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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
POLITICAL POINTERS.


Democrats don't intend to begin say
ing turkey to Union soldiers at this
late day." paragraphs the indianapolis
Journal. "The Boys In Blue must Co."
II Mr.. Edmusds and Mr.. Bayard should
happen TO be opposing candidates for
the Presidency in 1883. the New York
Tribune asks, where would the Irish vote
go?
It is altogether probable, observes the
Cleveland Leader, that before Grover has
been In the White House two years he
will be tired OF the wbsle business, and
his party will Be tired of him.
In the opinion of the New York Nail
and Express, the naval problem is one
of the most important now before the
nation, and the ignorancs concerning
the real needs Of our navy is such that
its proper solution will be remarkable
luck.
The Cosrier Journal sarcastically re
marks that the Northern politicians are
willing enough to court the votes of the
Southern negroes by manifestihR an in>
terest in their ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
that advancement be made In the South.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat won
ders whether jeff Davis, away down in
the solitude of Bsauvoir, is not keeping
his ears to the telegraph poles to hear
the click of an invitation to Albany"
Morrison, of horizontal reduction"
fame, is the Democratic nominee for
Senator in Illinois. His efforts to bring
the country nearer to free trade didn't
hurt him in his party's estimation it
seems.
Mr.. Cleveland is likened unto one of
the mediums by the Philadelphia Record
when he insists on doing the Cabinet
trick in the dark.
No class of men, says the Philadelphia
Times. would be injured so much In the
end by the applications of the doctrines
of Most and Rosa as the lsboring class
Among all the statesmen, small and
great. sweepinsly asserts the Chicago
Intsr-Ocean, who have discussed the re
cent dynamite explosion NOS one has
to the height ef the occasion.
II Mr.. Cleveland would like to have
some good, hard, emphatic chunks of
political wisdom embracingeysry variety
of administration policy, the Now York
Tribune suggests that he invite the Hon.
Col. Henry Wstterson, Of Louisville, to
call and see him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
DREAM CHILDREN.

L trust in the dear Lords wisdom,
do not question His will,
But often as sit In my chamber,
In the twilight. calm and still.
/ long for the childrsR's voices,
L long for the clinging arms,
As unto my ear they whisper
Their tiny griefs and alarms.
And nv silent room is peopled
With forms / can almost see,
The forms of the dear dream children
Who cluster about my knee.
/ can hear their merry prattle.
| feel their breath on my cheek,
And my fancy again makes real
The dear ones my heart would seek.
And sol sport with my children.
Aud watch their sweet, quaint ways
Til my heart grows weary with longing
And my eyes are dim as gaze.
For alasl they are but shadows
That out of the darkness grow;
Only the frail dream children
That the heart alone can know.
Cora Coleman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
WHAT is zERoq
"A Scientific Explanation Of Recent
Experience.

II
Experience.
Perhaps aoe ose Ia q hundred can tell
OF hand Why . point 80 degrees below
freezing point on Fahrsnhsis's thermom-
etor 10 called ssro. For that matter. 20
bedy knows Tue Fshreshsit scale sss
introduced 10 17so. Liks other thernen.
etric scales it has Two fixed points. tbs
freezing psint OF rather the melting point
Of ice. and tho boiling point Of water.
The Csntigrsds and Hes1neE scales call
the freezing point zero, and measure
tksrefrom In botn directions. This Is 9
very natural arrangenent. Fahrenheit
kept the principIei on which be gradu-
sted bis Thermometers secret, and no
one has ever discovered 1t. II is suppos-
ed, however, that he considered his zero
80 degrees below freezing-the point of
absolute cold or absence OF all heat, eth
or because. being about the temperature
of melting salt and snow, Ii was the
greatest degree of cold be could produce
artifcially, or because it was the lowest
natural Temperature Of which he could
lind any record. The ground on which
Fahrenhsls put $50 degrees between the
freezing asd bciiing points are likewise
unknown.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
A VALENTINE.


