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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-05
TEACHEEss' EXAMINATIONS
Iss4S-Belnont county, Ohio.


Sd Saturday OF Jan at st Clairsyille-
I'd Saturday of Fen at Bridgeport.
lst SATURDAY OF Mar at st ClatrSville.
4th Saturday Of Mar al Barnesvilie.
Sd Saturday of April st Bellsire.
Sd Saturday of Nay at 81 Clairsville-
Sd Saturday OF June al st ClairsVine.
Barnesville at close OF Institute.
Examinations bezin at o'clock q. M
Testimonials of character are required II
applicant is not known to the Boaxd-
Certificates Will not be antedsted nor exS
tended.
Tests In the higher branches viii be given
q. close Of Institute ONLY.
Certificates viii be dated and issued by the
Board in adjourned session on Saturday fols
owing each examination.
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFICATES.
A first-class Is yearsl certificate is granted
higher branches, With no grade below 70, pro-
vided applicant has bad i've years experience
in teaching.
secondsclass a years. certificate is grant
three higher branches, with no grade below 70.
provided applicant has had four years expert
ence in teaching.
A third>cIass 13 years. certificate is granted
three higher branches, with no grade below 6S
provided applicant has had three years exper-
jence in teaching.
A fourth-class q years. certificate is granted
upon an average OTIS per cent, with no grace
below so, provided applicant has had two
years experience IN teaching.
fifth-ciass q year, certificate Is granted
upon an average OF s. per cent, Win no graoe
below IS.
r ALExANPER' 4 - RK Rosrd of E1
]. A. HENDERSON,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-05
ASSlCNEE'S SALE
Of
VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY

DURSUANT to an order of the Probate
i Court of Belmont county, Oslo, the un>
dersigned assignee of Hofer & Brother, will
offer at public sale, on the premises, on
Saturday, February 2Slh. 1855.
at 1 o'clock p. m.. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situate in the town Of Powhatan, county of
Belmont and state of Ohio, and being lot No.
IA, beginning for the same at the corner of
Steam Mill alley and First street to Taylor
street; thence along Taylor street to the Ohio
river; thence up said river with the meander-
ipgs thereof to Steam Mill alley where the said
alley intersects with the river; thence with
said alley to the beginning, containing one
acre, more or less, together with the buildings
and improvements thereon.
There is located on the premises substans
tial Brick FIGURING Mill, with a two story
brick warehouse adjoining, 40x42 feet. The
mill has recently been ref1tted with latest inn
proved machinery, consisting Of four run of
buhrs and two sets of rollers, and all other
necessary machinery, and has daily capacity
of 100 barrels. 1t is equipped with 55-horse
power engine, which, together with the entire
machinery, is almost new.
Terms made known on day of sale.
M. NJ. SCOTT,
29~td Assignee of Hofer & Bro.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-05
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r
l. Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, 2. Sabbath School, 800 I'm. Younl
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday p.m.; gen
|eral prayer meeting: Wednesday z PA.
Strangers welcome to all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
IARev. W. II. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; PIN. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday 2
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday pm
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
NITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
~ Rev. Thomas Bslph, 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, 2p.m. Young women's prayer meet
ing; Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-05
BellllontChToniCle
w. A. HUNT,
Editor and Proprietor.
Published Every Thursday
Terms Of subscription:
Two Dollars Per Year IN Advance.

If not paid within the year 25 per cent viii
be added for each year it remains unpaid.
OTF1oE-South side Main street, nearly Cd.
posite Public School building.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-05
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Masonic Directory.

PELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & 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.
]. B. MEYER, II. P.
V. l.. HAWTHORNE, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a. .R.&s.M.
D Meets second Tuesday of each month. .
F. D. BAILEY, T. L m.
]. B. MEYER, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, K. T.
Ii Stated conclaves, first Tuesday Of each
mouth. j, B. RYAN, E. G.
j. B. MRyKR, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-05

ara, worth. that they cannot but ne'
the approval of the public generally.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-05

Issker left wheeling last week for st.
psni MINI. to take charge of the Globe,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-05
Belmont County of1clal Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Wm. B. Cash.
Sherif-Leroy G. Sedwick.
Auditor-R. X. Barrett.
Treasurer-Edward L. Feeley.
Prosecuting Attorney-N. <. Kennon. - -
Recorder-W. 8. Hobbs.
Oommissioners-0wen Mehan, Morris Cope
VIM. ]. Berry.
Surveyor-John H Mitchell
Coroner-P. o. Criswell.
Infrmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, James
B. Ritchey, John sidebottom.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
A Natural Ice.HOnSe.

In Breckenridge County, New Jer-
sey, three miles from Walkers Mill,
is one of the most remarkable natural
ice-houses in the world, and O curl
osity we'll worth travelling some dis
lance to see. 1t consists of cave, with
an entrance about eight feet wide and
twelve feet high. The temperature in
this cave ranges about twenty degrees
above zero the year round, and in the
summer time the change is so great
that it nearly freezes a person to death
to go into it. Above the cave on the
hill is located considerable stream OF
water that makes its way in large drip
pings through the roof of this remark
able subterranean passage. These drip
pings CONCEAL in the cave and fall solid
Jumps of ice from the ceiling. This
freezing has doubtless been going on
for years, as the cave contains thou
sands of tons of ice. DIR. II. G. Duvall,
of Big Clifty, who had occasion to get
some ice from this natural storehouse
for a patient in the neighborhood, says
that it is the purest and best ice he
ever saw, and that, standing at the
mouth, the falling of the ice can be
heard like thunder in the distance
ELizdbethtoaCn NelCS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
OH. H., as n Critic.

Never use an obscure phrase or an
unusual word when direct language or
simple term will express your mean
ing" is a principle 1 have often heard
her enjoin.
Mercilessly as she could condemn in
generalization, she showed the most
delicate consideration when she made a
personal application. She often pref
aced some little criticism of my work
with the remark:
Now, you won't mind if / call your
attention to an expression here that i
don't like? / don't find fault with the
thought, but here is word that must
he changed. You understand that this
is all mere mechanical matter-iust
like any other trade. / have had a
little more experience than you, and
am a little better artisan; that is all.
1t is nothing but artsanship."
@Oh, Mrs. Jackson Drop those
three extra syllables. and call it art"
No, artisanshipl" she would insist,
with emphasis. Overland.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
Commercial Capabilities Of the Congo.

In regard to the commercial capabili-
ties of the country Mr.. Stanley says
cit bears within itself nearly all the
products required by the necessities OF
Europe and all the elements that might
be needed for its conversion from being
an unproductive waste to be material
and moral profit to humanity. Within
its bosom it contains abundant copper
and iron mines, valuable forests pro-
ducing priceless timber, inexhaustible
quantities of rubber, precious gums,
spices, pepper, and coffee, cattle in
countless herds, and people who are
amenable to the courtesies of life, pro-
vided they are protected from the at
tacks of lawless freebooters and the
murderous wiles of the slave-traders.
If 200 tusks arrive per week at Stanley
Park, or, say g, 100000 per annum, it
would still require twenty-five years to
destroy the elephant in the Congo
Basin. In my opinion, however, ivory
stands but fifth in rank among the nat
ural products of the basin. The total
value of ivory supposed to be in ex-
istence in this region would but repre-
sent 107, 800 tons of palm-oil or 10000
tons of India-rubber. BY the most 'trl-
fling labor of the able-bodied warriors
living on the banks of the Noviyoke
River, more of either palm-oil, rubber,
gum, orchilla weed or cornwood could
be produced in one year than all the
ivory In the Congo Basin is WORTH"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
No Defense REQUIRED.

Some of the country negroes are
very ignorant of the law, in proof OF
which we submit the following:
A gigantic negro, who had crippled
up half the police force in their efforts
to secure him, was brought from the
Jail to the Office of the Justice for
trial. Not observing that the ac-
cused had any counsel EMPLOYED, the
Justice asked:
Don't you want lawyer to defend
you?"
The accused glared at the Justice
and, pounding on the table, roared
OUT
II don't need anybody to defend me.
1 kin defend myself against dozen
SIGH lookin' men as you is. Ii you
don't believe me, come out in the back
yard and see if you amt de man what
needs ter be defended" = Texas
Siftipgs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
Revising the Dictionary.

But the work that most needs doing
in the case of Webster's Dictionary is
of more radical kind. The original
compiler of that work was man with a
mission. He wanted to reform English
spelling, and he conceived it to be the
function of dictionary not merely to
represent usage but to make law. He
wanted to spell bridegroom" without
the in the second syllable, and "feath-
er" without the a. He put all his fads
into his dictionary, and some of them
have been accepted, while others have
been resolutely rejected. 1t has been
the policy of later editors to remove
from the work those forms that have
been generally rejected, but they have
done that too sparingly, and the result
is that, in many respects, Webster's
Dictionary, even in its latest editions,
is at variance with the usage of schol-
ars and educated people generally. But
the schoolmasters of the country insist
upon Websterian spelling SO strenuous
ly that no school book in which such
forms as height" mould" etc., APP
pear can make its way into the schools
AS a consequence, our children are
carefully taught many forms which they
must make an effort to forget in order
to write the language as educated per-
sons usually write it.
1t is of the utmost public conse-
quence, therefore, that the editors of
Webster shall recognize the truth that
a dictionary is properly not statute
book but a record of usage, and shall
remove from it all those forms which
scholars and educated persons do not
generally adopt. IL is no great matter
whether the form height" or the form
"hight" is to prevail; nor is it of much
consequence whether traveller" has
one or two rs; but it is pity to teach
boys and girls to write hight" when
educated persons usually write
height" 1t is pity to make them
learn things that they must presently
unlearn. -Nes0 York Commercial Id
pertiyer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
Will.Power Cures.

Will-power. as we'll as imagination,
has much to do with the cures that are
effected in some cases. The late Isaac
Toucey, who was Secretary of the Navy
under President Buchanan, and previ-
ously Senator, was q man of strong
will-power. Many years ago his horses
became frightened on Bolton Mountain
and ran away. He was thrown out and
dragged along the street. Two or
three of his ribs were broken, and he
was bruised all over and injured inter-
nally. Surgeons from this city were
sent out and found him in very dan
gerous condition. Apparently his in
juries were fatal But "No," he whis-
pered, Il shall recover" He did re-
cover and his will-power carried him
through. A physician of this city, not
now living, stated to US some years
since that he once had peculiar case.
An elderly lady was remarkably nerv-
Gus. She imagined that her heart,
lungs, and liver were all disordered.
Yet he found them sound. She had no
organic disease, except nervousness,
and that was enough. Il can cure YOU"
said the physician; Il understand the
case." de gave her SIX bread pills
not particle of medicine in them. He
said: "Take one tonight, one to-mor-
row night, half of one each night the
next two nights. Then split the others
in quarters, and take one-fourth of q
pill every morning till all are used up
but do not, on any account, take any
more on any day than have ordered ;
it will be dangerous. But by follow
ing my directions precisely you will be
entirely we'll when all the pills are
taken" The woman had faith in him,
and she got well, as he had predicted.
Wasn't this faith cure?" 1t cer-
tainly was not the dough rolled into
pills that had any effect upon the old
lady. There can be no doubt that will
power and faith or imagination has
much to do with ones health or i'll
health, if the imagination runs that
way.-HarUord Conn., Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24

