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OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE
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- OFFICE oF oF THE MUTUAL FIRE
WAss1sGroS, January 4. 1884. {
1lih THE ANNTAd MI MEETING II OF The MUTUAL FIRE
viii be held on the fp D MoiD sne HssTe 2,
dosA the 2pt Instant at tn Office Of the Company
commencing at O'clock I'm. '
BY the charter ef the Company the election of seven
I fHa at Hs afisfs nsen ei
is sd iAsh aI the Of the Of II, &c it
the hrss business in order small the appointment
in with the act Of ncorporatio the
Aonnf o%5n of 81 gs9ek prsE ns!. snd St5 s
Amount Of cash on hand so " ~
Cash recelyed Oh renewals for 1854 ito
secarii:as, DaF e. 1893 1893 $s s
Seal Estate ,.,...................... $4,000 10
yLlce Iurilture ana t{tures. ..-..-...... $1,000
Losses by hrsfQr year 1888. adjusted and
Losses by fire for year 1883, adjusted and 'o %
Ihs annual Statement iii be ready for distrbSton Ut %
at IL! the ,Jfa Office 9y the e 18th inst
ja4-dtd J. WESLEY BOTELER. Secretary.
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s1s,.,ans ss,s and rent SAL1SkAPH TpE MKiTER
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Full 81 n: 1sTH 8 1SsT sTFEET FEET ccscos4s COR
ae1s' d1s &c. Lowest Prices
l5 Mr. NJ. T. rMbASbHHGIoS' bssbwSGI D. c. Dec H. 1888
az p,qr a.; SIR In eomPanss with beg to
still are botng. beer and ct liberty to sell it
d2o1m CHR HEuR1CH
r HOLIDAY GOODS
DUPLEX LAMPS. STUDENT LAMPS
GAS GLOBES GAS SHADES.
GAS PORTABLE STANDS,
SAMUEL 8. sHEDD.
ds 100 9th street northwest
~ DRUes.-C. 8. PRICE: DRUGGIST 42s 7TH
~ street southwest the leading Pharmacy in South
Feriamtr and Tos Ass N
great variety. Mo
re BUILDING LUMBER" AND HARD WOODS
ss o. every description especially ordered " suit
customers.
44.54. s4. s4Ash Counter Tops Prime and seasoned;
Also Walnut. Mahogany. Cedar. Cherry Poplar Oak,
ASH White Pine Georgia Pine and Virginia Pine rough
dressed manufactured into Partition Ceiling VAIN
scoting. Flooring and Moudings in lots accommo-
date All orders filled with dispatch
less thaU current u,arket prices
wsL MCLEAN son.
o. Cor. 18th and B streets northwest.
r~ BOOK AND JOB PRINTING BY
~, Globe Once. 33s Pennsylyania avenue
me Iaclntles OF our establlshment such that
can execute printing Of all kinds and at
reasonable figures. GRAY l. CLAkkSON n2l-3IH
IT. WASHINGTON. DC, July 10th 1888
Having greatly increased our facilities by the
INTRODUCTION Of an Electric Light Machine together
with other improvements. not subject
clifton cf the weather, and prepared sh with
pronptiess and ut low price in the line Of
ing.
Designs and Estimates furnished upon application
ty18 i4a5 New York avenue
Fe THE ATTENTION OF VISITORS AND
~ Residents is particularly called to PHOSvITH;.
the new and popular Brain and Tonic Safe
Fuard ssanst Malaria For sale aerated by the glass
W. G.. MILBURN
Sole Inventor and Manufacturer
eepS li29 Pennsy ylvania avenue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-16

VI reypnnd
districts. Referred
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BILL
The House went In committee OF the whole nm
Senate bill appropr1atng 81 coo to continue the
work OF improvement or the Mississippi river
Capitol Notes.
THE DINGLEY SHIPPING BILL.
A sub committee OF the Senate committee IN
commerce, consisting OF Senators Frye Miller
N. ~ and Vest, held meeting this morning and
agreed to report favorably to the fun committee
the Dngley shipping bill, with an amendment EN-
gress for carrying the United States mails An
amendment will also be reported, but Will NOT he
supported by majority OF the sub committee nro-
v1ding for the admission OF ships and materials
entering into their construction free OF duty This
subcommittee also has the pilotage bill before H.
An attorney for the pilots appeared this morning
ana ASKED @ ior postponement OF the consideration
Albany can come to Washington and be heard.
PROPOSED CANALS
The House committee on railways and canals held
meeting this morning, and decided to POSTPONE
consideration Of the bills relating to the Hennepfn
canal until the printed report of the engineers shan
De received. The proposed Maryland and Delaware
snip canal VIII be considered at q meeting OF the
communities Wednesday next
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG CATTLE
The committee appointed to represent the live
stock interests of the country which recently nre
pared bill for the extirpation OF pleuro pneumo-
MIA and other contagious diseases among domestic
animals, submitted the measure to the House COM
mlttee on agriculture this morning. The following
members OF the latter committee were appointed to
CONSIDER the Dill: Messrs Hatch, Dfbre6 W1nans,
Cullen, Wilson and Ochiltree. The sub -committee
win meet tomorrow morning.
SHIP BUILDING AND SHIP OWNING.
The House committee on ship building and ship
owning interests to-day gave hearing to Messra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-16

1NHE CELLULOID TRUSS; THAT NEVER BREAKS
never out always Clean and be worn while
bathing Il for saleat
CHAS FISHERS,
s62S 7th street northwest
: AIRS fIaHKR dsvots her astrnta0n to the want.of
Lady pa&xonA null
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-16
Backing Out from an Awkward Posi-.
tiOns

TIE MUTT TRiAI.-In the second day OF the Mutt
Dukes trial, In Pittsburg yesterday, senator Eoor
heeS appeared for the DEFENSE. Evidence was pre-
sented OF the facts OF the shooting ana Nuts ad-
mission to that effect, and after three witnesses
had been heard the state closed its case and the
court adjourned. The line OF the defense VIII be
emotional insanity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24

HERMAN has started a newspaper in
st. Louis called the Southern Free Lance.
1t is devoted to the triumph of the
Democracy in the election of Cleveland
and Hendricks. In his first manifesto
he asserts that while slavery in the old
form is dead, the central idea" of sla-
very still lives; that is. that this blacks
shall be kept under the feet of their old
heroic masters-"kept there by shotguns
and tissue ballots" and remain hewers
of wood and drawers of water for all
time to come, and he winds up his sd-
mention to them in the following
words:
"They must learn that they are not
citizens. They must know their place
They must keep clear of the polls. II
they dare to pursue different policy at
the bidding of the Black Republican
party, they must look for no quarter at
| our hands Our Copiah rifles and DAM
vile pistols and YaZoo bull whips will
continue to keep our politics purified OF
Senegambian supremacy. They may be
sure of that"
Herman is something of crank. but
in this paragraph he simply tells the
truth. The policy of Southern Democ+
racy is to eliminate the black vote, and
if it be necessary, that it may be done
to resort to Danville pistols, Yazoo bull
whips and Copiah rifles, they will be
freely employed. Upon no other foun
dation can the South be kept Democrat
ically solid.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
Time TO Make a Change.

"The Republican party has been twen-
ty-three years-nearly a quarter of a
century-in power. Its cid, brave and
patriotic leaders have passed away.
Their successors, unbound by traditions
of honor and self-sacriiice, have become
corrupt, self seeking and welded to
power at the cost of the country. 1t is
time to make IA change-time for the
people to assert themselves and put in,
if only for four years, a new set of ser
wants to teach the old ones respect for
the popular will. and for right and de-
cency.
"To show that the Republican party is
corrupt and ineficient-nO longer capa-
BILE or willing to serve the country and
intent only on using its power for evil
and unpatriotic purposes-it is only nee.
essary to review some parts of its recent
history.'-N. Y. Herald.
This will not bear examination. The
country has done very we'll under the
successive Republican administrations
The material growth has been enormous
and there is nothing notable in the way
of proof of moral decadence. There have
been abuses in the management of pub
lie affairs, but they have been exposed
and largely corrected by the Republican.
themselves. Of course, the men wht
we're the leaders of the Republican part.
in its early days are dead. A quarter O.
a century makes many changes. Tn,
Democratic leaders of 1860 are, with few
and unimportant exceptions, gone.
is childish, however, to fancy that al
the old issues are wiped out, and foolisl
to believe that the Democratic party il
power would exert wholesome inf1u
ence. The very worst political influence
in the United States conspired to nomin
ate Cleveland, and an expectation of ref
ormation through him would be form
of infatuati0n TO provoke amazement /
it did not excite disgust. There is moth
ing in the history of the Democrat
party that signifies that reform under it
authority is possible. The Democrat
party is hypocriticsl when it professe
that it would remove public burdens
Whatever may be the professions of tn
party, it is not its policy to reduce th
surplus revenue. If there is any gres
Democratic principle with vitality in i
it is that the surplus revenue shall b
continued and spent by Democrats, an
that hundreds Of millions shall be throw
into the hands of the shotgun statesme
: of the South. as compensation for losst
in the war. The Democratic platforl
at Chicago was constructed with th
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
view of opening. as soon as it could be

