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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-10-25

4 GREAT desire has suddenly possess
ed the souls of many Democratic papers
to have the date of election day in Ohio
changed to that fixed in most of the
States. OF course, the object is to pre-
vent the effect of Ohio's return to the
Republican ranks next October. If no
election were held in this State until the
Presidential electors were chosen it
would be plausible to claim Ohio for the
Democratic candidate, and thus encour-
age the Bourbon workers of the other
States. AS it is utterly impossible to
make any change before the fall of 1885,
such demand on the part of leading
Democrats is mainly interesting as a
confession that Ohio is quite sure to go
Republican next October, and that this
State is not the kind Of BATHS ground on
which the Democratic party cares to
contest the preliminary struggle for the
Presidency. At heart the cool-headed
Democrats all over the country Know
that Ohio is a Republican State
fCleveland Leader.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-10-25
EXAMINATIONS.
1883 'S4-Be,nont Co., Ohio.

Third Saturday OF September, at ST. Clairsville
Third SATURDAY of October at Bellaire.
Third Saturday of Novem Der. at Belmont.
Third Saturday of December, at st Clairsvllle
RULES.
Examinations begin at o'clock a. m
Testimonials of character are required Il
applicant IS not known TO the Board
Certificates viii not be antedated nor exs
tended.
Tests in the higher branches will be given
al close UI Institute ONLY.
Certificates will be dated and issued by the
Board f. ADJ burned session on Saturday fol.
lowing each examination.
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFICATES.
A first-class % years') certificate is granted
upon average OF 50 per cent. including three
three years continuous experience, EIGHTEHN
MONTHS Of which shall have been In the same
school.
a secoEd-olsss g yearsn certificate is grant,
ed upOu an average ci 20 per cent. including
three higher branches. provided pplicaut mas
had three years experience ii teaching.
a third class z years. certificate ts granted
upon an average o. So per cent including one
higher branch, provided applicant has had
one gears experience in teaching.
A fourth class n year certificate IS granted
upon an average or ~ per cent. provided Ap-
plicant has had one terms experience IN
teaching, takes three higher branches
A nfth-claSs Is months certificate IL granted
upon an average 0f so per cent. where appii.
cant has had no experience IN teaching or no
higher branches are tailen-
No certificate is granted unless the applicant
answers 81 per cent. Of The questions in eacn
branch.
a. a. CLARK Board of Ex.
]. a. HENDERSON
9s6 Iy
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-10-25

THE visit of Pere Hyacinthe, wife and
child to this country recalls the rather
romantic career of his wife prior to her
marriage to the distinguished priest.
Her maiden name was Emily Jane
Butterfield, and she was born fifty years
ago in a little tewn in New York State.
subsequently the family moved to Mel
more, O., where her father carriage
maker, was killed by the falling of a
beam at a Methodist church raising.
She was one of large family thus left
in dependent circumstances, and at the
age of fifteen began teaching in order to
assist her mother in the support of the
family. The Baltimore Sun tells the
rest of the story, as follows:
at was then that shs met her first
husband. He was Edward b. Merri-
man, dry goods merchant, in Bucyrus,
Ohio, and the eldest son of Willis w.
Merriman, the first President of the
Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railway Company. Her husband failed
in business and became dissipated. Soon
after his failure they removed to Phila
delpLia, were his dissipation increased
to such an extent that she could endure
il no longer, so she determined to place
the-ocean between herself and husband,
which she did leaving her two children,
4 buy and girl. with her husbands
father in Ohio. This step on her part
was sanctioned and advised by her own
people, a5 well as those of husband, all
of whom loved her dearly. Upon sailing
for Europe she said to her husband: If
vou reform and become man again [
will return and live with you, but if you
do not [ never shall They mutually
loved each other dearly, and she had
tried necessarily for fourteen years to
save him, but all III vain. AS soon as
his wife sailed for Europe Mr.. Merriman
hegan to realize his condition and stop
ped dssipating. In less than one year
she came home. Soon after she arrived
her daughter died, and not long after
her husband took to drinking again, be
coming worse than ever before. She
| then determined to give him one more
chance to redeem himself. So she cross
ed the Atlantic again, taking her son
with her, and telling her husband that
if he would reform she would return
again But in few months afterward
he died in an iDebriate asylum In Chica-
go. In 1871 she married Father Hya-
cinthe
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-10-25