All tho planets travel around the sun
in the same direction. This direction
is known in astronomy, which sup
poses the observer viewing the solar
system from the northern side of it, as
from west to east; or, in other words,
In the opposite direction from the mo-
ton of the hands of clock. All the
satellites of the planets move around
their primaries in this same direction
also, except those of Uranus and
Neptune, whose motion is retrogade,
or from east to west All the planets
and the sun and the satellites of the
planets revolve on their axes against
the movement of clocks hands, or
from west to east, except Neptune,
which rotates from east to west. The
equators of the planets and of the sun
do not lie in the same plane, but their
inclinations are not compared with the
suns equinoctial, but with the plane of
the earth's orbit, which is known as the
ecliptic. That is, the earth is imagined
to be floating around the sun in O
boundless ocean, one-half of its mass
below the surface. The level of the
imaginary sea is called the plane OF the
ecllptlc, Huu ulSJunCcS aDONe III dTe eS-
timated just as distances above the
level of the sea are estimated upon the
earth. Now, our globe does not float
upright on this ocean, but is tilted SO
that the plane of its equator makes
with the ecliptic an angle of 23I de-
grees. In like manner, all the other
planets have their equators tilted, form
ing greater or less angles with their
orbits, and all (including the SUM- have
their orbits inclined to that of the
earth, or the ecliptic. They are, there
fore, as far as possible from having q
common equatorial level. 1t was long
believed that the sun was stationary
body; now, however, it is known that
it is moving rapidly through space,
bearing with it the entire solar system,
in the direction of the constellation
Hercules. Its rate of motion is not ac-
curately known, but it has been COM
puted as about $50, 900, 900 miles year.
Enormous as this rate OF motion seems,
it is probably within rather than be-
yond the truth.-Inter Ocean.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
VERY IMPORTANT.

A Cold i'm the head causes much dis.
comfort and annoyance and if Of frequent
recurrence often produces serious results.
The membrane of the nasal passage be-
comes infamed and stopped up, an acrid and
poisonous virus is formed, sores form in
the head, deafness, headache, ana roaring in
the ears ensue and the sufferer finally discov-
ers that he has Catarrh. This loathsome dis
ease is by many considered incurable, but
never fails TO yield TO the power of Ely s
Cream Balm. This is an article of undoubted
merit, not liquid nor snuff but pleas
ant, clearly and effcacious remedy which a
child can use. 1t is applied into the nostris
where IL is absorbed. 1t opens the passages,
allays Inflammation, heals all sores, cleanses
and soothes the membranal Innings and re-
stores the senses of taste and smell. 1t gives
instant relief; and a thorough treatment
will certainly cure. Price soc. at druggists
or by mail.
Ely Bros, Druggists, Owego, N. Y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24

Mr.. Edward Hanlan, the great oarsman.
and until his recent contest with Beach In
Australia the champion of the world. may
certainly be looked upon as an authority in
everything affecting athletic sports. Before
leaving Australia for this country. he wrote
a letter in which he stated that he had used
St Jacobs Oil with the most beneficial re-
suits. He found IL reliable remedy for
muscular pains in the arms and limbs, and
from his personal experience took great
pleasure in recommending it. No stronger
proof of the truth of what is claimed FOR
st. Jacobs Oil could be furnished than this,
and it will undoubtedly carry great weight
with oil thoughtful and intelligent people.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24

In England formerly a man who de-
clined to plead guilty" or mot guilty"
was subjected to torture. In recent
case no punishment was awarded. The
former torture was called the "pres-
sure" The last man pressed" in
Newgate was Nathaniel Halves, who,
being indicted for highway robbery
on Finchley Common in 1921, refused
to plead, declaring that he would die
as he had lived-like gentleman.
"The people," he said, @who appre-
hended me seized a suit of fine clothes
which 1 intended to have gone to the
gallows in, and unless they are re-
turned / will not plead, for no one shall
say that was hanged in dirty shirt
and ragged coat" Halves, remaining
obstinate, was taken from the court,
and @being laid ON his back sustained
load of $50 pounds weight about seven
minutes; but, unable longer TO bear
the pain, he entreated that he might be
conducted back to court, which being
complied with he pleaded not guilty"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24

triotic motives because il gives the
Government two cents in postage. IL
one is obliged to go to the trouble of
writing both autograph and address, 10
furnish envelope, card, and stamp, it is
not customary for such requests to be
accompanied merely by an inclosure of
loose stamps. A poet of my acquaint-
ance once told me that his autograph
requests supplied him with stamps for
all correspondence. Autograph seek
ers probably found that loose stamps
were appropriated without compunc-
ton, for they have changed the custom.
i do not receive great many such re-
quests now. They come in great num-
bers after making an important speech.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
Different Temperaments.

