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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
Postage and Postal Changes.

On the 1st of October next the new
law redusing letter postage to 2 cents
per half ounce will 60 into effect.
Various other postal changes were
debated by Congress and recommended
by the Postmaster General, but none
passed save the above and one other re-
lating to money orders.
The latter provides for postal notes
at S. or less, for the transmission of
small sums by mail, and good for thirty
days. This will be great convenience
and improvement on the present postal
order system. A person can buy pos
tai note for any amount he desires and
direct it to whoever he chooses, and it
will.be delivered as letters or postal
cards now are, the only difference, we
believe, being that the recipient must
sign receipt.
The next move in the direction Of en-
larging postal facilities will doubtless
be for the use of the telegraph. This
has been debated at every session of
Congress for years, but its interference
with large private interests has called
out formidable opposition. But the
telegraph will become as much a neces-
pity in the course of time as the rail
roads are now.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

COMPLAINTS are new coming in from
many quarters that great deal of corn
is spelling in the crib. This seemed at
first to be only local trouble, but it has
at last become SO general as to he quite
| significant. Much of the grain is entire
ly ruined, while some of it is SO badly
damaged as to be barely fit for feeding
purposes. The reduction of the ayaila-
BILE supply from this cause threatens to
become very serious matter, and may
make corn an exceedingly desirable
market arcle before the crop of 1888 is
cribbed. A danger which should be
carefully avoided just now is that, un-
less care is exercised, grain wholly unfit
for seeding may be laid out for the
springs planting. This is very i'm por-
tant matter, and cannot be looked after
too closely. 1t is now generally under
stoed that imperfect seed had much
to do with the partial failure of the
crop of 1881. Have good seed, even at
greatly enhanced cost. 1t is one of the
best expenditures of money which can
be made at this season. Stockman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
Cheap Railroad Tickets.

The time to go West is when Railroad
tickets are cheap. So we would say to
any one contemplating moving or max
ing trip West, now is the time. for
never in the history of Railroads has
snch low rates been offered to the peo
pie as now by the Baltimore and Ohio
Company. from all points on its Trans
Ohio Divisions. The B. & o. is one of
oldest and most reliable of all roads and
the only line which RUNS through trains
daily, between New York and the Mis-
souri, River, with but one change of
cars, this change is made in day
light and offers the passenger a
magnificent view of the Great Lake and
the City of Chicago.
. No one of course can tell how long
these extremely low rates will last, so
we would advise those wanting to make
trip, to call or write to the agents of
the b. & o. at once, for Rates, either
round trip or single trip.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
Poor Girls.

The poorest girls in the world are
those who have never been taught to
work. There are thousands Of them.
Rich parents have pettsd them; they
have been taught to despise labor, and
to depend upon others for living, and
are perfectly helpless. II misfortune
comes upon their friends. as 1t Orten
does, their case 10 hopeless. Tne most
forlorn and miserable women on earth
belong to this class. 1t belongs to
parents to protect their daughters from
this deplorabe condition. They do them
great wrong if they neglect it. Every
daughter should be taught to earn her
own living. The rich as well as the
poor require this training. The wheel
of fortune rolls swiftly around; the rich
are very likely to become poor, and the
poor rich. Skill to labor Is no disadvan-
tage to the rich, and as Indispensable to
the poor. Well-to do parents fail not to
educate your daughters to work; no re
form is more imperative than this.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

THE exhibit of ornamented plaques
bowls, and vases which is now on its
way from Cincinnati to the art pottery
exhibition to be held in London is the
contribution of the Cincinnati Pottery
Club, composed mostly OF ladies. 1t re-
ceived high praise from local admirers
before being packed, and perhaps will
stimulate the British public to recog-
nize the right of the Ohio metropolis to
the title of the Paris of America. A
city which many Englishmen have as
sociated only with pork packing will
thus be shown to be capable of pottery,
just as foreigners who suppose that
Cincinnati's favorite melody is the
shrek of stuck pig find this city, en-
closer examination, to be great musical
centre.-[N. Y. Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT. LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon
ROBT. M. EATON, W. NJ.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y. -.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
J. b. RYAN, FL. p.
JESSE B. MEYER, Secy. :,
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 54, R. & S. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
II. r. BUMGARNER, t. l. M.
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, K. 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, 1883-03-29
POetical Gems from Emerson.