Your gran'ms. in her youth was quite
As blithe little maid e. you.
And, though Der hair il snowy white,
Her eyes still have the maiden blue,
And on her cheeks. rs fair as thins.
Methinks girlish blush would glow
II you recalled the valentine
She got. ahl many years ago.
A valorous youth loved sraa'na tAsa.
And wooed her in that auld lang syAs
And first he told heg secret when
He sent the maid that valeatias.
No perfnmed page or sheet Of gold
Was that 6rst hint ofioye he sent,
But with the secret gran'ps told
Il love you gran'ma was esntenE
Go. aak your grau'ma if you win.
f-though her head was bowed and
gray
her feeble pulse be chill
True love abideth not for aye.
By that quaint portrait on TIE wall,
That smiles upon her from aboys,
Methinks your gran'ma can recall
The sweet divinity Of love.
Dsar EIsie, here's no page Of gold
No sheet embossed with cabning art
But here's the solemn pledge OF old:
Il love you, love, with all my heart"
And Ii In what send yoa here
You read not all Ut love expressed,
Go 90 to grsn'ma, Elsie dear,
And she will tell yeu all the festi
Chicago Nsws.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
Against the Soldiers.

When a pension bill is under considr
Grafton in Congress the Democrats fairly
slop over with love 70: the brave defen-
ders of the country, but when it is pro-
posed to keep men in Office who fought
and bled in defense of the Union their
affection oozes out at the ends of their
fingers and toes. II they can bamboozle
the Union soldier into voting tie Demo
cratic ticket they are ready to fall down
and worship him, but if the same Union
soldier wishes to retain an Office confer
red upon him by Republican admins
tration they are up In arms at once and
ready to kick him out. Early in the
present session Representative j. D. Tay-
lor, of this State, introduced bill pro-
hibiting the removal of any honorably
discharged unien soldier, sailor, or wid>
ow, or depesdent relative of any deceased
Union soldier, sailor, or marine. from
any Office in the civil service of the Uni
ted States, except for specified causes.
This bill was eminently proper as well
az just. It was referred to the House
Committee en- Civil Service Reform, a
majority of the members being Demo>
Gratis. That particular committee is not
overbsrdsrsd with work, and yet it has
taken nearly two months for the Demo-
CT: tic majority to get In their report. 1t
hL come at last, and, as matter of
course, is against the bill. 1t is mean
document, to say the least of it. and the
arguments used to screen Democratic
hatred toward the persons mentioned in
the bill would fairly disgrace school
boy. 1t is needless to refer to the report
any further than to say that single
passage Of 1t would make horse laugh
if read in its hearing. It says: Public
Office must be regarded as trust and
not as a mere reward for past services,
however meritorious, and present use-
fulness should be the test in the iDcum-
bent" What miserable hypocrisy is this ?
W uO ouOu4u 10 AOWoiuCu, Oh IhAASo OAoO
being equal, but those who have periled
life and limb In defense of the Union
and its laws. Out upon the miserable
spoils-hunters of Democracy They pre-
tend that past services must not weigh
in the conferment of Office and yet they
propose to kick out worthy Union SOL
diers and the widows of such to make
room for the party workers, the riffrraff
of Democracy. Services to the Demo-
cratic party and and not to the country
are to be made the passport to office
under the Cleveland administration. and
the places to be made vacant by the sci
diers and widows of the war are to be
filled by old-time Copperheads and Sc
ionists.-Cleveland Leader.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
Fall of Khartonm.

LONDON. Feb. 5.-Intelligenee 5. has just
nreu received here that Kharteum has
cen captured by the Arabian rebels.
The whereabouts of General Gordon are
unknown He is probably prisoner
IN the hands of the victors.
The Daily Chronicle says telegram
was received at the War Office last night
from General Woolseley announcing the
fall of Khartoum. General WoOlseley
telegraph that Khartoum has fallen. He
says that when Colonel Wilson, who
vent from Metanneh to Khartaum,
reached the latter place be found it in
the hands of the rebels. He returned to
Metemneh under heavy FIRE from both
banks of the river.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
Wisdom of the Classics.

Cicero: To live long it is necessary to
live slowly.
Emerson: The only way to have "a
friend is to be one.
Disraeli: 1t is much easier to be crit
ical than correct.
Confucius: To die well one must first
learn to live well.
Ruskin: Conceit may puff man up.
but never prop him mp.
Longfellow: In this world man must
either be anvil or hammer.
Ovid: Take rest; q field that has
rested gives bountiful crop.
Seneca: The plant which is often trans
planted does not prosper.
Franklin: An investment in knowl-
edge always pays the best interest.
Flavel: Step aside little oftner to
talk with God and thine own heart.
Lowell: No man is born into the world
whose work Is not born with him.
Seneca: Enjoy present pleasures in
such way as not to injure future ones.
Wordsworth: Wisdom is ofttimes
nearer when we stoop than when we
soar.
Herbert: He that cannot forgive 9TH
ers breaks the bridge ever which he must
pass himself, for every man has need to
be forgiven.
Quarles: Give not thy tongue too great
liberty. lest II take thee prisoner. A
word unspoken Il, like the sword In the
scabbard. thine: II vented. thy sword is
In another's hand.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
THE SKATING RINK DOOMED.
The Press, Physicians and Clergy
Taking Stand.