THE Philadelphia Press has intelli-
gence to the effect that steps are being
taken to bring about reconciliation be-
tween Mr. Blaine and Mr.. Roscoe COnk-
ling. 1t does not appear that either of
the principals have made personal ad-
vances, although in his Twenty Years
of Congress" Mr.. Blaine has generally
accorded Mr. Conkliug high place, and,
on the other hand, friends of Conkling
such AS General Grant and Emory
St6rrs, have recently spoken in high
terms of Blaine and his availability as d
Presidential candidate. 1t is urged that
the party caDnOt permit Messrs. Blaine
and Conkling to retire from political life
at this iuncture, that their services are
public necessity, and this has induced
the personal friends of each to attempt
recOnciling them. 1t is said that the
matter has been talked of for some time
and that the result of the Ohio election
has greatly stimulated the movement
The plan embraces the nomination OF
Mr.. Blaine for the Presidency and the
restoration of Mr.. ConkliDg to his old
place in the Senate. Those who have
the matter in charge declare that Mr.
Blaine is popular in Ohio, and that with
him as the Presidential candidate next
year he would carry this State, and
coupled with Governor Porter, of Indi.
ana, Secretary Lincoln, or some other
strong man, the ticket would carry the
country with rush.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-10-25

TEN thousand people perished in the
earthquake on the southern coast OF the
Gulf of Smyrna. and twenty thousand
more have been rendered homeless. The
houses nearly all fell with the first
shock. and the inmates were crushed
and buried under the ruins. The sur
vivors fled To the fields, where they still
remain without food and suffering from
cold. The Porte makes an urgent appeal
for the sufferers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-10-25
Belmont County onlcIaI Directory.

Common Pleas Judse-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of COurts-Alex- c. Darrah.
Sheriff-Leroy c. Sedwick.
Auditor-William n. Cofiand.
Treasurer-Edward L. Feeley.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred 81. Mitchell.
RecordcT-W. S. Hobbs.
Commissioners-0wenM Mehan, Morris Cope,
Nathaniel Taylor.
Surveyor-John II. Mitchell
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
Infirmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Levi
Jones, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-10-25
Buckian's Arnica SaIvle.

The greatest medical discovery of the world.
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, cancers,
piles, chilblains, corns, letter, chapped hands,
and all skin eruptions, guaranteed to cure in
every instance, or money refunded. % cents
per box. For sale by |. II. Patterson. 33Oly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-10-25
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. s. a. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
ROBT NJ. 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, II. P.
JESSE B. MEyER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 81, R. & S. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
q. R. BUMGARNER, T. l. NJ.
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, <. T.
IL Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. c. W. CARROLL, E. G..
L. T.. 5EDwICK, Rec.
ST. CIairsviIIe Professional Cards.
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T W. NICHOLS.
Attorney at Law and Notary Public.
ofice over Vests Drug Store, opp. Bank.
4 5>ly ST. CLAIRSVILLE, o.
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Church DIRECTORY.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
l. Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, II; evening
service, z. Sabbath School, 900 a. m. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday pm; gen
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday z pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
ETETBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NIRev. 5. F. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II an; pm. 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.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
- Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: II an.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 8 pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday Of
each month, 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, 1883-10-25

American Merino Bucks for Sale,
oy W. ). Close, two miles southwest of
st. Clairsyille. o. 9-2o OF.
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Published Every Thursday
Terms of Subscription:
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If not paid within the year % per cent will
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Rams for Sale-of Delaine Merinc
Breed. JOHN WATSON,
" E4t) Fairpoint, Ohio.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-04
Ecuador.

With regard to the climate the rainy
season generally runs from December
to June, the remaining months being
dry but on the Amazon slope it rains
all the year round. AS to the influence
of the climate on man there are vast
healthy districts in the river valleys of
the Amazon region, while those of the
Pacific shore are commonly full of dis
ease. Special disorders are chiefly due
to the lack of sanitary measures. In
the west and northwestern parts the
abuse of sweets as food results in
curious and frightful intestinal COM
plant. The country is now, and will,
in all probability remain, almost wholly
agricultural. the Pacific coast and river
valleys of both east and west yielding
generous crops of cacao, cotton, sugar
cane, rice, tobacco and tropical fruits :.
while the inter-Andean plateau pro-
duces all the cereals and vegetables in.
cident to temperate and even cold eli
mate, though they are of inferior quail.
ity. No hope of the Republic ever being
an exporter of cereals is held out, and
cattle do not thrive in the Amazon sec
ton, chiefly from the immense number
of bats, which bleed or otherwise irri-
tate them. Cinchona bark, which first
came from the province of LOLA, is
being so rapidly cut and sent out of the
country without new planting that the
supply must soon cease and Colonel
Church attributes this to the fact that
the highest official sanction is given to
this destructive measure for pri-
vate emolument. In mineral wealth
Ecuador is poor. The population is esti-
mated at 100000 exclusive of savage
tribes), and is distributed as follows
White, 100000; mixed, 100000; pure
Indian, 100000. The evil qualities of
the mixed races are condemned as .he
source of the degradation of the cc'ln-
try. Internal communications are
much needed in Ecuador, and although
Colonel Church is personally Interested
in the construction of future railroads.
he expresses his strong opinion that for
the next ten or twenty years thorough
system of first-class mule routes would
undoubtedly be the best for Ecuador
London Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-04
Proposed Tax on Foreigners in Paris.