In that gift for saying things" so
notable in Pope and Tennyson (says E
c. Stedman, in the April Century,, En-
srson is the chief of American poets.
From what other bard have so many
original lines and phrases passed into
literature, coins that do not wear out,
Of standard value, bright and current
gold? 1t is worth while, for the mere
effect, to group some of them together,
and especially those which, appearing
in his first book forty years ago, long
since became constituent part of our
literary thought and expression:
"'Tis the law of bush and stone,
Each can only take bis own"
"The thoughts that be shall think
Shall not be forms of stars, but stars,
For pictures pale, but Jove and Mars"
Hast thou named all the birds without
gun?
Loved the wood rose and left it on its
stalk?" F-a
Heartily know,
When half gods go
The gods arrive"
What is excellent,
As God lives, is permanent;
Hearts are dust, hearts loves remain"
Born for the future, to the future lost"
Not for all his faith can see
Would | that cowled churehman be-"
Not from vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias brought;
Out from the heart Of nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old"
The hand that rounded Peters dome
Wrought in sad sincerity;
Himself from God he could not free;
He builded better than he knew
The conscious stone to beauty grew
Earth proudly wears the Parethenon
As the best gem upon her zone;
And Morning opes with haste her lids,
To gaze upon the Pyramids"
"One accent of the Holy Ghost
The needless world hath never lost"
vi Cbcl Luc VIII
Into calendar months and days"
"Set not thy foot on graves"
"Good bye. proud world I'm going
home"
What are they all, in their high con
ceit,
When man in the bush with God may
meet?'
"-If eyes were made for seeing,
The Beauty is its own excuse for being"
Leave all thy pedant love apart,
God hide The whole world in thy heart.
And conscious Law is King of kings"
to paradise
By the stairway of surprise"
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the
world"
"Great is the art,
Great be the manners, of the bard"
The silent organ loudest chants
The masters requiem"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
1t Never Pays.

1t never pays to fret or growl,
When fortune seems our foe;
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the braver blow.
For luck is work,
And those who shirk
Should not lament their deom;
But yield the play,
And clear the way, ..
That better men have room.
1t never pays to foster pride,
And squander wealth in show;
For friends thus won are sure to run
In times of want and woe.
The noble worth
OF all the earth
Are gems of heart and brain
A conscience clear,
A houshold dear,
And hands without stain.
1t never pays to hate foe
Or cater to friend,
To fawn and whine, much less repine,
Te borrow or to lend.
The faults of men
Are fewer when
Each rows his OVID canoe,
For friends and debts
And pampered pets
UnbOunded mischief brew.
1t never pays to wreck the health
In drudging after gain,
And hei sold who thinks that gold
Is cheaply bought with pain.
A. humble lot.
A cosy cot,
Have tempted even kings,
For station high
That wealth will buy,
Naught of cantentment brings.
1t never pays! A blunt refrain,
Well worthy of a song;
For age and youth must learn this
truth.
That nothing pays that's wrong.
The good and pure
Alone are sure
To bring prolonged successl
While what is right
In Heavens sight
LIS always sure to bless.
Boston Transcript.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
NEWS ITEMS.

Commissioner Dudley states that his
payment for pensions will reach $780,
100000 by July 1.
At Defiance, o., John Soyenfrey, at
work building bridge, fell into the
river was drowned.
Great damage to winter wheat, esti J.
mated at 10 per cent, is reported in the
Chicago Board of Trade.
At Brackettsville, VT, N. Andrado
killed his wife, and fatally wounded
Ambrose Sato, his alleged paramour.
1t is reported from Washington that
people are beginning to think the tariff
bill good thing, when they understand
| it.
Pittsburgh & Ft. Waene R. R. freight
depot, at Bucyrus. o.. burned with sew
eral hundred dollars worth Of freight
Thursday morning.
The Ohio House has concurred in the
Senate resolution renewing the contract
with the Toledo House of Refuge for
$50 criminal boys.
Secretary Folger's physicians advise
that he either resign or leave the work
of the Treasury Department to subordi-
mates for a considerable period.
At Willow Hill. ILL.,, burglars blew
open the safe Of w. F. Mason, and Sc
cured $1,000, most of which was county
taxes. They missed package of S6VO.
The fvs-year old son of Harvey Smith,
Of Connersville. Ind, thrust small shell
in his ear. Doctors used chloroform
and probed. The boy died in six hours.
A Mrs. Weidner, of Madison town
ship, Butler county, swallowed a bee,
receiving sting at the foot of the
tongue. After much suffering she is re-
covering.
The Ohio State Finance Committee
has recommended the passage of bill
requiring persons engaged in trading to
disclose the names of their principals.
Geo. F. Williams, of the New York
Herald staff, is distributing the relief
fund collected by that paper among
Hood sufferers along the banks Of the
Ohio below Cincinnati.
The probable internal receipts for the
present year, from statement prepared
by Commissioner Raum, will be $780,
100000 Last year the revenue amount
ed to Sl46, 100000.
1t is reported from Jacksonville, Fla,
that Gen. John B. Gordon is to be re-
elected to the Senate from that State,
and that his previous resignation was
the result of bargain and sale.
The reason for the discontinuance of
the 81 per cent. bonds for the per
cents is simply for the convenience Vf
the transaction of routine business of
the Treasury Department.
Hon. Benz. Butterworth will be ap-
pointed by the President one of the
Commissioners to examine and report
upon the construction of the new sec
tions Of the North Pacific Railroad.
1t Is said to beithe purpose of the
government attorneys to secure q new
indictment against Gen. Tom. Brady for
to defraud the government
in connection with a former United
States Senator.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