Taking Stand.
NEW YORK. FEBRUARY 4.-The craze
over roller skating has reached such 8
pitch that 1t has become matter for So
rious consideration. Manufacturers and
those having . large number Of young
persons in their employ say the effect on
their business is very bad. The en-
ployes come to their places Of work weary
and cross and neglect their duties. In
many instances firms are posting up no.
tices saving that attendance upon a
skating rink Is equivalent to discharge.
The physicians are also making cru
sade against the rinks. They pronounce
them peculiarly injurious to women in
ducing diseases that are difficult to com>
bat. A general CRY against rinks on the
score of morality is also heard. 1t is as
serted that they have caused the ruina+
tion Of more girls in New York city than
all the PROGRESSES have in ten years.
The same complaint also comes from all
towns where the rink has been in opera
tion for any length of time. The reput-
able classes In all communities in the
East are outspoken In their denunciation
of rinks.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
BEECHER'S BELIEF
As to the Administration Of Cleve-
land.

land.
NEW YORK. Feb. Am Albany spe-
ci2l to the Brooklyn Eagle says: Henry
Ward Beecher, In conversation regard
Ing the outlook for Cieveland's admins
tration, said he thought the President
elect had shown very good sense sum-
moaing the party leaders to confer with
him. and in this way fsniliarized him
self with the situation he had to con-
frent. He thought the new administra-
ton would show a determination to
meet the great question pending before
the country in an intelligent way, and
that in efforts at reform Mr.. Cleveland
would be sustained by the best elements
of both parties although. perhaps, giving
offense to Office seekers in his own. As
to the Cabinet, Beecher was of the Opin-
ion that Rayard would probably be- Sec+
retary of State, and commenting on this
said he did not think a selection could
he made which would give more general
satisfaction TO the country at large.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
THE NEWS.

The North Carolina House of Repre-
sentatives has passed bill to pension
ex-Confederate soldiers who lest limbs
in the service of the State, or who. by
reason of the wounds, are incapacitated
for labor.
William S. Kirksr, ex-teller Of the
Second National Bank of IsOnton. Ohio.
convicted of having made false entries
TO cover deficits, has been sentsneed to
term of five years. Imprisonment In the
Dayton Jail.
DR.. Carpenter, Superintendent Of the
Oregon State Asylum, stated Tuesday Of
last week. that the mental condition Of
ex-United States Senator James Mes
mith continues practically unchanged.
The patient remains uespondent and per-
sistently maintains that he has been
entirely abandoned by all his friends to
bis fate.
Congressman Money, from the Conn
mittee on Postoffices and Post Roads, has
reported the bill to reduce the postage
on mailable matter of the second class.
1t provides that the postage on publics>
tions of the second class, when sent by .
publisher to bona fde subscribers. shall
be one cent pound or fraction thereof.
Near Car5Cndale, Ills, one day last
week. Albert Berry and Thos. Prickett,
two boys returning from school. quar-
relied. and agreed to tight cHt their dif-
ferences. The other boys formed ring.
and the boys began to spar. Prtckett
seeing he was getting whipped. pulled
out revolver and killed his antagonist
instantly.
Fifty barbed wire manufacturers, Ii
censed under the Washburn and MoeA
patents, met at the Grand Pacific hotel
in Chicago last week. They claim that
their trade is seriously injured by outs
siders who cut and demoralize rates and
food the markets. Thirty cents per
hundred pounds of wire manufactured
is the present royalty demanded. This
is not satisfactory, and the manufactu+
rers will strive 10 influence the irm to
come down to 10 cents. 1t is thought
compromise will be effected and the roy
atty fixed at l211s cents.
President-elect Cleveland accompanied
by Colonel Lamont. arrived at New York
Wednesday of last week. At the hotel
Cleveland went to his rooms immediate
ly and soon after retired.
Several head of valuable cattle for
breeding purposes, which arrived st
Montreal from the United States via
Rouse's Point, have been seized under
the order prohibiting the Importation of
horned cattle and swine into Canada.
At the session of the G. A. r. State
encampment. at Utica. N. Y. last week,
Post Commander in Chief Vandervoort,
of Nebraska, made speech In denuncis-
tion of Jefferson Davis.
The District Court Of Hamilton county
has modified its order In the case Of the
disbarment of T. G. Campbell, BY strik-
ing out that part of the sentence which
suspended him for ten days. The entry
to be made will be simply that he shall
pay the costs in the proceedings.
Seven wood choppers. twelve miles |
from Dallas. Texas. were poisoned while
at dinner Tuesday OF last week. Three
will die and the others will recover. The
poison was in the coffee. and invcstlgA- !
tion discovered worm. in the dreEs |
which was pronounced 10 bs centipede.
1t is presumed 1t had been dipped up IN
water vessel from creek near the
camp.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
The Unfortunate on Skates.