The foreign invasion of France, and
especially of Par's, which has been 90
ing on without intermission since the
war, has led to the suggestion of 3
"tax upon strangers" The proposed
tax has found good deal of favor with
many of the French papers, and a
member of the Chamber has written
pamphlet putting tie case in very al
Turing form. The tax, he says, would
hurt neither trade nor agriculture, while
it might be made to yield 35, 900, 900 or
10000, 600 of francs, as much, in fact,
as the conversion of the rentes. But
NJ. Francisque Sarcey has stated the
case against the tax with at least equal
skill. As for the foreign workmen you
could never get your tax from them,
and in the case of rich strangers the
impost would be piece of very bad
policy. A proposal was made under
the Empire to make charge to all for
eigners for visiting any public galleries
or places of entertainment; but al
though such charge would have been
perfectly just, the Emperor Ministers
had the good sense to see that it was
not expedient. People ..spend in Paris
what they save at home. and the policy
of the Government should according
to NJ. Sarcey) be that ofthe hotel keeper,
who is supposed to lose on his accom-
mediation, but gains from what his
visitors spend on wine.-PaH NAL Ga.
sstte.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-04

''The superstition about the four
leaved clover is well known. We have
them for sale here, and have a good
trade for them. They can be bought
for s. each. Some persons who have
found a four-leaved clover would. / be-
lieve, rather part with their lives than
with their tiny plant, for it brings de-
struction on the fortunes of a man if he
loses his quatrefoil.
''Ihere is root that is known among
colored people as the 'dead-root 1t is
very small, shaped somewhat like car
rot, but forked. The more forks 1t has
the more powerful it is. The peculiar
virtue of the 'dead-root' Is that it not
alone prevents death by violence, but
drives away the evil spirits that are sup
posed to hover about the remains of
worldly negro after death. Wherever
you meet with a colored man of reckless
daring you may depend upon it that he
has 'dead-root' hung about his neck.
1t is necessary, however, to make these
fetiches powerful, that no person should
know that you are the .possessor of one,
for such is the faith the negro has in
their virtue, that if any man is supposed
to hcve one of extraordinary efficacy,
he would be in danger of robbery if
not of murder. Beside the root that
L have spoken about, there are many
others that have special virtues. The
snake-root will cure snake-bites, how
ever poisonous they may be, and the
'devil-root' is supposed to prevent de-
lirium tremens."
'These superStitions are not confined
to the negroes by any means. We have
white customers as we'll, but of course
their number is small. 1t is true that
the colored people who come here to
buy the charmed roots belong to the
most ignorant portion of their race. but
there seems to be a grain Of the most
senseless superstition inherent in the
negro that is found in the members of
no other race. The herb business is
not now what it used to be- In fact, it
has decreased one-halfip the last five
years. While the treatment with herbs
is still regarded as good. the science of
pharmacy has become such that only
the active principle II the herb is used
instead of the plant itself. Our stock is
gathered in New Jersey and Long
Island, by persons who make herb
picking regular business. The plants
are dried and packed there; and are
sent to us in bales. OF course, we are
obliged to depend to great extent on
the knowledge of the herb gatherers.
but they are trained from their child
hood to make proper selection. and
their training seldom leads themastray.
Herbs and roots are sent to us from al
parts of the country, as there are some
plants with medicinal properties that
cannot be found in our vicinity. But il
is rare indeed that herb is sent to us
from over the seas. 1t is safe to say
that there is not a plant that grows
which is valuable in medicine that can
not be found within the boundaries OF
our country. ~. Y. Tribaaae.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-04
Our Young Folks.
OUR SKY.

know of dainty blue sky.
And it is the baby's blue eye;
And we watch it to see
What the weather will be;
! But we never can tell if we try.
e We catch a wee glimpse of the sun,
And think such a fine day is begun;
And everything neat
u And happy and sweet,
!. All ready tor frolic and fun.
: The rainbows are here without doubt;
And the robins and roses come out;
And gay bobolinks
= And peoples and pinl<s.
aud butterflies Swimming about.
TIE blue-bells are ringing a chime,
And the fairies come marching in time.
Mother Goose and the rest, .,Vy
In their tine Sunday best,
And dance in a roilieking rhyme.
But 10. there's storm in the skyi
Then how the wee fairy folks fly.
And Mother Goose rings
For umbrellas and things,
And tries hard 10 keep herself dry.
The birds and the blossoms look sad;
For they wore the best coats that they had
10 think such Al shower
Should come up in an hour
IT'S really, yes really too bad!
But look! while they worry and fret
The clouds are all gone and the wet;
And the sky is as blue
And as innocent, too,
As il it had never rained yet.
So we can not tell five try
The signs OF this dainty blue sky:
But its smile or its frOwn
turns the house upside down
For it is the baby blue eye. . r.#I
carrie ". bronson, an y. I. INDEPENDENT
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-04
Magical Re0ts and Herbs.