ONE day after Judge Wylie had been
rather severe on him in court, and had
somewhat impatiently cut him short in
some of his remarks, Colonel Ingersoll
left the court house and walked across
the street to restaurant for lunch. He
had to pass just in frent of an old gray
horse, and as he did so the animal snap
ped at him as if to take his head off.
Luckily the horse miscalculated the
distance, but his big teeth clashed to-
gether only few inches from the law
yer's ear. Quick as flash the latter
turned with, "In the devils name, what
court are you the judge OFF" and when
Davidge whispered the aDecdote around
in court that afternoon Judge Wylie
had nard time keeping order among
the lawyers.-IN. Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

REPORTS from points in Iowa show
that the apple orchards were killed by
the severe winter. One farmer reports
the loss of 500 trees, seventeen years
old. The estimated loss in the apple
crop of Polk county alone will be two
million bushels. Small fruits are also
damaged,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

Mrs. HENRIETTA A. COLE, of Des
Moines, Ia, has in her possession fine
autograph letter of John Howard Payne.
1t is written on parchmsnt-like paper,
in hand as neat and graceful as cop
per-plate engraving.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

MAINE alone made and sold 90,O0o,OOO
sticks of gum last year, and at least
seven-eighths of it WAS ehewed by wo
men. A cotton rag with little pepper
mint essence on it tastes better, lasts
longer, and is far cheaper.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

EX-SENATOR TABOR was the only
man in the Senate who could boast of
having two living wives. and that he
had been twice divorced from one of
them and twice married to the other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

THE Denver Tribune says it would be
sad joke upon Kate Chase Sprague if
her quondam spouse, the lilliputisn but
doughty William, wer5 to be elected
Governor of Rhode Island.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

New YORK spends S7.OO0,0o0 annual
ly for religion, and s22,O0OOOO for its
drinks. How many people in New
York spend money fer both religion and
drinksl-FColumbusz Saturday Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
Belmont County omcial Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran
Clerk of Courts-Alex. G. Barrsh.
Sherif-Samuel Hilles.
Auditor-William N. Cofflsnd.
Treasurer-Edward L. Feeley.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred Il. Mitchell.
Recorder-W. s. Hobbs.
CommissioDers-0wenM MehaD, Morris Cope,
Nathaniel Taylor.
Surveyor-James Crosgrove.
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
Infrmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Levi
Jones, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

ONLY one of class of fifteen girls in
q Michigan high school could tell any
thing about the great ires and accidents
reported since the new year began, and
that one was not quite clear on the loca-
ton of the Newhall House.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

NUMEROUS prayer cures are reported
from Pennsylvania Not one of them,
however. has for a subject thief that
has robbed Philadelphia
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

RSpring stock just opened--Ladies',
Misses and Children's fine shoes-new
styles and shapes, at
l31bStl Z. TROLL & Sons.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
BelTnontChroniCle
WA. HUNT,
Editor and Proprietor.
Published Every Thursday
Terms of subscription:
Two Dollars Per Tear IN Advance.

If not paid within the year 25 per cent will
be added for each year it remains unpaid.
OFFICE side Main street, nearly op-
Rosite Public School building.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

The Scientific American declares that
youth of the present day are being
.'schooled but not sedueated.D - e.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
Church DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN OHURCH-Rev. R
Il Alexander, pastor Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, II; evening
service, T.. Sabbath School, 600 an. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday pm; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday z pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
METBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NIRev. S. F. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II a m; Ppm. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday 2
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday p. m.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

DRAIN TILE-Different sizes, for
sale by T. G. FAwCETT,
8 % 2D st. Clairsville, Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

Billerica, in Massachusetts,, has the
proud distinction of being the only town
Of its name in the world.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

-Runnlng your business is very much
like courting girl-no one can boss the
job but yourself.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

L NIILD hESD LNIAN OhOh OhOu-
- Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School 10 am. Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday of
each month, 2 pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29

WESTERN SEED OATS.-For sale
at Mcbride & Humphreys livery stable
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-29
TEACHERS ExAMIRATIo N.