One more unfortunate.
Trusting the fstes,
Rashly importunats,
Tried op the skates.
Pick hsr up ssnderly,
Loosen the straps,
Fashioned 30 slenderly,
Unused to mishaps.
Oh. it was pitiful
That she shoald flop,
Where q whole city full
Must See her drop. q
Pick her ap tsnderly,
Smooth cut heE dress,
Fashioned so slsnderly,
Made TO caress.
Out she struck trustfully,
Skating galore,
Down she came bustfaIlg .
On the hard floor. Z
Pick her up tenderly,
80 good and SO true,
Fashioned 80 slenderlg.
What could she dor
Dumping inhumsnIY
Jolting the men,
She Ia pure womanly.
And tries IL agaia.
Pick her up tendeFIg, !
Whist does she carsf
Fashioned so slenderlys
SO plump and so fair.
Merchant FraFalel
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
HoADLY's NEGLIGENCE
Causes the Whsle Trouble Concerning
General Rseinsos's Resignation.

WAsHrNaFoE. February t.-The Ohio
men here are dIsposedto blame Governor
Hosdiy for the unpleasant rredicament
into which bis neEiIgencs has placed
them in fegardss the resignation of GENT
eral Robinson ss member Of Congress.
Though the resignation was died in his
office in the proper manner, he made no
proclamation OF the fact, nor did be call
special slectioa to all the vacancy be
knew hsd been created In Ohio's repre-
sentation. GersraI Robinson did what
was required of him In tsndering his res
ignatioa. and before leaving Washington
gave Speaker Carlisle verbal notice of his
intention to do 80. bat not feeling it in
cumbeut npon himself, 70 make sn OIL
cial proclamstisa of the fact. in the ab-
sence of any ecmmunicatioa from the
Governor OF Ohis aboutihem atter. Speak
or Carlisle ordered General Rabinson's
name to be retained on the roll of the
House. It was to Astermine the real
status Of the case. and also to lay bare
the nesiisesce Of Governor Headly, that
the resolation wae intro<uced to ascer-
tain the official status of General Robin
son touching the membership of the
House. His name being still borue upon
the roll it would effect questions calling
for quorum, which, under the rules,
must he . majority of the whole mem
bership. Respecting the charge that
Dave Paige had in bis pocket at thetime
he introduced the resolution certified
copy of Robinson's resignation, it is now
said that Governor Hosdly ordered his
executive clerk to transmit to Paige d
copy ofthe resignation, but the young
man. whether through incompetency or
u desire to aid in making little capital
for his party by willfully violating the
orders Of the Governor. only sent copy |
of Robislson's bond as Secretary of State |
and thiswa what Paige had in his pock-
ct when be introduced his resolution.
However, certified copies of General
Robiusen's resignation, as well as other |
documents bearing upon the case. have
been received, and will be presented at
the proper time. It is said among the |
Democrats in the House that the resoIu-
tion was not introduced through any
personal ill will toward General Rebin>
son. who is highly regarded by them. bat
they feel that Governor Hoadly has been
derelict. and his negligence is the cause
of the whole. trouble.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
HOW TO GET IN
And How to Get Out-Matter
which will Repay Consideration.