A house with four gables, each one of
which seemed to lean for consolation
and support against the telegraph poles
that had sprung up beneath them. VIM
dOws whose long service had appa-
rently deprived them of usefulness, for
their dingy, implanted blinds were
tightly closed and bound with faded
green muslin. A sign, which bore the
legend, Herbs Sold Here and a row
of dingy window-panes, through which
could be discerned punches of parti-col-
ored leaves, that resembled nothing
more than the wartrOphies of some SAN
culinary Indian who had fought and
bled. but who had conquered his enemy.
Within, in strange contrast with the ac-
emulation of dust, stood young man
whose hair cast a lurid glow over the
piles of boxes that reached the ceiling,
filled, if the labels on them could be
trusted, with cures for every ill that hui
man flesh is heir to, as well as a large
variety of others, and with powders and
potiOns whose presence in an active
stomach would make death q welcome
relief. Across the counter stood q col
ored woman, whose avoirdupois could
only be correctly determined by hay
scales. There was an eager look in her
eyes; and with one hand clutching with
convulsive energy dollar bill, and the
other stretchedlikea signal-service storm
map on the counter, she whispered in
the most accessible ear of the youth:
.s.Gimme some Adam and Eve "
It was done, and the money changed
its owner. The colored woman van
ished amid the thunder of her tread, and
the clerk sank behind the counter with
flash of his lurid locks.
A Tribune reporter asked the clerk
what the woman meant. He was en-
lightened as follows:
I'VE have colored men and women
call here every day and ask for Adam
and Eve 1t is root found in New
JERSEY swamps. and is supposed to
bring the best fortune to its owner. We
charge one dollar for single root.
Here is one of them" The reporter was
shown small, light-colored root, re-
sembling in fiber the peanut-root. From
a slender stem bulged two protuber-
ances OF. unequal size. 1.-The small
bulb" continued the clerk, sis Adam;
the larger, Eve. Colored people put
the roots in bottle and then pour a
pint of whisky over them; if they swell
there is luck in them, and they are
cherished for years as their most valua-
BILE possession. have known negroes
to commit suicide because they had lost
their Adam and Eve A colored man
came in here few days ago and told
me that he had been to Philadelphia
and that he made ove1 a hundred dol
lars at cards. On his way back on the
train he had got drunk by imbibing the
whisky in his Adam and Eve bottle,
and in fit of frenzy had thrown his
charm away. He said his money was
stolen from him before he arrived in
Jersey City, and he spent week hunt
ing over the tracks of the Pennsylvania
Railway for his lost adam and Eve
l sold him another. 80
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-04
On Taking Exercise.

Boys who take a great interest and
an active part In outdoor sports often
bring needless illness upon. themselves
by oyer-exertion and want of proper
care after violent exercise. Attacks of
pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs
frequently occur. from getting very
warm and then cooling off too sud-
denly.
When about to engage in a game of
ball or any sport that requires continued
activity, it is best to lay aside the outer
garment, and put it on again when the
game is, finished; and instead of sitting
down to "cool off, it is safer to walk
around for awhile. 1t is also danger
Gus to drink large, quantities of water
when very warm. as the system receives
shock which may lead to sickness.
Violent exercise taken occasionally
will not develop the strength as well as
regular amount continued every day.
If a boy wishes to develop his muscles,
let him play ball Or row certain time
every favorable day. Let him cease at
the moment a sense of WEAKNESS or
disinclination seizes him. The next
day he will be able to stand little
more exertion, and so by degrees he
will attain to a certain standard, and
will be the foundation of continued
good health in the future. 1t is neces-
sary that the growing body should have
exercise. Air and sunlight are neces-
sary to growth, and active outdoor
sports are the means by which their
benefits can be obtained. ..... -.
Let boys have all the outdoor eyer-.
else they can. Ball-playing rowing,
horseback riding, swimming, all are,
prime factors in muscular development.
and with care and Judgment in their
proper use will tend to stronger and
healthier growth.
I The word needs strong men as wen
as wise ones, and indeed the mind will
develop more rapidly in a sound body
than in sickly one. 1t is grand
thing to be able to satnd hardship and
privation in the search for truth and
knowledge. and any man with good
physical strength is equal to The
task of combating the world if with it
he has the stimulus OF a strong will.
Let boys then seek to build up in their
growing days sound constitution. and
life will be more than doubled in value
to them.-H 9. Van Gieson, M. d., IL,
Harper's Young People.