G882-S3.
Belmont County, Ohio.
lst Saturday of Sept. at GAINESVILLE,
9Th Sept. AT BeIlaire.
Sd Oct. al St Clairsville.
Sd Nov. at Belmont.
4th Dec. at Bellalre.
3th Jan. at st. Clairsviile.
Sd Feb. at Bridgeport.
Sd Mar az ST. Clairsville.
Sd pril at Belmont
I'd May At st. Clai-sville.
I'd June at Rellaire.
Also at c'ose of Institute at GAINESVILLE.
Examinations begin at9 am.
Testimonials OF character are reQui d II
applicant is not known to the Board.
Certificates will not be antedated ror extend
ed.
Tests in higher branches will be given at
81. Clairsville. Dec. 80 1882 and at close of In
stitute only.
Certificates win be dated and iss1ed by the
Board, in adjourned sessson, on the Satur~
day following each examination
X. ALEXANDRA.
A. A. CLARK. SEx. Boa d.
]. A. HENDERSON
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-17
Purify the Blood Now!

1t is not claimed that BROWNS
SARSAPARll.LA aud Dandelion,
with lodide of Potassium, will cure
every disease, but it has been proven
in thousand cases that no other REM
edy can compare with it in curing
Scrofula, Tumors, Kidney Diseases
Ulcers, rheumatism, Cancers, Dys
pcpsia, Fever Sores, Syphilitic
Diseases, Boils, Constipation, Erysip.
elias, Sick Headache, Salt l!heum.
Why is Browns Sarsaparilla best for
curing these diseases? Because it
purities the blood, corrects the inaction
of the Liver and Kidneys, and cures
constipation and dyspepsia by giving
tone to the stomach so that all food is
readily digested. Use only the best
medicines. DR.. Brock, Bellevue, a.
Rupert, HALEY and |. l. Lewis g.
Son, ketchum sell Browns Sarsa-
parilla.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-17
A CRASH
The Price Of Clothing Marked Down %
Per Cent.

1CI SCuVs
S. j. Friedman has determined to
close out his entire stock of clothing,
as he expects to build an addition in
the spring, and will need the room for
u mammoth stock Of European and
American dry goods and notions
To this end he has marked all his
goods down, but especially clothing.
Black dress suits that have been SELL
ing in this city for $50 he sells for
$3.50; he also has all-wool suits
from $40 upwards; and pants that
have been selling for $3.50 he now
sells for 81
Everybody who needs clothes for
fall or winter wear had better go see
his goods, as really astonishing bar
gains are offered.
This is no humbug, as anyone can
see on visiting the store.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-17
Hand. Painted Plaques and Panels fol
Sale.

Mrs. l.. NJ. Bradley, northeast cor
ner of Main and Carbonate streets,
HALEY, has on hand large variety of
plaques, panels, and other works,
painted by herself, which she would
like to sell for holiday gifts. AS the
prices are very low and the works of
great merit, they ought to 60 off like
hot cakes. dill
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-17
A New Conception OF "Hamlet."

When the melancholy Dane exclaim-
ed, 81 have that within me which
passeth show" he was undoubtedly
suffering from severe attack of Rheu-
matism or Neura gia. lie said ''i,
passeth show" because it could not
be seen; but had he been aware of
the well-known remedy ior these
troubles, he would have purchased Sa-
llcyllca, the greatest discovery in ma
terra nedlca. dlml
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-17

Two German students have
made cnriou. investigation. BY
testing the degree Of sound necessary
to awaken sleeping individuals they
ascertaned that a healthy man, sleep
is very slight during the first hour, and
that it becomes NEST profound when
he has been asleep about an hour and
three-quarters. After that it grows
lighter, but relapse~ and has again be-
come quite deep when it has continued
five hours and a half.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-17
Toys at 1.-THE IostUfncp.

Leon Fuld has just received a heavy
assortment Of toys and fancy goods, al
all OF which. are suitable 10: holida,
presents. Il.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-17
TRBASURBR'S NOTICE.

The following warrants drawn on the current
expense and redemp ton fund will be paid on pre-
Sentation: