harper's Young People.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08
His Mothers Songs.

Beneath the hot midsummer's sun
The men had marched all day;
And now beside a ripping stream
Upon the grass they lay.
firing of games and idle jests,
As swept the hours along,
They called to one who muSed apart,
Come, friend, give us "a song"
81 fear l cannot please" he said;
The only songs know
Are those my mother used to sing
For me, long years ago"
Sing one of those" a rough voice cried,
There's none but true men here;
To every mothers son of us,
A mothers songs are dear"
Then sweetly rose the singers voice
Amid unwonted calm.
Am | soldier of the Cross,
\ follower of the Lamb?
And shall 1 fear to own His cause"
The very stream was Stilled,
And hearts that never throbbed with fear
With tender thoughts were filled.
Ended the song the singer said,
As to his feet he rose,
Thanks to you all, my friends, good night,
God grant us sweet repose."
Sing us one more" the captain begged;
The soldier bent his head,
Then glancing round with smiling lips
You'll join with me-" he said.
"WeIl sing this old familiar air,
Sweet as the bugle call,
"' All hail the power of Jesus name,
Let angels prOstrate fall"
All wOndrous was the old tunes spell
AS the singer sang;
Man after man fell into line,
And loud the voices rang.
The songs are done, the camp is still,
Naught but the stream is heard;
But an! the depths of every soul
By those old hymns are stirred.
And upfrom many bearded lip,
In whispers soft and low,
Rises the prayer the mother taught
The boy long years ago Mrs. E. V.
Wilson, in Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08
Know ThYself.

The average weight of an adult is 40
lbs. 6 OF.
The average weight of skeleton is
about IA lbs. Number of bones, 24O.
The skeleton measures one inch less
than the height of the living man.
The average weight of the brain of
man is 81 lbs; of woman, 2 lbs. IL
ounces.
The brain of man exceeds twice that
of any other animal. a
The average height Of an Englishman
is feet inches; of a Frencbman, 5
feet inches, and of Belgian, feet
64 inches.
The average number of teeth is 50.
A man breathes about 20 times in
minute, or 1,20O times in an hour.
A man breathes about is pints of air
in minute, or upward of Z hogsheads d
day.
A man gives off 4.OS per cent of car
bonic gas. of the air he respires; respires
1866 cubic feet of carbonic acid gas in
"a hours; consumes 10000 cubic feet of
oxygen in "a hours, equal to 1875 cubic
inches of common air.
A man annually contributes to vegeta-
tion 124 lbs. of carbon.
The average of the pulse in infancy is
120 per minute; in manhood, so; at 60
years, 60. The pulse of females is more
frequent than that of males.
The weight of the circulating blood is
acOut 2S lbs.
The heaat beats 70 times minute;
sends nearly 10 pounds of blood through
the veins and arteries each beat; makes
beats while we breathe once.
Five hundred and forty pounds, or
one hogsnead one and one-fourth pints
of blood pass through the heart in one
hour.
Twelve Thousand pound, or "a hogs
heads 4 gallons, or 10,7S213 pints pass
through the heart in two hours.
One Thousand ounces of blood pass
through the kidneys in one hour.
One hundred and seventy-fve million
holes or cells are in the lungs, which
would cover surface thirty times
greater than the human body.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

A DIVERSITY of opinion exists among
the colored people regarding the ad-
verse decision on the civil rights bill and
its effect on the status of the race On
Monday night the Rev. W. B. Derrick,
of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church in New York. delivered a speech
at the Sullivan street church, in which
he took strong ground in advising his
hearers to remain by the Republican
party. In the course of his speech he
said: "Can you point to one act on the
statute book favoring the negro, placed
there by Democratic votes? When did
the Democratic party ever help us?
Never, reply. If that party should geS
in power its leaders would spell the
name of our race with a small m and
two 'g's.' But we will win our way to
success and prominence by the hoe, the
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