view of opening. as soon as it could be
done safely, the great question of pen
sioning the Confederate soldiers. Who
can look upon the Democratic party as it
disports itself in any convention or
caucus, National or Congressional, and
believe that it would be good for the
country to have all departments of the
Government placed in Democrat hands !?
Who does not know that with Demo-
cratic Congress and President the Su-
preme Court would be reorganized and
that Confederate doctrine would be put
completely in the ascendant, so that rap
idly it would be made uncomfortable to
be on the side of American nationality,
and disreputable to have fought for the
Union Supporting Cleveland means
striving to elect Democratic Congress
and revolutionary proceedings, attacking
business vitalities with the instinct of
malice and the force of brutality. If
we should have change it would be
well to have one for the better, and a
change that would establish the Demo-
cratic party in the high places of power
would be for the worse. almost infinitely
So.-CiD. Com. Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
When TO Cut Timothy.

Experiments have shown that the
best time to cut timothy is, all things
considered, when it is headed out, just
before blossoming. The bloom occasions
loss and dust. If cut just before bios
soming very nearly the same weight OF
hay is realized, ,and the quality sufficiently
improved to make up Tor the loss, there
being more of the juices. 1t is more in
the nature of grass than when in the
advanced stage. ...
Timothy thus treated makes excellent
hay, especially for milch cows and young
stock. Cut early in the season, it affords
4 chance for "A good growth to follow,
and in average season cover the ground,
and thus, in a measure, become self-prO-
tective during the midsummer heat and
drought. If the land is rich enough to
bear good yield, second crop may be
cut, say about the first of September, IN
time for a sufficient new growth for pro-
lection; this will be greatly improved
and afford an increase of profit il a coat
of manure is applied Immediately after
the second crop is removed. The pro-
portion of nutrlment IN this crop (after-
math) is greater than the first, weight
kOi U0lkuAs ohA bhC NAAAhS N4nnAf hh@hAh 4
an early fall and winter feed for mich
cows, almost equal to summer herbage
Some people who are in the habit OF
using it. declare it superior to pasture
effected by drought. Is thus managing
our timothy meadows, from two to three
tons year on an average of the best
hay can be secured. 1t Can only be done
ON soil adapted to 1t, and kept sufficiently
enriched. Fall application is t. best.
1t is best to cut in the afternoon, the
later the better, so that the sun will not
much dry the hay. When we'll wilted
the next day, put in cock to be left few
days, and then take it into the barn
Should there be rain in the night or on
the day after cutting, the hay will not
suffer, and it will all the sooner be fit to
put up, the day following. Practice has
demonstrated the advantage of this
Country Gentleman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
The Wooden Nutmeg Tradition.

A correspondent of The Free Press,
Mobile, Ala, writes. giving an aDecdote
about wooden nutmegs which strength
ems the conviction that the manufacture
of them was, in truth, one of the infant
industries of Connecticut. He says:
l see you discredit the wooden nutmeg
tradition. In 1928 l heard the following
from gentleman who had just gradua-
ted at BOwdOin college, so that it dates
somewhere in the in the four years just
then expired. Among the medical stu
dents was an oldish practitioner from
New Brunswick, who had come to rub
up bis ideas and to get genuine degree
OF NJ. ID. He happened to be ia crowd,
where story was told of some sharp
trick, at which one of the company re-
marked: "That beats the wooden nut
megsl' The New Brunswicker blushed,
and in some confusion exclaimed: "How
did you hear of the wooden nutmegs ?"
He had given bimself away, and they
made him tell the story. He kept a
small stock of drugs, to which he added
an assortment of spices, etc. as is tht
wont in country drug stores. During
the war of 1S12l5. some of these got
quite scarce. and with the return of
peace the smuggling peddlers made a
rush over the line and did profitable
business. Our doctor took the first op.
portunity of the kind to replenish his
stock, buying among other things sever.
al pounds of nutmegs, as he knew there
were none in the country, and he could
dispose or them to other country store
Keepers But before he had disposed OF
any, his wife took occasion to sampl,
them, and found them made of wood
He hushed the thing up, hoping as he
had bought the peddler's whole stock
that 1t would never be heard of, and hat
so far supposed that it was the onl,
case OF the kind. So far as the colleg,
catalogue shows, my informant is still
iiVining (Silas Baker. of SLandish, Me.
] aged II years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24