| There is going to be ar enormous gathering
of people at Washington next month, and
while every provision is being made in ad-
vance to avoid confusion and insure the COM
fort of all. still ''the gods help those who help
themselves" To look out for number one is
but the natural course a sensible man would
follow. The railroad situation in Washington
| is easily to be understood. There are but
two depots in the city. Into one will come
an aggregation of travel from the South, the
North. the East and the West-train after
train, thousands upon thousands of people,
until ''packed like sardines in box would
be bnt feeble way to put it. Into the other
depot will only come the trains of the Balti-
more and Ohio. tnat Company owning and
using it exclusively for its own busness-ev
erything in the hands of its own officials, and
details SO arranged that there can be no mix
ing up Ior getting on or of trains at wrong
times and wrong places. Indeed, it would
not take much thought on the part of those
who have had any experience whatever as to
crowds to appreciate the advantage the B.
& o. possesses in Washington Then, too
there are the facilities the lines have in regard
to track room and unrestricted means of get
ting trains directly into depots. For.instanc
the B. & o. is the only road into Washington
which can and does separate its passenger
business so that trains from the West come
into Washington on the tracks Of one division
and the trains from the East and North upon
the tracks Of another division.
The great importance of these facilities may
beappreciated from the fact that all the trains
that enter the National Capital, upon other
lines than the B. & o.. come together in q
single depot, and the packing and jsmming
will be something terrific to behold, let alone
getting In and about them. The great num-
Der Of trains from the Southern lines alone
would completely 6ll 9 depot double the Ca
pacity of the enc in question, aud when to
them are added those from other sections, the
chances are that good many passengers viii
have to walk into town or spend the day or
night aboard In vain regrets that tickets were
not bought by the B. q o.
Another item Of no ordinary interest 10
Western people il that BY any other line to
Washington than the Baltimore and Ohio all
trains from the West have to come together
with trains from the East and North, and al !
use one South bound track for forty-odd |
miles. That 10 70 say, that no other line but |
the B. & o. has two different divisions into |
Washington, one for its trains from the West |
and the other for its trsins from the North and /
East All this may prove more or less con- |
fus;ng or perplexing TO those who contem- |
plate attending the Inauguration, and the best |
way 70 settle all doubt ls 10 decide to 90 by |
the B. & D. and thus avoid al danger Of |
going wrong
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12
rE4CuEgN, EXAMINATIONS
1ss4-s-Belmont County. Ohio

oss.,,-5.v os Ian At st Clairsville-
81 Saturday of Feb st Bridgeport.
- ssa-nrc az of Mar at st Clatrsv1He.
zth saturday OF Mar al bsrnesviie.
al ssiurcay OF April at Bellaire;
81 81 Satnr5ay OF June at ST Clsirsville.
Barnesville at close OF Institute.
examinations begin at Q O'Clock q. M a,
r.s44n,o,,tsis Of character are required
arniscant Is not known to the Board
sfSse-titicates viii not be antedsted nor s1~
tended ,.-.,,,h.a vvtu he efveu
- ca<ssficates viii be dated and issued ey tne
.oerS IN ,iiourned session on Saturday ioa~
owing each sxaminauon-
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFIcAI1'
A arst-elass Is years. certificate is granted
upon an average OF 80 per cent, inclnolng nvo
hi0her branches, with no grade below 20; pro-
Vided applicant has bad i've years experience
In teaching. -..a.... &c .rant
ed npon an average OF 90 per cent, including
fht se higher branches, with no grade oelo1 ~.
provided applicant has had four years e1pen'
ence In teaching. a x...,
a third>elass q years oerllncsse EseirSes@
tf1ree b gher branches, with no graoe pelo1 %
provided applicant has had three 5ears e1pel'
ience in teaching. o,~,tad
A fourth -class years. certificate Is gfsntSSo aSa
below so. provided applicant has mao Two
years exper Ience in teaching.
A ffth-class year, certinceIe gran -
upon an average OF s. per cent. Win 10 sraos
q. ALEXANDER.
A. A. CLARK. Board Of E1.
]. A. HENDERSON,
e9ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-12

THE 6rst fruits Of Democratic victory
are cropping cat in the Senate debates.
"No man." says Senator Lamar. "shall Ia
my presesce call Je5erssn Davis trait
or without my responding with an en-
phatie dsaial' Aemirias Democrats
will be wanting to erect Davis noDu
ment sooH. and judging from the temper
displayed In the Senate, the first step of
a Congress Denscrattc in both branches
vould be 60 relieve bis political disabili>
ities.-N. Y. Tribune.