AN exchange asserts that cribbing can
be cured in the following manner: Bore Il
hole on each side of the stall a little in
front of where the fore legs stand. In
sert rawhide, wedge tightly in, and al
low the ends to reach well out toward
the center of the stall. When the horse
paws, he will catch the rawhide with the
foot with which he paws, and in fetching
back the foot the cord of the rawhide hits
him on the other foot. A few expert
ments will convince the horse that paw
ing with one foot always causes punish
ment on the other, and soon the annoying
habit is cured.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08
Gen. Sherman's Report.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-Fhe last an
nual report of General Sherman, in the
hands of the Secretary of War, says the
army consists of 2.143 officers and 23,325
men, the figures being almost identical
with last year. General Sherman con-
siders Crooks Apache campaign sue
cess, and considers if Crook is permit
ted to manage the ApacheS in his own
way, all wars will cease, and Arizona
and the complicated Indian question
will disappear. The subject of military
education is treated at same length, and
the opinion is expressed that the Mill
tary Academy at West Point and the
practical sbhools at Fort Monroe and
Leaven worth are among the best mill
tary schools in the world. TIE Indians
are regarded as substantially elimina-
ted from the problem of the army, and,
while the army and immigration con-
tributed largely to this result, the rail
road which used to follow in the rear
and now goes forward with picket
line in the great battle of civilization
with barbarism has had Il greater influ-
ence. The recent completion of the last
of four great trans-continental lines of
railway settled forever the Indian ques-
ton, the army question and many others
which troubled the country. The Gen
eral regards the building of these roads
as the most important event of modern
times, and believes that they account
fully for the peace, good order and pros
perity of the country.
The recommendation of last year is
renewed, that strategetic points be EN- :
larged and minor places abandoned
The soldier, says General Sherman,
must be treated as a fellow-man. Let
him live in comfort and he will respond
to the call of duty even to death. When
the soldier is employed as carpenter,
mechanic or laborer, it is only fair that
he should be paid for such labor.
No recommendation for the future
are made other than the renewing of
such as were made in former reports.
The opinion, is expressed, however, that
it will be found wise to provide com
mon organization for all arms of the
service and that Congress should pro-
vide for transfer of regiments from re
mote to home sections after fair period
of service. In this connection, particu-
lar attention is called to the case of the
First infantry, which has been on the
Pacific coast fourteen years. The Gen
eral hopes that Congress will not with
hold means of transportation in such
cases, especially now, when the Treasu-
ry is grOaning under the surplus of rev.
enue caused in part by the conduct of
the very men who appeal to them, for
he believes the Army has protected, de-
Tended and encouraged the building of
the trans-continental railways and the
settlement of the great West, which
are the chief causes of the great pros
perity that now bleSses our land.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

The trustees OF the Central Insane
Asylum have elected DR.. Thomas R.
Potter, of Springfield. superintendent of
that institution, vice DR.. H. c. Rutter,
resigned. DR.. Potter is a native OF
Knox county, where he lived until eight
years ago, when he removed to Spring
field. He is Incorporating, well-pre-
served man of sixty-three, and is highly
spoken of as gentleman of character
and good medical and executive ability.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08
Our Money.

The Philadelphia American condenses
the recent statement by the Director of
the Mint touching the amount of gold.
silver and paper money in the country,
as follows:
"The data for an exact statement are,
of course, wanting and could not be OBJ
taiBed. even by a census. Nobody knows
exactly how much gold and silver coin
was in the country in 1860, or how much
is carried cut or in by private persons.
Nobody knows how much paper money
has been destroyed by fire or otherwise,
and cannot be presented for redemption:
1t is known how much gold and silver
have been coined, how much paper
money has been issued by the Treasury
and the banks, and how much bullion
has been exported or imported to pay
balances of trade. The Director believes
that the items stand as follows;
Gold coin .-.......-.... S544,5l2,699
Golp Dulllon..--- 6l,6S3,Sl6
silver com. .---. 2oo,z 80
Silver bullion on........ 5,107,911
Treasury notes. es.. 346.6Sl, ,616
National Bank notes .. 353,342, ,671
Total ........ .. 81, ,546, ,619, ,436
"0f the gold and silver in the Taeasu-
ry, S176,9S5,4S1 are covered by certih- |
Gates, and may be said to circulate in
that FORM But these certificates con-
stitute no net addition to the currency,
from whose amount should be deducted |
also the S66,70I,727 worth of uncoined !
bullion. leaving Il total of S1,479. .S27,7O9
of actual money, of which S779, ,SO4.O22 |
are coin, and S7OO,62S,6S7 are paper
money. Taking our population to be
about ffty-three millions, this gives an
average of about twenty-eight dollars a |
head-not an excessive supply of money |
in comparison with what other countries, |
and notably France, require"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08
Belmont County omcial Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. G. Darrah.
Sheriff-Leroy G. Sedwick.
Auditor-William n. Coffiand.
Treasurer-EdWard l.. Feeley.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred h Mitchell
Recorder-W. s. Hobbs.
Commissioners-0wen Mehan, Morris Cope,
Nathaniel Taylor.
Surveyor-John II. Mitchell
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
Infirmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Lew
Jones, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

THE Rev. John ). Inskeep, the veteran
Methodist reyivSlist, camp-meeting con-
ductor and edit, r of the Christian Stan
dard, was stricken with paralysis week
ago, at his home in Westtown, Pa, and
has since been in precarious condition.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

A TERIE HAUTE dispatch says that
fully one half of the corn crop in the
first bottoms of the Wabash river has
been ruined 10y the freshet. George and
Sarah Ruggles were drowned while try
ing to cross swollen stream.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-08

Governor Butler says that the rights
of the people of Massachusetts have been
circumscribed by laws recently enacted
until it is harder for an elector to ap-
proach a ballot box in Massachusetts
than in any other State in the Union.
He says the Republican party is becom-
ing aristocratic, and is drifting back to
the position of the old Whig party.