BETTING is no argument either for or
against cause, but those who have
money to wager are usually keen enough
to select the winning side in making
offers. In Baltimore a number of Dem
ocrats have contributed $4,000 to bet
on Blaine as the winner in the Presi-
Dental race. The money has been placed
in the hands of George Cassidy, another
Democrat, and keeper Of a place of pub
lie resort. who offers it in bets of 500
each. He says that he would like to see
the Democrats win, but "the money talks
that they cannot heat Blaine" At Long
Branch few days ago, Moses Fraley,
the we'll known grain dealer of st. Louis,
made bet of $4,000 that Blaine would
win. F. L. Walton, known as the "PluD-
ger" and E. B. Wall, each offered $4,000
on the same side but could find no takers.
Cleveland Leader.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
By the Light of Day.
Past ImpossibiIities the Facts OF the
Present-Help in the Near Era.

u remember when they were puttlng up ine
poles for the first telegraph line in the staste
Of New York and now look there! exclaimed
a citizen of the metropolis to hia friend. as the
two stood on the summit of the tall equ1taDle
building in Broad way. The city is strung with
wires like harp and electric communication
miracle of the world; people no longer Wonoer
and laugh at IL as they did at Morse Wnen ne
frst suggested it's possibility The age
marches on and prejudice must give way; mo-
body has a monopIy of truth; even me con>
servative guild OF physicians admit tnat the
secrets OF medicine are shared By all men; 1
dressed his wound aud God healed h1m, said
old Galen; once that terrible disease, rheum>
stism was supposed to be a shifting, local ALL
ment now attacking the joints and now the
muscles: to- day IL is demonstrated 10 q disease
OF the blood. Mrs Henry B gert, No 45i Atlan-
tic avenue Y, writes to Messrs H1scox q 20.
of New York proprietors of PARkER'S
Tonic that she has been completely dlsaoied
from rheumatism and pain in The back ana
limbs she as advised To take the Tonic for
kidney disease; she did so and her rheumatism
issppeareG' The reason is simple; diseased
kidneys produce rheumatic symptoms; cure
them and you destroy rheumatism; this is
now admitted by all Intelligent physicians; II
is the new light thrown on their urue>worn
and mistaken theories.
PARKER'S TONIC which is a comolna>
tiOn OF the best remedies for the blooo known
to science is universally successful In com
batting this terribly common complaint Those
who like Mrs Bogert. suffer from kidney or
liver diseases or any complaint arising rom
impure blood will find the Tonic q prompt
and certain remedy. Prices, 50 cents and 81
bottle. HIscox q Co., Chemists, New YORK.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
The Little Stone School House.

The little stone school house
Still stands on the green,
Where it stood in my bOyhood,
When life was serene.
And around in the sunshine
Falls just as of old;
As in days long since vanished,
The fair days of Gold!
Under its windows ....
The violetS grow
Just as they blosSomed
Long, long years agoi
And the brown coated swallow
Still builds his rude nest
Under the old caves
With none to moleSt.
The Iobin still sings
In the butternut tree,
Which stands near the spot
That is hallowed to mel
Children pass and repass
Through the wide open door,
As they did in the old time,
The sweet days of yore.
The grass is as green,
And the skies are as fair,
AS when life before me
Lay pleasant and fair.
While the breezes so fragrant
Blow over the green,
As they did in my boyhood,
When life was Serpnel
But the children who pass
Through the wide open door,
And who sport on the green,
Are not they-they of yore!
And my heart lonesome grows,
Sad tears dim my eyes,
As look on their faces,
Where happiness lies.
For l gaze and remember
My light heart at school,
In that little stone scheOl house,
In the Years Beautiful.
And l fain would go back
With schoolmates of yore,
Live over the paSt-but
The past comes no morei
George Newell Lovejoy
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
A Long Service.