The value of self-control cannot be
overestimated. Rage exhausts to a
great degree the vitality of the blood.
In fact, it frequently creates bad blood
With some persons, and more particu-
larly such as are endowed with gilt
edged hair, passion and emotion are
rarely ever checked, consequently such
persons are apt to lose their heads.
They are the class of lunatics who
encourage their passions to burst out
into flame whenever suspender button
comes unglued without warning, and
then it, the passion, not the suspender
button, surges through the blood like u
torrent of fire. instead of taking some
friend aside to some secluded spot, and
asking him to take a pin and anchor
the buttonhole of the suspender secure
ly on the site of the missing button.
Other persons remain calm and coll
lected under the most provoking cir
cumstances, as for instance when they
endeavor to borrow dime of friend,
and are told that the latter is not doing
q banking business.
There areothers who, while outwardly
calm, are inwardly blazing furnace.
With their blood raging at fever heat,
they will maintain placid exterior.
They never become excited, so frigid
is their nature, and maintain the same
steady composure when they are invited
to an oyster supper that they do when
they are told that their immediate
female relatives are no better than they
should be.
There are several modes of curing a
bad temper If, for instance, a person
throws out an insinuation that you are
a fool, do not allow your mind to dwell
on q remark in which there may be q
great deal of truth, but just ask him if
he has heard recently from his uncle
who is fugitive from justice. Then
he will turn the conversation into more
pleasing channels.
Children should be taught from earli-
est infancy to control their loud cries,
by turning their thoughts to some other
object than the one desired. They may
be quoted by holding up picture, or
a flower, or boot-iack. The latter
object is the best 1t should be held
behind the infant and moved rapidly
backward and forward until the de-
sired effect is produced, although q
boot-jack is apt to develop corns on the
parental hand that Yields it.-Terds
Siffings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
Not Much Of a Difference.

What is the difference between q
counselor-at-law and an attorney at
law ?" asked an attorney of man who
had had some experience with lawsuits.
Il don't know, but suppose there is
about the same difference between
them that there is between an alligator
and o crocodile"
"That's pretty rough comparison. I"
"Yes, but what difference does it
make? don't think alligators are en-
titled to any consideration. "-Teras
SiJti121s.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
A Youthful Socialist.

Philan thropist-Here, here. Stop
that. What are you doing to your
little brother?
"Why does he cry so then?'
"Cause took his candy away from
him."
But didn't you have some candy,
too?'
Eyes. but ate it all up"
THAT gives you no right to rob your
little brother.
"Yes, it do. / am socialist, / am.
- Philddelphad Call.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
A Last Resort.

LET me see," unused the old man,
@our daughter Mary is nearly 80. Isn't
she?"
ALAS yes" sadly replied his wife.
II am afraid that Mary is passed by,
unless-unless -"
~Unless what"
Sunless you are willing to go to the
expense of q coachman. "-Neao York
SIM
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24
MANS works from sun TO sun;
Woman's work IL never done.

Work is a necessity to all; but, upon how
many, women especially, does IL fall with the
burden of the ''last straw" and this, because
their peculiarly delicate constitutions are so
liable TO functional arrangement. We cam
not lessen your toll, ladies, but we can make
IL easier for you, by making you stronger
and better able 10 do it. DIR. Pierce's "Fa-
vorite Prescription" will relieve you Of nerv-
Gus and other weaknesses, and all the many
Ills peculiar to your sex.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-24

FoR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression OF
spirits and general debility I'm their various
forms; also, as preventive against fever and
ague, and other intermittent fevers, the
"Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya,'
made by Caswell, Hazard q Co., OF New York,
and sold by all druggists. 10 the best tonic;
and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness it has no equal