John Quincy Adams received sala5
from the United States government for
SO years, and the sum total must have
amounted to one-half million. AT the
close of his presidential term he had had
go years of off.ce holding. and his salary
had aggregated S495,OO0; still he had II
wears of congress after this, and died at
the capital at congressional session. AT
the age of fourteen he went to Russia as
the private secretary of the American
legation. and he was in after years min
lister to England, Germany, Portugal
Russia and the Netherland.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & A, M.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
ROBT. NJ. EATON, w. N.
JESSE B. MEYRR, Sec'Y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. IL,
y Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tons, first Friday of esch month.
]. B. RYAN, Fl. P.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DRLMONT COUNCIL, No. 54, R. & s. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
F. D. BAILEY, T. |. M.
]. B. MEYER, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, K. T.
IL Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. G. w. CARROLL, T. u
j. B. MRyER, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-24
TEACHERS. EXAMINATIONS,
1ss4-Beimont County. Ohio

Third Saturday June ST ClaiIsville.
And at close OF Institute at .BarnesVlie.
RULES.
Ersminations begin at o'clock g. M
Testi mouiaIs of character are requlreu IL
onnIicant is not known 70 the Board
~fartificates will not be antedateo noE eA~
Tests in the higher branches Will De given
at close of Institute ONLY.
Certificates will be daLed and issued oy .ne
Board in adjourned session Oh 0"'
lowing each eXamlnauoh'
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFICATES.
trst-cIass Is years. certificate Is granted
,,-on an average Of 80 per cent, including tDe
ttSnar hrancnes with no grade below 20, pro-
vtiad aOolicant has bad five years experience
second.cIass a years. certificate is grant
ed upon an average OF 50 per cent, lnciuolng
three higher branches, with no grade oeioW ~,
provided applicant has had four y ears expert
ence in teaching. a.. ,.-.,.a,
A third>class g years. certlncate Is gIsaIeu
upon an average of S5 per cent. lhoioo i al
three higher branches, with no grace oelo. %
proyided applicant has b had three years eAPoi
jepce in teaching. a. ,,.ar,a6
nnon an average OF 70 per cent, with no grace
below Co. provided applicant mas hao Two
wears experience inieaching.
A fifth-class q year, certincate IL srahteo
upon 81 average of 65 per cent, Win no grsde
r. ALEXANDER,
A. A. CLARK. Boaro Vi HA'
T. a. HENDERSON,
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How General SeOtt's Life was Saved
bY Stage Driver.

The traveller of the present day. as he
is hurried along by the lightning express
in its buffet cars and palace sleepers, sell
dom reverts in thought to the time when
the stage coach and packet were the only
means of communication between dis
tant points. 1t is rare that one of the
real old time stage coach drivers is met
with now-a-day, and when the writer re-
Gently ran across Fayette Haskell, of
RockporU n. V, he felt like bibliO-
grapher over the discovery of some rare
volume of forgotten lore Mr.. Haskell,
although one of the pioneers in stage
driving che formerly ran from Lewiston
to Niagara Falls and BuffalO) is hale and
hearty and bids fair to live for many
years. The strange stories of his early
adventures would fill a volume. At one
time when going down mountain near
Lewiston with no less parsonage than
Gen. Winfield Scott as passenger, the
brakes gave way. and the coach came on
the heels of tire wheel horses. The only
remedy was to whip the leaders into
gallop Gaining additianal momentum
with each revolution the WneeiS the cOacn
swayed and pitched down the mountain
side and into the streets of Lewiston.
Straight ahead at the foot of the hill
flowed the Niagara river. toward which
the horses dashed, apparently to certain
death. Yet the firm hand never relaxed
its hold nor the clear brain its conception
of what must be done in an emergency.
On dashed the horses until the narrow
dock was reached on the river bank,
when by masterly exhibition of nerve
and daring, the coach was turned in
scarce its own length. and the horses
brought to standstiil, before the pale
lookers-on could believe what had Oc-
Cured. n purse WAS raised by General
Scott and presented to Mr.. Haskell with
high compliments for his skill and bra
very.
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Church Directory.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCa-Rev. K.
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, z. Sabbath School, 900 an. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday z pm; geh-
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday pm.
Strangers welcome to all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
lNl Rev. s. F. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:3O pm. Young mems meeting: Friday Z
m; general prayer meeting: Thursday Z pm.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School 10 a.m. Public worship: II am.
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, ppm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.